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Yes, on some level it's just a seven-year check-in with people maybe half-remembered, if that. Yet the films also serve as a kind of check-in with us, too.

What ultimately is so compelling about 56 Up is the universality of the experiences. We were all once children. And we all will die. And in between, there is everything else.

We feel good, refreshed and depressed in watching these people get older, also embarrassed in moments and cautioned about the passage of time.

Apted, himself now in his early 70s, says he hopes to continue the series further. Long may it live.

Watching "56 Up" gives you the wonderful feeling of seeing a sociological experiment blossom into something novelistically rich and humane.

Time has been neither kind nor cruel to the 13 men and women profiled in "56 UP." It has just been time, which is what this groundbreaking series is about.

Chances are that you'll come away from this long film feeling a sense of knowing its characters.

We might say that '56 Up' serves much the same function as 'Amour,' but it responds to the inevitability of decline with compassion, not dread.

What started as a crafty way of looking at the U.K.'s rigid class structure has grown into a portrait of melancholy middle age, with its heartbreaks and minor-key triumphs.

Those British kids are now 56

Watching the eighth film is intriguing but, in a way, disappointing. At this point in the game, it feels as if all the characters have determined their lots in life and are simply plodding through their interviews.

Quite simply one of the great documentary projects in the history of cinema, an engrossing sociological experiment on film; and though this mostly mellow installment isn't as revelatory as some earlier ones, it's still a remarkable document.

... feels like a retrospective and summation of the whole series, with ample quotation from the previous films, an approach that makes it interesting even for viewers who haven't seen the previous installments.

A completely unique and remarkable documentary project.

Apted skillfully weaves old footage with the new, and we become poignantly aware of another factor shaping their lives (and our own): biology, as the we watch the once-cute kids grow gray and heavy.

Perhaps the boldest and probably longest running sociological experiment on film.

I think the best thing about this movie (and the entire series) is that it forces the viewer to think about their own lives. It's kind of an awakening experience.

Once again, Apted assembles a captivating documentary that's profoundly educational, essential viewing to aid the understanding of the human experience.

"56 Up" is well worth seeing.

56 Up is still moving and philosophic, though not as exciting as earlier episodes, which had more drama.

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Apple's Long-Rumored Game Controller May Soon See The Light Of Day

I've long believed that touchscreens leave a certain something to be desired when it comes to playing games, and if a new (and very curious) report holds true, Apple may feel the same way. According to PocketGamer.biz's Jon Jordan, Apple has been meeting with developers on-site at this year's Game Developers Conference in San Francisco to talk about a forthcoming Apple game controller.

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Meet the Lucky People Who Suddenly Owe Google $1500 (Updating)

We already knew about the lucky six who will officially have the honor of paying Google $1,500 in exchange for Glass and the adventures and (highly likely) ridicule that will soon follow. But now @projectglass is announcing the rest of the lucky winners by replying individually to their #ifihadglass tweets. Here they are in all their glory. More »

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Sprint Epic 4G Touch will receive Android Jelly Bean update today

Sprint's Galaxy S 4 recently took one step towards being ready for mass consumption, however the carrier hasn't forgotten the device's forefathers. We've received a memo from an anonymous tipster advising that the Epic 4G Touch is set to make the jump to Jelly Bean (Android 4.1, to be exact) starting sometime today. The new software bump will come directly from Samsung and will require a visit to an external website that has yet to go live. The memo also notes that in order to perform the update, you'll need access to a rig with Windows 7, Vista or XP -- in other words, OS X and Windows 8 users will have to visit a Sprint store to get their fix. For those fortunate enough to gain access in the coming hours, let us know how it's treating you in comments below.

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Is The Sky The Limit For Wind Power?

Wind turbines at the San Gorgonio Pass Wind Farm in Whitewater, Calif., in 2012.

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Wind turbines at the San Gorgonio Pass Wind Farm in Whitewater, Calif., in 2012.

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Wind power is growing faster than ever ? almost half of the new sources of electricity added to the U.S. power grid last year were wind farms.

But is the sky the limit? Several scientists now say it's actually possible to have so many turbines that they start to lose power. They steal each other's wind.

Sailboat captains experience a similar phenomenon; they call it "dirty air." If you're sailing directly downwind of another sailboat, you'll slow down. That's because the lead boat creates a turbulent vortex of air behind it as the wind spills off its sails. As sailors know, "dirty air" means less power.

The blades on wind turbines make dirty air too, so engineers space the machines far apart. But wind developers want to bring the total number of turbines in the U.S. to more than 100,000, up from about 45,000 today. Would that spread the turbulent air far and wide?

Harvard physicist David Keith says that's possible. "[With] very large wind farms," he says, "we can now see long footprints that extend, in some cases, tens of kilometers downstream, where you have slower-moving wind."

Keith is one of several scientists who have designed computer simulations to see what might happen at huge wind farms. "If we're going to scale wind power up to supply a significant fraction of the global energy demand ? say 10 percent of global energy demand as we get towards midcentury ? then these effects begin to matter," he says. "Exactly how much they matter we still don't know."

The answer has become a kind of puzzle for atmospheric scientists. Just what, they ask, is the "saturation point" for wind power? That is, when is the wind so dirty that there's no point in building one more turbine?

So far, that point is hypothetical. To get to saturation, you'd need huge wind farms ?bigger than any that exist now ? with thousands of square miles packed with turbines. For the 45,000 big turbines now spread around in clusters throughout the U.S., that's not a problem.

Atmospheric scientist Mark Jacobson at Stanford University has done calculations that suggest you'd have to get up into the many millions of turbines before you'd lose a serious amount of wind. And people are thinking about how to get around the problem.

"We found that by spreading out the wind farms themselves," Jacobson says, "you reduce this impact of having low energy when you just have one wind farm with lots of turbines."

Elizabeth Salerno at the industry's American Wind Energy Association says developers are making sure they're not going to dilute the wind. Doing that would lose money.

"Our developers spend a lot of time with experts and atmospheric scientists to ensure that they are putting each individual wind turbine and the entire project in a location and a layout that's going to optimize their result," Salerno says.

But as you build more and more wind farms, spreading them out could present complications, too. You can't put them just anywhere ? you need to have transmission lines reasonably close by, for example. Also, as you get more wind farms, more people are likely to complain about the view. And lots of places simply aren't windy enough to be useful.

Even with those limits, there's plenty of wind to go around, Salerno says. "We have enough wind resource in the U.S. on shore [and] on land to do 10 times over our power production today."

That's 10 times all the power produced now in the U.S from every means, including coal, nuclear and hydropower.

Salerno says no one expects wind power to come anywhere close to that. For one thing, the nation's electricity grid runs more reliably if utilities can draw on different kinds of energy that can back each other up. When the wind isn't blowing, the grid can draw on natural gas or nuclear power. Or if natural gas prices spike, people can use more wind.

At the moment wind provides about 3.5 percent of all electricity in the U.S. The wind association says a reasonable goal is to raise that to 20 percent of the nation's electricity needs by 2030. That would mean building maybe 75,000 more wind turbines, Salerno says, and not building them all in one place.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2013/03/27/174820893/is-the-sky-the-limit-for-wind-power?ft=1&f=1007

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China on track to become globe's top luxury car market

Paul A. Eisenstein , The Detroit Bureau ? ? ? 14 hrs.

Demand for luxury vehicles in China will make it the world?s second-largest market for expensive vehicles by 2016 and number one by decade?s end when it will likely surpass the U.S., according to a new study by the consulting firm of McKinsey & Co.

But industry analysts and planners caution that several obstacles could delay or completely short-circuit the boom in automotive demand in China, both on the mainstream and luxury level.

Sales of premium vehicles will probably equal that of all of Western Europe by 2020, as incomes continue to rise in what is now the world?s second-largest economy, according to McKinsey & Co. China is already the largest automotive market in the world overall.

Deliveries of upscale autos will probably climb to 2.25 million by 2016, according to McKinsey?s estimates, and will reach 3 million by 2020. That compares with luxury vehicle sales of 1.25 million last year, McKinsey said in the new report. The growth rate is expected to significantly outpace that of the total Chinese market.

Increased income levels clearly will help, as will the general aspirations of Chinese consumers who, until relatively recently, were barred from owning luxury goods. Also driving the surge is the expanded presence of luxury makers.

General Motors recently began production of the Cadillac XTS in Shanghai and expects sales by the Caddy brand in China to reach 100,000 units by 2015. Virtually all major high-line brands, such as Mercedes-Benz and BMW, are already operating in the country. And new makers are looking for access.

Related: GM outlines strategy to slash fuel consumption

?We expect it to become our number one market,? said Victor Muller, founder and chairman of little, Dutch-based Spyker Cars, which introduced plans for new products and global growth during a preview at the Geneva Motor Show this week.

Ford Motor Co. plans to start sales of its Lincoln nameplate in China next year, while PSA Peugeot Citroen is readying its flagship DS dealership in Shanghai, according to the report.

Nissan considers China so important that it recently set up new headquarters for the luxury brand in Hong Kong. It will try to challenge German marques, led by Audi, which account for about 80% of the highline segment, according to McKinsey.

?Even now, China?s premium car market presents a sizable opportunity for latecomers,? authors Sha Sha, Theodore Huang and Erwin Gabardi wrote in the McKinsey report. ?Japanese and U.S. attackers still have a chance to create a market footprint.?

Luxury car sales have increased 36% annually in the past decade, compared with the 26% rate for the total passenger vehicle market, according to McKinsey. The segment remains attractive for automakers as 111 large Chinese cities still don?t have premium car dealerships, says a separate analysis by Morgan Stanley & Co.

In its survey of Chinese consumers, 59% of respondents said they won?t choose a local brand when buying premium vehicles, while 16% believe a Chinese automaker will never be able to produce a luxury model that garners global recognition.

Related: Ferrari goes hybrid for fastest car ever

Can the luxury market meet the lofty expectations set out by McKinsey and others?

The Chinese government announced it has targeted GDP growth of 7.5% for this year, unchanged from 2012, as the annual parliamentary session opened this week. The country also set a lower inflation goal of 3.5%, aimed at keeping prices in check, according to the forecast in Premier Wen Jiabao?s work report, as he opened the National People?s Congress.

McKinsey noted China?s economy is making its historic shift to a more consumption- and service-driven model that should help sustain the country?s growth, albeit at a slower rate, over the next decade and beyond.

?As November?s 18th congress of the Chinese Communist Party showed, new government policies are helping to move the economy in this direction, even though investment?the historical motor of China?s growth?will still command the lion?s share of the economy in the near term,? the McKinsey analysis noted, adding that the government?s policies should ?create more and better-paid jobs and thus raise the share of the national income in the hands of consumers?the key determinant of China?s future economic profile.?

But not everyone is quite so confident. Some skeptics note that demand for luxury vehicles was unsteady last year, forcing makers like Mercedes to enact unexpectedly sharp price cuts to maintain momentum.

As TheDetroitBureau.com reported this past week, there are growing concerns about a slowdown in the automotive market that could follow new efforts to reduce endemic air pollution problems that are steadily worsening in cities like Beijing.

Related:Could China?s car market go bust?

?They could change policies overnight if they want,? cautioned Spyker?s Muller, and that could bring the overall Chinese car market to a standstill or just slow it down.

The most likely scenario, though, is that regulators will demand automakers switch to battery cars and other clean technologies at an even faster pace than currently mandated. That could play well for some luxury brands, however, as makers ranging from Ferrari to Audi have been introducing new hybrids, plug-ins and full electric vehicles that could meet the new standards.

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Hill Poll: Growing Numbers Feel Obama Doesn't Back Israel Enough

Sandy Fitzgerald - Mar 04, 2013
Newsmax

A growing number of people believe the Obama administration is not doing enough to support Israel, according to a recent survey commissioned by The Hill newspaper.

The poll of 1,000 likely voters conducted Feb. 28 found that three times more voters think the White House is not supportive enough than those who believe it is too supportive.

The new numbers for those who said President Barack Obama does not back Israel as much as he should are higher than they were in three similar Hill surveys conducted since May 2011.

The February poll found 39 percent of respondents said Obama does not support Israel enough compared to 13 percent who said his policies are too supportive.

A slightly larger percentage, 30 percent compared to 28 percent, said Obama is more anti-Israel than pro-Israel. But the percentage of people labeling Obama as being pro-Israel is up slightly from a September 2011 poll.

Obama's policies on Israel are being watched closely, while concerns rise about Iran's nuclear program. Israel says Iran must be stopped from obtaining a nuclear weapon, even if it involves a military strike. The Obama administration favors a diplomatic solution instead.

The White House is renewing its focus on Israel this month, with Vice President Joe Biden to address the American Israel Public Affairs Committee conference Monday, and Obama to make his first presidential visit to Israel later this month.

The Hill poll, conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, also found that most voters think Obama should be somewhat or very involved in helping broker a peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians. However, a third of voters said he should not be involved.

The survey also revealed that fewer voters think Obama is improving the U.S. standing worldwide. Thirty-seven percent said the United States is more respected internationally than it was before Obama took office, and 43 percent said the country is less respected.

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