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Ike Barinholtz finds no downtime working as a writer for and costar of Fox's "The Mindy Project," but the Chicago native wouldn't trade the job for anything.
"It's long hours and I don't look good anymore and my blood pressure is higher and my weight is fluctuating," he said. "I'm getting pimples in interesting places. Like a pimple right here on my arm? Really? But with that said, best job; so excited."
In "The Mindy Project," Barinholtz plays Morgan, a meathead nurse to Mindy Kaling's love-challenged OB-GYN Mindy Lahiri. The series begins the rest of its freshman season at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday with "Mindy's Brother," in which Morgan tries to convince Mindy to perform karaoke at a bar.
Barinholtz, 35, who grew up in Rogers Park and Uptown, returned to Chicago last week and stopped by RedEye to chat about Kaling and the show, plus his years performing for Boom Chicago in Amsterdam and a couple of other old jobs. Below are five quotes, totally out of context. Can you guess to which each comment refers?
- "I own a small part of an alley on Sedgwick that I used to pee in. That's it. It's literally—I think it's 6 by 6 inches—but it's mine. It's not much, but it's home."
- "My supervisor was doing 11 years for killing a cop with her car. This is the kind of people I was associating with. Really."
- "It was really fun, from what I remember. There are whole chunks I don't remember; whole chunks."
- "I have to pay her $30,000 a year for 30 years, but it's worth it. It's worth it, man. I mean, come on."
- "Apparently a janitor found me sleeping in there and told my boss, and the miracle of that story is, I continued to work there for another eight months."
Find the answers by reading the full interview below and watching the video above, in which he compares "The Mindy Project" to "Downton Abbey" and tells a story about when he worked for the CTA.
What you been up to while in town?
I got in last night and went back to my old apartment and saw my parents and made love to a large Lou Malnati's deep dish pepperoni pizza.
Yes, everybody brings up the pizza.
It's such a cliche. I've actually learned how to make it living in L.A. 'cause we have such terrible pizza. I learned how to make it. I went on message boards; I went on little weird sub boards on Chow Hound and I found basically the Gino's East recipe, and I can make a deep dish pizza from scratch that tastes pretty good. And then I come here and taste the Lou Malnati's and I realize what I'm making is basically Domino's. It's basically shit.
You're a big star now, Ike. You can probably go over to Lou Malnati's and say, "Give me your recipe. I want to make this in California."
[Laughs.] I went in there last night. I walked right in the kitchen. I demanded to know the recipe—and the good news is my father's an attorney so I was out of jail in two hours, which is really good because otherwise I could have been in there all night. But yeah, no, I got to see my folks and the dog. It's always good to come home.
Do you still have your old apartment here?
Still have the old apartment over on the North Side, Uptown. And yeah, it's so good to come home to.
You're worried things will go bad in L.A. or something so you keep an apartment?
Well, no. This is my parents' house they still live in. But it is good to know that if I ever go belly up and show business leaves me and my wife leaves me that I can still go to my old room. I'm holding on to that.
Oh, so it's their place?
It's their place, yeah, yeah, yeah.
I thought you meant you had your old apartment here.
I own very little property in Chicago. I own a small part of an alley on Sedgwick that I used to pee in.
The pee break place, yeah.
That's it. It's literally—I think it's 6 by 6 inches—but it's mine. It's not much, but it's home.
Tell me about when you lived in Chicago. You have interesting stories, I hear.
I grew up on the North Side. I was born in Rogers Park; I grew up in Uptown, and I went to the Latin School. I didn't really have the acting bug even though I loved comedy, I loved movies. I went to Second City a lot and used to see, like, Chris Farley before he was famous and Steve Carell, but I never really got the bug.
It wasn't until I went to college that I realized, "Ah, I hate college and I'm doing poorly here." And I came to a great agreement with Boston University. They said, "Don't come back." And I said, "OK." We really saw eye to eye on that. And I came back home and I was working at the CTA, not [as] a bus driver. I was doing marketing. And I went to the Improv Olympics 15th anniversary show. I went with my dad. And I remember never seeing improv like that before. I remember specifically Tim Meadows; Tim Meadows was so funny in this show that I said to myself, "I want to do this." Like, "I have to get in on this. This is my kind of stuff."
I took classes for a long time there and at Second City and the Annoyance. I was horrible at first. My first show I invited all my friends and family. A lot of people were like, "Oh, my first improv show was magical and it was amazing." Mine was one of the worst nights of my life. I remember afterwards my dad gave me that look that was basically saying, "It's not too late to not go this route." But I stuck with it and for about three years was doing four or five shows a week; loved it. And then I eventually moved to Amsterdam and that was the end of my Chicago run. I still miss it, though. God, I still miss it. It's so fun.
When was this actually?
This was like '96 to like '99. That's when I did my three, four years.
I probably saw you in shows back then.
If you went to the Improv Olympic or the Annoyance, there was a probably a pretty good chance you saw me. I was probably 45 pounds lighter, I had more hair and less bags under my eyes, but it was me, baby. That was me.
I remember seeing Tim Meadows at a resale shop buying an orange chair back in the day. Years later I interviewed him and I told him and he goes, "Oh, I bought an orange chair there!"
I started performing with him a little bit in L.A. at the Improv Olympic and I said to him, "You're the reason I'm here. You're the reason I got in to this whole thing 'cause you were so funny and I had to do it." He goes, "I'm so sorry." He's pretty good; he's a funny guy. He's a funny guy, man.
And you were at Boom Chicago in Amsterdam with Seth Meyers?
I actually replaced Seth out there. I had no intention of going out to Amsterdam. I really wanted to do more free theater and not get paid for it in Chicago, but my roommate at the time was auditioning and he said, "You should come to the audition." I went down there and it was kind of a fun audition. And they called me later on like, "Hey, do you want to do it?"
At that point I was 21; never been to Europe, and I thought, "This could be kind of fun." I went there and then my mind just like exploded. It was crazy. Like I got there and like "Incense and Peppermint" started playing, and I saw like beautiful tall women and marijuana. You're getting paid to act and it was the best. It was like a year and a half or two years of just utter, utter fun. Yeah.
And with some really great people—Seth always kind of came and went, Jason Sudeikis was there, Jordan Peele from "Key & Peele." ... Liz Cackowski, Kay Cannon. These great, great, great performers kind of were there and it was just a really special time to be there. It was really fun, from what I remember.
There are whole chunks I don't remember; whole chunks. I was in L.A. with John Meyers—Seth's brother—and we were at some bar and the bartender was like, "What's up, man?" I was like, "Hey, how are you?" Totally bullshitting, like I had never seen him before in my life. And he's like, "Oh, it's good—I haven't seen you since Amsterdam." I was like, "Oh, yeah, yeah."
He walked away and Josh goes, "You don't remember that guy?" I said, "No." He goes, "He stayed with us for three weeks." Never seen him before that night; never seen him in my life.
What were you doing that you couldn't remember?
You know, I don't want to get in to specifics but marijuana—and a hearty amount of it. Yeah, there was a lot of that going around at the time. But it was Amsterdam; it was legal.
It's totally legal.
Totally legal. I got a picture of me smoking a joint next to a bunch of Dutch cops. I mean, you could just smoke anywhere. I think they're cracking down on it now but ...
I think it has changed now.
A little bit, yeah. The laws are a little more stringent, but back then, I mean, Jesus Christ, it was just—I mean, it was unbelievable. We would find different ways to smoke it. "Oh, you cut a liter of Pepsi and put your head in a bucket of water and the smoke shoots out!" And, "Oh, if you take the weed and rub it on your eye!' You know, we'd just find new ways to take marijuana.
Did you go directly to L.A. after Amsterdam?
I went straight to L.A. Me and my writing partner, this guy named Dave Stassen, who I went to school with; I grew up with in Chicago. I write with him on many projects. We always said we'll move to L.A. together. We wanted to be writers. And me and him and Seth Meyers and Josh Meyers, the four of us moved out to L.A. together.
At first it was a nightmare. It couldn't have been more destitute. Seth was the first one to get a job at like a sushi restaurant. I couldn't get a job anywhere. But I saw Seth got a little part on "Spin City;" he did one episode and I remember thinking, "Wow, you can get work here. It's so great. So great."
I was a telemarketer at a really bad, bad company. The first day I got there the guy goes, "Hey, if there's anything you like, don't put in your desk." I mean, you would put a BIC pen in your desk and go to the bathroom and it's gone. I mean, it was criminals. Every day the women in the office got to leave at 3:30 and the men stayed until 4:30. And I said to the boss, I was like, "Why do they get to leave early?" He goes, "Oh, they got to go back to jail." 'Cause all the women were on work release!
My supervisor was doing 11 years for killing a cop with her car. This is the kind of people I was associating with. Really. That's why I moved to L.A. But then I eventually got a job as a busboy at Morton's. I kept kind of performing at Improv Olympic out there and I did a show with Josh Meyers and after about a year and a half of really slumming it, being desperately, desperately poor in L.A., we got the biggest break and we got to audition to be on "MADtv." We got on "MADtv" and then that's when we kind of started saying like, "Oh, L.A.'s great!"
'Cause at first you hate it. You're like, "This is the worst city; everyone is full of shit. They're too skinny; they're weird. They're all liars; I hate it." Then you get hired and you're like, "Best city in the world! I love it; you're the greatest." So then L.A. got really fun.
Is it really hard to go from working sort of constantly when you're in Chicago or Amsterdam to having to prove yourself all over again?
Oh my God, it was horrible. It was so, so bad. I remember the only audition I had that first year and a half [in L.A.] was for Quiznos, to be an onion in one of their commercials. I don't know if you know this, but they toast their subs, and this is going to blow your mind but the concept of this commercial was the onion was supposed to be a topping on a sandwich and then when the heat comes on it's supposed to get really hot. I mean, we're talking major CLIO Awards here.
I remember getting a call back for it and thinking like, "This is it. I've made it!" And then I obviously didn't get it and it was almost like you told me my entire family was wiped out. I was so crushed; I couldn't believe it. It was just a year of pain and bussing tables and picking up food that old people chewed and put in their napkin and cleaning up urine. I mean, it was bad. It was really bad.
But then the good thing about L.A. is that there's always hope. You know what I mean? Like that's why so many crazy people move there, I think, because there's always the possibility that you could do really well and you could be in a movie or you could do this. That's why we have so many crazy homeless people there, because they came there as actors years ago and it didn't work out but they still believe that they're going to make it.
It's a good thing but it could also be a very dangerous thing, you know? A lot of people just kind of are like, "Nope, I'm going to make it. I'm 66 and I've been out here 45 years and I'm just going to wait." And it's like at some point it might not work.
Did you find that time helped you with your improv and your writing, like as in observing all these different people and oddballs?
Yes, absolutely. And it gives you such a great—I don't know. Chicagoans have their own bit of eccentricities, you know what I mean? Like the great, honest Midwest eccentrics who are funny, but Chicagoans are very real. To see L.A., which I consider so different than Chicago, people are so different there. It really was kind of crazy to see a whole new system and I did tons of shows. I did two shows a week at the Improv Olympic and I even did a little bit of stand-up here and there. I didn't like stand-up, but it did help me and I think it made me appreciate when I did eventually start working a little bit more, being so broke and, you know, and working so hard for almost nothing. But yeah, it did.
And you were on "MADtv" for a couple years?
I did five years on "MAD," which at first it was so great. It was the most fun you could possibly have; great friends, the writers were amazing. But then after like three years I kind of started getting restless. I was always frustrated that "MADtv" wasn't better than it was. I feel like there were some people at the top of the show, like the kind of the owners of the show who really I didn't see eye-to-eye with in terms of comedy. It was very frustrating because I felt like we had a very good cast and we had great writers but the decisions that were coming from the top were always like, they're always so stupid.
They were like, "Hey, we're putting a bunch of wrestlers on the show this week." Every week we had a different wrestler. It was just like, "Goddammit, like what is this? Is this like the '50s where you have these weird wrestlers come on the show?" I don't know. It kind of started bumming me out and I started getting more and more anxious about working there and eventually I kind of said to the owner, "You're ruining your show." And he said, "Well then you should leave." We went separate ways.
But it was a great experience; I loved it and had such a good time with some of the people there. And I stand by a lot of those sketches were funny and fun, you know, kind of different, but it just never to me was as good as it should have been.
But every experience is helpful, right? Even if it's 'this is how we shouldn't do things.'
Absolutely, absolutely. You learn so much by doing things the wrong way. But yeah, it was a great experience. First of all, it got me clothing, you know? I can buy a pair of jeans. I was wearing one pair of jeans for two years. But it was, yeah, it was just any frustration I had there compared to the great experience it was. This was dwarfed, yeah.
You were hired for "The Mindy Project" as a writer first, right?
I was, yeah. After "MADtv" ended I was kind of like, "OK, well I'm done with 'MADtv,' what do you got next Hollywood? What's that? Nothing? Nothing at all? OK." So there was a really rough few years there and at that point I'd brought my wife out to California.
Where was she?
She was in New York and we were kind of doing the bicoastal thing. And she came to L.A. to live with me and I was on a TV show and then all the sudden I wasn't on a TV show. The great thing about L.A. is that no matter what level you're at, there's another way to have your dreams crushed. And that goes from the person who just got off the bus there from Iowa to Tom Hanks. Like if you don't think there are parts Tom Hanks loses, you're wrong. Do you know what I mean? Tom Hanks is like, "They went with Harrison Ford? Goddammit!" You know what I mean?
So at every step of the way there's a new way to have your dreams completely shattered and I found myself in a bad position where I couldn't get work. I was auditioning for pilot season and doing well but not well enough and I was frustrated. And the first kind of gig that came along, that really kind of changed a little bit for me was "Eastbound & Down." I did six episodes of that. That was like consistent work for a whole summer and so much fun to do.
And then from that the whole time I really kind of dedicated myself to writing. My partner and I wrote these screenplays that we loved and but no one was buying and we thought, "How stupid are they not to buy this? This is art; this is like someone saying to Picasso, 'Your paintings are shit.'" In retrospect maybe they weren't as good as we thought. But eventually we did sell one. We sold one to like Universal and then it kind of all the sudden, like, "OK, we're writers now. We're writers."
So we wrote a bunch of pilots and sold a couple of them, and then it was last year that we weren't looking to get on to staffing on to a TV show but I had started a friendship with Mindy Kaling on Twitter. Actually, she saw "Eastbound & Down" and tweeted at me, and said, "Oh, that Russian guy's a real weirdo" or something like that. Our agent said you guys should watch this pilot. We watched it and we've always been big fans of her. I'm a huge fan of "The Office." It's one of my favorite shows ever. And some of the episodes she's written are my favorite.
We loved her voice. And then we met with her and then she said, "Hey, you should be on the show at some point." I thought that was kind of like another L.A. phony bullshit [gesture], you know? "Yeah, yeah. I'll call you; don't worry, yeah, yeah." But then the first day we got to work, she said, "Hey, I wrote this part for you. I want you to read it and tell me what you think." It was this hilarious part that I just couldn't have responded better to. She just kind of pushed it through and made it happen and, yeah, it was really kind of a dream the way it went down.
I have to pay her $30,000 a year for 30 years, but it's worth it. It's worth it, man. I mean, come on. But yeah, it was great.
You're there even if you're not acting, then.
I'm there from call to wrap every day. At first we were kind of running to the writer's room. So most actors, cut, hey, you're off for three hours. Just go back to the trailer and work on other things or read or rest or whatever, but we have to go right back to the writer's room and kind of see what they're doing. "What are you guys working on?" "Here's a joke for that." "What do you think about this?"
Now, my partner and I are finding ourselves living on set more and kind of dealing with the actual physical production. You know, "Hey, this joke, let's fix this joke right now on the fly and this scene that's coming."
It's one thing to be in the room and write jokes and stuff but when you get on the floor sometimes, for whatever reason, things change. "This isn't working." We envisioned it this way when we wrote it but not that we're on the floor it's different. So we kind of find ourselves living on the floor and, you know, dealing with things on the fly.
It just kind of makes more sense because I was already down there so much being on camera and my partner, David, is so great at identifying what's working, what's not, making this better, changing this. So now we're pretty much there just from dusk 'til dawn. Dawn 'til dusk. Dawn 'til dusk. And which is good, but we miss—you know, we go to the writer's room still in between setups and stuff. So we're there a lot. When I get home, I'm very tired.
Do you write yourself, your own stuff?
I've written two episodes of the show so far and my tendency is to write myself lighter. I don't want to seem like a dick, you know what I mean? "So this episode's about my character's origin and history. In fact, none of you are in it. You all have the week off!"
In the episode we wrote, called "Teen Patient," I have two scenes. The one thing I wrote is this opening where I throw this guy against the wall. And then just one other tiny scene. I really wanted to focus more being on set, watching, seeing what was happening. So that's my tendency. Mindy doesn't have that luxury; she's in every scene. She has to be. But that's, yeah, that's kind of the way I roll with that. I prefer to be lighter.
You bring up "Teen Patient," which I watched again this morning and I laugh every time you throw that kid and you say, "I broke the the intern."
Oh, my God. We wrote that in maybe five minutes, that little cold open, and I remember I really always wanted to do a scene where I throw someone in to a wall, like I just thought it'd be so funny. We know this guy Morton who plays the intern and he's maybe 105 pounds dripping wet. We were shooting it and we had the stunt man come in and we're doing the stunt last. And the beginning of the scene is not super funny. It's just kind of matter of fact and we were shooting and everyone was nervous. Like this is terrible. The executive producer, Howard Klein, was like, "We're not going to be able to use this; there's nothing funny in it" and blah, blah, blah. Dave came up to me and goes, "Well I think we should change this and blah, blah, blah." And I started getting nervous and then the minute I picked up that stunt man and I threw him, the entire wall shook and the sound on stage was, "Ohhhh!" and they were like, "OK, great. We got it. Going to be awesome."
So it worked out. It worked out. But we were worried. There were concerns. The network didn't want to do it. They didn't see it but then we were very happy with the final product.
Is it fun? Does it feel [like] work?
It does. Sometimes "MADtv" didn't feel like work because you were doing maybe one or two sketches a week and you had a lot of time off, but this is fun and I love it but it is intense, you know? There's rarely a minute or even like a five-minute time period where you can take a walk and clear your head. It really is kind of moving non-stop. But I wouldn't trade it in for anything right now. Like I love it, I feel like, too, the show is really kind of starting to develop into something I love watching. I feel like it's really kind of finding its voice. 'Cause every show starts off at first, you don't know what it is. You know? You watch early "Seinfeld" or "30 Rock" and they're OK.
You don't know what's going to work. And now that I think we're kind of figuring that out, it's a lot of fun.
Do you find yourself always watching with that critical eye?
I try to but then there are some times where, I think she's one of the funniest people I've ever met, so when she goes on some of her little tangents or rants sometimes, like I find myself just, like, as a fan laughing. ... There have been a couple times where I had to go up to her and say like, "Hey, you got to stop breaking during the scene because it's funny and I love it but we got to hurry up. A lot of shit to shoot today, so you can't …"
We did a scene last week where it's her birthday party and my character has invited everyone on her phone list. I've just kind of taken her contacts and sent them an e-mail saying, "Come to this party." She's shocked that she's having this party. She goes, "Who are these people? Who's that guy?" And I go, "That's the guy you rear-ended in the Hamptons last summer. Mike Accident." And this guy, this actor we hired, all he did was hold his glass like that, I've never seen a person laugh more than Mindy. She broke for probably 15 takes in a row until I finally said, "We have to stop breaking. Like we are ruining the whole day; we're not going to make our day. Come on. Let's think of something terrible."
And we eventually had him leave the set. He was being too funny. He was making this funny face every time. Yeah, it is fun. But it's work.
On our website we have this photo gallery that we've had a couple of years now—Chicagoans on TV. And it is up to 100 people, which is the max of photos we have on there.
So we have to kill someone. I'll kill Danny Pudi from "Community."
I was wondering if you could give me your theory on why so many Chicago folks either trained here or are from here, you know, happen to be on TV.
I'll tell you why. I think Chicagoans and people who have spent time here, it's a very honest city. And it's not as BS'ey as L.A. and it's not as cynical and harsh as New York. It's very honest. And I think that the best kind of comedy is reality, something that's played real and I just feel like Chicagoans get that and that really translates well to being in L.A. If you kind of play things real and earnest and don't play it like you're from another planet, like Los Angeles, it just kind of works better. And that's why a lot of us I think work out there. It's good. It's like a little mafia.
But you don't have to kill anyone. You have to kill some people.
You kill them with laughter.
You kill them with laughter. Hello? I have to register my laughter now. Isn't that crazy?
That is crazy.
It's a deadly weapon.
Do you see a lot of people from here?
From Chicago in L.A.? It's insane. It is insane. You'll go to a bar just randomly to watch a Bears game and you'll hear, you know, the minute Jay Cutler throws an interception, which happens like four or five times a game, you just hear like no. You look around and you're like, "Oh, you're from Chicago. You're from Chicago. I know you from that commercial. You were in Lincoln. You are in my Improv." Like they're all there. It's just like we are slowly taking over and what we're going to do eventually is take over Los Angeles and build Chicago II, or Chicago West, we'll call it. And so there'll be two now, so you can live here or you can go West Coast style and wear less clothing but still be in Chicago. Yeah.
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As was reported on Monday, among the numerous files hacked and leaked in the past week by the Hacker group Anonymous was a database of some 4606 regional bankers together with copious amounts of confidential information, which according to Anonymous' twitter account was sourced at the very Federal Reserve, which in turn would imply that the Fed itself had been hacked.
It would also imply that our rhetorical suggestion from nearly two years ago had actually been taken seriously by Anonymous. To wit, from March 2011: "perhaps in the aftermath of the IMF "very major breach" by anonymous hackers, it is really time to make sure all external access points to FedWire and FedLine are truly safe and sound. It will be very sad if it is uncovered that this source of externally accessible portal to hundreds of billions in emergency Fed funding has been somehow compromised. Just imagine the loss of confidence in the system... Why, a global distributed attack would really stretch the Fed's 1,200-strong police force quite thin." Moments ago the Fed confirmed that it had, indeed, been hacked by Anonymous.
From Reuters:
The Federal Reserve said on Tuesday that one of its internal websites had been briefly breached by hackers, though no critical functions of the central bank were affected by the intrusion.
The admission, which raises questions about cyber security at the Fed, follows a claim that hackers linked to the activist group Anonymous had struck the Fed on Sunday, accessing personal information of more than 4,000 U.S. bank executives, which it published on the Web.
"The Federal Reserve system is aware that information was obtained by exploiting a temporary vulnerability in a website vendor product," a Fed spokeswoman said.
"Exposure was fixed shortly after discovery and is no longer an issue. This incident did not affect critical operations of the Federal Reserve system," the spokeswoman said, adding that all individuals effected by the breach had been contacted.
While it appears that neither FedWire nor FedLine had been hacked, an internal database containing highly confidential login, and various other, information for at least some Fed-related services had indeed been compromised.
The Fed declined to identify which website had been hacked. But information that it provided to bankers indicated that the site, which was not public, was a contact database for banks to use during a natural disaster.
The website's purpose is to allow bank executives to update the Fed if their operations have been flooded or otherwise damaged in a storm or other disaster. That helps the Fed to assess the overall impact of the event on the banking system.
Which in turn means the two most critical, externally-accessible money clearing websites in all of the developed world, remain possible security threats.
As for the contents of the leaked database which was removed from its original resting place in yet another hacked DOJ server, they can still be found in one of the various mirrors created in the aftermath of Sunday night's hack, such as this one.


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Changes in the Social, Political and Legal Situation of National and Ethnic Minorities in Poland after 1990
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ESSAY- Can it: Chemicals in plastics wreak havoc
I'm standing in my kitchen, hand poised over the trash. The cover is open, the wastebasket awaits my decision: are you going to toss that thing in here or what? But it's so pretty, this polycarbonate water bottle of mine. It's purple-tinted hard plastic, and perfect for the gym, where I keep it by my side, taking a swig every few minutes.
The thing is, I've just learned that this bottle could be poisoning me with every sip. And yet I'm conflicted: if it were dangerous, they wouldn't be allowed to sell these bottles, would they? The EPA, the FDA– somebody would stop them.
To hear politicians talk, you'd think that keeping us safe was Job One for the US government. There's a lot of pontificating about illegal immigrants, those intruders hijacking our health systems and costing us millions.
Well, from what I've been hearing and reading lately, there are migrants moving in on our territory, and they're doing us harm– but it's not people from other countries.
This intruder is a man-made molecule: Bisphenol A. It's in my polycarbonate water bottle, and it's in the lining of nearly every can in your kitchen.
Oh, and it's in you, too. It's having its way with your endocrine system, mimicking hormones and causing permanent changes in the way your body functions.
A Russian chemist invented this molecule back in 1891, and in the 1930s, when scientists were casting about for a synthetic form of estrogen, Bisphenol A (BPA) was considered for use as a drug.
Scientists rejected BPA in favor of the stronger DES, the now-notorious synthetic hormone given to many pregnant women from the 1930s to the early '70s, the one that caused cancers and other maladies in their offspring.
So, BPA could have been used as a synthetic estrogen, but instead was shelved until someone discovered that you could string these molecules together and make stuff– all kinds of stuff, including containers for food and beverages. Now nearly all cans sold in the United States have BPA in the linings, where it comes into direct contact with your chicken noodle soup or whatever.
The plastics industry admits that BPA gets into food and beverages, but they maintain that it's doing you no harm. Thirteen studies have been conducted by the plastics industry, and none of those studies showed BPA to be harmful in any way.
However, there have been over 160 government-funded studies of low-level exposure to BPA. More than 90 percent of those studies demonstrate harmful effects from ingesting this molecule.
Hmm. Sound familiar? We've had similar "controversies" previously: in the tobacco industry, regarding nicotine, and in the oil industry, regarding climate change.
The thing is, if you use toxicology studies and methodologies from the 1980s, you can claim that BPA is harmful only if you literally consume half a ton of canned food daily. And those 25-year-old studies are the ones the US government uses as the safety standard for allowable levels of BPA in our bodies.
Traditionally, when studying the harm a substance can inflict, researchers use high-impact doses. That's what was done with BPA back in 1982. They discovered that if you give an enormous amount of BPA to rodents, the worst that happens is they lose weight.
But now, scientists know that extremely low doses of certain chemicals can interact with hormone receptors in the body and screw things up royally. At levels many thousands of times lower than the amount used in those 1980s rodent studies– and in some cases, a few million times lower– BPA is switching genes on and off and wreaking havoc in multiple body systems.
Turns out, if you study toxicity only at high doses, you're missing all the stuff that could be going on at very low doses– and for some substances, there's one hell of a lot going on at low doses.
In studies where low levels of BPA were given to rodents, researchers found links between BPA and recurrent miscarriages, prostate cancer, breast cancer, uterine fibroids, obesity, and chromosomally abnormal grandchildren. One study has found a relationship between BPA ingestion and an increase in insulin resistance, a condition that leads to type 2 diabetes.
So, wouldn't you think the EPA and FDA would come up with a new safety standard for plastics, one based on 21st-century science, rather than one based on research from 1982?
If the federal government has any interest in protecting its citizens, updating safety standards for manufacturing is likely to save more lives (and money) than building higher fences on our borders.
Merely studying high amounts of BPA is like standing on your porch with a gun, protecting your house from intruders when the intruders are termites eating the porch out from under you. You may look like you're doing something important, but sooner or later, you'll wind up on your rear end and wonder what happened.
And so I say, "Goodbye, my pretty, purple-tinted polycarbonate water bottle," and drop it into the trash can.


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The concept of circuit training is a well-known fitness strategy. It is made up of multiple stations of different levels of conditioning exercises to be executed in a rapid continuous fashion. It provides variety, challenge, and ultimately, conditioning.
There is high energy level involved with the ADHD child and managing this energy can be problematic. It is always wise to harness and redirect this energy instead of trying to arrest it. So, what is a parent or teacher to do? What if an ADHD circuit training course were set up to manage the energy? Let's see what this might involve.
The first step is to identify a time of day or a situation that seems to bring on the hyperactivity. There may be multiple examples through the day when this occurs.
The second step is to define the spatial area that you have to set up your circuit training to manage the hyperactivity. An example may be the bedroom of the child, the entire house, or the backyard. If the child is out and about, the area may be smaller, such as a small area of a waiting room or a check out line.
The third step is to identify the time that is available. It might be in the morning before school, or the time it takes to prepare dinner after school. It might be at an unexpected moment of delay, when patience is needed to handle the delay.
The fourth and very critical step is identifying the involvement of the parent or teacher. Many situations require one on one involvement, whereas other times unsupervised activities are going to work.
So let's get started with scenarios:
Mornings: Sometimes an ADHD child has not slept well or had a hard time going to sleep (which is very common) and is very sleepy at wakeup time. The wake up of the child could be considered the warm up of the training. Put together a CD with music that is first rather soft and slow, and follow with songs that build the tempo and pace. Allow five to ten minutes for this warm up. This is a time when the parent may be going in and out of the child's room to periodically check on how the process is going.
Next, the child may want to drink some water and take the ADHD medication. Here is where deep breathing drills could be used to wake up the brain and start to turn on the thinking part of the brain. A parent needs to be there for this process and this might take two to three minutes.
Now the muscles need to be activated. Marching around the room or around the house can be fun and the child should be encouraged that this IS fun. Getting other siblings involved with this process would also work. This might take five minutes or even longer if you have the time. Throw in some jumping jacks or running in place. By this time, the child should be awake and starting to become active.
The next phase involves the speed drills. Set out the clothes all around the room. For example, have the underwear and undershirt at one station in the room, the pants and over shirt at another station, and the shoes and socks at another location. Tell the child that you are going to time each segment and record the total time. Record the times and let them know what they are. As they become more cooperative with this process, let them know that they are getting faster or slower. If this process is made fun and creative, the more cooperation will occur.
Add additional stations in the morning routine. Make it simple, but fun. After all of the morning routine is accomplished, the reward could be breakfast. Always make sure a child with ADHD eats breakfast. That is the meal that they need the most and it should include the most nutritious foods of the day, because often it is the only good meal they eat in the day.
Standing in a check out line:
This is an example of a small space and a small but critical time period. A suggestion would be have the child stand on one leg for five seconds, switch legs for five seconds, count backwards from 25 as fast as they can (or pick a number that they have mastered) , state their name, address, telephone number as fast as they can, and then start over. Often the key to the cooperation of the child is practicing this session often and before it is needed in the critical situation. Be creative and remember to make it challenging and fun.
Bedtime circuits can also be developed, but with the "cool down" coming at the end of the period of time. Remember, a routine schedule is critical to the child with ADHD, and in time, they will look forward to the process and hopefully embrace the technique. If the routine needs to be shortened due to "busy schedule" circumstances, don't skip the routine. Announce beforehand that the time involved will have to be shortened, and then take the child through a shortened version. Remember, taking a routine out of a child's schedule will throw the child "off balance" and cause behavior that is unexpected and negative.
Good luck, and have fun developing the ADHD circuit training.
Important: The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and not Everyday Health.


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The Bureau of Land Management announced today that the Secretaries of Interior and Agriculture have made selections for the three open positions on its nine-member National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board. Dr. Sue M. McDonnell of West Chester, Pennsylvania, has been appointed for the category of wild horse and burro research; Fred T. Woehl, Jr., of Harrison, Arkansas, has been appointed for the category of public interest (with special knowledge of equine behavior); and Dr. Robert E. Cope, DVM, of Salmon, Idaho, has been appointed for the category of natural resources management. Each individual will serve a three-year term on the Advisory Board.
Dr. McDonnell is Clinical Associate and Adjunct Professor of Reproduction and Behavior at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine. Also, as a certified applied animal behaviorist, she consults privately on equine behavior and welfare. Dr. McDonnell, who holds a Ph.D. from the University of Delaware, co-edited the current leading academic book on horse behavior, titled "The Domestic Horse: The Evolution, Development and Management of its Behaviour," published by Cambridge University Press.
Mr. Woehl has been involved in the horse community for more than 40 years as a trainer, natural horsemanship clinician, and educator. He is actively involved with the Equine Science Department at the University of Arkansas and taught Equine Science at North Arkansas College. He has served as a volunteer for the BLM's Wild Horse and Burro Program for 10 years, conducting demonstrations of wild horse versatility and assisting with adoptions. Mr. Woehl worked as a senior agricultural adviser for the U.S. State Department from October 2008 to November 2009 in Iraq, where he was responsible for the development and implementation of agricultural programs and policy for the Ninewa Province.
Dr. Cope, who earned his DVM at Kansas State University, has practiced veterinary medicine since 1975. After relocating to Idaho, he was elected Lemhi County Commissioner in 2001 and still serves in that position. Dr. Cope has been active in the National Association of Counties (NACo), serving as chair or vice chair of NACo's Environment, Energy, and Land Use Steering Committee for nine years. As a veterinarian for nearly 40 years, Dr. Cope has focused on large animals, particularly range livestock.
The National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board advises the BLM, an agency of the Interior Department, and the U.S. Forest Service, part of the Agriculture Department, on the management and protection of wild free-roaming horses and burros on public lands and national forests administered by those agencies, as mandated by the 1971 Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act. Members of the board, who represent various categories of interests, must have a demonstrated ability to analyze information, evaluate programs, identify problems, work collaboratively, and develop corrective actions. Information about the board can be found at: http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/prog/whbprogram/Advisory_Board.html
The Bureau of Land Management manages more than 245 million acres of public land, the most of any Federal agency. This land, known as the National System of Public Lands, is primarily located in 12 Western states, including Alaska. The BLM also administers 700 million acres of sub-surface mineral estate throughout the nation. The BLM's mission is to manage and conserve the public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations under its mandate of multiple-use and sustained yield. In Fiscal Year 2013, the BLM generated $4.7 billion in receipts from public lands.
Ranked among the top ten veterinary schools worldwide, the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine (Penn Vet) is a global leader in veterinary education, research, and clinical care. Founded in 1884, Penn Vet is the first veterinary school developed in association with a medical school. The school is a proud member of the One Health initiative, linking human, animal, and environmental health.
Penn Vet serves a diverse population of animals at its two campuses, which include extensive diagnostic and research laboratories. Ryan Hospital in Philadelphia provides care for dogs, cats, and other domestic/companion animals, handling nearly 35,300 patient visits a year. New Bolton Center, Penn Vet's large-animal hospital on nearly 700 acres in rural Kennett Square, PA, cares for horses and livestock/farm animals. The hospital handles nearly 5,300 patient visits a year, while the Field Service treats more than 38,000 patients at local farms. In addition, New Bolton Center's campus includes a swine center, working dairy, and poultry unit that provide valuable research for the agriculture industry.
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European Styling and a New Platform Provide Economical RVing for the Whole Family
OK, I'll admit it. I didn't want to like the new Winnebago Trend Class C.
It's certainly not because I have anything against Winnebago, as the company has one of the broadest, high-quality product lines in the industry and is widely known for its fresh, innovative thinking. And it's not because I don't like small Class C motorhomes, although I do think some are lacking in their execution. No, in the case of the Trend, my trepidation originated with the styling. The Ram ProMaster chassis (the North American version of the Fiat Ducato) is built with a front fascia designed for easy replacement in the event of a midtown fender bender. A great feature for the commercial applications that originally spurred its creation, but not exactly what most would call stylish. In fact, one onlooker likened it to a cattle guard. And its single rear wheels, tucked far beneath the body, reminded me of a fat kid trying to ride his little brother's bike.
But I liked it anyway. And the more time I spent with it, the more I liked it.
The reason has to do with how well this motorhome works for its intended purpose – but also the potential it represents for the future of RVing. The ProMaster opens up a new world of possibilities – not just for consumers, but manufacturers as well. By its own estimation, Winnebago says the ProMaster chassis will carve several thousand dollars off the sticker price of any alternatives it offered previously.
But cost is only part of the equation. The ProMaster chassis carries with it a number of uncommon benefits, not the least of which is an unprecedented array of 35 safety features that includes anti-lock brakes with brake assist, six air bags, electronic stability control, traction control, hill start assist and much more. There's even one feature called Drift Compensation Technology, which can detect conditions such as road crown and side winds, and adjust the steering system to compensate for pulling and/or drifting.
Winnebago is also leveraging Chrysler's U-Connect multi-media system, making it standard in the Trend, and its sister product, the Itasca Viva. U-Connect offers some very useful features for RVers, including Bluetooth hands-free phone functionality, hands-free text reply capability, and a full-color, 5-inch touchscreen with GPS navigation and a backup camera – features that, quite frankly, I think every motorhome should have.
The ProMaster is unconventional in other ways, as well. First and foremost, it is a front-wheel-drive configuration, which may seem odd at first, until you consider the functional aspects. Front-wheel-drive offers better control in inclement weather, which is why the bulk of passenger cars on the market today use this configuration. Second, and something RVers can certainly appreciate, is that it eliminates the need for a doghouse between the driver and front passenger seats, so the floor is flat and the foot wells roomy.
Stepping into the cockpit, there are numerous similarities to the Sprinter chassis, including the dash-mounted shifter (with manual shift function), firm, manually-adjustable seats and rubber flooring. However, the controls in the ProMaster are far more intuitive and easy to use than they are in the German-designed Sprinter. Three knobs are all that's required to adjust the climate control, and the speedometer/tachometer are laid out in a very legible dial arrangement. There's also a driver information center between the two gauges that can relay myriad information, from the mundane (door ajar) to the miniscule (ours notified us of a license plate light that was burned out!).
Initially at least, Winnebago is offering the Trend in two floorplans: the 23B, with its large rear bath, and the 23L, which features a 49-by-75-inch bed in the curbside corner. For our test, Winnebago furnished a preproduction 23L, which, while lacking some of the final details of the production units, was close enough to production for our evaluation. We loaded it up with gear and headed for California's high desert.
The ProMaster's Chrysler 3.6-liter Pentastar V-6 has been recognized as one of the best engines available on the market today – but powering a half-ton truck and an 8,000-plus-pound motorhome are two very different things. Regardless of this fact, the Trend feels very lively at drive-off, thanks (in part) to a low 3.90:1 first gear ratio (compared to 3.00:1 in the current six-speed automatic in Ram 1500-series trucks). With 280 horsepower on tap, the motorhome had no problem climbing a 6 percent grade at 65 mph, although manually shifting into fourth gear before the grade is recommended to keep the engine in its torque peak. And owing to its commercial nature, the engine roar can be quite pronounced at higher engine rpm, although it's very acceptable during highway cruising.
Likewise, the suspension is designed for heavy use, and is a bit bumpy over expansion joints and such – but the flip side is that the coach felt very stable even during high crosswinds, and exhibits excellent handling. Speaking of which, the ProMaster's turning circle is unbelievably tight – we were able to perform a U-turn on a city street with absolutely no drama. And the four-wheel disc brakes, with their Brembo calipers, had excellent pedal feel and stopped the motorhome effortlessly.
For years, we've criticized some coach manufacturers for providing sleeping quarters for several guests, but belted seating positions for just two. That's certainly not the case with the Trend – in fact, this coach is the first to have three-point seat belts (like the ones used by the driver/front passenger) in the dinette area – something traveling families will doubtlessly appreciate. However, our passengers didn't enjoy sitting here for very long, as the smooth, Ultraleather upholstery made for a lot of slipping and sliding, and the padding was a bit thin for our taste. Personally, I'd prefer it if Winnebago made the seat thicker and upholstered it in cloth, or at least offered cloth as an option. Likewise, the curbside bench seat also has two belted seating positions, but again these seats are slippery during travel. Also, the anchors for the belts extend down into the doorway for the storage bay underneath, which we thought odd – but Winnebago says it will address this in future models.
It was late afternoon by the time we arrived at our site in the Mojave Desert, so we set up camp and got ready to prepare a simple dinner. The Trend has a kitchen typical of these small Class C units, featuring a two-burner stove and sink with glass covers. Something fairly uncommon, however, is the cabinetry. Not only is it good looking and well constructed, there's also plenty of it – I've tested full-size Class A motorhomes that didn't have this much space in the kitchen. And the countertop extension gives the mobile chef adequate room for prep duties.
At first glance, the dining area looks odd, as there's only the one, forward-facing bench at the dining table. For additional seating, the driver/front passenger seats swivel rearward to become the other two dinette seats. We can't speak for how well this works, as our prototype didn't have swiveling seats in it, but it seemed like it would do the job. Likewise, a table extension allows another diner (or perhaps two small ones) to sit at the end of the table on the curbside bench. That's a total of five adults – more than most dinettes in full-size coaches can handle.
TV placement is always a challenge, especially in a smaller motorhome like this one. Winnebago placed a 22-inch LCD TV in a recess above the refrigerator, and it's on an arm so it can be viewed from either the living or bedroom area. Because the fixed dinette bench faces forward, that means the TV must be viewed from the swiveling cockpit seats (putting that small TV kind of far away) or from the curbside bench, which means watching TV with your head turned to the left. And if viewed from the rear bed, the controls for the AM/FM/DVD player are on the other side, near the entry door. It's not ideal, but again, space is limited, so we made due.
Just to the rear of the galley on the street side is a wardrobe with plenty of room for a couple's hanging clothes, plus more drawers. And in the streetside corner is a surprisingly roomy bath, with a good-size shower, a foot-flush toilet and a large sink finished in what looks like solid-surface material. Mounted just underneath the sink is the control for the tankless water heater system, as well as a water-pump switch, which is always appreciated. In general, the switches throughout the coach are logically placed and within reach.
When it comes time to turn in for the evening, you've got options. Boy, do you. In the living area, the dinette table swivels down to meet the forward facing bench, and the curbside bench pulls out like a big drawer to fill the gap. Arrange the seat and back padding appropriately, and voila! You've got the 51-by-87-inch Flex Bed System. A more impressive option, however, is the 51-by-78-inch StudioLoft bed that descends from the ceiling via a power switch and stops about 4 feet from the floor. Now, you've got a bunk bed arrangement that can sleep four; a supplied ladder helps the top sleeper(s) gain access to the StudioLoft. When stowed, the bed looks like part of the ceiling and doesn't compromise headroom very much – but if you're much taller than 6 feet, you might need to duck a little here.
The rear 49-by-75-inch bed holds more surprises. Besides being a cozy place to catch some shut-eye, the bed allows individual adjustment of the backrests. The mattress is bisected at the top half, and underneath this section are two corresponding panels with pull straps. Pull one of the straps up, and the panel ratchets up into place; pulling it all the way up allows the backrest to fall flat again. Lift on the front of the bed, and you've got storage space for the StudioLoft ladder and privacy curtains for the cab windows, as well as anything else you want to stow. Above the bed are reading lights underneath the overhead cabinet, and the thermostat control is at the foot of the bed. A privacy curtain is another nice touch.
You might have noticed that we haven't discussed options – and that's because there aren't that many. Winnebago offers the Trend in one well-equipped version, with only a few available features. For example, the 23L had Aosta Cherry cabinetry ($504), a heated drainage system ($259) and an applique package in the cab area ($259). The option sheet also showed a 19-inch LCD TV ($371), but it hadn't been installed in the prototype. This brought the total as-tested price to $91,844 – well below the cost of a comparably equipped Sprinter-based coach.
The combination of the European-inspired Trend and the Ram ProMaster chassis it rides on may take some getting used to, but I'm willing to bet you'll learn to like it – just like I did.


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Maximilian Schell in Sidney Lumet's "The Deadly Affair"
The Austrian-born
actor who became a Hollywood favorite and won an Oscar for his role as a defense
attorney in "Judgment at Nuremberg" died Saturday, February 1, 2014
in Innsbruck following a "sudden and serious illness," the Austria
Press Agency reported. He was 83.
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The son of Swiss
playwright Hermann Ferdinand Schell and Austrian stage actress Noe von
Nordberg, Maximilian Schell was born in Vienna on Dec. 8, 1930 and raised in
Switzerland after his family fled Germany's annexation of his homeland. He
followed in the footsteps of his older sister Maria and brother Carl, making
his stage debut in 1952. He then appeared in a number of German films before
relocating to Hollywood in 1958.
Schell made his
Hollywood debut in the World War II drama, "The Young Lions,"
starring Marlon Brando and Montgomery Clift.
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Schell earned
international stardom in his second Hollywood role, as defense attorney Hans
Rolfe in Stanley Kramer's 1961 classic, "Judgment at Nuremberg" (left, with Richard Widmark). Recreating
the role he originally played in a 1959 episode of "Playhouse 90,"
Schell's impassioned but unsuccessful defense of four Nazi judges on trial for
sentencing innocent victims to death won him the Academy Award for Best Actor.
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Maximilian Schell and Melina Mercouri starred
in "Topkapi" (1964), Jules Dassin's heist film about a robbery of the
Topkapi Palace in Istanbul.
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Maximilian Schell
starred as K in a 1968 West German adaptation of Franz Kafka's "The
Schell produced
"The Castle," as well as two dramas nominated for an Oscar for Best
Foreign Film: the Swiss film "First Love" (1970), and "The
Pedestrian" (1973), from West Germany.
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Maximilian Schell
starred as a German general and Charlton Heston as an orchestra conductor whose
musicians are imprisoned by the Nazis in "Counterpoint" (1968).
Credit: Universal Pictures
In the 1974 film version of Frederick Forsyth's thriller, "The
Odessa File," Maximilian Schell played a former Nazi officer who becomes
the target three decades later of a dangerous search by a journalist (Jon
Though typecast as Nazis in several films, Maximilian Schell received an
Oscar nomination for Best Actor for his performance in "The Man in the
Glass Booth" (1975), adapted from the stage play by Robert Shaw. Schell
plays a Jewish Holocaust survivor who is kidnapped and put on trial as a Nazi
war criminal.
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Credit: Walt Disney Studios
Credit: NBC
Maximilian Schell
directed the 1984 documentary "Marlene," about film legend Marlene
Dietrich (with whom he'd appeared in "Judgment at Nuremberg"). Because the reclusive actress refused to appear on camera, Schell
used audio recordings of his interviews with her, and then recreated her Paris
apartment, as a stage set haunted by her voice. The film received an Oscar
nomination for Best Documentary.
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Credit: Buena Vista Pictures
In James Gray's 1995
crime film, "Little Odessa," Maximilian Schell played the father of a
hitman (Tim Roth) working in the Jewish Russian emigre community in Brooklyn.
Edward Furlong (right), of "Terminator 2: Judgment Day," co-starred.
Credit: Fine Line Features
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Actor Maximilian Schell attends the 2nd annual Semper Opera
Ball January 19, 2007 in Dresden, Germany. Schell was also a highly successful
concert pianist and conductor, performing with such luminaries as Claudio
Abbado and Leonard Bernstein, and with orchestras in Berlin and Vienna.
His late film appearances include ''Telling Lies in
America," "Deep Impact, and the HBO "Stalin," for which he
earned a Golden Globe for his supporting role as Lenin.
His last film work was "Les Brigands," currently
in post-production.
By CBSNews.com senior producer David Morgan; The Associated
Press contributed to this report.


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End of 2007 I started creating with my best friend Annabell Barzane. Early 2008 I opened the first .:EMO-tions:. Store. I designed small and crazy things, everything I had fun with. All my efforts and practice in designing got me where I am today, after 5 years. I'd like to thank all long-term customers who stuck by me for all these years, and of course I also thank my new customers very much! You people are the reason why I keep creating in SL with joy!
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5:15 p.m. CDT, Oct. 4, Joyce Hanson here:
Live Blog Face-Off!
Morgan Stanley's Paul Hatch faces off against iShares' Mark Wiedman in a late Thursday afternoon panel at Morningstar ETF Invest 2012.
The topic: "The Changing Advisor Landscape"
Guess who favors wirehouse reps as portfolio managers? You got it: Hatch.
Guess who's a big fan of a transparent future where fee-only planners build ETF portfolios? That's right: Wiedman.
But when Morningstar analyst Scott Burns asked them about the future of fee-only planning, here's the surprise – they both like it.
"If you want to know what happens to ETFs," says Wiedman, "look to what happens in the fee-based world. Wherever fee-based arises, ETFs follow."
"Transparency is good," says Hatch. "It's like competition. When it becomes a better value for clients, we'll have more people coming to the business."
As for the fiduciary standard, Hatch doesn't pull any punches: "I think it's a lot of hot air. All of the advisors in this room who don't think they're a fiduciary, raise your hand."
Nobody in the room raises their hand.
3 p.m. CDT, Oct. 4, Joyce Hanson here:
Remember inflation? Whatever happened to it?
Break-out sessions are back in swing here at Morningstar ETF Invest, and I'm sitting in on an inflation session starring currency guru Axel Merk along with Chris Goolgasian of State Street Global Advisors and Mark Carlson of Northern Trust: "The Inflation Boogeyman—How Do I Protect My Portfolio?"
In answer, Goolgasian name checks Ernest Hemingway and quotes from one of Hemingway's novels: "How did you go bankrupt?" a man asks his bankrupt friend. "Two ways," the friend answers: "First gradually, and then suddenly."
Keep that in mind when inflation seemingly strikes overnight and you're paying $10 for a gallon of milk, Goolgasian says.
"The danger is in the future, and it's important to manage portfolios for the future," he notes. "Real assets can give you some assurance against that chance."
Goolgasian likes inflation protected bonds, commodities and equities related to commodities, with a goal of beating CPI.
Axel Merk, meanwhile, likes gold as an inflation hedge—while acknowledging its volatility.
"It's the purest indicator of the monetary madness that's out there," Merk says. "The rise of gold correlates perfectly with central bank easing around the globe. Gold by all means should do well, but we realize that it's volatile."
Read more from Axel Merk at Currency Manager Axel Merk Talks Money as Inflation Hedge at AdvisorOne.
2:30 p.m. CDT, Oct. 4, Joyce Hanson here:
Lunch just finished here at the Radisson Blu Aqua, and we're all a bit stunned with the powerful, sad (but happy!) and inspiring story from keynote presenter Christopher Gardner, now CEO of his own firm but only after a year or two of homelessness while he scratched out a living cold-calling as a junior broker at Dean Witter.
Check out the movie starring Will Smith based on Gardner's memoir "The Pursuit of Happyness." And also listen to him talk if you ever get the chance – he's a dynamite storyteller, with tales of being a single dad who had to change his baby's diapers while sleeping in a San Francisco subway station. Some very successful business people here at Morningstar ETF Invest, and they gave Gardner a standing ovation.
Noon CDT, Oct. 4, Joyce Hanson here:
Sean Clark of Clark Capital Management Group is high on gold.
Speaking in an "Alternatives—Beyond Long/Short" breakout session here at Morningstar ETF Invest, Clark says gold is hitting new highs and sees it moving higher because governments are in a race to the bottom to see who can devalue the most.
"Gold is obviously a currency – it's money," Clark says.
11:35 AM, CDT, Oct. 4, Joyce Hanson here:
Just finished talking to Morningstar analyst Mike Rawson – a guy who clearly knows his way around an ETF. The big guns here in Chicago brought him into the Morningstar ETF Awards announcement to talk about the technical stuff: selection criteria, who's up, who's down, expense ratios, index data, etc.
Mike told me that when it comes to Morningstar's Large Blend Category Award, he would tell his mother-in-law that if she were to have only one ETF in her portfolio, it would be Vanguard's VTI and not SPDR's SPY. SPY doesn't hold small caps or most mid caps, while VTI does, and the SPY expense ratio is not the cheapest. SPY's expense ratio is 9bp while VTI's is 6bp.
P.S. For this third Morningstar ETF Invest conference, we're in swank digs at the newly built Radisson Blu – just open about six months.
11:25 AM, CDT, Oct. 4, Joyce Hanson here:
The newly launched Morningstar ETF Awards have picked these best providers in five U.S. asset classes:
1) Commodities: iPath ETNs
2) International Stock: iShares
3) Sector Stock: Vanguard
4) Taxable Bond: iShares
5) U.S. Stock Vanguard
More to come on SPY versus VTI—with a few surprises. Watch this live blog!
11:05 AM, CDT, Oct. 4, Joyce Hanson here:
Big News here at Morningstar ETF Invest: Morningstar is launching awards for best U.S. ETFs and ETF providers. No suprise: biggest winners are iShares and Vanguard.
10:10 AM, CDT, Oct. 4, James J. Green:
There are four main functions of using alternatives in portfolios, according to Joanne Hill of ProShares:
- Improve return-risk profile/diversification: For example, through hedge fund replication, managed futures, equity long/short.
- Manage equity risk: For example, through inverse equity; VIX fugtures
- Manage Interest rate/inflation risk: Through TIPS, inverse fixed income; currencies, commodities, real estate
- Manage exposure to asset classes: geared ETFs, sector'/industry; country equity/debt
10:05AM, CDT, Oct. 4, James J. Green:
Joanne Hill says ProShares VIX ETFs have attracted $1 billion in assets so far:
10:00AM, CDT, Oct. 4, James J. Green:
Dr. Joanne Hill, head of investment strategy at ProShare Advisors, begins her speech on ETF alternatives tool kit by noting how well the S&P 500 has performed this year, but calling it "the least romanticized equity rally ever."
Discussing the relatively slow rate of alternatives adoption in clients' portfolios, she said that it was in the 1970s that endowments started to look at alternatives and many pension funds began to do so after 2000-2002, as "bonds tumbled." After all that time, both groups are only now "getting into double digit allocations" to alternatives.
"So we're in a similar situation today with our clients," Hill says, but also "we've learned a lot within the past 10 years about liquidity," so the alternative solutions for individual clients will share many commonalities with institutions, but also be different.
Since, she says, market volatility has spiked, just as we build houses to withstand storm, "we have to build portfolios to survive these (volatile) times in the markets."
9:35 AM, CDT, Oct. 4, James J. Green:
Morningstar says 430 attendees this year for its ETF Invest conference at the Radisson Blu hotel in Chicago; up from about 400 last year
9:15 AM, CDT, Oct. 4, James J. Green:
Looking at the economy and markets in 2013 and beyond, BlackRock's Russ Koesterich says at the 2012 Morningstar ETF Invest Conference:
Chances of:
"Great Idle" (slow growth) in developed markets: 65% probability Global recession: 30% probability Accelerated growth: 5% probability
So under such a scenario, BlackRock is recommending investors "get defensive, casting a wider net," including:
- Mega-cap, dividend-paying stocks
- Smaller developed markets, specifically the "CASSH" countries—Canada, Australia, Switzerland, Singapore and Hong Kong
- In bonds, favor investment grade and municipals
- Maintain strategic allocation to commodities, including gold.
9:05 AM, CDT, Oct. 4, James J. Green:
Fiscal cliff and recession? Koesterich says no one on the sell side believes economy will contract in Q1, despite looming fiscal cliff. Most investors expect last-minute compromise, which he says is not unreasonable, but he says BlackRock has been speaking to "people in Washington" who suggest there's a better than 50-50 chance we'll go off the fiscal cliff at least for a short time. After all, he says, with our experience of the past few years, "why would politicians get things fixed between Nov. 7 and New Year's Eve.?"
The most likely election outcome: Obama wins in a tight race, GOP holds onto the House, and there's near-equilibrium in the Senate. But even there, it's likely there will be more polarization, esp. with retirement of some moderate Senators like Lieberman, Snowe, Nelson.
8:55 AM, CDT, Oct. 4, James J. Green:
On demographics, Russ Koesterich of BlackRock says one troubling trend is the number of people dropping out of the workforce—the participation rate—which also puts strain on entitlements. He points out that the average age of retirement in 1950 was 67; average age today: 62,
But just cutting entitlement spending has its own drawbacks: Half of all income growth consumers have had since fiscal crisis has come from federal government transfer payments—cut back on them and you increase the chances of recession, he argues.
8:40 AM, CDT, Oct. 4, James J. Green:
Russ Koesterich, global chief investment strategist of BlackRock, speaking at the opening keynote session on day two of the 2012 Morningstar ETF Invest conference, says Europe may not be completely out of the woods, but the Europeans have mitigated tail risk. Risk, he suggests, is moving away from Europe toward the U.S.
"We've never seen such high debt levels in peacetime," he began, "we've never seen the Fed with $3 trillion on its balance sheet." The main tail risk in the U.S. is government debt and the fiscal cliff. It would have been better to tackle the government debt issue in the 1990s when the economy was growing at a 4% to 5% rate. At the current growth rate of 2%, however, Koesterich says "growth is so slow that any exogeneous shock could push us back into recession."
So how to build portfolios at such a time? "We're recommending to clients: don't abandon stocks but allocate to semi-safe havens…think about credit rather than duration in fixed income, and keep some commodities, even gold, in the portfolio." Advisors should ask themselves, he says "What instruments do you have that can protect purchasing power?"
7:30 AM, CDT, Oct. 4, James J. Green:
The third annual Morningstar ETF Invest conference began on Tuesday afternoon, highlighted by Schwab Chief Market Strategist LizAnn Sonders addressing the current and possibly future states of the economy and the markets.
First up on the first full day of the conference is Russ Koesterich of BlackRock, who will address the possible implications of an Obama second term or a Romney first term for the American economy. The second general session of the morning will have Joanne Hill of ProShares relating the ways that institutional investors are using alternative ETFs to mitigate risk and boost returns.
The lunch speaker is Chris Gardner, the author of the book and film The Pursuit of Happyness.


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The grapevines are buzzing again – and there is again a sliver of hope. Many believe that Super-Symmetry (SUSY), the purported next step in high-energy physics is almost dead, with the LHC, the big boy on the block, finding no signatures of it as yet. Just this week, however, a paper and a presentation at the prestigious global International Conference on High Energy Physics (ICHEP), happening in Valencia, Spain, aims to correct that situation a bit. They shout 'Stop the Ambulance', employing a nice play on words.
What's left to know?
Their claim is simple – we have seen an excess number of events, unexpected if the known Standard Model of Particle Physics is all there is. The Standard Model (SM) forms the backbone of known particle physics, and it has been rigorously verified over decades. With the discovery of the Higgs, almost exactly 2 years ago, it is believed to the 'complete'. Physicists are now looking into the chinks in the armour of the SM, hoping to find a crack here or a broken seam there through which they can glimpse some new physics. So far, the armour has been imposing and flawless, but there are still checks to be done.
One of the most important particles in the SM is the W-boson. It can either be positive or negative. All processes producing these bosons are well-known and calculated. Basically we know how they are produced quite accurately. So far, all measurements confirm our theoretical calculations. However, this group reports on an excess of diboson production seen by the LHC, which basically means that there are more pairs of W-bosons being created than expected from the SM.
There's more
What is more intriguing is that the single W-boson production rates, the single Z-boson (a companion to the W, but neutral in charge), WZ production and a pair of Z-boson productions rates have matches with the predicted SM rates. The pair of W-bosons just don't seem to comply – and the discrepancy isn't too small. What more, the discrepancies are in the same direction for both the CMS and ATLAS collaborations of the LHC.
The authors of the paper have taken up a simplified model, consisting of the SM and a few SUSY particles and have showed that their model fits the data way better than the SM. Their model has a light stop, winos and binos.
That said, the data is still quite inadequate to claim anything solid. Everyone is eyeing the 2015 restart of the LHC runs. Let's hope that SUSY survives till then.


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AKAparttime wrote:No need to reinvent the wheel hear kids
I'm letting you in on a well kept secret
put a mail box out in front of your camp with camp name on it...
The Embassy
Camp I am
Magic forest
always get our mail in a timely fashion...& people can find us too....
We are not trying to re-invent the wheel, dear friends, just get it better in round. As camp organizer for the BRCPO, I see problems of mail handling that most burners never will. I wouldn't have been interested when DM brought up address reform if everything was just fine. She entered a conversation that has been going on in the BRCPO for a couple of years at least.
Having delivered hundreds of pieces of mail over the years, my experience is that fewer than 10% of recipients have mailboxes. Lots of informal camps, solo-type campers, etc. This is really about the needles in the haystack, of which there are many.
Even if people use something like the addressing format we are proposing, that still won't stop me from doing my "lost mailman" schtick or whatever other performance art pops into my head. And "incomplete" addresses will still work, just not as well as the more detailed ones in some cases.
Of course it is great that most mail gets delivered in a timely way--we work hard at making that happen-but as the city grows, we need a better way to handle the difficult deliveries that might be accomplished if we didn't run out of time. Our man in PDX, deadletter B, tries to make it all work out when everybody goes home, but we all would prefer playa mail to get to its intended destination before exodus.


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Mozilla is experimenting a service that lets users store online content on a remote server and access that information on cell phones. Using the Firefox browser on a computer, users select portions of Web sites, including images, text, and videos, and save them onto their personal page hosted by Mozilla. Later, the user can access that Joey page and all the stored items from a computer based browser or a cell phone
Requires both a Firefox extension for uploading content and a Java application on your mobile phone for browsing…
Read the complete description on Yahoo! News.
While Joey is probably still under heavy work (uploads fail on my computer) but looks worth a try. A new way of thinking bookmarking.


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I guess nobody has missed that the fuel prices all over the world have raised over the past years. While Americans are crying about the petrol prices, they are in fact facing prices that we had in Europe 5 years ago or even more. Today, we have more than twice the US price and with 70-something kilometers to go to the nicer spots, fuel efficiency has become an important factor when selecting a surf mobile. Space is of course an important factor if not the most important factor. So, where is this post heading?
Well, my Saab 9000 CSE is amazing for packing gear. 4 people with 2-3 kites each, twintips and perhaps a few wavekite boards fits in well along with pumps, harnesses and so on. The car takes roughly 8 liters of gas per 100 kilometers when going 120 km/h. With roof racks, it's closer to 10 ltrs/100 km but since the car itself can swallow so much gear, I seldom use the racks. So what's the problem? The problem is that the car has been rolling for more than 365.000 kms by now and although there's no problems with it, it is just a matter of time before it will give up. It's like with old people being healthy for 90 years and all of a sudden they die overnight.
So: What car should I go for if I want something that will fit about as much as the Saab while using less gas per kilometer?


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3-7 Working Days
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom (Great Britain)
7-15 Working Days
Bahrain, Belarus, Egypt, Israel, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates
7-15 Working Days
B-Magic: A blue of absolute purity, with absolutely no tint at all.
Yes, this is the legendary MDPC-X Sleeve! It's the original sleeve, which started, continued and brought the sleeving-art to where it is today. From 2007 until now, this cable-sleeve demonstrates what the famous MDPC-X saying "no-compromise" stands for: A product, which can not be exceeded for the purpose it is designed for. It's coming in colors of extraordinary variety and beauty. A class of its own – globally known.
Shrinkless and with-shrink techniques were both originally invented and brought to perfection with MDPC-X by enthusiasts all over the world – including many more methods. Just browse the internet and you will find an almost unlimited amount of inspiring methods and applications.
MDPC-X Sleeving is designed to turn a simple cable into a piece of art, which lets you see cables in a completely different way. MDPC-X Sleeve adds a perfect rigidity to the wire, it removes all the wobbles in the wire and enables you to shape the cable as you want, with perfectly smooth curves or absolute straight lines: No need for additional helpers to force your wire into a beautiful flow.
This cable sleeve can be expanded and contracted from bigger diameters to smaller and vice versa, allowing you to put the sleeve over connectors (or similar), which are a good bit bigger than the wire itself. With this property, MDPC-X allows you to use it in a wide range of situations and designs. The flexibility in diameter naturally adjusts the sleeving size to the wire size. Being expandable, the process of putting the sleeve onto a cable is extremely easy – it's even possible on cables of endless lengths.
MDPC-X Sleeving is made of a very high number of PET-X fibers, machined on the most modern and precise machines in this industry, handled by highly educated and well paid experts, made in a clean and ecological environment. Only this total focus on quality and constant precision during the whole manufacturing process allows the creation of MDPC-X Sleeve. It all results in what the world knows as the highest quality sleeving product since 2007 - a class of its own in this industry.
MDPC-X colors are lead-free! No intoxication via your skin. There is also no degradation of color if exposed to UV at outdoor applications, because the material is not dyed afterwards. The base material is made of the color. MDPC-X colors of the same name will not vary within a batch or if a new batch of this color is manufactured. MDPC-X colors are not shared with anyone else in the industry.
Compared to other types of cable-sleeving - like nylon based "cotton" materials, PET-X fiber is water repellent, stain resistant and always keeps its original color intensity - even if constantly exposed to UV. Another important difference, especially important for its usability and your safety: MDPC-X Sleeve does not burn as quickly and suddenly as Nylon does.
MDPC-X Sleeve reaches its density maximum and typical look at the low-end and upper-end of its expansion range. At mid range, the weave opens slightly and evenly, which results in very appealing looks as well.
If you want to sleeve multiple cables or wires, just count them and measure their lengths: Number of wires * Length of wires + 20% is the safe MDPC-X recommendation, so you always have a little bit of overhead.
Remember that the more a cable sleeve is expanded on a wire, the shorter it gets in terms of length. In the rare case you want to put a small sleeve in almost totally overexpanded state onto a big wire, you better take twice the amount in length of what you would regularly need.
If you are going to use heatshrink, you usually need 1.5cm of heatshrink or slightly less on both ends of a sleeve, no matter if you are going to use it regularly or using the "melting" shrinkless method. The calculation formula: Number of wires * 2 * 1.5cm + 20% = enough heatshrink for your project. Please do not try unprofessional techniques like crimping sleeve onto a wire, because it will degrade the stability of the crimp connection, which can result in serious electrical damage.


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Actress Natalie Portman and her fiancé Ballerina/choreographer Benjamin Millepied took their son Aleph, 6 months, to the farmer's market in Los Feliz Friday (December 6).
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