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I have just seen a question on the above and thought it might be useful to post my experiences with this disease as it is so rarely diagnosed properly. Coronet Band Dystrophy (CBD) is NOT greasy heels, mud rash/fever, a shoeing problem, mites or any of the relatively minor conditions mentioned on a number of equine forums. It is a serious auto-immune condition in which the body is effectively rejecting the feet. It is incurable but is not in itself terminal although the effects of it may lead to euthanasia. In addition to the feet the chestnuts and ergots may flake and bleed, the coat may be affected and in really unfortunate cases the liver may be seriously damaged. In my elderly mare her coat becomes scurvy and staring and her chestnuts are severely affected when she is suffering a flare up but fortunately blood tests have shown no liver damage. It is unclear whether it is a rare condition or whether it is not widely known so it is not diagnosed correctly. Prior to her retirement (which was when I bought her), she had been treated for many years for incurable thrush by her previous vet. My vet had never heard of it and her boss, a very respected vet in the north west of England, had heard of it but never seen a case. It was diagnosed with the help of a very experienced horse-woman friend who suggested CBD to the vet, having seen it in a veterinary text book.. It is common for treatments to be successful for a few weeks and just as you think you are getting somewhere the treatment ceases to have any effect. We had reached this stage with my horse when co-incidentally my vet met Professor Knottenbolt of Liverpool University who is running a study into CBD. She showed him photographs of the Old Girl's feet and described her condition and he confirmed that it was a classic presentation. We were given some of the medication which Liverpool are trialing but in the way of these things, despite a brief improvement, it didn't work in the long term (ie 3 weeks!). Shortly afterwards the Old Girl had gone so severely down hill and was so ill and in great pain and we had arrived at the hard decision. However, our vet persuaded us to give her a last chance with steroids, on the principle that they couldn't make things worse and might help - at least giving her a few months more of good quality life. This was six months ago and the old girl hasn't looked back. We are aware that steroids cannot be a long term answer as they cause damage themselves but the Old Girl is healthy and happy and enjoying life as a field ornament and companion to a friend's nervy gelding. I know that it's a long time since the original post in this thread but I hope the poster is still watching. If so it might be worth consulting your vet about the possibility of steroids. They don't always work and they are expensive* but definitely worth discussing. It may also be a good idea to have a joint consultation with a good remedial farrier and your vet to decide on the best way to proceed with hoof trimming and shoeing. Do not go down the route of unothodox foot "care" such as Cytek, Strasser, etc. There is a suggestion that selenium poisoning may be implicated in CBD. Large amounts of naturally occurring selenium are not usually present in grazing or equine forage in the UK, but if you are in the USA or elsewhere in the world it may be worth having your horse tested if he or she is diagnosed with CBD * the medication costs around £200 for 30 days supply in the UK! Hope this proves useful

Willy Loman, the main character of our play, is a traveling salesman near retirement age. He comes back early from a business trip in New England after almost crashing – intentionally – at Younker’s. Willy’s wife, Linda, tells Willy to ask his boss, Howard Wagner, to give him a job closer to where they live in Brooklyn, since she is worried that he may become depressed enough to kill himself as a traveling salesman. Willy agrees and decides to talk to Howard, since he thinks that there’s no way Howard can pass a request from a man as good at his job as Willy (who, in reality, is not good at his job). We then learn about Willy and Linda’s unsuccessful, thirty-something sons, Biff and Happy. Biff works as a farmhand in the West, making only $35 a week. Willy thinks Biff has what it takes to make it in the business world, but is too lazy to pursue a career. Biff’s younger brother, Happy, is working as an assistant to an assistant, although he overestimates himself and falsely tells his family that he is assistant to the boss. Willy mysteriously starts having flashbacks of his life and sons, and talks to his flashbacks, thinking that they really exist. From talking to his flashbacks, Willy wakes Happy and Biff up. They are concerned for Willy, who they have never seen acting so strangely. Biff decides to make more out of his life, and comes up with the idea of starting his own business with the help of former friend and former boss Bill Oliver. Willy continues to talk to himself late into the night, and keeps everyone up. Linda tells Happy and Biff about Willy’s suicide attempts with his car, caused by his depression over the family’s financial problems. However, she also accuses Biff of causing Willy’s suicide attempts. Willy enters, and immediately starts accusing Biff of the family’s strife. Willy and Biff get into a long, strenuous argument over the issue, which finally ends when Happy informs Willy of Biff’s idea to open a sporting goods store after talking to Bill. Ironically, the argument and the day ends with Biff and Willy at their highest points in the story, both expecting great things in the day to come.

Willy Loman, the main character of our play, is a traveling salesman near retirement age. He comes back early from a business trip in New England after almost crashing – intentionally – at Younker’s. Willy’s wife, Linda, tells Willy to ask his boss, Howard Wagner, to give him a job closer to where they live in Brooklyn, since she is worried that he may become depressed enough to kill himself as a traveling salesman. Willy agrees and decides to talk to Howard, since he thinks that there’s no way Howard can pass a request from a man as good at his job as Willy (who, in reality, is not good at his job). We then learn about Willy and Linda’s unsuccessful, thirty-something sons, Biff and Happy. Biff works as a farmhand in the West, making only $35 a week. Willy thinks Biff has what it takes to make it in the business world, but is too lazy to pursue a career. Biff’s younger brother, Happy, is working as an assistant to an assistant, although he overestimates himself and falsely tells his family that he is assistant to the boss. Willy mysteriously starts having flashbacks of his life and sons, and talks to his flashbacks, thinking that they really exist. From talking to his flashbacks, Willy wakes Happy and Biff up. They are concerned for Willy, who they have never seen acting so strangely. Biff decides to make more out of his life, and comes up with the idea of starting his own business with the help of former friend and former boss Bill Oliver. Willy continues to talk to himself late into the night, and keeps everyone up. Linda tells Happy and Biff about Willy’s suicide attempts with his car, caused by his depression over the family’s financial problems. However, she also accuses Biff of causing Willy’s suicide attempts. Willy enters, and immediately starts accusing Biff of the family’s strife. Willy and Biff get into a long, strenuous argument over the issue, which finally ends when Happy informs Willy of Biff’s idea to open a sporting goods store after talking to Bill. Ironically, the argument and the day ends with Biff and Willy at their highest points in the story, both expecting great things in the day to come.

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I have put them in order so this is how my wrestlemania 26 match card guide would go. Dark Match-26 Man Interpromotional Battle Royal (Winner Takes on Christian later tonight) Rob Van Dam wins the battle royal 1) Evan Bourne vs Kofi Kingston vs Matt Hardy vs John Morrison vs Jack Swagger vs Sheamus vs Dolph Ziggler vs Shelton Benjiman (Money In The Bank Ladder Match) 2) Rey Mysterio (c) vs C.M Punk (with Luke Gallows) (Singles Match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship) 3) Edge vs Chris Jericho (Singles Match) 4) The Worlds Strongest Tag Team (M.V.P & Mark Henry) (c) vs Legacy (Cody Rhodes & Ted Dibiase) vs Cryme Tyme (Shad Ghaspard & JTG) vs The Hart Dynasty (Tyson Kidd & David Hart Smith ) (Fatal Four Way Tag Team Match for the WWE Unified Tag Team Championships) 5) Batista (c) vs The Big Show vs Randy Orton (Triple Threat Match for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship 6) Christian (c) vs Rob Van Dam (Singles Match for the ECW Championship) 7) Triple H vs Shawn Michaels (Retirement Match) 8) Melina (WWE Divas Champion) vs Michelle McCool (WWE Womens Champion) vs Mickie James vs Beth Phoenix (Fatal Four Way Match to Unify the WWE Womens Championship and the WWE Divas Championship) 9) John Cena (c) vs The Undertaker (No Disqualification Match for the WWE Championship) Winners: 1) Money In The Bank Ladder Match- John Morrison wins by throwing Matt Hardy of the Ladder and grabbing the breifcase 2) WWE Intercontinental Championship-Rey Mysterio retains his title by giving the 619 and a West Coast Pop to C.M Punk 3) Edge wins by giving Chris Jericho a Spear 4) WWE Unified Tag Team Championship-M.V.P & Mark Henry retain there titles with Mark Henry hitting the Words Strongest Slam on David Hart Smith 5) WWE World Heavyweight Championship-Randy Orton wins the title by Batista, Batista Bombing The Big Show and then hitting the RKO on Batista 6) ECW Championship-Rob Van Dam wins the title by giving Christian the Five Star Frog Splash which meant Rob Van Dam was aloud to return to the WWE 7) Triple H wins by giving the Pedigree to Shawn Michaels which means Shawn Michaels had to leave the WWE 8) Mickie James wins the titles by giving Michelle McCool a Long Kiss Goodnightwhich meant Mickie James now has the WWE Unified Womens Championship 9) Undertaker wins the title by giving John Cena the Tombstone Piledriver which also meant Undertakers Wrestlemania streak went up to 18-0 Thankyou for reading and could you please rate every match out of 10 and put your winners and then give the show a rating out of 10

I am in a fix and was told by great west life retirement unless I was 3 payments behind on my home I couldn't get any of my 401k I need it now to live on. I am having health problems and need expensive treatment and transportation, my car fell to peices and had to be hauled off. Is there anything I can do to get it. I have muscular dystrophy and am continuing to work.

West Chester University seeks to enroll a diverse group of talented and well-rounded individuals. We want to learn more about you and the personal characteristics you can bring to the West Chester University community. Please share with us your involvement in one or more of the following areas: extra- or co-curricular activities, performing arts, community service, diversity, volunteerism, athletics, work, leadership positions you have held, awards received, or any other life experience that has had a significant impact on you. “Accomplishment will prove to be a journey not a destination.” This quote was once said by Dwight D. Eisenhower. This being said I’m ready to complete my journey in life. My goals in high school were to maintain a job, my school work, and still being a kid and having fun. So far all my goals I have set for myself have been accomplished. Throughout my high school experience I have consumed most of my free time by working. I have worked hard since age 14. In the 9th grade I was hired by a local retirement home. I went on to work 2 full years at Lima Estates. This taught me how to learn to respect the elderly. I began at this job immature and unsure about working with the elderly. However, I left with an experience of a life time. I formed relationships with some of the residents that could never be replaced. After work I would stay with the residents and spend time with them. This experience I will take with me for the rest of my life. This job also taught me how to be able to multitask between school and my job. I feel like I was very successful with my first job. However, to better my experience and for a more beneficial job, I applied to King’s Mills. King's Mills is a fabulous banquet facility, specializing in weddings and other special occasions. Working at King’s Mills, I have learned how to work with team members and become much more organized. Our staff works hard to please all of our guests by working together. We all have jobs and when a co-worker is behind we help each other out. The surroundings at King’s Mills feel more like a partnership where everyone gets along. Between my job and school work, I also sell Avon. For me to call myself an Avon Representative is a big accomplishment because Avon products are the world's largest direct seller of cosmetics and beauty-related items. I believe my work experiences serve as building blocks and stepping stones for a successful career in teaching. I have learned how to talk to people and understand were they are coming from. At lime estates I would train the new co workers. This being said I would be a great teacher because I would be able to understand my students very well and be able to teach them everything I have learned. My work experiences have taught me how to be very helpful and hardworking. I love having the feeling of knowing I helped someone out today. Becoming a teacher is my goal in life. To walk out of my house and into my classroom every morning would be a blessing. my computer is not working on word... can anyone go over my college eassy to fix my grammer mistakes. please and thanks and if you have any ideas thanks!

Today is a sad day today for Veteran Umpire David Shepherd. I would first remember him or his unique umpiring skills of the 96 Wills WC. In fact, he will always be remembered for umpiring skills of the field. May he R.I.P. International Cricket Council (ICC) president David Morgan said the sport had lost a "true gentleman" following the death of former Test umpire David Shepherd. "David was a true gentleman of the game," said Morgan in an ICC statement after Shepherd's former county Gloucestershire announced Wednesday the Englishman had died aged 68 from cancer. "He was a fine player and a match official of the very highest quality," added Morgan, a former chairman of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). "He will be remembered fondly by players, spectators and administrators who saw him as a great entertainer but also as one of the best umpires the game has ever seen. "The example he set as someone who took the art of umpiring very seriously while also enjoying what he did immensely will leave a lasting legacy for the game. He was an engaging character which meant players and other umpires were always delighted to be around him. "We have lost someone whose positive influence on our great sport has been immense," Morgan said. Shepherd, widely regarded as one of the best umpires of his generation, stood in 92 Tests and 172 one-day internationals, including three World Cup finals, between 1983-2005. He was perhaps best known to cricket fans around the world for his superstitious habit of standing on one leg when the score reached 'Nelson', England's supposedly 'unlucky' number of 111 or multiples such as 222. English umpiring great Dickie Bird, who stood in many matches alongside comoatriot Shepherd paid tribute by telling Sky Sports. "He was a fine umpire, we spent many happy hours together. He was a great man and a tremendous man to umpire with. He was a good bloke and he was a great friend." Shepherd, who scored a century on his county debut, spent 14 seasons with Gloucestershire and the county's chairman, John Light, said: "As an umpire he has always been a familiar and much-loved face, not only here but at cricket grounds around the world. "He believed cricket was a simple game and he took a straightforward approach to it...He always put a smile on your face." Light added: "He was tremendously superstitious. When the score was 111, 222 or 333, David would be hopping about on one leg and everybody in the dressing room had to do the same. We all do it in the committee room. When we do it, we say 'Shep would have us dancing'. We do it, and we'll go on doing it." After only two seasons as a first-class umpire Shepherd was promoted to international duty. His last Test as an umpire was at Kingston, Jamaica, between the West Indies and Pakistan in 2005. But early into his retirement he was struck with cancer. Only West Indies' Steve Bucknor (128) and South Africa's Rudi Koertzen (101) have umpired more Tests than Shepherd

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And eventhough the Lakers won't be able to match what the other teams are going to offer Odom & Ariza, it's just quite puzzling why over the years, key LA players who becomes free agents always re-sign with the team even for less money than what other teams has to offer? Is it loyalty or is it winning, or both? Indeed, it puzzles the mind because even with players who the Lakers let go or traded, they eventually went back to the organization later on. Players such as: Fisher, Rambis, Byron Scott, AC Green, Travis Knight (to name a few) & most likely Shaq when he becomes a free agent after next year. Is it the winning & the Lakers mystique & aura? Or the limelight, Hollywood, & all that glitter? But with my beloved Celtics, the team has been loyal to their players by keeping them till retirement (instead of trading them while they still have value) yet what do they give back to the Celtic organization in return? Nothing!!! Just look at Larry Legend? He's still revered by celtic nation & celtic mania but he never gave us anything back like a Danny Granger or Reggie Miller (when Larry was coaching Reggie & the Pacers back then). Or how about Kevin McHale? Sure, he gave us KG but with a very steep price - Kevin took Al Jefferson when he already got 5 other young players. In retrospect, the Celtics gave up too much since KG was already 31 y.o. & that he wanted out of Minnesota anyways, we were actually doing the T'wolves a favor but shouldn't have given Jefferson too. In turn, we could've had 2 offensively-sound big men much like the Lakers so that in case one gets injured [like Bynum], we still have 1 good big man. Ooppss, no offense to the Big Perk but as good & solid as he is, his offense is limited unlike Al Jefferson. Indeed, iIt would've been great to have Al Jefferson with Big Perk & Big Baby when KG & Powe were out but Kevin McHale didn't help us out. Talk about loyalty! But look at Jerry West, he was able to get the Lakers Pau Gasol for virtually nothing! Now that's Lakers loyalty! Also, Danny Ainge didn't help the C's when he traded Robert Horry to the Lakers in the late 90's (when Ainge was the Suns coach). Horry became the earlier version of Derek Fisher with his clutch 3's helping the Lakers win 3 rings with Shaq & Kobe. And though Ainge is now doing the Celtics a lot of good, he needs to be more creative to stop the "impending" Lakers dynasty. (I have a suggestion but will discuss it later.) Last but not the least, Bill Russell himself - "the greatest Celtic player of all time" didn't help us a bit when he was the general manager of the Kings back in '89. Back then, he had the #1 pick which he could've traded to the C's to complement the aging roster of Bird, Parish, McHale, Ainge & DJ. Have Russell traded the pick to the C's, we could've won a few more rings. No, I'm not talking about the highly-touted, 1989 college superstars who became NBA busts such as: PurvisEllison (the guy Russell picked for the Kings & overall #1 pick), Danny Ferry, Stacey King, Nick Anderson, Tod Lichti, Sean Elliot (well, Sean was not quite a bust, but didn't live-up to the hype either), JR Reid, Michael Smith, Jay Edwards, Randy White (supposedly a Karl McClone), Pooh Richardson, BJ Armstrong (would've easily been a bust if not for the Bulls drafting him), Vlade Divac, Sherman Douglas, George McCloud, Dana Barros, & etc. I'm talking about Shawn Kemp, Glenn Rice, Tim Hardaway, & Cliff Ronbinson. Have Bill Russell only traded the King's pick to the C's back in '89, we could've won a few more championship before Bird & et al retired. Just imagine Kemp, Timmy, or Glenn with the late Reggie Lewis complementing the 80's Celtics? Russell could've done what Jerry West did in landing Gasol to the Lakers but no, Russell didn't deliver for Celtics in time of need back in '89. Red Auerbach then was so wrong in the late 90's when he defended Celtic loyalty to their cherished players inspite of years of drought (no championships). Red defended why the C's didn't trade players while they still had value. Ultimately, loyalty to cherished players was so important to him & the C's that they can't fathom trading Bird, Parish, McHale & etc. Well, he's proven wrong big time as none of his players paid the Celtics back. But going back to the "weak link" that we Lakers-haters always comes up with over the years & alludes to as "the reasons why the Lakers won't become a dynasty nor repeat," - that's a fallacy! A darn wishful thinking & "false hope" as the Lakers proved us wrong over the years by racking-up more championship ultimately threatening to pass over the Celtics. In retrospect, if Kareem & Magic proved us wrong in the 80's with our "weak link" fallacy, if Kobe & Shaq proved us wrong early this decade with our "weak link" fallacy, then this current Laker team sure looks bound to prove us wrong once again as this Laker team actually doesn't have any weak link after al

REPOSTING THIS QUESTION FOR MORE RESULTS AND CLAIRIFICATION. As we all know, there are probably more houses for sale or in foreclosure now than at any other time. There are MANY options and my wife and I have been looking for almost a year now both off and online and personal visited over 50 homes. We are looking in the western burbs of Chicago, west of 355, but east of rt59. So far, there are major issues with every house. We are keeping many options open and have a limitless price range, we don't need or necessary want a really big house, but we also are looking to up size a bit from out 2000sqft townhouse to a single family home, but so far we are striking out. We have seen new million dollar+ homes and 100 year old fixer uppers and nothing works. What we have noticed is this: if the house is nice its in a bad location, i.e, under major power lines, on a 4 lane busy road, squeezed in a space so small there is no grass at all. If the location is nice, there are no homes available or the one that is, was poorly designed and built and almost always brand new and therefore not worth tearing down (we are not the kind of people to do a tear down). We have also seen a big new houses that are the only one in a neighborhood of small run down homes. Now, when we look in areas and neighborhoods that we would love to live in, there are no homes fore sale. We ran into this problem several years ago duing the housing bubble, the were no homes available in the areas we wanted to live in, and there are still none. So we had to settle for the place we bought, because at that time, if you didn't by the first home you saw at that very moment, it was already too late and someone else bought it. We had that happen nearly a dozen times, we liked a place and wanted to go back the next weekend to see it one more time, but it was already sold, so we had to just jump on this place the moment it went on the market. It almost seems that people who bought in desirable locations did just before the bubble and are not caught up in this mess. During the bubble, builders were frantically building homes in every nook and cranny they could find. These homes 'look' nice, but when you actually look at them, they are all show and no substance and the areas are crappy. It seems that now that the bubble burst, the only homes available are those built during the bubble or ones in run down areas that people frantically bought up. Anyways, we are just very disappointed because it seems we will just have to settle again for whatever is out there instead of finding the perfect match. I know we haven't been looking for several years yet, but still, it seems we should have better choices in this market. We really are not very picky, but we can't find a decent house in a decent area, its either a great house in a crappy location or a crappy house smaller than our townhome in a great location. We have thought about building, but there are no available lots left that we can find, at least any that are not off major highways or are so small you can't fit a 1000 sft house and a yard, its one or the other. Any thoughts at whats going on? We are about ready to just give up and stay here to have our family because it's just too depressing and disappointing to keep on looking. The area we are in now is not kid friendly, in fact the neighborhood frowns on children, yes we moved into a sudo retirement area without realizing it was one. This is why we want to move, but we just don't feel like we should have to settle, when others didn't.

Death is never easy to accept, especially the death of someone young and full of life. In Jon Krakaur’s national bestseller novel Into the Wild, Chris McCandless is a young man that leaves everything behind to create his new life. ¬Chris determination to leave the people he cares to search for his epic journey. McCandless reaction about starting his lifestyle was motivated and free from the world of his family and peers. For an example, he intended to invent am utterly new life for himself one in which he would be free to wallow in unfiltered experience (23. Chris earlier habits was unhappy with his dull and predictable life, after he graduated at Emory University, he left his home for the west without a word to anyone accept for his sister Carine. Chris had burned all of his money, abandoned his yellow datsun, gave away his twenty-four thousand dollar saving, and invented his new name from Christopher McCandless to Alexander Supertramp for his identity. Chris lived by a set of ideals that were very noble and well worth disputing. McCandless left behind a gift that has inspired many to seek a life that is more with nature. If you look at the past, McCandless mistakes and really consider the ideals he stood for it is clear, why many consider him a hero. In addition, “Two years he walks the earth. No phone, no pool, no pets, no cigarettes. Ultimate freedom. An extremist. An aesthetic voyager whose home is the road. Escaped from Atlanta. Thou shalt not return, 'cause "the West is the best." And now after two rambling years comes the final and greatest adventure. The climactic battle to kill the false being within and victoriously conclude the spiritual pilgrimage. Ten days and nights of freight trains and hitchhiking bring him to the Great White North. No longer to be poisoned by civilization he flees, and walks alone upon the land to become lost in the wild” (163). McCandless was as selfless as possible, but lived in the moment every second of his life and did what he loved to do. He proof that there is more to life that tract houses and retirement. It forces people to question themselves. When they find that there might be something lacking. People are afraid to live as he did, but it back to a simpler way of life. There comes a time when an extremist like McCandless becomes necessary to reach the masses. I realize that Chris’ greatest contribution that his story can inspire others to reexamine their own lives, not so much to emulate McCandless exact action but live their lives by similar ideals. For those of us who do spend significant amounts of time in natural areas it is easy to understand what drew McCandless to the life he chose. The character of Chris McCandless touched every person that he met over the period of his journey. McCandless passion was all for the struggle within himself. McCandless lived his life according to the literature he read and loved. All the quotes mentioned from his prized books can be connecting to life, as well as his journeys throughout his life.

As we all know, there are probably more houses for sale or in foreclosure now than at any other time. There are MANY options and my wife and I have been looking for several months now both off and online and personal visited nearly 50 homes. We are looking in the western burbs of Chicago, west of 355, but east of rt59. So far, there are major issues with all of them. We are keeping many options open and have a limitless price range, we don't need or necessary want a really big house, or one with all the bells and whistles, but we also are looking to up size a bit from out 2000sqft townhouse to a single family home, but so far we are striking out. We have seen new million dollar+ homes and 100 year old fixer uppers and nothing works. What we have noticed is this: if the house is nice its in a bad location, i.e, under major power lines, on a 4 lane busy road, squeezed in a space so small there is no grass at all. If the location is nice, there are no homes available or the one that is, was poorly designed and built and almost always brand new and therefore not worth tearing down (we are not the kind of people to do a tear down). We have also seen a big new houses that are the only one in a neighborhood of small run down homes. Now, when we look in areas and neighborhoods that we would love to live in, there are no homes fore sale. We ran into this problem several years ago duing the housing bubble, the were no homes available in the areas we wanted to live in, and there are still none. So we had to settle for the place we bought, because at that time, if you didn't by the first home you saw at that very moment, it was already too late and someone else bought it. We had that happen nearly a dozen times, we liked a place and wanted to go back the next weekend to see it one more time, but it was already sold, so we had to just jump on this place the moment it went on the market. It almost seems that people who bought in desirable locations did just before the bubble and are not caught up in this mess. During the bubble, builders were frantically building homes in every nook and cranny they could find. These homes 'look' nice, but when you actually look at them, they are all show and no substance and the areas are crappy. It seems that now that the bubble burst, the only homes available are those built during the bubble or ones in run down areas that people frantically bought up. Anyways, we are just very disappointed because it seems we will just have to settle again for whatever is out there instead of finding the perfect match. I know we haven't been looking for years yet, only for a little over 8 months now, but still, it seems we should have better choices in this market. We really are not very picky, but we can't find a decent house in a decent area, its either a great house in a crappy location or a crappy house smaller than our town home in a great location. Any thoughts at whats going on? We are about ready to just give up and stay here to have our family because it's just too depressing and disappointing to keep on looking. The area we are in now is not kid friendly, in fact the neighborhood frowns on children, yes we moved into a sudo retirement area without realizing it was one. This is why we want to move, but we just don't feel like we should have to settle, when others didn't.

Tendulkar one of most well-behaved cricketers: Ranatunga Arjuna Ranatunga Interviewed by TV Sriram of PTI on Thursday, October 30, 2008 Adam Gilchrist might have called Sachin Tendulkar a "bad sport" but for former Sri Lanka captain Arjuna Ranatunga the Indian batting maestro is one of the best well behaved cricketers he had played with. Adam Gilchrist might have called Sachin Tendulkar a "bad sport" but for former Sri Lanka captain Arjuna Ranatunga the Indian batting maestro is one of the best well behaved cricketers he had played with. "He (Tendulkar) was one of the nicest guys I played cricket with ... The thing I admired of him was the commitment for the game. I am very glad that he has left behind (the issue)," Ranatunga told PTI. "I have not seen anyone who is so committed to cricket. Actually I learnt a lot from him. I was not committed enough for my batting. The result shows. I think he (Tendulkar) is a role model for any young cricketer," Ranatunga said. Ranatunga, now the Chairman of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), said Tendulkar deserved to become Test cricket's highest run-getter surpassing West Indian great Brian Lara. "I think he (Tendulkar) deserves to do that because of the commitment. He is one of the greatest cricketers I have played cricket with." Ranatunga feels that Tendulkar can easily play a couple of years of cricket and he should be given the luxury to decide when to hang his boots. "I still feel he can easily play a couple of years. I think the important thing is he has to take care of his injuries. When you are getting older you are getting into all these issues. "But he is still fit enough to play cricket. Even Sourav Ganguly, he is still getting runs. I think there will be a big vacuum when the 'fab four' goes," Ranatunga said. "Only Sachin should decide (on his retirement). If he feels that he is not enjoying the game he should announce his retirement," he added.

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1. What former player has really chunked up the most in retirement? Denis Potvin? Peter Zezel? Someone else? 2. Why do the "experts" rave about the Stars 3 amazing centermen? A career year Ribeiro, an overrated Richards and a washed up Modano? What am I missing? 3. Least talked about key injury EVER? Sergei Zubov? 4. Likliest sweeps in the East and West? 5. Haley changed her name to Hales and then to HOMES....what do you suppose HOMES is? A homage to her ghetto upbringing? The Great Lakes first letters? (Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior) 6. Do you ever remember a play-offs with so many great side stories? 7. Bad trade for Ottawa? Corvo and Eaves for Stillman and Commodore? 8. Do you consider home ice that much of an advantage? I mean if you lose one of the first two, it becomes a 5 game series and the opponent has home ice. 9. Can Philly slow down Ovechkin? 10. Does anyone give a rat's derriere about the Summer Olympics? 11. Worls Series 08' winner? Haley...nice Cdn Fan....I met John Davidson a few years back at a golf tourney. It was a hot midsummer day and I thought the guy was going to have a heart attack the way he was sweating so profusely. Funny you should mention him. Hard to pick a best answer here, I really like all the answers.......

I have a 401K account under an employee savings and protection plan managed by Great-West Retirement Services. My company matches up to 3% of what I contribute which is 6%. My account allocations are 60% aggressive and 40% moderate. In the last two years I have done fine with these allocations but the markets were more stable than today. With the uncertainty of a recession should I continue as aggressive or should I put my money on a Stable Value Fund?

I’m within a few years of retiring, and I find that my retirement incomes will come up a little short of what I’m making now. My dream is to be able to sell some of my artwork to help make up that deficit. I’ve sold a couple of pieces in the past, so I believe that I can do the work. However, I suspect this is a highly competitive market. Because I’m so highly isolated living out here in west Texas and gas prices have gone beyond prohibitive to stupidly ridiculous, I can’t get my work in front of people who can properly evaluate (and hopefully) buy it. Time is another factor, what with working a full time job. Any suggestions as to what I can do? I guess I need somebody to tell me to either give it up as I don’t have the talent, or keep it up; you’re doing great. If the latter is the case, how would I get my work in front of people who are in a position to buy? If this doesn’t work, it’s either, “You want fries with that?” or “Welcome to WalMart.” :-) Okay, okay, I won’t quit! :-) Actually I’ll spend some time looking for a free site just so I can post pictures of my work so far, basically for a short term. I’ve only got something like nine or ten pieces currently available. Have more after Christmas, but my “studio” is being used to display the tree. You guys can watch somebody try to get the upper hand on watercolors... Hopefully oils will come later.... the other half can’t stand the smell. OK, if I don't get nailed for this, here goes for those who want to look. Mind you, this is after going through numerous computer manipulations. Hope this works: http://s266.photobucket.com/albums/ii251/bdury/

I work for a County Government in New Jersey. I have a pension (police & fire retirement system) that I've been paying into for the last 12 years. Just for added security, I also started a 457 (deffered comp) plan. I was told that I only had 2 choices/fund manager/company that were avaible to me - 1. Valic Retirement Services or 2. Great West Retirement Services. That just doesn't sound right, shouldn't I be able to choose any service that I want? Or does it have to be the two services that the county government designates? I guess what I am getting at is, can I do my own research and go with a company that I think fits my needs most? with less fees? higher returns? etc...?

Specifically, my mother is in need of what amounts to a small fortune to us (about 10K). Can she withdraw or take a loan from her Great West retirement account? Any help would be wonderful, thanks.