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The Ark creates original cultural programmes for children in a purpose built venue in the heart of Dublin.
We seek to achieve the highest standards of arts practice for children aged 2-12 through performances, exhibitions and workshops with leading Irish and international artists. Our work evolves through partnerships, touring and research as well as professional development workshops for teachers and artists. The Ark aims to facilitate access to its work for all children.
Sheila DeCourcy (Chair)
Catherine Byrne
John Coolahan
Brian Lavery
Marie McLoughlin
Helen O'Donoghue
Donnchadh Ó Madagáin
Gerard Smyth
Eina McHugh
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Music Programmer
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Tel: 01 679 8476 / 086 259 1070
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Over the years, lots of people have been kind enough to say some lovely things about the The Ark. We thought we'd share just a few of them here, to help give a flavour of The Ark experience to anyone who hasn't visited us before.
"A sterling put-your-money-where-your-mouth-is salute to children'
The Irish Times
"It's fantastic to have a place like this"
"Brilliantly designed – a remarkable building"
Times Education Supplement
"Put simply, The Ark means opportunity. A former Presbyterian Church, but now almost a fairy-tale world in the cultural centre of Dublin city where any given day is filled with magic and imagination."
The Event Guide
"Crucially, the Ark…understands the chemistry that happens when children meet other children."
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"It was enormously exciting to be part of The Ark – even for a little while – and to feel the energy and creativity that fills the whole building."
Cecily O'Neill, adaptor of The Golden Apple, 2008
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"The Ark was one of the great and certainly one of the most enduring initiatives to come out of the reinvention of Temple Bar. My children loved the place, so warm and welcoming and fairly fizzing with creativity, and now that they are too old for it - but then, is one ever too old for The Ark? - they recall it with vivid fondness. Long may this wonderful children's centre thrive."
John Banville, novelist and screenwriter
"Just a note to say how much I loved the show. It was amazing, everyone should see it from 4 to 400 years...Great production and performance, you are doing a wonderful service by bringing raw and imaginative theatre to a young audience…Ooooh aaah aaah.."
Robbie Harris, Musician
'The Girl Who Forgot To Sing Badly' (The Ark in association with Theatre Lovett)
"I liked seeing the theatre...it reminded me a bit of the Globe in London, a pint-sized Globe, very intimate, a perfect scale for theatre for children."
Deirdre Madden, Writer
'The Girl Who Forgot To Sing Badly' (The Ark in association with Theatre Lovett)
"The Ark […] is a truly amazing organisation"
Leas Giles-Peters, State Library of Queensland
"The work you're doing at The Ark is very inspirational."
Eleanor Albanese, Canadian children's playwright, March
"One 10ish boy sitting near us said "How do they do that – this is brilliant –10 out of 10". Now it is seriously difficult to grab that age cohort – a real testament to the work I think!"
Enid Reid-Whyte, Theatre Specialist, The Arts Council [Funder]
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"Last September when we visited Dublin and the Ark to meet with you and your staff, we were so impressed by the wonderful work you are accomplishing with the youth of Ireland. Your team has done an amazing job with your methodology around programming. "
Jill Medvedow, Director, The Institute of Contemporaty Art, Boston
"We were very impressed by the transformation of the space and its shared useage with the community of Temple Bar, there is much that we can learn from this in terms of our own redevelopment. Equally impressive is the respect inherent in every aspect of the organisation for the voice of the child and their cultural entitlement. "
Lynda Winstanley, Performing Arts Officer, Darlington Arts Centre & Civic Theatre
"This time last year Heather and her pals had the art workshop in The Ark, it was total magic, doing a little script and filming it etc. and then coming back later to see the results. You have no idea how much stimulation it gave them and how many scripts and lyrics have been written since. It is frightening to think how much we DON'T stimulate children to develop their creativity. "
Martin Croghan, Senior Lecturer in the School of Communications & Journalism in DCU
About the building
The Ark was designed by Michael Kelly and Shane O'Toole of Group 91 Architects and has received awards and praise for its innovative and contemporary design. Housed on the site of a former Presbyterian Meeting House (1728), it incorporates the carefully restored front facade of the church. It extends to 1,500 square meters (16,000 square feet) and house a theatre, a gallery and a workshop.
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The Ark's original façade is the only remaining feature of the Presbyterian Meeting House. The wood used in the reception area is made from American White Oak and floors are Portuguese Sandstone. Many of the walls in The Ark are made from exposed concrete – a controversial choice for a building designed for children. However, the choice of material shows how the space has been created to take children seriously.
Theatre Space
The Ark's core space, the Theatre, has been built to intimate proportions so as not to intimidate children. The amphitheatre-shaped space also adds to the feeling of warmth, and ensures that the audience feel closely connected to the performances. Award-winning architect Santiago Callatravas designed the outer doors that open up the Theatre's stage onto Temple Bar Square.
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360 degree tour of The Ark's Theatre & Gallery
The ceiling in the Basement was designed by James Scahnlon, one of Ireland's leading stained glass artists, and is intended to represent the underbelly of the ark. The long wooden tabless in this space open up to benches to mimic Church pews, a homage to the building's Presbyterian roots. The tubes visible in the wall are the air conditioning ducts, and the space also incorporates a "back cabin", which is an intimate space with a skylight meant to mimic a port hole in the ark. The bathroom cubile doors replicate the shape of the Workshop windows.
Long Room (1st floor)
Light streams through from the large windows in this space. The glass sections in the window frames are not uniform because they are handmade. The Presbyterians did not have the technology to role out large glass sheets so they hand-blew smaller panes of glass before pressing these between wooden boards. The decorative surface under the balcony was created in 1998 by Martina Galvin and as part of the "Of Land and Sky" programme, where the artist and 1,500 children used natural materials (woods, dyes, etc) to create patterns. The Eagle Bench was originally commissioned from Owen Crawford for Temple Street Children's Hospital. It was placed in the waiting room but people kept tripping over it (!) so it found a happy and safe home in The Ark.
Gallery (2nd floor)
The lower height of gallery's ceiling is to accommodate the size of the theatre space. This is a multi-functional, practical space, with movable walls to change the shape of the room.
Workshop (3rd floor)
The Workshop is situated on the only floor of the building that would not have existed in the original Presbyterian Meeting House. The best light for working artists is from the north, so the four bays in the roof with northern light panels are a very important part of the design. The curved glass wall to the roof garden also helps optimize the light in the building. The mosaics in the roof garden were created as part of the Plant an Idea programme, during wich the artist Laurie O'Hagan worked with children to create mosaics inspired by a trip to the Botanical Gardens.
Fire and Safety in the building
The stairs are built from perforated metal so that the staircase can be ventilated in an emergency. The perforated metal also allows natural sunlight to illuminate the stairwell. The skylight in the roof pops open when the alarm sounds, and in the case of a fire would act as a chimney, allowing smoke to rise through the stairs and out of the roof. Throughout the building, metal and non flammable materials have been used with the intention of isolating any potential accidents. Battery packs in the light fixtures provide emergency lighting in case of a power failure, and windows have been place in the doors as best practice
Founding years: 1991-1994
In 1991 the Irish Government decided to renew the Temple Bar area of Dublin as the city's Cultural Quarter. Martin Drury, who later became Director of The Ark from 1995 to 2001, was engaged by Laura Magahy, Chief Executive of Temple Bar Properties (now Temple Bar Cultural Trust) to look at the feasibility of providing dedicated cultural services for children. This landmark study recommended a unique cultural centre which would be custom-designed to present and facilitate a wide range of arts experiences for children from all backgrounds. This ambitious proposal fired the imagination of many decision-makers. It won financial support and The Ark was launched.
With support from the Irish Government and the European Regional Development Funds, the construction programme for the 1,500 square metre centre began in the spring of 1994. The inspiration behind the project attracted many visionary corporate partners and with their support, and through the support of grants from the Arts Council, Dublin Corporation, the Department of Education and Skills and the Ireland Funds, The Ark, A Cultural Centre for Children, opened its doors in September 1995.
Background to the name
The centre was named The Ark for several reasons. Firstly, it was considered important to have a name that children would be able to say, read and write easily. It was also important that the name had some meaning for children, and the story of the ark is familiar to most children. Finally, The Ark was chosen as a descriptive title which neatly encapsulated the spirit of the mission of the building: safe, adventurous voyaging.
In September 1995, after three and a half years of planning and preparation, The Ark opened its doors as Europe's first custom-designed arts centre for children. During its first full year of activity The Ark's characteristic and innovative programming began to take root through a wide variety of original work, commissioned especially to strike a balance between the 'child as looker' and 'child as maker'. By the late nineties The Ark was producing an increasing amount of commissioned work, and won the Judges' Special Award in the inaugural Irish Times/ESB Theatre Awards.
After four years of operation, the challenge of demand exceeding supply is manifest and The Ark began to develop work outside the centre to meet this demand. The Ark's mission to reach more children was also underpinned by the introduction of the 20% Scheme, which offered a ticket discount for schools serving disadvantaged areas, and by the ArkAngels friends scheme which has helped secure The Ark's commitment to keeping admission charges low for all children.
In 2000 The Ark Cultural Trust for Children, a sister organisation of The Ark, A Cultural Centre for Children was established. The Trust was dedicated to raising funds to develop the work of The Ark outside the centre and, in particular, to reaching children who for whatever reason, could not access The Ark. With funds raised through the Trust, The Ark initiated a four-strand outreach programme in 2000: in hospitals (The Healing Ark), in the community of Fatima Mansions (ArkLink), through new media and technology (ark.ie and Arkimedia) and a touring initiative (The Mobile Ark).
Other highlights of the first years of the new millennium included The Ark's participation in the Special Olympics World Games in 2003, a ground-breaking percussion show called Elements, which toured internationally in early 2005, and the Ark's first in-school visual arts exhibition: Leonardo Da Vinci; The Art of Invention. In 2005 Arkimedia brought record numbers of children and families through The Ark's doors during Save the Robots, The Ark's first extensive public summer programme, attracting 9,000 people to the exhibition and workshops and 5,000 to accompanying free outdoor events. In its first ten years The Ark presented 110 different programmes and welcomed 228,916 children and 30,900 adults cross its threshold.
In the years following its tenth birthday, The Ark has continued to develop the multi-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary quality of its programming, reflecting new paradigms in children's lives. The focus on programming partnerships with festivals like the Ulster Bank Dublin Theatre Festival, Dublin Dance Festival and Temple Bar Tradfest has been strengthened and The Ark has continued to provide a national leadership and advocacy role, championing the pursuit of cultural excellence for children.
In 2006 The Butterfly Effect: An ArkLink Retrospective, celebrated the captivating artwork of the participating children of ArkLink, the culmination of the six-year programme in partnership with Fatima Mansions. In 2007 The Ark celebrated its 12th birthday (the organisation's last year as a "child") with a year-long programme of collaborative artistic projects which expressed the varied nature of contemporary children's lives through visual art, theatre, music, dance, science and design. That year's summer project, TOYS! broke all previous box office records attracting nearly 11,000 visitors in 39 days.
The Ark was the first venue in the world to secure the rights for the world premier theatre production of the best-selling book Beware of the Storybook Wolves in 2008. And Mandscape, a project funded by the Arts Council Touring experiment allowed children across Ireland to access and engage with contemporary visual art. The world premier of The Giant Blue Hand by Marina Carr received a nomination for an Irish Times Theatre Award in 2009, and renowned traditional singers Maighread and Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill, Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh and Moya Brennan, performing together for the first time, appeared at The Ark during Temple Bar Tradfest.
In 2010 Louis Lovett was appointed The Ark's first Theatre Maker in Residence, and The Girl who Forgot to Sing Badly, presented by The Ark in association with Theatre Lovett enjoyed critically acclaimed runs in spring and as part of the Ulster Bank Dublin Theatre Festival ReViewed, followed by a national tour. StorySpark, a literature event presented in partnership with Children's Books Ireland and Poetry Ireland was the first major literature event in Dublin as part of the UNESCO City of Literature designation.
In 2011 The Ark's focus on partnership continues, and Crafted Creatures, presented in partnership with the Crafts Council of Ireland in celebration of Year of Craft 2011 saw more than 7,000 people attend the free exhibition of animal-themed craft (curated by Brian Kennedy) and related workshops and events. Crafted Creatures also incorporated a family treasure-hunt trail between The Ark and the National Museum of Ireland, Decorative Arts and History.
The Girl who Forgot to Sing Badly enjoyed a successful run on The Abbey Theatre's Peacock Stage, and will tour to the prestigious Imaginate Festival in Edinburgh in May 2011.
In June 2011 The Ark will launch the start of its three-year focus on music with an ambitious summer-long programme for schools and families.
Annual Reviews
The Ark Annual Reviews are available below:
Ark Annual Review & Financial Statements 2012/13
Ark Annual Review & Financial Statements 2011/12 (15 Months)
Ark Annual Review 2010 Ark Financial Statements 2010
Ark Annual Review 2009
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Good Question: Did Hot Humid Weather Affect My Brownies?
I made a double batch of Cook's "Best Brownies" which I've made at least a half dozen times without incident. My kitchen was 90+ degrees yesterday and the cooking time went from a normal 24 minutes to a panic-inducing 32 minutes - and they still came out undercooked.
The simple answer could be that my oven isn't working. But I'm more curious to find out (for future company picnic desserts) if the weather plays such a drastic role in baking. If so, what adjustments should be made? - Winnie
We've had problems in the past with high humidity baking, and even if they have no effect on the final product, heat and humidity certainly have an effect on the cook!
We have a couple unrelated notes on your question first. It does sound quite possible that your oven is not holding at the right temperature. We always use an oven thermometer and it has saved many baking projects from our old oven's temperament.
Also, you mentioned a double batch of brownies? Did you bake in two normal sized pans, or one slightly larger pan? This could have really affected baking time as well.
And yet it could still be the humidity too; hot air can hold quite a lot more moisture than cold air, and this could have affected your brownies. When there is more moisture to bake out it's going to take longer. We tend to think that it would affect yeast-breads rising and baking more, however, and that probably it was only one factor in the problem here.
We are not kitchen scientists, though - anyone else have a good answer to this question?
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I love this question, and love your answer, and wonder if Harold McGhee has the science . . .
Mmm, I love underdone brownies.
Oh, god. You just had to go posting about brownies right now. And underdone brownies, fresh from the oven? I'm seriously drooling at my desk.
Yes, the humidity can double cooking time. No need to panic for that extra 8 minutes or take them out before they were done. I've made cheesecakes that I have baked for 75 minutes and ones I've baked for 120 minutes. Cooking time in an tiny and old apartment over with varying weather conditions makes for interesting results.
This happened to me making pumpkin bread at my mom's house. she never used her oven and I went home and tried to use it... we got an oven thermometer and my 375 degrees was actually more like 125. She had to get the oven fixed.
Now when my oven broke I got to get a whole new oven. But I could actually touch the heating element and say, "Hmm, I don't think that's at 400 degrees". And the seal around the door went bad so stuff leaked from the corners of the door. It was creepy.
My point? Ovens are picky, get a little thermometer and you'll know exactly what's happening to your brownies.
I live in the tropics. I have this same problem AND I have an oven thermometer. I had never thought about the fact that it could be related to the humidity. Makes sense, though.
has anyone had problems with the oven thermometer charring? I bought a thermometer, stuck it in the oven and about a week later it was all black and bubbly inside. Not that my oven was unusually warm (I thought). But you'd think an oven thermometer would be made for high heat, right?
My family owns a house in Hawaii, and we have this problem a lot. Doughs tend to be sticky, baked things tend to be a bit runny and underdone. We've experimented a lot, and just add a bit of extra flour to doughs and bake things a few minutes longer than the directions indicate. Usually works pretty well. Underdone brownies don't sound bad at all, though!
And yes, the recipe would be good!
The recipe:
Oddly, this one says to cook 30-35 min for double batch. Cook's says to cook 26 min for double batch (20 for single).
I used all-purpose flour and my previous batches were fine. I recommend using a quality chocolate (I use Valrhona).
Also, the brownies were/are fantastic! However, "spoon" brownies wouldn't do well at a company picnic. I froze the brownie blobs which we are slowly eating our way through.


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According to a recent report released by real estate database software system Find Private Lenders Now, private lender transactions made up a huge percentage of real estate deals in the month of February.
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Real estate investors everywhere have been trying to get a copy and Kent Clothier, President and CEO of REWW, has made that possible by releasing the report on his blog at Kentclothier.com.
Real Estate World Wide is widely known as a cutting edge real estate educator for both new, and established, real estate investors. REWW also began developing, and distributing, real estate database systems for investors as a way to help them overcome the crushing difficulties that were obliterating their investment businesses during the housing crises.
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Park City native and Whole Athlete/Specialized racer Keegan Swenson is the reigning 15-16 year-old national XC champion. This season is his first with the Whole Athlete squad and his first in the 17-18 category. Keegan will be representing his team and the United States throughout the 2011 season and he will be posting a weekly blog on MTBRaceNews.com.
Keegan is now 3 for 3 at Pro XCT events this season. He recently traveled to Sun Valley, Idaho, to race the US national championship. Read Keegan's report below.
Nationals Race Report 2011
After pre-riding the course I was pretty
excited because I knew that massive climb would suite me well. After lining up
to start I was in the 3rd row but luckily my teammate Bobby Zidek
gave up his spot for me in the second row! Thanks a lot Bobby. By the time we
were actually on the line I had made it up to the front row.
The start gun then went off and I slipped my
pedal and slid back a few places but made my way up to the front quick. It was
then teammate Tony Smith and I leading it up the first part of the climb. I
pushed it a bit harder and separated myself from the rest of the field.
After only a minute or so Howard Grotts
(Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory) was on my wheel. At the top we sort of
sprinted to the singletrack. I made it there first, which was helpful in being
able to descend my own speed. I put a few U-23 racers between Howard and I but
it wasn't quite enough. He caught
me on the climb the next lap, and attacked 1/3 of the way up, by doing this he
put about 45 seconds on me.
So the next two laps I was just playing catch
up. By then of the race I was able to get within 20 seconds of Howard but just
couldn't close it. Congrats to Howard on the win, Cypress Gorry (AZ Devo) for
his 3rd place , teammate Max Houtzager for an awesome 4thplace and Casey Williams in 5th. I also want to congratulate Lucas
Newcomb for his win the cat 1 15-16 category.
Short Track:
After a long warm up and start delay, because
of a horrible crash in the women's race and a course re-route, we lined up at
the start. Once again I was in the front row and totally blew it by slipping my
pedal and falling to the back of the field.
After getting it together I hammered it to
make my way up to the front. It took a quite a few laps, but I eventually made
it up there. I road with Howard for a bit then quickly faded back to 5th…I
I went way too hard trying to get up to the
front! With three laps to go I was in 4th, then started to feel
better again and road my way into third by the end of 2nd to last
lap. I saw Payson McElveen about 10 seconds up, I poured it on to get onto
Payson's wheel then just waiting for the proper time to try and get around him.
The last straight away I made my move and beat him to the left hand turn to the
finish straight.
I came in just about a bike length ahead of
him! Great race Howard for taking the win again! And that was an awesome race
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I have a bicycle, and I ride it regularly for recreation. I could probably work out a path that would safely get me to lunch. It would take over an hour to ride the bike each way and I'd arrive for my hour-long lunch sweaty but healthy. There would be no gasoline costs associated with the ride and, as a vegetarian, my total CO2 output would be nicely matched by the CO2 intake by the plants I consume for lunch. Unfortunately, if the majority of my energy came from meat and dairy products my greenhouse gas picture doesn't look so rosy. A person riding a bicycle at 10 mph who eats an average American diet is responsible for about 0.14 pounds of CO2 per mile traveled. This is largely due to the amounts of diesel fuel and natural gas used to fertilize and grow feed and to raise cows, pigs and chickens using industrial food processes. Still, that's only about 4.2 pounds of excess CO2 produced. To me, it's the extra time spent riding that limits my bicycle commuting.
Scooters are everywhere. I like scooters, particularly old Vespas when ridden by scantily-clad supermodels as they negotiate Rome streets. In the U.S. they've caught on because they're cheap. I decided to find a used 50cc scooter and see what it was like to commute on such a machine. I could have chosen any one of a number of inexpensive Chinese scooters, but they have a reputation for poor quality and almost no service. Besides, I wanted something European. I finally settled on a used Italian Aprilia SR50, a bit of a hot rod in the 50cc class. Top speed, after some enhancement, is a giddy 45 mph.
Riding my Aprilia to the Square Peg takes some logistical planning. It isn't fast enough to ride on the highway, so I need to take surface streets working out to the same 15 miles. Instead of 20 minutes, it takes 30 minutes each way. The Aprilia returns 90 mpg. So for my 30-mile round trip I'm using just a third of a gallon of gasoline, costing $1.33. See why so many people are riding scooters? My Aprilia has a two-stroke engine and spews high amounts of hydrocarbons into the atmosphere, but at least its CO2 levels are low at 0.19 pounds per mile, releasing just 5.7 pounds of carbon dioxide. That's close to what I'd be producing if I were riding a bicycle while eating a standard U.S. diet, but it takes me half the time to do so. In its own geeky way, the scooter is fun to ride too.
The amazing thing is how quickly you reach a point of diminishing returns. Going from my 15mpg SUV to a 30mpg automobile is no hardship, yet shows the biggest improvement in costs and CO2 emissions. The Citron's rudimentary nature shows you just how far you have to go to get to 45 mpg or better, unless you're using expensive hybrid technology, you're on a motorcycle or scooter, or like our esteemed editor, you are the 40-year-old guy huffing along on a Schwinn.


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How high will the retirement age go?
Forget stepping off the employment treadmill at age 65. Lifestyle and financial factors are pushing retirement further into the future.
In June, Robert Benmosche, the chairman of the insurance giant American International Group, said an increase in the retirement age was unavoidable. What surprised many is how high he predicted the age would go.
"Retirement ages will have to move to 70, 80 years old," Benmosche told Bloomberg. "That would make pensions, medical services more affordable. They will keep people working longer and will take that burden off of the youth."
Currently, Americans are eligible for early retirement at 62, and full retirement at 66. The loss of retirement funds during the economic downturn forced many to acknowledge that they would have to work longer. But Benmosche's statement shocked many. Will people really have to work a decade or more longer than they expected to make ends meet in retirement?
The answer is yes, according to some retirement experts. A number of factors, accelerated by the Great Recession, are now forcing people to change the ways they save for and think about retirement.
"Most people didn't have enough retirement savings before the downturn. The downturn was the two-by-four hit over the head that made them realize this result," says Steve Vernon, the president of Rest-of-Life Communications, a company that helps people adjust the way they save for their post-work years.
Never completely retired?
The U.S. government has already acknowledged that the official retirement age will need to increase further than the already-revised 67 years. But doubts about the long-term solvency of Social Security linger. And the need for retirees to find funding beyond the government entitlement is making the official age obsolete anyway.
"The idea of retirement is morphing into a period of time where you work for an extended period, perhaps not making as much money or as many hours, but you still bring in money and keep going," Vernon says.
He says there are two primary reasons for the change:
- Workers don't have enough saved to meet their needs after they stop working, so they need the additional income.
- People are living longer and want to be more engaged with life.
Todd Tresidder, a financial coach and founder of FinancialMentor, calls this shifting reality the "new retirement," which calls for people to continue producing income while allowing a retirement nest egg to grow.
"We added a whole new step in life. We're going from a two-step model -- save while working and then live off the savings -- to a three-step model," Tresidder says. In the new model, "You work like a dog, save a nest egg . . . you reach some point of 'enough-ness' when you're comfortable with the amount you have saved. Then you launch an encore career. You orient it to a satisfying life. You make enough to allow your income to compound. You run this lifestyle for fulfillment. You shorten the time that you use your nest egg."
How high can it go?
But the question remains: How long will someone have to continue working to achieve a secure retirement? Unfortunately, it's impossible to answer conclusively, because it depends on individual circumstances and needs.
According to Vernon, this change will happen to all workers, not just those in lower-income brackets. Even people with healthy retirement savings likely don't have enough to maintain their lifestyle. This shift is also occurring in other industrialized nations.
"Workers in industrialized nations that have transitioned away from traditional pension plans will be forced to work longer. Examples include the U.K. and Australia," says Vernon. "Other countries with higher Social Security benefits are taking longer to transition, such as France, Spain, Italy, Greece and Sweden."
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Polls indicate that Americans are beginning to accept that these changes are coming. According to a recent Gallup survey, most Americans now believe they will have to retire at 67, up from 66 last year, 63 10 years ago, and 60 in the 1990s.
But the poll also shows that people expect the increase in the retirement age to be small. According to Vernon and Tresidder, this isn't the case: People are going to be forced to work into their 70s very soon.
Tresidder says this change does not have to be a bad thing. People can work in fields that engage them and provide personal satisfaction. Just because a person's first career was a grind doesn't mean the second one will be the same.
"People are really embracing (working later in life) because it's really about fulfillment," he says.
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>>>>>>>>>>Tresidder says this change does not have to be a bad thing. People can work in fields that engage them and provide personal satisfaction. Just because a person's first career was a grind doesn't mean the second one will be the same.
"People are really embracing (working later in life) because it's really about fulfillment," he says.<<<<<<<<<<<
This Tresidder is even nuttier than Benmoshe!
Robert Benmoshe is nuts! They need to lower the retirement age..............not raise it! This raising of the retirement age is what screwed up our economy to begin with. It pulled money out of the economy that we desperately need and put millions of people on welfare..............that money created JOBS and kept local economies going. When a person retires, it does two things for our economy:
1. It leaves a job opening for an unemployed individual.
2. It removes money from the government coffers and returns money into the hands of the private citizen who in turn spends it back into the economy creating even more jobs.
But Robert Benmoshe and obviously our government employees are way to stupid to recognize those two little facts!
Wake up America! Raising the retirement age is nothing more than a huge embezzlement scheme by the likes of AIG and our government employees.
Time to file charges against the like of Robert Benmoshe and any and all government employees who were involved in changing the SS retirement age!
It always surprises me that these discussions talk about what will or should happen by only discussing the financial need. What I seldom see discussed is the state of people's health and how that will impact the retirement age. While we are living longer, I don't think we're getting as many additional healthy productive years as we are just total years, at least on average. How many people will be in good enough health to work well into their 70's?
"People can work in fields that engage them and provide personal satisfaction. Just because a person's first career was a grind doesn't mean the second one will be the same."
This is Pollyanna crapola of the first rank. The reasonable expectation would be: If you couldn't avoid the "grind" when you were young and energetic and needed to "make it big," your encore in the Dwindles years will most likely be a sorry repeat of the first time around.
What do you have a chance of, the second time around? Think part-time greeter at a Wal-Mart.
I worked for a large company that was purchaed by another company in the same industry. A buy out, or should I say sell out. We had a CEO who ran the company for many years, growing it into a powerful well respected company. That CEO who was with the company for many many years and resisted any attempt to sell the comany(he was a buyer not a seller) had a second in command who become CEO upon the retirement of the long standing and respected CEO. Withnin 2 years of the former CEO's retirement we were bought out for many billions of dollars. The employees, within 2 years of the buyout saw thousands of layoffs, the closure of plants and the elimination and consolidation of jobs. Long time employees were let go and replaced by emplyess of the acquiring company. The new CEO worked a deal where he walked away with 53 Million dollars in cash and stock options while thousands of his former colleagues were let go in a rapidly decling economy. The company was totally viable and extremely profitable on it's own without any sale/merger. The CEO was to stay on as a consultant, of course we have never heard his name mentioned over the past 5 years. He took the money and ran as fast as he could to his Swiss bank account and never looked back. He orchestrated the deal that would best benefit himself with little regard to colleagues. We were told we would see tremendous benefits from the sale. If layoffs, plant closures and elimination of the pension plan are tremendous benefits I would hate to see the other end of the spectrum. Only one person benefited from the sale. This is the new America, the baby boomers America, the greed and profit America...
Social Security would be much more solvent if all of a persons income was subject to taxation. Presently SSI taxes are only assessed on the first $115,000 (or so) of income someone makes. So if, for example, you are a professional athlete making $10 million a year, you don't pay taxes on the vast majority of your income. Same can be said for any person making huge yearly pay checks. Tax all income and see how far out into the future that Social Security stays viable.
The real retirement age should currently be about 82. Reasoning? When instituted Social Security set the retirement age at 65 when the average lifespan was 61. Thus SS expected to pay benefits to fewer than half the people that paid into the system. Current average lifespan is 78, thus the curren retirement age should be about 82 to match the expectation of paying benefits to less than half the people that paid into the system.
Now do you understand what is wrong with SS?
I have a question, with unemployment staying high, and it doesn't seem it will be changing to quickly I am confuse about how easy it is to just keep your job as we are lead to believe. I was let go after 17 years of employment because of restructuring, I have been unemployed and underemployed for 5 years. I was at the top of my scale working hard and doing an excellent job according to performance appraisals. I am in my early 50's with experience and can not find a job, I don't even get call backs!
So what is one to do? If I have to work for 20-30 years, where do I work? Will I get a job soon? So far it doesn't feel very good. Starting a new career doesn't sound like it is a promising option. I will then be an older worker with no work experience in a new field. I believe a young person with a little experience seems the most likely to get the position. They are faster, more tech savvy and have more year to work and may stay with the company for a long time. It sounds a bit like age discrimination, something I didn't believe but now I am living it.
So what is the average wage for someone over 55 and have changed careers, has been "unemployed" for 9-10 years making $75,000 before being let go, and they just change careers? How often are these types of workers let go from their new job? Then what have they been choosing to do until they hit full retirement age?
Haven't seen any articles addressing this issue. Has anyone else????
Age discrimination is rampant in the job market. I encountered it at age 40. These companies want to hire younger workers, pay them less or more depending on the circumstances and tell you that you might not be able to work with them because you are too old. They also break many employment laws when they interview you as well. If you can work for yourself do it, then no one has a reins around your neck and gives you marching orders.
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As we look forward to the 2012 season,
Specialized rider Todd Wells sits poised and ready to make a big impact on the
international dirt scene. For several years, Wells has been the top American on
the World Cup circuit and seems prepared to grab front-runner status in the
race for to the London Olympics this August.
Wells should have plenty of confidence going
into this Olympic season. After all he�s the reigning two-time national
champion and has experienced success on the World Cup circuit.
Is Todd Wells the man to end America�s
long-standing mediocrity on the international stage? Will he replace his mentor
and Specialized teammate Ned Overend as the last American male to win a World
Cup cross country event or perhaps take home an Olympic medal? See what the
Specialized frontman has to say for himself. Read Todd�s complete interview
MTB Race News - We
haven�t talked to you since before the La Ruta De Los Conquistadors Stage Race
last fall. What was it like to experience that race?
Todd Wells- Everyone I talked to about La
Ruta before I went said it was brutal and I would never want to go back, they
couldn�t believe I was going in the first place. All I heard about was mud,
hiking, heat and people hanging onto cars on the climbs.
What I found was just the opposite of that, I
was never off my bike hiking for more then a few minutes at a time, probably
less then 30 minutes for the entire race. There was hardly any mud even though
it rained most afternoons and the heat wasn�t bad until the last day. I didn�t
hear of a single person hanging onto a car. The only thing that was nearly as
bad as I had heard were those railroad bridges on the last day. They were just
as long and scary as people said.
The Costa Rican people were all awesome, the
country is beautiful and I had an awesome time.
MTB Race News - Did
you expect to win? What was it like to arrive at the Atlantic Ocean with the
leader�s jersey on your back?
Todd Wells- I thought I could maybe win a
stage and go good on the first day. I had never done a MTB stage race before so
I didn�t know how I would recover day to day. On the road I usually get better
each day in a stage race but at La Ruta I got worse everyday. Lucky for me I
had a really good first day and just hung on each day after that.
I had an amazing support crew with our Global
Team Manager/Mechanic Benno Williet, his girlfriend and former racer Manuela,
Specialized Costa Rica distributor Carlos Campos, his brother and my wife. We
had two SUVs, which are required to get to most feed zones. They made it to
every feedzone, my bike got rebuilt everyday and I didn�t have a thing to worry
about. I couldn�t have won with out them.
MTB Race News - You
changed things up this year and didn�t race as much cross. What has your
off-season been like?
Todd Wells- I actually did more cross races
then I normally do this year I just stopped a few weeks earlier then usual. My
cross season was pretty lack luster this year, I usually take a few weeks off
between the MTB and CX season in hopes of peaking for Nationals.
This year I stopped right after Thanksgiving
so I didn�t take much of a break after the MTB season and just kind of rolled
it straight into CX, I didn�t have a real focus for the CX season this year and
it showed with mediocre results.
My off-season was pretty much the same as
always, one month on the beach in Mexico with my wife, dog Winston and our
families for a bit of that time. It was great, no bike and minimal exercise,
just a lot of reading and looking at the ocean.
MTB Race News - What
was it like to come back to the Leadville 100 and take home the win in 2011
after a disappointing race there in 2010?
Todd Wells- That was incredible. 2010 was my
first crack at Leadville and I didn�t have time to prepare properly. I had come
from racing the World Cup in Europe a few weeks earlier to Leadville which is
four times as long as a World Cup and 10,000 feet higher. I got crashed out
early on in the race when Levi slammed on his brakes on the flats. It was just
a bad race for me.
I felt that if I prepared properly with long
training rides at high altitude I could go well and 2011 the schedule worked
out that I had a month at home in Colorado to do it right. I put together a
plan and everything worked out perfectly. Leadville is such a long race that
instead of going 100% the whole time like an XC event you tone it down to 90%
which allows you to realize just how much pain you�re in all day. I really
wanted to win it and I�m glad 2011 was the year, I just wish Alban Lakata
hadn�t flatted in the beginning so we could have tried to go for the record.
MTB Race News - It�s not a secret that making the US Olympic
team is something you�re gunning for this summer. Are you feeling on track?
What�s it going to take to make the team and put in a good race in London?
Todd Wells- I am feeling on track but you
never know how the season is going to go until you get into it. The World Cup
is so hard that being off just a fraction, getting sick or having a mechanical
can really set you back.
I need to get off to a good start in the
World Cup, stay healthy and not have any bad luck and hopefully I�ll make the
Having a good race at London is a whole
different story. If I make the team I�ll try to take a good break, have a good
build up to the games and try to do everything right to stay healthy and get as
lean as possible for the race. Then on race day I�ll need everything to go
right and not only not have any bad luck but have a little bit of good luck.
MTB Race News - Have
you had to sacrifice being prepared for any important races in order to focus
on making the Olympic team?
Todd Wells- I did have to cut my CX season
short this year to get ready for the first MTB World Cup that is in mid March
instead of mid April like normal. I would have done that regardless of if it
was an Olympic year or not though since my focus is on the World Cup. I have
been trying to target the World Cup for the past few years so my domestic races
take a bit of a back seat, I still try to do well at them but it�s tough to
focus on too many things or I end up not doing any well. If I make the Olympic
team I won�t be able to do Leadville because it�s the same weekend and I won�t
be able to focus as much on the US National Champs because I�ll need to peak
later for the Olympics and they are pretty close but I�ll cross that bridge if
I come to it.
MTB Race News - If you could only win one race, would it be
the Olympics or the World Championships?
Todd Wells- That�s hard but probably the
Olympics since it�s recognized outside of the cycling world.
MTB Race News - In the 90s, you took several years off from racing to
complete a degree in computer science. How has that affected your career and
would you do it the same way again?
Todd Wells- That's a good question. I did take a few years off from
racing to complete school and even had a "real" job for a short
period of time. I think that break was good and bad. It was good because it
made me realize how much I love cycling, racing bikes and the entire industry. It
gave me a great perspective that I didn't have before quitting cycling. Cycling
is a very hard sport and when things are going badly and you're training and
sacrificing like crazy you can question why you're doing it. I have seen both
sides of the fence and I can definitely say the side that involves riding a
bike is much greener.
On the other side to the coin is I lost a few years when a lot
of development takes place. I was in my low 20s when I quit riding all together
and I always wonder if I would be a better cyclist now had I trained and grew
my system during those developmental years. Either way, I wouldn't change the
way I did things, they seemed like the right choices at the time. I am fully
committed to cycling now and hoping that I end up with more longevity thanks to
my mid/early career break.
MTB Race News - If you had to live and train somewhere other
than Durango, where would it be and why?
Todd Wells- I spend a lot of time training
in Tucson, AZ in the winter. We have a condo there and I graduated from college
there so I really like it. The weather is amazing in the winter; there are a
lot of trails and tons of roads. Tucson also has an amazing cycling community
and the best group rides I�ve ever been on. It just gets hot there in summer,
and by hot I mean really hot!
MTB Race News - You
get to ride your bike all over the world. If you could recommend one place for
readers to visit and ride what would it be?
Todd Wells- There are so many places around
the globe that have amazing riding. I really like the Alps in Europe, the roads
are amazing over there, but the trails are more built for hiking then biking
If you have never been to Durango I would say
that is the best place I have ever ridden. There are so many trails right in
town with different types of terrain. You can ride right from town, the scenery
is awesome and there is a trail for every ability level. I couldn�t think of a
better place to live for XC mountain bike riding.
MTB Race News - If you had to choose one teammate from the
Specialized squad to be stuck on an airport runway for hours with, who would it
be and why?
Todd Wells- That�s a tough question,
everyone on the team is awesome and I wouldn�t mind being stuck with anyone.
Burry Stander and I have been great friends for many years and often room
together so it would probably be him. He always has a bunch of movies and TV
shows on his computer to so that wouldn�t hurt.
On the other hand Christoph Sauser is
hilarious and a great storyteller. He can tell stories for hours but he usually
falls asleep as soon as we start traveling so I don�t know if he would have the
same entertainment quality on the plane.
MTB Race News - What�s
on your iPod these days?
Todd Wells- I haven�t downloaded any new
music since I got an iPhone. I just listen to Pandora all the time. I�m usually
listening to Hip-Hop while I training or a little Country music if I�m taking
it easy that day.


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Three people were killed and three injured in a mass shooting Saturday night at an Auburn apartment complex, police chief Tommy Dawson confirmed Sunday. Two of the injured victims are expected to survive, but a third is fighting for his life at UAB Hospital, Dawson said.
Dawson listed the names of the deceased as Ladarious Phillips, 20, Edward Christian, 20, and Demarco Pitts, 20. He confirmed the names of the injured as Xavier Moss, age 19, John Robertson, 20, and Eric Mack, 20. Robertson has life-threatening injuries from a gunshot wound to the head. Sunday night he was listed as in critical condition at UAB Hospital.
Moss was treated at East Alabama Medical Center and released. Current Auburn lineman Eric Mack was released from the hospital Sunday after receiving treatment for a gunshot wound to the hip.
Phillips and Christian, both shot to death, were former Auburn football players. The Lee County Coroner pronounced Christian dead at the scene of the shooting. Pitts, the other fatality, was a 20-year-old Auburn resident.
[RELATED: Coach Gene Chizik says he is "devastated" by the three men's deaths, including two he knew personally, Phillips and Christian]
Police got the report of a shooting at 10:03 p.m. Saturday, June 9, at the University Heights apartment complex, located less than two miles from Auburn University's campus.
The police chief said a fight broke out at a party at the apartment complex clubhouse. He would not confirm a motive for the shooting, but said at the press conference Sunday, "It was a fight that obviously someone got out of hand and shot and killed three people and critically injured another."
A witness to the shooting told Fox 6 Reporter Christy Hutchings the gunfire broke out due to a fight over a female.
Investigators have identified a suspect in the shooting: Desmonte Leonard, 22, of Montgomery. Three capital murder warrants have been obtained against Leonard. Multiple law enforcement agencies are actively searching for Leonard in the Montgomery area.
Police say the shooter fled the scene in a vehicle with two other men. A vehicle believed to be the one driven by the suspect, a white Chevy Caprice, was discovered on Wire Road in Macon County. Leonard was last seen on foot.
Dawson says Leonard had no connection to Auburn University as far as he could tell.
Leonard is considered armed and dangerous. Police are asking for the public's help in finding him. Anyone with information about Leonard's whereabouts is asked to call 911.
"Hopefully we'll make an arrest sometime today," Dawson said.
The FBI has offered a $15,000 reward for information that leads to Leonard's arrest.
The police chief said there are also two persons of interest in the case, the men who fled the scene with Leonard, but did not identify either person. He said more arrests in the case are possible.
In closing at the press conference, Chief Dawson said he is saddened by the tragedy and promised the city of Auburn's police division will do everything they can to bring the case to a close today.
"This is very much an unusual event for the city of Auburn and Auburn University. It's sickening that these young lives were cut short. And also, the shooter was such a young man. As a society we've got to learn the value of life again," Dawson said.
"If I could bring them back to their parents today, I would. To the families, please let it be known we're grieving with you," he said.
According to Auburn police, the case is being investigated by the Auburn Police Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Marshal's Service, Lee County Coroner's Office, and the State Medical Examiner's Office. The Montgomery Police Department, Opelika Police Department, Lee County Sheriff's Office, and the Macon County Sheriff's Office are also assisting in the case.
Counseling services for Auburn students affected by the incident are available, the University posted on their website Sunday.
Coach Gene Chizik held a meeting with the Auburn football team on Sunday afternoon to discuss the shooting. None of the athletes have spoken publically about the shooting.
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