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By MARIA MERZEAU | Central Florida's Agri-Leader Published: March 21, 2012 Updated: March 21, 2012 - 9:03 AM

The transition from working in the corporate world to farming goats is well known to Pam and Jim Lunn, owners of The Dancing Goat in Tampa.

Ten years ago, Pam Lunn, 57, had her own business in the road-building industry before becoming a farmer. She is also a real estate broker and holds a bachelor's degree in art education. Her husband, Jim Lunn, 61, is also a real estate broker.

The farm started with the goats in 2000 as a hobby farm. They began with four show goats they bought in Tennessee.

"I decided that I was going to become a farmer," Pam said. "It's amazing the journey that it has been. I knew nothing about being a rancher. I knew very little about dairy goats."

The commercial farm started in 2007.

"This year we are just starting to take off. I have depleted all our savings; any new business it takes five years, and this year people are supporting local farming," Pam said.

Pam is from West Virginia and has been in Florida since the 1970s. She came to Florida after finishing college and is the first one in her family to become a farmer.

Pam is now back in school at the University of South Florida earning another bachelor's degree, in geology and environmental studies.

The farm raises 20 goats a year. They raise LaMancha dairy goats and French alpine dairy goats. The farm has three acres and leases seven acres nearby.

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BOSTON, March 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --

Equipos, the leading provider of client communications and reporting solutions for buy-side investment firms, has entered into partnership with HCL Technologies a leading global IT services provider. Under terms of the agreement HCL will deliver and support the Equipos Coric Client Communications Suite globally.

Coric allows client services teams to respond quickly and efficiently to ever-changing reporting requirements, without recourse to IT. It is controlled by client services professionals via a range of easy-to-use dashboards and automated workflow tools. Coric generates premium quality reports, incorporating customized data, charts and personalized commentaries, and delivers them in print, online or via mobile devices.

"HCL and Equipos share a common goal of transforming technology into competitive advantage. Equipos brings domain expertise in investment management, financial reporting and client communications, while HCL brings extended reach, integrated offerings and system integration expertise. The partnership will help wealth and asset managers with extensive global communications and engagement management requirements to increase efficiency and enrich client experience," said Rahul Singh, President Financial Services & Business Services, HCL Technologies.

Dominic Ryan, Head of Sales, EMEA and Asia Pacific at Equipos, commented: "Equipos is proud to join HCL's impressive list of world-class partners. Both companies have an established presence in the global financial services sector and clients will benefit not only from our complementary middle and back-office solutions, but from our best practice approach. This partnership with HCL will ensure consistent, high quality delivery and support for Coric clients."

About HCL Technologies

HCL Technologies is a leading global IT services company, working with clients in the areas that impact and redefine the core of their businesses. Since its inception into the global landscape after its IPO in 1999, HCL focuses on 'transformational outsourcing', underlined by innovation and value creation, and offers integrated portfolio of services including software-led IT solutions, remote infrastructure management, engineering and R&D services and BPO. HCL leverages its extensive global offshore infrastructure and network of offices in 26 countries to provide holistic, multi-service delivery in key industry verticals including Financial Services, Manufacturing, Consumer Services, Public Services and Healthcare. HCL takes pride in its philosophy of 'Employee First, Customer Second' which empowers our 83,076 transformers to create a real value for the customers. HCL Technologies, along with its subsidiaries, has reported consolidated revenues of US$3.9 billion (18,334 crores), as on 31 December 2011 (on LTM basis). For more information, please visit http://www.hcltech.com

About HCL Enterprise

HCL is a $6billion leading global technology and IT enterprise. Founded in 1976, HCL's range of offerings includes product engineering, custom & package applications, BPO, IT infrastructure services, IT hardware, systems integration, and distribution of information and communications technology (ICT) products across a wide range of focused industry verticals. The HCL team consists of over 90,000 professionals of diverse nationalities, who operate from 31 countries including over 500 points of presence in India. HCL has partnerships with several leading global 1000 firms, including leading IT and technology firms. For more information, please visit http://www.hcl.com

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COMMENTARY | Unlike the three librarians in my family, I'm not a book lover. I love my laptop and all the technological gadgets. I haven't looked up anything in an encyclopedia since 1988.

As a person who invests frequently in the stock market, I saw the recent news that Encyclopaedia Britannica stopped publishing print editions of it's encyclopedia as a positive sign for social media and technology stocks. It's just another bad sign, though, for stocks related to print media, paper and publishing.

To me, this marks the final days of print media. But I'm stocking up on technology stocks in preparation for another dot-com rally.

I'm sure some people are sad to see the end of the print era, but I'm not. I grew up reading the Encyclopaedia Britannica. I'd look something up in an encyclopedia when I wanted to know the correct answer. Now I look things up on the Internet, of course, not as sure whether I am actually getting the "real answer."

To me, encyclopedias are like other books that accumulate dust. I have no romantic attachments to books. I didn't sympathize with Meg Ryan's character in "You've Got Mail," who owned "The Shop Around the Corner" bookstore that was being shutdown by the mega bookstores.

As far as investing in stocks, I think it's more apparent than ever that technology stocks are here to stay. We are past the dot-com bubble of the 1990s. Now, it's no longer about speculation. Without a doubt, technology stocks are the present and the future.

For anyone who is younger than 55, it's only about digital products now - not paper products. While the paper products or print media products such as the newspaper still have an appeal for the older generation, fewer companies will cater to that niche market.

According to an article by the Associated Press, Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc. is focusing on its online encyclopedia.

A part of me is tempted to buy one of the final hardcover online encyclopedia that are on sale at Britannica's website for $1,395. It would just be for the sentimental value since I think books are poor investments.

I ask myself, where would I put them? I have trouble cramming all of the books we own now on our bookshelves.

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19-03-2012 18:00 Emmy nominated entertainment reporter Chris Van Vliet from WOIO-TV in Cleveland interviews Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth for The Hunger Games. Josh tells us about his reaction when he found out he landed the role of Peeta, Liam talks about doing an American accent and what did they to have fun on set.

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