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Bálint Syndrome: Woman With 20/20 Vision Can't 'See'
(NEW YORK) -- A Chicago woman with 20/20 vision hopes to one day "see again" after a series of strokes left her unable to process the scenes around her, according to a new case study.
The 68-year-old woman, dubbed A.S. in the study, thought her vision was failing when she woke up from a nap and fumbled to find her bedroom door.
"We took her to an eye doctor, because we didn't know what it was at the time," her husband, Michael, told the study authors. "They ran tests on her eyes, and she passed them with flying colors!"
A brain scan later revealed A.S. had Bálint syndrome, a rare condition caused by damage to the brain areas that process and integrate visual information.
"Her primary vision is fine," said study author Dr. Murray Flaster, medical director of neurology at Loyola Outpatient Clinic in Maywood, Ill., explaining how the eyes and the nerves that receive visual information remain intact. "It's the second step of relating one thing to another she has trouble with."
A busy neurologist sees a handful of Bálint syndrome cases in a lifetime, according to Flaster. The unusual condition, triggered by strokes or tumors in the back of the brain, restricts the amount of visual information a person can process.
"Basically a person can see things, but they can't gauge their position in space," said Flaster, describing how A.S. was unable to tell where her bedroom wall ended and the doorway began. "It's like a funny sort of tunnel vision."
People with Bálint syndrome are also unable to rely on visual cues to guide their own movements, making simple tasks like tooth-brushing much more complicated.
"Because [A.S.] cannot trust her eyes to direct the toothpaste to her toothbrush, she must put the toothpaste directly in her mouth, and by trial and error move the toothbrush to meet it," Flaster and colleagues wrote in their study, published in the journal Neurology. And "she has learned that she must touch the sink at all times in order to remain oriented -- otherwise her eyes are as good as closed."
The study also describes a 62-year-old man, dubbed J.D., who started showing the strange signs of Bálint syndrome while serving Thanksgiving dinner.
"He was holding the spoon upside down. We all laughed," J.D.'s daughter told the study authors. "We just thought he was tired."
Once a hardworking trucker, J.D. is struggling to adapt to life with Bálint syndrome and suffers from depression, according to the study.
"I think that's the worst part for him because he's a man with a lot of pride who worked all his life, and now he can't do anything," his daughter said.
"Obviously it's distressing for patients," said Flaster, adding that finding ways to recover function is key for living with Bálint syndrome.
A.S. had her son put bright yellow tape around doorways and cupboards to help highlight the edges. And because she can no longer read -- a skill that requires seeing letters in the context of words, and words in the context of sentences -- she traded her morning paper for the radio and listens to books on tape. She hopes her story will prompt research into Bálint syndrome treatments.
"I'm talking to you for one reason," she told the researchers. "Because I think if more people know about it, they won't go through what I've gone through."
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If you're confused by the status of the first-time homebuyer tax credit created by the government to help stimulate the economy, you're not alone. As with most government programs, there are restrictions, guidelines and a whole lot of fine print.
The first thing you need to know is that the original first-time homebuyer tax credit was created in July 2008 and applied to all qualified purchases on or after April 9, 2008. It was modified in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, with the revised credit effective for purchases on or after Jan. 1, 2009, and before Dec. 1, 2009.
To help you more fully understand the tax credit and what it means to you, we've outlined the basic features as defined by the original credit and how -- if at all -- they've changed with the revised version.
Lesser of 10 percent of cost of home or $7,500.
Lesser of 10 percent of cost of home or $8,000
Any single-family residence (including condos, co-ops, townhouses) that will be used a principal residence.
No change. All principle residences are eligible.
Yes. Reduces (or can eliminate) income tax liability for the year of purchase. Any unused amount of tax credit refunded to purchaser.
: No change. Purchasers will continue to receive fund for unused amount when tax return is filed.
Yes. Full amount of credit available for individuals with adjusted gross income of no more than $75,000 ($150,000 on a joint return). Phases out above those caps ($95,000 and $170,000).
Revised: No change. Same income limits continue to apply.
Original: Yes. Purchaser (and purchaser's spouse) may not have owned a principal residence in three years previous to purchase.
No change. It is still available for first-time purchasers only. Three-year rule continues to apply.
No credit allowed if home financed with state/local bond funding.
Purchasers who utilize revenue bond financing can use credit.
Yes, Portion (6.67 percent of credit or $500) to be repaid each year for 15 years, starting with the 2010 tax filing.
No repayment for purchases on or after Jan. 1, 2009, and before Dec. 1, 2009.
If home sold before 15-year repayment period ends, then outstanding balance of repayment amount recaptured on sale.
If home is sold within three years of purchase, entire amount of credit recaptured on sale. Applies only to homes purchased in 2009.
July 1, 2009. (But note program changes in 2009.)
Dec. 1, 2009.
Purchases on or after April 9, 2008, and before Jan. 1, 2009. Repayment is to begin for the 2010 tax year.
All revisions are effective as of Jan. 1, 2009.

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Sullivan's Island, South Carolina, was named after the 17th-Century lighthouse keeper, Captain Florence O'Sullivan. The area has inspired generations of poets, painters and authors with its picturesque beauty and easy-going style. Sullivan's Island inspired Edgar Allen Poe to write his short story "The Gold Bug" while he was stationed at Fort Moultrie. Today, the Fort is a National Monument, famous for repelling the British Fleet in 1776. Fort Moultrie is made of palmetto logs; South Carolina is known as the Palmetto State in commemoration of this historic battle. Sullivan's Island continues to celebrate being the inspiration for Poe's work by naming several of its streets for the poet, including Raven and Gold Bug drives.
Today, the main road in Sullivan's Island is filled with restaurants, pubs and pro shops. You can walk inside and find an eclectic mix of locals and visitors. Tourists and residents alike are also drawn to the white-sand beaches that beckon summertime sunbathers, fishermen, crabbers and those looking for a memorable escape from daily life.
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1/2 cup dried Italian-style bread crumbs
1 garlic clove, minced
2/3 cup grated Pecorino Romano
1/3 cup grated provolone
2 tablespoons chopped fresh Italian parsley leaves
4 tablespoons olive oil
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 (1 1/2-pound) flank steak
1 cup dry white wine
3 1/4 cups Simple Tomato Sauce, recipe follows, or store-bought marinara sauce
Stir the first 5 ingredients in a medium bowl to blend. Stir in 2 tablespoons of the oil. Season mixture with salt and pepper and set aside.
Lay the flank steak flat on the work surface. Sprinkle the bread crumb mixture evenly over the steak to cover the top evenly. Starting at 1 short end, roll up the steak as for a jelly roll to enclose the filling completely. Using butcher's twine, tie the steak roll to secure. Sprinkle the braciole with salt and pepper.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Heat the remaining 2 tablespoons of oil in a heavy large ovenproof skillet over medium heat. Add the braciole and cook until browned on all sides, about 8 minutes. Add the wine to the pan and bring to a boil. Stir in the marinara sauce. Cover partially with foil and bake until the meat is almost tender, turning the braciole and basting with the sauce every 30 minutes. After 1 hour, uncover and continue baking until the meat is tender, about 30 minutes longer. The total cooking time should be about 1 1/2 hours.
Remove the braciole from the sauce. Using a large sharp knife, cut the braciole crosswise and diagonally into 1/2-inch-thick slices. Transfer the slices to plates. Spoon the sauce over and serve.
Simple Tomato Sauce:
In a large casserole pot, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add onion and garlic and saute until soft and translucent, about 2 minutes. Add celery and carrot and season with salt and pepper. Saute until all the vegetables are soft, about 5 minutes. Add tomatoes, basil, and bay leaves and reduce the heat to low. Cover the pot and simmer for 1 hour or until thick. Remove bay leaves and taste for seasoning. If sauce tastes too acidic, add unsalted butter, 1 tablespoon at a time, to round out the flavor.
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iPhone wielding Slingbox owners will soon be able to view their favorite smutty Spice Channel content on iPhone screens, if rumors are true. A site that goes by the charming name Electric Pig (I prefer my swine without rectal power adapters thank you very much) claims to have spoken with one of the higher ups at Sling Media, who went on record as saying that a version of its popular Slingplayer for mobile devices is in development right now.
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We are a company that offers Company Secretary and Company Financial services to the corporate entities. Or in simple terms, we provide administrative and financial services to large companies.
We want the design to inspire the same thoughts akin to the "big 4" accounting firms or large legal firms.
Our target audience include companies that are listed on the stock exchange, public companies and large private companies.
The people that the design should appeal to are Company Executive Officers (CEOs), Company Financial Officers (CFOs), Company Directors and top level management.
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Live Art Theatre Season
Four weeks, five unmissable shows and three masterclasses. A season acknowledging the increasing crossover between the fields of live art and theatre including seminal performance makers Forced Entertainment and Goat Island founders Lin Hixson and Matthew Goulish (returning as Every House Has a Door).
Artist Masterclass: Cathy Naden & Richard Lowdon
Friday 25 October 2013, 12:00 to 14:00
Ahead of their presentation of Tomorrow's Parties, Forced Entertainment founder members Cathy Naden and Richard Lowdon lead this session designed to provide performers and artists at any stage in ...
Artist Masterclass: Matthew Goulish & Lin Hixson
Sunday 03 November 2013, 13:00 to 16:00
Lin Hixson (director) and Matthew Goulish (dramaturge) will offer a three-hour workshop/master class in compositional techniques engaging divergent performance forms: writing derived from a source ...
Artist Masterclass: Stacy Makishi
Friday 18 October 2013, 14:00 to 16:00
Stacy Makishi is a Baadasss and she wants to kill some time with you.
Doris Uhlich: more than enough
Friday 01 November 2013, 18:30 to 19:25
IN BETWEEN TIME PRESENTS Doris Uhlich - internationally renowned dancer and regularly described as 'corpulent', as she asks whether there is a perfect body for dancing?
Every House Has a Door: Testimonium
Friday 08 November 2013 to Saturday 09 November 2013, 18:30 to 20:10
Designed by Lin Hixson and Matthew Goulish (co-founders of legendary performance company Goat Island) and featuring Chicago rock band Joan of Arc 'Testimonium' responds to the American Objectivist ...
Forced Entertainment: Tomorrow's Parties
Friday 25 October 2013 to Saturday 26 October 2013, 17:30 to 18:50
International innovators Forced Entertainment's latest performance imagines a multitude of hypothetical futures.
Q&A with Forced Entertainment
In advance of Tomorrow's Parties, we asked performers Cathy Naden & Richard Lowdon about the show and their practice.
Sedated By A Brick Present Serrated By A Knife Present Sedated By A Brick
Saturday 02 November 2013, 18:30 to 19:30
Sedated By A Brick Present Serrated By A Knife Present Sedated By A Brick. Sedated By A Brick are accidentally possessed by their imaginary alter-ego theatre company, Serrated By A Knife. Both ...
Stacy Makishi: The Falsettos
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Based on our 2-star review of A Good Day to Die Hard, it's clear that (in our opinion) the franchise is running on fumes. Domestically, the movie was something of a flop ($67 million on a $90+ million budget), but international earnings were huge ($235 million), meaning that Fox (which, like many other studios, is showing greater favor to the international market) has good incentive to move forward with the sixth film.
Well, today comes word that Die Hard 6 is at least moving into the pre-production phase. The next installment apparently has the working title of Die Hardest, and we have reports about the screenwriter who has been tapped to pen the film, as well as some early plot details.
Total Film has the exclusive about Die Hardest, which is apparently being scripted by Ben Trebilcook. If the name is unfamiliar: Trebilcook is currently working on a martial-arts-meets-video games movie called Knockout, and the producer of that film tapped the relatively untested young filmmaker to write Die Hard 6.
The plot details we know so far are that Die Hardest will once again take place predominately overseas - shifting from NYC to Tokyo. This would mean that John McClane (Bruce Willis) would get a chance to kill bad guys of a whole new nationality - while still leaving room for him to crack many America-centric jokes, as well as making crass cultural observations like how Japanese dudes can't take a punch, or how some femme fatale isn't acting like a proper little Geisha. You know the drill by now.
Things are only in the script treatment stage at the moment, which leaves the studio plenty of room to scrap the project at low cost, should they fail to convince Willis and franchise producer Alex Young to sign off. For his part, however, Trebilcook seems hopeful that his work will be up to par:
It is extremely faithful to the franchise and characters and is a natural progression. It's also a very plausible storyline... [There's] the possibility producers might go back and find some other source material to base the next one on, like they did with the first and second. Mine though, I feel it could be the Rocky Balboa of the Die Hard franchise.
...Hopefully that Rocky Balboa reference means that he's writing the closing chapter to this worn out story (ZING!).
Would you like to see John McClane take on Tokyo? Or is it time for this entire franchise to just go ahead and 'Die Hard?'
We'll keep you updated on the status of Die Hardest as more news comes to light.
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EVENT DATE: Mar 18, 2013
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Addiction affects too many individuals and their families. This is why we need your support:
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Aerodynamics is one of the hottest buzzwords in cycling at the moment, and nowhere is this more obvious than in the wheel market. There's now a dizzying choice of carbon fibre deep-section wheels, but one of the classics is Mavic's Cosmic line of wheels.
Mavic's long-running range of Cosmic wheels have always been a popular choice with racers and the Cosmic Carbon SLR model that we have just received for testing is the company's most affordable deep-section clincher wheelset (their more expensive carbon deep-section wheels use tubular rims). They nicely balance weight, aero performance and affordability.
The Cosmic Carbon SLRs get the same carbon fibre spokes as the more expensive wheels in the range but by using an aluminium hub and aluminium clincher rim with a carbon fairing, Mavic can keep the price down. The carbon element of the rim isn't structural (unlike Mavic's more expensive offerings); instead a traditional box-section rim concealed within gives the structural integrity.
Bladed carbon fibre spokes run continuously from rim to rim and pass over the hub with a special fitting holding them in place. Mavic call this 'R2R'. An aluminium anchor holds the spoke securely in place on the hub, but you can't see this as it's concealed by the hub flanges. This approach is designed to produce a stronger and stiffer wheelset. The spokes are replaceable should one become damaged.
Inside the 52mm 12k carbon weave fairing is an aluminium rim that uses ISM (Inter Spoke Milling) to reduce unnecessary material on the surface of the rim between the spokes. It's the same technology Mavic use on a number of their wheels (take a look at a Ksyrium to see it better).
The braking surface is treated with Mavic's exclusive Exalith 2 technology which is claimed to decrease braking distances by 18% in wet conditions. The rim requires specific brake pads (supplied) to work in conjunction with the file-like machined texture of the rim.
Mavic's new approach to wheel design in the last couple of years has seen them approach the wheel and tyre combination as a 'system', a sign that integration is making its way into this market too. The wheels came to us with a pair of GripLink / PowerLink 23mm tyres already fitted in place.
These are front and rear specific tyres. The GripLink front tyre uses a dual compound construction with extra Silica on the shoulders to boost grip through corners. For the PowerLink rear tyre Mavic use a harder 70a compound along the central tread section to reduce the wear rate, while keeping rolling resistance low. Like the front tyre, a dual compound tread places softer rubber on the shoulders. Both tyres feature a nylon anti-puncture breaker between the carcass and tread.
At the business end of the rear hub, Mavic's freehub features FTS-L (Force Transfer System Light), which means the main components have been reinforced with stainless steel inserts. Doing this allows Mavic to fit a lighter aluminium freehub body.
Dura-Ace goes 11-speed for 2013 but there won't be any compatibility problems because Mavic's wheels have been 11-speed compatible since 1998. The freehub body is already wide enough to take the extra sprocket; you just have to leave off the shim that is supplied with Mavic wheels and the 11-speed cassette will slide straight on.
Weight is reasonable at a claimed 1,595g without tyres and 2,165g with tyres fitted.
For £1,699 there is a lot of competition for the SLR's to fend off. There are full-carbon clinchers available at this price as well, but the SLR's put up a good argument for themselves, and appear to be competitive on all fronts. Only testing can reveal how they perform so, as they say, watch this space.
The 2013 Cosmic Carbon SLR's come with everything you need to get up and running. As we said, they come already fitted with tyres, and they're supplied in logo-ed padded wheel bags. Quick release skewers, hub and spoke tools, rim tape, valve extender, sensor magnet and Exalith brake pads are supplied too.
David has worked on the road.cc tech team since July 2012. Previously he was editor of Bikemagic.com and before that staff writer at RCUK. He's a seasoned cyclist of all disciplines, from road to mountain biking, touring to cyclo-cross, he only wishes he had time to ride them all. He's mildly competitive, though he'll never admit it, and is a frequent road racer but is too lazy to do really well. He currently resides in the Cotswolds.


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Tax season can get make anyone a bundle of nerves. Even now that it's over, you might be feeling like you could use a good dose of stress relief and relaxation.
No need to spend a bunch of money in order to chill out—save the cash that the government didn't take and find a little stress relief with these free or inexpensive methods.
Practice good time management. Each day, make a list of tasks that need to get done. Avoid distractions such as social media and non-urgent emails on really busy days—delegate time for those things when you complete your necessary to-do list. A sense of accomplishment will put your mind at ease.
Eat well. Many people look to comfort foods when their stress level increases. But foods high in sugar, fat and caffeine actually increase the stress hormone cortisol. Instead of a bowl of ice cream, indulge in a piece of dark chocolate—one of the most potent endorphin-boosting foods on the planet. Eat a handful of nuts, which are packed with cortisol-busting magnesium. Look for foods rich in complex carbohydrates to increase serotonin levels.
Schedule a massage. A deep tissue massage can reduce blood pressure by up to seven points, and decreasing your blood pressure can add six years to your life. It also helps to relax muscles, lower your heart rate, increase endorphins and slow breathing—all of which decrease stress.
Get active. Go for a run, swim or just take a walk around your office building. According to the Mayo Clinic, just about any type of exercise acts as a stress reliever by pumping up endorphins, improving your mood and allowing you to sleep better.
Get the giggles. It's been scientifically proven that laughter is both preventive and therapeutic. It decreases your stress hormone levels and boosts healthy hormones, like endorphins, strengthening your immune system. Plus, laughing with friends will take your mind of pent-up emotions or frustrations.
Enjoy Mother Nature. Science has proven time and time again how the psychological benefits of nature can calm the brain. Hospital patients have even been known to recover faster when they have a view of the outdoors from their window. So go for a hike, play at the park or relax on a blanket at the beach. The sun and fresh air will make you feel better.


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Los Banos students give Common Core a tryout
Students in Woody McBride's fifth-grade class at Los Banos Elementary have begun delving into Common Core State Standards, the new curriculum and testing initiative.
On Monday, students used a real-world application to demonstrate their mastery of math - planning a field trip to an amusement park.
They were asked to research different amusement parks, come up with the cost to attend, calculate the mileage, factor in the cost of gas and parking, count the number of people attending and the number of vehicles needed, among other information.
They then had to figure out what it would cost for the entire class to attend and how much money each student would have to raise on their own to attend.
"We took it a step further and we added in money for food and souvenirs," McBride said. "So there was a lot of math involved."
Each of the groups presented information about five different theme parks.
Units are being taught in both English-language arts and in math. Other disciplines will be added next year.
Although official testing doesn't begin until the 2014-15 school year, staff is teaching and implementing some units that go along with the test districtwide.
"We're kind of building so when we get to that point, the teaching will go with the test," he said.
Language arts tasks have been going on since the start of the school year but this was the first math task of the year.
A number of school officials were in attendance during the presentations to help grade students, including principal of Los Banos Junior High Deolinda Brasil and principal of Los Banos Elementary Paul Montemurro. The lowest score given to the students was 17 out of 19.
At the time of the real test, each student will have to perform these types of tasks individually.
"It's creating a more rigorous teaching for the students," McBride said. "The way I see it is (that) instead of worrying more about the test and teaching kids how to take a test, it's making the kids think for themselves."
For example, the students determined that a field trip to SeaWorld would be the best option for the entire class.
"They thought that although this (park) may be a little bit more expensive, it has more educational value because you're actually learning about the animals instead of just having fun," McBride said.
This impressed Montemurro.
"I liked watching the students in front of the class not only giving the presentation, but giving the rational behind the decision-making and explaining why they chose the direction they were going in," he said.
McBride said that the way the system is being set up, the students will have to learn to think rather than just learn how to take a test.
"They have to know what they are doing," McBride said. "They have to tell someone and think about what's going on and why it is. So it's a higher level of thinking."
He also added that the actual testing is going to be the biggest change for the students because it's all going to be done on computers.
"So far, it's been pretty positive and they're getting used of it," McBride said. "In the long run, it's going to benefit the students."
The next math unit McBride will be teaching will concentrate on decimals.


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|This assertive oil-free marinade is also good for pork or chicken.
|Diet Type: Low Fat
|Serves: 4
|Cooking Time: Over one hour
|Peel rind from limes and orange; place in food processor or blender. Slice Ginger Root and add to processor. Process until finely chopped, about 1 minute. Sueeze juice from limes and orange; mix with water, Tamari and brown sugar. Stir in chopped lime and orange peel. Pour over steak and marinate at least 4 hours or overnight. Prepare grill or broiler and cook to desired doneness, basting with marinade while grilling.
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My mother is Irish and Ukrainian by decent, and has gorgeously deep olive skin, huge hazel eyes, and shockingly jet black hair that doesn't grow back after it falls out, which has most likely rendered her bald in the 21 years since I last saw her.
My father is Scotch-Irish by decent, and has skin the color of fluorescent lighting, salt-water blue eyes, and red hair (now white with age) that covers his entire body, and I do mean entire, excepting three spots: One club-shaped spot on his lower back, one circular area in the middle of his right forearm, and the entirely of his head. Every other spot on his body is a plush matte of man-fur. I learned to french braid down my father's back, not kidding.
Ask me how happy I am that I took after my father when it comes to my coloring and body-to-hair ratio. ASK ME. I'm really not sure what's worse: having to tell me kids I'm going to get my beard waxed off, or having their reply be simply, "oh, okay."
My 13 year old used to be my Official Waxer because he's better at it than anyone I've ever met because (I'm guessing) I went and had that other kid and bumped him out of the baby-spot in the family and ripping hot wax and tiny hairs off my eyelids apparently gives him a nice, sanctioned opportunity to pay me back for ruining his life.
But then I found a woman who was just as good at shaping my eyebrows but wasn't so hell-bent on making me paypaypay and I started sneaking out to her table in the middle of the afternoon when 2of3 was at a friend's house, or in school, or at his dad's for the weekend. When he found out what was going on, I watched the therapy bills piling up behind his big, doey, puppy dog eyes.
I'm not really sure what's worse: needing therapy because you used to wax your mother's jawline for her, or needing therapy because she found someone else to do it.


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When it involves what Obama has said about keeping your insurance if you like it, you have to decide to believe his falsifying lips or your wide-open ears. Either way your president continues to lie about his statements on the subject.
He has been recorded at least 29 times saying the statement attributed to him and it is about time his progressive groupies start calling him out for having the audacity to stand before this nation and give fake information when serious questions are put to him, or in the alternative, he just decides to have another lie fest.
Here is an excerpt from one of the articles from The Daily Caller circulating around the world:
President Barack Obama told his enthusiastic supporters Monday night that he never promised what video recordings show him promising at least 29 times.
The videos show Obama promising 300 million Americans that "if you like your health-care plan, you will be able to keep your health-care plan, period."
But that's not what he really said, Obama announced Monday in a speech to about 200 Organizing for Action supporters, gathered at the St. Regis hotel in D.C.
"What we said was you could keep it if it hasn't changed since the law was passed," he told Obamacare's political beneficiaries and contractors.
That claim is not supported by his videotaped statements, which don't include any mention of his new "if it hasn't changed" exception.
But the newly-revealed exception is justified by a higher-priority promise in Obamacare, Obama declared.
"If we had allowed these old plans [to continue]… then we would have broken an even more important promise — making sure that Americans gain access to health care that doesn't leave them one illness away from financial ruin," he announced.
"So the bottom line is, is that we are making the insurance market better for everybody," he declared, prompting loud applause by supporters eager to ignore his three years of fraudulent statements.
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September 2017
"I had a degree in Classics and no work experience to speak of, and I turned up for the interview with a black eye, a couple of missing teeth and a broken arm."
~ from Gail Honeyman's
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The Upside of Unrequited
Becky Albertalli; narrated by Arielle DeLisle
Teen Fiction. After 26 crushes and not a single kiss, Molly Peskin-Suso is ready to take a chance…or at least she wants to be ready. Though she's backed by loyal friends and her caring, multiracial family, her confidence is undermined by anxiety, not to mention a society that claims that "chubby girls don't get boyfriends." As her twin sister Cassie spends more time with her girlfriend, Molly's friendship with geeky co-worker Reid deepens -- could this be a relationship that's worth the risk of rejection? Narrator Arielle DeLisle skillfully differentiates among the multitude of characters in this warm and charming novel.
The Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell: Tales of a 6' 4", African American, Heterosexual...
W. Kamau Bell; narrated by W. Kamau Bell
Adult Nonfiction. W. Kamau Bell, the comedian and star of CNN's
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, says he's always been awkward. As Bell narrates his own memoir, this humorous and thought-provoking audiobook shows off his acting skills. Relating his "Awkward Youth," "Start in Stand-Up Comedy," views on sexism, "Awkward Awesome Parenting Skills," and thoughts about the Democratic Party (among other topics), this is a must-listen if you're a Bell fan or addicted to social and political humor.
Vicious Circle
C.J. Box; narrated by David Chandler
Adult Fiction. Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett has some deadly enemies in the violent Cates family, especially former rodeo champ Dallas (who once assaulted Joe's daughter). When a newly-out-of-prison Dallas returns to town and a murder occurs, Joe realizes that the Cateses are targeting those close to him. Teaming up with his friend Nate, who's no stranger to killing, honorable Joe fights back. With so much backstory in this fast-paced 17th series entry, newcomers may want to start with an earlier book. Fortunately for fans, veteran narrator David Chandler continues his delightful work on the Joe Pickett audiobooks.
Julie Buntin; narrated by Emma Galvin
Adult Fiction. Fifteen-year-old Cat is lonely in her new hometown in rural Michigan, until she meets her beautiful, reckless neighbor, Marlena. The friendship that the two form is unlike anything either girl has ever experienced, but it is doomed. Within a year, Marlena is dead. Now in her thirties, Cat still feels damaged by the loss. The book alternates between the two eras, creating a haunting portrait of an intense friendship -- and the adult perspective that sees things a little more clearly. Leisurely paced, this debut is well served by Emma Galvin's "slightly gritty yet vulnerable-sounding" (
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Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
David Grann; narrated by Will Patton, Ann Marie Lee, and Danny Campbell
Adult Nonfiction. In 1920s Oklahoma, the Osage Indian Nation possessed immense wealth because their land contained large petroleum reserves. In the thoroughly-researched
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Song of the Lion
Anne Hillerman; narrated by Christina Delaine
Adult Fiction. Attending a high school basketball game, Navajo police officer Bernadette ("Bernie") Manuelito hears a car bomb explode in the parking lot. Suspecting that the car's owner, a mediator working with land developers, the Hopi, and the Diné, was the target, Bernie's husband, Sgt. Jim Chee, guards him. Meanwhile, Bernie works with retired Lt. Joe Leaphorn to uncover a link from the bomb to one of his earlier cases. The late Tony Hillerman's daughter Anne, taking over from her father, places Bernie at center stage in her three books that continue the series -- all convincingly read by Christina Delaine.
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
Gail Honeyman; narrated by Cathleen McCarron
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The Women in the Castle
Jessica Shattuck; narrated by Cassandra Campbell
Adult Fiction. Once a fashionable gathering place for Germany's smart set, the Bavarian castle of Burg Lingenfels is now, in the immediate aftermath of World War II, a crumbling ruin. This character-driven novel portrays Marianne von Lingenfels, who offers shelter to Benita Fledermann and Ania Grabarek, the widows of men who fought for the resistance alongside her late husband. The narrative follows all three from their prewar years as teenagers through the war's devastation and their postwar emotional recoveries. Cassandra Campbell's strong and nuanced reading sensitively portrays the women's complexities.
Strange the Dreamer
Laini Taylor; narrated by Steve West
Teen Fiction. After 200 years without communication, the lost city of Weep has passed into legend. It's an unusual area of study for young librarian Lazlo Strange, but his passion pays off when he joins an expedition to the desert city, which isn't as lost as it had seemed. In Weep, Lazlo discovers realities even more astonishing than the stories he loves: ghosts, gods, lingering trauma from a vicious war, and Sarai, a beautiful blue girl who visits his dreams. In the audiobook, Steve West vividly represents the alternating perspectives of Lazlo and Sarai, as well as distinctly voicing numerous other characters.
The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley
Hannah Tinti; narrated by Elizabeth Wiley
Adult Fiction. Career criminal Samuel Hawley has spent much of his life on the road, dragging his young daughter Loo along, until she enters adolescence and he tries to leave his criminal past behind. They've moved to the Massachusetts town where Loo's long-dead mother grew up, and they're cautiously making inroads into the community. But Loo's desire to understand her mother's death sets her at odds with her father, who still carries his late wife's makeup, shampoo, and robe to each new home. Elizabeth Wiley provides a well-paced and finely shaded rendition of this suspenseful story, told from Loo's and Samuel's alternating perspectives.
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Guest: Christopher Rose, Outreach Director, Center for Middle Eastern Studies
The relationship between European, North African, and Southwest Asian nations that border the Mediterranean stretches back to antiquity and reflects a long tradition of trade, colonialism, and acculturation. Yet, by the end of World War II, Europe had come to dominate the region politically and militarily. When did this long-symbiotic relationship transform into one of imperialism and colonization?
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The Peacock Room Comes to America
For the first time, the Freer Gallery's renowned Peacock Room has been restored to its appearance in 1908, when museum founder Charles Lang Freer used it to present ancient biblical manuscripts he had acquired in Egypt and to organize and display more than 250 ceramics he had collected from throughout Asia. As the first special exhibition held in the room since it underwent conservation in 1993, The Peacock Room Comes to America highlights Freer's belief in "points of contact" between American and Asian art and the aesthetic relationships to be found among the museum's diverse collections.
The Peacock Room was originally designed by architect Thomas Jeckyll for British shipping magnate Frederick Leyland, who wanted a place to showcase his blue-and-white Chinese porcelain collection in his London home. When American expatriate artist James McNeill Whistler redecorated the room in 1876 and 1877 as a "harmony in blue and gold," he was inspired by the delicate patterns and vivid colors of the Chinese porcelains. Their slick surfaces, however, did not appeal to Freer, who favored complex surface textures and subtly toned glazes. After he purchased the Peacock Room and moved it from London to his mansion in Detroit in 1904, Freer filled the shelves with pots he had acquired from Egypt, Iran, Japan, China, and Korea. The current presentation of works is based on photographs taken in Freer's Detroit residence in 1908.
Much like the room's arrangement in Detroit more than a century ago, this exhibition underscores Freer's belief that "all works of art go together, whatever their period." That faith in cross-cultural aesthetic harmonies achieved its ultimate expression in the Freer Gallery of Art, which opened to the public in 1923. Whistler's imaginative interior, now fittingly located between galleries of Chinese and American art, embodies the meeting of East and West. Enjoy the Peacock Room as Charles Lang Freer did by making unexpected aesthetic connections between art and decoration, paintings and ceramics, and America and Asia.


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There's probably a lot of solitaire and online bridge-playing padding that, but a new NPD report says 170 million Americans play video games. The U.S. population is 304 million.
The result is inside NPD's 2009 Gamer Segmentation Report, and is based on a January survey of nearly 21,000 people. NPD breaks the population down into seven segments, the largest being Secondary Gamers, at 33.6 million. These are mostly female gamers who play less than four hours a week, none of it on a console.
Console gamers, mostly male, are the next largest and fastest-growing segment, at 32.9 million. Then comes Heavy Portable Gamers, heavy describing the amount of play, not their weight. Which is a good thing, most of their 30 million are kids. (Their average age is 19. Ni-ni-ni-ni-nineteen.)
GameSpot broke down the report further. But you get the idea. Video games are everywhere - even someone who doesn't consider himself or herself a gamer, but plays a flash game at work, is a gamer for purposes of this study. So, yay us.
U.S. Gamer Population: 170 Million [GameSpot via Blue's News]


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I'm not a partisan. I'm nominally a Democrat, but I served as co-chair (with Marc Benioff) of George W. Bush's President's Information Technology Advisory Committee – where, I assure you, partisan Democrats weren't welcome!
I have three principles that I hope you share. First, I try to be fact-based. Second, I try to be consistent – to display intellectual integrity. Third, I recognize that my success is due not only to my own efforts, but also to various advantages of circumstance with which I was blessed. (Read Outliers!)
These principles make America's 2012 choice clear. On one hand we have Barack Obama, whose record I'll describe below.
On the other hand we have a candidate whose economic policies can't be assessed because they're under-specified; who has no international experience (and enough gaffes to indicate that his advisors are inept); whose positions on global warming, women's issues, health care, and marriage equality have vacillated to the extent that there's no telling what he actually thinks; and who characterized 47 percent of our citizens as people "who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims … I'll never convince them they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives."
Opposing Viewpoint by Matt McIlwain: How Mitt Romney will fuel the 'opportunity economy'
Facts: The economy
When Bush turned the helm over to Obama, it was like the captain of the Titanic saying "Here – you take the wheel." Nonetheless:
- Since Obama took office, the Dow is up 60 percent, the S&P is up 75 percent, and the NASDAQ has doubled. $1,000 invested when Kennedy was inaugurated in a fund that tracked the S&P when Democrats were in the White House would be worth $10,920 today – more than nine times the dollar return from following this strategy during Republican administrations.
- The banking system and the auto industry (and countless jobs!) have been saved.
- The Affordable Care Act addresses the greatest threat to our economic future: healthcare costs. (Additionally, portable healthcare supports entrepreneurship by enabling people to take job risks without taking healthcare risks.)
- When Obama took office we were losing 800,000 private-sector jobs/month; we've now had 30 straight months of private-sector job growth. Bill Clinton's statement at the Democratic convention has been verified by legions of fact-checkers: Since Kennedy was inaugurated, 42,000,000 private-sector jobs have been added during 23 years of Democratic administrations, vs. 24,000,000 during 28 years of Republican administrations.
- According to the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office, 78 percent of the increase in the Federal deficit in the past decade is due to policy changes during the Bush administration.
We're not yet out of hole that Republican policies dug, but there's been major progress. And there'd have been more, except for unprecedented obstructionism.
In 2010, Mitch McConnell said: "The single most important thing we want to achieve is for President Obama to be a one-term president." Every action has been consistent with this. For Romney to say "I wish President Obama had succeeded because I want America to succeed" was beyond disingenuous.
Facts: Taxation
Even ignoring issues of fairness, the idea that growth is stimulated by lowering taxes on the affluent and on corporations has no basis in reality:
- Every nation with a thriving innovation ecosystem has high taxes on the affluent. (You and I can only spend so much on goods and services! Lowering our taxes won't increase our contributions to the economy!)
- Reducing taxes on corporations won't stimulate expansion. (Expansion requires customers. Reduce taxes on the middle class!)
- The "small businesses" affected by increased high-end tax rates aren't startups or neighborhood drycleaners – they're S-Corps and LLCs that can well afford it!
Our economy boomed throughout the 1950s — the Eisenhower years — when the top marginal tax rate for individuals was above 90 percent. It boomed throughout the 1990s, after George H.W. Bush and then Bill Clinton raised the top rate from Ronald Reagan's 28 percent to 39.6 percent.
George W. Bush's reduction of the top rate to today's 35 percent didn't exactly trigger a golden age of economic growth! In fact, in the past several decades, economic growth has followed tax increases, not tax cuts. According to a September 2012 report by the non-partisan Congressional Research Service, "changes over the past 65 years in the top marginal tax rate and the top capital gains tax rate do not appear correlated with economic growth."
If trickle-down economics worked, we'd be drowning in jobs and prosperity, given how rich the rich have become and how profitable corporations are. The rich getting richer doesn't animate growth – a rising median wage and economic inclusion do! Customers are the job creators! That's why Obama's policies will produce more growth.
Facts: Science, technology, and innovation
Obama has significantly increased the nation's investment in scientific research. He appointed the nation's first CTO. He created a National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship on which Madrona's Tom Alberg serves – its impact includes the launching of Startup America. He's driven important K-12 reforms through Race To The Top (and held the first-ever White House Science Fair). He's stimulating us to invent the future in areas such as energy efficiency, clean energy, and advanced manufacturing.
An aside: Those who care about technology should deplore the denigration, distortion, and denial of science that permeates today's Republican Party. As Daniel Patrick Moynihan said: "Everyone is entitled to his own opinions, but not to his own facts."
The bottom line
If you care about technology and you care about growth, the choice is clear: Obama will deliver, Romney will not.
If you care about what kind of country America will be, Bill Clinton nailed it: "If you want a winner-take-all, you're-on-your-own society, you should support the Republican ticket. But if you want a country of shared opportunities and shared responsibility, a we're-all-in-this-together society, you should vote for Barack Obama."
Ed Lazowska holds the Bill & Melinda Gates Chair in Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington. He is a member of the executive committees of the Technology Alliance and the Washington Technology Industry Association. He contributed this essay as an individual.
Editor's Note: With the first 2012 U.S. Presidential Debate taking place tonight, GeekWire asked two veterans of the Seattle tech community, on different sides of the political spectrum, to weigh in with a debate of their own about the candidates. Making the case for Barack Obama is Ed Lazowska, a longtime University of Washington computer science professor, and making the case for Mitt Romney is Madrona Venture Group's Matt McIlwain.


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The name has numerous listings in the Domesday Book with various spellings that were in use at the time: Fernham, Dorset; Phernham Essex; Fareham North Yorkshire; Farnham, Suffolk; and Fernham Surrey. Farnham Royal was listed as Fernham Riall. [2]CITATION[CLOSE]
Mills, A.D., Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4)
While one would suppose the surname originated from one or more of the aforementioned locals, another reference suggests we must look to Leicestershire, specifically Quorndon to find the surname's true origin as in "this ancient family was certainly seated at Quorndon two descents before the reign of Edward I." [3]CITATION[CLOSE]
Shirley, Evelyn Philip, The Noble and Gentle Men of England; The Arms and Descents. Westminster: John Bower Nichols and Sons, 1866, Print.
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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 33 diseños de 11 diseñadores freelance.
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Hi there – we are an innovative telephone company that's been operating in the Australian market place for just on 7 years. As a result of developments within our industry, we have a radical idea and would like to exploit the opportunity involving both our 3G mobile and wireless broadband services. So we are creating a new brand for a concept we believe to be a world first!
We have strong ideas for the design, style and attributes of the brand but have not had success via more traditional methods. We hope that 99 designs will be different. We would expect that the winning designer would also be available for other design projects concerning our new brand.
We plan to advertise on national television across Australia (late night time slots) and publications such as FHM, Zoo, Picture etc...
1. 90% heterosexual males
2. 18 – 30 years old
3. Income $25K+
4. Mobile phone / mobile data users
5. Social network savvy
6. Interests include: news & whether, movies, music, games, softporn M15+, mediam porn R18+
1. A strong, stand-a-lone, outrageously designed letter 'G' (Very similar to that provided in the file and no need for the word 'mobile')
2. Descriptive words of the brandmark: sexy, lively, funky, Las Vegas, strip club, summertime, XXX, pornography
3. For any of you who are aware of the brand '3 mobile', we would like to achieve a similar ability to recolour and animate the brand.
I have attached some design concepts and favourite images which should better demonstrate the desired look and feel we'd like to achieve. Some of the images supplied are merely ideas that could compliment the logo ie: used on the website, marketing material etc..
Thank you for your consideration as we hope there will be considerable interest in this project.
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Fiery Biden-Ryan debate turns personal
Vice President Joe Biden and Republican rival Paul Ryan sparred Thursday in often personal terms that exposed their passions and core beliefs over the role of their faith, families, and deeply held views about the role of government in American life and foreign policy.
Both men were assertive from the outset, a reflection of the closeness of the presidential race just weeks before the election, each eager to trumpet the strengths of their tickets and equally zealous in ripping the other party.
Biden was aggressive, hoping to make up for President Barack Obama's tepid performance in his opening debate last week against Republican nominee Mitt Romney, a performance that reset the race and thrust the Republicans back into contention. Pressing to make his points, Biden at times raised his voice and jabbed his finger at moderator Martha Raddatz of ABC News.
Ryan was more measured, often lowering his voice after Biden. A fresh-faced congressman who had never debated on the national stage despite his 14 years in the House of Representatives, Ryan betrayed no signs of nervousness about the showdown with Biden.
Usually an afterthought with little impact on the race, the only such meeting between the No. 2s on their respective tickets took on added significance after the initial presidential face-off last week and Obama's negative reviews Oct. 3.
Since then, Romney has pulled even with Obama in national polls and closed the gap in several battleground states.
In Florida, Romney opened up a 7 point lead, according to a new Tampa Bay Times/Bay News 9/Miami Herald poll. Obama has a 1 percentage point edge over Romney in a new NBC/Wall Street Journal/Marist poll of likely voters, released Thursday. The margin was the same as before the Obama-Romney debate. In Ohio, Obama leads by 6 points. He had led by 8. And in Virginia, Obama was up 2, but Romney is now ahead by 1.
In their sole debate, Biden and Ryan sparred repeatedly on domestic policies such as Medicare and taxes, as well as foreign policy questions such as the attack in Libya that led to the deaths of four Americans, including the U.S. ambassador.
Most covered the same ground as Obama and Romney. It was their personal exchanges where they shed new light on the two major party tickets and their policies.
Both Irish Roman Catholics, Biden and Ryan spoke about how their faith drives their different positions on abortion.
"Our faith informs us in every thing we do," Ryan said. He added that science also plays a role in his opposition to abortion rights in most cases, saying he and his wife were touched by the ultrasound image of their unborn first child.
While he himself favors more limits, he said Romney's policy would be to oppose abortion except in cases of rape, incest or to save the life of the mother.
He criticized the Obama administration for supporting abortion rights without any limits, and Biden for saying once he would not second-guess China's one-child policy that can lead to forced abortion.
"My religion defines who I am," Biden said, stressing both his church's caring for the poor as well as its belief that life begins at conception.
"Catholic social doctrine talks about taking care of those who can't take care of themselves," Biden said.
While he said he shares the belief that life begins at conception, he said that was personal.
"I refuse to impose it on equally devout Christians and Muslims and Jews," he said. "I don't believe we have the right to tell women they can't control their lives."
At another point, Ryan saluted Biden's son, Beau, for serving in the military. Biden noted at another that he experienced tragedy firsthand when his first wife and daughter were killed in an auto accident.
In one of the more personal exchanges, Ryan told how Romney helped a family hit by injuries pay for college, and how he gives more than 30 percent of his income to charity – more than Biden and Ryan combined. "Mitt Romney is good man," Ryan said.
Referring to the criticism of Romney's secretly taped comments disparaging 47 percent of Americans as freeloaders, Ryan said, "He cares about 100 percent of the Americans."
Noting Biden's own tendency for gaffes, Ryan joked that "sometimes the words don't come out of your mouth the right way."
"I don't doubt his personal commitment to individuals," Biden said. "But I know he had no commitment to the automobile industry."
Romney opposed the government bailout of Chrysler and General Motors. Both automakers are now on firmer financial ground.
Biden was animated throughout the debate, at turns smiling and laughing, as well as grimacing in response to Ryan's answers to Raddatz's questions. The vice president interrupted – which he did repeatedly – as Ryan criticized the administration's Middle East policy.
"That's a bunch of malarkey," Biden said, subsequently suggesting that Ryan's remarks were "a bunch of stuff."
When Raddatz gave him a quizzical look, Biden told her, "It's simply inaccurate."
Ryan offered, "It's Irish."
Their personal exchanges notwithstanding, the two clashed over policies.
Ryan challenged the Obama administration's first accounts of the Libya attacks, which at first claimed that an anti-Muslim video inflamed a crowd rather than calling it a terrorist attack. He noted that President Barack Obama referred to the video six times in a speech to the United Nations after the Libya attack.
"This is becoming more troubled by the day," Ryan said of the still-emerging details of what the administration knew in those first days after the attack. Ryan said it was "indicative of a broader problem . . . the unraveling of the Obama foreign policy."
Biden defended the administration's response, saying it relied on intelligence reports that turned out to be false. "We will get to the bottom of it," he said.
They tangled on Iran, with Ryan charging that Iran is "racing toward" developing nuclear weapons and that the administration dragged its feet to impose sanctions it now says are working to deter the regime. "When Barack Obama was elected, they had enough nuclear material to make one bomb. Now they have enough for five," Ryan said.
Biden accused Republicans of "bluster" and "loose talk" and asked Ryan what else could be done beyond the "most crippling sanctions in the history of sanctions." He asked whether Ryan was saying that he'd back a war with Iran.
"How are they going to prevent war if there's nothing more they say we should do than we've already done," Biden said. "We feel quite confident we could deal a serious blow to the Iranians."
Heading into the debate, the two campaigns clashed repeatedly in ever tougher tones since the first presidential debate shook up the race.
Most notably, Romney has appeared to stake out or emphasize more moderate parts of his agenda, and the Obama-Biden campaign has all but accused the Romney-Ryan ticket of lying to paper over the more conservative message that Romney used to win his party's nomination.
– On Medicare, Obama wants to retain the traditional system, relying on the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to extend the life of the program by raising fees, and shaving $716 billion from anticipated payments to health care providers.
Ryan accuses Obama of looking to loot Medicare of $716 billion to help pay for the health care law, but Ryan used the same $716 billion in savings in the 10-year budget he proposed as chairman of the House Budget Committee. He's since backtracked from his plan, and Romney insists he'd return the money to Medicare.
"We are not going to jeopardize Medicare," Ryan said.
Romney vows to repeal Obama's health care act and would replace the system. Starting in 2023, he'd give people checks to buy Medicare or private insurance. He's said his plan is more efficient and allows seniors to make their own choices. Ryan had proposed a similar plan that would cap the amount of those government checks, or vouchers, but Romney would not cap them.
Obama said Romney's plan would see healthier individuals being covered by private insurance companies, leaving the most ill and vulnerable with a frayed Medicare system.
– On taxes, Obama wants to raise taxes on incomes above $200,000 for individuals and $250,000 for families.
Romney promises to cut tax rates across the board, which by itself would add nearly $5 trillion to the deficit, according to an independent analysis. Romney denies that it would cost that much, noting at the last debate that he would propose unspecified offsets, such as limits on deductions that would ensure that wealthier Americans end up paying the same share of the country's taxes as they do now.
Biden argued that Obama has led with a steady and solid foreign policy from Afghanistan and Iraq to the Middle East. "The president has led with a steady hand and a clear vision," he said.


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Super Rugby
Jane hints at Hurricanes stay
ESPNscrum Staff
July 8, 2011
Jane could still be in Hurricanes colours next season © Getty Images
All Blacks winger Cory Jane will play for the Hurricanes again next season - if he opts to remain in New Zealand.
The 28-year-old has reached an agreement with the Wellington-based franchise that will see him back in Hurricanes colours next season should he opt against a stint overseas. Jane, who has spent his entire Super Rugby career with Hurricanes, revealed earlier this year that he was considering an offer to move abroad and has since questioned his Hurricanes future further in the wake of the high-profile axing of fellow All Blacks international Ma'a Nonu.
But it now looks as though he may well commit to coach Mark Hammett's quest to breathe new life into the team. "Cory is still considering his options for next year, but he has now signed a contract with us which states that if he plays Super Rugby next year it will be with the Hurricanes rather than any other franchise," Hurricanes chief executive James Te Puni said in a statement tonight that also confirmed the re-signing of loose forwards Serge Lilo and Jack Lam.
Jane won the last of his 23 Test caps against Ireland in Dublin last year but is under pressure to retain his place in the squad after a disappointing Super Rugby campaign. He appeared alongside fellow All Blacks hopeful Piri Weepu, who is also set to re-sign with the Hurricanes, as Wellington defeated Canterbury 40-14 in an ITM Cup pre-season match in Petone.
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Questoria «The City of Stalkers»
Questoria «A Night at the Museum»
Questoria «Secrets of Venice»
Questoria «The Shelter for a Killer»
Questoria «Somewhere in the Wild West»
Do you want to open Questoria in your city? Terms.
Find all the clues in the picture and find out what is going on at «Somewhere in the Wild West»
Find Black Bill's portrait and you will receive the pass phrase. It will help you get to your first game.
Do you want to become a Questoria hero? We have more than 35 scenarios for every taste!
An audacious train hold-up by Black Bill's gang,
a shocking murder of a famous singer in the «Seven Moons» saloon,
and a miraculous panacea invention —
do you think it's too much for one small town?
Be ready for a real thrill, if you are...
Somewhere in the Wild West!
London, 1872..
Lord Cornwall, co-owner of the East India Company, was killed.
Three suspects were arrested. But there's not enough evidences.
Scotland Yard turns to a medium for aid.
Relatives of the killed gathered in a Séance…
Mysticism or logic? Deception or truth?
Shush! Light the candles. Join hands.
Candle flame is flickering. The spirit of the lord is here…
Вдохновляем на новые идеи!
Получайте полезную информацию об играх и проведении праздников.
It is hard to explain to new players, what a Questoria is. Therefore, we hold open games.
A open game fee for Kaliningrad is 400 RUB per person.
For this amount, you will immerse yourself in another reality for 3 hours to become a story hero,
3 november
Каково это — ничего о себе не помнить? Да еще и очнуться в космическом корабле на незнакомой планете? В этом квесте вам предстоит столкнуться с внеземной цивилизацией, выяснить, кто вы и зачем сюда прилетели, найти террориста и вернуться живыми в привычную реальность.
В этом году у нас юбилей — 10 лет!!! Приглашаем отметить его вместе с нами:) И дарим подарки!!!Read more
Do I have to read the lines?
Jeez, no! =)
You just have the backstory on how you landed in this situation. And it is up to you how the story will unfold. For example, you discover that you are a criminal fleeing from justice. What is your play? Bribe the policemen? Go for a plea deal? Set up anyone else? Or get rid of the evidence?
The decision is yours. There is no preset ending to the game. The resolution depends solely on the players' strategies.
So do I have to «act out a role» then? I feel awkward!
Just a little bit! But if you've ever played short party games like «Mafia,» you've already had all the practice you need :)
You don't have «to learn the role» by heart, and you don't have to be an actor.
All you need to do is imagine your hero in this situation. What would a real sheriff do if he saw some robbers hold up the bank? Would he shoot them? — Then do it! Would he negotiate? — Then negotiate! Would he seek refuge? — Then go hide!
How do you distribute the roles? What if my role is dull?
Before the game starts, the host asks you to write down your role preferences: either you want an active role, a villainous one, or just more of an observational one.
Those who want a simpler role will get an observational one. Those who want to be more involved will get an active or villainous role.
That happens very rarely. And every role is worked out to let the player bring out their full potential. There's no need to be limited by the character's goals. You read: «steal the royal crown», but you think that it is way too simple for you — so you decide to become the king, and leave your opponents standing there in disbelief!
What if some players just don't get it?
We minimize the chance of this happening by sorting out the roles from the start — into simple and compleх.
You can solve each task in the game in 3 different ways. So, if you don't understand something, there will be other chances for you to get it.
If you don't understand something, ask the host — he will give you a hint.
Is the game active? Or does everyone sit at a table?
Everyone sits at a table only during the Mini-Questories. In regular Questories the whole cafe room or your apartment is the game location. You can whisper with you allies in the corner, or trap your opponent into the next room and rob them one-on-one.
The super-big questorias with 40 or more players are held in larger premises or even outside.
Are you going to a open game in Kaliningrad?
Leave your request on the site, and we will gather other participants! You will quickly dive into a themed Questoria world and begin to communicate with other game players on behalf of your character.
Do you want to book a personalized holiday?
We have scenarios for any crowd. Mini Questories are designed for 6-10 people. The Questories are good for 8-25 people. There are special scenarios for larger parties to host 30-250 people.
Why are live quests and Questories different?
Live quest is a game, in which you become a story hero, like in a book or a movie. There's a script, characters, costumes and a sophisticated storyline. Players will face one common goal, for instance, to find a treasure-trove, or find a murderer, or save the world from an imminent doomsday. And you will get a role in that story, and for several hours, you will turn into a totally different person trying to achieve as many personal goals as possible. You can talk, negotiate, weave plots and conspire, or even poison your worst enemy.
Questoria is a live quest type. This is a ready-made holiday with facilitators, costumes and props available. Just send us a request, and we will do the rest. Questoria is not tied to a certain venue, instead we can hold your game wherever you want: at your place, at a cafe, your office or outdoors.
Questoria «The City of Stalkers»
Questoria «A Night at the Museum»
Questoria «Secrets of Venice»
Questoria «The Shelter for a Killer»
Questoria «Somewhere in the Wild West»


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Free Charts
The basis for using stickers and a chart is really simple- to provide a visual reward for positive behavior. Children love to have their work displayed, and potty training charts capitalize on that fact. The positive incentive encourages the desired behavior. The child practices the behavior enough that it becomes habit, and before you know it, the child is potty trained. Charts and stickers provide a visual reinforcement, a reminder of the progress
being made, and are motivating for both parents and children.
There are several ways to approach potty training with rewards. The key is to have your child feel a sense of pride and accomplishment for her hard work. Keep in mind you don't want her to feel bribed, or left feeling disappointed if she is unable to earn a reward.
You know your child best, so try to design a "reward system" that you think will work for your child. The "reward system" could be as simple as a sticker for each time your child goes to the potty. Or you might decide to reward your child each time she attempts to go to the potty. You choose the "rewardable behavior".
An increment of time or a certain number of "rewardable behaviors" lead to a "milestone reward". For instance, after 10 stickers or a day of trying, you could recognize your child's effort by reading her an extra story or singing an extra song at bedtime. To keep your toddler motivated, you can increase the value of the "milestone reward" as she progresses.
For example: at the end of the week, your child may get to select a toy from a "treasure chest" (a bin you have filled with new toys) or you may make a trip to the movies or you take her for a visit to her favorite park.
A caveat in regards to rewards:
If the reward is too big, then you child will be more focused on trying to get the reward and may get frustrated when she is unable to collect the reward as fast as she'd like.
Be flexible, making adjustments when needed.
For example: one mom used M & M's for urinating in the potty. This worked well in the beginning, but then her daughter figured out that she could urinate just a bit and still get an M & M. Next thing she knew, instead of urinating all at one time, her daughter would urinate a bit at a time to get those M & M's. She had to change the rules on her daughter. She drew a line inside the potty and told her daughter that she would now get an M & M only after the urine reached that line.
Remember, the best rewards for children are as simple as extra attention from a parent. Verbal praise, extra hugs & kisses and extra quality time with a parent may go a much longer way in comparison with material rewards.


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"Microïds, the owner of the Syberia franchise, announces the production of a new episode in the adventures of Kate Walker on the PlayStation 3 console and PC, bringing together console manufacturers with the world of the PC through a major collaborative innovation.
Syberia 3 will be entirely in real time 3D and will be released on PS3 and PC in June 2011."
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Legal experts say Michael Dunn is facing an uphill battle when he goes to court for murder and attempted murder charges. Police said Dunn gunned down a car full of teenagers at a Southside gas station Friday night; killing 17-year-old Jordan Davis.
Davis was one of four teens inside the SUV that police said Dunn shot into.
Police said 45-year-old Michael Dunn shot at the car eight or nine times in a dispute over loud music. Dunn and his girlfriend had attended his son's wedding earlier in the day, and they were on their way back to their hotel when they stopped at the Gate gas station at Southside Boulevard and Baymeadows Road about 7:40 p.m.
Police said three 17-year-olds and an 18-year-old were in a SUV at the gas station, and Dunn told them to turn the music down.
"Evidently there were words exchanged between our victim, who was sitting in the backseat of that vehicle, and our suspect," JSO Lt. Rob Schoonover said at a news conference Monday morning. "For whatever reason, our suspect produced a weapon and began firing into the vehicle."
Investigators said Dunn's girlfriend had gone into the store to buy something at the time and was inside when the shooting happened.
"She came running outside and she jumped in the vehicle, when they took off," Schoonover said.
The woman, whose name was not released, will not face charges, police said. They said she has been cooperating with investigators.
"Mr. Dunn is going to have to answer the question, 'Why did you not call the sheriff's office? If you are reasonably protecting yourself, why did you leave the scene, get in the car, and the next day, flee the jurisdiction of Duval County'," said Jacksonville Attorney Gene Nichols.
Nichols said Dunn's statements in court on Monday make a "stand your ground" defense a likely strategy, but not necessarily one that a jury will believe.
"There's no indication that Jordan or anyone else in that car had a gun, there's no indication that they were any threat to Mr. Dunn," said Nichols.
Investigators said there is no surveillance video to help with this case, making eyewitness testimony very important. Nichols said Dunn could possibly face a first degree murder charge in this case.
"Ms. Corey's office is absolutely going to consider filing the highest possible charge that she believes she can reach and that can easily end up with a sentence that could put Mr.. Dunn with the rest of his life behind bars," said Nichols.
Copyright 2012 by News4Jax.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


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MongoLabs necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 18 diseños de 6 diseñadores freelance.
I run a small incubator. We build innovative internet services and many of our ideas are FB apps. As far as the personality of this particular service, I want first and foremost to have it feel TRUSTWORTHY. IN addition to that, it should seem hip and fun, but not overly fun and kitschy. It should feel SUPER simple and VERY CLEAN. This means that the UX design is very important since there will be several ways to interact with the page.
FINAL part of requirements from below :(first part is under requirements, 2nd at bottom of target and last just below here sorry for the confusion):
- Finally, there should be a growing list below the main functional area which shows each match that the matchmaker has determined was a good one or above a 5 on a scale of 1-10 for example). That should have a thumbnail photo of each friend, each friend's name and the date/time at which the user declared them a match.
As per the design 'feel' I discuss above, this should all be very CLEAN and SIMPLE - meaning as few buttons as possible without making the UX confusing.
Please make sure you understand normal FB app design constraints. Basically FB apps have to be pretty limited in their look and feel and functionality to begin with.
The target audience is FB users from 18-50, men and women. I am not being more granular for specific reasons. However as per the above, I am looking for a design that feels TRUSTWORTHY and simple and clean without lots of noise and 'typical facebook distractions'.
I am finishing the Requirements section here since it's too long for below:
- Select whether he wants to match-up men/women, men/men or women/women
- Select whether he wants to set up single people, undefined (if they don't specify on FB) or Anyone.
- Have a random pair of his friends' FB photos be shown side -by -side for him to rate as a match or not
- Select ONE friend for the left side photo and have a random friend be shown on the other side
- 'PIN' any photo on either side if he wants to randomly rotate through friends on the other side
- Select TWO specific friends to match up
- He should be able to select specific friends for either side either by searching for a name using search box OR by popping up a window to see a list of his friends
- Skip any pair of friends and move to the next random pair when neither is 'PINNED'.
* A matchmaking app for FB that enables a FB user to very easily choose 2 friends and determine whether they would be a good match (set-up) or not. The interface should show 2 FB profile photos side-by-side with buttons (or a scale however you think would be best - be creative!) to determine whether or not they would be a good match (examples: thumbs-up, thumbs-down or Red light Yellow light Green light, or a scale from 1-10 with 1 being NO MATCH and 10 being MATCH!, etc.)
A KEY POINT here: *A 'match' with this app is a very loose sense of the word - meaning if there are 2 friends of mine that I think should meet each other because they MIGHT have at least some connection, that is why I will use this service (and of course if I think 2 people would be a great match and should date I will use this as well). Thus the wording that you as the designer uses will be important to the app. Be creative!
* The app will obviously have multiple views but the MatchMaking part of this app will all be on one page and that is what the contest is about. The matchmaker will need to be able to do all of the following on this page:


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Marlins land power arm in deal for Capps
MIAMI -- When the Marlins identified Carter Capps as a reliever worth acquiring, team officials focused on his triple-digit fastball and pure talent over an inflated ERA.
Once Miami discovered Capps was available, the club moved quickly to consummate a deal with the Mariners.
MIAMI -- When the Marlins identified Carter Capps as a reliever worth acquiring, team officials focused on his triple-digit fastball and pure talent over an inflated ERA.
Once Miami discovered Capps was available, the club moved quickly to consummate a deal with the Mariners.
On Friday, the Marlins formally announced the trade that was agreed upon two days earlier at the Winter Meetings at the Walt Disney World Swan & Dolphin Resort: The Marlins obtained Capps from the Mariners for first baseman Logan Morrison.
The move is mildly surprising because the Marlins headed into the offseason searching for additional offense.
Morrison was once one of the game's highest-ranked prospects, but he's missed substantial time the past few seasons due to two surgeries to his right knee. Morrison now is healthy for the first time heading into Spring Training since 2011.
"You're giving up a talented 26-year-old in Logan Morrison, but in return, we think we have a very valuable piece that will pitch in the back end of our bullpen, and pitch meaningful innings for us," Marlins president of baseball operations Michael Hill said.
Morrison became expendable when the Marlins signed free-agent first baseman Garrett Jones on Tuesday.
"It's something we went back and forth with this offseason," Hill said. "We really haven't seen the productive LoMo since the 2011 season, when he hit 23 home runs."
"I think, ultimately, we felt as a group that we needed to upgrade. That six home runs and 36 RBIs, that just wasn't going to get us to where we wanted to go. We felt in Garrett Jones -- a proven, consistent producer -- anywhere from 15 to 27 home runs on an annual basis was a better fit for us moving forward. So we went in that direction."
Counting the Jones' signing, the Marlins feel they've upgraded in two areas -- first base and bullpen -- while parting with one player.
"We felt there was value in LoMo," Hill said. "He's just 26 years old, and there is still a ton of potential there. There is no question. But we wanted to go with a more proven, consistent player. Once we made that decision, we went to work on trying to find the best fit to fit our ballclub. In Carter Capps, you're talking about a highly coveted arm. Something that is not readily available to you, unless you're giving up talent in return."
In Capps, the Marlins are getting a hard-throwing right-hander that Seattle wasn't thrilled to send elsewhere. But the Mariners believe they have a deep system of reliever candidates, and so they decided moving a quality arm for a position player was worth the risk.
According to FanGraphs.com, Capps fastball averaged 96.4 mph last year, and he's occasionally reached 100 mph.
The fastest he's ever thrown, he says, was 102 in the Double-A All-Star Game a few years ago.
"I usually don't throw that hard all the time," Capps said. "I'll go out there, try to establish my fastball and see where I'm at this year."
Capps, 23, appeared in 53 games with Seattle last season. In 59 innings, he struck out 66, which is the seventh-highest by a Mariners' rookie. He posted a 3-3 record with a 5.49 ERA, and he averaged 10.07 strikeouts per nine innings, second among American League rookie relievers.
Additionally, Capps stranded 24 of 29 inherited runners (82.8 percent).
The red flag is the post-5.00 ERA, which came after he had a 3.96 ERA in 18 appearances in 2012.
In evaluating Capps, the Marlins went with what their scouts saw more than the end results.
"I saw a triple-digit fastball and a slider that was well above average," Hill said.
Miami officials also picked up on a potential glitch in his delivery.
"Our scouts identified something within his delivery that we will address immediately that I think will allow him to return to the dominant form we saw from him in 2012," Hill said. "We saw glimpses of it last year, as well. But we are not worried at all that he will not be an effective, back end reliever for us."
A 6-foot-5, 220-pounder, Capps is from Kinston, N.C., and he attended Mount Olive College. He was a supplemental third-round Draft pick in 2011, the same year Miami selected Jose Fernandez in the first round.
Last season, Capps had a string of rough appearances, and he was optioned to Triple-A, where he posted a 1.64 ERA in 11 inings, striking out nine.
"I had a few bad outings, didn't make the adjustments, and it pretty much got me down," Capps said. "I got sent down to Triple-A, where I was able to relax a little bit, and get my form back. I felt like I came back and finished very strong. I felt like the numbers are really indicative of how I really performed. Obviously, they are what they are. Overall, I was happy with it."
The Marlins and Mariners reached agreement on the trade on Wednesday afternoon at the Winter Meetings, pending the completion of reviewing medical records and finalizing paperwork.
Morrison realized once Jones was signed, he would be traded.
"Obviously, I knew it was going to happen once they signed Garrett," Morrison said Wednesday night. "It's a little shocking still, I don't know why. I don't know if shocking is the word. I guess anytime you go through a major change in your life. ... It's the only thing I've ever known, professional baseball-wise. Any time you go through a change, it's definitely going to take some time to get used to. I'm looking forward to the opportunity I'm going into."
Morrison is entering his first season of arbitration, and his salary for next season projects to be around $1.7 million.
Capps will enter Spring Training competing for a late-inning setup spot.
"Obviously, it's going to be a little bit different going to the National League," Capps said. "I'm looking forward to it. Everything that I've heard was that Miami wanted me. That's big news, going somewhere that I'm wanted."
Joe Frisaro is a reporter for MLB.com. He writes a blog, called The Fish Pond. Follow him on Twitter @JoeFrisaro.


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CUTMR / Public Space / Natasha Basacchi & Aliya Tejani
Natasha Basacchi is a designer/artist currently exploring themes of transition, relationships and emotional connection within the context of public space. Aliya Tejani is an urban planner/designer who enjoys exploring temporal/spatial trajectories and constructing narratives. Basacchi and Tejani have been collaborating with each other for over two years.
Conjunction Junction creates individually specific and emotionally charged experiences that bring to question the relationships to and perception of our surroundings. The washroom as a private yet public space becomes an important place where moments of self-reflection and transitional awareness occur. A visual loop of alternating (illusive, plausible/implausible) landscapes superimposed onto reflective surfaces invites participants to explore these private moments and confront the precarious gradient between reality and illusion. Conjunction Junction considers the dynamics of perception and its implications on connection, ownership, and action within ourselves and public space.
Come Up To My Room (CUTMR) Toronto's largest alternative design show enters a new decade with new initiatives and a diverse lineup of local and national talent: 25 installations, 60 artists, and 4000 visitors, all in under 4 days. Gladstone Managing Director of Art, Britt Welter-Nolan is joined by three new curatorial forces: Jaclyn Blumas, Robert Cram and Elise Hodson.
CUTMR11: Thurs Jan 23 – Sun 26, 2014
- Opening Reception: Sat Jan 25, 2014 | 7-11pm
- Hours: Thurs 6-8pm, Fri 11am-8pm, Sat 11am-10pm, Sun 11am-5pm
- Price: $10 ($5 for students on January 24th)


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