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As Pakistan prepares to vote for a new civilian government, many are closely watching the 25 million-strong youth population – 60 percent of whom have promised to make their way to the ballot box on May 11.
But how their growing clout will shape the next government is unclear. Pakistan's young people are losing confidence in the democratic system, according to a British Council study out earlier this month, with roughly similar percentages expressing support for sharia (Islamic law) or military rule as express support for democracy.
While this has some observers worried, analysts are quick to caution that the survey results should not be taken at face value.
"We need to dig deeper and ask more intelligent questions. For example, what do they mean when they say 'Islamic sharia'? For a lot of people, sharia refers to equality, justice, a welfare state, and support for the poor and downtrodden. It does not equal putting the mullahs [Islamic clergy] in power," says Khawar Ghumman, a political analyst and journalist for Pakistan's Dawn newspaper. Mr. Ghumman says that it makes little sense to see sharia and democracy as mutually exclusive categories.
Definitions matter
When asked which system of government they preferred, 29 percent of young people between the ages of 18 and 29 said they would prefer democracy as a political system; 38 percent picked "Islamic sharia"; and 32 percent picked "military rule."
But, as Alia Amirali, the secretary-general of the National Students Federation and a seasoned left-wing student activist, notes, "both a supporter of the Pakistan Taliban and a female student at the International Islamic University in Islamabad might say that they prefer Islamic sharia as a system, but they probably have two very different definitions of the same concept."
Ms. Amirali points out that the survey indicates as many as 70 percent of young Pakistanis might vote in the elections – a data point that reveals a politically active generation.
"That alone should put to rest the cries about the 'impending death of democracy' and the 'erosion of legitimacy' that have emerged," says Amirali.
In fact, many of Pakistan's political parties seem to be scrambling for – and counting on – the youth vote.
During the launch of his party's election manifesto in Islamabad earlier this month, Imran Khan, the leader of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), or Pakistan Road to Justice party, claimed that his party would take home the bulk of young people's 25 million votes. The party has a popular reputation for appealing to the younger generation.
Mr. Khan, a former cricketer and relative newcomer to Pakistani politics, is known for political rallies that have attracted 250,000 people. His party is also known for its young, die-hard supporters (or jiyalas in Urdu) on Facebook and Twitter – and their tendency to harass anyone who criticizes the PTI.
In a sign of solidarity, Khan made sure that 35 percent of his party's slots were given to candidates under the age of 35. Political parties in Pakistan select candidates through central parliamentary boards, rather than holding primaries.
But youth activist Abdullah Dayo from the Progressive Youth Forum, an independent student activist group, suspects that Khan will get far less support from youths than he hopes for when the votes are tallied.
"You have to remember that there is a huge difference between young Pakistanis in the country's rural, peri-urban and urban areas. Khan has a lot of support among the urban youth, but far less outside of the country's large metropolitan centers," says Mr. Dayo, who just toured 13 districts in Sindh Province earlier this month, where he estimates that the PTI will fail to make any substantial gains in National Assembly seats.


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Killarney Lodge - Algonquin Park
You found us! On the peninsula surrounded by Lake of Two Rivers in the heart of Algonquin Park, some of Canada's most beautiful and pristine wilderness. Comfortable private waterside log and pine cabins decorated in a charming Canadian country style. Your canoe and chipmunks at the door – loons, ducks and beavers on the lake. Enjoy moose spotting, hiking and bike trails, or just relax on your deck and take in an Algonquin sunset.
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State of the World 2009: Into a Warming World
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The coming century of climate change, and how to manage and survive it.
"State of the World 2009 is a very timely compendium of up-to-date thinking on climate change."
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"State of the World 2009 is a research masterpiece, the single most important reference guide to climate change yet published." —Alex Steffen, Executive Editor, Worldchanging.com
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It's New Year's Day, 2101. Somehow, humanity survived the worst of global warming—the higher temperatures and sea levels and the more intense droughts and storms—and succeeded in stabilizing the Earth's climate. Greenhouse gas concentrations are peaking and are expected to drift downward in the 22nd century. The rise in global temperatures is slowing and the natural world is gradually healing. The social contract largely held. And humanity as a whole is better fed, healthier, and more prosperous today than it was a century ago.
This scenario of an imagined future raises a key question: What must we do in the 21st century to make such a future possible, and to head off the kind of climate catastrophe that many scientists now see as likely? This question inspires the theme of the Worldwatch Institute's State of the World 2009 report: how climate change will play out over the coming century, and what steps we most urgently need to take now.
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"[State of the World 2009] will undoubtedly influence the negotiators from different countries to look beyond the narrow and short-term concerns that are far too often the reason for inaction."
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State of the World 2009 is intended to inject new inspiration and energy into national and international climate negotiations by conveying the profound, long-term consequences of the experiment we are now conducting on the Earth's atmosphere, with an emphasis on the human and ecological effects of that transformation. The book also examines the policy changes needed to combat climate change and explores the economic benefits that could flow from the transition, including the potential to create new industries and jobs in rich and poor countries alike.
The 26th edition of the flagship series, State of the World 2009 goes beyond the incremental half-measures that mark climate policy debates in too many capitals. It makes the case that it is only by understanding the unique scale and vast time horizon of the climate problem that the needed political will can be mustered. And because solving the climate problem will have such significant benefits for human welfare, it may turn out that big solutions will be easier to adopt than the policy baby steps that have proven so difficult during the past two decades.
The questions addressed in State of the World 2009 are many: how do we adapt-not just as communities and nations, but as a species-to the warming that is headed our way, no matter what we do now? How will the world deal with the fact that the climate burden will fall heaviest on countries whose contributions to climate change have been the most modest? And even as we struggle to adapt, how does society maintain focus on slashing emissions to a pale shadow of their current levels?
Meanwhile, the drive to advance living standards will continue, and the world population will continue growing at least for some decades and perhaps for the rest of the century. What new technologies, behaviors, institutions and agreements, and even ways of governing will emerge from this challenge? Most critically, how will the poor fare in face of the greatest threat to economic development the world has ever seen? With the right approach, could we actually end up with more rather than less prosperity and well-being as a result?
Contributors and Contents
State of the World 2009 draws from the research expertise of the Worldwatch Institute and from outside scientists and policy experts, with chapters devoted to the technological and institutional developments most likely to help humanity weather the storm of global warming. For this historic volume, Worldwatch has recruited an exceptional team of innovative thinkers and inspiring writers from rich and poor countries alike. R.K. Pachuari, Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, authored the foreword, and leading climate change researchers and activists from around the world contributed their talents to this volume.
State of the World 2009 examines: the next-generation technologies that show the most promise for eliminating greenhouse gas emissions or removing these gases from the atmosphere; enforceable agreements that reward countries and individuals for cutting emissions; innovative strategies for building climate-change resilience in the poorest countries; and ideas for making sure the natural world survives the changes on the way. In addition to six chapters, it includes 22 "climate connections" on topics from climate and biodiversity to Chinese and Indian perspectives on the crisis. It also includes a convenient climate change reference guide and glossary.
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Worldwatch's flagship publication, State of the World, has educated a broad audience of students, journalists, policymakers, and concerned citizens about trends in sustainable development for a quarter century. The book has been published in 36 languages, and over the years it has authoritatively assessed issues ranging from population, energy, and agriculture to materials use, health, and trade policy. Topics are covered from a global perspective, with an emphasis on innovation and problem-solving. State of the World is recognized as a classic of environmental literature, having attracted luminaries from Kofi Annan to Mikhail Gorbachev to write forewords for the book. News media, policymakers, and NGOs worldwide cite the book for its cutting-edge analysis, reliability, and careful documentation of its arguments, all marshaled to speed the global transition to a sustainable world.
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Millennia ago, Cabo San Lucas was part of the Mexican mainland. Then a massive rupture of the San Andreas Fault sent the waters of the Pacific crashing into the newly formed depression, creating the Sea of Cortez and the Baja Peninsula. Lying at the very tip of Baja, where the Pacific meets the Sea of Cortez, Cabo San Lucas - or "Cabo" - is one of the premier resort destinations in the Western Hemisphere. Swim in the transparent waters, marvel at the wealth of marine life, relax on one of the white-sand beaches or try your hand at some of the finest sportfishing in the world.Note: Your ship will anchor in Cabo San Lucas and use launches to transport all passengers ashore.
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El Arco (the Arch) & Lover's Beach
This majestic rock formation, carved by the ocean currents, is the most recognized landmark in Cabo San Lucas. Located at Land's End, around the corner from Lover's Beach, it is a haven for sea lions.
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Stroll through the historical center of San Jose del Cabo and immerse yourself in the Spanish colonial character and charm preserved in the 18th-century architecture and cultural traditions.
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• dhub_favgame(mob/user) - Check to see if user has the game favorited.
• dhub_games_total() - Checks and finds out how many live games are on the hub.
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A stunning pendant lamp which takes as its basic form a sphere that is perfectly balanced on the edge of a rod.
"I remember watching a short film about a juggler, Tony Duncan, rolling a set of spheres in the palm of his hands and up on his arms. There were moments when the spheres would seem perfectly still, on the edge of his fingers. Only if you looked very closely could you see them spinning around to achieve the balance. Then I came across the old photographs of Paul Cinquevalli, capturing a moment in the art of contact juggling." Michael Anastassiades
This collection explores balance. There is a series of lights: table lights, wall lights, ceiling pendants and ceiling mounted lights which take as their basic form a sphere that is perfectly balanced on the edge of a rod.
The acronym IC, for example, refers to the Identification Code used by the British immigration agency to classify the country of origin of immigrants entering the United Kingdom. Therefore, with the design of this lamp, Anastassiades comments on the precarious equilibrium of identities, reflecting on the delicate balance inherent in one's condition as a foreigner, in a life intent on not rolling away, just like a sphere on an inclined surface.
Anastassiades often makes forays into the borderland between design and contemporary art. His philosophy aims at the creation of objects that can produce a permanent value, always at the frontier with artwork. His designs and things originate from a philosophical but also poetic process.
Michael Anastassiades
Michael Anastassiades founded his London design studio in 1994.
Schooled in industrial design and engineering at London's Royal College of Art and Imperial College – the Cypriot-born designer's lighting, mirrors, and tabletop objects reside between industrial design, sculpture and decorative art. Deceptively simple, yet meticulously detailed, they betray his training as a civil engineer and industrial designer.
Anastassiades is particularly renowned for his lighting products, which comprise 80% of his studio's commissions. Shiny surfaces combined with simple geometric shapes like tubes, oblongs and spheres, articulate architectural spaces. He often chooses reflective materials – such as mirrored glass and polished bronze – that appear to dematerialise his objects, to float independently, interacting with the space surrounding them.
Since collaborating with the architectural firm Studio Mumbai (2006), Anastassiades is increasingly working with some of the world's leading architects – including David Chipperfield and John Pawson – and interior designers such as Studio Ilse. His lights can be seen in hotels, restaurants and stores worldwide – including the Grand Hotel Stockholm, Soho House New York and the Sergio Rossi boutiques worldwide.
Besides being commissioned and collected by private patrons and clients all over the world – Anastassiades has worked with many world renowned cutting-edge designers and prestigious manufacturers, including Hussein Chalayan (1997-8) Swarovski Crystal Palace (2004), Lobmeyer (2012) and Svenskt Tenn (2013). This year, he will be launching two 'families' of lights for Flos.
Featured in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the FRAC Centre in Orleans, France, and the V&A Museum and Crafts Council in London, his designs have also been showcased at world-renowned galleries and arts organisations including London's Institute of Contemporary Arts, the Design Museum, Somerset House and Sotheby's; and Mitterand + Cramer in Geneva. Represented by the Nilufar Gallery in Milan – this follows the gallery's commission to create the 'Lit Lines' series of lights (exhibited at Palazzo Durini in 2011) and the 'Tree in the Moonlight' lamp which formed part of their Unlimited Collection (2012) .
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About us
MobileShop gives you a chance to quickly and easily find the phone you want and have it delivered to your home in no time, regardless of your location, as long as it is in one of the countries of the EU.
We have been in the business for quite a while now, and it that time we have not only managed to make close relationships with numerous suppliers all over the world, but also to recognize what people need. This means that we are always able to offer all the latest phones, great prices, reliable service, fast delivery and premium customer support.
The Story
MobileShop website was launched in 2011, but its story actually began some 8 years before that when a group of college friends decided to go into business together. We started selling phones in shops, but our combined ambition, drive and abilities soon made us look for new challenges and new markets. Starting an online shop provided for both and allowed us to develop a strong international presence in a number of EU countries.
Collective experience of our team members and the years we have spent in the business allowed us to develop a vast network of suppliers, ensuring that our customers will always find what they are looking for. This also means that we are able to offer great prices, which are constantly being updated and follow the shifts in the market.
Our affordability, fast and reliable delivery, and the fact that you will always be able to find the phone that you are looking for in our offer, have made us stand out in the market, but they are simply symptoms of our dedication to what we are doing and our desire to constantly keep improving. We know that in order to do that, we need to keep in close touch with our customers and listen to their suggestions and critiques. This is why our customer service, which is always there to answer any question that you may have, is just as willing to listen as it is to inform.
Meet the team
Boris (CEO / FOUNDER)
More of a free spirit - enjoys a glass of wine and a fine cigar. His enthusiasm and creativity keeps company together. His motto is: "To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe." Maybe that's why we have a constant feeling that someone is watching us.
Jelena (Web developer)
Jelena is here to make sure that our site works properly and that we all know just how much work that actually involves. Seeing that we are constantly adding new phones to our offer, this can be a demanding task, but luckily (even though it doesn't always feel that way), Jelena can be quite a demanding taskmaster. This is to say that by now most of us know what not to do and where to run if we do make a mistake that jeopardizes the site's stability.
Alex (Marketing manager)
Alex tries to make sure that the only visitors to our site aren't our well-meaning parents and friends. Even though word of mouth and our amazing brilliance in every regard are more than enough to keep attracting new customers, we like having him around so we pretend that we actually need marketing. Joking aside, Alex has done much to inform people all over EU countries about where to go if they want great prices and premium service.
Tibor (Social media assistant)
Another leaf of our marketing branch, Tibor represents us on social networks and ensures that Twitter is all atwitter with our news, Facebook all ablaze(book?) with new promotions and Google+ users all googly eyed over our offer. He also hates puns, but he was offered to write his own section and he declined.
Diana (Sales Manager)
Diana is the head of our sales team, which is to say that she is the one mostly responsible for the great deals that we are able to offer and for the fact that we're as well stocked as we are. Considering all of this, we wouldn't dare and be less than absolutely serious, reverential even, when talking about her.
Vladan (art DIRECTOR & Web designer)
If you like the way our site looks, Vladan is the one you have to thank for that. If you don't he is the one you should probably do your best to stay away from. He constantly delights us by managing time and again to combine functionality with beauty, creativity with pragmatism and colors with other colors. He is a man with majestic imagination and all the skills required to make it a reality.
Ivana (Sales Asistant)
Diana is an indispensible member of our sales team, with a great eye for a bargain and an attitude that keeps us optimistic even when things aren't exactly looking up, which would make her an amazing asset even without her sales skills. People just can't seem to say 'no' to her, which, as you can imagine, can come in quite handy when your job includes negotiating deals.
Daniel (Sales Assistant)
When Daniel does research, things spawn into existence out of nothing just so he can discover them. He has amazingly comprehensive knowledge of the market, phones and what people need. He is the reason that we are always quick to react to any shifts in the market and able to stay in the loop.
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History of Italian Weddings of Various Cultures
It is usually interesting to review a brief history of weddings of various cultures. One will discover that a few of the old traditions happen to be transported forward to the present weddings.
In Italia, even today marriages aren't performed during Given and Advent in May or August. Sunday was declared the very best day for that marriage and June was (and it is) considered the perfect month to marry. This is dependant on the Roman goddess Junio, representing safety of home, marriage, and giving birth.
In certain families the marriages were arranged through the groups of the wedding couple. Men relative from the groom would visit using the father from the intended bride and request her hands in marriage. A matchmaker was utilized to hold a note towards the intended bride's family. Once a contract between your families was arrived at, the pair was declared engaged. The mark bride was likely to immediately start gathering clothing (for her husband to be), furniture, along with other products for that home. This grew to become referred to as bride's 'trousseau'. When the diamond engagement ring contained gold it wasn't to become worn until she received the gold wedding ring because it was viewed as misfortune to put on gold without having to be married.
In olden occasions a lot of an italian man , wedding traditions contained preventing evil spirits. Your daughter's groom would make sure to have something iron on his person to arrive at agreeable evil eye. The marriage veil was with regards to preventing evil spirits they might attempt to attack the bride to be and tearing the veil following the ceremony was considered best of luck. The bride to be was to not have an entire wedding dress before the big day. It had been to stay incomplete until she walked lower the church aisle. Presumably your final stitch is made somewhere around the dress in the entrance from the church. Your daughter's groom would wait in front from the church and offer the bride to be with a flower arrangement and herbs, to arrive at agreeable evil spirits.
At other occasions your daughter's groom would select the bride up and walk her towards the church. Within this situation a log along with a saw could be put into their path plus they needed to first viewed it into two pieces to exhibit their union. When the bride walked towards the church, with no groom, the neighborhood people frequently put things in her own path like a broom, beggar, crying baby. How she handled these products demonstrated if she will be a good wife, mother, could be kind, etc.
Within the ceremony your daughter's groom was right from the bride, thus freeing his sword hands, just in situation someone attempted to steal his bride-to-be. Ten witnesses were needed to help make the ceremony official hence the requirement for a sizable wedding party. These were outfitted such as the wedding couple to confuse the jealous spirits. The bride to be transported (but still does in many weddings) a satin or silk purse for visitors to deposit their cash gifts in in an effort to assist with the price. One other way money was elevated was through the best man cutting the groom's tie into pieces and selling these to visitors in the wedding.
Following a ceremony the wedding couple were pelted with almonds (in mesh bags), three for kids and 5 to 7 to advertise fertility. In ancient occasions some bread was damaged within the bride's mind to represent fertility. In the finish from the wedding the wedding couple broke a vase or glass into pieces with the amount of shards representing the number of years they'd be married. Moms-in-law sitting in a table and stored an eye on the repayment of favors or money which must be observed (this really is still completed in a number of today's events)
The majority of the events began with mass early in the day, adopted by music and dancing at night time. Food was, and it is, most from the wedding. 13 or even more courses were ordinarily offered (a sizable meal continues to be offered at today's weddings) this symbolized the union from the couple as well as their families.
It's amazing the number of wedding traditions still remain while they might have evolved somewhat to mirror today's society. Incorporating traditions according to heritage is frequently a great way to recognition that old while celebrating the brand new.
Pre-Wedding Rituals of Bhumihar Wedding Event
Bhumihar caste includes the Brahmins. They are classified as Bhumihar Brahmins. Once the girl within their family reaches age wedding, they plan things. The quest for the partner begins. If it is an arranged wedding then your bride and also the groom get wed inside the same caste. They get the opportunity to speak to one another so when that they like one another, the talks are taken one step forward. In Bhumihar matrimony, you will find that the weddings have lots of customs and rituals. Yes, they're very worthwhile however they continue for any couple of days. Thus, when there's a marriage in your own home, you will notice a couple of pre-wedding events too.
The pre-wedding events
In Bhumihar weddings, there is also a quantity of pre-wedding rituals. They're:
There's a convention known as as Siddhanth custom. Within this, the priest sits and appears in to the panchang to repair the marriage date. Also, he needs to see panjis of both families. These folks also have confidence in horoscopes which plays a vital role during these weddings.
There's yet another various and strange custom. Each day prior to the wedding or even the day's a marriage, you will find that the bride to be needs to take benefits of the washer man's wife. It is because it's thought that a washer man's wife will invariably die before her husband and therefore she'd always remain suhagan.
At the time from the wedding, once the groom enters the marriage premises, the lady in the bride family would welcome him with sandalwood paste.
Within this, the pair needs to go for that kul devi shrine. The bride's father takes them. Thus, your daughter's groom would get the opportunity to seethe kul devi mandir from the bride's father.
Gauri puja can also be quite important as part of Bhumihar matrimony. This really is mainly performed to help keep the evils from the marriage ceremony.
Thus, you will notice that there are several interesting rituals as observed in Bhumihar weddings too. You'll really find these rituals quite significant. Bhumihar is straightforward people. But they're quite strict concerning the wedding and also the wedding rituals.
Within the occasions once the more youthful generation is leaving rituals, the more youthful generation of Bhumihar caste continues to be quite thinking about the marriage within an authentic and traditional way. This is the charm of Indian weddings. Much like other weddings, there's fun too active in the wedding. Obviously, additionally, you will manage to find food and attractive food offered towards the visitors within an authentic way. You'll know that wedding it's time when two families would unite. Thus, it becomes an important ceremony. Thus, all of the functions and occasions ought to be transported out correctly. Bhumihar is straightforward Brahmins. But they're knowledgeable and educated. The bride to be and also the groom will also be well introduced up plus they be aware of relevance of culture and ethics too. That's the reasons you will find these weddings classical.
The Best Wedding Photographers
A marriage professional photographer isn't just any professional photographer who arrives to take a few photographs they will be able to connect inside a friendly and assured manner, using the bride, groom, parents, grandma and grandpa and then any children in the wedding and often, your pet dog too. The professional photographer should feel all of the feelings and explore a full day, what i mean is they should comprehend the feelings of those attending the marriage, in the end, how else can the marriage professional photographer capture these feelings on camera, when they do not feel and understand them.
The romance, excitement and also the final realisation of several weeks, possibly even years, of planning that one day and it is the marriage photographer's job to capture these feelings inside a realistic yet, beautiful way. The wedding couple is going to be nervous, the mother and father wishing everything runs as easily because they have planned for and also the kids, trying to not look too bored with the fuss around them. I frequently capture some good photographs from the children at weddings. The pictures should reflect the occasions during the day in a way that, searching back, when you are a classic husband and wife, it'll appear such as the wedding was just yesterday.
Every detail have to be photographed, such as the church or venue for that ceremony not to mention, the reception. Like a wedding professional photographer, I contemplate it part of my work, to reach early, become familiar with design of wedding venue, pick a qualified positions and angles for that shots that I wish to capture, throughout the ceremony and make an effort to produce incredible photos.
Regrettably, you may still find many people who'll not permit the religious ceremony to become photographed that is one more reason I love to arrive early, to provide myself the chance to talk using the minister, priest or official who definitely are performing the ceremony and when possible, obtain a little compromise, in such instances. A great wedding professional photographer will be familiar with all of the areas to think about for each occasion. The wedding is going to be unique as well as your wedding photographs ought to be unique.
I selected to concentrate on photography, initially since i did not possess a photography studio however, as i operate a photography business, I additionally get a lot personal enjoyment from photographing weddings, and that i wouldn't get it every other way.
My method of photography is extremely relaxed I favor the marriage photojournalism approach, since many top professional wedding photographers do. My wedding portfolio is filled with photographs of relaxed couples enjoying their big day and getting together with buddies and family not, the professional photographer. These photographs are much more enjoyable to check out as well as assistance to capture the wedding's occasions because they unfold, naturally.
In a nutshell, photography is extremely a specialised area and photography ought to always be left towards the professional. Weddings can not be re-photographed inside a photography studio. The professional photographer who decides to photograph weddings, ought to know precisely what they're doing and then understand it properly, each time. It is a huge responsibility and needs an accountable wedding professional photographer.


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English: A Certain Magical Index
Synonyms: Toaru Majutsu no Kinsho Mokuroku
Japanese: とある魔術の禁書目録
Type: TV
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Low rainfall across Wellington's water catchment areas last month combined with a forecast for more of the same this summer, has increased the chance of a tough summer for urban water users.
The rivers that supply most of the water for the region's cities collectively had a third less flow than normal during October, and NIWA's latest forecast says there's now an increased likelihood of below average rainfall over the next three months. A dry summer could see river levels staying below normal, and water use rising sharply.
With the second of Greater Wellington Regional Council's water storage lakes at Te Marua out of action while it's being enlarged and earthquake strengthened, there will be half the usual lake-water in reserve for the region's cities over the summer period. This reserve is used to compensate for any gap between available water from rivers and public demand.
Cr Nigel Wilson, Chair of Greater Wellington Regional Council's Social and Cultural Wellbeing Committee, says it's important that water users are aware of the situation and take some small steps now to ensure there is enough water to go around this summer.
"With one storage lake empty and an increased chance of low rainfall continuing, we need all water users in Wellington, Upper Hutt, Lower Hutt and Porirua to get ready for a dry summer. Water use is under control right now, so let's keep it that way," says Cr Wilson. "If we all do something to use a bit less water, it should see us through."
Last summer's water use was the lowest in at least 25 years and Cr Wilson is keen to see the fantastic water conservation effort repeated. "Last year's low water use was very good news," says Cr Wilson. "If we can do the same this year, we should be okay."
Complying with city council watering restrictions and making small changes such as fitting a hose trigger, turning off the tap while brushing your teeth, fixing leaks and mulching garden beds to retain moisture in the soil, can make a big difference to water use.


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The decision by the Danish Ministry of Defence to purchase nine MH-60R helicopters from the Sikorsky/Lockheed Martin team has underlined again how strong the belief is in the international naval community in MH-60R/S helicopter. The order is valued at around $686 million with the first three aircraft expected for delivery during 2016 and last aircraft by 2018. The existing eight Lynx Mk90Bs will begin to be replaced from 2017.
The Danish requirement is one that is mindful of a greater role than just the maritime mission. Although the standard roles of maritime surveillance, search and rescue, and fisheries protection will be carried out from the Karup base—home to Denmark's Tactical Air Command and Army Operational Command—the Navy will also deploy the aircraft on its Thetis class patrol vessels which range into the environmentally challenging seas around Greenland, the Faroe Islands and off the Arctic. Further consideration was its potential contribution to land-based operations, interoperability with other NATO and regional allies, together with logistics, training and future upgrades.
Maj. Gen. Flemming Lentfer of the MoD staff said the selection represented the best choice for the Danish armed forces. The competition included AgustaWestland's AW159 Wildcat and the Eurocopter's AS565 MB Panther, although the latter was eliminated at the beginning of 2012.
The U.S. Navy currently operates around 144 MH-60Rs out of a total requirement of 291, according to Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR). In June 2011, the Australian Navy decided to acquire 24 MH-60Rs with handover of the first two aircraft set for 2014.


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During Microsoft's Windows 8 launch event, the company paraded a variety of flashy new devices in front of us, and almost all of them featured a touchscreen. We've known for a while that Microsoft built Windows 8 optimized for touchscreens, but it was at this moment that I realized the next Windows PC I buy will have one — and I'm not sure that's good news.
Touchscreens are brilliant. We wouldn't have decent tablets, big screen smartphones, or cool interactive tools in museums without them. I use touchscreens everyday, and I couldn't imagine not doing so.
However, I don't use a touchscreen on my laptop. To be fair, my laptop doesn't have one to use, but that's because it doesn't really belong. There is a lovely touchpad where I can make time-saving gestures, and it's conveniently located below the keyboard. You know, where my fingers naturally fall.
I'm not against touchscreens as a rule, that is, except when they're mounted vertically in front of me, ready to get covered in fingerprints, make my arms ache, or wobble about when I prod them. When they do any of these things, I'll just go back to using the touchpad as usual, and question why I bothered to touch the screen in the first place. And unlike my phone and tablet, it's not that easy to give the screen a quick buff up on my sleeve either.
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Computers with a touchscreen come across as being a bit, well, gimmicky. Sales of laptops are falling, but sales of dedicated touchscreen devices, such as tablets and smartphones, are rising. Is it not just a ploy to try to restart the PC market by combining what's cool with a struggling product? When Hollywood decided piracy was killing ticket sales at the theater, it introduced 3D to lure us back to the box office. It got off to an average start, but has trailed off now that people are realizing it's a bit of rubbish, especially at home. Plus, like 3D equipment and software, touchscreen computer hardware comes with a higher price.
Others have also expressed concerns. The late Steve Jobs said "touchscreens don't want to be vertical," and described them as "ergonomically terrible." Adrian Covert at Gizmodo dismissed them as "an ergonomic nightmare," while Rob Enderle, on these very pages, wrote that a large, multi-touch touchpad — not the screen — was "a critical element" to making Windows 8 enjoyable to use.
The effectiveness of a touchscreen comes down to how you can hold it. Obviously, tablets work; and hybrids work because you can detach the keyboard. Plus, unusual devices, such as the Dell XPS 12 with its rotating screen, work too (in theory). All of these touchscreen devices work because you can hold them like a book, magazine, or a newspaper, providing versatility along with a proven method of control.
Laptops usually sit on the desk at arm's length where you'll have to stretch even further to reach the screen — something that'll be even harder to do with a touchscreen desktop PC. They also have a proven method of control built-in — the mouse, trackpad ,and keyboard — which you'll also find on all new Windows 8 machines. It's almost as if Microsoft and its hardware partners have no faith in touch-driven computers.
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Intel did some research into the public's response to touchscreen laptops earlier this year, and published this video afterwards. Apparently, 77-percent of those interviewed touched the screen of the laptop while using Windows 8, despite being able to use more traditional methods. Leaving aside the results, which could be skewed by the novelty factor of a touchscreen laptop, at no point in the video did touching the screen look faster, more comfortable, or more accurate than using a good touchpad.
Windows 8 looks really exciting, but I've been told that extensive use on a non-touch laptop is frustrating because the OS is always encouraging you to touch the screen. This is not only bad news for anyone upgrading an older laptop, but also for people who work more efficiently using the trackpad and keyboard.
I'm looking forward to spending time with a Windows 8 touchscreen laptop, but I remain skeptical as to whether the act of touching the screen to do things will be nothing more than a quickly dismissed fad.
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Sunday, January 20, 2013
* This Year's Stitched Heart Valentines: Recycle Artwork to Make Easy and Beautiful Cards!
Today we decided to make one of our favorite kinds of homemade Valentines --
stitched heart Valentines made with fun scraps from old art projects,
paint samples, maps, and watercolored coffee filters, and fun paper scraps!
I first debuted this project on my blog here in 2010.
We love them so much, we decided to make them again.
This year's scrap heart pile was so pretty on my desk that I took a photo!
I'm thinking it would make a cute screensaver for my computer this month.
Same technique as last time.
We cut hearts out of scraps of fun paper then laid them out on some
plain white cards from the craft store (you could also just fold a piece of paper.)
If cutting out hearts isn't your thing, you could use a heart shaped craft punch!
I used hot pink thread this year (red last time) in the sewing machine.
Just sew a straight line through the paper to stitch the hearts in place on the card.
Trim the excess threads - be careful they can come un-stitched easily
if you pull the thread too hard. You could put a little tiny dot of glue on the thread ends
on the inside of the card if you were worried about them unraveling.
Close-up of my yellow and gray heart on a creamy, pale yellow card.
We even stitched up this heart that was from a cut up/re-cycled washi tape picture!
Got wild and crazy and made one card with not one,
but three(!) rows of stitched hearts.
They remind me of balloons!
A cute little set of homemade valentine cards, ready to send!
These sweet little cards also make great thank you notes,
mother's day cards, birthday cards,
and anniversary cards for your sweet heart.
I made one for my husband a few years ago with a heart
cut from a map of our honeymoon destination.
Happy Homemade Valentine Making!
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2013 and earlier-Mercedes-Benz M-Class Lease Questions
edited January 2014 in Mercedes-Benz
Hi everyone. Please use the following discussion to post any questions that you have about leasing a Mercedes-Benz M-Class. Thanks.
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Hi- I am currently looking into the ML350 as a lease option over the BMW X5 4.4i. I've been quote about $720 for the BMW fully hooked up with options. As far as the ML, the Mercedes website quotes an outragous lease rate for a much cheaper vehicle. I'd appreciate any realistic numbers for leasing an ML350 with 12k miles/year for 36 or 39 months.
Car Details:
3-Zone Climate Control $750
Heated Front Seats $690
Parktronic $750
SIRIUS Satellite Radio $500
317 Comfort Package $1,450
319 Lighting Package $890
320 Entertainment Package $1,080
323 Air Suspension Package $1,775
324 Sunroof Package $1,390
326 Premium Package $6,150
Roof Spoiler $398
iPod Integration Kit $299
Hands-Free Communication System $923
Thanks again. The info on this forum has been the biggest help in doing research on cars.0
Has anyone leased an ML350? Anyone been quoted any numbers?0
3sklion Posts: 1BMW may be qouting you a good deal but keep in mind that the new X5 body will be out one year from now...0
i've been shopping around for an suv and we've, narrowed it down to the an X5 3.0 and ML350... the wife really loved the ML350, she's away on vacation and i'd love to surprise her when she gets back and have the car in the drive way...
this is the best deal i've gotten so far, how does it look to you guys, can i do better ?
Neg price $43K
39 months/ 12K
$600 tax included
$1,500 drive off.
what do you guys think, should i pull the trigger ?0
Hello rezultz. BMW's lease program on the 2006 X5 is much more attractive than the program that is available on the 2006 Mercedes-Benz ML350 right now. If I personally had to decide between these two trucks, I would pick the X5 without blinking. I would be happy to calculate a lease payment on the truck that you are interested for you in using Mercedes-Benz Credit's actual lease program, however you never mentioned its selling price. This is an important number for you as a consumer to know for two reasons. First, the selling prices of leased vehicles can be negotiated, just as if you were paying cash for them. Without knowing the price of the truck that you want to lease you don't know how good a price you are getting it for. The second reason is that one needs the selling price of a vehicle that they want to lease is that it is necessary to calculate its lease payment. You may be able to get an idea of how much you should pay for this model by visiting the following discussion: "Mercedes Benz M-Class: Prices Paid & Buying Experience".
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Hi linodis. That certainly is a nice surprise you are planning. The price that you were quoted for the 2006 ML350 that you are interested in, a $2,000 discount, looks reasonable to me. The market for this truck started to soften a little bit once gas prices start to get so high. Let's estimate what this truck's lease payment should be like. According to my calculations, if you were to lease a 2006 Mercedes-Benz ML350 with an MSRP of $45,000 and a selling price of $43,000 through Mercedes-Benz Credit right now for 39 months with 12,000 miles per year, its zero down, pre-tax monthly payment should be around $602. As you can see, the payment that you were quoted is right in line with what I came up with. If you like the truck, I don't see any reason not to proceed with operation surprise wife.
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thanks for the info.... the $600 a month they quoted me was including tax. so i guess it's a really good deal then ?
thanks again,
jkeus Posts: 1Hi everyone. I have never leased before and am suspicious of the payment Mercedes is giving me. I want to purchase a 2006 ML350 with MSRP 48,000. I am trading in a car with equity of 10,500 after they give me my trade in value. I have tier one credit and they have quote me a 39month lease with 15,000 miles a payment of 540 plus tax/month after I give them the 10,500. Am I getting ripped off? I talked with the business manager and he said that the lease payments are based on a money factor of 0.33 , interest rate of 8% and a residual value of 28,000. Please help0
smith18 Posts: 3I was recently quoted approx $737 on a 39month lease with 15k.
Metallic Paint
Trim Package
Heated Seats
Power Gate
Wood sterring wheel.
$46,615 with 2k off for 44,615
62% residual
.0035 money factor.
this money factor seems a little high to me, does anyone know what the money factor should be for mercedes? I think this lease is still a little pricey. Any suggestions. thanks0
No problem linodis. That sounds like a pretty good deal to me. If you like the truck, go for it.
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Welcome jkeus. Since you are new to the world of leasing, you definitely should check out the following informative articles that are available here at Edmunds.com prior to visiting any dealers: 10 Steps to Leasing a New Car and Calculate Your Own Lease Payment.
In your post, you stated that you are trading in your current vehicle that you have $10,500 worth of equity in. Trading in vehicles is fine when leasing, but it is in your best interest to have the dealer that you are working with cut you a check for your trade rather than using its proceeds as a capitalized cost reduction for your lease. I always advise consumers against making any sort of down payment when leasing. I do so for two main reasons. The first is if your vehicle is totaled in an accident or stolen during your lease, your insurance company pays off the bank that you were leasing it through and your down payment essentially disappears. The second main reason is that down payments on leased vehicles do nothing to reduce their lease-end purchase prices. So your lease-end purchase option price for your M-Class would be exactly the same, regardless of whether you had put $10,000 down, or had made absolutely no down payment at all.
The .00330 money factor that the F&I manager at the dealership that you are working with is right in line with MErcedes-Benz Credit's buy rate lease money factor for this truck. This is not a very attractive money factor because Mercedes-Benz is not currently providing any sort of lease support on the M-Class, but the dealer that you are working with is being very straightforward with you in not trying to mark this truck's base money factor up to add additional hidden profit to your deal.
You never mentioned the selling price of the exact truck that you are interested in leasing. This is an important number for you as a consumer to know for two reasons. First, the selling prices of leased vehicles can be negotiated, just as if you were paying cash for them. Without knowing the price of the M-Class that you want to lease you don't know how good a price you are getting it for. The second reason is that one needs the selling price of a vehicle that they want to lease is that it is necessary to calculate its lease payment. I would be more than happy to give you my opinion on this deal if you let me know what this truck's selling price is.
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Hello smith18. Mercedes Benz Credit's money factors for the 2006 M-Class are indeed very high. this is because Mercedes is not currently providing any sort of lease support on the '06 ML350. As a result, if you were to lease one through its captive finance company, Mercedes-Benz Credit, you would have to use its standard lease program. Its current buy rate standard lease money factor for a 39 month lease for consumers who qualify for its top credit tier and pay a security deposit is around .00330. As I said, it's high but this is the rate that you have to pay to lease this truck right now. I'm surprised how high this model's money factor is given the price of gas right now and the attractive lease programs that are available on some of its competitors like the BMW X5, Acura MDX, and Volkswagen Touareg.
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Just as an fyi...we just bought a 2006 E350 4Matic, sticker of 57k for $699 a month including NJ state tax, 39 months, 12k a year, no cap reduction, fees of 2k at signing...when he quoted me on a ML350 to replace my current Infiniti SUV, for a 52k car, the price was way into the 700's per month, same terms as above. The salesperson told me to wait until November, possibly December and the money rate from MB Financial will drop on the ML's and they will be able to offer much better pricing. So if anyone is looking to lease a ML, unless you need it now - wait a few more weeks.0
richleasequest Posts: 4I have an '02 ML320 ending in December. Started shopping now and can concur with other peoples experiences on the '06's
Here was the old deal:
Total CT upfront $1298.
onthly $517 incl CT Tax and 12k /yr on 39mo. lease. with roof, xenons etc.
Currently, there is nothing out there0
linodis, are you getting the ML. The pricing looks pretty good compared to what ive seen. Could you share with me what dealer offer you that? Thanx0
dslstl Posts: 6The lease you were quoted appear to be very good compared to a quote I got yesterday on a '06 ML350, prem. pkg, entertain. pkg., heated seats, etc. with a list of $50,525; on a 39-mo, 15k per yr, first mo lease and doc fees, $1k discount, the quote was over $900; they used a res value of 62% and a money factor of .0049. Needless to say, I walked.
On Saturday, another dealer in St. Louis quoted me on same equiped car, a lease of $716 same terms, but a $2k discount...not sure of the money factor or res, value used.
Both of these make your lease quote look exceptional...how did you negotiate this? I am assuming yours was an '06 too.0
Thanks for taking the time to share your shopping experience, spikeya4. It's always helpful when community members check in and let everyone know how their shopping for a specific model is going and what the market for it is like right now. Unfortunately, it appears as though Mercedes-Benz is not providing any sort of lease support on the M-Class in November either. It did introduce a special lease on the all new R-Class about a week ago though. Apparently the R hasn't been nearly as well received as Mercedes had hoped it would be. Consumers don't seem to like its styling very much, and I happen to agree.
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Thanks for the follow up car_man...I just noticed on the site that MB updated their Novemeber deals and the ML was missing, as you stated. Luckily, I have a few months left on my current lease, so I am flexible! The salesperson we worked with on the E350 said he had so many ML's in stock and was hoping for a break, looks like he will have to wait a little longer! I agree with you, the R-class is a little too odd for my tastes, they are trying too hard these days to blur the lines between SUV's, mini-vans, and cars.0
tedri Posts: 3ML350 --- I am being quoted 39 mos lease, prem pkg, sunroof package, heated seats, 15k miles
$1800 down; $670 /mo.
Any thoughts on this deal?0
Sounds in line with all the quotes I have gotten. I am assuming tax is not included which either adds around 2K to the drive off or puts you way above $720ish a month. I would suggest you wait if you do not need it right away. Something has to give here either money factor or rebates. It seems like the dealers (who keep calling me) are becoming just as frustrated with the lack of incentives on the ML when compared to the competition There should see some sort of relief in the next few months. I have had the same dealer call me 3xs with the same offer.
Additionally, if you look on the 2006 ML boards you will see a consistent gripe about early build quality, specifically tranny issues. Also many pre-2006 ML owners have been complaining to me about plummeting resales. With those issues combined I could not justify $720 right now for a 6 cylinder sport ute that hasn't gotten consumer praise yet. In a few months MB should be able to catch up with the quality issues and hopefully the price.0
Here is the deal I just got on a 2006 black on black ML350: MSRP $54,650, Comfort Package, Premium Package, Sunroof Package, Entertainment Package, Lighting Package, Heated Seats, Parktronic, Rear Side Airbags, Sirius Satellite Radio, Trailor Hitch, and iPod intergration kit (installed from the the factory). $699/month including NJ tax, no money down, 39 months, 12k a year, $1985 due at signing. Awesome deal. scheduled to be built on the 27th of November (the day after my bday!) and delivered the first or second week of December! The money rates finally came down and the salesperson was great to work with after having just got an E350 4Matic from him last month. It only took a few back and forth calls to get him under $700.0
Congratulations! I have what may be a dumb question... If there is no money down and tax is included what is the 2K out of pocket for?0
jstshppng1 Posts: 1I'm trying to figure out if the following is a good deal for 36mo / 15K mi. lease on an 06 ML 350.
2) Sell Price $45,840.91
3) Fees $1,200 inception fees + $645 acquis fee - $1845 total
4) Total Cap cost $47,686
4) money factor .00206
5) residual 56%
Payment $775/mo incl. tax, $0 drive-off.
- jstshppg0
robertd1 Posts: 3Which New Jersey dealer?
You're very welcome spikeya4.
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Hi jstshppg. The $3,244 discount that you were quoted for the truck that you are interested in looks very reasonable to me. The lease money factor looks great as well. In fact, it is so good that I doubt your lease is being run through Mercedes-Benz Credit. The last time that I saw its lease program, Mercedes-Benz was not providing any sort of lease support on the M-Class. That means that its money factor for it is currently around .00320 for consumers who qualify for its top credit tier. The residual value that you were quoted is lower than Mercedes' though. This also leads me to believe the lease is through an independent bank.
To give you an idea of what this truck would cost to lease through Mercedes-Benz Credit right now, I just ran some numbers and cam up with a zero down, pre-tax payment of around $742.
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jules4 Posts: 2I got a quote on a 2006 ml350 of $577.29/month for 39 months 12,000 miles with $5500(includes taxes) out of pocket. It is for the premium package, sunroof package, heated seats, 18"wheels. The msrp was $49,655. Is this reasonable? Thanks for your help.
Sale price 46,600
money factor 298
residual 63% 31,282.650
russ11 Posts: 1Car_Man, I just Leased a 2006 ML350 from my local dealership here in Santa Monica,Ca..I shopped around and the best deal that I could get reads as follows..msrp $45,545.00 appearance package, sunroof package, and entertainment package...$2000.00 total drive-off including 1st month payment and $552.00 month including tax..the sales price was $40,449.00 and money rate was a tier 1 credit .00314 ..it's 39 months and 12K per year...do you think I could have done better or is this about as good as it gets for now????0
First month payment, motor vehicle fees, etc...0
Benzel Busch in Englewood, NJ - the sad part is that car they thought they could get is no longer available - so back to the drawing board....they are having a hard time finding a fully loaded ML350, all of the ML350's seem to be in 47k range that they have or can get their hands on.0
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At last, a finished anything!
Above is the latest knit dress in the wardrobe, Vogue 1194. I wanted to try this one as soon as I saw it in the fall patterns. It's basically just an empire knit dress with a twisted band under the boobages (as if boobages weren't interesting enough on their own). I also got a hot burning feeling to make it the red that was shown on the pattern envelope. I don't know why, but there it is.
I had no suitable red fabric stashed so I bought some rayon/spandex at Discount Fabrics for about $3.50/yd. Rayon/spandex is not the easiest fabric with which to work. It moves and stretches on you, plus every needle hole shows. It's a think twice and sew once fabric, since ripping out is obvious in the fabric. That said, it's super comfy to wear so it's worth the extra effort to me.
My red dress is pretty true to the pattern. I omitted the side pockets because my material is very drapey and they would look too lumpy, and I made the sleeves 3/4 length to my personal preference. After trying on the dress I raised the front neckline about 1.5″. I wanted a more "day" look and also this fabric stretches lengthwise when worn and that made the neckline lower some too. With a more stable knit you may not need to make that mod.
That's pretty much the story, though I should have finished with this yesterday. Sadly, I cut into one of the sleeves when trimming one of the sleeve hems. Gulp. I just cut off the sleeve hem where the hole was and added bands at the bottoms of the sleeves. No harm done, but I'd lost my gumption to finish the dress off. It's best not to push through, since that's when I tend to make dumb mistakes.
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Several weeks ago Leslie Huber of The JourneyTakers blog honored me with the One Lovely Blog Award. The honor came at a time when I was inundated with transcription work, had company, and was running up against packing up and leaving beautiful Anna Maria Island, Florida for the cold northeast. But enough excuses!
I thanked Leslie and told her I looked forward to seeing her at NERGC that begins for us this Thursday, April 7. Can't wait!!
The Rules are:
1. Accept the award, post it on your blog together with the name of the person who granted the award and their blog link.
2. Pass the award on to blogs that you've newly discovered. (Leslie's site stated 15; other award sites state various numbers, so I picked six.)
3. Remember to contact the bloggers to let them know they have been chosen for this award.
So many blogs; so little time. These are the ones I have chosen:
1. Carolannkg's writing in Adventures in Family History is concise, and I love her photos.
2. Andrea in Stories from Springer Hill touches my heart. Andrea is a gifted writer, talented cook, and a good friend. I especially love her Lu Stories. Don't miss her "Our 2000 Pound Neighbors" blog.
3. Donna of Donna's Genealogy Blog. Actually she has two; one for general genealogy information, the second dealing specifically with Irish genealogy. We have had the pleasure of attending Donna's presentations at the Genealogy Club of Newtown (CT) and at the Manasota Genealogy Society (Bradenton, FL). Donna is very knowledgeable and is a gifted writer and teacher. She, too, will present at NERGC.
4. Heather of Leaves for Trees. This is a new Geneablogger blog with the goal of helping each other solve brick walls. We all need that – thanks, Heather.
5. John of New York History. For those of us with Upstate New York roots, this is a great web site to keep up on current news dealing with New York History.
6. Emily of Writing Your Memories. I appreciate tips on writing my genealogy research and journal posts. Thank you, Emily.


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Pioneer is reportedly planning to stop making 42in plasma displays, outsourcing manufacture to a third party so it can focus its own manufacturing efforts on screens that are 50in or bigger.
The report, which has appeared in Japanese newspaper Asahi and was later picked-up by Reuters, gives no official reason for the move. It claims Pioneer will instead buy-in 42in and smaller plasma panels from either Matsushita Electric Industries, owner of the Panasonic brand, or Hitachi.
Pioneer's expected to end its production of 42in displays from a plant in southern Japan by March 2009. It already buys LCD displays from Sharp and is rumoured to be considering selling the plant back to its original owner, NEC. Last year, Pioneer announced that it was suspending plans to build a new production plant, following falling sales of plasma displays.
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Kim Kardashian's 72-day marriage is officially over – her divorce from basketball player Kris Humphries was finalized on Monday.
The reality TV star, who is pregnant with her first child with her rapper boyfriend Kanye West, split from the sportsman in October, 2011, sparking a bitter legal wrangle between the estranged couple.
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This $1,999 XPS 8500 embodies a familiar problem for Dell. It wants to perpetuate its high-end desktop range, but its mainstream configurations keep it from offering good performance value. Dell does make effective use of a fast storage access technology from Intel in this PC. A fat 3TB hard drive may also hold appeal. Those features are welcome, but too many PCs from smaller, speed-oriented vendors surpass the XPS 8500 in application and gaming performance. If you agree that raw horsepower is the primary reason for the continued existence of expensive midtower desktops, it's hard to recommend the XPS 8500 over its competition.
Dell has used the XPS 8000-series tower design since 2009. It continues to offer a clean, unique look, although Dell has streamlined this newest model. Where previously Dell hid the front-panel USB and audio ports behind a finicky plastic cover, now the USB ports simply sit, uncovered, on the front of the unit. They're a minor disruption to the XPS 8500's aesthetics, but the benefit of easier access makes up for it.
In terms of its configuration, the XPS 8500 is based on Intel's new, third-generation Core i7 chips, aka Ivy Bridge. The new chips offer few performance gains over the older, second-generation Core i7 family. Their primary advantages are updated embedded graphics technology and better power efficiency because of a more efficient manufacturing process.
The embedded graphics cores bring longed-for 3D gaming capability to lower-end systems, but in PCs like this one that have discrete graphics cards, the embedded video core in the CPU doesn't have much to do. Greater power efficiency is nice, and a necessary step on the way to faster chips in the next generation, but it's not the most compelling selling point for consumers.
Intel also introduced a new motherboard chipset with its new CPU. One of the best features of the Intel H77 circuity is that it brings Intel's Smart Response Technology to more-affordable motherboards than when it debuted on the Z68 chipsets.
Smart Response Technology (SRT) enables vendors to connect a solid-state drive (SSD) directly to the motherboard. The drive then acts as a standalone drive partition that provides faster boot time and speedier access to your most commonly used files. Maingear sent in the first system I ever saw with an SRT drive a few months ago in a Z68 board. Dell is the first vendor to send in a system with SRT via H77, enabled here in the form of a 256GB mSATA solid-state drive.
To get an idea of the benefits of an SRT hard drive, I tested the Dell XPS 8500's boot time against that of the Origin Genesis, a $3,399 system with two standard SSDs as its primary partition.
Dell XPS 8500 boot time (three-run average): 34.8 seconds Origin Genesis boot time (three-run average): 39.93 seconds
The XPS 8500 boots fast enough that you will notice, and it's a great feature. The problem is that this system lacks the general processing punch I expect from a $1,999 desktop.
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Its price puts the Dell XPS 8500 between two recent Editors' Choice Award-winning desktops, the $2,299 Velocity Micro Edge Z55 and the $1,199 Origin Chronos. The Origin system provides a bigger price gap, and is ultimately the system that's most damning for this Dell.
Per usual, Dell loses the performance competition because it does not offer overclocked processors. Both Origin and Velocity Micro do. Those systems don't defeat the Dell on every performance test, but they win more often and arguably on the most important benchmarks.
If you want to take a more holistic view of the Dell's relative value, you might suggest that the onboard SSD and the massive 3TB storage drive make up for what the Dell lacks in speed with faster file access and boot times, as well as more storage capacity.
I would argue against that assessment. Hard drives that are 3TB aren't terribly exotic. You can find them for less than $200; mSATA SSD hard drives are more expensive. A 256GB model like the one in the Dell will run you about $500 to $600 purchased at retail. Perhaps that accounts for the Dell having a higher price than the Origin, but I'm not sure that's the best way to spend $600 on a PC component.
You could spend $300 and see generally faster (or at least, as fast) boot and file speeds with a standard 256GB SSD, for example. A 128GB mSATA SSD also goes for about $300, and would offer similar performance but with only marginally less storage space. It's a moot point since you can no longer configure internal hardware components on Dell's Web site. That means, at least for this high-end XPS 8500 build, you're stuck with the 256GB mSATA and its heavy cost burden.
The extra boot and file access speeds are useful, but they primarily benefit you during occasional wait times for file or level loading. As prices drop, I expect we'll see more systems with onboard SSDs like that in the XPS 8500. Until they do, bear in mind that raw processing horsepower has a bigger impact on the overall user experience, particularly for the gamers most likely to buy desktops like this one.
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