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text: Strobelike eyewear designed to train the vision of athletes may have positive effects, including improvements in noticing brief stimuli and detecting small changes in motion, according to tests run by a team of psychologists at Duke University. Student research assistant Benjamin Crisp dons strobe eyewear that was developed to improve the visual abilities of athletes. Images courtesy of Les Todd, Duke University. The eyewear, which was developed by Nike and marketed as Nike Vapor Strobe, has lenses that alternate between clear and opaque states, producing a strobe experience. It features eight different rates, with a constant 100 ms of clear vision between each opaque phase. At its fastest flashing rate, the eyewear becomes opaque for 67 ms, six times per second; at its slowest, it is opaque for 900 ms, or 90 percent of each second. Nearly 500 people participated in more than 1200 training sessions, having their visual abilities tested before and after they wore the eyewear. Tests included visual motor tasks such as catching and throwing a ball, as well as computer-based tests. Once the eyewear is removed, the theory put forth, the brain's visual processing has been trained to see the ball's path more clearly. Mike Schallmo (left) and Crisp (right), both student research assistants at Duke University, demonstrate strobe eyewear they helped develop, while postdoctoral researcher Gregory Appelbaum and assistant professor Stephen Mitroff look on. Because this was a preliminary study, the researchers were unsure what measures would give them the clearest results; therefore, they tried several different lengths of exposure to the eyewear, different strobe rates, and many physical and computer-based tasks. While performance improved in some tests, not all indicated changes. The team measured slight improvements in some tests after only two 25-minute training sessions, while in other cases there was no change. After training with the eyewear, participants were more sensitive to small amounts of motion and were better able to pick up visual details that were available only for about one-tenth of a second. Preliminary data also suggests possible improvement in dribbling skills tests for the varsity soccer players who participated in the study. Schallmo and Crisp with Mitroff (center). While the results show that the strobe-like eyewear does affect vision performance, there is still much more to learn, the psychologists said. They will conduct more research to determine how much exposure is needed to have an effect, how long the effect may last and which skills are affected most. Despite lingering questions, the team said that the eyewear has proved to be a great tool for looking at how the brain adapts to changing conditions and how visual cognition works. Findings were presented May 6, 2011, in a poster session at the Vision Sciences Society in Naples, Fla.

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I'm so ashamed of how I've neglected my blog! Do you see the date on the last post? However, if you go back to the archives you'll see that somewhere around the time school started I predicted this would happen. Not with the blogging so much, but with writing period. I know me.
For those of you who haven't heard the wonderful, wonderful news yet which every single time I think of it I smile. . . I got a new job! I'm still going to be working in the school library, but (and it's a BIG BUT) it will be a high school libray! Not just any high school library, but my own alma mater's library. I'm so, so excited about it. I just can't help but think this will make a world of difference to my emotional and mental states - energy level's just got to go up in those places! I know, you're thinking how can a school librarian job in the elementary be so draining anyway? Let me just say, you have to be there to understand. I never would have supposed. Not that I expect my new spot to be a cake walk, but just being back among the high school students with their energy and excitement and all their adolescent "stuff" - the football games, the band practices sounding out across the campus in the morning when I arrive to work, seeing my students really shine in things like drama and choir and speech and all those things. It's a world unto itself and I've missed it! I'm going home!
So, my mind has been occupied - previously wondering what if anything would be posted, then agonizing through the two weeks it had to stay posted, waiting for the interview, waiting to hear - and now just trying to stay focused on the present because there are, after all, ten weeks of school left until summer.
In the meantime, I did speak with the new editor at Avalon and she assured me that my latest manuscript (oh, when will there be another one?) is still "very much on the radar" but that they are running six to nine months behind! So, the waiting goes on.
Tomorrow I'm going to hear someone from Dusty Feet speak. My cousin Courtney emailed me about it. When I went to the organization's website, I saw a name and face I knew that I knew. Nate Kaunley. He is, as I thought I remembered, a graduate of the first high school where I taught. Anyway, I'm anxious to hear about the organization. You can visit the site at http://www.dustyfeetonline.com/ or, if you're in Springfield, come to Q on Commercial Street tomorrow (Sunday, March 28th) at 1:00.
I vow to try to blog more often. I vow to try to make better use of time and write more. I vow to return to the roots of the Life as a Great Romance blog and offer some great springtime suggestions for living the romantic life. Spring, after all, is the season for love.
Romance is for everyone. It is born in the mind which is open to experiencing beauty and love. A romantic person is one who recognizes and appreciates subtleties; encourages and admires creation; and chooses to be vulnerable without forfeiting strength or personhood.
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Saturday, March 27, 2010
Shame on Me!
Posted by Shellie Foltz at 8:45 PM
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1 comment:
- Shoe Queen said...
It was so great to be in church with you on Sunday. SO glad we're related! :)
- March 30, 2010 at 2:47 PM
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MUMBAI: The Kohinoor Business School in collaboration with the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP) had organized an 'International Accreditation Awareness Seminar'. Directors and faculty members from over 25 business school within Mumbai participated in the accreditation seminar. The event started with a brief introduction of delegates Douglas Viehland, Executive Director - ACBSP (USA) and A Thothatri Raman, Chairman - SEAA Trust, New Delhi by N M Kondap, Director General - KBS. N M Kondap, Director General - KBS received the Certificate of Membership of Accreditation Council for Business & Programs from Douglas Viehland, Executive Director - ACBSP and A Thothatri Raman, Chairman - SEAA Trust.
Raman, Chairman - SEAA Trust, in his address said "we have 4000 business school in our country out of which 20 business school are accreditated so far, so atleast 100 business school under the international accreditation should get it by 2015. International accreditation will be the best quality bench mark on student learning, faculty effectiveness and institutional branding. ACBSP has a large number of accreditation in India no. 8 and they have 17 member schools currently undergoing accreditation ACBSP process. Kohinoor Business School is the 18th one to receive this membership of ACBSP. This accreditation process take 2 - 3 years, during this period there will be a strong drive building quality all around, relating to student learning, faculty and institutional effectiveness". Viehland, Executive Director - ACBSP said "ACBSP was founded in the year of 1988; it was founded to create an accreditation process designed to fit the needs of business programs. It is mainly focused on teaching and learning that occurs during the classroom. We grant the accreditation for different business schools that are running business study courses like Financial Accounting, Managerial Accounting, Marketing Management, Human Resource Management, Organizational Behaviour, Information Technology, Quantitative Analysis & Decision Making, Operations Management, Managerial Economics, Strategic Management & Leadership, Financial Concepts & Markets etc. Our expansion will continue as greater awareness of the value of accreditation is occurring. As more and more schools obtain accreditation and become advocates, confidence by other to achieve accreditation will increase. We also have trained evaluators and mentors who live and work in India and this can provide cost savings and the belief that this is a global standard with local faces."
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Brett Lymn wrote:
Just for another datapoint - my iwi behaviour is pretty much unchanged. I normally have wpa_cli running in interactive mode in a window, it will tell you when rekeying occurs. In my case the wireless networking stops not long after a rekeying.
Some more information -- I'm on the road and my laptop was nuking a nearby WRT54G v6 every few minutes. I changed the configuration on the AP from TKIP to AES and it's working like a champ now.
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From Frame To Fabric: Making An Ottoman From Scratch
Well, friends, it's been quite the ride, and now we come to the end. The final week. The last hours of labor before the big push, the cry of relief, and then that moment when all the pain is forgotten in the face of something so beautiful, so unique, that YOU made. Yes, you did it. You really did. It's your own little ottoman that you get to love and take care of for the rest of your life. And oh, and the moment you take it home and walk through the front door and set it down in its new environment. Are there words to describe such a feeling? No words, no words...(beat)... okay, some words. This is a blog, after all.
The piping.
Week Four:
Prior to arriving at The Furniture Joint for my last upholstery class on Tuesday night, I was on my knees painting tables in our new office. But at 5:45 pm, with sore legs and paint in my hair, I headed out to the final class from which I was sure to leave either flushed from the rush of success or totally despondent. As a class we were all a little behind and, according to Matthew, there was no guarantee we'd finish in time, so we were all primed for a few feverish hours of cutting and stapling and stretching.
Let the games begin.
Step One: Stapling Down The Piping
First up for the night was to staple down a long strip of piping (that Matthew and Antonio had sewn for us) in a straight line around the ottoman, exactly 11.5 inches from the bottom of the frame. It's amazing how confident I've gotten with the staple gun, considering my less than auspicious start. We had about 10 minutes to complete this, and I made it!
Cutting and finishing off the piping.
Step Two: Attaching the Side Fabric and Stapling the Tacking Strip
Once the piping was in place, we went on to begin stapling down the fabric on the sides... bringing us ever closer to the completed-looking ottoman. The first step was to flip the fabric over and staple it on its underside, below the piping. It's at this point that you hope (as Matthew has reminded you) that you attached the piping in a straight line, because everything below the piping will either line up and look professional, or look wonky and lopsided. (This was pretty much Matthew's warning for every step of this process!) Once the fabric was stapled on its underside, we took a long, thin piece of cardboard-like tacking strip, cut the end on a diagonal, and stapled it very tightly up against the edge of the piping, on top of the newly stapled fabric.
The stapled tacking strip. Look at how tight that baby sits!
Peeking underneath the fabric before it's flipped over.
Step Three: More Dacron
Before flipping over the fabric, we needed to add some padding to the sides. Enter the dacron, which was then stapled underneath the piping at the top and on the very bottom edge of the frame. (If I may say so myself, this was the first step of the evening that I needed any help with, and only then because I was going a bit too slow. Antonio came over and helped staple the dacron to the sides of the ottoman for me, but prior to this step I was flying solo, which was very satisfying.)
A little dacron on the sides for padding.
Step Four: Flipping Over the Fabric
The natural next step was, of course, to flip over the fabric, pull gently, and staple to the underside of the frame. At this point my heart started beating a little faster! We're getting so close! The tricky part with this step was pulling down and around all the excess fabric to make a tight corner. I had to pull out a few staples and start over after Matthew came around and pointed out my shoddy workmanship.
The fabric is flipped over now! We're getting close.
Final Step: Attaching the Black Underside, the Feet, and Sewing the Seam
Final minutes in class involved stapling on the black fabric (I'm forgetting the name right now) to the underside of the ottoman, pushing in the small knobby feet on the corners, and stitching down the overlapping fabric crease on the corner. I don't sew, so I didn't get the stitching pattern right away (which was more of a box pattern rather than zigzag pattern). I was the only one in class that broke a needle, too. And I totally fudged the last step of all—tying off the thread—simply because by that point I was too excited that it was done, and I thought I could get away with it. I did some sort of knotting/tying/twisting thing, totally not what the instructions were. But I didn't care! It was done! I had done it!
The big reveal: Week One and Week Four.
Thanks to one of my classmates, Mike, who called out to me and reminded me to catch everyone before they left so that I could get one group photo of our completed ottomans. Everyone finished. And personally, I think all of the ottomans look great. Yay us!
The ten completed ottomans!
My ottoman in its new home.
Like I told Matthew, clearly he's going to ask me to apprentice for him, now that I've walked through the fire and come out the other side alive and new, like a phoenix rising from the ashes. But you know, I already have a job—writing for all of you! So, I had to pass on that offer. He'll just have to find some other ingenue.
Related Post:
• Week Three: Topping It All Off
• Week Two: If At First You Don't Succeed, Tie, Tie, Tie Again
• Week One: Upholstering Is Not For Wimps
Interested in trying out Matthew's classes for yourself? Get more information here. You can also check out Matthew Haly's Book of Upholstery published in 2009 on Random House's Potter Craft imprint. It explores techniques, tips and tricks to producing upholstery projects at home.
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Ok so I´m way behind with the things I´ve won lately, life gets in the way when it comes to blogging right? I´m going to try to update this section soon, but because I´ve been using these ones so much lately and my daughters just can´t get enough of them, it´s only fair I tell you how lucky I feel to have this two Lunch Punch kits at home:
First since I have two girls this is the one I wanted so bad (and have it now!)
|Sand*wishes*™ whimsical shapes set
And for my surprise I also won this one that I thought I wouldn´t be using that much but guess what... my girls love it too!!!
|The VrrRRMM!!™
They´ve been all over the internet but just in case you are a martian and haven´t heard from them before, they are sandwich cutters created by a mom if you are a mom (or a dad) you for sure have a picky eater, well this lovelies can help you solve that problem for a lot of situations, you can read their story and all about them at their web page THE LUNCH PUNCH and I might add since I had contact with them that their customer service is really good, the kits arrived safely and before the supposed date and also and VERY IMPORTANT, that they really really work. I have to use three slices of bread instead of two because for some reason this kind of bread over here is thin and small but with three of them it works pefect and my girls eat more!
Anyway, you can join them on Facebook where you can see customer pictures, (this are awesome for bento making!) and know about new kits as the come, giveaways out there etc.
Thank you so much THE LUNCH PUNCH! I can´t wait to see what you come up with next!!!


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#1 posted 11-11-2012 03:05 PM
Well done! Looks a heck of a lot better than my first box(es).
#2 posted 11-11-2012 03:47 PM
That happens. Get started and wind up making more than you planned. Good job.
Welcome to LJ's
-- Nature created it, I just assemble it.
#3 posted 11-11-2012 04:18 PM
Amazing boxes. How have you made them? There are no joints seen anywhere.
-- "If someone feels that they had never made a mistake in their life, then it means they have never tried a new thing in their life".-Albert Einstein
#4 posted 11-12-2012 03:42 PM
I like these a lot!! real cool!!
-- Robert B. Sabina, Ohio..... http://www.etsy.com/shop/WoodenfrogWoodenProd
#5 posted 11-13-2012 01:47 PM
Very nice, great job!!
-- Jack, Albuquerque
#6 posted 11-13-2012 03:39 PM
Those do look nice are those basically a bandsaw box? How do you get the lip on the lid?
#7 posted 11-13-2012 04:05 PM
Sharad, to answer your question – I had a piece of oak as thick as the inside of the box is high. I then ripped a piece as wide as the box, then ripped a piece the thickness of the top and bottom. Then rip a thin piece for inner lid. This allowed the grain to the bottom and top match the body. Finish sanding was done with the top and bottom in place.
-- I think, therefore I think I am.
#8 posted 11-13-2012 05:34 PM
Djayhawk, no band saw here. After cutting the body of the box to rough size, I marked the top the size and shape of the inside. Drilled thru top to bottom. Then got out the coping saw. Finished the inside with one of them sandy things you put on the drill press. Put the top down on the thin piece (see above) and marked it with an exacto knife. Cut and sanded to the line. Then glued it to the top. I put the top on and sanded it while in place. Ta-da! Or something like that.
-- I think, therefore I think I am.
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First off, I'd like to send a heartfelt 'Thank You' to all who came out for my book launch and reading on Monday night. The subject matter of Split the Crow is solemn, sad, at times disturbing, but important to bear witness to and acknowledge. Thank you all for your willingness to share the stories with me. It was so nice to meet some of you, I wish we'd had longer to chat.
I have been asked to fill in for another poet in the Collected Poets Series which takes place this Thursday, April 2, 7 p.m. at Mocha Maya's in Shelburne Falls. The poet Laura Foley will also be reading, 20 minutes each. I'll read a handful of poems from Split the Crow and some girl/women-centric poems, completely different in tone, from a new manuscript I've just finished. The Collected Poets Series is super fun and intimate, coffee-house-style poetry reading with the coffee! Yay! And Thursday's weather looks to be sunny and "warm".


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Creating new BE's using snapshots and clones can get messy with dependencies all over the place. I had an epiphany the other day, why not create a snapshot on the current dataset, send that snapshot to a new dataset within the same zpool (or elsewhere), and subsequently destroy the (two!) snapshots?
Instant transfer of data, and no strings attached to either dataset once the snapshots have been removed. Continue reading Cloning a ZFS dataset using only
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Gartner to expand operation center in Fort Myers, Florida
Gartner, Inc., a technology research and analysis company is expanding their operation center in Fort Myers, Florida, according to a statement released by the Florida governor's office. The company is investing $28 million into the new expansion and expects it to create 400 more new jobs by the end of 2019.
The current Fort Myers, Florida, location opened in 1998 and has grown to be Gartner's second largest office in the world. The company consolidated its offices in the city into one newly-built 120,000-square-foot facility in 2012 and project it would add 400 new jobs. The company will likely meet that goal and currently employs more than 600 workers.
The company considered moving the operation center to another state but decided to continue its relationship with Florida, according to a statement by Florida's Gov. Rick Scott. Florida has created more than 563,000 private-sector jobs in the past four years and is currently ranked third in the nation for high-tech establishments. The state also offers one of the largest software and computer systems industry in the U.S. with 12,600 businesses, the governor's office stated.
"Our technology industry is growing and creating high-wage, high-skill jobs for Floridians," Jesse Panuccio, executive director of the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity, said. "We are excited that Gartner is expanding in Florida and employing more of our citizens."
Businesses in the software, computer and information technology industries like Gartner should partner with technical recruiters to find the most qualified workers for their new positions.


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An Outline
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In the second step, you'll want to go over the whole set of activities that you had undertaken throughout 2011. More often than not you will end up with appropriate documents in the mail for your salary. If you happen to work a standard job, you should obtain a W-2. Those that own your own business enterprise and work for other people, you may receive 1099s. In addition, you might be given records for other kinds of revenue like interest/dividend income or distributions from retirement and pension accounts. In this case, it is likely you will get 1099-INT, 1099-DIV, or 1099-Rs to assist report your revenue. Collect all of your revenue documents and make certain that all of your 2011 income is accounted for.
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Fourth, have a list of all the itemized deductions which you believe you'll probably be entitled to. The following is an article about itemized deductions. You might be able to lessen your tax brackets 2011 by claiming additional deductions if you happen to qualified for them.
Then, take a look at 2011 tax return. It's important to always go back through your return immediately after it's done to see if you have missed anything or made a miscalculation. It is better that you find your math mistakein comparison to the IRS.
Finally, send in your tax return. There's two methods to file your 2011 income tax return. You can easily send it by mail or via the IRS website. Whatever filing approach that you decide on, you've got to have your tax return submitted or mailed by April 17, 2011. Remember to send in your taxes by the due date. It will not matter what deductions you might be taking or which one of the tax brackets 2011 you're in should you not file your return when they're due.
Just remember to continually be truthful when you are filing your 2011 tax return. It is our obligation as American citizens to pay our taxes. Don't attempt to defraud the government. The Government is superb at locating tax frauds. Stay knowledgeable and stay honest. You'll have nothing to concern yourself with.


text: These beautiful light Siam crystal beads from SWAROVSKI® ELEMENTS are a beautiful addition to any jewelry project. Use these 6mm bicone beads as spacers for larger beads, or as focals on their own. Their orange-red hue offers the perfect punch of color to accompany the SWAROVSKI® sparkle you know and love.


text: Shawn Green said the Mets have declined their half of his $10 million mutual option for 2008.The Mets never had any intention of picking it up from the moment they acquired him from the Diamondbacks in August. He'll get a $2 million buyout instead. The 34-year-old Green, who isn't promised a starting job this year, said he expects to continue his career in 2008. Feb. 13 - 2:11 pm et Source: New York Post


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Knitting is one of those things I like to do but don't get to do very often. I start on a project for myself, then life happens and I abandon the project. Not good eh? For this reason, when I actually complete anything, I feel so proud of myself, especially if the end result is great.
This colour block oversized knit scarf is one of the few projects I was determined to complete because I wanted to see the result of a new pattern I was trying out. I think it turned out well and perfect for winter don't you think?
So, since knitting isn't everyone's cuppa tea, here are some products you might also like
Wearing: Jacket – Super Trash (similar here), Jeans – ASOS, Boots – Boden


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The year is 1913. On Jan 11th the 1st sedan-type car (Hudson) goes on display at 13th Auto Show (NYC). Woodrow Wilson becomes 28th U.S. President. Ernest Rutherford and Niels Bohr describe atomic structure. Henry Ford develops the first moving assembly line. Beginning of La Decena Trágica, the rebellion of some military chiefs against the President Francisco I. Madero of Mexico.
The world marches unknowingly towards war…
Four years previous, prominent Doctor and scientist, John Micheal Faustus leaves a successful practice in London, England after meeting with a mysterious stranger who convinces the good doctor that the world is populated by people who can tap the wonders of the human mind and that the world needs an organization of such people. Good minded people for the darkness to come.
Doctor Faustus eventually packs up his family and life and moves to the an isolated town in the Rocky Mountains of Canada. Here, north of the small town of Willowbrook, he founds Blackridge Estate – a sprawling manor house cut off from the outside world.
The year is 1913 and Doctor Faustus is ready to begin recruiting….


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Saddle Rash is a small town in the Old West. There's only been one episode, and I'm not sure if there will ever be any more. But it's narrated by a crazy old coot named Gummy. The first episode was about a gunslinger with no arms who came to town to seek revenge against outlaw Tommy Morgan. The show is from some of the people involved in such animated series as Dr. Katz and Home Movies.
Add this show to your queue to receive more information about
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By this time your
gingerbread house
should of been drying for at least a day. Do this by placing it on wire racks
and just let it set flat until you are ready to decorate it. I would not stack
the pieces on each other to save space. You don't want them to warp.
The first thing I do is to use some of the
royal icing to stick the gingerbread base to the base you are using. A cut piece of wood
covered with aluminum foil works best as then it will not bend. Then I decide where
I want my house to sit. I usually allow more room to the front yard and just a
little to the back. I decorate all the way around it though.
Now you need to get some soup or vegetable
cans, 3 - 4 will do. First I place my back wall
up. I run a line of icing with a decorating bag fit with a star tip on the
base and the house. Smooth the edges carefully, don't worry, you're covering
them up. It is easier to attach the candies if the surface is smooth. Support the walls with the cans. Wait about 5 minutes and
then do the walls. I have found it best to put a line of icing on both pieces
where they are being attached. Again support with the cans. Wait again a few
minutes and put on the front piece. It should look something like this one at
this point. Now I let it dry for at least 1/2 hour before putting on the roof.
If you want to put something like a tree inside the gingerbread house, do it before putting
the roof on. It is almost impossible after the roof is on to decorate the inside
of the house. Be sure to use a little royal icing to glue the pieces down.
When putting on the roof, I used tomato paste
cans to support the roof while it dried. You may need to use something
different, you just want it to hold the roof up so it doesn't slide or you can
hold it in place until it sets, but the can method is easier. After getting my
roof on I usually give the house at least 2 hours to set before I start
decorating. Starting to decorate too early can cause the walls to warp.
Adding the Candy to your Gingerbread House
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10 TV commercials I really like
It was TV commercials that first got me into branding, and once in a while it's nice to sit back and appreciate them for what they are - not just a commercial form but also art.
Looking at the list below, they happen to cluster in the financial and automobile categories, not sure why. I notice that funny commercials tend to go to the top of the list, followed by commercials with some funky great character/music, and then commercials with heart.
Also, I'm noticing that great commercials usually build the brand - they are not direct "calls to action." Though one of these stands out for doing both - E-Trade. Their commercials are outstandingly convincing.
(Note - there was one commercial that almost made it onto this list, till I saw that at least some military folks found it exploitive - the Kay Jewelers "Open Heart" commercial featuring Jane Seymour. Sorry Kay.)
If anyone has a favorite commercial to add please do, as I'm always interested to see what other people think. Or one you absolutely hate, those are always fun.
Here's the "Top 10":
1. E-Trade Baby Commercial – "Time Out" (unusually strong consistency between different commercials - reinforces the call to action: "Join E-Trade, for serious investors.")
2. E-Trade – "Passion TV"
3. Capital One Cash Card – "Graphs Commercial"
4. Kia Soul – "Share Some Soul"
5. Chrysler – "Imported From Detroit"
6. Chevy – "The Pick Up"
7. Volkswagen – "The Force"
8. Target – "Missoni for Target"
9. Jordan – "Love The Game"
10. Sonic – "You're A Cheap Date"


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CPA Member Michael Weitzman Landscapes & FlowersCategory : Exhibit Related Location : Herb Young Community Center
As a nature photographer, Mike's objective is to share with as many people as possible the beauty that surrounds us. His Herb Young show will feature many stunning landscape and flower images on metal and canvas. Six of Mikes photographs are in the permanent collection at Duke Hospital.
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CPA Members Brenda Wynne and Fran DeRespinis Exhibit at 311 W. Martin St.Category : Exhibit Related Location : 311 W. Martin St, Raleigh
Brenda Wynne and Fran DeRespinis had photos juried into 311 Gallerys Abstracts show. The show will run from March 1 - 31 at 311 W. Martin St,
Raleigh. The opening reception is First Friday,
March 2, 6-9 pm. ...
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CPA Members Melissa Theil and Bobby Nicks, Wildlife We LoveCategory : Exhibit Related Location : Chef's Palette
Melissa Theil and Bobby Nicks have an
exhibit, Wildlife We Love, at Chef's Palette, an
upscale restaurant located at 3460 Ten-Ten Rd.
The show runs until March 28. There will be a
dinner reception on March 15, 5 - 7 p.m. ...
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CPA Members to Exhibit at Page Walker Arts & History CenterCategory : Exhibit Related Location : Page Walker Arts and History Center
CPA Members; Jo Bolton, Don Ducey, Barbara Guin, Mike Guin & Harry OConnor will be showing The Focus on Black and White at the Page Walker Arts and History Center February 6 through March 5. Each photographer is displaying a cohesive set of images based on their individual interests. Everyone is invited to the reception on Feb 23, 6:00-8:00 p.m. ...
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|About the presenter: Mario D'hont is from Ghent, Belgium. He was involved with the websign and upkeep of vzw BeSteweekends from 1999-2004 before co-founding Stotterforum (www.stotterforum.be) which coordinates the self-help groups in Begium. He enjoys music (especially Scatman John), painting and photography and has attended many conferences and meetings about stuttering. He is also active in meeting others who stutter in online forums.
The Newsletter, 'Stotterforum' (www.stotterforum.be) is a website established in Belgium by people who stutter with objective information about stuttering. The newsletter that accompanies this website appears bi-monthly and contains updates of the information that was published on the website, for example new activities and items.
The structure of the newsletter resembles the different categories on the website. The updates and new topics are coloured in red on the website. This makes it easier to find and add them to the appropriate rubric in the newsletter. We only make references to the new items and do not copy the entire information. This way we invite people to go and look for the info on the website.
Before the newsletter is sent to the subscribed members the editor sends it to all the working members of the 'Stotterforum'. In this way they have the opportunity to give suggestions for improvement. The newsletter is also sent to Mister Chris De Bal, the secretary of the VVL, the Flemish Association of Speech and Language Therapists. This underscores our cooperation of which we thankfully make use of to present our members a professional;y-based newsletter. After everyone's approval the newsletter is sent to all the subscribed members.
We can currently count on Stefanie Adriaensens, a working member of the 'Stotterforum' and stutterer, to translate the newsletter into English. (She studied clinical psychology at the University of Ghent and was finalist at the BAPS thesis award 2009 with a thesis about the inner processes of stuttering). We would like to thank her for her contributions. The English newsletter creates more opportunities for international cooperation. Most of all we are very thankful for the contributions of all our working members. They all help to construct the website in their own way with reports about the activities of the organisation.
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ItsGoa is the Goan voice for all the latest Goa news and views. The idea behind this website is to provide information about Goa and when we say information, we mean everything there is to know about the state.
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Right from tourist places in Goa, to beaches in Goa, where to go sightseeing, details about heritage structures, clubs, shacks, hotels, restaurants, events etc, etc. Lesser known facts about Goa also feature high on our list of things you should nknow
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The future for full functional websites with an integrated blog system and built in CMS (content Management System) is a website designed on the WordPress platform. WordPress blogs are powerful online marketing tools that help establish you as an expert in your industry. The capabilities of using WordPress as a website are endless. I understand the vast amount of potential that WordPress has on the impact of your company's website and for this reason we recommend a WordPress designed site over any other. I have invested large amounts of time to ensure I stay up to date with what's new and current.
What is a CMS?
In computing, a content management system (CMS) is a document centric collaborative application for managing documents and other content. A CMS is often a web application and often it is used as a method of managing websites and web content. – Wikipedia
Why use WordPress as your CMS solution?
Wordpress is extremely user friendly and teaching anyone how to use WordPress is an easy task. The user can edit their home page, blog posts or any other page with ease by just editing the text or elements in the back end of the program. What does this mean? It means that you will not have to pay someone to maintain or make changes for you which in the long run, will save you tons of money. One of the greatest things about having a WordPress site is the easy maintenance which will allow you to login via your website and make changes to any of the pages at any time.
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Every company should be accompanied with a blog design, blogging and social networking are the future of the web and every company should stay up to date with the changes in potential marketing on the internet. There are numerous reasons to have a blog designed, here are a few of what we think are the top reasons:
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Hong Kong schlockmeister Wong Jing spins this wacky Aladdin-style comedy. Ko Sau-ping (Anita Yuen Wing-yee) is a lonely dreamer who much prefers to spend her time watching old movies than pursue a career. Tired of her lackadaisical ways, her father sets her up with a job where Pearl (Christy Chung Lai-tai), her bombshell of a half-sister, works. Pearl is everything Sau-ping is not: ambitious, confident, and bisexual. One day while on an errand for her new job, she buys three pearls that house a genie named Bolobolo (Michael Wong Man-tak). In exchange for releasing him, he grants her the requisite three wishes. Along the way, the film lampoons Wong Kar-wai's Ashes of Time and Chungking Express and a sundry of Hollywood films.
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|Home > Experimental and analytical assessment of lateral torsional buckling of laminated glass beams
Due to their increasing use in contemporary architecture, the lateral torsional buckling performance of laminated structural glass beams represents a topic of great interest for researchers. Although several analytical models and design approaches have been recently proposed, various aspects complicate the realistic prediction of this phenomenon. Based on experimental results of a large campaign of lateral torsional buckling tests (55 laminated beams), the paper investigates analytically the effects of various mechanical (e.g. the stiffness of interlayer) and geometrical properties (e.g. initial twist, production tolerances) on the typical lateral torsional buckling response of laminated glass beams.


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Corenza Vaughn has joined the Sun City Community Association as the safety and standards director.
Vaughn brings knowledge of the community and property management skills with her to Sun City.
She spent nine years with PulteHomes, the developer of Sun City, in various sales, development and management roles. During her time at Pulte, Vaughn had her hand in developing and managing three communities and was instrumental in the construction of Sun City's Dog Park and Nature Trail.
Vaughn has other experience at property management companies and nonprofit entities. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of South Carolina and is also a longtime resident of Beaufort County.
As safety and standards director, Vaughn will oversee Sun City's community standards department, which includes home modifications and community rules, among other items, and the security contract.
"We are very excited to have Corenza join the Community Association team," said Damon Williams, Sun City Hilton Head's executive director. "Her thorough knowledge of the property and governing documents will help the department take a more proactive approach to Community Standards protocol."


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Yesterday I posted some images from my shoot in the Las Vegas Boneyard. Included was one pano that I made by combining 3 images shot with a 10.5mm fish-eye lens. I had never really thought of making a pano from fish-eye images because the lens has so much distortion around the edges that I never really thought it would merge well. That's until I saw Russell Brown from Adobe give his little demo in the opening keynote during Photoshop World (you can watch the entire keynote over at Terry White's blog). Dr. Brown showed the power of the Merge to Panorama tool in CS4 and clued me in to the little check-box that I had been missing that let me create my cool pano. Check out this video to see how it was done.
Now here's the other really cool thing that I learned at photoshop World and it's the tool I used to bring you the video tutorial. See, usually I use a program called iShowU to create my video screen capture videos but this video wasn't made with iShowU, it was made with an Internet application called Screenr that my buddy Rich Harrington turned me on to. Screenr is a completely web-based option for creating video screen-casts and posting them to Twitter. It also allows you to post them to YouTube as well as embedding them into a blog or web page. It was extremely easy to use and the only downside is that you only get 5 minutes of record time. Beyond that, it's a totally cool application that I will be using for all my short tutorials. You can begin using it for your own videos by checking out the Screenr website.


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MARKS & Spencer is set to give the economy a lift by creating 1,000 jobs at a new depot in the East Midlands.
The shop chain, led by Dutch boss Marc Bolland, plans to open a 900,000 sq ft distribution hub in Castle Donington, Leics, by early 2013.
M&S is teaming up with employment service Remploy to launch a disability employment scheme called Marks & Start at the hub.
Marks & Start is already used in M&S stores and offices.
The retailer will need warehouse staff, engineers, mechanics, office staff, transport controllers and managers.
M&S personnel boss Tanith Dodge said: "We want to support as many people with disabilities by taking Marks & Start to a new part of the business."
Remploy said: "We applaud M&S for this."


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Gender Studies is an interdisciplinary program within the College of Arts & Sciences that is a collective of students, teachers, and researchers who focus on the dynamics of gender in our society. Our program serves a diverse university community as well as the larger Mobile community through a wide range of courses, public programming, and events as well as raises awareness of gender issues. Students who wish to take Gender Studies classes can find a variety of courses in thirteen different academic disciplines in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. Whether you wish to just explore a Gender Studies topic of interest, or you wish to pursue an interdisciplinary minor, our program offers something for everyone. Gender studies courses examine contemporary and historical gender issues and gender theory, the intersection of gender, race/ethnicity, class, and sexuality, as well as gender issues on a global level. Our program allows students to acquire depth of knowledge in specific areas of study with a focus on gender and/or gender theory and exposes students to a wide range of research skills and methodologies from across the disciplines.
The program also offers service learning and community internship opportunities which enables students to learn first-hand the ways in which academic life can enrich lived life through opportunities to turn knowledge into action and service, and model a positive leadership/service role for the University in the larger community. It aims to assist students in developing interdisciplinary skills, as well as in acquiring practical experience, in order for students to become problem solvers and critical thinkers who will creatively address contemporary gender related social issues in their professions.
The Gender Studies Program also encourages students to become actively engaged in gender-focused research, and provides numerous opportunities for students to interact with faculty members to discuss their own areas of interest. The program also stimulates and supports faculty research on gender.
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A concern for James Alan Harrison's safety apparently contributed to his escape from the city jail.
Charged with disorderly conduct, Harrison, 18, was scheduled to be transported to the main Broward County jail when he started vomiting about 4:20 a.m. Saturday.
Worried that he might choke to death, Harrison's jailers cut the flexible, plastic handcuffs from his wrists, police said.
But after the jailers turned to the task of transferring felony prisoners to a Broward Sheriff's Office van, Harrison apparently walked out of the jail and escaped, police said.
Harrison, who lives in the 5200 block of Northeast 16th Avenue, was still being sought Monday.


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Every society has its intelligentsia. By definition, these are the "intellectual elite of a society," the ones who are — or think they are — better thinkers than the rest of us. What they really are, I think, are people with a better verbal facility than the rest of us. That is, no matter how brilliant a physicist someone is, we don't call him a member of the intelligentsia. That accolade is reserved for people whose trade is words. And not just the use of words to achieve a specific end. Lawyers, for example, no matter how intelligent they may be or how many words they use, are not the intelligentsia. They are merely professionals who use words as one of the weapons in their arsenal.
No, the intelligentsia use words as an end in themselves, to convey abstract ideas. Their headquarters are the Universities, where the dominant ethos is the "publish or perish" mentality that emphasizes the transcendent importance of verbal facility to maintain the distinction between intellectuals within the hallowed halls and everyone else. Of course, since relatively few ordinary people read the scholarly publications emanating from the academics, the intellectuals have staked out other centers for disseminating their thinking.
The premier outlying operations take place at magazines, with a descending scale of intellectualism starting at the top end with such magazines as Harpers, The Atlantic, The New Republic and The New Yorker, through to the middle ground, occupied by the easy access news of Times and Newsweek, or the snooty trash in Vanity Fair, and working all the way down down to fashion magazines and standard supermarket check out fare, such as People, Us and Self (with an interesting hierarchy of self-involvement showing at the downscale end). The daily burden of purveying the intellectuals' ideas is borne by the major American newspapers, with the undoubted leaders being the New York Times and the Washington Post.
Since it's inception, poor TV has never been able to muster the intellectual credentials accorded its written cousins, but it tries, oh how it tries, by aping the ideas and ideology emanating from the Ivory Towers, and disseminated through the lesser (and more accessible) publications for "ordinary people" (as opposed to scholars). And then there is Hollywood, which knows itself to be nothing more than entertainment, but keeps trying to overcome its Rodney Dangerfield identity ("no respect") by churning out fare that will garner approval from the intelligentsia of the print world.
The omnipresence of these outlets for the intellectuals means that most Americans, heck, most people around the world, are regularly able to observe how bright the writers are behind all these publications. And they are bright, if we measure brightness by verbal ability. New York Times articles are invariably well written — lucid, elegant and interesting. The same goes for the articles in the high end magazines. Actually, it's probably even easier to write for the New Yorker than it is for Newsweek. The New Yorker assumes its readers will stick around for a page or two, giving the writer time to develop and explain a thesis. Newsweek readers have to be caught in the first paragraph, and if they don't understand what's going on by the second, no more reader. Writing for that forum demands high verbal ability and intellectual dexterity. The same goes for a good movie or television script. If your words aren't instantly accessible and interesting, show over.
The problem with this kind of verbal intelligence is that people involved in the trade begin to think it is the only intelligence around. The most obvious result of that thinking, of course, is the ridicule these intellectuals heap on someone inarticulate.
Just think of the way in which Gore and Kerry are admired as intellectuals, while Bush is regarded as a buffoon. The people who value this stereotype hold to it despite the fact that Bush did better at school (quite an accomplishment for an admitted party boy, as compared to the other two, who were already pompous swots as youths); despite the fact that Bush successfully held down multiple jobs in the public and private sector; and despite the fact that Bush's achievements are consistently equal to or better than theirs. Once Bush said "nuke-u-lar" and "misunderestimate," it was all over — he was obviously an idiot.
Of course, if verbal facility is the sole measure of intelligence, Moses was also an idiot. After all, Moses refused the Lord's charge in the first instance: "And Moses said unto the LORD, O my LORD, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue." (Exodus 4:10.)
What the Lord recognized, of course, was that it wasn't Moses' verbal skills that mattered, but his leadership abilities and his values. That someone may not have words trip daintily from his tongue doesn't mean he isn't a clear-eyed leader, who understands what is important, who is brave, and who is able to make things happen — the right things. Sometimes, of course, the world is blessed with a leader who is a visionary, who is brave, who has the right moral stuff, and who is blindingly articulate. Churchill and Lincoln spring to mind, but these men were rare beings, and stand out by being exceptional, not normative.
The distinction between intelligence, on the one hand, and values and abilities, on the other hand, is an important one. A friend of mine told me that she dislikes everything Bush stands for because he's stupid, and the thinkers at the New York Times must be correct in all their conclusions because they're smart. She was stunned to have pointed out to her that there was another way to view that intellectual ability, and it's not such a complimentary approach: smart, verbal people have the unfortunate ability to use those skills to reason themselves into believing something they know is wrong. One who is less clever, and has to sit down and think things through carefully, may well be able to arrive at a correct conclusion, regardless of his personal or emotional desires. Or not.
The important thing is that any public discourse has to be infused, not just with intellect, but with a belief system. And the fact that someone is smart does not mean that he's chosen the correct belief system. Nazi Germany, of course, would be the ultimate example of this obvious point, since Germany was renowned for the quality of her intellectualism — so much so that a generation was able to convince itself that it was the master race, and that it deserved to take over the world and enslave all other races (with the exception of the Jews, of course, a group that needed to be exterminated entirely).
So, let us by all means acknowledge how smart the people at the Times and the Post and Harvard University and Newsweek and Vanity Fair and the New Yorker are. They write well and they think well. But do we share their values? And if their values are the starting point for everything they write, do we really want to accept unconditionally the conclusions they reach? You, my readers, and I have already decided we don't. But next time you talk to a friend who still clings to the liberal media, try a thought experiment with your friend. See if she can separate her values from the media's conclusions, conclusions your friend probably parrots unthinkingly. She might be surprised at how often she doesn't believe in the premises that underlie the media's elegantly reasoned conclusions — and, if nothing else, might approach the media in future with a slightly more jaundiced and objective eye.
UPDATE: Entirely unaware of the post I did today, Mr. Bookworm rather gloatingly sent me a link today to this article, which he claims shows that liberals are smarter Here's how the article starts, and it seems to support my theory that brighter does not mean more moral or more correct:
Exploring the neurobiology of politics, scientists have found that liberals tolerate ambiguity and conflict better than conservatives because of how their brains work.
That may be entirely true, but some situations don't call for tolerating ambiguity. They call for clarity — moral or practical clarity. Outside of the halls of academe, intelligence may not lie in being able to parse a situation in a thousand different ways. It may lie, instead, in being able to recognize a core issue and then to work with that issue. This may explain why, since 9/11, conservatives keep saying "Islamic fundamentalism," which is involved in 90% of the world's hot spots, while liberals keep fumphering around with "poverty," "alienation," "imperialism," "bad white men," "America," "Jews," "Israel," etc. — none of which are a satisfactory answer to most of the Muslim violence directed at just about everyone around the world.
UPDATE II: In a comment, JJ noted that the Times writing can be appallingly bad, and that is certainly true, especially when it's trying to make a political point that even Times-niks, in their hearts of hearts, must know to be completely invalid. Otherwise, how can one account for this turgid, all-but-unintelligible sentence:
When Representative Gary L. Ackerman, Democrat of New York, suggested the war was not integral to the anti-terror effort since members of Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia, sometimes called Al Qaeda in Iraq, the homegrown Sunni Arab extremist group that American intelligence agencies have concluded is foreign-led, is not part of the Qaeda network behind the Sept. 11 attacks, the general offered a quick retort.
Here's James Taranto's take on that verbal mess:
The news department of the Times has made a policy of requiring its reporters, every time they mention al Qaeda in Iraq, to editorialize that al Qaeda, which has nothing to do with Iraq, has nothing to do with Iraq, which has nothing to do with al Qaeda. But this sentence is so awkwardly constructed that it stands out even in the New York Times. Could it be that reporter Carl Hulse wishes he were allowed to give us the news straight, and wrote this monstrosity of a sentence as a protest? Whatever the case, Rupert Murdoch has to be smiling.
For the most part, though, the Times does have high quality writing, even if that writing is strangled by low quality virtue and morality.


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Revelation 17:15-18 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
15 And he said to me, "The waters that you saw, where the whore is seated, are peoples and multitudes and nations and languages. 16 And the ten horns that you saw, they and the beast will hate the whore; they will make her desolate and naked; they will devour her flesh and burn her up with fire. 17 For God has put it into their hearts to carry out his purpose by agreeing to give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God will be fulfilled. 18 The woman you saw is the great city that rules over the kings of the earth."
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Border Patrol Union Chief Says Arrests Of Afghans And Pakistanis Have Skyrocketed This Year
From the Daily Caller:
Already in the first five months of this fiscal year, the United States Border Patrol has arrested 18 from Afghanistan…79 from Pakistan and 619 from the Peoples Republic of China," the union chief said.
"Those numbers should alarm everyone and we are seeing a similar trend from other key countries like Albania, Bangladesh and Brazil," he continued. Judd also pointed to what he said is evidence that drug cartels "are winning."
He said that during a visit to a station in the Del Rio Border Patrol sector in south Texas, resource-strapped agents were only able to arrest 47 percent of known border-crossers.
He said that out of 157 known entries that week, 74 were arrested, 54 evaded arrest and entered the U.S., 17 evaded arrest and returned to Mexico, and 12 were still unaccounted for. "That's a 47 percent arrest rate," said Judd.
"That's not very good." He also highlighted the gaps in border security by citing an email he received on Tuesday from a Border Patrol agent in Arizona pointing to a 10-mile stretch of the border that was unmanned for two days.
"Criminal cartels were able to go to the fence, cut a hole in the fence, drive two vehicles through that hole and escape. They were able then to put the fence back up and try to hide the cuts that were made," Judd said.
"The scariest part of those vehicles entering the United States is we don't know what was in those vehicles," he explained.
And of the border-crossers who have not been apprehended, Judd said "we don't know where they were from."
Florida Rep. Ron DeSantis, who chairs the national security subcommittee, also asked Judd whether CBP "might be fudging" its apprehension data.
"Not only have I heard similar reports, I've actually seen it," Judd said, recalling a previous stint as an intelligence officer working at a station on the southern border.
He said he received a note from a high-ranking watch commander ordering him to remove numbers from a "got-away" report.


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Undersized and over priced?
* Premium special-edition superminis * are they worth the money? * Pay up to 12,000 more than standard...
Would you pay 43,000 for a supermini? Aston Martin hopes you will, while Fiat and Mini have equally grandiose expectations for their special edition small cars. The question is, are they worth the money?
Aston Martin Cygnet & Colette: 43,000
The Aston Martin Cygnet & Colette (pictured) is a 43,000 version of the Cygnet supermini that was launched in May, but with the standard car priced at 30,995, what does the extra 12,000 buy?
Cygnet & Colette buyers get to enjoy stainless steel engraved door handle badges, quilted Alcantara sun visors, quilted leather door and seat inserts, and hand-trimmed quilted leather occasional cushions for the rear seats. Oh, and a unique Cygnet & Colette key ring.
Just 14 will be built.
Mini Inspired by Goodwood: 41,000
Then theres the Mini Inspired by Goodwood, made in conjunction with Rolls-Royce. At 41,000 its not that much cheaper than the Aston Cygnet & Colette, but it does come with a quite a kit list.
The spec includes Cashmere-lined roof lining and sun visors, deep-pile lambswool floor mats, and the Walnut Burr wooden trim on the dashboard, while the door handles are made at the Rolls-Royce factory at Goodwood.??
The car comes in Rolls-Royce Diamond Black paint only, has 17-inch alloys, Xenon adaptive headlights, parking sensors, air-con, sat-nav and a premium entertainment system. Just 1000 Inspired by Goodwoods will be available.
Fiat 500byGucci: 15,765
Finally, theres the Fiat 500byGucci. At 15,765, its by far the cheapest of the three, and comes with a far more down-to-earth spec. Available in either black or white pearl metallic paint, in comes with goodies such as exclusive 16-inch diamond black alloys, black leather upholstery and climate control as standard.
What's the problem?
The trouble with special editions is that theyre unlikely to hold their value substantially better than the standard model. When its time to trade-in, a buyer is unlikely to stump up significantly more for a walnut dashboard or special floor mats.
The Fiat looks the best value of all, because its only a few thousand pounds more than the standard car. However, we predict that itll hold on to the same percentage of its original price as some of the cheaper 500s, so youll stand to lose more in the long run.
The same applies when buying a used special addition. Dont let the salesman tell you that it's worth paying over the odds for a particular colour, or particular options you wont see that money back when you sell the car on.


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Ask any young boy about his favorite cartoon series, and one of the more popular answers you'll get is "Ben 10." The adventures of a young boy who can transform into 10 different alien forms struck a chord with its intended audience and helped Cartoon Network shift its focus from comedy to action with good results. The sequel series, "Ben 10: Alien Force," did a good job of not only keeping its core audience intact but also introducing a new, older audience to its brand of action and good storytelling. The subsequent video games have done well, and the ones featured on the Nintendo Wii have been good titles for the license. While the next-generation consoles are now just getting their fix for the series, the Wii has received the third game in the successful line. Ben 10 Alien Force: Vilgax Attacks is a little bit of a departure from the previous titles, and while young fans won't mind the change, older fans will be wishing for something better to come along.
The premise of the game plays out just like a multi-part episode of the series. Vilgax, Ben's ultimate enemy from the first series, has returned to conquer the galaxy. With the help of a mysterious new power source, his next target for universal domination is Earth, and he plans to defeat Ben in order to get the job done. While Ben tries to stop the total annihilation of his town, he, his cousin Gwen, and his friend Kevin are sent back in time to before Earth was invaded and right after Grandpa Max goes on a secret mission for The Plumbers. Your job is to go to the different planets in the universe and destroy the power sources Vilgax needs to repeat history and be successful in his bid for domination.
The game's adventure mode is split into two different gameplay styles. The predominant mode is that of a brawling platformer. You take Ben and his different alien forms from area to area, clearing out rooms of enemies before proceeding. Your method of combat is the use of your fists, though you can use some special moves, depending on which alien you transform into. When you're not fighting, you're usually switching into your different alien forms to solve a few simple puzzles or climb or jump over large gaps to proceed to the next fight. The fighting itself is solid, though it can get a bit repetitive unless you learn how to unleash specific combos of regular and special moves. The simplicity also carries over to the game's puzzles and a few of the boss fights, though some can get fairly tough for young gamers who are not accustomed to how other games have handled similar situations and patterns. Luckily for them, Vilgax Attacks features unlimited lives and plenty of hints; just about every breakable object in the game contains health, making tough fights bearable as long as you have something non-living to punch. It's also a fairly long adventure so gamers will appreciate having a title that takes longer than an afternoon to finish.
The series has made a change from side-scrolling adventure to 3-D brawler to a hybrid of the two, but that doesn't mean that the game has eliminated some of the series' past problems. For starters, this is the third game in the franchise that has only let you play as Ben. It was understandable in the first game, but with both Kevin and Gwen doing a fair amount of fighting in the series, it's disappointing to see them simply guard Ship at every level. Another issue that seems to have been addressed the wrong way is the lack of multiplayer. The second game had it and even though it was broken by having both players play as Ben, it would have been nice to see some improved multiplayer in this title, especially if each player could be a different character with different powers. With other kids' games going in that direction, it's disappointing to see this one go back to a purely single-player experience. Hopefully the next entry in the series sees them putting some focus into co-op along with the standard single-player.
The second style of gameplay happens anytime you travel from planet to planet with Ship, the transforming alien pet of Ben's girlfriend. Here, the game transforms into a shooter similar to Starfox or After Burner. Objects like asteroids and rogue satellites will block your path and hurtle toward you. Your job is to make it through the level by shooting them down with lasers and homing missiles. Like the brawling portions, there's no multiplayer and no penalty for dying, aside from starting at the beginning of the session. While the shooting portions are a nice break from the brawling aspect of the game, the developers made them entirely skippable. It's an odd move since it shortens the overall game length, but it's welcome if you really want to punch an enemy instead of shoot it.
While Vilgax Attacks may have been built with the Wii in mind, the controls don't seem to convey that. Movement is handled by the analog stick on the Nunchuk, the A button does quick attacks, the B button initiates stronger attacks and down on the d-pad does special moves. The Z button makes the player jump, and the C button performs actions. Even by Wii standards, having the player jump with Z feels awkward, especially since the controls can't be customized. Shaking the Wii Remote would feel a bit more natural, but since that's also used to initiate special moves and perform a few actions like moving safe doors, that's out of the question. Another puzzling aspect has to do with camera movement, which is done by holding down the minus button and using the analog stick to change camera angles. Like the Z button, this feels awkward when you consider that the player will be constantly changing camera angles to get a better idea of where to go and how to tackle things.
It was stated in the next-gen reviews for this game that the graphics were simply upscaled from the Wii version. Because of this, the Wii version looks almost like the next-gen versions and becomes stronger in this category as a result. Character models look pretty good and animate very well, though Humongosaur still looks like he's grabbing air anytime he holds an object. The textures aren't as detailed as other versions, but the downgrade here isn't as noticeable as one would think. What seems to be lazy texture work on other consoles ends up being great on the Wii iteration, with some detail lost but no blurry pieces in sight. Particle effects, like rain and fire, may not be as robust on other systems, but here, they end up being much better than what Wii gamers are used to seeing. The 480p resolution on 16:9 widescreen is a great touch, but what makes this all shine is the constant 60fps. The whole package runs smoothly and looks nice, which is what young fans will care about the most.
The sound is exactly what you would expect from a video game tie-in to a kids' TV show. The sound effects do their job well, but there's a sense that they could have been stronger. They're audible but would have benefited from being louder to lend more impact to each hit and explosion. The music does a fine job of conveying the mood of each environment and battle. Special notice has to be given for trying to re-create the quality and vibe heard in the title track and maintaining it through the game, especially since fans know that music doesn't appear that much in the series outside of the opening and ending credits.
As expected, the voices are the same ones used in the series, and most of the cast members seem comfortable reading their character lines and some basic tutorial text. For some reason, though, the tutorial lines delivered by Grandpa Max sound disjointed and incomplete. It becomes especially fragmented whenever a button or direction is announced, as you can tell the pauses and different vocal inflections given for each part that has to be said. It's distracting and should have been fixed before releasing to retail. The voices for the aliens are just as muffled as the sound effects. You have to strain to hear each alien say its name as it transforms, even though this doesn't occur in other versions of the game.
As stated time and time again in this review, the young fans of Ben 10 Alien Force: Vilgax Attacks will get the most enjoyment out of this game. For them, the adventure is good enough, and they have access to almost all of the different alien forms all of the time, which will make them enjoy it even more. The Wii version is almost on par with the next-generation versions, which is also a plus since the console usually ends up getting the short end of the stick. For the older fans, however, the title is another example of a mediocre kids' game. The adventure feels tedious, and the overall package seems like it doesn't have as much polish as it should in a few areas. Unless you know a young child who's a big fan of the series, it's best to rent this title in order to get your money's worth from the game.
Score: 6.5/10
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