Who would have thought that Playboy would try to get their geek-on by creating their Tron pictorial? Inspired by the movie, Tron: Legacy, Playboy’s Tron pictorial, “Game on” video, and behind the scenes footage of the photo shoot, are an amazing sight and truly phenomenal art work.

It all starts with a rather artistic venture by Hugh Hefner’s Playboy team. The renowned magazine and business empire took two of its playmates and turned them into phenomenal Tron-style, high-tech looking masterpieces that impressed me more as a work of art than anything else. The shoot and video definitely don’t disappoint fans of Playboy, as well as other fans of art in general.

It’s interesting to see how the playmate Irina Voronina and Sasckya Porto, are transformed with the careful application of bodypaint to get them “Tronned up” for the shoot. Also in the photo shoot and video: Playboy’s “Game On” features custom-built Tron cycles. Printwork and video aside, one of the most interesting parts of the work are the featured Parker Brothers Choppers Light Cycles, which are replicas of the Tron cycles.

Though the Tron cycles are totally awesome to look at, Tron cycles are said to come with a tall price tag of $35,000 each. The custom Tron bikes were created by Parker Brothers Choppers of Melbourne, Florida, who are creating a total of five custom-built bikes based on the light cycles from Tron: Legacy. Scoring one of these neon-glow, street legal motorcycles for yourself for that minimum of $35,000 may be unlikely for the average person, but there are a lot of chopper fans who would like to collect one.

Playboy Tron’s “Game On” video is technically nude in some parts, but is fairly tame compared to most of their industries comparative material After all, the Playmates are all strategically covered in bodypaint. Playboy truly gets all geeked-out creating this real-life Tron style battle between the Playmates. The even implemented the light discs in the fight. For those of you who are not fans of the Playboy empire, viewing the Playboy Tron features will still likely leave you appreciating it as a creative and genuinely artistic work.

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Grammar books have certainly changed since this reviewer last looked at one. Sramek has written the suitably titled The Great Grammar Book. What stands out about the book is its layout. With a workbook style she covers all the regular topics, but very well. Starting with the Diagnostic Test in the beginning she instructs and informs with trivia and fresh exercises testing the material taught.

The Diagnostic Test is not easy and does test the basic ability of the reader. However, it does provide immediate support in showing the correct answers. The subsequent chapters strengthen the weaknesses revealed with this test. Each chapter is divided in to a statement of the rules, examples of these rules and exercises to reinforce the rules. Finally, the review exercises and the “Final Chapter Review” test the reader on all the topics thoroughly.

Remarkably, Sramek has introduced examples and exercise sentences that are both new and interesting as they stand. “George Washington created the Purple Heart in 1792, making it the nation’s oldest military decoration,” reveals a trivia tidbit that keeps the attention of the reader (pg. 73 for the exercise. This is the corrected version for those interested). Under Parentheses, one of the examples is something this reviewer didn’t know, another bit of trivia, “In 1898 (fourteen years before the Titanic tragedy) Morgan Robertson wrote the novel Futility, about the largest ship ever built hitting an iceberg in the Atlantic on a cold April night.” This book is filled with interesting facts in Sramek’s efforts to keep the subject lively and the reader interested in completing the lessons.

The chapters follow the standard topics, but she ends the book with the most practical chapter of all “Successful Writing Skills.” Sramek condenses the whole book into a series of explanations and exercises utilizing the lessons taught in the first part to “practice, practice, practice.” The particular instruction and exercises enhance what comes before while using practical applications to emphasize each section. This chapter is good for students and the obvious reason for the book. This chapter is also very good for refreshing skills using proper grammar for others outside of the education sphere.

This book is definitely well targeted by the marketing department of Avon Press. Students preparing for SATs and ACT will benefit greatly. However, another marketing arm could be pursued with the businesses world. All persons who communicate via the written word would do well to review this book and work through the exercises. This reviewer is recommending this as a practical guide for any one that writes on a regular basis.

Book received from publisher for review.

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Dużo osób utrzymuje, że znalazło swoją miłość dopiero poprzez ogłoszenia matrymonialne. Aktualnie, w większości anonse randkowe przeszły do środowiska internetowego. To tam są osobliwe strony, zwane inaczej serwisami randkowymi, na których możemy wpisując swoje dane i wypełniając rubryki dotyczące hobby, poszukać partnera, który będzie nam odpowiadał pod wieloma względami.

Stereotypowe ogłoszenia matrymonialne, które nadal do niedawna mogliśmy wyszukać w wziętych gazetach również dziennikach, wyruszają już pomału do lamusa. Ogłoszenia internetowe tworzą bowiem więcej możliwości. Pozwalają nie tylko zobaczyć więcej na temat wyznaczonej postaci ale też przepatrzeć jej foty. Istnieją jednakże sceptycy, którzy mówią iż przez ogłoszenia randkowe nie da się odszukać swojej miłości, tej jedynej. Mówią, iż osoby w Internecie w kółko podają się za innych niż są w rzeczywistości.

Wstawienie atrakcyjnej fotki, stosownie podrasowanej na photooshopie również nie stwarza najmniejszego problemu. Jednak sympatycy twierdzą, że Internetowi poszukiwacze namiętności nie zmyślają bo prawda i tak prędzej czy później wyjdzie na górę. Decydujący jest jakkolwiek zdrowy rozum i umiarkowanie.

Anna Róg
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Z dniem 1 kwietnia br. Bank Millennium wprowadza zmiany do oferty bankowości hipotecznej. Modyfikacja oferty umo&#38 liwi klientom uzyskanie kredytu na preferencyjnych warunkach.

Kredyt hipoteczny w Banku Millennium to:

prowizja ju&#38 od 0% (prowizja 0% pod warunkiem skorzystania z ubezpieczenia od utraty stałego źródła dochodów
finansowanie do 90% wartości nieruchomości stanowiącej zabezpieczenie kredytu (dotychczas bank oferował kredyty do 80% wartości nieruchomości
atrakcyjny poziom mar&#38 i oprocentowania
korzystny okres kredytowania – do 35 lat
krótki czas udzielenia kredytu.

Zmianie oferty towarzyszy promocja kredytów na budowę domu. Bank adresuje swoją kampanię szczególnie do tego segmentu klientów z uwagi na sezon wiosenny, który zazwyczaj sprzyja realizacji inwestycji budowlanych. Zainteresowanie budową domu systemem gospodarczym jest aktualnie tym bardziej zauwa&#38 alne, &#38 e od pewnego czasu obserwowany jest spadek cen materiałów oraz robót budowlanych i wykończeniowych.

Osoby zainteresowane budową domu mogą w Banku Millennium skorzystać z wielu rozwiązań:

działka stanowi wkład własny, dzięki czemu kredytobiorca nie musi dysponować dodatkowymi środkami w gotówce
podstawą do wyliczenia maksymalnej kwoty kredytu jest przyszła wartość nieruchomości po wykończeniu – klienci mogą uzyskać kredyt do 90% łącznej wartości działki i domu po wybudowaniu i wykończeniu
bank umo&#38 liwia finansowanie ka&#38 dego etapu budowy domu – jednoczesny zakup działki i budowę domu, a tak&#38 e budowę do tzw. „stanu deweloperskiego” lub umo&#38 liwiającego częściowy odbiór domu
bank nie wymaga faktur za zakupione materiały i wykonane prace

Millennium zapewnia zrefinansowanie poniesionych wcześniej wydatków (środki uzyskane w ten sposób mo&#38 na przeznaczyć na dowolny cel, np. na umeblowanie domu.

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Have you financially over-extended yourself to the point where you can no longer keep up with your debt? Perhaps you have lost your well-paying job and are now trying to live on unemployment benefits. You have been running yourself ragged trying to locate another job, but the opportunities are few. You may have to settle for employment that pays you a fraction of what you used to earn, and you know you just can’t make it on those lower wages. Meanwhile, your creditors are calling and demanding payments that you just don’t have. No amount of explaining is getting you anywhere-they simply want their money, and they will continue to call and harass you until you do something about it.

Can you work with these creditors on your own? Well, you can certainly try, but chances are you really won’t make much progress. You don’t have the training or the expertise needed to deal with these people, and many creditors are quite adept at intimidating those who owe money. Your best option is to let a professional credit counselor speak on your behalf, and you can do this once you decide to take your financial troubles to a credit counseling agency. This service will be able to accomplish far more, and in a much shorter time than you would should you attempt it on your own. If you have debt that is more than you can handle, a credit counselor can help reduce it for you by negotiating a lower rate of interest.

Once the counselor has evaluated your situation, he or she will discuss what options you have, and how you can begin to get your debt and other obligations under control. It may be suggested that a debt management program is the best way for you to go. What this means is that all your unsecured debt can be consolidated into one sum, and you would be required to make one payment each month that will be dispersed equally to each creditor. Unsecured debt would include all your credit cards, any personal loans, credit accounts at department stores, and any medical bills you may have. This does not include your home mortgage payments or vehicle loans you may have, or anything else you have supplied collateral for.

Participating in the debt management program means that your credit counselor will negotiate a lower rate of interest for you which will result in a lower, more manageable payment. Most of the money you pay right now goes toward interest, which is why it takes literally forever to pay off that credit card debt. Once most of your payment is applied to the principle, the payoff time is greatly reduced. Many people become free of this debt in as a little as three to five years. That’s not bad considering you might have been paying for thirty years at minimum payment rates. Of course, all situations are different, and this program may not be the one for you. Your counselor will have other options and suggestions should the debt management program not fit your needs.

If you do choose this particular program, you must be informed that your overall credit scores may be adversely affected to some degree. It may also result in a negative result if you try to get additional credit while you are in the program, apply for a vehicle or home loan, or obtain some other type of financing. It is better to stick with the confines of your budget, make your monthly payment, and wait until the program is finished and you are debt free before you try to rebuild your credit. Your personal counselor will explain all the details to you before you make the decision to participate. He or she will go over in detail all the stipulations and benefits of a debt management program, and then leave the final decision to you. If you come to the conclusion that this really is your best option, the counselor will then contact your creditors to let them know that you are entering into the program, negotiate on your behalf, and make arrangements for you to set up an account to make the monthly payment that is due. This really is a great way for people to pay off their debt and know that they will be financially free in a very short number of years.