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Welcome to the new LSC Technology blog, hosted here on the TIG site, and written by TIG and Information Technology staff. To kick this off, I wanted to report on a fun, exciting, and long overdue initiative we're on: making our non-confidential data available to hackers. Let me be clear here, for those of you who have any bad associations with the word, that a "hacker" is not a computer criminal or spy. The term has been misused to connote such things, but the original and current definition of a hacker is simply someone who likes to take things apart and rebuild them better, or take things apart and make new things out of them. Most recently, hacking and hackers have been tied to the community of civic-minded web application developers who want to take publicly available data and make it accessible and relevant to their communities. And that's the group of hackers that we're discussing.
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We're busy analyzing our data sets, many of which are already available via our web site, but not in the most flexible formats. We're also working with friends and partners like ProBono.Net to identify more legal aid data, on the assumption that the richer the data set, the more inspiring it will be for the hackers to work with. And I'm looking into other ways to make this information available, such as submitting it to the U.S. open data repository at Data.Gov. A big tip of our hat is due to Kate Bladow, who alerted me to the Civic day of Hacking to begin with, aware of how great it would be if we could get our data sets there on time.
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WELCOME!!! So exciting that you are thinking about this important facet of the civil legal aid world, long overdue! Would love to see some mashups on public health data especially related to social determinants of health and healthcare patterns more broadly.
LSC offices and federally qualified health centers and disproportionate share hospitals, which serve the same population as LSC offices
This seems like an awesome idea. In our office, we're always interested in seeing data about poverty and language demographics represented in creative ways.
The geographic visualization of legal services has been attempted before by many at various different scales including the LSC OIG. See the examples shared to help cultivate the ideas for your mashup.
http://www.oig.lsc.gov/mapping/references/core%20maplist.htm (see links)
The entire project site is at: http://www.oig.lsc.gov/mapping/mapping.htm
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Education leaders should model effective teaching by getting back in the classroom.
Woodrow Wilson was as noted a Princeton president (1902-1910) as he was later the United States Commander in Chief. Cooper (2009) talks about the special relationship Wilson had with Princeton's students ("the men" to which the biographer refers since Princeton was, like most universities of the era, an all-male school). Of note to educational leaders like myself is a description of Wilson's bond with the young adults in his care. Cooper notes a passage from Wilson's diary:
"Sometimes, when I go through the campus of Princeton at night, and see the brilliant display of lighted windows, I know perfectly well what is going on in these rooms. I have lived in those rooms myself."
What's more, Wilson continued to teach throughout his presidency because he didn't want "to lose direct contact with the men." Wilson taught two courses each year, Cooper explains, and remained approachable to students outside [school].
I've tried hard to heed this lesson by teaching classes each year. I begin by working with Seventh Graders (one class each quarterly marking period), engaging them in student-centered activities about cyber-safety. I move on to periodically relieve teachers from their day, taking their class loads in the elementary, middle, and high school. I "keep it real" getting back in the "trenches," and my faculty sees I am a continual learner and hard-core educator.
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Jul 27 2013: The greatest challenge I observed with administrators over the years is their loss of contact with the classroom. Some of it because they simply were not good educators and decided admin was their area of expertise, others because of the meetings and duties requiring them to be away from their school and in the district office for other "more important meetings".
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The best administrators I have worked with were in my classroom. It was not a shock to see them walk in and ask how things were going or participate or ask the students questions on a regular basis. They knew the kids. They would even teach on occasion. But the kids knew that they knew who they were, cared about them, and connected on a level beyond just "the guy in the office". As an educator, I always appreciated knowing that my admin would be in my class. It stepped up my teaching because I wanted to teach well for them. And it was fun.
Get the admin back in the school and back in the classrooms as much as possible. Get rid of the unnecessary meetings and let them run their schools. That will help on a grand scale.
Jul 27 2013: Electronic tools easily allow educational leaders to cut out the "unnecessary meetings" and these folks need to be able to let go of the traditional face time they use to gather about mundane managerial needs.
I agree with you wholeheartedly Everett.
Scott Taylor
Jul 7 2013: Thank you so very much for this information Della!
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Jul 7 2013: Please pass it along. They are creating something amazing and it is worth passing along!Jul 6 2013: Kudos, Scott! Whenever I learn the name of a new education reformer or influencer, I Google his/her bio/vita to see who has taught k-12. I could count on one hand the number who have taught k-12.
My husband laughed at me during a moment of frustration in my searches and quoted, "Those who have never been in the trenches sure know how to dig the ditches."
So, it's refreshing to read this.
Also, I'd like to point you to http://ed.ted.com/. It's an amazing resource for educators and there is a Community forum on there as well that is getting pretty lively with ideas and questions, specific to education. https://community.ed.ted.com/teded
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Jul 2 2013: Just letting my mind go, I wonder if one of the students could somehow fill the superintendent's chair while you're substitute teaching. Of course they couldn't make the biggest decisions, maybe they could somehow do some of your duties with discerning help from your staff?
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I was influenced in this comment by my experience with Deep Springs College. Do you know Deep Springs, Scott, a tiny alternative college in the California desert? They strongly believe students should have a really large hand in the governance of the college. I believe they are at deepsprings.edu.
Scott Taylor
Jul 2 2013: I do not know of Deep Springs, but I just found it on the web and will look at the pages thoroughly. How about putting a teacher in the superintendent's chair?
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Jul 3 2013: Yeah, brings up another issue, Scott, which it seems like it's easier for a person to move down and do the duties of someone below them than the other way. Like you can move down and substitute teach, but it's harder for a student or teacher to move up and do your duties. Well, who exactly does your superintendent duties when you spend a day substitute teaching, if they can do them perhaps a student or teacher could do some of them. Or a parent, I don't know, this is getting pretty wild.
You got me to thinking about faculty cafeterias. That's a slightly weird phenomenon, isn't it, why do faculty at so many schools eat apart from the students, maybe it'd be good if they didn't? Maybe you should have lunch in student cafeterias sometimes?
Yes, when I applied to Deep Springs I spent a couple of days at the college and at the end was interviewed by the admissions committee, about eight or nine people which was seven or eight students. It was pretty neat.Jul 6 2013: Reciprocal administrating? *smile*
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Jul 1 2013: Dear Scott, I am delighted to hear that you enjoyed occasional teaching classes to get contact with the students.
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In my view, I think every superintendent and other management professional staff should occasionally teach one or two classes every year, especially in low performing schools to have a "feel" of what's wrong with their performance.
The reason I suggest this is because, if this is done all over the country, then as you educational leaders get together, everyone will have a first hand experience about the important reasons and/or methods of improvement by the current policy or practice. and more importantly, a strong consensus would more likely to be reached and a stronger voice be raised for any potential change or improvement consequently.
My suggestion is not because of what I learned from this talk, but rather I really believe that that those who sit in the government education authorities wouldn't listen to the few teachers' suggestions unless they are from the consensus from the local leaders.Jun 30 2013: Scott, I have been involved in education most of my life and your statement "Education leaders should model effective teaching by getting back in the classroom." assumes a lot. 1) The position of Superintendent here only requires a Mastrers degree ... allows for those who see education as a business to hire a MBA to fill the position. 2) that the "leader" is currently or ever was a effective teacher. and 3) dependent upon the contract signed.
As I have stated in other posts to you, I admire your go getter attitude, however I wonder if all your staff see you the same as you do. Many would resent you entering their domain.
As a board member I look at each prospective superintendent hire through many filters ... few of them involve teaching. Superintendents bring a specific set of tools to the job ... I need to ensure that s/he can obtain grant money, can fulfil requirement levied by state and federal mandates, has a working knowledge of laws as pertains to education, has writen and oral skills, has the people skills to deal with the public, parents, as well as staff, has some sort of a track record that demonstrates s/he has / can apply these skills, that s/he can not only design a budget but also has the flexibility to cope with a changing budget as is the current issue. There are many other questions and capabilities desired.
I think it is important that administrators visit classrooms and keep abreast of best practices. In my opinion that should be a discussion between the superintendent and the principal who is the first line supervisor of the teacher (unless there is a department head). The reasons for a teacher to be effective or ineffective vary with each teacher. There is no one size fits all. What works for you may be wrong for me.
Yes by all means administrators need to get out and about .... but they are hired as a administrator ... we hire principals and teachers based on the criteria for those jobs.
I wish you well. BobJul 29 2013: Thanks for the feedback Daniel. I may very well order The Rector from Amazon tonight .Jul 29 2013: You would really like "The Rector of Justin" by Louis Auchincloss. Although fictional, it has extraordinary literary merit, and more to the point it would be a superb case study of an individual who spends their life educating others, despite the positions they assume which take them away from the day to day teaching. Auchincloss's study of the main character's thoughts on the importance of education, on how to educate, and why to educate is done with almost anatomical precision. Wilson's diary excerpt literally could have been written by the Rector, Dr. Francis Prescott. Prescott did everything Wilson did in regards to teaching that you pointed out and the novel gets at how it did and did not work out.
It would really give you something to think about concerning if and how a teacher should get back into the classroom. And, yes, I said 'if' because while I generally agree with you, there are downsides to everything. 'Keeping it real' is, like beauty, in the eye of the beholder. You can't be so sure of what the other teachers or the students really sees or thinks you are. Get back into the 'trenches' all you want, you can't step into the same river twice.
I applaud the idea of returning to teaching. I really like that you focused on how it makes you a 'continual learner' since that is where the real benefit comes from, not from your teaching, but from your learning.Jul 3 2013: Co-mingling- teacher and students? Blasphemy!
Jul 1 2013: Thank you for your reply Mr. Taylor.
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Having taught in a district with over 400 schools, and over 300,000 students, I will again state, that it might be a bit of a challenge giving this kind of attention to individual schools.
Nevertheless, it is a wonderful idea.
I think that having a hands-on approach in administrating is a good thing, as George Lockwood states in his comment.
The more I read about your school district, the more I wish I lived and worked in Kenilworth School District.
It must be a very nice place to be a teacher, and a student.
I think the only time I worked in a place where the administration had this hands-on approach was working for DODDS.Jul 1 2013: A valid question Mary. I lead a small district of 1,500 kids. Why couldn't I require my principals and supervisors to teach classes on a routine basis in their schools? As a superintendent of a large school district, what would stop me from stepping into one classroom in each of my schools throughout the year?Jul 1 2013: This is called hands-on management and with good leaders it works in schools, the military, and business.
Jul 1 2013: Scott, this is a great idea.
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But I would imagine that in big school districts it might be a challenge.
How many schools are in your school district?Jun 30 2013: Well, I do recognize that there is a trend to bring private-sector and/or government leaders to the superintendency, but I have to assume that the vast majority of educational leaders were at one time teachers.
Over the last 16 years in the educational leadership field, I have not encountered direct resistance to my entering the classroom. Of course, I only enter a teacher's "domain" if he/she is willing to allow me to "take over," and I do approach tenured teachers with the assumption they will feel comfortable enough to express their concerns.
I've gotten tremendous feedback about my work in the classroom. Perhaps I've gotten lucky? I tend to think it has more to do with sincerity, communication, and genuine care for children.
Call me nieve, but I've spent 22 years in education and intend to "keep on keeping on!"
Jul 1 2013: You may be a fine teacher and your teachers may find you an excellent model of effective pedagogy. From your twenty-two years in education, you have probably noticed, though, that "sincerity, communication, and genuine care of children" are not the only criteria for teaching effectively. If they were, many more people would excel in classroom teaching than actually do.
As you look at your principals, who are also administrators, some may have been model teachers and others not so much.
I agree with Robert that in my experience the best teachers often do not seek promotion through administrative ranks and the best administrators may be those whose relative advantage is not in the classroom but in other functions.Jun 30 2013: If the administrator has been an effective teacher, he/she can model effective teaching by teaching. In any case, as you write, it is useful for administrators to remain in touch with what teaching is like today and in the districts they lead.
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- Fabio Buffa
- West Point, VA
- United States
This conversation is closed.
How does the sum total of ALL US healthcare costs compare to the sum total of ALL US health insurance premiums paid by Americans, annually?
The problem of healthcare in America is often sold as an issue of scarcity, touching on political ideology. My question aims to see whether that scarcity(at least in terms of funding) is real or perceived.
If all of the premiums collected by US health insurance agencies were totaled, would the sum exceed the sum of all US healthcare expenses? If so, then wouldn't we have our solution to healthcare in America? at least in terms of Dollars and cents? Wouldn't it then become a matter of policy and reallocation of existing resources?
Must we also account for the untreated health issues that would have been included in the sum, if only those individuals could afford treatment?
IF we did account for those costs as well, how might that new sum compare to the Sum of Health Insurance Premiums?
Also, when we're talking about healthcare, at the core, aren't we talking about human rights? Our commitment to saving lives seems evident in the Hippocratic oath, and the laws mandating emergency care regardless of patient wealth. If we feel this way about human life; if we believe people deserve to be saved, then why don't we believe that all people deserve preventive and life sustaining healthcare? Why do we treat healthcare as a commodity, instead of as a civil right?
Whose interests are served when it is treated as a commodity and whose interests are jeopardized? Whose interests are served when healthcare is treated as a basic human right? Are anyone's interests not served by treating healthcare as a human right?
Doesn't a healthy society flourish? Doesn't a healthy society seem more likely to produce doctors, scientists and technicians who can further improve healthcare and life in general?
Your advice on where to seek these statistics would be of most immediate use. But perhaps more illuminating will be your perspective on health care as a commodity versus a civil human right.
Mar 28 2013: Good questions. I may venture into the statistics another day. For now, I'm interested in the rights aspect of the subject. First, my presumptions...there is a difference between a right, and the right thing to do. Civil rights and human rights are by nature different. Of course these often overlap; human rights inform civil rights, and civil rights can illuminate human rights. Human rights are innate, based upon the intrinsic worth of human beings. We accept that we do not grant these rights, and are not to restrict them by any means, but especially political force. One back-of-the-envelope rule I use is that exercising human rights have costs, but we automatically bear them without weighing the trade-offs. Civil rights are dependent upon the society of origin, and are granted by that society. We base many civil rights on human rights, but this is not a rule. Civil rights also incur costs, and we do weigh them against the costs of alternatives. Marriage, for example, is at its heart a contract. It is not necessary for human happiness, healthy relationships, reproduction, self-determination, et al. It simply isn't a human right as all its...spiritual benefits, shall we say, can be attained without it, and barring it for homosexuals only robs them of the social mantle of legitimacy. The contractual elements, however, such as division of wealth, power of attorney, tax implications, insurance, etc., are very much in the domain of civil rights. There is simply no good argument against granting this civil right and its benefits to homosexuals; the costs to society are ethereal at best, and if I don't count psychological harm against homosexuals by denying marriage, I certainly won't give credence or weight to psychological harm incurred by granting it. I'm running out of characters, and this is only the set up. I feel it essential to lay out my first principles before jumping into commodity versus right. Too often I find people start from different presumptions.
Mar 29 2013: Neil,
Great hearing from you. And here of all places. LOL
So we have it:
Civil rights=
not needed for human health and happiness, BUT helpful in establishing/maintaining societal equilibrium, social justice
acquired by citizens through political action, (at least in a democracy)
can be withheld from citizens through political action by opposing factions
enforced/by government once established
Human Rights =
protected by the constitution, (in theory)
absolutely required in order to have health and happiness
Not bestowed by any power or authority other than shared human experience,
This is a hasty and rudimentary attempt at defining the two kinds of rights, based partially on your post and my thought responses to it. there is probably some overlap. Revisions from any viewers are welcome. Just copy and paste it into a new comment with your revisions.
I think I will make this a new question for discussion and post the link here later.
Stay in touch!
Bernie Amell
Mar 27 2013: Fabio
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You may find the following reference useful - it delves deeply into this matter. Particularly note the necessity of using a PPP (purchasing power parity) model, when trying to understand effective health care delivery models among widely differing economies. This might even be true of regional differences within the US due to marked variability among States.
Jonas and Kovner's Health Care Delivery in the United States, ... - Page 68 - Google Books Result
Anthony R. Kovner, James R. Knickman, Steven Jonas, M.D. - 2011 - Medical
A better alternative is to compare total health care spending per person (per capita), adjusted to achieve purchasing power parity, or PPP. ... Economists generally prefer to compare different countries' total spending on health care as a percent ...
The Economist Magazine also ran an issue focussing on this topic about 5 years ago that might be worthwhile digging up.
I am astonished that this issue is not more vigorously argued in the US. Perhaps it is being argued, and I am in a state of denial when I cannot comprehend why the current flawed model that is expensively delivering poor results to so many people is so vigorously defended. I also confess to never being a fan of either Horatio Alger or Ayn Rand.
Bernie Amell
Mar 29 2013: Thank you for your research and your data. I hope to have some meaningful understanding come from all of your comments.Mar 25 2013: According to Forbes, Americas total Healthcare costs (insurance and Federal spending combined) total to roughly $2.5 Trillion.
Approximately $1.13 Trillion paid by the Government (40%).
Mar 29 2013: Thank you for your research and your data. I hope to have some meaningful understanding come from all of your comments.Mar 27 2013: Favio,
I found that 17.6% of GDP in 2011 were costs attributed
to health care. With 40% paid by the government.
How true the figures are, I don't know. They were taken
from an online newspaper, and I only believe half of what
I read.
Health Insurance Corporations may have had only little
costs to acquire their 27 to 30 million new policy holders.
Back in the 1970's costs to acquire, were running about
25% of the first year's collected premiums.
Many states today allow unrestricted Healthcare Billings.
In the 1970's, California had a Relative Value Schedule for
medical procedures. Much like your auto mechanic has today.
California stopped using it.
I used to have a copy. As soon as it was no longer required,
surgeons had assistants coming out their ears, billing the same
amounts, or a bit lower as the surgeon did. That caught on fast.
Overnight anyone and everyone seemed to grab an invoice and
mail it to the poor unsuspecting insurer. What a heartless bunch.
I am sure the insured patient had no idea. lol.
Health Insurance regulators used to require Health Insurance
Corporations to submit actuarial data to support applications
for premium price increases. But we never got to see that data.
It seems like "commerce" is a big, big secret to anyone who
wants full disclosure.
State regulators are generally picked from Insurance Corporations.
It was a "good ole boy club" then, and may still be.
Fabio Buffa
Mar 29 2013: Frank,
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Thank you! your data is somewhat consistent with what I have come across also. I would like to discuss this further when I have fully digested all of the comments from this question. Thanks and I look forward to continued discussion.
Mar 30 2013: Favio, Thank you.
Health starts to decline in the US at about age 54.
Premiums, earlier structured, provide monies to pay increasing costs.
US government has publications showing the increasing costs.
Actuaries structure increases in premium incomes.
Providers invoice patients, or insurance companies, or the US Gov,
and prices increase for increased tests, services, and medications.
Were you to research, state insurance regulator's archives, usually
stored in some dusty dank, cotton webbed area, you could put together
the whole deal. Perhaps under a state capital's dome? lol
A Story
Each state is "supposed" to regulate Insurance Corporations.
But sometimes the US Congress preempts state laws.
The ERISA Act of 1974 has a health insurance component.
With the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, older
Keogh and Pension Plans were enhanced by IRA's and 401k's.
There's a 10% Penalty for early withdrawal before age 60 of ERISA funds.
After ERISA passed, Banks, took out full page ads to gather in the monies.
The Banks acted like vacuum cleaners. There wasn't a dime left
out there for any new business venture capital. They got it all.
The law (at the time) prohibited Banks from investing more than 15%
of retirement accounts into "risk" investments.
There was an explosion of Financial Banks, Mutual Funds, Insurance
Corporations, Retirement and Financial Planners.
Cities, Counties, States, Federal Governments, and Corporations, all
created Pension Plans. Regulation was sparse, allowing for the
creation of funded, and partially funded Pension Plans.
Banking Lobbies got busy and slowly the Banks were deregulated,
a bit at a time. Over 20 years, freed in the 1990's only to be suckered
by Wall Street at 40 to 1.
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Chinese black truffles include Tuber sinensis/a.k.a. Tuber himalayensis and Tuber indicum. Tuber sinensis looks exactly like Tuber melanosporum, the Périgord truffle, and it is said that even experts and would require a microscope to differentiate between the two truffle. The similarity ends there, though: the aroma and glebe (the inside) have nothing in common. They are cheap truffles, selling for $20 pound/wholesale in China, compared to $800/pound/wholesale for Périgord. That gives them no more value in flavor and texture than a wild mushroom. They are most often used in the West when the appearance of "truffle" is desired, e.g. in pate de foie gras and as a garnish for hors d'oeuvre.
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in fact, prior to its import to the West in the last decade or so, there is no record of culinary use in China, where they are used medicinally. In the West, truffle fraud is rampant: Allowed to rest with authentic Périgord truffles, they will take on their aroma, and can be sold to unwitting buyers for the same sky-high prices. They are imported and deliberately doctored, through the transfer of aroma and sometimes artificial coloring, to pass as Tuber melanosporum, the Périgord truffles. This is why you should only buy truffles from trusted purveyors, and read labels of foods that include truffles carefully. The fact that a product is manufactured in France does not mean that the truffles are Périgord black truffles. They can be made from imported Chinese truffles. That being said, if you find them priced like wild mushrooms and want a wild mushroom accent to your dish, go for it!
Both black truffles (Leucangium carthusiana) and white truffles (Tuber oregonense and Tuber gibbosum,* formerly known as Tuber gigantum) are found in the Pacific Northwest, from Vancouver Island, British Columbia, to northern California. Oregon has a large concentration of them, often found in the Douglas Fir forests of the Willamette Valley. The season is November through March. The black truffle has a dark brown exterior and a white glebe when unripe; it matures to a dark brown glebe with white veins (here's information on Oregon white truffles). They have a pungent, earthy truffle aroma with notes of pineapple, and a strong truffle flavor that has made them popular with chefs in the region. They can be used in everything from hearty, meat-based dishes to delicate desserts. As with some other truffles, the aroma of Oregon truffles dissipates with heat, so they must be treated with the same care as Italian white truffles—shaved raw over food, never cooked. The black truffles have
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The 12 & Under players took centre stage first, with qualifying rounds taking place in late January ahead of finals from 10-12 February. Russian teams completely dominated the new age category, going unbeaten to claim both the girls' and boys' titles.
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The Boys 16 & Under finals in Ronchin (FRA) also led to a victory for the host nation. Runners-up in 2011, France went one better this time, beating Poland 2-0 to win the title for a record thirteenth time.
The Boys 14 & Under final in Correggio (ITA) between Great Britain and Sweden was hotly contested, and was the only one of the four events to require a decisive doubles match. After splitting the two singles matches, the four players returned to the court, where the Swedish team of Filip Malbasic & Mikael Yemer struck first, taking the first set 6-4 before Brits Jay Clarke & Samuel Ferguson mounted a fierce comeback, dropping just one game to level the match 6-1. The momentum stayed with the British pair during the final set, which they won 6-3 to ensure a Winter Cups title for their country for a third time in four years.
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If you spend enough time around Red Bull Arena, you might notice a guy decked out in Red Bulls gear buzzing around, shaking hands and sharing laughs with a variety of faces, young and old
Fernando Ruiz is that guy.
The video above courtesy of New York profiles Ruiz, who made the decision to trade NJ Transit for the training pitch and hasn't looked back since.
So, the Columbus Crew paid a visit to WWE Raw last night. It was pretty ridiculous. Daniel Withrow might have a future with these guys if the whole soccer thing doesn't work out.
It got us thinking, though: Which MLS player would make the best professional wrestler? Jamison Olave? Omar Gonzalez? Donovan Ricketts? Steven Lenhart?
Tell us in the comments, and feel free to volunteer some nickname suggestions, too.
Ever wondered what a match is like at Stade Saputo? The video above might give you a decent idea. Next level quality.
Neutral MLS fan alert: Viewing may spark newfound affinity for Montreal Impact.
Consider yourself warned, amusez-vous!
Believe it or not, just like you and me, professional soccer players do get bored from time-to-time. Even those who call Chelís their boss.
Latest piece of evidence: An epic, three-round thumb war between Carlos Borja and Marvin Iraheta. Good times at Chivas USA.
Michael Bradley is just in the groove right now.
Living the life with his family in Rome, jamming to Springsteen, doing yoga and just killing it in general whenever he steps on the pitch for club and country.
Check out MB90 in the latest edition of the Forza Roma series from KICKTV, and tell me you can't hear Bob in a few of those answers.
We gotta hand it to Juan Agudelo. Kid knows how to make an entrance.
In his first career regular-season start as a professional, at the tender age of 18, he notched a game-winning strike for New York Red Bulls.
24 minutes into his USMNT debut, he scored the goal to beat South Africa.
And now, in just his second-ever effort as a Vine user, Agudelo provides us this gem from the Chivas USA training room (do yourself a favor and turn on the audio):
Rehabs boring vine.co/v/bUBP7KnMbWL
— Juan Agudelo (@jagudelo11) April 17, 2013
Not bad at all for a second effort. Here was his first:
First vid vine.co/v/btlLldVuFrz
— Juan Agudelo (@jagudelo11) April 13, 2013
As you can see, loads of promise in this young man's Vine game. We'll look forward to seeing how he develops.
There's been a lot of positive energy headed Kevin Alston's way this week, plenty of it from people who don't even know him.
Add Thierry Henry to that list. All class, all the time. Well done.
Sneaky big weekend coming up.
As part of the occasion, four market-specific posters have been released for the two matches that will air on NBC Sports Network.
They're pretty cool.
Above you'll find the art pertaining to LA's visit to FC Dallas Stadium on Saturday. Not a ton of rest for the weary.
Of course on Sunday, we get another good one.
Portland-San Jose, 10:30pm ET:
Which one do you like best? I could really do with some brisket right now, so I'm gonna go with the FC Dallas BBQ sauce. Leave your choice in the comments.
Ah, college. Miss you.
Best friends all around, not a care in the world, maybe an adult beverage if you're of legal age and into that sort of thing. Not gonna lie, we get a little jealous every year of all the kids at College Cup.
And if you live in the D.C. area, you're at least a little jealous of all the students who'll flock to RFK on Saturday when their beloved United host the New York Red Bulls.
How about this for a deal: $20, a sideline seat to a huge rivalry matchup and a chance to look at Chris Pontius, in the flesh, running up and down the flank for 90-plus minutes. Everyone's a winner.
Cool sidenote about this one, the George Washington University radio station will be cranking out an English radio broadcast. Good to see the Colonials stepping up to the plate.
Huge night at Buck Shaw on Saturday.
Gordon and Lenhart back in the team, big-time matchup against Vancouver and a couple guests of honor taking in the proceedings.
UFC fighters Luke Rockhold and Daniel Cormier were in attendance, which included a head-to-head halftime penalty shootout against the Earthquakes mascot, Q.
It was all fun and games until they stepped up to the spot. As you'll see below, Q gets a little unlucky. And by "a little" we mean very, very unlucky:
Somewhat unlucky for Rockhold too, as Q's "save" allowed Cormier to claim the win, prompting the following exchange after the contest:
@lukerockhold @dc_mma Rough day on the job for Q! Should we plan a rematch with him in the Octagon?
— San Jose Earthquakes (@SJEarthquakes) April 7, 2013


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November 10, 2012 - A precious collection of sacred relics of the Buddha and many other Buddhist masters is currently touring the world. A rare opportunity to view these relics, which were found among the cremation ashes of Buddhist masters can be seen at the Viet-America Buddhist Association of Memphis, 3951 Frayser Raleigh Road Today through 7pm and Sunday 10 to 5pm. They resemble beautiful, pearl-like crystals. Buddhists believe relics embody the masterâ's spiritual qualities of compassion and wisdom and are deliberately produced by the master at his death. Monks chant as they pray among the relics Saturday. (Mike Maple/The Commercial Appeal)
Nguyen Muc arranges prayer candles in front of the temple, where the relics can be seen. Buddhists believe the relics embody the master's spiritual qualities of compassion and wisdom and are produced by the master at his death.
November 10, 2012 - MemFIX Cleveland Street is a short-term community driven effort to inject vitality into the Crosstown area by activating the street and showing what is possible in the neighborhood. Working with local businesses, residents, and community stakeholders the project will re-think the street, activate vacant shopfronts, and change the character of the two block area along Cleveland from Overton Park to Galloway for one weekend. Paul Taylor is a one-man band on the "mobile music machine" pedal pwered and driven by Christopher Reyes. (Mike Maple/The Commercial Appeal)
November 10, 2012 - Rhodes College alumnus, Stacy Pennington, tossed up some sauted shrimp while cooking at the 8th Annual Cajun Fest at Rhodes College. Alumni, current and perspective students enjoyed the festive food while watching the Rhodes football team play against Centre College. (Kyle Kurlick/Special to The Commercial Appeal)
November 10, 2012 - Zoe, a yellow lab, enjoys a special treat of sauted shrimp from her owner, Angela Goza, while they attended the 8th Annual Cajun Fest at Rhodes College. Alumni, current and perspective students enjoyed the festive food while watching the Rhodes football team play against Centre College. (Kyle Kurlick/Special to The Commercial Appeal)
Jason Machado, of Fairhaven, Mass., walks among U.S. flags at the graves of deceased veterans at the National Cemetery in Bourne, Mass., Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012. Hundreds of volunteers placed thousands of flags in the cemetery in advance of Veterans Day. (AP Photo/Gretchen Ertl)
A woman from Western Sahara shouts slogans in support of Free Western Sahara during a protest in Madrid, Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill holds up a cross as he arrives to visit the Church of the Nativity, believed by many to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ, in Bethlehem, West Bank, Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)
A Bahraini anti-government protester throws a tear gas canister back toward riot police who fired it during clashes after the politically charged funeral for a teenager in Muharraq, Bahrain, on Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012. Bahrain's main opposition group says the kingdom's paramilitary national guard is deploying to back up police as authorities try to quell rising political violence. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)
Some of the 20 yachts taking part are seen at the start of the Vendee Globe Challenge round-the-world solo sailing race at Les Sables D'Olonne, western France, Saturday , Nov. 10 2012.(AP Photo/ Jacques Brinon)
Volunteers knock on doors at the Sand Castle houses to provide food and supplies to residents who continue to live without power in the Far Rockaways section of the Queens borough of New York, Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012. Despite power returning to many neighborhoods in the metropolitan area, residents of the Far Rockaways continue to live without power and heat due to damage caused by Superstorm Sandy.(AP Photo/John Minchillo)
A Syrian girl who fled with her family from the violence in their village, carries a plastic container over her head as she walks to fill it with water at a displaced camp, in the Syrian village of Atma, near the Turkish border with Syria. Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)
A Tibetan Buddhist monk from the Sherbling Monastery in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh, wears a mask as he waits before performing a "bone dance" at the closing of the Delhi International Arts Festival in New Delhi, India, Saturday,Nov. 10, 2012. The dance, which is usually part of a prayer ritual, is performed for entertainment purposes only. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)
View of the fireworks display organized by Kuwait's government to commemorate Constitution Day in Kuwait City on Saturday, Nov 10, 2012. The 60 minute $14 million spectacle is competing for a place in the Guiness Book of Records. (AP Photo/Gustavo Ferrari)
Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov, of Russia, perform their free program during the ISU Grand Prix Rostelekom Cup event, in Moscow, Russia, on Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)


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A KosherEye Signature Recipe. Featured in the summer 2011 issue of Bitayavon Magazine.
Adapted for the kosher kitchen from an iconic southern destination restaurant - one renowned for the best fried chicken in Georgia, almost identical to Mattie's pan fried chicken.
3 chickens cut in 8, rinsed, cleaned and dried
Whisk together parve buttermilk substitute mixture. Let stand 6 minutes.
Place chicken in hot oil allowing space between pieces and pan fry until golden brown, turning once with fork or tongs.
Drain and serve immediately, or set aside and reheat, uncovered, in a 350 degree oven.
Yield: Serves 10-12
*A frying thermometer is an excellent investment for today's kitchen. A meat/poultry thermometer ensures that poultry and meat are cooked to the right temperature.
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First world problems.
But seriously you sound like the stereotypical *******, highfalutin business man. Sorry that you were too damn lazy to put gas in your own tank. And i bet you didn't even tip the guy that did so for your lazy ass. Serves you right. Maybe you learned a lesson in all of this.
And did you even tell the poor man which type of gasoline to use?


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A 62-year-old Kensington woman drove her minivan through the front wall of a Gaithersburg-area Panera Bread Saturday morning, injuring four people inside the building.
Blanca Ramirez, of the 11300 block of Connecticut Avenue, accelerated her Toyota Sienna over a curb and a sidewalk then through the cinder block wall of the fast-food chain shortly after 11 a.m. while attempting to park in front of the building, Montgomery County police said.
The Sienna punched a 7-by-7 hole in the building at 598 N. Frederick Ave. and collided with two people inside, said police spokeswoman Rebecca Innocenti. Two others were hurt by debris.
The two struck by the vehicle were transported to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries, she said. The two hit by debris suffered only minor injuries.
Ramirez was declared to be at fault for the incident, but has not been charged with a crime, Innocenti said.
Ramirez could not be reached for comment Monday.
Police and Fire and Rescue personnel could not provide damage estimates Monday.


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My friend Sarah and I were having a little spring break at the beach. We were young and oversexed at the time, and loved to tease men to see how many drinks they would buy us without us putting out anything. The last I remember we were really laying it on heavy with a couple of local clods. I remember Sarah flashing him a look at her tits, rubbing her leg up his thigh and watching the bulge grow in his pants, not that he had a chance of scoring anything from us.
Slowly, very slowly I began to wake up. I could hear the ocean waves breaking very near by. I could feel the warm sun beating down on my body. It was nice soothing on my headache. I tried to move my hand to my head and could not. I tried to move my other, arm and my leg, nothing. In a panic I opened my eyes only to be blinded by the bright sun. Now in a full panic I looked around me. I was lying on wet sand, the waves breaking a little way away. I was fully spreadeagled and naked! My wrists and ankles were firmly tied to wooden stakes driven deep into the sand. I struggled to try and pull them out but they would not budge. The sun was beating down on my fair skin and I was now sweating profusely from fear as well as the heat. As I struggled I realized that Sarah was next to me, also spreadeagled between four stakes as I was.
"Sarah, Sarah, wake up!" I called. Sarah moaned slightly as she began to regain consciousness.
"What? Where? What the fuck!" Sarah exclaimed as she started to come to and realized her predicament.
"Help, Help!" I began to scream, but only echoes came back over the breaking of the waves.
Suddenly a realization began to come over me. We were on the sea coast. Lying on wet sand. And the tied was coming in! Frantically I began to struggle harder, but to no avail.
After an hour we had both exhausted ourselves. The sun was beginning to burn our unprotected skin, and the sweat was now running down our bodies as we slowly desicated.
Suddenly, I heard a twig snap above us by the dunes and strained to look in that direction.
"Looks like their finally awake, Jeb," I head one voice say.
"Yep, looks like it's fun time, Billy Bob." I recognized the second as the one I had been teasing in the bar last night, and my fear deepened.
"Hey untie us right now!" I demanded, but they just laughed. Jeb kneeled down beside me and began to squeeze and twist my breast, twising the nipple painfully. "Ow, you are hurting me!" I screamed. "Let us go right now or I am telling the authorities."
Jeb just laughed. "Shut up you little cock tease," he ordered. "You ain't calling anyone. You are on our own private deserted island and you ain't going nowhere until we have enjoyed your little co-ed bodies anyway we want!"
"Go to Hell!" I heard Sarah yell as she tried to spit on Billy Bob. He responded with a slap that sent her head snapping sideways, followed by a brutal punch to her stomach that knocked the breath out of her.
"Hey you can't do that to her you bastard!" I screamed. The words were hardly out of my mouth when a massive fist crashed into my pussy sending waves of pain through my body, and a searing blast of red across my vision. I almost passed out from the impact and was gasping for breath.
"Like I said, sweet cakes you ain't going anywhere!" Jeb laughed as he lowered his pants and stroked his hardening cock. "Now we are going to take anything we want." He spit on my pussy and then began to work it into me, lubricating it. He wiped some of the sweat off my body and massaged that into my pussy, shoving one and then two rough, calloused fingers deep inside me. Next to me I heard Sarah starting to cry as she too was assaulted.
"No, no please don't do this," she pleaded as Billy Bob just laughed. Within a minute he was on top of her, slapping her face and tits as he pleased as his cock began to push against her spread pussy. I heard her weeping and screaming as he started his brutal rape.
Jeb had been watching Billy Bob as he started shoving three fingers into my pussy, and pinching my tiny clitoris.
"Now sweet cakes, you can fight like your friend and I can be rougher than that on you, or you can cooperate and take it, your choice." With that he lowered his large cock to my small pussy and began to push. Slowly stroke by stroke he forced me open. I tried to relax as much as possible and think of something to make it easyer, but the reality of this brutal rape was too much. He pulled my face to him.
"Kiss me bitch or I'll beat the shit out of you." Obediently I started kissing him, disgusted all the time.
In no time I heard Billy Bob grunting over the breaking of the waves. Soon I felt Jeb too began to slam into me harder and harder, his cock swelling. Soon I felt him come deep inside me, rocking his head back with a triumphant roar as his seed spewed deep into my unprotected womb. Soon the was squishing out around his cock as it softened.
Without saying much else they got off us and pulled their pants back on. They appeared to be about to leave.
"Hey, you can't leave us here!" Sarah yelled. Billy Bob reared back and kicked her hard right in the side of her breasts.
"To Hell we can't, bitch. We will see if the Sun and Sea softens up your attitude, you stuck up little whore." He emphasized his words with another vicious kick between Sarah's legs. I heard the breathe go out of her at the pointed cowboy boot found her violated pussy.
"Please," I began to beg, "The tide is coming in. Please let us go!"
Jeb lauged hard. "Well, Billly Bob, this cunt is not as dumb as she looks!" He laughed again and he zipped up his pants and both of them started walking back up the beach.
We both began to scream for help, but there was no reply. Soon we were both exhausted and becoming very dehydrated. The water was coming closer and closer until it was lapping at our feet and calves. No matter how we struggled we could not budge the stakes.
Suddenly, as the water reached my bottom, I heard a step behind me. "Help, please." I cried, but to my horror there was Jeb, a beer bottle in his hand.
"Please let us go, " I began. "You had your fun and I promise we won't tell anyone. Just let us go, please."
"Well sweet cakes, maybe I will if you are real nice to me!" He laughed as he lowered his pants and kneeled by my head. He rubbed his sweaty cock across my face. "Well sweet cakes, do you want to be nice to me or go for a swim?"
I was disgusted but hesitantly I started to lick the head of his cock as it rapidly stiffened. Slowly he fed it to me as I heard Billy Bob approuch.
"Well, bitch, are you going act sensibly like your friend, or do we have to do this the hard way?" he asked.
Sarah was still feeling feisty, "Go to hell you country hick!" she snapped. Without hesitation Billy Bob started kicking her again until she was crying. He kneeled over her and began to stroke his cock above her face with one hand while punching her tits back and forth with the other.
Jeb kept shoving his cock down my throat, now kneeling astride me and holding my head firmly in place as he accelerated fucking my face. Soon I felt his cock swell and his second load of cum shoot down my throat. I swallowed as hard as I could to clear my throat as several spurts ran down my chin and cheek. Next to me Billy Bob was unloading his load all over Sarah's face and rubbing it in.
Soon the were preparing to leave again and the water was up to the middle of my back.
"Please don't leave us. We are already sunburned and we will die of dehydration here in no time." I pleaded.
With that, Billy Bob purked right up. "We can do something about that, can't we Jeb? You see girls we just polished off a couple of six packs" With that both unzipped their pants and began sending a yellow stream of urine at each of our mouths. Sarah closed her mouth tightly and tried to look away, but knowing how soon I would pass out from dehydration, and how much they had both drunk, I tried to take some in. It was foul, but quite dilute. Soon they were done with their disgusting act and walked away again, leaving us to the tide and the crabs.
I though we were both going to die as the tide came up. Soon the waves were breaking over our heads and the salt water stinging our burned skin. We were both close to passing out but had to stay alert for we could only breath when the waves went out. After awhile I realized the tide had turned and only the biggest waves were now breaking over our heads. As the water receeded the Sun began to burn us again.
We were both nearly unconscious when the two returned for the third time, still drinking another beer.
"Looks like they are about done, Jeb" lauged Billy Bob. As he began to untie Sarah. She was so dehydrated she had no more energy to fight as he rolled her onto her bright red stomach. The sand grinding into her sunburn roused her slightly. Billy Bob spit on her rear end and began to work it into her rectum. I know what was coming but was too weak to resist as I also was rolled painfully onto my stomach.
Soon I felt Jeb's cock invading where none had ever gone before. It hurt and burned but I was so weak I could barely move. It did not take long before I felt him shoot his third load deep into my bowels. When they were done they leaned back in the sand watching our burned and battered bodies drying like two fish out of water.
"Well, Jeb. shall we just leave them for the crabs?" Billy Bob asked.
"No," Jeb responded shaking his head, "Mama would be mad if we did that." With that each of them picked us, threw us over their shoulders and carried us down the beach to where a small boat was tied in a small tidal creek. They threw us in like to sacks of meal. We were so far gone we hardly noticed.
The Sun was setting and it was dark before we got wherever it was we were going. Finally they pulled up to a strip of beach. They each pulled out another bottle of beer and poured it down our protesting throats before throwing us on the sand.
I vaguely remember someone, perhaps a college student, trying to wake us, and then some type of security guard calling on his radio, "Tell rescue we've got two more drunk college kids passed out on the beach."
All I could think was how was I going to explain this to my parents?
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LINCOLN – Structural concerns over the Manville Hill Road Bridge have blocked off a major travel route between Lincoln and Cumberland — but hopefully not for long.
Bryan Lucier, a spokesman for the Rhode Island Department of Transportation, said Thursday that plans are in the works to open the bridge as soon as next month, even if that is only a temporary solution to the bridge concerns.
"What we are doing is putting out an emergency contract to make repairs to the bridge," Lucier said.
The short-term repair would involve the installation of a steel-girder support structure under the existing bridge's I-beams that would restore it to a 10-ton load carrying rating, according to Lucier.
The bridge was closed to traffic from both the Cumberland and Lincoln sides of Manville Hill Road in early December by DOT Director Michael P. Lewis after DOT engineers found significant deterioration of the 233-foot-long bridge's steel beams.
The 58-year-old structure supports an average of 4,300 vehicle crossings of the Blackstone River at Manville Hill Road per day.
The contract for the emergency repair has already been put out to bid. Lucier said selection of a contractor should follow shortly. The temporary work will involve the installation of supporting steelwork across the bridge's abutments in a manner that will be determined by the successful bidder. Lucier said exact details of the temporary repair work will not be known until the contract has been awarded.
Following completion of the temporary repairs and the reopening of the bridge to traffic, Lucier said, the DOT would then seek bids for a permanent repair. A DOT consulting engineering firm is already considering options for that work, which likely would be conducted beginning in 2014. Depending on the solutions proposed, the DOT could choose to use prefabricated bridge components that would allow a new bridge to be installed in as little as six weeks, according to Lucier.
That plan might minimize the long-term impacts on both business owners and residents in the Manville Hill Road area.
"We understand the inconvenience the closing is causing and that is why we are trying to put the repairs out to contract as quickly as possible," Lucier said.
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When it comes to opening and individual retirement account (IRA), the first thing that comes into most people's mind is bonds, stocks and mutual funds. However, with the uncertain state of the economy all over the world, most investors are looking for other IRA investments options. Take gold for instance. To most people, gold is an unlikely investment option. However, when you look back in history, gold perpetually rises in worth whenever there is a fluctuation in the economy. This happens when the "sharks" in the investment world opt for safer options. Gold is a great investment in many ways. For starters, gold does not seize in value, no matter the state of the economy. Experts compare gold investment to allowing your money to earn interest in a bank. Here are some of the factors that make gold IRA investment a great idea.
What is A Gold IRA
Gold IRA refers to an individual retirement account which is opened to store gold and other precious metals. This account works the same way as a regular IRA, only that gold bars and bullion coins are stored, instead of paper assets. Also, unlike regular IRA, gold does not allow one to collect interest when they finally retire at the age of 70. This is one of the reasons why most people do not consider this investment option. Others are simply not aware of the benefits of opening such an account. While it is not possible for people to collect interest from this type of retirement account, the long term benefits are far more attractive. Between the years 2004 and 2014, gold has experienced a steady increase in worth, compared to the dollar.
There are many different factors that make gold appreciate in value as time goes by. For starters, there is not enough supply of this precious commodity to satisfy the demand. When supply is low, the price goes up. There are not enough gold deposits left in the world to affect the price of gold in a negative way. Statistics show that depreciation in value of gold over the past few years was minimal and hardly made a difference.
A Strong Case for Gold Investment
Financial experts and other investors predict that the price of gold will rise in the next few years. Some claim that it could go as high as $10,000 an ounce. While these predictions are not certain, one thing is for sure — with the rising number of people investing in gold; its price will definitely go higher than it currently is. The cost of gold rises based on events that lower the value of bonds and stocks.
Preparing for Tough Times
The number of people buying gold seems to increase as time goes by. For this reason, it would be wise to store it in an IRA, which will secure it for the future. Traditional retirement plans have had their fair share of downfalls, as seen in the past couple of years. Those who took the chance and invested in gold are smiling all the way to the bank. This is not to say that the ship has sailed. According to most financial analysts, this is a great time for investing in gold and secure your future. Investing in stocks and bonds is a risky venture in many ways. The dollar seems to depreciate in value as each year goes by and the future is not certain. The recession took its tool on many people who were not prepared for it. An investment with irrelevant or no risk such as gold can protect your future and that of your family.
You Can Use your IRA to Buy Gold
Not everyone has enough money stashed away somewhere that they can use to buy gold. Luckily, you are now able to use your retirement money for investing gold. After careful consideration, most people have realized the benefits of gold investment and are using their retirement money to invest in gold. This is a fairly easy process that doesn't take a lot of time or effort.
Self-directed IRA Investment
The current 401k does not allow you to own physical precious metal. For this reason, you will have no choice but to roll over your gold investment into self-directed gold IRA. This account does not limit you to precious metals when it comes to investing. You will also be putting yourself in a position to enjoy tax benefits associated with such a retirement account.
The dollar has declined in value and the future does not look bright for most investors. The Federal Reserve is engaging in unlimited money printing known as Quantitative Easing 3 (QE3). This has led to rapid decline of the dollar making it a doubtful retirement investment plan. Investing gold gives you peace of mind by removing all doubt.