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Kimmy & Nathan's Art Driven Loft
Name: Kimmy McAtee and Nathan Bell
Location: Downtown Arts District — Los Angeles, California
Size: 1,300 square feet
Years lived in: 3 months — Rent
Practically brand new residents to this space, Kimmy and Nathan relocated from a nearby loft only a few blocks away. Their love of downtown Los Angeles and the arts district keeps them inspired and always involved in local events and their new home is a perfect space for entertaining and gathering.
Kimmy and Nathan's home exudes restraint, with a minimalism that somehow remains highly personal to them. With their adorable pugs, who are clearly the most valuable part of their home to their incredible collection of artwork, everything has meaning and says volumes about their personal tastes. Kimmy says the most essential part of designing a home is "creating a space that we want to live in. It has to be functional - and allow both of us do what we need to do. But of course you want a good design aesthetic - you want to come home and be happy and host your friends."
When you live this close to the evolving artist district it's easy to be involved in everything that's happening around you; the culture, the city, the local music scene and of course the arts. "Being that Nathan is an artist and DJ we have a space to do screen-printing and make things as well as host an entire wall of records. Kimmy is in marketing and the editor of the Keep A Breast magazine working to create all the content for KAB. All the space and natural light is amazing for photo shoots and videos. The kitchen island was a must have as we love having our friends over."
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My Style: Recreational, Art Driven, Personal.
The loft speaks to our style - it's very easy to get a sense of who we are just from a few minutes inside.
Inspiration: We draw inspiration from the pieces that we own. We are both casual collectors to a degree. Nathan calls me a "Chair Whore" but I just love furniture - in the eight years we have been together I have owned 13 sofas - seriously. Nathan collects vinyl and moonlights as a DJ at Tony's, a local bar. We find a lot of inspiration from our jobs and friends; in fact, our own friends have created a large proportion of the art we have collected throughout the years. For the most part, we look at all the rad things that we accumulated and decide how to showcase them in the best way and let it organically shape the way each "room" is built.
Favorite Element: The space. It has enabled us to roll our motorcycle into the loft and to put a swing in the middle of the room without disrupting any flow or us feeling overwhelmed - we love that.
Biggest Challenge: We moved into the loft in the middle of a heat wave. Everyone wonders why we didn't put the bedroom upstairs - or an office. But it was ridiculously hot - like that unbearable Bikram yoga hot. So, we decided to convert it into a walk in closet instead - the perfect solution since both of us have extensive wardrobes.
Another challenge we overcame was just moving in together - the challenge was balancing our separate lives, spaces, and the clothing line we had together. A lot of heated conversations about space, and what (or who) got priority. Oddly it took moving into a loft - where we had no walls and no way to get away from each other - to actually find that spatial harmony.
What Friends Say: Everyone always walks in and notices the swing. At first people seem to be baffled as to why we would have a swing - most people love it - and the haters are always quick to start swinging and instagramming photos of how high they can go.
Biggest Embarrassment: Pug hair... on everything. One time we had a furniture designer walk into our space and freaked out on our Ligne Roset sofa. It's a super expensive sofa that Kimmy was in love with and somehow scored at an estate sale for only a few hundred dollars. People are sometimes appalled at how we would let the dogs play all over it. But what can we say - they do what they want. We are total pushover dog lovers.
Proudest DIY: Can we say our proudest DIY is hiring our friend Sven to build half the furniture in the space? He built the bed, swing, kitchen island, the coat rack / hidden shelf, and the closet. He is a very talented, awesome human being.
Biggest Indulgence: That is a hard one - we have slowly accumulated things over time, thrifting and getting deals or convincing friends to build things... we also shop on sites like Gilt.com or at Target. We both work for a non-profit so we tend not to indulge. If you add everything up we would have to say our biggest indulgence would be Nathan's record addiction.
Best Advice: Inspiration is closer than you might realize. Almost all the art we own is by friends or things we have done ourselves and they all have a story or a meaning to us. The bottom line we think is to not own anything you don't love.
- • the place came white
- • Coat rack is made by Sven Barth
• Bench is thrifted
• Lockers are thrifted
- • sofa is Ligne Roset
• architect cabinet (coffee table) Ligne Roset
• fiberglass shell chair rocker - Modernica
• IKEA bookshelves for records
- • kitchen island by Sven Barth
- • kitchen chevron / Americana stuff by Curiosity Shoppe for Target
- • bed by Sven Barth
- • Target
• Costco
- • Art - Miranda July, Ben Horton, Travis Millard, Mark "Fos" Foster, Mike Maxwell, Hershel Baltrotsky, Michael Coleman, Lyle Wessels, Jim McHugh, Chad Foreman, Jay Howell, kozyndan, Scott Benzel, Ed Templeton, Kyle MayNerd Lunneborg, Andrew Jeffrey Wright, Milton Glaser, Michael Buchino, Andy Jenkins, Nathan Bell. And a bunch others that I can't name off the top of my head, so I am sorry (and get more legible signatures).
- • We both work for the Keep A Breast Foundation (Nathan as Art Director, myself as the VP of PR and Marketing) - www.keep-a-breast.org
We own a small clothing line together - www.thisisponyattack.com
Nathan has a amazing beard accessories line called Beard Buddy. www.beard-buddy.com
Thanks, Kimmy and Nathan!
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Ryan White and ACA: Agency Decides to Pursue FQHC Status
Pursue FQHC status. That call to action—slightly snappy sounding in the lexicon of the health care bureaucracy—belies the exhaustive thinking, meeting and talking behind one Ryan White agency's decision on how best to adjust to the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
The grantee is Catawba Care in South Carolina, just one of hundreds of Ryan White agencies around the nation that are deciding how best to adjust to changes in payers and services under health care reform. This blog series will track their progress and share their tools and insights.
"When we first began looking at change, the uncertainty of Ryan White funding going forward was the biggest factor".
In the first blog, we took a look at how Catawba's board contemplated what direction to take. This blog examines the factors that propelled Catawba's decision to go for designation as an FQHC, a Federally Qualified Health Center, and the initial steps they are taking to get ready to become an FQHC, which promises access to enhanced reimbursement rates under a mission broader than HIV alone.
What Drove the Decision?
Much has changed for Catawba in their years-long work to decide how to adjust to ACA, including the forces driving change. Said Catawba's Executive Director, Anita Case: "When we first began looking at change, the uncertainty of Ryan White funding going forward" was the biggest factor.
The fear subsided, replaced by new factors like a needs assessment funded by a HRSA Bureau of Primary Health Care planning grant that Case learned about at a National Association of Community Health Centers training on developing an FQHC. HRSA's planning grants are a potential stepping-stone to achieving some type of health center status. Yet another driver was encouragement from HRSA to keep focusing on restructuring.
That message come from both the HRSA/BPHC project officer, Babak Yaghmaei, who was overseeing the planning grant, and Catawba's HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau Part C project officer, Tracey Gantt. Catawba's Case recalls Gantt expressing concern about Catawba's long-term viability as they were an AIDS Service Organization, which limited their patient service delivery structure and funding opportunities.
A local funder also urged Catawba to keep at it and figure out how to deliver care to a larger section of the community. A cut in local United Way funding also created some, shall we say, refocusing time.
The Needs Assessment
Catawba's needs assessment results, said Case, helped Catawba conclude that they "had a really strong program and unmet needs in the community and that we could deliver services to meet that need and serve the community." To get the assessment done, Catawba issued a request for proposals, which was awarded to and carried out by the Duke Center for Health Policy & Inequalities Research.
The targeted components included the following:
- Review and Analysis of Existing Data (e.g., United Way needs assessment, county health indicator data)
- Healthcare Environment Scan (review of policies and research, especially the potential impact of healthcare reform on access to care for lower income individuals and implications for FQHC operations)
- Qualitative/Quantitative Data from the Community. The following audiences and methods examined availability of services, barriers to care, ideas for improvement, and other topics: Key Informant Interviews (10 sessions); Provider Surveys (20 surveys); Target Population Surveys (248 surveys); Target Population Focus Groups (5 groups)
- Community Forums/Listening Sessions (2 sessions to get feedback on findings and solicit additional input from attendees via a brief survey)
- Community Asset Mapping (geographic location of existing health care agencies as a measure of accessibility to populations in need)
The planning grant and the assessment were guided by a Community Advisory Group, comprised of medical and service providers (not HIV-specific only). "At the end, they recommended we become a community health center," said Case. The board delayed a decision for a time given uncertainty about ACA with the looming Supreme Court ruling and the 2012 elections but gave the go-ahead in 2013.
Decision in Hand, Time for FQHC Baby Steps
Catawba plans to apply for a HRSA New Access Point grant in the coming months. HRSA's Health Center program has been undergoing significant expansion of health care services for underserved individuals, beginning with a big push that started in 2001, which has since broadened under the Affordable Care Act as part of efforts to expand third party payer coverage under Medicaid and Marketplace health insurance. Most recently, in November 2013, HHS awarded 236 new Health Center awards, with some grants going to Ryan White grantees.
There are many tasks to undertake in deciding how to become an FQHC, like determining which services are reimbursable and assessing the agency's infrastructure capacity (e.g., third party billing). To set the stage for its FQHC application, one of Catawba's first steps is identifying community partners, which is a key requirement for FQHC development.
Catawba's outreach protocol is fairly straightforward:
- Identify key health care agencies, medical providers, and hospitals
- Arrange meetings with each
- Meet face-to-face with broad questions like: What is your agency looking for? How can we help each other? Are their opportunities for us to partner together?
Catawba has a back-up plan if additional health center funding doesn't come out as they hope. They will apply to be an FQHC look-alike. That's no easy task, either, said Case. "A look-alike has to be up and running for six months under FQHC rules, which means we would have to secure private funds to sustain the program for that time period."
Where Should Your Agency Start?
What first steps should a Ryan White agency take to adjust to ACA? It depends on many variables. Is the agency a medical clinic or does it focus on providing supportive services that may not be readily reimbursed by Medicaid and private insurance? How many other agencies are in the area? What partners are nearby? What gaps in care are there to fill? What does the patient population look like in terms of income and payer sources? On this latter point, a clinic with mostly very low-income patients may not benefit from expanding its capacity to contract with private health plans.
Despite all these factors, Case's first recommendation is to "get in touch with your state Primary Care Association to find out what resources they have. Can they come in to do a training about what it means to be health center?"
"Get in touch with your state Primary Care Association to find out what resources they have...."
In adjusting to ACA, "you need to understand what it is you are getting into," said Case." "If you are not a clinic, it's a huge jump. If you are already a clinic, it's still a jump but not as big. There are a lot of requirements and expectations to make the change."
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AC Ajaccio have announced the signing of defender Ronald Zubar from Wolves but confirmed long-serving Algeria international Carl Medjani has left for Monaco.
Ajaccio will hope that Zubar, who has played more than 100 games in Ligue 1 with Caen and Marseille, can prove an adequate replacement for Medjani as they continue to hover just above the relegation zone in 15th place, just two points clear.
"It is now official that Ronald Zubar will join ACA," a statement said on the club's website.
"The central defender, 27, spent the last three and a half years in England with Wolverhampton. He played more than 50 games in the Premier League."
Zubar earned 15 caps for France Under-21s between 2004 and 2007 - a period that coincided with Medjani captaining the side.
Medjani, who joined Ajaccio from Lorient in 2008 after beginning his professional career with Liverpool, drops down a division to join Monaco but will hope for a swift return to the top flight with the principality club level with Nantes at the top of the Ligue 2 standings.
Ajaccio president Alain Orsoni thanked Medjani for his contribution.
He said: "The player gave the best of himself during six years wearing our colours. It was difficult to (deny him the move) after all he has done for the club."
Ajaccio also confirmed that Karim El Hany has moved on, joining FC Brussels after scoring two goals in 32 appearances.


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A to Z April Challenge: V is for Virenda
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Another very unusual name but a very pretty one also.ReplyDeleteReplies
I like this one too -- I think it's time for a comeback.Delete
I have never heard of the name Virenda before. I guess if you had twin girls you could name them Virenda and Brenda.ReplyDelete
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Oh Kathy - I'm going to be missing Sepia Saturday this week. My first miss in over a year. BOO HOO -- I just couldn't get it together before leaving for the lake.
I agree: Virenda is a pretty name.ReplyDelete
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It's a beautiful Thursday here in VA. 4 days left of AtoZ. What a fast month!Delete
Good night, Wendy, just when I think you can't have anymore "unique" names! This one is pretty. I am uber excited to see what you have in store for Z!ReplyDeleteReplies
Uhh yeah, me too!Delete
I'm with Heather, Wendy--only it's "X" I'm waiting for. There's always a spare Zelda to call upon for such roll calls as these :)ReplyDeleteReplies
I was for sure there would be a Violet for V! Can't wait to see X!ReplyDeleteReplies
I'm glad I could come up with something a bit more unusual than that. HA!Delete
An usual but pretty name. I wonder where it originates from?ReplyDeleteReplies
Sharon, I don't know. The closest I could find is "VirendRa" of Hindi origin meaning "brave, noble person." But I can't even begin to imagine how my ancestors thought of it.Delete


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Kiss to Appear At Opening of Band-Themed Las Vegas Mini Golf Course
Fore! Grab your putters and head over to Las Vegas's hottest mini golfing green, Kiss fans! And guess what? It's a glow-in-the-dark course, too. How cool, right?
Kiss By Monster Mini Golf, a unique rock 'n' roll-themed amusement attraction based around the band, is set to open on Thursday, March 15. Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons will be on hand for the ribbon-slashing ceremony and official launch. Tommy Thayer and Eric Singer will also be on site to help the Star Child and the Demon celebrate this momentous occasion. Kiss will also walk the black carpet at the event.
In a statement on their official site, Stanley made reference to the band's continued dedication to branding the band in any and all possible ways. He nodded to the fact that there are Kiss-branded items in all facets of American pop culture. At this point, Kiss as a brand is as American as apple pie, baseball and cheeseburgers.
"Our challenge is to continue to find ways to weave Kiss into the very fabric of Americana. We'll be there to celebrate the first ever Kiss By Monster Mini Golf grand opening in Las Vegas. This is miniature golf Kiss style and another part of our Kiss world. We've big plans for this, and in this case what happens in Vegas won't stay in Vegas" the frontman said.
Simmons noted that Kiss-branded golf is more than fitting for Sin City. "This venue is perfect for Las Vegas. Where else can you go play a round of Kiss By Monster Mini Golf and then renew your wedding vows in an official Kiss 'Hotter Than Hell' Wedding chapel? Only in Vegas," the bassist said.
We gotta hand it to El Gene. He never misses an opportunity to shamelessly self-promote while he's shamelessly self-promotion. We bow down to him and his marketing prowess.
So what the hell is Kiss By Monster Mini Golf? We're glad you asked. It's not just a miniature course designed for date night.
It's the first of its kind, indoor glow-in-the-dark custom-designed, rockin' 18-hole miniature golf course. It will also host a state-of-the-art arcade, the largest Kiss gift shop in the world, a Kiss Gallery, the aforementioned 'Hotter Than Hell' Wedding Chapel, a private VIP Room, Kiss-themed event rooms and the 'Rock 'n Roll All Nite' Café.
Kiss By Monster Mini Golf is located at 4503 Paradise Rd. Las Vegas, NV 89169 in the Shoppes at Harmon Square, across from the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. It's a whole lotta Kiss and offers true fans plenty ways to have fun.
Thumbs up two Kiss for the design – the glow in-the-dark element certainly ups the ante for this course. The attraction has been in development for over two years and is finally coming to fruition.
Be sure and put Kiss By Monster Mini Golf on your list of things to do next time you party or vacay in Vegas.


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A woman led deputies on a chase that reached 100 mph with a baby in the car early Wednesday, reported KETV-TV.
According to Sheriff Eugene Goos, an officer noticed Audra Huneyman, of Essex, driving with her lights off about 1:15 a.m. on Highway 34.
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More than 30 million Americans experience significant hearing loss, but only a third of them get hearing aids.
There are a lot of reasons why someone who needs a hearing aid won't get one: Some think their hearing loss is not that bad, others are too embarrassed to use them, and many people say they are just not worth the price.
Hearing aids cost an average of $1,500 per ear for a basic model, and unlike most technology, their price has not dropped over time.
What is worse: Most insurance companies do not pay for the devices. Even Medicare does not cover hearing aids — and the Affordable Care Act will not change that.
Some businesses see the hearing aid market as an opportunity. Costco has opened hearing aid centers in discount warehouses all over the country. Other companies have started selling their own brands of the devices directly online.
Ross Porter, the founder of online retailer Embrace Hearing, says hearing aids are only expensive because audiologists and distributors charge steep markups on them.
But Virginia Ramachandran, an audiologist with the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, says it is unwise to buy a hearing aid for the first time online. She says the device might be fine, but you will not know how to use it correctly.
"If someone gave you a laptop computer, and you have never used one before, you would not know how to turn it on, you would not know what programs or how to use them," she says.
Ramachandran says the only way to make hearing aids cheaper is to have more consumers enter the market. That way, she says, some of the research and development costs incurred by the industry leaders could be divided among a larger group. (According to the National Institutes of Health, "Only 1 out of 5 people who could benefit from a hearing aid actually wears one.")
Besides, Ramachandran says, what really keeps people from purchasing hearing aids isn't the cost — it's the stigma.
She led a study in 2011 where she divided patients into three groups. The first group could receive their hearing aids for free through their insurance, the second group was partially covered, and the third group had to pay for them out of pocket. Researchers then noted how long it took a patient to get a hearing aid.
They found little difference between the groups with partial or no coverage — but there was a "significant decrease in both the age and degree of hearing loss" for those whose hearing aids were fully covered by insurance.
Dropping the cost of hearing aids can nudge a senior in the right direction, but there are always going to be people who would rather go without.
Ramachandran says that in European countries where hearing aids are covered by insurance, rates of adoption are not significantly higher than in the U.S. She says cost might be a way to stall.
"People genuinely perceive hearing loss as being associated with older age, so any excuse not to get them is a good one if it is something that you do not really want," she says.
If seniors saw the devices as something as normal as eyeglasses, she says, they would be more likely to get them. This would expand the market and could eventually bring the price down.
The industry is already on it: Companies are in the market for aging celebrity spokesmodels to make the pitch.
Of the more than 30 million Americans who have significant hearing loss, only about a third actually get hearing aids. Some think their hearing loss isn't that bad, others are afraid of the stigma. But for many people, the strongest deterrent is financial. Hearing aids are expensive and typically not covered by insurance.
Brenda Salinas reports on why hearing aids have become a luxury good.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN: Hothouse. Baseball...
BRENDA SALINAS, BYLINE: If you ever get fitted for a hearing aid, you can expect to hear this sound. But one thing you might not be expecting, the sticker price.
ARTHUR CLARK: I was real surprised. I was really, really surprised.
SALINAS: That's Arthur Clark. He's an 82 year old retiree. He's getting his hearing aids repaired and he's looking to save some money, which is why he's here...
SALINAS: ...at Costco. That's right. The place that sells 60 roll packs of toilet paper is in the hearing aid business. They have ties with big manufacturers and economies of scale. They can set up clinics like this one right in the store and give deep discounts on hearing aids.
SALINAS: Chris Asaro is a hearing aids technician at a Costco in Washington, D.C. He says that even with the discounts, many people can't afford hearing aids. He's seen seniors come in just for the free test. They want to see how bad their hearing has gotten, but many walk out empty-handed.
CHRIS ASARO: A lot of the times they are on a fixed income, they're on Social Security, they only get so much a month, so they can't afford to purchase a hearing aid.
SALINAS: Digital hearing aids have been around since the '70s. With most technology, price drops over time. Think of what a flat screen TV costs now compared to few years ago. But hearing aids are an exception. Their price has stayed about the same, about $1,500 per ear, the higher-end models can go up to a few thousand.
Ross Porter is the founder of Embrace Hearing, a startup that sells their own brand of hearing aids directly to consumers online.
ROSS PORTER: So the actual hearing aid itself is fairly simple. All it has is a few microphones, a speaker, a kind of internal chip to it and then the housing and the casing. But overall, the hardware involved in a hearing aid isn't more than a few hundred dollars per hearing aid.
SALINAS: Porter says hearing aids are expensive because audiologists and distributers charge a steep markup.
Don't blame us, says Virginia Ramachandran. She's an audiologist at the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit and says many of her patients need to learning to use their hearing aids.
VIRGINIA RAMACHANDRAN: You can imagine if someone gave you a laptop computer and you've never used one before, you wouldn't know how to turn it on, you wouldn't know what programs to open up or how to use them. And so a huge component of a hearing aid is the professional services that go along with it.
SALINAS: She says if you want to make hearing aids cheaper, make it so more people enter the market. That way some of the research and development costs incurred by the industry leaders could be divided among a bigger group. But she says what's really keeping people from buying hearing aids isn't the cost.
RAMACHANDRAN: People genuinely perceive hearing loss as being associated with older age, and so any excuse to not get them is a good one if it's something that you don't really want.
SALINAS: Dropping the cost of hearing aids can nudge a hearing impaired senior in the right direction, but there are always going to be people who would rather go without. They're embarrassed.
Ramachandran says that in European countries where hearing aids are covered by insurance, rates of adoption aren't significantly higher than ours. She says if seniors saw the devices as something as normal as eyeglasses, they'd be more likely to get them. This would expand the market, and it could even bring the price down. The industry is already working on this strategy; they're looking for aging celebrity spokes models to make the pitch.
MONTAGNE: Brenda Salinas. NPR News.
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The Chinese population is rapidly aging, due to a lower mortality rate and the one child policy. This will lead to a pension problem for the Chinese government and may reduce China's ability to compete in the future. At the same time, this creates a growing market for healthcare products and services in China.
Advances in healthcare and nutrition, combined with the one child policy, have led to rapid aging of China's population. Just as the rise of the Baby Boomers had placed an indelible mark on the U.S. economy, China's demographic shift to an older society will have a profound impact on the Chinese economy and investment opportunities in China. Western pharmaceutical manufacturers may be able to sell more offerings for older adults in China, while the Chinese government may need to alter its budgetary policy to accommodate heightened expenses.
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China's lower mortality rate, when combined with the one-child policy, has resulted in a dramatic aging of China's overall population. By 2005, citizens over 65 years of age rose to 6.96 percent of the whole population. According to the New England Journal of Medicine, the rapid decrease in China's birth rate, combined with stable or improving life expectancy, has led to an increasing proportion of elderly people and an increase in the ratio between elderly parents and adult children. By 2020, over 23 percent of China's citizenry is expected to be over age 65, resulting in a major challenge to China's medical and social insurance system. A graph of China's population in 2020, according to United Nations Population Division projections is shown below:
Family planning policies have become somewhat more relaxed in an effort to smooth out the population's aging. In rural areas, couples have been allowed to have a second child if the first was a girl and minority groups can now have up to three children. In urban areas, if a couple is both from a one-child family, they are now allowed to have a second child, provided that it is at least four years later than the first child. Nonetheless, according to University of California at Irvine Sociology Professor Wang Feng, at present, 63 percent of Chinese couples are still limited to one child under existing policies.
Pension coverage is available only to those employed in the government sector and large companies. Thus, children are responsible for the retirement of many parents. According to the Asia Pacific Population Journal, the lack of adequate pension coverage in China means that financial dependence on offspring is still necessary approximately 70 percent of elderly people. This problem is nicknamed the "4:2:1" phenomenon, highlighting the idea that meaning that an increasing numbers of couples are now responsible for the care of just one child, but four parents.
The Population Development Review reported in 2002 that initiatives are under way to improve access to government pensions and to encourage saving for private pensions in an attempt to reduce the burden of the 4:2:1 phenomenon. The ability of urban parents who are only-children to have more than one child themselves may somewhat reduce this burden. The United Nations Population Division (UNPD) forecasts that the turning point for greater burdens - comprised of both child dependency costs and elderly dependency costs - on the working population is 2010. By 2050, the UNPD forecasts that Chinese workers will have a 70 percent greater elderly dependency burden than today, combined with a significantly lower child dependency burden.
In the UNPD's "medium" scenario, the median age of China's population in 2050 will be forty-five years old —about 15 years higher than today's median population age. This means that over a third of the citizens of that future China would be sixty or older. According to UNPD projections, China's population half a century from now would be more elderly than the future populations of countries like Denmark, Finland, ahttp://www.wikinvest.com/wikinvest/images/buttons/button_table.pngnd Norway, despite the fact that those Scandinavian countries are already "gray" today.
The difference is that China's per capital(if the government decides so that the narwal can eat bacon) income is significantly lower and it is already facing these "Developed Country" problems due to its implementation of the one-child policy. By comparison, other developing countries like India and Indonesia continue to boast high birthrates and are expected to have, on average, a younger population than China in the coming decades. According to Chao the population is expected to have a dramatic decrease. By 2050 the population of China is expected to be 1.395 billion.
China's One Child Policy was established in 1979 by Chinese Leader Deng Xiaoping in an attempt to temporarily limit the communist nation's population growth. There is a common misconception that the Chinese government prohibits couples to a single child, regardless of circumstances. China permits couples to bear additional children in cases in which both parents are both the sole children of their respective parents. Furthermore, there is also an exception for couples whose first child is born with birth and/or health defects.
At present, China has a significant foreign exchange surplus and its citizens have a high savings rate. If China can invest its savings at a sufficiently high rate of return, this will help finance flow pension shortfalls thereafter.
Compared to many countries, China has a relatively low amount of debt outstanding. Official Chinese government debt is slightly more than 30% of GDP. Of course, astute observers are quick to point out that the Chinese government also bears the liability of fixing its banking system, which has proliferating non-performing loans to state enterprises. Fitch recently estimated China's non-performing loan at $673 billion, but it warned that, given vagaries in Chinese accounting and reporting, $673 billion is a low number. While some analysts estimate that China's bank cleanup could cost as much as 20% to 30% of GDP in over the coming decade, there is still room for China to borrow more than it does at present, if necessary to cover its social welfare expenses, in the short-term, as the population ages. This could impact interest rates in the U.S.
Another source of income for the Chinese government is its assets. Unlike many other developing countries, the government owns the lion's share of the country's assets. As of 2003, China's national and local governments held at least a majority share in more than 150,000 enterprises, representing an asset value (on a balance sheet basis) of nearly 10 trillion yuan. Given that many loss-making state enterprises were already shuttered in the 1990s, it is likely that many of these assets generate at least breakeven, and perhaps positive cash flow. As such, they may be worth more the 40% of China's GDP if they were privatized. These asset sales could be a potent source of funds for the Chinese government to cover increased social costs from an aging population.
According to a recent survey by the Ministry of Labor and Social Security manufacturers in the Yangtze and Pearl River Deltas are reporting labor shortages of 10% or more. Many migrant laborers from inland areas are returning home after working several years on the coast and building a nest egg to invest back home. China's breakup of rural communes in the early 1980s means that many rural families have a long-term lease on their own farm, thus migrant works have a destination to which they can return. Because many migrant workers are the only child in their families, there is an extra strong family desire for them to return home to live near family.
As China's workforce ages, young workers will be even less available and China's manufacturing and services sectors will be forced to keep existing workers for a longer tenure or find older workers. This could also slowdown the ability for China to be an outsource supplier for developed countries. Either of these approaches will raise labor costs. Ultimately, it means that China will no longer be able to rely solely on inexpensive labor to fuel its growth. Instead, China may only be able to grow in line with the growth of its labor force. China may try to respond by moving more into electronics and other medium-tech industries, however increased investment in China's labor force and management cadre is necessary before such a transformation can be successful.


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Quote from: Jesse James on February 17, 2010, 03:25 PMI'm pretty sure the Harpoon's NOT replaceable....I could be wrong on the Harpoon though.Yep, you're wrong. (too much time oogling the inside to notice the back end, eh? )Feature #2 on the back of the box - "Interchangable harpoon firing launcher and non-firing harpoon gun."One for the kiddies, one for us, just like the AT-ST chin gun. Same goes for the front guns - should be one set that shoots missiles and one set that doesn't.
This probably sounds crazy, but I wish they'd put some seat belts in. Play-wise it would probably have been a pain in the ass, but I think on the detail side, it would have looked cool.I would have loved if they put some lights or sounds in it, I'm still pressing those buttons on the falcon... although at that price point, I know it's out of the question.
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Think a minute…They say, "The difference between men and boys is the price of their toys!" Little boys are happy with a small, simple toy truck, but later when we've become macho men, we want bigger, more sophisticated trucks.
Together with six other non-government organizations (NGOs), Ole Siosiomaga Society (OLSSI) was invited on 25 July 2018 by the Manager of the proposed EPC Alaoa Multi Purpose Dam Project to a related meeting with representatives of a few government Ministries and institutions, project consultants, ADB officials, and EPC staff.
An S.O.S. visit to Facebook? The public surely appreciates the transparency shown by the Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Afamasaga Rico Tupai and the Attorney General, Lemalu Hermann Retzlaff, when they posted pictures of themselves recently outside the headquarters of Facebook in Silicon Valley in America.
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2013 Lexus RX 350Change Year or Vehicle
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of the 2013 Lexus RX 350. Base trim shown.
Body Type:Sport Utility See similar vehicles
Combined MPG:21 Combined MPG
Engine:270-hp, 3.5-liter V-6 (regular gas)
Drivetrain:Front-wheel Drive
Seating:5 Seats
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From the Cars.com Vehicle Test Team
The Good
- New design
- Takes regular gas
- Equal driver and front passenger seat comfort
- Ride comfort
- Available heated/cooled seats and heated steering wheel
The Bad
- Remote Touch Interface controller
- Enform system with smartphone app integration
- Wind noise from large side mirrors
- Leather seats not standard
- Modest towing capacity
Notable Features of the 2013 Lexus RX 350
- New front-end styling
- New F Sport performance version
- Regular (RX 350) and hybrid (RX 450h) versions
- FWD or AWD
- Optional head-up display
- 10 airbags
2013 Lexus RX 350 Road Test
The Lexus RX 350 was arguably the first luxury crossover on the market. I don't know about you, but I tend to overlook it: It's been around forever (since 1998), it hasn't made any Extreme Makeover-like changes to capture my attention, and it's driven by seemingly every high-income suburban mom in the carpool lane.
However, there's a reason why so many of them are on the road, and that's what I had forgotten before driving the 2013 model refreshed my memory.
With the exception of a few gripes, the 2013 Lexus RX 350 is an absolute pleasure to get into every morning, comforting me in my hectic family routine and offering me support around every corner.
There are a few updates to the 2013 Lexus RX, most notably a new front-end design. Compare the 2012 and 2013 versions here. The base 2013 model comes with either front- or all-wheel drive. A new F Sport version includes an eight-speed automatic transmission with paddle shifters, dynamic handling with sport suspension, and a more aggressive-looking grille and front bumper. See the three trim levels compared side by side here. My test car was a base, AWD version equipped with the Comfort Package, Luxury Package, Navigation Package and Intuitive Parking Assist system.
The Lexus RX competes directly with five-seaters like the Acura RDX, Audi Q5 and Cadillac SRX; see them compared here. If you need more seating for your family, you may want to look into the Acura MDX and Infiniti JX35, which have three row...
The Lexus RX 350 was arguably the first luxury crossover on the market. I don't know about you, but I tend to overlook it: It's been around forever (since 1998), it hasn't made any Extreme Makeover-like changes to capture my attention, and it's driven by seemingly every high-income suburban mom in the carpool lane.
However, there's a reason why so many of them are on the road, and that's what I had forgotten before driving the 2013 model refreshed my memory.
With the exception of a few gripes, the 2013 Lexus RX 350 is an absolute pleasure to get into every morning, comforting me in my hectic family routine and offering me support around every corner.
There are a few updates to the 2013 Lexus RX, most notably a new front-end design. Compare the 2012 and 2013 versions here. The base 2013 model comes with either front- or all-wheel drive. A new F Sport version includes an eight-speed automatic transmission with paddle shifters, dynamic handling with sport suspension, and a more aggressive-looking grille and front bumper. See the three trim levels compared side by side here. My test car was a base, AWD version equipped with the Comfort Package, Luxury Package, Navigation Package and Intuitive Parking Assist system.
The Lexus RX competes directly with five-seaters like the Acura RDX, Audi Q5 and Cadillac SRX; see them compared here. If you need more seating for your family, you may want to look into the Acura MDX and Infiniti JX35, which have three rows of seats. See the three models compared here.
When the RX first hit the market, it was incredibly progressive with its sleek, rounded lines and low-profile design. Today, that's the general look that nearly every crossover on the market has emulated. While Lexus should be proud of setting the tone (it's the highest form of flattery, right?), the downside is that every year the RX slips just a bit further into design obscurity while the rest of the market continues to evolve.
The step-in height of the RX is just a smidgen high for me to slide into the seat without effort. At 5 feet 3 inches, I need to reach up just a bit on my tippytoes to get in easily, which is great news for the rest of the average-height population. Sliding in and out is assisted by a power seat and steering wheel that automatically adjust to create more space. Keyless entry and start and a power-operated liftgate also make life easier.
My kids (ages 8, 10 and 12) had no trouble hopping in and out of the RX unassisted.
The RX's interior is a mix of thoughtful refinement and an apparent attempt to keep its age at bay (like my mom trying to look like a hipster at Starbucks with her MacBook Air, even though she's still a little unclear about the difference between the internet and email). It initially felt upscale and luxurious, but my discriminating husband couldn't stop griping about the abundance of "cheap-looking" plastic trim on the steering-wheel and radio surrounds and the trim above the glove box. Honestly, I may not have noticed it if it weren't for him pointing it out, but once he did I had a hard time ignoring it. There were a few areas with the new high-end-looking black bird's-eye maple wood trim in my test car, but this should have been carried throughout the cabin.
Note that the RX 350's standard seats have cloth upholstery. Leather seats come standard on the RDX, Q5, MDX, JX35 and several other competitors.
Lexus' supposedly forward-thinking Enform communications center went mostly unused during my test drive. I wasn't a fan of the mouse-like joystick used to control the screen. (I'd really just prefer a touch-screen, though neat freaks will appreciate not having to obsessively wipe fingerprints off the screen.) While Toyota's Enform can pair with your smartphone to offer access to apps such as Bing, OpenTable, iHeartRadio and MovieTickets.com through your vehicle's interface, quite frankly, I'd rather just stick to the familiar interface of my iPhone if I need to make dinner reservations or buy movie tickets on the fly (of course, not while actually driving). I prefer Google to Bing for web and map searches, Urbanspoon to Yelp for restaurant reviews, and Flixster to MovieTickets.com for movie times and tickets. In short, I don't want my car telling me which apps to use.
It seems I'm not the only one disenchanted with Enform. User reviews of the accompanying iPhone app range from calling it a "gimmick that doesn't work" to others who can't even log in to the system from their phones, instead getting a "permanent rather than intermittent error message." Yikes. Seems Lexus needs to call a do-over on this one.
The Connect portion of Enform offers safety services such as roadside assistance, stolen-car recovery and airbag deployment notification. They seem antiquated compared with Hyundai's Blue Link system, which allows you to preset curfew, geofence and maximum speed limits for the car, and sends you text and email notification alerts when the car goes outside those boundaries. Even GM's OnStar system gives you access to a live operator to help you through just about anything.
There were plenty of storage compartments throughout the RX's interior. I especially appreciated the extra-large pop-out bins in the front door panels. When closed, the low-profile design is unobtrusive, but when popped open they expand to hold water bottles, snacks and all the trash I tend to accumulate through the course of a week.
The two standard cupholders in the center console for the driver and front passenger have a cover to close them up, streamlining the look of the interior. This is a great feature if, like me, you tend to use your cupholders to store myriad small items (lip balm, tissues, etc.) and you want a quick and easy way to clean up your car. It's a little like throwing all your stuff in a closet before guests arrive. A third cupholder for the driver pops out of the dash to the left of the steering wheel, just in front of the air vent. I loved having that extra place to store a cup, but since it was right in front of the air vent, stashing my hot latte there cooled my coffee down instead of me.
An additional small pass-through storage bin under the center console was a great place to stash a small evening bag, though it wasn't large enough to store my daytime purse, which remained relegated to the passenger footwell.
I really appreciate that the RX gives the driver and front passenger equal seat comfort and adjustability. Both sides feature standard eight-way power adjustment (including adjustable thigh support, which is awesome in our family, given my husband is nearly a foot taller than me). When we're together as a family, I often ride as a passenger and I hate getting shafted out of the luxury of the driver's seat. On cold mornings, however, I would definitely be fighting for the driver's seat in the RX thanks to the heated steering wheel in my test car. Both the driver and passenger seat were heated and cooled, part of a $1,340 Comfort Package. A memory function on the driver's seat is part of a $4,520 Luxury Package.
My three girls had more than enough backseat legroom for their legs and their obese backpacks — up to 36.8 inches of it thanks to a sliding rear seat. The seats also recline a bit, which is a huge bonus for my two youngest, who still like to nap in their high-back boosters. I could recline the seat just enough to take the edge off so they could sleep comfortably without slumping forward over their seat belts.
The kids had access to in-door bottle holders, storage pockets on the back of the front seats, and a center seatback that folded down to provide an armrest with cupholders in it.
The rear seats are split 40/20/40 and fold flat, expanding the cargo area from 40 cubic feet up to 80.3 cubic feet. These dimensions handily beat the other five-seat models mentioned. The RX's volume is actually within a few cubic feet of the three-row models — both with their third rows folded and with both rows folded.
You can fold the Lexus RX 350's seats from the seatback itself or from the cargo area, where you can pull a spring-mounted lever that makes the seats fold down.
Storage Compartments (Puny, Fair, Ample, Galore): Ample
Cargo/Trunk Space (Puny, Fair, Ample, Galore): Ample
Family Friendly (Not Really, Fair, Great, Excellent): Great
Fun-Factor (None, Some, Good Times, Groove-On): Good Times
Driving the 3.5-liter V-6, AWD Lexus RX350 was generally a pleasurable experience, given this isn't a racecar and isn't meant to be driven like one. I found its acceleration to be responsive for family-hauling, even while tootling up the hills in my high-altitude 'hood getting to and from my children's school. The suspension in the base model was soft enough for the car to be comfortably used as a daily driver. For those wanting a "sportier" ride, the F Sport and its sport tuning is a logical upgrade.
Cornering in the RX is about like you'd expect: not as roly-poly as a truck-based SUV, yet not as tight as smaller crossovers, like the Infiniti EX. Falling somewhere in the middle is sure to attract the middle-ground consumer who just wants an easy ride for daily driving chores.
The RX surprisingly takes regular gas, and with AWD it gets EPA-estimated fuel economy of 20 mpg in combined city and highway driving. The front-drive version gets an estimated 21 mpg combined. This performance is slightly below average among five-seaters and on the better side compared with larger crossovers. A hybrid version, the Lexus RX 450h, is rated 30 or 29 mpg combined with FWD or AWD, respectively.
While the interior of the RX can be incredibly quiet, filtering out an immense amount of road and engine noise, the extra-large side mirrors create more wind noise than expected.
The AWD 2013 Lexus RX 350 received an overall crash-test rating of five out of five stars from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (four stars for frontal crash, five stars for side crash and four stars for rollover resistance). The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has not yet performed crash tests on the 2013 RX. As is required of all new cars since the 2012 model year, the RX 350 has standard antilock brakes, an electronic stability system and traction control. The RX features 10 airbags, including driver and front passenger dual-stage twin chamber airbags, driver and front passenger knee airbags, front- and rear-seat-mounted side-impact airbags, and front and rear side curtain airbags.
For families installing child-safety seats, the lower anchors of the Latch system are buried deep within the seat bight and are difficult to access. However, older kids in booster seats will appreciate the easy-to-use seat belt buckles in the two outboard rear seats. They're on stable bases, making it easy for little hands with limited dexterity to buckle up on their own.
While the RX seems to have just about every safety feature on the market today, the lack of a standard blind spot monitor was an annoyance in my test car. Given the super-large side mirrors, I kept hoping they'd have some additional function above and beyond just being a mirror. A blind spot monitoring system is optional. Front and rear parking sensors, pre-collision alert system and a rear backup camera are also options on the RX.
See all of the RX's standard safety features here.
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Waiting on you, man. I'm ready! 314-262-3868.
I am interested to hit. I don't know what days/times you have in mind. I hope the weather cooperates.
Tony just drop me a line when you would like to play.
I can hit with you anytime!!
Hey Tony. I'm available today or thursday after 5 to hit, if you are interested. I often go to Dwight Davis and walk on and have never been asked to pay. I always bring money just in case, but have never been asked. If you are willing to be a rebel. Otherwise, Barnes courts are fine.
I played at the Highlands a couple of weeks ago. That was the first time I ever played on clay. I didn't even know they had clay courts in St. Louis. Normally I play at the Webster Rec Plex but can play anywhere.
I'm not the greatest. I can sustain rallies. My serve needs work.
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Kelly Clarkson Gets Emotional Discovering Family History on 'Who Do You Think You Are?'
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Estelle's Most Fashionable Moments
Estelle not only turns heads with her soothing vocals but breaks necks with her eye-catching ensembles.
By way of London town, the vibrant vocalist will be storming the New York streets for Fashion Week and taking us along with her! In celebration of the Estelle takeover, we reminisced on some of her most memorable looks below!
Also be sure to style yourselves for a fashionable night out with her album "All Of Me" (available on iTunes) then hit 'Follow' on our Instagram accounts for some sneak peek NYFW flicks: estelledarlings and vibemagazine!


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In the years since the blaze consumed the church, it has provided shelter to the homeless, attracted the attention of urban explorers, been a research topic for architectural scholars, and the source of much debate over what to do with this historic structure.
Thanks Tim for this opportunity to comment on your photographs.
I would give consideration to putting some of the more clearly identifiable images of a church at the beginning of the portfolio - to set the scene. I purposely did not read the introduction before I viewed the images, and there were about half a dozen images at the beginning that could have been of any abandoned building. A stronger statement pictorially at the beginning that it was an church may support your theme better.
Is there any way that you could include an unobtrusive title or number identification for each image on your website? If you were wanting feedback from a client or gallery it is very difficult to describe which images they are interested in - other than "...the one with the windows and the glass broken....etc"
I don't think the pairs work at all. Interesting that you yourself mentioned the word 'monotony' - of one page one image. Perhaps you sensed the monotony of some of your images because they lacked that 'x' factor. I would go through and cull about half of your images, set the scene by putting clearly identifiable ones of a church at the beginning, and return and take some more images including the 'life' which now inhabits the church, and intersperse these new images with the best of your existing gallery.
I'll have to make it back there at some point. I guess I don't follow much of the references to documentary photography as I don't see myself as one. I'm not trying to draw attention to starving children in Somalia, or capture the seasonal bird migrations in Alaska. I am simply capturing a time and place and trying as best I can to put the viewer in my place so they can see what I saw at the time. Is that documentary? I don't know. All I know is I don't consciously go into a building, or to a part of the country, with a preset notion of what I am going to accomplish. My work uses natural light, all of it, even the commercial stuff I've done. Much of what I shoot I can't plan for the weather or know the conditions of my environment. I enjoy the surprise of finding myself in the right place at the right time with the right light too much I suppose.In any event, thanks to all who have responded. I think I have collected some quality feedback and will continue to polish my work. Maybe after a few trips to this place I'll come to have a deeper understanding of what it is I am truly trying to capture.Thanks!Tim[a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=96288\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]


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Moberly's history
Friday-Sunday, March 21-23, 2008
•The MHS Speech Team has had a great year in competitions, breaking several school records and sending four to state tournament. Team members are Chris Rosado, Allison Bautista, Amanda Sasek, Stephanie Joseph, Chris Miller, coach and advisor; Kathleen Joseph, Josh Habermehl, Jake Carter, Shelby Wilson and Jacob Canzoneri as well as Doug Sumpter.
•Moberly Chief of Police Dennis Cupp announce that on April 1, Commander Paul Jackson will retire after 33 years of service to the City of Moberly and his wife Pam will retire as well. The Moberly Police Department would like to wish Paul and Pam Jackson a hearty farewell and best wishes for a long and happy retirement.
Friday, March 21, 2003
•Members of the 1221st Transportation Company of the Missouri National Guard based in Trenton made a brief visit to Moberly on Thursday, featured in a photo. Several trucks hauling large pieces of military equipment were enroute to Ft. Leonard Wood and will later be transported along with members to a designated location to fulfill duties associated with the U.S. War on Iraq. The Trenton unit stopped at the parking lot of the Scholastic Book Club Inc. Distribution Center located at the corner of Highway 24 and Business Hwy 63 for a lunch break.
•The White House will honor Madison mathematics teacher Mary Corderman at the 2003 Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching ceremony today. Corderman is among 167 teachers to be recognized for an extraordinary ability to inspire students to learn by bringing challenging concepts to life in the classroom.
Monday, March 21, 1988
•The Moberly Area Junior College sophomore Lady Greyhounds showed off their fifth place awards from the National Tournament in Senatobia, MS. These ladies helped Moberly to a third place finish in Senatobia last year. Marcia Brooks made the All-Tournament team.
•Approximately 475 persons toured the Missouri Training Center for Men at Moberly on March 20 and attended the ceremony in the facility's gymnasium during the 25th anniversary open house. Dick D. Moore, director of the Department of Corrections and Human Resources, gave the featured address and recalled days when he was parole officer supervisor at MTCM. Attention was called to the growth of the facility during its 25 years of operation.
Thursday, March 21, 1963
•The S.C. Stevenson Monument Works of Moberly, Columbia and Macon, has announced its incorporation with Paul Stevenson as president and Charles W. Carter as vice president. According to Stevenson, the new corporation will be known as Stevenson Memorials, Inc., headquarters to remain in Moberly.
•Jim Lipsey was elected president of the Moberly Rotary Club at a board of directors meeting held yesterday. He will take office July 1 and will succeed Judge Sam Semple. Other officers include Richard Hackler, vice president; Robert Wilcox, secretary and Jack Van Cleve, sergeant-at-arms.


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The Mining Minors
I felt it was important to share this disturbing and emotional video of children as young as ten years old being subjected to extremely hazardous child labor in a mine located in Nyatike, Migori town.
It's a toxic toil that shows scores of children torturing their bodies in open mines where the use of child labor has become common practice.
What creative ways can we eradicate child labor from the face of the earth? What culture are we luring our children into?


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Sen. Jim DeMint of South Carolina, who in just a few years became a hero to conservative activists nationwide for his vehement anti-government voice and willingness to confront even fellow Republicans, surprised colleagues Thursday by saying he will resign the Senate to run an influential inside-the-Beltway think tank.
DeMint will leave Congress in the next month. This spring, he will take over the Heritage Foundation, a prominent advocacy group with which he has worked closely during his rapid rise from a virtually unknown lawmaker to a conservative kingmaker who bankrolled Senate candidates willing to defy party leaders in order to slash federal spending.His exit frees the Senate Republican leadership from a frequent political irritant. But DeMint's new role puts him in position to forcefully push the conservative agenda as the GOP undergoes a period of political introspection following its failure to deny President Barack Obama a second term and to take control of the Senate.
"One of the most rewarding things I've done in the Senate is work with the grassroots to help elect a new generation of leaders who have the courage to fight for the principles of freedom that make this country so great," DeMint said in a statement announcing his resignation. "I'm confident these senators will continue the legacy of conservative leaders before them."
DeMint became known as Senator Tea Party for his hard-ribbed opposition to congressional spending earmarks, immigration reform and the landmark health care bill that Obama signed into law in 2010. He gained an easy re-election to a second term that same year.
DeMint's passionate following among conservatives across the country helped him become a fundraising giant, whose Senate Conservatives Fund spent more than $25 million to help propel eight candidates to the Senate in the 2010 and 2012 elections.
"Jim DeMint has shown that principled conservatism remains a winning political philosophy," said Thomas Saunders, chairman of the Heritage Foundation's board of directors. "This is a crucial moment for America and the conservative movement, and we are seizing it."
Saunders said DeMint will join the prominent conservative think tank in April, replacing current head Edwin Feulner.
Despite DeMint's success in getting some of his acolytes elected to Congress, he also drew criticism from Republican leaders and conservative commentators. Many blamed him for backing other candidates whose general election losses helped cost the party a Senate majority in the past two congressional elections.
Republican South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley will appoint DeMint's replacement to serve alongside senior Sen. Lindsey Graham. The next statewide election will be held in 2014.
With Haley's approval rating in her state at 38.3 percent, according to a Winthrop University poll released this week, prominent politicians in South Carolina speculated that she might resign as governor and then be appointed U.S. senator by Lt. Gov. Glenn McConnell, who would replace her as the state government's top executive.
Haley ruled that scenario out in her public comments Thursday. "No, I will not be appointing myself," she told a local radio station. "That is not even an option, not something I'm considering at all."
Haley said DeMint's "voice for freedom and limited government has been a true inspiration."
One possible successor is U.S. Rep. Tim Scott of Charleston, the only black Republican in Congress, a scenario DeMint was pushing behind the scenes.
Scott and South Carolina's other three House of Representatives Republican freshmen, all strong tea party supporters, have looked to DeMint for guidance and had frequent strategy sessions with him since coming to Washington almost two years ago. Reps. Mick Mulvaney of Indian Land and Trey Gowdy of Spartanburg also are viewed as possible DeMint successors.
"His commitment to conservative principles leaves a true legacy, and I have greatly enjoyed getting to know and work with him," Scott said.
Some leading conservative activists around the country had prodded DeMint to run for president this year, but he said he wanted to remain in the Senate and help elect true conservatives to the upper chamber of Congress. In an interview with McClatchy last week, he declined to rule out a White House run.
DeMint said he'll leave the Senate early next month, before the start of the next congressional session, an important date because it means, under South Carolina law, that whoever Haley appoints as his replacement will have to run for re-election in 2014 instead of in 2016, when DeMint's second term would have ended.
DeMint's job change could mean a nearly sixfold pay increase from his current Senate salary of $174,000. Feulner earned just more than $1 million in 2010, according to the 990 tax form the Heritage Foundation is required to file with the Internal Revenue Service as a non-profit group.
At Heritage, DeMint will have a new pulpit from which to preach his conservative ideals, prod incumbent lawmakers on matters of small government and give voice to promising conservative candidates.
DeMint did just that by aiding Sen. Marco Rubio, a leading 2016 Republican presidential aspirant whom DeMint backed for the Senate in 2010 when other party leaders were supporting then-Florida Gov. Charlie Crist. Rubio was quick Thursday to credit his political patron.
"Sen. DeMint is one of the main reasons why I'm in the U.S. Senate," said Rubio, a Cuban-American former Florida House speaker. "When I ran for the Senate 2 1/2 years ago, no one thought I had a chance to win. Jim DeMint was the first person in Washington that believed in me and invested in me, and I'm eternally grateful."
DeMint and Graham have helped make South Carolina a central front in the national battle over their party's core identity as they cast conflicting votes on immigration reform, various spending measures and Obama's Supreme Court nominees.
Graham, who sees a bigger role for Congress in federal funding, said he was stunned when DeMint told him Thursday morning he would be leaving the Senate.
"Jim made the Republican Party, quite frankly, look inward and do some self-evaluation," Graham said on the Senate floor. "Jim is right to say that our debt is unsustainable, that Washington does too much and there's a better way."
In an indirect reference to their differences, Graham added: "I think we've done a pretty darn good job for South Carolina, at times playing the good cop, the bad cop, but always trying to work together, and what differences we've had have been sincere."
DeMint described the widening divide within the party in his 2011 book, "The Great American Awakening," saying that he faced contempt from other Republican senators as he tried to curb appropriators' powers and limit senior members' clout.
DeMint accused President George W. Bush of spending too much and otherwise abandoning conservative principles, and he detailed clashes with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, who told him in one encounter: "Jim, you can't change Washington."
McConnell papered over their conflicts Thursday in praising DeMint.
"Jim helped provide a powerful voice for conservative ideals in a town where those principles are too often hidden beneath business as usual," McConnell said. "There is no question in my mind that he raised the profile of important issues like spending and debt, and helped galvanize the American people against a big-government agenda."
DeMint also clashed with Sen. John Cornyn of Texas, head of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, by funding conservatives who ran against Cornyn's chosen candidates. Cornyn was more muted than McConnell on Thursday.
"I congratulate Jim and look forward to continuing to work with him as we fight for the causes and beliefs that we as conservatives hold dear," Cornyn said.
DeMint was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1998 and served six years there before winning the 2004 Senate election to replace the retiring Sen. Fritz Hollings, a Democrat.
Andrew Shain of The State newspaper contributed from Columbia, S.C.


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Vintage World War II 'warbirds' land in Wheeling
Jim Brahos may be 90 years old, but the memory of his brush with death aboard a B-24 bomber during World War II stays as fresh as this morning's breakfast.
"A piece of flak came into the plane and missed my neck by inches," said Brahos, an Army Air Corps tailgunner, "but it cut my oxygen hose. I was about ready to pass out when one of the crew came along with some oxygen. I saved that piece of flak. It's now in a frame on the wall in my bedroom."
Expert talks about warbirds in filmsAndrew Meislin eats, breathes and sweats warbirds, vintage military aircraft of the sort that landed at Wheeling's Chicago Executive Airport Saturday as part of a national "Wings of Freedom" tour.
Meislin is a volunteer and flight manager for the Collings Foundation, the tour's sponsor. So he's the perfect guy to name the best movies that depict the most realistic use of World War II bombers and fighter planes.
"Probably the best movies would include 'Twelve O'Clock High,' 'Memphis Belle,' 'War Lover' and maybe 'Tora Tora Tora,'" he said. "They actually used the original aircraft to make those movies."
These days, movies are going toward digital replications that don't ring true, he said.
He cited George Lucas' production of "Red Tails."
"Great movie, but there wasn't a single honest aircraft used in that movie," said Meislin, who grew up in Hawaii. "These planes are becoming so priceless, it's not feasible to chop one up to make a film now."
OK, so what's the appeal of bringing vintage military aircraft to the public?
"It's flying in a plane that's 70 years old and every time you start it up, it just gives you chicken skin," he said. "There isn't a guy that you'll meet who isn't going to appreciate the roar of a World War II aircraft starting up and taking off."
He said the United States is one of the few countries that allows the public to see and ride in military aircraft. A volunteer from England came to help the tour just so he could experience flying in World War II planes.
"No matter how much money he could pay, he can't do that in Europe," Meislin said. "It's illegal. The fact that we get to do it day in and day out in America is pretty special."
So why did the piece of flak miss the Beach Park resident on one of his 17 bombing missions? Luck? Divine intervention?
"It didn't have my number," Brahos said. "There were many times I thought I would never make it back, but here I am."
And there he was, standing next to a fully operational B-24 bomber on display at Saturday's Wings of Freedom Tour at Wheeling's Chicago Executive Airport. Area residents joined visitors from Minnesota, Wisconsin, and other places to eyeball the B-24 Liberator, a P-51 Mustang fighter and a B-17 Flying Fortress.
Tours inside the plane cost $12 for adults, $6 for kids. but for a bit more money, $425, a select few could take a half-hour ride in the B-24 or B-17 over Lake Michigan and Chicagoland. A ticket on the P-51 came a little pricier: $2,200 per half-hour; $3,200 per hour.
Alex Kwiatkowski got to ride the Mustang as a birthday present from his mom and dad, Kenneth and Madeline of Wheaton.
Alex, an aviation major at Lewis University, already has flown Cessnas, and his parents thought that piloting a P-51 along with veteran pilot and Arlington Heights native Stu Eberhardt would be the perfect gift for his 20th birthday. (Eberhardt left Arlington Heights at age 18 to join the U.S. Airforce.)
A ride aboard the B-24 Witchcraft was also a 50th birthday gift to private pilot Dave MacDonald of Wheeling from his family.
Bob Franz of Elk Grove Village had a slightly different take on the Wings of Freedom Tour.
"This is history standing right here in front of us!" he said, not far from where people flocked around the two bombers. Franz, a radio and radar mechanic for the army during the Korean War, said, "I love planes. What can I say?"
Tom Coombs, a 74-year-old Rolling Meadows resident and former Army signal corps member, agreed. "I have a passion for anything about flying," he said. "I come to these things whenever they are."
The planes arrived in Wheeling from Racine carrying 12 Wisconsin veterans after bad weather postponed the flights from Friday night.
Proceeds from the tour go to the Collings Foundation, a nonprofit organization created in 1979 to support "living history" events involving transportation.
The group originally concentrated on automobiles but expanded into other forms of transportation.
Wheeling's Chicago Executive Airport was filled with people who obviously were glad it did.
A euphoric Alex Kwiatkowski stepped out of the P-51 after his half-hour of flight.
"That's an incredible experience!" he shouted. "Nothing else like it!"
Eberhardt declared him to be "a born fighter pilot."
Meanwhile, a short distance away, Jim Brahos eyed the B-24 with dubious eyes.
Why not take the bomber up once more for old time's sake?
"No," Brahos said. "I don't ever want to go up again."
He paused. "You never know."


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William Cox
President and Cofounder of Cox, Matthews and Associates (CMA), Inc.
Bachelor's degree, Alabama A&M University
Trustee, 1998-2009
William E. Cox is president and cofounder of Cox, Matthews and Associates Inc., a Fairfax, Virginia, firm specializing in publishing, satellite television production, training, education, and consulting. He is the president and managing editor of the company's bimonthly national news magazine, Diverse: Issues in Higher Education.
Cox is an established authority on developing policy and procedures for counseling services. He has conducted higher education programs for the U.S. Army and the U.S. Air Force. A former member of the advisory board of the National Council for Education and Human Development at The George Washington University, he has served as chair of the Lifelong Education Advisory Board at Harvard University and the American Counseling Association Foundation. Cox is a life member of both the NAACP and Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity.
He earned a doctorate in higher education administration from The George Washington University, two master's degrees (in counseling psychology and in public administration) from Ball State University, and a bachelor's degree from Alabama A&M University.
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Jean M. Smith
Vice President, J. P. Margan Chase (Ret.)
BA in economics and business administration, Fordham University
Trustee, 1998-2007
Formerly vice president of Chase Community Development Corporation, Jean M. Smith has worked in the banking and financial industry since 1978. She has held various positions, including management of the flagship branch of Chase Manhattan Bank and management of 22 branches in the Chase retail branch network. She is a member of several professional associations, including Women in Housing and Finance, Urban Bankers, and the Coalition of 100 Black Women.
Smith's community service includes involvement with the South Bronx Overall Economic Development Corporation (SOBRO), the Madison Avenue Boys and Girls Club, and the Rose F. Kennedy Family Center. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in economics and business administration from Fordham University and completed the Smith Management Program at Smith College.
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Lawrence Vertucci
Executive Vice President and Regional President HSBC Bank, USA (Ret.)
Bachelor of Arts degree in finance, Siena College
Trustee, 1998-2009
Lawrence E. Vertucci previously held the position of executive vice president and regional president of the Capital Region for HSBC Bank. In this capacity, he was responsible for the management and direction of the bank's consumer and commercial business in the greater Albany, New York, area and the Hudson Valley region to the New Jersey border. Formerly known locally as Marine Midland Bank, HSBC is one of the world's largest banking and financial services organizations. He previously served as senior vice president with Cayuga Bank, Auburn, New York.
Vertucci has been a board member for the Albany-Colonie Regional Chamber of Commerce; the Poughkeepsie Partnership; Boy Scouts of America, Twin Rivers Council; and the New York State Museum Institute. He was also a member of the Russell Sage President's Council.
Vertucci is a graduate of Siena College, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in finance.
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John R. Wetsch
IT Director, Application Service Delivery
BS, Excelsior College
Trustee, 2001-2012
John R. Wetsch is responsible for supporting the complete application portfolio of the North Carolina Department of Revenue. Previously, he served as the program director for the North Carolina Window of Information on Student Education (NC WISE) program for the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, where he managed the $200-plus million initiative by the state of North Carolina to overhaul the student information IT infrastructure of its public school system. Prior to that position, Wetsch was a Northrop Grumman Technical Fellow and worked as a systems engineer, project manager, and program manager.
Listed in "Who's Who in America," "Who's Who in the South and Southwest," and "Who's Who in Science and Engineering," Wetsch was honored by Pope Benedict XVI by being named Knight Commander of the Order of Saint Gregory the Great, Civil Division, and he was commissioned a Kentucky Colonel by the governor of that state. The author of several publications, he is also active in industry associations.
Wetsch currently serves on the adjunct faculty at North Carolina Wesleyan College and has taught for North Carolina State University, University of Phoenix, Capella University, Wake Technical Community College, and Lake Region State College.
A 1984 graduate of the College, he served as the first president of the Excelsior College Alumni Advisory Board and ex officio member of the Excelsior College Board of Trustees. He was elected to full membership on the trustee board in 2001.
In addition to his Bachelor of Science from Excelsior College, he earned a Master of Arts in historical astronomy from The McGregor School at Antioch University (1989) and a PhD in information systems from Nova Southeastern University (1994). He later earned a second bachelor's degree from the University of North Dakota (2001) and a Master of Astronomy from the University of Western Sydney (2002).


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We're Floating: An Interactive Poetry Walk with Artist and Poet Jon Cotner
Walks begin at Poets House at 4:00pm, 5:00pm, 6:00pm and 7:00pm, and last for 45 minutes.
We're Floating is a new interactive walk designed by artist and poet Jon Cotner. Each hour he leads dialogues with participants as they stroll through Rockefeller Park in Battery Park City. The work of Japanese poet Matsuo Bashō is mapped onto the landscape and put into play, bringing everyone closer to this floating world.
Jon Cotner is an artist and poet. He revives the ancient, endangered practices of walking and talking. His interactive walks combine dialogue, observation, and movement for the sake of worldly encounter. Recent projects have been celebrated by Bookforum, Good, The New Yorker, and The Wall Street Journal. He is coauthor of Ten Walks/Two Talks, and teaches at Pratt Institute.
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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A blast near a military base in Kenya's capital city has wounded eight people.
Kenya Red Cross spokesman Javis Sunday says three of the eight are in critical condition after the blast Wednesday evening.
The blast went off in a Somali neighborhood of Nairobi known as Little Mogadishu. Kenya has seen a series of small-scale explosions over the last year, many from grenades.
Kenyan troops moved into Somalia in late 2011, prompting al-Shabab militants in Somalia to vow revenge attacks inside Kenya. Al-Shabab sympathizers are suspected in many of the blast attacks, though authorities have not clearly linked all the attacks to al-Shabab or its sympathizers.


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Marvin Sapp has a hugely successful career in music, but there's a reason why he's made a conscious decision to do much more than that by being an artist, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and church leader. In this exclusive interview, Marvin Sapp talks to "The Yolanda Adams Morning Show" about using his platform and branching out and explains, "I've been blessed to have a vision that was broader than just being a recording artist."
Hear about Pastor Marvin Sapp talk about what his son and children are up to, being honored by Verizon as an African-American Influencer, and much more in the audio player below. And tune in to "The Yolanda Adams Morning Show" weekdays from 5-9 am CST/6-10 am EST to hear more of your favorite Gospel stars!
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The Atlanta Braves signed free-agent C J.C. Boscan (Braves), P Brahiam Maldonado (Mets), OF Jordan Parraz (Yankees), P Jason Rice (Indians) and P Adam Russell (Rays) Tuesday, Nov. 22. Each player was signed to a minor league deal, and received a spring training invite.
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The New York Mets re-signed OF Brahiam Maldonado to a minor league deal Monday, Dec. 13, according to ESPNNewYork.com's Adam Rubin.
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New York Mets OF Brahiam Maldonado has been named the 2007 Sterling Award recipient for the organization's Class A Savannah affiliate, according to Don Burke of the Newark Star-Ledger. The Sterling Award is emblematic of the team's most valuable player.
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