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The long-term consequences of student loans
Clients who have $30,000 in student loan debt would have missed as much as $325,000 in investment opportunities in their 401(k) plans, based on data from LIMRA. Young workers have better retirement prospects if they contribute to defined benefit retirement plans, but such a program is accessible only to 10% of workers below 30, according to LIMRA's Secure Retirement Institute. "With Gen Y being in defined contribution plans, the time for them to really get ahead is in their 20s and early 30s, but if they have a huge student loan, they really can't do that," said Michael Ericson, an expert with the institute. –CNBC
The one money move to make before the end of the year
The year-end is the best time for retirement investors to review their asset allocation and rebalance if the allocation has changed by at least 5 percentage points. Rebalancing does not necessarily mean selling as investors may "just buy more of the losers," an expert says. Also, investors need to ensure they put the most suitable investment in every account. For example, tax-inefficient investments, such as basic bonds should be placed in 401(k) or other tax-advantaged accounts. –Time Money
Can clients file at 81, recoup lost Social Security?
A retiree who worked full-time until the age of 81 and never filed for Social Security benefits at age 70 may no longer be able to retrieve the benefits he should have received over the last 11 years, according to this article in Bankrate. Retirees can file for up to six months of retroactive benefits after their full retirement age, according to the Social Security Administration. However, SSA may allow more than six months of retroactive benefits if the retiree meets certain requirements and established a protective filing with a written statement of intent to file. –Yahoo Finance
How divorced women often get hurt when dividing retirement assets
Women who are going through a divorce are advised to be extra careful with how they will divide their retirement assets with their soon-to-be former spouses, writes Stacy Francis, president and CEO of a fee-only wealth management and financial planning firm Francis Financial. Female clients should pay particular attention to a Qualified Domestic Relations Order, a legal instrument used to divide assets in their retirement accounts that are under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, Francis writes. "QDROs are fertile ground for mistakes." –The Wall Street Journal
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While asset allocation is essential in a retirement income plan, experts differ in recommending the best mix of stocks and bonds in a retirement portfolio. Many retirees use the "static" asset allocation method, which distributes 40% and 60% of assets among stocks or bonds, while others opt for the "glide path," which allows them to start with 50% or 60% of assets in stocks and gradually shifting to bonds until they reach a 30% stock-70% bond mix. Another strategy is the reverse of the glide path called "rising equity" method, in which allocation in stocks starts with 30% and gradually increasing it to 70. –CNNMoney
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Ireland's new flat jockey champion.
Tuesday, 7 November 2017
COLIN Keane, who was officially crowned champion flat jockey in Ireland, spoke exclusively to Three Furlongs as the flat season came to a close at Naas racecourse on Sunday afternoon.
The 23-year-old is a former champion apprentice and was runner-up to Pat Smullen in the title race in 2015 and again 12 months ago, but finished this term with 100 winners - 12 clear of the nine-time champion Smullen.
The talented rider hails from Trim in Co Meath, and his inevitable participating in the horse racing profession was never in any doubt as his father Gerry is a well-respected dual-purpose trainer.
From as far back as Keane can recall, horses where always just the way of life and nothing ever attracted him in the slightest, "it was racing or nothing to be very truthful."
From Keane's first winner on No Trimmings at Dundalk Stadium back in 2010, he clearly has not had a minute to ponder as his whirlwind career went from strength to strength with his capabilities in the saddle, which have seen him frequently entering the winner's enclosures up and down the country and making him one of the most sought after jockeys.
A lot of recognition must be given to his employer Ger Lyons, who really gave him the lucky break early in his career, though we often speculated how the winning partnership first came about? "I was riding a horse for him in an apprentice race, which my agent sorted out by chance, and I was asked to go in and ride him out before hand and I enquired if I could have a job riding out for him and the rest is history," explained Keane.
With becoming a champion jockey there is sure to be several big offers on the table to join other stables and organisations, but Keane has been quick to slam that notion stating to us.
"I'm not going anywhere. The only way I'll leave Ger Lyons is if he sacks me." When interrogated about his most memorable moment to date, Keane responded with a grin: "My first Group One winner was a cherished moment. It was on the Tony Martin trained Laganore, who won in Italy earlier in this month for me. I got an incredible kick out of it." Keane has unquestionably put in the hard graft in becoming champion jockey and his race winning statistics speak for themselves, boasting an impeccable strike-rate of 39% for this season, which just shows the level of determination required to be in the position he is in today.
"Obviously it means the world to me as it would any jockey, with the work the team and myself put in I'm absolutely delighted," he said.
The pressure and expectation in becoming champion jockey must have been extremely stressful and what did he learn by this experience? "Take every day as it comes and accept there will be bad days but try and really appreciate the good times is what I have learned through my experiences so far."
The enticement of going to the middle east for their lucrative festivals in the winter is always on the back of any jockeys mind, but not this jockey as he decisively insisted: "I am staying at home this winter for the Dundalk races as it's always been good to me and I have plenty of nice horses to keep me more than busy, I am sure there will be other years to go abroad."
Staying on the subject of Dundalk, we could not let this jockey go without getting a few future winners for our readers to get stuck into at the Co Louth venue.
"Bring on the Band, Beckoning, and Elegant Drama, are three nice fillies that should be winning soon," stated Keane.
Outside the demanding world of horse racing, how does the champion jockey unwind from the hectic day to day grind? "Hanging out with my friends or going for a nice meal whenever I occasionally get the chance, though I do be very busy most of the time but I am not complaining," added Keane
On a final note We wish Colin Keane all the best for the winter series at Dundalk Stadium, which runs every Friday until March and we hope he enjoys his supremacy as Irish Champion jockey this year.
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While it will be interesting to see what comes of the investigations of Serco's management of Mt Eden Prison, the main issues leading to the investigation – organised fighting and prisoner possession of contraband in the form of cell phones, alcohol and other drugs – are issues in all New Zealand prisons. They are issues everywhere because all of our prisons are being run in a way which will cut costs in the short term, but lead to bad outcomes in the long term.
I strongly believe that the State should be the only body in charge of incarceration. The freedom and rights of individuals, even those who have committed crimes, need to be in the care of the Government, because those rights are too important to be delegated to anybody, but especially organisations whose main purpose is, by definition, to make money. Fundamental human rights can never be put on a scale to be balanced against profit margins. The incentives are all wrong. Governments don't exist to make a profit, they exist to protect and empower their citizens. They are in a position to limit rights when necessary for the greater good. Now, having said that, we can't let ideology blind us from seeing that the failings of the Serco run Mt Eden prison are in fact failings across the whole of New Zealand's prison system.
Former prisoners at any of New Zealand's prisons will tell you that organised fighting in prison is common. It is a 'normal' (for the environment) dispute resolution mechanism often used to resolve arguments between gangs. It also doubles as a way to induct new members into gangs. Like anywhere, more conflicts arise the more stressful the environment gets. In prison two of the primary stressors are the cell arrangements and the amount of time prisoners have to spend in lock-down.
Many prisons in New Zealand have two prisoners to a cell, despite evidence that having prisoners in single cells reduces tension in prison. Reducing tension has a positive effect on prison fights and also on rehabilitation and a decrease in recidivism. Yet Corrections continues double bunking prisoners as a cost cutting measure. Most notably, Spring Hill prison was purpose built with single prisoner cells, for a total muster of 650 prisoners. It currently has around 1050 prisoners because of double bunking. Double bunking in cells designed for one prisoner means inadequate ventilation (compounded by the presence of toilets in cells).
This overcrowding is made worse by understaffing. Understaffing is also a significant problem at all prisons. The understaffing at Mt Eden is in the public eye because the presence of contraband indicates that there are not enough staff to adequately monitor prisoners. The videos of the fights will have been taken between guards doing rounds. The fewer staff, the longer the rounds and the greater the opportunity to fight.
Another consequence of understaffing is significant periods of lock-down. Lock-down is the time each day that prisoners are confined to their cells. Former prisoners have noted that often lock-down periods are much longer than they are supposed to be. A particularly bad time is during school holidays and summer holidays when many staff take leave – during these periods lock-downs at some prisons are extended to 20-23 hours per day as there is simply not adequate staff to supervise the prisoners.
It is not surprising that a combination of over-crowding and extended lock-downs would lead to anxiety and frustration. I wouldn't want to spend 20 hours a day every day in a cramped room with a toilet in it with my best friend, let alone a random member of the public. It makes sense that conflicts arise in that environment and that they are resolved violently. In a hierarchy like prison, violence provides clear rules for assessing victory and it is a brief escape from the endless monotony of the situation people find themselves in.
If there was adequate staffing to monitor prisoners and adequate room for housing prisoners, it would remove stressors from prisoners and the fighting would decrease.
There is another factor which makes Mt Eden prison an even bigger breeding ground for violence and contraband – it's a remand prison. Prisoners on remand are either waiting for their trial or waiting to be sentenced. The vast majority of remand stays are less than three months long, but some stretch out to over a year. Because the prisoners have not been found guilty or have not been given a sentence, they are kept separately to the rest of the prison population. Because remand prisoners are kept separately they cannot access prison work or training and because some have not yet been found guilty, most remand prisoners don't have any access to rehabilitation either. This means that remand prisoners have even less to occupy their limited unlocked-down time. This means more boredom, more conflicts and more fights.
Understaffing and overcrowding are issues everywhere, but Corrections has strict rules against prisoners talking to the media and former prisoners rarely want to talk about their experiences – they would usually rather just move on with their lives and not face public scrutiny about their history. Those who may be inclined to speak up will often find that the media is not interested in the treatment of prisoners. When the poor treatment of prisoners reflects badly on private business the media and the public have more of a stomach for questions of prisoner treatment. However, those questions are still just as relevant no matter who is operating prisons.
There is often an attitude that offenders did bad things and therefore they deserve to have bad things happen to them. Offenders certainly did illegal things and their punishment is deprivation of their liberty – removing their freedom of movement and diminishing their freedom of association. Exposing prisoners to situations which demonstrably will incite violence is not part of the punishment. Prisons should be an option of absolute last resort where mandatory detention is used as an opportunity to engage people in meaningful rehabilitation and wrap around care so that when they are released they are able to contribute to their community and grow it rather than detract from it. This will create a better New Zealand in the long run – with less recidivism and intergeneration harm. It requires a substantial investment and not the attitude of cost cutting which is currently present in Serco, as the last couple of weeks have shown, but also in Corrections as years of prisoner and staff experience will confirm.
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When you come closer you can see it better.
As I was already there, I went to see some of the governmental buildings located there, in particular the Chancellery of the Prime Minister of Poland. I followed the sign:
The building of the Chancellery is neoclassical and was built in 1900. It used to be a siege of Cadet Corps. I must admit that I like the style of military buildings a lot.
Then, I followed the way to the Belweder, where the President of the Republic of Poland, resides.
First, I saw the monument of Józef Pilsudski a great marshal and the father of the independence of Poland. He is known for loving Chestnut the horse that served with him in the army. My father always told me that she was some great-great aunt of mine.
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Beware of scammers using the opening of the Affordable Heath Care Act (Obamacare) to get personal information. We have reports of people using this upcoming law to attempt to lure people into getting personal information. Be very cautious about giving information to anyone over the phone. We also continue to get reports of people using various means to obtain personal information. Most of these calls are coming from outside the country.
Open enrollment for the Affordable Health Care Act begins October 1st.
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Patricia Underwood: Vogue Patterns
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In celebration of Royal Ascot, which begins today, this post is devoted to millinery designer Patricia Underwood.
Patricia Underwood (b. 1947) was born near Ascot in Maidenhead, England. After moving to New York City in the late 1960s, she took a millinery course at FIT on a whim; by 1976 she had founded her own company. Underwood is known for minimalist, updated versions of traditional hat styles.
As well as designing for her own label, Underwood has designed hats for major American designers such as Bill Blass, Perry Ellis, Marc Jacobs, Donna Karan, Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren, and Oscar de la Renta. The milliner has also designed for film and theatre. Her career is the subject of a new book, Patricia Underwood: The Way You Wear Your Hat (Rizzoli, 2015).
Patricia Underwood has had a licensing agreement with Vogue Patterns since the mid-1990s. The earliest Patricia Underwood pattern I've seen is Vogue 9082, a pattern for five lined hats and two ascots. View A has a contrast under-brim in faux fur:
Vogue 9207 includes five hats and a shawl. Views A and B have Underwood's signature broad brim, while view E is a turban for stretch knits:
Bridal millinery pattern Vogue 7242 has a variety of headpiece and veil combinations, as well as a headband, hair ornament, and floral wreath:
Vogue 8844 includes four day styles of hat; View A can be worn like a trilby, with upturned back brim. The recommended fabrics are nylon, ripstop, velvet/velveteen, tweed, wool/wool blends and synthetic suede:
Recent pattern Vogue 8891 includes five more formal styles, all lined in tulle: a cloche, wide and smaller brim hats, and a fascinator (view C) like a miniature pork pie hat. This pattern is still in print:
For more on millinery patterns, see my previous Ascot posts on Frederick Fox and Stephen Jones.
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This is the Patricia Underwood hat I want for summer! Sorry, didn't know how to put picture. So lovely! Simple & stylish. Love her look, thnx for lovely post.
Love your hats. Will be making #9082 for this winter, also the scarf. Will let you know how great they came out.
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Azul is the 'Brains' in Combo ninos. Her totem is Aguila (Eagle).
Azul is the most intelligent member out of the Combo Ninos due to her excelling at academics and knowing when something is wrong and is there to stop them (But they might not always listen to her advice especially Paco). She is intuitive but sometimes bossy. She is a lover of fashion.
She has a fear of insects and snakes. Her phobia of insect is shown at Episode 2, when Insecto infests the town with insects and she shows her unwillingness to fight against an insect Divino. Luckily, she managed face her fear and defeat Insecto, along with the other members of the Combo Ninos. Later on in the series, it is shown that her fear of bugs hasn't been fully conquered as she looks terrified when Insecto manged to fuse himself with Duplico and Buffalo. At episode 17 Mama Conda, she was also able to face her fear of snakes as she managed to befriend a female offspring of a snake Divino.
Azul fights and studies capoiera along with the other three members of the Combo Ninos.Azul has the Divino Berry by her side. She can use it to locate the Divino and analyze the Divino.
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- The Doubles (she was very happy to see him when she got out of the Divino world and kissed Serio on the cheek.)
- Big Bad Buffalo (She was happy when Serio wasn't hurt when he was sneezed out by the Big Bad Buffalo)
- El Gaseoso (Azul and Serio were so close to kissing each other on the lip but was interrupted by Paco who was calling to be rescued from the gas cloud he was trapped in).
- Kiss,Kiss,Love,Love (Azul was under a spell and fell in love with him. However this is very questionable since this might not actually be her true feeling for Serio).
- The Night of the Zombies (Azul praised Serio by kissing him and telling he was a good leader).


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On Thursday, 10 December 2015 in Mektory in Tallinn the winners of student inventors' competition and the students' supervisors received national prizes and special awards, amongst those an award from Danish Embassy.
The winter/spring 2016 issue of Focus Denmark, published by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is out now.
On 11 November 2015 the official launch of the new Baltic Centre of Media Excellence (BCME) took place in Tallinn. The centre is to start its operations in an office located in Riga.
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival and its sub-festivals will in 13-29 November 2015 include several Danish films in their programmes.
On 14-15 November 2015 the Danish jazz duo Sunding & Vinding will hold two concerts in Estonia.
President of the Republic of Estonia Toomas Hendrik Ilves will be on an official visit to Denmark on 5-6 November 2015.
Nordic Film week on 8-16 October 2015 brings a varied selection of films to audiences in Ida-Viru County.
Tallinn Architecture Biennale's (9.09-18.10.2015) satellite programme includes two Danish exhibitions.
Danish-Estonian Society's 25th anniversary was celebrated on 3 September 2015 in Christiansborg in Copenhagen with a conference.
The bicycle ride with the Danish Embassy and City Bike to Viru Folk festival (7-9 August 2015) in Käsmu helped raise money for the Estonian Cancer Society's Jacob fund.


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Effective Online Marketing Techniques and the Online Perspective
With so much going on in the world of online income generation it would seem that things could get a little bit easier in terms of helping others find their way to their own little internet pot of gold, but the reality is that most people I speak with are overwhelmed by how much there is to learn and many are becoming bogged down with all of the information that is out there and they don't know the first thing about effective online marketing tips. Learning how to navigate through these deep waters is not that difficult, but you definitely have to put a plan together and learn to filter information on an as needed basis.
Effective Online Marketing Techniques Make This Simple
Internet marketing is simple once you learn those effective online marketing techniques, there just isn't that much difficulty to it…when you know how. When you are initially learning the basics of how to market online then everything can seem like a challenge. It is often one series of frustrations after another.
I clearly remember how difficult it seemed to get on the first page of Google for a keyword or key phrase that I chose. I remember what keyword research was like when I first started. I always felt there was just too much to do and not enough time to do it. Work a few hours per week and make thousands??? Sure, selling crack cocaine online maybe.
Over time, however I learned that there were certain things that you needed to pay attention to as well as certain things you didn't need to worry with at all. Today I sort of chuckle when someone tells me what a super duper, great money making program they have. I get hit up all of the time by people asking me what I think about this program or what do I think about that program. Is this one a scam? What about that one? "I hear that guy is ripping people off." Who cares.
I started off my internet career by jumping into the fire with a cash gifting program. Now most of you that have heard of gifting will automatically start shaking your head and muttering something about a pyramid or scam, but here's the truth. If you use powerful and effective online marketing techniques you can make a fortune in the gifting industry…of course then you will possibly have to deal with legal issues. I started online with that activity and didn't generate a sound for three months, but I was determined and I did learn to market a bit.
Sell Anything With Effective Online Marketing Techniques
Let me put it to you this way…some guy pasted eyes on a rock, put it in a box "home" and sold it to millions of customers in the United States. It was called the pet rock. You think that was a great idea? Not really, but the marketing for the product was stellar!
This brings me to my point. You are going to have dozens, if not more, marketers telling you that their program, software, service, whatever is the best ever and that's why you should buy it, but as an experienced marketer I know this:
If I can't sell it, it doesn't matter how good the product is!
You can replace the word product with anything like software, compensation plan, mlm, network marketing program, affiliate product, affiliate program, etc., etc.
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The very first thing you need to do is throw out all of this garbage information that you get from so and so company or so and so marketing system and learn some very, very basic concepts from a business point of view (wow!). Ask yourself some questions like:
- Is there an EXISTING MARKET for this product or service? Who do I need to market this to?
- How difficult will this product or service be to (ship,store,explain,describe,etc.)?
- Can I be passionate about this? (i.e. can I create content easily like articles and videos)
These are the only things I care about at first glance, the rest will come later, but if the products and/or services I'm going to market don't add up, then I don't care about anything else. I stop looking at the shiny, new system. I know people that would fail at promoting the cure for cancer and I know others that would sell that damn pet rock idea all day long. One group understands marketing, the other…well, they struggle a bit.
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"My most meaningful professional experience during my internship in Geneva came in the form of my working relationship with my direct supervisor. We established open lines of communication early on in my time at WHO. Specifically, we discussed what her goals and objectives for my work were, and what I was hoping to accomplish and learn over the summer. These frank conversations proved invaluable over the course of my internship and are ultimately what brought me back here as a consultant. I was not afraid to ask questions when I did not understand something, but was also confident that my previous experiences in the field and during my graduate studies had sufficiently prepared me to offer my own opinions and rely on my judgement. Being able to produce work and incorporate constructive feedback is essential, and that is the direct result of clear communication with your boss and your team."
How did your internship in Geneva contribute to your overall career goals and influence where you are today?
"Returning to WHO as a consultant has been a dream come true. I find the work extremely interesting and the more I invest in my time here, the more I learn and grow in return. If it weren't for the relationships I cultivated while in Geneva, I most likely wouldn't be here today. More specifically, being here as an intern provided an invaluable opportunity to observe the culture of the organization. Observing the way ideas are presented, negotiated and finally agreed upon has served me well and I believe "reading the room" is a skill I will be able to use in all my global health work moving forward. This internship provided innumerable learning experiences, and I would advise future interns to absorb everything- even the seemingly trivial details, like how to book a conference room or who to contact for IT questions- because being able to help out in all types of situations makes you a contributing, valuable member of the team."
Advice for incoming participants? What do you know now that you wish you knew then?
"I have lots of advice for incoming interns! First, break out of the "intern bubble"! You'll have plenty of time to hang out with fellow interns, but be sure to make the effort to meet with consultants, staff and people outside your respective organizations. This really helped me adapt quickly when I returned to Geneva, as I had friends and colleagues waiting to welcome me back. Second, be sure to set up a mid-term and final review session with your supervisor. Be proactive about seeking feedback and be sure to have some kind of recommendation letter or performance evaluation in your hands or on record before you leave Geneva. If you do plan on coming back one day as either a consultant or staff, that will be the first document HR looks for when processing your application. And finally, always, always be mature. In every interaction you have, with every person you meet, maintain a level of professionalism and maturity. These organizations are smaller than they seem, and first impressions mean a lot. Showing that you are mature, responsible and ready to work goes a long way and those are the first people most advisers think of when seeking assistance on future projects."
Recommendations for future students?
"For me, the "wine and cheese" market behind Cornavin station on Thursday evenings is a MUST!! Geneva is an amazing city! In the summer, you'll become well acquainted with Lac Lehman (the principal lake in Geneva) and will have many picnics, open air cinema nights and excellent outdoor concerts. Be sure to take advantage of the beautiful surroundings and visit the vineyards of Lavaux, the jazz festival in Montreux, and perhaps the hiking in Chamonix. It's impossible to run out of things to do here!"


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Doesn't ring any bells for me. I'll forward your mail to a wider audience. regards, rob >I have created a 'secure' subdirectory under cgi-bin. I use .htaccess to >protect that subdirectory and I stored in it a CGI executable called >fone_form. I can execute fone_form without any problems in >/cgi-bin/secure as long as I call it without parameters. If I call it >with parameters, I get the standarad 'Unknown file type' error message. >The server correctly recognizes the file as being of type >'application/x-httpd-cgi' but the browser does not seem to know what to >do with it. If I put the same application in /cgi-bin/, I can call it >with or without parameters. Do you have any ideas as to why it does not >work in /cgi-bin/secure? > >I tried moving the 'test-cgi' script to /cgi-bin/secure. I can call it >with or without parameters. The only difference I see between 'test-cgi' >and 'fone_form' is that fone_form is a 'C' exe and 'test-cgi' is a shell >sctipt. > >I hope you can help me in this area. I checked the known bugs list and >found nothing. > >Thanks for your attention > >Najla Drooby >firstname.lastname@example.com -- Rob Hartill (firstname.lastname@example.com) The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) http://www.imdb.com/ ...more movie info than you can poke a stick at.
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With Mick Foley's son, Dewey, joining the WWE creative team, the hardcore legend is now pushing for his daughter to follow in her brother's footsteps.
In an interview with The Roman Show, Foley said his daughter, Noelle, hosts a YouTube channel, which has a strong following. That's why he suggests her working for WWE.
Foley was part of the Legends of Wresting in January in Miami.
"My daughter hosts a YouTube show, and she has a nice presence. I think she can have a nice presence hosting a show for WWE," he said. "It's a multifaceted company, and there are a lot of positions for people with personalities. Yea, I'd love for her to work there."
Foley also voiced his support for Sasha Banks but said a potential future match between the boss and his daughter would be a tough one to watch.
"My daughter would need the training," he said. "I can't imagine my daughter not smiling. My daughter smiles all the time. That would be a tough one for me. I guess I would have to root for my daughter. The Boss is really something special."
He also discussed his experience on the reality show "Wife Swap."
"It was my finest work. I got a free haircut from it," he said. "I enjoyed the experience very much. It's nice to know your wife is spending time with the most handsome man in the world."
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This article originally appeared on WeddingMagazine.com
Don't let table-planning and bunting-buys take over your relationship. There's a special set of vows to help you stay on track, but you need to say them before you get to the altar...
The planning of your wedding might have started because you were in love – but sometimes the stress of preparing for your nuptials can have the opposite effect on your relationship. If you've found yourself at loggerheads the past few months, you'll be happy to know it's normal to have some niggles as you plan your big day together.
"Organising a wedding is a very intense experience, with high expectations and a lot of pressure all round," says consultant psychologist and author Dr Cecilia d'Felice. "It's well worth putting some time and thought into the way the two of you come together to plan your wedding, because it will say a lot about how you organise and support each other in daily life."
And don't panic if you feel your big day is doing more to break rather than bond you: "Nothing is insurmountable and now is a good time to discover how you can work harmoniously together because it will give you a great foundation for the years ahead. Remember, there's no set recipe, so enjoy finding the one that works for you," adds Cecilia. To give you a hand, we've created five pre-wedding vows to help you stay in tune with each other until you say 'I do' and beyond...
This might sound like an obvious one, but it's easy to get so caught up with planning that you lose your fun factor. Re-visit all the little quirks you both took so much joy over discussing when you first became engaged. Create a playlist of songs which are meaningful to you both, plan your menu with fancy practise meals and have a giggle rehearsing your first dance together.
"You could even sign up for some dance lessons; they'll be fun and you'll find out what it's like to learn a new experience together," says Cecilia. "It's often good to have differences, but make sure your relationship allows for give and take in your decision-making, so you can both enjoy the process."
You never thought you'd find yourselves arguing over place settings but now, what might have been a joke in your carefree past, is more serious in the planning present. "If you're both digging your heels into the ground over something minor, there's no point in getting angry with each other – just take time out." says Cecilia. "If you do find you are arguing over trivial things, it could be a sign you are looking for an excuse to release tension so take stock and discuss the pressure you're both under and how you can alleviate it.
Are you expecting too much from each other? Understanding things from each other's perspective is one of the key ingredients to a really good marriage."
If you can't remember the last time you talked about something unrelated to your big day it might be time to step away from your organiser; you're in danger of becoming a bridal bore. "Your wedding is such an important day for everyone, it's not surprising it can get a bit out of balance with the rest of your life," says Cecilia. "But it's important to keep your sense of perspective and you can help each other with that. Whether it's you getting uptight over the details, or him withdrawing from proceedings, be gentle and bring each other back into the light again by keeping a sense of balance."
Create wedding-free zones in your house where you can relax together, and organise date nights. "You might find in the build-up to the big day you don't get as much time as a couple and need to re-connect with intimacy again," says Cecilia.
You always said you wouldn't become a bridezilla, but the low-key ceremony you wanted has probably gained a few extra layers since you started, right? That's OK – it's when the scale of the event overshadows your time for each other that you need to worry.
"Be careful you don't work so hard on the wedding of your dreams that you feel an anti-climax on the day and find it hard to enjoy the first few days of married life," says Cecilia. "The honeymoon is there for you to relax and unwind, but don't go into your holiday in such a high state of tension that you can't enjoy it." Take some time out to talk about the day your fiancé proposed, your dreams of married life and all the things you love about each other.
Your big day's bound to be your focal point right now, but don't lose sight of the fact that when the last glass of champagne has been sipped it'll be the beginning of something wonderful, rather than the end. "Plan some activities in your diary for when you come back from honeymoon, either as a couple or together with friends," says Cecilia. "By getting that sense of balance and continuity back after the wedding you'll avoid an anti-climax."


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Cyber forensics, also called computer forensics or digital forensics, is the process of extracting information and data from computers to serve as digital evidence – for civil purposes or, in many cases, to prove and legally prosecute cyber crime. With technology changing and evolving on a daily basis CAPSWHITE has a number of indigenous tools for collecting digital evidence pertinent to different areas like disk forensics, network forensics, device forensics, live forensics, enterprise forensics, Multimedia forensics and virtualized environment forensics.
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Halo: Master Chief Collection set to drop on November 11
June 9th, 2014 | by Fletcher
E3 kicked off today, and Microsoft announced all sorts of great things including new content from the Halo universe. While we won't see Master Chief back for a new adventure until 2015, they did "officially" announce the Halo: Master Chief Collection.
Square Enix Montreal is bringing Hitman: Sniper to Mobiles
June 6th, 2014 | by Fletcher
Square Enix promised to deliver several new mobile Hitman games in 2014, and we've already seen the first one with the well-received Hitman Go. Today Square Enix Montreal dropped a few details on the second game called Hitman: Sniper.
Out Now: Dragon Quest VIII for iOS and Android
May 29th, 2014 | by Fletcher
Square Enix is no stranger to the app stores, and today they brought a classic over to mobiles with Dragon Quest VIII for Android and iOS. Ready to take on Dhoulmagus again?
The Watch Dogs ctOS companion app is now available for Android and iOS
May 27th, 2014 | by Fletcher
If you're a gamer, especially one on a next-gen system, you've no doubt hear of Ubisoft's Watch Dogs. Well, it's out and there's a cool new companion app you'll want to check out called the Watch Dogs ctOS companion.
The Humble Bundle PC and Android 10 has Arrived
May 27th, 2014 | by Fletcher
It's Bundle time again! The Humble Bundle PC and Android 10 went live earlier today and there's a little something for everyone from heroic stickmen to tactical strategy and tower defense.
Watch Dogs torrent installing Bitcoin Miner onto systems
May 25th, 2014 | by Fletcher
Pirating newly released games is a big deal on the web, and bad business for gaming companies – especially Indies. Those pirates got a bit of a surprise this week when a rip of Watch Dogs hit the net complete with a bitcoin miner.


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Mesa tried Obi's method of curing hangovers, and let mesa sayen dat itsa worken for a while, but den itsa getten muy muy worse when der next case of beer wearen off. Der only way to make itsa worken properly issen to keep drinken until yousa die. And mesa noah wanten dat.
Spaking of Obi, hesa hassen been looking for hissen twin lately. But guess what? Mesa haven a twin too! Hissen name issen Jar Jar as well, and wesa knowen all der same people - why hassen wesa never met before? Hesa hassen a blog too, see! http://lifeofjarjar.blogspot.com/
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by Amy
(St. Louis, MO )
Brodee is cute not only because of his large expressive cartoonish eyes and his unusually large smile, but because Brodee is a survivor. I adopted Brodee from a shelter. He came to me with an extensive hard background. He started out living with a homeless man on the streets, he almost starved to death and was brought into the shelter. He was adopted twice and both times returned because of the bad reputation the breed has despite that he had never shown aggression to any of them. When I first called he shelter about adopting they brough him over and it was love at first sight! Prior to me adopting him he was crated for 23 hours a day!!!
Brodee's favorite activity is rolling around in the grass on our first morning walk. It is sometimes hard to get him to stop even after 10 or so minutes! He is very friendly with everyone, especially if they are willing to give him a good back scratch! He has a very strict routine in the morning. First he REFUSES to get out of bed until it is exactly time for his walk. Then he does stretches for a few minutes. Then it's time for breakfast, a walk and a roll around in the grass. When he is finished with that it's time to go back to bed and wait for me to get home from work! This routine is never to be messed with to him. If I try and change one little aspect he refuses!
He has been such a blessing to me this past year. We are amazingly great pals and his smile warms me up and makes me giggle everyday! His tail never stops wagging and he is so appreciative that he is now in a permanent home with a loving mama!
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Choosing a biometric safe properly can save worrying on your valuables. The question can be answered by asking many questions about your valuables. Choosing the best biometric safe for you involves answering the questions and then selecting the model and manufacturer that best suits your needs and wants. The biometric sales person will likely ask questions similar to those below.
Check the thickness of the steel with each manufacturer. While the Thickness is not a critical piece of this as a determined thief will eventually get into the metal box. The thicker the steel, the longer it will take him.
- How large of a safe do you need?
- What will you be storing in the safe? Papers and documents take up much less room than guns and jewelry and computer discs.
- Will you be storing any guns in the safe? Many biometric gun safes are designed for 1-3 guns.
- How about any rifles in the safe? Obviously you can fit a long rifle in a metal box only 18″ long. Do you have a place for a 4 foot high gun safe?
- Does the safe need to be portable or easily movable? Many people keep small portable biometric safes under the seat of their car for securing guns or cash when away from home. Alternatively, maybe you live in an apartment and move frequently. Do you need/want a safe that you can pick up and carry yourself? Larger gun safes can be 4 feet high, 2 foot square and weigh 700 pounds, not something you casually decide to move.
- Does it need to be fireproof? This will add expense to the purchase. The rating of fireproof safes is critical. The rating usually denotes two things: how long it can withstand the high temperatures of a fire, and the maximum temperature that it will still safely protect the contents. The higher the number or rating of the safe, the better as this will provide for the most protection in the event of a fire. Look for protection that will last at least an hour and withstand temperatures of at least 1,400 degrees Fahrenheit. A few manufacturers such as Sisco Honeywell even carry waterproof fireproof biometric safes!
Additional features to consider when buying a biometric safe:
- Many manufactures include a 2nd way to access the contents. This is typically a round key (like you see on pop machines). This will allow you to open the safe even in the event that the biometric information is lost or in an emergency.
- All of these safes require power. All will have batteries, some will allow you to also run them on and AC power supply. Keep in mind that the security information is saved permanently even if the batteries die. Just replace the batteries from the front of the unit and it is in business again. AC power just simplifies life. All reputable manufactures will have a low battery warning that may be at least blinking light, but audio also.
- Smaller safes should have the ability to be mounted to the floor or a larger piece of furniture or cabled to something immovable to prevent a thief from simply picking up the safe and breaking it open at his leisure back at his property!
- If you are purchasing a biometric gun safe, insure it comes with a foam lining inside to protect the guns.
- Depending upon the manufacturer, some safes will store only 10 fingerprints and others will store 50. Determine your need.
- How long is the warranty on the safe and what does it cover. Many of the more expensive models will be a lifetime replacement if any tries (or is successful at) prying their way into your safe.
How is the construction?
Check the thickness of the steel with each biometric safe manufacturer. While the thickness is not the absolute critical piece of this as a determined thief will eventually get into the metal box, the thicker the steel, the longer it will take him, possibly deterring him from trying or requiring him to make enough noise or take enough time that he may be caught.
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Closure of acute and traumatic wounds is a $10.5 billion global market, of which the USA represents 34%. The bulk (75%) of revenues in wound closure — despite a flurry of new closure products ranging from synthetic to biological — remains in physical wound closure products like sutures, staples, clips and tapes, but the trend away from these has been clear for some time.
Advanced wound closure technologies including fibrin and other sealants and high-strength glues bring the potential to reduce scarring, heal wounds faster, reduce infection, reduce blood loss (provide for both closure and hemostasis) and provide other benefits. The challenge for these products is that they must meet head-on the performance of traditional wound closure types like sutures, which are fundamentally ingrained in the surgeons' skill sets and provide unquestionably strong closure.
Below is illustrated the growth in wound closure revenues by type through 2017 reflecting, in the aggregate, the continued growing demand for closure technologies (despite economics, healthcare reform or any other market forces).
Source: MedMarket Diligence, LLC; Report #S190.
The share of the total market represented by sutures, staples, mechanical closure and tapes is declining steadily as manufacturers of sealants, glues and related products have succeeding in progressively chipping away at the performance gap with sutures and related products. This is illustrated below in the figures of each product's share of the total wound closure market in the U.S.
Source: MedMarket Diligence, LLC; Report #S190.


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|Cpl. Albert H. Cornils
Cpl. Albert Herman Cornils was born on September
15, 1916, to Herman and Eva Cornils. With
his brother, he lived at 5140 Benton Avenue in
Downers Grove, Illinois, and attended Downers
Grove High School. After high school, Albert
worked as a wrapping clerk for a stationary
company. In September 1940, Albert was
talked into joining the Illinois National Guard at
Maywood by his best friend from high school, Lewis Brittan.
Twelve weeks later, Al was at Fort Knox, Kentucky, training with the regular army. It was there that he attended code breaker school. The biggest problem during the training was the inexperience of the officers. This situation was not resolved until the battalion was in the Philippine Islands.
Al believed that the training at Fort Knox did little to prepare the men of the battalion for what lay ahead of them in the Philippines, since there were not too many similarities between Kentucky and the Philippines. The one thing that Al remembered, about the training at Fort Knox, was that he made friends that would be his for a life time.
In late summer 1941, Al and the battalion went to Louisiana for one month of maneuvers. During the maneuvers, none of the soldiers had any idea that they had already been selected for overseas duty. It was only after the maneuvers had ended that the battalion was informed that their time in the army was being extended another one to six years, and they were ordered to Camp Polk, Louisiana. Al received an offer to be reassigned and be posted in Washington D.C., as a code breaker, but he turned it down to stay with his friends.
The decision for this move - which had been made in August 1941 - was the result of an event that took place in the summer of 1941. A squadron of American fighters was flying over Lingayen Gulf, in the Philippines, when one of the pilots, who was flying at a lower altitude, noticed something odd. He took his plane down and identified a flagged buoy in the water and saw another in the distance. He came upon more buoys that lined up, in a straight line for 30 miles to the northwest, in the direction of an Japanese occupied island which was hundred of miles away. The island had a large radio transmitter. The squadron continued its flight plan south to Mariveles and returned to Clark Field.
When the planes landed, it was too late to do anything that day. The next day, when another squadron was sent to the area, the buoys had been picked up by a fishing boat - with a tarp on its deck - which was seen making its way to shore. Since communication between the Air Corps and Navy was difficult, the boat escaped. It was at that time the decision was made to build up the American military presence in the Philippines.
The company traveled west by train to San Francisco, California, and was taken by ferry to Ft. McDowell on Angel Island on the ferry the U.S.A.T. General Frank M. Coxe. At Ft. McDowell, they were given physicals and inoculated for overseas duty. Those men found to have a minor medical condition were held back and scheduled to rejoin the battalion at a later date, while other men were simply replaced.
The 192nd was boarded onto the U.S.A.T. Hugh L. Scott and sailed on Monday, October 27th. During this part of the trip, many tankers had seasickness, but once they recovered they spent much of the time training in breaking down machine guns, cleaning weapons, and doing KP. The ship arrived at Honolulu, Hawaii, on Sunday, November 2nd and had a two day layover, so the soldiers were given shore leave so they could see the island.
On Wednesday, November 5th, the ship sailed for Guam but took a southerly route away from the main shipping lanes. It was at this time it was joined by, the heavy cruiser, the U.S.S. Louisville and, another transport, the S.S. Calvin Coolidge. Sunday night, November 9th, the soldiers went to bed and when they awoke the next morning, it was Tuesday, November 11th. During the night, while they slept, the ships had crossed the International Date Line. On Saturday, November 15th, smoke from an unknown ship was seen on the horizon. The Louisville revved up its engines, its bow came out of the water, and it shot off in the direction of the smoke. It turned out the smoke was from a ship that belonged to a friendly country.
When they arrived at Guam on Sunday, November 16th, the ships took on water, bananas, coconuts, and vegetables before sailing for Manila the next day. At one point, the ships passed an island at night and did so in total blackout. This for many of the soldiers was a sign that they were being sent into harm's way. The ships entered Manila Bay, at 8:00 A.M., on Thursday, November 20th, and docked at Pier 7 later that morning. At 3:00 P.M., most of the soldiers were taken by bus to Ft. Stotsenburg. Those who drove trucks drove them to the fort, while the maintenance section remained behind at the pier to unload the tanks.
At the fort, they were greeted by Gen. Edward P. King, who apologized they had to live in tents along the main road between the fort and Clark Airfield. He made sure that they had what they needed and received Thanksgiving Dinner before he went to have his own dinner. Ironically, November 20th was the date that the National Guard members of the battalion had expected to be released from federal service.
The members of the battalion pitched the tents in an open field halfway between the Clark Field Administration Building and Fort Stotsenburg. The tents were set up in two rows and five men were assigned to each tent. There were two supply tents and meals were provided by food trucks stationed at the end of the rows of tents.
For the next seventeen days the tankers worked to remove cosmoline from their weapons. The grease was put on the weapons to protect them from rust while at sea. They also loaded ammunition belts and did tank maintenance as they prepared to take part in maneuvers with the 194th Tank Battalion.
On December 1st, the tanks were ordered to the perimeter of Clark Field to guard against paratroopers. Two crew members had to be with their tank at all times. They received their meals from food trucks.
The morning of December 8, 1941, the tankers were ordered to the perimeter of Clark Airfield. The Army Air Corps took up at 8:30 and filled the sky. They had received word of the Japanese attack on Clark Airfield. As they sat in their tanks and half-tracks they watched as American planes filled the sky. At noon, the planes landed, to be refueled, and the pilots went to lunch.
At 12:45 in the afternoon on December 8, 1941, just ten hours after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the soldiers lived through the Japanese attack on Clark Airfield. That morning, they had been awakened to the news that the Japanese had bombed Pearl Harbor just hours earlier. The tankers were eating lunch when planes approached the airfield from the north. At first, they thought the planes were American. They then saw what looked like rain drops falling from the planes. It was only when bombs began exploding on the runways that the tankers knew the planes were Japanese. Albert remembered running toward a tree in an attempt to protect himself from enemy fire. To protect the equipment, everything was pulled out of the bivouac except for the trucks.
Some tankers attempted to shoot down the planes while riding in their half-tracks. Since the machine guns had not been sighted, most of them jammed. After the attack, the maintenance section was sent to the barrio of Bamban. Al would remain there for two weeks with Sgt. Albert McArthur and the maintenance truck while the tanks went north toward Lingayen Gulf on December 21st.
Along with the other members of Company B, Al worked to hold back the Japanese troops as long as possible. Al kept the maintenance truck moving and occasionally he would cannibalize other trucks for parts. The problem of inexperienced officers was resolved when General McArthur sent out a communique requesting the names of officers who were contributing to bad morale. Al, like the other members of his company, knew that the fight they were in would be lost, but he still fought on as long as possible.
The Japanese lunched an all out attack on April 4 against the defenders. The tanks became a favorite target of the Japanese receiving fire on trails and while hidden in the jungle. and could not fight back. The situation was so bad that other troops avoided being near the tanks, and the 26th Cavalry turned down a tank company's offer of assistance in a counter-attack.
On April 7, 1942, the Japanese broke through the east side of the main defensive line on Bataan. It was the evening of April 8 that Gen. Edward P. King decided that further resistance was futile, since approximately 25% of his men were healthy enough to fight, and he estimated they would last one more day. In addition, he had over 6000 troops who sick or wounded and 40000 civilians who he feared would be massacred. At 10:30 that night, he sent his staff officers to negotiate surrender terms.
Tank battalion commanders received this order, "You will make plans, to be communicated to company commanders only, and be prepared to destroy within one hour after receipt by radio, or other means, of the word 'CRASH', all tanks and combat vehicles, arms, ammunition, gas, and radios: reserving sufficient trucks to close to rear echelons as soon as accomplished."
When the Filipino and American Forces on Bataan surrendered, Albert became a Prisoner of War. He first heard of the surrender on the radio. Al, at this time, was near town of Mariveles. The next morning Al was awakened by Japanese soldiers. The soldiers urged the Americans to move by the point of their bayonets. The POWs were not allowed to take anything with them besides the clothes on their backs. If the soldier had slept in his shorts, that was all he was allowed to take.
It was near Mariveles that Al was reunited with the rest of the company. At the start of the march, the prisoners already were starving and in no shape to march the distance the Japanese expected them to march. The soldiers started the march on the day of the surrender, April 9, 1942.
The POWs were marched and then given a rest to be fed. When it started to rain, the Japanese did not wait to feed them and forced the prisoners to start marching again. From the lack of food, Al was out of his head. Three other members of Company B, Sgt. Ray Vandenbrouke, T/Sgt. Albert McArthur and Sgt. James Bainbridge saved his life.
Having seen a number of prisoners bayoneted, McArthur, Vadenbroucke and Bainbridge knew that Al's falling out would mean he would be killed. The three men took turns carrying Al, between them, on the march. Of these three men, only Ray Vadenbroucke would survive the war and life in the prison camps.
Al spent time at Camp O'Donnell and then Cabanatuan. The conditions at Cabanatuan were atrocious. The food was the main problem because it was a rice diet. A typical meal for the prisoners would be a soup made of rice and fish heads. Al believed that he was more fortunate than some men because he did not get dysentery. In the camp, he was assigned to Barracks #5, Group 3.
At this time, Al volunteered himself and Ray Vandenbrouke to go out on a work detail because Ray had malaria and Al knew that to survive they had to get out of the camp. The two men were sent to Clumpet to rebuild a bridge over the Pampanga River. The conditions on this detail were in Al's opinion the best he experienced as a POW.
Al was next sent to Lipa, Batangas, where he was assigned to building runways. The Japanese had extremely strict discipline for the prisoners there, but it was also there that Al received his first red cross package. From Lipa, Al was returned to Cabanatuan where he had his first attack of dysentery. Things in this camp were bad and fifty men were being buried a day. Al also came down with dry beriberi there. He believed what saved his life was that he would sun himself for hours.
Al was sent to Cabanatuan after the detail ended. According to medical records kept at the camp. Al was admitted to the camp hospital, on November 9, 1942,suffering from diarrhea. The hospital was known as "Zero Ward." It was given this name since most of the POWs who went into the hospital did not leave alive. He remained in the hospital until November 25, 1942, when he was discharged and returned to duty.
Albert was next sent to Fort McKinley. It was while he was a POW there that he saw his first American planes since the start of the war. The POWs watched as the American and Japanese planes engaged in dogfights high above their heads.
While a POW in the Philippines, Al experienced several acts of kindness on the part of the Japanese guards. Al had a toothache and his face was swollen on one side. The guard noticed this and took Al to a Filipino dentist to have the tooth worked on. He also experienced acts of kindness by two guards that the prisoners referred to as "Big Santa" and "Little Santa". These two guards did little things for the prisoners to make their lives a little easier.
From Camp McDowell Al was taken to Manila. Upon arrival at Manila, his detachment of POWs was suppose to be boarded onto the Arisan Maru. Since part of his group of POWs had not arrived, another detachment of POWs were boarded onto the ship. On October 1st, Al was boarded onto the Hokusen Maru for shipment to Formosa. As it turned out, the Arisan Maru was sunk by an American submarine on its way to Japan.
Albert and the other POWs were jammed into the Houkusen Maru's hold. The POWs on the ship were packed in the hold so tightly that they had to take turns sitting down. If someone died, the POWs would pass his body over their heads so that it could be taken on deck and thrown overboard. Other men lost their minds on the ship. Beneath them was coal that was being sent to Japan.
The ship sailed but dropped anchor at the harbor's breakwater. It remained there for three days and the temperatures in the hold rose to over 100 degrees causing some men to go crazy. The hatches of the hold were latched shut making it pitch black. In this situation, men went out of their minds. Albert kept his canteen filled with water and used it as a weapon. The sane POWs gathered in groups for protection with one standing guard.
As part of a ten ship convoy it sailed again on October 4th and stopped at Cabcaban. The next day, it was at San Fernando La Union, where the ships were joined by four more ships and five escorts. The ships stayed close to the shoreline to prevent submarine attacks which failed since, on October 6th, two of the ships were sunk.
The ships were informed, on October 9th, that American carriers were seen near Formosa and that American planes were in the area. The decision was made to head to Hong Kong. During this part of the trip, the ships ran into American submarines which sank two more ships.
The ship crisscrossed the China Sea before it arrived in Hong Kong on October 11, 1944. During the voyage, the prisoners heard the soundings of American submarines as they followed the transports. Al's body became covered with abscesses while in the ship's hold. When the ship arrived in Hong Kong, the POWs were allowed on deck to wash with salt water. This helped his sores to heal.
While in port, on October 16th, American planes appeared and bombed and strafed the ships in the harbor. None of the bombs hit the ship. On October 21st, the Hokusen Maru sailed for Takao, Formosa, arriving there on October 24, 1944.
For the next fifteen days, the POWs remained in the hold until the Japanese decided that they were too ill to continue the trip to Japan. On November 11th, they were disembarked and taken to a schoolhouse live. The camp was known as Inrin Temporary Camp. They were held in the camp until they were healthy enough to continue the trip to Japan. While there, he and the other POWs worked in gardens growing vegetables. This was the first decent food he and the other POWs had had in years. They also were treated better.
From Formosa, Al was sent to Japan on the Melbourne Maru. The ship sailed on January 14, 1945 and arrived at Moji on January 23rd. Al entered the country at Yokohoma Harbor. By train he was sent to Honshu in northern Japan to work in an open pit copper mine. The camp he was held in, Sendai #7, was about a day from the City of Sendai.
Al's job was to mine copper ore. To do this, Al was assigned a teenage Japanese boy as a helper. The two of them had to fill ore cars and then push them to the dumping area. It was hard work which was made harder by the cold weather in the winter.
Since the winters were harsh, the prisoners were issued warm clothing. The problem was that the POWs wore straw shoes which froze when they got wet. This resulted in Al getting frostbite on his feet. Food in the camp was scarce, but by this time even the Japanese people had little to eat.
How long Al remained at the camp is unknown. It is known that he was sent to Sendai #7. The POWs in this camp also worked in a copper mine. In the camp the POWs worked in a copper mine. The POWs in the camp were denied adequate food, clothing and medical treatment. After his arrival in the camp, the Japanese began having the prisoners stand at attention for long hours, without food or water, in near freezing temperatures because a camp rule had been broken. This went on until July when it was stopped. He was held in this camp until the war ended.
The prisoners were never informed of the end of the war. One day, the guards were simply gone. When they returned, they informed the POWs that the Americans were coming. When the American Navy arrived, food and clothing was dropped by planes to the former POWs. They were warned to stay out of the area where the supplies were being dropped. Some men didn't listen and were killed when they were hit by 55 gallon drums carrying the food.
In September 1945, Al was freed by the Navy. Only after he was freed did he learn that his parents had both passed away while he was a POW. His aunt and uncle had withheld the information from him so that he would have something to live for in the camps.
The former POWs were taken by train to Tokyo and boarded onto the U.S.S. Rescue and returned to the Philippines until he was healthy enough to be sent home. In late September, he was boarded onto the S.S. Klipfontaine and sailed for Seattle, Washington, and arrived on October 19th. After additional medical treatment, he was discharged, from the Army, on May 26, 1946.
Three weeks after returning home, he married Katherine Wolff on November 22, 1945, and the couple became the parents of two children. In 1955, the family moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado, and spent the rest of his life there.
Albert Cornils passed away on December 7, 1995,. He was interred on the mausoleum at Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Colorado Springs.


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'Price' pumps primetime pot
EmptyCBS will air a special primetime "The Price Is Right" at 8 p.m. Wednesday in which host Drew Carey will give each contestant two chances to win $1 million.
Additionally, if the contestant at the end of the show who guesses closest to the cost of the showcase he is bidding on can do so within $500 — without going over — he or she will win $1 million, in addition to both showcases.
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Could have separated... but didn't.
I went to bed around 9:00, feeling not too good as I have caught a stomach bug which gives the worst of stomach cramps. I fell asleep around 9:30, maybe the fasted I've fallen to sleep. I slept for four hours and woke up with thoughts rushing through my mind. I had probably interrupted REM and all these bad thoughts, just kept coming and coming. At the same time my stomach was twisting, and hurting so I got out of bed and went to the bathroom. I couldn't go to the toilet so I took some tablets to help my aching, cramped stomach. I let my dog use the backyard to go to the toilet, and by now, its 1:30 am I'm feeling more awake. The dog comes back in, I close the door to the room where she sleeps and I fix up my bed. All the bed sheets are tangled; I think everyone hates that. After untangling the bed sheets, I slowly moved myself into bed and turned off the lights.
I sat there just thinking for five minutes and then must of went into some body trance, were I was awake but I was in a dream-state of mind. I was just about to nod off but I felt a shift in my awareness. I suddenly thought of Sleep Paralysis, and all of a sudden, every time I concentrated more on the SP feeling, my ear drum would ring really loudly. I wasn't in the mood, so I was kind of peed off, but I knew what was happening. This had never happened to me before, I mean, my eardrums making loud sounds to the point were I would block my ears; but of course, couldn't. I was getting annoyed by the sounds that were producing so I attempted to roll out of my body. I really needed the sleep so I half separated but my body was telling me I needed some good rest. I knew if I had an OOBE, I would just arrive back in my body wide awake and feeling like garbage again so I feel into a dream.
Could have separated... but didn't.
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Dynamo do things the right way, even in loss
CARSON, Calif. - Since they don't give trophies for heart, the Dynamo left here empty-handed.
Resolve and grit and a relentless refusal to give in buy you nothing in a bottom-line world, and the Dynamo will tell you that's how it ought to be.
Still, we know. We know that this season was more of the same for a franchise that always does things right, does them with class and efficiency.
The Dynamo are so smart and so classy that it's news when they're unable to write their own ending. This season was to be their third championship in six seasons, and if you've followed this team since the beginning, you knew that's how it would play out.
Even against an opponent constructed to be the showcase of an entire league, even in a hostile stadium on a cold, wet miserable night, the Dynamo brought their usual smarts and staying power to the MLS Cup final.
In some ways, this was another of their finest hours. They were outplayed from the beginning by an opponent with more talent, speed, defense, etc.
The Dynamo were on the brink all night. Offensively, they were smothered by the league's best defense. Defensively, they were deflecting shots, tipping passes and halting scoring chance after scoring chance.
The Galaxy controlled the game, if not the scoreboard. In the end, the Galaxy did what they were supposed to do. There was never a moment when it felt like the Dynamo were in position to steal the game.
When the Dynamo finally blinked in the 72nd minute, the Galaxy did what championship teams are supposed to do.
Landon Donovan took a pass from Robbie Keane in and scooted a ball into the back of the net for the only goal of the night as the Galaxy won the MLS Cup on Sunday in front of 30,281 at Home Depot Center.
This was exactly how this season was supposed to play out. The Galaxy were stocked with three high-priced stars - David Beckham, Donovan and Keane - and in an league still trying to gain a larger foothold in the hearts and minds of this country, the Galaxy had a mission larger than a single championship.
Meanwhile, the Dynamo were remade on the fly the last 18 months. They got an MVP season out of Brad Davis and a sold one from new regular goalie Tally Hall.
They did all of this with one of the lowest payrolls in the MLS, and as they rolled through the final month of the regular season and the playoffs, there was again a feeling that they were going to do something memorable.
They were a dozen pieces from here and there, held together by the coach, Dominic Kinnear, who has defined winning from the moment the franchise arrived.
Nevertheless, this season is a wonderful springboard into the new stadium. Inside their locker room, there was disappointment sprinkled with pride for all they'd accomplished.
The Dynamo hadn't lost in 71 days, but with Davis out with a torn quad, there finally was too much to overcome. This was the moment the Galaxy had planned on when they brought Beckham to America five years ago, and with this the final game of his contract, there were 400 journalists from around the world covering it.
They'll remember that they saw Beckham win his first MLS Cup and that a big, roaring crowd and close game did the entire league proud. They may also remember they saw the Dynamo fight and claw and scratch against a more talented opponent.
Their best chance was in the 44th minute when Danny Cruz got Calen Carr's cross-field pass and fired a shot at Galaxy goalie Josh Saunders. The Galaxy had big advantages in shots on goal (13-8) and corner kicks (7-1).
So another special seasons ends in disappointment. The Dynamo weren't the team that left with the MLS Cup. They weren't the team that'll get the parade.
But they did themselves proud again. Just like always.


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This weekend, June 27-29th, the RVIP Lounge is heading to L.A. Film Festival with a group of up-and-coming filmmakers & actors, inspired technology startups, and our favorite bloggers & press, to rock the RVIP Media Lounge
We shuttle people to screenings, throw down our own red carpet, and connect the press with celebs & tomorrow's indie superstars on an R.V. with a karaoke bar and H.D. video den.
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text: Don went blueberry picking today. This is the season for them and he went about an hour away where he picked for a few hours and came home with the biggest blueberries I had ever seen. All together he picked eighteen pounds which made ten quarts to put in our freezer. We'll take some to Ryan to use in his blueberry pancakes. Some will be made into cobbler. And some just eaten or put I yogurt parfaits or fruit salad.


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American Idol down to the final 2 singers….Dancing with the stars chooses a champion!!
Why are our "news" organizations constantly bombarding us with entertainment "news"? Is this a testament to the complete cluelessness, and lack of interest on the part of Americans to keep up to date on real news? Or is it possible that the left wing slant on most true news stories makes many uninterested in real news, and they instead choose to fill their minds with drivel about the latest reality shows??