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OK, I thought you were looking for guns or other boarding deterrents for your security.
So what was the outcome? Did you buy her? If so, where are the photos? What are your plans?
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safety equipment - life raft, life vests.. the only actual ´things´inside are the engine, the main, the gib, a spinnaker, a gps, and a depth finder. not even the propane tank for the stove.
I wasn´t planning on hiring a surveyor. I´ve had about 6 long time seamen check it out inside out and they came with me sailing on it as well. all agreed it was in good shape. still will take it out of the water in the next few months.
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What is security equipment?
Your list of concerns seems pretty complete to me. Have you concerned hiring a surveyor?
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Alright FarCry, I'm meeting with the owner on sunday to buy the boat! I tested it on the water with some experienced captains and it sails beautifully. The sails are a little bit old, but still in good shape. The engine sounded fine. it has a gps and a depth finder. Totally stripped off of all security equipment, so i'll have to get all that new. But the boat is in great shape, upholstery new.
Anyway, i wanted to ask you if you had anything to add to this already comprehensive checklist that i'm taking with me.
Does it have bottom paint?
What kind of bottom paint? Brand? How many gallons needed? When last applied?
Size of zincs. When last changed.
Type / brand of oil. When last changed.
Fuel Filters: type and when last changed.
Raw water impellor. When last changed
Engine manuals
Any other instruction manuals and installation for everything from the VHF radio, the chartplotter, to the microwave.
Any spare parts he won't need on his next boat
How much fuel can she carry?
How much water?
Is everything that was listed actually on the boat?
Where's the storm sail?
Where's that second propane tank?
Where's the fuel shutoff?
What's the trick to opening this hatch?
Anything you need to remember to turn on or turn off before you get underway? (Example: water heater)
What should I know about this boat that I don't even know that I don't know?
Any particular mechanic or yard he would recommend who would be familiar with the boat.
Why kind of canvass does it have? How old is the canvas?
With whom is the boat insured?
What's this knob on the helm do that has no label?
Show me where all the through hull valves are and what each one does - take notes.
Does she have a left hand or right hand prop?
How do we reef the main?
What's that funny noise she makes when you put her in reverse?
Condition of engine and outdrive?
How was the boat used (Inshore? Offshore? Fishing? Pleasure? Freshwater? Saltwater?)
How many hours on the engine/outdrive?
Has the boat ever sat unused for any length of time?
What repairs have been done?
What things require repair or maintenance right now?
How was the boat maintained? Do you have all of the maintenance records?
Condition of deck, upholstery and interior?
How is the hull and exterior cosmetics?
Are there any blisters or dry rot?
Does it include a dinghy (condition of dinghy)?
Is it all original fiberglass and graphics?
How has the boat been stored?
Has the boat ever been left in the water on a regular basis? (stored at a marina, dock or at anchor?)
Has the boat ever been in an accident?
What other accessories are included?
Do you have clear title to the boat?
Are you the boats only owner or are there partners?
Has the boat ever been safety inspected? If so, when?
What else would you like me to know about the boat?
If electronics are included, what condition are they in?
What types of electronics does it have?
Any transferable warranties on any of the items?
- Why are you selling the boat?
- What do you really like about the boat?
- What do you really NOT like about the boat?
- What's the worst problem you ever had with this boat?
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Alright, I'm going to sail it tomorrow to test drive it so i'm excited!
The last question is in regards to off shore navigation. Have you owners spent much time sailing this vessel off shore? And one specific question to all: would you sail this vessel across the pacific ocean? I live in Panama and would probably think about crossing the canal and going across the Pacific eventually. Can this boat handle it? By everything mentioned, it would take it much longer than a lot of other boats, but would it make it? Or is that kind of voyage too taxing for this kind of boat?
I've never sailed in the Pacific and have no idea what conditions one might encounter on the way. It's my understanding that you would be going downwind mostly and or motoring. Would I sail my old BC31 across that pond? Maybe... I would have no doubts my BC31 would survive the trip. She had survived numerous hurricanes in the water here. I've sailed her in some rough conditions, others above have done the same with theirs. All things being equal, there is a large list of other boats I would prefer to make the trip on. If I was going to live on the boat once I got someplace, then I might lean more towards it. For a 31' boat there is a lot of interior room. I'm not sure anybody can fully answer your questions without knowing your budget, the existing condition of the vessel you are looking at, the amount it would cost to get her passage ready, your skill level, your schedule, your crew, your long term plan once across, your minimum comfort level, etc. I believe a properly setup BC31 could go most anywhere the crew wished to take her just as I suspect nearly any boat of that era would be "able" to make it most anywhere.
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Hola, Let me introduce myself, I'm Rafael from Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, I just bought a bombay clipper 31' and I need the plumbing plans and electric plans, by any chance somebody can share it with me? Thanks a lot in advance
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Alright, I'm going to sail it tomorrow to test drive it so i'm excited!
The last question is in regards to off shore navigation. Have you owners spent much time sailing this vessel off shore? And one specific question to all: would you sail this vessel across the pacific ocean? I live in Panama and would probably think about crossing the canal and going across the Pacific eventually. Can this boat handle it? By everything mentioned, it would take it much longer than a lot of other boats, but would it make it? Or is that kind of voyage too taxing for this kind of boat?
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Well it depends..... Water we could go a long time but we used a lot of salt water for most things and rinsed with just a little of the precious fresh water. You can put a few 5 gallon water jugs on the lifelines. I used to store two 5 gallon water jugs down in the giant lazerette in case we ran out.
You can do the same with fuel. Originally my boat had a 15hp Yanmar that sipped between a 1/4 and 1/3 gallon per hour. I was a sailor and sailed a lot of the time. I filled the tank up once a year, whether it needed it or not!!! Just before selling Far Cry I installed a 20hp Yanmar and fuel burn would have gone up proportionally to match increased horsepower. I had solar so never needed to run the engine to charge batteries. If you are set up similarly I would suspect you would need water much more often then you needed fuel. 6 miles is just an hour each way under power. Plan accordingly and I wouldn't think you'd have a problem. If tankage were an issue there is a lot of space that could be utilized for the installation of bladder tanks. You could always get creative with awnings to be used for rain collection too.
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Water and gas question:
How long can you go with 60 gallons of water capacity? and the 30 gallons of diesel? I just don't know how fast water is consumed. on the islands where i plan to have the boat, there's no water. you have to go about 6 miles or more for water. did you guys have issues with that? thanks!
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Thank you SO MUCH for that thorough answer. I will definitely let you know what I find after sailing it for a day and taking it out of the water for inspection.
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As for the plagues themselves, although there is one papyrus describing a series of disasters they do not fit with the ones described in the Bible, and neither do they fit in time with what is described in Exodus, which describes a New Kingdom Egypt, while the disasters in the papyrus must have been Middle or even Old Kingdom.
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If Egyptian gods came and inflicted plagues in America, a nation where Egyptian gods are not worshiped, would our history reflect that? There is a bias with any culture to protect and unhold the religion of their ancestors. Especially a religion in which Pharaoh gets to become a god when he dies. Why would Pharaoh allow such history to be written? History itself is not without bias and will lean toward the writer's beliefs. This is a why the Bible is so interesting as a historical document. The failures and defeats are not excluded or hidden from the text. If I write a history of my own life, my desire would be to reflect upon the praises and accolades instead of listing my many failures and mistakes.
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Babel, the second album from the British folk-pop group Mumford & Sons, debuted at #1 on Billboard's list of the top 200 albums three weeks ago, where it still reigns. Since their first album, Sigh No More, was released two years ago, reactions to Mumford's brand of (post)Christian salvation rock have been polarized. On the one hand, similarly-bent secular preachers, like Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen, have embraced the band as carrying on the sacred tradition of bringing hope to the masses through song. On the other hand, rock critics have expressed everything from reserved admiration to disdain for what many take to be a shallow call for SUV solidarity stemming more from privileged suburban nostalgia for a time before private school tuitions than a hard-won, working class rage against the machine.
Consciously or not, U2-style evangelism is all over the Mumfords' bland but biblically titled second album, Babel: blatantly in the pompous vowel-stretching climaxes of "Whispers in the Dark" and "Lover of the Light," but really wherever keening harmonies reach for heaven the way arms stretch to the sky, as the opening title track puts it. (Though, hmm: Isn't the Tower of Babel's moral that we can't scale heaven?) Several songs feature yelping woooos, and tests of despair and temptation are triumphed over at every turn. "A brush with the devil can clear your mind and straighten your spine." "When I'm on my knees I still believe." "Hope in the darkness, so that I may hear the light." "Ghosts in my head / They run wild and wish me dead." "Shake my ash to the wind / Lord forget all my sins." "I was under your spell when I was told by Jesus all was well." All this amid thoughts of Hell, clouded minds and heavy hearts, fickle flesh keeping heart and soul in place, and love that loves with urgency, not haste. These bromides are approximately as deep as Matchbox Twenty's, and as smug as Dave Matthews'.
NPR's rock critic Ann Powers has a different take, however:
What Bono and his mates figured out early on was how to connect a specific set of concerns formed within religious practice to other cultural forms literature, soul music, cinema where similar seekers were expressing themselves. U2 never became a "secular" band; its music simply relies on the fact that religion, for better and worse, is everywhere. Mumford & Sons does something similar, and by doing it now, it's filling a gap in pop music. I know the feeling that radiates from a room full of Mumford fans singing along with every overly sincere, earnest word; I've been there myself. At sixteen, I was a confused Catholic kid struggling to figure out how I could be my parents' daughter and still want to make out with boys, dye my hair funny colors and dance all night to ridiculously loud music. U2's music didn't present an alternative to the church life that had made me, in part, who I was then; it showed me how to struggle within that life, and get to the point where I could either walk on within it or walk away.
Like Powers, I also sympathize with the desire to find a non-sectarian language to express the adolescent trials and triumphs of trying to live up to the virtuous expectations of one's family and community, which eventually congeal into a conscience. Yet, like Eddy, I also suspect this particular problem belongs to a very specific religiously-packaged, socioeconomic demographic, which is ultimately at odds with the rural, folk revival aesthetic that Mumford is selling. While adolescent, suburban angst might be an "authentic" experience, there is something incongruous about marrying it to a form that recalls a life of hardscrabble labor in the face of adult temptations that go beyond "making out with boys" and "dyeing my hair."From a theological perspective, it also seems to me that a similar dissonance occurs when one simply scoops God out of the sacred folk form and replaces it with what amounts to a more sophisticated game of "she loves me, she loves me not." This is not to say that there isn't a place for a more universal articulation of the transcendent in popular music, but the more successful artists, like The Hold Steady and Drive-By Truckers, don't just poach the harvest and forget the harrow. When Craig Finn sings about "How a Resurrection Really Feels," he reminds us that what haunts us this side of paradise is not just the possibility of a bad hair day or being a middling middle-classer, but death. Similarly, when Patterson Hood offers up "Buckets of Mercy," he is going to help you hide the bodies, not just improve your own. Even Bono, for that matter, saved his most potent anthemic arsenal for "Sunday Bloody Sunday," before getting comfortable and turning out pop tunes that could soundtrack any old Sunday, boring Sunday.For its failure to recognize the full range of light and dark that sacred art forms traditionally attempt to embrace, I think that Powers' defense of Mumford's (post)Christian gospel, as speaking to themerelyadolescent hopes and fears of average folk, is precisely what turns secular critics like Eddy off. Adult seekers want adult-sized salvation. So, if (post)religionists are going to take their evangelical fervor out of the church, they better make sure they have a transcendent message to match. Otherwise, they risk encouraging listeners to reach out for the ungraspable ghost of a God who is no longer there, leaving them with answers too small for the questions they ask.
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Eric ==I know little about rock past Elvis because I started going deaf about then, and I actively disliked the sheer noise of rock. Plus I found the melodies too simple at best, and the lyrics had little poetic value, and they were repetitious beyond belief. So I didn't try to listen, I turned it off. Typical member of the older generation.But your analyses of this group made me see that the value of at least some rock seems to lie in its expression of existential grief/angst/horror/whatever it is that impels people to shriek. It seems, however, to be beyond music in some primitive way, or below it, or is a process for running away from it.Could you maybe *define* rock in these terms?
I like this group's sound, especially the use of the banjo. The lyrics are intriguing and intelligent. The combination of searching and doubt, of connection and disconnection to religious images, seems to speak to or maybe even for a fair number of people. In listening to WFUV, the place I encounter any new music I hear (and the Fordham public-radio station has been playing this album a lot), I've heard other groups with a similar dynamic. For example, going back a few years: Crash Test Dummies. Thanks for an interesting post.
This band is like somebody took Fleet Foxes and filtered them through white bread.
Ann, can you read music and play it for yourself in your head?
Ann: Thanks for your comment, and I'm sorry to be late responding. But, I actually am not sure if I have a coherent answer to your question, but I'll try...I understand rock music just to be popular song, that is songs sung "by the people and for the people" (blues, spirituals, folk, gospel, hymns, etc.), amplified and mass marketed. So, no rock music without electricity and consumer culture. It is then a medium for the same hopes and fears and, ultimately, catharsis that are expressed in any other art form, and I think there a various reasons why this medium has been so successful in the decades since World War II. For instance, the fracturing of communities in the post-war years precisely by rapidly expanding markets made it difficult for people to maintain the time and energy to gather together to engage collective forms of musical worship, lament, storytelling, etc. So, the short answer is, yes. I think you certainly can construe rock in the terms to mention. It is kind of a capitalist replacement for religion.Now, not all rock music takes on this heritage. Much of it tries to subvert it, retreat from it, rebel against it, etc, but in the end, those all might end up being ways of affirming it by negating it. Like all artists, though, rock musicians fail when their message un-self-consciously falls short of their medium, and results in kitsch. I suspect that is why this particular band grates for so many critics. The banal message seems to fall short of its anthemic form, and yet, the musicians seem totally unaware of this and completely earnest in their belief that what they are giving us stops nowhere short of transcendence.Or...something like that...
Claire --I used to be able to read not too complicated piano music, and I took solfeggio, but that skill seems to have left as I've become deaf. My older brother, on the other hand, was dyslectic and couldn't read music as well as I, but he could, e.g., play Brahms 2nd by ear. I was so jealous.
Eric --Thanks so very much for your answer. It's the first answr I've gotten after many years of asking.Your point about trying to maintain "the time and energy to gather together to engage collective forms of musical worship, lament, storytelling, etc" gives the subject a different spin. You seem to be saying that rock, with its particular musical forms and technology amplifying those forms (sometimes literally!) is a sort of unifying language or performing art. True? Hmm. But then I guess that all the great forms of music are sort of a lingua franca. That helps explain its international appreciation. In rock, the content is some of the deepest parts of the human heart, while the form includes all the instruments and the allowable combos thereof, plus the distinctive dance/prance/motions of the singers (e.g., Elvis and Mick Jagger), and all the other things a rock musician has to learn to do. One really doesn't confuse rock with original bluegrass. But it seems to me that rock themes aren't the whole of human feeling. My acquaintance with it is only on TV, but the subject matter of the lyrics don't seem to include some things people usually consider important, e.g., the truly light-hearted, even the silly, or the the patriotic (especially not the patriotic), or the simple romantic feelings one found in the lyrics of my day. One doesn't confuse Cole Porter with rock. What mystifies me about it is that none of it ever seems to be very, very soft. At any rate, I don't think it's over yet. Too many unresolved problems. One thing I'm not sure of in your answer is your point about mass market. The pre-rock music of the 30s onward also had radio and it was a mass market medium. People would sit glued to their radios as securely as to their TVs. So while a mass market is a necessary characteristic of rock, I don't see how it's exactly distinctive. Actually a rock concert (quite limited in numbers by expensive tickets, so not precisely "for the people") also has a restricted audience, similarly to movies, night clubs, and musical shows, though I'll grant you it's more readily accessible than earlier music.Interesting phenomenon.


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Top 10 Wintertime Neighborhood Gamesby Lindsay Hutton
Just because it's cold and snowy, it doesn't mean you have to stay inside! Winter weather can be a great excuse to round up everyone in your neighborhood and get outside for some fresh air and exercise. So bundle up, and try these outdoor winter group activities and games.
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Rope Tow
Have you ever played Tug of War in the snow? It's a whole lot of slip-sliding fun!
All you need to play this game is a long, thick rope, and two teams. Flatten out a trench in the snow to serve as a mid-line. The team that pulls everyone on the other team over the mid-line first wins!
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(I'm not just randomly throwing games - there's a story to this.)
In the online franchise league I'm in, we have a rule that games that disconnect in the fourth quarter or overtime are wins for the team with the lead at the time. (This is on the 360, but I would think the solution would be platform-agnostic. If it isn't, I'd like a 360-only solution.)
I was playing this week's opponent, and down 31-13 with less than a minute left in the third, I lost a fumble. I paused the game to challenge and the game decided not to resume - neither of us could get back to the game, so we both quit without a result.
Given the score and situation, I felt it was only fair to give him the win, but we couldn't find a quick way of doing it: if I quit right after we started the game, he only had options to quit with a loss or quit with no result. There is a thread on EA's forums that suggests this may be due to a recent patch of the game.
We ended up playing the game through in such a way as to ensure a win for him, but I'd prefer something that wouldn't take up as much of his time. Is there a way to do that?


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The hunt for the perfect Christmas tree has always been a chore that I enjoyed during December.
From earliest childhood when my father would go into the hills and return with a scrappy, itchy cedar tree to not-so-long ago when my children and I would plod through the tree farm, the tradition of the Christmas tree search has become one of my favorite rituals of the holiday.
For a while this month, it looked as if Christmas would come and go without fanfare due to a lot of circumstances beyond my control.
Someone asked me this morning if I was ready for Christmas and my answer was truthful.
"As ready as I'll ever be. It's just a day. After all, it should be Christmas every day."
For the first time in my life, I will not be with my children during the holiday season.
It's difficult to think of my babies without me on Christmas, but then I am reminded the first year I didn't make it to Kentucky to spend Christmas with my parents.
Is this what they felt?
Eight-year-old Virginia O'Hanlon wrote a letter to the editor of New York's Sun, and the quick response was printed as an unsigned editorial Sept. 21, 1897. The work of veteran newsman Francis Pharcellus Church has since become history's most reprinted newspaper editorial, appearing in part or whole in dozens of languages in books, movies, and other editorials, and on posters and stamps.
"DEAR EDITOR: I am 8 years old.
"Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus.
"Papa says, 'If you see it in THE SUN it's so.'
Over the Thanksgiving holiday, I listened to an audiobook–Deliver Us from Normal–and one sentence from a very long book hung in my mind for days.
"Mom made us hot cocoa–with salt."
Boy, did that bring back memories.
As a treat on cold winter nights, my mother would take out the Hershey cocoa powder and make a pot full of steaming hot chocolate.
In the days before Swiss Miss powder or Quik, Hershey's cocoa was a staple in our home.
I'd forgotten how good it was but that one sentence brought it all back.
Levy County is in a gossip frenzy. All it took was someone being out of the office, someone being added to the federal grand jury indictment that resulted in two Levy County commissioner being suspended and folks with nothing better to do than stoke the flames.
The first::
Sheriff Johnny Smith has not been arrested. This tidbit has been hanging around for weeks and keeps cropping up anew.
Smith's spokesman has said the sheriff has no comment — a number of times.
This has just got to be hurting Smith's family and we empathize.
To the editor:
My grandmother had many sayings she liked to repeat to us growing up. One of her favorites was "everyone can afford soap and water." I always thought this to be true until recently. Like many others, I was laid off earlier this year. At first I was not worried, I'm a hard worker with great references. I thought I could get another job very soon. That was over five months ago.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank each participant and those who had the desire but were not able to participate in this year's Christmas and Winter Festival.
I would also like to thank the business leaders and members of the Greater Chiefland Area Chamber of Commerce for entrusting its leadership to me twice over the past five years.
I am stepping down this year, but stepping up to the challenge of bringing and supporting businesses within our area.
Our Chiefland Indian roundballers are suffering. Several weeks ago the teams' uniforms were stolen and to date they have not been recovered.
Last week Sports Editor Jenna McKenna detailed the plight of our student athletes and made an appeal for the community to help.
We echo that appeal as we believe the representatives of our school deserve better than the hand that was dealt them.
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Monday, October 18, 2010
FlowerByKenzo La Cologne
Yeah, you're right. It's random. To make a long story short, I was lusting after FlowerByKenzo La Cologne after reading the lovely Joeybunny's review of it on Pink Sith a few months ago but I couldn't find it to try it out in any stores near me. I'm not exactly a fragrance whore - I only own a few of them - so I would never even consider purchasing one without trying it out first, let alone one as expensive (okay, from my amateur perspective) as the FlowerByKenzo cologne is ($72). I sent a despairing Tweet to Kenzo's representative on Twitter asking where I could find it to try it and she ended up sending me some in the mail. What a sweetheart! I think it was mostly because she and I both have girl crushes on Joeybunny. How could you not?
So - I feel I owe Kenzo this review, even though I'm probably the last person you should look to for opinions on a fragrance. I swear, you could put a scent under my nose and a gun to my head, and I still wouldn't be able to tell you what the top notes or bottom notes are to save my life. But I'm going to give this a shot (ha-ha) anyway.
According to Sephora, the notes in FlowerByKenzo La Cologne are "bitter orange leaves, bergamot, orange, mandarin, rose, orange blossom, neroli, musks, and vanilla." Though I couldn't identify them in a new fragrance, I do know that I tend to like floral-citrusy scents, as well as scents with some musk and/or vanilla, based on seeing those appear over and over in the list of notes for fragrances I already know I like, so I figured this was right up my alley.
I've been wearing FlowerByKenzo at least a few times a week since June now (I've used about 10% of the bottle in that time), and I still can't decide if I like it or love it. It's weird. I know I like it - it makes me feel sort of bright, fun, and sophisticated/classy at the same time - but I don't think I love it enough that I could ever see it becoming my signature scent. I like the way it makes me feel, yet it doesn't feel "me," it feels like "someone else."
I've made my boyfriend sniff me countless times and tell me what he thinks of it. Over the last few months, the comments I've collected from him are: he likes it; he thinks it's pleasant and floral; it grabs his attention without "assaulting his nostrils"; it makes him think of a bouquet of daisies; and it makes him want to "kiss me on the cheek" (as opposed to: "walk away," "rip off my clothes," etc.).
So... what's the roundup? It works. FlowerByKenzo La Cologne is a "comfortable" fragrance for me. I'll continue to wear it, but on my t-shirt and jeans days. When I want to feel "me," I'll reach for The Body Shop's Love Etc. When I want to feel pretty: Victoria's Secret Dream Angels Heavenly. Glamorous: Moschino Glamour (duh?). Seductive (and my all-time favorite): Cacharel Amor Amor.
Now you know every fragrance I own, LOL. Don't judge me! :)
P.S. If you actually got this far, I have a question for you. I smelled a new fragrance I really liked the scent of in a magazine sample the other day, and now I sort of want it. The problem is, it's Britney Spears' new perfume, Radiance, and that's just embarrassing. Even the bottle looks like a total eyesore. Should I still ask for it for Christmas (or something like that), or just pretend I never smelled it and move on with my life with my pride intact? Tell me what you think in the comments, please!
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yay! i was so happy to see you had posted! you are not the only person i have heard of that likes britney spears perfume. personally i have never smelled it. i know she has a bunch of varieties. i have seen a few at tjmaxx!ReplyDelete
I've been super curious about this Kenzo one ever since I read Joeybunny's review, too! :D Radiance's bottle is sort of tackily obnoxious in photos and yet I think it might be pretty in person...who knows. If you liked the sample, you should go for it even if it's Britney Spears!ReplyDelete
You should check out Girl with the Curious Nose (http://girlwiththecuriousnose.blogspot.com/) if you haven't yet! It's Stefanie of The Lip Print's perfume blog, and she wears and reviews celebrity fragrances alongside the more niche/"luxury" stuff. Because of her, I feel I might be a bit more open about trying celebrity stuff if one ever strikes my fancy.
Oooh now I'm curious too.ReplyDelete
Confession: my favorite scent of all time, the one that feels most like "me", is J Lo's Glow After Dark. Yes, I just about died of embarrassment buying it; at the time, I was shopping for a wedding fragrance (my inspiration was, "me on an awesome day"), and it came down to picking between GAD and Victoria Beckham's fragrance. I decided I wanted to support the care and feeding of JLo more than the Beckhams.
Back to the subject at hand, I've seen fights break out over Britney Spear's perfume at the mall. Celebrities do have good fragrances, mostly because they have the $$$ to outsource the design. I'd say put it on your Christmas list. Santa is not judgey.
- Vicki MOctober 18, 2010 at 6:45 PM
Kristina, score a little sample of it and try it with your own body chemistry. Then, if you still love it, go for it. Who cares who it's by, if it smells good, it does!ReplyDelete
- Jaime LeahOctober 19, 2010 at 4:08 PM
I'm pretty sure her fragrances are on the cheaper side so it's worth a shot but don't go by what you smell on a fragrance strip, they aren't the most accurate.ReplyDelete
My head wants to tell you to walk away….fast. You don't want to be smelled in Britney anything. My heart says - wear what smells good to you, and don't worry about what it is called…(and you don't have to tell anyone if they ask!)ReplyDelete
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According to the scientists, a giant atom-smashing has just broken a Guinness World Record by reaching the highest man-made temperature ever recorded. It is in fact 250,000 times hotter than the center of the sun.
The Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), located at Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, New York, is the machine responsible for producing the blistering heat, which scientists achieved by smashing ions of pure gold into each other at close to the speed of light in an effort to replicate the conditions of the universe "a millionth of a second after the Big Bang," according to a Brookhaven news release published Monday about the record.
Quarks are the elementary particles from which all other particles, including protons, neutrons and electrons, are made. They normally bind together so tightly that they are virtually never observed in isolation. The binding force that holds them together is provided by massless particles called gluons.
In an experiment called PHENIX, researchers accelerated gold ions in both directions around the ring, ultimately smashing them together in one of six experimental chambers around the accelerator. The team then observed the very brief formation of the quark-gluon plasma, which turned out to be a nearly frictionless fluid with a temperature of 4 trillion degrees Celsius (7.2 trillion degrees Fahrenheit), a feat that has now been recognized by the folks at Guinness.
"There are many cool things about this ultra-hot matter," physicist Steven Vigdor, who leads Brookhaven's nuclear and particle physics program, said in a statement. He added that while they expected to reach such super-hot temperatures, "we did not at all anticipate the nearly perfect liquid behavior."
This friction-free liquid occurs at both ends of the temperature spectrum, the researchers said.
"Other physicists have now observed quite similar liquid behavior in trapped atom samples at temperatures near absolute zero, ten million trillion times colder than the quark-gluon plasma we create at RHIC," Vigdor said.
RHIC may not hold onto its hot record for long. The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at the CERN laboratory in Switzerland smashes lead ions together at near light-speed; one experiment there dubbed ALICE (a large ion collider experiment) may be in a position to trump RHIC's record.
"The energy density at the LHC is a factor of three higher than at RHIC," said CERN physicist Despina Hatzifotiadou in a statement. "This translates to a 30-percent increase in absolute temperature compared to the value achieved by RHIC. So I would say that ALICE has the record!"
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Pregnancy: Weeks 35-40
The last weeks of your pregnancy give your baby time to grow in length and weight.
Week Number 35
- Babies born at Week 35 have a 99 percent chance of survival. The lungs are fully developed and the respiratory problems that used to kill these preemies are now easily treated.
Weeks Number 36 and 37
- More fat layers are added to help control body temperature after birth.
Week Number 38
- Your baby is now "full term." This means that if he's born today he'll be considered a full-grown baby. Babies born before 38 weeks are called premature babies.
Week Number 39
- The baby sheds her fuzzy layer of lanugo hair and the vernix caseosa, which is the skin coating that covers a fetus to protect the skin. The baby swallows this waste and will discharge it as his first bowel movement in a blackish mixture called meconium.
- All organs are ready to function outside your womb.
- The lungs are the last organs to mature. They should be fully developed by this time.
Week Number 40
- Bingo! This is the due-date week when your baby just might make her entrance. But then again, maybe she did that last week or will wait until next week. Remember that due dates are rarely exact. (Only 5 percent of babies are born on their due dates.) Even carrying a baby to Week 42 is considered normal. After that, the baby is post-term.
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Suicide (cont.)
Roxanne Dryden-Edwards, MD
Dr. Roxanne Dryden-Edwards is an adult, child, and adolescent psychiatrist. She is a former Chair of the Committee on Developmental Disabilities for the American Psychiatric Association, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, and Medical Director of the National Center for Children and Families in Bethesda, Maryland.
Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD
Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD, is a U.S. board-certified Anatomic Pathologist with subspecialty training in the fields of Experimental and Molecular Pathology. Dr. Stöppler's educational background includes a BA with Highest Distinction from the University of Virginia and an MD from the University of North Carolina. She completed residency training in Anatomic Pathology at Georgetown University followed by subspecialty fellowship training in molecular diagnostics and experimental pathology.
In this Article
- Suicide facts
- What is suicide?
- What are the effects of suicide?
- What are some possible causes of suicide?
- What are the risk factors and protective factors for suicide?
- What are the signs and symptoms for suicidal behavior?
- How are suicidal thoughts and behaviors assessed?
- What is the treatment for suicidal thoughts and behaviors?
- How can people cope with suicidal thoughts?
- How can people cope with the suicide of a loved one?
- Where can people get help?
What are the signs and symptoms for suicidal behavior?
Warning signs that an individual is imminently planning to kill themselves may include the person making a will, otherwise getting his or her affairs in order, suddenly visiting friends or family members (one last time), buying instruments of suicide like a gun, hose, rope, pills, or other forms of medications, a sudden and significant decline or improvement in mood, or writing a suicide note. Contrary to popular belief, many people who complete suicide do not tell their therapist or any other mental-health professional they plan to kill themselves in the months before they do so. If they communicate their plan to anyone, it is more likely to be someone with whom they are personally close, like a friend or family member.
Individuals who take their lives tend to suffer from severe anxiety or depression, symptoms of which may include moderate alcohol abuse, insomnia, severe agitation, loss of interest in activities they used to enjoy (anhedonia), hopelessness, and persistent thoughts about the possibility of something bad happening. Since suicidal behaviors are often quite impulsive, removing guns, medications, knives, and other instruments people often use to kill themselves from the immediate environment can allow the individual time to think more clearly and perhaps choose a more rational way of coping with their pain.
How are suicidal thoughts and behaviors assessed?
The risk assessment for suicidal thoughts and behaviors performed by mental-health professionals often involves an evaluation of the presence, severity, and duration of suicidal feelings in the individuals they treat as part of a comprehensive evaluation of the person's mental health. Therefore, in addition to asking questions about family mental-health history and about the symptoms of a variety of emotional problems (for example, anxiety, depression, mood swings, bizarre thoughts, substance abuse, eating disorders, and any history of being traumatized), practitioners frequently ask the people they evaluate about any past or present suicidal thoughts, dreams, intent, and plans. If the individual has ever attempted suicide, information about the circumstances surrounding the attempt, as well as the level of dangerousness of the method and the outcome of the attempt, may be explored. Any other history of violent behavior might be evaluated. The person's current circumstances, like recent stressors (for example, end of a relationship, family problems), sources of support, and accessibility of weapons are often probed. What treatment the person may be receiving and how he or she has responded to treatment recently and in the past, are other issues mental-health professionals tend to explore during an evaluation.
Sometimes professionals assess suicide risk by using an assessment scale. One such scale is called the SAD PERSONS Scale, which identifies risk factors for suicide as follows:
- Sex (male)
- Age younger than 19 or older than 45 years of age
- Depression (severe enough to be considered clinically significant)
- Previous suicide attempt or received mental-health services of any kind
- Excessive alcohol or other drug use
- Rational thinking lost
- Separated, divorced, or widowed (or other ending of significant relationship)
- Organized suicide plan or serious attempt
- No or little social support
- Sickness or chronic medical illness
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Have you gotten a call from the 284, 649, 809, 876 area codes?
This long distance phone scam causes consumers to inadvertently incur high charges on their phone bills. Consumers usually receive a message telling them to call a phone number with an 809, 284, 649, or 876 area code in order to collect a prize, find out information about a sick relative, etc. The caller assumes the number is a typical three-digit U.S. area code; however, the caller is actually connected to a phone number outside the United States, often in Canada or the Caribbean, and charged international call rates. Unfortunately, consumers don't find out that they have been charged higher international call rates until they receive their bill.
More info at http://www.fcc.gov/guides/calls-809-649-284-area-codes
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Thanks for the heads up! Despite being on the no-call list, I've noticed an uptick in 'random calls'. I'm pretty firm on not answering numbers I don't recognize. (So they tend not to leave a message.)
Calling an area code outside the US should always require dialing an international area code prefix. In other words, this scam should not be possible by simply dialing 1+scammy area code+phone number.
The phone companies are part of the problem, for sure. Your example is an obvious case where the phone company should be OBLIGATED to warn you before you are charged. The technology exists for phone companies to be better, they just choose to suck.
Two AT&T (and AT&T mobile) examples from my experience:
1. AT&T encourages third parties to add scams to your bill, and they make you fill out some impossible set of forms if you want to prevent/block it. AT&T won't call you to confirm those new 3rd party company charges, and they won't refund them (you have to work with the scam 3rd party company)
2.AT&T also doesn't have any way to block unwanted calls unless you purchase their package for families at an additional $12 a month (which only lets you block 25 numbers).
But, how does this "scam" help the scammers? They don't benefit from you making an international call, do they?
If you use Google voice, you can block (or at least not have your phone ring) any number you want as long as you have it in your contacts.
@benyust2: It's possible that they own the entire prefix. Say they own all of 809-215, for example. They would be the "phone company" collecting the call connection charges from the calling party.
If you get an unsolicited message promising a free prize, just ignore it.
Problem solved.
Or don't answer unknown numbers. if it's important, they will leave a message.
I automatically ignore any call that involves a recorded message. If you really wanted to talk to me, you'd have a person call.
I am on the do not call list, but I still get a lot of calls from numbers I don't recognize with the name "unavailable". I sometimes use the whocalledme dot com search and see which company it is, and it is usually someone trying to sell something. What I absolutely hate is the technology that allows someone to call and the number is somehow changed (I don't know how that works but I imagine my fellow-wooters might) in transmission so that it shows up as something entirely different on my caller ID and is not traceable through the web. Hate it, hate it, hate it. My talking caller ID has trouble with the word "unavailable", but I understand it now. Trouble is my daughter's number comes up that way.
@samstag: You mean even the billion dollar lottery I won? Or the estate left to me by an unknown relative in Nigeria? I am not stripped of hope for my future fortune!
@90mcg112: that's definitely not true of Canada. i've personally dialed canadian numbers from my cell without a country code. not sure about other area codes.
@bogie21: for people who use their cell phone for work, answering can be important. No one wants to be the guy who never answers when a client is trying to reach them.
For verizon wireless users, verizon now has a simple and free way to block 6 or so numbers for 90 days. After 90 days the blocks expire but you can add them again. You can add the numbers from your "My Verizon" account page online.
@smtatertot13 Canada and the US have the same country code (1)
@bb81398: More proof that Canada is the 51st state!
@klozitshoper: "I sometimes use the whocalledme dot com search"
When I try that URL (properly typed, of course) I get a sort of funky looking page with a bunch of look-up options. Is that the true page you mentioned?
@magic cave: So sorry I was away from the computer so long. The site is who calls me BUT I don't go directly to it and I should have been more specific with my answer. I type who calls me or called me - doesn't really matter - followed by the number into Bing (my default search engine). It usually brings up results with the number listed several times from different sites such as who calls me et al. Therefore, I don't usually need to go to the site because there are already comments on the results from several sites and I usually don't have to do much more than click on that comment.. Egad, that is what happens when I try to succinct!! So sorry.
@meh3884: Thanks for the reminder. I have Verizon, and I should use it for all of the water testing calls that we here in Florida anyhow receive on a multi-week basis.
@klozitshoper: No need to apologize -- many thanks for the explanation. I often just enter a phone number into google to see what comes up; it's especially useful for tracking down "mystery charges" on one's checking account.
@klozitshoper: We're getting 3-4 of those wretched calls every day. Time to start filing complaints with the Florida AG's office, I guess.
You can trace and get to know who the caller is by doing reverse phone lookup at http://www.tmcalleris.website/.


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Is this socially acceptable?
I got number 62 at the deli counter, saw that they were on number 55 and waited my turn for about 10 minutes. When my number was finally called, some lady runs up and goes "oh, I missed my turn." The deli worker asked what her number was and she goes "46." Instead of telling that lady she was out of luck, she helps her even though it was my turn and she was late.
Is it acceptable to miss your number and come back? I understand if it's a number back and they missed hearing it, but it was probably a good twenty minutes they were off by.
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This is the unwritten rule of the deli counter and it happens at every place I go to from Wal-Mart to the local Italian place. I usually don't mind because who wants to sit there and watch some old lady buy 1/4 lb of 75 different meats, tasting each one as she goes?
In your circumstance, I think the lady was a little tardy to have her place held and should have taken another number. It isn't like this is the line for a new iPhone
no, it's actually pretty rude. especially when the number was called 20 minutes ago.
Sounds like she grabbed a number and went off to do other things instead of wasting time waiting around. At that point, I suppose she was nice enough to even grab a number instead of just busting her way up in line. That being said, she could have just grabbed a number that someone else had dropped which explains why she was so far back.
Regardless of the reason, it is pretty rude and she should have been told to hit the back of the line. People try to be nice but in the end it just gets them walked over because people then figure out what they can get away with.
That exact thing (but, different numbers) happened to me about a year ago. I not only complained to the deli person (who didn't care more than just apologizing half-heartedly) but I also complained to the store manager. The manager gave me all my deli items for free.
I had that happen to me recently. Didn't bother me, I figured there were 36 people in line in front of me and it didn't much matter what order they got served in as long I I got served 37th. I'd agree her behavior was rude, if I were her I'd have asked to be served next rather than in front of you. If I were the worker that's also what I would have done, told her I would help her right after you as your number had already been called. But there's enough to make me unhappy in the world without letting stuff like that drag me down.
Is it acceptable? No. Is it rude. Yes. Would you or I do it. No. At this point I think I'd inwardly growl, and just let it go.
Maybe consider it your "Random Act of Kindness" for the day. "Kindness" being the key word. As opposed to what you'd really like to say or do to her.
She probably never had a number to begin with. Just looked at what number they were on and claimed to have a number that had already been called. Picked a number back far enough that the person with that number would be gone, and the counter person wouldn't remember if a number that far back had been missed.
Well played, lady. Rude, but well played.
Why are we still taking little paper numbers anyway? Can't we get a text or something when it's about to be our turn?
Everytime something like this happens, I think, "How Rude!" Then I find out later there was some bit of information that I did not know that totally changes my perspective. I bet she had some sort of sliced meat emergency. I wouldn't want that weighing on my conscience...
I've seen this a few times, or things like it. The deli counter attendant is usually just going to let it go because someone who would do something like this is the same kind of person who is going to start a fight and make things even worse.
@curli76: Sure. You just agree to follow me around the store so they can text you to tell my that it's my turn.
@wnyx585am: I've tried telling people that I needed a pound of prosciutto or I was going to die. No dice.
If the person who missed their number being called asks if he/she can cut in front of me/us before doing so, I'll allow it. That little bit of feigned courtesy is all I need to avoid going berserk. If they expect to be serviced before me without asking, I'll do this:
What I do is let that person go ahead of me, then say to the person's face that he/she is a bad person and sort of shame them into not doing it ever again. I guilt them into knowing that this is not acceptable and they should feel awful about it. As they are telling the deli worker how thin they want their mortadella, I'll actually say, "Do you understand why this is wrong? Do you really understand?"
On a side note: I never make someone who is serving me (especially food) work harder than they need to nor argue with/blame them for something out of his/her control. Since it was her final call, I would go with it.
Eh, I dont like it, but it doesnt bother me too much. Did she mess up and get the easy way out? Yes. But, because her number was not called, the line moved quicker to get to you. If she wouldnt have left you would have waited about the same time as you did anyway.
In the great scheme of things it didnt make too much of an impact, other than being a little frustrating. Plus, now you know that you can do it!
i guess at least she did get a number?
i hate people who cut, period. just a few weeks ago i took lunch at the nearest mall to return something i bought, and decided to swing by the food court instead of going home for food.
i stood in line in front of this chinese food vendor, where you get to pick 2 or 3 items combo'd. there was only a single customer in front of me. i stood in front of the glass counter, pondering what i should order. a lady came up and stood behind me for a good 5 minutes as the previous person was getting everything she ordered, and when she left with her food, the lady behind me just walked up in front to the register and started barking her order for food.
after she left, the girl at the counter asked for the next customer, and this other lady who just came motioned her to me, and said it's my turn. i thanked this new lady for her courtesy and told her the previous one just cut me off. the girl at the counter just smiled, didn't apologize for it or anything.


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Introduction to Windows Computers & the Internet
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Lalich urges traffic cameras
Councilman says installation will free up city police officers
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STEUBENVILLE — Sixth Ward Councilman David Lalich will ask his colleagues to consider a traffic camera program in order to "free up police officers to work in our neighborhoods....
The cameras would be great, but the problem is some loser, likely an attorney who has family members that think they're above the law, will just file another lawsuit and some Liberal Judge will take they're side and say goodbye to the traffic cameras again.
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The only people who didnt like it last time were the ones who got tickets.
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In America, High Schools have pep rallies for sport events usually labeld "X's Pride Pep Rally!"(X = the High School name)
During the ceremony the sports players are built up by the other students in hopes they will defeat the other team.
Should I have my daughter skip these pep rallies or repent afterwards?
"For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world. The world is passing away, and also its lusts; but the one who does the will of God lives forever." (1 John 2:16-17, NASB)


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I know I have done this before, so I'm sure it's possible, I just forget how to do it. There's a way to tell convert to grab a specific page of a PDF, and I'd like to keep the format of that page as PDF.
ImageMagick is a tool for bitmap images, which most PDFs aren't. If you use it, it will rasterize the data, which is often not desirable.
Pdftk can extract one or more pages from a PDF file.
If you have a LaTeX installation with PDFLaTeX, you can use pdfpages. There's a shell wrapper for pdfpages, pdfjam.
Another possibility (overkill here, but useful for requirements more complex that one page) is Python with the PyPdf library.
You can use subscript notation with
The index value depends on how the PDF exporter numbered the pages. In tests on files here, the numbers seem to be zero-based, so the above example gets you the second page in the document. I've seen examples online where they show letter indexes instead, since apparently the PDF creator "numbered" the pages in that document that way instead.
Unfortunately, this doesn't give very good results, because ImageMagick assumes everything is pixel-based, and therefore rasterizes vector imagery, such as the typography in a typical PDF.
A better tool for the job is Ghostscript, which you probably already have installed:
This passes the PDF data through unchanged, since Ghostscript understands PDF (a PostScript derivative) to a much deeper level than ImageMagick does.


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Dave's Investing Philosophy
We all know how to deal with debt—pay it off! Investing, however, is more complicated, and most people have questions about how and when to do it. So, to give you the answers you need, we put together everything Dave has to say about long-term wealth building in one place.
For in-depth investing help, contact your investing Endorsed Local Provider (ELP). Dave's investing ELPs are financial advisors who will show you how to invest the way Dave teaches. ELPs don't work for Dave but they have earned his endorsement because they are honest professionals and who will make sure you understand your investments.
Special Note: Even though many people value Dave's advice, you should not simply do what Dave does just because he's Dave Ramsey. If you get the help of a financial advisor, even an ELP, you are responsible for making your own decisions. Never invest your money in something you don't understand.
Dave's Investing Philosophy (printer-friendly)
Baby Steps: Don't invest before you complete Baby Step 3
Your income is your most important wealth-building tool. As long as your income is tied up making debt payments, you won't be able to build wealth. And, if you begin investing before you've built up your emergency fund, you'll end up tapping your investments when an emergency comes along.
If you are still on Baby Steps 1-3, be patient. Put off investing for now. Avoiding a crisis with a fully funded emergency fund and paying off high-interest debt is a fantastic investment!
- $1,000 baby emergency fund
- Pay off all debt using the debt snowball
- Save 3-6 months of expenses as your fully funded emergency fund
- Invest 15% of household income into Roth IRAs and pre-tax retirement
- Save/invest for your kids' college
- Pay off your home early
- Build wealth and give! Continue to invest in mutual funds and real estate.
Investing For Those Just Getting Started
- Be sure you have completed the first three Baby Steps.
- Begin by doing pre-tax savings (in 401(k), 403(b), TSP, Traditional IRA) and tax-free savings (Roth IRA, Roth 401(k))
In Baby Step 4, you'll invest 15% of your income. If your employer matches your contributions to your 401(k), 403(b), TSP, then invest up to the match. Next, fully fund a Roth IRA for you (and your spouse, if married). If that still doesn't total 15% of your income, come back to the 401(k), 403(b) or TSP.
Mutual Funds
Dave recommends mutual funds for your employer-sponsored retirement savings and your IRAs. Divide your investments equally between each of these four types of funds:
- Growth
- Growth & Income
- Aggressive Growth
- International
Choose A shares (front end load) and funds that are at least five years old. They should have a solid track record of acceptable returns within their fund category.
If your risk tolerance is low, which means you have a shorter time to keep your money invested, put less than 25% in aggressive growth or consider adding a "Balanced" fund to the four types of funds suggested.
Single Stocks:
Dave does not own single stocks and does not suggest single stocks as part of your investment plan. Single stocks don't consistently generate returns as high as mutual funds do in the long-term. If you really want to own a stock for some reason (company stock, for fun, etc.), limit single stocks to no more than 10% of your investment portfolio.
Certificates of Deposit (CDs):
Dave recommends CDs only for savings (for a purchase, taxes if you own a business, etc.), not for long-term investing because of their low rate of return. Long-term investments must earn a high enough rate of return to outpace inflation (3-4% per year) and cover taxes on the gains if not inside a retirement account. Most investors need to average a minimum of 6% per year over time to do these two things.
Dave does not own any bonds and does not suggest them as part of your investment plan. People mistakenly believe bonds are "safe" investments that have slightly lower rates of return than equities. Single bonds can actually be very volatile and go down significantly in value. Bond mutual funds can at least be tracked for historical returns but do not offer the returns equity mutual funds do.
Fixed Annuities:
Dave does not own any fixed annuities and does not suggest them as part of your investment plan. Simply stay away from these!
Variable Annuities (VAs):
Variable annuities cause more confusion than any other financial product.
What are they?
- A VA is a savings contract with a life insurance company.
- They offer tax-deferred growth on an after tax investment.
- They offer beneficiary designation, which allows the account to be transferred to a beneficiary outside of probate court.
- VAs carry penalties if the contract is broken prior to the contract time period, usually a declining surrender charge that lasts from six to 11 years.
- 10% IRS penalty for withdrawing prior to age 59 1/2.
- VAs offer many bells and whistles, such as guarantees of principal, life insurance, etc.
- VA fees vary widely.
Dave has strong suggestions for investors considering VAs
- Only consider VAs when you reach Baby Step 7. At that point, you're debt free including your home and all other tax-deferred options have been used.
- VAs can be useful investment tools because they allow your investments to grow tax-deferred.
- When purchasing VAs understand the fees, surrender period and any riders or options you choose.
- When purchasing VAs, stay with the four types of mutual funds Dave suggests inside the VA.
High-income earners
If a person earns too much to contribute to a Roth IRA and is limited to what he can contribute to a 401(k) plan due to top-heavy rules (unable to contribute 15% into pre-tax or tax-free investments), Dave recommends using either low-turnover mutual funds or a combination of low-turnover mutual funds and variable annuities. While this is an option for high-income earners, Dave still does not personally use variable annuities.
Worth mentioning
- Don't commit to VAs until you're sure you are ready. Once you're in, you're in.
- Never, ever, ever roll an IRA, 401(k) or 403(b) into a VA. These three things already have the benefit of tax-deferred growth, and you do not need a VA.
- While Dave fits all the pre-requisites for VAs he does not personally own any. He prefers mutual funds and paid-for real estate for investors on Baby Step 7.
Investing For College
Dave recommends investing the first $2,000 per year in an Education Savings Account (ESA, Coverdell Savings Account). ESAs are very simple and work much the way a personal IRA does. When saving for a young child who will attend a public school, the ESA will usually be all you need.
For investing more than this amount or if your income exceeds $200,000 annually, choose a 529 plan. The challenge with 529s is that every state has a different 529 plan and they all work differently. Some allow you to pick mutual funds, some require you to choose funds based on your child's age, while others are pre-paid tuition programs.
When choosing a 529 plan, pick a plan that allows you to choose the funds up front and to keep those funds all the way up until time to use the funds for education. Remember to stick with the four types of funds Dave suggests. Don't use the pre-paid plans or ones that do age-based asset allocation.
Long Term Care Insurance (LTC)
Dave recommends making LTC part of your plan when you turn 60 years old. LTC is a wise choice even if you do not have a sizable estate to protect as long as the premiums are well within your budget. For example, a 60-year-old couple with a plentiful current income but a smaller estate may choose LTC simply for the quality of care it will provide them.
Disability Insurance
Dave recommends everyone purchase long-term disability insurance to replace income in the event they are disabled. The cost of long-term disability depends on your occupation. White-collar employees carry less risk than blue-collar employees and therefore are less expensive to insure. For short-term disabilities (90 to 180 days), a fully funded emergency fund will cover your expenses, so Dave does not recommend purchasing short-term disability policies.
Life Insurance
Everyone should have 15-year (or longer) level term life insurance. Your coverage should equal to eight to 10 times your annual income. The logic behind this is that a beneficiary could invest the entire amount into mutual funds and draw 8-10% annually as income without actually consuming the original insurance amount. Effectively, this replaces the income that was being generated by the deceased person. Never purchase any type of cash value or permanent insurance such as whole life, variable life, universal life, etc. Never cancel any old policy until the replacement policy is fully in force.
Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)
Dave does not own ETFs and does not recommend them as part of your investment plan. ETFs are baskets of single stocks that are intended to operate like mutual funds, but they are not mutual funds.
Separate Account Managers
SAMs are third-party investment professionals who buy and sell stocks or mutual funds on your behalf. Dave prefers to sticking with the team of managers in large, old, experienced mutual funds.
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)
Dave does not own any REITs and does not suggest them as part of your investment plan. As a category, REITs don't perform as well as good growth stock mutual funds. If you really want to invest in REITs, limit this to no more than 10% of your total investment portfolio.
Equity Indexed Annuities
Dave does not own Equity Indexed Annuities and does not suggest them as part of your investment plan. Equity Indexed Annuities agree contractually to limit your loss while you agree to limit your gains. Instead, invest directly into index funds if you want to follow an index such as the S&P 500 or similar.
Thrift Savings Plan (TSP)
Dave's suggestion is to invest:
- 60% in C fund/plan
- 20% in S fund/plan
- 20% in I fund/plan
Values-Based Investing
Dave does not use a values-based investing approach. Here's why:
- In values-based investing, you pick between two similar mutual funds that align with your beliefs--a good concept.
- However, few of these funds stand up to Dave's criteria for picking mutual funds (five-year or longer track record of strong rates of return, professionally managed by a team of mutual funds managers, etc.)
- This is a very personal decision you will have to make. It's what is known as a slippery slope. If you no longer invest in funds that might invest in a company that supports abortion, to be consistent, you will need to stop shopping at the grocer that sells pornography. You would also need to stop banking because nearly all banks contribute to United Way, which supports Planned Parenthood.
- Do not choose these funds out of guilt. Do not make poor investment decisions to choose these funds.
Commissions and Fees
Long term, class A shares are much less expensive than B shares or C shares, so Dave recommends them.
Dave does not personally choose fee-based planning (paying 1% to 2.5% annual fees for a brokerage account). With an A share mutual fund, you pay an upfront load of 5% to 6% once. But with a fee-based account, also known as a wrap account, you agree to pay a 1% to 2.5% fee every year—forever. As your account grows, the 1% to 2.5% fee will really add up.
Pay a Pro or Do it Yourself?
Pay a pro. Dave still chooses to use a pro and suggests you do too. Statistics show that "do-it-yourselfers" are quick to jump out of funds when they begin to underperform. A good professional advisor will remind you why you chose the fund and prevent you from buying high and selling low.
Working With Your Advisor
They advise, you make decisions. This is very important. You are paying them for advice and the ability to teach you enough to make smart decisions about your investments. You are not handing over this responsibility because they are a professional or even because they are trusted by Dave Ramsey. Retain ownership and responsibility for all final decisions. Don't invest in anything unless you can easily explain how the investment works to your spouse. If you cannot communicate easily with your financial advisor, find one that does a better job of communicating. Take your time and make wise decisions.
Seem too simple? Investing doesn't have to be complicated. Dave fits all the profiles of a wealthy, knowledgeable investor, but he really does keep it as simple as you hear him teach on The Dave Ramsey Show each day. Wealthy people find simple ways that work and then do them over and over and over. Happy investing!
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If you have the chance to spend an early spring day in the native tallgrass prairies of Kansas, you may hear the low booming sounds of a male greater prairie chicken attempting to attract a hen. Birdwatchers and hunters both flock to Kansas in search of these gorgeous birds, known for their peculiar breeding behavior.
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I've looked through several posts but I haven't quite found any answers that have solved my problem.
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The news media has publicized that 2012 is the end of the Mayan calendar, and that all the planets will be aligned. Is there any truth to this?
The answer is absolutely not. There is nothing interesting/important/rare/weird/abnormal/whatever astronomically happening in December 2012. I have written at length on this topic and a year ago summarized my posts on the subject. In those, I've covered the vast majority of 2012 doomsday or whatever claims. Besides that, though, 2012 is likely not the start of the next baktun in the Mayan long count calendar.
With that stated, one astronomical event that is rare that is occurring in June of 2012 is a Venus transit of the sun. This happens in pairs of 8 years separation with gaps of 121.5 and 105.5 years between those pairs. The last transit was in 2004, the next in 2012, the one after that in 2117.
I have thought for many years that the current transit of Venus, mentioned above, is the reason why the Mayan calendar "ends" this year. On the multi-decade or multi-century scale, this time is singled out by the equinoctial precession having placed the solstice sun in proximity to the center of the Milky Way bulge, and the precise year is singled out by the second transit of Venus. This refines John Major Jenkins' idea that this is the year in which the solstice sun comes closest to the "galactic center", as seen from earth. That's not true and the exact center doesn't stand out to the naked eye anyway, but the general precessional trend and the timing of the transits were both accessible to Mayan observers.


text: Tolkien this, Feist that! Cmon! What's goin' on here? Monsters huh? Whad about dem? Aliens, nasty robots, vampires, supervillians, dragons and such. Right- here's my list, not the definitive version, I'll re-edit a LOT, as I'm sure I'll think of a load more soon's I post this- right, this is just to get the ball rolling- I'm itching for some info. Right here goes. PENTIAK's top 10 cool monsters: 1. ED-209: "You have ten seconds to comply" A mean mudder if ever there was, except for he had trouble with stairs. 2. Predator: "Turn around! Over here!..."- anytime! 3. Alien Queen: "(hiss! snarl!)" ok another obvious 1, but her place is well earned. 4. 'Raptors in JP: If only they were allowed savage people in the film as they did in the book. Still, the were NASTY. 5. Ghidora/Monster Zero: The DEFINITIVE dragon, and this is gonna get a severe backlash of fantasy fans going at me. 6. The Medusa in Clash of the Titans: I always thought she was cool. 7. Maximillian in Black Hole: (ok so he scared me when I saw it as a kid!) 8. Martians in War of the Worlds: (represent the old skool!) great book, great movie, dodgy 70's album... 9. Those weird crawly black things in Dark Crystal: anyone remember their name? 10. The skeletons in Armies of Darkness: a personal favourite of mine, not so much nasty as complete jerks- "keep your filty bones outa my mouth!" And now the top 10 sad monsters: 1. The Darleks: like ED-209, had trouble with stairs, but nowhere near as cool, they couldn't even sort out 'ol Doctor Who. Who later went on to be a scarecrow. 2. The robot in Logan's Run: "Plankton, seagreens and protien from the sea..."- oh dear. 3. King Kong: Classic film or dumb gorilla? 4. V: aliens with shoulder pads and perms. 5. The Cylons: ..... 6. The white spider in Krull: I like spiders, crazy looking things, it looked cool but it didn't DO anything! And that annoyed me. 7. The bugs in Starship Troopers: why didn't they just nuke the planet? 8. Robbie the robot: forbidden planet. 9. NEW Godzilla: the cheeck! godzilla's a man in a rubber suit, don't try give him a 90's makeover, I never saw the film, and I never will, matter of principal! 10. The robot at the end of Nemisis: like it wasn't made of tinfoil? OK- fire away, I wanna see some input people!