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From Puig, the Signature Soap Of Ol' Blue Eyes: Agua Lavanda
Agua Lavanda Soap Set of 3 Bars
From Puig, the Signature Soap Of Ol' Blue Eyes: Agua Lavanda
You don't have to be "Chairman of the Board" to appreciate the subtle elegance of Agua Lavanda, the light, refreshing soap introduced by Antonio Puig back in the day. The intriguing blend of sweet lavender with the zestful aroma of bergamot, moss, rosemary, and musk, to name but a few notes, makes the soap as unforgettable as the voice of the legendary crooner who made it his own. 4.4 oz. bar.
- Agua Lavanda by Puig was first launched in 1940
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CI 11880 (Pigment Yellow 1), CI 74260 (Pigment Green 7)
Lather with water and rinse.
Shelf Life: 24 Months after opening.
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Ben & Jerry's releases 4 new 'Core' flavors
New flavor bombs touted as an 'all-in-one-sundae' in ice cream game-changer
Ben & Jerry's has just solved one of the most annoying things about eating ice cream.
Already known for its unconventional flavors, the Vermont-based company has released four new "Core" flavors dubbed as an "all-in-one-sundae."
They each include two different ice creams, separated by a sweet and gooey streak down the middle.
The new flavors include Hazed & Confused, with chocolate and hazelnut ice creams with fudge chips and a hazelnut fudge core; That's My Jam, with raspberry and chocolate ice creams with fudge chips and a raspberry core; Peanut Butter Fudge, with chocolate and peanut butter ice creams with miniature peanut butter cups and a peanut butter fudge core; and Salted Caramel with sweet cream ice cream, blonde brownies and a salty caramel core.
Priced at $4.39, all four are available at stores nationwide.
The flavors will be added to Ben & Jerry's Scoop Shops this spring.
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Beginning South Africa Research
The first of a three-part series, this lesson will introduce you to South African research. The class will first discuss historical events that affected South African research, then talk about the major record types that can assist you in finding your South African ancestors. Finally, the lesson will discuss naming patterns and peculiarities to researching in South Africa.
Learn what an English Parish is now and used to be and how it can help you with your family history.
Tracing Marriages in 18th Century England and Wales: A Reassessment of Law and Practice
The Clandestine Marriages Act of 1753 marked an important development in the history of marriage by putting the requirements for a valid marriage on a statutory basis for the first time. But what was the situation before 1753, and what practical impact did the Act have on popular practice? This thorough reassessment of law and practice is of particular relevance to those tracing their ancestors. First, the universality of formal marriage increases the likelihood that a record of an ancestor's marriage will exist somewhere; secondly, parish-level studies provide us with a clearer idea of where one may need to look for a marriage; and, thirdly, success or failure in tracing a marriage can be set within the context of the marriage law and practice of the time.


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The event offered sack races, inflatables, games, snow cones, popcorn and watermelon. The park has historically been utilized by residents to watch holiday fireworks shot off the USS Lexington across the bay in Corpus Christi, but Friday's event marked the first time city staff got involved.
"This is a popular location to watch fireworks over the bay, and we thought it would be good to get involved with the community," Parks and Recreation Director Kristin Connor said.
Connor estimated around 75 to 100 visitors attended the event. Fifteen city employees worked to ensure the event ran smoothly and were paid for their time.
"It's a special event for the department, so they are getting paid," Connor said.
Eight volunteers from the city's Kidz Kamp helped manage games and races.
Herlie Bray watched her sons – Patrick, 13, and Chris, 11 – participate in sack races during the event. She said she was glad her family did not need to travel to Corpus Christi to watch fireworks and celebrate the holiday.
"We didn't want to drive all the way across the bay," Bray said. "This is close, and they get to play. This is a good idea."
All children who participated in games or races received prizes.
Staff cleared games and concessions at 9 p.m., when many visitors made their way toward the park's beach to get front row seating for fireworks.
Alex Wade said his family has visited the park the past two years to watch Independence Day fireworks.
"This is the biggest crowd they have had out here," Wade said. "They've never made it official until now. It's a pretty good view from here. I'm definitely hoping this continues."


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The spacious bedroom is cozy and comfortable.
The very warm welcome, lots of little touches like the metro map, coffee / tea in the room and the availability of bikes.
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La chambre spacieuse est agréable et confortable.
L'accueil très chaleureux, pleins de petites attentions comme le plan du métro, le café/thé dans la chambre et la disponibilité de vélos.
Je recommande.
Very friendly service. The proposed room is very clean and it corresponds to the photos.
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Small nice touches on arrival (subway map, coffee and tea in the room ...)
We had a great time
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Wenn ich nach New York City komme, werde ich wieder gern bei Sylvie wohnen.
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Jon Davis released his latest and third book, "Beneath the Northern Lights" (AuthorHouse, 2012). His previously published works include "Life, Inc." (AuthorHouse, 2006) and "Stephen King's America" (Bowling Green Popular Press, 1994), which was the result of research he performed with a North Central College Richter Independent Study Fellowship. Davis is also a songwriter, musician and award-winning business and marketing freelance writer.
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2017-18 Sally Casanova Scholarship Application now available. Click here for more details
The California Pre-Doctoral Program is designed to increase the pool of potential faculty by supporting the doctoral aspirations of California State University (CSU) students who have experienced economic and educational disadvantages. The program places a special emphasis on increasing the number of CSU students who enter doctoral programs at one of the University of California (UC) institutions.
Announcements and application forms for the program are circulated each year in early December through the office of each campus Pre-Doctoral Program Coordinator. Eligibility is limited to junior, senior and graduate students who are enrolled in a degree-seeking program at any one of the CSU campuses at the time of application. Applicants must also be U.S. citizens or permanent residents.
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Stick to the 2010 plan. I don't want to sign anybody of circumstance over the mid level exception this coming summer. Just let it play it. I know everybody thinks were going to be god awful after the trades. But talent wise we are as good as the team before the trades if not better because of the defense we have added. I personally see us competing for an 8th seed and winning around 35-39 games and keeping us interested until the last few weeks of the season.
I love Chris Paul and he's a great player but flaws or not Lebron James is an better player who will only get better. The guy already has a finals appearence with basically zero supporting cast and is on pace to have the only team that can give the Celtics a legit challenge this year. Two more years of seasoning and post season battles will only make Lebron a more complete player.
I think MSG said that Lebron doesn't post up, but if you do remember MJ didn't become a big time post player until after his stint in baseball when he began to lose some agility. Also with Lebron's Linebacker like size he'd basically be able to play every position on the court and thats an amazing asset. Also Lebron will only be 26 when he signs with us giving us if we played our cards right 10 years of being a legit contender.
I'm with everybody that Thabeet would be a great pick but i'm starting to believe we'll be picking in the 10-15th pick range not the 5-10 pick range. Hopefully we get lucky and pull a early pick if we do miss the playoffs but i think we'll have a record that keeps us out of the Thabeet conversation.
There are some guys who could deffinatley help us right away or in 2010 in the 10-15th pick range.
Darren Collison - super quick and good defender
Stephen Curry - probably undersized but legit shooter
Tyler Hansbrough - Underrated by scouts but most likely 2 time national player of the year. (perfect Lee replacement if you trade Lee with Curry)
Tyreke Evans - Haven't seen him play but he took Derrick Rose's spot at Memphis
Ty Lawson- Quickest guard in college basketball
Patrick Patterson- KU big man


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Actress Shannon Guess Richardson has been indicted and charged with sending ricin-laced letters to President Obama and New York Mayor Bloomberg.
Richardson is accused of mailing a threatening communication to the president and faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted, according to a statement from U.S. Attorney John M. Bales' office in Texas.
The actress allegedly also mailed a third letter with the toxin ricin to Mark Glaze, director of Mayors Against Illegal Guns, which was founded and co-chaired by Bloomberg, according to the FBI.
Richardson is a television actress who has appeared in "The Walking Dead" and "Vampire Diaries."


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Bobby Thomson hits the "shot heard 'round the world," Woody Guthrie passes away, Germany comes together, and O.J. Simpson is found not guilty, all on this day.
1998: Actor Roddy McDowall, best known for his roles as Cornelius and Caesar in the "Planet of the Apes" film series and as a child actor in movies such as "How Green Was My Valley," "My Friend Flicka" and "Lassie Come Home," dies of lung cancer at the age of 70 in Los Angeles.


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Events » Lectures, Performances & Films » Musical Performance
Musical Performance
Sounds from the 20th - 21st Centuries: Solo Cello Music
Date: Friday, June 27, 2014
Time: 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Speaker: Maksim Velichkin, Cellist
Type: Musical Performance
For the first event in our Summer Concert Series, the spirit of modern art comes together with the vitality of the cello in a program of modern cello music in the Museum's 20th-century gallery. Cellist Maksim Velichkin performs works by Hans Werner Henze, an outstanding German composer; Gaspar Cassadó, one of the most influential cellist-composers of the 20th century, whose suite for solo cello is infused with Spanish flavor; and 21st-century Los Angeles composer George N. Gianopoulos.
South Wing | Free with admission | Stickers for ensured seating are distributed in the Main Entrance gallery starting at 6:00 p.m. Members enjoy early seating between 6:30 and 6:45 p.m.; general admission seating begins at 6:45 p.m.


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Ohio Northern University's Cultural Conversation hour to focus on 'Self-Defense, Stand Your Ground and the Trayvon Martin Tragedy'
"Shoot First, Ask Questions Later: Self-Defense, Stand Your Ground, and the Trayvon Martin Tragedy," will be the title of the discussion during the Ohio Northern University Cultural Conversation hour in the Celebrezze Court Room on Tuesday, Oct. 8, at 11 a.m.
The event, free and open to the public, is sponsored by the Black Student Union, the Black Law Student Association and the Office of Multicultural Development.
Dr. C. Antoinette Clarke, ONU professor of law, will discuss the law of self-defense and the changes to settled doctrine that "Stand Your Ground" laws represent, and she will examine both current and proposed legislation (including Ohio's House Bill 203) against the backdrop of the Trayvon Martin killing and other similar homicides. Clarke also will make some suggestions for actions to change this dangerous trend in the law and some recommendations to protect young men from those who would style themselves as judge, jury and executioner.
Clarke, who teaches Criminal Law and Juvenile Justice, joined the ONU Law faculty in 2000. Previously, she was a tenured professor at the William H. Bowen School of Law at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and a litigation associate at the law firm Baker and Hostetler in Cleveland, Ohio.


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World Vision is deploying disaster relief supplies to families devastated by the severe storm outbreak in North Texas.
World Vision is rushing supplies to families affected by Wednesday's deadly tornadoes in North Texas. Ten storms, which struck in succession overnight, destroyed hundreds of homes and killed at least six people.
World Vision is responding with a truckload of relief supplies that will be sent to the most vulnerable children and families in the hardest-hit areas. The relief supplies include emergency food kits, cleaning supplies, hygiene items, blankets, and tarps.
"We currently have teams assessing the area," said Phyllis Freeman, World Vision's director for domestic disaster response. "But we already know that children and families in the Rancho Bravos community will need support. Many had recently received homes through Habitat for Humanity, and now, they've lost everything."
World Vision's domestic disaster response warehouse is strategically located in the region to respond to emergencies like this.
"This is our community," said Freeman. "We're going to make sure that we take care of our neighbors."
Last year, World Vision's U.S. disaster response team provided relief for more than 47,000 beneficiaries, including more than 30,000 children.
This year, World Vision continues to assist the most vulnerable affected by Superstorm Sandy last October in New York and New Jersey and has provided relief and rebuilding supplies to those affected by tornado damage in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
Please pray for families impacted by the North Texas tornadoes, especially those who have lost loved ones or whose homes have been destroyed.
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Ohio Northern University's College of Engineering to host robotic football game against Notre Dame
Saturday, April 6 • 7 p.m. • King Horn
Students from Ohio Northern University's T.J. Smull College of Engineering have created a team of robotic football players to compete in the fifth annual University of Notre Dame robotic football competition on Saturday, April 6, at 7 p.m. in the Ohio Northern University King Horn Sports Center. The event is free and open to the public.
As part of their senior capstone project during the 2012-13 academic year, a team of ONU students manufactured 12 robotic players (quarterbacks, centers, linemen, running backs, wide receivers and a kicker) with funding from the University of Notre Dame. These players will compete in an eight-on-eight, modified-rules football game, which tests the skills of each robot specific to their position, against robots built by Notre Dame students.
Equipped with sensors that flash different colors when the mechatronic players are hit, tackled or injured, the robots are roughly the size of desktop printers. The game itself consists of two 15-minute halves and a 10-minute halftime.
The ONU team is made up of Michael Horth, a senior mechanical engineering major from Akron, Ohio; Hunter Turner, a senior mechanical engineering major from Tipp City, Ohio; Loren Camp, a senior mechanical engineering major from Zanesville, Ohio; Shawn Pavel, a senior computer engineering major from Delphos, Ohio; Peter Kleysteuber, a senior electrical engineering major from Fairborn, Ohio; Taylor Zank, a senior electrical engineering major from Angola, Ind.; Noah Orr, a junior computer science major from Centerburg, Ohio; Paul Sorensen, a sophomore computer engineering major from Ada, Ohio; Jared R. Schatzinger, a junior mechanical engineering major from Shelby, Ohio; Michael Limbird, a senior computer engineering major from Attica, Ohio; Tyler Germann, a freshman electrical engineering major from New Haven, Ind.; and Joshua Gedert, a freshman computer engineering major from Toledo, Ohio.
The students are advised by ONU faculty members John-David Yoder, professor and chair of mechanical engineering, and Sami Khorbotly, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering. Yoder worked with a Notre Dame faculty member, Dr. Michael Stanisic, to coordinate the project.
The teams will compete for the Brian Hederman Memorial Robotic Competition Award. Hederman was a Notre Dame student who suffered an untimely death after his freshman year in 1995. A drawing he left behind inspired the award plaque and the competition itself. Notre Dame was victorious in last year's game.
Despite the air of a sporting event, the game is actually a display of the accumulated knowledge of sophisticated engineering concepts. The technical challenges of designing and building the robot football players deepens student understanding of and ability to implement engineering principles. The participants will take the skills they acquire during the project and use them in their careers as engineers, applying the same principles to develop, among other things, intelligent prostheses, biomedical devices and electromechanical systems in general.


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I had been planning to reply to your last post in detail, Mr. Lung, but then I read an article this morning (which you actually sent me) and it seems to be a direct rebuttal of several of your points. I'll keep myself from restating everything in the article but I do want to hit on a few issues it addresses.
The implicit dilemma for the Tigers at the beginning of this season is something you introduce but don't expand on in your countdown of the top payrolls. It's an obvious problem but many free-spending major league teams neglect to take into account the team aspect of throwing together a bunch of superstars or they don't have a manager who commands enough respect to pull all the disparate parts together. However, I think that Dombrowski was smart enough to consider these issues while putting together his team and, as a result, these Tigers are well positioned to overcome this potential downfall. This isn't the spend whatever to get whatever aesthetic of the evil empire. This is baseball General Management at its best.
First of all, many of the Tigers new young guns and aging superstars have either played together before or have some sort of regional affiliation. Cabrera and Guillen hail from the same town in Venezuela and Maggs is a fellow Bolivarian revolutionary as well. Ok, I don't know if the Bolivarian revolutionary thing is true but they are all Venezuelan so that is something. At the same time, we have Gary Sheffield and his well-publicized comments regarding ethnicity in baseball. However, is there really anything an over-the-hill slugger wants more than a little respect? The starry-eyed look in Cabrera's eye will be a greater asset to Sheff and his fortunes than any bonus or honor could ever be.
Beyond the general sense of team destiny that seems to pervade the Tigers' locker room right now, though, is something far greater: the measured sensibility and decades of accumulated baseball knowledge that is Jim Leyland. He's not just a manager, he's an admiral, steering the good ship Detroit through the stormy seas of the American League Central and onward to its final port of call in the World Series this October. Yeah, I'm getting a little ahead of myself but how can you not be excited about this team? Despite his dour pronouncements and leathery, 3-packs-a-day scowl, you have to think that even Leyland understands that some god has smiled on him. How else can you explain the existence of a team this good that still comes across as a down-to-earth group of guys who can't believe their good fortune at winding up in the same dugout?
So, yes, it's a long season and we have 162 games that have to be played. But, it's nice to finally be able to say I'm a Tiger fan and, instead of seeing pity in peoples' eyes, see that look replaced with fear.
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Come on, Al. Let's stop the whining, shall we? A direct rebuttal? No. Not at all. Simply more hype. Hype, hype, hype. Let me repeat myself: I wish your team the best. They should win it all the way they're stacked, BUT AGAIN, I will remind you that the same has been said about the Yankees starting lineup for the last 6 years. Okay. It takes a lot more than mega-dollar bats. You get it now? Sure? Good.
And Leyland. I like Leyland. How can you not like a manager who smokes in the dugout during games? How can you not like a guy who after managing became a scout for the Cardinals? He was also LaRussa's mentor. I thank him for that: a classic case of the pupil overtaking the teacher. Yeah, Leyland got that one ring with the Fire-Sale Marlins. Good for him. But I don't think he's quite the general you say he is. Those Pirates teams of the early 90s sure looked good on paper—alas no ring. And this Tigers team has been good for two years now—alas, no ring. I sure hope (for your sake) that he really drills pitchers' infield practice this year.
Bottom line, if Torre can't get a bunch of superstars to mesh and like each other and play well and WIN it all, then I have a hard time automatically saying Leyland is the ONE who can do it like you have. Get back to the books, study a little harder and when you're ready to duel with the master, you let me know.
What you're doing now, Al, is giving into the hype. The Tigers franchise is all hyped up because of this new team they're putting out there. That's fine. But blatantly disregarding history and worshipping someone who has fallen short more often than not (Leyland) is a little irresponsible. The Tigers are not a winning franchise. They are not the Cardinals, who have been a contender every year (yes, they made a short albeit stunted run last season) since 1996. The Tiggers haven't won 10 World Series titles. You weren't old enough to remember the last time your team won it all. So, this is new to you. So go ahead and be excited. Just be wary of making bold statements before your team has even played an intersquad exhibition game. And don't feel alone, all those affluent white people who live outside of Detroit are super excited too. They might actually go to Comerica to watch a baseball game rather than ride the ferris wheel or the rollercoaster.
Man, if you're that jealous, you should just say so. I understand why you would feel that way since the Cardinals are quickly on their way to becoming as relevant as their Kansas City sister squad but you don't have to take out your frustrations on me. And, to be fair, you'll notice that although I am excited I also point out just how many questions there are that need to be answered and how easily this could all fall apart.
However, I feel I need to correct one major problem with your comment. Joe Torre is not a great manager. Joe Torre is an adequate manager who was gifted with an amazing array of talent. The fact that he was unable to put this talent together in a meaningful way for the past 6 seasons says as much as you need to know about his managerial abilities. Leyland, on the other hand, has done a lot more with a lot less over his career. The 2006 Tigers are a case in point and last year's disappointing finish can be directly attributed to the raft of injuries that hit the Tigers during the middle part of the season. This Tigers team is much deeper and has role players that can step up in the event of injury. However, as I said before, the biggest questions remains the bullpen and that, if anything, will be the Achilles Heel of this team.
Thanks for the add. I plan to do the same on my sidebar. Would you 2 be interested in joining a roto fantasy baseball league for MLBloggers only?
Al, you're whining again.
I hate to say it, but Torre won 4 WS in 5 years BEFORE the spending spree–but in your book, winning doesn't make you a great manager. Sure. So I guess Casey Stengel was just some dead-heap-on-the-side-of-the-road manager then? Hang your hat on that one.
Contrary to what your mom told you growing up, winning IS everything in this game. And the Tigers haven't done that a whole lot during your lifetime.
I believe we all agree now that this argument has run its course.
And please PLEASE know, that the Cardinal Nation will never be overshadowed by the laughingstock called the Royals. Your continual disregard for the glorious tradition that is St. Louis Cardinals baseball is beginning to wear on me, Al. I think I know who the real jealous one is here.
now now gentlemen. I have you know I am old enough to remember the last glory days of the Tigers. AND THAT WAS ABOUT 40YRS AGO. Winning is how the game is judged, like it or not. The Tigers have not been there year after year. Even the pizza man could not spend them into victory. History shows that the CARDINALS have been consistent with or without the payroll, and I don't see that changing. Just my opinion
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Radon is the number one cause of lung cancer for non-smokers and kills 21,000 Americans each year.
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"After thousands of tests done in La Crosse Co., we found about 20-30% of homes are affected," said Jim Steinhoff from the La Crosse Co. Health Department.
The short-term test kit costs $6 and is provided by the county at the health department, the Onalaska Public Library, and the public library in West Salem.


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A Modest Proposal to Tackle the Deficit
Consider the debate surrounding the "Buffett rule."
|The debate surrounding the Buffett rule has cost the U.S. 75 times more in borrowing than the law would generate in taxes (in comparable periods).
The U.S. has borrowed $956 billion while Democrats and Republicans have debated the Buffett rule -- if the rule is enacted into law, it would generate roughly $16 billion of tax revenue per year (under the rosiest assumptions). Without passing judgment on the rule (or the outcome), the process is clearly broken.
It's hard to watch all of this electioneering and remain positive about America's future, but pessimism isn't going to solve the problem. Nor will unfettered optimism.
Some people, when confronted with the topic of deficit spending, happily (and condescendingly) proclaim that the world hasn't ended yet. This reminds me of an old smoker cackling that he never got cancer. A person may die before his bad habits catch up with him, but a country has the ability to live indefinitely, provided that we keep it in good shape.
To that end, I'd like to put forth some ideas on how to tackle debt, deficits and democratic demagoguery. Some of you may see through these ideas like cellophane. If so, good! Please amend or improve however you see fit. The goal isn't necessarily to create workable policy (if such a thing still exists), but to start thinking of new ways to solve old problems. Maybe one day we'll get a Congress willing to listen to constituents.
End Student Loans
America's biggest " budget busters " are essentially tied to an aging population in failing health. This is a tough pill to swallow for the nation's youth: The income divide between young and old is growing appreciably wider. And while millennials are struggling to get their own life started -- paying off student loans, getting a decent job, getting married, buying a house and starting a family -- the elder generations are making greater demands on their kids and grandkids.
Some call this generational warfare -- others might call it a Ponzi scheme of sorts. But if we're committed to having a social safety net, then America needs its working generations (youth) to be equipped with the best skills and education possible to compete in a global marketplace. Only then can we generate the tax revenue to keep the system in place.


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With the average price of gas in Hawaii topping $4.50 per gallon, many drivers may be looking for a fuel-sipping alternative such as a hybrid or electric vehicle.
But before throwing down thousands of dollars more on a Toyota Prius or Chevy Volt, you may want to break out the calculator and do the math.
According to experts, a vehicle with a standard four-cylinder gas engine may be just as cost-effective as those that run partially or completely on electricity.
"You're talking generally thousands of dollars in the price difference, and that would buy a lot of gas for a long period of time," said Jessica Caldwell, a senior analyst at automotive website edmunds.com. "In some cases, seven to 10 years is average."
That came as a big surprise to Kaneohe resident Karen Joy, who guessed it would take as little as two years to recoup the higher upfront cost of an electric or hybrid vehicle.
"You're kidding? Oh my gosh, that's terrible," said Joy, when told it could take as long as a decade to recover the higher cost of a hybrid or electric vehicle through savings on gas.
It's also important for car buyers to keep tax breaks and rebates in mind before they go shopping for a certain hybrid or electric vehicle.
"You really have to look at the details for every individual car because it's going to vary significantly from vehicle to vehicle," said Caldwell.
In addition, how you drive may also have an impact on your purchase. A Prius gets better gas mileage in stop and go city driving, where the gas engine is less likely to kick in.
"So if you do a lot of highway driving, sometimes it doesn't make as much sense (to buy a Prius)," said Caldwell.
Still, there's no doubt the soaring price of fuel is having an impact on people's wallets. Honolulu resident Raj Kumar used to pay $40-$50 to fill-up his minivan. Now, he's paying about $80.
"It's affecting everybody's budget," said Kumar. "The middle-class people are suffering more because they live day to day or paycheck to paycheck."
However, the bottom line is the bottom line, and it pays to do your homework before rushing out and buying that new Prius or Volt.
"Customers really have to do their research and do the math," advises Caldwell. "I mean it's not fun, but it's something that's going to pay off at the end."
Edmunds.com has a "cost to own" tool that can help car buyers decipher whether a hybrid or electric vehicle makes financial sense. The tool is available at: www.edmunds.com/tco


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I was wondering if its possible to have OALD with a LOW milk supply??
My 9wk DS does all the signs for it; pulls away,scream,chokes/gags. And my milk sprays.
I have ben doing alot to increase my "low supply" since I was told that was the reason for Los poor w.gain & loss (fngrk,mm tea, blsd thstl, water, pumping)
But now Im wondering if there was ever a proplem or have I just fixed it (maybe too good)
Im able to pump atleast 1oz AFTER LO BF sometimes up to 3+oz
This is baby #5, the first 2 were Bf for a short time (due to no support/education about BF) but supply was NOT an issue
#3 & 4 BF for 3.5yrs EACH I BF through out 4th pregnancy & had PLENTY of milk and had more than enough to feed 2 for more than 2yrs
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December 29, 2011 —
CALLICOON, NY — The Delaware Valley Arts Alliance CineArt feature for January is "Martha Marcy May Marlene" (R), a movie about a cult that was filmed and edited in Sullivan County in the summer of 2010. Screenings will be held at the Callicoon Theater, 30 Upper Main Street, from Friday, January 6 through Tuesday, January 10. Screenings are at 7:30 daily with additional 2 p.m. matinees on Saturday and Sunday.
Written and directed by Sean Durkin and edited by Zac Stuart-Pontier, who grew up in Narrowsburg, the film stars Elizabeth Olsen and John Hawkes. Stuart-Pontier will be available for a Q&A following the Saturday evening screening.
"It seems appropriate that this film was booked for the CineArt series to Delaware Valley Arts Alliance programming," said executive director Elaine Giguere, "because Zac did his editing upstairs in the Delaware Arts Center."
"I'm very excited about the film being screened at the Callicoon Theater," said Stuart-Pontier. "I've always loved seeing movies there, and it's exciting to bring 'Martha Marcy May Marlene' back to the area where it was shot. Sullivan County looks great on film."
Co-sponsored by Callicoon Theater and Delaware Valley Arts Alliance (DVAA), CineArt brings independent and foreign films to Sullivan County audiences. A percentage of admissions and $1 per person helps to support DVAA programs in the visual, performing, literary and media arts.
Admission costs $9 ($6 for children), or $7 on Monday nights and matinees. Call 845/887-4460.


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Defender Softball Concludes Trip Friday
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GAMETIME… Dordt will conclude the softball team's trip to Arizona on Friday, March 15 against Mayville State and British Columbia.
SCOUTING REPORT… Information regarding Mayville State is limited. The Comets were 1-5 entering play on Thursday, March 14.
British Columbia is 11-12 this season and have won four of their last five games. The Thunderbirds are batting .295 this season and have outscored teams 115-100 so far this year. Teams are batting .276 against the Thunderbirds. British Columbia has a 3.84 earned run average while opponents have a 4.26 earned run average.
Cassandra Dypchey is batting .438 this season with a team high 28 hits and six homeruns to go with 21 runs batted in. Alana Westerhof is good for a .391 batting average and team high seven homeruns and 30 runs batted in. Westerhof is 4-1 on the mound with a 4.08 earned run average. Leigh Della siege is 3-5 and has a 4.90 earned run average. Westerhof has struck out 40 batters with 16 walks in 36 innings pitched and Della siega has 47 strikeouts in 40 innings of work.
DEFENDER NOTES… Dordt College was 2-9 entering play on Wednesday. Through seven games the Defenders were batting .220 as a team and opponents were hitting .346. Brittany Kooiker is batting .316 with six hits while Ashton Beaird and Ashley Van Kooten each have six hits as well and are batting .300 this season.
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Tensions in the Middle EastJuly 15,2013
Foreign affairs can be risky territory for American presidents, as Barack Obama surely has learned by now. A recent poll showed that the publics regard for his handling of foreign issues has taken a tumble due to recent developments in the Middle East.
In chaotic Egypt, both sides in the seemingly endless political dispute are blaming the American president (but not his British, French or German counterparts). In Syria, where civil war has raged for two years, there seems to be no practical way for Obama to help end the conflict.
It would be nice to think that peace would prevail in Iraq once the United States withdrew its troops that even though they were sent there on the basis of false intelligence (about Saddam Husseins alleged possession of weapons of mass destruction) the fighting had somehow ended with a positive result.
But since Obama brought home the last American troops, sectarian warfare has claimed thousands of lives. Just last Saturday, at least 21 Iraqis were killed in bomb attacks on two Sunni mosques in the capital, Baghdad. The victims were worshippers who had come together to pray after breaking their fast for Ramadan.
Sectarian killings have become commonplace in a nation bitterly divided between Sunni and Shia Muslims. In fact, more than 2,500 Iraqis have been killed since April, according to U.N. figures released last week.
The increase in violence highlights the enduring tensions between the Sunni and Shia communities, tensions fueled in part because Sunnis believe Prime Minister Nouri Malikis Shia-led government is marginalizing them. They may all be Muslims, but theyre not even close to being on the same side.
The same is true in Syria, where sectarian strife has practically destroyed the country (and dangerously weakened its economy). The rebels want help from the United States, but Obama is afraid and rightly so that any American weapons sent to them could easily fall into the hands of the militant jihadists who are fighting alongside the rebels (and increasingly fighting against them at the same time).
Egypt presents the president with an especially vexing problem. Under United States law, this country cannot provide funds to a government formed as a result of a military coup, but Washington is trying hard to find a way to define what has happened in Cairo as something less than a coup so that the money can continue to flow. Its used to buy peace, supposedly.
But it sure looks like a coup. The military, acting as the nations self-appointed conscience, gave Egypts first democratically elected president, Mohamed Morsi, an ultimatum: Change his ways or be removed from office. Morsi, who seemed to have difficulty grasping the basics of democratic rule, didnt comply and was ousted.
Understandably, his supporters were furious. What had happened, they asked, to their votes? One problem, for the United States, is that most of Morsis supporters are anti-American Islamists belonging to or sympathetic to the Muslim Brotherhood. Meanwhile, the pro-Morsi crowd blames Obama for not having done more to protect their fledgling democracy.
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#15274 - 01/11/01 09:57 AM Medical malapropisms
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Folks here at AWAD might enjoy some of the funny things that are occasionally heard here at our medical center. For example, I have been told more than once by a patient that he had been feeling "nauserated" before he actually "vomicked." "Fibroids of the uterus" has been transformed into "fireballs of the Eucharist" supposedly, although I have never heard anyone say this myself. And of course there's the reliable "Old Timer's Disease" (Alzheimer's Disease) which actually makes a lot of sense.
I wonder if anyone else out there has any other medical malapropisms to share?
#15275 - 01/11/01 10:35 AM Re: Medical malapropisms
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"The room-attics" for rheumatism.
"Arthur-itis" for arthritis and last but not least :
"A cardiac fraction" for a myocardial infarction.
#15276 - 01/11/01 11:33 AM Re: Medical malapropisms
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I know I'll think of some when I have some time to think, but I have to share a peculiarity of Baltimorese: appendix is often a plural noun, as in, "She had to have her appendix out; they were badly infected."
#15277 - 01/11/01 12:08 PM Re: Medical malapropisms
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a doctor told a story once (in an article in NYT) about being careful what you say as patients come out of anesthetic, since they often hear things before they are full conscious.
His patient had a "galloping heart" (rate) which the doctor mentioned-- the other doctors all nodded, and were concerned-- after open heart surgery "galloping heart" is not a good thing.
But a few days latter, the patient was fully recovered, and on his way home. He commented to the doctor that it was something he heard the doctor say as he was regaining consciousness that made all the difference. the patient knew going into surgery that he was high risk, and that there could be serious complications, but when he heard the doctor talk about his galloping heart--He knew he was a strong as horse, and was going to make it!
not quite a malapropism-- but a sort of "mis hearing"_________________________
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#15278 - 01/11/01 01:21 PM Re: Medical malapropisms
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John Updike writes about someone suffering from "Al's Hammer Disease"
#15279 - 01/12/01 06:27 PM Re: Medical malapropisms
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Many years ago, when I worked as a hospital chaplain, one fellow told me he had "a rhythmia" and asked me if it was bad to have one of those.
#15280 - 01/13/01 06:11 PM Re: Medical malapropisms
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I wonder if anyone else out there has any other medical malapropisms to share?
I thought that a medical malaprop had to do with being rushed to hospital after being struck by an airscrew.
Wherever did I go wrong?
#15281 - 01/13/01 06:56 PM Re: Medical malapropisms
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Geoff asks, apparently bemusedly: I thought that a medical malaprop had to do with being rushed to hospital after being struck by an airscrew.
Wherever did I go wrong?
Because there's actually much more chance of being struck by the aircrew these days! You need to update your belief system. It's not a malapropism, it's a malaturbinism ..._________________________
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#15282 - 01/13/01 10:01 PM Re: Medical malapropisms
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Did you hear about the airline stewardess who backed into a moving airplane propeller? Disaster.
#15283 - 01/13/01 10:09 PM Re: Medical malapropisms
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Did you hear about the airline stewardess who backed into a moving airplane propeller? Disaster.
Heard that one as "the butcher's wife who at on the bacon slicer"._________________________
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4. The salary cap.Since the NBA league office announced its projections that the salary cap will decline next season, several positive economic indicators were released showing that the recession may already have ended. If true, the NBA's salary cap might not drop nearly as much as projected if it even drops at all. But because Danny Ferry signed Anthony Parker and Jamario Moon to 2-year contracts, the Cavs will not have room for a second max free-agent next summer even if the cap goes up. It might therefore be a checkmate move if Walsh ekes out enough cap room to be able to offer two max contracts in 2010. LeBron's decision might be between staying in Cleveland with the Cavs' roster as is or jumping to New York with Dwyane Wade or Chris Bosh.
Indeed, the NBA's revenues surpassed even the best-case projections the league made before the season began. As a result, David Stern recently told teams to expect next season's salary cap to be set at around $56.1 million.
Meanwhile, on trade deadline day, the Cavs acquired Antawn Jamison and the $28 million remaining on his contract over the next two seasons.
Both of these developments mean that the Knicks will have the cap space for two max free-agents just weeks from now while the Cavs will be over the cap for two more years if LeBron re-signed in Cleveland.
3. The luxury tax. In New York, LeBron could be assured of joining an organization that would spare no expense in pursuit of multiple championships. Cavs' ownership has never pulled back on spending but that could change. Dan Gilbert's deal to bring in Chinese investment, spun as a bold marketing initiative, may have had more to do with cash reserves drying up. Once they're out of cap room, the Knicks would never hesitate to use their mid-level exception, take on more and more salary each year and pay exorbitant luxury tax bills, to keep renewing LeBron's supporting cast. The coffers at MSG are effectively bottomless.
League sources recently told the New York Daily News that the Cavs have lost upwards of $55 million over the past three seasons. This report buttresses the notion that Gilbert's primary objective in bringing aboard a new owner was relieving the financial burden of Cleveland's high payroll, rather than opening up new marketing opportunities for LeBron in China.
Will an ever-climbing luxury tax bill be something that Cavs' ownership is willing to pay year after year?
2. The Yankees. [i]The Yankees have emerged as the best team in baseball and are poised for another championship run. At some point, CC Sabathia may confide to his good pal, one of the Yankees' most famous fans, 'There's nothing like winning in New York.'[/b]
The Yankees went on to win the championship, their ticker-tape parade was the day of the Cavs v. Knicks game in New York, and LeBron was treated to a Yankee tribute on his lone visit to the Garden, with CC at center court and LeBron applauding from the bench.
Then recently during an ESPN pregame show at Fenway Park, LeBron was asked if being a Yankee fan could influence him to sign with the Knicks. "I don't think so," LeBron replied. "My connection won't sway what I do as a basketball player. "
Can't win 'em all.
1. The heart. Big life decisions like the one LeBron will have in less than a year are usually made more on emotion than cold reason. Is home where LeBron's heart is or does he yearn for the spotlight of Broadway? We don't know the answer to that yet. But last week, just before letting us know that he plans to become a free-agent after the coming season, LeBron said he is "not ashamed of anything in Cleveland." Not exactly a ringing endorsement, especially in contrast to the reverential words LeBron used to describe how he feels stepping on the floor at Madison Square Garden. The worry for Cavs fans is that LeBron's tone seems to be creeping closer to the 'It's not you, it's me' line of reasoning, an explanation vaguely reminiscent of 'The heart wants what the heart wants.'
Nobody doubts that LeBron has enjoyed his time in Cleveland. But there is a legitimate question whether he truly loves being there and is ready to commit for another several years.
LeBron is from Akron (that's not Cleveland as he went out of his way to point out once) but he has something big in common with New Yorkers: He eats, sleeps and breathes basketball. Like them, he lives for the game.
The well-styled, larger-than-life limelight of New York City also seems to be in LeBron's blood, and there's little doubt that the world's most famous fans and arena give him a buzz.
"You almost feel like you're a performer sitting on the stage and they're watching you perform," LeBron said after his only game at the Garden this season.
"It's this building. This building's very special."
There are good reasons to think that LeBron may decide to make that special stage his own starting next fall.


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Cat lovers from the Midwest will have the opportunity to see the world's best of the best cats, kittens and alters at TICA's Annual International Cat Show in Columbus, Ohio on September 1-2, 2012. We can't tell you who the Best Cat, Kitten, Alter, Household Pet or Household Pet Kitten was for last season … but we will soon..and they'll join our past International winners from the past 30+ years.
All we can say is you won't be disappointed when you see which breeds represented their categories for 2011-2012!
Over 400 cats are planned to be on hand for the 12-ring show that will be held at the Greater Columbus Convention Center. In addition to hundreds of cats, there were will be many vendors on hand with things that your cat — or you or other cat lovers you know — will enjoy!
Make sure you get a chance to see some of the world's finest felines at TICA's 2012 Annual.


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"Vulcan children are never late with their sehlat's dinner."
- - T'Pol
The sehlat is a giant "teddy bear"-like beast, native to Vulcan. Sehlats have six-inch fangs and do not like to climb, preferring to remain on low ground. In 2154, Captain Jonathan Archer and Commander T'Pol were stalked by a wild sehlat in Vulcan's Forge.
Domesticated sehlats, which are only slightly smaller than wild sehlats, are a popular pet with Vulcan children. Sehlats, however, are very aggressive, so Vulcan children learn early never to be late with their dinner. T'Pol had a pet sehlat in her youth. (ENT: "The Forge")
Syrran and T'Pau were able to imitate the screams of a sehlat, and the latter used imitations of those noises to mislead Talok and two Vulcan commandos into the electric discharges of gallicite deposits. (ENT: "Kir'Shara")
Jonathan Archer compared the squeals of a sehlat to a Klingon opera that Hoshi Sato once made him listen to. (ENT: "The Forge")
Spock had a pet sehlat named I-Chaya during his youth that originally belonged to his father, Sarek. I-Chaya died in 2237, as a result of injuries inflicted from an attack by a le-matya. Because the venom of the le-matya was incurable by that point, Spock chose to have I-Chaya euthanized to end his suffering. (TOS: "Journey to Babel"; TAS: "Yesteryear")
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Although a sehlat could only be referred to in "Journey to Babel", it could be seen on-screen in "Yesteryear" because the episode was animated. (Star Trek - Where No One Has Gone Before, p. 57)
Although the sehlat featured in "Yesteryear" was domesticated, the potentially harmful nature of sehlats in general is referenced in the episode's script. Writer D.C. Fontana explained, "My written description of a sehlat in the 'Yesteryear' script includes something to this effect: 'Make one wrong move, and a sehlat will rip your arm off. However, Vulcans don't make wrong moves. That would be illogical.'" (Babel #5; Enterprise Incidents, number 11, pp. 27 & 29)
According to the unauthorized reference book Boldly Writing (p. 5), the animated design of the sehlat was inspired by a speculative article that was published in the 1970 fanzine "Spockanalia 5". Boldly Writing states, "In this piece, the author looks at precedents in nature to see what sort of animal would have six-inch fangs. The author concludes, 'And so our portrait of the sehlat: a carnivore or just possibly tusked omnivore, general shape that of a giant panda, size on the order of an Alaskan brown bear, highly intelligent, and despite the six-inch fangs, of a patient and gentle disposition.... Question: did the sehlat belong to Spock, or was Spock in the care of the sehlat?' The Star Trek production staff read this article, and animators incorporated many of the suggestions into the drawing of the sehlat I-Chaya." [1]
Another basis for the animated appearance of the sehlat was an illustration that fantasy and science fiction artist Alicia Austin drew for D.C. Fontana, who remembered, "Alicia Austin came up with several variations on what a sehlat looks like. I chose one of the early ones as a model – with modifications [....] I-Chaya has a different kind of tail, different shape of face, the broken fang." (Babel #5; Enterprise Incidents, number 11, p. 27) Fontana purposefully instructed the Filmation artists to break off I-Chaya's tooth, in order to give the sehlat a more aged appearance. [2]
The sehlat seen in "The Forge" was a CGI character. With indirect references to the sehlat, Dan Curry recalled how he and a visual effects team at Eden FX revamped the sehlat for Star Trek: Enterprise; "We looked at the animated series and it just looked nice and pleasant, so I did a couple of sketches to do a reinterpretation of it to make it look scary, but not be too radical a departure from the original [....] John Teska at Eden FX modeled it and and visual effects supervisor Art Codron supervised the compositing. We used special software to create the fur and we did it so should the need arise we could look at it fairly closely." (Cinefantastique, Vol. 37, No. 2, p. 37)
In one scene of the Enterprise episode "Terra Prime", T'Pol was originally to have sung to her daughter, Elizabeth, a Vulcan lullaby about why children are never late with their sehlat's dinner, though this idea was scrapped. ("Terra Prime" audio commentary, ENT Season 4 DVD special features)
The text commentary for "Yesteryear" on the Star Trek: The Animated Series DVDs, which was written by Michael and Denise Okuda, claims that Tuvok also had a pet sehlat. However, no canonical evidence confirming this from Star Trek: Voyager is immediately evident.
The Okudas' text commentary for Star Trek: Enterprise's pilot episode, "Broken Bow", on the ENT Season 1 DVD supposes that sehlats typically smell less foul than dogs, since several Vulcans (naturally hypersensitive) are known to have had a pet sehlat whereas T'Pol found Captain Archer's pet beagle, Porthos, to have a particularly bad odor.
Apocrypha Edit
In the Pocket Star Trek: Enterprise relaunch novel Kobayashi Maru, the corpse of a sehlat was found on the floor of a darkened cave on the Vulcan outpost planet Trilan by T'Pol in 2135 (Vulcan Year 8737), the species having been taken to the outpost planet by its Vulcan settlers. T'Pol took bones from the seh'lat's skeleton and later used them to defend herself against a group of Fri'slen, brutal and primitive humanoids who were actually mutated Vulcans. Sehlats are described in the book as an "urso-feline species" and sharp tusks are said to be characteristic of "adolescent-to-fully-grown members" of the species.
The novelization of "Yesteryear" (in Star Trek Log 1) states that sehlats originated in the rain forests of Vulcan's southern hemisphere. The same adaptation also refers to I-Chaya's brown coat as looking "faded in spots to patches of pale beige," and his fangs as being "yellowed" and ten centimeters long, although these physical characteristics are not in keeping with the sehlat's appearance in the episode.
Tuvok's pet sehlat is named Wari in The Lost Era novel The Sundered. He also encounters a wild sehlat in Pathways, with whom he develops a mutual appreciation.
In Star Trek Online, players can have a pet sehlat cub. They are also more feline than depicted in main canon, resembling sabertoothed Lions.
External linkEdit
- Sehlat at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works


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State Street Global Advisors, which launched a new business targeting defined-contribution pension plans in the UK in November, is likely to adopt an unusual "target date" approach to managing this money.
Nigel Aston, head of the business, said the firm had built up expertise running money this way in the US and was looking at ways of "reinventing" the classic concept of the DC default fund in the UK market.
Defined-contribution pension plans, where members' pensions are not guaranteed but depend on stock-market performance, are increasingly the standard in the UK and set for a big boost as the government's pensions reforms, introduced last October, roll out over the next few years.
Assets managed in DC plans are set to soar from £276bn today to over £800bn in 10 years' time, according to forecasts by market-research firm Spence Johnson.
State Street Global Advisors has several funds available for investments by DC schemes already, and launched a new one last week. The firm is still fleshing out its thinking when it comes to the overall shape of its new DC business, but Aston said the target-date concept was attractive because it should lead to better outcomes for scheme members.
Most DC funds in the UK are run according to investment strategies known as "lifestyle". In the simplest and most common of these, savers' money is invested in equity index-trackers until they reach the age of 50 or 55, after which they are gradually transferred into lower-risk bond funds until they retire.
Target-date funds are different. Under this approach, a fund manager sets up a suite of multi-asset funds and members join them according to their preferred year of retirement – the "target date". A fund manager might run a 2020 fund, a 2025 fund, a 2030 fund and so on.
The government's new public pension scheme, Nest, which has been set up as a 'default' scheme for smaller employers to enrol their staff, has opted to use this "target-date" approach.
AllianceBernstein, another US fund manager, has made a splash in the UK pensions market by winning a series of new clients in the past year with a target-date approach, including most recently, the Pensions Trust, a £4bn charitable-sector fund.
Aston said: "It's a good idea to have external governance [of the scheme as a whole] through trustees, or a provider. But why not have governance within the funds themselves, too? It allows the 'glide path' [from equities to bonds] to be done within the fund itself, rather than through an administrator switching members from one to the other."
He continued: "It's simpler for members as well. Let's say that you're in a classic DC pension plan which switches members into a mix of 75% bonds and 25% cash in the run-up to retirement, because you can take up to 25% of your pension as a tax-free lump sum under current rules.
"Then, just before you retire, the Chancellor changes the rules so that it's only 10%. If you're in a target-date fund, the fund manager can easily switch your assets - but if you're doing that through administration, it would be much more complicated."'
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I think "Never Forget" is the same as "Never" from the "Remains" album. It's been re-named as such on the Earache reissue of "Remains" anyway.
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Minato wouldn't be aware that he was in a genjutsu, Just look what Itachi did with deidara
itachi woundnt be aware that his throat was sliced before he activate his genjutsu. minato is faster than any EYE!
itachi would obviously win low diff with no info with info itachi would win high diff minato cannot use ftg properly when hes only looking at his feet end of discussion itachi & sasuke base speed>>>minatos
I'd really like to see edo madara handle an instant kamehameha to the face, it would definately give them time to seal madara haha.
No Minato can't defeat Itachi.Itachi will put him in genjutsu even before the match starts and then ama his ass.Remember Itachi don't require eyes to cast genjutsu,he can use it with his finger as well as with his crows.
Minato is greater than itachi in any sence.itachi can cast genjutsu but minato's the man who can see through genjutsu.namikaze clans are not of mere powers.
Originally Posted by Paintry4
Minato is greater than itachi in any sence.itachi can cast genjutsu but minato's the man who can see through genjutsu.namikaze clans are not of mere powers.
the namikaze clan isnt none for nothing
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When are people going to understand that the winner of fights like these can only be decided by Kishi. Both of these guys are strong/smart enough to beat each other. Therefor you can't really say who can beat who. If Itachi knew exactly how Minato's FTG works then what? If Minato knew about how Itachi's Tsukuyomi works then what? It is all what ifs... Kishi can only decide this fight from two of this caliber.
you are just right, plenty jutsu's seems unevadable but thanx to pen no jutsu they are
Itachi >>> Minato.
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U.S. Sen.-elect Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., left, speaks with Mass. Gov. Deval Patrick during a news conference at the Statehouse in Boston, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012. Warren said she was still talking to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid about committee assignments and wanted to serve on panels reflecting issues she talked about while campaigning. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
BOSTON When Elizabeth Warren created the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in Washington two years ago and sought to become its director, she was fiercely opposed by Republican senators who feared she had a visceral loathing of financial institutions and would be a thorn in their sides.
President Barack Obama was so convinced she could not win Senate confirmation that he did not even bother to nominate her.
Now, Warren, 63, is returning to Washington as a member of the very club that sought to block her and dilute the power of her consumer bureau. She got there by campaigning against the big banks and lobbyists, the millionaires and billionaires who, she said, rigged the system against the middle class.
The question now is how she will approach her job as the newly elected Democratic senator from Massachusetts. How will she interact with those who spurned her? How can she most effectively fulfill the populist promise of her candidacy while serving in an institution that runs on seniority and prefers deference to defiance?
So far, she has sent mixed signals. As she thanked her campaign workers in her victory speech on election night, she said, You took on the powerful Wall Street banks and special interests, and you let them know you want a senator wholl be out there fighting for the middle class all of the time.
But shortly thereafter, she spoke of compromise and balance and said she had learned the importance of bipartisanship from her Republican opponent, Sen. Scott P. Brown.
On Thursday, at her first formal news conference since the election, the normally feisty and loquacious Harvard law professor was about as low-key as she could get without disappearing. She responded to some questions with just a word or two. She would not say what committee assignments she might seek. Even on the subject of the record number of women in the Senate, a response had to be dragged out of her. (Twenty is better, she said, but not good enough.) Warren is a quick study, and perhaps she had already learned that campaigning is different from legislating. After the news conference, she told a smaller group of reporters that as a senator she needed to be discreet.
Listen, she said, all I can say is I was a lot more discreet as a candidate than I was in real life. She then turned to an aide. Can I say that? she asked. Maybe its indiscreet to talk about discretion.
Bankers and Wall Street types might be surprised to hear that during the campaign Warren held herself in check.
Wall Street CEOs the same ones who wrecked our economy and destroyed millions of jobs still strut around Congress, no shame, demanding favors and acting like we should thank them, Warren declared in her prime-time speech at the Democratic National Convention.
That was the Elizabeth Warren who earned the adoration of millions of people across the country, the one who spoke truth to power and was not worried about sounding indiscreet. And it is what they expect of her now that she has a powerful new platform in Washington.
Elizabeth Warren is a doer, said Neil Barofsky, who, as the special inspector general for oversight of the bank bailouts, worked with Warren and wrote about her in his book, Bailout. He added, I think she would suffocate if she went down to the Senate and kept her head down and played nice and made compromises.
Hillary Rodham Clinton is often cited as the model of a national celebrity who came to the Senate, kept her head down, worked hard and built relationships across the aisle.
Hard edges dont work very well in the Senate, Ross K. Baker, a political scientist at Rutgers University and student of the Senate, said of Warren. Her base regards her, quite justifiably, as a great heroine. But I suspect that MoveOn.org will have unrealistic expectations.
Warren, speaking last year to New York magazine, rejected the Clinton model.
If the notion on this is were going to elect somebody to the United States Senate so they can be the 100th least senior person in there and be polite, and somewhere in their fourth or fifth year do some bipartisan bill that nobody cares about, dont vote for me, she said.
Warren has also written critically of Clinton for compromising on a bankruptcy bill that was supported by the financial industry. When she was the first lady, Clinton opposed the bill. But as a senator from New York when she needed support from Wall Street, a hometown industry she voted for it.
She couldnt afford such a principled position, Warren wrote. Campaigns cost money, and that money wasnt coming from families in financial trouble.
Warren is not likely to face that particular dilemma. The financial services sector gave Brown more than $5.5 million to defeat her. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce said that no other candidate in 2012 represents a greater threat to free enterprise than Professor Warren.
But Warren raised a stunning $39 million, the most of any Senate candidate this year, proving that it was possible to run against the big banks without Wall Street money and still win.
She doesnt need their money, Barofsky said. That gives her freedom and independence.
Wall Street is bracing for Warren to stay true to form.
Christopher Whalen, a senior managing director of Tangent Capital Partners, said on Fox News after the election, Liz Warren is only one of 100 senators, thank God. Shes kind of an angry Calvinist.
Warrens adversaries are said to be trying to keep her off the banking committee, where she could push for more regulation, while her admirers want her to be on it.
Her strategy will depend on what happens, said Simon Johnson, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management. If she doesnt get on the banking committee, then shell take a more outspoken approach. He said that Democrats as a whole had not followed through on several issues of financial reform, so it matters a great deal where Warren is assigned.
Not putting her on banking would make the Democratic Party look like a creature of Wall Street, which, by the way, it is, Johnson said. But they dont like to be too explicit about it.
Sen. Charles E. Schumer, the New York Democrat who helped recruit Warren for the Senate race, sought to deflect criticism that he was doing Wall Streets bidding and trying to keep her off the banking panel, saying in an interview that he would help her get on whatever committee she wanted. He predicted she would learn to navigate the Senate because she knows how to adapt, just as she adapted during her campaign to become a better candidate.
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No Time for Sleepless in Seattle…
A well deserved day off while the Yankees head to Seattle…
Speaking of Seattle, I am always appreciative of the fact that Tom Paciorek no longer plays baseball. For my generation, he was the original Yankee killer. I know that there were many before him and many since, however, he was the first player that I personally witnessed as a single-handed destruction force against anything pinstripe-related.
It was an interesting week. Monday saw the Yankees defeat their nemesis, the Los Angeles Angels, in a makeup of the May 3rd rainout.
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Tuesday was a mess. A brawl left Jorge Posada and Shelley Duncan with three-game suspensions. Posada, who had taken exception to an earlier pitch, threw an elbow at Jays pitcher Jesse Carlson, while scoring on a double by Brett Gardner. There were several bench clearing moments, and the latter occurred following the elbow by Posada. Hitting coach Kevin Long and pitcher Edwar Ramirez were also fined for their involvement in the fracas. Any way you slice it, it was an ugly representation of baseball. The Yankees dropped the game, 10-4.
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Wednesday, the teams were more amenable to each other. The Yankees fell behind the Jays early and trailed 4-2 in the 7th inning. I had started to become concerned that the Yanks were on the verge of their second consecutive loss, but Hideki Matsui allayed my fears with a two-run homer in the 8th to tie the game. At that point, I had confidence that the team would mount yet another walk-off win. I was not denied, although I was a bit surprised by the source. I will first start by saying I love watching Brett Gardner work the base paths. Following a lead-off single in the 9th inning, he stole second. Derek Jeter grounded out to short, but it advanced Gardner, the winning run, to 3rd. That brought catcher Francisco Cervelli to the plate. His single to left scored Gardner, and the Yankees had a new recipient for the pie of the day…
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This morning, I was looking at the AL East standings, and was surprised to see that the Red Sox were only 5 games behind the Yanks in the loss column. Boston has been playing very well lately as evidenced by the 7-game winning streak. Julia is quick to note that this team reminds her of the 2004 and 2007 World Championship clubs, and the way they've been playing, I do not necessarily disagree. Nevertheless, I have confidence in my guys and their 'no-quit' determination. Given that the Texas Rangers have performed the baseball equivalent of hara-kiri, there is no much mystery left regarding whether the Yankees and Red Sox will make the play-offs. The only question is who will take the AL East crown, and right now, the Yankees have the advantage. The Yankees continue their quest for the best record in the AL, but they cannot lose sight of the team in their rearview mirror. I learned long ago not to underestimate the Red Sox.
The Red Sox did see the end of their 7-game winning streak tonight, as they were clipped by the Angels, 4-3. The Yankees magic number has been reduced to 10, although the Angels were able to pick up a ½ game on the Yanks.
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The Scranton/Wilkes Barre Yankees were unable to defend their International League crown. They were swept in the finals tonight by the Durham Bulls with a 3-2 loss in the third and final game. The Yankees did pick up championships in two other minor leagues. Class A Tampa won the Florida State League, while the Staten Island Yankees won the New York/Penn League. I'm thinking "three's company", so let's go big league Yanks!
In a somewhat shocking announcement, Peter Abraham of the Yankees LoHud Yankees Blog announced that he will be moving to Boston to work for the Boston Globe. His blog has long been one of my personal favorites, and I will miss his Yankees insight. I am sure that he'll provide Red Sox fans with the same robust and reliable information that we Yankee fans have been accustomed to, not to mention the quick wit. Pete Abe made a comment that some will call him a traitor, but I will not. He is a class act, and his decision was made for family reasons, which is a very admirable trait. I would like to thank him for his work over the years, and I wish him the very best in Boston. Of course, he'll miss out on writing about the 2009 World Series Champions…
My fantasy football team faces a huge dilemma this weekend. My starting QB is Tom Brady, while my defense is the Jets D. So, I have one player working against another since the Patriots face the Jets this weekend. Who do I pull for? Yikes! As an 0-1 team (thanks to LaDainian Tomlinson's ankle), I have to hope that best case scenario plays out.
I will close with a photo of my pride and joy. She has been the master of self portraits since she was very small, and has developed a great sense of humor (despite her dad)…
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What a fun picture of your daughter! Isn't it great how our teens have mastered that "self-photo"? I don't know about you, but the "self-photo" stage scares me a bit for when your daughter and my son reach college! Yikes! I was surprised by the news of Pete Abraham coming to the Boston Globe – but we all do what we have to do for our families. The Red Sox fans I follow on Twitter all welcomed him with open arms last night – sending him well wishes and he seemed to appreciate it. Since your computer can't log onto to boston.com I'll be sure to send you all his great blogs about the Red Sox!😉 You know – the team that will be playing in the WS from the American League!!
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Your daughter is adorable, Scott. Do I detect a resemblance to your profile pic? I think so! Yes, Pete's announcement was surprising but understandable, and I'll miss his non-stop coverage of the Yanks. Here's to a great road trip and to games that start at the civilized hour of 7 pm!
What a week for the Yankees. With the fight and all, and now there just waiting for the Playoff to arrive. It should be interesting to see how the Playoffs play out. Nice post.
I'll admit – I was surprised at your email I found this morning telling me that my Red Sox were a game closer. I was SHOCKED when I found out how they had won! What can I say but – "GO SEATTLE!!" lol! And do you think the Yankees are going to walk Ichiro each time he comes up to bat?😉
Ha! My daughter does the same thing. Darn those phones.. : ) Is Ichiro the new dragon slayer? Nice props to Paciorek Scott!