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The majority of U.S. workers say they would delay retirement just to keep their employer-provided health insurance, according to new research.
The study, released Thursday by the Employee Benefit Research Institute, found that 53% of workers aged 21 and over planned to retire later than they originally hoped in order to continue receiving health insurance at work.
The figure may reflect a recognition that older workers who are too young to apply for Medicare—especially those between ages 55 and 64—often have a difficult time finding insurance on the private market, says Paul Fronstin, director of the health research program at the Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit.
If health benefits were guaranteed upon retirement, 27% said they would retire earlier than planned, up from 15% in 2003, the study found.
The bottom line, says Fronstin, is that "if they have health insurance, they'll probably retire earlier, and if they don't, they probably won't."
The emphasis on health benefits underscores the crisis that many older workers now face, after suffering financial losses, layoffs and income stagnation in recent years. As The Journal reported Friday, nearly two-thirds of Americans between the ages of 45 and 60 say they plan to delay retirement.
Healthcare costs now comprise a significant chunk of seniors' total spending: 9% for those aged 50 to 64, 12% for people aged 65 to 74, and 15% for individuals aged 75 to 84, according to EBRI, which surveyed 800 individuals in July.
Moreover, employer-provided insurance can be a far better deal than Medicare.
While Medicare fills the health-insurance gap for many retirees, individuals still pay for a significant portion of their medical expenses. Just 59% of total healthcare costs for Medicare recipients are covered, according to the EBRI study. The remainder is funded mainly by supplementary private insurance and out-of-pocket payments.
In fact, an average 65-year-old couple in the U.S. will need to set aside between $163,000 and $283,000 to have a good shot at covering their healthcare-related expenses in later years, Fronstin estimates.
Shifting expectations about retirement have prompted workers to value health benefits above even bonuses and other financial incentives when evaluating employers, according to a 2011 study by human-resources consultancy Mercer. Workers ranked salary as their top priority, followed by a good retirement-savings plan, the nature of the job, low healthcare costs and incentive opportunities.
However, older workers who are delaying retirement solely because of health insurance may change their minds after new policies are introduced early next year under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Fronstin predicts. Under Obamacare, retirees will be able to purchase plans directly from health-insurance exchanges and benefit from cost-sharing subsidies.
"It all changes next year, and it'll be interesting to see what happens," he says.


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JOEYBEATS wrote: The Anticon Dis Song came about because tons of followers have gotten the wrong idea -as with any movement that gets too big for itself (ala religion, government, or any piece of culture).
I don't like the whole notion of "if you don't do what we do, then you're wack." I also think people need to get in touch with the real reasons why they feel anticon's contributions to music are more artistic and/or valid. It's really no different from the reasons why our country feels its ok to invade all the supposedly "savage", "crazy", "unethical", and "uncivilized" countries of the world.
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part of me wants him to go
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if we sell him and get a good price we can buy someone worth messi!!!
Part of you wants him to go? Which part - your toenail? Dont sell your best players unless they want to leave and you can take the p!ss out of the buying club like Newcastle did to us over Carroll!
don't be so literal.
he is a really good player but we need someone just as good when he is banned or injured


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Mullins Center, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
Set 1: Horn > CDTChalk Dust Torture, Taste That Surrounds, LizardsThe Lizards, Free, Esther > BowieDavid Bowie, I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome[1]
Set 2: Poor Heart > GinBathtub Gin -> Keyboard Army, SOAMuleScent of a Mule > Jam > Lifeboy, HoodHarry Hood, Cavern
Encore: ThemeTheme From the Bottom, Sweet Adeline
[1] Acoustic.
· The Entertainer tease in Harry Hood
· Dave's Energy Guide tease in Bathtub Gin
Noteworthy Jams: Bathtub Gin (highly recommended), Scent of a Mule (highly recommended), Jam (highly recommended), Harry Hood (highly recommended)
Average Song Gap: 6.28
Performers: Trey Anastasio, Page McConnell, Jon Fishman, Mike Gordon
Notes: Lizards was dedicated to college basketball commentator Dick Vitale. I'm Blue I'm Lonesome was performed acoustic. Bathtub Gin contained a DEG tease by Trey. Hood contained a tease of The Entertainer (Scott Joplin) from Trey.
Song Distribution:
3 A Picture of Nectar
2 Billy Breathes
2 Hoist
2 Junta
1 Stash
1 Rift
1 Lawn Boy
1 The Man Who Stepped into Yesterday
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When are state retirees going to receive a cost of living increase?There has not been one since 1988.However,the cost of living is not the same as it was in 1988!!. Of course,retirees have no clout in the government,like refusing to work or walking of the job. In the eyes of the young whippersnappers who were elected to serve the needs of the people,retirees are "has beens" who really have no authority to effect changes except at the ballot box.
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Opéra fantastique in two acts; Libretto based on Richard Wagner by Paul Foucher and Henry Révoil; First performance on 9. November, 1842 in Paris; German premiere
In French language with German surtitles
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The director of the Paris Opéra, Léon Pillet, told Richard Wagner unequivocally that it would be at least seven years before any of his operas could be performed. Feeling a little sorry for the impecunious composer from Saxony, however, he offered him 500 francs if he would commit his ideas for LE HOLLANDAIS VOLANT to paper. Paying money for the right to use material was an unusual step to take in the 19th century, when intellectual copyright was not as well defined as it is today. But Pillet had a plan: the writers Foucher and Révoil would come up with a libretto which he would then turn over to a composer of church music whom he knew, conductor and teacher Pierre-Louis Dietsch, who would set it to music.
In penning their libretto Foucher and Révoil went back to the work on which Wagner had based his own sketch – a puppet show that had been performed in London in the 1820s (not in Amsterdam, as Heinrich Heine falsely claimed in his "Memoirs of Herr Schnabelewopski"). The libretto also borrows motifs from Sir Walter Scott's "The Pirate" and a novella by an English sea captain. They gave Wagner's characters names: the "daughter" was christened Minna, the "rich Scottish trader" took the appellation of Barlow, the "young man" assumed two incarnations, Magnus and Eric, and even the Dutchman received a name of his own - Troïl. The story is set on a Shetland island and the Dutchman's crew is Swedish. The chorus scene compositions in particular impressed the critics [who included Hector Berlioz]. In writing the music, Dietsch was able to apply the experience he had gathered as a church musician since his days as a choirboy in Dijon and later as capellmeister of St Eustache church.
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There are 2 double beds and 2 sofa beds. The communal kitchen is fully equipped with appliances and utensils. The bathroom features a bidet and shower. Linen and towels are provided, as well as free WiFi.
The surrounding area is quiet, with bars restaurants and cafes available nearby, as well as supermarkets and other conveniences on offer within 5 minutes' walk. The legendary Nou Camp Football Stadium is a 15-minute walk away.
Sants Train Station, one of Barcelona's major transport hubs, is a 5-minute walk from the apartment. The iconic Sagrada Familia Church is a 15-minute ride from the apartment.
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A €50 security deposit is required and will be returned upon successful checkout.
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to get in our room 'private' we had to go through a room in which they were other guests (they slept there) with total lack of privacy. The air conditioner was unusable because it was losing a lot of water. Furthermore, our room was totally devoid of any furniture essential: there were only beds. Also the cleanliness could be better. The kitchen is very small and unusable because it almost always occupied. A lot of shouting at night, also quarrelsome.
Thank you for the hosting, it was perfect. clean, calm and very close to public transportation. Certainly I will come back there! I recommend it for sure!
I was there two nights on the road in 5 valladoid the only positive aspect is the iacuzi the rest better left alone there even the kitchen Additional
Thanks to Zai we enjoyed our stay in Barcelona very much! Comunication was perfect, rooms were clean, bathroom also. Highly recommended especially for such price!
La atención por la empleada muy buena. El apartamente regular, y la limpieza no muy buena.
Le logement est très bien placé par rapport au centre ville et l'accès aux transport en commun. L'acceuil bien aussi. Mais des travaux de rénovations sont vraiment nécessaires, vu à quoi servait la maison avant....
The room was very nice and comfortable and the position is very nice for visit barcelona near the station metro 10 meters estacio sants and the women renter was very nice in service thank you very much see you anthor time in barcelona
Really value for money. nice location.
I have been staying at this appartment with my girlfriend last week and we had a really nice and comfortable stay.
First of all the house is located at Placa de Sants, only 3 metro stops away from La Rambla (the main street of Barcelona).
The room is clean and big. The only downside was that the jacuzzi isn't working, but that was mentioned beforehand, so no surprise! Furthermore the bath is still perfect for use, only the bubbling system is down so for me it was actually not even a problem.
The owners Zai and his wife were really kind to us during our whole stay. They absolutely want you to enjoy your stay there and in Barcelona overall and when you come in they will always ask you if there is anything they can do for you.
Overall we had a good time at Valladolid 5 and I would definitely recommend the appartment to others.
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Makes 20 brochettes
A Bermudian shared this recipe with me on a recent visit to the beautiful island. The well-known, local rum is recommended, but any dark rum will do. Also, the original version called for guava paste, which for most of us is difficult to find; you can substitute jelly made from tropical fruits, which is available in most supermarkets.
For the marinade
½ cup fresh orange juice
¼ cup guava paste or jelly made from tropical fruits
2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
1 teaspoon minced fresh ginger
½ teaspoon curry powder
2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
1 tablespoon dark rum
For the fruit
40 chunks (1 inch) of assorted tropical fruits, such as mango, papaya, pineapple, loquat, kiwi, and star fruit
Soak 10 6-inch bamboo skewers in cold water for about 30 minutes.
Blend the orange juice, guava paste, mustard, curry powder, and ginger in a blender until smooth. Transfer the mixture to a small saucepan; cover and simmer over low heat for about 10 minutes. Remove from the heat and let cool; then stir in the lime juice and rum.
Thread 4 pieces of the fruit on each of the skewers. Arrange in a single row in a shallow flat-bottomed refrigerator container. Pour the marinade over the fruit. Cover and refrigerate, turning the skewers occasionally, for at least 3 hours or overnight.
Just before serving, adjust the oven broiler rack to 4 or 5 inches from the heating element; preheat the broiler. Arrange the skewers in a single layer on a foil-lined jelly roll pan. Broil for 2 minutes or until heated through and lightly browned in some places.
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True Oneness with Original Creation is a high level resonance and attractor through which genuine healing and spiritual evolution can take place. It is also the avenue for a true global awakening. That is why we are here after all, to know the difference, help undo the dark force influences, and not to become energy fodder for the dark forces.
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The Pendleton Irish 10U is excited to announce we will be hosting a tryout on Saturday, August 17, 2013 from 11:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. All positions will be considered, with an emphasis on Pitchers. We are looking to build a team of motivated and dedicated individuals to work as a unit to achieve both team and personal goals. Fundamentals and team work are a top priority of the Irish Coaching staff.
The season will kick off in September 2013 with roughly 6 Double-Headers on the weekends. Practices will run throughout the winter season in the Pendleton/Anderson area. The Spring and Summer schedule will consist of between 8-12 Touneys (ASA, NSA & USFA) and finish at the end of July 2014.
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- Scored first career power play goal on March 22 vs. Colorado
- Registered two points (1-1=2) against the Detroit Red Wings in his second NHL game
- Scored the game-winning goal on Nov. 4 vs. Minnesota.
- Registered first career goal (off Conklin) and first career assist vs. Detroit on Oct. 30
- Made his NHL debut with the Sharks on Oct. 28 against Pittsburgh
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- Recalled from Worcester (AHL) on April 13
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- Reassigned to Worcester (AHL) on Feb. 21
- Recalled to San Jose Feb. 9
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- Recalled from Worcester (AHL) on Oct. 27
|2010-11: NHL: Had an assist and had a game-high six hits on Jan. 22 vs. Minnesota…Scored his first goal of the season on Jan. 15 vs. St. Louis…1st on the team in hits (101) at time of his assignment…Registered an assist, three hits and three takeaways on Nov. 15 vs. Los Angeles…Fought Ryan Malone on Nov. 6 vs. Tampa Bay…Appeared in his 100th career NHL game and registered his first assist of the season at Edmonton on Oct. 23.Assigned to Worcester (AHL) on Jan. 28…AHL: Posted 20 points (9-11=20) in 30 games for Worcester.
2009-10: Sharks were 8-1-1 when he scored a goal and 11-1-2 in his career…Had a point in three out of the last five games (three, two goals and an assist)…Posted a two-point night on March 14 at Anaheim (goal and an assist)…Recorded his first assist of the season on Dec. 31 at Phoenix and established a career high in points…Tied his rookie output with his fourth goal of the season on Nov. 29 at Vancouver…Scored the game-winner on Nov. 7 vs. Pittsburgh…Scored first goal of the season on Oct. 30 vs. Colorado...AHL: Scored the game-winning goal with 11 seconds left in Worcester's season opener...Playoffs: Recorded five hits and earned a roughing minor in Game 5 of the WCQF…Made postseason debut on April 14 in Game 1 of the WCQF.
2008-09: Scored first NHL power play goal on March 22 vs. Colorado...AHL: Tied for third on Worcester in goals and led team in power play goals (eight)…Playoffs: On San Jose's roster for the WCQF vs. Anaheim, but didn't play…Joined Worcester's playoff run before Game 1 of their second round series vs. Providence. Flying in from San Jose the morning of Game 1 on April 28, scored two goals…Tied for the team lead in goals in just six games.
2007-08: Assigned to Worcester on March 28 after serving as team captain for Ottawa (OHL)…Tied for team lead in points…First on team in plus/minus (plus-10), goals and power play goals (11)…Playoffs: Led 67s in scoring and tied for team lead in goals.
2006-07: Seventh in the OHL and led team in goals…T-17th in OHL and led 67s in points…T-8th in the OHL in power play goals (21)…Second on the team in assists…Named Third Team OHL All-Star…Posted two points (goal and an assist) and was a plus-3 in the 2006-07 All-Star Classic...Named OHL Player of the Week for the week ending Dec. 17…Joined Worcester following the OHL season…Playoffs: Led Ottawa in goals and finished second on the team in points…Appeared in all of Worcester's six Calder Cup Playoff games.
2005-06: Fourth on the team in points and goals, fifth in assists and third in penalty minutes…Was the Fastest Skater in the Prospects Skills Competition…Represented Canada at the World U-18 Hockey Championships…2004-05: Fourth among team rookies in points and assists…Third among team rookies in goals and power play goals (three)…Played for Team Ontario at Under-17 Tournament.
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The summer is here, giving us more reasons to travel to Ireland. Besides warmer temperatures, more sunshine and longer hours of daylight – with blossoming trees and bushes, tender new green leaves, flowers along the roadsides, and gardens galore.
Here is a selection of Ireland's great gardens, open to the public:
National Botanic Gardens (Botanic Rd., Glasnevin, Dublin 9)
This is Dublin's floral showcase, with more than 20,000 different plants, a Great Yew Walk, bog garden, water garden, rose garden, student garden, and herb garden. Established in 1795, the layout also includes a variety of Victorian-style glass houses built to house tropical plants and exotic flowers. Situated on 50 acres of land just two miles north of the city centre and easily reachable by Dublin Bus, the gardens also have over 300 endangered species from around the world, and six species already extinct in the wild.
Powerscourt Gardens (Enniskerry, Co. Wicklow)
An extraordinary array of 18th century gardens just 12 miles south of Dublin City, with a backdrop of the Sugarloaf Mountain. The floral layouts have Italian and Japanese themes, plus herbaceous borders, ornamental lakes, splendid statuary, and decorative ironwork. In addition, the grounds hold a pet cemetery, a wildlife park, and a waterfall (the highest in Britain and Ireland) which tumbles downward from a 400-foot high cliff. The gardens surround a restored 18th century house that also provides exhibits, shops and a café with outdoor terrace overlooking the entire garden landscape. It's an easy half-day trip from Dublin by bus or car.
Mount Usher Gardens (Off N 11, Ashford, Co. Wicklow)
Another "must stop" for garden enthusiasts, en route to or from Dublin. Dating back to 1886, Mount Usher is a 20-acre paradise of over 5,000 types of plants, trees, and shrubs from all over the world, blending familiar species like rhododendrons, magnolias, camellias, eucalyptus, and palms, with the exotic, such as Burmese jumpers, Chinese spindles, and North American swamp cypress. Water plays an essential part of the layout, with cascades and bridges, visible in just about every section.
The Gardens at the Irish National Stud (Tully, Co. Kildare)
Even if you have minimal interest in horses, it is worth a trip to the Irish National Stud, a sprawling horse farm set on 958 acres of prime grasslands, to walk through the adjacent gardens. The Japanese Gardens, laid out between 1906 and 1910 to symbolize the Life of Man in 20 different stages from Oblivion to Eternity, are considered among the finest in Europe. The configuration includes cherry blossoms, bonsai trees, and other exotic plantings, as well as a tea house and a miniature Japanese village. The newer garden, known as St. Fiachra's Garden, is named in honor of the 6th century Irish monk who is the patron saint of gardeners. Designed to recreate the serene environment that inspired the spirituality of the 6th and 7th century monastic movement in Ireland, this garden is a natural oasis of woodlands, waterfalls, and wetlands, along with aquatic plants, islands, and greenery of all types.
Bantry House Garden (Bantry, Co. Cork)
This garden in SW Ireland surrounds Bantry House, one of Ireland's grandest houses built in 1740 for the Earls of Bantry. The gardens are spread on a hillside overlooking Bantry Bay. Walk among the rare flowers, subtropical plants, sculpted shrubs, original statuary and waterfront paths. Climb the steps behind the house for a panoramic view of the house, gardens, and Bantry Bay.
Garinish Island (off Glengarriff, Co. Cork)
A small garden paradise on a 37-acre island off the West Cork coast. Accessible by local ferry boats from the pier at Glengarriff, it is home to an Italian Garden of rare and tender tropical plants, not usually seen in Ireland or northern Europe. It was here that George Bernard Shaw is reputed to have written part of St. Joan. The paths around the gardens, ideal for strolling, include ponds and pedimented gateways, a Martello tower, and a Grecian temple overlooking the sea. You can easily spend a morning or afternoon here.


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- Brentwood teacher's abuse leads to $950,000 settlement, attorneys say
Because Brentwood school staff and administrators ignored state reporting requirements after a teacher pulled a 5-year-old student from his chair and kicked him as he lay on the ground, his parents unwittingly sent their fearful son back into his abuser's classroom.
Teacher Dina Holder eventually pleaded no contest to misdemeanor child abuse. But left to district personnel, the case might never have reached the legal system.
Staff members reported the incident up the chain of command, but failed to notify outside authorities. Top administrators wrongly decided to first investigate rather than alerting police or child welfare workers trained to probe criminal matters. Assistant Superintendent Margaret Kruse regarded the case an employee discipline matter and said she never considered whether a crime was committed.
It was the student's upset parents who notified police when they finally learned of the incident a week after it occurred. Only then did they understand why their special-needs child had a purple lower-back bruise and was saying "no, no" as they approached school the day after the abuse.
Some 2½ years later, Superintendent Merrill Grant on Wednesday defended the notification delay, saying the principal needed to first establish the veracity of the allegations.
That's wrong, says attorney William Grimm of the National Center for Youth Law in Oakland. Unfortunately, it's a common misconception among educators. "They think somehow they need to investigate, to conduct some sort of inquiry. People need to be trained to understand that's not your job."
A San Jose principal, who botched her own investigation of a sexual-abuse incident involving a teacher, was convicted last year of a misdemeanor for failing to alert authorities. In Moraga, the district faces multi-million-dollar lawsuits filed by three former students who say administrators failed to report complaints of teachers who sexually abused them.
The law is clear. Each school worker must "immediately" report knowledge of "any reasonable suspicion" of abuse. If two or more people know, they may agree to designate one to notify authorities.
The Brentwood procedural breakdown is revealed in hundreds of pages of deposition transcripts from the parents' civil lawsuit against the district, Holder and Principal Lauri James. This month's settlement forces the district to pay $950,000 and finally removes Holder from the classroom.
From the onset, this case clearly met the "reasonable suspicion" notification standard. Instructional aides directly witnessed the abuse. However, they misunderstood the law and believed they only had to notify superiors.
That set off a five-person communication chain, in which no one called authorities, before word reached James. One veteran teacher directed witnesses to take their concerns back to the abuser.
Rather than calling police or county Child Protective Services, James launched her own investigation. She had never dealt with such a situation before and didn't know whether Holder's actions, if true, might be criminal.
While tied up in meetings, James directed the school psychologist to collect written statements from witnesses. But James didn't talk to them before she contacted the abuser.
The abuse occurred on a Tuesday. James learned about it on Wednesday afternoon. It wasn't until Friday night that she and Kruse determined they should notify Child Protective Services.
What happened next depends on whom you believe. James testified that a CPS worker told her that the district should handle the matter internally.
"That's not something we do," CPS spokeswoman Lauren Brosnan said Thursday. She couldn't discuss this case because of confidentiality rules. But she said licensed social workers who take the calls about abuse are well-trained. The agency handles allegations of abuse within families and refers other reports to police, she said.
James' account is more troubling because the school psychologist, Samantha Sheldon, gave a different version. She testified that James told her she was instructed by CPS to call police. That never happened.
Ironically, James reprimanded some of her staff, not for failing to properly report the incident to authorities, but for failing to report it to her. "Under SOP (standing operation procedure)," she testified, "anything that you see or hear out of the ordinary needs to be reported to me."
Clearly, remedial training is urgently needed.
Daniel Borenstein is a staff columnist and editorial writer. Contact him at 925-943-8248 firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him at Twitter.com/borensteindan.


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The California Department of Fish and Game has changed its name to California Department of Fish and Wildlife.
The change went into effect Jan. 1 and was mandated by AB 2402, which was signed Sept. 25 by Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. and is one of numerous provisions passed into law during 2012 that affect the department.
"The name of the department was changed to better reflect our evolving responsibilities," said Department Director Charlton H. Bonham stated in a press release. "As our role has grown to meet 21st century expectations, we remain committed to our traditional responsibilities and to honoring our deep roots in California's natural resources legacy."
Traditionally known as game wardens, the department's law enforcement staff will now be called wildlife officers.
The CDFW is now using the address www.wildlife.ca.gov and e-mail addresses for CDFW employees have changed. The old URL and email addresses will continue to work indefinitely.


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How My Mom Suckered Me Into Seeing a Fancy Beverly Hills Dermatologist
It was all she wanted for Christmas. I had to go.
To give you an idea of how this all went down, I'll leave you with a brief transcript from my phone call with mom:
Me: Hi, mom. I'm just leaving the dermatologist appointment.
Mom: Hi, honey. How'd it go?
Me: Well, she was very informative and said I had great skin.
Mom: Yes, she is right, you do have great skin!
Me: And she really urged the importance of sunscreen to keep my skin looking this way for a long time.
Mom: Yes, yes, exactly! She is exactly right.
Me: Really, she seemed to agree with you completely on staying out of the sun and always wearing sunscreen.
Mom: Yes, she is so right. So, so right.
Me: And then she suggested I get Restylane injections underneath my eyes.
Mom: What?! WHAT!? Oh, no, no, no, no, no.
Me: Just a couple quick injections to diminish the appearance of my under eye circles.
Mom: Oh, no, no, no. So wrong. She is so wrong on that one. Injections!? WHAT?!
Me: It's OK mom, they're $900. I'm not getting any injections.
Mom: (Dramatic sigh of relief) Oh, thank God! For a second there I was thinking I just led you down the path of Botox.
Me: Restylane.
Mom: Whatever! So you're not getting any injections?
Me: No, I'm cool with what I got.
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by Monique3 Saturday, April 20, 2013 at 09:15PM Report as inappropriate
Interesting to know price of undereye injections! Very good writer!
by StayinYoung Friday, April 12, 2013 at 05:40PM Report as inappropriate
Lovely article and sorta funny!!!
by Zeaundra Monday, March 25, 2013 at 02:32PM Report as inappropriate
Very nice article. $900 for Restylane is quite reasonable. I'm assuming the doc was recommending a modest amount for that price. Her mother seems caring, but quite overbearing. She's 27, not 7.
by robyne00 Friday, March 15, 2013 at 04:05PM Report as inappropriate
i do not need the services of a dermatologist at this moment but i did I would not hire someone so expensive
by stacy45 Wednesday, March 13, 2013 at 08:00PM Report as inappropriate
wish i could go to a nice beverly hills derm
by treehugger1997 Wednesday, March 13, 2013 at 02:23PM Report as inappropriate
haha, moms...
by AstridB Wednesday, March 13, 2013 at 05:52AM Report as inappropriate
Just a question--if the dermatologist said she had beautiful skin, why inject her with Restylane? This is what keeps me from trusting certain members of the medical industry--money, money, money! I did enjoy the mother-daughter conversation immensely.
by GigiSD Tuesday, March 12, 2013 at 08:57PM Report as inappropriate
This was very a great article!
by Chris213 Tuesday, March 12, 2013 at 07:14PM Report as inappropriate
good article, love the transcript of the phone call! haha
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SAN FRANCISCO -- The San Francisco Symphony says a musician's strike is forcing the cancellation of this coming week's East Coast tour.
More than 100 musicians began striking Wednesday after their union and the Symphony failed to reach a new contract agreement.
Executive Director Brent Assink said Sunday that the musicians have rejected a federal mediator's proposed "cooling-off period" that would have allowed them to keep playing concerts. The orchestra will not play in New York's Carnegie Hall, the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark and the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.
Violist David Gaudry, chairman of the musician's negotiating committee, could not be reached for comment.
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- But then, arrogantly assuming that few will actually visit the original text, he goes right ahead and borrows heavily from his cited source.
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- This is a pocket-sized volume running to 130 pages and probably no more than 40,000 words of text.
- It's the first phase in my experiment of editing a dense piece of academic print text for the Web, and I actually posted it at the end of April, but only mentioned it in passing.
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- In their screenings of Ienaga's texts, the Textbook Authorisation Council exposed its conviction that the purpose of history education was to create patriotic citizens.
- Someone must have been there at 5am ready to buy all the coffee stained English texts.
- Some like to learn from texts and workbooks; others are more kinesthetic and need to have their 'hands on' what they are doing.
- The first is that all the readings of texts and the sermons have been provided by biblical specialists, attempting to read theologically.
- When it comes to a religious text, the translator could have some pre-conceived ideas which make him interpret certain texts in a certain way, but this could be mistaken.
- Bartlett's Good Friday sermon on a Johannine text demonstrates well how preaching may be shaped by a particular understanding of the good news.
- In the text of the discussion, we find the following exchange.
- He is concerned with selected, representative texts and themes.
- Is there a particular scene that you could use as a text for such a discussion?
- The new system lets you send texts to any cellphone in Britain for 12p, and it receives messages free.
- You haven't replied any of my emails, texts, voicemails or anything.
- The product manages phone calls, webcam, emails, texts and instant messaging in one place on a PC, with multi-way video calls expected to be added in 2005.
verb[with object]
- My ex-boyfriend wouldn't even answer his phone and he never texted me back.
- Teenager Hina Khan likes loud music, chatting in class, watching TV and texting her school pals.
- He started texting her and they talked on the telephone for about a month.
texter noun
- Example sentences
- Rich Ling, a sociologist working for Telenor, a Norwegian telecommunications company, has interviewed thousands of mobile-phone texters, and he has noticed that they actually feel more disconnected from the world around them.
- What dedicated texter hasn't suffered an epic misunderstanding, or experienced a sick lurch of fear upon dispatching a message of sensitive character to the wrong recipient?
- Britain's speedy fingered texters sent on average 45 million texts every day last year.
textless adjective
- Example sentences
- I want my imagery to be as physical and immediate as possible, and textless, filmic progressions of still images offer a more sculptural form, and a deeper psychological experience.
- Last Supper is virtually textless, relying upon sound - rather than words - and elaborately constructed images to invite the audience to participate in a dreamlike investigation of fulfillment.
- Lastly, I would like to consider some of the small, textless images at the gallery, representations of individual women that make their point in both visual and conceptual terms.
Late Middle English: from Old Northern French texte, from Latin textus 'tissue, literary style' (in medieval Latin, 'Gospel'), from text- 'woven', from the verb texere.
A text is created when words are woven together, and the term goes back ultimately to Latin texere 'to weave', also the source of texture (Late Middle English) which originally meant 'a woven fabric', textile (early 17th century), and context (Late Middle English). Text is a good example of how words develop new meanings in response to changes in the world. It is associated with the most traditional forms of the written word, but technological changes have introduced text messaging. You might think that the verb text (as in 'I'll text you when I get back') has only been in the language a short time, but here is Shakespeare using the word 400 years ago in the context of inscribing something on a gravestone in large or capital letters: 'Yea and text underneath, here dwells Benedick the married man' (Much Ado about Nothing).
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'Non-Stop' Edges 'Son of God' at Box Office
A butt-kicking, mile-high Liam Neeson won out over history's most famous pacifist in a tight race at the box office.
"Non-Stop," the latest in a string of successful action movies starring the 61 year-old Mr. Neeson, opened to a solid $30 million, according to studio estimates.
Released by Comcast's Universal Pictures, "Non-Stop" was primarily financed by French company Vivendi's Canal Plus for about $50 million. Universal paid about $13 million for the rights to release the movie, in which Mr. Neeson plays an air marshall, in the U.S. and Canada.
"Non-Stop" edged out "Son of God," a film about Jesus culled from footage shot for last year's History Channel mini-series "The Bible," some of which never aired. It opened to $26.5 million.
"The Bible" cost about $20 million to make and producer Mark Burnett incurred minor expenses for editing and other post-production work. It was released by 21st Century Fox's 20th Century Fox.
No. 3 at the box office was "The Lego Movie," which took in another $21 million on its fourth weekend to continue a strong run and boost its total domestic box office above $200 million.
Walt Disney's animated hit "Frozen," meanwhile, was expected to surpass $1 billion in global receipts on Sunday. It's now the second highest grossing animated movie of all time, behind only "Toy Story 3" and not accounting for ticket price inflation.


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ECB Officials to Markets: Chill a While and Let Our Actions Take Effect
European Central Bank officials were out in force Friday explaining the bank's decision Thursday to take extraordinary measures to stimulate the euro-zone economy and boost inflation.
They largely stuck to the themes from ECB President Mario Draghi's press conference Thursday. The ECB was unanimous in choosing to adopt a negative interest rate on bank deposits–a first for such a large central bank–and making hundreds of billions of euros in targeted, cheap loans available to banks at four-year maturities. Officials are committed to preventing inflation–currently 0.5% annually–from staying too low for too long.
The common message for financial markets Friday from ECB officials: we've done a lot; we're open to doing more; but chill out for a while and check back in with us later in the year to see if more is required.
"If the situation doesn't improve, the central bank can do more," Belgium's central bank governor Luc Coene said, adding that it would make sense to wait until the end of the year to "see how the economy reacts to this relatively large injection of liquidity."
That point was echoed by the head of Germany's central bank, Jens Weidmann. "Now we have to wait and see" what the effects of Thursday's measures are, Mr. Weidmann said in an interview with German daily Bild. He said it would be "absurd" to begin speculating on what the ECB's next moves may be.
The plea for patience makes sense given how the ECB designed its latest stimulus measures. Of the multi-faceted package only the rate cuts and suspension of weekly bank-funding drains take effect quickly. The first loans under the new targeted lending plan won't be available until September. The ECB said it would "intensify preparatory work" related to purchases of asset-backed securities. That will likely take several months at least.
Still, the ECB's number two official, Vice President Vitor Constancio, kept the door open to large-scale asset purchases–known as quantitative easing–as Mr. Draghi did on Thursday.
A program of asset purchases is "still on the table," Mr. Constancio said in an interview with CNBC.
Officials largely reiterated Mr. Draghi's comment Thursday that, when it comes to interest rates, "I would consider having reached the lower bound today." Thursday's cuts brought the ECB's main lending rate to 0.15% and the deposit rate to -0.1% from zero.
"I do believe that for the foreseeable future interest rates have reached the quasi lower limit," Austrian central bank Governor Ewald Nowotny said in Vienna, although Mr. Constancio said some of the rates could still be tweaked.
One thing is clear, interest rate increases are unlikely until far into the future, meaning the ECB will likely start tightening well after the Federal Reserve and Bank of England.
"I think we can rather talk about years than months," Ardo Hansson, who heads Estonia's central bank, said in an interview on Estonian television. "At the moment we see no threat yet that inflation would start increasing significantly."


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As national fastpitch softball tournaments around the country approach in late July every team, player, coach and parent sets their sights on winning a championship...or at the very least playing their best ball and representing their team, organization, league or state well on the biggest stage of the season.
If your athlete is playing at the 14u travel level or above she will likely be playing in front of numerous college coaches scouting players looking for the very best athletes they can offer scholarship money to.
As well, parents will make their biggest financial investment of the season to attend these national tournaments.
In other words the stakes couldn't be higher for every athlete to play her best when it matters most! Well, if that is the goal...how does she get there?
In my experience in coaching over 1,200 fastpitch softball games the outcome of most every game is decided on six or so pivotal pitches or plays over the entire game. That's right, only a handful of moments decide the outcome of any game, any time.
Therefore the players and teams that can execute and perform their best during these pivotal moments will be the most successful. Make sense?
We've all seen it, haven't we? The bobbled ground ball with two outs that lets the winning or go ahead run score. The based loaded opportunity late in the game for a hitter that ends up in a strikeout (or for a pitcher an 0-2 count that turns into a three run double on a poorly located screwball). These are all moments that define success or failure for team or player every time they hit the diamond.
Here are the 5 essential keys for your athlete and her team to shine during their upcoming national tournament (ignore them at your own risk!):
1. Prepare - Since it seems like every national tournament is located in some far flung hot and dry/humid location prepare for extreme weather. Hydrate a few days BEFORE the tournament. Adjust to time zone changes and get plenty of rest. Try to keep the same sleep schedule as at home (hard I know). Nationals can also bring numerous games and long, long days...so mentally prepare for it. Remember, success lies at the intersection of preparation and opportunity; and since opportunity is always present the player and team most prepared will likely prevail!
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"Celebrity Apprentice" Episode 1 – Burger Heaven
Okay kids – I haven't been this excited to watch "The Apprentice" since Randal Pinkett won season four. On that season's finale, Autism Speaks was the featured charity for Randal and his team. They had to host a celebrity softball game out in Coney Island. It rained, the game got postponed, and Randal beat out Rebecca and her bad ankle to win the task. I got to bring my mom and meet Donald Trump – she is still talking about it today. It was also the first time Autism Speaks got national exposure on a prime time show. (Deep down inside I have a soft spot for Mark Burnett and all things "Apprentice.")
Now let's talk about this season:
Let's just say that they word "celebrity" is used very loosely when it comes to some of this year's contestants. I know who Sharon Osbourne, Holly Robinson Peete, Cyndi Lauper, Sinbad, and Bret "Rock of Love" Michaels are, but who the heck are Selita Ebanks and Curtis Stone? Even though I have never seen them in Entertainment Weekly, I will say they both are some fine looking eye candy.
The other thing I found a bit alarming was all the cursing, especially from The Donald. Has he been hanging with Snooki and The Situation down at the Jersey Shore? C'mon, Mr. Trump, is this how you make your show edgy? Does every other word have to be a BLEEP and a BLEEP? (Just make things interesting and the rest will follow.)
(Spoilers ahead)
If you've got this on DVR, good for you – because it certainly isn't worth the two hours NBC carved out for it on Sunday night. "The Apprentice" works best when it's an hour-long show. In the first episode, the men and women are separated into teams and asked to choose each others project manager. Drama ensues …
In addition to choosing the opposite team's project manager, they must run a diner and try and make the most money, including tips. Oh, and the other thing they need to do is come up with a name for their team. How very Survivor.
The woman pick the guy with the least amount of sleep, Bret Michaels, who just got back from doing a gig in Mexico and looks like he just got off his love bus. "Tenacity" is the team name chosen by the women.
The men pick Cyndi Lauper. They pick Cyndi because they think she is crazy and they are hoping that she will irk the ladies' team. They aren't that far off. "Rock Solid" is the name the guys pick for their team. Air guitar anyone?
Now for the task …
Each team gets to run a Burger Heaven. Burp. The ladies get the better location on 62nd and Lexington and the guys get the one over at 53rd and Madison.
They guys quickly discuss who is going to do what. Bret is out of his league, but has an ace in the hole with Curtis Stone (the hottie chef I never heard of.) The men's menu has got some high-priced menu items and "food, fundraising and focus" is the motto over at team Rock Solid.
Cyndi and team Tenacity are getting things cooking over at the Lexington location. The gals pull in the paparazzi to take some pictures of Sharon and Cyndi. Cyndi thinks she looks fat in all of the pictures, and Sharon thinks that she is totally barking mad! Holly is calling in all her friends, including the gang over at Autism Speaks, to show up and order some burgers. The Victoria Secret model gets kitchen duties with the other woman I have no idea who the heck is. Carol Leifer wants to serve strawberries with the burgers, so if you watch any reality TV you'll soon know where this is going.
It's burger time.
As each team gets ready to grill some burgers, Mr. Trump sends out Joan Rivers to be his secret spy, so he can get the dish on what team is doing what. Is it me or is Joan Rivers looking like one of those mannequins from the Old Navy ads?
First stop for Ms. Rivers is Rock Solid's Burger Heaven. It didn't look too good for the guys at first, when all the low rollers started running out of the restaurant once they saw the menu. But by the time Joan and Al Roker got there, the burger listed for 100 bucks was starting to move. It seems that Daryl Strawberry really does have friends in high places. The guys were also getting some Rock Solid tips. Too bad ex-Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich was taking orders because he left poor Joan's burger on the counter for 10 minutes. That guy sure likes to talk and Joan was less than pleased.
Over at the Tenacity Burger Heaven, things were moving. The line was stretched around the block and the ladies were a bit overwhelmed. Their menu wasn't so pricey and they didn't have as many high rollers coming in. But Joan did like their burger and service better than the guys. Spotted at the restaurant were Autism Speaks' very own Christina, Denise and Melissa. (One piece of advice to Melissa – next time you are being filmed for a hit reality show ditch the CrackBerry.)
And the winner is … (major spoiler ahead)
Joan loves the ladies' burger better and tells The Donald, he gives the ladies an extra $10,000 for their kitty, but it's not enough. Team Rock Solid grills them by raising over $57,000, while Team Tenacity comes up way short with $39,559 dollars, even with Joan's extra cash. You know what that means. Crazy Cyndi and the gals are going to the boardroom. Before we get all the in-fighting they interview Holly. She is seen wearing the Autism Speaks pin, which is way cool. Go Holly!
None of the gals want to see anyone go home and Cyndi is having a hard time firing anybody. Donald is laying into them hard and as they start to crack, the team turns on Carl "Strawberry" Leifer. MEOW! Mr. Trump asks Cyndi to pick two people to come into the boardroom. She can't, so he fires Carol right there on the spot. Boom bam. The guys are having a really good time watching in the other room.
I'm digging the new show, especially seeing Cyndi, Sharon and our friend Holly. Let's hope the gals can pull it together and that Mr. Burnett and NBC keep this show to an hour instead of the blotted two. Sometimes less is so much more.
Next week: Bret wears a different Christian Audigier t-shirt but the same eyesore cowboy hat.
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The Arts Council will be forced to pull its funding for threatened arts bodies if local authorities press ahead with planned cuts to the sector, the new chairman of the funding body has warned.
Sir Peter Bazalgette, the man credited with unleashing reality television on to British screens, this month took up one of the UK's most prominent arts jobs at a time of intense financial pressure for local councils. Faced with unpalatable budgetary choices, some councils have threatened 100 per cent cuts in arts funding – a decision Sir Peter called a "terrible mistake" that would destabilise their co-funding relationships with Arts Council England.
"What we say to local authorities is we are your partners. If you cut all your funding, we haven't got the money to replace it, so you're putting your organisations in jeopardy," he tells the Financial Times in an interview at ACE's Westminster offices.
Against this unpromising backdrop, Sir Peter's chief task in his £40,000 a year part-time role will be to make the strongest possible case for the arts to central and local government.
Some think that "Baz", as he is known, is ill-suited to the role. As the man who brought Big Brother to UK television, he has been accused of dumbing down British culture.
But his CV includes stints in positions of high cultural respectability: chairman of English National Opera, president of the Royal Television Society, a Bafta fellowship and board membership of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
Dressed in a checked Paul Smith suit set off with trademark lurid socks, the 59-year-old media entrepreneur has a raffish approachability far removed from the image of the great-and-good arts supremo. His commercial sensibility, though, is precisely what some believe is needed among arts organisations accustomed to a flow of subsidies.
Sir Peter argues that the 695 so-called "national portfolio organisations" that receive the bulk of ACE funding are already committed to raising their commercial game. He says corporate sponsorship, revenues and fundraising, rather than state handouts, now account for 70 per cent of their income, up from about 50 per cent in 1990.
But he wants to see cultural bodies do more to exploit the possibilities of digital marketing and distribution, which win wider audiences at minimal cost. A big fan of live cinema screenings such as from the Royal Opera House or the National Theatre, he is also an adviser to The Space, an experimental online venue for arts set up by the BBC and Arts Council.
"I know from my own experience in TV that it's one thing to make a piece of content, it's another to get people to find it," he says.
His enterprising zeal may be in tune with the Conservative-led government that appointed him. But any commercial gains should not be seen as a licence for further cuts, he says: "The government money that goes in, even though it is one-third, is the vital venture investment that unlocks the rest."
As an "immediate priority", he is plotting a tour of UK regions over the next six months to gird the loins of local authorities that may be wavering in their support of arts. He will be pointing to exemplars such as Gateshead, Bristol and Liverpool, which he says recognise the "utter revitalising effects that arts institutions have on a locality".
He will also need to push through ferocious cuts to ACE initiated by Dame Liz Forgan, his predecessor.
The government has slashed its grant-in-aid funding by nearly 30 per cent over four years to about £360m a year, and said it must reduce its own administrative costs by half.
Staff numbers will fall to 440, a halving over the past decade, and the organisation is merging its 8 regions into 5 to save money.
Does this unenviable context make the job something of a poisoned chalice? Not a bit of it, Sir Peter says, effervescing with enthusiasm. "What turns me on are new ideas. I have always backed up new ideas and what could be more wonderful than chairing the Arts Council – because that's exactly what it does."
In tune with Keynes
What would Keynes have made of it? The illustrious economist and postwar founder of the Arts Council might have been surprised by the elevation of reality TV champion Sir Peter Bazalgette to one of the country's most eminent arts roles.
But Sir Peter, having listened to a recording of Keynes's 1945 radio speech on the new body, feels solidly in tune with the arts philosophy of the heavyweight who was part of the Bloomsbury set.
The economist's vision of art as something to be relished by all, not prescribed by cultural guardians from on high, resonates most clearly with the man who created highly popularised TV formats such as Changing Rooms and Ready Steady Cook.
"Do not think of the Arts Council as a schoolmaster. Your enjoyment will be our first aim," he quotes Keynes.
Is he a Keynesian himself? "We're all Keynesians in an era of quantitative easing," he suggests, somewhat evasively. But asked if he would call for a new infusion of money directly into the arts, he is measured.
"Obviously we have to be realistic . . . we've just had a spending review where every government department was cut. But what I say to anyone who will listen is that the arts accounts for half a pence in every £1,000 of government spending – and delivers a massive reward."
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