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Soylent Green
Soylent Green, completing the Charlton Heston dystopian future trifecta of Planet of the Apes and The Omega Man, may be spiritually closer to Douglas Trumbull's ecological space flick from 1972, Silent Running, and the much more recent gloomy Children of Men, than the flat out entertainment adventures of Chuck's earlier walk down the roads of things to come. The film is based on the novel Make Room! Make Room! by respected sci-fi writer Harry Harrison, with a screenplay by Stanley R. Greenberg (who was a career TV scribe until he hit the big screen with another Heston flick, the less memorable Skyjacked). With Soylent Green underrated director Richard Fleischer continued to develop one of the most diverse film resumes ever. His bizarre career started in noir (Narrow Margin); included dramas (Compulsion); sci-fi (20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and Fantastic Voyage); some great little thrillers (The Boston Strangler, 10 Rillington Place and See No Evil); as well as a number of legendary misfires (Doctor Dolittle and the Neil Diamond opus The Jazz Singer). Fleischer manages to sprinkle a little of all of the above into Soylent Green.
If you already know the slight twist ending, Soylent Green can play like a long Twilight Zone episode, but beyond the Rod Serling influence (he came up with that great twist at the end of The Planet of the Apes), this is an interesting take on the future, which was certainly more fresh in 1973. It's now 2022 in New York and the world is overpopulated (44 million in NY alone) and poverty stricken. Due to the "greenhouse effect" it's awfully hot, the world is polluted, the oceans are dead, and food is scarce. The Soylent Corporation produces food wafers to feed the masses: soylent red, yellow, and the new and improved delicious green. But when one of the company's owners, William Simonson (Joseph Cotton), is murdered NYPD detective Robert Thorn (Heston) investigates. Thorn is lucky enough to have his own teensy tenement apartment he shares with his buddy Sol (Edward G Robinson in his last film role), one of the few old timers who remember how the world once was - he even once tasted a strawberry! Most of the masses live on the street (or his building's stairs), but Thorn and Sol live not much better. Like a classic noir character, when Thorn investigates the wealthy man's death he helps himself to his stuff (food, soap, booze, even the dead man's hooker companion).Continue Reading
Witness for the Prosecution
Almost forty years after her death in 1976, Agatha Christie is still the queen of the mystery novel. Her characters, including Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple, are seemingly just as popular and prolific today (mostly on television now) as they were when she first invented them. Though many of her stories have been adapted for film, only two--by my recollection--have lasted the test of time. In '74 Sidney Lumet made a solid Poirot story, Murder on the Orient Express, thanks to a great cast led most memorably by Albert Finney. But even better was back in '57 when Witness for the Prosecution was directed by the superstar director Billy Wilder. First appearing as a short story, Christie later turned it into a play. But Wilder and his two co-screenwriters, Larry Marcus (who would go on to co-write the brilliant screenplay for The Stunt Man) and Harry Kurnitz (the play A Shot in the Dark) would open it up for the screen and add the wonderful role of Miss Plimsoll for actress Elsa Lanchester, giving her an opportunity to share the screen with her husband Charles Laughton. Ironically, a TV remake and most stage adaptions of the play since have included the role, a Wilder invention, not a Christie one.
In England, big-time defense attorney (barrister) Sir Wilfrid Robarts (Laughton) is on the verge of forced retirement due to health issues. He has a full-time nurse, Miss Plimsoll (Lanchester), on his case, nagging him to rest and give up his vices. But when Leonard Vole (Tyrone Power) appears at his door, about to be indicted on murder charges, Sir Wilfrid is too intrigued to pass the case up. Vole, a handsome and married playboy (and American, though that is never acknowledged), is accused of murdering a much older woman who took a shine to his charms and conveniently had just changed her will, making him the beneficiary to her fortune. Vole reasonably explains his side, and it does appear to be circumstantial evidence stacked up against him. Vole's passionate German wife Christine (Marlene Dietrich) backs up his story. But when the trial comes along, strangely Christine is called by the prosecution, claiming Vole admitted to killing the old lady and painting a terrible picture of both herself and her husband. The great Wilfrid looks to be defeated until a greedy Cockney woman sells him some current love letters exchanged between Christine and her secret lover. The new evidence shows that the wife lied and it is enough to prove Vole's innocence and end the trail. But Sir Wilfrid knows it was all too easy and there is something amiss. And here we get the great, shocking M. Night Shyamalan twist that Agatha Christie and her ilk specialized in.Continue Reading
Ed Wood
Over the decades, Tim Burton has made himself into a brand name (mostly off the success of his earlier films). While he is a master of images and ideas inspired by comic books, B-movies and campy pop culture, the story and payoff rarely lived up to the potential. After an impressive run of films about outsiders like Pee Wee's Big Adventure, Beetlejuice and Edward Scissorhands (and the box office bonanza of Batman and Batman Returns), Burton peaked with what is still his best movie, a biography of the beloved, transvestite director of horrible films, Edward D. Wood, Jr., titled appropriately enough Ed Wood. The flick follows Wood in his "Golden Period" of the 1950s and his collaboration and friendship with has-been horror icon Bela Lugosi on three quickie cheapies, Glen or Glenda, Bride of the Monster and his Citizen Kane, Plan 9 from Outer Space. All three films are on the Mount Rushmore of so-bad-they-are-good movie classics. Wood's best qualities may have been his enthusiasm and an ability to build a stable of oddball friends who took part in his projects. Burton has managed to craft both a moving tribute to a talentless dreamer and a perfect scene-for-scene recreation of those hilarious films.
The film is shot in gorgeous black and white by cinematographer Stefan Czapsky (Last Exit to Brooklyn), and instead of the usual Danny Elfman score this one is provided by Howard Shore (Lord of the Rings), who brings a fun mix of sci-fi and conga room. Based on the book Nightmare of Ecstasy by Rudolph Grey, the script was written by the screenwriting duo of Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski (who were hot in the quirky bio business, also penning The People vs. Larry Flynt and Man on the Moon, as well as the Problem Child movies and TV series). Ed Wood marks the second of at least seven films Burton has made with Johnny Depp. And the casting of Depp at the time was really ingenious; who knew the pretty-boy had such creative chops? Depp wonderfully infuses Wood with an ah-shucks charm; everything seems to give Wood zeal. Always the optimist, Wood believes in everything, whether it's his inept actors, sets, shots or his girlfriend's sweaters--or the belief in the stardom of Lugosi who, at this point, was a heroin addict with failing health and is played beautifully by Martin Landau. When Wood sees Criswell (Jeffrey Jones), a TV psychic, make ridiculous predictions, he believes him. He spots Swedish wrestler Tor Johnson (George "The Animal" Steele) in the ring, and instantly sees a great actor. And these random people that Wood meets along the way and in whom he believes join him in his own dream of making movies, and in turn believe in him. It's a motley group that includes Bunny Breckinridge (Bill Murray), a homosexual in search of a sex change operation who is most memorable as The Ruler in Plan 9 from Outer Space, and eventually the horror show hostess Vampira (Lisa Marie), plus assorted goofy crew members. They forge an "Island of Misfit Toys" style family; think Wes Anderson without all the preciousness.Continue Reading
Johnny Guitar
A lot of directors who worked with Joan Crawford probably thought they had tapped into whatever unique strain of neurosis made her "La Joan" in order to get the best performance out of her in their films. She had always played a version of herself throughout her career, whether as a jazz crazy flapper in her silent films, a shop girl looking to marry up in her 1930s films, and in the double-crossed dame roles she took on in the hardboiled noirs of the 1940s. By the fifties, the Joker-esque lipstick started to appear, looking all the more frightening in Technicolor, and her eyebrows reached new levels of ferocity. I think of this as her middle-aged gender bending period. It seems to me that a lot of middle-aged American women start to look kind of androgynous after awhile out of what I always assumed was a weary resignation to having to keep up the scopophilic charade but Joan's particular version of androgyny seemed more trenchant than that. It was kind of accidentally subversive. Or what the hell do I know? She may have been totally onboard as a proto-transgender performance artist. Maybe she was the first Ziggy Stardust and we weren't hip enough to catch on. Well, whatever was going on no director found the resolute queerness of Joan's 1950s persona quite like Nicholas Ray did with his weird western Johnny Guitar.
Joan had plenty of experience playing ball busters and vamps, but she had never played a character quite like Vienna, the saloon owner whom everyone in town seems to want gone. Vienna wears high-waisted black pants and boots, a bolo tie, and a holstered gun. She employs a staff of men who seem weary of having such a powerful female boss. All day they spin the roulette wheel in her club, even though there are no gamblers, and they serve drinks at her bar even though there are no drinkers. A former flame of Vienna's named Johnny Guitar (played by Sterling Hayden) is ostensibly hired to strum some tunes for her clientele. But there's never anyone there, except for the nefarious bank-robbing gang that hangs out at Vienna's including members with names like The Dancin' Kid and a guy named Turkey. So yes we have Vienna, Johnny Guitar, the Dancin' Kid, and Turkey--just for starters.Continue Reading
The Night of the Hunter
Whoa, Daddy if you haven't seen The Night of the Hunter you really need to. It is probably, along with Vertigo and Citizen Kane, one of the pinnacles of 20th Century American cinema. It manages the rare trick of being funny and scary, stylized and naturalistic. Visually it harkens back to D.W. Griffith's silent films and to German expressionism, with its constant, shadowy sense of menace, giving this film's depiction of an American past a sinister daydream quality. It's the first and only film British actor Charles Laughton ever directed. James Agee, one of the most important writers of Depression era America, adapted the screenplay, and Stanley Cortez, a poet with a lens (he did the incredible cinematography for Orson Welles's The Magnificent Ambersons) was cinematographer.
For all the top tier tinsel town talent, though, this is Robert Mitchum's show and he dominates the film with a kinky intensity, a murderous, almost supernatural creepiness. There's a reason Siouxsie Sioux cited Mitchum's psychotic preacher character as a key reference point for what she wanted to explore with the Banshees' music. He's pure evil but he's such a wild card, a character as much dark myth as flesh and blood, that he is utterly spellbinding on screen.Continue Reading
The Crying Game
In his introduction to the published screenplay of Chinatown, Robert Towne wonders if there's anything left to do with noir. He wonders if the aesthetics and thematics and poetics of noir are simply outdated in the information age, where a sense of mystery is harder to come by. Sensibly, he shrugs off this worry and points to The Crying Game as an example of how noir can still say new things to us as a modern audience. The thing I admire so much about the film, though, is that it manages to be both a deeply personal love story as well as a morality play about modern day political crime in Britain. It's an IRA story with terrorism, assassinations, and a queer love story at its center. Somehow it all makes complete sense.
The first third of the film is told in flashback. Fergus, played by Stephen Rea, is an IRA operative who feels immense guilt for having had a role in the death of a hapless British soldier, Jody, played by an overbearing and overacting Forest Whitaker. Whitaker's character gets to know Fergus after he's nabbed and before the inevitable happens, Jody makes Fergus promise to check in on his girlfriend, a London hairdresser named Dil, after he is gone. The story goes from IRA thriller to blue neon Brit noir when Fergus goes to London, haunted by the tragic fate of Jody. He looks in on Dil as promised and quickly becomes infatuated with her. Dil is a cool London chick and a transgendered woman (with a penis) though Fergus has no idea. Fergus isn't saying who he really is and Dil isn't saying who she really is. Once nature takes its course and Fergus discovers the truth about Dil he doesn't handle it very well. But because of the fact that he actually has a conscience, and his genuine confusion over his feelings towards Dil, he doesn't ever really leave her. The IRA is never truly going to let him go, though, and his loyalty to them becomes a liability for someone in the throes of a curious new relationship.Continue Reading
Computer Chess
American independent cinema has been ghettoized and marketed into a certain type of cinema. Popular types of independent films include low budget digital cinematography about post-collegiate confusion or Indiewood films about "quirky" relationships and situations involving beautiful losers. It's a sea of films that has flooded festivals like SXSW or Sundance that leave great works of independent cinema behind in the dust. So it's a grand pleasure to have Andrew Bujalski's Computer Chess emerge out of Sundance, a film that openly breaks these stereotypes and proves that American independent cinema can be exciting, experimental and even fun.
Taking place sometime in the late '70s or early '80s, several groups of professional, amateur and student programmers meet at a motel to compete in a computer chess tournament where computers are pitted directly against one another to see which program has the most advanced AI. But this is almost just an excuse (a mundane MacGuffin?) for a film that takes leaps into computer philosophy, surrealism and hippie hedonism. Bujalski steps out of his comfort zone of painful, singular character based comedies shot on 16mm with a pastiche shot on low-grade video on a Sony AVC3260 (never a gimmick, but an integral part of the aesthetic and feel). Lesser filmmakers would lament and moan about the use of such an anti-cinematic camera and look, but Bujalski and his excellent regular cinematographer Matthias Grunsky revel in it with jump cuts, bad split screen, video errors, and unsynced sound and light that smears like old live television. The first minute or two of Computer Chess start as a faux-documentary with programmers speaking into mics directly into the camera about why they want to win the championship. Jump cut to an audience preparing to sit down in an auditorium while the camera dollies across the audience--until it crashes too hard into the end of a dolly track, causing another jump cut to static. If you were watching this on an old CRT-TV, you'd probably be provoked to slap the TV straight a few times.Continue Reading


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Dear friends
I am a student and i have got a university project to make a multiplayer 3D game in VRML / X3D. Following are the things that are to be done.
I want a 3D character for each player ... the player can change the whole look and feel of his charcter like make him tall, fat, male, female, change his cloths give them colors change hair style and lots of similar stuff.
I want a design a small city in which the characters can move can fight with each other.
User can select from multiple cities to start and the users logged in to that city should be visible to him.
The character can select his building and can change its color.
The character can select and can change color and parts of his car like can change the tyres, seats dashboard etc.
Please tell me is it possible to do all this in X3D or VRML ???
I need help urgently so reply soon
I think you actually questionned this on more than one website!!!
This not a problem with a fileformat, but with which programming language are you gonna program, you will just have to make evry part a single model(with diffrent textures) and atach them to the car, etc..
That all could certainly be done with the VRML/X3D standards. What engine are you going to use to render the 3D representations from those standards? Are you building one from scratch or using something like Flux?

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text: PEOPLE: Optical Community Barry Saltzberg Shows Kids That 'Glasses Rock' By Staff Monday, August 27, 2012 12:00 AM NEW YORK—Authors of children's books have long been regarded for their ability to introduce challenging subjects to kids, and that notion doesn't change when it comes to eyewear. ECPs and their patients and clients know all about the special powers of glasses, but kids often regard their need for eyewear as embarrassing or bothersome rather than fashionable and fun. In order to alleviate some of the stress kids have about needing glasses, children's author Barney Saltzberg has introduced Arlo Needs Glasses, a story chronicling how glasses are a good thing. The book, along with its trailer and theme song on YouTube, introduce Arlo, a happy-go-lucky dog whose affinity for playing catch is one day challenged by his inability to see the ball. Narrating the dog's determination to do what he loves, the story shows that a visit to the eye doctor isn't that scary, and can in fact help Arlo and his audience become better at what they love to do—like read. "Going from two eyes to four isn't a bummer," said Saltzberg, a glasses-wearer himself. "I hope kids take away the concept that books can take you to amazing places." Released by Workman publishing this July, the book includes interactive features like reading an eye chart, looking through a phoropter, and trying on different styled glasses folded into the book. For more information visit www.barneysaltzberg.com or www.workman.com. ■


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No, the number of calories in a pint has not somehow miraculously fallen, or found to be overstated. But new research carried out by the British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) has found that a significant majority of people in Britain believe there are more calories in beer than there really are.
When asked, 60 per cent of men overestimated the calories in a pint, and a whopping 74% of women did the same.
The fact that three out of four women believe beer is more calorific than it really is is surely a significant factor in the very low proportion of women who drink beer, and one that is easily remedied - hey, brewers, you could simply do an information campaign informing people of the truth rather than spending million on a patronising clear 'beer' in a bottle with pretty flowers on.
Revealing details of the research, the BBPA included some handy stats which you may want to share with weight-conscious friends down the pub:
- A half pint (284ml) of 2.8% ABV bitter is 80 calories
- A half pint (284ml) of 4% ABV lager is 96 calories
- A 175ml glass of 12.5% red wine is 119 calories
- A 175ml glass of 12.5% white wine is 131 calories
I'm not sure there are many people who would describe a baked potato as fattening. So why do people who drink beer get fat (because yes, some of them - me as a case in point - do)? Well, you wouldn't have a nice dinner and then go out afterwards and eat five or six baked potatoes, would you?
It's all about moderation - the beer itself is not fattening, but eat or drink too much of anything and over time it will start to show.
And of course, the industry sanctioned lined - which also happens to be true - is that a bag of crisps almost doubles the calorific value of a round, while a packet of peanuts contains twice as many calories as a pint of beer.
On another note, you might have spotted the comparison above with a 2.8% pint of beer. That's because the research (carried out by ComRes with a sample of over 2000 adults nationwide) also asked people if they would consider drinking a 2.8% beer as a refresher on a hot day. This follows the new tax break that came in last year for beers of 2.8% or below as an effort to get people to moderate their alcohol consumption. (Something we could all have welcomed if it wasn't being paid for by a tax hike on beers of over 7%, which hammers the craft beer industry and displays a total lack of understanding of the beer market).
A lot of drinkers - myself included - are sceptical about whether a beer can deliver flavour at 2.8%, and wonder why the limit wasn't set at 3.4% - not a huge difference in alcohol, but a massive one in terms of what a brewer can do. (Trinity from Redemption Brewery at 3% ABV is a beer that some people drink because it's low ABV, but most drink in spite of its ABV - it's simply a wonderful beer; forget the alcohol.) But the research shows that about a third of people - more women than men - are happy to give 2.8% a go.
That figure would surely have been higher if the limit had been a little more realistic, but that's what we're stuck with and many brewers are now rising to the challenge of making beer at 2.8% that's still worth drinking. I'll be doing a blind tasting of a wide range of low ABV beers very soon, damning the bad and praising any we find that are worth a go. I know craft beer is playing in high ABVs just now, but when you drink as much beer as I do, it's very nice indeed to have a low strength alternative.
And if it's lower in calories too, well, that does us no harm at all.


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When Scott Kempkens was a mere lad, he lived in Detroit, home of America's automotive industry and playground for high-performance cars. The Kempkens' neighbor was an executive at GM's Design Studio and always drove new cars home from the Tech Center. One day he wheeled into his driveway in a Monaco Orange '69 427 Corvette and gave 7-year-old Scott a ride. Scott's been hooked on Corvettes ever since.
In 1997 he moved to Sarasota, Florida, and purchased a neglected '81 Corvette that would temporarily serve as his daily driver. He gave it a solid overhauling that had to last until he was able to purchase other transportation. Scott already knew what he wanted to do with the Corvette, and the project began to take form.
First up was an interior redo, which included replacing the carpet and re-covering the seats with '80 Corvette cloth and vinyl upholstery (original '81 cloth seats are quite rare). The mechanicals were next, starting with the transmission and working back. With the tranny, rear, and IRS removed, Scott was able to thoroughly clean and refinish the underside.
Van Steel, of Clearwater, Florida, replaced the factory 2.87:1 rear cogs with a 3.54:1 Posi gearset. Scott had the halfshafts and driveshaft powdercoated, and installed custom heavy-duty U-joint caps. The rear suspension was modified with a seven-leaf rear spring and Guldstrand T6 aluminum strut rods. Stainless brake lines with SSBC sleeved calipers ensure adequate stopping power.
Next, Scott turned his attention to the drivetrain. The tired Turbo 350 was removed, and Barbic's Transmissions installed a beefed 700-R4 four-speed overdrive automatic and a 10-inch 2,500-stall torque converter. While the modifications made the 13-hour drive to the National Corvette Museum's L81 Registry Gathering pleasant enough, it was obvious the 107,000-mile 350 engine just didn't have the cojones it needed and would have to be replaced. The 190hp small-block was yanked and stored, just in case Scott ever decides to restore the '81.
Scott chose a 383 stroker built by Tommy of Corvettes West in Sarasota. He started with a four-bolt-main block bored .030 over, with a 400 crank, Eagle 5.7 SIR rods, ARP bolts, and Speed-Pro coated pistons with a 10.5:1 compression ratio. Then the engine was balanced and blueprinted. Down below, a heavy-duty oil pump and a Milodon 7-quart oil pan keeps the 383 well lubed. For the valvetrain, Tommy chose a Comp Cams XE-284 camshaft with Crane roller rockers and a roller timing set. A pair of Dart Sportsman II heads were ported, and Chevrolet powdercoated aluminum racing valve covers were installed. On top is an Edelbrock Performer RPM intake with an AED-built Holley 750-cfm carburetor.
To feed the big double-pumper, a Holley Blue electric fuel pump was used. For spark, Tommy turned to the ACCEL Blueprint Series HEI distributor with a Crossfire HEI distributor cap, an ACCEL Super Coil, and MSD 8.5mm plug wires. Before Tommy sent the 383 home to Scott, he dyno'd the engine at a cool 420 hp on pump gas.
After cleaning and repainting the engine bay, Scott painted the engine red, added plenty of shiny billet brackets and pulleys, and dropped it in. Tommy removed the fac-tory exhaust and installed a set of Hooker Super Competition headers and side pipes with Jet-Hot coating and STS baffles. Then came the moment of truth. Scott recalled, "I called Tommy, who came over for some late-night adjustments to the ignition and carb, and around 9 p.m. the monster breathed fire out of the open side pipes for the first time. It was music to my ears."
Scott kept the exterior relatively stock, but installed a set of bubble taillight covers, mirrored glass tops, and an L88 hood before having the stock '81 Corvette Red paint resprayed. Inside, he added an Alpine AM/FM/CD player with Alpine and Boston Acoustics speakers. Finally, he welded in a Shark Bar harness system with G-Force five-point harnesses, a Halotron fire extinguisher, and three video-camera mounts. Stock options included electric mirrors, a power driver seat, power locks, and power windows. In the future, Scott plans to install a five-speed transmission and a custom aluminum console with Auto Meter gauges.
Scott cruises the Sarasota streets and is amazed at the reaction to the Corvette. "It's good to see that a vintage Corvette in a town full of expensive European sports cars can still turn heads," he says. "You just can't beat the sound of a lumpy cam along with side pipes with spiral baffles."
We couldn't agree more.


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It looks like Philly is looking to move Andre Miller, and they need a PF.
IND gets:
Andre Miller
PHI gets:
Ike Diogu
Marquis Daniels
David Harrison
The Pacers get a new starting PG, one who becomes a $10 million expiring contract next season.
The Sixers get three young players, including some front-court help in Harrison and Diogu.
Cleveland badly needs a PG.
IND gets:
Damon Jones
Ira Newble
CLE gets:
Andre Owens
Jamaal Tinsley
The Pacers get rid of Tinsley and pick up a pair of expiring contracts (Newble comes off the books this year, Jones next year).
The Cavs get two new point guards.
New roster:


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New York -- Douglas Elliman's Retail Group said Tuesday it has arranged the lease for Oro Gold Cosmetics' first New York flagship at 118 East 57th Street, between Park and Lexington Avenues.
The retailer currently operates 50 dedicated boutiques and spas in affluent markets worldwide, including London, Barcelona, Moscow, Dubai and Singapore, as well as in such U.S. cities as Chicago, Dallas, Las Vegas, Boston, Miami and throughout California, from San Diego to Sacramento.
Douglas Elliman's Retail Group is representing Oro Gold for its expansion.


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How old is old? A majority of people who have investable assets greater than $250,000 told UBS Wealth Management Americas that old is at least age 80 -- 20 years beyond age 60, when previous generations considered themselves over the hill.
How do you know you are old? When you have to give up your independence. Here are the new benchmarks offered by UBS respondents. You will know you are old when:
- You can't live in your own home (71 percent).
- You have to surrender the car keys (67 percent).
- You grow forgetful (45 percent).
- You develop a serious health problem (37 percent).
- You get a little hard of hearing (26 percent).
- You retire (16 percent).
UBS respondents almost unanimously divided their retirement years into three categories:
- An early retirement phase where they work part time, volunteer or segue into a new encore venture.
- Mid-retirement years, dubbed "my time," when people think they'll work less and play more, spending time on travel and hobbies.
- Late retirement, "the last waltz," when people think they'll stay home and rest more.
How does this new view of aging affect retirement planning? "It complicates it," says Emily Pachuta, executive director of UBS Wealth Management Americas. "People want these decades to be active and meaningful. There's no more 'Grandpa broke his hip and it is all downhill from here.' It is a more complex planning scenario because of the different income needs with each stage."
Despite evidence to the contrary, respondents in this well-heeled segment of the population are confident they will be able to live well on significantly less income than they earned during their working years. On average, respondents estimated that they will need only 60 percent of the amount they previously made to be comfortable. The traditional financial industry advice is that retirees require about 80 percent of pre-retirement income.
Pachuta is skeptical that conservative estimates will be accurate. "Maintaining quality of life is critical for people as they age, and to maintain quality of life requires money," she says. "People are seriously underestimating how much they will need."
She advises those who think they'll live a long, active and multi-stage retirement to plan accordingly; otherwise, they could come up short with more life than money.


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Races at Bristol Motor Speedway are among the most anticipated on the Sprint Cup circuit.
But NASCAR and the track face major questions heading into the first short-track race of the season.
The new Gen-6 car has gotten mixed reviews in the first three races of the season. The Daytona 500 was less eventful than previous Daytona races and Denny Hamlin made headlines by criticizing the new car after the second race of the season at Phoenix.
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Last week's race at Las Vegas produced more passing and more action than many races on 1.5-mile track, passing a key test and giving NASCAR and it's teams hope for the new car.
Now comes Bristol, a high-banked, half-mile oval that poses a big challenge for drivers and teams. How will the new car handle and perform on the tough short track?
Another big question is what kind of race will fans see at Bristol. After the track was reconfigured in 2007, fans saw less action than normal and a transition to more side-by-side and less bumper-to-bumper action.
With attendance dwindling and fans not happy, Bristol officials tore up the track again, taking away part of the outside groove. That led to more action and a more traditional Bristol race in August.
What can fans expect seven months later with the new car thrown into the mix?
And will the same drivers be the top contenders at Bristol?
Here's a look at the favorites this weekend.
Race: Food City 500 (500 laps, 266.5 miles)
Qualifying: Friday, 3:40 p.m. ET
Green flag: Sunday, 1 p.m. ET
Brad Keselowski — He has won two of the last three races at Bristol and appears to be the new Bristol master. The champ is off to a strong start with three straight top-five finishes. All that's missing is a victory. It's likely to come at Bristol.
Kyle Busch — He won this race in 2011 and has five career wins at Bristol, which is tied for the most among active drivers. He won the very first race with the old COT car at Bristol in 2007, and then infamously climbed from his car said the car of tomorrow "sucked." Wonder what he would say about the Gen-6 if he won at Bristol again?
Jimmie Johnson — When he won the Food City 500 in 2010, it was a big deal because Bristol was one of the few tracks he had never won at. He has five top-five finishes in his last six races there, including second in August. He could win again.
Denny Hamlin — How fitting would it be for Hamlin to win a week after being fined $25,000 for criticizing the new car? It could happen. Though he doesn't have a sterling record at Bristol, Hamlin is a good short-track driver and won the August race there — the last Bristol race with the old car.
Kurt Busch — Busch has gotten off a slow start with his new Furniture Row Racing team and hasn't won since 2011, but if there's anyone who could turns things around with a win at Bristol, it's Busch, who, like his younger brother, has five career wins at the short track. Kurt's last win at Bristol came in 2006 but he can sling a car around the half-mile oval as well as anyone.
Brian Vickers — Vickers makes his first start of the season in his part-time schedule for Michael Waltrip Racing, and it couldn't come at a better track. Vickers, who has just two career victories, finished fifth and fourth in the two races at Bristol last year.
Clint Bowyer — All three MWR cars ran well at Bristol last year and Bowyer finished in the top 10 in both races.
Marcos Ambrose — Ambrose has just three top-five finishes on short tracks and two of them came at Bristol. He finished third there in 2009 and fifth in August. With the right pit strategy, he could win his first NASCAR oval-track race.
Bob Pockrass: Brian Vickers in a mild upset. He had two top-fives at Bristol last year and will have the benefit this year of running in the Nationwide Series race the day before. He's not running for points so he doesn't have to worry about making too many people angry, giving him incentive to think more about winning than a good points day.
Jeff Owens: Brad Keselowski. He seems to have a better handle than anyone not named Johnson on the new car. And that spells trouble for the competition at his best track.


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vtbuzzz wrote:Right now I'm finishing up the Insanity program then I will begin training for a 50k running race. But I'm mostly working on my putting and touch shots this winter
Triflusal wrote:I think that a powerclean would be a very good exercise for disc golf. It is all about explosiveness and speed.
I disagree with avery about using isolation machines though. isolating each muscle with a machine is pretty dumb. almost every movement the human body does involves more than one muscle, never isolated muscles. muscle should be trained together (with the same exercise) because that is how they naturally move.
I cant really think of a good machine that does overall body strengthening.
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As adults, we are able to fight off potentially serious diseases and harmful chemicals because of our mature immune system. Despite this, occasionally our body's defence mechanism tries to fight of something that is non-threatening and as a result we experience an allergic reaction.
If you're allergic to a food, your body will treat the food as though it's an invader and will make antibodies called IgE to fight it. If that food is eaten again, the antibodies will tell your immune system to release the chemical histamine to fight off the invader - and it's this release of histamine which causes all the symptoms of an allergic reaction.
Allergies and intolerances are two quite different things; food allergy is an immunological reaction to food proteins, whereas food intolerance is a pharmacological reaction (like the side effects of a drug) to the chemicals in a food.
Common allergic reactions include:
Intolerances can result in:
Allergic reactions tend to be swift; they usually occur within 30 minutes of exposure and are easy to recognise because the reaction is usually quite severe. By contrast, a food intolerance reaction can be delayed by 48 hours or more, making them more difficult to identify.
This article was written by Ella Walsh for Kidspot - Australia's parenting resource for newborns and baby. Sources include SA Government's Parenting and Child Health and Fed up with Food Additives.
Last revised: Thursday, 19 June 2008
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well, the store/wholesaler i work for had me whip up a ratings chart for all the models currently in production.
it is available for download at: http://www.gottagogottathrow.com/catalo ... Chart1.pdf
and prints to a single page.
for models available in multiple plastics, the ratings are a weighted average.
e.g. the crush (range, high speed stability, low speed stability, power requirement)
z = 5, -0.5, 4, 5
x = 5, -1, 3.5, 5
d = 5, 0, 4, 5
overall = 5, -0.5, 4, 5, with the greatest weight given to the z model, as it outsells the others by about 7:1.
interested in feedback and comments. keep in mind the ratings are targeted with two things in mind: 1) this chart is meant for players with less than 425' of power and 2) the discs were mainly evaluated at the speed ideal for their designed characteristics.


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You're glad you have insurance on your car if an accident happens, and you're grateful to have it if a big storm hits. Of course, paying for the insurance is often agonizing or annoying, as we know we are likely throwing money out the window. But how else can you protect yourself from the dangers of the unknown?
As it pertains to the market, insurance for your portfolio is also important -- and if someone is willing to take the other side of a trade or position here, and the price is right, why not take advantage?
The market is at a point at which it would be cheap to buy insurance against a disaster and, as we head into the end of the year and potentially severe volatility, it's reasonable to assume that protecting gains would be a smart move. The S&P 500 is up a robust 14% so far in 2012, and I suspect many money managers are behind it all.
I've been there, trying to hustle for some return in the last few weeks so I'd be able to exceed my bogey. My incentive came not only from that, but also from the prospect of client assessments. If I didn't meet a stated objective, I was at risk to lose assets -- which was more painful than missing my performance bonus. So I suspect we'll see money roaring after some particular names in the last couple of weeks of the year.
I've also been on the other side of these matters. Back in the 1990s, I was managing a very large pension fund with a slew of great managers, and those under me would also be tempted by the desire to outperform. I cautioned about being too "cute" or aggressive, warning them that their future with our fund depended on them not doing anything stupid. Most got the message. Not only was it in my best interest to guide my own performance into the end of the year, but it helped me to assist my various managers in achieving their objectives.
When folks were beating their goals, it was best for them to put down their positions or just hedge their portfolios to market-neutral, at least until the end of the year. I advised them, "Lock in what you have and cruise into year-end." Most took my advice and made it pay off. It was also a time to shed the "dogs" of the portfolios, dismiss the names that were dragging performance, build up an arsenal of cash and be more than ready to start fresh in the new year.
So buy some insurance. There's nothing wrong with protecting what you have worked all year to achieve -- and, these days, puts are cheap. In fact, you won't often find such an opportunity to insure your gains so cheaply, and it would only be for a few weeks.
This is a tough game, and honors only go to the ones who put up the numbers through the end of the year, not 98% of the way. After all, a bird in hand is better than two in the bush.


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Beautiful! I like that you did it in black and white!ReplyDelete
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Oooooooh I read the start of your post as you finding your 2012th cache! Then I re read the start again lol But you have done really well, it will be years before I get to your number as I didn't/don't go out so much through the summer due to my B&B.ReplyDelete
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Brown to get significant playing time this spring
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Manager Bruce Bochy indicated Tuesday that center fielder Gary Brown, the Giants' top position-player prospect, will finally receive substantial playing time in Major League Spring Training games this spring.
Angel Pagan's departure to play for Puerto Rico in the World Baseball Classic will create activity for Brown, San Francisco's No. 1 selection in the 2010 First-Year Player Draft. Brown was invited to each of the previous two big league camps, but he appeared in just 16 Cactus League games, batting .235 (4-for-17).
Bochy added that Brown also will play left and right field to diversify his skills.
"This will give him a great opportunity to show what he can do," Bochy said of Brown, who's likely to begin this season at Triple-A Fresno.


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WOBURN, Mass. Michaels Stores has selected Demandware's e-commerce platform to re-platform its Web site and deliver the seamless integration of content and community to its customers, Demandware announced. The initial focus will be a site redesign with emphasis on branding, improved search and navigation, customer reviews and enhanced social networking capabilities, the company reported.
"Michaels.com will become an online destination that fosters creativity and informs purchasing decisions, which will drive online visitors back to our physical stores," said John Rowe, general manager of strategic marketing for Michaels Stores. "Demandware provides out-of-box functionality that is scalable to our growing brand and future ecommerce needs, and will help inspire our customers with a seamless cross-channel experience.'"
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I have some time this morning, so I am starting this thread a few weeks earlier than the one year anniversary.
I thought it might be interesting to take a new look at the trade involving the Warriors and the Pacers. Let me say upfront that I will not debate the reasons why the trade had to happen or even if it was a good trade or bad trade. I only plan to look at the 5 players still on the teams they were traded to. (so no talk of Saras, Powell, or Mcloud)
Whenever I look at a trade, I always start with the best player that was traded. And as much as I might hate to admit it, the best of the 5 players for his current team is clearly Stephen Jackson . He is clearly the second most important player on a team that is currently 17-12. And then when you consider he was out the first handful of games and look at their record since he's been back Jackson has a real chance of being an allstar this season. The trade has saved his career. And I have no problem with that , I swish him well except when he plays the Pacers.
OK, now lets move to the second best player in that trade. Mike Dunleavy. He won't make the allstar team and he isn't the most important player on the Pacers team. He isn't the second most important player either. I call him the guy that makes things work. He the type of player (except in the Knicks game) where you don't really notice him that much when he's on the floor. It is when he goes to the bench that you realize his true value. So many times this season I'll be watching a game and the team is struggling, going through one of their bad runs within a game - it seems with rare exceptions that bad stretches occur when Mike is on the bench.
I clearly think Mike is more valuable than Granger at this time - he's most important to our success. It is strange because there will be times during the game, when I'll think, we need Rush's shooting ability, Granger's defense, Williams athleticism, Daniels all around play and there will be times when I almost forget about Mike - but he's the only one of those guys that makes other players better. He makes the team better just by being on the floor. Mike is perfect in this offensive system, and if the pacers do have an allstar player, Mike should be the only who makes it.
After those two guys there is a dropoff to Al Harrington . It seems a little strange that Nelson is the 3rd head coach he's had that thinks he's best as a 6th man. I realize he is starting right now and might very well continue to start the rest of the season, but it just seems all of his coaches (except in Atlanta) think he is better coming off the bench. When the trade was made, I considered Al the best player in the trade, now I think he's clearly the 3rd best player. At this point in his career I think he is what he is. A poor rebounder, a streaker scorer, a decent defender - a nice player to have around, but nothing more.
Let's move to Troy Murphy . Yes he can shoot, yes he has good hands, he's not a horrible passer, he can rebound (although he doesn't very much) he IMO is just an average player - not that there is anything wrong with that (well except for his salary) His team defense is really not bad, his one-on-one defense is often bad beyond discription. As I mentioned a few weeks ago, he is slow and small for a power forward - that is a bad combination.
Ike Diogu anyone else notice how many people are starting to call him Ike Diogo, it seems like Quinn started it, now Slick calls him that and even O'Brien has called him that. Ike is not the type of post player that you can just throw him the ball and have him go to work. Against bigger players he has trouble getting his shot off. He needs to get more face-up shots though and post ups after ball reversals and misdirection plays. I like Ike, whenever he plays big minutes he scores and rebounds.
Who has this trade helped more the Pacers or Warriors. At first glance it has helped the Warriors more - no doubt. Does that mean I wish the trade had never taken place, absolutely not - the trade had to be made and the trade also helped the Pacers - it wasn't going to work with Al and Jax here.


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SUPERMARINE Sports Club kept up their assault on the Wiltshire League Premier title with a 3-0 win over FC Chippenham Youth.
In their first league game since December 14, Supermarine took advantage of a depleted FC Chippenham with goals from Chris Allen, Keiran Jennings and Adam Webb to keep second-placed Shrewton at arm's length.
Supermarine manager Peter Milhench refused to get carried away with the South Martson side's hold on top spot and praised his team for their character.
"We've still got the top four teams to play but I'm hoping to win it (the league) but all the teams know that we're up there so they want to beat us more than the bottom lot.," he said.
"The team isn't different but attitude is better than what we've had before.
"For us to get the win was good for our league position but also for our fitness."
The South Marston side took a 1-0 lead into the break after scoring five minutes before the interval. Neat passing between Dave Rendle and Lee Haywood ended with the latter beating three men before crossing for Allen to provide the simplest of finishes.
Supermarine doubled their lead on 70 minutes as Jennings latched on to a pass from Darren Hughes to strike home.
Chippenham only brought 11 players to South Marston and as they tired Milhench took advantage of a weak left flank for the visitors and switched to a 4-3-3.
Adam Webb was able to capitalise on the tactical switch, beating three players before scoring.
Supermarine maintain their eight-point advantage over Shrewton, who beat Marlborough Town 8-0.
Lugershall Sports ran out 2-0 winners at home Wroughton to overtake Southbrook in third. . Wilts Calne Town drew 1-1 with Corsham Town reserves.
In the two games to go ahead in Division One Mar Allen's Intel side won 5-1 at Wroughton reserves and Blunsdon drew 1-1 with Sarum Youth.


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Gentry confident for 2013 following career season
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- When the Rangers called on Craig Gentry in 2012, he answered. The 29-year-old outfielder has had a brief Major League career, but last year was the most productive of his four seasons.
Playing in a career-high 121 games, Gentry hit .304, also a career best. Defensively, Gentry played 116 games in the outfield without committing an error.
The Arkansas native was certainly pleased with his 2012 performance, but he wants to make sure it is a sign of things to come rather than simply one good season.
"I am coming off a good season for myself," said Gentry, who hit his first home run of the spring in Saturday's 7-1 victory against Arizona. "I'm just going to try to keep it going during Spring Training, have a good Spring Training and work it into the season."
And thus far, he is doing exactly that.
Although it is still early in Spring Training, Gentry is hitting .455 with three RBIs and three stolen bases in six games.
With a strong 2012 and a fast start to spring, Gentry says he has not made any changes to his offseason program in recent years. He simply does the same thing he has always been doing, just doing so with confidence.
"It's just more of a mindset for me," Gentry said. "Going up there and being confident, having an approach and a plan and sticking to it."
While Gentry figures to receive a significant amount of playing time in 2013, Leonys Martin and Julio Borbon are also competing for time in center field, but Gentry knows focusing on others will not benefit him in any way.
"I'm just going to go out and do what I need to do," Gentry said. "If I take care of my own business, that's all I can ask for. I'm not going to try and think about things I can't control."


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DETROIT - Detroit Water and Sewerage Department (DWSD) employee Daniel Edwards took the stand again Tuesday in the Kilpatrick federal trial. Edwards, who manages construction grants for the DWSD, never got past cross-examination by defense lawyers as he testified in excruciating detail about the intricacies of water contracts.
Yesterday Edwards testified that contractor Bobby Ferguson's Ferguson Enterprises Inc (FEI) and contractors Xcel Construction and Lakeshore Engineering, which also have ties to Ferguson, were awarded multi-million dollar contracts authorized by former water boss Victor Mercado.
Mercado's lawyer John Minock gave a solid albeit lengthy performance in his cross-examination of the witness. Engaging jurors by looking them dead-on as he posed questions, Minock got Edwards to acknowledge that often there is no way of knowing exactly how much a job will cost until excavation has begun and contractors can see what they are facing. Minock was attempting to address the issue of why many change orders might be imposed to increase an original bid price. Yesterday, the government introduced evidence showing a series of change orders which were executed to take one of Ferguson's contracts from an original price of around $13 million to more than $55 million.
Minock also brought up how some contractors low-balled bids to get contracts and then relied on change orders to get the price back up. And in terms of the special administratorship which was used to circumvent City Council to award FEI contracts, Minock pointed out how it was done as an emergency measure to have the work completed in time for the anticipated Super Bowl and All Star Game activities in Detroit.
But foremost, Minock made sure to let the jurors know that Mercado was good at his job. He stressed Mercado's background as a water engineer where previous Detroit water heads had been lawyers and politicians and that it had been the recommendation of executive search firm Heidrick & Struggles that Mercado be paid at least $240,000. Minock got the witness to agree that under Mercado's tenure the engineering department saw it's power over water contracts decreased, policies were strictly enforced, staff was trimmed and the water department was reorganized in accordance with outside recommendations.
Was Mercado a good boss Minock, asked the witness.
"Absolutely. He was a good boss to work for. I never had a problem with Victor," replied Edwards.
Jim Thomas, Kwame Kilpatrick's defense lawyer, brought up the fact that the special administratorship, set up by the EPA to counter discharges into Detroit rivers, was dissolved during the Kilpatrick administration because Judge John Feikens determined that clean water was on its way back to the city. Thomas also reiterated that Kwame was right in bringing on Mercado because he was a good water boss. In 2006, Mercado managed to cut DWSD's operating budget by 10%, bond rates remained stable and the sewerage rates were amongst the lowest in the country.
Last on cross-examination was Ferguson's defense lawyer Mike Rataj.
Under Rataj's cross, it was revealed that one of the contracts awarded to Ferguson, WS 651 under umbrella contract CM 2012, was initially determined to have saved DWSD money. Rataj also pointed out that the contracts weren't done by a low bid contract process and so there was no requirement to take the lowest bidders. In testimony yesterday, the court heard how a recommendation was made to award the contracts in question to the the three lowest bidders- Fergsuon Enterprises ranked 8th in a list of 10 bidders.
And finally, Rataj demonstrated that numerous change orders on contract pricing was not unusual. He introduced evidence showing that contractors Lanzo Construction and L D'Agostini, who had ranked in the top three of lowest bidders, issued 12 and 8 change orders respectively to increase their original contract prices by several million dollars.
Court reconvenes at 9 a.m. Wednesday.
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Should the PSC be unconcerned about privacy rights?
By Commissioner
Roger Koopman
The collision of two cherished principles -- the constitutional right to privacy and the public's right to know – is often described as a "delicate balance" where, under any given set of circumstances, one trumps the other. These are challenging decisions, with commissioners and judges often called upon to weigh competing arguments and make the difficult call.
Such was the case recently, when the Public Service Commission took up the question of whether a previously-passed PSC rule requiring all regulated utilities – large or small – to publicly release the salaries of their top three executives, was necessary or just. A recent editorial by Jan Anderson criticized our decision to hold a public hearing on this issue, saying it "tramples the public's rights." Earlier, the Great Falls Tribune took some similar shots, accusing us of "waffling."
These editorials are skipping some "inconvenient facts." For starters, it's important to note that this is not about whether public utilities should reveal their executive salaries to the PSC. It isn't even about whether those salaries should be made public. The PSC has always had the power – and the strong inclination – to require this information as an important component in the rate-setting process. When utility companies provide salary data, it's automatically made public unless they file for a Protective Order, asserting a high order of privacy or confidentiality. The commission then either grants or denies this protection.
The crux of the issue is not whether executive salary information should be made available, but whether a blanket rule should exist, putting all such salaries on the front pages. The previous PSC passed a rule requiring all top salaries to be public, even with the tiniest of companies. We are not talking about the Northwestern Energies and MDUs here, who as publicly-traded companies, already provide this information in their annual reports. We are targeting, in some cases, small local water services that may serve fewer than 100 customers.
The way the commission saw it, blanket rules covering every situation are a lazy and inappropriate way to deal with people's constitutional rights. Yes, these utilities are, by nature monopolies, licensed and regulated by the PSC. But last I heard, they have not been taken over by the government. And last I heard, working for a private utility did not require you to check your constitutional rights at the door.
So what we have here is exactly the kind of delicate "personal privacy versus public information" issue described above. Is it not the proper role of the Public Service Commission to carefully adjudicate these kinds of issues on a case by case basis, rather than lumping them together under one sweeping rule? If it takes a little longer for the PSC to look at each case individually, fine. In my book, that's what we're paid to do.
The PSC vote changes nothing. It simply starts a healthy process by which the public weighs in on this important issue through an open hearing and comment period. After considering all input, the commission will decide what action, if any, to take. In my view, it is not responsible journalism to suggest that because four of five commissioners have genuine concerns about constitutional privacy rights, therefore the commission isn't fighting for rate payers or striving to keep utility bills down. In reality, this commission may be the most proactively pro-consumer PSC this state has ever known.
But let's face it. If commissioners or other politicians want to gain public attention and score political points, it's always easy to criticize "unpopular" members of society (like utility executives.) Perhaps if we put ourselves in the place of these people and their families, we would be a little less anxious to make them public spectacles, or suggest they forfeit their constitutional rights to privacy "for the public good."
We citizens can only possess freedom to the extent that we are willing to give it away -- whether to accused murderers, communists, or (God forbid) executives of utility companies. Let's remember that when we start removing the right to privacy and due process from one group that happens to be out of favor, it's just a matter of time before you and I become the "unpopular" targets who somehow deserve less liberty than others.
(Roger Koopman is a former state legislator from Bozeman and current Public Service Commissioner representing PSC District 3)


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Tony Parker>Ron Harper
Manu Ginobili=Michael Jordan(But u can argue that Manu can even be better)
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Veterinarian Reviewed on June 20, 2012 by Paulina Nelega, RH
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Isopropyl Palmitate
Isopropyl Palmitate is derived from processing palmitic acid from coconut oil. This chemical is an additive to many skin and hair care products that used to improve the moisture content in hair and skin. Isopropyl Palmitate is all natural and is used in many other industries aside from personal care and hair care products.
This chemical has many rewarding properties such as moisturizing, emollient, thickening agent and also reduces static which can benefit unruly, dry and damaged hair.
History and Origin
Isopropyl Palmitate is classified as an ester of palmitic acid and isopropyl alcohol. It also includes complex combinations of other isomers to yield Isopropyl palmitate, which is an indispensable ingredient in high quality shampoos, conditioners, styling aids and leave on products for hair. Isopropyl Palmitate is isotonic which means it has the same salinity as body fluids making it safe even when ingested in small amounts.
Ancient Uses
The use of Isopropyl Palmitate during ancient times was unheard of. Coconut oil, the natural source of palmitic acid is considered to be a very natural hair care and skin care product. This oil is also used to treat certain conditions of the hair and scalp such as lice, dandruff and reducing the effects of baldness especially in men. Women during ancient times used coconut oil and many other natural ingredients like nut butters, fruit extracts and spices to clean hair and skin.
Modern Uses
In today's more modern times, Isopropyl Palmitate is used primarily as an effective way to condition and improve the luster and quality of hair. Hair care products utilize this very important ingredient to help make hair silkier and manageable. Products with Isopropyl Palmitate reduce the occurrence of overall hair damage, whilst also improving the health of the hair as well.
In skin care, products with Isopropyl Palmitate greatly improve the moisture content of skin making it smooth to touch and less prone to eczema and dermatitis. Improving moisture content on skin also affects the skin's health; skin glows and appears to look smoother, fine lines are reduced and pores appear tight when used regularly.
Isopropyl Palmitate is also known to thicken cosmetics such as mascaras, foundations, toners and concealers. It also found to be a main ingredient in many other personal care products such as lotions, facial creams and styling aids.
Side Effects
There are several side effects when using personal care products that contain Isopropyl palmitate. It has been known to cause acne, black heads and white heads when used excessively. Hair may appear unruly and untidy when used excessively because of increased oil or moisture content in hair.
Other than these side effects, there have been no known major side effects in the use of products with Isopropyl palmitate. An important precaution though, when using hair care products with Isopropyl palmitate, is to never use these is you have any type of open wound on your scalp, any type of skin irritation, or any type of skin infection that adversely affects your scalp.
If you have sensitive skin and would like to use products that contain Isopropyl Palmitate, in order to alleviate yourself of such dry skin and hair, you should first consult with a dermatologist for any possible adverse reactions on your particular type of skin. Babies and young children must look for a milder skin and hair care alternative for their extra sensitive skin.
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A camera that offers quite a bit, and would have scored well, but it is let down by pictures that are absolutely horrible. The purple fringing is like nothing we have ever seen before, and makes it impossible to recommend no matter how well implemented some other features are.
One of the first things we do with a camera, before we get down to the nitty gritty reviewing process, is just spend fifteen minutes snapping shots of whatever catches our fancy. It is an attempt to get a beginners feel for the camera, before putting on our testing hat. The L55W produced some very colourful pictures during this period. The sun was bright, grasses were green and the trees were purple. No, that wasn't a mistake - they were purple, in part anyway.
From the opening few photographs we discovered something extremely wrong with outdoors shots. We snapped off about ten photos of some random foliage, and every one had bars of purple fringing around parts of the picture, in some cases several millimetres wide. This was most noticeable on dark, dull areas, such as tree branches, but it extended all the way to the edges of leaves. It only occurred for us in highly exposed situations but every other camera that comes through our offices is tested the same way, and never have we seen anything like this before. Even the brightest shot in the most open outdoors environment would not be expected to produce results like this.
The shots had other flaws as well, most notably an oversharpening of detailed areas. Leaves for example, when shot against a sky background looked almost like cut outs, or cell shaded artwork, as opposed to a photograph. We often rave about the necessity to have sharp edges, but it can also go the other way. Too sharp makes pictures look cheap, almost hand drawn.
Thankfully colour saturation was well balanced, with clear, even tones present across most of the shots. Image noise not much of a problem either, compared to many other cameras, but it was still noticeable in lower light conditions. Despite these things, the fringing problem, combined with overly sharp edges mean it is almost impossible for us to recommend this camera for any sort of serious photographer.
That is not to say the camera doesn't have a good side. Samsung are pushing a single big selling point with this unit, the 2.8" widescreen LCD, which occupiesswallows a huge amount of real-estate on the camera's back. The screen is a beautiful piece of work. It is one of the clearest, most responsive LCDs around at the moment, and it really helps line up your shots. The ability to shoot in widescreen, as well as in a regular aspect ratio, is a nice touch as well.
The big problem is that the L55W has to be an extremely large camera, just to accommodate the screen. It also sports a 4.8X optical zoom, which will take up a bit of space, but we're betting if not for the massive LCD, this camera could have been significantly smaller.
It is not the biggest camera we've seen, but it is far from the smallest. Measuring nearly 100cm across, and with a jutting right side that balloons out a little from the rest of the body, it is bulkier than most of the competition. That said, the jutting right side gives a slightly better grip, and the body is light, weighing roughly 170 grams. It looks quite good from the back, with the 2.8" screen really lending a professional feel to the camera, but the overall design won't win any awards for aesthetics.
The keys are mostly easy to access, except perhaps the directional pad, which requires an awkward thumb bend. We really disliked the mounting of the top two keys, which control the aspect ratio and Ppictbridge. They required some serious pressure before they begun to shift even the slightest, and were all but impossible to use on a regular basis.
If speed is your game, you'll be pleased to hear the L55W was an impressively quick camera. Power-up was barely a second, just long enough for the lens to extend, and shutter lag was virtually non-existent at one tenth of a second. Writing images to the memory took just over a second each, and was noticeably quicker than many of the competition.
It also comes with an army of features that will satisfy everyone short of professional photographers. In addition to the standard ISO, white balance and exposure settings, there are colour controls (for red, green and blue) and a sharpness option. There are also a number of picture effects such as framing a shot or tiling several together. The continuous shot function further impressed, taking a very rapid two shots per second, but unfortunately it stops after just four shots. There is even an exposure bracketing feature, which is often only found on more advanced models.
We were expecting the massive screen on the L55W to draw a lot of power, and so had low expectations with regards to battery life. Thus, we were absolutely blown away when we managed a mammoth 900 shots before battery ran empty. That is an absolutely huge total, surpassed only by several SLRs, and those don't use the LCD as a viewfinder.
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My message lately is to stick with the trend until there is weak price action. There is some today, and if we take Friday's lows at 1494, we have the makings of a rollover pattern. Breadth is running better than 2-to-1 negative on the NYSE and there are good hits to recent winners like 3D Systems (DDD), Stratasys (SSYS), Amazon (AMZN) and Google (GOOG)....91 more words left in this article. To read them, just click below and try Real Money FREE for 14 days.
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Talking to our kids about sex is never an easy thing, but it can be the most important discussion you have. Sex education is just another way we help our children become adults and teach them how to protect themselves. By providing them with accurate information, we're empowering them to make good and well-thought out choices in the future.
While most of us would love our daughters never to have sex, the reality is a large percentage of girls in their early to mid-teens are doing it. Avoiding talking about sex won't stop your daughter from having it, it just puts her more at risk as she may not have accurate information. In fact, some research says that if parents have open and frank conversations with their children about sex they are more likely to delay having intercourse and less likely to have an unwanted pregnancy.
If you are really too embarrassed or your daughter finds it difficult to talk to her, arrange for her to talk to another trusted adult or make an appointment with a GP or family planning clinic. It can be really helpful for dad to be involved in any sex talks, as well as removing the secrecy and encouraging open and honest talk at home, it reinforces that contraception is not just the duty of the woman. The most important thing you can do for your daughter is ensure she feels secure and feels loved. This will boost her self-esteem and make it easier for her to say 'no'. When you talk about sex, be positive and tell her it is an important part of healthy relationships, but that she needs to be ready. Tell her it is fine to say no and not feel guilty.
Whether you like it or not and whether you know about it or not, your daughter may start having sex. Talking to your daughter early on about contraception and safe sex gives her the choice to look after herself. Talking about contraception and providing her with contraception won't make her promiscuous, but it will help protect if she decides to have sex. It will help reinforce the responsibility that having sex entails.
Condoms are a good, reliable choice for safe sex, especially for teenagers. Like any contraceptive they need to be used properly to be effective – they need to put on before sex occurs and a new condom is needed each time. Condoms have the added benefit of helping to protect against Sexually Transmitted Infections.
Many young girls go on the contraceptive pill for reasons other than preventing pregnancy. It is an excellent contraceptive, but must be taken every day. Illness such as vomiting and diarrhoea can effect the pill, as can taking antibiotics. Ensure she realises this. If your daughter uses the pill, remind her that it doesn't protect against sexually transmitted diseases and that her partner should also wear a condom.
There are other contraceptive methods that are good to discuss with your daughter, though probably not the best choice for a young person.
This is when sex is avoided during a woman's most fertile time of the month. As a young girls' menstrual cycle is quite irregular it can be hard to predict. Also, for the rhythm method is be truly effective it needs the dedication and support of both partners, which may not happen while we're young.
IUDs only protect against pregnancy and don't protect against disease, so may give a false sense of security.
is an injectable hormone that last for three months at a time.
is a small plastic rod that contains small amounts of hormone. It's implanted under the arm. It lasts for around three years.
can be difficult to learn to use and take some getting used to. Also, they don't protect against disease.
can be taken after unprotected sex to prevent pregnancy. It can be taken up to five days after unprotected sex occurs. Again, it doesn't protect against disease and prevention is a much better option. However, it can be useful in the case of condom or other contraceptive failure if taken within the five day window.
Your GP or local family planning clinic will be able to provide you with the most up-to-date contraceptive advice.
This article was written by Corinne Draper for Kidspot. Sources include BetterHealth and Human Services, NSW.
Last revised: Tuesday, 26 July 2011
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Russell excited to jump into race for October
SAN DIEGO -- After the Braves acquired left-hander James Russell from the Cubs on Thursday afternoon, Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez called his newest reliever. But he was initially given a number that put him in touch with Russell's father, Jeff, a former Major League pitcher.
"When he answered, I said, 'Hey, you in the clubhouse still?'" Gonzalez said. "He said, 'No, not yet, this is Jeff Russell.' I said, 'Oh, Mr. Russell, I'm sorry.' He said, 'Don't call me Mr. Russell, I'm about the same age you are.'"
Though Gonzalez never crossed paths with the elder Russell, two members of his coaching staff did. During Jeff Russell's 14-season career, he counted Atlanta's pitching coach Roger McDowell and assistant hitting coach Scott Fletcher among his teammates.
"It's kind of cool," said the new Braves lefty. "It's different to be around guys who are used to me being around knee-high running around in a locker room."
The Braves spent the past few weeks looking for a left-handed bullpen arm and ended up with Russell, who over the past few months has not fit the description of a traditional lefty reliever. From 2010-13, the 28-year-old southpaw limited left-handed hitters to a .232 batting average and .264 on-base percentage.
This year, Russell has limited right-handed hitters to a .103 (6-for-58) batting average and .243 on-base percentage this year. But, left-handed hitters have batted .295 (18-for-61) with a .358 on-base percentage against him.
"Lefties have been hitting me better, but it's nothing I'm too worried about," said Russell, who believes the key to improving against left-handers is his ability to locate his fastball and consequently gain a chance to use his slider regularly.
Russell and Emilio Bonifacio, who was also acquired in the trade, both said they were looking forward to experience the pennant-race pressure they would not have experienced with the Cubs.
"Every game means something," Russell said. "Not that they didn't mean anything in Chicago. You still plan on going out there and winning. There's just more of sense of urgency to win here. It shows, being in that pennant race year in and year out."
Mark Bowman is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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I'm 30 years old, I've been a Pacers fan since I was born. The hell else is a kid from Montgomery County gonna do, root for the friggin Bulls? Yes, Reggie made it fun, but Reggie draining jumpers isn't what I remember from the old days. I know a lot of you are far older than me, and have far longer a history with the franchise than me, I have no memory of Slick other than him calling games.
But every single time I hear his voice, and I'm not exaggerating, somewhere in the back of my mind I get a twinge of watching the Pacers on WTTV4. Sprawled out hands on chins on my Grandma's ratty *** puke green carpet next to my punk *** twin brother. Grandma loved the Pacers almost as much as she loved me, every time Reggie'd bomb a 3 and Slick would give one of his BOOM BABY's she'd let out a little giggle.
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Under the multi-year agreement, First Data said it will provide Kohl's with credit card processing, customer analytics, risk management services and automated customer service workflow tools. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed. Kohl's partnership with First Data will not affect Kohl's current credit card arrangement with Chase or the company's previously announced agreement with Capital One.
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