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The state plans to hold two public hearings this week on a proposal to build the world's largest telescope at Mauna Kea's summit.
The Department of Land and Natural Resources said Wednesday it will hold hearings in Hilo on Thursday and in Kailua-Kona on Friday.
Thirty Meter Telescope managers are seeking a permit from the department because they want to build the telescope on conservation land. They hope to begin construction late next year and finish by 2018.
Some Native Hawaiians oppose the telescope, saying it would defile Mauna Kea's sacred summit. Environmentalists say the telescope would harm the rare wekiu bug.
The telescope would advance science, provide jobs and help the economy, supporters said.
The University of Hawaii Board of Regents in June voted in favor of the Thirty Meter Telescope project led by a consortium of Canadian and California universities.
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Mayor Michael Bloomberg speaks during a naturalization ceremony on Wednesday in New York.
NEW YORK — Mayor Michael Bloomberg is leaving the nation's biggest mayoral job with a glowing view of cities' future but a stern warning that they face a serious threat: their workforces' pension and health care costs and the politics around them.
"It's clear that the golden age of the suburb is over, and it's being replaced by a new urban renaissance" in which cities are magnets for people and pioneers in policy, Bloomberg told The Economic Club of New York during what's planned as the last major speech of his 12-year tenure.
But "we cannot blind ourselves to the obstacles that stand in the way ... a growing fiscal crisis that, if nothing is done, will extract a terrible toll," he said.
Bloomberg has said previously, including in a major speech this summer, that rising pension and health care costs imperil progress in New York and other cities. But he painted the issue Wednesday in dramatic terms, lashing out at what he called a "fiscal straitjacket" for cities and a "labor-electoral complex that has traditionally stymied reform" — a phrase that evoked the "military-industrial complex" about which President Dwight Eisenhower famously warned the nation in a speech days before he left office in 1961.
Bloomberg said local governments end up becoming "prisoners to the labor contracts of yesteryear" when labor leaders' drive to protect their members' interests runs into officials with re-election on their minds.
"Let's face it: The future that most elected officials worry most about is their own," he said.
Bloomberg has been locked in an increasingly bitter clash with unions in recent years. Contracts with virtually all unionized city workers have lapsed as he pressed for employees to forgo back raises and pay more for health insurance.
He says the city can't afford to do otherwise; union leaders have said he's unfairly trying to squeeze workers when the city has ended recent budget years with surpluses.
"It is unfortunate that Mayor Bloomberg would use his last few days in office to blame unions yet again for the failure of his own administration," said Harry Nespoli, who heads the Municipal Labor Committee, an umbrella union group that has sued the city over plans to solicit bids for workers' health insurance. "Does he really believe there is something wrong with a city employee having adequate health care and a reasonable pension after 25 to 30 years of serving the public?"
Especially since Detroit's recent bankruptcy, mayors in many cities around the country have begun pushing to change the pensions that have long been seen as a prized — sometimes the primary — benefit of government jobs. Some have proposed replacing or reducing traditional pensions in favor of what are called defined-contribution plans, like a 401(k), at least for new employees.
Bloomberg suggests New York City employees should have a choice between the two types of plans.
In New York, the annual pension cost has risen from about $1.5 billion a year to $8.2 billion a year in 12 years, draining money that could otherwise have gone to affordable housing, tax cuts, schools or a host of other purposes, Bloomberg said. And health insurance costs have doubled since 2002, to $6.3 billion this year, he said this summer.
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On this day (Sept. 2) in 1944, 19-year-old U.S. Navy pilot Lt. Junior Grade George Herbert Walker Bush's Grumman Avenger fighter-bomber aircraft met heavy anti-aircraft fire during a bombing attack on Japanese installations on the island of Chichijima in the Bonin Islands.
Bush's plane was hit repeatedly, causing it to crash into the Pacific Ocean. Happily, the pilot, "Little Pop" (as Bush was often called by family and close friends), was able to successfully finish his bombing run, a heroic feat for which he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.
Unhappily, Bush's two crew members – Radioman 2nd Class John Delaney and longtime Bush family friend William "Ted" White – were killed. Bush was able to splash down safely with only minor injuries, and then scramble into a tiny, rubber raft. He spent the ensuing three hours frantically paddling against the currents that were taking him toward the shore of the Japanese-held Island.
Bush was spotted and rescued by the submarine USS Finback. As dramatic as this bombing run and crash were, it was not the first endured by the then-youngest pilot in the U.S. Navy.
On June 19, 1944, Bush was forced to land at sea, barely getting out of the plane before it exploded. He was rescued this time by the USS Bronson after only a half-hour in the water.
Altogether, Bush logged 1,228 hours of flight time and 58 bombing missions during his 39 months as a Navy pilot in the VT-51 torpedo bomber squadron off the U.S. carrier San Jacinto. Bush's courageous military exploits as a navy pilot (1943-44) place the 41st U.S. president into an elite, select group of nine who could legitimately be classified as military heroes. Altogether, 30 U.S. presidents served, at least briefly, in the U.S. military (Army: 24; Navy: six).
This pantheon of military heroes should arguably include George Washington, James Monroe, Andrew Jackson, Zachary Taylor, Ulysses S. Grant, Theodore Roosevelt, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, and, of course, Bush.
Leading this distinguished list is Washington, who patiently, courageously and successfully led the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.
As for Monroe, as a young lieutenant, he bravely fought and was seriously wounded in the January 1777 Battle of Princeton.
"Old Hickory" Jackson is known primarily for being a hard-nosed, no-nonsense Indian fighter and the victor over the British in the dramatic January 1815 Battle of New Orleans.
Taylor is best known and remembered for a series of victorious battles in the Mexican War.
"Unconditional Surrender" Grant, of course, led the Union armies to glorious, but exceedingly bloody, victory during the Civil War.
The hyperactive Roosevelt gained widespread fame for courageously (some would say foolishly) leading the charge up San Juan Hill in Cuba during the Spanish American War of 1898.
West Point graduate Eisenhower is best known as the Supreme U.S. Commander in Europe during WWII, who carried out the successful but bloody June 6, 1944, Normandy Invasion, and the subsequent defeat of Nazi Germany on the western front.
Kennedy is best remembered for his heroic endeavors in helping to save several of his crew members as the skipper of PT 109, which had been rammed by a Japanese destroyer.
For his brave, valiant, and fearless service as a young navy pilot during WWII, Bush, for his military exploits alone, should be remembered and memorialized as a true American hero.
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My friend Kyle, who was the best man at my wedding, is celebrating his birthday this week.
When I met Kyle in high school, what quickly distinguished him from the rest of my friends was that he was a crazy Doors fan.
While I had and continue to have an appreciation for Jim Morrison's short-lived (but regularly revived) band, I still believe that out of their original output of six albums lies only one true classic, their 1971 release, L.A. Woman.
But, in honor of Kyle and his birthday, here is my Doors-themed list of what's making sports news right now in Wisconsin, from the great (L.A. Woman) to the not-so great (The Soft Parade).
1. L.A. Woman or Who Is This Team and Can They Play Like That For Another Month?
One of the best things about working at a CBS affiliate is that the network has bar none the best sports properties of any of the traditional networks. But with the ESPN networks and Big Ten Network providing so much regular-season NCAA basketball, we don't get that many Wisconsin Badgers games.
So of course we were thrilled to telecast last Sunday's conference showdown with Ohio State. Given that the previous four Badger games had been thrillers decided by a total of 18 points, we believed we were guaranteed a close nail-biter between two of the top hoops programs in the country.
So much for that. But with the Badgers jaw-dropping domination of the Buckeyes (an 18-0 run? 39 points in the first half?) during which they often looked more like the Harlem Globetrotters (see Traevon Jackson's off-balanced bank shot) than a team shooting less than 43 percent from the field, who could complain?
After following up that performance with Wednesday night's equally dominating smackdown of Northwestern, it is becoming harder to locate those naysayers who laughed in January when Wisconsin couldn't break the single-game 50-point barrier.
Indeed, the confidence boost from their last two wins coupled with a cakewalk of a remaining schedule (only a road game against Michigan State looks scary) will result in a very attractive NCAA tournament bid come March 17.
2. The Doors or The Best Story You're Not Following.
Were you so angry about the NHL lockout that you swore off all things hockey? Did you even sell you copy of The Mighty Ducks to Pawn America?
Well, then you might be missing something. In their final season as a member of the WCHA, the Wisconsin Badger men's hockey team is looking to go out on a winning note.
With 27 points, Wisconsin is in sixth place in the WCHA standings, meaning that they would earn a crucial home-ice advantage if the WCHA playoffs started today. Of course (say it with me), the playoffs don't start today, and the Badgers still have to play series against the WCHA's top two teams, Nebraska-Omaha and St. Cloud State. But this hockey club, which hasn't lost back-to-back games since November, deserves your attention.
3. Strange Days or It's A Business And These Things Happen.
After all of the lovely-dovey good time hip-hip-hooray feelings that surrounded Packers wide receiver Donald Driver's retirement, the uglier side of the NFL business reared its head when the team released Charles Woodson on February 15.
But the move made sense. Despite being only three years removed from his NFL Defensive Player of the Year performance in 2009 and only two years after his integral role in the Packers' Super Bowl-winning season in 2010, the green and gold no longer needed Woodson.
Ted Thompson and Mike McCarthy have assembled a strong secondary with Tramon Williams, Sam Shields, Casey Hayward, and Morgan Burnett. While not possessing the football intelligence or the leadership ability of Woodson, those guys are all (much) younger and quicker in coverage.
The good news is that Woodson will deservedly land elsewhere, where he will probably (barring any injury setbacks, a big reason the Packers let him go) continue to be productive. The bad news is the Packers seem to remain steadfast in their intention of retaining defensive coordinator Dom Capers.
4. Morrison Hotel or Can We Get Serious Here?
One of the hotter NFL offseason topics seems to be the supposed demise of the Green Bay Packers. Dissenters point to the awful defensive performance in the divisional round against the 49ers, the departures of Woodson, Driver, the probable loss of Greg Jennings, and the defection to Kansas City of longtime executive John Dorsey. And of course, the continuing struggles of kicker Mason Crosby and the offensive line are also easy targets.
But there's a problem with writing off the Green Bay Packers in 2013 and he wears number 12, loves Pizza Hut, State Farm Insurance, and Brad Pitt. As long as Rodgers is around, healthy, and has targets like Jordy Nelson, Randall Cobb, and James Jones to throw to, the Packers will be the class of the NFC North.
Look, everyone likes to anoint new teams, everyone likes to speculate on which powerhouse teams are due for a fall and which dud teams are due to surprise. But with underachievers Christian Ponder, Jay Cutler, and the hot mess that is the Detroit Lions standing in the way, the Packers will be playing more football games than most teams next season.
5. Waiting for the Sun or Oh Yeah, I Forgot About That One.
If it's late February, it must mean that the Milwaukee Bucks are barely in contention for a playoff spot in a league where over 50 percent of the teams make the playoffs.


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PITTSFORD A memorial service for Lois C. Blittersdorf, 90, who died Nov. 24, 2012, was held Sunday, Dec. 2, at the Pittsford Congregational Church.
The Rev. Patricia Jackman, pastor, officiated.
Stu James was organist.
The eulogy was given by daughter Bonnie Hawley and son David Blittersdorf.
A reception followed in the church fellowship hall.
Burial will take place at a later date in Evergreen Cemetery in Pittsford.
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Kristen Stewart through the years - American Ultra
Kristen Stewart was born in Los Angeles to parents who work in film and TV. She got her uncredited debut in the 1999 Disney Channel movie "The Thirteenth Year," playing "Girl in Fountain Line."
Her next role was also uncredited, lasting a few seconds with her back to the camera as "Ring Toss Girl" in 2000's "The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas."
Her first significant role came when she was cast as Sam Jennings in the 2001 drama "The Safety of Objects."
At the age of 11, Stewart had her biggest role to date, co-starring with Jodie Foster in David Fincher's 2002 thriller "Panic Room."
She went on to join the cast of the 2003 mystery-thriller "Cold Creek Manor," playing the daughter of Dennis Quaid and Sharon Stone.
The next few years saw Stewart rack up appearances in a number of movies, including the 2004 Showtime movie "Speak," as well as ...
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... the 2007 horror movie "The Messengers" and ...
... the 2007 indie drama "The Cake Eaters."
But her next big role came in a small part in the Sean Penn-directed drama "Into the Wild," starring Emile Hirsch.
In 2008, Stewart co-starred with Robert De Niro in the comedy "What Just Happened."
At the age of 18, Stewart took on the starring role in 2008's "Twilight" opposite Robert Pattinson, who played the vampire lead, Edward Cullen.
Her first post-"Twilight" movie was the comedy "Adventureland," co-starring Jesse Eisenberg. The movie came out in April 2009, but was actually filmed before the first "Twilight" movie.
Stewart's second time out as Bella Swan came in November 2009's "The Twilight Saga: New Moon."
Stewart is seen here receiving direction during a "New Moon" scene from director Chris Weitz.
In between "New Moon" and her next "Twilight" gig, Stewart found time to appear as rocker Joan Jett in the drama "The Runaways" alongside Dakota Fanning.
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Her next turn as Bella came in the third film in the franchise, "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse," found her again choosing between her love for Edward, played again by Pattinson, and ...
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In 2011, audiences saw Stewart as Bell again, this time in the penultimate chapter in the franchise, "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1." The movie saw the marriage of Bella and Edward and the drama surrounding the birth of their child.
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She also appeared in the 2012 film adaptation of the classic Jack Kerouac novel "On the Road," in which she'll star as Marylou.
Audiences got one last chance to see Stewart as Bella in the final chapter in the "Twilight" series "Breaking Dawn - Part 2."
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Financial irregularities during Douglass' long tenure at the agency are being looked into by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of West Virginia. That came about after an audit of the department was conducted, at the request of new Commissioner Walt Helmick.
Results of the audit were released Monday. They detail a variety of financial irregularities.
Among them are problems with a $5 million loan program administered by the agriculture department.
According to a preliminary audit document released last month, 25 of the 40 loans made through the program were delinquent – and in nearly half those cases, no effort had been made to collect the money.
It gets worse: The document released Monday notes that Douglass' son received a $45,000 loan and $18,500 in refinancing through the program.
Most people probably would view that as an unacceptable conflict of interest. But before the money was provided to Douglass' son, an opinion was sought from the Ethics Commission.
Members of that panel said the loans would be all right, as long as Douglass himself did not vote as part of the committee considering the matters involving his son.
Members of the Ethics Commission were naive in providing that go-ahead. Legislative auditors reviewing the matter were not. They noted that all four members of the committee that acted favorably toward Douglass' son were appointed by the commissioner and were employees of the agriculture agency.
Of course. Turning down a request for public money from your boss' son is not exactly a formula for career advancement. A clear conflict of interest existed. Yet, because it was not direct, the Ethics Commission overlooked it.
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A fake dentist is accused of cleaning teeth and filling cavities in the bathroom of his Southern California apartment.
Investigators in Moorpark, Calif., arrested William Escobar, 40, after a month-long investigation that began when one of his patients filed a complaint over swollen gums, Los Angeles TV station KABC reported.
The man had come in for a tooth extraction, but it was never performed because he didn't have enough money.
Still, Escobar threatened the man and said he owed him for the procedure, police told Los Angeles TV station KNBC.
When authorities raided Escobar's apartment, they found a dental chair, dental tools, anesthetic drugs, false teeth and other orthodonture items, according to police.
Escobar apparently had many clients, including teenagers receiving orthodontic care at the apartment.
He has been charged with operating a dentistry practice without a license, furnishing of dangerous drugs and possession of needles, the Los Angeles Times reported.


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A F-117A Nighthawk soars over Cannon Air Force Base during the 2005 Air Expo in September. (Staff photo)
By Marlena Hartz: CNJ staff writer
The 2007 military budget proposal sent Monday to Congress by the Pentagon calls for increased investments in technology, but scales back personnel and aging inventory.
The Air Force has been urged by New Mexico senators to cork the void that will likely be left by a proposal to retire F-117s at Holloman Air Force Base.
The Air Force is also coordinating the campaign to find Cannon Air Force Base a new mission. All while contending with a shrinking staff likely to be slashed by 40,000 people over the next several years.
But the chances of a quality mission coming to Cannon Air Force Base won't be hampered by any of the above developments, which seek to modernize the military, Cannon advocates said on Tuesday.
If approved by Congress, President Bush's proposal to retire stealth fighter jets housed at Holloman would be complete in two years. The recommendation follows a compromise made in August, which bequeathed Cannon's three F-16 squadrons to installations across the country.
Then, Department of Defense officials wanted to shutter Cannon. But an independent, federal commission voted in August to keep the base open — at least until 2010, as government officials search for a new mission for the base.
"The news in regards to the F-117 is not unexpected for both those in our community as well as community members and leaders in Alamogordo," said Randy Harris, prominent leader of a local Cannon lobbyist group, the Committee of Fifty.
Despite being stripped of big assets, the bases are not vying against one another for missions, Cannon and Holloman advocates said.
"We are going to make sure we don't go ahead and advocate putting a mission in at Holloman that would conflict with what is wanted at Cannon. We are working from the same end, and have been doing so for years," said Alamogordo Committee of Fifty member Ed Brabson.
Though the qualities hawked at both locations are similar — great weather, no encroachment, and quality air space — Holloman and Cannon are quite different, Brabson said.
Holloman currently hosts several tenets, while Cannon hosts one, Brabson said. Talk of retiring the F-117 Nighthawk is far from new, and last year Holloman was visited by 10 Air Force inspections team already shopping around for a mission to replace the 50 Nighthawks at Alamogordo, Brabson said.
New Mexico Director of the Office for Military Base Planning and Support Hanson Scott said, "The Air Force is looking at Holloman differently. They have been reviewing the Air Force structure, and have known the F-117 was an older system for years."
He added that "both bases will be in good shape."
In an e-mail to the Clovis News Journal, Sen. Pete Domenici, R-N.M., also underscored the positive side of military restructuring.
"The president's budget recommends a reduction of Air Force personnel. This does not necessarily mean a reduction of overall missions, but is another part of the restructuring going on throughout the military," he wrote.
Indeed, while some sectors of the military are shuttered, one in particular — special operations — will expand, the Pentagon has said.
Special operations missions at Cannon have been discussed, Cannon advocates said.
But too many visitors from too many government departments have come to Cannon for Harris to say whether or not Cannon has actually hosted special ops officials from other bases, he said.
Toiling on the other end is the Air Force team assigned to evaluate Cannon. They are days away from completing a computerized report, which will be viewed by government agencies interested in coming to Cannon, said Shirley Curry, a spokeswoman for that team.
"We are staying on course," said Curry, who was not sure if all aspects of the report would be available to the public.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.


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Could tech firms move on fund managers' lucrative territory?
It doesn't amount to BlackRock vs. Google as yet. But asset managers are starting to fret over the potential threat they face from the world's largest technology companies.
After all, it has simply been too good for asset managers for too long. Fees for active managers have not fallen, even during periods of low returns.
Operating margins are 40%, and rising, thanks to the way managers have used technology to cut costs and beef up their investment offerings.
Technology has also helped managers, most recently Neil Woodford, to set up their own boutiques, which provide plenty of fodder for internet platforms. Where once human managers sold investment products and provided advice, now the growth area is in online platforms where the client can pick and choose.
Hargreaves Lansdown has led the way in this growth in the UK. Cofunds and Allfunds are spreading their online offerings across Europe. According to data provider The Platforum, platforms administered UK funds worth £275 billion in March.
But the efforts of asset managers to exploit technology will look puny if tech giants such as Google, Facebook or Amazon choose to turn their technological firepower to asset management.
What the managers have to fear is the tech firms' awesome distribution abilities plus their possession of, and ability to profit from, colossal stores of data to target potential clients.
The tech firms have already displayed sufficient ambition and inventiveness in financial services to make traditional asset managers worry about what they might try next. The tech firms certainly show no aversion to handling other people's cash.
Managers started twitching last month on reports that Facebook wanted to set up a Dublin-based online money transmission service for Europe.
A Facebook spokesman declined to comment but, in the US, Google has already introduced Google Wallet, which enables customers to use their phones to make payments in shops or online.
Amazon owns one of the most sophisticated cash management systems on the planet to support its online sales. It has also started to market credit cards via its online distribution channels, plus apps for asset managers like Fidelity and Vanguard.
Jamie Dimon, chief executive of JP Morgan, is alert to the threat technology companies pose to his payments business. Earlier this year, he said: "When I go to Silicon Valley… they all want to eat our lunch. Every single one of them is going to try."
Francisco González, chief executive of Spanish bank BBVA, warned in the Financial Times last year that his sector needed to brace itself. He said: "I think banks that are not prepared for such new competitors face certain death." To fend this off, he has forged a close association with Google.
That threat may also lie in wait for others in financial services, because the tech firms' mastery of money transmission gives them a route into fund management, if they have the determination to apply for a licence.
If the future of fund management lies in tailoring online offerings to potential clients' needs, look at the talents the tech firms already possess. Amazon bases product recommendations on consumers' histories. Google has profiles of us all. Is it fanciful to imagine that online investors might follow fund "likes" on Facebook?
Chinese technology giants Baidu, Tencent and Alibaba are leading the way by offering asset management and wealth advisory services through their portals.
Alibaba's online e-commerce business agreed to buy 51% control of Tianhong Asset Management last year. It is offering its services through a platform called Yu'e Bao (literally "leftover treasure"), which stands ready to put spare client cash into higher-yielding money market funds.
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By the end of the first quarter, its assets had spiralled to $89 billion, making Tianhong the second biggest asset manager in China. The popularity of the service could help Tianhong market other funds to Alibaba users.
According to a PricewaterhouseCoopers report: "It was successful, in part, due to the strong trust of the general public to being an affiliate of a technology company and providing a tailored product."
In the west, as in China, the younger generation already trusts their smartphones more than asset managers, whose investments can fall as well as rise.
Financial technology is starting to spread its attention to asset management. Fintech protagonist Anthemis Group has, to date, backed three fund managers, according to its co-founder Udayan Goyal, who previously worked at Deutsche Bank.
One of his clients, Betterment, charges clients as little as 15 basis points to back ETFs, using an agreed risk profile. Blueleaf provides a portfolio monitoring service. ZyFin of India has developed a range of customised indices.
According to Goyal, individual clients will become more discerning over the services for which they are prepared to pay. He said: "They will want to get more engaged." Exchange-traded fund formats make buying and selling particularly easy.
Alan Brown, senior adviser to Schroders, believes managers need to grasp the issues thrown up by the new way of thinking, as a matter of urgency. He said: "It's a distribution nettle we have to grasp."
Robert Higginbotham, head of global institutional services at T Rowe Price, is not convinced that technology companies would get stuck in. But he added: "We need to raise our technology game, wherever we can."
Technology firms declined to discuss their plans, if any. One asset management chief executive expressed hope that the regulators would stop them being assertive. But not everyone is convinced.
If they don't want to lose their networks of clients, managers need to use the current window of opportunity to push technology from the back office into marketing departments, while making use of data to assess client preferences.
PwC believes managers will need to hire chief digital officers to co-ordinate such initiatives. A staggering 40%, it says, are failing to engage through social media, other than hosting a website.
A survey by wealth adviser MyPrivateBanking shows advisers are poor at communicating the performance of their funds, overall costs and adviser pay. Less than 10% of managers offer mobile apps. For the record, it rates Invesco, Franklin Templeton and Vanguard the highest.
Jeffrey Wallis, managing partner of SunGard Consulting Services, is baffled at the failure of asset managers to use their own data effectively. He said: "Firms have to hold massive amounts of data for regulatory reasons, yet don't mine it. If they do not learn to use it they face serious competition from younger, more aggressive rivals."
John Ions, chief executive of Liontrust Asset Management, takes the point. He said: "We have so much data inside our business that, if we could just analyse it properly, we probably would never need to buy an external bit of data."
Murat Unal, chief executive of Frankfurt-based advisory firm Funds@Work, believes asset managers are also being held back by the way people work in silos. Each marketing team guards its own patch, and they do not pool data and contacts to broaden their search.
--This article first appeared in the print edition of Financial News dated June 9, 2014.


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October 26, 2011 —
The Culligans, who live on Route 42 across the street from the Monticello Motor Club, are not shy about letting anyone know that they do not appreciate the noise from the motors on some of the beefy cars that traverse the winding roads of the club.
So, like several of their neighbors, they put up a sign on their lawn that reads "Stop the noise." That first one, which was stuck in the ground, was stolen. And so was the one that followed.
On October 11, they strung a plastic sign, approximately 10-foot long, between two trees. Jim Culligan said, "I didn't want to take a chance that the sign would be stolen again."
The reaction from the Town of Thompson, which has been a strong supporter of the motor club, was not enthusiastic. Jim said, "A gentleman drove up in a town truck and took a picture and said, 'You have to take the sign down.'"
The gentleman was code enforcement officer and deputy building inspector Tom Belgiovene.
The couple reviewed the code and couldn't find anything relating to their sign. Still, Belgiovene said they had to remove it. A few days later, however, when Jim talked to him again, Belgiovone said that they did not have to remove the sign, but that deputy town attorney Paula Kay was going to investigate the matter.
Then after more time passed, Belgiovone called the couple and said that plans had changed and now town attorney Michael Mednick was going to look into the matter. Belgiavone told them they might be breaking a state law.
As Jim was relating the story to this reporter at the Sullivan County Government Center on October 20, his wife Ann broke in and said, "They're harassing us."
A call to the town building department seeking comment was not returned in time for publication.


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Not to worry. Nobody is looking at those stupid rags.
Which idiots buy these HIDEOUS clothes ? Really. Please tell me.
If I lived in Vegas, I'd wear clothes like this!
It's nice to see male models get to be normal sized now… and not stick figure anorexics like the females still have to be.
Oooh yeah…I'm so ready for this trend-right look this coming season. Bring it on, Baby!


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Voters pass judgment on Weiner, Spitzer comebacksBy JONATHAN LEMIRE
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Democratic mayoral hopeful Anthony Weiner holds his son Jordan as he speaks to reporters after casting his vote at his polling station during the primary election in New York on Tuesday.NEW YORK Anthony Weiner and Eliot Spitzer, two brash New Yorkers whose careers were shattered by sex scandals, sought political redemption in Tuesdays primaries after a campaign season that played out at times like a lurid reality show.
And at least one of them appeared likely to be voted off the stage.
As primary day arrived, the polls had Weiner, a one-time front-runner for the Democratic nomination for mayor of New York, languishing in fourth place, his image probably in worse shape than when he jumped into the race.
Those same polls had Spitzer locked in a tight contest for city comptroller.
Both Democrats attempts at a comeback started strong.
Weiner had been in political exile since he resigned from Congress in 2011 for sending women lewd online messages and pictures. He got into the mayors race in May, and aside from a few dust-ups with hecklers, was largely well-received at first, holding the lead for most of June and July.
But then an obscure gossip website named The Dirty released X-rated exchanges between Weiner and a 22-year-old woman that took place well after the candidate quit the House.
Weiner and his wife, top Hillary Rodham Clinton aide Huma Abedin, held an emergency news conference in which the candidate vowed to stay in the race.
I love him, I have forgiven him, I believe in him, and as we have said from the beginning, we are moving forward, Abedin said.
But Adebin was not seen again on the campaign trail. And Weiners mayoral bid never recovered.
His online sexting pseudonym, Carlos Danger, became a big joke on late-night TV. He plunged in the polls, and his behavior became more erratic.
He called a 69-year-old Republican candidate Grandpa at an AARP-sponsored forum. He increasingly engaged in angry exchanges with voters, including a shouting match in a Brooklyn bakery last week when a customer uttered a crude insult.
Weiner shot back: It takes one to know one, jackass.
Spitzer resigned as governor in 2008 after admitting he paid for sex with call girls. In exile, he bounced around television as a pundit. Then, just four days before the deadline, he announced he was running for comptroller.
He took an early lead in the polls, but the race tightened dramatically in recent weeks as the Democratic establishment rallied around his main opponent, Scott Stringer, Manhattan borough president.
Unlike Weiner, who made a point of fielding voters questions about his scandal, Spitzer apologized a few times and then refused to talk about it.
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But he could not avoid all mention of the scandal. The citys tabloids hounded him about the state of his marriage; Spitzer said he was still married, but his wife never appeared on the campaign trail.
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Five Guys Burgers, IHOP coming to area
VIENNA – Two popular national restaurant chains are coming to the Mid-Ohio Valley.
Five Guys Burgers and Fries and IHOP are placing stores in the area.
Five Guys, which has been running advertisements for managers and assistant managers, told officials they plan to open a store at 702 Grand Central Ave. in Vienna next to Wal-Mart.
IHOP has made plans to place a store in the area, but has not disclosed a location.
Classified advertisements for the IHOP, seeking employees and management positions in the area have been running in The News and Sentinel since last week. Officials in Wood and Washington counties, including Parkersburg, Marietta, Belpre and Vienna, have no records of a proposed IHOP store in the area. The ads are tied to Sharp Holding Inc., an independent operator of IHOP franchises in Virginia, Maryland and West Virginia.
In 2003, Robert Sharp, president of Sharp Holding, agreed to develop eight new IHOP restaurants over the next nine years in West Virginia. IHOP has locations in Charleston and Clarksburg. Sharp has been involved with the IHOP brand since 1970 working for six years in various operational capacities for IHOP Corp. He has been an IHOP franchise since 1994 and was the company's franchise of the year in 1997.
Messages left for Sharp seeking comment were not returned.
There are Five Guys locations in Beckley, Huntington, Charleston (2), Morgantown and Ranson. According to its corporate website, Five Guys has been a Washington, D.C., area favorite since 1986.
In 2003 Five Guys started offering franchise opportunities. And in less than 18 months sold options for more than 300 units.
Today, there are more than 1,000 locations nationwide and more than 1,500 units in development. The store's burgers and fries are often ranked among the best among national chains.
Vienna Mayor Randy Rapp said he was unaware of the Five Guys development, but happy with the news.
"That's great news," he said. "I ate at one in Huntington. They are great. It's good food."


text: OK the story is this is my third baby. The first baby i had no help and he ended up with reflux and with no help or friends in the same department. I ended up FF him. The second child I had a doula that happened to be a LC also so she was helping me we ended up pumping every three hours on tomp of nursing every 2 hours. I took fenegreke and I had mothers milk tea a herb I can not remember the name of it but remember it tasted nasty and you had to down it and almost chase it with something if i remember right. well after 2 weeks it was so emotionally draining on me and I was so up set about it I was getting depressed about it and felt so bad because we put so much money into it I felt bad for my DH because of this. So I was feeling bad for quiting and then did not want to quit because of this. Dh and I talked about and decieded it was better for my health and for the family if I did what was best. the LC said it seems to her i had a gland that was missing the one that told the rest of your glands to make more milk that it was missing. Well with this 3rd child we said we would try. We tried for two days in the hospital and then DH and I talked about it until about 10 pm in the hospital so we ened up FF for a whole day and when I got home, the next day I started leaking and Dh said that you can always offer for a comfort nursing. So I did and if the baby still seemed hungry I would give him a bottle. Well I feed off what I call the bad side it is much smaller than the other and hard to get to. He feeds off both breast and the right makes alot more milk. So when I pump I can get a oz that is if I skip a nursing but if I nurse and pump later I get half a oz on that right side and none on bad side. Now when it comers to the bottle sometimes he wants it and sometimes he does not and others he ony eats half a oz others 1 oz sometimes the whole 2 oz after the nursing. He has been eating every 2-3 hours during the day mainly 3 hours. night time is more like every 5 hours is this ok or should I aim for every 2 hours i hate waking him but if IO wait long enough he will wake at 3 hours. as far as nursing his main meal is the right breast the left he will nurse at least 5 min and then fusss so ba. I usually start a nursing session on the bad side and then when he is fussy like that I go to the good side and when he is done with the good side (lets go by himself ) I go back to the bad side and depending on how fussy and the hungry cues I give him his bottle. Any input or suggestions?


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The retail bonanza is now coming to you early. Retailers are preparing to start the day before Black Friday.
If you want to catch the deals you might have to cut your Thanksgiving dinner short. Black Friday is now Black Thursday for retailers like Walmart and Sears.
Sears manager Gary Yakato said, "It's a first time that we are opening up early, and a lot of people like to get ahead. They want to start early so that they can get their Christmas shopping done."
The competition to make a profit is pushing doors to open at 8 p.m. Thanksgiving night.
"The extra hours will definitely bring income into the company," said Yakato.
And customers said it makes them grab their shopping bags even earlier than the anticipated Friday morning.
"I'm kind of being dragged out a little bit because she wants to go shopping early," said customer Karen Ching.
"You have to come early if you want something because if not you're not going to get it," said shopper Barbara Jojo.
Takara mentions that "electronics is going to have a lot of good deals as well as the small appliances."
However, local stores like Eden In Love are not opening on Thursday. They are trying to cash in on the shopping frenzy too by setting up an additional boutique.
Store owner, Tanna Dang said, "We try to give them a good experience here even though it's a large pop up sale. It's going to have the same customer service, the unique merchandise, and the styling we give all year around."
By participating, local stores aim to get out of the red.
"Black Friday is a huge day for us so it's literally like three months of sales," said Dang.
Large and small stores will work all week to prepare for the amount of shoppers ready to buy.
Eden In Love expects up to 800 customers from its usual 60. Last year people started waiting in line at 1 a.m.
But if you want to get even earlier deals, Kmart is opening its doors at 6 a.m. on Thanksgiving Day.


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McMullen County's percentage increase for crashes is the largest in the entire state, the next closest being La Salle County with a 211.7 percent increase after having 60 crashes in 2008 and 187 crashes in 2011.
McMullen had 22 crashes in 2008 and 87 crashes in 2011. Live Oak had 253 crashes in 2008 and 281 crashes in 2011.
"This county and La Salle and Dimmit counties, have increased outrageously, especially on fatalities and accidents," McMullen County Chief Deputy Bernando Guerrero said.
Of those 87 crashes in McMullen County, 55 did not have injuries and 37 had serious injuries, and four people died. Of Live Oak County's 281 crashes, 182 crashes did not cause injuries, 93 crashes resulted in serious injuries, and nine people died.
Part of the reason why Live Oak County didn't see the same increase in wrecks as McMullen County is because there was already a high volume of traffic and the area was better equipped for an increase, according to Live Oak County Sheriff Larry Busby.
"The influx of traffic caused by the Eagle Ford, number one, only involves I would say the upper one-fifth (of Live Oak County)," Busby said. "Number two, our roads were probably better prepared to handle the increase in traffic than McMullen was."
Although crashes are on the rise locally, the statewide average for deaths caused by crashes has decreased in recent years. There were 3,015 deaths attributed to crashes in 2011 compared to 3,822 in 2003. That number decreased each year with the exception of 2008, when deaths increased by about half a percent but then dropped by 10.38 percent in 2009.
"The fatal accidents have increased in the congested Eagle Ford area, where the oil activity is," Busby said. "I would be surprised if it didn't show an increase in McMullen."
Neighboring counties Goliad, Karnes, Jim Wells and Duvall saw increases as well. Karnes County increased by 78.5 percent, going from 172 to 307 crashes. Goliad increased by 15.1 percent, going from 93 crashes to 107. Jim Wells increased by 10.4 percent, going from 702 to 775 crashes. Duvall increased by 42.5 percent, going from 80 to 114 crashes.
"There are more vehicles on Texas roads than ever, and that tends to lead to an increase in crashes," TxDOT spokesperson Becky Ozuna said.
Meanwhile, Bee, Atascosa and Refugio counties saw a decrease in crashes from 2008 to 2011. Bee County decreased by 1.4 percent with 366 crashes in 2008 and 361 in 2011. Atascosa County decreased by 18.5 percent from 639 to 521 crashes. Refugio County decreased by 19 percent with 168 crashes in 2008 and 136 in 2011.
Ozuna said TxDOT does not have official information on why some counties that are right next to each other have such different crash rates.
"The Eagle Ford Shale is moving off (of Bee County) and most of the big businesses are moving our way," Guerrero said.
Guerrero said the flow of traffic doesn't decrease at night either, but instead of a mix of commercial and small vehicles, it's mostly 18-wheelers on the road. He advised drivers in the area remain vigilant and keep up with traffic to help prevent crashes.
"A lot of it is truck congestion; they have increased so much and take up more room on the road, and the demand for truck drivers has a lot of inexperienced truck drivers on the road too. That's one of the main things too – inexperienced truck drivers," Busby said.
The Texas Department of Transportation estimates the economic loss of all crashes in 2011 was $21.9 billion. Guerrero speculated that turning Highway 72 and Highway 16 into four-lanes would lower the number of accidents by creating a more fluid flow of traffic.
"Avoid (Highway) 72 any way you can," Busby said.
In an effort to combat the increase in wrecks, McMullen County had gone from having two or three officers on the road to having nine with an additional 40-50 officers from the Department of Public Safety in rotation with other counties heavily impacted by the Eagle Ford Shale, according to Guerrero.
"Some days, we are just saturated, but it works," Guerrero said.
Alcohol was not a significant factor in McMullen or Live Oak County's crashes. In McMullen, only one crash in 2011 involved a driver under the influence of alcohol. But in Live Oak County, a dry county, there were 27 crashes in 2011 where a driver was under the influence of alcohol.
Commercial vehicles accounted for 46 of McMullen County's crashes in 2011; 30 did not cause injuries. Nineteen people were seriously injured, and there was one fatality.
Commercial vehicles accounted for 54 of the crashes in Live Oak County in 2011; 32 did not have injuries. Twelve people had serious injuries, and there was one fatality.
The totals for Texas in 2011 were 381,463 crashes with 226,949 that did not cause injuries, 79,573 with serious injuries, and 2,751 people died. That's a rate of one death every two hours and 54 minutes, one injury every two minutes and 29 seconds, and one crash every 83 seconds.
On a statewide level, there were 14,449 crashes with 1,039 fatalities where a driver was under the influence of alcohol in 2011. This represented 34.5 percent of the total crashes for that year.
Some of the more common contributing factors for crashes included failure to control speed, driver inattention and driving under the speed limit. There were 100,036 crashes in Texas in 2011 caused by drivers failing to control their speed. Inattention was attributed to 75,561 crashes throughout the state in 2011, and driving under the speed limit caused 21,234 crashes.
"A lot of folks like to stay below the speed limit to save on gas, but in Houston, if you don't keep up with traffic, you're going to get hit," Guerrero said.
Cellphones were attributed to 3,194 crashes, speeding had 3,477, and failure to drive in a single lane caused 24,339 crashes.
"Don't mess with your phone; even drinking a cup of coffee takes your hands off the road," Guerrero said.
Distracted driving saw an eight percent increase in 2012 with 90,378 crashes throughout the state. This caused 18,468 serious injuries and 453 deaths.
According to the Texas A&M Transportation Institute's observations of drivers at 190 intersections in 22 counties, 10 percent of drivers in Texas are using their cellphones at any given time.
"There are more distracted drivers on the road now than ever, and the safest bet is to put it away," Ozuna said. "We can build safer highways, but at the end of the day, it is the drivers that hold the key to driving safely."


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I guess she's probably not always hungry when she's fussing, more needing me as a pacifier - I really don't want to go down the dummy route!
I don't mind her using me as a pacifier, it's not as if there is anthing more important for me to be doing (she's an only child). I use a baby wrap when I'm done sitting on the sofa, that generally sends her to sleep.
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Robert Kotick, the chief executive officer of video game published Activision Blizzard, said in an interview that it was crucial for makers of video game consoles to further slash prices of their devices to enable further growth of the industry amid global economic crisis. In addition, Mr. Kotick promised to tailor more games for Nintendo's Wii system.
"The price on platforms today has still not gotten down to mass-market price points and I think when you are in the economic circumstances that the world has found itself in, there really is a difference between a $199 game system and a $299 game system," said Mr. Kotick in an interview with Reuters news-agency.
At present Microsoft Corp. sells its Xbox 360 Arcade system for $199, Nintendo Wii is priced at $249 and Sony PlayStation 3 is available for $399. Mr. Kotick specifically noted that he did not expect further hardware price reductions even though he believed that this would boost sales of both hardware and software since people tend to see more value in video games these days. The chief executive officer of one of the world's largest video game publishers did not say whether game titles price-cuts were also needed.
This is not the first time when Mr. Kotick calls hardware developers to slash prices of their consoles to attract new gamers.
The head of Activision Blizzard also expressed for the first time that priorities in video game development have somewhat shifted to Nintendo Wii, which is the best selling new-generation video game system. If earlier the Nintendo platform was considered as an "extension" of the PlayStation and Xbox businesses, then now the publisher is interested in tailor made the content for the console that became popular thanks to its motion-sensing game controller.
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It is not the color one would expect to find on a police officer's duty belt, where everything else is either black or silver.
Not so with Sgt. Ryan Treviño of the Beeville Police Department.
During October, National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Treviño is sporting pink handcuffs, a pink rubber grip cover on the butt of his Glock .22 pistol and a pink-handled handcuff key sticking out of the breast pocket on his uniform shirt.
Treviño said he got the idea last year when watching his favorite National Football League team, the Denver Broncos, on television.
Players were all sporting pink in support of the breast cancer month. But it was not until about the end of October that he found pink Smith & Wesson handcuffs in a police equipment catalog.
"October was already done," Treviño said. But he went online and ordered them anyway so he would have them this October.
He also ordered the $10 pink grip for his duty weapon and the handcuff key and started displaying the new items on Monday.
"No," the officer said, "I don't know anyone who has had breast cancer. I just do it for everybody, I guess."
Treviño was in uniform Tuesday, working security at A.C. Jones High School and sporting the pink accessories.
"All the kids here think it's cool," Treviño said. "They ask about it. I tell them what it means. I guess you could say they've been made aware."
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As the war in Syria enters its third year, tragic stories continue to emerge of how children and families have been devastated. World Vision is providing assistance to Syrian refugees who have been forced to flee their homeland.
Mona and her 9-year-old daughter, Bahaa, live in a tented settlement in Lebanon. Before fleeing their native Syria, they saw many family members massacred.
"I have been in Lebanon one month. Before we left, were were staying at my parents-in-law's house when a bomb hit it," says Mona, recounting the horrific scene in which several of her loved ones died.
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Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly said the schedule may not be released until this weekend.
The league is waiting for the new collective bargaining agreement, which was reached Sunday morning, to be ratified by the owners and the NHL Players Association. The NHLPA's vote may not be completed until Friday while the board of governors will vote Wednesday.
The league is expected to announce a 48-game schedule, according to Canada's The Sports Network, with all games played within each conference.
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Whitney Swiedler of Dressed Up Nails used poinsettias as her inspiration for this look. After applying a shimmery silver base coat, she drew on the design using a medium-length skinny striper brush, starting with the green leaves, topped with dark red petals. To set a rhinestone in the center of each flower, Sweiedler suggests licking the flat side of an orange stick, using it to pick up a rhinestone, shiny side up, then placing it into the center of the flower while the polish is still wet.
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Nail artist and manicurist Ginny Greer created this Hanukkah design using a combination of polish and nail decals. Alternating fingers, she used midnight-blue and white polish to create the Stars of David nails, and gold nail stickers for the other digits.
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Draher says that layering polishes can lead to looks that are even more stunning than any one polish on its own. She opted for Priti NYC's Tuscany Superb and Mulberry Jam to get the color seen here, then used a striping brush loaded with white polish to create the abstract design. From a distance, she says, the swooshes looks like zigzags, but upon closer examination, it becomes evident that they are in fact two halves of a Christmas tree!
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Nail artist Maryam Maquillage created this Star of David–inspired design with a combination of nail polish and pens. She started by painting all of the nails white before adding designs. For the tips of the nails and the stars, she used Sinful Colors Nail Art in Lagoon, a polish that comes with a fine brush to create lines.
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London-based nail art blogger Jenny Pasha used rhinestones to mimic menorah flames, and then adorned her thumbs with Hebrew letters. She suggests starting with designs on each thumb, and then adding one nail on each day of Hanukah until you have a full set!
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For this design, artist Diana Garcia suggests using a cosmetic sponge achieve the subtle blue-and-white wintery background for this design. The pine trees are the trickiest part to draw by hand, she says, so she suggests using a very narrow striping brush to swipe on the thinnest layer of the polish possible—or, even easier, try decals!
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Canadian nail artist Winnie Huang used a thin nail art brush to hand-draw the menorah, the adorable dancing dreidel, and the Star of David in this elaborate design. She created the gradient-blue effect with a sponge, then drew on the gold lines with her detailing brush. (Check out this video for her step-by-step tutorial.)
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Celebrity nail designer Patricia Yankee created this peppermint-candy design by starting with an opaque white polish. Using a liner brush, she created the swirls by starting at the center of each nail and painted out to the cuticle. A helpful tip: Use nail-polish remover to clean the brush between swirls.
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Brooklyn-based nail artist Melissa Felderman created this design using blue polish and a silver nail art pen. She suggests painting two coats of blue polish and waiting for them to dry completely before applying the silver chevrons and Stars of David. Once you've painted on the designs, she says to finish with a shiny, durable top coat.
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Sophie Harris-Greenslade, the U.K. artist behind mani blog the Illustrated Nail created the gingerbread-house-inspired snow designs seen on the thumbs by paining the nails with a brown shimmer polish. Then, she used a white French-tip manicure pen to add the "snow," and a green nail-art pen to draw holly leaves on either side of the red, poinsettia-inspired gemstones.
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Ring in 2013 with this neon design by Stephanie Berry of Haus of Lacquer in Vancouver, B.C. She used a small, thin brush and acrylic paints to create the lettering, confetti and swirls. Take your time, she suggests, with the small details and remember to wash your brush between colors.
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This shimmering design by Chelsea King uses two colors: Essie Licorice as the base and Sephora by OPI Only Gold For Me Top Coat for the glitter. To apply the glitter, King put some polish on a piece of foil and used a toothpick to press each piece of gold on individually.
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WEATHERSFIELD Kenneth Floyd Young, 91, a lifelong resident of Springfield/Weathersfield, passed away on Saturday, February 23, 2013, at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, N.H. He was born June 15, 1921, in Springfield, the son of Floyd C. and Miriam (Haskell) Young. He received his schooling in Weathersfield Bow.
On June 25, 1947, he married Alice E. Allen in Windsor, Vt.
Ken owned and operated Maple Lane Farm, where he was born, until his son, Ken, took over in 1980 and renamed it the Milky Way Farm. His love of farming began as a small boy working next to his father. As an adult, he continued farming and logging with horses and enjoyed going to draft horse pulling competitions in what little time he could squeeze into his long days. After he retired from dairying, he continued to work with his son, Ken, caring for the young stock and helping with the summer haying. He then had more time to train and work with many teams of horses over the years. He took great pleasure in giving wagon and sleigh rides, being in parades and going to plowing and sap gathering contests. Everyone admired his special way with those huge, gentle giants.
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He is survived by his beloved wife of 65 years, Alice; three daughters, Linda Murgatroy and her husband Bill of Lempster, N.H., Janet Silkonis and her husband John of Gardner, Mass., and Sandra Messer and her husband Bob of Wilmot, N.H.; two sons, Kenneth S. and his wife Janice of Springfield, and Keith and his wife Kellie of Weathersfield; eight grandchildren, Paul Buskey of Midlothian, Va., Ryan Buskey of Charlotte, N.C., Jeffrey Cleveland of Watertown, Mass., Katie Safran of Saugus, Mass., Tia Messer of Denver, Colo., Ryan Messer of New London, N.H., Kenneth R. Young of Springfield, Vt., and Julie Young Shute of Brownsville, Vt.; five great-grandchildren, Reagan and Parker Buskey of Midlothian, Va., Anna and Alexa Buskey of Charlotte, N.C., and Isabella Safran of Saugus, Mass.; also by many nieces and nephews.
He was predeceased by his three brothers, Lt. Cmdr. USN Gerald Young, Allan Young and Clyde Butch Young; and by his three sisters, June Hyde, Dorothy Peoples and Beverly Harris.
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