Commercial Real Estate News 10-30-12 | Arizona Builders Exchange

1. ?Phoenix Business Journal is out with its list of the top CRE brokers in the Valley. CBRE tops the list for 2012, followed by Cassidy Turley and Colliers International. See the rest of the list at the Business Journal.

2. ?Luxury home real estate broker Walt Danley Realty, Paradise Valley, expanded into CRE with the opening of Walt Danley Commercial. Tom Snyder will head the CRE division.

Sale Transactions

3. ?The Retreat at the Raven apartments, 3606 E. Baseline, Phoenix sold to the Hudye Group for $22.6M ($118K/unit). The 192-unit complex was sold by Shahram Afshani. The complex has 23 buildings on 11.29 acres.

4. ?The Boulevard at Surprise Pointe, a 142K SF shopping complex, Waddell and Litchfield roads, Surprise, sold for $17.5M ($124/SF). Seller Karlin Real Estate, LLC, Los Angeles, and buyer CIRE, were both represented by Cassidy Turley. The 62 percent-occupied center includes a cinema complex and multiple strip mall buildings.? Cassidy Turley is also handling leasing.

5. ?Fountain Oaks apartments, a 224-unit Phoenix complex, 1225 N 40^th St., sold for $8.3M ($37K/unit) to Summit Equity Investments. The private investor seller was represented by Colliers International; the buyer was self-represented.

6. ?Peaks Corporate Park LLC, Scottsdale, acquired The Peaks Office Building, a two-story complex at 7669 and 7689 E. Pinnacle Peak Rd., Scottsdale. The 135K SF complex was picked up in foreclosure for $7.7M ($57/SF). Cassidy Turley BRE Commercial handled the transaction on behalf of the receiver, Phoenix IED Pinnacle Peak SF Return LLC.

7. ?Greenfield Medical Dental Center, 2550 E. Guadalupe Rd., Gilbert, Phase I, sold to Gilbert Medical 2012 LP for $7.4M ($226/SF). The 33K SF office complex was sold by Sperry Van Ness as broker for the seller. Commercial Properties Inc. represented the buyer.

8. ?D.R. Horton picked up 432 lots for $6.7M ($15K/lot) on the southwest corner of 79^th Ave. and Encanto Blvd., Phoenix. Horton paid cash for the lots which were previously owned by Tri Pacific Capital Advisors and K. Hovananian Home Builders.

9. ?A Tucson ground lease for an under-construction McDonalds, 2130 W. River Rd., was sold by La Cholla LLC for $2.2M ($1.7M/acre) to Levine Investments LP. Marcus & Millichap represented both sides of the 20 year deal.

10. ?Tibshraeny Plaza, 918 W. Southern Ave., Mesa, a 26K SF with 40 percent occupancy was sold by Tibshraeny Companies, Inc., Mesa, to Dickenson-Phoenix LLC, Scottsdale. CBRE represented the seller, AZ7 Real Estate, the buyer. A price was not disclosed.

New Lease Deals

11. ?Goodwill of Central Arizona is the newest tenant in the Thunderbird East retail complex at E. Thunderbird and Scottsdale roads, Scottsdale. An October 26^th opening date is scheduled for the 35K SF retail outlet. Velocity Retail Group handled the transaction for landlord CW Capital Asset Management, LLC.

12. ?Planet Fitness signed a 34K SF lease for an old Circuit City location at Sky Festival Mall. The tenant was represented by NAI Horizon; the lessor was represented by Velocity Retail Group and De Rito Partners.

13. ?Mega Furniture USA is opening in December in the Costco Plaza at Priest and Elliott, Tempe. Velocity Real Estate handled the deal for the landlord CP Center 06, LLC/ACF Properties.

14. ?The Mexican Consulate has relocated into downtown Phoenix in the McDowell Corporate Center, 320 E. McDowell Road in Phoenix.? CBRE represented the landlord, Abart Properties 26 LLC, Scottsdale; the tenant was represented by Colliers International.? The 25K SF office takes up 70 percent of the building leaving the remaining portion available for lease.

15. ?Home builder K Hovananian Homes renewed a lease for 20K SF covering 96 months in the Desert Ridge Corporate Center, 20860 N. Tatum Blvd., Phoenix. Lee & Associates represented the landlord, Faison, Charlotte, N.C., and Cassidy Turley handled the tenant negotiations in the Class A, four-story building.

16. ?SRS Real Estate Partners handled a 12.5K SF lease for Dollar Tree in Desert Sky Esplanade, McDowell Rd. at 75^th Ave., Phoenix. The dollar store joins Walmart, Staples, Ross and Big Lots in the complex.

17. ?O?Reilly Auto Parts signed a new lease for 12.3K SF in Madison Square, 5343 N. 16^th St., Phoenix. Lee & Associates represented the lessee in its relocation from its current location at 7^th St. and Missouri Ave. Cassidy Turley represented owner Orsett Properties, Ltd.

18. ?Harvest Bible Church inked a deal for 10.6K SF, 101 E. Comstock, Chandler in the Arizona Corporate Plaza. Cassidy Turley represented both sides of the deal. Pacific Plaza LLC is the landlord. The Chandler location is a new congregation for the east valley in addition to its existing location at 48^th St. and Cactus Rd., Phoenix.

19. ?In little news, Mini Cooper is moving into the old Tucson Kia dealership, 4633 E. 22^nd St., during first quarter 2013. This will be Tucson?s first Mini Cooper dealer and run by Royal Automotive Group.

Closures and Foreclosures

20. ?A report by Marcus & Millichap says that even with the rising market, Phoenix still has more than $1.5B in distressed retail inventory. Sales activity in this segment is still dominated by REO and short sales. The major victim in the market downturn is the strip mall purchased or refinanced during the height of the market. Many balloons are maturing and landlords are faced with high vacancy rates and inadequate access to capital for refinancing.

21. ?A 273K SF office project adjoining the Broadway Curve, Phoenix, has been placed into foreclosure. The Sky Harbor Towers is slated for the auction block on January 15. The complex has a seven-story building with 117K SF and two four-story midrise units with 85K SF and 71K SF respectively. Colliers International has the leasing assignment for the mostly vacant building. Originally occupied by the University of Phoenix?taking three of the buildings?the properties were vacated in 2011 when the college opened its own facilities a little further west on I-10.

Source: http://azbex.com/commercial-real-estate-news-10-30-12/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=commercial-real-estate-news-10-30-12

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Quick release bandage tape: No more tears from tears

ScienceDaily (Oct. 29, 2012) ? Commercial medical tapes on the market today are great at keeping medical devices attached to the skin, but often can do damage -- such as skin tissue tearing -- once it's time to remove them.

A research team from Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) has invented a quick-release tape that has the strong adhesion properties of commercial medical tape, but without the ouch factor upon removal.

The team was led by Jeffrey Karp, PhD, BWH Division of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Medicine, senior study author in collaboration with The Institute for Pediatric Innovation which defined the need and requirements for a new neonatal adhesive based on national surveys of neonatal clinicians.

The study detailing the tape design will be electronically published on October 29, 2012 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The research was conducted in collaboration with Robert Langer, PhD at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

The tape which achieves strong adhesion when securing medical devices to skin, but could also easily peel off safely, utilizes a three-layer design approach that sets a new paradigm for quick-release medical tapes.

"Current adhesive tapes that contain backing and adhesive layers are tailored to fracture at the adhesive-skin interface. With adults the adhesive fails leaving small remnants of adhesive on the skin while with fragile neonate skin, the fracture is more likely to occur in the skin causing significant damage," said Karp. "Our approach transitions the fracture zone away from the skin to the adhesive-backing interface thus completely preventing any harm during removal."

The approach incorporates an anisotropic adhesive interface between the backing and adhesive layers. The anisotropic properties of this middle layer means that it has different physical properties dependent on direction. For instance, take wood, which is stronger along the grain than across it.

The researchers employed laser etching and a release liner to create the anisotropic interface resulting in a medical tape with high shear strength (for strong adhesion) and low peel force (for safe, quick removal). Once the backing is peeled off, any remaining adhesive left on the skin can safely be rolled off with a finger using a "push and roll" technique.

"This is one of the biggest problems faced in the neonate units, where the patients are helpless and repeatedly wrapped in medical tapes designed for adult skin," said Bryan Laulicht, PhD, BWH Division of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Medicine, lead study author.

There are more than 1.5 million injuries each year in the United States caused by medical tape removal. Such injuries in babies and the elderly -- populations with fragile skin -- can range from skin irritation to permanent scarring.

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Takarazuka?s 25 uglinesses

By Ken Y-N ( October 28, 2012 at 02:44) ? Filed under Polls, Rankings

goo Ranking took a look at something I wasn?t aware existed, Takarazuka Revue?s (an all-woman theatre company just 10 minutes up the railway line from me) list of 25 Uglinesses, specificially which of the 25 people admit applies to them.

Demographics

From the 5th to the 7th of September 2012 1,006 members of the goo Research monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 53.4% of the sample were female, 10.5% in their teens, 13.7% in their twenties, 26.6% in their thirties, 27.6% in their forties, 11.7% in their fifties, and 9.9% aged sixty or older. Note that the score in the results refers to the relative number of votes for each option, not a percentage of the total sample.

The motto of Takarazuka, ??????????, kiyoku, tadashiku, utsukushiku, Purity, Propriety, Beauty, (the official English rendering seems to be Modesty, Fairness and Grace) is well-known, but perhaps less well-known is that behind the scenes (I don?t know if that is a literal or a figurative expression!) there is also a list of 25 Uglinesses. In the two years of training that all aspiring actors must go through before setting foot on the stage these 25 Uglinesses are hammered home, often literally.

Ranking result

Q: Which of the Takarazuka ?25 Uglinesses? do you have to admit apply to yourself? (Sample size=1,006, multiple answer)

Rank	?	Score
1	No self-confidence	100
2	Pessimism	91.5
3	Complaining	90.4
4	Taking offense at the merest thing	78.2
5	Resentment	65.4
6	Jealousy	63.3
7	No aspiration or conviction	56.9
8	No spark in your eyes	56.4
9	Lifelessness	50.0
10	Unsmiling	48.4
11	Always wearing a frown	44.7
12	Untrusting	44.1
13	No devotion to others	35.1
14=	Believing you are the most proper	34.0
14=	Thinking everyone around you is evil	34.0
14=	Immodesty and arrogance	34.0
17	No ambitions regarding life or work	33.0
18	Not heeding advice or counsel of others	29.3
19	Skillful at passing the buck	28.7
20	Small voice and timidness	28.2
21	Not expressing gratitude	27.7
22	Not being aware of problems	27.1
23	Not knowing you are ugly	21.3
24	Your presence brings darkness	20.7
25	Not saying food is delicious	12.8

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SCORE & Paychex Partner to Help Small Businesses Avoid Costly ...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --?SCORE ? http://www.score.org/ ? mentors to America's small businesses, is pleased to announce a new partnership with Paychex, a recognized leader in the payroll, human resource, and benefits outsourcing industry. Through this partnership, SCORE and Paychex will assist small business owners in learning about the payroll and HR mistakes that may cost small businesses money.? Both SCORE and Paychex strive to inform entrepreneurs about the changing regulations, penalties, and legislation in small business, and are dedicated to equipping small business owners with the tools necessary for their success.

"SCORE has a long history of being a strong partner and advocate for small businesses and entrepreneurs," said Andrew Childs, Vice President of Marketing for Paychex. "As the nation's leading provider of payroll and HR services to small businesses, we look forward to working with them and continuing to provide America's business owners the freedom to succeed."?

SCORE and Paychex will kick off their partnership with a webinar on payroll and human resources. The webinar, "How to Avoid 10 Payroll Mistakes That Cost Businesses Money," will be held on Wednesday, November 7 at 2pm EST (https://cc.readytalk.com/r/s1iubeh6m6pu). ?Participants will gain greater peace of mind from Paychex professionals who will inform them about staying on top of changing payroll, employment, and benefits regulations, while complying with federal and state regulations to avoid needless penalties. The planned series of webinars from SCORE and Paychex will provide information, tools, and guidance that entrepreneurs can use to adapt to the changing small business environment.

Also, beginning in December, SCORE and Paychex will publish the first of two educational e-guides to assist small business owners in redefining their payroll and human resource processes. The initial e-guide, "7 Questions Every Small Business Who Hires Employees Will Have to Answer," provides detail about the tough issues entrepreneurs face when bringing on a new employee.

"SCORE is enthusiastic about sharing the business expertise of Paychex with our small business clients. We believe that having Paychex as a partner will result in providing business owners with the knowledge to implement a more efficient payroll and human resources approach," commented SCORE CEO Ken Yancey.

In support of SCORE's mission to help small businesses succeed, Paychex will also sponsor the Human Resources section of SCORE.org. The Human Resources section allows for SCORE's small business clients to build upon the upcoming webinars and e-guides with correlating workshops, mentors, and tools. (http://www.score.org/topics/human-resources)

About SCORE
Since 1964, SCORE has helped more than 9 million aspiring entrepreneurs. Each year SCORE helps launch 58,000 new businesses and create 71,000 jobs. SCORE provides small business mentoring and workshops to more than 375,000 new and growing small businesses annually.

For more information about starting or operating a small business, call 1-800/634-0245 for the SCORE chapter nearest you. Visit SCORE at http://www.score.org/. Connect with SCORE at www.facebook.com/SCOREFans and www.twitter.com/SCOREMentors.

About Paychex

Paychex, Inc. (NASDAQ: PAYX) is a leading provider of payroll, human resource, and benefits outsourcing solutions for small- to medium-sized businesses.? The company offers comprehensive payroll services, including payroll processing, payroll tax administration, and employee pay services, including direct deposit, check signing, and Readychex?. Human resource services include 401(k) plan recordkeeping, section 125 plans, a professional employer organization, time and attendance solutions, and other administrative services for business. A variety of business insurance products, including group health and workers' compensation, are made available through Paychex Insurance Agency, Inc. Paychex was founded in 1971.? With headquarters in Rochester, New York, the company has more than 100 offices serving approximately 567,000 payroll clients as of May 31, 2012.? For more information about Paychex and our products, visit http://www.paychex.com/.

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Programming Overview

What follows here is a rather comprehensive but not exhaustive list of items to think about as you plan programs and events.

1. What makes a good program?
?a. Most attendees have a positive experience. They would come again.
?b. Needs were met throughout the duration (food, drinks, cups, etc. don?t run out).
?c. If there is a cost, attendees feel they got their money?s worth.
?d. Little to no glitches ? Every detail was addressed so that there were no distractions.
?e. Attendees felt welcome, especially newcomers.
?f. No negative surprises ? Finding out there is a cover charge when you get to the door sets a bad mood for the event. Make sure costs are advertised.
?g. Large attendance does not necessarily equate to a good program ? measure the quality of the experience rather than the quantity of those present.

2. Learn from Others. Is this an annual event? Read the program evaluation from last time!
?a. By reading about what was done last time, you can make decisions about what to keep/change/improve.? You can also avoid repeating mistakes by reading the feedback of the previous planner.? You may also get ideas for something to add to make the event better.
?b. If this is the first time the event has been held, you have the exciting opportunity to shape the entire event! You can still ask for advice from others who have worked on similar events, to make sure you aren?t overlooking anything.

3. Plan Ahead!? Think through the entire program and as many details as you can.??
?a. Who is the program for? Make sure you keep in mind your target demographic when planning the event.? How many are coming? What will make them want to come? How can I make this event the most enjoyable for them?
?b. What is the program? Why are we planning it? What is the goal? Is it fulfilling a requirement, is it promoting bonding, or something else? By knowing your goals/requirements, you can make plans to reach them.
?c. When is the program? It is important to decide on a date that doesn?t conflict with other things that are going on.? Make sure to be aware of what will be happening on campus, in housing, and with the CHP before choosing a date/time.? Make use of the CHP Leader?s Calendar to avoid conflicts.? Also keep in mind class schedules ? try to avoid midterms/finals if possible.
?d. Where is a good location for the program? Think about who will be coming, and where they will be coming from.? Is it within walking distance for most of the group? Will they have to pay for parking?? Will the venue be large enough for the expected number of people?? Do we have to pay to use the venue?
?e. How can we make the program a success? Think through each of these questions, and do a mental walkthrough of the event before you start making any plans.? Make a list of supplies/equipment you will need to borrow or purchase.? Will there be food? Music? Do we need a sound system? Do we have to reserve a room?? What is our budget? How do we plan to advertise? Will we charge for admission? What is reasonable to accomplish given the allotted time? Also make a list of questions for people you may be working with.

4. Assign Responsibilities. Who is the point person(s) for this event?
?a. Never assume that ?someone? will take care of this or that.? Always make sure to assign each task, and give yourselves deadlines to complete those tasks.? Identify which things need to be done before others so that you won?t be blocked from making progress.
?b. Anyone working on the event should always report back to the point person to keep them informed. That way he/she can make sure that everything gets taken care of.? It can be frustrating for the event coordinator if they don?t know what is going on.
?c. Volunteers can be a great asset, but they need direction.? Think about how many volunteers you may need, and what you will want each one to do.? Find volunteers early. Assign and explain roles before the actual event, if possible.

5. Logistics.? Don?t forget the little things!
?a. Figure out what will be a good way for you to keep track of things.? Do you need to make lists? Spreadsheets? What works well?
?b. There are some saved documents from past CHSC events.? Check with Christina for past work on annual events to potentially save time re-making forms, etc.
?c. Make a calendar/timeline of what to accomplish, and check things off as you go.
?d. Deadlines are key. Try to avoid last minute changes whenever possible.
?e. Who is paying for what? Do you plan to get reimbursed for something? Keep receipts and all information related to the event. Make sure you know reimbursement procedures beforehand so that everyone is able to get paid back. Make sure you have an approved budget before buying things.
?f. If it is an off-campus event, you will need to coordinate rides and have drivers sign waivers.? (Alternatively, if you do not arrange rides, and say that people are responsible for getting there on their own, drivers do not need to sign waivers)
?g. Think about what could go wrong, and be prepared.? Is it an outdoor event?? What will you do if it rains?
?h. In addition to the event itself, there is set up and clean up to worry about.
?i. Make sure there is someone assigned to take pictures! And have greeters when appropriate also.
?j. Are you serving food? Do you need a food permit? Do you have vegetarian options?
?k. Do we have amplified sound? Do we need a noise permit?
?l. Is the event especially physical/could someone get hurt?? Verify whether or not the event will require insurance.
?m. Did we take care of everything? Name tags, decorations, lighting, etc?
?n. Communication. Are you working with HAs, RAs, PAAs, CHSC or some other group? Make sure everyone is in the loop. Don?t make assumptions!

6. Advertising.? Spread the word!
?a. Think about the most effective way to reach people. Posters? Email? Flyers? Facebook? All of the above?
?b. Is this a large scale event? Do we want to put out an early ?Save the Date? promotion?
?c. When making flyers for honors housing, make sure you make enough copies. Check with the HAs and RAs to determine how many flyers are needed to put one in each suite and/or common area.
?d. Posters are great for catching people?s attention. Where are some good locations to put posters?
?e. CHP-News is a great way to advertise your program.? Write up a blurb with description and details, and make sure to get it to Christina before Friday at noon so she can include it in that week?s newsletter.
?f. What other creative ways are there to advertise?? Door hangers on people?s rooms? Google calendar? Table tents in commons? Text messages? Marquee? Radio announcements?

7. Evaluate. What went well? What went poorly? What can we learn from this?
?a. After the event has concluded, make sure to write up a thorough evaluation of the program. Include how you coordinated the various parts of the event.? Talk about positive and negative aspects of the planning, and of the actual event.? Give advice/recommendations for future iterations of the event on how to make things run smoothly or how to improve this or that. When you read the previous evaluation, was there some info you thought would have been helpful to have beforehand? Include that info in your evaluation!
?b. Where appropriate, ask for feedback from others who were involved. Include feedback in evaluation.
?c. Share any constructive criticism with your fellow event planners. Is there anything that needs to be done differently for the next event?
?d. Be sure to send a thank you to all helpers/volunteers!

What else would you add to this list?

Source: http://sites.uci.edu/chpleaders/2012/10/25/programming-overview-2/

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Cloud Atlas

Susan Sarandon and?Tom Hanks in Cloud Atlas

Photograph by Jay Maidment/? 2012 Warner Bros.

It?s possible, if daunting, to imagine a brilliant movie that could be conjured out of David Mitchell?s 2005 novel Cloud Atlas?a film that would play with the language of cinema the way Mitchell?s nimble, tricksy book plays with the English language. It would have to be an adaptation that opened up like an accordion to contain six separate mini-movies: a Master and Commander-style shipboard adventure, a love story set in pre-WWII England, a ?70s paranoid thriller, a farcical jailbreak picture, and not one but two sci-fi films set in separate dystopic futures. And such a film would have to leap among all these separate storylines, each with its own distinct voice and style, while elaborating like a symphony on the work?s larger theme?which, without spoiling, I can say has to do with the eternal recurrence of souls through time, and the lasting karmic echo of both good and evil deeds.

Andy and Lana Wachowski and Tom Tykwer?s adaptation of Cloud Atlas is emphatically not that movie. Where the book is sinuous and oblique, their film is galumphing and heavy-handed, its rare flights of lyricism stranded between long stretches of outright risibility. And yet there?s something commendable about the directors? commitment to their grandiose act of folly. This movie is, for the most part, execrable, but a part of me enjoyed it?I never, for example, begrudged it its running time, which at 2 hours and 50 minutes is saying something.

Much of the fun to be had in watching Cloud Atlas lies in puzzling out what the filmmakers were even trying to do: I?m not sure they themselves knew (or agreed) entirely. The Wachowskis have summed the movie up as the story of how Tom Hanks evolves over centuries from a bad person to a good person, but that description doesn?t really jibe with what we see onscreen (nor does Tykwer?s assertion that the actors are ?playing souls, not characters?). Rather, Hanks (along with Halle Berry, Hugh Grant, Hugo Weaving, and other actors) appears as a series of individuals throughout history, each of whose acts will have an impact, positive or negative, on generations of lives to come. It?s not the case, quite, that each successive Berry or Hanks is the reincarnation of the previous one; rather, they play different people over a five-century span whose lives crisscross and mirror one another in such a way as to suggest some sort of trans-historical cosmic order.

Thus, in the opening frame story, we see Hanks as a disfigured old man, musing by the fire in what appears to be a futuristic Stone Age. Next, he?s a dubiously ethical doctor aboard a ship bound across the Pacific to San Francisco in 1849. In 1973, he?ll pop up as a tormented (and turtlenecked) engineer at a nuclear plant, debating whether to leak an incriminating inspection document to a prying tabloid reporter (Berry). In 2012, Hanks has a brief (and highly unconvincing) turn as a cockney gangster-turned-memoirist who takes shocking revenge on a snooty book critic. And in some year so far into the apocalyptic future it?s dated only as ?106 years after the Fall,? Hanks plays a pelt-clad, crude-tool-wielding family man who must team up with a high-tech visitor (Berry) to save his wife and daughter from a tribe of marauding cannibals led by Hugh Grant.

In between, there are storylines that focus on other actors as well. In the early 1930s, a young British composer (Ben Whishaw) becomes the amanuensis for a much older and more famous composer (Jim Broadbent), and the two men fall into a difficult relationship that?s half love affair, half murderous rivalry. And in the 22^nd century, a cloned fast-food worker raised in sterile isolation (Doona Bae) begins to develop first a consciousness and then a conscience, eventually taking up arms in a rebellion against the totalitarian state. This clone-wars story is the most visually inventive?of the six plotlines, even if it does borrow some of its boldest images from pre-existing sci-fi dystopias, from the Wachowskis' own The Matrix to that ever-reliable template for bleak-yet-rad futurescapes, Ridley Scott's Blade Runner.

The only storyline in Cloud Atlas that gave me sustained pleasure?and laughs that weren?t at the movie?s expense?was the plot (directed by Tywker) involving Jim Broadbent as a shabby-genteel London publisher who must go into hiding when pursued by a client?s thuggish family, and eventually finds himself being held prisoner in an old-folks? home by a sadistic Hugo Weaving in hideous latex-assisted drag. Broadbent has a wildly expressive face and a gift for broad, self-mocking comedy: his double-takes and bewildered expressions are like something out of a Wallace and Gromit short, and the scenes in which he and a group of fellow residents mount a plan to bust out of the nursing home is the movie?s delightfully unserious high point. Broadbent is also exceptionally good as the aged composer who takes in Ben Whishaw: an intimate scene between the two at the piano was one of the rare moments in which this floridly excessive movie actually touched me emotionally.

Too much of the rest of Cloud Atlas founders in sentimentality, gooey New Age aphorisms, or gleefully vindictive bursts of gory violence (some scenes, especially in the future-set stories, evince a queasy mixture of all three). ?The weak are meat, the strong do eat,? snarls Hanks early in the film as that morally bankrupt shipboard doctor. You may feel you?ve lived as many lifetimes as Hanks himself by the time his post-apocalyptic self reappears to put that maxim to the test, but it?s not clear that either he or humanity at large have made that much spiritual progress. Throughout the movie, the directors? dark vision of history as a ruthless march toward the abatoir coexists uneasily with their romanticization of individual acts of heroism. I can?t get into the larger moral questions the movie raises without major plot spoilage, but I?m not sure the Wachowskis? and Tykwer?s almost Marxist vision of human history as a succession of upwardly scaleable acts of compassion and vengeance is, in the end, as uplifting as they mean it to be.

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MALAGA.- Artworks and literary works from all over Europe and America have been gathered together for The Grotesque Factor, an exhibition that has been devised as a journey through the complex areas of what is known, in terms of art and aesthetic taste, as the grotesque. The exhibition confronts the semantic and cultural ambiguity of the object examined in it and accepts its heterogeneous nature, in which disdain and piety, laughter and grief, empathy and derision, tenderness and fright, abruptly come together. Ultimately, it both rejects and embraces what we are.

The exhibition follows three different paths of genesis and maturity. Three cultural ?versions? of the grotesque: one that is defined in certain forms of ornamentation; one that leans out over the abyss, to show us that there is nothing there to hold us up; and one that uses laughter to fight the foolishness of all things human.

The ornamental form of the grotesque has the honour of being the one that lends its name to this realm of modern sensibility. The tale of its origins dates back to the late 15th century, under the streets of Rome, where the walls of Nero?s first-century Domus Aurea were discovered, in grotto-like formations. The walls contain weightless images of hybrid creatures and implausible architectural compositions. It was after this discovery that the Pompeian style gradually spread through the whole of Europe, through its countries and down the centuries.

The second branch of the grotesque family tree takes us to the vertiginous edge of meaninglessness, from Brueghel, to the Symbolists and the Dada movement. This tradition has interspersed needs that have been satisfied for Western humanity by Carnival, masquerade, cross-dressing or the game of Truth or Lie. This abyss-like form of the grotesque reveals to us, with a roar of laughter, that there is nothing left to protect us, that we are merely the children of Prometheus, confronted by a void.

The comic grotesque has more of a social and moral bias. Here, one comes across comedy and satire, as well as modern variations of social humour such as caricature or the longstanding tradition of burlesque, which was to culminate in the silent movies of the early twentieth-century comedians.

Today, the grotesque continues to permeate every layer of human society. It may be said to touch everything, rendering it vulgar or ridiculous. Here on the edge of the twenty-first century it would seem that, more than ever before, the grotesque has reached its highest peaks ? and we are falling from them every day.

The Grotesque Factor shows over 270 paintings, sculptures, drawings, engravings, books, documents and fragments of film have been gathered together for this exhibition. Works by 74 outstanding artists, who include Francis Bacon, Louise Bourgeois, Otto Dix, James Ensor, Max Ernst, Jos? Guti?rrez Solana, Victor Hugo, Paul Klee, Willem de Kooning, Roy Lichtenstein, Ren? Magritte, Man Ray, Franz Xaver Messerschmidt, Juan Mu?oz, Meret Oppenheim, Pablo Picasso, Richard Prince, Juan S?nchez Cot?n, Antonio Saura, Thomas Sch?tte, Cindy Sherman, Leonardo da Vinci, Bill Viola and Franz West.

The exhibition is curated by Jos? Lebrero Stals, artistic director of MPM. The academic advisor is Luis Puelles, professor of Aesthetics and Art Theory at the University of Malaga. This project has been made possible thanks to the loans and generosity of private collections and art galleries, and the close involvement of museums in Europe and America, such as The British Museum in London, Museo Belvedere in Vienna, Mus?e du Louvre in Paris, Museo Nacional del Prado in Madrid, The Museum of Modern Art in New York, and The Royal Collection and the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, amongst others.

Cinema and a catalogue
Ever since it first began, cinema has included the grotesque (the burlesque) in its modern way of telling stories, and a number of directors have shared this idea. So in the exhibition rooms themselves, you can watch excerpts from the films The Bell Boy (1918, Buster Keaton and Fatty Arbuckle), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923, Wallace Worsley) and an excerpt from Bedlam (1946, Mark Robson), as well as some footage by Georges M?li?s.

Museo Picasso M?laga has also published in Spanish and English a catalogue for The Grotesque Factor, with Jos? Lebrero Stals as coordinating editor. The book contains texts by Valeriano Bozal, professor of Art History at Madrid Complutense University; Martin Clayton, senior conservator of the Department of Prints and Drawings at The Royal Collection; Frances S. Connelly, professor of Art History at the University of Missouri; Emmanuel Dreux, researcher and author of the book Le cin?ma burlesque; Werner Hofmann, professor and director emeritus of Hamburger Kunsthalle; Michel Melot, librarian and art historian; Jos? Lebrero Stals, artistic director of MPM; Luis Puelles, lecturer in Aesthetics and Arts Theory at Malaga University, and Xavier Tricot, author and painter.

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America should be following the French to get better care for ...

Looking for a way to send ObamaCare foes into a tizzy? Try suggesting emulating the French system. In any way. And yet if we believe in the notion of learning from best practices in health care ?as both Romney and Obama seemed to be pointing to in their idolization of the Cleveland Clinic? shouldn?t we be open minded?

A recent Health Affairs article (In Amenable Mortality ?Deaths Avoidable Through Health Care? Progress in the US Lags That of Three European Countries) showed the US doing poorly compared to France, the UK and Germany in keeping people alive with conditions such as hypertension and cerebrovascular disease. We spend twice as much per capita yet those countries are progressing much faster. Those who continue to boast about America having the best health care system in the world might want to reconsider the evidence upon which their claim rests. Don?t get me wrong. I have confidence that the care I have access to in Boston is as good or better than anywhere in the world, and it?s nice for patients that costs aren?t a primary concern. But as a whole we spend more and get less than we should.

The Wall Street Journal (France Seeks New Ways to Manage Alzheimer?s Care) has an extensive report on how France is confronting the growth of Alzheimer?s. Alzheimer?s is a progressive, terminal illness. No cure is coming any time soon. So the French have done something smart, which is to address the issue holistically, with medical care as one important part of the solution. On the medical side, physicians are being made more aware of the needs of Alzheimer?s patients and there is an emphasis on avoiding unneeded, aggressive medical interventions. Other components include integrating Alzheimer?s care into broader social services and offering respite care, which gives families a break from caring for Alzheimer?s patients at home ?something that can be exhausting and stressful.

These approaches are used in the US, too, but on a much more limited basis. Shouldn?t we have the courage to look for best practices wherever we find them, especially if it means lower costs and higher quality?

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Offsetting global warming: Targeting solar geoengineering to minimize risk and inequality

ScienceDaily (Oct. 21, 2012) ? A new study suggests that solar geoengineering can be tailored to reduce inequality or to manage specific risks like the loss of Arctic sea ice. By tailoring geoengineering efforts by region and by need, a new model promises to maximize the effectiveness of solar radiation management while mitigating its potential side effects and risks.

Developed by a team of leading researchers, the study was published in the November issue of Nature Climate Change.

Solar geoengineering, the goal of which is to offset the global warming caused by greenhouse gases, involves reflecting sunlight back into space. By increasing the concentrations of aerosols in the stratosphere or by creating low-altitude marine clouds, the as-yet hypothetical solar geoengineering projects would scatter incoming solar heat away from Earth's surface.

Critics of geoengineering have long warned that such a global intervention would have unequal effects around the world and could result in unforeseen consequences. They argue that the potential gains may not be worth the risk.

Gordon McKay Professor of Applied Physics at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) and Professor of Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School. "Instead, we can be thoughtful about various tradeoffs to achieve more selective results, such as the trade-off between minimizing global climate changes and minimizing residual changes at the worst-off location."

The study -- developed in collaboration with Douglas G. MacMartin of the California Institute of Technology, Ken Caldeira of the Carnegie Institution for Science, and Ben Kravitz, formerly of Carnegie and now at the Department of Energy -- explores the feasibility of using solar geoengineering to counter the loss of Arctic sea ice.

"There has been a lot of loose talk about region-specific climate modification. By contrast, our research uses a more systematic approach to understand how geoengineering might be used to limit a specific impact. We found that tailored solar geoengineering might limit Arctic sea ice loss with several times less total solar shading than would be needed in a uniform case."

Generally speaking, greenhouse gases tend to suppress precipitation, and an offsetting reduction in the amount of sunlight absorbed by Earth would not restore this precipitation. Both greenhouse gases and aerosols affect the distribution of heat and rain on this planet, but they change the temperature and precipitation in different ways in different places. The researchers suggest that varying the amount of sunlight deflected away from Earth both regionally and seasonally could combat some of this problem.

"These results indicate that varying geoengineering efforts by region and over different periods of time could potentially improve the effectiveness of solar geoengineering and reduce climate impacts in at-risk areas," says co-author Ken Caldeira, Senior Scientist in the Department of Global Ecology at the Carnegie Institution for Science.

The researchers note that while their study used a state-of-the-art model, any real-world estimates of the possible impact of solar radiation management would need to take into account various uncertainties. Further, any interference in Earth's climate system, whether intentional or unintentional, is likely to produce unanticipated outcomes.

"While more work needs to be done, we have a strong model that indicates that solar geoengineering might be used in a far more nuanced manner than the uniform one-size-fits-all implementation that is often assumed. One might say that one need not think of it as a single global thermostat. This gives us hope that if we ever do need to implement engineered solutions to combat global warming, that we would do so with a bit more confidence and a great ability to test it and control it."

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Orange County companies added 9,500 new jobs in September as the unemployment rate fell to 7.1 percent, the lowest rate since December 2008, state officials reported Friday.

Statewide, employment increased by 8,500 jobs in September, according to the Employment Development Department. California?s unemployment rate declined to 10.2 percent from 10.6 percent, still third-highest in the nation.

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Hiring at the state and local level was in keeping with the U.S. labor report released earlier this month. Nationwide, employers added a modest 114,000 jobs in September and unemployment fell to 7.8 percent.

Workplace experts said the Orange County jobs report shows an economy that is slowing from the hot pace of earlier this year, but still growing.

?You can?t argue with 7.1 percent,? said Wallace Walrod, chief economic advisor at the Orange County Business Council.

While government hiring accounted for the most growth ? 6,700 jobs ? the increase was mostly teachers returning to school after summer vacation.? Walrod was more impressed with the 1,300 jobs added in the leisure and hospitality business.

?That doesn?t usually happen in the fall,? he said, noting that employment at restaurants and hotels typically declines after summer in Southern California.

Orange County?s leisure and hospitality business has been booming. Local restaurants and hotels have added 10,500 jobs in the past year.

Anand Gala, president of Gala Corp., a hospitality and food service company in Costa Mesa, said the down economy provided opportunity for many new businesses in Orange County's market.

He had been looking for a location to open a restaurant locally for 15 years, he said, and the chance to get a location finally came up. Next week he will open a Famous Dave?s barbecue restaurant at Bristol Street and MacArthur Boulevard in Santa Ana's South Coast Metro area. He has hired 185 people to staff it in a variety of positions ranging from management to servers and trainees.

Esmael Adibi, a Chapman University economist, said the most encouraging part of the September report was that the labor force grew while the unemployment rate declined.

?We haven?t seen that in a long time,? he said. More recently the unemployment rate has been declining because people were giving up on finding a job and were leaving the workforce.

He had one word of caution, however. Most of the growth in the labor force was among the self-employed who are counted in the government?s separate monthly survey of households.

The household survey can be a volatile number. People contacted by the government for the household survey may describe themselves as self-employed one month, but if they can?t get any business they will consider themselves unemployed the next month.

Payroll jobs ? people working for employers ? tend to be a more reliable measure, but hiring has been slowing.

?For California, for us and for the nation for the last couple of months employers have taken a wait-and-see attitude,? he said.

Those workers finding jobs often are taking part-time positions. The Bureau of Labor Statistics said the number people who work part-time out of economic necessity rose by 600,000 in September to 8.6 million. Nearly one-third of those worked part-time because they couldn?t find a full-time job; others did so because their hours were cut.

?You have to take what?s out there,? said Lupita Marquez, 37, of La Habra, who works part-time at the La Habra School District. ?There?s just so many people applying for the same jobs.?

Orange County?s job growth in September came as good news after two months of declines. In August the county?s unemployment rate was slightly higher at 7.7 percent. August?s job loss also was worse than initially reported. The Employment Development Department revised its figures and determined county employers cut 8,900 workers instead of the 5,200 first reported. At the state level, employers only created 5,100 jobs in August instead of the 12,000 in the initial report.

Although California?s 10.2 percent September unemployment rate was down from its peak of 12.4 percent in summer 2010, it has been in double digits for nearly four years.? Only Nevada, with 11.8 percent unemployment, and Rhode Island at 10.5 percent are higher nationwide.

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ALPHA Pregnancy ? Choosing The Right Obstetrician To Birth Your ...

However, becoming pregnant comes with so many new responsibilities, and a huge amount of information that must be learned. At times it is quite confusing. However, the information here can give you knowledge so you won?t have to be overwhelmed, but can feel in control.

Even if you have not experienced heartburn before, you may during pregnancy. Suggestions to avoid this are to stay away from carbonated drinks, chocolate, citrus fruits and juices because of their acidic content, and spicy, fatty or fried foods.

While pregnant, your body should be supported, while you sleep. You can buy ?pregnancy pillows? in most stores or online. These special pillows are made to support pregnant women?s entire bodies while they?re sleeping. In lieu of one of those special pillows, a standard pillow can suffice. Try sleeping with a pillow under your one knee and your stomach.

Human skin is very elastic, but there is of course a limit to its stretchability. As your skin is stretched during pregnancy, it can become itchy. When trying to make the situation more bearable, it is important not to bathe in hot water. The hot water can strip the skin of naturally forming oils and leave it itchier and more dry. Moisturize with a heavy product, like cocoa butter or Vaseline. Remember to wear comfortable, loosely fitting apparel, and stop scratching!

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Don?t be too proud to ask for assistance when lifting heavy objects. Heavy lifting has been known to cause miscarriages or extra stress to the baby, and can also cause a back ache. As an alternative, have a friend or relative life the object for you and ask your doctor how much weight you should be lifting.

If you intent to adopt a healthier lifestyle and more nutritious eating habits, invite a friend or family member to join you in your efforts. By doing this, you will have a much easier process, which won?t be as stressful on you, your baby and the relationship you have.

If conceiving is something you are attempting to do, then learn how to monitor and track your cycles. Knowing when you?re likely to be ovulating will help you by scheduling the best times to get pregnant. This will help you find a precise due date since you will be able to tell during which period of time you got pregnant.

Dehydration can be a big concern during pregnancy if you have excessive nausea, or if you get sick with an illness that causes vomiting and diarrhea. The risk of dehydration from diarrhea can complicate your pregnancy or cause you to have to spend time in the hospital.

Many natural home remedies can help your nausea and heartburn. While over-the-counter treatments can be very effective, a great deal of them aren?t designed with pregnant women in mind, and can have negative side effects. Ask your family physician if he or she can recommend any home remedies that would help, and if he or she doesn?t know, you can ask your pharmacist.

As you can see from the tips above, there is so much to know about all the changes and challenges of pregnancy. By applying the advice you have learned in this article, you can make sure that your pregnancy goes smoothly.

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Not only did Mayor Mike Bloomberg cut the ribbon today at the new Shapeways 3D printing factory in New York, he did it using 3D-printed scissors. And they came out of the printer fully assembled. More »

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Beyond Bieber: Twitter improves student learning

Public release date: 17-Oct-2012
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Contact: Andy Henion
henion@msu.edu
517-355-3294
Michigan State University

EAST LANSING, Mich. Twitter, best known as the 140-character social-networking site where Justin Bieber and Lady Gaga chit-chat with fans, has become a new literary format that is improving student learning, a new study argues.

Christine Greenhow, assistant professor of education at Michigan State University, found that college students who tweet as part of their instruction are more engaged with the course content and with the teacher and other students, and have higher grades.

"Tweeting can be thought of as a new literary practice," said Greenhow, who also studies the growing use of social media among high-schoolers. "It's changing the way we experience what we read and what we write."

In "Twitteracy: Tweeting as a New Literary Practice," Greenhow notes that Twitter use among U.S. teens has doubled in less than two years. There are now more than 200 million active users posting more than 175 million tweets a day, according to the study, which appears in the research journal Educational Forum.

Greenhow analyzed existing research and found that Twitter's real-time design allowed students and instructors to engage in sharing, collaboration, brainstorming and creation of a project. Other student benefits included learning to write concisely, conducting up-to-date research and even communicating directly with authors and researchers.

In teaching a college class that focuses on Twitter, Greenhow said her students participate more through the site than they do in a face-to-face class setting.

"The students get more engaged because they feel it is connected to something real, that it's not just learning for the sake of learning," Greenhow said. "It feels authentic to them."

Twitter, created in 2006, comes with its own set of rules, such as using hash tags, URL shorteners and leaving enough characters blank to allow retweets. Magazines, newspapers and TV shows run Twitter content, encouraging readers and viewers to engage in the conversation online.

"One of the ways we judge whether something is a new literary form or a new form of communication is whether it makes new social acts possible that weren't possible before," Greenhow said. "Has Twitter changed social practices and the way we communicate? I would say it has."

Greenhow's research comes on the heels of another MSU study about changing communication practices among college students. That study, led by Jeff Grabill, found that first-year college students value texting more than any other writing style.

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Public release date: 17-Oct-2012
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Contact: Andy Henion
henion@msu.edu
517-355-3294
Michigan State University

EAST LANSING, Mich. Twitter, best known as the 140-character social-networking site where Justin Bieber and Lady Gaga chit-chat with fans, has become a new literary format that is improving student learning, a new study argues.

Christine Greenhow, assistant professor of education at Michigan State University, found that college students who tweet as part of their instruction are more engaged with the course content and with the teacher and other students, and have higher grades.

"Tweeting can be thought of as a new literary practice," said Greenhow, who also studies the growing use of social media among high-schoolers. "It's changing the way we experience what we read and what we write."

In "Twitteracy: Tweeting as a New Literary Practice," Greenhow notes that Twitter use among U.S. teens has doubled in less than two years. There are now more than 200 million active users posting more than 175 million tweets a day, according to the study, which appears in the research journal Educational Forum.

Greenhow analyzed existing research and found that Twitter's real-time design allowed students and instructors to engage in sharing, collaboration, brainstorming and creation of a project. Other student benefits included learning to write concisely, conducting up-to-date research and even communicating directly with authors and researchers.

In teaching a college class that focuses on Twitter, Greenhow said her students participate more through the site than they do in a face-to-face class setting.

"The students get more engaged because they feel it is connected to something real, that it's not just learning for the sake of learning," Greenhow said. "It feels authentic to them."

Twitter, created in 2006, comes with its own set of rules, such as using hash tags, URL shorteners and leaving enough characters blank to allow retweets. Magazines, newspapers and TV shows run Twitter content, encouraging readers and viewers to engage in the conversation online.

"One of the ways we judge whether something is a new literary form or a new form of communication is whether it makes new social acts possible that weren't possible before," Greenhow said. "Has Twitter changed social practices and the way we communicate? I would say it has."

Greenhow's research comes on the heels of another MSU study about changing communication practices among college students. That study, led by Jeff Grabill, found that first-year college students value texting more than any other writing style.

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Source: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-10/msu-bbt101712.php

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