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Ben Carson, M.D.
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An original biography of a contemporary African-American hero. This is the inspirational story of a Johns Hopkins doctor who was raised in inner-city Detroit by a mother with a third grade education. Dr. Carson is world renowned for his skill as a pediatric neurosurgeon as well as his commitment to inspire people to be the very best they can be.
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Food products shipper Campbell Soup is making a series of supply chain moves in the U.S., Australia and Russia to consolidate plant operations and cut staff.
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- Heyteacher Jul 3, 2009 10:04 AM
One of my best friends and I are going to the Ritz in LN for a girls' weekend. Any recs for lunch, dinner, snacks or dessert in the area - all types and price points - would be great! Thanks!
I would highly recommend the Ritz's Sunday Champagne Brunch. It's about $75 per person, but is excellent! They have three types of great caviar, each of the food stations are stocked with quality ingredients and run by great members of their staff, and there's even a bloody mary bar. Desserts are lovely, and service is spectacular...they come pick up your plates, top of your glass, and are very attentive.
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I have to disagree totally about restaurant 162. The food is horrible, but the service and view are good. BUT the food is aweful.
For sure head up the coast a few miles to the Montage in Laguna Beach. Have a casual lunch on the deck outside of their spa. The setting is magnificent, and lunch is extremely pleasant. It's definitely worth seeing the Montage.
If you are a fan of sushi, a few miles further north in Crystal Cove is one of the very best upscale sushi restaurants in the area...Bluefin. The owner Abe worked with Nobu and is creative, and a master. It is expensive!
re: josephnl
I have stayed at the Montage twice in the last couple of months and the food in the outdoor bar, the casual restaurant, and room service is universally awful and overpriced. We have had warm briny oysters, fishy smelling (you could smell it before it arrived) fish tacos, sloppy soft watery pasta, and stale hard cookies, for a start. BTW, two orders of tacos and two beers were $85.
re: cls
Well then...perhaps Heyteacher should just have a drink or a glass of wine. I still think that a visit to the Montage is a must...even if just for the view. (I had lunch on the spa deck a month ago, had a salad and a glass of wine, and it was not spectacular...but still very good) cls...I am not a huge fan of the food at the Montage, but saying the the "food is universally awful" is, I think, not a fair appraisal of this place.
re: josephnl
Granted, the location is world class.
I have had 10-12 meals there and in my experience it was universally awful. This opinion is not based on a solitary experience. Perhaps others will differ.
This does not include the Studio restaurant, as I have never been.
re: cls
I've stayed at the Montage many times and have eaten there 20+ times, some of which were while staying there and others of which were isolated dining experiences, and my experiences could not have been more different from yours. The food at all of the dining venues has been generally great, and one of my meals at Studio was simply extraordinary. Service, both in the hotel generally and at each of the restaurants, has always been exemplary as well. That said, the food prices have also been extraordinary and almost (but not quite) impossible to justify. A typical room service breakfast consisting of juice, coffee and omelettes for 2 costs over $100 when all is said and done, and it only gets worse from there. The Montage is, without question, the most expensive hotel I've ever stayed at or been to in terms of food prices, and, judged on food and service alone, I whole heartedly agree that it's not worth it and that you can get equal or better food elsewhere for far less. On the other hand, my personal opinion is that you are paying for the overall Montage experience, which includes, but isn't limited to, the food. When I consider the setting, the facilities, the service both in and out of the restaurants, etc., I find that the price premium is, just ever so barely, worth it. . . . on occasion. On other occasions, you're more likely to find me at Brussell's Bistro or Taco Loco.
re: krick
I recently had a really wonderful dining experience at Studio and I think I can agree with krick's comments. Expensive - very - but for a special night out (which we don't do all that often), it was ideal. The view is incredible, service top notch and welcoming. We did the prix fixe menu and particularly loved the fresh hamachi, a fois gras dish, and beautifully prepared halibut. Chef Strong stopped by to greet us and inquire on how we like our dinner. All in all a very special, albeit expensive, evening.
Five Crowns In Corona Del Mar is an old favorite of our family. Nothing new or inventive, but good, solid food and served nicely. I like the roast beef hash at Sunday Brunch.
Ok, well it seems like we have a lot of difference of opinion here....Ramos House looks great as well as Bluefin. I will definitely look into the Ritz's brunch and Five Crowns is a chain associated with Lawry's so that's definitely out for me.
Any other recs would be great - snacks too - ice cream, etc. Thanks!! :-)
re: Heyteacher
I was pleasantly surprised at Bluefin. Although most of the patrons were ordering crunchy, spicy, California stuff, they make respectable nigiri as well.
Mastro's Ocean Club is next door, and Pacific Whey is a good (although it used to be better IMO) breakfast.
Check out the beach bar and restaurant at Crystal Cove if you have a chance.
re: Heyteacher
Agree with you re Five Crowns...definitely not special.
As you say, the Ramos House and Bluefin are top-drawer...and although I've not been, the Ritz's brunch sounds great. If you go, please report back. And...do yourself a favor and check out the Montage, if for nothing more than a look...the setting is magnificent. Also, agree with cls that the Beachcomber Cafe in Crystal Cove (Newport Beach) is worth a look/see. It's a somewhat funky restaurant, but is literally right on the beach, and it serves a pretty decent breakfast or lunch.
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You took the sWORDfiSh right out of my mouth. Love this place! Although, between you, me and the board, their sea bass is even better. And that calamari! How do they do it?
N.B. It's Zoolu
re: BSW6490
Cafe Zoolu is great. The Leech's have been in OC for many years (30+) and have always served great food, earlier at the The Quiet Woman in CDM, and now in Laguna. One caveat however...Zoolu is expensive, and although very good, because of its funky decor and service, some may think it is not worth the price. As an aside, the Quiet Woman in Newport is still going strong and remains every bit as good as when Toni & Michael Leech ran it.
re: josephnl
(that way we'll have a table available when we want to go). ;-)
In Laguna Beach, Taco Loco for lunch and The Aegean for dinner.
Taco Loco
640 S Coast Hwy Ste 1, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Aegean Cafe
540 S Coast Hwy Ste 200, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Some places I like in the area:
Brussell's Bistro (on Forest) for fantastic moules frites (the fries are double fried)
Lumberyard (Forest)
Watermarc (new)
Javier's (Crystal Cove) - fantastic dungeness crab enchiladas. It's a beautiful restaurant and a great place for drinks as well, but it can also be a real scene, which is good or bad depending on what you're in the mood for.
Mastro's Ocean Club (Crystal Cove)
Sage on the Coast (Crystal Cove)
Harbor House (Dana Point) for breakfast
Beachcomber for sunset drinks and dinner on the beach
Tabu (S Laguna)
Taco Loco
Bluefin Sushi (Crystal Cove)
Five Feet (Laguna)
re: krick
Beachcomber is also great for brunch before or after a hike on the beach and/or the cliffs above. Again, it's less about the food, which is generally pretty decent, but more the setting and overall experience, which is really one-of-a-kind -- especially for out of towners.
P.S. I like to end my hike up at the Shake Shack above.
Beachcomber Cafe
15 Crystal Cove, Newport Coast, CA 92657
re: krick
Revisited Watermarc, Lumberyard, Mastro's Ocean Club and Beachcomber recently.
Watermarc was hit and miss, and the overall experience was just ok.
Lumberyard was better than previous visits (which were already good).
Mastro's steak (bone-in ribeye) was as good as ever (right up there with Wolfgang's for me, but a notch or two below CUT) but my wife had the Maine lobster and it was terrible. I don't mean bad for the price (which was insane - $130 I think), but terrible at any price. Horribly overcooked. On the other hand, I merely mentioned to our waiter that it was tough and seemed overcooked, and next thing you know the manager was there asking us if we wanted anything else instead. My wife declined and, not being a complainer, said it wasn't that bad and that she did eat most of it so she was content. Nevertheless, without a word, they took it off our bill and gave us dessert on the house.
Beachcomber was surprisingly good, which is how I've found it each of the last 3-4 times, so maybe it's time to stop being surprised. I say surprisingly, however, not so much because it's great food (it's not - but it is solid tasty food), but because given its setting and monopoly position on the beach, it doesn't need to be as good as it is. It could turn out mediocre food at the same price and would still be packed, so my hats off to the team there for doing more than they need to.
I also hit the Shake Shack again for my favorite shake anywhere - peanut butter banana - which was just as good and gut busting as I remembered.
Lastly, I also went back to the Montage Loft for lunch, which I neglected to put on my list but did praise by association in an earlier reply about the Montage, and it was terrific. In particular, the basket of fried heirloom vegetables and lemons (yes - fried lemons, which were awesome), was outstanding, as were all the other dishes of our table except for my wife's burger. With respect to the burger, many people probably would have loved it - every component of it was of the highest quality and perfectly prepared and cooked. The problem was the patty itself, the taste of which was completely masked by the various toppings and accoutrements. As a sandwich, I guess it was very good, but as a burger it completely failed for me in that it didn't taste like a burger (or at least what a burger should taste like in my mind).
For super casual but really fresh/tasty mexican, try La Sirena in Laguna Beach. They do really good grilled fish tacos and salads. The original? location downtown is a tiny converted old house, order at the counter and sit outside (not many tables though). Really good and seems popular with the local folks!
Turn left instead of right, go up to Michael Mina's Stonehill Tavern, and order the tasting menu -- creative, fresh, well-executed dishes served in an odd-shaped room by an interesting and professional staff. Even the postprandial espresso can be mighty toothsome. No ocean view.


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Tanya Tate at 2014 XBiz Awards & Red Carpet
I had a blast at the 2014 XBiz Awards! The awards were held at a gala event at the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles and hosted by Jenna Jameson. I wore a sparkly blue minidress.
I spoke to XBiz red carpet hosts Jesse Jane and Keiran Lee about my nominations. This year I was nominated for MILF of the Year and Web Star of the Year for my hardcore site TanyaTate.com and tweeting my fans so much @TanyaTate. I was also nominated for Best Scene in a Vignette Release for my scene in MILFs Seeking Boys 3 with James Deen.
My film Tanya Tate's Brit School Brats that I directed and starred in for Filly Films was nominated for Best European Non-Feature Release. You can get a signed copy of Brit School Brats at my TanyaTateStore.
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Exxxotica Expo New Jersey 2010 Stars Pictures
This weekend was spent on one of the best adult shows I have made an appearance at…. Exxxotica New Jersey 2010 at Edison Expo centre. Where the fans can come meet pornstars.
I took a whole load of my Tanya Tate flyers, 8 x 10 photographs and DVDs and headed on the plane to New Jersey to meet my fans. The show took place over 3 days, Friday 5th to Sunday 7th November. I was on the biggest most central booth at the show, Fantasy Island, along with many other big named stars.
I had been twittering and blogging for all my fans so they knew where they would be able to find me and when. Each day I posted a picture online of me in my outfit of the day.
I went on stage during the show for a Q& A session with other pornstars. The fans where able to ask us questions. I even gave a seminar talk on How To Be A Pornstar At Home, along with Misty Stone and Inari Vachs.
I met so many lovely fans and I even made some new ones. The fans were so sweet and some even brought me gifts. I played some of my hardcore DVDs on my computer on my booth. I had bought a new photo printer so I could have a photo taken with a fan, print and sign it straight away. I even signed fans own stuff from shirts to artwork.
In the evening I partied with my hot girlfriends at parties hosted by my Tegan Presley, Lisa Ann and Jesse Jane.
The Exxotica team provided both the stars and the fans with a really successful show. Thank you to everyone who made it possible for me to have a good show, just to name few Dan, Jay, Lisa, Monstar and more. Big thank you to my fans that came to see me.
As promised I said I would post pics from Exxxotica Expo New Jersey 2010. There were so many of us stars at the show and at the after party. I really don't know which photos to post so I have posted a whole load of them for you.
If you want to meet a pornstar the best place is to come to a fan show. The next one I will be making an appearance at will be in London at Erotica UK, come meet me 19th-21st November 2010.
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South Dakota State Fans gathered together all around Sioux Falls Saturday to cheer on the girls at the NCAA tournament, but a few fans also took advantage of their last chance to eat and watch SDSU play at Champps Sports Bar & Grill.
"I came here many years ago for the first time, probably about when it opened, it's always been a good place to gather," said SDSU grad Mark Berg.
For the past 22 years, sports fans have gathered at Champps on 41st and Western to cheer on their team.
"A few of us actually just met up here on Thursday for lunch and the NCAA games were just kicking off," said Jack Rabbit fan Brock Hyde.
For one group of SDSU fans, watching the Jacks play at Champs during the NCAA tournament has been a yearly tradition over the past five years.
"We came here last year and I the year before to watch this exact game, so it's kind of a tradition for us," said Michelle Trent.
That tradition came to an end Saturday as fans watched their last SDSU game at Champps before it closes on March 31st.
"I actually thought they were already closed, but he said they were still open, so here we are watching our last game at Champps," said Jason Trent.
"I figured its one of the last times I can come here before they are closed, and it's a great place," said Berg.
The loss of Champps will also be felt by employees and regular diners who must say farewell to the restaurant after 22 years of patronage.
"This is one of my sister's favorite restaurants; she actually had her reception here for her wedding in that banquet room," said Jacob Ambrosius, a long-time Champps customer and employee. "I'm going to miss it, this has been my job for a really long time and like I said I've really enjoyed the people that I've worked with."
While there won't be any more SDSU games at Champps, you can still grab a meal and catch a little more of March Madness; the restaurant will be open until March 31st.


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The Red Faction series evolved from a first person shooter to an open world game, and now it's a fairly linear, third-person action game. What hasn't changed is the fantastic, destruction-filled gameplay that is still very much present in this latest entry to the Red Faction series. Does the shift from open world mayhem to linear chaos hurt the overall experience? Fifty years... Read More


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Will rally fall to the fear factor?
At the end of a good first quarter, economically sensitive stocks started to fade. It could be a scary time to invest, but there's a sector that's a big exception.
A funny thing happened on the way to the end of the first quarter.
After leading the stock market for most of the quarter, cyclical stocks started to lag the Standard & Poor's 500 Stock Index ($INX).
Is this a sign of what we can expect in the second quarter, as worries about economic growth take the steam out of profits for stocks that follow the economic cycle? I'd say so. I think we're seeing the first signs that the pendulum, which swung to optimism and drove this rally, is swinging in the other direction.
Fading auto sales, steel stocks
Let's start with some numbers. On the performance data, there's little doubt that cyclical stocks -- companies that recover when the economy does and that falter when the economy stumbles -- started to fade in the last month of the quarter.
The S&P 500 returned 12.4% for the quarter and 3.29% for the month of March.
But in the very cyclical auto sector -- what rises and falls with the economic cycle more than car sales? -- General Motors (GM) was up 26.54% for the quarter but down 1.42% for the month. Ford Motor (F) didn't dip into negative territory in the last month of the quarter, but the shares followed a similar pattern, up 16.4% for the quarter but up just 0.77% in March. Auto supplier BorgWarner (BWA) gained 32.32% for the quarter but lagged the S&P 500 in the last month with a 1.81% gain.
And it wasn't just auto stocks that this trend played out.
Steel-maker Nucor (NUE) was up 9.46% for the first quarter but down 0.49% for March. (The steel sector as a whole was up 9.12% for the quarter but down 4.55% for the month.) Construction and mining equipment producer Caterpillar (CAT) was up 18.08% for the quarter but down 6.73% for the month. Diesel engine maker Cummins (CMI) was up 36.83% for the quarter, but down 0.44% in the last month. Titan International (TWI), which makes tires for construction, mining and farm equipment, was up 21.56% for the quarter but down 4% for the month.
Jim Jubak
I think you get the idea. The Morgan Stanley Cyclical Index ($CYC) was up 15.8% from Dec. 30, 2011, though the close on Feb. 29. But in March, the index managed just a 0.45% gain against the 3.29% gain by the S&P 500. Membership in the Morgan Stanley Cyclical Index includes Alcoa (AA), Caterpillar, Johnson Controls (JCI) and US Steel (X).
Economic doubt takes control
Why the stumble in what had been a great quarter for cyclical stocks? Because cyclical stocks are by definition stocks most sensitive to the ups and downs of the economy. They're the most susceptible to worries that the economy is about to slow. And the end of the quarter saw the return of those worries by the bushel.
The eurozone looks headed for a deeper recession than originally forecast. High oil prices have raised fears that the U.S. economy will slow. Manufacturing and export numbers show that China's economy is slowing, and corporate profits in China are moving lower.
So it's no wonder that cyclicals had a rough time in March. Add in profit-taking after the gains recorded by some of these stocks in the first two-thirds of the quarter and worries about earnings growth in the reporting season (which starts with Alcoa's earnings release, after the New York markets close on April 10). Alcoa can stand as a representative of what investors fear they'll hear from cyclical stocks in the quarter: The Wall Street consensus is looking for Alcoa to report a loss of 3 cents a share for the quarter, compared with earnings of 28 cents a share in the first quarter of 2011.
Waiting for some good news
In general, I don't see much to tempt me to put money into cyclical stocks before earnings season and the macroeconomic news from Europe and China answer a few questions about growth.
In the United States, we get the March jobs numbers on Friday. Right now, economists are looking for the economy to have added 200,000 jobs in the month. While that would keep the economy's string of 200,000 or better months alive, it would also be a decline from the 227,000 added in February.
Near the end of the month, on April 27, investors will get the initial read on first-quarter growth of gross domestic product. The U.S. economy grew at a 3% annual rate in the fourth quarter, up from a 1.8% rate in the third quarter. The fear now is that high oil prices and the impending recession in Europe will cut into that growth rate.
We simply don't know.
Equally, I think we'll have a better understanding of the macroeconomic picture in Europe and China by the end of the second quarter, on June 30. Rising interest rates in Spain took the yield on the 10-year government bond to 5.4% at the close on March 30. That's still well below the 6.5%-plus level that signaled crisis at the beginning of the year, but it is significantly higher than the yield in early March of just below 5%.
The problem for Spain and the eurozone is that every investor who can do basic math knows that the expansion of the euro rescue fund agreed to on Friday isn't enough to meet current commitments and rescue Spain if the country needs a Greek-style restructuring or even an Ireland-style bank rescue. Spain's tough, tough budget for 2012 announced on Friday, with 27 billion euros ($35.9 billion) of additional spending cuts and tax increases, won't deliver the 5.3% of GDP budget deficit for 2012 that Spain has promised if the nation, along with the rest of the eurozone, sinks into recession.
How do we know that? Two "secret" reports by officials in the European Union, leaked to news organizations after being distributed to the finance ministers on Friday, say so. Despite 1 trillion euros ($1.3 trillion) in loans from the European Central Bank to European banks, "contagion may . . . re-emerge at very short notice," says one of the reports. The second report says very bluntly, "The euro crisis is not over."
Some very big money has started to react to that rather pessimistic scenario. Norway's sovereign wealth fund, which owns a whopping 2% of all European stocks, has recommended cutting its exposure to Europe to 40% in bonds (from 60%) and 40% in stocks (from 50%). The move has to be approved by the Norwegian government, probably in early summer, before the fund can lighten up its European positions in favor of increased investment in the United States and emerging markets. (Given increased cash flows into the sovereign wealth fund from higher oil prices, fund managers say they will be able to rebalance the fund without significant selling of existing assets.)
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Well, Willow... the voting public actually needs to do something different - like not vote for candidates of the two major parties.
The two parties are the problem, not any one or any number of the politicians (since they belong to the parties).
The two parties have formed a symbiotic relationship wherein they simply take turns being the parasite.
There is no reason for them to do anything differently as we continue to vote for them.
You want them to change?
Change THEM... and, as I said, that does not mean simply this time vote for the opposite party you did last time (as most people mainly do). This time...
... do something really different... and make a real change!
It's all up to you. If you want something different, YOU do something different.
Otherwise, you're just a part of the problem.
Prediction for the day............
After the phenomenal run-up we've had in the first Quarter, stocks do in fact close lower for the day.....maybe close to triple digits on the DJ.
And then, Anthony Mirhardawi(sp) will come crawling out from under his rock, fully armed with his glorious charts, to inform the great unwashed (us) that this REALLY IS the time when stocks are going to tank out. Anthony, your absence has not gone un-noticed. You lose credibility when you head for the hills every time the market rallies.
Jubak, I watched CNBC today and none of this was mentioned. Just positive stock market love with a hint of small correction coming because we are overdue for one. Why do you always reach for a big ol' slice of doom and gloom whenever the market outperforms? I mean you do this every time!! I bet you write something negative on Friday too when the jobs report number is great. Sorry, Jubak, but despite all of this President Obama is still going to win re-election by a landslide and the stock market will be significantly higher by 2013 because of his policy of pulling us back from the brink of a Bush depression.
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Ask the Readers: How Do You Merge Finances and Philosophies?
Published on - April 20th, 2012 (by J.D. Roth)
Everyone is different. That's the beauty of life — but also one of its greatest complications. When two people fall in love, the meshing of these differences can be both fun and frustrating, especially when it comes to personal finance. That's what Elaine has discovered. She'd like some advice on how to merge finances and philosophies with her fiancé. Here's her story:
My fiancé and I are both very responsible with money — neither of us has any credit card debt or late fees on our records — but we have very different philosophies about money. I've always been a saver, and he's always been a spender.
I make around $25,000 a year, he makes about three times that. I always knew my chosen career field was not a profitable one, and have always saved with that in mind. He doesn't enjoy his job as much as I do, and gets most of his joy in life from spending the money he makes on things he really wants. His purchases aren't frivolous — he researches what he's getting, waits until they are on sale to buy them, and uses them extensively once he's bought them — but he does spend most of what he makes every month.
He has shown willingness to compromise. At my insistence, he's started an emergency fund and is contributing towards his retirement account, but he still feels that he makes money so he can spend it on things he wants.
With that in mind: What suggestions do readers have for a responsible, soon-to-be-married couple with a very different philosophy on money and a significant income disparity? Has anyone encountered this and found a good way of merging finances?
Elaine's in a tough situation, and she needs to be careful about how she proceeds. In every relationship, the partners will have certain goals that don't align with each other. But it's important to make sure your common goals are met before pursuing personal passions. The tough part is determining exactly what those common goals are.
Here are a few ways to be sure that both partners are on the same page and that nobody feels singled out as the bad guy:
- Regularly review accounts. Schedule regular times to go over the household finances. Some couples do this weekly; others do it once or twice a month. Be sure to review upcoming income and expenses, and to deal with any unexpected budget items.
- Don't be controlling. Take "you" and "I" out of your budget conversations; replace them with "we" and us". Each partner needs to feel as if they're involved in the household finances. If you unilaterally tell you husband he can't spend money on his hobbies, he's going to be resentful. Work together to find common ground.
- Be supportive. Find ways to encourage each other toward your shared and separate goals. If your wife asks you to call her out on bad behavior, do it. If she wants advice, give it. Don't lecture and don't act superior, but help your partner improve.
- Play to your strengths. Some people hate looking at the Big Picture — they don't care about retirement savings, interest rates, or the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Others don't like nitty-gritty stuff like clipping coupons or looking for sales. Let each partner be in charge of the stuff they're good at.
It's rare that partners agree completely on how to handle their money. They key is to find as much common ground as possible, and then to compromise on the rest.
We've talked a lot in the past about whether couples should keep joint or separate finances. I don't believe there's any one right answer. It depends on the couple. In the case of Elaine and her husband, I think there are three good options:
- Joint finances with an adult allowance system. Elaine and her partner would pool their money in shared accounts, and then withdraw a fixed amount into personal accounts each month. (He would probably withdraw more since he contributes more.)
- Proportional finances. Elaine and her fiancé would contribute money to their joint accounts based on the proportion of their income. Since he makes three times what she does, he would contribute three times as much as she does to the joint finances. After funding the joint accounts, both partners could do whatever they wanted with their leftover money.
- Separate finances. A final option is for Elaine and her husband-to-be to keep completely separate finances, dividing the household bills in some way they find equitable. That's what Kris and I did, and it worked for 23 years. We never fought about money.
So, what do you think? Based on the info Elaine provided (and based on your own experience), how should she and her partner work together to cope with their different income levels and their different financial philosophies?
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We are lucky to not have a similar problem, we have income which are in the same range and similar philosophic view for money. However what we do is that we don't interfere with each others spending as long as we see it reasonable, otherwise we talk about it.
I think you should have a joint account for your home, (if applicable) kids, but the things YOU want to spend on, is up to you. Just make sure all the basics and essentials are covered and some wiggle room wont hurt. Then enjoy what you keep for that sole purpose. You have a sound grasp on money matters so you wont have a problem with this. It's a common dichotomy and thats what makes your relationship great. You compliment each other.
I run a mix of Proportional and Separate finances with my other half. We each contrib 50% of our wages to a joint account tracked through a spreadsheet and all the bills come out of it. The other 50% is for each of us to speed/save as we please. It seemed the fairest option given that our incomes are wildly different (> 5 times different).
As an incentive to save, pension contributions don't count and the 50% only comes from net after that.
My other half didn't have any kind of emergency fund either so we maintain it through the joint account. It took nearly a year to get fully setup but we now have enough there to cover everything for at least 3 months without changing anything.
We're in a similar situation, where he also earns more and spends more (but within his means) and I earn less but save more. (We're in our mid thirties).
We have a joint account from which we pay the mortgage, groceries and household items. We both contribute 50% to this. (We can both afford this and feel we also get about 50% of the use of this money).
The rest of the money each of us earns is up to that person to spend as he/she pleases.
I see only two problems.
1. When he would want to buy a bigger house or a bigger car (items we'd both use), and I can't afford to pay 50% of that, or frankly don't want to. I think this needs negotiating, trying to meet somewhere in the middle. And maybe sometimes (for example with that car) letting him pay the difference if he really wants the shiny upgraded version…
2. When he would not take care of his retirement, and after age 65 or 70 I would suddenly need to provide for him from my small pension. This is something we more or less talked about, since he is aware of the fact that he needs to build his retirement portfolio. I think if Elaine's fiance is not saving anything for retirement, they should talk about this.
I would always explore prenup options before a marriage (any marriage). I understand that in the US states can have different interpretations of prenups (and they have different legal meanings), but it would be smart to put something on paper now.
We manage with the 10-10-10-70 rule. I know this is the old fashioned formula. There may be a more current one available.
10% Retirement – Strait off the top, never see it.
10% Rainy Day – Strait to my Credit Union Account
10% Charity – Mix changes every year. More on this later.
70% to spend. This includes necessities and fun money. Some month more fun money than others. So when I got married, we agreed on the formula and that way we know how much we have to spend every month.
The charity portion is based on the responsibility to give back for everything that I have been blessed with. This is where the budget for all of the fundraisers that we are besieged with comes from.
I am in a similar position with a male saver any female spender who also makes more money. Though not 3x. Maybe 30%.
We have separate accounts that our paycheques go into, and a joint financial empire composed of a house and a chequing account that gets equal contributions from us every month. Otherwise no questions asked.
This has been working very well for us and will probably continue. If our joint budget exceeded one of our abilities to contribute to it, that is pretty well the definition of living beyond ones means and something would have to give.
1. We just had a son, whose expenses are covered from our joint account. For now I am contributing to join expenses out of savings and not working while I raise him. What happens when this runs out is unclear.
2. In Canada there are no joint retirement accounts. Still, she has lots of room to contribute to her RRSP (what USA calls IRA). I have a problem with this bu have not pushed on it.
Two Words: LOVE and COMPROMISE
Yes, it's more complex than that, but with those two firmly in your mind, you can face any disagreement with your spouse (or in this case soon to be spouse).
It's scary how similar our fiances (and situations in general) sound! We haven't joined finances yet, but have talked about it extensively, and I think we have decided on joint finances with a percentage being taken out of each check automatically. He wants to be able to spend at least 10% of his income however he wants, so we will just keep his personal checking account, and I will allocate the rest of the money to joint goals (student loans, down payment, etc.) That's the plan, but I guess you never really know how its going to work until you try!
Brit, that's exactly what we do. We each keep 10% of our paycheck to spend as we want, and deposit the other 90% into a joint account. We use our "own" money to buy fun things (my husband just bought a new camera) and to get gifts for each other. I often buy his birthday/Christmas presents online, and I don't want him to see where they're coming from Having my own account makes that a lot easier.
10% is reasonable. With the couple at issue to me it sounds like the guy is unreasonable. But, we don't know all the details, do we?!
We don't share thesame phylosophy with my fiancee,while i like to pay myself first she would want to meet needs first
Over the years, our finances have changed quite a bit, so it became important to discuss finances as they changed. You could start out splitting bills but eventually move toward a proportional contribution, or something like that. The important thing, though, is to communicate throughout the changes.
My partner and I had different accounts in about one year after getting married merge them into one. This was a big step for us but it certainly made managing and talking about money much easier, or at least it meant starting the process of talking about money.
We both have different ways of viewing the importance of money, I want to have more of it in the bank for emergencies, but my partner is a we should spend it for the moment. In talking about her different views we came to realize that we can support each other and find a healthier balance. Website Maples also useful, as it was a visual way to put a budget together, and it reminded us when we went above, low, all right on the budget level.
Finally, I think it's important to celebrate when milestones are met. For example, we have a travel savings account that is very important when we reach a certain savings amount to actually use it. We should celebrate when we save and not beat ourselves up when we falter.
This is a fascinating conversation, and one that has as many different answers as partners. My parents have different money goals and they kept their finances separate forever, you pay this, I pay that, etc, and my mom never gives my dad a hard time about what he spends at lunch and my dad never gives my mom a hard time about her Macy's bill.
I think the key is jointly agreeing to 'big picture' goals for the near, medium, and long term. How much do you want to have saved for retirement by age XX? How many children, and how much will you save for education by the time they're 18? How much do you want to spend each year on travel? Once you get through these meaty discussions, it'll be relatively easy to settle on a saving/spending plan consistent with these goals. The key though is to get buy-in from your spender fiance at the beginning to the goals.
We just posted a similar blog post on Adaptu: https://www.adaptu.com/articles/DOC-1692/financial-struggles-in-a-relationship-part-1-income-inequality
My wife and I use Proportional for bills and then keep our own accounts. I make twice as much as her, but I have all the student loan debt. I pay 2/3s of the mortgage, and take the bigger bills. Works well until we have kids and then we'll have to do adult allowances. I hate tracking her shopping habits.
I think it's hard when you first merge finances – we did the his, her, ours accounts for a while, and gradually over several years we did away with his and hers as our goals and spending habits melded together. She was more a saver, I was more a spender, but I came around.
The key is figuring out your goals. Do you want a house and a comfortable retirement? Do you want kids? Sorting these out can show each spouse what needs to be done financially to achieve them. It's not easy and it may take time. I've found that for a lot of young people, including myself, it just takes some maturity to realize you have to save for the important things in life.
This is a very interesting topic and something I haven't given much thought to. It seems that having separate finances is probably a bad decision in the long run…might this create distrust in the relationship. My view is that regardless of who's the bread winner, the finances should be handled together. I like what you wrote about: 'Take "you" and "I" out of your budget conversations; replace them with "we" and us". Each partner needs to feel as if they're involved in the household finances.'
I would hope that the person I marry has a somewhat similar philosophy as me when it comes to finances and that we would be able to work together on our budgeting and savings goals.
Interesting topic and something to start thinking about even in my early 20s! Thanks
First I would say to be careful to distinguish between pre-marriage and post-marriage. They aren't married yet so their finances should be separate till after marriage. Right now is a good time to plan for post marriage but I wouldn't combine spending/finances officially till post marriage. If they live together then treat finances like roommates would. You don't want financial entanglements if in case the worst happens and they split up or one of them dies or something.
Elaine and her fiance definitely need to communicate about it and agree on a system that works and is acceptable for both of them. Given this situation it seems that proportional finances seems like a good fit.
Their situation is a little unique as they have made conscious choices about their incomes. Elaine has a low paying job because she values that career path. She purposefully foregoes higher income. Her fiance on the other hand has a higher paying job and it seems he does so specifically so he can have more money to spend on the things he enjoys. Given that situation its not really fair for Elaine to just expect her future husband to become as frugal as her.
Its good that the fiance has started saving for emergency fund and retirement. Elaine might want to be satisfied with that and compromise herself some by being OK with her husband having a larger spending budget than she herself would want.
My husband and I have a joint account and we both transfer into that each month. I make more, so I transfer more. We don't have kids yet but I think the joint account will become our primary account once we do. Right now we use the joint account for meals out, shared bills, trips, and a transfer into a joint savings account.
I'm a bit older and already had a well-established emergency fund when we got married; my husband is now building his own EF — we"ll probably combine both of them into one once he hits his goal. I also own a condo, where we live. It's a bit of a pain since I own it solely and have put over $100K into it; we're trying to figure out if we want to refi, and how that would work if we do. My parents got divorced when I was in my 20s and my Mom has struggled financially, so it's important to me that I have my own money/assets.
As to the three options, it would seem to me like there needs to be a fourth option: just one account without a need for an adult allowance (even the thought bothers me). My dh and I have just one checking and savings account. We agree to our expenses (which cable package do we want, which phone do we want). We have our overall goals. We're both mature. We don't second-guess each other. We really don't talk about money a lot.
If my dh wants to buy a game or clothes or whatever, he should buy it. Likewise with me. If it's big, we talk about it first. We know what our goals are. It's really no different than any other couple-hood decision, like when we want to go on a trip or redecorate. If we want to go on a trip or buy a piece of furniture, we'd be talking about both the expenditure and the item anyway. (Or when kids enter the picture and you must agree as to a consistent set of discipline or the zallion other decisions you make)
Clearly, with expenses, you do what works for you. We've been married for 17 and had no issues with our system (or lack thereof). I personally the most important rule is mutual respect, listening, and trying to make sure you can create a mutual set of goals you both agree on without micro-managing the other. If you can do it with life in general, expenses is a breeze–it's the same concept.
Shared goals, shared goals, shared goals. If y'all can't agree (or someone consistently acts contrary to the alleged shared goals), it doesn't matter who has what account or how the bills are split.
Incidentally, I manage all household expenses (including our emergency fund and taxes for his business) and my husband just hands me a check each month. I periodically share a report of our spending and we decide what adjustments to make. We used to be much more strict, with set "allowances" for each of us. That became less important as we internalized our shared goals and started making different spending decisions. We also started talking explicitly about the activities that make us happy, which further changed our spending patterns.


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(CHICAGO, IL) -- Playboy may seem tame in today's world of online porn, lewd pro wrestling and shock-talk shows, but the old magazine can still cause a stir.
After heated debate, a City Council committee Tuesday approved the naming of a street after Hugh Hefner, whose Playboy empire has its headquarters in Chicago. The vote came after Hefner's daughter pulled a rabbit out of her hat by taking centerfold, uh, center stage.
On Monday, the committee had voted down the proposed ``Hugh Hefner Way'' after listening to arguments that Hefner's work is degrading to women. But by midday Tuesday, Hugh Hefner Way got the OK.
``I understand that my father and Playboy provoke debate and discussion about deeply felt issues of personal freedom, about sexuality and about morality,'' said Playboy chairman and CEO Christie Hefner, who requested the street naming. But she defended her father's work as a celebration of things ``that are beautiful and sexy.''
``Hugh Hefner is the quintessential American success story - one of many that deserve recognition on our city's streets,'' she said.
City alderman have honored more than 800 Chicagoans with street signs, most of them in the past few years. Debate is rare and a City Council vote is usually a formality.
Hefner, in Chicago to sign a Playboy issue featuring his twin girlfriends, took the debate in stride.
``Hey, they made it very exciting,'' he said. ``It shows the prejudice in this society that still exists. But it's what has made me a very successful and very wealthy man.''
To make Hefner's sign - posted Tuesday at the corner of Michigan Avenue and Walton Street - permanent, it must be approved by the full City Council on Wednesday.
Hefner started Playboy in Chicago in the 1950s and his bunny symbol was long associated with the Chicago skyline. The company has grown beyond the magazine into cyberspace and pay television but remains headquartered in town - something that was not lost on members of the City Council.
During a rancorous debate following Hefner's speech, several alderman spoke of Hefner's contributions to the city. Christie Hefner offered a laundry list of donations her father has made to local organizations, including the Women's Rights Project of the American Civil Liberties Union and the Chicago Urban League.
Just before calling a vote, Alderman Ed Burke reminded the city of Playboy's place in Chicago's business landscape.
``You continue to be a remarkable, successful and caring Chicagoan,'' Burke told Christie Hefner. ``We are proud to keep your business in Chicago.''
University of Chicago law student Jim Madigan testified against Hefner, calling the magazine ``masturbation material.'' Madigan brought a copy of Playboy and opened the centerfold wide for the committee's inspection.
He said said he respected Playboy's right to produce the magazine, but ``the question is do we have to honor it?''
After the vote, Madigan said he wasn't surprised by the city's reversal.
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Hollywood action star Keanu Reeves was on Saturday August 12th pulled over by airport police at Los Angeles International Airport after reportedly running a red light.
Per TMZ.com it is reported that Keanu was pulled over at 3:00 p.m. PST for the traffic violation and released with a warning.
Reeves was pulled over on the upper level of the airport designated for departing passengers. It is not clear what the movie star was doing there.
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Yasiel Puig and Matt Kemp appeared to get into a heated exchange during the Los Angeles Dodgers' 11-3 win over the Colorado Rockies on Monday night, but no one on the team has been willing to say why. The altercation took place during the sixth inning. Manager Don Mattingly was later seen speaking to Puig through Puig's interpreter.
As you might expect, Mattingly kept the details of the incident in-house.
"Oh, just talking in the dugout, same old things," he told reporters sarcastically, via Mark Saxon of ESPNLosAngeles.com. "We're like the [Oakland] A's, the '72 A's."
The A's won three consecutive championships in the 1970s but were notorious for getting into fights with their own teammates. Reggie Jackson and Billy North even had an full-blown brawl in 1974.
Kemp was equally vague, basically ignoring any questions about his exchange with Puig.
"A good game we played today, huh? Good game," he said. "Go Dodgers!"
Kemp had struck out and Puig had walked during the sixth inning. The Dodgers ended up scoring eight runs in the frame, but Saxon speculated that Kemp may have been upset with Puig when the youngster didn't take third base on Adrian Gonzalez's single before Kemp came to the plate.
Mattingly was reportedly upset with Puig in spring training over his baserunning blunders, so that wouldn't be a surprise. We all know how much of a scatter brain he can be.


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5 Things To Know About Catnip:
1. Catnip is an actual plant.
A member of the mint family, Nepeta cataria L. (aka catnip) grows throughout the United States. The plant features small, lavender flowers and jagged, heart-shaped leaves that smell faintly of mint.
2. It's easy to grow.
Cat lovers who possess a green thumb can grow catnip from seed after the last hard frost of the season. As a perennial, this herbaceous flowering plant will return each year with proper care. Keep in mind that catnip requires plenty of room to grow and flourish, much like most felines. Once it grows, you will have the most popular house in the neighborhood — at least among the feline population.
3. Most cats love it.
Catnip leaves and flowers can trigger chemicals in a cat's brain that lead to bouts of energetic euphoria or laid-back laziness. For that reason, dried catnip and catnip-laced toys make regular appearances on pet store shelves. Mary Ellen Burgoon of Park Pet Supply in Atlanta advises cat owners to sprinkle dried catnip leaves on scratching posts as a training tool. Pinch the leaves first to release essential oils, and a little goes a long way. You also can refresh old toys by placing them in a sealed jar along with a sachet of catnip. It's a great way to jump-start a fat cat's exercise regimen.
4. Use with care.
Once cats get a whiff of catnip, it's best to leave them alone until they've lost that loving feeling. Catnip also can cause excessive drooling, so you may want to retrieve those cat toys after use. No one wants to step on a soaking wet cat toy. Burgoon also suggests storing catnip and catnip-laced toys in an airtight container or a cat-proof area.
5. People like catnip, too.
Catnip also can be used for tea. The presence of a chemical called nepetalactone produces sedative-like affects in humans, making catnip a popular home remedy for headaches as well as insomnia. To make catnip tea, add one teaspoon of dried catnip leaves or three to four teaspoons of fresh catnip leaves to a mug of boiling water and let it steep.


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Cost Center
Definition of 'Cost Center'
A department within an organization that does not directly add to profit, but which still costs an organization money to operate. Cost centers only contribute to a company's profitability indirectly, unlike a profit center which contributes to profitability directly through its actions. This type of department is likely to be one of the first targets for downsizing because, on the surface, it has a negative impact on profits.
Investopedia explains 'Cost Center'
Cost centers and profit centers are typically treated differently within an organization. Because a cost center doesn't produce a profit directly from its activities, managers of cost centers are responsible for keeping their costs in line or below budget. Examples of cost centers include marketing, human resources and research and development.


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Pat Palmer President and Chief Executive Officer
Patricia Palmer brings more than 25 years of general management, sales/marketing, financial and operational experience in leading technology companies, together with financial experience developed more recently at Littlebanc Advisors, Morgan Stanley, and Oceana Partners. Ms. Palmer has led technology start-ups as well as units/brands for some of the most respected companies in the world. Her technology experience has included leading a Silicon Valley software start-up group, XSoft, which sold over 9 million licenses, and executive roles as: Northeast Regional Sales Manager for Dell Corporation; COO, Global Telecommunications Group for Unisys Corporation; Vice President/General Manager of Publishing Software for Xerox Corporation; and over 15 years with IBM Corporation where she held management roles in sales, marketing, and finance, including the role of Senior Manager of Worldwide Marketing & Product Management for the IBM PC and Branch Manager of a $400+ million sales office. Ms. Palmer is a member of the Advisory Board of the Florida Institute for the Commercialization of Public Research.
E. Harold "Hal" Gassenheimer Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Gassenheimer brings over 30 years of financial and general management experience to the Company's Board of Directors. Mr. Gassenheimer obtained his MBA from the Harvard School of Business and began his career at Exxon Mobil where he served 23 years in various executive positions developing expertise in international tax, legal and accounting matters. Since ExxonMobil, Mr. Gassenheimer has participated as a partner with responsibility for finance in several large real estate development projects where he arranged debt financing and handled reporting requirements with banks. He was the Treasurer of Cunard Line Limited and Seabourn Cruise Line, a division of Carnival Corporation for three years where he rebuilt the controls, systems and procedures for cash management. Following that, Mr. Gassenheimer served as CFO for Avalon Research Group until its successful sale in 2005. Since then he has served as CFO of Reefbreak Management, Hedge Fund and COO of MAMC, Inc. a mortgage servicer. Mr. Gassenheimer is currently the CFO of Littlebanc, an investment firm.
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Michael Margolies Director
Michael Margolies has more than 25 years of capital markets experience. During his long career, Mr. Margolies has been involved in hundreds of transactions as both a seller and a buyer of company equity and assets. Mr. Margolies started his career on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange before moving up to manage long/short discretionary accounts worth hundreds of millions of dollars for both Oppenheimer and Company and M.A. Berman & Co., a boutique money management and brokerage firm. In 1995, Mr. Margolies founded Avalon Research Group, Inc., one of Wall Street's top-rated independent research companies with more than 100 hedge fund and mutual fund clients. In addition to being founding member of Investorside Research Association, a non-profit trade association of investment research providers not engaging in investment banking, Mr. Margolies served as CEO of Avalon until its sale in 2004. Currently, Mr. Margolies serves as CEO of Littlebanc Advisors, a boutique investment banking firm he founded in 2009.
Menachem Kranz Director
Mr. Kranz has worked for over a decade in the securities and finance industry, most recently as vice president in the PIPEs practice at Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Prior to joining Ladenburg, Mr. Kranz leveraged his extensive contacts and relationships within the hedge and mutual fund communities in a variety of contexts, including as a hybrid trader with RBC Capital Markets and a senior vice president of institutional research sales at Avalon Research Group Inc. where he was instrumental in the rapid growth and development of the firm. Mr. Kranz's educational background, Rabbinical College of America, laid the foundation for sound analytical-minded process and affability.
E. Harold "Hal" Gassenheimer Director and Chief Financial Officer
Jack Sullivan Jr. Director
Since 2003, Jack Sullivan has been the President/CEO of the Florida Research Consortium (FRC), a strategic partnership between Florida's universities, research institutes and business community; focused on enhancing progressive research programs in Florida to promote quality economic growth. In the last seven years, Florida has levered approximately $1 billion in research infrastructure investments into billions of direct funding for research. Jack came to the FRC after 18 years as a business owner, where after a successful sale he became VP Acquisitions and Planning for the acquiring convenience retailer. The company expanded five fold in four years to reach sales in excess of $810M. Today, Jack maintains ownership and manages a portfolio of commercial and agricultural real estate in Florida and Georgia and serves on the board of Powers Device Technologies, an early stage device company based on university intellectual property.
Jack's past volunteer service includes the Executive Committee of the Georgia Chamber of Commerce as Vice-Chairman for Economic Development and other state and local economic development leadership positions. He is a graduate, former Program Chair, Board of Trustee's member and Chairman of the selection committee for Leadership Georgia. Jack served on the Board of First State Bank and Trust on the Finance Committee in Valdosta, GA. Recognized for his role in the only successful removal of an Air Combat Command Facility from 1991's BRAC, Secretary William Perry invited Jack to DOD's Joint Civilian Orientation Conference.
Current volunteer service includes the Boards of BioFlorida, Florida Lambda Rail and the University of Florida's External Advisory Board for the "Science Masters Program in Translational Biotechnology". Jack earned a B.A. from Davidson College and an MBA from Vanderbilt University.
Jayne Standley, Ph.D.Researcher and Professor, Florida State University School of Music
A longtime researcher and professor in Florida State University School of Music, Dr. Standley is the 2005-2006 Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor, the Florida State University's highest faculty honor. Her pioneering work in the field of medical music therapy has led to new techniques for treating premature babies. An FSU faculty member since 1976, Standley is recognized throughout the United States as the foremost authority on medical music therapy. In addition to her research activities. Standley has directed and mentored nearly 200 graduate students in their research efforts.
For more than 25 years, students from FSU have presented original research at the American Music Therapy Association's annual conference. Because of her participation and that of her students and former students, FSU has had a greater presence in the music therapy research community than any other university in the country.
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(WHAS11) -- A Louisville grandmother says she got ripped off when she paid to have a tree cut down. Good Morning Kentuckiana's Andy Treinen tracked down the guy who did the work, and as a result that woman's yard is now being cleaned up.
Mary Smith cannot do a lot for herself these days, so she paid someone to cut down a tree in her back yard. That someone was John Curry of Ground Groomers Tree and Lawn Service.
Mary's daughter called WHAS11 after she says Curry started making excuses and stopped returning calls.
We wanted to know Curry's side of the story and if he agreed to clean the yard up, so we went in search of answers.
WHAS11's Andy Treinen eventually got in touch with the lawn service on the phone. Curry first said he didn't know why we were calling.
Eventually Curry explained that he paid a guy to clean up the wood left behind and he thanked me for alerting him that the job wasn't finished.
Curry said that he now planned to clean up the job himself. And he promised to start this week.
Mary's daughter reported that Curry is back on the job. She said he's scheduled to finish Wednesday.
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Tickets Available for First Three Basketball GamesNovember 05, 2009
BALTIMORE -- Tickets are now available for the first three Coppin State basketball games, including the Coppin State Classic, by contacting the department of athletics.
Tickets for the Coppin State Classic on Nov. 13-14 and the men's home game against Washington Adventist University on Nov. 19 can be purchased in advance by calling the Coppin State department of athletics at (410) 951-3737.
"We want to make the ticket purchasing experience as convienent as possible for our fans," said Coppin State business manager Brian Randolph. "We believe this will eliminate congestion on game days, which benefits all of our fans in the long term."
The Coppin State men's and women's basketball teams will open the season on Friday (Nov. 13) in the opening round of the Coppin State Classic. The women's team will face West Virginia State at 5:30 p.m. and the men will face Lincoln (Pa.) at 7:30 p.m. in the Coppin Center.
The second day of the Coppin State Classic will feature the women's game against St. Augustine's at 5:30 p.m. and the men's game versus West Virginia Tech at 7:30 p.m.
Fans can also buy tickets for the men's game against Washington Adventist University, formerly Columbia Union, on Nov. 19 at 7:30 p.m. in the Coppin Center.
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Solidanza: Supporting the International Day of Persons with Disabilities
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6th edition of Solidanza, Handicap International's fundraising dance event. At Autoworld in Brussels in November 2014!
On the menu: rock, salsa, waltzes and more!
People of all ages, the able and the less able, professional dancers and amateurs, getting together and letting go on the dance floor. Welcome to Solidanza!
Every participant can enter dance challenges, get sponsored and raise money. You can also simply buy tickets to enjoy the festival!
New in 2013: Solidanza is moving to Autoworld!
Practical informationEntry price: €15 Free for children under 12, volunteers and members of a Solidanza appeal!
Wiggle those hips for a good cause!
All information can be viewed on the website below.
Visit our partners' webpages
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- Brussels Antiques Fair - BRAFA 14
- Historical Expo: 14-18, it's our History!
- The paleoLAB at the Museum of natural Sciences
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Reviewers agree that the 2014 Cadillac SRX has a strong engine, balanced handling and a comfortable ride. However, some say that competing luxury compact SUVs offer handling that's more athletic.
- "On both highways and canyon roads, the 2014 SRX is a competent companion." -- Kelley Blue Book
- "Although it's not the most athletic crossover SUV in its class, being behind the wheel of an SRX definitely imparts an authentic luxury experience and it strikes an enjoyable balance between ride comfort and handling. It's also one of the few entry-level luxury crossovers that still has a standard V6 engine. The Cadillac is heavy for its size, though, so it never feels blazingly quick and fuel economy suffers as well." -- Edmunds
Acceleration and Power
The SRX is powered by a 308-horsepower, 3.6-liter V6 engine, which is mated to a six-speed automatic transmission. Front-wheel drive is standard and all-wheel drive is optional. A front-wheel drive SRX is rated at an EPA-estimated 17/24 mpg city/highway, which is low for a luxury compact SUV.
Reviewers say that the SRX's V6 engine provides plenty of power in most situations, though some mention that the SRX's acceleration falls short of thrilling. The SRX's transmission earns praise from one critic who appreciates its sporty demeanor. However, another notes that it can be slow to downshift at times.
- "The 308-horsepower V6 that arrived for duty two years ago does a good job getting the SUV up to speed and is a big improvement over the SUV's past powerplants." -- Kelley Blue Book
- "The 3.6-liter V6 moves the 2014 Cadillac SRX with assurance in most situations, though acceleration is better described as satisfying rather than exhilarating. The six-speed automatic transmission is a good companion, as it changes gears in a smooth, unobtrusive manner. Occasionally, it's a little slow to downshift during highway passing maneuvers, however." -- Edmunds
- "Even when whipped up to its 6800-rpm power peak, the V-6 remains refined and pleasant. There's an appropriate amount of intake snarling and exhaust rush." -- Car and Driver (2012)
- "Power is impressive from a stop with more than ample passing and merging muscle on tap. The transmission is sportier than most shoppers might expect. Shifts are never harsh but always felt." -- Consumer Guide (2012)
Handling and Braking
Test drivers say that the SRX has a refined ride that is comfortable and can feel somewhat sporty, though not to the degree of rivals like the BMW X3. One reviewer says that the steering doesn't provide much feedback, but is otherwise responsive. The SRX's brake pedal is also criticized for having a spongy feel.
- "You're likely to be surprised by the crispness of the 2014 SRX's handling coupled with this crossover SUV's comfortable ride. Many premium-brand crossovers give you one or the other, but the Cadillac is a nice compromise of agility and comfort. If you regularly detour onto back roads, we'd recommend an all-wheel-drive Performance or Premium model, as these SRXs feature quicker, sportier steering and an adaptive suspension that together give it an extra measure of capability around turns." -- Edmunds
- "At around 4,300 pounds or more, it doesn't feel as quick or nimble as a BMW X3, but the Cadillac offers a good balance of agility and the comfort for which this brand is known." -- Kelley Blue Book
- "Steering -- variable-input and fixed-input alike -- is quick and responsive, though feedback is somewhat lacking. Only the spongy-feeling brakes deserve any real criticism." -- Motor Trend (2012)
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"A project starts with an idea, a vision, something that is hard to define, something kind of magic and amazing. This is step 1. This is gold. This is beautiful. You can't yet see the details, but you have a sense for thing you want to make, and hopefully you're swept away by it.
Usually in the creative process, the next step — step 2 — is to think about the project intellectually, to talk about it, to look at it from various angles, to plan it out, maybe to second guess it or to problem solve it, maybe reconsider it a bit. This is the talk.
The next step, step 3, is to actually make this thing, to get down to it. This is the rock. And we like to think that the process goes from 1 to 2 to 3.
The trouble is that step 2 can get a little serious, particularly if it's a collaborative project. There's a lot of talk. A lot of planning and revising. Maybe some doubt. Maybe some deviations from the beauty and clarity of step one.
I was in the [video game] industry for a few years, and step 2 is a big deal there. Committees and middle-management and shareholders are all talk. Everyone wants to talk. Eventually, maybe it's all just talk, there's nothing left.
And maybe that's where it ends. Maybe you get lost in all that talk — all that intellectualizing, all that 'what if?', all those numbers and sales projections or what-have-you, all that self-doubt — and you lose your way. Maybe you never even get to step three. Or maybe whatever survives has none of the inspiration of step 1: it has been diluted, compromised, transformed.
That's why Jordan Mechner's advice — and it's so beautiful — is to proceed from 1 to 3 to 2. Go right from the inspiration — the vision — to actually making it. Don't think it through. Don't talk about it. Don't plan it. Dive in and start making it happen. If you do that — if you can start rocking — you'll get some momentum, and when you have some momentum then the project has a chance, because now you're into it. It's going somewhere, it's tangible. Sure, you'll still run up against problems to solve and decisions to make, but you'll approach these in the moment and solve them in the moment. You'll solve them so you can keep moving.
Of course, if you're in a situation where you can't just go from 1 to 3 to 2 — if you're all bound up in structures and processes — get out. Get around it. Do something.
The take-away here is: rock before talking."
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