Marshall's Hanwell HiFi speaker: bred from guitar amps, at-home with your PMP

Marshall's Hanwell HiFi speaker bred from guitar amps, made to pump out

It's been a year since the legendary guitar amp and speaker makers at Marshall Amplification made a splash in consumer audio with its Marshall Headphones spin-off (Zound / Urbanears). In commemorence of the amplification division's 50th aniversary, both have announced the Hanwell: Marshall's first speaker rig that's made for a counter-top instead of a festival stage. Combo guitar amp / speaker meets HiFi speaker. Most anyone who plays guitar, or has seen the likes of Slash and Nigel Tufnel shredding it up, will immediately recognize the iconic Marshall design ethic down to its iconic plastic nameplate on the front grill and gold accents.

There's no major tech at play inside of the system, but with looks this cool it's not like it matters -- hopefully, the sound quality will match. Up top there's a familiar panel housing a 3.5mm input, power toggle and knobs for bass, treble and volume, while internally you'll find a duo of long-throw woofers and tweeters. The cab itself is made from wood and wrapped in black vinyl tolex like its bigger JCM siblings -- heck, it even comes with a coiled audio cable. There's no specific information beyond all of that such as pricing and availability -- especially whether "this goes to 11"-- but you'll find a press release and close-up shots after the break.

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Real Estate Weekly ? 8/31/12 | Maryland Daily Record

Posted: 3:18 pm Fri, August 31, 2012
By Daily Record Staff

Continental Realty acquires?property in Orlando, Fla.

Continental Realty Corp., a Baltimore-based commercial real estate development and management company, announced its acquisition of Waterford Park, a 116,000-square-foot mixed-use project consisting of commercial office, medical and retail space in Orlando, Fla. CRC paid $13.25 million for the bank-owned asset, or about $115 per square foot. Ray Turchi and Ryan Cockerill of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, with Continental self-represented in this transaction. The two-story property in Orange County was completed in 2008 and includes tenants such as BB&T, Florida Radiology Imaging and Keller Williams Realty and Signature Title Co.. Current occupancy is approximately 45 percent.

St. John adds to land holdings at Baltimore Crossroads @95

St. John Properties Inc., of Baltimore, announced its acquisition of 18 acres within Baltimore Crossroads @95, a 1,000-acre mixed-use business community on MD Route 43 near Interstate 95 in the White Marsh section of Baltimore County. Since 2004, the company has developed 16 buildings representing half a million square feet of commercial office, R&D/flex and retail space in the park. St. John Properties intends to use the acreage to connect two existing land parcels and create a contiguous 60-acre building plot within Baltimore Crossroads@ 95. The road and infrastructure construction activity, which is designed to improve access and circulation within the existing business community, is expected to commence next month and be completed by the end of this year. When it is completed, Baltimore Crossroads @95 will be configured to support more than 5 million square feet of commercial office, R&D/flex, warehouse and industrial space, as well as two hotels and 450,000 square feet of retail space.

Students at AACC helped design new tech center at campus library

Students and members of the public coming into the newly renovated and expanded Andrew G. Truxal Library at Anne Arundel Community College will find more places to study ? both alone or with a group, more technology available for group study and tutoring sessions, enhanced quiet areas and easier access to reference assistance and student support services. The library, which reopened Aug. 27 for the first day of fall classes, was designed after working with focus groups of students, faculty and staff who requested more quiet areas, more individual computers and increased seating and study space, especially for collaborative work. AACC also worked with Ewing Cole Architects and contractor Hess Construction and Engineering Services to design a sustainable building with the goal of receiving a silver-level Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating. The school has applied for that rating.

Landis to showcase capabilities of Geostellar

Landis Construction Corp., a residential design/build company based in Takoma Park, is holding a solar launch party on Thursday showcasing the capabilities of Geostellar, a new firm offering real-world, high-resolution 3D models of every rooftop on every home in the major solar markets. Co-sponsor Kenergy Solar, also of Takoma Park, installed a 20 KW solar panel system in 2012 on top of the Landis headquarters, where the event will take place. Geostellar applies deep science to illuminate the value of the sunshine that falls on roofs every day.

Jemicy School starts construction of green science classroom

Jemicy School in Owings Mills, a school for students with dyslexia or other related language-based learning difficulties, has broken ground on a 1,500-square-foot, stand-alone, green science classroom on its lower and middle school campus. The classroom, designed by Towson-based Rubeling & Associates, will provide Jemicy students with a non-traditional classroom experience, complete with renewable energy, indoor and outdoor gardening and an outdoor instructional area. Features include an exterior terraced garden; windows and skylights to provide a greenhouse effect to aid in indoor planting; and rainwater collection barrels. An offset gable roofline will maximize the southern roof exposure to make room for solar panels. The classroom is expected to be completed and operational by the start of the 2013-2014 school year.

Senator Theatre to be sold to operators

Baltimore officials are planning to sell the historic Senator Theatre to its current operators. The Baltimore Sun reported that Kimberly Clark, acting president of the Baltimore Development Corp., announced the sale last week but did not disclose the terms. The city purchased the Art Deco landmark in North Baltimore in 2009 after it went into foreclosure. The quasi-public BDC then selected Charles Theatre owners Kathleen Cusack and her father, James ?Buzz? Cusack, to run it. The Cusacks are renovating the theater, adding three new screens and a wine bar. The Senator opened in 1939 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Howard Hughes Corp. buys Columbia office building

The Howard Hughes Corp. has bought a nine-story office building next to The Mall in Columbia that once housed the headquarters of the former Ryland Group. The building is close to land upon which Dallas-based Hughes plans to build a $100 million apartment and retail complex. The property is known as 70 Corporate Center. With nearly 170,000 square feet of space, it is one of Columbia?s largest office buildings. The Hughes company was spun off from General Growth Properties Inc. to manage much of GGP?s non-retail properties when the Chicago-based mall owner restructured following a bankruptcy filing.

Farms eligible for energy-upgrade grants

State officials say grants of up to $200,000 are available to Eastern Shore farmers looking to upgrade the energy efficiency of their farms. The Maryland Energy Administration said the program is aimed at covering up to 75 percent of the cost associated with increasing insulation, ventilation, irrigation or HVAC upgrades. The Daily Times of Salisbury reported farms and agricultural businesses will be eligible for the grants if the project they are proposing will increase energy savings by at least 15 percent. All projects must be completed by April 1 to be eligible for one of the estimated 10-15 grants the agency anticipates giving out.

Regional PATH power line project killed

An effort to build a $2 billion regional power transmission line from West Virginia to Maryland has officially ended. The board of regional power grid planner PJM Interconnection last week formally removed the 765-kilovolt Potomac-Appalachian Transmission Highline from future plans, the Frederick News Post reported. PJM Interconnection?s staff recommended on Aug. 9 that the power line was no longer needed. The staff said a slow economy has reduced demand for electricity. More power generation also has become available. The project, known as PATH, was proposed in 2007 to meet expected growing demand for electricity in the 13-state region overseen by PJM.

C&W picked for Columbia office portfolio

Cushman & Wakefield?s Baltimore office announced it has been named the exclusive listing agent for six additional buildings in Greenfield Partners? Maryland-based office and flex portfolio, totaling 205,000 square feet. In January, Greenfield Partners awarded 20 buildings and nearly 650,000 square feet to Cushman & Wakefield, which brings the total listing assignment to 855,000 square feet. The buildings are all located in several business parks in Columbia. Greenfield Partners is a private real estate investment company based in Norwalk, Conn. This year, Greenfield Partners turned over management of a portfolio of office buildings in Hunt Valley and White Marsh to MacKenzie Commercial Real Estate LLC.

Maryland homeowners get mortgage agreement funds

More than 2,800 Maryland homeowners have received more than $224.4 million in relief from a national mortgage settlement between the federal government and five major banks, according to Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler. Gansler said an initial progress report from a court-appointed monitor shows benefits and assistance covering home mortgage modifications, principal reductions, deficiency waivers, refinancings and short sales. The monitor?s report reviewed the period from March 1 through June 30. Gansler said more than $200 million in additional relief was in process as of June 30. He said Maryland?s share of the $25 billion national settlement is estimated at nearly $1 billion.

McCormick opens??World of Flavors? store

McCormick & Co. Inc., the Sparks-based global producer of spices and flavorings, has opened the company?s first retail destination, McCormick World of Flavors, on the first floor of the Light Street Pavilion at Harborplace. The brand showcase features McCormick?s range of products, with areas focused on cooking, baking and grilling. Interactive displays include ?Guess That Spice,? a game that tests your sense of smell; ?FlavorPrint,? an interactive personalized flavor profile; and ?Flavors in the Making,? videos on how spices and herbs are made. Cooking demonstrations and product sampling allow visitors to experience the variety of flavors available in the retail store.

Maryland?s largest solar installation opens

A ribbon-cutting Wednesday at Mount St. Mary?s University in Emmitsburg celebrated the completion of the largest solar power plant in Maryland ? a $50 million, 16.1 megawatt, grid-connected photovoltaic installation financed, owned and operated by Baltimore-based Constellation Energy. Electricity generated by the system is purchased by the Maryland Department of General Services and the University System of Maryland under 20-year solar power purchase agreements with Constellation. The system, consisting of 220,000 ground-mounted photovoltaic panels, is situated on 100 acres of land leased by Constellation from the university. In addition to the 16.1-megawatt system, Constellation developed a 1.6-megawatt solar power system on the site that will supply power directly to the university.

Maryland highway work-zone crashes drop

Crashes, fatalities and injuries in highway work zones are at a 10-year low, according to the Maryland State Highway Administration. Based on data from the last three years, the state agency said fatalities in work-zone crashes decreased by more than half. There were nine fatalities in 2009 compared with three in 2011. The number of people injured decreased from 827 to 688. Overall, there were 200 fewer crashes between 2009 and 2011. The SHA credited its Maryland SafeZones program with automated speed enforcement cameras for the decline. Since the program launched in 2010, speeding violations in construction zones have decreased more than 80 percent.

Maryland consumer agency penalizes home builder

Antoine Knott, an unregistered home builder from Charles County, has been penalized nearly $838,000 by the Consumer Protection Division of the Office of the Maryland Attorney General for violations of Maryland laws protecting new-home buyers, Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler announced Thursday. Regulators said the $283,000 in restitution, $465,000 in penalties and other costs totaling about $90,000 were levied because Knott failed to complete two new homes in Charles and Prince George?s counties, did not return money the consumers had already paid, and failed to pay subcontractors or resolve building code violations.

Md. awarded $1M U.S. grant for Martin State Airport study

The Federal Aviation Administration has awarded a $1 million grant to the Maryland Department of Transportation and the Maryland Aviation Administration for an environmental assessment of Martin State Airport?s five-year capital improvement plan. Announcement of the grant was made Thursday by U.S. Sens. Barbara A. Mikulski and Ben Cardin, both D-Md. Martin State Airport, located near Middle River in Baltimore County, serves both corporate and general aviation activity, as well as the Maryland Air National Guard. The grant will be used to conduct detailed studies of the potential environmental impacts of proposed airport improvements, including runway pavement reconstruction and taxiway upgrades.

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    Tobacco smoke tied to flu complications in kids

    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Kids hospitalized with the flu are more likely to need intensive care and a longer stay if they've been exposed to second-hand smoke at home, a small new study finds.

    Analyzing the records of more than 100 kids hospitalized with flu in New York state, researchers found those exposed to second-hand smoke were five times more likely to be admitted to the intensive care unit and required a 70 percent longer stay in the hospital, compared to the kids not exposed to smoke.

    "People are being a bit complacent and thinking that because they don't see smoking as often?that it's not a problem anymore," said Dr. Karen Wilson, of Children's Hospital Colorado, in Aurora, who led the study. "But we still need to be vigilant about protecting kids from second-hand smoke."

    According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, passive smoking causes ear infection, breathing problems and lung infections in children, and leads to the hospitalization of up to 15,000 children under the age of 18 months every year.

    The new work is the first study to look at the effect of second-hand smoke on kids with influenza, however.

    Wilson and her team looked at hospital records for 117 kids admitted for influenza to a New York hospital between 2002 and 2009.

    Second-hand smoke exposure was reported on the charts of 40 percent of the kids - slightly lower than the 53 percent national exposure rate for kids under 11 estimated by the CDC in 2008.

    During the seven-year study, researchers found that overall, 18 percent of the flu-affected kids were admitted to intensive care, and six percent needed to be intubated with a breathing tube. On average, kids stayed in the hospital for two days.

    When Wilson and her team compared the kids who had been exposed to second-hand smoke to those who weren't, they found that 30 percent of smoke-exposed kids needed intensive care versus 10 percent of unexposed kids. Intubation was required for 13 percent of smoke-exposed kids, compared to one percent of those from a smoke-free home.

    Hospital stays were up to 70 percent longer for smoke-exposed kids, with kids staying in for four days on average, compared with 2.4 days in non-exposed kids. If kids had a chronic illness as well as the flu, their length of stay increased to about 10 days, on average, if they had been breathing second-hand smoke, versus about three days in non-exposed sick kids.

    "We've known that (second-hand smoke) is bad for children in a whole variety of ways," said Dr. Susan Coffin, who has studied flu complications in children at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. "With this (study) we see that smoke exposure not only increases risk of hospitalization but it specifically makes the course of illness worse."

    The small study, published in The Journal of Pediatrics, does have limitations. The authors note in their report, for instance, that children with severe illnesses may have been screened more frequently for smoke exposure, leading to an underestimate of how many kids were exposed to smoke.

    Still, the findings do point to a need for better screening when kids with the flu are seen in the ER, researchers said.

    "If you have a child who comes into the hospital and they are exposed to tobacco smoke, they have more risk of going on to develop more severe illness," Wilson told Reuters Health. Knowing that kids are at increased risk could help physicians make better treatment decisions, she added.

    For Wilson, it's critical that children don't end up in the ER in the first place.

    "This is a preventable cause of severe flu, and it's sad that children are in a position to be exposed even though these serious complications can occur," said Wilson.

    "Obviously not smoking and protecting children from smoke won't stop them from getting influenza, but it may help it from becoming a severe illness or (preventing) complications that we sometimes see," she added.

    SOURCE: http://bit.ly/OFA4oS The Journal of Pediatrics, online August 6, 2012.

    Source: http://news.yahoo.com/tobacco-smoke-tied-flu-complications-kids-204019545.html

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    NY Food Truck Dessert: Monsieur Singh Lassi Pops ? CBS New York

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    Perry, the voice behind New York Street Food, brings you his latest review on New York City food trucks.

     NY Food Truck Dessert: Monsieur Singh Lassi Pops

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    One of the newest, and certainly one of the most unique, street vendors around town is a tiny cart called Monsieur Singh Lassi Pops.

    We ran into them on the west side of 5th Ave between 23rd & 24th St, across the street from Madison Square Park. They did tell us that the cart moves around between a few different spots.

    If you?ve ever had lassi, the yogurt drink popular at Indian restaurants, this is a frozen version on a stick. You could call it Indian frozen yogurt, but that would be doing it a disservice, because there are several flavors in each lassi pop.

    More: The 12 Best Lunches In Downtown NYC

    The girl working at the stand told me this was they opened at the end of July, and they had three flavors on the menu.

    Indian lassi can be either sweet or savory, and is used for refreshment during hot weather. With certain spices, it can also be used as a digestif.

    The choices were mango, strawberry and honey lemon, but each pop had both fruit and spices mixed in with the lassi yogurt. She also told me they might be introducing a rose flavor soon. The lassi pops cost $2 each.

    More: NYC?s 9 Best Frozen Yogurt Spots

    We opted for the mousson mango, and found out that mousson means ?monsoon? in French. That?s a pretty cool name for a frozen dessert, monsoon mango.

    In addition to tangy mango, the pop had ginger and mint mixed into the yogurt. This gave the lassi pop several different flavors while eating it. The mint added even more cooling power to the pop.

    Freezing lassi obviously makes it even more of a hot weather treat, and the lassi pop was creamier than Italian ices or gelato. This was?perfect for a hot New York summer day.

    As we were told, Monsieur Singh Lassi Pops moves around sometimes, so check their Twitter here or our Mobile Munchies Twitter feed to be sure.

    Source: http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/08/31/ny-food-truck-dessert-monsieur-singh-lassi-pops/

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    TomTom announces HD Traffic upgrade, BMW Partnership

    TomTom announces HD Traffic upgrade, BMW Partnership

    TomTom is announcing HD Traffic 6.0, an upgrade to its live traffic service that's reportedly 90 percent better at identifying roadworks and 65 percent better at spotting closed roads. At the same time, the company's teaming up with BMW to offer GoLive device integration with selected 1, 3, X1 and X3-series vehicles. Pop down to your local dealer, and a specially designed mount will integrate the gear with your car's entertainment and audio systems, muting directions when you're on a call and so-forth. Both are available from today, with HD Traffic expanding to a further 23 countries before the end of the year.

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    Up in the air: Heating by black carbon aerosol re-evaluated

    Friday, August 31, 2012

    Viewed as a potential target in the global effort to reduce climate change, atmospheric black carbon particles absorb significantly less sunlight than scientists predicted, raising new questions about the impact of black carbon on atmospheric warming, an international team of researchers, including climate chemists from Boston College, report today in the latest edition of the journal Science.

    Mathematical models and laboratory experiments used to study airborne soot particles led to projections that the absorption-boosting chemicals that coat black carbon could yield an increase in absorption by as much as a factor of two. But field studies in smoggy California cities found black carbon absorption enhancements of just 6 percent, suggesting that climate models may be overestimating warming by black carbon, the researchers report.

    The surprising results highlight the early challenges in a nascent sector of climate science and could have implications for regulatory efforts to reduce the production of black carbon, or soot, by curbing the burning of fossil fuels. Still, scientists agree that black carbon in the atmosphere has a significant effect on global and regional climate, with earlier studies ranking the warming effects of black carbon particles second only to carbon dioxide gas.

    "The team's field measurements in California showed the enhancement of absorption was very small ? approximately six percent instead of by a factor of two," said Boston College Professor of Chemistry Paul Davidovits, an authority on airborne particles, known as aerosols. "In one respect, it shows that nature is much more complicated than our initial laboratory experiments and modeling indicated. Now we will try to unravel and understand that complexity."

    The historic role of black carbon soot in climate change has been well documented by scientists, most notably in the study of ice samples taken from deep within glaciers. For the past several years, Davidovits has collaborated with Aerodyne Research Inc., and colleagues from universities and government labs in the U.S., Canada and Finland. Their research has focused on the chemical and optical properties of sub-micron airborne particles of black carbon produced by commercial and industrial activity.

    Unlike carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gasses, which can survive in the atmosphere for decades and centuries, black carbon has a relatively short life span of approximately one to two weeks. Black carbon is part of a group of pollution sources known as Short-Lived Climate Forcers (SLCFs), including methane gas and ozone, which are produced on earth.

    During their lifetime, black carbon particles are coated with airborne chemicals, which sophisticated laboratory tests have shown can act like lenses capable of increasing the ability of the particles to absorb sunlight and heat the atmosphere. That has raised a critical question as to whether targeting black carbon emissions in an effort to reduce climate change could yield relatively quick results on a regional or global level.

    Led by principal investigators Christopher D. Cappa, a professor of engineering at the University of California, Davis, and Timothy B. Onasch, principal scientist at Aerodyne and an associate research professor of chemistry at Boston College, the team analyzed air samples near the California cities of Los Angeles, San Francisco and Sacramento.

    Researchers tested air samples using a combination of real-time techniques, including aerosol mass spectrometry and photoacoustic spectroscopy. These techniques are capable of making measurements to determine the chemical, physical and optical properties of the black carbon particles, said Onasch, whose Billerica, MA-based company has developed the aerosol mass spectrometer instruments.

    Onasch said the recent findings set the stage for further studies around the world under different atmospheric conditions in order to better understand how chemical coatings from a range of emission sources affect the absorptive properties of black carbon.

    "When you put a soot particle into the atmosphere, we known it contains an elemental carbon component and we know what it's absorption will be based on mass and size," said Onasch. "But black carbon particles in the air are constantly changing. They collect inorganic and organic materials, they grow, change shapes, and change composition. These changes affect the absorption or warming capability of the black carbon. So the question remains: to what extent exactly?"

    The recent findings only add to the challenge of understanding complex chemical activity in the atmosphere, said Davidovits, whose research is supported by the National Science Foundation's Atmospheric Chemistry division and the U.S. Department of Energy's Atmospheric System Research program.

    "These findings do require us to reduce our projections about the amount of heating soot produces, at least under some experimental conditions. But the findings don't point to soot as being a harmless climate forcer," said Davidovits. "Soot remains an important climate heating agent, as well as a health problem that has been well documented."

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    WHY DO HALF OF AMERICANS DIE WITH NO MONEY? ? The ...

    WHY DO HALF OF AMERICANS DIE WITH NO MONEY?

    Posted on 31st August 2012 by Administrator in Economy |Politics |Social Issues

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    August 29, 2012|Andrea Coombes

    SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch)?Almost half of U.S. retirees die with savings of $10,000 or less, but that grim finding doesn?t fully describe the variability and uncertainty that characterize retirement in America, according to a recent study.

    While some retirees struggle profoundly, living at or below the poverty line, others enjoy wealth and health?in fact, the two are strongly linked?while still others have little in savings but enjoy a decent income, according to the report, based on a survey that tracked retirees from 1993 through 2008.

    While 46% of retirees have just $10,000 in savings when they die, ?That doesn?t mean their standard of living is very low?they might have a relatively generous pension plan, most of them will have Social Security,? said James Poterba, professor of economics at M.I.T., president of the National Bureau of Economic Research, and a co-author of the study.

    But the findings ?suggest something about the financial resiliency of these households,? Poterba added. ?They may not have much capacity to absorb a shock, such as an out-of-pocket medical expenditure. They don?t have very much in the way of liquid assets they can access.? Read the study here.

    When net worth is measured?including savings, home equity, the value of Social Security and pension benefits, and more?retirees? financial picture around the time of death looks less bleak. Single people had average assets of about $142,000, those whose spouse had died previously had average assets of $253,000, and couples where the surveyed retiree had died but the other spouse was still living had average assets of $692,000, according to the study.

    ?You can?t generalize that the elderly are not doing very well financially or that the elderly are doing fine. There is a lot of variation within the group,? Poterba said. ?There is a clear group of households that have relatively low income and also have low financial assets. At the other end is a group that has financial assets that are more than sufficient to accommodate any shocks.?

    Policy makers and financial advisers, take note. ?One-size-fits-all solutions are unlikely to really capture the flavor of what?s here,? Poterba said.

    Incomes in flux

    Another worrisome finding: The degree to which some retirees face a steep drop in income. While single people and married couples saw their retirement income remain fairly steady, on average, that was not the case for retirees whose spouse had died.

    Their income dropped almost 75% between 1993 and the last year of being surveyed. The study doesn?t explain why that happens, though Poterba hazarded a guess that it might be related to a drop in pension benefits when the first spouse dies.

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    If you want the best retirement outcome possible, get rich. If that fails, consider getting married, staying married?and doing your best to die before your spouse does. That last is not entirely serious, but the general take-away is that being married pays off in retirement.

    For example, remember that 46% of retirees who have just $10,000 in savings when they die? That jumps to 57% for people who are single throughout the course of the survey.

    Married couples are likelier to have home equity, too. Overall, in the last year before death, 57% of single-person households and 50% of surviving spouses had no housing wealth when they died. But retirees who died before their spouse did? Just 20% lacked home equity, the study said.

    ?The group who does the best in terms of average level of financial assets are those who are married when we first see them, remain married when the first person dies, and we?re looking at the first spouse to die. They tend to have higher income levels,? Poterba said. ?Single individuals on average have lower levels of retirement income as well as lower financial assets.?

    But perhaps the study?s most striking finding was a ?strong and consistent? relationship between wealth and survival. If you?re rich, you?re much likelier to live longer.

    ?The relationship between wealth when first observed and subsequent mortality is striking,? the study said.

    Source: http://www.theburningplatform.com/?p=39909

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    What The Apollo 11 Crew Did For Life Insurance

    Back in 1969 insurance companies weren't very optimistic about the odds of an astronaut making it back to earth after being launched in a rocket to the moon. The cost of life insurance for the Apollo 11 crew was astronomically high so they came up with a clever solution. A month before launch, the astronauts signed hundreds of autographs that were to be sold if they didn't make it back. From the article: "About a month before Apollo 11 was set to launch, the three astronauts entered quarantine. And, during free moments in the following weeks, each of the astronauts signed hundreds of covers. They gave them to a friend. And on important days ? the day of the launch, the day the astronauts landed on the moon ? their friend got them to the post office and got them postmarked, and then distributed them to the astronauts' families. It was life insurance in the form of autographs."

    Source: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotScience/~3/7510Ko4Dsls/what-the-apollo-11-crew-did-for-life-insurance

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