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Los Angeles, CA. October 18, 2011 - Comic book publisher and entrepreneur Stan Lee has been selected by the Visual Effects Society (VES) Board of Directors as the recipient of the VES 2012 Lifetime Achievement Award. The award will be presented at the 10th Annual VES Awards, which will be held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills on February 7, 2012.
The VES Lifetime Achievement Award honors individuals whose "lifetime body of work has made a significant and lasting contribution to the art and/or science of the visual effects industry by way of artistry, invention and/or groundbreaking work." Stan Lee is known to millions as the man whose Super Heroes propelled Marvel Comics to its preeminent position in the comic book industry. His famous co-creations include SPIDER-MAN™, THE INCREDIBLE HULK™, X-MEN™, THE FANTASTIC FOUR™, IRON MAN™, DAREDEVIL™, THE AVENGERS™, SILVER SURFER™ and DR. STRANGE™, among many others. Lee first became publisher of Marvel Comics in 1972 and is presently the Chairman Emeritus of Marvel Enterprises, Inc. and a member of the Editorial Board of Marvel Comics. In 1977, he introduced SPIDER-MAN as a syndicated newspaper strip that went on to become the most successful of all syndicated adventure strips. SPIDER-MAN now appears in more than 500 newspapers worldwide -- making it the longest running of all Super Hero strips. Lee founded, and is currently Chief Creative Officer, of POW! Entertainment, where he continues to write and create new characters.
"Stan Lee's imagination has created a completely original and profitable niche in the entertainment world and has allowed visual effects to flex its muscle in service to it!" said VES Chair Jeffrey A. Okun. "Thanks to Mr. Lee's fantastic creations and amazing stories he not only created a future filled with gadgets and inventions that we aspire to create for real - but all while inspiring the minds and imaginations of storytellers, visual effects artists and computer wizards everywhere," added Okun.
"As a writer there is nothing more rewarding than to see your creations brought to life on the screen and I am indebted to all of the incredibly talented artists who have contributed to my projects," said Lee. "Visual effects have played a pivotal role in the ongoing success of Marvel's characters and allowed fans to experience their stories in an entirely new way. It is truly a great honor to receive this award from the Visual Effects Society."
Without question, Stan 'the Man' Lee has exerted more influence over the comic book industry than anyone in history. He created or co-created 90 percent of Marvel's recognized characters, which have been successfully licensed and marketed since 1965. The numbers are staggering -- more than 2 billion of his comic books have been published in 75 countries and in 25 languages.
In 1981 Stan Lee transformed his SPIDER-MAN and HULK creations into Saturday morning and syndicated television cartoons. When Marvel Comics and Marvel Productions were acquired by New World Entertainment in 1986, Stan's horizons expanded even further, giving him the opportunity to become more deeply involved in the creation and development of filmed projects for both the big and small screen. He supervised such diverse animated series as X-MEN, SPIDER-MAN and THE HULK. To date, Stan's characters have populated over 24 separate television series, all of which continue in syndication around the world.
In 2001, Stan founded POW! Entertainment, Inc. (OTCQB: POWN), a multi-media entertainment company, where he is creating a myriad of new characters, stories and franchises for traditional and emerging media.
Previous recipients of the VES Lifetime Achievement Award are
- George Lucas (2004)
- Robert Zemeckis (2005)
- Dennis Muren (2007)
- Steven Spielberg (2008)
- Kathleen Kennedy & Frank Marshall (2009)
- James Cameron (2010)
- Ray Harryhausen (2011).
VES is a professional, honorary society, dedicated to advancing the arts, sciences, and applications of visual effects and to upholding the highest uniform standards and procedures for the visual effects profession.
VES is the entertainment industry's only official organization representing the extended community of visual effects practitioners including supervisors, artists, producers, technology developers, educators and studio executives. Its 2,300 plus global members contribute to all areas of entertainment from film, television and commercials to music videos, games and new media. VES strives to enrich and educate its members and the entertainment community at large through many domestic and international events, screenings and programs.
POW! Entertainment, Inc. (OTCQB: POWN), a multi-media and entertainment company, was founded by noted comic book and entertainment figure Stan Lee, together with award-winning producer Gill Champion and intellectual property specialist Arthur Lieberman. POW!'s principals have extensive backgrounds in the entertainment industry encompassing the creation, production and licensing of original intellectual properties, including some of the most successful entertainment franchises of all time. POW! is capitalizing on this combined expertise, specializing in creating and developing both the legacy and digital media components of the entertainment industry. This includes animation and live-action feature films, plus television, DVDs, multi-media, merchandising and related ancillary markets, all of which contribute to global expansion. POW! partners with other individuals and entities of entertainment's top echelon, including studios and networks in the creation, licensing and distribution of new POW! character franchises. www.powentertainment.com.


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Measuring the unmeasurable.
Or as Hawk Harrelson says, you can't measure a player's heart.
And, it pains me to say it, he's right.
As proof, your Chicago Bulls. I am 1) speechless and 2) Even after Wednesday's meltdown, I'm all in.
I'm ordering a Nate Robinson jersey! I'm ordering a Jimmy Butler jersey! With "Buckets" on the back. Jimmy, has Hollywood called yet?
And a quick note on Tom Thibodeau. The guy finishes eighth in Coach of the Year voting? Um, sorry. The guy is the best coach in the league. Period.
I think I know how the Bulls are doing it. It's called Irrational Confidence and I want some!
It allows you to do everything!
With Irrational Confidence you can 1) Ask that cute girl out on a date! 2) Go ahead and get that fashion T-shirt … you're that cool! 3) Yeah! Get that tattoo of a bird on your arm! 4) Mohawk! Go for it!
These things don't matter because you have what Nate Robinson has! Keep shooting! On the court, and in life.
Scary thought one: I'm not even sure I want Derrick Rose back. It wrecks the narrative.
Scary thought two: Luol Deng remains out, the victim of "a spinal tap gone bad." I don't want to know anymore. I'm getting sick.
So heart and soul can beat talent, and we have ourselves a series. Remember that, Phil Emery, because all I kept hearing last week was how great this player's time was or how strong they were. Sounds weak to me.
Of course, the real trick is to have talent and heart. That's what the Blackhawks have. And that's why they'll be waiting for San Jose or Detroit. Rest up, guys.
The Blues would be fine, too, if it ever comes to that. A St. Louis team we can beat! Lord knows it's not the Cardinals. Winners of everything since the start of baseball, they are everything the Cubs strive for—and miss badly.
That's not changing, regardless of renovations.
Bag Boy is a RedEye special contributor.
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Adrenal crisis is a life-threatening condition. It is caused by a deficiency of a hormone called cortisol. Cortisol helps to keep the body in balance with influence over blood glucose levels, immune system, blood pressure, and more.
Cortisol is made in the adrenal glands which sit just above the kidney. However, the pituitary gland, which sits just below the brain, regulates how much cotrisol should be made.
Adrenal crisis may be caused by:
- Rapid withdrawal from steroid therapy
- Sepsis—a bloodstream infection
- Surgical stress
- Major illness, such as a heart attack, stroke, or pulmonary embolism
- Injury to the adrenal gland or surgical removal of adrenal gland
- Damage to pituitary gland from hemorrhage (bleeding), infarction, surgery, or trauma
- Thyroid hormone replacement in someone with adrenal insufficiency
Risk Factors
Factors that may increase your chance of adrenal crisis include:
- Septic shock
- Addison's disease
- Chronic or frequent use of steroid medications
- Tuberculosis or other granulomatous diseases
- History of multiple autoimmune glandular diseases
- Anti-coagulation therapy
Adrenal crisis may cause:
- Weakness
- Lightheadedness
- Feeling excessively tired
- Nausea and vomiting
- Loss of appetite
- Weight loss
- Abdominal pain
- High or low body temperature
- Confusion
- Diarrhea
You will be asked about your symptoms and medical history. A physical exam will be done. If the doctor suspects an adrenal crisis, the diagnosis will be confirmed through blood tests to look for abnormal levels of hormones, electrolytes, and blood sugar.
Images of pituitary or adrenal glands may be taken with MRI or CT scans.
Adrenal crisis is a very serious and potentially life threatening. People with adrenal crisis require immediate medical care.
Talk with your doctor about the best treatment plan for you. Treatment will include the following:
Fluid Replacement
Almost all people with adrenal crisis are dehydrated. Large amount of fluids containing sodium and other electrolytes will be needed.
Glucocorticoid replacement is needed in an adrenal crisis. If you are vomiting or unconscious, these medications will be given by injection or through an IV.
To help reduce your chance of an adrenal crisis:
- See your doctor if you are always tired, feel weak, or have had unexplained weight loss. Your doctor can test for a shortage of adrenal hormones. Early diagnosis and treatment may prevent a crisis.
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- If you have adrenal insufficiency, carry a medical ID card. Wear a bracelet that tells emergency workers about your problem.
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Jennifer Garner is Post-Halloween Happy
Ben Affleck and wife Jennifer Garner, take their daughter Violet Affleck out for a day on the town in New York City on Saturday morning.
For Halloween, Jennifer and Violet, 2, dressed up as canine friends Ted and Fred from the "Big Dog . . . Little Dog" book series.
Ben Affleck recently opened up about his high-profile engagement to Jennifer Lopez, saying they were "too accessible" to the media.
"I think Jen and I made a mistake in that we fell in love, we were excited and maybe too accessible," Affleck said. "I don't think either of us anticipated the degree to which it would take on a world of its own."


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Anja Niedringhaus, a courageous and immensely talented Associated Press photographer who has covered everything from sports to war, was killed while covering elections in Afghanistan on Friday.
Niedringhaus was in a car in eastern Afghanistan with AP reporter Kathy Gannon when, according to a freelancer who was with them, an Afghan policeman approached them, yelled "Allahu Akbar" — God is Great — and opened fire on them in the back seat with his AK-47. Niedringhaus was killed instantly and Gannon was wounded.
"Anja and Kathy together have spent years in Afghanistan covering the conflict and the people there. Anja was a vibrant, dynamic journalist well-loved for her insightful photographs, her warm heart and joy for life. We are heartbroken at her loss," said AP Executive Editor Kathleen Carroll, speaking in New York.
Niedringhaus has long been recognized for her expertise in gaining a subject's trust and photographing them with a style that is immediately recognizable. Her attention to detail, composition and light come together to not only tell insightful stories but also to create works of art.
Niedringhaus covered conflict zones including Kuwait, Iraq, Libya, Gaza and the West Bank during a 20-year stretch, beginning with the Balkans in the 1990s. She had traveled to Afghanistan numerous times since the 2001 U.S.-led invasion.
Niedringhaus, who also covered sports events around the globe, has received numerous awards for her works.
She was part of an AP team that won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize in breaking news photography for coverage of the war in Iraq, and was awarded the Courage in Journalism Award from the International Women's Media Foundation. She joined the AP in 2002 and had since been based in Geneva, Switzerland. From 2006 to 2007, she was awarded a Nieman Fellowship in journalism at Harvard University.
Here is a look at the work of Anja Niedringhaus, which touched many.
Although a reluctant participant in social media, Niedringhaus successfully engaged with the world through her recently created Twitter and Instagram accounts. Take a moment to visit them. Instagram: http://instagram.com/anjaniedringhaus Twitter: https://twitter.com/NiedringhausAP


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The not-so-subtle politicizing of science revealed by the Climategate affair, along with the alarmist and at times downright silly antics of some proponents of environmentalism (a word that has acquired numerous shades of creedal commitment), ought not drive reasonable people to abandon a sense of moral and civil obligation for the care and well-being of the planet.
The world that surrounds us and all the creatures upon it have human beings as their protector. The human family has a primordial calling to "care and tend the garden."
The point of conjecture now, however, is often over whether this world is indeed a garden – to be cultivated and tended, with care, reason and even love — or whether, as some of those gathered at the UN climate change conference in Copenhagen demonstrated last week, the world is best seen as a jungle, to be left wild, untouched by human hands and thereby preserved unsullied and uncontaminated.
In the vocabulary of too many environmentalists, humans appear as the greatest threat to creation, at times leaving the impression that the human family is the most unnatural thing in nature.
Even if one were inclined to believe that, for example, animals (or nature, for that matter) possess rights, the question would remain as to who would adjudicate such rights in the jungle. After all, to whom does Bambi appeal against the predatory penchants of the mountain lion?
The world and the people who inhabit it are at the center of the concern and love that is celebrated at Christmas. The controlling anthropology of the Nativity says that the human person, created in the image of the Creator, and the environment humans live in, is of such paramount importance to their Creator that He chose, in the fullness of time, to insinuate Himself into this world so as to rectify the effects of the disorder of creation brought about by human rebellion against the natural order and their origin.
This anthropology and cosmology presupposes that the creation has a purpose, having been designed by a rational mind that imbued it with meaning. Ask yourself which provides a more secure protection for the environment: this view of the natural world that contends that the order of the universe reflects the intentionality of a Creator who, in turn, entrusts beings created in his image to care for and bring forth from creation its flourishing through a kind of environmental stewardship; or, the belief that the world is a chance collision of inanimate material forces that somehow produced being with no intrinsic dignity much less an august vocation to tend and perfect creation.
If you can grasp the disparate approaches to life represented by these two ideas, then you can understand why the rejection of a secularism hostile to the transcendent is so critical, not merely for some kind of abstract "spiritual' reason, but for the concrete care of our world and for the construction of a civilization based not on some assemblage of facts, but on the meaning behind and underneath the facts.
Christmas is precisely that. In the narratives we will hear and read in our homes and in our churches (and sadly, less and less through our media), we will be reminded of a world of infinite value to God, created with love and care, and entrusted to the human family to be tended and brought to its proper fruition. This is the message of God's entrance into human history in the form of a vulnerable baby, born at a particular time and in a particular place, through the agency of a particular woman. It is the story of the Word who created the world, and who was rejected by that world.
The Incarnation of Christ in human form offers hope and solace to all "who dwell in darkness and the power of death." It is this belief that protects, sustains and gives meaning – to our environment, and to much, much more.
How sad that message did not seem to be heard in Copenhagen.
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Orlando Pre-Draft Camp Day 1Posted by rtmsf on May 28th, 2008
This week (Tues-Fri) is the all-important Orlando Pre-Draft Camp, the place where marginal second-round picks can become late first-rounders overnight, and all the other garbage players who weren't going to get drafted anyway can prove their unworthiness in front of a collection of NBA types in attendance. Still, there's always at least a handful of players who benefit from this event – last year Jared Dudley and Daequan Cook probably wouldn't have gone in the first round but for strong showings, and Ramon Sessions, Stephane Lasme and Demetris Nichols may not have been drafted at all. Not to mention we always get to learn who can't do a bench press to save his life (yes, that means you, KD).
Since we're not there, we'll have to rely on updates from the various NBA draftniks who are doing yeoman's work sitting through these glorified pickup games this week. But first, let's get educated on who is there, who isn't there and what they'll be doing.
Will Trent Plaisted or Sasha Kaun Parlay Orlando into the First Round? (photo credit: Orlando Sentinel)
The 15 players selected by NBA scouts for the "elite" list will only go through physicals and measurements, as they are expected to be high first-round picks. Expect to see our analysis of these players' physical numbers later this week. These players are:
- Joe Alexander, WVU
- Darrell Arthur, Kansas
- Jerryd Bayless, Arizona
- Michael Beasley, Kansas St.
- Eric Gordon, Indiana
- Donte Greene, Syracuse
- DeAndre Jordan, Texas A&M
- Brook Lopez, Stanford
- Kevin Love, UCLA
- OJ Mayo, USC
- Javale McGee, Nevada
- Anthony Randolph, LSU
- Derrick Rose, Memphis
- Russell Westbrook, UCLA
Several players took offense at not being placed on the 'elite' list and will bypass the camp altogether. These players are:
- Chase Budinger, Arizona
- Mario Chalmers, Kansas
- Chris Douglas-Roberts, Memphis
- Jamont Gordon, Mississippi St.
- Roy Hibbert, Georgetown
- JJ Hickson, NC State
- Kosta Koufos, Ohio St.
- Robin Lopez, Stanford
- Marreese Speights, Florida
- Bill Walker, Kansas St.
- Kyle Weaver, Washington St.
- DJ White, Indiana
Finally, there are 64 additional players who will actually participate in the camp, led by the following notables (if you're interested in the Orlando rosters, check here):
- Brian Butch, Wisconsin
- Pat Calathes, St. Joseph's
- Joe Crawford, Kentucky
- Joey Dorsey, Memphis
- Josh Duncan, Texas A&M
- Wayne Ellington, UNC
- Shan Foster, Vanderbilt
- JR Giddens, New Mexico
- Kentrell Gransberry, S. Florida
- Malik Hairston, Oregon
- George Hill, IUPUI
- Davon Jefferson, USC
- Sasha Kaun, Kansas
- Ty Lawson, UNC
- Luc Richard Mbah a Moute, UCLA
- Drew Neitzel, Michigan St.
- DeMarcus Nelson, Duke
- David Padgett, Louisville
- Jeremy Pargo, Gonzaga
- Trent Plaisted, BYU
- Sean Singletary, Virginia
- Ronald Steele, Alabama
- Deron Washington, Virginia Tech
Sean Singletary & Ramel Bradley Mix It Up (photo credit: Orlando Sentinel)
Finally, to the action. Here are some tidbits from Tuesday night, which consisted entirely of drills (Wed-Fri will have game action).
- Jeff Goodman reports that Alabama guard Ronald Steele is still favoring his bum reconstructed knee, and looks to have no chance at getting drafted this year. He also says that New Mexico forward and former Jayhawk JR Giddens looks fantastic and is ready to show off his eye-popping athleticism this week.
- Jonathan Givony of DraftExpress (via Yahoo) reports that players generally looked nervous on Tuesday night – Wayne Ellington and Shan Foster had trouble finding their strokes, and there were a boatload of mishandled passes. Brian Roberts of Dayton appears to have had the best overall night, exhibiting quick hands and an ability to initiate an offense as a poing guard (his position at the next level).
- Carolina fans can't like hearing this – Ty Lawson, Wayne Ellington and Danny Green all scoff at the idea of 'testing the waters.' According to Andy Katz, each player is at the camp to get drafted, not just to see how they stack up with their peers. Great quote from Green: "I'm not in Tyler [Hansbrough's] situation," Green said. "He's breaking records, and he has money. I'm not broke-poor, but my family doesn't have as much as Tyler. He's more fortunate, and I'm trying to do what's best for my family."
- One thing to remember throughout all of this scouting – it's often more art than science, according to Chris Ekstrand, publisher of the NBA Draft Guide. Ten years from now, "there's going to be some kid who went with pick No. 37 who turns out to be a big-time player, and somebody who gets picked between 10 and 15 who doesn't play two years."
Reports from Day 2 are already coming in… we'll post more tidbits soon.
Update: See our summary of Day 2 here and Days 3 & 4 of the Orlando Pre-Draft Camp here.


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Trac Story Point Plugin
A simple plugin that adds custom fields for Story Point Estimates, Ticket Completed Date and User Story Keyword field. It also disables Reports in favor of custom ticket queries in so tickets can be viewed to include the custom fields. Lastly it provides a set of additional ticket query wiki macros that allow you to aggregate and report on various Story Point totals.
Bugs/Feature Requests
Existing bugs and feature requests for TracStoryPointsPlugin are here.
If you have any issues, create a new ticket.
Download the zipped source from [download:tracstorypointsplugin here].
You can check out TracStoryPointsPlugin from here using Subversion, or browse the source with Trac.
Use for tracking tasked that need to be estimated in Story Points.
Recent Changes
- 7403 by Streamweaver on 2010-01-14 20:15:09
Minor Bug Fixes to WikiMacros and improved License text.
- 7402 by Streamweaver on 2010-01-14 20:13:59
Creating Tags Folder.
- 7401 by Streamweaver on 2010-01-14 20:13:35
Creating Branches folder
Author: Streamweaver
Maintainer: Streamweaver
General Documentation
From the README.TXT
This plug-in aims to provide some very simple support for story point estimation and tracking.
This plug-in adds the following fields to Trac Tickets by adding them to the trac.ini file for the site.
Storypoints - Drop-down field listing story point values. The values used
can be customized in the sites trac.ini file if needed.
field name: storypoints
Date Completed - A text field to enter the date a ticked is completed.
Format must be mm/dd/YYYY. See notes below for adding
a plug-in for a calander widget to this field.
fieldname: completed
User Story - A text field to enter in a keyword to associate this with a
particular user story. fieldname: userstory
This plug-in deactivates the legacy trac reports system in favor of the new ticket query system. This allows custom querying of tickets and ticket fields so the additional ticket fields can be easily displayed.
See http://trac.edgewall.org/wiki/TracReports for more Information on Trac Reports versus Trac Query module.
This plug-in provides improved Trac Ticket Query Wiki Macros as well as additional formats for the query. It it important to understand this behaves just like normal Track Ticket Queries with some additional options.
For More information o Trac Ticket Query Wiki Macros see http://trac.edgewall.org/wiki/TracQuery
To use the expanded TICKET QUERY macros use SpTicketQuery instead of TickeyQuery
ADDITIONAL FEATURES OF SpTicketQuery
In standard TicketQuery macros you can add additional column to table format by specifying a col attribute. This plug-in extends that to list format as well, appending additional fields as annotations at the end of the summary.
For example:
[[SpTicketQuery(milestone=User Dashboard, format=list,col=id|summary|storypoints|completed)]]
SpTicketQuery also provides several new formats for the ticket query, related to story point reporting.
These additional formats are:
- format=total - Returns the total story points for all tickets in the query.
- format=completed - Returns the total story points of all closed tickets in a query.
- format=remaining - Returns the total story points of all non-closed tickets in a query.
- format=storypoints - Returns a string summarizing total, completed and remaining story
points for all tickets in a query.
example: 16.0 Total Story Points with 13.0 Completed and 3.0 Remaining.
Trac plug-ins are installed as python eggs and this plugin requires no special installation. See http://trac.edgewall.org/wiki/TracPlugins for more information.
In a nutshell just upload and activate the python egg via your trac sites admin > plugins page. Alternatively running easy_install on the egg file to install the plugin and make it available for all sites in a trac multi- site installation.
If you are installing from source just checkout the source and run 'python setup.py bdist_egg' to create an egg file. You can locate the resulting egg file from the output of the bdist buffer.
Deactivate the plug-in in the admin section for your individual site. Then modify site site trac.ini file to remove custom fields added by the plug-in under the [ticket-custom] section.
The lines to remove should look something like this:
completed = text
completed.label = Date Completed
completed.order = 9110
storypoints = select
storypoints.label = Storypoints
storypoints.options = |0|0.5|1|2|3|5|8|13|21|34|55
storypoints.order = 9100
userstory = text
userstory.label = User Story
userstory.order = 9120
CalendarPopUpPlugin (http://trac-hacks.org/wiki/CalendarPopUpPlugin)
Provides a convenient javascript calendar widget that lets you select dates for fields in trac. This can be convenient for use in the completed date filed of trac tickets using the TracStoryPoint plugin.
To configure this for use install it as usual and add the following lines to your sites trac.ini file:


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PaulaBarr Chelsea Pictured above is Paper Dolls by Darryl Starr. This and other works will be on view including paintings, tableaux and editioned floor pieces. The featured work is Blue Moon, a reaction to the harrowing times of war. Thru Dec. 23, Thurs. Sat. from 11am-6pm & Sun. from 12-6pm. PaulaBarr Chelsea, 526 W. 26th St.-9G. 212-691-9482.
POOL OF RADIANCE A collection of works curated by Marco Antonini inspired by the fantastic, fablistic imagination that ensues when the need for a getaway cannot be fulfilled in everyday reality. Pictured above is Swamp Walkers by Hanna Liden. Through Dec. 21, Tues. through Sat. from 11am 6pm. Broadway Gallery, 473 Broadway. 212-274-8993.
American primitive gallery, 594 Broadway, #205, Mon.-Sat., 11 a.m.-6 p.m., 212-966-1530: Roadside Attractions, group show, through Dec. 23.
Ansonia windows, Corner of 6th Ave. & West 10th St., 24 hours, 7 days, 212-239-5233: Clouds & Fog, b&w photographs by PAUL ORATOFSKY, through Dec.
Anton kern gallery, 532 W. 20th St., Tue.-Sat., 10 a.m.-6 p.m., 212-367-9663: Marvel, paintings by EBERHARD HAVEKOST, through Jan. 15.
Apexart, 291 Church St., Tue.-Sat., 11 a.m.-6 p.m., 212-431-5270: Drafting Deciet, group exhibition curated by Marta Kuzma, through Dec. 22.
Baruch college, Mishkin Gallery, 135 E. 22nd St., Mon.-Fri., noon-5 p.m., Thu., noon-7 p.m., 212-802-2690: Refiguring the Photograph: the Human Form as Subject and Object, group exhibition from the permanent collection, through Dec. 15.
Bolivar arellano gallery, 420 E. 9th St., call for hours, 212-341-9796: Last Sessions, photgraphy of John Lennon and Yoko Ono by ALLAN TANNENBAUM, through Dec. 21.
Built, 22 Howard St., Mon.-Sat., 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Sun., 11 a.m.-6 p.m., 212-226-1466: Sensation of Space, photographic collage by HSIANG LIN, through Dec.
Cavin Morris gallery, 560 Broadway, Tue.-Sat., 11 a.m.-6 p.m., 212-226-3768: Japanese country Textiles, group exhibition, through Jan. 1.
Cheryl pelavin fine arts LLC., 13 Jay St., Tue.-Sat., 11 a.m.-6 p.m., 212-925-9424: Seed, new paintings by TAMARA GONZALES, through Jan. 8.
Cofa/claire olive fine art, 529 W. 20th St., call for hours, 212-929-5949: Reliquaries, sculptural objects by CARSON FOX, through Jan. 22.
Denise bibro fine art, 529 W. 20th St., 4th fl., call for hours, 212-647-7030: JOHN HREHOV, recent paintings; TOM SIME, new works in resin & wax; MARK HADJIPATERAS, works on paper, all through Jan. 15.
dfn gallery, 176 Franklin St., Mon.-Sat., 11 a.m.-7 p.m., 212-334-3400: NYC, group exhibition of various work about New York City,, through Jan. 29.
The drawing center, 35 Wooster St., Tue.-Fri., 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Sat., 11 a.m.-6 p.m., 212-219-2166: Field of Color: Tantra Drawings from India, anonymous drawings, through Jan. 22; Its a Room for 3 People, drawings by RICHARD TUTTLE, through Feb. 26.
THE EDUCATIONAL ALLIANCE art school & gallery, 197 E. Broadway, Mon.-Thu., 10 a.m.-9 a.m., Fri.-Sun., 10 a.m.-5 p.m., 212-780-2300: Painting the Lower East Side, a group exhibition of 20 artists who live or work below Delancey St., through Jan. 6.
Elizabeth harris gallery, 529 W. 20th St., Tue.-Sat., 10 a.m.-6 p.m., 212-463-9666: LISA HOKE, installation, through Dec. 23.
Franklin 54 gallery, 54-56 Franklin St., Wed.-Sat., 11 a.m.-6 p.m., or by appointment, 212-732-0009: Landscapes & Travels, landscape paintings by CHARLES & ROSETTA BENTZ, through Dec. 31.
Fresh art, 548 Broadway, 3rd fl., Thu.-Fri., 5-8 p.m., Sat.-Sun., noon-6 p.m., 646-262-3273: Fresh Reflections, photo exhibition by ten teenage members of the Lower Eastside Girls Club, through Dec. 23.
Fusionarts museum, 57 Stanton St., call for hours, 212-995-5290: Then & Now, Lower East Side art in this group exhibition of NYC artists, through Mar. 20.
Gallery viet nam, 345 Greenwich St., Mon.-Sat., 11 a.m.-10:30 p.m., Sun., 5-10 p.m., 212-431-5888: In addition to the usual exhibitions of Vietnamese artists, the new VietCafe is now open & will offer a place to enjoy the gallery as a lounge.
Go fish gallery, 675 Hudson St., #4N, call for hours, 212-925-1111: Dec. 7-One night only exhibition & performance by GRANITE, featuring 15 new paintings & performances by knife-throwers & cartoonists, noon-10 p.m.
Greenwich house pottery, 16 Jones St., Tue.-Sat., noon-6 p.m., or by appointment, 212-242-4106: Made in Clay 2004, annual benefit group exhibition and sale, through Dec. 22.
Hebrew union college, One W. Fourth St., Mon.-Thu., 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Fri., 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Sun., 10 a.m.-2 p.m., 212-824-2205: The Mikvah Project, photographs by JANICE RUBIN, through Jan. 12; Promised Land, photographs by CHANAN GETRAIDE, through Jan. 14.
Hospital audiences inc., 548 Broadway, 3rd fl., Mon.-Sat., noon-6 p.m., 212-575-7696: Comic Relief: Outsider Artists Take on the Superheroes, group exhibition of outsider artists take on super heroes, through Dec. 18.
June kelly gallery, 591 Broadway, Tue.-Sat., 11 a.m.-6 p.m., 212-226-1660: Parting the Air,edgy expressionist paintings by FRANCES HYNES, through Jan. 18.
Kenkeleba house, inc., Wilmer Jennings Gallery, 219 E. Second St., Wed.-Sat., 11 a.m.-6 p.m., 212-674-3939: Slang, new works by GREGORY COATES, through Dec. 18; Chance and Other Musings, paintings, drawings and prints by JOYCE WELLMAN, through Dec. 18.
The kitchen, 512 W. 19th St., call for hours, 212-255-5793: Dialogo, video installations by SILVIA GRUNER & JULIO OROZCO, also included is a selection of art from Mexican Media Art Fellows, through Dec. 18.
Latin collector, 153 Hudson St., call for hours, 212-334-7813: Armory-Chrysler Project, new work by JACOBO BORGES, through Jan. 18.
Location one, 26 Greene St., Tue.-Sat., noon-6 p.m., 212-334-3347: Skin & Control, two installations by CHRIS CSIKSZENTMIHALYI, through Dec. 30; CECILE PARIS, four video works, through Jan. 15.
The lower east side tenement museum, LMCC, 91 Orchard St., call for hours, 212-431-0714: Points of Entry - Regarding the Mihrab, storefront installation; permanent exhibitions about the tenement history on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, ongoing.
Maiden lane exhibition space, 125 Maiden Lane, daily, 9 a.m.-6 p.m., 212-785-3608: Myriad of Views, sculpture by TADASHI HASHIMOTO, through Jan. 27.
Manhattan graphics center, 481 Washington St., Mon., 6-10 p.m., Tue.-Fri., 10 a.m.-10 p.m., Sat.-Sun., 10 a.m.-6 p.m., 212-219-8783: Members exhibition, from Dec. 18 on.
Merchants house museum, 29 E. Fourth St., call for hours, 212-777-1089: A Mid 19th-Century Christmas in New York City, where the museum will be decorated for the holiday just like it would have been 150 years ago in the traditional style of the period, through Jan. 10.
Michael ingbar Gallery of architectural art, 568 Broadway, Tue.-Sat., noon-6 p.m., 212-334-1100: Resp-ledent Light, color photography by CHRISTOPHER BURKETT, through Dec. 22.
Mimi ferzt gallery, 114 Prince St., Mon.-Wed., 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Thu.-Sat., 10 a.m.-7 p.m., Sun., 11 a.m.-7 p.m., 212-343-9377: En Personne, works on paper by BORIS ZABOROV, through Dec. 19.
Museum of chinese in the americas, 70 Mulberry St., 2nd fl., Tue.-Sun., noon-6 p.m., Fri., noon-7 p.m., 212-619-4785: Living Through History: Chinatown Stories, large collection, open ended; Have You Eaten Yet? - The Chinese Restaurant in America, historical exhibition, through June 2005.
Nancy hoffman gallery, 429 W. Broadway, call for hours, 212-966-6676: Fractional, new paintings by LINDA MIEKO ALLEN, through Jan. 4; JIM SULLIVAN, landscape paintings, through Jan. 4.
The national arts club, 15 Gramercy Park South, call for hours, 212-475-3424: Uncompromising Courage, various works expressing the personal triumph of Falun Gong despite Chinese repression & torture, through Dec.
New York Public Library, Muhlenberg Branch, 209 W. 23rd St., call for hours, 212-924-1585: Chel-Sea, Rapid Transit. Jersey Shore, work by ANNA HARTMAN WALTER, through Dec.31.
Nix gallery, 404 Reade St., Thu.-Sun., noon-6 p.m., 212-267-8100: Circular Convergence, group exhibition of paintings, through Dec. 18.
NYU broadway windows, 80 Washington Square East, 24 hours/7 days a week, 212-998-5751: The Wheel Series, sculpture by RAFFAEL LOMAS, through Jan. 3.
NYU downtown hospital, 170 William St., call for hours, 917-522-1326: The Healing Power of Art, paintings by the residents of the Hallmark, through Dec.
The painting center, 52 Greene St., Tue.-Sat., 11 a.m.-6 p.m., 212-243-1060: Nature Abstracted, group exhibition of abstract paintings curated by Emily Berger, through Dec. 23.
The pen & brush Inc., 16 E. 10th St., penandbrush.org for hours and information: Call for entries-59th Annual Juried Sculpture Exhibition, April 1-19, 2005, open to all women sculptor, submit up to 3 slides/$45 non-refundable entry fee, 3-dimensional bas relief & medals, cash awards, send s.a.s.e. to Barbara Carlsen, Sculpture Show, Pen & Brush, 16 E. 10th St., Ny, NY, 10003 or go to website, deadline Feb. 15.
Phyllis kind gallery, 136 Greene St., Tue.-Sat., 10 a.m.-6 p.m., 212-925-1200: War & Peace, new work by VICTOR FACCINTO, through Dec.
Remy toledo gallery, 529 W. 20th St., 8th fl., Tue.-Sat., 11 a.m.-6 p.m., 212-242-7552: Reflections, painting & photography by LEO CORREA, through Dec. 22.
Ricco maresca gallery, 529 W. 20th St., 3rd fl., Tue.-Sat., 11 a.m.-6 p.m., 212-627-5117: Heart Beats Dust, mixed media on photography by JOEL-PETER WITKIN, through Dec. 31; Quartet, installation by MAX STREICHER, through Dec. 31.
Robin Rice gallery, 325 W. 11th St., Thu.-Sat., 1-7 p.m., Sun., 1-6 p.m., or by appointment, 631-537-1002: JOHN DOLAN, photographs, through Dec. 20.
Ronald feldman fine arts, 31 Mercer St., Tue.-Sat., 10 a.m.-6 p.m., 212-226-3232: CONRAD ATKINSON & TODD SILER, 2 separate installations, through Dec. 24.
Salmagundi club, 47 Fifth Ave., daily, 1-5 p.m., 212-255-7740: Thumb Box Show, annual exhibition of small paintings in numerous media, through Dec. 31.
SVA (School of visual arts) gallery, 209 E. 23rd St., Mon.-Thu., 9 a.m.-8 p.m., Fri.-Sat., 9 a.m.-5 p.m., 212-592-2010: Can I Take Your Order (The Art of Fine Dining), 3-D graphic design of restaurants & place settings by students, Dec. 16-Jan. 19.
Soho photo, 15 White St., Thu., 6-8 p.m., Fri.-Sun., 1-6 p.m., or by appointment, 212-226-8571: Chaco Canyon & Beyond: The Geometry of Light, photography by GISA INDENBAUM, through Jan. 1; Mysterious Monuments of the Anasazi, photographs by RUTH FORMANEK, through Jan. 1.
Staley wise gallery, 560 Broadway, Tue.-Sat., 11 a.m.-6 p.m., 212-966-6223: NORMAN PARKINSON, a retrospective of 70 years of fashion photography, through Jan. 29.
Streits Matzos, 148-154 Rivington St., varying hours & by appointment, 212-677-0876: Grand opening of The Matzo Files, an open ended group exhibition of over 250 artists presented in boxes & files, with a rotating selection of featured, curated art shows, call for more information or go to matzofiles.org for more information, an alternative, non-profit organization supporting local & outside artists who are emerging, all work is for sale.
Studio 18 gallery, 18 Warren St., Wed.-Sat., 1-6 p.m., 212-385-6734: The December Show, group exhibition, through Dec. 31.
Sunshine factory cafe and gallery, 11 Essex St., Mon.-Fri., 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m., Sun., 9 a.m.-5 p.m., 212-420-7240: Breraking Boundaries: Part II - More Graffiti and Graf-Inspired Artwork, group exhibition, through Dec. 31.
Swiss institute of contemporary art, 495 Broadway, 3rd fl., Tue.-Sat., 11 a.m.-6 p.m., 212-925-2040: None of the Above, group exhibition curated by John Armleder, through Jan. 15.
Synagogue for the arts, 49 White St., Mon., Wed.-Thu., 1-5 p.m., Tue., 1-7 p.m., or by appointment, 212-966-7141: A Decade of Artists at the Synagogue for the Arts, group exhibition, through Jan. 9, 2005.
A taste of art, Mon.-Fri., noon-8 p.m., 212-964-5493: Lace Studies, mixed media works by JOHN SCRIBNER, through Jan. 10.
Tracy williams ltd., 313 W. 4th St., Tue.-Sat., 11 a.m.-6 p.m., 212-229-2757: OUTTARA WATTS, new paintings, through Dec. 23.
Westbeth arts gallery, 155 Bank St., Thu.-Sun., 1-6 p.m., 212-989-4650: Annual Holiday show, painting, watercolor and prints, group exhibition, through Dec. 26.
Notable Spaces:
Abrons arts center, Henry Street Settlement, 466 Grand St., 212-598-0400.
American indian community house inc., 708 Broadway, 212-598-0100.
Art in general, 79 Walker St., 212-219-0473.
Atlantic gallery, 40 Wooster St., 212-219-3183.
Bellwether, 134 Tenth Ave., Tue.-Sat., 212-929-5959.
Center for architecture, 536 LaGuardia Place, 212-358-6126.
Claire oliver fine art, 529 W. 20th St., 212-929-5949.
Fraunces tavern museum, 54 Pearl St., 212-425-1778.
Leica gallery, 670 Broadway, 212-777-3051.
Multiple impressions, 128 Spring St., 212-925-1313.
NEW YORK CITY FIRE MUSEUM, 278 Spring St., 212-691-1303.
NYU grey art gallery, 100 Washington Sq. East, 212-998-6780.
Peter blum gallery, 99 Wooster St., Tue.-Fri., 212-343-0523.
Posteritati Movie posters, 239 Centre St., 212-226-2207.
SOUTH STREET SEAPORT MUSEUM, Schermerhorn Row Galleries, 12 Fulton St, 212-748-8600:
The tenement museum, 90 Orchard St., 212-431-0233.
Terrain Gallery/Aesthetic realism foundation, 141 Greene St., 212-777-4490.
Tisch school of the arts, Gulf & Western Gallery & Department of Photography and Imaging Gallery, 721 Broadway, main floor and 8th floor, 212-998-1930.
White box annex, 601 W. 26th St., 14th fl., 646-638-3785.
Yeshiva university museum, 15 West 16th St., Tue.-Thu., Sun., 11 a.m.-5 p.m., 212 -294-8330
OUATTARA WATTS New Paintings will be on display thru Dec. 23 at Tracy Williams, Ltd., 313 W. 4th St. Hours are Tues. Sat. from 11-6. 212-229-2757.
BREAKING BOUNDARIES: PART II More graf and graf-inspired art by artists crossing cultures, traditions and genres. Sunshine Factory Cafe and Gallery, 11 Essex St. Thru Dec. 31. 917-562-8468.
THE RECTORY A sculpture in silver by Louise Bourgeois to be sold for the benefit of St. Peters Episcopal Church. The sculpture may be viewed during the artists exhibition, The Reticent Child, at Cheim & Read, 547 W. 25th St. thru Dec. 31. 212-242-7727.
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In a new interview with Intouch magazine, Gretchen Rossi opens up about her battle with an eating disorder. Gretchen reveals she has suffered from bulimia since high school. The Real Housewife of Orange County star has since recovered through therapy and self acceptance.
"I got healthy," Gretchen reveals. "I was a lot heavier back in high school and in college. I wasn't even fat, I was only 130 pounds. But compared to what I look like now at 115 pounds, I thought I looked fat."
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Gretchen, who made the headlines when some explicit photos of her were released online this summer, reveals that suffering from an eating disorder was tough. "My best friend busted me in the bathroom, and then my parents found out," Gretchen says. "That's when I decided to seek therapy."
She adds: "I decided that I was going to make a difference, and I went and got my personal training license and nutritional license. Then I worked as a personal trainer, nutritionist and aerobics instructor."
Even though Gretchen has a body most women will die for, she still hates her thighs. "I don't like my legs at all. I hate my legs. I have just always wanted skinnier thighs. My thighs kill me," says Gretchen. As for her favorite body part, Gretchen says, "My boyfriend , Slade, gives me the compliment that my butt is my best feature, so I try and make sure by butt looks cute in whatever I have on."
Gretchen is also proud of the fact that she is plastic surgery free. "I have not had any plastic surgery whatsoever," she says. "This is the best weight I've ever been at, and this is the best I feel like I've ever looked. I feel toned and healthy and good. And it took a little bit to get to that place, but I'm grateful I'm finally at that place."
As for her advice to other women going through the same thing, she advises, "Get right with yourself and with God, because if you have that in your life, everything else will fall into place."
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I bought this Lenovo Thinkpad T410 laptop 2 weeks ago and I am totally disappointed with this purchase. It is biggest piece of junk I ever spent my money on. I would never recommend Thinkpad for following reasons:
1. Processing speed sucks - I had an acer and a hp before. Both were less than $500 less, and had core 2 duo processors. HP IS atleast 1.5 times faster and acer was slightly faster than this Thinkpad with i5 560 M processor. What a shame.
2. Wireless is a digrace - I added Intel centrino 6200 instead of default thinkpad bgn, for better wireless coverage and faster speed when I am on my WLAN with 30Mbps plan and 2 users. I am so much disappointed by the performance. This laptop is atleast 2 times slower than the HP I mentioned before and even acer was faster than this. If I move my laptop even 6 inch, the signal drops for few seconds and then regain again. I am so surprised, how can this be called a Business Laptop.
3. Sceen is difficult to clean. While presentation, I touched the screen to show designs and the strain is still there, even after using cleansing lotions and dry cloth.
4. CD/DVD writer is awfully loud - It is embarrasing, when you write a CD/DVD in front of clients or peers. It is so loud, that it disturbs everybody in the nearby cubicles.
5. Speakers are useless - Unfortunately, I realized it the harder way. While another client presentation, I had to show them product's you tube campaign and the speakers were not good enough to be heard by clients sitting 15-25 feets away. The same video was far better on my friends Dell Inspiron laptop.
There are more small things which will vex you and bug you to your life. But for justice sake, here are some good features:
1. Fast boot time when woke up from sleep mode. Within few secs it come up and you can continue working.
2. Okayish battery performance - Upto the product line standard. Consumes very little energy in sleep mode and good power saver strategies.
3. Nice Keyboard Layout - Good to type but do not like Fn key in place of Cntrl key. That change is stupid and unnecessary.
4. Light in weight - I carry it a lot and its weight is of special importance to me and many other back packers or travellers.
All in all I would NEVER recommend it to Business People, Developers, Designers, students or ANY BODY for that matter. I spend more than a grand on this piece of s*** and I am totally pissed. My HP sucked with the battery and system heat but was atleast a good performer and smooth machine if put on a dock, this piece of s*** is junk and of no use.
This is about T410, I dont know about W series or X series. W series could be better than this. I wish if i could replace it with W510, but dont think so.
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Please don't eat me said the first goat, my brother is coming and he is much bigger and will provide a better lunch.
Hopefully we can sort some of these problems out.
1. The i5-560M is a plenty fast CPU. By what metric are you claiming the HP and Acer to be faster?
2. Try updating your drivers with ThinkVantage System Update. Also, check if your wireless performance is set to Max Performance in Power Manager.
3. Use a damp cloth; fingerprints wipe right off. A dry cloth tends to smear it around.
4. Power Manager lets you set the performance/noise level ratio for the optical drive. I have mine set to Silent, but I never use it anyway.
5. Speakers tend to suck on ThinkPads, but with something like SRS HD Audio Labs, you can boost the perceived volume ('perceived' being the key word). Fortunately, some of the newer 2011 ThinkPads are getting Dolby-certified speakers.
1. Resuming from sleep should take about a second. Hibernate takes longer by nature.
2. There are some tricks to improving battery life. Do you have the discrete, integrate, or Optimus model of the T410?
3. The Fn key has always been on the left on ThinkPads (AFAIK). You can toggle it in BIOS, but the keycaps will still read Fn-Ctrl. Some prefer it one way, some prefer it the other.
Hope this helps!
Haha !
Thanks O'Neill,
Appreciate your reply and suggestions.
I did updated my system using ThinkVantage.. I do experience slight performance decrease. Most of the updates were related to security and risk / recovery. I do appreciate the suggestion though, since these updates were necessary.
I used screen cleansing wipes and used dry cloth after that. But I am still at loss.
System is silent most of the times. Thats one good thing about this T410, my HP was loud all the time. But when I write CD/DVD, the whole burning process is loud and the system vibrates so much that its difficult to ignore. Speed of writing DVD is super fast though, but I dont know if that is a valid trade-off.
I wasn't expecting much from the Thinkpad speakers. Only quality voice which could be heard in a small meeting room of lets say 15 ft by 15 ft. I knew TP is not an entertainment PC, but when it is tagged as business laptop, I assumed this is a genuine expectation. Dolby certification will bring credibility to the speaker quality, I would support that thought.
I have T410 with integrated graphics model.
I do lot of .NET Development, so I use Cntrl key quite often. Although I got used to of this new layout pretty quicly, still believe that Contrl key should be at the bottom right corner. Its not a deal breaker thing though.
Pardon me for my incomplete response. Application start-ups (MS Office, Visual Studio, Outlook, and JetBrains (again an IDE for JScript) and MS Visual studio compiling and debugging is slower than HP. (I do not use acer for App dev much). I was almost satisfied with the performance of HP dv2000, the major problems were system used to get over heated, it was difficult to type on it without sour fist and the screen was giving problems. Hence I bought this T410 with expectations of getting even better performance (in terms of app start-up and faster building/debugging of .net applications), silent operations and cleaner display. I am not too disappointed with the display (I liked the width*height ratio and brightness) and am quite happy with the silent performance.
Carson Laptop screen cleaner did the trick for cleaning the screen. Since the display screen is lower than the surface level, the dirt used to get accumulated at the corners, but now it sticks with the cleaner and wipes off. So this problem is solved.
Aha, so I can make it silent. Thanks a lot for this solution. It is not embarrassing now.
Any suggestions for enhancing my wi-fi card's capability ? I have intel centrino 6200, but the speed is significantly less than my HP. I am using T410 as my primary laptop and wish if it has faster or atleast same internet speed as my HP. When I added intel 6200, my perception was that since this card has 2 antennas, theoritically, it must have capability to receive twice the number of packets. But apparently I am wrong. Am I missing any tweak ? I do not care much about the power if I am plugged in, if there is any setting I could put.
I ran powercfg - energy and there were some really good suggestion to maximize battery performance, like:
Power PolicyCI Express ASPM is disabled (Plugged In)
Power Policy:Minimum processor performance state is 100% (On Battery)
and there were some 8 more errors because I have set my system to maximum performance and have disabled some USB devices to go to sleep mode. But I did them. I am quite impressed with the power management module of ThinkVantage and due to enhanced experience program with Win7, I think power management is one of the strength of ThinkPad.
Is there any way I could put my system in boosted mode for sometime (esp. when I am writing programs or testing applications) ?
I believe the valuable information you gave in this thread should be read by prospective or current TP users. My apologies for putting it under such outrageous heading. I was quite disappointed. I am sorry for that.
You know, asking for help seems like it was a great alternative to immediately claiming your ThinkPad was a huge disappointment, eh?
P.S. There's a bunch of folks trying to give you help over at NotebookReview, though they haven't seen you since your first post stating your disappointment.
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The China-US sorpasso is looming. I do not mean the much-exaggerated moment when China's GDP will overtake America's GDP – which may not happen in the lifetime of anybody reading this blog post – as China slows to more pedestrian growth rates (an objective of premier Li Keqiang.)
The sorpasso may instead be the ominous moment when China's debt ratios overtake the arch-debtor itself.
I had presumed that this inflection point was still a very long way off, but a new report from Stephen Green at Standard Chartered argues that China's aggregate debt level has reached 251 per cent of GDP, as of June.
This is up 20 percentage points of GDP since late 2013. The total is much higher than normal estimates, though it tallies with what I have heard privately from officials at the IMF and the BIS.
Mr Green – a highly-respected China veteran – includes total social financing (TSF), offshore cross-border bank borrowing (a story that we are going to hear a lot about), bond issuance, shadow banking of various kinds, and government debt.
The ratio has risen by 100 percentage points of GDP over the last five years. As Fitch has argued out in the past, this is more than double the rise seen in Japan over the five years before the Nikkei bubble burst in 1990, or in the US before subprime blew up in 2007, or in Korea before the Asian financial crisis.
It is the speed of the rise that worries credit rating agencies and regulators – including many at the Chinese central bank – as much as the volume itself. Though China is scary on both fronts. It has pushed debt to $26 trillion, more than the entire commercial banking systems of the US and Japan combined. The scale obviously has global ramifications.
The FT's Jamil Anderlini points out here that the figure is very high for an emerging economy.
Mature economies can handle a higher debt ratio for all kinds of reasons, not least because they have large assets to offset their liabilities. British figures of household debt look much more threatening than they really are because the debt is mostly for mortgages, and is balanced by high levels of equity and wealth.
Total debt levels in the US are 260pc (if you assume that the Fed will never unwind QE, which I do). So unless the Politburo gets a grip very fast, and this too would be dangerous, it may catch the US by next year.
This does not mean that China is about to crash. It has a state-controlled banking system. Therefore any bust scenario will play out in a different way, probably through much lower growth and two decades of Japanese-style extend and pretend.
As the BIS implied in its annual report: almost the entire world has now been drawn into the Ponzi scheme of unsustainable debt.
We can inflate some of it away, or we can deflate into defaults and creditor haircuts. Pick your poison.


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As with any new release, there were some gripes, too. Some people have complained about the lack of Windows XP or Mac support, while others have pointed out that competitive browsers have better HTML 5 support. Despite the muted criticism, Microsoft announced earlier today that more than 2.3 million copies of IE9 had been downloaded in the first 24 hours since it was released.
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John's post this morning about the apparent advocacy by Washington Post columnist David Ignatius of Hezbollah's terms for a ceasefire reminded me of a couple of our previous posts on Ignatius and his contacts in Lebanon. In September 2003, Ignatius got together for a little chat with Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. Taking a look at Ignatius's subsequent column on the interview, I noted:
Ignatius maddeningly refers to the Hezbollah war of extermination against Israel as "the horrifying dance of death between Israel and its enemies[.]" He asks: "Are there terms under which Islamic militants might agree to halt their suicide bombings?" The answer is negative, which should suggest even to a moderately intelligent observer that Israel is not exactly engaged in a war of choice — contrary to Ignatius's metaphor — with Nasrallah and his ilk.
In "David Ignatius's Beirut boondoggle,"I wrote at length about Ignatius's attendance at the Hezbollah jamboree that led to his interview with Nasrallah. Here are the first few paragraphs:
If you were invited to speak to a conference of genocidal murderers, what would you do? David Ignatius is a columnist for the Washington Post who doesn't appear to have agonized much over the question.
In his column today — "Hezbollah's success" — he resolves the question in favor of taking advantage of the opportunity. When invited to speak to a Hezbollah conference in Beirut on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, he "accepted — on the theory that it was a chance to learn about the group and that more information, even about alleged terrorists, is better than less."
It isn't clear to me from his column why Ignatius refers to Hezbollah as "alleged terrorists." Is it so that he can observe terminological neutrality between murderers and their victims, or because he has some doubt whether Hezbollah is a terrorist organization? The rest of his column shows Hezbollah to be a cold-blooded advocate of terrorism — "'martyrdom operations,' as Hezbollah prefers to call them" — and Ignatius must know that the group practices what it preaches.
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Harris' 19 lead No. 17 Virginia past Terps, 61-53
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Joe Harris hasn't had to score as much this season for No. 17 Virginia as he did a year ago. When the Cavaliers had their hands full with Maryland on Monday night, though, Harris showed he can still carry the day.
Harris scored 19 points, 16 after halftime, and Virginia stretched its winning streak to eight games by beating Maryland 61-53 in the Terrapins' last visit as an ACC rival.
"We were having trouble scoring the ball a little bit tonight and things weren't coming as smoothly as they have been in the past, so I think he tried to put it in his hands, and he did," guard Malcolm Brogdon said of Harris.
Brogdon added 14 points and Akil Mitchell had 13 for the Cavaliers (20-5, 11-1 Atlantic Coast Conference), who continued their best start in conference play since the 1981-82 team opened 12-1.
"There's a reason they're 11-1 in the league," Terps coach Mark Turgeon said. "When the game was on the line, their seniors stepped up, made some big plays for them. The defense stepped up."
Seth Allen scored 15 points and Dez Wells had 12 for Maryland (14-11, 6-6), which had won three of four.
The Terps and Cavaliers were tied at 35 when Harris scored on a drive.
After a block by Maryland, Justin Anderson soared at the other end to block a shot by Maryland's Roddy Peters near the rim and saved the ball. He started a fast break that moments later was capped by Harris' 3-pointer from the right corner, arousing a crowd that had grown quiet by the tight ballgame.
"Huge momentum swing," Harris said. "That was a big play and that was an unbelievable block."
A dunk by Darion Atkins and Brogdon's 17-footer pushed the lead to 44-35.
It was 52-41 with just under 5 minutes to play when the Terps staged a rally, getting seven points from Nick Faust and a basket from Wells in a 9-2 run that brought them within 54-50. But Harris hit the front end off a 1-and-1 with 1:03 to play, Maryland missed at the other end and Harris' two free throws sealed it.
"I expect him to be good. He's a great player," Turgeon said, noting that Virginia has been "pounding" opponents and Harris hasn't needed to be the offensive focal point like last season. "Tonight he had to do it. He had to step up, and he did."
Virginia had led by at least 19 points in nine of its previous 10 ACC wins, and Mitchell said the close game was beneficial.
"When it's tough games like that and you've really got to find ways to pull it out, that's when you find out what a true team is about," he said
The victory was Virginia's sixth straight in the series.
As the clock wound down in the final minute, Cavaliers fans stood chanting "ACC! ACC!" to mock the Terrapins' move to the Big 10 next season.
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The Cavaliers trailed 17-13 before scoring eight straight points, the last four by Mitchell. Maryland promptly launched a 9-2 run, but Brogdon found Mitchell under the basket with an inbounds pass from halfcourt with 1.8 seconds to play in the half. Mitchell's dunk made it 26-25.
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Bank proposed for Bedford plaza off Rte. 101
BEDFORD — The owners of 209 Route 101 Realty are seeking a variance from the Zoning Board of Adjustment to build a free-standing bank at the shopping plaza on Route 101 and Wallace Road.
A meeting tonight will address the proposed bank as well as some improvements to the 40-year-old plaza, including reconstruction of the paved parking areas facing Route 101 and Wallace Road with landscaped islands and green space; new, modern exterior lighting; removal of excess pavement around the site's perimeter; and removal of one of two existing driveways at Wallace Road.
The variance is seeking approval of a 40-foot front yard at Wallace Road and 45 feet at Route 101, where a minimum of 60 feet is required by the town at each location. The ZBA denied the application on May 21, prompting the applicant to make design changes to address board members' objections to the plan, said Steven Keach, of Keach-Nordstrom Associates, the applicant's engineer.
According to resident Bill Greiner, one of the applicants, the proposed bank and improvements will create a more user-friendly plaza and will benefit taxpayers.
"Many years ago, there was a bank on that site. If we get this application approved, it will increase the town's tax revenue. It will allow us to put more money into the plaza, eliminate the cut-through of traffic, and add more landscaping and more sidewalks for people to come to the plaza," Greiner said. "Some people do walk to the plaza."
According to the application, "Planned improvements resulting from reinvestment in the subject property will eliminate the appearance of a 'tired' strip plaza of mid-1970s vernacular and replace the same with an updated facility, which complements rather than detracts from the quality and appearance of adjoining properties at this prominent location."
The application is supported by some residents, business owners and town officials.
In a letter to Greiner, Ronald Petrin, pharmacist and owner of Bedford Pharmacy, said the proposed bank will improve the plaza and be a benefit to customers.
"It will keep customers from having to cross (Route) 101 to get to a bank, certainly an important safety feature. It will make the 101 Plaza a more complete shopping experience," Petrin said. "I am certain that ... these changes to the shopping plaza will be in line with the feel of the Bedford area, quaint, New England, yet modern, efficient and safe."
Town Councilor Bill Jean said he supports the proposed bank and the design changes, saying his opinion is as a taxpaying resident of Bedford and not a town councilor nor a representative on the ZBA.
"I believe the redesign improves the safety of the site," said Jean in a letter to town planner Rick Sawyer. "I am an advocate of responsible commercial development and redevelopment to strengthen the tax base for the town of Bedford. I believe this proposal accomplishes that objective without detriment to the residents.
Town Councilor Jim Scanlon also joins business owners and residents in support of the project, especially the landscaping and architectural improvements to the plaza.
"Progress in a community requires capital investment, imagination and consideration of the community's lifestyle," Scanlon said.
The Zoning Board of Adjustment's meeting is at 7 p.m. tonight at the Bedford Meeting Room, BCTV Studios, 10 Meetinghouse Road.


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EARLYSVILLE, Va. – The UNCG women's cross country team turned in an 11th place performance in the 38-team field at the 2013 NCAA Southeast Regionals hosted by Virginia at the Panorama Farms. UNCG placed four runners in the top 100 of the field and also set four personal records in the 6,000-meter distance.
Senior Shaina Sumney (Washington, Pa./Trinity) led the Spartans with a 15th place showing as she set a personal-best time in the 6,000-meter race. Sumney finished with a time of 20:56.9, trimming 20 seconds off her previous top time of 21:17.79 set earlier this season at the Pre-Nationals.
Sophomore Lydia Saina (Eldoret, Kenya/Kapkenda Girls School) finished second on the team and 51st overall with a time of 21:44.50. Saina continued her vast improvement from her freshman campaign as he time dropped 1:34 from her mark at the NCAA Regionals last year at 23:18.33.
Senior Chelsea Sumney (Washington, Pa./Trinity) placed 59th overall with a time of 21:54.0. Redshirt freshman Katherine Link (Avon Lake, Ohio/Avon Lake) ran her second career 6,000-meter race and posted a career-best time of 22:23.2, trimming 46 seconds off her time form the Pre-Nationals race earlier this year.
Senior Kelly Montague (Garner, N.C./West Johnston) also set a personal record in the distance in her final collegiate cross country race. Montague placed 100th overall with a time of 22:31.30, surpassing her previous top time of 23:08.70 set at the 2011 NCAA Regionals. Redshirt freshman Eira Jensen (Holmveien, Norway/Sortland VGS) ran the distance for the first time in her career and turned in a time of 22:48.40.
Virginia and William & Mary women qualified for the national race, and William & Mary's Emily Stites won in 19:57.5.
Two teams from each of nine regionals and the four fastest individuals not on those teams qualified for the NCAA meet at Terre Haute, Ind., on Nov. 23. Thirteen at-large teams will be chosen, and an NCAA committee also will pick two additional runners.
NCAA Southeast Regional Team Standings
1. Virginia, 57 pts
2. William & Mary, 69 pts
3. NC State, 142 pts
4. Duke, 143 pts
5. Virginia Tech, 157 pts
6. Kentucky, 186 pts
7. North Carolina, 223 pts
8. Furman, 273 pts
9. Elon, 291 pts
10. Richmond, 312 pts
11. UNCG 317 pts
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15. Shaina Sumney, 20:56.9
51. Lydia Saina, 21:44.5
59. Chelsea Sumney, 21:54.0
92. Katherine Link, 22:32.2
100. Kelly Montague, 22:31.3
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7 comments:
- cathryn said...
that sucks. im sorry to hear that )=
i dont want to say youre 'lucky', maybe fortunate under the circumstances? to be able to say goodbye. that will be decent closure.
my grandmother was ill but doing alright in 2005 and she suddenly died one night and i felt very guilty because i couldnt recall specifics about when i last visited her. considering the awful situation its nice to be able to say goodbye and get that much needed closure. im sorry youre ending the year like this )=
goodluck with the air travel, not a fan either.
- December 26, 2010 at 1:27 PM
- Ice Queen said...
I am sorry about your grandfather. I hope that your visit brings you peace and acceptance.
Travel safe.
- December 26, 2010 at 2:57 PM
- Karla said...
I'm so sorry to hear about your grandfather. In February 2002 my 38 year old sister died unexpectedly. I lived 6 hours away from her and her family - suddenly my family gatherings at Thanksgiving were that much more important as November 2005 was the last time I saw her.
Give your grandfather a kiss from all of us at PoP. Hugs to you.
- December 26, 2010 at 4:34 PM
- Lucy said...
What an awful situation. Sor sorry to hear your bad news. Good idea to say goodbye. Be safe.
- December 26, 2010 at 7:42 PM
- Silva said...
I'm so sorry to hear that; I hope you feel better soon.
- December 27, 2010 at 8:51 AM
- Stephanie said...
I'm sorry about your grandfather. I hope you have a very safe trip.
- December 27, 2010 at 10:09 AM
- splattergirl said...
who wrote this article? I can't see where it stands :/
anyways, I am sorry for your grandfather even if you never saw much of him - I never saw one of mine and all the others died when I was still underage :(
- December 27, 2010 at 8:47 PM


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There must be a new rule in the tourer market segment where "all new bikes" consist of minor revisions to existing machines, as Honda has apparently taken a page out of Harley-Davidson's playbook, and done an exciting upgrade to the 2012 Honda Goldwing. While rumors were overly-hyped that an all-new Goldwing would be making an American appearance, it appears instead that the Honda engineers have gone on to further improve upon their design of the legendary touring motorcycle.
No longer built in America at Honda's now defunct Marysville, Ohio plant, the Japanese produced 2012 Honda Goldwing comes with a slightly larger price tag, but boasts some improvements to justify the cost. Revamped bodywork, larger capacity luggage pieces, improved built-in GPS with iPod/MP3 player support, and revised suspension complete the changes for the new Goldwing. It's hard to impress sport bike guys with a big bike like the Honda Goldwing, but if you're interested in buying the gold standard (no pun intended) of motorcycle touring, things just got a bit more appealing we imagine.


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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Three more employees of the truck stop chain owned by the Cleveland Browns' owner and Tennessee's governor pleaded guilty Tuesday in what authorities call a scheme to cheat trucking firms out of rebates.
Regional sales manager Kevin Clark pleaded guilty to mail fraud in federal court in Knoxville. Local media reported that account manager Holly Radford and salesman Jay Stinnett entered similar pleas later in the day.
Court records state Clark "knowingly and voluntarily joined and participated in the conspiracy" with others at Pilot Flying J, the country's largest diesel retailer, to short-change trucking companies between 2009 and this spring in order to increase Pilot profits and boost sales commissions.
Federal agents raided the privately held company's Knoxville headquarters in April. Pilot is run by Browns owner Jimmy Haslam, the brother of Gov. Bill Haslam. Jimmy Haslam has denied any personal wrongdoing.
"We are disappointed in the actions of these employees towards our customers," Pilot spokesman Tom Ingram said in a statement. "We assure our customers that our five-step plan to correct any wrongdoing and to make certain these actions do not happen again is ongoing."
The governor maintains he is not involved with operating Pilot Flying J, though he continues to hold an undisclosed ownership stake in the company posting annual revenues of $31 billion.
As part of the plea agreement, prosecutors said they will only hold Clark responsible for rebate reductions he personally approved, rather than all of the alleged fraud committed as part of the conspiracy. Clark has agreed to cooperate with the investigation and testify on behalf of the prosecution.
Clark's attorney did not immediately return messages seeking comment. Radford's and Stinnett's court records had not been unsealed by Tuesday evening, and information about who their lawyers are was not immediately available.
Secret recordings made as part of the investigation show that members of the Pilot sales team derided some clients as unsophisticated, lazy and undeserving of rebates they had negotiated when signing a deal to buy fuel from Pilot. An FBI affidavit indicates millions of dollars were unfairly withheld.
According to the transcript of a Nov. 28 conversation, Clark recounted how managers of Omaha, Neb.-based Morehouse Trucking had failed to keep track of how much money was due in rebates.
"The dumb (expletive) never checked, I guess," Clark said. "I felt like sayin', 'Well you're the moron that didn't check it!'"
Jimmy Haslam in one of his first public appearances following the April raid told reporters that he had called Clark to obtain a phone number for Morehouse and made arrangements to reimburse any rebates the company had failed to pay.
Manager Curt Morehouse said in a phone interview Tuesday that he had always had a good impression of Clark before the details of the rebate allegations began to surface.
"Everything about him was positive, until I read the affidavits," Morehouse said. "At that point my opinion of him changed."


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