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LRR Energy, L.P. (the "Partnership") is a Delaware limited partnership formed in April 2011 by Lime Rock Management LP, an affiliate of Lime Rock Resources A, L.P. ("LRR A"), Lime Rock Resources B, L.P. ("LRR B") and Lime Rock Resources C, L.P. ("LRR C") to operate, acquire, exploit and develop producing oil and natural gas properties in North America with long-lived, predictable production profiles. As used herein, references to "Fund I" refer collectively to LRR A, LRR B and LRR C and references to "Fund II" refer collectively to Lime Rock Resources II-A, L.P. and Lime Rock Resources II-C, L.P.
On January 3, 2013, the Partnership completed an acquisition from Fund I of certain oil and natural gas properties located in the Mid-Continent region in Oklahoma for a purchase price of $21.0 million, subject to customary purchase price adjustments (the "January 2013 Acquisition"). In addition, as part of the January 2013 Acquisition, the Partnership acquired in the money commodity hedge contracts valued at approximately $1.7 million as of the closing of the January 2013 Acquisition. The January 2013 Acquisition was effective October 1, 2012. In June 2013, the Partnership paid $0.4 million in cash to Fund I related to post-closing adjustments to the purchase price. The Partnership funded the January 2013 Acquisition with borrowings under its revolving credit facility.
On April 1, 2013, the Partnership completed an acquisition from Fund II of certain oil and natural gas properties located in the Mid-Continent region in Oklahoma for a purchase price of $38.2 million (the "April 2013 Acquisition"). As part of the April 2013 Acquisition, the Partnership acquired in the money crude oil hedges valued at approximately $0.4 million as of the closing of the April 2013 Acquisition. The April 2013 Acquisition was effective April 1, 2013. The Partnership funded the April 2013 Acquisition with proceeds from its March 2013 equity offering.
As described in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2013 and within this Current Report on Form 8-K, our acquisitions of properties from Fund I and Fund II were accounted for as transactions between entities under common control. The purpose of this Current Report on Form 8-K is to recast certain financial and other information of the Partnership to include the financial position and results attributable to the January 2013 Acquisition and April 2013 Acquisition as if the Partnership had owned such assets for all periods presented in 2012 and 2011. Items 6, 7 and 8 of the Partnership's 2012 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 13, 2013 ("2012 Form 10-K") have been retrospectively updated to give effect to the acquisitions. There have been no revisions or updates to any other sections of the 2012 Form 10-K. The Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations ("MD&A") included in Exhibit 99.2 has only been changed from its original presentation to give effect to the acquisitions. We have not otherwise updated the MD&A for activities, events or circumstances occurring after the date this item was originally presented.
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit No. Description 23.1 Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP on Consolidated and Combined Financial Statements of LRR Energy, L.P. 23.2 Consent of Miller and Lents, Ltd. 23.3 Consent of Netherland, Sewell & Associates, Inc. 99.1 Selected Financial Data 99.2 Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations 99.3 Consolidated and Combined Financial Statements of LRR Energy, L.P. 101.INS* XBRL Instance Document 101.SCH* XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document 101.CAL* XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document 101.DEF* XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document 101.LAB* XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document 101.PRE* XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
In accordance with Rule 406T of Regulation S-T, the XBRL information in Exhibit 101 to this Current Report on Form 8-K shall not be deemed to be "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (Exchange Act), or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, and shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act.


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Dori Hughes, a volunteer with the Sea Turtle Preservation Society, covers baby sea turtles as they hatch on Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008 in Indialantic. The Sea Turtle Preservation Society also urges people not to touch eggs, but to call them if find any exposed turtle eggs. Their number is 321-676-1701.


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But I thought they were detritus feeders?! Badum *ksh*.
They're in mating pairs, like horseshoe crabs!
Haha. Geology brings out the nerd in me (...not that it wasn't fully out in the first place). I stumbled across a recipe on the PPK for veganized trilobite cookies the day before my last GEOL 431 (Invertebrate Paleontology) lab. There's only three of us in the class, plus the professor, plus the awesome graduate teaching fellow Christine, so I decided to make cookies.
For anyone who doesn't know, trilobites are fossil arthropods that lived during the paleozoic, and are pretty awesome. They have funny lobed bodies and big heads and primitive eyes. I think they're so awesome I have a tattoo of one. I win the trilobite-liking game. Anyway.
I was all amped up to make these too, because as you can see from the recipe, it uses a cookie dough press/frosting gun, which I own! My grandma randomly gave me one before I was vegan, which I thanked her for and promptly thought, "Shah, like, I'll never use this." Since then however it has saved my ass several times during frosting emergencies and I've come to love it.
However, mine is small enough and crappy enough to be good for frosting and ONLY frosting, as I found out. The dough is thick enough that it kept popping the top off and basically not doing anything I wanted. So I basically rolled the dough into little oblong balls, pressed them into a roughly ovalish, trilobite-ish shape. I pressed ridges into them with a fork, using the peanut butter cookie method but only in one direction. Then I used a knife to make the three lophs, sprinkled them with purple sugar sprinkles, and baked.
The chocolate was a pain in the ass. I didn't have any semisweet and had no money to buy any (welcome to the life a student). So I threw together 8 oz of chocolate from a ragtag assemblage (get it, assemblage? Geology joke! Wah wah wah...) of vegan dark chocolate bars I had and melted them. They were REALLY thick though - not suitable for dipping trilobite heads in! So I added a little soymilk. BAD IDEA. The chocolate got super grainy so instead of dipping in chocolate I was kind of scooping and mushing the chocolate onto their heads. I used heart shaped sprinkles for eyes, and into the fridge they go! The chocolate ended up tasting SUPER yummy and creamy though. Hmm.
The cookies tasted FABULOUS. Very buttery, almost like shortbread. O_o I was impressed, and so was everyone who ate them (all omnis except for one vegetarian). Make them to win over that geology geek you have a crush on!


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April 05 2012 10:42 AM
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A #FairtradeFriday thought: pic.twitter.com/4CyZ4cr6ND
— Fairtrade Label SA (@FairtradeSA)July 4, 2014
A Maya Angelou inspired message sprayed by Palestinians on #Israel's Apartheid Wall pic.twitter.com/gp11KVVkB2
— Yousef Munayyer (@YousefMunayyer)May 28, 2014
Love this! Tube map that shows how long it takes to walk between London tube stations. #health #walk #walklondon pic.twitter.com/fz9LIyyayD
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.@greenpeace_de has caught @adidas playing dirty by using hazardous chemicals: http://t.co/enxGnkq8wR #Detox #BeautifulGame
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New family of recyclable plastics created http://t.co/3YVzzTYVlr An Accident! #adaptable #thermoset #RHPS pic.twitter.com/2ev8AuOiyc
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Online shopping for many of us is a joy. We can try our new clothes on at home with the rest of our wardrobe, mull things over and we get to skip the busying changing rooms.
The bad side of online shopping is having to make a return. The ease of the returns process is dependent on who you buy from. Partly we return things because we have clicked and bought on a whim. Partly there is the size issue. The statistics for returns are high - at one point I read the figure of a third of sales are then returned and Po-Zu suggest anywhere from 25% - 40%. Returns are an added cost for everyone so anything that helps the shopper get the right fit is obviously going to be a good thing.
So Po-Zu put their thinking caps on and collaborated with Anne Currie, founder of What'sMySize. The result is a new app on the Po-Zu website that helps get the right size for your shoes.
Sven Segal, founder of Po-Zu said:
"We were delighted when we met Anne Currie, founder of
What'sMySize, at an event, and she agreed to look into developing a shoe-sizing version of the app with us. We always want to do all we can to make our customer's feet as comfortable as possible and to reduce our environmental impact, so we are proud to be the first to launch What'sMySize for shoes."
Anne Currie, founder of What'sMySize,
"In addition to making life more convenient for customers,
we are on an environmental mission to minimise web purchases returns in order to contribute to a lower carbon footprint on a global scale. Po-Zu has environmental responsibility at the heart of the company and they were the perfect fit for us to work with to develop the shoe-size app."
The app will be rolled out to the men's range and other shoes in the women's range later in the year.
We are loving this idea. Not least because with such a high level of return journeys is alot of wasted fuel & emissions, let along time & energy. If we are all to make an impact on making the future sustainable, then its lots of ideas such as this that will start to make a difference.
Check out this You Tube Clip and learn how to measure your feet :)
Outrageous Chair Made from #Recycled Food Wrapping Paper: http://t.co/mdJytKQPgi pic.twitter.com/IVn2GPTK6G
— recycle.co.uk (@recycle_co_uk)April 1, 2014
A dry nook in the middle of a pond in Vöcklabruck, Austria! pic.twitter.com/K8DtW6UZ45
— Mind Blowing Facts (@TheMindBlowing)March 29, 2014
simply a great idea :)
Is digital fabrication and 3D printing #sustainable?: http://t.co/NccHPXHKyX pic.twitter.com/uIVJl2AMsR
— recycle.co.uk (@recycle_co_uk)March 31, 2014
Good article - I love the idea of 3D printing but do worry that it just makes more "stuff" when what we are really need is "smart" stuff and certainly we dont need more plastic "stuff"
Celebrate MOTHERS of movements !Here's 1 of my favs - RUBY GHUZNAVI -natural dye expert ARANYA pic.twitter.com/IzrVXKttpT
— Safia Minney (@SafiaMinney)March 30, 2014
@sustrans "@Penalosa_G: "This apparently is how the Dutch PM arrived to meet Obama today pic.twitter.com/ErNYsj88S1" Leading by example…
— Patrick Williams (@Padtw)March 26, 2014
[by Zoe Wood at The Guardian]
great idea :)
RT @GOOD: What do a Vietnamese orphanage & @PUMA have in common ? See how @PUMA is cutting waste & doing good. http://t.co/L93kgBRvsT
— deirdre nelson (@dstitch)March 18, 2014
Levi Strauss has developed a new way to make jeans using 100% recycled water http://t.co/Ie7bZspY4U pic.twitter.com/A1CHR0rs2v
— Jasmin Malik Chua (@jasminchua)February 19, 2014
Exciting to see Divine going down a storm in #Seoul pic.twitter.com/4LdCLruy4c
— Divine Chocolate (@divinechocolate)February 6, 2014
# For the making of this brochure, naturally, the team had to abandon their computers and printers, and find ways to do everything off the grid. An exercise in literally going back to basics, drawings were drawn completely by hand, natural sunlight of course was used as a light source - and even as a backlit drawing table (the drawings were then taped to windows) to put the layout together. Paper sheets were pressed and left to dry, whilst the printing also took place manually using two colours. Finally, each and every one of the hundreds of brochures was folded by hand. Even the documentation of the whole process was achieved without any use of electricity, using analog cameras for taking pictures and even shooting a short film. After watching the video showing the whole process described above, take a moment to think: how many of the things that you have done today would have been possible without electricity?


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|Product Type: Police cars and fire trucks
|Color: Red
|Primary Material: Wood
|Wheels Included: Yes
|Age Group: 6 to 12 Months; 12 to 24 Months
|Gender: Boy
|Ride-On Type: Push/Scoot
|Seating Capacity: 1 Seater
|Eco-Friendly: Yes
|Country of Manufacture: Thailand
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Learners will model the gravitational fields of planets on a flexible surface. Children place and move balls of different sizes and densities on a plastic sheet to develop a mental picture of how the mass of an object influences how much effect it... (View More) has on the surrounding space. This activity is part of Explore! Jupiter's Family Secrets, a series designed to engage children in space and planetary science in libraries and informal learning environments. (View Less)
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In this concluding activity, children create a scrapbook or poster display documenting their trips to Jupiter. Learners will use their "My Trip to Jupiter" journals and select common craft items to represent the characteristics of each aspect or... (View More) layer and summarize their findings. This activity is part of Explore! Jupiter's Family Secrets, a series designed to engage children in space and planetary science in libraries and informal learning environments. (View Less)
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This is a collection of outreach resources about the Sun that are meant to be used in informal education settings. This toolkit was originally designed for NASA Night Sky Network member clubs and the Astronomical Society of the Pacific's Astronomy... (View More) from the Ground Up network of museum and science center educators. The toolkit includes background information about the Sun, magnetic fields of the Earth and Sun, and space weather, activity suggestions, and detailed activity scripts. The themes of this toolkit address both the constant nature of the Sun as a reliable source of energy and the dynamic nature of the Sun due to its changing magnetic fields. The activities and related materials in this collection include The Sun in a Different Light - Observing the Sun, Explore the Sun cards, Magnetic Connection, the Space Weather PowerPoint, Protection from Ultraviolet, and Where Does the Energy Come From cards. These activities can be done separately or as a group as part of an informal education event. Institutions that are not part of the Night Sky Network will need to acquire the various materials required for each activity. (View Less)
This is an activity about albedo, which is a measurement of the reflectance of a planetary surface. Learners will classify areas on an image in terms of albedo values and then sketch their own portion of an image from space. These sketches are... (View More) assembled to view the larger image that the class or group has created. (View Less)
In this activity, students use multiwavelength images of stars in different stages of evolution to investigate how the initial masses of the protostars determines their evolutionary paths. Images include stellar nurseries, protostars, supernova... (View More) remnants, planetary nebulae, white dwarfs, neutron stars, pulsars and black holes. The activity includes a teacher guide with background information, a card set of 24 images, student task description and worksheets, online tutorials, and a Web quest version. Suggestions for using the activity in the classroom as well as related URLs are included in the Web-based teacher guide. (View Less)
This is a PDF guide on how to use ImageJ image processing software to understand and manipulate astronomical images. The guide begins with instructions on how to download ImageJ, plus some additional astronomy-related plugins, followed by directions... (View More) on how to install everything correctly. There are three lessons that will help the user get oriented with some of the most basic image processing skills needed for analyzing astronomical images. There are questions throughout the lesson to help guide thinking. After the lessons is an explanation for how to create a color picture using three different gray scale images. (View Less)
This is a set of four activities about Saturn. Learners will read a series of Saturn minibooks, and then use this information to answer questions and construct a poster to display their learning. The fourth activity returns to the idea of size and... (View More) scale by comparing Saturn and Titan to our Earth and Moon. Includes a glossary, information for families, and guidance for deepening the science. This is lesson 3 of 8 in the Jewel of the Solar System: From Out-of-School to Outer Space, an adaptation for after school programs of the Cassini-Huygens educational product, Reading, Writing, and Rings. (View Less)
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Students are introduced to the scientific tool of spectroscopy. They each build a simple spectroscope to examine the light from different light sources, particularly the Sun (Warning: Do not look directly at the Sun) and artificial lights (e.g.,... (View More) fluorescent or sodium lamps). Students compare the continuous spectrum of incandescent lights and the solar spectrum with the clear spectral lines of the fluorescent or sodium room lights and discharge lamps. They learn how the spectral "fingerprints" of each particular element help astronomers recognize the presence of specific elements in distant astronomical objects. Students are also introduced to the broader electromagnetic spectrum beyond what is visible with our eyes and how scientists observe distant objects using multiple wavelength bands. This activity is part of a series that has been designed specifically for use with Girl Scouts, but the activities can be used in other settings. Most of the materials are inexpensive. (View Less)
In this activity, students are reminded that the Universe is made up of elements and that the heavier elements are created inside of a star, as they learned in the "Elements and You" activity. They are introduced to the life cycle of a star and to... (View More) the way in which a star's mass affects its process of fusion and eventual death. Students discuss the physical concept of equilibrium as a balancing of forces and observe an experiment to demonstrate what happens to a soda can when the interior and exterior forces are not in equilibrium. An analogy is made between this experiment and core collapse in stars, to show the importance of maintaining equilibrium in stars. Finally, students participate in an activity which demonstrates how mass is ejected from a collapsed star in a supernova explosion, thereby dispersing heavier elements throughout the Universe. This activity is part of a series that has been designed specifically for use with Girl Scouts, but the activities can be used in other settings. Most of the materials are inexpensive or easily found. It is recommended that a leader with astronomy knowledge lead the activities, or at least be available to answer questions, whenever possible. (View Less)


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The Driverless Car Tipping Point Is Coming Soon
Here's a recent prediction from Cisco's technology trend watchers: In 5 to 7 years, it'll cost us more to drive our cars than to let them drive us.
Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) enables people to make powerful connections-whether in business, education, philanthropy, or creativity. Cisco hardware, software, and service offerings are used to create the Internet solutions that make networks possible-providing easy access to information anywhere, at any time.Cisco was founded in 1984 by a small group of computer scientists from Stanford University. Since the company's inception, Cisco engineers have been leaders in the development of Internet Protocol (IP)-based networking technologies.
Here's a recent prediction from Cisco's technology trend watchers: In 5 to 7 years, it'll cost us more to drive our cars than to let them drive us.
BlackBerry, whose smartphone business is publicly floundering, is in talks to sell the whole company or parts of it to Google, Samsung, Cisco Systems, Intel and LG, according to a new report. Fairfax Financial Holdings, which already owns around 10% of BlackBerry's common shares, agreed two weeks ago to take the Canadian company private for $4.7 billion, but a deal with any of the previously mentioned firms would change that, Reuters reported.
It's not often that a company announces that it can't hack it anymore. That's essentially the sentiment behind this extraordinary press release that BlackBerry issued Monday morning. Despite the upbeat quote from CEO Thorsten Heins ("We continue to see compelling long-term opportunities for BlackBerry 10...") it's easy to conclude that BlackBerry is now throwing in the towel. BlackBerry may have 70 million or so customers, but momentum is no longer on its side.
iRobot and Cisco have teamed up to bring offices Ava 500, a new, autonomous robot that promises to bring distant co-workers closer together.
Belkin announced Thursday that it is acquiring Cisco's Home Networking Business Unit, including the Linksys brand, current products and employees. The financial details of the deal -- which officially take Cisco out of the consumer business -- weren't disclosed. With Linksys and Belkin under the same roof, Belkin says it will account for 30% of the U.S. retail home and small business networking market.
The smartphone: man's new best friend -- at least for Generation Y. Wireless devices have changed the way we communicate, work and entertain ourselves. For many people in Gen Y, the last thing we do before we go to bed is check our smartphones, and it's often the first thing we reach for in the morning. It's basically an extension of ourselves. Cisco's third annual global Connected World Technology Report (CCWTR) focuses on why Generation Y, in particular, can't part from their smartphone devices.
Cisco has acquired cloud networking company Meraki for $1.2 billion in cash, the companies have announced. The acquisition is subject to regulatory approval and is expected to close in the second quarter of Cisco's 2013 fiscal year. "When compared to other opportunities, Meraki built a unique cloud-based business from the ground up that addresses the broader networking shift towards cloud, not just within wireless.
A network that allowed undercover police to use smartphones and tablets to monitor and communicate during protests at the Republican National Convention is giving new meaning to having "eyes on the ground." Police have long maintained an undercover presence at major gatherings, including political protests -- not to monitor free speech, they are quick to note, but to make sure everyone is safe.
Thanks to all the e-mails, tweets, streaming video and mobile Internet usage at the Republican and Democratic National Conventions, both events are estimated to see an astonishing one terabyte (that's 1000 gigabytes) of data sent from each event. That number comes straight from Cisco, the official networking provider of both conventions. Other data about convention data? The Republican convention will have 12.5 gigabytes of bandwidth, while the Democratic convention will use 10.
The home router -- the one that connects all your devices to the same Wi-Fi network -- is evolving. As people consume more and more bandwidth-heavy content such as video, standards are changing to keep up. Cisco is going a step further by introducing a system where your devices aren't just connected by a faster connection, but also accessible from anywhere. Cisco's new system is called Cisco Connect Cloud (CCC), and you get it when you buy one of the company's Linksys Smart Wi-Fi routers.
A prediction for the future of smartphone growth makes some bold projections: By the end of this year, there could be more smartphones on the planet than humans, and by 2016 there could be 10 billion smartphones. That's 1.4 mobile devices per capita. In its global mobile data traffic forecast, Cisco predicts that a solid chunk of growth will come from the Middle East and Africa, with a compound annual growth rate of 104%, followed by Asia Pacific with 84% growth.
Time is a funny thing. One minute I'm standing in a crowded room fondling HP's new 10.1-inch TouchPad tablet, the next, I'm writing its obituary, and a moment later I'm marking the rebirth of its OS as an open source platform. That's not really how it happened. This course of events took much of 2011. But it's a quirk of life that time, especially as you get older, goes by faster and faster, and a company's fortunes can change in the blink of an eye -- even if that blink took 12 months.
As buzzwords go, few have conjured up as much debate and discussion as cloud computing. The idea behind cloud computing is that software, services and information can be provided to users over a network connection and through a web browser, rather than running locally on a computer or a local network server.
These days, it's increasingly difficult to find a new consumer electronic device that can't access the Internet. From TVs to tablets, refrigerators to ovens (even washing machines!), connected devices aren't just a buzzword, they are becoming the standard. When we define connected devices, we're really talking about devices that have built-in connections to the Internet and use those connections to offer content, information or experiences to users.
Before it became a hot topic sometime early last year, few civilians had come across the term "near field communication" (NFC). Corporations, however, had been excited about the technology's potential since at least 2004 -- when Nokia, Sony and Royal Philips Electronics founded the NFC Forum. Samsung, Motorola, Microsoft and more than 140 other organizations all joined the party shortly after. NFC allows a device, usually a mobile phone, to collect data from another device or NFC tag at close range.
Cars are no longer just a motorized solution to get you from point A to point B. They can now help protect you, direct you and connect you. In the last few years the "connected car" has moved from concept to car showroom, so if you're not in the know, it's well worth getting caught up. We have spoken to two experts in the industry to try and decode the connect car from a consumer point of view. Mark C.
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The "smart grid" is a rapidly growing set of technologies, processes, devices and applications that affect and enhance the traditional electric grid.
Facebook's gravitational pull of 750 million users is enough to hold digital marketers spellbound. Once they get past the sheer size, they find that Facebook also offers unique and nuanced selling opportunities amidst difficult obstacles. First off, Facebook users have better things to be doing. The average Facebook user is connected to 130 Friends and 80 interest groups and makes his or her preferences known through rich profiles and by posting 90 pieces of content per month.
Global Internet traffic is expected to quadruple between 2010 and 2015, according to data provided to Mashable by Cisco. By that time, nearly 3 billion people will be using the Internet -- more than 40% of the world's projected population. On average, there will be more than two Internet connections for each person on Earth, driven by the proliferation of web-enabled mobile devices.
We're entering into a new era of the Internet, where users are now looking to find validated sources within the mix of information overload that we all experience, said Steve Rubel, EVP of Global Strategy and Insights for Edelman during his presentation at Mashable Connect 2011. This shift is changing the nature of authority. "The reality is, there's too much content and not enough time," says Rubel.
The popular Flip video camera is no more, with Cisco announcing Tuesday it "will exit aspects of its consumer businesses," which includes shutting down the Flip.
Welcome to this morning's edition of "First To Know," a series in which we keep you in the know on what's happening in the digital world. We're keeping our eyes on five particular stories of interest today. Cisco Kills the Flip Cam Cisco plans to cease production of its Flip line of digital video cameras, CEO John Chambers announced. Mitt Romney Announces Presidential Bid via YouTube Mitt Romney announced his bid for the 2012 presidency via a YouTube video posted Monday.
Charles Caleb Colton once said, "Imitation is the sincerest (form) of flattery." Obviously, Mr. Colton was not talking about the success of the Old Spice campaign (seeing as how he lived during the 1700s), but we're sure he would have reiterated that sentiment were he to see how many spinoffs the aforementioned marketing miracle has inspired. The campaign launched just over a year ago -- centered around the theme "The Man Your Man Could Smell Like" -- and captured the imagination of the public.
Cisco unveiled its concept for the TV of the future at CES in Las Vegas Wednesday. Dubbed Videoscape, the system combines a set-top box and user-friendly interface for consumers with a delivery platform for service providers.
Much has been written about social media strategy for small business. It's a personal medium, and a few employees engaging directly with customers on Twitter and Facebook can be a natural extension of a small biz web presence. But things can get complicated when you extrapolate engagement over the multiple departments, offices, and countries of a large corporation.


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Puppylocks Feather Fur Extension
Admit it: You spend a lot of time and money making sure your hair is fabulous, and the only thing missing from your overall look is an equally fabulous accessory for your pet. Since she's already rocking a chic fur coat, consider adding this doggie feather extension; $14
Teddy Tank Fishbowl
It's a bear! It's a fishbowl! It's a nightlight! These critters even have voice recorders, so they can lull you to sleep; $49.99.
Brew Buddies Snacks
While you wouldn't give your dog a sip of your favorite Happy Hour pour, he can still partake in the celebration with a treat of his own. These malted barley dog treats are safe for pups -- and they'll be hitting supermarket shelves soon. Just not in the beer aisle; $4.99 per pack.
Sasquatch Pet Bed
Your feet love the feel of your garden clogs, and your dog loves to snuggle up beside said feet -- so it makes perfect sense that your pet would dig curling up in a giant clog bed; from $69.95.
German Shepherd Dog Speaker
We love dogs and music, but we never thought to put them together -- until now. This dog speaker is amazingly lifelike, and it produces a surprisingly high-quality sound. Think it's due to the woofer? A Golden Retriever version will hit the market next; $299.
Fish Bowl Fun Accessories
You've likely decked out the inside of your fish tank, but what about adding some rim appeal? Bling out your fishbowl with a band of jewels (available in six motifs) from Clementine Design; $7.50.
Pugz Dog Booties
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One of the slimmest Windows Phones on the market, the HTC Titan slithers into our slimmest smartphone round up with a 10mm waistline. Featuring the largest screen on any Windows Phone at 4.7 inches, its a great handset for watching movies and browsing the web - all supported by a speedy 1.5GHz processor.
I have the Samsung Galaxy S 2 Love it to bits.
Was a hard choice to make. As I had Iphone 3 before.
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These Companies Are Still Looking to Grow
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B&G Foods (NYSE: BGS) and Pinnacle Foods (NYSE: PF) are set to bid against one another for the Wish-Bone salad dressing brand from Unilever (NYSE: UL). The expected price is to be $400 million to $500 million. Both B&G and Pinnacle are looking to add to their food brands, while Unilever is looking to divest non-core assets and focus on its personal-care business. A sale of Wish-Bone for Unilever would follow up the $700 million sale of Skippy peanut butter to Hormel Foods.
The little food company that keeps growing
B&G Foods is showing no signs of slowing down in the acquisition department. A buy of Wish-Bone would follow up its purchase earlier this month of Robert's American Gourmet Foods for $195 million in cash. Last month B&G purchased the TrueNorth brand from DeMet's Candy Company. These acquisitions add to B&G's portfolio, which already consists of such well-known brands Ortega Salsa, Mrs. Dash, Grandma's Molasses, Emeril's and Cream of Wheat.
For the first quarter of this year, net sales increased 8.8% to $171.2 million. Two brands that were acquired at the end of last year, New York Style and Old London, contributed $11.3 million in net sales. Overall gross profit increased 3.5% to $58.8 million.
The growth going forward for B&G is going to come from its recent acquisitions and any new acquisitions the company makes over the coming quarters. The company's overall strategy with a new acquisition is for it to be immediately accretive to earnings per share and cash flow. In terms of the recent acquisition of Robert's American Gourmet Foods that will likely close next month, the early estimate for annual sales is $80 million to $90 million. The deal is also expected to add $18 million to $20 million in adjusted EBITDA.
What I like about B&G is that the stock offers both growth and income. The dividend has been steadily increasing and the yield is now 3.6%. The dividend payout ratio is 91%, so it's obvious that B&G is a very shareholder-friendly company with such a high payout.
This food company just popped up on the radar
Pinnacle Foods just came public in the first quarter of this year by The Blackstone Group. The company has a great collection of brands which include Duncan Hines, Aunt Jemima, Bird's Eye, Vlasic, and Mrs. Paul's. The company's stated goals are to reinvigorate iconic brands. According to the company, 85% of its products are in American households. The company maintains a top-four market position in the 12 main categories in which it operates.
For the first quarter of this year, net earnings more than doubled to $24.8 million. This compares to only $9.5 million in the prior year's quarter. Adjusted EBITDA rose 16% to $104.5 million. The company also refinanced all of its outstanding debt which will significantly reduce interest expenses going forward.
In looking forward, where I see growth for Pinnacle Foods is in international expansion. Last year, of the company's $2.48 billion in revenues, only $400 million came from outside North America. If Pinnacle can expand its footprint globally, the potential for the company is quite large. The company has great brands that overseas consumers would want to have in their households as well.
The giant both companies want to become
The goal for both B&G and Pinnacle is to one day be like Unilever. Unilever is a European consumer products giant with over $66 billion in revenues. The company's four segments include personal care, foods, refreshment and home care. Some of its brands include Ben & Jerry's, Dove, Hellmann's, Knorr, Lipton, and Breyer's. Unilever is the world's largest manufacturer of ice cream.
In the first quarter of this year, Unilever reported that Hellmann's sales reached 2 billion euros (about $2.6 billion). The company now has 14 brands that each report sales of over $1.3 billion annually. Sales growth increased 4.9%, which is on top of 8.4% growth in the same quarter last year. Sales in emerging markets were up over 10% and this marks 8 consecutive quarters of double-digit sales growth. Emerging markets now account for 57% of all sales.
In looking forward, I like the fact that Unilever is shedding non-core assets like Wish-Bone to focus more on personal-care and home products. Personal-care sales grew 8.3% in the last quarter. Sunsilk just reached the $1.3 billion in sales and Rexona is approaching $2.6 billion. By focusing on this division, Unilever can divert more resources to rolling out its personal care products into more markets. Since the acquisition of Alberto Culver two years ago, Unilever has taken the company's products into five new markets. Within the portfolio of brands acquired with Alberto Culver, some brands have increased by 50% under Unilever's direction.
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These three companies own tremendous brands that can continue to be leveraged going forward. B&G and Pinnacle are following the path set by Unilever in building a portfolio of brands. All three companies should continue to perform well over the long-run.
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Amid downturn, gurus finding opportunities
While most investors keep bailing on stocks, some top strategists continue to find attractive areas of the market.
It's been another rough week for the market, with disappointing unemployment data overshadowing some positive economic signs, like the Federal Reserve's report of a strong gain in industrial production in July.
But while fear continues to win out in the stock market, several of the investing world's top strategists are continuing to find opportunity.
Take newsletter guru and Forbes columnist Jim Oberweis. In his latest Forbes piece, Oberweis focuses on one area of the market that has him particularly optimistic: semiconductor capital equipment stocks. "After a tough decade for technology, I believe the time is ripe for chip-equipment companies," he writes. Chip fabricators stopped buying equipment in 2008 when the economy tanked, crushing these stocks, Oberweis says. But while spending began to rebound in 2009 and many capital equipment stocks have more than doubled off their lows, "price/earnings ratios for many smaller equipment makers remain low by historical measures," he says. "Bearish sentiment in this arena is as bad as I can remember, but the facts don't seem to back it."
Another Forbes guru finding opportunities: Kenneth Fisher. In his latest column for the magazine, Fisher says that emerging market utilities "link fundamental growth with the relative safety of low valuations." And, while he's cool on U.S. banks, he's keen on Australian banks. He offers a pick from each of those industries, as well as a few from the defense, paper, and health services industries.
Also finding values are two top-performing stock-picking newsletters. One is the Cabot Market Letter, which, MarketWatch's Peter Brimelow notes, was one of the first newsletters to recognize the post-2002 bull market, and one of the first to bail in late 2007. And, it made a big bullish call in 2009.
Cabot says the market has been great for market leaders, but bad for index-based mutual funds and other stocks, Brimelow reports. "We're still more positive than negative," the letter said in its latest edition. "But -- and it's a big but -- as long as market leadership remains narrow, we'll remain apprehensive. We really can't be gung-ho about this market until we see breadth improve substantially."
Also sounding cautiously optimistic is Sound Advice newsletter, which also has a stellar long-term track record. "Our operating thesis for the larger market has been (and remains) that the recovery will continue, [and] we will not tumble back into recession," the letter stated last Friday, Brimelow reports. But, it says the expansion "will be fitful, which means that bad news will hit, growth will be uneven and until unemployment begins to show signs it is waning that share prices will have weeks like this."
One area Sound Advice is keen on: gold mining stocks. It theorizes that those who think the U.S. will sooner or later run into serious inflation "are willing to continue buying protection, even when the market is shouting precisely the opposite."
As for the economy, author and Wharton Professor Jeremy Siegel offered a bit of a contrarian take this week, saying the Federal Reserve still has ammunition left to combat the sluggish economy. The Fed's plan to buy Treasuries with proceeds from its mortgage-backed security portfolio "was just a baby step," Siegel wrote on Yahoo! Finance. "Much stronger measures can and should be taken to combat the economic slowdown."
Siegel says the Fed should lower the interest rate it pays on bank reserves to zero, and says the Fed should engage in more quantitative easing. "Quantitative easing is a viable policy," he says, "and, when combined with a reduction in the interest rates on reserves and the continued support of the asset-based securities markets, the Fed can deliver a potent combination of policies to stimulate the economy."
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I did this recipe twice already and it was always a hit! And I also used chicken instead of shrimps once and it was delicious! Definitely this recipe is a keeper!
Spicy Grilled Shrimp with Quinoa Salad
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Quinoa, shrimp, and chickpeas pack a triple punch of protein in the this tasty summer dish of Spicy Grilled Shrimp with Quinoa Salad.
Yield: Serves 4
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Total: 58 Minutes
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- Calories: 392
- Fat: 17.2g
- Saturated fat: 3.1g
- Monounsaturated fat: 9.4g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 2.8g
- Protein: 24.2g
- Carbohydrate: 36.4g
- Fiber: 6.3g
- Cholesterol: 149mg
- Iron: 2.8mg
- Sodium: 526mg
- Calcium: 151mg
- 1/4 cup fresh lime juice, divided
- 10 teaspoon olive oil, divided
- 2 teaspoons chili powder
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin, divided
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon hot pepper sauce
- 1/8 teaspoon Spanish smoked paprika
- 4 garlic cloves, chopped and divided
- 24 large shrimp, peeled and deveined (about 1 pound)
- 3/4 cup uncooked quinoa
- 1/2 cup chopped onion
- 1 cup water
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt, divided
- 1/2 teaspoon honey
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved
- 1/2 cup canned organic chickpeas, rinsed and drained
- 1/2 cup diced peeled avocado
- 1 ounce feta cheese, crumbled
- Cooking spray
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
- 1. Preheat grill to high heat.
- 2. Combine 2 tablespoons lime juice, 1 tablespoon olive oil, chili powder, 1/2 teaspoon cumin, black pepper, hot sauce, paprika, and 2 garlic cloves in a medium bowl. Add shrimp; toss well. Marinate in refrigerator 30 minutes.
- 3. Rinse and drain quinoa. Heat 1 teaspoon oil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add onion to pan; sauté 3 minutes. Add remaining 2 garlic cloves and quinoa; cook 2 minutes, stirring constantly. Add 1 cup water; bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer 13 minutes or until liquid is absorbed. Cool. Combine remaining 2 tablespoons lime juice, remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil, remaining 1/2 teaspoon cumin, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and honey in a large bowl; stir with a whisk. Add quinoa mixture, tomatoes, chickpeas, avocado, and cheese; toss gently.
- 4. Remove shrimp from bowl; discard marinade. Sprinkle shrimp with remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt. Thread 3 shrimp onto each of 8 (6-inch) skewers. Place skewers on grill rack coated with cooking spray. Grill 2 minutes on each side or until done.
- 5. Divide quinoa mixture evenly among 4 plates. Top each serving with 2 skewers. Garnish with cilantro.
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Still not voting for Romney? You might want to rethink that!
(Examiner.com) Senate Democrats slipped in a gun control amendment to a cybersecurity bill Friday, claiming that it is time to impose "reasonable gun control measures," according to The Hill.
The cybersecurity bill has advanced to the stage in the process when amendments can be attached. Amendments to bills often have nothing to do with the issue being addressed in the bill itself.
Senators Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., Bob Menendez, D-N.J., and Jack Reed, D-R.I., sponsored bill S.A. 2575 which would make it illegal to possess or transfer large capacity magazines, belts, feed stripes, or drums holding more than 10 rounds of ammunition.
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Spritetoggle said...
I've turned out to be somewhat of a stickler for keeping on plot-lines since the expansion. In addition, I only have one character that's Northrend-worthy.
So what I'm wondering/worried about is, if I started out in Borean Tundra and wanted to go back and complete the Howling Fjord starting zone once I hit 80, will the quests still be focused as if everything was just starting out in the expansion? I'm just curious if Blizzard implemented some sort of phasing into the two zones to keep them concurrent with you character once you've hit the level cap.
Hope I explained that properly!
Riftsrunner said...
There isn't any phasing in those two zones. So if you were to go to 80 via Borean Tundra then went back to Howling Fjord, you would get the same experience as someone who decided to start questing there as their first Northrend zone (albeit at an easier level).
If you're going to be going back to one of the Starter Zones eventually, it makes more sense in many ways to do them one after the other - you'll stand a good chance of soloing group quests if needed, and you're more likely to appreciate the rewards that way. Additionally, there are good lore reasons - (at least Hordeside, I don't know Alliance) there's a quest chain in each of the starting zones which is continued in Dragonblight, though there is a hopping-on point for those who didn't do the particular starting zone. Not to mention important bits of story in both which tends to crop up much later.
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Mormon faith may hurt Romney in U.S. primaries – poll
Mitt Romney's Mormonism could hurt the Republican candidate with evangelical voters in his fight for the party's presidential nomination, but those voters would favor him over President Barack Obama in the general election, according to a newly released poll.
Some 15 percent of evangelical Christians, a key constituency in the Republican presidential nomination battle, say they are wary of Mormonism and will not vote for Mitt Romney, the Pew Research Center poll found.
But those same voters were more likely to favor the former Massachusetts governor, a Mormon, in the November 2012 general election over President Barack Obama, whom they dislike more, the telephone poll conducted Nov. 9-14 found.
"You do see the potential for Romney's Mormonism to have an impact on the primary campaign," said Pew research Greg Smith.
"Those who think Mormonism is not a Christian religion are more reticent about Romney and his candidacy. At the same time those people are the people who are the strongest critics of Barack Obama. Fully 92 percent of them say they have an unfavorable view of Obama," he said.
Nearly two out of three white evangelical Christian voters in the poll did not believe Mormonism is a Christian religion and 15 percent of evangelicals would not support Romney.
Evangelical Christians may account for 60 percent of the votes cast in two of the first four Republican nomination contests, the Jan. 3 Iowa caucuses and the Jan. 21 South Carolina primary.
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|Girls win, boys lose in close swim meets
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The Harrison boys and girls swimming teams had a pair of close matches with Taylor last week. The girls squeaked by with a 48-46 victory while the boys lost a close match by a score of 50-43.
Samantha Zuber continues to dominate the 50- and the 100-yards freestyle, winning both races.
Sophomore Peyton McCarroll also is dominating the 100-yards butterfly and the 100-yards breaststroke, winning both with personal best times. Anna Carnevale took first place in her repeated dominates in the 100-yards backstroke.
The relay team of Zuber, McCarroll, Brittney Bley, and Ali Reinert took first in the 200-yards freestyle relay and Zuber, McCarroll, Carnevale, and Reinert took first in the 200-yards medley relay.
"The boys swam well, but Taylor is senior heavy this year and it showed," said Harrison coach Mike Brossart. "They are very experienced, well-coached swimmers."
This week is the final week of the regular season for Harrison. On Tuesday night the Wildcats will swim against Purcell Marian at the Melrose YMCA in Price Hill. Action starts at 6 p.m.
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Cinema's Most Memorable Opening Shots
In honor of the opening scene of El Monte, photographer Yelena Yemhcuk's dreamlike new fashion film premiered exclusively today on NOWNESS, we take a look at some movies that had us at "hello."
8½, Federico Fellini, 1963
The great, anxiety-dream beginning of Fellini's magnum opus, which opens in the midst of an epic traffic jam and ends with Marcello Mastroianni as a kite flying high above the sea, is echoed in Yemchuk's new film. The opening of the great director's previous success, La Dolce Vita, also deserves a mention: Mastroianni is in the sky again, this time in a helicopter taking a statue across Rome to the Pope.
Soy Cuba, Mikhail Kalatozov, 1964
The opening of this forgotten 1964 masterpiece inspired Paul Thomas Anderson's poolside scene in Boogie Nights: the camera takes in a beauty contest on the rooftop of a luxury hotel in Havana, scales down the side of the building to circle around holiday-makers sipping cocktails and playing poker, and then plunges into a swimming pool, all in one take.
The Player, Robert Altman, 1992
Do they teach anything else beside this marathon opening shot in film schools anymore? Altman's classic one-take on a studio lot involves hundreds of characters as it floats around a working film studio eavesdropping on myriad conversations. It has inspired plenty of imitators, but remains one of the best of its kind.
A Clockwork Orange, Stanley Kubrick, 1971
From the moment the camera frames the bowler hat and mascara in the milk bar, it's clear we're in for a classic Kubrick nightmare. The director's dolly shot and Malcom McDowell's terrifying voiceover get a little of the old ultra-violence started.
Children of Men, Alfonso Cuarón, 2006
Cuarón's opening to his adaptation of the dystopian thriller by P.D. James shocks you out of your senses. All is well and good as a disheveled Clive Owen grabs his coffee... and then boom.
Don't Look Now, Nicolas Roeg, 1973
The famous sex scene in Don't Look Now between Julie Christie and Donald Sutherland made headlines on the film's release, but it's the opening scene of Roeg's Venice-set horror that sets up the water and breaking glass motifs, leaving us with the indelible image of a child's red raincoat.
There Will Be Blood, Paul Thomas Anderson, 2007
A full 20 minutes passes before anyone speaks, but watching silver prospector Daniel Plainview (played by Daniel Day-Lewis chaneling John Huston) discover the sticky black substance that will make his––and America's––fortune is thrillingly scored by Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood, and it's a fittingly epic opening to this adaptation of Upton Sinclair's book, Oil!
Once Upon a Time in the West, Sergio Leone, 1968
Waiting has never been more rewarding as Leone gathers together his group of hoods to greet a train in the dusty chaparral. The flight pattern of a fly will have you on tenterhooks.
Vertigo, Alfred Hitchcock, 1958
Hitchcock's glorious chase scene, beautifully backdropped by the San Francisco skyline, is a lesson in film economy and dramatic camera work. Within the first minute we learn that Jimmy Stewart is terrified of heights, and are treated to a new toy Hitch invented specially for the film: the "zolly" cam (AKA the dolly zoom, AKA "The Vertigo Effect").


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Artie Lange had his driver's license revoked for seven months after pleading guilty to driving under the influence of drugs. Read more on Artie Lange's DUI below.
A regular on Howard Stern's radio show, Artie Lange, was pulled over and arrested by police in New Jersey on July 10, 2009. Lange revealed to police officers that he had prescription sleeping pills in his system.
Artie Lange, in addition to not being able to drive for seven months, was also fined $664 and must serve 12 hours in an intoxicated driver program.
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Practice your sword skills and timing to become the perfect swordsman specialist like Brandon and Sky. - Choose your favorite classical melee weapon; - Practice your skills and earn the highest grade; - New 'Adventure Quests' every month; - Defend Red Fountain School, Alfea or the Realm of Magix from terrible attacks; - Win trophies, awards and badges in tournament and intramural competitions.
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Needs a higher framerate, as I cannot time the arrows to the keystrokes as close to instantly as possible.
Graphics are sort of poor...sorry, I don't have sound right now so I can't hear the music. I like that you have ambition to make new lvls every month to keep people interested.
Overall, I think this could be a good game...RPG rhythm combo sounds pretty good to me. Also like some of the other mini-games, like pick the fleas off the dog. I understand what this is, and who it's for but what about the rest of us?
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A great recipe from chef Marlene Matar's latest book Maedat Marlene men Halab, a cookbook devoted to dishes from Aleppo (Syria); she calls this hummus Beiruti which means from Beirut, however she writes that the hummus is also called from Aleppo. I guess it straddles the two cities and that's fine with us. Perfect dish for the SuperBowl. I loved this recipe because it meant I could use up some of these cucumber pickles that had been languishing in the fridge for (ahemm..) months.
- 2 cups of ready-made hummus (homemade or storebought and doctored up to taste yummy) (250 g.)
- 2 cups of diced tomatoes (300 g.)
- 1 cup of finely diced cucumber pickles (kabeess) (90 g.)
- 1 1/2 tsp of cumin
- 1 cup of chopped Italian parsley (40 g.)
- 1 or 2 Tbsp of olive oil
METHOD: Place the hummus in a bowl and add the rest of the ingredients; toss gently to combine and taste to adjust seasoning. Serve with pita bread. NOTE: If you start out with great hummus, this dish will taste great. If you use a can of ready-made hummus, it problably would need extra fresh lemon juice, fresh mashed garlic and maybe a touch of good tahini as well. Ehden nature reserve, North Lebanon (Alt. 1500 m.)


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How to tell if it's time to retire
How will I cover health insurance? Finding affordable coverage might get easier once Obamacare kicks in next year, but for now you could face some sticker shock if you're younger than 65 (the age when you become eligible for Medicare). If you have employer coverage now, you may be able to extend it via COBRA, but you'll pay the full cost -- not the subsidized fraction you probably pay now. Getting a policy on your own is another option if you're in good health, but people with even minor health problems can find it tough to get coverage and may need to resort to a state high-risk pool. (You can start your search at HealthCare.gov.) Other options include coverage through a spouse or through a professional, alumni or religious organization. Don't go without coverage if you can possibly avoid it, since you would be just one accident or illness away from bills that could bankrupt you.
What will I do next? Ideally, you won't just be running away from a bad situation. You'll be running toward something better. In retirement, the people who are happiest tend to be the ones who have a passionate or sustaining interest in something -- and that something probably isn't playing golf, said Ralph Warner, the author of the excellent book "Get a Life: You Don't Need A Million to Retire Well." If you're not done with work, check out the classic book "What Color is Your Parachute?" for good advice about how to get to the next stage.
What do the people around me say? Your friends and family can provide valuable feedback about whether it's time to move on -- as long as you discount the opinions of the fraidy-cats who abhor any risk and think all change is for the worse. Those who love you also may be able to identify problems you may be ignoring that could be affecting your decision-making, such as depression, anxiety or other health issues. If your job is causing those problems, on the other hand, the people around you could bring that to your attention as well.
What solutions am I overlooking? Another area where your tribe can help you is brainstorming solutions that don't require leaving your job. You may be able to transfer away from a bad boss, for instance, or get help from human resources or a mentor in managing the relationship. If you feel you're being overlooked or your skills aren't being fully utilized, you can ask for new challenges and opportunities to grow. If you're contemplating retirement, you could consider phasing out slowly by moving to part time, or trying the "practice retirement" that Fahlund suggests: Continue to work, but cut back on saving so you can start taking trips, indulging hobbies and doing the other stuff you planned to do in retirement. Working even a few years into your 60s can dramatically increase your retirement benefits, Fahlund said, even if you don't add much to your savings.
Then again: If it's time, it's time. If the idea of quitting fills you with joy, rather than apprehension, that's a pretty good sign you should find a way to follow through.
Patricia Joseph of Pittsburgh was 63 and about to take a monthlong leave of absence from her job as a college professor when she realized she didn't want to conduct the research she had planned -- or to go back to work afterward.
"Within 2 weeks, I submitted my retirement letter," Joseph wrote. "I was DONE!"
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I don't think most working class Americans can actually "afford" to retire, its just that we must adjust our lifestyles to the reduced income that our social security, pensions if we have any and savings ( which I know I can only speak for myself) have been besieged these past few years will allow. The world is changing, and all I know is my retirement will be much different than my parents was. Medical costs, food costs, the costs of home ownership ( which may have to be sold ) and downsized to apt. living are things to consider. Its tough today, in the words of Yogi Berra, "The future ain't what it used to be "
A truly 'hooray for me and screw everyone else' society of wealthy parasites continuing their war against the middle class. The revolution can't come soon enough against this effort of keeping the people down while a few make exponential profits.
I see a lot of different articles on retirement. They usually write about the same things; when should you retire; can you afford to retire; are you saving enough money to retire. Of course, a lot of it depends on your needs, and what you want to do if you retire, and even if you like to retire.
I have given a lot of thought to retirement. My main consideration is living comfortably and having enough income to enjoy my life. I have always been a good saver but I did not become a good investor until I was in my late thirties. I think the best advice anyone can give you on retirement is to plan ahead, and plan for the unexpected. The earlier you start to save and invest the easier it will be when you get close to retirement age.
Today I am on track to reach my retirement goals. I
would like to work until I am seventy and that is still over ten years away and you never know what can happen in those ten plus years. I do have an emergency fund and I contribute as much as I can to my retirement plans. With each passing year I can begin to see the light at the end of the tunnel; I just hope it is not a train coming down the tracks.
I am one of those people who figured that I had at least another ten years left, but when generalized Myasthenia Gravis struck unexpectedly my career was over. Although I struggled to control the symptoms (double vision, slurred speech, and occasional muscle failure) with medication, my employer eliminated my position two weeks before Christmas. At age 62 I jumped into the job hunt with both feet but have not had even a nibblle in a year and that's with the help of a headhunter.
I wasn't financially ready to retire, but I had no choice. At that point I had to make some serious changes in my lifestyle. Fortunately my daughter offered us space in her home, but that's not something I had even considered before it happened.
It's comforting to think that you can control the when and where of your retirement, but I suspect that my story is becoming entirely too common.
Some interesting responses.
I agree that my decision was based upon several factors. I worked for a large company that ethically lost its' original vision. I left when they discovered the "negative incentive" approach to tenured (older) employees. "We have changed our accounting method re: 401Ks. If you stay you will lose $40,000."
I can't say that I was able to take a lot away from this article. I do agreee with jockmama. It's when you can afford to.
My situation is a bit different. I can afford to. Not optimal, but I can do it and also I up against something called Force Management in which you will retire at a pre-set age. My age group is 56. I will retire one day before I am 57.
I can see two things. I will go back to another job, somewhere, doing something. Also, my lifestyle is going to change. Since I will get less than half per month of what I am making now and still have health plans to pay for, I will have to scale back pretty hard on some of the things I take for granted now. This adage I've heard about expenses being less is bunk. We are taking care of health related issues now while I make a decent living by getting our "tune ups" and things we've let to go for a while and are now becoming an issue.
We have put as much money into my retirement account as possible and bulked up our emergency fund with every spare dollar.
I guess we are as ready as we can be,
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Congratulations. Im so happy her heart is perfect now...
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She is just a beautiful doll....and her hair is gorgeous.
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Wow what a big girl for being so early! I am glad the heart problems cleared up and she is doing so well. Congrats!
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Congratulations! She is adorable and it is so great to hear that her heart is okay. :)
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She looks so big!!!!! I can't believe she is a new born, she doesn't have that small fragile look about her. What a beauty. You must be having so much fun with the fact that she has hair :) I'm glad the heart condition cleared up.
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Congrats! What a cutie, I love her hair. So happy she's doing well and what an amazing size! I wonder how big she would have been at 40 weeks.
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Congratulations!! She's beautiful!! Love all of the hair. :) Glad to hear she is doing well.
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The Economist on Ronald Coase
THE job of clever people is to ask difficult questions. The job of very clever people is to ask deceptively simple ones. Eighty years ago a young British economist wondered: why do companies exist? The answer that he gave remains as fascinating today as it was back then.
Ronald Coase lived an extraordinarily long and productive life (see Free exchange). In awarding him the Nobel prize for economics in 1991 the Swedish Academy singled out two papers for particular praise, one published in 1937 and based on a lecture which he gave in 1932 when he was only 21 years old, and one published in 1961. He published his last book, "How China Became Capitalist", last year at the age of 101. Not bad for a London boy whose parents both left school at 12 and who was consigned to a special-needs school because he wore leg braces (it was only the timely intervention of a phrenologist who detected "considerable mental vigour" in the bumps on his head that redirected him to grammar school and thence to the London School of Economics).
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|Role of huddling on the energetic of growth in a newborn altricial mammal.
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|Huddling is considered as a social strategy to reduce thermal stress and promote growth in newborn altricial mammals. So far, the role of huddling on the allocation of saved energy has not been quantified nor have the related impacts on body temperature rhythms. To determine the energy partitioning of rabbit pups either raised alone or in groups of eight, four, or two individuals, when thermoregulatory inefficient (TI) and efficient (TE), we first investigated their total energy expenditure and body composition. We then monitored body temperature and activity rhythms to test whether huddling may impact these rhythms, centered on the suckling event. Pups in a group of eight utilized 40% less energy for thermogenesis when TI than did pups alone and 32% less energy when TE. Pups in groups of eight and four had significantly lower thermoregulatory costs in the TI period, whereas pups in groups of two, four, and eight had lower costs during the TE period. Huddling pups could therefore channel the energy saved into processes of growth and accrued more fat mass (on average 4.5 +/- 1.4 g) than isolated pups, which lost 0.7 g of fat. Pups in groups of four and eight had a body temperature significantly higher by 0.8 degrees C than pups in groups of two and one when TI, whereas no more differences were noted when the TE period was reached. Moreover, pups alone showed an endogenous circadian body temperature rhythm that differed when compared with that of huddling pups, with no rise before suckling. Thus huddling enables pups to invest the saved energy into growth and to regulate their body temperature to be more competitive during nursing, particularly at the early time when they are TI.
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6th Ave & S Steele St has a Walk Score of 63 out of 100. This location is Somewhat Walkable so some errands can be accomplished on foot.
This location is in the North End neighborhood in Tacoma. Nearby parks include Peck Field, North Slope Park and Peoples Park.
Nearby schools include Jason Lee School, Grant Elementary School and Bryant School.
The closest grocery stores are Urban Gourmet & Garden, Safeway and Tacoma Food Co-op.
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I am a pessimist when it comes to online reviews, but this cabin is one time where the rave reviews are warranted. Wow, what a great property, it is very clean, well equipped, spacious and can easily accommodate the 14 people the VRBO ad claims. The cabin has that traditional rustic Alpine forest feel to it, yet, it has many top amenities that a small family or large group could ask for. New appliances and spotless fridge that even came stocked with a few bags of party ice! Beyond the bear and fishing motifs throughout the cabin, the natural wildlife outside is the ultimate decoration. Breathtaking nights full of stars and the occasional howl of coyotes help to leave behind the hustle and bustle of the real world. Our family of four quietly watched dozens of different animal species from the second floor deck that overlooks the mountains. We took our young 6 and 5 year olds and they had a great time in bunk beds, playing foosball/ping pong/board games, exploring the wilderness and watching the neighborhood chipmunks scurry about. The cabin was great for us, but also easily able to handle multiple families. The design of the cabin caters to multi-family fun with plenty of interactive games, and even boasts a huge amount of space around the pool table (no shots obstructed by walls). Extremely convenient to Big Bear Blvd shopping and dining, the zoo, and Bear Mountain skiing, but the best part may be the neighborhood itself... The cabin is in a secluded area that offers much more privacy than most Big Bear cabins can provide. This was not your average rental cabin ... we will be back. Thank you for the memories!
Very pleasant place to stay when visiting The area
This is a very well kept cabin home. Bright and cherry, yet with all the feel of a Cabin in the Mountains. The spa is the icing on the cake, but all the features were quality and it lived up to its description as stated on the web site. For someone like me who travelled across country and visited the area for the first time, I couldn't have been happier. The owner was very responsive and has all the details together to make it easy to get in and up and running. Location, location .... Great to be so near the village and yet away from everything when you went back to relax and enjoy being surrounded by the forest and mountains. This is a winner for those seeking a great rental.
We enjoyed staying in the cabin near Summit.
The house had a great cabin-feel. The decor was great! We liked the amenities especially the PS2 and the jacuzzi.