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The Meaning of Liff was the most enjoyable thing Douglas Adams and I ever did
"I begged him to call it The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Dictionary by Douglas Adams, with my credit tucked away inside... But no sane publisher ever dreamt of disagreeing with him on anything, so The Meaning of Liff it was"
The Meaning of Liff is a small black book with gold lettering published in 1983. Vaguely reminiscent of a religious tract, it is in fact a "dictionary of things that there should be words for, but aren't". The definitions describe things familiar to everyone; the words themselves are all place names. For example, an Ely is "the first, tiniest inkling that something, somewhere has gone terribly wrong"; Kettering is "the marks left on your bottom and thighs after sitting sunbathing on a wickerwork chair"; and Scrabster (a village in Caithness) is "one of those dogs that has it off on your leg during tea".
Liff sold 300,000 copies in its first year and had great reviews, three of which adorned later editions: "Brilliant" (The Times); "Brilliant" (The Sunday Times); and "Small" (The Cheshunt and Waltham Telegraph).
Douglas Adams shot to fame with Radio 4's The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy in 1978. He had struggled (as he would do for the rest of his life) to get the job done on time, and after completing four episodes asked me to help him finish it. It was an obvious solution. He was my best friend and I was his. We'd been at university together (at adjacent Cambridge colleges and members of rival comedy troupes), where Douglas read English and I was a lawyer. Neither of us did any work to speak of.
Afterwards, we rented a flat in West Hampstead and then a strange furnished house in Roehampton where Douglas's bedroom had seven wardrobes. We lived together, went to the pub together, ate an enormous number of hamburgers together and we talked, endlessly, about every subject under the sun – and quite a few beyond it, because we were both fanatical about science fiction. We wrote our own in the evenings – sketches, a Dutch cartoon series, a TV pilot, a movie treatment. Hitchhiker was a natural step. The first four shows had taken Douglas ten months to write; we polished off the last two in three weeks. It was fun. We laughed a lot. When the series aired, it was clear that it had touched some sort of nerve. There were reviews in the papers (unheard of for radio in those days) and within a month six publishers had called up angling for the rights. We went to several swanky lunches before being signed up by Nick Webb of New English Library.
We booked a villa on a hill overlooking Agios Stephanos on the unfashionable north-west corner of Corfu to write the book, and then Douglas changed his mind and decided he'd rather do it on his own. I was shocked, angry and hurt – a reaction Douglas never did understand – but I went and got an agent who secured me my half of the advance (£1,500) in settlement and, as I had spent the money and had nowhere else to go, I went to Corfu with Douglas anyway.
It turned out to be a remote and not very pretty location: a steep dusty track up to the house and a beach heaped with impenetrable black seaweed. There were no shops and not even a village to speak of, but there was a taverna on the seashore, which was destined to become the birthplace of The Meaning of Liff. It belonged to a wonderful eccentric called Manthos. It's still there, and so is he. An online review of his establishment describes him as "exuberant", evidently a Greek euphemism for "stark raving mad". In the mornings, Douglas sat at the top of the hill in a big hat bashing away at his typewriter and I went down to the bar and helped Manthos work his way through his stock of retsina. He repaid me by teaching me all the juiciest Greek swear words.
After a few hours failing to write very much, Douglas would trudge down the hill and join us. We'd open another bottle of ice-cold wine and start playing games, the best of which was some- thing Douglas's old English teacher had introduced him to as a way of filling free periods at school. "What do you think a York might be," he would say, "or an Aberystwyth, or a Polperro?" (As Liff fans will know, the last is now immortalised as "the ball or muff of pubic hair clinging to a bath overflow hole.") We loved this game and by the end of the month I'd noted down about 60 of the best ones.
They lay forgotten in a drawer for three years until, desperate to fill the last pages of a joke-a-day Not the Nine O'Clock News calendar called Not 1982, I bunged some in, attributed to "The Oxted Eglish Dictionary". When the book came out, my publisher, Matthew Evans at Faber, said, "There's one idea in here that's head and shoulders above the others. What about doing it as a spin-off?"
I never wanted to call it The Meaning of Liff. That was Douglas's idea. He thought we'd lure people into thinking it had something to do with Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, due out the same year. I begged him to call it The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Dictionary by Douglas Adams, with my credit tucked away inside: I knew my name wasn't box-office, and I'm sure the editors agreed. But no sane publisher of the mega-selling Douglas Adams ever dreamt of disagreeing with him on anything, so The Meaning of Liff it was.
We earmarked the following summer to write it but, when the time came, Douglas rang to say, "I'm so sorry, Johnny, I'm in California trying to close the deal on the Hitchhiker movie. Could you bear to come out to Malibu and do it here? I've taken Donna Summer's beach house…" I said I thought I could probably cope.
Douglas and his then girlfriend Jane often left the house early to go shopping or be lunched by movie moguls. I sat on the deck looking over the Pacific with a pile of atlases. Douglas always said he would be a millionaire by the time he was 33 and a third and he did actually achieve this with a few weeks to spare. We were then only 30, but the storming success of his books had already brought him wealth. He bought guitars and Apple Macs, an apartment in New York and a Porsche 911 that he crashed driving down Park Lane the week he got it. "I forgot there was a roundabout at the end," he said.
A great man in so many ways, he was famously inept at handling his own enormous body. Writing The Meaning of Liff in Malibu was briefly delayed by two such incidents, first when he slammed the door of our rental car on his own leg (he'd forgotten to bring it inside first) and later when he was laid prone for days after putting his back out "buttering a slice of bread". But we got the job done and, right up until Douglas's tragic death at the age of 49, we both agreed it was the most enjoyable thing we'd ever done. I miss you, dear old friend.


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In Chestnut Hill, it's historical preservation by committee
In Chestnut Hill, history stands for itself - literally.
Many of the longstanding buildings in the affluent Northwest Philadelphia community were built with a unique "Chestnut Hill stone," or Wissahickon schist, from a local quarry.
But what a simple stroll down the avenue can't provide is a visual of the architecture that was lost before the Chestnut Hill Historical Society's inception in 1967.
The existence of the society has been vital to raising awareness of the community's historical richness; the same richness that allowed the neighborhood to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
Lost history
Take for example the Kerper House, which was believed to have been built in 1780 but was torn down in 1949 to make way for an automobile showroom at Germantown Avenue and Hartwell Lane.
Or a Tudor-style home at 8810 Norwood Ave. that was knocked down by the Chestnut Hill Hospital even after the society formed, and despite pressure by its members.
The Chestnut Hill Hotel, located at 8229 Germantown Ave., is another case in point.
In the 1950s, during a shopping district overhaul led by the neighborhood's unofficial "mayor," Lloyd Wells, the hotel lost some of its key Victorian elements.
"[Wells] wanted to play into this colonial revival," said David Contosta, author of Suburb in the City, a book on the neighborhood's history, in a recent interview.
Patricia Cove, vice president for preservation at the CHH, said "when the hotel was built in 1894, it was a Victorian building and on each of the corners of the buildings were large turrets, which are very Victorian architectural features."
"Because the avenue was really not up to par, as far as the retail end, [Wells] decided to create a marketing concept and colonialize the entire avenue," Cove continued. "[Wells'] aim was to take some of the buildings that were really not as specific architecturally, and turn them into more of a colonial facade."
Reviving the neighborhood's history
Ron Pete, the current owner of the Chestnut Hill Hotel, is working to restore some of the neighborhood's history with his building.
Since Pete and his wife, Abby, purchased the hotel in 2007, they have implemented a years-long project to refurbish the interior and exterior of the hotel.
Cove, who also operates Patricia M. Cove, Architectural Interiors & Design, oversaw the exterior renovations.
"I thought, well, what a good way to bring back some remembrance of those turrets by actually curving the outside porches and balconies up on the second floor," Cove said. "When you go outside now, you do see almost a replication of those turrets, in the way that the balcony and the porch had been designed."
But that isn't the only way the hotel is now offering a taste of history.
Renovations to the 36-bedroom hotel – which consists of three individual properties – additionally included giving each building a specific theme.
The "carriage house," which Pete said is believed to have been used as a carriage garage and old car barn, bears a rustic feeling. Some of the original wood panels in the building remain, and one of the room's beds is topped with the frame and wheels of a carriage lift.
The "post office building" – which houses a post office – was assigned a 1950s theme down to the small postcards in the room.
The Petes have also added old photos and maps of the neighborhood to its walls.
"The neighborhood can relate to it," said Ron Pete. "[Abby] spent four months just picking out the pictures."4
Anne McNally, co-owner of McNally's Tavern, has also tried to keep Chestnut Hill's historical roots alive. She said keeping her business basic, as it was founded, has helped it thrive.
While the pub has changed a lot in terms of its purpose and who it serves, the structure has largely gone untouched since it opened in the 1920s, save for some small renovations.
Snapshots of neighborhood history also line the walls of her restaurant, which sits just north of the hotel at 8634 Germantown Ave.
Building with an eye on history
Even prominent developers, like Richard Snowden, founder of Bowman Properties, said he works to ensure the neighborhood's history doesn't fall by the wayside. Snowden said his company tries to tread lightly on historical properties.
"To me, I have a successful project if, visually, when we're finished, no one is really quite sure whether we were there or not," he said.
However, Snowden admits sometimes work needs to be done in order for buildings to sustain themselves – be it replacing windows or installing new systems.
Bowman's plans to build a five-story Fresh Marke-ancohered project at 8200 Germantown Ave. are meant to fill a void for grocery shoppers. He said his company is committed to maintaining Chestnut Hill's identity as a residential community.
Preserving what remains
With yesteryear's lessons in mind, those withCHHS know that preserving landmarks is all about awareness.
"Before we came what we are today, people could just remove a house," Cove said. "Now, because we exist, and we have put our message out there that it is very important to maintain these buildings, people are much more aware."
"If you don't maintain it, you lose that honor," she added.
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These Otters Are Playing The Piano. That's Right, Otters. Playing The Piano!These Asian small-clawed otters live at the National Zoo, and recently were given a keyboard to play. I don't think I need to say anything else, because if you're not already watching these otters play piano, I don't know what else can convince you.
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Frank Leah (b. Stockport, England, 1886; d. 1972) was the eldest child of a large working class family and left home aged 15, making his home in Dublin, Ireland. He worked as a cartoonist and caricaturist for Dublin newspapers, selling his first cartoon at the age of twelve. He was the art editor for five Dublin journals including the Weekly Freeman, contributed cartoons to the Dublin Evening Telegraph, and was an illustrator for The Irish Limelight, a short-lived Dublin periodical devoted to cinema and theatre. His portraits of Irish theatrical personalities were collected by Joseph Holloway and later donated to the National Library of Ireland.
In 1917 he was the animator of the first Irish animated film, Ten Days' Leave, directed by Jack Warren, the editor of The Irish Limelight.
He later moved to London, where he became a psychic artist, painting the "spirits" he perceived accompanying his sitters, and his paintings apparently sometimes bore a striking resemblance to deceased relatives and friends of the sitter, whom he had not met. He featured regularly in Psychic News over forty years.
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|MSI Radeon HD 7870 Hawk 2GB Video Card
|Reviews - Featured Reviews: Video Cards
|Written by Hank Tolman
|Wednesday, 13 June 2012
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MSI Radeon HD 7870 Hawk Video Card Review
Manufacturer: Micro-Star International Co. LTD
Product Name: Radeon HD R7870 Hawk 2GB Video Card
Model Number: R7870 HAWK
Price As Tested: $379.99 (Amazon)
Full Disclosure: The product sample used in this article has been provided by MSI.
AMD's Radeon HD 7000 series is out in full force now and even with the NVIDIA 600 series launching, it's still getting a lot of attention. As is typical with video card releases, manufacturers like to make their own designs and subtle changes and release various different cards based off of the same GPU. Here at Benchmark Reviews, we've received the MSI Radeon HD R7870 Hawk video card and we are prepared to put it to the test. With an unlocked BIOS and a digital PWM, the MSI R7870 Hawk begs to be overclocked. Let's find out just how fast it can go.The Radeon HD 7800 series of video cards sports the Pitcairn GPU a scaled down version of the Tahiti GPU found in the HD 7900 series. Of course, with the scaled down GPU comes a scaled down price as well, making the HD 7800 cards a little easier on the wallet than their big brothers. The full-scaled Pitcairn GPU found in the Radeon HD 7870 cards comes equipped with 1280 Shader Units, 32 Raster Operations, about 2.8 billion Transistors, and 2GB of RAM. The GPU core is clocked at 1000 MHz and the Memory is clocked at 1200 MHz.
The MSI R7870 Hawk takes things just a little further, but doesn't change too much. It comes overclocked from the factory at 1100 MHz on the core clock. The Memory clock stays the same at 1200 MHz. The real value in the MSI R7870 Hawk, though, comes in the form of added features that enhance the card's ability to be overclocked and pushed to the limit. Follow us along inside to find out more about the R7870 Hawk's special features and to see just what they do for this card.
My specs are:
Gigabyte GA-78LMT-S2P
AMD FX-4100 at stock 3.6Ghz
8GB of Kingston hyperX 1600Mhz DDR3 RAM at 1300Mhz
500GB WD HDD running Win7 home 64bit
CX500w 80+Bronze PSU
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I Guess is your CPU and Power Supply is not enough to go further !
Here is where we begin the benchmark portion of this article, but first let me show you our test system plus the software we used.
MSI Big Bang XPower X58
Core i7 965 Extreme @ 3750 MHz
Graphics Card
MSI Radeon HD 7870 HAWK
6144 MB (3x 2048 MB) DDR3 Corsair @ 1500 MHz
Power Supply Unit
1200 Watt
Dell 3007WFP - up to 2560x1600
OS related software
Windows 7 64-bit SP1
DirectX 9/10/11 End User Runtime (latest available)
AMD Catalyst AMD_PitCairn 8.95.5
NVIDIA GeForce series latest WHQL 285.62 WHQL
Radeon HD 7870 - On your average system the card requires you to have a 550 Watt power supply unit as minimum and 700 Watt if you go with two cards in Crossfire mode.
If you are going to overclock the GPU or processor, then we do recommend you purchase something with some more stamina.
There are many good PSUs out there, please do have a look at our many PSU reviews as we have loads of recommended PSUs for you to check out in there. What would happen if your PSU can't cope with the load:
bad 3D performance
crashing games
spontaneous reset or imminent shutdown of the PC
freezing during gameplay
PSU overload can cause it to break down
Let's move to the next page where we'll look into GPU heat levels and noise levels coming from the graphics cards.
As most of you know, with most videocards you can apply a simple series of tricks to boost the overall performance a little. You can do this at two levels, namely tweaking by enabling registry or BIOS hacks, or very simply to tamper with Image Quality. And then there is overclocking, which will give you the best possible results by far.
What do we need?
One of the best tools for overclocking NVIDIA and ATI videocards is our own AfterBurner which will work with 90% of the graphics cards out there. We can really recommend it, download here.
Where should we go?
Overclocking: By increasing the frequency of the videocard's memory and GPU, we can make the videocard increase its calculation clock cycles per second. It sounds hard, but it really can be done in less than a few minutes. I always tend to recommend to novice users and beginners, to not increase the frequency any higher than 5% on the core and memory clock. Example: If your card runs at 600 MHz then I suggest that you don't increase the frequency any higher than 30 to 50 MHz.
More advanced users push the frequency often way higher. Usually when your 3D graphics start to show artifacts such as white dots ("snow"), you should back down 10-15 MHz and leave it at that. Usually when you are overclocking too hard, it'll start to show artifacts, empty polygons or it will even freeze. Carefully find that limit and then back down at least 20 MHz from the moment you notice an artifact. Look carefully and observe well. I really wouldn't know why you need to overclock today's tested card anyway, but we'll still show it.
All in all... do it at your own risk.
The Radeon HD 7870
Original This sample Overclocked
Core Clock: 1000 MHz Core Clock: 1100 MHz Core Clock: 1300 MHz
Shader Clock: 1000 MHz Shader Clock: 1100 MHz Shader Clock: 1300 MHz
Memory Clock: 4800 MHz Memory Clock: 4800 MHz Memory Clock: 5800 MHz
Below, are some numbers based on the overclock we were able to pull off. The card is very flexible in terms of overclocking alright. Granted, the entire Radeon HD 7000 series is a gem when it comes to tweaking and the HAWK just upped it a notch.
Above, Crysis 2, same maxed out image quality settings as before yet now with added overclock results:
DirectX 11
High Resolution Texture Pack
Ultra Quality settings
4x AA
Level - Times Square (2 minute custom time demo)
Above, 3DMark 11 - the Performance test and score. As you can see, there is an additional bump in this very GPU limited software, lovely.
Above, Alien versus Predator, at 1920x1200 with 4x AA and 16X Anisotropic Filtering.


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'The thing that never ceases to get me about politics", one long-term Canberra player observed this week, "is that for all the talk, all the policies and strategies, it always gets down to a question of one person being able to impose their will on others."
And that is what it will come down to again in the next fortnight.
For a week short of three years,
But in the past few weeks her hold on events has slipped, not from internal white-anting or
This time around, it has not been agitation from
This week has been notable as much for the silence around the prime minister as much as the noise around the gender debate.
Twice before, Gillard has played the Rudd camp masterfully, drawing them out, letting them presume they were making more ground in terms of caucus numbers than turned out to be the case.
There were finally signs of a spirited fightback emerging late on Friday.
But there has been little conviction and even less spirit in the public utterances of Labor ministers this week in defence of the government and their prime minister.
By going back to the misogyny issue which gave her a lift at the end of last year, Gillard herself seemed to confirm this week the desperation of her position, and only succeeded in alienating more colleagues and powerful support in the unions.
In the previous assaults on her leadership, Gillard really has proved herself as "tough as nails" – as her Treasurer
But this time around she cannot argue that she is the victim of a destabiliser who has stolen the government's oxygen; or that the polls will turn around with the budget delivered and the Gonski and disability reforms funded. The prospect of glorious defeat based on principle is also not sounding quite so glorious, or noble, as it once did.
The big question is whether she can stare down
"She has completely got his measure," says one Labor figure who is not a Gillard fan but pragmatically admires her chutzpah in bringing Shorten back into the tent at the beginning of this week.
Shorten's emergence as a wobbling kingmaker changes the public profile of the Workplace Relations minister. It forces him to consider how history – and the public – will see him in terms of the role he has played in determining the fortunes of the party, and those of his parliamentary colleagues, rather than in terms of his loyalty to the woman he helped install.
The Australian Labor Party now is a bit like an exhausted marathon runner who can only concentrate on getting one foot in front of the other and can't even imagine what the finishing line might look like. The talk this week was of how changing back from Gillard to Rudd (finally) might save some of the furniture, minimise a defeat.
But this overlooks the fact there is little point in changing leaders unless there is a belief it can result in an election win.
Rudd has always insisted he will have to be drafted. The ultimate vindication for him lies with the people who moved against him in 2010 being forced concede their mistake, do their own dirty work and remove Gillard, rather than expecting him to do it.
But there are a range of spinoff implications of such a position.
They start with the fact that all the players in the party would have to show they were uniting behind Rudd; that they were doing so with the expectation that he could win; and that they understood that committing to winning – rather than simply saving the furniture – would mean some big changes in Labor's policy trajectory.
If Rudd were to come back to the prime ministership and have any chance of leading the party to an election victory, he would have to not just remake himself with voters – conceding he has learned lessons from last time (as he did on the hustings in Sydney on Friday) – but also remake the Labor brand after the horrors of corruption and ICAC.
At the never-to-be-overlooked level of self-interest, that would mean committing to reform of the party and its links with the trade union movement, positions that would challenge the trade union leadership which Gillard has so assiduously duchessed.
Uniting behind Rudd would mean the end of Wayne Swan's hold on the Treasury portfolio, given his damning public attacks on the former prime minister.
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That means a government that doesn't have a mass turnover of its frontbench if its leader changes.
It would be a government that doesn't go to the polls in September 14, or even earlier, in the hope of exploiting a honeymoon effect, but gives itself some time to demonstrate its new directions and its competence in bringing them about.
It would be a government that was able to show it could deal with minority government, despite apparent threats from crossbench MP
Whoever leads Labor still has to deal with a range of problems that won't go away and which have proved lethal in Abbott's hands.
Abbott's carbon tax campaign has a significance, as a trust issue and as an actual policy. But compared to other problems, carbon could be an eminently fixable policy.
Bringing forward a shift from a fixed carbon price to a market-based one would not only rid the political landscape of the dreaded carbon 'tax' but also allow Rudd to finally deliver on the promise to introduce a market-based carbon abatement scheme that cause him such a loss of faith with voters in the first place.
Not only would that rob Abbott of his carbon tax attack but create a problem for the Coalition. The business community has grown increasingly unhappy about the prospect of the Coalition's Direct Action plan and has been urging the Opposition to adopt a market-based system. Labor moving to a market-based price would create some serious policy competition on this issue.
Asylum-seekers are another question altogether. There is no issue that has caused Labor more grief in its heartland. There is also no issue that has a less clear solution.
But the dynamics of this debate have changed in recent weeks.
The flood of boats – and Labor's lack of answers in the wake of the Coalition's refusal to back its "Malaysian solution" last year – has been devastating for the government.
Customs figures show there have been 173 vessels carrying 12,017 passengers and crew so far this year, compared with 17,594 for the entire year in 2012.
But there has been increasing scrutiny on the viability of the Coalition's alternative policies.
Abbott's claims that the Coalition can "stop the boats" has rested heavily on his claim that he would turn boats around.
On Friday Indonesian vice-president
"We have made our position quite clear and we would certainly be willing to co-operate . . . I think we are open, very open to co-operation with Australia," Dr Boediono told the ABC.
A new Labor leader – particularly one boasting international credentials and conceding his past mistakes with Indonesia on the issue in 2009 – may be able to revive the debate about the need for regional co-operation and increase the pressure on Abbott over the viability of the Coalition's alternative policy to deliver a better outcome.
The Coalition is very vulnerable on education and health, issues where it has largely run dead in deference to boats and carbon.
The Gonski education package is expected to pass the Senate next week. With South Australia signing up on Friday, Tasmania expected to, and the possibility of Victoria coming in to the system, along with non-government schools across the country, the majority of Australia's schools' funding would be delivered under this model rather than the current one.
By comparison, the Coalition is offering no more than a continuation of the existing system, under which the country's education outcomes have declined.
The Coalition has also had to soften its rhetoric about cutting spending and debt in the face of all the signs pointing to an economy on the downside. With a new Treasurer to recast Labor's message on its economic credentials, this closing of policy ground on the budget could become more apparent and reduce the Coalition's advantage.
Ultimately though, the chances that a leadership change can deliver an election win for Labor would rely on Kevin Rudd persuading voters the party actually stands for something. The great irony of this is that the final line of defence of Gillard's remaining backers is that Rudd is not actually a creature of the party. Many might say that is his greatest attraction.
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Adur Festival is a celebration of arts and community and is co-ordinated by the Ropetackle Trust. Funded by Adur District Council and Arts Council England.
Come and pick up a copy of the 2014 programme, hot off the press! There will be previews, readings, meet the artists and event organisers and get some top tips on what's hot for 2014. 30th April at Ropetackle Centre, Shoreham 7.30p.m.
There will be street performance and community activities across the district on the 24th May, our big carnival day. The theme this year is 'Strange Creatures' and schools, community groups and local artists will all be out in force on Adur's streets. Street party hotspots will be on North Rd in Lancing, on Pond Rd in Shoreham and at the Fishersgate Community Centre. There will be a real ale bar, live communal graffiti wall and giant street sculpture. Joining the party will be Ludwig the Giant Lobster from Colossal Crumbs, theatre walkabout from the Honk Project, a Giant Snail from the Insect Circus, Fanfara Brass Band playing dance music from Macedonia, and the Black Eagles acrobatic troupe. Everyone in the district is dressing up as a wild beastie and children from schools across the district have been working on Sock Puppet Creatures and costume creations. Expect the streets to be lined with all kinds of surprising species.
Mella Faye Punchard, Adur Festival Co-ordinator says, 'We are stopping the traffic and coming together to celebrate the brilliant and the absurd. The streets are going to be alive with colour and activity for an all ages fancy dress party. I can't wait!'
At the Sompting Big Local Hub there will be a Strange Creature Pop Up Pet Shop. Last year the festival ran 'Adur Wonderland', which invited anyone to wander in off the streets and create a fantastic version of their own house, school or place of work and then stick it onto a giant floor map of Adur. The idea this year is to come along and create your own fantastical pet out of buttons, wire, cloth, bottle tops and anything else we can lay our hands on! The lead artist on the project, Jane Gordon of Arts Workshops, 'I'm really excited about fitting out the shop with all sorts of interesting boxes and displays. It's going to be an explosion of community activity and creativity and I'm so looking forward to seeing the results.'
Community arts event Building the 'Adur Beast' across the Shoreham footbridge 30/31st May Curious Creatures, brilliant family fun from Squashbox Theatre at Ropetackle 7th June Creature Costume Competition for up to 11yrs at the Donkey Derby in Buckingham Park 8th June Grown up dressing up at the Masked Creatures Barn Dance The Shoreham Centre 24th May Hands On Kid's Creature Workshops in the Yurt throughout the half term 24th May-1st June Film screening of Where The Wild Things Are at Ropetackle on 31st May.
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President John Dramani Mahama on Sunday made his maiden public statement after emerging winner of last Friday's polls.
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Chapel Hill, NC (SportsNetwork.com) - North Carolina quarterback Bryn Renner is scheduled to undergo surgery on his left shoulder that will end the senior's collegiate career.
Renner will have the procedure performed Wednesday at UNC Hospitals. He injured his non-throwing shoulder during Saturday's 27-19 Tar Heels' victory at NC State.
A three-year starter for the Tar Heels, Renner ranks second in school history with 64 touchdown passes and third in passing yards (8,221), completions (668) and pass attempts (1,005). His 66.5 percent completion percentage is the highest all-time for a UNC quarterback.
"We are disappointed to lose a senior leader and a great teammate like Bryn," said UNC head coach Larry Fedora. "He has meant so much to the Carolina program and I've enjoyed coaching him the last two seasons. He is one of the most prolific quarterbacks in school history and his contributions will be sorely missed."
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For one young woman's once-in-a-lifetime party, we custom-colored this quinceañera party invitation in her favorite purple. This modern purple damask quinceanera invitation design can be a single-sided or flat card, although we created this example as a folded card with custom-designed panels. The two inside panels hold event details and a message from the guest of honor, while the back holds a photo.
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On the inside left panel of the folded card, she shares thanks in the matching fonts. "I give thanks to God, for each day of my life and to my parents, my deep appreciation for their love, protection and sacrifice.
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Whether you're from the Gulf or not, coast lovers are plugged into this oil spill. We want to know the latest info on which beaches are affected, how many birds have been rescued, and what lawmakers are doing to make sure this never happens again. Personally, I'm watching CNN and scouring news websites at the same rate that sports fanatics are secretly streaming World Cup games at work.
This morning I discovered Oceana's Flickr website, where they encourage visitors to the Gulf to upload photos and be the eyes for those of us who can't make it to the oiled shorelines. Below, I've included some of the photos that moved me most. Check out the rest by clicking here.
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Fisichella improved to 16th on his final run of the 20-minute session, but was still a couple of tenths too slow to progress any further, and joined Kazuki Nakajima, Romain Grosjean, Tonio Liuzzi and the absent Mark Webber on the sidelines.
Nakajima looked good to make it through until midway around his final lap, coming up shot and allowing a ragged Heikki Kovalainen to escape even before he crossed the line to move from 15th to twelfth. Grosjean and Liuzzi never threatened the top 15, while Webber didn't even start after crashing in practice and leaving Red Bull Racing to build a new car for Sunday's race.
While Sebastian Vettel took the fastest time of the session, duelling with Jarno Trulli for top spot early on, it was Red Bull stablemate Sebastien Buemi who caught the eye, banging in the fifth fastest lap with his only effort after crashing at Degner on his first flier and damaging the rear wing on his Toro Rosso entry.
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Atletico Madrid midfielder Tiago insists the club will have no problem turning their attention back to the fight for the Primera Division title, and Sunday's derby at Getafe, after reaching the Champions League semi-finals.
The league leaders ended Barcelona's hopes of European glory to make the last four on Wednesday and keep alive the prospect of a magnificent double.
The capital club went into the weekend a point clear of the Catalans and three ahead of Real, but will have to respond to the results of their two title rivals, with both in action on Saturday.
Opponents Getafe have plenty to fight for themselves as they battle to avoid the drop and Tiago says the visitors will not take them lightly.
"My head is in Getafe," he said on the Atletico website. "We have a very difficult match on Sunday. We know what we have to do to be a strong team and we can't change anything.
"We're enthusiastic, we want to recover well and be prepared and ready to get to Getafe and only think of winning."
Diego Simeone's side have to refocus after a hugely emotional night at the Vicente Calderon in midweek when they shut out Barca to reach the semi-finals of Europe's top cup competition for the first time in 40 years, and Friday's draw which paired them with outsiders Chelsea.
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Great time on Liberty: Liberty of the Seas Cruise Review by rbec22
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Great time on Liberty
Destination: Western Caribbean
Embarkation: Fort Lauderdale (Port Everglades)
Crew: Everyone is friendly, very conscientious about the use of hand sanitizer going into the dining rooms and cleaning is evident around the ship, along with painting portions of the exterior while in port.
Dining: Main seating (6:00 pm) for dinner, very amusing waiter - assistant waiter more subdued but she did a great job as well. Dinner was good, with few exceptions and it was more a matter of personal taste than the meal being not good (one sauce More was overpowering to the fish it came on for example.) Ate in DR for lunch twice - salad bar is fantastic - and had a new menu. Fish enchiladas was good, but wish the fish was warm and a little more spice to it than the room temp wrap presentation. The best part? Just order another meal or get 2 if you can't decide. Also glad a chocolate dessert is available every night now, that was lacking in the past.
Shows/Entertainment: Up In The Air show was great, although you needed "reservations" - but then anyone could get in for standing room only on the deck above the main entrance. (That is what we did and the show was fantastic - like cirque de soleil.) Heard Saturday Night Fever was great as well as the ice show, but we did not see either. Sexist Man contest at the pool was hilarious. Quest is also fun. Art auctions great if that is your thing - see the pieces by DeRuben. Spa/fitness seminars good info, but pushing product (which is their job.) Massage was good.
Labadee, Haiti: beach island with jet skis available, zip line (popular!), aqua park, but most people just sat on the beach in chairs. When you get there, pick your spot and the attendant will bring as many chairs as you want. Plenty of sun or shade - bring a few dollars to tip the attendant. Drinks are available in the bars or from the attendants strolling around calling "Labaduzees!" A small market with many vendors selling essentially the same things. Some are a bit on the aggressive side but if you wave them off, they leave you alone. Cash only if you are interested and they will negotiate. Overall a relaxing day.
Falmouth, Jamaica: New port for RCCL, full of shopping (typical Diamonds International, Del Sol, etc.) but also an artisans market in the center with great jewelry - again, bring cash & ask for change in US dollars. They will negotiate price. We took the trolley around town - 35 minutes for $15. Narrated by a guide with a stop at the anglican church. Didn't notice until halfway through a motorcycle policeman was escorting us. Right outside the port is ok for food or shopping, but I would not venture too far past there if not on an excursion. Also did the Good Hope estate for high tea and it was fantastic - great views, food was excellent, see the potter on site for interesting pieces. Many people late coming back from excursions - all aboard was 4:30 but one taxi roared up to the port security building at 5:03 and 9 people jumped out. We pulled away a few minutes late.
Disembarkation: Was scheduled to be in the second group at 8:20 but did not get off until an hour later. Then a long line next to the ship and into the port where luggage was confusing to find. Got through customs in about 40 minutes. Turned out that Liberty was last into port that day with 5 other ships, so customs was tied up with those passengers and that is what caused the delay. Buses to airport right outside ship, no problems there.
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As we all prepare to gather around the table for a Thanksgiving feast today with those we love, we should remember that some in our country won't be doing the same and instead are sacrificing to protect our freedoms. To all our men and women serving oversees and here at home, thank you.
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Lt. Gen. Mark Milley led the soldiers of III Corps to Afghanistan Monday morning.
Before boarding a flight at Robert Gray Army Airfield, Milley, commander of the Phantom Warriors, reiterated the corps' mission over the course of the next year.
"We're not going for a loss or a tie; we're going to win," he said. "Give it your all. Your mission, our collective task, is to train, advise and assist the Afghan security forces."
III Corps will serve as the headquarters for the International Security Assistance Force Joint Command, overseeing the entire theater of operations.
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RESERVE — With a roster full of underclassmen and two lone seniors, East St. John coach Yussef Jasmine said he wasn't sure how his team would handle the pressures of playing in a first-round Class 5A boys basketball playoff game Tuesday night.
"You never know, you know, when you have young kids," Jasmine said. "At the end we had two freshmen and a sophomore on the court. You just don't know if they understand the magnitude of a playoff game."
Much to his relief, they did just fine.
Posting to senior center Elex Carter, freshman Troy Green scored 16 points, sophomore Tre'Von Jasmine added 15 and freshman Raekwon McKnight scored 10 as the No. 8 seed Wildcats took a 67-59 over No. 25 St. Amant on the Wildcats' temporary home court at the landmark Leon Godchaux Junior High. Green scored 10 of his points in the final period as East St. John (23-7) had to fight off a pesky St. Amant team.
Mason Clouatre led the Gators with 15 points. Dominique Wilmore scored 13, DeQuincy Deverteuil scored 12 and Jonavon Lewis added 10.
Leading 44-43 to start the final quarter, East St. John lost its lead quickly on a jumper by Wilmore. With a quick succession of 3-pointers, the Gators jumped to a 51-46 lead in the first two minutes of the period. A flurry of turnovers didn't help the Wildcats, but they still battled back. With 3:41 to play, Green tied the game at 51 with the first of two free throws then put the Wildcats ahead with the second.
A layup by Wilmore made it 53-52 at the 3:29 mark, but East St. John answered with a basket by Green and a free throw by Carter. Clouatre tied it at 54 with a free throw at the 2:58 mark.
But from there, East St. John pulled ahead and stayed there. A layup by Green with 2:44 to play began a 13-5 run for the Wildcats that kept the game out of reach.
East St. John (23-7) advances to the regional round against Jesuit, a 49-37 winner over Central. St. Amant finished 19-13.
As the lone senior on the court at the end, Carter said he was impressed with the play of his younger teammates.
"The babies are stepping up," he said. "They're playing like seniors."
Green said they are playing for their senior teammate.
"We're doing it all for Elex," he said.
The site of what once was Reserve's lone high school, the dated gymnasium came under scrutiny before the game as St. Amant coach Gary Duhe questioned the legality of the court for the playoffs to the game's referees. Specifically, Duhe questioned the lack of space between the court lines and the walls, which, by rule, must be three feet. The game was delayed several minutes as the coaches and principals from both schools discussed the situation with the referees. Ultimately, the court was cleared for play.
Duhe was unavailable for comment after the game.


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What was that manipulative, sexist slogan that promoted smokes for women a few years back ? Ah, yes: You've Come A Long Way, Baby. The cancer-stick peddlers finally wised up and dropped that one. But now that the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival is cranking up its 36th season, it seems not inapt to make a few comparisons, baby, with the then and the now.
1973 in Santa Fe: 6 concerts. 14 artists.
2008 in Santa Fe: 44 concerts. 80-plus artists.
1973: 1 concert series.
2008: 9 concert series.
1973: annual budget of $30,000.
2008: annual budget of $1,681,118.
Besides these seriously significant numbers, a program such as the one opening the current season in St. Francis Auditorium could never have happened back then. For one thing, this year's opener alone required 14 artists—the total roster of 1973 for all six concerts. For another, the play-it-safe programming of then just isn't on the agenda of now.
Yes, a festive and familiar warhorse commenced the first program: Bach's Second Brandenburg Concerto. Except for a snappy, precise performance by David Washburn and his piccolo trumpet, though, Bach lacked oomph. The concerto grosso form by definition involves interplay between soloist or soloists (the concertino) and a back-up group (the ripieno). Despite Washburn's precision and the energy of violinist Cho-Liang Lin, the two remaining members of the concertino, flutist Janice Tipton and oboist Allan Vogel, lacked crispness and definition. The slow middle movement just plodded along. The solid ripieno bunch included the Shanghai Quartet plus bassist Marji Danilow and harpsichordist Kathleen McIntosh.
As centerpiece of this program we heard a true rarity: eight of Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco's settings for guitar and narrator from his suite "Platero y Yo," based on texts by Juan Ramón Jiménez. The Nobel-winning Spanish poet published more than 130 brief prose poems in 1917 chronicling the relationship between a donkey and his owner.
It's a charming, mysteriously touching collection. Jiménez' low-key depiction of connections among man, beast and the natural world recalls the detailed sympathy for nature we find in Colette's prose. Guitarist Simon Wynberg and narrator Jonathan Richards offered an appropriately low-key account of this delicate work that delighted much of the audience though some, perhaps more in the mood for red meat, found it soporific.
Nothing seemed sleepy about Rachmaninoff's Cello Sonata that arrived after intermission, though. Lynn Harrell and pianist Yuja Wang delivered a warm, seductive reading that emphasized the sonata's sumptuous lyricism. No barnstorming here: just mature fullness of expression.
The Shanghai Quartet returned later in the first week, opening the July 24th concert with Ravel's Quartet. Their performance lacked little in the way of skill and a certain understanding of the piece; the four placed emphasis on the score's exhausted elegance. Frankly, I could have used more down-and-dirty gutsiness.
Plenty of the latter was on display in baritone Laurent Naouri's presentation of Schumann's "Dichterliebe" that followed hard upon. Naouri is a well-known presence on the operatic stage. The Santa Fe Opera has presented his Escamillo and, this season, Falstaff. He's made a specialty of baroque opera. I enjoyed his energetic Belcore in L'Elisir d'amore at the Bastille Opera a couple years ago. Last season he essayed Schubert's "Winterreise" for the SFCMF.
"Dichterliebe" is not his cuppa. And that's not a snobbish remark about his Gallic presence; I cut my teeth on the magnificent Gérard Souzay's Schubert and Schumann. There's no doubt about Naouri's intelligence or his self-critical and hard-working approach to this Schumann cycle. Some of the songs fare well in a four-square, determined sort of way, "Ich grolle nicht" and "Die alten, bösen Lieder" for example. But there's little poetry in his interpretations and obvious vocal discomfort on too many occasions. Marc Neikrug's sympathetic, well-judged accompaniments made a welcome contribution.
The rarely heard Piano Quintet of Sergei Taneyev concluded the program. I was obliged to leave before the final allegro vivace movement, but both the work and its performance made a stunning impression. The grandly scaled, symphonic opening movement may be somewhat out of balance with the remaining sections, but with such multi-faceted invention, who can complain?
A witty, quick-paced martial scherzo followed with its included, warm little waltz-trio. The third movement, marked largo, featured a descending ostinato figure that supports or overlays achingly lyrical passages for strings and then piano. You may even be reminded of the Grail Knights' music from the last act of Parsifal, it's that wonderful.
Well, forgive me if I wax rapturous. But I try not to exaggerate. Violinist Helen Nightengale and violist Choong-Jin Chang joined Jimmy Lin, Lynn Harrell and Yuja Wang in a formidable performance.
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In 1975 by the participation of Volvo Car Corporation, DAF Car BV was called Volvo Car BV. Untill 2004 many Volvo models were produced successfully. In 1992, the name NedCar was introduced when Mitsubishi Motors Corporation became co-owner. This led to a unique production facility where different car brands and models are built on the same production line at the same time.
A cooperation agreement was signed between Mitsubishi Motors Corporation and DaimlerChrysler. Volvo subsequently sold its interest and since 2001 Mitsubishi Motors has been sole owner of NedCar; this heralded, from 2004 onwards the production of a new automotive concept in Born: the new Mitsubishi Colt and DaimlerChrysler's smart forfour. DaimlerChrysler decided to cease production of the smart forfour, just over two years after the production of this model had started.
As of 16 December the VDL Groep from Eindhoven (the Netherlands) took over the shares of Mitsubishi. As of 1 January 2013 the name changed into VDL Nedcar and the company will build the MINI for BMW Group.
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I love to decorate with things found at the thrift shops and home made items.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Malaysian state oil company Petroliam Nasional Berhad confirmed on Thursday that it has resubmitted its bid for Canada's Progress Energy Resources after the Canadian government blocked the $5.2 billion deal in October.
A Petronas source had earlier this month told Reuters about the modified bid.
Petronas CEO Shamsul Azhar Abbas told reporters that the company's revised bid was made while it was still unaware of a new investment framework in Canada.
"We were told of the framework only after submission and we were quite surprised. Whatever it is, we leave it to them now," he said.
He added that a lot of uncertainty over the framework remains.
"The whole industry has no clue on what the framework is going to be."
When the deal was blocked, Canada's Industry Minister Christian Paradis said the deal was unlikely to bring a "net benefit" to the country. Petronas and Progress are planning a multibillion-dollar liquefied natural gas plant on Canada's west coast.
The Canadian government, sources have told Reuters, wanted to approve the deal but was afraid doing so would tie its hands when reviewing a much more controversial $15.1 billion bid by China's CNOOC Ltd for Nexen Inc.


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Pittsburgh Technical Institute competition puts problem solvers to work
Hundreds of students on Saturday and Monday participated in The Technology Student Competition regional competition held at Pittsburgh Technical Institute in North Fayette. Select competitors advance to the state competition to be held in April at Seven Springs Mountain Resort, Somerset County. Students competed in 34 categories, including design, manufacturing, engineering, software development and biology.


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Student Guides at the Davis are current Wellesley College students who are committed to sharing the Davis's rich permanent collection and special exhibitions with local K-12 students, adults, and the general public. Student Guides receive regular training from Davis Museum curators and staff, and research, develop, and lead their own tours using inquiry-based touring strategies to facilitate visitors' experiences with art.
Student Guides are paid for training, tour preparation, leading tours, and facilitating programs. Interested students must apply to participate in the program through the Student Employment Office and must be available for Friday afternoon trainings from 3:00 - 5:00pm.
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4. Dime Community Bancshares
Dime Community Bancshares ( DCOM) of Brooklyn, N.Y., has seen its stock return 20% through Tuesday's close at $14.66, following a 10% decline during 2011. Based on a quarterly payout of 14 cents, the shares have a dividend yield of 3.82%. The shares trade for 1.6 times tangible book value, and for 12 times the consensus 2013 EPS estimate of $1.16. The consensus 2012 EPS estimate is $1.24. Dime's operating return on average assets (ROA) for the 12-month period ended June 30 was of 1,14% and its return on average tangible common equity (ROE) was 14.26%, according to Thomson Reuters Bank Insight. For the 12-month period ended June 30, the company's dividend payout ratio was 41.55%, which was the lowest among the five stocks among in our selected list. The consensus among analysts is for Dime to report third-quarter earnings of 30 cents a share, declining from 34 cents a share in the second quarter, and 33 cents during the third quarter of 2011. Sterne Agee analyst Matthew Kelley has a neutral rating on Dime Community Bancshares, and said on July 30 after the company announced its second-quarter results that based on a price of $14.75, the shares were "fairly valued at 13.6x our revised 2013 estimate" of $1.12, "with core earnings power under pressure as the net interest margin contracts." Dime's net interest margin increased to 3.63% during the second quarter from 3.47% the previous quarter, "due to a decline of 45 basis points in the average cost of funding, that was partially offset by a decline of 28 basis points in the average yield on interest earning assets," according to the company. During the second quarter of 2011, the net interest margin was 3.66%. Kelley said that "We believe asset yield compression will continue to outpace funding cost reductions over the next several quarters," but that "despite a difficult operating environment, we believe the company will be able to maintain a return on assets (ROA) above 0.90% through 2014 with solid expense management." While the shares may indeed be fairly valued at their current level, a 3.82% dividend -- easily covered by earnings -- is nothing to sneeze at in the current environment. It's also important to carefully consider your investment horizon, because sell-side analysts' ratings typically have a short horizon of only 12 months. For an income play, "long-term" should mean much longer than a year. DCOM data by YCharts
Interested in more on Dime Community Bancshares? See TheStreet Ratings' report card for this stock.


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A Brief Overview Of Common 401k Mistakes
A Brief Overview Of Common 401k Mistakes
March 3, 2010
William Lemerond
Financial Advisor
Believe it or not there are many mistakes that can be made along the way when it comes to financial retirement savings and investing. Unfortunately a good many of these mistakes center around the 401(k), which can be a tremendous boost to your retirement plans when used properly in order to build your portfolio. The problem is that the mistakes are often the only things we hear when it comes to retirement plans and investing. I suggest begin with the mistakes so that we can move along to better information and advice in the near future.
The first and perhaps largest mistakes that people make when it comes to 401 (k) plans is not signing up. Yes you heard that right. What people do not understand is that this is something your employer offers so that you can have some security for your future. It is a manner of saving money for your future that shouldn't be overlooked or taken for granted. Even a bad 401 (k) plan is better than no 401 (k) and with strict regulations those are few and far between. More importantly, if your company offers to match the funds in your 401 (k) plan not taking them up on that offer is literally tossing money in the garbage can.
The next big mistake when it comes to your 401 (k) is risking too little. Rewards come with risk. If you aren't taking any risks with your investment then you are by and large throwing money down the drain. In addition to that, it is nearly impossible to meet your retirement goals without taking some risks, and some hits along the way. This doesn't mean you should be reckless but along the way you are going to need to take some calculated risks in order to receive the bigger payouts that most of us hope for when investing in their retirement funds.
Risking too much. There are many risks involved when investing in the stock market. There are a few that deserve a little more mention than others. First of all, stocks present a fairly large risk, particularly to the uninitiated. While it is true that great rewards are most often the product of great risks you do not want to risk the bulk of your retirement by investing it all in stocks. Another thing you want to avoid doing if at all possible is investing in your company stock. We've seen too many lives destroyed when companies go under taking the financial stability of their employees along with them. Many companies offer incentives to employees for investing in their stock, which may be tempting but I recommend investing as little as possible in your company stock whenever possible as this could lead to problems down the road.
Finally, the worst thing you can do for the health of your 401 (k) is borrow against it. There are so many ways in which this could go wrong and the penalties for this are more than a little prohibitive. They are designed to be that way so that you will use the funds for their intended purpose. If you absolutely have no other option is the only way I would recommend borrowing against your 401 (k) and I would seriously consider selling a kidney before doing that.
When it comes to your financial retirement, 401 (k) mistakes can be far more costly than you may realize. Work to avoid these common mistakes and you should be well on your way to a successful retirement.
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