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OPI James Bond Skyfall Collection: OPI celebrates the golden anniversary of James Bond 007
OPI was inspired by the glamorous, mysterious and alluring world of the new James Bond film Skyfall, which is about to launch in a Swiss court. The adventure to design a limited edition OPI James Bond Collection with 12 new nail polishes, was turned into reality. The coatings are 007 the occasion of his 50th Jubilee dedicated and of course the graceful Bond girls and all who wish to take a dip in the fabulous surroundings of the saga:
Actress Bérénice Marlohe, which interprets the latest Bond girl wears in the film, the two colors by OPI collection Skyfall in an original combination: Skyfall HLD12 une Golden Eye HLD07.
"From shimmering metallic nail polishes to ones with shining jewel effects, and a sleek black and green – they reflect the refined atmosphere of the film," says Suzi Weiss-Fischmann, OPI Executive VP & Artistic Director.
OPI James Bond Skyfall Collection – 12 new, seductive and mysterious colors
The collection "Skyfall by OPI" consists of two series, each with six nail polish looks with many facets:
SEDUCTIVE: six soft, seductive colors, from intense gold up to sensual auburn.
DANGEROUS: six mysterious, exciting colors in blue, silver, gray and violet tones.
OPI James Bond Skyfall Collection – jewelery accessory: Top Coat with real 18-carat gold leaf
OPI has created a most brilliant accessory, so to speak, as a luxury collection of bonus: a top coat with real 18-carat gold leaf, "The Man with the Golden Gun, HLD62″. Applied to any well-dried OPI nail polish color, leave this luxury top coat layer, a transparent gloss on the nails and the small, real
Gold leaves arrange themselves into a striking creation. The OPI nail polish top coat makes sure an eye-catcher! Moreover, he is in a special gold vials available with collector value. "Gold is timeless, since the first James Bond film to Skyfall Bond girls adorn themselves with gold accessories. Of course, this jewelry, but also heels or handbag. The texture and the brilliant sheen of this top coat set new standards for accessories this season, "says Suzi Weiss-Fischmann, OPI Executive VP & Artistic Director.


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Also, what is a good mp3 player that is small (little overhead) and reliable.
I've installed gnotella (win32 distribution of gnutella), but I'm hardly getting any results. Can you guys find apps with this thing? I've done searches for all kinds of games and music, but the only search that gave me any results was for "eminem". It found 61 mp3s. The online files are more than 8 terabytes. Why am I not getting any results?
Try this site:
And then this:
I just use the original Gnutella . . . I've played around with N-Tella, but it still has it's issues (namely it doesn't close it's processes and it eventually brings the whole system crashing down . . .) so Gnutella still looks good to me. Zeropaid.com has a list of IP's for Gnutella that you can simply download and copy into the directory - that'll greatly improve your connectivity. They also have a server of the moment that helps sometimes.
I did, however, just try Gnotella - and I like it. It acts a little funny, and it seems to be inclined to hog processor cycles sometimes - but otherwise it's fine - and I like the skins.
I'm not having any of the problems you've been having - though search results do seem a little thin sometimes. I would imagine that's just a search engine foible . . .
Try Winamp for mp3s very little overhead.
Thanks a lot for your help. I'll try thoughs sites.
I really do not like the program. I seem to never be able to get a download and if it even starts it is so slow. I love the idea but I just think Ill stick with Napster for now.

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Day By Day: Tall tales and the truth are always a tricky combination
Oh my--where to begin.
My colleague's column last week has put me in mind of several things including the "Really ?" sketch from Saturday Night Live, some grim Wisconsin history and several old children's stories.
Let's start with "Really?" I'm not thinking the communist threat is all that real and we really don't need to be all that worried considering that Russia and China both seem to be embracing capitalism, especially fast food and cars, in such a big way. The only real manifestations of anything socialist in this country would have to be Social Security and Medicare and it seems that is the one thing that most people in America seem to agree on - hands off those two socialist programs.
All this fear about a Communist threat puts me in mind of that grim Wisconsin history I mentioned. I was not born in Wisconsin but I have lived most of my life here since I was 14. I have always been at home here with its agricultural foundation, its working class ethics and its progressive politics. Even as those politics have changed, I figure it is all part of how things play out in a democracy. I never thought I would be reminded of the dark days in our state's history that were dominated by the bombastic, fear monger who was the late Sen. Joe McCarthy.
McCarthy got plenty of traction before it became clear he was a nut job but I'm hoping we all have learned enough not to let that ever happen again. If he were around today, he would be relegated to the "talking heads" circuit. Who knows, maybe he's been reincarnated in Rush Limbaugh or Glen Beck. The bottom line is that those days are a bad dream for Wisconsin and that kind of thinking just doesn't make sense in the real world most of us live in.
That brings me to those fairy tales. Considering the long list of things my colleague fears, I couldn't help but think of the story of Henny Penny who ran around telling anyone who would listen that "the sky is falling, the sky is falling." It wasn't then and it isn't now.
I'm thinking an explanation of all this fear might be found in of all things a tea party. Lewis Carroll created quite bunch of radical thinkers at the Mad Hatter's tea party of "Alice in Wonderland" fame. Could it be that that kind of thinking has invaded the most current group of tea partiers? While what they are thinking makes total sense to them, it sounds anything but sensible to the rest of us? What's in that tea?
Maybe it would be better if people who are so fearful of all these imagined threats took a powder like "Sleeping Beauty" and awaited being awakened by a rich handsome prince until it is all better again - Donald Trump maybe?
The truth is that our country is a strong one and our constitution makes it so. No unsubstantiated accusations or Communist boogey man stories will change that. For all the imagined rights that are at risk according to some, there isn't any evidence that's what's happening. I expect to be voting in elections like the one this week and reading columns like my colleague's until I die. It's all that free speech nonsense you know.
I kind of think of it like the brick house one of those "Three Little Pigs" built. These people can huff and puff and cry wolf all they want but they will not blow down this big brick house our constitution built or the free thinkers on all sides who live here.


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The Scary Side of Low Rates
To Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan's way of thinking, the natural tendency of the economy is to grow. Consumers want to buy new things and companies want to build up businesses. That's why the lingering gloom among corporate honchos has come as a surprise. Some 18 months after the recession's end -- and nearly two months after Iraq jitters were laid to rest -- corporate CEOs are still reluctant to shell out money for new investment or take on more workers. If the gloom goes on too much longer, it could snuff out the sputtering recovery.
With the corporate set so cautious, the Fed's only hope is to use cheap credit to juice up other parts of the economy, including housing and the financial sector, so much that industrialists will take heart and start investing again. The key is using rock-bottom rates to help shift executives' expectations in a more positive direction and revive animal spirits.
But with interest rates at levels not seen in more than four decades, there are risks to the strategy. Indeed, there are already signs that ultralow interest rates are spawning bubble-like behavior in the financial markets. Another danger: increased financial disruptions as everyone from money-market to pension-fund managers struggle to cope with the brand-new world of ultralow rates.
Big rate drops have put particular pressures on mortgage financiers like Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (FRE ), as property owners have rushed to prepay their home loans. While the two government-sponsored agencies have long maintained they can handle the risks, Freddie Mac's abrupt dismissal of its president on June 9 following an accounting inquiry that will lead to an earnings restatement raised questions about whether it has adequate financial controls in place. The big, so far unfounded, worry: that future financial troubles at Fannie and Freddie could hurt the housing market, one of the few bright spots of the recovery.
Indeed, in a world of cheap credit, further rate cuts could, in some cases, hurt rather than help the economy. A further fall in interest rates could decimate the money-market fund industry, which provides hundreds of billions of dollars to Corporate America via purchases of commercial paper. "You're operating in an environment that you don't know very much about," says Goldman, Sachs & Co. economist Jan Hatzius.
But that's a risk Greenspan & Co. think they have to take. Fed officials are betting that the financial system is big and flexible enough to stand the stresses and strains of the brand-new world of ultralow interest rates. And they're also willing to accept any financial bubbles those low rates may spawn, if that's what it takes to get the economy going again. In comments to international bankers on June 2, Greenspan signaled that he thought investors might be getting a bit ahead of themselves in their enthusiasm about the economy. Yet he evinced little concern about the consequences. Indeed, Greenspan seems likely to push rates even lower when the Fed meets to map monetary strategy on June 24-25. In his June 2 comments, Greenspan hinted that a further cut in the 1 1/4% interbank interest rate was in the offing as insurance against the real, though remote, risk that the economy could tip into a debilitating, deflationary downturn.
The trouble for the Fed, though, is that when it cuts rates, the money doesn't necessarily flow to the parts of the economy where it can do the most good. Despite all the money that the central bank has pumped out, industrial companies remain gun-shy about taking on new debt to finance investment. Commercial and industrial loans at banks have actually shrunk over the past year, by $75 billion according to the Fed.
Even though lending rates are extraordinarily low, chief executives in the goods-producing sector are reluctant to borrow for fear that, with prices falling and demand lackluster, they will have a hard time repaying loans. In essence, manufacturers are mired in a localized deflation and low interest rates make very little difference to them. Adjusted for expected deflation in the price of goods they sell, real interest rates for those firms "have been going up," says Wachovia Corp. economist Mark Vitner.
Fed officials say that Corporate America is also holding back on borrowing and investment because company execs are still skittish in the wake of recent accounting scandals. Rather than focusing on ways to expand their businesses, corporate execs are focused on minimizing risk and keeping their jobs.
Ultralow rates, however, are clearly fueling a surge in the stock market. One example: The state of Illinois has taken some proceeds from a $10 billion bond issue to invest in stocks. That, state officials hope, will help close a huge $35 billion pension funding gap. To some, there is a smell of irrational exuberance in the air. "It's reminiscent of the [1990s] bubble," says Henry T.C. Hu, a corporate and securities law professor at the University of Texas.
Some stock strategists also worry that cheap money is propping up companies that ought to shrink or liquidate -- and so is delaying the consolidation needed for a vigorous recovery. Kari Bayer Pinkernell, senior U.S. strategist at Merrill Lynch & Co., frets that investors' renewed infatuation with tech companies is delaying much-needed restructuring.
There's another worry, too: the creation of a bubble in the bond market. Egged on by deflation talk from the Fed, yields on Treasury securities are at 45-year lows. "There is a great deal of risk and no return in the market," says James Grant, editor of Grant's Interest Rate Observer. The big risk for bonds is that the Fed's efforts to reflate the economy will prove all too successful, leading to an eventual surge in inflation. Inflation phobes argue that given the unprecedented amount of stimulus being pumped into the economy, it's only a matter of time before price pressures build. "Greenspan has made very clear that he's going to monetize the deficit," says Rajeev Dhawan, director of the Economic Forecasting Center at Georgia State University's Robinson College of Business. "That means you're going to have inflation down the road."
For now, though, the focus is on whether the Fed will succeed in goosing growth. And in the looking-glass world of cheap credit, that's by no means clear. Money-market funds are most at risk from rock-bottom rates. Falling rates have lowered yields on money-market mutual funds so much that their 0.6% annual fees eat up close to half of their 1.3% annual return, leaving investors just 0.7%. A further sharp rate drop could put many of the funds, which are big buyers of commercial paper, out of business. If that happened, it would force issuers of commercial paper like Ford Motor Credit (F ) to find other, presumably more expensive, ways to raise money.
But turning to banks for funding may not be so easy, either. In ordinary times, banks usually benefit strongly from interbank rate cuts by the Fed because they lower their cost of funds. But with bank borrowing costs already close to zero, another Fed rate won't make much difference. But it would pressure the banks to lower their lending rates, squeezing their profit margins and discouraging them from granting credit.
Pension funds are also feeling the pinch from bargain interest rates. They're required by regulation to have enough money so they can meet future obligations even if all their assets were invested at today's ultralow rates. By that standard, "pension plans are getting weaker," despite the stock market's surge, David Zion of Credit Suisse First Boston Zion states.
Greenspan & Co. are well aware of the distortions and disruptions that cheap credit could spawn. But with the economy sputtering, they have little choice but to accept the consequences of their ultralow interest-rate regime -- and hope for the best.
By Rich Miller in Washington and Peter Coy in New York, with Michael Arndt in Chicago


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In the halls of Washington, D.C. and back in Alaska, politicians are looking into the actions of what they say is a heavy-handed Environmental Protection Agency. Gov. Sean Parnell announced Thursday he has selected Anchorage attorney Brent Cole to serve as a Special Counsel to investigate the August raids of the Alaska Environmental Crimes Task Force -- an EPA-led group of armed and armored officers that descended on the area to look for violations of the Clean Water Act.
Cole has 90 days to submit his report on the Task Force's compliance checks in the Fortymile mining district, a 6.5-million-acre mineral claims area that partly sits inside the Fortymile National Wild and Scenic River. The area is controlled by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, and the state Department of Environmental Conservation oversees mining water quality permits there, under the authority and oversight of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Miners said that during the week of Aug. 22, seven armed agents descended on area mines, sped past miners on all-terrain vehicles or on foot without identifying themselves, and began checking equipment.
The agents were all wearing body armor and jackets with the word "POLICE" emblazoned on them. Miners, used to water-quality compliance checks that usually entail an officer showing up with a clipboard and a smile, claimed the EPA was heavy-handed in its August foray into the Fortymile area. A state DEC officer was part of the task force, something did not please Parnell.
"Alaskans deserve to know all the facts in this case," Parnell said in a Thursday press release. "While these facts are being gathered, I will continue to be vigilant in defense of Alaskans' liberty and personal property," Parnell said.
A September meeting in Chicken between the miners, the EPA, BLM and representatives from Sen. Lisa Murkowski and Rep. Don Young's offices was attended by Parnell, but offered the miners few answers to their questions about the Task Force's actions. Parnell vowed to begin an investigation into the matter and called the EPA Task Force's actions "over-targeted and done with excessive force." So far, no citations or charges have been filed against any of the 30 or so miners contacted by the EPA Task Force. The EPA has said it had evidence of "potential egregious felony violations of the Clean Water Act in the Fortymile District."
Meanwhile, on Capitol Hill
Also on Thursday, in Washington, D.C., the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources began two hours of testimony about what some on the committee say is evidence of EPA overreach in enforcing environmental regulations. Young, Alaska's lone representative in the House, is a member of the committee and asked one of the Fortymile miners to attend.
"We feel it was very intimidating to have regulators come in like they did with full body armor, automatic weapons, and shotguns, and not introduce themselves. It was very disconcerting," said Sheldon Maier, president of the Fortymile Mining District, who testified before the House subcommittee Thursday.
Representatives of the EPA itself were not present at the Capitol Hill hearing because of the ongoing government shutdown, but the agency has told the Alaska Dispatch that it would not be answering any more press inquiries about the actions of its task force.
The EPA refuses to explain why it chose to use its Enforcement Task Force to do what were basically compliance checks of Chicken-area mines. Murkowski said she believes the EPA's reasoning is, "wholly concocted" and said her staffers were told by the agency that one reason for the use of armed officers was a tip from the Alaska State Troopers that there was, "ongoing and rampant drug and human trafficking in the area."
The Troopers have since denied ever telling the EPA that and said they have no evidence the Chicken area is dangerous.
Contact Sean Doogan at sean(at)alaskadispatch.com


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Phuket Fitness & Detox Retreat — for Fitness, Weight Loss, Detox & Yoga
Phuket Fitness & Detox is ideal if you would like to quickly lose weight, get in shape or detox your body.
They have achieved notable success in helping people take back control of their lives and lose a lot of weight, very very quickly. The Detox program is incredible. It is probably the best on the island. Most of the guests at Phuket Fitness & Detox are beginners and there are many classes aimed at helping beginners get into shape.
- Robert Green.
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Sinbi Muay Thai — for thai boxing fight training
Sinbi Muay Thai has some top fight trainers and is by far the best gym for Muay Thai on the island. It's not a beginner gym, so it's best to know at least some Thai boxing before you join.
Sinbi can really take you to the next level in the sport.
- Dan Meltzer.
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Phuket Top Team — for MMA
Phuket Top Team is the place for MMA in Phuket. Focused pretty much just on this one thing and attracting some of the best MMA fighters in the world.
- Mark Harrison.
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Things to do in Rawai…
- Relax on the beaches, just minutes away
- Go for a swim in the sea
- Take a boat trip to the islands (leaves from the beach)
- Have a drink at a bar at the beach
- Visit Rawai cape
- Go for a hike over the hills
- Take a day trip to Phi Phi island
- Go fishing on the beach or by boat
- Ride an Elephant through the Jungle
- Take a traditional Thai Massage
- Unwind in the Sauna
- Go Jet Skiing, Water Skiing
- Watch a Muay Thai Fight at the Local stadium
- Visit our local Buddhist Temple
- Batik Painting, for creativity
- Visit the Snake Farm or Aquarium
- Ride a horse on the beach
- Take Thai Cooking Classes
- Play Tennis, Golf, Football
- Kayaking, Quad-biking, Water Sports…
- Enjoy the nightlife, beach-bars, music, clubs…
All these activities can be organized and done just minutes away from our camp. This is one of the reasons why – without a doubt – we are in the best location in Phuket.
More Things to Do in Phuket
- Big Buddha: On top of the highest mountain in Phuket
- James Bond Island: "The Man with the Golden Gun"
- Phang Nga Bay: Vertical cliffs rising from the Sea
- Phuket FantaSea: The nightlife culture theme-park
- Patong Nightlife: Soi Bangla Road
- Phuket Temples: Buddhist Wat's, monuments
- Phuket Viewpoints: 360 degree scenic viewpoints
- Old Phuket Town: A look at the old side of Phuket
- Simon Cabaret Show: Colorful, Fun and Original
- Phuket Zoo: Lions, Tigers and Bears
- Half-Day Safari: Elephant trekking and more
- Whitewater Rafting: Take a trip downstream
- Bay Cruise: See Phuket by water
- And many more…


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|Joaquin Phoenix
|Bobby Green
|Mark Wahlberg
|Joseph Grusinsky
|Eva Mendes
|Amada Juarez
|Robert Duvall
|Bert Grusinsky
|Antoni Corone
|Michael Solo
|Moni Moshonov
|Marat Bujayev
|Alex Veadov
|Vadim Mezshinski
|Tony Musante
|Jack Shapiro
In 1988, New York's police wage an all-out war on drugs, and guilty and innocent alike become casualties. Bobby Green, manager of a nightclub that is often frequented by gangsters, tries to remain neutral but hides a potentially fatal secret: His brother and father are both cops. After his brother is wounded in an assassination attempt, Bobby can no longer remain neutral. He joins forces with his brother for an all-out assault on the mob.


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I hope Harrison's friends and family don't mind if I challenge the man's opinions. The Concert for George is necessary, as it takes a good look at the human, familial side that does exist in rock and roll. It's the antithesis of another first-rate concert movie, The Band's The Last Waltz (1978), where you got the feeling the longtime bandmates couldn't wait to get the damn thing over and done with. Martin Scorsese filmed Robbie Robertson and company as if they were performing in separate halls. In the latter concert, there's a feeling that the performers need to be there, that they need the comfort of each other. The stage is crammed with musicians.
Continue reading: The Concert For George Review
The film is almost half an hour longer than 'The Force Awakens'.
The film is expected to continue without Mendes' involvement.


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Banimpire: US debut on Saturday after big-money sale at Goffs last yearPICTURE: Patrick McCann (racingpost.com/photos))
Belmont debut for Royal Ascot winner Banimpire
Preview: USA, Saturday 10.06pm BST (live on ATR)
Belmont Park: New York Stakes (Grade 2) 1m2f, turf, 3yo+ f/m
BANIMPIRE, one of the leading three-year-old fillies in Europe last term for Jim Bolger, makes her US debut on Saturday following her €2.3 million sale at Goffs in November to owner Martin Schwartz.
Runner-up twice in Group 1 company in the Irish Oaks and the Prix de l'Opera, the ultra-tough daughter of Holy Roman Emperor won five Group contests at lesser level, notably the Ribblesdale Stakes at Royal Ascot.
Banimpire is now trained by former Bobby Frankel assistant Chad Brown, who had a couple of runners at last week's royal meeting as is well known for his aptitude with turf runners, among them former French-trained star Stacelita.
The four-year-old makes her US bow in the Grade 2 New York Stakes, with Kentucky Oaks-winning jockey Rosie Napravnik in the plate.
Her rivals include Aruna (Graham Motion/Ramon Dominguez), who recently beat several of Saturday's rivals in the Grade 2 Sheepshead Bay at this venue.
Among those reopposing from that race is former Henry Cecil-trained Principal Role (Bill Mott/Junior Alvarado), who has made the usual Juddmonte transatlantic switch.
Also on Saturday
Belmont Park: Dwyer Stakes (Grade 2) 1m½f, dirt, 3yo (10.38pm BST, live on ATR)
A handful of also-rans from the Triple Crown bid to step up for the second half of the season, headed by Teeth Of The Dog (Michael Matz/Joel Rosario), fifth in the Preakness before a good victory on the Belmont Stakes undercard.
He concedes weight to six rivals including Preakness fourth Zetterholm and Unstoppable U, sixth in the Belmont.
Hollywood Park: Triple Bend Hcap (Grade 1) 7f, AW, 3yo+ (11.38pm BST)
Hollywood has a monopoly of the Grade 1 action this weekend with a pair of them on Saturday's card, headed by the Triple Bend in which 7f specialist The Factor (Bob Baffert/Rafael Bejarano) appears for the first time since a dismal sixth in the Dubai Golden Shaheen.
Although he has won Grade 1 events at this trip on synthetics and dirt, he must give 4lb to last year's winner Smiling Tiger (Jeff Bonde/Mike Smith) and 7lb to runner-up Camp Victory (Mike Mitchell/Joe Talamo).
Hollywood Park: Shoemaker Mile (Grade 1) 1m, turf, 3yo+ (1.10am Sun BST)
Perhaps not the strongest Grade 1 ever contested, raising hopes that Little Mike (Dale Romans/Joe Bravo) will complete back-to-back top-level successes after a surprise win in the Woodford Reserve Turf Classic on the Kentucky Derby undercard.
Prairie Meadows: Iowa Derby (Grade 3) 1m½f, dirt, 3yo (3.39am Sun BST)
Breeders' Cup Juvenile winner Hansen (Mike Maker/Ramon Dominguez) breaks from the rail as he returns to action at a more suitable distance after fading in the Kentucky Derby.
Prairie Meadows: Cornhusker Hcap (Grade 3) 1m1f, dirt, 3yo+ (4.11am Sun BST)
Alysheba Stakes winner Successful Dan (Charles Lopresti/Julien Leparoux) goes pot-hunting under the floodlights in this $300,000 event on the Iowa Derby card.
The six-year-olds, unbeaten in his last five (disqualified in one), gives weight away to his rivals but should still outclass the likes of veteran Awesome Gem and former Cornhusker winners Headache and Shadowbdancing.


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|South East Asia
|Philippine islands
|Major islands
|Luzon, Mindanao, Mindoro, Palawan
|10,572 km²
|Highest point
|Halcon (2,582 m)
|Occidental Mindoro, Oriental Mindoro
|Largest city
|Calapan (105,910)
|1,062,000 (as of 2000)
|Indigenous people
|Mangyan, Tagalog
Mindoro is the seventh-largest island in the Philippines. It is located in southwestern Luzon, just northeast of Palawan. In past times, it has been called Ma-i or Mait by ancient Chinese traders and, by Spaniards, as Mina de Oro (meaning "gold mine") from where the island got its current name. The island was divided into its two present-day provinces, Occidental Mindoro and Oriental Mindoro, in 1950. Before then, since 1921, the entire island was one province.
According to the late historian William Henry Scott in his book Prehispanic Source Materials For The Study of Philippine History (rev. ed., 1984), an entry in the official history of the Sung Dynasty for the year 972 mentions Ma-i as a trading partner of China. Other Chinese records referring to Ma-i or Mindoro appear in the years that follow.
Prehispanic Source Materials enumerates the products that Mindoro traders exchanged with the Chinese as "beeswax, cotton, true pearls, tortoise shell, medicinal betelnuts and yu-ta [jute?] cloth" for Chinese porcelain, trade gold, iron pots, lead, colored glass beads and iron needles.
The economy of Mindoro is largely based on agriculture. Products consist of a wide variety of fruits, such as citrus, bananas, lanzones, rambutan, and coconuts, such cereals as rice and maize, sugar cane, peanuts, fish (catfish, milkfish,tilapia), livestock, and poultry. Logging and the mining of marble and copper also thrive.
Tourism is a lucrative business as well, with locations such as Apo Reef National Park, Lubang Island, Puerto Galera, Sabang Beach, and Mount Halcon. Puerto Galera's beaches are the islands most known tourist attraction and are widely visited.
The principal language in Mindoro is Tagalog, although in some parts it has been greatly influenced by the native Visayan and Mangyan languages. Mainstream Filipino and Taglish are, indeed, present in and around such areas as Puerto Galera and Calapan City. Visayan and Mangyan languages, too, are spoken on the island, as are Ilokano and some foreign languages — e.g., English, Fukien, and, to a much lesser extent, Spanish.
The common religions on the island fall under Christianity. The religion of the indigenous Mangyan population is animism. Though they are into animism as a religion, the Catholic Church in some of Mindoro's parts is also active.
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Mindoro is also home to the Tamaraw or Mindoro dwarf buffalo (Bubalus mindorensis), which is endemic to the island. The Tamaraw is a bovine related to the water buffalo and is an endangered species.
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Mar 25, 2010 10:53 AM|Redah|LINK
It's very simple: I am running PHP version 5.2.13, and whenever I load any of the php_wincache versions (1.01 or the 1.1 beta) and recycle the app pool, clients get a Server Error and when I look in the application log I see the following:
Faulting application php-cgi.exe, version 18.104.22.168, time stamp 0x4b853880, faulting module php-cgi.exe, version 126.96.36.199, time stamp 0x4b853880, exception code 0xc0000005, fault offset 0x0000191a, process id 0xf1c, application start time 0x01cacc28f61e9707.
As soon as I disable the php_wincache extension in php.ini, everything is OK again. I've tried disabling other extensions (including memcache) to see if this would fix anything, but to no avail.
I'm running Windows Server 2008 with SP2, and IIS 7.0 with FastCGI.
Mar 25, 2010 11:24 AM|ksingla|LINK
Thanks for reporting this issue. Looks like we have a bug in the shutdown path. I will look into this and get back to you.
Mar 25, 2010 11:41 AM|Redah|LINK
Thanks for the very fast reply :)
If you need any further information, or error logs/tracing, just let me know and I would be happy to reproduce the issue :)
Mar 25, 2010 02:23 PM|Redah|LINK
Actually... I solved the problem on my end. I was running on 'regular' PHP and while reading up on several 'optimise your IIS' webpages, a fairly large amount of them advise to install a 'non thread safe' version of PHP.
So I figured I'd give it a shot, replaced my PHP files with the nts version, et voila: php_windowscache is working superbly. Nevertheless, this might be good information to mention at the Windows Cache page, unless Windows Cache is also supposed to work
on a non-nts version.
Mar 25, 2010 05:27 PM|ksingla|LINK
Yes, wincache only works with NTS version of PHP. I am glad that your problem is solved. And thanks for your feedback. We will put NTS requirement on the wincache landing page.


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Still riding high on the wave of Booth acclaim he received for his last feature, the THC-drenched Smoke Out', JR Mint returns to address the other kind of green on another new mixtape leak. As Pro Logic flips an eerily... Read More
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Tiger Tyson gets around: LA, Palm Springs, London, Paris, New York. In ten years, he's gone from being a newcomer with a cool name to a porn superstar. His adult career as long as any in the industry, and he a bunch of awards to show for it. In June 2007, he was named Mr. Blatino by Palm Springs Blatino Oasis for his safe sex advocacy. Then he clinched a GayVN Award for Best Ethnic Themed Video of 2007 for Tiger's Eiffel Tower: Paris Is Mine! and was inducted into the GayVN Hall of Fame, to boot.
Claiming ancestry as African American and Puerto Rican, Tyson keeps himself in tip-top physical shape so that his onscreen partners will always get the drilling of their lives from his nearly foot-long, ramrod-straight cock. If you want to see or know more about Tiger, visit his blog at
This interview with Tiger was conducted in July 2007, before his GayVN wins.
Let's begin with personal basics: age, height, weight, cock size, education.
I was born in Brooklyn, NY on May 20. I'm 27 years old, 5-foot-9, 140 lbs. My birth sign is Taurus/Gemini. Dick size: 10.5 inches. Education is high school and the streets of Brooklyn!
How did you get your start in the adult industry? What's the first film you made?
My first film was in 1997 called Sweatin' Black. I was stripping at clubs in New York City when I got into the adult business. Another dancer was acting in sex movies and he asked me if I'd be willing to give it a try.
How many films have you made in front of the camera? Have you ever appeared in straight porn?
I've made more than 20 films but to tell you the truth I've lost track of some of the titles. Since I joined forces with Pitbull Productions and formed my own line called Tiger Tyson's Platinum Series, I've made eight films as well as starred in The Show, Part 1 and Part 2 in conjunction with Dark Alley Media. We co-produced these two titles and they won Best Ethnic Video at the GAYVN awards in 2007. I've haven't done straight porn.
What is "thugporn"? When I watch films produced by Pitbull, I expect to see tops who don't kiss, don't suck, don't reciprocate with their partners in any way and often get their rocks off and leave the partner to his own devices. Does the "DL" figure into the scenarios in your pictures?
Well, thugporn is actually more about how the brothas interact in real life — and hey, some of them like to kiss, and give rim jobs. Some of them are just out for their own nut. We show slices of real life. Some of the guys are on the DL, many are open about their sexuality. It depends on the actor how we film the scene.
Who do you see as your principal audience? Mostly white or mostly black? Gay? Curious straights? Other?
We have a large black and white audience. We are getting more of a Latino audience now as well. And since I made Tiger Tyson's Eiffel Tower: Paris is Mine! in Paris, France this winter, we've been getting a lot of international press and orders for our movies. I think our audience is anyone who loves Blatino and black guys and thinks they are sexy!
Have you ever sucked a dick onscreen? If not, would you, or is that too far from the Tiger Tyson persona?
Nope, I've never sucked a dick onscreen nor have I ever bottomed. I'm a top all the way!
Where is Tiger Tyson on the Kinsey scale, where 0=exclusively heterosexual and 6=exclusively homosexual?
I'm just a nice fun loving young single guy trying to keep his private sex life separate from his public sex life!
I seldom hear the word "Blatino" any more? Has that concept died? Was it just a marketing tool?
Nope, it's still around and in fact I think it's being used more often now than before. The more companies that get into the Black/Latin marketplace, the more they use the word! It's a good way to describe people of mixed race who are partly Hispanic and part Black.
In the film Steel Curtain you talk about making a fitness video. Was this just dialog or are you actually making such a video? If you are, tell me more about it.
My fitness video is one of the loves of my life! I put the concept on hold last year because I was so busy making movies and doing personal appearances, going to
Europe to make a film, etc.
But I'll get back to it in 2008 and when I have something definite to say you'll be the first person I get in touch with! I'm a workout junkie, can't get enough and I'd like to share this with people who are looking for a better body and better health.
Do you have any immediate goals regarding your adult career? Long-term plans?
Just to continue to make the best ethnic movies I can. Hopefully each one is better than the last. To keep making personal appearances at clubs both in the USA and in Europe. I am working hard to continue to grow my career in a positive manner.
Do you watch the films produced by Latino Fan Club or Tyson Cane, both of whom are in the same general geographic area as you? If so, how do you think your audiences overlap or not overlap?
Honestly, I don't watch any porn other than when I'm working on the editing of my own movies so I can't really say if we overlap or not.
Any opinions on why the west-coast gay porn studios seem to steer clear of any ethnic flavor in their productions?
I'd say that from what I've read recently, all the big companies have at least one or two or three token Latins and Blacks working in their big-budget movies. Depending on the studio, some of them often build entire movies around Latin guys.
What became of Enrique Cruz? Is there any relation between Enrique Cruz and Pitbull? What roles do you play at Pitbull other than model?
I believe Enrique Cruz is still making films. There has never been a relationship between Enrique and Pitbull, we are two separate movie studios. [At Pitbull] I function as a actor, director (on Eiffel Tower), casting director, story line consultant, public persona of the company (i.e. interviews, autograph signings, etc). I don't think anyone has ever considered me a model at Pitbull — I have my fingers in all the pies.
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Optimal Fiscal and Monetary Policy: Some Recent Results
This paper studies the quantitative properties of fiscal and monetary policy in business cycle models. In terms of fiscal policy, optimal labor tax rates are virtually constant and optimal capital income tax rates are close to zero on average. In terms of monetary policy, the Friedman rule is optimal—nominal interest rates are zero—and optimal monetary policy is activist in the sense that it responds to shocks to the economy.
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Drew Pearce has never actually written a produced full feature film before, but already he making himself a big part of the blockbuster world. He and director Shane Black teamed up to write the script for the upcoming Iron Man 3, which will be in theaters next May, and now he's landed a sweet gig at Legendary Pictures working on the new version of Godzilla.
Sources have informed Variety that the up-and-coming writer has been hired to draft a re-write of the new monster movie, which is being directed by Gareth Edwards. While the studio is very excited about the work that has been done – and were particularly thrilled with the reception the teaser trailer got at San Diego Comic Con – the big task they have given Pearce is to "age up" the characters. Apparently they already have an idea of "the prototype of the actors they would like to target," and want to make sure that the characters are appropriate. Earlier drafts of the script were penned by David Callahan, David Goyer and Max Borenstein. Pearce is being given a four-week window to work on the screenplay.
Honestly, this all sounds like positive news for Iron Man 3. Pearce is also working on the script for Sherlock Holmes 3, which means that he got the Robert Downey Jr. stamp of approval, and the fact that other studios are taking an interest in him means that he could be gaining a reputation. We'll have to wait and see how they all turn out.
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Forward Scott Gomez was back on the ice with his Montreal Canadiens teammates Monday.
Gomez, who has missed the past seven games because of a shoulder injury, is not expected to play Tuesday against the Edmonton Oilers but could be available when the Canadiens play Thursday in Phoenix or Saturday in Nashville.
Gomez replaced Andrei Kostitsyn on a line Monday with Lars Eller and Travis Moen and skated at full speed.
Gomez, 32, has just one assist in six games.
Montreal Canadiens forward Max Pacioretty, who missed part of last season with a concussion and broken vertebra, announced Monday that he's created a foundation to help the Montreal General Hospital.
The Max Pacioretty Foundation will help raise money for MGH's Traumatic Brain Injury Centre to buy a functional MRI machine. The foundation has a goal of raising $3.5 million.
''I received great care at the Montreal General Hospital and now that I have fully recovered I want to do my share and give back," Pacioretty said in a press release. "The fact that this new MRI unit has several applications not only for athletes but for concussion patients of all ages, adult and children, is really important. Also, members of the Canadian Armed Forces suffering post traumatic stress syndrome (PTSS), will benefit from this new equipment."


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When Jimmy Fallon visited Orlando last week, he shared some Florida zingers about President Donald Trump.
If you weren't watching "The Tonight Show," here are some of Fallon's jokes from last Monday's show.
"You guys, we are so excited to be here at Universal Orlando for the opening of our new Tonight Show ride, 'Race Through New York!' That's right, we came all the way to Florida to go on a ride that makes us feel like we're back in New York."
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The theme of the 2014 UPCEA Mid-Atlantic conference is "Leading the Charge", reflecting the role that contemporary continuing, professional, and online education units play in their institutions and in higher education. Such units have been charged with developing new programs, in new modalities, for new audiences, and that cultivate new revenue streams. Increasingly, continuing, professional, and online education units have also been charged with driving change and innovation in traditional academic units, rather than simply working in parallel or in collaboration with such units as in the past. The net effect is that continuing, professional, and online education units are leading their institutions' charge forward into the future of higher education. The 2014 Mid-Atlantic regional conference is designed to provide practical models for success as continuing, professional, and online education units take on the charge. Presentations for individuals in leadership, operations, and student services roles are aligned with UPCEA's networks. The conference theme also reflects the role that UPCEA has played over the last 100 years, leading the charge for quality, innovation, leadership, professional development, research, and benchmarking in continuing, professional, and online education.
The conference will also launch the third cohort of the Mid-Atlantic region's Emerging Leaders Program. This year-long program begins with a pre-conference workshop at the 2014 conference, continues with a year-long collaborative cohort project, and culminates with presentation at the 2015 Mid-Atlantic conference. These activities provide participants with the opportunity to collaboratively explore the theory and practice of continuing education leadership with peers from across the Mid-Atlantic region. The program is designed to prepare the next generation of the region's leaders to "lead the charge". Interested in joining or learning more about the Emerging Leaders Program? Contact Chris Sax at email@example.com.
This year's theme also reflects the many ways in which Delaware and the 2014 host institution, the University of Delaware, have led the charge to exploration and innovation. The image of Caesar Rodney on Delaware's quarter memorializes his overnight ride from Dover, DE to Philadelphia to cast the deciding vote for the Declaration of Independence in the Continental Congress in July of 1776. Three signers of the Declaration of Independence and one signer of the U.S. Constitution are UDel graduates, leading the charge to formation of a new country. UDel was the first U.S. university to establish a study abroad program, leading the charge to provide students with a culturally rich and diverse educational experience. As a land, sea, and space grant institution, UDel leads the charge to explore and understand all aspects of our natural world. UDel's new Science, Technology and Advanced Research (STAR) Campus is designed to be a center of innovation that focuses on science, technology, engineering and clinical practice in areas ranging from biomedicine and biotechnology to alternative energy and environmental sustainability.
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For the sixth straight year, the Mid-Atlantic region will conduct a service project designed to serve the community in which its annual conference is held. The 2014 service project will benefit Lori's Hands.
Lori's Hands offers community health service learning opportunities to undergraduates through meaningful service to chronically ill clients in the students' communities. Individuals attending the 2014 UPCEA Mid-Atlantic conference will be provided with the opportunity to make monetary donations to Lori's Hands to support the work of students in service to the community. Through the generosity of past conference attendees, the Mid-Atlantic region has collected $500-$900 annually to support previous service projects.
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Join us as we reach our centennial year – the UPCEA Mid Atlantic 2014 Regional Conference is part of our yearlong celebration of reinventing higher education.


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Claytor No Net, MacCat Deluxe and Jacks'R'Better TriGlide suspension at mile 3.4 of Segment 5 of the Colorado Trail on 5/24/08.
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Cryptosporidium in Cats – Symptoms, Diagnosis & Treatment
|Symptoms of cryptosporidium How do cats become infected? Life cycle Diagnosing cryptosporidium How is it treated? Can I catch cryptosporidium from my cat?
Cryptosporidium at a glance
Cryptosporidiosis (or crypto) is the name of a protozoal infection affecting the small intestine and sometimes the respiratory tract of affected hosts. It is caused by single-celled parasites of the genus Cryptosporidium which infects a wide variety of vertebrates including cats, dogs, humans, horses, and livestock. There are up to 50 sub-species of Cryptosporidium with have their preferred hosts. While cats (and humans) can be infected with sub-species normally found in other animals, infection tends to be less severe. The natural hosts of the sub-species have been included in bold font.
- Cryptosporidium felis – Cats and occasionally humans (rare)
- Cryptosporidium canis – Dogs and occasionally humans (rare)
- Cryptosporidium parvum – Cattle, sheep, goats, cats, dogs, humans
- Cryptosporidium hominis – Humans
- Cryptosporidium meleagridis – Turkeys, parrots and humans
- Cryptosporidium muris – Rodents, cats, occasionally humans (rare)
Cryptosporidium (along with Giardia) are both well known protozoal infections which are common causes of waterborne disease.
It is estimated that up to 15% of cats in the United States have been infected with Cryptosporidium at some point in their lives. Cats from shelters have a higher rate of infection due to often crowded conditions.
Life cycle of Cryptosporidium
Nonsporulated (non-infective) oocysts are passed in the feces of an infected host. It usually takes between 3 – 6 days after infection for oocysts to be passed in the feces.
Most oocysts are thick walled and are infective when they are passed out of the body in the feces, according to the CDC, it may also be possible that oocysts pass out of the body by respiratory secretions [2]. Each oocyst contains 4 sporozoites in each of 2 sporocysts. The zoites invade the intestinal cells and develop to the schizont stage. The schizonts release more zoites which invade new cells and give rise to the next generation of schizonts. There are 3 generations of schizonts. Zoites released from the last generation of schizonts invade cells and form gametocytes. The male gametocyte releases gametes which fuse with the female gametocytes and form oocysts.
A small number of oocysts are thin walled, and remain within the body causing re-infection.
How do cats become infected with Cryptosporidium?
Infection occurs via the fecal-oral route. Once the oocysts have become infective in the environment they infect their next host in a number of ways.
- Drinking contaminated water. This is usually from untreated water supplies such as lakes, dams etc., but occasionally the water supply can become contaminated.
- Eating contaminated food. This may have occurred during preparation (unwashed hands, contaminated food preparation area), or during slaughter or infected prey.
- Exposure to objects (fomites) which have been contaminated with oocysts such as food bowls, litter trays.
- Ingesting oocysts from the coat during self or mutual grooming.
What are the symptoms of cryptosporidiosis in cats?
Healthy adult cats often show no signs of infection or self-limiting symptoms such as mild diarrhea, kittens under six months of age and immunocompromised cats, such as those with Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV) or Feline Leukemia Virus (FeLV) are most often affected and have longer lasting and more severe symptoms and may even die. Symptoms can vary slightly depending on the sub-species. In humans, C. Hominis can also result in vomiting, but this doesn't appear to be the case for C. Felis and C. Parvum which can infect cats.
The most common symptom of cryptosporidiosis is watery diarrhea, other symptoms may include:
- Anorexia (loss of appetite)
- Abdominal pain
- Low-grade fever
- Lethargy
- Dehydration, due to diarrhea
- Weight loss
How is cryptosporidiosis diagnosed?
Diagnosing cryptosporidium can be difficult due to the small size of the oocysts. Specific tests will need to be carried out to look for the parasite. Tests may include:
Stool samples should be sent to a specialist laboratory for testing. The oocysts of Cryptosporidium are detected using the acid-fast stain technique, which stains the oocysts red. To increase the chance of an accurate diagnosis, several stool samples may be required.
Serology to look for the presence of antibodies to Cryptosporidium, however, all this will show is that the cat has had exposure to the organism at some point in his life, but not if it is current.
Enzyme-linked immunofluorescent antibody (ELISA) is another test using a stool sample which is sent to a laboratory. There it is added to a petri dish which contains cryptosporidium antigen. If the stool sample contains antibodies to Cryptosporidium, these will bind together with the antigen in the dish.
An intestinal biopsy can reveal the organism as well as damage to the lining of the intestines caused by the organism and the cat's own immune response.
FIV and FeLV testing in cats may be carried out in cats who have tested positive to Cryptosporidium which doesn't resolve on its own quickly.
How is cryptosporidiosis treated?
There are no effective medications to treat cryptosporidiosis in cats. A cat with a healthy immune system will rid themselves of the parasite in time.
Some veterinarians may prescribe antiprotozoal drugs to treat immunocompromised cats. These may include Tylosin, Paromomycin, Clindamycin, Azithromycin, and Fenbendazole.
Supportive care may be necessary. This may include nutritional support and IV fluids and electrolytes to treat dehydration and anti-diarrheal medications.
Can I catch cryptosporidiosis from my cat?
It is possible, yes although it would seem to be reasonably uncommon. As we have already mentioned, most strains of Cryptosporidium are host specific. The majority of human infections are caused by drinking contaminated water. Most cases of cryptosporidiosis in humans is caused by C. parvum which has a wide range of hosts or C. hominis, which is host specific to humans.
As with cats, a healthy immune system usually fights off the disease relatively quickly, however, it can have devastating effects on the immunocompromised. Cats who are infected should be kept away from immunocompromised people.
It is always safer to assume that a cat infected with Cryptosporidium could potentially infect other pets and humans and take the appropriate safety precautions.
Preventing cryptosporidiosis in cats
There is no foolproof way of preventing cryptosporidiosis, however, there are ways to reduce your cat's exposure to the parasite.
- Avoid letting him drink from water outside, such as lakes, dams, streams which could be contaminated.
- Always make sure food preparation surfaces are clean when preparing food for you or your cat.
- Wash your hands before preparing food for your cat.
How can I reduce the chances of catching cryptosporidiosis from my cat?
- Always handle feces with care. Use rubber gloves when cleaning out litter trays.
- Solids should be removed at least once a day, placed in a plastic bag and in the garbage outside.
- Litter trays should be fully emptied and disinfected at least once a week. Clean and disinfect the floor around litter trays also.
- Always wash your hands after touching your cat.
- Never let immunocompromised people clean out litter trays.
- Keep litter trays well away from food preparation areas.


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New York, Oct 16 (IANS) US stocks posted solid gains on Thursday, as Wall Street assessed mixed economic data and positive earnings reports from stocksbig banks.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 217.00 points, or 1.28 percent, to 17,141.75. The S&P 500 jumped 29.62 points, or 1.49 percent, to 2,023.86. The Nasdaq Composite Index spiked 87.25 points, or 1.82 percent, to 4,870.10, reported Xinhua.
The US Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers decreased 0.2 percent in September on a seasonally adjusted basis, in line with market consensus, the Labor Department reported on Thursday.
The index for all items less food and energy (core CPI) increased 0.2 percent in September after rising 0.1 percent in July and August. The core CPI has risen 1.9 percent over the past 12 months.
"While it may look like core inflation is moving towards that desired 2.0-percent mark with this report, the mix is not necessarily what the Fed expected," said Sophia Kearney-Lederman, an economic analyst at FTN Financial.
In a separate report, the department announced that in the week ending October 10, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial jobless claims decreased 7,000 from the previous week's revised level to 255,000, below market estimates.
The October 2015 Empire State Manufacturing Survey indicates that business activity declined for a third consecutive month for New York manufacturers. The headline general business conditions index edged up 3 points, but remained negative at minus 11.4.
Some analysts thought that the mostly soft economic data supported the case for a rate hike delay.
In corporate news, shares of Citigroup Inc. surged 4.44 percent to $52.97 apiece Thursday after the company delivered better-than-expected quarterly results.
The bank reported net income for the third quarter 2015 of $4.3 billion, or 1.35 dollars per diluted share, on revenues of $18.7 billion.
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. jumped 3.04 percent to $184.96 apiece Thursday after posting quarterly earnings above estimates but revenues shy of forecast.
Overseas stock markets also increased broadly Thursday. European equities ended sharply higher, with French benchmark index CAC 40 rising 1.44 percent, as investors shrugged off the downturn in oil prices.
In Asia, Chinese benchmark Shanghai Composite Index soared 2.32 percent on improving sentiment and expectation of more growth-supportive policies.


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By Dan Parker
Fairfax Media has apologised for its failure to publish four newspapers this morning, including The Press in Christchurch and The Dominion Post in Wellington.
A computer fault was to blame, but the company says it still hasn't worked out exactly what went wrong.
Fairfax CEO Allen Williams has apologised for the fault, saying the company is "sorry we had a failure".
Compensation may be offered to advertisers, retailers and subscribers.
Corruption of Fairfax's Auckland-based editorial input system meant four of its daily papers never went to press, leaving customers and retailers disappointed this morning.
The Press editor Andrew Holden says it was "a long, boring night hoping that the system could come back up", and staff were left disappointed and frustrated.
The papers affected were The Dominion Post, The Press, the Timaru Herald and The Southland Times.
Traffic to Fairfax's online news sites increased as a result of the fault – somewhat ironically, as the move to online is a trend newspapers have been fighting to avoid.
In Wellington around 100,000 copies of The Dominion Post were missing from newsstands, with suppliers upset at lost business.
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™ March 2012 REGIONAL DIGITAL EDITION FEATURES FEATURES 75 Judge, Jury & Executioner 78 Mindful Meals With food on the brain this month, Style digs into the Meatless Monday movement that's making waves in con-scious eating circles. Try it out with our recipes from local professional chefs! A local food critic recently made his case against an area res-taurant that had some people questioning his authority and creden-tials. We'll let you be the judge. DEPARTMENTS Robyn Raphael 20 Glory Albin 22 Shirley Rice Perrin Sisters Art 44 Bernard Treanton 46 Andy Byrne 60 Our Kids A Touch of Understanding 64 Mercy Hospital Community Tile Project 66 InsideOut Whooping Couch Woes 4 stylemg.com -March 2012 Cover photo by Dante Fontana. 18 Get To Know 42 The Arts 62 Cause & Effect
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BOSNIA - Israeli soccer took a turn for the worst Thursday night when Hapoel Tel Aviv fans set fire to the stands in the team's UEFA Cup qualifying match with Siroki Brijeg in Bosnia. Two were arrested and one fan was evacuated to a hospital following the incident.
After gaining a 1-0 advantage in the 14th minute, Hapoel fans celebrated by lighting torches and throwing them on the field. Local ushers threw the torches back at the crowd, setting the seats in the old stadium on fire. The UEFA observer and referee immediately ordered the game come to a halt.
The Israeli fans, which were held up by local police officers before entering the stadium at the start of the game, were confronted once again with the same officers, who beat them severely with sticks.
Many fans suffered bloody injuries from the beating and pushing by Bosnian police officers, who were instructed to evacuate all the Hapoel fans from the stadium. The Israeli ambassador in Bosnia has been making attempts to have the two fans who were arrested released in order for them to catch their flight back home on Friday.
Only after the evacuation, which took about 15 minutes, was complete did the observer order the game to resume. Israeli fans were not allowed back into the stadium, and missed the end of the match in which their team won 3-0.
Embarrassed Hapoel heads tried to calm things down, but are expecting serious responses from the UEFA administration, which may lead to harsh sanctions or even immediate expulsion from European soccer.
Upon returning to Israel, Hapoel heads will consult with legal advisors in order to try and minimize the sanctions the team will receive.
The Israel Football Association was quick to condemn the incident, saying, "The Football Association condemns all incidents of inappropriate behavior of the fans. It's a shame that a handful of fans harms the beloved team, and gives Hapoel Tel Aviv in particular and Israeli soccer in general a bad name."
Former chairman of the Knesset Inquiry Committee on Violence in Sports MK Avshalom Vilan said, "It is a shame to Israeli sport in general, and to the soccer fans in particular.
"I view Hapoel Tel Aviv's fans' violent rioting very severely and urge the team's management to identify the rioters and give their names to the Israel Police. In addition, they should be banned for good from all of the team's matches in Israel."
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July 10, 1980
Two years ago, President Carter stood amidst the rubble and burnt-out tenements of the South Bronx and promised federal aid to rebuild the area "brick by brick and block by block." But like so many promises to the depressed inner cities, the pledge proved to be a hollow one. An ambitious White House policy, calling for an expenditure of $13.5 billion by the fall of this year,. was whittled down by Congress to just $2.5 billion. Even a plan to rebuild Charlotte Street, where Mr. Carter had made his promise to the cities, was eventually scuttled.
The demise of the Carter urban policy is symptomatic of the disarray surrounding urban initiatives in recent years. Grandiose projects are introduced with great fanfare, only to become bogged down in the budget-bargaining process. Meanwhile, the inner districts of our older cities continue to decay as skilled, middle-income residents move to the suburbs and businesses close down, leaving behind the poor and unemployed. Even when government- sponsored projects have gone ahead, the results have often been disappointing or even counter-productive. As Senator John Chafee (R-RI) stated recently to the press:
Since the great "urban renewal" surge of the 1960s, all we have been doing is bulldozing great holes in our cities and throwing billions of federal dollars down them. Little has resulted, little has changed. We need a bold new approach.
Fortunately for the cities, that bold approach seems to be under way. A bill was introduced in Congress recently which would adopt a radically different policy in dealing with the problem of inner city decline. Based on the premise that what these areas need is real economic growth coming from innovative business enterprises, rather than ever more federal dollars, the Urban Jobs and Enterprise Act (H.R. 7563, S.2823) seeks to create a more attractive commercial climate for entrepreneurs in the inner cities by dramatic reductions in business-related taxes. The bill is a modified vers'ion of legislation introduced this spring by Representative Jack Kemp (R-NY). Kemp's chief co-sponsor in the House is Robert Garcia (D-NY), a liberal Democrat from the South Bronx. The Kemp-Garcia coalition is testimony to the wide appeal of the measure. The bill was introduced simultaneously in the Senate by Senators John Chafee and Rudy Boschwitz (R-Minn.).
The concept of the Enterprise Zone was first discussed publicly two years ago in Britain, in a speech by the then opposi- tion Treasury spokesman (now Chancellor of the Exchequer) Sir Geoffrey Howe. Sir Geoffrey drew on the work of a number of planning experts who had grown skeptical of traditional approaches to urban revitalization, and who were advocating policies aimed at encouraging entrepreneurs to establish job-creating businesses in the depressed areas. The essence of Sir Geoffrey's proposal was for districts of a square mile or so, in the most depressed parts of the cities, to be designated "Enterprise Zones," within which the following changes would be made:
a) Zoning and similar planning regulations would be drastically simplified, so that new businesses would only have to comply with basic pollution and safety standards.
b) Property taxes would be suspended on industrial and commer- cial property.
c) Capital gains and other business taxes would be significant- ly reduced.
d) Paperwork required by government agencies would be kept to the bare minimum.
e) Impediments to job creation, such as the closed shop and minimum wage laws, would not operate in the zone.
f) Wherever practicable, a free trade zone would be incorporated into the Enterprise Zone.
g) The government would guarantee the continuation of the above provisions for a minimum number of years.
In March of this year, the British government announced that it would set up five or six such zones by the end of 1980. The announcement gained an enthusiastic welcome from business and city leaders of widely differing political views. The reaction of the city development officer for Liverpool was typical. If a zone were to be created in the declining English port, he said, "It will.be a shot in the arm for the whole town."
The idea of the Enterprise Zone was first introduced to the United States last year by The Heritage Foundation. It has aroused wide interest among journalists, businessmen, minority groups and legislators. An Enterprise Zone bill was introduced in Illinois last year and was only narrowly defeated in the state senate, having passed the house comfortably. After the 1980 elections, similar bills are expected to be introduced in a number of states, in addition to Illinois.
In May of this year, Congressman Jack Kemp introduced his Urban Jobs and Enterprise Zone Act (H.R. 7240). A revised version of this bill was introduced on June 12 in the House (H.R. 7563) and in the Senate (S. 2823).
The Urban Jobs and Enterprise Zone Act does not deal with matters which would fall under the jurisdiction of state and local government, such as zoning. Furthermore, it differs from the British approach in that there is no provision aimed at reducing the regulatory burden within the zones; nor does the bill make any change in the minimum wage laws.
The measure does not specify sites where "Enterprise Jobs Zones" (as the sponsors term their version of Enterprise Zones) would be located. What it does instead is to allow for tax and other changes in federal law in areas designated by local governments, provided these areas meet certain requirements.
1) Unemployment and Poverty Requirement
To be eligible for Enterprise Jobs Zone status: Either there must have been an average rate of unemployment in the area of twice the national average for'the most recent 24 mo@th period, and 30 percent of families are below the poverty level, or the
1. For a description and analysis of the original British proposal for Enterprise Zones, see Stuart Butler, "Enterprise Zones: A Solution to the Urban Crisis?" (Heritage Foundation International Briefing #3, February 20, 1979). 2. Defined by the bill as 85 percent of the average lower living standard income level determined by the Secretary of Labor and published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The average unemployment rate during the most recent period was at least three times the national average, or at least 50 percent more families are below the poverty level-.
2) Area Requirement
The area to be considered as a zone must have a continuous border and must have a population of at least 4,000 (or be an Indian Reservation).
3) Property Tax Requirement
The appropriate local government 'must agree to a "permanent" reduction of property taxes within the zone of not less than 20 percent of the effective real rate. This reduction must be made within 4 years of the area being designated an Enterprise Jobs Zone by the federal government.
If the Secretary of Commerce is satisfied that an area recommended by a local government complies with the unemployment, poverty and area requirements, and if the local government has agreed to the 'roperty tax change, the Secretary would declare p the area an Enterprise Jobs Zone. This designation would last for a minimum of 10 years, unless the Secretary determined that the local government was not carrying out the property tax reduc- tion; in which case, the designation would be revoked.
4) Incentives
Once an area had been designated an Enterprise Jobs Zone, the following incentives would apply, in addition to the property tax reduction and any other local incentives.
a) Non-Corporate Property Owners
The capital gains deduction would be increased from 60 percent to 80 percent on personal property. This would include tangible property and real estate used predominantly for business purposeg within the zone, and any interest in "qualified" busi- nesses. The deduction would be available to non-residents of the zone. In addition, residents of the zone would be permitted to deduct capital gains on residential property at the higher rate. The capital gain would also not be taken'into account as a preference for the purposes of assessing minimum tax.3. A company is a "qualified business" if at least 50 percent of its employees are "qualified employees" (see Note 4) and if at least 50 percent of those qualified employees are residents of an Enterprise Jobs Zone (not necessarily the one in which the business is located).
b) "Qualified" Employees of Companies4
For any employee who performs at least 50 percent of his services within one or more zones, the employee and employer's social security tax would be reduced by 90 percent if the worker was below 21 years of age, and by 50 percent if he or she were 21 or older. This change in rates would not affect the amount or extent of benefits available under the Social Security Act had the full rate been paid. The social security fund would be reimbursed by the Treasury to the amount that payroll tax revenue was reduced.
c) Corporations in General
The capital gains tax rate payable by corporations would be reduced to 15 percent on tangible or real property used for trade within an Enterprise Jobs Zone. The corporation would continue to pay the 28 percent rate on all other property. Again, the capital gain would not be considered as a preference for the minimum tax.
5 d) "Qualified" Businesses
Such a business woul d enjoy a 15 percent reduction in corpor- ate tax rates. In addition, the company..would be eligible for a three-year, straight-line depreciation on all property (other than land) placed in service in a zone, subject to an annual limit of $500,000. Qualified businesses could also carry over losses, for tax purposes, for up to 10 years. The extended carryover would apply to operations both inside and outside the zone. The business could also elect to use a cash method of computing taxable income.
e) Foreign Trade Zone Provision
The bill contains a sense of the Congress provision to encourage the designation of Enterprise Jobs Zones as foreign trade zones. The Foreign Trade Zone Board of the Department of Commerce would be required to deal speedily with such applications, and to take into account the future development anticipated from the operation of the act in its evaluation. In other words, a foreign trade zone could be established before the facilities and business conditions normally required for foreign trade zone status were actually in existence.
4. An employee is a "qualified employee" if substantially all-the services performed by the employee are performed in one or more Enterprise Jobs Zones. 5. As defined in note 3. Note that at least 25 percent of the employdes of such a business must reside in a zone.
Creating a Climate for Entrepreneurs
This bill differs from previous measures to assist inner cities in two crucial ways. In the first place, it aims to encourage risk-taking by small entrepreneurs, and to use such new businesses as the principal vehicle for revitalization. There are good reasons fgr taking this approach. Studies by MIT and other institutions have shown clearly that company closure rates differ little from city to city. It is the creation rates that differ markedly. The bill aims to improve that rate in the depressed inner city districts. Small businesses are also the primary creators of jobs: two-thirds of all new emp@oyment is generated by companies with fewer than 25 employees.
The second distinctive strategy of the bill involves the establishment of a favorable business climatel rather than the more orthodox approach.of supporting specific projects. This would not only be more economical, from an administrative point of view, but would also be more likely to succeed in stimulating. economic growth. The chances of successfully identifying the new companies which would be the best job creators are small. The "climate" approach avoids the need.
"Qualified" Businesses
Under the definition contained in the bill, only companies with a minimum of 50 percent of employees working within a zone (of whom 50 percent must be zone residents), would be entitled to the corporate tax, depreciation, loss carryover and cash account- ing incentives. The others would benefit only from the capital gains and property tax changes. This distinction would have important effects. It would encourage companies located in the zone to hire local workers, rather than bringing in all their employees from elsewhere. It would also reduce the incentive for a company to establish a very limited operation in a zone, merely to obtain some tax benefits for its non-zone activities. Unfortu- nately, it would also mean that incentives would be reduced for a large corporation to open a small plant in a zone, even if this employed exclusively local labor (given the residency percentage rule). A way around this might be for the company to establish a semi-dependent subsidiary within the zone, although it is not certain that this would satisfy the bill's provisions. New, small businesses established by residents of the zone, employing local residents, would qualify for all the benefits -- which is one of the principal goals of the bill.6. See, for example, David Birch, The Process Causing Economic Change in Cities (MIT Program-on Neighborhood and Regional Change, 1978). 7. David Birch, The Job Creation Process (MIT, 1979). For a discussion of the importance of small business to the Enterprise Zone concept, see Stuart Butler, "Urban Renewal: A Modest Proposal," Policy Review, #13, Summer 1980.
Targeting Requirements
The poverty, unemployment, and population stipulations are necessarily somewhat arbitrary. According to the bill's sponsors, no more than 5 percent of the nation's population currently reside in areas meeting the criteria. It could be, however, that the 4,000 population base might exclude some old former industrial districts which have become depopulated. The poverty requirement chosen in the bill has the advantage that it is related to the local cost of living.
Social Security
The social security tax changes in the bill are likely to prove controversial. The purpose is to lower the cost of labor in the zones, making it attractive for companies to hire young, unskilled people who are currently rendered uneconomic by the minimum wage laws. A simpler method would have been to suspend these laws within the zones, or at least to experiment with a youth-differential minimum wage. Countless studies provide strong evidence to show that minimum wage laws dissuade companies from employing those on the bottom rung of the employment ladder --in particular young blacks." Given the limited application of Enterprise Zones, they would seem to be ideal places to test the validity of this evidence.
Using social security tax changes as a more politically palatable alternative to suspending minimum wage laws could open a Pandora's box of problems. It would establish the precedent of supporting the social security fund out of general revenues, which would disturb many. And by using tax breaks, rather than the marketplace, to rationalize the labor market, it would open up the possibility of all manner of subsidies to manipulate employment patterns.
The supporters of the bill do point out the loss to general revenues in making up the shortfall in social security tax income would be offset - possibly totally - by income tax revenue from inner city residents who become taxpayers thanks to job creations.
Capital Gains
The capital gains provision should encourage capital formation within a zone, and would be an added incentive to risk-taking. The wording of the bill also implies that non-resident stockholders of qualified companies would be able to take the increased deduc- tion. This-would encourage investment in companies willing to conduct most of their business within Enterprise Jobs Zones.
Applying the capital gains deduction to residential property would be a stimulus to the housing market, as would the required decrease in property tax rates, and so one could expect consider- able rehabilitation and improved maintenance. It may be argued, however, that much of this improvement could be frustrated by a continuation of rent control, particularly if permitted rents were to be reassessed downward to reflect the tax benefits to landlords. Rent control perhaps more than any other factor is responsible for abandonment and the decline of housing standards in many cities.
De reciation, cash Accounting, and Loss Carryover
The straight-line depreciation available to qualified busi- nesses would allow these companies to write-off new assets quickly, and so would strengthen their financial position during the first few years. Straight-line depreciation has the added advantage of simplicity, thereby reducing accounting costs and IRS violations by new firms. Cash accounting is also much simpler than accrual methods, and it would involve a lighter tax burden for businesses during a period of inflation, since inflated inventory values are subject to tax in normal circumstances. By extending the loss carryover to 10 years,.the bill would encourage companies to continue during difficult periods.
Foreign Trade Zones
The foreign trade zone provision is an important feature of the bill. It would urge the Department of Commerce to award foreign trade zone status to Enterprise Jobs Zones even if they had not yet reached the standards normally required. Foreign trade zones around the world have proved to be remarkably success- ful at stimulating local economic growth -- Hong Kong and Taiwan are good examples of what can be achieved.
Within a foreign trade zone imported goods are not liable for customs duty until they leave the zone, and if they are re-exported no duty is payable. So importers do not have to tie up capital in goods awaiting final delivery or re-exportation. Furthermore, goods which are reprocessed within a zgne are not subject to duty on the value added within the zone. Thus it is often advantageous for a foreign company to invest in assembly plants in a U.S. foreign trade zone to finish its goods, in order to avoid part of the duty. In trade zones around the world, foreign installations are a major source of employment.
If foreign trade zones were to be incorporated into Enterprise Jobs Zones, it would undoubtedly lead to the attraction of sub- stantial amounts of foreign capital into the inner cities, and the creation of a large number of new jobs concerned with finish- ing, re-exporting and warehousing.
8. This has only been true since Spring 1980 in the case of the United States. Prior to that the added value was subject to duty, and so American foreign trade zones were far less attractive to companies than those of other countries. With the change in the regulations, however, a major incentive to the construction of assembling plants has been provided.
h) Regulation
The Urban Jobs and Enterprise Zone Act is almost solely 4 tax measure, and that may be its greatest weakness. There are no provisions within it which would have the effect of relaxing federal regulatory obstacles in the zones -- other than the simplification of accounting procedures. Yet the small business sector has made it clear repeatedly that government paperwork and regulations are a severe handicap, particularly for new businesses opened by people with limited education. These are precisely the kinds of businesses which the Enterprise Jobs Zone is aiming to encourage. Unless there is a streamlining of regulations in these areas, the tax incentives cduld be seriously blunted.
Sponsors of the bill argue that this bill is not the place for regulatory reform, since it would require extremely complex provisions and would divert attention from the main thrust of the bill. Furthermore, there are already moves in Congress to exempt small businesses from many unnecessary regulations, and these changes would apply to the zones. While this may be tactically sound, the impression is given to anyone examining the bill that taxation is the principal -- indeed only -- impediment to economic growth in the inner cities. Even if other bills are expected to deal with the regulatory issue,.it would seem sensible that this bill should at least make it clear that to revitalize the inner cities a sharp knife must be applied to agency red tape as well as the tax code.
Zoning simplification is essential to any revival of the inner cities. Change of use must be facilitated to allow busi- nesses to use old buildings, in order to reduce start-up costs and to encourage balanced neighborhoods. The bill does not require local governments to make zoning changes in order to obtain federal tax incentives. Again, only tax changes are required.
It is easier to defend this omission than the lack of provisions dealing with regulation. Specifying zoning changes would be very difficult to do with any precision, given the complexity and variety of local rules. Even attempting to do so could antagonize local governments. In addition, it could be argued that any local government which is seriously entertaining the possibility of setting up an Enterprise Jobs Zone is also going to be the kind of government which will be considering zoning changes in any case: so a provision would be unnecessary.
The sponsors of the bill have made the following cost estimates for FY 1981, assuming that half the qualifying areas decide to become Enterprise Jobs Zones.
Social Security Tax Reduction $1,137 million
Capital Gains Tax Reduction 75 million
Corporate Tax Reduction 131 million
Accelerated Depreciation 53 million
Cash Accounting 12 million
Administrative Costs 21 million
Loss Carryover negligible
Total Cost to Federal Government $1,429 million
As the sponsors point out, this is only one-seventh of the cost of CETA, and an equally small proportion of the budget for the multitude of current programs aimed at rejuvenating inner city areas. If changes in the minimum wage, rather than social security tax changes, were used to stimulate employment, the cost would be substantially lower -- under $300 million. The estimate is also a static one, assuming that there will be no inflow of funds as a result of economic growth. If this is built into the cost estimates, using the CBO assumption of a 30 percent reflow, the cost would fall to approximately $1 billion. of course, if the stimulus to the inner cities were as dramatic as "supply siders" like Jack Kemp contend, there could be considerable inflows of income tax and other revenues, more than offsetting income foregone by the business tax incentives.
Property Tax
One of the arguments often made against the Enterprise Zone idea is that cities which are already in dire financial straits cannot afford to lose property tax revenue. But property tax is not collected on empty buildings and rubble. And the loss on currently occupied residences a'nd businesses is likely to be more than offset by the economic benefits to a city arising from increases in local incomes and employment, and reductions in welfare costs.
A second criticism often voiced against the concept is that providing incentives in one area might simply lead to businesses already established elsewhere in a city uprooting and relocating in the zone in order to obtain the tax benefits. While this would certainly help the depressed area, it is said, it could cause a decline and tax loss elsewhere.
In practice, however, relocation is far less common than is generally supposed. It is expensive and risky to move from a known location to an uncertain one. Even the "movement" to the sun belt and the suburbs consists in the main of new businesses, and new subsidiaries, rather than the physical movement of esta- blished businesses.
In any case, the provisions of the bill are aimed at encour- aging new, small businesses. The incentives relate much more to start-up costs than to most other aspects of business. Given that, and the fact that to be regarded as "qualified," an esta- blished company would have to hire -- and presumably train -- local residents, the inducement to relocate would be far less than the incentive to create a new business.
Although some detailed criticisms can be made of the Urban Jobs and Enterprise Zone Act, it does provide a bold new starting point for the discussion of inner city revitalization. The breadth of political support it has already received gives an indication of the soundness of its approach. It appeals to fiscal conservatives just as much as it does to minorities and other urban residents, who have grown critical of the federal bulldozer approach to city problems. It builds on already proven ideas, such as foreign trade zones and inexpensive self-help projects, and turns them into a general policy. No doubt there will be changes made in the bill in the months ahead, but the nucleus is there for a fresh debate on the city.
There are several areas of discussion which should be pursued, some of which will be considered in future Heritage Foundation publications. For example, the possibilities of using Enterprise Zones partly as experimental areas might be examined. Homesteading, shopsteading, a youth-differential minimum wage, etc. could be introduced in selected zones on a trial basis. Another possibility to consider would be the use of a modified version of the Enterprise Zone in cities like Detroit, where a major industry is in decline. By encouraging innovation and new businesses in such cities, the restructuring of the local economy could be accelerated dramati- cally, to the benefit of displaced workers and with the minimum of federal wrangling and expenditures.
The Enterprise Zone concept is an important development in thinking on urban affairs. It is indicative of a significant shift in the attitude of many experts: away from the belief that the only solution to decay is a massive injection of tax dollars and artificial jobs, and towards a realization that the real need is to unharness the innovative abilities of the entrepreneur.
Stuart M. Butler, Ph.D. Policy Analyst


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Next week, 20 years after the Earth summit in Rio de Janeiro, politicians, businesses, activists, NGOs and more will meet again for Rio+20. The UN describes the conference as "a historic opportunity to define pathways to a safer, more equitable, cleaner, greener and more prosperous world for all". What does this mean to you? What message do you want to send to the summit? Perhaps you care about education and sanitation like Steven above? Maybe you think decent jobs are the key, or that urbanisation means our cities must be the focus?
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John Waters narrates Of Dolls and Murder, an upcoming documentary about the Nutshell Studios of Unexplained Death, which consists of crime scenes recreated in dollhouses to help police solve murders.
The film follows how these intricate dioramas are still used to train homicide detectives, despite all the technological advances in death investigation. The dioramas also provided inspiration for The Miniature Killer, a recurring villain in season seven of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. The villain's modus operandi is to leave behind accurate dioramas of her crime scenes. [Wikipedia]
Check out the trailer for this fascinating and visually stunning little feature:
One Boing Boing commenter sheds some light on the dollhouse designer's genius:
The backstory behind the Nutshell Studies is fascinating. The creator, Frances Glessner Lee, was a woman from a wealthy family who had basically never been allowed to do anything much of her life. When she inherited the family fortune late in her life, she set to work doing what she'd always wanted to do – and what she'd always wanted to do turned out to be making meticulously-detailed models of crime scenes. [Boing Boing]
She's also responsible for the first legal medicine center at Harvard, which she didn't even create until she was at least in her 50's. There's still hope for everyone to realize their dreams, no matter how strange they may seem to others…


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It would take a long while to get through all the innuendo-laden jokes made possible by the LenSkirt. So I guess we'll just take things slow. But first let me tell you what it is: a black cloth bag which sticks to windows so you can shoot through glass without reflections. Now, let the schoolboy fun begin.
Up-skirt photos! That's what you'll take with the LenSkirt. Sorry, I was going to, uh, skirt around that joke but I couldn't help myself.
Anyway. The trapezoidal tent has a hole at one end which expands to swallow any lens, no matter the girth, and at the other end there are suction cups to stick to the window of your choice. Thus arranged, you can shoot photos of even the darkest interior without the glass reflecting stray light back through the lens.
Clearly this is a peeping Tom's dream come true.
More seriously, the LenSkirt can be used to shoot out through windows: trains, planes, automobiles – all of these can now be platforms for great photos. Sure, you can correct for the low contrast and haze in your airplane-window shots, but reflections are a whole world of Photoshop-hurt to remove.
The final joke is the price. The LenSkirt is $50. Still, for the dedicated perv, even at this price the device is probably window-licking good.
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