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Walk through any nursing home, and your first thought might be: "I need to take care of Mom myself."
Few people want to turn over a loved one to institutional care. No matter how good the nursing home, it may seem cold and impersonal — and very expensive. But making the choice to provide care yourself is fraught with financial risks and personal sacrifices.
Those who become full-time caregivers often look back and wish they had taken the time to better understand the financial position they would be getting themselves into.
"I used to hear about people saying, 'Oh you know, we've got to put our parents in a home; we can't deal with it anymore,' " said Yolanda Hunter, 43, a Maryland resident who is struggling with her decision to drop out of the human resources field to become a full-time caregiver for her grandmother. "And I used to think: 'Oh, how cruel are you?'
"You know, but now? I understand," she said.
Hunter belongs to one of three families being profiled in NPR's eight-week series, Family Matters: The Money Squeeze, which airs each Tuesday on Morning Edition. Each family is struggling with how to afford care for an older generation. The do-it-yourself approach is both common and costly.
Caregiver advocacy groups say Congress needs to be doing more with tax credits and Social Security benefits to help financially support those who choose to care for the elderly.
The demands for such assistance may grow louder, given the demographic changes coming in our aging society.
Nearly 10 million people over the age of 50 are caring for their aging parents, according to a study conducted by the MetLife Mature Market Institute, in conjunction with the National Alliance for Caregiving and the New York Medical College. The number of caregivers has more than tripled over the past 15 years.
That increase reflects medical advances and the resulting increase in human longevity. As the average age of death has moved from 68 in 1950 to nearly 79 now, the ranks of the elderly have grown. Today, about 6 million U.S. residents are over 85.
As a result, the personal cost of caring for the elderly at home is rising — in terms of lost wages and diminished pension and Social Security benefits, the MetLife study concluded.
Studies estimate that 2 out of 3 informal caregivers are women, many of whom are middle-aged mothers with children or adult children living in their households.
The cost of putting a parent into professional assisted-living care can be daunting. MetLife says that kind of care averages about $42,000 a year. A private room in a nursing home averages more than $87,000. But the cost of keeping a relative at home can be very high too.
The MetLife report said that for the typical woman, the lost wages due to dropping out of the labor force because of adult caregiving responsibilities averages nearly $143,000. That figure reflects the wages lost while not working — typically for about five years — as well as lower wages after returning to the workforce with rusty skills. When foregone pension and Social Security benefits are counted, the out-of-pocket losses roughly double.
"Family caregivers are themselves aging and yet are providing care at a time when they also need to plan and save for their own retirement," MetLife said. The people who drop out of the workforce "can jeopardize their future financial security," the study concluded.
Hunter has discovered just that. She quit her job to become an in-home helper for her 89-year-old grandmother, Ida Christian, who has Alzheimer's disease. Christian lives with her daughter, Geneva Hunter, 66, who runs secretarial operations at a Washington, D.C., law firm. Yolanda Hunter has an apartment a few minutes away from her mother and grandmother.
Like many other caregivers, Yolanda Hunter thought the "job" of watching over her grandmother would not last all that long. Her thoughts at the time she quit her job: "I can do this for a year, help settle things down, try and take the pressure off a little bit," she said.
Her goal was to find a good home nursing aide to help her grandmother so that she could jump back into the workforce. But two-and-a-half years later, it "didn't quite work out that way," she says.
Although Christian's savings are enough to provide a modest salary for her granddaughter, the amount is not great enough to allow Hunter to prepare for her own retirement.
So Hunter had to switch gears again and begin trying to re-enter the labor market at a time when nearly 13 million other people also were seeking work.
As this year began, she said she recognized that "I desperately want to get back to work, because I'm mentally tired and I feel — unless I win the lottery — I feel like I'm missing out on so much in terms of my future and making sure I have a stable future."
But then again, "there's that part of me that is very, very torn about leaving her, because no matter how compassionate the next person may be, they're not going to do the extra things that you're going to do," she said.
Some women's groups say Congress should expand tax credits available to people with dependent relatives and create "caregiving credits" to limit the Social Security penalty for time spent out of the labor force to provide family care.
The Caregiver Credit Campaign, an advocacy effort, says such help is warranted because without voluntary caregivers, "hundreds of billions of government dollars would be spent on alternatives like institutions."
An Indiana University report says "informal caregivers provide service that would otherwise cost the Medicare system $375 billion a year."
Meryl Comer, president of the Geoffrey Beene Foundation Alzheimer's Initiative, knows about the financial penalties of caregiving. At age 50, she was a journalist, living in a Maryland suburb outside of Washington, D.C. Then her husband, age 58 at the time, was stricken with early-onset Alzheimer's.
She quit her job to become his at-home caregiver. Then her mother got Alzheimer's too. Now, 18 years after quitting her outside-the-home job, she continues to care for her husband and elderly mother.
She argues that corporations should do more to help their employees handle adult-care needs while staying on the job.
"How do we do provide flex time for people who are taking care of their parents?" she asked. "The human resources policies [for caring for the elderly] need to mirror the child-care policies," she said. "If corporations want women to be productive in the workforce, they have to make some accommodations," such as allowing them more flexible schedules, family-leave time and telecommuting opportunities.
Comer said corporations have come a long way over the past 30 years in terms of responding to the needs of working mothers with young children. "Now they have to do the same for the other end of the age spectrum," she said.
Let's return now to our series Family Matters. Today, we're meeting a family that sees a storm on the horizon. There are a lot of financial and emotional decisions ahead. It all hinges on a very conscious choice to keep an ailing family member at home, no matter the cost.
YOLANDA HUNTER: Sing your favorite song.
IDA CHRISTIAN: What is my favorite song?
HUNTER: OK. I'm going to say the first couple of words: It's your thing, do what you wanna do.
CHRISTIAN: (Singing) It's your thing, do what you wanna do...
GREENE: Ida Christian is 89 years old, and dementia is taking its toll. She's a frail woman who loves to sing, and also occasionally talks about her career as a seamstress. But nowadays, she needs a lot of help, and she gets it from her caregiver, Yolanda Hunter, who is also her granddaughter.
HUNTER: Nanny, finish this up. You got to finish that up, OK? You have to eat that.
CHRISTIAN: Yes, yes, yes.
HUNTER: You got to get your medicine, so you have to eat.
GREENE: Yolanda is a petite, energetic woman. She's 43 years old, and she made the tough decision to quit her job as a human resources manager at a nonprofit to take care of her grandma full-time. But she still treats this experience like a job.
HUNTER: Like, this is the binder that we put together that I check in, like, every day. So, every morning, I put in the time that I've arrived and then the time that I departed.
GREENE: And when Yolanda leaves for the day, her mother, Geneva Hunter, comes home from work and takes over. Geneva is Ida Christian's daughter. She's this elegant woman who sits up tall and proud, even as she speaks of watching her mom fade away.
GENEVA HUNTER: I call this such a cruel death, because it takes your mind away.
GREENE: And Geneva is also dealing with the pain of watching her own daughter take on so much.
HUNTER: I remember her calling me at work the first time that she had to start bathing my mother from head to toe and really look at her, how much weight she had lost, and that sort of thing. And it was very painful for her. And she called me crying.
HUNTER: All right. Brush here. Brush your teeth for me. Turn it this way. I never know what's going to happen from day to day. Some days, she'll just look at the toothbrush and won't know what to do with it.
GREENE: Yolanda, the granddaughter, had only planned to take a year off. It's been over two. And one thing she's learned through this experience: It's hard.
HUNTER: And I used to hear about people saying, oh, you know, we got to put our parents in a home. We can't deal with it anymore. And I used to think, oh, how cruel of you. You know, but now, I understand how people get to that last possible moment. It takes over your entire life.
GREENE: And that's not what Geneva wanted for her daughter Yolanda.
HUNTER: I've always wanted the very best for her. I want it even more now. I do want her to go back to work and be happy. You know, I want her to have her life back.
GREENE: Because Yolanda's reality now is she feels isolated from her friends. Her career is on hold, and she's burned through her entire savings.
HUNTER: I'm 43 years old. I'm in the prime of my earning potential years. I've got to get back to work if I'm going to have, you know, a 401(k). If I want anything to retire on, I've got to get back to work, because I virtually have to start all over.
GREENE: And so this is the moment of reckoning. Without Yolanda there to take care of her grandmother, the family will need a professional, full-time nurse, and they're still figuring out how they would pay for that. But Geneva says they are going to make this work.
HUNTER: Sometimes, I just stop and look at my blessings. And sometimes I just stop and look at my mother, and she's still here. And she looks good. And she's healthy. She's well taken care of, and that means so much to me.
GREENE: We'll be returning to Geneva and her family in a few weeks. We have some really powerful images of them at our website. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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Nation to celebrate Martin Luther King Day
People from all over the United States will celebrate the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. this monday, January 21. According to martinlutherking.org, on August 2, 1983, the United States House of Representatives passed a bill creating a legal public holiday in honor of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. It stated although there had been little discussion of the bill in the House itself and little awareness among the American public that Congress was even considering such a bill, it was immediately clear that the U.S. Senate should take up the legislation soon after the Labor Day recess. A vote of 338-90 was taken in the House of Representatives for the resolution. The Reagan administration said it would not veto. Furthermore, the resolution became a holiday after President Reagan signed the bill into law on November 2 of that year. Since then, the day has been marked by remembrance and activities throughout the country. King is probably best known for his 'I Have a Dream Speech,' which he delivered in Washington D.C. in 1963. "Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity." -Martin Luther King Jr. He ended the speech with "When we allow freedom to ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, "Free at last! free at last! thank God Almighty, we are free at last!" According to the King Center Website, King was a vital figure of the modern era and a pivotal figure in the Civil Rights Movement. It added that his lectures and dialogues stirred the concern and sparked the conscience of a generation around the world. In 1948, at the age of 19, King entered the Christian ministry and was ordained at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta. After completing studies at Boston University In 1954, he began to serve at the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. Throughout his time there, he was instrumental in bringing to light the segregation problems of the country and helped with demonstrations as well. King is credited as being the leader of the American Civil Rights movement. According to the site King was shot while standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee and died on April 4, 1968. He had gone to Memphis to help lead sanitation workers in a protest against low wages and intolerable working conditions. There is nothing being planned at this time in Boonville on the holiday. Monday is also inauguration day of President Barack Obama.

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I see the thread on the homer for the niners and of course, we are Seahawks fans and I am sure totally avoiding homerism is a pipe dream. All the same, realistically as you can, how do you think the division goes this upcoming season?
This is my take:
Seahawks 11-5
Rams 11-5
49ers 10-6
Cardinals 8-8
Now I know that's a hell of a lot of wins and no more wins for us than this year. I account for it in that, obviously this division is MUCH tougher than it has been in a long time, and I think those division wins, even against Arizona are not gonan come easy. I think we also have to face the very real possibilities of injuries. We lucked out this year, but injuries happen and I'd be satisfied with 11-5.
Arizona has cap issues, and quarterback issues, but if he can stay healthy I think Kolb is a good QB. He may not be the franchise guy they'd hoped him to be, but I thin he can be a good game manager and they can win with him. I expect them to improve but not necessarily contend.
The Rams showed what kind of team they are gonna be under Fisher that last game with us. They are contenders and Fisher is for real, do not overlook this team, I think they will be markedly improved and I believe they will be ultimately a better team than San Francisco. I honestly believe we have more to fear from this team then the niners.
San Francisco will come back hard, but I think the Harby thing is on the decline. They have a great team, nobody could deny it but I think as they are older and have more cap issues, they will still give us a tough bunch of competition, but I fully expect them to fall to third place, if only by a hair's margin.
I think this will be a great year for the NFC west and I think we'll get both wildcard teams, but then that's why they play the games.
(I realize I'm not an X and Os genius and realistic from fans is a stretch, but I seriously think our divisin's glory days are coming and soon!)


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One person injured in accident on Dildine Road
An accident involving a FedEx delivery truck and a pickup truck sent both vehicles into a ditch and an Ionia resident to the hospital Thursday.
According to Sgt. William Hoskins of the Ionia County Sheriff's Office, the vehicles were traveling eastbound on Dildine Road at around 3 p.m. The FedEx truck attempted to turn north onto Stanbro, when the pickup truck, which was coming over a slight hill, was unable to stop and struck the FedEx truck from the rear. Both vehicles ended up in the ditch.
The driver of the pickup was conscious and alert and treated for injuries at the scene by first responders from the Ionia Department of Public Safety, then transported to Sparrow Hospital in Lansing by Life EMS, according to IDPS Deputy Director John Odette.
An investigation is ongoing, Hoskins said.
A Good Samaritan reportedly used a tow strap to pull open a door to the pickup truck, in which the driver was trapped, before emergency personnel arrived, said Odette.
"The Good Samaritan was trying to do the right thing, but ultimately could have caused more damage, not knowing the extent of injuries," he said.
Unless there is imminent danger of death, such as the vehicle is on fire or sinking into a river and the person could drown, "when life becomes more important than limb," said Odette, it is best to leave them in the vehicle.
After a traumatic accident, first responders first stabilize the patient before moving either the patient or the vehicle, because they do not know the extent of injuries, particularly to the neck, head and spine and any movement or jarring could make existing injuries much worse. Movement also could cause the airbags to deploy, causing more trauma and damage to the patient.
Good Samaritans can be of most help by trying to convince the victim to stay right where they are, so they can be stabilized before removing them or cutting them free from the vehicle, Odette said.
If the person already is out of the vehicle, the best thing to do is have the person stop moving around, secure their head, neck and back, keeping all three in a straight line, and encourage the person not to turn to look side to side.
"I don't discourage Good Samaritan acts, as those we all have witnessed taking place in Boston at the site of the bombing," Odette said. "But in certain circumstances, it is better to leave the patient where he is until he is stabilized."
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Sesame Street "Afraid of the Bark" Elmo and Zoe are playing a game with Zoe's pet rock, Rocco. When it's Elmo's turn to roll Rocco, he rolls him all the way to Barkley the dog, who picks him up and plays with him in his mouth. Bob gives Rocco back to Zoe and explains that Barkley just thought they were playing fetch. D
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Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood "Be A Vegetable Taster!/Daniel Tries A New Food" Be a Vegetable Taster! - Teacher Harriet introduces Daniel and his friends to the school's vegetable garden and convinces them to pick out some healthy veggies for their snack. They explore the garden, picking and trying different vegetables.with mixed results! Daniel Tries a New Food - Miss Elaina is having dinner with the Tiger family and she encourages Daniel to try some new food: Veggie Spaghetti and Banana Swirl. D
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Sid The Science Kid "Slide to the Side!" Sid is trying out his new dance called "The Sid Slide To The Side!" On his room's hardwood floor, he boogies to the left, jumps to the right and then tries to slide to the side. But in his new sneakers, he can't slide.he just squeaks to a stop! Sid and his friends investigate how different materials and surfaces can create friction, causing something to slow down. D
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WordWorld "Duck's Hiccups/A.... A.... Choo!" Duck's Hiccups - When Duck drinks down a glass of water too quickly, he gets the hiccups for the first time ever! His WordFriends try every trick in the book to help him, but which cure will work? A..a.choo! - Pig is allergic to peaches! Too bad Sheep doesn't know that! When she brings Pig a big bag of peaches to make pies, Pig starts sneezing so much that he can't even tell Sheep what he really needs is A.. D
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Caillou "All in a Day" Caillou does a lot in a day, and today he wants to dress himself, only his Mommy is doing the laundry and he doesn't have any clean clothes, so Daddy and Caillou decide to play a dressing game with Daddy's old clothes. While preparing a picnic lunch with Mom, Caillou tests a bit too much of everything. He has no room left to eat the special sandwich Clementine made for him. D
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Barney & Friends "The Magic Caboose and Bj The Great" The Magic Caboose: Melanie is sad because she misses her friend who is visiting relatives in India. Barney shows his friends that it's fun to go to new places and see new things by taking them on an imaginary journey on the Magic Caboose! Educational theme: An introduction to different countries. BJ the Great: BJ wants to be a great magician, but he doesn't want to spend any time practicing. D
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Thomas & Friends "Being Useful" Kevin the Steamie - Kevin decides that he wants to be able to shunt like a Steamie so he can join in a game of Bish, Bash, Bosh with Thomas and Percy. The game is about shunting oil drums. While Kevin is practicing his shunting, he causes chaos in the Steam Works. D
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Martha Speaks "Martha The Hero Maker/Starstruck Martha" Martha the Hero Maker - Martha has an idea for a thrilling adventure story, so Truman, T.D., and Helen decide to draw it for her. Starstruck Martha - Martha is thrilled when she hears Courageous Collie Carlo is coming to town.G
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WordGirl "Hello New Year, Goodbye Moon/Art in the Park" HELLO NEW YEAR, GOODBYE MOON - It's New Years Eve! While the Botsfords celebrate with the greatest party ever, Dr. Two Brains is planning to turn the moon into cheese. Will the new year begin with Two Brains acting on his resolution to feast on a cheesy moon, or will WordGirl be able to stop him in time? Vocabulary Words: Massive, Resolution. ART IN THE PARK - Becky agrees to help out Violet with her poetry/painting/music performance. D
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Staten Island is the most suburban of the five boroughs of New York City. Although still predominantly residential in nature, the borough has changed significantly since the opening of the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge in 1964. It is the closest borough to New Jersey's Newark International Airport. You may want to consider staying in a hotel on Staten Island due to its proximity to Newark Airport, and the lower taxi fares and shorter travel times as opposed to Manhattan (the taxi fare is $45 to any point in Staten Island plus up to $10 in tolls, but it is less delay-prone).
Although Staten Island is statistically the least diverse borough, the North Shore of Staten Island has some diverse sections. In addition to the ones mentioned below, like St George and Tompkinsville, Port Richmond is a diverse neighborhood, with a large number of Spanish restaurants, and a decent number in nearby Mariners' Harbor. Other neighborhoods of note are:
Get in
By ferry
Staten Island can be reached by passenger ferry from Manhattan. The ferry is the best option for arriving on the island, as it passes by Liberty Island and offers stunning views of the Manhattan skyline and New York Harbor. The ferry is free and operates 24 hours a day out of Battery Park in Manhattan and St. George Terminal in Staten Island. The ride to either terminal takes 30 minutes and runs about twice hourly (four times during rush hours and less frequently on weekend and late nights after 11pm).
Buses connect at the St George Ferry Terminal going to destinations all over Staten Island. The buses can be grouped according to their service area:
Other routes on Staten Island that do not depart from the Staten Island Ferry Terminal are the S53, S54, S55, S56, S57, S59, S79, S89, and S93. These routes follow the same general rule regarding their service area.
By car
Staten Island can be reached by bridge from Brooklyn and New Jersey.
These last 3 bridges have a $8.00 toll payable only when entering Staten Island, not leaving it. The carpool toll is $2.00 with 3 or more people in a car, payable only with E-Z Pass.
By bus
Express bus
A moderately priced option is to take an express bus from Manhattan to Staten Island. The express buses are especially handy when you are traveling to places on the South Shore, which is the furthest section of Staten Island from the ferry, and has fewer local routes running than the more densely populated North Shore. The $5.50 fare is payable with MetroCard (pay-per-ride only), Express Bus Plus MetroCards or coin change. Dollar bills are not accepted.
The wait times for an express bus are about 4-10 minutes during rush hours, 15-25 minutes other times. The Staten Island bus map [2]; (service descriptions [3]) covers the routes on the island.
Local bus
The S53 serves the North Shore and goes through Port Richmond and West New Brighton The S79 serves the South/East Shores and goes on Hylan Boulevard and Richmond Avenue to get to the Staten Island Mall. The S93 runs rush hours only and goes to the College of Staten Island, serving the neighborhoods near the Staten Island Expressway and Victory Boulevard.
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The Staten Island Railway [4] is a hybrid of a railroad and a subway line. Fares are the same as a subway ride (US$2.25), and it runs 24 hours, at intervals from 15 minutes during weekdays to hourly overnight, synchronized to the ferry schedule. Fares are collected only at St. George Ferry Terminal and Tompkinsville (You can walk from Stapleton to the ferry, though the distance is about a mile. It is not recommended to do this late at night because the ferry runs every hour and the area is somewhat unsafe). During rush hours, express service is provided and the locals terminate at Great Kills.
By bus
Bus routes [5] cover the island pretty thoroughly. There are two types of buses:
Most routes on the island meet up at the St. George Ferry Terminal. Other major transfer points include Port Richmond, with some buses terminating at Richmond Terrace at Port Richmond Avenue; the Staten Island Mall; and the Eltingville Transit Center on the South Shore, the last with MetroCard vending machines and express service to Manhattan.
Fares can be paid in quarters or dollar coins (if you can find them). You can also use a MetroCard (good for all public transportation in NYC) purchasable at some delis or at the machines located at the ferry terminal. Buses run close to schedule, but service on Staten Island is sparse outside of rush hours, and even during peak hours, the most frequent headway is 10 minutes. If possible, pick up a schedule for routes that you'll plan to take or check the Guide-A-Ride box for exact times whenever possible.
A Staten Island bus map is available at: http://mta.info/nyct/maps/bussi.pdf
While the vast majority of Staten Island eateries are Italian, there are some gems of ethnic cuisine in the St. George and Tompkinsville neighborhoods, the area around the ferry terminal and the Staten Island Yankees stadium. Home to a large Sri Lankan community, St. George has many grocery stores and restaurants. Mostly within a mile of each other on Victory Blvd. (and in walking distance from the ferry terminal), the authentic and inexpensive restaurants serve up flavorful South Asian cuisine well worth the trip.
During rush hours, you have the option of taking the S89 from Bayonne to reach the Staten Island Hotel. Get off at Lamberts Lane.
Stay safe
Staten Island can be divided into two parts: North Shore and South Shore. The South Shore is primarily suburban residential neighborhoods with small commercial establishments usually within five minutes' driving distance. The North Shore has more apartment buildings and public housing, called "Projects." There is very little crime on the South Shore. Some parts of the North Shore, however, have some crime, and while these areas are generally safe during the day, you should avoid mistakenly walking into or around seedy neighborhoods by yourself at night.
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Former state Sen. Warren Tolman on Thursday said leadership sets him apart in the race for Attorney General, dismissing recent claims from�opponents that he�s softened his ambitious plans for gun reform.
"It�s about leadership," Tolman said of the race. "I�m willing to take on seemingly intractable issues � not because they're easy, but because they�re timely and they deserve to be addressed."
Tolman spoke forcefully about a range of topics, including gun control, campus rape and criminal justice reform, during a sit-down with MetroWest Daily News editors.
The former gubernatorial candidate said he hasn�t stepped back his stance on guns, a charge his Democratic primary opponent Maura Healey made after a recent interview Tolman gave The Sun of Lowell.
In speeches and in campaign literature, Tolman has said he�s the only candidate in the race who will take on the National Rifle Association and require all new guns sold in the state�feature "smart" technology.
Such guns, which he said have been in design for more than 10 years but suppressed by the NRA, use fingerprint or other technology to ensure the gun owner is the only person who can fire the weapon.
In a videotaped interview with The Sun, Tolman said "some" new guns would need the technology, and told an editor�smart guns would be "available for purchase."
Seizing on the word "some," Healey accused Tolman of backtracking in a press release. A�video of unknown origin posted to YouTube alleges Tolman "flip-flopped" after conducting a $30,000 poll.
Tolman Thursday said his goal is still to mandate that all new guns sold in the state have smart technology. He said his statement that he wanted to make the guns "available" didn�t intimate the absence of a mandate, but rather took into account the fact that people could choose to not buy new guns and buy older guns instead.
"I don�t see retrofitting of existing guns happening," he said. "I�m only dealing with new guns."
The video accusing Tolman of a flop was put out by an anonymous user, "SmartGun FlipFlop." Healey�s campaign said Thursday the video was put out by a supporter but didn't come directly from the campaign.
Tolman said even if his agenda only extended to "some" guns, it would still be more than Healey is willing to do. Healey has said she does not believe the AG has the authority to order guns to feature the technology, though she does support making smart guns available.
Tolman pointed to a 1999 court case he believes provides clear precedent.
In that case, the state Supreme Judicial Court upheld a move by then-AG Scott Harshbarger requiring gun triggers to be harder to squeeze to cut down on accidental shootings by children.
"That case upheld the ability of the Attorney General to regulate guns as an �unsafe product,�" Tolman said. "Just because we haven�t used (that authority) in a while doesn�t mean we don�t have it."
Tolman also discussed campus rapes, saying he believes colleges and universities could use a nudge from the AG to do more to change campus culture and investigate sexual assaults more thoroughly.
"We�ve got a serious problem here," he said. "We need to help change the behavior."
Tolman said during his tenure in the Legislature from 1991 to 1999, he took on big tobacco, ethics reform and campaign finance.
"I know how to get it done," he said, adding that he would use his skills as a leader to push for repeals of mandatory sentences for nonviolent drug offenders.
Brad Petrishen can be reached at 508-490-7463 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @BPetrishen_MWDN.
AG hopeful: Stance on guns hasn't softened
Former state Sen. Warren Tolman on Thursday said leadership sets him apart in the race for Attorney General, dismissing recent claims from�opponents that he�s softened his ambitious plans for gun reform.


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Notes on Call+VXML Server VM configuration
The following deployments and Unified CVP components have not been qualified and are not supported in virtualization:
- H323 Call flow Deployment
- Distributed VXML Server and Call Server deployment where each server runs on a separate VM
- All in one lab deployment with small reporting server.
Note: Unified CVP components are supported on the UCS platform only in a virtualized environment with ESXi server.
Depending on design requirements, the Media Server component may either be hosted in this VM, or run in a separate VM (see Notes on Media Server VM configuration )
Notes on Reporting Server VM configuration
- The creation of the virtual machine for the Reporting Server requires a large virtual disk size. Max disk size for a single VM to be 438GB for the large reporting server.
- Steps to configure the ESXi for CVP Reporting server to RAID10 found at CVP Reporting Server Configuration.
Notes on Operations Console VM configuration
Notes on Media Server VM configuration
The Media Server component may either run inside the Call+VXML Server VM or run in a separate VM.
If it runs in a separate VM, it can either use the same VM configuration as the Operations Console or be a customer-tailored VM configuration (since this is a 3rd-party VM).
IOPS and Storage System Performance Requirements
Windows 2003 R2 Server:
IOPS Summary: (Unit in Number, Data are Blade-based)
|CVP Server component
|95th Percentile
|Call Server/VXML Servers
|Reporting Server
|Operation Server
|NA (Insignificant)
Windows 2008 R2 Server:
The following IOPS metrics are measured in peak load conditions with failover:
|CVP Server
|95th Percentile
|CS/VXML/Media Servers
|Reporting Server
|Operations Console
The following IOPS metrics are measured in peak load conditions with no failover:
|CVP Server
|95th Percentile
|CS/VXML/Media Servers
|Reporting Server
|Operations Console
- Read/Write Ratio:
The following table provides Read/Write Ratio:
|CVP Server
|95th Percentile
|CS/VXML/Media Servers
|Reporting Server
|Operations Console
Performance Requirements
- CPU usage (average) should not exceed 60% for the ESXi Server and for each of the individual processors, and for each VM.
- Memory usage (average) should not exceed 80% for the ESXi Server and for each of the VMs.
- VM snapshots are not supported in production since they have significant impact on system performance.
- The SAN must be able to handle the following Unified CVP application disk I/O characteristics.
- Enable hyperthreading on all ESXi servers.
Performance Numbers on UCS Platform
HTTP Performance Metrics
- The following metrics are measured with full reporting
|Call flow
|Simultaneous Calls Supported
|Calls Per Second
|SIP Comprehensive
|VXML Standalone
|VXML Standalone with Req ICM Label (VXML Server on Tomcat)
|VXML Standalone on WAS
|VXML Standalone with Req ICM Label on WAS
HTTPS Performance Metrics
- The following metrics are measured with full reporting
|Call flow
|Simultaneous Calls Supported
|Calls Per Second
|SIP Comprehensive
|VXML Standalone
|VXML Standalone on WAS
Timekeeping Best Practices for Windows
You should follow the best practices outlined in the VMware Knowledge Base article VMware KB:Timekeeping best practices for Windows
- ESXi hosts and domain controllers should synchronize the time from the same NTP source.
- When Unified Unified CVP virtual machines join the domain, they synchronize the time with the domain controller automatically using w32time.
- Be sure that Time synchronization between the virtual machine and the host operating system in the VMware Tools tool box GUI of the Windows Server 2003 guest operating system remains deselected; this checkbox is deselected by default.
System Performance Monitoring Using Windows Perfmon Counters
You must comply with the best practices described in the section titled System Perormance Monitoring in the Unified CVP SRND.
Unified CVP-Specific VM Installation Information
Migrating Unified CVP Installation from Physical to Virtual Server
Migration of Unified CVP from physical (MCS) server to any virtual server (UCS or non-UCS) server is not supported.
UCS Network Configuration
IMPORTANT: For instructions on performing the network configuration needed to deploy Cisco Unified Customer Voice Portal (Unified CVP) on a virtualized platform, please see below.
1) Network adapter setting modification on Reporting Server -The customers must modify the "Number of Receive Buffers" setting on the Reporting server to maximize full reporting and call load on the virtualized platform. If this setting is not modified after installing the OS, messages will get backed up on the CallServer and Message Queues will fill up resulting in a sharp drop in cps rate.
- Set the "Number of Receive buffers" on the Reporting Server TCP settings to 4096 (max).
- On Reporting server, click on Control Panel->Network Connection.
- Right click on Network Connection.
- Click on advanced tab.
- Under property tab, select "Number of Receive Buffers".
- In the Value pulldown, enter 4096.
- Restart the Reporting Server.
2) The following table provides the transport protocols supported by different CVP versions on virtual and non-virtual (bare metal or MCS servers) deployments. The same transport protocol must be used on all call legs of the SIP comprehensive call flow deployments.
SIP transport protocols supported across various deployments:
|Type of Hardware
|Releases prior to CVP 8.5(1) ES6
|CVP 8.5(1) ES6 or later releases
|UCS C Series Virtualized*
|UCS B Series Virtualized*
|Non Virtualized (bare metal)
The session transport protocol can be set to tcp or udp in the POTS dialpeer.
Any other combinations of the transport protocols other than the ones listed above can cause call setup failures or abnormally long call setup times under heavy load.
* Check the Docwiki supported Application page for the Cisco UCS B-series and C-series hardware models supported by the Unified CVP.
** To avoid CPU utilization spikes under load conditions, the time synchronization between virtual machine and the ESX server must be disabled. To disable it, install VMware Tools in the virtual machine, in the Windows task bar, double click on the VM icon, in VMware Tools Properties window, uncheck Time synchronization between the virtual machine and the ESX Server checkbox.
*** All the UCS servers listed on the Unified Communications Virtualization Supported Applications page support UDP on both VMWare ESXi 4.1 and ESXi 5.0.
3) Cisco VLAN trunking to VMWare For information on best practices for Cisco VLAN trunking to VMware, refer to the VMware website
Steps for Installing Unified CVP Components on Virtual Machines
Follow the steps and references below to install or migrate the Unified CVP components on Virtual Machines.
- Install, setup, and configure the UCS Hardware.
- Configure the UCS Network. See reference at UCS Network Configuration for Unified CCE.
- Install and Boot VMWare ESXi. For UCS B seriees, refer to the Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Servers VMware Installation Guide.
- Create the Unified CVP Virtual Machines from the OVA template available.
- Install Windows OS and Websphere Application Server (if using VXML Server with WAS) on the created Virtual Machines.
- Install Unified CVP Software components on the configured Virtual Machines. See install reference for installing Unified CVP Components in the CVP Install and Upgrade guide
Creating Virtual Machines from OVA VM Templates
Open Virtualization Format (OVF) is an open standard for packaging and distributing virtual appliances. Files in this format have an extension of .ova. The naming convention for the template is PRODUCT_COMPONENT_USER COUNT_VERSION_VMVER.ova
Follow the instructions in the Downloading OVA Templates section below to download the OVA templates from cisco.com to a local datastore that vSphere Client can access.
Downloading OVA Templates
- Proceed to the Cisco Download Page for CVP.
- To download a single OVA file, click the Download File button next to that file. To download multiple OVA files, click the Add to Cart button next to each file that you want to download, then click on the Download Cart link. A Download Cart page appears.
- Click the Proceed with Download button on this page. A Software License Agreement page appears.
- Read the Software License Agreement, then click the Agree button
- On the next page, click on either the Download Manager link (requires Java) or the Non Java Download Option link. A new browser window appears.
- If you selected Download Manager, a Select Location dialog box appears. Specify the location where you want to save the file, and click Open to save the file to your local machine.
- If you selected Non Java Download Option, click the Download link on the new browser window. Specify the location and save the file to your local machine.
Creating Virtual Machines by Deploying the OVA Templates
In the vSphere client, perform the following steps to deploy the Virtual machines.
- Highlight the host or cluster to which you wish the VM to be deployed.
- Select File > Deploy OVF Template.
- Click the Deploy from File radio button and specify the name and location of the file you downloaded in the previous section or click the Deploy from URL radio button and specify the complete URL in the field, then click Next.
- Verify the details of the template, and click Next.
- Give the VM you are about to create a name, and choose an inventory location on your host, then click Next.
- Choose the datastore on which you would like the VM to reside - be sure there is sufficient free space to accommodate the new VM, then click Next.
- Choose a virtual network for the VM, then click Next.
- Verify the deployment settings, then click Finish.
- VM CPU affinity is not supported. You do not need to set CPU affinity for the VMs that are running Unified CVP applications on the VMware ESXi on UCS platform.
- You cannot change the computing resource configuration of your VM at any time.
- You can never go below the minimum VM computing resource requirements as defined in the OVA templates.
- It is required that hyperthreading be enabled by default when running CVP on ESXi. ESXi Server hyperthread is enabled by default and this setting should not be modified. Please ensure all VM's with CVP servers has hyperthreading enabled.
Remote Control of the Virtual Machines
For administrative tasks, you can use either Windows Remote Desktop or the VMware Infrastructure Client for remote control.
Installing VMware Tools
The VMware Tools must be installed on each of the VMs and all of the VMware Tools default settings should be used. Please refer to the VMware documentation for instructions on installing or upgrading VMware Tools on the VM with Windows operating system.


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While Wright seems to understand the legal proceedings and the charges against him, this delusion has persisted in the 18 months since he was arrested, the expert witnesses said.
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"I don't believe they can do anything to me because it wasn't a real person," DeLand said Wright told her during one of their interviews. "His skull was made of plastic. He had foam in him."
Storer said, based on his tests and observations, he does not believe Wright is faking this belief.
Jori's mother, Jesslyn Lirette, declined comment Tuesday, though she said she would comment once LeBlanc makes a decision.
Wright is accused of killing Jori on Aug. 14, 2011, in their home while his mother was out. His torso, lower legs and a forearm were found in a plastic bag in a trash can. The boy's head was found in their yard. Wright was arrested soon afterward.
Though DeLand and Storer work for the Eastern Louisiana Mental Health System, which runs the state facility in Jackson that treated Wright, their opinions — based on two or three meetings each with Wright — don't line up with those of the doctors who treated Wright for nine months.
Those doctors declared him competent and sent him back to the Lafourche Parish jail last year.
"When he was released, he was not diagnosed with a mental illness — you diagnosed him later," Lafourche Parish District Attorney Cam Morvant II said to DeLand while she was on the witness stand.
After speaking with Wright last week, her third meeting with him, DeLand said she concluded he may have schizoaffective disorder or schizophrenia.
Morvant asked her why, as one of the directors at the hospital, she did not report that information to the hospital. DeLand responded that she had been hired by Wright's defense to examine him, not the hospital, and she did not think he posed a danger to himself or others.
Morvant asked her, "Do you think you would glean more from him in two hours" than what other doctors did over nine months?
"I don't think we saw two completely different persons," DeLand responded. "I think we interpreted things differently."
After Wright's Jackson doctors declared him competent, they also reported he had been exaggerating his illness while at the hospital to avoid trial, according to court documents.
DeLand and Storer presented several reasons they concluded that Wright was not faking mental illness to avoid a life sentence — or the death penalty, which Wright could also face.
One was that Wright had been hospitalized for possible mental illness the February before Lirette's killing.
At the urging of an unnamed friend, he went to an emergency room and talked about messages he was receiving from the television and hallucinations he was having, DeLand said.
Wright told doctors he was hearing voices, but he believed his relatives put speakers outside the house so he would hear these voices, Storer said.
The doctor wrote Wright a prescription for the anti-psychotic drug Respidol, DeLand said, but she wasn't sure if he began to take this medication.
After the killing, Wright told DeLand he would hear two or three voices who would call him names, she said. He said these voices might be the actor Matthew McConaughey because he once heard them while he was watching a movie starring the actor.
Storer also said while talking with Wright and administering tests, Wright would tell him he is not mentally ill, though his delusions suggested otherwise.
Wright is "genuinely mentally ill" and "trying to hide the symptoms he was experiencing," Storer testified, reading from his report he wrote the November after Jori's death.
After doctors asked Wright what defense he could have during a trial, he responded that a forensic pathologist could explain that Lirette was not a real boy, the experts testified. He added that Jesslyn Lirette, his former girlfriend, could testify on his behalf.
"He still believes the mother of his child would be the best defendant as a character witness for him," DeLand said.
The delusions could be enough to declare Wright unfit to stand trial, said Tulane University law professor Katherine Mattes.
By law, if a defendant does not understand the legal proceedings or cannot assist his attorney, he is unfit, Mattes said.
"Certainly, if a person has a fixed delusion and he doesn't understand reality, then that can interfere with the person's ability to communicate with his lawyer about a possible defense," she said. "If he doesn't understand the reality of his situation, he's not going to be effective in conveying information to his lawyer" or understanding his attorney's advice.
Because Wright's delusion — that Jori Lirette was not a real person — relates directly to the charges against him, that could keep his case from moving forward, she said.
"I've certainly seen cases in which a defendant clearly had a fixed delusion, but it had nothing to do with the defense or the lawyer or anything that would have bearing on the trial," Mattes said.
It's still possible that Wright could be declared competent, Mattes said, stressing that she's unfamiliar with the particulars of the case.
Storer said he asked Wright if he trusted one of his attorneys, Kerry Cuccia. Wright said yes because Cuccia had bought him a Sprite while visiting him and because Cuccia drove from Lafourche Parish to see him.
Storer said he asked Wright which of these was more important in forming his trust, and Wright responded "both."
Wright wants to plead not guilty, but his attorneys have considered entering a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity, DeLand said. She asked Wright if this was a problem, and he said no because "either way he's going home."
He is being represented by several attorneys with the Capital Defense Project of Southeast Louisiana.
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Thursday, November 29, 2012
But I'm getting back in the swing again after some life interruptions and just being very busy!
I've written before about being my father's caregiver for the last few years. Dad had a stroke in October and I took several weeks off work to aid in his recovery. Fortunately, he had no paralysis, but he has aphasia, the inability to always be able to say the words he wants to say. His speech is gradually coming back and we actually were able to have a fairly lengthy conversation last evening and most of the desired words were there.
His loss of communication skills hit the genealogist in me very hard. I've been with him for eight years and clearly, I took our daily interaction and his stories about his life for granted. I've made a few recordings of his reminiscences, but I guess I always thought I would have more time to do that. As he lay in the hospital, unable to find the most basic words to convey his needs, I began to grieve the loss of the stories I might never hear again.
My advice to all my fellow family historians: record and document those stories NOW - before it's too late. We are all living on borrowed time, so capture the memories while you can.
I'm happy to report that Dad has eased back into his daily routine and we are returning to the life that is "normal" for us.
During the time I was off work, I had plenty of time to contemplate my own life, what I want to do with the rest of it and easily made the decision to give up my day job after 40 years of public service with the state of Nebraska. Since I've made it official, I can now share that information. My last day of work will be January 31, 2013. To say that I'm giddy about being able to devote more time to family history, genealogy speaking and writing is an understatement. I'm really going to be able to live my dream and do what is best for Dad and me. I think he is even more excited than I am!
The "busy" part is due to having been elected to the board of directors of the Lincoln-Lancaster County Genealogical Society in August. This is a very exciting time for our society as we branch out with our weekly education activities and special interest groups, in addition to our monthly programs. We have some very exciting programs and events in the works for 2013. We will be finalizing those plans at a committee meeting this Sunday. It has also been fun to gear up our online presence with our Facebook page, Twitter feed and blog. Al Harlow, our webmaster, does a great job with the LLCGS web site - and all of our online activities feed into one another. We sponsored a fall conference featuring Hank Jones, Jr. in October. He's one of the best!
In October, I was guest speaker at the Wymore Public Library in Wymore, Nebraska. My talk was sponsored by the Friends of the Wymore Library. I had a great time - many thanks to Jan and Janet for making that possible.
Thanks to the readers of LongLostRelatives.net for your continued and ongoing support. I'm looking forward to a fun and exciting 2013! And more frequent blogging!
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Just one of the activities you've mentioned would be enough to keep a soul busy!ReplyDelete
The caregiving is a labor of love. Your dad is fortunate to have you there. I know day-to-day experiences can be exhausting, but you are on an errand of angels making these twilight years happy for him.
Myrt. :)Replies
Thank you so much, Pat, for a kind and thoughtful comment. "errand of angels" - a phrase I will always remember. Bless you!Delete
Susan, I'm so glad that your dad is doing better and I hope he continues to improve. Congratulations on your decision to retire!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks, Debbie! I'm hopeful it will actually mean more time for genealogy!Delete
Thank you for sharing your news, Susan. Best wishes in each of your activities!! ;-)ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks, Dr. Bill! I will be reading your retirement blog even more frequently now!Delete
I say it again and again: family always comes first.. that said, it is nice to have you back and exciting for you as you come to the next phase of your journey. Bonne chance!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks, Lucie. I'm looking forward to the new journey ahead.Delete
Glad to have you back! This is the first I'm hearing about your dad but am glad to hear he's doing better and you're able to spend more time with him, especially after your retirement in January, which I did catch the other day on facebook. Wow, 40 years of service...that's impressive and I imagine it'll be a little hard to leave after all those years. But on the bright side, more time with your dad and your genealoy...sounds lovely! Best of luck in your soon-to-be newfound freedom!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks, Julie. I'm planning on logging several hours a day either writing or working on genealogy; I hope I don't get sloppy with my time and will be able to stay focused on the projects I've been wanting to work on for years. I told Dad I will still being going to work everyday; it's just that my office is downstairs instead of downtown. :-)Delete
Hope your Dad's speech continues to improve - and roll on the 31st of January :-)ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks, Jo. His speech seems to be improving all the time. I'm even hopeful that he'll be able to share his stories and memories again very soon.Delete
I hope your dad continues to improve. I also see according to Geneabloggers, today is your 3rd year anniversary since you've been blogging. Happy Blogiversary.ReplyDelete
Regards, Jim
Hidden Genealogy Nuggets
Here's a three month newbie wishing a three year veteran a Happy Blogiversary.ReplyDelete


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Ningbo (宁波; Níngbō) is a port city in Zhejiang province.
Ningbo a beautiful and prosperous city in Zhejiang and also one of the most popular tourist cities in East China.
The people of Ningbo have throughout their history had a deep affinity for the ocean. Two thousand years ago, Xu Fu, a necromancer of the Qin Dynasty (221-207 B.C.), led a fleet from here, thus becoming the first to commence China's exchanges with other countries. In the early 20th century "Hong-band" tailors from Ningbo traveled extensively throughout China making their living.
Covering an area of 9,365 km², Ningbo is a coastal city in Zhejiang Province. It lies on the south of the populous Yangtze River Delta and faces the East China Sea to the east. It possesses two main mountain ranges within its boundaries, Siming Mountain and Tiantai Mountain. Yuyao, Fenghua and Yongjiang Rivers are flowing through the city area.
After the Opium Wars in the 19th century, China was forced to open five Treaty Ports for foreign trade, including Ningbo. The others were Guangzhou, Xiamen, Fuzhou and Shanghai. However, Ningbo dominated the foreign trade.
The recently-completed Hangzhou Bay Bridge, linking the municipalities of Ningpo and Shanghai, has increased foreign investment and economic integration between Ningbo and Shanghai.
Ningbo is not only a very important port city but also the engine of the economy on the east coast of China. Ningbo started foreign trade in the 7th century and has since become a major exporter of electrical products, textiles, food, and industrial tools in China today.
Ningbo enjoys a subtropical monsoon climate featuring high relative humidity and distinctive seasons. July is the hottest month (average daily temperature 29°C) and January the coldest (4°C). As the frost-free period lasts 230 - 240 days annually it is suitable for the growth of grain, cotton and oil plants. The annual precipitation averages 1,300- 1,400 mm.
Down Town Districts
Outer Districts
Get in
By bus
From Shanghai/Hangzhou
It takes about 2.5 hours using the Hangzhou Bay Bridge. If you were to travelling from Shanghai via Hanghzou, it would take about 4 hours. If you stay over for the night in the Sheraton in Shanghai you can make use of their free luxury coach service to bring you to the Sheraton in Ningbo.
By air
Downtown Ningbo is about a 20 min drive spanning 11 km (6.8 mi). The taxi fare is ¥45-60. Alternatively a shuttle bus (¥10) runs every hour until 6:20PM and stops at the South Ningbo Railway Station.
Ningbo Lische Airport has flights arriving from: to Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenyang, Xi'an, Xiamen, Nanchang, Haikou, Shantou, Shenzhen, Changsha, Nanjing, Kunming, Chengdu, Lanzhou, Zhuhai, Hefei, Guilin, Chongqin, Dalian, Qingdao, Wuhan, Fuzhou, Harbin, Urumchi, Fukuoka (Japan), Incheon (Korea), Bangkok (Thailand), Hong Kong, Macao, Kaohsiung (Taiwan).
By train
Can be found downtown and most hotels are a short taxi ride away. Trying to get a taxi outside the station is virtually impossible. The tickets office is open from 6:15AM-7:45PM to the right side of the station.
From Hangzhou
About 10 "D" trains (fast trains, or 动车) run from Hangzhou South Station in Xiaoshan to Ningbo daily, and take about an hour and a half. An additional 10 trains run from Hangzhou Station (the "City Station," or 城站) to Ningbo daily and average slightly longer travel times. Perhaps another dozen "K" and "Z" trains travel to Ningo from Hangzhou South Station and Hangzhou Station daily, taking as long as 4 1/2 hours.
From Shanghai
Currently the train does not cross the Hangzhou bay bridge hence the traveling time is about 3-4 hours as the train goes through Hangzhou.
Get around
Ningbo is so much bigger than the small downtown area, staying downtown can fill a few days but its just like any major city. To really see some jaw dropping parts of Ningbo you have to adventure into the outer districts. Where you will meet the kindest of people with the warmest of smiles. Breathtaking mountain ranges steeped in a deep and meaningful history that has been relatively undisturbed.
As a foreigner, you can exchange your money at all major banks. A maybe wiser alternative is to use your foreign debit card. International ATMs (Plus/Maestro) can give about ¥2,500 (about 250,- Euros) out of each ATM at every transaction, up to a total maximum of ¥5,000 each day depending on your bank, which should be sufficient. International ATMs can be found all over the place and often have an English language option available before you insert your card.
Department Stores
Western Food
Japanese Food
Chinese Food
Ningbo's local seafood style is called "Yong cuisine".
Beer at cheaper restaurants is quite week and bland, and often not very cold. Foreign and more expensive Chinese restaurants have export-quality Tsingdao and European or Japanese beers.
All over Ningbo many bars often have happy hour specials with buy-one-get-one until 8PM or buy-two-get-one after 8PM on select beers, just ask before you order. In the Lao Wai Tan area there are many bars yet there always empty and over priced as the competition is fierce. Home to Le Cargo the late night sleazy disco that normally end up in a fight and the police being called.
There are a few bars by the side of the Sheraton attract the new business men in town who like to rub shoulders and tell each other the stories they've read in the china guide books, or start offering each other shares in an idea! before running back to safety of there hotels. You will also find some foreign students trying to cross over into business around here too.
Business men at one time or another will trade from the outer district of Beilun. Many bars have been springing up to cater to them before they make the short trip back to downtown, alternatively next to every bar area you can find a cheap hotel if you dont have a driver and fancy a few more drinks.
If your staying in a hotel get a business card or two before leaving the hotel so you can always get a taxi home by showing the card to your driver no matter how late it is!
"The Office", located in Lao Waitan. Where all the foreigns go no a days. Taco tuesdays ¥100 for all you can eat tacos. Tons of other specials, good food. Always some one to talk to.
Beilun bars
Night clubs
Tea Houses
Stay Healthy
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