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The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 24.0269 Wednesday, 5 June 2013
Date: Wednesday, June 5, 2013
Subject: Whedon's Changes in His Modernized Version of Much Ado About Nothing
Mike Jensen regularly shares with a group of Shakespeare and film aficionados news about that topic.
In his most recent mailing he wrote about another article sent to him by Jeffrey Kahan about changes Joss Whedon made in his soon to be released modernized version of Much Ado About Nothing. My thanks to both Jeff and Mike.
The article "4 changes Joss Whedon made to Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing" appeared in Yahoo! News' The Week on Tuesday June 4, 2013, and is by Scott Meslow: http://news.yahoo.com/4-changes-joss-whedon-made-shakespeares-much-ado-135900783.html
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At a time when some are lamenting the end of the romantic comedy, Whedon has delivered one of the sleekest and funniest in ages, which is all the more impressive for being filmed in just 12 days at his personal residence. However, he modestly gives most of the credit to Shakespeare himself. "[Shakespeare is] basically pulling apart the idea of the rom-com. Which he is inventing," said Whedon at a recent post-screening Q&A at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. "That, to me, is impressive."
On the surface, Whedon's film takes a number of liberties with Shakespeare's original play. It's safe to assume that the Bard wouldn't have imagined the play's 16th-century Messina setting as a modern mansion packed with cars, guns, snazzy suits, and fizzy cocktails. Or constables Dogberry and Verges as dumb-guy cops who would fit right in with the Reno 911! crew.
But in both text and tone, Whedon is admirably faithful to Shakespeare's play — with a few key exceptions. What alterations distinguish Whedon's modern film version from Shakespeare's original text?
1. Conrade is a woman
Why did Whedon cast Riki Lindhome as Conrade, a character traditionally played by a man? Simply enough, "there was nothing in the text that [prevented me from doing it]," explained Whedon, who slotted the Garfunkel & Oates member and onetime Buffy the Vampire Slayer guest star into the role. The gender swap also influenced Whedon's staging of Don John's soliloquy from Act 1, Scene 3, which he recast as a speech Don John gives while seducing Conrade.
2. Hero witnesses her own "funeral"
Whedon's other major piece of original staging comes during Hero's funeral, which Claudio attends without realizing that Hero is really alive. In Whedon's Much Ado About Nothing, Hero watches the ceremony from afar, and witnesses Claudio grieving her death. The scene "just helped us get to the idea that [Hero] and Claudio could be together and not make you roll your eyes," said Whedon. "You see her seeing him being truly penitent. Then she can forgive him. And we can."
3. Benedick's anti-Semitic reference has been cut
On the whole, Whedon's Much Ado About Nothing is doggedly committed to Shakespeare's original text. (He even managed to turn Claudio's anachronistic, wildly offensive promise to marry his mysterious bride even if she were "an Ethiope" — which Whedon described as "pure Michael Scott" — into one of the film's biggest laugh lines.) But there was one major off-color line Whedon admitted to changing. "I don't have Benedick saying, 'If I do not love her, I am a Jew,'" explained Whedon, quoting a line from the original play. "I thought, 'Yeah, I don't think I'm going to come back from that one. That's not going to sell.'" (In the film, Benedick instead says, "If I do not love her, I am a fool.")
4. Hero spends 100 percent less time twirling
Hero, who spends much of Much Ado About Nothing as a passive victim, is a tricky character for any actress — but Whedon did his best to tone done some of her more ridiculous qualities for actress Jilliam Morgese. "[Morgese] is one of the few people who watched [Kenneth Branagh's 1993 adaptation] before we shot, and she said, 'Apparently I'm supposed to twirl a lot,'" said Whedon. "I'm like, 'We're actually going to take that out.' It is in the text, 'Enters twirling' […] You do what you can. It's Hero. She doesn't have many lines, and she's no Beatrice. But I wanted people to get the feeling that she's definitely someone Beatrice loves, and would hang out with, and is her cousin. Not just, you know, twirly/wilty."


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Michael Pasquier
I wanted to bring to everyone's attention two new books on the history of (among other things) religion in New France. I say "among other things" because these are not books with "religion" in the title. The authors don't go out of their way (as I likely would) to tug all-things-religious out of the rich depths of colonial America. Rather, the religious beliefs and practices of natives and newcomers are on full display alongside other social, cultural, and economic factors in a manner that draws attention to religion without the theoretical acrobatics of religious studies. What can I say... It's refreshing.
Sophie White's Wild Frenchmen and Frenchified Indians: Material Culture and Race in Colonial Louisiana (University of Pennsylvania Press 2012) examines perceptions of Indians in French colonial Louisiana and demonstrates that material culture--especially dress--was central to the elaboration of discourses about race.
Brett Rushforth's Bonds of Alliance: Indigenous and Atlantic Slaveries in New France (University of North Carolina Press 2012) is about how French colonists and their native allies participated in a slave trade that spanned half of North America, carrying thousands of Native Americans into bondage in the Great Lakes, Canada, and the Caribbean.
In both books, White and Rushforth draw extensively from sacramental records and missionary observations to describe the intersection of Indian and European moralities in a highly volatile colonial world. Read alongside more critical reflections of religion in New France--I'm thinking of Tracy Leavelle's Catholic Calumet--and you've got yourself a party!
New Books on Religion in New France
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THE annual Herefordshire and Worcestershire Sports Awards is inviting the Wyre Forest residents community to nominate the top sporting talent from the two counties.
The event recognises the sporting achievements and celebrates good practice within the sporting community.
The partnership is urging residents to put forward candidates who they feel deserve recognition for their sporting achievement and dedication to sport.
Stephen Brewster, director of The Sports Partnership, says: "This event is our chance to honour our sports men and women, coaches, volunteers, clubs and officials.
For the past 15 years, we've received huge support for the awards and feel it's important the community get their say on who's made an impact on sport, young people and local communities.
"Recognising sporting achievements and celebrating good practice within the sporting community is at the very heart of what we do and we will be championing the hard work and talent that exists within Herefordshire and Worcestershire.
"As such, we are thrilled to announce nominations for this year's awards open today and look forward to receiving and welcoming nominations in all 13 categories for our sporting heroes."
The awards, which is attended by more than 250 amateur and professional sports people, local businesses and dignitaries, will take place on Tuesday, November 4 at Sixways Stadium.
A full lists of this year's categories and registration for nominations can be found at morethansport.com/sportsa wards Nominations will close on Friday, September 5 at noon


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Solo Biking Routes: Exploring Jezersko and the Greenest Lake You'll Ever See2014-07-23 2 Share Tweet
My bike is my best friend. It's not the best one you'll ever see but I love it anyway. It takes me to work and back, and it also takes me exploring new places. What more could I possibly want?
I live in Slovenia, which is a small country. But even though sometimes I think that I've already seen it all, there are always still some hidden gems around the country. There are so much possibilities in our small country, it's crazy. But there are two destinations that are the most popular among tourists: the capital Ljubljana and Bled, a beautiful lake with an island in the middle.
You've already seen Bled, right?
Bled gets really crowded, not only in summers but also every weekend. That is why every time I see a tourist wondering what they should do, I tell them that they should totally explore the region around Bled because there are so many beautiful things to see. I mean, to most Slovenians Bled is not even the most beautiful lake in Slovenia. There are so many lakes around that are more beautiful and more peaceful, like lake Bohinj (which is just 30 km away from Bled) or lake Kreda (Kreda means "chalk") which is also almost just around the corner. But my favorite lake this summer is probably Planšarsko jezero in Jezersko. It is so green it takes your breath away.
Jezersko actually means "a land of lakes." I don't know why because to my knowledge there is only one lake there. The easiest way to get there is by car. The most beautiful way is riding with a bicycle. If you're staying in Bled, you have around 60 km to get there, so you have to be a good biker – there are also a few hills (not too big) on the way. The best idea is to get a train from Bled to Kranj and then bike to Jezersko. There you can eat or drink something. Or just relax and enjoy yourself. You can also swim in the lake but it's really shallow. And cold. So cold! But the view on your way and around the lake is amazing.
I bike to Jezersko for practice; I have around 45 km to get there. I like the fresh air and the river that flows near the road all the way to Jezersko. I don't know what it is with lakes but I absolutely love them. And Planšarsko jezero is one of the prettiest I know. I have this idea that one day I'll bike there, stay for a couple of days in one of the pensions, and visit some of the mountains that look so magnificent around. But I have to get in a better shape to achieve that, so until then I'll just bike around. You know what they say – good things come to those who bike.
written by lomofrue on 2014-07-23 #places #nature #lake #landscape #bicycle #biking #location #slovenia #exploring #fitness #escape-from-the-city #jezersko #solocations #solo-biking-routes


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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities say the truck-stop company owned by Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam and Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam has agreed to pay $92 million in fines for cheating customers out of promised rebates and discounts.
According to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Tennessee, Pilot Flying J has accepted responsibility for the criminal conduct of its employees, ten of whom have pleaded guilty to participating in the scheme.
Jimmy Haslam has said he was unaware of the scheme. Tenn. Gov. Bill Haslam is not involved in Pilot's day-to-day operations.


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Collaborative Computing Tools Working Group
[Note: In an effort to make briefing charts available, we are testing and configuring software to assist us in this effort. PLEASE provide us any constructive comments you have regarding the charts. Thank you.]
Meeting minutes for February 15, 1996
Kim opened the meeting at 0906 hours and welcomed the attendees. Kim reviewed the agenda and asked attendees to introduce themselves.
Standards/Interoperability Conference
Kim passed out invitations. She spoke to the agenda of industry morning speakers and vendor afternoon speakers. DTIC's internet CCTWG web page will be up next week, URL: http://www.dtic.mil/ieb_cctwg/. ANYONE that needs invitations for the conference, please contact Bonnie Blades (703-883-7060) or Otto Miller (202-863-3121).
Organization Updates
- Cpt. Mettera.
get charts
register for the conference via JIVA HomePage or USSPACECOM HomePage.
- Kim Walls--
see charts
To convert PowerPoint charts for Intelink, Shel Sutton suggested trying PPT to RTF to HTML, however the PPT to RTF is only available in Powerpoint 7 (Win'95 & NT). A discussion of several months future topics followed.
- Steve Brown is supporting some RealAudio experiments. Dan Woycke & Mike Joyce are supporting issues in Collaboration vs Security for Intelink. There are both policy and technical obstacles. Shel Sutton, MITRE's OMG representative, is helping apply pressure to vendors to make conventional products CORBA compliant. He is also looking at commercial multimedia object tools for production. Glen Nakamoto is working on a speech input front end with CMU for CVW. A speach output for CVW users is also being investivated. Glen is also supporting work on enhanced performance image archive/library repositories. He is assisting in including MATE (NITF viewer) for CVW. Work progresses on making MATE a collaboration tool itself. Glen is supporting work for a multi- source/INT repository to integrate (layer) with a GIS. Work would be captured with separate layers into an object that could be dropped in a CVW room. They hope to make this capability available for MATE too. He may have demo by May or June. The object capture is to support an exercise in summer of 1997.
PolicyNet -
Bill Laskey is working a low bandwidth (64-128kbps) pilot for collaboration between collection and consumer. PolicyNet developers received requests to install bridges to enable VTCs between PolicyNet workstations and JWICS sites. A solution was proposed but deemed unacceptable. PolicyNet is still moving toward complete H320/H323 compliance. Global Visions Group is a consortium of analysts piloting technologies to enable rapid collaboration between producers. Limited bandwidth and world-wide locations provide several challenges. Bill's directorate is preparing to test desktop collaboration technology to streamline their daily business process. The directorate is evaluating resource requirements to enhance their infrastructure to support collaboration.
NRaD -
Peter Donich is supporting NSA and NRaD for network modeling. He commented that to them low bandwidth can mean 2.4kbps.
- Mike Mlynarczyk is potentially supporting some new collaboration pilot projects. He and his team provide crisis team support. They have been working with ATM technology and related ATM standards for 3years. He is their NITF technical board representative. He is supporting several other inter-INT projects including Virtual Lab.
John Diehl has been very busy with a Sparc roll out. He is working some real-time audio and video experiments with USSPACECOM. He is conducting some tests at 128Kbps for collaborative tools. The Nonproliferation Center is using CVW.
Peter Spellman gave a briefing and demo.
Get slides from Peter
Future Meetings:
Kim, proposed March meeting 22 March at USSPACECOM following the JIVA conference. It will be held at Peterson AFB, Building 920, Combined Intelligence Center from 8:00 am - noon. The agenda will include briefings and demos on SPACECOM's virtual production project. The Intelink JIVA home page (http://www.dia.ic.gov/proj/JIVA/JIVA-hp.html) points to the JIVA JPMO conference page for maps, hotels and other information. Technical POC at SPACECOM is Scott Miner, 719/554-8658. Clearances should be sent to SSO USCINCSPACE.
The April meeting was moved to 26 April and will focus on security. The 23 May meeting will focus on network communications and the 27 June meeting will focus on human factors and organizational issues.
Meeting Attendees:
DIA: Capt. Joe Mattera
MITRE: Bonnie Blades, Steve Brown, Glen Nakamoto, Dan Woycke, Mike Joyce, Shel Sutton
NPC: John Diehl
NPIC/NEL: Kim Walls, Otto Miller, Gene Suidikas, Mike Schmidt
NRaD: Peter Donich
NSA: Mike Mlynarczyk, Joe Buttrum, David Langlois
CIA/DI: Bill Laskey


text: Other use for the exclusive mode is if a user wants to launch a program which is using OpenMP on the nodes. The user only need one process per node but will use 4 threads on the node and thereby use all the processors within a node given that we are taking about 4 processor nodes. Can I do that with Maui? Allocate a node in exclusive mode without explicitly allocating all 4 processors within the nodes? Thanks for any help, Regards Susanne -----Original Message----- From: mauiusers-bounces at supercluster.org [mailto:mauiusers-bounces at supercluster.org] On Behalf Of Balle, Susanne Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 10:27 AM To: jacksond at clusterresources.com Cc: mauiusers at supercluster.org Subject: RE: [Mauiusers] "consumable resources" questions Dave Thanks for your explanations. They did clarify a couple of things for me. I did go through the documentation and still have a couple of questions. Let's say I have 2 partitions Part1 and Part2 within my SLURM cluster. If I only want consumable resources to be enable on Part1 is that possible? If NOT is there a way the user can specify that he wants a set of nodes in let's say Part1 in exclusive mode? The reason I am asking is because by default SLURM (when Shared is set to No) is allocating the nodes in exclusive mode for a given job. The user gets the whole node's resources even if he only needs half the processors within a node or half the memory. By using Maui's consumable resources we can schedule several jobs across the same number of nodes as long as there is enough resources which is more efficient. We just want to make sure that if a user wants to run in exclusive mode there is a way for him to do that. Regards Susanne -----Original Message----- From: Dave Jackson [mailto:jacksond at clusterresources.com] Sent: Friday, January 28, 2005 6:11 PM To: Balle, Susanne Cc: mauiusers at supercluster.org Subject: Re: [Mauiusers] "consumable resources" questions Suzanne, I am a bit confused by some of the questions below. With regards to consumable resources, By default, Maui enforces tracking and reservation of consumable resources specified by user jobs. If a user request a certain number of processors and a certain amount of memory, Maui will dedicate these resources to that job so that no other job can use them. Maui also provides limited support for 'generic' consumable resources allowing a job to request '6 widgets'. > if I have specified that I want to use "backfill" in Maui.cfg I will get "consumable resources and backfill"? Yes. > Also how does the "consumable resources" support work? Is it scheduling jobs on FIFO basis? Or does it use the "fairness throttling policies" the same way "backfill" is? Does it have 2 passes also? I think there may be confusion here. Consumable resources, backfill, throttling policies, prioritization, fairshare, etc, are all enabled simultaneously. If you have already gone through the docs, please let us know and we will attempt to clarify these topics further. > Is there a way that I can restrict the "consumable resources" support to a given partition? to a given set of nodes? Do I have to do that via the underlying resource manager? Can you provide a usage scenario where a site would like to take advantage of this capability? It is possible what you want already exists. If so, we can point you to the needed docs, if not, we may be able to add the needed support. Dave On Thu, 2005-01-27 at 14:43 -0500, Balle, Susanne wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to understand how "consumable resources" work. > > Since Maui is supporting "consumable resources" by default when > available via the underlying resource manager does that mean that if I > have specified that I want to use "backfill" in Maui.cfg I will get > "consumable resources and backfill"? > > If I can get "consumable resources and backfill" I expect the > "consumable resources" scheduler to go first and then the "backfill" > scheduler? Am I right? How do you make sure that the highest priority > job doesn't get pushed out too far in the future by squeezing in > smaller jobs. > > Also how does the "consumable resources" support work? Is it > scheduling jobs on FIFO basis? Or does it use the "fairness > throttling policies" the same way "backfill" is? Does it have 2 passes > also? > > Is there a way that I can restrict the "consumable resources" support > to a given partition? to a given set of nodes? Do I have to do that > via the underlying resource manager? > > Thanks for any help, > > Regards > > Susanne > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > Susanne M. Balle, PhD > Hewlett-Packard > MS ZKO02-3/Q08 > 110 Spit Brook Road > Nashua, NH 03062 > > Phone: 603-884-7732 > Fax: 603-884-0630 > > Susanne.Balle at hp.com > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > mauiusers mailing list > mauiusers at supercluster.org > http://supercluster.org/mailman/listinfo/mauiusers _______________________________________________ mauiusers mailing list mauiusers at supercluster.org http://supercluster.org/mailman/listinfo/mauiusers


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How Do You Find Olympic Results?
The overall feedback from the Olympic games isn't "Did you see that last night?!" It's now, "I hate to spoil this for you….BUT..."
Call me old school here, but I'm not digging the idea of finding Olympic results on the Internet five hours before I watch the event on TV.
While I could avoid the spoiler alerts, the reality is that unless you turn off your phone, computer, I-Pad, and every other source of social media; you really can't avoid the spoilers. Not to mention that guy sitting next to you who announces the spoilers loud and proud.


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Lou's passions come through in his menu selections. A great deal of weight is placed on Central Europe—Italian pastas sing with homemade marinara sauce or oversized meatballs while french-boned lamb chops nod to the traditions of the great Francophiles. But Lou also digs his heels into American soil, rolling out a selection of burgers and Angus steaks. There are even moments where the two continents blend together like an edible Pangea—the Snakebite Pasta, for instance, where jalapenos and cheddar combine into a parmesan alfredo sauce.


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Here we are again! I hope you're well -- last night a friend came over and we dove into the Lost DVD set. (I know, that sounds super-nerdy. But it's true.) We found some Easter eggs, but I'm hoping someone will post a comprehensive list pretty soon. Holler if you see one.
A few headlines:
- You've gotta watch the trailer for Danny Boyle's 127 Hours. It stars James Franco as the guy whose arm got pinned under a boulder for nearly five days.
- I love this pic of Sean Penn in a wig from his new movie.
- An Angry Birds movie is in the works? Is it going to last, like, 14 hours?
- The Rolling Stones' Ronnie Wood will release a solo album. Guests include Eddie Vedder, Flea and Slash.
- Phish has announced fall tour dates.
- Vanity Fair has a quick Q&A with Jesse Tyler Ferguson.
- This article asks why Scott Pilgrim didn't do well at the box office (though I think it will do well on DVD).
- The Hollywood Reporter estimates that vampires have brought "about $7 billion to the Hollywood economy."
- We have a story about Heart! I love those ladies.
- We also have a review of Suzanne Collins' Mockingjay.
- Jonathan Ames takes fans behind the scenes on Bored to Death in this video.
- Montel Williams is considering starting a marijuana farm (where it's legal).
- Here are a few things you didn't know about Bill Murray. (Thanks, Karen.)
- New York filmmakers argue with Woody Allen's claim that it's too expensive to shoot in the Big Apple.
- The A.V. Club has a dude try out to be an American Apparel model.
- How could The Social Network be more accurate?
- The original Kermit the Frog is being donated to the Smithsonian.
- See the trailer for J.J. Abrams' Undercovers.
- And finally, I think I'm having a heart attack just looking at Denny's Fried Cheese Melt.
Whitney has been writing about pop culture for USA TODAY since 1999, when Pop Candy began as a weekly column. Her interests include music festivals, mustaches, Lost, comic books and Andy Warhol. She lives in New York City. More about Whitney | E-mail Whitney


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Kia Troubleshooting Questions? Ask a Mechanic
HiCustomerThank you for choosing JA, I will do my very best to assist you with your concern.
To address the front brake issue. Normally what happens is the front brake pads get hung up in the caliper frames,this causes the front brakes to drag. Take the pads out and clean up the brackets so the pads can move again and this should resolve any drag you may have.
As for the screws in the front rotors. These are only there to hold the rotors on during the cars ride down the assembly line and don't matter once the brake calipers and brackets are installed. Hope this helps!
OK, I am going to try and send just the images in the order they appear. They really aren't that great and I think the one image I did get to you will probably help more then these:


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The BMW 5-Series (E39 chassis) was introduced in the United States as a 1997 model year car and lasted until the 2004 when the E60 chassis was released. The United States saw several variations including the 525i, 528i, 530i and 540i. -- View the E39 Wiki
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What does Marvel Mystery Oil actually do in an E39 (and what are the ingredients)?
In doing research for a thread today about a SES light:
- Service engine light after gasket replacement and oil change
I did some quick research to help the guy who had plaintive things to say about what happened after his use of Marvel Mystery Oil.
Since someone looking up Marvel Mystery Oil won't likely be looking in a thread about the SES light, I'll repost what I found here.
The request is that others add to the tribal knowledge as my opinion may not be correct as it currently stands (having only spent ten minutes on the subject).
To save you the clicking, here's what I wrote (it's just my opinion; yours may differ).
Having worked in (technical) marketing before, I gotta' wonder about the thought process that goes into the "Marvel" marketing plan (actually the "Turtle Wax" marketing plan as mentioned by pleiades).
I inherently don't believe in snake oils in the first place; but, for Marvel to highlight the fact by blatantly referring to it as "mystery oil" would seem, to me, that they're aiming for the wishful-thinking populace who actually do believe that miracles can be found for just a few bucks in a can.
Or maybe they just have a great sense of humor (sort of like Smuckers does).
Here's what they say on the web site:
Of course, I recognize the way they couched that statement "it's recognized today for" that ability (not that it actually does anything).
But, again, I just gotta' wonder what type of person actually believes any of this horseradish?
The marketing guys prey on people looking for the Hail Mary in a can. It should be illegal for them to take advantage of people like that. I do realize they don't actually say anything on their web site (it's all innuendo); so I just have to keep going back to who on earth keeps these guys in business?
I looked up the ingredients on Wikipedia (which, interestingly, fell wholly flat) and then found listings on the web (1) (2)
I had to fall back on pleiades' link:
Reading that removed the mystery from the oil; here's what it is:
- About 75% aromatics (e.g., benzene)
- About 25% mineral spirits (i.e., mostly hexane)
- About half a percent of chlorinated hydrocarbons (yet another solvent)
So, the "mystery" is out. It's a solvent. Pure and simple.
The funny thing is, it's not an oil. In fact, it's just about the opposite of an oil. It's clearly nothing more or less than a solvent.
In fact, they should call it "Marvel Mystery Solvent" but I guess that wouldn't distinguish it from any other solvent, nor even from plain old gasoline for that matter.
You wanna know what I think (after doing this tiny bit of research).
I strongly suspect you'd get the SAME effect (for less money) if you:
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If I'm correct (that's it's just a solvent), then the interesting question for our E39 community is:
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I know it did a wonderful job of sticking the rings to the pistons in my ex'es 1977 Ford Elite. That poor old 351 blubbered like a pig drowning in it's own doodle.
Bluebee, in the spirit of thoroughness, here's a little background on Marvel. I realize you've probably read it, but others may not have. This is from Moyer Marine, a highly respected rebuilder and accessory supplier of Atomic-4 engines, a widely used and thoroughly antiquated motor that's used in sailboats. It was originally designed as a forklift engine in the 40's, I believe. He's a firm believer in using the stuff to help restore old engines, which he's been doing for decades. You'll note that he doesn't think it's necessarily suitable for modern engines, which are built to much tighter tolerances than the Atomic-4.
Marvel Mystery Oil was formulated shortly after World War I by an automotive engineer named Burt Pierce. Pierce was best known for his invention of the "Marvel Carburetor", which became the standard automobile carburetor of its time. GM bought the rights to much of Pierce's work and hired him as a consultant.
One of the things that Pierce did during his relatively short stay with GM was to cook up a mixture of "light oils and various chemicals" to clean sludge and lead build-up out of carburetors. In 1923, Pierce went out on his own, incorporated as Marvel Oil, and began selling his recipe of light oil and other chemicals as "Mystery Oil", claiming it to be a "universal lubricant and cleaner". One of the more recent VP's of the Marvel Oil Company is quoted as saying: "'The basic formula hasn't changed since 1917".
My own understanding from earlier articles on the subject is that Marvel Mystery Oil is a light viscosity oil, roughly equivalent to an SAE 3W, containing (among other things) about 20 percent solvent (probably mineral spirits), dye, wintergreen for smell, and 790 PPM of a phosphorous additive.
Unlike your clean running modern automobile engine, your Atomic 4 has a lower compression ratio, doesn't have the latest electronic fuel injection and ignition systems to optimize its combustion parameters at every power setting and temperature condition, and doesn't get used nearly as consistently. In other words, your Atomic 4 is much more like your Aunt Tillie's 1952 flathead, in-line six-cylinder Plymouth than your family's Ford Taurus today. Not that your Taurus wouldn't benefit somewhat from MMO, but your Aunt Tillie's Plymouth thrived on it twice a week; once to church and once to the grocery store around the corner.
By far, the preferred way to use MMO is to mix it with the gasoline in your fuel tank as an upper cylinder lubricant. Directions on the back of the can recommend 4 to 6 ounces per 10 gallons of fuel. MMO then goes through the carburetor with the fuel, enters the combustion chamber, and ignites with the gasoline.
From there, it vaporizes and soaks into any carbon build-up within the combustion chambers (especially in and around the rings and between valve stems and guides). It eventually loosens these build-ups so that the carbon residue can exit through the exhaust system. Quoting loosely from the back of the can, "MMO also leaves behind a lubricating residue in the aftermath of the combustion process". Like, how good can that be!
The engineering staff from Universal (when they were still in business) was very outspoken on the use of MMO; in fact, they recommended doubling the recipe used in the fuel in cases whenever there was any hint of sticky valves or other indication of carbon and gum build-up within the engine.
We have never recommended continued use of MMO in the engine oil. However, in cases where it is suspected that carbon and sludge have built up within the crankcase, a quart of Marvel Mystery Oil can be added to the crankcase 5 hours before an oil change to help remove the carbon and sludge, especially in and around oil rings and valve tappets. The residue that mixes with the oil will be removed during the next oil change.
NOTE: Our reservation with respect to the continuous use of MMO in the crankcase is that it reportedly contains no dispersant to hold dirt in suspension, and therefore dilutes the dispersing ability of our modern high-detergent oils. With an SAE rating of 3W, MMO also dilutes the viscosity index of a multi-viscosity oil, making it somewhat less resistant to temperature changes.
Our reservation on the continuous use of MMO in the crankcase notwithstanding, the use of MMO as an upper cylinder lubricant is the most cost-effective thing you can do to insure the longest possible life from your engine and delay (many times indefinitely) the expense of a rebuild.
I run it in my fuel in both my '97 540 and my '03 audi A4
The 540 ran smooth since i got her but the audi developed a little bit of a vibration on cold days and also a bit of a whine from the fuel pump. Changed spark plugs and filters and pressure tested the pump (which was within specs).
Used marvel for about a week and it cleared up the vibration and fuel pump whine. I have been using it ever since (about a year and half now)
My girlfriend's uncle is an army retiree. He used to run two trucks from Fairbanks to Anchorage (in Alaska) for laundry as there was no facilities at the time.
He said as an experiment they ran one truck with marvel and one without, both getting the same oil, fuel and regular maintenance. After 100K miles both motors were torn apart. He said the one with marvel looked almost new and ran smoother than the one without.
Audi's are known to be sludge prone so i will continue to use it in that car (in the oil before every other oil change).The 540 seems to be all about preventative maintenance so maybe I will continue in it also in the fuel (have not used it in the oil as yet). Being as cold as it is up here for as long as it is, I dont see it hurting anything more than the weather does already.
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I think I have a can of MM Oil someplace in my garage. But I dont use it often. If its a solvent I wouldnt put it in my Bimmer. In the early part of last century engines ran really dirty. I could see how it would help back then. But when doing the VANOS seals on my 528 a few weeks ago, I was amazed at how clean the inside of my engine was after 165,000 miles. I got the car at 100k and do regular oil changes with mobile1 (oil brand is NOT my point here) and the engine was CLEAN. It must of had a pretty good oil change history before me. I would not use any type oil cleaner additive, even if just before an oil change. The reason being is, first, it doesnt need it. The engine was without a trace of sludge or stain. And second, there is probably a half a quart of trapped oil in little nooks and cranies that does not drain out when you do an oil change. If you ruin the viscosity of your oil with a solvent or cleaner, you will never get it all out and it will just mess up, to some extent, your brand new oil. Open up your engine before using these oil additive/cleaners. If it is sludge free, you are only making yourself feel better, not your engine.
If its not broke, dont fix it.
adding the mystery oil into the engine wont do much if you use synthetic oil in your engine or other engine oil that are top of the line. for example, lubro moly or pentosin. in my opinion, these oil clean and keeps the engine clean and also condition the seals.
people that needs to put the mystery oil in their engine are the people that does not do oil changes reguarly and uses conventional oil.
Ummm... er ... I took organic chemistry in college. I read the Marvel Mystery Oil material data sheet. It sure doesn't say what is written above. That MDS says it's roughly 75% a specific aromatic solvent and roughly 25% mineral spirits), i.e., straight-chain alkanes, with a teeny tiny dollop (less than 1%) of organochlorides.
Maybe I didn't read the MDS as thoroughly as I could (as all I was looking for were the ingredients), but, seems to me, Marvel Mystery Oil is a solvent (pure and simple) and not an "oil" by any stretch of the imagination.
Maybe someone with a chemistry background can doublecheck my datapoints?
That's about as far as I can go in organic chemistry. Although my dad was a research chemist for Atlantic Refining (which later merged with Richfield to become Atlantic Richfield and then ARCO), I abandoned the sciences after inorganic chem.
Unfortunately, there is no wikipedia entry specifically for "naphthenic hydrocarbons", so we're really left on our own to ponder what that specifically means.
In my first post, I assumed naphthenic hydrocarbons meant aromatics (e.g., benzene, toluene, xylene, etc.); but I'm really not sure what they mean by "naphthenic hydrocarbons".
Googling a bit, I can find definitions, but, they don't seem much better than my oversimplification of "aromatics" ...
Here's one definition of napthenic hydrocarbons:
MMO doesn`t have much in the way of viscosity, I doubt it would be good for lubricating much of anything. In high school, I had a part-time job rebuilding air tools, impact guns and the like. First step was always to squirt about a tablespoon of MMO into the air intake port of the tool, and run it for a minute or so to do a little preliminary cleaning. Seemed to work OK for that purpose. Never put any in a car engine, though....
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so my car has a little lifter noise... if i use MMO will it solve the problem?
you guys are freakin hilarious!
you all know better than to put ANYTHING in your oil...No?
Visit bobistheoilguy.com and take a look around...
we all have a little 'tick' cuz that is the 4.4l engine doin its thing, not because there is anything wrong. If you want to do something just run a heavier oil NOT heavy but heavier, our cars are perscribed for 0w-40 so if you run a 10w30 your noise will be minimized but not gone.
Keeping your engine clean, by cycling some ATF or kerosene, or seafoam through 1x per year is ok...provided you change the oil at least 2x per year, What happens is this mmo and stp and slick50 motor honey, ya da ya da ya da is allows oxygen into your oil, and where the bubbles reside there can be no lubricaiton because there is no oil in the bubbles...NOT GOOD.
If you hear your lifters 'rattle' in the first few seconds of startup ...that is good. It shows your oil is pumping up the lifters and doing its thing...
jeeze how many oil questions have we been through over the years? After all the arguments, red faces, name calling etc...it always boils down to keeping your engine clean with fresh oil is the best for your engine...
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^ does your 540 have that ticking noise even though the car is warmed up?
well i was thinking of putting it in the gas tank.
I have used naphtha to clean bicycle chains. Gasoline also. MarvelMO (naphtha?) probably has better solvency then pump gas. I haven't seen gummed up throttle bodies (really carburetors, who uses those anymore?) in quite some time, I think the gasoline (some of it is detergency) requirements for fuel-injected automobiles have reduced the need for MarvelMO and similar products. But oil has also improved, which also includes detergency requirements. However you can see that people still have sludge problems, most likely related to NOT changing the oil enough.
Anyway, the marketing works, it doesn't mean the product doesn't work.
I don't have all the answers, but different chemicals do different things. For example in terms of solvency I have not found anything better than lacquer thinner for removing carbon buildup in combustion chambers. I wouldn't recommend using lacquer thinner in the fuel tank, or oil for that matter. I use it to clean the combustion chambers after the engine is taken apart. Maybe I should find its generic equivalent, or maybe MMO is a combination of this stuff. Actually I think lacquer thinner is a lot of methyl ethyl ketone, and acetone (some people call this nail polish remover).
For CYA reasons... do not put these chemicals in your fuel tank or oil, I don't know what it will do. MEK will eat away many plastics.
Anyway because of marketing you cant believe anything, but also my CYA crack was for the lawyers. Because companies feel a need for CYA, you also can't believe anything. Is the internet a good source of anecdotal information? Can we believe anything? Are the people who say that Marvel works paid by the company to say this? I believe that marketers are very evil, so I don't think it's a stretch to say this.
If you want a safe, reliable way to clean your engine`s internals, next time you`re ready for an oil change, add a quart of Dexron or other ATF to the crankcase, and run the engine at a fast idle (around 2000-2500 RPMs) for about 20 minutes. Do *not* drive the car during this cleaning cycle. Drain everything, change the filter and install new oil.
This process will remove a lot of crud, and help reduce sticking lifters, etc.
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Resurrecting an old thread. Was researching Seafoam on BITOG and came across this thread:
Using hot water has reportedly the same effects as the steam softens the crud in the same way.
Makes sense as when I use the oven during thanksgiving, about 30 mins before turning it off, I pour a pan of hot water in the oven and after I turn it off, the baked on grease and food dripping just wipe off. Not need for Easy Off oven cleaner or hasrh chemicals.
So an analogy would be Seafoam=Easy off (harsh chemicals) and hot water is free and effective.
Before anyone goes on about hydrolock and engine damage: remember Sea Foam is a liquid too. As long as you control the flow of water/Sea Foam, you don't risk damage.
Interesting to note: Whether MMO or Seafoam all seem to have a very low viscosity oil and a naphtha product. See the MDSD for Sea-Foam:
Pale Oil 40.00 - 60.00%
Naphtha 25.00 - 35.00%
Pale Oil is like a SAE 2-3W oil. Based on a SUS of 42 at 100 Deg F.
Last edited by dvsgene; 06-25-2011 at 01:08 PM.
Related MMO information from the E60 forum today ...
- E60 (2004 - 2010) > Service engine light came on. Sea Foam it or not?
I've used MMO with good results but then it was to loosen stuck rings, quiet lifters, etc. on engines from the 30's to the 70's. I don't think I would use it in any modern engine since they do run so clean and those earlier problems don't come up too often in the newer stuff. If I did have similiar problems and was desperate then I would consider it. It's not really for lubrication but rather to loosen things up like any other solvent based procedure.
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From what I found on an RX7 forum (previously copied from a jaguar website) these are the ingredients.
Ingredient # 01
Ingredient Name BENZENE, 1,2-DICHLORO-
CAS Number 95501
Percent 0
Ingredient # 02
Ingredient Name MINERAL SPIRITS
CAS Number 8052413
Percent 0
Ingredient # 03
Ingredient Name NAPTHENIC HYDROCARBONS
CAS Number 64742525
Percent 0
ingredients may be wrong/missing... and i don't know the percentages of any... but my friend who is a chem major says "Based on those components, I'd guess that it would be a low viscosity oil (last two chemicals) with a high boiling point (first one)." He also says that it would work great as a paint thinner because all the ingredients are good solvents. That is all of the info i can add to this post.
Last edited by GEinfeldt; 10-12-2011 at 06:18 PM. Reason: forgot information
So the great little 4oz containers of "Marvel Lubricating Oil" can be refilled from the giganto 1 gal Marvel Mystery Oil container.
Sounds like the same stuff as seafoam.
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Used to have a 3.8 Rover V8 with lifter / tapping noise, put in a liter of ATF and ran it for 20 minutes before the oil change. And the noise slowly fade away. And notices the oil stay clear for a longer time, as previously new oil will turn black in just a month of driving.
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As premonitions go, Kramer Champlin's was about as outlandish as possible.
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You spent your summer vacation researching every player in the league, ran your complex statistical formulas, read this issue from front to back — and back to front. And then you drafted LaDainian Tomlinson.
Well, bully for you. Now make about 15 more perfect picks, and you might have a chance to win.
The other picks, of course, are a little bit more difficult. If you luck into the No.1 overall pick, taking Tomlinson is a no-brainer. Most of the other spots in the first round have obvious selections, too.
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But we're here to help with the ultimate draft tips in case you have to choose between Joseph Addai and Willie Parker. Whomever you choose, you'll have the cornerstone of a potential contender — if you know what to do with the remainder of your choices.
In past years, you might simply have beefed up on the backs early on and tried to grab one star at another position. This season, the running back class is strong and deep. As always, the studs run out by the end of the first round, but there are plenty of runners when you get into the class of Thomas Jones or Jamal Lewis. Not stars, they will get the job done, they will be available in the third or fourth round and, despite what many people tell you, you can pass on that second back in the second round.
That is different than saying you should. Your draft position will go a long way to determining what you will do in rounds 2-4. Think of each round in chunks, the beginning, middle and end of the first round. Assuming a serpentine draft (picks 1-12 in the first round, 12-1 in the second, 1-12 in third, etc.), each group will have different strategies through the first few rounds. Figure out the right one, and you'll be on the way to a perfect draft.
Bank on adding a clear-cut stud in the first round. Tomlinson, Steven Jackson, Larry Johnson and Frank Gore should be the first four players taken, though they do not have to go in that order. The third pick is the toughest one; you'll have to choose between an injury-prone Gore and Johnson, who is a tough selection even without the holdout that ended Aug. 22 because of the status of the Chiefs' offense.
In the second round, you'll have a late pick, and that might be one of the sweet spots in the draft. The player you take will not be substantially worse than players going early in the second, plus you'll get another star coming back early in the third. You also will know generally how the draft is going by that second pick. Whatever positional runs have happened will dictate your choices.
In the second round, if everybody takes running backs, do not assume you should. If Deuce McAllister were the only remaining legitimate No.2 back available, you'd have to take him. But even if everybody else is taking backs in the second round, players like Lewis or even Ahman Green will be around later. Again, they're not stars, but they'll do just fine.
Instead, take a long look at the wide receivers. The pool of elite receivers is only a half-dozen: Torry Holt, Marvin Harrison, Larry Fitzgerald, Steve Smith, Chad Johnson and Terrell Owens. Yes, you can find plenty of capable starting receivers throughout the draft but for the studs, this is it. Chances are, at least one of those receivers, and maybe as many as six, will be there for your second pick. Taking one gives you an advantage over half of the rest of your league.
Getting two of those six would give a huge edge and is something to consider with your third pick. If Holt and Smith are your top two receivers, nobody will come close to matching you. The big negative is that you would have to wait until late in the fourth round for your second running back and that means the likes of Julius Jones or Fred Taylor. Picking late in the second and early in the third is the only place this receiver strategy could work because that elite half-dozen should be gone after the first third of the third round.
If you do not like making major strategic decisions, this is the place for you. Your choices will be dictated largely by those picking around you.
Start with the first round. The top four backs ought to be gone. If not, take whomever is left. Otherwise, figure out how you want to rank backs in the caliber of Shaun Alexander, Addai and others and take you top available player. Simple, right?
In the second round, strongly think about taking one of those top wide receivers. The best reason not to take a receiver is if you are convinced you will get one in the third round. In that case, take your No.2 back and then grab the receiver in the third. The difference between the top six receivers is much smaller than the difference between the back you'll get in the mid-second and mid-third rounds.
More likely, though, you'll miss out on the elite receivers if you pass here. Plus, taking one will force the teams selecting before you draft again to think hard about taking a receiver, which will push another running back down to you in the third round. You might wind up with somebody like Cedric Benson as your No.2 back but combined with Steve Smith, that is a better pick than Edgerrin James and Donald Driver.
By the fourth round, your decision also will be fairly simple. If a strong second receiver falls (Driver, Randy Moss, Marques Colston), take him. Otherwise, you have your two running backs and one excellent receiver so look at quarterback. You're still in the range to get one of the five top-tier quarterbacks: Peyton Manning, Carson Palmer, Tom Brady, Drew Brees and Marc Bulger.
The positional choices at the bottom of the first round also should be relatively straightforward because your pair of picks will be close enough together to project who you can get in the comeback spot.
You also are locked into the structure of the first part of your team. With the first- and second-round picks, take running backs. Not much imagination, but there really is no other decision to make. You could consider Manning (or whomever is your No.1 quarterback) in leagues that heavily value quarterbacks with six points for all TD passes. It is hard to find your advantage doing that. You'll wind up with a below-average No.2 back and without a significant advantage over whomever winds up taking the other top passers.
In the third and fourth rounds, you'll be forced into a best-available player situation, which will require you to have confidence in your rankings. The top receivers will be gone, but you might be able to land a top quarterback — assuming your league has little use for a third top running back.
Most likely, you will come away from those two picks with a quarterback and receiver, though taking two receivers would not ruin your chances. You would have to come up with the right quarterback choice later.
One of those two picks is where you could consider taking Antonio Gates, the only tight end worth taking this high. Some owners are opposed to ever taking a tight end so early because you miss out on a quality starter at another position. But Gates could offer the best available value because of how much better he is than everybody else at his position.
You need to find quality sleepers at whatever position you ignore by taking Gates. But if you have the confidence to do so, that also can be a winning strategy. It is an aggressive move that can lead to a different composition of your club if you do not usually take a tight end early.
And when so many picks, or at least the position your picks play, can feel predetermined, different can be good.
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Why should we concern ourselves with money? Do we not have better things to do with our time? I believe Yahweh (God) knew that the world would have a mighty pull on us and do its very best to influence our lives, and as a result, He put over 2,300 verses in the Bible on money. We have to deal with money every single day, and we have the choice to either make Godly or unGodly choices. Hence, based on the importance our loving Heavenly Father put on money, then, yes, I think we need to place an importance on money and good Biblical Stewardship which is the goal and purpose of this site.
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Financial Goals
Setting financial goals is very important in order to achieve financial goals. Just as Scripture tells us that a people without a vision will perish, so will our finances without goals or a vision.
Begin by praying and asking Yahweh for direction. Then dream big. If you could do anything, what would it be? Is this something you feel like the Heavenly Father would like for you to do? Then think practically. What are some practical items you would like to accomplish like paying off your car? Or your school loans? Or your home? Maybe saving an emergency fund? Or for a vacation?
Make a list of each of these items. Then categorize them into the order of importance. Finally, set some dates that you would like to accomplish them by. Would it be possible to put an extra $50 each month towards your car payment and pay it off a year early? Or how about saving $25 a month and having an emergency fund with $250 in it by the end of 2013?
Having goals is very important and helps us stay focused. So being praying about, dreaming, and listing your goals this week all the while continuing to live by and follow your Money Management Plan.
More on Balancing the Budget
This week, we'll continue working our way through the various categories as we work to balance the Money Management Plan.
- Consider refinancing high-interest-rate loans.
- Reduce the number of cars you own. Does a household really need more cars than drivers? Or can a couple of people share a car?
- Have you considered having your teens pay their own car expenses?
- You can also increase the deductible on your car insurance…at minimum, I would encourage you to shop around and make sure you are getting the best possible rates on your insurance.
- Look into carpool options for driving to work.
- Do have the skills needed to possibly do some of your own maintenance? Or you can ask a friend or family member who does to help you and teach you in the process.
- If you have an expensive car, consider selling it in order to buy a less expensive used car.
- Begin by Comparison shopping at places such as at www.insure.com and www.quotesmith.com
- Check insurance company ratings at AM Best and by looking at the Consumer Reports magazine (at library).
- Consider opening a Health Savings Account
- Check out using Christian Medical Sharing instead of traditional medical insurance.
We will discuss debts in further detail as we continue on this process of living on a balanced Money Managment Plan.
- Eat out less
- Exchange babysittng services with other families
- Get creative in your entertainment choices: picnic, swap videos, game night, camping, church activities
- Save money by traveling out of season
- Check out movies and books at the library versus buying them.
Shop at Second hand/consignment stores; sew own clothes; shop on-line to save money and at garage sales; ask family/friends for hand-me-downs
- Start saving something from each paycheck, even if it's only $5
- Consider having an automatic withdrawl done from your paycheck and put into savings, so you do not even see that money each month. This makes it less tempting to spend!
We'll continue with our last section of ideas next week.
Don't forget to read Part 1 – Do you know what you spend?, Part 2 – Organizing What You Spend, Part 3 – Making a Money Management Plan, and Part 4 – Balancing the Budget if you have not already done so.
Reviewing Your Money Management Plan
By this time, you should have been tracking for a couple of months and have a pretty good idea of your spending each month.
Your goal this week is to review each area of your budget and compare it to your actual spending. How many areas came in exact? How many areas came in below budget? How many areas came in above budget? Your goal is to be either exact or below. Above budget can spell trouble. Highlight any trouble areas and decide how you are going to balance that category. Review the previous posts for ideas and also consider a cash envelope where you only withdraw the budgetted amont. This makes you realize when you are out of money in that category. This is particularly helpful if the category you are having trouble with is food, gas, or eating out.
After your review, do your best to balance your Money Managment Plan to have an actual working spending plan that you (and your spouse if married) will abide by for the next few months.
Then next week, we'll talk about setting financial goals.
Don't forget to read Part 1 – Do you know what you spend?, Part 2 – Organizing What You Spend, Part 3 – Making a Money Management Plan, Part 4 – Balancing the Budget, Part 5 – More on Balancing the Budget, and Part 6 – Even More on Balancing the Budget if you have not already done so.
Even More on Balancing the Budget
This week, we'll finish working our way through the various categories as we work to balance the Money Management Plan.
- Go to doctors that participate in your company's health insurance plan
- Compare prices for medical care, prescriptions, and so on
- Use health department services when possible
- Get low-cost care at dental schools or dental assistant programs
- For prescriptions, ask your doctor about using generic drugs. Do not hesitate to ask your doctor about free samples.
- Check out online prescription discount programs such as www.pparx.com.
- Do as much shopping as possible at discount stores.
- Use cash eliminating use of your credit and or debit cards if overspending is a problem.
- Pack lunches instead of eating out
- Limit subscriptions. Instead borrow from friends or library.
- For gifts, shop with cash only. Make gifts where possible.
Consider increasing your monthly income temporarily by decreasing or eliminating retirement plan contributions (unless company provides matching funds) until you are able to eliminate debt to balance the budget.
Child Care/School Expenses
- Consider removing child from private school; home school instead.
- Ask for scholarship from private schools.
- Trade work at school for partial tuition.
- Consider having one parent get a job at the private school for tuition reduction.
- Provide daycare for others instead of paying for daycare.
Don't forget to read Part 1 – Do you know what you spend?, Part 2 – Organizing What You Spend, Part 3 – Making a Money Management Plan, Part 4 – Balancing the Budget, and Part 5 – More on Balancing the Budget if you have not already done so.
Financial Ponderings…
Where did my million dollars go?
(Think about $20,000 X 50 years)
Show me my money
The money followers mentors
The money management mentors
Where did my money go?
God's money will last a lifetime
Following the golden path
Being in control or being the servant
Who is in my wallet?
God's money or satan's money
Relying on God's money, not the government
God's plan or a government entitlement ?
Having money to run the race
Who gets your money?
The government?
The bills?
You choose
Follow the money
Every penny of mine has a name
Penny wise or pound foolish
More days than money?
Do I really need that?
In God we trust, all others pay cash
-by Mark Hutchison
Balancing the Budget
I promised to spend more time on how to balance the budget this week. Last week, you hopefully at least created a basic outline to begin working off of. Balancing a Money Management Plan is not something which happens overnight. It also typically requires a combination of additional income and decreased expenses…at minimum decreased expense, but there is only so far you can decrease.
Below, I will discuss some ideas for each of the various categories…
- Have you considered a second job? Or even picking up some odd jobs like lawn mowing or handyman work? A stay at home mom could consider doing some childcare?
- Do you assets such as an extra car, antiques, collectibles, boats, rental properties, land, etc that you could sell?
- Do you have a type of job where you could pick up some consulting work on the side?
- Are you claiming all the deductions that you are allowed by law?
- If you are receiving a large refund at the end of the year, then consider reducing your withholding. That is money you could be using every month instead of allowing the government free use of it.
Housing and Utilities
- Could you downsize or live with family/friends for a time to help you get out of debt?
- If you have a high-interest-rate loan, depending on your credit score, would refinancing help you?
- Have you considered raising the deductible on your homeowner's insurance at least for a time until you are able to make other more long term changes?
- Canceling cable TV or at least reducing the service package is a good way to cut expenses.
- Checking into the use of budget billing for electricity, heating, gas is another option to look into.
- Condensing phones such as not having a land line…only cell phones can be a way to cut back. Compare monthly subscription plans to prepaid phones. You can often get more coverage for less cost by using a prepaid plan. Cancel cell phone and/or land line (probably don't need both). If you do need the land line, consider cutting out any extra services such as call waiting or caller id.
- Ask friends/family to help do maintenance projects – consider doing a trade if possible.
- Plan your menus one week in advance. Try planning them around items you can buy on sale, in season, or have in your pantry.
- Do your best to grocery shop only once a week. This helps reduce impulse spending.
- Don't shop when you are hungry. Many studies will verify that you are much more likely to spend more when shopping under a time pressure or when hungry.
- Use low-cost recipe books which help you stretch your dollars.
- Buy store brands and use coupons as much as possible.
These are only some ideas to get you started. What are some ideas you have personally used with success? Next week, we'll continue working our way through the various categories as we work to balance the Money Management Plan.
Don't forget to read Part 1 – Do you know what you spend?, Part 2 – Organizing What You Spend, and Part 3 – Making a Money Management Plan if you have not already done so.
Making a Money Management Plan
You have now been keeping track of your spending for about two to three weeks. This amount of information gives you a good basis to begin building on. Start by downloading our FREE Monthly Management Plan. Click here to download it as an Excel file or click here to download it as a Pdf file. There are two tabs as well as an instruction tab. We will only be looking at the Estimated Money Management Tab this week. Use the instructions tab to help you understand each listed category.
Using the tracking of your spending which you have been doing, begin working out an estimated amount of what you spend in each category. Certain items such as rent/mortgage, insurance, and debt payments are set for each month. Those are the easy ones to enter. Other items are variable such as electricity, heating whether gas, propane, or electric, as well as the more obvious ones such as food, gas, and eating out. Items which you get billed for each month are much easier to look back over the past few months to a year depending on how many records you have kept. Take the past six months or year if at all possible and average the amount. This will help average the difference between summer and winter spending (for example: heat is not used in the summer, but heavily used in the winter in the north). On the months that you spend less, you keep that money back for the months when you spend more. We will talk more about this concept week after next.
Once you have estimated to the best of your ability, each of the items, see if your plan is balanced. If it is not, begin looking at areas where you can cut back. Maybe instead of eating your lunch out each day at work, you can pack at least half the time. Do not cut out all the fun things in your life just to balance the budget because in a couple of months, you will rebel against the strictness of it and break the plan. Rather, cut back enough in multiple areas to help balance the budget. Next week, I will spend more time on how to balance the budget.
Don't forget to read Part 1 – Do you know what you spend? and Part 2 – Organizing What You Spend if you have not already done so.
Organizing What You Spend
Last week, we kept track of everything you spent that was a penny or more, so by now, you should have records of all your spending for a week. This can seem a little overwhelming at first; however, this information is very important to help you know where your money is going. Wouldn't you rather tell your money what it needs to be spent on? Than to have it disappear on you?
So now take out the paper with the records from this past week, and get a master sheet of paper. List out common categories such as housing, auto, food, eating out, gas, medical, etc. Use as many or as few categories as you need to make sense of your spending. Then put each expenditure under the proper category. This way you can see that you spent $100 on gas last week and $75 in groceries and so forth. This will begin to help your tracking make sense.
Also, continue tracking your spending each day. This way by the end of the week, you will not only have it categorized, but you will have two weeks worth of information. Just as surveys which take data from a large group of people are more accurate, the longer period that your financial information comes from the more accurate it will.
Next week, we will discuss how to take this information and tracking and use it to form the beginning of a Money Management Plan (aka budget or spending plan).
Don't forget to read Part 1 – Do you know what you spend? if you have not already done so.
Do you know what you spend?
The average person has no clue what they are spending each day let alone every week. Our days can be full of purchases from small snacks at work to lunches on the go to stopping and picking up groceries, but if I asked you at the end of the day what you spent, could you tell me? Probably not. Hence the very important need for keeping track of what you spend.
Statistics show that you will spend 30% more when using plastic (credit or debit) as we do not stop to really think about what we are spending versus when using cold hard cash.
Would you be willing to track everything you spend each day for one week? Take an index card with you each day to work or use your notepad on your cell phone to write down the date, item or category of items bought, and total amount spent. This includes any purchase over the cost of 1 penny. And next week, we'll talk about what to do with those records.


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April is Fair Housing Month. This year marks the 42nd anniversary of the 1968 landmark Fair Housing Act.
The sale and purchase of a home is one of the most significant events that any person will experience in his or her lifetime. It is more than the simple purchase of housing, for it includes the hopes, dreams, aspirations, and economic destiny of those involved.
There are several laws that govern the right to fair housing practices. They include the Civil Rights Act of 1866 which prohibits all racial discrimination in the sale or rental of property. The Fair Housing Act declares a national policy of fair housing making it illegal to discriminate in the sale, lease or rental of housing, or making housing otherwise unavailable because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin. Other laws include the Americans with Disabilities Act, Equal Credit Opportunity Act as well as various state and local laws.
The home seller/landlord, the home buyer, and the real estate professional all have rights and responsibilities under the law.
As a home seller or landlord you have a responsibility and a requirement under the law not to discriminate in the sale, rental and financing of property on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin. You cannot instruct the licensed broker or salesperson acting as your agent to convey for you any limitations in the sale or rental because the real estate professional is also bound by law not to discriminate.
Under the law, a home seller or landlord cannot establish discriminatory terms or conditions in the purchase or rental; deny that housing is available, or advertise that the property is available only to persons of a certain race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin.
A home buyer has the right to expect that housing will be available without discrimination or other limitations based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin.
This includes the right to expect:
- Housing in your price range made available to you without discrimination
- Equal professional service
- The opportunity to consider a broad range of housing choices
- No discriminatory limitations on communities or locations of housing
- No discrimination in the financing, appraising, or insuring of housing
- Reasonable accommodations in rules, practices and procedures for persons with disabilities
- Non-discriminatory terms and conditions for the sale, rental, financing, or insuring of a dwelling
- To be free from harassment or intimidation for exercising your fair housing rights.
Agents in a real estate transaction are prohibited by law from discriminating on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin. A request from the home seller or landlord to act in a discriminatory manner in the sale, lease or rental cannot legally be fulfilled by the real estate professional.
Realtors that violate this law also violate Article 10 of the National Association of Realtors Code of Ethics and may be reported to their local Association for an ethics violation.
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|3. Still not even a 2x difference (= negligible in most applications).
|4. Such microbenchmark shows only that for that particular pointless task optimisations in this particular Java HotSpot VM for that particular architecture are not up to the optimisations in that particular experimental GCC[1]. So its practical value is near 0. Just like most shootout benchmarks.
|The final conclusion is: Java, C# C, C++ are in the same league of performance.
Excuse me, but a 70% difference is hardly negligible.
*Though I suspect you'd gladly accept such a benchmark if it gave Java the edge.
At least simplas2002 is producing some empirical evidence.
So, basically what you're saying is that there's no benchmark that can be used as evidence that C++ is faster, correct? *
|alpha version of a C++ compiler
|some niche hardware platform.
|Would it be any evidence that "Java is better"? No.
|First define what does it mean "C++ is faster?".
|OpenOffice release (written in C++), or hangups like in recent Firefox (if the download list is too long - it freezes for seconds, ofc, also in C++), or crashes like in KDE, or delays like in Eclipse 3.6 (caused not by GC, but by sloppy coding)
x86-64 is niche hardware?
Remember, kids: bad program behavior in C++ is C++'s fault. Bad program behavior in Java is your own fault.
You're dodging the question. The point is that for any benchmark, you're just going to produce an argument to supposedly invalidate it (only if it disagrees with your preconceptions, obviously).
"...Java always initializes arrays when you create them..".


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A Conversation with Victor Starcher
Victor Starcher
was the son of Allen B. and Icie Starcher. In 1992, Victor sat for this interview at his home in Sistersville WV. The occasion was a social studies fair project by his great-nephew, Nathan Miller.
This video is valuable as a confirmation of the Allen Starcher line going back through Thomas Starcher the son of Adam Starcher. Thomas Starcher's marriage to "Grandma Seneth" is noted, and Thomas Starcher's demise in the Civil War is described.
This interview also confirms that Icie Duvall was the only child of John Duvall and Bertie Everson Duvall. Also of note, mention is made of five daughters born to Bertie Everson Duvall Price and William Price.
Part One - The Ice and Everson Family
Part Two - Philip Starcher to Allen Starcher
Part Three - Moccasin Rangers, George Gibson
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Joubert, who beat Plushenko at the European championships, was second after a strong program, and Stefan Lindemann of Germany finished third.
Johnny Weir was fifth and Michael Weiss sixth, the first time since 1994 that an American man failed to win a medal.
Neither American landed a clean quadruple jump — Weiss two-footed his attempt and Weir didn't even try. But Weir did eight elegant triples in his first worlds appearance and vowed to do better next year.
"My goals are working on quads and the quad flip," Weir said. "I want to medal next year."
Pushing the sport's technical limits, Plushenko had two quadruple jumps — including one in a three-jump combination. He also had a unique triple axel-triple flip sequence, the first completed in a major competition.
He received marks that included four 6.0s for artistry in his homage to ballet master Vaslav Nijinsky. He got technical merit scores that included 10 5.9s from the 14 judges.
"Finally, I pulled myself together and did two quads. I did my axel-flip," he said. "The third world title is great, and I thank destiny."
As dynamic and elegant as it was, the program was not error free: On a final attempt at a triple jump, Plushenko simply went backward to the ice. Later, he said he tripped on a red sequin.
Still, he had all firsts for the free skate and an easy victory after taking the lead in Tuesday's short program.
Plushenko previously won in 20001 and 2003. It was the seventh straight world title for Russian men.
The 21-year-old Plushenko had been only slightly favored to beat Joubert, a rising star who peels off quad jumps easily but lacks his Russian rival's depth and artistry. Joubert, 19, had only one mistake, a sloppy landing after a quad toe-triple toe jump. He also landed a clean quad jump at the beginning of his program.
His scores ranged from 5.6 to 5.9 for technical merit and 5.7 to 5.9 for artistic performance.
Stefane Lambiel of Switzerland placed fourth, landing two quad jumps and beautiful spins.
Joubert finished 13th at the world championships and 14th at the Olympics two years ago. Three years ago, he was ranked just 14th in his country.
But he beat Plushenko in the European championship earlier this year and finished second, just behind the Russian, in the short program earlier this week.
Joubert has even hired Olympic champion Alexei Yagudin — who defeated Plushenko at the Winter Olympics, capping years of rivalry between the two Russians — to help him train.
"I am very happy because it's my first medal in the worlds," Joubert said. "I want to win the gold medal next season."
Plushenko's victory was the second night of gold for Russia. On Wednesday, Russians Tatiana Totmianina and Maxim Marinin won the pairs title.
The competition continues Friday with the women's short program. Michelle Kwan, who skated poorly earlier this week and finished third in her group, will try to rally in her quest for a sixth world title.


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what is your age? when did this start? is it one eye or both? do you have any medical problems?
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most often when one eye sees the dots, it is an issue in the eye. As in your case, I suspect something is happening in the area of the occipital cortex or something near the pituitary causing optic nerve pressure. I think I would order a CT or MRI to evaluate those regions, and I pretty sure the neuro-ophthalmologist will do this after listening to your symptoms. If you have started a new medicine recently, this could be an issue as well, I wish you well, Dr. Stevens


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