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After two months of extensive media coverage and much anticipation, the Tourism Bureau announced Taiwan's top 10 tourism towns March 14. Chosen in a two-part competition, these locales are expected to be the focus of the bureau's upcoming international promotional campaigns, leading efforts to develop Taiwan's tourism nationwide.
The winning towns are spread throughout the country: Anping in the southern city of Tainan; Dajia, Taichung County, central Taiwan; Daxi in the northern county of Taoyuan; Jincheng in outlying Kinmen County; and Lugang in Changhua County in the west were all selected for their rich cultural and religious heritage.
Taipei City's Beitou District and Jiaoxi, Yilan County, in the northeast, both known for their hot springs, also made the list. Jiji, in the central county of Nantou; Kaohsiung City's Meinong, in the south; and New Taipei City's Ruifang were chosen for their distinctive railway culture, Hakka traditions and famous old streets, respectively, the bureau said.
Three more towns were found to be so distinctive that the agency expanded the list to include Juisui, Hualien County, in the east, as the cleanest town; Miaoli County's Sanyi as the town with the most unique local characteristics; and Xinyi District of Taipei City as the most internationally appealing spot. Each of the 13 towns will receive NT$500,000 (US$17,000) from the bureau for future promotional activities.
"According to visitor exit surveys conducted over the past decade, foreign travelers often cited the locals' easy lifestyle and warm hospitality as what impressed them the most during their stay in the country," Wayne Liu, deputy director-general of the bureau, told Taiwan Today April 2. "We want to leverage these great assets and create new travel experiences that can really touch the hearts of our visitors."
Taiwan has so much more to offer other than just Alishan, Sun Moon Lake and Taipei 101, Liu pointed out. "By introducing these hidden treasures to vacationers, the bureau also hopes to direct the sector's development from cursory tours of major attractions to in-depth travel," he said, adding that these arrangements will help balance the industry's growth, bring more business to merchants countrywide and revitalize the local economies.
The first stage of the contest, beginning in late January, included online and mail voting among 17 selected townships and counted for 20 percent of the final weighting. Based on observations from their previous visits to these sites, referees consisting of experts and sector representatives then reviewed the finalists' major draws, facilities and services against a list of preset criteria. Their opinions made up the remaining 80 percent.
The campaign is one of the most successful activities initiated by the bureau in recent years, with more than 5.19 million votes cast and the number of website page views exceeding 10 million, Liu noted. "We welcome the publicity, as the great response will force local administrators to take inventory of their tourism assets and brainstorm for measures to attract more holidaymakers."
Liu said he had seen some immediate changes in the towns vying for the honor. "Daxi has done particularly well in reinventing and marketing itself as a vacation destination. Jiaoxi has revamped the region's traffic and planned a better visitor route, while Meinong now boasts road signs that incorporate its Hakka elements," he said. "These upgrades reflect a change in the attitudes of local officials and certainly bode well for the future development of tourism."
But Liu also said there is still a lot of room for improvement when it comes to preparedness for receiving international guests. "Transportation and traffic signs are two areas that need to be worked on. There should also be more bilingual guides readily available to explain the towns' unique characteristics to visitors. These are all important aspects of a tourist-friendly environment."
Lugang has done a tremendous job in these respects, Liu said, giving as an example how the town leveled the walkways in its arcades, making a stroll along its old streets safer and more enjoyable. But Tian Fei-peng, director-general of the Changhua County Department of City and Tourism, said this is just part of the government's ongoing drive to make Lugang a more visitor-friendly place. "We have a number of projects in the pipeline and will seek assistance from the Council for Economic Planning and Development in implementing them."
Lee Wei-wen, former chairman of Taipei-based Society of Wilderness and one of the referees, cited easy access by public transportation as the deciding factor in his evaluation. "With carbon reduction so important, traveling by car is no longer a preferable choice," he said. "In addition, taking public transportation is a great way for visitors to interact with locals and experience the real taste of life in Taiwan."
According to Lee, Ruifang is a model for its peers in terms of accessibility. "There is a regular bus from downtown Taipei to major attractions in the area, including the famous Jiufen old streets and Gold Museum," he said. "Kinmen County takes this approach one step further with tour guides on local buses who are totally committed to sharing knowledge about their home. Little things like these really make a big difference."
Patrick Su, another referee and assistant professor at National Kaohsiung University of Hospitality and Tourism, believes participation and efforts by town residents to create a welcoming atmosphere will leave a lasting impression on tourists. "I was most touched by the warm hellos from locals and the attentive services offered by Meinong merchants during my recent trip there," he said. "This kind of hospitality can transcend cultural or language barriers and is what makes the Hakka town stand out among its rivals."
Su also concurred with Lee that poor traffic connections and route planning are problems common to most of Taiwan's tourist sites. "The inconvenience is really a downer and can put visitors in danger as roads in these places are often narrow and crowded with traffic." Some of the towns also need marketing campaigns and travel packages that better underscore their unique tourism draws, he added.
The Tourism Bureau's Liu said the contest has increased the visibility of these tourist spots. But while the agency can offer assistance in launching overseas promotion campaigns and stands ready to extend a helping hand, the major responsibility for improving infrastructure and services lies with local governments, he added.
"I believe officials in these towns now see the potential of tourism in revitalizing their economies. The bureau will continue to ride this wave, rolling out programs to drive Taiwan's tourism forward." (THN)
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Mitt Romney tries to pivot from disaster in the northeast to the final week of campaigning in Florida. Meanwhile, the death toll rises in Haiti as a result of Sandy.
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Romney spent the day in a state uniquely associated with hurricanes (Florida) and made his second stop at a university nicknamed "The Hurricanes" (the University of Miami).
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President Obama came to Florida yesterday to find himself trailing Mitt Romney by seven points in the latest Mason-Dixon poll. Many agree, it's the result of his lackluster debate performance last week.
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The bassoonist Luciano Magnanini has been a fixture of South Florida's classical music scene for the past four decades. He has played around the world and performed under the conductors Leonard Bertstein and Zubin Mehta. In 1972, after arriving from Italy via Peru and Mexico, Magnanini began a 40-year teaching career at the University of Miami. He's retiring in May, and this Sunday he performs a chamber concert celebrating his career.


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It is estimated that nearly 74% of the world's potentially recoverable shale oil resources are concentrated in the USA. The largest of the deposits is found in the 42 700 km2 Eocene Green River formation in north-western Colorado, north-eastern Utah and south-western Wyoming. The richest and most easily recoverable deposits are located in the Piceance Creek Basin in western Colorado and the Uinta Basin in eastern Utah. The shale oil can be extracted by surface and in-situ methods of retorting: depending upon the methods of mining and processing used, as much as one-third or more of this resource might be recoverable. There are also the Devonian-Mississippian black shales in the eastern United States. The Green River deposits account for 70% of US shale oil resources, the eastern black shales for 9%.
Oil distilled from shale was burnt and used horticulturally in the second half of the 19th century in Utah and Colorado but very little development occurred at that time. It was not until the early 1900s that the deposits were first studied in detail by the US Geological Survey and the Government established the Naval Petroleum and Oil Shale Reserves, which for much of the 20th century served as a contingency source of fuel for the nation's military. These properties were originally envisioned as a way to provide a reserve supply of oil to fuel US naval vessels.
Oil shale development had always been on a small scale but the project that was to represent the greatest development of the shale deposits was begun immediately after World War II in 1946 - the US Bureau of Mines established the Anvils Point oil shale demonstration project in Colorado. However, processing plants had been small and the cost of production high. It was not until the USA had become a net oil importer, together with the oil crises of 1973 and 1979, that interest in oil shale was reawakened. In the latter part of the 20th century military fuel needs changed and the strategic value of the shale reserves began to diminish.
In the 1970s ways to maximise domestic oil supplies were devised and the oil shale fields were opened up for commercial production. Oil companies led the investigations: leases were obtained and consolidated but one by one these organisations gave up their oil shale interests. Unocal was the last to do so in 1991.
Recoverable resources of shale oil from the marine black shales in the eastern United States were estimated in 1980 to exceed 400 billion barrels. These deposits differ significantly in chemical and mineralogical composition from Green River oil shale. Owing to its lower H:C ratio, the organic matter in eastern oil shale yields only about one-third as much oil as Green River oil shale, as determined by conventional Fischer assay analyses. However, when retorted in a hydrogen atmosphere, the oil yield of eastern oil shale increases by as much as 2.0-2.5 times the Fischer assay yield.
Green River oil shale contains abundant carbonate minerals including dolomite, nahcolite, and dawsonite. The latter two minerals have potential by-product value for their soda ash and alumina content, respectively. The eastern oil shales are low in carbonate content but contain notable quantities of metals, including uranium, vanadium, molybdenum, and others which could add significant by-product value to these deposits.
After many years of inactivity, interest was revived in the oil shale sector in 2004. A committee was formed by the Office of Naval Petroleum and Oil Shale Reserves and prepared two reports: 1) Strategic Significance of America's Oil Shale Resource, vol. I, Assessment of Strategic Issues and vol II, Oil Shale Resources, Technology and Economics and 2) America's Shale Oil, A Roadmap for Federal Decision Making.
The increasing price of petroleum has encouraged the Government to initiate steps toward the commercial development of the Green River oil shale deposits through the issuance of RD&D oil shale leases. In 2005, nominations for 160-acre tracts of public oil shale lands in Colorado and Wyoming were sought from private companies by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). By September 2005, 19 applications for leases had been received - ten in Colorado, eight in Utah, and one in Wyoming. After a review of these nominations, five leases were granted in Colorado in late 2006; one lease in Utah received provisional approval (April 2007) and the Wyoming application was denied. All of the successful applicants for the Colorado leases propose to develop in-situ technologies for the recovery of shale oil, whereas the Utah lease applicant plans to use a surface retort. Industry interest in surface mining of oil shale in Colorado appears to be minimal, in view of the problems of possible large-scale environmental degradation of the oil shale lands.
The RD&D leases were issued for a term of 10 years with a possible five-year extension, providing that evidence of diligent pursuit of production of shale oil in commercial quantities is shown. If commercial production is achieved, a preference right for additional acreage of as much as 4 960 acres of oil shale lands may be granted. The RD&D leases include specific requirements of permitting, and monitoring and mitigation of environmental impacts.
Since 1996 Shell Frontier Oil & Gas has been developing a new technique for extracting the oil by in-situ heating of the rock in the Piceance Creek Basin. Shell's patented In-Situ Conversion Process (ICP), which is more environmentally benign and uses less water than conventional methods, involves heating the rock containing the kerogen until it yields a liquid hydrocarbon. In order to trap the oil prior to removal and refining, a barrier of ice between the heated rock and the surrounding area is created by the circulation of a chilled, compressed liquid.
In November 2006, Shell announced that the US BLM had awarded the company three leases on land in the Piceance Creek Basin to conduct further RD&D. This work will begin once the necessary State, air and water permits have been granted.
The estimated total resource of Green River oil shale in the three-state area amounts to about 1.5 trillion barrels of in-place shale oil. Although recoverable shale oil resources have been estimated to be as high as 800 billion barrels, no definitive study has yet been made to substantiate this figure.
By way of enhancing the publicly-available body of knowledge, the US Geological Survey is preparing a database with information taken from the Green River Formation prior to its closure in 1996 and is also acquiring new data and maps. The Office of Naval Petroleum and Oil Shale Reserves announced early in 2007 that the US could be producing oil from shale on a commercial basis in northwest Colorado by 2015.


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The Frenchman was left out of QPR's squad to face Sheffield Wednesday at the weekend and is now poised to seal a return to the Premier League on a season-long deal.
Newcastle are desperate to add firepower ahead of the new campaign but had been warned by R's boss Harry Redknapp they would have to stump up £2million to borrow a player that cost £8million in January.
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"Make no mistake, he will get between 15 and 20 goals next season if he goes to a Premier League club. He is a top-class player - a player for any club in the Premier League in my opinion."
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The Stag Inn, Lake, which is run by Isle of Wight councillor Gerry White. Picture by Peter Boam.
A LICENCE review for a pub run by an Isle of Wight councillor was postponed today (Monday) over concerns about the need for a fair hearing.
The Stag Inn on Sandown Road, Lake, was to have its licence reviewed after a number of incidents involving the police and complaints from neighbours.
But the hearing was adjourned after a legal representative for Cllr Jerry White, the pub's designated premises supervisor, raised concerns about the licensing panel members' interests.
Cllr White's barrister Jerome Wilcox said that as all the councillors on the panel knew Cllr White and during the declarations of interests some referred to him as a friend, and others made it clear he was far from it, it was unlikely the hearing would be fair.
After a break in the proceedings, the councillors' legal advisor told the meeting that the councillors believed they did not have a conflict of interests and could proceed in a fair manner, but saw that someone watching proceedings might doubt that they could.
The hearing was postponed and will be dealt with by councillors from another nearby council on a date yet to be fixed.
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The Concorde "was the culmination of a belief in the aviation industry that aircraft would always get faster," said Jeremy Kinney, curator in the Smithsonian Institution's aeronautics division in Washington, D.C. "It was the ultimate fast airplane."
Twenty of the aircraft were built and 14 entered commercial operation, Kinney said.
In the years it took French judicial investigators to work their way to trial, amassing 80,000 pages of court documents, the Concordes were revamped, retired and finally sent to museums.
The Concorde wasn't the first supersonic jet to crash in Paris. The Soviet Union's equivalent, the Tupolev 144, made its debut in December 1968, just days before the first flight of the Concorde. They were mothballed after one crashed at the 1973 Paris Air Show.
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Stroock & Stroock & Lavan saw gross revenue dip slightly in 2012 to $264 million, while profits per partner were almost flat at $1.2 million. The news comes as Stroock moves to let go of an undetermined number of secretaries in Los Angeles, Miami, and New York, even as the firm prepares to open a new office in Washington, D.C.
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Has anyone ever tried surfing in the Typhoon Lagoon Surf Pool before ? Is it any good ?
I'm going to Orlando for 10 days in June and curious if it's worth the try (They have 100 waves surf session there). Maybe I can do this in case there's a flat spell like last year when I was there.


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San Simon, The Production of one of Spain's Most Traditional Cheeses
San Simon is a tasty, not so well-known cow's milk cheese from the region of Galicia, in Northeastern Spain. While curating a selection of smoked cheeses for a feature in our Summer 2011 issue, I got to learn more about this unusual cheese from Michele Buster, owner of Forever Cheese, who imports a wonderful traditional version into the United States. Here is a description and some photos taken by Michele on a visit to San Simon producer, Javier Pineiro.
The origins of San Simon are not wholly known; while some believe the cheese dates back to Roman times, others say it was developed at the beginning of the 20th century.
Either way, San Simon increased in popularity over the last seventy years. Until the 1980's, cheeses were most often produced by housewives, using the milk from their own cows, frequently the Galician Blonde breed. The production process is very labor intensive, often with an output per person of only two or three cheeses each day.
After being removed from their molds, the cheeses would be cured for a few days in a well ventilated room before being cold smoked, one by one, over green birch wood until they reached the traditional ochre color. Cheeses were sold mostly to cheese traders during scheduled fairs taking place in the Vilalba region.
The early 1980's saw a sharp decline in the production of San Simon partly due to the work involved with production but also because milk prices reached an all time high, making it more profitable for the farmers to sell their milk to larger cheese manufacturers.
However, with the advent of name protected status for San Simon in 1990, cheese production has once again seen an upswing to the point where the cheese is now exported to several countries, the US included.
Although San Simon is now made in several creameries, this particular version is produced at Queixeria Fontelas in the village of DaCosta de San Simon by third generation San Simon producer Javier Pineiro, his wife Sonia and two employees.
With the exception of using pasteurized milk, Javier and his team follow traditional methods of production. The milk is sourced from local dairies and, after the curd is formed it is transferred to the unique San Simon molds or forms, from which the cheese gets it conical shape. After unmolding, the cheeses are pressed manually for three hours in order to extract the correct amount of whey.
At this point, the new cheeses are carefully trimmed by hand – unlike most others who rely solely on the mold and machinery. They like to take off the nubs and cut away a certain amount at the base so as to differentiate each wheel from an industrial version.
Cheeses spend about 1-1.5 hours in the smoker and are still smoked over green birch branches after which they are matured for approximately two months prior to release.
The exterior of the cheese is a rich ochre color while the interior paste is semi-firm and smooth with occasional holes and pale yellow in color. Flavors are fairly mild and sweetly earthy with tastes of butter and delicate smoke.
San Simon pairs very well with a pale, dry or even semi-dry sherry.


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"Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end."
I personally love sweet and happy endings. Be it for a good movie, a good book or even a good meal. These sweet ending usually are like the cherry on the cake…oopps..I'm getting all sweet toothed now
The end of a delicious feast is often marked by an after dinner sweet dessert. Dessert time not only provides perfect closure to a memorable meal, but also assists digestion, aids assimilation, and creates space for good conversation.
As this year comes to an end, what will you be thinking about? What will you be reflecting on? Will you be thinking about what you 'did' and relishing the dessert or what you 'didnt' accomplish and ending the year on a sour note? Continue Reading →


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After losing the 1984 Miss Alaska pageant to Maryline Blackburn (shown above) Sarah Palin has gone on to be the first woman picked by the GOP to be Vice President. Just think if she had actually won the crown, how much better her resume would have been.
There are many Republican women who are more qualified: Christine Whitman, Kay Baily Hutchison, that Snowe chick - Olympia, Carly Fiorina (if you want a real executive), hell even Condi Rice. Unfortunately, these ladies are not as photogenic, they have a problem with being intelligent and damn it they talk back. In Palin, John McSame has in essence picked a "trophy" VP candidate to go after the Hillraiser crowd. Condescending much?
Who knew McSame was this desperate to control a news cycle. As Sarah Palin is considered one of the hottest female politicians, I'm sure somewhere Paris Hilton is giving the thumbs up.


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In Brief
- Researchers are pinpointing telltale changes in neurons that underlie persistent pain. In particular, they have documented abnormal excitability among neurons at every level of the body's pain network.
- Chronic pain is more emotionally fraught than short-lived pain. Changes in brain regions governing feelings and complex thoughts in chronic pain states may help explain some of the unwanted emotional and cognitive problems, from depression to attention deficits, that can sometimes emerge after years of suffering.
- A firmer understanding of the biology of chronic pain could lead to new treatments that would alleviate the debilitating condition in millions of people worldwide.
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Imagine you are a doctor treating a patient who has been in nearly constant pain for four years, ever since the day he sprained his ankle stepping off a curb. Physical therapy only briefly dulled the agony. Painkillers were not much better, and the most effective drugs made your patient exhausted and constipated. He is now depressed, sleeping poorly and having difficulty concentrating. As you talk with him, you realize that his thinking also seems impaired. Your exam confirms that the original injury has healed. Only pain and its consequences remain—and your options for helping this man are running out.
This scenario plays out every day in doctors' offices around the world. Fifteen to 20 percent of adults worldwide suffer from persistent, or chronic, pain. Half the primary care patients who develop a chronic pain condition fail to recover within a year, according to surveys conducted by the World Health Organization. Common causes of such unrelenting discomfort include physical trauma, arthritis, cancer, and metabolic diseases such as diabetes that can damage nerves. In many cases, however, the pain's origins are mysterious.
This article was originally published with the title When Pain Lingers.


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mmm MKV support , that could be nice
Thank you Dean
mmm MKV support , that could be nice
Thank you Dean
Love the new version, great work!
This new version is so so so good, seriously.
I noticed that the audio output of the mp3 playback is mono, even if you play a stereo file.
But multiMAN is so far the best manager.
I've seen that multiman can dump BR Video to Internal HDD. How can I do this? I've tried to backup using "O", but it doesn't works (I've tried in game mode and video mode). When I try to access to BDROM in Filemanager, the soft hangs. If I eject the BR, the soft works again.
Thanks, this great app. can this app play ps2 backups?
Can anyone tell me what is the average copying speed of multiman from external disk to internal. I am currently copying MGS 4, and it is taking ages. It is going at a rate of 3 to 5 MB/s
If it has tons of small files it is normal to be slower. And also if your internal hdd is fragmented/full.
it has 300 files. And I am not sure why it is taking that much time. It still has only finished 14 gigs in 3 hours. and it is a 30 gig game.
Is there anything that I could do to resolve the issue or something to speed things up.


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System32.dll is not the Windows system file, it possess the security risk as high as 32%. On the other hand it located in the unidentified folder and it can be understood through below given registry entry:
-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\ShellServiceObjectDelayLoad.
This file is helpful in loading at the time of boot process of Windows XP, and the size of file is 0 bytes on the Windows XP. User might encounter System32.dllerror this might be because of corrupt registry problem, corrupt files, file gets deleted from the system, while uninstalling an application file gets corrupt, corrupt application files and it might also be because of the any Trojan that might have got installed in the system and after that start downloading the malicious programs in the system. Due to this it creates problem in the system and also attempts to disable the installed security programs. So the whole it becomes important for the user to fix System32.dll error from system as soon as possible.
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text: Well, I've been roleplaying off and on for about 9+ years now. I really enjoyed it but due to college, I haven't exactly had an excessive amount of free time. I recently gained my free time back and I wish to use some of it to Roleplay. This site seems like a good place to catch myself back up!


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I'm totally pumped about the RBN. Got a few artists coming up there, but my friend stumbled upon something.
"On the country availability of the RBN:
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RBN songs will be available for sale in North America (inc Canada) and Europe. Submitters of RBN songs will need to be from the U.S."
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The lovely woman in the flower print jacket held the Sharpie marker in her right hand. In the white border on the top edge of the poster sized photo collage she wrote, "Just another day in Paradise." She then turned the pen over to the distinguished gentleman in the blue blazer. On the other side of the words "Happy 50th!" he wrote, "Every night is New Year's Eve!"
Fifty years after sharing their wedding vows at St. Anthony's Church in Syracuse John Mulcahy and Theresa McIntyre were signing their own golden anniversary card. The phrases they spontaneously chose gave some insight into the perspective and sense of humor they have brought to five decades together. The joy on the faces spoke to the love in the room as they gathered our family to mark the occasion.
My Dad raised a glass to thank everyone for coming to this Sunday champagne brunch. The occasion fell at a similar hour to their wedding reception on Saturday, May 12th 1962. The simplicity of their post-nuptial brunch is a useful reminder to those tempted by excess on their wedding day. A grander ceremony and reception provides no guarantee of a marriage that can happily last fifty years or more.
Back to that toast from Dad… he was simply trying to show his appreciation for everyone being together. It does not happen enough, but it does make each gathering even more precious. The tears welling up in Dad's eyes and the catch in his voice were testament. He couldn't help but chuckle to break the emotional moment.
After all Mom and Dad have shared fifty years of breakfasts, worries and laughs. They've shared travels, sadness and smiles. They've shared children, struggles and joy. This fifty year union brought everything from the peaks of a honeymoon in the Pocono Mountains to the challenges of cancer and infection.
Their accomplishment is unique. And one that becomes less likely to be matched by many in the future. People marry later and divorce more often than they did in 1962. Our culture has less regard for long lasting accomplishments.
Viewing all of the 50 years at once can be a bit overwhelming, maybe that's why Mom and Dad have always chosen to take each day as they come. If indeed "Every night is New Year's Eve" and "Another day in Paradise" than how can any married couple go wrong in attempting to reach that 50 year mark.
Happy 50th Mom and Dad! And, many more to come.
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Disappointed that the 2 year calendar included is for 2011/2012. Not helpful when you placed the order in Dec 2012. Otherwise as expected.
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Story | Jan 31, 2013 | 1:43 PMA video-game villain (voice of John C. Reilly) escapes from the contest to prove he's not such a bad guy - and unwittingly sets loose a much greater danger, which he then has to recapture - in this fanciful, animated Disney fantasy. here are plenty of... -
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Right now I have two drives in my system:
Intel X25-M 80GB SSD (Operating System plus maybe one game)
WD Raptor-X 150GB (10k RPM) (Games)
I have a bajillion games on Steam and a lot of them are fairly large so the 150 GB gets filled up quickly.
What is my best option for something around 300 GB total strictly for games. (ie. I want fast load times, etc)
I could purchase another Raptor-X and run them in RAID-0, but the hybrid drives seem interesting as well but how much faster/slower would they be for gaming versus my raptor?
I'd love to buy a large SSD but I'm not sure they even make them that large and even if they did it would probably be _expensive_.
Why not just buy a bigger Raptor if you like them?
If you're after 300GB in a Raptor it's a good chunk under $200. you can easily find SSD that are 300GB and higher, but you're right in that they aren't cheap. Personally I don't care for the WD Raptor series anymore. I've had to many of them fail over the years that I don't trust them anymore. I'd go with a WD Black first. Check out some of the benchmarks of the WD Black vs the newer WD Velociraptor series. http://www.silentpcreview.com/article1079-page4.html Based of those paired with storage capacity I would easily choose a Black over a Raptor. |
Hard drives have come a long way since the Raptor-X; areal density is A Very Good Thing.
Unfortunately all drive prices are kind of screwed, but I see two basic options that don't involve a big SSD or other big purchase: - 1 TB Velociraptor -- just announced with a street price of $320. Plenty for a reasonably large Steam library and the performance kicks the crap out of any previous VRaptor or Raptor. - 2+ TB 7200 RPM hard drive (prefer Caviar Black, but Hitachi and Seagate are close in performance) -- Pretty close in performance for random seek and still significantly faster transfer rates. You might not need all the space today, but it's there when you do. |
For games, even a basic 7200rpm drive is going to be faster than the Raptor. I'd personally go for a Seagate Momentus XT 750GB hydrid drive. They're really quite good.
What's already been said by Nevarre and HellDiver, although if you can get by with just 240 or 256GB for an SSD, honestly, those are getting pretty affordable now...
If you absolutely need more than 300GB, then yes, a new 1TB Velociraptor would be it, although a modern 7200rpm disk should be much faster than a Raptor X. Quote: What is my best option for something around 300 GB total strictly for games. (ie. I want fast load times, etc)
Are we still paying a much higher premium for the floods, or are prices heading back to "normal"?
Digitlman wrote: Are we still paying a much higher premium for the floods, or are prices heading back to "normal"? Still higher than they were pre-flood. |
It's gone from insane to mildly nutty. Still, when you're price-shopping against VRaptors and 240+GB SSDs, 2TB hard drives aren't all that unreasonable in comparison.
I have to say, that really the only VRaptor worth buying would be the new 1TB. It just works out so much better than the current gen in both raw performance and price/performance that it's impossible to justify the current 300 or 600 GB models, IMHO. WD feels the heat from SSDs, so they stepped up their game. It's nowhere near SSD speeds, but it's a nice price/performance/size tier between conventional drives and SSDs if you think that's more important to you. I don't have an ETA on availability, other than soon, though. |
Oooohhhhh............................ I can't find an ETA either, but this makes me excited. |


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Maine Amphibian Monitoring Program volunteers collect information about the abundance and distribution of calling amphibians (frogs and toads) on road-side survey routes across the state every spring. Volunteers are assigned a road route with ten survey stops identified at or near wetlands. At each survey stop, volunteers listen for five minutes and record the relative abundance and the species of amphibians they hear. The program is part of a larger national effort, the North American Amphibian Monitoring Program, which coordinates similar surveys in more than 25 states. Maine was one of the first participants and remains one of its most successful partners, with over 60 routes across the state, most of which are run every year by dedicated and enthusiastic volunteers like you. |


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KMART representatives have apologised for the way they handled the Warlters Street saga.
The parcel of land with numerous buildings and demountables is now owned by supermarket chain Kmart who plan to develop the land.
The site was left unfenced, unguarded and with power still running to certain areas, and quickly became a haven for vandals. It was only after residents spoke with Port News that action was taken and a fence was erected to ward off offenders. Kmart representatives have signed off on a contractor to demolish the site. Initial work began yesterday.
"Kmart sincerely apologises for the situation regarding the St Joseph's Regional High School site," Kmart's general manager Tracie Walker said.
"We understand the lack of security and safety surrounding this site has caused great anxiety and concern for local residents.
"As soon as we were made aware of the situation we began immediately to discuss the demolition of this site with local traders and now have a contract in place.
"Thank you to all of the residents for your patience and thank you for informing us of the situation.
"The site is now secure and work will begin on the demolition of the site as soon as the local council approves our request."
The contractor responsible for the clean up and demolition work is The Bridle Group. Owner Gary Bridle said work would take some time to complete.
"It will take between one and two weeks just to clean up the vandalism," he said.
"The whole process could take up until Christmas time."


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Interview Magazine's June issue features a photoshoot with Charlize Theron and Kristen Stewart shot by Mikael Jansson at the United Artists Theater in Downtown Los Angeles, future home of the next Ace Hotel.
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Chef Revival J134SP-M Spice Orange Cool Crew Fresh Chef Jacket with 3/4 Sleeves - Poly-Cotton Size 42 (M)
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Ideal for trendy restaurants and open kitchen concepts, the distinctive look and vibrant colors of the Chef Revival J134SP-M size 42 (M) spice orange Cool Crew Fresh chef jacket will help your staff look as great as the food they're preparing and serving! Black trim and flat black plastic buttons provide a stunning visual contrast to the spice orange color, and the 3/4 length sleeves lend a style of their own. It's made of cool, breathable poly-cotton and has a convenient thermometer/pen pocket on the sleeve.
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Nancy Klobassa Davidson, R.N., B.S.N, C.D.E
Nancy Klobassa Davidson is a registered nurse who has worked in diabetes education for 17 years. She is a certified diabetes educator (C.D.E.) and is currently in graduate school working on a Master of Science in nursing (M.S.N.) and health care education.Nancy works with adults who have type 1, type 2 and other forms of diabetes. Nancy is coordinator of the Diabetes Unit's intensive insulin therapy program within the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Metabolism, & Nutrition at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. Nancy has worked extensively with insulin pump therapy and continuous interstitial glucose sensing.
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Peggy Moreland is a certified diabetes educator (C.D.E.) in the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Metabolism, & Nutrition at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.Peggy graduated with a Master of Science in Nursing and Health Care Education from the University of Phoenix and is a member of the American Association of Diabetes Educators and the American Diabetes Association. A certified diabetes educator (C.D.E.), Peggy enjoys working with patients to set and achieve diabetes self-management goals.
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By Nancy Klobassa Davidson, R.N., and Peggy Moreland, R.N.
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According to the National Diabetes Education program, diabetes is one of the most common chronic diseases in school-aged children and affects about 200,000 young people in the United States alone. The American Diabetes Association states that one in 400 to 500 children and adolescents under 20 years of age have type 1 diabetes.
Last September, at the start of the school year, my 11-year-old nephew was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. He attends a small, private school and the teachers weren't prepared to treat or assist a child with diabetes. My sister makes daily trips to the school to give him his insulin injection at mealtime. The little guy is slowly adjusting and is now able to test his own blood sugars.
Recently, my sister wrote down instructions for treating low blood sugar and put the instructions in his backpack. The instructions were for him. One morning he felt symptoms for low blood sugar and went to his teacher to ask for his blood glucose testing kit. She wouldn't give him the kit, and he became understandably upset. My sister was called and informed that the head of the school board told the teacher not to give him the kit until they studied the legalities. This board member then called and asked his parents to keep him home until they figured out all those legalities. This was upsetting to say the least! And I'm sure this family is not alone.
So, what are your child's rights at school? I did a search and found a few excellent websites that can be used as a resource for parents of children with diabetes.
- The National Diabetes Education Program (ndep.nih.gov) has an excellent school guide called "Helping the Student with Diabetes to Succeed: A Guide for School Personnel" (ndep.nih.gov/media/Youth_NDEPSchoolGuide.pdf). Its purpose is to "educate school personnel about effective diabetes management and to share a set of practices that enable schools to ensure a safe learning environment for students with diabetes."
- The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International (JDRF) is a "worldwide leader for research to cure type 1 diabetes" (www.jdrf.org). Their website provides information and tools to assist those with type 1 diabetes, including an online support community for those with type 1 diabetes (juvenation.org/p/juvenation_welcome.aspx). JDRF Kids Online is a special section of the website for children with type 1 diabetes and their peers (kids.jdrf.org).
- Children with DIABETES is a website that promotes understanding of the care and treatment of diabetes in children (www.childrenwithdiabetes.com/d_0q_000.htm). Their mission is to increase awareness of the need for unrestricted diabetes care for children at school and daycare and to support families living with diabetes. They also help to promote understanding of research to cure diabetes.
- The American Diabetes Association offers school staff training and support resources (www.diabetes.org/living-with-diabetes/parents-and-kids/diabetes-care-at-school/school-staff-trainings/training-resources.html).
Next week, I'll discuss specific guidelines to help education personnel work with children with diabetes. For those of you who have children with type 1 diabetes in school, what have you learned along the way?
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"It's a Deal-Breaker"...and Other Things We Don't Always Mean
Her world was rocked. She was aghast at how rampant infidelity seemed to be. Why? she kept asking me. Why would these people risk their families for affairs. And, the mother of three added wryly, where the hell do they find the time?
I offered up platitudes, and women's-magazine wisdom. I mumbled about feeling broken and seeking wholeness outside. I suggested short-sightedness. I think I even said something about Facebook and predatory ex-girl/boyfriends.
"I told my husband it's a deal-breaker," she said emphatically. "I told him that if he ever cheats on me to not bother to come home. I said I'd cut off his penis, feed it to him and then take everything he's got."
I smiled. My friend is, despite her fighting words, one of the most compassionate people I know. I've no doubt she'd respond with anger should such infidelity occur – many of us express fear and hurt through anger.
But I think her husband's penis would be safe.
The thing, though, with ultimatums is that it often creates exactly the type of scenario we're trying to avoid: one in which one partner decides that lying to the other is preferable to potentially hurtful honesty.
I understand my friend's thinking...because it was my thinking, too. I was sure that if my husband believed that I would be out the door at the first whiff of infidelity, he'd never dream of it.
Thing is, anyone who engages in affairs generally isn't thinking too clearly and they're certainly not thinking they'll get caught. So consequences aren't really part of the equation. At least not at first. And then, if they do experience a crisis of conscience or someone else stumbles onto their secret, rather than come clean, they have thoughts of "But she'll KILL me!" and instead go to often ridiculous lengths to conceal it further.
All quite amusing in a slapstick kinda way...unless it's happening to you.
I confess I can't really offer up a solution except to note that it's frequently the marriages in which one partner thinks the marriage is invincible to an affair that are often the most vulnerable. Thinking that you've "affair-proofed" your marriage because your spouse is too afraid of your wrath to risk an affair is naive at best. The truth is, good marriages fall prey to infidelity. And good people do bad things.
The best way to affair-proof your marriage is to acknowledge that it's possible, statistically even likely, that your marriage will experience infidelity. Then work hard to create an atmosphere of honesty so that potential dangers can be discussed openly and thwarted before they cause problems. It's hard for one partner to feel warmly toward someone whom both partners in the marriage acknowledge as a threat to the union. It keeps you both on the same team, which is critical to a healthy marriage.
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Interesting... For me it was never a deal breaker. In fact I told my husband that I was OK with whatever as long as he did not bring diseases into tge family and as ling as I didn't ever find out. Welllllllllllll.... I found out. And my ever so classic reaction surprised and continues to surprise me. I guess it was not ok with me after all. We are going to make it but every word in all your posts is so true... Nothing and neither one of us will be 'the same' ever again. It is all still rather fresh as my DDay officially was January 6, but really was it? I have 'known' all along if I go with my gut. So I suppose I am 6 years out already. Time to heal and move forward, build, repair, be thankful for the opportunity to do so. I have read every one of your posts and all the comments and truly this is excellent therapy, support, self realuzation and awakening. I would have never done the work had it not been for the affairs and me finding out. He would never have done the work either and we would have continued to co-exist and co-parent, but now we have a chance at so much more, richer, better.. At love again.
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Why on earth would you tell him it was ok to do whatever he pleased and then get upset about it?? I'm sorry. You have not suffered like the rest of us. You gave him a mixed message. Of course he's going to fool around if you told him he could!!! Of course he was going to lie to you! What a dangerous and silly game you were playing. I"m glad you got therapy because that is really mixed up shit.
It is NOT the same as those of us who took our vows seriously and our spouses knew we were never going to be ok with being cheated on!RepliesAnonymous,
I'm glad you found this site if you're finding it helpful be please refrain from judging others or making derogatory comments. We're all here to heal from an incredibly painful experience. What we need is compassion and support. You don't have to agree with the choices we've made and continue to make...but you do need to respect them in order to comment.
- AnonymousSeptember 6, 2012 at 6:34 PM
That's the difference between men and women. Most MEN would count an affair as a deal breaker. Women, on the other hand, despite the betrayal, will usually try to keep the marriage together. And while there are men for whom this isn't a deal breaker (and vice versa for the women), statistically, most men will file for divorce.
ReplyDeleteRepliesYes, statistically that is true. Men also tend to be more hurt by the sex than the emotional aspect of an affair. Men view it as an attack on their manhood – the only way to redeem themselves being to leave. Women, on the other hand, are more threatened by the emotional aspect of an affair. Generally speaking, of course.


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-Mosquito Lagoon Show and Tell Fishing Seminar, MINWR, March 2; On-the-Water Show and Tell Seminar, March 3
If the state of Florida has its way the Merritt Island NWR cleanup may be completely unneccessary.
Reader Michael Adornetto writes, "I was wondering if you could make mention of the proposed Shiloh launch complex in your next fishing report. I fear that this launch complex will keep us from protecting the refuge and our beloved fishery of the Mosquito and north Indian River Lagoons. We need to get the word out to make people aware.
"Space Florida and Lieutenant Governor Carroll are trying to get NASA to give the State control of 150 acres where the Shiloh citrus area is north of Haulover on the west side of State Road 3 by north Indian River Lagoon. They want to build a commercial launch site outside of NASA so they don't have the red tape and regulations of working with NASA."
If you bird, fish, hunt, or paddle the lagoons I probably don't need to explain the negative impact this would have on your recreation.
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Obviously, a massive publicity and letter writing campaign needs to start immediately so we can keep this complex on either the NASA property or Canaveral Air Force Station.
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Next week I will have a letter you can copy.
Monday Father Rick Voor and his friend Scott joined me for some kayak fishing out of River Breeze. My last trip there had been good so I was optimistic. The fish quickly crushed that optimism by not being there. We worked hard for over five hours. We got two rat reds and a micro-flounder between us.
Near the end of the trip we spotted what I at first thought was a couple of tailing fish. Casting the "them" proved fruitless. And, they started not looking like fish.
Investigation revealed a small sea turtle in distress. How much distress? Enough we could pick it up by hand. I called Layne Hamilton, Rob Leonard, and Jane Whaley to get advice as how to proceed. I didn't get any of them. Rick and Scott tried a few calls too. We left the turtle there, probably to die, very sad.
Wednesday I went bike riding in Little Big Econ State Forest. Yeah, that's a kick! Great thing to do when it's too windy to fish.
Friday afternoon Alex and I went to the St. Johns for some shad action. It was a beautiful day and the fish were biting good enough that we had a couple of doubles, ending up with a dozen or so shad in less than three hours. Strangely, no other species of fish were caught.
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Brands no longer have an option over whether or not they provide social customer service as consumer demand dictates that complaints and queries are at least acknowledged even if they are ultimately dealt with via a different (less public) channel.
A new study by IMGroup found that fashion retailer Next currently provides the best overall social customer service among brick-and-mortar retailers, followed by Argos and Marks & Spencer.
Next was the top performer on Facebook and the second best on Twitter, which are the two channels most commonly used for social customer service.
All of the retailers in the report had a Twitter presence, with seven of them operating a dedicated customer service feed. Only Superdrug and Boots do not use Twitter for customer service or complaint handling.
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According to a study from Adobe, in 2012 repeat shoppers made up just 8% of all site visitors in the US yet they accounted for nearly 41% of total online sales.
So bearing in mind the fact that it's also cheaper to keep a customer than it is to attract a new one, businesses need to be working hard to keep shoppers satisfied and give them a reason to return.
With this in mind, I've rounded up 11 ways in which ecommerce retailers can improve customer retention.
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This week, an angry British Airways passenger took it upon himself to fight back against the poor customer service he received by purchasing a promoted tweet.
Brand managers are no doubt starting to ask themselves, what is our policy to deal with that?
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Here are some of the most interesting digital marketing statistics we've seen this week.
Stats include social customer service, Facebook ads, smartphone sales, tablet video, showrooming, mobile conversions, and eBay's mobile hotspots.
For more digital marketing stats, check out our Internet Statistics Compendium.
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An inevitable consequence of the push to achieve sales through multiple channels is that businesses must also be prepared to deliver multichannel customer service.
Poor levels of service can ruin the overall shopping experience and mean that the customer is lost forever, so online, in-store, mobile and all other channels must work together to deliver an excellent overall customer experience.
New research from eDigitalResearch examined how consumers prefer to contact companies and then compared the various response times and satisfaction levels.
The survey asked more than 2,000 UK respondents how they expect to be able to contact a business - 92% selected email, followed by telephone (71%) and by post (45%). Fewer than one in four (22%) said live online chat and just 11% said social media.
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It's no secret that to get the most out of social brands need to be willing to respond to other users, rather than just using it to push out dull marketing messages.
However a new report from Brandwatch shows that a quarter of the world's major brands are still using Twitter as a broadcast channel rather than bothering to actively engage with consumers.
It could be a resource issue or simply that these companies don't see any value in using Twitter to communicate with their customers, however brands like ASOS and Nike have shown the customer service value that can be derived from social media.
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The US and UK are said to be two nations divided by a common language, and it seems they are also divided by a common social network.
A new study by 360i has found that Twitter usage patterns vary greatly between the two nations, particularly when looking at what time of day people are active on the network and how they engage with brands.
For example, Twitter users in the UK are more likely to be active in the late morning and early afternoon, specifically between 10am and 1pm, while in the US people tend to be most engaged after 6pm.
by David Moth 22 July 2013 12:19pm 2 comments
Customer service has evolved. Instead of returning to a store or calling a helpline, people are increasingly turning to social media to resolve their gripes.
So it's perhaps no surprise, then, that 80% of companies plan to use social media for customer service.
And when you hit that sweet spot and create a well-oiled social customer service machine, the pay-off is huge: 71% of customers recommend a brand that gives them a 'quick and effective' response on social media.
Here's a list of important things to consider.
by Tamara Littleton 03 June 2013 10:07am 0 comments
In recent years social customer service has endured crises and successes in equal measure. Here's a quick evaluation of where we are today, with some pointers for the future.
For an increasing number of people, social media is the first place they turn when they experience a problem.
Fewer than 50% of companies are actively responding to these enquiries and many of those are using cost-cutting copy and paste tactics, which is exactly what call centres were criticised for.
We need to invest in finding ways of supporting customers more effectively on the channel of their choice and ensuring a consistent customer service experience across all service channels.
by Luke Brynley-Jones 31 May 2013 10:59am 6 comments
Fans of funny Twitter feeds will probably be aware of Arena Flowers' comedy account, and I highly recommend that you start following it if you're not already.
The florist adopted its rather offbeat strategy in 2011 after achieving limited success with a more traditional approach to social marketing, however it was forced to abandon the comic tweets recently following a disaster with its Valentine's Day deliveries.
A series of problems with the supply chain meant that a number of orders didn't arrive on time, so the customer service team turned to Twitter to help deal with the flood of queries and complaints.
The crisis has since subsided and the comedy tweets are back up and running, so I spoke to Arena Flowers' managing director Will Wynne about how the company used Twitter to help deal with the situation...
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World Economic Forum U.S. COO Kevin Steinberg breaks down the world's most competitive economies.
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So much so this -- the World Economic Forum released its global competitiveness report and the US is falling behind our ability to compete on the global stage has fallen.
For the fourth year in a row has confidence in the country's politicians.
Continues to decline joining me now is the world economic -- US CEO -- Kevin's diver Kevin.
Thank you so much for joining us we don't have a lot of times what I wanna get right to 01 of the reasons cited.
Is because of political deadlock although it isn't that isn't has -- that when politicians are deadlocked right about that for the US.
Well it's a bad thing in this particular case because the US fell in our rankings primarily due to concerns about -- about the fiscal cliff that's coming up.
And about concerns whether US politicians can get over the current dysfunction and start addressing some of these core issues in order to enable long term prosperity.
In Germany moved had a message I was kind of surprised about because of course they are dealing with the struggles in the EU themselves why -- Germany live ahead.
Well Germany scored well overall and -- index and Germany -- very well relative to other European countries that really suffer from.
Similar items us here in the US.
When you look at Germany it's structurally very sound compared to places like Greece which was 96 or Spain Italy Portugal -- Some relative basis -- leveraging strengths they also strength in terms of infrastructure a large market and other items as well.
-- and Lou -- -- the point earlier that it's pretty funny that's excellent is that the top the list and of course this study originated in Switzerland any bias there.
Well we're very confident that we're not biased we are based in Switzerland.
But stints on shows incredible strengths across many aspects of the index incredible strength and innovation.
Highest level of patents per capita of any country strong educational attainment and if you look at Switzerland overall it's a very compelling story it may be one of the very few countries now that's fighting to stop its currency from appreciating not depreciate.
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Elizabeth Warren vs. Scott Brown: It's On!
Our favorite (only?) Elizabeth Warren .gif is back! That's because the badass Harvard professor and former Obama adviser, who proposed a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau before anyone else even thought we needed one, just launched an exploratory committee to challenge Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) in 2012.
Brown's strategy so far has been to label Warren an out-of-touch Harvard elite from Oklahoma. We're pretty sure that's the first time anyone has ever used that stereotype.
This is GREAT news. I wish that it didn't come to this, but she's the only decent person in Washington DC, so I'm not surprised she got passed over.
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