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CUT by Wolfgang Puck at The Beverly Wilshire
- Address:
9500 Wilshire Blvd.
Beverly Hills, CA 90212Neighborhood:
Beverly Hills
- Cuisine:
SteakPrice: $50 and over
CUT by Wolfgang Puck at The Beverly Wilshire
- Dining Style: Fine Dining
- Website: http://www.wolfgangpuck.com/restaurants/finedining/cut/beverlyhills/
- Phone: 3102768500
- Hours of Operation:
Monday - Thursday: 6:00 p.m. - 10 p.m.
Friday 6:00 p.m - 11 p.m & Saturday: 5:30 p.m. - 11 p.m.
Closed Sunday
- Payment Options: AMEX,Carte Blanche,Diners Club,Discover,JCB,MasterCard,Visa
- Cuisine: Steak, American
- Executive Chef: Lee Hefter
- Dress Code: Business Casual
- Accepts Walk-Ins: Yes
- Additional Details: Bar/Lounge, Wheelchair Access
A word from CUT by Wolfgang Puck at The Beverly Wilshire
There is strength in numbers and the June 2006 opening of Southern California's most anticipated restaurant in years – CUT and ultra lounge – sidebar, the triad of master chef Wolfgang Puck, renowned architect Richard Meier and the acclaimed Beverly Wilshire, a Four Seasons Hotel, became the most excited and talked-about restaurant and lounge threesome in the 21st century. A chic spot in the heart of Beverly Hills, CUT has become the place to see and be seen and has garnered high praise from prestigious outlets including the Los Angeles Times (Three Stars), Wall Street Journal and Wine Spectator, and was awarded "Restaurant of the Year" by noted food critic John Mariani in Esquire magazine. In 2007, CUT was nominated for "Best New Restaurant" by the James Beard Foundation, considered one of the highest marks of distinction within the culinary community. CUT is the recipient of one star in the prestigious Michelin Guide, 2008 and 2009 Los Angeles editions.Continued
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- Diners' Choice WinnerBest Service
- Diners' Choice WinnerSpecial Occasion
- Diners' Choice WinnerSteak
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CUT by Wolfgang Puck at The Beverly Wilshire reviews from OpenTable diners
130 reviews since June 4, 2014
- Food4.4Service4.6
- Ambiance4.3Noise LevelModerate
special occasion (92)fit for foodies (64)hot spot (53)notable wine list (43)romantic (38)vibrant bar scene (27)good for groups (19)neighborhood gem (9)late-night find (7)great for lunch (4)great for outdoor dining (4)kid-friendly (3)Show More
- Waygu Way Chewyluv2eatoutDined on 9/29/2014When I made a reservation, I filled out that it was a special occasion. When they seated us no one said anything to us or at knowledged the special occasion. The service was terrible! We didn't even get our drinks until 20 minutes after we sat down. No one showed us the different types of steaks and what they offer. We ordered the waygu which we had in Las Vegas and it was delicious there. The steaks in Beverly Hills were so chewy and did not have any flavor. We were very disappointed -no one came and asked us how our food was and because it was a special occasion we just suffered through the meal.
- All on point, but wine serviceLawPrawfDined on 9/27/2014The food is excellent. The meat is amazing as are the sides. The ambience is a bit too hip for my tastes, but that's okay. My only real gripe is with the wine service. First, the markup over retail is pretty steep. But the main problem is that throughout the meal every time a server walked by the table, they topped up our wine glasses. agree with Christopher Hitchens, who wrote that this "breathtaking act of rudeness""conveys a none-too-subtle and mercenary message: Hurry up and order another bottle." I bought the wine. It's now my bottle. I should decide when and how quickly it gets poured.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Best steaks and service everSusieVIPDined on 9/13/2014Have been on a couple of special occasions and loved everything. We are steak lovers and they manage to get a terrific crusty sear on the steaks. The banana cream pie dessert is amazing. We also can't believe how great the service is with so many quickly anticipating every need.....but remaining fun and friendly.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- It costs how much?witchywomanDined on 9/5/2014The food was yummy but nothing spectacular. Especially for the price. I was not prepared to wait 45 minutes from the time we ordered to the time we were fed.Special Features:
- jkl1VIPDined on 9/5/2014Cut is always very good. Tonight it was exceptional. Service was fabulous. Very attentive. The sommelier was fabulous. Really understood what we were looking for, including the price point. Recommend wine was perfect. Food was simply delicious.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Anniversary CelebrationOpenTable Diner Since 2013Dined on 9/5/2014This was our fourth time at the restaurant, and each time it gets better! Excellent food (pear martinis, cheesy puffs, breads, lamb, Steak, Mac and Cheese, Mushrooms and dessert) and excellent service! The very first time we visited The Cut, prices were a bit of a shocker, and I wasn't sure I was going to head back. However, if you figure what items you love, you will love it for the topnotch quality. I also had read several other reviews that service was not the best. In our case, I must say that David, who took care of us, was outstanding and went above and beyond. Possibly they are tired of the snobs, so if you enjoy yourself, they will make it enjoyable for you. I say - go try it!Special Features:
- luvfinediningDined on 9/4/2014the service was excellent. the servers were very attentive and informativeSpecial Features:
- Lost its vibrant edge already.Foodieguy13VIPDined on 8/30/2014Big holiday weekend and dull. No energy. Forgot our cocktails... Waiter paid for them but there goes the purpose of dinner!!! WP would be disappointed if he knew it was me:(
- Hit or missFoodie44Dined on 8/30/2014I've been to CUT about 8 times, both the Beverly Hills and Las Vegas locations. The first time I went was unreal, in a great way. Although pricey, it was absolutely the best ribeye I'd every eaten, hands down. The second time was nothing like the first. The steak was mediocre and ridiculously overpriced because of that. The next 3 or 4 times were solid as far as the food is concerned and the service is always good, however, I did see someone (BH location) preparing food behind a little counter near the entrance, lick his finger while preparing something, then proceed to use said finger to touch more food that was to be served. I brought it to someone's attention, but not sure if anything was done about it. Went last week and steak was raw.Special Features:
- Not a CUT above...LawyerWhoLovesFoodDined on 8/28/2014The king crab and shrimp Louis appetizer was delicious. The warm asparagus with a poached egg and bacon vinaigrette was not warm, the egg was overcooked and the dressing lacked flavor, which is tough to imagine when bacon is involved. I had the dry aged 35 days rib eye and it was not cooked as ordered and it came out warm at best. Decent flavor but when not cooked right and not nice and hot, hard to say anything other than disappointing when talking steak served at this caliber steakhouse. The baby corn and tempura onion rings were both good, but the creamed spinach was not. It was bland, runny and served cold. Soufflé for desert was good.
- ready2eatDined on 8/26/2014I think this restaurant fit people with ego and show off. The food is good but not exceptional and it is way overpriced even for somebody with money . love4 foodSpecial Features:
- ScottFineDinerDined on 8/25/2014Outstanding meal. Great service. Energetic vibe. Steaks (numerous cuts) are wonderfully prepared. From the Wagyu (Japanese or American) to the 21 day dry aged, you cannot get a better prepared steak anywhere.Special Features:
- Great Los Angeles SteakHouseCcwhitDined on 8/22/2014Highly recommend Cut to anyone looking for a great steakhouse. The ambience is spectacular and the food lives up to the hype. The Side Bar was a great hangout waiting for the table. Nice drinks with a Dj playing tunes.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Fantasticollie07Dined on 8/20/2014My husband and I were in Los Angeles for a week enjoying our vacation from Canada. We are a huge fan of Gordon Ramsay and have dined at a few of his restaurants and have really enjoyed the experience. While we were in Beverly Hills we decided to try Cut and we were so impressed with the food and service...this one beats Ramsay!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- A ScenePrivateDInerVIPDined on 8/16/2014The room is very nice and one of the most clever of all is the Chairs! They are designed to be extremely comfortable and they are and they swivel making it very easy to get in and out. Who would think this would be included in a review? Well applause for that person who thought of it! The staff is very nice;servuce giid The food is very good as it should be but there are other special places around town that are just as good. The crowd is not so desirable...pretentious & loud The parking is a dismal mistake at best. Some would say a nightmare! After a 40 minute wait to retrieve our car, we got our money back and suddenly it appeared? Unbelievably disorganized. Overall, it is worth a one time visit but take a cab or UberSpecial Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Spectacular SteaksFoodtodi4Dined on 8/16/2014All 3 of us had the Japanese wagyu beef which was spectacular and was one of the best steaks any of us have had. The waiter also recommended a nice red to complement the steaks and went out of his way to make us all feel welcome and comfortable. A wonderful night!Special Features:
- Foodie18VIPDined on 8/16/2014After dining at Spago & The Bel Air Hotel I expected both the food & the service to be five stars here as well. Although it was very good, it was far from either of those Wolfgang restaurants. I'm glad I tried it once but I would not go back again.Special Features:
- Loved my Illinois steakTimberlane1VIPDined on 8/14/2014Born and raised in Illinois and just moved to LA from Chicago. First place ANYWHERE I was able to order specifically an ILLINOIS corn-fed bone-in filet. That in itself was interesting. The steak and sides and service and ambience were fabulous. Chicago-class steakhouse with all the Beverly Hills glitz you would expect from the man who earned his chevrons at Baumaniere, one of the special places in this solar system. Hats off!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Only average steakBigDaddy1957Dined on 8/11/2014The service was great, the location and ambiance are fantastic, too bad the steaks are below par, not too tender and were overcooked. I've had much better food at joints that charge 1/3rd as much. In fact, one of the best meals ever was at CUT...in Las Vegas. Also, when I made the reservation on Open Table I noted it was a special occasion, my wife's 65th birthday. Nothing from the restaurant about that, they must have missed it or didn't get the info from my reservation. We celebrated her 60th at CUT as well...in Las Vegas.
- My favorite restaurantmmonetDined on 8/9/2014Open kitchen with the view to devils food creation and decoration. Great service, exellent food and beautiful ambience.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Best steak I ever had.Vega1968Dined on 8/7/2014Best steak I ever had, the mixed drinks were delicious, and their signature dish, the bone marrow appetizer will blow your mind... It's not inexpensive by any means, but worth it. Wolfgang was even working in the kitchen and came out to say hi to the guests..Special Features:
- DeliciousspatellosDined on 8/4/2014Our meal was truly delicious. It had the same amazing food as an upscale steakhouse without a much more relaxed and comfortable yet hip and modern ambience.Special Features:
- Eh.MessmerizerDined on 8/2/2014Being a Wolfgang Puck restaurant, I expected ALL the food to be exceptional. A LOT of reviews said certain things were just ok & I didn't believe it -well- believe it! I had the GrassFed Filet Mignon which was good. BUT I've had steaks at cheaper places that melt in my mouth orgasmic style. This didnt. We got the Mac 'nCheese, that people had recommended- and it was nothing special. We also got the green beans which had no burst of flavor. They were completely forgettable. I did enjoy the dessert which wasn't actually an option on the menu. It was a blueberry ice cream baked alaska thing. And it was nice that they asked if we were celebrating anything and brought it out with a candle. I paid $300 for two of us.Special Features:
- SMGTDined on 7/31/2014always good...The sides are terrific...it can be noisy, but not too bad that night..Special Features:
- Great FoodfabfoodieDined on 7/25/2014The food was fantastic. Has the lamb and the bone marrow, both excellent. The cocktails were also great.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- SublimevelcroVIPDined on 7/25/2014I was reticent about dining here. The prices are exorbitant and I am not a steak eater, but wow what a great meal!!! Everything from the cocktails to the dessert was special. The music that they play is even noticeably fine. Deserves all it's rave reviews!Special Features:
- Excelente service and food quality.islandcruiserDined on 7/24/2014I went there with my daughter as a special ocassion and came very content with the experience. I will certainly recommended to anyone wishing to have a great dining experience in Los Angeles.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- DisappointingToomaDined on 7/24/2014I've been to several locations around the world, this by far rhe worst!
- Bad serviceOpenTable Diner Since 2014VIPDined on 7/23/2014Booked a table for 4 at 9pm. Didn't get seated until 9:40. Very rude host. Spending almost $1,000 for dinner and had to put up with the rude receptionist/host. Bad taste in our mouth.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- A Cut Above. Way above.foodistaVIPDined on 7/22/2014A new colleague and I were debating the best steak in LA. I did some research and was drawn to Cut for its consistently good reviews and interesting selection of non-standard sides. The evening was a huge success -- from the decor to the staff to the extraordinary food, and some MAJOR star sightings. For such a big restaurant the notice level was moderate, loud enough to be buzzy but not such a din that we had to shout our conversation. But the steak. Oh. The. Steak. My friend had the bone in rib eye that wod transport any meat lover to carnivore heaven. The sear gave a heavenly crust, the texture was sublime. I had the three piece sampler. Each steak had a distinct nature and flavor divine. Amazing sides. Bone marrow flan a MUST!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- NROOpenTable Diner Since 2012Dined on 7/22/2014Open Table provided a quick and easy reservation (for the 6:15 seating). We were seated promptly as there was hardly anyone else there yet. The ambiance is consistent with the other reviews - nothing special. The team style service was prompt and attentive. The flavor of the steaks was outstanding even though the medium rare NY I ordered was really quite well into the medium range. When the waiter asked about the food, I mentioned the medium steak and he immediately offered to replace it. They might want to rethink the salt encrusted cooking style. The steak was much better after scraping it off. The wine list runs to the extravagant. The appetizers were good, and with a couple of sides, we were too full for dessert.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- greatnovnovinovDined on 7/18/2014Great experience. One of the Best steaks. The quality is the best of the best.Special Features:
- rickfleDined on 7/10/2014As good a steak as you will find in Los Angeles, served in a hip setting. Service and attention to detail are first class, as they should be at this price level. An outstanding experience.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- diningoutVIPDined on 7/8/2014we love this restaurant. it was an off night this time though. our friend's steak was overcooked. it took over an hour to get the appetizers. they were out of the dover sole (this has happened three out of the last four times we have been there - why even have it on the menu?). that said, it is a fantastic restaurant. they did everything they could to make up for a fairly inconsistent evening. they gave us complimentary desserts and a comp steak for our friend. regardless, it should have been smoother and they shouldn't be consistently out of one of the few non-steak items that they have on their great menu. we will go again and hope that it's much better the next time.I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great Food, Great ServiceOpenTable Diner Since 2010Dined on 7/5/2014My mom, girlfriend and I dined here at 7:30pm Saturday evening July 5th. Our waiter, Eric, was friendly and informative. And the General Manager, Rikka, went above and beyond to make our dining experience excellent. The food quality was as excellent as the service.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Simply one of the bestFinediner24VIPDined on 6/27/2014CUT has never failed to provide an truly excellent dining experience. Although pricey it is simply excellent. My only gripe is the continued "checking in" by the staff. At one point I was interrupted 3 times in less than 5 min while enjoying my wife's company. This however does not change the fact that the food is EXCELLENT and the staff is knowledgeable and polite.Special Features:
- Fabulous dinnerChrisDined on 6/27/2014We've been to CUT before but this time we had a better experience. The pork belly and bone marrow were good. Our mac & cheese with jalapeno was just right. Our steaks were grilled perfectly and the service was excellent. We were well attended even though the restaurant was full. We really enjoyed not only our dinner but the service.Special Features:
- Steak?SteakmanVIPDined on 6/27/2014Excellent service was accompanied by so so food. Not really a steak house but more of a continental restaurant. That said, setting of tables very casual. Can't figure out exactly what kind of place this is.Special Features:
- Great Restaurant!DCS821Dined on 6/24/2014This place is always delicious! You absolutely cannot go wrong eating here!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Incredible serviceMichmacDined on 6/20/2014My husband and I went for our 5 year anniversary. Our server was awesome. He had read the notes on my reservation saying it was our anniversary and that I cannot have dairy (which is a major bummer because there is so much amazing stuff I had to steer clear of!). The food was great and we really felt it was an amazing dining experience.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.


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Harpers.org has some questions that almost definitely will not be asked during the debate tonight.
"Governor Romney, your party adamantly denies that global climate change is occurring, or insists that, if it is occurring, it isn't man-made, and that there is nothing we could or should do about it. Much of your party also refuses to believe in evolution. Given the number of scientific disciplines related to these subjects, most of your supporters must per se believe that the vast majority of the world's scientists—biologists, paleontologists, climatologists, geologists, etc.—are engaged in massive, decades-long hoaxes designed to fool the rest of the population. Do you agree that they are indeed perpetrating these massive frauds?"
"President Obama, you, like most other presidents and presidential candidates, have actively encouraged all young people to earn a college degree. Yet the percentage of the population with college degrees has increased from about 5 percent to a little over 25 percent since the end of World War II. This is a tremendous increase, yet it was achieved only with massive government financial support—support that has declined in real dollar terms in recent years. Given that 25 percent is still well short of 100 percent, is it realistic to expect that all young Americans will earn college degrees anytime in the foreseeable future? Given the amount of indebtedness that earning such degrees entails, is it wise for them to even try? And don't these facts speak to the overwhelming need to restore America's manufacturing base?"
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Local HVAC contractors are raising money this year to help SPMS, the non-profit Special Persons Mailing Service in Va. Beach. The group employs more than 30 adults with special needs.
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Despite about one-third of entrepreneurs having the "fear factor" and more worry than four years ago, the rate of entrepreneurship this past year is higher than it's ever been in the last decade, according to Ron Thomas, vice president of membership at the National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship of Springfield, Mass.
What can account for what seems like an oxymoron?
People are seeing the changing workforce dichotomy as an opportunity.
"It was, 'my job went away, I'm going to become a new business owner,'" Thomas explained. "Now what we're hearing is it's not necessarily 'my job is going away and I have to do this out of necessity,' but rather, 'this is an opportunity for me.'"
Curriculum is important
At the Appalachian Regional Commission fall conference Nov. 7 in Charleston, panelists discussed ways to continue carrying the entrepreneurial torch forward.
Malinda Todd, associate director for NC REAL Entrepreneurship of Raleigh, N.C., provides entrepreneurship curriculum in the K-12, community college and community settings. She shared what makes the program successful.
The REAL curriculum operates through a series of activities and stimulations. Groups work in teams to carry out actual situations businesses would face, Todd said.
She said it's also important to utilize the benefits of technology and develop specialized curriculum in promoting entrepreneurship.
"Entrepreneurs and instructors are coming to us and saying, 'I have a lot of students who are doing farm, agriculture, arts and the regular class doesn't meet all their needs,''' Todd said. "If you have a specialized course, sometimes it's easier to recruit because you can really focus on the student you're trying to recruit for that course."
In order to reach students who may not have time to take an entrepreneurial class due to requirements, teachers are utilized.
"We're helping agriculture teachers, health education teachers or health occupation programs infuse some entrepreneurship in their courses," Todd said. "That way, it doesn't take away from the million other requirements both teachers and students have."
Focusing on teacher development
Jason Hughes, coordinator in the Office of Career and Technical Instruction at the West Virginia Department of Education, said the reality in education is "it will never reach the students if it's not first presented and ingrained in the teacher."
To educate the teachers who will in turn educate the students, Hughes said lots of energy, time and resources were spent emphasizing professional development, along with teaching terminology and vocabulary as well as bringing in outside presenters.
"We spent a lot of energy in teacher training," he said. "They're not entrepreneurship-minded, so you have to bring them along."
Making sure entrepreneurial concepts are ingrained in the curriculum and utilizing the Supervised Ag Experience program, where every student is required to do something outside of school, is another way Hughes said the entrepreneurial torch is carried forward.
Simulating work in a classroom setting
Rhonda Tracy, senior vice-president for Academic Affairs at West Virginia University-Parkersburg, suggests treating a college like a business — exchanging business cards, having students share what they're making, inviting people to events and applying a virtual business model.
The virtual business model includes:
"We have to break old traditions," Tracy said. "Our belief is that human capital is important."
Through a program at WVU-P, students can take a series of four courses to receive a certificate in entrepreneurship.
With the pilot stages of a stimulated workplace initiative, Hughes said West Virginia students now can experience a workplace atmosphere in a classroom setting.
"That classroom is considered a company," he said. "The skills that are being taught are from students being on time to class to actually calling the instructor if they're not going to be present or taking sick days."
Students begin with $1 million, with the good and bad things that happen either adding to or subtracting from the net worth. Mandatory drug testing also is required.
"I think there's a lot to be said for that model and students understanding how their effort, their behavior and their attributes affect the bottom line of the company," Hughes said. "It's good knowledge to have."
Getting creative
During the presentation, one audience member posed the question: What can you do to change the education in K-12 public schools so there is a chance someone might get through and still have some creativity left?
"We have to have certain practices in place," Tracy answered. "How can we embed (entrepreneurial skills) in other courses?"
And what are the benefits of having entrepreneurial practices in place? Having the ability to understand the strategies and principles of entrepreneurship, recognizing opportunity and being better prepared for the workplace.
According to Hughes, "students who have the entrepreneurial skills, those core skills, will be better employees or business owners, whatever comes their way."
Todd also echoed the sentiment.
"We believe those core entrepreneurial skills are those core sills that are going to help (students) no matter what happens and to see those opportunities," she said.


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February 29, 2008
Manufacturing labor productivity increased in 2006 in 15 of the 16 economies under comparison. The Republic of Korea had the largest productivity increase—10.8 percent—while Germany and Taiwan followed with increases of 7.1 and 6.9 percent, respectively.
The United States productivity increase of 2.0 percent placed it twelfth among the 16 economies compared, while Canada was the only economy with a decline in productivity (-0.1 percent).
Manufacturing output increased in 14 of the 16 economies in 2006. Korea and Taiwan were the leaders in the growth of output.
There were reductions in total hours worked in manufacturing in 8 of the 16 economies. The United Kingdom had the greatest decline in hours in 2006, followed by Korea and France.
These data are from the Foreign Labor Statistics program. Labor productivity is measured by output per hour. Data are subject to revision. This article updates one that appeared in The Editor's Desk in 2007: "International factory productivity gains in 2006". Additional information is available in "International Comparisons of Manufacturing Productivity and Unit Labor Cost Trends, 2006, Revised," (PDF) (HTML) news release USDL 08-0261.
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6 simple tips to grow your nest egg
You know you should be setting aside money for your later years. Here are ways to make the task less daunting.
This post comes from Rob Berger at partner blog The Dough Roller.
In his letter to the church in Rome, the Apostle Paul lamented that the things he wanted to do he doesn't, and the things he hates to do, he does. My mom had her interpretation of Paul's missive: The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
For my part, I've often wondered if Paul was as bad at saving for retirement as the rest of us.
In my 12-month plan to revitalize your finances, I listed maxing out your retirement accounts as the goal for January. Of course, everyone knows they should max out their retirement savings, but knowing we should do something and actually doing it are two different things. I guess not much has changed in the 2,000 years since Paul wrote his famous epistle.
So, today we are going to look at six practical tips and tricks to help you do what you already know you should -- contribute the maximum amount to your 401k, IRA and other retirement accounts.
1. Start.
Starting to save for retirement is like jumping into a cold pool for a morning swim: Just do it. Once you're in, the water warms quickly. With a 401k, you can save very small amounts each month to start. Even if you can afford only $25 a month, start right now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. Today.
2. Keep it simple.
I've talked to a lot of people who are afraid of investing in the stock market, and their fear keeps them from contributing to a 401k. Don't let your fear be the cause your inaction. Every 401k plan I've ever seen offers well-diversified options, including mutual funds. Most offer funds designed to be a complete solution to retirement savings called target-date funds. You can pick a fund based on when you'll retire, and the fund mix will be more or less aggressive based on that date. It's that simple. If you have any questions, the company that manages your 401k plan can help.
3. Avoid Roth 401k's and IRAs.
Let me first say that Roth retirement accounts can be a great way to save for retirement. But if you are really stretching your money to save for retirement, they may not be the best choice. With a Roth 401k or Roth IRA, you don't get an immediate tax benefit. With a traditional 401k or deductible IRA, taxes on your contributions are deferred until you take out the money. The tax savings you'll enjoy can really help if you are on a tight budget. And you can always convert to a Roth 401k later.
4. Save 50% of raises.
Each time you get a raise, increase the amount of your retirement savings. An increase equal to 50% of your raise is a good place to start. If you are contributing to a traditional 401k, remember that you get a tax break on the contribution, so it won't hurt as much as you may think.
5. Automate.
All 401k plans that I've ever seen automatically take your contribution out of your paycheck. Not all IRA accounts, however, are automated. I've automated my investment account with Betterment, an online investment account that automatically takes $100 from my savings account every month. If you use a service that offers automated savings, soon you won't even miss the money.
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If your employer matches some or all of your contributions, be sure to take advantage of this help. Employer contributions, however, kick in only if you are contributing to your 401k. So don't turn this help away. It may take you some time to maximize your contributions to take full advantage of your employer's match, but use this benefit as motivation to save as much as you can.
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Thompson Square recently traveled to Honduras in their role as celebrity ambassadors for ChildFund International, or CFI. The husband and wife duo, Keifer and Shawna Thompson ,sponsor a four-year-old boy named Emerson there, and they got to spend time with the child and his family while there. While in the Emerson's village, Thompson Square filmed a video for CFI using their recent single, "Glass."
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Everyone from resort-town lifties to weekend warriors can appreciate the Burton Ruler Snowboard Boot for its conveniently comfy fit, go-anywhere flex, and value-heavy features. New for 2013 is a redesigned outsole for serious weight savings, and a built-in air cushioning system designed to take the edge off harsh landings and choppy afternoon groomers.
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Bought the boots in the summer and didn't wear them until Feb of next season. Wore them for 10-15 run and toe started to come apart. Backcountry wouldn't accept return given elapsed time since purchase. Lets hope Burton is more helpful.
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Toe coming apart after about 10-15 runs
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First pair of boots I've owned, so can't compare to others unfortunately. Felt pretty good on, not too heavy or anything. Feet were a bit tight on the first day, but that's standard new boot stuff.
Lacing system is easy to use for a newbie like me, super easy to adjust. Had no issues with them coming loose at all.
Feet stayed warm and dry (novelty after only ever having hire boots), looking forward to heap more days in these!
Only one small bug bear is when trying to dry - the inners don't come all the way out which is a tad annoying. No biggie though.
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I used these boots to replace my older Burton Invaders and was immediately blown away by the weight difference, these felt like they weighed about half as much as my old boots! The quicklace system is really nice and makes for a custom feeling fit once you find your preferred tightness, I go for a more snug fit for a more held in ride on the trees and full tuck down trails. Another really cool thing about these boots is that they come out of the box feeling like they are a bit broken in, I had about half a day where I felt my feet were a little constricted, but after a few runs at Snowbird they felt just right on my sasquatch status size 14 wide feet. I ride alot of different terrain but typically stick to longer trails and tree runs, and these boots feel great for aggressive runs, once you find your preferred tightness there is no disconnect like with some other boots, they feel more connected to your binding then with a thicker heavier boot. I would recommend these for intermediate riders looking to shred the whole mountain without having to deal with laces, just set your stiffness and tear it up!
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Got these boots 1/2 a size over my normal, and still found them too small. Hat to send them back to get a full size over, and they were still snug.
I guess this is part of Burton's "Footprint Reduction Technology" which somehow manages to squeeze bigger feet in to a smaller are.
Nice idea, but I'm not sure its great in practice.
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I got this pair as a replacement for my old Moto's that packed after intensive use. Looking for something stiffer to hold up better a banged ankle I thought it might be a good idea to invest in a more expensive boot. They slowly grow on me but i have to say, not that much impressed comparing them to my previous boots.
One thing that I hate about them is the lacing of the liner (laces attached to boot instead of liner); it makes it so much more difficult to take the liners out compared to Motos or other similar boots.
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I've only taken these up a few times...so hopefully they remain a good fit.
I'm a size 10 shoe and ordered the size 9 after reading other reviews. Pretty much perfect.
The lacing system is also 1000x better than my previous setup.
I've been up in sub-zero temperatures as well...no problem staying warm.
Great price too. Highly recommend.
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so i bit the bullet and bought these after my vans cirro boots (last years model, bought them this year) hurt my feet worst than any other boot i've owned, needless to say, all of that pain is gone with these. the stiffness on these is still pretty good, which is what i wanted, but its not so stiff that my feet are killing me after one run. i LOVE the toe cap on these because it's as hard as a rock so i can tighten my toe strap until it wont tighten anymore. the lacing system is really good too, i can see these lasting me a long time and i probably wont ever buy another model of boot after trying these.
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"Pull on your tights…" Andy Waterfield responds to Frank Miller's recent comments on the "Occupy" movement.
"The "Occupy" movement, whether displaying itself on Wall Street or in the streets of Oakland (which has, with unspeakable cowardice, embraced it) is anything but an exercise of our blessed First Amendment. "Occupy" is nothing but a pack of louts, thieves, and rapists, an unruly mob, fed by Woodstock-era nostalgia and putrid false righteousness. These clowns can do nothing but harm America."
So begins Frank Miller's recent blog post about the "Occupy" phenomenon. For those who aren't familiar with his work, Frank Miller is a comics writer and artist of some considerable standing. While critical response to his more recent work is varied, his work in the 1980s, and, to a lesser extent, the 1990s, is considered by many to be one of the most important bodies of comics literature of all time.
His run on Daredevil: The Man Without Fear, beginning in 1979, redefined the character, and his cinematic style, heavily influenced by film noir, invited a new generation of creators to rethink what could be done with the medium.
His Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, produced in collaboration with Klaus Janson and Lynn Varley is a compelling and evocative character study, examining the motivations and methodology of an aging Bruce Wayne, determined to reclaim his city and the world from corruption and crime, even it means sacrificing himself in the process. It is by turns a work of masterful adventure storytelling, a biting satire of the "talking head" political commentators of our time, and a beautiful, often genuinely stunning, work of art.
I could go on a lot longer, imploring you to consider the subtle tensions in Batman: Year One, to those familiar with the work, clearly a key source of inspiration for Christopher Nolan's incredibly popular film, Batman Begins. Or maybe I could talk about the use of contrast in the oppressive and claustrophobic violence of Sin City?
I'm not going to do any of that, because that's not the point of this piece. I just wanted to make it very clear that I have been a fan of Frank Miller's work, or much of it, for quite a while, and while I have problems with some of it, I can appreciate that he is a master of the craft of comics storytelling.
None of that matters here, because here and now, in this most recent tirade, Frank Miller is quite simply wrong, and I intend to explain why.
Firstly, Miller appears to be labouring under the misapprehension that "Occupy" as a phenomenon, is exclusive to New York and Oakland, or at the very least, he appears to be implying that it is concentrated primarily in those places. While these expressions of the phenomenon are almost certainly the largest, "Occupy" exists in a great many places, across multiple continents. The Guardian's Data Blog has an interactive map charting the brood brush strokes of "Occupy" in terms of attendance estimates and locations. Without putting too fine a point on it, the map speaks for itself.
Miller claims that Oakland has embraced "Occupy" "with unspeakable cowardice". He doesn't back up that assertion, but maybe he doesn't feel he needs to. I'm certainly not prepared to put words in his mouth, but I will say this: Miller grew up in Montpelier, Vermont, and while he spent much of his early career living in New York's Hell's Kitchen, I think it's fair to say he made a significant amount of money in the 1980s, and has made fair bit since, given the continued success of his most famous comics works, and the success of films based on his creator owned work.
What I'm getting at, is that Frank Miller may have known poverty at certain times of his life, and he may recognise it in others, but he is no longer of poverty himself, if he ever was.
The US Census Bureau provides vast amounts of free to access data gathered under it's American Community Survey. The five year estimates for 2005-2009 suggest that Montpelier city, Vermont, the town in which Miller grew up, has 11.9% of individuals living below the poverty line. This is below the figure for the US as a whole, which stands at 13.5%. The ACS gives a margin of error of +/-3.1. Now, Miller might very well have been living in poverty during his younger days, but unless Montpelier has been on the up and up since he lived there, it's poverty levels more broadly are fairly average.
Now let's take a look at Oakland. According to the exact same data set, 17.5% of Oakland's population live below the poverty line. This time around, the margin for error is +/-0.6, so the ACS is a damn sight surer of these figures. In addition to it's high levels of poverty, when compared to the average across the US, Oakland also enjoys a high level of ethnic diversity, unsurprising since so many African Americans moved there for work in the post-war period.
Now, I should stress that my picture of Oakland is amassed from what I've garnered from news reports over the years, accounts of the place in music and film, social science resources like those featured above, and the autobiography of Huey P. Newton, Revolutionary Suicide. I don't know this town, but then how well does Frank Miller know it? Perhaps he's deeply familiar with Oakland, it's history, and it's people, and therefore has a firm foundation on which to base his assertions about it's people, and their relative levels of courage. We can't know that, but what I know is this. Given it's history, it's economics, and it's relative poverty, it doesn't look like the type of place to be apathetic about economic injustice.
""Occupy" is nothing but a pack of louts, thieves, and rapists, an unruly mob, fed by Woodstock-era nostalgia and putrid false righteousness."
This is almost certainly the single most malignant sentence in Miller's piece. Note that he is not merely saying that there are "louts, thieves, and rapists" within the "Occupy" movement. Indeed, for any body of people of that kind of size, we could very well expect some of them to be thieves and rapists (an unfortunate, but very well documented phenomenon, to which progressive movements are unfortunately not exempt). However, Miller isn't saying this. He's saying that the people who make up "Occupy" are "nothing but" these things, "an unruly mob, fed by Woodstock-era nostalgia and putrid false righteousness." Miller doesn't back this last assertion up with any evidence. Considering how frequently I myself am asked what the Hell I'm talking about, when I make reference to some aspect of this era in conversation with my peers, I'm loathe to believe that "Woodstock-era nostalgia" is some far-reaching or defining quality of my generation, though I could be wrong. Either way, we might want to steer clear of the brown acid.
""Occupy" is nothing short of a clumsy, poorly-expressed attempt at anarchy, to the extent that the "movement" – HAH! Some "movement", except if the word "bowel" is attached - is anything more than an ugly fashion statement by a bunch of iPhone, iPad wielding spoiled brats who should stop getting in the way of working people and find jobs for themselves."
It's here that Miller gets dangerously close to having a point. The "Occupy" movement is undoubtedly clumsy, and has been poorly-expressed at times. This, however, is the nature of a fledgling movement, attempting to veer away from hierarchy and dogma. Plenty of people, within the movement and without, have acknowledged these points. That it's an attempt at "anarchy" however, is a shaky assertion indeed. From what I can gather, the "Occupy" movement is composed of individuals from a range of backgrounds and political ideologies. There are, undoubtedly, Anarchists in this mix, but there are also socialists, social democrats, and others, all with their own particular perspective, and, one must assume, their own particular views on the best way for "Occupy" to proceed. Painting such a grouping, across many nations and continents, as some sort of ideological monolith is simply absurd. Indeed, seeking to portray Anarchism as a monolith is ridiculous too, but that's much of a muchness here.
There are accounts all over the internet from people involved with "Occupy" who have gainful employment of one kind or another (you can search for those on your own time, chums), and while there are certainly valid questions about the relative class privilege of a proportion of the protesters, you can all make up your own minds as to whether every last "Occupy" protester is weighed down by a rucksack full of Apple products. I'm not even going to dignify Miller's apparent contempt for unemployed youth with a response.
"This is no popular uprising. This is garbage. And goodness knows they're spewing their garbage – both politically and physically – every which way they can find.
Wake up, pond scum. America is at war against a ruthless enemy."
It's here that Miller takes something of a shift in the direction of his bile.
"Maybe, between bouts of self-pity and all the other tasty tidbits of narcissism you've been served up in your sheltered, comfy little worlds, you've heard terms like al-Qaeda and Islamicism.
And this enemy of mine — not of yours, apparently - must be getting a dark chuckle, if not an outright horselaugh - out of your vain, childish, self-destructive spectacle.
In the name of decency, go home to your parents, you losers. Go back to your mommas' basements and play with your Lords Of Warcraft.
Or better yet, enlist for the real thing. Maybe our military could whip some of you into shape.
They might not let you babies keep your iPhones, though. Try to soldier on.
Are we to ignore economic injustice simply because Radical Islamist Terrorism is a thing? Apparently so, if Frank is to be believed. On this point, I'll refer you to David Brothers' extremely well executed critique of Frank Miller's Holy Terror. You'll find it in book shops all over the place. I know I have. Holy Terror that is, not David's review, more's the pity. The following is an extended quote from David's article, which you can find in full here.
The Fixer nabs a terrorist and calls him "Mohammed," because "you've got to admit that the odds are pretty good it's Mohammed." They call him "Moe" throughout the rest of the book. The terrorists are viewed as something sub-human. One page contrasts Americans watching a Transformers-style movie on a big screen with Arabs stoning a woman buried up to her neck in the dirt while calling her an infidel, slut, and whore. A generic man in a suit takes his wife, wearing an Afghani Burqa, beats her, and then leaves the house. And finally, when Natalie infiltrates a mosque, she thinks, "the night wind blows away seven centuries."
The constant bashing of Islam as a throwback to the Dark Ages is stupid, ugly, and tiresome. It's also factually incorrect. While Europe was in the midst of the so-called Dark Ages, the Arab world was in the middle of what was essentially a golden age of enlightenment. They made vital discoveries and advances in science, math, medicine, art, architecture, and several other areas that had a profound impact on the rest of human civilization.
Al-Qaeda is treated in the text as something that is representative of Islam, rather than something that is a twisted, rotted off-shoot. Conversely, the Ku Klux Klan are terrorists are nominally Christian, but they're never portrayed as representative of Christianity or whites. Again and again, Miller hammers home outdated and bigoted assumptions. The Fixer and Natalie Stack approach torture with glee, Natalie sends a terrorist off to his "seventy-two black-eyed virgins," and on and on and on. They're fighting Islam, not Al-Qaeda, and the book suffers greatly for it.
I strongly suggest that you take the time to read the full text of David's article. It really is a great piece, and examines the relative merits and deep and troubling shortcomings of the work in an even handed way I don't believe I'd be able to muster myself.
Somewhere along the way, as an avid comics reader, I stopped reading what Frank Miller had to say in interviews, and a short while later, I stopped reading his new work altogether. Over the years, I've wondered whether parting ways with such a gifted creator was the right tack to take, but at this point, I'm sure that it was. I have no interest in supporting this man, or his work, while he continues to hold what I take to be deeply troubling political beliefs. I sincerely hope he changes his mind.
There's a sequence in Miller's sequel to The Dark Knight Returns, The Dark Knight Strikes Again, where Batman stands in front of a huge mass of confused but righteously angry young people, and entreats them to turn their anger into a positive force for change, and ultimately, for justice. It's a sequence I've gone back to over and over again, and when I hit upon the idea of donating money to Oxfam each time I spent money on comics, and inviting my comics reading friends to do the same, putting a name to the enterprise wasn't much work.
It's also the spirit I believe lies behind this enterprise.
So it's with this quote that I leave you, and I'll stand by it, even though I've left the man who wrote it, Frank Miller, to his thoughts. I hope that it inspires you, whether you're involved in "Occupy" or not, to do your bit to work toward a more just world, in which the boundless aspirations of the seven billion or so of us who make up this clumsy, ambling, but ultimately hopeful species, are matched by a wealth of opportunities and capabilities to achieve those aspirations.
Andy Waterfield is the founder/curator of I Live Sweat, and a News Editor at Punknews.org, and when he isn't thinking about punk rock and comics, he's probably thinking about the films of Terry-Thomas, social science, or Marmite. He has a couple of degrees in the social sciences, if anyone fancies giving him a job. Not that he's unemployed at present - sorry, Frank!
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Good Morning! Paul Georgy with early morning comments for July 25, 2013 at 5:00 am. Grain futures are mixed with corn and wheat higher, soybeans lower. Outside markets are providing a risk-off attitude this morning. Liquidation of bull spreads have been the major focus in the corn and soybean complex this week. Now that a successful pollination period is nearing completion, end-users have pulled back their enthusiasm to pay up for old crop corn and soybeans. Bean and meal basis has taken a huge hit the last few days and some processors have moved their bids to the November contract. A processor in IA dropped their bean basis by 1.20 yesterday in soybeans. Corn basis took a hit yesterday although not due to movement of grain. It is assumed harvest will begin in a few weeks in the south and some of that grain could be railed north. US corn export business continues to be passed by. This week a few of the good customers of the U.S. went to South America instead and bought corn for December delivery. What will it take to get our exports back on tract? We will need more than China as a buyer. Wheat tour results will be out this afternoon. Details will be available in the Allendale Advisory Report. Export sales data will be released this morning at 7:30, view charts after 8:00 AM. Trade estimates are:
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Dec. 31 (Bloomberg) -- Hedge funds got less bullish on gold for the seventh time in eight weeks as the U.S. economy strengthens and inflation fails to accelerate, driving prices to the biggest annual drop in more than three decades.
The net-long position in gold fell 12 percent to 28,702 futures and options in the week ended Dec. 24, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission data show. Short holdings gained 1.1 percent to 76,052, a three-week high. Net-bullish holdings across 18 U.S.-traded commodities climbed 4.5 percent to 768,354 contracts as copper wagers gained to a 34-month high.
Investors shunned gold in 2013, halting 12 straight years of price gains. Global equities rallied on improving growth prospects and inflation failed to accelerate, eroding demand for bullion as a preserver of wealth. Assets in exchange-traded products backed by bullion fell to the lowest since 2009 as holders including billionaires George Soros and John Paulson sold. The International Monetary Fund signaled this month the U.S. economy will expand more than forecast.
"Gold is something we avoid," said Michael Shaoul, the chief executive officer of Marketfield Asset Management LLC, which oversees about $17 billion. "The developed economies are growing, and equities remain very interesting, so there is really no reason to be in gold."
Futures in New York retreated 28 percent this year to $1,207.30 an ounce, poised for the first loss since 2000 and the biggest since 1981. The Standard & Poor's GSCI gauge of 24 commodities slid 2.1 percent, while the MSCI All-Country World index of equities advanced 20 percent. The Bloomberg Dollar Index, a gauge against 10 major trading partners, rose 3.4 percent. The Bloomberg Treasury Bond Index fell 3.2 percent.
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Investors pulled $38.6 billion from gold funds this year, the most in data going back through 2000, according to EPFR Global, a research company. Futures settled at a three-year low on Dec. 19, a day after the Federal Reserve cut the pace of its monthly bond purchases to $75 billion from $85 billion, easing concern that inflation would accelerate. U.S. consumer prices were unchanged in November after a 0.1 percent drop the prior month, according to Dec. 17 data from the Labor Department.
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Cryotherapy, an interventional radiology treatment to freeze cancer tumors, may become the treatment of the future for cancer that has metastasized in soft tissues (such as ovarian cancer) and in bone tumors. Such patients are often not candidates for surgery and would benefit from minimally invasive treatment, say researchers at the Society of Interventional Radiology's 35th Annual Scientific Meeting in Tampa, Fla.
"Improved treatment options are needed for individuals affected by metastases in bone and soft tissues since patients with multifocal metastatic disease are often not candidates for surgery," said Peter J. Littrup, M.D., vice-chair for Radiology Research, director of Interventional Radiology at the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute and professor of Radiology, Urology and Radiation Oncology, Wayne State University's School of Medicine.
"Percutaneous soft tissue cryotherapy is a well-tolerated treatment option, especially for patients with anesthesia risks, painful lesions or those seeking local control during chemotherapy. Tumor size and/or location do not preclude thorough treatment or pose greater risk with appropriate precautions," added Littrup. In the 97-patient study, researchers used sufficient deadly temperatures to effectively kill tumor cells, resulting in an average of 77 percent tumor shrinkage in patients after 24 months. "Because of the variable placement of tumors within these soft tissue and bone locations, this study shows the versatility of this treatment option when using proper techniques to safeguard nearby structures. Aside from the successful tumor control, what makes this technique even more preferable is the excellent tumor shrinkage since the underlying fibrous or collagenous structures are preserved. The body can then better heal at the ablation (removal) site with minimal additional scar tissue formation," said Littrup.
Last year, it was estimated that 1.5 million new cases of cancer were diagnosed, and up to 85 percent of patients who have breast, prostate or lung cancer have bone metastases at the time of death. Additionally, five percent of all cancers result in skin cancer as well. Based on these numbers, conservative estimates determine that up to 500,000 of these newly diagnosed cancer patients alone will suffer from
metastatic disease in bone and soft tissue areas. Cryotherapy is a good option for a large—but perhaps under-recognized—problem that could deliver a quantum impact. Namely, the original cancer tumor site (or even a few unresponsive tumors sites) can still cause cancer management problems even after a generally good response to chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy, said Littrup.
"Metastasized tumors can occur nearly anywhere in the body and frequently cannot receive additional radiation therapy or would be difficult or very morbid to be controlled with surgery," said Littrup. "Cryotherapy was able to preserve quality of life by providing good local treatment with minimal side effects, especially with advanced stages of cancer where any additional treatment is unlikely to provide a systemic cure," he added. However, cryotherapy is not a first-line therapy for tumor treatment. Despite "superb" cryotherapy outcomes for many tumor types and locations, medical insurance may not cover the treatment, said Littrup.
Historically, cryoablation has been performed on the prostate and liver, but this technique has been recently found effective in other tumors including the breast, kidney and lung. "We simply translated this concept to retroperitoneal, intraperitoneal, superficial and bone locations in order to generate successful use of cryotherapy in different patient groups," said Littrup. The major benefits of cryotherapy are its superb visualization of the ice treatment zone during the procedure, its low pain profile in an outpatient setting and its excellent healing with minimal scar, said Littrup. In this study's cryotherapy treatment, researchers used several needle-like cryoprobes that were inserted through the skin to deliver extremely cold gas directly to a tumor to freeze it. This technique has been used for many years by surgeons in the operating room; however, in the last few years, the needles have become small enough to be used by interventional radiologists through a small nick in the skin, without the need for an operation. The "ice ball" that is created around the needle grows in size and destroys the frozen tumor cells. Surgeons and radiation oncologists have long tried to provide at least a 1-centimer margin of treatment with cancer tumors, and it was important to assure a similar "surgical margin" of lethal temperatures beyond all tumor margins by
cryotherapy in this study, said Littrup.
"One of our first soft tissue cryotherapy patients with recurrent ovarian cancer encouraged us to really begin this study. She appropriately noted that with recurrent cancer, second- and third-line chemotherapy drugs can run up to $20,000–60,000 per month and that additional debulking surgery needed at least an additional month of recovery," said Littrup. This patient has now undergone seven cryoablation procedures over the last five years in combination with only a few additional cycles of chemotherapy when more than one to two recurrences were noted, he said. "She called cryotherapy a major 'holiday' from chemotherapy and has been one of our big advocates, referring many other ovarian cancer patients with isolated recurrences," said Littrup.
Interventional radiologists are leaders in percutaneous cryotherapy because it requires interventional skills and a thorough understanding of cross-sectional imaging (US, CT, MRI) and IRs are the only physicians who have this rigorously trained skill set combination, said Littrup. Continued study is needed to determine the optimum probe number, spacing and freeze times needed to produce thorough ice coverage of all soft tissue tumors, he said. "With recent developments of powerful new cryotechnology, multiple directions for soft tissue cryotherapy can be pursued, including translating the current, somewhat challenging, procedure done with ultrasound and/or CT guidance to a more consistent and reproducible MR-guided approach," said Littrup.
Cryotechnology promises to be more MR-compatible and would also allow accurate targeting of more difficult-to-see tumors. More importantly, larger studies in multiple centers needs to be done, following these basic cryobiology principles of sufficient lethal temperatures generated by multiple cryoprobes spaced evenly throughout a cancer region, he added.
The study,"Soft Tissue Cryotherapy: Initial Experience and Intermediate Follow-up in Retroperitoneal, Intraperitoneal, Superficial and Bone Locations," was authored by H.J. Bang, Wayne State University, Dr. Littrup; Hussein D. Aoun, M.D., radiologist, Department of Radiology at the Karmanos Cancer Institute and clinical assistant professor, Wayne State University School of Medicine; Monica D'Agostini, an undergraduate student who volunteered with the Department of Radiology at Karmanos; and D.J. Goodrich, of the University of California.
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