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CALABASH—Town commissioners unanimously approved the entire Calabash wastewater treatment collection project Monday at an assessment fee not to exceed $5,500 per lot.
Residents will be able to pay sewer assessments during a 10-year period.
Commissioners also approved transferring appropriated funds of $350,000 from the town's capital-project Fund 65 for sewer expansion to reduce assessment fees to Calabash property owners.
The vote came at the end of a specially called meeting Monday that lasted two and a half hours.
CAROLINA SHORES—Town commissioners voted 3-2 Tuesday to set a November referendum on changing the town's form of government.
A majority of commissioners also voted to negotiate a contract for assistant town administrator Amanda Chestnut.
The referendum is the result of a petition signed by 830 registered voters that was presented to the board of commissioners at their monthly workshop Monday morning.
That number exceeded the required 10 percent or 275 voter signatures required to have a referendum.
SUNSET BEACH—The town planning board last week voted to review proposed property setbacks in the island business district and get input from citizens.
Some of that input came at the July 2 meeting, when island business owners outlined the challenges of trying to operate in the spaces they have.
In June, the board approved a proposal to increase rear and side-yard setbacks for businesses that abut residential property in the beach business district.
W.J. and Sibyl McLamb will serve as Lower Cape Fear Hospice & LifeCareCenter chairs of the Closer to Home capital campaign. The campaign will raise funds to build a seven-bed inpatient hospice care center for Brunswick County patients and families.
The McLambs were touched by the hospice care their loved one received by Lower Cape Fear Hospice & LifeCareCenter.
"The time has come for Brunswick County to have its own hospice care center, and the people of Brunswick County deserve to have an inpatient care center closer to home," Sibyl McLamb said.
For most of my career with Cooperative Extension, there has been little interest in home vegetable gardening. Sure, the hardcore gentlemen farmers kept on growing southern favorites like collards and okra along with mega-popular commodities like tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers, but the rest of the crowd preferred their veggies in microwave-safe plastic pouches with the likeness of the Jolly Green Giant boldly displayed.
Whenever we have a heat wave like the ones we having been having on and off this summer, it is a good idea to take frequent breaks and replenish lost liquids as you work. We want you to enjoy your garden and not end up in the hospital.
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As the summer season approaches, we hope the mosquito problem will go away; however, with the threat of the West Nile Virus, it behooves each of us to do what we can to help eliminate as many mosquitoes as possible.
At this time, there has not been a confirmed case of the virus in North Carolina. As a precaution, the next two articles will examine mosquito control around the home and community.
Mosquitoes are important pests because their biting activity often interferes with outdoor activities and can transmit disease organisms to people and domestic animals.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Bowen of Angier announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Hannah Suzanne Bowen, to Clarence Wesley Hamilton IV of Holden Beach. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. C.W. Hamilton of Bolivia. The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Honeycutt of Angier, Ida Ruth Bowen of Erwin and the late Edsel Bowen. The prospective groom is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Corn of Burnsville and the late Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Hamilton II.
Announcement is made of the forthcoming marriage of Cindy Lee Hoskins of Leland and Aaron Talmadge Black of Sunset Beach. The bride-elect is the daughter of Kathy Hoskins of Byron. She is owner of the Fitness Studio in Ocean Isle Beach. The prospective groom is the son of Jack and Clara Black of Primghar, Iowa. He is an estimator for J.P. Russ and Son in Ocean Isle Beach. An Oct. 3 wedding is planned at The Thistle Golf Club in Calabash.
Corrine Elizabeth Day of Shallotte and Ronnie Lee McCray of Calabash were married June 6 at Mount Nebo Missionary Baptist Church in Longs, S.C.
The Rev. Robert L. Fooks Sr. officiated the service.
The bride is the daughter of Ira L. and Virgie C. Day of Laurel, Del.
She was given in marriage and escorted by Kaile Turner.
The groom is the son of Ronnie and Mary Lee McCray of Calabash.
Cheryl Y. Adams served as matron of honor. Flower girls were Charli Witherspoon and Emmalee Marlowe.
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In the polls 61% readers said that the jump will only reduce the viewership of Bade Acche Lagte Hain.
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SIKESTON -- Donald Lee Ottinger Sr., 46, died at 4 a.m. Sept. 11, 2006, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston.
Born March 2, 1960, in Sikeston, son of Betty Flanagan Ottinger of Bell City and the late James D. Ottinger, he was a farmer for Parker Brothers Farms and a member of Murray Lane Baptist Church.
On Oct. 5, 1982, in Sikeston, he married Kathy Dozier, who preceded him in death on March 20, 2004.
One brother, James Michael Ottinger; and one grandson also preceded him in death.
In addition to his mother, survivors include: three sons, Donald Lee Ottinger Jr., James Michael "Mikey" Ottinger and Benjamin "Caleb" Ottinger, all of Sikeston; one brother, David Ottinger of Sikeston; one sister, Marla Sprouse of Steele; and one grandchild.
Visitation is from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. today at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel, where services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday. The Rev. Kelley Grubbs, pastor of Murray Lane Baptist Church, will officiate.
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Ibuka foundation in Rukara sector in Kayonza district is asking for help and support to finish building the genocide memorial site in the sector.
In this site, more than 8.000 genocide victims who were killed in the Catholic Church and in its neighborhood are buried.
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The memorial site that these corpses will be shifted into is already being built but a lot is still needed to make it a respectful place to bury in these genocide victims.
Burakari said that to stop building this memorial site in the middle of the process would be shameful and that is why they need support from everyone to complete building it.
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Ed Boon fancies the idea of a Mortal Kombat crossover with other franchises such as Street Fighter, Tekken or Killer Instinct.
Indeed, the series creator has discussed the possibility of a crossover "many, many" times, but fears MK's mature content may prove to be a stumbling block.
Responding to a question from G4TV (via Videogamer) about the possibility of pitting the likes of Sub-Zero and Scorpion against fighters from other series, Boon said, "We absolutely have thought about it."
"One of the obstacles is that we're an M-rated game and all of the other ones, for the most part, are T-rated games. So it's the same challenge we had with pairing up with the DC characters."
"But we've all dreamt with crossing over with Street Fighter or Tekken," he added. "Killer Instinct was also one that was coming up since they were an M-rated game as well. But I'll tell you that we've had many, many conversations along those lines."
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Waiting for Godot
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Vladimir and Estragon
Let's just say right off the bat that a play so absolutely filled with dualities is going to be full of foils.
We chose the biggest ones to talk about here: of course the most obvious is Estragon and Vladimir. Vladimir comes off as the caretaker, Estragon as the man in need. Estragon has no issue with playing the part of a beggar, but Vladimir allows his pride to get in the way of his practicality.
Perhaps most important is that these men have very different types of intelligence; Vladimir is the more intellectual, and Estragon the more emotional. Vladimir tries to function on a logical base, Estragon has clearly given that up long ago.
In fact, the way the men look at the Bible is a great example of their contrasting characters. Vladimir gets bogged down in the logistics. He's concerned with the lack of consistency in one particular biblical tale (the two thieves crucified with Christ) and in a sense misses the forest for the trees. Estragon, on the other hand, comes off as a simpleton who looks only at pictures, but in fact he comes away from the Bible with a comforting vision of the Holy Land—arguably more than Vladimir got from the experience of reading it.
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As the two central duos in Waiting for Godot, this pair of pairs is ripe for a foil analysis. Because Pozzo and Lucky have a master-slave relationship, it makes us take a closer look at Vladimir and Estragon. Do they too play the part of master and slave? If so, which is which?
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The first time I heard about a "North Missouri Spring Grand Slam" was several years ago.
I stopped on a Linn County dirt road to chat with another turkey hunter who had just taken his first-ever wild turkey and was really "pumped." After hearing every detail surrounding the turkey's demise (I was jealous because I, a supposed experienced turkey hunter, hadn't taken one yet), he said, "Now, I'm going mushroom hunting and this afternoon I'll try for some crappies over at Mark Twain Lake".
And then he said, "You know, if I could do all these successfully in one day, that would be sort of a Grand Slam, wouldn't it?"
As most sportsmen know, the hunting/fishing world is full of "Slams" such as all four species of North American sheep, all four species of wild turkeys, etc.
As we expanded on his idea, we decided that this "slam" should be geographic to our primary hunting/fishing locations and thus the North Missouri Spring Grand Slam was born.
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He headed off to hunt mushrooms while I resumed looking for a cooperative turkey. I didn't find a turkey, and I never found out if he was successful in his mushroom/crappie efforts. I did find out that he was a pretty good crappie angler and Mark Twain Lake was his primary fishing location. I'd like to believe that his efforts that fine spring day several years ago were successful and that he was the first-ever "North Missouri Spring Grand Slam" taker.
Since then, at someone else's suggestion, I've come up with a "North Missouri Super Grand Slam" by adding a limit of catfish to the qualifications. Since catfish bite pretty good after dark, this would add some hours to the one day time limit, although just thinking about the before daylight until after dark effort this would entail wears me out.
This all came up because, at least here in north Missouri, spring turkey season, crappie spawning time and the peak of morel mushroom time all occur at approximately the same time, normally mid-April to mid-May (although this year's unusually warm March caused the crappie and mushrooms to get an early start). I don't know about other turkey hunters, but I always have a zip-lock bag in my turkey vest in case I sit down in a clump of mushrooms. And this has happened many times.
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To be really aware you must be able to know simultaneously what is going on thousands of miles away today, what may have happened centuries ago, what will happen anywhere in the world decades from now, and what is occuring, has occured, or will occur on other planes of existence. And you must still act as if you know nothing. You must just sit and talk with other people and play the part which Nature has assigned to you.
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Aug. 2, 2012 -- Men who served in the military carry a heavier health burden than non-veterans. According to a CDC report released today, veterans are significantly more likely to have two or more chronic diseases, such as diabetes, heart disease, and high blood pressure, as well as other health problems.
Nearly 1 in 5 vets between the ages of 45 and 54 reported at least two chronic conditions compared to less than 15% of non-veterans. Close to 1 in 3 former service members who are 55 to 64 said they had more than one chronic disease compared to one-quarter of men who never served.
"The effects of military service on physical and psychological health, especially after extended overseas deployments, are complex," write the researchers. "There may also be long-term consequences of military service for the health and health care utilization of veterans as they age."
The report was produced by the National Center for Health Statistics, a division of the CDC. It draws on data from the 2007-2010 National Health Interview Survey, and it covers veterans aged 25 to 64, directly comparing their health with that of non-veterans.
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While younger veterans -- those aged 25 to 34 -- showed few differences with their non-veteran counterparts, some significant disparities appear as they get older.
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By: Tim Laughlin
He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, "He is my refuge and my fortress; my God, in Him I will trust." (Psalms 91:1,2)
We are living in the midst of some very trying and sometimes fearful times. Everything that man has put his trust in is being shaken to the very core. The truth of the matter is this, there is nothing that you can put your trust in and no one you can turn to but One, God!
Fear has laid hold of men's hearts and they are running to and fro looking for answers from any source they find because of the things that are coming on the world. Disease, economic unrest, failing governments and war have taken their toll on mankind and there seems to be no remedy for man's ills.
Mankind's problems stem from their lack of trust in the One who created them. Because of their unbelief they have trusted that which cannot satisfy their needs and have turned away from their heavenly Father who cares deeply for their welfare. To escape the storms of life there is only one place that man can find refuge and that is under the shadow of God's protection.
To enter the "Secret Place" one must lay down all of his trust and belief in the world and in his own ability to provide for himself and relinquish all of his gifts and talents and surrender to the Most High. To come under His care and provision one must submit himself totally to the Father's will for his life.
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths. (Proverbs 3:5,6)
Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the trapper and from the perilous pestilence. He shall cover you with His feathers, and under His wings you shall take refuge; His truth shall be your shield and buckler. (Psalms 91:4)
Deliverance and salvation are synonymous, they cannot be separated. God is our deliverer and Jesus is our Savior, we have been set free from sin and delivered from the powers of darkness. The devil has been defeated and rendered powerless and we have been given all authority over all of his works.
The secret place provides protection from the enemy and the word of God builds our faith that literally becomes a shield that deflects all the attacks of the devil. Knowing who we are and to whom we belong will greatly aid us in our quest to defeat all of Satan's schemes. When I was a child standing in the shadow of my earthly father I knew and had faith that no matter what, he would protect me from anything that would try and harm me.
John 15 says that we are the branches and Jesus is the vine, this analogy illustrates the close relationship that we are to have with Him by always abiding in His presence. In the shelter of the vine and the divine spiritual nourishment that it provides we can remain at rest and peace knowing that God is in total control of our lives.
Above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one. And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. (Ephesians 6:16-17)
You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, nor of the arrow that flies by day, nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness, nor of the destruction that lays waste at noonday. A thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; but it shall not come near you. Only with your eyes shall you look, and see the reward of the wicked. (Psalms 91:5-8)
All about us destruction and death lurks in the shadows seeking some unsuspecting soul out from under the protection of God's mighty hand. Sickness, drug and alcohol addiction, murder, suicide and terror of all kinds are consuming people by the millions, not to mention acts of nature such as storms, earthquakes and fires that are an everyday occurrence. The news is always focused on some catastrophic accident or some other fear provoking situation that brings about depression and anxiety to those that have no hope.
Fear is the opposite of faith and God has not given us a spirit of fear, but power, love and a sound mind. The promises of God in His word are to be encouragement for our souls in times of distress and we are to literally take Him at His word that He will protect us and keep us safe even today in these perilous times. Fear dominates the world and men's hearts are truly failing because of all the events that are taking place right before their very eyes.
The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? (Psalms 27:1)
Because you have made the Lord, who is my refuge, even the Most High, your dwelling place, no evil shall befall you, nor shall any plague come near your dwelling. (Psalms 91:9,10)
It seems that everywhere we look evil is prevalent and disease of all kinds is spreading across the world. Bird flu, swine flu, cancer, diabetes, AIDS and new and mysterious strains of air- born bacteria are stifling medical science. Billions are spent every year to try and cure disease and yet the end is not even remotely in sight. The health care system is failing, Medicare and Medicaid, Social Security and many other government programs are going broke and it looks as if it is going to get worse.
God has always been man's healer even though in most cases man won't trust Him to be. If you owned a Chevy I bet you wouldn't take it to Ford to get it repaired, because Chevy created it. The Christian has a benefit plan written in the blood of Jesus 2000 years ago and promises healing and deliverance from all disease. We have been given total freedom from the maladies of the world if we will only trust in our loving Father to fulfill His word and believe!
The world has nothing to offer the believer in regards to health care, finances and welfare because we belong to a heavenly realm that promises to provide all of our needs. Because we have befriended the world we have also received of their fears and what a man fears will come upon him. If you are a born again blood washed believer you have left the confines of this earthly world and put your trust firmly in the Lord Jesus Christ to be your provider.
Bless the Lord, O my soul and forget none of His benefits; Who forgives all your iniquities, Who heals all your diseases, Who redeems your life from destruction, Who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies, Who satisfies your mouth with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's. (Psalms 103:2-5)
For He shall give His angels charge over you to keep you in all your ways. In their hands they shall bear you up, lest you dash your foot upon a stone. (Psalms 91:11,12)
God's promise of protection are His angelic messengers sent to render aid to those that have been purchased with the blood of His Son. Angels are on duty 24/7 guarding us and protecting us through every circumstance of life even though for the most part they are invisible. Throughout the word of God angels intervened in the lives of countless saints warring against the enemy and pushing back the powers of darkness.
There are many types of angels and they have different positions of authority, some are warriors, some messengers and some sent to minister strength and peace to those that are weary in battle or sick. God sometimes sends angels to test us in various situations to see if we will respond to someone's need as referenced in Hebrews 13:2. At other times angels are sent to deliver messages or warnings as in the account of the two angels sent to rescue Lot from Sodom and Gomorrah.
Volumes could be written about angels and their ministry to us and we should be aware of their presence as we journey through this earthly realm. God has given us powerful bodyguards to accompany us through our lifetime until we enter the very gates of Heaven.
The angel of the Lord encamps all around those who fear Him and delivers them. (Psalms 34:7)
You shall tread upon the lion and the cobra, the young lion and the serpent you shall trample underfoot. (Psalms 91:13)
Satan is the enemy of all mankind with a mandate for destruction and death he moves throughout the world seeking someone to devour. Sometimes referenced as a lion and at other times a serpent his attributes resemble a beast with absolutely no compassion or mercy for anyone. The devil cannot be domesticated or tamed and can never be trusted because like a wild beast he will turn and kill you in an instant.
The greatest feat that the devil has accomplished in these latter times is the fact that he has convinced people that he really doesn't exist, he is just a figment of your imagination, a harmless apparition in a red suit with a pitchfork in his hand. Lies, deceit and deception make him a worthy opponent and a formidable adversary and because of his ability to seduce and deceive he has defeated many men and women of God with his tactics.
God has given the believer authority and power to defeat the schemes of the devil and has given us a mandate to put the enemy under our feet just as Jesus did. The army of the living God has been given dominion over sickness, death and poverty and has every right to run the powers of darkness out of their lives and families. We have been given the weapons of war and the armor of God to destroy the works of the devil.
"Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
"Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rather rejoice because your names are written in Heaven." (Luke 10:19,20)
"Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him; I will set him on high because he has known My name. He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him and honor him, with long life I will satisfy him, and show him My salvation." (Psalms 91:14-16)
The above referenced scripture sounds like a marriage vow, a promise for all who would call upon the name of the Lord, and so it is, it is the very heart of the Father to marry you and bring you into His heavenly family. The relationship between a man and a woman bound in holy matrimony is the relationship God wants with us. Jesus died and shed His own blood for us that we in return would give our lives and heart to Him in a love relationship.
Till death do us part, stated in the wedding vow is God's promise for all who would repent of an evil lifestyle of rebellion and come and have their sins washed white as snow in the blood of the Son of the living God. To become a born again new creation in Christ one has to surrender his will to God and believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and his sins will be forgiven and he will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit and become a son or daughter in the Kingdom of God forever!
All of mankind is invited into the secret place of God's presence to spend eternity with Him in the Kingdom of Heaven, but sadly only a few choose to relinquish their life in exchange for His. The gift is free, but the cost is great, only the one willing to give up his own life for Him will receive the rights and benefits of His kingdom and an eternity of heavenly splendor. Will you?
For the love of Christ compels us, because we judge thus: that if One died for all, then all died; and He died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again. (II Corinthians 5:14,15)
Your servant in Christ, Tim Laughlin
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Baltimore Sun
August 1, 1999
U.S., Russia To Develop A Joint Missile Defense
`Unstable regimes' identified as threat
By Jonathan Weisman, Sun National Staff
WASHINGTON -- A fanciful dream first conjured up by Ronald Reagan 14 years ago will take a step toward reality next month when the United States and Russia begin serious talks on the joint development of a system intended to destroy incoming missiles.
In White House talks last week, President Clinton, Vice President Al Gore and Russian Prime Minister Sergei V. Stepashin spoke at length about the emerging threat of missile attacks from rogue nations, hinting at a growing consensus around efforts to develop anti-missile defense systems.
Though no specific proposals were offered by either side, both emerged from the talks speaking of mutual interests in missile defense. Stepashin said both nations should work together toward a "global security system."
"The ballistic missile threat is not from Russia but from unstable regimes," Stepashin told reporters. "These threats also affect Russia."
Clinton's national security adviser, Samuel R. Berger, said more cautiously, "It is conceivable that we could cooperate in such a way that would protect American security, but would also provide tangible benefits to the Russians."
The very idea that the United States and Russia are working jointly toward the development of an anti-missile defense program marks a startling turnabout. Moscow had long insisted that the 1972 Anti--Ballistic Missile treaty was inviolable and that neither side could go beyond the single-site, limited defense system allowed under that accord. U.S. officials, along with the Russians, now envision a true national missile defense system.
Yet there is no guarantee that engineers would be able to make it work. Thus far, the talks have been abstract. Next month, arms control negotiators will try to developmore concrete joint research projects when they resume talks on further reductions in nuclear arms and the future of the ABM treaty.
Russia's parliament has refused to ratify the START II arms reduction treaty hammered out in 1993, and the U.S. missile defense efforts have been central to its intransigence.
Some Russian members say they should not be ratifying a new arms control treaty just when the United States plans to abrogate the ABM accord. Others in the Russian parliament have insisted that Russia must maintain a high level of ballistic missiles so it can overwhelm any American defense shield.
Back to the table
But a convergence of circumstances and looming political deadlines are pushing both sides back to the bargaining table. President Boris N. Yeltsin's government wants to break the logjam over START II, which would reduce both nations' arsenals of long-range nuclear warheads to no more than 3,500 each, and move toward START III, which would reduce arsenals to 2,500 warheads or fewer. For the ailing Russian economy, that level would be more manageable.
Indeed, Russia announced last week that it would hold discussions on START III with the United States in Moscow later this month.
Yeltsin needs to make progress before negotiations are consumed by the politics of the Russian parliamentary elections this fall, and progress on arms reduction has become bound up with missile defense and the ABM treaty.
The Clinton administration faces its own deadline. Earlier this year, the White House yielded to pressure from Republicans in Congress and dropped its long-standing resistance to an anti--missile system.
The president then signed legislation making it national policy to deploy a nationwide missile defense system "as soon as technologically possible."
Under an earlier agreement with Congress, Clinton pledged to decide next year whether to go forward with that deployment. Clinton hopes to negotiate changes in the ABM treaty in advance of that decision.
Drawing the Russians into a cooperative relationship, Berger said, could make a decision to deploy more palatable in Moscow and provide "a greater incentive to make changes in the ABM treaty."
"We want to reduce the overall nuclear stockpile," a State Department official said. "We want to preserve existing treaties, and we want to be able to deal with a new generation of threats with a new generation of technology. How you do all those things means looking at all three at once and as a whole."
Moreover, advances in missile capabilities -- especially in North Korea and Iran -- have given both the United States and Russia cause for concern. Members of Congress have suggested building a missile defense system in Russia's Far East to shoot down possible North Korean missiles, or a system in the south of Russia to guard against Iranian or Iraqi missile launches.
"I think people want to explore this," said a White House official familiar with the talks. "We haven't talked in concrete terms, but there's a lot of potential here."
For years the United States and Russia have run joint research programs sponsored by the Pentagon's Ballistic Missile Defense Organization. But the technology was of such marginal value and the amount of money invested was so low that the project was considered a confidence-building measure more than a serious research effort, a Pentagon official said.
Indeed, the White House has proposed killing the joint Russian-U.S. program next year.
`U.S. is serious'
But last week's discussions about joint missile defense work has lifted the hopes of missile defense advocates that the White House is becoming serious about deploying a system. And they believe the Russians are increasingly reconciled to it.
"This is not some romantic notion of a great strategic partnership that's driving this," said Keith Payne, director of the National Institute for Public Policy and the U.S. director of a joint U.S.-Russian study of missile defense issues.
"It's a notion that the U.S. is serious about going through with this, and the Russians don't want to be left behind.
"It's a very serious change" in Russian attitude, Payne said, "and I wouldn't be surprised if there was a sea change in the near future."
Even some opponents of a missile defense system sense a change in attitude on both sides.
"It's only been going on for a few weeks," John Pike, director of the Space Policy Project at the Federation of American Scientists, said of the joint missile defense talks. "But evidently, there's been much more discussion in the last few weeks than in the last several years."
White House officials acknowledge that the talks have a long way to go.
"I don't think there's been a sea change on Russian thinking on this issue," said one official.
And some Russian experts and missile-defense opponents are skeptical that a meaningful joint research program will ever move beyond the bargaining table. Reagan first suggested sharing missile defense technology with Mikhail S. Gorbachev in 1986, as a way of easing U.S.-Soviet tensions.
In 1992, Yeltsin and President George Bush established a high-level working group to examine joint missile defense projects, but the effort quietly died under Clinton.
Skeptics suggest that the latest attempt will fail, too.
The Russians will expect the United States to throw in billions of dollars, and the Americans will refuse, predicted Sherman Garnett, a Russia specialist and dean of Michigan State University's James Madison College of Public Policy.
Moreover, in the wake of the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, suspicions are rife within Russia that the Americans would join such an alliance only to undermine Russia's national security.
"It's much easier for an American to describe such a thing than a Russian to understand why he would be interested in doing something like this," Pike said.


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Nestled in the quaint Essex countryside, just south of Cambridge, Audley End House is regarded as one of the finest remaining Jacobean houses in England. Built in the 16th century by Thomas Audley, the house was often used to entertain royalty and has housed a number of earls and kings throughout the years. Now in the stewardship of the English Heritage, Audley House is open for everyone to enjoy, 7 days a week! So why not add a day-trip to Audley House to your Essex cottage holiday itinerary; the estate promises a fun day for all the family, with its sublime manor house and sprawling formal gardens!
Family fun on your next cottage holiday near Audley End House!
Take a moment to relax in Audley House's tranquil French parterre garden and feast your eyes on a mosaic of seasonal blooms. Both you and the kids will love the 1880's stable yard, where live actors are on hand to teach you a thing or two about the history of the estate and its regal four-legged friends. Afterwards, retire to the house itself, where you can explore a myriad of Jacobean halls and an 18th-century Gothic-style chapel. And if you grow tired from all the sight-seeing, head to the Cart Yard café for a pot of tea, and watch the children burn off some steam in the adjacent themed playground.
A great attraction next door to your Essex Holiday Cottage
We told you there was something for everyone at Audley House, and what's more, we've a selection of cosy Essex cottages within a short drive of this impressive English estate. The site is open daily between 10am-6pm, so why not treat you and the kids to a fun-filled day out on your next cottage holiday, with a visit to the illustrious Audley House and Gardens.


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Understanding Variable Annuities with GMWBs
March 1, 2011
by Robert Huebscher
The results of our model
We computed the internal rates of return (IRRs) for the VA+GMWB and the passive portfolio, taking into account all cash flows – withdrawals from the VA+GMWB, income from the passive account, and the ending balances in the passive and VA+GMWB accounts. We ran 100,000 simulations, each to a randomly chosen date-of-death based on mortality tables. Averaging the IRRs over those simulations, the results were as follows:
|Passive portfolio
One of the virtues of the VA+GMWB is that it offers a 4.08% IRR; it would not be hard to find variable annuities that offer zero or even negative IRRs. But it still lags behind the passive portfolio's returns.
While this 157 basis point difference provides a general indication of the relative advantage of the passive approach, however, it lacks mathematical precision, since IRRs cannot be averaged over different time horizons. The appropriate view is of the IRRs based on life span:
Figure 1. Median internal rates-of-return (IRRs) for VA+GMWB and passive strategies
This figure shows the median IRRs for various life spans, from 61 years up to well past 100.
The overall IRR advantage of the passive portfolio is not surprising, and the lower IRR of the VA+GMWB reflects its higher fees and the cost of the longevity insurance for the scenarios in which the investor would outlive the passive portfolio. The VA+GMWB investor sacrifices overall return in order to insure against longevity risk. The passive strategy has a higher IRR for all life spans through 113.
While these IRRs compare the investment properties of the VA+GMWB to the passive portfolio, they do not provide the necessary framework for an investor to assess the cost of the longevity insurance. That assessment must be based on life expectancy, the probability that the passive portfolio would deplete, and how much insurance the VA+GMWB provides in those instances.
Below are the probabilities that the passive portfolio will match the cash flows of the VA+GMWB.
Figure 2. Probability the cash flow from the passive portfolio will equal that of the VA+GMWB


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At a Scherma family holiday meal there was usually mayhem. Thirty people including Sadie, chief chef, and Frank and their four sons and their families and friends and Aunt Angie sat around a set of long tables. The youngest kids were placed nearby at a separate table. There was always too much food and the wine flowed readily. So did the conversation. The current topic was about having children. If Sadie were on Oprah, she would be a perfect guest. She tells all. Sadie and her younger sister Angie were speaking. I was sitting nearby.
"You need to have four or five kids to understand what it means to be a mother," Sadie said.
"So, I only had one and then my husband got sick," countered Aunt Ang. Her husband not only had M.S., but he died in 1966 at age 52.
Karen, a niece, said, "You need a man around the house, Aunt Ang."
"Get the hell outta here!" said Angie.
Sadie, speaking to Karen, her grandchild, said, "Sweetheart, you said you wanted bread and butter. It's right there. Go and eat."
Sadie continued, speaking to me, "Your father saw me give birth to Ted [her first son] and said, 'Never again, Sadie, never again!"
I asked, "How did he see you?"
"I gave birth at home."
Someone chimed in, "Sure, while they were making pasta fazoula."
"No," said Sadie, "they were in the kitchen making Jewish cheesecake...the nurse was showing them how to make Jewish cheesecake."
My friend Jim Goldstein laughed out loud.
Angie said, "I was standing outside the bedroom!"
Sadie continued, "Frank said to me that after Ted, 'Never again, Sadie, never again.' and one year later I was caught again. And he told me, 'Never.'"
"Ma, how was it when I was born?" I was the fourth son.
"You were a big mistake. All the baths I took. Soaped myself, burnt myself. And the mustard..."
Sadie, my mother, unstoppable, continued, "For four or five months I couldn't accept it and I was fighting with my husband...he couldn't say a word to me. You'd be surprised how angry I was that I was pregnant again."
My sister-in-law Gloria, needling her, said, "So, you took it out on Dad. And where were you when it happened?"
"Well, it's was HIS fault!"
Gloria, "Why was it his fault?"
"Because it was his fault!" a victimized Sadie asserted.
"No sir, no sir. It doesn't take two to tango. You can get caught."
"Yeah, but you enjoyed it," countered Gloria.
"I wish we had the pill in those days!"
Sadie continued, "...and you know the funny thing is that when I gave birth to Robert, I didn't want to go to the doctor. The doctor knew how I felt about doctors."
She turned to her oldest grandson Anthony, aged 22. He said, "But, grandmother, you have to go to the doctor for blood tests." Her grandson, the actor, always sported a real Brooklyn accent. He would urge me to see a "guht movie" he had seen or to read an article in the "Toozday" edition of the"Daily Nooz." But now after elocution lessons, he spoken in stentorian tones and uttered words like "Tyuesday" and "Daily Nyews." So here was a chance to utter lines as if in a comedic play. In a family of hams, Anthony was no exception.
"Well, you're right," she replied to her grandson, "The doctor said, 'You've got to go for blood tests.' I said, 'I'll go for the blood tests and then I'll call you when I'm ready to give birth.'"
Gloria, astounded, asked, "You had only one blood test and then you gave birth?"
Sadie, making it perfectly clear, said, "When I needed him, I called him and then I gave birth. Period."
"Grandmother?" Anthony entreated.
Sadie, "What do you want, sweetheart?"
"What's for dessert, grandmother?"
"Don't you want chestnuts, and roasted almonds, and fennel and fruit first?"
"I have to go to work in an hour and twenty minutes," he said.
"All right, you have time," Sadie told him.
"But, grandmother, when will you have coffee and dessert?" That question never got answered. Gloria went back to the original conversation.
"So was Ronny unexpected too?" she asked. He was the third son.
Sadie explained, "I was scared, 'Oh no, another child...' I already had Mickey and Ted, one was 9 and the other 12."
Ronny, in the background was starting a food fight with the nieces and nephews. He also took the carving knife when the 21 pound turkey was placed on the table and stabbed it saying, "Now, we can eat it. It's dead."
Sadie pleaded, "Ronny, Ronny, don't throw....that kid!" Ron was 41 years old and presided over a rather successful software company.
Gloria, going back to the topic at hand asked, "You got pregnant with Ronny and you weren't happy, right?"
"No, I wasn't happy. After I had Ted and Mickey... remember I was 19! I said, 'No more children.' But a year later I got caught again and I had an abortion and I got rid of that. And then a year later I had another abortion. I said, 'What the hell is going on? What...am I going to have one baby after another?'"
She looked around the table searching out for Frank, my father, her husband, "That bastard! Where is he?"
With Sadie you always got the facts, the truth of what happened. She had no censor, no monitoring device. She was like a psychotic person who just said what came to mind without thought of consequence.
Now, most of us knew this story. Sadie had two kids, then two abortions, then two more kids. But her sister Angie was hearing this for the first time. As close as the sisters were, there were secrets.
Startled, Angie asked, "You had an ABORTION?"
No answer.
Then again, incredulous, to Frank, "My SISTER had an abortion?"
To Sadie, "YOU had an abortion?"
Sadie answered triumphantly, "Two!"
"...and your husband allowed you to do this?" Angie asked.
"Why not?"
"You killed two kids!" Ang shouted in disbelief.
"I killed two kids? You mean I killed two bloods," Sadie retorted always the graphic one.
In righteous rage, "Come on, I would've had six kids... I would've gone crazy."
"Who took you for these abortions?" Ang asked.
"My sister-in-law."
"Your sister-in-law is no damn good!" said Ang, "I don't believe this."
Sadie reasserted, "I only got rid of bloods." With this exit line, Sadie announced that she needed to go to the bathroom and excused herself.
A few days later, Sadie and I were sitting at the kitchen table, each sipping a fresh cup of coffee from the electric Farberware percolator.
"So, Sadie, you tried to have me aborted several times? Is that really true?" I inquired.
"Yes, I didn't want any more kids. I couldn't stand it. You were a mistake.," she said for the umpteenth time.
"Sadie, do you know how it feels to be referred to as a 'mistake?'" I asked.
"You were all mistakes. Not just you," Sadie clarified.
"I know. You've been telling us that all our lives. Don't you realize what a terrible thing that is to say to a son? It made me feel unwanted and unloved. And that's how I went into the world feeling, unwanted and unloved."
"Oh, no, Robert. That wasn't it at all."
"Still, Ma, it wasn't a good thing to say," I asserted.
"I know, I know. I was crazed. It was 1942, the middle of the war. Your father was working all kinds of hours and was starting to gamble and maybe drink too much. I had three kids and I was scared."
"Yeah, Ma, go on."
Sadie continued. "When I found out I was pregnant, I was beside myself. I didn't tell your father but I tried to get rid of you with sitz baths, saline solutions, a whole bunch of things. Nothing worked. And then....."
"And then what, Ma?"
"And then you were born. And as soon as I saw your beautiful face, I fell in love with you."
I didn't know whether to give her a big hug or slap her across the face. I said, "Ma, you never told me this part of the story... the important part. Instead of feeling unwanted and unloved, I could have felt wanted and loved. Why didn't you tell me this earlier?" I implored.
"I don't know why. I thought I did. But apparently I didn't," Sadie answered in a soft and apologetic tone.
Well, I was in my 36th year and Sadie was in her 69th. Why couldn't she have told me this thirty years ago? I could have avoided all those years of misery and feeling the outsider. You know, they really ought to give that Parents' Manual they keep saying isn't given out when a child is born. Somebody ought to write that goddamned book and get it published.
"All I know is that from the first moment I saw you, I loved you," Sadie reiterated.
It was like that time I was talking to my dad in the hospital; he was in serious trouble. It was the same year. As he entered the O.R., he yelled out, "Tell Sadie this is it!"
A day later he told us, "Tell Sadie this isn't it." We were relieved.
But when I thought he could be dying, I asked my father an overwhelming question.
"Dad, do you love me?" I didn't know. How could I have known my dad all these years and not know?
He paused a moment deep in thought. Then he spoke.
"Robert, I have always loved you." I almost lost my breath.
Why hadn't I known? My dad, like my mom, hadn't let me in on the secret until now. Or was I just not listening? Or not seeing what was obvious to others and to them?
Sadie: "From the first moment I saw you, I loved you."
Frank: "Robert, I have always loved you."
Love was always there and now it was recovered, or at least uncovered. And for this I was grateful.
Rob Scherma is a psychologist in New York City who hails from his Italian-American roots in Brooklyn. While he studied psychology at various universities and psychoanalytic institutes, his major training occurred within the confines of his wild and wacky family where he learned that despite people's nuttiness, there is light at the end of the tunnel and it is filled with fun and laughter.


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Photos of the Day: Jan. 2
BLUE ON BLUE: An Afghan woman waited in line for supplies at a U.N. distribution center for needy refugees at the Women's Garden in Kabul Wednesday. Hundreds of families living in makeshift shelters around the Afghan capital are struggling in severe cold. (Shah Marai/AFP/Getty Images)
FIGHTING: A member of the Free Syrian Army patrolled in Aleppo's Bustan Al Qaser district Wednesday. (Muzaffar Salman/Reuters)
DISTINGUISHED GUEST: Visitors examined the sculpture 'David-Apollo' by Italian Renaissance sculptor Michelangelo at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., Wednesday. The statue is on loan from the Museo Nazionale del Bargello in Florence. (Jim Lo Scalzo/European Pressphoto Agency)
FROM STALIN TO SHOES: A man walked his dog in Prague's Letna park early Wednesday. Teenagers who skateboard at the park throw their damaged and unwanted shoes over the wire for fun at the site, once the location of a monument to former Soviet leader Josef Stalin. (Petr Josek/Reuters)
STAYING PUT: Israeli security forces talked with Jewish settlers from the Esh Kodesh settlement, who were holding a sit-in in an attempt to prevent Palestinians from working in their fields in the northern West Bank village of Jalod Wednesday. (Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP/Getty Images)


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Definition of hatrack in English:
A tall freestanding post fitted with large hooks for hanging hats on.
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- A cord mesh hatrack was installed along each side of the cabin above the windows, with a hand rail for convenience in passing up and down the aisle.
- Make your hallway and/or bedroom more beautiful with this hatrack. 8 plastic knobs to hang your clothes. Size: B 34cm, H 14cm /W 13.3" x H 5.5"
- The hatrack on the left has a steerhead back with a 1/2 steerhead attached to hang the hats.
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The Spanish-American War
Josiah Strong in The Spanish-American War
Josiah Strong (1847-1916) was a clergyman and writer who preached of the saving power of Protestant religious values. He is best known for his book, Our Country: Its Possible Future and Its Present Crisis, in which he urged Anglo-Saxons to "civilize and Christianize" the American West.
In 1885, Josiah Strong wrote Our Country. In the book, Strong called for Anglo-Saxons to spread their superior institutions and values to "inferior races" in the American West. Civilizing "savages," he said, would be both good for the uncivilized peoples and for the American economy. Many of those in favor of global expansion in the late nineteenth century found inspiration in this work.


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Federer: From Extraordinary to Ordinary
Roger Federer's decline from the summit of men's tennis has been gradual, so it takes a close look to identify just how far he has fallen.
One must dominate at historic levels to be able to suffer a steep dropoff in play and yet remain No. 2 in the world and make seven of the last nine Grand Slam finals, winning four. But that's just how dominant Federer was for a nearly four-year stretch between July 8, 2003 and April 14, 2007. In that span, Federer reached 43 finals and won a staggering 38 of them. His five losses came to two foes who often have had his number: David Nalbandian and Rafael Nadal.
At one point he won 24 straight finals; later he won 10 straight. That means that at the end of a tournament, after Federer and another player had beaten all comers and were the only two remaining, Federer was nearly guaranteed victory over his opponent, usually a highly-ranked player in top form. The streak of 24 straight finals, in particular, was staggering. I checked in on the achievement back in 2005, when the streak stood at 23, and wrote that the probability of his winning all 23 — even accounting for the usual level of success in finals for top players — was one in 270. Soon after that he defeated Andre Agassi in the U.S. Open final before finally falling to Nalbandian in Shanghai in 2005 to end the streak.
The next two and a half years saw Federer drop to earth a bit. Through Aug. 30, 2009, he went 14-9 in finals, losing seven more to Nadal, one to Nalbandian and one to Novak Djokovic, then ranked fourth in the world. But in the last year, it's gotten much worse: He's been more prone to lose than win in the last match of a tournament. Starting with his five-set loss to Juan Martin Del Potro at the U.S. Open final last year, Federer has gone 2-5 in finals, losing to five different players — including Lleyton Hewitt on grass in June, when Hewitt was ranked 32nd in the world. That made Hewitt the lowest-ranked player to beat Fed in over seven years. Mardy Fish, ranked 36th in Cincinnati two weeks ago, almost supplanted Hewitt for that distinction, but Federer held Fish off in three tough sets, breaking a three-match losing streak in finals in the process.
In many ways Federer's career arc is dipping back to the great but not unbeatable levels of his early career. In 2002 he won three titles while losing two finals. In 2003, his record in finals was 7-2. Then came 11-0, 11-1 and 12-4. Since then he's gone 8-4, 4-4, 4-3 and, this year, 2-3, behind his pace of 2002.
One reason Federer has reached far fewer finals lately is that he's become ordinary against other top players, rather than extraordinary, leading to more early exits. Since the start of 2008, Federer is a mere 25-23 against top 10 players (he was at .500 before winning three of four earlier this month on hard courts). His average victory has come against the fifth ranked player, his average loss against No. 4. Federer may have to beat two top 10 players just to reach his seventh straight final in New York at the U.S. Open. These days, that's no sure bet.


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When Texas State Senator (and avid runner) Wendy Davis stood for 11 hours in a filibuster to prevent voting on a Republican bill that would have restricted Texas women's access to abortion, she left her Manolos at home. The shoes that got her through the physically grueling filibuster?
A pair of Mizuno Wave Riders 16, classic running shoes that have since taken on a life of their own and outshone even the coolest of new shoes. (Adidas Springblades, we're looking at you.) When the bill's supporters conceded defeat, consumers took to Amazon, leaving witty comments within the Mizuno product description. The social media fan fare has doubled traffic to the Mizuno website and boosted Wave Riders to #1 as the top-selling women's shoe in all categories on Amazon, too. It's just a matter of time before the @WendyDavisMizunos Twitter handle launches, right?
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