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Merkel opens Roma Holocaust memorial in Berlin

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Messina Weiss, 12 and great grand-daughter of Holocaust survivor Gertrud Rocher, carries a flower past the memorial to the Sinti and Roma in Berlin, Germany, on Wednesday.

By NBC News staff and wire services

Germany remembered the Holocaust's forgotten victims on Wednesday by opening a memorial in the heart of Berlin to the 500,000 ethnic Sinti and Roma murdered by the Nazis.

As the mournful strains of a solo violin sounded through the trees, political leaders and frail survivors approached a dark pool close to the German parliament building.

Its still water is intended to evoke tears for the dead but also, in reflecting the beholder, inspire new generations to protect minorities from hate.

"This memorial commemorates a group of victims who, for far too long, received far too little public recognition -- the many hundreds of thousands of Sinti and Roma who were persecuted by the Nazis as so-called gypsies," said German Chancellor Angela Merkel.?"The destiny of every single person murdered in this genocide is one of unspeakable suffering. Every single destiny, fills us, fills me, with sadness and shame."

The memorial was designed by the Israeli artist Dani Karavan, the BBC reported, and a chronology of the Nazis' extermination campaign appears next to the memorial. A fresh flower will be placed on the triangular surface at the center of the reflecting pool every day, the BBC said.

Discrimination against Sinti and Roma increased at alarming levels once Adolf Hitler took power in 1933. They were sent to forced labor camps and, from 1934, subjected to forced sterilization as a result of the Nazis' "racial purity" laws.

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People lay flowers during the dedication of the memorial to the Sinti and Roma in Berlin, Germany, on Wednesday.

By the start of World War II, the Nazis' genocidal intent became clear as Sinti and Roma were deported to death camps, where they wore uniforms bearing a "Z" for "Zigeuner" (the German word for "gypsy").

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The first time a German leader recognized Nazi persecution of the Roma on racist grounds was in 1982, more than 30 years after West Germany acknowledged the murder of 6 million Jews and began to pay compensation to Israel.

Discrimination today
German politicians and Roma leaders at the opening ceremony described the memorial as a reminder of the urgent need to protect minorities today.

Many of Europe's 12 million Roma face discrimination and social exclusion, often living in dire poverty.

"Half a million Sinti and Roma, men, women and children, were murdered during the Holocaust. Society has learned nothing, next to nothing from this, otherwise they would treat us differently," said Dutch Sinto survivor Zoni Weisz.

His voice faltered as he described how, as a seven-year-old, he watched his father, mother, sisters and brother being deported in a train to Auschwitz concentration camp.

Merkel stressed it was a German and European duty to protect Roma rights. After her speech, a heckler highlighted that Germany refuses to grant asylum to Roma from countries such as Serbia and Macedonia, where they face discrimination.

Romani Rose, leader of the Central Council of Sinti and Roma in Germany, also attended the ceremony.

"Opening the memorial sends an important message to society that anti-Roma sentiment is as unacceptable as anti-Semitism," he told AFP.

Reuters contributed to this report.

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New York Pole Dance Tax Decision - Business Insider

It barely took a month for three New York Supreme Court judges to decide nude dancing is actually an art form and not just a sleazy way to spend a Saturday night.

Too bad they were in the minority.

Last month, Nite Moves in Albany argued its entertainment was an art form and shouldn't be subjected to state taxes.

But the court took no time at all to strike down Nite Moves' clever legal maneuver in a 4-3 ruling.

In order to qualify as tax-exempt, Nite Moves needed to prove it had to charge admission fees for its performances, which it likened to choreographed dances.?

But, in the majority opinion, the court found Nite Moves failed to prove the dances were choreographed works of art. The court also rejected the club's argument that its "private room" fees were the same as admission charges.

But this is the real money quote from the majority, via Above The Law:

"If ice shows presenting pairs ice dancing performances, with intricately choreographed dance moves precisely arranged to musical compositions, were not viewed by the Legislature as ?dance? entitled a tax exemption, surely it was not irrational for the Tax Tribunal to conclude that a club presenting performances by women gyrating on a pole to music, however artistic or athletic their practiced moves are, was also not a qualifying performance entitled to exempt status. To do so would allow the exemption to swallow the general tax?."

But some of the judges fought back, saying there was no difference between "highbrow dance and lowbrow dance."

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Ambush kills 10 Afghan troops

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) ? Taliban insurgents killed 10 members of the Afghan security forces in an ambush in western Herat province, police and government officials said Tuesday.

Muhiudin Noori, a spokesman for the provincial governor, said that soldiers and police were searching late Monday for a group of insurgents who had earlier set up a roadblock where they were stopping and seizing passing vehicles.

In the ensuing firefight, five policemen including the district commander and five soldiers died, Noori said. There were no insurgent casualties, but police later arrested 25 suspects found in the area, he said.

Also Tuesday, an American service member was killed in an insurgent attack in the east, the U.S. military said in a statement. It did not provide further details about the attack. The latest death makes at least 12 American service members killed so far this month and 265 killed so far this year.

The Herat ambush was the bloodiest single incident for Afghan security forces this year in western Afghanistan ? an area where the insurgents have been less active than in their strongholds in the east and west of the country.

In recent months, Taliban guerrillas have been switching tactics and increasingly targeting Afghan security forces as the international coalition continues its drawdown toward a planned withdrawal of the majority of combat troops in 2014.

Meanwhile, President Hamid Karzai condemned "in the strongest possible terms" a NATO raid on Sunday in Logar province in which he said four children were killed.

A presidential statement said coalition troops carried out the operation in Baraki Barak district in an effort to apprehend two armed militants. But this resulted in the deaths of the four children who were tending to their animals in the same area, it said.

Din Mohammad Darwesh, spokesman for the provincial governor, said the victims were between 10 and 13 years old.

On Sunday, NATO said it had conducted a precision airstrike in Baraki Barak district which killed three insurgents. "No other individuals were reported nearby at the time of the strike," a coalition statement said.

In recent months, Karzai has criticized the international military coalition for killing civilians, for not going after terrorist safe havens in neighboring Pakistan, and for not providing the Afghan armed forces with all the weapons they need.

The criticisms drew an angry response from U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, who earlier this month said the Afghan leader should occasionally say thank you to allied forces who are fighting and dying there, rather than criticizing them.

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Slobodan Lekic in Kabul contributed to this report.

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NBA PM: The Growth Of The Clippers

The Los Angeles Clippers can no longer be taken lightly. They?ve officially arrived as contenders, being acknowledged by the top teams in the league as such. The key to their rise to prominence has been some major roster changes, including the drafting of All-Star power forward Blake Griffin and the trade for Chris Paul, arguably the best point guards in the league. As we?ve come to learn, though, depth is just as important as star power and Clippers? management added several proven role players this offseason, including Matt Barnes, who originally got his career started with the team back in 2003-04 when they finished 28-54.

?The locker room is nicer,? Barnes joked with HOOPSWORLD. ?We have a practice facility now. The team is in a different direction. The organization has done a great job bringing quality players in and making this a destination for free agents.?

Barnes? journey back to the Clippers is unique because before signing with them, he had questions about whether or not he was going to be picked up after an overblown, yet somewhat tumultuous, offseason. Then, a random pickup game changed everything.

?I worked out at the Clippers? facility when they had open runs,? Barnes said. ?Chris thought I was a Laker still and we talked about that. I told him I was a free agent and he said ?Oh you need to come here?, and I was like okay, thinking they already had Caron [Butler] and Grant [Hill], but they pushed it and me looking at the big picture and knowing I could play multiple positions, I took a chance and it worked out great.?

While Butler and Hill will garner a lot of minutes at the small forward spot, Barnes? natural position, having to fight for playing time isn?t anything he?s foreign to.

?In my career, it?s never been anything like ?You?re a starter? or ?You?re the second guy off the bench,?? Barnes said. ?I?ve had to work with everything. I knew this is no different than that. Really, when I talked to Vinny [Del Negro], I just asked for an opportunity. I didn?t need anything promised to me, I just needed the opportunity to compete and he?s given me that. It?s worked out well.?

With the potential far greater than it was the last time Barnes was a Clipper, he sees one thing the team needs to really focus on in order to live up to expectations and be serious contenders.

?Play defense,? Barnes said. ?To me, it?s play defense. With Chris at the point and in transition, our offense will be fine. If we commit to the defensive end and close that paint up and slow people down in transition and limit their threes, we?re going to be hard to beat.?

The Clippers will have several good tests early on to gauge themselves against some of the league?s best as they take on the Los Angeles Lakers, San Antonio Spurs, Brooklyn Nets, Oklahoma City Thunder and Miami HEAT during the first month of the season. All of those, except the game against the HEAT, will be on the road.

Dirk Not In A Hurry: After doing everything he could to avoid it, Dallas Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki accepted the inevitable last week and underwent arthroscopic knee surgery to help his ailing right knee. The surgery was not major and something a lot of players who have played as many minutes as Nowitzki has over his 14 year career receive, but it will still keep him out anywhere from 3-6 weeks.

While Nowitzki did not want to miss any time at all, he?s not going to rush back to the court too early because after all, the whole point of the surgery was to avoid hurting all season long.

?I need plenty of practices, so it?s going to be a few weeks,? Nowitzki said to ESPN Dallas. ?But is it going to be three, four, fix, six? I have no idea.?

Nowitkzi?s adamant attitude regarding his return date stems from coming back too early from a similar injury two seasons ago. His conditioning wasn?t up to par and he struggled as a result. He doesn?t want that to be the case this year, especially considering how much the Mavericks are going to rely on him with an almost entirely new supporting cast than the one he had grown so accustomed to and won a championship with recently.

?It stinks,? Nowitzki said. ?There?s no other way to put it. But, we?re not going to have to do it, and before I come back, I?m going to? do a bunch of practices. It?s not like two years ago when I had one practice and came back. This year, we?re going to make sure I?m ready to go.?

Grizzlies Sale Up For Vote: The Memphis Commercial Appeal is reporting that the NBA?s Board of Governors are meeting this Wednesday and Thursday in New York and amongst the items on the agenda are Rob Pera, a 34-year-old wireless entrepreneur, and his ownership group?s bid for the Memphis Grizzlies.

Pera agreed in June to buy the team from current owner Michael Heisley for a reported $350 million. If he receives three-fourths of the Board of Governor?s approval, the last thing he?ll need to do is finalize the deal Heisley.

Pera?s ownership group contains several people of notoriety including several local businessmen, former Memphis Tigers Elliot Perry and Tim Hardaway, actor Justin Timberlake and Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning along with his wife, Ashley, who is a Memphis native.

Several Cuts Made Around the League: As team?s look to trim their roster to the 15-player minimum by the start of the regular season, cuts have started to occur around the league. Here?s a look at who was recently let go as of Tuesday evening:

• The Grizzlies waived Michael Dunigan and Kyle Weaver.

• The Spurs waived Eddy Curry and Derrick Brown

• The Celtics waived Micah Downs and Rob Kurz

• The Brooklyn Nets waived Stephen Dennis.

NBA Chats: There are two chats on tap tomorrow, starting with Alex Kennedy. He?ll be followed up by Lang Greene. As always you can checkout our entire upcoming chat schedule and previous chats list.

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Home Improvement Tips to Increase the Value of Your Home ...

Home Improvement Tips to Increase the Value of Your Home

Published: Tuesday, October 23rd, 2012

By Rudy Lira Kusuma, REALTOR?

Buying a home may be a dream, but the initial purchase is only the introduction to that dream. There?s always something about your house that could be a little better, a little closer to perfect. Now, with a little planning, you can bring your home closer to your dream of perfection.
Reasoning Your Redo
Many home improvement projects begin with someone in the household saying, ?Wouldn?t it be nice ??? Start by evaluating your needs. Most homeowners consider home improvements for one of these reasons.
? You need to update the out-of-date.
? You need to replace fixtures or appliances.
? You?re selling your home. You want to be sure you?ll get top dollar from the sale of your home, and that may be the rallying cry for some home improvement projects.
? You?re staying put. You thought about moving, but now you realize that improving your present home is a better option.
? Your family has grown and you need more space.
Improving to Move or Improving to Stay
You need to evaluate your plans carefully if you?re improving your home to put it on the market. Cutting corners could hurt rather than help your prospects, but you don?t want to go overboard either. Potential buyers may not want to pay for the extras you have included, such as a hot tub or pool. It?s best to keep changes simple.
Here?s a list of remodeling projects that buyers are likely to find valuable:
? Adding or remodeling a bath
? Improving the kitchen
? Adding a new room
? Landscaping
? Adding a bedroom
? Adding or enclosing a garage
Keep the value of other homes in the area in mind whenever you consider improvements. Your home?s value should be no more than 20% above the average. That means a $10,000 kitchen improvement project might be a better idea than a $10,000 hot tub, especially if no other homes in your area have hot tubs.

Home Maintenance
Unfortunately, some home improvement projects get started because something is broken. A leaky plumbing fixture may be the first step to a major bath remodeling. After all, if the tub has to be replaced, why not do the whole room?
While that?s certainly one reason to remodel, you?ll generally want to avoid basing your home improvement projects on immediate need. Proper maintenance will help to minimize problems.
Hiring Help
Let?s face it, home projects can be expensive. You may be tempted to tackle them yourself as a way to save money. For small projects, that may be a smart move. However, large home improvement projects are better left to the pros. Keep in mind, do-it-yourself jobs generally take more time and you?re responsible for obtaining the necessary permits and inspections.
Hiring people who have experience can save you money and time, too. For example, these professionals can help you get a custom look using stock products, and that can be a significant savings. Getting something done right?the first time?will give you value that lasts for years.
Be House Smart: You?ll be happiest with the outcome of a home improvement project if you plan carefully and do your homework. Armed with the information in this article and a realistic idea of your needs and budget, you?ll find your home getting closer to your dream of perfection.

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State Health Reform

By Emily Friedman	October 22, 2012
A report from the 25th annual State Health Policy Conference of the National Academy for State Health Policy.

Baltimore ?Despite an uncertain environment, state health policymakers are trying to proceed with reforms to the nation's health care system. Even as they try to maneuver through mandates imposed by the Affordable Care Act, they are eyeing regional solutions and creating a more patient-friendly environment. The policymakers gathered in Baltimore on Oct. 17 for a meeting convened by the National Academcy for State Health Policy, which was founded in 1987 by a group of state health officials, seeking a forum where they could exchange ideas about Medicaid, health insurance, regulation, and other programs.

The NASHP Executive Director Alan Weil noted that important lessons have been learned from two and a half decades of state-federal health policy tussles:

• Federalism is a defining feature of American health policy ? "the baton keeps getting passed back and forth," and "without a federal framework, states will move in variable directions."
• Economic cycles drive health policy cycles.
• State health policy "never sleeps," but is constantly active.
• Health system improvements are as hard to sustain as they are to attain.
• Health system improvements "do not spread like mayonnaise; we don't always know how to spread our lessons around the country."

Weil predicted that "federal-state relations will continue to be unsettled," and that more attention must be paid to interstate issues and regional solutions. "States can be an awkward unit for change," he said, adding that "we can no longer look at health policy only as a state-by-state affair."

States are trying to proceed with reforms, despite an uncertain environment. The results of the upcoming election are proving difficult to predict and the politics of each state have their vagaries. Furthermore, in order to comply with the ACA, each state must define a package of essential health benefits, decide whether to participate in the law's expansion of Medicaid, and whether to operate its own health insurance exchange or leave it to the feds, among other major challenges.

Norman Thurston, coordinator of health reform implementation for the Utah Department of Health Care Finance, lamented, "The biggest challenge we have is that these are incredibly complex questions ? how to create an exchange, whether to undertake Medicaid expansion ? and yet newspapers and legislators and others see them as yes or no issues, where you just check a box."

Nevertheless, as Joshua Sharfstein, secretary of the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, said, "There is amazing opportunity for the states right now." However, resources and time frames are tight, staff are overloaded, and there can be provider resistance. Trish Riley, adjunct professor of health policy at the University of Southern Maine and a founder of the academy, pointed out that health care is shifting from fee-for-service to primary care and managed care models and paying providers for "keeping people healthy" ? not an easy transition. As Bruce Greenstein, secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals, observed, most hospital revenue in his state comes from fee-for-service, and "the hospitals are not changing overnight."

Still, many officials at the meeting welcomed provider participation. In Utah, said Thurston, the state is working with hospitals to assist patients who need help navigating the system; hospitals have asked for access to the state's eligibility data base for this purpose. Rhode Island has had representatives in hospitals for 15 years who help patients fill out applications and gain eligibility for state programs. Furthermore, according to Anne Marie Costello of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the ACA allows hospitals to make presumptive eligibility decisions for patients and CMS will be issuing guidance for that within the next two months.

Many states are focusing on service improvement and easier access to state programs, as well as reform initiatives. Vermont is seeking to create a single-payer system, although there are many political and regulatory obstacles. Rhode Island, ironically, is seeking to re-link social services such as temporary aid for needy families and food stamps with health program eligibility ? the irony being that what was known as welfare was linked to Medicaid for decades; they were uncoupled in the 1990s as part of welfare reform.

The challenges are many, but the states are trying to embrace change and create a more patient-friendly environment. As Richard Gilfillan, M.D., director of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation and former CEO of the Geisinger Health Plan, said at the closing session, "We built a system around patients that doesn't meet their aspirations. We built the system around how providers want to deliver care, not how patients want to receive it." But he believes that the system can and will do better because, as he observed, "Nobody went to school to provide fractured, expensive, unstable care." It remains to be seen whether the states will be able to rewrite that equation.

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It was a fashionistas party in Hollywood, when families such as??Jennie Garth, Tia Mowry and her son Cree Taylor Hardrict,?Kathleen Robertson, Jennifer Aspen?and?Candy Spelling.?joined actress?Tori Spelling with her family?Dean, Liam, Stella and Hattie McDermott?and?jcpenney?as they celebrated the launch of?Little Maven,?at a glamping inspired family friendly event.

What is Glamping? Glamping is camping Hollywood Style! No Dirt, No Bugs, but pure?indulgence! The Hotel Bel Air ( which is where any Glamping experience should be) was transformed in to a Little Maven campground with activities and treats including: campfire sing-a-long, bracelet craft station, fishing, s?more making table, lemonade stand and a creepy crawly touch and feel table full of spiders and insects! In honor of the launch, jcpenney made a donation to Baby2Baby, a non-profit organization that supplies Los Angeles families in need with essential baby gear and children?s clothing. It has been a busy few months for Tori Spelling now mother of 4! Tori gave birth to Finn?Davey Mc Dermott, August 30th. We have learned later that Tori had an Emergency Post-Pregnancy Surgery and Tori now tells People.com ?that she can thank Stella for saving her life ! ?Following a girls night in with 4-year-old daughter?Stella?? husband?Dean McDermott?spent the evening in son?Liam?s room ? Spelling woke to find herself surrounded by ?massive? amounts of blood ? her third big bleed?during the pregnancy.

?I stumbled to the bathroom, dizzy from losing so much blood. When I got there, I thought, ?This is it,?? the actress told PEOPLE during?the launch of Little Maven?for?JCPenney?on Thursday in Los Angeles. ?There was so much blood I thought, ?I?m dying. ?Not just [losing] the baby, but I?m dying.?? The only one close by to call to for help was Stella ? and to this day the proud mama credits her daughter with saving her life.

?I had to scream for Stella and I?ll never forget the look on her face when she saw me surrounded by blood everywhere. I didn?t want to panic her and I said, ?Baby, will you go get Daddy? Just tell him I?m bleeding,?? Spelling recalls. ?Her eyes were as big as saucers and ? this is going to make me cry ? she looked like such a little toddler warrior. She said, ?Okay, Mama? and she ran. And two seconds later Dean came in and basically had to wrap me up to?get me to the hospital.?

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  Tori Spelling, Stella McDermott, Dean McDermott, Liam McDermott and Hattie McDermott

  Tori and her entire family participated in fun glamping activities including a campfire sing a long, fishing, arts & crafts and the young ones even held a tarantula!

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  Tori Spelling and Jennie Garth

  Little Maven by Tori Spelling -sold exclusively at jcpenney - is an eclectic combination of Hollywood chic and beachside casual, available for newborns, infants and toddlers.

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  Jennie Garth, Hattie McDermott

  How fun to see Hattie and Aunty Jennie Play!

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  Tori Spelling, Jennie Garth, Kathleen Robertson

  A decade later, the 90210 reunion between Tori Spelling, Jennie Garth and Kathleen Robertson was quite different, the conversation centered around motherhood and Tori?s new children?s line.

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  Tori Spelling, Hattie McDermott, Tia Mowry, Cree Hardrict

  Tori was proud of her new collection that hung above the party and her youngest daughter Hattie even modeled one of the new looks.

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  Stella McDermott

  Stella seems in her element in the pink tent!

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  Tia Mowry, Cree Hardrict

  Tia Mowry debuted her stylish new pixie cut and brought along her son Cree to the festivities! Tia was overheard telling partygoers how the event was the perfect way for Cree to make his first Hollywood debut.

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  Essentials

  Everyone needs cocoa and notes for writing when Glamping!

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  Tents

  Those are the cutest tents I have ever seen! My kids would love to play in them!

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  Picnic?

  What a picnic. Not sure I have ever been to such a fancy picnic.

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Bora's Picks (October 19th, 2012)

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Prospecting for Quasicrystals by Nadia Drake:

The rock came in a box labeled ?khatyrkite.? It didn?t look like much, just a chunk less than a centimeter long with a whitish rind and studded with several dark metals. But when Paul Steinhardt got a good look inside, he saw something he?d been waiting years to see.

The quasicrystals nestled within displayed a bizarre symmetry that had never been seen outside the lab, an interlocking structure with no repeats. Steinhardt had been captivated by these almost-crystals since the early 1980s, when they were still a hypothetical form of matter.

But now, there they were?.

The alien next door by Nadia Drake:

Astronomers searching for Earthlike worlds need look no further than Alpha Centauri, the stellar system next door. An Earth-sized planet has been discovered circling a star in the system, just 4.4 light-years away. The planet?s mass is similar to Earth?s, but its orbit is not. Tucked in close to its star???25 times closer than the Earth is to the sun???the planet is likely a roasted world incapable of hosting life. ?

RedBull?s Stratos Stunt by Amy Shira Teitel:

According to YouTube, eight million people watched Felix Baumgartner?s high altitude jump on Sunday morning. It was exciting and death-defying, but at the end of the day it was a just an elaborate publicity stunt that will likely see RedBull sales skyrocket this month. But I?d argue that the event wasn?t entirely a success from a publicity standpoint. RedBull, who sponsored the jump, wasted an incredible opportunity. It had an eight million person audience captivated, but did nothing to teach that audience about the context behind Baumgartner?s jump. Joe Kittinger?s 1960 jump was amazing, the heritage behind these types of tests is fascinating, but without any context the audience just saw a daredevil break a record for record-breaking?s sake?.

David Blaine?s Electrical Stunt Could Create Harmful Ozone by Kathleen Raven:

Magicians hold details in high regard, so it?s fair to inquire about one of the key details related to stunt artist David Blaine?s feat that begins today at Pier 54 in New York City?s West Village: How will Blaine?s team handle all the excess ozone gas produced with each million-volt discharge from the Tesla coils??

Quote my report, but don?t quote me: Why don?t some biotech analysts give interviews? by Kathleen Raven:

In July, an Associated Press story?posted on Bloomberg/Businessweek?quoted a research report written by pharmaceutical analyst Jeffrey Holford at Jefferies & Co., who predicted that Eli Lilly?s Alzheimer?s drug would fail in its late-stage trials before the company released the final results. (It did.) So this summer, while I was reporting a quick Nature Medicine story about the Indianapolis-based drug giant?s five recent phase 3 trial failures, I wanted to get Holford?s take?.

The History of Trick Or Treating Is Weirder Than You Thought by Rose Eveleth:

It?s almost that time of year when underaged kids get into costume and traipse around the neighborhood ringing doorbells and begging for treats. When you think about it, trick or treating is kind of a weird thing. Where did it come from anyway??

?Medical History is Biography? by Erin Podolak:

The title of this post is a very elegant summation provided by Siddhartha Mukherjee of a talk that he gave at Harvard Medical School (HMS) last week. I was lucky enough to be at HMS (in the overflow room, sadly) to listen to Mukherjee?s talk. You may remember that I recently read and reviewed his Pulitzer Prize winning book, The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer. I leapt at the chance to see him talk about his work because I loved the book so much, I gave it a full recommendation for everyone with no caveats, which doesn?t happen often?.

Nature and Nurture and Something Else (Plus Bees) by Kelsey Calhoun:

What makes you, you? The nature vs. nurture debate has been going on for more than a century, and recent work with honeybees has managed to make it even more complex. Researchers focused not on the nature part, the bees? DNA, nor on the nurture part, how the bees grew up and lived, but on a fuzzy gray area in between?.

The Worm?s Altruistic Suicide by Jean Mendoza:

Caenorhabditis elegans, a millimeter-long nematode or roundworm, has been poked and prodded, dissected and inspected. Every cell in its body has been mapped, the circuitry of its neurons traced, and its entire genome sequenced. For the past 50 years, it has been the experimental animal of choice, the subject of over 15,000 articles on everything from genetics to drug development. Biologically speaking, we know more about this animal than any other in the world?including ourselves?.

Rerun watchers rejoice by Alexa C. Kurzius:

At the end of a long workday I often have two options: I can meet some friends for a drink or go home to a rerun of Mad Men. More often than I care to admit, I?ll skip my social engagements for the company of Don Draper and Peggy Olson. Spending time with my favorite TV characters seems to improve my mood and help prepare me to take on tomorrow?.

Lend me your ears by Jonathan Chang:

If you were a band geek, an orch dork or a member of the choir cult, you may have heard about ?perfect pitch.? The people who have it are sometimes seen as exemplary musicians who will go on to study music in college, get a job as a professional musician and blow the classical scene away. Unfortunately, it?s not something that people can learn whenever they want. If you?re more than 10 years old, you either already have it or will never have it. ?

Musicians hear best over the din by Arielle Duhaime-Ross:

During my three-year stint in music school, I had many chances to witness amazing musical feats. I remember seeing classmates execute complicated fingerings gracefully on ivory and brass keys, sometimes moving an audience to tears. Now scientists have found extra proof of musicians? unique skills: They tend to be much better at understanding a speaker in a noisy environment. Their advantage seems to lie in an enhanced ability to process sounds in the brain?.

Becoming city birds by Kate Baggaley:

City dwellers everywhere often see rats scurrying behind dumpsters and have to sidestep pigeons feasting on abandoned sandwiches. Intrepid critters are a fact of urban life. But according to a new study published in Behavioral Ecology, some animals are actually evolving better adaptations to city living?.

Dengue fever vaccine remains elusive by Lily Hay Newman:

A promising vaccine against dengue fever produced disappointing protection rates in a recent trial. The vaccine guarded against three of the four virus strains, or serotypes, that cause the disease, but did not block the fourth, reducing its effectiveness. Still, researchers maintain that the results represent progress?.

Cool roofs under scrutiny by Joss Fong:

For anyone who has spent nine straight days in heat above 110 degrees, as the residents of Phoenix did last month, it?s easy to recognize the appeal of ?cool roofs.? Like dressing a building in a white T-shirt, these reflective roofs offer relief for city-dwellers baking in a habitat of concrete and asphalt. But a new study indicates that in certain regions, cool roofs may have the unintended consequence of reducing rainfall?.

?Eye Cells? Hone in on Eye Contact, Create Special Connections with Others by Rachel Nuwer:

At some point, everyone experiences the zing of first making eye contact with a cute girl or guy sitting across a crowded coffee shop or bar. But what causes that feeling of special connection? Researchers presenting at the Society for Neuroscience conference in New Orleans this week say it may be due to newly discovered ?eye cells? located in the amygdala, or the part of the brain responsible for social interactions and processing emotions?.

In Silico et Vivo: When Life Science Draws Inspiration from Video Games by Jon Chang:

Before coming to New York, I led a dual life. During the work week, I was a neuroscientist in training. I went to class, handled monkeys, and took more than my fair share of grad school happy hour snacks. But when I wasn?t thinking about brains, I was usually thinking about games. I?ve bought nearly every console that?s come out since 2000, except for the Xbox. That thing was a big hunk of ugly?.

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Epson PowerLite 1761W Multimedia Projector

The Epson PowerLite 1761W Multimedia Projector is modestly priced for an ultra-light WGXA data projector, yet provides superb data and video image quality and solid connectivity choices. It succeeds the now discontinued Epson PowerLite 1775W Multimedia Projector as Editors' Choice. Though it lacks a few features of the Epson PowerLite 1776W , which is replacing the Epson 1775W in Epson's product line, in our testing it showed slightly better image quality and it sells at a much lower price.

The 1761W has a rated brightness of 2,600 lumens, and has native WXGA (1,280 by 800) resolution, compatible with widescreen laptops with a 16:10 aspect ratio. Its light engine employs the 3LCD technology that Epson helped develop.

This all-black projector measures a slim 2.1 by 11.5 by 8.3 inches (HWD) and weighs 3.7 pounds. Is similar in form to the Casio Slim XJ-A246 ($1,499.99 direct, 3.5 stars), which has almost identical dimensions but is a bit heavier, at 5 pounds.

The 1761W has both zoom and focus wheels behind the lens. The focus wheel was responsive, and I could easily get a sharp image. The projector comes with a soft carrying case, which features several pouches and a messenger strap.

The 1761W has the ports that count for a portable data projector: VGA, HDMI, RCA video, audio in; a type B USB port for keyboard and mouse control; and a type A USB port for running a presentation off a USB thumb drive. It also has a second type A USB port, behind a screw-off cover, specifically for its included wireless LAN module.

Data Testing
I tested the 1761W from about seven feet away, where the image filled our test screen (about 70 inches diagonal). The image was bright enough to tolerate a fair amount of ambient light without degradation, and wasn't notably fainter than the Epson 1776W.

Data image quality, as tested using the DisplayMate suite, was very good for a business projector. Type in our text testing was readable at all sizes, though slightly blurred at the smallest size. The only issue worth mention was a very slight tinting in a few white and gray backgrounds?it was somewhat less apparent than similar tinting with the Epson 1776W, and is unlikely to bother anyone if they even notice it.

Video and Sound
Video quality was above average for a data projector, good enough for video clips of any length as part of a presentation, or even to show movies with. It did very well in capturing detail in dark scenes, but there was a modest loss of detail in some very bright scenes. As an LCD-based projector, it's immune to the distracting rainbow effect frequently seen in DLP projectors.

Audio from the 1-watt speaker is of modest volume, adequate for use in a small to mid-sized classroom or conference room, and sound quality is reasonably good.

Bulb Life
The 1761W has a lamp life of up to 4,000 hours. That's good for a data projector, although a far cry from the Casio XJ-A246, whose hybrid LED-laser light engine's bulb can last up to 20,000 hours, essentially the lifetime of the projector.? The 1761W, though, offers better data and video image quality (the latter free from the rainbow artifacts seen in the Casio XJ-A246's video), at a much lower price.

The Epson 1761W is a superbly sleek and light data projector, with very good data and video image quality. Data images showed less tinting than those from the Epson 1775W. Though not quite as bright as the Epson 1775W and Epson 1776W, which are rated at 3,000 lumens, the 1761W's test image stood up to a good amount of ambient light without notable degradation. The 1761W provides Wi-Fi connectivity, though it lacks the 1776W's Quick Connect ad hoc wireless key that facilitates connection. It also makes do with automatic vertical keystone correction, rather than the 1776Ws vertical and horizontal correction plus Auto Screen Fit. But neither of those features is critical, and with the Epson PowerLite 1761W Multimedia Projector you get slightly better image quality and most of the fixings for a much lower price, making it a new Editors' Choice.

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Catch the Orionid meteor shower Saturday morning

Star gazers will want to be looking upward this weekend: The Orionid meteor shower is one of the best meteor showers of the year and should not be missed.

According to NASA's website: "Earth will pass through a stream of debris from Halley's Comet, (the) source of the annual Orionid meteor shower. Forecasters expect 25 meteors per hour when the shower peaks on Oct. 21."

The best part of this cosmic display: No telescope required?but you may need an alarm clock. According to L.A.'s Griffith Observatory, the brightest displays will fall between 11 p.m. Saturday and 5:40 a.m. Sunday, Pacific time.

Bill Cooke, the head of NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office, noted in a statement, "With no Moon to spoil the show, observing conditions should be ideal." He added, "The Orionid meteor shower isn't the strongest, but it is one of the most beautiful showers of the year."

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Best Gift Ideas for People with Active Lifestyles

Active and health-conscious folks have specific tastes and preferences. Some who practice a healthy lifestyle by heart would appreciate more organic and natural stuff that can cater to their needs and preference. It is very easy to pick just about any gift to these unique individuals. However if you go a long way in buying something that they would definitely appreciate, you can please them even more. Here are some ideas you can consider.

Outdoor Gifts

A trip to something adventurous and fun is an awesome gift that will be most memorable to people who live active lifestyles. It goes beyond something material and easily bought in stores because these are experiences and memories all round into a nice vacation getaway. Surfing lessons, camping trips, skiing vacation, and some great fun under the sun will be appreciated.

Sport Clothing, Footwear and Accessories

Know if your recipient likes to play a certain type of sports, run marathons, or simply go to the gym on a regular basis. You can buy running shoes at eBay, Amazon, Getprice, or http://www.slashsport.com, clothes, or sports accessories like sports bottles/tumblers that will be useful for them. You can also choose to have these customized or personalized for them.

An iPod or portable music player can also be a nice gift. This can be used when running or working out. You can also choose to include some exercise or lifestyle apps that they may find interesting and useful.

Sports Lessons

If your recipient likes to play golf or tennis, for example, but don't have the means to get a trainer for it, you can get them free lessons. Even you can join him or her in these fun lessons. If he or she likes to go the gym but don't have a personal trainer, you can pay for his or her personal trainer for a certain period of time, like a month or a couple of weeks for better results. Don't make the mistake of paying for a gym membership or personal trainer for someone who doesn't go to the gym and is not exactly looking fit. It might be an insensitive move that will get you in trouble with that person. Sports lessons may be more appropriate and subtle in your way to get him or her into fitness.

Food and Drinks

Food and drinks are always great gifts to people, but for active and health-conscious individuals, make sure you don't pick something that doesn't match their health and lifestyle needs. Instead of beer, for example, you can give a good bottle of red wine that is known to have health benefits. An occasional glass of wine wouldn't hurt once in a while. Food gifts can also be more organic. You can even give healthy supplements and vitamins to match their healthy lifestyle.

When choosing gifts, may it be simple or expensive, always make sure you make it personal and add a nice message or note to your recipient. The effort goes a long way in making the gifts more special, whoever your recipient may be.

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Electric Car Company Coda Automotive Offering 10,000 Miles Free ...

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One of the leading electric car companies in the world, CODA Automotive, just announced a new offer for Californian customers. It?ll give you 10,000 miles of free fuel when you purchase its new 2012 CODA in October.

?With gas prices this high in California, this is the perfect opportunity to spell out the extremely low operating costs electric vehicles have to consumers,? said Thomas Hausch, CODA senior vice president of sales, marketing and aftersales. ?When comparing vehicles, the total cost of ownership (TCO) is critical to consider, along with the purchase price, as it provides a comprehensive view of the bottom line. Once consumers review these factors and in turn, discover the benefits of an EV ? including significantly lower maintenance costs, avoiding high gas prices completely, low electricity prices, access to the carpool lane, various tax incentives and more ? going electric in today?s climate makes a lot of sense. It makes you think: When has cutting edge technology been more affordable than the ?old school? version it replaces soon after its introduction??

The deal makes a very clear contrast between the very low ?fuel? costs of EVs and the continually rising fuel costs of fossil-fuel-powered cars. Driving a CODA for 10,000 miles only costs you about $552 in electricity, compared to the $1500-$2000 you?d spend for gasoline or diesel.
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Another significant advantage for EV owners is that they won?t be subject to the effects of fuel inflation. During the last twenty years, ?the average U.S. real retail gasoline price increased 106 percent when the average U.S. real residential electricity price declined 12 percent.?

The rebate will be for the new 2012 CODA, the first completely electric five-passenger, compact sedan, possessing full rear seating and large trunk space. It will have a range of at least 88 miles per charge, and up to 125 miles. And the recharge speed looks to be pretty good, at about six hours for a full charge.

With all the tax credits taken into account, the total price in California works out to about $27,250.

CODA?s 10,000 free miles promotion is a point-of-sale instant rebate of $552 and is available through CODA dealers through October 31, 2012. California consumers can contact a CODA dealer for test drives and more information: CODA Los Angeles; CODA of Silicon Valley; Fladeboe CODA in Irvine, Calif.; and Marvin K. Brown CODA San Diego.

Source and Image: Coda Automotive

This article has been reposted from Electric Love with full permission.

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How to be able to Protect yourself From Home Based Business Scams

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Home primarily based small business gives you an occasion to generate income though lodging at home. Opportunities are usually amazing and in abundance. But, good we have a massive ?but??, these kind of extremely attractive chances may also be fraught having scams as well as fraudulent schemes. Do you own real estate based business? If yes, wake up! It?s time period you recognize that you simply should defend it. Have you recently been duped? Lost money? Don?t possibly be embarrassed, you will be never alone.

Scam targets

Most individuals who home based will certainly be stay-at-home moms, disabled people in addition to seniors and also this unemployed plus most are primarily the main spots of scams. Mothers nowadays feel that that they needs to be right now there regarding the young children along with the husband; these people feel the need to be able to earn a good income too. A work-at-home-and-make-money advert looks like an ability very excellent to become true. Indeed, these people tend to be also great to become true, a lot of fathers are actually doing work tough expecting to get compensated merely for being informed this the woman perform was either not well enough or various other excuse. Work in the home jobs contain emailing, typing, professional medical billing, blog coming up with as well as hosting, envelope stuffing therefore involving investment, occasion in addition to challenging work; when payment reveals creep upwards right now there contractor ship is always ?not around
standard?. Do a person were on this lot? Being a work-at-home fraud unwilling recipient could be depressing as well as frustrating.

What can you complete prior to you commit in a home-based business?

Ads might be very enticing. They usually are indeed, attractive in addition to enticing; however greater beware. Test yourself in advance of considering any seemingly desirable work from home opportunity. You include investment; accomplish an individual dare to apply it? Just similar to that? Can everyone pay for reduce it? Does the actual offer appear so excellent that you are compelled straight into purchasing that today? Do you are aware of the organization or even the person to travel ahead? Should your current answer to such queries always be negative, you greater think twice.

Do you could have for you to fork out to be able to work?

We need an enterprise that will gain income right? Well not often obtained specifically to fork out the garden area to bring in a small income. Working at your home need to be dealt with since doing work for every workplace on the area associated with business. At a job interview, the interviewer would likely certainly not question that you pay off a fee to get resources or maybe starters for you to stretch of land your job, right? If he / she will it would be absurd. A provider or recruiter truly utilizes a new employee as well as will pay him to get a employment done. Whenever an ad says pay a certain amount for the specific position and also information, that probably is some sort of scam. However, work from home corporations perform need a start up cost, purchases along with the like. What you?ll need to complete should you plan to spend with an enterprise is always to verify and twice check before you make an investment.

What evaluate upwards on?

The firm providing a career and also business (get-rich-quick scheme) should have an appropriate physical address. It will need to at least use a telephone number, his phone amount provides for you to real, it is possible to test this away by means of striving to help call up his phone should be answered by way of an authentic human being not a machine. Before anyone invest ones precious home egg cell that will invest, be sure you find out your specific or the organization well. If people health care to check, you can only find dated information, non doing work links, zero help section along with at times also simply no real email support. In this scenario, now don?t assume you would need to generate significant inspections pay off upwards only if you?re actually sure that this giving company or even specific is actually authentic?

Look for trustworthy claims

Scheming companies are usually always vague plus incredible, they sell them condition names, almost any information and facts and cost you should have an most of clear on the inside expertise in corporations plus just about any future individual. Get your current facts ravenscroft clear. Don?t at any time allow your hpye have the greater with you. Should you slip with regard to appealing ads neglecting that they usually are too incredible, you would end up a scam victim.

Steer free from the actual pyramid

The pyramid is a process with straight down wrinkles and up lines, recruits as well as fresh recruits. Most direct sales corporations manage to the pyramid program, right here contributors generate income simply by enrolling fresh members- decrease traces ? on the program. Payment the following will be dependent generally on recruiting by no means around the sale of a product. Do people certainly imagine the following to get feasible? Be wary from the pyramid.

Are a person thus desperate? Don?t demonstrate it, do not noise it

If you?re critically trying to find an online business break, sites and also advertisings encouraging you the particular planet throughout 30 days time period tend to be plenty. Oh yes! And very enticing! Chances will be that just simply won?t happen. You grab them eagerly. Where ads appeal to you, everyone entice scammer sharks. While everyone take hold of during positions offered, that they grab with a person?s money. Be calm and ?look prior to deciding to leap?.

A fraud victim? What don?t you do? Should you see yourself swindled along with washboard off, the first thing to do is usually to create that will this company and also consumer concerned, demanding with regard to a pay back. If they can?t agree, let them know in which officials concerned are going to be notified.

Whatever anyone do, generate your own proceeds sensibly; stay clear of frauds and also scammers. All the very best to you.

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