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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- With interest low during the past few years, the home equity line of credit was a good option for many homeowners looking to raise a little cash. Not only were rates low; there wasn't much chance rates they would spike anytime soon.
But now things are changing, with an improving economy likely to usher in higher interest rates. That could drive up future charges on HELOCs issued today. For those concerned about this, the fixed-rate home equity installment loan could be a safer bet.
These loans are similar to fixed-rate mortgages, with the interest rate guaranteed not to change for the life of the loan. Currently, rates average from just over 5% for a three-year loan to 6.3% for a 15-year loan, according to the BankingMyWay.com survey .
Yes, you would pay less for a HELOC, which, like a credit card, would allow you to draw as little or as much as you chose against your credit limit. Many of these offer initial rates around 3%, according to the BankingMyWay search tool .
But that rate is guaranteed only for the first few months. After that, the rate can adjust as often as every month, usually by adding a couple of percentage points to the prime rate. With prime at 3.25%, a HELOC issued today could quickly charge as much as a fixed-rate installment loan. And if prime were to rise, the HELOC could charge more.
For either type of loan, you must have equity in your home -- it must be worth more than you owe on your mortgage. Because of the collapse in home prices a few years ago, about a quarter of homeowners with mortgages owe more than their homes are worth, making them ineligible for home equity loans. But that leaves three-quarters in the black. And about a third of all homeowners don't have a mortgage, many of them older folks who have paid off their loans.
In other words, there's plenty of home equity out there. Lenders are loosening up and approving loans for applicants who would have been turned down a year or two ago.
Home equity loans are an appealing way to raise money. Because the debt is secured by the home, the rates are lower than for unsecured loans such as credit cards. And most homeowners can deduct home equity interest charges on their federal returns.
Generally, the home equity installment loan best serves borrowers who need a large chunk of cash that will be paid back over a number of years. The installment loan is often used for a major home improvement such as an addition or for college expenses or other expenditures that pay off over the long run.


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Volleyball Stars to the End
As the volleyball family grows, so do the numbers of inspirational stories, and of tragic losses. This past week I have received three emails regarding the passing of talented Jr. Olympic volleyball players: One an accidental suicide, another who fought valiantly to the end with cancer, and a third, a Starlings USA player/coach, who was killed Sunday by a drunk driver.
In the randomness of life, these deaths are just a statistic...in the circle of life, our passing is a certainty. Other volleyball stars whose light was dimmed early, yet who fought their illness with power and grace both on and off the court, include Shayla and Andi (#54), whose journeys have been shared with thousands of supporters. For the loved ones of these children who discovered the joys of volleyball, the loss is immeasurable, as they did not have time to complete their circle. Whenever such painful stories come to light, I first read A.E Houseman's "To an Athlete Dying Young" The stories of two of these young talents, are shared below, to remind us how each day is special, and to be thankful for all we have in these days and times.
The time you won your town the race
We chaired you through the market-place;
Man and boy stood cheering by,
And home we brought you shoulder-high.
To-day, the road all runners come,
Shoulder-high we bring you home,
And set you at your threshold down,
Townsman of a stiller town.
Smart lad, to slip betimes away
From fields were glory does not stay
And early though the laurel grows
It withers quicker than the rose.
Eyes the shady ****ht has shut
Cannot see the record cut,
And silence sounds no worse than cheers
After earth has stopped the ears:
Now you will not swell the rout
Of lads that wore their honours out,
Runners whom renown outran
And the name died before the man.
So set, before its echoes fade,
The fleet foot on the sill of shade,
And hold to the low lintel up
The still-defended challenge-cup.
And round that early-laurelled head
Will flock to gaze the strengthless dead,
And find unwithered on its curls
The garland briefer than a girl's.
Margaret Hussman, El Paso, TX
The loss of Margaret Hussmann is hard, for such a talented, vivacious twin gave everything she had - and her motto "Twice as Strong" will be on the Olympic Team poster USA Volleyball will be giving to the "Margaret Room" in the hospice of El Paso Hospital. The Hussman family allowed the local newspaper, the El Paso Times, to capture the stories and images - in both video and print, putting together a powerful chronical of journey. Stephanie Sanchez and photographer Vanessa Monsisvais joined to make this testament to attitude and the human spirit of one very special volleyball player who chose to live life to the end on her own terms.
Noemi Perez, Bakersfield, CA
The loss of Nemo on Sunday has impacted the Starlings family, as she was just beginning to give back to the sport - I will let Byron Shewman and the wonderful Starlings coaches Johnitta and Jim Greer tell the rest of this story for today's blog...Thanks to Byron and all for letting the USA Volleyball family know more about Nemo.
I decided to share the following sad message although at the risk of sending out too much sad news of late. However, tragedy is a part of this life and when it inevitably happens, we somehow must look for some good. You probably know my day-time job is running the Starlings program---some 3,000 girls across the nation, mostly from low-income families. With such deep regret, I am sending the news and messages of an exceptional 18-year-old Starling girl from Bakersfield. Nemo's life was taken on Sunday and as you will see below, her family is in need of support on many levels.
It is with the deep sadness that I must inform you of the tragic loss of our own COACH NOEMI PEREZ.
Coach Perez (Nemo) was killed by a drunk driver on Sunday, she was 18 years old. She graduated in 2008 from Arvin High School. She was returning to Arvin after spending the day studying at CSUB, where she was attending.
Nemo was an original Bakersfield Starling, starting the program at just 13 years old. She was active coaching our Jr. Starlings, Arvin Starlings and currently as the 14u Noemi coach.
We are devastated by the loss of this beautiful, positive, and productive young woman. Please pray for her family as they are somehow dealing with this horrific tragedy.
Please bear with us as this is a deeply personal loss for the coaches, staff and particularly for the 18u girls. Nemo has been a part of our family for many years. I will get info out to you as soon as I can.
I asked Jim Greer, who first coached Nemo in Bakersfield, for this story. It is more than worth the few minutes to read. -- Byron
I will tell the story as best as I can recall.
Apparently Bakersfield Starlings 16's had a late match and were unable to make their surfing lessons on the island on Saturday afternoon. Since there was nothing much to do, Nemo was wandering around the beach and met up with a girl from Scripps Ranch Starlings.
Nemo asked her, "Are you a Starling?' to which the girl replied yes. They then proceeded to draw boundary lines in the sand and began playing an imaginary game of one on one volleyball. Soon other girls arrived and Nemo proceeded to ask them the same question, "Are you a Starling". As they replied, Nemo invited them to play, whether or not they were.
It soon grew to a two hour match with several girls, a few boys, with no net and reportedly no ball, all having fun playing the sport they so loved.
I guess it inspired a father form Scripps Ranch that witnessed the incident so much that he wrote about it after the tournament, and Ernie, after hearing of the story, adopted the slogan as his motto. I believe he even had a shirt printed with the slogan on it the following year.
For those that knew Nemo, which there are plenty, she truly lived her life as an inspiration. Coming from a tiny farming community called Arvin. (Some may recall the book by John Steinbeck called "Grapes of Wrath"). This is one in the same and things have not changed much since the dust bowl days, except the color of the migrants skin. After graduating from high school, she began attending Cal State Bakersfield this past fall with the intent of becoming a teacher upon graduation. She really never left the Bakersfield Starlings but returned to begin coaching the 12 and under girls, only to have that ripped away by a selfless drunk. Her car was full of Starlings equipment when the CHP arrived on scene.
Nemo is a product of the field laborers, barely speaking English when she showed up at practices at the age of 13 or 14 years old. I remember her bringing baggies full of loose change that she collected from selling licorice sticks at school to help pay her fees. And when she went to the tournaments, she had no money for the restaurants, but always brought home made tortillas with all the fixings to feed the team. There was never a girl on any team in our program that did not greet her with a hug and a smile, and received the same from her.
She will be missed from all those that knew her but will never be forgotten. She was one of a kind in her own way, but will always remain a Starling.
If the answer to the question is "YES, I am a Starling!" please say a prayer for her family in their time of need.
Coach Jim Greer
Central Valley Starlings
First, thank you so much. I just left Nemo's home after visiting with her family. I don't think I really knew how important Starlings was to Nemo. But, everyone kept asking, "Are you the volleyball coach? Noemi loved the volleyball team, she loved her little girls." I went to the mortuary to see what they needed and they were closed. As my husband and I were leaving, a woman ran out and asked, "Is that the volleyball team?" I had forgotten I was wearing a club sweatshirt. She then said, "The Family wants the club in the obituary, because it was very important to her." A woman that I did not recognize told me that Nemo used her FIRST coaching check that we gave her on Friday to buy herself an Ipod. I know this is probably one of the only luxury items that Nemo has ever been able to buy for herself.
The Bakersfield Starlings donated $1000 to Nemo's family, not much when you are trying to bury a loved one. I am moved by your desire and I know commitment to help her family, our family. Coach Bri, coached Nemo at her high school as well as in club, and has been up all ****ht trying to do whatever she can. This morning at about 8 am, she and several other Arvin
High coaches gathered together Nemo's basketball, track, and volleyball teammates and tried to help them deal with this tragedy. As a group they went to pay their respects to Nemo's Family. There they pasted around a hat and each donated all that they could.
Nancy Rodriguez, our original Bakersfield Starling who is now playing at Feather River college called in complete devastation. She said she had no money, but the girls had sent her a train ticket so she could come home. She said she was going to work in the field for the week that she was home so she, "could give Nemo's mom some money." Jim Greer has been on a mission since early this morning. Every Bakersfield Starling, past and present has called. Our Starlings sister teams are jumping to action. My own daughter, Jasmin started designing a "Are You a Starlings" shirt at about 7 am this morning. We are Blessed.
My husband received a call right away, from a friend on the CHIP after he saw our Starlings gear in Nemo's car. The drunk driver is an illegal, undo****ented, unlicensed, uninsured driver. He will be arraigned tomorrow. I'm sure his family is devastated as well, and given the dynamics of Arvin, probably knows the Perez family.
Noemi will have a viewing service on Wednesday from 2-7, and her funeral will be held on Thursday, at 1 PM. The family definitely needs help and if you want to make a donation, you can send it to The Bakersfield Starlings, P.O. Box 84, Bakersfield Ca. 93302, we will be happy to deliver it to the family for you. The Funeral Home address is Arvin Funeral Home, 600 Tucker, Arvin Ca. 93203, for flowers, etc.
If you want more intimate info on Nemo, her friends have started a Facebook, Noemi Perez. Jonitta

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AbstractServlet allows HTTP server modules to be reused across multiple servers and allows encapsulation of functionality.
By default a servlet will respond to GET, HEAD (through an alias to GET) and OPTIONS requests.
By default a new servlet is initialized for every request. A servlet instance can be reused by overriding ::get_instance in the AbstractServlet subclass.
class Simple < WEBrick::HTTPServlet::AbstractServlet def do_GET request, response status, content_type, body = do_stuff_with request response.status = status response['Content-Type'] = content_type response.body = body end def do_stuff_with request return 200, 'text/plain', 'you got a page' end end
This servlet can be mounted on a server at a given path:
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class Configureable < Simple def initialize server, color, size super server @color = color @size = size end def do_stuff_with request content = "<p " \ %q{style="color: #{@color}; font-size: #{@size}"} \ ">Hello, World!" return 200, "text/html", content end end
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This howto explains how to set up a mail account with A/I so that your messages are encrypted while travelling through the web and it is more difficult to tap them. In the following example we will set up the account of "foo", corresponding to the address "email@example.com" and to the user name "foo".
Note:This setup has been tested on Microsoft Outlook Express 5, but there should be only slight differences from other versions.
Open Outlook Express. If this is the first time you are opening this program, a window for the new account settings should open authomatically. If it doesn't, click Accounts on the Tools menu; a window will open: click "Add" and then "Mail".
The first thing you will have to set up is your name as you would like it to appear (Full Name) in the messages you will send. Type it and then click "Next".
The following window will ask you if you want to use your address or to create a new one with Hotmail. Choose the first option and insert your A/I e-mail address. Click "Next".
The following step will consist in setting up the mail servers. If it is not selected yet, chose "POP3" as a server type and type the name of your mail server (Incoming mail server: "mail.autistici.org"; Outgoing mail server: "smtp.autistici.org), then click "Next".
Now you will have to set up your account name, i.e. your email address and, if you wish, your password. Remember that if you chose to select "Remember password", your password will be recorded in your hard disk, so that anyone using that computer will be able to download your mail. Click "Next".
We are nearly finished. Click "Finish".
Now you should be back to the account setup window. If you don't see it, choose "Account" in the "Tools" menu. Select the "Mail" tab and double-click on the account you've just set up.
Select the "Servers" tab and the window will change.
Check the box beside "My server requires authentication", then click the "Advanced" tab. Check the box "This server requires a secure connection (SSL)" for both the Incoming (POP) and Outgoing (SMTP) mail servers. Then replace the port number 25 with 465 next to "Outgoing mail (SMTP)".
Now you can click OK both in this window and in the settings window: from now on you will be able to download your messages and to send them in a rather secure way. Just remember to type in your password when the program asks you to do so!
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GOWRIE – Danny Beryl Vinchattle, 59, of Gowrie, passed away on Friday, March 1, 2013, at his home.
Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, March 5th at 10:00 a.m. at Otho-Kalo Community Church, Otho with Pastor Beryl Vinchattle officiating. Burial will be in Gowrie Township Cemetery, Gowrie. A visitation will be on Monday from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Palmer and Swank Funeral Home, Gowrie.
Survivors include his daughters, Allison Vinchattle and her children, Chloe and Madison of Fort Dodge; Roslyn Vinchattle of Gowrie; sons, Joseph Vinchattle and his wife Kellie and their daughter, Claire of Omaha, NE; John Vinchattle and his fiancee Brittany York and their son, Kason of Omaha, NE; sisters, June Bacon of Fort Dodge; Sally Ackerson of Paton; brother, Dean Vinchattle and his wife Vicky of Gowrie; and numerous nieces, nephews, and cousins.
Danny Beryl Vinchattle was born on June 19, 1953, in Fort Dodge. He was raised and educated in Gowrie where he graduated from Prairie Community High School. He then attended Iowa Central Community College. Following his education Danny farmed with his dad and brother in Gowrie. His passions were farming, golfing, music, singing, and playing the harmonica. Danny had a strong faith in God. The most important thing in his life was his loving family.
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Zach Umperovitch (in hat) adjusts the PSPE/SHPE machine at the local Rube Goldberg competition Saturday at Purdue. The team won the competition and will compete in the national contest March 31. Also pictured are team members David Cannon (left), Alex Weaver (top) and Adam Bahrainwala. (Purdue University photo/Andrew Hancock)
What is the competition?
Inspired by cartoonist Rube Goldberg, college students nationwide compete to design a machine that uses the most complex process to complete a simple task - put a stamp on an envelope, screw in a light bulb, make a cup of coffee - in 20 or more steps.
The competition is sponsored by the Purdue University campus chapter of Theta Tau, a professional engineering fraternity.
What is the 2014 task?
To be announced at a later date.
When were the 2013 contests?
The regional contest was held on Feb. 23, 2013.
The national contest was held on Mar. 30 at noon in Columbus, Ohio at the Center of Industry and Science.
How did the contest gain national prominence?
The contest began as a rivalry between two Purdue engineering fraternities and was popular at Purdue in the 1940s and 1950s. It was revived in 1983. Since then, winners have appeared on "Jimmy Kimmel Live," "Newton's Apple," "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson," "Late Night With David Letterman," NBC's "Today," CBS's "This Morning," CBS News, "Beyond 2000," CNN and ABC's "Good Morning America."
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Even though many expect desktops and notebooks to massively lose market share to tablets and other emerging form-factors for computing devices, it looks like people will continue to use personal computers in the coming years. According to In-Stat, notebooks alone will account for 52% of computing devices in 2014.
Despite turbulent economic conditions, mobile computing continues to see surging demand resulting from sleeker designs, new form factors, and pent-up business demand. Mobile computing devices, including tablets, netbooks, smartbooks and notebook PCs will grow at a 19.1% CAGR through 2014 and account for over 400 million units.
"While there will be a battle for the lower-end Internet-centric devices like tablets and netbooks, notebooks will continue to be the overall demand driver as consumers focus on lighter and lower-cost PCs and businesses continue to transition to mainstream and high-performance mobile platforms. In addition, demand for mobile computing is coming from both developing and industrialized regions," said Jim McGregor, chief technology strategist at In-Stat.
According to the market tracking form, tablets will record the highest CAGR of 123.6% through 2014. Still notebook shipments will remain very high and will reach 291 million units in 2014 and account for 52% of the computing market. Asia Pacific will lead all regions in growth, surpassing 36% of the total market in 2014.


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Service-Oriented IT: Meld Process, Security and Tools
Today, everyone wants an IT architecture that provides for flexible, fast support of new initiatives and tight security while allowing business units to understand the capabilities and costs of services they choose, whether delivered internally or by an outside provider.
As is often the case, what we want and what most of us have are two different things. Our InformationWeek 2011 Services-Oriented IT Survey shows a hefty majority of our 479 respondents (76%) are either working toward or considering a service-oriented architecture, but currently, just 25% say they actively manage IT as a service.
In this report, we'll examine survey results and discuss how to advance on this path by breaking the discussion into three parts: Jonathan Feldman analyzes the benefits of granular, service-oriented IT vs. the conventional monolithic model and offers advice on how to move the needle. Then Michael A. Davis reveals how to get an internal security-as-a-service program off the ground, with lessons that are applicable to other areas of IT. Finally, Michael Biddick examines the tools that can help make service management a reality today.
This isn't an easy transition. There's natural tension among security and usability of tools and customer-friendly processes. If security is too onerous, users will bypass it, leading to outages, downtime, data theft and who knows what else. That's true whether IT's delivered piecemeal or as unified services. When faced with a complex task, you may be better off working with a specialized provider rather than keeping that function in house and offering it as a service -- but how will you know if you can't compare apples to apples? However, assembling all the components needed to deliver a business service, and pricing it appropriately, requires insight into your architecture and often sophisticated, expensive tools. Even then, translating what users say they want into processes and technologies can be a Mars vs. Venus situation.
But hey, who says reinvention is easy? (R3130911)
Survey Name: InformationWeek Services-Oriented IT Survey
Survey Date: July 2011
Region: North America
Number of Respondents: 479
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A journalist training workshop, held in Nepal, brought together about 20 different journalists from the region to improve their skills for communicating on climate change.
Nepal, February 2013 - GRID-Arendal Himalayan Climate Change Adaptation Programme (HICAP) and the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) organized a journalist training workshop which brought together about 20 different journalists from Nepal, India, Pakistan and China.
Over the six days of active training programme, the participants produced their stories, video, and photo features about climate change related subjects. The workshop was facilitated by experienced senior reporters associated with international media (such as BBC, Financial Times) and Norwegian media outlets. It proved very productive and provided a basis for further cooperation.
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Acton Research Director Samuel Gregg reviews America's Spiritual Capital by Nicholas Capaldi and T. R. Malloch (St Augustine's Press, 2012) for The University Bookman.
… Capaldi and Malloch are—refreshingly—unabashed American exceptionalists. One of this book's strengths is the way that it brings to light a critical element of that exceptionalism through the medium of spiritual capital. Part of the American experiment is its commitment to modernity—but a modernity several times removed from that pioneered by the likes of the French revolutionaries, Karl Marx, and modern social democratic movements in Europe. Capaldi and Malloch underscore how America's spiritual inheritance permeated the political and economic habits and institutions associated with the emergence of its democratic and capitalist order, and in ways that avoided the challenges of theocracy as well as moral relativism. (more…)


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"Eighty percent of life is about showing up." Woody Allen
How to not forget a single detail of your experience.
When you think about giving birth you may think that you could never forget anything about it! You've waited so long and planned so carefully, but if you think back on any other significant event in your life you may be surprised by how little you remember unless someone asks you specific questions. So here's a list to get you started. Feel free to add anything you like. Let's get started:
The Onset
When did you realize you were actually in labor?
Where were you?
What did you do?
When did your contractions begin?
When did they become regular?
Did you realize any of the following?
Leaking or breaking of water?
Loss of mucus plug or bloody show?
Pelvic Pressure?
Back Labor or pain?
Baby dropping into birth canal?
Energy surge?
Nausea or feeling sick?
At what point did you call your doctor?
When were you told to leave for the hospital or birthing center?
On The Road
What time did you leave?
Who drove?
Who went along?
What vehicle did you take?
How did you feel en route?
Do you remember any specific thoughts?
What route did you take to get there?
How long did it take to arrive?
How long did it seem like it took to arrive?
At the Hospital or Birthing Center
What is the first thing you remember about your arrival?
What was it like?
When did you first see your doctor or midwife?
Who else was there with you? Partner? Family members/Staff? Nurses?
What did you do during contractions?
Where were you for most of your labor?
Where you transported to another room for delivery?
At what point?
How did you handle labor pain?
What is your most vivid memory of labor?
If you gave Birth at Home
When did your midwife arrive?
What was the first thing done?
Your Baby's Birth
Who was there?
Do you remember their reaction to the birth?
Who do you remember most?
What do you remember about labor?
How was labor for you?
How long did it last?
Did you have a difficult transition?
Was it what you thought it would be?
What surprised you about labor?
How did it compare to previous labors?
Describe the birth?
What happened?
How would you describe the experience?
Did you have an episiotomy?
Did you touch the baby's head when it crowned?
Did you have a mirror so you could see?
Did you videotape the birth?
Did they place the baby on your chest?
Who cut the umbilical cord?
Who drew the cord blood?
Did you nurse right away?
How was that experience?
Is there anything about the experience that you would change if you had it to do over again?
Is there anything about this birth that you would want exactly the same if you had it to do over again?
What was the first thing that struck you about your baby?
Do you remember what your first thoughts were?
What was the first thing you said to your baby?
What was the first thing you said to your partner?
What was the first thing your partner said to you?
Did you know the sex of the baby in advance?
Were you surprised when you discovered the sex of your baby?
Was it the sex you expected?
Cesarean Birth
Why did you have a C-section?
What were your feelings?
Who was allowed to stay with you?
What happened during the operation?
What do you remember most vividly?
What were you thinking and feeling?
Your New Baby
Baby's Name
What made you decide on that particular name?
Date of birth?
Time of birth?
Did your baby have hair?
What color?
What color did your baby appear when you first saw it?
When did you notice it had changed?
To what color?
Was your baby on time?
How early?
How late?
Who did you call first?
What was their reaction?
Did you receive flowers?
From whom?
Who was your first visitor?
Were you comfortable holding your baby?
Did you save a newspaper from that day?
When did you bring your baby home?
What was the weather like?
Who was there to help?
What outfit did you dress your baby in?
What blanket?
How was your first day at home?
Who helped you?
Where did the baby sleep?
What did you think about the experience of the birth as a whole?
How did your partner feel about it?
What gift did you enjoy the most?
Whose reaction will you never forget?
How did your baby seem to take the entire experience?
What was the most memorable thing said about the baby?
Who said it?
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As we get closer and closer to the release of the new-generation graphics architectures from two leading designers of graphics processors, details about their release dates as well as brand-names are being heavily discussed by the community of hardware enthusiasts.
AnandTech web-site released what they think to be the names and the release dates of the highly anticipated NVIDIA NV40 and ATI R420/R423 graphics processors.
NVIDIA's code-named NV40 will be branded as the GeForce 6800, will be formally announced on the 13th of April and will reach retail stores by the 26th of April, according to the article. Earlier X-bit labs reported that NV40 will be mass-produced in May citing sources among NVIDIA's graphics cards partners.
ATI Technologies' chip known as R420 will be called RADEON X800 PRO and is likely to be launched on
According to previously released information, the ATI code-named R420/R423 graphics processors will contain about 160 million of transistors and will be produced using low-k 0.13 micron technology at TSMC. The chips are projected to utilize the current R300 architecture, but with general improvements in they way they compute and perform. The upcoming VPUs' 8 or 12 rendering pipelines with unknown number of TMUs as well as 6 vertex shader engines along with new FSAA and anisotropic filtering patterns are said to be the key drivers of the speed upwards.
NVIDIA's NV40 graphics processor is also expected to boast with substantially boosted speed in games and even support Pixel Shaders 3.0 along with Vertex Shaders 3.0 – something that ATI's R420 is not likely to have inside.
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Here it is, people. The thread where we begin our little adventure through the ups and downs of teas available at Puerhshop.
Up first round is the Year of Green Puerh tasting set.
Once you get your teas, log in to TeaChat, and let your fellow tasters know what you think! Stories of love and hate are sure to follow!
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Haleakala juts 10,023 feet from sea level on the island of Maui. Photo by Eddie Gianelloni.
Leaving the store, I returned to my base camp—newly named "The Beehive" as a result of spilled GU—and fell asleep. I took several days off to recover, drinking coffee in beach cafés and waiting for the weather to clear.
Three days later, waking up at 4:30 a.m. to stars close enough to touch from the door of my tent, i decided to make my second attempt. Starting up the trail in the dark, i felt less intimidated by the tapeworm trails through knee-high jungle grass and ankle-roller rocks.
The dreaded goat crossing came after a quick hour and 10 minutes. i felt good, but the sound of barking again set me on edge. This time, though, i was greeted by a couple of Peruvians tending the flock. They shouted at the dogs and that was the end of it.
The route sees little traffic below the crater. If there ever was a proper trail, the jungle ate it a long time ago. After some bushwhacking, I crossed the Haleakala national Park boundary, where a pristine alpine trail emerged, offering faster running with views clear down to the ocean where I'd started.
Punching through the clouds at the crater, the hot, lifeless landscape made me feel as though I'd left the planet. Sheer walls hugged both sides of a tight notch, protecting the route from the wind. The horizon was stacked with fiery red and orange ridgelines.
The final 3000 feet of Moab-style slickrock and sand were dry with sustained, painful switchbacks. after slogging over two ridges, I'd burned through what little i had left to give. When i finally emerged at the summit, I glanced at my watch: 3 hours 37 minutes.
The other day, a gal asked me why I sacrifice so much to run in the mountains. I told her, "I like to chase things." Finisher medals and T-shirts are great, but there is something uniquely fulfilling about doing something creative that is all your own.


text: CASE NUMBER: 68 CASE MNEMONIC: THAIBIRD CASE NAME: Thai Wildlife Trade A. IDENTIFICATION 1. The Issue The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES) was negotiated with a view to curbing abusive trade in endangered species. The Convention has been somewhat successful in controlling trade in particularly well known species. Nevertheless, a number of countries have yet to effectively implement CITES. Thailand's lack of international cooperation and political will to enforce existing legislation made it the center for illegal trade and smuggling of threatened species of wildlife. Thus, in 1991 Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES) urged its members to ban trade with Thailand in any specimens of species included in the CITES Appendices, especially birds. Thailand has since approved two pieces of legislation which provide Thai authorities with the legal means to implement CITES with respect to both animal and plant species. In April 1992, the CITES Secretariat responded approvingly by recommending to the Parties the lifting of the trade ban on CITES specimens with Thailand. 2. Description Thailand has been a member of CITES since 1983, yet in 1989 still no domestic legislation enabling anything but the most limited implementation of the Convention. The main wildlife legislation was the Wild Animal's Reservation and Protection Act, 1960, amended 1972. The Act established three categories of species: (1) reserved species which could be hunted only with special permission and only for scientific purposes; (2) protected animals which were subject to a quota and could be hunted only with a license; and (3) unregulated species which could be hunted, traded and exported freely. Many of the commonly traded species were not protected by this legislation, despite their being listed in the CITES Appendices, including: the water monitor, Varanus salvator, the clouded monitor, Varanus bengalensis (Appendix II) the Saltwater Crocodile, Crocodylus porasus, and the Siamese Crocodile, Crocodylus siamensis (Appendix I). There was a similar lack of control over the import and export of plants. The management authority for processing export permits consistently issued blank CITES permits to the exporter who then supplied the necessary information. No physical inspections were carried out and no expertise was available for identifying orchid species. The Seed Act (B.E.2518, 1975) did prohibit exports of certain species, but these were only fruits the export of which might have encouraged commercial competition. All exports were supposed to go through one of nine designated check points. However, the Wildlife Conservation Division maintained only a small staff at each of these points, and few members, if any, are trained in the identification of wildlife products. Imports are covered by the Plant Quarantine Act and should have come to the attention of the Agricultural Regulatory Division. However, when questioned, the Division was not aware that any imports of orchids had taken place -- despite the fact that several species not native to Thailand had been re-exported. This notorious lack of control over trade in wildlife has made Thailand the center of illegal wildlife trade and smuggling activity in Indochina. More importantly, Thailand has become an outlet for illegal wildlife from all over the world, often acting as a laundering point for wildlife to enter from other countries. Thailand's lax control over wildlife commerce is undermining CITES and contributing to the diminishing number of species as diverse as the Asian Elephants, the South American Caiman, and wild orchids. In April, 1991, based on the foregoing information, the CITES Standing Committee recommended to the 121 Parties to the Convention that they prohibit trade with Thailand, in fauna and flora species listed in the Convention. Finally, in 1992, Thailand responded to the pressure by approving the Wild Animals Reservation and Protection Act (B.E. 2535) which replaced the Wild Animals Reservation and Protection Act 1960 (as amended in 1972) and the Plant Act (B.E. 2535) which redefines the Plant Act (B.E. 2518). These acts provide Thai authorities with the legal means to implement CITES. Several articles are directly related to the convention: (1) Article 100 of the Wild Animals Act provides that trade in wildlife is prohibited unless the wildlife is derived from captive breeding operations; (2) Article 24 specifically incorporates the CITES Appendices (animals only) into the legislation; (3) other articles provide for penalties of up to four years imprisonment and/or a fine of Baht 40,000 ($1,600). Similarly, the Plant Act defines "conserved plants" as those plants listed in the CITES Appendices. Import, export and transit of Conserved Plants are forbidden except under permit. 3. Related Cases BIRDS case THAILOG case SWIFT case TIMOWL case CRANE case MIGRATE case Keyword Clusters (1): Impact = THAIand (2): Bio-geography = TROPical (3): Environmental Problem = Species Loss Air [SPLA] 4. Draft Author: Julie Ferguson B. LEGAL Clusters 5. Discourse and Status: AGReement and COMPlete In accordance with its responsibilities under the CITES, in July 1991, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service ordered that no shipments of wildlife or fish or their products which are listed in Appendix I, II or III of CITES may be imported into the United States, directly or indirectly, from Thailand or any of its territories or dependencies. 6. Forum and Scope: CITES and MULTIlateral 7. Decision Breadth: 120 (CITES) 8. Legal Standing: TREATY C. GEOGRAPHIC Clusters 9. Geographic Locations a. Geographic Domain : ASIA b. Geographic Site : East Asia [EASIA] c. Geographic Impact : THAIland All wildlife indigenous to Thailand is at risk. Thailand's acceptance of unlicensed trade from neighboring countries such as Myanmar, Kampuchea and Laos also puts species in those areas at risk (see THAILOG case). In addition, because Thailand has become haven for laundering wildlife trade from all over the world, it is endangering species from all over the world, including the caiman from South America. 10. Sub-National Factors: NO 11. Type of Habitat: TROPical D. TRADE Clusters 12. Type of Measure: Import Ban [IMBAN] The measure bans trade in a variety of wildlife products from Thailand, but is especially targeted towards bird trade. 13. Direct vs. Indirect Impacts: DIRect Since this is a trade ban, it is a direct measure. 14. Relation of Measure to Environmental Impact a. Directly Related : YES BIRDS b. Indirectly Related : NO c. Not Related : NO d. Process Related : YES Species Loss Air [SPLA] 15. Trade Product Identification: BIRD 16. Economic Data Global wildlife trade is valued at $5-8 billion annually, 30 percent of which is illegal. Each year 30,000 monkeys and other primates are shipped across international borders, along with 20-30 million pelts, 500,000 parrots, 400-500 million ornamental fish, 1000-2000 raw tons of corals, 7-10 million cacti, and 1-2 million orchids. Exports of live mammals and birds from Thailand must be reconstructed from records of importing countries as Thailand has not consistently reported the export of any live animals. Primates were the most commonly exported of larger mammals. The two most commonly exported species were the Squirrel Monkey (Saimiri sciureus) and the Common Marmoset (Callithrix jacchus), both South American species. Twenty seven tigers (Panthera tigris) were imported in 1987. Reportedly, 25 of these tigers were exported by the United Kingdom, declared to be captive-bred (see TIGER case). In 1984 the United States reported exporting to Thailand 1,300 Spectacled Caiman of El Salvadoran origin. Also, Table III-67-4 indicates that a very large number of birds, mostly parrots, were exported to Thailand (see BIRDS case). Trade in crocodile, snake and lizard skins presents another serious problem for Thailand. Shops throughout the country are stocked with large quantities of products made from South American Caiman skins. In 1988 as many as three quarter of a million skins may have been traded, most of which were illegally exported from South America. As for lizards, both the Water Monitor Varanus salvator and the Clouded Monitor V. bengalensis are often hunted for their skins. V. Bengalensis is on CITES Appendix I and therefore only legally exported to non-Parties or Parties with reservations to the Convention (Japan). Nevertheless, between 199,000 and 230,000 Water Monitor skins (Varanus salvator) and 15,000 to 25,000 Clouded Monitor skins (V. bengalensis) are exported each year. Thailand had a reservation for V. bengalensis allowing its export, which reservation it withdrew only in 1987. Skins of at least 8 different species of snakes have been exported from Thailand. The Rock Python (Python molurus) and the Reticulate Python (Python reticulatus) are the most valuable. However, the Dog-faced Water Snake Cerberus rhynchops and the Whip Snake Ptyas mucosus, both Appendix III species, have been the most numerous exports. The skins exported come from Thailand and from neighboring countries, particularly Laos and Cambodia. Thailand is perhaps the world's largest orchid growing and exporting country. The Thai Royal Forest Department has summarized the total exports of orchids from 1986 to 1988. Between 3 to 6 million live plants and up to 125 million cut flowers are exported each year. Thailand has exported up to 610 different taxa of orchids in a single year. Many species apparently are re-exports of wild plants indicating that Thailand is a collection and distribution center for South East Asia. In fact, one of the most commonly exported species, P. callosum, is extremely rare in Thailand but imported in large quantity from Myanmar. P. delenatii and P. gratrixianum occur only in Vietnam and China, P. randsii and P. philippinense in the Philippines, P.purpuratum in Hong Kong, and P. wardii, P. vicotria-regina, P. superbiens and P. rothschildianum in Indonesia and Malaysia. P. rothschildianum is probably extinct in the wild. 17. Impact of Measure on Trade Competitiveness: BAN Luxmoore states that collection of orchids has clearly led to a decline in numbers of many species. This decline has resulted in a price increase for most species. He states that some prices for some species have "risen fivefold in as many years." 18. Industry Sector: PET Most of the wildlife exports from Thailand are wildlife and the majority of these are birds. These animals are purchased as pets. 19. Exporter and Importer: THAIland and MANY E. ENVIRONMENT Clusters 20. Environmental Problem Type: Species Loss Air (SPLA) All wildlife indigenous to Thailand is at risk. Thailand's acceptance of unlicensed trade from neighboring countries such as Myanmar, Kampuchea and Laos puts species in those areas also at risk. 21. Name, Type, and Diversity of Species Name: Birds Type: Animal/Vertibrate/Bird Diversity: 168 birds per 10,000 km/sq (Thailand) Thai trade in endangered species, and consequently the CITES ban on trade with Thailand in CITES species affects well over 40 species of mammals, 610 species of orchids, 100 species of birds, and 15 species of reptiles. Parrots were the bird most commonly exported from Thailand. The majority were native Thai species, with the exception of Agapornis spp. and Serinus mozambicus and almost all were listed in schedule 1 of the Wild Animals Reservation and Protection Act. Psittacula alexandri was exported in the greatest numbers, totalling almost 6500 in 1987 alone. Exports of this species were principally to Japan. The Python spp., the Water Monitor (Varanus salvator) and the Cobra (Naja naja), all native to Thailand, were the most commonly exported species of live reptiles. Most exports were destined for the United States. 22. Resource Impact and Effect: MEDium and PRODuct 23. Urgency and Lifetime: LOW and 5-10 years The main CITES species affected by Thailand's lax trade regulations are orchids, several million specimens of which are exported each year. Several orchid species have been over exploited almost to the point of extinction in the wild. Thailand's endangered species trade is also posing a serious threat to a number of species of crocodiles. The Siamese Crocodile, for example, has been pushed by trade to the brink of extinction. The South American Caiman is also seriously threatened by international commerce in products made from its skin. The numbers of some other live animals have been seriously affected, notably parrots and primates. 24. Substitutes: Eco-Tourism [ECOTR] VI. OTHER Factors 25. Culture: NO 26. Trans-Border: YES Thailand is a conduit for wildlife exports from Kampuchea, Laos and Burma. This trade includes rhino horn and elephant tusk, many types of cat, and other species (see RHINO, TIGER, ELEPHANT, and USCHINA cases). 27. Rights: NO 28. Relevant Literature Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora 27 UST 108, TIAS 8249 (1973). Dauphine. Book Review, Journal of Wildlife Management 55 (1991) (review of S. Fitzgerald, International Wildlife Trade (1991). Endangered Species Act of 1973 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq. Favre, D. International Trade in Endangered Species: a Guide to CITES (1989). Fitzgerald, S. International Wildlife Trade: Whose Business is it? (1989). 50 C.F.R. 23 et. seq. (implementing the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora). Gray. "Bangkok is Regional Market for Wildlife Souvenirs." Bangkok World (September 13, 1984). Held. "Some Notes on the Present Orchid Scene in Burma." Orchid Research Newsletter 12: 8-9. Helmley and Caldwell. "The Crocodile Skin Trade Since 1979." "Crocodiles -- Proceedings of the 7th Working Meeting of the Crocodile Specialist Group of the Species Survival Commission of IUCN." IUCN Publications News Series 398- 412 (1986). Luxmoore. "The Implementation of CITES in Thailand." Problems in CITES Implementation, Case Studies in Four Selected Countries 1 (World Wildlife Fund, 1989). Notice, 56 Federal Register 32/260 (July 15, 1991). Steller. Monthly Import/Business Review (United States International Trade Commission, September 1991). TRAFFIC Southeast Asia. "Monkey Business in Thailand." Traffic Bulletin 13 (1993): 84. TRAFFIC, Southeast Asia. "CITES Legislation for Thailand" Traffic Bulletin 13 (1992): 7. "CITES Lifts Trade Boycott on Thailand." Traffic Bulletin 13 (1992): 1. "Thailand Wildlife Trade Ban." Traffic Bulletin 12 (1991): 2. West. "Wrap-up of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species." Bioscience 40 (1990): 90. References


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text: Patrick, Give me a call and I'll meet you somewhere this weekend and let you sit on my bike. If it doesn't work for you then you should definitely sell, but then it just might work. I couldn't ride it stock a long time ago and without the conversion I'd have sold mine a long time ago. Charles S. Patrick wrote: > Thanks Paul, I will check it out. > > "In vino veritas" > > --- On Wed, 5/5/10, Paul Heim <SuprHtr at columbus.rr.com> wrote: > > From: Paul Heim <SuprHtr at columbus.rr.com> > Subject: Re: Selling my 1996 GPZ 1100. > To: "GPZ List" <gpzlist at micapeak.com> > Date: Wednesday, May 5, 2010, 5:35 PM > > If the only reason for selling the bike is your back, have you looked into risers for the handlebars? I have the LSL conversion with ZRX bars and it's amazing how much more comfortable it is. Cruisers make you sit in that "C" shape, which can also make your lumbar ache. Charles has the same set-up as I have, if you want to see it first-hand. It was the best modification I made as far as comfort. > > Read about it here: http://list.gpz1100.com/gear/bar_risers.htm > > See it here: http://www.bikepics.com/members/suprhtr/95gpz1100/ > Note: The pics in the link are with the LSL superbike bars. I replaced them later with ZRX bars, which are narrower. > > Regards, > Paul in Ohio > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patrick" <iamthedoc at yahoo.com> > To: <gpzlist at micapeak.com> > Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 9:11 PM > Subject: Selling my 1996 GPZ 1100. > > > Hello all, I have decided to sell the GPZ. My damn back is begging me for a more upright riding position. I love this bike although I think it's time to part with it in order to purchase a cruiser of some sort.. I thought I would mention it to the group before I list it. Please feel free to ask any questions or if you want pics, e-mail me and I will send some. It's black, 17k miles, Im the second owner. I have the original hard bags with GPZ logo, tank bra, tank bag, rear seat bag etc... I also have a gunfighter corbin seat that is like new and the original stock seat.. I had new dunlop roadsmarts installed 2 weeks ago. Fresh oil/ filter and plugs. Thanks > > Patrick > > "In vino veritas" > > --- On Mon, 4/26/10, art.robinson <art.robinson at rogers.com> wrote: > > From: art.robinson <art.robinson at rogers.com> > Subject: Mirrors > To: "Patrick" <iamthedoc at yahoo.com> > Date: Monday, April 26, 2010, 11:05 AM > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hello Patrick: > > > > I hope you snapped up the mirror extenders. They make > quite a bit of difference, but they don't solve the entire problem for me > and I suspect they won't for you either. > > > > I'm attaching a couple of images of my solution to > the problem. It works very well and I have full view of the rear and > immediately behind. I call it my "Cop Spotter". I use this mirror far > more than the other two combined. Please excuse my old worn grips. > > > > As you can see the mirror is for a bicycle and I > manufactured a small bracket to attach it between the grip and the bar end. The > mirror originally came with a round clamp which had a Velcro strip to obtain > the grip necessary. It worked for some years but it wasn't too reliable and > fell off a couple of times, so I went for the bracket. > > > > I think have a crude sketch of it somewhere if you > decide to go this route and if you think it would help. > > > > Best of luck with the problem, > > > > Art on TO, Ontario, Canada > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > . >


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Here's how RW members rated this race (145 votes).
In short: Not even the rain can dampen this one!In full: A very nice course and well organized and marshalled - a few climbs to challenge you, but nothing too stiff! I will be back next year to challenge it again!Date of review: May 9, 2006
In short: BrilliantIn full: 2nd year running enjoyed as much as last yearGreat T-shirt. Brilliant organising hinckley RC keep up the good work!Date of review: May 8, 2006
In short: Well Organised & good atmosphere. BrilliantDate of review: May 8, 2006
In short: Wet but well organised - Will be BackIn full: Thoroughly enjoyable race run through quiet lanes.Date of review: May 8, 2006
In short: Well organised, some inclines, PB potentialIn full: The weather was perfect, cool, damp and almost no wind, great organisation and marshalling, nice kids race before the main event, and I got a PB, and results availbale online very quickly. Well done to the organisers.Date of review: May 8, 2006
In short: Done this for the last three years and it just gets better and better. It'll be an ever present fixture until I hang up my trainers!In full: Loads of support considering the weather. Marshalls brilliant as always. Scenery fantastic. Topped up my t-shirt cupboard. Thank you to all at Hinckley RC for all your efforts - you really do make it a special event. Thanks and see you next year.Date of review: May 7, 2006
In short: Crowded start but well organised, especially the marshalling of traffic on the course.Date of review: May 7, 2006
In short: Top raceIn full: It might be my clubs event but I'd recommend this to anyone. Not the fastest half-marathon but fast races aren't everything.Date of review: May 7, 2006
In short: Great race despite the rainIn full: Yes the rain dampens the atmosphere a little but it wasn't too heavy and you hardly blame the organisers for the weather. Todays conditions were excellent for running. Well organised with friendly marshals (despite the weather).My only gripe was the narrowness of the start. Chip timing or a wider start would help but it's not a major thing.Bananas at the end were a godsend, and a nice t-shirt too.Date of review: May 7, 2006
In short: THe best race I've done over the past 12 months. Scenic route, friendly marshalls and locals - and I loved the rain.In full: Good T-shirt and goody bag too. This race was recommended to me - what good advice!Date of review: May 7, 2006
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"This monitor is specifically intended for working in MS Office professionally",
A speaker at a press-conference
The epithet "professional" is among the favorites of any hardware manufacturer, not only when it comes to computers. The customer is given to understand that professionals, i.e. people who a priori have a deeper grasp of the given matter than himself, would prefer this very product. But this epithet has almost lost any practical meaning as it is now being hung on every item that is somehow different from others in characteristics or price. There's a lot of "professional" equipment, from frying pans to computers, in every shop.
So before trying to talk seriously about professional-class products, we should first define what we mean. I'd put forth this definition: a professional-class monitor is a monitor with such characteristics and capabilities that make it a perfect tool for performing narrowly-scoped tasks, but are excessive for common tasks. It's like with vehicles: a bus is suited perfectly for transporting a large number of people from one place to another, but won't do as a personal car.
If we take this definition, quite a large share of monitors that are called professional by their manufacturers fall out of our consideration. For example, ViewSonic's Pro series differs from other product series of that company in using MVA or S-IPS matrixes (and not in all of the models even) and adjustable-height stands. I don't think that ordinary users don't need a convenient stand and good viewing angles those matrix types provide. On the other hand, such monitors won't interest people who are professionally engaged in color correction.
Professional monitors can be different. It can be models with very high brightness intended for medical applications. There are models with black-and-white matrixes capable of displaying 1024 grades of gray (as opposed to the ordinary monitor's 256) and also intended for medical applications – you don't need colors to examine an X-ray photo, for example. There are models with high-resolution matrixes like the IBM T221, a 22" LCD monitor with a colossal resolution of 3840x2400 pixels.
Yet these monitors don't meet the ordinary user's needs. They are mostly intended for narrowly defined applications, their price is far from affordable, and they often put forth very specific requirements to the graphics card.
So I guess there is only one class of professional monitors that can be easily met in shops. I mean monitors optimized for work with color. As you know, the inaccurate reproduction of color is a problem of many consumer LCD monitors, so some manufacturers produce special monitors for applications that demand that the color on the screen was the same as that very color in real life.
It's about such monitors I'm going to talk here. A couple of models from NEC, a well-known brand in this field, and a new SyncMaster XL20 model, which is the first attempt of Samsung to enter the market of monitors for professional color processing.


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NOW Clinical Strength Ocu Support has been formulated to provide comprehensive nutritional protection for the eyes. Each serving has 10 mg of available Lutein, a critical pigment of the macula, lens, and other ocular tissues. Lutein is a powerful antioxidant related to beta-carotene that defends the eye from the ravages of sunlight. NOW has also included Green Tea Extract, Alpha Lipoic Acid and Grape Seed Extract in this formula to maximize its antioxidant potential.
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As a dietary supplement, take 3 capsules daily with food, preferably in divided doses. Consider taking these other NOW products: Super Omega 3-6-9, GliSODin and Tru-C BioComplex.
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Gelatin (capsule), cellulose, magnesium stearate (vegetable source) and silica.
Vitamin E from soy.
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|Vitamin E (from d-alpha Tocopheryl Succinate)
|Riboflavin (Vitamin B-2)
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|Vitamin B-6 (from Pyridoxine HCI)
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This product is EXCELLENT. I have used it for several years, and my eyesight has improved so much that I have changed back to MUCH lessor strength reading glasses! (Changed back from 3.25 correction to a 1.5 over a two year period!)
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two or three pill daily and finished a whole bottle but do not get any better or worse.
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Great product but we have to consume 3 capsules per day. I'm looking for new brand with less quantity taking each day.
A definite plus
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The jury is still out. I have been taking this for 3 weeks after going to my eye doctor after seeing flashes of light in one eye. Three weeks ago my eye doctor diagnosed me with having Posterior Vitreous Detachment around the retina. The concern is the pulling on the retina and possible retina tear, or detachment of the retina. So in the last three weeks been taking Ocu Support. Today had a follow-up appointment. Some of the vitreous is still detached or pulled away from the retina but no holes or tears in the retina which is very good news. I believe this supplement was well worth taking and had so far a beneficial effect, though I have no conclusive evidence. It's not the only thing I have done or changed, but taking Ocu support is the foundation and core of my regimen. Will buy again.
Posted by Reviewer2488582 on Sep 02, 2015
Many of the products I buy from iherb are produced by NOW. I was introduced to the brand by an alternative specialist in herbs and oriental medicine. So whenever I need a product I always look to see if NOW produces it. I compared all of the eye formulas and found NOW to be so comprehensive, not just including lycopene and bilberry and ginkgo, but a whole spectrum of nutrients that affect the whole body and the eye in particular. The individual nutrients that nourish the eye are not as effective if the whole body is not nourished also.
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Posted by 4943887263208897998 on Feb 03, 2015
Haven't used this product long enough. Will update later.