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Reviewer: velcromidway, 35-44 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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I had no problems using the oil on my eyebrows or face, it went on easily with a cotton swab and I had no burning or itching. My scalp, on the other hand, I did experience some mild burning at first but that went away within a week. After only 8 days of treatment I went from using it on my whole scalp to spot treating.
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Reviewer: Marj, 65-74 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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Terrible area of rash on scalp with much scaling and flaking for over a year of increasing in area size using various treaments. Now, two weeks of using fluocinolone oil and lotion, almost entirely gone no itching which keeps my fingers away from area. Diagnosis is psoriasis. Area is slight pink after being red. Hopefully this is the end of problem.
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Reviewer: DarkAngelof3, 25-34 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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My doctor perscribed this for me. When I started using it. It burned and itched in the areas that I applied it to. Which are some of the common side effect. After using it for awhile that all goes away. However It seemed to bring down the flaking but never fully cleared it up, and the ithching still comes and goes which was there before treatment. Technically if your not washing ur hair at least t ... Show Full Comment
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As we reported last November in Best 5 Investment Picks for 2012, the smart money was positioning portfolios for growth, based on strategists' confidence that cash-rich U.S. companies were well disposed toward dividends and that another recession was far from likely.
That was then. Considering the global markets' second-quarter plunge on eurozone worries—not to mention the fiscal cliff that the U.S. faces as the presidential election nears—investors now understandably wonder if their money is still safe.
In a market call on Tuesday, OppenheimerFunds Chief Investment Officer Art Steinmetz acknowledged that eurozone woes and the fiscal cliff are tremendously difficult to handicap. "It seems that we are in thrall to the caprices of politicians more than in the past," he said.
Asked if it was worthwhile to wait to buy stocks until after the election, however, Steinmetz was adamant. "I would not let the elections stop me from getting my portfolio right today," he said.
Recession remains unlikely, noted his colleague, Chief Economist Jerry Webman: "We think the most probable case is a little more Europe, a little more crisis, a little more central bank action, and we'll keep bouncing along. The problem is that all of this creates uncertainty, and the markets hate uncertainty."
Overall, Steinmetz said, mutual fund flows in the last six years have shown a net drain in U.S. equity funds, with a slight flow to emerging markets and a huge flow to fixed income. Indeed, he said investors' overwhelming faith in the bond market as a safe haven is starting to look a lot like the dot-com bubble of the late 1990s.
So what's an investor to do? Read on for AdvisorOne's midyear update on the best investment picks for 2012.
1) Stocks
Despite talk that dividend-paying stocks may be the next bubble because valuations are overstretched, equities continue to be a good bet, asserted OppenheimerFunds Chief Investment Officer Art Steinmetz during the Tuesday market call.
"If you look at the total return in bonds, you can't go down below zero," Steinmetz said. "The possibility of a loss is greater than ever because yields are lower than they've ever been. On the other hand, stocks have gotten cheaper and cheaper relative to bonds."
(Remember, investors, that the markets of 2012 are tightly correlated due to macroeconomic events, which means that many people are overlooking companies' fundamentals. Those are ideal conditions for stock pickers.)
"Over the next seven years, stocks will outperform bonds, and investors are positioned exactly the wrong way," said Steinmetz, who likes the finance, health care, tech and retail sectors. And, he added, beware materials and energy.
Taking a contrarian stance, Steinmetz also gave European stocks a mention, saying they look attractively cheap these days. "No one's saying we have a bullish outlook on the European economy," he said, "but don't forget that many European companies have a global customer base that doesn't depend on the European consumer. That represents an opportunity, in Oppenheimer's view. Don't look at countries, look at companies."
The German technology conglomerate Siemens, for example, saw its most successful year in its history in 2011, but the stock reached a 52-week low of $82.23 earlier in July, off 42.8% from its $138.23 high. NASDAQ's July 8 "GuruFocus" list of 52-week lows notes that some stock pickers have used this as an opportunity to buy Siemens.
2) Bonds
The U.S. Treasury on Wednesday auctioned its benchmark 10-year notes at a yield of 1.459%—a record low, confirming most analysts' belief that the best way for investors to go in the fixed-income market is toward higher-yielding bonds with good underlying fundamentals.
A day earlier, the LPL Financial market strategist Anthony Valeri warned in a fixed-income call note that the auction might test demand as investor fatigue with lower yields sets in.
But on the positive side, Valeri wrote, "A lack of new issuance, strong reinvestment needs, attractive valuations and above-average income continue to support high-yield bonds despite equity volatility. The average yield spread of high-yield bonds is currently 6.5% above comparable Treasuries."
Whether it's sovereign debt, investment-grade corporate, high-yield junk or tax-free municipals, the key to buying bonds in 2012 is duration risk, which also stands at record-high levels, according toSteinmetz, Oppenheimer's CIO.
Money is pouring into fixed income, especially governments, including municipal bonds with long durations, Steinmetz said. "People like them for the tax exemption, but they should look at shorter-term muni bond funds. People don't understand the risks they're getting into."
Mirroring Valeri, Steinmetz pointed to the virtues of high yield: "We think it's an excellent time to clip the coupons on high-yield corporates and leveraged loans," he said.
3) Funds
Looking for a solid exchange-traded fund to invest in? The S&P Capital IQ ETF analyst Todd Rosenbluth makes no bones about what he believes is a top pick: the iShares S&P 100 Index Fund (OEF), which offers a basket of dividend-yielding stocks and a low expense ratio of 0.2%. Apple is the fund's largest holding.
"These are the 100 largest stocks within the S&P 500 Index," Rosenbluth told AdvisorOne on Wednesday. "These are the heavyweights. The index and the fund have outperformed the broader S&P 500 Index year to date because investors are gravitating more to the safety of the largest of the large caps."
These mega-cap companies tend to have stronger balance sheets, a history of paying and increasing their dividends and the ability to deal with market volatility. S&P Capital IQ likes many of the mega-cap holdings in this ETF—Apple, GE and Exxon Mobil, for example—from a valuation standpoint.
As for mutual fund favorites at S&P Capital IQ, analyst Dylan Cathers in a July 9 MarketScope Advisor report names three strong performers in the high-yield bond universe that "have been best able to trudge through the recent spate of unfavorable economic news" in the last 12 months ended July 6:
Ivy High Income Fund (WHIAX). The top performer on Cathers' list, the Ivy High Income Fund posted a total return of 9.6% over the past 12 months. By comparison, the high current yield funds average over that same span was 5.2%.
Westcore Flexible Income Fund (WTLTX). This fund's total return over the past year was 8.8%, 360 basis points ahead of the high-yield funds group.
TIAA-CREF High-Yield Fund (TIYRX). "While not reaching the level of outperformance of WHIAX or WTLTX, TIAA-CREF High-Yield Fund outperformed the high current yield funds group by a very strong 270 basis points over the year ended July 6 on a total return basis," Cathers writes.
4) Alternatives
As investors chase yield this year, they've pressured their advisors to look into alternatives to the usual stocks and bonds that normally fill out their portfolios.
Options, as a result, are an increasingly popular item in an advisor's toolbox. In fact, says options evangelist Eric Cott of the Options Industry Council (OIC), 48% of advisors used options in 2010, and one in three say they intend to increase their use in the future. Individual investors, meanwhile, are turning to options to trade in triple-digit-priced stocks such as Apple and Google, The Wall Street Journal reported this Tuesday.
What does all this mean for advisors? It means that now is a good time to figure out just how options can be used in lieu of purchasing stock.
According to Alan Grigoletto, the OIC's director of education, the cost of buying one option is significantly less than the cost of buying the equivalent 100 shares of any high-priced, volatile stock.
For example, Grigoletto said in a Wednesday phone interview, if an investor thinks a stock trading at $550 per share will go higher, he or she might buy a call option with a strike price that's 5% or 10% out of the money. In other words, the investor is betting that the stock underlying a call will have risen when the strike price is exercised.
"All the investor can lose is what he paid for that option," Grigoletto said. "So if the stock goes from $500 to $0, whatever he paid for that option is what he can lose, and that obviously would not be anywhere near the cost of the stock. Let's say it's an option that costs $500, then the investor will lose $500 as opposed to losing $50,000."
That's the risk. The reward is that the investor is paying a small amount of money to get a position in a very high-priced stock. If the price rises as the investor had hoped, he or she can either sell the option for a profit or exercise and own the shares outright.
"Let's say the stock went to $600, and he happened to own a $575 call, and he paid $5 for that $575 call. So $600 minus $575 is $25, less the $5 he paid, and the investor would have a $20 profit on that option," Grigoletto said. "In a nutshell, you're taking less risk by taking the position with an option than if you took the risk by purchasing the stock outright."
5) REITs
U.S. real estate investment trusts significantly outperformed the broader equity market in the second quarter and first half of 2012, as well as over the past 12 months, the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (NAREIT) reported Wednesday.
In the second quarter of the year, the total return of the FTSE NAREIT All REITs Index was up 4.55%, the FTSE NAREIT All Equity REITs Index was up 4% and the FTSE NAREIT Mortgage REITs Index was up 8.53%—all this while the S&P 500 Index fell 2.75%.
For investors interested in dipping a toe into this market, shopping mall REITs are worth a look.
NAREIT notes that the retail sector is the best REIT performer this year, and within this sector there are eight mall REITs with a combined market capitalization of $82 billion as of June 29. The average dividend yield for the subsector is 2.75%, while the year-to-date total return is 22.71%.
"Several of my preferred picks include Taubman Centers (TCO), Simon Property Group (SPG), CBL Properties (CBL) and Tanger Factory Outlets (SKT)," writes the commercial real estate broker Brad Thomas in a Seeking Alpha column published Wednesday.
For more investing ideas, read Best 5 Investment Picks for 2012 at AdvisorOne.
Check out 5 High-Profile Muni Bond Busts at AdvisorOne.
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Washington, DC – Today, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF), National Council of La Raza (NCLR) and League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) joined with national civil rights organizations from the Asian Pacific American and African American communities in a letter to leadership in the United States House of Representatives and Senate. The letter calls upon Congress to assist homeowners during the current economic crisis. (See Attached).
The initial failure to pass urgently needed relief provides an essential opportunity to add provisions that will ensure Americans of the safety and protection of their homes.
"Wall Street's weakness is felt by all Americans, including Latinos. The bail out must not lock out Latinos from their homes or from the economic protections afforded Wall Street," said John Trasviña, President and General Counsel of MALDEF.
"Like all Americans, Latino families stand to benefit from a well-functioning Wall Street. However, no rescue package is complete without addressing the needs of millions of homeowners struggling to pay their mortgage," said Janet Murguía, President and CEO of NCLR.
To best address the needs of homeowners, the letter demands that a final recovery package include a systematic approach to enable families to modify loans purchased by the federal government; improvements to our nation's bankruptcy laws to allow for courts to modify loans; and a moratorium on foreclosures while we wait for a rescue plan to take place.
"We call on Congress to pass a bill that will protect homeowners and American families, strengthen our financial system, and re-regulate the industry to ensure that the financial recklessness and predatory practices that led to this crisis will never be repeated," said LULAC National President Rosa Rosales.


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This introductory survey course is designed with the complexity and breath of health law in mind. It is a course about: (1) a profession (medicine) and the contracts and torts associated with its practice, (2) the business of health care and the associated duties and liabilities, and (3) competing stakeholder interests and the role of state and federal government and the corresponding regulatory framework. This course is team-taught by a faculty member and a practicing health lawyer. We will invite other faculty and practicing attorneys to share their expertise in this broad field and frame the class using case
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We saw the movie "Legend of Bagger Vance." I had purchased a "pool" putter game about a month ago for my son. But he did not touch it.
I tried to play it the other day…but I was ill. But atleast I tried. But after he saw the movie, he changed. Will Smith has a uncanny soft voice that paired with the beautiful cinematography…cast a lovely spell on me, my mother and my son.
The end of the movie moved me to tears…to believe for the impossible and hope to see those lost redeemed.
Excellent movie indeed! Thanks Will Smith, it made my day. Especially when my son went into the back yard early in the morning on Saturday and began teaching himself how to get the golf ball into the 6 putter plates for an hour.
He had hit the ball too much and the ball would jump OVER the putter plates. Then he began to sense the "field" and the flow of the earth and feel his own heart beat in time and then he got his swing!!!!
He actually began to hit the ball into the putter plate with the proper angle, speed, and force.
The ball actually stayed inside and did not jump up and out like before. I remembered Will Smith (as Bagger Vance) talking gently to Matt Damon as Juna..explaining how to find himself in the "field." It was wonderful…beautiful, and made me feel like I had been wanting to speak to my son about his goals and dreams for his life.
So I remembering the way Will's voice soothingly, yet firmly directed him toward his winning shots in the game.
So either my son ignored me, or he felt that he could relate to that movie. Wonderful, thanks Will Smith for your great acting style.
And thanks Robert Redford for picking a movie to highlight the beauty of golf and the quiet spirit of each of its' players!
post script….I only paid $5.00 dollars for the "pool putter game"—golf balls and all.–It was originally $16.00! WOW!
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The latest Terminator novel features Terminator-vs-grizzly-bear battles, train robbery, Terminator snowmobiles, a Terminator train, and dogsled chases. We asked writer Greg Cox about who'd win a Terminator/bear fight, novelizing Final Crisis and whether Khan should be in the next Trek.
Greg Cox is one of the most prolific, and successful, authors of media tie-in novels, and he's won a loyal following for his many Star Trek books, including a trilogy filling in the backstory of much-loved villain Khan Noonien Singh. He's also written tie-in novels based on Alias, The 4400, Roswell, Underworld, Fantastic Four and Iron Man. He's also novelized the movies Ghost Rider, Daredevil and several others, plus DC Comics' big crossovers.
We talked to him about his new Terminator Salvation tie-in novel Cold War, out now from Titan Books, plus some of his other recent projects.
Cold War uses the same timeline as McG's recent movie, but only includes a couple of characters from the film: The main character is Losenko, the Russian general who appears briefly in the film, mentioning that Skynet is looking for Kyle Reese, and we learn all about Lysenko's backstory. Says Cox, "When I watched the movie, I was probably the only person who was mentally hanging on every scene with general Losenko," watching for every detail about the character to include in the book. Also in the book is General Ashdown (Michael Ironsides), the resistance leader who lives on a submarine. John Connor only pops in the book as a sort of mythological figure, giving inspirational speeches over the radio.
The new book takes place in Alaska and Russia, in two different time frames: 2003, right after Judgment Day, and then 2018. In 2003, the survivors are coping with the aftermath of the nuclear war, and Skynet is attacking them with really primitive Terminators, and the technology is close to what really existed in 2003. And then in 2018, Skynet has all the same tech it has in the movie — plus snowmobile Terminators, to navigate those frozen northern areas. It sounds like Cox had a lot of fun with the frosty settings:
My big gimmick was snowmobile Terminators. There's also a giant Terminator train. The trick is to try to find stuff in the [same] universe, that's slightly different. What haven't we seen yet? We haven't seen a Terminator train. The main reason for setting it in Alaska [was to include things like] dogsled chases, grizzly bears, avalanches, volcanos... We've seen so many chases on California highways, with fire trucks and emergency vehicles. I was looking for a whole different environment, not just recapitulating what people had done before.
Cox is somewhat surprised that the Terminator/grizzly bear fight has been the main thing people have talked about in his novel. "You can't have a Terminator in Alaska and not have him fight a grizzly bear. Okay, it's gratuitous, but how can I resist having a grizzly bear fight a Terminator?" And now that people have been so excited by it, "from now on, I put a grizzly bear in all my books." Spoiler alert: The bear doesn't stand a chance against a Terminator, says Cox.
There's also a Western-style train heist and loads of detail on a Russian submarine, plus lots of gritty war-movie-style action. Cox watched tons of World War II movies on TCM, read every Tom Clancy novel for the submarine details, and did loads of research on the world right after a nuclear war.
Cox says he watched Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles "religiously," but Titan Books and Halcyon were adamant that his book couldn't contain any references to T:SCC continuity. So don't expect Cameron to show up, but if anyone ever green-lights SCC novels, Cox will be first in line. The Terminator people were very keen to make sure Cox's book fit in with their vision of the universe, including making sure Skynet wasn't developing high technology too early after Judgment Day — and that meant loads of conference calls, notes and intensive feedback at every stage of the process.
Wrapping up The 4400
The amount of feedback you get from the licensors on a licensed property depends heavily on whether it's an ongoing concern, says Cox. With The 4400, for example, Cox wrote one tie-in novel while the series was on the air, and went through four different drafts in response to feedback. But when Cox wrote the first of two novels wrapping up the series after it ended, Welcome To Promise City, he got a more-or-less free hand. (The other novel, available now, is written by David Mack.) Cox, Mack and their editor cooked up an ending to the series together.
Except for tons of feedback from the fans. Cox says as soon as it was announced that he was writing a 4400 novel explaining what happened after the show's cancellation, he was bombarded with emails from fans all over the world demanding to know what he was going to do with their favorite subplots and characters. "I can't claim we wrapped up every loose end, but we tried to wrap up the important one," says Cox. He and Mack debated with their editor whether to tie up the end of the series with a neat bow, or leave a few things slightly open-ended in case they ended up doing more novels. They settled on the second approach, so if the books sell amazingly well, you might see further continuations of the story.
Novelizing Final Crisis
Cox novelized Infinite Crisis, 52 and Countdown for DC Comics, and now he's novelized Final Crisis, Grant Morrison's narrative-shredding uber-crossover starring the evil Darkseid. How on earth do you take Morrison's loopy storytelling and convert it into a single novel?
There was a lot of condensing involved, Cox admits:
There's not a lot of connective tissue in that series. [There are] a lot of scenes that jump from place to place. I've got to admit, the book is probably a bit more linear than the comic book, especially issue seven, which was jumping all over time. I actually just tried to tell it a bit more in chronological order, and maybe simplify it a bit.
The biggest problem with novelizing one of these sprawling DC crossovers is figuring out what subplots and tie-ins to leave out. The first week Cox was working on the Infinite Crisis novelization, he was trying to include all of the spin-off issues, including things like Rann-Thanagar War One-Shot, and every other miniseries and crossover issue, "and I realized this book is going to take me ten years, and it's going to be the size of The Wheel Of Time." So he began paring things down. Similarly, the Final Crisis book ignores a lot of tie-ins, sadly including the 3-D Superman tie-in series. "I apologize if your favorite scene is not in this book, but there's no way I can get in the 3-D tie in superman issue and the Batman issues and the special tie-in issue of Secret Six."
With novelizations of comics crossovers, "it's all about streamlining." It's the opposite of novelizing movie scripts, which is all about fleshing out the story and characters and adding new stuff to turn a 90-page script into a 300-to-400-page novel. "The script for Ghost Rider was not a terribly long script," notes Cox. He recalls coming across the novelization for Snakes On A Plane and marveling that Christa Faust had managed to get 400 pages out of that film. He felt like sending her fan mail.
Should Khan Come Back?
As the author of three Khan books, Cox is conflicted about whether Khan should appear in the next Star Trek movie. On the one hand, recasting Khan seems almost impossible, given how much Ricardo Montalban put his stamp on the character. On the other, Cox might have said the same thing about recasting Kirk, Spock and McCoy — and J.J. Abrams and crew pulled that off. The real question is, "do you do Botany Bay Khan, or crazy burned-out Wrath Of Khan Khan? There's the young virile but not quite crazy Khan, and then there's the obsessed spent-15-years-in-Hell Khan. And then there's the whole messy [subject of the] Eugenics Wars — when exactly did they take place? Did they take place during the Bill Clinton years?"
Cox is writing one of four new novels that take place in the movie's continuity, picking up where the movie left off. He's written a draft of his novel, but hasn't gotten feedback from Paramount yet, so everything is subject to change. But at least for now, his novel takes place six months after the end of the movie, and follows Captain Kirk and his crew on a stand-alone adventure. And he hints that, if Paramount approves, the fact that the Vulcans are refugees scattered across the universe will play a part in his novel's plot.


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Better World Books is expanding! We're happy to announce the grand opening of our new website, BetterMarsBooks.com.
In our ongoing effort to promote literacy efforts, we're looking ahead to new markets, and we believe that we can make a huge impact on the planet Mars.
Why Mars?
With efforts going so well here on Earth, why bother moving our business to the Red Planet? Well, there are a few reasons…
- All studies ever conducted on the subject show that Literacy rates on Mars are below that of Earth — fertile ground for our social mission.
- There are currently no other booksellers that cater to the region, so we would be first to market.
- Shipping to Mars is costly to say the least. However, the carbon emissions from rocket fuel are a non-issue in the infinite void of space, dropping Carbon Offset costs to zero.
- The Martian year is almost twice as long as an Earth year, which would give us that much more time to achieve our quarterly goals.
- Mars has two moons, so that's double the moonlight to read by. Sadly, however, they are expected to crash into the planet's surface within the next 50 million years, so you can see why we're motivated to get started now while we have the opportunity.
What's New?
A couple of facets of our unique business model will have to be adapted for interplanetary commerce. Among these tweaks:
- The Martian-language version of our website is still in progress. We're still working out the nuances of the language (Idioms and telepathic inflection are particularly tough to translate), but it should be complete later this (Mars-) year.
- Shipments from Earth to Mars will start at the low rate of $522,300 per book. However, given that the distance between Mars and Earth can be anywhere between 55 million km and 400 million km depending on orbit cycles, we recommend putting orders in as early as possible. (Mars orders for Christmas 2014 should be placed immediately.) Expediting a Mars order will be an additional 3 trillion galactic credits (About $1099 USD given current exchange rates). Additionally, space piracy and scouting parties from the Blärgáxian Empire may also delay some orders.
- Donation bins will only be located in terraformed regions of Mars. Fortunately, our green bins will stand out against the barren, rust-colored rock-scape. (Note: If you are used to Earth gravity, please donate your books slowly to keep from knocking over the bins.)
Please join us in welcoming our first interplanetary literacy partner, Read Planet. After a thorough vetting process (just barely edging out other organizations such as Total Read-call and Mars Attacks Books), we are confident that they are fully devoted to promoting Martian literacy.
At Better Mars Books, we're looking forward to flabbergasting the Martian public with our low prices, economic sustainability, and our commitment to literacy efforts from the inert slopes of Olympus Mons to the scenic canyons of the Valles Marineris.
And as always, thanks for your support as we supply our new market with better books… for a better Mars!
View the official press release.
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The popularity of combining life insurance with long-term care benefits has soared in recent years—for good reason. Premiums for long-term care insurance have increased dramatically, which has caused clients to turn to hybrid policies that, unlike traditional long-term care policies, are certain to provide some type of future benefit. Despite these benefits, new actuarial guidelines have been released that are likely to increase the premium rates for the life insurance portion of the hybrid policies, and the popularity of these hybrids means that an understanding of the new rules is crucial to help advise clients.
Actuarial Guideline 38
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners revised actuarial guideline 38 (AG 38) to address the problem of possibly inadequate reserve levels among life insurance companies that issue universal life policies with secondary guarantees (typically the type of policy that combines universal life insurance with long-term care benefits).
In many instances, the revised guidelines for calculating reserve levels will require life insurance companies to increase their reserves to ensure they are able to pay the benefits they have guaranteed. Revised AG 38 will apply retroactively to policies issued as early as July 1, 2005.
Because the revisions to AG 38 will likely cause life insurance companies to increase their reserve levels, it will make issuing these policies more expensive. And, because AG 38 applies to exactly the type of hybrid life insurance-long-term care policy that may have become increasingly popular among your clients, it is likely that this increased cost will be passed along to your clients in the form of higher premium payments.
While insurance companies have not released any definitive estimates of how much rates will increase, industry professionals have estimated that the increase will be at least 5%-10% but could be as high as 20%-25%.
Hybrids Likely to Remain Popular
Despite the potential for large rate increases next year, combining long-term care benefits with a life insurance policy will likely remain a popular planning technique. Long-term care insurance can be similarly expensive but does not guarantee that any benefits will ever be paid if the insured never requires long-term care.
Combining long-term care benefits with a life insurance policy that is guaranteed to provide an eventual death benefit gives hesitant clients a degree of certainty that can't be found with traditional long-term care insurance. Even if the client never requires long-term care, he can still be certain that the policy beneficiaries will receive the death benefit value upon the death of the insured. Further, many of these policies allow the insured to borrow against the cash value of the policy during life. If the insured needs to use only a portion of the accelerated long-term care benefit, the remaining death benefit will still be passed on to the insured's beneficiaries. In general, because many large insurance carriers have recently exited the long-term care insurance market, straight long-term care insurance has become difficult to secure even where cost is not a controlling factor—leaving these hybrid policies as a very attractive alternative.
While revised AG 38 is bound to cause premium increases in hybrid life insurance-long-term care policies, this type of policy may still be right for your clients. With proper planning, a hybrid policy can provide your clients with the protection they need and the certainty that their investment will not be wasted.
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I'm now an LTSP developer! I came across LTSP for the first time in 2003. Little did I know that I'd still be using it 9 years later, would attend two LTSP hackfesst in South West Harbor (Maine, US) and...
I'm now an LTSP developer! I came across LTSP for the first time in 2003. Little did I know that I'd still be using it 9 years later, would attend two LTSP hackfesst in South West Harbor (Maine, US) and...
Hi everyone! I'm moving my account to @highvoltage, please follow me there! And thanks to @mastodon.xyz for having me for so long!
I enjoyed #BSides CapeTown this morning, the theme today was "Everything is broken", looking forward to catching up on some of the talks I couldn't make when the videos are released.
New blog post: "Calamares plans for Debian 11" https://jonathancarter.org/2019/10/17/calamares-plans-for-debian-11/
This review on Debian 10 is very representative of all the feedback I've gotten from my users on Debian 10 so far (all he missed was desktop icons!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJhbl4_q5zs
Debian Package Management #4 provides a brief intro on maintainer scripts. https://highvoltage.tv/media/what-are-debian-maintainer-scripts
Debian Package of the Day #60 covers 5 font packages. https://highvoltage.tv/media/debian-package-of-the-day-s04e08-5-font-packages
New blog entry 'My Debian 10 Buster report' https://jonathancarter.org/2019/07/12/my-debian-10-buster-report
Hmm, apparently #debian contributors are 1337 people ^_^
New blog entry: 'Peertube and LBRY' https://jonathancarter.org/2019/06/25/peertube-and-lbry/
I am so impressed with Hong Kong's citizens, what a gleaming example of how to stand up against corrupt power for the rest of the world. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_E41-_jTfUU
100 Papercuts project Debian edition is kicking off in 10 minutes https://bits.debian.org/2019/06/100-papercuts-kickoff.html
Debian Buster release party in Cape Town is happening on release day. BOOM! https://wiki.debian.org/ReleasePartyBuster/South%20Africa/Cape%20Town
Can't wait for this Buster thing to just be released.
New blog post '#debian-meeting revival' https://jonathancarter.org/2019/05/10/debian-meeting-revival/
Free Software Activities for April 2019 https://jonathancarter.org/2019/05/01/free-software-activities-2019-04/
New blog post: "Debian project leader elections 2019" https://jonathancarter.org/2019/04/20/debian-project-leader-elections-2019/
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U.S. Will Play Japan In Women's World Cup Final
Hours after the U.S. team beat France to return to the Women's World Cup final for the first time since 1999, Japan beat Sweden, 3-1, in their semifinal match. The victory sets up the first game between the American women and the Japanese women in the 2011 tournament.
Sunday's title game is scheduled to begin at 2:45 p.m., ET.
Japan won despite falling behind early to Sweden, 1-0. But within minutes, they tied the score, and then Japan cruised to victory by adding two more goals in the second half. In group play last week, Sweden beat the United States, 2-1.
The U.S. women have played Japan twice this year, beating them 2-0 each time. But those were warmup games. And the Japanese women proved they can compete with any team in the world when they beat World Cup host Germany in the quarterfinals.
Earlier Wednesday, the Americans locked down their appearance in the final with a game against France that was tense until two late goals put the matter beyond doubt. The U.S. team's 3-1 victory came despite taking fewer shots and possessing the ball for less time than their French counterparts.
"We've achieved part of our goal. We're in the final," U.S. striker Abby Wambach said after Wednesday's match. "We want to complete it. We want to be world champs."
Wambach admitted that the French team occasionally outplayed the Americans. But she said that she never had doubt in her teammates.
"In the end, we're in the finals, and that's all that matters."
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Reviewed By Dennis Z (SEBASTIAN, FL) Reviewed for a 2012 Ferrari 458 —4/16/2017 12:19 PM
This is my 5th satin stretch covering indoor cover. Very soft fleece inner lining and perfect fit. Had a Z06, ctsv, challenger srt8 and now Ferrari. All fit perfect. Mirror pockets, sat radio ant.etc. I recommend these covers to all my friends!!! 5 stars!!


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There won't be any updates, because i stopped playing World of Warcraft.
See you in TESO or Wildstar with my Thinktank UI again.
Think Tank UI moved to a new home.
Please visit www.turtletactics.de to leave comments,
ask questions and request features. Thanks!
Think Tank UI is optimized for a high 1680×1050 16:10 widescreen
resolution (in addition there are no plans yet to offer other resolutions
you simply have to scale it on your own) and a german localization.
It is also optimized for all tank classes, especially warrior tanks.
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Katee Sackhoff, of a bunch of stuff I've never seen fame, has landed a role in a new haunted mirror flick titled "Oculus". Wow, that sentence just happened. She'll play the mother of a girl, played by Karen Gillan, who is dead-set on proving that a haunted mirror is responsible for the murders that left two children without parents. The mirror did it... I don't know what else to say.
Little known fact, I am literate. I know I was just as shocked to find this out as you are. And I may in fact read Stephen King's new book "Joyland" which was just given a June 4, 2013 release date and some snappy cover art. The book will focus on a young lad who goes to work at a carnival over the summer and finds himself wrapped up in the legacy of a murder that happened there. I'm just kidding I have no idea what I'm even typing.
Remember a while back when I said I could read? But it turns out I wasn't kidding. Seriously, I've read all three books in Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan's "Strain" trilogy which focuses on a group of survivors trying to end a vampire outbreak that has taken over the world. So just think of how excited I am now that FX is looking to make a small screen adaptation of the books? I can say crap like, "oh well in the book that was different". People love hearing that kind of stuff, right?
Open Road Films has picked up a new found footage spoof film titled "A Haunted House" from mastermind Marlon Wayans. I know what you're thinking and don't worry, he will also be starring in the film...


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It has always been my mission in life to be able to wear a 4 year old's "Hello Kitty" pajamas....
Reality show maverick Bethenny Frankel has appeared on Instagram doing just that...
...apparently to make her daughter laugh.
Hey!Freedom of expression .... yada yada yada...but:
Beware the fall out.
I used to admire Bethenny back in her RHONY days,she had chutzpah and deadpan humour in equal measures. Now she has a big head on her Skinny girl body and apparently little love for her fans....
I read somewhere that while out at a bar with her beau du jour, a girl came up to talk to Bethenny while she was dancing and her reply was simply:
Well "Urgh" is how I feel looking at her in that photo.
You reap what you sow.
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I have never sent you a segment but would be more than happy to. In R3 we talked about a segment that downloads fine but does not make a keyfile properly. It starts and then bails out without an error. If I mux it, it will convert to mpg without issue. Please let me know where to drop it and I will gladly send it. If there is something wrong with the segment I will just live with it, but if there is a chance, I would like to save it from those "other tools" .
This is of course based on your recovery period from the "bug" you have.
Let me know if you are up to it.


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Gisele Bundchen didn't wait long to start the blame game.
Bundchen, the Brazilian supermodel and wife of Patriots QB Tom Brady, was caught on video ripping the Patriots receivers as she left Lucas Oil Stadium after the game -- seemingly putting the blame on them for the Patriots' 21-17 loss to the Giants in Super Bowl XLVI.
"You (have) to catch the ball when you're supposed to catch the ball," Bundchen can be heard saying on the video, released by TheBigLead.com. "My husband cannot (bleeping) throw the ball and catch the ball at the same time."
U.S. & World
She has a point -- Patriots receivers had a few big drops, including one by Wes Welker on the Patriots second-to-last drive that could have set up a game-clinching field goal.
But, as NBC Sports' Pro Football Talk's Mike Florio pointed out, Brady didn't exactly deliver a perfect pass, either. And it was Brady, not Welker or any of the Patriots receiver, who dug an early hole by intentionally grounding the ball in the end zone -- giving the Giants a safety and setting up the Giants first touchdown drive.
It's unclear how the comment will play in the Patriots locker room, but regardless of it, some of the Patriots receivers were fessing up to dropping key plays.
"It's a play I never drop," Welker told the New York Times. "I always make it. And in the most critical situation, I let the team down."
The Super Bowl loss puts a dent in Brady's legacy. A win and Brady would have matched Joe Montana and Terry Bradshaw as the only quarterbacks to win four Super Bowls. Instead, Brady has now lost two Super Bowls to Manning. Maybe that stings a bit for Bundchen, too -- her comment came after she was egged on by hecklers who yelled, "Eli Rules! Eli owns your husband!"


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A 9-year-old Ohio girl who went missing over the weekend was found dead in a trash bin, and her 24-year-old neighbor was arrested on a murder charge in connection with the death.
Reann Murphy was last seen Saturday afternoon playing in the mobile home park where she lived, about 30 miles southwest of Akron, Ohio. She was reported missing around 8 p.m., and her body was found about five hours later, according to the Akron Beacon Journal. On Sunday, police arrested Jerrod Metsker, her 24-year-old neighbor. Officials from the Wayne County Sheriff's department didn't say how Reann was killed or offer a motive, only explaining that her body was found in the trash bin about 1:35 a.m. on Sunday.
Metsker is due in court on Monday morning, and according to the AP, as of Sunday night, it was not clear whether he had an attorney.


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- "Come on, Tommy, drive for me again! Take my boys over there, and then we'll take these Haitians down! They mess with me, they mess with the biggest boy in town!"
- ― Umberto Robina
Cannon Fodder is a mission in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City given to protagonist Tommy Vercetti by Cubans leader Umberto Robina from his fathers café in Little Havana, Vice City.
Tommy Vercetti goes to Café Robina and meets Umberto Robina, who has started an open gang war with the Haitians, sending his men to attack their drug factory in Little Haiti. The factory, however, is proving impregnable and so Umberto sends Vercetti to drive some new Cuban gangsters to the scene and help the steal the Haitian's van loaded with a drugs shipment. Vercetti leaves the café and finds a four-door vehicle and returns to collect three Cubans before driving to The Well Stacked Pizza Co. store opposite an alleyway leading to the factory, dropping off the Cubans and meeting Rico. Vercetti kills a number of Haitians guarding the entrance and, after they are dead, some Cubans run down the alleyway and into the factory walls, but are killed by a sniper. Vercetti, now joined by three more Cubans, kills the sniper and enters the factory walls, killing all the Haitians he meets. Vercetti and Rico then get into the Haitian van and drive it back to the café.
- Rico (optional) Can be killed by Tommy Vercetti, After he gets in the vehicle. Although it does not effect the storyline.
- Unnamed Cuban Members - All killed by the Haitian sniper.
- Haitian sniper - Killed by Tommy Vercetti.
- Cuban reinforcements (optional) - All can be killed by Tommy Vercetti, Although it does not effect the storyline.
Mission objectives
In order to complete the mission the player must:
- Get a car and pick up the Cubans from outside Robina's Café
- Go and drop the Cubans off at the fight
- Kill ALL of the Haitians
- Take out the sniper
- Finish off the rest of the Hatians so the Cubans can move forward
- Return to Robina's Café with the van and park it round the back
The reward for completing this mission is $2000 and the mission Naval Engagement is unlocked.
- The song that can be heard playing in the background during the opening cutscene is "Maracaibo Oriental" by Benny Moré. The song is also featured on the in-game radio station Radio Espantoso.
- In the iOS version, all dialogue referring to the Haitians in the cutscene is censored. The same applies to the 3.01 PS2 version of GTA Vice City.
- If cheat devices are used to make Tommy invincible and not lose health, he would still die from the sniper fire.
- The name of this mission obviously refers to the Cubans gun down by the sniper on the roof (or Tommy if he gets too close), becoming literally, a bunch of "Cannon Fodder".
- If you try to get into the Stinger which is used as a barricade, it will explode instantly.
- The term "bigger car" refers to a car with three or more passenger seats, or a van with rear doors for passengers and goods.


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A recent survey of U.S. financial advisors finds that most advisors, 78%, are highly optimistic about market performance over the next three years. But just 18% of advisors believe their clients concur with such views, Russell Investments said Wednesday about its latest Financial Professional Outlook (FPO) results, adding that this figure stood at 9% when it released its previous results in December.
At the same time, though, the survey of nearly 600 FAs at some 140 firms — which took place about eight weeks ago — disclosed that clients have slightly higher expected market returns than their brokers.
In terms of performance in 2012, advisors expect a 5.9% return for a balanced portfolio, and they report that their clients' return expectations were 6.5%.
The survey finds that advisors anticipate an average 3.9% return for a conservative portfolio, 5.9% for a balanced portfolio and 8.3% for an aggressive portfolio. Plus, despite the general lack of market optimism among clients, advisors say that clients' return expectations are "on par and even slightly higher than their own," at 4.3% for a conservative portfolio, 6.5% for a balanced portfolio and 9.3% for an aggressive portfolio.
"The broad equity markets have already met or surpassed the expectations of advisors and their clients in the latest FPO, with the U.S. broad market Russell 3000 Index up 9.49%, the Russell Global ex-U.S. Index up 13.5% and the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index up 0.85% year-to-date as of February 29," said Frank Pape (left), director of consulting services for Russell's U.S. advisor-sold business, in a press release.
Still, Pape says, it's early in 2012, and "anything could happen." Since current results have come with "very little volatility," he notes, advisors have to keep talking with clients" to set realistic expectations and refocus them on the most important success metrics for investing."
Portfolio Priorities
The FPO results also show that 41% of advisors identify portfolio rebalancing/shifting portfolio asset allocation as the main topic of conversation initiated with clients, but only 11% say clients raise this topic themselves.
"Advisors play a critical role in helping their clients define desired outcomes and performance expectations from the outset," added Pape. "With a common understanding of the end goals in hand, advisors can develop plans that take a total portfolio perspective towards achieving the outcome — not just beating a benchmark or achieving a specific return."
In addition, the survey reveals that a majority of reps, 53%, measure performance with a long-term view, while only a minority of investors, 29%, do so.
Instead, advisors say clients typically performance by short-term factors, such as one-year returns (54%), the portfolio's absolute return (49%) and portfolio volatility (41%). Advisors state that their objective is to focus on using portfolios to meet clients' broader investing goals and financial plans.
"With the market volatility seen in 2011, it's not surprising that individual investors are fixated on one-year returns and portfolio volatility. But there is little actionable value in these short-term, backward-looking measures for the individual investor," explained Pape.


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#RSL Tweets of the Day (@RealSaltLake)
Empacando para este fin de semana vs Chivas USA-Packing for this weekend vs Chivas USA #RSL #ReadyForThis #3points #blessed #RSLBelieve
Kurt Kragthorpe says Real Salt Lake fans shouldn't fret about their team's slow start. The MLS season is loooooong. http://bit.ly/13Bu6fr
Real hasn't had as much trouble scoring lately, even with Alvaro Saborio out. http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2013/05/17/real-salt-lake-put-goalscoring-woes-firmly-behind-them-thanks-balanced-attac …
Grande Sports Acad. @GrandeSportsA
.@RealSaltLake AZ Academy player Benji Lopez has been called up to the U18 MNT for a 10-day trip to Portugal. http://www.grandesportsacademy.com/benji-lopez-called-up-to-u18-mnt/ …
RealSaltLake.com: David Beckham Congratulates Real Salt Lake after RSL wins MLS cup 2009
Soccer By Ives: The SBI Show: Episode 34 (Talking the USMNT Roster, MLS Week 12, and More)
Real Salt Lake News & Notes
RealSaltLake.com: Preview: RSL at Chivas USA
The Salt Lake Tribune: RSL's start OK, because finish is what counts
MLSsoccer.com: Real Salt Lake put goalscoring woes firmly behind them thanks to balanced attack
MLSsoccer.com: Chivas USA vs. Real Salt Lake | MLS Match Preview
MLSsoccer.com: Referee Week: A deflection gone wrong for Real Salt Lake's Nat Borchers? You make the call!
Grande Sports Academy: Benji Lopez called up to U.S. U-18 National Team
For the Fans, By the Fans
RSL Soapbox: After successful surgery, unlucky Rich Balchan to miss up to six months
MLS, Other News & Notes
MLSsoccer.com: Chivas sporting director Dennis te Kloese calls sale rumors "totally false"
MLSsoccer.com: Next on Vancouver Whitecaps' list of MLS accomplishments? Finally beating a Cascadia rival
MLSsoccer.com: Portland Timbers happy to bring new defender Pa Modou Kah aboard, expect "an immediate impact"
MlSsoccer.com: Steven Lenhart prepared for magnifying glass in San Jose Earthquakes return: "I'm ready to bash"
MLSsoccer.com: USMNT Notebook: Jurgen Klinsmann says there's no pressure on Stuart Holden
Soccer By Ives: This Weekend's Soccer On TV
Pro Soccer Talk: David Beckham and PSG prep for final two stops
Pro Soccer Talk: Connecting false dots on Chivas USA
SI.com: EPL lacks final-day drama but offers plenty of offseason uncertainty
Goal.com: The three American alumni of Manchester United share their memories, both good and bad, of working under Sir Alex Ferguson.


text: Seattle Wave Radio is the next generation in internet radio for mobile devices, including a network of stations with On Demand audio content, links for events throughout Seattle provided by MySeattleNightOut.com, and links for show ticket purchases to your local Seattle band's shows. However, that's not all; there are more exciting features to come. The primary goal of Seattle WAVE Radio's "multi-channel" Internet radio station is being a community based online radio station specifically designed to showcase, and support, the "home" talents of Seattle's great music scene ~ not just locally, but at a national and global level. Join Us on Facebook at Facebook.com/SeattleWaveRadio Download the Droid version at http://www.androidzoom.com/android_applications/music_and_audio/seattle-wave-radio_cjxon.html *Permission Purposes for your Peace of Mind*


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貴matt 寫:luckybeanbean 寫:parasound A52- $14xxx
How about A51???
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貴matt 寫:luckybeanbean 寫:parasound A52- $14xxx
How about A51???
I don't have to buy power ampluckybeanbean 寫:by the way, I have tried Rotel 5-channel (forgot the model, but it is 5 channel 120watt each channel) and I sell it one week after. Not much better than a good AVamp.
But parasound has a very high damping factor, which the bass is very tight and I feel the control when using in high volume. Just my opinion
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睇番 E 個 post "最後考慮 ........" ,
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The threat posed to computer users and companies by hackers is shifting from attacks on the computers to attacks on electronic transactions, according to the head of one of the world's largest security software vendors.
Chairman and CEO of Symantec, John Thompson, said the change had been taking place over the last few years but has recently been accelerating.
"While a few years ago many people were much more focused on attacking the machine and attacking the broad-based activities that were going on online, now all of a sudden we've noticed a significant shift in both the type of attack and the motivation of the attack," he said. "The attacks that we see today are more targeted and more silent and their objective is to create true financial harm as opposed to visibility for the attackers."
Thompson was speaking during a briefing at the company's Symantec Vision event in Tokyo last Thursday. At the same event the company outlined its Security 2.0 initiative and software being offered by Symantec to mitigate such threats.
The head of Symantec's Asia-Pacific business, Bill Robbins, explained in an interview that this changing threat would mean businesses will have to spend more time and energy on making sure that data is not just secure but also recording which users are accessing and manipulating information stored in corporate databases.
Doing so could help stop the type of information leaks that get a company's name plastered across the headlines and then cause the brand-image to suffer among consumers.
"You're going to see more and more targeted criminal activity and more and more B-to-C type activity being intercepted and taken advantage of. It's just going to grow, we have no doubt about that," Robbins said.
Stopping it completely would be difficult but companies of all sizes would have to continue to spend on software like that provided by Symantec because prevention would go a long way to reducing the risk, he said. Mid-size companies should sit up and take notice because hackers aren't choosing their targets by brand-name, Robbins said.
"From a hacker perspective if they get your credit card number from the biggest company in the world or the 48,000th biggest company in the world it's still the same value to them," he said.
Symantec's warnings come at a time when fear of online crime is increasing and law enforcement agencies around the world are taking the issue more seriously.
In late September the US became a party to the Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime. It will enter into force in the U.S. on Jan. 1 next year and commits the US to working with other signatories to develop effective and compatible laws and tools to fight cybercrime, and to cooperating to investigate and prosecute computer-related crimes.
A survey in the UK commissioned by the government and major online retailers found 21 per cent of people think electronic crime is the most likely type of crime they will encounter and they fear it more than mugging, car theft and burglary.


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Visual effects are rare, visual AND impromptu effects are hard to come by. From the mind of V2F, WI, and Imagine, G. offers ' 32 ' visual and impromptu effects in a limited release dual disk set... You heard us right! Not one, not five, NOT TEN, but THIRTY-TWO impromptu effect that you can equip yourself for the unprepared moments!
2010 is a special year for G. and Sans Mind productions. To celebrate for this fresh year from 2011, G. and SM have decided to give back to the community. This is a very limited charity release set. The proceed will go to a children's hospital to help the kids in need. There will only be ONE run of this set, once they are out, THEY ARE OUT! (There are only 500 units for worldwide distribution)
This is your chance to peek into G.'s private arsenal. Equip yourself with more than 30 effects with everyday objects you can borrow and perform in unprepared moments. Modern visual magic. Be ready to be inspired by G.'s outside of box thinking. From very simple method based effect to hardcore sleight of hand, a solid variety for performer in all level.
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Special thanks to G.'s mentor, Will Tsai, for his generous contribution of some of his awesome impromptu effects in this charity set!
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In a new post to his site, Phil Sturgeon has a wrapup of CICONF (the CodeIgniter conference) that just finished in San Francisco:
This year the low-to-middle budget CodeIgniter Conference was held in San Francisco in a brilliant co-working space called Citizen Space. I didn't know at the time but this space is actually a partner of New Work City, the venue for CICON2011, so it was great to "keep it in the family".
He goes on to talk about some of the speakers that were at the even and gives summaries of the sessions as they were given. Topics included Paas (PagodaBox, specifically), Chef, Varnish, RESTful APIs and productivity with the CI framework. If you weren't able to attend, you can find slides and some videos of the event posted on its Lanyrd page.


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