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First of all, Brad: Happy Birthday. You hit the big 5-0 today, and we hope Angelina and the kids have something special planned.
Once the celebrations are over and you've opened that mailing offering you an AARP membership, here are five things you — like every other presumably less handsome 50-something boomer — should do:
Take advantage of those 401(k) catch-ups. You can now set aside an extra $5,500 a year pretax. While that may be only a minuscule percentage of your income, it can make a big difference to how the rest of us do in retirement. Do it for 15 years, assume a compounded 5% return and it'll ad up to an extra $146,165 at age 65.
If you can set aside more pretax (and let's face it, you probably can, since Forbes says you made $25 million in 2012), here are three more options.
Don't neglect your health. This is when you start with those a once-a-decade colonoscopies. But it's also a good time to plan for how to pay for long-term care – for yourself and your parents. This will be a major expense for many Americans, and whether you love or hate Obamacare, it's not stepping into this. Long-term care is only getting more expensive as life expectancies increase, yet who wants to be a burden to their kids? If you haven't yet, it's time to start pricing policies. Here are four ways to cut the cost.
And nope, multivitamins aren't of much use for keeping you healthy.
Prepare for life after work. Sure, you and Angie think you'll be be making movies for as long as you want, but boomers' plans to keep working often go awry, often for health reasons. (We won't get into age-ism in Hollywood. Or that make too many turkeys and there goes your career.) And your lifestyle, with all the travel, nannies and the rest, is pretty costly. We're not saying you'll end up like Tori Spelling, but money can run out. Have a plan.
For the rest of us, use the AARP's calculator to see if you are saving enough.
Have you talked to an estate planner? Time to make sure you've got a plan, and a financial adviser who thinks about risk like you do. And will you and Angie ever marry? Not saying you should, but if you don't, there are some financial hassles to consider in anticipation of the unhappy day when one of you dies. After all, the two of you have six kids together; you're basically a Southern Gothic melodrama waiting to happen. You can find more estate-planning advice from MarketWatch here.
Come up with a plan to change the world. More prosaically, what about an encore career? We know about your Make It Right affordable-housing effort in New Orleans, which, by the way, may need some help. Even boomers without your money can do some good, or just start a different career. And moving to a university town is often part of the plan. You could always head back to Columbia, Mo., one of our best small cities to retire in, and finally get your journalism degree. Or switch to architecture.
Also on Encore:
Want to take a year off? Here's how to do it
Doctor shortage hasn't hurt Medicare yet
Retirees flock to university towns
Silvia Ascarelli is MarketWatch's senior news editor. Follow her on Twitter @SilviaAscarelli.


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What is a floodplain?
Indiana Code 14-8-2-99 defines floodplain as "the area adjoining a river or stream that has been or may be covered by floodwater". The amount of flooding used to establish permitting jurisdiction is known as the regulatory flood. The regulatory flood is defined in 312 IAC 1-1-15 (Adobe pdf file) as "a flood having a 1 % probability of being equaled or exceeded in a year as calculated by a method and procedure that is approved by the commission. The regulatory flood is equivalent to the base flood or the 100-year frequency flood." The floodplain is divided into two districts: floodway and fringe. Proposed new developments and improvements are subject to different floodplain regulations depending on the location in relation to the floodplain.
What is the floodway?
The Floodway is defined in IC 14-8-2-102 as:
Requirements for the floodway portion of the floodplain:
The DNR Division of Water has jurisdiction in Indiana's floodways for most development activities. Typical examples of floodway projects subject to DNR review and approval are fills, excavations, bridges, utilities, and non-residential structures. See the Statutes/Rules section for specific information on the DNR's permitting jurisdiction.
What is the fringe?
The Fringe is defined in 312 IAC 10-2-24 as "portions of a floodplain lying outside the floodway".
How do I know if I am in a floodplain?
The regulatory floodplain is the area shown as Zone A on the local communities Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM). This area includes both the floodway and the fringe portions of the floodplain. If your community participates in the NFIP, the local planning or zoning official probably maintains current copies of floodplain maps for your area. If not, development activities within the floodway portion of the floodplain are still subject to the applicable permitting program's requirements. If a floodplain determination cannot be made, the DNR's Division of Water does perform site-specific floodplain analysis and regulatory assessments. Fill out the Request for Floodplain Information form (pdf file ) in as much detail as possible and submit with a location map to inquire about the floodplain status of a particular property.
Requirements for the fringe portion of the floodplain:
There is no State review of or permit issued for development activities within the fringe portion of the floodplain. However, when a community adopts floodplain regulations, they must be approved by the Department, and may not be less restrictive than 312-IAC-10. In addition, most communities in Indiana participate in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), which requires that certain federal regulations be adopted and enforced by the community for the entire floodplain. These regulations are in addition to the requirements of the State's floodway permitting and floodplain management programs. Federal regulations regarding floodplain management for communities that participate in the NFIP are listed in 44 CFR Part 60: Criteria for Land Management and Use.
National Flood Insurance Program in Indiana
The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) is a Federal program enabling property owners in participating communities to purchase flood insurance. Participation in the NFIP is based on an agreement between the local community (County, City, or Town) and the Federal Government. It states that if the community will adopt and enforce certain floodplain management regulations to ensure safe development of flood prone areas, the Federal Government will make flood insurance available within the community as a financial protection against flood losses. In Indiana, there are approximately 390 cities, towns, and counties that voluntarily participate in the NFIP. To view the complete list of communities in Indiana that participate in the NFIP, visit FEMA's web site. The Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR), Division of Water, is the State Coordinating Agency for the NFIP. The Division of Water's Floodplain Management Section is responsible for providing technical assistance to local communities in implementing their floodplain management regulations. Staff members review communities' regulations and recent floodplain development to ensure compliance with the program and provide reports of their findings to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The Division of Water also assists private citizens requesting information on floodplain management regulations. For more information on the NFIP, go to FEMA's NFIP web site.
Why do I need to purchase flood insurance?
For virtually every mortgage transaction involving a structure in Indiana, the lender has a Standard Flood Hazard Determination Form (SFDF) completed. If it is determined that the structure is located within an identified floodplain and in an NFIP participating community, the borrower is notified that flood insurance will be required as a condition of receiving the loan. This fulfills the lender's obligation under the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 and the National Reform Act of 1994 that requires the purchase of flood insurance by property owners who are being assisted by Federal programs or by Federally regulated institutions in the acquisition of structures located or to be located in the floodplain.
What if my property is in a floodplain and my community does not participate in the NFIP?
The purchase of flood insurance does not apply to conventional loans made by Federally regulated lenders when the community in which the building is located is not participating in the NFIP. In these cases, the lending institution is required to notify the borrower that, in the event of a flood-related Presidentially declared disaster, Federal disaster assistance will not be available for the repair of the building. Federally regulated or insured lending institutions are required in all cases to notify the borrower when the building being used to secure a loan is located in an identified floodplain. It should be noted that a Federally regulated lending institution that chooses to make a loan under these circumstances cannot sell the loan to the Federally regulated secondary market, which is a common practice.
Can I get the flood insurance requirement waived for my property?
If applicable, a Letter Of Map Amendment (LOMA) can be issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for your property. A LOMA is an official revision by letter to an effective NFIP map. A LOMAÂ results from an administrative procedure that involves the review of scientific or technical data submitted by the property owner who believes the property has incorrectly been included in a designated floodplain. The key data needed to obtain a LOMA is to demonstrate that the lowest natural ground elevation adjacent to the structure is at or above the published base flood elevation for the property. A LOMA amends the currently effective FEMA map and establishes that a specific property is not located in a floodplain.
What is the Flood Control Revolving Fund?
The Flood Control Revolving Fund was created by the Indiana General Assembly in the 1950's to provide a low interest loan program to help finance local flood control programs. Through I.C. 14-28-5, a loan may be made to a municipality, city, town, county, or special taxing district for the purpose of instituting, accomplishing, and administering any approved flood control program as defined in the Flood Control Revolving Fund Act. The administration of the fund is vested in the Indiana Finance Authority as of July 1, 2015. They can be reached at the following link.
What is a conservancy district?
The Indiana Conservancy Act (IC 14-33) provides a mechanism by which landowners, through a circuit court process, can organize a special taxing district (a local unit of government) to solve specific local issues related to water resources management.
What issues can be addressed through the Conservancy Act?
How is a Conservancy District formed?
What area can be in a Conservancy District?
How is a Conservancy District established?
Who provides oversight of the Conservancy District?
Who manages the Conservancy District?
Who controls the activities engaged in by a Conservancy District?
What is the role of the Board of Directors?
Who approves the district plan?
How does a Conservancy District pay for its works of improvement?
What is a River Basin Commission?
River Basin Commissions are established by the legislature to address basin wide water resource issues. The River Basin Commissions (Kankakee, Maumee, St. Joseph, and Upper Wabash) were established under IC 14-30. The Little Calumet River Basin Development Commission was established under IC 14-13-2. River Basin Commissions were created to:
The Division of Water's Project Development Section provides technical guidance and serves as a liaison between the DNR and the Kankakee River Basin Commission, the Little Calumet River Basin Development Commission, the Maumee River Basin Commission and the Upper Wabash River Basin Commission. The Division of Fish & Wildlife serves as the DNR liaison to the St. Joseph River Basin Commission.
How do I get more information about a River Basin Commission?

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The newspapers published in your ancestors' days no longer exist, except as microfilm in some libraries. Below is a list of the principal newspapers currently published in Lincolnshire:
In neighboring Nottinghamshire, one can place "kin wanted" ads in the Newark Advertiser. The Newark Advertiser also includes an online "Past Times" feature which chronicles events that have happened over the last 100+ years in the Newark area, including some parishes in western Lincolnshire.
Nottinghamshire also once had Cresswell's Nottingham & Newark Advertiser. The years 1772-1775 were only available on 35mm microfilm but has now been scanned to CD. Cost £35 plus vat where applicable from MicroForm.
In neighboring Cambridgeshire, one can try The Chatteris Advertiser & Cambridgeshire Times. These were separate newspapers until about 50 years ago. Or try the Wisbech Standard, available at Wisbech Library.
The "Isle of Ely and Wisbech Advertiser" became the "Fenland Advertiser" and then the "Fenland Citizen".
If your ancestors lived or worked in the Fens, they may appear in a Cambridgeshire newspaper. Check out the Cambridgeshire Collection at the Library website.
Lincolnshire residents who lived north of Lincoln, in towns like Market Rasen, Grimsby, and Gainsborough might find themselves reported in a Hull, Yorkshire, newspaper. Search these Hull Newspaper Text Files to see if your surnames are recorded. Some interesting history in the files, too:
The Hull Packet and Advertiser was a useful source of north Lincolnshire news. Colleges and universities have free access to an online archive at the Gale site, but you have to be at the college or university to use it.
For some of the older newspapers:
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See the Genuki Newspaper Resources page.
Subscribers may also access Palmer's Index to the Times. To see the original entry, you need to access the microfilms or a subscription to Palmer's Full Text Online. I have no information on the cost of a subscription. In the UK they are at Guildhall, Newspaper Library, Colindale, North London and some County record offices. They do have it at Aylesbury Local Studies Library. Overseas listers can access Palmer's Index to The Times, and Palmer's Full Text Online, through university and public libraries - in Sydney, Darwin, Toronto, Edmonton, Alberta, etc.
One can access the web site of Pathe News in the UK and search for Spalding or the village or town of your choice.
There is one magazine that is a fairly new publication. A great gift for expatriots, it features the scenery and historic places of Lincolnshire. You can subscribe online to Lincolnshire Life.
The Scunthorpe Reference Library has copies of many published newspaper obituaries. The ones from the Scunthorpe Star are indexed for the period from 1891 to about 1950. They are quite happy to search any of our newspapers for obituaries, but you must be as precise on the date as possible. They limit free searches to one-half hour. Just drop an e-mail to (Local History Librarian) giving the name of the deceased and the date of death. They then respond with an e-mail detailing the total cost (late in 2000, the cost was 60p per copy plus postage). Send a cheque for the required amount and the copies will be sent out to you. If you require more information on this or other services they provide, visit their web-site. The Scunthorpe Reference Library also has a list of current newspaper holdings for your review. The library is located at: Carlton Street, Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, DN15 6TX, Phone 01724 860161.
If your ancestors lived in the Grimsby area, the Grimsby Central Library may be a better place to look. Location: Town Hall Square, Grimsby, DN31 1HG. Tel: 01472 323642, email: email@example.com, website: www.nelincs.gov.uk. At last report, the first copy of an obit. was free to a UK address, additional copies were 30p.
We also have a text file of obituaries from The Gentleman's Magazine. Here are a few from the year 1800.
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More than just growth: Accelerating poverty reduction in Kenya
Kenya has been covered widely in economic news over the last decade, from the first large-scale application of mobile money to a vibrant technology hub in Africa. Indeed, Kenya experienced robust economic growth from 2005-06 to 2015-16, growing at an average annual rate of 5.3%, higher than the average in Sub-Saharan Africa. This growth translated into gains in the fight to reduce poverty, with about 4.5 million Kenyans escaping poverty. Poverty measured under the national poverty line declined from 46.8% to 36.1% of the population. However, a closer look shows that not every segment of the population benefited from this impressive growth.


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DALLAS — The American Heart Association's new guidelines for cardio pulmonary resuscitation now instructs individuals to administer 30 chest compressions for every two rescue breaths. Previously, the group had recommended 15 compressions for every two breaths.
The change resulted from studies showing that blood circulation increases with each chest compression in a series and must be built back up after interruptions. Effective chest compressions create more blood flow through the heart to the rest of the body, buying a few minutes until defibrillation can be attempted or the heart can pump blood on its own. The guidelines suggest that rescuers "push hard and push fast" when giving chest compressions. The increased number holds true for children , infants (excluding newborns) and adults.


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This has probably been posted a thousand times on these boards, but I was hoping to get some opinions from people about this.
I am now about a week and a half shy of 3 months post op (wavefront Lasik) and my dry eye symptoms have been all over the map. For the first few weeks I had very mild to no symptoms and thought I was in the clear. At about the 3 week mark, they began to sting and burn and feel very dry and the artificial tears did little to help. This only lasted a couple weeks, then it was more of a mild tolerable dry eye feeling. They slowly felt better and better over the next few weeks until about the 9 week mark when they started to get worse again. Now for the past couple of weeks they are again dry and burning quite often (every day) and can get really itchy. I am also noticing that in the mornings they are dry like they were in the mornings during the first few weeks. Obviously I am getting concerned over this and don't expect to get much information (the usual this is normal routine) during my 3 month follow up next week.
I've heard people talk about bad days and bad hours, but has anyone had an experience like this.
Hope to hear your thoughts.


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Hochmann von Hohenau, Ernst Christoph (1670-1721)
Ernst Christoph Hochmann von Hohenau (1670-1721), grew up in Nürnberg, Germany, as a Lutheran, was awakened while a student at the University of Halle (1662) by August Hermann Francke, in 1697 became associated with Gottfried Arnold, and was thereafter an active Separatist, without however joining a church brotherhood, zealously proclaiming the Gospel when he was not prevented by imprisonment and persecution of all kinds. In his creed of 1702 he said, "Concerning water baptism I believe that Christ instituted it only for adults and not for children, for there is found in all of the Holy Scriptures not an iota of an express command. Faith and baptism belong together." His position on government is also akin to that of the Mennonites; for he acknowledges it as a divine ordinance, but "things which conflict with the Word of God and conscience and against the liberty of Christ ... it has been granted no authority." When a group of his adherents led by Alexander Mack, yielding to the influence of the English Baptists, regarded immersion as the only true baptism and necessary to salvation, and therefore required a second baptism of those who had been baptized as children, he took a moderate position (Max Goebel comments, "agreeing with Mennonite doctrine"), namely, that the sprinkling performed on children was valid and sufficient, if it was only followed later on by rebirth or the baptism of the Spirit.
It is therefore not surprising to find that Hochmann made contacts with the Mennonites. Goebel states (13) that in his speeches and writings he made many references to Menno Simons. In Krefeld he was given friendly reception by the Mennonite congregation and its three preachers (Gosen Goyen, Leonhard Ewald, Joh. Crous), and preached in their church. In the Palatinate he also frequently visited the Mennonites in Zuzenhausen, Eppstein, Guntersblum, Mutterstadt, and Lambsheim, and preached for them. Though the members of these congregations living now have no knowledge of his visits, his influence must have been deep and lasting. He is said to have preached with such power that "his hearers felt themselves lifted above the earth, as if eternity were dawning." His influence on the religious life of the Rhineland was fraught with extraordinary blessing. This is attested by both Jung-Stilling, who set him a memorial in Theobald oder die Schwärmer, and Gerhard Tersteegen, who wrote the verse found on his tombstone.
Auge, Fr. "Acht Briefe Ernst Christoph Hochmanns von Hohenau." Monatsblatt für rheinische Kirchengeschichte 19 (1925): 133 ff.
Cattepoel, D. "Das religiöse Leben in der Krefelder Mennonitengemeinde des 17. und 18. Jahrhunderts." Beiträge zur Geschichte der rheinischer Mennoniten (1939).
Die Religion in Geschichte and Gegenwart, 2.ed. Tübingen: Mohr, 1927-1932: II.
Goebel, Max. Geschichte des christlichen Lebens in der rheinisch-westphälischen evangelischen Kirche. Coblenz: Commission bei Karl Bädeker, 1852.
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe; Schneider, 1913-1967: II, 321.
Herzog, J. J. and Albert Hauck, Realencyclopedie für Protestantische Theologie und Kirche. 3. ed. Leipzig: J. H. Hinrichs, 1896-1913: VIII, 162 ff.
Nieper, Fr. Die ersten deutschen Auswanderer von Krefeld nach Pennsylvanien. Neukirchen, 1940: 126, 151, 201 f., 217 f., 275 f.
Renkewitz, H. Hochmann von Hohenau. Breslau, 1935.
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Neff, Christian. "Hochmann von Hohenau, Ernst Christoph (1670-1721)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1956. Web. 24 Apr 2019. http://gameo.org/index.php?title=Hochmann_von_Hohenau,_Ernst_Christoph_(1670-1721)&oldid=146486.
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Neff, Christian. (1956). Hochmann von Hohenau, Ernst Christoph (1670-1721). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 24 April 2019, from http://gameo.org/index.php?title=Hochmann_von_Hohenau,_Ernst_Christoph_(1670-1721)&oldid=146486.
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That Aberdeen, Bel Air and Havre de Grace are considering pooling police agency resources to form a single SWAT team is an idea with some merit insofar as it would be less expensive than having each of the three municipalities form its own special unit for dealing with dangerous situations.
Then again, the taxpayers of Harford County — including those in the three municipalities — already pay for a police tactical unit, the one that's under the command of the Sheriff's Office. Similarly, Maryland State Police have some pretty specialized units that can be called in to deal with unusual situations.
Unfortunately, over the years, the need for specially trained officers with skills ranging from sniper shooting to hostage negotiation, to tactical assault has been demonstrated across Harford County. Sometimes their services are called for within the municipalities; sometimes they're needed elsewhere in the county. Always the situations are harrowing.
The subject of establishing a unified municipal SWAT team was first broached in Aberdeen at a recent meeting of the city council, and the leaders of the other two municipalities gave some indication the idea has merit. Certainly it does, as it would have the advantage of giving the local agencies direct access to specially trained personnel, without having to pay the full cost of establishing and maintaining a full SWAT team.
Then again, an even more cost-effective solution may have been hinted at when Bel Air Police Chief Leo Matrangola noted that a town police officer already serves as a hostage negotiator for the Sheriff's Office's Tactical Response Team. Considering that there wouldn't be a strong response-time advantage for the municipalities in forming a three-part team, as its members would have to respond to emergencies from their home agencies, possibly the better solution would be to take advantage of what's already in place within the sheriff's office, by augmenting that team with representatives from each of the three smaller agencies.
It's not a particularly far-fetched idea, and there's already a model in place for having such an arrangement in the county's narcotics task force. Over the years, the county drug task force, which has had different names, has had members from the Sheriff's Office, the state police and the three municipal agencies.
Sometimes there is substantial representation from the various agencies; sometimes one or another of the agencies pulls back its officers. This reality of how the drug task force has waxed and waned in terms of agency participation over the years highlights the key problem with any agency that has mix and match membership from a variety of police agencies. Invariably, people in one or another of the communities involved will conclude that it is giving more than it is getting, and decide to scale back its involvement or pull out entirely.
There's good reason for such evaluations: Paying to put an officer on the street is an expensive proposition, costing tens of thousands of dollars, and a single officer from one of the municipal agencies represents a lot of the available personnel hours available in given week.
Given that there are substantial police tactical resources available through the Sheriff's Office and the State Police, the leaders of Aberdeen, Bel Air and Havre de Grace would do well to consider a closer alliance with the larger agencies before doing what could amount to reinventing the wheel.


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Lamar University registration begins for May Mini, Summer and Fall classes
(Lamar University press release)
Registration begins today (Tuesday, April 9) for May mini, summer and fall classes at Lamar University.
Special populations of students – which includes athletes, honors students, military personnel (active duty and veterans), seniors and students with disabilities – can register for classes beginning Tuesday, April 9. Open registration for all admitted students will begin Tuesday, April 16.
The May mini-session will run from May 17 to June 4.
Four summer sessions will be offered. Early Summer (Summer I) will be June 5 to July 10. Late Summer (Summer II) will be July 11 to Aug. 14. Full Summer (Summer III) will be June 5 to Aug. 14. Mid Summer (Summer IV) will be June 19 to July 24.
Fall classes will begin Aug. 26.
Most students are required to meet with an academic advisor before registering for classes. Freshmen and sophomores (those with fewer than 60 credit hours) should contact the Undergraduate Advising Center for an advising appointment at advising [at] lamar [dot] edu or (409) 880-8822. Juniors and seniors can find contact information for advisors at students.lamar.edu/academic-advising.html.
Current students are encouraged to register as soon as possible, so they will be able to take the classes they want at the times most convenient for them. For links to class schedules and related information, please look online at www.lamar.edu/schedules.
Prospective students are asked to submit application materials as soon as possible, so they can be considered for admission and complete other steps required of new students prior to registration. To be considered for Fall 2013 admission, new undergraduate students must submit all application materials no later than 5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 9. Required application materials include an online application completed at www.applytexas.org, copies of all transcripts (high school for entering freshmen, college for transfers) and test scores (SAT or ACT for those with fewer than 18 hours of college credit). For more information on becoming a Lamar University student, call (409) 880-8888 or visit BeACardinal.com for admission information.
After being accepted for admission, new students will be required to complete additional steps - including meeting with an academic advisor and providing proof of bacterial meningitis immunization or exemption - prior to registering for classes. Incoming freshmen also should make plans to attend New Student Orientation. For a checklist of what to do after being accepted, please look online at beacardinal.lamar.edu/accepted-checklist.