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Tactical Allocation in Commodity Futures Markets: Combining Momentum and Term Structure Signals
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Georgios Rallis
City University of London - Sir John Cass Business School
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Journal of Banking and Finance 34, 2530-2548
This paper examines the combined role of momentum and term structure signals for the design of profitable trading strategies in commodity futures markets. With significant annualized alphas of 10.14% and 12.66% respectively, the momentum and term structure strategies appear profitable when implemented individually. With an abnormal return of 21.02%, a novel double-sort strategy that exploits both momentum and term structure signals clearly outperforms the single-sort strategies. This double-sort strategy can additionally be utilized as a portfolio diversification tool. Interestingly, the abnormal performance of the double-sort portfolios cannot be explained by a lack of liquidity or data mining and is robust to transaction costs and to different specifications of the risk-return trade-off.
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Ive asked for your help before and found you to be wonderful!Im married and have been for three years,we both have been married before me once with two grown children now,him three times with one grown daughter.When we got married with both had our own checking accounts,insurance and obligations and we left it that way and split bills.About six months ago i felt my car insurance was high and starting checking with other companies and found yes i was paying to much but when i went to switch they wouldnt let me due to my husband having insurance with a differetnt copany.So i informed him of this and he said he would check with his insurance about adding me,never
so i really just forgot about about it and kept paying about seventy more dollors a month more than i should have.Then his 21year old married daughter told him she didnt have insurance on the car she was driving,and he added her to his policy,she told me about her daddy getting her insurance,it broke my heart because i felt at that point i didnt matter,i wasnt even a thought,i asked him about this he told me it was a emergency situation,and i told him it would have taken five minutes to ask about me,he said he didnt know money mattered to me which made no sense at all.He then said he didnt know how to balance being a dad and a husband.That if you screwed up raising your children nothing else in life mattered.None of this makes any sense to me.
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Hello. I believe I can be of help to you with this issue.
I have a few questions I hope you can answer first, however. First, why exactly, wouldn't your insurance company allow you to switch. What does the fact that your husband has his auto insurance with a different company have anything to do with your insurance?
I think what you are upset about is that your husband agreed to look into adding you to his policy to save you money. He did not---he either overlooked it, forgot it, etc. However, when his daughter needed insurance, he immediately added her to his policy [and here is a question for you----did he pay her premium or is she paying it?]. So you feel he was being inconsiderate of you and felt that he was favoring his daughter over you because he was covering her insurance but wouldn't cover yours. Is that correct---that he is putting his daughter's needs above yours? You feel somewhat slighted and jealous of this (is that correct or incorrect?)
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The insurance company said because of liability issues.He paid her premiums for a year shes living at home again and after a short marriage getting a divorce and is not working.I dont know what i feel,except hurt,and feel like he doesnt care and confused as to why he says the things he does,he says that ten years ago i would not have been a priority his daughter would have been!What does that have to do with now and when i asked him he said he was just giving me some history that he wasnt just a single parent but the only parent.My daughter is 20 and overseas and in college my son a sophmore in high school i am a parent and i have many other roles besides i am not one or the other.
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I suspect your husband isn't being clear about his true loyalties and priorities. It is clear that while he married you, his daughter, not you, is his first priority, the primary relationship he values in his life. His marriage is probably important to him, but he really feels that if there is reason to choose between you and his daughter, he will always choose his daughter first. His kids are biologically, his "blood" and genetics. You are one of (4?) several women he has married. So in his mind, wives can come and go, but children are permanent and his actions toward his daughter----taking care of her, paying for her insurance etc., reflect these deeply held values. In your mind, you may feel that it is important to give equal value, time and energy to each of your roles i.e., parent and wife. However, your husband would probably say that his children have, and always will be put before you---his wife. You feel hurt that he doesn't put you 'first' or even 'co-equal' with his children, but if nothing else, you now know the truth. He will not change his values or attitude to please you in this matter. So you are faced with having to decide if it is o.k. for him to somewhat regularly, do things for his daughter he won't do for you, and put his daughter 'first' among all of his other relationships; or whether you don't want this kind of marriage (i.e. you want to be 'first' in the heart of your husband).
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Thanyou for making this so very clear,so even though she is a grown child her needs will always come before mine and this is considered a normal relationship that i should accept and stay in?Im not asking him to choose me or her just to be equal thats what hurt!So basically if i want a soul mate,someone to be there for me its not him because his daughter could need something
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I would say, YES, in any later marriages, where kids from former relationships are involved, it is usually the case (and in fact, usually a good thing) for the parent to put the kids first, always. Part of this is borne out of the parent's sense of guilt over the divorce---the need to forever make up for the family break up. And, as you well know, your kids are always your kids, though spouses can come and go.
You may find it helpful to re construe a bit, what you want in terms of a spouse who is a soul mate. You can have a husband who puts his kids first, with your blessing, but who is utterly reliant on the marital relationship to keep functioning everyday, face
, be a parent, "schlog" on at work when you are tired, deal with conflicts and problems. A couple can still be the source of energy and emotional support 100%, despite the fact that each of them will set the relationship aside for a time to help their kids out, be a mom or dad. So what I'm getting at is that being soul mates is NOT incongruent with putting your kids first, because the roles you fulfill in each area are so different. Also, as kids get older, they have less and less need for their parents to help them, be dependent on their parents, etc., as they have their own life, their own kids etc. So this childcare and support issue is in part, a life phase that will probably change over the years.
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Taking cognizance of the complaint, the court asked the officer-in-charge of Shahbagh Police Station to investigate it after obtaining permission from the government and submit a report in this regard by November 19.
According to the compliant, while exchanging greetings with members of the country's Hindu community at Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh on October 14, BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia made provocative remarks against the ruling Awami League and made speech offending people's religious sentiments.
Branding Awami League as an irreligious party in the guise of secularist, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia had said the ruling party men attack all religions whenever they get a chance.
Secularism is just their mask … actually, the party believes in impiety and people of no religion are safe in the hands of this government, the BNP chief said.
The remarks made by Khaleda Zia are punishable offence according to the section 153/ 'ka' of the Bangladesh Penal Code, said Rawshanara Sikdar Daizy, lawyer of AB Siddiqui.


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AT&T Galaxy S4 price will be $249, pre-orders start on April 16
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Never wanting to be left behind, AT&T has announced that it will start accepting pre-orders for the Galaxy S4 on April 16. Unfortunately, it's still unknown when the device will actually ship, as AT&T hasn't revealed the release date, unlike T-Mobile, which has announced that it'll ship the GS4 starting May 1. Anyway, we guess AT&T's Galaxy S4 release date will be quite similar...
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1. yyuu1000 (Posts: 206; Member since: 26 Jul 2012)
pay 50 dollars more and get the nexus 4 with out contract
7. Joosty (Posts: 127; Member since: 14 Mar 2013)
Pay $50 more and receive an outdated phone that can barely keep up with the new bunch?
Ill take my luck with an S4. This phone is future-proof.
9. imkyle (Posts: 1073; Member since: 18 Nov 2010)
While your Galaxy S4 is on 4.2, Nexus 4 users will be on 5.1 :)
13. Joosty (Posts: 127; Member since: 14 Mar 2013)
And while you guys are on 5.1 we will be on 5.0, with the support of the best developers in the android world.(this is not pertaining to stock users of course)
The Nexus 4 came too late in the game. Still a good buy but it is now obsolete.
18. naveenstuns (Posts: 172; Member since: 19 Feb 2012)
Beware this might be the last bestselling samsung device.
sammy can't increase size of the device further
sammy can't increase screen resolution further
soon sony and htc will soon release phone with snapdragon 800.
41. rusticguy (Posts: 2828; Member since: 11 Aug 2012)
Don't worry ... Samsung will start increasing storage ... 32G being min ... going upto 128 in few years who knows ...
42. bubbadoes (Posts: 957; Member since: 03 May 2012)
U must be talking about an iphone 18
22. kozza3 (Posts: 697; Member since: 17 Oct 2012)
good luck, hopefully samsung will release some source to work with... if not, have fun with those bugs
32. doejon (Posts: 398; Member since: 31 Jul 2012)
and? can u fly to the mars with 5.1??
stupid people..^^ i mean come on..what are u expecting
28. gmracer1 (Posts: 646; Member since: 28 Dec 2012)
You're smoking the bad sh*t, bro. The N4 is far from outdated. You're just a Sammy boi
40. lauremar (Posts: 181; Member since: 29 Feb 2012)
Take your luck with the S4 and have fun with your God awful sh*tty TouchWiz! LMFAO
I will take the pure Google Android experience any day over any bad designed UI and be locked to a 2 year contract...
46. Joosty (Posts: 127; Member since: 14 Mar 2013)
im running 4.2.2 on my Note II. notevenmad
50. geodude074 (Posts: 99; Member since: 05 Mar 2013)
The Nexus 4 is over $1000 cheaper than the S4 in the long run.
AT&T's unlimited talk/text plan and 3GB of data is $100 a month, so that's $2650 over two years for an S4.
With the Nexus 4, you can go with T-Mobile or Straight Talk for $50-$45 a month unlimited talk/text/2GB of data, that's $1500-$1380 over two years for a Nexus 4.
19. p5yb0rg (unregistered)
Paying anything for a phone without LTE is throwing away money
20. kozza3 (Posts: 697; Member since: 17 Oct 2012)
really? OMG!
43. jcarrigan (unregistered)
I am getting a GS4 for free, but if i wasnt then I wouldnt pay any more than $200 because its not a phablet which are usually $300 at launch. If its $250 it should have 32 gb built in with a mirco sd slot.
2. YaBoiDre10 (Posts: 84; Member since: 15 Nov 2012)
I only care about the retail price. I don't sign contracts to get phones lol
16. PapaSmurf (Posts: 10456; Member since: 14 May 2012)
Last time I got a phone on contact was 2009 with Verizon lol.
Idk what I'd do without Craigslist.
21. kozza3 (Posts: 697; Member since: 17 Oct 2012)
have you ran into any blacklisted phones?
39. darkkjedii (Posts: 21186; Member since: 05 Feb 2011)
Surf are you getting an s4?
3. MattGioff (Posts: 11; Member since: 26 Nov 2012)
I'm too accustom to $200 for a premium phone with contract. Even though its only 50 dollars for something that I'd have for 2 years I wouldn't do it. I agree with YaBoiDre10, I'd rather spend $300 on the Nexus 4 on principle than signing a 2 year contract and pay $250.
4. YaBoiDre10 (Posts: 84; Member since: 15 Nov 2012)
Simple. Sell your old phone and pay the difference of the retail price. I got the S3 and Note II by doing this.
5. AstronautJones (Posts: 303; Member since: 01 Aug 2012)
Or, you can sell the old phone and pay nothing for on contract.
Or maybe even have money left over for a case...
14. Hemlocke (unregistered)
Not with an Android phone. I sell a lot of phones, and if you bought the S3 from AT&T, you will be roughly 10 months from launch, and you don't qualify for the 1 year partial upgrade (-$450). Your phone is worth about $350 if it is mint. If you bought the Note II, your sale will net you $450-$500, but you are under 6 months, so you have to pay full price (-$650). The only phone that holds its value is the iPhone, and The 5 only goes for -$500, used.
6. mandkeee (Posts: 82; Member since: 27 Feb 2009)
wow...$250 with 2years contract?
hellllls no~~~~ samsung think they are # 1 mobile company? they think people willl buy this phone even high price?
people buy phone from samsung because they are cheap.....otherwise there is no reason to buy phone from samsung....
8. fanboy1974 (Posts: 1345; Member since: 12 Nov 2011)
I'm leaning towards At&t not Samsung pricing it this way. If Verizon releases it at $250 then I would agree with you. $250 is too much because this phone will be $100 on Amazon.com in one month.
45. mandkeee (Posts: 82; Member since: 27 Feb 2009)
i heard one of my friend who working at verizon marketing team said, verizon will be some with $299 with 2 year contract or $249.99....
after he told me about that, i will be wait for iphone5s
15. hung2900 (Posts: 956; Member since: 02 Mar 2012)
The OEM price to carriers is quite less retail price. So the contract price depends on how much carrier wanna subsidy.
34. InspectorGadget80 (unregistered)
This is the carrier price idiot. Not samsung price. If you dont want it then dont bother talkin bout it.
36. oister85 (Posts: 493; Member since: 27 Apr 2012)
You are very wrong. People dont buy samsung phones becouse they cheap, people buy it becouse it works.
10. megadirk (Posts: 33; Member since: 28 Jul 2011)
At&t might have it for $250 on launch day but I doubt Amazon or even Best Buy will be selling it for that price.
11. lovenyc8 (Posts: 164; Member since: 13 Mar 2013)
i don't know yet if i will go with HTC ONE or the S4 but i know it would be with Tmobile which is the best.
12. gu3sswhoo (Posts: 29; Member since: 04 May 2012)
I will be getting the un-locked GT-I9500 and use it on AT&T.
25. donfem (Posts: 646; Member since: 30 Mar 2011)
Good for you. I guess you get paid for the ad
17. paulyyd (Posts: 338; Member since: 08 Jan 2011)
Lol 249 for a new two year agreement.
Good point above, it will drop to 100 bucks after its been on the market for a month Lol
24. MobileMac (unregistered)
After I bought my SG3 from Walmart for $153, I received $125 from Samsung when I sent them a copy of the outside of my box, receipt and my HTC Vivid. I made out on my SG3.
Samsung will give up up to $200 for your SG3. So if you get the S4, make up for it by trading your old one.
27. akz1112 (Posts: 16; Member since: 24 Mar 2013)
200? Is so lil for gs3. U better off selling it friend or eBay.
29. Jeradiah3 (Posts: 1032; Member since: 11 Feb 2010)
So the S4 is $250 w/ a 2yr contract?? im not surprised by that.
30. akki20892 (Posts: 3901; Member since: 04 Feb 2013)
too much........
31. SavageLucy42 (Posts: 211; Member since: 24 Mar 2011)
Well, when the first Note came out I was all "I ain't payin no $300 for no on contract phone," but that's totally what I ended up doing after waiting several months. I'm not saying I'm going for the S4, but the price doesn't seem so crazy anymore.
33. jcpwn2004 (Posts: 314; Member since: 18 Jan 2012)
not surprised, this phone has outrageous specs. You guys are bitching about this being 250$ but the z10 is 200$ lmao.
35. papss (unregistered)
The z10 has often been said to be over priced so that's not a good comparison, I love the specs of the s4 but for that sort of premium price it needs to be of premium grade.. I have a feeling this is going to be the new price point on contract if people buy this phone up. We are just asking to get bent over by carriers by buying this phone for that price.
37. suneeboy (Posts: 201; Member since: 02 Oct 2012)
I don't care if it was free, enough of this 2 year contract crap. I'll get it unlocked, and go prepaid.
But T-Mobile seems like a good deal now doesn't it lol.
44. papss (unregistered)
No t mob would only be my third pick.. I'll pay for better all round coverage.
38. darkkjedii (Posts: 21186; Member since: 05 Feb 2011)
I getting this beauty, just add a line and I'm good.
47. somerandomuser (Posts: 2; Member since: 28 Mar 2013)
250 + the $36.00 upgrade fee
48. wrm2013 (Posts: 203; Member since: 28 Mar 2013)
dear android. stop pushing updates to my phone it wasnt formatted for. My s2 was ruined by updates and now my s3 has been ruined. and by ruined i mean, it doesnt work the same and lags to the point i dont want the phone anymore. I refuse to by an apple product...... im lost
49. philipjfry (Posts: 7; Member since: 27 Apr 2012)
For people paying more for contract free phones are still paying the same amount each month for good reliable service. Don't tell me about monthly prepaids that don't allow roaming, especially data roaming.


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The New York Rangers (1-1-0) defeated the Philadelphia Flyers (1-2-1) by the score of 3-2 in their second preseason game, tonight. For a box score go to Yahoo! Sports.
…now that's the offense I was hoping to see under AV. Lots of puck possession, defenseman joining the play and a good forecheck.
…so much for Arniel ruining Brassard.
…really excited about what I saw from Lindberg and Fast, who were not overwhelmed at all by their first NHL action. Great chemistry between the two. I think both have a leg up over guys like Kristo and Hrivik to fill in for Cally and Hags.
…McIlrath = Jessiman.
…amazing what a little competition will do as Biron was very solid tonight. He's got to be the frontrunner to retain the backup position. Although Talbot had his second straight impressive performance in relief.
…hoping beyond hope that Pouliot finally figures it out with the Rangers the way Brassard has. Remember when player's careers used to fall apart when they came to the Rangers? Now the opposite seems to be happening. You know, minus Richards.
…while I liked Dorsett's response to Hartnell almost taking Moore's head off (should have stabbed him with his skate), I'm still not convinced he's enough of an imposing figure to deter teams from taking liberties with the Rangers skill players. Not sure if Haley is that guy either, but he brought a much needed physical edge.
…not sure about you guys, but I'm not a fan of the hybrid icing. I know it's for the safety of the players, but hockey is a dangerous game. Just let them play.
…not looking forward to seeing Lecavalier in orange and black four times this season.
…with Miller out nursing a hamstring, Yogan is taking advantage of the opportunity. Still a long shot, but nice to see.
…nice goal Powe. Your reward will likely be a one way ticket to the Hartford Wolfpack to open up cap space for Stepan.
…not all good as the Rangers still remain goalless on the power play in the preseason.
…Girardi with just ONE blocked shot tonight. Man his body must be loving the coaching change.
…8-for-12 on faceoffs for Moore tonight, who won a big one late. He's going to have a huge role taking defensive faceoffs this season.
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Ali Brown
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Full Name: Alistair Duncan Brown
Born: February 11 1970 , Beckenham, Kent
County: Nottinghamshire
Other teams: England, Surrey
Batting Style: Right-hand bat
Bowling Style: Off-spin bowler
Brown is known for his ability to hit the ball a long way and made an awesome 268 against Glamorgan in a one-day match in 2002, a score which remains the highest in senior limited-overs domestic cricket anywhere in the world. He was picked by England for the one-day international series against India in 1996, where he had mixed fortunes. He scored a quickfire century in the last match of the tournament, which followed a duck earlier in the series. He was selected again in 1998 for the Texaco Trophy against South Africa, in which he scored a magnificent 31-ball fifty - the fastest in t...


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Happy Sunday everyone! I hope everyone is having an excellent weekend. I had a pretty simple week making bento boxes, so I decided to post some from my unposted archives this week. I make so many bento boxes that so many of them don't get posted. I thought these ones were pretty cute and deserved to be seen!
First up is a fun monster bento for Cam's afternoon nutrition break packed in a Trudeau Fuel Everest sandwich box. He had a circle cut ham sandwich with a cute piece of monster baran on top. There were 2 strawberries with cute leaf picks, a silicone muffin cup with matchstick carrots, mini pretzel twists and my favourite store-bought cookies for dessert. Yum!
Kirsten had a matching bento to Cam's above, but she had a cute piece of hello kitty baran on her sandwich and some cute bow picks in her strawberries!
This cute little bento was for Kirsten's afternoon nutrition break and packed in a pink two-tier bento box. The bottom tier held a stack of whole wheat crackers, some cubed marble cheese and some pieces of chicken lunchmeat held together with cute bento picks. The top tier held sliced cucumbers and whole strawberries.
This cute little snack bento was for Cam's morning nutrition break. He had a silicone muffin cup filled with sliced pineapple and a cute giraffe pick, a granola bar and some mini pretzel twists. So simple, but cute!
This fun little two-tier green bento box was for Cam's afternoon nutrition break. The bottom tier held a stack of whole wheat crackers with a cute car cut out of marble cheese. He also had some lunch-meat roll-ups. The top tier held a silicone muffin cup with marble cheese cut cars (resting on some spinach leaves for colour), and some traffic light fruit and veggies – tomatoes, pineapple and cucumber.
And finally, a cute morning snack bento for Cam's morning nutrition break packed in our blue steeltainer snack container. The steeltainer held a rectangle silicone muffin cup with a sliced granola bar, and some green grapes and blueberries with a cute elephant pick.
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[QUOTE=canuck416;1012760]I've recently got back to split training because I like the way it feels and also find its the best way for me to really sculpt the body. [/QUOTE]
Here is the problem with that, this may not apply to you, but people just learning to get strong (Novice) try to do this. I know a gym who has been going to the gym 4x week for 3 years.......looks exactly the same, maybe a little bit stronger. People go in trying to do the latest Muscle & Fitness routine when they can't even press half their body weight.
No one should be doing splits or isolation until they are functionally "strong", I consider that as squatting 1.5x your body weight [5RM]. Granted that's somewhat arbitrary.


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FORT WORTH, Texas — Difficulty drying the Texas Motor Speedway track forced NASCAR to postpone the Sprint Cup race on Sunday.
The Duck Commander 500 is now scheduled for noon ET on Monday with Fox handling the telecast.
MORE: Race lineup | Potential Cinderella stories | Bill Elliott teaching Chase how to win
Heavy rains throughout Sunday morning ended by early afternoon but weepers — water coming up through cracks in the track — kept the cars off the track. After nearly five hours of attempting to dry the track and then a spot shower, NASCAR had to reschedule the 334-lap race.
The National Weather Service predicts warmer temperatures Monday in the mid-60s with a 40 percent chance of rain for the day and 20 percent at night.
Tony Stewart is on the pole for the race, the seventh of the Cup season.
TMS is the only track on the circuit that has a ticket policy where if the race is rained out, a fan who doesn't stay for Monday can exchange the ticket for a TMS race either later this year or the spring race next season.
PHOTOS: NASCAR's most unqiue trophies
Racing Monday (where there's a 30 percent chance of rain) not only would mean getting overshadowed by the Final Four, it also could create a logistical challenge for the sport's support personnel trying to reschedule travel for late Monday or Tuesday amid the Final Four.
The Final Four semifinal games Saturday were the reason NASCAR scheduled the race for Sunday afternoon; it has traditionally been a Saturday night race in April.


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In this day and age you can do anything with special effects. But can you do it well? I believe that you can, but Hollywood doesn't seem to be in agreement with my belief. Studios continue to put out movies with special effects that disappoint, and I think it is disrespectful to audiences. Either figure it out, or leave it out. Every time I see a bad effect in a movie, I know it could have been done better, or more imaginatively, and it frustrates the heck out of me. The worst is when I see a bad effect in a movie with mostly great effects, such as in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.
A visual effect doesn't have to be great or even realistic as long as it works with the story and is believable -- I'll take Harryhausen or Henson over most of the CGI attempts lately. Unfortunately, Hollywood seems to half-heartedly strive for greatness and realism with every movie, and more often than not it fails to achieve either. In my thirty years I've seen some terrible visual effects, some only terrible in retrospect, some only terrible in perspective with what else has been done. I'm not usually surprised by bad effects, though, because I've developed a cynicism about effects, particularly about CGI, that causes me to expect the worst. Nonetheless, I've picked seven movies that did actually surprise me -- a lot.
1. King Kong(2005)
In The Return of the King, Peter Jackson has some bad effects shots, but at least they're just shots. In his next film, King Kong, he has bad effects sequences. And as with The Return of the King, they are all the more apparent and all the more frustrating because there are actually some great effects shots and sequences in King Kong (it did deserve the Oscar). The worst example in Kong is the dinosaur stampede. At first the sequence is tolerable because the dinos are rendered beautifully and the weak green-screen compositing is not any worse than what many of us grew up with. But as the sequence progresses, the interaction between the actors and the computer-generated dinos looks too fake, too much like something made long ago, before computers were even used. Both the part on the cliff and the part where the animals fall over each other are sloppy and unacceptable. It is a completely ironic sequence, too, since it begins with an exchange about movies looking real. At least someone thought to score the thing sped up with "Yakkety Sax" or it wouldn't be completely useless.p>
Sure, the original King Konghad its own effects problems, particularly where proportion is concerned, but it also was made 72 years before this remake. And we'd still all rather watch that stop-motion ape who changes in size depending on what he's standing on or next to. Why? Because it still appears more imaginative and it has that unrealistic charm to it. The remake seems to want to appear realistic and fails. For the dino scenes, it didn't even hardly improve on anything done 12 years earlier in Jurassic Park. I have to admit, though, that the Kong vs. Rex sequence that follows the stampede looks great.
2. Logan's Run(1976)
I wasn't alive when Logan's Run came out, and I didn't see it until long after I'd seen Star Wars. When I did finally watch it, I couldn't believe that this was a film released only one year before George Lucas' groundbreaking blockbuster. It had even received a special Oscar for visual effects a mere two months before Star Wars premiered (as did the also-bad 1976 remake of King Kong). I have to say that I do like Logan's Run, but its visual effects don't seem very Oscar-worthy. The models look like models, whereas the models in Star Wars and Close Encounters of the Third Kind(also released a year later)looked real enough in the contexts of their respective films. Then there's the robot, Box, which looks like it was made by a kid in his home for a Halloween costume. Only a year later we'd have R2-D2 and C-3PO. And it isn't just that visual effects got so much better a year later that make Logan's Run look so terrible. I can't think of any visual effects Oscar winner between 1939 and 2006 that had effects as bad or worse than those in Logan's Run.
3. Spawn(1997)
The first time I ever noticed bad visual effects, where they really surprised me and where they really distracted my attention from the rest of the movie was when I saw Spawn. I couldn't believe the filmmakers thought the Hell sequence was acceptable for public viewing. Nobody could honestly say those effects looked good. But even more surprising to me, as a fan of the comic book, was the way they made Spawn's cape look so fluid -- not drape-like as Todd McFarlane drew it. Was I being picky? Maybe, but after seeing Spawn I really lowered my hopes and expectations for adaptations of my favorite comics.
4. Howard the Duck(1986)
Kids typically don't notice bad visual effects. And being a typical kid, I didn't notice the bad effects in Howard the Duck when I first saw the movie in theaters. But as I grew older and learned more about the background and the cost of the comic book adaptation, I became very surprised at how bad the effects are. Reportedly producer George Lucas spent $2 million on the duck suit, after first wanting to render Howard with CGI. Personally, I think he would have fared better with a cell-animated duck, composited a la Who Framed Roger Rabbit(which came out two years later and still looks better than a lot of CGI composites). Besides the effects budget, though, the reason for my surprise is that this was produced by Lucas, the man who had just previously overseen three visual-effects-Oscar-winning Star Wars films and two visual-effects-Oscar-winning Indiana Jones films. Of course, I grew up with Howard the Duck, and I'd still rather watch it than the Star Wars prequels (none of which won visual effects Oscars either).
5. Fantastic Four(2005)
After the disaster of 1994's so-bad-it-wasn't-released (and maybe wasn't intended on being released) The Fantastic Four, I expected Fox's movie to be perfect. And mostly the effects are perfect. But maybe they were too polished, because they were boring. There was nothing creative or imaginative about the effects in Fantastic Four. The earlier adaptation of the comic looks ridiculous, but at least it's so bad it's funny. Also, despite being one-thousand-times better than the earlier Thing, who's face was more Planet of the Apes than Fantastic Four, the later film's Thing still looked like was made of foam rubber rather than rock.
6. Gothika(2003)
I know, this is a weird movie to include. But it's my example of how surprised I am that visual effects have taken over the thriller genre. The strangest surprise came with The Forgotten-- who expected people to start getting sucked into the sky like that?? At least Gothika was a thriller with a ghost story element, so it did require some effects. But the fire effects at the film's climax were some of the worst I've ever seen in my life. Didn't anyone at either Warner Bros. or Sony (the two studios partnered up for the film) think this was disrespectful toward Halle Berry, who had just recently won an Oscar? Obviously not. Both studios would further help in the actress' downfall with Catwoman and Perfect Stranger, respectively.
7. Hulk(2003)
I think everyone was surprised by the bad effects in Ang Lee's Hulk. The title character looked puffy, he looked like a cartoon and he looked inserted into the movie and never seemed to fit. Then there's the laughable hulk-dogs. After seeing the film the first time, I wanted to defend it, because I liked its overall style. But the more I've looked at it, I realize it isn't worthy. I wouldn't mind if the Hulk was a cell-animated cartoon if he didn't originate from a human actor. Or if Universal hadn't seemed so intent on making him look real. At least we will all go into next year's The Incredible Hulkwith lower expectations.


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Aston Martin to show two DBS special editions in Frankfurt
September 7, 2007 Coinciding with the first European showing of the DBS, Aston Martin but will showcase two new special editions – the Aston Martin DB9 LM and the V8 Vantage N400 at this month's 62nd International Motor Show (IAA) in Frankfurt.
The Vantage N400 includes a number of technical improvements as well as enhancements to the car's standard range of color and trim specifications. These include a power upgrade to Aston Martin's 4.3 litre V8 engine, lifting peak power to 400bhp and peak torque to 420Nm. The car also comes equipped with a new Sports Pack which offers subtly different driving dynamics tailored to enthusiasts who seek even more responsive handling. The Sports Pack comprises a unique lightweight graphite-finished aluminium wheel with diamond turning, up-rated springs and dampers and a new rear anti-roll bar (for the Coupe). The Vantage N400 also includes a number of exterior design changes, including a revised side sill design, Magnum Silver bonnet and side strake meshes, clear rear lamp lenses and a bright finish grille.
Interior enhancements include perforated black leather seats, micro-spin alloy facia trim and a unique numbered sill plaque. The Vantage N400 will be available in three new exterior colours; Bergwerk Black, Lightning Silver or Karussell Orange, with either Sportshift automated manual or conventional manual transmission and in either Coupe or Roadster forms. Additionally, the Vantage N400 comes equipped with a range of normally optional equipment, including Satellite Navigation, 700W Aston Martin Premium Audio System, Bluetooth telephone preparation, HID headlamps, cruise control and memory/heated seats.
The V8 Vantage N400 recently broke the eight minute benchmark around the 14-mile circuit Nϋrburgring Nordschleife circuit.
The DB9 LM draws on the DBR9 – a race car derived from the DB9 - that brought success to Aston Martin with a GT1 class victory in the Le Mans 24-hour endurance classic in June.
The DB9 LM is available in Coupe form only and features Touchtronic transmission, a unique Sarthe Silver exterior paint finish, meshes and rear crossbar finished in Magnum Silver and red brake callipers. Inside, the DB9 LM is fitted with handcrafted black leather finish, perforated leather inserts, unique 'Tertre Rouge' facia trim and numbered sill plaque. The car is also equipped with the normally optional DB9 Sports Pack as standard, with colour keyed and diamond turned alloy wheels.
Pricing details for both cars are expected to be confirmed at the Frankfurt motor show.


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Read and Search csv file using C
HI All,
I was hoping someone could assist with the following coding;
I am trying to search a very large csv file (approx 200,000 lines) for a array of strings and get the output as the line where there text is found.
E.g. CSV file:
Now if I search for 123
my output array should give me
Could anyone please help with the coding for this, I need a pure C code for this? I am concerned with the very large csv I am using which will prob slow everything down.
Would appreciate any help on this,
Kind Regards,
Re: Read and Search csv file using C
How far have you got and where are you stuck?
Do you understand the project requirements?
How large in bytes is your CSV file?
Are you really searching for an array of strings, or just the first column value?
I wouldn't worry too much about the size. Computers are very good at searching large files very quickly. Just do a line by line search and see how long it takes first time through; if this is a repeated task that needs to complete in a specific amount of time, and that amount of time is less than the time available, then you may need to think about how to optimise the search, but not before. Premature optimisation is a root of all kinds of evil.
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A very slutty female (usually) that will fuck anything hockey. Used to describe peope that are obsessed with no-strings-attatched sex with hockeyplayers.
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USOC Names Recipients of Annual Coach of the Year Awards
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For Immediate Release April 4, 2008 USOC Names Recipients of Annual Coach of the Year Awards COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) has announced the recipients of the National, Developmental, Volunteer and Paralympic Coach of the Year awards as well as the recipient of the "Doc" Counsilman Science Award. The awards will be presented on April 15 during the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Media Summit in Chicago, Ill. This year's honorees are an exemplary mix of coaches from five different levels of athlete development that have helped to cultivate, mentor and spur American athletes to the great heights they achieved in 2007. The 2007 awards for National, Developmental, Volunteer and Paralympic Coach of the Year went to Guy Baker (Long Beach, Calif.) of USA Water Polo, Paul Yetter (Baltimore, Md.) of USA Swimming, Sherman Nelson (Washington, D.C.) of USA Taekwondo and Adam Bleakney (Savoy, Ill.) of U.S. Paralympics respectively. Sean O'Neill (Portland, Ore.) of USA Table Tennis was honored with the 2007 "Doc" Counsilman Award. Each year, 43 Olympic and Pan American sport organizations select their nominations for the National, Developmental, Volunteer and/or Paralympic Coaches of the Year as part of the USOC Coach of the Year Recognition Program. Five finalists were selected in each of the categories with the exception of Paralympics, which included three. The first "Doc" Counsilman Science Award was given posthumously to its namesake in 2003 and five finalists were tabbed for this year's honor. This year's finalists hailed from all over the U.S. and coached a total of 16 sports with great success. While all of this year's nominees were very deserving, only one coach from each category could be named coach of the year. A panel consisting of Steve Roush, Chief of Sport Performance, Doug Ingram, Managing Director of Performance Services, Alan Ashley, Team Leader of Acrobat and Combat, Wes Barnett, Team Leader of Strength and Power, Jay T. Kearney, Team Leader of Endurance, selected the honorees for 2007. Coaches were judged based on coaching performance, the ethics and character of the coach, the attitude of athletes, service to the sport, and volunteer work within the sport. "The Coach of the Year program was initiated in 1996 with the mission of honoring the work and sacrifices that coaches make while helping athletes at all levels achieve their dreams," said Ingram. "These are America's finest coaches and we are pleased to be able to recognize their contributions to America's athletes and sporting organizations." 2007 USOC National Coach of the Year Guy Baker (Long Beach, Calif./Water Polo) led the 2006-7 USA Women's Water Polo team to a meteoric international sucess as the team went undefeated (35-0-1) in competition, grabbing gold medals at the 2007 World Championships, the 2007 World League Super Final, and the 2007 Pan American Games, where the team qualified for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. The team's triple gold performance is unprecedented in USA Water Polo history, and their FINA World Championships earned the U.S. its second title (2003, 2007), which ties the U.S. with Italy (1998, 2001) and Hungary (1994, 2005) for the most FINA World Championship titles held by a country. In service to water polo, Baker directs and oversees USA Women's Water Polo Programs for Athlete and Coaches Education (P.A.C.E.) program that has served over 4,500 athletes and coaches since its inception in 2001. In addition, he supervises the USA Women's Water Polo Olympic Development Program that encompasses three National Teams. 2007 USOC Developmental Coach of the Year Paul Yetter (Baltimore, Md./Swimming) has established himself as one of the premier club swimming coaches in the U.S. despite being one of the younger coaches in the swimming community. Most recognized for his success coaching 18-year-old world record-holder, and 2007 USOC Sports Woman of the Year Katie Hoff, Yetter currently has 13 athletes eligible for the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials for swimming. Since joining the coaching staff at North Baltimore Aquatics Club in 2001, Yetter has amassed himself quite a resume. Since then, he has coached eight different swimmers to 60 No. 1 National Age Group rankings. Four of those athletes and five relay teams have set 47 National Age Group records. Yetter was the only coach to place four athletes on the 2007 National Junior Team. Each athlete had at least one top-four finish at the 2007 Junior Pan Pacific Championships in Maui, Hawaii where he was the head women's coach. The American women took home gold in 14 of 16 events. 2007 USOC Volunteer Coach of the Year Sherman Nelson (Washington, D.C./Taekwondo) displays boundless enthusiasm and an ability to connect with young taekwondo athletes. He teaches his athletes the importance of serving, and recognizing that they are fortunate to be able to train, travel, compete and enjoy life through taekwondo. Because of this, Sherman tries to instill a responsibility to help those who are less fortunate. He volunteers his time doing any job given to him and acts as "cheer coordinator" for the various teams involved in international competitions. This gives the young athletes a sense of camaraderie and lends to the excitement of what is, for many, their first taste of being a member of a team representing the U.S. In 2007, Nelson's athletes recorded two bronze medals at the U.S. Nationals as well as two gold, one silver and a bronze medal at the U.S. Junior Olympics. His team earned three gold medals at the Junior Team Trials as well as two gold medals and a bronze medal at the Jr. Pan American Championships. 2007 USOC Paralympic Coach of the Year In 2007, Adam Bleakney (Savoy, Ill./Wheelchair Track) coached three U.S. track and field athletes to world records including Paralympian of the Year, Jessica Galli, who world broke records in the T53 200m, 400m and 800m races. Additionally, Amanda McGrory broke the T53 5000m world record, and Josh George broke the T53 800m world record. Anjali Forber-Pratt, another of Bleakney's athletes, emerged onto the international scene by winning double gold and bronze at the Parapan American Games and qualified for the U.S. Paralympics Track and Field Elite Team. Bleakney has also demonstrated the ability to develop collegiate-level athletes into world-class athletes. His collegiate program at the University of Illinois has been a model for other competitive track teams and has been called arguably the finest training 'center of excellence' for wheelchair athletes in the U.S. In service to his sport, Bleakney is actively involved in organizing the World Series of Wheelchair Track and is one of the foremost clinicians on coaching wheelchair track in the U.S. The "Doc" Counsilman Science Award for 2007 James E. "Doc" Counsilman is considered one of the greatest coaches in any sport of all time. He coached the Indiana University men's swimming team to six consecutive NCAA championships and 23 Big Ten titles over three decades. Counsilman also produced 48 Olympians and coached the 1964 Tokyo and 1976 Montreal teams, which became two of the most wining Olympic teams in history. His swimmers won a total of 46 Olympic medals, 26 of them gold. Counsilman is most known for his revolutionary contributions to swimming. Always willing to "buck the trend" Counsilman changed the accepted thought processes pertaining to stroke mechanics and exercise physiology. His book, The Science of Swimming, is still used as a reference by coaches worldwide. The "Doc" Counsilman Science Award is for a coach that utilizes scientific techniques and equipment as an integral part of his or her coaching methods, or has created innovative ways to use sport science. Out of this year's finalists, Sean O'Neill (Portland, Ore./Table Tennis), the head coach of the U.S Paralympics Table Tennis National Team, most personifies the characteristics of the legacy left by "Doc" Counsilman and the award in his namesake. Using Google's Video and Document tools, he has taken remote coaching to a new level by allowing players to get instant feedback via online forms, instant messaging, and SMS for their training and competition needs. O'Neill has uploaded over 650 videos of matches and national team players and coaches can view their performances from any web connection. Everyday training drills, tournament prep notes, training suggestions, motivational advice, competition review and sports psychology tips are provided for team members in a secure fashion that can be accessed through a web connection. Combining online video and training logs allows O'Neill to remotely coach players in any state. In the future, O'Neill hopes to utilize iPod and iPhone technology to allow the athletes to view their video feed anywhere in the world. 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Monday, March 9, 2009
I think this morning started about 3 years ago. Got up after only 2 hrs sleep (someone's alarm went off, and once I'm up I'm up) and woke realizing that we had 2 shows today in different locales and I was working on barely any sleep. Not good for the voice or the psyche. Oh well, tough it out Fred...
The mode of transport for us and our equipment for the rest of this run is 2 Black Hawk helicopters. Riding thru Baghdad in one of those is a pretty memorable experience, although I don't think its for everyone. Swooping thru the skies over Iraq is one thing I'd never get to do in my life, but it just goes to show...you never know what's gonna happen.
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I'm hoping to see some of the more unusual sites in Baghdad besides the many palaces you can see from the air and ground (Saddam must've had a thing for palaces, he had lots of them). There's a statue that I've seen on the news that I cannot remember the name of, of two hands extending from the ground holding swords that cross each other. It is supposedly a memorial to the Iran-Iraq war they had in the 80's that was basically a draw, although Hussein claimed victory (actually, both sides claimed it). What's disconcerting about the memorial piece is that it is adorned with many helmets from dead Iranian soldiers from that conflict. Classy.
Saddam also had a life sized reproduction of the entire town of Bedrock from the animated TV show "The Flintstones" built for his grandchildren that I think would be very bizarre to place my eyes on. Yabba Dabba Don't!
Strange guy, this Saddam. Glad he's not around anymore.
We arrived at Sadr-City (the nickname of the base we played in the afternoon) sometime before noon and had chow before settling in to rock. Now, I'm no expert on food but I'm pretty sure that the entree that was served wasn't actually meat. I don't know what it was, and it was in the beef section, but...I have my doubts. The rest of the meal was fine and I'm really just busting the chops of our new buddies there. Don't take offense, ya'll!
Sadr-City is a compound in downtown Baghdad that was built right in the slums that were considered until very recently the very worst part of the city. They say it was a hotbed of trouble for a long time, but while we were there you could have heard a pin drop. Our guide said that the soldiers have been working very methodically with the locals to build trust and to help them rebuild their own economy, This takes time, building relationships and being patient, providing the locals with the funding and guidance to help become self sufficient by setting up businesses and such. Our guys say that the payoff has been worth the effort, although they need to keep a VERY close eye on the community. But they say its one of the safest areas of Baghdad now, relatively speaking of course. Some of the soldiers I spoke to said that we had done all we can do here in Iraq and that its up to them if they either sink or swim.
The show was fun, but it did take them some goading to help them lost their stiffness. But at the end they were all jumping, screaming, and celebrating. What more could I ask for, really? They were great.
We then flew to Camp Ur in the chopper, not even 3 miles away as the crow flies. But this place might have well been the other side of the world. This camp was still going thru its rough spots and these guys needed a release, according to their commander.
I like to think that we didn't disappoint. They were up and at them from the word go and were very enthusiastic, jumping, screaming, and basically behaving like a Cowboy Mouth audience delivers, first timers of One Hundred and fifty first times. Right before we went on there was some sniper fire from over the wall. I was in the mess hall when it went down, and those guys were there in a flash. Then it was decided that we would continue, even though our tour guide for this small run was screaming at me,"Get down! Get down!!" Spooky, scary...
We went on later that evening at the appointed time and I was pretty pissed at having to delay our show so some local could try to engage us in a fight. So when we went onstage I said some rude things about Mr. Osama Bin Laden and then proceeded to rock the house with a little band from New Orleans. These soldiers were very much in need of a tension release and you could tell they were having more fun than they'd had in a long time. It gets boring and tedious out there for these guys...tough life.
But they were a GREAT group of soldiers and a hell of a crowd. We played what I think was the best show of the tour so far and those men and women did not hold their enthusiasm or appreciation back...after I pushed them into doing so...And then they all came, shook hands, and told us how much they enjoyed coming to see us play. Handshakes, autographs, and well wishes were in plentiful supply last night. Pretty cool.
The chopper was an hour late, so there we were - stuck on the path of a helicopter when it came down to get us. Still not used to it, although I do have to say that I get excited about helicopter flying whenever I let my mind's eye wander there.
The ride back was pretty amazing. More palaces, less trouble on the streets. We're now back at the hotel and I need to die for a little while b/c I have to be up in 4 hrs. This no sleeping thing seems to be a pattern...


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Hugo (PG) C
Academy Award winning director Martin Scorsese is best-known for making gritty adult crime dramas, thrillers and biopics. "Hugo" is both his first 3D film and his first family film. While "Hugo" continues to be promoted as a family adventure and two of it's main characters are a pre-teen boy and girl, Scorsese's new effort is really a drama that's not intended for children.
"Hugo" is based on the award-winning 2007 book The Invention of Hugo Cabret, by Brian Selznick, which is part novel, part picture book.
Young Asa Butterfield stars as the title character. He's an orphan living in a clock tower inside a train station in Paris during the 1930's. His father (played by Jude Law) was a clockmaker before he died. Hugo helped him run the family business. And in their spare time they worked on fixing-up an old automata (a large, mechanical, wind-up figure). But after Hugo's father dies, he goes to the train station to live with his uncle (who operates all of the clocks), but eventually abandons him. Hugo is now responsible for operating the clocks but wanders the station, stealing food to stay alive and hoping not to be caught by the inspector (played in an over-the-top performance by Sacha Baren Cohen).
Hugo also steals mechanical parts from an old toy shop owner named George (Sir Ben Kingsley). He finally gets caught and George takes away Hugo's notebook, which is full of details on fixing the automata. Desperate to get the notebook back, Hugo asks George's goddaughter Isabelle (young actress Chloe Grace Moretz) if she will help him. She's also an orphan, and eager for an adventure. So together they try to figure out why George is holding on to the book and why he's so sad and angry all the time.
"Hugo" is two movies in one - and that's it biggest problem. The first half (which will appeal more to kids) is the story of these two kids trying to solve a mystery in this strange, exciting, scary setting. Then, once all the pieces come together, the movie focuses on the old man trying to forget the past and then dealing with it . Each of these plotlines may have made pretty good movies on their own, but they simply don't fit well together. It seems that Scorsese wanted to have it both ways by trying to make a fun kids film with a serious, adult themes. But it just doesn't work.
There's loads of symbolism in "Hugo", most of it heavy-handed, and it drips with sentimentality. There are several side characters who are thrown in to add flavor to the train station atmosphere, who all have issues they're trying to work-out. In other words - they're all broken in some way. In fact everyone one is this film is broken - and that's the theme. And it's up to little Hugo to fix them.
"Hugo" also provides an interesting look back to the beginning of the movie industry, but again, this storyline doesn't flow well with the rest of the film.
However, Scorsese has made a beautiful-looking film. The exterior shots of Paris are amazing and he captures the atmosphere inside the crowded train station perfectly. Few directors have the imagination with a camera - angles, composition, than Scorsese, and it's all on display here. Scenes with Hugo in the clock tower, with all the gears and pulleys, are spectacular, The costumes and set design are authentic, and this is one of the best uses of 3D in a live-action movie I've ever seen. There aren't too many gimmicks, which helps the look of the film shine in the extra dimension.
Kingsley bounces back nicely from "Prince of Persia" and gives a solid performance. The two kids are O.K. but kind of bland, though that's obviously what Scorsese wanted. There are some attempts at light humor with the supporting characters (including one where the inspector's romantic troubles), but they fall flat.
"Hugo" is rated PG for some language, action, thematic material, peril and brief smoking. It's appropriate for kids 9 and up, but the problem is, after the first hour, most kids will lose interest.
On The Official Kid Critic Report Card, "Hugo" gets a C.
Surprisingly the movie had more Oscar nominations than any other 2011 film and it picked-up 5 Academy Awards, all for technical achievement. Scorsese lost in the Best Director competition.
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Comprehending Wal-Mart's place in life and commerce is a challenge of scale. More than 200 million people show up every week to shop at more than 8,400 Wal-Marts in 15 countries, the greatest number of them in America. Oregon alone claims more than 30.
For better and worse it means even a twitch by the giant, whether a nickel cut in the per-pound price of apples or a dime-an-hour raise on wages, sends ripples across agricultural and economic sectors. And it means a plan this week by Wal-Mart to reduce concentrations of unhealthy ingredients in its house brand foods, while modest on paper, signals potential shifts in eating and health -- for the better.
Millions of people, among them thousands of Oregonians, will in the next five years find Wal-Mart foods with lowered salt, trans fat and sugar content -- ingredients that promote obesity in children and cardiovascular disease in adults. They also will find more fresh produce at reduced prices.
Meanwhile the world's food supply chain stands to be yanked a bit -- whether it involves the industrial food giant Kraft, which sells about 16 percent of its entire product range in Wal-Marts and competes for shifting tastes; or fresh fruit and produce farmers, who, the retailer insists, will not be asked to take less money for their yields.
The initiative took on steam with the help of Michelle Obama, whose first agenda as first lady has been to promote healthy eating and attack childhood obesity. It is not unlike efforts by others, among them ConAgra Foods, which will reduce salt in its products.
But Wal-Mart's targets are to reduce salt by 25 percent and added sugars by 10 percent, and eliminate industrially produced trans fats in thousands of packaged food items comprising rice, canned beans, soups, salad dressing and snacks. Significantly, the plan enjoyed public backing by Obama, who joined in Wal-Mart's announcement.
It is a good small step on a big scale, with outcomes yet unknown. We have a long way to go before our children are slimmed down, before dietary precursors to avoidable disease are removed -- before most people not only eat more healthfully but also can afford to do so.
For that reason alone it is not possible to view Wal-Mart's plan without noting its expansion strategy to reach our urban centers, many of them poor, by winning approval for downsized city stores. It has done so already in Chicago, the Obamas' hometown. If successful, it could target hundreds more city sites, expanding a bottom line that easily subsidizes healthy food initiatives.
For now, however, we're focused on the immediate and promising health news that as Wal-Mart expands it will slim down its house brands. May others quickly follow.


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Brazil's Anatel regulatory agency said Friday that Spain's Telefonica could face a fine of 20 million reais ($10 million) if it fails to improve fixed-line telephone service for its Brazilian customers.
The company is under fire for service interruptions in Sao Paulo state, Brazil's most populous region, where Telefonica is the leading fixed-line operator.
Anatel gave the Spanish giant until Aug. 1, 2013, to reduce outages by at least 40 percent from the level registered during the 12 months that ended June 30.
The firm has only five months to comply with a Brazilian law requiring that customers be reimbursed for service outages.
Regulators also want monthly progress reports from Telefonica Brasil, which is likewise instructed to identify the executives who will be responsible for meeting the goals.
The company will be liable for 20 million reais in penalties if it fails to fulfill any of the conditions, Anatel said.
Telefonica, which is Brazil's leading mobile telephone operator, recently unified all its services in the Latin American nation under the Vivo brand.
A spokesperson for Telefonica Brasil told Efe the firm has no plans to publicly respond to Anatel. EFE