Where have the savers gone? Oct 28, 2009
That did not simply make them cautious; it also gave them a high regard for the value of substantial savings - which had after all increased in real value by 25% in the first years of the Depression. Conversely, the baby boomers and their successors, the adults of the 1980s or today, have not experienced real financial hardship and, in the 1970s, saw inflation eat away inexorably at the value of savings. (Asia Times Online)
Leeland and Brandon Heath Team Up F... Oct 27, 2009
Brandon recalls those first years as being rough. He dreaded singing live night after night. (Suite101.com)
Newcomer faces incumbent in Dist. 11 Oct 27, 2009
There is a lot of learning in the first years of office, Murphy said. I don't think people understand how much time people put into a job like this, she said. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
* British fathers struggle to find their balance Oct 26, 2009
The first years were grueling, said Duncan Fisher, whose wife remained in her job after he left his. It was a totally female world and I definitely had to run the female gauntlet. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Theodore Sizer, 77; leader in effort to overhaul education Oct 25, 2009
He spent his first years in education teaching at Roxbury Latin School and at Melbourne Grammar School in Australia. Using the GI Bill, he went to Harvard, where he received a master s and a doctorate in education and history. (Boston Globe)
A Womans Nation: A new report from Maria Shriver tells us just how much womens lives have changed Oct 22, 2009
Madmommy I did work the first years of my child being in school. Pre-K all the way through 4th grade. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Living)
Obama trying to boost party money, morale Oct 21, 2009
At a second fundraiser focused on health care, Obama boasted of his first-year accomplishments, telling donors who paid $100 to $1,000 to attend that 'we've already had one of the most productive first years of any administration in decades. " "I'm just getting started," he said. Obama stood to raise as much as $3 million in New York for the Democratic National Committee on Tuesday as well as an unspecified sum for Bill Owens, the Democrat in a special congressional election in upstate New York.... (MSNBC -- Politics)
Early reporting days included miniature horses, Dale Brown Oct 21, 2009
Longtime basketball coach Dale Brown was in the first years of his long LSU career. Kenny Higgs was the biggest star of the team I can recall, a small but tough 5-foot, 11-inch guard from Kentucky who was great fun to watch. (New Iberia, LA)
Scene & Herd: Rebounding after 'Death Day' Oct 16, 2009
In the first years that followed I kept waiting for the other shoe to drop. The anniversary of my diagnosis I referred to as Death Day and felt gloom all day but that is all in my past now. (Lexington Minuteman, MA)
Health-Care Reform: The Mandate Debate Oct 14, 2009
For just a few hundred dollars during the first years the law is in place, a healthy person might decide to forgo the costly security of insurance. That's what insurers fear, at any rate. (BusinessWeek)
Rick Holmes: Building a better Community Preservation Act Oct 13, 2009
The CPA Trust Fund benefited from an unexpected development: The home refinancing rush in the first years of this decade resulted in more real estate registry fees than anticipated. With the real estate bust, that revenue stream slowed to a trickle. (Wakefield Daily Item, MA)
Your views: Letters to the editor Oct 13, 2009
Our school board members earn more annually than some teachers in their first years on the job over $38,000, plus expenses, for whats essentially a part-time job. Maybe its time for a referendum to make serving on the board a voluntary position and save money by eliminating board salaries and benefits. (Florida Today)
George Jones: Still Doin' Time Oct 12, 2009
And then, I started seeing the other part," she laughed. Twenty-six years ago Nancy Sepulvado became the fourth - and, George says, the last - Mrs. George Jones. The first years of their marriage were tough . . . but a near-fatal car wreck in 1999 finally set Jones straight, and he hasn't touched a drop since. "I knew all along that there was a big old heart in there, because this man is just wonderful," said Nancy. "He is a very, very big-hearted, good man. " The Jones estate in Nashville might... (CBS News)
One foot in front of the other Oct 11, 2009
During the first years, the group stuffed about 200 bags in the living room of Smiles home. They never expected that one day, there would be more than 900 bags to prepare with shirts and donated items for the morning event. (Montrose Daily Press, CO)
Golden bubble to burst? Oct 11, 2009
"With gold's new record high, there are plenty of holders of bullion who started acquiring it in the first years of the millennium who are now sitting on profit equivalent to three times the money," West warned. As CNN pointed out, gold has moved in huge swings since the economy started to crack in 2007. (iAfrica.com)
Humble beginnings have not stopped intergalactic growth Oct 10, 2009
Those first years of the cookoff saw the cooking teams and setups a lot less elaborate than today. There were plenty of gumbos cooked with booths that included just a folding table and a few folding chairs, a burner, pot and not much more. (New Iberia, LA)
Click to read:How Health Care Bill Would Net $81B Oct 9, 2009
" That's a very bad thing, particularly in the first years of the plan. It means that, with no warning, subsidies will be cut by 15 percent, and insurance that families were able to afford the year before will become totally unaffordable. That needs to be changed.". by brian1920 October 8, 2009 8:05 PM EDT. (CBS News)
New students still without funds Oct 9, 2009
First years have been hardest hit, with just 72% of applications dealt with, details given under the Freedom of Information Act have revealed. The Student Loans Company blamed late applications and technical problems. (BBC News -- UK)
Perfect run continues Oct 9, 2009
Scannell has emerged this season after spending her first years with the program as a junior-varsity runner. Cal put in the work and transformed herself over the summer, Whitmore said. (Medfield Press, MA)
Southern Hospitality marks an anniversary Oct 8, 2009
And we wouldnt have survived those first years without people like Sally and Pam and Jeff Mault. . (Washington Daily News, NC)
A Short Story: My First Love Part One Oct 6, 2009
That was when the first years were admitted. They were so nave, innocent, and very susceptible to wily wiles that it was not difficult to lure them to abandon the myriad of advice they had received before coming to the school. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
High court could transform Oct 5, 2009
Both men are emerging from the cautious first years that every new justice experiences - Roberts as a results-oriented strategist and Alito likely to strengthen his voice in a term with a docket that features cases that will highlight the difference he makes on the court. "The replacement of (William) Rehnquist and O'Connor by Roberts and Alito is likely to have a significantly greater impact on the court than the replacement of (Justice David) Souter by Sotomayor," said Walter E. Dellinger III,... (AZCentral -- News)
Castro Street fair a G-rated family reunion Oct 5, 2009
Its first years were a merging of the straight and increasingly gay populations of Eureka Valley, in the happy-go-lucky days before AIDS, Boneberg said. In the 1980s, after Milk's assassination and as AIDS began wreaking havoc on the neighborhood, the fair provided a welcome reprieve from near-constant anxiety and grieving. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Weird News)
Roberts, Alito poised to make mark on Supreme Court Oct 4, 2009
Both men are emerging from the cautious first years that every new justice experiences - Roberts as a results-oriented strategist and Alito is expected to strengthen his voice in a term whose docket already features cases that will highlight the difference he makes on the court. The replacement of [William H.] Rehnquist and O Connor by Roberts and Alito is likely to have a significantly greater impact on the court than the replacement of [Justice David H.] Souter by Sotomayor, said Walter E.... (Boston Globe)
What Should the U.S. Do In Afghanistan? Oct 4, 2009
But it has a back-to-the-future flavor because it is more or less the exact same policy that the Bush Administration followed in the first years of the occupation: a light footprint of several thousand U.S. soldiers who were confined to counterterrorism missions. That approach helped foster the resurgence of the Taliban, which continues to receive material support from elements in Pakistan. (Time.com)
Afghan forces' problems are a drag on U.S. effort Sep 30, 2009
In the first years of the war, regional warlords thwarted recruiting efforts, and desertion was a significant problem. U.S. commanders also set projections for the Afghan army based on the assumption that the Taliban would be defeated. (Florida Today)
Ryan right man at right time Sep 25, 2009
(Brady and Big Ben won Super Bowls in their first years even though Brady wasn t actually a rookie). I m always impressed by Mark Bradley, especially how he produces fine-quality writing so quickly and frequently, but sometimes I think sportswriters, all of them, are too quick to anoint and condemn. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Sanchez takes advantage of great situation Sep 24, 2009
Roethlisberger, Rivers and Flacco have grown by leaps and bounds from their first years as a starter. They have each gone from being along for the ride to driving the bus. (SportsIllustrated.CNN)
Students Navigating The Hudson River With Hydrogen Fuel Cells Sep 22, 2009
The project and boat are named after and will closely mirror the route of the world s first commercial steamboat, the Clermont, which renowned captain Robert Fulton sailed from New York to Albany in the first years of the 19th century almost exactly 200 years ago. The New Clermont Project also coincides with the 400-year anniversary of Henry Hudson s historic trek up what would eventually become the Hudson River. (Science Daily)
First-time dad: Part-boy, part-seal, toddler shares his dad's love for the water Sep 22, 2009
I spent my first years in a cottage a couple of blocks from the Virginia Beach oceanfront, where the beach became my playground and the boardwalk the primary parade ground for my stroller. Not long afterward, my dad's first overseas tour of duty took us to the island of Puerto Rico, where swimming, snorkeling and beachcombing became our favorite pastime. (Fresno Bee -- Lifestyle)
We need health care reform — even Joe Wilson should get that Sep 21, 2009
sparky595 wrote on Sep 14, 2009 4:25 PM:" Voter, I am trying to follow you. Let's see if I got it straight. Flood the system with 46 million new people at once. Let's get them all set up with their preventative care appoinments for a complete physical. What if then, we find that preventative care was a little late for 20 million of them and they need medical procedures done within the first year. Where are all of these doctors going to be in the first year. I agree with the concept of... (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Calif. panel set to recommend major tax overhaul Sep 21, 2009
Critics worry the new business tax will hinder startup companies that rely on research credits in their first years when they aren't profitable and hurt all businesses by eliminating traditional deductions for wages and benefits. The tax might be subject to a legal challenge on constitutional grounds because all firms that do business in the state would be subject to the tax even if they are not headquartered in California. (Sioux City Journal)
Science Fair Sep 19, 2009
Scientists previously thought the brain could only incorporate new sensory information within the first years of development. But the study shows that in the case of color blindness, old monkeys can learn new tricks. (USA Today -- Tech)
City Chamber welcomes new school principals Sep 17, 2009
Both high school principal Mike Ray and middle school principal Stacia Parker are in their first years in charge. Ray, promoted from teacher and football coach, said it still feels strange to not be roaming the sidelines and barking orders at players, but "the time had come where I thought I could help more students" as principal, he said. (Calhoun City Monitor Herald, MS)
Fall Movie Preview: Studios save best films for fall Sep 11, 2009
"The Young Victoria" (PG): Emily Blunt plays the title character in the first years of her reign; Rupert Friend plays Prince Albert. Nov. 20. (Florida Today)
Jaycee's Terror as Her Ordeal Began Sep 11, 2009
(CBS) Information is starting to surface that's painting a clearer picture of what authorities say occurred when Jaycee Dugard's nightmare began and in the first years that followed, reports CBS News Correspondent Ben Tracy. Immediately before her life changed forever in 1991, Dugard was an 11 year old at a bus stop near her house in South Lake Tahoe, Calif. (CBS News)
Double-O Syv Sep 10, 2009
Since the first years of the Cold War, we've relied on Norwegian operatives to monitor , which is docked on the and includes many of its nuclear submarines. In order to move into the open ocean, the fleet passes between Norway's mainland and its. (Slate)
Fixed Asset Accelerated Depreciatio... Sep 6, 2009
The double declining balance method is used like the straight-line deprecation method expect that the first years depreciation is double the percentage of the straight-line method. Each additional year in the life of the asset is multiplied by the same percentage of the remaining deprecation. (Suite101.com)
Celebrating 100 years of community music Sep 4, 2009
Lapin says that in its first years, the center focused on Eastern European immigrant children and the small African-American population that had migrated from the South. Obviously, we have a much fuller orbit to travel today, he says. (Boston Globe)
Obama's agenda Sep 2, 2009
Obama's challenges reflect the complex problems and the federal budget deficit that he inherited from the Bush administration, and they parallel the struggles of past presidents in the autumns of their first years in office. Obama also owns some of the blame, however, for taking on so much at once, and for his tactical decision to float above the health-care debate and wait for Congress to come up with a plan. (AZCentral -- News)
Lincoln Police Chief Says First Years Make Big Difference Sep 1, 2009
POSTED: 4:27 pm CDT August 31, 2009UPDATED: 4:59 pm CDT August 31, 2009. -- Lincoln's police chief has joined 5,000 law enforcement leaders across the country in calling for Congress to pass a $1 billion package for early child education. (7 KETV Omaha)
Obama's 1st year sets record for Hispanic nominations Aug 31, 2009
President Barack Obama already has named more Hispanics to top-level administrative and government posts than his two predecessors did in their first years. 43: Number appointed by President Obama in his first eight months. (AZCentral -- News)
LARRY A. SMITH: All hat and no cattle? No way Aug 29, 2009
No. The Falcons -- and the moribund arena football team and the defunct basketball team -- never drew enough of a crowd to pay the rent, even during the first years the Falcons were in Selland. Do our community leaders never learn. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
Guy von Dardel, 90; sought halfbrother held by Soviets Aug 29, 2009
Mistakes were made in the very first years that influenced very much the fate of my brother, Mr. von Dardel said in 2001. Wallenberg - a member of one of Sweden s wealthiest and most prominent families - distributed Swedish passports to Jews in deportation trains and on death marches in Hungary. (Boston Globe)
Cancer patient attending LATIonline9:46 am | (No comments posted.) Aug 27, 2009
Due to advancements in treatment, survival rates in the first years exceed 90 percent. Earlier this week, Geffre and his father Marty were in town for student orientation at Lake Area Technical Institute. (Watertown Public Opinion, SD)
Australia approvesgas megaproject Aug 27, 2009
Browse's expected startup is during the first years of the next decade. The others are still in the planning stage. (Asia Times Online)
Thomas Michael Kasowski, 59 Aug 25, 2009
and spent the first years of his life in Wahpeton, N.D.. Thomas Michael Kasowski, 59 Advertisement. (Wahpeton Daily News, ND)
Are Management Consultants Necessary? Aug 24, 2009
In the first years it was a great learning experience. I felt like what we were doing was not intrinsically bad, though we were charging too much. (Time.com)
Sweet Corn Blues Festival hits uptown Normal Aug 23, 2009
Corn was given away in downtown Bloomington for free in the festival's first years. While a cooked ear cost 50 cents at this year's festival, sponsors gave away free toothpicks. (The Pantagraph newspaper)
Bullpup’s gridiron warriors looking towards playoffs Aug 22, 2009
It s one of the first years I can say we have depth in our offensive line. There are some pretty intense battles up front right now, Davis said. (Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise, OK)
UVa teammates pick Hall as football captain Aug 20, 2009
Hall is listed as a quarterback after playing cornerback, punt returner and holder on kicks his first years at Virginia. Hall, who started at quarterback against Virginia Tech last season, is among the players competing to start behind center in the season opener Sept. 5 against William and Mary. (Altivista Journal, VA)
Until the water issues are fixed, people of Atlanta Metro should not spend a penny in Alabama or Florida!... Aug 17, 2009
If Shirley Franklin did such a good job her first years of her term Atlanta wouldn't be where it is now. Score: 9. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
$1.6M for Year 1 » Aug 14, 2009
During the first years of his career (2004-06), Michael Vick rushed the ball better than any other quarterback. He had six 100-yard rushing games and 102 10-plus yard runs, but he was also one of the top rushers amongst all players -- especially on first down. (ESPN -- Football News)
JPII motto remains positive despite trials Aug 14, 2009
This year is one of the first years we ve had some challenges for positions, Olivares said. They aren t just a given this year. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)
G.I. Joe screenwriter calls Plano home Aug 12, 2009
He s also a lot tougher than me so unlike my parents, he never hesitated to threaten to kick my ass if I though about quitting or giving up during my first years in Hollywood. There is no chance I would have stuck it out without him. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)
Apparition to Release The Young Victoria Aug 11, 2009
Emily Blunt (The Devil Wears Prada) delivers a stunning performance as Queen Victoria in the turbulent first years of her reign. Rupert Friend (Pride dice) portrays Prince Albert, the suitor who wins her heart and becomes her partner in this spectacular romance. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Bucs Inbox: Will lefty be acquired for 'pen? Aug 10, 2009
Aware of that, the Pirates will continue to try to lock down players to long-term deals, as they did with Paul Maholm, Nate McLouth and Ryan Doumit this past year, to buy out first years of free agency. That will keep the Pirates from having to compete in a bidding process with 29 other teams a little longer. (MLB.com -- Pittsburgh Pirates)
MICHAEL BARONE Aug 10, 2009
Relevant excerpt: "[H]e does not seem to care much about the details of policy. He subcontracted the stimulus package to congressional appropriators, the cap-and-trade legislation to Henry Waxman and Edward Markey, and his health care program to Max Baucus. The result is incoherent public policy: Indefensible pork barrel projects, a carbon emissions bill that doesn t limit carbon emissions from politically connected industries, and a health care program... Published: Jun 28, 2009 The House... (The Drudge Report)
Perspective: Making Needham streets safe for children Aug 9, 2009
She recalled that during the first years of the 20th century, before the neighbors purchased cars, the girls and boys played their games and chased each other about on the street. Before the advent of the automobile, streets were where children played, adults walked and peddlers pushed their carts. (Needham Tab, MA)
DAVID S. BRODER: Blue Dogs symbol of factionalized House Aug 7, 2009
Place an obit: (559) 441-6228. Web Search powered by YAHOO. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
How to handle risks you face due to economic environment Aug 7, 2009
This matters, as Malaysian companies know to their cost, because one of the most important reasons why the world had rapid growth without inflation in the 1990s and the first years of the 21st century was the entry of huge pools of cheap and skilled labour into the global economy when first China and then Eastern European countries gave up communism. A key lesson from the years of the dotcom boom was that the tech sector lost control of its inventories and its credit as a result of... (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
Katz and UH volleyball became a smash hit Aug 7, 2009
(Former assistant coach) Tino (Reyes) and I went in during Christmas time and we'd look around, and think we would have 500 or 900 people in Klum gym (to watch the men's games), and how would it look with that many people in the arena," Wilton said. He didn't need to worry. In 1996, Katz's second and final season, UH sold out (10,225 tickets) five times. "Those first years were a magical deal and (Katz) was key in developing the excitement that permeated it," Wilton said. With... (Honolulu Advertiser)
Newsweek: Chile puts focus on preschool education Aug 7, 2009
Says Miguel Hoffmann, a Buenos Aires psychiatrist who specializes in early-childhood development, "all the data are showing that proper care and quality education in the first years [ensure that] we learn faster and are emotionally better able to cope with life's challenges.". To provide these goods, in April Colombia announced a new national policy guaranteeing the right to a quality education for all children under 5; as part of the plan, Bogota aims to build 60 new early education centers... (MSNBC -- International)
Battered up - dueling with old beaters Aug 7, 2009
There is bad blood between some groups," he observed. Besides the cost invested into a derby car, sometimes as much as $3,000 to $4,000 when first beginning, it is also time consuming. Getting a new car ready can take him three to four weeks. The financial return is iffy. A first place can net a driver $1,000 to $1,500, with seconds often $750 and thirds $500. But you must win to bring home the bacon. Sweeting says he pretty well keeps even now, but recalls his first years of racing when as an... (Kalona News, IA)
This Old Stove Aug 6, 2009
Like heirloom tomatoes and heritage pork, stoves manufactured in the first years after World War II are superior to the hybrids foisted on today's microwave world. They are not only gorgeouswith sleek lines and gleaming enamel and chromethey also were built to last. (Slate)
