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Talking Trash 2.0
At the same time, Esther Fishman, the Recycling Coordinator for the Londonderry Solid Waste Group, among others will be educating the public about Act 148 - the new Universal Recycling Law.
"I wanted to get a real feel for what we have in our trash because with this new universal recycling law we're going to have to remove things from the trash that we don't necessarily have to now," Fishman said. "Now it's going to be law. It's going to be mandated and there are specific things that will be banned from going into your trash. So, I wanted to get a feel for how well we were doing because I think it needs to be really positive and I think people need to hear about this new law often because it's going to take a while for people to get used to the changes."
In 2014, facilities that offer trash services must also provide services for managing mandated recyclables which include aluminum and steel cans, aluminum foil and aluminum pie pans, glass bottles and jars from foods and beverages, PET and HDPE plastic bottles and jugs, corrugated cardboard, white and mixed paper, newspaper, magazines, catalogues, paper mail and envelopes, box board and paper bags. When the law eventually goes into full effect by July 1, 2020 even residents will be required to recycle banned recyclables, leaf and yard debris and clean wood, and food scraps. However, it is the large generators of these materials - such as food processors and restaurants - that will be unable to send these materials to landfills at an earlier beginning with the largest producers in 2014.
Trash haulers must provide the services for the aforementioned recyclables by 2015, which is the same year - beginning on July 1 - that the new law will begin impacting residents.
As for leaf and yard debris, facilities are expected to provide services for them by 2015, but trash haulers will not have to provide those services until the following year - around the same time that it would begin to impact residents. While both facilities and haulers will be required to provide services for food scraps beginning in 2017, that portion of the law is not expected to have an effect on residents until July 1, 2020
According to Trevor Mance, owner of TAM, Inc. in Shaftsbury, any entity that produces over 104 tons of organic material next year will be required to recycle it. The following year that limit gets cut in half to 52 tons and continues be cut in half with every subsequent year until 2020 when the law will effect residents.
A big part of the recyclable stream Fishman said comes from food waste - somewhere between 21-30 percent. In addition, Fishman said the statistics that are found on the Internet are that over 36 million tons of food waste goes to the landfills each year.
Food scraps include such things as cooked items, uneaten leftovers, and food that begins to mold among other items. All of that will eventually be banned from being included with the trash and being taken to the landfill. Fishman also made the point that the people who do currently compost usually do not put things such as meat, bones and dairy into their compost heaps - items that will also be banned from being sent to the landfill. "The solid waste districts around the state are going to have to figure [it] out for their residents to be able to do that," Fishman said. "Because there are people who can't compost for a variety of reasons; they don't have room, they're not here all the time, the don't want a pile, they don't want animals around, there's lots of different reasons."
Vermont had two landfills - one in Mooretown and another in Coventry - but the Mooretown landfill is now closed. That leaves the Coventry landfill as the main dumping site in the state. However, some of the state's waste is also taken out of state.
With the implementation of the new law, one of the issues that both Fishman and Mance said they expect to run into is enforcing it.
"That's honestly our biggest concern with the law is enforcement," said Mance. "We as a private business cannot be expected to be for lack of a better word the garbage police. We're going to need reinforcements from somebody else whether it be Waste Management Division at ANR or I don't know. I don't know who it's going to be, but we think it's particularly hard on local businesses to have to police their own customers."
Fishman said that the state is telling haulers doing curbside collection that if they find a large number of banned materials in the trash that they have the option to leave the trash at the house with a note stating which items should not be in the trash and for the those items to be separated so that they may be collected the following week. Mance said that his drivers currently leave notes and that the company will continue to educate people on what is recyclable. The other option, Fishman said, is for them to pick the materials up, bring it to a facility where it will be separated and include an extra charge in the person's bill.
Mance said his company is promoting the composting portion as much as possible and providing the service for free in an effort to get people to go along with it and so far there are some people that are buying into the idea even though it is not required of them at this stage. Mance said The Dorset Inn, Bistro Henry's and The Bagel Works in Manchester are among the new customers he has gotten that have begun composting.
"There are some businesses that this law does not apply to, but they're doing it because it's the right thing," said Mance. "They're doing it because they see the environmental impact and they want to be as environmentally conscious as possible and this law was kind of a nudge to promote that. So, we're excited to see the buy in rather with the carrot than the stick."
Even though they have a commercial composting facility, Mance said that they are still encouraging people to compost in their backyards because it makes the most environmental sense. By people composting in their backyards, Mance said they would not only receive the benefit of the good soil for their gardens, but it would decrease the amount of homes they would have to pick those materials up from thereby lessening the amount of travel by trucks, which use diesel fuel.
From a monetary standpoint, Mance said that the change will be cost neutral. However, with a greater emphasis being placed on recycling, there will be more jobs created in the industry. For every landfill position that is lost in the transition, four more will be created due to the increase in recycling. "There's an economic incentive here, employment incentive for us to recycle more because it does take a lot more effort to recycle than it does to pick up a garbage bag, put it into a compacting truck, dump it on a floor and just roll it into a tractor trailer and off it goes," said Mance. "Recycling there's sorting, there's picking, there's processing, there's bailing, there's trucking to an end market, grinding and reusing it. So, there's a lot more jobs created."
The rain date for Saturday's trash sort will be on Monday, Oct. 21, beginning at 10:30 a.m. at the Londonderry Transfer Station on Route 100 between Londonderry and Weston.
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Great Natural Products
Our April issue of Good Housekeeping featured a great piece on the ever-growing class of beauty products that claim to be "all natural". While there's no clear definition for the term "natural" in cosmetics, we surveyed 900 readers and found that women are concerned
If you're interested in switching to more natural beauty products, here's what we found are some of your best bets:
- Our testers really loved Nature's Gate Rice Bran Moisturizer ($15). It's unscented, extremely lightweight, and absorbs into the skin quickly. Honorable Mention: Weleda Iris Hydrating Facial Lotion ($20), which offers a richer feel and more fragrance.
- Best natural mascara: Lavera Volume Mascara ($20). Panelists found that it didn't smudge, lasted all day, emphasized their lashes, and was easy to remove. Second Place: 100% Pure Fruit Pigmented Mascara ($18) which has the scent testers liked the best. It also has staying power, yet is easily removed at the end of the day.
- Looking for a lip balm with a hint of natural color? Try Burt's Bees Tinted Lip Balm ($7). Our tests found it hydrated lips and had a texture that was neither "too thick nor too thin". Honorable mention: Kiss My Face Sheer Organic Shimmer ($5) which gives a bit of sparkle and has a nice peppermint scent.

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Introducing: The Canadian Whisky Awards 2010
Posted by Arctic Wolf on December 5, 2010
Davin de Kergommeaux has hit upon an idea which I think is just Grand, The first ever independent Canadian Whisky Awards! I came up with my Rum Howler Awards earlier this year where I sought to give credit to various impressive rums and whiskies which I felt had set the mark for excellence during the past year. And now Davin builds on that, at least with respect to Canadian Whisky. These Canadian Whisky Awards highlight not only the best quality whiskies made in Canada, but also special achievements by Canadian Whisky Distillers.
Why am I excited? Mainly because of the knowledge I have for the outstanding contributions Davin has made in bringing forward recognition of Canadian Whisky as a world-class spirit. You see Davin has the credibility to make these awards meaningful for whisky companies as well as for whisky connoisseurs. He is a professionally trained sommelier who is well acquainted with not only Canadian Whisky, but also all of the other great whiskies of the world. He is an experienced whisky taster and writer who is a much sought after judge at international whisky competitions.
The Awards will be unveiled tomorrow, December 6, on Davin's Website, Canadianwhisky.org! Based upon what I know of the thoroughness of Davin's research and the quality of his work, these awards are sure to become prominent markers of excellence on the Canadian Whisky landscape. Great Job Davin! I look forward to reading the selections for the first Canadian Whisky Awards 2010!
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December 5, 2010 at 7:36 pm
Certainly awards – determined honestly and in an unbiased manner – have great value.
Still, and with all due respect, I find it difficult to call any spirit "world class" when it is mostly continuously distilled, often blends rye with a neutral spirit, sometimes adds corn and bourbon type whiskies for flavor, adds sherry for flavoring and smoothing, and is aged in previously used barrels.
Still, it is good if an honest comparision to other such mixtures can be made, however difficult in view of the wide variation in composition.
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Wednesday (June 25) marked the five-year anniversary of Michael Jackson's death, resulting in an outpouring of support and tributes across the musical community — among them Beyoncé.
In a post on her website, the singer penned an ode to the late King of Pop, opining on his importance in her early career — long before she was a household name on her own. In particular, the Jackson 5's famous 1969 cover of "Who's Lovin' You" — and Jackson's subsequent live performances of the song — were early inspirations.
"When I was just starting out, my first producer used to make me listen to Michael Jackson's live performance of "Who's Loving You," she wrote, linking to a 1972 performance of the Motown standard. "He would have me watch that for hours back to back to back."
Related: Beyonce and Jay Z Kick Off Their 'On the Run' Tour with 42-Song Setlist
She wrote that her manager's request for the young singer to watch Jackson performances end on end was simple: it was all about feeling and understanding the soul he brought to music.
"What he wanted me to learn was his soul," she wrote. "You could hear his soul. And he was this little kid who hadn't experienced love but he was a vessel. For whatever reason he could evoke more emotion than an adult. It was so raw and so pure."


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NS said that on Sept. 21, its employees finished loading 168,977 net tons of coking coal into the M/V Negonego, destined for use by integrated steel producers in China. NS said that is a record not only for Pier 6, but also for the entire U.S., where Pier 6 is the top performer among more than a dozen export terminals on the East, Gulf, and West coasts.
"I can give you 450 individual reasons behind this achievement," said Jeff Yates, NS superintendent of terminals. "Our Lamberts Point employees are passionate about safety, service, and productivity. That's how they loaded the M/V Negonego in an astonishingly fast 40 hours and 45 minutes."
The coal was shipped by Xcoal Energy and Resources in 1,592 railroad coal cars. Said XCoal CEO Ernie Thrasher, "Everyone from the miners at the Buchanan Mine to the employees at NS contributed to this record. They work every day to sustain our business, and they deserve the credit."
The previous Pier 6 loading record was set on Sept. 17, when 166,840 net tons of metallurgical coal were loaded into the M/V China Pioneer. Pier 6 celebrated its 50th anniversary on Sept. 18.
"Pier 6 truly is a 'pier without peer,'" said Mark H. Bower, NS group vice president, export, metallurgical, and industrial coal marketing. "America has 25% of the world's known recoverable coal reserves – more energy than all the oil in the Middle East. NS and our production and sales partners are the reliable team for getting that coal to the world's utilities and coke plants."
Pier 6 opened for business in 1962. In addition to the quantity of its loadings, Pier 6 is known for speed. Most of the coal moving through Pier 6 originates in southwest Virginia, southern West Virginia, eastern Kentucky, and Pennsylvania. It is shipped to several dozen countries as well as to coastwide domestic receivers.
Pier 6 accesses Hampton Roads' deep 50-foot channel that allows modern vessels to make productive use of their large holds. Some of those vessels, such as the M/V Negonego with its length of 984 feet, are as long as three football fields.


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Discussion in 'Junior League & Tournament Talk' started by TCF, Jan 7, 2013.
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sorry, but can someone teach me how to create a thread? im new, and i cant figure out how to.
Top left, click new thread
Welcome back tcf.
Hey TCF,
Soooo fuuuuuunnnyyyyyy.....
If rgwarren comes back I'm going to the other tennis website.
I had a New Year's Resolution that I would stop reading this site every day,
and thought I might keep it ....... but you are back with the excitement.
I suppose... I'll start spamming him about some random kid tennis player.
Not another word.... Please ================ your previous post!
This sounds like you just got out of rehab are you sober
Have not been posting lately due to holidays. I come in here only to see you gone. So I decided to spice things up a bit. My thread turned into a gun debate, let us know what you think.
Welcome back TCF! Any perspective my boy's flat feet issue? I know you have seen it all!
Thanks so much TCF!
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Sierra Nevada > Palisades > Two Eagle Peak > Climber's Log
Two Eagle Peak Climber's Log
[ Sign the Climber's Log ]
|Grant Hoag
|First Ascent East Ridge
Date Climbed: Jul 15, 1972
|Don Jensen was a climbing guide at the Palisade School of Mountaineering when he and I (an 18 year old camp cook) took the day off to do the east ridge. It was the high point of my climbing career, despite future climbs such as Whitney East Butt in January 1975 etc. Jensen was a true inspiration to so many of us!
|Posted Jun 18, 2014 12:43 am
|Bob Burd
|East Ridge
Date Climbed: Aug 12, 2009
|Day 6 of the Sierra Challenge, a surprisingly tricky peak with two very tough summit blocks. Trip Report
|Posted Jan 5, 2011 12:15 pm
|Princess Buttercup
|East Ridge
Date Climbed: Aug 30, 2009
|Blocks looked nasty. Lots of loose crap.
|Posted Dec 1, 2009 6:42 pm
|Michael Graupe
|E Ridge
Date Climbed: Aug 3, 2009
|A surprisingly challenging and fun peak. 2009 Sierra Challenge.
Some Photos.
|Posted Sep 9, 2009 8:00 pm
|E ridge
Date Climbed: Aug 30, 2009
|Climbed the east summit block from the south, but chickened out one move short on the west one -- I didn't want to fall onto the pile of rubble.
|Posted Aug 31, 2009 5:32 pm
|Sierra Challenge Peak
Date Climbed: Aug 12, 2009
|The route finding on this peak isn't as easy as one would think. Just following the ridge doesn't quite cut it. Adam and I were in the lead and topped out the ridge onto a point that had a register with the name "Ramu Horn". Very close by were two pillars we thought were Two Eagle. We waited for Bob, who concluded the summit to be still 15 mins further along the ridge. We went over there and found the real summit. The two summit blocks are really close in height. If you want to actually stand on them, they require about a 5.8 move.
|Posted Aug 13, 2009 4:59 pm
|Sierra Ledge Rat
|1993: E Ridge
|With some friends
|Posted Jul 18, 2008 12:10 am
|Steve Larson
|Route Climbed: East Ridge Date Climbed: August, 1982
|The East Ridge is a splendid route.
|Posted Nov 9, 2004 12:17 am


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Tusk thief takes chainsaw to the Sun King's elephant
PARIS: A man has broken into the Paris natural history museum and used a chainsaw to hack off the tusk of an elephant that belonged to King Louis XIV of France, officials say.
Police arrested the man in a nearby street as he was making his escape and recovered the three-kilogram tusk, museum workers said.
The elephant – whose skeleton is preserved in the popular museum – was given as a gift in 1668 by the king of Portugal to Louis XIV, known as the Sun King.
The animal's tusks are not the original ones but were added to the skeleton in the 19th century.
Police made no immediate comment about why the man tried to steal the tusk but thieves have stolen ivory from several European museums and zoos in recent years.
The international trade in elephant ivory, with rare exceptions, has been outlawed since 1989 after elephant populations in Africa dropped from millions in the mid-20th century to about 600,000 by the end of the 1980s.
Yet poachers continue to slaughter elephants to lay their hands on their precious ivory and the illegal trade in the white gold continues to boom.
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Striker Negredo 'top of City wishlist'
Manuel Pellegrini has said he hopes Manchester City will make a signing in the next few days – and ESPN has been told that Sevilla striker Alvaro Negredo is his top target.
- McMath: Time right for Negredo
City are looking to find a replacement for Carlos Tevez, who was sold to Juventus and Negredo, 27, who scored 25 goals in La Liga last season, fits the bill.
Pellegrini has said his main priority in the transfer market is another forward, with Sergio Aguero and Edin Dzeko currently the only specialist attackers in the City squad.
The manager and his players have flown to South Africa to begin a pre-season tour, facing Supersport United in Pretoria on Sunday and AmaZulu FC in Durban on July 18.
He told the Manchester Evening News: "We will try to have a very good squad this year so, as you say, we are in the market. We don't know at this moment who is going to come here, but we are trying to get the best players for us to add to our squad.
"I don't know if, before we finish here in South Africa, other names will arrive to our squad. Maybe, in the next few days, we can have fresh news."
On Thursday, Negredo said his future could lie away from Sevilla, and the Spanish club, seem to have already signed a replacement in the shape of Colombian forward Carlos Bacca.
City are also interested in Fiorentina's Stevan Jovetic, but Negredo, who has scored 70 goals in four years for Sevilla, tops their shortlist.
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Enter the Hackmeeting Blog
Tabla de contenidos
The hackmeeting is a free self-governed event dealing with new technologies, its social implications, the free circulation of knowlegde and techniques, privacy, collective creation, the telecom conflict... It's aimed at everyone with an open, curious mind willing to share their experiences and enjoy the event as part of the organization. Some of the talks and workshops require advanced technical knowledge, other don't, others do not require computer experience at all.
To know the event better you might read the Manifesto and the frequently asked questions, watch this video of Hackinvisible 2008 and check the websites of previous hackmeetings 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003 2002, 2001, 2000).
Attending the event
(how to arrive, sleep, eat)
To attend the Hackmeeting it is convenient that you add yourself to the attendee list. A place will be prepared for around 150 people in the same place where the hackmeeting takes place. You only need to bring a sleeping bag and a mat.
The node is the fundamental unit in the organization of the hackmeeting: talks, meeting, proposals, actions, round table, workshop or whatever you want.
You're still in time to propose a node Call4Nodes Nodes (talks) (collaborate propose a node)
You can also:
- Visit the Archive of the material that has been generated over these 10 years of hackmeeting history.
- Watch the list of all the nodes since 2005 till now, 2009 NODES (the node is the fundamental unit in the organization of the hackmeeting: talks, meeting, proposals, actions, round table, workshop or whatever you want)
The hackmeeting makes no distinction between attendees and organizers, so we encourage you to participate actively in the organization: go to the coordination section and join the mailing list that is the open telematic popular assembly of this event, and ask, ask, ask... We also meet by IRC in the channel #hackmeeting of the serve irc.freenode.net
- Participate actively in the event, get in a train: participate in the local working teams to design the network, the node schedule, food, housing, the demonstration, etcetera
- Ask for a wish for this year's program.
- Propose and analize the Hackmeeting.
- Play with the Roles.
- Propose a node for this hackmeeting.
- This year, almost in the same dates as the hackmeeting in Madrid, the Hackmitin is getting celebrated in México DC (from the 9th to the 11th October).
Language problems? Not all the website is translated into english: use the mailing to get your questions asnwered, and feel free to send me an email using the "E-mail this user" feature (click 'history', then my user name, then the feature will appear in the toolbox).


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Ross may have to adjust swing upon return from DL
By Corey Brock / MLB.com
SAN DIEGO -- Tyson Ross' first Major League hit resulted in major league pain, as the Padres pitcher felt more than a twinge of pain in his left (non-throwing) shoulder on the follow-through of his swing during an April 17 game against the Dodgers.
Ross ended up on the disabled list with an impingement of his shoulder after hitting a single off Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw.
Ross threw a bullpen session consisting of 30 pitches on Wednesday. Of course, there's nothing wrong with his right arm or shoulder. But he's not to the point where his left shoulder feels good enough to return.
"It was just nice to get on the mound again after missing a week," Ross said Friday. "Right now, I'm just working with the training staff to strengthen [the shoulder]."
Ross will continue to keep his arm in shape until he reaches the point where he can take batting practice and test the left shoulder. He's even talked with hitting coach Phil Plantier about his swing.
"The big test will come when I'm able to swing a bat," Ross said. "I've already talked to [Plantier] about it and about cutting down on my swing. We've got to get to a point where we feel good with it."
Ross, who was 0-1 with a 3.86 ERA in his first three starts, has been replaced by Friday's starter, Andrew Cashner, in the rotation. Cashner makes his second start at Petco Park against the Giants.
Wieland upbeat after 100-pitch bullpen session
SAN DIEGO -- One day before the nine-month mark following Tommy John surgery last July, Joe Wieland threw 100 pitches off a mound on Friday in Arizona.
Wieland, a right-hander who made his Major League debut last season, was more than pleased with his bullpen session.
"My spirits, my enthusiasm today … it's the best day I've had," Wieland said of his post-surgery recovery that has included countless hours of rehabilitation. "Strength, health, I feel that I'm close to 100 percent of how I should be feeling."
While working out in Surprise, where the Padres have a temporary facility while the one in Peoria is being removed, Wieland threw the equivalent of three innings, resting in between innings, at about 75-80 percent, he said.
"That was a lot of throws … that's not something you do, even when you're healthy," Wieland said. "I have to control myself a little because within the last two weeks, I've really turned a corner and gotten to the point where I'm not feeling any pain at all."
Wieland said it is still too early to know when he'll appear in a Minor League game on a rehabilitation assignment, though he'll know more at the 10-month mark.
"The catcher is still standing up [during the bullpen session], but I felt good," he said. "I would stop between pitches and think, 'Why am I not in a game right now.' It's really tough. They don't want me going at full speed. I have to hold back."
Wieland had his reconstructive elbow surgery a month after teammate Cory Luebke did, though Luebke had a setback in his recovery and didn't throw for six weeks earlier this spring. He's currently throwing from 150 feet.
With Tommy John surgery, each case and each recovery varies. Both are on track to pitch this season, though it appears Wieland will beat Luebke back to San Diego.
"I would say I'm blessed, I'm fortunate. I was one of those guys who never thought I was going to get hurt, with all the work I did to keep my arm in shape," Wieland said. "I think the hard work I put in, not doing too much [through recovery and rehabilitation], too early, really helped.
"It was sticking to the schedule, the routine. Getting some rest in there. There were some days where I backed off. If you keep pushing it, it might delay you a couple of months."
Padres challenged by Sandoval's coverage of strike zone
SAN DIEGO -- Whenever the Padres face the Giants, manager Bud Black seems to field a question about San Francisco third baseman Pablo Sandoval.
Last week, as the Giants swept a three-game series from the Padres at AT&T Park, Sandoval had three hits -- including a home run -- and knocked in three runs.
For his career, Sandoval is a .294/.357/.498 hitter with 14 home runs and 42 RBIs in 279 at-bats facing the Padres.
Black would just as soon not see him bat -- with or without runners on base.
"We face him a lot," Black said. "At times, he can be streaky. We've seen him hotter, we've seen him colder."
Sandoval, a switch-hitter known for having a big strike zone, homered from the left side last week on a fastball on the inside corner. Later in the series, hitting right-handed, he took a changeup away and down in the strike zone -- almost on the ground down -- and rolled it into center field for an RBI.
"In the present day, he's at the top of the class of hitters who can hit balls outside the strike zone hard," Black said.
Short hop
• Danario Alexander, a wide receiver for the Chargers, was at Petco Park before Friday's game. He donned a batting practice jersey with his name on it and took batting practice. He hit two balls into the seats as well. Alexander recently signed his contract tender with the team. In 10 games last fall, he caught 37 passes for 658 yards and seven touchdowns. Alexander, 24, is from Marlin, Texas, and played college football at Missouri. He told Padres manager Bud Black he hit .490 as a senior in high school.
Corey Brock is a reporter for MLB.com. Keep track of @FollowThePadres on Twitter. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Cards appease ghosts of Series past
Unlikely contender for title does everything right in postseason
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The 2006 St. Louis Cardinals, overlooked, underestimated, beat up and put down, are the World Series champions. Maybe everything does even out over time. Maybe it only takes two years for everything to even out.
The Cardinals won the World Series by beating the Detroit Tigers in five games. These were the same Tigers who had taken the mighty Yankees in four games in the American League Division Series, and then had swept the Oakland Athletics in the AL Championship Series. These were the Tigers who rolled through the best the supposedly superior American League had to offer.
But they couldn't beat the Cardinals, which tells you something about the Cardinals: In this October, they were the best in baseball. OK, all right, they set a World Series record for the fewest regular-season victories by a champion. That is interesting, but not because it makes the Cardinals relatively bad. It is interesting because it makes this October even more special.
"The way it worked out, no one believed in our club, and we just believed in ourselves," World Series MVP David Eckstein said Friday night. "And we went out one day at a time. We did not stay in the past and we weren't looking towards the future. We stayed in the moment."
All of St. Louis was in the moment Friday night. The new Busch Stadium record crowd of 46,638 was joined in celebration by untold thousands of citizens in the downtown streets. Extremities may have been chilled by the climate on this October night, but the baseball events warmed the heart. It was a rollicking occasion, the one that this town fully expected to occur two Octobers ago. And that's where the get-even occurs.
The 2004 Cardinals were a tremendous team of overpowering hitting, solid pitching, and Gold Glovers catching the ball everywhere you looked. They were winners of 105 games in the regular season. They were not only the best team for six months in 2004. There has not been a better baseball team by record in the new millennium.
And then, they ran into a force of nature called the Boston Red Sox. The Olde Towne Team, 86 years without a Series title, had staged an epic, unprecedented comeback from three games down against their sworn enemies, the Yankees. After that, they arrived at the World Series with an air of inevitability about them. It didn't hurt their cause that Chris Carpenter wasn't available to pitch for the Cardinals.
The one thing those Cardinals did wrong was simply to get in the way of history. They probably could have defeated any team on the planet in October 2004, except destiny's designees, the Red Sox.
These 2006 Cardinals, though, made their own history. And rather than having a team hotter than anybody in the galaxy going against them, this time the Cardinals ran into a team that gave them a helping hand.
Take nothing away from this St. Louis victory. The Cardinals performed the tasks necessary for victory, especially in the postseason.
"They probably did the best job of anybody all year of pitching to us," Tigers manager Jim Leyland said Friday night. "And they really hadn't seen us that much. They did a tremendous job. ... They deserved it. They earned it."
The Cardinals shut down a potent Detroit offense again in the clincher on Friday night, with Jeff Weaver working eight stellar innings. The resulting 4-2 victory gave St. Louis the championship, but it also symbolized the way the Cardinals stopped the Tigers.
Detroit pitchers committed five errors leading to seven unearned runs in this World Series. They had particular difficulty with bunts. Friday night, Justin Verlander threw another one away at a critical fourth-inning juncture. At least the Cardinals were sportsmanlike about it. If they had wanted to run up the score, all they had to do was keep bunting.
The Cardinals won this one going away, taking the last three from Detroit. This was a performance far above expectations when the postseason opened. But this was a healthier St. Louis club than the one on the field for much of the season. Manager Tony La Russa was asked if, during the darkest days of the regular season, doubt about how far this club could go had overtaken him.
"How about daily?" La Russa said with a smile. "And a couple of times a day during the game. You operate with ... you kind of prepare for the worst and you hope for the best.
"So there were many times that things just didn't seem like they were falling into place for us. But from the first [postseason] game in San Diego, and there was our center fielder [Jim Edmonds] and our shortstop [Eckstein], and our club got a lift, no doubt about it.
"This guy, right here," La Russa said, gesturing toward Eckstein. "The big guy with the trophy."
Eckstein, the little guy with the huge heart, embodied the spirit of this club. The constant this year -- through all the adversity and much more defeat than expected -- was, La Russa said, heart. And then the heart was joined by improved health. And then, in the postseason, there was the heart, the health, and the kind of lock-down pitching that makes a team a winner in October.
So St. Louis celebrates its first World Series championship in 24 years. Maybe this was supposed to happen two years ago. Maybe it was more likely to happen two years ago. But this is the St. Louis Cardinals team that won, the 2006 bunch that suffered defeat but persevered, and in October was better than anybody else the Major Leagues had to offer.
In the wonderful baseball tradition of this city, there have been many teams with bigger names, and bigger reputations. But the 10th World Series champion for St. Louis, this team, will have a special place on that long list of successful teams. It overcame disappointment and it defeated the expectations, and, surprise or not, it went as far as a baseball team can go.
Mike Bauman is a national columnist for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Eastern Michigan squares off with rival Western Michigan in final road contest of the season
Associated Press
"The positive of our team is that our guys continue to show up and improve. Our guys are fighting and showing up and competing," English said in his weekly teleconference.
The Eagles look to continue that improvement Saturday when they travel to Kalamazoo to face in-state MAC rival Western Michigan (4-7, 3-5) at Waldo Stadium. Kickoff is set for 2 p.m.
While neither team has a chance at a bowl game, both schools have something to play for Saturday as the winner will take home the Michigan MAC Trophy given to the MAC team that goes unbeaten against their in-state rivals each year. EMU is 0-1, Central Michigan is 1-1 and WMU is 1-0.
If the Eagles win Saturday they will retain possession of the trophy for another year, having won the trophy last year.
WMU head coach Bill Cubit says his team has some extra motivation heading into Saturday's contest despite having just four wins on the season.
"We got a chance to get back the Michigan trophy, that's all we're playing for, we got one game left and we got to go out there with a bang. It should be a heck of a game," Cubit said. "It's a pretty heated game, it's a Michigan MAC game and this is our last one.
"This will be senior day for us and a lot of our kids want to go out on a good note there. We need to go out there and this is kind of like our bowl game, we got nothing left except for this game here."
After a disappointing loss to CMU last week, English and his team are hoping to rebound after giving away a double-digit second-half lead.
In that loss, senior Alex Gillett sparked the offense with 250 all-purpose yards and three touchdowns. Gillett started the second half at quarterback for EMU, marking his first significant amount of time at quarterback since the Purdue game on September 15. Sophomore Tyler Benz has started seven straight games in place of Gillett.
"He's just been a man of great character in the sense that we made a quarterback change and he did not become a cancer," English said about Gillett. "He did not get down on himself or the team. He just continued to prepare, we played him at wide receiver. The second half we played him at quarterback and he did a nice job running the offense.
"I just appreciate him, he's been a joy to coach, he's a true competitor, he's a captain on our football team and he's had good career here in the Mid American Conference."
It is unclear whether or not Gillett will see as much time at quarterback this week or not. But for Cubit and his team, the biggest challenge is stopping the Eagles comes from a different area.
"The biggest thing is stopping the run game. They do a really good job schematically on offense," Cubit said.
As for the Eagles, they are preparing to deal with a formidable Broncos passing attack. Led by senior quarterback Alex Carder, the Broncos will test the Eagle defense early and often Saturday.
"They've got their senior quarterback (Carder) playing again and as we all know he's done a great job, he's had a great career," English said. "They understand how to throw the football. They have some length at the receiver position and they have two quarterbacks that can play."
Carder missed six weeks of the season with a broken finger on his throwing hand and had mixed results, throwing for 275 yards and three touchdowns to go along with four interceptions in a 29-24 loss to Buffalo.
Limiting Carder's effectiveness will surely go a long way to helping English and his team retain possession of the Michigan MAC Trophy, but English knows that whether they stop Carder or not, Saturday's match up will be a fight.
"To me the rivalry games are very important and I'm excited to compete in this one," English said.
Matt Durr covers sports for Annarbor.com. You can email him at firstname.lastname@example.com or follow him on twitter @mdurr84


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"Crammed with scientifically impeccable detail about both familiar and mysterious beasts and birds. Anyone with a yen for understanding the fauna of the neighborhood and beyond will find delights here."
-- Michael Pakenham, Baltimore Sun
"Consider Owls Aren't Wise & Bats Aren't Blind a must-have if you intend to wander about outdoors this summer . . ."
-- Marta Salij, Chicago Tribune
"Anyone who loves animals will bark and hoot about this charming book."
-- Detroit Free Press
"Wildlife myths are fun, but Warner Shedd uses the skills and experience of a trained naturalist to make the facts even more fascinating. This will find a place alongside treasured field guides on the bookshelves of wildlife enthusiasts everywhere."
-- Patrick Leahy, Vermont State Senator


text: There are a lot in futures every week. This week KU Singh is in the 2nd round of the Pune,India future. Former college players Saketh Myneni and Jeevan Neducheziyan are in the tournament as well. KU's rank is up in the 600's now which is very good for a college player and usually indicative of a top player in the NCAA. The UVA commits also competed in a future. the one in Florida. Also the Champaign challenger saw some Illini compete.


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Lets Give Karen -The bus monitor- H Klein A Vacation! — Indiegogo.
In case you don't recall, this is the nice elderly lady who was working as a bus monitor when she was verbally abused by some feral children who thought it would be a good idea to video the attack and post it to YouTube.
One good guy started this donation page to raise $5K 'to send her on the vacation of a lifetime'. They raised $703,833. That'll make for a very nice retirement fund, and she can vacation when she wants.
Good for Max Sidorov for doing this (and for indiegogo for having a platform to make it happen).


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Robert DeLong
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Drum Machines Do Have Souls
Have drum machines eliminated the need for drummers? I could beat around the bush and hide my ultimate conclusion, but the answer really is no. As with most technologies, when put to creative use drum machines can be just as soulful as a real drummer and, in the right hands, can take on a musical life of their own.
In my quest to research the instruments that make up the dance/electronica sound, I quickly realized it's a genre that can include every instrument in the world. With such a broad array of styles within the genre, it's nearly impossible to create a truly complete guide to EDM instruments. But perhaps an actual artist is one of the best places to start in order to understand the inner workings of EDM technology, including drum machines. Based in Los Angeles, Robert DeLong is not only equipped with traditional guitar- and keyboard-playing chops, but also a rare toolbox of Nintendo Wii remotes, game pads, joysticks, and even a Sega Genesis controller to stage his live concerts.
While the melodies to DeLong's songs often begin on guitar or piano, he acknowledges that his breakout single "Global Concepts" was born and developed by a single drumbeat made on his computer. Onstage, DeLong fuses traditional live performance methods with technology and is accompanied by a full drum set, live looping and MIDI controllers, in addition to nontraditional instruments video game players might remember.
"The Sega Genesis controller is programmed to adjust different parameters of my synthesizers," DeLong explains. "I can catch a live vocal with the Wii remote and shake it around to control the delay."
DeLong isn't just an artist who relies on technology, he creates most of his songs by picking up an actual guitar. Many EDM artists incorporate traditional instruments with technology, and by doing so break boundaries while creating innovative, soulful sounds. While some genres, such as country or rock, might be associated with specific instruments, the nature of EDM makes it a potential catalog for everything the music world has to offer. But never does such variation, including technology, sacrifice the EDM sound. Rather, drum machines, Wii remotes and Sega controllers all have souls because the artists who wield them use them as instruments to express their inner creativity.
With music, it is always the artist's soul on display.


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Fall Colors – Capitol Reef Country
There are few places in the west where it is easier to view fall colors than in Capitol Reef Country. Wayne County, Utah is surrounded by three significant mountain ranges that offer great access for viewing of autumn's changing leaves. The map below illustrates locations where fall color viewing may be the best. We'll begin with the paved road areas, and then provide information on some non-paved areas to access via jeep, ATV, horse, hike, or mountain bike.
Paved Roads:
Scenic Byway 12: From Byway 24 turn south on Scenic Byway 12 and begin your ascent to the summit along the eastern edge of Boulder Mountain. On this drive you quickly are amidst the pines with aspen trees soon to follow. The drive to the summit is approximately 20 minutes, and while the fall color views will astound you, you'll also be enamored with the views to the east toward the Henry Mountain and across Capitol Reef National Park. Elevation at the summit is over 9,000 feet.
Fish Lake: From Loa go north toward the farm community of Fremont and continue north on Highway 72 to the turn to Mill Meadow Reservoir (about 12 miles). Turn left and follow the loop around to Johnson Valley Reservoir, Fish Lake, and on back to highway 24 and then circle back toward Loa. Near the turn to Mill Meadow (just past and near Forsyth Reservoir) you do have the option of going right up onto Thousand Lakes Mountain (dirt road). (Check out this optional itinerary)
Henry Mountains: You can get up on the Henry Mountains by going south on Notom Road approximately 15 miles and turn east (left – just before Sandy Ranch). Look for signs that will lead you up onto the mountain to Bull Creek Pass. (See this itinerary for more details)
West Boulder Mountain: Venture south from Loa, Lyman or Bicknell on roads that lead to the western edge of the boulder mountains. View this itinerary that leads to this area. Check out this itinerary on the North Slope of Boulder Mountain – accessible from Teasdale – LINK
For more details on trails that lead to these areas – check out our trail itineraries and maps found here.


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Corvette Wins Strategic Vision Total Value Award
The Corvette team will need to make a little more room on the mantle for yet another award. Strategic Vision announced last week their list of winners for their 2011 Total Value Awards. The C6 Corvette Coupe took home top honors in the Premium Coupe segment beating out another CorvetteBlogger favorite, the Cadillac CTS Coupe.


text: ^Disagreement is cool. I just didn't get from it what you did is all. But different people have different tastes. Mr. Mignogna (how do you pronounce that? Is it Italian and the g is silent) was okay and I didn't think he was bad but I noticed he was doing Shatner's hand manurisms and stuff and it just was kinda like an impersonation to me. I didnt like it but it didn't turn me off to where I don't want to watch more. I want to see if he brings himself to the part and not Shatner I guess. On lighting and production values it all looked like Star Trek to me so that was great! I thought McCoy's acting was terrible and they should probably get a pro actor for that role or if he is they need a better director because he seemed really out of character to me. You may disagree but that's my two cents. Maybe people think I'm nuts for thinking so and that's cool so maybe it's just me.


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Why should someone buy a Simbin racing sim and a wheel....here's why....
Do everyone a favour and get either a Logitech DFGT or a G27 if you're a competitive individual as the pedals will allow you to go faster by virtue of their superior construction.
Of all the things I've ever done to my PC's, nothing improved my gaming/racing experience more than a steering wheel, so do yourself a favour and get one....now sure, a xbox 360 pad will work on the PC, and this is a lot better than a KB, but a wheel leaves it for dead, for example consider how much fun it will be to lose the rear end at parabolica{Monza} and have to correct it with a wheel vs any other input device....no comparison.
Why Simbin?.....basically because they have one of the best MP modes of any racing game I've ever tried, in fact, if I were building a racing sim, I'd buy simbins and be done with it, also the SP aspect of the game is very good as well, ie, time trials and racing against the AI, but don't ask me about SP career mode, as I've never played it, and have no desire to, as that's not really what sim racing's about.
Sim racing "should" be about consistent lap times and fair play{takes skill to overtake, and takes concentration to keep a car on track, especially if you're being hounded by others}, and this is what you can learn via either the SP aspect or the MP, and the good news with Simbin from a SP POV is that they have an AI difficulty slider, and trust me, at 100% or over, you'll can have a challenge on your hands, but at the same time, you can start at 80% whilst learning your craft.
This is a much more effective method than just having stupid difficulty levels which do **** knows what, so consider that if you set the AI to 85%, start last, it might take you 4-5laps to win the race{it would take me 1-2 at most, but at 95% or higher, different story}, so no matter your level, you can race competitively against the AI, but that's not to say the AI are perfect, but that's where MP comes in.
Simbin have a bad/good habit of releasing a hell of a lot of expansion packs for RACE07, so there's GTR Evo, RACEON**, WTCC1/2, Caterham pack, GT Legends, GT power pack, retro pack, WTCC2010 and probably another one or two, LOL, either way, you'd want to start with RACE07 and GTR Evo so you get good range of tracks and cars, including the awesome GT pro and GT sport classes, with 600bhp Corvettes, Astons, Audi's etc, and approx 440-500BHP models in the GT sport class, you'll also have a sticky F3000 open wheeler{the fastest car in the game, ie fastest lap times, but other cars have much higher top speeds}.
** this expansion will appeal to many Americans as it's loaded with US Muscle cars.
You also get modern Mini's, which are very easy to drive, so if you're a girl or girlyman, you might start with a mini, or you can also try 280bhp cars in the WTCC class, which are much easier to drive than a 600BHP C6R Corvette{one of the great sim cars IMO}.
The beauty of it being 2011, is that all the simbin stuff is now cheap as chips, so you could buy every game I mentioned, and still get change from a $100, not bad considering the range of cars and tracks, and that the MP has dedicated servers and is still busy today{at the right times+you have many private leagues you could join as well}.
As far as getting help with any aspect of the game/s/wheels, you could always ask me, but you also have a number of dedicated racing forums, like Nogrip and Racedepartment, both of which will allow to you to not only join their private leagues, but offer free mods, ie, more cars and tracks....speaking of which, GTR Evo has Nurburg Endurance 24km, Nordschleife 20km, and Nurburg GP track among others.
One of the things you must remember about racing sims like the Simbin range is that they still have driving aids which make life much easier, but trust me, once you get your head around this, you'll never want or need to engage a driving aid, and you also have unbelievable steering wheel precision and forcefeedback, heck even the cheaper DFGT has extremely good FFB.
Between the quality and durability of logitechs DFGT/G27, the amount of content from Simbin, the quality of the SP modes, and the firstclass MP, you really can't go wrong, especially if you're a competitive person who takes pride in accomplishing something, and in this case, you're tasked with not just speed, but racing ability, ie, overtaking and bringing the car home in one piece, which can be easier said than done with high damage settings{but like most things in this great racing series, it's adjustable}.
On top of all this, there's text chat ingame, downloadable set ups ingame, lap records counterx2, full race length permanent replays of both SP and MP modes, multiple car views, ie, cockpit, bumper cam, chase cam etc, oh and there's also a reasonably good wet weather mode as well......the cars also have working wipers, lights and FOV adjustment if you choose cockpit view.
After recently buying the GT power pack and the Retro pack, I felt compelled to write this in favour of Simbin as they really have produced a monster of a series that just keeps getting better.
One last thing regarding the difficulty of driving a sim in pro mode{all aids off}....remember that it's a learnable skill, I was absolutely useless when I first started and can remember doing a 2min lap and thinking it was fast, little did I know that with a wheel, a better set up and more practice, I'd shave 14 seconds off that time, but I thought I was doing well at 2mins, lol.
Don't forget that this set of skills is transferable to ALL racing games, so if you're fast in Simbin, you'll be fast in Forza/GT5/Shift/Iracing etc, but Simbin is a much better training ground than any console port.
We're also at a unique point in gaming history, ie, companies are beginning to really chug out some great racing products, so you've got more wheels, sim rigs, sim gear than ever before, and popular wheels like the G27 can be modified all over the place, of course, step one would be to get the hang of it in standard form, but if you end up enjoying sim racing, you have a huge range of gear compared to a few yrs ago, that said, I have my DFGT simply connected to my PC desk{though I'll be buying a G27 asap}.
If you haven't already, check out some of the new stuff from Fanatec for example, especially the Clubsport pedals{pedals more important than the wheel in most cases if speed is your priority}, but don't forget that Logitech are the masters of plug and play+ compatibility, ie, though a G27 is limited to the PC and PS3, it will work on virtually every late model game, whereas the monster sized Thrustmaster T500 won't.
Basically when it comes to sim racing in 2011, it's all good


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Stein Mart Sees Brighter Future Ahead
Source: Cecile B. Corral
Jacksonville, Fla. - Stein Mart Inc. is anticipating an upturn in its uneven home business beginning in the second half of this year and into spring as a result of new leadership and other improvements, the company said during its first quarter conference call last week.
"The home area continues to lag, but we have hired a new (general merchandise manager) over home and look forward to getting a new perspective on this important vision," said Michael Fisher, president and CEO.
He was referring to the recent appointment of Kassie Jones as vice president and general merchandising manager for the home area. Her background in retail includes management positions in the home area with Federated Department Stores, The Great Indoors and, most recently, Home Shopping Network, where she worked as senior vice president and general merchandising manager over home fashions.
Fisher added that he believes the company is better positioned in its home category for the second half of this year, "in terms of getting fundamental businesses at the appropriate levels. It will take some time before our new leadership's involvement is actually seen, but I think that will probably be visible in spring season of '06."
Stein Mart has revised its store openings/closings plans for this year, attributing the changes to "external issues, including construction delays." The company now expects eight to nine new stores - including one relocated site - to open this year and seven to shut down. Some stores originally planned for 2005 have been pushed back to 2006.


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Contact: Karen V. Gregory, Secretary (202-523-5725)
In testimony before the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation today, the Chairman of the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC or Commission) Richard A. Lidinsky, Jr., announced that, by unanimous vote, the FMC has initiated a Fact Finding Investigation into ocean vessel capacity and shipping equipment availability for U.S. exports and imports. Commissioner Rebecca F. Dye has been named to lead the Fact Finding.
During his testimony to the Subcommittee, Chairman Lidinsky said that "available shipping space is a key ingredient to the financial recovery of American exporters and importers." He also stated: "I have full confidence that under Commissioner Dye's guidance, the Commission's Fact Finding Investigation will shed valuable light on the shipping capacity issue and inform further action or policy improvements by the FMC and Congress."
Commissioner Dye stated: "If a U.S. exporter has goods to sell overseas, that exporter must be able to get them delivered. I intend to conduct a full and fair analysis of how we can make that happen. I look forward to cooperating with the ocean carriers, intermediaries, equipment leasing companies, and their exporter and importer customers as partners in this effort to identify the issues and develop potential solutions."
The Commission's Fact Finding Order noted that 2009 was one of the worst years in the fifty-year history of international containerized shipping, during which U.S. export and import volumes and carrier revenues fell precipitously. Recent gains, however, have been accompanied by a number of reports of U.S. exporters and importers having difficulty obtaining liner service and problems with the distribution and availability of shipping containers.
The Commission's Fact-Finding Order and today's testimony observed that the Shipping Act establishes the goal of promoting "the growth and development of United States exports through competitive and efficient ocean transportation." The Commission also noted that President Obama has recently directed federal agencies "to use every available federal resource" to increase U.S. exports over the next five years.
Chairman Lidinsky told the House Subcommittee that the FMC has also been taking other steps to address the recent vessel capacity and equipment availability issues, including:
"We will continue to explore all options for helping the ocean carriers and their exporter and importer customers cooperate as 'partners in recovery' and put Americans back to work," said Chairman Lidinsky.
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In the first part of this post, I discussed how when planning for retiring clients, it's crucial to get an understanding of what the client's goals are in the first place, so that recommendations can be made about how to financially secure those goals. I also gave specific examples of how to go about it. In the second part of the post, I'll explain what is "essential" for retirees versus the needs of accumulators.
In the general case of spending, where people are ultimately are constrained by income and must make spending and saving decisions with the income they have, it is valuable to distinguish between needs and wants. In the case of retirees, however, the situation is somewhat different—for the simple reason that if retirees are not satisfied with the total level of spending available, the retiree can choose to spend less and save more before retirement, and/or can choose to work longer to accumulate more before retiring (at least to the extent health allows).
Thus, in the case of the retiree, there is an interaction between "essential" needs in retirement and the decision to retire at all: if your accumulated savings can afford only the bare essentials and not the full amount of the "discretionary" desired lifestyle, the prospective retiree keeps working until the entire lifestyle they feel is "essential" is affordable!
As a result, in all but the situations where retirement is forced due to external circumstances, the distinction between essential and discretionary spending appears to be less relevant. If there are only sufficient assets to afford essentials but not the desired discretionary spending, the prospective retiree keeps working until they can afford their entire lifestyle, including the essentials and a desired amount of lifestyle discretionary spending.
From there, if returns are even better than anticipated, lifestyle can always be upgraded further. But from the perspective of someone considering the retirement decision—who has a choice about whether to retire or not—the goal rarely is to secure essential spending and take the risk that the rest won't be affordable because it's just "discretionary." Instead, the typical goal is to afford the entire retirement lifestyle.
In fact, retirees are often willing to work longer specifically to ensure that their later retirement years aren't stripped of enjoyment (no more eating out, no more visiting the grandchildren) because there wasn't enough money to afford the desired "discretionary" spending.
In practice, I believe this is why an essentials versus discretionary discussion is often difficult to have with a retiree, especially a prospective retiree. If the answer is "you can afford the essentials in retirement, but not the discretionary expenses that also constitute lifestyle you are accustomed to" the typical answer is not "let's guarantee the essentials and hope returns carry us to the rest" but instead is "I'll keep working until I have reasonable certainly my entire lifestyle goal can be accomplished"—and if there's upside from there, all the better.
In turn, this is why approaches like tying total spending to an amount sustainable under a safe withdrawal rate approach seems to be far more popular with planners and their clients than buying an annuity to secure "essentials" and investing for the discretionary expenses that remain.
So what do you think? Is the essentials versus discretionary distinction really meaningful for a retiree who can just work longer to ensure their entire lifestyle is affordable? Does the psychological impact of being unable to afford the discretionary expenses that constitute a lifestyle still make them somewhat essential? If the essential versus discretionary approach only meaningful for people who can't afford their lifestyles in the first place?


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Walpole business gets 'Dear John' from John Deere
WALPOLE, N.H. -- A relationship Alan Johnson's grandfather started with an iconic American business 84 years ago officially ended Monday.
The owner of R.N. Johnson said representatives from John Deere strolled into his store at 4:15 p.m. and told him the industrial giant was canceling its contract with the shop. Johnson said the representatives immediately started removing all the corporation's equipment -- equaling $1 million in value -- from the business that was one of the three or four oldest family-owned John Deere dealers in the world.
"This day has been coming for about a decade," Johnson said in a telephone interview, while the merchandise was being taken from his store. "We have been fighting it tooth and nail to stop but there was nothing we could do."
He said it is a little early to tell how this will affect his business but John Deere equipment made up more than half of his inventory, and his showroom looks pretty bare without it. The lack of merchandise forced Johnson to do something his business hasn't in 84 years -- lay off employees.
He said he had to cut six of his 20 workers from payroll Tuesday in order to reduce overhead. Johnson said terminating people's positions has been the saddest thing about this whole experience.
"I believe, and my grandfather (Ralph "Jack" Nathan Johnson) believed, the greatest purposes in business is to provide jobs," he told the Reformer. "I have no great need to accumulate wealth."
He said those six individuals relied on their jobs and the insurance that came with it.
Despite the heartbreak, Johnson said he holds no resentment toward John Deere, which is famous for its green and yellow deer logo. He instructed all his employees to help the representatives remove the merchandise from the store, telling them "It's no more fun for them than it is for us."
Though he said he does not take the decision personally, he believes it is John Deere's corporate philosophy to systematically cut relations with all single-location dealers and use only large, multi-location dealers. He said his shop is just the latest casualty.
Barry Nelson, the manager of media relations for John Deere, said that is not the corporation's philosophy, and Johnson is not in a position to say so. Though he rebutted Johnson's comment, Nelson said confidentiality reasons prevented him from explaining why John Deere decided to cancel the contract.
When asked if John Deere was concerned about small businesses, Nelson said the company is concerned about its relationship with its customers.
He said anyone can visit the corporation's website and use their ZIP code to find the nearest John Deere dealer.
Northrax Northeast in Springfield, Vt., is about 16 miles from R.N. Johnson and sells John Deere construction tractors, but not farming ones. It appears that Mountain View Equipment, LLC, in Rutland, Vt., is the dealer of John Deere farming tractors closest to Walpole. According to MapQuest, it is at least 55 miles from Walpole.
Johnson said his company will not sever all ties with John Deere, as it will still offer the parts and service to corporation's equipment. He also said he will continue to operate the store's John Deere Museum.
"We have green and yellow blood," he said. "You don't just kiss that history good-bye."
Johnson said he also carries Kuhn, Echo and Stihl and will start discussions with other tractor lines.
He said the situation is upsetting, but merely business.
"I have complete faith in God and He will guide us through it," he said.
The John Deere headquarters are in Moline, Ill., but the man whose name the company bears was born in Vermont.
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Just wondering if anyone else from the MOA attended the "Evening with Rawhyde Adventures" last evening? I am not associated with either so this isn't a product plug. I thought the Rawhyde info was very informative and it also gave me the opportunity to visit a BMW dealership I hadn't been to previously. Also the other attendees were very welcoming and conversation flowed well after the presentation was over. I didn't get to remember everyone I was introduced to but was wondering what MOA chapter the GS riders in the Chicago/Joliet area belong to?
Bar risers and foot pegs (lowered) I need to add to my GS. And I brought back a pair of Wunderlich pegs from Sedalia.
Rawhyde is coming back sometime in September to put on a one-day adventure riding clinic. I'm going to have to play hookie from work if it is a weekday.


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Hagen Living World Wooden Bird Swing with Perch
|Hagen Living World's Wooden Bird Swing has a natural motion that simulates tree movement and helps to calm stressed birds, providing them with mental and physical stimulation. Attaches easily to hang from virtually any cage. Natural motion simulates tree movement Releives stress & stimulates activity Easily attaches to most cages
Hagen Living World Cockatiel Sand Perch Covers
|Hagen Living World Cockatiel Sand Perch Covers keep perches clean and sanitary. Just slip one over your bird's perch to help naturally maintain claws at the proper length. Easy to install and replace. Keeps nails clean & trim Hygienic covers for perches Easy to slip over perch For cockatiels & lovebirds


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WisdomTree Investments' (WETF) stock is unusually weak this morning. The reason appears to be a filing that paves the way for 23.8% of the company's outstanding shares to come onto the market.
The form S-3, filed on Friday, sets up chairman Michael Steinhardt and early backer RRE Ventures to sell nearly 30 million shares. Steinhardt's sale of 11.7 million, a figure that includes 4 million shares held by The Judy and Michael Steinhardt Foundation, would reduce his stake in the company from 25.1% to 15.9%, according to the filing.
Sterne Agee & Co. analysts Jason Weyeneth and Charles Warren predict in a morning note to clients that the stock could fall 4% or 5% from current levels on account of the news. That move has already happened this morning: The stock is down 5.7% to $6.65 recently.
The Sterne Agee analysts argue that these sales should come as little surprise. They're sticking with their "buy" rating, $9 price target and calling WETF "one of our favorite names in the space particularly for smaller cap focused growth investors":
- This announcement doesn't come as much of a surprise given RRE Ventures has been invested in WETF for 7+ years and likely represents an aging investment given the life cycle of venture capital funds, and WETF represents a sizable portion of Mr. Steinhardt's personal wealth.
- Just A Filing. At this point it is just an S-3 filing and no formal offering has been launched. We note WETF is expected to release earnings on Friday (10/26) and we would be surprised to see a formal offering launched before investors have an opportunity to see 3Q12 results.
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How did you pick your screen name?
My internet handle has been 'Tornado' since I started chatting online in the mid-nineties. I thought it suited my personality. My mother suggested 'Spitfire' as an alternative.
How did you come to read Twilight and which book is your favorite?
I resisted everything to do with Twilight for a while because I have been terrified of vampires since I was a child, and I hated anything that was in the horror genre. However, everyone kept saying it was so romantic, and as it was a fantasy type romance I knew that would appeal to me. My favorite scenario for anything, whether it be book, TV show or movie is as follows: girl meets boy. Boy does something amazing that proves to girl that he is not normal. Girl must find out how boy can do this. They (usually) fall in love.
Finally, when Twilight was coming out on DVD, I thought I could risk seeing it, as I could then forward through any horror bits. So I watched the first teaser trailer on the internet, just to see if it was something I might like. From the moment Edward looks up into Bella's eyes when he saved her from the van I was hooked, and watched everything on the internet that I could find, and bought both the movie and all four books as soon as I could.
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Malfunction at the Photo Day Junction
I am not one of those people who take thing lightly in life. If I see a problem, I speak my mind and if the problem is fixed in the future, then no one ever hears about it again. With that inmind, I need to address a situation that happen both outside and inside the Trop. during the Season Ticketholder Photo Day.
Now I am willing to take into account that the day was postponed from yesterday (Saturday) because of the committment to Fox Television for the MLB Game of the Week featuring our Rays against the Twins. And for Fox, the game turned into rating gold as the Rays battled the Twins and finally got to celebrate their first Postseason Berth in franchise history.
Because of that event, I can see the reason to postpone the annual Photo Day until Sunday. I can honestly see the reasoning and the logic behind the change and want this to become the event I remember from last year, and the years before. It was turned into a fiasco outside by the Security team letting everyone take the main corridor into the stadium for the Season Ticketholders. Instead of snaking two lines, one north, one south, everyone was corralled into one central line with a line all the way out to the security enterance beyond the tiled walkway.
We finally got it together and the line was split not more than 10 minutes before we got into the building. So, for this I will give half credit to the Security guys to take the bull by the horns and make the situation better before it got worse. With that in mind, what happened inside after we got to the blue ropes was a tremedous disappintment to me and a huge number of Season Ticketholders who remember the last 8 Photo Days, even back when Fuji Film used to sponsor the event.
As we sat there waiting for the first group to arrive out at the roped off area, it was after 11:10 A.M. before the first guy, Mitch Talbot got to the line and began talking, shaking hands and getting his photo taken with a few people. During this time a small group of guys finally got out there and did their time walking the line talking to friends, and meeting new ones. I have to admit, the first group got through the lines, which stretched the entire length of the outfield in good amount of time.
But the next group, which included rookie David Price was whisked by so fast you almost had to set your camera for a action shot to even get him in focus. The other guys meandered by taking photos with the people until it was about 11:35 A.M. Then I overheard someone talking to one of the interns that we had to speed this up. Considering that about 18 players actually got out there today, it went pretty fast.
But what set me off and a few of the other people was when Eric Hinske was ushered around with not even a stop every 10-15 feet so you could get a picture of him, much less with him. He was rushed by so fast we only got to see the side of his head, and did not get a chance to even say Congrats to him. Now I am an ex-professional player, and I know that sometimes these events can be draining, but this turned into a public relations disaster for the team.
It would have been better to postpone it for after the game instead of try and rush just these 18 guys around like cattle and then get the field ready for the game. After the win last night, you would think that these guys would enjoy a little down time to just chat and BS with the fans. The pressure put on them by the sales staff was unprofessional in my mind. By the way Jeff Tanzer, before you rush to even try and condemn me for this, I do have adegree in communications and marketing and I know how to sell a brand. Just ask to see my national Pepsi rings.
I heard and saw Jeff give the rush orders not once, but twice concerning the amount of time they had on the field and what time they had to get the players back into the locker room. It was a disgraceful event, and I know I am not the only one that will complain about it. But I will be the only one to put it on my website and on MLBlogs for the rest of baseball to see how you treated a sacred event to us, your Season Ticketholders.
We are not the Corporate sponsors, or the deep pocket people, but we are the ones who are friend with each other and can make a voice heard. We are also the group of people who have seen Photo day before where almost every player came out and participated, even for a few minutes. Missing from the event was player favorites like, Carlos Pena, B J Upton, Jonny Gomes, Rocco Baldelli, Scott Kazmir, Dioner Navarro, and Rays Manager Joe Maddon. Not even one Coach came out for the event.
I am only saying that if you think the event can not be run with great results, why did you not postpone it or run it after the game. You would of already had the players out there for the "Shirts Off Their Backs" promo, and with our wristbands, it could have been a controlled situation. But instead it became a frazzled and mis-aligned mess that will have repercussions beyond that day.
It is a day I look forward to every year. I get to chat and take a picture with the guys I respect and admire for what they can do on the turf. It is a day we can put confidience and a feeling of unity with the guys who sweat and bleed between the line for us during the season. But instead, we saw guys sprint by us like they were missing their flights.
I have heard rumors that you guys are thinking of having a send-off party at the airport, or a welcoming party at the airport upon return from a out-of-town set of games. If it is run correctly, I know we all would love to come and be a great part of this year. If it is run like today, why bother when it is clear that some in the management of the Rays do not have the fans best interest. We love this team and what it stands for more than anything in this world, but we also do not want to be treated like a outsider in our own town.
Do the right thing and think twice from now on. Oh by the way, since I have this platform to voice my displeasure, let me give you Jeff Tanzer, the Director of Season Tickets amd Sales, the option to hear other fans voice their comments to you. You can reach Jeff at (727) 825-3193, or (727) 825-3204. I hope you call and at least just let him know what you thought of the event. I am not trying to blow the phonelines off the wall, just want the Rays Republic to be able to voice their concerns and suggestions.
In closing, I want to thank these players for coming out today for the Photo Day, Akinora Iwamura, Mitch Talbot, Justin Ruggiano,Gabe Gross, Ben Zorbrist, Edwin Jackson, Juan Salas, Dan Johnson, David Price, Eric Hinske, Jason Bartlett,Trever Miller, Dan Wheeler, Grant Balfour,Jason Hammel,Michel Hernandez, Jeff Niemann,John Jaso,Chad Bradford,Matt Garza and James Shields. Andy Sonnanstine had a great reason to miss today since he was the starting pitcher for the Rays today
And Jeff, you can reach me at email@example.com, or ask anyone in the building who knows me for my number. Have a better Day.


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Arris announced it will acquire the Motorola Home business from Google for $2.35 billion. Arris will get outright possession of approximately 1,000 patents, and also an open license to about 1,000 more held by Motorola Mobility (which remains with Google). Google has also agreed to largely indemnify Arris against any adverse financial judgments stemming from the patent war between Motorola and TiVo [1]. [1]
Google will receive $2.05 billion in cash and approximately $300 million in newly issued Arris shares.
Arris has been considered one of the most likely companies to end up with Motorola Home. Pace and Technicolor were also said to have been interested, according to reports [2].
Arris CEO Bob Stanzione emphasized that the acquisition would greatly broaden Arris' product portfolio, its customer base and it's geographic reach. He noted that presently, Arris' two biggest customers - Comcast and Time Warner Cable - represent 50 percent of sales; following the acquisition, it would take the combined entity's top five customers to represent half of sales.
Arris and Motorola have long been direct competitors and do have product overlap, including cable modem termination systems (CMTSs), set-tops, gateways and other equipment. On a conference call with analysts and press that was held at 6:30 p.m. ET, Stanzione said Arris had no plans to exit any current product line from either of the two companies. He added that integration teams would be formed in the morning (Dec. 20) but did not volunteer whether those teams might identify areas of redundancy.
Last May, Arris and NDS announced they were integrating the former's gateway with the latter's middleware and security. Asked if the Motorola acquisition threatens Arris' relationship with NDS, Arris executives said no. Arris group vice president of products and services Bruce McClelland said Arris would continue with its Moxi whole-home solution, the NDS product, which is being developed at the behest of one customer ("maybe more than one," he noted) and a system being developed using Comcast's Reference Design Kit (RDK). The latter two products have not been made commercially available yet.
Motorola has a three-year-old patent suit it filed against TiVo; TiVo last year counter-sued. The potential harm to Motorola should it lose the fight was said by people knowledgeable of the situation to be a sticking point that delayed Google's sale of the Motorola Home unit by more than a month. Stanzione withstood a barrage of similar questions from analysts, insisting that Arris' financial exposure to the suit was minimal, not material, and not relevant. One analyst brought up the possibility that a court might issue some sort of injunction, forcing Arris to suspend sales of Motorola products, but Stanzione said that possibility was remote.
"This transformational combination of two complementary businesses will create a leading end-to-end provider of today's video, data and voice products and tomorrow's next-generation IP-based broadband products," said Bob Stanzione, chairman and CEO of Arris. "Ever-expanding consumer demand for bandwidth will continue to drive growth across cloud and network technologies we provide that enable innovative home entertainment products and services."
Motorola Home is a profitable business that generated revenues of $3.4 billion for the trailing four quarters ended Sept. 30. Together, Arris and Motorola Home will have a global presence with more than 500 customers in 70 countries, more than tripling Arris' pro forma combined revenue to approximately $4.7 billion for the trailing four-quarter period ended Sept. 30, the company said. The combination is expected to generate approximately $100 million to $125 million in annual cost synergies.
The transaction is expected to close by the second quarter of 2013, subject to customary approvals and closing conditions.
Stanzione said that with the shares issued to pay Google, Google will hold a substantial position in Arris, and he expects Google will be a long-term investor.
Arris announced it will acquire the Motorola Home business from Google for $2.35 billion. Arris will get outright possession of approximately 1,000 patents, and also an open license to about 1,000 more held by Motorola Mobility (which remains with Google).


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I hate the idea of having to replace the brand-new DMC hitch for the Uni-Go version, but I will go there if I have to
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Mike Knoedl started with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission (AGFC) in 1985 as wildlife officer in Perryville, Perry County, then Saline, Pulaski and Dallas counties. He was chief of law enforcement and now is the Director of the AGFC. He said turkey hunting is his passion and likes to bow hunt with his sons. The following is our interview.
Kevin: The National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF) says turkey numbers are declining in Arkansas. Is this a true statement for Arkansas and AGFC lands?
Mike: Numbers are declining regionally. It is not necessarily an accurate statement statewide today. The last couple of years have had good hatches in south Arkansas. Expect to see two-year-old gobblers there this year.
Kevin: Have numbers declined statewide since 2000?
Mike: Absolutely. I was in Dallas County in the '90s. It was not unusual to hear more than 20 turkeys gobble in a morning. We had some bad hatches there, and also timber management practices have changed since then. Much of the habitat is not there like it used to be. It doesn't look like the same place.
Kevin: What are the issues of turkey decline?
Mike: No. 1 on my list is the poor hatch survival. Examples like the flooding events in 2008 and 2011 have increased the mortality rate. In south Arkansas if a turkey nests in a cutover area, some large rain events will put the nest under water. Also, wet springs and other weather events affect new survival.
Mike: No. 2 is predation. We don't have the same numbers of people trapping fur bearing animals near like we had when I was growing up. Coons, bobcats and foxes galore. It is a combination of them all and hurts the population. I monitor the fur prices some, and they went up this year. It appears we now might have some more people interested in trapping.
Mike: No. 3 is habitat.
Kevin: What are the habitat concerns for Arkansas and on AGFC lands? Is there an issue of quality habitat out there?
Mike: I do believe the AGFC is doing a good job on our wildlife management areas of setting the turkeys up for success with food plots and CRP ground, timber cutting and reforesting. AGFC has one of the best foresters around named Martin Blaney. We also do some control burns on AGFC lands. There are some people out there that would argue that this is not good for turkeys, but controlled burning will help to reforest and bring everything back to life that is under the leaves. That equates to good food for our turkeys and many other game animals that are out there. We also do a lot of cooperative work with the USFS who have been hit with bad hatches like the rest of the state.
Kevin: Is there good habitat modification happening on non-state lands as well?
Mike: Not so much. I wish I could tell you that there are a lot of positive things going on out there on private lands. The big pine forests, as they were, are gone. Business is business, but some areas have had everything cut.
Kevin: The NWTF says the reason the turkey decline is quality habitat.
Mike: I would not disagree with that, but you have to look at the total circumstances. I just don't think you can blame it all on habitat.
Kevin: Haven't habitat changes like timber cutting, woodland/farmland conversion, and population expansion conversions always been occurring on the landscape of Arkansas?
Mike: It has, but not at the rate that it is occurring today. The economy drives a lot of that. There has been a lot of cutting in south Arkansas. Down in Fordyce when I first went there, you couldn't drive on the road without seeing a log truck. There aren't many loggers there now because the timber is just not there. The plantation pine is good for producing deer, but turkeys are not going to get in the thickets. Northern Arkansas has not experienced the large scale cutting like south Arkansas, mostly because north Arkansas is mostly hardwood. In the '90s timber companies left wide Streamside Management Zones (SMZ's) on their lands, but now there is cutting to the edge of the creek. At the end of the day a turkey needs a tree to fly up in.
Kevin: If north Arkansas has not experienced the large scale cutting like south Arkansas, but numbers are still declining there, then decline can't be due to loss of habitat because of cutting in north Arkansas. What are the issues for habitat in north Arkansas?
Mike: Hatches are still No. 1 concern there. A lot of the northern part of the state is US Forest lands, and they do a lot of select cutting there. We have also had some years of bad weather affecting the hatch.
Question from a reader: Does the practice of large landscape prescribed burning in the late spring during the hatch season in north Arkansas affect population numbers?
Mike: I would defer to our biologists knowledge on prescribed burning. It is my feeling that we lose some nests but the good outweighs the bad.
Kevin: What is the balance of habitat for all kinds of wildlife?
Mike: I think you have to look at your objectives. If I had that answer I would be making more money than I am today. But SMZ's, wildlife corridors and differing timber types are part of the solution. A hardwood tree in south Arkansas is hard to come by these days. A good forest for turkey is a good bottomland hardwood, mast producing forest, along with some open areas. As the director, though, I have the responsibility to the taxpayers, to manage for all kinds of wildlife, not just turkeys.
Mike: No. 4 (on the list) rests with the AGFC. In the '90s we should have done more due diligence and looked at other states with high turkey populations to find what they were doing. In the good ole days we (AGFC) added days to the season. We didn't increase the limits, but we did add days to the season which increased the kill numbers. If we would have been a little more conservative during the high number days, we would not be facing what we are now. One of things we need to do better is making conservative seasons. What also happened in the mid '80s was a huge increase in the number of turkey hunters. I think this also had an impact on the populations due to hunting pressure.
To sum up, Mike agrees turkey numbers have declined in Arkansas and gives his top reasons why. He also believes "more habitat" is not occurring in south Arkansas. We will examine this more in my next interview with Joe Fox, Director of the Arkansas Forestry Commission, concerning forest habitat changes and the current state of Arkansas forests.
Keep reading my future interviews because they will include The Arkansas Forestry Association, The Nature Conservancy and US Forest Service cooperative efforts, two former AGFC wildlife biologists and finally NWTF spokespersons in "On the Turkey Trail."
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Kevin Tuckfield is a registered forester with A-1 Forestry Consultants/ Forest Maintenance CO LLC.


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New York Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis will miss the remainder of the season with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee, coach Rex Ryan announced Monday.
Revis was hurt in the third quarter of the Jets' 23-20 overtime win over the Dolphins in Miami on Sunday. It's a huge blow to their defense, losing the league's premier shutdown corner.
The Jets will need to move on with Kyle Wilson in the starting lineup, replacing Revis opposite Antonio Cromartie. Not only is Revis a terrific cover man, he also is a solid player against the run and a key leader for Ryan's defense.
The Dolphins immediately started targeting Wilson when Revis left the game. Over the longer term, expect teams to be a lot more aggressive throwing to wide receivers outside against New York. Not having Revis will also curb the Jets' blitzing ability, as they no longer have a corner they can consistently trust "on an island."


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