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Mon Oct 29, 2012, 03:06 PM
BradBlog (2,938 posts)
Sandy Power Outages Could Make Voting Impossible in 6+ States Where E-Voting is Only Option
Source: BRAD BLOG
Hurricane Sandy Power Outages Could Make Voting Impossible in Half a Dozen States Where Electronic Voting is Only Option for Voters
The National Weather Service has been telling us over the past several days that the serious impact of the super storm which is Hurricane Sandy is not to be underestimated. But there is another concern that has been keeping me awake over the past week or so.
NBC's Al Roker spelled out that concern briefly on Sunday's Meet the Press, explaining what I've been worrying about since it became clear that the storm could have serious ramifications on Election Day.
I'm not talking about the political ramifications about its effect on planned campaign events between now and Election Day, on Early Voting turnout, or even how it's handled by President Obama and FEMA, etc. I'm talking about the serious question of whether voters will be able to vote on Election Day at all, particularly in states which force voters to use electronic voting systems at the precincts.
"We expect massive power outages throughout the area," Roker told NBC's David Gregory (before Gregory hurried to ignore the comment entirely.) "As the system moves on shore it's going to be a long term effect. It's going to last for about 72 hours. And so we're talking about people who could be without power for at least 10 days. That, as you know, will take it right into Election Day. So what will people do if they can't get to the voting booth, or the voting booths don't have power?"
Good question, Al. And one we've warned about here for a number of years.
There are about a half a dozen states (listed below) directly in harm's way where voters are forced to use 100% unverifiable electronic voting systems on Election Day. In those locations, unless they have enough emergency paper ballots printed up to accommodate the entire electorate at precincts where power remains disrupted on Election Day, there could be very serious and unprecedented problems...
FULL STORY, LIST OF STATES WHERE E-VOTING THREATENED: http://www.bradblog.com/?p=9670
Read more: http://www.bradblog.com/?p=9670
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Response to BradBlog (Original post)
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 03:10 PM
tbennett76 (223 posts)
1. They will print paper
ballots, worry about getting to election day first for those people
Response to tbennett76 (Reply #1)
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 04:04 PM
democrat_patriot (2,766 posts)
20. Can't print without power....
just sayin....
Response to democrat_patriot (Reply #20)
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 04:15 PM
obamanut2012 (13,536 posts)
24. All 50 states won't be without power
And, additionally, entire states won't be without power.
Response to democrat_patriot (Reply #20)
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 05:32 PM
Thav (916 posts)
44. They could get a decently sized diesel gennie brought in
Hooked up and going in half a day, that'd get the printers going again.
If they were just using standard laser printers, you could do that off a portable gas generator..
Response to democrat_patriot (Reply #20)
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 11:53 PM
liberalmike27 (2,456 posts)
49. Here is the Thing
There is a priority to whose power they turn back on--obviously things like hospitals, police offices, firehouses get some concern, then schools, and middle level importance, and I'd suspect most voting machines are there.
Even so, these days they get the majority of the power back on (here in Mobile, AL at least) within a few days, and well into the 90 percentile by a week. So it probably won't be a problem.
IF they go to paper ballots, with some of the voting machines owned by Tagg's company, it might be a blessing in disguise.
Response to tbennett76 (Reply #1)
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 05:05 PM
thecrow (4,975 posts)
41. I just talked to the head of my local Democratic organization
here in Virginia and she told me that if the power is out, they have ALREADY printed the paper ballots.
Response to thecrow (Reply #41)
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 05:08 PM
silvershadow (10,336 posts)
42. Hope so. Hope they printed enough for more than the entire 2008 voting numbers. nt
Response to BradBlog (Original post)
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 03:11 PM
Blue Owl (13,559 posts)
2. Mother Nature to Hart InterCivic: GO FUCK YOURSELF
Response to Blue Owl (Reply #2)
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 03:13 PM
reflection (6,198 posts)
6. .
Response to BradBlog (Original post)
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 03:12 PM
EC (12,287 posts)
3. In Ohio in 2004 when there weren't enough ballets
they made them on copy machines instead of making official ones. Besides the weight of paper and printing method shouldn't matter if they are not being read on electrical scanners anyway. They'll have to count by hand, so just make copies, what's the difference?
I wonder if there will be a shift in red to blue (or vice versa) if they end up voting by paper instead of machine. This should be interesting.
Response to EC (Reply #3)
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 03:25 PM
sunnystarr (2,638 posts)
13. You need power to run a copy machine
and probably to print up ballots in other ways. How could this be done in time when the length and place of power outage is unknown until Election Day? Ballots could be printed and trucked in ahead of time. But you'd have to risk wasting that money in order to get the ballots there in time. Plus there would be no electricity in the polling stations making it at the least very difficult to read the ballots etc. once the sun goes down.
Response to sunnystarr (Reply #13)
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 03:45 PM
obxhead (8,434 posts)
17. Generators.
It takes very little power to run a copier. A single 3500 watt gas generator (which 1 person can handle with a hand cart) could probably run 4 or 5 of them non stop without any stress.
Ditto with the lights. A strand of temporary contractor lights can be run off of a small portable generator and put in place within an hour. I was often hanging these strands up for new construction.
The materials are readily available, even during this storm.
Response to BradBlog (Original post)
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 03:12 PM
reflection (6,198 posts)
4. If any state relies solely on e-voting
and doesn't have a paper backup process in place, heads should roll. Even children know that sometimes the power goes out. There is no substitute for a piece of paper.
Response to reflection (Reply #4)
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 03:24 PM
TalkingDog (9,001 posts)
12. You would be surprised....
My Spousal Unit works for a county Govt. They changed their building and inspections processes over to 100% electronic.
The new people who came in under the electronic system have never done any of the process or paperwork w/o computers. When the system went down for 2 weeks due to a bug in the system all of the newer people and quite a few of the oldsters were at a complete loss. There were no paper versions of the forms they needed to fill out on file. nothing. It was a train wreck.
IMHO there needs to always be a physical copy of any paper work needed and a SOP in a binder somewhere in the event that a power outage might last for longer than a week.
Response to TalkingDog (Reply #12)
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 04:43 PM
onecent (4,913 posts)
36. SOP in a binder???? What ?? lol uhhh what is an SOP?? tks.
Response to onecent (Reply #36)
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 04:53 PM
Angleae (2,563 posts)
38. SOP usually is "Standard Operating Procedure"
Response to onecent (Reply #36)
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 07:52 PM
TalkingDog (9,001 posts)
47. Standard Operating Procedures. Most organizations have one.
Response to BradBlog (Original post)
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 03:12 PM
tblue (16,350 posts)
5. It's obvious. God wants paper ballots.
I do too. It's not that hard and it wouldn't take that long to print enough paper ballots.
Response to BradBlog (Original post)
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 03:14 PM
jenw2 (374 posts)
7. And you have to wonder how many power companies...
will keep the power off for a few extra days just to keep people from voting.
Response to jenw2 (Reply #7)
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 03:48 PM
obxhead (8,434 posts)
18. That's not likely to happen.
PEPCO was taken to task for the extreme power outage during the June derecho that hit VA and MD. They were even called before Congress and their rate increase was denied because of their response.
The power companies will be (and already are) going out of their way to get a good mark on their long history of poor responses. They want that rate increase.
Response to obxhead (Reply #18)
Tue Oct 30, 2012, 02:15 PM
jenw2 (374 posts)
52. And now they're going to make the people pay for not giving in
Puget Sound Energy did the same after the big ice storm on December 14, 2006. PSE refused to bring in outside repair crews claiming they couldn't afford to. All they were doing was providing poor service to try to justify a huge rate hike. I was without power at home for over two weeks and out of work for nearly a month. PSE even left the local conservative paper without power. The PI argued against giving PSE more money for nothing in return so PSE shut them down for the first time in 75 (if I remember correctly) years of continuous publishing. Of course the conservatives have punished PSE for doing so, but as usual the poor public gets in the middle and suffers the most.
How much are the people in the NYC area going to suffer because of politics like this?
Response to jenw2 (Reply #7)
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 04:17 PM
obamanut2012 (13,536 posts)
25. Zero companies will do that
Response to BradBlog (Original post)
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 03:17 PM
condoleeza (814 posts)
8. This is a National Emergency
Don't know if there is any precedent set for this, but would HOPE that any States that this could affect, would qualify for their election voting/results to be extended a few days.
Response to BradBlog (Original post)
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 03:20 PM
avebury (8,212 posts)
9. I can't access the article at work. Which states does
this involve?
Response to avebury (Reply #9)
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 04:01 PM
siligut (12,272 posts)
19. Maybe about eight
The states now in immediate harm's way where most voters are forced to vote on electronic touch-screen systems on Election Day across much of the state include:
North Carolina
West Virginia
New Jersey
A number of counties in Ohio, as well as most of Tennessee --- though neither state is quite as directly in the path of the worst of the storm --- also require voters to vote electronically on Election Day.
Response to siligut (Reply #19)
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 04:19 PM
obamanut2012 (13,536 posts)
26. I live in NC and had a paper ballot
Response to obamanut2012 (Reply #26)
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 04:28 PM
siligut (12,272 posts)
28. The article stated it as "most" of the state
Response to siligut (Reply #19)
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 04:38 PM
avebury (8,212 posts)
34. Thanks for the info. nt
Response to BradBlog (Original post)
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 03:21 PM
Retrograde (5,298 posts)
10. So, they have a week to fix it
Print ballots in the states that have power and ship them to the East Coast. It will take a couple of extra weeks to get them all counted, but it's a solution.
Response to BradBlog (Original post)
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 03:23 PM
Zambero (4,575 posts)
11. Scannable paper ballots
They can be manufactured and distributed to polling locations fairly quickly. Hopefully this is already on the radar screen in locations that are likely to experience long-term power outages.
Response to BradBlog (Original post)
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 03:27 PM
Twelve String (38 posts)
14. There is time
If the storm were happening next week I would be concerned. There is plenty of time to get power back and all the machines working.
Response to Twelve String (Reply #14)
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 04:34 PM
progree (3,609 posts)
33. Well, when massive power outages, there's always OUTLYING areas that take a week or longer to restor
week or longer to restore. Power companies always deal with repairs that involve the most customers first, i.e. denser areas (blue areas generally), and take longer to deal with those in the boonies (redder areas generally) where you have many miles of lines serving only a few customers. So at least from that perspective, it might actually be good news. It will be interesting to see if it gets politicized -- which areas are being restored first.
Response to BradBlog (Original post)
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 03:30 PM
libdem4life (12,715 posts)
15. The unpleasant irony may be that the longer the power is off, the greater the chance for an
election delay, and MANY will notice (as well as their families around the US) the Other Candidate's smirky comments and awful reality about "privitization" of the disaster relief/FEMA.
And even if there is power on Election Day, who is going to rush down and try and vote...asuming there is a polling place still standing...under these circumstances. Then there is the situation of ID...how many birth certificates, passports, purses, wallets and other ID just washed out to sea. Hard to even print things out without an infrastructure.
Prayers for all.
Response to libdem4life (Reply #15)
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 03:39 PM
Mz Pip (25,635 posts)
16. I don't think the election can be delayed
so this is new territory. I can only hope power can be restored quickly.
Response to libdem4life (Reply #15)
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 04:06 PM
obamanut2012 (13,536 posts)
21. The election cannot be and won't be delayed
And, it shouldn't be.
Response to obamanut2012 (Reply #21)
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 04:11 PM
humbled_opinion (4,206 posts)
23. Seriously?
Whole swaths of solidly Democratic areas are being devastated. The margins of victory are already slim. It will be the minorities and poor that get hurt worst of all from this storm, people will be more worried about dealing with their personal affairs than getting out to vote next tuesday. This is a terrible situation and could cause a state like PA to flip.
There should be at least some federal assitance to help those that will be disenfranchised because of the storm.
Don't you agree? or should we do nothing?
Response to humbled_opinion (Reply #23)
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 04:26 PM
obamanut2012 (13,536 posts)
27. The election is November 6
It won't be delayed, and it shouldn't be. If the entire Mid Atlantic and NE was buried under six feet of snow, same thing. What if there was an earthquake in CA? You can't delay the election. It is against the law, for very obvious reasons.
If one is pragmatic and not compassionate about this natural disaster, it is obvious that difficulty in voting will help the Dems, not the GOP. No swing states are going to be affected (ie NC and VA), the blue states will still be blue, and probably even MORE blue if power or flooding messes up voting, because even in blue states, rural areas are quite red.
I also honestly don't think this will be the problem some think it will be. The Feds and governors are going to make sure people can vote, even Christie stated that, and he knows how NJ will be going.
Response to obamanut2012 (Reply #21)
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 04:29 PM
Retrograde (5,298 posts)
29. Wasn't an election delayed in 2001?
IIRC, the New York State primary election was scheduled for Sept. 11, 2001. Wasn't that cancelled and rescheduled for a later date?
Response to Retrograde (Reply #29)
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 05:25 PM
Posteritatis (18,807 posts)
43. Primaries and the actual official elections are different critters.
Delaying, say, the DNC - or canceling it altogether, for a wackier hypothetical - is one thing, but the actual general election can't simply be shuffled around.
Response to Retrograde (Reply #29)
Tue Oct 30, 2012, 12:58 AM
toman911 (4 posts)
50. True, but
The New York Primary wasn't mandated by the U.S, Constitution.
Response to obamanut2012 (Reply #21)
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 04:30 PM
libdem4life (12,715 posts)
31. That may be, I didn't know it couldn't be, but just guessing that
there are going to be some mighty powerful political/social/legal challenges...add to it the presence of the international UN poll watchers, and who knows. Another guess, but imagine if the state of California was rocked by a massive earthquake in populated areas on or near election day. We're in new territory. I don't see how any entity can declare a winner...which is required.
Response to BradBlog (Original post)
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 04:07 PM
humbled_opinion (4,206 posts)
22. I have people in Philly
and I have been told that the power is going to be down for days, the people are not going to be too enthused to go vote as they are in recovery mode from this disaster. This may hurt Obama since the city is solidly blue territory, maybe if the western part of PA gets heavy snow it will counteract the power outages in the city. Obama is only up by 7 or 8 in PA a problem like this could make the state appear to flip.
Response to humbled_opinion (Reply #22)
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 04:57 PM
treestar (67,972 posts)
39. OH please
So they'll risk Rmoney winning- they will be in a state of needing federal aid. I'm sure they will appreciate it enough to go and vote.
Response to treestar (Reply #39)
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 06:15 PM
humbled_opinion (4,206 posts)
Seriously, you don't understand what people are going through when disaster strikes? Not everyone is so committed to voting as you are, a lot of people are registered Democrats but if their house is flooded or they have not electricity or running water they aren't going to say, oh thats right today's the day I gotta drop all of my important life things here and makes sure somehow I get to my polling station (if it has power and they haven't moved me somewhere else).
I don't think you are appreciating the big picture.
Response to humbled_opinion (Reply #45)
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 08:30 PM
treestar (67,972 posts)
48. Yes they will, as they know the importance of voting
Against R$ who would make it even worse for them - they'd have a direct example of how it could be worse.
Response to BradBlog (Original post)
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 04:30 PM
Tab (11,093 posts)
30. Gee... I wonder if the Democratic districts will be late to have their power restored...
You think?
Response to Tab (Reply #30)
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 04:32 PM
pstokely (8,780 posts)
32. Won't it be easier to restore power to the more densely populated areas?
The sparsely populated rural areas will probably be the hardest to restore, they're also the most red
Response to BradBlog (Original post)
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 04:40 PM
argiel1234 (390 posts)
35. Excellent blog
crucial information. Get. Rid. Of. Electronic. Voting.
Would anybody put money in a bank without getting a receipt?
Would anybody purchase a car or home without documentation?
Would anybody buy insurance without a written guarantee?
Then why the fuck in America do we vote on electronic machines owned by Republicans without any kind of verification or proof of vote?
Response to BradBlog (Original post)
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 04:45 PM
libdem4life (12,715 posts)
37. I read somewhere here that there are states that just have e-voting
Also, New York state, per a previous poster here, twice changed its primary because the date fell on Sept 11. I'm sure we'll know more in a day or so about the actual damage and fallout...political, social infrastructure, etc.
Response to BradBlog (Original post)
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 04:58 PM
treestar (67,972 posts)
40. Maybe the "reporters" should dig into the question
Rather than just speculate.
Response to BradBlog (Original post)
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 06:21 PM
elleng (79,221 posts)
46. Nothing like 'progress.'
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Saudi Arabia - Traveling
Entry requirements
Diplomatic representations: List of Saudi Embassies abroad
Organizing your trip
Means of transport recommended in town
Buses operated by Saudi Arabian Public Transport Company (SAPTCO) are comfortable and usually follow schedule.
Means of transport recommended in the rest of the country
|Domestic flights
|International flights
|NAS Air
|Low cost
|Saudi Arabian Airlines
|Al Khayala
|Jazeera airways
|Low cost
|Sama Airlines
|Low cost
Traveling by yourself
Different forms of tourism
Mecca and Medina, the two holiest cities of Islam are the most important part of historical tourism in the country.
Jeddah is home to numerous historical landmarks and buildings such as: the Old Jeddah Wall and Gates, the old quarters, historical mosques.
Islam is the focus of Saudi Arabian culture. Festivals and Events are an integral part of Saudi Arabian culture. These celebrations highlight the customs and traditions in the country and give a beautiful perspective to this wonderful land.
Witness the astonishing landscape and wildlife of the Asir, a range of coastal mountains and the only part of the kingdom where there is significant wild vegetation. View a picturesque settlement of fishermen and weavers on Tarut Island. It is also the site of the oldest town on the peninsula.
- Al-Masjid al-Haram (The Holy Mosque), Mecca
- The Ka'ba and Black Stone, Mecca
- The Prophet's Mosque, Medina
- Floating Mosque of Jeddah, etc.
Though thermal energy is the main source of power in Saudi Arabia, there are no natural hot springs. However few hotels provide hot spring spas.
For more details, visit Saudi World.
Some prominent beaches are Durrat Al-Arus, Shums, Bait Albahar, Salhia and Al Nakeel.
Living conditions
Health and safety
- Children between 3 months and 2 years of age must be given two doses of the Hepatitis A vaccine.
- Yellow fever vaccination certificate is required from all travelers arriving from an infected area.
- Tetanus vaccine is required
Inoculation regulations can change at short notice. So it is advised to take necessary measures.
Moreover there is a risk of malaria throughout the year in most of the Southern Region and in certain rural areas of the Western Region, except for Mecca and Medina. Therefore it is advised to use prophylaxis.
Time difference and climate
Saudi Arabia has a desert climate. Topography plays an important role in making the climate of Saudi Arabia so varied. In Jeddah it is warm for most of the year. Riyadh, which is inland, is hotter in summer and colder in winter, when occasional heavy rainstorms occur.
Though average rainfall is less than 5 inches, in the Asir highlands it may exceed 10 inches. Great temperature extremes ranging from as low as freezing point in winters to 50 degrees Celsius in summers.Frequent sand-laden winds blow from the northern deserts, for days at 25-30 miles an hour.
- Pitta bread accompanies every dish;
- Rice, lentils, chick peas and cracked wheat are also common;
- Kultra is popular for lunch;
- Kebabs served with soup and vegetables;
- Mezze.
Consumption of alcohol is prohibited and Arabic coffee and fruit drinks are popular alternatives.
Gawha, the ritual of serving coffee, is an important part of Saudi culture.


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Color of Money Book Club
Michelle Singletary: Good afternoon everyone. Thanks for joining me today to talk about a very imporant issue.I also want to remind you that today the Post is launching my first video chat. I'll be answering left over questions and talking about the hot financial topics right after the online text discussion is over. So stick around just after 1 p.m. to see me live. Who knows what I might say out loud!
Serious concerns: What should we do when our parents have no savings and the children work, yet we earn enough to keep our own lives? We earn too much for assistance but not enough to pay for the upcoming expenses of nursing homes.
Elinor Ginzler: A short web-based program called Benefits QuickLink, www.benefitscheckup.org/index.cfm?partner_id=22 can tell you all the programs and services available to your parents.
when to move/money: Paying for elder care is a timely topic for me! My aunt currently needs home aides 24/7. She's renting an apartment, and can handle the bills for awhile, but who knows how long she'll live. What's the calculus for deciding when someone who needs 24-hour assistance should give up their place and move to a continuing care community? At some point she'll spend down so much she doesn't have the entrance fee, even if her income would hold up under the monthly payments, so it seems like a decision that could benefit from having some guidelines to consider. Of course she doesn't want to move -- but she's single with no family besides her neices and it's not like we have the kind of relationship where she'd be moving into our homes.
Paula Span: And continuing care retirement communities operate on a number of different models: some require very steep upfront payments, which may or may not be partially refunded later, but some charge month to month. The national organization website (www.caremanager.org) has a locator to help you find a GCM near you.These are usually social workers with additional training who are familiar with the eldercare services and options in your area, can assess your relative's situation and level of functioning, and accompany you through this long and sometimes fraught process. And in my experience, sometimes outsiders with credentials can move the discussion and the decisions along in ways that are difficult for family members themselves.Moreover, when tensions arise, many GCMs are licensed clinical social workers who can also serve as sounding boards/therapists/negotiators to lower the temperature and keep everyone on track towards solutions.
Helping aging parents downsize: Do any of you have recommendations/suggestions to help with the downsizing process?
Elinor Ginzler: A whole new breed of business is growing of professional organizers who can help specifically with downsizing.
Paula Span: They don't come cheap, but I've seen them handle some tough situations. www.nasmm.org.Ditto the National Association of Professional Organizers. www.napo.net
Michelle Singletary: So we stop pushing and are letting him slowly get rid of his stuff for what I think will be an eventual move to an assisted living facility.This is hard for all of us -- him and us.
personal finance: What makes more sense as one heads into their 50's and 60's, long-term health insurance, or life insurance?
Elinor Ginzler: In any case, it is very important to understand exactly what coverage you're buying, what it costs now and what it will cost in the future.
Michelle Singletary: Find a good insurance person, one who will put his or her sales hat to the side for a moment to really talk you thu both of these types of polices. But before you do the sit down, do a lot of research. I've written about this, AARP has a ton of information on it's web site as does other nonprofits.
Saving for Reitrement when you don't have much: Hi Michelle, I am a single woman, 33, and am getting ready to purchase a home. With all of the expenses that go along with a new home, and not making a lot of money (am a professional in higher ed), I worry because I'm not saving enough for retirement, or saving much at all. I'm already working two, sometimes three jobs, and I don't want to do it forever! How can I start planning now?Thanks!
Michelle Singletary: now may just make things worse. You need an emergency fund and a life happens fund in addition to money to buy your home. and upkeep of a house may push you over the financial edge. I'm not saying don't buy, but you may need to wait just a bit more to sure up your financial house.
Closing on First home tomorrow: Hello!I have been a fan of your chats for a long time. I have been saving money for years now to buy my first home and will finally be doing so tomorrow. I will still have an 8 month emergency fund that I will not touch, as well as a savings account (about 20k) for "life happens" stuff and a smaller savings account (about 5k) for unexpected home repairs. Obviously, being a first time home buyer I am still a little nervous about the new expenses even after crunching the numbers a million times. What kind of financial advice can you give me as I begin this new chapter in my life?Thanks so much for your advice, delayed gratification is truly a blessing.
Michelle Singletary: I hope the person who asked the earlier question about buying a house reads carefully what you've done to prepare for your new home. Bravo or Brava to you.You really have put all your financial ducks in a row. So my one piece of advice is don't try to fill the house up with new stuff right away. Don't buy much at all in fact. When I moved into my first single family house I went NUTS! I was at Target like every day. My husband actually had to put me on Target probation, meaning I couldn't go there for months. It's funny now but not back then. I just wanted so many little things to spruce up the house -- towels, new dishes, plants, rugs, etc.Just be careful and take the decoration slow.
Mint.com exclusively or a back-up system too?: Hi Michelle (and others) - What is your take on personal finance programs such as Mint.com? I find it a fantastic way to budget and track, but am wondering if I should have a back-up system that is not entirely on the Internet like Excel, Quicken, iBank, etc. What do you think?
Michelle Singletary: I think if the site is helping you budget great. But I alwasy like backups!
Caring for elderly parents - self care: Thanks for discussing this important topic that so many of us are dealing with. My question is for Paula Span. My parents are in their late 80's and were raised during the Great Depression. They really need more help around the house but they are afraid to spend their money. It's as if they're saving it for a rainy day - and that day has finally come - but they're just so worried it won't last. (Truthfully, they're middle class and have obviously saved their whole lives. They also have 3 adult children who would always be available to help them.) Here's another example, on several occasions they should have called an ambulance, but they're so afraid of being billed an outrageous sum that they've risked great injury. None of their children live in the area so we can't intervene on the spot. Any tips would be greatly appreciated!
Paula Span: Nobody likes to feel dependent.And of course, it's all harder when you're trying to help long-distance. If they're reluctant to have "a stranger in my house," could a local church or service organization help arrange for someone -- a well-vetted someone -- to come in privately and assist? And though of course your parents would never pay for the GCM, with three adult children, perhaps you could split the cost.Remember, your peace of mind about your parents' well-being is worth something, too.
HOW TO GET MOM INTO NURSING HOME?: My Mom has caused me to be in a dilemma. When I could no longer care for her at home, I tried putting her into nursing homes where she became a patient from hell. She would accuse the attendants of sexual misconduct and call the police on 911. She did the same at 4 different nursing homes. I eventually was banned by all the nursing homes in the city where I live and they have put her on the do not admit list that they all share. Now she is home and says she wants to go back to a nursing home since she knows that she cannot get the same level of care that she did there. But the only one that I have been able to find says that they only take Medicare patients. My mom is a Medicare patient, but she also must be admitted from the hospital as a Medicare patient and not a Medicaid patient, which she will become after the Medicare runs out. The hospital won't admit her since they cannot do anything for her medically. So I can't get her into that nursing home either. What do you suggest as to how to get this revolving door of health care behind me?
Elinor Ginzler: Ask them for assistance.
QUICK RICHES: If I ever win the lottery, I will work part-time and have a "purpose". I won't just sit and lounge. I will definitely contribute to the children's college fund, tithe, pay off the mortgage (and maybe move to a house with plenty of closet space and an updated kitchen) :-). I will do my best to just keep living "normally", just with the security of knowing the money is there. I would hire a great lawyer and financial advisor (are you available?). I like the security of knowing the emergency fund is fully funded, retirement is no longer a worry, travel is paid for, mortgage is gone and I don't have to wait to get old to have all of these checkboxes marked with a big "X". I have worked a long time, so I will see it through to retirement. I have seen a lot about lottery winners who lost their minds and went broke in a year trying to make everyone happy. I would claim the money anonymously, if possible, and go back to work like nothing happened. I would work part-time only and spend a lot more time with my children. I miss them everyday while I am out commuting, shuffling paper in the office and missing their childhood...all chasing a buck. There must be a different way to live. Lastly, I would replace the 14-year old van immediately and pay CASH.
Sarah Halzack: Today's e-letter: Quick Riches
Michelle Singletary: I like your plan. And if you win, I am available for adoption if a trust fund comes along with it!If you aren't sure what this person is talking about follow the link to my eletter for today. I discuss the New HBO documentary, "Lucky" about lottery winners.I'll also be talking about that during the live video chat in the next hour.
Mom Running Out of Money: My mother has been at a wonderful nonprofit continuing care facility for almost 13 years. She is now 94 years old and although she had a mild stroke 10 years ago, she is in pretty good health and has all her marbles. First she lived in an independent apartment but two years ago, after a series of falls, we moved her into assisted living. She is now at Care Level 2 at a cost of roughly $84,000 per year. Here's the problem: she is running out of money. She will never hit zero because she has my father's pension and Social Security, totaling about $50,000/year. We have sold off most of her stocks (she was a very good investor when she was younger) to pay her bills and she has an annuity of about $240,000 she has held for many years. We will start tapping that but if she is raised to Care Level 3 or moves to the nursing home on the campus, that will be gone in as little as two or three years. The nursing home charges $12,000/month. The facility says it will take care of Mom through its benevolent care fund but they won't put anything in writing. I'm afraid we will spend her annuity down to zero and then the facility will tell us they can't care for her any longer. I'm sure others have faced this dilemma. We don't know whether to bring her home or keep her where she is and hope for the best. She is very happy, has lots of activities which she enjoys, and values her independence highly. We took Mom on vacation with us a few weeks ago and after a few days she couldn't wait to get back to her own place. Thanks for any advice you can give!
Elinor Ginzler: Let them know that everyone wants her to stay there and the way to make that happen and for you to be able to continue to pay until she runs out of resources is to have their commitment in writing.
403b money: Hi Michelle, Thanks for all your great advice! Here's a question: I just turned 30, have had a few different non-profit jobs in the area in the last ten years, and I have retirement savings at 2 of these organizations that I never rolled over or transferred that is just sitting there. What should I do with it? I am now working for the federal government so I don't believe I'm allowed to roll the money into my current TSP. I am pretty clueless with all of this. Help!
Michelle Singletary: But be sure the money is a direct transfer from the accounts to the new IRA so you don't have to pay taxes.
Adjusting to higher income: Hi Michelle, I really enjoy your column and chats. I have an issue that is kind of ironic, I guess. When I was a recent college graduate on a very tight budget, I was really good at keeping track of all my spending, setting limits on my discretionary spending, and making sure I was able to save, travel, etc. Six years after beginning full-time work, I have a significantly higher income, but basically the same necessary expenses, so I have much more disposable income. The thing is, now that I know I have so much room in my budget, I've become very lazy at keeping track of spending. I never categorize my purchases and have no idea how much I'm spending on dining out every month, for example. But I know it is a lot, and I'm sure I'd be horrified at the numbers if I added them up. I have a rainy day fund and I'm putting 5% in my TSP, so at least I'm not totally out to lunch, but I know I should be doing better. Do you have any advice for getting back on track with my budget? Thanks!
Michelle Singletary: You need discipline my friend and a plan for your "extra" money.First, face the money. You need to figure out how much you are wasting. So I have an assignment for you (it's what I recommend people do in my new book "The Power to Prosper."Starting tomorrow and for 30 days I want you to keep a spending journal. In that journal I want you to write down every penny you spend, from the online bills you pay on a particular day to the bag of chips from the vending maching -- EVERYTHING. Record all your expenditures in the journal. And beside each entry write whether it was a need or a want.When the 30 days are up look back and see what you spent. It may give you the resolve to be that great budgeter you were when you didn't have as much money.And then come back and tell me how it went.
a foot in both worlds: My Dad was diagnosed about 4 years ago with Alzheimers. His progression has thankfully been slow. What's challenging is that he still retains some capabilities -- and wants to live more independently (he's in an Independence Plus program) -- but clearly he can't live on his own. I don't know how to bridge the gap for him. He's bored and lonely. Another issue: he spends unwisely and is particularly attracted to any purchase that includes a free offer (of something he doesn't need).
Elinor Ginzler: Here is a link to help find a care manager in your area who can do an assesment, http:/
Nursing home costs, savings, and loss of assets : I've heard scary stories of elderly people having to "spend down" their savings or transfer ownership of their homes in order to enter nursing homes. Do these situations relate to only certain types of circumstances, and how can this be avoided?
Paula Span: Typically, someone entering a nursing home pays for her own care as long as she has money, then applies for Medicaid, which takes over. But with the average national cost of a semiprivate room in a nursing home at about $70,000, most seniors do need Medicaid eventually. People can keep a house, usually, and they can reserve some assets if there's a spouse who is still living independently. www.naela.org
Saving for retirement: Sunday's article was very informative. How can anyone with $25,000 savings think they can afford to retire? With all the articles in the paper, TV, workshops at work, how can people be so under-educated about their retirement?
Sarah Halzack: Sunday's Column: Your money, not your age, signals when it's time to retire
Michelle Singletary: He or she thinks they can retire because they haven't run the numbers!
Sarah Halzack: She'll be weighing in on some personal finance topics in the news and also answering some questions she couldn't get to in today's chat.
eldercare: What do you do when parents refuse to spend money on things that could make life easier and safer because they're afraid to run through their savings? It seems like mine expect me to spend my own money, which I really can't afford, but they have too much of their own money to qualify for financial help. I know they have a right to live any way they want, but I worry!
Michelle Singletary: I so know and feel what you are going thu.We also understand the fear. Live long and you could run out of money.Just keep being there and encouraging your parent that he or she needs to spend the money he or she saved in a lifetime to make things easier. Then just let go.
Paula Span - Great book!: Paula, I want to thank you for writing your book. I've been taking care of my elderly parents, now in their nineties, for the past 15 years. I've heard all the stories, been through it myself, seen my friends' struggles. What you've written really rings true. Appreciate the lists, too.
Paula Span: Thanks!
Long-Term Health Insurance: What is your opinion on Long-Term Health Insurance? I am single and in my mid 50's and applied for a policy that would be paid up in 10 years. The benefits or amount to be paid out from the policy were realistic (I cannot remember the exact amounts and timing) but the monthly premium was just under $600/mo. The insurance company has initially denied coverage due to a misunderstanding of a childhood diagnosis, but this is in the process of being resolved. I realize I need to correct this medical denial, as it is an error that should be removed from insurance records. But I am having some doubts about obtaining the insurance with such a large monthly premium. I do not own, have no debt and do have about 6 months + living expenses saved. I have been laid off twice in my career due to the economy and worry that this is always possible. I would appreciate your opinion on how I should proceed. Thank you.
Elinor Ginzler: AARP has developed resources, especially designed for Boomer women to help them through the long-term care planning process, www.aarp.org/decide.Good luck.
Medicare Coverage : Unfortunately, I have not had an opportunity to read either book being reviewed today but I plan to. I am beginning to research alternatives for in-home care and assisted living care for my mother who lives with me and is now 81. She thinks we should check out what Medicare may cover in terms of in-home care. Do any of you have any knowledge of what may be covered?
Elinor Ginzler: For that matter, Medicare does not cover assisted-living either.
Paula Span: Of course, with nursing homes costing an average $6000 a month or so, it's all too easy for an older person who's saved all her life to become poor. Here, when old people need help, they and their families are pretty much on their own until they become impoverished. I need to fund my own long term care.
Budgeting when one person is self-employed: Michelle, this is off today's topic, but I'm hoping you'll help. My husband is self-employed, and his income is erratic. Some months he'll have big paydays, others are really light. My income covers almost all our expenses, but we still need his for a few. Right now, we just bank what he brings in and draw it down a little each month. Are we on the right track?
Michelle Singletary: You are on the right track. Just a few things. First please, please make sure you are paying your quarterly taxes and on time. You are right to bank the big checks and the little checks and pull from them what you need every month. What typically happens with people with uneven money every month is that in the big check months they spend it all, without saving some to even ou the months when the money is low. Hopefully, you can bank enough so that throughout the year so that the months with the larger money is used to offset the low-earning months, with some leftover to carry into the next year to start the process all over.
Quick Riches: I love my job, so I would keep working, but it would be nice to:1) Pay off my student loans and mortgage.2) Pay off my parent's mortgage and my brother's mortgage.3) Set up retirement trusts for myself and my wife, as well as our immediate family members.4) Set aside enough a fund to comfortably cover vacations, new vehicles, etc..5) Donate, donate, donate.
Michelle Singletary: Sounds like you've given this a lot of thought. Just be careful about paying off stuff for people if they aren't good money managers. Often that means they see all this extra money and go on a spending spree putting themselves in debt.
Parents and money: My mother simply will not have any conversations about this stuff, even though she's in poor health. I talked to a geriatric care manager who told me that as long as she's competent, she's entitled to refuse to discuss it with me. I'm at my wit's end. How am I supposed to prepare myself for the time when she needs my help when she won't cooperate? It's like she wants me to help her, but when I offer my help, she turns it down.
Elinor Ginzler: Here are a couple of "tricks" you might try to open up the conversation. An example would be, "Mom, I'm so worried that I won't be able to help you when you need it because I don't know enough about your financial situation." AARP the Magazine often covers the unfortunate story of an older person being financially exploited. Again, come at this from a caring perspective and urge her to see your interest as a way for her to stay in control in the future if you need to make decisions on her behalf.
Michelle Singletary: I very much agree with Elinor. We had to take it slow and my husband and I used that I strategy a lot. And it worked! There are still a lot of issues but so much better when we didn't have any information at all.
Free information from the National Institute on Aging: Michelle, I wanted to point out that there's some great FREE information from the National Institute on Aging. There is even a whole section on Planning & Decision making, covering topics like end-of-life issues, saving for retirement, choosing a facility, and long-distance caregiving. Oh, and did I mention that they're FREE?
Elinor Ginzler: AARP is also a great source of information, articles, checklists and tools to help you, www.aarp.org/caregiving.
Back to School: My husband is going to law school this fall and while he did get a scholarship, it will not completely pay for his education. We will have to take out some loans. He will be going to school full time and not earning an income. We have saved enough money to pay our mortage for the school year and I earn enough to pay our other bills, but that is it. We will not be able to save for the mortgage next year. I am already cutting out everything we do not need--well, really trying! Do you have any recommendations besides taking out student loans for our mortgage? We cannot sell or refinance our house because it is underwater. Thank you for any advice you can offer!
Michelle Singletary: Certainly don't take out loans to pay on a loan. Just a deeper hole.Keep doing what you're doing and think out of the box. Can you take in a boarder to help with the mortgage. Can your hubby get a nighttime job even for a few hours to help. Just continue to do what you can to avoid piling on debt because I will tell you there are a lot of attorneys who piled on a lot of student loan debt and are finding they aren't earning the big salaries they had hoped for.
Wife's Student Loan Debt: I have no student debt from college but my wife, who just finished law school, has sizable debt. I also have much better credit than her. I'm considering cosigning her loan to get a better rate and allow for more flexibility but what will happen if we get divorced? I know i'll still be responsible as a cosigner but would I be able to receive compensation for absorbing her debt?
Michelle Singletary: Nope. No compenstation unless you try to get some form of alimony or whatever.Basically you co-sign, you get divorced, still your debt.But why so negative? You aren't helping her, you are helping the two of YOU!
Caring for elderly parents: Michelle,I am 44 and currently reside with my mother of 82. She has battled shingles and is coping with arm pain receiving PT up to 3x a week. One of the things I notice is that she will tell me things that happened either from a phone call to watching TV days ago and will repeat some things too. Is this normal for elderly to talk out loud just to hear themselves?
Paula Span: Is your concern that she may be showing signs of memory loss or some other kind of cognitive impairment? We take our children to pediatricians because we understand that their bodies function differently from adults', but we don't have nearly enough geriatricians who specialize in the way older adults' bodies and brains behave. The elderly metabolize both prescription and over the counter drugs (and alcohol, too) differently from younger adults. If it's her mental state that's worrying you, a neurologist or memory center might be the way to go.She's lucky that you are keeping an eye on her and noticing what might seem subtle or unimportant changes.
long-term care insurance: What's the right age to start looking into long-term care insurance? I'm in my early 40s.
Paula Span: Tricky question, because costs are lower in your 40's than they will be later -- but you are paying those lower costs for more years.But you're smart to think ahead, because if you start developing serious health problems, many insurers will no longer sell you a policy, at least not at rates you can afford. If you know you have a family history of diabetes or heart disease, you might err on the earlier side. And my policy also allows me to buy additional coverage at pre-set ages -- 60, 65 and 70, I think -- so I can pay less at first and then more later.
In Home Care: My mom wants to stay at home as long as possible but needs extra care. We are looking at hiring a caregiver. Any suggestions?
Elinor Ginzler: AARP has information on both.For help, check out www.aarp.org/relationships/caregiving/info-02-2010/choosing_a_home_care_worker.html
Elder Care from Far Away: My parents are currently in their early 70s and very healthy for their ages. Geographically I am the closest of their 2 children but I am still 9 hours away. My parents have never discussed their finances with me, other than to let me know where the important paperwork is located and who I should call in the event of a tragedy that takes them both at the same time. How do I start a conversation that helps me understand the plans they've made for themselves and their expectations of me and my brother, given how far away we both live? Running down for frequent visits just isn't practical or possible, but I anticipate significant resistance to any suggestions that they move closer. I remember having this problem with my grandmother years ago and I'm hoping my parents won't be as stubborn as she was, because it really damaged our entire family.
Elinor Ginzler: Good luck.
Mortgage Payoff Success!: Michelle, I've been reading you for years and I had to write and tell you that I am paying off my mortgage TODAY, almost exactly 10 years after purchase!Here is how we did it:(1) We were lucky that we had no previous debt. My parents paid for my education.(2) I was in grad school when we were first married, receiving tuition and a modest stipend. When I graduated and got a job, we didn't increase our standard of living very much. This enabled us to save, me to take a year off without pay when our 3rd child was born and my husband to stay home or work part-time after that.(3) We are lucky in that my current job, which I love, is in a delightful part of the country that is not crazy expensive. We bought a nice house, probably not the most expensive we could have qualified for.(4) We put down 20% and prepaid quite a bit, based on the savings and living-below-income described above.(5) My very frugal dad died at age 70 in 2008, and I inherited a bit more than my annual salary. I miss him, but I learned from his financial prudence growing up, and I'm benefitting from it now as this windfall is enabling us to finish the mortgage debt.Our only other debt is a no-interest car loan with 16 months to go. I plan to save what we were paying.Frugal in New England..
Michelle Singletary: I love debt-free stories.Congrats to you!!!!! debt. I'll read your stories during future video chats. So send them my way via this chat today or to my e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com. Please let me know where you live.
This is so timely!: My dad is 75 and has heart problems. He is currently living in Central America and has friends and a housekeeper checking in on him. He has basically no money, due to years of mismanagement and irresponsibility. I know there will soon be a day when he can no longer take care of himself. Frankly, I'm having a hard time coming to terms with that. We do not have a close relationship. He was abusive in the past, and has spent most of my adult years being very self-involved and rude. Or stealing my sibling's credit cards and ruining her credit. Or criticizing me and being rude to my fiance. Having him in my household would severely damage my relationship with my fiance, but I can't afford to put him up anywhere.What should I do? He is a member of a Native American tribe that would take care of him on the reservation, but he refuses to move there. And why do I feel like such a terrible person?
Paula Span: I think understanding our limitations is key to taking care of our parents, especially if they're resistant, far away (let alone on another continent!), and impoverished. Mental health agencies who offer therapy on a sliding cost scale might be a good investment, too -- for yourself, because you are suffering from a lot of competing demands with not a lot of obvious solutions. It's a lot to shoulder.
Paula Span: Good luck to us all (my own dad is 87 and doing okay for now, but every time the phone rings before 8 a.m. I wonder, is this the call?) with these complicated questions.
Michelle Singletary:


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"I love working with patients and doing my job"
What do you like about working at Downtown Dental?
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Women and HIV/AIDS...men. However, as the years passed, women have emerged asanother group hard hit by the AIDS epidemic. Even though more men than womenstill have HIV in the US, women are catching up. In some countries, HIV+ womenoutnumber HIV+ men. The proportion... Read more »
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Back in March, nationally-syndicated radio host Jason Lewis headlined a townhall meeting of conservatives in St. Cloud, Minn.
Given his celebrity among the right, Lewis regularly makes appearances at such events.
But it was unusual that the townhall was sponsored, organized and advertised by the Freedom Club, a political organization that has long maintained a relatively low profile while spending more than $1.8 million in 2012 to help Republican candidates win office.
"It was sort of a meeting of the minds," Lewis said, describing the event, which cost $5 to get in. "The idea was to get more people involved."
In recent months, the Freedom Club has stepped up its visibility at a time when Minnesota Republicans are in the minority and more conservative groups are cropping up to play a role in the 2014 elections.
The townhall was a new concept, said Freedom Club Executive Director Mike Scholl. He expects the Freedom Club to host more events like the St. Cloud meeting.
"I think one of the main reasons to have a bit more of a public presence is because there are people across the state of Minnesota that share the same values as the Freedom Club," he said. "So we want to let them know this organization is in existence, that we do share these beliefs, these values, here's an organization you can get involved with."
Scholl said the Freedom Club wants more people to know that the group represents a conservative brand of politics that supports small government, lower taxes, and legislation that would make union membership voluntary, among other things.
Earlier this year, the Freedom Club created a Facebook page. And it recently overhauled its website, where it advertises upcoming events (a luncheon with Republican Party of Minnesota Chair Keith Downey next week), outlines the requirements and cost of membership (between $3,000 and $7,000), solicits donations of any size (Scholl said the group is trying to find money "wherever we can get it") and lists members of its board.
In the past, that information wasn't always easy to find.
Indeed, the group has traditionally played a quiet but influential role in shaping Minnesota politics, relying on a relatively short list of generous business owners for donations and spending hundreds of thousands on state races.
The same can be said for Robert Cummins, a Plymouth-area businessman who helped start the group and serves as a major benefactor. Between 2011 and 2012, the Freedom Club received nearly $1.9 million in contributions, with roughly $1.4 million coming from Cummins and his wife. But otherwise, Cummins steers clear of the spotlight.
The group had enormous success in 2010, when it spent more than $874,000 from its political action committee to help Republican legislative candidates take control of the state Capitol. In 2012, the Freedom Club had less luck. It spent nearly $2 million, but the Legislature ended up controlled by the DFL.
Scholl attributes those losses to an array of factors, pointing out that Republicans had a bad year nationally and locally.
"I think it's a combination of the data that the state PAC has and folks on the right have, the candidates, the environment, what was happening down ticket, what was happening across the country," he said. "I think the biggest lesson learned is that in a presidential year in Minnesota, you have a higher turnout and it often helps the Democrats and the groups on the left."
But he also said that there are a few things the Freedom Club could be doing better. Voter identification is one area where Scholl hopes to spend more in 2014.
At this point, the group hasn't decided which 2014 races it will play in. That's left up to members of the group, Scholl said, though the legislative, gubernatorial and congressional races are all on the table.
And unlike in 2011, during Gov. Mark Dayton's first term, the Freedom Club has decided not to spend its money on television issue ads this year. It's not worth the money when the governor's office and the Legislature are controlled by the same party, Scholl said.
Instead, the group is waiting to see the effects of the DFL's proposed budget and tax increases.
"Is it better to draw attention now before the policies are enacted? Or is it better to wait to actually get some of the effects, and then you can say, 'well, look what's happening,'" Scholl said.


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The shopworn term paradigm shift is nowhere more apposite than in today's art market, where the ascendance of auction houses has transformed the way major art is valued, bought, and—most importantly—sold. While sales of marginal and mid-tier works in every category have continued to languish, the activity at the pinnacle of the marketplace demonstrates that, now more than ever before, demand for masterpieces far outstrips supply. While dealer and private-treaty sales still account for the bulk of the transactions, the deep reach that Sotheby's has into such important categories as contemporary art and antiquities has enabled the firm to secure the best pieces, repeatedly break records, and ultimately define the market.
Last year, two particularly impressive works were sold from the Sotheby's podium. The auction house's Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale in May 2012 made history when Edvard Munch's The Scream established a new world record for any work of art sold at auction. In a mere 12 minutes, eight bidders were reduced to one, as the New York financier Leon Black purchased the drawing over the phone for $119.9 million. One of four versions of the celebrated image that Munch rendered in different media, the pastel on board—still in the artist's original frame—was executed in 1895, the same year that Munch created a lithographic edition. The following December, at the house's Old Master & British Paintings Evening Sale, a Renaissance masterpiece by Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, better known as Raphael, fetched nearly three times the estimate. The auxiliary cartoon forthe Head of a Young Apostle—a preparatory study in black chalk for the artist's Transfiguration—came from the Duke of Devonshire's collection and achieved the highest price for a Raphael artwork sold at auction, $47.8 million.
Both blockbuster sales support the theory that putting the most rare and desirable art in a room with the most discriminating and qualified bidders is a formula for success. Sotheby's has mastered this strategy.
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Game 26 Lineups: Can Jon Lester Help Red Sox Sweep the Blue Jays?
After taking the first two games of a three-game series in Toronto, the Boston Red Sox once again have the chance to get back to .500 today. The last time the team was even was on April 4 at 2-2. That being said, they have yet to put together a three-game win streak this season, though things have certainly looked better as of late.
After a disappointing 5-9 start, the Red Sox are 7-4 since April 16, which is tied for the 2nd-best record in the American League in that span. With a strong showing so far against the Blue Jays, perhaps Boston is finally kicking aside the World Series hangover.
Here are the lineups for today's game, with David Ortiz sitting and yesterday's grand slammer AJ Pierzynski filling in at DH, as the Red Sox go for their first sweep of 2014:
1. Dustin Pedroia (R) 2B
2. Grady Sizemore (L) LF
3. Mike Napoli (R) 1B
4. A.J. Pierzynski (L) DH
5. Will Middlebrooks (R) 3B
6. Jonny Gomes (R) RF
7. Xander Bogaerts (R) SS
8. Jackie Bradley Jr. (L) CF
9. David Ross (R) C
SP: Jon Lester (LHP) (2-3, 2.67 ERA)
1. Jose Reyes (S) SS
2. Melky Cabrera (S) LF
3. Jose Bautista (R) CF
4. Edwin Encarnacion (R) 1B
5. Brett Lawrie (R) 3B
6. Juan Francisco (L) DH
7. Moises Sierra (R) RF
8. Josh Thole (L) C
9. Jonathan Diaz (R) 2B
SP: R.A. Dickey (RHP) (1-3, 5.90 ERA)
Game time: 1:07 p.m.
Location: Rogers Centre, Toronto
TV/Radio: NESN / WEEI (93.7 FM), WCEC 1490 AM


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Senior pitcher Josh McCauley (Mercersburg, PA/James Buchanan) of the Shepherd University baseball team has been drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 21st round of the Major League Baseball draft.
Nathan Minnich, from Shepherd University, is the DII 2012 National Player of the Year. Minnich is a senior, 1B/DH, for the Rams. The senior from Waynesboro, PA, led the nation with a batting average of .500, OBP of .647, and Slugging percentage of 1.037. He was second in the nation in HR, with 21; 5th in RBI - 66.
Matt McCarty
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Matt McCarty is in his third year as the head baseball coach of Shepherd University after being named as the interim head baseball coach in September 2012 and elevated to head baseball coach in July 2013.
McCarty has been a staple in Shepherd baseball dating back to his playing days for Rams in 2008-09. During his time as a player, assistant coach and head coach, McCarty has been a part of 198 Ram victories. Along with being the program's head coach, McCarty serves as the pitching coach for a staff that has experienced ample amounts of success in the past years. Since shifting to pitching coach duties in 2012, the team's ERA has progressively dropped, with a team ERA of 4.49 in 2013 and a 3.51 ERA in 2014. While coaching at Shepherd, McCarty has coached 31 All-Conference performers, 16 All-Region performers, and nine All-Americans.
Anthony Jackson
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Anthony Jackson enters his fifth season as an assistant coach at Shepherd University.
Jackson experienced a highly-successful playing career at Shepherd in 2009-10. During his time as a player for the Rams, Jackson was a two-time All-Conference performer and was a key component for the 2009 Atlantic Regional team.
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Entering his second season as the pitching coach for Shepherd University, Paul Hvozdovic's primary responsibilities include oversight and development of the Ram pitching staff.
In 2012, Hvozdovic set Shepherd's single-season pitching records for games started in a season (17) and innings pitched (108.2). He helped lead the Rams to their fifth WVIAC title by closing the final three innings of the WVIAC championship game. Hvozdovic was a First Team All-WVIAC selection.


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JERUSALEM (Jul. 16)
In the face of Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion's insistence to the contrary, Israel's Cabinet today reaffirmed approval of a report made to the Cabinet last January 31, absolving Pinhas Lavon of responsibility for a "security mishap" in 1954.
The Knesset, Israel's Parliament, will hold another special meeting, to deal with the explosive Lavon issue. There were predictions today that all of the parties in the Knesset, except Mr. Ben-Gurion's Mapai Party, will form a coalition to reject the Prime Minister's efforts to nullify the findings of the earlier, seven-man ministerial committee that had cleared Mr. Lavon.
Mr. Ben-Gurion had already told a special meeting of the Knesset, which is in recess pending the scheduled August 15 elections, that he considers that the ministerial committee "exceeded its terms of reference and usurped a juridical prerogative." But Justice Minister Pinhas Rosen countered with a vigorous denial of Mr. Ben-Gurion's charge.
Prior to the vote in the Cabinet today, Mr. Ben-Gurion explained his "irrevocable" stand which had led to his resignation and the subsequent fall of the Government. That step, in turn, was followed by the dissolution of the Government, and the necessity of new elections. Meanwhile, Mr. Lavon had been ousted from his post as secretary-general of Histadrut, Israel's Federation of Labor.
Israel has been governed by a caretaker government since Mr. Ben-Gurion's resignation which followed a Cabinet decision to uphold the ministerial committee's findings. Mr. Rosen had been chairman of that committee.
Mr. Rosen rejected particularly Mr. Ben-Gurion's claim that, by clearing Lavon of a charge that as Defense Minister in 1954 he gave the order which led to the security disaster, the committee in effect "convicted" a senior army officer for the mishap.
Mr. Rosen retorted that, if the Prime Minister wanted to find out who actually gave the decisive order, he could have called the un-named senior officer to account under normal investigative procedures. If that had been done, the Justice Minister said, Lavon would have been obliged to testify.
The Justice Minister also charged that the Prime Minister's complaint about the lack of validity of the committee's findings on procedural grounds was not made when the committee was set up and began its investigations, but only after the committee brought in a report which the Prime Minister found distasteful.
At today's Cabinet meeting, the Government was also criticized for the manner in which it announced the launching of its meteorological rocket, Shavit-II. The Cabinet decided that, in the future, reports on experiments of international significance be submitted first to a ministerial committee for approval prior to public announcement.
Today's session of the Cabinet also approved a series of recommendations by a special committee which examined proposals restricting Government sales of arms to foreign countries. One clause in the new recommendations would ban re-sale of Israeli arms to a third party, if the nation buying the arms from the one that had purchased from Israel would use such weapons to maintain a colonial regime.
This rule was proposed as a result of recent reports–denied both here and at Bonn–that West Germany had re-sold to Portugal a large quantity of Israel-made Uzzi submachine-guns. Portugal, according to that report, was said to have used the Israeli-originated weapons against the independence movement in Angola, Africa.
During that discussion, Foreign Minister Golda Meir explained that, in all previous arms sales, her Ministry was consulted. Where there was "the slightest doubt" about such a proposed deal, she said, the Foreign Ministry's veto of such a deal was always accepted "without question."


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We might look young, but actually we're fifty years old! Lots of things about our society have changed in that period, and we've obviously had to move with the times – but our basic mission hasn't changed. We're as focussed on young people's mental health and wellbeing today as we were when we first opened our doors in 1965.
— To support young people to empower and intellectually defend themselves through the provision of mental health services and development work.
— To promote positive mental health and the resilience of all young people.
— To challenge the wider social and structural inequalities that lead to poorer mental health and life chances.
— We believe all young people, irrespective of their social, economic and/or cultural background, have the right to accessible, free, meaningful, therapeutic support.
— We believe in the value of this support socially and politically and for the need to advocate for its provision and for the mental health and well-being of children and young people more generally.
— We believe young people are best placed to articulate their wants and needs from our services and that they should participate in all areas of our work.
— We believe young people have a right to be heard in wider society and that much of what they experience emotionally and psychologically as individuals, they have a shared political interest in challenging collectively.
OTR opened its doors in 1965 and can justifiably claim to be one of the oldest established young people's counselling services in the country.
The Year was 1965
OTR began life a combined initiative between the Bristol Association of Youth Clubs and Bristol Marriage and Family Guidance Council.
In the course of their work in youth clubs and schools, both organisations were aware of the considerable numbers of young people for whom counselling would be appropriate. In the absence of a service that was free, confidential, and targeted specifically at young people, Off the Record (Bristol) was born.
The Year was 1975
In 1975 we moved away from the Marriage Guidance Council in Clifton, and into dedicated premises on Pipe Lane, opposite Colston Hall.
The Year was 1981
In January 1981 we moved into our current base at the foot of St Michael's Hill, in the Kingsdown area of the city.
The Year was 1996
The service developed and steadily evolved until the Summer of 1996, when despite the best efforts of staff, volunteers and trustees, OTR closed for several months due to a lack of funding. Thanks to the campaigning efforts of a small number of trustees and volunteers, we re-opened six months later.
As we hit fifty, OTR has never been in better shape. Over 2000 young people access us for support each year, and we've a wide range of services and projects delivered from a variety of venues across Bristol and South Gloucestershire.
Lots of things have changed; the issues young people bring, the funders, the city! Fundamentally though we're still offering local young people the same thing - free, confidential, support for young people aged 11-25 that doesn't rely on an adult referral.


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With Time to Fill, Media Stretch Limits
By Howard Kurtz
But in the computer-driven culture of the '90s, Newsweek simply resurrected its piece on the latest Bill Clinton sex scandal by posting it online and putting its people on television. In the space of 14 hours, Newsweek's Michael Isikoff, author of the suppressed article, appeared on "NBC Nightly News," "The News With Brian Williams," "Today" and "Imus in the Morning."
Today's news consumer enjoys a dizzying array of choices that would have been unimaginable even a decade ago. Without leaving the living room in recent days, a news junkie could watch Clinton's interview with Jim Lehrer, carried live by the major networks; Mike McCurry's White House briefings on three cable networks (or read the transcript on the Internet); rapid-fire news conferences by Kenneth Starr, Vernon Jordan and Paula Jones's lawyer; Monica Lewinsky's lawyer on "Good Morning America"; and former Clinton aides George Stephanopoulos, Dee Dee Myers and David Gergen on various chat shows. The dedicated scandal-watcher could also hear Internet gossip columnist Matt Drudge on Mary Matalin's radio show or read his scandal updates on the World Wide Web.
All this is nothing short of a revolution in the way Americans get information and the way that news stories, particularly mega-stories, are driven and shaped by technology. The upside is that folks can get the raw facts and watch the players in real time without the filtering mechanisms of the mainstream press. But it also creates an echo-chamber effect that can be deafening, boosting each scandal or tragedy into the O.J./Diana stratosphere of blanket coverage -- and sometimes outracing the available facts.
Of course, the investigation into whether Clinton had an affair with former intern Lewinsky and urged her to lie about it has both the titillation factor and the political gravity to span the media spectrum.
In a nation of channel-surfers, the sex scandal is everywhere, hour after allegation-filled hour:
Gergen on MSNBC's "The Big Show": "This is either the most self-destructive act we have seen by any president or the worst smear of any president in the 20th century."
Geraldo Rivera on his CNBC show: "Scandalous allegations of such immense proportions that they could conceivably unravel the Clinton presidency."
Myers on "Today": "This is a situation that is completely out of control."
Newsweek's Evan Thomas on "Larry King Live": "You can tell from listening to the tape that Lewinsky is a scared, angst-ridden young woman."
Stephanopoulos on "Good Morning America": "It's hard to explain why you're sending a dress to an intern."
The Internet is also abuzz. In the online magazine Salon, author Camille Paglia describes the White House as "Animal House" and asserts of Clinton that "the objects of his carnality" are "slutty types."
On the Web's American Politics Journal, the editors critiqued ABC's Sam Donaldson for his reportorial style as soon as he had finished asking the questions: "Donaldson's voice quavered almost in a combination of fear and rage as he attempted to get McCurry to somehow finger the president -- his boss -- for not denying the Lewinsky affair in exactly the words that Donaldson thought would be most appropriate."
The freewheeling, unrestrained nature of this round-the-clock media culture opens the floodgates to all sorts of assertions and innuendo. Drudge, for example, said on Matalin's CBS radio show that Lewinsky had told her friend, former White House aide Linda Tripp, that she had saved an item of clothing that would incriminate Clinton. That sort of uncorroborated allegation would not usually be reported by a major news organization -- but ABC's "World News Tonight" broadcast it yesterday, citing its own sources. It is now "out there," along with all the other scandal-related chatter.
Missed Drudge on the radio? He'll be on "Meet the Press" tomorrow.
On CNBC's "Equal Time," conservative columnist Arianna Huffington spun her theory about the widow of Larry Lawrence, the former ambassador who was exhumed from Arlington National Cemetery for fabricating a military record. "I've come to the conclusion -- we're not there yet in terms of proving it -- that Sheila Lawrence has had an affair with the president and that her husband was aware of it and used that to pressure the president and get his nomination," she said.
Lawrence's response, fittingly enough, was carried on another talk show. "Outrageous and scandalous lies," she was quoted as saying on Fox News Channel's "Hannity & Colmes."
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text: LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Southern California offensive coordinator Norm Chow has accepted the same job with the Tennessee Titans, the Los Angeles Times reported on its Web site Tuesday night. "I'm fired up - it's an exciting opportunity to get into the highest level of football," Chow told the newspaper. "But my family is very, very sad to leave USC because it's been such a great run." Chow, 58, replaces Mike Heimerdinger, who was hired as the New York Jets' offensive coordinator last month. Tennessee coach Jeff Fisher, a USC alumnus, also interviewed assistant head coach George Henshaw and quarterbacks coach Craig Johnson from his own staff. Fisher was expected to announce Chow's hiring in Nashville on Wednesday, the Times said. Chow will earn nearly $1 million annually plus incentives. It is his first job in pro football after 32 seasons at Brigham Young, North Carolina State and USC. "They're taking a chance on a college guy, and I'm grateful for that," he said. Chow joined USC in 2001 and helped the team win two consecutive national championships. He also tutored Heisman Trophy winners Carson Palmer and Matt Leinart. At Brigham Young, Chow worked with quarterbacks such as Heisman Trophy winner Ty Detmer, NFL star Steve Young and Chicago Bears QB Jim McMahon - a former teammate of Fisher's. USC's Chow to become Titans OC


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For several months, the North Carolina Senate and House have considered competing tax reform proposals. On Monday, June 10, the House passed HB 998
North Carolina's franchise tax has been criticized as complicated and difficult to understand. The taxpayer must make three separate computations in
The Court of Appeals has affirmed in part and reversed in part the decision of the North Carolina Business Court in Delhaize America, Inc. v. Lay (lower court decision: 2011 NCBC 2 (Jan. 12, 2011
This North Carolina corporate income tax alert discusses developments from the recently concluded short session of the General Assembly
The Revenue Laws Study Committee met on November 2 to review the status of recent legislation dealing with the Department of Revenue's authority to require corporations to file combined corporate income tax returns ("forced combination") and make other discretionary adjustments
In a case decided on August 2, 2011, In re Appeal of Blue Ridge Mall LLC, No. COA10-1487, the Court of Appeals, in affirming the decision of the North Carolina Property Tax Commission ("PTC") lowering the assessed value of a regional mall, comprehensively summarized the law of North Carolina relating to the assessment of income producing properties, the burden of production and proof, and the review of a PTC decision by an appellate court under a whole record review
North Carolina allows certain items to be excluded from the capital base for purposes of calculating the franchise tax
For the past six years, corporate taxpayers have been battling attempts by the North Carolina Department of Revenue ("Department") to force combination of separate entity corporate tax returns, which has typically resulted in substantial corporate tax assessments
The reference to the Internal Revenue Code, which provides the starting point for determining North Carolina taxable income, has been updated to January 1, 2011
In January 2011, the North Carolina Business Court decided Delhaize America, Inc. v. Lay