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Wednesday, January 25, 2012
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012
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Monday, January 23, 2012
Jury selection to continue in Stanford fraud trial (AP)
HOUSTON ? Jury selection has ended for the day in the oft-delayed trial of jailed Texas financier R. Allen Stanford, who is accused of bilking investors out of $7 billion in a vast Ponzi scheme.
A federal judge spent Monday questioning 80 potential jurors.
The judge said more time was needed and jury selection would resume Tuesday.
Opening statements are expected to start Tuesday afternoon.
Stanford's attorneys have said they expect him to testify.
Stanford was indicted more than 2 1/2 years ago, but his trial was delayed while he was treated at a prison hospital for an addiction to an anti-anxiety drug.
Prosecutors say Stanford funded a lavish lifestyle with the money of investors. His financial empire stretched from the U.S. to Latin America and the Caribbean.
He denies wrongdoing.
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'Extinct' monkey rediscovered in Borneo by new expedition
Friday, January 20, 2012
An international team of scientists has found one of the rarest and least known primates in Borneo, Miller's Grizzled Langur, a species which was believed to be extinct or on the verge of extinction. The team's findings, published in the American Journal of Primatology, confirms the continued existence of this endangered monkey and reveals that it lives in an area where it was previously not known to exist.
Miller's Grizzled Langur (Presbytis hosei canicrus) is part of the small primate genus Presbytis, found across Borneo, Sumatra, Java and the Thai-Malay Peninsula. In Borneo, P.h. canicrus is only found in a small corner of the county's north east and its habitat has suffered from fires, human encroachment and conversion of land for agriculture and mining.
The team's expedition took to them to Wehea Forest in East Kalimantan, Borneo, a large 38,000 ha area of mostly undisturbed rainforest. Wehea contains at least nine known species of non-human primate, including the Bornean orangutan and gibbon.
"Discovery of P.h canicrus was a surprise since Wehea Forest lies outside of this monkey's known range. Future research will focus on estimating the population density for P.h. canicrus in Wehea and the surrounding forest," said Brent Loken, from Simon Fraser University Canada. "Concern that the species may have gone extinct was first raised in 2004, and a search for the monkey during another expedition in 2008 supported the assertion that the situation was dire."
By conducting observations at mineral licks where animals congregate and setting up camera traps in several locations, the expedition confirmed that P. h canicrus continues to survive in areas west of its previously recorded geographic range. The resulting photos provide the first solid evidence demonstrating that its geographic range extends further than previously thought.
"It was a challenge to confirm our finding as there are so few pictures of this monkey available for study," said Loken. "The only description of Miller's Grizzled Langur came from museum specimens. Our photographs from Wehea are some of the only pictures that we have of this monkey."
"East Kalimantan can be a challenging place to conduct research, given the remoteness of many remaining forested areas, so it isn't surprising that so little is known about this primate," said Dr. Stephanie Spehar, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. "We are very grateful to our local partners. This discovery represents the hard work, dedication, and collaboration of Western and Indonesian scientists, students, NGOs, as well as local communities and government."
"While our finding confirms the monkey still exists in East Kalimantan, there is a good chance that it remains one of the world's most endangered primates," concluded Loken. "I believe it is a race against time to protect many species in Borneo. It is difficult to adopt conservation strategies to protect species when we don't even know the extent of where they live. We need more scientists in the field working on understudied species such as Miller's Grizzled Langur, clouded leopards and sun bears."
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Sunday, January 22, 2012
Power of Europe's boardrooms captured in new book (Reuters)
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) ? For 15 years, New York-based Dutch photographer Jacqueline Hassink has been making her mark with global art projects, covering subjects as diverse as Haute Couture fitting rooms in Paris, the gardens of Kyoto and the boardrooms of Europe's leading corporations.
Magnum photographer Martin Parr declared Hassink's "The Table of Power" (1996), in which she photographed the boardrooms of 40 multinational companies, one of the most important photo books of the 20th century. Her new sequel "The Table of Power 2," revisits companies from the 2009 Fortune Global 500 list, documenting the impact of the economic downturn.
Hassink recently spoke to Reuters about "The Table of Power 2" and another book "View, Kyoto." Publisher Hatje Cantz released "The Table of Power 2" in Europe and Asia on January 17. D.A.P. will publish the book in the U.S. in March 2012..
Q: You made "The Table of Power" sixteen years ago. What drew you to this topic and why did you revisit the subject?
A: "I took part in a photography workshop in Oslo in 1993 and I was asked to pick a Norwegian book and choose one word to work with. I chose "table" in Ibsen's play "Peer Gynt." I projected this taxonomy as a map onto the city of Oslo, then looked for other tables in Norwegian society. That led to the idea of creating a map of Europe, by photographing its most potent meeting places: the meeting tables of the boards of directors of Europe's largest corporations. I wanted to reveal the centers of economic power, the meeting tables where top executives were seated, making decisions upon which millions of people depend. In 2008 with the onset of the worst recession since the 1930s, I decided to look once again at Europe's economic landscape."
Q: What do tables reflect in business and society?
A: "Tables symbolize the core of our society. They are a fascinating symbol of how we organize our private and public lives. Within families, tables show a hierarchy. The father heads the table and the mother sits closest to the kitchen. In corporations, boardroom tables represent a similar power play. CEOs usually sit at an oval or rectangular table at the head, or in the middle of the longest stretch. Ideally they face the entrance, which is the most secure place in the room."
Q: How does the value of these companies compare with 16 years ago?
A: "The top 40 in Europe in the first project had total revenues of $1,194,368.2 million. The top 40 from Europe in the second project had total revenues of $5,252,710.9 million.
Q: What else has changed in boardrooms since the last visit?
A: "The technology and the lack of ashtrays. Boardrooms can be highly complex these days with a lot of built-in technology. A striking new feature is the presence of BlackBerry trays."
Q: Which companies are still on the original list?
A: "BASF, BP, Daimler, EDF, ENI, Fiat, Nestl?, PSA Peugeot Citro?n, Royal Dutch Shell, Siemens, Total and Volkswagen. I only visited three companies twice -- ENI, Siemens, and Volkswagen -- where the same spokesperson accompanied me.
Q: Your project represents the first time in Europe that boardrooms have been photographed and made public. Do you consider this a journalistic endeavor?
A: "I consider it an artistic endeavor, simply because it is an artistic project and not a journalistic project."
Q: Why did you decide to include in "The Table of Power 2" the banks and financial institutions?
A: "Since major banks and financial service companies have played an enormous role in the economy's downward spiral, and thus our immediate social coexistence, they too were included in 'The Table of Power 2,' alongside industrial, multinational corporations. I simply observed the economic landscape of Europe in the year 2009, and I could not do the project without adding the banks nor not include Russian corporations in the project."
Q: Your work covers spiritual and material ideas, and you recently filmed the monks and their gardens in Kyoto. Why?
A: "My work develops over time. I travel extensively and ideas develop usually while traveling. Something catches my eye, which I observe in several continents. That is usually how a new body of work starts. I am interested in the relationship between private and public space in Zen Buddhist temples and gardens. I have been working with these monks since 2004 on a photography project called "View, Kyoto" and over time I have learned a lot from them. ... I talked with them about the meaning of space and their relationship to nature. As a person I have become more balanced. They taught me how to live life in a Buddhist way.
Q: What was your most challenging project?
A: "The hardest project was by far 'Arab Domains' (2005-06). Over two years I visited 18 Arab countries, portraying 36 top female executives. For almost every country I needed to get a visa and I traveled for weeks through the Middle East and North Africa."
Q: What are you working on?
A: "I just finished 'View, Kyoto' (2004-11) and I am making another film in Kyoto in 2012. In 2013, my book "View, Kyoto" will be published. I am planning to continue working on fashion world projects, like "Haute Couture Fitting Rooms, Paris" (2003-10) and a new project in China."
(Reporting by Liza Foreman; Editing By Bob Tourtellotte)
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'Electric Earth' Could Explain Planet's Rotation
All electric paths exist, there is no 'path of least resistance'
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Saturday, January 21, 2012
Bruce Springsteen Returns With New Album, Wrecking Ball
Springsteen's first album since the death of E Street sax man Clarence Clemons is due in March.
By James Montgomery
Bruce Springsteen's <i>Wrecking Ball</i>
Photo: Columbia Records
Late last year, in a message posted on his official site, Bruce Springsteen let fans know that he and the E Street Band were putting the finishing touches on a new album — their first since the death of iconic sax man Clarence Clemons — and concluded by promising "we'll get back to you real soon."
Well, now he has. On Thursday (January 19), Springsteen announced a brand-new album, Wrecking Ball, and premiered the first single, "We Take Care of Our Own," over on his site. The album, due March 5, was produced by Ron Aniello and Springsteen, features 11 tracks, and, according to longtime manager Jon Landau, finds the Boss tackling decidedly of-the-moment issues.
"Bruce has dug down as deep as he can to come up with this vision of modern life," Landau said in a statement. "The lyrics tell a story you can't hear anywhere else, and the music is his most innovative of recent years ... The writing is some of the best of his career."
According to several reports, Wrecking Ball also boasts cameos from Rage Against the Machine guitarist (and fellow social activist) Tom Morello and former Pearl Jam drummer Matt Chamberlain, and is Springsteen's "angriest album," dealing with topics like economic injustice. It also reportedly features "unexpected textures — loops, electronic percussion ... influences and rhythms from hip-hop to Irish folk."
Springsteen and the E Street Band will promote the album with an extensive tour, but only European dates have been announced so far.
The track list for Bruce Springsteen's Wrecking Ball:
» "We Take Care of Our Own"
» "Easy Money"
» "Shackled and Drawn"
» "Jack of All Trades"
» "Death to My Hometown"
» "This Depression"
» "Wrecking Ball"
» "You've Got It"
» "Rocky Ground"
» "Land of Hope and Dreams"
» "We Are Alive"
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Friday, January 20, 2012
Futures drop after GE, Google results (Reuters)
NEW YORK (Reuters) ? Stock index futures dipped on Friday, indicating the S&P 500 may snap a three-day win streak after GE and Google results fell short of expectations and as investors eyed Greek debt talks for signs of progress.
Google Inc (GOOG.O) shares slumped 7.8 percent to $589.73 in premarket trading after quarterly profit and revenue for the No. 1 Internet search engine missed Wall Street expectations on declining search advertising rates.
General Electric Co (GE.N) fell 2.6 percent to $18.65 after the largest U.S. conglomerate reported roughly flat profit from continuing operations, but revenues missed estimates.
Greece and its private bondholders were "converging towards" a long-awaited debt swap deal, a source said, with private bondholders possibly assuming a real loss of 65 percent to 70 percent. Hopes are that an agreement would prevent the nation from spiraling into bankruptcy and bring some stability to the debt-strained euro zone.
"We are now debating again how much of a haircut the bondholders of Greece are going to take and that is not happy news," said Kim Forrest, senior equity research analyst at Fort Pitt Capital Group in Pittsburgh.
"That being said, let's see where things end up today because I thought at least three of the four tech companies had really good and strong results."
A strong outlook from International Business Machines Corp (IBM.N) and decent results from Intel Corp (INTC.O) and Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) signaled that corporate leaders were shaking off nervousness about economic growth and boosting technology spending.
Microsoft shares were up 2.7 percent to $28.89, and Intel edged up 0.7 percent to $25.80 premarket. IBM gained 2.7 percent to $185.38.
"The revenue is probably the most concerning thing. They are a bellwether and we are really interested to see what they see, especially in their industrial area, how the orders are," said Forrest.
S&P 500 futures fell 3.4 points and were below fair value, a formula that evaluates pricing by taking into account interest rates, dividends and time to expiration on the contract. Dow Jones industrial average futures were off 14 points, and Nasdaq 100 futures added 3.25 points.
European shares slipped 0.3 percent early Friday after hitting 5-1/2 month highs in the previous session as major indexes neared "overbought" territory. Asian shares rose to fresh two-month highs as solid euro zone sovereign debt sales. (.EU)
Economic data on existing home sales was due from the National Association of Realtors for December at 10 a.m. (1500 GMT). Economists forecast a 4.65 million annual rate in December, versus 4.42 million in November.
Chinese factory activity likely fell for a third successive month in January, an early indicator showed, suggesting Beijing's pro-growth policies will remain in place despite early signs a downward drift was slowing.
U.S. stocks rose Thursday, sparked by results from Bank of America Corp (BAC.N) and Morgan Stanley (MS.N) and as the latest jobless claims dropped to a near four-year low.
(Reporting By Chuck Mikolajczak; editing by Jeffrey Benkoe)
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Thursday, January 19, 2012
China, UAE agree on currency swap
China and the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday signed a currency swap agreement worth 35 billion yuan, or about 5.54 billion US dollars, effective for 3 years.
According to People?s Bank of China, the deal was signed during Premier Wen Jiabao visit to the Middle East and is expected to boost the economy of both sides through lifting two-way trade and investment.
Trade between the two sides reached 32 billion dollars from January to November of last year, a sharp rise of nearly 40 percent in the same period of 2010.
The deal is the latest in a string of currency arrangements in recent years with key trading partners in a bid to boost the use of yuan for the direct settlement of international trade.
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7 charged in $78M record-setting inside trade case
Hedge fund portfolio manager Todd Newman, of Needham, Mass., leaves the federal court house after his appearance in connection with an insider trading investigation in Boston, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012. Nearly $62 million was earned illegally by hedge funds, financial analysts and a Dell Inc. employee represents "a stunning portrait of organized corruption on a broad scale", a prosecutor said Wednesday in announcing charges in the case. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Hedge fund portfolio manager Todd Newman, of Needham, Mass., leaves the federal court house after his appearance in connection with an insider trading investigation in Boston, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012. Nearly $62 million was earned illegally by hedge funds, financial analysts and a Dell Inc. employee represents "a stunning portrait of organized corruption on a broad scale", a prosecutor said Wednesday in announcing charges in the case. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Anthony Chiasson, Level Global Investors LP co-founder leaves Manhattan Federal Court after being released on bail on charges of insider trading Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012, in New York. Greed on Wall Street set a record, authorities said Wednesday as they unveiled a nearly $78 million insider trading case that involved at least seven financial industry professionals and included a hedge fund co-founder who triggered a single trade that earned $53 million in profits, the largest lone transaction ever prosecuted in Manhattan. (AP Photo/David Karp)
Anthony Chiasson, Level Global Investors LP co-founder leaves Manhattan Federal Court after being released on bail on charges of insider trading Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012, in New York. Greed on Wall Street set a record, authorities said Wednesday as they unveiled a nearly $78 million insider trading case that involved at least seven financial industry professionals and included a hedge fund co-founder who triggered a single trade that earned $53 million in profits, the largest lone transaction ever prosecuted in Manhattan. (AP Photo/David Karp)
U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara speaks during a news conference, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012 in New York. A hedge fund co-founder, four financial analysts and a Dell Inc. employee teamed up in a record-setting insider trading scheme that netted more than $61.8 million in illegal profits based on trades of a single stock, authorities said Wednesday. They described a cozy network of friends in finance who made the most of their connections with corrupt employees of technology companies. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara speaks during a news conference, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012 in New York. A hedge fund co-founder, four financial analysts and a Dell Inc. employee teamed up in a record-setting insider trading scheme that netted more than $61.8 million in illegal profits based on trades of a single stock, authorities said Wednesday. They described a cozy network of friends in finance who made the most of their connections with corrupt employees of technology companies. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
NEW YORK (AP) ? Greed on Wall Street set a new record, federal authorities said Wednesday as they unveiled a massive insider trading case charging a hedge fund co-founder with engineering a trade that earned a staggering $53 million in profits.
The illegal trade ? the largest transaction ever prosecuted in Manhattan ? was part of a $78 million scheme involving at least seven financial industry professionals, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara told a news conference.
"Today's charges illustrate something that should disturb all of us: They show that insider trading activity in recent times has, indeed, been rampant and routine and that this criminal behavior was known, encouraged and exploited by authority figures in several investment funds," Bharara said.
Of the $78 million, nearly $62 million was earned through tips provided by a Dell Inc. employee to a former Dell worker who spread the information among his friends at at least five investment houses, including three hedge funds. Bharara called it "a stunning portrait of organized corruption on a broad scale" and said it raised to 63 the number of people arrested in a government crackdown on insider trading. So far, there have been 56 convictions.
"Each wave of charges and arrests seems to produce leads to lead us to the next phase," said FBI Assistant Director-in-Charge Janice K. Fedarcyk.
She said the arrests were not the last in a 4-year-old probe dubbed Operation Perfect Hedge.
"If you are engaged in insider trading, what distinguishes you from the dozens who have been charged is not that you haven't been caught; it's that you haven't been caught yet," she said.
Bharara called the seven men arrested in the latest crackdown part of "a criminal club whose purpose was profit and whose members regularly bartered lucrative inside information.
"It was a club where everyone scratched everyone else's back," he said. Court documents, he added, "paint a stunning portrait of organized corruption on a broad scale."
The criminal complaint in U.S. District Court in Manhattan charged four of the men with conspiracy to commit securities fraud and securities fraud, among other charges. Three analysts charged in the other documents have already pleaded guilty and are cooperating with the government.
The insider trading plot was noteworthy for its size. Last month, hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam began serving an 11-year prison term ? the longest ever given in an insider trading case ? for a scheme that prosecutors said produced as much as $75 million in profits on dozens of trades over a multi-year period. That prosecution resulted in more than two dozen convictions and led to a spinoff probe that produced even more arrests.
Bharara said the case he announced Wednesday was comparable to the one brought against Rajaratnam, of Sri Lanka. He highlighted its size, saying the co-conspirators netted more than $61.8 million in illegal profits based on trades of a single stock from 2008 through 2009. The Securities and Exchange Commission said the profits, combined with $15.7 million earned on trades involving Nvidia Corp., reached nearly $78 million.
SEC Enforcement Director Robert Khuzami said it was disturbing that the case involved high level executives at "some of the largest and most sophisticated hedge funds in the country."
He said there was nothing wrong with fast-trading hedge funds but they are already characterized by a lack of transparency and can pose a "grave threat to the integrity of the markets and the level playing field that is the foundation of those markets" when they use their considerable market power to influence those who possess inside information.
The SEC said the case involved closely associated hedge fund traders at Stamford, Conn.-based Diamondback Capital Management LLC and Greenwich, Conn.-based Level Global Investors LP.
Anthony Chiasson, a co-founder at former hedge fund group Level Global Investors, was among four men arrested Wednesday. He surrendered to the FBI in New York, where he lives.
In court papers, he was credited with a starring role in the securities fraud. Authorities said a hedge fund analyst fed Chiasson inside information about an upcoming announcement of Dell's earnings for the first and second quarters of 2008, allowing Chiasson and others at his hedge fund to make approximately $57 million in illegal profits through trades. Inside information about Dell earnings resulted in $3.8 million in illegal profits at another hedge fund and $1 million in illegal profits at a third hedge fund, the complaint said. The Dell inside information also allowed an investment firm to avoid losses of approximately $78,000, authorities said.
Bail for Chiasson was set at $2.5 million after Assistant U.S. Attorney David S. Leibowitz told a magistrate judge at Chiasson's initial court appearance in Manhattan that the allegations against him were "staggering" and, if successfully proved, could result in a prison sentence of at least 10 years. He said the $53 million Chiasson earned for his hedge fund by shorting Dell stock on early word that its earnings would disappoint was the largest illegal trade ever cited in a criminal case in federal court in Manhattan.
Leibowitz said it took Rajaratnam six years and dozens of trades to accumulate the $70 million in profits alleged by the government in his case. The prosecutor requested a $5 million bail, saying Chiasson was worth at least $40 million and had earned as much as $11 million in a year at his hedge fund.
Chiasson's lawyer, Gregory Morvillo, said his client knew the government was after him when agents raided his office 14 months ago and looked forward to defending himself.
"He didn't do anything wrong, and he wants an opportunity to clear his name," Morvillo said.
Jon Horvath, an analyst at Sigma Capital Management, an affiliate of hedge fund SAC Capital Advisors in Manhattan, was arrested at his New York City home while Todd Newman, a hedge fund portfolio manager, was arrested in Needham, Mass. Analyst Danny Kuo, of San Marino, California. also was arrested.
Among those who have pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy and securities fraud and are cooperating in the case was Sandeep Goyal, of Princeton, New Jersey, who worked from the summer of 2006 through May 2007 for Dell at its corporate headquarters in Round Rock, Texas, and obtained inside information from employees of Dell after he began working as an associate analyst for a global asset management firm in Manhattan, court papers said.
According to court papers, Goyal benefited from his relationship with a co-conspirator who worked in Dell's investor relations department from March 2007 through March 2009 and in its corporate development office from March 2009 through April 2010. Authorities said a hedge fund with $4 billion in assets in 2009 paid Goyal about $175,000 for providing insider information about Dell.
Another cooperator was identified as Jesse Tortora, of Pembroke Pines, Florida. The SEC said Goyal tipped Tortora who then tipped several others, leading to insider trades on behalf of the Diamondback and Level Global hedge funds.
The third cooperator was identified as Spyridon (Sam) Adondakis, a Level Global analyst. The SEC said he tipped Chiasson, his manager. Adondakis also lived in New York City.
"These are not low-level employees succumbing to temptation by seizing a chance opportunity," Khuzami said. "These are sophisticated players who built a corrupt network to systematically and methodically obtain and exploit illegal inside information again and again at the expense of law-abiding investors and the integrity of the markets."
FBI agent David Makol said in court papers that the government built its case through information provided by the three cooperators, consensually recorded conversations, court-authorized wiretaps, telephone records, trading records, electronic communications, documents provided by a cooperator and other documents obtained from two hedge funds. The hedge funds were not identified in court papers.
Messages seeking comment left with lawyers for the other defendants were not immediately returned.
In a letter to investors, Diamondback Advisors co-chief investment officers Richard Schimel and Larry Sapanski called the actions by prosecutors and the SEC "an important step towards putting this matter behind us."
The company has fully cooperated with authorities since learning of the inquiry and believed the "fruits of that cooperation" were reflected in the charges announced Wednesday, they said. Newman was placed on leave immediately after the Nov. 22, 2010, search, and Tortora resigned from the firm in April 2010, they added.
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Associated Press writers Mark Pratt in Boston and Marcy Gordon in Washington contributed to this report.
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Wednesday, January 18, 2012
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Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Coliloquy Makes Romance E-Books A Two-Way Conversation
Right now, most e-books look an awful lot like their print counterparts, but startups like just-launched Coliloquy want to change that. In the past few months, other companies like Findings, Readmill, and Subtext have experimented with adding annotations and other social features to e-books. Coliloquy co-founder Lisa Rutherford said she wants to go further.Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/LTWcPQV-WdU/
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Is your furry friend overweight? Four from every ten your animals are too heavy says one of the UK ?s greatest pet insurance companies Pets Market.
Owners are generally overfeeding their dogs and cats with immense portions and even fatty foods in the process lots with treats from your table. This had resulted in a surge in the numerous pet insurance plans claims for medical problems due to obesity.
Petplan seems to have revealed that throughout the last five years there are seen a good 60% increase in over weight related claims amongst the 800, 000 your animals it goes over. As a result there are generally reports who some furry friend insurers are looking at cutting payouts when your pet is usually obese.
Obesity throughout pets causes most same problems it can do in individuals. An too heavy pet is more likely to many bodyweight related problems including: articulation, ligament and even tendon challenges, breathing and heart related illnesses and diabetes. Obese cats may also contract skin area disorders coming from not to be able to groom themselves thoroughly. All around impact with obesity on your pets? coziness and longevity could possibly be catastrophic.
But it could be that there?s very good news. It?s easier for one to trim straight down your your animals weight than it?s always for one to fight the battle from the bulge. After all, your furry friend can?t grab the car keys for just a trip to the chippy or perhaps phone out for just a Chinese. They can?t even opened the fridge door on their own! Your furry friend eats what you give that ? thus you?re in control. So whether it is fat, it is your liability. Equally, the remedy is there to your wrists and hands. Although exercise is probably not your pouch, your pet are normally up for just a walk or perhaps game having a toy for the string, or preferred of almost all doggy activities, fetch the stick Pets Market.
So find out how to know when your pet is usually overweight? A proper pet will want some padding with them ? but a little bit of is rather enough! Commence by casually rubbing your hands over their own ribs. You can feel their own ribs and the skin have to move easily backward and forward. Then move back and show at your furry friend from the side ? when your pet appears to be pregnant it shouldn?t come to be, it?s too heavy! Your pet need to have a good obvious waist around the base from the rib wire dog crate, a smallish tuck-in in the stomach vicinity. Now view your furry friend from previously ? it is really equally bad news if you see a good bump from its core into a good apple appearance. Birds too is often obese. Examine polly for rolls with fat or perhaps thicker breast area.
Certain breeds and even species with pet are more likely to develop unhealthy weight. In puppies, labradors and even spaniels are specially liable so that you can fatten ? up ?, as undertake beagles, corgis and even retrievers. In pet cats the less-active breeds along the lines of Persians are generally far quite likely going to gain weight compared to go-go breeds along the lines of Abyssinians and even Siamese. As well as in wild birds, Amazon parrots are particular contenders so that you can expand in perch oranges Pets Market.
Please remember that crash diet habits aren?t sensible for your animals. Be especially careful utilizing cats who will develop a good fatal liver organ problem any time they?re forced to lose weight too quickly. Pets don?t get obese overnight it ought not to be forced to slim down too fairly quickly. Only rss feed at place meal moments and be sure to cut over those idea bits. And then introduce additional exercise. Your vet need to advise you for the regime with special eating routine foods. Be sure to do this gradually nevertheless please, be entirely commited your current pet?s everyday living may rely upon it.
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Sunday, January 1, 2012
Dell Inspiron One 2320
PCs have been making their way into living rooms for some time now, but the Dell Inspiron One 2320 ($1,249.99 direct) is one of the few designed to replace your TV?and it's more than just a well-equipped all-in-one desktop. The included Intel Core i5 processor and Nvidia GPU provide potent horsepower and multimedia capabilities for any day-to-day task. And an impressive number of media-centric options, like a TV tuner, inputs for HDMI, VGA, and composite video, and a good-old-fashioned remote control, will make this system a part of your entertainment setup for years to come.
Design
The Dell Inspiron One 2320 has an adjustable easel back stand and two metal legs, providing a sturdy surface that will withstand taps and touches without a wobble. There's plenty of room between those two legs to slip the included wireless keyboard out of the way. The legs and easel back stand can be removed and replaced with an optional wall mount ($49.99). And thanks to a broad selection of media inputs (see "Features" below), the 23-inch, 1,920-by-1,080-resolution screen, which produced crystal-clear images whether streaming 1080p YouTube clips or watching Blu-ray video, can remain useful long after the internal components have aged.
As with Dell's past all-in-ones, the Inspiron One 2320's components are all located behind the screen; but the combined PC and monitor only measures 2.67 inches thick, only a little beefier than a regular 23-inch television. Only two things might cramp the system's style as a TV. The built-in speakers don't have the THX sound of the older Dell Inspiron One IO2305-4429MSL ($849.99 list, 4 stars), but the SRS Premium sound they offer is clear (if light on bass) at all but the highest volumes; to get the most out this as an entertainment system, you'll definitely want to add a decent subwoofer. The Inspiron One 2320 also uses a large power brick, which distinguishes it from other all-in-ones that require only a power cord.
The touchscreen lets you navigate through programs with a tap of the finger, and supports multitouch gestures for resizing and rotating as needed. Dell's proprietary Stage interface aims to make the Inspiron One 2320 even more finger-friendly, bringing a tile-based user interface to the desktop and Web browser. Unfortunately, it's weighted pretty heavily in favor of media, with icons for MusicStage, PhotoStage, VideoStage, and SyncUP powered by Nero; for other tasks, you might want to stick to regular Windows. The wireless keyboard and mouse share a single 2.4GHz wireless USB adapter that lets you type and click from up to 33 feet away. The compact keyboard is even spill resistant, so there's no reason not to use it while chilling on the couch. While you're there, the included TV-style remote has all of the standard media buttons, as well as controls for navigating between Web pages or TV channels when watching over-the-air programming through the integrated TV tuner.
Features
The Dell Inspiron One 2320 is decked out with all the features you could want in a desktop, plus a collection of entertainment inputs that will keep this all-in-one useful even when the components have been surpassed by newer models. On the right of the system, you'll find a tray-loading Blu-ray combo drive (BD-R, DVD?RW), the power button, and a button for toggling between the available video inputs. On the left, there is a multiformat card reader (SD, SDXC, SDHC, MMC, MS/Pro, xD), two USB 2.0 ports, headphone and microphone jacks, and buttons for adjusting the audio volume and display brightness.
It's on the back of the system that things get interesting. There you'll find a large panel stretching across the length of the chassis that's covered with ports and connectors. On one side of it are four USB 2.0 ports, audio output, Gigabit Ethernet, a power connector, VGA output, and a coaxial connection for hooking up an antenna or cable box. On the other end of the rear panel you'll find the aforementioned HDMI-in, VGA, and composite video inputs, as well as an S/PDIF connection and a case lock slot. But if you're looking for faster USB 3.0 ports or an HDMI-out port for connecting to an HDTV or other external display, you're out of luck.
Internally, the Inspiron One 2320 has a built-in TV tuner, as well as 802.11n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 3.0, and Intel's Wireless Display (WiDi) 2.0, a wireless HDMI replacement that also requires a $99 Netgear Push2TV HD adapter. The 2TB hard drive is spacious?larger than the 1TB drive found in the Editors' Choice Sony VAIO VPC-L231FX/W ($999.99 list, 4.5 stars)?and spins at a respectable 7,200rpm. Dell has preinstalled on it the Windows 7 Touch Pack and Microsoft Office Starter 2010, which offers basic word processing and spreadsheet functions, but no PowerPoint or Outlook. A one-year trial of DataSafe 2.0 provides 2GB of online backup for a year, and even more generous is the 15-month trial of McAfee Security Center. Given how many manufacturers provide the same one- or two-month trials that can be found for free online, a trial this lengthy is a welcome addition. Dell also covers the Inspiron One 2320 with its basic one-year warranty, which includes parts and labor, 24/7 phone support, and in-home service for hardware.
Performance
Dell has equipped the Inspiron One 2320 with a 2.5GHz dual-core Intel Core i5-2400S processor?a step up from the Core i3 found in the Sony VAIO VPC-L231FX/W and the same processor found in the Apple iMac 21.5-inch (Thunderbolt) ($1,199 list, 4.5 stars)?and 8GB of RAM, which proves a good combination for everyday computer work. In our CineBench R11.5 rendering test, which serves as our processor speed benchmark, the Inspiron scored 3.35, ahead of the 2.69 of the Toshiba DX735-D3201, but behind the 4.47 of the HP TouchSmart 610-1150y ($1,199.99 list, 4.5 stars) and the 4.13 of the iMac. In our PCMark 7 general-use test the Inspiron scored a category-leading 2,718, compared with the 2,690 of the Toshiba DX735-D3201 ($899.99 list, 3.5 stars) and the 2,167 of the VAIO VPC-L231FX/W.
The Inspiron also performed well in multimedia tests. In Handbrake, the Inspiron encoded our test video in 1 minute 29 seconds, tying with the TouchSmart 610-1150y and beating out such competitors as the Sony VAIO VPC-L231FX/W, which took 2 minutes 22 seconds and Samsung Series 7 (DP700A38-01) ($999.99 list, 4 stars), which took 2 minutes 5 seconds. We saw similarly good results in Photoshop CS5, which the Inspiron ran through in 3:38, ahead of every competitor except the Apple iMac (3:29). Whether you dabble in digital photography or think yourself the indie director of tomorrow, the Inspiron One 2320 will be a powerful and useful multimedia tool.
Thanks to its discrete Nvidia GeForce GT 525M video card, the Inspiron One 2320 delivers some of the best graphics and gaming performance available in an all-in-one. In 3DMark 11, the Inspiron One 2320 scored 1,581 on the Entry preset and 293 points on Extreme. Competing systems utilizing integrated graphics were unable to run the test at all. Many comparable systems are unable to even run our DirectX 11 Lost Planet 2 gaming test, but the Inspiron One 2320 pumped out a respectable 23 frames per second (30fps is considered playable). The Inspiron One 2320 also produced playable frame rates of 42fps in Crysis when running at low resolution and detail settings, opening the door for plenty of midrange games. The only all-in-one better at gaming was the Apple iMac (70fps in Crysis, 32fps in Lost Planet 2), but it offers a smaller screen and no touch capabilities.
The Dell Inspiron One 2320 wins us over with its combination of category-leading performance right now and entertainment features that will keep the all-in-one in use for years. A few omissions, like the lack of HDMI output and USB 3.0, might be a deal breaker for some, but most will be able to overlook it. Even with these flaws the Inspiron Omni 2320 is a fine system that should satisfy most computer shoppers, and it surpasses our previous Editors' Choice Sony VAIO VPC-L231FX/W.
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