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Singing in the Rain
This afternoon was one of those sweet, innocent, impromptu fun moments. While talking to my mom on the phone, I heard the front door open. It wasn't until I heard a distant screaming and singing that I realized my two crazy kids were skipping down our street in the pouring rain. 107 more words
Great big sister
None of us had a real good sleep last night, so I wasn't surprised when I looked back as we are driving towards Connecticut to see Noah had fallen asleep. 73 more words
Head butting? Really?
While you and your brother get along for the most part, we did notice that he tends to get a bit much at times and have recently seen you starting to voice your distaste. 177 more words
Do it
I thought I read more than my brother.
(He is a reader too, but he didn't read when he was my age.My sister barely read a her studies😹) 116 more words
Easter Farewell`s
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10 Months young!
My gorgeous little girlie is 10 months today!
She brightens our lives every day lately with her unquenchable curiosity.
With two bottom teeth and two top teeth on the way, she is crawling at the speed of light-much like her brother did, wobbling around the coffee table and couch to practice her standing skills, crawling up stairs and down one, saying "Up" when she feels like it, "Mama" when she needs something, and "Baba" for everything else. 64 more words


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Horrible: Anime and Manga
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Ignore for a few moments the great Subbing versus Dubbing debate among the anime fandom. There are certain shows or works in that medium that fail on their own merits and prove that being So Bad Its Horrible is not exclusive to any one side of the Pacific. You know it's bad when even fans looking for a Widget Series exclaim "WTF?!?!?" after viewing. Feel free to curse these titles, anime haters the fans don't bother defending them, anyway. Important Note: Merely being offensive in its subject matter is not enough to justify a work as So Bad It's Horrible. Hard as it is to imagine at times, there is a market for all types of deviancy (no matter how small a niche it is). It has to fail to appeal even to that niche to qualify as this. Second Important Note: An anime isn't horrible just because Bennett the Sage, Professor Otaku, Don East, The Other Side, Doggy D. Dachshund and Conroy Cat, Black Critic Guy or any other Caustic Critic reviewed it. There needs to be independent evidence, such as actual professional pannings, to list it. (Though once it is listed, those critics can provide the detailed review(s).) Third Important Note: This page is not for horrible episodes of otherwise good shows. For those, see WallBangers.AnimeAndManga and DethroningMoment.AnimeAndManga.
Examples (more-or-less in alphabetical order):
- Abunai Sisters Koko & Mika landed a spot on many "worst" lists shortly after release. The animation (all CGI) is about on par with a PS1 CG cutscene, despite the show being released in 2009, the voice acting is incredibly annoying (and is in flawed English for some reason), and there's basically no plot. It tries to be a comedy, but crucially for a comedy, it's not even slightly funny (once the shock of "oh god this thing exists" has worn off). With no jokes and no plotting, the show leans heavily on its fanservice, with an uncanny number of scenes focusing on the central characters' breasts. Unfortunately, the characters are designed like bobbleheads, and their vaunted cleavage looks like they've shoved basketballs down their shirts which, when coupled with the awful animation, renders any attempt at fanservice useless. Only two episodes were ever released, with the studio locking the remaining eight up and never showing them and frankly, it's easy to see why. If you have any doubts, allow Demolition D+ to relieve them.
- The anime adaptation of the visual novel Amnesia is often used as a shining example of why anime of otome games are usually awful. It has a convoluted plot that tries to be intriguing but instead comes across as confusing and pretentious, ugly and garish character designs, characters that are either extremely bland or unlikable (including a nameless Too Dumb to Live Flat Character as the main protagonist), quite possibly the most poorly handled yandere in anime history, and oodles of sexism. When Sentai Filmworks announced both a English dub and a Blu-ray release, there was actual outrage from anime fan communities as to why it deserved such treatment (it was allegedly to promote a possible English release of the original visual novel).
- Aoi Sekai No Chuushin De, a three episode OVA adapting the first story arc of the comparatively much better manga of the same name. While the concept (an action series heavily based off of the Console Wars between Nintendo and Sega) is interesting, it is ruined by bland characterization, poor pacing, very few actual fights despite being purportedly an action series, a large amount of gratuitous fanservice, phoned-in audio and, most glaringly, a complete lack of any kind of budget, giving the series an incredibly cheap feeling (both the opening and closing comprise largely of still images).
- Art of Fighting had an absolute mess of a 45-minute OVA, with a ridiculous story, depressingly predictable plot twists, and not one interesting or likable character. Heck, the one thing you'd expect it to be able to deliver (spectacular fights) falls flat. And from a video game player's point of view, it has nothing to do with the story of the games beyond the premise of "Yuri gets kidnapped, Ryo and Robert try to save her", none of the signature special moves appear and Ryo and Robert's hair colors are swapped for some reason. About its only saving graces were the decent music and turning Butt Monkey Ryuhaku Todoh into a hilarious nutcase police chief. Watch Bennett the Sage tear it apart here.
- Fun fact: The voice for Yuri Sakazaki in this clunker is uber-famous J-pop singer Ayumi Hamasaki, in her first (and only) voice acting role.
- BlazBlue: Alter Memory, a 12-episode anime based on the popular video game franchise, is a horrible mess due to its cheap◊ animation◊, rushed execution (the 15+ hour-long story from the first game is burned through in just two episodes), characters that behave little to nothing like their video game counterparts, a mediocre soundtrack in stark contrast to the video games' stellar score, phoned-in voice acting in spite of reprising the entire cast from the games, and worst of all, a convoluted story that doesn't bother to tie together the Jigsaw Puzzle Plot of the videogames and actually makes it even more confusing. This could all be summed up by what Ragna said in the preview of episode 2 in the English dub:
"Oh Azure Grimoire, dwelling within my right arm, cancel the jinx on fighting game anime shows! Would ya?"
- The broken English in the title of Cosprayers (short for The Cosmpolitan Prayers) is the least of the show's problems. The characters are incredibly idiotic, inconsistent, and one-dimensional. The girl who loves the male lead makes out with the main (female) protagonist, and the other girl also likes the guy, and there is no motivation for the Triang Relations. There is random unnecessary Fanservice alongside loads of rape imagery which makes anything potentially titillating just plain creepy. There are no transitions one minute, everyone's chained up in a cave; the next, they're on a pier fighting with tennis rackets (a power upgrade, by the way). It has a plot that must have been thrown together between rounds and the conflict and characters never give the audience any reason to care. It heavily rips off Power Rangers, only it's much less entertaining. It culminates in an extremely lazy Gainax Ending with singing and rainbows
no, seriously. The whole thing was made by the company M.O.E. (Masters of Entertainment), but they don't show their mastery here.
- To add insult to injury, there's two spinoff shows which portray this as bad in the Recursive Canon, to the point where in the second series, it turns out the identity of Cosprayers's writer is kept secret from the public eye.
- Dark Cat, an obscure horror OVA from 1991, suffers from many problems such as an unfocused narration; lifeless, uninteresting characters; ugly, practically artless animation; and a horrific English dub, with some of the worst and most soulless voiceovers you will ever hear. One of the many direct-to-video OVAs that flooded the market in the late 80s/early 90s, it is best to be left forgotten. Bennett the Sage remembers, though, and he really wishes he hadn't.
- The anime adaption of Demon Beast Invasion suffers from terrible animation, extremely lousy art, poor characterization, and an awful and sexist story about an alien demon (who constantly shouts 'MOTHER' to the point where it becomes irritating) that wants to rape women and take over the world.
- The Diabolik Lovers anime tries to be a Guilty Pleasure, but manages to fail even at that. It contains bland animation, extremely unlikable characters (the male leads are all creepy assholes and the female lead is supposed to be The Woobie but is as flat as cardboard personality-wise), loads of squick, boatloads of sexism, incredibly insensitive and disgusting attempts to fetishize Domestic Abuse and Stockholm Syndrome, and a stupid and contrived plot. Each episode's only about 15 minutes, but they feel like hours.
- The yaoi manga Dog Catalogue, with its ridiculous use of 2D characters, a frightfully generic storyline with absolutely no development in the characters and with arguably some of the worst art put to paper◊. Every page is an artist's nightmare.
- Eien no Aselia: Spirit of Eternity Sword is a great visual novel, but its OVA adaptation... not so much. The plot is nothing like that of the game. The pacing is horrible, the animation below average, the background music is copypasted from the game, and the characters have almost no resemblance to their video game counterparts. It's as if the staff made this anime on a lunch break. Thankfully, it's only two episodes long.
- Garzey's Wing, a 1996 OVA set in the world of Byston Well, has bottom-tier animation that looks far older than its release year suggests. It also has an utterly generic story that, despite featuring such weirdness as people's souls being kidnapped by giant geese and soldiers riding freakin' velociraptors, utterly fails to entertain. And that's before touching upon the English "adaptation", which earned its place on the linked page of infamy. To summarize: there was even less effort put into this dub than in the already poor animation; localization is nonexistent they simply had the "actors" read from the (incredibly literal) subtitle script and evidently only gave them one take, resulting in dialogue so wooden it must be heard to be believed. Sage and Spoony are willing to share their review with you, with the former referring to it as "the Battlefield Earth of Anime". Another review on Anime News Network can be read here, also referring it as "the Battlefield Earth of Anime", additionally comparing the dub to an Ed Wood production. The review from the Gundamn! podcast agreed that it was the worst thing Yoshiyuki Tomino was ever involved with.
- Genma Wars, a spinoff of Harmageddon, of all things. There are two major reasons why this series from 2002 failed so very, very hard:
- The Gratuitous Rape. Now, to be fair, the series is predicated on one sexual assault: a young woman offers herself up to the Evil King to save her clan from raiders, and conceives half-breed twins. But then, one of the twins is taken to eke out a miserable existence among the Evil King's subjects. After he grows up and leaves the King's castle, he meets a woman and, after being at least somewhat friendly and decent to her, decides to assault her, too. Without so much as a "get away you bastard", she doesn't fight him off. She doesn't even seem to understand the way that she was violated, and pontificates to the effect of, "It felt like his life force was entering me..."
- The horrible, horrible animation. It is often recycled, cheap, awful, and so very digital. For example: the "good" Wild Child twin has a wolf for a guide after his mother perishes, and he can talk! The problem? The wolf's jaw literally just flaps up and down. In a better series, it may have been justified, but in this series, it just adds to the seeming laziness of the production crew. His jaw literally hangs open for a few seconds at a time as he "talks", and his English VA has a hokey, Speech-Impaired Animal voice to boot.
- ''Glasslip suffers from poor characterization, and a plot that goes nowhere. Supernatural elements, like the "future fragments" are introduced, but not expanded upon. The ending doesn't bother to conclude the story well. The animation has a lot of Scenery Porn, but also a lot of poor movement.
- The anime adaptation of Himegoto suffers from Off Model animation (even in the intro), unimpressive voice acting (nearly all of it is screechy, even the supposedly male characters), degrading fanservice, unlikable and flat characters, poor attempts to integrate new characters into the main story, a Wholesome Crossdresser aspect that's clearly there just to exploit a Double Standard (and also makes the whole thing seem unpleasantly transphobic), and a sense of humor that falls into Dude, Not Funny! territory (99.9% of the jokes involve the main character being bullied, humiliated, and sexually harassed). To add insult to injury, most of its four-minute running time is dedicated to bland opening and ending songs. It's very likely that it'll be the only Otokonoko Genre anime made in the forseeable future. Its only redeeming factor is the occasional stealth Take Thats at the manga it was based on, but they sadly don't come up nearly enough to redeem the show.
- Honey X Honey Drops, a two-part OVA adaptation of the shoujo manga of the same name. Unlikable and flat characters, underwhelming art and animation, and a very degrading and sexist premise that's basically about a teenage girl forced into prostituting herself. Nearly every review on My Anime List is a warning to avoid it.
- The 2 episode OVA of Hourglass of Summer is a prime example on how not to do a Compressed Adaptation. It tries to squeeze a ten-hour character route (Kaho's true ending route, to be precise) into a 45-minute anime. There's a distinct lack of explanation of many major plot points (the time-traveling aspect, most notably), some things no longer make sense (again, time-traveling), and the pacing seems to suffer due to being so tightly crammed into such a short runtime. Makings things worse are a ton of Off Model, and many unwanted and unneeded fanservice moments, despite the original VN being clean.
- Ijime, a short anime OVA released free in a issue of Ciao (which should tell you a lot). It has amateurish voice acting, flat animation, a hideous art style so far in the Uncanny Valley it hurts, and incompetent handling of serious subject matter (childhood bullying). There's also a scene that plays out like a gang rape. You have been warned. It's very telling that it's the only Ciao Ciao TV short so far that never became a mini-series.
- The anime adaptation of Koi Koi 7 does everything one should not do when adapting from a manga. The animation quality is shockingly bad and the design of the mechs and the characters is blatantly ripped-off from far superior shows (the mechs from Gundam, for example). As if the technical shortcomings aren't bad enough, the plot is compressed to the point of being totally bland and leaving virtually no sign of character development nor meaningful action whatsoever. Above all, it's crystal clear that the seiyuus and the music composer phoned in their performances, as the voice-acting and the soundtrack are bland and utterly terrible to listen to.
- The Kyo Koi O Hajimemasu OVA was made by the same people who did Honey X Honey Drops, and suffers from pretty much the same problems, including flat animation and voice acting, unlikable and/or bland characters, a cliché and uninteresting plot, sexism, and zero attempt to make sense to viewers who haven't read the manga.
- The anime adaptation of Mamotte Lollipop, made by Sunshine Corporationnote as a cheap cash-in on a mildly popular series. The manga itself is So Bad, It's Good, but this is just bad. Bland and/or unlikable characters with designs that are either generic or garish, cheap animation (even for 2006) that's constantly reused, a very poor grasp of its target audience, an atrocious English dub that mostly consists of screaming and yelling, an uninteresting romance subplot, and a downright stupid Cliché Storm plot with a Gecko Ending even though the manga was already finished long before it came out. Anime News Network states the only people who could possibly like it are little girls who don't know any better. It's one of the very few anime Funimation seems to treat as an Old Shame (in fact given their handling of it they likely knew it was terrible when they got it evidently it was forced on them as part of a deal to get a show they actually wanted).
- The short promotional OVA Marimo no Hana has awful voice acting (a preteen boy has the voice of a screechy little girl, among other examples), terrible pacing, stupid characterization, and a vague, borderline nonsensical plot filled with Mood Whiplash (it's apparently about a young girl with a badass Split Personality, but good luck figuring that out). Its only saving grace is that it's actually decently animated, but sadly not enough to make it worth watching.
- The OVA Mars of Destruction is clearly a sad attempt of being dark and edgy like Neon Genesis Evangelion, only the plot is totally non-existent, and the characters don't really have any development whatsoever and are completely forgettable. The animation and fight scenes aren't any better, either, as if the animators weren't even trying to make an anime. And the title has nothing to do with planetary explosions, which would've been far more interesting. Masako X of Team Four Star reviews it here.
- There's an another Idea Factory anime with the same director, Tenkuu Danzato Skelter Heaven, which is a very similar failure to Mars of Destruction, except the visuals are much better. It's no wonder why Idea Factory stopped producing anime and instead focused on video games, and Yoshiteru Satou didn't get the rights for directing the Hyperdimension Neptunia anime. Most anime by Satou in general tend to get this reaction from fans, with his best anime only reaching a 6.00 average audience rating on My Anime List, with one commenter referring to him as the Ed Wood of anime. Watch Black Critic Guy review it here
- Master of Martial Hearts (a.k.a. Zettai Shougeki -Platonic Heart-) isn't certain whether or not it wants to deconstruct the Panty Fighter genre, as it starts out using many of the very same tropes of the series it appears to mock. The OVA series is only five episodes long, blundering its way into a Darker and Edgier final episode with a baffling plot twist out of nowhere in a last-ditch attempt to give the series some substance despite very little reason for the viewer to care about any of the one- and two-dimensional characters. Watch JesuOtaku rip it a new one.
- Ninja Resurrection, based on the novel Makai Tensho by Futaro Yamada, and falsely marketed in the US and UK as a sequel to Ninja Scroll, has horrible no-name voice acting that makes the words "Tokugawa Shogunate" a Brown Note, extremely gross fanservice, and a nonsensical plot about the Stupid Good Amakusa Shiro Tokisada with a Devil in Plain Sight Evil Chancellor leading to the pointlessly squicky resurrection of Amakusa into Satan where his new evil cronies begin slaughtering townspeople... and on top of all that, the series finally ends there due to people wisely avoiding any further trick-marketing. Sage has some harsh words on the matter.
- Some could argue that the series ended just as it was about to get good (it actually ends as the antagonist groups leap off-screen, implying a big showdown and/or massacre to come). It also features Mataemon Araki, the only likable character by virtue of being a gigantic badass who kills ninjas with combat tentacle entrails. He has barely three lines, but is somehow one of the most fleshed-out and interesting characters.
- The 4-part OVA adaptation of the yaoi manga Okane Ga Nai. The animation and anatomy is awful, none of the characters are likable (and it suffers from some of the worst Protagonist-Centered Morality in all of anime), it manages to feel deeply homophobic despite being a yaoi series, the sexual stuff is so brutal and rape-y that it becomes borderline Nightmare Fuel, there are attempts to be "deep and dark and edgy" that just come off as horribly immature, and the story doesn't even make much sense. This is even believed to be the series most negative stereotypes about the genre come from.
- To top it off, because it's anime and because it's yaoi, it always ends up topping searches for the title, much to the dismay of people looking for the 90s J-Drama by the same title that certain universities use in their curriculum.
- Pure Love, a.k.a. Rhythm, is a horrible excuse for a hentai that has dreadful animation and artwork that literally looks like it was done on MS Paint, a non-existent story, ugly sex scenes, awful characterization, and a terrible English dub. Luckily, it's only two episodes long.
- Pilot Candidate, a.k.a. Candidate For Goddess, had horribly-integrated CGI even for its era, plot holes practically from the start ("Only men can be Goddess pilots
except for this lady"), and an aggressively unlikable protagonist in Zero Enna (imagine an easily-excitable combination of Ash Ketchum, Amuro Ray, and Taichi Kamiyanote , but with none of the redeeming qualities of any of them). The greatest failing, however, is that every piece of the story is incomplete. Several characters and concepts are introduced but never explored, each battle is an unfollowable mess with key points missing, and while the focus on cadets should make for an interesting angle, the main characters are barely involved with the plot. And to top it all off, even though the story is too thin and weak to support twelve episodes, it still has a Gecko Ending. Watch Bennett the Sage make fun of it along with Blue Gender (which while mediocre, is nowhere near as bad as Pilot Candidate) for his "[adult swim] Month" feature.
- Interestingly, the series was based on a longer manga by Yukiru Sugisaki, the author of D.N.Angel, but the company who animated the series declared itself bankrupt after releasing the last episode as an OVA. It also made her very hesitant to allow D.N.Angel to get an anime adaptation. Eventually, XEBEC (producer of this series and of Martian Successor Nadesico) made a competent adaptation.
- [adult swim] aired this anime once, when the block was still finding its legs
and we do mean once this is one of very few shows that [as] never showed again after its initial airing. A commercial bumper over five years later said, to paraphrase, "Pilot Candidate: Never Again."
- What's worse is that it was originally going to be on Toonami (back when Toonami was a daytime action cartoon line-up) and was edited down to Toonami standards, making it more incoherent. When Adult Swim decided to air it, it was the Toonami-edited version.
- Locomotion, a (now defunct) Latin-American animation channel, dubbed the whole series to Spanish, and in the period before changing hands they repeated this daily since it was one of their few anime left. Not even the (surprisingly good) dub could save this series.
- Psychic Wars, a 1990s OVA that suffers from a nonsensical plot, boring characters, flying plot leaps, and bad pacing. It was originally going to be a three-episode miniseries, and unsurprisingly, only one episode was made due to its low budget.
- The anime adaptation of Pupa. For one thing, fans of the horror genre had high hopes for it due to the lack of good-quality horror anime, but then it was postponed from its original Fall 2013 line-up, and pushed back to the Winter 2014 line-up, where it was revealed the episodes would only be four minutes long (which is its only saving grace, according to viewers). It's been universally panned for horrid writing and piss-poor pacing (including a sub-plot that was the dropped the moment it was introduced), uninteresting characters, mishandling of the manga's disturbing material, shoddy censorship as it was airing, simultaneously disgusting and dull "scares", and a final episode that did nothing to wrap up the plot. Special mention goes to the infamous episode six (and eight when it comes to the censorship). Not only is it one of the lowest-ranked TV anime series on MAL, it also broke Anime News Network's rating scale in its Shelf Life review, earning the column's first "Flushable" score in over a year. Anime Viking also has a few words to say regarding the matter.
- Roots Search, a 1980s OVA with stiff animation; unlikable, poorly-developed characters; and a pretentious and incoherent plot ripped off from Alien. Anime News Network analyzed it, and found nothing good to say about it.
- Fans of the first person shooter video game SIN absolutely loathe its horrendous anime adaption Sin: The Movie and they like to pretend it doesn't exist for several good reasons. The misleading title is a bad start (it's called 'Sin: The Movie' even though it's actually a two-episode miniseries), but to make matters worse, major unnecessary changes have been thrown in. Examples include John Blade being changed to a cyborg (even though he wasn't one in the original game), JC Armack being killed off and replaced with his Suspiciously Similar Substitute sister (whose sole purpose seems to be Fanservice) and the setting being moved to the 2070s (even though in the original video game is set in 2037). Other problems include mediocre animation and art, lame new characters that never appeared in the original game, a few giant plot holes, and a bland story. It's painfully obvious that Sin: The Movie was created just to cash in on the success of the original video game it was based on. Watch Bennett the Sage make fun of it here.
- The anime adaptation of Togainu no Chi has been panned by fans of the original game for good reason. Admittedly, given the nature of the game and its multi-route system, some elements had to be removed for the censors, but it still doesn't excuse the fact that so many things were removed from the story, people being introduced to the series for the first time didn't know what the hell was going on. Terrible animation (to the point that Episode 12 nearly completely consisted of animation recycling), constant deviation from character styling, and a mediocre script combined to make a fairly celebrated BL game into an animated train wreck. There are even rumors that the anime's staff deliberately sabotaged it (the reason why is currently unknown).
- While it isn't surprising that certain parts of Tsukihime were changed for its animated adaptation, given the original visual novel's content and structure, what was changed is completely awful. The writing is littered with plot holes, outright bringing up important details from the VN and then ignoring the actual cause or context, the animation is cheap enough that a character falling is shown as a moving still frame, the music is dull and repetitive (the only good song is the opening, an awesome instrumental that makes the rest of the soundtrack even more boring in comparison) and, despite only being 12 episodes long, the plot often slows down to a dull crawl. Predictably, it was savaged by critics, did terribly and to this day Type-Moon fans pretend it never happened. By contrast, the manga adaption is pretty faithful to the source material and avoids a lot of the anime's failings.
- While Transformers Armada got off to a bad start, the show did improve as it went and eventually became fairly decent by the end. The same cannot be said for Transformers Energon, which is widely considered the worst show the franchise has. The story itself is fraught with Padding, plot points get introduced then quickly dropped, and an unlikable Jerk Sue leads the main storyline. Animation for the robots is stiff and lazy, looking as if the animators tried everything they could to avoid giving them too much movement. All this is topped off by a terrible translation that makes the already confusing story nigh-incomprehensible, and voice actors that were not only unsuited for their roles but were cheap voice actors anyway. Even though the series can occasionally have one or two So Bad, It's Good moments, trying to watch the whole thing to find them is considered an act of torture. This could all be summed up by what Alpha Q said in the final episode:
"Something cool finally happened!"note
- When Transformers Kiss Players was announced, most American fans generally chuckled at the concept of girls kissing Transformers to bond with them and power them up but the manga scans depicted characters being swallowed whole and alive, blatantly suggestive scenes (such as the Legions' infamous "penis-tongues" and the endless stream of implied-rape imagery), the sexist antics of Atari Hitotonari (and the Ethnic Scrappy Shaoshao), and late teenagers/young adults appearing to be eight years old (no this isn't an art style quirk, they're literally and intentionally drawn that way) American fans were left disgusted and Japanese fans feared this would set a very poor example for the perception of anime in the West. As a result, most fans tuned out. Even with the heavily fractured nature of the series' fan base, it's pretty much the only thing in the Transformers franchise that's universally hated (with the possible exception of Energon above), which is a real accomplishment.


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Many consumable products, such as paper towels, bath tissue, diapers and related products, adult incontinence products, child training pants, feminine hygiene products, and the like are sometimes packaged and sold in relatively large quantities. There are many advantages to consumers for purchasing these types of products in greater amounts. For instance, these types of products are typically consumed rather quickly and having greater amounts reduces the need to return to the store. Another advantage to consumers when buying in relatively large quantities is that the price per unit is typically less than when buying in smaller quantities.
There are also various advantages to manufacturers in the ability to sell their products to consumers in relatively large quantities. In particular, there may be some cost and processing efficiencies in packaging the products into larger packages. Shipping and handling costs may also be reduced.
When sold in bulk, consumable products are typically packaged in large rectangular plastic film bags or are sold in cardboard boxes. Due to the size of these packages, however, the packages can be somewhat difficult for consumers to carry and hold. Also, such large packages can take up great amounts of space in shopping carts limiting the space in the cart for other products. As such, a need currently exists for an improved packaging design for packaging relatively large quantities of consumable products. In particular, a need exists for a bulk-type package for consumable products that is easy for consumers to carry and handle.
In general, the present disclosure is directed to various packaging configurations for consumable products. The packages are well suited to packaging relatively large quantities of one or more consumable products, although the packages may work equally well with smaller quantities. Of particular advantage, packages made according to the present disclosure can include easy to hold handles that allow relatively large quantities of a product to be transported. In one embodiment, the package may also be designed to be placed over an adjacent structure, such as the railing of a shopping cart. In this manner, at least one half of the product remains outside of the shopping cart thereby minimizing the amount of space the product occupies within the cart.
In an alternative embodiment, the package can include a locking element that is configured to engage a grid element on a shopping cart. In this manner, the entire package can be attached to the outside of the shopping cart and thus not occupy any space within the cart. Although various consumable products may be packaged according to the present disclosure, the packages are particularly well suited for containing tissue products, such as paper towels, facial tissues, bath tissues, and the like.
In one embodiment, for instance, the present disclosure is directed to a packaged consumable product that includes a first group of consumable products contained in a first subpackage and a second group of consumable products contained in a second subpackage, the first and second subpackages can generally have approximately the same height.
A connecting member comprising at least one band partially encircles the subpackages or is located on a top surface of the subpackages and holds them together. Specifically, the first subpackage is held together adjacent the second subpackage. The connecting member is configured to hold and connect together the first subpackage and the second subpackage at each end where the two subpackages meet. Further, the subpackages can be connected together at a height that is greater than about one half the height of the subpackages. For instance, the subpackages may be held together at a height that is greater than about 70% of the height of the subpackages, such as greater than about 80% of the height of the subpackages. In this manner, the two subpackages are partially separable from one another at an end opposite from where the connecting member is located. Thus, the packaged product can be placed over an adjacent structure in between the two subpackages. For example, the two subpackages may be placed over the railing of a shopping cart and thereby be supported by the cart.
In one embodiment, the first subpackage and the second subpackage are made from a polymer film, such as a shrink wrap film. The connecting member may comprise a single band that completely encircles the two subpackages. Alternatively, the connecting member may include two bands located at opposite ends of the package. For instance, in one embodiment, a first band can attach the two subpackages together at one end where the packages meet, while the second band can connect the two subpackages together at an opposite end. The bands may be attached to the subpackages using any suitable adhesive material or may be thermally bonded to the subpackages.
In one embodiment, the connecting member may be perforated at each end where the two subpackages meet so that a user can separate each subpackage from the other when desired.
Various different consumable products may be packaged according to the present disclosure. The packages, for instance, are well suited to holding tissue products, such as spirally wound bath tissue or spirally wound paper towels. Other products that may be packaged according to the present disclosure include facial tissues, diapers, adult incontinence products, training pants, disposable swimming pants, feminine hygiene products, and the like.
In an alternative embodiment of the present disclosure, a package is provided that contains a plurality of consumable products. In accordance with the present disclosure, a locking element is connected to the package that is configured to attach the package to the outside railing of a shopping cart or to attach adjacent packages together. The locking element, for instance, may comprise a stem attached to a wider tab member. The tab member can have a width greater than the width of a grid element located on a shopping cart. The tab member may be made from a material flexible enough to be inserted through the grid element. Once inserted through the grid element, the tab member supports the package on the outside of the shopping cart so that the product does not occupy any space within the cart.
In an alternative embodiment, the locking element may comprise a receiving member spaced from an engaging member. The engaging member may define an engaging element configured to be inserted into an opening defined by the receiving member. The engaging element, for instance, may have a width that is greater than the width of the opening defined by the receiving member. Once inserted into the opening, the engaging element thus locks the receiving member to the engaging member. In this manner, the receiving member and the engaging member may be placed around an adjacent structure on a shopping cart for holding the package to the shopping cart.
In still another embodiment, the locking element may comprise a pair of twist ties that can be used to secure the package to a shopping cart or to any other suitable adjacent structure.
The locking element can be connected to the package in any suitable manner. In one embodiment, for instance, the locking element may be attached to a connecting member that comprises one or more bands that encircle the plurality of consumable products.
Other features and aspects of the present disclosure are discussed in greater detail below.
A full and enabling disclosure of the present invention, including the best mode thereof to one skilled in the art, is set forth more particularly in the remainder of the specification, including reference to the accompanying figures, in which:
Repeat use of reference characters in the present specification and drawings is intended to represent the same or analogous features or elements of the present invention.
It is to be understood by one of ordinary skill in the art that the present discussion is a description of exemplary embodiments only, and is not intended as limiting the broader aspects of the present invention.
In general, the present disclosure is directed to a package for consumable products. In particular, the package is well suited to holding relatively large amounts of a consumable product while still being easy to handle and hold. It should be understood, however, that the package is also well suited to holding smaller amounts of a consumable product. The package of the present disclosure not only facilitates the ability of consumers to purchase consumable products in large bulk, but also provides a packing and shipping solution to manufacturers without substantially increasing the cost of the product.
As shown in the figures, the package configuration, in one embodiment, generally includes a connecting member that comprises at least one band. The band can completely encircle a plurality of products or, alternatively, can partially encircle the products.
In one particular embodiment, the package can include two or more subpackages that are held together by a connecting member. The connecting member can hold the subpackages together at or near one end of the subpackages. In this manner, the opposite ends of the subpackages are movable towards and away from each other. Thus, the subpackages can be slightly separated or divided and draped over an adjacent object, such as the railing of a shopping cart. Thus, the package can be supported on a shopping cart while only placing one half or less of the contents within the cart, thus preserving valuable cart space for the consumer.
In another embodiment, the package can include a locking element that is configured to attach the package to the outside railing of a shopping cart. Thus, as will be described in more detail below, the locking element when present on the package allows for the entire package to be placed and supported on the outside of the cart. In addition, the locking element may be configured so as to attach adjacent packages together for further facilitating the handling and transportation of the consumable product.
Referring to
In the embodiment illustrated in
In addition to spirally wound tissue products, it should be understood that the subpackages may contain various other consumable products. For instance, the subpackages may be configured to hold diapers, facial tissues, feminine hygiene products, training pants, adult incontinence products, and the like. In still other embodiments, the subpackages may contain auxiliary baby products such as wet wipes, disposable placemats, and other similar items.
The product groups 16 and 18 can be held together in a subpackage using any suitable material or configuration. For example, in one embodiment, each group of products can be wrapped or otherwise contained in a polymer film, such as a shrink wrap film as shown in
For example, the subpackages may be made from a meltblown web, a spunbond web, or may be made from a laminate comprising spunbond webs, meltblown webs, and mixtures thereof.
In accordance with the present disclosure, the first subpackage 12 is attached to the second subpackage 14 by a connecting member which, in this embodiment, comprises a first band 20 located at one end of the package and a second band 22 located at an opposite end of the package. The bands 20 and 22 hold the first subpackage 12 adjacent to the second subpackage 14 at each end where the two subpackages meet. The bands 20 and 22 can be made from any suitable flexible, semi-rigid or rigid material. For example, in one embodiment, the bands can be made from a heavy grade polymer film. The polymer film may be made from, for instance, any suitable thermoplastic polymer. Such polymers may include, for instance, polyethylene, polypropylene, polystyrene, polycarbonate, copolymers thereof, and the like. In one embodiment, for instance, the bands 20 and 22 can be made from a low density polyethylene such as a linear low density polyethylene or from a high density polyethylene. The bands can be injection molded or die cut.
The thickness of the polymer film can also vary depending upon the particular application and the products being packaged. In one embodiment, for instance, the bands 20 and 22 can be made from a polymer film having a thickness of from about 1 mil (0.02 mm) to about 20 mil (0.5 mm), such as from about 3 mil (0.03 mm) to about 6 mil (0.2 mm).
The bands 20 and 22, in this embodiment, are attached to the subpackages using an adhesive composition. More particularly, the bands 20 and 22 are attached to the outer surface of the subpackages 12 and 14. In general, any suitable adhesive composition may be used in order to attach the bands to the subpackages. In addition, the bands can be attached to the subpackages using any other suitable technique, such as through thermal bonding or ultrasonic bonding.
Once attached to the subpackages, the bands 20 and 22 may serve as handles for the package. Alternatively, the product can include an additional handle, such as a strap 24. As shown, the strap 24 is connected to each of the bands 20 and 22. In other embodiments, however, a handle may be placed on the package at other locations. For instance, a handle can be attached to the top of the subpackages or to the side of one of the subpackages as opposed to being connected to the bands 20 and 22.
As shown in
Connecting the bands 20 and 22 at a height that is about one half the height of the subpackages or greater can provide various benefits and advantages. For instance, by connecting the two subpackages together at one end as shown in
In addition to the railing of a grocery cart, it should be understood that the package can also be draped over various other structures. For instance, the package can be draped over a bar on a bicycle or may be draped over a structure contained in a vehicle for maintaining the package in a certain location.
When being draped over an adjacent structure as shown in
Referring back to
Referring to
Similar to the embodiment shown in
The band 20 as shown in
It should be understood that the package 10 may include more than the two subpackages illustrated. For instance, in an alternative embodiment, the consumable products may be broken up into a greater or lesser amount of subpackages. For instance, each spirally wound tissue product shown in
The band 20 can itself serve as a handle for picking up and transporting the package. Alternatively, as shown in
In addition, in one embodiment, the first and second straps 28 and 30 can include a locking element for locking the two straps together. For instance, as shown in
One particular advantage to the configuration illustrated in
The package configuration as shown in
Referring to
As shown in
In the embodiment illustrated in
In the embodiment illustrated in
In order to attach the package 10 to the outside railing of a shopping cart, the tab member 42 has a size that is greater than the width of a grid element located on a shopping cart. For instance, the tab member 42 may have a width of greater than about 2 inches, such as greater than about 3 inches, such as greater than about 4 inches. It should be understood, however, that the actual dimensions of the tab member 42 will depend upon the particular grid element from which the product is to hang.
The locking element 38 is made generally from a flexible material. In particular, the material is flexible enough so that the tab member 42 may be compressed and inserted through the grid element on a shopping cart even though the tab member is wider than the grid element. Once inserted through the grid element, the wider tab member 42 expands and engages the opposite side of the railing and allows the package 10 to hang from the outside surface of the cart.
In addition to being suspended from a shopping cart, it should be understood that the locking element 38 may have any suitable configuration that will allow the package 10 to also be suspended from other adjacent structures, such as from wire shelving or a janitor's cart. Further, even though an arrow shape is illustrated in
It should also be understood that the locking element 38 can virtually be used in combination with any suitable packaging configuration and is not to be limited for use exclusively with a packaging configuration that includes an encircling band such as shown in the figures.
In still another alternative embodiment, the band 20 or the locking element itself may also include an opening or slit that is capable of receiving the tab member 42. For instance, as shown in
Referring to
More particularly, in this embodiment, the locking element includes an engaging member 32 spaced from a receiving member 34. The engaging member 32 includes a wider tab portion 50. The receiving member 34, on the other hand, defines an opening that is configured to receive the tab portion 50. Specifically, once the tab portion 50 is placed through the opening in the receiving member 34, the receiving member becomes connected to the engaging member.
Once the engaging member 32 is connected to the receiving member 34, the two structures can act as a handle for carrying the package. Also, as described above, the engaging member 32 and the receiving member 34 may be wrapped around an adjacent structure for suspending the package, such as from the outside railing of a shopping cart.
In the embodiment shown in
Referring to
Referring now to
As shown in
For example, as shown in
As shown in the figures, the band 20 is connected to the subpackages at opposite ends of the band. By only connecting the band 20 at opposite ends to the subpackages, as shown in
In addition, by only connecting the subpackages at the top surface, the opposite ends of the subpackages are free to move towards and away from each other. Thus, the two subpackages may be draped over an adjacent structure, such as the railing of a shopping cart.
The band 20 can be made from any suitable material. For instance, the band 20 as shown in
These and other modifications and variations to the present invention may be practiced by those of ordinary skill in the art, without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention, which is more particularly set forth in the appended claims. In addition, it should be understood that aspects of the various embodiments may be interchanged both in whole or in part. Furthermore, those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that the foregoing description is by way of example only, and is not intended to limit the invention so further described in such appended claims.
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Rookie Spotlight: Amari Cooper Looks To Bring Life To Oakland Raiders Passing GameThe Oakland Raiders have long seen futility in many aspects of the NFL, but they've quietly and slowly built a good team to change that. The draft selection of wide receiver Amari Cooper looks to not only add production, but excitement to an offense that has long been lacking.
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Best pet for a studio apartment
I would love to have a pet, but live in a 40sqm studio apartment. What would you recommend? [more inside]
Stew would be funny but...
What should we name our new bunny? [more inside]
Bunny, plus one?
Should I get a bunny friend for my senior citizen bunny who has lived alone his entire life? [more inside]
I've got a rabbit hole. Help!
We are new home owners and a hole about 5" in diameter appeared in our front yard. I believe it is a rabbit hole because I've seen rabbits running around my front yard. I do not want to kill the rabbits, but I want them to dig a nrw hole that is some where not in my yard. How do I fill this hole so the rabbits decide to relocate?
Cool, modern, trustworthy site to sell articles from
I want to sell what I write as a 'packaged' article or essay. Best spots to do this? [more inside]
Help me find the name of this movie or possibly tv show?
A friend of mine has a very hazy memory of a film or possibly tv show which she saw in the UK in the 80's. Here is the description - "It might be post apocalyptic and I seem to remember that everyone is vegetarian. There is a scene where a group of kids are camping away from the main village and they kill a rabbit (or find a dead one?) and dare one boy to eat some. He goes into a trance I think, or gets ill. There is something about monster people living in caves and they have very pale faces. There might be something about the moon in there too." Any ideas?
90s games filter: what game was this?
What was the name of a 90s game where you try to find a rabbit in a theme park world? [more inside]
A Gilded Cage for Rabbits... Though probably not gilded, and more a hutch than a cage
Help me find a straightforward 1-2 weekend DIY outdoor rabbit hutch plan. It's a Christmas present for my sister, who is 12 and not necessarily the most responsible. More (ranty) details inside. [more inside]
It's not me, it's you - rabbit edition
Should we get rid of the rabbit? And what about this cat? [more inside]
How to eavesdrop on your pets using technology
Rabbits may vocalize in frequencies humans can't hear. How can I record my rabbits talking and play it back to myself? [more inside]
How can I learn how to work on my new 30-year-old VW Rabbit (Diesel)?
Best shop manuals and online forums for vintage VW Diesel Rabbit owners? [more inside]
Looking for the best rabbit cage
Looking for recommendations for a rabbit cage [more inside]
The first toys are the best toys
Can you help me find (a) Mr. Bun? Beloved childhood toy, gone these many years.... [more inside]
How can I let my bunny outside?
Our rabbit always wiggles out of those rabbit harnesses, but she really wants to go outside into the garden. We live in a downtown area so she has to be contained somehow. Any ideas? [more inside]
Used car suggestions, which should I choose?
UsedCarFilter: Shopping for a small inexpensive hatchback, <$10k. Have a few models in mind, but looking for more info [more inside]
Find some bunny ears for some floppy feet. :)
Where can I get a pair of men's, blue bunny slippers? [more inside]
Don't kill the wabbit!
Help! I just accidentally ran over a rabbit's nest with my lawn mower. I didn't hurt any of them, but about four or five baby rabbits scattered into the woods, obviously scared to death. I've found a couple of them and I'm not sure what to do. [more inside]
Desperately trying to not make this a recipe request
Pet rabbit won't stop thumping. [more inside]
Where can I buy this shirt?
Where can I find this T-shirt David Cross is wearing of a bunny eating a record? [more inside]
Be vewwy quiet...
How do I catch a rabbit? [more inside]
Tell me about having a pet rabbit. [more inside]
Why does my rabbit put poop on his foot?
Rabbit owners: I have a rabbit with a very strange habit and I need some help figuring it out! Involves poop and a foot. [more inside]
How to legalise an outlaw rabbit?
I'm seeking community advice on the legality and costs involved in keeping a pet rabbit in Brisbane, Australia. Perhaps ostensibly for use in magic acts. [more inside]
Need help identifying an artist
Who painted this picture?
A PreTeen's Guide To Animal Abuse
Bookfilter: A kid has a pet rabbit and forgets to take care of it and something horrible happens. [more inside]
Repelling Peter Cottontail
How do I make my yard less rabbit friendly? [more inside]
I'm not a pheasant plucker
My rabbit supplier was only able to provide 2 rabbits instead of the 4 I needed, so gave me a deal on 2 pheasant to go with them. I need advice on (1) plucking and (2) cooking pheasant, with or without the rabbits. [more inside]
Rabbit recipes?
My very local farmer's market has started to sell cheap rabbits. Please recommend your most delicious recipes. [more inside]
Unidentified Bun Alert
I need help identifying the breed of my rabbit! This is Kyo. One ear sticks up, the other lays against her head. She's a bit smaller than my 2 yr old American short hair cat. Only other striking feature is a roll of fat under her neck. [more inside]
Rabbit meat in NYC?
Where can I buy rabbit (for eating, not petting) in NYC? [more inside]
the bunny will be reassigned to an undisclosed location
how do I utilize my have-a-heart trap to get the bunnies out of my garden? [more inside]
Am I supposed to like Rabbit Angstrom?
Am I supposed to like Rabbit Angstrom in Rabbit, Run? [more inside]
Can You Identify This Rabbit?
What kind of rabbit is this? [more inside]
Help an ailing bunny rabbit & his owner.
Can you help me keep my bunny fed? He has head tilt and has trouble getting food. [more inside]
Help me find an old rabbit-related PC game!
The details are sketchy, but I remember playing a fantastic platformer in which the player controlled a rabbit. Before you say it, I'm pretty damned confident it wasn't from the Jazz Jackrabbit series, nor was it Toxic Bunny. [more inside]
My rabbit likes cat food.
I think my rabbit occasionally eats my cat's crunchy food. Is this bad? [more inside]
Where can I buy Miffy/Nijntje stuff?
Where can I purchase baby clothing featuring Miffy (Nijntje)? I am near Boston, Massachusetts in the United States of America, and have access to the Internet. I will also probably travel to Montreal before I need the clothing, in case there is a shop there that will best satisfy my Miffy needs
Is this an emergency?
Is this an emergency? Not peeing or pooping, sitting funny, grunting, looking really uncomfortable: is my rabbit ok until tomorrow or should I pay the extra $200 for an emergency appointment? [more inside]
Vet for a bunny in Los Angeles?
Vet for a bunny in Los Angeles? [more inside]
Hot rabbit recipe
A chilli rabbit recipe from a 'Hemphills Herbs and Spices' book. [more inside]
Whats the kids book about the three eyed/eared alien rabbit who lost its parents?
Whats the wonderfully illustrated childrens storybook about a little yellow three eyed/eared alien rabbit who has lost his/her parents on Earth? [more inside]
Healthy bunny! Healthy me!
Will I give my new bunny the flu? [more inside]
And a sesame seed bun?
Lost childhood book filter: My brother remembers a book we had with a bunny or rabbit that wouldn't eat his veggies with his family. He only wanted a hamburger on a sesame seed bun. Google and Mother have failed our quest for answers. Please help!
Fantasy Books with Anthropomorphic Rabbits?
I can't remember this 70's/80's fantasy book series! It's driving me nuts. I've been searching google and amazon for about two hours and I keep hitting dead ends. [more inside]
I might have mixed up my sources.
Giant Rabbits? I'm driving myself mad trying to remember a sci-fi book I read as a young'un, but the details are sparse. [more inside]
Can a chipmunk and a rabbit coexist?
I've got a domesticated rabbit in a fairly large cage in our home. She's very easygoing. A friend is moving and looking to give away a domesticated chipmunk. Do you think the two of them could live together in one place, or are the species incompatible?
"What is this painting"-filter.
That painting of the scary giant rabbit hunting peasants to put in the wicker basket on its back. What's it called and who painted it? Will enslave or devour the farmer and his daughter?
where can I buy a rabbit outside Boston?
Where can I buy a pet rabbit near Newton, MA? I can't believe I have to come here to find out. [more inside]
What is this art thing going on in lower Manhattan?
What is happening in Foley Square, Manhattan (the asphalt "park" near the courthouses)? First, there were lots of small brightly-colored rabbits. [more inside]
Will eating paper hurt a bunny?
Is it dangerous for my pet bunny to eat paper? [more inside]
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text: Elie Siegmaster | IBDB: The official source for Broadway Information IBDB: The official source for Broadway Information Official Broadway League sites: - sites - broadway.org broadwayleague.com broadwayfanclub.com kidsnightonbroadway.com stagespecs.org tonyawards.com Quick Search For: In This Category: All Show People/Org. Theatre Season Elie Siegmaster Composer, Director, Arranger, Conductor ( b. Jan 15, 1909 New York, New York, USA - d. Mar 10, 1991 Manhasset, New York, USA ) Female Also known as: Elie Siegmeister Productions ProductionsDate of ProductionsKean[Musical, Comedy, Operetta, Original] Ballet and incidental music by Elie Siegmaster Nov 02, 1961 - Jan 20, 1962Carnival in Flanders[Musical, Comedy, Original] Dance Music for "Spanish Dance" by Elie Siegmaster Vocal arrangements by Elie Siegmaster Sep 08, 1953 - Sep 12, 1953Sleepy Hollow[Musical, Comedy, Original] Vocal arrangements by Elie Siegmaster Jun 03, 1948 - Jun 12, 1948Sing Out, Sweet Land[Musical, Revue, Original] Special music written by Elie Siegmaster Music arranged by Elie Siegmaster Conducted by Elie Siegmaster Dec 27, 1944 - Mar 24, 1945The American Ballad Singers[Special, Original] Directed by Elie Siegmeister Music arranged by Elie Siegmeister Feb 06, 1944 - Feb 06, 1944Doodle Dandy of the U.S.A.[Special, Original] Music by Elie Siegmaster Dec 26, 1942 - Closing date unknown Find out where Elie Siegmaster and are credited together © 2001-2015, The Broadway League, All Rights Reserved. (Copyright and Disclaimer)


text: 'Plug the Drain' on 401(k) Plan Leakage By Stephen Miller, CEBS 8/8/2011 Permissions Participants' savings in 401(k) and other defined contribution plans can be eroded significantly by "leakage"—loans, hardship withdrawals and cash outs when changing jobs—leaving retirement income security in tatters, according to an August 2011 report by the nonprofit Defined Contribution Institutional Investment Association (DCIIA), Plug the Drain: 401(k) Leakage and the Impact on Retirement. Plan leakage reduces significantly the probability that low-wage participants will be able to replace most of their income in retirement after 31 to 40 years of plan eligibility. Successful income replacement is defined as replacing at least 80 percent of income in retirement, taking into account Social Security. The report suggests that plan sponsors reduce leakage by modifying practices involving plan loans and hardship distributions. "When it comes to American workers' retirement income adequacy, policy-makers, plan sponsors and the industry have tended to emphasize enrolling employees in 401(k) plans at robust levels—and that's critical to building retirement income," said Lori Lucas, the chair of DCIIA's research and survey committee. "Our new research underscores the importance of going a step further to encourage employees and retirees to retain assets in the plan." The report builds on a 2010 joint research report DCIIA produced with the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI), The Impact of Auto-Enrollment and Automatic Contribution Escalation on Retirement Income Adequacy, and the DCIIA's companion report, Raising the Bar: Pumping Up Retirement Savings. The core message of these research reports is that auto enrollment and auto contribution escalation in 401(k) plans—depending on how they're implemented and used—can result in a material improvement in retirement income replacement, especially for low-income workers. Lucas noted that "contrary to many commonly held assumptions around the impact of loans, the DCIIA research report identifies cash outs and other pre-retirement distributions to be the most harmful elements of leakage from the defined contribution system." The analysis finds that 401(k) plan cash outs can reduce the probability of participants replacing most of their income in retirement within the 401(k) environment by more than 5 percentage points (from an 83 percent probability without cash outs to a 78 percent probability with cash outs). For hardship withdrawals, the reduction can be as high as nearly 3 percentage points. Most compelling, when the projected impact of cash outs, delays in participation by job changers and hardship withdrawals are combined, the projected probability of success drops by more than 14 percentage points. This outcome amounts to a potential derailment of retirement income replacement. Recommended Steps "Plan sponsors and policy-makers can have a big impact on the retirement outcomes of American workers," said DCIIA's executive director, Lew Minsky. His group's recommendations for plan sponsors include: • Encourage new employees to roll over balances from former employer's plans into their new employer's plan, possibly as part of the new-hire orientation, and encourage ways to simplify and automate this process. • Through communication efforts and through plan design (by allowing more flexibility around partial distributions), encourage retired employees to leave assets in the plan. • Restart contributions automatically after the statutory six-month suspension period following hardship withdrawals. • Target communication messages to employees with hardship withdrawals to encourage restarting contributions in the plan. • Reduce the number of loans allowed and/or restrict the available loan balance. • Allow loan payments after termination. DCIIA's recommendations to policy-makers include: • Cash outs. Instead of allowing cash outs automatically on termination, restrict cash outs to those in need (similar to in-service hardship withdrawals). • Hardship withdrawals. Eliminate the six-month contribution suspension requirement for hardship withdrawals. This action might decrease the potential impact of hardship withdrawals and retirement security, especially given possible participant inertia when it comes to reinstating plan contributions. • Loans. Place limits on loan-taking, and allow post-termination repayment of loans. Stephen Miller, CEBS, is an online editor/manager for SHRM. Related Articles: Preretirement 401(k) Breaches on the Rise, SHRM Online Benefits, January 2013 Senate Bill Would Limit Retirement Savings 'Leakage,' SHRM Online Benefits, May 2011 401(k) Loans and Hardship Withdrawals on the Rise, SHRM Online Benefits, August 2010 GAO Recommends Revising 401(k) Hardship Withdrawal Policy, SHRM Online Benefits, October 2009 One in Four Withdraw Retirement Account Funds Early—and Pay the Price, SHRM Online Benefits, May 2008 Related Resources—External: Do's and Don'ts of Hardship Distributions, U.S. Internal Revenue Service 401(k) Plan Loans: An Overview, 401khelpcenter.com 401(k) Hardship Withdrawals: An Overview, 401khelpcenter.com Quick Links: SHRM Online Benefits Discipline SHRM Online Retirement Plans Resource Page • Sign up for SHRM's free Compensation & Benefits e-newsletter Permissions Related Content Post-Employment 401(k) Rollovers: Questions HR Should Ask IRS to End Determination Letters for Qualified Retirement Plans Guidance Eases Use of Annuities in 401(k) Plans White House Pushing States to Require Automatic IRAs IRS Notice on Pension Lump Sums Causes Confusion TOP PICKS: PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT Perfect Phrases for Performance Reviews The right phrase for every situation. 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Stephen 'tWitch' Boss Returning for 'Step Up 5' (Exclusive)
The former "So You Think You Can Dance" contestant appeared in both "Step Up 3D" and "Step Up Revolution."
Step Up 5 will see the return of Stephen "tWitch" Boss, who starred in both Step Up 3D and Step Up Revolution, The Hollywood Reporter has learned exclusively.
The fifth film in Summit's dance franchise will be helmed by music video director and choreographer Trish Sie from a script by John Swetnam. It will shoot in Vancouver and Las Vegas.
Boss, a former contestant on season four of So You Think You Can Dance, first appeared in 2010's Step Up 3D as Jason, a science geek who loves to battle. He reprised his role in 2012's Step Up Revolution. Boss' other film credits include Stomp the Yard 2: Homecoming and Hairspray. He's repped by Diaz Management Group and Global Artists Agency.
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The first Step Up, starring Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan, hit theaters in 2006, going on to earn $114.1 million worldwide to date. Tatum appeared in the 2008 sequel Step Up 2: The Streets, and then the rest of the franchise went on to introduce new actors and characters. The first four films have earned $564 million worldwide.
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Starcraft 2: Legacy of the VoidOnly you can reunite the protoss factions and defeat the coming darkness before it consumes all life in the sector.
Starcraft 2: Legacy of the Void Latest News
Starcraft 2: Legacy of the Void prologue campaign Whispers of Oblivion now free for all players
Blizzard has announced that it's making three-mission prologue campaign Whispers of Oblivion, a lead-in to the upcoming Legacy of the Void expansion, available for Starcraft 2 owners to play for free.
Previously it was reserved as a pre-order bonus for players taking part in the Legacy of the Void Beta. Now you can jump in by installing a starter pack on Battle.net.
Blizzard explains new user interface for Starcraft II in 3.0 update
Starcraft II: Legacy of the Void will be released soon, and Blizzard has revealed what they state will be a "taste" of what to expect with the user interface update that will be included in the 3.0 update across all Starcraft II games, including Wings of Liberty and Heart of the Swarm.
Blizzard announces release date for Legacy of the Void, unveils opening cinematic
As promised last week , Blizzard has revealed not only the snazzy opening cinematic for Starcraft 2: Legacy of the Void, but the standalone expansion's release date too.
The closing chapter of Starcraft 2's grandiose sci-fi tale will be released on November 10. Now celebrate the news by watching some aliens beat each other up.
Blizzard to reveal Starcraft 2: Legacy of the Void cinematic and launch date on September 13
Normally the release of a CG trailer for a new video game wouldn't raise many eyebrows, but Blizzard tends to a) have a particularly rabid fanbase, and b) actually pump some real cash and effort into their grandiose cinematics.
The studio has announced that the world premiere of the cinematic for Starcraft 2: Legacy of the Void will take place on September 13, at 7PM CEST.
Blizzard to announce StarCraft 2: Legacy of the Void release date later this month
StarCraft 2: Legacy of the Void has been in Beta for a few months now, and Blizzard is almost ready to reveal when the final chapter of its sci-fi RTS space opera series is ready to release in full.
The studio will announce the date in a special Twitch livestream on September 13, suggesting that the date isn't too far away at all.