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:: Welcome to my online journal, which is for notes on the website, life, thoughts(both literal and graphical) and everything after.
Also, for that many of you have suggested in your emails to set up a blog for communication purpose. Now you have it.
I will upload new entries often so feel free to bump in anytime. Thanks for being here.
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03.11.2008 --->
All About Farming.
Recession in the U.S., or not,... Here we look at the numbers of the life basics - the farming industry. From here, we will have an idea of other industries. • Net cash is forecast at USD$ 85.7 billion. • Average farm household income is expected to be USD$83,622 (2008). • Sixty percent of U.S. farms report owing no debt. • The value of farm assets is higher than ever. • Forced higher by export demand and the growing renewable fuels industry, the value of crop production is up $30 billion over 2006. It is difficult to find much pessimism about agriculture'snear-term future. Growing demand for biofuels and exports, supported by world demand anda sharply deflated dollar pairs well grain growers. Income in farm households is 17% up than previous years. But there are other caution to be noticed. • A devalued dollar has increased the cost of imported energy. In turn, ammonia, the main source of nitrogen in fertilizer, is up 130% over six years. • Corn farmers are vulnerable to a largely uncontrollable cost. Fertilizer expense rose 19.5% in 2007. • Production costs have reached all-time highs, up more than 9%. The greatest price increase are found in feed, fertilizer and seed. • The rapidly growing ethanol industry. Today, the industry can produce 7 billion gallons of ethanol. By 2010 annual production capacity could exceed 13 billion. 
Counterfeit goods are now everywhere. Fake Rolex, handbags, stationaries, computers, airplane parts, food, personal care products..., even Ferrari, etc, you name it. Today's high-tech production and advanced packaging makes it very difficult for consumer to distinguish a genuine product from fake. One can only tell the difference after opening up a product, say a computer and comparing it to the "real thing". The internal make of the components will be different, the arrangement of where each item is placed will not be the same, the wiring...and so on. So for example, if you see a new HP(Hewlett Packard) computer claiming sale for only 20-30% of the price what it actually cost, have a question mark on that. Last month a new Ferrari F360 was ceased by French police after reported being sold for USD$ 60,000; whereas the real one cost USD$ 180,000 - 210,000(depending on accessories/equipement). Counterfeit manufacturers don't care how the internal of their products look but only the exterior. One may ask: If fake Rolex were safe to use(wear), what's the difference from buying the real one. Well, reasons (1): Genuines are more relaible in the parts, (2) Original products are from real-experts in that field who work hard for the money, (3) Many counterfiet products are controlled and or produced by black market gangs. You have to wonder where the money you pay for the goods go to. The profit may be used by gangs to support their illegal activities such as: drugs, human trafficking, weapons import and much more. I was stunned that toothpastes imported from China were discovered last year in the U.S. (and followed by around the world) with freon and rat poison, in which it can cause mouth cancer in humans. And the toothpastes were packaged in counterfiet "Colgate" tubes of Colgate-Palmolive Co.!!! Now, this is inappropriate online and forgive me. I'm may be thinking too far. But this brings me to this question: Many store-brand products, for example, U.S. retailers Walgreens and Longs Drugs have their own named-products, right? For instance, Longs Anti-Dandruff shampoo that are packaged almost identicle to the world well-known "Head'n Shoulders" shampoo. Well, how does one know "Head'n Shoulders" shampoo sold in Longs store is really from Proctor & Gamble (P&G). It could be made by Longs and sold for the same(higher) price as the real "P&G" product for a higher profit; comparing to store-brand(store-name) products that usually sell for less. Or it could be the other way, again, using Longs for example, their Anti-Dandruff shampoo is from P&G, exactly the same as its "Head'n Shoulders". If that's the case, why pay a pricey P&G if you can get the same anti-dandruff result from the same product which the only difference is the packaging? Do you see where I'm leading to? In a nutshell, I'm confused. Probably we all are...a quote from Buddah: Reality is fake, fake is reality. And that of the Zen Master: Which one is real. The world when one is awake, or, the one when one is asleep (dreaming)?. 
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1.27.2008 ---> Self - Contained with Destroying Nature.
All About Pixels Is it worth to spend more on a digital camera with 7 or 8 megapixels of resolution versus one with 4 or 5? Not necessarily, unless one is cropping in tightly on images or making poster-size prints. More megapixels usually translates into more picture detail. But beyond 5, the difference is indistinguishable, even with 8 x 10 prints. A 5-megapixel camera is sufficient for an average person needs. For posters, at least a 7 megapixels is advised. Florida Woman Deletes Office Files Worth USD $2.5M 
People can get awfully paranoid when it comes to their jobs. Some people can't help but think that everyone is out to get them, which seems to be the case for Marie Cooley of Jacksonville, Florida. Cooley is currently in jail after confessing to deleting files worth an estimated $2.5 million at her former employer, all because she thought she was about to get fired. As it turns out, she wasn't getting the pink slip, but she's probably the one with the most questionable judgment in this story. It turns out that Cooley saw an ad in the classifieds for a job that sounded a lot like hers posted by her current employer, Steven E. Hutchins Architects, also in Jacksonville. She got angry, went in to work, and deleted all the company's work from its servers. She cleaned out seven years' worth of designs and drawings, designs the owner of the company estimated were worth $2.5 million. Cooley confessed to what is a second degree felony, potentially punishable by a five-year sentence. She obviously wasn't quite right in the head when doing this. Despite estimating the worth of the company's files at $2.5 million, the architecture firm had no backup systems in place. That's a recipe for disaster regardless of the sanity of the employees. The lesson to be learned here is that we can't depend on having just one set of records or files and having employees have access to them. Some kind of backup is always needed. Thankfully the files were able to be recovered, but backups of important files are not something one should take lightly. These days, backups are easy to implement, regardless of what kind of computing. On the Mac, OSX 10.5 Leopard includes the Time Machine functionality which, when stored on an external USB drive, makes backing up easy. On Windows copy important stuff to an external drive manually or invest in a Windows Home Server box to automatically and securely back up files daily. Speaking of backup files, VFG site has three copies of itself on three remote servers, so there is virtually no down time in case either one of them fails. There are a total of four identicle VFG copies including the one on the local HD. And copies of all edited and unedited photos(screenshots of FS) are kept in the secured folders on the remote servers as well, plus the master on the local HD. So, there are no risks of losing photos for which visitors may enjoy in the years to come. Rambo Rambling Ramborama Ramboheroic (try repeating it three times in a row) Rambo; alternative titles: Rambo V; Rambo: To Hell and Back is the number 2 most seen movie this weekend in the U.S.. Wow, Sylvester at age 61 still rocking!!! 
- YT xo 
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