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Taking a significant step toward improving the power delivery of systems ranging from urban electrical grids to regenerative braking in hybrid vehicles, researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have synthesized a material that shows high capability for both the rapid storage and release of energy.
In a paper published in Nature Materials, a team led by professor of materials science and engineering Bruce Dunn defines the characteristics of a synthesized form of niobium oxide with a great facility for storing energy. The material would be used in a "supercapacitor," a device that combines the high storage capacity of lithium-ion batteries and the rapid energy-delivery ability of common capacitors.
UCLA researchers said the development could lead to extremely rapid charging of devices, ranging in applications from mobile electronics to industrial equipment. For example, supercapacitors are currently used in energy-capture systems that help power loading cranes at ports, reducing the use of hydrocarbon fuels such as diesel.
"With this work, we are blurring the lines between what is a battery and what is a supercapacitor," says Veronica Augustyn, a graduate student in materials science at UCLA and lead author of the paper. "The discovery takes the disadvantages of capacitors and the disadvantages of batteries and does away with them."
Batteries effectively store energy but do not deliver power efficiently because the charged carriers, or ions, move slowly through the solid battery material. Capacitors, which store energy at the surface of a material, generally have low storage capabilities.
Researchers on Dunn's team synthesized a type of niobium oxide that demonstrates substantial storage capacity through "intercalation pseudocapacitance," in which ions are deposited into the bulk of the niobium oxide in the same way grains of sand can be deposited between pebbles.
As a result, electrodes as much as 40 microns thick can quickly store and deliver energy on the same time scales as electrodes more than 100 times thinner.
Dunn emphasizes that although the electrodes are an important first step, "further engineering at the nanoscale and beyond will be necessary to achieve practical devices with high energy density that can charge in under a minute."

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Q. What are some everyday examples of tasks that require us to use cognitive maps?
A. Navigation examples: Finding a new route when a road is closed, driving to a new restaurant in a familiar part of town.
Q. Explain how the Turing machine helped cognitive scientists think about the mind.
A. Turing machines demonstrate a purely mechanical way of solving problems and processing information. Turing's model of computation provided a way of modeling information processing in the human mind.
Q. Consider the following statement: A Turing machine is highly idealized and does not actually exist. Is this true? Answer yes or no and explain your answer.
A. Turing machines are highly idealized and do not in fact exist, because they require an infinitely long string of information. However, computers are, in a certain sense, Turing machines—just finite Turing machines.
Q. Come up with an experiment to test Broadbent's model of selective attention.
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One year after Canadian recreational cannabis's historic date of October 17th, 2018, in comes Cannabis 2.0, which will see edibles containing cannabis and cannabis concentrates enter the legal recreational market. As of October 17th, 2019, there are seven classes of legal cannabis products in the marketplace, making Canada an innovative leader in this evolving industry.
The launch of cannabis edibles and concentrates into the legal market has also led to changes in the regulatory framework and the introduction of new best practices in terms of Good Production Practices (GPP). This should not come as a surprise, as these products are introducing the inclusion of cannabis and food products.
Since Oct 17th, 2019, we have seen a significant amendment to the Cannabis Regulations through the addition of sections 88.93 and 88.94, stating that holders of a license to process cannabis edibles or extracts must identify and analyze all potential hazards and have control measures in place to prevent, eliminate or reduce these hazards from occurring. Any license holder that conducts activities related to cannabis edibles, extracts or produces an ingredient used in an edible or extract must also prepare, retain, maintain and implement a preventive control plan (PCP). To indicate that cannabis edibles and extracts regulations resemble other regulated food commodities, would not be an understatement.
By having license holders establish food safety practices similar to the ones being used by federally regulated food commodities, it is allowing cannabis producers to implement a preventive approach by focusing on safety and reducing hazards in their operation.
According to the Cannabis Regulations a license holder's PCP must include the following:
- Identify all of the biological, chemical and physical hazards that could contaminate or could be at risk of contaminating any cannabis product or anything that could be used as an ingredient in producing a cannabis product. Once all of the hazards have been identified, you need to determine the likelihood of that hazard occurring
- The measures to be taken to control each identified hazard. Each control measure must then describe the task involved, how the monitoring task is carried out, who will be performing the monitoring task and how often the monitoring task is carried out
- A description of the critical control points, which are the steps in the process where a control measure is applied and is essential to eliminating a hazard. Next are the measures to be taken to monitor a critical control point
- A description of each cannabis product produced or ingredient that will be used in a cannabis product, including extract contents, permitted & prohibited ingredients, exceptions, naturally occurring substances and uniform distribution
- A description of corrective action procedures for every critical control point
- A description of verification procedures
What else comes with the collaboration of these two commodities in a regulatory environment? The need for industry to adapt and move beyond the basic GPP and pharmaceutical requirements and start thinking in terms of preventative controls and food safety. By encompassing the GPP requirements, traceability, employee training and now a complete hazard analysis and preventive control plan, you have the makings of a full food safety plan. However, food safety plans can be comprehensive and difficult to manage by utilizing a manual system.
Companies that are serious about the integration of cannabis edibles and extracts into their operations, will need to implement compliance and traceability technology that will facilitate an automated system. In return, you will streamline all monitoring processes throughout the production, packaging and storage stages of the system. This is crucial to a preventive control plan. An automated solution will also help with record keeping, document management and corrective actions, as license holders deal with failures in real time to avoid negative impacts on their products.
There are many compliance software platforms available in the industry and choosing the right one for your operation is a task in itself, as not all software platforms for the cannabis industry are created equally. Although many seed-to-sale platforms handle regulatory requirements and some document management, these platforms do not see cannabis as food products, and therefore, are leaving companies with a void in this aspect of their operation. When looking for a software platform that will encompass all of your regulatory needs, pay particular attention to systems that are designed for the food industry but have adapted to cannabis. These systems will be the most dynamic when it comes to implementing preventive control plans, handling in-depth traceability with recall plans and the ability to become completely digital.
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Julia Ward Howe
social reformer, writer
Born: 5/27/1819
Birthplace: New York, N.Y.
Julia Ward was born into a prosperous family and was educated privately. She married Dr. Samuel Gridley Howe in 1843 and moved to Boston. She became increasingly active in social causes, including abolition and woman's suffrage. Howe and her husband published an abolitionist newspaper, the Boston Commonwealth. She published a volume of poetry, Passion Flowers, in 1854, followed by two other volumes of poetry and two plays. After watching Union troops head into battle, Howe wrote the poem that made her famous, The Battle Hymn of the Republic. The Atlantic Monthly published it, suggesting it be set to the music of the folk song, John Brown's Body. After the Civil War Howe continued to write, founding the literary journal, Northern Lights, and later editing the Woman's Journal. She was the first president of the New England Woman Suffrage Association, and 1868, she helped establish the New England Women's Club. In 1871 she became American president of the Woman's International Peace Association. An active lecturer, and prodigious writer, she continued to write travel books, essays, poetry, and biographies into her old age. In 1907, Howe was the first woman elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
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Babys Way.
If baby only wanted to, he could fly up to heaven this moment.
It is not for nothing that he does not leave us.
He loves to rest his head on mother's bosom, and cannot ever bear to lose sight of her.
Baby know all manner of wise words, though few on earth can understand their meaning.
It is not for nothing that he never wants to speak.
The one thing he wants is to learn mother's words from mother's lips.
That is why he looks so innocent.
Baby had a heap of gold and pearls, yet he came like a beggar on to this earth.
It is not for nothing he came in such a disguise.
This dear little naked mendicant pretends to be utterly helpless, so that he may beg for mother's wealth of love.
Baby was so free from every tie in the land of the tiny crescent moon.
It was not for nothing he gave up his freedom.
He knows that there is room for endless joy in mother's little corner of a heart, and it is sweeter far than liberty to be caught and pressed in her dear arms.
Baby never knew how to cry.
He dwelt in the land of perfect bliss.
It is not for nothing he has chosen to shed tears.
Though with the smile of his dear face he draws mother's yearning heart to him, yet his little cries over tiny troubles weave the double bond of pity and love.


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Amanda Bynes Splits With Fiancé Paul Michael
Amanda Bynes has called things off with her fiancé Paul Michael.
The news comes three weeks after they announced their engagement. Michael confirmed the news to In Touch Weekly. "We did [breakup]," Michael said. "I love her though, she's my best friend."
Fans began to speculate that the couple called it quits after Bynes deleted all photos with her ex-fiance from her Instagram account. The 33-year-old revealed their engagement on Valentine's Day (February 14) via Instagram after dating for three months.
"Engaged to tha [sic] love of my life," she wrote alongside a photo of her ring with Michael's hand donning a wedding band. This was the first time that fans learned she was even in a relationship.
Fans didn't discover her then-fiance's identity until the next day when the actress confirmed his identity with a photo of the couple on her Instagram account. "Hey everyone, this is Paul, my fiancé. I'm so lucky. As you can see, he's drop-dead gorgeous," she revealed. "He's also the best person on the face of the earth."
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History of Christmas Lights
First Christmas tree with
electric lights, 1882
Christmas lights have been one of the most popular Christmas decorations for the past century. In 1882, three years after Edison invented the first sensible light bulb, Edward H. Johnson created the first Christmas lights in his home in New York City. The tree was hand-wired and lit with 80 red, white, and blue globes. The lights blinked and twinkled while the tree slowly revolved.
Christmas lights were first made available for sale in 1890, but were so expensive that most people could not afford them. They were a symbol of status among the wealthy and many people rented lights instead of buying them. In 1903, one set of 24 Christmas lights sold for $12.00. Considering the average person made about $9 a week, this was far too extravagant for the normal family. In addition to the cost of the lights, the service of a wireman was required and, if the house was not electrically powered, they also needed a generator.
Outdoor Christmas lights did not become practical for the average family until the 1930s. By this time, not only were homes decorated with electric lights, stores, community Christmas trees, and government buildings were also adorned with the twinkling lights. General Electric began to sponsor community Christmas lighting competitions in the 1920s, but it wasn't until the 1950s that it was common to see rows of houses lit on the outside. Today, the places you find the lights are as numerous as the types of lights available.
Before You Buy Christmas Lights
Ask yourself these important questions before you start buying Christmas lights:
- Are incandescent Christmas lights or LED Christmas lights right for me?
- What shape, style, and size of Christmas lights will I need?
- What length of stringers are necessary for my application?
- What color Christmas lights do I want?
LED Christmas Lights vs Incandescent Christmas Lights
For years the standard for Christmas lighting has been an incandescent C7 or C9 bulb. This is the traditional candle shaped glass bulb that you still may see lining houses across the country every winter. These styles of bulbs have a distinct twinkle and color and make many people feel nostalgic. As technology advanced, many people realized that replacing their incandescent Christmas lights with LED Christmas lights saves energy while providing the same (or more) amount of light than traditional incandescent Christmas lights. Also, many users prefer that the hard plastic bulbs of LED Christmas lights as opposed to the glass bulbs of incandescent. The plastic makes the bulbs more durable and if they break the clean-up is much easier.
If you're wanting a more traditional "warm" look from your Christmas lights, then incandescent bulbs may be the right option for you. If you are more interested in energy efficiency and a longer lasting life span, LED may be the best option for you.
Shapes, Styles, and Sizes of Christmas Lights
Mini String Lights
Mini string lights' versatility make them the most popular style of Christmas lights because of their versatility. Available in either incandescent or LED technologies and in a wide range of color options, these Christmas lights are the perfect addition to almost any Christmas lighting design. All of our mini string lights are very reliable and stay lit if a single bulb fails. Our incandescent mini string lights come with replacement lamps.
C7s and C9s
Outdoor Christmas lights are most often C7 or C9 string lights. Either size is an excellent choice for those that want a more classic feel for their Christmas lighting. The difference between these types of outdoor Christmas light is primarily the size of the bulb. The number after the "C" represents the diameter of the bulb in eighths of an inch; for example, a C7 bulb is 7/8" or .875" in diameter. The larger the number, the bigger the bulb. These string lights are available in several colors and in either LED or incandescent options. If you're looking to customize the colors in your Christmas lighting design, we also offer C7/C9 light strands and bulbs sold separately.
Battery Operated Christmas Lights
Illuminate mantles, wreaths, or even centerpieces without needing to worry about having a nearby outlet or running an extension cord with battery operated Christmas lights. From lit ribbons and InvisiLite strings to LED spheres and mini light strings, you're sure to find the right battery operated Christmas lights for this holiday season.
Net Lights
You can't go wrong with net lights or tree wrap lights for trees, columns, and bushes. Net lights are lights organized in a "net", designed to be laid over bushes or shrubs to add a touch of flair to your landscaping during the holiday season.
Icicle String Lights
Icicle string lights are a great way to add unique styling elements to your Christmas light display. Icicle Christmas lights look best hanging along deck railings, from gutters, under eves, or around windows. Since icicle lights come in a variety of lengths and spacing, it's important to stay consistent by purchasing the same length for your entire application. This way your home looks consistent and well put together. Another important note is to keep the lighting technology the same. Avoid trying to connect LED icicle lights to incandescent icicle lights to prevent electrical issue.
Tree Wrap Lights
Easily and effectively wrap tree trunks with Christmas lights to create some holiday spirit in your yard. Tree wrap lights are shaped similarly to net lights, but are designed to hug or wrap a cylindrical object like a tree truk, post, or pole.
Check out our Christmas lights by application page if you need further insight on how to best use your light strings! Or do you need technical help with your holiday decorations this year? Our lighting experts are available at 1-800-624-4488 to help you make your Christmas really shine!
How Much Christmas Lighting Do You Need?
Unfortunately, there's no easy answer. There are many factors to consider, such as how much house are you trying to light? Are there dormers that need to be lit? Are all sides of the house going to be lit? If you're wanting to get the most accurate estimate of how many stringers you'll need, you need to measure your roof line.
Average size bushes or hedges should be fine with one 2' x 4' net light, but you can add more for bigger bushes or get different sized net lights.
You have a couple options here. First, you could go with a tree wrap lighting setup. Similar to net lights, tree wrap lights are a net shaped lighting kit designed to wrap around tree trunks easily.
If tree wrap lights aren't something you're interested in, mini lights are a great alternative that allow you to customize the actual wrapping itself. You can make tighter wraps for a "fuller" look, or you can do a loose wrap for larger trunks.
For average single-width windows, one 14' - 18' mini light stringer should work fine. For larger windows you'll need longer stringers or maybe even multiple stringers.
For average width and height doors, one 16' mini light stringer will work. But since doors come in many sizes, you should measure and find a stringer to fit more accurately.
The most common type of lighting for railings is mini lights. However, if you want bigger bulbs, you can also use C7 or C9 stringers. For metal railings, you can use magnetic clips for easy installation.
For pillars, you have the same options as trees since the application is so similar. Tree wrap lights will make for easy installation, otherwise mini lights wrapped around the pillar will work just fine.
What Color Christmas Lights Should I Get?
The color you choose for your Christmas lights is completely subjective to user preference. From solid traditional warm white to multi-color, there's a wide variety of colors and patterns to choose when decorating your home with Christmas lights.
Once you determine the length of stringers you need, you can truly customize your Christmas lighting display by carefully picking the color, or colors, of bulbs to add to the stringers. Some homeowners opt for solid colors, while others create complex patterns between the house, to the trees, and even down to the pathway lights. You can truly customize your Christmas lighting setup however you'd like.
Christmas Lights FAQs
If a bulb on a string of LED Christmas lights goes out, will I have to replace the whole string?
No. If a regular LED C7 or C9 goes out, the rest of the string will be fine and you'll just need to replace the bad bulb.
How many bulbs can I have in one run?
To be safe, you need to ensure you don't overload your system by plugging in too many lights to one run. A standard 15 amp breaker can handle 1800 watts (assuming there is nothing else on the breaker) so you can typically run:
- Incandescent C7 - 360 bulbs
- Incandescent C9 - 250 bulbs
- LED C7 or C9 - 3600 bulbs
Do LED Christmas lights get hot?
No, LED Christmas lights do not get hot. LED technology, by design, runs cooler than its predecessors. High output commercial LEDs can put out more heat due to the larger energy demand, but LED Christmas lights do not put out enough light to warrant hot running temperatures.


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Pawty with Your Pet on National Dog Party Day
Is your motto "the more parties, the better?" Then you'll want to circle June 21 on your calendar. The third Saturday in June is this year's National Dog Party Day, a special celebration for dogs young and old, big and small. Check out these ideas for ways to celebrate.
Throw a Party
Invite a few of your pooch's canine friends for the ultimate dog party. When you plan your party, think about:
The Venue. Will you hold the party in your backyard, at a local dog park or another venue? If you plan to throw a party at your home, make sure your fence is in good condition. Designate a special potty area for guests in an out-of-the-way corner of your yard and provide pooper scoopers and bags.
The Guests. How many humans and dogs will you invite? Just like human parties, dog parties are most successful if the guests get along. It's best to leave aggressive dogs or those that aren't well socialized off the guest list. Be sure that your pet meets all of the dogs you plan to invite well in advance of the party. If your dog prefers people to pets, there's no reason why your furry friend can't be the only dog at the party.
The Theme. Although a theme isn't necessary, it can make the party more fun. Dogs can wear their favorite bandanas or come dressed in costumes. Your human guests will probably enjoy dressing in outfits that complement their dogs' costumes.
The Refreshments. What will you serve your four-legged and two-legged guests? A selection of tasty appetizers followed by a dog-shaped cake might impress the humans, but what about the dogs? Pinterest has plenty of recipes that are perfect for dog parties, including peanut butter bacon donuts, homemade dog biscuits and watermelon popsicles.
The Entertainment. What's a party without games and activities? The American Kennel Club has a few recommendations. The Club suggests creating a bouncy pit just for your canine guests, adding snacks to buckets filled with waters for a bobbing game, or hiding dog toys filled with treats throughout the yard. If the weather is warm, the dogs might enjoy wading in a kiddie pool or running through a sprinkler.
If you're still practicing social distancing in June, there's no reason that you can't throw a small dog party with just your family and your pets in attendance. Invite friends or family members to check in with FaceTime or teleconferencing apps. Consider holding a virtual dog party by encouraging your friends to post videos of their own celebrations on social media.
Other Ways to Celebrate National Dog Pawty Day
- Devote to the Day to Your Pet. Make National Dog Pawty day all about your dog. Brush or bathe him, offer his or her favorite treats and spend the entire afternoon playing fetch, throwing a frisbee, going for a walk or engaging in other favorite activities.
On National Dog Pawty Day, and every day, we're here to help you care for your pet. Call us if you would like to schedule an appointment for your dog or just have a question.
Pinterest: Dog Treat Recipes
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Speaker | Masaki Kashiwara |
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The original Riemann-Hilbert problem is to construct a liner ordinary differential equation with regular singularities whose solutions have a given monodromy.
Nowadays, it is formulated as a categorical equivalence of the category of regular holonomic D-modules and the category of perverse sheaves.
It is a long standing problem to describe liner ordinary differential equations with irregular singularities in geometric terms.
Recently, I, with Andrea D'Agnolo, proved a Riemann-Hilbert correspondence for holonomic D-modules which are not necessarily regular (arXiv:1311.2374).
In this correspondence, we have to replace the derived category of constructible sheaves with a full subcategory of ind-sheaves on the product of the base space and the real projective line.
Among the main ingredients of our proof is the description of the structure of flat meromorphic connections due to Takuro Mochizuki and Kiran Kedlaya.


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Here at EnableTech Home, we work with many people looking to increase freedom of movement and mobility throughout the home. If you are interested in grab bar installation service, we have technicians ready to assist and help you with the perfect installation so you have the ability to move faster and get back to daily living.
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Millions of falls happen every year, with many people falling into this category being over the age of 65. In many situations, these falls could have been avoided if there had been a grab bar in place for stability and security. Putting grab bars in your shower, by tubs and toilets, and in other areas of your home is an excellent way to prevent injury.
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A guide for British businesses who are interested in developing their overseas trade and doing business in South Korea.
A detailed guide on doing business in and with South Korea. The guide contains information on:
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The IAEAC R.W. Frei Award for the best poster presented by a young scientist was given to Judith Kouassi-Nzoughet, Queens University of Belfast, U.K. The poster was entitled "PROTEOMIC IDENTIFICATION OF AZASPIRACID TOXIN BIOMARKERS IN BLUE MUSSELS".
Poster Award sponsored by Agilent Technologies company was given to Salvador Maestre, University of Alicante, Department of Analytical Chemistry, Nutrition and Food Science, Alicante, Spain. The poster was entitled "A RAPID ANALYTICAL METHOD FOR THE COMBINED DETERMINATION OF VITAMINS AND METALS IN DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS".
Poster Awards for young scientists sponsored by CAMO Software AS company were given to:
1st - Kamila Kalachova, Institute of Chemicat Technolgy, Prague, Czech Republic. The poster was entitled "OPTIMIZATION OF GC×GC-TOF/MS FOR THE SIMULTANEOUS DETERMINATION OF PCBs, PBDEs AND PAHs IN FOOD SAMPLES".
2nd - Marinela Dasenaki, University of Athens, Greece. The poster was entitled "MULTI-RESIDUE DETERMINATION OF SEVENTEEN SULFONAMIDES AND FIVE TETRACYCLINES IN FISH TISSUE USING A MULTI-STAGE LC-ESI-MS/MS APPROACH BASED ON ADVANCED MASS SPECTOMETRIC TECHNICS".
3rd - Gaud Pinel, LABERCA, France. The poster was entitled "OMIC STRATEGIES TO SCREEN FOR THE ILLEGAL -AGONISTS IN CATTLE".


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I was fully prepared to ignore the National Book Critic Circle's latest effort to organize a confab parroting prefab guidelines for how to review books, influence the few, and otherwise eat your own tail. But when I espied a Great Publishing Professional sitting on the floor in a secret access area that I am not at liberty to reveal, I abdicated my seat to this valiant soldier and proudly cried out to the Great Publishing Professional (and others), "You, sir, have decided my fate. I shall cover this panel so that you, good sir, have a physical seat to do your work!" It's possible that I left the room with a spin on my heel, my arms gliding with the desire to hold an umbrella and leap into the air. But I must confess that the opportunity to ridicule that mendacious puffball Carlin Romano was also too ripe to decline.
But here's the big surprise. While the panel got off to a lumbering start — ten minutes of introductions (Romano's, of course, being the longest), reiteration of NBCC wonkery, business serving in lieu of sleeping pills — I was surprised by how smooth it ran. Indeed, it would have been drastically improved had Carlin Romano, a man so in love with himself that he seemed to think the panel was entirely about him, been rolled into the Hudson River, attempting to deliver his gant-inducing gasbag banter with his nose just above water. America the Philosophical indeed!
The panel sprang from the froth of an uncooked souffle concerning whether a universal code of reviewing ethics should be adopted to combat the "Wild West" feel of outlets that were online and offline, print and digital, short form or long form, missionary or doggy style, coffee or tea, and any other dichotomy that comes to mind when overthinking an insoluble problem in needlessly complicated terms. NPR's Maureen Corrigan seemed to flail against this right out of the gate.
"Why would you want to read a review that was so flensed of bias that it was almost written by an automaton?" she said. She pointed out that the late, great critic John Leonard accompanied Toni Morrison to the Nobel Awards and that seeing how an interesting mind reacted to a book outweighed issues of partiality. "I certainly wouldn't want to sign on to any kind of contract that required me to leave my biases at the door. My biases have made me worthwhile as a critic."
After Carlin Romano rattled off points he had delivered in 2007 (and, as a source informed me, reportedly identical to a recent Romano appearance at a biographer's conference and thus not particularly reportable here), New York Times Book Review editor Parul Sehgal stepped in to rescue the discussion from these unnecessary displays of narcissism. Citing Virginia Woolf's reviews, Sehgal pointed to the idea of a critic creating a shared space for newer writers. Sehgal was not only the sharpest panelist, but she also valued criticism as a passionate place for expressive possibilities.
But The Paris Review editor Lorin Stein looked to criticism as a place for bright iconoclastic writing. He bemoaned "when a book review editor assigns a novel to a young novelist. I think that creates an impossible conflict of interest." He stood against what he deemed "tepid, polite reviews."
I am not entirely sure why agent Eric Simonoff was on the panel, but he did feel that readers of book reviews and blurbs were "pretty smart." And he agreed with Stein that the "logrolling in our time" that has crept into a few recent publications needed to be avoided. Because this was precisely what a smart reader would detect. "When you feel the tepid poetry of someone who doesn't want to give offense, you're reading between the lines."
Sehgal seemed surprised by much of this. She saw criticism as its own pleasure. "To miss the chance to write an interesting piece of writing for its own sake is what's done."
I have neglected to note the contributions of moderator Marcela Valdes, who I really wanted to hear more from. But she was obliged to read back recent responses from an NBCC survey on ethics. Two starkly different responses provided a conversational starting point. The first: "I think that even a very casual acquaintance can inspire undue generosity or vitriol." The second: "I think the idea that there can be a permanent hermetic seal between author and reviewer is an ideal." (To be clear, an impossible ideal.)
Addressing these points, Sehgal saw no problem with biases or connections, provided they were explicitly stated in the review.
Romano then raised his impatient finger, beckoning for attention like an impatient five-year-old talent show contestant who wanted to play his violin first.
"There's one feeling I have after years of thinking," said Romano. "Literary ethics don't take place in a vacuum." He pointed to "the very short memoir about the Sri Lanka woman who lost her family."
"Sonali Deraniyagala's The Wave," cried out the more informed majority in the audience.
"How do you review a book like that if it's bad?" asked Romano, who clearly had not considered the plentiful finesse established by countless critics over the last few decades. But Romano wanted to matter. He had played his violin. Now he hoped to inveigle the crowd with a few bluntly thrown Molotovs. This was BEA! This was Romano's Moment!
"Any biases can be overcome by ruthless honesty," said Romano. "A best friend could write a devastating review of a friend and lose that friend." Thus, in Romano's view, objectivity was not possible.
This led Maureen Corrigan, bless her heart, to push back against this hogwash.
"You're not reviewing the Holocaust," replied Corrigan. "You're not reviewing the tsunami. We're reviewing the book."
Romano, clearly not listening to Corrigan, then tried to pull himself out of the choppy waters he had created for himself by suggesting that a reviewer might write that the author of a tsunami memoir "should have gone under the waves also." It was telling how swiftly such blunt asininity sprang from the Great Carlin's lips.
Lorin Stein had more interesting things to say about being provocative: in large part because his finger appeared more firmly on the pulse of recent newspaper developments. He and Simonoff both noted how outlets had declined in recent years. But Stein saw an equivalency between a blurb and a tepid review. "There are bad books that need to be shut down and that seems to me a very important service to do," said Stein.
But I think Seghal best comprehended why a review's identity was so important. "There are some reviewers I read," said Seghal, "because I want to know how your mind works. I want to be in a space with you."
Valdes then asked the panelists if there were any hard and fast rules. "You really have to read the whole book," said Romano. Stein disagreed with this, suggesting that better reviews might be honed if the reviewer wrote about why she didn't read the whole book. He wanted to avoid writing performed by people who clearly weren't critics. Seghal was committed to getting the facts right. Corrigan wanted a review to consider a book on its own terms.
"Actually," added Stein, "a black author said to me, 'Goddammit, you have to stop reviewing bald white guys. If you keep doing that, you're going to drive away readers.'"
"In some ways," said Corrigan, "writing the short review is writing poetry."
With that sentiment in mind, here is a haiku devoted to Carlin Romano:
Vested man falling
Ground below, boiler plate, ouch
Can't repeat the past


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This challenge was previously hosted by Alaine at Queen of Happy Endings. When she started looking for new homes for the 2011 challenges, I jumped at the chance to host this one. Since getting a Kobo eReader this past year, I've started reading more e-books. Since e-readers are now available internationally, a lot more people are going to be reading books in digital format. So why not challenge yourself and read even more?
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As the days leading up to the NBA Draft nears, one rumor surrounding the San Antonio Spurs was that the team was trying to trade up in the draft. One rumor had them trading with the Indiana Pacers to receive their 10th pick.
Now there is a report the team is trying to trade out of the first round.
According to Scott Howard-Cooper of NBA.com, the Spurs have investigated trading out of the first round:
Teams who have investigated trading out of the first round to get away from guaranteed money: Miami, Chicago and San Antonio.
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SOUTH BEND, IN, Sep 29, 2010 -- Kraig Biocraft Laboratories, (OTCBB: KBLB ) is very pleased to announce that the following release was made by the University of Notre Dame moments ago.
Notre Dame and University of Wyoming scientists genetically engineer silkworms to produce artificial spider silk
A research and development effort by the University of Notre Dame, the University of Wyoming, and Kraig Biocraft Laboratories, Inc. has succeeded in producing transgenic silkworms capable of spinning artificial spider silks.
"This research represents a significant breakthrough in the development of superior silk fibers for both medical and non-medical applications," said Malcolm J. Fraser Jr., a Notre Dame professor of biological sciences. "The generation of silk fibers having the properties of spider silks has been one of the important goals in materials science."
Natural spider silks have a number of unusual physical properties, including significantly higher tensile strength and elasticity than naturally spun silkworm fibers. The artificial spider silks produced in these transgenic silkworms have similar properties of strength and flexibility to native spider silk.
Silk fibers have many current and possible future biomedical applications, such as use as fine suture materials, improved wound healing bandages, or natural scaffolds for tendon and ligament repair or replacement. Spider silk-like fibers may also have applications beyond biomedical uses, such as in bulletproof vests, strong and lightweight structural fabrics, a new generation athletic clothing and improved automobile airbags.
Until this breakthrough, only very small quantities of artificial spider silk had ever been produced in laboratories, but there was no commercially viable way to produce and spin these artificial silk proteins. Kraig Biocraft believed these limitations could be overcome by using recombinant DNA to develop a bio-technological approach for the production of silk fibers with a much broader range of physical properties or with pre-determined properties, optimized for specific biomedical or other applications.
The firm entered into a research agreement with Fraser, who discovered and patented a powerful and unique genetic engineering tool called "piggyBac." PiggyBac is a piece of DNA -- known as a transposon that can insert itself into the genetic machinery of a cell.
"Several years ago, we discovered that the piggyBac transposon could be useful for genetic engineering of the silkworm, and the possibilities for using this commercial protein production platform began to become apparent."
Fraser, with the assistance of University of Wyoming researcher Randy Lewis, a biochemist who is one of the world's foremost authorities on spider silk, and Don Jarvis, a noted molecular geneticist who specializes in insect protein production, genetically engineered silkworms in which they incorporated specific DNAs taken from spiders. When these transgenic silkworms spin their cocoons, the silk produced is not ordinary silkworm silk, but, rather, a combination of silkworm silk and spider silk. The genetically engineered silk protein produced by the transgenic silkworms has markedly improved elasticity and strength approaching that of native spider silk.
"We've also made strides in improving the process of genetic engineering of these animals so that the development of additional transgenics is facilitated," Fraser said. "This will allow us to more rapidly assess the effectiveness of our gene manipulations in continued development of specialized silk fibers."
Since silkworms are already a commercially viable silk production platform, these genetically engineered silkworms effectively solve the problem of large scale production of engineered protein fibers in an economically practical way.
"Using this entirely unique approach, we have confirmed that transgenic silkworms can be a potentially viable commercial platform for production of genetically engineered silk proteins having customizable properties of strength and elasticity," Fraser said. "We may even be able to genetically engineer fibers that exceed the remarkable properties of native spider silk."
The genetic engineering breakthrough was announced today (Sept. 29) by Dr. Fraser, Dr. Lewis and Kraig Biocraft CEO Kim Thompson at a press conference on the Notre Dame campus.
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COMMENTARY: I am amazed that it took 70 Madagascar worker's over four years to collect the silk from one million spiders to produce the spider silk fibers in that yarn over 100 years ago. I bet that feat is in Ripley's Believe It or Not.
Kraig Biocraft Laboratories' breakthrough technology to produce artificial spider silk faces further challenges before the process is commercially viable and any yarn is produced. I have a feeling we won't be waiting too long. Bullet-proof chest protectors produced from yarn made from spider silk.
Courtesy of an article dated October 27, 2010 appearing in Technology Review and an a Kraig Biocraft Laboratories press release dated September 29, 2010


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I Recieved Divorce Papers! What Do I Do Now?
Did you know that most attorneys are not trained to act as Counselors or Divorce Coaches and cannot provide the proper emotional support that their clients need? As a result, the attorney and client spend hours discussing the emotional aspects … Continue reading
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TAC hosts press conference on HPV vaccine access with message of support from Annie Lennox
Today, Tuesday 11 November, the Treatment Action Campaign hosted a press conference to draw attention to our recent global call for affordable access to HPV vaccines for developing countries.
The main speakers at today's press conference included TAC's Women's Rights Campaign Coordinator Nomfundo Eland; leading South African HIV scientist Dr. Linda-Gail Bekker from the Desmond Tutu HIV/AIDS Foundation; as well as TAC Policy researcher Nosisa Mhlathi. A video message of support from acclaimed singer/song writer and TAC Patron Annie Lennox was also broadcasted at the press conference.
The following press statement was released at today's press conference:
"Across the globe, approximately 490,000 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer every year. Roughly 80% of these cases are in the developing world. Generally, due to poor screening programmes and diagnostics, and inadequate screening coverage, cervical cancer is diagnosed at a late stage rendering the disease far more difficult to treat. Approximately 270,000 women die each year as a result of late diagnoses, 55,000 of them in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Cervical cancer is a rarity because, unlike most other cancers, nearly all cases of cervical cancer are caused by strains of a known disease: the human papillomavirus (HPV). There are over 250 known strains of HPV, though most strains pose no significant threat because of their relatively minor health impacts. However, two of the most prevalent strains, strains 16 and 18, are harmful, and account for approximately 70% of the global cervical cancer caseload. Two pharmaceutical companies, Merck and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) have recently registered two vaccines in South Africa that protect against the virulent HPV strains 16 and 18. These are Gardasil and Cervarix, respectively.
At present, the cost of these vaccines makes them inaccessible to the majority of poor world citizens, who account for by far the greatest rates of cervical cancer mortality.
In South Africa, cervical cancer is the most commonly diagnosed form of cancer. Approximately 7,000 women develop cervical cancer each year; and approximately one in 26 women in South Africans will develop cervical cancer in her lifetime. The concerns for South Africa, however, extend much further than those of other developing countries due to the high national prevalence of HIV, which, according to surveys of women attending ante-natal clinics, is 28%. HPV infection rates amongst HIV-positive women are ten times greater than those among HIV-negative women. This is partly due to the compromised immunity of HIV-positive women.
More than 33,000 South African women have lost their lives due to cervical cancer since 1997, and between 1997 and 2006 the number of women dying each year from the disease increased by 41%. It is likely that cases of cervical cancer will begin to rise more rapidly in the coming years as HIV-positive women gain greater access to ARVs and life expectancy increases. The rising rates of cervical cancer are particularly alarming because it is a largely preventable disease.
South Africa's screening programme for cervical cancer urgently needs expansion. According to the Cancer Research Institute of South Africa (CARISA), 51 – 60% of South African women have never had a pelvic examination. On average, only 23% of women have consistent and regular access to pelvic examinations which detect HPV. Of even greater concern is the fact that screening levels of are particularly low among the age cohort of women at greatest risk of developing cervical cancer (between ages 45 and 54).
Cost as a Barrier to Access to Vaccines
While 70% of cases of cervical cancer in the current generation of South African girls should be preventable, the cost of the vaccines which protect against HPV infection makes it inaccessible to the vast majority of those in need. In the private health care sector, the vaccines cost more than R2, 100 (£128) for the three required doses. This is well beyond the financial means of citizens who rely on the public health care system care (amounting to 86% of the total population). This is also beyond the means of many citizens who have access to private medical schemes as well.
A roll-out in the public health care sector attempting to target 80% of girls aged 9 – 12 would need to reach 1,567,560 girls at present, and more than 520,000 per year in the future. At the current price, in order to provide Gardasil to these girls, the public sector would need more than R3.6 billion (£219M) for the initial vaccination effort and R1.2 billion (£73M) annually thereafter. By way of comparison, the total budget for the entire Department of Health in 2008 just exceeds R15 billion.
Both companies are willing to reduce prices for the South African public sector. But the question is, 'how substantial will this price reduction will be?' In a recent article in the Washington Post, Lance Armstrong and John Seffrin relayed that the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI) has managed to secure a price of only US$0.30 per dose of the vaccine. While South Africa does not qualify for GAVI level price reductions, the GAVI price would reduce the cost of these initiatives to R18 million (£1.1M) and R4.5 million (£274,000), respectively. The Treatment Action Campaign is therefore advocating for a reduction in prices on these essential vaccines in order to protect the rights and reproductive futures of South Africa's girls and women".


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States struggle to get rent relief to tenants amid pandemic
Published 7:00 pm Tuesday, March 30, 2021
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced last July that New York would spend $100 million in federal coronavirus relief to help cash-strapped tenants pay months of back rent and avert evictions.
By the end of October, the state had doled out only about $40 million, reaching 15,000 of the nearly 100,000 people looking for help. More than 57,000 applicants were denied because of criteria set by lawmakers that many said was difficult to meet.
New York's experience played out nationwide, with states failing to spend tens of millions of federal dollars aimed at helping renters avoid eviction. Burdensome requirements, poorly administered programs and landlords refusing to cooperate meant tens of thousands of tenants never got assistance. Some states also shifted funding away from rental relief, fearing they'd miss a year-end mandate to spend the money — a deadline that got extended.
The problem, housing advocates said, was that the federal government didn't specifically earmark any of the coronavirus aid for rental relief, leaving states scrambling to set up programs with no guidance on how the money should be allocated. As much as $3.43 billion in federal aid was spent on rental assistance, according to National Low Income Housing Coalition. But advocates said more should have been done, given tenants faced as much as $34 billion in unpaid rent through January, according to a report released by the National Council of State Housing Agencies.
States' rental relief programs "were a very mixed success. It was sort of a patchwork of programs," Maryland Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen said in February. "There was a lot of experimentation — some successful, some not."
Several states have since made changes, hoping to be better positioned to handle their portion of more than $45 billion in rental assistance coming from Congress in the coming months.
Last year, Pennsylvania, Louisiana, Mississippi and Kansas were among the states that struggled to distribute rental assistance. Kansas set aside $35 million but siphoned off $15 million for other uses, realizing only on Dec. 27 that it had more time to spend the money.
Mississippi allocated $18 million for rental relief but committed less than $3 million by December. The state said the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development determined the grant program it relied on could not help tenants behind on rent, only those at risk of homelessness. A HUD spokesman denied that, saying the money could be used for rental aid.
In New York, difficulties were blamed on lawmakers' criteria, including that tenants show they were paying over 30% of their income toward rent. Applicants also had to show a loss of income from April to the end of July, when some saw an increase from extended unemployment and other benefits.
"When you have $100 million to help and only 40% is spent, something is wrong. There is no question there are a lot of people in need," Justin La Mort, a supervising attorney at Mobilization for Justice Inc., a nonprofit legal services provider in New York.
He said the program was too focused on preventing fraud — at the expense of helping people.
Bonney Ginett, whose massage therapy business dried up during the pandemic, applied for help in July and said she was denied in October because she failed to prove loss of income. The 66-year-old New York City resident now owes more than $26,000 in back rent on her one-bedroom apartment and fears eviction.
"It's a well-meaning program and probably should and ought to be fixed, but it's hard to say because of how much overload their system experienced and might still be experiencing," Ginett said. "The types of relief that could help me are supposedly there. But then you run into a brick wall."
Lennard Katz, her landlord and a partner at Sussex Realty, said he didn't understand how Ginett couldn't get help.
"We believe it's a travesty that NY State has been unable or unwilling to get money to the tenants and landlords that desperately need assistance during the Covid crisis," he said by email.
Charni Sochet, a spokesperson for New York State Homes and Community Renewal, said the affordable housing agency "worked intensely for months to ensure rent-burdened households received the assistance for which they qualified" and that "the rent relief program quickly delivered funding to renters most in need in accordance with the specific requirements established by the Legislature."
Pennsylvania had similar problems, spending $54 million on rental assistance and $10 million on mortgage assistance, out of nearly $175 million dedicated for the program. Just over one-third of applicants got help.
Facing the Republican-controlled Legislature's Nov. 30 deadline to spend the money, the state Housing Finance Authority returned the bulk of it. Some of it went to the corrections department.
"There were a lot of sort of roadblocks put up for people to really effectively and easily get into the program, get the assistance and stay in their homes," said Bryce Maretzki, director of the housing authority's Office of Strategic Planning & Policy.
Perhaps the biggest problem was a $750 monthly cap. That's below the median rent in Pennsylvania, making it inadequate in bigger cities with higher housing prices.
Applicants also had to be 30 days behind on rent, which Maretzki said meant someone might fall behind to qualify, only to "run the risk of losing your house and then not qualifying for the program."
"There were many tenants who didn't think the money would come in time, so they moved in with a family or doubled up or found less suitable housing because they didn't think they could make the next month's rent," said Rachel Garland, an attorney at Community Legal Services in Philadelphia.
In Louisiana, $24 million in assistance for renters facing pandemic-related financial problems was announced July 16, with about half coming from federal funding.
Just $2.3 million has been distributed to 956 applicants, said Keith Cunningham of the Louisiana Housing Corporation, the agency administering the effort. The program was so swamped with inquiries, the online system shut down within days. And there was a lengthy application.
"Do you think the person who is reaching out to you has a fax machine or solid enough internet or a printer in their house to handle a 50-page application?" said Andreanecia Morris of the Greater New Orleans Housing Alliance.
Cunningham said the program's size was daunting, made more challenging by a busy tropical storm season.
"No one in the state has done anything on that scope," he said. "There was no infrastructure, no system to deliver. … We had to really build it from scratch."
Yaeko Scott, who lost her housekeeping job during the pandemic and owes $6,000 in rent on her family's two-bedroom apartment in New Orleans, said she's repeatedly tried to get help.
"I'm aggravated," she said. "Nothing is being done. Everyone is calling asking about the rent. I'm not getting anything. It's really, really rough right now."
Some states have made changes with new federal aid coming.
In Louisiana, roughly 7,000 applicants who were initially considered will get priority for $161 million, Cunningham said.
Pennsylvania fixed its $750 rental cap by reinterpreting the law and said a different agency would handle the new funding.
New York expanded the program's eligibility and will reconsider applicants who were initially denied.


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Is Too Much of Your Retirement Money in Stocks?
Many pre-retirees now have 100 percent of their IRAs in the market
Recently, I was alarmed by new data showing how people in their 50s and 60s are investing for retirement.
Roughly a third of "consistent traditional Individual Retirement Account (IRA) investors" in their 50s — 31 percent of those age 50 to 54 and 29 percent age 55 to 59 — have 100 percent of their IRA money in stocks, according to the Investment Company Institute, the trade group for mutual funds.
A quarter of these IRA investors (defined as ones with IRA accounts in every year between 2007 and 2013) age 60 to 64 have all their IRAs in stocks, too.
A Lack of Diversification?
Not what you'd call a well-diversified portfolio, on the face of it. "It does seem high, no doubt about it," said Wade Pfau, Professor of Retirement Income at The American College in Bryn Mawr, Pa., the largest nonprofit educational institution devoted to financial services.
And on days like Thursday, when the Dow fell 1.6 percent and the Nasdaq plunged 3.1 percent, owning just stocks can be just joyless. Some market analysts, such as Henry Blodget, believe we may be watching the start of a market crash.
(MORE: How Boomers Feel About Their Retirement Now)
After speaking with Pfau and a few other smart financial analysts, however I'm a little less concerned about the investing habits of pre-retirees — but I still think there's room for improvement.
2013 IRA Deadline Is Approaching
And with only a few days left to invest in an IRA for 2013 (the deadline is April 15, for most people), I wanted to pass on the retirement-investing advice I heard.
The reason the IRA numbers aren't as bad as they seem is that they don't provide a complete picture of their investors' total retirement portfolios. It's possible, for instance, that those same investors hold bonds in their 401(k) plans or other accounts.
"The statistics are a little narrow," said Ric Edelman, author of The Truth About Retirement Plans and IRAs and Chairman and CEO of Edelman Financial Services, based in Fairfax, Va. "When you go broader, the statistics I'm seeing show that Americans have, on average, about half of their money in equities."
Pfau's a perfect example of why these IRA numbers can be deceiving. "My IRA is 100 percent in stocks as well, but my overall asset allocation is not."
Said Edelman, who's also a popular financial radio show host: "I'm more interested in whether you're saving for retirement. I'm not terribly concerned about how the account is registered."
A Portfolio Tilted Toward Stocks Is 'Good News'
Edelman told me that the data showing many pre-retirees have most of their money in stocks (or mutual funds that own them) "is good news, not bad news."
(MORE: 7 Secrets of Highly Effective Retirement Savers)
He said that he's found managing money for more than 25 years that "when people fail financially, it isn't because they take too much risk with their money, it's because they don't take enough risk."
By keeping too much of their money in bank CDs and bonds, particularly when they're paying so little these days, Edelman said, "people run the risk of running out of money."
Edelman thinks your retirement portfolio should tilt toward stocks because equities have outperformed all other investments over the long term.
"There's no reason to believe that isn't going to continue to be the case over the next 20, 30 or 40 years," Edelman said. "And because of the cost of living that retirees incur, particularly with health care, it's vital that they continue to earn a competitive rate of return — which they can't do in today's low interest rate, fixed income world." When interest rates rise, Edelman said, it'll be time to reevaluate this strategy.
Your Temperament Is Key
But what if the market tanks when you're newly retired? Won't retirees whose portfolios are stock-heavy face financial problems as a result? "Only if they sell while prices are low," said Edelman. "And that's the important point: If you're going to be heavily invested in stocks, you must maintain a long-term perspective."
But if you don't have the temperament for that and weaken when the market drops, keep your stock holdings down.
"If you know that you get seasick, you shouldn't go deep sea fishing," said Edelman. "But if you can tolerate the swells of the currents, you can have a fun time. It's the same with the stock market. As long as you realize that volatility is an inherent part of investing in stocks and you are prepared to wait it out, the volatility works to your favor."
Very Few Now Contribute to IRAs
Dan Keady, Director of Financial Planning at TIAA-CREF (a financial services firm for nonprofit employees), said his concern was about how few Americans are investing in IRAs for retirement these days.
According to a study TIAA-CREF recently published, 17 percent of the public now contributes to IRAs, down from 22 percent in 2012. "With the economy improving, you might expect more people to contribute, not less," said Keady. (Just 20 percent of those age 55 to 64 are contributing to IRAs.)
One reason for the dropoff may be that growing numbers of Americans are able to invest for retirement through employer-sponsored 401(k) and 403(b) plans. And employers offering those plans are increasingly making it easier to contribute and to raise your contributions.
According to WorldatWork, an HR consultant, 56 percent of 401(k)s have automatic enrollment, meaning you have money taken out of your paycheck unless you tell your employer not to.
Many 401(k) plans also match a portion of their employees' investments, something an IRA can't do, so you get an automatic return just by participating in the plan.
The Complex IRA Rules
But here's another likely reason: IRAs are just too darn complex. (If you doubt me, take a look at this head-scratching IRA eligibility flowchart.)
Even Keady, a certified financial planner and retirement-planning specialist, says he has to keep a clipboard on his desk to keep track of who's eligible to open an IRA and deduct contributions to one.
The rules vary enormously depending on your income, your age, whether you participate in a workplace retirement plan and whether you're talking about a "traditional" or Roth IRA. (The IRS website spells things out in its "Retirement Topics: IRA Contribution Limits" area.)
IRA or Flat-Screen TV?
Keady's survey also found that even when people decide to put money into an IRA, they spend less time on it than they do picking out a restaurant for a special occasion or buying a flat-screen TV or tablet. Of those with IRAs, TIAA-CREF found, 55 percent spent an hour or less planning for that investment.
But the payoff for putting money away for retirement wisely can last much, much longer than a flat-screen TV you'll replace in a few years.
"You might save $50 by looking at ads and finding a tablet," said Keady. "But if you spend the time to find an IRA with reasonable fees and expenses, instead of one charging more, you could save yourself a lot of money over many years."


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Over the last three decades the eminent art historian Desmond FitzGerald, Knight of Glin, has assembled a collection of views of Ireland ranging in date from the mid-eighteenth century to today. While there is a particular focus on views of the great houses of Ireland , there are also images of castles, townscapes, gardens and garden buildings, archaeological remains and interiors.
This Irish Architectural Archive exhibition contains a selection of items representing the provinces of Connaught, Leinster and Ulster, some by major masters, others by unknown amateurs. Paintings and drawings are included, Their strength lies in what they reveal about the buildings or views depicted, many of which have been destroyed or irrevocably altered. (Material relating to Munster will be exhibited in the Hunt Museum, Limerick, in February.)
The exhibition coincides with the publication of Painting Ireland the most in depth catalogue yet attempted of an Irish private collection, and continues the involvement of Churchill House Press in publishing little-known aspects of Ireland's art and architectural heritage.
Speaking at the opening of the exhibition, Michael Webb, Chairman of the Irish Architectural Archive, acknowledged the support provided for its exhibitions programme by Michael McNamara & Co., Pierse Contracting Ltd and John Sisk and Son Ltd. and thanked the Knight of Glin for his long association with the Archive.