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There are a number of measures of Impulsiveness
Personality tests and reportsEdit
Barratt Impulsiveness ScaleEdit
The Barratt Impulsiveness Scale (BIS) is one of the oldest and most widely used measures of impulsive personality traits. The first BIS was developed in 1959 by Dr. Ernest Barratt.[1] It has been revised extensively to achieve two major goals: (1) to identify a set of "impulsiveness" items that was orthogonal to a set of "anxiety" items as measured by the Taylor Manifest Anxiety Scale (MAS) or the Cattelll Anxiety Scale, and (2) to define impulsiveness within the structure of related personality traits like Eysenck's Extraversion dimension or Zuckerman's Sensation-Seeking dimension, especially the disinhibition subfactor.[1] The BIS-11 with 30 items was developed in 1995.[2] According to Patton and colleagues, there are 3 subscales (Attentional Impulsiveness, Motor Impulsiveness, and Non-Planning Impulsiveness) with six factors:[2]
- Attention: "focusing on a task at hand".
- Motor impulsiveness: "acting on the spur of the moment".
- Self-control: "planning and thinking carefully".
- Cognitive complexity: "enjoying challenging mental tasks".
- Perseverance: "a consistent life style".
- Cognitive instability: "thought insertion and racing thoughts".
Eysenck Impulsiveness ScaleEdit
The Eysenck Impulsiveness Scale (EIS)[3] is a 54-item yes/no questionnaire designed to measure impulsiveness. Three subscales are computed from this measure: Impulsiveness, Venturesomeness, and Empathy. Impulsiveness is defined as "behaving without thinking and without realizing the risk involved in the behavior".[4] Venturesomeness is conceptualized as "being conscious of the risk of the behavior but acting anyway"[4] The questionnaire was constructed through factor analysis to contain items that most highly loaded on impulsiveness and venturesomeness.[4] The EIS is a widely used and well-validated measure.[4]
UPPS Impulsive Behavior ScaleEdit
The UPPS Impulsive Behavior Scale[5] is a 45-item self-report questionnaire that was designed to measure impulsivity across dimensions of the Five Factor Model of personality. The UPPS includes 4 sub-scales: lack of premediation, urgency, lack of perseverance, and sensation-seeking.
UPPS-P Impulsive Behavior Scale (UPPS-P)[6] is a revised version of the UPPS, including 59 items. It assesses an additional personality pathway to impulsive behavior, Positive Urgency, in addition to the four pathways assessed in the original version of the scale: Urgency (now Negative Urgency), (lack of) Premeditation, (lack of) Perseverance, and Sensation Seeking
UPPS-P short version (UPPS-Ps)[7] is 20-item scale that evaluates five different impulsivity facets (4 items per dimension).
UPPS-R Interview[8] is a semi-structured interview that measures the degree to which individuals exhibit the various components of impulsivity assessed by the UPPS-P.
Lifetime History of Impulsive BehaviorsEdit
Lifetime History of Impulsive Behaviors (LHIB).[9] is a 53-item questionnaire designed to assess lifetime history of impulsive behavior (as opposed to impulsive tendencies) as well as the level of distress and impairment associated with these behaviors.[10] The assessment battery was designed to measure the following six dimensions: (a) impulsivity, (b) sensation seeking, (c) trait anxiety, (d) state depression, (e) empathy, and (f) social desirability. The LHIB consists of scales for clinically significant impulsivity, non-clinically significant impulsivity, and impulsivity related distress/impairment.[10]
Behavioral Inhibition System/Behavioral Activation SystemEdit
Behavioral Inhibition System/Behavioral Activation System (BIS/BAS)[5] was developed based on the Gray's biopsychological theory of personality which suggests that there are two general motivational systems that underlie behavior and affect: BIS and BAS. This 20-item self-report questionnaire is designed to assess dispositional BIS and BAS sensitivities.
Impulsive/Premeditated Aggression ScaleEdit
Impulsive/Premeditated Aggression Scale (IPAS)[11] is a 30-item self-report questionnaire. Half of the items describe impulsive aggression and half the items describe premeditated aggression. Aggressive behavior has traditionally been classified into two distinct subtypes, impulsive or premeditated. Impulsive aggression is defined as a hair-trigger aggressive response to provocation with loss of behavioral control.[11] Premeditated aggression is defined as a planned or conscious aggressive act, not spontaneous or related to an agitated state.[11] The IPAS is designed to characterize aggressive behavior as predominately impulsive or predominately premeditated in nature.[11] Those subjects who clustered on the impulsive factor showed a broad range of emotional and cognitive impairments; those who clustered on the premeditated factor showed a greater inclination for aggression and antisocial behavior.[11]
Padua InventoryEdit
The Padua Inventory (PI) consists of 60 items describing common obsessional and compulsive behavior and allows investigation of such problems in normal and clinical subjects.[12]
Behavioral paradigmsEdit
A wide variety of behavioral tests have been devised for the assessment of impulsivity in both clinical and experimental settings. While no single test is a perfect predictor or a sufficient replacement for an actual clinical diagnosis, when used in conjunction with parent/teacher reports, behavioral surveys, and other diagnostic criteria, the utility of behavioral paradigms lies in their ability to narrow in on specific, discrete aspects of the impulsivity umbrella. Quantifying specific deficits is of use to the clinician and the experimenter, both of whom are generally concerned with obtaining objectively measurable treatment effects.[How to reference and link to summary or text]
Marshmallow testEdit
One widely recognizable test for impulsivity is the delay of gratification paradigm commonly known as the 'marshmallow test'.[13] Developed in the 1960s to assess 'willpower' and self-control in preschoolers, the marshmallow test consists of placing a single marshmallow in front of a child and informing them that they will be left alone in the room for some duration. The child is told that if the marshmallow remains uneaten when the experimenter returns, they will be awarded a second marshmallow, both of which can then be eaten.[How to reference and link to summary or text]
Despite its simplicity and ease of administration, evidence from longitudinal studies suggests that the number of seconds preschoolers wait to obtain the second marshmallow is predictive of higher SAT scores, better social and emotional coping in adolescence, higher educational achievement, and less cocaine/crack use.[14][15][16]
Delay discountingEdit
Like the marshmallow test, delay discounting is also a delay of gratification paradigm.[17] It is designed around the principle that the subjective value of a reinforcer decreases, or is 'discounted,' as the delay to reinforcement increases. Subjects are given varying choices between smaller, immediate rewards and larger, delayed rewards. By manipulating reward magnitude and/or reward delay over multiple trials, 'indifference' points can be estimated whereby choosing the small, immediate reward, or the large, delayed reward are about equally likely. Subjects are labeled impulsive when their indifference points decline more steeply as a function of delay compared to the normal population (i.e., greater preference for immediate reward). Unlike the marshmallow test, delay discounting does not require verbal instruction and can be implemented on non-human animals.[How to reference and link to summary or text]
Go/no-go and Stop-signal reaction time tasksEdit
Two common tests of response inhibition used in humans are the go/no-go task, and a slight variant known as the stop signal reaction time test (SSRT). During a go/no-task, the participant is trained over multiple trials to make a particular response (e.g., a key-press) when presented with a 'go' signal. On some trials, a 'stop' signal is presented just prior to, or simultaneously with the 'go' signal, and the subject must inhibit the impending response. The SSRT is similar, except that the 'stop' signal is presented after the 'go' signal. This small modification increases the difficulty of inhibiting the 'go' response, because the participant has typically already initiated the 'go' response by the time the 'stop' signal is presented.[18]
Balloon Analogue Risk TaskEdit
The balloon analogue risk task (BART) was designed to assess risk-taking behavior.[19] Subjects are presented with a computer depiction of a balloon that can be incrementally inflated by pressing a response key. As the balloon inflates, the subject accumulates rewards with each new key-press. The balloon is programmed with a constant probability of popping. If the balloon pops, all rewards for that balloon are lost, or the subject may choose to stop inflating and 'bank' the reward for that balloon at any time. Therefore, more key-presses equate to greater reward, but also greater probability of popping and cancelling rewards for that trial. The BART assumes that those with an affinity for 'risk-taking' are more likely pop the balloon, earning less reward overall than the typical population.[How to reference and link to summary or text]
Iowa Gambling TestEdit
The Iowa gambling task (IGT) is a test originally meant to measure decision making specifically within individuals who have ventromedial prefrontal cortex damage.[20] The concept of impulsivity as relates to the IGT is one in which impulsive decisions are a function of an individual's lack of ability to make rational decisions over time due to an over amplification of emotional/somatic reward.[21] In the IGT individuals are provided four decks of cards to choose from. Two of these decks provide much higher rewards but the deductions are also much higher while the second two decks have lower rewards per card but also much lower deductions. Over time anyone who chooses predominantly from the high rewards decks will lose money while those who choose from the smaller rewards decks will gain money.
The IGT uses hot and cold processes in its concept of decision making.[21] Hot decision making involves emotional responses to the material presented based on motivation related to reward and punishment. Cold processes occur when an individual uses rational cognitive determinations when making decisions. Combined an individual should gain a positive emotional reaction when choices have beneficial consequences and will have negative emotional responses tied to choices that have greater negative consequences. In general, healthy responders to the IGT will begin to drift to the lower gain decks as they realize that they are gaining more money than they lose both through an ability to recognize that one is more consistently providing rewards as well as through the emotions related to winning consistently. However, those who have emotional deficits will fail to recognize that they are losing money over time and will continue to be more influenced by the exhilaration of higher value rewards without being influenced by the negative emotions of the loses associated with them.[How to reference and link to summary or text]
For more information concerning these process refer to the Somatic marker hypothesis
Differential Reinforcement of Low Response Rate TaskEdit
Differential reinforcement of low response rate (DRL) described by Ferster and Skinner[22] is used to encourage low rates of responding. It is derived from research in operant conditioning that provides an excellent opportunity to measure the hyperactive child's ability to inhibit behavioral responding. Hyperactive children were relatively unable to perform efficiently on the task, and that this deficit endured regardless of age, IQ, or experimental condition.[23] Therefore, it can be used to discriminate accurately between teacher rated and parent rated hyperactive and nonhyperactive children. In this procedure, responses that occur before a set time interval has passed are not reinforced and reset the time required between behaviors.[How to reference and link to summary or text]
In a study, a child was taken to the experimental room and told that they were going to play a game in which they had a chance to win a lot of M&M's. Every time they made the light of the reward indicator by pressing a red button, they would earn an M&M's. However, they had to wait a while (6 seconds) before they could press it to get another point. If they had pressed the button too soon, then they would have not gotten a point, and the light would not go on, and they had to wait a while before they could press it to get another point.[How to reference and link to summary or text]
Researchers have also observed that subjects in a time-based situation will often engage in a sequence or chain of behaviors between reinforceable responses.[23] This is because this collateral behavior sequence helps the subject "wait out" the required temporal delay between responses.[How to reference and link to summary or text]
Other common impulsivity tasks include the Continuous performance task (CPT), 5-choice serial reaction time task (5-CSRTT), Stroop task, and Matching Familiar Figures Task.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 (1959). Anxiety and Impulsiveness Related to Psychomotor Efficiency. Perceptual and Motor Skills 9 (3): 191–8.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 (1995). Factor structure of the barratt impulsiveness scale. Journal of Clinical Psychology 51 (6): 768–74.
- ↑ (1985). Age norms for impulsiveness, venturesomeness and empathy in adults. Personality and Individual Differences 6 (5): 613–9.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Dean, Chelsea R. (2006). Assessing self-injurious behaviors on a College Campus.Template:Pn
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 (2001). The Five Factor Model and impulsivity: Using a structural model of personality to understand impulsivity. Personality and Individual Differences 30 (4): 669–89.
- ↑ (2007). Integration of impulsivity and positive mood to predict risky behavior: Development and validation of a measure of positive urgency. Psychological Assessment 19 (1): 107–18.
- ↑ (2012). Validation of a short French version of the UPPS-P Impulsive Behavior Scale. Comprehensive Psychiatry 53 (5): 609–15.
- ↑ (2007) "Toward a comprehensive model of multiple dispositions to rash action" in Annual International Meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism. {{{booktitle}}}.
- ↑ Schmidt, Catherine A. (2000). Development and Validation of the Lifetime History of Impulsive Behaviors Interview and Self-Report Measures.Template:Pn
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 (2009). Evaluation of behavioral impulsivity and aggression tasks as endophenotypes for borderline personality disorder. Journal of Psychiatric Research 43 (12): 1036–48.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 (2003). Characterizing Aggressive Behavior. Assessment 10 (2): 183–90.
- ↑ Burns, G.L. (1995). Padua Inventory-Washington State University Revision.
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- ↑ (2000). Regulating the interpersonal self: Strategic self-regulation for coping with rejection sensitivity. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 79 (5): 776–92.
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I got a select query that outputs a bunch of results. All the results have a timestamp column.
How can I group these results by days and wrap each day into a div?

result 1 - day1result 2 - day1result 3 - day1

result 4 - day2result 5 - day2

Order them by the timestamp column in your query. Then loop through the result set in PHP and create your output.
Hi I have already ordered them by timestamp and created my output. Currently my output is this:
result 1 - day1result 2 - day1result 3 - day1result 4 - day2result 5 - day2
But I want to groups the days into divs like this:
Could you post your code please?
Hi, it is a very basic while loop.
$loop = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM info");
while ( $row = mysql_fetch_array($loop) {echo $row['result'];}
Show us what the column names are (rather than *) and how you are formatting your timestamp to show "day1".
This is my timestamp format: 2012-02-05 12:12:58
this is my query, with the column name.
$loop = mysql_query("SELECT result FROM info");
So how are you currently turning this:
echo $row['result'];
into lines like:
result 1 - day1
I used that as just an example.
I have a one colum that needs to be outputted. The date wont be outputted.I want to wrap all the divs that come under one day into a div.
So for example,
if result 1result 2result 3are on 11th may 2011
andresult 4result 5result 6 are on 13th may 2011
the result would be:

result 1result 2result 3

result 4result 5result 6

Well if you want PHP to be able to format the results in terms of days you need to collect both the timestamp and the result so show us the output of putting this sql statement into your database management tool (PhpMyAdmin or whatever you use) where info is the name of your table.
SHOW CREATE TABLE info
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my timestamp is stored in a 'timestamp' column. So the query would be..
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Adnan Oktar: Everyone must honestly believe that Turkey is heading in good direction and that we will really become a super state. TURKEY WILL BE A GREATER STATE THAN IT HAS EVER BEEN IN THE PAST.Insha'Allah, it will be the leader of the Turkish-Islamic world. We are at the initial stages of this historic mission. And the Turkish nation is one that will free the whole world from anarchy, terror, distress, pain and all its sufferings. It is a really noble, decent nation toughened by troubles and sufferings. It has a spirit oriented towards managing the world and being of use to it. It seems that Allah has bestowed this task on our nation, insha'Allah. We shall soon see this coming true, insha'Allah.
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National Autonomous University of Mexico, the greatest university of Mexico and the continent of America, included Turkish language into its curriculum. UNAM, the university from which Nobel prize winners such as Alfonso Garcia Robles, Octavio Paz ve Mario Molina graduated, started Turkish lessons with the attendance of 9 students.


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GeneralAssembly/6C: Statement by Legal Advisor Ambassador Ney on Provisional Application of Treaties
"Madam Chairwoman/Mr Chairman,
Germany would like to thank the International Law Commission for having included the important topic of provisional application of treaties in its programme of work and also to express our support for the first report of Special Rapporteur Juan Manuel Gómez-Robledo.
Germany welcomes his approach to the topic, which is of great practical relevance today. The provisional application of treaties as provided for in Article 25 of the VCLT is a valuable tool which has been increasingly used over the years.
Provisional application is a flexible tool. States may decide to limit the extent of provisional application to certain parts of a treaty only. This has been done in many treaties concluded with Germany's participation. In that case, the extent of provisional application is determined either in the treaty itself or in the instrument containing the agreement on provisional application.
In some cases provisional application has permitted some of the negotiating States to go ahead and put into effect some of the treaty's intentions while allowing others to take their time, and possibly evaluate the functioning of a nationally disputed treaty project. The wide use of provisional application in multilateral and bilateral treaties demonstrates how useful this tool and its flexibility are for States.
In many States - including Germany – constitutional and internal law determine to what extent provisional application of a treaty can be agreed to, or to what extent a treaty may be provisionally applied. States have found several ways to agree on provisional application of a treaty taking into account such constitutional requirements.
It is Germany's understanding that the provisional application of a treaty means that its rules will actually be put into practice and will govern the relations between the negotiating States, i.e. the prospective Parties - to the extent that provisional application is agreed. At the same time, provisional application in itself is not in any way the expression of a consent to be bound nor does it lead to an obligation to declare consent to be bound.
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The apartment is located on the first floor of an elegant early 20th century palazzo in Via degli Avignonesi, a peaceful side street in the vicinity of Piazza Barberini, Via Veneto and the Trevi Fountain, the recently restructured 170m2 apartment is furnished in an elegant contemporary style and fitted with all mod cons. Sleeping up to 10 people, the apartment overlooks a delightful garden on one side and the courtyard of the palazzo on the other and is thus extremely quiet at all times of the day and night.
From the entrance hall, the apartment opens onto a sitting room, furnished with sofas and an LCD satellite TV, which then leads to a dining room furnished with a large wooden table and sufficient leather chairs to accommodate all the guests staying in the apartment. The apartment has five bedrooms: three double bedrooms, one bedroom with twin single beds and one bedroom with a small double bed (140 cm x 190 cm). Passing through one of the bedrooms it is possible to access a terrace overlooking the garden, one of the many hidden behind the facades of the apartment blocks of Rome; another bedroom has a small balcony overlooking the courtyard.
All the bedrooms are furnished with black leather beds and large white wardrobes. The three tastefully furnished bathrooms are all fitted with state of the art showers; one of the bathrooms is also fitted with a washing machine.
The kitchen is fully fitted with dishwasher, a large fridge-freezer and traditional oven and a microwave.
The apartment is air conditioned throughout, with each room having its own air temperature control system, free wi-fi Internet connection and served by a central heating system. The entire apartment is lined with natural parquet flooring making the perfect place to spend time in Rome in the utmost comfort and style.
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Everything worked perfectly. The apartment is very nice, but 9 people are probably at the top. We were without some problems 5 Very good reception for a nice clean apartment with all necessary equipment and 2 magnificent terraces. Location could not be better. Ulla & Jørgen Leisner, Amanda, Selma Viola and Carl Floris
Alt fungerede perfekt. Lejligheden er meget fin; men 9 personer er nok i overkanten. Vi var uden nogle problemer 5.
Meget fin modtagelse til en nydelig rengjort lejlighed med alt nødvendigt udstyr og 2 pragtfulde terasser. Beliggenheden kan ikke være bedre.
Ulla & Jørgen Leisner, Amanda, Selma Viola og Carl Floris
A very beautiful, high-quality and clean apartment in central Rome, providing easy reach of many attractions on foot sind.Sie located in a side street, so it is amazingly quiet yet. Thus, it is possible also the cappuccino on the patio to enjoy to the fullest. By optmale layout of the rooms is possible with an occupancy of 10 people, as well as community and recreation retreat. We have spent great days in Rome and can recommend this apartment very much!
Eine sehr schöne, wertige und saubere Wohnung mitten in Rom, von der aus viele Sehenswürdigkeiten bequem zu Fuß zu erreichen sind.Sie liegt in einer Seitenstrasse, so dass es dennoch verblüffend ruhig ist. Somit läßt sich auch der Cappuchino auf der Dachterasse in vollen Zügen genießen. Durch die optmale Aufteilung der Räume ist auch bei einer Belegung mit 10 Personen Gemeinschaft sowie Rückzug und Erholung möglich. Wir haben tolle Tage in Rom verlebt und können diese Wohnung sehr empfehlen!
Beautiful location but the picture looks much more elegant and refined. Finishes dozzinali walls a bit 'sporchine especially with regard to the living room.
Bella la posizione ma dalle foto sembra molto piú elegante e curato. Finiture dozzinali mura un po' sporchine soprattutto per quanto riguarda il salotto.
We were a family of 13 people and a small dog, which had 4 wonderful days in Rome and it was not least thanks to the good service we received from the host, both via e-mail, phone and personal reception. The apartment was spacious for all of us and it was nice and clean and everything worked perfectly and so is the very heart of town trips both day and night. It was so good that we can not come up with suggestions for improvements.
Vi var en familie på 13 personer og en lille hund, som havde 4 vidunderlige dage i Rom og det var ikke mindst takket være den gode service vi fik fra værten, både via Email, telefon og den personlige modtagelse. Lejligheden var rummelig til os alle og den var pæn og ren og alting fungerede perfekt og så ligger den meget centralt for by ture både dag og nat. Der var så godt at vi slet ikke kan komme med forslag til forbedringer.
A very nice and spacious apartment. Very clean and very centrally located in a popular location. We would book this apartment again and again and also recommend it.
Eine sehr schöne und geräumige Wohnung. Sehr sauber und sehr zentral in beliebter Lage.
Wir würden diese Wohnung immer wieder buchen und auch weiterempfehlen.
The apartment was perfect for 6 people. Good beds, no anxiety at night. Well-equipped kitchen. Clean and nice
Leiligheten var midt i blinken for 6 personer. Gode senger, ikke uro om natten. Godt utstyrt kjøkken. Rent og fint
The apartment was spacious, clean, 2 bath-rooms are also very nice. Wonderful place to relax after a day walking through Rome. Wifi found the children very much. Greetings Janny
Het appartement was ruim, schoon, 2 bad- kamers ook erg fijn.
Heerlijke plek om tot rust te komen na een hele dag door Rome te lopen.
Wifi vonden de kinderen ook erg fijn.
Groeten Janny
Great central location, very nice amenities, great patio and great care. I can only recommend further.
super zentrale Lage, sehr schöne Ausstattung, tolle Terrasse und super Betreuung. Kann ich jedem nur weiter empfehlen.
very nice clean apartment, although a bit noisy but center. Colloseum 10min walk. Very nice German contact. Had a great time in Rome. Note: for 12 people need 2 in a combined living and dining room to sleep (kitchen).
sehr schöne saubere Wohnung, etwas laut zwar dafür aber Zentrum. Colloseum 10min zu Fuß. Sehr netter deutschsprachiger Kontakt. Hatten eine schöne Zeit in Rom.
Achtung: bei 12 Leuten müssen 2 im kombiniertem Wohn-Essbereich (Küche) schlafen.
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The other day, one of my 40-something colleagues asked me what he can do to better prepare for retirement. He said he contributes 5 percent of his pay to his 401(k). "Contribute 10 percent," I suggested. He replied that his budget is tight, and pointed out that with the company match, he's really investing 8 percent of his pay. "Contribute at least 2 percent more," I recommended.
Plenty of Americans in all age groups are in the same retirement planning predicament. They're not sure how to adequately prepare. All they know is that they need to save a truckload of money to get them through 20- or 30-plus years of retirement. A million bucks seems like a worthy goal.
There's hope for everyone who sets this intention, regardless of how old they are. In fact, the late Bill Fisher didn't seriously start amassing wealth until he was 72, as revealed in the self-published book, "The Boomer's Guide to Recovering Your Lost Retirement: The Bill Fisher Story," by Michael R. Burns. Burns wrote about his father-in-law's methods of accumulating wealth.
Long story short, at 72 Fisher invested $50,000 in life insurance proceeds, as well as his pension and Social Security checks, and continued to work until age 84, when he finally retired. As an octogenarian, he was worth a million dollars.
5 steps to success
I asked Burns for the best advice to boomers who may have lost money in the recent financial crisis. In his words:
- First, they have to balance their budget. They have to get more income coming in than they are spending each month.
- Second, they must continue to work. We are all living longer. … If you are healthy, you should be able to work at least until 70. You can work from your home being a rep for a company or sell stuff on EBay.
- You should wait to take out your Social Security until 70. In most cases, you can double your money.
- You should contribute to an IRA and 401(k). In these tax-deferred retirement accounts, you can build wealth quickly.
- With your leftover money, you should invest in high-dividend stocks, dividend reinvestment programs, or DRIPs, municipal bonds and residential real estate.
"Baby boomers should create multiple sources of income," Burns says. "They can live off their salary and invest everything else. Bill Fisher did this and he lived a very active life, traveling overseas, going to the country club and still built a net worth of $1 million when he was in his 80s."
Get a head start
While Fisher's accomplishments are inspiring, it's better to start saving at a younger age and make it a goal to amass a million bucks or more long before you turn 70.
Of course, unlike Fisher, whose house was paid off and whose children no longer depended on him, younger folks face more financial obstacles. They need to negotiate the purchase of a home and car, pay off student loan debt, save for their own children's college education, put money in an emergency fund and invest for retirement -- all while juggling monthly bills for current living expenses.
But the younger you are when you start saving for retirement, the better your chances of amassing a million bucks or more because of the power of compounding. Start by deferring 10 percent of your pay to your company retirement plan. You won't miss it if it goes directly into investments instead of your checking account.
And if your company doesn't offer a retirement plan, open an individual retirement account and set up automatic transfers from your savings or checking account. That's the easiest way to accumulate wealth -- maybe a million bucks or more.
The bottom line: While it's never too late to start saving for retirement, it's always better to start early.
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Barbara Whelehan is a co-author of "Future Millionaires' Guidebook," an e-book written by Bankrate editors and reporters. It is available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, iBookstore and other e-book retailers.


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Texas State Parks Featuring Christmas in the Parks Events
AUSTIN – Help support Texas state parks and start a new holiday tradition by attending one of the many holiday events taking place this holiday season.
Visit one of more than a dozen state parks this holiday season and learn how to make old-fashioned tree decorations at Government Canyon State Natural Area, join in an underground Christmas carol sing-a-long at Longhorn Cavern or attend the 42nd annual Christmas tree lighting festivities at Lyndon B. Johnson State Park and Historic Site.
The Lone Star State's multicultural roots will be honored at several Texas state parks during the holiday season. Learn how to make bunuelos, a tasty Mexican pastry, at Estero Llano Grande State Park in Weslaco or head to far west Texas to experience a traditional Mexican posada at Fort Leaton State Historic Site. Monument Hill & Kreische Brewery State Historic Site in La Grange invites visitors to stroll the lighted park trails to the historic Kreische House, where they can experience a 1850s-era Texas-German Christmas.
Details of the aforementioned events and other state park holiday events follow:
Dec. 1-31 Yuletide Texas — Battleship TEXAS State Historic Site
Daily, except closed Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Missing family and friends, the crew of the TEXAS did their best to make the ship feel more like home during the holidays. Come share the sights and sounds of the season as the ship is adorned with lights and ornaments, reminiscent of the crew's traditional decorations. Fees apply. Wheelchair-accessible on Main Deck only. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. (281) 479-2431
Dec. 1-31 History in Lights – Goliad State Park
Come take an evening stroll at Mission Espiritu Santo and discover the history of the site. Flickering light and shadow tell the story of the mission — from its long-ago role as a Spanish Colonias mission, through its reconstruction by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s, to its refurbishment in the 1970s by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. Park entrance fees apply. Please use self-pay station. Every evening, sunset until 10 p.m. (361) 645-3405
Dec. 15 Posada at the Fort – Fort Leaton State Historic Site
Come learn and experience one of the oldest Mexican Christmas traditions. The traditional "posada" is a celebration in true Mexican fashion commemorating Mary and Joseph's search for lodging in anticipation of their child's birth. Traditional treats and entertainment will be provided in this "must see" border event. 7 p.m.-9 p.m. (432) 229-3613
Dec. 16 Christmas on the Border – Barton Warnock Visitor Center
This special event is a must see if visiting the Terlingua and Lajitas areas of the Big Bend. Join the staff and volunteers of The Barton Warnock Visitor Center celebrating the holiday season in West Texas border fashion. Local community performers will provide the entertainment. Refreshments and treats will be served and a special visit by Santa Clause for the children. 6:30 p.m.-9 p.m. (432) 424-3327
Dec. 16-17 Trail of Lights — Monument Hill and Kreische Brewery State Historic Site
Enjoy a fantastic quarter-mile trail illuminated with thousands of lights that decorate the Monument Hill and Kreische House portions of our park. Walk a trail overlooking the town of La Grange. Experience the more traditionally decorated 1850's-era German home of H.L. Kreische, bedecked in Christmas splendor in a Texas-German style. Bring your children to tell secrets to Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus and enjoy the genuine seasonal hospitality of the Friends of Monument Hill and Kreische Brewery, who sponsor the event. Get into the Season's spirit with us! Admission fees apply. No pets allowed. 6 p.m.-8 p.m. (979) 968-5658
Dec. 16-18 Holidays at the Tramway – Wyler Aerial Tramway State Park
Start a new family tradition and have your picture taken with Santa Claus at the top of Ranger Peak. Take time to see our Christmas decorations and to enjoy a cup of hot chocolate, apple cider, or coffee at our "Mile High" gift shop. You'll find unique gifts like candles, books, apparel, toys and other one-of-a-kind items for everyone on your shopping list. Noon- 5 p.m. (915) 562-9899
Dec. 17 Breakfast with the Birds and Santa – Estero Llano Grande State Park
Come have breakfast on our magnificent covered deck situated right on one of our lakes and spend some time visiting with a special guest, Santa. There will be photo opportunities galore, with both Santa and the birds that often come very close to the deck. Join Santa as we have a light holiday breakfast on the deck and then follow our knowledgeable guides as they take you on a guided nature walk. Fees: $7 adults, $5 senior citizens, free for children 12 and under; reservations required. Fees apply. 8:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m. (956) 565-3919
Dec. 17 Bunuelo Bites and Christmas Lights – Estero Llano Grande State Park
Come enjoy an evening full of Christmas spirit. Walk the park's colorfully lit walkway up to the visitor center where you can join our park naturalists around the piano playing music and singing Christmas carols. Stroll down another lit path to Pauraque Hall and learn to make and enjoy traditional hot chocolate and bunuelos. You'll also have the opportunity to explore the park on a ride in our tinseled trolley! Be sure to visit the park store, where you're sure to find the perfect gift for anyone on your list. 6:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m. (956) 565-3919
Dec. 17 Christmas for the Birds – Dinosaur Valley State Park
The workshop will cover how to build a wild bird feeder out of a log. The goal is to fill the log with bird food that will aid the birds through the winter months. We may get a visit from "Old Saint Nick". Come and join the fun. 2 p.m.-4 p.m. (254) 897-4588
Dec. 17 Barrington Farm Holidays – Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site
Join us for an all new celebration and discover the joy of Christmas! Together we will enjoy the simplicity of farm life by making decorations and toys for the home and family, enjoying period music and discovering the true meaning of "Peace on Earth, Good Will towards all Men." Activity fees: $5/adult; $3/student 7 years and over; free for TSPP holders. Fees apply. 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. (936) 878-2214
Dec. 17 Pioneer Kids Christmas – Government Canyon State Natural Area
Join us at Government Canyon State Natural Area for a Pioneer Kids Christmas! Experience what a typical Christmas would have been like for pioneer children in this region. Learn about the origins of pioneer Christmas traditions; create your own nineteenth-century Christmas decorations; listen to Christmas stories pioneer children may have heard; and play with traditional nineteenth-century children's toys. Reservations requested, ending at noon Dec. 16. For reservations or more information, e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com or call (210) 688-9055 x289. Include the name of each participant/guardian, age of participant, contact e-mail and telephone number. Entrance fees apply. 10 a.m. – noon (210) 688-9055
Dec. 17 Christmas in Fairfield Lake State Park – Fairfield Lake State Park
Join us as we celebrate the season with a trail of lights and a hayride. Santa will be stopping by from for pictures. Campers will be encouraged to decorate their campsites; fees will be waived per the park manager for those that participate. At the dining hall you'll find classic Christmas movies playing along with hot cocoa and wassail to help put you in the Christmas spirit. The park is also serving as a drop off point for Toys for Tots. 6 p.m.-10 p.m. (903) 389-4514
Dec. 17 Caroling in the Cave – Longhorn Cavern State Park
Join us at Longhorn Cavern as we celebrate the season with the singing of Christmas carols inside the cavern, and food and games in the administration building. Different musical artist each week. Reservations highly recommended. 5 p.m.-8 p.m. (512) 756-4680
Dec. 18 42nd Annual LBJ Tree Lighting — Lyndon B. Johnson State Park & Historic Site
Come join the Texas Hill Country community in this special tradition started 42 years ago by President and Mrs. Johnson. Enjoy the spectacular tree lighting and an evening of holiday fun. Step back in time at the Sauer-Beckmann Living History Farm for cookies amid glowing lanterns and a traditional candlelit German Christmas tree. The park store will be open and will help you with all your holiday gift needs. Special ornaments and artist will be in the park that evening and these decorative items are sure to be a holiday hit. It's a night for the entire family and is sure to put you in the holiday spirit. 6 p.m.-9 p.m. (830) 644-2252
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What Makes Leaves Change Color?
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The autumn season has transformed our mountains and hillsides into vibrant palettes of color that range from yellow to orange and from hot pink to scarlet red, including purple hues. Color pigments found in leaves vary among plant species and even from year to year.
It is commonly believed that cooler temperatures and frost bring about the changing colors in leaves. While it is true that the fall temperatures can influence the intensity of some colors, the main reason for the color change is shortened day length.
During the growing season, leaves are constantly producing sugars via photosynthesis. These sugars are shipped throughout the plant for growth and storage. When days become shorter and nights become longer, a process within the plant triggers the cells around the base of the leaf, or petiole, to divide rapidly but not elongate. This process forms an abscission layer where the leaf will eventually separate. This abscission layer blocks or prevents sugars from escaping the leaves.
As chlorophyll within the leaves breaks down, it gives way to the other "hidden" pigments. If leaves contain carotenoids or xanthophylls, they will take on hues of yellow and orange while anthocyanins will display reds, pinks and purples. Colors are most brilliant when plants have had adequate moisture throughout the season followed by sunny autumn days and accompanied by cool nighttime temperatures. As the season progresses and freezing temperatures occur, the pigments, including carotenoids, xanthophylls, and anthocyanins, will fade. Consider this information.
• Chlorophyll (the green pigment) is found in nearly all plants and is a key component in photosynthesis, the conversion of light to energy. It breaks down readily in sunlight and is replaced constantly throughout the growing season. However, when photosynthesis slows, other pigments start to become more apparent.
• Carotenoids and xanthophylls (the orange or yellow pigments) also aid in photosynthesis and are produced throughout the season but break down slower. Quaking aspen, ginkgo, Norway maple, ash, birch and honey locust are a few examples of trees containing these pigments.
• Anthocyanin (the pink, red or purple pigment) is produced primarily in the fall and is found in species such as certain maples (like our native Bigtooth maple), burning bush, sumac and dogwood.
• Tannin (the brown pigment) is the last pigment to break down in a leaf before it falls. Oaks are notorious for having leaves containing tannin.
Before all we are left with is boring browns, lace up those hiking boots, go spend some time in the hills and enjoy the beautiful colors while they last.


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You have two ropes. Each takes exactly 60 minutes to burn. They are made of different material so even though they take the same amount of time to burn, they burn at separate rates. In addition, each rope burns inconsistently. How do you measure out exactly 45 minutes?
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As construction continues on the US 25 Bridge over the NS Railroad in Williamstown. motorist should expect delays.
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ANAHEIM – Leaving behind a disappointing loss the night before, the Ducks scored three first-period goals Wednesday and cruised to a 4-1 triumph over the Vancouver Canucks at Honda Center.
One night after blowing a two-goal lead and dropping a 3-2, shootout decision at Phoenix, the Ducks beat Vancouver for the first time in four tries this season while setting a franchise record with their eighth consecutive home victory.
More important, the Ducks (40-25-8) crept within two points of first-place San Jose and one point of second-place Dallas in the NHL's Pacific Division.
Todd Marchant and Travis Moen had a goal and an assist apiece for the Ducks, while Rob Niedermayer and Doug Weight also scored goals, and rookie goaltender Jonas Hiller registered 30 saves for his seventh victory of the season.
The Ducks stretched their lead to 4-1, and drove standout Vancouver goaltender Roberto Luongo to an early exit, with a power-play goal by Weight at 4:03. Weight converted the rebound of a shot by Teemu Selanne, whacking in a puck out of the air after Luongo had made a save and the puck caromed off the goal post to his left. The goal came one second after a five-on-three manpower advantage expired. The Canucks were two men short because of a holding penalty on defenseman Kevin Bieksa at 2:02 and a hooking call on winger Taylor Pyatt at 3:23.
The Ducks built a 3-0 lead on goals by Marchant, Moen and Niedermayer, but the Canucks responded with a power-play strike by rookie Mason Raymond at 17:45. Marchant opened the scoring at 10:53, seven seconds after he finished serving a tripping penalty. After Chris Kunitz whipped a pass out of the defensive zone, Marchant beat Luongo to the puck near the top of the left-wing faceoff circle and shot past the diving goalie into a vacated net. Moen scored his first career short-handed goal, after taking a pass from Marchant, at 13:17, and Niedermayer capped the three-goal splurge at 16:49.
Marchant has goals in three consecutive games, one short of the career-high, four-game goal streak he managed as a rookie with Edmonton in 1995. … Hiller gained his first career assist on Marchant's goal. … The Ducks planned to present Canucks right wing Ryan Shannon with his 2007 Stanley Cup championship ring after the game. Shannon, who played in 53 regular-season and 11 playoff games as a rookie with the Ducks last season, went to Vancouver in a June trade for minor-league winger Jason King. Shannon was with Manitoba of the AHL when the Canucks visited Anaheim in December.
The Ducks made an in-game announcement honoring equipment manager Doug "Sluggo" Shearer for having worked his 2,000th game in professional hockey earlier this season. Shearer, in his first season with the Ducks, had been equipment manager for the Washington Capitals since 1983-84, and worked the previous season for Washington's then-American League affiliate in Hershey, Penn. The Professional Hockey Athletic Trainers Society and the Society of Professional Hockey Equipment Managers plan to honor Shearer at their upcoming annual meeting in St. Louis.
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SCORES of students from across Thurrock were recognised at the Jack Petchey Foundation Awards.
Eighty four from 13 secondary schools received awards for their contributions to society in and out of school.
The Jack Petchey Foundation was established in 1999 to recognise the positive contributions young people make throughout Essex and London, and has seen more than £1million invested in youth projects in the borough.
All the award winners received a medal and a £200 cheque.
They included Tyler West, 17, from the Gateway Academy, for the outstanding contribution she makes to the free school and encouraging her fellow sixth-formers to maintain the common room.
Other winners were Chantelle Smith, 12, from Gable Hall School, for her writing success, which has seen her have four poems published in a recent book, and MJ Aderinto, 18, from Palmer's College, for her dedication to the college and helping other students to achieve.
Guest Inspector Lee Argent said: "It's good to know the future of Thurrock is in safe hands!"


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The Community Team at Adobe is constantly evolving and 2011 is turning out to be a year of many changes. Adobe proposed to our team a new outreach program targeting PHP, JAVA, jQuery/HTML, and Android.
Starting July 11th, I have a new role as the Community Development Program Manager! I get to take what I've learned over the last 10 years in the developer community and organize a new effort to target communities outside the Adobe Ecosystem.
We are aggressively going out into the world to say joining our ecosystem is going to earn them incredible access to tools that make them successful and a network that is welcoming and supportive. I will be using the support of our community leaders to help building bridges into these communities.
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A DRUNKEN Clarets fan exposed himself during Burnley's game against Blackpool at Turf Moor, a court was told.
Stewart Niven Rickwood, 27, from Padiham, was caught on CCTV and was arrested by police for his 'unsavoury' actions, which took place near children.
Police, who had been 'keeping an eye' on him after he was spotted fooling around entering the stand, arrested him when he returned to his seat.
Rickwood's solicitor told the hearing the defendant had been the subject of a lot of 'high jinks' on the concourse and others had egged him on to continue his 'buffoonery'.
Daniel Frazer said: "Unfortunately, he was then encouraged by others to expose himself, which he did."
Rickwood, who had no convictions for soccer violence, was facing a possible football banning order, as the police wanted to stop him going to games. But he was spared an order after the Bench said they did not feel it would be necessary and proportionate. They said there was no violence on this occasion and they regarded it as an isolated incident.
However, chairman Stephen Riley said Rickwood had drink-related offences on his record and told him: "We urge you to control your behaviour in future."
Rickwood, of Graham Street, Padiham, admitted being drunk in a sports ground, last October 20. He was fined £50, with a £20 victim surcharge and £85 costs. Tom Snape, prosecuting, said kick-off was at 5.20pm and Rickwood had been seen entering the stand. Police were observing him as he was throwing beer around.
At half-time, he was seen on the concourse and was again throwing beer. He then exposed himself to male onlookers. He was arrested when he returned to his seat and claimed: "I only did it in front of five or six mates for a laugh."
Rickwood had convictions for threatening behaviour, assault and affray.
Mr Frazer, defending, said: "He accepts he has done something which is unsavoury, something which he shouldn't have done."


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When it comes to public education, New Mexico's current reform efforts are dangerously misguided. The optimistic tagline of the New Mexico Public Education Department's new reform initiative—"Kids First, New Mexico Wins"—is disingenuous on several levels. The PED is merely recycling the same old George W Bush-era program of high-stakes testing as a measure of student achievement and school success, and presenting this tired system as "bold, visionary reform." It's not bold, and it's not even really reform. The only significant change is this: The deck will be stacked even more against most of the students in New Mexico.
Here's what you need to know about this plan. The state has implemented a system of evaluation that measures individual schools on an A-F grading scale uses students' academic performance to determine their teachers' effectiveness. At face value, this system—evaluating teachers and schools based on student achievement—sounds reasonable. So far, "student achievement" remains largely undefined, though it seems likely that a key factor will continue to be performance on a series of standardized tests, including the New Mexico Standards Based Assessment, the statewide test used to determine performance under the No Child Left Behind Act.
The problem with such metrics is that testing success is a clearer indicator of socioeconomic status than of academic interest or dedication. A quick look at Santa Fe Public Schools' 2011 test results shows that the proficiency rates at schools plummet as the percentage of "economically disadvantaged" students grows. The anecdotal evidence is equally powerful. Talk to any teacher who serves children in poverty, and you'll get a feel for how daunting it is to raise test scores. This phenomenon is not unique to New Mexico—No Child Left Behind has failed spectacularly in every state—but it's certainly exacerbated here. We live in one of the poorest states in the country.
The greater the pressure to perform on the tests, the fewer opportunities students have to experience what makes school and learning joyful for children.
To understand why poor children lose in a system of high-stakes testing, imagine a classroom at a school in danger of failing test-score benchmarks. At this school, the teacher and the students, burdened with low test scores, do not have the luxuries of field trips, projects and allowing children's wonder to drive instruction. Instead, data drive instruction, and kids spend their time learning to take tests, to conform and to fear failure.
A system that amplifies this fear of failure by basing all notions of academic success on a standardized measure that these kids aren't reaching will only intensify this dynamic. The greater the pressure to perform on the tests, the fewer opportunities students have to experience what makes school and learning joyful for children.
This style of teaching is called the "pedagogy of poverty" because it so closely resembles classrooms in poor communities straddled with the impossible task of closing the achievement gap. Ratcheting up the pressure, as the PED's plan will, can only exaggerate these conditions by encouraging—no, mandating—teaching to the test.
Is this what New Mexican children deserve? No. But it is what they're going to get under this plan. Schools and teachers will work for the success and safety of their students no matter which system is imposed on them. Unfortunately, those schools and teachers that work with impoverished children have so much more to push against—yet are also the ones who are in highest danger of being branded as failures.
Real reform in this state will mean shifting our concept of student achievement away from test scores and making a greater effort to understand the complex populations of children who attend our public schools. The PED's new plan states, "We know that New Mexico's students can achieve and compete with the best and the brightest in the nation." This statement is at best blindly optimistic.
A few facts to chew on: Test proficiency in New Mexico has declined dramatically over the last five years, to the point that 86 percent of our schools—86 percent!—were deemed not proficient last year. We cannot expect that the children of New Mexico will suddenly overcome the challenges that the system currently imposes on them. Simply requiring that students who struggle on standardized tests do better on those same tests is unreasonable, unfair and about as farsighted as suggesting that cutting all taxes can eliminate the national deficit.
Why invest our state's extremely limited resources in "reform" that doesn't change much?
New Mexico can develop a school and teacher report card that relies minimally on test scores, and instead enlarges our concept of achievement to greater encompass the important values and skills that good schools teach children. An authentic report card could contain observational records, a ranked list of the services schools provide and anecdotal parent and student input—to name a few—all while keeping in mind the background of the families each school and teacher serves. The task would be complex and time-consuming, but it would be a start to truly helping New Mexico win.
Allegra Love teaches in Santa Fe Public Schools.


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A COUNCIL worker got his five minutes of fame when he appeared on a television game show.
Pershore's market town partnership manager Steve Knight even managed to use his turn on the BBC's game show Pointless, which is hosted by Alexander Armstrong and Richard Osman, to promote the town on Monday and Tuesday, June 2-3.
The 23-year-old Wychavon District Council employee applied last summer and had an audition in Birmingham before getting through to the competition filming at the end of last year.
Mr Knight said "They seemed genuinely interested that I worked for a district council at my age, and frankly I was thrilled at how much of my blurb on Wychavon, Pershore and the Plum Festival actually made the edit.
"A large part of my role is promoting the area so I'm really pleased I had the opportunity to talk about it on national television."
However, Mr Knight was left a little red faced in auditions when contestants were asked to reveal an interesting fact about themselves.
He added: "The best I could come up with was that I once lay half naked in a bath of plums on Pershore High Street to promote the Plum Festival.
"The audience at the audition loved this, but I'm rather pleased to say I forgot to mention it in the live recording."
Mr Knight was knocked out just before the final round of the competition.


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Until recently Nick Young did everything he could to avoid too much contact with cold water – the limited experience he had of swimming consisted of being dragged off to the local pool on a Saturday morning with his three children.
However, one Sunday afternoon he went to watch his niece Bel take part in a hydrotherapy session which inspired him to attempt to swim the English Channel in the hope of raising £50,000 to buy Bel a hydrotherapy pool.
"It was really hard to watch what Bel was put through during the session – her physio Mark told me it was the equivalent of running a marathon – but she tried her hardest at everything she was asked to do," said Nick, 43, of Rimington, near Clitheroe.
"I came away determined that I wanted to do something to help her. The pool she was using was half an hour away from her house meaning that the two- hour physio session also involved travelling time, the ordeal of getting her in and out of the car at both ends, the complications of changing her at the swimming pool and finally having to put a cold, tired child back in the car for the journey home."
Twelve-year-old Bel requires 24-hour care and physiotherapy for up to two hours a day. Tragedy struck one summer's afternoon in 2010, two weeks before her ninth birthday when she was living in Skipton and attending Moorfield School in Ilkley.
She fell from a climbing frame in a neighbour's garden – no distance at all but the angle of her fall meant she had suffered a catastrophic spinal injury.
Four years on, Bel, now living in Harrogate, remains paralysed from the neck down, confined to a wheelchair and reliant for much of the time on a ventilator to breathe.
Despite her situation, she remains a bright, happy and radiant child who amazes all those her meet her.
"She never grumbles or feels sorry for herself and I decided to set myself the challenge of a solo channel swim to try and raise enough money to buy a hydrotherapy pool for her to use at home," said Nick.
"Her training sessions will still be tough but at least it will remove all the other complications and mean that she can have several hydrotherapy sessions a week."
Nick, head of regional sales for Channel 5, based in Manchester, began training for the swim 12 months ago.
It has meant a huge commitment on his part - swimming up to 12 hours a week and participating in a number of open-water swims, including Windermere.
He also has to acclimatise his body to the water temperature by sitting in cold baths each week for longer periods of time.
The training is essential as the Channel presents an enormous challenge.
At its shortest point the crossing is 21 miles, but currents and conditions mean swimmers can end up swimming many more miles to finish.
And it isn't just the distance that is the challenge – there are the high winds and wave heights, plus jellyfish, seaweed and floating debris. It is also one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world.
"There are strict rules surrounding channel swims," said Nick.
"No wetsuits can be worn – at 15C the cold water is part of the challenge. Once you are in the water, you can't get out until you are on French soil, you can't even touch the boat that accompanies you across.
"Bodily contact with the boat or anyone in it means instant disqualification. It is not for the faint hearted – only 40 per cent of the swimmers who attempt the Channel actually complete it. More people have reached the top of Everest than have swum the English Channel."
Nick's swim is scheduled for the first week in September but is dependent on the weather and conditions at sea.
To find out more about the swim, visit the website nickyoungchannelswim. com and sign up to his blog.
There is also a link to give money, with all proceeds being donated to the Being Bel Trust.


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It's estimated that by 2050 there will be more than 9 billion people on the planet, necessitating a major change in the food supply system.
Vance Publishing Corporation, Lincolnshire, Ill. — parent company of The Packer, Produce Retailer, The Grower and Citrus and Vegetable Magazines — is recognizing leaders in the fresh produce and other agriculture industries that are under 40 who will be working on innovations to feed those 9 billion people.
The 40 Under 40 program is taking nominees at 40under40ag.com through July 31. Nominees must be involved in a food production business (including grower, shipper, processor, transportation, food safety). It's the second year for the program. Last year's honorees in the fresh produce industry included J Allen Carnes, president of Winter Garden Produce, Uvalde, Texas; Emiliano Escobedo, executive director of the Hass Avocado Board; and Matt Mandel, vice president of sales and marketing and a partner in SunFed, Rio Rico, Ariz.


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Washington, D.C. -- The U.S. Office of Personnel Management today announced it has taken steps to provide additional protections in 2009 for federal employees and retirees who are enrolled in Blue Cross and Blue Shield's (BCBS) Standard Option and choose to have non-emergency surgeries performed by out-of-network surgeons.
Under the revised benefits provision, BCBS Standard Option enrollees will be responsible for 30 percent of the plan's payment allowance for the surgery to be performed, plus the difference between the plan's allowance and the amount billed by the surgeon. In addition, Blue Cross and Blue Shield will, for the first time, provide prior approval for all non-emergency, out-of-network surgeries of $5,000 or more, enabling enrollees to know in advance how much BCBS will pay for the surgery. BCBS also will provide additional information and assistance to make the patient's costs more transparent. Enrollees must initiate this prior-approval process.
In the past, some BCBS enrollees were unaware they could be responsible for tens-of-thousands of dollars in "balance billing" charges for out-of-network surgeries. Balance billing occurs when a surgeon who is not part of the health plan's network of physicians charges more than the plan's allowance for the provided service. Beginning in January 2009, enrollees can seek help from BCBS to better understand what they will be expected to pay for surgery.
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At Earlham College, being fully present means being thoroughly immersed in your learning. It means being intentionally direct in your actions. It means being completely invested in a community of people who listen to each other and learn from new perspectives. It means being comfortable with who you are as you explore your place in the world.
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