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The Ultimate Golfer's Getaway
The little Horizon Air commuter plane, the third plane of the day on a trip that began in New York, begins its descent into the southern Oregon town of North Bend. In the final minutes of the flight down from Portland, the tiny passenger window frames the massive dune range of the Pacific Coast, a sight awe-inspiring even to those who were expecting it. It is enough to give a golfer the shivers. The linksland is calling, even from 10,000 feet.
At the tiny luggage bay of the tiny North Bend Airport, there are a disproportionate number of golf bags. Golfers from across the nation have been called to southern Oregon because America's linksland has called them. From Boston and Philadelphia and Dallas and Phoenix, from nearby Seattle and faraway Toronto, golfers with a love of the game in its most elemental and elegant form are finding their way to Bandon Dunes. It's a guy thing, mostly.
"I've made 11 trips in five years and I'll keep coming back," says Marty Weill, who works for a beer distribution company in Portland, Oregon. "It's a great place for guys, a great place to come with your friends, play golf, eat good, drink beer, smoke cigars. Most everybody who comes here is male. Nothing against the women. There are good women players who come here. But I look at it as a guy place. And I love playing links golf."
Playing links golf, real American links golf, is why tens of thousands of golfers a year are making the long journey to Bandon Dunes. With two courses playing across the truest of linksland and a newly opened third course that combines the links experience with Northwest-style parkland holes, Bandon Dunes has emerged as the destination de rigeur for the game's devotees.
"Who knew?" says Mike Keiser, the owner of the Bandon Dunes Golf Resort, sitting in its Tufted Puffin Lounge on a day he was playing host to 50 fellow Chicagoans who made the pilgrimage that morning on a chartered Airbus.
Oh, Keiser knew all right. The former Amherst College English major and Navy ordinance disposal officer found a niche in the greeting card market in 1971 when he, his wife, Lindy, and his college roommate Phil Friedmann founded Recycled Paper Greetings. The privately held company now sells more than 100 million greeting cards a year on recycled paper, which has cycled an awful lot of cash into Keiser's pocket and provided the means for him to fulfill his passion for golf.
In 1986, Keiser bought 60 acres of land in New Buffalo, Michigan, next to his summer retreat, to keep a developer from building houses on the tract. He then turned the Lake Michigan waterfront land into a nine-hole private club designed by Dick Nugent, certainly among the best nine-hole layouts ever built. His travels to Scotland and Ireland instilled in Keiser a deep desire to create a links-style course. Links golf is defined by its sandy soil and its proximity to the sea. A links course doesn't need to be smack up against the ocean, but its soil and topography have to be the product of it.
Keiser found that type of land in 1991 in southern Oregon just north of the artsy-craftsy town of Bandon-by-the-Sea. The rolling sandy terrain had a number of huge dunes and a vista of the Pacific. It had an overabundance of gorse, that evil, prickly, bushy shrub that is found on the great links in Europe, though never in this quantity. (Gorse caused fires that twice destroyed the town in the early twentieth century.) The land called out to Keiser, and he answered by buying it, eventually cobbling together about 3,000 acres.
Today, three courses lure visitors. Bandon Dunes, the original course, opened in 1999; Pacific Dunes opened in 2001; and Bandon Trails opened this past June. (And there's Keiser's own little private course, The Sheep Ranch.)
"This was Capitalism 101," says Keiser. "Build one; if they come and play it, then build another. I would have been happy with 10,000 rounds a year on Bandon Dunes. Now I've got 80,000 rounds a year on the first two courses and we have 20,000 reservations for the new course."
What Keiser has clearly done is touch the soul of American golf by connecting it to its Scottish heritage. He hired a 27-year-old Scotsman, David Macklay Kidd, as the architect of Bandon Dunes. He wanted as authentic a Scottish course as he could get. He contracted Tom Doak, the famed American minimalist architect, to build the Pacific Dunes course, which has more of an Irish links feel to it. He brought in Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw, whose classical work has received accolades, to design the Bandon Trails course. The courses were built using small machinery and a lot of handwork by local laborers and the architects themselves. Mike Keiser found Bandon Dunes, and his architects, with Keiser as the angel (or the devil) on their shoulders, found America's truest links experience.
It's also one of America's purest guy experiences, outside of more unusual pursuits such as cattle driving, monster-truck racing and alligator wrestling. "We certainly don't discourage women at all," says golf operations director and assistant general manager Matt Allen. "About 91 percent of our play is men, nine percent women. This is a golf resort. We don't have a pool, we don't have a spa, no tennis courts. You come here to play golf and then meet with friends in our restaurants and bars for the camaraderie. The men who play are rabid about the game. Those women who do come are very serious about it, too. And while we don't have a spa, we have two massage rooms that are kept pretty busy. It's mostly deep-tissue, golf-specific massage that keeps players going. In the better weather months we get a lot of players wanting to go 36 holes a day, and the availability of massage helps them with that."
Peter Smola and his sons Neil, 20, and Greg, 23, made the trek to Bandon Dunes from South Dartmouth, Massachusetts. They had been talking about a golf trip, one that was different from the previous family vacations. "We had been to Hilton Head, Myrtle Beach, and were looking for something different," says Peter Smola. "I was very intrigued by what I had been reading about Bandon Dunes. I saw it as a real golfer's thing, and it was a great experience. I was taken aback a bit by the rural-ness of it. The boys loved it, loved having the three of us together playing this kind of golf. I'm a sort of traditionalist anyway. We belong to the Plymouth Country Club, which is a Donald Ross course. I could play these courses over and over again."
You play the Bandon Dunes courses walking, either with a caddie, a trolley or the bag slung over your shoulder. There are no carts, but there is likely the biggest caddie pool in the country and possibly the world, more than 300 of them now that the new course is open. Most of the caddies come from the surrounding area and some migrate from out of state. At about $75 per bag and two loops a day, there is some decent money to be made. "When you go to Scotland or Ireland, where the old links courses really don't have carts, you realize how much walking is part of the whole experience," says Keiser. "I personally think the experience of playing with a caddie is a great one and is so much a part of the traditional game."
There's no question, from the starter's orders on the first tee, that you are playing the traditional game.
"We'd like to maintain a pace of play at four hours and ten minutes," he'll say.
"We'd like you to play ready golf. Two balls in the air at the same time is OK," he'll say.
"You might see a player ahead of you rolling his trolley across the green or a tee. That's OK," he'll say.
The first course you should play is Bandon Dunes. Kidd, its designer, is the son of the greenskeeper at the Gleneagles Golf Club in Scotland. If you have any experience playing links golf in the old country, then you will immediately feel at home. It has the look, the shape and the feel of links golf, and is the kind of course that is found rather than created. Its Scottish look is enhanced by the use of stacked sod bunker faces. There is very little exposed sand on the course.
After an inland opening three holes, the course dives for the ocean on the par-4 fourth hole, perfectly routed through low dune ridges to a green that's a balcony to the Pacific. The long par-4 fifth plays along the cliff line to the north, the tee shot needing to negotiate a series of bunkers that pock the fairway. The second shot is to a narrow green in an amphitheater created by surrounding dunes with thickets of gorse menacing the wayward shot. With the wind fresh off the Pacific, there's a sense of arrival on the fifth hole, that while there is still a lot of golf to be played, the long journey to get to Bandon has been worth every minute.
If the course hasn't captivated you by the time you've completed the 15th hole, the 16th should give you a goose bump or two. From the back tee this hole is only 363 yards, yet it demands the most exacting tee shot on the course, a carry across a weedy, sandy wall to an angled fairway seemingly the width of a paper airplane. Once that shot has been executed, the second is a pitch to a green high above the Pacific. With the usual winds influencing the shot, it's anything but easy, even from less than 100 yards. All the best attributes of links golf are wound into this one small, dramatic par 4. It's rather disappointing that the course finishes on two holes that carry you away from the sea. The par-4 17th is challenging, but the par-5 18th is rather routine and appears to be only a means to get you back to the clubhouse.
Doak's Pacific Dunes course has a different look and somewhat more dramatic dunes and elevation changes, along with a quirkier routing. The bunkering at Pacific Dunes is flashed and dished, exposing a lot of sand, and there is plenty of exposed sand in waste areas and dunes. The front nine has one par 3 and one par 5, while the back nine has four par 3s and three par 5s. Pacific Dunes is a shorter course than Bandon, but tends to be more penal and the greenside bunkering downright devilish. The back-to-back par-3 10th and 11th holes are a stern test in the wind, and the par-4 13th running north along the ocean holds great beauty and great challenge. Unlike Bandon Dunes, the par-5 18th at Pacific holds considerably more interest, with a huge dune bunker on the left threatening the tee shot. The approach to the green, be it from long distance with a fairway wood or pitching distance, is classically links. The green slopes away from the player and chances are anything that lands on the green will roll off the back. A shot that finds the belt-width-wide right greenside bunker may not yield a shot that can be played onto the green.
The new Bandon Trails course begins with three superb holes: a par 4 into dune land, a par 3 that starts the journey into the parkland, and a par 5 that completes the transition into forested and meadow areas. You won't likely forget the tee shot on the par-3 17th to a green pinched on either side by gnarly bunkering. This is one scary shot in heavy crosswinds.
"Bandon is certainly a different sort of golf than we are used to playing," says Peter Smola. "My expectation was for it to be beautiful, and it was. While it's called a resort, it's definitely not resort golf. It's not that we didn't enjoy walking and playing either, but I thought maybe it was just a little pretentious in that regard, that somehow the only real golf experience is a walking one. But the bottom line is that we enjoyed it both from the playing perspective and the fact we could have this father-son trip together. It's a very good place in that regard."
Bandon also appeals to golfers who are already familiar with links courses. Jack Makoujy, a clothing importer in New York, has played a lot of golf in a lot of places, including Scotland and Ireland. Makoujy played at Bandon Dunes in April, and soon after made a reservation for June 2006 for himself and seven golf buddies. They will play their own tournament for four days, with the possibility that a few dollars will change hands. He's sure that everyone will have a good time. "If you love golf, good food and a soft bed, and don't feel like taking out a mortgage to be there, Bandon is just a heck of a place," says Makoujy.
The gathering of the clan does not stop after a 19th-hole layover for a few adult beverages. Most of the golfers stay in one of Bandon's accommodations, either in the main lodge or in luxe cabin-style housing. The Chrome Lake, Lily Pond Rooms and brand-new Grove Cottage accommodations are cabin-style and decidedly masculine in decor, though they should not be off-putting to female guests. Chrome Lake even features dual bathrooms, even for the one-bedrooms, on the theory that two golfers can get ready in a hurry for their morning round and get ready for dinner later.
There are a number of dining and gathering options. The Gallery Restaurant and Tufted Puffin Lounge are in the main lodge, as is the Bunker Bar in the basement. A 50-yard walk away is McKee's Pub, meant to evoke the sense of an old-world pub, with Guinness on tap and plenty of sports on television. Excellent cigar smoking areas are also available. The patio outside of McKee's Pub has tables and chairs and an ever-aflame wood-burning fireplace. The Bunker Bar, since it serves only alcohol, allows smoking. It has a small selection of cigars (Macanudo, Partagas, Cohiba), single-malt Scotches, microbrewery beers and a pool table. It's where Marty Weill and his buddies like to hang out. "Now this is a guy kind of place," says Weill, holding a freshly drawn glass of Widmer's, a microbrewery beer that he also happens to distribute.
Weill has also just had one of his favorite Bandon Dunes meals at McKee's Pub—Grandma Thayer's Meatloaf. Meatloaf, being a guy kind of food, is very popular. It's on all the menus at the resort, along with the usual assortment of steaks, lamb and salmon. The resort's wine expert, Phil Sabol, has put together a substantial list, heavy on reds, that includes some of Oregon's dynamite Pinot Noir. Under "Phil's Special Selections" you can find Domaine Serene "Grace" Pinot Noir, Plumpjack Reserve Cabernet and enough Opus One to sate any appetite. "It wouldn't be unusual here to see someone having a bottle of Opus One with Grandma's Meatloaf," says resort manager Hank Hichox.
The open-pit fireplace at the new Bandon Trails resort should become a favorite gathering place, and soon. Set away from the clubhouse restaurant, the covered deck has clear plastic glass to protect it from the winds and a great view out across the course to the ocean. Plenty of microbrews and cigars will be consumed at this precious spot.
For those who just can't get enough of the game, who genuinely want to work on it from dusk until dawn, Bandon Dunes has a 32-acre practice facility where you get a bucket of balls or two or three by striping your room card through a slot on the ball machine. Target greens exist for every length of shot and a one-acre practice green mimics the humps and bumps of the greens on the courses, but runs much slower than them. It can also be tough practicing in the early morning, as the range faces east and the sun tends to burn right into your eyes.
Grant Rogers heads the instruction staff. After a couple of lessons, you might ask Rogers if he would take you fly-fishing. He's got a lot of tales to tell about that sport, too. Rogers' wife, Janet, is the resort's naturalist, and you might be able to arrange a very worthwhile nature walk with her through the dunes, meadows and forests. She's spotted a bobcat in the area, and there are loads of deer, some that wander the fairways.
If you have been in the game for any length of time, you will be struck by an eerie familiarity about Bandon Dunes. Every person you see you think you've seen before or think you know. A lot of logos are on parade, the occasional Augusta National yellow America popping out of a sweater or shirt. But more likely, the logos reflect a player's home club or home area or special destination. Ballybunion and St Andrews logos are seen here and there, along with Portrush and Dornoch, Portmarnock and Troon, Lahinch and Muirfield. Though you may be surrounded entirely by strangers at Bandon Dunes, that's only because you don't know their names. You do know their purpose, because they are there for the same reason that you are: to get to the heart of the game. You learn very quickly that regardless of handicap, these are real players at Bandon Dunes. A scratch player knows how to play in four hours and ten minutes, and so does a 20-handicapper.
Pebble Beach once was that kind of golf mecca. Real golfers made the journey to Pebble not only because it was a special seaside course, but because other real golfers played it. But as a U.S. Open venue and PGA Tour stop, Pebble Beach has evolved into more of a glamour destination, a real resort rather than merely a golf resort. There is the story of a convention of corn growers at the Lodge at Pebble Beach with 40 reserved tee times and 40 sets of rental clubs. Think about that.
Bandon Dunes is unlikely to have a corn growers convention or an auto dealers convention, or any convention, for that matter. It won't host a U.S. Open or a PGA Tour event. It will host the 2005 Pacific Coast Amateur, the 2006 Curtis Cup matches and the 2007 U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship. These are smaller tournaments for the connoisseurs of the game and so very appropriate to what Bandon Dunes is. Bandon Dunes is for golfers.
"There are far more avid golfers than I thought there were," says Keiser. "I assumed that it would be just about all men. I'm glad to see that we have women players here and they seem just as avid. We have built a facility for players, and despite the difficulty of getting here, they are coming. It's something to be very proud of." v
Jeff Williams is the golf columnist for Cigar Aficionado.


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Along with sophomores Andy Dalton, Colin Kaepernick and Christian Ponder, the rookies aspire for New Orleans, where the Super Bowl will be contested on Feb. 3.
Joe Flacco has never reached a Super Bowl, and two of the other veteran QBs who are still playing, Matt Ryan and Matt Schaub, are without playoff victories.
The Been There, Done That crowd numbers three: Tom Brady , Peyton Manning and Aaron Rodgers, who've all won the Lombardi Trophy. They and three other active quarterbacks – Ben Roethlisberger, Eli Manning and Drew Brees -- have collected the last nine Lombardis.
A Super Bowl newbie from the NFC, we foresee, will make it to New Orleans -- but he'll lift a gumbo spoon, not the trophy.
It'll be either Brady, 35, or Manning, 36, raising the silver football, assuming their old bodies haven't given out by then.
Having the best team helps, and with the 49ers weakened by recent injuries to Justin Smith and Mario Manningham, Manning's Broncos and Brady's Patriots have the most horsepower in the field.
The rookies will catch our eye, too.
The first weekend's most compelling matchup features Griffin III and Russell Wilson, in a D.C. duel that sure beats Obama-Boehner.
We deemed Griffin III the rookie of the year, though by only a sliver over Luck/Manning 2.0. But because the better defense is Seattle's, look for Wilson and the Seahawks to prevail on Sunday.
A few words about Wilson, who would've been my Rookie of the Year in many other seasons.
At 24 he's older than many NFL sophomores, among them Chargers lineman Corey Liuget, a 2011 draftee who's 17 months his junior.
If diversity of recent performance matters, Wilson is even further ahead of the rookie curve.
Only two winters ago he quarterbacked Philip Rivers U (North Carolina State) to a bowl victory over West Virginia, and was in Pasadena last January guiding Wisconsin to 38 points. Unfortunately for the Badgers, favored Oregon scored 45 to win the Rose Bowl, but the outing capped a 27-game stretch for Wilson in which he led two different schools to a total of 20 victories.
In those two years, he also played minor league baseball in either Washington state or North Carolina. Impressed more by his athletic intangibles than his baseball skill, the Colorado Rockies had paid him $250,000 after drafting him in 2010.
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This exercise adds DO to the settings of the previous exercise. However, you should approach it differently. This time, think of your framework as all notes of a major scale except TI. Always be able to sing SOL FA MI RE DO to fully ground the place of SOL relative to DO. Pause on MI if that helps. Use the sing along recordings as needed.
*Step four allows you to check if you are still accurate, and to fully internalize the sound before trying to apply the solfege.Skip steps four and six only after you are able to do them accurately on a consistent basis.
Scale Degree Ear Training develops a musician's ability to know each notes place relative to other notes in the scale employed. The tendency tones of a scale are the primary anchors for feeling scale degree function. These tendency tones have 'pull', especially when accompanied by specific underlying harmony (usually dominant resolving to tonic harmony). In such a context, the strongest pulling tendency tones of the major scale are at the half steps, with the 4th scale degree tends to resolve down by half-step to the 3rd scale degree, and the 7th tends to resolve up by half step to the tonic.
Scale Degree Ear Training is the cornerstone exercise of SonicFit. Read more about our pedagogy on our pedagogy page.
Musicians often use a mnemonic system to remember scale degrees of a scale. At SonicFit, we encourage using movable DO solfege. In this system, the first note of the scale is always DO, the second note RE, etc. Please see the lessons for full information on this.
When doing this exercise, you should be singing everything! Start by singing the scale on solfege. Next, sing prominent tendency tone resolutions, such as FA-MI, or TI-DO. Then sing the example played on a neutral syllable- like TA. Hold the first note and sing up the scale to find the first note. You might also try to hold the first note, then sing down the scale until you feel you've arrived at DO. Repeat this same action for the last note. Before you put in the answer, sing your choice on solfege and see if it feels right. After it is graded, sing the correct answer on solfege.
If you are taking a lot of time to answer the questions, you need to change the settings. Click on the settings button at the top, and select fewer notes. If these are easy for you, select more notes, add chromaticism and change keys. See the lessons for information on chromaticism.
Settings allow the user to adjust the material to match their skill level and pedagogical preferences. Settings include:
• select individual notes in the scale
• define the range and tessitura
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Zoya Nail Polish | SloaneSloane Rocks
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The way I see it, the Greater Niagara Ballet Co.'s production of "The Nutcracker" is split into three sections: beginning, middle and end.
Now, I'm sure that's not a revelation for those who've seen the show before, or for those about to watch it for the first time on Dec. 10-11.
But, what is newsworthy is the parallel between these three "Nutcracker" acts (shown in two parts), and the dancers bringing the classic fairy tale to the stage.
Call it life imitating art, or vice versa. Whatever the case, this year's performance is oddly similar to the reality behind the curtain.
Consider ...
In the Beginning ...
The beginning of "The Nutcracker" is new and exciting. On stage, a grand celebration is unfolding at the Stahlbaum home, and tricks and turns await partygoers around every corner. Parents and children, caught up in the celebration, break forth into dancing and games.
For Wheatfield's Kelly O'Neill and her daughters, Jessica and Lilianna Kinde, their first foray into "The Nutcracker" very much resembles this party scene. ... Which they're actually dancing in. ... So insert "Twilight Zone" music, I guess.
O'Neill, once a performer herself, said this experience is both nerve-wracking and exciting. She was somewhat caught off guard during her first rehearsal three weeks ago when the tricks and turns were, quite literally, tricks and turns.
"I stink really bad," she said then of her dancing.
Fortunately, the scene's celebratory mood has caught up with her -- as has Lilianna, who likes to sneak in hugs with her real mom when the pretend parents are called upon to offer refuge to their pretend children midway through the party.
O'Neill has now caught up with her steps, allowing her to break forth into her own bit of exhilaration.
"Everything can be fun," she says.
In the Middle ...
Now, in the middle of "The Nutcracker," Clara, having endured the loss of a beloved doll to her mischievous brother, defeats the evil Mouse King and is whisked away to a magical land. Once there, she's the center of a cavalcade of magical performers.
That's kind of what's happened to Olivia Duke and Lily Traver.
Minus the sword fights, of course.
The two dancers, splitting time as Clara, have given up their free time -- not to mention their toys -- and overcome stiff competition to land and perform the lead role in "The Nutcracker."
Olivia, almost 11, of Youngstown, and Lily, 9, of LaSalle, worked tirelessly this fall to set themselves apart from other dancers their age.
"It's a lot of extra work because you have to work 10 times harder -- because you're on the stage 10 times more than you usually are," Olivia says.
Their reward is twofold. As Clara, both will be taken to center stage in Act II as the GNBC's Corps de Ballet and guest performers Tonya J. Milne and Irek Muchalski perform just for them. Moreover, both girls are afforded the opportunity to dance with their studio's top ballerinas.
"It's really great. I like being (Clara). It's a lot of fun," Olivia says.
"It's really cool; I like it. It's really fun," Lily notes.
The second part of their reward is the looks each receives from dancers about the same or just below them in age. Both Olivia and Lily have noticed they've become role models.
"Littler kids look up to me now. ... It's different because I'm usually used to looking up at older people," Olivia says.
Lily suggests the newfound fandom is the result of her and Olivia's role in showing these young dancers the ropes.
"It feels really cool, because then I know I'm helping someone," she says of her celebrity status and the opportunity to teach her classmates.
GNBC Artistic Director Beverley Feder says her two Claras "are an absolute delight. They have a stage presence. They have passion for ballet.
"They have a special personality that I'm sure will bring a special sparkle to our 'Nutcracker.' "
In the End ...
At the end of "The Nutcracker," Clara and her accomplices (Sugar Plum Fairy; various princesses; snow flakes) take a victory lap, of sorts, before returning to "the real world."
For 17-year-old Alexa Luczak of Lewiston, this "Nutcracker" performance is her victory lap. The Lewiston-Porter High School senior is headed off to college next fall, likely downstate or even in another state, and won't have an opportunity to participate in 2011.
"I love it so much," she says of "The Nutcracker." "We're all sisters, and we have a lot of fun. ... I can't imagine not having it in my life."
"It's like, 'What do I do now?' " Luczak says. "It depresses me to think about it." ... But, "I'm sure I'll be really busy with homework."
While victory laps are often rather easygoing -- waving, smiling, waving some more -- Luczak's last stand includes roles as drummer, snowflake, candy cane, Arabian princess, lead Russian and, most importantly, Dew Drop Fairy, which, she says, is "huge for me (in my last year)."
At a recent rehearsal, Luczak was called upon to be the drummer's box.
"Drummer, box -- I do it all," she says with a laugh.
It's for that reason, and because of her talent, of course, that Luczak, a one-time Clara, netted an unusually large number of solos in this year's "Nutcracker" show.
"I was extremely excited," Luczak says of landing the roles. "I feel like the busier I am, the more fun it is and the more exciting it is."
Feder says, "She's earned the right to be doing the roles she's doing this year."
"All I can say is she is beautiful," Feder notes. "She is a beautiful dancer to watch on stage."
When describing Luczak's personality and stage presence, Feder uses phrases such as "always up," "fun," "mature and helpful."
"We're going to miss her very much," she says.
Luczak plans to study dance in college, probably as a minor. If and when she returns to the stage, "I would probably try to open my own dance studio or give lessons some other place," she says.
"The Nutcracker" is on stage Friday, Dec. 10, and Saturday, Dec. 11, at the Niagara Falls High School Performing Arts Center.


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New York Life announced Monday that it has awarded The American College $5 million to set up a new 12-course Ph.D. program in business administration—the only one of its kind—so that advisors can hone their skills in financial literacy and retirement planning.
The American College will begin accepting applications for the Ph.D. program in October.
Chris Blunt, president of New York Life's Insurance Group, said in a statement that "New York Life is proud to establish this much-needed doctorate program to enhance the services provided by financial professionals." The doctoral program, he said, will include an "unrivaled curriculum of financial literacy and retirement planning, designed to create world-class scholars whose research and teaching will provide financial professionals with the advanced information needed to better serve the people who are counting on them."
Blunt went on to note the crucial need for professional advice as Baby Boomers, who number about 77 million and who started turning 65 years old last year, "are facing a retirement that has drastically changed from the retirement of generations before them." Without the promise of a pension and the certainty of a "healthy" Social Security benefit, Blunt added that "many retirees need to more actively manage their income and pre-retirees need to better prepare for retirement," and that "many are in need of financial guidance and seek a knowledgeable professional."
Dr. Larry Barton, president and CEO of The American College, said in the same statement that graduates of the doctorate program will "create and disseminate the results of advanced research" in the area of financial services and retirement planning. "This new knowledge could have a profound impact on consumers and help millions of Americans achieve financial security during their golden years," he said.
Applicants must have a bachelor's degree from an accredited school and meet other qualifying requirements. Once students are accepted, the college says it will identify two cohort groups, each made up of 15 people, who will move through the coursework together on a mutually supportive basis. One cohort group would begin studies every six months, and the first residency is scheduled for July 2013.
Doctoral scholars will participate in three one-week residencies at The American College's campus in Bryn Mawr, Pa., as well as at least one intensive debrief with faculty prior to their dissertation defense. Students are required to complete one course per quarter online over 12 quarters in addition to the residencies.
In late August, The American College announced it had developed a new designation, called the Retirement Income Certified Professional, or RICP.
In 2007, New York Life donated $2 million to establish the New York Life Center for Retirement Income at The American College to help address the demand for income solutions among retired Americans.
Those interested in the Ph.D. program can contact Nancy Krapf at 610-526-1202 or visit www.TheAmericanCollege.edu.


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Tourist spots averse to foreign exchange
A friend in the tourist industry recently brought a group of middle aged and elderly Americans to Hakone National Park in Shizuoka Prefecture and the area around Mount Fuji. In Hakone, one of Japan's most famous sightseeing spots, the Americans were discouraged from buying souvenirs when they got off the sightseeing boat at Lake Ashi because the large store at the dock does not take credit cards. This is not unusual for merchants outside of the major cities in Japan, but Hakone supposedly is enthusiastic about attracting foreign tourism. In fact, the policy seems downright stupid since the one souvenir shop in Hakone that does take credit cards is always packed.
My friend said that he always has the same problem in Hakone. Most of the restaurants there don't take credit cards either. In addition, there are no foreign exchange services in Hakone except at some large hotels, which only guests can use. And the hotel in Fuji City where the American group stayed because it has a good view of Mount Fuji also does not exchange money. In fact, when our friend asked the front desk where people could exchange money in Fuji City the employee said he didn't know.
We called the Hakone tourist association directly and asked about foreign exchange. The person who answered had to inquire of someone else and then told us that "some banks" in Hakone offer foreign exchange services but he didn't know which ones. Also, banks in the area close at 3 p.m. on weekdays and are not open at all on weekends. We know that ATMs in post offices and 7-11 convenience stores will dispense yen for most foreign credit cards, but that means foreign tourists have to know this beforehand and then locate those businesses.
The truth is, Japan has never been very accommodating to tourists when it comes to foreign exchange, despite occasional campaigns like "Yokoso Japan" to boost foreign tourism. Of course, most tourists prefer to use credit cards these days, and you can use them easily enough in large Japanese cities, but once you leave metropolitan areas it gets a bit dodgy. Stand-alone foreign exchange services (ryogaejo) can be found at international airports and places like Tokyo Disneyland, but elsewhere they're usually integrated into banks, which often make the exchange process a chore, requiring the copying of passports and other time-consuming procedures.
Let's face it. Most Japanese businesses don't trust anything but yen, in cash.


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Where to Drink Coffee in Washington, DC
Washington, DC has in recent years birthed a competitive, thriving contemporary coffee community. From regular barista throwdowns (including grudge-match competitions against other cities like the similarly coffee-blossoming Philly) to a regular infusion of delicious, challenging coffees from roasters nationwide, you no longer have to be a coffee diplomat to get something exotic in this town. Here are a few of the best places to explore.
Peregrine Espresso
Though the snobbiest palates may hate to admit it, great coffee shops are made of more than the tasting scores of their coffees and percentage of total coffee particle extraction: they're built on a sense of positive energy and inclusive enthusiasm, which both of Peregrine Espresso's intimate locations have in spades.
From the coffees—some of the best executions of city-strongholder roaster Counter Culture Coffee exist here—to the friendly, super-skilled staff, everything at Peregrine is top notch. Whether it's at their longstanding Eastern Market outpost or their newest location in Logan Circle, the cafes deliver just the right combination of service and charm, with a rotating cast of espressos and a pourover menu that clocks in with staggeringly low prices. We were floored by a juicy, fruitfully acidic pourover of Kenya Karatu, which only got more and more beautiful as it cooled.
660 Pennsylvania Avenue SE, Washington DC 20003 (map) 202-629-4381; peregrineespresso.com (second location at 1718 14th Street NW.)
Baked & Wired
A shop that's both a perfect marriage and a split personality, Baked & Wired is a two-compartment shop. The south compartment houses high-calibre artisanal cupcakes. And behind an annoyingly placed wall is the north compartment, hiding a sophisticated cafe staffed with more baristas than the wee counter can handle and more selection than you can wrap your mind around. (Four espressos to choose from? Really?)
A revolving cast of filter-brewed coffees impresses as well, with representation by Stumptown, Intelligentsia, Ceremony Coffee and Barismo on a recent visit. A Ceremony-roasted "Destroyer"-based macchiato was bakers-chocolate nutty, a solid backdrop for the sugar rush waiting on the other side of the partition.
1052 Thomas Jefferson Street NW, Washington DC 20007 (map) 202-333-2500; bakedandwired.com
Chinatown Coffee
One of DC's first attempts at the ambitious multi-roaster platform, Chinatown coffee is a capacious room that's looking, shall we say, a bit shabby and down-at-the-heels these days. Boasting all kinds of accoutrements—gear! mocha Mondays! their very own app!—you'd almost believe this was the coffee shop of the future, if not for the telltale hipster signs of chipped china, disaffected baristi and ample indoor bike parking. The coffee's fine though—smooth cappuccinos poured with Intelligentsia's Black Cat espresso are flanked by seasonal drip offerings from a variety of talented roasters, like San Francisco's Ritual and Portland's Heart, as well as Counter Culture Coffee. A worthy stop in the Chinatown/Downtown areas. Also licensed for alcohol.
475 H Street, Washington DC 95448 (map) 202-559-7656; chinatowncoffee.com
FIlter Coffeehouse & Espresso Bar
Almost secretively hidden below ground in the Dupont Circle neighborhood is tiny, suave Filter, a simple and effective cafe space run like a tight ship—a small tight ship. Offering espresso and drip coffees from Annapolis, MD roaster Ceremony Coffee (the artist formerly known as Cafe Pronto), this corridor of a cafe focuses on service and quality. Espresso, an ultra-smooth blend of Brazilian and Panamanian coffees, paired nicely with a diabolically sticky and satisfying maple-pecan croissant. Opening a second location in the District soon.
1726 20th Street NW, Washington DC 20009 (map) 202-234-5837; filtercofeehouse.com
While you're in the capital, there are many more cafes to check out, including Big Bear Cafe, one of the district's earliest specialty coffee shops (and one of the best) serving Counter Culture brews in a super-cozy setting, Tryst, Flying Fish, gelato-and-coffee chain Dolcezza, and Arlington's wine-and-coffeebar concept, Northside Social. With so many great cafes continuing to add to the DC scene (look for Michigan roasters MadCap to expand their empire to the region soon), let's hope the next President of the United States is a coffee drinker.
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The global war on terror may be winding down as U.S. troops pull out of Afghanistan and Iraq and return home, but suicide rates of U.S. service members reached an all-time high last year, a symptom of much bigger problems for military families who experience deployment, according to Candice Alfano, an associate professor of clinical psychology at the University of Houston (UH).
"During the global war on terror, deployments have been longer and more frequent than any other war in U.S. history," said Alfano. "Some families, some kids, and some marriages have really suffered."
Alfano serves as co-principal investigator for a three-year, $2.7 million dollar grant funded by the U.S. Department of Defense titled "When Parents Go to War: Psychosocial Adjustments Among the Families of Deployed Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom." A multisite grant (one grant, multiple locations) in Florida, Hawaii and Texas, her co-principal investigators are professors Deborah C. Beidel at the University of Central Florida and Charmaine Higa-McMillan at the University of Hawaii at Hilo. The primary goal of the project is to examine how deployment impacts children and families in order to determine the types of programs and resources that would be most helpful for them.
"Unlike previous research studies, we plan to do more than have families just complete some questionnaires. In addition to comprehensive interviews, we'll be measuring children's salivary cortisol levels (a hormone linked to stress) and sleep," said Alfano, who also serves as director of the Sleep and Anxiety Center for Kids (SACK) at UH. "Biological measures are highly sensitive to periods of stress, more so than a questionnaire. Self-reports are also subject to a range of biases, whereas cortisol and sleep are objective. Children in our study will wear an actigraph, similar to a wrist watch, which allows us to measure sleep-wake patterns. We think this is particularly important since sleep is usually the place where stress first rears its head."
Across all three sites, a total of 450 civilian and military families with at least one child (7 to 17 years of age) are being recruited. There are four types of families who can participate: military families (any service branch) with a deployed parent; military families without a currently deployed parent; civilian families with only one parent at home due to separation or divorce; and civilian families with both parents or caregivers at home.
Alfano and her collaborators hope that results from the study will advance current knowledge of how military deployment affects children and families. One of the biggest limitations of existing research is that it has failed to include adequate comparison control groups. Children with a deployed parent have either been examined in isolation or compared exclusively to children from military families without a deployed parent. "In our study, we are examining two types of military families as well as two types of civilian families to better determine how military-related separation, specifically, impact children and families," Alfano said.
Participating families will receive compensation for their time and efforts, which will include one in-person appointment as well as tracking of children's sleep and collection of saliva at home for one week. Families need to have at least one child between the ages of 7 to 17 years in order to participate.
For more information, call 713-743-3400 or visit www.uhmilitaryfamilies.org
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You Shall Not Infringe On Our Second Amendment Rights, Obama
I have no intention of obeying any of your illegal executive orders concerning the 2nd Amendment to the United States Constitution.
You have no right to usurp the Constitution, which you have already done on several previous occasions, you are nothing more than a punk criminal that occupies the White House, do Benghazi, Fast and Furious and Crony Capitalism sound familiar to you.
You and your criminal cabal think you are above the laws that apply to the rest of us and you depend on your useful idiots in the Lame Stream Media to cover up and downplay your criminal activity.
Enough is enough! WE have to make a stand here and now, you will not take my guns, my magazines or my ammunition. You will not tell me how rounds I can load in a magazine or make it other restrictions on my legal gun ownership, you don't have that right.
For four years we have watched you chip away at our rights and freedoms, spend us into oblivion just so you can appease your voter base who are addicted to the money flowing from the government teat, rather than work and support themselves.
You have racked up enormous debt and turned us into slaves and ensured that our unborn generations will be born in servitude paying off possibly hundreds of trillion of dollars of future debt. You need to be stopped, my personal preference is impeachment by the House of Representatives and conviction by the Senate and imprisonment. I want to see you in handcuffs and a prison jumpsuit doing the perp walk to your 8X8 prison cell, nothing less will suffice.
I'm just your everyday average American, a patriot and a law abiding citizen, but I am also the worst enemy to liberals and if I continue to be pushed, I will fight back, and you know the best part…there are millions more in this country just like me. We are willing to engage in civil discourse, civil disobedience and if necessary civil war.
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Re: Who HATES Jar Jar Binks?
Well I must say I'd prefer the original trilogy over the new ones any day. These are my reasons:
Ep I: Jar Jar Binks was one of the most annoying characters on screen. The kid who played Anakin had to be one of the worst child actors ever and they totally under used Darth Maul. He was a great character and should have made it to Ep III to face off with Anakin. Also Qui Gon was a waste of space, as it was always said in the original trilogy that Yoda taught Obi Wan. What happened to continuity of the story?
Ep II: The worst love story ever. Wait it wasn't love, it was blind lust. Stupid boy meet stupid girl and the hormones go wild (plus there was no real chemistry between them to make it believable). They should have just followed Obi Wan's story, he was far more interesting. Anakin should have just had a moment of weakness and shagged rotten Padme - hence the twins. Besides what woman would accept a man who just told her that he murdered a whole tribe of people simply because they angered him? No sane person, that's for sure.
Ep III: The absolutely painful scenes of Anakin being turned. The guy was a moron.
Other than that the movies were okay, but could have been much better stories then they were. There was hardly any characterisation. The use of characters from the original trilogy that should have been left alone. Surely C3PO and R2D2 would be seriously out of date technology wise but the time Luke and Leia became adults, if they were newish when their parents met. But then Lucas was only ever after a cash cow with the new Episodes.
I'm not saying the original trilogy was without flaws. Luke was seriously whiny. But the original trilogy had a much more family feel to it. The characters were ones you could relate to and cherish. I don't think you could say the same about the new trilogy.
It was like thousands of voices cried out for a sequel and were suddenly silenced...


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'Big Three' Publishers Rethink K-12 Strategies
Arizona's Vail school district is the kind of customer that gives big textbook publishers pause.
The 12,000-student school district swapped out printed textbooks for digital material in 2006, but students aren't using e-textbooks. Instead, the district collects instructional materials the way a teenager creates a song playlist, taking digital content from various places, often for free. Meanwhile, for a fee, the Vail district shares its electronic library of resources with 68 partner districts across the state.
"We are not beholden at all to the big textbook publishers," says Superintendent Calvin Baker. "We used to invest hundreds of thousands of dollars every year in the textbook cycle, but we don't do that anymore."
The push continues for school districts to move away from paper textbooks and toward digital curricula and e-textbooks. U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan urged educators last year to move quickly to adopt digital textbooks and materials. Also last year, the Federal Communications Commission and the Education Department released a report, the "Digital Textbook Playbook," which provided a blueprint for schools to make the shift.
Florida, for one, has already adopted legislation requiring districts to spend half their instructional-materials budgets on digital content by 2015-16, and other states are considering legislation promoting digital textbooks.
In this atmosphere, big textbook publishers must change their strategies and they must do it quickly, educators say, to provide schools with the innovative digital material they're seeking. This flux is also occurring as districts in nearly all the states must consider their textbook needs in light of the Common Core State Standards in English/language arts and math.
And how do the big textbook publishers today plan to meet the new demands? Interviews with officials of the "big three"—London-based Pearson, New York City-based McGraw-Hill Education, and Boston-based Houghton Mifflin Harcourt—suggest they're taking different approaches. They're developing new products, and new methods for educators to use those products, that they hope will help them keep customers and expand their market shares by doing a better job meeting the needs of districts like Vail.
Pearson is moving aggressively into the digital-content market, says Luyen Chou, the chief product officer for K-12 technology at Pearson Education. In 2011, the company purchased SchoolNet, a New York City-based company that creates personalized education software, and where Chou was the chief product officer. More recently, Pearson invested $89 million in Nook Media, the Barnes & Noble e-reader subsidiary. The company generated a third of its sales from digital products and services in 2011.
Chou says Pearson's strategy is to create a technology platform that allows for digital content to be distributed to educators. The platform will be content-neutral so the digital curricula it will share with Pearson customers may not necessarily have been created by Pearson content specialists, and it may even be free. Chou says there's a new role for Pearson in curating and organizing electronic content and using its own experts to vouch for quality, particularly when it comes to open, or free, educational resources.
In addition, Pearson says it is trying to break away from the way digital content is being used now. "What we've done to date is use digital technology to still support a pretty traditional direct-instruction model," Chou says. "We're going to see our digital instructional content look less like glorified PDFs."
That means embedded assessments, video-gaming strategies, interactivity, and student-collaboration tools built in, he says. The company is also developing a digital common-core basal curriculum, designed specifically for tablets. It's Pearson's first comprehensive curriculum created for tablets and the company may not even produce a print version. The curriculum will feature activity-based approaches, small group work, and hundreds of manipulatives and simulations.
"It will be born digital," Chou says. "It's very cool stuff."
A pilot version will be released in 2013, he says.
Bite-Size Content
At Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Bethlam Forsa, the executive vice president of content development and publishing operations, says the company is working to break digital content into bite-size pieces. "Don't refer to our curriculum as an e-textbook," she says. "That has the connotation that it's a book, … but this content is going to be highly modular."
The company is aiming to slice and dice standards-based digital curricula into the smallest teachable units and offer them across any type of technology or device, she says. That content will be adaptive, she adds, and will have the ability to personalize technology for different types of learners with many options for a variety of learning styles.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt has already headed in that direction with its Fuse math products, available as an app on the iPad, with assessments and interactivity built into the digital content. Future material will be even more adaptive, Forsa says.
That means that if a student is more of a visual learner, he or she can access the curricular material in better ways through video or graphics. If gaming seems to resonate with a student, those techniques will be accessible. New digital content and products will track where a student is in his or her learning progression and be able to prescribe the next step, Forsa says.
The company's World History iBook, available for the iPad, is another indication of where the company is headed. It emphasizes multimedia, containing video, interactive diagrams, and maps built into the curriculum, Forsa says. In addition, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is working on ways to promote digital curricula across subjects. A given learning object might satisfy a standard in social studies as well as one in language arts, for example.
"We've got to think of this in a holistic way," says Forsa, "and a digital medium allows us to do that."
Blending Print and Digital
But Stephen Laster, McGraw-Hill Education's chief digital officer, says it's important to recognize that many school districts still are not ready to go totally digital.
"Digital is clearly the future, but we're in this blended world, where digital and print are really what our teachers are using today," he says. "McGraw-Hill doesn't think you should throw out the way education has been done and start from scratch."
The company is not seeking to create a learning-management platform or get into the device business, Laster says. Instead, McGraw-Hill will focus on developing its own content, making it adaptive and personalized for students, and putting more effort into developing data dashboards to organize information for teachers.
The company last year acquired Key Curriculum, a math technology company based in Emeryville, Calif., in an effort to invest more heavily in the data that digital curricula can help collect about how students learn. McGraw-Hill is integrating its own digital offerings with those of Key Curriculum, featuring math-visualization software, data-analysis tools, and data-visualization applications.
Games and simulations will also play a larger role in McGraw-Hill's digital content, building on the company's current iBook textbooks, which feature built-in assessment "probes" to track student progress and help teachers determine how a student should review or move forward through the curriculum. New products will also be able to track a student's time spent on tasks and have the ability to see how a student moves through the learning environment. The goal is to allow students to take a variety of paths through digital curricula based on their own learning styles.
Beyond those changes, McGraw-Hill is partnering with learning-management-system companies to provide content that aims to ensure that learning taking place outside of school through online learning is just as high quality as face-to-face instruction.
Educators say they're looking forward to the more interactive, digital curricula and technological approaches the big textbook publishers are pursuing.
But they say the publishers need to change their business models to better meet the needs of K-12 schools.
"What we consider as a textbook is actually dead right now, though it might take a few years before the rest of the world realizes it," says Jay McPhail, the director of instructional technology for the 44,000-student Riverside school district in California.
Publishers need to stop thinking of the majority of their offerings as proprietary, he says, and reconsider selling content as a large e-textbook package. The idea of offering a smaller learning object, or small chunks of curriculum, is more relevant, and digital content should give students the ability to rearrange that content according to their own learning styles, for example.
"The technology potential there is huge, but the big publishers can't stay alive the way they're structured now," McPhail says.
'Shaping Better Products'
Mary Jane Tappen, the deputy chancellor for curriculum, instruction, and student services for the Florida Department of Education, says that as districts in her state transition to digital curricula, schools want to pull the very best content from multiple sources—some they might buy, the rest might be free.
"We're moving away from one book per content area per grade per student," she says. With digital capabilities already in development, Florida will be able to track what pieces of content are the most successful with students. Tools providing a rating for pieces of digital content will be visible on each teacher's desktop, allowing the teacher to sort the material by standard and the best rating.
Tappen compares the process to that of the online retailer Amazon, which allows customers to rate and search products.
Tammy McGraw, the director of educational technology for the Virginia Department of Education, says one way for big textbook publishers to figure out what K-12 educators want and need is to work more closely with teachers and administrators.
Several years ago, as iPads were just starting to be used in schools, McGraw says, she approached the major publishers and asked them to think about how to deliver textbooks through a browser. Some publishers ended up partnering with the Virginia department to convert their print textbooks to apps, and both educators and publishers learned a lot about what students liked and didn't, says McGraw, and about the difficulties in digitizing print textbooks.
Students, for example, didn't like to use the browser on the iPad—they wanted the textbook to be accessible using an app. Students liked the interactive media and the electronic note-taking and highlighting features, and they loved to quiz themselves and do assessments on the fly. Many of those features ultimately became integrated into the products offered by the publishers, according to Tammy McGraw.
The process taught McGraw that textbook publishers play an important role, even in an age when a lot of digital curricula is free.
"Just because you have these tools that allow you to technically produce [curricula] doesn't mean you do a great job putting it together," she says.
But educators need to play a role and realize that each new technology development means a change for publishers. "We expect that right out of the gate they're going to deliver something perfect," McGraw says. "We have to do more to develop opportunities to give feedback to publishers, and we need to assume responsibilities for shaping better products."
Vol. 06, Issue 02, Pages 22, 42-44Published in Print: February 6, 2013, as Digital Shift
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The remnants of Hurricane Sandy (18L) can be observed over the USA in this image, stretching from the south to the northeast to the midwest. Many states were impacted by the storms.
High winds and waves washed sand onto coastal roads in southeastern Florida. The storm left power outages across the region. North Carolina was spared from major damage through the late evening hours of October 28, though winds, rain, and inland snow could affect the state through October 30. Several highways were flooded, and a state of emergency was declared in 24 western counties due to snow and strong winds.
On October 29, snow was falling in parts of the state of Virginia. Virginia was awarded a federal disaster declaration. At Sandy's peak, 200,000 customers were without power, and in Northern Virginia where most of the outages occurred 92,000 customers were still without power on 30 October; the local utility intended to restore full service by 1 November.
West Virginia was also declared a federal disaster area, due to abnormally heavy snowfall. In Kentucky, the most impacted area was the Eastern region of the state where as much as eight inches of snow fell as Sandy merged with a cold front.
In Maryland, at least 100 feet of a fishing pier at the beach resort of Ocean City was destroyed. Several bridges were closed, and I-68 in far western Maryland and northern West Virginia closed due to impassable roads from heavy snow. Multiple vehicles are stranded on the interstate and the National Guard was sent out to help. Workers in Howard County, Maryland tried to stop a sewage overflow caused by a power outage October 30. Raw sewage spilled at a rate of 2 million gallons per hour. It was unclear how much sewage had flowed into the Little Patuxent River.
In Delaware, which was also declared a federal disaster area, rainfall at Rehoboth Beach totaled 6.53 inches inches by early afternoon, with nearly 7 inches at Indian River Inlet and more than 4 inches in Dover and Bear. At 4 p.m., Delmarva Power reported on its website that more than 13,900 customers in Delaware and Maryland's Eastern Shore had lost electric service as high winds brought down trees and power lines. Delaware Route 1 is now closed by flooding from Dewey Beach to Fenwick Island.
In New Jersey, a 50-foot piece of the Atlantic City Boardwalk washed away. Half the city of Hoboken is flooded. In the early morning of October 30, authorities in Bergen County, New Jersey, are evacuating residents after a berm overflowed and flooded several communities. Police Chief of Staff Jeanne Baratta says there are up to 5 feet of water in the streets of Moonachie and Little Ferry.
In Pennsylvania, several bridges and highways were closed, and more than 1.2 million were left without power as a result of the storm. Storm impacts in Upstate New York were much more limited than in New York City; there was some flooding and a few downed trees. Large portions of the Manhattan borough of New York City were without electricity. The East River over flowed its banks, flooding large sections of Lower Manhattan. Battery Park had a water surge of 13.88 ft. Seven subway tunnels under the East River were flooded as of October 30. Sea water flooded the Ground Zero construction site.
Over 385,000 customers in Massachusetts were without power as of the afternoon of October 29, and flooding of roadways and buildings was reported. In New Hampshire, over 200,000 customers were without power as of late Monday, October 29. In Rhode Island, over 100,000 customers lost power during the storm. In Ohio, on October 30, at least 247,000 in northeast Ohio were without power, mostly in the Cleveland area. In Michigan, more than 120,000 customers were without power at one point, but as of 9 p.m. Tuesday, only 45,000 are still without power. The National Weather Service said that waves up to 23 feet high were reported on southern Lake Huron.


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If you've ever tried to manoeuvre your way through a minefield, then you have an idea of what investing in property is like. It's full of risks, difficulties and disguises at every turn. But the rewards can be great, and with the right manoeuvring, you can make your way out of that minefield and into a fruitful and successful investment.
If you're like so many entrant investors, you're probably already boggled by how many contradicting things are being said about finding success in property investment. What you need to know is that in the end, there are just four pivotal elements you need for secure property investment. With these four, your chances of going through property investment unscathed and successful will be a lot greater.
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- Prime Location - Location, location, location. That's what everyone in the real estate business keeps repeating, and rightly so. Location is one of the most important factors that can make or break a property investment.
Location here means more than just the aesthetic or physical attributes of the location of the property. It encompasses the property's proximity to numerous conveniences, like schools and central business districts. It also means a good and peaceful neighbourhood, one that's free of crime, natural disasters and the like. Such a property will always attract interest.
- Solid Construction & Excellent Design - While location may be important, the structure of the property itself is also equally important. A rundown shack placed on the most exquisite location is still a rundown shack. It is vital to ensure that your property looks and is at is best. Good, solid construction combined with an attractive yet sensible design make for a winning real estate combination that buyers and renters will find hard to resist. If achieving this means spending a little more on construction and renovation, go ahead because this is one aspect you really shouldn't scrimp on.
- Functionality - Similar to people, property should not only have the looks, but the substance. They should not only be attractive, they should also be functional. This means that they should possess the qualities that fit their purpose: residential properties must be conducive for living and buildings and offices should be conducive for working. Buyers and renters may be attracted to the exterior of a home or building at first, but it is the usefulness of the space that really wins them over and makes them want to stay for good.
- Financial Stability - Start off having the means to finance your investment property, don't rely on returns alone. Demand for property can be very unpredictable, and you never know what other problems could come up that will add to your expenses. A pipe could suddenly burst, or an earthquake might suddenly shake your property's foundation. You need to have the finances to face these kinds of emergencies and solve them, because returns alone will not cover these and pay for the property at the same time.


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Public Works officials today announced that "O" Street and South Street will reopen to traffic today.
"O" Street has been closed from 17th to 21st Street and will reopen to traffic ahead of the number of days allowed per the contract. Antelope Valley Parkway will continue to have lane closures while construction is completed from "K" to "P" streets. The Parkway will remain closed to through traffic from "N" to "O" streets and also from "O" and "P" streets until construction is substantially completed by Hawkins Construction Company. Substantial completion of the entire project is scheduled for late August. The "O" Street project is the last segment of Antelope Valley Parkway to be constructed.
South Street has been closed from 36th to 38th Street for construction on one of the last segments of the Antelope Valley Project. Although South Street will be open to through traffic, there will be single-lane closures to complete construction of sidewalks, fences, walls, channel walls and other construction items. These single-lane closures will not affect morning and evening rush hour commutes. In addition, 37th Street immediately south of South Street will remain closed into August until channel work is completed.
More information on these projects is available at lincoln.ne.gov (keyword: antelope).


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The eNotes Blog Seven Poetic Presidents
Seven Poetic Presidents Its voting time! In the spirit of the culmination of the presidential election tomorrow, below is a list that highlights historic presidents more poetic attributes. Ever wondered whose poetry Thomas Jefferson cozied up with? Or which past president favored the eccentric Welsh poet Dylan Thomas? Read on to find out George Washington and Phillis Wheatley He was the first president of the United State, she was the first African-American woman to publish a collection of poetry. In 1776, she sent Washington a poem that praised the generals leadership. In reply he told her that, were she ever in town, he would be happy to see a person so favoured by the Muses. Now here, now there, the rovingà Fancyà flies, Till some lovd object strikes her wandring eyes, Whose silken fetters all the senses bind, And soft captivity involves the mind. Thomas Jefferson and Thomas Moore Irish poet Thomas Moore was unimpressed with President Jefferson when he met him in the early 1800s, influenced by his friend, the British Minister to the States. Moore unkindly described Jeffersons home as in a state of uncleanly desolation. But years later, when Jefferson read Mooreââ¬â¢s poetry, he exclaimed, Why, this is the little man who satirized me so! Why, he is a poet after all! Moore became one of Jeffersonââ¬â¢s favorite poets. I feel like one Who treads alone Some banquet-hall deserted, Whose lights are fled, Whose garlands dead, And all but he departed! John Quincy Adams and Christoph Martin Wieland Turns out sixth president John Quincy Adams fancied himself a bit of a poet. In 1816 he declared, Could I have chosen my own genius and condition, I would have made myself a great poet, though he reconciled that his own poetry was spell bound in the circle of mediocrity. He fared better in translation, attempting to translate one of his favorite poetsWielandfrom German. Adams did abandon the attempt to translate the epic poem Oberon when he came across what he felt was a better translation. As a result it went unpublished until 1940. Abraham Lincoln and Robert Burns Lincoln so admired the poetry of Scotsman Robert Burns, he actually declined making a toast to the poet at a banquet in Burns honor, saying, I cannot frame a toast to Burns. I can say nothing worthy of his generous heart and transcending genius. Thinking of what he has said, I can not say anything which seems worth saying. Lincoln committed many of Burns poems, like the one below, to memory. Ae night the storm the steeples rocked, Poor Labour sweet in sleep was locked, While burns, wi snawy wreeths upchoked, Wild-eddying swirl, Or thro the mining outlet bocked, Down headlong hurl. Harry S. Truman and Alfred, Lord Tennyson Of all of Tennysons poems, one struck a particular cord with President Truman, so much so that he carried a copy of Locksley Hall in his wallet from the time he graduated high school in 1901 onwards. The paper I copied it on kept wearing out, and I kept recopying it. I donââ¬â¢t know how many times, twenty or thirty, I expect, Truman reportedly told the journalist Merle Miller, adding that he had a lot more faith in poets than reporters. An excerpt of that same poem that meant so much to Truman: Love took up the glass of Time, and turnd it in his glowing hands; Every moment, lightly shaken, ran itself in golden sands. Love took up the harp of Life, and smote on all the chords with might; Smote the chord of Self, that, trembling, passd in music out of sight. John F. Kennedy and Robert Frost The words spoken at JFKs inauguration (Ask not what your country can do for you) werent the only infamous lines read out that day. On January 20th, 1961, Robert Frost became the first poet to read at a presidential inauguration. The poet planned on reading out a poem hed written especially for the occasion, Dedication, but as the bright afternoon sun bounced off of the freshly fallen snow surrounding the event, he found he couldnt read his own handwriting at the podium. The 86 year-old then recited The Gift Outright from memory instead. Such as we were we gave ourselves outright (The deed of gift was many deeds of war) To the land vaguely realizing westward, But still unstoried, artless, unenhanced, Such as she was, such as she would become. Jimmy Carter and Dylan Thomas Not only is Carter a fan of Dylan Thomas work, this former president is a great advocate for the Welsh poet. He was the impetus behind the plaque dedicated to Thomas in Westminster Abbeys Poets Corner, as well asà Dylan Thomas Centre, a museum dedicated to the poet, in Swansea, Wales. And you, my father, there on the sad height, Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray, Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light. For five more presidents poetic tendencies, including President Obamas, head over to thisà Poetry Foundationà article.
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