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Red Bull built a global brand on a sour yellow energy drink and deep-pocketed patronage of extreme sports. Now the Austrian company is transforming itself into a full-fledged media company. John Jurgensen places his bet on Lunch Break. Photo: Getty Images.
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First off, you'll need this handy-dandy pattern* which I drew up:
Now, as far as materials go, you'll need:
- tissue paper for tracing the pattern pieces
- felt (pieces should be at least 4 x 6 inches in size)
- scraps of fabric no smaller than 2 x 4 inches
- stuffing material (I prefer Polyfil, but you can use wool or cotton - whatever suits you best)
- for the eyes - buttons, discs of felt, beads, or plastic safety eyes
- embroidery floss for the face details
For the lamb, pin the ears with the edges facing the bottom of the puppet with the tips pointing to the front, like so:
For the squirrel, make sure the edges face forward:
For the mouse, pin the ears with the edges facing the bottom:
Before you sew, make sure that all your ears look like this:
3. Now we can start sewing. When sewing, allow yourself a 1/4 inch allowance. Sew the fabric head panel with the right side of the fabric facing down along the top of one felt body piece starting with the nose, sewing along to the back of the head, like so:
4. Sew the other side of the head to the other side of the body (sewing from the back of the head to the nose would make this part easier now). Remember to pull the pins from the ears and tuck in the ears before closing the head so that they don't get caught in the seam when you sew the front edge:
Now sew the two parts of the body together starting at the nose and proceeding along the front edge of the body to the bottom:
5. Flip the puppet over and sew the back. For the squirrel, now is the time to attach the tail. Roll up & pin the tip of the tail so that you can easily fit it in the body:
Now sandwich the tail in the body with the rolled up & pinned tip in towards the center of the puppet's body. You want just a little bit of the base of the tail to stick out from in between the two felt pieces for the body:
Now sew up the back, and you're done with the sewing part! We're almost done now.
Quick thing! Don't forget to pull the pin out of the squirrel tail before you do anything else; that's a lesson I learned the hard way:
7. Carefully trim the rounded parts of the head and the parts where the head and body join with little 1/8 inch cuts. Be very careful not to cut any of your seams:
8. Now carefully invert the puppets with the flat end of a pen or pencil. Be very patient; this part is tricky and a total pain in the butt. It is the only aspect of softie-making that I can honestly say I loathe. You want to nudge the puppets inside out very carefully and little by little. Take your time with it. If you push too hard or too fast, you might end up accidentally ripping the seams and undoing all your sewing or piercing through the felt or the fabric. So go slowly.
9. If you're using plastic safety eyes, put them on once the puppet in fully inverted because this next step is stuffing. Use wee pinch-sized clumps of stuffing and carefully press them into the head with your fingers or the flat end of a pen/pencil. Keep stuffing until the head is as firm as you would like it and so that you don't have an excess of stuffing sticking out of the head and into the puppet body.
10. Now detail your puppet. Stitch little faces on them with your embroidery floss. You can even use markers or puff paint or whatever to decorate them. Do what you like. Have fun with it!
Happy puppet making, people!
* The not-so-fine print: This pattern is for entertainment purposes only. You can make as many finger puppets as you'd like and distrubute them to family & friends & your kids & your neighbors' kids & your students and such, but please do not sell the items made from this pattern. Same thing goes for the pattern itseslf. Share it with as many people as you want to, but please do not charge for the pattern nor pass it off as your own. I feel yucky mentioning it, but them's the rules and it has to be said. Thanks!


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Bank robberies committed by women have been on the rise in recent years according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Crime statistics for the first quarter of 2010 show that nearly 6 percent of bank robberies for the quarter were committed by women. That number is roughly the same as it was in 2009 when the world financial crisis began and is a 25 percent increase over 2002 figures.
So what drives a woman to rob banks? In most cases, it's financial need rather than greed or thrill-seeking, law enforcement officials say. But not always as you'll see in the following slides. In all cases, though, it's a felony, punishable by up to 26 years in prison. And the FBI catches three out of four bank robbers.
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text: It's the last week of July 1932. The Paris sun is beating down on the clay court at Roland Garros, and the Davis Cup is hanging in the balance. Jean Borotra is gassed. Across the net stands the world's fourth-ranked player, Wilmer Allison, a Texan with a wicked forehand volley. Allison holds advantage in the 10th game of the decisive fifth set—one errant Borotra serve away from victory. A nervous energy pulses through the crowd as its national hero toes the service line, sweat soaking his trademark white linens and blue beret.


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With Lindsay Lohan now officially booted from the Linda Lovelace biopic Inferno, director Matthew Wilder has wasted no time casting a new female lead. Watchmen's Malin Akerman will take up the title role, a far cry from her recent turn as Vincent Vaughn's wife in Couples Retreat. The actress is eight years Lohan's senior, but since she looks a little young and the once curvaceous redhead looks a little old, the age gap probably won't matter. Plus, Inferno, like most biopics, will probably span a healthy chunk of time; so, extensive use of make-up will likely be in order.
According to Deadline, Wilder's take on Lovelace will follow the porn actress' autobiography, likely meaning the film may sympathize more than condemn. I haven't read Ordeal: An Autobiography, but it reportedly makes numerous claims of being forced to have sex at gun point, claims that were later refuted by numerous third party sources. The material may not be Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind-level outrageous, but her credibility is certainly a little suspect.
We're still a early in the game here to talk about what Inferno may or may not show, but it seems reasonable to assume nudity will be involved. Questions lingered on how Lindsay Lohan would handle baring it all considering a body double was used in her skinny dipping scene in Machete, but with Akerman's casting, many of those concerns will likely be put to rest. The actress appeared naked on film a lot, most recently in Watchmen, and since that was only a few years ago, it's unlikely her moral stance has changed, especially when dealing with a project so overtly sexual.
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LANSING, Mich. - The Michigan Legislature has enacted a bill allowing people who undergo extra training to carry concealed weapons in places such as schools, churches, day care centers and sports stadiums where they previously were off-limits.
The Republican-controlled House approved the bill Friday after it cleared the Senate on Thursday. It now goes to Gov. Rick Snyder for his signature.
Snyder to hold off on signing bill
Snyder told Local 4 Friday in an interview that he wasn't rushing into signing it. He is planning on taking a week to review and finish language -- especially in the wake of the Connecticut school shooting.
"It will make me think even harder and stronger about reviewing this bill," he said.
Another provision would eliminate county concealed weapons licensing boards, with sheriffs taking over their duties.
Under the bill, people who concealed carry in gun-free zones would have to get enhanced training beyond basic requirements and spend additional time at the gun range. "Open carry" in those areas would be prohibited.
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Decisions on licenses would have to be made within 45 days after an application is filed.
Opponents say the new law goes too far.
"It's scary to me, frankly. Because when I'm going to worship on Sunday, I'd like to have that worship service free from the tool or the weaponry that produces something that is antithetical to peace," said Sen. Bert Johnson.
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Elite Syncopations had its premiered just seven months after Manon – and is MacMillan at his most playful. He had been planning a ragtime ballet even before George Roy Hill's use of Scott Joplin's "The Entertainer" as the title-track for his film The Sting revived popular interest in Joplin's music. Two other ballets of the period were also choreographed to Joplin rags. These were Barry Moreland's Prodigal Son for London Festival Ballet and Alfonso Catá's and Kent Stowell's Ragtime for Frankfurt Ballet.
The curtain opens as Elite Syncopation's cast dance wildly on a virtually bare stage. On a rostrum at the back is a band of twelve players led by a pianist (at the premiere Philip Gammon, with members of the Covent Garden orchestra). The setting might be a competition in a louche dancehall in the Mississipi Delta at the turn of the last century, where the ballet's characters flirt, dance and vie with each other for the limelight. There is no real plot; just a succession of rags, cakewalks and slow drags which demand virtuosity and comic flair.
The designer was Ian Spurling, with whom MacMillan has already collaborated on Seven Deadly Sins. The costumes are dazzlingly garish, a riot of gaudy and inventive colour. For the dancers there are sassy lycra unitards, variously patterned with arrows, stars and stripes, buttons and bows. The band's costumes are toned-down versions of the 1900 fashions so extravagantly exaggerated on the dancers' bodies. In both scenery and costume Spurling's designs underscored the informal - and almost improvisatory - quality of the ballet and contributed greatly to its enduring success.
Like Danses Concertantes, MacMillan's first work for the Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet, Elite Syncopations is a 'dance concert' whose individual sections are watched by other dancers not performing at the time. In the triple bill at which it was premiered, Elite Syncopations contrasted with the seriousness of Frederick Ashton's Scénes de ballet and MacMillan's own Song of the Earth.
Elite Syncopations was a hit with audiences in London, as it would be later in Canada and the United States. For Covent Garden regulars it was a chance to see favourite dancers letting their hair down: in the first night cast, Monica Mason's witty and showgirlish Calliope Rag; the Alaskan Ragfor the tall elegant Vergie Derman and the diminutive Wayne Sleep; for Michael Coleman a spectacular solo, shot through with rhythmic wit; and the engaging Bethena rag-waltz for Merle Park and Donald MacLeary.
According to Noel Goodwin, writing for Dance and Dancers, MacMillan had choreographed several more rags than he eventually used in the ballet. Even on a second viewing Goodwin wrote, Elite Syncopations was 'cheerfully diverting'. He continued: "Much of my enjoyment came from watching some of the Royal Ballet's best and most distinctive principals displaying new facets of their artistry in the choreography MacMillan devised for them."
When in 1976 the Royal Ballet brought Elite Syncopations to the United States, Anna Kisselgoff, The New York Times'dance critic, was unstinting. "The ballet is fun", she enthused. "Here is Mr MacMillan in full verve. That's entertainment."
First performance: Covent Garden, London, 7 October 1974
Company: The Royal Ballet
Cast: Merle Park, Donald Macleary, Monica Mason, Michael Coleman, Jennifer Penney, David Wall, Vergie Derman, Wayne Sleep, Wayne Eagling, Jennifer Jackson, Judith How, David Drew, David Adams
Music: Scott Joplin, Scott Hayden, Paul Pratt, Joseph F. Lamb, Max Morath, Donald Ashwander, Robert Hampton
Design: Ian Spurling
Benesh notation score: Monica Parker (1974) Preliminary Master Score
Television: BBC, 21 September 1975


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The next deadline for Glimmer Train Press's quarterly Fiction Open is fast approaching: March 31. But a quick look at the Help page on the press's Web site will provide some breathing space for those procrastinating writers out there who have yet to get their submissions ready. "We always have a one-week grace period after the close of a category, so please don't worry if you're trying to make a deadline," coeditors Susan Burmeister-Brown and Linda Swanson-Davies write.
The prize is given for a story in the range of two thousand to twenty thousand words. The winner, who will be announced on May 31, receives two thousand dollars, publication in Glimmer Train Stories and twenty copies of the issue. The second-place winner will receive a thousand dollars and possible publicaiton; the third-place winner, six hundred dollars and a shot at publication. There's a twenty-dollar entry fee.
The winner of the December 2008 Fiction Open, Cary Groner, is a graduate student at the University of Arizona's creative writing program. His winning story, the twenty-five-page "Elaborate Preparations for Departure," forthcoming in an upcoming issue of Glimmer Train Stories, will be his first publication. In an interview on UA's Web site, Groner said the award "came as a pleasant surprise," and responded to the debate over whether writing can be taught. "To me it's a little like wondering whether neurosurgery can be taught," he said. "I came here without much of a clue what I was doing, and although I still have a lot to learn, I'm living proof that if you have attentive teachers and astute colleagues, you can improve."
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you missed the other ones then
an easy way to tell is if you look at the remaining time and see that it's too long for the end credits to keep going
Living under this here rock, I guess it's no wonder I didn't realize how big Smart-TVs are becoming. I've seen 'internet TVs' before but hey, if they're really building up steam then maybe that's what Nintendo will be working on from about 2016 on as their final console. I really wish I could have been at the expo...hopefully there will be another next year.
Great show Jim...although that freakout at the end is how I felt when I realized I would likely have to wait until my February 2013 birthday to get my hands on a Wii-U...also I used tonkatsu sauce, not ketchup. Thank Jim for Jim.
Speaking as someone who:
A) Has owned 11 gaming systems in my lifetime (5 made by Nintendo no less), 12 if you count keeping a gaming PC up to date.
B) Is, frankly, too old to place any personal emotional stock in which game company vying for my money "wins" a given generation.
I have seen nothing as of yet that makes me interested in purchasing a Wii-U later this year. *shrug*
Which is the one with blast processing? That's the good one, I bet.
I was thinking the same thing. Who would have thought that ketchup would be such a natural at comedy.
My kids will turn 4 in a couple of months and be just at the age of starting games. The touchscreen controls are way more kid friendly than gamepads and and the WiiUPad will transition well between controllers and touchscreen.
I'm totally getting this system a few months after the rush is over.
I pretty much agree with Jim entirely. When I turn on my Xbox, i see a big intrusive square in the middle of my screen, cycling through advertisements of music, movies, sports, tv shows, and if i'm lucky, a game, with the game that's currently in my disc tray appearing as a tiny little box in the corner. Also, none of that can be changed; i'm stuck with that set up. When i turn on my Wii, the only things that have to be on the menu is what's in my disc tray, and the Wii Shop channel, which makes sense because if i deleted the Shop channel, it'd be like deleting any web browsers off your computer. Yah. Woops.
And I think this is partly down to Nintendo just a good old-fashioned game company. They dont make blu-ray discs, they don't make operating systems. They make game consoles, and games. That's it. And it's something that I really respect about it. I'm not being advertised to on the Wii, i'm being given what I want -- games, and the only advertising that will be shown to me will cycle through the tiny Wii Shop window, but even then, at least it's game related.
Now don't get me wrong, I love my Xbox, i play it more than the Wii. But with this new console generation coming up, I'm starting to really question if I want to be an advertisement sponge for Microsoft, or go with Nintendo. Hopefully the third-party support for the Wii U is strong, as that will definitely make the decision a snap.
Oh Jim, you never fail to amuse.
I plan to get a Wii U but not until there are more games, I do like the sound of ZombiU and I would most certainly snag a copy of Bayonetta 2 and Mario, but looking at the controller...it looks awkward as hell...not something I would want to play something like Assassins Creed 3 on.
What is the 360 or PS3 providing that the Wii U isn't?
That's just pure epic win right here folks.
Ya, I just don't see it. Sure integrated TV functionality may muscle in on some of the stuff that Xbox and PS want to offer you, but the reality is that people buy consoles for the games and I think the Wii U is cornering themsleves out of the games by doing this.
Once the next gen systems come out, the Wii U will simply be less powerful than the other 3 platforms (xbox, PS and PC) making it inferior to develop the more complex games on.
Plus if pad integrated gaming were to actually become more desirable than a gimmick, people are going to want to use their much more capable and non proprietary pad. Their pad which will have much more functionality and connectivity, thus making Wii U's a poor choice for expanding and/or monetizing the two gaming worlds.
And, personally, I think its stupid to force me to divide my attention between my TV and your pad. I love my TV. Lots of people love their TV. I get that a lot of people, especially younger generations, are more willing to watch their stuff on smaller screens, but come on. I don't want to watch the pad when my TV is right fucking there.
Edit: Worth noting that I thought, from the get go, that motion control was dogshit and that the Wii wouldn't be worth it. While it certainly dropped off in later years, no one can argue that it was very successful.
You have a weird sense of what counts as the next generation or a true follower to a console. 10+ times as much power? Nope, it's just 1.5. Drastically improved online features, controller, ~5 times the resolution etc etc... Pfft, that's nothing. Gimmicky controller? F*** Yeah!
Seriously, the only way Wii U is doing anything significant is if you compare it to Wii, which is like comparing Nextbox to Xbox (not 360).
My money's on Sony. I'm almost certain MS is going to do precisely like Jim said and I loathe Wii U's direction almost as much as I hated the Wii's. Sony has kept it reasonably focused on the core gaming experience and I hope they keep it that way next gen as well.
Aw. Poor Jim. You suffer so much for our entertainment. Thank God for you.
As for the topic, I'll just wait and see how all this plays out. You may be right, Jim.
Also, I hope you'll be at the next Expo. Hopefully I can go next time too.
I am more ready to see MS sweep Nintendo than Sony stay in the console market, to be honest. I mean that MS Glass idea was inspired, I know, I proposed it for new years as a way to deal with selling the iffy tech of tablet gaming.
Thing is that MS and Nintendo have already proven to be able to co-exist. One more fps and western in focus on adult hardcore gamers and PC gaming inspirations. The other more.. well okay casual and local multiplayer focused with Japanese independent cast a wide net stuff (adventure games, fighting games, etc) while being more family or kid directed with a strong console or toy gaming focus with the occasional Japan pc crossover if we're lucky.
In short the Pepsi and Coke of their markets if they were to be left standing. Distinct and similar but competitive and satisfactory without having to eliminate the other.
I want to see "behind the scenes" footage of Jim showing this video to his dry cleaner without them automatically thinking the obvious reason why he would have ketchup on his suit.
On topic: I'm still lukewarm about the whole Wii U thing. I haven't been massively interested enough to keep an eye on the release titles and I don't know if:
a) it'll be anything that appeals to my specific tastes in aesthetics, storyline and gameplay style.
and b) That it won't be anything I don't already own on either my Wii or my 360.
I'm still pretty much just waiting it out, it'll probably be some time after release before I can afford to fork out for one anyway and I want to make sure that I'm getting my money's worth for it. I'm going to wait until there are enough reviews and "buzz" about the system before I make any concrete decision.
That being said; I'm optimistic, despite being cautious. I see the potential, but I'm also cynical that the potential might be squandered or misused in the early years and development won't focus very much on that second screen, which opens up an whole world of possibilities if companies are willing to take some risks. Something that I'm pretty sure we're all aware just does not happen any more unless you're an indie developer.
If it turns out to not be my kind of thing then I'm holding no grudge against it, nor will I have anything against anyone who decides that is their kind of thing. That's just how things go, I'm going to wait until I see enough games for it to appeal to my personal tastes before I'm fully committed, because what's a gaming system without games?
I think the Wii U will be very successful with the "casual" market, since tablets are all the rage right now.
Moviebob said something similar in an old episode of the Game Overthinker. Since Sony bombed in Japan with the Vita, Nintendo stole most of the momentum in the hand-held market with games like Monster Hunter, and frankly Mario is more of a system seller than Nathan Drake. Sony could possibly fall out of the video game business.
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Do you have a link to said article? I'd really like to give it a good read. Honestly I would hate for sony to drop out of the race for the sheer fact that I think they are the only ones holding back MS from going full crazy with their bloatware on the xbox.
MS isn't going anywhere. If Nintendo won the overall with a big start. MS won the Western market and is finally at looooooooong last improving in asian/japanese markets later. They have less hate though plenty of apprehension attached to them.
Sony, the company who are overall suffering, and keep banking on premium core early adopters in a recession is getting thrashed by...Samsung and Apple (nintendo is a minor front) in their overall operations. So they'll either hold fast and maybe pull a win (Wonderbook, the smash ripoff, and the other late gen goodies they can roll out ya never know who was banking on the extremeeee success of God of War?) But right now its Nintendo for the young MS for the core market Sony likely pulling back.
Sure here it is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bDbj4j1ylE it's kind of old, since it only mentions the PSP, but it has a theory thatt might shed some new light into why Sony fucks up their business osmetimes.
I'm going to have to agree. When I first heard about the WiiU, the only thing in my brain was "gimmick." But the more I hear about the WiiU, the more awesome it sounds. I'm actually seriously considering buying one. Maybe not at launch, but probably in the reasonably near future. Also, the more I hear about the 720, if that's what they really want to call it, the more I'm pushed away from it.
TLDR: Excited about the WiiU. I want PS4 as well, as long as they don't screw it up. 720 is already complete crap.
A videogame console focusing on VIDEOGAMES!? What kind of pants-on-head-retarded shit is this!? Nobody cares about videogames anymore.
Nintendo is going to bomb because their tech will be obsolete in a few years. Just look at how bad the wii did against the 360 and... oh, wait...
The Wii U does have a browser, and I'm not sure if it will but it may be able to play blu-rays. But still, none of that is seeming to distract from the game part of the system. Just look at E3, if Sony or Microsoft announced they were getting Netflix or something on their consoles they would spend 5 minutes talking about it, and show a two minute trailer on it. In Nintendo's E3 conference this year talking about the Wii U they spend about two minutes announcing pretty much all their video services, and they were pretty much saying "We know you won't be surprised or amazed at these announcements, so we'll spend as little time as possible announcing them so we can get to the games!"
A little bit wrong, since Microsoft spends 20 minutes talking about ESPN and Adidas, while Sony spends 15 minutes on the surely killer-app that the Wonderbook will be. Then they show the 2 minute trailers.
What in the hell are you basing the idea that Sony won't focus on games next gen on?
By my count, for the past few years we've heard nothing from Guerilla, Sucker Punch, half of Naughty Dog, and SCE London. This points to all of these studios focusing on creating games for the Ps4 - games that, given the time they've been given, will likely be available for the systems launch. Whereas Nintendo could provide one worthwhile game at launch, that leaves Sony with four first party titles to wow us with.
My point is that the idea that the WiiU has a focus on games, or that this focus is moreso than its competitors, is simply fallacious.
Oh I know it has those things but I meant the WiiU is at least a different way to play games than PC, whereas consoles PS and Xbox are starting to just have the same games and then a bunch of other stuff a pc can do better (and for free in the case of xbox). The WiiU is the only one trying to do what your pc is already doing better.
Oh god don't remind me about the wonderbook, watching that in the sony conference this year made me wonder how easy suicide would be with the various things I had in the room with me.
That is the good thing about Nintendo's conferences, there's rarely any bullshit. They tell you the details and give you the trailers instead of getting out people to demo EVERY single damn game they have to announce, or talk about it.
I'm assuming the best way to interpret that moment in the video is that what console a game is on is not an issue, especially when most gamers are probably going to buy all the consoles anyways.
Furthermore, all the hate for the Wii U having Bayonetta 2 is unfounded; as what the action shows is that Nintendo is Genuinely wanting to have people take the console seriously as opposed to the last one.
The Exclusivity part only becomes as argument against exclusivity in general, and that is a problem nobody cared about before. And unless you want to start arguing that Microsoft should port Fable to PS3 as well, you have no ground.
Console companies are going to have exclusivity for some time, and we're not in a position to change that, yet... So it's all a moot issue.
Essentially, all the hate against the move is pointless noise-making, and that unless you're literally too poor to buy Nintendo's cheap ass Console; you're making much ado about nothing...
Don't shoot the messenger, I'm merely translating from "chimp impersonation". Also, some of the subtleties may be lost.
Non gimicky controllers. 3rd party support.
In case you couldn't tell, the Wii did well solely because of its gimmicky wand. But I guess that history will repeat itself, since there isn't any kind of tablet gaming device on the market - oh........
Oh Jim, you're so, lets call it "uncouth"... i love it, keep it up XD
On the WiiU: Interesting point, i mean, Nintendo's approach of appealing to something like "a broader audience" was clear already, but this is a bit different perspective.
Different perspective nonetheless, won't change my reserved attitude about the WiiU for now.
Oh, you went there....Well played sir...well played.
My two cents on this episode? I will be f'd in the a before I pay for xbox live or any other service. It just kills me, this layering effect. First I have to pay for internet, then netflix, then xboxlive?
I'd rather eat poop.
I can stream netflix through my wii, for free - and so it should be really. I know what microsoft is thinking, i am just not certain they have thought it through.
I'm sorry, how much bullshit on the TVii was there at the conference about the price? Oh look, 15 minutes of it.
Ahh alright. Yeah, I see your point and I agree with it fully. By the looks of it the nextbox and PS4 are both going to be a decent upgrade from this generation, but will also be REALLY overpriced for what they are because of that. Just look at the Vita, by letting it have PS3 graphics it's shot itself in the foot with a bloody high price. And with all the propriety shit that has, it doesn't bode well for the PS4. Same with the Nextbox, it will most likely have kinect built in (increasing the price), have more propriety memory and subscriptions and what not. TBH, I think Nintendo letting any HDD be plugged in to their system has been a very good idea for having a cost-effective system.
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NOW that the Fusion has restored Ford's standing as a maker of top-flight family sedans, it might perform one other service: kicking the Taurus, its couch-potato roommate, out of the apartment.
For five years, the Fusion and the reborn Taurus have coexisted uneasily in showrooms. The Taurus had been treated heedlessly by Ford, relegated to rental fleets and finally put down in 2006 — an undignified end for a sedan that had been America's best seller of 1992-97. Then Ford clumsily revived the name, re-christening its tepid Five Hundred sedan as a Taurus before creating the underwhelming model offered today.
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The Fusion SE, at $24,495 and up, sprinkles in 17-inch wheels and other goodies, and for another $795 you can add a 179-horse 1.6-liter turbocharged Ecoboost 4-cylinder. A fuel-saving stop-start system — it cuts the engine when the car isn't moving — is $295 more.
Adding muscle, with a 2-liter, 240-horse turbo 4-cylinder, kicks the SE's starting price to $26,745.
I tested two upper-tier models, including the Fusion Hybrid that starts at $27,995. Its 47 m.p.g. rating crushes midsize rivals, including the Toyota Camry Hybrid, beneath its green feet.
My other test car was a Fusion Titanium with a base price of $30,995; all-wheel drive costs $2,000 more. Options, including a navigation system, kicked my maxed-out Titanium test car to $37,670. That is $3,450 more than the most expensive Honda Accord sedan, the V-6 Touring, though the Honda doesn't offer all-wheel drive.
Every Fusion gets a handsome metal wrapper that puts it among the few family sedans — the Hyundai Sonata and Kia Optima are others — to poke their heads above the sea of anonymity. The Ford leads with an Anglophile face: a ribbed Aston Martin-style grille that seems a vestige of Ford's previous ownership of that British marque. Perhaps Ford's leaders borrowed the look on the reasoning that, since Aston never made them a dime, they might as well get something out of the deal.
I may be the only one to find that social-leaping grille a bit overweening; it reminds me of the days when Chrysler 300 owners would proudly tack on fake Bentley grilles. When I've asked Ford designers about Aston influence, they claim to not see it, which is rather like Coldplay saying, "U2? Never heard of 'em, mate."
Strands of the Hyundai Sonata also play through the Fusion's sweeping roofline and rear end. Sources aside, the Fusion will brighten gray suburban driveways as few family sedans can.
The cabin is comfortable and uncluttered. Unfortunately, only the Titanium includes a Sony audio system with sleeker flush-mounted controls. The clean-and-simple theme is undermined by MyFord Touch, which combines a sometimes dodgy touch screen with a pair of configurable LCD screens flanking the speedometer. The system manages navigation, phone, audio and other functions with touch controls, voice commands or steering wheel buttons. Operating the system gets easier after you climb the learning curve, and this latest version seemed quicker to respond to inputs.
Still, every time I use MyFord Touch, I imagine a digitally challenged grandparent being flummoxed or distracted — and driving off a cliff.
Add the irritations of MyFord Touch to a growing list of consumer grievances against Ford. These include a problem-plagued dual-clutch transmission (used in the Fiesta and Focus, but not the new Fusion), several large recalls and the brand's plunge — to 27th place out of 28 auto brands — in Consumer Reports' reliability ratings.
The 2013 Fusion was too new, however, to be included in the 2012 Consumer Reports survey, which was released last week.
Yet judged strictly on performance, the Ford is a marvel. It is a bona fide driver's car, the rare family sedan that loves a curve-chucking detour on the way to work. The chassis, suspension, brakes and steering all rank at the top of the class, or near it. The Fusion sets the sporty sedan standard over formidable new rivals like the Nissan Altima and Volkswagen Passat, leaving the Honda Accord as its closest competitor.
The 2-liter Ecoboost, especially when burdened with the extra weight of all-wheel drive, is a tad slower than some rivals' turbo 4s and V-6s. Equipped this way, the Fusion accelerates from 0 to 60 m.p.h. in a still-respectable 6.8 seconds. The engine is also smoother and sweeter-sounding than, say, the competing Hyundai Sonata Turbo. And all of the Ford Ecoboost's solid 270 pound-feet of torque, managed through a 6-speed automatic transmission, is on tap at a low 3,000 r.p.m.
The 2-liter, all-wheel-drive model is the least fuel-efficient Fusion at 22 miles per gallon in town and 31 on the highway. Choosing front drive raises the highway fuel economy to 33 m.p.g.
As with many turbos, however, Ford's drumbeat claims of V-6 power with 4-cylinder mileage become suspect when you dip into the power supply. I averaged 22 m.p.g. with the Titanium test car.
The smaller 1.6-liter Ecoboost improves fuel economy to 23 city, 36 highway, with a 6-speed automatic. A 6-speed manual gearbox is also offered, but only with the 1.6 engine.
The cheapest Fusion, with its carried-over 2.5 engine, is rated at 22 city, 34 highway, and is perhaps best left for the rental-car companies.
But considering the typical Detroit sedan of even a decade ago, the new Fusion is a revelation, so sophisticated over the road that enthusiasts will be looking for the missing VW badge.
Yes, Ford has taken a beating in recent consumer ratings, but give it some credit: across a big chunk of its lineup, from the Fiesta subcompact and Focus compact to the Fusion, Mustang, Explorer and Flex, the company has nailed the ride and handling formula for mainstream cars.
If Ford can also get a handle on the issues dragging it down, the Fusion could be the first Detroit car in years to challenge the Accord as the critics' choice among family sedans.
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PINEVILLE, Ky. – They call it Pine Mountain State Park, but the majestic mountain hillsides are also covered with oak and maple. Meandering through the valley is Clear Creek, a trickling, crystal clear stream that criss-crosses through Wasioto Winds Golf Course.
Along the fairways are native hemlock and rhododendron. In addition to the creek are numerous wetlands, and water comes into play from three lakes.
The name Wasiotyo means Valley of the Deer.
The stunning natural beauty found throughout this 18-hole golf course, located in the southeast corner of Kentucky, can present plenty of distractions.
It was in that setting that the Tennessee Tech men's golf team opened the fall portion of its schedule Monday, playing two rounds in the 12-team field. After posting a 299 in the opening round, the Golden Eagles improved by four shots on their second tour of the 6,656-yard, par 72 layout.
Tech heads into Tuesday's final round in eighth place with a 594 total, led by sophomore Mason Griffin in 26th place individually.
The tourney marks the coaching debut with the Tech men's team for newly named head coach Polk Brown.
Northern Kentucky set a torrid pace and Southern Illinois nearly matched it. With seven of their 10 rounds Monday at par or below, NKU shot 284 and 283 and owns a two-shot lead at 567. Southern Illinois led after the first round with a 281 and followed with a 288, placing it second at 269.
UT Martin, the leader among five Ohio Valley Conference teams in the field, is in third place at 575, including a 283 in the first round. Fellow OVC entries Eastern Illinois (58) and Morehead State (581) round out the top five.
Bellarmine (582) is sixth, followed by University of the Cumberlands (586), Tech (594), Murray State (597) and John A. Logan College (597) in the Top 10. Walters State (600) and Trevecca Nazarene (620) round out the field.
Brown had to make an adjustment to his lineup at the last minute when senior Tyler Cassetty was unable to compete due to an illness. Travis Ramsey, originally slated to play as an individual entry, jumped into the Tech lineup and had the second-best score through the first round with a 74.
Griffin was consistent, carding scores of 73 and 75 to finish with a 148. He led the entire field of 75 golfers in par three scoring and finds himself just four shots out of the Top 10.
Greg Kitts also showed steady play with rounds of 75 and 74, and is tied for 24th place at 149. True freshman Taylor Diegel (shown in photo above left), playing in his first collegiate event, shot 77 and 74, and is tied for 43rd place at 151. One shot back at 152 is Lee Maxwell, who overcame a first round 80 with an even-par 72 second round. Ramsey followed his opening 74 with an 82, and is tied for 64th place at 156.
The individual leaders in the tourney are David Lawrence of Eastern Illinois and Tyler Shellnut of UT Martin, each sitting at six-under 138.
The final round begins at 9 a.m. ET with a shotgun start. The Golden Eagles will tee off on seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth holes, paired with players from Murray State and University of the Cumberlands.


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French Art Deco pair of pull-up armchairs by Jacques Adnet, circa 1936. Solid macassar ebony with bronze mounts. Red leather upholstery. 22" wide x 19" deep x 35" high. Documented.
An icon of luxurious French Modernism, was both an architect and a designer. Adnet was born in 1900 and grew up with the 20th Century - as the beauty of the world was being captured through photography and film, undreamed of speeds were attained by rail and airplane, and machinery became precisioned. And artists in all disciplines searched for ways to ennoble that which they touched and turned into works of art.
Adnet attended the Municipal School of Design in Auxerre and the Ecole des Arts Décoratifs to study architecture under Charles Genuys. In Paris, he worked for the prestigious designers Henri Rapin and Maurice Dufrene. He exhibited at the 1925 Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes. Adnet was distinctly avant garde and was among the first of the French modernist designers to expect metal and glass to integrate with the structure and decoration of furniture. in 1926 he designed the salle commune of the Ile-de-France. By 1928, had become Director of La Compagnie des Arts Français - at the age of 28!
The chic address of CAF at 116 rue du Faubourg Saint Honoré in Paris, where he stayed until 1959, provided Adnet with an ideal platform from which to promote his modernist designs. These incorporated precious woods, chromed metals, embellishments such as mirror, leather, parchment and smoked glass in linear styles with decoration pared away wherever possible. A 1930 quote summarized the effort: "What a lot of work to achieve simplicity!"
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No one was surprised that Russia and China abstained from the United Nations Security Council vote for a no-fly zone in Libya. But Germany?
Actually, Berlin had been signaling for days that it would not go along, but still. Germany is one of America's closest allies. In this vote, Europe's biggest democracy stood alongside authoritarians and developing nations, not with its freedom-loving partners, Britain, France, and the US.
It had plenty of international cover to vote "yes." The Arab League supported the UN resolution, which is meant to avert a bloodbath in the rebel stronghold of Benghazi. The European Union also endorsed the resolution.
The German exception was all the more remarkable because of this: Berlin lobbied hard for its two-year seat on the Security Council, which began Jan. 1. It gave the impression that it would be ueber responsible, that this stint was a dry run in a bid for a permanent seat.
"Germany will be a reliable, responsible and engaged partner," said Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle, about his country's seat on the Security Council. "We will do our part to ensure that the world continues to see the Council as the central body for peace and security in the world."
Muammar Qaddafi has praised Germany for its position. What an embarrassment for a country that sustained one of the colonel's terrorist bombings (his agents blew up the La Belle nightclub in West Berlin in 1986).
So why did Germany abstain? There are several official reasons. It is in the middle of restructuring its defense forces. Adding another mission outside of Afghanistan, where it has the third largest troop presence after the Americans and the British, would stretch it too far.
Mr. Westerwelle has also warned against the "slippery slope" of another war in a Muslim country with perhaps unintended consequences. Germany will not participate in the UN mission, although it is considering how it can help more with tasks in Afghanistan, such as radar flights, to free up personnel or equipment for Libya.
The unofficial reason for abstaining is because this is the popular position to take in a year chock full of important German state elections, including one on Sunday. This vote is entirely consistent with populist positions taken by Chancellor Angela Merkel – no bailout for deadbeat, debt-ridden European countries, a rethinking of nuclear power, and no support for military action, even to stop a bloodbath.
This all sounds like pretty high-and-mighty criticism, so let's just take the German position for a minute, because nothing is ever as black and white as it looks.
Pacifism still runs deep in Germans who are sensitive to their tragic history. Slowly, though, Germany has taken on greater security roles in the world. Berlin is still keeping German troops in Afghanistan, despite a strong public desire to get them out. It has deployed Germans as UN or NATO peacekeepers to the Balkans, Africa, and Lebanon.
And lobbing criticisms from America is like throwing stones at a glass Bauhaus. Let's not forget that members of Congress are divided on the no-fly issue. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates warned against it for the exact same reasons that the Germans brought up. Two-thirds of Americans say the US has no responsibility to act in Libya. The Obama administration was hardly decisive about Libya, allowing France and other countries to take the lead.
Once Washington pivoted, however, Berlin should have, too. Ms. Merkel said today that "we fully endorse the aims of the resolution. Our attitude can't be mixed up with neutrality." But those words don't change the fact that in a crucial vote, Germany sided with Russia and China, and not with her friends.
Her friends have surely noticed. Indeed, a US government official told me today that in NATO, Germany is beginning to resemble the France of yesteryear: "They have become the land of 'no.' "


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30 in 30: Bennett's sophomore surge Pens' X-factorby Corey Masisak
Evgeni Malkin and James Neal are world-class players, and someone from the Pittsburgh Penguins is going to have the enviable opportunity to skate on a line with them this season.
The favorite as training camp approaches is Beau Bennett, a player who had zero experience as a professional hockey player before 2012-13 and 47 games at the collegiate level before that.
Bennett had three goals and 14 points in 26 games as a rookie, and most importantly did not look out of place when on the ice with some of Pittsburgh's stars.
"We had a scrimmage just before the season started and he had the chance to play with better players," Penguins general manager Ray Shero said. "He jumped out, and he showed he had the ability to think the game at that level. You can play him anywhere in your lineup. He has the ability and hockey sense to do that."
Bennett is listed at 6-foot-2, 207 pounds, and won't turn 22 years old until late November. He was a first-round pick (No. 20) in the 2010 NHL Draft, but missed all but 10 games of his sophomore season, in 2010-11, at the University of Denver because of injury.
He left school after two years and began his professional career in the American Hockey League last fall. He had seven goals and 28 points in 39 games for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, the Penguins' American Hockey League affiliate.
"He hadn't played a lot of hockey prior to turning pro," Penguins coach Dan Bylsma said. "He didn't play a lot his sophomore season, and I think he really benefitted from the lockout, going down to Wilkes-Barre, playing a lot of games and learning the pro game. He showed he can play in certain areas of the rink, like in the defensive end and in the corners.
"Then, when he did have a chance in the National Hockey League, he showed that it wasn't just his skill and his hands and his hockey sense. He could be depended on to hold onto the puck, and he could be depended on to play defense for us. He did that."
Bennett isn't exceptionally fast but he is smart and smooth. He's not afraid to hang on to the puck for an extra split second to find an opening, and some of his flashes of creativity are glimpses of elite potential.
"He's almost more of a pass-first player," Shero said. "I'd like to see him get more of a shoot-first mentality, but that seems to be the way guys are sometimes."
If Bennett is going to play with Malkin and Neal, looking to pass the puck might not be such a bad idea; those two combined for 90 goals in 2011-12.
Bennett's passing ability could allow him to rack up plenty of points during his second NHL season.
"I think he really grew in the first half of last year while playing for Wilkes-Barre," Bylsma said. "He played 26 games for us, and showed what he could do power-play-wise, what he could do making plays with the puck. I think there is an opportunity for Beau, and I think he's capable of adding in that regard on our top six with our skilled players. I think he's going to surprise a lot of people by the end of the year with how he can help our team."
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White House Won't Rule Out $1 Trillion Coin Option
(WASHINGTON) -- The White House Wednesday would not flatly rule out the possibility of minting $1 trillion coins as a means for the Obama administration to pay its debt if Congress fails to raise the nation's debt ceiling.
"There is no Plan B. There is no backup plan. There is Congress' responsibility to pay the bills of the United States," White House Press Secretary Jay Carney told reporters at the daily briefing.
Asked if the administration would fully rule out the coin idea, Carney deflected saying, "You could speculate about a lot of things."
"Nothing needs to come to these kinds of…speculative notions about how to deal with a problem that is easily resolved by Congress doing its job, very simply," he added.
Pressed further by ABC News' Jon Karl on why the White House won't offer a clear answer on the subject, Carney referred all questions to the Treasury Department.
"I answered it thoroughly," he later joked. "And I have no coins in my pocket."
If Congress fails to extend the U.S. debt limit, President Obama could ask the Treasury to begin printing the $1 trillion coins, which could then be used to fulfill the nation's debt obligations.
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A new Doctor has been found and, now, has finally been revealed. After much speculation as to who would replace Matt Smith in the iconic role, famed Scottish actor Peter Capaldi was revealed on Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor as the next actor to become the Doctor. Should fans be excited to have an older Doctor?
Capaldi, who starred in the spin-off series' Torchwood: Children of Earth, was actually on the short list of actors many thought might fill the role. In the UK, he's most famously known as the star of the long-running comedy series The Thick of It, which is in the vein of HBO's Veep. Arrested Development creator Mitch Hurtiwtz was at one time enlisted to create an American adaptation.
Of course, fans aren't likely going to have issue with a well-known comedic actor stepping in to the legendary role; it'll likely be his age. Capaldi, who is 55, isn't the oldest actor the play the Doctor but… not by much. William Hartnell, who played the First Doctor at age 55, is still the oldest actor to play the character, besting Capaldi by just a few months. But will the switch from Matt Smith, the youngest actor to play the role, to Capaldi appease the series' ever growing fanbase?
Although a few might think it's odd to have an older actor step in to the role of the Doctor – especially with its young audience – there are more than enough reasons to be excited about what's to come, and what Capaldi can bring to the role. With the younger Smith, grand adventures of exploration is what best fits the character. Sure, Smith can deliver a dramatic monologue like the best of them, but the overall series was at its best when he was able to take advantage of his youthful exuberance.
With Capaldi stepping in to the role, Moffat will be able to make the Doctor more introspective, more aware of his actions. And since age equals experience, audiences are more likely to believe it, thus allowing Moffat to more earnestly explore the weighted past of everyone's favorite Time Lord without having to worry about writing "run, you clever boy" all too often. And after this season, perhaps a change will be good for the series overall.
In Doctor Who season 7, though it had quite a few fantastic, standalone episodes, the overall story-arc was weak, and the use of editing tricked audiences into believing that answers to long-standing questions were going to come in the next episode (and they never did). So while some may not yet be on board with Capaldi as the Twelfth Doctor, everyone should be excited about the fact that Moffat and Co. have a new muse, allowing them to take the character in many new directions that they previously couldn't.
Still, fans of Smith have the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary and the Doctor Who Christmas Special left, allowing everyone some time to get used to the fact that he will no longer be on the series. And though no one really knows what to expect from the upcoming, final adventures with the Doctor, Moffat surely won't disappoint.
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Waters of worldly ways can dilute your faith's flavor
Thoroughly enjoying teaching the adults at our church here on the Bolivar Peninsula in our Sunday school hour, we have recently delved into the subjects of salt and light. Common enough sounding topics, but so much information is contained therein that we have had long discussions, wonderful illustrations from real life, and many opportunities to ask questions and to offer opinions. This is what good, quality teaching is all about, in my opinion. It is not necessarily one "expert" standing and giving his or her opinion for hours on end. Instead, it is about learning, truly learning, and enjoying the process as it happens and making the topic interesting enough so that people dig out other material on their own time and in their own way. The brave ones come back to class to share what they've found.
We began with verses found in Matthew, Chapter 5, where we read, beginning in Verse 13, "Ye are the salt of the earth, but if the salt has lost its savor or strength, wherewith shall it be salted? It is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men. Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick, so it giveth light unto all that are in the house. Let you light so shine before men that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in Heaven" (Verses 13-16).
Considering table salt is, we will begin with the fact that it is a mineral. Salt is known as sodium chloride (NaCI) and is the combination of one sodium ion and one chloride ion. Salt is 40 percent sodium and 60 percent chloride by weight. We know that salt enhances the flavor of food, preserves food, helps to regulate and control normal body functions, and acts as a building block for more complex chemicals. Interestingly, salt is the only rock eaten regularly by humans.
According to material published by the Salt Institute, seawater contains on average 2.7 percent of salt by weight. Try telling that to a toddler playing in the ocean who has just gotten his first big mouthful of salty water by diving into a spiraling wave. That can seem like it is 100 percent salty, and when it goes up your nostrils or gets in your eyes, the effect can last for minutes on end.
The verses we read are interesting in the fact that they speak of Christians "losing the flavor" of the salt in the world in which they live. My husband asked in class, "How does that happen?" I did not readily have a good answer, so I started searching.
From a chemical prospective, a chemical reaction must occur, if we are speaking of table salt, and for this illustration, we will be. Salt is a stable substance and the chemical bond is very tight. Sodium and chlorine are happy to become one and share their electron. One writer said that they are much like the happily married couple that really loves to be married.
All of the writers I followed agreed that for salt, as we know it, to lose its pungent saltiness, or change its physical composition, it would have to be diluted in water because it is non-reactive in its crystalline form. Or electricity would have to be introduced to force the sodium chloride into its ionic components, thereby changing its chemical composition.
From this scientific conclusion, for Christians to lose their flavor or effect, the Gospel would have to be diluted in their lives. This might be done by way of a very complacent Christian, the person who does not protect the truth of the Gospel in his life from other ideas and ideologies. This person may be guilty of mixing truth with untruth or weakened truth or of outright denial of the things of God.
Let's be diligent about not losing our worth, or our flavor, in this troubled world today.
Brenda Cannon Henley is an award-winning journalist and writer living on the Southeast Texas Gulf Coast. Having enjoyed more than four decades in ministry, Brenda shares her columns with our readers and works with churches and faith-based programs nationwide. She can be reached at (409) 781-8788 or at brendacannonhenley [at] yahoo [dot] com.


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According to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, fewer than one in five adults in the United States who could benefit from hearing aids actually wears them. Fort HealthCare Audiologist Lori Fish, M.S.-A, states, "When the subject of hearing loss comes up, inevitably the conversation turns to the high cost of hearing aids, cosmetic concerns, or the social stigma of wearing a 'symbol of aging,' or simply denial that hearing loss is a problem for an individual. Despite the cost of hearing aids, there is a bigger cost to neglecting one's hearing loss."
Fish continues, "Hearing loss negatively affects relationships, job performance, mental health and function, social activity, and even safety. Basically, untreated hearing loss severely affects the quality of a person's life." Fish always offers free hearing screenings by appointment to adults 18 and over at Fort HealthCare's Ear, Nose & Throat Clinics in Fort Atkinson, Whitewater and Edgerton.
Purchasing a hearing aid sometimes requires a significant financial investment, so it's important to choose a hearing aid dispenser with your best interests in mind. A hearing aid dispenser, also called a hearing aid specialist, will provide a hearing test and help select the proper device, but most importantly, she will also be available to offer ongoing support and instruction.
Fish adds, "Hearing loss causes isolation because the person is not plugged into the world and relationships around them. They choose to decline social engagements and opt to stay home to avoid putting themselves in the middle of a social setting where they will not be able to hear. This is particularly apparent during the holiday season, when family and friends get together in large groups to celebrate with each other."
According to a National Council on Aging survey, hearing impaired adults age 50 and older are more likely to report sadness, depression, worry, anxiety, paranoia and less social activity than those who wear hearing aids. A closer analysis of the survey concluded that hearing aid use was associated with a 36 percent reduction in depression among this age group.
Fish states, "Another study was conducted on hearing impaired people that required them to multitask, in which one task required them to use their hearing. Because their hearing difficulty required so much of their focus and effort, the individuals performed poorly on the other task. This is particularly frustrating when these people are involved in important conversations about medical care, insurance matters, or legal concerns. It can be very upsetting – or even dangerous – for them to lose the message simply because they have a difficult time hearing the conversation."
To make an appointment for a free screening with Fish, please contact Fort HealthCare Audiology at (920) 563-6667 to make an appointment at any of her three locations. Visit www.FortHealthCare.com/Audiology to learn more.