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President: Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (2012)
Prime Minister: Abdi Farrah Shirdon Said (2012)
Land area: 242,216 sq mi (627,339 sq km); total area: 246,199 sq mi (637,657 sq km)
Population (July 2014 est.): 10,428,043 (growth rate: 1.75%); birth rate: 40.87/1000; infant mortality rate: 100.14/1000; life expectancy: 51.58
Capital and largest city (2011 est.): Mogadishu, 1.554 million
Monetary unit: Somali shilling
- Somalia Main Page
- Drought, Civil War and Anarchy
- The U.S. and UN Intervene as Islamist Groups Gain Power
- Al-Shabab Continues to Wreak Havoc
- Long-awaited Parliament Marks Fresh Start
- Militants Terrorize Mall in Nairobi, Kenya
- Leaders of al-Shabab Killed by American Airstrikes
Somalia, situated in the Horn of Africa, lies along the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean. It is bounded by Djibouti in the northwest, Ethiopia in the west, and Kenya in the southwest. In area it is slightly smaller than Texas. Generally arid and barren, Somalia has two chief rivers, the Shebelle and the Juba.
Between Jan. 1991 and Aug. 2000, Somalia had no working government. A fragile parliamentary government was formed in 2000, but it expired in 2003 without establishing control of the country. In 2004, a new transitional parliament was instituted and elected a president.
From the 7th to the 10th century, Arab and Persian trading posts were established along the coast of present-day Somalia. Nomadic tribes occupied the interior, occasionally pushing into Ethiopian territory. In the 16th century, Turkish rule extended to the northern coast, and the sultans of Zanzibar gained control in the south.
After British occupation of Aden in 1839, the Somali coast became its source of food. The French established a coal-mining station in 1862 at the site of Djibouti, and the Italians planted a settlement in Eritrea. Egypt, which for a time claimed Turkish rights in the area, was succeeded by Britain. By 1920, a British and an Italian protectorate occupied what is now Somalia. The British ruled the entire area after 1941, with Italy returning in 1950 to serve as United Nations trustee for its former territory.
By 1960, Britain and Italy granted independence to their respective sectors, enabling the two to join as the Republic of Somalia on July 1, 1960. Somalia broke diplomatic relations with Britain in 1963 when the British granted the Somali-populated Northern Frontier District of Kenya to the Republic of Kenya.
On Oct. 15, 1969, President Abdi Rashid Ali Shermarke was assassinated and the army seized power. Maj. Gen. Mohamed Siad Barre, as president of a renamed Somali Democratic Republic, leaned heavily toward the USSR. In 1977, Somalia openly backed rebels in the easternmost area of Ethiopia, the Ogaden Desert, which had been seized by Ethiopia at the turn of the century. Somalia acknowledged defeat in an eight-month war against the Ethiopians that year, having lost much of its 32,000-man army and most of its tanks and planes. President Siad Barre fled the country in late Jan. 1991. His departure left Somalia in the hands of a number of clan-based guerrilla groups, none of which trusted each other.
Drought, Civil War and Anarchy
Africa's worst drought of the century occurred in 1992, and, coupled with the devastation of civil war, Somalia was plunged into a severe famine that killed 300,000. U.S. troops were sent in to protect the delivery of food in Dec. 1992, and in May 1993 the UN took control of the relief efforts from the U.S. The warlord Mohamed Farah Aidid ambushed UN troops and dragged American bodies through the streets, causing an about-face in U.S. willingness to involve itself in the fate of this lawless country. The last of the U.S. troops departed in late March, leaving 19,000 UN troops behind.
Since 1991 Somalia has been engulfed in anarchy. Years of peace negotiations between the various factions were fruitless, and warlords and militias ruled over individual swaths of land. In 1991, a breakaway nation, the Somaliland Republic, proclaimed its independence. Since then several warlords have set up their own ministates in Puntland and Jubaland. Although internationally unrecognized, these states have been peaceful and stable.
In Aug. 2000, a parliament convened in nearby Djibouti and elected Somalia's first government in nearly a decade. After its first year in office, the government still controlled only 10% of the country, and in Aug. 2003, its mandate expired. In Oct. 2002, new talks to establish a government began; in Aug. 2004 a 275-member transitional parliament was inaugurated for a five-year term. Parliament selected a national president in September, Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, the president of the breakaway region of Puntland. The new government, however, spent its first year operating out of Kenya—Somalia remained too violent and unstable to enter—eventually settling in the provincial town of Baidoa.
In May 2006, the country's worst outbreak of violence in 10 years began, with Islamist militias, called the Somali Islamic Courts Council (SICC), battling rival warlords. On June 6, the Islamist militia seized control of the capital, Mogadishu, and established control in much of the south. Somalia's transitional government, led by President Abdullahi Yusuf and situated in Baidoa, spent months engaged in unsuccessful peace negotiations with the Islamic Courts Council. In the meantime, neighboring Ethiopia, which has clashed in the past with Somalia's Islamists and considers them a threat to regional security, began amassing troops on the border. In mid-December, Ethiopia launched air strikes against the Islamists, and in a matter of days Ethiopian ground troops and Somali soldiers loyal to the transitional government regained control of Mogadishu. A week later most of the Islamists had been forced to flee the country. Ethiopia announced that its troops would remain in the country until stability was assured and a functional central government had been established, ending Somalia's 15 years of anarchy.
The U.S. and UN Intervene as Islamist Groups Gain Power
In Jan. 2007, the U.S. launched airstrikes on the retreating Islamists, who they believed included three members of al-Qaeda suspected of involvement in the 1998 bombings of the American embassies in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam. The air strikes were strongly criticized in a number of Muslim countries, which accused the Americans of killing Somali civilians. Battles between the insurgents and Somali and Ethiopian troops intensified in March, leaving 300 civilians dead in what has been called the worst fighting in 15 years. The fighting created a humanitarian crisis, with more than 320,000 Somalis fleeing the fighting in Mogadishu in just two months. In July, a national reconciliation conference opened in Mogadishu but was quickly postponed when leading opposition figures failed to appear. The fighting intensified once again in October. The Alliance for the Reliberation of Somalia, a coalition of moderate Islamist leaders, and the transitional government agreed to a cease-fire in June 2008 that called on Ethiopian troops that were propping up the fragile government to be replaced by UN troops. The future of the deal was tenuous from the start and was greeted by much skepticism. Indeed, it was unclear if the UN could assemble a force willing to be deployed to the troubled region, and several powerful Islamist groups did not participate in the negotiations.
Al-Shabab, the militant wing of SICC, began gaining strength in 2007. It allied itself with al-Qaeda and won the support of many local warlords, primarily in the south. The group has raised alarms in the U.S. that its brand of militant Islam would spread throughout eastern Africa and beyond. The group seeks to return Somalia to an Islamist state and has intimidated civilians with stonings, by chopping off hands, and by banning many forms of technology, while continuing to wage war against the transitional government. Al-Shabab has taken advantage of the power vacuum and weak transitional government. By February 2009, the group controlled almost all of southern Somalia.
Prime Minister Ali Muhammad Ghedi resigned in October 2007 after a protracted feud with President Yusuf. He was succeeded by Nur Hassan Hussein.
In October 2008, violence rocked what had been a peaceful region when at least 28 people were killed in five suicide-bombings in northern Somalia. Government officials cast blame on al-Shabab. The highest death toll was in Hargeisa, the capital of the breakaway northern region of Somaliland.
President Yusuf dismissed Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein in Dec. 2008, saying Hussein had "failed to accomplish his duties." It was not clear, however, if Yusuf had the authority to make such a move. The following day, Parliament passed, 143-20, a confidence vote in the government of Hussein. Despite the vote, President Yusuf appointed Muhammad Mahmud Guled Gamadhere as prime minister. Guled, resigned, however, saying he did not want to be "seen as a stumbling block to the peace process which is going well now." President Yusuf also resigned in the power struggle. On January 31, 2009, Parliament elected Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, a moderate Islamist cleric, as president. Many Somalis greeted the election of Ahmed as an opportunity to move toward peace and end the brutal 18-year war. In February, President Ahmed named Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke as prime minister. Parliament approved the appointment. Observers greeted the appointment with optimism, saying Sharmarke, a former diplomat and the son of Somalia's second civilian president, could help generate support both at home and abroad for the Islamist government.
Amid a growing threat from militant Islamists, Ethiopia began withdrawing troops from Somalia in January 2009.
Al-Shabab Continues to Wreak Havoc
Al-Shabab formally declared allegiance to al-Qaeda in February 2010, sparking further concern that the group posed a global threat. It claimed responsibility for the July bombing at a restaurant in Kampala, Uganda, that killed about 75 people who were watching the final game of the World Cup. The bombing was intended to send a message to countries that have sent troops to support Somalia's transitional government.
Prime Minister Omar Sharmarke, who has been criticized for failing to defeat the Shabab and who has been at odds with President Ahmed, resigned in September 2010. He was succeeded in November by Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed.
Piracy continued to plague the waters off Somalia and other parts of eastern Africa into 2011. In February, Somalia pirates killed four Americans who were sailing on their yacht in the piracy-laden water off the coast of Somalia.
The summer of 2011 brought drought to a country already laid low by nearly constant conflict, resulting in a UN-declared famine in two regions in southern Somalia. With tens of thousands of Somalis dead of malnutrition and its related causes and ten million more at risk, those who could, fled, trying to reach neighboring Kenya and Ethiopia for help. According to a report released by the Famine Early Warning System Network (FEWS NET) and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organizationin in April 2013, about 260,000 died in the famine—more than half under age 6. The figure is double early estimates. The report cites the delayed response by donor nations and the Shabab for not allowing the delivery of aid the affected areas.
In June, Prime Minister Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed resigned; Abdiweli Mohamed Ali became acting prime minister and was approved by parliament and sworn in on June 28, 2011.
Long-awaited Parliament Marks Fresh Start
After more than 20 years and 17 attempts at forming a internationally recognized central government, the Somali parliament held its inaugural session on Aug. 20, 2012. Rife with disorganization, corruption, and concerns for the safety of the participants, the swearing in took place at the airport in Mogadishu and was watched over by African Union troops. This landmark occasion was followed by the election of former labour minister Mohamed Osman Jawa as speaker on Aug. 28.
In September, parliament elected Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, an advocate for civil rights, as president. He prevailed over incumbent Sharif Sheikh Ahmed in the second round of voting. Many observers expressed hope and optimism that Hassan, who is considered above corruption, would set the country on a path torward stability. Just two days after he became president, he survived an assassination attempt by a member of the militant group Shabab.
Shabab was dealt a severe blow in Sept. 2012 when several hundred Kenyan troops, with the help of Somalis, took over Somalia's port city of Kismayu in an amphibious assault. The incursion followed several weeks of air and naval assaults by Kenya on key Shabab positions in Kismayu. The city was the last Shabab stronghold, and the militant group used the port to bring in weapons and raise money by charging hefty import fees. Outmatched militarily, the Shabab withdrew from Kismayu, but said they would take their fight underground, saying Kismayu will "be transformed from a peaceful city governed by Islamic Shariah into a battle zone."
In Oct. 2012, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud appointed Abdi Farah Shirdon, a businessman who had once worked as an economist for the Somali government, as prime minister. Parliament approved the appointment 215–0. In January 2013, the U.S. formally recognized the Somali government for the first time since 1991.
Militants Terrorize Mall in Nairobi, Kenya
Shabab militants attacked an upscale mall in Nairobi, Kenya, beginning on Sept. 21, 2013, killing nearly 70 people and wounding about 175. The siege lasted for four days, with persistent fighting between government troops and militants. The attack was meticulously planned, and the militants proved to be challenging for the government to dislodge from the Westgate mall. Shabab said the attack was in retaliation for the Kenyan military's presence in Somalia.
Days after the siege ended, U.S. Navy SEALs stormed a villa in Somalia in pursuit of an Al Shabab leader who goes by the name Ikrimah. The commandos were met with strong resistance and engaged in a gun battle with militants before retreating without capturing or killing Ikrimah. U.S. officials did not link Ikrimah to the attack in Nairobi, but did say he is one of the militants in charge of planning attacks outside Somalia and that he was connected to members of Al Qaeda who masterminded the 1998 attack on the American Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya.
Leaders of al-Shabab Killed by American Airstrikes
The U.S. launched airstrikes south of the capital, Mogadishu, in early September 2014, targeting the leader of the Islamist militant group al-Shabab, Ahmed Abdi Godane. Days after the attacks, the U.S. confirmed that Godane had been killed. One of the most wanted men in Africa, Godane was believed by officials to have planned and organized the mall attack in Nairobi in 2013. African Union and Somali troops have made significant progress over the past few years in dislodging al-Shabab from Mogadishu and other strongholds. Ahmad Umar Abu Ubaidah, a cousin of Godane, assumed leadership of the Shabab. In December, another U.S. airstrike killed al-Shabab's intelligence chief, Tahlil Abdishakur. He oversaw the unit that organized suicide attacks in Somalia and Kenya. Tahlil had only been on the job for a few days, having replaced Zakariya Ahmed Ismail Hersi, who surrendered to government officials.
See also Encyclopedia: Somalia .
U.S. State Dept. Country Notes: Somalia


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From Media Day until opening night, NBA.com's John Schuhmann will provide a key stat for each team in the league and show you, with film and analysis, why it matters. Up next are the Washington Wizards, who had something to build on last season.
|The basics
The stat
84.4 – Points allowed per 100 possessions by the Wizards' lineup of John Wall, Bradley Beal, Martell Webster, Nene and Emeka Okafor, the league's best defensive lineup among 158 that played at least 100 minutes together.
The context
Not only was that lineup ridiculously good defensively, but it was pretty strong offensively, scoring 108.4 points per 100 possessions. Overall, only one lineup around the league was better in as many minutes. That Knicks lineup included Jason Kidd, so you could say that the Wizards' lineup is the best returning lineup in the league.
The unit allowed opponents to shoot just 50 percent in the restricted area and 13-for-53 (25 percent) from 3-point range. It didn't force a lot of turnovers, but kept its opponents off the free-throw line and was great on the glass.
The video above is from a Jan. 26 game in which the Wizards' starting lineup outscored the Bulls 27-16 in 12 minutes. It turned into a 13-point win for the Wizards, who went 11-7 in games that this lineup played together. That included a 6-1 mark against playoff teams.
The issue, of course, is that 18 games and 142 minutes isn't a lot. Wall missed the first 33 games of the season, Beal missed 24 of the last 39, and Nene was in and out of the lineup all year. The lineup wouldn't have been able to sustain a +24.0 NetRtg over 1,000 minutes, but the Wizards would have been a much better team if these guys were all healthy.
This year, Okafor is already out with a neck injury and Nene says his knee is "still sore" and his foot "still hurts a little bit." The two were a big reason why Washington ranked eighth in defensive efficiency last season. The Wizards allowed 97.1 points per 100 possessions in 912 minutes with the bigs on the floor together.
Wizards opponents attempted only 43.8 percent of their shots from the paint last season, the lowest rate in the league. That number was just 41.2 percent with Nene and Okafor on the floor together.
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Walker tries to sell tax cuts
MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Senate Republicans huddled on the top floor of the Capitol building earlier this week with a mission: Convince skeptical GOP colleagues that Gov. Scott Walker's half-billion-dollar tax cut proposal is a good idea.
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With a nearly $1 billion projected budget surplus expected next year, Walker wants to slash property and income taxes as he heads into reelection this fall — a move many say could also grease a 2016 presidential bid should he decide to run.
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But while adding tax cuts to his trophy collection of GOP achievements may bolster his résumé, liberal critics say he's putting his national ambitions ahead of the state's fiscal needs.
And he's facing headwinds from a handful of Senate Republicans who say the tax cuts should come after paying off a slew of unpaid bills due in just a few years. Walker's plan would actually worsen the longer-term deficit outlook.
"We're recreating the problem," said Dale Schultz, a 22-year state Senate Republican. "The tax plan sets us up for a very bad time in the future."
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Two years after surviving an ugly recall election for curbing union bargaining rights, Walker, who inherited a $3.6 billion deficit when taking office, is causing a rift within the party over his tax plan. While the state Assembly passed the cuts Tuesday, the Republican-controlled Senate doesn't yet have the votes to follow suit.
Walker's dilemma illustrates the line governors walk when they consider higher office — balancing appeal to the party's base against local concerns.
"Walker is probably trying to appeal to the Republican national primary constituency as opposed to the population in Wisconsin, which leans somewhat Democratic," said Paul Sracic, chair of political science at Youngstown State University in Ohio.
His Democratic foes are more direct, accusing him of sharpening his chops for 2016 at the expense of the state.
( Also on POLITICO: Christie's pain is Walker's gain)
"The national spotlight is all he cares about," said Senate Minority Leader Chris Larson (D), who worked with Walker during the governor's stint serving Milwaukee County. "The long-term future of whatever entity he is governing is secondary to his political ambitions."
Walker became a hero to the tea party wing of the party with his hardball tactics against unions, and gets an average 5.8 percent support among Republican primary voters, according to a compilation of recent polls from RealClearPolitics. Former GOP Govs. Mike Huckabee of Arkansas and Chris Christie of New Jersey, and Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin lead the pack.
Walker's plan couples $400 million in property tax relief with almost $100 million for a slight income tax reduction for the bottom bracket.
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But Walker won't stop there. His administration just announced it will use $300 million from the $977 million surplus to tweak tax withholding so that a family of four, for example, will pay about $500 less in taxes this year.
More boldly, he's eyeing elimination of the income tax completely, and he's not shy about promoting his plan as a model for the rest of the country.
Walker told POLITICO he hopes his spending and tax cuts "will inspire others," including "states all across this country and maybe eventually Washington."
"That will help make not only a better Wisconsin but a better America," he said in an interview this past week.
Yet Walker denies he is trying to turn heads nationally, arguing that he is "keeping the promise I ran on … that I would lower the tax burden every year I've been in office."
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"If keeping your word and doing things that make the economy better and helping people in Wisconsin are good for [2016], I'll let other people determine that," he said Tuesday.
GOP strategist John Weaver said there is no doubt that adding a big tax cut to his résumé will help him with potential Republican primary voters. But the former adviser to Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) also said accusations that Walker is putting his résumé first are a cheap shot.
"The fact that someone is ambitious does not mean their policies are bad, but it's a natural attack-line to say, 'Oh, they're only doing this to get press and become the face of national Republicans," Weaver said.
First, though, Walker has to win over Wisconsin Republicans with deficit concerns.
Sitting below a massive hanging bearskin, fishing hooks and the blue Wisconsin flag, Schultz , the GOP senator, wouldn't speculate on Walker's motives, but backs saving the state surplus to protect against expected future deficits.
"Look, I like tax cuts as much as anybody," the retiring farm owner said in an interview from his office. "But when my constituents tell me that we should not create structural deficits … pay our bills first … I have an obligation."
The state known for its battered cheese curds and craft beer is expecting the surplus at the close of the July 2013-June 2015 period.
But it will be short lived: The nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau says the state will face a $700 million shortfall during the next two-year budget cycle.


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The United States men's national water polo team has trimmed its training roster for the upcoming London Olympics to 14 players, Coach Terry Schroeder announced Tuesday at a press conference at the LA84 Foundation in Los Angeles.
Former UC Irvine standouts Ryan Bailey, Jeff Powers and Tim Hutten are among the players on the training roster, as is former Corona del Mar High and UC Berkeley star John Mann.
Only 13 players will compete for Team USA at the Olympics. The final roster originally was set to be released Tuesday, but due to recent injuries that announcement has been pushed back to an unspecified date later this month.
Bailey, a center, is training to play in his fourth Olympics, along with team captain Tony Azevedo. They would be the first male water polo players in United States history to accomplish that feat.
Powers, a defender, is a two-time Olympian. Hutten, also a defender, was also on the 2008 squad that took silver in Beijing.
Mann, a center, is aiming for his first Olympic Games. Assistant coach Robert Lynn, the Newport Harbor High boys' head coach, said last month that Mann has been battling JW Krumpholz for the backup center position on the team. However, Krumpholz was sidelined for a couple of weeks after suffering a concussion last month in the FINA World League preliminaries.
"He was out of the water and wasn't able to play," Schroeder said Tuesday in a press release. "So that puts us in a spot where we need a little bit more time to evaluate ... Based on the respect for the process of naming the Olympic team we've decided to come here with 14 players."
Bailey, Powers and Hutten are among 11 returners from the 2008 team that finished second to Hungary, which is the three-time defending Olympic champion.
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Also, thanks to all of you who knew who designed the fabric I posted about yesterday! The designer is Michelle Engel Bencsko and you can visit her blog Cicada Daydream here! I've already ordered some fabric and it's on its way!A while back I posted about how I began my quilting journey. As I continue cleaning out my 56-Drawer chest, I find more little reminders of that beginning! Here is what is in drawer #1 (and 2 and 3). This is a photo of a color photocopy so it will be somewhat fuzzy and the background is not at all blue, rather a soft purple. It's called Vintage Dreams and was designed by Jean Wells.
This is some of the fabric from the first month which gives you a better idea of the colors.
The second Sew Expo I went to I saw this quilt made up in the Stichin' Post booth from Sisters, Oregon. I was still a beginning quilter at that point, but something just drew me to this quilt and I had to get the pattern! Well, it turned out to be a block of the month program - something I had not yet heard of. Happily, I signed up anyway. When the first month arrived, I realized I may have bitten off more than I could chew! The instructions were way more complicated than I could have imagined and there were all of these tiny pieces of material. So I stuffed the first month in drawer #1 and eventually filled up three drawers with the entire 12 months and it has been there ever since!
Now many years later I look at the instructions and fabrics and understand them completely! It will be fun to make and although the colors in my bedroom have changed dramatically since then, I'm sure I can find a place for it at the Squash House!


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Most people who are planning for retirement fund their 401Ks and use financial vehicles like mutual funds, bonds and securities to save money. But you may have overlooked life insurance in your planning efforts.
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Although there are some caveats, certain forms of life insurance can provide funds in your senior years.
"In most cases life insurance is probably not appropriate until all of the tax qualified plans -- IRAs, 401Ks, etc. -- have been maxed out and one doesn't have any more of those vehicles to invest in," says Rob Drury, executive director of the Association of Christian Financial Advisors, a non-profit coalition of over 3,000 financial advisers based in San Antonio.
But if you're looking for an extra boost, here are three insurance options.
While annuities can help supplement retirement, the best part is that they grow tax deferred but are fully taxed at your tax bracket when you take money out.
Variable annuities let you invest in accounts similar to mutual funds, and the money grows tax-deferred until it's withdrawn. Most companies offer an add-on guarantee for an extra fee, either a guaranteed minimum income benefit (GMIB) or a guaranteed minimum withdrawal benefit (GMWB).
"Inside the annuity you may have an interest-bearing account or mutual funds that give you the opportunity for a higher rate of return. There are also indexed annuities that limit any losses, but also may limit future growth," says Sheldon Weiner, founding partner at the financial planning firm Egan, Berger & Weiner LLC., in Vienna, Va.
An annuity may cost 0.6% to 1% of your investment, plus the standard annuity fee of 1.4%, which can be twice the cost of a mutual fund.
GMWB allows you to withdraw up to a certain amount each year from the initial investment for the rest of your life, no matter how the investments perform. Even if the account is depleted, the insurer pays the guaranteed amount. This makes it an attractive insurance vehicle for retirement.
A 5 to 6% annual return is typical in a good market. Some products increase payouts if your investments increase. You can withdraw your account balance at any time, but many annuities impose a surrender charge if you cash out within the first six to seven years of the annuity. There's also typically a death benefit feature to help your heirs pay future estate taxes.
The SEC has tips for researching variable annuities.
"What sells variable annuities today are the extra bells and whistles such as a guaranteed growth rate on future income and guaranteed withdrawal rates. This helps take away the downside but does not limit the upside in a bull market," says Weiner.
The best time to buy a variable annuity is when the market is high and you want protection against a fall. When you purchase a variable annuity in a strong bull market they do well. If however, they're purchased in a bear market, or they're owned during a severe bear market, your investment performance will likely stagnate. Insurers aren't able to manage these as effectively as they manage mutual funds in a down market.
Annuities are hardly right for everyone. They limit liquidity, have surrender charges if you want to abandon them, and can carry expensive fees. "But they may be right for people who don't have enough Social Security or pension income or those who cannot sleep at night because of worries about the stock market," says Weiner.
Permanent life insurance
Permanent life insurance accrues a cash value over the life of the policy. Unlike term life insurance, which doesn't accrue cash value and simply pays a death benefit, the cash component in permanent life builds up over time, and the policy owner can take a loan against the cash value.
If you hold your permanent life insurance policy for decades, giving the cash value time to build, you could have a very nice nest egg at retirement. Even if you never use the cash value, you have the life insurance if you pass away.
Permanent life aims to provide protection and growth. The cash that builds in these policies is not taxed until it's withdrawn, and you can avoid those taxes by taking a loan against the account, which reduces the death benefit. This is its main advantage. Here's more on cash value life insurance.
"Critics will say, 'You'll pay interest and also you're removing cash value and putting the policy at risk of lapsing.' There's some truth to that," says Drury. You want to prevent a lapse. When a policy lapses and you've borrowed money from it, the IRS looks at that withdrawal as income, making it a taxable event.
Permanent life insurance as a retirement fund may make sense for high earners who max out other tax-deferred savings. It also may benefit older folks who have illiquid estates, like small business owners who want to leave money to someone, yet the death benefit is more than what they'd be able to save. Plus, anyone in a position to retire early, in their 40s or 50s (before they can access their qualified plans) may be a candidate for permanent life since there are no age restrictions to funding life insurance.
This strategy is not for people within 10 to 15 years of retirement.
In the last 15 to 20 years, "the interest on the loan is a little bit higher than the earnings on the cash values. It used to be a wash," says Drury. "You earned about as much as you were paying -- you were basically accessing that money for free. It's still pretty darn close."
Return of premium term life insurance
Return of premium (ROP) term life insurance policies are a special variety of level term policies. If the customer hasn't passed away during the term of the policy, he gets all his premium money back. You do pay considerably more in premiums for this option than you would for a regular term life policy.
For example, a 40-year-old male in a standard, non-nicotine class who purchases $500,000 in coverage for 20 years could have a term premium of $755 per year. An ROP policy would be $2,945. That's a $2,200 difference per year.
But the policyholder would receive $58,900 at the end of the 20 years according to ING U.S. Insurance Solutions' figures.
"If you took the difference between $755 and $2,945 and you wanted it to grow to that $58,000, you'd have to have a rate of return of almost 4% on a pretax basis in order to have your invested difference equal the same rate of return as the ROP," says Al Lurty, senior vice president and head of business development for ING U.S. Insurance Solutions.
That's a strong rate of guaranteed return. And there is no tax on the money because it is a return of your premiums. "Try to find a rate of return of 4% today -- good luck," says Lurty.
The key is to look at the difference in the premium of what you would have paid on a regular term policy versus an ROP, and see if you could invest the difference and get a better rate of return.
If you buy a 20-year ROP term life policy at age 45, you'd receive your chunk of money back at age 65 - just when you're ready for it. If you pass away during the policy period, your beneficiaries receive the death benefit.
This strategy isn't right for someone who'd rather invest the difference between a term life policy and an ROP, or who thinks they'd do better elsewhere.
The original article can be found at Insure.com:3 insurance policies that could help pay for retirement


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Your gift to the Annual Appeal is used to provide scholarships for students. At least 50 percent of new students are the first in their families to attend college, and more than 49 percent are considered economically disadvantaged. More than 60 percent of all SPC students seek financial assistance each semester to attend college, and more than 75 percent work full-time or part-time while attending SPC. With a fall enrollment of nearly 9,500 students, the number of students needing financial assistance continues to grow.
While the cost to attend SPC is very affordable -- averaging $2,000 for tuition and fees each semester -- many SPC students struggle to make ends meet. Impact scholarships for tuition and fees allow students to direct their limited financial resources to books, supplies, transportation and childcare costs associated with going to school. A $1,000 impact scholarship makes a significant difference in the success of these students.
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Linda B. Buck, Ph.D., (born January 29, 1947) is an American biologist best known for her work on the olfactory system. She and Richard Axel won the 2004 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their work on olfactory receptors.
In their landmark paper published in 1991, Buck and Axel cloned olfactory receptors, showing that they belong to the family of G protein-coupled receptors. By analyzing rat DNA, they estimated that there were approximately one thousand different genes for olfactory receptors in the mammalian genome. This research opened the door to the genetic and molecular analysis of the mechanisms of olfaction. In their later work, Buck and Axel have shown that each olfactory receptor neuron remarkably only expresses one kind of olfactory receptor protein and that the input of from all neurons expressing the same receptor is collected by a single dedicated glomerulus of the olfactory bulb.
Born in Seattle, Washington, Buck received her B.S. in psychology and microbiology in 1975 from the University of Washington, Seattle and her Ph.D. in immunology in 1980 from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. She did her post-doctoral work at Columbia University under Axel. Her primary research interest is on how pheremones and odors are detected in the nose and interpreted in the brain. She is also studying the mechanisms underlying aging and the lifespan of C. elegans. She is a Full Member of the Basic Sciences Division at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, an Affiliate Professor of Physiology and Biophysics at the University of Washington, Seattle and an Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. She was inducted into the National Academy of Sciences in 2004.
- Buck L, Axel R. A novel multigene family may encode odorant receptors: a molecular basis for odor recognition. Cell 1991;65:175-87. PMID 1840504.
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I was looking through my Dad's papers and came across the promissory note for a crop loan in March 1951. The loan, for $800, was secured by the cotton to be grown on 22.5 acres and by six cows, four heifer calves, two mules and a 1950 Chevrolet pickup truck.
That may not sound like much money for a crop, but I suspect that $800 may have seemed like a million dollars to my Dad in 1951. (I wish I could ask him about the loan and the crop, but he died in 2000.)
I also suspect many urban dwellers could come closer to identifying with my Dad's farm than with today's multi-million-dollar farming operations that require hundreds of times that to stay in business.
Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., talked about the difficulty of helping taxpayers understand the investment required on modern-day farming operations after helping turn back another attempt by Sens. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, and Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., to impose lower payment limits.
They offered an amendment to the fiscal year 2008 Budget Resolution that would have put the Senate on record as supporting a $250,000 cap on benefits. They would have redirected the savings — $1.1 billion over 10 years — to renewable energy, conservation and nutrition programs.
After Lincoln and Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., asked for meetings with Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada, Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad of North Dakota, Grassley and Dorgan, the latter "graciously agreed to withdraw the amendment," according to Sen. Lincoln.
"This was not the time or place to discuss payment limits because the Budget Resolution is not binding," said Lincoln. "We were able to convince them to move the debate to the Ag Committee where it belongs." (Sens. John Isakson, R-Ga., and Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., also spoke against the amendment.)
Despite their success, Lincoln said payment limits are not going away. Both the Bush administration and Grassley and Dorgan are expected to continue to push proposals with the administration's the more damaging of the two.
"It's an issue that remains largely misunderstood not only in Washington — in the bubble — but also among consumers," she said. "When you're doing what our farmers do in the South — particularly large cotton and rice operations — it requires more investment than corn and soybeans, four to five times the investment of corn and soybean farmers in the Midwest.
"When you farm large acreages — which is what our farmers have to do to achieve economies of scale — the payments will be bigger. But all that doesn't go in farmers' pockets; it goes to bankers, farm suppliers and local governments to pay taxes."
Lincoln says the administration and some interest groups talk about more opportunities for young farmers. "What father is going to encourage his son or daughter to get into farming when he has to tell them they have limits on what they can do; that they have to limit the size of their operation or their dream."


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Most brides don't marry twice in one day. But when Carina and Manesh tied the knot in a September wedding, dual I Dos just made sense. The Virginia-based pair, who began dating after reconnecting at their 10-year high-school reunion, has different backgrounds: She's Catholic, he's Hindu. They held two ceremonies to honor both heritages, and celebrated with autumn-inspired party elements.
At their afternoon Catholic ceremony, nearly 100 guests watched as Carina and Manesh married amid burgundy roses and yellow calla lilies. Next, at the nearby Auberge du Soleil hotel, guests took part in a mini reception, snacking on tiny croquet monsieur and curried-chicken-salad hors d'oeuvres as Indian tabla (drums) played in the background, before the couple was married once again in a traditional Hindu ceremony.
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April 5, 2018, 11:00 pmAndre Iguodala - SF - Golden State Warriors
Andre Iguodala plans to return to action on Saturday.
Iguodala's return could shake up the rotation depth for the Warriors who have been using a number of bodies off the bench. He really isn't an upside play at this point and should probably just be a desperation option off the wire.
Source: Mark Medina on Twitter
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April 22, 2019, 9:08 pmLuke Walton - Team - Sacramento Kings
As reported on TMZ, a lawsuit shows that Luke Walton is being sued for sexually assaulting a woman in his hotel room in May of 2017.
Walton recently signed on to be the new coach of the Sacramento Kings. We will follow the story to see how it plays out and if it has any ramifications that affect his availability to coach the Kings.
Source: TMZ.com
April 22, 2019, 7:27 pmBlake Griffin - F - Detroit Pistons
Blake Griffin (left knee soreness) is active for Monday's Game 4 against the Bucks, as expected.
Griffin was listed as probable but there was pretty much zero doubt about whether or not he'd play with Detroit facing elimination. We'll see if they can extend this series tonight, even with their best player clearly working at less than 100 percent health.
Source: Keith Langlois on Twitter
April 22, 2019, 6:48 pmMalcolm Brogdon - G - Milwaukee Bucks
Mike Budenholzer expects to have a firm target date for Malcolm Brogdon (partial right plantar fascia tear) in the next 3-to-5 days.
Brogdon has been out since mid-March and remains on track to meet the original 6-to-8 week timetable, though he hasn't done any scrimmaging yet. It's still anticipated that Brogdon will be back in the mix some time in the second round. Once he's up to speed we'll see less George Hill, Sterling Brown and Pat Connaughton.
Source: Matt Velazquez on Twitter
April 22, 2019, 5:36 pmChris Boucher - F - Toronto Raptors
Chris Boucher (back spasms) has been ruled out ahead of Tuesday's Game 5 with the Magic.
Boucher was briefly taken off the injury report ahead of Game 4 but ended up being ruled out anyway. He's highly unlikely to see the floor at all in the postseason, healthy or not.
Source: NBA Injury Report
April 22, 2019, 5:34 pmJoel Embiid - F/C - Philadelphia Sixers
Joel Embiid (left knee soreness) is probable ahead of Tuesday's Game 5 against the Nets.
Embiid played it coy with his status earlier today but we'd expect to see him out there in a closeout opportunity. Ending this quickly would give him some additional rest with the second round starting on the weekend at the earliest, so a focused effort would give Philly benefits on multiple fronts. Embiid's played through the injury after missing Game 3 and hasn't looked too hampered in dominating Brooklyn up front.
Source: NBA Injury Report
April 22, 2019, 1:49 pmJoel Embiid - F/C - Philadelphia Sixers
Joel Embiid (left knee soreness) wouldn't commit to playing in Game 5 vs. the Nets on Tuesday.
Embiid said that "We've got to keep them guessing" and it's highly likely he doesn't even know whether or not he's going to play yet. He's been a true game-time decision for the entire series and that's not going to change so stay tuned for updates closer to tip off.
Source: Keith Pompey on Twitter
April 22, 2019, 12:54 pmEd Davis - C - Brooklyn Nets
Ed Davis (ankle) is considered to be questionable going into Tuesday's Game 5 vs. the 76ers.
Davis was a big part in the Nets' Game 1 win and his rebounding could serve to help Brooklyn out a ton. They just look outmatched by Joel Embiid and Boban Marjanovic and Davis could provide another big man presence down low. This could be the last game of the series so Davis' status should be a big story coming into the game.
Source: Brian Lewis on Twitter
April 22, 2019, 11:52 amJeff Green - F - Washington Wizards
Jeff Green expressed that he would like to return and play for the Wizards during the 2019-2020 season.
"I would love to come back," Green said. "Great set of guys on this team. I loved playing with Brad [Beal], John [Wall]." Green was very consistent and was on a friendly contract, but the direction in which the organization wants to go remains unclear. Green may need to find a new home given the plethora of depth the Wizards have at the forward position.
Source: Chase Hughes of NBC Washington
April 22, 2019, 12:42 amRussell Westbrook - G - Oklahoma City Thunder
Russell Westbrook went 5-for-21 from the field to finish with 14 points, nine rebounds, seven assists and two treys in Sunday's 98-111 Game 4 loss to the Blazers.
Time and again in this series, it's been evident that Damian Lillard has been playing at a higher level than Westbrook and tonight was a fine example. Lillard was able to shake off his early shooting struggles and come up big in the second half, but Westbrook was still forcing shots and appeared to be on the back foot for most of the game. He's best when he's the one taking it to his opponents. A reactive Westbrook is simply not the star the Thunder need right now, if they want to salvage any hopes of coming back in this first-round series.
April 22, 2019, 12:36 amDennis Schroder - G - Oklahoma City Thunder
Dennis Schroder mirrored his 17-point performance from Friday with another 17-point game in Sunday's loss to the Blazers.
Schroder shot 6-of-12 from the field and added three rebounds, three assists, two 3s and one steal to the box score tonight. Aside from him though, the Thunder's bench was deafeningly quiet. He cannot carry the load of the second unit's scoring output by his lonesome, especially when they're faced up against a team with multiple weapons like the Blazers. For now, the Thunder can only hope he keeps this up and that the other reserves will follow suit.


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Led by a $1.2 billion revenue boost from the London Olympics, Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) reported stronger-than-expected third-quarter sales on Friday and said its profit climbed 15% from a year ago.
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The cable company posted operating income of $3.05 billion, or 78 cents a share, compared with a year-earlier profit of $2.64 billion, or 33 cents a share.
Excluding one-time items related to its share of SpectrumCo's sale of wireless spectrum licenses, Comcast earned 46 cents, matching average analyst estimates in a Thomson Reuters poll.
Revenue for the three months ended Sept. 30 grew 15.4% to $16.5 billion from $14.34 billion a year ago, beating the Street's view of $16.08 billion.
NBCUniversal saw sales grow 31.2% to $6.8 billion last quarter driven by the London Olympics, which added $1.2 billion in additional revenue. Excluding the Olympics, NBC sales would have grown by 8%.
"Cable's results show real strength in every part of the business," Comcast CEO Brian Roberts said in a statement. "The London Olympics exceeded all our expectations and our entire company contributed to their success, proving how effective we can be when we bring together our unique assets and capabilities."
Cable communications revenue soared 6.9% to $9.9 billion from $9.3 billion a year ago.
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Books They're Ho-Ho-Hoping For
When you give a child or a teen a book, you are creating a memory that will last a lifetime.
What's more, books offer so many options. Are you trying to find a book for an early reader? Choose a picture book or a Great Beginner Read. Does your grandchild love non-fiction? Take a look at the Great Family Reads section. Has your niece read every book known to man? There are some brand new books on this list that she may not have seen yet.
Do you struggle to find just the right book to entice your child to read? These selections are sure kid-pleasers that will meet any interest. The ReadKiddoRead holiday gift list has something for everyone: realistic fiction, science fiction, and non-fiction; animal stories, mythology and adventures; sad stories and stories that will make your kids laugh out loud.
So browse our list. We promise that each book is one that children and teens will want to read and then share with their friends. And then read again. These are keepers! A remote-control car may break and a child is sure to outgrow a sweater, but a book stays.
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Great Family Reads
National Geographic Book of Animal Poetry
200 Poems with Photographs That Squeak, Soar, and Roar!
Compiled by J. Patrick Lewis
Stunning photographs combine with wonderful poems to create a family treasure for all to share. Travel around the world and learn about all kinds of animals in the process.
100 People Who Made History
Meet the People Who Shaped the Modern World
By Ben Gilliland
Take a look at scientists, athletes, and artists among others whose actions shaped the world we know. From Aristotle to Pele. From Elvis to Einstein, these brief biographies entertain and inorm at the same time. Fun to use as a reference or to pick up and browse.
Treasury of Greek Mythology
Classic Stories of Gods, Goddesses, Heroes & Monsters
By Donna Jo Napoli
The past five years have brought us a variety of stories based in mythology, from Percy Jackson and The Olympians to The Chronus Chronicles. This gorgeous volume retells the classic stories that have inspired these tales.
Dragons Love Tacos
By Adam Rubin and Daniel Salmieri
For ages 3-5
Did you know that dragons love tacos? They love parties, too. A dragon's absolute favorite thing is a taco party. But don't include any spicy salsa, or the fireworks will begin! Full of deadpan illustrations and lots of humor, this is a book parents will be happy to read over and over again.
This is Not My Hat
By Jon Klassen
For ages 4 – 8
"This hat is not mine. I just stole it," proclaims the minnow as he swims away with a charming grey bowler hat. He's certain the large, sluggish fish who owns the hat will not miss it. Boy, is he mistaken! The large fish notices and speedily pursues his hat, with entertainingly predictable results. Children will enjoy reading this independently or with an adult and picking out their favorite characters along the way.
Bink & Gollie: Two for One,
By Kate DiCamillo & Alison McGhee; illustrated by Tony Fucile
For ages 6-8
Bink and Gollie are headed to the state fair. Bink would love to win the World's Largest Donut at the Whack-a-Duck game and Gollie tries her hand at the talent show. Not all goes well, but readers are sure to agree that sometimes, a friend is all you need.
Jack Stalwart series
By Elizabeth Singer Hunt
For ages 7-9
Meet Jack Stalwart. He's your average nine year old boy, except he's also a secret agent, trying to find his missing brother. In each book, he travels to a different country, protecting a different national treasure. Kids will love the action-packed adventures and, without even noticing, they'll pick up the facts and foreign languages cleverly slipped into each book.
The One and Only Ivan
By Katherine Applegate
For ages 8-12
This is the story of Ivan, a silverback gorilla who lives in a tiny zoo in a strip mall. One day, Ruby, a baby elephant arrives, and Ivan promises to take care of her. He gradually realizes that life in this cramped, dirty zoo is no place for Ruby, and he schemes for her release.
Joshua Dread
By Lee Bacon
For ages 8-12
Joshua Dread is having a rough year in middle school. Bullies pick on him, and he seems to be causing pencils to explode, leaving burning handprints in his wake. To top it off? The supervillains – The Dread Duo – are his parents, and they're trying to destroy the world. Fast-paced action and a very clever storyline will appeal to both boys and girls.
Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life
By James Patterson
For ages 8 and up
Rafe Khatchadorian has enough problems at home without throwing his first year of middle school into the mix. Luckily, he's got an ace plan for the best year ever, if only he can pull it off: With his best friend Leonardo the Silent awarding him points, Rafe tries to break every rule in his school's oppressive Code of Conduct.
Three Times Lucky
By Sheila Turnage
For ages 9 and up
Mo (short for Moses) LeBeau washed into town during a hurricane, and for the past 11 years. One day, a detective comes to town, trying to solve a mysterious murder. Mo and her best friend, Dale Earnhardt Johnson III, try to solve the mystery themselves, leading to hilarious situations and some tough realizations as well.
One for the Murphys
By Lynda Mullaly Hunt
For ages 10 and up
When she and her mother are severely beaten by her stepfather, Carley Connors is put into foster care. She resents her foster family for their seemingly perfect life, but slowly she finds a connection with them, making plenty of mistakes along the way, but truly wanting to fit in. It's a simply lovely story.
The Mark of Athena
Heroes of Olympus, Book Three
By Rick Riordan
For ages 10 and up
The third book in the bestselling series continues the story as the demigods try to determine who will be The Prophecy of Seven.
Colin Fischer
By Ashley Edward Miller and Zack Stentz
For ages 12 and up
The authors of the screenplays for Thor and X-Men: First Class tell the story of Colin Fischer, a high school freshman with Asperger's. When a gun goes off in the school cafeteria, Wayne Connelly, the school thug, is the prime suspect. Colin knows that Wayne is not to blame and sets out to prove his case.
Eve and Adam
By Michael Grant and Katherine Applegate
For ages 13 and up
When a horrible accident severs her leg, Eve wakes up in the hospital to find her mom, the head of a biotech firm, checking her out and taking her back to the lab. There her leg heals suspiciously fast. Solo, an orderly at the lab who seems to know far more than someone in his position should, forces Eve to realize that all is not as it seems. A fast moving thriller, told in the alternating voices of Eve and Solo.
By S.J. Kincaid
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Tom Raines spends his days in a futuristic Las Vegas, conning people out of money at reality video games. His skill in video gaming leads to his recruitment to Pentagonal Spire, where he trains to defend the U.S. in space-based battles. The descriptions of Tom's training are completely engrossing, as is this riveting look into the future.
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JetBlue Airways (NASDAQ:JBLU) said it planned to suspend flights at New York and Boston airports later on Monday, and gradually resume them on Tuesday, as extreme cold hobbled airline operations in the U.S. Midwest and Northeast regions.
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Temperatures below zero in the U.S. Midwest were making it difficult for airlines to fuel planes and posing exposure hazards for ramp employees.
The brunt of the impact was felt in areas such as Chicago, Minneapolis and Cleveland. More than 1,600 flights were canceled at Chicago O'Hare, an airport that typically has 2,400 daily flights.
"Even though there is not a lot of precipitation falling, extreme cold weather can severely impact operations," Andrea Huguely, a spokeswoman for American Airlines Group (NASDAQ:AAL), said in an email.
American and American Eagle canceled more than 500 flights on Monday, roughly 14 percent of its typical daily flights of 3,500. At Chicago O'Hare, American had "minimal operations" and canceled nearly 380 flights, including American Eagle flights.
"The problem we - and other carriers - faced very early is the fueling pumper trucks wouldn't work," said American spokeswoman Mary Frances Fagan. "Parts were frozen. Fuel nozzles were also frozen and had to be taken to a hangar to thaw out. It's slow going."
Southwest Airlines (NYSE:LUV) suspended flights at Chicago Midway airport on Monday, also citing fueling problems. United Continental Holdings (NASDAQ:UAL) canceled 460 flights at O'Hare, including 380 on regional carriers.
JetBlue said halting its flights at John F. Kennedy International, LaGuardia, Newark Liberty and Boston Logan airports would allow time to melt ice from its planes, position flight crews and take other steps to recover from snow storms that recently struck the Midwest and parts of the Northeast.
"It's a combination of everything that has had a domino effect the last few days," JetBlue spokesman Anders Lindstrom said. "As one of the largest carriers in the Northeast, weather in this area impacts our entire route network and operations."
Winter and accompanying storms are a major issue for U.S. airlines in the first quarter. Airlines typically will proactively cancel flights during a major storm to minimize disruptions.
David Fintzen, an airline analyst with Barclays, said it was too soon to comment on financial impact from the flight cancellations tied to the recent bad weather.
"Only thing I would say is that with U.S. airlines in much stronger financial positions and investors increasingly focused on the bigger industry picture, severe weather in any one quarter is increasingly looked through by the markets," Fintzen said in a statement to Reuters.
"Moreover, short-term weather impact is disruptive to passengers but financially is a minor factor for earnings versus trends in the overall economy or fuel prices," Fintzen added.
Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL), which has major operations in Minneapolis and the New York area, said it had 400 cancellations across the Delta and Delta connection networks, out of a systemwide total of more than 5,000 daily flights.
"We're treating today as a recovery day and things look better for tomorrow," Delta spokesman Morgan Durrant said.
Shares of JetBlue were down 4 percent at $8.68 on Monday as most U.S. airlines traded weaker. Southwest shares were off 1.4 percent at $19.15. Delta was up 0.2 percent at $29.29 in afternoon trading, while American Airlines gained 1.5 percent to $26.95.
(Reporting by Karen Jacobs; Additional reporting by Nivedita Bhattacharjee in Chicago; Editing by G Crosse and Steve Orlofsky)


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05 March 2012
Faint dreams creeping, endless...
- vintage blouse
- 50s wool skirt
- Rachel Comey boots
- vintage barrette from Lawrence
- listening to: Chelsea Wolfe - Apokalypsis "Mer"
I'm finally getting around to experimenting a bit with my new camera. I'm quite clumsy and have dropped and broken more than one little point and shoot camera so I'm super paranoid every time I pick the new one up that I'm going to somehow manage to break it. I was also hesitant to put in on my tripod for outfit photos since a strong wind once knocked over one of my smaller cameras that was attached to the tripod and it was never the same. But I ended up taking the chance and so far, so good (fingers crossed). Now I just have to learn a bit more about metering the photos since all of the ones I took ended up a bit overexposed. I was able to salvage this one. Yes, I'm super pale, but I'm not a ghost!
18 comments:
- Rae Veda said...
That outfit is breathtaking. You look so beautiful. xo, rv
- March 05, 2012
- Rae Veda said...
That outfit is breathtaking. You look so beautiful. xo, rv
- March 05, 2012
- Anonymous said...
gorgeous blouse!
- March 05, 2012
- Gela said...
the details of that blouse are gorgeous!
boat ride through the sky
- March 05, 2012
- Lucia said...
wow I love your skirt!
- March 05, 2012
- Frannie Pantz said...
Your new camera is working wonderfully. I recently lost a camera due to wind and a tripod. And I love your new header!
- March 05, 2012
- Crystal Lee said...
what a pretty outfit. I also love the reflection of another old house in the window.
- March 05, 2012
- sweet harvest moon said...
What camera did you get? Pictures are beautiful!
I really like your hair :)
- March 05, 2012
- Emma said...
Your hair is so beautiful Jennifer! I'm loving your curls! And you should embrace your "fair", "milky" skin! (I like to use these words instead of pale, it seems more exotic!)
Emma x
- March 05, 2012
- Piper said...
I love that blouse -- and your haircolor! I'm a redhead too, and I'd like to go lighter, like yours, for spring and summer.
- March 05, 2012
- ADOREVINTAGE said...
Such a lovely blouse and I love the color of the skirt.
- March 05, 2012
- svenskaussie said...
I'm loving that blouse, it's beautiful.
- March 05, 2012
- Caitie said...
this outfit is beautiful, obsessing over that top!
- March 06, 2012
- Kristian said...
I really like your outfit! But I also really wanted to comment on how much I like the rest of the picture too. The window and the reflection are gorgeous.
- March 06, 2012
- Emily Peebles said...
What a lovely outfit! All the tones work so well with each other. I think pale skin is much prettier than tanned skin, not to mention more elegant!
- March 06, 2012
- Aya Smith said...
Your skin is gorgeous the way it is, Jennifer! Taking your own photos is a PAIN, so props lady! I think this photo came out beautifully :)
♥ Aya
- March 07, 2012
- hellolyndsey said...
i love how effortlessly amazing you are! you look stunning and i absolutely love the colors!
lyndsey of hellolyndsey
- March 07, 2012
- Pocketful of Roses said...
Such a beautiful blouse! Really love the style of your photos!! :)
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Don't believe the hype July 2, 2009Posted by David Gillespie in business strategy.
Tags: Australia, media, News Corporation, Newspaper, Rupert Murdoch
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I just finished working my way through a series of lectures given by Rupert Murdoch late last year on the future of media, something my good friend Jeremy Smart put me onto. The six-part series reveal a far more insightful and aware captain of industry than I think even Murdoch's biggest fans would give him credit for. Waxing lyrical on everything from the impact of Craig's List on newspaper classifieds to the educational needs of his birth country (Australia), Murdoch's lectures show a man not wearied by age, instead acutely aware of where his media empire stands and thoroughly steadfast in his vision for a strong if dramatically altered future for news media, and for Western civilization itself.
Those not from Australia can perhaps skip the introductory lecture as it is fairly antipodean in focus; the remaining five though are candid and incredibly insightful, and will turn even the most hardened cynic into something of a believer in the boy who began his media career in Adelaide, one shoulder carrying the local paper, the other his father's coffin. Do yourself a favour, and check them out.


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Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Alice in Wonderland
I was very lucky to meet Tim Burton as well as Ken Ralston from Sony Imageworks, I've been working directly at the film set in Plymouth and later on at the set in LA, it's been a great time working for one of my favourite directors.
Seeing Johnny Depp's performance was also mindblowing, he's amazingly talented.
Below are some images that have just been released officialy.
You can find the full article on this site, as well as 3 concept art pieces for the environments: http://www.firstshowing.net/2009/06/21/first-look-tim-burtons-trippy-new-alice-in-wonderland/
I will show you the huge pile of the other character designs I did after the film's release in 2010.
Here's a photo of Johnny Depp in the Mad Hatter costume as well as two of the very early Hatter concepts I did:
25 comments:
- Peter Oedekoven said...
Bin ein grosser Fan deiner Arbeit!
Awesome work,Michael.
- February 12, 2010 at 11:09 AM
- Michael Kutsche said...
Vielen Dank, Peter!
- February 12, 2010 at 11:25 PM
- bigote said...
Hi Michael. I enjoy your work in this movie but I'm here with a little question regarding your name spelling. I'm a Russian translator and need to know it in order to transliterate your name correctly. I suppose your second name should sound like a German word Kutsche (Kuche, if written using English transliteration). What about your first name, I'm not sure which way you prefer: either in German way (like Michael Schumacher) or in English way (like Michael Jackson). Would you be so kind to answer my question?
Thank you very much beforehand,
- February 15, 2010 at 6:44 PM
- Marie said...
really neat concepts :]
- February 16, 2010 at 12:56 PM
- Tasha said...
Wow your art is so amazing! I love your Mad Hatter - he looks fantastic and just as i imagined him in my own twisted mind.
Do you sell these in line art so others can colour etc?
- February 17, 2010 at 3:34 AM
- qstom said...
Nice one !!
Thx for sharing :D
- February 17, 2010 at 3:45 PM
- Thomas Fluharty said...
WOW Michael, Just discovered your work through Bobby Chiu. LOVE what you are doing!!!!!! Major inspiration. GREAT drawing fantastic design and awesome lighting. Truly~Thomas Fluharty
- February 19, 2010 at 8:17 AM
- Aseph One said...
Great stuff man! I've been a long time follower of your work. Keep up the innovation!
- February 19, 2010 at 1:13 PM
- Michael Kutsche said...
thanks for those kind words, really appreciated!
- February 19, 2010 at 6:52 PM
- Naik Michel said...
YOu are a beast at design mate. Great work :P
Check out mine:
- February 23, 2010 at 8:01 PM
- Dave Rapoza said...
Oh shiiit, didn't know you had a blog. Totally followin
- February 24, 2010 at 5:24 PM
- Kevin Eslinger said...
Hello Michael,
My name is Kevin Eslinger and I have two galleries in Colorado. I was wondering if you would be interested in allowing me to resell some of your prints. I would also like to plan a time when we could do a group show if you are interested.
Here is a link to my blog
Here is my website
- February 25, 2010 at 3:17 PM
- ängel Constantino said...
Queríamos felicitarle por los excelentes trabajos realizados.
Realmente la imaginación cambia este mundo.
- February 26, 2010 at 10:32 AM
- G1toons said...
Must say your work is inspiring, my friend Jeff lead me to your work
great stuff
- March 1, 2010 at 2:56 PM
- DangerGirl said...
You're designs were all so stunning and, I have to say, I really do prefer your Hatter to the one on film.
I just couldn't quite get into the Kabuki make-up.
Congratulations on all the press, well deserved!
- March 7, 2010 at 7:45 AM
- Yours truly said...
Your work is amazing!! Love it
- March 15, 2010 at 5:57 PM
- Lorde Croowel said...
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- April 20, 2010 at 1:38 PM
- Lorde Croowel said...
You make an amazing work!! Incredible!! My dream is to be like you!
- April 20, 2010 at 1:41 PM
- soobeedoo said...
I have to say, I prefer your Mad Hatter (either one) to Depp, and that surprises me.
But I love and am terrified by your March Hare.
---sue h
- May 21, 2010 at 8:51 PM
- op9956 said...
i love the"10%"^^
thank you sharing
- June 8, 2010 at 2:52 AM
- Aria said...
I am impressed your works!
- August 1, 2010 at 1:49 AM
- Fashion said...
Michael, I love your work in issue 8 of Schön! Magazine. Guys, check it out on nineteen74.com/magazine XXX
- October 1, 2010 at 8:21 AM
- Carole Maurel said...
amazing work!!!
- March 30, 2011 at 9:16 AM
- Zavian Archibald said...
Liking the steam punk influence. Love your "Alice" work.
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