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Photographer's Note
Munich, 06 January, 12 ° Celsius. There are many people in the city. The street artist sat at Sendlinger Tor. Some people took photos and went without a word. Her eyes asked not just to photograph, but also to give her some money. I gave her some money, - and she threw a kiss to me.
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Disabled_A (0) 2014-01-06 12:00
Hello Wolfgang,
I really like this photo! it's a beautiful but very sad portrait, and I like it that you converted it into B&W picture - this helps us see the essence of the scene better.
Your note reminded me of a similar case when I was in Strasbourg.
It was +35C in the shade, and I was in the centre of the city... and then I saw a lady - a street artist. I still can't understand how she managed to wear her heavy costume and, besides, that golden paint on her face! but I guess such was her way of making a living.. perhaps it was the best and only job she could have. She looked sad, too.
best wishes,
willperrett (12186) 2014-01-06 12:10
Hello Wolfgang
Glad you gave her some money. What was she doing? Human statue (i.e. nothing) I guess. As ever, the monochrome treatment is just right for such a shot. I like the quiet eye contact you've caught.
KristinsCamera (2384) 2014-01-06 14:12
so many earning their money this way these days, i think we've had this discussion before ~ if you photograph, pls tip.
very silvery. she carries the atmosphere of a character from a gothic novel.
nice one, wolfgang ~
lousat (101550) 2014-01-06 14:37
Hi Wolfgang,magnificent street artist and spectacular capture too,looks like a staute in a peinture! What a pose,what a light and what a details,truly impressive,i like it!! Have a nice day and thanks,Luciano
tatadalou (7459) 2014-01-06 14:49
Hi Wolfgang,
Excellent shot of this street artist. There's a great light and a nice expression in her eyes. Great use of B&W here.
abmdsudi (61982) 2014-01-06 21:32
Hi Wolfgang
When I first saw the thumbnail I thought it is a waxwork!
A very nice detailed close shot of a gloomy woman in deep thoughtful expression, is either depressed, bored or really involved in some serious deep thinking! But you have really captured the look and emotion really well, and the eye says alot there - being the most powerful element in this shot imho. This is an excellent portrait and appealing pp works well presented. It seemed a moment of sadness... Great!
Best regards
emka (112869) 2014-01-06 23:51
hello Wolfgang. I always admire these street performers. how creative they are and how hard is their work. Always is for me mystery if they are paid or only get money from the people? it happens to me (shame!) that i make photos without paying. you were more generous so you were rewarded with a kiss. Excellent shot.
WArm regrads MAlgo
snunney (111589) 2014-01-07 2:47
Hello Wolfgang,
A very fine portrait of this rather sad-faced living statue in her glistening costume. Excellent presentation in this well suited black and white image that has a fine range of tonal values. Not an easy way of earning a living, especially in winter.
holmertz (63080) 2014-01-07 3:02
Hello Wolfgang,
This is an excellent portrait, very naturally converted to B&W. While it is interesting to watch it also makes me a bit sad. There are so many people these days all over Europe who are forced to do the strangest kinds of jobs to survive. Our continent seems to be going down the drain. Her eyes pain my conscience.
Kind regards,
rigoletto (34279) 2014-01-07 6:15
ouch! she beats the viewer with her gaze! what a stark and penetrating look she has on her face, i am almost freaking out :) very good side light and a delicious array of grey tonalities in there. but i am still struck by her gaze. it has been long that i've been moved by an eye contact on TE pages. bravo.
saxo042 (37974) 2014-01-07 11:29
Hi Wolfgang,
A very good portrait! But it is hard to say which one of the two versions you present here is the best one. Her facial make up is not so obvious here as in the WS version. But on the other hand, does this matter? This is by itself a very good picture which shows the character of face and you do not have to bother about any make up or so.
Kind regards
a usual daily scenery in my city too
unfortunately this person asks money
one shot is one thousand words
InasiaJones (31566) 2014-01-08 15:59
Hi Wolfgang,
I had a look at the workshop, and as I was anticipating, I think that the black and white version suits your subject the best - and I am not the greatest fan of B&W, except for street shots.
This opinion is surely influenced by the quality of your conversion, with beautiful contrasts and meticulously rendered details. The white chalk line appearing on the wall behind your subject gave me the impression that a jet of water was coming out of her turban, at first glance... :-p))
These people aren't posing in the streets for the fun of it, and of course they are expecting money in return of photo opportunity and for amusing kids. You did the right thing by offering her money, and my photographic motto is always the same: if you take, you give. And she gave you a lot.
Well done.
cornejo (50088) 2014-01-09 4:23
Hello Wolfgang, excellent photograph of this person, (I think more than a photograph is an x-ray) in his eyes there is something more than a glance. You have perfectly captured the language of his gaze, interesting image, with very good clarity and quality. Excellent and interesting job well done, congratulations my friend. Thanks for sharing this beautiful work.
Good afternoon and happy rest of the week.
All the best from southern Spain.
Wanda1 (15142) 2014-01-09 22:01
Hi Wolfgang,
Great portrait of this performer. She certainly has a theatrical look about here and the lighting seems as of on a stage too. Love the rough brick background which contrasts so well with her, and black and white was absolutely the right choice to go with the mood of the image.
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- Medium: Black & White
- Date Taken: 2014-01-06
- Categories: Daily Life
- Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
- Date Submitted: 2014-01-06 11:06


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HOUSTON -- Outfielder Michael Saunders played some light catch on Monday for the first time since going on the 15-day disabled list with a sprained right shoulder that occurred when he ran into the Safeco Field wall on April 11.
Saunders is eligible to come off the DL on Friday, but manager Eric Wedge said that return date remains up in the air.
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Arizona manager Kirk Gibson said it was not anything serious, and that Parra would probably be back in the lineup on Thursday.
Parra, who will be leaving the club Sunday to join Venezuela's World Baseball Classic team in Florida, has played in the first three spring games.
Battling for playing time in a crowded outfield, Parra has made a couple of uncharacteristic errors. He has let the ball skip under his glove while charging in from the outfield twice.
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I hear so much complaining on this board about the Jerry Narron lineups and about WK's horrible trades, I want to know if its just the yelling minority I am hearing or if that's everyone's opinion.
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The Reds are leading the wild card on August 3, they are the best.
I like what WK is doing, but Jerry has his head so far up his.....
Jerry is doing the best he can with the roster, but WK keeps on trading valuable tools.
I'm luke warm about the whole situation. I'll let you know come October.
I hear so much complaining on this board about the Jerry Narron lineups and about WK's horrible trades, I want to know if its just the yelling minority I am hearing or if that's everyone's opinion.
I vote for "fire Narron, Wayne gets a lukewarm feeling. He has made good and bad trades"
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I think Wayne is the reason we're still contending right now. I believe his last few moves have been questionable at best (too desperate), but overall I really like the direction we're headed.
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I can't stand him. Coincidentally, since his contract extension, I have seemed to disagree with just about every move he has made. How weird.
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IMO, Wayne has only made two questionable trades..
Wash was bad.
Louse is probably going to end up bad (but not crippling).
I voted for "I like Wayne, but not Narron", because I can forgive Wayne for the two questionable trades since overall he's been very good.
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Nov. 13, 2007: One of the greatest days in Reds history: John Allen gets the boot!
Back to following MiLB; there's always hope for tomorrow!
I'm not going to bash a single member in the organization. Before this season started and before the new ownership took over, this team was a division cellar team. If it wasn't for Castelinni, Wayne, and Narron we wouldn't be watching exciting and meaningFul baseball in August. Instead of the annual fire sale, we could actually shop the market as buyers and make a push for the postseason....something we haven't seen in awhile let alone a winning season in the past 5 years. So great job FO! And to all the bashers, get off their back! This is year one of a franchise revival. Just take a look at what Marvin Lewis did in his first year with the Bengals, back to .500. Baby steps towards a larger goal in my opinion, it just happens to be that we are contending in year 1 of Camp Wayne....so let's sit back and watch our contender over the last 2 months. GO REDS!
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I long for the days of DanO and Miley.
When I see the 2016 Reds, I see a 100 loss team and no direction.
I'll give Wayneski a B+, Narron a C. I don't see that option up there though...
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I love what Krivsky has done so far with the team...
Narron on the other hand:
I like the way he handles the team
I like the way he motivates the team
I like the way he is finding ways to win
I like the way he shows some emotion
I HATE the way he can't make the most obvious managerial move, such as take the pitcher out before he loses it, or pinch hit for a defensive oriented player in a clutch situation.....
This will not change until the Reds win the World Series.......
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Ben Howland needs to be fired and this is a great example of why inmates cant run the asylum and character can trump talent in recruiting if the talent doesn't fit with the program. Plus he sounds like a really crazy coach maybe even bi-polar I feel bad for DC and for the mangers and everyone who went though this pretty sad story.
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When a franchisee joins a corporation, each partner has a goal in mind. Both sides, of course, are looking to build a successful enterprise. But the very first project – building and designing the franchisee's facility – can point up issues in the relationship. Ideas of what success means and how to get there often differ. As with any new relationship, compromises must be made.
Choosing the right design team can be critical in maintaining the right balance between franchisee and franchiser expectations – and ensuring that both the brand and bottom line are respected. Here are four considerations you should take in order to create a thriving space and maintain a harmonious relationship throughout the building process.
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When designing a new franchise facility, balancing the values of the corporate office with the needs of the franchisee can be a challenge. Enlisting an experienced design firm to work on the project is a first step toward achieving this balance.
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An experienced design team can also utilize their experience to find cost effective ways to maintain the brand. For example with their knowledge of materials, the design firm can introduce resources that meet the franchisees' need for durability and at the same time, the company's brand standards, for an economical price. They also understand that each franchisee location is different and can utilize creative, affordable solutions to translate the brand within any given footprint.
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An experienced design team can take on the role of teacher when working with a new franchisee. Novice franchisees may not understand what is involved in building a new space, or they may have ideas that do not coincide with the corporate brand. At the same time, the corporate team may not be familiar with their new franchisee's ideas. Educating each side is crucial and, as the liaison, the design firm can see and understand both sides.
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Some sobering thoughts on Car olina's bad — really bad — loss to Duke Saturday night:
- The Tar Heels lost the battle but they may have won the War for Wiggins. More on that later.
- Larry Fedora has a new goal to hit Duke with a two touchdown lead (14 points) next fall before the Blue Devils know what happened.
- The UNC students didn't have to sleep in tents for two months to watch that.
- Carolina got so many bad shots out of its system that the Tar Heels might actually think about trying to score from some kind of half-court offense. It was an utterly composure-less performance.
- If they need a lesson, they can watch the tape of Mike Krzyzewski and his staff having Carolina's small lineup scouted so well that they saw the immediate mismatches and called out plays as the Devils crossed half court.
- Carolina discovered a weakness in the Blue Devils – in case the teams should meet again (like next Saturday in the ACC Tournament). They can't throw the lob to Mason Plumlee from half-court. The one time they tried the ball went into the stands. Anywhere inside that, it's a slam dunk.
- The fans that stayed to the end avoided the traffic that poured out of the Smith Center throughout the second half.
- And the Tar Heels didn't have to suffer a long, somber flight home to think about this one.
- The UNC women can gain a measure of revenge against Duke in the ACC Tournament championship game Sunday (just kidding, expect a blow-out there, too).
- And, indeed, the crushed and demoralized men can have another crack at Duke by winning their first ACC tournament game next Friday (definitely not kidding).
Now for Andrew Wiggins, the best high school player in the country who is a senior and still hasn't committed to any college. The 6-7 son of former NBA star Mitchell Wiggins is likely a one-and-done, but UNC wants him badly to regain national prominence next season. Wiggins, who is also considering Florida State (where his father went to school), Kansas and Kentucky, was at the game, sitting on the baseline in front of the student riser section.
And, just coincidentally, there were some different wrinkles to UNC's senior night besides sending Dexter Strickland, walk-on Frank Tanner and three managers off with a rose and a rise from the crowd in a pretty over-cooked pre-game ceremony.
A whole new set of video features seemed tailored to what Wiggins is reportedly thinking about besides playing 25 games on national TV for a team with a chance to win the NCAA championship .
There were Sean May, Tyler Hansbrough, Marvin Williams and Harrison Barnes – all NBA lottery picks – talking about how much they loved Carolina. Barnes, especially, had his own highlight reel of high-flying dunks.
And there was this weird video of the Carolina players dressed up in costumes and horsing around in the locker room. Could it be that Wiggins loves the Harlem Shake (which I've since learned what that was supposed to be).
For sure, Williams didn't have to tell Wiggins after the game how much the Tar Heels need him. Wiggins got a bird's eye view of that from where he was sitting
A few more words about a game to forget.
P.J. Hairston, who made the only three-pointer on UNC's 1-for-15 night, launched a shot from halfway to Durham on the Tar Heels' first possession. He fired four more scud missiles before finally making one with 5:00 left in the game, cutting the deficit to 63-49. If only they hadn't spotted Duke those 14 points.
Williams said he actually thought Carolina might still win at that point, but then Duke got two offensive rebounds and hit the last of its five treys to kill even ol' Roy's hopes (this game was basically over five minutes in).
You will likely never again see Reggie Bullock go scoreless in the first half on 0-for-4 shooting against Duke's Tyler Thornton, starting in Coach K's three-guard lineup to try to shut down Bullock and Hairston, who eventually combined for 22 points (17 in the second half when they were truly moot points).
Ryan Kelly, who torched Miami and Virginia Tech for 54 points in his return from a re-broken foot, was largely used as a post-up decoy, so Carolina could not double team Mason Plumlee, who was the star of the second half and finished with 23 points and 13 rebounds to rekindle his ACC Player of the Year candidacy.
Seth Curry was the star of the first half, when Duke made its first six shots (Curry three of them) and bolted to the 14-0 lead that caused Williams to call maybe the earliest timeout of his coaching career. Curry had 18 in the first half and did not miss a shot until 8 minutes remained on the clock.
Duke shot 70 percent in the first half, while Carolina misfired at 27 percent. The Blue Devils went 5-for-9 from the arc; the Tar Heels went 0-for-8 (ouch!) and shot so poorly for the game (34 percent) that they wound up with seven more offensive rebounds than Duke.
The Blue Devils went back to Durham as the likely No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament and the odds-on favorite to win their 11th ACC title in the last 15 years in Greensboro next weekend.
To do that, they will probably have to beat Carolina again. This time Williams might try his really big lineup and see what happens. The results could not be much worse. Hopefully, Wiggins liked what he didn't see.
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First Clip of Josh Gad as Steve Wozniak in Upcoming Biopic JOBS
A first clip has surfaced featuring actor Josh Gad as Steve Wozniak in Open Road Film's upcoming biopic JOBS. The film will hit theaters on April 19th and is currently being shown at the Sundance Film Festival. To get a first look, click here!
Gad is the star, co-creator and executive producer of the new NBC comedy series 1600 Penn. His Broadway credits include 'Book of Mormon' and '25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.'
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Veena Oldenburg, Professor of History at the City Univesity of New York Graduate Center and Baruch College
Anupama Rao, Assistant Professor, South Asian History, Barnard College (Interviewer/ commentator)
I first encountered Veena's work as an undergraduate at the University of Chicago. She had written an essay called "Lifestyle as Resistance" on the courtesans of Lucknow. In that piece, she argued that courtesans had formed a kind of "women's culture" that allowed them forms of pleasure and protection that was invisible to the world outside. Rather than being victims, or stigmatized members of society, courtesans were actually economically empowered women. They used language-- jokes, ribald commentary, poetic forms-- to critique society. We must remember that courtesans were highly skilled performers, women of high cultivation who were both lauded for their skills and derided as "common prostitutes." As new ideas about respectability and propriety came to be enforced by men, courtesans lost their privileged status. Veena's article took colonial history seriously. She asked what kinds of changes had been affected by British colonialism, to think about how the terrain of the private had come to be radically reconceptualized. Especially over the course of the 19th century. Veena spoke about a group of women not usually talked about, and made colonial history relevant to contemporary issues.
I see many connections between that work and Dowry Murder, especially the argument that women's position in society has to be historicized, that practices that once enabled women might have been transformed now into ones that oppress them.
Veena's is a very very brave book. It is quite a radical attempt to rethink the history of dowry, to rethink what we have come to understand as a specifically Indian practice. And to think about dowry itself as having a history. She writes against anthropologists who assume these practices are timeless. There is also an engagement with contemporary women's groups, with feminist women. And she draws on interviews she conducted during that time with women who were coming to Sahali to claim sustenance as victims of violence. This is really a book that tries to connect the academic with the personal.
Let me say a bit about Veena's book before I go on to say a few things about the broader debates in the field of South Asian gender/sexuality studies that I think Veena's book contributes to.
Dowry is a form of property, but it is a specific kind of property that a woman brings with her when she gets married. Land, cash, jewellery were perhaps more traditional forms of dowry - "dahej" or "daaj," as it is called in the Punjab, where this book is located. Nowadays consumer goods- everything from refrigerators to two wheelers- have become more typical as forms of dowry, as the Indian economy has liberalized, and the lower and middle classes have been caught up in the consumption craze.
Since the Indian feminist movement was formed during the 1970s, dowry has been a vexed and hotly debated topic by Indian feminists. Dowry deaths or "bride burning" generated a great deal of media publicity during the 1980s, with evidence of women being set alight in kitchens often with their husbands and their in-laws (usually mothers-in-law) actively participating in the crime. So what we see is a cultural practice, that of dowry, coming to be recognized as a criminal offense based on new ideas of rights, freedom, and empowerment.
The argument of the book is that in pre-colonial Punjab, women participated in local economies, were co-partners in landholding arrangements. British attempts to rationalize the economy meant that they homogenized and codified laws, especially those regarding land tenure, and in that process women became invisible, they became dependants on men. So colonial law, what we historians have tended to call Anglo-Indian law, in fact enabled a more masculine economy to emerge. Boys also became more important in this economy, and the higher social worth of boys meant that dowry became a sort of economic transaction through which the groom's family made demands on the bride's family- i.e., we are taking care of her, she is less worthy, she's not capable of working in a commoditized economy, et cetera. So dowry by the 1850's went from being a way of showing the appreciation a family had for their daughter to becoming a demand.
As the colonial economy was commoditized, women were as well, through the dowry demand. Systems of reciprocity, the fact that villages would come together to give a woman gifts, et cetera, gave way to contractual systems leading to chronic indebtedness; women were left without legal entitlements.
So Veena is trying to open up the issue of dowry as an economic transaction and not as something that is merely cultural and sequestered in the home.


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REFURBISHMENT of Chilworth's 1960s village hall is one of the first projects to benefit from Test Valley's Community Assets Fund.
The borough has given hall managers £25,000 towards improvements.
Chairman of the hall's management committee, Brian Luff, said that the first phase will include some "long overdue building works" such as the re-siting of a fire escape, rebuilding the disabled access ramp and creating a walkway from the car park.
Inside stage lighting and AV systems will also be upgraded, said Mr Luff.
The small hall floor will be replaced with one to match the sprung floor in the main hall, and the doors between the two halls will be replaced with soundproof ones.
The hall will also be connected to a phone line for the first time and will have wireless broadband.
Work is due to take place during the summer and the hall will be closed for six weeks.
Mr Luff said the cost of this first phase would be well in excess of £50,000.
"We have a series of grant applications in, to help with the balance of this phase and to allow us to go ahead with a second phase which will see a complete reworking of the entrance hall and conference room, together with an extension of the storage facilities," said Mr Luff.
Management will continue with its programme of fundraising events – the next one being a table top sale on Sunday March 23. "The hall is quite well used, but local surveys have suggested that if it were freshened up and modernised it would attract still more users," said Mr Luff.
Regular classes at the hall include ballet, yoga, pilates, Argentine Tango and dog training classes and the building is also a meeting place several village groups, including the Multiple Sclerosis Society, Motor Neurone Disease Association and Inner Wheel.
TVBC Community Assets Fund uses cash from the council's New Homes Bonus reserve, which is created by the Government matching the council tax income for six years from new homes created in the borough.
Full terms and conditions and an application form can be found online at testvalley.gov.uk/CAF. Hard copies can be obtained from community engagement officer, Marianne Piggin, on 01264 368000.


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Prevention of Transmission of Sexually Transmitted Diseases in the Youth Through Effective Intervention,
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Behavioral: Lifestyle Counseling
Purpose: Under the hospital based, and in conjuction with the community, we try to target the young HIV MSM victims and develop the partnership networking to seek for the potential high risk couples to enroll into our intervention.
Materials & Methods: At hospital, though HIV clinic has case manager, however the limitation of space and privacy, we just focus on the HIV patient itself and have limited time to educate patients' sex partners. Therefore, we aimed at enrolling more of the intimate partners thru young HIV MSM victims thru hospital base. We will provide the saliva OraQuick rapid test service to the partners, thus set up the relationship with the study subjects, and then communicate with them and educate them with knowledge of sexual transmitted diseases and sex health. We plan to enroll 200 study subjects till the end of this year. Our co-PI, Prof. Y.M. Chen will also perform HIV gene clustering analysis thru high throughput ultra-deep pyrosequencing among young MSM HIV victims. The other co-PI Prof. P.I. Chou will train the research assistant adopting MSM HIV victim partner follow-up model to approach the study subjects with structured questionnaires. Prof. Chou also collected the study subjects in the northern Taiwan with her own project, thus we can compare and analyze the difference from the locality (North area v.s. South area).
Anticipated work: We aim at enrolling 300 young HIV MSM partners to this OraQuick rapid test, setting up the follow-up model and providing the intervention education of safe sex thru individual case management, group meeting, leader-finding plan and interactive MSM web networking to achieve the preventione of sexual disease transmission in the youth.
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AUSTIN, Texas — The sand-bottom Gulf of Mexico provides almost no natural reefs for marine life, which is why the Texas Artificial Reef Program was created to provide structures for a thriving ocean ecosystem of aquatic invertebrates and the fish that feed on them. A $1.5 million federal grant will fund creation or enhancement of seven reef sites off the Texas coast in coming years.
Artificial reefs provide a home for species such as barnacles, corals, sponges, clams, bryozoans and hydroids. They function like "an oasis in the desert" for many species that otherwise would not flourish. Artificial reefs form the foundation of food chains that ultimately support popular game fish, and they provide outstanding new opportunities for SCUBA divers and fishermen.
The Rigs-to-Reefs effort is one component of the overall Texas Artificial Reef Program, which is managed by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. For these projects, production platforms or "rigs" are cleaned and toppled, towed to an existing reef site, or left in place and cut down to a depth of 85 feet below the surface to become reefs. Oil and gas companies must remove a decommissioned structure and dispose of it on shore unless it is donated to the Rigs-to-Reefs program. Along with the donated structure, the company donates 50% of their cost savings to the Artificial Reef fund.
Also, at various points along the coast, this innovative conservation initiative has transformed materials from roads, bridges and even obsolete ships into man-made reefs. These projects encompass the Ships-To-Reefs and Near Shore Reefs initiatives, also part of the overall artificial reef program.
The program currently consists of 58 reef sites, composed of materials donated from entities such as the U.S. Coast Guard, as well as from private companies. The sites range in size from 40 acres to more than 160 acres. Nearshore reef sites range from 5 to 9 nautical miles offshore and are designed to provide fishing and diving opportunities for those having smaller boats or who do not wish to travel too far offshore.
The new federal grant of $1.5 million is coming from the Coastal Impact Assistance Program administered by the federal Minerals Management Service, a grant program operated in Texas by the General Land Office. It will fund the construction and improvements on seven reef sites. For four projects, which had already been completed when the grant was awarded, the funds will reimburse the Artificial Reef Program.
The grant will also fund the creation of three new reef construction projects and the improvement of several other pre-existing reef sites. This includes reefing of concrete and 1-ton quarry blocks at new reef sites at Port Arthur (Jefferson County), Matagorda County, and Corpus Christi/Port Aransas (San Patricio/Aransas County).
Additionally, TPWD will extend the reef site permit at SALT reef near Pt. Arthur and the George Vancouver Liberty Ship Reef off Galveston with concrete culverts and quarry block. More than 800 concrete culverts will be reefed at the Port Mansfield reef in Willacy County.
In addition to the grant, several groups such as the Coastal Conservation Association (CCA) and the Saltwater Fisheries Enhancement Association (SEA) will provide additional funding and assistance in reefing projects. Private groups such as ReefMan, LLC have already deployed smaller individual reefs at the George Vancouver Liberty Ship reef.
The ultimate success of these projects will be judged by the impact of the artificial reefs on fish populations in the Gulf. Research has shown that marine organisms not only are attracted to artificial structures, but many live and reproduce on the structures. This is important for reef fishes, such as red snapper (Lutjanus campechanus), a highly prized game and commercial fish in the Gulf. Other marine fish species found at artificial reefs include: gray snapper, vermillion snapper, ling, amberjack, jack crevalle, spadefish, shark, grouper (including Goliath grouper), sheepshead, and mackerel. If the projects are successful, they will serve to create additional habitat for these fish species while providing additional recreational and commercial fishing and diving opportunities in the Gulf off Texas.
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Ana Ivanovic
In 2007, Ana Ivanovic was ranked among the world's the top five female tennis players by the WTA, and in '08, she became the first Serbian female player to win a Grand Slam singles title after she won the French Open.
AppealAna Ivanovic is sexy, from her smile to her fun demeanor, and she says she can't wait to meet Mr. Right, even if her schedule is jam-packed. "When that happens, and if he feels the same way about me, I'm sure we can make it work," she says.
You could call Ana Ivanovic the Serbian girl-next-door. Just like many girls next door, she loves music, especially the R&B variety, and makes a point of attending concerts between matches. She even attended the Princess Diana Memorial Concert on a break from Wimbledon in July 2007.
SuccessAna Ivanovic is fast on her feet and covers the court well, which makes her height an asset rather than a disadvantage. She plays point-by-point without letting mistakes bother her. With a serve that reaches up to 125 miles per hour, she's one of the fastest out there. She won the French Open in 2008, has been ranked as Serbia's No. 1 tennis player and in the top 5 female players worldwide, and has additionally gotten to at least the quarter-finals in every Grand Slam.
Ana Ivanovic BiographyAna Ivanovic was born in Belgrade, Serbia, on November 8, 1987. She thanks her parents, Dragana and Miroslav, for supporting her tennis dreams for her entire life. Even though she's the famous athletic name in the family, Ana's relatives have also done their fair share of sports. Her younger brother, Milos, plays basketball and her uncle is a former football player.
Tennis first became a dream for Ana Ivanovic when she watched it on TV at a young age, with her favorite player being Monica Seles. At the age of 4, Ana memorized the phone number for a local tennis club that advertised on TV. She persuaded her parents to call and the rest is history. A year later, she was playing and one of her friends was Novak Djokovic, who became the third-ranked player in the world. A steady player at 5, Ana Ivanovic had already decided that tennis was for her.
ana ivanovic against venus williamsAna Ivanovic's tennis dreams encountered difficulties because of her surroundings. In 1999, there were NATO bombings in her homeland, which forced her to practice in the morning and eventually in a deserted swimming pool because there was nowhere else to play. In order to give herself a better opportunity, she moved to Switzerland at 15 and was sponsored by her manager. Without the money to cover her move, Ana Ivanovic promised to pay for it based on her winnings. It didn't start well when she lost in front of her manager for the first time and cried for hours until he discouraged her negative thinking and stayed by her side.
In 2004, Ana Ivanovic started playing professionally and gained notice when she was undefeated as a challenger at the Junior Wimbledon Tournament. Her highlight of the year was eventually playing against Venus Williams and, even though Ana lost the match, it showed that she could keep up with an elite player.
ana ivanovic wins canada mastersAna Ivanovic's taste for winning began in 2005 when she won her first singles title in Canberra, Australia. She also joined the French Open and made it to the third round before being eliminated. Later that year, she also played in the Australian Open and lost. Losing was never fun, but Ana was gaining confidence at how far she was climbing in just a short time. Despite the losses and an injury, her successful run was causing her overall ranking to rise.
A year later, Ana Ivanovic had one of her most successful matches by defeating ex-No. 1 player Martina Hingis at the Canada Masters. Ana built on the experience by winning the United States Open Series. Just as in the previous year, a nagging injury slowed her progress, but she finished 2006 ranked at No. 15 in singles and No. 51 in doubles, which she did on the side.
ana ivanovic wins the east west bank classicIn 2007, after losing the third round of the Australian Open, she replaced her coach, David Taylor, with Sven Groenefeld. The change appeared to pay off when she made the final at the Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo, only to lose to old foe Martina Hingis. Soon after, Ana Ivanovic won the Qatar Telecom German Open, which helped her crack WTA's top 10 rankings. Ana's winning touch continued when she won the East West Bank Classic, upping her ranking to No. 4, and she followed it up by making it to the French Open final and the Wimbledon semifinals.
As a testament to Ana Ivanovic's down-to-earth and giving personality, she was selected as a UNICEF National Ambassador in 2007 in her home country of Serbia. This gave her the chance to work on important issues like child protection and education by visiting local schools. Even though Ana's busy enough with her tennis duties, having a cause that is close to her heart makes her life that much more rewarding.
ana ivanovic wins 2008 french openAt the '08 Australia Open, Ana Ivanovic, for the first time, reached the quarterfinals, overtook the powerful Venus Williams, but was defeated by Maria Sharapova. However, the headway she made brought her up to a No. 2 ranking in the world.
Then, at the French Open, she defeated Jelena Jankovic, No. 3 in the world, and then went on to beat Dinara Safina and take home her first Grand Slam singles final. However, her luck took a turn for the worst at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing when she had to withdraw from the competition due to an injury. Then, at the US Open, although she reclaimed her No. 1 ranking, she lost in the second round match.
Ana Ivanovic made it to the quarterfinals of the China Open, yet she lost to powerhouse Serena Williams at the Zurich Open. The next few years proved to be tough ones for Ana as she set a record for the most consecutive Grand Slams (17) without a quarter-final appearance by a former Grand Slam champion. In 2012, however, Ana Ivanovic was able to break this lackluster streak after making it to the quarter-finals in the US Open.
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ADAM Jones has shouldered the blame for Wales' scrummaging troubles in Paris a fortnight ago – and Italy could be made to pay today.
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The revered tighthead prop, who has made 85 Wales appearances and played Test rugby for the British and Irish Lions, can expect a stern examination opposite Italian cap centurion Andrea Lo Cicero. But 31-year-old Jones is in the mood to shunt aside his critics and keep Wales on course for a possible second successive RBS Six Nations title.


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In Search of the Definition of Role-Playing
You know what pisses me off? I know what you're thinking: everything. And yes, that's true. But it was a rhetorical question as a lead in to a point. So just go ahead and say "I don't know, Angry DM, what pisses you off?" And then I can say "people who say 'I had a great D&D session last night; no one touched a die. We just role-played the whole time.'" Why? Because it proves those people don't know what the hell role-playing is, despite the fact that they claim to love it. We can also add the phrase "role-playing scene" and anyone who insists that "role-playing means different things to different people" to the list of phrases that grind my gears.
That last phrase drives me particularly batty. Lots of words mean different things to different people, but that's usually because those different people don't actually know what a given word means. Or they don't like the definition so they just made up their own. The problem is that the compound word "role-playing" is actually a word. Its a thing. Dave and Gary didn't invent it. They just incorporated it into their war game like mixing peanut butter and chocolate.
A problem arises when everyone has their own definition for a word. It makes conversation impossible. Especially when its one of those words that everyone is convinced doesn't have a fixed definition. Look, if I ask you to put my shirt in the washing machine with your laundry, that should be pretty straightforward. But if I am using shirt to mean "shirt" and you are using shirt to mean "domesticated feline," we are going to end up with a very angry domesticated feline and a lot of cuts of scratches. Also, my shirt will still be dirty.
So, we have all these conversations going on about whether D&D 4E allows role-playing, doesn't have any role-playing, makes role-playing impossible, or whether it even counts as a role-playing game; but they are all useless because we're all talking about different things. And role-playing has become a bit like pornography: we don't actually try to define it but we assume we know it when we see it. If you are using role-playing as a synonym for "creativity" or "free-form unscripted acting" or "the talky-talky parts of the game," you can't talk to someone else who ascribes it some other meaning.
And in the middle of it all, here I am, the poor little ole Angry DM. I desperately want to talk about role-playing in 4E and offer some ideas about how DMs can bring more of it into the game. And how they can work within the system or modify it to bring even more RP into the game. But I've got to deal with all of this other crap instead, about how "role-playing is whatever you want" and "the system has nothing to say about role-playing" and "a group can bring as much role-playing into the game as they want."
A sickeningly friendly, cheerful fellow blogger, Jenny, recently wrote an article about how her players aren't really embracing the role-playing aspects of D&D 4E and putting forth the theory that the system is getting in the way. You can check her article out at http://www.level30yinzer.com/blog/?p=1101 and follow her on Twitter. She's @VanityGames.
Now, I'm not writing a direct response or counter-argument to Jenny's article. I'm trying to lay some groundwork so that I can start to discuss how to design adventures, encounters, and skill challenges with a stronger focus on RP. But, in laying that groundwork, I'm going to be buzzing around her points enough that its worth taking a few detours to try and answer a few of her questions.
So, let's do it. Let's talk about role-playing. Let's try to define it, solidly, and figure out where it happens in role-playing games and, specifically, in 4E. Now, you might not like what I have to say. You might want to disagree. You might want to hold on to your own, personal definition of role-playing. And that's just fine. I'm an American, so I support your right to proudly cling to being wrong like a dog proudly rolling in its own mess. But if you want to have that debate with me, just be warned that my responses will be neither polite nor information.
Defining Role-Playing
Role-playing means to play a role. Done.
Okay, maybe that's not so useful. Let's try this again.
We can go check the dictionary definition, but its actually pretty much the same as "playing a role" when you break it down. So, that's not going to help.
Role-playing is about changing your behavior, adopting different behavior, in a given situation or about exploring your own behavior in a hypothetical situation. For example, if you've ever read a news story about someone trapped in a terrible situation and tried to imagine how you might react to that situation, you were technically role-playing. You were putting yourself in an imaginary situation and trying to figure out how you would behave. If you've ever played out a scenario in your head about asking your boss for a raise and tried to imagine how the boss would react, you were role-playing.
In a nutshell, role-playing is about assuming a hypothetical situation and trying to decide how you (or another character) would behave in that situation. Yes, it can also be about being in an actual situation and changing your behavior, but that definition doesn't apply to what we do around the table. We're talking about the same sort of role-playing used in education, therapy, and improvisational acting; not social role-playing.
Now, its pretty clear that this is exactly what we do in an RPG. Its pretty much the definition of an RPG. You are presented with a situation and you (the player) decide how your character reacts to the situation. The action is resolved, creating a new situation, and then you start over. The point is that almost all RP occurs inside the heads of the various players. The act of visualizing the situation, understanding the character, and deciding on an appropriate course of acting is 90% of role-playing. The remaining 10% is about presenting that decision to the other participants. And honestly, if you want to get meta about it, that last 10% is more about helping others role-play than about your own RP.
The more vividly you present your character's actions, the easier it becomes for the DM to resolve your character's actions and the easier it becomes for other participants to visualize the new situation. After all, your character is part of the situation the other players have to react to.
Most importantly, it doesn't matter how you present your decisions to the group. You might speak in the first person, describe in the third person, you might adopt a specific voice or pose, or you might just narrate like a book. You might be brief or overly verbose. None of that actually matters in terms of whether you are role-playing or not. The act of visualizing the scene and getting inside the character's head to reach a decision; that's what RP is. After all, as I've already said, you can RP entirely inside your own head. So, for completeness, we will classify all of the presentation techniques as "acting."
Just keep that in mind for now: RP means imagining a hypothetical situation, projecting yourself into the mind of your character, and deciding on a course of action.


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Seven teenage boys fall on their bellies and press M16 semiautomatic rifles tightly against their shoulders. Wearing black boots, fatigues, and caps, they squeeze the triggers five times, the air erupting with eardrum-splitting explosions. Hot brass bullet casings scatter in all directions. The smell of smoke and gun lubricant mixes with the muggy heat and fills their nostrils. Their stomachs flutter as adrenaline pumps. After shooting five rounds, each teen presses a little metallic button above the trigger area. Empty aluminum magazines fall to the ground, making tinny clinks as they hit the concrete. Weapon still pointed downrange, each boy quickly inserts another magazine and whacks it with the butt of his hand to properly secure it.
These 14- to 18-year-olds received combat training on a recent weekend as part of Operation Sharp Wedge, an exercise aimed at preparing naval reservists to fight "in time of national emergency." They are the fruits of Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) penetration into an arena typically controlled by skateboarders and video-game freaks. Times have changed since radicals (and wealthy parents) chased ROTC recruiters from the nation's schools. If these kids are any indication, camouflage is back. Matt Carleton, a lanky, muscular 17-year-old from Fort Lauderdale with blond bangs and a mischievous grin, says his classmates at Stranahan High think his military status is "cool." Then he adds, "In my dad's era, it wasn't cool.
"Most of my friends are going into the military," continues Carleton, who plans to join the Navy. "My ex-girlfriend is going into the Marines."
Not to worry though. Adults are still running this country's armed forces. Reservists from U.S. Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Fourteen, who are also known as Seabees, organized Operation Sharp Wedge. It is part of the military's perennial effort to keep a supply of backup troops. The Seabees were formed in early 1942 shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor, and they have followed grunts from the U.S. Marine Corps (a branch of the Navy) on many an amphibious assault, including the one on Normandy Beach. "It's all about readiness," says Petty Ofcr. Martin Stunger, a customs licensing specialist, who orchestrated the training weekend.
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The vehicles cross an airstrip where five fighter jets are parked and arrive at a one-story, beige office building. Sitting on a lawn between the building and a shooting range, the teens blend in with their elders and listen as three U.S. Marine sergeants take turns barking out the fundamentals of marksmanship.
Among the main points:
"Treat every weapon as if it were loaded!"
"Keep weapon on 'safe' until you are ready to fire!"
"At no time will you slam the butt of the rifle on the ground if you're mad!"
Using an unloaded weapon, the sergeants demonstrate how to insert a magazine, aim, and pull a trigger. "Get as comfortable as possible," says one sarge, lying on his stomach. "This is just like going on a picnic."
During 45 minutes of instruction, teens and adults glance excitedly at a rack of M16s on the grass nearby. They are more than eager to shoot one of the black-and-silver rifles. After all, the chance to "qual" with such a powerful weapon under the auspices of the U.S. armed forces comes but once a year. Finally the sergeants command a unit of ten soldiers to the shooting range. They will be the first to experience the thrill of firing 40 rounds of ammunition into an eight-by-ten-inch target that is 25 yards away.
But not so fast. The sergeants order all the teens and any adult who has never fired this particular rifle to a classroom inside the air-conditioned building for another hour of training. One by one the tenderfoots practice aiming an M16, training its tiny circular sight on any available object: the telephone on the wall, the phone jack, the corner of the podium.
Outside, gunshots are erupting, but inside it is time for lunch. Teens and greenhorn reservists trickle into a small lunchroom and tear open the brown plastic MREs (Meals Ready to Eat), which they received that morning. Inside are smaller brown packets of crackers, cheese, peanut butter, pound cake, and cookies. Each MRE also holds a main course ranging from chicken and rice to beef stew to the dreaded ham omelet. Soldiers marvel as their dishes heat up frighteningly fast in a plastic pouch containing a chemical powder that boils with the addition of an ounce or two of water.
"They make good bombs," observes Michael McGibbon, a stocky, redheaded 15-year-old with a friendly demeanor. "Just add gasoline," he says before exiting the lunchroom. The remark prompts groans from a few of the reservists. McGibbon attends Piper High School in Fort Lauderdale. His father, a Seabee, turned him on to military life.
Soon it is time for a unit composed of the seven teenagers and three reservists to march to the range. As instructed they have deployed foam cylinders into their ears to prevent injuries that could result in hearing loss. The sergeants order them to load five rounds into a magazine. "You will not touch your weapon!" hollers a sergeant. He then commands the group to assume the prone position on a blue foam mat. "Students, prepare your weapons!" he continues. Finally the long-awaited moment of truth arrives: "Fire at will!" he shouts.
Amid the hellish cacophony, the Marines watch their disciples like hawks, occasionally counseling them like mother hens. The apprentices have five minutes to fire five rounds from the prone position.
"Cease fire!" screams the sergeant after the time has expired. The sharpshooters eject their magazines, flick on their safeties, and lay down their rifles, barrels pointed downrange. They repeat the drill, this time with just 70 seconds to fire five times. "Now, students, get up and walk to your target!" yells the sergeant after issuing another ceasefire.
Standing in front of his target, A.J. Sorvillo is mystified. This is the second time Sorvillo, a wry, articulate 16-year-old from Fort Lauderdale, has shot an M16. Some of his rounds hit the target, but others did not. Where did they go? he wonders. "You did pretty good," he compliments a colleague, pointing at an array of bullet holes. Sorvillo hopes to be a Seabee after college. "I like to build things," he says.
As they walk back toward their guns, some of the junior marksmen wander. "Stay in your goddamn lane!" one of the sergeants roars.
The shooters spend the next 45 minutes firing from three other positions: sitting, kneeling, and standing, which tends to be the least accurate posture. Then the picnic ends.
Clutching their eight-by-ten-inch target sheets, the sharpshooters head inside the air-conditioned building to tot up their scores. They lean and sit on long stainless steel tables in a storage room. Score 140 points and you qualify as a marksman.
"You qual?" one teen asks his neighbor.
"Yep," replies his buddy proudly.
Carleton "qualled." He obliterated most of the black bull's-eye. Others were less successful. Sorvillo racked up 43; he offers a dose of realism. "Forget about the score," he cracks to his comrades, displaying his barely bullet-riddled target in front of his chest. "He's still dead."
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That said, I guess I don't want him here.
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That said, I guess I don't want him here.
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why do i think that potential deal that fell thru involved the knicks????? should be interesting to see if anyone at all bites at dampiers albatross contract...
somewhere hes got to be going "SUCKKKERRRRSSS"
And this comes as a surprise to who? I wouldn't want that slug on our team if Dallas paid his contract.
Why are your words so big? I was just getting used to skipping the purple without becoming annoyed... and now this.
You, Never? Did the Kenosha Kid?
Maybe we could give them Croshere and our 2nd rounder.
(I know, I know)
One reason I love Larry Bird and Donnie is because they didnt get caught up in the hype and didnt give Damp that huge deal. Man Mark Cuban would do anything to get some wins, 9 million dollars per year for 9 points and 8 rebounds. I feel sorry for the Mavs.
Everybody knew the Mavs gave up too much. I'm happy we didn't outbid them.
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Dampier played well in a contract year? Imagine that.
Nuntius was right for a while. I was wrong for a while. But ultimately I was right and Frank Vogel has been let go.
"A player who makes a team great is more valuable than a great player. Losing yourself in the group, for the good of the group, thats teamwork."
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JO was third in MVP voting in 03-04, the season after he signed his contract.
Jermaine was.Originally Posted by Harmonica
Luckily, our front office is smarter than that.
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Is that your opinion or do you have an inside source?Originally Posted by Harmonica
Trading ending contracts for Dampier would have been stupid. But at least he would have (sort of) filled a need.
Trading ending contracts for two players who do us no good whatsoever was absolutely idiotic - especially Taylor. At least with Rose we got two draft picks.
I'm still monumentally PO'd at that one.
BTW - thanks for getting rid of the bold - now I read your posts - used to give me a headache.
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They can blame their old colleagues. Former Strikeforce champions Nick Diaz and Alistair Overeem have dominated mixed martial arts news this week.
Overeem's deal with the UFC and Diaz's failure to show up for a press tour have overshadowed the major Strikeforce card, which airs on Showtime via tape delay on the west coast at 10:30.
It's the semifinal round of the Heavyweight World Grand Prix, a tournament that has undoubtedly lost some of its luster from the beginning of the year to everyone except the remaining participants.
Especially Daniel Cormier, who replaced the departed Overeem in the competition. Cormier, a former Olympic wrestler, looks to use the opportunity to break into the elite among MMA heavyweights with a bout against 265-pound Antonio Silva.
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Kharitonov was also an underdog in his first round matchup against Andrei Arlovski, meaning Barnett is the only remaining fighter who most expected to make it this far.
The Grand Prix took another hit before the semifinals when Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker announced the winner would not be awarded with Overeem's vacated championship belt. Some were disappointed with the announcement, but once again, the fighters were undeterred.
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Heavyweight Bout: Josh Barnett (30-5 MMA, 1-0 SF) vs. Sergei Kharitonov (18-4 MMA, 1-0 SF)
Line: Barnett -350, Kharitonov +275
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Pick: Barnett by submission
Heavyweight Bout: Antonio Silva (16-2 MMA, 3-1 SF) vs. Daniel Cormier (8-0 MMA, 5-0 SF)
Line: Silva -165, Cormier +135
Matchup: Silva is going to swing away and try to knock Cormier out. Cormier is going to look to take down Silva and turn the bout into a wrestling match. Cormier also has an ever-improving stand-up game, as evidenced by his decision win against veteran Jeff Monson in June.
Pick: Cormier by decision
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Pick: Souza by submission
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Matchup: Healy is a late-replacement for Josh Thomson, who will miss the bout because of injury. He's had a long, winding career, while Blanco is relatively new to the sport but shined in Japanese promotion Sengoku. Judges scores could play a prominent factor in a fight that forecasts to be close with Blanco possessing a strike advantage, but Healy having an advantage in takedown ability.
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I've never heard this discussed by men, but some women carry the worry that they will end up old and alone, with no money and no home. It's not generally ever-present, but rears up as reports on foreclosures, unemployment, plant closings, and law-firm and hospital layoffs proliferate in the press. It's often termed "bag-lady syndrome".
Ever hear of it? You'll see a reference to it every year or so. It's a fear that the financial rug will be pulled out from under you suddenly, leaving you with limited—if any—resources. I have certainly heard at least half-joking references to this in the last two years by women who have been saving diligently for retirement.
Why should this worry lurk for women? It's not hard to understand.
While the margin may be dropping, women still live longer than men. At age 65, they are expected to live another 19.7 years on average, versus 17 years for men. Analysis by Vanguard's Center for Retirement Research, headed by my fellow blogger Steve Utkus, of 3 million participants in retirement plans serviced at Vanguard indicates that men have average and median balances that are about two-thirds higher than those of women. There may be any number of reasons for the gap, including age and time in the workforce, but this is a significant difference. Things may be changing, however: That same research shows that women are saving slightly more than men at the same income levels.
I'm not sure a little worry is such a bad thing, because it can spur action. But how can you keep the bag-lady specter at bay?
When it comes to your financial health, make sure you have a good plan that you put together yourself or with the help of an advisor. Understand your objectives, and make sure your savings and investment strategies relate directly to those objectives.
It's important to clearly understand your current financial picture and to get a realistic assessment of the assets you'll need to accumulate to support yourself in retirement. Then put the plan into action and start saving, making sure that your investment strategy reflects your own risk tolerances—not someone else's. Taking on too much risk to try to make up for that last recession or for a lack of savings can backfire tragically, so be sure you are comfortable with your direction.
While such a plan won't stop the "aging" part, it certainly can help make the next stage of life more comfortable. And don't forget to develop friends and activities to help deal with the "alone" part! As time goes on, try layering on some additional activities that will help keep you in control. That includes getting information about options for long-term care, medical choices and challenges in retirement, the possible timing of collecting Social Security. Education can be a powerful tool to combat the fear that bag-lady syndrome represents.
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