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Retirement planning if you're broke
Many lower- and middle-income Americans are headed for poverty in old age. Here are 5 ways to pull your retirement out of the ditch.
If you are one of the nearly half of Americans who can't afford to retire, here's good news. Even if you're approaching retirement with little or no savings, retirement experts say there's much you still can do to construct a satisfying, if modest, retirement.
But you'll need to act soon and avoid the paralysis that can come from fear and resistance to change. Your reward: a more-comfortable life in years to come.
Americans of all ages are facing a dire retirement savings shortfall, says retirement-security expert Teresa Ghilarducci at the New School of Social Research in New York. She predicts that slightly more than half of middle-income and lower-income Americans will be living at or near the poverty line in old age.
Ghilarducci and colleagues extensively analyzed all the research on retirement readiness and savings in 2010. They concluded that nearly half of Americans ages 44 to 55 were at risk for poverty by age 65.
"There are 39 million of us in that age group," she says. "We have a 49% chance of being poor at 65, which means the risk goes way up when we are 70, 75 or 80." The last time the U.S. saw old-age poverty this severe was before the Great Depression, she says.
In other words, it's not a moment too soon to start thinking realistically. "You're not going to have the traveling-around-the-country-in-a-$100,000-RV-and-golfing kind of retirement, but that doesn't mean you can't still have a good retirement, even if it doesn't look like what you originally envisioned," says MSN Money personal finance columnist Liz Weston.
Here are the five keys to pulling it off:
1. Keep your hands off your Social Security
Claiming Social Security early is a bad idea, and yet it's a popular one. Nearly half of retirees take Social Security benefits when they turn 62. They're probably leaving money on the table that could make a difference to them in 10 or 20 years.
What's the rush? Some people are disabled and have no options. Some are jobless. Others are tired of working. Many are scared because policy discussions about reforming Social Security make them believe -- incorrectly -- that, if they don't grab benefits now, they'll lose out.
That's a mistake, says Steve Vernon, an actuary and expert on retirement preparation who wrote "Money for Life: Turn Your IRA and 401(k) Into a Lifetime Retirement Paycheck."
The most drastic proposals for cutting Social Security wouldn't touch anyone now in their 60s, he says. The most aggressive plans would affect people who are now 58 or older. The most liberal plans begin with those who are now 53 or 54.
The choice on when to claim benefits can cost people tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of dollars. "It can mean the difference between a near surely successful plan and a failing plan in many, many cases," says Robert W. Stanley, a certified financial planner in Libertyville, Ill. He teaches classes on strategies for claiming Social Security.
Waiting helps you postpone spending the savings you do have. Also, the longer you wait, the bigger your monthly Social Security check eventually will be. Your cost-of-living increases will be bigger, too.
Working even a couple of extra years can make a big difference, Vernon says. If you're 58 or older, you'll receive 25% less every month by taking Social Security at 62 instead of 66. Younger people will lose even more.
On the other hand, you'll earn up to 76% more each month by waiting to claim Social Security at age 70, according to research by the Boston College Center for Retirement Research. You can check the effect effect of your claiming age on your own benefits with the early-or-late calculator from the Social Security Administration.
"This is basically your paycheck for the rest of your life," says Weston.
Even if you've been laid off, you'll come out ahead by waiting and working even part time. You need only to earn as much as Social Security would have paid.
"I would take any job. I'd work at Starbucks. I'd work at Home Depot or do some kind of part-time work. . . . Later, when you retire and get a higher benefit, you'll be really grateful you did," Vernon says.
2. Park your home equity
If you've got home equity, treat it as an old-age emergency fund, Vernon says. Delay tapping it as long as possible. You'll need it in your 80s or 90s for surprises like home repairs, escalating heating fuel costs, medical bills or hiring in-home help.
People in their 60s are taking out reverse mortgages too early and choosing expensive, higher-risk products, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau warned recently. Watch out for shady sales pitches and high fees that can result in you losing your home.
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I find myself knowing I will not have much saved for retirement. Some is my fault some beyond my control. I however am not too concerned with not having a large sum of money to retire on since i never made big money anyway. I know how to get by on very little unlike many of the "experts" who write these stories. In fact we took a big wage cut to keep our jobs a few years back. Of course all we did was buy time for the corporate heads to get manufacturing going in China so we lost our jobs anyway. We just made less and had fewer benefits for the last five years we worked.
My wife was ill for many years and we used all of our cash (Very little anyway) and the equity in our home twice to pay medical bills before she passed away in 2004. Over the 37 years we were married we endured many bouts of unemployment and little income but we survived. Of course we didn't vacation or go to dinner very often but we were ok. The kids never went without food shelter or healthcare.
The last five years I worked for the company that closed . If I could have retired I would have actually be making $100 more a month than working with SSI and my little pension ($450/month). Sad but true. Thereality is most people fret way too much or want to live like kings in retirement so they think they must have a boatload of money to retire. I will get along just as i have with my little SSI check and my pension. If not my alternitive is to rob a bank and wait to be arrested. Room and board, TV, exersize equipment and medical care.
I retired at 55 on a TINY PENSION of $855.00 dollars a month, I had no money in the bank, I have no health insurance, no stocks, no bonds, no source of income other than $855.00 a month. I inheritated a home that was litterally a wreck the roof leaked, the plumbing was gone, it wasn't inhabitable. I had no credit. I didn't even have a phone.
This also meant that I had no bills at all! I had NO CREDIT CARDS! (Nothing, nada, zip, zero.) So that means that $855.00 dollar a month tiny pension was worth $855.00 dollars a month!!! Of free money which broke down into $213.75 a week to play with and spend on what I wanted to, NO BILLS. People laughed at me because I didn't even own a car. But I did have this going for me...,
I owned a piece of property free and clear, and I did have free medical insurance, and I had $213.75 a week to coming in. The only thing I had to buy was food. (And I do not eat that much.) So lets fast forward to today, the 5 bedroom house is repaired free and clear, no mortgage on it. And I have more money coming than I did before. I have traveled to Mexico and Belize, Carribean Cruises, I buy Christmas gifts, and I just started my own business. Oh and my Credit Score! Is zero, zero, zero... I love it! I went to the back for the fun of it to see if I could get a home improvement loan on my free and clear property.
The loan officer at the bank after he looked at my application and checked my credit score was dumb founded? He apologized and said he had never seen anyone without a credit score, or credit history. I told him thats because I pay cash for everything. If I couldn't afford it, I didn't get it!
So when I see people screaming that there property in is foreclosure and they have massive credit card debt. I don't feel sorry for them. They made those choices. Now let them suffer with them. In the meantime I'm off to Europe for travel adventure...
I think this article is allot of BS. A person has to do what is necessary at the time to survive. I grew up knowing that I would have to care for myself, work hard and save what you can if possible for retirement. Had a great job with a great retirement plan and a 401K. Was doing real good and investing wisely in my 401K than came NAFTA and 911 and all of the other crisis that put a halt to my retirement plans. The company downsized due to the competition from China, lost my job, moved on to a lesser paying job till I was able to start drawing my social security. I was advised by my Social Security office that I would be wise to take an early withdrawal under the financial circumstance that I was in and worked part-time up to the limit that was allowed. Glad I did, it gave me the income to survive under the current job market at that time, went back to work full time after full retirement age and made up for any losses that early retirement might have caused.
You can listen to all of these advisers but you need to do what is best for your survival.
It really chaps me when others try to make you feel like your wanting something for nothing if you want to draw Social Security, there are a lot of people out there that think this way....Social Security is something that you pay into, by a % deduction from each pay period and your employer matches 50% to invest into a so-called retirement for yourself, that is if you are a working class person. As business owner I have always had to, and still l have to pay 100% of my own social security (this is something you cannot elect yourself out of either) all the while the SS Admin is getting interest off of all of the money that is being collected....it is not the working class people's fault for the admin. misappropriating funds or the Government dipping into it and causing it to fail. It is our right to draw out what we have contributed to this Administration when we get to the appropriate age.
It is SSI that abuses the funds that have been collected from the working class, you know, those that have never worked or only worked a short time in their lives and draw a check for a so-called mental or physical handicap!...I'm not talking about everyone that draws SSI, only those that lie to get free money! and this is what I call misappropriating funds by our SS Admin....you just as well call it that, because there are some working in the offices that are letting these people get by collecting SSI so that they can secure their jobs! as long as we are signing people up we still have a job!!
Ok, I am 53, so does that mean that I put 7 percent of my paycheck in all my life and will get nothing back? People my age will be the poorest of the poor in that case.
Social Security is nothing more than the worlds largest Ponzi scheme.
The guy getting the checks today does so because workers today are still forced to contribute in.
What people fail to realize is that Social Security is already BROKE.
EVERY penny which you have ever put into the Social Security "trust fund" has been spent by the United States Government already. The government has liquidated the past surplus amounts with their crazy spending. If you open this "trust fund" box all you will see is a bunch of IOU's where the government owes Social Security.
Social Security was created because FDR and the US government were sure that average Americans would not be able to save for their own retirement which might have been true at the time, but now it is not the case.
The average American would be hard pressed to take 7% of their paycheck every two weeks and completely lose it through investing it themselves as the US government has done. This is what happens when the government gets involved in doing things it was not meant to do.
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Analysis of CMS expenditure data finds that GPOs will save Medicare up to $229.3 billion from 2013-2022; GPOs estimated to save Medicaid up to $169.5 billion over same period
WASHINGTON, July 9, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Healthcare Supply Chain Association (HSCA) today announced a new economic analysis on the value of group purchasing organizations (GPOs) to the U.S. healthcare system which found that GPOs generate up to $55 billion in annual savings for hospitals, Medicare and Medicaid, and taxpayers. The report specifically found that, from 2013 to 2022, GPOs are expected to generate savings of up to $864 billion for the entire U.S. health system, $229 billion in Medicare savings, and $169 billion in Medicaid savings. Healthcare economists Dobson DaVanzo & Associates used updated National Health Expenditure (NHE) data published by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to complete the empirical analysis, A 2014 Update of Cost Savings and Marketplace Analysis of the Health Care Group Purchasing Industry.
"U.S. hospitals, nursing homes and other healthcare providers are under mounting pressure to contain healthcare spending and they consistently turn to GPOs to deliver the best medical products at the best value," said HSCA President Curtis Rooney. "The new empirical analysis of CMS health expenditure data confirms what virtually all of America's 5,000+ hospitals already know: GPOs are trusted supply chain partners that reduce costs to the healthcare system, Medicare and Medicaid, and taxpayers."
Dobson DaVanzo analyzed the updated CMS data, Medicare Cost Report (MCR) data, and estimates of the GPO market and market penetration, and reached the following conclusions about the value of GPOs to the U.S. health system:
"Given ongoing fiscal pressures to reduce the rate of growth in healthcare spending, it is important to note the positive impact GPOs have had and will continue to have in bringing cost reduction and efficiency to the healthcare system," said the report authors. "On balance, we believe [our cost-savings] estimate is low because GPOs have been bringing down the cost of supplies to hospitals for over 100 years. This means that there is some portion of the savings attributable to GPOs which is 'buried' in the baseline and incalculable."
GPOs negotiate contracts for hospitals to purchase essential supplies while minimizing costs. GPOs do not purchase or take ownership of products, but instead negotiate competitive contract pricing. GPOs generate savings through economies of scale, increased negotiating power, expertise in providing high value supplies, and by reducing the administrative costs to providers for purchasing these products. In total, estimates suggest that GPO activity led to a reduction in supply-related purchasing costs to nursing homes and hospitals by 10 to 18 percent compared to the costs for providers who do not utilize GPOs.
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I like to forget about how awkward I am. Since most days I'm around the same people I do pretty well. But then comes along "Dino" at Kohls. He was shopping with his mom and he saw me checking out some wedge lace up booties.. a trend that intigues me but I haven't figured out yet. Anyway so he comments on the boots and I comment on the boots. And I start blushing and sweating iiiimmediately. I needed to get away from him. But he followed me around for a minute trying to engage something. And I continued to sweat and blush. I broke away at last. I tried on some overpriced j.lo brand sparkly shirts. Decided it was something I did not need right now and started to head out. And then I heard "psst. Hey! Psst. Hey you're my friend!". Alas it was Dino. (Did I mention he was wearing something like size 00 washed black jeans and a tight ribbed black sweater. Hair slicked back and yet messy and big round tortoise glasses. Probably about 22 to 25 yrs old. This was the illusive suburban hipster). He told me I looked like his friend Megan from Maine and that when he goes shopping he likes to find a friend and buy her something (he couldn't buy me anything bc he didn't have his wallet). I sweated. I blushed. I mumbled some uncreative responses. It was awful. I high fived him and hightailed it out of there checking over my shoulder to make sure it wasn't following me.
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ok and 2, I kinda miss Hong Kong. its like a home away from home where I get to stay at 5 star hotels and eat out every night. i could use some spoiling right now.
and on a side note, I watched The kids are alright. good movie. totally a good movie.
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Those ads on tv about getting an education in fashion design are so bs. They always show people walking around with be rolls of fabric and dreamily draping a gown on a form and the gown is magically on a runway and blowing everyone away! plleeease theres no time for draping! There are buyers biting our faces off and deadlines and I work in an office. I have a cube just like every other bob in the world. Welcome to the GLAMOROUS world of fashion design.. here's a fabulous example of what I have to read and decipher every morning…
"Because of the situation of Cotton price keep increase so as the below spec revised since vendor had try to working by follow your comment but because of the spec as revised was effected to the fabric consumption as it add and the bulk fabric already ordered if they have to add more fabric the fabric will not able to keep the price as confirmed so they have to increase price as follow the Market that vendor have to pay for price additional about 20-25% from original price that may effected to FOB price as well for this cause they would not want to asking for revised price that why they asking for your kind accept their option as below.Kindly review and advise ."
Yup thats one giant run-on sentence. a whole lot of bladdyblah and i cant even remember where this conversation started. Just because there was something about increasing a hem ruffle 1/2". auggghhh.
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Example: Since I'm a photo-hog, I love having wild or even man-made scenery that BEGS me to take a picture of it. Like the Toon Lagoon of Islands of Adventure, there's all those floating thought bubbles that BEG a person to stand beneath it and take a picture.
Ooh yea... and more extra events! (Why hasn't there ever been a hip-hop/rock/pop concert that appeals to teens at the Busch parks? I think the concerts they bring in appeals more to the 30 and up crowd. Oh well, at least there's Howl-O-Scream...) Like maybe a Food and Wine like Epcot...
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Am I missing one? Another avenue to go would be Scandanavia, which would be interesting as well.
In addition I'm not sure I would want another coaster necessarily to replace Big Bad Wolf (I want that one back!). They still have four, and think the park should have another dark ride. Curse of DarkCastle is one of the newer, non-traditional dark rides in the same vein as IOA's Spiderman, and Corkscrew Hill is a 3-D projection with stationary (albeit jumpy) vehicle. Is the day truly past for any new Pirates/Haunted Mansion type dark rides where you, in a small or medium-sized vehicle travel slowly past unfolding scenes of animatronics? I wonder...
I think it's sad you don't mention the British and European parks Blackstone/Merlin own.
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- Edith Apostal, active in Chicago real estate since 1974, is a broker associate with The Apostal Group in the Lincoln Park Plaza office of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage. Working with buyers and sellers of residential property such as single family homes, high-rise condos and townhouses, you can find Edie Apostal almost anywhere along the lakefront, in Lincoln Park, the Gold Coast, Lakeview, Lincoln Square, Bucktown, Wicker Park, Streeterville, and the Loop areas of South Loop, West Loop and River North. A native of Cook County, she has extensive knowledge and experience throughout the Chicago metropolitan area.
- Contractors, developers and relocating families also look to her for her expertise. She and her team are top Coldwell Banker agents, averaging over $20,000,000 in sales annually. Edie is a member of the National Association of Realtors, Illinois Association of Realtors, and Chicago Association of Realtors. She has earned her designation as a Certified Residential Specialist (CRS) and has completed the Graduate Residential Institute (GRI) of advanced training. Edie Apostal and The Apostal Group are committed to providing a lifetime of exceptional service to people who are buying and selling their home.
- Multi-million dollar producer.
- Chicago Association of Realtors' Bronze Eagle Award.
- Membership in Coldwell Banker's President's International Elite Association.
- Illinois Real Estate Broker, since 1974
- Broker Associate with Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage
- Edie has been a member of the Lincoln Park Plaza office since 1993.
- 30 years of experience in real estate sales, development and management.
- Active membership in Chicago, Illinois and National Association of Realtors.
- GRI (Graduate Realtor Institute) certification.
- CRS (Certified Residential Specialist) designation.
- Relocation Specialist certification
- Graduate of local schools and Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois
- Working with buyers and sellers in the re-sale marketplace.
- Assisting developers with the design and marketing of new and renovated properties.
- Providing sales guidance to buyers and sellers in relocation process.
- English
- German
Specialty Markets
- Relocation
- New Homes
- Luxury Properties


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02/07/2014: Presenting the "Circular Economy Package" at joint press conference together with Commissioner Andor, Brussels
24/06/2014: Participation at the European Green Capital Award Ceremony, Copenhagen
20/06/2014:Sodelovanje na okrogli mizi o učinkovitem upravljanju z vodnimi viri v okviru Blejskega filmskega festivala (Slovenija)
14/06/2014: Fotografije s prireditve "ZOTKINI TALENTI", slovesne razglasitve rezultatov državnih tekmovanj iz znanja in srečanj v organizaciji Zveze za tehnično kulturo Slovenije (ZOTKS)
10/06/2014: Participation at the conference of the EU platform on coexistence between people and large carnivores, Brussels
03-05/06/2014: Green Week 2014, BrusselsFor more pictures please visit the Green Week 2014 website.
22/05/2014: High-Level Conference on Mapping and Assessment of Ecosystems and their Services in Europe
21/05/2014: Natura 2000 awards ceremony, BrusselsMy warmest congratulations to the 5 winners of Natura 2000 awards! Thanks to the tireless efforts of people working for and in Natura 2000 sites, our vast network of protected areas is developing into a real success for European cooperation.
08/05/2014: Let's clean up Europe: the Commission participates!
22/04/2014: Visit to Slovenian Economic Association in Klagenfurt, Austria
11/04/2014: Visit to European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) in Helsinki (Finland)
07/04/2014: Visit to Hannover (Germany)
04/04/2014: Obisk 1. mednarodnega sejma trajnostnih tehnologij in zelenega življenjskega sloga (Green) ter sodelovanje v diskusiji "Več Evrope – več Slovenije: Zeleno gospodarstvo v EU in v Sloveniji: Ali si ga lahko (ne)privoščimo?" - Gornja Radgona (Slovenia)
04/04/2014: Udeležba na konferenci Politična participacija in mladi- Ljubljana
01/04/2014: Participation in the "Feeding the 5000" event (event against food waste) (Brussels)
31/03/2014: Participation at the plenary meeting of the European Resource Efficiency Platform
24/03/2014: Participation in the European Mobility Week Award Ceremony
21/03/2014: Commissioner Potočnik at the ACER (Catalan Association of Research Centres) Award Ceremony, La Pedrera, Spain
21/03/2014: Meeting with the Advisory Council for the Sustainable Development of Catalonia (CADS), Barcelona, Spain
20/03/2014: "New environmentalism" seminar, organised by Stockholm Environment Institute, Stockholm University and the European Commission, Stockholm, Sweden
20/03/2014: Participation at the Economist Group's second annual World Forests Summit, Stockholm, Sweden
06/03/2014: Participation in a panel discussion with young Europeans on New Environmentalism "How many planets do we need?", Berlin
06/03/2014: Participation at the Panel discussion on the 7th EAP (Environment Action Programme) together with the Federal Environment Minister Dr Barbara Hendricks during the visit to Berlin
03/03/2014: At the opening of Healthy Oceans - Productive Ecosystems (HOPE): a European conference for the marine environment, Brussels
16/01/2014: Commissioner Janez Potočnik receives Stella Wittmann to hand over a petition against the use of plastic bags
15/01/2014: Visit of Aleqa Hammond, Prime Minister of Greenland, to the EC
10/01/2014: Presentation of New Year's greetings of the Barroso II Commission to Philippe, King of the Belgians
15/11/2013: Opening of the exhibition "Nice to Sea?" by the Surfrider Foundation Europe in partnership with Y&R Paris, Brussels
Commissioner Janez Potočnik (left) and Maria Damanaki, European Commissioner responsible for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (right)
From left to right: Commissioner Janez Potočnik, Commissioner Maria Damanaki, Raphaël Filippi, Paul Meilhat and Grégory Penne (all three Surfrider's Ambassadors) and Jacques Beall, SFE Vice president.
Stephane Latxague, Surfrider Foundation Europe's CEO (right) with Commissioner Janez Potočnik and Commissioner Maria Damanaki.
Commissioner Potočnik receives the petition in favour of a European ban of single-use plastic bags with 22.583 collected signatures from Surfrider's Ambassadors - Raphaël Filippi, Paul Meilhat and Grégory Penne.
04/11/2013: At the press conference announcing Commission proposal to reduce the use of plastic bags, Brussels
15/10/2013: At the presentation of the European Environment Agency (EEA) annual report on Air Quality in Europe, Brussels
08-10/10/2013: Visit to Japan – Participation at the Diplomatic Conference for the Minamata Convention on Mercury, Minamata and Kumamoto
30/09/2013: At the signature of a Volunary Partnership Agreement (VPA) between the EU and Indonesia on Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade in Timber Products (FLEGT) to the European Union, Brussels
26/09/2013: At the ceremony celebrating 10 years of Health and Environment Alliance 2003 – 2013, Brussels
19/09/2013: At the meeting of the High Level Group of Independent Stakeholders on Administrative Burdens, Brussels
15/09/2013: Visiting the sewer system during the official visit to Vienna
09/09/2013: Participation in the kick-off event on combating illegal export of waste and materials in Europe, Antwerp
19/07/2013: Official visit to China
18/07/2013: Official visit to China
"Doing Business in China" seminar
Meeting with Zhang Jianlong, Deputy State Forestry Administrator, and signing of a cooperation arrangement between European Commission DG Environment and State Forestry Administration of China on CITES related matters
Roundtable on Green business opportunities in China
05/07/2013: Participation of the College at the opening of the Lithuanian Presidency of the Council of the EU, Vilnius
28/06/2013: At the Pregl Award ceremony and the opening of the Pregl Research Centre, National institute for Chemistry, Ljubljana
14/06/2013: Participation in the European Green Capital Award Ceremony
07/06/2013: Green Week 2013: Visiting the GW 2013 exhibition (Brussels)
07/06/2013: Green Week 2013: Participating at the closing session of GW 2013 (Brussels)
06/06/2013: Green Week 2013: Launching of the European Citizen Science Association (Brussels)
05/06/2013: Participation in the "European Tree of the Year" Award ceremony in the European Parliament (Brussels)
04/06/2013: Launch of the Green Week 2013
10/05/2013: Visit to Slovenia – Participation in the environmental forum of Green Slovenia "Sustainable development is the path towards Green Slovenia (2014 – 2020)", Ljubljana
09-10/05/2013: Visit to Slovenia – Working lunch with the Minister of Agriculture and Environment, Dejan Židan followed by a press conference, Ljubljana
09-10/05/2013: Visit to Slovenia – Meeting with the Prime Minister, Alenka Bratušek, Ljubljana
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/Slovenian Press Agency
09/05/2013: Visit to Slovenia – Participation in citizen's dialogue "EU is you" ("EU si ti"), Ljubljana
17/04/2013: Visit of Janez Potočnik to Geneva
09/04/2013: Commissioner Potočnik received Nicolas Hulot, Founder and Chairman of the Nicolas Hulot Foundation for Nature and Man
15/03/2013: Meeting with Ivica Dačić, Serbian Prime Minister and Minister for the Interior during his visit to the Commission, Brussels
07/03/2013: Joint press conference with Jeremy Irons on the Green Paper on plastic waste, Brussels
06/03/2013: At the European Mobility Week Award Ceremony, Brussels
With the representatives of the city of Zagreb, winner of the 2012 European Mobility Week Award
With the respresentative of the Swedish city of Gävle, finalist of the 2012 European Mobility Week Award
With the respresentative of the Swedish city of Gävle, finalist of the 2012 European Mobility Week Award
With Commissioner Kallas and the representatives of the city of Toulouse, finalist of the Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans Award
01/03/2013: Meeting with Oleg Proskuryakov, Ukrainian Minister for Ecology and Natural Resources, Brussels
27/02/2013: Joint press conference with Commissioner Andris Piebalgs on the communication "A Decent Life for All: Ending Poverty and Giving the World a Sustainable Future", Brussels
25/02/2013: Meeting with Dr Jane Goodall, DBE, Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute and UN Messenger of Peace, Brussels
20/02/2013: "Green Growth and the role of business": luncheon debate organised by the Spanish Official Chamber of Commerce in Belgium and Luxembourg
08/01/2013: Participation of Janez Potočnik at the "Clean Air Everywhere" conference organised by the European Environmental Bureau (EEB)
18/12/2012: The 2nd meeting of the European Innovation Partnership (EIP) Steering Group on water, Brussels
26/10/2012: Meeting with Michael Wadleigh, co-Founder of the Homo Sapiens Foundation, Brussels
22/10/2012: Visit to Genk
16-19/10/2012: Visit to India – Participation at the 11th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, Hyderabad
09/10/2012: Inter-institutional working session on the Rio+20 follow-up at EU-level hosted by the EESC President Staffan Nilsson, Brussels
First row (from left to right): Mercedes Bresso (First Vice-President, CoR), Commissioner Janez Potočnik, EESC President Staffan Nilsson, Jaroslaw Pietras (Director-General, Council of Ministers)
Second row (from left to right): Klaus Rudischhauser(Deputy Director-General, DG DEVCO), Mathias Groote ( Chair of the EP Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety), Hans-Joachim Wilms (Chair of the Sustainable Development Observatory, EESC)
Commissioner Potočnik with EESC President Staffan Nilsson
20/07/2012: Celebration of the 20th anniversary of Habitats Directive, Natura 2000 and LIFE Regulation, Kozjanski Park, Slovenia
With Croatian Minister of Environment and Nature Protection Mihael Zmajlović (on the left) and Slovenian Minister of Agriculture and Environment Franc Bogovič (in the centre)
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Discussing with children together with Minister Zmajlović (on the left), Minister Bogović (on the right) and Director of Kozjanski Park Teo Hrvoje Oršanič (the last on the right)
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Awarding the children who won the Natura 2000 Treasure Hunt
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Visit of 1st LIFE project in Slovenia - dry meadow Veternik
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19/07/2012: Meeting with Eduard A. Stavitsky, Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine, Brussels
29/06/2012: "Award Ceremony, European Green Capital 2014", Vitoria-Gasteiz (Spain)
28/06/2012: European Steel Day 2012
20/06/2012: Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development
05/06/2012: Launch of the European Resource Efficiency Platform
25/05/2012: Greenweek 2012 - Closing session
25/05/2012: Greenweek 2012 - Visiting the exhibition
22/05/2012: Greenweek 2012 - Opening session
21/05/2012: Visit to Denmark and attendance at the LIFE20 Celebration Event in Lille Vildmose (Denmark)
10-11/05/2012: Participating at the Conference "Soil remediation and Soil sealing", Brussels
08/05/2012, Brussels: Participation in meetings with Ministers from AOSIS (Alliance of Small Island States), LDCs (Least Developed Countries) and Latin American countries for a discussion on Rio+20
03/05/2012: Receiving a delegation from the Prince of Wales' EU Corporate Leaders Group on Climate Change (together with José Manuel Barroso, President of the EC and Connie Hedegaard, Member of the EC in charge of Climate Action), Brussels
02/05/2012: Celebration of the 2000th EC College meeting, since the entry into force in 1967 of the Merger Treaty which combined the EEC, ECSC and Euratom executive bodies, Brussels
27/04/2012: Meeting with José Trinidad Suazo Bulnes, Minister-Director of the National Forest Conservation and Development, Protected Areas and Wildlife Institute (ICF) of Honduras
12-13/04/2012: Official visit to Slovenia
With Slovenian prime minister Janez Janša
With Mayor of Kamnik Marjan Šarec (left), Minister of agriculture and the environment Franc Bogovič (1st right) and CEO of Elektro Ljubljana Andrej Ribič (2nd right) at Inauguration of the station for charging electric cars in Kamnik (Slovenia)
With the President of the Slovenian National Assembly Gregor Virant
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With the President of the Slovenian National Assembly Gregor Virant
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Presenting the Commission Work Programme for 2012 in the National Assembly
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Presenting the Commission Work Programme for 2012 in the National Assembly
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22/03/2012: European Parliament Intergroup on water
20/03/2012: Meeting with Franc Bogovič, Slovenian Minister for Agriculture and the Environment
14-16/03/2012: Visit to Brazil
12-17/03/2012: 6th World Water Forum, Marseille, France
05/03/2012: Participation at the European Mobility Week Award Ceremony
16/02/2012: Meeting with Henk Bleker, Dutch Minister for Agriculture and Foreign Trade
08/02/2012: Speech at the seminar on Sustainable Consumption and Production as a Vehicle for Green Growth, Brussels
08/02/2012: 4th EU-China Dialogue on Environmental Policy
07/02/2012: High level event "Go sustainable, be responsible! European society on the road to Rio+20", organised by European Economic and Social Committee, Brussels
25/1/2012: Meeting with Corrado Clini, Italian Minister of Environment and Protection of Land and Sea
19-20/01/2012: Visit to Slovakia
14/01/2012: Participation at the opening ceremony of the European Capital of Culture 2012, Maribor
11-12/01/2012: First meeting between the EC College and the Danish Presidency
15/12/2011: Speech at the CoR plenary session on Rio+20
15/12/2011: European Green Capital Handover Ceremony from Hamburg (EGC 2011) to Vitoria-Gasteiz (EGC 2012)
12/12/2011: Participation in the Aldersgate Group parliamentary debate "Green policy in the midst of the debt crisis. What is the way forward for Europe?", UK Parliament
07/12/2011: Meeting with Jean-Yves Le Drian, President of the Regional Council of Brittany and Michel Cadot, Prefect of the Brittany region, Brussels
02/12/2011: CARS 21 High level meeting
29/11/2011: Covenant of Mayors Ceremony
24/11/2011: Participation in the European Water Stewardship (EWS) launch event, Brussels
20-21/10/2011: Visit to Czech Republic
Meeting with Martin Kocourek, Czech Minister for Industry and Trade
Janez Potočnik and Jan Michal, Head of of the EC Representation in the Czech Republic in a "Generation Awake" tricycle
Janez Potočnik and Robert Konrad, Head of the Communication Unit of the EC's DG ENV
Janez Potocnik with Petr Baranek of ArcelorMittal at the new dust suction plant at ArcelorMittal
Janez Potočnik at the new dust suction plant at Arcelor Mittal
Janez Potocnik visits the "Walk around Moravka Nautura 2000" site with Czech Minister of Environment Tomas Chalupa. PHOTO/RADEK MICA
17/10/2011: Generation Awake Launch, Warsaw, Poland
12/10/2011: With fellow Commissioners at the Annual meeting between College and the EP Conference of Committee Chairs
11/10/2011: Meeting with the with a delegation of the ENCORE network (Environmental Conference of the Regions in Europe), Brussels
03/10/2011: Visit to India, New Delhi
Delhi Ministerial Dialogue on Green Economy and Inclusive growth - family picture
From left to right: Ernesto Carlos Alvarez (Chair G77 and China), Dr Ashok Khosla (IUCN President), Sha Zukang (Secretary General for the UN Conference on Sustainable Development), Jayanthi Natarajan (Minister of Environment and Forests, Govt. of India), Maurice Strong, Janez Potočnik, Dr T. Chatterjee (Secretary at the Indian Ministry of Environment and Forests)
With Jayanthi Natarajan, Minister of State for Environment and Forests
22/09/2011: At the EESC plenary session discussion on EU preparations for RIO+20
20/09/2011: Press conference on on the Roadmap to a Resource Efficient Europe, Brussels
Visit to Malta, 15-16 September 2011
Meeting with the Prime Minister Dr Lawrence Gonzi
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Meeting with the Minister for Tourism, the Environment and Culture Mario de Marco
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Meeting with the representatives of the Maltese NGOs
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Meeting with the representatives of Federation For Hunting and Conservation
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Visit to the Sewage Treatment Plant of Mgarr ix-Xini at the island of Gozo
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At the official opening of the "Train of Ideas - Visions for Future Cities" in Brussels, 7 September 2011
Meeting with Professor Jacqueline McGlade, Executive Director of European Environmental Agency (EEA), Copenhagen (23/06/2011)
Inauguration of the Train of Ideas, Hamburg (15/04/2011)
Visit to Greece (07-08/04/2011)
Commissioner Potočnik with Tina Birbili, Greek Minister for Environment, Energy and Climate Change, in a discussion with the NGO representatives at the Bafi refuge on Mount Parnitha
Commissioner Potočnik observing the model of the wastewater treatment plant of Psyttalia
Commissioner Potočnik and Philippos Petsalnikos, President of the Greek Parliament at the General Assembly of the European Youth Parliament
Commissioner Potočnik shaking hands with George Papandreou, Greek Prime Minister
Tree planting event to mark 20 years of independance of Slovenia (20/03/2011)
Meeting with group of Slovenian students from University of Maribor, Brussels (16/03/2011)
Commissioner Potočnik receives the Future Book from the representatives of global project Challenge:Future, which connects young people from around the world to help create solutions for challenges of sustainability, Ljubljana (04/03/2011)
Commissioner Potočnik at the opening of the Agency for Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER), Ljubljana (03/03/2011)
Commissioner Potočnik at the site of one of the worlds largest and most advanced waste recovery and recycling plants in Hoboken, Belgium (19-01-2011)
Commissioners Potočnik and Damanaki at the Conference on the Common Fisheries Policy Reform, Brussels (16-11-2010)
European Green Capital Conference 2010 and the award ceremony, Stockholm (21-10-2010)
Commissioner Potočnik with Mayor of Stockholm Sten Nordin (right) and the representatives of the City of Stockholm
Winning city Vitoria-Gasteiz, European Green Capital 2012
Winning city Nantes, European Green Capital 2013
Representatives from the finalist cities for European Green Capital award 2012 and 2013
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Commissioner Potočnik receives Dejan Židan, Slovenian Minister for Agriculture, Forestry and Food (17-09-2010)
Handover of the declaration on biodiversity conservation of the European Youth Perspective Conference (YouPEC) (15-07-2010)
At the meeting with the representatives from petrol and gas companies, Brussel (14-07-2010)
Press Conference with Commissioner Oettinger after the Second safety talks with industry on Oil platforms with Commissioners Damanaki, Georgieva and Oettinger (14-07-2010)
Commissioner Janez Potočnik shaking hands with Jim Higgins (22-06-2010)
Commissioner Potočnik receives a petition against whaling from the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society (UK), Brussels (22-06-2010)
Commissioner Potocnik gives a speech at the Smith School World Forum 2010 on Enterprise and the Environment, Oxford (06-06-2010)
Commissioner Janez Potočnik opens the Green Week 2010, Brussels (01-06-2010)
At the Green week exhibition, Brussels (01-06-2010)
Opening of Green Week
Janez Potocnik, Member of the EC in charge of the Environment opens Green Week, the Commission's annual four-day conference on environmental policy held in the Charlemagne building in Brussels. This year's theme is biodiversity.
Tour of the Green Week exhibition by Janez Potocnik
European Maritime Day, Gijon, Spain (19-05-2010)
Water: our hope (05-05-2010)
Opening of the Exhibition "Voda: naše upanje." ("Water: our hope."/ "L'Eau, notre espérance"), prepared by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia to Belgium and Wallonie-Bruxelles International at Espace International Wallonie-Bruxelles, Brussels
Commissioner Potočnik with H.E. Anita Pipan, Ambassador of the Republic of Slovenia to Belgium and Mr Philippe Suinen, Director General of Wallonie-Bruxelles International
Participation in Let's Clean Slovenia in One Day (17-04-2010)
Visit to Natura 2000 sites in Slovenia - Natural Reserve Iški morost (16-04-2010)
Visit to Natura 2000 sites in Slovenia (16-04-2010)
The electric bike ride (24-03-2010)
Electric bike race
Electric bike ride in the framework of the EU Sustainable Energy Week with the participation of Janez Potocnik, Member of the EC in charge of the Environment, Günther Oettinger, Member of the EC in charge of Energy and Johannes Hahn, Member of the EC in charge of Regional Policy
Commissioner Potočnik together with Commissioners Günther Oettinger and Johannes Hahn participating at the electric bike ride in the framework of the EU Sustainable Energy Week, Brussels
Lisbon Council (23-03-2010)
International Fund for Animal Welfare (23-03-2010)
European Mobility Week in Brussels (23-03-2010)
European Mobility Week
Participation of Janez Potocnik, Member of the EC in charge of the Environment at European Mobility Week
(From left to right: Commissioner Potočnik, Roger Persson, Municipal Commissioner, Municipality of Gävle, Sweden, José Antonion Diez, Town Councillor for Mobility&Security, Leon, Spain, Boris Kovacic, Mayor, Ivanic-Grad, Croatia)


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Sounds good, I agree. The bike shot was a BTS of that magazine shoot. I'll remove it though. Thanks for your feedback and time!
LoL stock photography? Half or most of my portfolio is shot by the same photographer, ray. I need to experience outside the box and shoot with other photographers as well. Thanks for the compliment and feedback. I appreciate your time!
Yeah, it's a bit of dappled light I think, but it does look a lot like Michael's dinkle poking out! Easily got rid of by cloning.
I like this shot too, a nice style.
http://photos.modelmayhem.com/photos/13 … 3df369.jpg
Oh, lol I see what your talking about now. Definitely not my "dinkle" lol. Thanks for the fix though, I appreciate it!
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Love Actually
In the weeks leading up to Christmas, the love lives of several people living in London intertwine…
After penning two of the biggest British films of recent years - Four Weddings And A Funeral and Notting Hill - it's only natural that Richard Curtis should expand his film career into direction.
There is plenty to like about the film. Grant, for example, makes for an endearing Prime Minister (even if he seems to spend more time trying to woo Martine McCutcheon than actually engaging in politics). Alan Rickman, Emma Thompson and Liam Neeson are a pleasure to watch, while Bill Nighy almost steals the entire film as a foul-mouthed, drug-addled rocker (his confrontation with a poster of Blue on an Ant-and-Dec-hosted TV show is worth the admission alone).
Other comic highlights see Grant indulging in one of the best bits of hallway dancing since Risky Business, and Firth virtually recreating his most famous Mr. Darcy moment by diving fully-clothed into a lake. And Curtis even throws in a few self-referential nods to his earlier work, including Nighy's character re-recording Love Is All Around complete with cringeworthy Yuletide theme.
However, this is a complex, densely-plotted affair, and in trying to tell the individual stories of so many people, you get the sense that Curtis has bitten off more than he can chew. He seems comfortable enough behind the camera - it's a well-made, good-looking film enlivened by frequent picture-postcard shots of London - but too many of the stories themselves are left wanting.
One, featuring Kris Marshall heading for Wisconsin, in search of rampant sex, goes nowhere, while a potentially interesting subplot involving Laura Linney's magazine worker and her mentally ill brother seems to be forgotten halfway through and ultimately is never resolved. While there's no denying Curtis' ambition, paring down some of the tales would have made the more interesting ones even stronger. The final reel also disappoints, combining a bunch of seen-it-all-before set-pieces with an unpleasantly manipulative finale.
The latter isn't helped by wildly over-the-top orchestral music that wouldn't sound out of place in an epic war movie, and a sense that the audience is being quite literally ordered to laugh and cry at key moments. Given that there is a really good film at the core of Love Actually, it's a pity that such aspects let it down.
Curtis is a rare talent (let us not forget he wrote Blackadder), and it would have been great to see him tackling something a little more challenging and different for his directorial debut. That said, it's a formula that works and, as crowd-pleasing mainstream Britcom goes, it's a relatively solid, if flawed, entry into the genre.
Overlong and over-sentimental, this is nonetheless a fairly entertaining way to spend a couple of hours, and it's great to see so many of the UK's best actors sharing screen space. While never quite scaling the heights of Four Weddings or Notting Hill, it's a perfectly respectable debut for Curtis.
Reviewed by Caroline Westbrook
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|Sweet And Effortlessly Likable
I'm not a huge fan of romantic comedies myself, but the sheer scope of Love Actually drew me in immediately. Super performances from all the leads (the notable exception being Emma Thompson, who has rarely been worse), and cleverly woven, intricately told storylines that swoop and glide up to their individual crescendos. It's definitely overlong, and most certainly lacks its' own identity, but this is, nonetheless, an enjoyable and entertaining romcom, and the best genre exercise since Four Wedd... More
Posted by blaud at 17:17, 15 March 2011 | Report This Post
Even after five viewings I still think that this is one of the best (if not the best) romantic comedy/christmas film of the last years. Beautiful, loveable characters in cute storylines that are woven together excellent at the ending. Even the world biggest hater of rom com will be become a little happier after seeing this. I did, anyway. An excellent film. 8,5/10 ... More
Posted by TheGodfather at 13:27, 02 January 2010 | Report This Post
I LOVE THIS MOVIE! Each year I can't stand not to watch it before christmas! It's great fun and the cast is amazing: emma thompson, alan rickman, hugh grant ...there's even a hillarious scene with rowan atkinson in it!! it's not that typical christmas movie and that's what makes it so enjoyable!! ... More
Posted by FanaticalAboutFilm at 17:46, 15 September 2009 | Report This Post
|So lovely funny.
Hilarious, sweet and charming. ... More
Posted by nc_jj at 20:17, 29 March 2008 | Report This Post
|So lovely funny.
Hilarious, sweet and charming. ... More
Posted by nc_jj at 20:16, 29 March 2008 | Report This Post
Worth fours stars because despite it's flaws, at the end of it all, there is an overwhelmingly warm, and genuine feeling from it. the biggest problems are the conclusions (or lack of), and some stories could have been cut out, some of the sections had 5 star written on them. Liam Neeson's story is superbly done, perhaps even better because it contrasts with sentiment elsewhere in the film. Besides Neeson gives an incredible performance in a limited time period. The ambition of linking so many st... More
Posted by Mr. Lowry at 00:30, 13 December 2007 | Report This Post
|The best rom-com ever made
Come on guys Love Actually is fantastic! As a self confessed loather of rom-coms this is a great movie, hilarious at almost every minute, well acted and at the height of enjoyableness. All the acting is nearly flawess (apart from Laura Linney, the film's letdown) and this film is a great way to feel the Christmas spirit. ... More
Posted by Pinguman at 04:58, 11 November 2007 | Report This Post
Plot Coherence is a funny old thing, isn't it? It makes some films, and yet others thrive with no leading plot strand whatsoever. However the idstiinct lack of plot in Love Actually is so terribly noticeable due to the fact that there isn't anything to laugh at either, let alone a plot to follow. A couple of the characters are funny, Kris Marshall's trip to America is worth a few chuckles, and Bill Nighy's aging rocker is worth a couple of laughs, but these do not make up for the huge gaps where... More
Posted by swordsandsandals at 15:50, 31 July 2007 | Report This Post
Really enjoyed this film to be honest. Thumbs up. ... More
Posted by FortWilliamLoyal at 13:10, 13 July 2007 | Report This Post
|Were you lot watching the same film?!
This film is amazing in every possible way and I'm disgusted that it only got three stars! What's wrong with you Empire!!!!!!!!!!!!! ... More
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|not bad
romantic, funny, comical, multiple storylines really enjoyed it... ... More
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|A soundtrack...that must have cost a fucking bomb.
The problem with creating an ensemble peice like this, is keeping the audience interested and focused, caring about every single little sequence. However, the biggest problem that can derive from this, is the audience caring about every single character. And that really does not happen here. Okay, the stories that are good. Alan Rickman and Emma Thompsons, interrupted marriage is credible and beautifully acted, especially Thompson. The Hugh Grant arc, is pretty good, Hughie does a good ... More
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sebkurt prompted: Kurt, unlike Rachel, is always honest so… Kadam post-wedding convo? *u*
"I hooked up with Blaine at the Wedding," Kurt blurted out, shrugging out of Adam's embrace and staring guiltily at his shoes. Adam blinked a few times, letting those eight words fully absorb into his brain. He observed Kurt in stunned silence, watching him pace around the tiny bedroom.
"And I knew it was wrong because I even thought about you while we were making out in the rental car – god that sounds wrong – but he convinced me it wasn't cheating since you and I aren't technically exclusive, but-" Kurt ran his hands over his face rapidly. "I'm so sorry, Adam. I shouldn't have – I didn't want to, well, I mean, I sort of did. That's no excuse. And now I've probably ruined any hopes of our relationship progressing-"
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Former D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty has done his best to stay out of the spotlight since he left office. In a rare television interview, Fenty told FOX 5, "Life is great."
Fenty says he is focused on his job as an attorney at a Dupont Circle law office and his efforts to improve education for children across the nation.
Fenty expressed concern about recent investigations into local politicians and campaigns.
"Anytime there is any type of investigation, citizens' ears are going to perk up. I'm a citizen, so I'll pay attention," said Fenty.
But Fenty wouldn't specifically mention anyone under investigation, including Mayor Vincent Gray.
"Clearly there have been some missteps, there have been some mistakes, there have been some things that shouldn't have happened in the past," Fenty said. "My hope is that those things remain in the past and everything gets back to normal and the city continues to improve."
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trepidprism said...
A guildie asked me to help him out with some macros for his holy pally today. A beacon of light macro that would target his set focus. I don't have a pally to test this on however and he said my macro does not work. would it look something like this?
/cast [target=focus] beacon of light
or am I missing something?
Your Macro looks like it should work, honestly. He probably just misspelled something or put in an extraneous space or something, it happens all the time.
My rogue has a macro for Tricks of the Trade.
#showtooltip Tricks of the Trade
/cast [target=focus,exists,nodead] Tricks of the Trade
It specifies that the target of my focus must exist and must be alive, i.e. that I have to have a valid target set as my focus (the first line is to display the cooldown and cost of the skill). It works flawlessly, and one could conceivably plug any spell into it and have that spell wrk equally well.
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thanks everyone. I'll give it another shot.


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With Disney's D23 Expo in full effect this weekend, it's only a matter of time before we know more details about the secretive Tomorrowland project that's being directed by Brad Bird. Well, to be exact, we should find out more about the movie during the Walt Disney Studios live action presentation on Saturday. To coincide with this, a web domain has popped up online which could tie in to a special Apple app for the movie. Find out the mysterious new site and what it links to after the break.
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Disney's Video Archives May Prove UFO Presence In Brad Bird's "Tomorowland"
Yesterday it was reported that Hugh Laurie was in talks to play an antagonist in Brad Bird's Tomorrowland. The film has many sci-fi aspects to it, and the contents of the 1952 box that was seen earlier this year supports that theory. But Disney historian Jim Hill further theorized that the film could be about Walt Disney's plan to reveal to the entire world that UFOs were real.
Again the contents of the box had an Amazing Stories magazine featuring a man flying around with a jetpack, plenty of photos of Disney himself, and some boxes of archival video – contents of which are currently known. So there are plenty of clues that almost confirm that this Bird-directed film is indeed about Disney and UFOs, but Hill found more facts that further support his theory that Tomorrowland is indeed about Disney, UFOS, and Project Blue Book. So is it? Are we wrong? Well some new video seems to support Hill's claims Hit the jump to find out more. [Read more...]
D23 & Jim Hill Investigate Brad Bird's Tomorrowland Conspiracy
Formerly known as 1952, Brad Bird's Tomorrowland is up an running and getting ready for production as it's set for a December 2014 release. The film is ripe for viral potential as the 1952 mystery box that inspired the Damon Lindelof screenplay is stacked with vintage Disney paraphernalia and other sci-fi oddities. Now D23 and Disney expert Jim Hill got a closer look at the box and did some extra digging to get a better idea of what audiences are in for. FYI, everything that follows in this post are either theories or pure speculation and have been unconfirmed by parties involved. So read on to find out if their theories are sound ones. [Read more...]
Mystery Box That Inspired Brad Bird's "1952″ Has Viral Possiblities
To say that Damon Lindelof has an affinity towards immersing the audience in mystery would be an understatement. We've seen it in Prometheus and we are seeing it again in the Brad Bird-directed 1952. Like Lindelof's previously penned script, details on what the film is about are slim, hell we can't even be sure if 1952 takes place in 1952. But it has been rumored that the film is about a man who makes contact with alien-life.
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Mystery Movie "1952″ Could Have Viral Campaign
Earlier in the year, it was reported that LOST and Prometheus writer Damon Lindelof was working on a sci-fi script with Brad Bird (Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol) set to direct. Now we have more details on the mystery project, titled 1952, including the fact that it might have a viral campaign.
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PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. — A wildfire burning in a resort area outside the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in eastern Tennessee has destroyed more than 30 large rental cabins.
Ben Bryson, a fire resources coordinator with the Tennessee Division of Forestry, says the 145-acre fire was first reported around 5 p.m. EDT Sunday in Sevier County.
Bryson says two National Guard helicopters are being dispatched Monday to help fight the fire, which has been contained and isn't expected to spread.
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"We concluded that although we weren't wild about the restrictions, it was even worse to not try to serve those users at all,� Schmidt said. "We actually did an evil scale and decided not to serve at all was worse evil,� he said, referring to the company's famous "don't be evil� creed.
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Guys, I want to believe that you're out to do what is right, but statements like this just add fuel to the "mockery-fire" you're facing right now.
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On the way to work there is a waterway connecting to Clear Lake that is full of all these white birds at sunrise and sunset. Because I was a leaving school a little later than normal, I finally got to stop and take some pictures of them before it got too dark.
How cool are these birds?!? They spend so much time preening!
This is a shot of the whole tree they were starting to gather. I'm not sure if this is a seasonal thing, but there are literally hundreds of birds in a dozen trees or so.
These are White Ibises (Eudocimus albus)…I took some awesome pictures of them when I went to Brazos Bend a few weeks ago though I haven't posted them yet (sorry!). And I love the yellow fluffy things on the trees! I will have to figure out what kind of trees those are. Yay, spring is starting to bloom!
And this is the first time I've captured a picture of a Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis).
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When the weather starts warming up it's time to bring out all of the tools you're going to need to keep your lawn looking neat and clean. Here's some tips and techniques from remodeling contractor Danny Lipford, host of television's Today's Homeowner with Danny Lipford and longtime home improvement expert for The Weather Channel, that are sure to get you going in the right direction.
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If you have a lawn mower that you haven't touched since the cutting season, it's time to perform a few maintenance tasks. This will ensure that your machine is working as it should. Begin by disconnecting the spark plug wire.
This is for safety, but it will also allow you to remove the plug itself. If you can't remember the last time you changed the spark plug, go ahead and change it now. You can usually find a convenient kit available for most mowers that include a new plug, air filter and replacement oil.
Keep in mind mower air filters are almost always dirty so you'll want to change it at least at the beginning of the mowing season. And, while most people neglect their mower's oil, changing it each spring will help your machine run better and last a lot longer. Be sure to leave the spark plug disconnected for this. Access the drain plug beneath the mower and tilt the mower so that the air filter is up.
It certainly isn't a large investment in either money or time to get your lawn mower running smoothly, but any effort to get your yard looking nice will have been wasted if your mower blade is dull. A sharp blade is essential to a healthy lawn. A dull blade will actually tear the grass instead of cutting it cleanly which can leave it open to disease.
You can buy a new blade or you can have your old one sharpened. To sharpen your existing blade, begin by removing the spark plug wire so there's no way the mower can accidentally start while you're working on it. Tilt the mower on its side and clamp a block to the mower housing to keep the blade still while you're loosening it with a wrench. Be careful not to scrape your knuckles here.
You may want to mark the "down" side of the blade so you're sure to put the blade back on the right way. Check the blade carefully. If it's in really bad shape, replace it rather than trying to sharpen it.
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Hottest 4 Firang Hockey Babes!Who says hockey doesn't have the glam quotient? Check these foreign beauties to clear your doubts!
By Vandita Agrawal, Agencies, IndiaTimes | April 21, 2012, 7:06 am IST
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Fatima made her international debut in 1997 against Germany. Besides playing hockey she is a part time singer. She performed the theme song for the International Hockey Federation's International Year of the Youth at the closing of the 2001 Men's World Cup Hockey Qualifier in Edinburgh.


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Starting A Small Business In Australia: A Surprising Perspective On SARS
by Henk Kleynhans on 19/08/13 at 10:22 am
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I'm currently expanding Blink Tower, an award winning animation company, to Australia.
One of the things that has often threatened our cash flows in South Africa is VAT. We'd make a sale of a few hundred thousand Rand, invoice the client, and immediately be liable to pay VAT on the transaction. Even though we might only get paid 90 days later!
There are workarounds to this, such as invoicing on delivery, rather than on the initial sale, but it adds complexity to bookkeeping & reporting that should be unnecessary.
I asked an accountant friend of mine in Australia what some best practices would be. Imagine my surprize when she said that in Australia, GST is paid on a CASH basis and not on the accrual accounts of the business. This is true for any business that has revenues of less than $2 Million per annum (about 19 million Rand). The argument being that if your business earns more than $2 Million pa, you should be able to pay GST without it hurting your cashflows.
This obviously makes sense! And although many things in South Africa (and Australia for that matter) really don't make sense, I figured that SARS is a pretty efficient, modern institution and that similar exemptions should exist.
After all, hasn't the South African government been beating the drum about the importance of entrepreneurship and small business to the South African economy?
So I dusted off the SARS VAT Guide for Vendors (over here) and discovered that yes, indeed, it IS possible to submit VAT returns.
But alas, there are a couple of caveats:
1. You have to apply to the Commissioner for "special" permission
2. Companies can't do it. Only natural persons, partnerships, public authorities and some types of NGOs qualify.
3. You must have revenues of less than R2,500,000 pa.
Alas, it looks like small businesses are at a distinct disadvantage yet again. Meanwhile, in Australia, 50% of the nation's GDP is generated by the small & medium enterprises. The per capita GDP is $61,000 (vs $8,000 in South Africa).
Building a thriving economy on small & medium businesses is no easy task and will take time, effort & initiative.
But there is no excuse for keeping in place barriers such as red tape and thoughtless tax rules and I call on SARS to immediately allow all businesses earning <R20MM per annum to submit VAT returns on a Cash/Payments Basis.
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Henk Kleynhans is a technotarian. He has built Wi-Fi networks in Africa with Skyrove, lobbied governments on spectrum reform, raised money from Google to build TV White Space networks and once helped smuggle the Dalai Lama into South Africa. Henk is the CMO at BlinkTower.com, an award-winning Explainer Video company. View more articles by Henk Kleynhans.
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Today Meshel, Tim and Marty paid tribute to Short Stack on the day of their break up - Shaun Diviney even called in to explain what really happened between the boys!
"We called it a day this morning," Diviney told Meshel, Tim and Marty. "We all just decided that we'd sort of all had enough of it."
Diviney went on to answer more hard-hitting questions from Meshel, Tim and Marty including "Why can't it just be a hiatus?" and "Do you believe that it's because most of your fans are One Directioners?". Listen to the audio clip to hear Diviney's answers.
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July 30, 2010, 9:36 AM — In the six years Drew Garner has worked in IT for Concur Technologies, his responsibilities have morphed along with the fast-growing provider of on-demand employee spend management services. Hired as a network manager, with a background in information security consulting, he quickly added server responsibilities to his role, and then became the network, server and storage guy.
"Many IT professionals out there already have the basic set of skills in place that they'll need for cloud computing, so it'll mainly be a question of increasing awareness and getting involved in sample scenarios."
That exposure, which included a leadership role in the company's virtualization deployment, made him the go-to for perspective on cloud computing, he says. Now senior manager in charge of architecture services at Concur, in Redmond, Wash., Garner is explicitly tasked with cloud project management.
In fact, Garner returned stateside only days ago from a two-year stint in Europe to shepherd the company's cloud strategy, he says. "One of my main objectives for the next year to 24 months is figuring out how we extend our private cloud, integrate a hybrid cloud and evaluate public cloud providers," Garner says.
Toward that end, he has pulled together a four-person team comprising nuts-and-bolts technical planners and project managers/designers. While the technical planners study the mechanics of cloud computing and its integration into the Concur architecture, the project managers and designers will plot what resources will be needed from other IT teams -- database, server and storage, for example -- and how to phase in deployment.
In addition, Garner selected managers from across IT, including research and development, to participate in a multidiscipline architecture review board.
"This is a total collaborative approach. We all need to be plugged into this together -- we're not going to implement cloud in a vacuum because what we do will help with the future functionality and cost of our products," he says.
If not by name, then by function
At Concur and elsewhere across the enterprise spectrum, IT professionals are making a career in the cloud today.
IT professionals who understand the nuances of cloud computing are in demand at newbie ventures entering business with all infrastructure and services in the cloud as well as within existing companies grappling with how to best take advantage of this latest computing trend. These folks might have in-depth technical knowledge, the ability to decipher vendor strategies or be able to advise on, plan and architect cloud solutions, for example.


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Austin, TX - Time is winding down at the state capitol for Texas lawmakers to pass a balanced budget.
The House passed a tentative version but, right now, it's stalled in the Senate.
Only 27 days are left, but Governor Rick Perry says the session is still on track.
"At the end of the day, we'll have a balanced budget with no new taxes and not going into the Rainy Day Fund. I full well expect us to be finalized and sending these legislators home on the 30th day of May," says Governor Perry.
Tension along party lines has slowed progress in the Senate.
Democrats want to tap into the state's Rainy Day Fund...
While Republicans say the budget can be balanced without using emergency funds.
Senators say their version of the budget gives more money to state programs than the House version, which passed a month ago.