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Keeping small things up to date on your vehicle is the easiest way to save money on your car in the long run. Small replacements here and there can prevent you from having to spend hundreds or even thousands of dollars on car repairs due to neglect. Why wait and risk a large financial burden when you don't have to? Here are five things you should be checking on your vehicle regularly.
1. Oil
This may be an obvious one, but that doesn't make it any less important. Check your oil every three to six thousand miles to make sure it isn't low or leaking. If it's doing either of these, be sure to change it as soon as possible or take it in to your local auto shop. Not changing your oil can often void your warranty as well as shorten your engine's life span.
2. Air Filter
Your air filter should be checked monthly for cleanliness. If the filter looks dirty or only lets less than 50 percent of light through when held up to a light bulb, then it's time to replace the filter. Not keeping up with air filter replacement can both increase your fuel consumption and wear down your engine.
3. Brake Fluid
Of course, everyone wants working brakes. It's suggested that you check your brake fluid every time you check your oil. Brake fluid is typically changed every two years or so, but if it's low, something may be wrong with your brakes. Changing the fluid when it's needed ensures that your brakes are working effectively and contributes to a longer life span for your brake pads.
4. Tires
Checking tire tread takes as little as a minute or two, but it can save you a lot of money later on. Once a month, pull out a penny and stick it head first in to your tire tread — if you can see all of Lincoln's head, then it is time for a new set of tires. Not checking your tires regularly could result in a tire blowout, which could cause significant damage to your vehicle and potentially endanger your life or others. It only takes a few seconds!
5. Engine Coolants and Antifreeze
Check these twice a year, preferably right before winter and right before summer. If your coolant has a brown tint or rust bits, it needs to be changed. If you don't check your coolant and it runs out, you risk damaging the water pump or even your engine.
The items listed above are just a few of the many important things that must be checked to keep your vehicle in the best shape possible. Not staying up-to-date with these things can result in costly vehicle problems that could be easily prevented. Protect your investment by staying informed about your vehicle's needs!
Written by Marc LaFerriere, owner of Dents Unlimited &Toalson Glass, an auto repair shop in Columbia, MO, where they specialize in auto glass repair and replacements.


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Staff from the Oshtemo library and KPL's IT department were joined by folks from the Oshtemo Township Park last week for a test run of our upcoming collaboration, Movies Under the Stars. We can't wait to screen the first film in our series, "The Muppets Take Manhattan", this Thursday, June 21 at the Oshtemo Township Park! Please join us for the movie at 9:15pm, and don't forget to bring a lawn chair or blanket, bug spray, and a flash light!
Before Spring officially arrives, I wanted to share a winter tradition which happens each December at the Oshtemo Branch Library.
During the month of December, volunteers from the Oshtemo Grange bring a Mitten Tree to the Library with the thought that our patrons will decorate the tree with donations of mittens, gloves, hats and scarves which they then donate to local schools. Just as in past years our mitten tree was loaded with items. This year alone Oshtemo patrons donated 59 hats; 26 scarves; 120 pairs of mittens, 16 hat and mitten sets plus other warm items for a total of 227 pieces! Oshtemo Branch Library patrons pride themselves on knitting for the tree throughout the year and their beautiful handiwork adds to the special beauty of the Mitten Tree.
This year a Daisy Troop visited the Oshtemo Branch Library for a tour and storytime. We of course had fun reading mitten stories and I shared two of my very favorite ones. Everyone should enjoy Knitty Kitty by David Elliott and The Missing Mitten Mystery by Steven Kellogg. The highlight of the visit was when each Daisy member decorated the Mitten Tree by adding their mitten donations.
Photo: Jill Lansky
What a wonderful tradition to carry on by the partnering with the Library and the Grange. We look forward to next December.
On a Tuesday evening in January the Alma Powell Branch had its first Urban Fiction book discussion. The group was totally geeked about Ashley and Jaquavis' book The Trophy Wife. It was generally agreed upon that it was a love story full of mystery and intrigue.
On March 27 we will be diving into our next book Gunz and Roses by Keisha Ervin.
Please join us at 6:00 for good discussion, fellowship and refreshments.
Welcome to February! I truly love this month, mostly because the harshest part of winter seems almost behind us, especially this year. I am always looking forward to Spring! For now though, I will focus on Valentine's Day, a bright spot during a long Michigan winter for many people. For years, Kalamazoo Public Library patrons have celebrated Valentine's Day by making cards for local nursing home residents. Once again, our craft tables are ready with stickers, stamps, doilies, and hearts. So come on out and help us make Valentines for our friends in nursing homes. Now through Feburary 9, during open hours at all branches. All ages welcome!
On December 13th we're having our second Pizza & Pages book discussion at Powell. We had 12 girls to sign up and read a book called Prime Choice. Prime Choice is the first edition in a teen series by Stephanie Perry Moore. In the Perry Skky Jr. Series author Stephanie Perry Moore is writing from a male perspective, so even though a bunch of girls signed up for it, young men might find this series interesting, too. We've heard from the young ladies who've read the book that they loved it.
As the December holiday season rolls around, it seems like it might be a good time to look back at KPL's concert performances and try to catch up with what's been happening over the past several weeks.
The highlight of Summer Reading was of course KPL's amazing end-of-summer concert featuring The Verve Pipe. What a show! The band gave a terrific all-ages performance in Bronson Park on August 28th, and played a bunch of tunes from The Family Album, with a couple of classics thrown in for good measure. I'm honestly not sure who had more fun, the band or the crowd! If you missed it, the band was kind enough to let us post the entire show on our Concert Archives page!
Back in the Van Deusen Room, Joe Wang and the Test Pilots pulled off a great show in September with a full set of originals and a couple of cool covers. (When was the last time you heard a live band play a Vapors tune?!) Typically an electric band, the library setting allowed "Joe" (Peter George, Tom Cross, Mark Kalinowski, Tony Nuismer) to stretch out with a rare acoustic set that let their excellent songwriting abilities shine through. As the JWTP Twitter feed says, "The KPL gig has been immortalized on YouTube.. there's no denying it." You can see and hear the entire show via our Concert Archives page! …And if you get a chance to see them play live, do it—you won't be disappointed.
Midnight Cattle Callers
One of my favorite shows of the series was an October performance by Gifts or Creatures. You might remember that Brandon and Bethany Foote were a highlight of KPL's Earth Week Celebration at the Oshtemo Branch Library last April. For our 55th live show, the husband-wife duo returned to the Van Deusen Room with some help from good friends Joshua Keller, Ty Forquer, and Ian Gorman. They worked their way through more than a dozen homespun originals, before label-mates Laurel Premo and Michael Beauchamp (Red Tail Ring) added vocal harmonies to the set-ending version of "I Shall Be Released." If you like truly inspired Michigan-rooted songwriting, Brandon and Bethany are two of the best! See and hear the full performance on our Concert Archives page.
November brought even more amazing talent to KPL. West Michigan-based Midnight Cattle Callers (another personal favorite!) provided an evening of old-time, country, bluegrass, jazz and swing on November 16th. The following weekend, KPL participated in the Michigan Festival of Sacred Music, with inspired music and conversation by flutists Michael Chikuzen Gould (Japanese shakuhachi) and Juan Manuel Cruz (Native American flute). Art Hop on December 2nd featured a wonderful set by classical guitarist Jeff Dwarshuis.
Michael Chikuzen Gould
So what's next? Well... KPL's December concert, #59 in the series and our 20th this year (but who's counting?!) will be Kalamazoo's own up-and-coming country singer Shelagh Brown. Shelagh received an honorable mention in the 2011 Gazette Readers' Choice Awards, and won a nationwide contest to sing a duet with country superstar Josh Gracin. She has an amazing voice! Don't miss Shelagh's special KPL concert in the Van Deusen Room on Wednesday, December 14th!
And speaking of the holiday season, here's an idea... the works produced by these or any of our other fine local artists would make great gifts for anyone on your list! Think global, buy local!
Ho Ho Ho! Happy listening!
Photos by Kevin King
It's time for Singalong Storytime! Join us in the Van Deusen Room at the Central Library at 6:30 pm this Thursday, October 20th, for a very special Singalong Storytime with special guest Rachel Flanigan, the clarinetist from the Red Sea Pedestrians! Rachel will show us the clarinet and play along with some special songs! Of course, we'll have some great read alouds, some puppet fun, and songs to sing along with or listen to.
We estimate close to 1,000 attended the "Banned Books Art Hop and Read Out" here on Friday evening!
If you attended, you saw the wide array of artistic interpretations of the six banned or challenged books and heard emotional readings from all six of them. I heard several attendees whisper that they were surprised at the books, surprised that someone in some community had challenged that particular book.
Banned Books Art Contest Winners
WKZO radio personality Lori Moore reads from Revolutionary Voices (above). Author Deborah Ann Percy reads from Hunger Games (top). Photos by Kevin King.
The winners are listed on our website, the books are available in our collection... they aren't banned in Kalamazoo.
This annual event gives us pause to celebrate the freedom to read and the importance of the First Amendment.
Those of you who are familiar with my previous posts are probably well aware that I am passionate about animals; and that includes all animals. Among the many different things that I love about my work at Eastwood is the opportunity that it provides me to plan various programs for the branch. And as you might have guessed, my favorite programs to plan and host are animal related. Watching people of all ages being exposed to and educated about creatures that they would otherwise never come in contact with is a particular joy! And recently we had two such wonderful occasions.
The word "reptile" produces many emotions in people. To say that most of these are not very positive would be an understatement. Young and old alike are fearful of most reptiles, but especially so of snakes, lizards, and alligators due to the perceived inherent danger that they present. In the extreme, some folks are even afraid of looking at color photos of some reptilians, and making them do so produces visible anxiety. However, a lot of these negative feelings are irrational and based on misconceptions.
Hoping to dispel some of the inaccuracies surrounding this class of cold-blooded beasties, the Eastwood Branch Library recently hosted a program titled "What is a Reptile?" It was presented by Jason Preslar from Naturally Wild; a reptile rescue group. Jason, his wife Lindsay, and their young daughter were on hand to show the 120 plus people in attendance some very cool reptile exemplars including a red-eared slider turtle, a savannah monitor from Africa, a young American alligator, an alligator snapping turtle (which can grow up to a hefty 200 lbs. and live 150 to 200 years), a terrestrial continental tortoise, and a Columbian red tailed boa constrictor. Participants were encouraged to touch most of the animals using the two-finger method, and while some did, a few found the idea to be a little too close and personal. Nonetheless, everyone found the program to be fun, educational and very enjoyable.
"A huge thank you to the 100+ people that joined us for hands-on learning at the Eastwood Branch Library in Kalamazoo! What a fun afternoon to end the month of July!" — Naturally Wild
The second animal program took place in early August. "Animal Adaptations" was presented by Dale Smart from the Cranbrook Institute of Science Organization for Bat Conservation in Bloomfield Hills, MI. He started out by explaining that just about everything about an animal is some form of adaptation, designed to increase the chances of that animal's survival.
He then treated participants to some live animal examples. First was Mr. Ed, a 10 year old mega bat who sees in color, has a nose shaped oddly like that seen on horses with a bright yellow neck to boot! This particular bat is sensitive to noise, does not use echolocation , and is the largest bat to come from Africa. For contrast, Dale also brought along a big brown bat from Michigan, who does use sound waves to locate prey, hibernates 5 - 6 months out of the year and lives up to 40 years.
Next came Rocky, a very shy flying squirrel which can glide up to 200 ft. from tree to tree.
And finally, there was Autumn, the Great Horned Owl. She turned out to be a particular favorite of the audience; a gorgeous Michigan native species despite the fact that she was handicapped at an early age after contracting West Nile virus.
Since all these animals have an ability to fly (or glide as in Rocky's case), it's not surprising that time just flew by. The program came to an end and everyone departed enriched by what they had learned and satisfied by what they had seen.
Kalamazoo Public Library was pleased to present Joe Reilly in a very special picnic concert at the Oshtemo Township Park. Joe makes environmental education fun with original songs and raps that kids and adults can't help moving to. What a great show!
Joe performed lots of songs from his new CD Let's Go Outside! including one, "Dreams of Flying", inspired by the Caldecott Honor book Hawk You're My Brother by Byrd Baylor.
Catch Joe Reilly the next time he's in town. You'll be glad you did!

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Ascom acquires assets of GE Healthcare's Nurse Call Business
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Ascom acquires assets of GE Healthcare's Nurse Call business headquartered in Bradenton, Florida as of 18 June, 2012. This acquisition accelerates the growth trajectory of Ascom Wireless Solutions in the healthcare communication market. GE Healthcare's Nurse Call systems (www.gehealthcare.com) are a leading nurse call system used by hospitals throughout North America. GE Healthcare's Nurse Call business has established itself as a leader with its Telligence and Telergy nurse call solutions. In 2006, GE introduced Telligence a network based VoIP nurse call system which improved clinical workflow within the acute care market. GE and Ascom have a long standing relationship where they jointly developed the Mobile Monitoring Gateway for sending alerts and alarms from GE Healthcare Patient Monitors to mobile devices. This acquisition further strengthens the partnership between both companies.
Ascom has acquired the assets of GE Healthcare's Nurse Call business and will keep it as a separate Ascom business unit based in Bradenton, FL. This acquisition is complementary to the existing Ascom Nurse Call business outside the US and allows Ascom the ability to provide its customers with the best features and functionality from the combined offerings. Patrick Van Ryzin, who has led the GE Healthcare Nurse Call business for the past three years, will continue to lead the business as a separate business unit for Ascom, reporting directly to Claes Ödman, General Manager of the Ascom Wireless Solution division based in Sweden. Claes states: "This will be a completely seamless transition for all of the current GE Healthcare Nurse Call distributors and resellers. It will be business as usual for all of the partners. Ascom is committed to providing the excellent service and customer care that GE Healthcare has provided for years. We look forward to working with these new partners."
Fritz Mumenthaler, CEO of Ascom, says: "Ascom is very pleased to have acquired these assets, which help Ascom move closer to our mission of becoming the international market leader in mission-critical communication in healthcare. This acquisition, and our recent acquisition of Miratel in Finland, combined with our own teleCARE Nurse Call allows Ascom to provide superior nurse call solutions all around the world."
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Dustin Reagan wrote:Ben Floyd wrote:White on white is harder to see than white on black.
Even with the colored tape on the blade? I guess I'd have to see it in person to agree.
Also, it's not just an issue of the color of the blade vs the color of the uniform. It's an issue of subtle shadings that give clues as to body positions and movements. For instance, the position of a fencers arms against his own body can tell you a lot about where in space his weapon is. With a black uniform, it's much harder to get a good sense of where a fencer's arms are in relation to each other and his torso (since your brain has almost no shadow information to go on). This is very simple to see, even in a video.
You could be right, though, that the lack of contrast between white blade & white uniform (though you'll still have shadow information from the blade onto the uniform) outweighs the other perceptual benefit.
The colored tape is never (that I have seen) all the way down the blade to the tip. Sometimes, it's only right next to the hilt. I could be wrong, but I think the shadow information isn't as important since the weapons are bigger and easier to pick up visually.


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I have plenty of favourites, and I would never finish if I were to post every single one.
Here is my all time favourite, for it helps me through hard times.
The Voice Within - Christina Aguilera
Young girl dont cry
Ill be right here when your world starts to fall
Young girl its alright
Your tears will dry, youll soon be free to fly
When youre safe inside your room you tend to dream
Of a place where nothings harder than it seems
No one ever wants or bothers to explain
Of the heartache life can bring and what it means
When theres no one else, look inside yourself
Like your oldest friend just trust the voice within
Then youll find the strength that will guide your way
Youll learn to begin to trust the voice within
Young girl dont hide
Youll never change if you just run away
Young girl just hold tight
Soon youre gonna see your brighter day
Now in a world where innocence is quickly claimed
Its so hard to stand your ground when youre so afraid
No one reaches out a hand for you to hold
When you look outside look inside to your soul
Life is a journey
It can take you anywhere you choose to go
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Youll break it
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Inn at Ellis River - Jackson, NHAvailable through 6/30/2011'Hops' to it and book this beer-cation to sample what makes mountain brews special. Start your stay by sampling a glass of the local Tuckerman's Ale (named after the famous Mt. Washington ravine) and cheese and crackers in our cozy gameroom/pub. We'll serve them on souvenir stoneware coasters that are yours to keep as mementos. On Saturday, check out the microbrews and even cigars if you wish in nearby North Conway's shops, then tour Tuckerman's brewery (voted 'Best of NH Brewery Tour' by New Hampshire Magazine). Your three-course dinner Saturday evening at White Mountain Cider Company includes your choice of one of their five regional beers on tap. Depart Sunday morning with the inn's secret recipe for beer bread. Two-night package including lodging, breakfasts and afternoon refreshments each day, pub welcome, tour, and dinner one evening for two, costs $339-$559 depending upon room selection. Add a third night for $99-$129. Note: Brewery tours available Saturday afternoon only.
Stonebridge Inn & Spa - Batesville, INAvailable through 12/31/2011Taste the unique beer creations at Batesville's own microbrewery. Lil Charlie's Restaurant & Brewery offers five of their own signature craft beers, brewed-in house, as well as over 55 beers from around the world. While you attempt the around-the-world beer tour, enjoy the outdoor patio seating, great tunes, corn-hole, extensive menu, and full bar.Stonebridge Beer Lovers Microbrewery Getaway Includes:~ Two nights of luxury accommodations.~ Full breakfast served daily.~ Beer sampling at Lil Charlie's (one 5-oz. glasses of each of their five microbrews).~ Two signature Lil Charlie's pint glasses (16 oz).~ American Craft Beer & Food Guide.~ The Brewers Association Guide to American Craft Beer.~ Signature Stonebridge dessert nightly.~ 24-hour snack and beverage service.~ Turndown service nightly.~ Unlimited use of all Stonebridge amenities including the outdoor pool and Jacuzzi, Viking sauna, steam shower, bicycles, volleyball, basketball, croquet, tennis (at Hillcrest), horseshoes and fire pits.
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Take-Two Q3s: Red Dead Redemption sells 8 million
Take-Two's announced its Q3 financial results, confirming that Red Dead Redemption has sold 8 million units.
Take-Two Q3 financials
Red Dead Redemption has sold 8 million units.
NBA 2K sold 4 million units making it the best selling game in the series ever.
Team Bondi's LA Noire releases on the week of May 16 in the US, Europe and UK. First gameplay footage hits Wednesday.
2K will release Duke Nukem Forever, developed by Gearbox, on May 3 in US and May 6 internationally.
2K announced The Darkness II earlier today. It'll launch this autumn for PS3, 360 and PC.
The firm expects Top Spin 4, which is out in March, to set a new standard in the tennis game genre.
The Rockstar western went on sale last May for PS3 and 360, with major DLC expansion Undead Nightmare releasing last fall digitally and at retail. However, Take-Two would not go into specifics regarding the sales split between the disc version of Undead Nightmare and the retail version.
Strauss Zelnick, chairman and CEO of Take-Two said Rockstar has proved it knows how to make hits, continue to make hits and continue supporting it's games post release.
For the third quarter ending on December 31, net revenue was down 7 percent year-over-year, compared to $334.3 million, which is better than the company's expected $290 to $315 million for the period. Net profits were up 7 percent to $40.8 million for the period.
The strongest contributors to net revenue and profitability in the third quarter this year included NBA 2K11, Red Dead Redemption, Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare, Grand Theft Auto IV: Complete, Borderlands: Game of the Year Edition, and Sid Meier's Civilization V.
Catalog titles that contributed to the strength in the recent period were led by the Grand Theft Auto franchise. Digitally delivered content also continued to be an important component of Take-Two's sales, particularly driven by strong sales offerings for Red Dead Redemption, Borderlands and Sid Meier's Civilization V.
Nine-month revenue up 80 percent
For the nine-months ending on December 31, net revenue increased 80 percent year-over-year to $954.6 million. Non-GAAP income from continuing operations increased to $108.8 million, compared to a loss of $67.5 million for the year-ago period.
Strauss Zelnick, chairman and CEO of Take-Two said it was the fifth consecutive quarter the firm has met its financial expectations: "Strong holiday sales enabled Take-Two to continue to deliver
better-than-expected revenue and earnings in the third quarter. Our results year-to-date clearly demonstrate the Company's ability to translate its world-class creative resources and diverse portfolio of triple-A franchises into meaningful profits.
"We have no update on Max Payne 3 at this time."
"Looking ahead to the balance of the year and fiscal 2012, I have never been more enthusiastic about our diverse line-up of upcoming releases. In addition to producing triple-A titles focused on the traditional console market, we are also actively pursuing opportunities to grow our revenues by leveraging the strength of our brands in emerging markets and across new platforms and distribution channels. These include opportunities in Asia and Latin America, evolving downloadable content models and online multiplayer experiences."
As far as the new handhelds were concerned, Zelnick said the firm is looking hard at NGP and 3DS, but is not ready to announce anything for either until it is "ready to do so."
Take-Two's COO Karl Slatoff said the market is continuing to grow, whether it be the installed base of consoles or digital content, and Take-Two plans to continue to be part of both in the future.
Current games slate for Take-Two:
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Solutions to Improve Our Schools and for Evaluating Teachers
Sunday, April 28th, 2013
In light of the news of how Michelle Rhee's much touted success in Washington was at least partially due to cheating,1) and the catastrophic disclosures about the Atlanta school's scandals, educators are back to the drawing board in the debate as to how to evaluate teachers and improve schools.
High stakes tests as teacher evaluations don't work 2) and yet those who are charged with overseeing education insist on using them. As a result we are seeing schools closed because of failing scores, principals who have devoted their professional careers are having to deal with non-renewal notices because of someone's artificial measure of success. Public education has been built upon a litany that educators know only too well: "Keep doing what you have always done and do this too. We wish we could provide the materials you need, or support for your struggling students but money is so tight." Teachers who have labored for years while watching their classrooms increase in numbers and their paychecks shrink with each fall's arrival are now looking at the want-ads to search for their new career.
It's not any easier for the students.
Children are spending their precious time learning how to take tests and what to look for on the test and they are deprived of time to think, reason and develop as they should. Art, science, music and social studies are sacrificed to the altar of the all-mighty standardized test with no more thought than we used in choosing our cell phone provider — that of money: which one is cheapest, high stakes tests or real education?
But teachers must be accountable; no longer is it enough that they are willing to do the job few others want to do. Now we must validate their competence through a fabricated measure, some kind of assessment. Unfortunately no one agrees as to what that measure should be.
I think I have a simple solution.
When asked about schools and public education in general, parents often respond that schools need to be improved. But when asked about their schools, the one their children attend, they usually respond that their school is fine, they are happy with their school. 3)
Have parents evaluate their child's teacher.
Now wait, don't sign my commitment papers yet. Follow my reasoning on this.
One thing we know is that children need to be educated, we can't just let them wallow in ignorance hoping they'll get lucky and fall into some lifelong career like being elected to our legislature. If we are going to educate them we may as well do a good job of it; I think most people would agree to that premise.
But there is no panacea.
Writing in the New York Times, Jal Mehta offers one of the most damning and yet cogent arguments for what is wrong with education at this time. 4) He argues that our model is basically unchanged from the original formulated in response to the needs of the Industrial Revolution and yet our world is greatly altered. The warnings have been around for a long time:
In April 1983, a federal commission warned in a famous report, "A Nation at Risk," that American education was a "rising tide of mediocrity."
Mehta continues by offering a solid solution and it is what so many of us have been advocating for years:
Teaching requires a professional model, like we have in medicine, law, engineering, accounting, architecture and many other fields. In these professions, consistency of quality is created less by holding individual practitioners accountable and more by building a body of knowledge, carefully training people in that knowledge, requiring them to show expertise before they become licensed, and then using their professions' standards to guide their work.
Some might respond, "Don't we already do that?" No we don't, our system does not prepare teachers for what they actually find when they get to school each day. It prepares them for what we think they should find but reality intercedes.
We need more time spent in real teaching, more research into what works, and support, support, support. This issue is simply too important to skimp on it.
We point to Finland and cite the effectiveness of their education systems but they have already adopted this model. Their teachers actually teach fewer hours, have better training and are appropriately compensated for their efforts.We do not necessarily want to be Finland or even Japan but we do want an effective educational system that prepares students to participate in the world not to shun it. When our goal is truly to provide the best educational experience possible; administrators, parents and yes, possibly even legislators will clearly see the results and enacting the evaluation model will be easy.
I see teachers every day. I see how hard they work and what conditions they work in. And I see students struggling to focus on learning.
It is not simply a case of good schools and bad schools. Writing in the Arizona Star, Richard Gilman aptly points this out using Paradise Valley School District in Arizona as an example. 5) He states: Some of the state's "best" schools, judged just by test scores, are part of the same school district as some of the "worst." That means it is not simply a matter of good teachers and bad teachers, good schools and bad schools; it comes down to support. Gilman reports:
(Paradise Valley) pulled in 14 of the 15 A's given and 12 of the 16 B's. . . . worse-off schools get . . . the black marks (and) Paradise Valley received seven of the district's 10 C's and both of the D's. Any suggestion that the disparity is the fault of the schools is vigorously disputed by Paradise Valley Superintendent James P. Lee. He declares, "Some of our best teachers are in our 'D' schools. They're laying it on the line for these kids."
To educate a child is a worthy goal. But we can't ask children to learn if they are hungry or sick. We can't ask parents to help with homework if they are working three jobs only to still be living in poverty or they have to use the hospital emergency room as their family's primary medical provider. We can't ask teachers to make children successful if they do not have the necessary tools, support or training and we can't expect anyone to commit to being an educator if that profession is reviled or dismissed outright.
The answers are not simple and they are not likely to be cheap but then they say you get what you pay for.
If we don't offer what students need to learn they will still find some way to survive, though not necessarily as contributing members of a growing healthy society. If we do not provide avenues for parents to achieve a reasonable wage in a profession they value without working 60 hours a week they will give up or become a drain on our economy instead of an advantage as a contributor to that society. If we do not provide our best teachers the support they need to be effective they will leave and seek professional gratification elsewhere. And if we do not invest in our education system and those who commit their professional careers to mastering it there is no hope for our continued position as a leader in the world.
But if we do decide to turn this around, in an appropriate fashion, by committing to the whole child, and their families, I think the teacher evaluation issue will be solved.
1) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/13/michelle-rhee-cheating-investigation_n_3072568.html
3) http://www.dc.gov/DCPS/Files/downloads/
4) http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/13/opinion/teachers-will-we-ever-learn.html


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10:16am Tuesday 10th September 2013 in News By Gaynor Clarke, Reporter
POLICE are hunting for robbers who escaped with a large quantity of cash from a Prestwich bank after threatening a customer.
It happened at about 4.20pm yesterday at the TSB in Bury New Road, Prestwich.
Two men wearing crash helmets got out of a car parked outside, went into the branch and marched up to the counter.
They grabbed hold of a woman and threatened her while ordering staff to hand over a large quantity of cash.
The robbers then left and got back into the getaway car, a blue Peugeot 207, and drove off.
No-one was hurt in the incident.
The robbers were both described as slim. One wore a large grey hoody with blue tracksuit bottoms while the other wore a black hoody with dark tracksuit bottoms.
Detective Constable Andy Pidd said: "This must have been scary for any staff and customers who got caught up in it, not least the customer who was grabbed and threatened.
"Thankfully no-one was hurt, but that doesn't lessen the impact of this violent crime on the victims.
"I now want to hear from anyone who was there at the time, if we haven't yet spoken to you, or, indeed, anyone who may have information."
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OVB: Outside Vertical Bar
VRCB: Volatility Reduced Compression Bar
Core Position: $50,000,000
PowerShares DB Agriculture (DBA):
08/17/2012 Closing Price: 29.76
Intermediate Term Trend is bullish.
Current Position: SHORT @ 29.70 on 08/13/12; STOP @ 30.24
Break-Even: 28.96; Cover 10%
Current Downside Targets = 27.94 – 27.40
Projected Weekly Range: .54
Trading 185,000 Shares
- Initial trade risk was $138,750 or .28%. Current trade risk is $99,900 or .20%.
- DBA is a comprehensive agricultural ETF. Holdings include fairly equally-weighted futures contracts in sugar #11, live cattle, corn, soybeans, cocoa, coffee, lean hogs, wheat, and cattle feeder.
- Flat/slightly higher, stop = 30.24,
- DBA has now formed three consecutive VRCBs, a pattern occurring less than .2% of the time. This is caused by a steady reduction in weekly ranges and extremely restricted volatility. VRCBs normally form at tops and bottoms, where buyers and sellers balance each other out. We view this as a change in directional movement; in the case of DBA, sellers have recently overpowered the bulls. This coming week should see flat or slightly higher movement although we doubt a large technical breakout will occur. Price action was bearish last week yet Friday's rally and close above the weekly midrange are bullish indicators for this week's trading.
iPath DJ-UBS Grains (JJG):
08/17/2012 Closing Price: 62.10
Intermediate Term Trend is bullish.
Current Position: FLAT
Working Orders: LONG @ 62.25; STOP @ 60.05
Current Upside Target = 70.95
Projected Weekly Range: 2.77
Trading 87,000 Shares
- JJG is concentrated in agricultural grain futures, holding 46% soybeans, 30% wheat and 24% corn.
- Bull flag, long @ 62.25
- JJG is in the fifth week of forming a bull flag, a pattern where weekly movement remains within a concentrated range following a significant upward move. The previous week's OVB pattern failed to follow through with the low being exceeded before the high. After Tuesday violated the OVB low, JJG rallied higher, closing in the top 7% of the weekly range. The reduced weekly range resulted in a VRCB, a bar pattern that allows for low risk entries. Paired with the strong close and exceptionally strong bullish trend, we believe prices will move toward our upside target within the near trading term. We have placed a long entry at 62.25 and a stop order at 60.05.
SPDR Gold Shares (GLD):
08/17/2012 Closing Price: 156.72
Intermediate Term Trend is bearish.
Current Position: FLAT
Working Orders: LONG @ 155.73; STOP @ 153.60
Break-Even Price: 157.86; Cover 20%
Current Upside Target = 165.88
Projected Weekly Range: 2.94
Trading 35,000 Shares
- Upcoming initial trade risk is $74,550 or .15%.
- GLD's single holding is gold bullion.
- The sideways bear flag pattern continued last week. The previous 11 weeks have remained within the range of one week's high and low, indicating very strong support around 148.50 and resistance near 158.50. Trading has been testing the 158 resistance level over the past seven weeks while falling just short of breaking through it. We strongly believe the next breakout will be to the upside because a 90% probability of trading 157.97 before 152.19 still exists. A weekly close above 159.20 indicates an I.T. higher bottom and will reverse the trend to bullish. This is significantly more likely to occur than retesting 2012 lows.
08/17/2012 Closing Price: 43.39
Intermediate Term Trend is bearish.
Current Position: FLAT.
Working Orders: BUY @ 43.47; REVERSAL STOP @ 42.29
Upcoming Break-Even Price: 44.94; Cover 20%
Current Upside Target = 47.91
Projected Weekly Range: 1.49
Trading 128,000 Shares
- Upcoming initial trade risk is $188,160 or .38%.
- JJC is an ETN that holds only a single commodity, the Copper High Grade futures contract.
- JJC has formed a VRCB for the second week in row with nearly equal highs and lows. Price action was bearish divergent, exhibiting a lower high and lower low yet a very strong bullish close, indicating 43.47 should be traded Monday. 43.47 is our revised long entry price with 42.29 as the new reversal stop. A strong support area has formed around the 41.70 area. If this area fails to support our upcoming trade we believe the bottom will be retested and fail, entering a trend-supported short position.
United States Oil (USO):
08/17/2012 Closing Price: 35.95
Intermediate Term Trend is bearish.
Current Position: FLAT
Current Upside Target = 35.85 – 37.87*Extended Upside Objective
Projected Weekly Range: 1.61
Trading 159,000 Shares
- USO seeks to replicate the spot price of WTI light, sweet crude oil and primarily holds futures contracts.
- USO met 100% of our upside target last week and after further evaluation, we are issuing a higher extended price target of 37.87. The counter-trend rally continued last week as it closed at the weekly high, 35.95. Buying pressure rallied prices above 35.66, indicating 50% of the previous top to bottom correction had been regained. Relative strength, momentum and price action all display bullish characteristics that has led this market off of its yearly lows. We do believe, however, that this rally will fail before retesting the previous top, 42.30, where short entry positions will be taken.
United States Natural Gas (UNG):
08/17/2012 Closing Price: 18.71
Intermediate Term Trend is bullish.
Current Position: SHORT @ 20.39 on 08/09/12. STOP @ 21.36
Break-Even Price: 18.35; Cover 20%
Current Downside Targets = 17.27 – 16.36
Projected Weekly Range: 2.12
Trading 100,000 Shares
- Initial trade risk was $204,000 or .41%. Current trade risk is $97,000 or .19%. Current trade profits are $168,000 or .34%.
- UNG seeks to replicate the price movement of NYMEX Natural Gas by holding futures contracts.
- Although UNG experienced a lower than average trading range, price action and close confirmation was clearly bearish. A higher top was formed by trading 18.88 last week, while Friday's close at 18.71 confirmed the pattern. UNG formed a VRCB last week, remaining within a trading range of only 1.11. This VRCB could indicate the correction is losing momentum or that the general market is experiencing a lack of volatility after large declines during the previous two weeks, or possibly both. The I.T. trend is still bullish and we believe this correction will stop within our downside price target range. Our break-even price of 18.35 was within three cents last week; look to cover 20% at this price.
08/17/2012 Closing Price: 122.59
Intermediate Term Trend is bearish.
Current Position: LONG @ 122.23 on 08/09/12. STOP @ 121.70
Break-Even Price: 124.74; Cover 20%
Current Upside Target = 125.59
Projected Weekly Range: 1.86
Trading 100,000 Shares
- Initial trade risk was $251,000 or .50%. Current trade risk is $53,000 or .11%. Current trade profits are $36,000 or .07%.
- FXE seeks to track the movement of the Euro currency.
- FXE gave very little feedback last week as volatility and price action were both nondirectional. Total trading range was 1.08 last week, the lowest in over two years, forming a VRCB. The lower high and higher low paired with a close near the midrange indicate very little for future price action. 121.70 is an important number to watch this week; not only will it stop out our trade but will also confirm a top, signaling the rally is over. We would like to see our upside price objective achieved before entering a short position, although with such a weak euro, this I.T. rally may be all we can get.
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index (EEM):
08/17/2012 Closing Price: 40.47
Intermediate Term Trend is bullish.
Current Position: FLAT.
Working Orders: SHORT @ 39.97; STOP @ 40.79
Current Upside Target = 42.48
Projected Weekly Range: .98
Trading 135,000 Shares
- Upcoming initial trade risk is $110,700 or .22%.
- EEM seeks to replicate the performance of the MSCI Emerging Markets Index by investing in the underlying international securities.
- Emerging markets struggled to establish any form of directional movement last week. Price action was null with a lower high and higher low; Friday's close was near the weekly midrange. For the second week in a row, a VRCB has formed at the top of the current rally. Prices seem to be encountering heavy resistance, making new highs of less than 1.00 in the last 9 weeks. 40.73 marks the 50% rally price from the previous top to bottom correction. We believe this is a strong resistance price and that current market conditions will prevent a 100% rally. If trading is higher this week, we will continue look to enter a short position.
08/17/2012 Closing Price: 142.18
Intermediate Term Trend is bullish.
Current Position: FLAT.
Current Upside Targets: 145.55 – 147.05
Projected Weekly Range: 2.56
Trading 39,000 Shares
- SPY made new four-year highs last week and showed very bullish price action. The higher high and higher low indicates trading should be up this week, closing in the upper 10% and above the previous week's high confirm the trend. Our conservative price objective should be achieved by the end of August; if momentum and strong closes continue, look for 147.05. The channel system that has seen 98% of the last 11 week's trading range has failed the last two weeks. Although we believe only a low probability exists, if a correction does begin, look for 135.85. Long entry positions will follow any correction of at least 8 points.


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The Way We Live Now details
Format: | 12 DVD |
Starring: | Matthew MacFadyen, David Suchet, Miranda Otto, Cillian Murphy, Cheryl Campbell, Douglas Hodge, Paloma Baeza, Shirley Henderson |
Director: | David Yates |
Genre: | Drama |
Studio: | CINEMA CLUB |
Name | Discs | |
The Way We Live Now - Disc 1 |
12 Disc 1 | |
The Way We Live Now - Disc 2 |
12 Disc 2 |
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Run time: | 4 hours 53 minutes |
Rental release: | 02 Oct 2006 |
Main languages: | English |
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Poor adaptation
By berrygirl from Yorkshire , 28 Nov 2006[Highly rated reviewer]
As a avid reader of classics and keen viewer of tv/movie adaptations this was fiercely disappointing! I didn't even finish watching disc 1 - forget about disc2! An uninspiring re-telling of what is a sharply satirical take on capitalism in Victorian times. Shirley Henderson seemed to have shown us 'Moaning Myrtle' before Harry Potter. Cillian Murphy was too 'pretty' for this role and rather annoying. Paloma Baeza as unlike Hetta from the novel as possible and Miranda Otto's attempts at a Texan accent were laughable. Matthew Macfadyen and David Suchet were excellently cast, but still not enough to keep me interested. Generally speaking, the BBC period dramas are excellent, but give this a miss and stick to the book.- Was this review helpful to you?
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(13)Really good, one of the best "period" dramas I've seen.
By Belzebu (19 reviews) from Chester , 03 Mar 2012I have not read the novel on which this is based so perhaps I enjoyed it more than I should but I found this to be very enjoyable indeed with a good story line and superb acting. David Suchet dominates the screen with an electrifying performance as Augutus Melmotte which made a refeshing change from his simpering Belgian penguin persona!- Was this review helpful to you?
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By a customer from Hillingdon, England , 30 Dec 2009Period drama. Not my sort of thing at all. People trying to marry or trying to avoid marrying, with financial machinations thrown in. Mildly amusing in parts, but I really could not are less about any of the characters.- Was this review helpful to you?
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By SisterKaff (48 reviews) from Abingdon, Oxfordshire , 20 Jun 2009David Suchet as Melmotte was glorious, and I adored Matthew Macfadyen as the rakish Sir Felix Carbury, and the other cast members were wonderful - except for Cillian Murphy playing the hero Paul Montague, his portrayal was limp and fey, he created a character who I hardly believed capable of building shelves let alone a railway line. His character caused a disappointing hole in what was an excellent whole. I take a star off for that.
I haven't read the book, Ma has, and reports to me that there are some important differences, the antisemitism in the TV series is dealt with too simplistically, and she mentions especially certain exchanges between Georgiana Longestaffe and Mr. Brehgert, the dialogue in the series suggests something far more obnoxious than what Trollope actually wrote. Half a star off for that inaccuracy.
Likewise the stories of the characters don't end up as Trollop intended, notably the destiny of the magnificent Marie Melmotte. but we'll forgive that one even if she doesn't. Ma also reports that the novel is so dense and involved that so as to get an idea of 19thCentury capitalism, one is probably best off watching this mini series which honestly was fantastic, rather than attempting the read.- Was this review helpful to you?
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By a customer from HAYLE UK , 06 May 2009Lady Carbury, her innocent daughter Henrietta (Hetta), and her attractive but irresponsible son Felix are the Victorian family around which the action of the film takes place. They are constantly in debt and requiring financial assistance. As a contrast to the Carburys, and equally vital to to the drama, are the Melmottes.
Augustus Melmotte, a wealthy Jew, has come from Vienna under a cloud of financial irregularities and has acquired a large estate for himself. He also has a daughter whom he wishes to marry off to an English Lord.
Melmotte is played by David Suchet. This is a very different Suchet from Agatha Christie's Poiroit. Suchet is fantastic in the role. Melmotte is a bizarre, ruthless, cruel and yet tragic character. Above all he wishes to be accepted as an Englishman.
He is despised by an aristocracy which is nevertheless dependent on him for his investments. He is elected to parliament and mistakenly thinks he has arrived.
Melmotte becomes the chief investor in a plan to build a railway from California to Mexico. One of the chief engineers in this project is Paul Montague, an attractive character who has been working in America. He arrives in the city and is duped by Melmotte who has no intention of investing any money in the railway.
A subsidary character is Roger Carbury. He is a cousin of Felix and Hetta. He wants to marry Hetta. However Paul Montague soon finds himself in love with Hetta--and in competition with Roger for her hand.
Felix courts the Melmottes' daughter for her fortune, and she falls in love with him. Meanwhile he is having casual sex with a local working class girl. You will have to either buy or rent the film to know how it all ends. Suffice to say the ending is surprisingly clever.
The film is an excellent adaptation of Anthony Trollope's novel. I enjoyed it immensely and can thoroughly recommend it.- Was this review helpful to you?
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A real treat!
By a customer from Croydon , 04 Mar 2009I'm a fan of BBC period dramas and somehow managed to miss this one when it was on originally. I have to admit that I've not read the novel as yet but intend to do so now. This was an absolute treat as I was expecting a very dark depressing story. It does, of course, have elements of this but there are really fine comedic performances here too. Shirley Henderson is always fantastic but was really surprised at how funny Matthew McFayden was as Sir Felix. I've probably never laughed so much at a period drama. I also really liked Ann Marie Duff as Miss Lowerstaff (?).
I really recommend this to anyone who loves their Sunday evening period dramas.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Any time the government does what they have to do this do that in a way that will not infringe on religious liberties.
And the burden of proof then becomes -- for the government to do that.
And in the case with the president's -- percent -- Mandate.
Faith based organization.
What they're gonna have to prove is that there was no other way to actually accomplish this through the government other than taking away here.
Or limiting religious freedom.
And so it's it's going to be a difficult hurdle for them to get over especially when.
-- you go to almost any county Health Department in the country if in fact you have a need.
And get free birth control or you can at Wal-Mart buy it for seven dollars a month.
So you say that does not meet the measure of that law.
Well they can there's lots of otherwise they could do it they could do it out of Medicaid.
Medicaid mandating Medicaid.
Expansion of Medicaid for -- contraceptive by itself.
There's lots of other ways they could do it rather than trampling on.
First amendment rights so you say this comes back to the contraception issue religious freedom which is what.
Cardinal dole has been arguing he says it's not about contraception it's about religious freedom.
Because I -- any case if the governments allowed to get.
Through with this one then where would it stop -- religion in America.
Well I I think it it it's not only that it's it's the political game we're playing in the paying back interest groups that support president vs -- -- the idea is this you know if he is there real need in the after that is -- having practiced obstetrics.
For 25 years I can tell you there's not a shortage of -- oral contraception that.
Country for anybody this was signed in the law by President Clinton 1993 it bars any agency department or.
Any state from burdening persons exercise of religion that's the point you're making there in the government a burden -- -- -- religion only if it -- compelling.
Government interest would it not be ironic if this is what.
But that health care -- all of them.
While not sure this'll take the health care that law down what this will take down his his mandate that they issued -- a HHS.
That -- organization -- faith have to follow certain guidelines and terms of coverage.
It would just be the mandate that yes it just means that -- are senator thank you we're gonna keep in Iowa the religious freedom restoration act.
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In the advent of patch five-something of WoW, an hilarious bug was found and smashed. For a day or so, druids in stag form could climb on top of each other and overpoweredly fly above the sky limit. Blizzard saw this as unacceptable and crushed the druids' dream to reach the moon. When the ruling hand of Blizzard smashed this flimsy bug, I felt a pang of sadness and disappointment, as if it had been a nerf. Well, it was, in some way: it nerfed the player's creativity. Here's the bug, if you're curious:
In the last few years, Blizzard has been nerfing here and there not just for balancing reasons, but for streamlining ones as well. In Diablo 3, game that brought me a lot of joy from its polished mechanics, and a lot of sorrow from its design decisions, Blizzard's hand has been as unwavering as if it were an MMO, if not more. The playstyle that I usually adopted since Diablo 2, the glass cannon, was made extremely inefficient through the rising of repair costs and nerfing of attack speed. It was not the intended way to play, mind you. Diablo 3, being a gear-based game, would prefer you didn't "cheat" by using a cheap 0-resistance DPS set. It is all business, you see, players are not allowed to progress through skill, they have to buy their way through.
But this was not the only thing they streamlined: farming Siegebreaker was too popular, so they nerfed the chests, the nearby dungeons and boosted Siegebreaker with some nasty reflect damage affix. Resplendent chests had been too lucrative for the effort they required (although they forget that in order to get to most of those, you have to fight your way through a couple of "real" loot-pinatas), so they nerfed the chests, and the community sarcastically baptised them as "supply chests" because they only drop potions and gems. Oh, and let's not forget the preposterous thought of weapon racks always dropping weapons - that had to go away!
Back to bugs. I don't see the reason why some of them had to be deleted from the game. Take for instance the glitch that allowed rogues to enter Karazhan Crypts with Shadow Step back in TBC. It did not harm anybody or destabilized the game in any way. Hyjal was also a touristic spot that the most dexterous players bragged about having reached. They did not only nerf (or more politically correct: fix) wall-jumping, but when the virtuosos of jumping still made it, they installed a teleport that bounced them back where they should be. Wall-jumping in itself is a controversial subject, since it was used for actual harmful exploits such as jumping off the battlegrounds' fences before the race began. But I can think of other ways of preventing that that do not involve hijacking an interesting game mechanic (raise the walls, make them insurmountable, make a faux invisible ceiling, etc).
Why such rapacious reaction against creative bug-employing (not exploiting, there is no benefit made from it)? I believe it goes hand in hand with Blizzard's authoritarian policies of hyper-balancing. The game is supposed to be played/farmed *this* way and none other, which leads to the ever-nerfing of out-of-the-box ideas that the players come up with, such as 5-man rogue tanking of Gruul in TBC. My rogue friends drooled upon watching this video, and dreamed about being able to do that one day. It bespoke of the classes' possibilities beyond what was "common knowledge." It was all nerfed, since rogues are not supposed to tank. Raid encounters have gotten a similar treatment as well. I remember TBC encounters as being much more tolerant of different strategies. No, I don't just remember, I have seen it in action just a few months ago: King Maulgar could be handled in different ways depending on your raid setup. Enough tanks, and there was little need for hunter-kiting. Fewer healers? Then you may kite Maulgar around instead of face-tanking the whirlwind.
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Summing up: This bug fixing triggers in me some reluctance, because it reminds me too much of other creativity-nerfs, so abundant these days with Diablo 3. When will they learn that the more unique a player feels through her actions and decisions, the more attached she becomes to her characters and her individual game experience?


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By FPA member Phil Dyer, CFP®, RLP® and CPCC (Certified Professional Co-Active Coach)
Last Updated: January 11, 2010
With unemployment at 10 percent nationally, and significant uncertainty clouding the employment picture, and healthcare concerns and lackluster defined contribution plan performance for the past decade, military service looks like a pretty good deal these days. It is virtually recession-proof, provides guaranteed healthcare, generous housing, non-taxable housing allowance (or tax-free base housing) and a cost-of-living adjusted (COLA) pension after 20 years of service that most private sector employees can only dream of. However, military service comes with its own unique set of challenges — such as frequent moves, even more frequent family separations, long stretches of time in some of the least savory parts of the world where people are keen on shooting at you and the very real danger of death or disfigurement.
Over the past six years, I have had the honor of educating thousands of currently serving military members through financial education programs on military installations all over the world. Military service presents significant financial roadblocks and opportunities. If you are a service member, consider some smart financial moves that can help you keep more of your hard-earned money working for you and your families as we begin 2010.
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- Homeowner's Assistance Program (HAP): The HAP program was initially designed to assist service members whose bases were being closed due to Base Realignment and Closure Commission (BRAC) or to assist severely wounded/disable veterans with housing issues. However, when the bottom dropped out of the real estate market — many neighborhoods around military installations were hit particularly hard due to (1) the transient nature of military personnel who move every two to four years on average and (2) the general real estate market in states such as Florida, California and Nevada that were hit particularly hard by the downturn and that contain a large number of military personnel. Under the expanded HAP program, military homeowners that purchased homes as a principal residence before July 1, 2006 and received reassignment orders between February 1, 2006 and September 30, 2010 may apply for financial relief due to inability to sell their home. They must be moving at least 50 miles away from the property to qualify. Learn more about the HAP program.
- First-Time Homebuyers Program: The popular first-time homebuyers program from 2008 and 2009 has been expanded and extended into 2010. Under the revised rules, first-time homebuyers — defined as someone who has not owned a home in the last three years — are eligible for a tax credit of up to $8,000 on the purchase of a new principal residence, provided they have a signed sales contract as of May 1, 2010 (the property must be closed by June 30, 2010). This benefit applies to single taxpayers with adjusted gross income (AGI) between $75,000 and $125,000 (the limits double to $150,000 to $250,000 for married taxpayers, so virtually all military personnel will qualify). In addition, current homeowners that purchase a new principal residence can qualify for a tax credit of up to $6,500 — provided they have lived in their previous home for five of the previous eight years. You can even claim the credit on your 2009 taxes — via filing a Form 1040X amended return – even if you close on the property by the required dates in 2010. One important caveat for military homebuyers: You must use the home for three years as your principal residence and currently there is no Permanent Change of Station (PCS) carve-out to avoid this potential penalty, so buy with caution.
- The Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) "Turbo-Charger" for Deployment: With today's "Op Tempo", chances are you will be deployed in the next 1-2 years to one of those garden spots referenced above. If you are deployed in a hazardous duty zone — and thus eligible for income tax-free pay — you can contribute up to $49,000 per year (in 2010) into your TSP and it is segregated into a special tax-free channel. This can be done multiple times over multiple deployments. While future earnings on this money go into the regular TSP channel (and are therefore taxable when withdrawn), the tax-free money can be rolled into a Roth Individual Retirement Account (IRA) after you separate or retire from the military, creating a significant pool of future tax-free money. It also looks like a true "Roth TSP" option will become available in the next one to two years for military members and federal civilians.
Check back next time when we delve into the ins and outs of the new Post 9-11 GI Bill.
FPA member Phil Dyer is a 1985 graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point and former Army Captain. He has been a fee-only financial planner since 1996 and is the founder and principal of Dyer Financial Advisory in Towson, MD. He also serves as the Deputy Director of Financial Education for the Military Officers Association of America.


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When I read this column on the clergy abuse scandal written by Steve Lopez in the Los Angeles Times it was like getting an immediate migraine headache. I have followed the sex abuse scandals in the Catholic Church closely since the first public eruption in 2000/2001. I know I'm not alone. But my interest led me to speak out on this subject publicly because of my deep commitment to restorative justice and its great value to victims of crime and offenders as well. But my passion to do more than speak about it privately to my own circle of friends and family was because this subject mixes abuse of children with faith. Since I am a committed Christian these news stories have appalled me deeply. It has offended me as a Christian. And then there are the victims.
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