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(Pocket-lint) - Despite the decline of the camcorder market, Sony's latest HDR-GW77V Handycam looks to make a splash in the Handycam range.
Not only is the 10x optical zoom HDR-GW77V tough enough to survive a drop from 5 feet, it's also waterproof down to 16 feet.
The 29.8mm equivalent wide-angle lens can extend through to 298mm to capture far-away subjects on the move. Optical image stabilisation is also built into the lens to help steady capture.
The Handycam offers a 28Mbit/sec data rate when capturing 1080p60 movie files, while the back-illuminated Exmor R sensor can capture JPEG stills at a whopping 20.4-megapixels. There's even Sony's Intelligent Sweep Panorama mode - as featured in most Sony Alpha and Cyber-shot stills cameras - to capture a panoramic image by moving the Handycam through a scene in real time.
There's also a 3-inch, 921k-dot touchscreen LCD that's said to work while submerged, which is mounted on a vari-angle bracket for framing from all manner of different angles.
The GW77V, which comes with 16GB of memory built in, is anticipated to launch at the end of June with a $700 (USD) asking price. Although our pictures might suggest it's a bit of a chameleon, the model will be available in black, white and blue finishes.
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It is almost Wednesday and that means I get to go home to Texas for a week! I've been looking forward to seeing family, high school friends, and eating Tex-Mex and BBQ for months now. Today, though, was wonderful as well. I started the day off with the usual coffee and greek yogurt bowl and … More 'duck liver mousse?' 'omg so much vitamin A!'


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I've been reading thru a couple of Blogs lately that I thought would make a fun post. I found this over at Pam's Ponderings.This is a survey for first time mommies but I'm just going to post about all three of my pregnancies and babies.
I'm not going to tag anyone, but if you want to do this just for the fun of it, let me know so I can read up on your pregnancy(ies)
1. Were you married at the time? - Oh yeah....in 1977 having a baby outside of marriage was still not done a lot
2. What were your reactions when you found out you were pregnant? - I would say the first pregnancy was a huge surprise, only because we hadn't planned it...then the next two were also a surprise but we were excited as well..
3. How old were you? - 20, 24, 25.
4. How did you find out? - Morning sickness with the first, I just knew with the second and the third I didn't suspect anything until I started mis-carrying.
5. Who did you tell first? - Hubby, of course. Then my parents.
6. Due Date? - Aug.20, 1977, March 21, 1980, Aug. 3, 1981
7. Did you deliver early or late? - I delivered late for all three
8. Morning sickness? - Yes for the first but not the other two
9. Cravings? - Nothing special
10. Who irritated you the most? - Um....I can't honestly remember.
11. What was the sex of your child? - Three boys
12. How much weight did you gain? - 22lbs, 40lbs., and 30lbs.
13. Any complications? - With the first two it was uneventful, but with the third I had bed-rest up to the 2nd Trimester.
14. Where did you give birth? - Fort St. John, BC for the first two and Williams Lake, BC for the youngest
15. Labor? - 12 hours, 10 hours, 6 hours
16. Who drove you to hospital? - Hubby
17. Who watched? - Hubby
18. Natural or c-section? - Natural
19. Did you take medicine? - No
20. How much did your child weigh?. 8lbs 14 oz., 10lbs., 9lbs, 13oz.
21. Names? - Kevin Daniel, Colin Andrew, David George
22. How old are they today? - Kevin-31, Colin-28 and David passed away 2 years ago at 25
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
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I've been reading thru a couple of Blogs lately that I thought would make a fun post. I found this over at Pam's Ponderings.This is a survey for first time mommies but I'm just going to post about all three of my pregnancies and babies.
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- hippo chick said...
Oh Faye,
I am so sorry that you lost your dear son. That is so hard and you are very brave, I can tell.
I wanted to share that I, also, weighed 10/9. My poor mom. I was her first and last. She had two step-children and though she didn't labor for them at birth, she labored for them through life.
Thanks for sharing.
~hippo hugs~
- October 1, 2008 at 7:08 PM


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A master plan has been developed for the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District that recommends spending up to $160 million on major upgrades and deferred maintenance at several of its recreational facilities and two marinas during the next several years.
A master plan has been developed for the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District that recommends spending up to $160 million on major upgrades and deferred maintenance at several of its recreational facilities and two marinas during the next several years.
The next step, according to the MWCD's recreation staff, is to develop a first-year project list and budget that will be provided to the MWCD board of directors during the first quarter of next year.
"We want our customers, guests and the general public to understand that what has been developed in the master plan is a concept for our facilities, it is not an action plan," said Scott Barnhart, MWCD's chief of recreation. "Our staff will spend the remainder of this year identifying the priority projects and budgets for each location, keeping in mind the suggestions that were offered by our guests."
Darrin Lautenschleger, MWCD public affairs administrator, said the conservancy district has been deferring maintenance at all of its recreational facilities for several decades. "Our staff has identified more than $80 million in deferred maintenance, public access and accessibility issues at our facility," he said. "There is definitely a need for upgrades."
Thanks to payments the agency has received from leasing its lands to the oil and gas industry, the MWCD has the money to begin the process, he said. The board has directed that dollars from signing bonuses should be used for capital investments and paying down the district's debt.
Since 2011, the MWCD has received more than $77 million in signing bonuses.
Any royalties the conservancy district receives from wells drilled on its property will be used in part for a potential reduction of its assessment on landowners in the district. "To date, not enough money has been received for that to be a consideration for next year," Lautenschleger said. The earliest a reduction could be considered would be in 2015.
The MWCD worked with the planning firm of Woolpert Inc. of Dayton to develop the plan, which has received the approval of the MWCD board of directors.
The plan was developed with input from customers and guests at district facilities. "They were part of the process from day one, and many of the recommendations from the plan developed directly from their input," Lautenschleger said.
Locally, the plan recommends addressing issues at Atwood Lake and Tappan Lake such as outdated office buildings, outdated shower facilities, waterlines, culverts and electrical service.
The master plan for Atwood would build on the success of the Alive Festival, held there every summer.
"Atwood Lake Park is envisioned as the place to go for large events and festivals, with modern full hookup campgrounds and signature amenities including a zip line, destination play area, and beach with sprayground and water play equipment," according to the master plan listed at MWCD.org.
The full plan for Atwood could cost as much as $33.8 million.
Tappan Lake would be developed with an edgy sports theme. "Tappan Lake Park is envisioned as a quiet camping retreat with a waterfront overlook or ridge top connected by wooded trails to challenging sports such as zip lines, rock climbing, ropes courses and mountain biking, which derive energy from the park's hills and ravines," the plan release said.
To implement the entire recommendation for Tappan would cost $24.7 million.
"I will stress again that these costs are not part of an action plan, they are from the concept that is developed in the master plan, and our staff will prioritize needs and projects, and budgets will determine how much is done," Lautenschleger said.
The MWCD has already made investments at Seneca Lake in Guernsey County. More than $650,000 has been spent to build a new park welcome center, replacing a facility that Lautenschleger said was dilapidated and unsafe. Slightly more than $1 million was invested in the marina, including building renovations, new docks and a new restroom facility.
The entire project will likely generate construction jobs throughout the district. "It could be an economic benefit for the communities where our facilities are located," he said.


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By Robert Dixon
More than half of Gen X and Gen Y consumers admit having little or no knowledge about investments and financial products, according to a recent LIMRA study.
The study supports the notion that "improving general financial literacy could lay the groundwork for retirement knowledge. Too few consumers understand basic financial concepts and this lack of knowledge can hinder their savings efforts," said Cecilia Shiner, senior analyst at LIMRA Retirement Research, in an email interview.
The study found that Gen X and Gen Y consumers who work with financial advis0rs are more likely than those who do not to be very knowledgeable about investments and financial products (14 percent versus 6 percent). Yet only one in five work with a financial professional.
"Married Gen X and Gen Y consumers are very slightly more likely than unmarried Gen X and Gen Y consumers to be very knowledgeable (8 percent versus 6 percent)," Shiner said. "Gen X and Gen Y consumers who have graduated from college are more likely than those who have not to be very knowledgeable about investments and financial products (9 percent versus 5 percent)."
Baby boomers are slightly less likely to indicate that they are "very knowledgeable" about investments and financial products than Gen Xers and Gen Yers, Shiner said in the interview. Four percent of baby boomers (non-retired consumers aged 48-66) report being very knowledgeable compared with 7 percent of Gen X and Gen Y consumers. However, Baby Boomers are less likely than Gen X and Gen Y to indicate that they are "not at all knowledgeable" (18 percent of baby boomers versus 21 percent of Gen X and Gen Y consumers), Shiner said. She noted that comparisons to baby boomers were not a part of the current LIMRA analysis.
"The increased knowledge levels could be related to education efforts on the part of financial professionals, or the fact that more knowledgeable Gen X and Gen Y consumers work with financial professionals," Shiner said.
LIMRA's research found that among Gen X and Gen Y consumers with access to a defined contribution (DC) plan through their employer, those who have never made contributions are more likely to feel less knowledgeable about investments and financial products than those currently contributing to their DC plan. This finding suggests that if financial literacy could be improved for these consumers, the likelihood of participating in their employers' DC plans may rise.
"I think that a lengthy retirement horizon and competing demands on income are the primary reasons why more Gen X and Gen Y consumers are not saving for retirement," Shiner said. "They are not prioritizing retirement saving. Less than half (46 percent) of Gen X consumers and only 3 in 10 (31 percent) Gen Y consumers cite retirement as an important reason they are saving. This leads us to believe that immediate and near-term spending obligations appear to be taking precedence over long-term needs for Gen Y consumers," she said.
The study also found that the market opportunity to offer retirement products and insurance to Gen X and Gen Y households is growing. Some 43 percent of the nearly $3 trillion in Gen X household financial assets is invested in retirement and pension accounts, based on an analysis of the Federal Reserve Board's 2010 Survey of Consumer Finances. Two thirds of retirement and pension account assets are held in DC savings plans and 30 percent are in IRAs.
On average, Gen X consumers have contributed to their current employer's DC plan for nine years, accumulating nearly $70,000. The median income deferral rate is 6 percent for all Gen X consumers, slightly higher for men (7 percent). Given that Gen X consumers are over age 30, their income deferral rates are typically recommended to be above 10 percent. However, less than half (43 percent) are contributing 8 percent or more, LIMRA reports.
Gen Y household financial assets totaled $229 billion, likely reflecting their ages and stages in life. On average, Gen Y consumers have contributed to their current employer's direct contribution, or DC plan, for four years, accumulating slightly less than $26,000, according to the study. The median deferral rate is for Gen Y is 6 percent, with one in five Gen Y consumers contributing 3 percent or less to their current employer's DC plan.
"There's a lot of attention on the baby boomers (78 million) but there are nearly 116 million Americans aged 20 to 47, and as an industry we need to help these Americans plan and save for retirement," said Shiner in a release. "Most Gen X and Y Americans will have to rely solely on their savings to fund their retirement, yet few are taking full advantage of the retirement savings vehicles available to them. The decisions these consumers make today will have a lasting impact on their ability to be financially secure in their retirement years."
Gen X refers to the generation following the post-World War II baby boom, generally those born between 1965 and 1980. Gen Y – also frequently referred to as "millennials" – includes those born between 1975 and 1999. The definitions are marketing terms, not firm demographic periods, thus there are some gaps, overlaps and often disagreement as to the precise dating of each generation.
The LIMRA study is based on a survey conducted in May 2012 that polled 5,296 Americans aged 20 to 84. Of those people surveyed, 884 respondents were Gen X and 720 were Gen Y.
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I made this little snowman card today for My Pink Stamper's Challenge. The challenge is to make a winter card! I used Winter Frolic Cartridge. It's a simple card, but that's how Robyn likes them! I hope I win her stamps:) Wish me luck!!
Sunday, August 29, 2010
My Pink Stamper Challenge
I made this little snowman card today for My Pink Stamper's Challenge. The challenge is to make a winter card! I used Winter Frolic Cartridge. It's a simple card, but that's how Robyn likes them! I hope I win her stamps:) Wish me luck!!
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Saturday, August 28, 2010
What's Brewing!!!!
Cricut Carts - Rock Princess, Paper Doll Dress UP
Stamp- Scrappy Mom's A Haunting We Will Go Stamp Set
Martha Stewart Drippy Goo punch, Fibers, Stickles , Peachy Keen Face Stamps Princess
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Princess Throwback Thursday Challenge!!!
Hi guys My Creative Time with Emma is holding another Throwback Thursday Challenge. This week is a Princess theme. I used Once Upon A Princess Cart. I love everything that has to do with Princesses so I loved this challenge. Hope everyone enjoys, Have a great weekend!
Cardstock-PaperTrey Ink/Stampin up
Cuttlebug- Seeing Spots embossing folder
Cricut Expression-Once Upon A Princess Cart
Ribbon- Scrap Polka Dot Ribbon
Stamps-Peachy Keen Princess Face stamps
Markers-Copic Lipstick Red/ White Gel Pen
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Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Exciting News!!!!
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Saturday, August 21, 2010
Throwback Thursday Frame It with Emma
Hello Everyone I hope everyone is enjoying their weekend! Emma at My Creative Time is having another Throwback Thursday! I love these challenges they are so fun! I have joined everyone of them:) This challenge is to use Paper Doll Dress Up Cricut Cartridge. I made this little card using my Gypsy:) I hope everyone likes it!
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Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Sweet Chick:)
Hello Everyone, I hope ya'll are having a good Tuesday afternoon. It is storming here in Louisiana, and I decided to make this cute little card. The mail man brought me Country life, Rock Princess, and Mini Monsters yesterday and I had to make this little chicken with the Country Life Cartridge. I love it:) I am also loving my new Paper Trey Ink paper:) Hope everyone enjoys:) Have a great day!!
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Sunday, August 15, 2010
Hello Kitty Paper Clips
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Friday, August 13, 2010
Throwback Thursday Challenge #9
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Happy 12th Aniversary to Me and My Husband!
Hi guys tommorrow August 14, 2010 will be me and my husband's 12th year Anniversary! We dated for four years, so we really been together for 16 years! We will be going on a date tommorrow so I decided to post it today. I made him this simple card using George and Basic Shapes Cartridge. I used my swiss dots embossing folder and chalked the edges of the numbers and heart. I used a stamp from a collection I purchased from Micheals. I used some papers from My mind's Eye, and Paper Trey ink.I know it's for a man, but I had to put my girly touch and add a white satin ribbon. Hope you guys enjoy and I would like to say Thank you to all of my followers for the nice comments:)
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Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Teddy Bear Card
Hi everyone I made a little Birthday card for my shop on Etsy:) I used Create a Critter Cricut Cartridge. The little bear I used my gypsy to weld,and the paper I used is from Paper Trey Ink. I put a little flower on her ear. Inside the card reads Sweet Birthday Wishes:) Hope everyone enjoys:)
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The Sustainable Living Lab (SL2) is back at the Singapore Mini Maker Faire (SMMF)! As the first organisation in the history of the SMMF to curate an integrated booth (SMMF12), SL2 has never fail to amaze us. It has set high standards to upkeep (See SMMF13) but we believe they will continue to thrill the visitors at this third run of the SMMF. This year, SL2 will take the entire ground foyer level at the Senja-Cashew CC, right in front of the CC General Office and the entrance to the swimming complex. Let's look at what they have in store for us.
Theme Introduction
It is obvious that SL2 has devoted much effort in putting their show together again, from gathering the makers to conceptuliazing this year's theme, Sustainable Village. Considering that the SMMF is to be held at the Bukit Panjang heartlands, SL2 decided to relive the kampung spirit of building, repairing and bonding, and to allow the older residents to bond with the younger generation through traditional building and repairing work. There will also be interesting modernization of activities with the aid of technology, enticing the young and encouraging the old to bond meaningfully too! Read their project and maker introduction to get a better sense of what their integrated booth will have to offer you. Some are really humourous!
Project and Maker Introduction
Project Title: A Darn Good Mending Cafe
Description: Are your jeans worn out? Do your socks have holes? Are your cargos torn? They all DESERVE a second chance! Learn mending techniques such as weaving, patching and even traditional sashiko to give them a second chance. Participants can bring their own socks, jeans or trousers, and mend them on the spot!
Team Members:
WonderSASHIKO Agy – Agatha Lee (aka Agy) is a fabric hacker / upcycler and an advocate of sustainable fashion, including the upcycling of post-consumer garments and textile waste. When she is not hacking her clothes or experimenting with sewable electronics, she is busy sharing tips on her blog, Green Issues by Agy, and at workshops.
SuperPATCHER Amy – Amy Koh is an avid maker, dabbling in woodwork and sewing.
SpideyWEAVER Raye – Raye Padit is an aspiring fashion designer who aims to lessen the production of virgin textile, and create more awareness to individuals about how we can contribute to promoting sustainable fashion.
Project title : Hangover Herbs
Description: You want to grow some herbs but lack the space. We know how that feels. Hangover Herbs is an inverted growing technique suitable for small spaces. With a simple container, we will show you how to turn it into an upside down planter you can hang at home. Good for the earth, Hangover Herbs are made from upcycled containers. Ignite the urban gardener in you and get your hands dirty. Come along, no green thumbs needed just your DIY spirit.
Team Members:
Apoorva Madhusudan, Vatsal Sanghavi and Nova Nelson (Project Lead, cultivatecentral.com). After much tinkering we've come up with a fun DIY activity to help you grow some herbs…upside down!
Project Title: The Amazing Pinhole Photography Portrait Project!
Description: Have your portrait taken by the simplest of cameras, and go home with the original and unique print of it. In these days where taking a picture is as easy as whipping a handphone out, we are going back to the basics of photography, using only the simplest of materials, making every single photograph a treasure. Our cameras are made of recycled material and create an image unique anything you get using a modern camera. Bring a box, or any object, and challenge us to help you make a camera from it, then have your portrait taken with it! . Or if you want a certain outcome, choose from our range of cameras to have your portrait taken and developed in under 5 minutes.
Team Leader: Isabelle Desjeux;
Team Members: Din Chan and Farah Sanwari:
Isabelle has been running a pin-hole camera project, introducing dozens of children and grown-ups to the magic of making their own camera and taking special pictures with them.
Din has been part of the journey, taking part in workshops and helping out in the trouble-shooting sessions.
Farah has made her own camera and understands the principle of pinhole photography, and is now happy to share the knowledge. The developing box is designed by Isabelle and fabricated by Sathi and Farah.
Project Title: Vacuum Forming Method
Description: Vacuum forming is a technique that is used to shape a variety of plastics where a flat sheet of plastic is heated until soft and malleable and then pulled by a vacuum machine over an object or mould and sucked tightly around it. When the plastic cools, it hardens in its new shape. Examples of things you can make with this method include toy cars, packaging trays, masks, decorations and theatre props!
Project In-charge: Sathiya Moorthi Sathi
Project title: Mech Pong
Description: We wanted to create something interactive for Singapore Mini Maker Faire 2014. A "toy" that everyone could play and enjoy. There's nothing better than to remake a classic arcade game: Pong.
Pong was a very popular computer game back in the 70's, its simple and very entertaining. We then decided to build a mechanised version of it.
The project scope really allowed the team to be exposed to the digital fabrication process; 3D Printing customized plastic parts, Laser Cutting acrylics and CNCing plywoods.
It took the team about 3 weeks to fabricate the different parts and about a week to solder the electronics and complete the firmware programming (using the super popular arduino IDE).
Team Members:
David Teo, Kenneth Jon. Aditya Kapoor
Project Title: Bicycle Energy Generator – Hand phone Charging Station
Description: Do you suffer from hypertension, depression and high blood pressure after seeing your electricity bills? Are you thinking how you could lower down those illnesses while toning your saggy legs into sizzling ones just by charging your phone?
Well, think no further. You don't have to buy equipment worth hundreds or even thousands or dollars. Just built one, Using Household materials.
The Bicycle Energy Generator uses simple recycled materials such as a bicycle, wires, a power bank and a dynamo. Assemble these components together and you'll have your own handphone charging station in your home.
Visit our Hand phone Charging Station & we'll show you how….
Project team: Ridwan, a social & green tech enthusiast who dreams of seeing a world without any carbon emission or pollution, believes we are the stewards of the planet and it's resources. We've not seen it in that light, overall, and have lost track of the fact that it is nature's services that sustain us. Without a healthy planet, we cannot live, grow, love.
See Tho has many hidden talents. Apart from jewelry making craft, he has also excellent woods crafting skills. Last but not least, he possesses ideas that are ahead of our time.
The electronics whiz, Baoshi has solutions to almost anything related to electronics. With a keen eye for details and a room which is akin to an electronics departmental store, Baoshi developed the Bicycle Energy generator's statistics board using Arduino technology.
A lead maker in the previous Makers faire, cheerful and bubbly Astrid has With wealth of expereince in designing electronic components.Evidently, Astrid assisted in the development of of the electronics components of the Bicycle Energy Generator.
Project title : Community Builders
Description: During the Singapore Mini Maker Faire, the community builders will engage the residents at Bukit Panjang to get their hands 'dirty' and to build furniture together. We aim to help foster strong bonds and cultivate a DIY culture. Through this process, we wish to teach and bring together the young and the old generations to understand more about each other through making.
Project team: Poh Hong is a self taught woodcraftsman, and his love for wood challenge him to work on several interesting projects. He has also since set up a business along with his partner in doing interesting wood projects (www.designed.sg)
Cleo, Rianto, Charmaine, Seri are fellow learners hoping to know more about woodworking and be good at them!


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Hello, Pete's sideburns and goodbye, Fat Betty!
Yes, the Season 6 premiere of Mad Men is a little more than a month away, and although there's no new video footage for fans to obsess over — the new promo does offer a few revelations of what's to come. Most notably is the less-than-pleased look on Don's face as second wife Megan (Jessica Pare) leans in towards him — looks like their honeymoon period is officially over, no?
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The ad also teases "the affair of the year." Although our inner day-drinker would like to think that means a party, knowing Don's reputation it could mean another sort of affair entirely. In the Season 5 finale, a disgruntled Don (Jon Hamm) took an awfully long time to respond to an attractive young woman who asked if he was alone. So will Don cheat (again)? Or is there some different type of affair coming up?
Check out the full promo below and share your theories!
The new season of Mad Men premieres on Sunday, April 7 at 9/8c on AMC.


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After a self-imposed silence following the November election, Paul Ryan came out swinging last week: swinging at the federal budget. The Republican House Budget Committee chairman said he can eliminate the deficit in 10 years without raising revenue.
From $1 trillion to zero in 10. Can it be done?
Yes, according to budget experts. As a purely mechanical exercise, Congress can cut enough spending - real cuts, not Washington-style cuts in the growth rate - to bring the budget into balance in a decade. Heck, Congress could have done just that by doing nothing and allowing automatic tax increases and spending cuts to kick in at the start of the year.
Whether balancing the budget is feasible politically is a different story. Remember, this is the same crew that had to swallow $1.2 trillion of automatic cuts in discretionary spending because it couldn't come up with them on its own, and then freaked out when it looked as if those cuts might come to pass. And now they're going to tackle entitlements?
Ryan hasn't said how he would eliminate the deficit. A press spokesman said the Wisconsin congressman isn't going to raise tax rates and would like to do tax reform in a revenue-neutral way. Like everyone else, Ryan is waiting for the Congressional Budget Office to release its new baseline, which reflects current law, on Feb. 5.
"It will be a whole new world," said Roberton Williams, a senior fellow at the Tax Policy Center in Washington.
The old-world baseline incorporated a dive off the fiscal cliff, which the CBO said would produce a mild recession this year. With the cliff averted, the economic outlook will improve. If real gross domestic product increases a scant 0.1 percentage point faster than the CBO forecast each year for 10 years, the deficit shrinks by a cumulative $314 billion, according to CBO estimates. A real growth spurt could do wonders for the deficit.
Growth improves both sides of the fiscal ledger. Revenue as a share of GDP tumbled to a six-decade low of 15.1 percent in 2009 and rose to 15.8 percent last year. A stronger economy should lift tax receipts to something closer to their long-term average of 18 percent of GDP. It would also reduce federal outlays for things like unemployment insurance and food stamps. Spending as a share of GDP has exceeded 24 percent of GDP for the past four years compared with a postwar average of 19.5 percent.
The one negative of faster growth is that it would boost yields on Treasury securities and increase interest on the debt, which last year totaled $360 billion with long-term rates at historic lows.
Wait, you say. Ryan's previous budget, the "Path to Prosperity" didn't balance the budget until 2040. Now he claims he can do it by 2024?
Ryan's fiscal 2013 budget pared the deficit to 1 percent of GDP by 2017, where it remained before dwindling to nothing in 2040. His magic formula included spending cuts, tax simplification and lower rates, the repeal of Obamacare and premium support for individuals to choose their Medicare plan.
Some economists pooh-pooh the notion of tackling the long-term structural deficit at a time when the gap between government spending and revenue is largely a function of a weak economy. But unless Congress does something to alter the trajectory of entitlement spending now, the more draconian the adjustment will be later.
The Social Security Trust Fund will run out of money in 2033, according to the Trustees' 2012 annual report. At that point, the money coming in will cover only 75 percent of what the fund has promised retirees, which means an automatic 25 percent cut for everyone receiving benefits.
The other driver of the structural deficit is the cost of medical care. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 provided coverage for 30 million previously uninsured Americans. What it didn't do was bend the cost curve in a favorable direction.
Now comes the caveat. A budget on paper often bears no resemblance to reality. In 2001, for example, the CBO projected a cumulative $5.6 trillion surplus over the next 10 years. The result, courtesy of two wars, big tax cuts, a housing bust, financial crisis and deep recession, was a cumulative deficit of $6.1 trillion, an $11.7 trillion swing-and-a-miss.
At the other extreme, the budget surpluses of 1998 through 2001 were a surprise. "Nobody called for it," said June O'Neill, the CBO director from 1995 to 1999 and currently a professor of economics at Baruch College in New York. President Bill Clinton said Republicans' push for a balanced budget in seven years was impossible, O'Neill said. "It was balanced in three."
Some of it was luck: Defense spending was slashed - actual cuts - after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Some of it was unexpected: The 1997 reduction in the capital-gains tax and subsequent tech-stock bubble produced an annual "April surprise" in tax revenue.
By far the easiest way to reduce the deficit in the short run is a surprise in economic growth, budget analysts agree. It happened in the mid-1990s as businesses found productivity-enhancing ways to harness new technologies. Could it happen again?
No one knows where the next big idea or entrepreneurial success will come from. For his part, President Barack Obama seems more interested in dividing up a stagnant pie than creating incentives to make it larger.
Short of a productivity shock, an asset-bubble-fueled tax windfall or a jump in fertility rates to support an aging population, Congress will have to make tough choices about taxes and spending. Getting to zero in a decade isn't going to be easy, as Ryan would tell you. And it's just a warm-up exercise for the heavy lifting that comes later.
After a self-imposed silence following the November election, Paul Ryan came out swinging last week: swinging at the federal budget. The Republican House Budget Committee chairman said he can eliminate the deficit in 10 years without raising revenue.


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Snapshots from Long Island Wine Country
You might think that winter wouldn't be an interesting time to visit a winery, but now that the wines are fermented and safely tucked into barrels and tanks, winemakers are busy blending and bottling the wine. A recent trip to the North and South Fork of Long Island (thanks to the New York Wine & Grape Foundation) gave me the chance to chat with local winemakers, tour the cellars and taste barrel samples, as well as try some wines that have been aging in the cellars for a decade—impressive stuff. In the fields, there's some pruning to do, but most of the excitement is in the wineries these days—at least until the first green buds appear on the vines.
Click through the slideshow for a few snapshots from Long Island's wine country, as well as my top wine picks from each winery. Making wine in the cool climate of the North and South Fork isn't easy—for example, grapes have to be very carefully handled so as not to allow the not-quite-ripe seeds and green stems to turn the liquid bitter. But the proximity to the water and sandy soils over well-drained gravel help contribute to terroir that Long Island winemakers are proud to shepherd into the bottle.
Have you visited vineyards in the North Fork or South Fork? Got any favorite Long Island wines?
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There has been hiking happening around here.
It's the picture taking that's been lacking. I finally remembered to snap some pictures yesterday.
There was running.
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Here they come!
Luka was kind enough to strike a pose at an overlook.
Sadie managed to smile while running.
I smiled while taking in views like this. Oh, how I love my adopted state.
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Last week, White House press secretary Jay Carney offered a bit of investment advice.
"I wouldn't … invest in Russian equities right now … unless you're going short," Carney said in response to a reporter's challenge that Russian stocks were actually rising, signaling the inefficacy of U.S. and European sanctions.
But according to Mebane Faber of Cambria Investment Management, which subadvises ETF portfolios and issues its own, Carney's advice was "irresponsible" for several reasons.
"First of all, you shouldn't recommend to the general public shorting anything," he says in an interview with ThinkAdvisor. "Most retail investors don't understand the mechanics of shorting but also how much you can lose — the entire account plus some. Looking at Russia — its market goes up and down 5% in a day — its volatility is double that of the U.S. stock market."
But apart from those technical and risk-based reasons, the overriding reason to short the White House's investment advice is because Russia is likely to outperform world stock markets in the coming years," Faber says.
"I don't recommend shorting a market that is down 60% from its peak. If Russia settles down, Russia could very easily double or triple [in the next two or three years].
"That's one of the most moronic statements I have ever heard out of the White House, that's for sure," he adds.
Moronic — "idiotic" was added later for emphasis — but also telling.
"These are statements you hear when countries are as cheap as Russia. The headlines are all negative."
And indeed the "buy when there's blood on the streets" investment axiom fits well, in a qualitative sense, with the quantitative approach Faber is taking in his new Cambria Global Value ETF (GVAL), which launched earlier this month.
Faber, widely followed for his investment research, blogging and controversial stance against buy and hold, has timed the release of a new book to lay out the theory behind his new ETF.
Called "Global Value: How to Spot Bubbles, Avoid Market Crashes, and Earn Big Returns in the Stock Market," the book is premised on the Graham- and Dodd-style value investing later enhanced by Robert Shiller.
The idea is that smoothed-out earnings — Shiller CAPE, or cyclically adjusted price-to-earnings ratio, is a good example — provides a useful signal of future market performance; a high Shiller CAPE in the late '90s, for example, foretold the bear market of the 2000s, according to this thinking.
What's more, bubbles can be bigger abroad than in the U.S., Faber says.
"Our starting point is that the investor who is U.S.-focused should start to invest at a minimum half in foreign markets. Most invest 70% to 80% in the home market."
Yet out of the 44 countries Cambria tracks, the U.S. happens to be one of the most expensive, weighing in at nearly half of world market cap, Faber says. That should worry investors, particularly those who remember when Japan's market inflated to nearly half of world market cap, reaching a P/E in the high 90s.
Faber assures that the U.S. is not in a similar bubble — its Shiller CAPE is 25. "It's a headwind, not a tailwind," he says.
"But markets usually bottom out with secular bears with P/Es in the high single digits or 10, and top out in 30s or high 20s," he says.
Accordingly, most of the world today is "pretty cheap," but not so the U.S. And its best market performance came in a year with a CAPE of 11, and its worst starting point was 23, which is why Faber is enthusiastic about applying CAPE forecasting to foreign markets, something he says has not yet been done.
While the principle is simple and straightforward — "it's nothing more than value investing," he says — the difficulty goes back to the White House's seemingly intuitive if questionable investment advice.
"Buying the cheapest countries means buying … the worst of the worst geopolitical headlines," Faber says.
Faber's book illustrates the phenomenon by showing that the lowest-quartile CAPEs a year ago included countries like Greece, Argentina and Russia, whereas the U.S. was represented among the highest-CAPE countries.
Yet 2013 returns were in the double digits — usually high double-digits — for the low-CAPE countries, and were mostly negative for the high-CAPE countries.
Two exceptions were the countries today locked in geopolitical dispute: the U.S., whose market outperformed despite its high CAPE, and Russia, which lagged, despite its low CAPE.
"That's why it's important to invest in a basket," Faber says, adding that "Russia is incredibly cheap; nobody can argue with that on any value metric."
Greece's financial woes grabbed a lot of negative headlines, but then its CAPE fell to 2 in the summer of 2012 and its market has been up over 200% since then. The Spanish economy attracted almost equally negative headlines in recent years, yet its market rose nearly 32% last year.
While countries like Russia can continue to go down — something Faber's basket of investments is intended to mitigate — a key part of Cambria's investment strategy is simply the avoidance of investing in the most expensive countries.
Today that means Denmark, Indonesia and the U.S. — the three most expensive — whereas the cheapest countries today are Greece, Russia and Hungary.
The strategy is that simple — only the names change year in and year out. Faber's fund rebalances just once a year.
"Higher frequency rebalancing hurts a portfolio; one year looks optimal," he says, adding he even considered doing so once every two years.
Within the universe of cheap countries, Faber seeks to enhance the deep value orientation of GVAL by buying the 10 stocks with the most favorable valuations (above $200 million in market cap); the portfolio's 100 stocks are equal-weighted.
Faber acknowledges it can be emotionally difficult for individual investors, and often professional investors, to buy Russia — "Russia then invades Poland … and you have egg on face."
But he adds: "One of the nice benefits of the fund is that it removes the individual country risk."
You don't have to have the courage to buy Russia or Greece alone. It's a "bad basket" of sorts whose value exceeds its parts. But its risk is also less than its parts. That's the kind of coming up short Faber can buy into.
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Videos of the invited talks of the useR! 2010 conference as follows (courtesy by Kate Mullen and NIST). This site also aims at collecting the materials (video, slides, R code) of local R users group (RUG) meetings and various other R talks and bringing them to the larger R community. See more videos here, and if you'd like to contribute with materials, see more information here.
Welcome by NIST and
Frank E. Harrell Jr: Information Allergy
Mark S. Handcock: Statistical Modeling of Networks in R and
Panel Discussion: Challenges Bringing R into Commercial Environments
Luke Tierney: Some possible directions for the R engine and
Diethelm Würtz: The Hull, the Feasible Set, and the Risk Surface: A Review of the Portfolio Modeling Infrastructure in R/Rmetrics
Friedrich Leisch: Reproducible Statistical Research in Practice and
Uwe Ligges: Prospects and Challenges for CRAN – with a glance on 64-bit Windows binaries
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I am currently trying to assess whether or not to vaccinate my 15 month old and 3 year old for chickenpox. Can you give me the pros and cons? What are you recommending to your patients? Everyone I talk to seems to have a different opinion.
Leslie Jacobs – San Carlos, California
When deciding upon any immunization, it is wise to consider both the risks versus benefits of the vaccine and the risks versus benefits of not receiving the vaccine. Children who do not get the vaccine are likely to develop chickenpox. This common viral infection is usually mild and not life-threatening. Although these children may be miserable for several days, and miss a week of school or day-care (stranding parents at home), they will likely recover from the 250-500 itchy blisters with nothing more to show for it than a few small scars. Each year, however, about 200,000 of the millions of people who contract chickenpox become seriously ill with complications such as pneumonia or encephalitis (inflammation of the brain). About 2,000 of these die. Those who are at higher risk for complications include those with an already weak immune system, those with eczema or other skin conditions, adolescents, and adults.
Adults who get chicken pox usually have a much more severe, prolonged case than children. Pneumonia is common. The rate of hospitalization for chickenpox is almost 900% higher in adults than in children. Adults are more than 20 times more likely to die from this disease. Pregnant women face the additional fear of serious, even fatal, damage to the baby developing within. Clearly it is beneficial to prevent chickenpox in adults.
In the recent past, the primary benefit of getting chickenpox as a child was the likelihood of attaining lifetime immunity. While 10-20% of people who had had chickenpox would eventually develop shingles (a condition characterized by numbness, itching, or severe pain that lasts for 2-3 weeks), most would not get chickenpox again. This may now be changing in areas where the chickenpox vaccine is common. In the past, multiple re-exposures helped to keep people's immunity high. Since the vaccine is now standard in the United States, the frequency of the natural disease should decline. Those who have had chickenpox as children will not be re-exposed as often, if at all. Their immunity may wane over time, making shingles and adult chickenpox even more common than they are now.
To date, those who have received the vaccine have a much lower incidence of shingles than those who actually had chickenpox over the same time period. Those who receive the vaccine also have a dramatically decreased risk of scarring. Finally, studies so far have found the chickenpox vaccine to be highly effective in preventing moderate and severe chickenpox in children (Redbook: Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases, 2009).
The other major benefit of the vaccine is an economic one. The vaccine reduces the costs related to the disease, including the costs of missed work, school, and child-care. This economic factor is a major force in the drive for universal immunization in the United States.
The American Academy Pediatrics currently recommends two doses of the chickenpox vaccine. Typically, the first dose of the vaccine is given at 12 to 15 months of age and the second at 4 to 6 years of age (at school entry). Older children who have not received two doses of the vaccine can receive their catch up shots 28 days apart.
What are the risks of the vaccine? For each individual, the vaccine seems quite safe. A chickenpox vaccine was developed in Japan twenty-five years ago. It has since been given to over 2 million people, with a good track record of safety. A similar vaccine has been in use in the United States since the early 1980's. There is no thimerosal or other preservatives in the vaccine. Reported adverse effects are generally mild — soreness, swelling, or a rash (at the injection site), and fever, tiredness, or fussiness are the most common. The vaccine is not recommended for immunocompromised people, or for pregnant women.
For the environment, the risks increase the more effective the vaccine. If chickenpox — an old, familiar opponent with which we have developed a stable relationship — were eliminated, this might create a niche in the microscopic environment for a new, unknown, potentially more virulent, human virus.
The bottom line: While I remain unconvinced of the long-term wisdom of immunizing everyone against this generally mild disease, the benefits of the vaccine seem to me to outweigh the risks for:
Before the vaccine became available, my three oldest children suffered through the chickenpox. Last week, I chose to give my youngest child the chickenpox vaccine simply because we live in an area where the immunization is widespread and I felt it was in his best interest to be vaccinated.


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– The following comes from Kris Zellner's Lucha Report:
WWE World Heavyweight Champion Alberto del Rio gave an interview with Yahoo! Deportes over the weekend where he admitted that Mexico isn't in the WWE plans anymore due to declining a economy, attendances, ratings, and even piracy. ADR said that once WWE sees that a market is beyond saving in their minds then they would turn their attention to newer markets. ADR said that a couple of years ago Mexico was held in high regard by the promotion but their last tour there last year was considered a flop in their eyes with the lack of merchandise sold being a key factor in determining that the product just wasn't hot anymore. ADR spoke of his future and said while he hopes to return to Mexico one day he feels a deep sense of gratitude to the WWE for giving him the opportunity that made him a superstar and they stood by him in very difficult situations. ADR said that the WWE is like family and when he retires he hopes to become a road agent where he will be able to share his experiences with younger talent to help them grow to become superstars like him.
– WWE NXT wrestler CJ Parker has been out of action for a few months with a wrist injury. Parker tweeted about how today is a "huge day" because he will be visiting doctors to find out when he is able to return.


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Important Note: We now have less than 20 copies of the Disneyland Paris book collector's edition so it's more time than ever to order your copy if you don't own it yet, and there is an additional 20% discount on the normal price so don't miss it!
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Below you'll find a description of the book as well as visuals of the inside pages ( click on the mosaic pictures to see them in larger scale ). The printer did an incredible job, and the printing and binding is just perfect! I did a video to show you the final product, exactly the same one than you will receive if you order the book, and you can watch the video below!
Although you've probably heard about this beautiful book, many of you may have never seen a copy of it. So we've done a video presentation of the full book which will show you each of the 320 pages of the book! The book includes 750 pictures of the park, including 250 gorgeous renderings of Walt Disney Imagineering and stunning pictures of the park seen from above. The book is so big that it took us seven and a half minutes to show you the full book, and that's without stopping turning each pages! So, if you want to have a closer look at a page don't hesitate to stop the video. Finally, because we didn't had any more a collector edition copy the video is showing the regular edition of the book, not the collector's edition that you will receive if you place your order, but the inside pages are exactly the same.
Description of the book:
The book is a gorgeous "coffee table book" with 320 pages and 750 pictures - of which 500 are park and attractions photos and 250 are Walt Disney Imagineering renderings!
The size is 9 x 12 inches, all pages are in color and it's hardbound with a glossy dust jacket. The text (by Disney historian Didier Ghez), was written after more than 75 interviews he conducted with all the Imagineers who created the park. He goes into just about everything you wanted to know about this unique place that many describe as the best "Magic Kingdom" ever created by WDI.
It took five years to create the book, but it was worth all the time we spent on it, and the book looks just as good as we had hoped for at the beginning - in fact Imagineer Bruce Gordon told us that it was "probably the best book ever done on a Disney theme park". Coming from Bruce who did with David Mumford the great "Disneyland, The Nickel Tour" book, it was more than a compliment.
The first chapter about Main Street has 52 pages and introduces the reader to the "legend" of Main Street, USA. You'll learn all about the Disneyland Paris Railroad, the unique "Discovery" and "Liberty" Arcades; find out about the architecture, the restaurants (like "Walt's," a tribute to Walt Disney, but also inspired by Club 33 in Anaheim) and the shops; with dozens of photos, renderings, models, and reproduced for the first time here, all the "cities of the future" posters located in "Discovery Arcade."
The second chapter on Frontierland discusses the park's western side with extensive sections about its major attractions, "Big Thunder Mountain" and "Phantom Manor." In fact the book has the longest sections ever put together in a book on all the major attractions. The Pirates of Caribbean section in the Adventureland chapter is 26 pages, Phantom Manor has 16 pages devoted to it, as does Space Mountain, it's a small world, etc. The photo material was so great that we kept adding more pages to the book, which was supposed to have only 240 pages when we started... we ended up with 320 upon completion!
The Frontierland chapter also covers the Mark Twain, the River Rogue Keelboats, Fort Comstock, all the restaurants, the shops and Cottonwood Creek Ranch.and featuring stunning photos of Disneyland Paris from the air by Yann Arthus Bertrand, author of The Earth from Above that make spectacular "double-pages," and allow the reader to discover the park from a whole different angle.
The Adventureland chapter is even more interesting, as many elements of the land exist only in Paris - such as the Bazaar and Aladdin to Africa and the ex-"Explorer's Club." Plus there's a long section about "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Peril," "Adventure Isle" and "The Swiss Robinson Treehouse" and, of course, "Pirates of Caribbean" the land's major attraction and featuring its amazing Audio-Animatronics! All in all there are 56 full pages about Adventureland, and as in the previous chapters, there are dozens of photos, lots of concept art, and many shots of Imagineers at work. There's even a great bonus here, with the Marc Davis artwork for "Pirates" also included.
56 full pages are also dedicated to Fantasyland. There's an extensive look at Sleeping Beauty Castle, sections on all the dark rides (Snow White, Peter Pan and Pinocchio), as well as a look at "Alice's Curious Labyrinth," the "Mad Hatter's Tea Cups," "Storybookland," and "Casey Jr." There are even 14 pages about "it's a small world" with stunning photos of nearly all the scenes in it. Here the reader can discover a new attraction that exists only at Disneyland Paris, with a great view from above of Alice's Labyrinth.
Discoveryland also gets 52 pages of special treatment, with sections on the Visionarium, the Nautilus, Star Tours, Space Mountain, and everything you wanted to know about the other attractions in this land – Autopia and Orbitron. In fact the Nautilus chapter takes you on a visit with photos of every room of this detailed walk-through and two double page photo spreads, one which makes you feel you're inside Captain Nemo's grand salon, and the other showing you a unique view of Discoveyland featuring the Nautilus and Space Mountain in a kind of "CinemaScope" view.
When the book was released in early 2002, the Walt Disney Studios didn't exist, so you won't see them in the book. But there's still one last chapter about the hotels of the park, and Disney Village too, with the great Buffalo Bill Wild West show that entertains hundreds each evening.
And because every day in a Magic Kingdom should end with a parade and fireworks, we have the Main Street Electrical Parade that close the book, with also an Herb Ryman gorgeous painting in the very last pages!
Order the book directly from this page and proceed to the payment with Paypal by clicking on the "Buy it Now" Paypal button on the right bar or below!
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Pictures: copyright Disney
Video: copyright Alain Littaye 2012
Publié par Alain Littaye à l'adresse 7:59 AM
Libellés : disneyland book, disneyland paris, disneyland paris book, disneyland paris from sketch to reality
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Dear readers,
If you still haven't bought this book, please do, it's the best book out there on the wonderful Disneyland Paris resort! a MUST have!
Dominique Mol,
- May 26, 2013 at 1:07 PM
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Billy Is My Budd
Oh Boy! This is possibly the best cigar to pipe blend ever. I have always enjoyed a good cigar and when I first started smoking a pipe I wanted to get my cigar fix as well. I looked for a while and when I found this it was great! The cigar to latakia mixture is perfect. The first thing you taste is latakia, but then after a second you get that nice rich taste of the maduro leaf. Stay clear of smoking this stuff around any who hates the smell of cigars, because you will probably run them off.
Totally satisfying
As with all C&D tobaccos, Billy Budd is an excellent full bodied blend that is ideal for the experienced smoker. The flavor never fades throughout the entire bowl and is a great blend for cigar smokers who may want to obtain a cigar flavor while enjoying the pleasure of a pipe.
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I love Billy Budd! This is my favorite English blend. Upon opening the tin the aroma is reminiscent of a smoky campfire due to the Latakia. Billy Budd packs well and is an easy light. It burns cool with no tongue bite. Budd burns to the bottom leaving a clean white ash. It does burn quickly and you may find the bowl does not smoke as long as some other blends. The taste (imo) is smooth and wonderful the bit of cigar leaf adds a nice touch and the latakia is in the right proportion. a splendid blend, worthy of a try!
Billy Budd
Billy Budd is a fine blend, combining softness with strength. I do not ever want to run out of this tobacco.
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"Fujitsu PRIMEFLEX® vShape makes us more agile as a company. It has increased our profitability and we can pour that extra money back into the business to help us grow. We also now have a single pane of glass through which we can manage the entire infrastructure."
Dave Ruddle, Product Development Manager, Data Continuity Group
Data Continuity Group (DCG) has been a leading provider of Data Management and Protection solutions and services for well over a decade. Headquartered in Bracknell, the company manages data across 55 countries and is trusted by numerous organisations to protect their data throughout their entire global infrastructure. DCG is unique in that it focuses solely on providing bespoke and cloud-based backup, archive, storage and disaster recovery services. In order to deliver end-to-end solutions DCG can provide cost effective hardware procurement as well as a full portfolio of supporting services, including consultancy, professional services, implementation, customer service and 24/7 support from its own dedicated support centre.
Data Continuity Group needed to update and expand its aging, complex server and storage environment with a more cost-effective, scalable alternative.
It turned to Fujitsu PRIMEFLEX® vShape, a virtualised, out-of-the-box solution consisting of PRIMERGY servers and storage, and migrated over 190TB of data and applications within four weeks.
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Herpes whitlow is a condition that could occur through sexual foreplay. Herpes whitlow could enter the body through a cut in the skin. This condition... For detail, click here
She has likely shaken hands with thousands of people. To never have been exposed to hsv on your hands and to not already have antibodies there would be an absolute miracle. How do you know she doesn't have it? Most people only get hsv tested if they have very obvious and recurring symptoms.
No it won't be. As long as you're not having an outbreak she can touch your dick. She would just need to wash her hands after doing any sort of sexual touching which involves bodily fluid.
Yes, it is possible for the skin to transmit the virus without a visible outbreak. According to the research I read.


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From 25 April 2018 to 25 May 2018
Group exhibition
Curated by: James Bridle
With: Raphael Fabre, Jeremy Hutchison, They Are Here, Julian Oliver, Daniela Ortiz, Jonas Staal, Studio Folder
Exhibition opening: WED, 25 April 2018 at 8:30 pm
In the framework of the conference Transnationalisms.
Aksioma Project Space
Komenskega 18, Ljubljana, Slovenia
From 24 April 2018 to 24 May 2018
Solo exhibition
Curated by: James Bridle
Exhibition opening: TUE, 24 April 2018 at 8:30 pm
In the framework of the conference and exhibition Transnationalisms.
Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova
Maistrova ulica 3, Ljubljana, Slovenia
From 30 May 2018 to 13 July 2018
Solo exhibition
Exhibition opening: WED, 30 May 2018 at 7 pm
Aksioma Project Space
Komenskega 18, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Tuesday 29 May 2018 at 18:00
Artist talk
Part of the ALUO uho events organized by The Academy of Fine Arts and Design of the University of Ljubljana.
In collaboration with Moderna galerija / Museum of Modern Art Ljubljana.
Moderna galerija
Cankarjeva 15, Ljubljana, Slovenia


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This page gives an overview of the different post we have written on this earthquake.
The oldest posts will be at the bottom of the list.
Short description
The Myanmar, Tachilek county earthquake occurred in the evening of March 24, 2011 local time.
The earthquake devastated a lot of towns and villages mainly in Tachilek county (Shan province).
The earthquake had a magnitude of 6.8 (USGS) at a focal depth of 10 km.
Chinese earthquake authority, who are measuring with their own instruments close to the epicenter area, recorded a M 7.2 magnitude at a depth of 20 km.
The fault that originated this earthquake is the Nam Ma fault originating from Laos to Myanmar.
Overview of our written posts
April 1 - XX - 702 houses damaged, 3,152 people homeless and 18,000 people affected (Part 4)
March 27/31 - No official casualty and damage updates since March 25! (Part 3)
March 27 - Dead and destruction after the massive earthquake in the Shan border area of Myanmar (Burma) - Part 2
March 27 - Pictures of the devastation after the deadly earthquake in Tachileik, Myanmar
March 24/27 - Deadly earthquake in the border area of Myanmar, Thailand and Laos
March 25 - M 7.2 earthquake Myanmar - Earthquake Graphics you should see
Other earthquakes in 2011 which have affected Burma / Myanmar in 2011
The Yunnan earthquake from March 10 occurred in the same greater area than the March 24 Myanmar earthquake. Yunnan borders at the Shan province in Myanmar. The Yunnan earthquake killed 24 people in Yingjiang and surrounding area.
March 10 " Yingjiang, Yunnan China earthquake videos
March 10 " Death and destruction after a strong earthquake in Yunnan, China (part 2)
March 10 " Deaths and injuries from very dangerous earthquake in Yingjiang, Yunnan, China
February 4 " Dangerous earthquake near the Myanmar / India border


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Happy Friday! I have a few awesome things to show you for The Costume Ball. Paper.Doll has this adorable War Goddess costume that includes the dress in mesh, bow and wings. I think this is the costume I will wear for Halloween. It is so sexy and fits just right. Secondly, Ploom has this hair called Sha available in many color packs and each color pack is hud controlled to change the color of the hair and the mask, yep this hair comes with the mask. It can be work without it/with it up on the hair and shown above on the eyes. Go visit The Costume Ball you will not be disappointed so many great items for your Costume Party.
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A few days ago I saw a homemade poptart pin on Pinterest and I had to make some. That particular recipe called for one cup of butter. My image of poptarts is junk food that you eat once in a while for fun. I probably haven't had one since I moved to Japan and I hadn't given them a thought until I saw that pin. If I'm going to use a cup of butter I'm going to make something like shortbread, not poptarts. I searched a bit on google and came across the recipe on Peas and Thank You. A quarter cup of butter is more reasonable for me. I made a non-vegan version of them but if you are vegan use the recipe as is.
Changes I made to the original recipe:
- 1 cup of all purpose flour, 1/2 cup barley flour (麦こがしmugikogashi)
- butter instead of margarine/coconut oil
- honey instead of maple syrup/agave
- skipped the icing
These were really good. They didn't taste like actual poptarts, they were better. I really liked the taste of the barley flour. I found the barley flour in the section of the supermarket that has the ingredients for making traditional Japanese sweets.


text: Here's my two cents. I was in Rebel Brewer a few months ago, and one of the guys there told me that used ball locks are going to be out of existence to buy commercially. Basically only new ball locks will be available soon. How soon that is, I can't tell you.


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Think what you will about those restrictions, but the mayor is right on target with his continued push for greater and stricter gun control, made all the more poignant and immediate with the recent tragedy in Sandy Hook.
Many argue that limiting any freedom is a jab at democracy, however even Bloomberg himself said legislation should not eliminate the right to bear arms, just what arms to bear.
Adam Lanza broke into an elementary school and gunned down 26 people, including 20 children, with a semi-automatic Bushmaster M4 .223 caliber rifle, which contains 30 bullets in a magazine that can be emptied in a matter of seconds.
Legalization must be passed to take a weapon like this out of the hands of citizens. If people need protection from a burglar they need a handgun, if people need to protected from an army of enemy soldiers, they need a Bushmaster M4.
As New York maintains some of the toughest restrictions on guns in the country it became evident with the tragic shooting on Friday that state legislation simply won't cut it anymore. Governor Andrew Cuomo himself noted that it is easy to buy a gun in a state with loose gun restrictions and drive a few hours into any city with that weapon.
That is why Bloomberg has continually called on the president to pass legislation that would limit the guns across the United States. Speaking to the public on Monday, Bloomberg said that he voted for President Obama because, "he believes in rational use of guns in this country."
Maybe this most recent tragedy will finally be what moves our country in that direction.