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- The lost art of Japanese cuisineHa’aretz, Israel - 40 minutes agoBy Lior Kodner TOKYO - To a certain extent, Japanese national pride has come to be embodied by cars, TV sets and food during the last few years. … |
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- Another week, another prestigious tournament for No. 35 Michael James. Original post by unknown |
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- National Novel Writing Month (seen before) starts Nov. 1. The goal: complete a 175-page (50,000-word) novel by midnight, Nov. 30. |
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- 10-Cup Professional Home Coffee BrewerPatented brewing system brews coffee in three minutes. Features stainless steel inner tank, internal thermostat and vacation switch to turn tank heater off when brewer will not be used for a long period of time. Includes 10-cup glass carafe, coffee funnel and 25 filters. UL Listed. CSA Approved. |
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- Newegg.com has the Western Digital My Book Premium II 2TB External Hard Drive on sale for $565.33 after a $53 instant rebate and $8 shipping. |
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- [Blick.ch: News] - Der Hotelier und der Arzt aus St. Moritz. Ihre Leidenschaft ist das Helfen. |
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- [Blick.ch: News] - Sie schläft tief und fest. Plötzlich schreckt sie hoch. Da ist irgendwas. |
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Dbol (Oct 31 2007 23:55 GMT) - hey everyone question im on my test cycle and im goin on dbol to in the next couple days just wanted to know cuz its my first time runnin dbol how long i should run it for and how much dose, and last wut do i expect from it? thanks |
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- logger: See discussion; DanC: sbp helps a few people with FOAF and OpenID; (2007-10-31 21: |
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- DanC: by connolly on Fri, 2006-02-10; (2007-10-31 20:51) |
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- DanC: DanC Feb 2006 to Bjoern and spec-prod; (2007-10-31 20:48) |
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- 2007/10/31 -- Roger Cox |
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- Thumbs up or thumbs down? Here are a few new releases that have come my way recently. Instead of going into all the small details or into some long-winded review, I decided to start this feature called Yay or Nay. I want to get right to the point and let you know whether these artists are worth checking out or skipping over. Let us begin. |
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- [Blick.ch: Sport] - Monaco hat mit seinen fürstlichen Häuserschluchten als Formel-1-Paradies für die rasenden Millionäre ausgedient. |
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- [SecurityFocus Vulnerabilities] - RETIRED: phpMyConferences PageTraiteDownload.PHP Local File Include Vulnerability |
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- [Blick.ch: Sport] - Seit er seinen Fuss in die Kabine gesetzt hat, gewinnen die ZSC Lions. Der Slowake Peter Sejna ist der neue Glücksbringer der Löwen. |
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- [Blick.ch: Sport] - Ein Titel soll in Bern endlich her. Doch YB-Captain Hakan Yakin geht mit seinen Teamkollegen hart ins Gericht. |
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- [FeedFire.com I Free RSS creation I Webpage scraping I Simple, quick and feature filled.] - |
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- [FeedFire.com I Free RSS creation I Webpage scraping I Simple, quick and feature filled.] - |
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- [FeedFire.com I Free RSS creation I Webpage scraping I Simple, quick and feature filled.] - |
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- [WiccanWeb.ca] - Scientists now tell us bias toward others may be innate. But that doesn't mean we have to behave like Bill O'Reilly. By Robert Burton Oct. 31, 2007 | All good people agree, And all good people say, All nice people, like Us, are We And every one else is They -- Rudyard Kipling I am stuck in rush-hour traffic. |
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- good old hard eating and training. i mean walk into any GNC or similar supplement store and there is a shit load of supplements in more categories then are are metal plates in my gym. LOL. i mean eat your damn 4-6 well balanced meals, drink 3-4 litres of water a day and maybe if u need a protein... |
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- Dans la série des sites à connaitre: Voila l?excellent GOZINO… |
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- BISYS Retirement Services unveiled its new name: Ascensus. (PLANSPONSOR.com; free registration required) |
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- Answers to common questions about FSAs. (Ceridian Corporation) |
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- 6 pages. Written statement for the record to the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging in the hearing on 'Hidden 401(k) Fees: How Disclosure Can Increase Retirement Security' held Wednesday, October 24, 2007, submitted on behalf of the ERISA Industry Committee, Society for Human Resource Management, National Association of Manufacturers, U. |
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- Excerpt: "Our goal is an effective 401(k) system that functions in a transparent manner and provides meaningful benefits at a fair price in terms of fees. At the same time, we all must bear in mind that unnecessary burdens and cost imposed on these plans will slow their growth and reduce participants' benefits, thus undermining the very purpose of the plans." (Investment Company Institute) |
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- Excerpt: "The mutual fund industry is committed to meaningful 401(k) disclosure, which is critical to ensuring secure retirements for the millions of Americans that use defined contribution plans. We thank the Committee for the opportunity to submit this statement and look forward to continued dialogue with the Committee and its staff." (Investment Company Institute) |
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- Excerpt: "[The] Executive Remuneration Perspective is Mercer's regular publication offering in-depth coverage of performance, measurement and reward topics. [Their] library allows you to browse through the list of recent issues and link directly to those that interest you." (Mercer LLC; free registration required) |
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- Excerpt: "The findings from this project indicate that, while there are many promising examples of organizations achieving excellence in patient-centered care, these innovators are not yet the norm. The challenge lies in elevating the norm through strategies at both the organization and system level that leverage the experience of these innovators to motivate large-scale implementation of patient-centered care." (The Commonwealth Fund) |
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- Excerpt: "Most Americans realize they may need day-to-day care because of physical or cognitive impairments as they get older. However, many fail to grasp the cost of long-term care services, reports John Hancock Life Insurance Co." (Employee Benefit News; free registration required) |
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- Excerpt: "More than two-thirds of Americans are overweight or obese, and childhood obesity has tripled in the past two decades, according to Dr. James Rippe, cardiologist and founder of the Rippe Lifestyle Institute. He shared insights about the economic and health consequences of obesity in the workplace during a standing-room only pre-conference session at last week's summit on health, productivity and absence management, sponsored by the National Business Group on Health and the Integrated Benefits Institute." (Employee Benefit News; |
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- Excerpt: "When employees covered by the Federal Employees Retirement System retire, they don't receive a benefit offered to those retirees covered by the old Civil Service Retirement System -- the ability to convert unused sick leave into a pension benefit. The different policies may explain why FERS employees are using more sick leave than their CSRS counterparts as they approach retirement, a report by the Congressional Research Service said." (The Washington Post; free registration required) |
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- The target page includes excerpts from the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research publication of Benjamin Zycher's report, a Wall Street Journal editorial on the issue, and comments from Don McCanne, MD. (Physicians for a National Health Program) |
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- Excerpt: "With the passage of the Employee Retirement Security Act (ERSA) legislation on December 1, 2005, which sets out principles for setting up and managing employer-sponsored retirement plans, multinationals operating in Korea have begun to review their retirement plan structure, benefit obligations and funding mechanisms. The ERSA allows employers to offer both defined benefit and defined contribution plans as an alterative to the existing severance pay system. Here we take a look at how multinational companies are responding to ERSA." (Mercer LLC; |
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- Excerpt: "Over the past few years, many surveys have been completed on pension plan funding in all the major geographies around the world, with the press reporting the funded status of pension plans for the S&P 500 and FTSE 100 companies, among others. Generally speaking, the surveys have shown a gradual improvement in funded status since the bear market of 2000-2002, but what do these surveys really tell us? Do the rising numbers mean that the overall health of the system is improving?" (Mercer LLC; |
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- Excerpt: "For multinationals that are looking to DC retirement plans as a key benefit component, the country trends described above should aid in decision making. Specifically, companies should: Review their existing plan against current local best practice; Within local regulatory frameworks, adopt aspects from more advanced countries that have positive outcomes, ahead of local trends; |
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- Excerpt: "Many of you will have encountered the 'Does investing plan assets in equities instead of bonds really generate shareholder value?' version of this debate. As a gullible young actuary, I was convinced that equities were the better choice. Now, as a gullible older actuary, I have been convinced that there is little difference between the two. |
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- Excerpt: "Rhode Island's General Assembly has overridden the veto of legislation providing the domestic partners of public employees with the same pension and retirement benefits as spouses." (365Gay.com) |
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- Excerpt: "The American Federation of Government Employees has teamed up with a New York law firm to help federal employee reservists collect thousands of dollars in back pay. The union and Tully, Rinckey & Associates will co-represent about 10,000 AFGE members who claim they were improperly charged leave for reserve duties, even if such duties occurred on weekends, federal holidays or other days when they were not regularly scheduled to work." (GovExec.com) |
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- Excerpt: "This month, Citigroup Inc. got the green light from the Federal Reserve for an unusual deal to take over the $400-million retirement plan of a British newspaper company. In exchange for getting its hands on all that cash, Citigroup will run the pension plan -- investing the money, paying the benefits and taking on the liability previously borne by Thomson Regional Newspapers. And it's eyeing similar moves stateside. |
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- Excerpt: "Atlanta-based Cox [Communications] immediately granted paid time off to employees who needed it and offered financial assistance to those staying in hotels. [T]his policy made it easier for people to come back to work. Within a couple days . . |
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- 6 pages. The commenting law firm recommends that Treasury and the IRS reconsider whether the definition of 'substantial risk of forfeiture' described in the final regulations under Section 409A is appropriate for purposes of Section 457(f). Specifically, employees of governmental and tax-exempt organizations should not be prohibited from making elective deferrals of compensation, so long as the employee's rights to the amounts deferred are conditioned on either (i) the performance of substantial future services, or (ii) the occurrence of a condition related to a purpose of the compensation. (Polsinelli Shalton Flanigan Suelthaus pc) |
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- Excerpt: "The European Commission is trying again to secure agreement on a directive, the effect of which would be to protect pension benefits accrued under supplementary schemes and to encourage job mobility within Europe." (Watson Wyatt Worldwide) |
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