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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- When Russia asked the FBI in 2011 to check out Tamerlan Tsarnaev because of his shift toward increasing Islamic extremism, the bureau interviewed him and his family as part of a review that found no ties to terrorism.
Two years later, Tsarnaev, 26, and his younger brother allegedly set off two bombs at the Boston Marathon that killed three people, then killed a university police officer and sparked a manhunt that paralyzed the city last week.
Now members of Congress want to know how someone who was brought to the attention of authorities and who exhibited increasingly radical leanings never came under further monitoring or questioning.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein announced Monday that the Senate Intelligence Committee she heads will look into the FBI's handling of Tsarnaev.
The hearing with FBI intelligence officials, expected to be closed to the public and media, could happen as soon as Tuesday, said Feinstein, D-California.
An aide to the House Homeland Security Committee said its chairman, Republican Rep. Mike McCaul of Texas, also intended for the panel to examine the issue.
The Tsarnaev case raised questions about the efficiency of overall security efforts, particularly involving people brought to the attention of federal authorities.
Tsarnaev, who died after a shootout with police on Thursday night, was an immigrant from the volatile Caucasus region of southwest Russia who had legal residence in the United States and sought last year to become fully naturalized, like his brother Dzhokhar, 19.
However, the Department of Homeland Security rejected the citizenship request due to his past questioning by the FBI before a trip to Russia.
An FBI statement said a foreign government -- later identified by legislators as Russia -- asked for information on Tsarnaev "was based on information that he was a follower of radical Islam and a strong believer, and that he had changed drastically since 2010 as he prepared to leave the United States for travel to the country's region to join unspecified underground groups."
In response, the FBI said, it "checked U.S. government databases and other information to look for such things as derogatory telephone communications, possible use of online sites associated with the promotion of radical activity, associations with other persons of interest, travel history and plans, and education history."
"The FBI also interviewed Tamerlan Tsarnaev and family members," it said in the statement on Friday. "The FBI did not find any terrorism activity, domestic or foreign, and those results were provided to the foreign government in the summer of 2011."
In addition, the FBI "requested but did not receive more specific or additional information from the foreign government," its statement said.
That failed to satisfy Feinstein and other legislators.
"I have asked the staff director of Intelligence this morning to set a hearing, particularly with FBI intelligence," Feinstein told CNN on Monday, adding she hoped for answers about what Tsarnaev did during the trip.
"And when he came back to this country, why didn't it ring a bell with the FBI intelligence unit that he should be checked out and vetted again?" she asked.
Feinstein also noted that Homeland Security officials later denied Tsarnaev's application for citizenship, raising another question about who knew what about him.
The purpose of the hearing was "not to criticize, because I am a big fan of the FBI's, but to go back and see that we plug loopholes," Feinstein said.
Tsarnaev, who's ethnically Chechen but came to the United States from Kyrgyzstan, spend six months in Russia, causing some legislators and analysts to speculate he may have received training during the trip.
Conservative Sen. Lindsey Graham, who said Sunday the FBI may have dropped the ball in its investigation of Tsarnaev, began easing off that claim on Monday.
The South Carolina Republican confirmed he talked to the assistant director of the FBI and learned how the bureau interviewed Tsarnaev, his parents and classmates in 2011.
"They put his name through the system and they sent back this information to the Russians and said, 'Do you have anything else?' And they never got a reply back," Graham said.
Graham also noted that Tsarnaev wasn't flagged upon returning from Russia because of an apparent misspelling of his name by the Russian airline Aeroflot.
"It didn't get into the system because of a misspelling," Graham said. "Now whether or not he intentionally changed his name or Aeroflot just got the spelling wrong, I don't know. That's to be determined."
As for apparent warning signs that occurred within the last year, such as YouTube postings of radical Islamists, Graham said the FBI told him "they have limitations on what they can do."
"So maybe it's the system failed, didn't provide the FBI with the tools, or maybe they didn't use it properly," he added. "That's why maybe we need to find out what happened."
His comments sounded similar to those made by House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers, who defended the FBI on Sunday.
Rogers told NBC the agency "did their due diligence" but Russian authorities "stopped cooperating" when the United States sought further clarification. Rogers also said he believed Tsarnaev may have traveled overseas using an alias.
CNN law enforcement analyst Tom Fuentes, a former FBI official, said there was little the bureau could do once Russia failed to respond to its request for further details .
"If they don't give you more, then everything that can be done has been done unless you know that there should be more to the story," Fuentes said.
He detailed how the FBI employs what amounts to "triage" to deal with what he said were tens of thousands of similar inquiries a year that require some level of bureau investigation.
"If you are getting this from a hot place like Afghanistan or the tribal area of Pakistan or places where we have had specific training camps and people deployed on purpose to come and attack us, then that is the highest priority," he said. "And even there, many of the people that go back and forth are visiting family. I mean, they are not always going back to be trained to be terrorists or always going back for refresher courses on terrorism."
Regarding Russia, Fuentes noted the ongoing conflict with Chechen separatists that may have caused Moscow's request for information on Tsarnaev.
"That's been an ongoing fight, but it's been localized," he said, adding that he couldn't recall a case in which a Chechen trained at home came to attack the United States.
However, Fuentes noted that al Qaeda had sent people to the Caucasus region for training that included bomb building.
Now U.S. investigators need to find out if the Tsarnaevs "had connections, were they deployed by a bigger group, and are there other terrorists in the United States," Fuentes said.
"Are there other explosive devices hidden somewhere or booby traps created, a cache of weapons?" he wondered. "That'll be the task."
CNN's Ashley Killough contributed to this report.


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The Ethiopian government alleged that the three NGOs were banned as a result of conducting "illegal religious activities" contrary to the law.
The groups who had their licences revoked were One Euro, the Islamic Cultural and Research Centre and the Gohe Child, Youth and Women Development organisation.
The controversial law has attracted criticism from a number of international right groups, local civil society actors and international non-governmental organisations since it was introduced in 2009.
The Charities and Societies Proclamation law prohibits local NGOs from engaging in human rights advocacy or political related activities. It also restricts charities from having more than 10 percent of their funding from foreign sources.
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Since the law was introduced, dozens of non-governmental organisations have been banned and over 100 civic organisations are under strict warnings, sources told Sudan Tribune.
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6 comments:
- Kathy @ Creative Home Expressions said...
I LIKE it! Great idea, Chelsea. The place we are moving to has a pantry like yours and I'll bet that would make for great storage for all those little type things. It would also be great for separating my gluten free stuff from the "regular" food.
- September 15, 2011 at 3:51 AM
- kate blue said...
I so wish I had a pantry cause this is exactly how I'd be organizing it (Ikea baskets too :))but I probably could still squeeze 2 of these in my cupboard to separate the boys's snacks from the girl's snacks...great idea.
- September 15, 2011 at 7:08 AM
- Melissa at HOUSEography said...
Love that use! I bought a bunch too because I know I'll find places for them - probably in my son's room for little cars, trains, etc. Wish I had room in my pantry!
- September 15, 2011 at 8:42 AM
- Unknown said...
These will be GREAT to use to have at my son's first birthday party as a way to have drinks ready for pickup anywhere you go. LOVE them! I'm going to look today. I wondering if they have them in red.
- September 15, 2011 at 10:17 AM
- Krista@RustikChic said...
Great idea! I so need to organize my pantry...yours look so nice:)
- September 15, 2011 at 6:06 PM
- Kepa 4leta said...
LOVE this idea! LOVE, LOVE, LOVE! Thanks for sharing this! I will go to Target soon! =)
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Wait, Why Does The Mandalorian Have a Mustache?
The Mandalorian never takes off his helmet. That's the rule, according to his planet's customs. If he showed anyone his face, he would be unworthy to wear his Mandalorian helmet ever again. This is the way.
Through the first 15 chapters of The Mandalorian — roughly seven and a half hours of television programming — we've seen Mando without his mask just two times. Once, it was a matter of life and death. In "Chapter 8 - Redemption," he required treatment for a head wound that could not be applied while he was wearing a helmet. (The only one around at the time was a droid, so technically no living thing saw Mando's face, giving him a technical loophole for breaking the rules.) The second time came in "Chapter 15 - The Believer," when he had to remove his disguise as a Stormtrooper in order to access an Imperial computer. Caught in the act, Mando must share some drinks and even a conversation with an Imperial officer, all with his face exposed to the entire world.
To say this is an unexpected development is beyond an understatement. And yet when he pulls off his mask he has ... a neatly trimmed mustache?
You can see it for yourself above, in the screengrab of Pedro Pascal's handsome mug. Mando had the mustache when we peered beneath his mask last season as well:
Probably this is a dumb question — okay, for sure, it's a very dumb question — but I really want to know: Why would the Mandalorian, someone who never lets anyone see his face ever for any reason, go to the trouble of growing and maintaining a mustache? What is the point? Who is he trying to impress?
While we never see the Mandalorian without his mask, I guess there are moments when things are quiet on the Razor Crest (before the Razor Crest got blown to smithereens anyway), and Grogu isn't running around trying to steal alien eggs. In his brief moments of calm, maybe Mando likes to sit in front of the mirror and admire his flavor saver. There probably isn't a whole lot else to do while traveling the galaxy with a baby Yoda.
But c'mon: Think of what you would do if you wore a helmet every time you went out in public. Use your own behavior during the pandemic as your guide. I gave up on wearing non-sweatpants months ago. I regularly go days without shaving. There's no way in hell I'm taking time to groom a soup strainer when literally no one alive will ever see it.
The Mandalorian needs to address this somehow. There should be a flashback to Din Djarin's time as a Child of the Watch, where his guardians carefully explained that while a Mandalorian must always wear a helmet, they should also maintain an A+ mouth mane in tribute to Mandalore the Great, who famously loved men with a lip strip. Or maybe reveal that Baby Yoda's father had dental drapes, and Mando grew some of his own to help Grogu feel comfortable. Whatever the reason, there needs to be at least the majority of one episode of Season 3 devoted to it, preferably titled "Chapter 17 - The Cookie Duster."
Better yet: Add a mustache to the actual Mandalorian helmet so we always know what Pedro Pascal looks like undernearth. Like this:
Hey, The Mandalorian is clearly inspired by classic Western movies. What better way to show that influence than with an old timey frontier lip curtain? It just makes sense.
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Emerson Fittipaldi and Denny Hulme were team mates at McLaren in 1974 – though the comparison does not flatter Hulme.
That was his final year in the sport, while Fittipaldi was at the peak of his powers, winning his second championship that year.
Hulme got his break in F1 through Jack Brabham, who he worked for as a mechanic before starting his first championship races in 1965. The following season was a breakthrough year for Brabham as he won the championship in his own car.
Hulme went into the 1967 season having never previously won a race. But while Brabham frequently hit trouble running new parts on his car, Hulme's Brabham saw the chequered flag in nine out of 11 races, and it was in the top four every time. He won at Monte-Carlo and the Nurburgring, and took the title from his team mate.
With that he joined another driver running his own team – fellow Kiwi Bruce McLaren. Hulme went into the final two races of 1968 level on points with championship leader Graham Hill, but he missed out on a second title after crashing out at Watkins Glen and in Mexico – the latter an enormous shunt caused by a suspension breakage.
McLaren was killed in 1970 – the same year Jochen Rindt lost his life, which prompted Fittipaldi's promotion at Lotus. He quickly delivered on his potential, winning his fourth career race at Watkins Glen.
But 1971 was a difficult season as the team struggled to get to grips with its new car, the 72, and Fittipaldi was briefly sidelined after being injured in a road accident. After getting a handle on the new car, he clinched the championship in 1972, becoming the youngest driver ever to do so.
Fittipaldi started 1973 with a pair of wins but came under increased pressure from new team mate Ronnie Peterson as the season wore on. Jackie Stewart claimed his title back from Fittipaldi.
That led him to cut his ties with Lotus and join McLaren. He paired up with Hulme, who had won once with the competitive new M23 in 1973. Hulme won the season-opener at Buenos Aires, but come the end of the season it was Fittipaldi who won the title in the final round.
While Hulme headed into retirement, Fittipaldi spent a second season with McLaren before making the surprise decision to drive for his brother Wilson's team. In five years the team tasted little success, second place for Fittipaldi in Brazil in 1978 being the notable exception.
Which of these drivers should go through to the next round of the Champion of Champions? Vote for which you think was best below and explain who you voted for and why in the comments.
Emerson Fittipaldi | Denny Hulme | |
Titles | 1972, 1974 | 1967 |
Second in title year/s | Jackie Stewart, Clay Regazzoni | Jack Brabham |
Teams | Lotus, McLaren, Copersucar, Fittipaldi | Brabham, McLaren |
Notable team mates | Ronnie Peterson, Denny Hulme, Jochen Mass | Jack Brabham, Bruce McLaren, Emerson Fittipaldi |
Starts | 144 | 112 |
Wins | 14 (9.72%) | 8 (7.14%) |
Poles | 6 (4.17%) | 1 (0.89%) |
Modern points per start1 | 6.90 | 8.39 |
% car failures2 | 25.69 | 25.89 |
Modern points per finish3 | 9.29 | 11.33 |
Notes | Won in his fourth F1 start | Took title off team mate Brabham in 1967 |
Spent five seasons with Fittipaldi team after winning second title | Moved to McLaren the following year and came close to retaining his crown | |
Formerly the youngest ever world champion | Won the first race of 1974 but retired at the end of the year | |
Bio | Emerson Fittipaldi | Denny Hulme |
1 How many points they scored in their career, adjusted to the 2010 points system, divided by the number of races they started
2 The percentage of races in which they were not classified due to a mechanical failure
3 How many points they scored in their career, adjusted to the 2010 points system, divided by the number of starts in which they did not suffer a race-ending mechanical failure
Which was the better world champion driver?
- Denny Hulme (18%)
- Emerson Fittipaldi (82%)
Total Voters: 530
You need an F1 Fanatic account to vote. Register an account here or read more about registering here.
Read the F1 Fanatic Champion of Champions introduction for more information and remember to check back tomorrow for the next round.
Have you voted in the previous rounds of Champion of Champions yet? Find them all here:
Champion of Champions
- Ayrton Senna voted Champion of Champions by F1 Fanatic readers
- Champion of Champions in stats
- Champion of Champions Final: Senna vs Schumacher
- Ayrton Senna vs Juan Manuel Fangio
- Michael Schumacher vs Alain Prost
- Ayrton Senna vs Jack Brabham
- Juan Manuel Fangio vs Jackie Stewart
- Alain Prost vs Niki Lauda
- Jim Clark vs Michael Schumacher
- Jack Brabham vs Lewis Hamilton
Images © Gillfoto via Flickr (Fittipaldi), Gerry Swetsky (Hulme)


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Let's be frank, Black Tuesday came and went for the majority of IkamvaYouth without much fanfare as the secrecy bill passed through parliament. A few Ikamvanites wore black, tweeted or re-tweeted on a selection of the events of the day but – by in large – the day was much like any other with immediate concerns such as passing exams and more mundane everyday issues taking priority.
We can safely assume that this scene was repeated throughout township and rural communities across the country and perhaps Steven Friedman has identified one of the key reasons here. Unfortunately, this lack of interest does not mean there will be no serious repercussions for township and rural communities and therefore Ikamvanites (as Friedman points out). There are also major areas of concern in Pierre De Vos's account of the technical aspects of the Bill and the powers it gives to government to guard and classify information. Given too that Desmond Tutu refers to the Bill as an "insult to all South Africans" and Jay Naidoo issues warnings against "a dangerous and paranoid direction for our country" it is only wise to reflect on the issues ourselves and how they relate to our own positions.
We've said it often that IkamvaYouth strives not only to achieve great impact in what we do, but also strives to be very deliberate in the way we do it. As you know, IkamvaYouth operates as a grassroots organisational democracy underpinned by a set of core IkamvaYouth values that seek inclusive decision-making, collective ownership and consensus wherever possible. IkamvaYouth flips the traditional hierarchical top-down approach on its head with branch representatives (including beneficiaries) hiring/firing branch coordinators and branch coordinators hiring/firing regional coordinators (effectively their bosses in both instances). The IkamvaYouth board, in addition to its legal and fiduciary duties, acts primarily as custodian of the IkamvaYouth values (much like a constitutional court) and at all levels, stakeholders are invited to offer input to meetings when decisions will impact directly on their circumstances.
The upshot of working in this way means that a branch of IkamvaYouth does not just work within a particular community but, more accurately, the branch ends up creating a community and it's a community anchored in and centred around IkamvaYouth's organisational values. For this to work though, and for any democratic community to work, we have to have access to as much information as possible or we will make poor decisions and/or disengage from the process. What's more, as Parker Palmer helpfully points out, democracy is fundamentally a matter of the human heart and the great democratic journey is a continual alignment and re-alignment of our individual and collective hearts with the core democratic values. This is the only way we're able to find the "courage to create a politics worthy of the human spirit".
In the IkamvaYouth context, ready access to relevant information for informed and engaged decision-making means a transparency on budgetary issues and sensitive topics like salaries. Everyone at IkamvaYouth knows what everyone else is earning and conflicts are discussed openly and honestly trusting the process that collective wisdom guided by the IkamvaYouth values will continue to move us in the direction we wish to go. Like any good democracy, IkamvaYouth is invariably a little messy on occasion and sometimes meetings can be tense. We are also often less efficient than the authoritarian alternative (except with regards to social impact) but the upside in terms of collective buy-in, pride and ownership is significant and the gains are immeasurable in helping to create community.
The problem with the Information Bill (or at least one of the problems) is that it introduces a new barrier to creating the kind of community we long for in South Africa (and we've got more than enough barriers already). It makes it harder for us to be engaged active citizens even assuming that there may be some highly-specific pieces of information justifiably held by the state. The members of parliament who voted for the Bill showed little sign that they held every aspect of the Bill up against the light of the values enshrined in the constitution or gave serious thought to the constitutional principal of transparent governance. They also showed little appreciation of the life-lesson that we can't be in real community when we keep too many secrets regardless of how honourable our intentions at the outset. In short, it feels like our democratic hearts are unaligned and it is instructive that both Pierre De Vos and Jay Naidoo (above) invoke the issue of "trust" as core to what's at stake.
Experience has taught us that a necessary condition for each of us to remain active, responsible, democratic IkamvaYouth Citizens is for us to have access to as much information as possible in making properly informed and constructive decisions. It is a vital component of our desire to remain rooted in our values and in authentic community with each other. Similarly then, for us to be active, responsible, democratic citizens sharing our lives together in this country the same must surely apply. We need access to as much information as possible to remain an engaged citizenry and to check how the country's democratic heart aligns with our treasured democratic values. Democracy is not a passive past-time and we're going to have to work continuously and exceptionally hard to keep it but since it's a matter of the heart it will bring us great meaning, sometimes pain and often life.
As Ikamvanites, we have an opportunity to be an example to the rest of the country of a functioning democratic grassroots community in our own small way. We can't work on healing our hearts and aligning our values without also working on healing the social and economic injustices of the past which is why the 'what' we do and social impact remains so important but it is ultimately also the 'way' that we do things that will determine whether we remain active and engaged and in authentic community with each other and our country.
Highly Recommended Reading: Healing the Heart of Democracy: Creating a Politics Worthy of the Human Spirit by Parker Palmer. Good democratic soul-food.


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By Tom Fridrich, JD, CLU, ChFC®, Senior Wealth Planner
Your career and lifestyle look completely different when you're in your 20s compared to when you're in your 60s. Your financial focus and planning in each decade should follow suit. Let's look at three financial tactics to focus on in each decade of your life, starting with your 20s.
Each decade is riddled with its own risks and problems so it's important to know what to expect. Which decade can you afford to take more risk? Which decade should you really start to plan for retirement? Which decade should you focus on managing debt?
Set yourself up for future financial success by living each decade to its fullest.
Planning in Your 20s
Is youth wasted on the young? Don't wait to find out! Your 20s are about taking career and money risks while simultaneously building a foundation of positive financial behavior and savings.
- Invest in yourself. When you're in your 20s and just getting started in your career, take time to invest in yourself. This might mean going back to school to earn a master's degree or a professional certification. Take the time to grow your human capital and build life experiences and knowledge – it doesn't get easier to invest in yourself later on in life.
- Build your positive financial behaviors. Start by saving. Put money into your employer's 401(k) or set up an IRA. Even if you can only put a few hundred dollars away, work on developing and automating your savings. If you're saving for more short-term goals, such as putting a down payment on a home or buying a new car, consider investing outside of qualified plans for these purposes.
- Consider taking some risk. The best time to take risk is when you're young. It's true from both an investment standpoint and a life standpoint. When investing, look to stocks and don't invest too conservatively – you have a long time to let your money grow.
Take risks in your career too. Look for startups and opportunities that will let you grow and flourish. Many young people just want a sure thing in their first job. A company that has growth potential and can help you develop your talents might be a better fit in the long run.
Planning in Your 30s
Your 30s are when you should take more calculated risks. You've likely gained life and professional experiences that help you evaluate opportunities that align with your goals and appetite for risk. Now is when you should be more focused on managing debt and planning for – not just looking toward – the future.
- Debt management: In your 30s it's important you manage debt obligations carefully. If you have student, personal or car loans, credit card debt or a mortgage, you need to have a plan on how to pay them off – and which ones to tackle first. While from a behavioral standpoint some suggest you should tackle low balance accounts first, a financial planning approach suggests you tackle high interest rate debt first. What really matters is that you don't over borrow.
- Proper insurance coverage: One of the biggest risks for many people in their 30s is they're still acting as if they're invincible. This leads to many people being underinsured. Make sure you have the right health care coverage, car insurance, property and casualty for your home, disability insurance and life insurance. Especially as your wealth starts to grow – perhaps along with a family – your insurance and financial needs will continue to change.
- Start building retirement assets: Hopefully your career is blossoming and you're able to set aside money. This means increasing how much you're saving for retirement. If you work with an employer who offers a 401(k), consider increasing your salary deferral. If you run your own company, look into setting up a SEP or SIMPLE IRA to help you set aside more money each year for the future.
Planning in Your 40s
It's important to stay mindful in your 40s – of your career, your wealth and your mental health. Check in regularly on your finances and your mind. The two seem to go hand in hand.
- Build your wealth: In your 40s, you'll likely hit your peak earning years. This means it's actually time to start building your wealth. Make sure your investments are properly aligned with your future goals and continue to be heavily invested in growth assets.
- Cut back unnecessary expenses: By your 40s, you've probably picked up some unnecessary spending habits or costs along the way. Now is a good time to review your overall budget, spending and costs. Perhaps you have too many entertainment subscriptions, are paying too much for your phone bill, or your car doesn't fit your lifestyle. Any of these things could be changed and perhaps bring down your spending.
- Take care of yourself: Many people in their 40s feel burnt out or stressed at work due to finances – it's important to take care of yourself. Set aside time for financial planning to help you feel more confident about how you're managing your money. Burning out could negatively affect your health and finances and add additional layers of stress onto an already challenging situation. Taking control of your finances can help you take care of yourself and reduce stress.
Planning in Your 50s
Your 50s mark the beginning for retirement planning – yes, already! This allows you time to make adjustments if there's a gap between your expected income and chosen lifestyle.
- Retirement income planning: Retirement income planning should start in your 50s. This means sitting down and seeing how much you have saved, listing out your expenses, and figuring out the income you can generate in retirement. Because if there's a shortfall projected, you still have time to restructure your plan. That could mean saving more, cutting expenses or planning to work longer (even if it's part-time). It's also a good time to look at other retirement income sources like a deferred income annuity and review your investment allocation.
- Long-term care planning: While long-term care planning is not what everyone dreams about for their 50s, it's likely the best time to do planning and review funding options. With retirement starting to creep into your mind, one of the biggest risks you face in retirement should also be front and center. There are more options today for a strategy that will cover the expenses of in-home care, assisted living facilities and nursing homes. These can provide a benefit to you or your family even if you don't need care.
- Family and next generation planning: In your 50s you might be getting pressure from all ages in your family – your parents, who are likely well into retirement now, and your children. Planning for how you'll help everyone in your family is crucial. Families need to discuss when to cut the cord with the kids so they take ownership of their own finances and how they'll support and take care of aging parents. All of this planning needs to start with open and honest conversations at the family level.
Planning in Your 60s
Your 60s are all about retirement and reaping the benefits of the saving and planning you did in previous decades.
- Setting the retirement income plan in motion: You've spent your whole working career saving, investing and paying off bills. Now it's time to turn your savings into retirement income. This decision requires a lot of planning because you need to make this money last for the rest of your life and no one knows how long that'll be. Consider working as long as you can and defer Social Security as two ways to help ease longevity concerns. Longevity makes other risks like health care, long-term care, and inflation more painful to the sustainability of your retirement income. Get a plan in place and know how you'll generate income, when you plan to retire, when to claim Social Security and when to put the plan in motion.
- Re-evaluating work and meaning: Retirement is not just a financial planning topic, it's a long and real part of your life. Finances are just a means to an end – the end is your goals and what you want to accomplish in retirement. Make sure you take the time to envision what life will be like after you stop working. Take a look at what you want to do and consider phasing into retirement by going part-time. If you're single, retirement could be more challenging for you since you leave behind relationships. Staying engaged during retirement is important. For those who might become isolated, it's crucial you have a plan on how you'll find meaning, happiness and value in retirement.
- Estate planning: While you should start your estate planning basics early in life, when you near retirement, it's good to do a full overview of your estate planning. This can include reviewing what insurance you have and if it's still needed or if you need more. You also need to review your estate planning documents to make sure they're in order and that all of your assets are properly titled. Do another beneficiary review, especially as assets start to get turned into retirement income.
Investing involves risk, including possible loss of principal. No strategy assures success or protects against loss. To determine what may be appropriate for you, consult with your attorney, accountant, financial or tax advisor prior to investing.


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28 (+9) | 7 (-2) | 22 (+6) | 1 (-5) | 8 (-1) | 4 (-3) |
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18 | 247 (15d20+90) | 15 | +5 |
Speed 50 ft., burrow 30 ft.
Saving throws CON +11, WIS +4
Senses blindsight 30 ft., tremorsense 60 ft., passive perception 9
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Tunneler The worm can burrow through solid rock at half its burrow speed and leaves a 10-foot-diameter tunnel in its wake.
Multiattack The worm makes two attacks: one with its bite and one with its stinger.
Bite Melee Weapon Attack: +9 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 22 (3d8 + 9) piercing damage. If the target is a Large or smaller creature, it must succeed on a DC 19 Dexterity saving throw or be swallowed by the worm. A swallowed creature is blinded and restrained, it has total cover against attacks and other effects outside the worm, and it takes 21 (6d6) acid damage at the start of each of the worm's turns.nIf the worm takes 30 damage or more on a single turn from a creature inside it, the worm must succeed on a DC 21 Constitution saving throw at the end of that turn or regurgitate all swallowed creatures, which fall prone in a space within 10 feet of the worm. If the worm dies, a swallowed creature is no longer restrained by it and can escape from the corpse by using 20 feet of movement, exiting prone.
Tail Stinger Melee Weapon Attack: +9 to hit, reach 10 ft., one creature. Hit: 19 (3d6 + 9) piercing damage, and the target must make a DC 19 Constitution saving throw, taking 42 (12d6) poison damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.


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Sep 13, 2020, 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM PDT
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About the Event
For half an hour, we will be doing simple dances to upbeat Bollywood songs. It is a lot of fun and a great way to get exercise!
Activity Leader bio: My name is Arya and I am in 11th grade. I love Bollywood music and would love to teach kids how to dance to some famous Bollywood songs. I've also been babysitting for years and enjoy working with kids.
Materials Needed: just a bottle of water :)
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Airbornes User Group Meeting in Barcelona Part II
We'd like to continue with the recap of Airborne's User Group Meeting in Barcelona, which took place from February 3- 5, 2016 below. To start with part I of this blog post, please click here.
Technology updates
Further updates were given on airborne topographic and bathymetric LiDAR applications as well as all aspects of airborne imaging and the respective workflows.
The Thursday agenda included a team from the Karoly Robert College, Hungary, introducing their research of high performance sensors for applications such as environmental protection and water management.
Delegates from Bayanat (UAE) and Intergraph
(Saudi Arabia).
Prof. Tim Webster from the Nova Scotia Community College in Canada shared his insights into the calculation of underwater biomass from sea-bed vegetation with the Chiroptera II bathymetric LiDAR sensor and Alain Kabamba from Hexagon Geospatial introduced us to cloud-based solution that help storing large data.
On Friday we were welcomed by the 'Future Talk' panel followed by a presentation by Stephane Bovet from Swisstopo on their use of the Leica ADS100. The remainder of the Friday sessions focused on new workflows supporting the industry to produce 2D and 3D data products fast and efficiently.
As case study Eulália Soler from ICGC presented the production workflows used by the ICGC to generate 3D raster city models and the handling of the large data quantities.
Hexagon Imagery Program (HxIP)
John Welter, President of Leica Geospatial Solutions Division, presented on the highly innovative Hexagon Imagery Program (HxIP). The HxIP provides current and quality geospatial imagery through the cloud. This program offers on-demand valuable data and content for industry professionals in the form of orthorectified aerial imagery.
Apart from receiving the latest market updates, the attendees had plenty time to network and catch-up with industry colleagues, experience Catalonian food and enjoy Spanish entertainment.
On this note we would like to extend our thank you to the ICGC for the hospitality and all the attendees for their time and input and for making us strive towards a better future. We hope to welcome you again in 2017.
Further information on Leica Geosystems' Airborne Systems here.
Saturday's social event in front
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What Am I Doing Here?
By Andrew McCarthy
In the middle of northern Spain, halfway through a 500-mile walk along the Camino de Santiago (Way of Saint James) to the pilgrimage town of Santiago de Compostela, I was exhausted, tapped out, reduced to a weeping mess. I literally shook my fists at the heavens and cursed whatever God it was I half-believed in. This was far from the triumphant march across the Iberian Peninsula I had intended. But I wasn't railing against just the walk, though it had been a miserable few weeks of blisters, bad beds, and loneliness; I was despairing that I simply wasn't up to all that was required of me.
Unwittingly, I had attached metaphorical significance to my trudge: It had grown to represent the journey of my life so far. On this parched ground under a blistering sun, the symbolism I read into my present condition was not good. I seemed to lack some innate quality the journey demanded—something others obviously possessed. How could I have come so far only to end up like this?
Slowly I sat back on my heels, my tears subsided, my breathing slowed. Alone in a field of withering wheat that stretched to the horizon, I grew embarrassed. The space between my shoulder blades felt exposed and vulnerable. I rehoisted my backpack, picked up my walking stick—hurled aside in my tantrum—and shuffled on. At the next village, a dusty town named Castrojeriz, I found a room above a bar and fell into a heavy sleep.
The following morning I set out again. The air had a softness the day would devour, but hadn't yet. As I walked, I felt a lingering sense of frailty in the space between my shoulders, yet my pack seemed to rest easier on my back. After an hour, I stopped beside an old barn to drink some water—and noticed that my senses seemed unusually acute. The colors around me appeared heightened, more distinct: The umber of the dirt, the burnt red of the barn, the yellow of the tractor in the field were all more vivid than normal, their edges more sharply defined. I could hear birds call and respond in a way that seemed almost conversational. I grew conscious of my breathing, slow and rhythmic. And in a moment of clarity that I'd done nothing consciously to summon, I became aware of something I'd in some way known all my life. It disclosed itself with the simplicity of the absolute. There wasn't something lacking in my character; I had an overabundance of something. It had dictated so many of my actions, been behind so many decisions, obscured so much of my judgment.
FEAR, I SAW IN THAT MOMENT, had ruled my life. The vulnerability between my shoulders was the space created when the weight of that domineering, life-directing emotion had been temporarily relieved. It was in this experience of fear's absence that it began to lose its hold on me.
Fear is a peculiar thing, and a powerful one. We can convince ourselves that our decisions and actions are prudent, or wise, or even insightful, when it's closer to the truth to say they're motivated by fear. In my home life I find it fairly easy to stay within a carefully constructed comfort zone—a zone often designed to accommodate and soothe certain fears. But this isn't possible when I'm in some distant locale and need to find a bed for the night. That it took a meltdown in the middle of Spain for me to see the cunning hand of my fear for the first time goes a long way toward demonstrating the grip the emotion had on me.
After my experience outside Castrojeriz I made a decision to travel more—often alone—to put myself in situations that drew me far from the familiar. Something had happened to me by the side of that barn, and I wanted more of it.
So I went to Southeast Asia—and on arrival in Singapore, found fear waiting for me in my hotel. Feeding on itself (the way fear does), it spun a shroud of anxiety that imprisoned me in my cramped room until I forced myself to go to the lobby, and then to walk around the block. There I spotted a subway station that reminded me of the subway back home, and descended the steps. An old man was offering to take photos for ID cards. He had few teeth and thin, wispy hair. When he saw me, he began to speak. He told me that he was 85 years old, that his wife had died in 1979, and that he had been baptized a year earlier and taken the name David. He showed me a book full of pictures of people who had blinked when he photographed them.
"But you, no blink," he coached me. "Control your eyes. Definite no blink. Light so bright. no blink. Smile!"
I did as I was told, and still have the photo of a slightly dazed, jet-lagged face with wide-open eyes. It was a minor interaction—but an indelible experience of connection, one that led to others and showed me there was a way out of my insular shyness. It led to a habit of reaching out, especially when I feel most isolated.
I traveled to Africa without a plan. I learned to not be afraid of loneliness on that trip; the feeling came and went, teaching me to be my own best company. I've rarely been lonely—and never feared it—since.
But fear is a clever opponent. It's not something dealt with once, then left in the past. It grows more subtle, more cunning, masquerading as exhaustion, disinterest—even good sense. In the Brazilian Amazon, I wanted to board a boat that would carry me 900 miles down the mighty river to the sea. Yet the chaos I saw at the dock in manaus—the livestock, the tons of grain, the boats overloaded with families toting their life possessions on their backs and sleeping in hammocks—paralyzed me. So I persuaded myself it would be foolish to spend five days crammed aboard a listing riverboat with 300 Brazilians. Where and how would I sleep? What would I eat? I didn't speak the language—how would I communicate?
As I turned to leave, I came upon a man selling hammocks. I told myself that it would be nice to have a hammock back home, even if I didn't board the boat. I bought a yellow one. I saw an old woman selling nuts. Hungry, I bought a bag, followed by a few more. returning to the dock, I began picking out the most "seaworthy" of the scores of vessels—just for fun. Since boat tickets were only a few dollars, I bought one, telling myself I simply would look around the deck, maybe sling my new hammock up and lie in it—just to see how that felt. Before I knew it, the boat had raised anchor—and I was seeing my first Amazonian sunset.
My memories of those five days are of backaches, bad food, and dirty toilets. As well as an unforgettable image of thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands, of yellow butterflies fluttering over the river while I stood alone on the bow at dusk. And of a small girl who woke me each morning, her round face popping up over the side of my hammock to begin a game of peekaboo. And of an old woman offering to share her plantain chips with me when I had no food left. We sat and munched together in contented silence, watching the river flow.
The micro-steps that got me onto the riverboat not only helped create a lifelong memory; they set a precedent for a similar type of incremental decision-making I'd use to confront fears rooted closer to home.
Yet fear can seep in in other ways. not long ago I was scheduled to fly to Sudan, to see how people lived after being confronted with so much hardship for so long. When I mentioned the trip, people looked at me with shock. Why would I want to go to Sudan, they asked. The well-documented atrocities and political troubles taking place there were cited as proof of my poor judgment. But travel for me has always been about something other than vacation (an hour on a beach, and I wonder what's next). Still, the doubts and uninformed worries I'd heard began to penetrate my psyche. As my departure date drew near, I became increasingly anxious. By the time I was in the airport, I was making bargains with myself.
"If the plane is delayed," I said silently, "I'll take it as a sign from the universe, and not go." I stared at the departure monitor, growing more and more uncomfortable as I waited for my fate to be decided. Then a small child sat down beside me, eager to board the plane—and I laughed at my runaway fear. I spent two weeks traveling in Khartoum and through Sudan's desert, where I met some of the most gentle, welcoming people I've ever encountered.
It's through travel that I've stared my fear in the face, revealing it for the phantom it is. now, on the road, I'm a better version of myself, less defensive, more open, more curious. The person I bring home is closer to the one I want to be, and I'm damned if I'll let fear stop that.
My journey away from fear has taken me around the world. An accidental moment under a hot sun in rural northern Spain cracked me open, offering me a glimpse of how to live a different life from the one that had been leading me. nothing has been the same since.


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