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<title><![CDATA[Review: TruTech Tools]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 04:22:29 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Bivvy Spots]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:29:37 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>I have started adding some sites that I have used, the accuracy of the sites can not be gauranteed as I may not have used them in a while but hopefully they will give the option o a convienient place to stay.</p>
<p>Please email a response if you have any other suggestions&#8230;..</p>
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<title><![CDATA[ETFDesk Daily 12/03/2009 Top News and Investment Ideas]]></title>
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<p>Today&#8217;s market-moving headlines, macro trade ideas and more&#8230;</p>
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<li>Goldman sees Chinese earnings and shares surging in 2010</li>
<li>Cast your fortunes with index funds</li>
<li>Web retail a bright spot in tepid U.S. holiday season</li>
<li>Goldman Sachs Sees ‘Rather Strong’ Growth in 2010-11</li>
<li>Morgan Stanley raises UAL, AMR to overweight</li>
<li>The Zweig Fund November Monthly Update</li>
<li>The Zweig Total Return Fund November Monthly Update</li>
<li>Housing Market Meltdown Not Over: Zandi</li>
<li>BofA Cheer Boosts Futures</li>
<li>Fears grow over US debt market</li>
<li>General Growth files exit plan, reworks more debt</li>
<li>U.S. chains miss sales views in weak holiday start</li>
<li>Global trade disputes Trading blows</li>
<li>Dave Rosenberg 12/3/2009 THE DOW IS BACK IN A BEAR MARKET</li>
<li>Pensions Eliminating Stocks Add $40 Billion to Corporate Bonds</li>
<li>Krugman Says He Plans to Sell Some Brazil Investments</li>
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<td><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EtfdeskTopNewsAndInvestmentIdeas/~3/CCCd95qg5Mw/goldman-sees-chinese-earnings-and-shares-surging-2009-12-02?utm_source=feedburner&#38;utm_medium=email" target="_blank"><strong>Goldman sees Chinese   earnings and shares surging in 2010</strong></a></p>
<p>Posted: 02 Dec 2009 01:52 AM PST</p>
<p>Goldman Sachs is forecasting an upbeat year ahead for China,   where the world&#8217;s fastest-growing major economy will be underpinned by the   &#8220;tail winds&#8221; of aggressive monetary and fiscal policy stimulus and   rebounding corporate earnings.</p>
<p>ETFDesk users see this as a potential opportunity to: <strong>buy</strong> <a href="http://www.etfdesk.com/fund/PGJ" target="_blank">PowerShares Golden Dragon   Halter USX China Portfolio (PGJ)</a>; <strong>buy</strong> <a href="http://www.etfdesk.com/fund/FXI" target="_blank">iShares FTSE/Xinhua China 25   (FXI)</a>;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.etfdesk.com/headline.aspx?hId=1728" target="_blank">Check out how others are   using ETFs to capitalize on this news or add your own opinion</a></td>
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<p><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EtfdeskTopNewsAndInvestmentIdeas/~3/2_KQJoctr_0/to-beat-index-funds-luck-is-your-only-hope-2009-12-01?utm_source=feedburner&#38;utm_medium=email" target="_blank"><strong>Cast your fortunes   with index funds</strong></a></p>
<p>Posted: 02 Dec 2009 02:10 AM PST</p>
<p>Investors who continue to send money to actively managed mutual   funds in the hope that managers will be able to beat less-costly index funds   are going to lose out almost all of the time, a new study finds.</p>
<p>ETFDesk users see this as a potential opportunity to: <strong>buy</strong> <a href="http://www.etfdesk.com/fund/SPY" target="_blank">S&#38;P 500 SPDR (SPY)</a>; <strong>buy</strong> <a href="http://www.etfdesk.com/fund/EFA" target="_blank">iShares MSCI-EAFE (EFA)</a>;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.etfdesk.com/headline.aspx?hId=1729" target="_blank">Check out how others are   using ETFs to capitalize on this news or add your own opinion</a></td>
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<p><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EtfdeskTopNewsAndInvestmentIdeas/~3/ihQp_L2X-8I/idUSTRE5B14AP20091202?utm_source=feedburner&#38;utm_medium=email" target="_blank"><strong>Web retail a bright   spot in tepid U.S. holiday season</strong></a></p>
<p>Posted: 02 Dec 2009 03:26 AM PST</p>
<p>SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) &#8211; U.S. online shoppers spent 5 percent   more this Cyber Monday than they did last year as more consumers flocked to   the Web for holiday shopping but spent slightly less per person, analytics   firm comScore Inc said on Wednesday.</p>
<p>ETFDesk users see this as a potential opportunity to: <strong>buy</strong> <a href="http://www.etfdesk.com/fund/HHH" target="_blank">Internet HOLDRS (HHH)</a>; <strong>sell</strong> <a href="http://www.etfdesk.com/fund/XRT" target="_blank">SPDR S&#38;P Retail ETF (XRT)</a>;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.etfdesk.com/headline.aspx?hId=1730" target="_blank">Check out how others are   using ETFs to capitalize on this news or add your own opinion</a></td>
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<td><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EtfdeskTopNewsAndInvestmentIdeas/~3/PO7i-0Mjkgk/news?utm_source=feedburner&#38;utm_medium=email" target="_blank"><strong>Goldman Sachs Sees   ‘Rather Strong’ Growth in 2010-11</strong></a></p>
<p>Posted: 02 Dec 2009 03:59 AM PST</p>
<p>Dec. 2 (Bloomberg) &#8212; The global economy will expand 4.4 percent   in 2010 and 4.5 percent the following year as the world recovers from the   credit crisis, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. said.</p>
<p>ETFDesk users see this as a potential opportunity to: <strong>buy</strong> <a href="http://www.etfdesk.com/fund/FXB" target="_blank">Rydex British Pound Sterling   Trust (FXB)</a>; <strong>buy</strong> <a href="http://www.etfdesk.com/fund/RSX" target="_blank">Market Vectors Russia ETF   Trust (RSX)</a>; <strong>sell</strong> <a href="http://www.etfdesk.com/fund/BNZ" target="_blank">WisdomTree Dreyfus New   Zealand Dollar Fund (BNZ)</a>;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.etfdesk.com/headline.aspx?hId=1731" target="_blank">Check out how others are   using ETFs to capitalize on this news or add your own opinion</a></td>
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<p><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EtfdeskTopNewsAndInvestmentIdeas/~3/yPVXzbQJhOQ/afx7177059.html?utm_source=feedburner&#38;utm_medium=email" target="_blank"><strong>Morgan Stanley   raises UAL, AMR to overweight</strong></a></p>
<p>Posted: 02 Dec 2009 05:24 AM PST</p>
<p>The brokerage noted that Fort Worth, Texas-based AMR&#8217;s position   was strengthened by its recent liquidity enhancing transactions, particularly   at a time when industry trends were on the mend.</p>
<p>ETFDesk users see this as a potential opportunity to: <strong>buy</strong> <a href="http://www.etfdesk.com/fund/FAA" target="_blank">Claymore/NYSE Arca Airline   ETF (FAA)</a>;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.etfdesk.com/headline.aspx?hId=1732" target="_blank">Check out how others are   using ETFs to capitalize on this news or add your own opinion</a></td>
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<p><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EtfdeskTopNewsAndInvestmentIdeas/~3/O01FifvUV7M/Zweig%20Fund%20Monthly%20Update.pdf?utm_source=feedburner&#38;utm_medium=email" target="_blank"><strong>The Zweig Fund   November Monthly Update</strong></a></p>
<p>Posted: 02 Dec 2009 05:35 AM PST</p>
<p>The Zweig Fund November Monthly Update</p>
<p>ETFDesk users see this as a potential opportunity to: <strong>buy</strong> <a href="http://www.etfdesk.com/fund/ZF" target="_blank">Zweig Fund (ZF)</a>;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.etfdesk.com/headline.aspx?hId=1733" target="_blank">Check out how others are   using ETFs to capitalize on this news or add your own opinion</a></td>
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<p><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EtfdeskTopNewsAndInvestmentIdeas/~3/7UOIzHh26f4/Zweig%20Total%20Return%20Fund%20Monthly%20Update.pdf?utm_source=feedburner&#38;utm_medium=email" target="_blank"><strong>The Zweig Total   Return Fund November Monthly Update</strong></a></p>
<p>Posted: 02 Dec 2009 05:41 AM PST</p>
<p>The Zweig Total Return Fund November Monthly Update</p>
<p>ETFDesk users see this as a potential opportunity to: <strong>buy</strong> <a href="http://www.etfdesk.com/fund/ZTR" target="_blank">Zweig Total Return Fund (ZTR)</a>;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.etfdesk.com/headline.aspx?hId=1734" target="_blank">Check out how others are   using ETFs to capitalize on this news or add your own opinion</a></td>
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<td><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EtfdeskTopNewsAndInvestmentIdeas/~3/qiHzGGm9jIs/34242187?utm_source=feedburner&#38;utm_medium=email" target="_blank"><strong>Housing Market   Meltdown Not Over: Zandi</strong></a></p>
<p>Posted: 02 Dec 2009 08:45 AM PST</p>
<p>The meltdown of the U.S. housing market is not over yet, and   home prices will soon start trekking downward again as a flood of   foreclosures looms, a well-known economist said Wednesday.</p>
<p>ETFDesk users see this as a potential opportunity to: <strong>buy</strong> <a href="http://www.etfdesk.com/fund/SRS" target="_blank">UltraShort Real Estate   ProShares (SRS)</a>; <strong>sell</strong> <a href="http://www.etfdesk.com/fund/IYR" target="_blank">iShares DJ US Real Estate   (IYR)</a>; <strong>buy</strong> <a href="http://www.etfdesk.com/fund/DMM" target="_blank">MacroShares Major Metro   Housing Down (DMM)</a>;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.etfdesk.com/headline.aspx?hId=1735" target="_blank">Check out how others are   using ETFs to capitalize on this news or add your own opinion</a></p>
<p><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/EtfdeskTopNewsAndInvestmentIdeas?a=qiHzGGm9jIs:OtVs3uZKao0:V_sGLiPBpWU" target="_blank"></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/EtfdeskTopNewsAndInvestmentIdeas?a=qiHzGGm9jIs:OtVs3uZKao0:7Q72WNTAKBA" target="_blank"></a></td>
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<p><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EtfdeskTopNewsAndInvestmentIdeas/~3/XJ6rc04BUBY/SB10001424052748704107104574573501450513052.html?utm_source=feedburner&#38;utm_medium=email" target="_blank"><strong>BofA Cheer Boosts   Futures</strong></a></p>
<p>Posted: 02 Dec 2009 10:51 PM PST</p>
<p>U.S. stock futures rose on Thursday as markets welcomed news   that Bank of America reached a deal to repay bailout funds.</p>
<p>ETFDesk users see this as a potential opportunity to: <strong>buy</strong> <a href="http://www.etfdesk.com/fund/KBE" target="_blank">KBW Bank ETF (KBE)</a>; <strong>buy</strong> <a href="http://www.etfdesk.com/fund/IYG" target="_blank">iShares DJ US Financial   Services (IYG)</a>;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.etfdesk.com/headline.aspx?hId=1736" target="_blank">Check out how others are   using ETFs to capitalize on this news or add your own opinion</a></td>
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<p><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EtfdeskTopNewsAndInvestmentIdeas/~3/ZqI5Oy4FJwg/fears-grow-over-us-d?utm_source=feedburner&#38;utm_medium=email" target="_blank"><strong>Fears grow over US   debt market</strong></a></p>
<p>Posted: 02 Dec 2009 11:41 PM PST</p>
<p>“best-of-all-possible-worlds” assumptions</p>
<p>ETFDesk users see this as a potential opportunity to: <strong>sell</strong> <a href="http://www.etfdesk.com/fund/JNK" target="_blank">SPDR Lehman High Yield Bond   ETF (JNK)</a>;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.etfdesk.com/headline.aspx?hId=1737" target="_blank">Check out how others are   using ETFs to capitalize on this news or add your own opinion</a></td>
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<p><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EtfdeskTopNewsAndInvestmentIdeas/~3/6j7hj-7rt4A/news.pl?utm_source=feedburner&#38;utm_medium=email" target="_blank"><strong>General Growth files   exit plan, reworks more debt</strong></a></p>
<p>Posted: 03 Dec 2009 12:08 AM PST</p>
<p>General Growth Properties Inc. reached agreements with   additional lenders to extend loans on shopping centers and other properties   and will ask a judge later this month to approve the plan that so far covers   $9.7 billion of its secured debt.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.etfdesk.com/headline.aspx?hId=1738" target="_blank">Check out how others are   using ETFs to capitalize on this news or add your own opinion</a></td>
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<td><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EtfdeskTopNewsAndInvestmentIdeas/~3/BQrFaRpC6hs/idUSTRE5B22I120091203?utm_source=feedburner&#38;utm_medium=email" target="_blank"><strong>U.S. chains miss   sales views in weak holiday start</strong></a></p>
<p>Posted: 03 Dec 2009 12:20 AM PST</p>
<p>CHICAGO (Reuters) &#8211; U.S. retailers from Macy&#8217;s to Costco posted   much weaker-than-expected sales for November as shoppers focused only on big   bargains at the start of the key holiday selling season.</p>
<p>ETFDesk users see this as a potential opportunity to: <strong>sell</strong> <a href="http://www.etfdesk.com/fund/XRT" target="_blank">SPDR S&#38;P Retail ETF (XRT)</a>;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.etfdesk.com/headline.aspx?hId=1739" target="_blank">Check out how others are   using ETFs to capitalize on this news or add your own opinion</a><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/EtfdeskTopNewsAndInvestmentIdeas?a=BQrFaRpC6hs:i1-Rli-3ojk:yIl2AUoC8zA" target="_blank"></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/EtfdeskTopNewsAndInvestmentIdeas?a=BQrFaRpC6hs:i1-Rli-3ojk:V_sGLiPBpWU" target="_blank"></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/EtfdeskTopNewsAndInvestmentIdeas?a=BQrFaRpC6hs:i1-Rli-3ojk:7Q72WNTAKBA" target="_blank"></a></td>
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<p><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EtfdeskTopNewsAndInvestmentIdeas/~3/O0CG25e0UOE/displaystory.cfm?utm_source=feedburner&#38;utm_medium=email" target="_blank"><strong>Global trade   disputes Trading blows</strong></a></p>
<p>Posted: 03 Dec 2009 12:26 AM PST</p>
<p>Which countries make most trade complaints?</p>
<p>ETFDesk users see this as a potential opportunity to: <strong>buy</strong> <a href="http://www.etfdesk.com/fund/UDN" target="_blank">PowerShares DB US Dollar   Index Bearish Fund (UDN)</a>;<br />
<span style="text-decoration:underline;">Check out how others are using ETFs to capitalize on   this news or add your own opinion</span><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/EtfdeskTopNewsAndInvestmentIdeas?a=O0CG25e0UOE:ZG9VLwZMrsc:yIl2AUoC8zA" target="_blank"></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/EtfdeskTopNewsAndInvestmentIdeas?a=O0CG25e0UOE:ZG9VLwZMrsc:V_sGLiPBpWU" target="_blank"></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/EtfdeskTopNewsAndInvestmentIdeas?a=O0CG25e0UOE:ZG9VLwZMrsc:7Q72WNTAKBA" target="_blank"></a></td>
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<p><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EtfdeskTopNewsAndInvestmentIdeas/~3/wHzbSTKjEjE/Dave-Rosenberg-1232009-THE-DOW-IS-BACK-IN-A-BEAR-MARKET?utm_source=feedburner&#38;utm_medium=email" target="_blank"><strong>Dave Rosenberg   12/3/2009 THE DOW IS BACK IN A BEAR MARKET</strong></a></p>
<p>Posted: 03 Dec 2009 12:29 AM PST</p>
<p>That is correct. While the market did make a new high in   ‘deflated dollar’ terms just a short two-days ago, in gold terms, the Dow   actually peaked on August 27 and is down 13.5% since then.</p>
<p>ETFDesk users see this as a potential opportunity to: <strong>buy</strong> <a href="http://www.etfdesk.com/fund/UDN" target="_blank">PowerShares DB US Dollar   Index Bearish Fund (UDN)</a>;<strong>buy</strong> <a href="http://www.etfdesk.com/fund/GLD" target="_blank">streetTRACKS Gold Trust (GLD)</a>;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.etfdesk.com/headline.aspx?hId=1741" target="_blank">Check out how others are   using ETFs to capitalize on this news or add your own opinion</a></td>
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<td><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EtfdeskTopNewsAndInvestmentIdeas/~3/ZVnnNNZ9fgA/news?utm_source=feedburner&#38;utm_medium=email" target="_blank"><strong>Pensions Eliminating   Stocks Add $40 Billion to Corporate Bonds</strong></a></p>
<p>Posted: 03 Dec 2009 12:40 AM PST</p>
<p>The Plano, Texas-based retailer promised to “eliminate”   uncertainty for shareholders caused by underfunded pensions, and will shift   some of the money into investment-grade bonds, increasing fixed-income assets   to the highest level in the plan’s history, J.C. Penney spokeswoman Darcie   Brossart said.</p>
<p>ETFDesk users see this as a potential opportunity to: <strong>buy</strong> <a href="http://www.etfdesk.com/fund/LQD" target="_blank">iShares GS $ InvesTop   Corporate Bond Fund (LQD)</a>;<strong>buy</strong> <a href="http://www.etfdesk.com/fund/BND" target="_blank">Vanguard Total Bond Market   ETF (BND)</a>;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.etfdesk.com/headline.aspx?hId=1742" target="_blank">Check out how others are   using ETFs to capitalize on this news or add your own opinion</a></td>
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<p><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EtfdeskTopNewsAndInvestmentIdeas/~3/6rZ3S9uar2g/news?utm_source=feedburner&#38;utm_medium=email" target="_blank"><strong>Krugman Says He   Plans to Sell Some Brazil Investments</strong></a></p>
<p>Posted: 03 Dec 2009 12:42 AM PST</p>
<p>Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman said he plans to sell   some of his investments in Brazil on concern that asset prices are overvalued   after record inflows made the real the world’s best performing major   currency.</p>
<p>ETFDesk users see this as a potential opportunity to: <strong>sell</strong> <a href="http://www.etfdesk.com/fund/EWZ" target="_blank">iShares MSCI-Brazil (EWZ)</a>; <strong>sell</strong> <a href="http://www.etfdesk.com/fund/BZF" target="_blank">WisdomTree Dreyfus Brazilian   Real Fund (BZF)</a>;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.etfdesk.com/headline.aspx?hId=1743" target="_blank">Check out how others are   using ETFs to capitalize on this news or add your own opinion</a></td>
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<dc:creator>Digital Zeus™</dc:creator>
<guid>http://digitalzeus.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/tech-pro%c2%ae-tools-coming-soon/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The way you buy them. How you use them. How you understand them. Will Never Be The Same Again. Field]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Using Precision Digital Multimeters for Quick Checks on Temperature Transducers]]></title>
<link>http://digitalzeus.wordpress.com/2009/11/21/using-precision-digital-multimeters-for-quick-checks-on-temperature-transducers/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:41:46 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Digital Zeus™</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[If your processes use temperature transducers, then the ability to quickly see if they&#8217;re good]]></description>
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<link>http://digitalzeus.wordpress.com/2009/11/21/698/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:33:16 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Digital Zeus™</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Standard Multi Meter A multimeter is a very valuable diagnostic tool which, because of its mobility ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Pros for Co: Why the Industry Is Moving to Comailing]]></title>
<link>http://bccsoftware.wordpress.com/2009/11/18/the-pros-for-co-why-the-industry-is-moving-to-comailing/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:34:43 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Paula Stoskopf</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[With the current economic situation, businesses are being forced to do more with less, and many mail]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>With the current economic situation, businesses are being forced to do more with less, and many mailers in the industry are looking for new opportunities to save. One option mailers are considering to improve efficiency and increase savings is to combine mailings through <strong>copalletizing and comailing</strong>. </p>
<p>Copalletization allows mailers to combine separate bundles on pallets – for example, combining multi-titled magazine packages from individual presorts on pallets with common destinations. Combining multiple Periodical titles that would otherwise be prepared in sacks makes it easier to reach palletization and drop ship volumes, and save 1-3% more on origin postage. </p>
<p>This is not to be confused with comailing, the combining and presorting of two or more titles into a single inducted job. This process allows mailers to eliminate sacks (expensive for mailers to produce and for the Postal Service™ to process) and reduce costs through more efficient processing. Mail that in the past may have been sacked is moved onto pallets and drop-shipped deeper into the mailstream for lower per-piece rates. This leads to more consistent and timely delivery – and as a bonus, mailpieces arrive in better condition thanks to less USPS<sup>®</sup> handling. </p>
<p>Currently, comailing for Standard Mail<sup>®</sup> and Periodicals allows mailers to achieve the finest presort level possible for jobs in those classes, while reducing their Outside-County postage. A Mixed Class comail option is also in the pilot phase: This would increase presort discounts by moving pieces to more finely presorted bundles, decrease the use of sacks, and lead to less bundle breakage and improved drop-ship discounts.</p>
<p>If you’re considering adding comailing to your workflow, first examine the makeup of your mailings to see whether the process will work for you. Also, be sure to determine whether your equipment would support comailing; then consider the addressing restrictions, trim size limitations and your in-home delivery dates. (If your operation mails several non-static pieces – as news publications with several last-minute changes, for instance – comailing may not be right for you.)</p>
<p>As the industry moves more toward combining mailings, mailers should evaluate the opportunity to see if it can work for them. For more information on comailing, DMM sections <a href="http://pe.usps.com/text/dmm300/340_cover.htm#wp999734">340</a> and <a href="http://pe.usps.com/text/dmm300/707.htm">707</a> outline the standards for Standard Mail and Periodical comailing, respectively. BCC Vice President of Software Engineering Bob Schimek will be giving more details about comailing in this blog soon.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Star Wars: The Force Unleashed - Um viva ao Yoda com sabre-de-luz]]></title>
<link>http://aosugo.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/star-wars-the-force-unleashed-um-viva-ao-yoda-com-sabre-de-luz/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:36:38 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Marcus Vinicius</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Recentemente, obtive, joguei e terminei um dos jogos da franquia Star Wars mais esperados dos último]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">Recentemente, obtive, joguei e terminei um dos jogos da franquia <em>Star Wars</em> mais esperados dos últimos anos. Produzido, como de costume, pela <em>LucasArts</em> (pertencente ao grupo da <em>Lucasfilms</em> e, por extensão final, ao Papai Papudo George Lucas) e lançado em setembro de 2008, <strong><em>The Force Unleashed</em></strong> causou um certo furor por alguns certos motivos. O game chegou para o PC com seu conteúdo expandido, intitulado <em>Star Wars: The Force Unleashed: Ultimate Sith Edition</em> apenas em novembro de 2009.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Parte do <em>frisson</em> supramencionado vem do dito revolucionário <em>engine</em> do jogo. Aliado ao <em>Havok</em>, que relaciona peso e integridade dos objetos, tem-se o sistema <em>Euphoria</em>, responsável pela reação dos personagens não-jogadores ao serem arremessados, eletrocutados ou o que seja, e também o sistema <em>DMM </em>(sigla para <em>Digital Molecular Matter</em>), que simula o material do qual são feitos os objetos e como reagem a ações contra eles. Por exemplo, um vidro estilhaça como um vidro, e um metal amassa como metal, com a aplicação da mesma força sobre eles. Desenvolvido pela empresa <em>Pixelux</em>, o sistema DMM já está sendo adotado por uma infinidade de jogos eletrônicos.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Com essa <em>engine</em> curiosa e inovadora, o mote do jogo entra no cenário: teoricamente, seria “a Força como nunca se viu antes” ou coisa do gênero; correlativo, evidentemente, ao próprio nome, <em>The Force Unleashed</em>, “A Força Livre” ou, mais literalmente, “Livre de Grilhões”. Só isso já atraiu os olhos sedentos de uma legião de gamers ao redor do globo, que queriam ver a “Força com força total”, com cenários e personagens reagindo à dita cuja. Enfim, para atrair os fãs de <em>Star Wars</em> houve o toque final: o enredo do jogo é canônico de acordo com George Lucas, e vale para a história da Saga.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">O jogo tem como aspecto principal uma aventura em terceira pessoa, situada entre os episódios III (A Vingança dos Sith – o final da nova trilogia) e IV (Uma Nova Esperança – o começo da trilogia clássica). Você assume o controle de <em>Starkiller</em>, o aprendiz secreto de Darth Vader e assassino/espião sith do Império. Após uma missão de caça a um Jedi em Kashyyyk, Lorde Vader encontra um Starkiller ainda pequeno – filho do Jedi que acabou de eliminar – mas sente a Força poderosa nele, e o toma sob sua tutela. Crescido e treinado para usar o Lado Negro, Starkiller torna-se parte de uma conspiração que envolverá o Imperador em pessoa e a formação concreta da Aliança Rebelde.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Tecnicamente, o game marca presença por exuberância gráfica. A recriação de personagens e os cenários que acabam mesclando estéticas de ambas trilogias cinematográficas são de deixar boquiaberto qualquer bom apreciador da arte de se fazer jogos, e com certeza contribuem para o <em>feeling</em> de Star Wars que todo bom jogo da franquia deveria ter. O personagem principal muda de roupa a cada missão, e todas elas tem uma aparência interessante, que também mistura aspectos novos e velhos. A ambientação e imersão são auxiliadas por efeitos sonoros excelentes e uma trilha sonora incrível, que sempre remete aos temas clássicos que todos conhecem.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1082" title="the_force_unleashed_press_01" src="http://aosugo.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/the_force_unleashed_press_01.jpg" alt="the_force_unleashed_press_01" width="497" height="279" /></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">O uso dos poderes da Força, para um videogame, é bastante fascinante. E graças aos <em>engines</em> utilizados na programação, eles sozinhos já proporcionam um espetáculo visual. Contudo, o jogo peca com uma dificuldade irregular e com uma câmera que muitas vezes atrapalha a movimentação e jogabilidade, principalmente nas batalhas contra os chefes de fases. Durante o desenvolvimento da história existem alguns quebra-cabeças bastante fáceis de resolver, contudo, mesmo indo não muito além do “matar, pilhar e destruir”, ainda mais com uma razoável gama de poderes, o jogo é divertido e pode garantir algumas horas de distração.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Todavia, o problema entra nos termos do enredo (prepare-se, eu não vou controlar a exposição de <em>spoilers</em>). A história do game em si não é ruim – apesar de poder ter sido bem melhor – mas ela infere no cerne da trilogia clássica de Star Wars e acaba alterando, em muitas vezes para pior, alguns conceitos que tínhamos como certos. E, mesmo sendo Universo Expandido, o fato de ser legitimado pelo próprio George Lucas nos obriga, em tese, a rever uma porção de coisas a respeito da amada saga. Coisas que, muitas vezes, é melhor que se deixem intocadas. E os probleminhas de desenvolvimento vão todos remeter a isso: ao fato da história agora ser canônica e que algumas coisas não devem ser alteradas.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Para começo de conversa, o personagem principal, Starkiller, é excessivamente poderoso. Mesmo. Seu domínio da Força é tão grande e absoluto que ele mescla combos de sabre-de-luz com telecinésia e consegue “carregar” a lâmina luminosa com a “eletricidade da Força”. Ele também é capaz de destruir cenários inteiros com um simples empurrão em todas as direções, amassar AT-STs como se fossem isopor, arremessar Tie Fighters como bolinhas de tênis e até mesmo derrubar um Imperial Star Destroyer usando apenas a Força. Mesmo outros jogos da franquia Star Wars, como <em>Jedi Knight</em>, <em>Jedi Outcast</em> e <em>Jedi Academy</em>, que tinham claras demonstrações do uso da Força, não foram tão exagerados.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Evidentemente, como eu disse ali em cima, em um jogo isso funciona. Bem demais, até. Essa sensação de poder dificilmente ficaria chata enquanto jogamos. Mas o problema começa ao colidir com a Força como nós a víamos antes. Em momento algum vemos qualquer personagem fazer algo minimamente parecido com as façanhas de Starkiller. Nem representantes que sabemos ter um conhecimento e domínio da Força ridiculamente alto; superior ao de Starkiller, inclusive, como Yoda, e ainda que o Lado Negro seja mais&#8230; “purpurinado”, nunca vimos o Imperador Palpatine atuar de tal forma, também.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Isso atrapalha na própria conceituação da Força. Ela deixa de ser algo místico e misterioso, que remete ao entendimento da vida e da morte e de algo intangível, uma filosofia e uma fé, e torna-se uma demonstração inconseqüente de superpoderes. Levamo-nos a questionar como é possível que os Jedi tenham sido exterminados por meros clones, quando na realidade são supersoldados capazes de feitos absolutamente sobre-humanos. É um exemplo da supremacia do Yoda piruletante com um sabre-de-luz à mão a um Yoda calmo, reflexivo e sábio. Culpa, em parte, de George Lucas e seus malditos <em>midichlorians</em>.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Ainda, o enredo do jogo introduz novas idéias à história que foram feitas de maneira descuidada. Ele credita a criação da Aliança Rebelde como uma manipulação do Império para tentar abater todos os seus inimigos de uma só vez. Apesar do conceito em si não ser de todo mal, a sua execução poderia ter sido melhor. A reunião de todos os futuros líderes da Aliança fica em cargo de um já conflituoso Starkiller, que numa rara interessante reviravolta do enredo e numa reversão ao lugar-comum, está “caindo para o Lado da Luz”.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1083" title="Allyourfriendsandallmyfriendsinthealleytonight" src="http://aosugo.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/allyourfriendsandallmyfriendsinthealleytonight.png" alt="Allyourfriendsandallmyfriendsinthealleytonight" width="497" height="302" /></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Enganado por Vader e pelo Imperador, que capturam a futura liderança da Aliança – nomes como Mon Mothma, Bail Organa e a princesa Léia fulguram entre os coadjuvantes – o vingativo Starkiller persegue seus antigos mestres até a quase completa e em fase de testes Estrela da Morte (numa missão decepcionante, devo acrescentar). É ali que se tem o desafio final: salvar seus novos amiguinhos. Você confronta Vader e, após uma longa batalha, derruba – usando a Força, claro – uma infinidade de artefatos mecânicos da Estrela da Morte sobre o Lorde Sith.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Neste ponto, você pode escolher entre o final <em>core</em>, canônico e bonitinho ou o final <em>motherfucker</em> e alternativo. No final alternativo, você segue o confronto com Vader e o destrói. No CG que se segue, o Imperador o parabeniza e ordena que execute o Mestre Kota, um Jedi sobrevivente à Ordem 66 e que faz parte, segundo o jogo, da futura liderança da Aliança. Ao invés disso, Starkiller tenta atacar o Imperador, apenas para ser rechaçado e ter seu corpo quase inteiramente destruído. O CG segue com Starkiller sendo reerguido como uma espécie de “Vader 2.0 Diplomata Turbo”, e com o Imperador dizendo que agora você está sob seu comando, e quando o momento chegar, você será substituído. É com este Starkiller que você executa duas das missões adicionais que a <em>Ultimate Sith Edition</em> traz: Tatooine e Hoth (que são bem legais, até).</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">No final canônico você precisa enfrentar o Imperador em pessoa, e após uma batalha decepcionante (chefes de missões anteriores eram muito mais desafiadores), segue o CG do sacrifício de Starkiller para salvar Mon Mothma, Bail Organa e afins. Reclusos, eles decidem “continuar o que Starkiller começou” [!!!!], leia-se a Aliança Rebelde, e adotam como estandarte o símbolo heráldico da família do falecido.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Mesmo o enredo não sendo tão ruim assim – é até bacana creditar a formação da Aliança a um Jedi – acrescentar estas coisas na história acabam sendo um tiro no pé. Faria sentido Starkiller ser um personagem que ninguém conhecesse se ele continuasse como assassino sith e aprendiz secreto de Vader e morresse assassino sith e aprendiz secreto de Vader.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Contudo, a partir do momento em que ele exerce um papel tão fundamental na formação da Aliança Rebelde – ao ponto do símbolo de sua família ser o estandarte da coligação – entra o questionamento: por que nunca ninguém ouviu falar nesse cara? Temos aí um Jedi, um cara que cacetou o Vader, que tinha um domínio ridiculamente incomum sobre a Força e que foi o responsável pela formação da facção que derrubou o Império e restaurou a República Galática. Ele seria um grande herói para a Nova República e mereceria, no mínimo, uma nota de rodapé pelos seus feitos. Ele é o primeiro mártir da Aliança. E então, cadê ele?</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">No final das contas, <em>The Force Unleashed</em> é o domínio do estilo sobre o conteúdo, da demonstração da tecnologia sobre o enredo e sobre a falta de cuidado do Universo Expandido, e do próprio George Lucas, em acrescentar novas idéias à história dos filmes que começaram tudo em primeiro lugar. Um problema que ocorre muito mais freqüentemente após a nova trilogia – Episódios I, II e III – que demonstraram pouco cuidado do próprio criador da franquia em enriquecer a história. Como jogo, realmente, funciona, entretanto, exemplos como <em>Dark Forces</em>, jogo lançado em 1995, mostram claramente que é possível combinar boa jogabilidade com um enredo bem encaixado e interessante, sem destituir Star Wars de conceitos que a transformaram numa das mais bem-sucedidas franquias multimídia de todos os tempos.</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">Imagem de Cabeçalho: Lorde Vader, por Eric Poulton</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Bullock &amp; Houseman First Ascent of Coveted Line on Chang Himal]]></title>
<link>http://chamonixinsider.com/2009/11/12/bullock-houseman-first-ascent-of-coveted-line-on-chang-himal/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:15:37 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>treycook</dc:creator>
<guid>http://chamonixinsider.com/2009/11/12/bullock-houseman-first-ascent-of-coveted-line-on-chang-himal/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Chang Himal, North Face, Central Spur. ED+ 1800m Man, I can&#8217;t even tell you how much sleep I]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The climbing dictionary ]]></title>
<link>http://thecakecarouselclimbersclub.wordpress.com/2009/10/12/the-climbing-dictionary/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 23:59:32 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>rockjedi</dc:creator>
<guid>http://thecakecarouselclimbersclub.wordpress.com/2009/10/12/the-climbing-dictionary/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The Climbing dictionary is now up and running, I will aim to update this  as often as I can. I think]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[DMM Bug Review &amp; Free Give-Away!]]></title>
<link>http://climberjames.wordpress.com/2009/09/04/dmm-bug-review-free-give-away/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 10:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>climberjames</dc:creator>
<guid>http://climberjames.wordpress.com/2009/09/04/dmm-bug-review-free-give-away/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I have used the DMM Bug belay/rappel device for about 5 months now and I have been really pleased wi]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><span style="font-size:130%;">I have used the <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&#38;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.co.uk%2Freview%2FB000URJ9QE%3Fie%3DUTF8%26ref%255F%3Ddp%255Fdb%255Fcm%255Fcr%255Facr%255Ftxt%26showViewpoints%3D1&#38;tag=roccliblog-21&#38;linkCode=ur2&#38;camp=1634&#38;creative=19450">DMM Bug</a><img src="https://www.assoc-amazon.co.uk/e/ir?t=roccliblog-21&#38;l=ur2&#38;o=2" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" /> belay/rappel device for about 5 months now and I have been really pleased with it, with its simple design and competitive price I though it would suffice until I could afford a more expensive model, however not only has it lasted but I wont be switching for some time! The device is lightweight (55g) and simple to use yet strong, ideal for outdoor single pitch or indoor climbing with either single or double ropes. For more info on The Bug <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&#38;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.co.uk%2Freview%2FB000URJ9QE%3Fie%3DUTF8%26ref%255F%3Ddp%255Fdb%255Fcm%255Fcr%255Facr%255Ftxt%26showViewpoints%3D1&#38;tag=roccliblog-21&#38;linkCode=ur2&#38;camp=1634&#38;creative=19450">click here.</a><img src="https://www.assoc-amazon.co.uk/e/ir?t=roccliblog-21&#38;l=ur2&#38;o=2" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" /></p>
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<title><![CDATA[DMM Revolver Carabiner Review]]></title>
<link>http://climberjames.wordpress.com/2009/08/29/dmm-revolver-carabiner-review/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2009 18:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>climberjames</dc:creator>
<guid>http://climberjames.wordpress.com/2009/08/29/dmm-revolver-carabiner-review/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[      I first read about the DMM Revolver Carabiner in Climber Magazine, DMM of Wales really have ou]]></description>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;">I first read about the </span><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001B0UCB0?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=roccliblog-21&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1634&#38;creative=6738&#38;creativeASIN=B001B0UCB0"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span>DMM Revolver Carabiner</span></span></a></span></span><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:small;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-size:small;">in Climber Magazine, </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.dmmclimbing.com/"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span><span style="font-size:small;">DMM of Wales </span></span></span></a></span><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:130%;">really have outdone themselves with this revolutionary piece of kit! The system just makes so much sense!!</span></span><span style="font-family:Tahoma;">There is a small pulley on the load bearing edge of the ‘biner, this inevitably reduces rope drag significantly and therefore stress along the whole climbing system. Even considering the size and added pulley the wire gate version weighs just 63g so you don’t sacrifice weight, or even safety, the device manages to support 24kn, this is down to the expert DMM method of ‘hot forging’.</span><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Tahoma;">I love this piece of kit it really does make a difference; I managed to pick mine up dead cheap from <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001B0UCB0?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=roccliblog-21&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1634&#38;creative=6738&#38;creativeASIN=B001B0UCB0"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span>here</span></span></a></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> with free postage, well worth twenty quid!<br />
</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Tahoma;"><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001B0UCB0?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=roccliblog-21&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1634&#38;creative=6738&#38;creativeASIN=B001B0UCB0"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span>Click here to buy with Amazon UK</span></span></a></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span></p>
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<link>http://danielpeh.wordpress.com/2009/08/24/a-new-life-a-week-from-now/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:25:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dan P.</dc:creator>
<guid>http://danielpeh.wordpress.com/2009/08/24/a-new-life-a-week-from-now/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Come 31st August 2009, my Diploma course in Marketing and Sales Management will commence its classes]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:justify;">Come 31st August 2009, my Diploma course in <a title="Diploma in Marketing and Sales Management" href="http://www.psb-academy.edu.sg/academic-programme/detail/70/530/PSB-Diploma-in-Marketing-and-Sales-Management" target="_blank">Marketing and Sales Management</a> will commence its classes every Monday and Thursday in the evening for 3 hours at <a href="http://www.psb-academy.edu.sg" target="_blank">PSB Academy</a>. It&#8217;s gonna be added stress for me, added work, added pressure, added responsibilities, and not forgetting lesser time for bowling.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">The whole course will last for 18 months, packed with assignments, projects, and the ever dreadful examinations! Hahahahaa&#8230; I couldn&#8217;t say I&#8217;m mentally prepared, or physically prepared. But I will definitely do my best to at least complete and pass the whole course, and surely, getting good results will be a bonus! =)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">This coming Thursday, I will be attending the course orientation at the same campus, and hopefully, I will be able to make some friends from the class. =) Good luck to me!!! Heh!</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Oh, and on a side note, today&#8217;s Stanley&#8217;s birthday! Yeah! Happy Birthday dude! I hope you enjoyed the day, be it with your family or friends, and here wishing you many happy returns! Woooott!!! =)</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Investing in Home Price Recovery]]></title>
<link>http://tradebuz.wordpress.com/2009/08/17/investing-in-home-price-recovery/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 03:04:37 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Kos</dc:creator>
<guid>http://tradebuz.wordpress.com/2009/08/17/investing-in-home-price-recovery/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[According to the latest from the National Association of Realtors, if you lived in Cape Coral, Flori]]></description>
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<p>According to the latest from the <a href="http://www.realtor.org/wps/wcm/connect/ac1839804f2b36bcb833ff4e813808c1/REL09Q2T.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&#38;CACHEID=ac1839804f2b36bcb833ff4e813808c1">National Association of Realtors, </a>if you lived in Cape Coral, Florida in 2006, there&#8217;s a chance your home was one of those &#8220;average&#8221; dwellings; worth in excess of $268,000 at the time.  That number still blew my mind researching for this blog, however, that&#8217;s what real estate was valued at the time.  That same home now?   I hope you&#8217;re sitting down.  Down to $84,000 and not levelled out yet; but close.  Of course this differs if it was a Condo or multi family but for the average home in that location, wow.</p>
<p>Still, <span style="color:#008000;">green shoots </span><em>have</em> been increasing.  Take, for example, a home in Buffalo, NY in &#8216;06 worth $97,900 is now worth $115,400.  And yet another in Dallas-Ft. Worth, $149,500 in &#8216;06 was down to $138,000 by the end of &#8216;08 and now up once again to $150,700.  Yes, green shoots.</p>
<p>Without making this entry five pages long, I simply wanted to point out that not all is despair and nationwide foreclosure and mention two new ETFs which began trading the end of June which are based on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Case-Shiller_index">Case-Shiller Home Price Index</a>.  <strong>UMM</strong> and <strong>DMM</strong> (Macroshares Major Metro Housing Shares) are 3x leveraged ETFs which will move according to changes in the index; or in other words based on home prices increasing or decreasing over an average of 10 major metropolitan cities. </p>
<p>Find out more about the Case-Shiller Index above and the ETFs themselves with your broker but I urge you to take note that they are <strong><em>leveraged </em></strong>ETFs and <strong>3x</strong> to boot.  Definitely not the type of investment vehicle you buy and put in a drawer for a long/hold; but if you&#8217;re a trader or investor that can interpret a chart and be nimble trading in/out of a security, these may be right up your alley as housing values, hopefully, continue their recovery.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[¡Llega el porno a la PS3!]]></title>
<link>http://nancyyao.wordpress.com/2009/08/17/%c2%a1llega-el-porno-a-la-ps3/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 23:31:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Nancy Yao</dc:creator>
<guid>http://nancyyao.wordpress.com/2009/08/17/%c2%a1llega-el-porno-a-la-ps3/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Hoy he leído una noticia que me ha impactado muchísimo, nuestra querida PS3 sirve para ver porno en ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Hoy he leído una noticia que me ha impactado muchísimo, nuestra querida PS3 sirve para ver porno en HD, eso sí, hay que pagar. La compañia <a href="http://www.dmm.co.jp/tv/bluray/-/list/=/sort=date/floor=videoa/" target="_blank">DMM</a> se encarga de proporcionar este servicio. Y está haciendo una campaña de marketing muy efectiva, para captar suscriptores está regalando el blu-ray para instalar la aplicación.</p>
<p>Tengo mucha curiosidad por saber si funcionará bien este servicio ya que me parece más interesante descargarse un buen juego en la store que una película porno en HD cuando esas experiencias ya se consiguen en la vida real.</p>
<div id="attachment_454" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://www.dmm.co.jp/tv/bluray/"><img class="size-medium wp-image-454" title="DMM.TV www.nancyyao.com" src="http://nancyyao.wordpress.com/files/2009/08/dmm.jpg?w=300" alt="DMM.TV www.nancyyao.com" width="300" height="45" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Página oficial de DMM</p></div>
<p style="text-align:center;">Ya sabes, si vives en japón y te parece una idea genial, ¡No dudes en pedir un disco! ^_^</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Alaska: Two Brits, Two Weeks, Two New Routes]]></title>
<link>http://chamonixinsider.com/2009/08/10/ak-two-brits-two-weeks-two-new-routes/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 10:40:39 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>treycook</dc:creator>
<guid>http://chamonixinsider.com/2009/08/10/ak-two-brits-two-weeks-two-new-routes/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Jon Bracey leading the crux pitch of Meltdown (1,300m, ED3 V M6 R). photo: Helliker OK, so I&#8217;m]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Brokeback Pedal Shootout I - Analogue Delay]]></title>
<link>http://thehindsight.wordpress.com/2009/08/03/brokeback-pedal-shootout-i-analogue-delay/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 18:05:15 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>thehindsight</dc:creator>
<guid>http://thehindsight.wordpress.com/2009/08/03/brokeback-pedal-shootout-i-analogue-delay/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- assman: &#8220;so any interesting plans for the weekend?&#8221; me: &#8220;no]]></description>
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<p><em><strong>assman</strong>:  &#8220;so any interesting plans for the weekend?&#8221;</em></p>
<p><em><strong>me</strong>:  &#8220;nothing </em>particularly<em> interesting.  i have this meetup with a friend from uni days, that&#8217;s about it.&#8221;</em></p>
<p>[long pause]</p>
<p><em><strong>me</strong>:  &#8220;owh!!! </em>[excited]  <em>me and a few guys from this online guitar forum are going to have some sort of a &#8216;pedal party&#8217; on Friday night.  we&#8217;re going to bring our own delay pedals and meet up &#8211; have a kind of a &#8216;delay pedal shootout&#8217;!  i&#8217;m looking forward to that!!&#8221;</em></p>
<p><em><strong>assman</strong>:  &#8220;owh, you mean one of those online forums?  like one of those Battlestar Galactica-ish, nerdy online bulletin board things?  but instead of spaceships, you guys discuss guitars?&#8221;</em></p>
<p><em><strong>me</strong>:  &#8220;err&#8230; yeah, well.  i suppose&#8230;?&#8221;</em></p>
<p><em><strong>assman</strong>:  &#8220;hmmm&#8230;  well, have fun at that </em><span style="color:#ff6600;"><strong>Tupperware</strong></span><em> party of yours, mate.  i&#8217;m going home to my wife.&#8221;</em><br />
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<p>don&#8217;t even ask me where we got the name for this particular shootout series from.  it was a case of one joke gone too far, and that was that.  the idea behind this concerted effort stemmed from the fact that &#8216;buying&#8217;, &#8216;trying&#8217;, &#8216;disliking&#8217;, &#8216;re-selling&#8217;, and &#8216;buying something else&#8217; is a long, painful and expensive process when you&#8217;re out to hunt for the perfect gear.  so a dude that goes by the name of <strong>moderneagle</strong> on one of the local guitar forums i frequent said, &#8216;hey, i&#8217;ve got an extensive pedal collection and i bet some of you do too.  so why don&#8217;t we pool our resources together and hold a shootout for the benefit of others who want to know?&#8217;  and with that, born was the mocked <span style="color:#ff6600;"><strong>Tupperware</strong></span> party in all its glory.</p>
<p>we decided on the monumental task of comparing (get this) analogue delays for our first assignment.  of course we could&#8217;ve gone with the easier option of testing overdrive/distortion pedals, but where&#8217;s the fun in that, eh?  the pedals tested were as follows:-</p>
<p>1. BOSS DM-2<br />
2. BOSS DM-3<br />
3. Analogman AR20DL<br />
4. Maxon AD9 Pro<br />
5. Maxon AD900 (dual MN3005 chip version)<br />
6. MXR Carbon Copy<br />
7. Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Memory Man (with Analogman mods)</p>
<p>EPIC FAIL #1:  no one had a video camera so more often than not, all 9 of us would be huddled in a circle in front of the amp, each with his own strong opinion on which pedal should be heralded as King of the Analogue Delays.  arguments sometimes got heated, albeit sweetened with the odd lame joke being thrown in to keep everyone&#8217;s cool.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-562" title="The Brokeboard, a Fender Twin Reverb RI &#38; a bucketload of pedals!" src="http://thehindsight.wordpress.com/files/2009/08/dsc_1893_copycustom.jpg" alt="The Brokeboard, a Fender Twin Reverb RI &#38; a bucketload of pedals!" width="428" height="684" /></p>
<p>the whole setup was a bit chaotic at first.  we didn&#8217;t have a set of parameters to test for.  we had no clue what we were doing.  the above is a shot of the Brokeboard, where we argued on technical aspects of delay characteristics such as signal decay and BBD chip noise.  <strong>ultraman_cosmo</strong> even showed me an alternative way of wiring a 3PDT switch to minimize popping.  after about 20 mins of this, we decided on a set of test parameters and went about with it.</p>
<p>i won&#8217;t go into the details of the outcome of each test.  but suffice to say that you can do a whole lot worse than the MXR Carbon Copy, considering it delivers righteous analogue delay tones at a price, size and availability that&#8217;ll put a smile on anyone&#8217;s face.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-564" title="King of Analogue Delays!" src="http://thehindsight.wordpress.com/files/2009/08/dsc_1887copylarge.jpg" alt="King of Analogue Delays!" width="497" height="332" /></p>
<p>what i realised that night was this, though &#8211; it doesn&#8217;t matter who you are, what race, religion or colour.  it doesn&#8217;t even matter if you&#8217;re rich or poor.  each one of us who came that night didn&#8217;t share anything else in common, except for our love for great guitar gear.  heck, we didn&#8217;t even share the same taste in music (trust me, it&#8217;s hard to convince someone who plays a Les Paul that Strats are better).  but when we started talking about gear, it was as if everyone automatically assumed their designated role in an ensemble band.  and everyone was playing their role.  in tune, on time.</p>
<p>i&#8217;m blessed to have friends who write and play music, and i&#8217;m equally blessed to have friends who, even though i doubt knew my real name (other than calling me <strong>murg</strong>) for the better half of the night, were kind enough to let me be part of this circle of trust.  so this one&#8217;s for you, mateys!  may we have more Brokeback Pedal Shootouts in the days to come.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-567" title="Brokeback Ensemble I" src="http://thehindsight.wordpress.com/files/2009/08/brokeback-ensemble.jpg" alt="Brokeback Ensemble I" width="497" height="332" /></p>
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<title><![CDATA[OUTDOOR Show]]></title>
<link>http://mountcoach.com/2009/08/03/outdoor-show/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 10:50:34 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Sam Van Brempt</dc:creator>
<guid>http://mountcoach.com/2009/08/03/outdoor-show/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Hoewel mijn budget voor nieuw materiaal beperkt is. Toch altijd leuk om uit te kijken naar de nieuwe]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Hoewel mijn budget voor nieuw materiaal beperkt is. Toch altijd leuk om uit te kijken naar de nieuwe producten.<br />
Laatst was er in Duitsland de <a href="http://www.outdoor-show.de/">OUTDOOR</a> beurs. Veel nieuw en vooral licht materiaal te bewonderen.<br />
<a href="http://www.ukclimbing.com/articles/page.php?id=1994">Hier</a> en <a href="http://www.ukclimbing.com/articles/page.php?id=1987">Hier</a> een klein verslag over enkele nieuwigheden.<br />
De nieuwe Rebel Cams van DMM lijken me interessant. Het patent van <a href="http://www.blackdiamondequipment.com/en-us/shop/climb/protection/camalottm">Black Diamond&#8217;s Camalots</a> is vervallen, dus misschien dat er nog meerdere merken volgen.</p>
<div class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 410px"><img class=" " title="DMMRebelCams" src="http://cdn.ukclimbing.com/i/120269.jpg" alt="De DMM Rebel Cams" width="400" height="197" /><p class="wp-caption-text">De DMM Rebel Cams met dubbele as</p></div>
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<title><![CDATA[Digital Music Mentor]]></title>
<link>http://franniko.wordpress.com/2009/08/03/digital-music-mentor/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 20:22:46 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Angga Franniko</dc:creator>
<guid>http://franniko.wordpress.com/2009/08/03/digital-music-mentor/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Bagi para musisi, mencari chord (kunci) gitar sebuah lagu sangatlah mudah, tinggal dengerin itu lagu]]></description>
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<link>http://chamonixinsider.com/2009/07/18/outdoor-with-the-insider/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 12:44:21 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>treycook</dc:creator>
<guid>http://chamonixinsider.com/2009/07/18/outdoor-with-the-insider/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s rare that The Insider ventures beyond the protective bubble of Chamonix but the lure of n]]></description>
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<link>http://tkollur.wordpress.com/2009/07/17/umm-and-dmm/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 04:14:19 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>tkollur</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[There are two new ETF sthat track the housing market of the major metros in the United States. The M]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="font-size:1em;display:block;color:#181818;line-height:1.4em;margin:0 0 1.25em;padding:0;">There are two new ETF sthat track the housing market of the major metros in the United States. The MacroShares Major Metro Housing Down Trust (NYSEArca: <a style="color:#044d89;text-decoration:none;" href="http://finance.yahoo.com/q;_ylt=AniHG_.gHuXD8ZdnhApKFbboba9_?s=dmm.to&#38;d=t">DMM</a>) moves 3x inversely with average pricing of the Single Family homes and MacroShares Major Metro Housing Up Trust (NYSEArca: <a style="color:#044d89;text-decoration:none;" href="http://finance.yahoo.com/q;_ylt=At1aLEq1mBLxMtrRKuZ03troba9_?s=umm&#38;d=t">UMM</a>) moves 3x in tandem with same prices.</p>
<p style="font-size:1em;display:block;color:#181818;line-height:1.4em;margin:0 0 1.25em;padding:0;">This is a great way to invest in the housing market, hedge or double up.</p>
<p style="font-size:1em;display:block;color:#181818;line-height:1.4em;margin:0 0 1.25em;padding:0;">Here is how they work :</p>
<p style="font-size:1em;display:block;color:#181818;line-height:1.4em;margin:0 0 1.25em;padding:0;"> When MacroShares Major Metro Housing Up are created, an equal number of MacroShares Major Metro Housing Down are also created.  UMM funds are invested in the &#8216;Major Metro Housing Up Trust.&#8217;  DMM investor funds are invested in a separate &#8216;Major Metro Housing Down Trust&#8217;.</p>
<p style="font-size:1em;display:block;color:#181818;line-height:1.4em;margin:0 0 1.25em;padding:0;">Both trusts enter into a settlement contract to pledge assets to one another over time, using a predetermined formula. The trusts feature a 3x leverage factor, such that the underlying value of each is intended to track three times the cumulative percentage change, upward or downward, in U.S. single family home prices, as measured by the S&#38;P/Case-Shiller Composite-10 Home Price Index.</p>
<p style="font-size:1em;display:block;color:#181818;line-height:1.4em;margin:0 0 1.25em;padding:0;">The products were developed by Karl Case and Robert Shiller. According to MacroShares, the trusts &#8216;provide investors with access to the housing asset class, allowing for leveraged investment in either the upward or downward movement of home prices with no issuer or counterparty credit risk.&#8217;</p>
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<link>http://jalemaliwat.wordpress.com/2009/07/01/dmm-dkm-al-ghifari/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:53:13 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>gunxs</dc:creator>
<guid>http://jalemaliwat.wordpress.com/2009/07/01/dmm-dkm-al-ghifari/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[27 Juni 2009, @ kampus SMAN 4 Bandung DAURAH MUSLIM MUDA SENENG, tapi SEDIH. Kenapa SEDIH? Karena ya]]></description>
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<p>DAURAH MUSLIM MUDA</p>
<p>SENENG, tapi SEDIH.</p>
<p>Kenapa SEDIH?</p>
<p>Karena yang ikut di bawah target. Ikhwan cuma 3 orang, akhwat? Nggak tahu. Yang jelas lebih banyak daripada Ikhwan.</p>
<p>Acara juga mulainya NGARET.</p>
<p>Terus kang Wimba nggak bisa dateng pagi. Akhirnya, saya yang ngisi materi pertama(meskipun materinya nggak nyambung).</p>
<p>Tapi SENENG dan BANGGA banget..</p>
<p>SEMANGAT mereka keliatan TINGGI banget..</p>
<p>Rasa kecewa panitia pun mulai terobati.</p>
<p>Puncaknya, pas di akhir acara.</p>
<p>Pas peserta dikasih masukan ma Gin Gin.</p>
<p>Teriakan takbir mereka menggema di SMA 4. Bahkan di Gardujati.</p>
<p>Teriakan takbir penuh SEMANGAT.</p>
<p>Teriakan yang menyatukan hati-hati yang terpisah.</p>
<p>Teriakan takbir yang mencerminkan HARAPAN dan KEYAKINAN.</p>
<p>Allahu Akbar!! Allahu Akbar!! Allahu Akbar!!</p>
<p>Adik-adikku…</p>
<p>Kalianlah GENERASI PILIHAN itu.</p>
<p>Kalianlah <em>agent of change.</em></p>
<p>Dengan semangat yang kalian miliki, kami yakin, kalian JAUH LEBIH BAIK dari angkatan-angkatan sebelum kalian.</p>
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<link>http://mailingserviceswithmelissa.wordpress.com/2009/05/28/mailing-regulations-update/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 14:51:28 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>postcardmania</dc:creator>
<guid>http://mailingserviceswithmelissa.wordpress.com/2009/05/28/mailing-regulations-update/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[This is from an e-mail from the USPS and I thought it could help clarify some of the post office reg]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>This is from an e-mail from the USPS and I thought it could help clarify some of the post office regulations and plans:</p>
<p>&#8220;<b>DMM Advisory</b></p>
<p>Pricing and Classification — keeping you informed about the prices and mailing standards of the United States Postal Service</p>
<p>New Letter-Size Booklet Standards and Folded Self-Mailer Recommendations</p>
<p>Our new standards for letter-size booklets and folded self-mailers will include only recommendations for folded self-mailers, rather than requirements. We will continue to work with the mailing industry to test folded self-mailer designs and further explore mailing options before finalizing these standards. </p>
<p>The required standards will detail our changes for booklets mailed at automation and machinable letter prices. We’ll use the DMM Advisory to let you know when the requirements for letter-size booklets and recommendations for folded self-mailers are available on Postal Explorer. </p>
<p>The Domestic Mail Manual (DMM) is available on Postal Explorer (<a href="http://pe.usps.com/">pe.usps.com</a>). To subscribe to the DMM Advisory, send an e-mail to <a href="mailto:dmmadvisory@usps.com">dmmadvisory@usps.com</a>. Simply indicate &#8220;subscribe&#8221; in the subject.&#8221; </p>
<p>Hope this helps!</p>
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