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I take a somewhat contrarian view on what assets you should hold in an IRA. Conventional wisdom would tell you to put your safer, more conservative investments in their IRA, and avoid putting riskier assets in taxable accounts with the thinking that IRA dollars are more precious and should therefore be treated more carefully.
While I understand this thinking, it's very bad retirement planning and it can be woefully tax-inefficient.
If you are like a lot of investors, you probably have a decent-sized portion of your assets in index funds or index ETFs — such as the popular SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) — and you augment those baseline index investments with individual stocks or ETFs, some of which you might trade actively. Conventional wisdom would have you put the index funds in your IRA and the more speculative positions in a taxable trading account.
But think about it for a moment. If you're buying and holding an index fund or ETF for years or decades … it really doesn't matter where you hold it because other than dividends or the occasional capital gains distribution, you're not generating any taxable income. It makes all the sense in the world to hold the index funds in your taxable account and reserve your IRA for stocks and funds that are less tax efficient.
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With no more ado, here are three popular but tax-inefficient stocks that you should consider for your IRA:
Annaly Capital (NLY)
I'll start with mortgage real estate investment trust Annaly Capital (NLY). I'm normally not the biggest fan of mortgage REITs because, unlike equity REITs, their dividends are highly variable. If you're depending on the dividend stream for your current living expenses, that can be a major problem.
Ideally, you want to own mortgage REITs when two conditions are in place:
- The spread between short-term rates and long-term rates is relatively high, as mortgage REITs tend to borrow short-term and lend long-term.
- The market value of the mortgage REITs is cheaper than the accounting book value. In other words, you could sell off the REIT's assets for spare parts and still make a profit after repaying all debts.
Today, both conditions are in place for Annaly Capital. The Fed has promised to keep short-term rates at or near zero for the foreseeable future, and long-term rates — while still very low — are significantly higher than they were a year ago. Meanwhile, NLY trades for just 86% of book value.
Why should you hold NLY in an IRA? Because its attractive 11% dividend is not considered "qualified," meaning that it is taxed as regular income — and that you could be paying 43.4% in a taxable account if you are in a high tax bracket (39.6% + the 3.8% Medicare surtax).
One last sweetener on NLY, by the way: Its insiders have been aggressively buying the stock.
SPDR Barclays High Yield Bond (JNK)
There is a time and place to own high-yield, or "junk," bonds — or a junk bond ETF such as the SPDR Barclays High Yield Bond(JNK). When spreads between junk bond yields and Treasuries are wide, as they generally are during and after recessions when investors fear default most, junk bonds offer attractive yields and the potential for "equity like" price returns.
But when investors start to chase yield and the spread between junk bonds and Treasuries shrinks — as it did in 2007 — you don't want to be anywhere near this asset class.
So, where are we now?
Junk bonds are looking a little on the expensive side. The spread has dipped below 4%, and across the asset class, many junk bonds are trading above their call prices, meaning the companies issuing them can legally buy them back for less than the current market price.
So, right now, you're better off avoiding junk bonds. But if at any point you decide that junk bonds might be a good match for your portfolio, buy them within your IRA account. Bond interest is taxed as ordinary income.
SPDR Gold Shares (GLD)
I should start by saying that I hate gold as an "investment." Gold can be a spectacular trade and, under the right set of circumstances, it can be a decent hedge against inflation and geopolitical tensions. Due to its long history as a monetary asset and its relative scarcity, gold is considered to be an all-purpose crisis hedge.
My advice on gold is actually the same as my advice on firearms. By all means, own some … just in case. Keep some in a lockbox or buried in your backyard. But think of it more as insurance and not as an investment. Investments should either pay you an income or should represent an ownership interest in a growing enterprise. Gold does neither of these things … which is why I believe you should consider it separately from your investments.
But if you insist on owning gold as an investment allocation, such as via the SPDR Gold Shares(GLD), then I would recommend you hold it in an IRA rather than in a taxable account. Precious metals are woefully tax-inefficient because they are taxed as "collectibles." And this does not only apply to coins with numismatic collector's value, but to generic, raw bullion as well.
The long-term capital gains tax rate on collectibles is 28%, and there is absolutely no reason to pay this if you don't have to.
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It is no secret that America's international-broadcasting institutions have been sadly lacking in strategic vision for years. In fact, such institutions are among Washington's most dysfunctional. Efforts to make them more efficient in the "war for hearts and minds" inevitably get stymied by political infighting, tight budgets and internecine warfare among the organizations. News last week suggests that the U.S. government is again about to shoot itself in the foot in this vital front of the public diplomacy in war against terrorism by eliminating Voice of America's English-language service.
Not all the news is bad, though. The good news is that the Broadcasting Board of Governors has started thinking strategically about its resources, deciding to increase the focus on the Middle East broadcasting services. This is a rational choice, since anti-Americanism has given rise to the only real, physical threat to the United States in decades, as we saw on September 11, 2001. The 13 percent increase in funding for broadcasting to the Middle East proposed by the board makes sense, particularly if accompanied by a thorough review of broadcasting to the Arab world, which frankly needs some strategic thinking of it own.
The really bad news is that the cuts to fund the shift in emphasis proposed by the board on Feb. 6 (ironically enough the birthday of Ronald Reagan, the Great Communicator) will be terribly counterproductive. While an overall budget increase of 5.3 percent for Voice of America is being proposed by the board, cutting English will effectively shrink the reach of U.S. international broadcasting. These cuts come at a time when al Jazeera is ready to launch its own English-language service and Radio China International is adding English-language programming.
Unless Congress steps in, VOA's English-language service in short-wave radio will effectively be eliminated. Its primary, hourly news broadcast, "News Now" and its discussion show "Issues in the News," will disappear. There will be a few exceptions, i.e. VOA English to Africa, Special English (vocabulary less than 1,500 words) and VOA's Web site in English. If adding more money to VOA's budget is needed, then we must make this investment, so as not to destroy a highly valuable asset.
The decision comes after cutbacks in the English-language service over the last few years, which has brought English down from 24 hours a day, seven days a week to 14 hours a day at present. It will affect 53 positions -- as well as almost 100 other jobs in other language services that are also being cut -- Russian, Georgian, Serbian, Macedonian and Hindi.
So, what is it the Chinese and al Jazeera know that we seem to have forgotten? It could be that of all the world's languages, English has the widest reach. More than one-third of the world's population speaks English today, and that number is projected to be more than half in 2050. English is overwhelmingly the language of international commerce and of the Internet -- making it a phenomenally cost-effective medium.
Furthermore, while the Broadcasting Board of Governors justifies its cuts by saying that short-wave is the way of the past, and the Internet and television are the way of the future, but most of the world we are trying to reach does actually live in the past. There is nothing wrong with Internet and television, but wide swaths of rural populations throughout the world have no access to the Internet or even television. Yet, they, too, benefit from learning English by listening to VOA.
To borrow from Robert McCrum, co-author of "The Story of English," English, which embodies a set of principles, has had a great influence on the world: "In a very real sense it contains, encoded within it, an innate declaration of independence." Or as former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher put it, speaking in Washington in 1999, "The values of liberty, a bold sense of adventure and ability to adapt and change are mirrored in this language, four-fifths of whose vocabulary was borrowed from other languages."
English is a phenomenal, powerful tool of communication, and we should be eager to share it. As we juggle budgets, let's not cut off our nose to spite our face -- as the English would say.
Helle Dale is director of the Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies at the Heritage Foundation.
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As Gov. Arnold Schwarzeneggers failed Year of Reform draws to a merciful close, its worth looking at how and why he made his fateful right turn in private meetings in August 2004 on what one top Republican calls Arnolds Hiroshima Day. Especially since hes shifting back to the center.
The crucial secret meetings that set the rightward Year of Reform direction occurred on August 5 and 6 (the anniversary of the American nuking of Hiroshima, Japan, to end World War II and of his announcement of candidacy on The Tonight Show) in Sacramentos Sheraton Grand and Hyatt Regency hotels. There the cabal of advisers that clearly seized the wheel in his operation strategist Mike Murphy, chief of staff Pat Clarey, communications director Rob Stutzman and legislative director Richard Costigan (late of the Chamber of Commerce) carried the day. They advised the governor to move to the right, as Republican insiders tell it, become much more clearly a partisan Republican, intervene personally in legislative races up and down the state in an effort to take a host of Democratic districts, speak at the Republican National Convention, and campaign for George W. Bush. The 2005 special election idea was also promoted. (This became a definite go when he lost all the legislative races, and used reapportionment as the excuse.)
Although it was the first anniversary of one of the most showy and dramatic political announcements in California history, its celebration was largely glitz-free, having none of the posh scale of his inaugural gala less than nine months earlier. The centerpiece was a relatively quiet buffet dinner for 15 to 20 insiders on the veranda of the governors suite at the Capitol Park Hyatt Regency. Schwarzenegger had flown back into town after taping an anniversary appearance in Burbank with his friend Jay Leno on The Tonight Show. He was more into joking about Jay than talking about a dramatic departure in his approach to the governorship. Perhaps he didnt acknowledge it to himself as a departure. Schwarzenegger is a man who always sees himself as being consistent, even if others do not. He is always Arnold, and moving Arnold forward is always the imperative. If he says he is a bipartisan centrist, he is, even if he is making very partisan moves.
Why become more of a partisan Republican in mostly Democratic California? His dominant advisers were partisans. Chief strategist Murphy worked for John McCains maverick 2000 presidential campaign; indeed, it was that credential that was most important in his gaining the senior strategist post in Schwarzeneggers 2003 campaign, as Maria Shriver and savvy Republicans including Schwarzenegger himself recognized that only a different kind of Republican could prevail in a top-of-the-ticket California race. But he also worked closely with Jeb Bush and Oliver North and had many major corporate clients. As former Governor Pete Wilsons deputy chief of staff, Clarey, later an HMO lobbyist, was the enforcer in Wilsons gubernatorial office. Stutzman was a key Schwarzenegger link to the right, a former communications chief for the state Republican Party and a true believer in hard right 1998 Republican gubernatorial nominee Dan Lungren, later a religious broadcaster, who was buried in a landslide by Gray Davis. And Costigan, also a well-known conservative, was the Chamber of Commerces man on the inside of the Governors Office.
According to insiders, Schwarzenegger himself was getting impatient with the lack of change in Sacramento, where things move at a more sedate pace than in a typical James Cameron extravaganza production, like the Terminator pictures and True Lies. Legislative Democrats were in the way. He had already referred to them as girlie men, which he quickly dubbed a joke. His dominant advisers played to his impatience and ambition in pushing their agenda.
At Murphys urging, he had just turned a minor difference on the budget whether it would a three-fourths vote of the Legislature or a two-thirds vote to raid local government funding to balance the state budget, a difference of a few votes into a fatefully backfiring and unsuccessful budget fight.
And he was tantalized with the vision of becoming president, which he discussed privately. Some advisers felt he should solve the problems in California and lead an independent movement if he really wanted to change the Constitution and be president. The dominant advisors felt he would need a party. And if he became a superhero to Republicans, it could happen. Or so went the reasoning. Actually, it was always quite unlikely that Republican senators and governors, many of whom look in their bathroom mirrors and see a potential president, would go out of their way to help an Austrian-born movie star win the White House.
Some had thought issues like housing and health care were to be on the agenda as Team Schwarzenegger gathered to celebrate the first anniversary of his election and plot the future. Perhaps even the task of choosing among ideas for government efficiencies in the California Performance Review, which had just been oddly leaked to the two newspapers most critical of him in the recall, the Los Angeles Times and San Francisco Chronicle, leading to negative stories. The Performance Review, which allowed business and some conservative lobbyists access other advocates did not have, was problematic. Nevertheless, the basic concept of delivering services in a more efficient manner had widespread popular appeal, and Schwarzenegger, who emphasized it in his campaign, liked it. But there was a different agenda on tap.
Instead, there was a turn away from the centrist populism that sold so well in the 2003 recall. In going over plans to defeat the casino-gambling initiatives, Murphy and fund-raising chief Marty Wilson wanted the governor to appear in TV ads with leaders of the casino tribes represented by attorney Howard Dickstein, who had cut the few deals won by Schwarzenegger to gain revenue from the booming Indian casino business. Schwarzenegger rejected this advice; it wasnt his role to promote casino tribes that might become sources of business for his consultants. It was to defeat the casino initiatives pushed by the other casino tribes and the racetrack lobby.
A draft of his proposed speech to the Republican National Convention was filled with partisan boilerplate. That got changed to words that, with a few revisions, would be perfectly acceptable at a Democratic convention. But the overall direction veered right and Schwarzenegger ultimately campaigned for Bush in Ohio, where he is popular from his bodybuilding days, and where Bush won a narrow victory that helped him gain re-election.
The governor had already engaged in a silly state budget battle with legislative Democrats. Murphy had urged the governor to appear in ads against Democratic legislators who werent going along with him. This made no sense, as the issue itself was thoroughly arcane, and Schwarzenegger didnt do it. But the gambit of having him make forays into their districts appearing in mall food courts and restaurants, urging people to call their legislators to back the governors position proved a wet firecracker. Few calls were made to the Democrats legislative offices. Indeed, insiders were already beginning to suspect Schwarzenegger was a paper tiger. Which I wrote at the time, to the displeasure of the governor and much of his court.
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Around the time of his fateful August 2004 meetings, I spoke with the governor, without knowing of the specific machinations. I had heard he might intervene in legislative races, and yet in our talks he vowed he was a bipartisan guy. I asked how he could be a bipartisan guy if he was going to go after a bunch of Democrats while endorsing none. It was as though Schwarzenegger felt he could credibly occupy two places at once through an act of will. Something much easier for a quark than a politician.
He has complained privately of late that his team was pushing him away from the bipartisan centrist approach of his dramatic recall campaign. I told him this in several conversations last year and early this year, flatly predicting doom for his more harshly partisan course. I wrote as much in a series of columns and articles over the last two years, as the unwisely partisan inclinations of Murphy, Clarey and others manifested themselves early in the transition before Schwarzenegger was sworn in. He was not enthusiastic about these critical assessments.
Of course, the governor lost all the 2004 legislative races, despite Murphys consulting on the campaigns and Stutzmans overseeing of the vetting of the candidates. His Republican convention speech was a hit, but made him appear to Democrats and independents in this very polarized era like a partisan Republican. His campaigning for Bush was effective, but infuriated Democrats back home, where Democrat John Kerry won easily. Top Democrats admit that, had Kerry won, the crowds that dogged Schwarzenegger at all his public appearances in 2005 for his special election would likely have been much smaller and less vociferous.
Now the governor is on a different path, perhaps the one he was originally on in the recall. His problem will be convincing Californians that it is the path of principle and not merely the path of opportunity.


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If it's not a violation of church and state separation for a government employee to use their government insurance when they go to a Catholic or other denomination's hospital, why is it a violation if they attend a Catholic or other denomination's school with the government's funding?
Catholic school teachers do twice the work for half the pay that public school teachers receive. Vouchers, or subtracting tuition payments from one's income pre-income tax, would still save the state lots of money without violating any amendments.


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Hotel deals around the Golden State that don't nab all your gold.
Giant drive-through donuts? We got your giant drive-through donuts right here.
Pools and glow-in-the-dark margaritas and dice and nice suites. Oh yeah. You're going.
Unique hotels, ethnic festivals, warmer weather -- yes, there are reasons to head south.
From wine tasting in Temecula to visitng Shamu at Sea World.
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The Best Musical Tributes To The New Super Smash Bros. (So Far)
Super Smash Bros. has incredible music, and plenty of it. It's no wonder, then, that the game's legions of fans have been playing around with it. There are countless remixes, covers, and chopped and screwed versions of Smash songs online already, with more undoubtedly to come. Here are some of our favorites.


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After a two-year drought, Ohio State had two first-round picks in the 2014 NFL draft as Ryan Shazier went 15th to the Pittsburgh Steelers and Bradley Roby went 31st to the Denver Broncos. The last time two Buckeyes were taken in the first round was 2009, when Malcolm Jenkins went to the Saints and Beanie Wells went to the Cardinals.
Shazier is 21st Buckeye picked by Steelers and the fifth in the past five years.
Last: Mike Adams, OT, 24th pick of the second round (56th overall). Other recents: DE Cameron Heyward, DE Thaddeus Gibson (who moved to LB) and DE Doug Worthington. Four of the five play on the defensive side of the ball, where former Ohio State star halfback Dick LeBeau is the long-time coordinator. First: Jack Dugger, end, 1st pick of second round in 1945.
Shazier is the 48th linebacker from Ohio State chosen in the common era (1967-present). First: Nick Roman, Bengals, 10th round 1970.
He is the ninth Ohio State linebacker picked in the first round. First: Rick Middleton, who went 13th overall to the Saints. The Broncos picked Randy Gradishar one pick later.
Shazier is the first player drafted from Jim Tressel's last recruiting class, signed in 2011 and ranked No. 3 in the nation. He was the 13th Tressel Ohio State signee to be picked in the first round. Continue reading Ohio State NFL draft first round notes


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Defending champion Agnieszka Radwanska has been dumped out of the Sydney International in round two after losing in straight sets to Bethanie Mattek-Sands.
Top seed Radwanska won only 40% of points behind her first serve and was broken seven times en route to being beaten 7-5 6-2.
Mattek-Sands started very poorly, winning just one point in the opening three games of the match to fall two breaks behind early on.
The American quickly recovered to level the set at 3-3, before another Radwanska surge put the Pole 5-3 ahead.
Radwanska's game then capitulated, allowing Mattek-Sands to reel off seven games in a row, earning her the first set and a 3-0 lead in the second.
Mattek-Sands, who hit 34 winners in the match, will face either Ajla Tomljanovic or Madison Keys in round three.


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What's causing my baby's wind?
Wind is caused by swallowing air when feeding, crying or simply breathing. The air fills your baby's tummy, which can make them feel uncomfortable and quite full up before they've had enough milk to drink.
Wind and feeding
Some babies are quite happy to suck away and complete their feed in one go and rarely need burping, while other babies may require winding in between feeds. Breastfed babies tend to have less of a problem because their feeds are smaller and they can control the flow of milk more easily. They tend to be fed in a more upright position too.
But even breastfed babies can get wind – there are no hard and fast rules! You might notice your baby refuses to suckle any more and cries or looks a bit pained – especially if you try to lay them down afterwards.
How do I wind my baby?
If your baby is feeding happily, leave them be. You can wind them if they turn their head away for a natural break in the feed, during a change-over of breast and at the end of their feed. Every mum has their own favourite method that they find works best for their baby but here are some suggestions:
- Place your baby over your shoulder with their bottom supported by your arm on that side. As your baby is in an upright, stretched out posture, this a good 'burping position'. Pat or rub their back with your other hand.
- Sit your baby upright on your lap, encircling them with your arm. Allow your baby to lean forward slightly, so that their tummy rests against your arm. This position will gently compress their abdomen which may help to bring up the wind. Pat or rub their back with your other hand.
- Place your baby face down on your lap. Hold them firmly with one hand and pat or rub their back gently with the other.
At the end of your feeding session, cuddle your baby close and you may get a sleepy burp in response!
If you're not sure about your baby's symptoms and they are less than a year old, you may find our Baby Symptom Checker useful for practical tips and advice for next steps.


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One of the topics in the ISV space that's getting more and more attention is the "Software as a Service model". I have people ask me is Microsoft doing anything in this space. The answer is YES. I have seen many definitions of SaaS. The best and the most simple definition is "Delivering Software over the internet". The two categories where it's getting attention the most attention is enterprise LOB applications and consumer web 2.0 application.
If you haven't visited Microsoft's SaaS site here is a link to it:
What would you like to see Microsoft provide more around SaaS?
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Its officially a mass exodus of Boston Bruins to the European hockey leagues. Just hours after it was confirmed that team captain Zdeno Chara was headed to the KHL, CSNNE.com has confirmed that Patrice Bergeron has signed on with HC Lugano of the Swiss League on Tuesday afternoon. The team's web site had the initial report.
According to Chris Johnson of the Canadian Press, a portion of Bergerons salary will be funded outside the team and is likely going toward the sizable insurance policy needed to play overseas.
Bergeron will be reunited in Switzerland with former Bs teammate Glen Metropolit, who is tied for the team lead on Lugano in points scored. He'll leave the states on Friday, and is set to play fellow Bruins teammate Tyler Seguin, also playing in the Swiss League, on October 20.
Bergerons agent, Kent Hughes, had indicated to CSNNE.com over a week ago that Switzerland was the leading suitor for the Bs alternate captains services. But Bergeron waited to play in the opening game of the Quebec Caravan League last week in a match that pitted the hockey stars of Montreal vs. Quebec City, and then opted for a Swiss League that will pit him against linemate Tyler Seguin.
Its standard operating procedure in Europe for teams to hit up local companies or the ticket purchasing fans for additional funds if theres a certain standout player the team is interested in acquiring. Bergeron is the seventh Bruins player to sign a European contract joining Chara, Tyler Seguin, Andrew Ference, David Krejci, Tuukka Rask and Anton Khudobin overseas while the NHL sits in neutral due to the lockout.
Like all of his Bruins teammates, Bergeron has an out clause in his contract with HC Lugano that will allow him to return to Boston ifwhen the NHL lockout ends and the regular season begins.
Lugano's web site also indicated that Bergeron will be reporting to Switzerland for duty in the coming days.


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Storey, Pamela and Statham, June (2007) Meeting the target: providing on-call and 24-hour specialist cover in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Final report. TCRU
Oliver, Christine and Storey, Pamela (2006) Reaching out: Evaluation of mental health promotion pilots to reduce suicide amongst young men. [Report]
Storey, Pamela and Statham, June (2006) Mental health services for children and young people with learning disabilities. [Report]
Storey, Pamela and Hurry, Jane and Jowitt, Sharon and Owens, David and House, Alan (2005) Supporting young people who repeatedly self-harm. Journal of The Royal Society for the Promotion of Health, 125 (2). pp. 71-75. ISSN 1466-4240. DOI UNSPECIFIED
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O'Driscoll fitness boost for Leinster
Brian O'Driscoll has been passed fit for Leinster's shot at Heineken Cup history when they clash with Irish rivals Ulster in Saturday's Twickenham final.
The 33-year-old missed Leinster's RaboDirect PRO12 semi-final victory over Glasgow last Saturday after undergoing minor knee surgery. O'Driscoll, who has winners medals from 2009 and 2011, had said earlier in the week: "You'd want to have a limb falling off really to not play in the Heineken Cup final."
And the Ireland centre has returned to the Leinster starting line-up along with full-back Rob Kearney, who has overcome a back problem. And coach Joe Schmidt said after the captain's run at Twickenham: "Brian trained fully yesterday, he trained well, he is in good shape and he will play tomorrow."
He added: "Rob had a run today, he is feeling comfortable and we are confident he will be out there as well tomorrow. I would say those two guys are pretty much 100%. There is no medical reason why they wouldn't be playing - and it's pretty hard for me to stop them if that's the case."
The all-conquering Leicester team of 2001 and 2002 are the only team to have successfully defended the Heineken Cup title. Leinster not only have the opportunity to match the Tigers' feat but establish their own Dublin dynasty on the Heineken Cup with a third triumph in four years.
"When we won against Leicester (in 2009), Leinster had been going through a tough period for 10 or 12 years and there was a feeling of relief more than anything else," said captain Leo Cullen.
"Last year against Northampton was strange. It couldn't have gone much worse for us in the first half (as Leinster fell 22-6 down) and the turnaround was so dramatic it was amazing. When you experience success it makes you more greedy and you want to experience those feelings all over again."
Ulster, who have been through difficult times of their own, are back in the final for the first time since they were crowned European champions in 1999. Saturday's clash will be the pinnacle for coach Brian McLaughlin and for hooker Rory Best, who have spearheaded Ulster's transformation into a European powerhouse.
"A number of players have come through a lot at Ulster, a lot of players are born and bred and there is something special playing in a final for Ulster," Best said.
Leinster are the odds-on favourites but Ulster have claimed some mighty scalps on their route to Twickenham, most notably Clermont Auvergne, Leicester and Munster.


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Study Reports Maternity Memory Loss
A while back I wrote about having mush brain when I was pregnant. Now there is scientific evidence to show I wasn't alone.
A new Australian study published in the Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, found that pregnant women experience memory loss during pregnancy and it often lingers after the birth.
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One of the Australian researchers behind the study, Dr. Julie Henry said:
What we found is that memory tasks which are more challenging or more novel, or those that would require multitasking -- these types of tasks are likely to be disrupted. For example, a pregnant woman is more likely to forget a new telephone number, but she is able to recall a number she has dialed many times before.
While the researchers don't know what causes the lapse in memory, there are a few theories. One is that pregnant or new mamas are typically dealing with a significant hormonal change. Some believe it's the lack of sleep that expectant women and new mums experience. Others question whether the new lifestyle has caused the brain's focus to shift.
The study evaluated 14 reports that measured the memory performance of more than 1,000 women – mothers, pregnant women and non–pregnant women from various countries and cultures.


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BEd (DM)
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2 Years. Maximum: 4 years from the date of enrolment.
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Candidates who have passed the UG degree in the following subjects can apply for B.Ed. through distance mode: Tamil, Tamil literature, English, Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Physics, Applied Physics, Geo-Physics, Bio-Physicis, Electronics, Chemistry, Bio-Chemistry, Applied Chemistry, Botany, Environmental Science, Bio-Technology, Plant -Biology, Zoology, Micro-Biology, History, Geography, Applied Geography, Computer Science, Computer Application and Information Technology.
Post Graduates in Economics, Commerce and Home Science can also apply.
In-Service teachers with 2 years full-time teaching experience in a Nursery / Primary/ Secondary/ Higher Secondary / Matriculation School in Tamil Nadu recognized by the State or Central Government can only apply.
Candidates having a direct UG degree (without +2 qualification) / candidates having a direct Post-Graduate degree (without a UG degree) are not eligible.
The candidates should have passed the UG Degree Examination in the 10+2+3 stream or 11&1&3.
However, after 10th standard, candidates who have undergone 2 years of secondary grade teacher training with U.G. Qualification are also eligible to apply.
Only the teachers in school service are eligible; others who are working in Colleges / ITI's / Polytechnics are not eligible.
Two years teaching experience of a candidate in a recognized school outside Tamil Nadu shall also apply.
However, such candidates must be in service in a recognized school in Tamil Nadu while applying.
Teaching experience in different schools will be taken into account for two years of service.
There may be a break in the two years of teaching experience.
But, the candidate must be currently working in a recognized School.
Candidates having a UG Degree in Economics/ Sociology / Philosophy / Psychology/ Political Science / Corporate Secretaryship / Commerce / Business Administration are not eligible.
Candidates having a Cross-Major Subject in PG Degree (that is, PG subjects different from UG subjects) are not eligible (For example, candidates with B.A Economics and M.A History).
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The medium of instruction that will be followed in the instructional and practical work will be only English. However, the students will be allowed to prepare their assignments, practical records and take the term-end examinations both in English and Tamil.
There are about 3500 Matriculation Schools all over the state and their number is increasing every year. In addition, there is a vast multitude of Nursery and English Medium Primary Schools which employ only untrained graduate teachers.
The recent report of the Committee on Matriculation Schools in Tamil Nadu has revealed that nearly 57% of the teachers working in Matriculation Schools are untrained. The percentage of untrained Post-Graduate teachers is very high (71%) compared to other categories.
Tamil Nadu Open University will soon launch the B.Ed. Programme in Tamil. Right now, it offers the Programme only in English.
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Dutch Speedskaters Sweep 500 Meters
SOCHI, Russia—After a weekend for the distance specialists, the long-track sprinters took over speedskating at the Adler Arena on Monday evening. But one thing stayed the same: The person on the top step of the podium wore orange.
Michel Mulder became the third Dutch skater to take gold here, winning the 500 meters in 69.31 seconds, beating teammate Jan Smeekens by a hundredth of a second. Ronald Mulder, Michel's twin brother, was third. They shut out skaters from Japan and South Korea, such as Joji Kato and Mo Tae-Bum, who were widely tipped to excel in Sochi.
But there was no stopping the Netherlands. Dutch skaters, nearly invincible at these Games so far, have now taken seven of a possible nine medals through three men's and women's events. Saturday saw a Dutch sweep led by Sven Kramer in the men's 5,000 meters. And on Sunday, Ireen Wust took gold in the women's 3,000.
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New Yorkers got to see a spook-tacular light show at the Empire State Building this Halloween.
Empire State Realty Trust and iHeartMedia teamed up for the annual LED music-to-light show, which dazzled viewers Friday at 6:45 p.m. and again during a second showing at 10 p.m.
Lighting designer Marc Brickman choreographed the light display to a mashup of pop hits, like Rihanna's "Disturbia," and spooky old-school tracks, like "The Addams Family" theme song.
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In the FT Magazine, Katie Roiphe writes about the absurd way rich New Yorkers treat their dogs. Now I'm not a believer in being beastly to dogs, but I often leave mine alone to fend for themselves for a couple of hours. I don't think it does them any particular harm.
In the New York circles Roiphe describes, leaving a dog alone even for an hour would be thought to cause it permanent psychological damage: a whole industry has sprung up to look after the well-being of these over-pampered pets.
Here, for example, is a "website commenter" on the New York Dog Spa & Hotel. "My baby stayed here for five nights while we were out of town. I went in a few days prior to ensure that my needs were being communicated. Felt comfortable that they were addressed as requested and was VERY impressed that after I inadvertently left Bella's carrots at home, the owner had someone pick up a bag so Bella could have her favourite snacks."
If you are wondering, says Roiphe, why a dog needs to eat carrots or why it is being called a baby, "you are not fully apprehending the benefits of being a dog in certain neighbourhoods in Manhattan" (where, incidentally, the term 'pet parent' is now preferred to pet owner).
At Wiggly Pups, a "pet concierge" near Gramercy Park, there is a similarly "uplifting and civilised" environment: the dogs are provided with designer beds, soft music and dim lights at night, "transforming theclub from an active playroom to a dog's den of peace and tranquillity".
Or, if you would rather, dog sitters will come to your house to spend the night. By this point, says Roiphe, "part of me is thinking if you can spend $1,500 a month on doggy daycare and dog sitters, who needs kids"?
A friend of Roiphe's, exaggerating only slightly, says: "When we went on trips the dog would go away to a dog spa that was more expensive than the hotel we were staying at. It's like he would go to the Plaza and we would be going to the Holiday Inn."
PJ O'Rourke's fitness regime
Also in the FT Magazine, PJ O'Rourke is asked how physically fit he is. Hearteningly, he says: "I drink, I smoke cigars, my idea of exerciseis getting up at 3am to go to the bathroom." But since he lives in the country on a farm, where there's a lot of work to do, he's in "reasonable shape".
The American author and satirist's most surprising response, however, is to the question of what he would like to own but doesn't currently possess. "A matched pair of 12-gauge Purdey shotguns," he says, "and pheasants enough to justify their possession."
• The Hilton hotel chain has published what Judith Woods in The Daily Telegraph calls a "gloriously Pooterish" list of things that make us happy.
Here are three: finding an unexpected fiver in your pocket, sunshine and fresh sheets. The message is very Pooterish too, which doesn't make it untrue: it's the small things, not the big ones, that make us smile.
Tabloid money: the brand Beckham money-spinner
• "We learned this week that it now takes the average FTSE boss (annual salary £4.72m) two days to earn what the average worker (annual salary £26,500) makes in a year," says Brian Reade in the Daily Mirror. We also learned that 33,000 of Britain's richest earners "have been deliberately avoiding paying £5.1bn in tax".
You can blame this just as much on the last Labour government's "starry-eyed hero-worship of the rich" as you can on "Thatcher's culture of greed". Maybe that's why "fair-weather friends" of Labour, like Sir Michael Caine, turned their ire on the party when Brown introduced the 50p tax rate in 2009. So it was no surprise that Caine was one of those "outed this week as tax avoiders".
• "Michael Caine has paid countless millions in income tax in a glittering 60-year career," says Tony Parsons in The Sun. Now 81, he's still earning, and still paying tax. "Caine is not commenting on his alleged involvement in Liberty, an aggressive tax-avoidance fund…" It sounds "like a scam and it seems likely that anyone that stored their loot with Liberty will have to give it to HM Revenue and Customs".
But Caine has spoken openly about his attitude to tax. He says if the tax rate ever goes higher than 50%, he will go back to America. "I will not pay the government more than I get – no way, ever." If he leaves Britain, "the British taxman gets 100% of nothing. How is that good for our country?"
• "Posh says she sometimes goes to the supermarket herself," writes Carole Malone in the Sunday Mirror, of former pop star Victoria Beckham. This may seem a bit unlikely. But saying it is "just a big tick in the 'We're just an ordinary family' box, which helps boost the multi-million-pound money-spinner that is brand Beckham".


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Olivia Wilde Is "My Girl Friday" [VIDEOS & PHOTOS]
You have to love a girl that once won a pancake eating contest while visiting Australia, and that girl would be actress Olivia Wilde.
Oliva made her Hollywood debut in the movie, The Girl Next Door, she then moved into TV with parts in "The O.C." and "House M.D." where she came to everyone's attention. She's been very busy in movies lately, including Disney's "Tron: Legacy," "Cowboys & Aliens," and more recently in "The Incredible Burt Wonderstone."
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She is currently engaged to actor and comedian Jason Sudeikis.
Olivia is a vegan, and was voted PETA's Sexiest Vegetarian Celebrity of 2010! Yup, she's one sexy tomato! Olivia Wilde, this week's "My Girl Friday"!


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Love the clean simplicity of your designs – well done once again m8.
This is another great theme ever!!
Good job as always
Amazing work Kriesi! I love the animations with the social network buttons at the top, keep up the awesome work!
Fantastic work as always, Christian!
Looks great I consider using it as an replacement for www.sekretariatet.org. Is it possible to have a color for background instead of a picture? And can I choose any color for the navigation-side?
both possible yes
Very clean design. Will buy it very soon.
Just a small question. Does de comment section integrate nicely with de Livefyre commenting plugin?
Hey! Unfortunately I cant answer this with 100% accuracy since I didnt test it with this plugin. the themes uses the default wordpress commenting system so I guess it should be no problem for the plugin to hook into that and do whatever it is supposed to do.
Thanks for the reply.
Will buy the theme in the coming days so I should be able to test it myself.
This looks fantastic! One question; does it have the ability out of the box to allow me to post latest news on the front page (with excerpts) along with general content?
Thank you! Bob
The theme is setup to make use of the wordpress read more feature, which allows to "cut" a post after a few lines and then display the read more button. Of yourse you dont have to use this button and instead can display the whole post
I'm sorry… I wasn't very clear on what I was asking. What I meant to ask was can I place some latest news onto the homepage along with other forms of homepage content (introduction, calls for action, etc).
In short… can I have mixed content on homepage including latest news?
Got it now ;D
Since the theme is a dedicated blog theme the template builder that I often use in other themes is not available in this one.
But you can apply a static homepage and then use several shortcodes to apply, columns, widgets, call to action buttons etc: http://www.kriesi.at/themes/sentence/template-files/shortcodes/
very nice, but where's the search field?
You can place one in the sidebar via widgets. Totally up to you
Great theme…that's why I bought it . Is there any way to have a menu positioned horizontally across the top right under the logo instead of the sidebar?
no, sorry, that would be only possible with modification of the theme files. you would need top open the sidebar.php file as well as the header.php file, then remove the sidebar menu call and add it to the header and afterwards re-style the whole menu in the css to make it stretch horizontally. Unfortunately a little more work than the support covers, if you need help in pulling that off let me know, I can always provide some resources for freelancers
another great work as always
Has the theme/framework any in built feature for changing Fonts and adding Favicon?
yes and yes. you can add your favicon from the backend and choose separate font stacks for both headings and default content
Just purchased your theme… thanks. Just wondering if it's possible to disable the mobile styling and just have the regular site come up as it would on a proper screen?
Thanks Tom
Love all the fresh wide-open white space and the contrast of the sidebar. Well done, and I wish you the best of luck in sales!
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Goodspeed Musicals and Long Wharf Theatre were the big winners on Mon., June 27, when the Connecticut Critics Circle distributed its 15th annual awards at Seven Angels Theatre in Waterbury. Two productions led the pack with three honors apiece: Goodspeed Musicals' staging of "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" and Yale Repertory Theatre's production of Rolin Jones' play "The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow."
Overall, Goodspeed Musicals amassed five awards, including single honors for its revivals of "Where's Charley?" and "Mack & Mabel," while Long Wharf Theatre won four, two apiece for its revivals of "A Moon for the Misbegotten" and "Travesties."
The Circle's Tom Killen Award, which honors an outstanding contribution to Connecticut theatre, went to Hartford Stage artistic director Michael Wilson for his continuing examination of the plays of Tennessee Williams. A special award of recognition was given to Joanne Woodward, the outgoing artistic director of Westport Country Playhouse, for her role in renovating and preserving the historic Connecticut theatre (see related story above).
This year, for the first time, the Circle recognized not only the winner of its debut award but the runners-up as well, and awarded a cash prize to each: Dan McCabe won the award for his performance in TheaterWorks' production of "Kimberly Akimbo," while Meyer DeLeeuw, of Seven Angels' staging of "Anything Goes," and Olivia Oguma, of Long Wharf's production of "BFE," were the runners-up.
A complete list of winners follows:
Play: "The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow," Yale Repertory Theatre.
Musical: "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers," Goodspeed Musicals.
Actress (Play): Alyssa Bresnahan, "A Moon for the Misbegotten," Long Wharf Theatre.
Actor (Play): Tom Hewitt, "Travesties," Long Wharf Theatre.
Actress (Musical) (tie): Christiane Noll, "Mack & Mabel," Goodspeed Musicals; Jacquelyn Piro, "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers," Goodspeed Musicals.
Actor (Musical): Noah Racey, "Where's Charley?," Goodspeed Musicals.
Direction (Play): Gregory Boyd, "Travesties," Long Wharf Theatre.
Direction (Musical): Julie Arenal, "Hair," Downtown Cabaret Theatre.
Choreography: Patti Colombo, "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers," Goodspeed Musicals.
Set Design: Lee Savage, "The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow," Yale Repertory Theatre.
Lighting Design: Jennifer Tipton, "A Moon for the Misbegotten," Long Wharf Theatre.
Costume Design: Linda Fisher, "The School for Husbands," Westport Country Playhouse.
Sound Design: Hillary Charnas, "The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow," Yale Repertory Theatre.
Ensemble Performance: The cast of "Hair," Downtown Cabaret Theatre.
Road Show: "My Fair Lady," Hartford Stage.
Debuts: Dan McCabe, "Kimberly Akimbo," TheaterWorks (winner); Meyer DeLeeuw, "Anything Goes," Seven Angels Theatre and Olivia Oguma, "BFE," Long Wharf Theatre (runners-up).


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Fast-food workers have staged strikes at McDonald's and Burger Kings and demonstrated at other stores in 60 US cities in their latest action in an almost year-long campaign to raise wages in the service sector.
The strikes spread quickly across the US and shut down restaurants in New York, Chicago, Detroit, Milwaukee, St Louis, Raleigh and Seattle, according to organisers.
The fast-food workers were expected to be joined by retail staff from stores owned by Macy's Inc, Sears Holdings Corp and Dollar Tree Inc.
The fast-food workers want to form unions in the virtually union-free sector without employer retaliation and bargain for higher wages.
They are demanding pay of $15 (€11.33) an hour, up from $7.25 (€5.48), which is the current federal minimum wage.
Martin Rafanan, a community organiser in St Louis, said local employees of McDonald's and Wendy's can not make it on the salaries.
"If you're paying $7.35 an hour and employing someone for 20, 25 hours a week, which is the average here, they're bringing home about $10,000 a year. You can't survive on that," Mr Rafanan said. Missouri's minimum wage is $7.35 an hour.
He added: "Unless we can figure out how to make highly profitable companies pay a fair wage to their workers, we're just going to watch them pull all the blood, sweat, tears and money out of our communities."
McDonald's profits totalled $5.47 billion in 2012.
Momentum has been building in recent months, organisers say, as they receive financial and technical support from the Service Employees International Union, community activists, politicians and the clergy.
Last November, around 200 workers walked off their fast-food jobs in New York City. Groups in Chicago, Kansas City, Detroit and other cities followed their lead in April and July.
The $200 billion US fast-food sector, as well as retail sales and food preparation, have been under the spotlight because they have added most of the jobs, in many cases lower-paying and part time, since the recession.
Restaurant chains and trade groups say the protests are unwarranted because fast-food and retail outlets provide Americans with millions of good jobs with competitive pay and ample opportunities to rise through the ranks.
"Our history is full of examples of individuals who worked their first job with McDonald's and went on to successful careers both within and outside of McDonald's," McDonald's said in a statement.
Wendy's and Burger King did not respond to requests for comment.
The restaurant chains have not changed their wage policies as a result of recent strikes.
The National Retail Federation said in a statement the strikes are "further proof that the labour movement (has) abdicated their role in an honest and rational discussion about the American workforce".
In today's Wall Street Journal, the conservative Employment Policies Institute ran a full-page ad with a picture of a robot making pancakes, warning that higher wages would mean "fewer entry-level jobs and more automated alternatives".
"You can either raise prices and lose customers, or (automate) those jobs," said Michael Saltsman, EPI's research director, adding that "the idea that restaurants are rolling in the money is not representative of the situation franchisees face".
The median wage for front-line fast-food workers is $8.94 per hour, according to an analysis of government data by the National Employment Law Project (NELP), an advocacy group for lower-wage workers.
"The workers are responding to total failure on behalf of the federal government to raise the minimum wage to keep up with inflation and the cost of living," said Tsedeye Gebreselassie, a lawyer at the NELP, referring to the strikes.
The walkouts, coming before the US Labor Day holiday on Monday, also took place in the Southern states of Texas, Louisiana, and North Carolina.


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Premise: Hosted by fashion specialist Len D. Henry, this competition series pits fashion designers against one another as they compete for the chance to create the wedding dress of one bride's dreams. Each week, a bride is joined by a trio of talented designers who battle it out in a series of difficult challenges while they each create a customized, one-of-a-kind bridal gown under the watchful and critical eyes of the bride, her friends and family. In the end, the bride has three beautiful dresses made just for her, but she can pick only one to wear on her wedding day.


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The Son That Former NFL Player Rae Carruth Tried To Kill Turns 18, Still Suffering From Permanent Brain Damage
The former wide receiver, who plotted the murder of his ex, Cherica Adams, is scheduled to be released from prison soon.
Out of 89 beauty queens around the world, Miss Angola was crowned Miss Universe at last night's competition. The contestant is the first to do so from her African country, marked by its extreme poverty. The natural beauty beat out Miss Brazil, Miss China, Miss Philippines and Miss Ukraine, who rounded out the top five.
Leila Lopes, a 25-year-old business student from the town of Benguela, has used her pageant platform to further her work in the fight against the global HIV/AIDS epidemic that has taken a serious toll on her country. Just following the show, she revealed to reporters how her new title will help support her mission. "I've worked with various social causes. I work with poor kids, I work in the fight against HIV. I work to protect the elderly and I have to do everything that my country needs," she said. "I think now as Miss Universe I will be able to do much more."
As a final question, Lopes was asked, "What physical trait would you change if you could?" The question wasn't nearly as tough as the others but, as a Black woman, it was a chance for her to inspire millions. "Thank God I'm very satisfied with the way God created me and I wouldn't change a thing," Lopes said. "I consider myself a woman endowed with inner beauty. I have acquired many wonderful principles from my family and I intend to follow these for the rest of my life."
(Photo: AP Photo/Andre Penner)
The former wide receiver, who plotted the murder of his ex, Cherica Adams, is scheduled to be released from prison soon.
Each of the men could be served a life sentence in prison.
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Despite their poor reputation for safety, Mr Ponniah, 26, became convinced that tuk-tuks would catch on in Britain, especially if he added a few reassuring features such as roll bars, side-impact protection and seatbelts.
He has imported 12 from Pune in India and today begins Britain's first tuk-tuk service in Brighton. A service for Central London is planned for next year, followed by others in Bristol, Manchester, Birmingham and Edinburgh.
In Brighton, adults will pay a flat fare of £2.50 and children £1.50. They will share the ride with strangers, with up to three people squeezed into the open-sided cabin behind the driver. The service will run all year on a set route. Mr Ponniah is confident that there will still be a demand in winter, when the only protection from the cold and rain will be a plastic curtain.
Thursday, July 06, 2006
Modified tuk-tuk hits Britain
The tuk-tuk is a popular form of transportation found in countries like Thailand, Cambodia and Laos. Soon, it will be popular in Britain too. From Times Online:
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News4's Adam Tuss uncovered lowered standards of service and on-time performance for WMATA's Metrorail and Metrobus.
Last week, WMATA General Manager Richard Sarles wrote in a Washington Post op-ed "service and on-time performance have improved." Sarles claimed all ongoing repair work is making a difference for the transportation system as a whole.
However, standards for service and on-time performance have been lowered by several percentage points during the past few years.
For Metrorail, the standard was lowered from 95 percent to 90.5 percent. Last year, the Metro missed its old goal with 91 percent on-time performance.
For the Metrobus system, WMATA lowered the standard from 80 percent to 78 percent, allegedly due to increased traffic in the District. Last year, the buses also missed their previous standard, landing at 78.9 percent.
Metro's target goals for escalator service were lowered, also missing previous years' goals but meeting the new standard.
Employee injury rate is higher than targeted, as is crime on buses.
Despite these lowered goals, most riders recently reported having a favorable view of Metrorail.
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- Poll: Most Have Favorable View of Metrorail
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In my PublishAsia presentation in Macau I walked through a general business case for social networking as an integrated feature of a news website.
The argument goes like this: We have an audience problem. We can fix our sales incentives, train our people, tune our pricing and our packaging, and replace leadership as necessary. But at the end of the day we're going to hit a very hard wall. That wall is available advertising inventory that meets the advertisers' needs.
While working on a presentation today I was looking for some dates and stumbled across Wikipedia's Online Newspapers entry, which may be the worst page in the entire collection. What little information it has is riddled with inaccuracy. This probably is an illustration of the Cobbler's Children principle. Perhaps some J-prof could armtwist an undergrad into fixing it.
Fortunately we have Dave Carlson's Online Timeline, which is thorough and accurate.


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While in the midst of writing tunes for the project, I received a call from Billy Stern. Billy is an old friend who recently became a board member of Guitars in the Classroom. Billy invited me to a GITC fundraiser that featured The Quarrymen. The show was hosted by Sirius Satellite Radio's Chris Carter from "Breakfast With The Beatles." My brother, Teddy, is a producer with Sirius, and I figured with the combination of Teddy and Billy, I'd get to meet The Q-men. It worked, and I invited them to dinner in Malibu the next day. They had a full schedule, which was growing by the minute, but they really wanted to see Malibu beach (and my guitar pool).
After dinner, I invited them to see my studio. I had already set it up with the song I wanted them to sing on. I made the proposition, and they gladly complied. Their friendly demeanor and thick, scouser accents transformed the song and took it right back to 1964. Later on, Len Garry told me he couldn't believe that Colin (Hanton) had sung on the tune. He and Rod (Davis) had been trying to get him to sing for years, but he never would. Len surmised that Colin felt obliged after the ride to the beach in my '41 Ford Woody and my wife Joan's great dinner. Furthermore, he confirmed that this was Colin's first recorded vocal performance. Remember, Colin was in the original Beatles' lineup and drummed on their primitive demo. His drumming is on the Beatles' Anthology album. Now I was off and running!
With The Quarrymen on board, I contacted Rhino Records founder Harold Bronson. I had met Ian Whitcomb at Harold's home and was hoping he'd remind Ian of that and set the stage for Ian to participate. An e-mail went out, and Ian happily complied. His period "megaphone" vocals worked great on "A Bit of Awright."
I also knew that Harold knew Spencer Davis and hoped he'd do the same. I had met Spencer several times in the distant past, and Walter had been on a bill with him in Nashville not so long ago. Harold gave me his number. It turned out that Spencer had been a great friend of our late drummer, Bruce Gary. He was happy to participate as a tribute to Bruce, and he also arranged for me to see him in concert at the Wiltern Theatre. The Zombies and The Yardbirds were also on the bill.
Guitar Center's Ray Scheer is a friend from the classic car world who also owns Favored Nations Records, The Yardbirds' record label. In the late '60s, our band had been on the bill with former Yardbird Keith Relf's band Renaissance, and, although none of the other ex-Yardbird/ Renaissance musicians were in the current lineup, I felt there was enough of a connection to get a conversation going.
Ray set up the e-mail connection, and I began a dialogue with Jim McCarty, the original Yardbirds' drummer. I got to spend some time with him backstage at the Wiltern concert. Jim was into participating, but their hectic schedule didn't allow for it.


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CUNA: Privacy Notice and Savings Transfer Reform Ripe for Reg Relief
WASHINGTON-CUNA President and CEO Dan Mica told Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) in a Feb. 8 letter on his updated regulatory relief matrix that his organization would still like to see a few more relief measures in Crapo's long-awaited legislation. A risk-based capital system and expanded business lending powers were the top two credit union-specific changes Mica requested. "Credit unions continue to remain the most highly regulated and restricted of all insured financial institutions, particularly after the passage of the Credit Union Membership Access Act (CUMAA) in 1998. Severe restrictions have been unintentionally imposed on credit unions in several areas, especially small business lending and capital standards," Mica wrote. He asked that provisions from the Credit Union Regulatory Improvements Act (H.R. 2317) to increase the member business lending cap from 12.25% to 20% and update the threshold of what qualifies as a business loan from $50,000 to $100,000 be included in any legislation introduced in the Senate. A risk-based capital system, Mica said, would ensure that the standards allow the NCUA to supervise a modern risk-based capital system for credit unions. CUNA supports amendments to create similar standards for credit unions that are applicable to FDIC-insured institutions. Enacting the NCUA capital reform proposal would ultimately result in capital and net worth requirements that more precisely reflect a credit union's actual risk profile, while providing appropriate safeguards for the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund, the American taxpayer, and the overall credit union system." Additionally, he suggested that two other items be added to the general provisions of a regulatory relief package: eliminating annual privacy notices for financial institutions that do not share personal information or have not changed their policy, and increasing or eliminating the cap on permissible monthly transfers from savings accounts. On the latter, Mica explained, "It is impossible to logically explain the "Regulation D" restrictions to consumers in this electronic age. Perhaps the committee should inquire of the Federal Reserve Board if the distinction between savings and transaction accounts is even needed in 2006 for carrying out monetary policy."


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- Brand Name: ENERGIT
- Model Number: EN-BS689
- Use: Computer, Mobile Phone, Portable Audio Player, pool, Outdoor,poll, indoor
- Channels: 1
- Special Feature: Mini, Portable, Wireless
- Place of Origin: Guangdong, China (Mainland)
- Item name: Wireless Floating Bluetooth Speaker
- Type: EN-BS689
- waterproof standard: IPX7 level
- LED light: multicolor led mood lighting
- output power: 3W RSMX1
- Power supply: 3.7V 1200Mah Li-ion battery
- bluetooth transmission range: 25-30Meter
- Compatible: all devices enabled with A2DP Stereo Bluetooth
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"Women, especially pretty ones, often expect doors to fly open", Françoise Gilot says. "The only way to reach the top strata of the art world—or any profession—is to 'work like hell' and have a unique vision. Are you capable of inventing something new?" she asks. "That's where it starts."
French artist Françoise Gilot, even at 94, is a force to be reckoned with.
The muse to Pablo Picasso when he was 61, and she, a mere 21 years of age, became not only the inspiration to his work and romantic life for a decade, but the mother of two of his children, Claude and Paloma.
And don't get it twisted, Gilot was not a woman who lingered in Picasso's shadow of art or fame; she built her own legacy as a stand-alone artist with over 5,800 pieces of work to show for it. Currently, Gilot can spend up to 20 hours a day working in her studio/home apartment in New York.
Also, a best selling author of the intimately revealing Life with Picasso, that caused Picasso to denounce any relation to her or anyone who favored the book, Gilot continues to express her experiences with her newest book on the demands, dilemmas, rewards of womanhood, About Women: Conversations Between a Writer and a Painter.


text: I am the proud new owner of a 7.5 week old APBT named Mollie. So far she has been a good girl with housetraining, though she is a lazy girl and it is easy to get her out as soon as she is up. She is fed 3 times a day, breakfast and dinner being smaller quantities than lunch. Also, seeing as I am out of the house from 7-4 she is staying with my mother during the day. How long until she can be home by herself? I am able to come home around 12:30 to let her out, but because she is still so small my mom is watching her all day. Finally, Mollie is currently sleeping in bed with me. I find its a bit easier than having her in a crate as I am a heavy sleeper and its a bit of a hassle having her in a crate where I may or may not hear her get up. Is there something I should or should not do? Its been so long since ive housetrained a puppy!


text: Just south of the Oregon border near Smith River, the Ship Ashore Museum pays tribute to ocean vessels with a permanently aground yacht. The Ship Ashore museum and gift shop offers an array of ocean-related goodies - from an exhibit of model ships to preserved sea creatures. The ship-in-a-bottle on display in the wheel house and the preserved California gray whale eye located in the cargo bay are highlights. Pirate figurines under the bow of the ship are frightful. The Ship Ashore also houses an impressive gift shop, with pirate memorabilia, jewelry, redwood products, clothing and several other unique gifts. Admission is free and it is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.


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Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Lynch, Sapp learn today if they make Hall of Fame cut to 15
TAMPA - Two defensive stalwarts who fueled the championship run of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are about to discover whether their Hall of Fame aspirations are still alive. With 16 Pro Bowls between them, defensive tackle Warren Sapp and safety John Lynch are hoping to advance to the final list of 15 modern-day candidates for the Class of 2013 when the group is announced today by the Pro Football Hall of Fame. After a lengthy discussion about the merits of each of the final 15 nominees, the next class will be revealed Feb. 2, the day before the Super Bowl, in New Orleans. A maximum of five modern-era nominees can be elected in any class, and Sapp and Lynch are both eligible for the first time.Late defensive end Lee Roy Selmon is the only Buccaneer inducted into the Canton, Ohio, shrine to excellence. Linebacker Derrick Brooks and former Tampa Bay coach Tony Dungy will be eligible for the 2014 class. Sapp, now an analyst for NFL Network, made seven Pro Bowls with the Bucs. He played his final four seasons with the Raiders, finishing with 96.5 career sacks. A first-round draft pick out of the University in Miami in 1995, Sapp was named the NFL's defensive player of the year in 1999 and is the only defensive player named to the NFL's all-decade teams of the 1990s and 2000s. Lynch, who worked several Bucs games this season as an analyst for Fox, played 11 seasons for Tampa Bay after being selected in the third round of the 1993 draft. A hard-hitting safety who registered 23 career interceptions and 973 tackles for Tampa Bay, Lynch made the Pro Bowl five times as a Buccaneer before earning a trip to Hawaii in each of his four seasons in Denver. Other first-time eligibles hoping to survive the cutdown from 27 semifinalists are Giants defensive end Michael Strahan, Ravens left tackle Jonathan Ogden and Cowboys offensive lineman Larry Allen. Also seeking to advance are former owners Ed DeBartolo, a Tampa resident, and Art Modell, along with former NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue and long-time coach Bill Parcells. Editor's note: Tribune NFL writer Ira Kaufman is a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame voting committee.
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MADRID, Spain -- King Juan Carlos presented novelist Jose Jimenez Lozano with the Cervantes prize for 2002, Spanish literature's most respected award.
Author of some 15 books and as many essays, Jimenez Lozano, 72, is known for his portrayals of spiritual and religious themes and characters caught up in unjust and painful situations.
His books include "El Grano de Maiz -- Rojo (The Red Grain of Maize)," which won Spain's 1989 National Critics Award, and "Los Lobeznos (The Wolf Cubs)," published last year.
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Mobile payments solution company, iCache today announced the availability of its new product called iCache Geode. And yes, it's a digital wallet that works with or should I say works in your iPhone. According to iCache, the Geode happens to be the world's first secure digital wallet that has ever come to iPhone. Scheduled to be launched on June 2, the device is also certified as "Made for iPhone" by Apple itself.
Explaining iCache Geode some more, it consolidates all your debit, credit and loyalty cards into one simple and secure system via a unique biometric technology that ensures safety and security for your financial cards. This means that only you can access the Geode app on your iPhone and its content. This is made possible through unique fingerprint. The Geode works with shops where you normally shop and transactions are done through mere touch of buttons. In other words, it eliminates the hassles of paying up for your transactions on cash counters. The card also uses e-ink screen so that scanning terminals in shops will be able to read barcodes from your iPhone.
Best of all – Geode also serves as an iPhone case, even giving you various color combinations such as black/yellow, green/white, pink/white or purple/white. The Geode retails for $199.
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Syrian websites claimed last Saturday that Jordan is harboring approximately 18,000 armed Libyan Salafi troops, on standby to fight in Syria against President Bashar Al-Assad. The Syrian Websites Al Haqeeqa and Sham Press, staunchly in support of Al Assad's regime, claim to have confirmed the information from sources in Amman that Libyans are entering Jordan under the pretext of medical treatment.
Given that Jordan's community over the last year has been a-chatter with the increasing number of Libyan medical 'tourists' (adding to the medical waiting list), insiders find this story to be a strong possibility. What remains astounding is the staggering number of these so-called soldiers. It is not the first time medical subterfuge has been used as a ruse for military means.
Scores of Salafi fighters await signal to spring
The influx of said Salafi troops has flooded straight out of the heart of Tripoli, led by the capital's military commander. According to Syrian sources, Islamist war chief General Abel Hakim Bilhaj is heading up the drive to smuggle in his troops, masquerading as walking-wounded, into the Kingdom. They are purportedly flocking to Jordan by grace of the universal immunity granted to physical victims of conflict, as, says the report, "wounded soldiers in need of treatment."
The website claims that the number of Libyans in the side-wings in Jordan has reached a hefty toll of 43,000, 18,000 of which are professional Salafi troops. Apparently the remaining figures are their consorts - family members who have accompanied them. Still, a marked majority of them are said to be males.
The report indicated their geographic location, specifying, "A sealed area between Al Mafraq and Al Ramtha," as being readied to accommodate these numbers. "They will remain there in waiting until called upon to enter Syria to fight," reported the website.
Other details mentioned, laid bare their schedule of mobilization. They are supposedly set to enter Syria 'soon,' according to an agreement between Amman, Al Doha and Washington.
Meanwhile, these Libyan military-personnel, posing as medical cases from Libya are waiting in Jordan until it is decreed they be used as extra ammunition in this war against Assad.
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Not Sure How To Decorate Your Walls?
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I love gallery walls even though I don't have any in my house. I think if I was doing one, I would use those botanicals that you showed in one of your pictures. I love that look! I know you have some unique artwork to work with so you'll be able to come up with something pretty!ReplyDelete
I love gallery walls! I just did one with crates and vintage. Can't wait to see yours!ReplyDelete
It'll be interesting to see what you do with your walls - I love the gallery wall look. You can avoid some of the nail holes by using those Command strips.ReplyDelete
That first one is definitely YOU!!ReplyDelete
My kitchen gallery wall looks like Cracker Barrel. ha I just keep adding to it.ReplyDelete
When I see walls like the 2nd one down I know I could NEVER get them lined up that perfectly. I'm more put a nail in here, hang, put another nail in here, hang another! I get so nervous about patching things. Hubby used to do all of that, and now he can't. So it all stays pretty much the same place! I'm seriously thinking about hanging a bunch of my water color flowers I've painted recently in my bdrm, and they will be all different sizes, too! I can't wait to see what you do, Brenda. Whatever it is it will be delightful.ReplyDelete
Love the gardening blueprint with the goodies. We just completed a gallery wall upstairs. Fun!ReplyDelete
I love those vintage inspired plant charts and the floating shelves in the galley kitchen. Great ideas!ReplyDelete
Looking forward to seeing what you decide to do. I think I want a gallery wall above my couch. Haven't decided for sure yet. I need to get a pinterest board going for ideas.ReplyDelete
I just put up a gallery wall on my newly painted living room wall yesterday! It took me a whole weekend to paint the wall and trim and put up the gallery wall. I'm still trying to decide if I like it, and I guess I won't know until the whole room is painted which should be around 2016 at the rate I'm going. I found some wonderful examples on Pinterest, too. Have fun creating yours and remember all those extra holes can be filled with spackling! Just saying.ReplyDelete
I sincerely hope you are doing a wall full of your photography prints...your outdoor pictures are just wonderful. I am working on one in my bedroom, just some of my favorite photos I've taken. Walgreens website is great and the prints are ready in an hour or they can be mailed. Marshall's had the best prices on frames-$3.99 to $6.99 for 5X7. Have fun!ReplyDelete
Can't wait to see what you decide to do Brenda. I love any earthy or botanical. I have never done a gallery wall, are there rules to follow such as how many and balance?ReplyDelete
This is a great roundup, Brenda. I've got several walls that need decorating, and I keep changing my mind! Great ideas here.ReplyDelete
Hi Brenda, You have such good taste! I'm sure your gallery wall will be fantastic.ReplyDelete
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