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Uncyclopedia:Pee Review/That time I was nearly eye-raped by An Article Written by Somebody that Didn't Read How To Be Funny And Not Just Stupid: A Retrospective during my sojourn into Uncyclopedia
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edit That time I was nearly eye-raped by An Article Written by Somebody that Didn't Read How To Be Funny And Not Just Stupid: A Retrospective during my sojourn into Uncyclopedia
- I've created something in an attempt to get an article that appropriately explains the context of the Pee Review of An Article Written by Somebody that Didn't Read How To Be Funny And Not Just Stupid. I know it ain't perfect so please let me know if you have any suggestions. —Sir Socky (talk) (stalk) GUN SotM UotM PMotM UotY PotM WotM 15:23, 28 May 2009 (UTC)
|Call me an old relic, but given the amount of in-jokes and memes I have seen, you really can't expect me to be too keen in finding out how all this got started in the first place. In fact, given what I have been offered in this article, I don't think it's worthwhile mincing too much words with whoever wrote it.
The approach I use to rate this article is quite simple - for humour, I give 1 point for each chuckle I make reading it, and taken into consideration that this article has borrowed quite a large amount of content from somewhere else, any chuckle I make reading said content is summarily ignored. For the score this article gets for this part of the review, please refer to the left-hand side of this template.
|As we are all aware, this part of the standardised pee review is about the quality of the content. I understand the fact that this wiki is quite notorious for not having a proper place for editors to express their frustrations in relation to their work here, but this is still not good enough an excuse for anyone to create spam articles just to prove their points. What's more, this article has added no extra value to its original counterpart. In other words, every byte of storage space that it is now occupying has practically gone to waste, and every joule of energy that the respective hard disk drives have used to skim through its binary content has been meaninglessly converted to carbon emissions. It doesn't have to be this way, but someone somehow convinced himself that there was a compelling reason to toss in a series of random words in order to create this murky comedy of fog and mist. (Don't get me wrong here because I am not terribly impressed with the original stuff, either.) Nevertheless, there is at least what resembles content in this article, and that's why I give it 1 for this part of the review.
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|I understand people these day just throw SMS-speak around like its all fun and game, but at the same time I believe we are already ten years too late to poke fun at that. It is just something that most people have got so sick of that they aren't really bothered enough to care anymore. Let's face it - any monkey with a keyboard can just come around and barf up a few incoherent lines of gibberish without having to read any guidelines beforehand. Besides, HTBFANJS is a steaming turd waiting to be scooped up and flushed down the toilet. No one needs guidance on what constitutes good taste what does not, particularly not from a bunch of acne-ridden teenagers on the Internet. If someone puts something here that stinks up the place, there are always QVFD and VFD to take care of the matter. Writing crap like this, on the other hand, won't achieve anything. It will only add to the problem and further confuse whoever has the misfortune to come across it - it is just counter-productive and pointless.
|I can see somehow one or two image files have got involved in this debacle of words, but should I really take them as a mere aberration inside the whole picture, or should I consider them a vague satire of some form? Again, I don't feel particularly compelled to dig to the bottom of this, and thus for this part of the review I give the article one for at least containing image files.
|Averaged from other review parts
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|A spur-of-the-moment mind dump that generates nothing positive in this community, and a satire that brings nothing into question except its own very existence.
|The Colonel (talk) 14:14, 5 June 2009 (UTC)
- Wow. This review was in no way at all helpful. —Sir Socky (talk) (stalk) GUN SotM UotM PMotM UotY PotM WotM 18:10, 5 June 2009 (UTC)
- There is actually one thing you can do to improve whatever you are trying to pull off here, and it's called "stop doing it". --The Colonel (talk) 00:31, 6 June 2009 (UTC)


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Extra funding for Cochlear Implants set to transform lives
Additional funding for Cochlear Implants set to transform the lives of children born without hearing.
Cochlear implants have transformed the lives of children who are born without hearing, and today, the Minister of Health announced that New Zealand was coming in line with global best practice and funding bilateral cochlear implants for children with severe and profound deafness.
The Northern Cochlear Implant Trust has been working closely with the Ministry of Health, provider agencies, parents and health professionals to achieve this outcome.
"Hearing is a sense most of us take for granted, but for children with hearing loss there is a tremendous impact on their learning, language development and participation in verbal communication," says Dr. Bill Keith, Chairman of the Northern Cochlear Implant Trust. "We have been providing a cochlear implant for one ear only for children whose hearing loss cannot be adequately compensated by hearing aids. Except in quiet situations with speech that is adequately loud and clear, hearing with one ear is much more difficult than hearing with two, even more so since cochlear implants don't completely restore normal hearing."
Dr. Keith explains, "The brain hears best with input from both sides. It is impossible to localise the direction of sounds with only one ear, which has important implications both for safety, and for hearing and understanding speech when there is background noise. With bilateral cochlear implants we can give children with severe and profound deafness the best chance of participating on an equal footing in our hearing society."
There is a critical time window for cochlear implantation in deaf children in which to maximize hearing outcomes. This is within the first five years of a child's life when the brain is developing rapidly and making key, foundational connections. Optimal outcomes for bilateral implantation have been shown to be when both implants are given at the same time or close in time.
For five-year-old Rihanna Balingit, who was born deaf, her cochlear implant opened up a new world to her. "The difference in Rihanna when she got her cochlear implant last year was immense, she brightened up, became more confident, curious and playful," says her mum Michele. "Her world is much more open now, but she does get tired at school, having to listen so hard and to concentrate with just one hearing ear. That is why we are so excited about now being able to have another implant, so it will be easier for her to hear and learn."


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Astronauts needed as shuttle era ends
HOUSTON The astronauts of Atlantis continued on their final mission of the space shuttle era Wednesday, working with the International Space Station crew to unpack supplies and perform a little plumbing on an aging toilet.
Although the shuttle era is ending, would-be astronauts shouldn't lose heart. NASA seems to be thinking about recruiting more space explorers, who would be based here at the Johnson Space Center. "Houston has asked to recruit more astronauts," NASA chief Charles Bolden said Tuesday at a congressional hearing.
With the retirement announcement of astronaut Mark Kelly, husband of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., the active astronaut corps stands at 61, "the number it was prior to the first flight of the space shuttle 30 years ago," said NASA's Janet Kavandi, director of flight crew operations. "We are presently investigating the need to make a new selection" of astronauts, she said.
The space agency last selected a class of astronaut trainees in 2009, nine men and women expected to graduate this fall. Bolden mentioned the need for more at the hearing in response to bipartisan criticism Tuesday, aimed at NASA's delay in releasing plans for its next heavy rocket, one that would carry astronauts into deep space.
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Atlantis is to land early next Thursday, ending the last space shuttle mission.
"The demand for astronauts in the near future will certainly be less than during the shuttle era, but there will continue to be a need," said space policy expert Scott Pace of George Washington University in D.C. "Depending on attrition and training cycle rates, I could see the astronaut office recruiting a small number of new candidates every few years."
Astronauts work for a number of programs at the space agency, in addition to flying in space.
About half of all astronaut training now takes place in Russia, on the Soyuz capsules which will ferry astronauts to the space station until at least 2015. Aboard the space station, astronauts went from Tuesday's spacewalk to Wednesday's workaday duties, unloading a supply module and dealing with a plumbing problem.
"That's the great thing about space flight," crewmember Michael Fossum said. "One day you are doing the most outrageous thing an astronaut can do, spacewalking. The next day you are fixing toilets and packing."
The international crew is about halfway through its main mission task of unpacking clothes, food and equipment, and stowing trash, including an old exercise bike, for return to Earth.
"That's all in the life of an astronaut," said space station flight director Chris Edelen. "We're pleased to report the space station's toilet is fully operational."
On Thursday, the shuttle crew will enjoy a half-day off for its seventh day aloft.
"We've been working them pretty hard," Edelen said.
The shuttle mission is ahead of schedule in all of its planned tasks. After completing the packing, and with the help of visits by Russian rockets, the station should have enough supplies to last through 2012, Edelen adds. By then, private space rockets should be resupplying the space station.
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The Kingsbury Elementary Community Garden has become a place for Redlands youth and their parents to learn about gardening, growing food and making healthy choices.
In November, PTA member and garden coordinator Britt Guerre-Aguilar, with help from other PTA members and other volunteers, decided to revive the Kingsbury garden after it had fallen into disrepair.
Guerre-Aguilar went to local businesses around Redlands to see if they would be interested in helping out.
Donors included Rolling Hills Herbs and Annuals with a design for the garden, as well as seeds and plants; Cherry Valley Nursery providing all organic soil; Home Depot with gardening tools and other equipment for the kids to use; and Redlands Paint.
"The owner is a master gardener and she donated money for it and also came and donated her expertise and explained things," said Guerre-Aguilar.
After acquiring everything they needed the volunteers "prepared the soil and did a big plant on Valentine's Day," said Guerre-Aguilar. "We had over 380 kids who came."
The volunteers planted fava beans, carrots, beets, broccoli, snap peas and greens.
In April children harvested the vegetables, tasted them and took some home.
Guerre-Aguilar and her husband are now the primary caretakers of the garden.
"We water every morning, and when we need more help we ask for volunteers," said Guerre-Aguilar.
The crops have been placed in four planters, in order to conserve water, and are also using all organic soil and seeds.
Kingsbury Elementary students get the opportunity to work on the garden every Friday morning.
"The principal, Mr. Flowers, is very supportive and is always there, and makes time to let the children experience the garden and ask questions."
Guerre-Aguilar said it has been great to watch the kids learn and develop more of an appetite for vegetables because they had the opportunity to grow and pick them themselves.
"It has been really fun to see the feedback from the children. They love it," said Guerre-Aguilar.


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Interview: Turks and Caicos Islands Rugby Captain Sean O'NeillThursday, January 17th, 2013
Sean O'Neill, captain of the Turks and Caicos Island Rugby team, spoke to Emmet Ryan ahead of the island group's first ever XV-a-side international. Jamaica will be the opponents and O'Neill talked about the long road he took, via Clongowes, UCD, and Old Wesley, to leading his homeland in this historic fixture. Click play below to hear O'Neill's story.
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Credit Suisse has upgraded Wotif.com to "outperform" from "neutral" despite management reporting a difficult start to the 2011 financial year.
At its annual general meeting, Wotif.com said it had been a difficult September quarter and gave first-half net profit guidance in line with the June half result ($25 million).
Credit Suisse said Wotif.com was a stock that demanded a high price-earnings multiple but was in a low phase of its growth cycle.
The broker had forecast a 7.5 per cent drop in net profit for the first half of 2011, but updated the fall to be closer to 10 per cent.
"We still assume a second-half recovery as WTF rolls off some of the cyclical headwinds and some semblance of normal trend growth resumes from March 2011," Credit Suisse said.
The broker did not believe the company's sub-trend results were reflective of a negative structural shift from competition or market maturity.
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Meniere's Disease and Social Security Disability Insurance
Here is an explanation of Social Security's five-step process to determine if a Meniere's disease patient qualifies for SSDI:
1. Determine if an individual is "working (engaging in substantial gainful activity)" according to the SSA definition. Earning more than $1,040 a month as an employee is enough to be disqualified from receiving Social Security disability benefits.
2. Conclude the Meniere's disease disability must be severe enough to significantly limit one's ability to perform basic work activities needed to do most jobs. For example:
- Walking, standing, sitting, lifting, pushing, pulling, reaching, carrying or handling
- Seeing, hearing and speaking
- Understanding/carrying out and remembering simple instructions
- Responding appropriately to supervision, co-workers and usual work situations
- Dealing with changes in a routine work setting
3. Meniere's disease is listed under the category of impairments known as the Special Senses and Speech - Medical Listing 2.07. The following criteria have been established indicative of the inability to engage in any substantial gainful activity, i.e., if one has a diagnosis of disturbance of labyrinth-vestibular function (including Meniere's disease), characterized by a history of frequent attacks of balance disturbance, tinnitus, and progressive loss of hearing and both of the following, a finding of disabled under the Social Security Act is warranted:
4. Explore the ability of an individual to perform work they have done in the past despite the Meniere's disease. If the SSA finds that a person can do his past work, benefits are denied. If the person cannot, then the process proceeds to the fifth and final step.
- Disturbed function of vestibular labyrinth demonstrated by caloric or other vestibular tests
- Hearing loss established by audiometry.
5. Review age, education, work experience and physical/mental condition to determine what other work, if any, the person can perform. To determine Meniere's disease disability, the SSA enlists medical-vocational rules, which vary according to age.
For example, if a person is:
Under age 50 and, as a result of the symptoms of Meniere's disease, unable to perform what the SSA calls sedentary work, then the SSA will reach a determination of disabled. Sedentary work requires the ability to lift a maximum of 10 pounds at a time, sit six hours and occasionally walk and stand two hours per eight-hour day.
Age 50 or older and, due to the Meniere's disease, limited to performing sedentary work, but has no work-related skills that allow him to do so, the SSA will reach a determination of disabled.
Age 55 or older and, due to the disability, limited to performing light work, but has no work-related skills that allow him to do so, the SSA will reach a determination of disabled.
Over age 60 and, due to the Meniere's disease, unable to perform any of the jobs he performed in the last 15 years, the SSA will likely reach a determination of disabled.
Any age and, because of Meniere's disease, has a psychological impairment that prevents even simple, unskilled work, the SSA will reach a determination of disabled.
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SAN BERNARDINO - The year was 1937 and Franklin D. Roosevelt was president. Amelia Earhart was declared missing, the Golden Gate Bridge opened in San Francisco and Disney released "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs."
Closer to home, the Mitla Cafe opened in San Bernardino, and four siblings living nearby each gave birth to a baby in 1937.
The cousins, born the same year as the Mitla Cafe, still hang out there.
On Wednesday, three generations of that family gathered for lunch, enjoying the homemade Mexican food.
Dozens of cousins - first, second and third - sat around a long stretch of table in the Mitla dining room, laughing and reminiscing.
In the old days, they would have had to walk across the street - Mount Vernon Avenue - from the Craftsman bungalow built by their grandfather, Margarito Saenz.
The cousins' grandparents, married in the late 1880s, had a dozen children, and subsequent generations expanded exponentially.
Now the oldest generation, the first cousins perused old pictures, even passing around the 1912 San Bernardino building permit issued to Grandpa Seanz. Fee for the permit: 50 cents.
The cousins, Gil Saenz, a land development consultant from Beaumont; Carlos Hernandez, managing director of Industrial Asphalt Inc., from Murrieta; Margarito Saenz, a former councilman from Barstow; and Mary Lou "Lulu" Saenz De le Torre, a retired bilingual tutor for the San Bernardino City Unified School District, also from Beaumont, are second-generation Americans, all born in 1937 on Mount Vernon Avenue.
They all attended Mount Vernon Elementary School and graduated from San Bernardino High School.
Over the years, family get-togethers would include a meal at the landmark Route 66 restaurant.
Christenings, graduations, birthdays, soccer games.
In the 1940s, the family played baseball in the streets.
"The streets were always safe then," Gil Saenz said.
As the Mitla Cafe expanded, the Saenzes did the same. According to the family's best estimate, they now number about 300.
"It's so hard to plan a get-together so everyone can show up," Lulu De la Torre said. "There are too many to count. We've had our last three reunions at Mission Bay in San Diego. We need name tags."
Irene Montano, owner of the Mitla for the last 27 years, said the restaurant expanded during World War II when there were so many customers from Norton Air Force Base.
"Our menu hasn't changed much but our prices have," she said, smiling.
Throughout the year, the restaurant will celebrate its diamond anniversary with special events.
Lulu De la Torre said she remembered when Mitla's would serve 10-cent tacos from 2 to 4 p.m. at the back door.
Edward Saenz, a second cousin, said everyone used to try to figure out what `Mitla's' meant.
"That's easy," said Steven Oquendo, great-grandson of original Mitla owners Lucia and Salvador Rodriguez.
"Mitla's is named after the ancient ruins, the City of the Dead, in Oaxaca, Mex," Oquendo said.
These days, the Saenz family is striving not to lose touch.
"Mitla's continues to help keep the family close," De la Torre said. "But it's sad if the youngest generations don't keep the big family together."
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Supervisor Ken Vogel has endorsed the re-election of Steve Moore for San Joaquin County Sheriff.
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While glasnost and increased Soviet Jewish emigration kept mainstream Jewish organizations off the streets this year, 150 Jews rallied Sunday in front of the Soviet Mission to the United Nations.
The "Day of Solidarity" rally, sponsored by the Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry and the Long Island Committee for Soviet Jewry, took the place of the massive "Solidarity Sunday" rally, which in previous years drew as many as 200,000 demonstrators.
For the second straight year, the Coalition to Free Soviet Jewry voted to cancel "Solidarity Sunday," which had become an annual May event. The rally was canceled because of "an increase in emigration, the release of political prisoners and progress in human rights," according to Rabbi Haskel Lookstein, the coalition's chairman.
Those gathered at Sunday's SSSJ rally heard speeches condemning anti-Semitism in the Soviet Union and continuing barriers to free emigration. Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev's recent initiatives were praised, but speakers said it was "not enough," and did not justify the leveling off of pressure by American Jews.
"We must tell our Jewish leaders that it's not yet "dayenu," said Jacob Birnbaum, national director of the Center for Russian Jewry. "We cannot give concessions without fundamental concessions on the side of the Soviet Union."
Birnbaum said mainstream American Jewry had been "stampeded" by "Gorby-phoria."
Others at the rally said they were dismayed by "Solidarity Sunday's" cancellation.
"When the history of the Soviet Jewry movement is written, historians will ask how it is possible that, in only a few months, the infrastructure of the movement has disintegrated," said Rabbi Avraham Weiss, SSSJ chairman.


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While sitting in the garden with my wife enjoying a glass of something on a rare sunny day, she asked me a question while we were watching the bees flit in & out of the flowers that I don't know the answer too ! The question is this…..
" When the bees take the pollen from the flower, do the flowers produce more pollen so as to attract more bees ?"
My thoughts are they don't; but I'm not sure….... Does anybody else know ?
Hello Peter,
I've been browsing the Forum and spotted your post. It look a a bit lonely so here's a reply !
Since flowers must be set up with the plant typical structure and number of stamens for that species, I think it highly likely that everything will be set up in advance of flowering.
But for some flowers the bees can be in charge of how much pollen is liberated. You can hear bumblebees and solitary bees "sonicating" rose and poppy flowers, to make the stamens release the pollen grains. (It sounds like a loud whine.)
And to make matters even more complicated, I've heard at Talks by pollen/pollination expert Dr Michael Keith-Lucas that some flowers produce special types of pollen especially for bees, which are not viable for pollination purposes: but produce a special fertile pollen separately as well.
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watched this flick last night and was all kinds of impressed. the cinematography is unlike any movie i've ever seen. think pans labyrinth with a more adventurous plot.
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I agree with this recommendation. This film is fantastic, it will make you laugh, cry, get angry, be enchanted mesmerized and in short, what ttowsque said. Blow you away. It is one of the few movies with truly superb acting by a young child. What I would add to the Pan's Labyrinth remark is that it not nearly as dark. I had a problem watching pan's labyrinth due to the gratuitous violence. Although towards the end this has some of its own it is worth watching through that. Completely endearing. As an added bit of trivia to those who have already seen this, and for those who have not, you will understand later, through some miscommunication the little girl thought the other lead was truly paraplegic. For eight weeks the director and rest of the cast kept this hidden from her. By the end of the film there was a real bond between them.
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by Sarah Swanson, Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center and
Mike Cohen, NAMI New Hampshire
Individual Placement and Support (IPS) supported employment is an
evidence-based practice that assists people living with severe mental
illness in returning to return to work. Compared to other vocational
approaches, people who utilize IPS are almost three times more likely to
find a regular job in the community than people who participate in
other types of employment programs, including state vocational
rehabilitation (VR). However, when state VR partners with IPS,
people are even more successful than if they use IPS alone because VR and IPS programs each have different resources to bring to
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IPS Supported Employment Principles
VR counselors have educational backgrounds in rehabilitation and can
help IPS team members and job seekers think about a wide range of
jobs that may be a good fit. They are also knowledgeable about
long-term illnesses and other disabilities that could impact the
employment plan. Finally, because VR counselors typically stay in their
jobs for long periods of time, they may even have knowledge about
particular employers in the area.
Employment specialists from the IPS program have small caseloads (no
more than 20 people) to allow them to provide as much assistance as
necessary to help people succeed with vocational goals. For
example, employment specialists spend time each week talking to local
employers to learn about their businesses and they also help some people
directly apply for jobs. (Whether or not the employment specialist
shares information about a job seeker with an employer is up to each
job seeker.) Employment specialists spend the majority of their
time in the community so they are able to visit people in their homes,
at work or whatever place that feels most comfortable to their
clients. Employment specialists also work closely with mental health
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When an employment specialist and a VR counselor work together,
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tryouts, the VR counselor and IPS specialist talk to the person about
his/her job history, strengths, current symptoms, job preferences, etc.
and then initiate a job search within one month of the person entering
the program. Another example is that after the VR counselor closes the
persons case, the IPS program continues to provide job supports for
about one year, on average, or until the person no longer wishes to
receive support from the IPS program.
Working side by side with each other and with the client, the VR
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To our Penguins:
I will be 93 in August and want you to know how much joy and excitement you have brought to my life.
If I wake up in the morning and know the Penguins are playing, I am happy all day. If they lose, I don't want to talk about it.
To me, the Stanley Cup playoffs were a game of skill against bullies. We were too good a team to lower our skills to their level.
No matter what happened, you are still my Penguins and I care about each and every one of you. Can't wait for next year.
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`Long retired` Flintoff set for T20 cricket comeback
London: Former England cricket Andrew Flintoff, who was forced to quit cricket in 2010 after failing to recover from a serious knee injury, is reportedly planning a surprise comeback to T20 cricket for a domestic team.
Flintoff, who has taken part in a wide range of sporting challenges since quitting in 2010 including a bout as heavyweight boxer at the Manchester Arena, is planning to make a comeback to cricket by playing Twenty20 cricket for his former club St Annes.
According to the Mirror, the former cricket has been back in the indoor nets at Emirates Old Trafford in recent weeks.
The Ashes hero reportedly made his cricketing debut as a 12-year-old for St. Annes and stayed with them until joining Lancashire .
Flintoff`s grandfather Harry still watches the Northern League club home and away and regularly helps out doing jobs at the ground, the report added.


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MATANAG, Philippines, July 20 (AFP) Jul 20, 2006
Villagers on the slopes of Mayon volcano prepared to evacuate Thursday as a series of minor eruptions and cloud of ash indicated it was building up for a major eruption soon, officials said.
The cone-shaped 2,462-meter (8,077-foot) volcano southeast of Manila has been spewing lava since last week and all signs indicate it was preparing for a major explosive eruption within days or weeks, volcanologists said.
"There were secondary explosions. A collapsed portion of the advancing lava caused an ash cloud of several hundred meters," scientist Ed Laguerta told AFP from the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology's observatory in Legaspi city near Mayon.
He said alert level three of a five-step alert system remained hoisted over Mayon and nearby towns and villagers, meaning that residents should prepare for eventual evacuation.
In the farming town of Matanag, which lies near the six-kilometer radius (four mile) permanent danger zone, residents have packed their things and were awaiting official word to evacuate.
"We only have one life to live each, it's important to save that," said coconut farmer Romeo Nantes, 55, and a father of three.
Nantes however said that he would be tending his farm until a major eruption occurs.
Under the shade of a tree, fellow farmer Balasta Balangitan, 37, led his family and friends in planning an escape route as they watched the smouldering lava flow snake down the slopes.
Balangitan said Matanag was among the towns devastated by Mayon's eruption in 2001, when several dozen people were killed.
Mayon, about 300 kilometers (176 miles) southeast of Manila, is one of some 22 active volcanoes in the Philippines.
It has erupted 47 times in recorded history, including in 1814, when it buried the town of Cagsawa killing an estimated 1,000 residents. Mayon's most recent major eruption was in 2001.All rights reserved. � 2005 Agence France-Presse. Sections of the information displayed on this page (dispatches, photographs, logos) are protected by intellectual property rights owned by Agence France-Presse. As a consequence, you may not copy, reproduce, modify, transmit, publish, display or in any way commercially exploit any of the content of this section without the prior written consent of Agence France-Presse.


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Electronic Government: Since you took office in 1995, much of your economic agenda has focused on reducing what you called "over-regulation and excessive taxation" of state government. Can electronic government significantly contribute to the new direction you have set for state government?
Pataki: The private sector has not only embraced e-commerce, it has made it a part of its economic growth and future. Government must do the same. The fact that New York is 3rd in the country in high-tech jobs is a clear indication that I see technology has a key role in our economic development efforts.
I announced an e-Commerce/e-Government initiative in New York state with the vision of creating a digital "government without walls." This initiative will change how government services and transactions are delivered in New York state, making the state more efficient and effective as it serves its citizens.
Reducing barriers to economic prosperity includes reducing delays, inefficiencies and frustrations in accessing and receiving government services, which my new initiative will do. E-Commerce/e-Government holds the key to streamlining government operations and providing better and cheaper services to citizens and businesses. If a business locates here in New York, the government will provide the information and services to that business online 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. We are putting the citizens and businesses in charge of their relationship with the government.
E-Gov: We live in a world where globalization is eroding sovereignty, and where the Internet and a networked society are changing the face of commerce. What will be the legitimate role of government in the 21st century? How big or small should government seek to be?
Pataki: The role of government in the 21st century is to serve its citizens as efficiently and effectively as possible. Citizens don't necessarily care if they are dealing with a school district, state agency or a local government; they just want reliable convenient service. Government must be unobtrusive, convenient, and meet its citizens' needs. In short, 21st-century government will be what citizens expect and deserve. Government should be only as big as it needs to be to meet those expectations. I'm not talking about layoffs, but rather, using technology to change the paradigm so that government employees can focus on providing enhanced services to the citizens, moving away from being bogged down in a sea of red tape and paper-pushing.
Government must change and improve as the needs and expectations of its constituents change and grow. This requires that we make strategic investments in technology. Government must quickly remove barriers, such as I did here in New York in 1999 by signing the Electronic Signatures and Records Act. This law removes legal barriers to the use of electronic signatures and records in New York state. I'm proud to say our state was ahead of the curve, with this legislation signed over a year before the federal E-Sign law took effect.
E-Gov: There are serious questions about whether the current approach to taxation will work in a global economy, especially where transactions increasingly occur over the Internet. From my computer at home, I could, for instance, run a business located any place in the world, including tax havens. Do you believe we need to start looking at completely different approaches to taxation and to other options for financing government?
Pataki: This is a question that is of concern to all states and cannot be resolved by anyone alone. Clearly, every government will need to look at its tax structure, both the collection and use of tax dollars, as taxpayers will begin to expect their tax dollars to perform differently. My initial reaction is that New York is against taxing the


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A JPEG 2000 Codec Primer, Part II
To meet the increasing demand for rapid image processing, the JPEG 2000 standard can provide a high-performance codec for easyintegration into software products.
By Stewart N. Taylor
Today's highly competitive business marketplace is placing increasing demands on fast and reliable image processing software and codec solutions for industrial and scientific imaging applications. Part I of this article (published in the January 2004 edition of Advanced Imaging) examined JPEG image processing codec implementations. Part II presents illustrative samples for implementing the high-performance JPEG 2000 standard, with emphasis on speed of development and ease of integration into software products.
Research on image compression has evolved steadily in the decade since the JPEG standard was introduced, and hardware constraints have loosened substantially during that period. Therefore, after a long process of competitive submissions, the Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) has settled on a definition for the next generation of JPEG, called JPEG 2000. Despite its name, however, JPEG 2000 is not yet enjoying the same wide acceptance, or even the awareness, of its predecessor.
JPEG 2000 fundamentally follows the same coding paradigm of JPEG?transform, quantize and variable-length code?but nearly every element of its codec differs in some way. For example, the variable-length code is radically different and more closely resembles the bit-by-bit progressive JPEG method.


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The Bentley campus community will come together for a student-led vigil to remember the 26 victims of the tragic school shooting in Newtown, CT. It will be held on the evening of December 17th at 9:15 p.m. in the Back Bay Rooms in the Student Center.
The vigil to commemorate the 20 children and six adults who lost their lives on Friday, December 14 is being sponsored by dozens of campus organizations. The event will include student speakers, singing and reflection.
Bentley University President Gloria Larson expressed the following message to members of the university community this weekend:
"As so many of us struggle to understand the incomprehensible, senseless loss of lives in Newtown, Connecticut on Friday, we are keeping the families of the victims and their community in our thoughts and prayers. A student-led vigil is being planned for Monday evening, December 17. I hope we all can find some comfort in the closeness of our community and our own families."
For more information about the vigil please visit the Facebook Event Page that has been set up: https://www.facebook.com/events/442412452474669/
The Yawkey Foundations have recognized Bentley University's longstanding commitment to service-learning and awarded the university $500,000 to educate students to effectively lead nonprofit organizations and expand student efforts to help community groups.


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A LAKE District community has come together to help a school re-open its historic swimming pool.
The outdoor pool at John Rusk-in School, Coniston, had been operational every summer since it opened in the 1960s.
But the community committee which ran the facility in tandem with the school struggled to open it last year when it lost funding.
After lying disused for 20 months, parents, teachers, other staff and the community rallied to raise £3,000 through successful grant applications and school events so the pool could open again this summer.
And a huge clean-up effort saw local tradesmen and others give up their equipment and time for free to spruce up the pool.
Gill Sharp, head of expressive arts and a PE teacher who has co-ordinated the refurbishment, said she was touched by the outpouring of support.
"I seemed to be faced with a sea of yeses," said Miss Sharp.
"I think that is what's good about this community. It made me want to cry.
"People were walking through the door with all this equipment saying they wanted to help. It was wonderful."
Grants from the Sir John Fisher Foundation in Barrow and Coniston Parish Council are helping pay for maintenance work and heating.
Miss Sharp hopes the pool will become a sustainable and val-uable resource for use by everybody, not just the school.
"I would like the community to be involved in running the pool for the area," she explained.
"Over the next two summers a rolling programme of use will evolve.
"It will open for our school and the primary school this summer, but I will organise some evening and weekends for the comm-unity.
"The next stage is to get a programme of events to benefit the community."
Miss Sharp said the pool was a vital part of John Ruskin School, adding: "It's a very special asset to the school because it's so unusual to have an outdoor pool, and to be able to swim in this beautiful area outside in the summer is very special.
"It's a wonderful resource and that is why we are desperate to have it open. I couldn't bear the thought of it not being open."
The pool will be open for seven weeks throughout the summer term, possibly from as early as June.


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- Ask questions of your ISV regarding best practices for Linux configurations. Your ISV should be a big asset to you in your migration. Make sure there are customers already using their Linux based software; don't be the guinea pig!
- Don't forget to train your staff in Linux. There are enough differences between Unix and Linux to warrant training. If possible, buy support from your Linux distributor, as there will be issues that come up that require escalation.
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Sadique, Umer (2011) Studies On Pathogenesis And Molecular Characterization Of Contagious Caprine Pleuropneumonia In Small Ruminants. PhD thesis, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore .
This study was conducted in selected areas of Khyber Pukhtoonkhwa Pakistan, namely northern, central and southern regions, with the objective to determine clinico-pathological manifestation of contagious Caprine pleuropneumonia in field outbreak and documented its pathogenesis in experimental animals.The first study included isolation and identification of Mycoplasma species from field outbreaks by usage of a selective differentiating hay flick medium, growth inhibition test and a Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test. Out of 120 inoculated samples, 30% and 22.5% were positive on culture from lungs and pleura. Isolates were identified as Mycoplasma mycoides subspecies capri by a growth inhibition test and PCR. Similarly, tissue samples that were negative on culture were also subjected to PCR analysis. Out of 120 samples 62.5% and 54.16% from lungs and pleura, respectively, were positive. On statistical analysis, a significant difference (P<0.05) was found between results of PCR and culture.This difference reflects that the PCR technique is more sensitive than the culture method. Based upon these findings, disease was prevalent in almost all selected regions of province. The predominant clinical findings include pyrexia, nasal discharges catarrhal initially turned into mucopurulent in the advance stage, excessive lacremation, unilateral and bilateral conjunctivitis with corneal opacity, painful cough, dysponia, weakness, reluctant movement, extended neck, abduction of the elbow and diarrhea. The majority of animals presented pathological lesions in the form of consolidation and marbled appearance of lungs with fibrinopurulent membrane on pleural surface. Straw colored pleural fluid was present in pleural cavity with pleural adhesion, hydro pericardial fluid in pericardial sac, necrotic foci on surface of the liver and pus in the pelvis of kidneys.Histopathological lesions revealed emphysema, atelactasis with interstitial and bronchopneumonia and thickening of interlobular septa with extensive infiltration of polymorph nucleated cells. In second experiment, isolated Mycoplasma mycoides subspecies capri was inoculated into twelve goats to study detailed pathogenesis and usage of immunohistochemical techniques for detection and confirmation of Mycoplasma antigen within paraffin-embedded tissue sections.Almost all animals exhibited signs of disease. Signs of disease appeared in acute septicemic form with fever and nasal discharges on sixth day after inoculation and became more pronounced and severe at by the third and fourth weeks and then progressed to moderate and chronic forms.The pattern of disease development was similar as in a field outbreak, but was more severe in nature. On scoring clinical signs of disease, it presented a specific pattern of infection mild at the beginning and became more severe at the third and fourth weeks and then progressed to moderate and chronic forms. Similarly, gross and microscopic lesions were also recorded in selected organs. In experimental infection, the disease adopted the same pattern of clinical course as in natural outbreak. Four animals were found dead and three developed nervous signs during the course of study. Gross and histopathological lesions were recorded in almost all organs.To demonstrate Mycoplasma antigens in tissues, a special immunohistochemical technique called the labeled streptavidin biotin (LSAB) method was used with hyper-immune serum raised in rabbits against the reference species. Antigen of Mycoplasma mycoides subspecies capri was detected in tissue sections of lungs and lymph nodes. Out of 12 samples, 7 were positive for the immunohistochemical reaction. Mycoplasma antigen was detected in cytoplasm of alveolar macrophages and in the walls of alveoli. This positive result indicated the importance of these cells in host defense mechanism against Mycoplasma. The result also confirmed that the antigen was the same as that inoculated in experimentally infected animals. Samples of all infected goats were found positive by PCR for confirmation of antigens.By comparing results of IHC and PCR, significant difference (P<0.05) was found. This result revealed that PCR is a more sensitive and effective tool for confirmation of the antigen.In conclusion, it was indicated from the present study that CCPP is a wide spread disease in Pakistan, caused by Mycoplasma mycoides subspecies capri and the disease was efficiently reproduced in experimental animals that adopted acute septicemic form with lethal outcomes.The PCR technique was a more rapid and sensitive tool for diagnosis of CCPP and the immunohistochemical technique was optimized for the first time in Pakistan for detection of antigen within tissues.
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Relax at Your Stress-free Library
John Pecoraro, Assistant Director, Manhattan Public Library
Stress is everywhere in our lives. It seems that the world has grown smaller, time has grown shorter, we try to do more with less, and the stress piles up. What can we do about it? Techniques for relieving stress run the gamut from diet to yoga, from exercise to meditation. With income taxes due on April 15, it's not surprising that April is Stress Awareness Month. Sponsored by The Health Resource Network (HRN), Stress Awareness Month is a national effort to inform people about the dangers of stress, successful coping strategies, and harmful misconceptions about stress that are prevalent in our society.
If you're feeling the pinch of stress, check out some of the titles available at the public library. "The Mayo Clinic Guide to Stress-free Living," by Amit Sood, for example, is based on the Mayo Clinic's popular stress management program. Dr. Sood explains that it is the human mind's instinctive restlessness and shortsightedness that causes stress. He offers insight into skills that will help you reduce the stress in your life, such as practicing gratitude, compassion, acceptance, and nurturing relationships. Visit Dr. Sood's website at http://stressfree.org/.
Research has shown that stress can cause physical illness if undetected and unmanaged. In "Manage Your Stress: Overcoming Stress in the Modern World," Joe Shrand provides readers with the psychological and physical strategies necessary to keep stress from undermining their health and happiness. Dr. Shrand's website, http://www.drshrand.com/, features a blog with posts concerning anger, stress, and substance abuse, along with a resource page with links to mental health organizations and publications for further reading.
Search the Web for yoga and stress relief to find thousands of sites, or checkout "Relax and Renew: Restful Yoga for Stressful Times," by Judith Lasater. In this book you'll find in-depth guidance in basic relaxation poses, as well as techniques for centered breathing. Dr. Lasater, a physical therapist and yoga instructor, includes yoga sequences for busy people, such as fifteen minute practice, and yoga at your desk. She also discusses programs for back pain, headaches, insomnia, and breathing problems.
Since stress never takes a day off, a book that offers a healthy dose of stress relief for every day of the year is just what the doctor ordered. "Past Tense: 365 Daily Tools for Putting Stress Behind You – for Good," by Shawn Kilgarlin does just that. This book looks at every stress-generating event imaginable and teaches you how to react with composure, avoid burnout, and live a stress-reduced life.
With the roots of stress at the very essence of life, you might think it would be impossible to get rid of. Adrian Simon Lowe, the author of "The Stress Elimination Handbook," has a different argument. His handbook examines the physiological effects of stress on our bodies, and explores the importance of boosting our immune system, proper breathing, and nutrition. Physical health is the first priority in eliminating the effects of stress.
There never seems to be enough time to do the things you want to do once you find them, and since we can't save time in a bottle as in Jim Croce's memorable song, the best thing we can do is manage what time we have. "Manage Your Time to Reduce Your Stress: A Handbook for the Overworked, Overscheduled, and Overwhelmed," by Rita Emmett, is an inspiring self-improvement guide to effective tips for gaining control of our overbooked lives. The key, the author argues, is not time management but stuff management. In other words, taking control of all the "to do" stuff that leads to stress.
In her book, "Let Your Body Win: Stress Management Plain & Simple," Jacquelyn Ferguson, a community counselor, creates an awareness of situations that trigger cortisol (the Fight or flight hormone) in our bodies, and teaches how to react to them. She provides self-assessment tools, and suggests stress-relieving activities especially for individuals who do not like exercise, or who feel they are stuck in a rut.
Remember this month to take the time to unwind (especially after April 15). The library is the perfect place to relax, renew, and rejuvenate with a few good books.
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Tuesday, December 22, 2009
It Pays to Be a Runner
10 comments:
- Nicole said...
People tell me all the time they wish they had my runner legs! I didnt realize they were so desireable! haha! Your right, it sure does pay to be a runner! :)
- December 23, 2009 at 5:08 AM
- MrsCJ said...
I agree. Getting compliments and knowing it's because of running makes it so nice to hear. :)
- December 23, 2009 at 5:52 AM
- Paul said...
I once had a girl tell me she wished she had my legs ... whilst my wife was standing beside me.
Very strange! But something runners/athletes get from time to time from those who are more sedentary!
Have a great Christmas and wonderful New Year 2010.
Cheers, PB :-)
- December 23, 2009 at 6:17 AM
- kilax said...
My running has not done anything for my butt yet! Am I doing something wrong? Share your secrets :)
Hee hee. It does pay to be a runner! Every day I feel like I start to look more and more like one.
- December 23, 2009 at 6:23 AM
- Patience said...
I get people telling me all the time they love my butt..ahh yes it does pay to be a runner :)
- December 23, 2009 at 7:40 AM
- d.a.r. said...
Niiiiiiicceeee! :)
- December 23, 2009 at 8:31 AM
- Chic Runner said...
I couldn't agree more! :) ha ha classic line too. Glad you had fun!
- December 23, 2009 at 1:16 PM
- Jocelyn said...
ha, I love it!
- December 23, 2009 at 5:08 PM
- rinus said...
Nice and makes your week good!.
Have a nice christmas.
- December 24, 2009 at 12:46 PM
- Jon said...
I prefer to use the run euphemism, "Pace Booty." ;)p
- December 26, 2009 at 4:06 PM


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Michael Johns Ousted From 'Idol'
In a season seven shocker, 29-year-old Aussie blues boy Michael Johns got the ax, to the bewilderment of fellow bottom-three singers Syesha Mercado and Carly Smithson and boos from the star-studded audience.
Though Johns' critiques by judges Simon, Randy and Paula had been consistently strong through the weeks, Ryan Seacrest pulled the ultimate psych-out his delivery of Johns' ousting: "Last year during Idol Gives Back, we didn't eliminate anybody at this stage of the competition. [Interminable Seacrest-esque pause.] Syesha, Carly … you are safe."
The show received more than 31 million votes, the season's highest, and the L.A. Times is just one of many arguing that Johns didn't score because he was too good. He didn't need America's help.
No doubt the folks at TiVo were left scratching their heads, too, as they had picked the loser correctly the past four weeks. Based on the number of fast-forwards during Syesha's most recent performance, the company predicted she was outta there.
Johns exited Idol with his encore of Aerosmith's "Dream On." In his words, "If there's a song to go out on, that's not a bad one."


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Collins to visit Australia for justice meetings
Hon Judith Collins
Minister of Justice
3 October 2012 Media Statement
Collins to visit Australia for justice meetings
Justice Minister Judith Collins will travel to Australia today to meet with her Australian counterparts in Melbourne and Brisbane.
In Melbourne, Ms Collins will visit Victoria Legal Aid's offices and meet with The Honourable Diana Bryant AO, Chief Justice of the Family Court of Australia.
"I am keen to understand how Victoria Legal Aid's salaried lawyers operate in their Family Court to see if a similar advocacy service could work in New Zealand," Ms Collins said.
Ms Collins will then travel to Brisbane, to attend the Standing Council on Law and Justice (SCLJ) meeting on 5 October.
The SCLJ provides a forum for Ministers to discuss and develop common issues, and simplify legal dealings across state and trans-Tasman boundaries. The Council is comprised of New Zealand's Minister of Justice and the Attorneys-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, its states and territories. Norfolk Island has observer status at SCLJ meetings.
"The Council is a great forum to discuss law and justice issues that are relevant on both sides of the Tasman. This year we'll discuss issues including cyber bullying, family violence and child welfare, and privacy surrounding social media," Ms Collins said.


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Just following up on this.....This has been bugging me since you guys
were talking about it.
I know somebody who lives in San Jose about three blocks from where
Siliconkit's website says their offices are. They were away on vacation
and when they got back I asked them to go look in person to see what
they're all about.
There is a picture on Siliconkit's website of a very modern looking
*nice* office building with cars in the parking lot etc.
But an actual eyeball inspection of their address is very different.
It is a house. In a somewhat OK neighborhood. The lawn has died. There
is a car in the driveway that looks like it hasn't been driven in a
long time.
No signs of life. My friend is going to go back tomorrow and see if
they can find somebody at this HOUSE.
So I'm not sure what the deal is....but at a bare minimum, they have
misrepresented their office location/building on their website.
I mean it's perfectly OK to do mail order out of your home. Lots of
people doing it. But why lie about it?
On May 24, 2007, at 18:24, Steve Thomas wrote:
> I agree with Chris's warnings in general.
> siliconkit.com is the vendor I bought my WRAP parts
> from last year and everything arrived fine and on time.
> Good to be cautious with these small vendors though.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Riglin"
> To: m0n0wall at lists dot m0n0 dot ch
> Subject: RE: [m0n0wall] Prebuilt Hardware for m0n0wall
> Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 21:34:07 -0500
> Agreed. But desperate times (i.e. lack of available WRAP boards out
> there)
> call for desperate measures.
> ;-)
> Actually, I did check that out beforehand and www.siliconkit.com is
> redirected to the URL shown in the original message, and a WHOIS of
> the
> domain registrant showed me a match to the company, and that it was
> registered back in October of 2001.
> Of course common sense, company background checks, customer feedback
> and due
> diligence is implied with any online transaction.
> P.S. Chris, thanks for all of your great input on this list.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Buechler [mailto:cbuechler at gmail dot com]
> Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2007 6:29 PM
> Cc: m0n0wall at lists dot m0n0 dot ch
> Subject: Re: [m0n0wall] Prebuilt Hardware for m0n0wall
> On 5/24/07, Michael Riglin wrote:
>> I recently purchased my WRAP board from here:
>> http://siliconkit.dnsalias.com/cart/wrap.html
> I don't doubt your account or your experience with them, but that's a
> dynamic DNS name. I would *never* buy anything from any site that
> uses
> a DynDNS name. That just screams "I'm not serious about my company",
> and gives me the feeling that they may disappear tomorrow. Not that
> the same isn't possible with a registered domain, but I'd be less
> hesitant if it had one. One could even CNAME a DynDNS name to a
> registered domain, so it's not like it would even require a change in
> hosting.
> From the sounds of it this is a legit reseller, but I'd approach it
> with serious caution.
> -Chris
Richard St Clair,
Co-Founder & Internet Evangelist,
Internet Users Society Niue,
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The state of our economy may not have people hiding money in mattresses, but it certainly has them putting a majority of their monthly funds into basic savings accounts.
According to budgeting website BillShrink, which aggregates data from its user base, the average dollar amount Americans say they have in savings is $57,735. Additionally, the average amount BillShrink users say they intend to save each month is $543.
"A lot more people are holding on to their cash," says Schwark Satyavolu, CEO of BillShrink. "People are scared about the future of the economy. They feel the need to have a rainy-day fund."
While a certain amount of trepidation is understandable, there are disadvantages to squirreling away all of your money in a bank vault. Generally speaking, Satyavolu says, consumers get a rate of 0.5% to 1% on a basic savings account, a sad side effect of the bad economy most people electing to bank their money already understand.
What they fail to consider, however, is inflation, the rise in prices of goods and services in an economy over time. The inflation rate in the U.S. rests at 1.1%, down significantly from the 2.6% rate this year and a long-term high of 3%.
Once you also deduct the money you pay on your earnings in taxes each year, even those on the high end of the interest rate scale will be below the rate of inflation. This means you can't expect to make money off of your savings account. In fact, Schwark points out, thanks to inflation, your money is going to be worth less six months to a year from now. "You're not going to get rich by saving right now," Satyavolu says, before cautioning consumers against going on a spending spree: "The goods you purchase will also depreciate in value."
Fortunately, those interesting in making money off of their money are not without low-risk alternatives:
Pay down your debt.
According to Satyavolu, people should use money they were planning to put in a savings account, first and foremost, to pay off debt incurred during the recession.
"Start from the account that has the highest interest rates and work your way down to those that have the lowest," Schwark says, adding that even those not in dire straits should pay off low-interest credit lines associated with large purchases, such as a mortgage or car loans. While paying down debt is not an investment, consumers save extra dollars by avoiding the interest rates associated with lines of credit. Put your money into tax-advantaged accounts.
If you are lucky enough to be debt free, you should consider investing as much money as you can in tax-advantaged accounts. These include employer-sponsored 401(k) plans, which let people put money away for retirement; a 529 plan, which lets parents or other relatives save for a child's college education; or even a health savings account, which lets people accumulate funds for health care costs and services.
All of these different options are tax-deferred, meaning you won't pay taxes on the money that goes into the account unless you take it out before the terms of your contract specify. For example, most 401(k) accounts cannot be accessed without a penalty until the account holder turns 59.