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Why You Won't Get as Much Out of a Reverse Mortgage Now
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- The U.S. government is putting tighter restrictions on reverse mortgages , reducing the amount of equity homeowners can access through reverse mortgage deals.
In a reverse mortgage deal, homeowners 62 and older use their home equity to take cash out of their homes without having to make a mortgage payment. Reverse mortgage lenders take over the payments and get their investment back once the home is sold (usually once the homeowner dies or moves out.)
The changes come from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development , which seeks to use its Home Equity Conversion Mortgage Program to reduce the risk linked to reverse mortgages. Consumers will no longer to be able to take their reverse mortgage payments in a lump sum and will face limits on just how much cash they can take out of a home, especially in the first year of an agreement.
"Our goal here is to make certain our reverse mortgage program is a financially sustainable option for seniors that will allow them to age in place in their own homes," Federal Housing Commissioner Carol Galante says.
HUD reports that demographic changes over the past decade have made reverse mortgages riskier, including:
- A shift away from adjustable rate mortgages .
- More homeowners accessing home equity lines of credit.
- A higher number of younger mortgage borrowers with higher household debt amid "stagnant" home prices.
These changes have led to "substantial stress" in the agency's HECM program, which is projected to lose money this year. To tighten things up, HUD is proposing:
- Restrictions on the amount of funds senior borrowers may draw down at closing and during the first 12 months after closing.
- A mandated financial assessment for all HECM borrowers to ensure that they have the capacity and willingness to meet their financial obligations and the terms of the reverse mortgage.
- Requiring borrowers to set aside a portion of the loan proceeds at closing (or withhold a portion of monthly loan disbursements) for the payment of property taxes and insurance based on the results of the financial assessment.
For reverse mortgage customers, the takeaway is this:
On Sept. 30, when the rules go into place, reverse mortgage customers will be able to take less equity out of their homes (about 15% less than the maximum available now, the National Association of Realtors says ).
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Mark Abbamonte describes the scene from his home in Watertown, Massachusetts, as police search for a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings. The suspect is considered armed and dangerous. VPC
One of the nation's largest urban regions was on lockdown as police hunted a dangerous suspect in the marathon bombings and the shooting death of an MIT policeman.
The shaken Boston region was frozen in place Friday morning as authorities combed the region for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev after his brother, Tamerlan, was killed in a fiery pre-dawn shootout in Watertown, Mass.
The transit system was shut down. No schools opened. Businesses remained closed. The airspace over the city became a no-fly zone. Logan International remained open, but few could reach it. The sports-loving city's Red Sox postponed their evening game at iconic Fenway Park.
The streets of the nation's 10th-largest urban region were empty as most of the 4.5 million residents of the city and surrounding towns were ordered by Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick to shelter in place and area hotels found their rooms filled with stranded spring-time tourists.
Across Boston, the anxiety and trauma of the past week could be seen in the pre-dawn hours on worried faces, shaking bodies and silent moments of sobbing.
In parts of Watertown, people sat on corners after being evacuated from their homes and recounted sounds of gun shots and explosions. Sirens and police lights filled streets, stopping traffic continuously. In other areas, closed-off roads and yellow police tape cropped up on new corners hourly.
Families, in pajamas and carrying young children, evacuated on streets, rushing past flags at half-staff. Some, exhausted by a sleepless night, walked slowly and squinted through heavy eyelids.
In one neighborhood, groups of people gathered on roofs straining and leaning to see into streets. The tension was palpable and the sleep deprivation visible on the faces of pacing police officers and reporters moving slowly.
Yet, despite the overwhelming tragedy, signs of support came in signs for free hugs and strangers who offered to take in displaced residents.
Jennifer Kupiec, 38, and her husband, Nadav Kupiec, 41, were evacuated from their condo around 8 a.m. They woke to text messages and phone calls asking whether they were OK.
Standing on a corner in the brisk air, they tried to take in the improbability of such an event touching their lives.
"It's just disturbing that they could be this close," Nadav, an illustrator, said. "It's just sad."
Jennifer said while she knows fellow Bostonians are shocked by the events, she also senses shared resilience.
"We're tough," she said. "I don't sense any hysteria."
Even so, the tension wears at people.
"It makes me feel very unsafe. I don't feel safe going into any public gatherings," said Tufts University senior Nicole Becker of Brookline, Mass., after a sleepless night marred by the booming sound of police and the suspects who allegedly hurled explosives at the officers.
Becker, whose boyfriend attends nearby Harvard, said that stress levels have surged since Monday's bombings and that hearing those booms from her bedroom window didn't ease her fears.
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Scott Tingley, 23, said he heard the last of those booms echo through Tufts University's Medford/Somerville campus, about 6 miles northeast of Watertown, within the past few hours. Tingely, a graduate student who photographed the Tufts Marathon Team Monday, said, "To know that there's going to be some closure on the events of Monday is a sign of relief."
Tufts University called and e-mailed its community twice this morning about the MIT and Watertown violence, and school closure on the Medford/Somerville and Boston campuses.
Accepted high school seniors are also on campus for "Jumbo Days," pre-freshman orientation for those interested in attending Tufts. These events will continue with modified scheduling, according to associate director of admissions Daniel Grayson's Twitter account
Boston is one of the most popular "college towns" in the nation with hundreds of thousands of students, many far from the reassurance of their home and parents. But universities such as Harvard and MIT have bombarded them with text alerts updating them on canceled classes and heightened campus security on the locked-down campuses.
Stephanie Chen, a sophomore at MIT, said, "We learned about the shooting at approximately 10 or 11 p.m. last night. At the time, my friends and I were working in one of the public areas in our dorm floor. ... Then we suddenly heard that someone had been shot on MIT's campus. At that point, everyone dropped what they were doing and started listening to the Cambridge police broadcast and started scanning the news to learn what was going on," Chen said.
Since then, Chen said, MIT students have received at least 20 texts from the campus emergency alert system in addition to phone calls detailing more confirmed information.
Locked in her dorm room and reading e-mails from friends, Chen said, "I could tell that a lot of people were genuinely frightened. A lot of people ended up pulling all-nighters just because they couldn't sleep."
But April is also a time when many high school seniors are visiting universities trying to make their final decision on where to attend in the fall. This weekend, the Harvard College Admissions Office had scheduled the events for Visitas, the annual visiting weekend for admitted prospective students that is scheduled for April 20-22.
On Friday, registration for the event was closed and e-mails were sent to all admitted students, nearly 1,000 people, advising them that events may be affected and prospective students who are already on campus and current students who are scheduled to assist with events should stay indoors.
Molly Dillaway, a sophomore at Harvard and Co-Coordinator of Visitas, posted in the Harvard University Class of 2015 Facebook page early this morning, "Visitas is pretty much on hold since the entire campus is shut down."
All the texting, all the police, even the company of college friends were not enough to ease the mind of Hannah Yeung, 20, from Hong Kong, a junior at Boston University.
"What happened to a city I thought was safe and secure? It's hard for future international students to want to come here," said Yeung. "(My parents) are scared, too. They can't do anything but tell me to stay inside. We're not in the same time zone either, so they're staying up, upset that they can't physically be here with me."
MIT freshman Yi Zhong said she and her friends were mourning the murdered police man and expressed their gratefulness for the sacrifice he made that could have saved many lives on campus.
Still, being MIT, problem sets, projects and exams are still on people's minds, although everything that has happened in the past 12 hours has made it difficult for people to focus.
Sophomore Siva Nagarajan, said, "I have a lot of assignments due next week, so I should try to get started. But when I actually do, I don't know whether I'll be able to focus on it or not. I wasn't last night, for sure."
The impact of locking down Boston radiated far from the city.
Massachusetts Port Authority spokesman Matthew Brelis told Today in the Sky that Logan International Aiport was "operating under heightened security" and advised customers to check with their airlines for the status of their flights today before coming to the airport.
If they could get there — or get home after arrival — Brelis noted that taxis are still coming to and from the airport, though he acknowledged that they were "in short supply as of 10 a.m. ET."
JetBlue, the busiest carrier at Boston Logan, notes that the airport is open but Boston customers ticketed to fly through the airport today can change their itineraries without penalty. Rebooked travel must occur by April 22. And United, the nation's biggest carrier, has announced a similar policy.
On Friday morning, Fritz Kuhnlenz, 28, of Brighton, was sitting on a US Airways flight from Washington to Boston, making arrangements to get home from Logan Airport when not even the taxis are allowed on the streets.
His boss at Boston University already told him "to stay home until further notice," but he wanted to reach his home a mile from Watertown, where he lives with his girlfriend.
But, he said, "My girlfriend said the mayor came on TV and said don't go out on the streets, stay in your home. She used the word lockdown. She's worried. She's been a wreck all week."
Even if he can find a ride home," Kuhnlenz said, he's coming back to a changed city, a place where "you always have to watch your back."
Contributing: Oren Dorell and Ben Mutzabaugh, USA TODAY; Ishani Premaratne, Olga khvan and Joanna Kao, USA TODAY collegiate correspondents


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Can you use a pre paid credit card on a Steam account? All of the Dawn of Wars are 75% off right now and I want to do some shopping
Posted 06 October 2012 - 09:43 PM
Yes you can. I've done it before!
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You have a local gamestop? they apparently sell Steam cards... is like 50$ and 25$ cards.. i dont know if tehy have 100.. but have fun
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All you do is enter the information like a normal credit card
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"Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning. "
Steve Hankin
When Steve Hankin left Starwood Hotels & Resorts to become CEO of Sentient Jet three years ago, the Weymouth, Mass.-based jet-card provider was "a very small company," he said recently. It's bigger now, but exactly how much bigger is anybody's guess. As Hankin told us when we asked about revenues and hours flown, "We've never revealed that. We're a private company and we keep most of our statistics to ourselves."
Still, it's probably safe to conclude that T.H. Lee Putnam Ventures-the equity firm that owned Sentient until recently-has been pleased with its progress. (Sentient was acquired shortly before we went to press; see 'Sentient Joins JetDirect' below.) Hankin did reveal that in the past 24 months, Sentient's revenues, number of hours flown annually and number of clients have all approximately tripled. He also told us that the latter figure now exceeds 2,500 and that the company is profitable.
"We obviously have gotten to be one of the larger players," added Hankin, who met with us at the Teterboro [N.J.] Airport offices of Atlantic Aviation Flight Services, an aircraft charter and management firm that Sentient bought in 2005. "I think people see the scale of our operations."
Not surprisingly, Hankin attributes that growth at least partly to advantages he believes jet cards have over fractional shares, which he considers his main competition. (We hope to publish the fractional providers' side of the story in future issues.) But some of his other comments- such as what he had to say about coach-class airline tickets-were less predictable.
When you came to Sentient, you were new to business aviation. What surprised you the most about it?
I've certainly learned that being great is a challenge. Every flight's different and every client's needs are different, so meeting people's expectations in this industry is extraordinarily challenging.
When Sentient hired you, it cited your marketing background and branding experience. How have you applied those assets at Sentient?
When I came aboard, I don't think it was clear what the brand stood for. So a lot of what we've done is try to figure [that] out and then communicate that and build the credibility of the brand.
So what does the brand stand for?
I think originally the brand stood for flexibility-in other words, it was an easier way to get national coverage, one-way pricing and guaranteed availability. When we think about the market, there are five of us that provide national guaranteed availability.
The other four being the major fractional providers?
Yes. There are other large brokers and things like that, but we're more similar to the fractionals in that we have fixed pricing, we take the one-way risk and we have guaranteed availability with 10 hours' notice. So early on, our point of differentiation was just that [Sentient] was an easier way to get that. I think today, the brand stands for service and safety and choice. So it's a more complex brand today. And the value proposition to the consumer is a lot stronger. I don't think three years ago we were known for quality of service. I don't think we had the safety culture that we have today.
How much growth potential do you see beyond the 2,500 clients you have now?
When we first started growing, even our board was hesitant to believe that we could continue to grow at the pace that we are. But if you measure us against the number of people that can afford to fly privately, actually we're quite small. So I see no reason we can't continue to do the same type of growth in the next three to five years. That's certainly what we're planning for.
Tripling again?
What's your biggest current challenge?
Being great at service. I was reading about the new head of Home Depot, who's going back to a very simple strategy of making stores great. He's articulating that a company can't focus on a hundred things; they've got to focus on the one thing that really makes a difference, which [for Home Depot] is making stores great. Our mission every single day is to be great at the service we provide, and I don't ever want to deviate from that.
Do you think that focus explains why you're doing well while some fractional providers are struggling? Is their service worse than yours or is it something else?
Certainly over the last 18 months, there were service issues [with fractional providers] that were frequently documented. And their prices have risen substantially. The cost, when you consider the loss of residual value, for many clients was more than they expected. I think they've gotten to a point where the consumer doesn't quite see the value proposition that they might have years ago. And that has given us an opportunity that I didn't see as much when I joined [Sentient] three years ago.
Do you think your business model is more viable than the fractionals'?
I think it has advantages and disadvantages. From an advantage standpoint, we generally have more flexibility because each plane is not scheduled to the degree to which a fractional plane has to be to meet its hour requirements for the year. So I think we have a structural advantage from an efficiency standpoint.
And the disadvantage?
We rely on others for the most part to operate the flights.
What percentage of your flights does your own Atlantic Aviation subsidiary now operate?
It's still single digits. And it's more complicated to deliver our service through our partners rather than most of it coming from ourselves. But I think we've figured out a delivery model that works very well. Over a third of our volume is flown on planes that are essentially dedicated to Sentient. A couple of years ago, that number was virtually zero. Between Atlantic and planes that we have contracted on a long-term basis to be flown only in support of our operations, we do have more consistency and a closer relationship with people who fly for us than perhaps we did two or three years ago.
Your goal, I assume, is to further increase the percentage of dedicated aircraft.
Absolutely. In the next year to 18 months, I'd like to see it go well over 50 percent.
How are you doing with your new program that gives an approximately 6 percent discount in exchange for committing to $150,000 of flying in a year?
It's been out in the market for just a couple of weeks and we've gotten a tremendous response. It looks and feels a little more like frax in that it expires at the end of the year.
Yes, I was a little surprised to see you introduce it, because you've really touted the fact that Sentient hours don't expire.
In many ways, we wanted to make the comparison to the fractionals a little bit clearer. We basically said, "If you're someone who is not concerned about making the commitment to that much volume in a year, that's great and we're willing to give you something for that." So in that case, our value proposition relative to the fractionals improved.
You and other jet card providers advertise that clients don't have to worry about depreciation, positioning costs, maintenance and so on. But don't your customers ultimately pay for all that? You're just bundling everything to make it simpler.
In many ways, we are selling simplicity. Many people have told us they don't want to own planes; what they want is a different service level than they were getting. So that's what we aspire to give them-a simple way to get a different service proposition without owning a plane. If you said to clients in the fractional industry, "You could get the same product and service without having to put up the capital and take residual value risk," I think many of them would say, "Great."
But it shows you the extent to which many people wanted something different because to get a different service level they were willing to put up capital and take residual-value risk. That's an astonishing commitment from a client and a statement about the service that they were getting prior to that.
Why did you buy Atlantic Aviation?
Primarily for supply. We have, as I said earlier, a strategy to evolve our supply situation to one that would use fewer operators. When you're flying 10 flights a day, it's OK to work with 10 different operators. When you're flying 150 or 200 flights a day, it's very complex. So to reduce the complexity and gain access to supply, we bought Atlantic.
It's also taught us a lot about what it means to sit on the operator side and understand the pressures they're under and their economics and to work on the relationship between an operator and Sentient.
And why did you team up with Air Partner [the UK-based air charter broker]?
That was really in response to a lot of questions we got from clients: "Can you help me overseas?" So Air Partner was a very logical partner for us. We think culturally the same; and they have a ton of knowledge about flying around the world-we certainly didn't want to go and figure that out ourselves. So we allied with them a couple of years ago to provide access to flights anywhere in the world. And also to provide price and service consistency throughout Europe with a card structure that's pretty much the same as ours.
Are you keeping an eye on operations like Eos Airlines and thinking of getting into the transatlantic market?
I don't think we'll get into it. We certainly have a great relationship with Eos and we help them with lift on each side. With the Concorde going away and things like that, we've seen people matching up private jets on either side of their transatlantic flight. And we've certainly been doing a lot of that.
What do you consider the single biggest factor driving your customers to fly privately? Is it avoiding security hassles? Comfort? Speed?
I think it is that they value time differently than others. From a business productivity or personal luxury standpoint, there's nothing that would change a lifestyle as easily as this does. It's a very busy group of clients and they have a lot of pressures on themselves and this creates time, and there's not a lot of things that create time. Either squeeze one more business meeting into a day that you couldn't do [if you flew] commercially or the vacations where you get more precious time with your family-this is what does it. [Flying privately] takes a terrible trip and makes it a gem and it begins a vacation five hours before it would have begun. Those things to a client that can afford it are enormously valuable.
Look into your crystal ball. In five years, where will business aviation be? Who will have a bigger customer base and who will be smaller?
We're going through a very good time for the industry. I'm certainly not going to profess that the bad cycles are over but I do think there are many factors that are going to continue to drive a lot of growth. When you look at who's winning and losing from a share standpoint, you'd have to say charter is winning over the fractionals. Clearly the [charter] industry is growing at a rapid rate. And everything I see from looking at the fractional statistics suggests they are not growing as fast. Obviously, more flying is [being done by] people either flying their own planes or flying on charter. I think that trend will continue.
How about VLJs?
VLJs will be great for the owner/flyer. But even for that group, there's a lot to be worked out, a lot of safety and insurance issues. On the taxi side, we may be wrong and there may be huge taxi businesses in three years, but I just haven't been able to figure out a way to get the economics to work.
How about the airlines? Will they keep declining?
I've always had a slightly different view n this. From the consumer standpoint, the airlines have always been fabulously successful and I would argue that the consumer has spoken. They like to go New York to Orlando for $79. So while it may not be easier for people who flew 10 years ago or for business people to fly [commercially], I think the airlines are giving consumers what they want. Anytime they've expanded legroom, they've gone right back and said, "Hey, the consumer actually won't pay $20 more for legroom."
You've made no secret of the fact that you fly on the airlines. You said, "I'm not going to pay a thousand dollars to go to Denver."
Did I say that? That's great. I certainly fly privately enough to understand the product. But I absolutely fly commercial.
So exactly how much would you pay to fly to Denver? Do you travel coach?
Mostly coach. I'm not a model for our clients, that's for sure.
Industry Insider Résumé: Steve M. Hankin
Position: President and COO, Sentient Jet, Inc.
Past Experience: Before joining Sentient in 2004, was chief marketing officer and president, Starwood Technology and Revenue Systems unit of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc., owner of Westin, Sheraton, St. Regis and other hotel brands. Before joining Starwood in 1999, was partner at McKinsey & Co., Inc., the consulting firm, where he specialized in the travel and transportation industries.
Education: MBA, Darden School, University of Virginia. B.S., Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
Personal: Age 46. Lives in New York City with wife Lisa. In spare time, does "a lot
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Sentient Joins JetDirect
After we conducted the accompanying interview, Sentient Jet announced that it had been acquired by Berwyn, Pa.-based JetDirect, another operator and manager of charter aircraft and purveyor of jet cards. Cards of the two companies will be integrated and all charter operations will be combined. The new organization-which will be known at least initially as Sentient Jet-will have more than 110 aircraft under management. JetDirect CEO Gregory Campbell will be CEO of the combined company, while Steve Hankin will be president and COO. We reconnected with Hankin to ask how the changes came about and what they mean to customers.
Is this a merger or an acquisition? I've seen it reported both ways.
Legally, it was a merger. In reality, it was an acquisition. There was a set of investors, most of which were existing investors in JetDirect, that came together to acquire to Sentient.
How did this deal originate?
[JetDirect CEO] Greg Campbell and I were introduced last November by a mutual friend. We realized that we shared a vision for the kind of company we could build and how the industry was unfolding. We were just coming at it from very different points-they were aggregating supply and we were aggregating demand. It was apparent from our first meeting that the two companies together would form a great aviation company if we could work out the logistics of the deal. We spent the last four or five months trying to figure that out.
What does Sentient offer that JetDirect doesn't, and vice versa?
From the Sentient standpoint, over the last few years, we've changed our supply approach to one that was much more about getting aircraft that either were operated by us or with a very small group of operators. So in many ways, this was just a natural evolution of that philosophy-it makes a substantial change in our supply situation. And JetDirect has tremendous maintenance capability. So it really gives us the infrastructure to continue to grow and to change how we come to market with supply.
From their standpoint, they were in the midst of the supply development but really had no demand development. So everything we wanted they had, and vice versa.
The press announcement said this merger "revolutionizes" the way customers fly privately. That sounds like hyperbole.
Well, if you go back 10 years, what the fractionals did is create a very simple product. People could pick up the phone, know they could always get a jet, know they always had fixed pricing and got airplane consistency and a commitment to safety-that's what the [fractional] revolution was. What I think the consumer has said is they don't want to commit the capital and they don't want the residual-value risk. And [our company now has] a source of supply that doesn't have to be owned by the people flying and we've structured the operation to run at the same quality and safety levels as the fractionals. We think we're the only company now that can provide, nationally, the type of service level and flexibility that people wanted in fractionals without them having to put capital at risk.
Which you couldn't quite do before you joined JetDirect?
We were headed that way. But this creates a company that has enormous scale. The known percentage of our flying that can be done now on a fleet is very different
than it was.
You've suggested how the customer might benefit from the acquisition. How do you and JetDirect benefit?
Obviously, Sentient benefits by getting supply and purchasing scale for things like fuel and maintenance. And we've gained more critical mass so things that matter, like mechanical recovery, are easier to deliver now. JetDirect is getting a well-established brand that has tremendous momentum.
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The Raw Models 43 Day Full Body Transformation
Contributing Monkie Anthony Anderson
Topics of Interest body building, fitness, greens, muscle, protein
Published on March 3, 2009
Section Fitness/Diet, G Living
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You sometimes must experience what you are not in order to become what you are.
This was a while ago for me, but I remember it well. I struggled immensely with emotional eating. I was living alone, my family was 1500 miles away, and I was in a long distance relationship. That, and the fact that I allowed my diet to exclude me from most social situations left me pretty solitary for many, many months. Sometimes it would just be too much, and I would start to stuff the emotions with junk food. This would make me tired, and so I would cease going to the gym as well. Double negative.
The pictures below were from September 06. I had a bad spell, which lasted about 3 weeks. My body couldn't handle the barrage at all. I slipped into a mild depression.
Everyone has a breaking point though. I gained about 15 lbs, and that was enough for me.
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The Forestry and Timber Section has a long-standing tradition of extensive data collection. Below are outputs for some of the current programmes of recurring statistical work.
Forest Resources
State of Europe's Forests, 2015
FAO Forest Resources Assessment 2015
Forest Products and Trade
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Primary Products
- Selected production and trade data for 2011-2015 (statistical annex to Forest Products Annual Market Review)
- Complete data for 2010-2014 in PDF or XLS
- Complete database, all years, all products - ENG (data for 1964-2014), updated December 2015
- Country replies to questionnaire
- FAOSTAT (queryable forestry database)
- Forecasts for 2015-2016
Secondary Products, Species Trade, Trade Flow, Prices and Yearbook
- Trade Flow, showing value of trade by product group for all regions and between leading countries
- Trade by Species (2010-2014) in PDF or XLS
- Secondary Products Trade (2010-2014) in PDF or XLS
- Prices, including historical data from 1964-2015
- FAO Yearbook of Forest Products, all years since 1947
Wood Energy
There have been five Joint Wood Energy Enquiries (JWEE) carried out by the UNECE/FAO on wood energy use in the region. The results and accompanying analysis have been presented at the 37th, 35th, 34th, 32nd, 31st and 29th meetings of the Joint FAO/UNECE Working Party on Forest Statistics, Economics and Management. The actual data can be found here
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Forest Resources Assessment (with FAO)
- FAO Forest Resources Assessment 2010
- FAO Forest Resources Assessment 2005
State of Europe's Forests
- 2011 State of Europe's Forests
- 2007 State of Europe's Forests and national reports
- 2003 State of Europe's Forests
Forest Fire Statistics
Cooperation with Economies in Transition
Cooperation with Economies in Transition of Central and Eastern Europe in the Forestry and Forest Products Sector
Data from European Forest Sector Outlook Study
Previous Issues of Forest Products Statistics
- Joint Forest Sector Questionnaire definitions (English, Russian)
- JFSQ questionnaire (English, Russian)
- FRA definitions
video of FAO Forest Statistics
a note on the JFSQ process
a note on 2000-2005 publications of the Timber Bulletin
- 1947 FAO Report on Conversion Factors meeting, Washington D.C.
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Shanghai has recently implemented a new policy, that began May 15, that only allows each individual to own one dog. The government is hoping to diminish the nearly 600,000 unregistered pooches in the city.
This new policy, which requires that each individual has to register their dogs or find homes for some of them within a month, has the residents of the city barking mad.
"The new policy says each family can only have one dog, but we have been living together for five years," said 56-year-old Guo Huiying, who has two dogs. "They are family to me, I cannot just give one of them up."
Dog owners are required to pay an annual fee for each canine they own. If they have previously registered their dogs, then they can keep all of them. Pet owners who have not registered their canines may be forced to give one or more of them up.
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Nice job on the Bill Greene interview. Very interesting stuff and I would encourage all Buckeye fans, not just guys who follow recruiting to read it. There is some very interesting stuff in there.
I think a point that we have not made enough of is the value of the camp offers. While we all love to see the Buckeyes loaded with 5* guys, the Buckeyes really hit a ton of homeruns with their camp offers. They get some very good players (and have a very high hit percentage in on the field contributions) from those camp offers. Guys like Hartline, Sanz, etc. (there are tons of others I just can't remember). I read an article on it a couple weeks ago and I was blown away that the Bucks got contributors on about 90% of these 3* camp offers.
This year the guys that we are looking at from those camp offers (and it will be interesting to track their careers) are Luke Roberts (completely off the radar LB), Frane Ep...(lots of greekness that I will not attempt) who was on the radar but not highly recruited outside the state and Najee Murray (off the radar).
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Hey Guys,This is my version of "Sicilian" :Made basically the same as my NY dough except upped the water to 1 1/2 cups and flour to a total of 3 1/2 cups, including the poolish. Also added 1 Tbsp EVOO to the dough.Of course baking is different Baked in a 12" X 13" pan well oiled, about 2 Tbsp.First Par Baked the crust at 500 for about 4 minutes, just till it started to brown a little.Removed pie from oven ant topped.Returned pie to oven and baked at 400 for about another 5 minutes. Check the bottom at that point and see if it is as brown as you want it.This dough has basically the same texture as Marcos "Pizza in Teglia", it has to be Poured, can not be handled by hand The crust has a very thin super crisp bottom and the rest is as lite as air and tastes fantastic Remember, the flour and water amounts are approximate It's the Feely thing Mangia Bene Jerry


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The ship that welcomed the astronauts
Look at the second entry in this deck log from the U.S.S. Hornet, dated July 24, 1969. It documents the ship's role in the recovery of the Apollo 11 astronauts in the Pacific Ocean. Arriving on board the Hornet shortly before the astronauts were recovered, President Richard Nixon welcomed them home.
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Frequent flyers, beware: Airports and airplanes are hotbeds of nasty germs and bacteria.
Traveling this summer? While taking vacation can be beneficial for your health,�airports and airplanes are hotbeds of nasty germs and bacteria that could make you sick. Not to mention, all of those bodies you squeeze by are teeming with germs waiting to glom onto you. Still, don�t rush out for a face mask or gloves yet�there are simpler ways to protect yourself while traveling. �There are germs everywhere,� says primary care internist Michael Zimring, MD, Director of Travel Medicine, LLC at Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore and co-author of Healthy Travel (Basic Health Publishing, 2005).�But they�re not going to kill you.� The trick is using common sense.� We investigated to locate the major germ zones in airports and on airplanes. Below are the germy sites to beware of and how to protect yourself. Your bare feet in the security line.�There�s no getting around removing your shoes in order to go through security, but don�t go barefoot if you can help it, says Zimring: �You�ll pick up all the dirt from other people�s shoes.� �You can also pick up bacterial and fungal infections. The solution is simple: Wear socks or hose on your feet, at least for the line�s duration. Tables. Whether it�s the burger bar or the airplane tray table, a lot of people�s hands touch them while they�re eating.� According to a 2007 study at the University of Arizona, 60 percent of tray tables on three major airlines tested positive for the sometimes killer superbug Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).� Zimring suggests carrying hand wipes so you can give those items a swipe before eating.� Wash your hands as well, especially before eating, and keep them out of your nose, eyes, and mouth.� Germs love those mucous membrane entryways. Seats.�People touch seats and seat backs in waiting areas, restrooms, restaurants, and as they lurch up the airplane aisles.� If you can, avoid doing the same.� And if you do touch them, wash your hands or use the hand sanitizer that you have wisely stowed in your pocket. Pillows, blankets, headphones. �Who knows how the airlines clean those,� says Zimring. �The safest thing to do is to bring your own.� A 2007 Wall Street Journal study found that blankets are cleaned generally every 5 to 30 days. Door handles, elevator and water cool buttons, handrails, overhead bin buttons. With all the hands groping each of these items, they�re teaming with germs.� After you touch them, clean your hands with a hand sanitizer. �Washing your hands is the secret of avoid passing germs back and forth,� says Zimring. He also suggests using a paper towel to open doors. Best Precautions Update your immunizations.� �Flu is year round in the tropics,� says Zimring.� �So, get a flu shot before you travel.�� It�s also a good idea to get a tetanus shot, a vaccine for whooping cough, and a vaccine for measles, mumps, and rubella if you have not had them.� Get a pneumonia vaccine if you have a chronic disease or if you�re 65 or older.� �If you are traveling overseas, get a vaccine for hepatitis A and B as well,� says Zimring. Drink water.� �Staying hydrated helps your body fight disease, so it�s one of the most important ways of discouraging germs,� says Zimring.� �You�re well hydrated if you have to pee a lot.� Don�t think of peeing often as a bother. It has another advantage: It keeps you walking, which will help prevent blood clots while you�re on the plane. Skip the coffee and booze. Says Zimring, caffeinated drinks like coffee, tea and some sodas, and alcohol dehydrate you, weakening your body�s resistance to germs. This article originally appeared as on Spry Living


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Reclaiming the Past: Mathilde Labrouche's 18th-Century Home
Charm tends to be evanescent—yet two of the most iconic midcentury designs have embodied that elusive quality for more than 50 years. George Nelson's Marshmallow sofa and Ball clock remain among the most popular furnishings of the postwar era. But Nelson wasn't the only person involved in their creation. And charm, wit, and invention remain hallmarks of the man who did design both, Irving Harper—even today, at the age of 96.
Irving Harper's paper sculpture-filled barn in Rye, New York.
Harper certainly had a flair for working with the best. He did stints as an industrial designer in the studios of both Gilbert Rohde and Raymond Loewy before heading to the Nelson firm, where he was originally hired as a graphic designer (among his creations is the logo for Herman Miller, which is still in use).
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OK, Mike, givie it up . Your pie looks great, and you say it taste good and the texture was good. So what are the particulars, ie recipe, methods etc? We are all dying to know. Mark
Mark,Nice to see another Northern Cali fellow on here. I'll post the numbers later because I don't have then with me here at work. But it was pretty straight forward procedure.
Mike,It can be difficult to make a really good emergency pizza but it looks like you were able to achieve that objective.Can you tell us what size the pizza was?Peter
Thanks, Mike, for the details. Since the. age of the member started showing up, I sometimes confuse it with the # of posts a member has. I will try to be more observant in the future.Mark
Mike,With your 17" pizza size, and a dough ball weight of 21.38 ounces, the corresponding thickness factor is 0.0942. Looking at your dough formulation in view of that thickness factor, I would characterize your pizza as a hybrid, or cross, between an American style pizza (because of the sugar and oil contents) and a NY style (because of the thickness factor). In fact, your dough formulation reminded me of the American/NY hybrid dough formulation posted at Reply 8 at http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php/topic,1707.msg15953.html#msg15953 but with a quantity of yeast to become an emergency dough and a softer flour blend (more on this below). Your version should serve as a good addition to the class of American/NY hybrid pizzas.I also used the Mixed Mass Conversion Calculator at http://foodsim.toastguard.com/ to calculate the protein content of your flour blend with 70% King Arthur bread flour (KABF) and King Arthur all-purpose flour (KAAP). It is 12.4%. That is a value that is common for the NY style.Since our members are always on the lookout for emergency dough formulations, this morning I added yours to the collection of emergency dough formulations at http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php/topic,8297.msg71576.html#msg71576. It is under the General category.Peter
Crust was actually very good but lacked the obvious deeper notes of flavor that a longer fermentation produces. I also used a blend of KABF & AP in a 70/30 ratio to keep the crust somewhat on the softer side.
Nice work. Do u position your stone on the bottom of your oven? 8 min bake time seems like awhile? Was it moist or drier?Nate
Mike,I tried this recipe for dinner tonight and it turned out really well. It definitely has a better flavor then other same day doughs I have tried. Mine were only 5 minute bakes in case you are wondering.Nate
MikePizza looks excellent!!!!!! Yesterday, I tried a baguette recipe where a ripe sour dough culture made up about 34% of the total weight of the dough. Delicious bread was made in about 4 hours. I'd bet you anything, the same could be done with your emergency dough to add those deeper flavors!!!John
Nate,Sorry for the delay in getting back to you...Yes, the stone never leaves the bottom rack, even when I use the broiler on occasion. The crust should come out, even after 8 mins in the oven, a tad moist and soft on the inside.Nate,That pie looks great! Thanks for giving this recipe a try and I'm glad the outcome was pleasant, which is not always the case when it comes to same-day/emergency doughs, imho If you use the formula again at some point, get your stone as hot as possible and try an 8-minute bake or perhaps 7 minutes. makes a big difference.


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About the Authors: Jonathan Shrier serves as Acting Special Representative for Global Food Security and Deputy Coordinator for Diplomacy for Feed the Future, and Lona Stoll serves as Acting Deputy Coordinator for Development for Feed the Future.
In his State of the Union address, President Obama laid out a challenge for our generation to eradicate the scourge of extreme poverty. We are advancing this critical agenda through Feed the Future, the President's signature global hunger and food security initiative. Here, we examine how.
In many places, people live on little more than a dollar a day. By standard definition, this means less than $1.25 a day. That won't buy a latte, let alone a healthy lunch here in the United States. Hunger and poverty are inextricably linked. Through Feed the Future, we're working to achieve the President's vision to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger in our lifetime. This is our generation's legacy to leave. And reducing poverty is more than just a goal: It's achievable, and we are already seeing results.
Since 2009, Feed the Future has supported agriculture-led growth in 19 focus countries, with investments that will lift 20 percent of the people in our targeted areas out of poverty in three years. Agricultural growth is an incredibly effective way to fight poverty -- 75 percent of the world's poor live in rural areas in developing countries, where most people's livelihoods rely directly on agriculture, and studies show that growth in the agricultural sector has up to three times greater impact on poverty reduction than growth in other sectors.
And Feed the Future is showing results. We have improved farmers' access to key technologies that we know transform their lives, increasing yields and incomes. In 2011 alone, we helped nearly 2 million food producers adopt improved technologies and practices to improve their yields, and our efforts to integrate agriculture and nutrition mean that healthier harvests can also mean better market opportunities.
We're strategically targeting our investments in countries where our support can have the greatest impact. We're aligning our investments behind food security and nutrition priorities our partner countries have identified, and we're helping foster the growth and accountability required to ensure that this impact lasts. And because we know we don't have all the answers to reducing global poverty, we're taking a rigorous approach to figuring out what works best, so we can do more of it. We're identifying gaps in evidence and working to fill them. We're engaging with global leaders, top scientists, business leaders, and communities to share what we learn so that we can beat hunger and poverty together.
When others prosper, we prosper as well. As we've seen over time and as the President pointed out, progress against extreme poverty helps create a more stable and secure world. By helping reduce global poverty and create economic opportunities, our collaborative food security efforts generate economic growth and global stability, which ultimately benefits us all and creates a healthier, happier world.
By remaining committed to not only doing what's right, but to doing the right things well, our generation can end extreme poverty and leave a legacy of shared progress and prosperity.
Why is ending extreme poverty important to you? Let us know on Facebook or Twitter.Editor's Note: Go to the Feed the Future blog to read more about how our colleagues are working to meet the President's challenge.
Ms. D.N. in India writes:
Nice post. Thank you.
Mary H. in New York writes:
Global Climatic changes, caused by CO2 emissions are a great challenge to this goal, to eradicate poverty. Divesting from fossil fuels and the agriculural abuse of our crops (gmo) and animals will have a profound effect on obtaining it.. Stop government subsides to the fossil industries and big agricultural.
Bill in California writes:
If the Obama administration wishes to end extreme policy, then I have few questions:
1. Why continue to support the World Trade Organization's policy of penalizing nations which try to achieve food self-sufficiency?
2. Why not take action against the grain cartels and companies like Monsanto, which monopolize drought- and pest-resistant strains of seeds, making them unaffordable for poor nations?
3. Why continue to support the "conditionalities" policy of the International Monetary Fund, which penalizes poor countries who seek to build water, transport and energy infrastructure, essential to farming?
4. Why continue to support the practice of diverting agricultural output into so-called "bio-fuels," which are economically and environmentally destructive?
Charlie M. in Pennsylvania writes:
The government cannot save the world and end poverty on this planet. Only we, the people, uniting together with love for each other, with love for our children and all people, only we can do this. I realize that the problem seems insurmountable and how could one person make a difference. Do not think you cannot make a difference! It is this thought in the minds of hundreds of millions that prevents change. Do what YOU can do. YOU can make a difference today. Even if it is only in the life of a single child. Do what YOU can to save that child. If everyone did what each person was able, imagine what this world would be like. There would be no more hunger.
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What can I do about chronic yeast infections?
I have a problem with chronic yeast infections. It seems that 7 out of every 10 sexual encounters lands me with a yeast infection. Whenever I go to a doctor, I get tested for yeast, bacteria, gonorrhea and chlamydia… the diagnosis is sometimes yeast infection and sometimes bacterial vaginosis. What else could be causing my problem? Do you have any ideas to keep my yeast infections at bay? What STDs and health issues can cause vaginal itching?
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I'm a 20-year-old questioning my sexual orientation. I recently had sex with a guy and got crabs. I bought Kewllada, washed myself as instructed and followed up with a fine tooth comb. I soaked my clothes, sheets and quilts in hot water and dried them. I also scrubbed my room. Three days later, I washed with the lice cream again, and repeated that again four days later. Now I have crabs again even though I have not been sexually active. I've washed everything four times and I can't get rid of them! Please help!
What other infections have symptoms similar to bacterial vaginosis?
Recently after sex, I experience an itch on my clitoris and vaginal opening. Sometimes it hurts. I looked at my vagina using a mirror and I noticed a white discharge. This only happens after sex, even when we use condoms. Why? Could it be from having different sex partners and switching to a new one? About a month ago I had gardnerella.
What symptoms are common for STD infections and how can you tell if you have an STD?
What are the signs of STDs, and how you know if you have them? Also, are some STD symptoms similar to yeast infections?
I had oral sex seven months ago and just noticed some bumps on my vagina...do I have herpes?
The last time I had sexual contact with anyone was about 7 months ago. I've never had sexual intercourse; however, I have performed oral sex and had it performed on me (without a dental dam). I have developed a mild itch and redness on my labia majora and I noticed one or two hard, painless bumps on my labia minora. Do I have herpes?
Is this a pimple or do I have herpes?
Can you get a pimple on your outer vaginal area? My boyfriend and I have been having unprotected sex for more than three years, but I get tested every year and I haven't tested positive for anything so far. Recently, when he inserted his penis, I felt some discomfort...not inside, but when his penis hit the outside. Then I found this bump, very sore to the touch and looks like a pimple. Once I popped it, it didn't hurt as much and it's slowly going away. Should I be concerned about herpes?
Am I at risk for herpes after visiting a massage parlor and having a "happy ending"?
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This course was updated in 2010 and provides knowledge of the elementary concepts in bridge engineering for individuals involved with the inspection of in-service highway bridges. The course covers the purpose of highway bridge inspections and the roles of inspectors through the discussion of common bridge types and materials, material properties, and bridge components as well as details, loadings, stresses, strains, and deterioration of bridge materials and members. Participants will be asked to complete an exam at the end of the course, which they must earn a 70% or better on to successfully complete the course and receive a certificate of completion.
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Taeniura lymma, commonly known as blue-spotted stingrays, is found primarily in the Indo-west Pacific. They may be found in shallow continental shelf waters ranging from temperate to tropical seas. They prefer areas with sandy or sedimentary substrates in which they bury themselves. Sightings of Taeniura lymma have been recorded in Australia in shallow tropical marine waters from Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia to Bundaberg, Queensland. They can be found at depths of up to 25 m and have also been recorded to range in location from southern Africa and the Red Sea to the Solomon Islands. (Taylor, 1997)


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Emeril's Over the Top Bacon, Egg and Cheese Meatloaf
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 cup finely chopped onions
- 1/2 cup finely chopped green bell peppers
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1/2 pound ground pork
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 1/4 cup ketchup
- 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
- 3/4 cup bread crumbs
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1 tablespoon Essence, recipe follows
- 3/4 cup bottled chili sauce, plus more for serving, optional
- 12 ounces bacon, cooked until crispy, drained, and chopped
- 4 eggs, soft boiled, peeled
- 1 1/2 cups grated Cheddar
- Emeril's ESSENCE Creole Seasoning (also referred to as Bayou Blast):
- 2 1/2 tablespoons paprika
- 2 tablespoons salt
- 2 tablespoons garlic powder
- 1 tablespoon black pepper
- 1 tablespoon onion powder
- 1 tablespoon cayenne pepper
- 1 tablespoon dried oregano
- 1 tablespoon dried thyme
Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F.
In a medium saute pan, heat the olive oil. When the oil is hot, add the onions, peppers and garlic and saute for 2 to 3 minutes, or until the onions are slightly translucent.
In a mixing bowl, combine all of the ingredients except the bacon, soft boiled eggs and cheese. Blend thoroughly but do not over mix. Divide the mixture into 2 equal parts.
Using a 9 by 6-inch loaf pan, mold half of the meat mixture into the bottom and well up the sides of the pan. Sprinkle the bacon on top of the meat mixture, pressing the pieces into the meat mixture slightly. Lay the eggs in a straight line down the middle of the pan lengthwise. Crumble the cheese evenly over the eggs. The remaining meat mixture should be packed very gently around the sides of the eggs, then over the top of the eggs and cheese, so that they are completely covered, pressing to form a smooth domed surface. Work gently so as not to burst the eggs. Pour the chili sauce over the top of the meat loaf and, using the back of a spoon, spread to cover the entire surface of the meatloaf. Bake for 1 hour, then remove the meatloaf from the oven and let rest for 10 minutes before serving. Use a serrated or electric knife to carve the meat loaf and very gently remove the pieces using two spatulas. Serve with more chili sauce, if desired.
Combine all ingredients thoroughly.
Yield: 2/3 cup
Recipe from "New New Orleans Cooking", by Emeril Lagasse and Jessie Tirsch, published by William Morrow, 1993.
Recipe courtesy of Emeril Lagasse, 2006


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