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It's November. For some of us, these means feet of snow on the ground, subzero temperatures, and general cold-related misery. For others, it's pure ethereal joy. For even some others, they spend all their time in front of a computer writing a novel so they don't really care about what it's like outside. But the good thing is, even those people can log on and vote!
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Asian-Americans have surpassed Hispanics as the largest immigrant group in the U.S., and their affluence and high levels of income make them a coveted, though challenging, target market for financial advisors.
A comprehensive new study (titled "The Rise of Asian Americans") by Pew Research shows Asian-Americans represent 36% of new arrivals to the U.S. from 2000 to 2010, overtaking Americans of Hispanic origin, who make up 31% of the nation's immigrant population.
The nearly 6% of the population (18.2 million Americans) of Asian origin have diverse backgrounds, with most coming from China, the Phillipines and India, but with significant streams from Vietnam, Korea, Japan and other countries.
Despite these disparate origins, the Pew survey found that Asians in general place a very high value on marriage, parenting, education and work, all of which are associated with wealth. And indeed, the median annual household of Asian-Americans is $66,000, far higher than the U.S. average of $49,800, and all the more of an accomplishment given that the vast majority of Asian-Americans are first-generation immigrants; (74% of Asian-American adults are foreign-born).
This relative affluence, together with the fact that Asian-Americans, perhaps because of their immigrant status, are underserved by financial advisors (less than two-thirds of affluent Asian-Americans use advisors, according to research by Tiburon Strategic Advisors), should, in theory, yield a potentially significant market advantage to advisors who understand this population.
Eve Kaplan, a fee-only certified financial planner in Berkeley Heights, N.J., knows more about Asian-Americans than most, and cautions there are profound cultural barriers against attracting them as clients.
Kaplan, who says she spent something like half her life immersed in Asian culture, through work, travel and study, says the first critical thing to know is that the term Asian-American "is an almost impossibly broad category. Indian-Americans are completely different from Chinese Americans."
While Asian-Americans may have overtaken Hispanic Americans, Kaplan says the latter group, who are mainly Catholic and Spanish-speaking despite their many differences, "probably have more in common than Asian-Americans, who are all over the place culturally."
Kaplan, who speaks Japanese fluently, some Malay and some Chinese, says a key barrier to providing financial advice to Asian-Americans is a sense of embarrassment for those who are not doing well financially. "It's easier to seek counsel from a church or a friend and not air their dirty laundry with a professional," she says.
Self-reliance is a critical value in South Asia, she adds. "I've had a number of Indian clients. A lot of Asian immigrants may lean on each other for loans and getting businesses started and may not feel they need professional input."
Kaplan says her state of New Jersey is home to the largest Indian-American community in the United States, and that even wealthy Indians may not be prime candidates for financial planning.
"They do tend to be more do-it-yourself types and not into the idea of paying significant amounts of cash regardless of their net worth or their income. It's just culturally the way they are," Kaplan says.
Speaking the language may not avail advisors either, says Kaplan, who earlier in her career was working on a PhD in Japanese history.
"If I were hard-pressed I could do financial planning with my clients in Japanese. The truth is, it's not a language issue. And there are Asian professionals out there. It will take more time [for Asian immigrants] to acclimate to the idea of planning and seeking input [from professionals]," Kaplan says.

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Torrington Symphony is one of Torrington's many artistic jewels
Let's get the curmudgeonly lecture part of this review over with quickly. When a performance venue stages some silly, mindless, often offensive bit of sophomoric entertainment, tens of thousands of people will arrive in buses from all corners of the state and beyond. When that same venue offers a chance to experience the collective genius of the world's finest composers and living musicians, about 200 people show up for a one-night concert.
End of lecture.
For a former mill town, Torrington has many artistic jewels. Readers of the "Weekend" section of The Register Citizen already know about The Nutmeg Ballet. We all know about the Warner Stage Company, which produces major musicals, old standbys as well as experimental new shows. But how many people know that for more than 50 years, amateur and professional musicians have been gathering to present symphonic music concerts at the Warner and other local stages, indoors and out, rivaling many big-city orchestras?
The Torrington Symphony Orchestra presented "An Evening of Cello, Voice and Orchestra" at the Warner's Nancy Marine Studio Theatre last Saturday, featuring world-class soprano soloist Kimberly States and renowned cellist Thirzah Bendokas.
The program was an ambitious one: Stravinsky, Debussy, Brahms, Haydn, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Mozart, Handel and more. Conductor Maurice Steinberg got it all in to the delight of the audience, including his introductory notes. Afterwards, there was a reception where appreciative music lovers socialized and complimented Steinberg, soloists and orchestra members for a near-flawless performance.
The soloists stole the show, of course. When Steinberg offered a microphone to States so she could introduce her aria from Jules Massenet's "Manon," she seemed surprised. Even if she were singing on the cavernous main stage of the Warner instead of the confined studio theater, she would not require amplification. She seemed to hit all the notes of the difficult aria squarely, and her modulations and key changes were seamless. And no wonder: States began her career in musical theater, which demands that the voice carry to the farthest reaches of the mezzanine. Last season, she made her Boston Metro Opera debut, and this year she will perform principal roles in two major operas. She has a bachelor of music from Heidelberg University and a master of music from the New England Conservatory of Music.
States told the audience that the first time she sang Handel's "Da Tempeste" from "Giulio Cesare," her mother said, "Oh my, there certainly are a lot of notes in that one!" States, therefore, begged the audience's pardon for consulting her music during her performance of that second aria.
Bendokas enthralled the audience on the violincello. During the cadenza of Haydn's "Concerto in D Major for Violincello and Orchestra," she seemed to be trying to keep up with the instrument, frantically fretting and boisterously bowing to produce jaw-dropping sounds, from thick-stringed guttural rumblings to birdlike laments. During Max Bruch's "Kol Nidrei," a Jewish chant, she smiled when reaching a satisfying note and appeared breathless from her animated efforts during intervals when she was not playing.
Bendokas is a graduate of the Julliard School and made her professional debut with the New Haven Symphony Orchestra. She made her solo debut with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. She has appeared both locally and internationally and on television and radio.
At the reception, Bendokas talked about being a guest several times with Torrington Symphony. She said that when she approached Steinberg recently with an offer to perform the Haydn and Bruch pieces for this concert, he quickly agreed.
Harris Daigle, president of Torrington Symphony and a bassist said, "We've gotten to the point where soloists are asking to perform with us. It's wonderful. We have a fine membership of talented musicians."
The orchestral part of the program was, for the most part, satisfying, with a fine performance of a selection from Stravinsky's "Petrouchka," a sweeping, string-dominated selection of Debussy's "Petite Suite," and the Russian Dance from Tchaikovsky's "Nutcracker Suite."
As he took the podium to begin the second act of the program, Steinberg jokingly introduced "an unknown piece" - the first movement of Beethoven's "Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, op. 67" - Beethoven's Fifth, arguably the best-known classical composition in the world. Unfortunately, such fame can work against an orchestra trying to bring the piece to life, simply because mistakes cannot be concealed. And, unfortunately, that is what happened in this performance. First of all, the movement should be allegro con brio - quickly with vigor and spirit - but it was performed andante - slowly. A frequent interpretation is to play the famous four-note opening theme in a stately manner and then proceed to allegro, and that may have been Steinberg's intention; but the tempo increased only minimally, and several sections of the orchestra seemed to lag behind others. The result was a muddle of sound, rather than a crisp dialogue among strings and horns. However, in all, the concert was an enjoyable and intimate experience, a tribute to scores of talented musicians and organizers.
We recommend that you set aside March 16, 2013, to attend Torrington Symphony's next concert, a pop concert, scheduled at Cornucopia in Burrville. For information about joining Torrington Symphony - they are seeking talented string musicians, for instance - contact Harris Daigle at (860) 482-1253 or Joy Zublena at (860) 489-9183, or email firstname.lastname@example.com.


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The amazing art of Olivier de Sagazan.
Click below to watch one of his performances:
His site.
Thanks, Joel. This is really incredible.
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
The amazing art of Olivier de Sagazan.
Posted by Rot at 8:40 PM
Labels: art, artist, Olivier de Sagazan, paintings, sculptures
5 comments:
- JD said...
Okaaaay.... very wired...
- November 17, 2010 at 9:51 PM
- Arcane said...
One of the most strangest and captivating things I've seen.
- November 18, 2010 at 10:50 AM
- Grim said...
Love it... especially the third one down.
- November 18, 2010 at 3:25 PM
- FULL MOON INDUSTRIES said...
AMAZING! He almost appears possessed; I immediately had watch every video I could find.
- November 21, 2010 at 4:19 AM
- Sara said...
so disturbing and very cringe-inducing. I guess that's the point,lol.
- November 22, 2010 at 11:00 AM
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In a town hall-style meeting with attendees at the 2012 FPA Retreat in Scottsdale, Ariz. on Sunday, the organization's CEO and executive director, Marv Tuttle, announced his departure from the organization—sort of.
"I've been your CEO now for eight years and I've been speaking with the board about a succession plan," he said. "They agreed to a two-year extension of my contract until June 2014, at which time I will retire from the position."
Tuttle said he would like to continue with the organization, which has an annual budget of $13.2 million and approximately 60 staff members, but from the standpoint of "outside looking in, rather than inside looking out."
In an interview following the announcement, Tuttle (left) said his "dream job" would be to act as an ambassador for the organization and profession with financial programs offered at colleges and universities, noting the high engagement and interaction he recently enjoyed with students on a tour of colleges.
He said the board will go into "search committee mode" in the second half of 2012 to identify potential successors, and will most likely begin the process after the August board retreat.
When asked about his greatest accomplishment during his tenure, Tuttle said there are "so many things. Before the development of the CFP Board, I took the lead in promoting the CFP mark as the industry's designation. I'm also proud of the fact that I had a hand in taking the Journal of Financial Planning from something that was essentially slapped together to a pretty descent practitioner publication that has raised the bar on academic research in this field. Lastly, I'm proud of the work we've done with the Foundation for Financial Planning post 9/11, which is a great pro bono organization."
Tuttle said his successor will need to be someone who is strong in promoting advocacy among the organization's members, as well as someone that will be a spokesman for the profession not only with regulators, but with corporations as well.
"I think corporations will begin to see the benefits of financial planning for their employees, and will hire practitioners to help them with that."
Tuttle believes it would also serve the organization if its next leader had the CFP designation.
"I've been around so long I feel as though I'm a quasi-practitioner, but it would help if my successor could blend the leadership qualities with the CFP mark."
When asked about his greatest disappointment as the organization's leader, Tuttle took a long pause before answering.
"I wouldn't say it's a disappointment, but I would have liked to have had more time to put the merger [of the Institute of Certified Financial Planners (ICFP) and the International Association for Financial Planning (IAFP)] together. It could be said that the opening of the Atlanta and Denver offices were somewhat haphazard. If I could do it over again, I would definitely incorporate the lessons I learned from that."
He concluded that one goal before he departs is to increase membership by 5,000 in the next year.
"We have 23,400 members and there are 65,000 CFPs. Now, they might not all use the CFP in their daily business activities; that number might only be 35,000. But I at least want to identify that number and increase membership and then I we might say, "Okay, we're done with this, let's move on."
Check out AdvisorOne's full coverage of 2012 FPA Retreat.


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Discount Window Lending
Federal Reserve Banks lend funds to depository institutions through discount window programs. All depository institutions that maintain transaction accounts or non-personal time deposits subject to reserve requirements are eligible for discount window programs. These include commercial banks, thrift institutions, and U.S. branches and agencies of foreign banks. Prior to the passage of the Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act of 1980, discount window borrowing generally had been restricted to commercial banks that were members of the Federal Reserve System.
Reserve Banks have three traditional lending programs for depository institutions—primary credit, secondary credit and seasonal credit programs.
Reserve Banks extend primary credit on a short-term basis (typically overnight) to depository institutions with strong financial positions and ample capital, at a rate above the target federal funds rate. Under the administration of the discount window revised January 9, 2003, an eligible institution need not exhaust other sources of funds before coming to the discount window, nor are there restrictions on the purposes for which the borrower can use primary credit.
Reserve Banks generally determine eligibility for primary credit according to a set of criteria that is uniform throughout the Federal Reserve System, based mainly on the borrower's examination ratings and capital levels. Supplementary information, including market-based information when available, also could be used to determine eligibility. Primary credit ordinarily is extended with minimal administrative burden on the borrower. See the discount window link on the right for rate details.
Reserve Banks offer secondary credit to institutions that do not qualify for primary credit. As with primary credit, secondary credit is available as a backup source of liquidity on a short-term basis, provided that the loan is consistent with a timely return to a reliance on market sources of funds. Longer-term secondary credit may be available, if necessary, for the orderly resolution of a troubled institution. Unlike the primary credit program, secondary credit does not necessarily allow for a minimal administrative burden because Reserve Banks need to obtain sufficient information about a borrower's financial situation to ensure that an extension of credit complies with the conditions of the program.
The Reserve Banks offer seasonal credit to small- and mid-sized depository institutions able to demonstrate a clear pattern of recurring intra-year fluctuations in funding needs. Primary users of seasonal credit are small depository institutions in agricultural communities. Resort-area banks are another, though less significant, user of seasonal credit. An interest rate that varies with the level of short-term market interest rates is applied to seasonal credit.
Discount window loans must be secured by collateral with value that at least equals the amount of the loans. A wide range of assets are acceptable as collateral. In 1999, the Federal Reserve expanded the range of acceptable collateral to include such items as investment-grade certificates of deposit and AAA-rated commercial mortgage-backed securities. Other acceptable collateral consists of U.S. Treasury securities, state and local government securities, collateralized mortgage obligations (AAA), consumer loans, commercial and agricultural loans and certain mortgage notes on one-to-four-family residences. See Federal Reserve Discount Window and Payment System Risk Collateral Margins Table.
The Fed monitors borrowing by undercapitalized institutions to ensure compliance with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Improvement Act of 1991, which stipulates that the Fed may not lend to a critically undercapitalized institution for more than five days beyond the date on which it became critically undercapitalized without incurring a potential liability to the FDIC.
Before the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act ("Dodd-Frank Act") was signed into law on July 21, 2010, under unusual and exigent circumstances, a Reserve Bank had legal authority to advance credit to individuals, partnerships and corporations that are not depository institutions, after consultation with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. To do so, the Reserve Bank must have determined that credit was not available from other sources and that failure to provide the credit would have adversely affected the economy. After last being used in the 1930s, emergency credit, authorized under section 13(3) of the Federal Reserve Act, was initiated in response to the recent financial crisis as several special emergency credit facilities were created in 2008 and 2009.
The Dodd-Frank Act changes the Federal Reserve's authority for lending under unusual and exigent circumstances. Reserve Banks can no longer extend credit to an individual, partnership, or corporation other than through a "program with broad-based eligibility." Such emergency facilities can only be created with prior approval of the Treasury Secretary and must be for the purposes of providing liquidity to the financial system and not to aid a failing financial company.
History of Discount Window Lending
Prior to January 2003, the discount window lending consisted of adjustment credit, extended credit and seasonal credit programs.
Customarily, the interest rate on adjustment credit was less than the federal funds rate, usually by 25 to 50 basis points during the 1990s. The below-market rate for adjustment credit created incentives for an institution to borrow at the discount window. However, regulation required institutions to first exhaust other available sources of funds and explain their need for adjustment credit. The administration of adjustment credit by Reserve Banks may have created uncertainty among some depository institutions about their access to discount window credit.
Institutions that borrowed at the discount window sometimes expressed concern that borrowing at the window signaled weakness both to competitors and the Fed. Such concerns deterred some depository institutions from borrowing at the discount window during times of very tight conditions in money markets when doing so would have been appropriate. This, in turn, hampered the ability of the discount window to buffer shocks to the money markets.
To address some banks' reluctance to borrow and other concerns, the Federal Reserve Board replaced the existing adjustment and extended credit programs with primary and secondary credit programs, beginning January 2003, while retaining the seasonal lending facility.
The passage of the Dodd-Frank Act in July 2010 requires the disclosure of details of loans made under traditional discount window programs on a two year lag from the date on which the loan is made. The details of loans made under the Fed's emergency credit programs were released on December 1, 2010.
Discount Rate
The term "discount rate" usually is applied to the interest rate on primary credit available from the Federal Reserve. Under the program enacted in 2003, Reserve Banks establish the primary credit rate at least every 14 days, subject to review and determination of the Board of Governors. Reserve Banks may recommend adjustments in the rate on primary and secondary credit at their discretion, subject to the approval of the Board of Governors. The revised program includes terms to facilitate a reduction in the primary credit rate in a financial emergency.
Changes in discount window policy have occurred several times in past years. For example, the Fed liberalized discount window policy in anticipation of possible Y2K-related liquidity strains in the economy. From October 1, 1999, through April 7, 2000, it established a special liquidity facility that borrowers could use without having to first seek credit elsewhere.
Following the attacks on the Pentagon and World Trade Center in September 2001, the Fed again encouraged depository institutions needing liquidity to borrow from the discount window.
During the financial crisis that began in the summer of 2007, several adjustments were made to encourage institutions to borrow from the discount window including extending the maximum term on primary credit loans to 30 days in August 2007 and then to 90 days in March 2008. As of March 2010, the maximum term on discount window loans has been reduced back to typically overnight. Also, the spread between the primary credit rate and the target fed funds rate was reduced from 100 basis points to 50 basis points in August 2007 and to 25 basis points in March 2008. In February 2010, the spread was widened back to 50 basis points.
By employing an above-market rate and restricting eligibility to generally sound institutions, the primary credit program aims to considerably reduce the need for the Federal Reserve to review the funding situations of borrowers and monitor the use of borrowed funds. This reduced administration, in turn, strives to make the discount window a more attractive funding source for depository institutions when money markets tighten.
Prior to 2003, the discount rate's importance as a tool of monetary policy was limited because banks did little adjustment credit borrowing at the discount window. The effectiveness of the discount window's primary credit lending program as a tool of monetary policy is assessed on an ongoing basis.


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New Year's is the biggest holiday of the year in Japan. But don't tell that to these folks. They've got arcade games to play.
On a recent episode of Monitoring (an observation TV show that, um, monitors folks), footage of various places, such as a laundromat, on New Year's Eve were shown. The purpose was to discern where people were—and were not—on that night.
Traditionally, Japanese people spend the evening with their family at home—or go to temples and shrines. In recent years, many people go to places to "countdown" the last few seconds.
Included in the places Monitoring checked was a game center. One reporter asks a fighting game player what he think about it just turning into the new year. "Well," he replies as then reporter then asks, "You do know it's the New Year?" Without looking at the reporter, he replies, "Yes."
The next gamer—a Dance Dance Revolution player—is asked why he's at the arcade. "The biggest reason is that it's close by, and I love music games," he replies. "Did you learn anything from last year?" the reporter then asks. "I tried too hard," he answers. "This year, I want to take it easy." Seems like he's already started 2014 off by not doing that.
To contact the author of this post, write to bashcraftATkotaku.com or find him on Twitter @Brian_Ashcraft.
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We love the 445 lb-ft diesel Mazda6 that we spotted today at the LA Auto Show, but what if it's all a ruse?
Mikeado wondered how a behind-the-scenes plot at Mazda might have looked, leading to this car, a conceivably fake non-diesel-engined show car.
"These American guys are obsessed with diesel engines in affordable cars, should we bring them over?"
"Pfft, only like 5 of them would actually go to a dealer and buy one. There's no point."
"No seriously, there may be more than just these Jalopnik guys. Maybe we should offer a diesel to them."
"Why do you think that hardly anyone does a diesel in the US? Because it's not worth it."
"Well...... what if we just said we were offering a diesel to the US? There's a motor show there soon, we can just slap some badges and stuff on one and pretend we are. It'll satisfy them and save us the money of actually bothering."
"That's brilliant! We'll take a diesel 6 over to the LA show and get 'em all excited about the 6. Hopefully they won't find out. We might as well exaggerate the torque output while we're at it, to rope a few more of them into considering a 6."
"As long as it doesn't tempt other people into trying to buy one. That's a lot of torque."
"Enough! Talk is cheap! Let's get the ball rolling already. Time for action!"
"No no, I said torq— "
"Oh dear..."
This is just an imagined scenario, but we hope that sweet little diesel fairies are indeed flying around the Mazda6 production line as we speak.
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Hank Baskett III Named an Official Spokesperson for the Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation
Former NFL wide receiver, whose father is a lung cancer survivor, joins the fight to beat lung cancer
San Carlos, Calif. (March 31, 2014) – Former NFL wide receiver Hank Baskett III will now tackle the nation's top cancer killer. The Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation (ALCF) today named Baskett an ALCF official spokesperson to help raise awareness and much-needed research funding for lung cancer, the nation's number one cancer killer, taking nearly 160,000 American lives every year.
"I've known the Foundation for years now and I see the great work they're doing for lung cancer patients everywhere," said Hank Baskett III, who played five years in the NFL. "If it wasn't for them my dad would most likely not be here today. I'm joining them in their fight to beat lung cancer for all patients."
Baskett and his father, Hank Jr., appear in a new 30-second Public Service Announcement, aptly titled "The Big Hug," to raise awareness for lung cancer and funding for the ALCF. The PSA was shot at Papago Park in Phoenix, Arizona during the Your Next Step is the Cure 5k on Feb. 9, 2014, which is part of the ALCF's nationwide walk/run fundraising series.
"There are so many people who are not aware that lung cancer takes more lives every year than breast, prostate and colon cancers combined. So, together with Hank, we want to raise awareness and educate patients so they can live longer," said Bonnie J. Addario, stage 3B lung cancer survivor and founder of the ALCF. "I'm thrilled to have Hank as one of our spokespeople because he knows what it's like when a loved one is diagnosed with lung cancer and he's passionate about making a difference."
Baskett's relationship with the ALCF dates back to 2011 when he met Bonnie Addario at a fundraiser for lung cancer in Los Angeles. Baskett's father had been recently diagnosed with lung cancer and was struggling with treatment and side effects. As a stage 3B lung cancer survivor and through her expertise, Bonnie knew Mr. Baskett's response to treatment was not optimal and she was relentless in making sure he got a second opinion. Bonnie referred him to a doctor in Colorado, knowing that Mr. Baskett might be a candidate for a targeted drug. Dr. Ross Camidge ran a molecular test on Mr. Baskett and determined a personalized treatment regime for him. The personalized treatment showed positive results almost immediately. Mr. Baskett has had no signs of lung cancer ever since. April will be the three-year anniversary of his diagnosis.
As an official spokesperson for the ALCF, Baskett's duties will include appearances at several of the Foundation's 5k charity runs and the annual gala held in November in San Francisco. Baskett, who appears with his wife Kendra Wilkinson on the reality show "Kendra on Top," played five seasons in the NFL with the Indianapolis Colts, Minnesota Vikings and the Philadelphia Eagles. Baskett is also a spokesperson for the Griffin Gives Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting active and retired military, those affected by debilitating disease, and the health and wellness of children.
About the Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation
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Vitamin E Pharmacokinetics and Biomarkers in Normal and Obese Women
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00862433
Recruitment Status : Recruiting
First Posted : March 16, 2009
Last Update Posted : September 28, 2020
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- Vitamin E is an antioxidant that reduces the damaging effects of oxygen in the body. Most American men (90%) and women (96%) do not get enough vitamin E from their diets; however, the amount of vitamin E needed by the body has been studied only in men, not women. In addition, it is unknown whether another antioxidant, vitamin C, helps vitamin E in protecting the body. Because vitamin E is a fat-soluble vitamin, how much body fat a person has could affect the amount of vitamin E needed for protection.
Objectives: This study has three arms to examine vitamin E requirements:
- To determine the amount of fat required to get the best vitamin E absorption from a meal.
- To determine the amount (i.e., best dose) of vitamin E that must be consumed before it can be measured in the blood.
- To examine how vitamin E and vitamin C work together in the body, in conjunction with diet and vitamin supplements.
- Arms 1 and 2: Women between the ages of 18 and 40 years who have a normal weight and body mass index (BMI) of 27 or less.
- Arm 3: Women between the ages of 18 and 40 years who have a normal weight (BMI 27), who are overweight (BMI > 27), or who are overweight (BMI > 27) and have non insulin-dependent diabetes.
- Arm 1: Five studies, each lasting 1 month with 1 month off between studies (total study = 10 months). Participants will take 500 1,000 mg of vitamin C twice daily for 2 weeks before admission to the clinical center for 1 week.
- Study 1: Participants will eat breakfast containing a known amount of fat, after which they will take a vitamin E pill as well as receive an IV injection of vitamin E. Other foods contain only negligible amounts of vitamin E. Blood and urine samples will measure levels of vitamin E and other substances.
- Studies 2 5: Outpatient visits will consist of the same tests as in Study 1; however, the amount of fat in the breakfast will range from 0% to 40% in random order. During one of the studies, an adipose tissue biopsy will be collected to determine how much vitamin E is in the tissues.
- Arm 2: Five studies, each lasting 1 month with 1 month off between studies (total study = 10 months). Preparation for Arm 2 is the same as in Arm 1. The proportion of fat, muscle, and water in the body will also be measured.
- Study 1: Participants will eat breakfast containing 30% fat, after which they will take a vitamin E pill as well as receive an IV injection of vitamin E. Conditions and procedures are the same as in Arm 1.
- Studies 2 5: Outpatient visits will consist of the same tests as in Study 1; however, the amount of vitamin E in the breakfast will range from 2 to 30 mg in random order.
- Arm 3: Outpatient (2 to 6 weeks) and inpatient studies (4 to 6 weeks).
- Outpatient study: Participants will take 500 1,000 mg of vitamin C daily and provide blood and urine samples, as well as an adipose tissue sample.
- Inpatient studies: Two vitamin E inpatient studies. Before these begin, participants vitamin C blood levels will be reduced by means of a diet low in vitamin C. Blood tests will determine how quickly vitamin C leaves the body. Once the vitamin C level is reduced, the first vitamin E study will begin.
Study A: The procedure for this study is the same as in Arm 2, Study 1.
Study B: The procedure for this study is the same as in Study A, except that the participants blood vitamin C levels will be higher.
|Condition or disease
|Diabetes Fatty Liver Obesity Healthy Volunteers
|Drug: Vitamin E Other: Vitamin C
|Phase 1
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Estimated Enrollment :
|326 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Factorial Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|Vitamin E Pharmacokinetics and Biomarkers in Women
|Actual Study Start Date :
|October 10, 2014
|Estimated Primary Completion Date :
|December 31, 2025
|Estimated Study Completion Date :
|December 31, 2025
Experimental: Arm 1
Determine optimal fat content of meal for optimal absorption of vitamin E
Drug: Vitamin E
Deuterated vitamin E, oral and intravenous, at doses of 2mg, 5mg, 7.5mg, 10mg and 30mg.
Experimental: Arm 2
Determine optimal dose of vitamin E.
Drug: Vitamin E
Deuterated vitamin E, oral and intravenous, at doses of 2mg, 5mg, 7.5mg, 10mg and 30mg.
Experimental: Arm 3
Investigate the relationship between vitamin C status and vitamin E turnover
Drug: Vitamin E
Deuterated vitamin E, oral and intravenous, at doses of 2mg, 5mg, 7.5mg, 10mg and 30mg.
Other: Vitamin C
Oral vitamin C, one gram daily.
Experimental: NAFLD sub-study
Investigate the relationship between fatty liver disease and vitamin E turnover.
Drug: Vitamin E
Deuterated vitamin E, oral and intravenous, at doses of 2mg, 5mg, 7.5mg, 10mg and 30mg.
- Measure Vitamin E Kinetics [ Time Frame: q min, hrly, daily ]Fractional vitamin E absorption and rates of plasma vitamin E disappearance after a single dose of oral and intravenous vitamin E
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 55 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Subjects to be recruited for the study:
- Healthy women
- Ages 18 to 40 years old
- Able to give informed consent
- Blood pressure <160/90 mm Hg
- Nonobese (BMI less than or equal to 29.9) without diabetes
- Overweight (BMI greater than or equal to 27) without diabetes
Overweight (BMI greater than or equal to 27) with mild to moderate non-insulin dependent diabetes (Type 2 diabetes)
- who are treated with diet alone or submaximal doses of oral hypoglycemic agents
- whose fasting blood sugar is < 200mg/dl or HbA1C < 7.5
- with no known target organ damage (End organ damage includes the following: proliferative retinopathy, serum creatinine < 1.8 m/dl, ischemic heart disease, congestive heart failure, peripheral vascular disease and peripheral neuropathy)
- No regular medication other than aspirin (other than oral hypoglycemic agents, hormonal contraceptives and medications taken only on an as-needed basis).
- Willingness to use effective contraceptive methods for the duration of the study
Subjects with the following diseases or abnormalities will not be eligible for the study:
- Digestive abnormalities, such as malabsorption or chronic diarrhea
- Organ malfunction, including (but not limited to) liver disease, pulmonary disease, ischemic heart disease, heart failure, stroke, peripheral vascular disease
- Hypertension (blood pressure >160/90)
- Anemia (hematocrit < 30)
- Current or history of serious or chronic illness, including hyperlipidemia or hypercholesterolemia
- Complications from diabetes such as kidney damage (renal insufficiency, serum creatinine >1.8), eye damage (proliferative retinopathy), diabetic neuropathy, coronary artery disease, or peripheral vascular disease
- Tobacco smoking
- Use of medications (other than oral hypoglycemic agents, hormonal contraceptives and medications taken only on an as-needed basis).
- Alcohol or drug abuse
- Insulin treatment
- Pregnancy or lactation (a urine pregnancy test will be performed on all women with reproductive age before each part of the study or monthly as necessary)
- Positive HIV or hepatitis (b or c) screening tests
- Food allergy, to soy or egg, milk protein (casein), or wheat/gluten
- Known coagulopathy
- Unwillingness to use effective contraceptive methods such as barrier methods for the duration of the study.
Patients on antihypertensive medication are excluded even if blood pressure is well controlled because antihypertensive medication may affect vitamin E status, thus introducing a confounding variable. Whether antihypertensive medication interacts with vitamin E is not
known. Patients on insulin treatment are excluded because Insulin treatment indicates a more severe form of diabetes than the mild to moderate type two diabetes that need only dietary treatment or treatment with submaximal doses of oral hypoglycemic agents for adequate blood sugar control. The effect of insulin administration on vitamin E is unknown, and is a confounding factor that will make data interpretation difficult.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00862433
|Contact: Irene T Rozga, R.N.
|(301) 496-1069
|Contact: Mark A Levine, M.D.
|(301) 402-5588
|United States, Maryland
|National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, 9000 Rockville Pike
|Bethesda, Maryland, United States, 20892
|Contact: For more information at the NIH Clinical Center contact Office of Patient Recruitment (OPR) 800-411-1222 ext TTY8664111010 firstname.lastname@example.com
|Principal Investigator:
|Mark A Levine, M.D.
|National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
|Responsible Party:
|National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|First Posted:
|March 16, 2009 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|September 28, 2020
|Last Verified:
|July 14, 2020
|Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product:
|Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product:
Non-Insulin Dependent Diabetes
Vitamin C
Lipid Peroxidation
Non-Insulin Requiring Diabetics
Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Health Volunteer
Normal Weight
Type 2 Diabetes
Fatty Liver
Liver Diseases
Digestive System Diseases
Ascorbic Acid
Vitamin E
Growth Substances
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
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And just in case you THOUGHT romance was dead........I woke up this morning to a sore throat, a running nose, a pounding headache.......and a large pan of rice krispy treats sitting on my kitchen counter.
They were marked with a post it that they were all for me.
I love that man.
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Motorsports Brands - e3 Becomes Title Sponsor For Range Of Lucas Oil Event Products
CORONA, Jan. 28, 2013: E3 Spark Plugs entering its seventh season as part of a long-term agreement with Team Lucas, will be participating in sponsorship programs in the 6 Lucas Oil Series (Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series, Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, Lucas Oil Drag Boat Racing Series, Lucas Oil Pro Pulling League, Lucas Oil Modified Series and Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series) and the Lucas Oil properties including I-10 Speedway in Blythe, California and the Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Missouri.
E3 Spark Plugs also will be the title sponsor of the Lucas Oil Pro Pulling League's Unlimited Modified class and has television entitlement rights for the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series, Lucas Oil Drag Boat Series, Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, Lucas Oil Pro Pulling League and the Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series.The television package includes broadcasts on CBS, CBS Sports Network, SPEED, NBC Sports Network and MAVTV American Real.
"E3 Spark Plugs has made a tremendous commitment to partner with us and help build our racing series and Lucas Oil Speedway," Lucas Oil Vice-President Bob Patison said. "They share our vision to market their high-performance product through grass roots racing. We are very happy to have them with us."
E3 Spark Plugs will be involved in more than 100 events this year with Team Lucas.
"We are pleased to kick-off the 2013 race season as an official partner of Team Lucas," E3 Spark Plug Vice-President Steve Joiner said. "Our multi-year program with the Lucas Oil racing series is a cornerstone of our overall marketing efforts, which provides us the opportunity to engage with our customers both onsite and through our television package. The Lucas Oil team is terrific, and we are pleased to be marketing partners with them."


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Carson ends lengthy drought vs. Lancers
The year is 1988. The United States performs nuclear tests at Nevada test site, Margaret Thatcher becomes the longest serving prime minister in the century and Miami beats Oklahoma to win the national title in college football.
And oh yeah, Carson High beat McQueen in football. Little did anybody know that the Lancers would go on to dominate the Senators on the gridiron well into the new millennium.
Until now.
The host Senators put together their best defensive performance of the young season and wiped out 24 years of frustration in knocking off previously unbeaten McQueen, 19-6, Friday night in a non-league football game.
"That's pretty much what we were preaching all week," said running back Joey Thurman, who rushed for 112 yards and a first-half score that turned out to be the game-winner. "Let's make history, and we just did."
And the Senators did it with tremendous defense, something that was lacking the first two weeks of the season.
"One of the things I told the kids that if they didn't come out and play physical, McQueen would run all over them," said CHS coach Blair Roman. "McQueen started well, but we were able to find another gear. McQueen isn't a throwing team. They want to pound the ball, and they are going to do it over and over again. Our guys stepped up."
In a big way.
Carson made four stops in the red zone, including one in the final 90 seconds to salt away one of the best wins in recent Carson history. Three times McQueen quarterback John Weethee threw incomplete passes, and Andrew Gutierrez ended a drive with an interception in the endzone.
"We started off slow, but we made some adjustments," said linebacker Stefan Sobkiewicz. "We pinched our defensive ends to keep them from going up the middle."
McQueen's Lucas Weber ran for 156 yards, but it took him 34 carries to get there. He was a human battering ram to be sure, but his longest gain was just 17 yards, and that came late in the game. Mostly it was three yards here and four yards there. Carson made him earn everything.
"He's a good back," Roman said. "I think lack of field position hurt them. Stefan did a good job pinning them back a couple of times with punts."
Sobkiewicz pinned McQueen twice, once at the 4 and once at the 8. He also had his first two touchbacks of the season. When you are as one-dimensional as McQueen is, it's tough to drive the length of the field.
McQueen took the opening kick-off and drove 80 yards for a score, as Weber ran it in from the 2. The PAT failed.
The Lancers, following an interception had a chance to pad their lead, but that's when Gutierrez stepped in front of a Weethee pass in the endzone.
"I saw the quarterback roll out and I just read his eyes," Gutierrez said. "When he threw it, it was right in my hands."
Carson went ahead midway through the second quarter when Thurman busted loose for a 64-yard scoring run. The Sobkiewicz PAT gave the Senators a 7-6 lead with 5:33 left in the half.
"It's supposed to get three or four yards," Thurman said. "Based on earlier calls, I thought we'd be able to bounce one out sooner or later."
Carson's defense came up big on the next possession, as Nolan Shine sacked Weethee for a 14-yard loss. Weethee ended up intentionally grounding the ball, forcing the Lancers to punt from their own 14. A 33-yard punt gave the Senators the ball at the McQueen 47.
Carson didn't waste the prime field position, scoring six plays later on a quarterback sneak by Schafer. The key play in the drive was a 32-yard pass from Schafer to Alan Cohen for a first down at the Lancers' 11. Three straight runs by Nevin Elliott moved the ball to the 1, and then Schafer bulled his way into the endzone on the next play to make it 13-6. Sobkiewicz added the extra point.
Late in the third quarter, Carson extended its lead to 16-6 when the McQueen center made a poor snap, and the ball ended up going out of the endzone for a safety.
Carson, however, give the ball right back to the Lancers when Gutierrez fumbled the free kick at the Carson 37. The gaffe didn't cost Carson anything, as McQueen got the ball a far as Carson's 16 where Weethee overthrew Patrick DeLeon in the endzone.
Carson drove from its own 20, and ripped off three straight double-digit yardage plays. Schafer kept the ball for 13 yards to the 33, and then completed two straight passes for 26 yards to Gutierrez. The latter gave Carson a first down at the McQueen 41. A pass interference gave CHS a first down at the 26. Three running plays left the Senators short of a first down, and Sobkiewicz came on to kick a 35-yard field goal for a 19-6 lead with 8:24 to go.
"They had a heck of a game plan and executed it," McQueen coach Jim Snelling said. "They made the plays when they needed to."
And, Carson can't get a big head about a big win like it did after beating Reed last season, 32-30. Carson, now 2-1 on the season, didn't win another game the rest of the 2012 season.


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How To Ignore Reality And Keep A Scandal Going: Benghazi Edition
A bipartisan Senate report released this week concludes that the intelligence community was behind the Obama administration's suggestion that the 2012 Benghazi attacks grew out of a protest against an anti-Islam video. The revelation is yet another devastating blow to Fox News' efforts to scandalize the administration's focus on the video. But instead of reporting on that conclusion, Fox News instead spent last night reporting that they "were told" that President Obama and his closest advisers held a meeting the night of the attack and issued "marching orders" for the "video explanation."
For more than a year, Fox News has been fixated on a set of administration talking points that linked the September 2012 attacks on U.S. diplomatic facilities in Benghazi, Libya, to the video. Those talking points were used by then-U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice in a series of highly-criticized September 15, 2012, interviews on the broadcast Sunday shows. Fox has suggested that the talking points were part of an elaborate plot to conceal the reality of the attacks as part of a scheme to protect President Obama's re-election effort. The network has continued to push this conspiracy long after the revelation that the initial draft of the talking points -- which was generated by the CIA -- promoted the video connection, and emails indicated that then-CIA director Gen. David Petraeus was disappointed that the final draft didn't do enough to link the two.
On January 15, the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence released the results of its investigation into the attacks. Notably, the committee's report indicated that the intelligence community (IC) received and disseminated an account in the immediate aftermath of the assault that there had been protests against the anti-Islam video at the diplomatic facility prior to the attack, based largely on press accounts that made that claim.
According to the report, it took days for eyewitness statements by U.S. personnel indicating that there had been no protests to make their way into CIA assessments. Closed circuit television feed from the facility showing that there had been no protest was not reviewed until September 18, 2012 -- three days after Rice's interviews -- and the FBI did not disseminate its interviews with eyewitnesses until two days later (recent reporting has indicated that while there was no protest, the attackers were fueled by anger at the video). According to the report:
As a result of evidence from closed circuit videos and other reports, the IC changed its assessment about a protest in classified intelligence reports on September 24, 2012, to state there were no demonstrations or protests at the Temporary Mission Facility prior to the attacks. This slow change in the official assessment affected the public statements of government officials, who continued to state in press interviews that there were protests outside the Mission compound.
While Fox News heavily covered the Senate report -- which the network claimed was a "bombshell" damaging to the Obama administration -- it did not mention the CIA revelations during its January 15 programs, according to a review of the Nexis database.
Instead, during On the Record with Greta van Susteren, chief intelligence correspondent Catherine Herridge reported that the network has "had information" and "were told" that during a meeting at the White House between President Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, the "marching orders were laid out for the video explanation."
It's unclear who "told" Fox News of the contents of the meeting. In nearly-identical reports on Fox's Special Report and The Kelly File, Herridge claimed only that that the administration is "block[ing] access to witnesses and documents that should explain whether" the meeting "on the day of the assault" was about those purported "marching orders," and quoted Sen. Saxby Chambliss' (R-GA) assertion that he had sought information about that meeting but was rebuffed.
At no point in the three segments did Fox point to any actual evidence from Chambliss or elsewhere that this meeting dealt with the so-called "marching orders." Instead of discussing the Senate report revelations that demolish their conspiracy, they are running with baseless speculation to keep the "scandal" going.


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How to Develop Customer Evangelists
When you have evangelists for your product or service, you have the best possible kind of customer. Your evangelists are passionate, loyal, and thrilled to recommend you. They are communicators — when it matters. They are your public defenders when times are difficult. Evangelists are also forgiving. They assume your mistakes are honest. They believe you have their best interests at heart. Best of all, evangelists are hyper-repeat customers.
If you agree with the above then you'll probably agree with the following. No matter what business you are in – large or small, product or service, public or private – you should be doing everything humanly possible to develop these kinds of customers.
With a critical mass of evangelists, you can succeed in unimaginable ways. Companies like Apple and Amazon are proof of this. Netflix also enjoys evangelists (Remember how evangelists are forgiving? If they weren't, Netflix would be out of business). So, if you want to develop the kind of evangelists that stick by your side through thick and thin, here are three critical steps.
Customer Insights
First, you must develop deep insights about your buyers. This is the single most important activity you can undertake to create powerful marketing. Start by conducting qualitative interviews with your customers, prospective customers, and even your competitions' customers. You want to know what they think, what they want, and how they use your product or service.
This activity is so critical because your most effective messaging comes from your market. If you do this right, your will gather language that you know resonates strongly with your customers because it comes from your customers.
Sure, Steve Jobs famously said it's not the customers' job to know what they want. He could say that because he had an unparalleled instinct about what customers want. Everybody else — us included — needs to be talking to customers, asking them strategic questions to uncover the most effective messaging.
Amazon enjoys uncommon access to customers' feedback via its consumer reviews. And Netflix certainly has received its share of customer feedback over the last year. To the company's credit, it has actually listened when it abandoned its terrible idea of spinning off Qwikster. However, the company could have avoided every one of its mistakes over the past year by simply talking to its customers. That Netflix was surprised by the consumer outcry that followed its actions is nothing short of negligence. There is no excuse for not knowing exactly how customers will react to something you are about to do. To find out, all you have to do is ask.
Emotional Marketing Language
Once you have customer insights, you use them to develop simple, emotional, lifestyle-oriented marketing language. No matter what you do, you are in the life-improvement business. If your work is in the business-to-business space, your language must focus on how you improve the condition of your clients. Not technical specifications. Not features. Just simple, salient statements.
For example, you do not make Airplay wireless speakers, rather, you bring beautiful music into people's homes and hearts without wires.
You are not a social media marketer. You make your clients' dreams come true by dramatically increasing their sales.
You are not in the cloud business. You protect the precious, priceless memories of people's lives.
This may sound like basic marketing 101, but take a look around. Is any technology company besides Apple and Amazon talking like this? Even public relations agencies and social media outlets, which are in the business of helping clients connect with customers in effective ways, tend to tout their process and technique.
Here's the bottom line: most customers don't care about the steps you take to improve their life. All they want know is how you'll improve it. So, tell them!
Proper Platforms
Finally, you must communicate this effective messaging on the proper platforms. Here is a list of good ones and forgotten ones:
1. A long list of your customers. Names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses.
2. A long list of your competitions' customers. If you have good lists you can communicate directly with that market.
3. Powerful relationships with earned media resources: bloggers, writers, editors, producers, etc.
4. Social media.
5. Your product package. It's generally an overlooked opportunity to communicate to potential customers how you can improve their lives.
6. Your product manual is generally useless. Product manuals should be filled with success stories: how various features and uses of your product or service has improved the lives of real people.
There are many more, but the above list is a good place to start. Once you develop evangelists, you must work hard to simply maintain them. In fact, you must continue to innovate your products and your marketing just to maintain your position of success. Need proof? Research in Motion used to have evangelists. So did Best Buy.
If you stop aggressively doing the things that made you successful, the world will pass you by in three seconds. It's not difficult to create evangelists — you simply have to do the work that most businesses do not do: gather qualitative insights from your market; use simple, emotional language; and communicate it from the right platforms. Do that, and your competition will be an easy crowd to stand out among.
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Cadillac CTS: The Next Generation
The first-generation Cadillac CTS went where no production Cadillac had gone before. With the second-gen, it is a little older, but even a little bolder.
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When the first-generation CTS came out in 2002, it was startling. There was the brand best known for the occasionally outré (think of the various Biarritz models of the '70s and '80s) but conventionally bland (think of practically everything else in recent memory) suddenly with forms that would be more well associated with radar-invisible aircraft. Michael Simcoe, executive director of Exterior Design, General Motors, North America, explains that an objective of that car was to help people "understand" the "Art and Science" design approach that had been revealed at auto shows with concepts like the Evoq in 1999 and the Cien in 2002. Sure, concept cars can be edgy (literally and figuratively in the case of both of these cars). But production vehicles? Cars that are meant to be purchased by you, your next-door neighbors, the guy down the street, and...Speaking of that first car, Simcoe admits that "the planar surfaces shocked people initially." Now, he suggests, that given the cars that have followed the CTS—including the SRX and the STS and the XLR—those surfaces are more familiar to people. And so for the second-generation CTS, the 2008 model, Simcoe and his colleagues set about to create a vehicle that would show more "maturity in surfaces" and one that would be "more art." Simcoe says that the form language being deployed by Cadillac is "unashamedly American." He points to the front end of the car and uses terms including "proud," "bold," "upright," and "jewelry." "I couldn't imagine an Audi or a BMW doing this," he says. Oddly enough, he says it in a voice that is accented from whence he is from: Australia. Theming for the '08 was also done by Simon Cox and the GM UK Advanced Design Studio (as well as the Advanced Studio in North Hollywood, and Warren). When you're competing with the world, as Cadillac most certainly is, your approach may be American, but your inputs must be international.
Back to that first-generation vehicle. As bold as it was in its day, compared with the '08 it is a little, well, dowdy. Imagine.
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Under the hood.
By and large, the story of the 2008 CTS is the story of its engines, a base 3.6-liter V6 and the optional 3.6-liter V6.
Wait a minute, isn't that a typo? Shouldn't that optional engine have a different number? No, 3.6 and 3.6. But there are differences. First, the similarities:
- Aluminum block and heads
- Variable valve timing
- Chain drive
- Polymer-coated piston skirts
- Forged-steel crankshaft
- Structural aluminum oil pan with steel baffles
- Composite camshaft covers
- Electronic throttle control
Both engines share the above. But here are the differences, first numerically. The base engine provides 263 hp @ 6,200 rpm and 253 lb-ft of torque @ 3,100 rpm, while the optional engine produces 15% more horsepower (304 hp @ 6,300 rpm) and 8% more torque (273 lb-ft @ 5,200 rpm). Which makes the optional engine the most powerful naturally aspirated V6 that General Motors has ever put under the hood of a production car. How is this achieved?
The more powerful engine features a direct injection (DI) system. The system deploys a fuel pump that provides fuel via a stainless steel rail directly into the cylinders at 1,750 psi. The injectors have a tailored spray pattern that optimizes performance and, by leading to more complete combustion, minimizes emissions (up to 25% fewer hydrocarbons at cold start, for example). What's more, there is a 3% improvement in fuel economy (the base engine is rated at 17 mpg city/26 mpg highway; the DI engine at 18/26 mpg). One of the issues related to direct injection systems is that given the high-pressure injection of the fuel at a high rate, the opening and closing of the valves can cause quite a raucous rattling sound. So, because Cadillac engineers focused a great deal of their attention on making the overall vehicle quiet (e.g., the aforementioned chain drive is used, in part, because it is quiet in operation; there is a full-perimeter hood seal, hood absorber, and an acoustic engine cover, acoustic belly pan under the front of the car), the injectors have an isolated design to minimize the operating noise, which is the first of its type, and there is an acoustic cover for the direct injector pump. Yes, they went to some lengths to make sure that performance didn't come with an audibly unpleasant price. Another notable aspect of the engines is that they use regular unleaded gas. Even the DI engine runs on regular, not the premium grade that is typical of performance engines.
Attached to those engines are a choice of two six-speed transmissions. But there are significant differences, as one, the Hydra-Matic 6L50 is an automatic and the Aisin AY6 is a manual—although the Hydra-Matic does offer tap-up/tap-down shift control, so there is the manual aspect to it, as well.
And while on the subject of powertrain, it should be noted that the CTS, while nominally a rear-wheel-drive vehicle, is available with all-wheel-drive. This system features an active transfer case that provides infinitely variable distribution of torque between the rear and front wheels, and that can transfer as much as 100% of the torque to the front wheels.
Engineering packages.
Although some vehicles offer a switch that allows suspension adjustment (e.g., sport/comfort), Cadillac engineers didn't compromise with the CTS. Rather, they tuned three separate packages. The base suspension, FE1, has 17-in. wheels and brakes (not the rotor diameter, but the brakes fill the wheel area) and is setup for a balance between ride and handling, as would be expected of what will undoubtedly be the box checked most often. The FE2 has 18-in. wheels and brakes and is said to be biased more in the direction of handling. Either of those setups is available with rear- or all-wheel-drive. FE3 is rear-drive only. There are 18-in. wheels and brakes, but the all-season tires give way to Michelin Pilot Sport 2 summer tires. Yes, this setup is for those who plan to take their CTS to the track.
Further enhancing the drivability of vehicle is the fact that compared with the previous generation model, the track has been increased by 1.8 in., to 61.8 in. Additionally, there is a premium ZF Servotronic steering gear; Bilstein front shocks and rebound springs on the front of all suspension types and Bilstein rear shocks on the FE1 and FE2 suspensions and self-leveling Sachs Nivomat shocks on the back on the FE3 vehicles; and new suspension geometry for both front (short-long arm) and rear (multi-link). And, yes, they proved the car out at the Nürburgring circuit (which lead to not only the use of larger brakes and the premium steering gear, but structural reinforcements, such as a tower-to-tower brace).
The CTS is built at the GM Lansing Grand River assembly plant in Lansing, Michigan. This highly flexible 2-million ft2 facility, which was opened in 2001, is where the Cadillac SRX and STS models are also produced. One of the more interesting processes used in the production of the vehicle is laser brazing of the roof. What this does is provide a clean surface across the top of the vehicle. Whereas many vehicles feature a "ditch," or a joint where the roof is joined to the body structure with spot welding, a longitudinal valley that's sometimes filled in with a piece of trim, the CTS process uses a laser to provide the sleek top mating. In addition to which, the deck lid is also laser welded. This is a function of the deep drawn forms that would be impossible to attain through the use of a single piece of sheet metal. Through the use of laser welding the seam is nearly imperceptible so that anyone looking at it without knowing that it was there would probably think that a single piece of material is in place.
Inside, the driver is wrapped in a cockpit-like area (remember the aircraft antecedents). The controls are readily at hand. There is the cut-and-sew trim work that Cadillac initially launched on its limited production STS-V and XLR-V cars for the CTS's IP, center console, and door trim. The 8-in. diagonal optional navigation screen is partially visible in the center of the IP; when activated it elevates for full display. While many vehicles are now offering an aux-jack interface for music players like the iPod, consultation was done with some of the people behind the iPod so that not only does the interface cable between one's music player and the car charge the iPod, but the screen displays a clean, usable interface that while not like that of the Apple device is remarkably well done. The use of LED light pipes recessed within the IP provide a subdued but functional lighting effect.
Jim Taylor, Cadillac general manager, talks about how the 2002 CTS initiated a "product-led renaissance" for the division. "We're a long way from being done," he admits. But speaking of the 2008 CTS, a car that the engineers benchmarked against the BMW 530 despite the fact that it is more competitive with the 3-Series, Taylor says that a goal is not simply to be competitive from the standpoint of mechanical functionality and features, but "desirability." Isn't that what luxury is really all about?


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Sure, doing your holiday shopping on Black Friday -- the day after Thanksgiving -- is one way to score deep discounts. But if you don't want to deal with the crowds in the stores, you can still save big by buying the items on your gift list online. In fact, if you use the strategies and sites listed below, shopping online may be the best way to get deals this holiday season.
Shop on the right days
You can save money by knowing the right days to shop online. Online shopping site Extrabux.com analyzed price data on 100,000 products over a two-year period and found that prices on some items fluctuate throughout the week.
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Compare prices the easy way
If you're trying to find the lowest price on a particular product, price-comparison sites make it easy. When you search for an item on these sites, they produce lists of the retailers offering the product, prices, shipping costs, and seller information and ratings. It's tough to beat Amazon.com for price comparisons. For most of the items we recently searched for, Amazon turned up the longest lists of results and the lowest prices. However, other price-comparison sites worth visiting include PriceGrabber.com and Google Product Search, which has a local shopping option to help you find products at stores near you.
You also can download the FreePriceAlerts.com tool, which will notify you instantly if a product you're viewing online is cheaper at another site. The tool works on more than 100 sites, such as Walmart, Best Buy and Amazon (see the complete list), and more are being added every week, says founder Bob Wilkins. While you shop online as you normally would, the tool searches thousands of other retail sites and will display an alert in the top left-hand corner of the page you're viewing that tells you whether you've found the lowest price or if another retailer is offering the same product for less (with a link to that retailer's site). You don't have to register at FreePriceAlerts.com to download the tool, but if you do register, you can set target prices for items you want and receive e-mail alerts when prices fall to the levels you want.
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Deal sites do the bargain hunting for you by scouring the Web for discounted items -- saving you both time and money. Our favorite is dealnews.com, which has a team of deal hunters who keep their eyes on a million products at more than 2,000 reputable online retailers and update the site with new deals at least 200 times a day. Plus, you can sign up for e-mail or RSS alerts for products or stores you're interested in and get gift ideas from the site.
GottaDeal.com is another great source for deals. You may find some here that you won't find at dealnews (we did recently). Slickdeals.net, a user-driven deal-sharing site, features a few deals a day on its home page, but its forums are where you'll hundreds of deals posted daily. And Offers.com features deals from more than 5,000 companies and stores, updated daily and organized into categories (including clothing, electronics, toys and travel). It also points you to local deals in more than 75 cities.
Track daily deals
You can find lots of bargains at deal-of-the-day sites, such as Woot.com, that offer deep discounts on select items for just a 24-hour period. But it would take a lot of time to check each one of these sites, which list only one such deal a day. DODTracker.com does the hard work for you. It lists hundreds of items from deal-a-day sites and daily deal offers from retailers, such as Amazon.com. It shows how long the deal has been posted, the time the sale ends, the amount of discount (if available) and whether the item is still in stock. When you click on any of the tabs at the top of the home page (All, Computers & Electronics, etc.), you'll get a page that lets you sort by retailer, product, price and more.
Find coupon codes
Before you make any purchase online, search for coupon codes that can help you score a discount at the checkout (basically a sequence of numbers and letters you enter during the payment process). Some retailers advertise coupon codes on their sites when they're available. However, some coupon codes can be found only at coupon sites that work with retailers to create exclusive online coupons.
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Get cash back
Another way to save money when shopping online is to get cash back. Ebates.com has been around for more than a decade and offers members cash back from 1,500 stores. Rebates vary by store, but many offer at least 5% back on purchases.
Our favorite cash-back site is the relatively new Extrabux.com, which combines comparison shopping with online coupons and cash back from 2,500 top online retailers. We like Extrabux.com because you likely won't end up spending more than necessary to get cash back. The site helps you find the best deal on a product by displaying prices and shipping charges from various retailers, plus cash-back offers and coupon codes. Basically, it puts all the available discounts on a product in front of you, says Extrabux.com founder Jeff Nobbs. Members receive cash back by check or PayPal, or they can opt to have the money donated to a charity.
Score more savings with discounted gift cards
Plastic Jungle and Gift Card Granny sell merchants' gift cards for less than face value. Buying a discounted gift card to use for your own shopping is a good way to score additional discounts. For example, buy a $100 Gap gift card for $90 (instant $10 savings), use it to shop online and use a coupon code for additional savings. Plastic Jungle offers free shipping standard. Most cards purchased through Gift Card Granny are shipped free, too, but some do have shipping fees (which are clearly displayed).
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If you've worked hard to find the best deal online, you don't want to wipe out all your savings by paying a hefty shipping fee. FreeShipping.org offers free-shipping coupons for nearly 4,000 stores, including Amazon.com, Target and Best Buy.
Swap rather than buy new
You can save big by trading items you no longer want for things you do. An easy way to do this is to use a Web site such as Swap.com. And if you have an iPhone, you can download Swap.com's new free mobile app that makes it simple to trade your unwanted books, CDs, DVDs and video games for other items you crave. You can set up an account through the app or at Swap.com and create a list of haves and wants. The site will send you an e-mail alert when there is a swap opportunity, or you can simply click on the "what can I get?" link next to the items you have and search by media type to see what book, movie, CD or game you can get in exchange. See Why Buy New When You Can Swap? to learn more.
Pay with cash to avoid credit-card debt
Because debit cards don't provide the same protections that credit cards do, we don't recommend using them when making purchases online. But any of the savings you score using the techniques or sites listed above will be wiped out if you carry a balance on your credit card and pay high monthly interest charges.
EBillme and PayPal offer you a way to make secure cash payments when you shop online so that you won't rack up credit-card debt. Both sites let you shop at hundreds of stores. At check-out, you select the eBillme or PayPal payment option.
The only personal information you have to provide to eBillme is your e-mail address, where you'll receive your bill. Then log on to your bank account and use the online bill-payment option as you would to pay your utility bill or any other bill. You get the same protections as you would with a credit card. EBillme also has a cash-back program that allows you to earn points on every purchase and redeem them for coupons for future orders.
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