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Thu, 17 Jan 2013 06:35:17 -0800 2012 sustained long-term climate warming trend, NASA finds http://epugenybuno.posterous.com/2012-sustained-long-term-climate-warming-tren http://epugenybuno.posterous.com/2012-sustained-long-term-climate-warming-tren

Jan. 15, 2013 ? NASA scientists say 2012 was the ninth warmest of any year since 1880, continuing a long-term trend of rising global temperatures. With the exception of 1998, the nine warmest years in the 132-year record all have occurred since 2000, with 2010 and 2005 ranking as the hottest years on record.

NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York, which monitors global surface temperatures on an ongoing basis, released an updated analysis January 15 that compares temperatures around the globe in 2012 to the average global temperature from the mid-20th century. The comparison shows how Earth continues to experience warmer temperatures than several decades ago.

The average temperature in 2012 was about 58.3 degrees Fahrenheit (14.6 Celsius), which is 1.0 F (0.6 C) warmer than the mid-20th century baseline. The average global temperature has risen about 1.4 degrees F (0.8 C) since 1880, according to the new analysis.

Scientists emphasize that weather patterns always will cause fluctuations in average temperature from year to year, but the continued increase in greenhouse gas levels in Earth's atmosphere assures a long-term rise in global temperatures. Each successive year will not necessarily be warmer than the year before, but on the current course of greenhouse gas increases, scientists expect each successive decade to be warmer than the previous decade.

"One more year of numbers isn't in itself significant," GISS climatologist Gavin Schmidt said. "What matters is this decade is warmer than the last decade, and that decade was warmer than the decade before. The planet is warming. The reason it's warming is because we are pumping increasing amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere."

Carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas that traps heat and largely controls Earth's climate. It occurs naturally and also is emitted by the burning of fossil fuels for energy. Driven by increasing human-made emissions, the level of carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere has been rising consistently for decades.

The carbon dioxide level in the atmosphere was about 285 parts per million in 1880, the first year in the GISS temperature record. By 1960, the atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration, measured at NOAA's Mauna Loa Observatory, was about 315 parts per million. Today, that measurement exceeds 390 parts per million.

While the globe experienced relatively warm temperatures in 2012, the continental U.S. endured its warmest year on record by far, according to NOAA, the official keeper of U.S. weather records.

"The U.S. temperatures in the summer of 2012 are an example of a new trend of outlying seasonal extremes that are warmer than the hottest seasonal temperatures of the mid-20th century," GISS director James E. Hansen said. "The climate dice are now loaded. Some seasons still will be cooler than the long-term average, but the perceptive person should notice that the frequency of unusually warm extremes is increasing. It is the extremes that have the most impact on people and other life on the planet."

The temperature analysis produced at GISS is compiled from weather data from more than 1,000 meteorological stations around the world, satellite observations of sea-surface temperature, and Antarctic research station measurements. A publicly available computer program is used to calculate the difference between surface temperature in a given month and the average temperature for the same place during 1951 to 1980. This three-decade period functions as a baseline for the analysis. The last year that experienced cooler temperatures than the 1951 to 1980 average was 1976.

The GISS temperature record is one of several global temperature analyses, along with those produced by the Met Office Hadley Centre in the United Kingdom and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, N.C. These three primary records use slightly different methods, but overall, their trends show close agreement.

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Wed, 16 Jan 2013 11:10:09 -0800 Facebook?s Bold, Compelling And Scary Engine of Discovery: The Inside Story Of Graph Search | Steven Levy | Wired | 15 January 2013 http://epugenybuno.posterous.com/facebooks-bold-compelling-and-scary-engine-of http://epugenybuno.posterous.com/facebooks-bold-compelling-and-scary-engine-of

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Facebook by _Max-B "A transformative product gets you to do more of something that you wouldn?t think to do on your own. Thanks to Graph Search, people will almost certainly use Facebook in entirely new ways. it expands Facebook?s core mission ? not just obsessively connecting users with people they already know, but becoming a vehicle of discovery" Read full article

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Mon, 14 Jan 2013 10:18:17 -0800 NRA president: Gun control will crumble in Congress http://epugenybuno.posterous.com/nra-president-gun-control-will-crumble-in-con http://epugenybuno.posterous.com/nra-president-gun-control-will-crumble-in-con (CNN) -

As debate thunders through Washington over a ban on assault weapons, the president of the powerful National Rifle Association said Sunday he believes there's not enough support on Capitol Hill for such legislation to pass.

"I would say that the likelihood is they're not going to be able to get an assault weapons ban through this Congress," David Keene said on CNN's "State of the Union."

However, he qualified, if the president is "willing to expend the political capital" and use "all the power of his office," then Keene doesn't want to make any predictions on what could happen in the coming months. "You don't want to bet your house on the outcome," he told CNN chief political correspondent Candy Crowley.

An administration official said Friday that President Barack Obama will seek the passage of an assault weapons ban as part of the renewed push for gun control laws following last month's Connecticut elementary school massacre. Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein has said she'll introduce a bill soon including measures similar to the ban that was in place from 1994 until 2004, when it expired.

Cautioning that "the president is going to act," Vice President Joe Biden stirred controversy last week when he warned that "executive orders, executive action, can be taken" should Congress fail to move on the issue.

Biden, while meeting with various stakeholders in the gun debate, said other proposals under consideration include a universal background check system for gun buyers and restrictions on high-capacity magazines, devices that hold more than 10 rounds of ammunition. He'll be presenting his recommendations to the president by Tuesday.

Keene said he doubts scaled-back attempts targeting only magazines will get far due to their easy access and low cost.

"Even David Gregory could find one," he added, referring to the host of NBC's "Meet the Press," a show that got into trouble for using a high-capacity magazine as a prop during a broadcast - an illegal display of the device in Washington. The incident sparked an investigation by local authorities, and while the act was found in violation of the law, a prosecutor announced Friday there would be no charges.

Since the shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, last month, the NRA has added 100,000 new members, bringing its total membership to 4.2 million, NRA officials told CNN. Because of the increased attention on the issue, the officials think the group will soon hit 5 million.

While some speculate the gun lobby is trying to gin up the gun debate to prompt more firearm sales, Keene shot back at the idea.

"The two people who are selling so-called assault rifles are Sen. Feinstein and President Obama - not us," he said. "They're the ones that are scaring American gun owners. It isn't the NRA."

Pressed further about the NRA's ties to the manufacturing sector, Keene said the gun lobby gets "less money from the industry than we'd like to get, but we get more than we used to."

But he further contended that manufacturers are "not our constituency."

"Our constituency is twofold," he said. "It's the American people who want to own guns and use them legally, and it's the Second Amendment itself."

"I'm willing to suggest that gun owners in this country have as much influence as they always have, and perhaps more, because guns are more acceptable now than they were 10 years ago," he said.

-- CNN's Jim Acosta contributed to this report.

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Mon, 14 Jan 2013 06:08:08 -0800 Broncos, Ravens brace for frigid playoff in Denver http://epugenybuno.posterous.com/broncos-ravens-brace-for-frigid-playoff-in-de http://epugenybuno.posterous.com/broncos-ravens-brace-for-frigid-playoff-in-de

DENVER (AP) ? That glove Peyton Manning has been wearing on his throwing hand will come in quite handy Saturday for what could be the coldest home postseason game in Denver Broncos' history.

Those not playing may want to sit on the heated benches ? or next to the electric heaters ? because the game-time temperature when the Broncos host the Baltimore Ravens in the AFC divisional playoffs is expected to be 17 degrees, according to National Weather Service meteorologist Jim Kalina.

In other words, "bundle up," Kalina said.

The coldest postseason contest at Mile High was 18 degrees for the 1977 AFC championship game, when Denver beat Oakland 20-17.

The chilliest home game ever in Denver? That would be 9 degrees against San Diego on Dec 10, 1972.

Being such a meticulous planner, Manning left nothing to chance in the weeks leading up this game. To prepare for the possibility of wintry weather, the four-time NFL MVP wore an orange-and-gray glove on his throwing hand the last two games. Manning has been quite effective, too, with the glove ? his completion percentage has been almost 6 points better and his passer rating almost 20 points higher than without it.

The stickiness of the glove also helps Manning better grip the football, especially these days after the multiple neck surgeries he underwent during his season out of football.

"I certainly don't think I would have had to wear the glove had I not been injured last year," Manning said. "It's part of my injury, some things that I've had to adjust. I'm in a different body. Some things are different for me, so that's the reason for that as much as anything."

The cool weather certainly hasn't been friendly to Manning, who's 0-3 in playoff games in which the temperature at kickoff is less than 40 degrees.

And this game will certainly be well south of that number.

"It's going to be very cold," Kalina said. "There may even be a few flakes, but it shouldn't affect the game. Just really cold."

This isn't even close to the coldest game in NFL history, though. That distinction belongs to "The Ice Bowl" on Dec. 31, 1967, when the temperature at Lambeau Field reached minus-13 (with a minus-48 wind chill) in a contest between Green Bay and Dallas.

All week, Broncos players boasted about wearing short-sleeves despite the cool conditions. It was simply a matter of convincing the mind it really wasn't all the frigid.

"Once you get out there, you're on the field, you're just fine," Broncos receiver Demaryius Thomas said earlier this week. "But if you're just sitting around, that's when it gets to you. As long as you're out there on the field and warm, you're good."

The field should be in solid shape, though, with more than 20 miles of water-heated tubing under the field to keep it from freezing.

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Fri, 11 Jan 2013 10:36:09 -0800 Deals of the day -- mergers and acquisitions http://epugenybuno.posterous.com/deals-of-the-day-mergers-and-acquisitions http://epugenybuno.posterous.com/deals-of-the-day-mergers-and-acquisitions

Jan 10 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions

and disposals were reported by 2100 GMT on Thursday:

** IntercontinentalExchange would consider selling

Euronext as an alternative to floating it if bids for the

European stock market emerge during ICE's planned $8.2 billion

takeover of NYSE Euronext, three sources close to the exchange

said.

** Greece's top three lenders, National Bank,

Eurobank and Alpha, will not submit binding

offers for troubled Hellenic Postbank, a banker close

to the procedure said on Thursday.

** Spain's Telefonica said on Thursday it had

agreed to sell its 13 percent stake in satellite operator

Hispasat to Spanish infrastructure company Abertis and

Paris-listed Eutelsat for 101 million euros ($132

million).

** Supervalu Inc struck a $3.3 billion deal to

reduce its burdensome debt by selling five retail grocery chains

to an investor group led by Cerberus Capital Management LP

, the No. 3 U.S. grocery store operator announced on

Thursday.

The transaction will be valued at $3.3 billion, in which the

buyer will take on $3.2 billion of Supervalu's debt.

** British semiconductor materials maker IQE Plc

said it would buy a unit of U.S.-based Kopin Corp for

$75 million to strengthen its position in the wireless industry.

** Legg Mason Inc has been approached in recent

months by some of its senior managers and private equity firms

with plans to take the struggling asset manager private, but the

board has decided against exploring that option at least until

the company has a new chief executive, three sources said.

** Italian milk group Granarolo, a competitor of

French-controlled dairy group Parmalat, said it had

agreed to buy French cheesemaker CIPF Codipal from holding

Compagnie du Forum SAS as part of its strategy to grow

internationally.

** China's insurance regulator said it has conducted a

preliminary review of HSBC Holdings Plc's

planned sale of its $9.4 billion stake in Ping An Insurance

to Thailand's CP Group and is seeking more

information from the Chinese insurer.

** Thai billionaire Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi extended his

$7.2 billion offer to take over Singapore property and drinks

conglomerate Fraser and Neave Ltd (F&N) for the sixth

time, until Jan. 15.

** Sprint Nextel Corp is under no pressure to raise

its $2 billion offer for Clearwire Corp to beat a

higher bid by Dish Network Corp as it holds several

trump cards it can play to thwart its rival, three sources close

to the matter said.

** BlackRock is to buy Credit Suisse's

exchange-traded fund (ETF) business that will give the U.S.

asset manager greater scale in Europe.

The price tag on the deal, announced on Thursday, was not

disclosed, but two sources familiar with the matter put it at

between $200 million and $300 million.

** Sony Corp has put one of its main buildings in

central Tokyo up for sale in a deal that could raise up to 100

billion yen ($1.14 billion) as the company seeks to sell

non-core assets to boost its balance sheet, five people with

direct knowledge of the deal said.

** General Motors Co's European division Opel is not

up for sale, Steve Girsky, vice chairman of the U.S. car maker,

said on Thursday.

Parent GM will continue to invest in Ruesselsheim-based

Opel, Girsky, who is also head of Opel's supervisory board, said

at an event at the company's Eisenach, Germany-based plant.

** Lafarge, the world's largest cement maker, has

now hit 80 percent of its 1 billion euros ($1.3 billion) asset

sale target for 2012 and hopes to meet the remainder soon, it

said.

** Switzerland's Astra Oil Trading (AOT) has won Libya's

sell tender for gasoil for the full year of 2013, traders said.

AOT won the gasoil cargoes at around a $20-22 premium to

Mediterranean gasoil prices, traders said. The company will lift

around 60,000 tonnes of gasoil per month.

** TV station operator Fisher Communications Inc,

under pressure from billionaire investor Mario Gabelli, said it

is exploring strategic alternatives, including a sale.

** Hermes is taking over d'Annonay tannery, one of

its key providers of calf leather, becoming the latest luxury

brand to buy up a supplier in an increasingly competitive

environment for quality raw materials.

** The French state could take part in the purchase of

Alcatel-Lucent's submarine cable unit in a deal aimed

at easing financial pressure on the indebted telecoms gear

maker, French business newspaper Agefi reported.

** Ahli United Bank, Bahrain's largest listed

lender, has sold most of its 33 percent stake in Qatar's Ahli

Bank to sovereign fund Qatar Foundation.

The sale, involving all but 1,000 of Ahli United's 37.38

million shares, still requires the approval of Ahli Bank

shareholders, an Ahli Bank filing to the Qatar bourse said.

** Shares in Italian defence group Finmeccanica

rose for the second day on Thursday after a report said

negotiations on the sale of its AnsaldoEnergia unit are warming

up.

** Finnish forest group UPM-Kymmene said it was

looking for a buyer for its sawmill in Pestovo, Russia, as it

seeks to improve profitability in its timber business.

UPM, one of Europe's leading sawn timber companies, said it

also plans to cut Pestovo mill's output to a level that only

fulfils existing contracts.

** Azerbaijan's Shah Deniz gas group has agreed to a deal

that could see it take a stake in the Nabucco pipeline to

transport the country's gas to Europe, boosting the project's

chances against a rival plan.

** China Investment Corp, the country's sovereign

wealth fund, is among three big funds competing for a stake in

Australian dairy producer Van Diemen's Land, a newspaper

reported.

** The second largest U.S. pension fund decided to sell its

investments in manufacturers of firearms that are banned in

California, like the assault rifle used in the Newtown,

Connecticut, school massacre.

** Private equity firm CVC is in exclusive talks to

buy a majority stake in SPi Global Holdings, a business

outsourcing unit of Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co

, for about $320 million including debt, a source

familiar with the matter told Reuters.

** Copper and gold miner PanAust Ltd is Australia's

top contender to be taken over in 2013 in another year likely to

be dominated by acquisitions of resource companies, according to

an annual report from JP Morgan's specialist sales desk.

** India's Punj Lloyd Ltd stepped up its offer for

the construction business of Macmahon Holdings Ltd,

looking to trump a current deal with Leighton Holdings Ltd

.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/deals-day-mergers-acquisitions-103947554--sector.html

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Thu, 10 Jan 2013 19:06:16 -0800 How 'Anodyne' Communication Destroys Societal Trust ? Playing ... http://epugenybuno.posterous.com/how-39anodyne39-communication-destroys-societ http://epugenybuno.posterous.com/how-39anodyne39-communication-destroys-societ

A few months ago I went to an all expenses paid job interview in another city. The interview went well and I was one of the top 2-3 candidates. However I did not get the job, which is fine by me for reasons that I will mention later on in this post. I did however find the ?rejection? email interesting because it is one of the better examples of what passes for communication in the corporate environment today.

Here is the name-redacted email..

Dear AD,

The ?Acme Gadget Group? interview team wants to thank you for taking the time to participate in our hiring process through the on-site interview stage. This letter is to let you know that despite your impressive experience, after long consideration we have decided to go with another candidate.

Again, thank you for your time and efforts to come to ?AGG?. We enjoyed meeting you and our discussions indicate that you have much to offer your next employer.

We wish you both personal and professional success in your future endeavors.

Regards,

Chris

While such emails or letters sound polite and to the point, the reality is rather different. To understand what I am talking about, let me ask you a question.

Would you communicate like that to a person you seriously considered having a personal relationship with?

Some of you might say- ?but it is work, not a relationship?. My point is that work in the current setup is a relationship if you consider the time and effort you put into it- never mind the amount of communication with those who work around you. People spend more time around the people they work with than members of their own family. While you might trust your family members (hopefully) more than your coworkers, it is hard to get around the fact that your frenemies at work are members of your extended social circle- for better or worse.

For most of human history the people who worked around, or with you, were also your kith and kin. While that could be boring and sometimes problematic, it placed hard limits on how your coworkers or employers could treat you. Thoughtless or sociopathic behavior had consequences, both immediate and delayed. You just could not get away with certain behaviors without accepting a significant personal risk.

The industrial revolution started changing that, though not as much as most people think. People still mostly worked with or around people from similar backgrounds to whom they were often related- if somewhat distantly. Jobs and careers were still decades long and people had enough time to develop some sort of ersatz relationships with their coworkers.

However things started changing around the late-1970s and early-1980s. While there are many reasons behind the socio-cultural shifts that occurred around that time, this post will focus on the results. Prior to the late-1970s, most people around the world could look forward to a fairly stable local environment. Sure, there were wars and other large-scale events, but these events were infrequent and of a very large magnitude.

We never had a world where the big picture was reasonably constant but the local environment around almost every individual was in a state of constant flux.

The real problem with such constant changes in the environment around individuals is that, sooner or later, most people stop caring about the people around them. This extends to both personal as well as ?work? relationships. While societies in which interpersonal relationships have deteriorated might appear normal during times of economic expansion, prolonged slowdowns or economic contractions reveal the massive fault lines within that society and exposes its true fragility. While dysfunctional societies become fragile over decades, the actual process of implosion or collapse is rather fast and triggered by seemingly minor and often unrelated events.

But what does all of this have to do with anodyne corporate language? and how does it contribute to the destruction of social trust and why is it important?

Exchanging information for the purpose of maintaining function, stability and order in the dynamically unstable system also known as human society is probably the most important function of communication. However any useful exchange of information requires certain preconditions. For example- It is hard to have a decent and long-lasting personal relationships with another person if you both spend most of your time lying or being selectively truthful with each other. I am not implying that people have to be totally truthful to each other all the time, but it is equally clear that lying and selective truthfulness beyond certain levels is incompatible with any degree of future inter-personal trust.

But what about modern corporations, large businesses and impersonal institutions that are run for the sole benefit of a few connected sociopaths? Do they understand, let alone care about, the necessity for minimal levels of sincerity and useful information content in communications?

The simple answer to that question is.. NO! Modern organisations and institutions are dominated by impersonal sociopaths, careerism-driven managers, scummy human resource types and lawyers who want to make a quick buck while showing everybody that they are so clever. Unlike their counterparts from the pre-1980s era, none of them have any medium-term (let along long-term) plans or involvement with the organisations and institutions they hollow out for short-term gains. Their modus operandi is rather similar to a virus infecting a bunch of healthy cells or cancerous cells metastasizing in an otherwise healthy individual. Sadly these individuals do determine the tone and tenor of contemporary institutional policies and communications. It is therefore no surprise that institutional communications have become increasingly vague, non-specific, full of ?hope? and ?optimism? without any actionable or concrete suggestions or plan of action.

The nature of corporate communication has now become disturbingly similar to the fake biochemical signals used by metastasizing cancerous cells and viruses to use, abuse and subvert the host.

But there is another dimension to this issue which makes it far more problematic in human societies. People, unlike cells, emulate and imitate strategies which are seen as successful for the individual, even if doing so destroys the social system that keeps things going. Consequently the ?corporatese? lies and selective truths that permeate large institutions and organisations seep into smaller versions of them and ultimatey into general society. Soon almost everyone is communicating to each other with the same attitudes, mindsets and expectations as impersonal sociopathic corporations.

It is common for the hacks who pass off as ?respected? journalists to bemoan the rapidly increasing amount of general flakiness in society, the unwillingness to keep even simple promises, outpouring of fake emotions to incidents and other instances of social phoniness. But they rarely ask why so many unrelated people are behaving so similarly. I mean.. why are they all following the same basic script? I believe that anodyne styles of communicating and the ?corporate? mindset has completely permeated general society in North America, Western Europe and increasingly other parts of the world.

However doing so on a large-scale results in a particular self-protective response aka social atomization.

I see social atomization as the result of individuals trying to protect themselves from a constant barrage of half-truths, lies, general phoniness, legalized scams and ?official? abuses of power. People isolate themselves from, and limit communication with, those they cannot trust. In the past, this meant a few especially dishonest acquaintances and strangers. Today that means all of society- including members of your innermost social circle.

People don?t spend ever-increasing amounts of time checking their social media feeds or doing something else on their shiny electronic toys because the online world is better. They do that because the so-called ?real? world is too toxic to engage with other than when absolutely necessary. People are just not interested in becoming the next victim of another persons lies, business scams, confidence tricks, fake emotions or carefully measured communications.

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Thu, 10 Jan 2013 13:45:15 -0800 'Smart' potty or dumb idea? Wacky CES gadgets http://epugenybuno.posterous.com/smart-potty-or-dumb-idea-wacky-ces-gadgets http://epugenybuno.posterous.com/smart-potty-or-dumb-idea-wacky-ces-gadgets

16 hrs.

LAS VEGAS???From the iPotty?for toddlers to the 1,600-pound mechanical spider and the host of glitch-ridden "smart" TVs, the International CES show is a forum for gadget makers to take big ? and bizarre ? chances.

Many of the prototypes introduced at the annual gadget show over the years have failed in the marketplace. But the innovators who shop their wares here are fearless when it comes to pitching new gizmos, many of which are designed to solve problems you didn't know you had.

A search for this year's strangest (and perhaps least useful) electronic devices yielded an extra-loud pair of headphones from a metal band, an eye-sensing TV that didn't work as intended and more. Take a look:

Motorheadphones

Bass-heavy headphones that borrow the names of hip-hop luminaries like Dr. Dre have become extremely popular. Rock fans have been left out of the party ? until now. British metal band Motorhead, famous for playing gut-punchingly loud, is endorsing a line of headphones that "go to eleven" and are hitting U.S. stores now.

Says lead singer and bassist Lemmy Kilmister, explaining his creative input: "I just said make them louder than everybody else's. So that's the only criteria, and that it should reflect every part of the sound, not just the bass."

The Motorheadphone line consists of three over-the-ear headphones and six in-ear models. The initiative came from a Swedish music-industry veteran, and distribution and marketing is handled by a Swedish company, Krusell International AB.

Who's it for: People who don't care about their hearing. According to Kilmister, the headphones are ideal for Motorhead fans. "Their hearing is already damaged, they better buy these."

Price: Prices range from $50 to $130.

Eye-sensing TV

A prototype of an eye-sensing TV from Haier didn't quite meet viewers eye-to-eye. An on-screen cursor is supposed to appear where the viewer looks to help, say, select a show to watch. Blinking while controlling the cursor is supposed to result in a click. In our brief time with the TV, we observed may quirks and comic difficulties.

For one, the company's demonstrator Hongzhao Guo said the system doesn't work that well when viewers wear eyeglasses. (That kind of defeats the purpose of TV, no?) But it turns out, one bespectacled reporter was able to make it work. But the cursor appeared a couple inches below where the viewer was looking. This resulted in Guo snapping his fingers to attract the reporter's eye to certain spots. The reporter dutifully looked, but the cursor was always a bit low. Looking down to see the cursor only resulted in it moving further down the TV screen.

Who it's for: People too lazy to move their arms.

"It's easy to do," Guo said, taking the reporter's place at the demonstration. He later said the device needs to be recalibrated for each person. It worked fine for him, but the TV is definitely not ready for prime-time.

Parrot Flower Power

A company named after a bird wants to make life easier for your plants. A plant sensor called Flower Power from Paris-based Parrot is designed to update your mobile device with a wealth of information about the health of your plant and the environment it lives in. Just stick the Y-shaped sensor in your plant's soil, download the accompanying app and ? hopefully ? watch your plant thrive.

"It basically is a Bluetooth smart low-energy sensor. It senses light, sunlight, temperature, moisture and soil as well as fertilizer in the soil. You can use it either indoors or outdoors," said Peter George, vice president of sales and marketing for the Americas at Parrot. The device will be available sometime this year, the company said.

Who it's for: "Brown-thumbed"?folk and plants with a will to live.

Price: Unknown.

HAPIfork

If you don't watch what you put in your mouth, this fork will ? or at least try to. Called HAPIfork, it's a fork with a fat handle containing electronics and a battery. A motion sensor knows when you are lifting the fork to your mouth. If you're eating too fast, the fork will vibrate as a warning. The company behind it, HapiLabs, believes that using the fork 60 to 75 times during meals that last 20 to 30 minutes is ideal.

But the fork won't know how healthy or how big each bite you take will be, so shoveling a plate of arugula will likely be judged as less healthy than slowly putting away a pile of bacon. No word on spoons, yet, or chopsticks.

Who it's for:?People who eat too fast. Those who want company for their "smart" refrigerator and other kitchen gadgets.

Price:?HapiLabs is launching a fundraising campaign for the fork in March on the group-fundraising site Kickstarter.com. Participants need to pay $99 to get a fork, which is expected to ship around April or May.

iPotty
Toilet training a toddler is no picnic, but iPotty from CTA Digital seeks to make it a little easier by letting parents attach an iPad to it. This way, junior can gape and paw at the iPad while taking care of business in the old-fashioned part of the plastic potty. IPotty will go on sale in March, first on Amazon.com.

There are potty training apps out there that'll reward toddlers for accomplishing the deed. The company is also examining whether the potty's attachment can be adapted for other types of tablets, beyond the iPad.

"It's novel to a lot of people but we've gotten great feedback from parents who think it'd be great for training," said CTA product specialist Camilo Gallardo.

Who it's for: Parents at their wit's end.

Price: $39.99

Mondo Spider, Titanoboa

A pair of giant hydraulic and lithium polymer battery controlled beasts from Canadian art organization eatART caught some eyes at the show. A rideable 8-legged creature, Mondo Spider weighs 1,600 pounds and can crawl forward at about 5 miles per hour on battery power for roughly an hour. The 1,200-pound Titanoboa slithers along the ground at an as yet unmeasured speed.

Computer maker Lenovo sponsored the group to show off the inventions at CES.

Hugh Patterson, an engineer who volunteers his time to making the gizmos, said they were made in part to learn more about energy use. One lesson from the snake is that "side winding," in which the snake corkscrews its way along the ground, is one of the most efficient ways of moving along soft ground, like sand.

Titanoboa was made to match the size of a 50-foot long reptile whose fossilized remains were dated 50 million years ago, when the world was 5 to 6 degrees warmer. The creature was built "to provoke discussion about climate change," Patterson said.

The original version of Mondo Spider, meanwhile, first appeared at the Burning Man arts gathering in Nevada in 2006.

Who it's for: Your inner child, Burning Man participants, people with extra-large living rooms.

Price: The spider's parts cost $26,000. The Titanoboa costs $70,000. Engineers provided their time for free and both took "thousands of hours" to build, Patterson said.

Ortutay contributed from New York. AP Technology Writer Peter Svensson and Luke Sheridan from AP Television contributed to this story from Las Vegas.?

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Tue, 08 Jan 2013 18:59:20 -0800 My Personal Favorites of 2012 ? Cocktails, Desserts, Main Course ... http://epugenybuno.posterous.com/my-personal-favorites-of-2012-cocktails-desse http://epugenybuno.posterous.com/my-personal-favorites-of-2012-cocktails-desse Share via email

I?ve done it before and it?s sort of standard fare to see a lot of food bloggers ?Best of the Year? lists to wrap-up the year. I did one last year. That list started with the first cocktail that I made for what would become my Friday Cocktail series but that methodology has weighed on me a bit and that post is easily one reason why. That drink, the Vootbeer, was never MY favorite, not by a long shot. It was fun, sure, but come on?rootbeer and vodka? OK, even with a dollop of whipped cream and a cherry? It?s been pinned a bazillion times, mostly by young girls who have to insist it get made with Whipped Cream Vodka. Sacrilege I say! So I decided to do something a bit different this year and went Archive digging to shed the light of day on some of my long term favorites. Maybe they were posted when I first started blogging (so the photo might be a bit sucky) or maybe for some reason they just never got any traction..but they are all great dishes and they NEED to be noticed and more importantly? Made.

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First up are those darlings featured above. Crisp pretzel, chewy bacon, brown sugar, chili powder and cayenne pepper are baked and the end result is a sum much greater than the parts?but really the parts are pretty fabulous. Anyone saying bacon is dead?have them come talk to me!


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OK, I lied, sorry. This cocktail was not forgotten but it was the best.? It is the single most popular post on my site and though I?m happy with the photo too (I even won an award with it!), the truth is I also love this drink. Sweet and tart and fizzy?it is almost the perfect cocktail from fall as soon as cranberries are available thru January but it?s just especially suited for Christmas?perfectly pretty all dressed up in red and green! It has been pinned and copied and posted all over the web and with some irony and maybe a sign of? popularity? It was recently submitted to a photo group?I belong to on G+ where we share our photos and ask for constructive criticism. Except it was submitted by someone I don?t know! It?s a true keeper.


carrot-ginger-soup

I had carrots one day so thought I would make some soup. No biggie right? But this soup is THE BOMB. That little sphere of butter and some salty peanuts makes more than a world of different. Easy, satisfying, just a bit spicy; I LOVE this soup.


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Eggs, cheese, breadcrumbs and spices are rolled into spheres and fried in olive oil and then covered with a simple tomato sauce. The ease of this dish belies how good they are. As in I made some for company as appetizers and ended up in the kitchen making another batch while guests waited; they were devoured!


lemon-drop-single

I had this cocktail at a local restaurant and I?m not sure I?ve ever been quite so determined to get a recipe as I was for this. Pulpy and sweet with a touch of? lime too, it puts to shame any other Lemon Drop Martini I?ve ever had. The technique seems weird but the end result is fantastic. I now use the same process to make lemonade and limeade if I?m in the mood for something non-alcoholic.


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This is amazing. It?s from one of my treasured Junior League of Denver cookbooks and I served it to a group of local friends I had met through Twitter. Pesto, potatoes, flank steak and salad are all? layered and make for a fabulous presentation, an easy to serve dish and without a doubt one with fabulous flavor. I want this again NOW!


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Another favorite from a local Junior League cookbook; this dish is just the perfect do-ahead for a brunch, holiday or otherwise. I served it to a local group of bloggers at our first get together; you know if it was raved about there, well, it passed muster.


chicken-honey-plate

These are far too simple to make to be so dang good. I?m serious. A mix of spices is rubbed on boneless chicken thighs. Broil one side for 5 minutes, flip and broil the 2nd side. Baste with some honey and broil 1 minute longer. THAT IS IT!! I dare you to not suffer my same fate. I stood over the stove and ate two of them before I made myself stop so there would actually be enough for dinner. Do them, your family will love you. I also believe they have the words ?Super Bowl Party? written all over them.


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I just posted this not too long ago but it has been so amazingly received by friends and family that I thought maybe it should be given another chance. My daughter was unimpressed by the ingredients; actually I remember feeling the same. I loved a similar type drink with hot coffee but this was taking a chance and one I?m so glad I took. Tequila is so often associated with limes and lemons but give it a shot?or two! What it does to a heated drink is only short of amazing; it gives warm a whole different meaning! Try it?you?ll see.


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Last but not least, what shall that be? I think I?ll give this spot to the dessert that is most often searched for and found on my site. I love cheesecake but not those that are filled with a lot of extras; no cookies or candy for me. This Lemon Cheesecake is divine; I think it could almost be called perfect. Light, luscious and lemony (and that limoncello part does not hurt one tiny bit!).

There you have it, ten posts that I love for different reasons?and I hope you find something you love too?Happy New Year!

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Tue, 08 Jan 2013 09:27:10 -0800 The Use of Vintage Architectural Styling in Home Building Today ... http://epugenybuno.posterous.com/the-use-of-vintage-architectural-styling-in-h http://epugenybuno.posterous.com/the-use-of-vintage-architectural-styling-in-h

When you are building a new home, there are many styles and floor plans to choose from. If vintage architecture is your thing, don?t worry. It is possible to achieve the vintage architectural style in a new home. While vintage homes usually have quite a few years under their belt, there are many things you can include in luxury home designs to create the sane style and feel.

Many builders offer vintage style house plans. You are able to build a new home that has a vintage feel and character. As you are incorporating vintage architecture into your new home, be sure to pay attention to details.

Pick Your Style

While today?s homes can be built in Cape Cod, Craftsman, European, French Country, Tuscan or Colonial style to name a few, so could historic homes. Before you dive into building a historical home, determine your style. Once you have determined your style, you can begin determining the characteristics of that particular style in earlier time periods. Did the roof have a high or low pitch? How many stories should the home have? Should you use columns?

Antique Windows

The window style you choose can have a big impact on creating a vintage feel. Select a historic style of window.? You?ll get the look you desire and the energy efficiency of modern windows.

Modern Layout

House plans are available that create a home that looks like it has been in the neighborhood for decades. The details and architectural features of the outside of the home will give it a vintage look. However, lifestyles have changed. Look for a home that maintains the vintage architecture on the outside, but has an interior layout that is conducive to today?s lifestyle.

Front Porch

While not every antique home was equipped with a front porch, many of them were. Decades ago, a lot of time was spent on the front porch. It was a place the family gathered. Because of this, many homes included a front porch. Including a front porch in your home design will add to the vintage style, but make sure it is useable. Plan on a porch that is at least 6? deep.

Rear Entry Foyers

In days gone by, the front entry was the most common way to enter your home.? This is no longer true.? As the most often used entrance into the home, coming in from the garage can no longer be viewed primarily as ?utilitarian?. The front entry foyer is designed to be something special, as much (or more!) attention should be paid to the rear foyer. A rear foyer can de-stress your mornings and home-comings by eliminating clutter that may otherwise accumulate in the kitchen or family room.

Some things to consider in a well design rear entry foyer include:

1. Storage. Beyond the expected coat closet, what about all the ?stuff? you carry in with you? A ?drop zone? is ideal for liberating your kitchen from such clutter!

2. Convenience. A seat or bench for removing shoes. Insignificant? Buyers don?t think so!

3. Special amenities. Do you have pets ? cats or dogs? Think about adding a pet zone to the rear foyer. When shopping, how often to you bring home bulk items. If you do where do you put them? Think about bulk item storage.


Antique Millwork

After you pick the time period you would like to recreate in your home design, you should spend time researching and talking with your builder about millwork from that time period. Not only should the outside give off the vintage vibe, but it should be incorporated throughout the home. Although you want a modern layout, doors, moldings, mantels, and widow casings resembling the time period the home designs is from will complete the look.

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This is a guest post contribution from Paul Foresman. Paul is the director of business development for?online home plans specialist Design Basics. From small home plans to luxury home plans and everything in between, Design Basics has a plan to meet your dreams!

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If Pentax's Q10 ILC piqued your interest when we got to play with it back in September, then perhaps the choice of 100 different paint jobs might push you to a purchase. Alongside several new cameras at CES 2013, the camera-maker will start to offer custom ordering for the mirrorless unit, with a choice of colors for both the grip and body. And the options? They include pink, white, black, red, turquoise, gold, green, magenta, orange and brown -- and Pentax will be offering them all direct from its Q10 studio site, which you can find at the source.

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Serena Williams of the United States celebrates winning the women's final match against Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia 6-2, 6-1 during the Brisbane International tennis tournament in Brisbane, Australia, Saturday, Jan 5, 2013. Williams captured her 47th career title with a comprehensive 6-2, 6-1 victory over Pavlyuchenkova in Saturday?s Brisbane International final. (AP Photo/Tertius Pickard).

Serena Williams of the United States celebrates winning the women's final match against Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia 6-2, 6-1 during the Brisbane International tennis tournament in Brisbane, Australia, Saturday, Jan 5, 2013. Williams captured her 47th career title with a comprehensive 6-2, 6-1 victory over Pavlyuchenkova in Saturday?s Brisbane International final. (AP Photo/Tertius Pickard).

Serena Williams of the United States plays a shot in the women's final match against Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia at the Brisbane International tennis tournament in Brisbane, Australia, Saturday, Jan 5, 2013. Williams won 6-2, 6-1. (AP Photo/Tertius Pickard)

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia looks dejected after she lost the women's final match against Serena Williams of the United States 6-2, 6-1 during the Brisbane International tennis tournament in Brisbane, Australia, Saturday, Jan. 5, 2013. Williams captured her 47th career title with a comprehensive 6-2, 6-1 victory over Pavlyuchenkova in Saturday?s Brisbane International final. (AP Photo/Tertius Pickard)

Andy Murray of Britain reacts after winning the first set in his semi final match against Kei Nishikori of Japan during the Brisbane International tennis tournament in Brisbane, Australia, Saturday, Jan. 5, 2013. (AP Photo/Tertius Pickard).

Andy Murray of Britain plays a shot in his semi final match against Kei Nishikori of Japan during the Brisbane International tennis tournament in Brisbane, Australia, Saturday, Jan. 5, 2013. (AP Photo/Tertius Pickard).

(AP) ? Serena Williams proved the break between seasons hasn't hurt her momentum, capturing her 47th career title with a 6-2, 6-1 victory over Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova on Saturday in the Brisbane International final.

Williams has won 35 of her past 36 matches, including titles at Wimbledon, the Olympics, the U.S. Open, the season-ending WTA championships and now the first event of 2013.

She already has won the Australian Open five times, and with the season's first major a little more than a week away, she's in good shape to add another title in Melbourne.

The Brisbane final was all over in 50 minutes with Williams dictating terms from the first break of serve in the sixth game.

"I always feel like I don't know how to play tennis when I play against you," Pavlyuchenkova told Williams at the trophy presentation.

The pair had traveled together on a training trip to Mauritius in the offseason but didn't really hit against each other at the time.

"But this was true what I said," the No. 36-ranked Pavlyuchenkova, who has won three WTA titles and more than $2.8 million in prize money, later said of her post-match assessment. "When she's on fire, well, I feel like there is not much I can do. I mean, she's a great player and she deserves to win."

Williams said she's been concentrating on being calm and composed, and has started to feel "serene" when she's in her zone on court. She's been feeling that way a lot in her comeback since a first-round loss at the French Open, her earliest exit from a Grand Slam.

"I was looking at a lot of old matches on YouTube, and I feel like right now I'm playing some of my best tennis," the 15-time major winner said. "I feel like I want to do better and play better still."

Pavlyuchenkova's post-match comment, she said, was "a great compliment and a great honor for someone of her caliber to feel that way."

In a tournament featuring eight of the world's top 10 female players, not one match in Brisbane featured two seeded players due to a series of injuries and upsets. Second-ranked Maria Sharapova withdrew due to an injured collarbone, and Pavlyuchenkova ousted a pair of top-10 players: 2011 Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova in the second round and fourth-seeded Angelique Kerber in the quarterfinals.

Williams missed a chance to extend her 11-1 record against top-ranked Victoria Azarenka when the 23-year-old Belarusian withdrew a half hour before their scheduled semifinal Friday night due to an infected toe on her right foot. Azarenka was more concerned about being ready for the Australian Open.

The night off obviously didn't bother Williams, who went on a roll during a seven-game run from the middle of the first set until Pavlyuchenkova finally held serve in the fourth game of the second.

The 31-year-old Williams can regain the No. 1 ranking if she wins the Australian Open. If she does, she'll be the oldest woman to hold the top spot on the WTA tour. Chris Evert set the mark in November 1985, aged 30 years, 11 months and three days.

Williams' surge up the rankings started after the French Open, and also coincided with her starting to work with Patrick Mauratoglou's academy in Paris.

She attributes her comeback to "spending a lot more time on the tennis court, I think, and doing a lot of things I love."

"Everything just came together with the right timing with me wanting to do better, with me wanting to work hard, (Mauratoglou) being there and having everything to work hard, and having the same mind frame of playing matches for the way I like to play," Williams said. "So I think life is about timing, and it was just good timing."

In the men's draw, defending champion Andy Murray advanced to the final when fifth-seeded Kei Nishikori retired with an injured left knee while trailing 6-4, 2-0 in their semifinal earlier Saturday.

The Olympic and U.S. Open champion will next meet 21-year-old Grigor Dimitrov, who is starting to live up to his billing as a star-in-the-making by reaching his first ATP Tour final with a 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (5) victory over Marcos Baghdatis.

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Mon, 07 Jan 2013 06:31:20 -0800 Bloggertize: Advances and Consulting Services for your Business http://epugenybuno.posterous.com/bloggertize-advances-and-consulting-services http://epugenybuno.posterous.com/bloggertize-advances-and-consulting-services Marketing Services http://ditto.usbizassist.com/services.php Reach out to more potential customers through our aggressive marketing services. Marketing is a critical part of any business, whether it's on the streets or on the internet. The key purpose of marketing is to draw attention to your business. Without that attention, your business will go nowhere fast. We offer a variety of marketing campaigns which have been designed to maximize your website's visitor traffic potential. Conversion rates on most business websites across the internet are relatively low so the only way to increase the conversion rate is to flood your website with not just any kind of traffic, but quality targeted traffic. Our specialties lie in advertising and marketing through social networks, local newspapers, internet directories, search engine optimization, email campaigns, internet leads generation, networking, telemarketing, and postal communication. Our staff of sales representatives are highly skilled and they are determined to get you a return on your investment. They don't make money unless you do. Listed below are some marketing services we offer. Please contact us if something isn't listed here that you would like us to do for you and your business: Website Design SEO (Search Engine Optimization) Mailers, Brochures, & Post Cards Advertising across various social networking websites Generate generic traffic hits for better search engine ratings Email campaigns Run ads in local newspapers and on internet-based classified ad websites Telemarketing- pre-existing qualified leads or internet-generated leads Linking across various internet portals and search engines Networking- word of mouth, business cards, & signage

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Sat, 05 Jan 2013 11:11:16 -0800 Oil's Well ? Investing Daily http://epugenybuno.posterous.com/oil39s-well-investing-daily http://epugenybuno.posterous.com/oil39s-well-investing-daily Global economic trends auger well for the energy patch over the long haul, but investors should exercise caution until today?s uncertainty has run its course.

Energy?s prospects pervade virtually all sectors. Next to water, oil is the single most important commodity in the modern world. The mere threat of supply interruptions can wreak economic havoc. And there?s no better barometer of global health than oil prices, as demand inevitably follows economic growth.

Even the worst economic crisis in 80 years couldn?t keep oil prices down for long. Between July 11 and December 19, 2008, the price of a barrel of benchmark West Texas Intermediate Crude fell from a high of $147 and change to barely $32. But less than six months later?and despite a devastating US recession?oil had more than doubled off the lows and was well on its way back to the century mark.

The US has been a vitally important market for crude for a century plus. What?s changed in the past decade or so, however, is it?s no longer the most important one. That distinction has now passed to China. And with demand intensity just beginning to take off there, the Middle Kingdom?s importance for oil will only grow in coming years.

That?s the bull case and it?s compelling. In fact, rising Asian demand is likely to keep global oil prices moving up for years to come, particularly once Europe returns to growth.

That?s already reflected in Brent crude, the primary global benchmark price for oil, which is currently north of $110 a barrel. Because oil can be exported from North America as well as imported, gains will be felt in the price here as well.

The Bear Case

Black gold also has a bear case, however, and particularly on these shores. Paradoxically, it lies in one of the most bullish developments in decades for the country as a whole.

As with natural gas, hydraulic fracturing has made it possible to tap into vast reserves of light oil that were previously uneconomic. Once untouched regions such as the Bakken in the upper Midwest and Eagle Ford in Texas are now booming. Domestic US output is at its highest level in 15 years and the nation by some estimates is on pace to pass Saudi Arabia as the world?s largest producer by 2020.

Net petroleum imports are down by 38 percent from their 2005 peak. They?ll likely fall further in coming months, as US producers deploy a record number of drilling rigs. The Bakken formation alone is estimated to contain 27 billion to 45 billion recoverable barrels of oil.

The problem is the transport infrastructure?mainly pipelines?is not yet in place to get surging output to global markets. Bakken producers, for example, have resorted to using trains and trucks to move oil out of the remote region. And the Cushing transportation hub in Oklahoma has become a major bottleneck for crude moving from the interior to refineries on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico.

The result is the rise of huge price ?differentials? between oil produced in different regions of North America. The more remote the oil is when produced, the cheaper it will sell for.

Private enterprise is filling the gap, particularly master limited partnerships (MLPs). Notable case in point: The Cushing-to-the-Gulf ?Seaway? pipeline of Personal Finance Income Portfolio pick Enterprise Products Partners LP (NYSE: EPD) will reach flows of 400,000 barrels of oil next week, alleviating some of the glut in Oklahoma and lining the partnership?s pockets in the process.

In late November, however, ONEOK Partners (NYSE: OKS) actually tabled a pipeline that would have brought Bakken oil south. The reason was inability to secure long-term capacity contracts, as producers were unwilling to commit amid current volatility in energy prices.

The fact that the partnership cancelled rather than risk heavy losses at completion speaks to management conservatism that?s good for ONEOK unitholders. But it?s also a sign that even MLPs aren?t adopting a speculative ?build it and they will come? approach. Consequently, the building program for bringing new oil supplies to market will only happen over a period of years.

Consequently, these price differentials are likely to endure, though they will wax and wane. Similarly, the price of natural gas and gas liquids will stay low due to lack of ability to export, at least until major liquefied natural gas facilities are built. For example, the price of ethane?a substitute for petroleum in manufacturing plastics?recently hit a 22-month low, despite what appears to be robust global demand.

Divergent Performance

The big picture is that North American energy is abundant as never before. The technology is there. And with the federal government strongly supportive of US energy independence, there are arguably fewer regulatory obstacles to developing it than in many years.

Long term, that means prosperity for those in the business of drilling, producing, processing, transporting and marketing oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids in North America. The domestic energy boom is a plus for scores of non-energy related industries, for which it conveys a compelling competitive advantage on costs.

Over the near term, however, bottlenecks and uneven production mean divergent industry performance at best. And that?s not including the potential fallout from what I call ?sudden austerity? resulting from Washington?s efforts to rein in the federal budget.

Only the Strong

As I pointed out in Wednesday?s alert to Personal Finance readers, the compromise on federal tax policy hammered out on New Year?s Day does prevent the worst case?i.e., $600 billion in immediate tax increases and spending cuts.

The deal also contains better-than-expected provisions for investors, including no change in tax rates for dividends and capital gains on income of up to $400,000 for individuals and $450,000 for couples. Even the new top rate for dividends and capital gains paid on income above those thresholds aren?t onerous, at 20 percent.

However, once spending cuts are negotiated this spring, we?ll see the most contractionary fiscal policy for the US in decades. Factoring in the two-percentage point boost in Social Security taxes, the total bite is equal to 1.9 percent of US gross domestic product. That?s more austerity than Britain, France and Spain are implementing, and all three of those countries are wallowing in recession.

If austerity does draw the US into recession as some fear, the impact on oil prices in 2013 will almost surely be negative. We?d likely see the same fallout for natural gas and NGLs markets as well.

The bottom line for energy: Long-term positive, short-term highly uncertain. That?s the kind of environment that rewards a measure of caution, and holds the risk of severe punishment for those who take risks that prove to be unlucky.

This is not the time to abandon positions in high-quality energy stocks, such as super oils, pipelines and well-capitalized smaller producers such as Growth Portfolio pick Linn Energy LLC (NSDQ: LINE). Now is a great time to buy companies that have strong balance sheets, well-covered dividends and a clear path toward raising production.

Their share prices have been beaten down with the rest of their sector. But they carry none of the risks of the exposed fry. In fact, they?re in prime position to profit from rivals? difficulties.
In a worst case, patient buyers may see their investments in these stocks languish again in 2013, as most energy producers did in 2012. But sooner or later, prices will rebound and the well positioned will be off to the races.

Sudden austerity or no, energy remains one of my favorite sectors for bargain hunting in early 2013. But buyers must be patient as well as wary. We may have to wait for big gains and history is clear that not every company in this often-volatile industry will make it. Buy energy, but only the strong.

Source: http://www.investingdaily.com/16054/oils-well

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Fri, 04 Jan 2013 02:22:14 -0800 Hey, sperm donor, don't answer that Craiglist ad! http://epugenybuno.posterous.com/hey-sperm-donor-dont-answer-that-craiglist-ad http://epugenybuno.posterous.com/hey-sperm-donor-dont-answer-that-craiglist-ad

In 2009, William Morotta donated sperm, free of charge, to a lesbian couple. Though Morotta signed a contract giving up financial responsibility for the child, the state of Kansas is now suing him for support after one of the mothers applied for financial assistance. NBC's Michelle Franzen reports.

By Elizabeth Chuck, NBC News

A man who responded to an?online ad for sperm and?now faces thousands of dollars in child support?is living proof of the dangers of donating outside of a sperm bank.

"The biggest piece of advice is just to not do it," said Ashley Nicole Reeve, a Texas-based attorney practicing in family law and reproductive technology law. "I don't know that there is any sure way legally to protect yourself."

With reproductive technology advancing more quickly than the law that governs it, donors who go through less-than-official channels can find themselves in a gray area when it comes to child support.

"The medical technology really has gone further than what the law has protected at this point. People are using sperm donors and egg donors and surrogates more and more, and the law really hasn't caught up just yet," she said.?

Just ask?William Marotta, a married 46-year-old mechanic from Topeka, Kansas,?who is being asked by the state to pay $6,000 in child support after he donated sperm to a couple in his town.

Marotta had a contract absolving him of parental responsibility and says he has no contact with the child, but because he donated his sperm outside of a licensed institution, the state has gotten involved.

"No good deed goes unpunished," Marotta told TODAY. "With what I know now, I don't think I would have been the sperm donor."

Marotta replied to a Craigslist ad in 2009 from a local couple who said they wanted to find a sperm donor. They were offering $50. After discussing it with his wife, Marotta volunteered, turning down the cash Jennifer Schreiner and her partner, Angela Bauer, were offering in exchange.

Marotta signed a written agreement that relinquished him of parental rights and held him harmless "for any child support payments demanded of him by any other person or entity, public or private ... regardless of the circumstances or said demand,? according to?The Topeka Capital-Journal.

Schreiner became pregnant with the sperm, and she and Bauer -- who are not married because Kansas does not recognize same-sex unions -- co-parented the baby girl. Child support only came up when the two women broke off their relationship, one of them got sick, and they applied for state services for the girl. The Kansas Department for Children and Families demanded they tell them the donor's name, which Schreiner and Bauer eventually gave, reluctantly.

The state filed a child-support claim for more than $6,000 against Marotta this past October.

"We never intended for him to financially support her. That was our responsibility as her two parents," Bauer told TODAY on Thursday. "I have the joy of raising her and loving her every single day and it?s because of William that I have that."

"This is not at all what we signed up for," Marotta's wife, Kimberly,?told TODAY.

But according to the Kansas Department of Children and Families, it's exactly what they signed up for when Marotta?artificially inseminated Schreiner in her house.?

?In cases where the parties do not go through a licensed physician or a clinic, there remains the question of who actually is the father of the child or children. In such cases, DCF is required by statue to establish paternity and then pursue child support from the non-custodial parent,??Angela de Rocha, director of communications, said in a statement.?

Ben Swinnen, whose Topeka firm will represent Marotta at his Jan. 8 hearing, said Marotta has no way to pay for the child support costs, never mind his unexpected legal fees.

"The cost of defending him is way beyond his means. The issue is way beyond him and the cost is way beyond his means. It goes much further than his particular case and it costs much more than he can afford," Swinnen said.

Swinnen said his client doesn't have any contact with the daughter who was born.?As for the contract Marotta signed at the time of his donation, Swinnen said, "It appears to me like it was found on the Internet by the two women, but I cannot confirm that. It's just my assumption," he said.?

Sperm banks typically protect donors through state parenting shield laws, but less straightforward cases have arisen in the past:

  • ?In 2007, Ronnie Coleman of an Arlington, Texas, agreed to donate sperm to a sperm bank for a friend, but told her he didn't want to be the father to any child who was born, according the Texas Star-Telegram. Yet in 2008, the mother filed a paternity suit against him, forcing him to pay thousands in child support until an appeals court ruled four years later that even though the donor was known to the mother, she shouldn't force him to pay.
  • In Vermont, a man who donated sperm to a female friend was required to pay child support because he maintained a relationship with the children.?One of the mothers told The Associated Press in 2007,?"Part of the decision came down because he was so involved with them. It wasn't that he went to the (sperm) bank and that was it. They called him Papa."
  • In New York, a married doctor agreed to donate sperm to a young resident and her partner in the late 1980s, only to be asked 18 years later for child support, the New York Post reported.?The court was able to nail him when they found he was sending money and cards to the child, which he would sign ?Dad? or ?Daddy.? The biological father?s name was also on the birth certificate.
  • A Massachusetts court ruled this year that a Nigerian immigrant had to pay child support for twins conceived through artificial insemination a year after he and his wife had separated, the Patriot Ledger reported.
  • But in Washington state, the Court of Appeals ruled in 2004 that a donor can?t be required to pay child support unless he and the mother have signed an explicit contract.

Swinnen?admits his client should have thought through his decision a bit more before proceeding.

"Hindsight is 20/20. He could have consulted a lawyer, explored the legal implications," he said.?

NBC's Isolde Raftery contributed to this report.

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Thu, 03 Jan 2013 09:44:17 -0800 Some men complaint of shortened penis following prostate cancer treatment http://epugenybuno.posterous.com/some-men-complaint-of-shortened-penis-followi http://epugenybuno.posterous.com/some-men-complaint-of-shortened-penis-followi

Jan. 2, 2013 ? A small percentage of men in a prostate cancer study complained that their penis seemed shorter following treatment, with some saying that it interfered with intimate relationships and caused them to regret the type of treatment they chose.

Complaints were more common in men treated with radical prostatectomy (surgical removal of the prostate) or male hormone-blocking drugs combined with radiation therapy, according to the study by researchers from Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center (DF/BWCC). No men reported a perceived shortening of their penis following radiation therapy alone.

The study's findings, which are being published in the January issue of the journal Urology, are based on surveys completed by physicians of 948 men treated for prostate cancer and who had suffered a recurrence of the disease.

Twenty-five men (2.63 percent of the group) complained of smaller penises after treatment -- 3.73 percent for surgery, 2.67 percent for radiotherapy plus androgen deprivation therapy (ADT), and 0% for radiotherapy alone. Radiotherapy included both radiation administered by an external x-ray machine, and brachytherapy -- the implantation of radioactive seeds directly into the prostate.

The scientific team, led by Paul Nguyen, MD, a radiation oncologist, and medical student Arti Parekh, said it is the first study to link men's perceptions of a reduction in penis size to lowered life satisfaction, problems in emotional relationships, and misgivings about the specific form of prostate cancer treatment they chose.

Nguyen said that the potential side effect of a smaller penis is well-known among physicians and surgeons, said Nguyen, "but it's almost never discussed with patients, so it can be very upsetting to some men when it occurs. Patients can deal with almost any side effect if they have some inkling ahead of time that they may happen."

The report's authors said physicians should discuss the possibility with their patients so that they can make more-informed treatment choices.

There were no direct measurements of penis size either before or after treatment, said the researchers. Nor did the patients' physicians specifically ask about this side effect; the issue was brought up by patients in conversations with their doctors. For this and other reasons, the authors of the new study suggest that the problem is likely more common than reported in the survey.

"Prostate cancer is one of the few cancers where patients have a choice of therapies, and because of the range of possible side effects, it can be a tough choice," said Nguyen. "This study says that when penile shortening does occur, it really does affect patients and their quality of life. It's something we should be discussing up front so that it will help reduce treatment regrets."

The likelihood and magnitude of penis shortening as a consequence of treatment have not been well studied, said the researchers. However, Jim Hu, MD, a surgeon at the University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center and a co-author of the study, said "Previous studies have concluded that there is shortened penis length following prostatectomy. This is most common with non-nerve sparing surgery, as this may result in fibrosis and atrophy of erectile tissue due to damage to nerve and vascular structures." The present study did not find much difference on that score.

The study's subjects were men enrolled in a registry called COMPARE that collects data on patients whose prostate cancer shows signs of recurring after initial treatment. Of the 948 men in the study, 22 percent were younger than 60 and the majority were in their 60s, 70s and 80s. Just over half -- 54 percent -- had undergone surgery to remove their cancerous prostate, while 24 percent received radiation therapy combined with hormone-blocking treatment, and 22 percent had radiation therapy alone.

In an editorial comment accompanying the report, Luc Cormier, MD, PhD, of Dijon University Hospital in France said the study "is really of interest because of the number of patients and that it included other treatment methods in addition to radical prostatectomy."

The surveys of the men did not report on their sexual functioning. Cormier observed that "sexual activity needs to be thoroughly measured owing to the obvious relationship with the patients' perception of penile length."

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  1. Arti Parekh, Ming-Hui Chen, Karen E. Hoffman, Toni K. Choueiri, Jim C. Hu, Charles L. Bennett, Michael W. Kattan, Oliver Sartor, Karen Stein, Powell L. Graham, Anthony V. D'Amico, Paul L. Nguyen. Reduced Penile Size and Treatment Regret in?Men With Recurrent Prostate Cancer After Surgery, Radiotherapy Plus Androgen Deprivation, or Radiotherapy Alone. Urology, 2013; 81 (1): 130 DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2012.08.068

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Wed, 02 Jan 2013 11:00:43 -0800 Merging Sources - Advantage or Not? - Family Tree Maker software ... http://epugenybuno.posterous.com/merging-sources-advantage-or-not-family-tree http://epugenybuno.posterous.com/merging-sources-advantage-or-not-family-tree I have being adding quite a few individuals to my tree using Ancestry Hints, a combination of actual data records and details from other trees.

However, I have noticed it has created multiple entries in my "sources", for example, I have now two sources for the 1841 England Census, one has 20 citations and the other 8.

If I use the "merge" option, to replace one with the other - 1. Does this keep all the relevant information? 2. Is it wise to do this? 3. Does it matter if I merge A with B or B with A.

I am thinking I dont want to end up with multiple sources, as I am at the moment.

Source: http://boards.ancestry.co.uk/topics.software.famtreemaker/9298/mb.ashx

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