We just finished our annual review process here at Lifehacker. While the questions were pretty painless, I found myself almost banging my head on the desk trying to remember my "bests" and "worsts" from the beginning of the year. Next time, I'll use a copy of the review form and fill it out throughout next year.
This is similar to keeping a work accomplishments file (useful when interviewing for a new job or negotiating a raise), but more specifically to make the inevitable annual review process easier. Instead of trying to think back twelve months, you'll have a record of your performance and issues as they happened.
Looking at the questions often throughout the year could also be motivating?a reminder of your professional goals.
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This holiday season, the hottest trend among retailers isn't found on a store shelf. It's taking place at the cash register.
Major retailers, from Best Buy to Toys R Us, are promising to match their competitors' prices. Generally customers just need to bring in an advertisement or printout to prove that the same item is available elsewhere at a lower price. In some cases, shoppers can come back with a receipt and get a refund for the difference if the price of an item they bought fell.
Best Buy, Target, Walmart and Sears offer price matching to customers all year round. But what's different now is that Best Buy and Target are matching online retailers such as Amazon.com for the first time. That's a big deal, since online prices tend to be lower than those at stores.
Shoppers will be able to save some extra money, but they're going to have to read a lot of fine print to do so.
"Price matching sounds good, but there are so many exclusions, it sometimes isn't as good as it sounds," says Edgar Dworsky, the founder of ConsumerWorld.org, which tracks deals for shoppers.
For instance, Target limits the number of online retailers that it will price match against to just five. Best Buy has selected 20, but only matched online prices from Nov. 1 to Nov. 17 and will start again from Nov. 27 to Dec. 24.
Toys R Us is offering price matching for the first time and will only match prices that customers find in other brick-and-mortar stores. Walmart also matches against in-store prices. However, both retailers will match prices found on their own websites if the prices are lower than what you find in their stores. It's not uncommon for retailers to offer steeper discounts online than in their actual stores. (But Toys R Us says it won't match prices on its own website if the item is marked as an "online-only price.")
Even the most experienced bargain hunters can get tripped up by all the rules. But shoppers can save some money if they're diligent.
"It really is a way to save money and shop at the store you want instead of one that's inconvenient," says Dworsky.
Here are five ways to get the most out of price matching offers:
1. Know the policy If you want to take advantage of a price match offer, read the store's policy closely. You can find the guidelines on the store's website.
Print out the policy and bring it with you. Having a hard copy will be helpful if you need to argue your case.
"Know their policy backwards or you may be bluffed into thinking something doesn't qualify," says Dworsky.
2. Bring proof Always bring the advertisement or the printed web page for the item you want to price match. Walmart doesn't require bringing the ad because it says cashiers have access to all local advertisements. But Dworsky recommends bringing ads in anyway. If there's any confusion, you'll be better prepared to make your case no matter where you shop.
The cashiers and customer representatives are always looking for a reason not to approve the transaction, says Dworsky.
3. Save receipts Some retailers will give you money back if you see a lower price after you buy an item. Keep a hold of your receipts and, particularly for big-ticket items, continue to look for lower prices.
Best Buy will issue refunds until the end of January. Toys R Us lets you seek a refund up to seven days after buying an item. Sears customers can get a refund after 14 days. Target is letting customer's price match against brick-and-mortar retailers until Dec. 24 for any item bought after Nov. 1. You can only ask Target to match the price of an online retailer until Dec. 16.
4. Go straight to the customer service desk Many retailers have hired cashiers specifically for the holiday rush, so the new employees may not be up-to-speed on the store's price-matching policy. Heather Wheeler, who runs savings website TheKrazyCouponLady.com, recommends handling the transaction at the customer service desk instead on the cashier.
"(Those staffers are) trained a little more and are more knowledgeable," says Wheeler.
5. Look beyond retailers You can also price match depending on how you pay. PayPal, the payment processer, promises to match a lower price if you've already made a purchase using the service. That includes airline tickets. PayPal will match the prices of retailers that don't let customers use PayPal, however. Just fill out a form and upload a receipt when you find a lower price. PayPal will give you back up to $1,000 for all purchases made until Dec. 31.
You should also ask your credit card company to see if it offers price matching. It's rare, but there are a few cards that do.
Citi just launched a program for its credit card holders. Called the Citi Price Rewind program, it promises to do the work for you. Register your purchases made on the Citi credit card online and it will send you a check for the difference if it finds a lower price from an online retailer.
The program is aimed at pricier purchases: It will only issue a discount if the price difference is $25 or more. Citi will give you the amount up to $250 for each item, and up to $1,000 a year. Of course, you're going to need pay your credit card bill in full and not incur interest charges to truly make this a deal.
ScienceDaily (Dec. 3, 2012) ? The ability of male chimpanzees to form coalitions with one another in order to direct aggression at other male chimpanzees has certain benefits. A new study by Ian Gilby at Duke University in North Carolina and his colleagues has further revealed that it may not just be the coalition that is important, but who the coalition is with that determines future success.
Their study finds that male chimpanzees with central positions in the coalitionary network were most likely to father offspring and increase in rank. Specifically, those who formed coalitions with males who did not form coalitions with each other were the most successful. Their work is published in the Springer journal Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology.
Coalitionary aggression is when at least two individuals jointly direct aggression at one or more targets. Aggression and coalition formation between males is important for attaining a higher dominance in many animal species. The most dominant males are more likely to mate and therefore, sire offspring. Males with high coalition rates are more likely to mate more often than expected for their rank.
Gilby and his colleagues studied data from wild chimpanzees gathered over 14 years from the Kasekela community in Gombe National Park in Tanzania. They wanted to test the hypothesis that male coalitionary aggression leads to positive benefits via increased dominance rank and improved reproductive success. Of the four measures they used to characterize a male's coalitionary behavior, the only one that was related to both of these factors was 'betweenness' -- a measure of social network centrality -- which reflects the tendency to make coalitions with other males who did not form coalitions with each other. The only non-alpha males to sire offspring were males that had the highest 'betweenness' scores. These males were also more likely to increase in rank, which is associated with higher reproductive success.
The researchers postulate that this shows that male chimpanzees may recognize the value of making the 'right' social connections. By choosing their coalition partners carefully, they are demonstrating an ability to recognize the relationships of others.
The authors conclude that "?our data suggest that there are consequences to the recognition of third party relationships. As such, it represents an important step toward a more complete understanding of the adaptive value of social intelligence and the evolution of co-operation." They add that further observation is required to fully explain the study's findings.
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Windows 8: If you enjoy playing games using the Steam platform you may want to consider using Pin Steam, a Windows 8 commercial application that allows you to pin individual games to your start screen.
Another benefit of the app for heavy Steam users is that you can customize the small and large tile for each game, and they look really nice.
Whether those few saved seconds gained by pinning Steam games and nice implementation of game images into tiles is worth a $1.49 app is up to you. I only occasionally use Steam so I'm not in the target market for this app.
When you have a picture taken at one time during the day and you simply want to provide it with the feel of a special period of the day or various basic coloring manner, that can be done by getting the shades from some other photograph. PSE 10 includes a variety of photos you can borrow different colors from but you can also use your own. To get started, open your image and select File - New - Photo Merge Style Match. With the Style Bin at the foot within the window you will see many pictures. Opt for the one that is nearly close in style and shades to the picture you would like to make. Alternately select the + icon and choose Add Style Images From Hard Disk and browse to pick out pictures to add to the Style Bin.
To copy the shades from the picture, select the Transfer Tones check box, then change the Clarity, Details and intensity sliders to adjust the effect. Using this method you can, as an example, snap an image which had been taken on a good daylight and present it a warm gleam of an earlier sunset by lending the colors originating from a sunset image.
Avoid Filter Bloopers
Many of Photoshop's filters primarily Distort and Sketch make use of the presently chosen forefront and backdrop hues to color the photo but not anywhere will PSE alert you this is actually the situation. Thus, in case you have red and blue picked out as your background and foreground hues, and you use a filter just like the Diffuse Glow filter, the image will be colored blue or red and appear terrible.
Instead, before applying a filter, select the wished-for colors, the Diffuse Glow filter works well with white as the background color and black as the foreground color, you could set these by hitting the shortcut key D that sets the standard hues. Then choose Filter - Distort - Diffuse Glow and you will bring an appealing grainy light with the picture.
Batch Resize Multiple Image Files
If you've got a series of pictures you would like to size down to a fixed dimension choose File - Process Multiple Files. Click on the Browse tab and select a folder of photos to resize. Simply find the target folder by simply clicking the second of the Browse tabs and locate a folder in which the resized images will be saved. Click on the Resize lmages option, choose Constrain Proportions so the photos aren't skewed out of dimension and then type either the Width or the Height to your photos to be resized to. Once you're done, click on OK and the pictures will likely be opened, resized and saved in the directory you have chosen. If you wish to resize portrait and landscape images to several measurements, store them on different directories before applying the batch resize to each directory in turn.
Cut Text From An lmage
To cut text coming from an image so you have written text that is stuffed with a photo, first of all open the picture to work with. Select the Text tool and enter some textual content onto it by using a solid font will show the photo detail a lot more evidently, the color of the text is irrelevant because it will likely not display later on. Click on the Move tool and click on the textual content to choose then resize the text to suit and move it in place on the image.
Double click the backdrop layer and click on OK to change it into a regular layer then move the background layer over the text layer. At this moment, with the image layer specified in the Layer palette, select Layer - Create Clipping Mask. This clips the picture to the shape of the text.
You can now, if desired, click the photo layer and drag the image in and around until you get an interesting part of the image in back of the text. You can include a plain or gradient-filled layer below the text layer to stuff the background. You can also add a layer layout to the text by Choosing Effects - Layer Styles - Drop Shadows after which use a drop shadow to the picture.
Consider a charlotte exterminators home improvement project if you have a growing family, or you want to have a larger living space. The things you can do to improve your home are literally limitless. Read on for ways to revolutionize the way you view your home.
A contractor can be a great resource when you want to choose a pest control greenville home improvement project that will make your home worth more. They are generally aware of which projects will best enhance the value of your home and can provide useful suggestions regarding what you should tackle.
You can start a long-term home improvement plan by prioritizing the different rooms you want to work on. Remember, you don?t have to improve your whole house at once; you can just do a room at a time to manage your time and funds. Once you have a plan, look around for sales on the supplies that you will need. Planning ahead is a smart way for you to save money when you are improving your home.
Save money when it comes to kitchen remodeling through refinishing the cabinets that you have, as opposed to replacing them. Paint all of the bases and replace the doors and hardware to get a new look. That will allow you to modernize the kitchen without paying too much.
Natural wood cabinets are a great idea if you are considering changing things in the kitchen. In addition to be being durable, they are able to survive pretty much anything. Some of the more common woods for cabinetry include maple, oak and cherry. Feel free to paint your cabinets or stain them if you want a more original color.
Many older homes were constructed with only one bathroom. Have you though about how that would fit in your lifestyle? The amount of bathrooms in a home can determine its worth. Adding a new bathroom can really boost the financial value of your house.
Don?t overlook landscaping when looking to home improvements projects. The lawn in the front of the home is the very first thing that people will see; if it looks good, the entire house seems impressive. Trim the grass and design landscaping that features both flowering plants and shrubs to create the best looking lawn in town.
Switching to CFL bulbs saves both money and energy, but knowing how to properly clean up a broken bulb is essential. You need to evacuate the area for a while, to allow the mercury to air out. Use duct tape to clean up the small pieces of glass. Place the broken light bulb in two bags, vacuum completely and empty the canister right away.
Instead of using a table lamp, choose a floor lamp; this will free up much-needed space on your nightstand. Floor lamps can be moved to your desired location, while a table lamp uses table space. Pick a lamp that has a good design that you could appreciate.
Now that you are armed with a few solid tips to guide you, making a sound decision regarding home improvement should seem less daunting. Remember, quality home improvements to your home will not only allow you to have a more desirable space but will also improve the overall value of your home.
Many people in California tend to put off estate planning, at least until they near retirement age. This is a big mistake for many people, especially those with children, because legally documented guardianship and financial plans should be in place should?children ever?suddenly lose their parents. When California parents have children with special needs or disabilities, it may be even more important to ensure a well-thought out and clear estate plan, complete with a trust, exists.
In the early 1990s, the Special Needs Trust came into existence so that those who collect government benefits, such as Supplemental Security Income or Medicaid, would not lose their eligibility for benefits if they inherit money. These third-party trusts are often set up by parents and grandparents in order to leave money to a child who is disabled.
Rules about special needs trusts do vary from state to state. In general, an independent trustee is set up to oversee the funds in the trust and the trust can be set up as cash, mutual funds, stocks, or in a number of different ways.
Some parents might be thinking that they would like to set up a trust for a disabled child, but they do not have the assets to put into it. Parents, however, can even fund such trusts with a life insurance benefit. That way, should a life insurance benefit be issued it would go directly into a trust rather than arrive as a check for a child, as the latter may negate a child's SSI benefit eligibility.
Of course, no one likes to plan to leave their children far too soon. However, it is important to have an estate plan in place and keep it updated to avoid any unintended consequences of passing down an inheritance or other assets.
Source: Zanesville Recorder, "Special Needs Trusts needed in some situations," Nov. 17, 2012
Calder?n may have had good intentions when going on the offensive against drug gangs, however, the results from 2006 to 2012 didn't match up, writes guest blogger James Bosworth.
By James Bosworth,?Guest blogger / November 30, 2012
In this 2006 photo, Mexican presidential candidate Felipe Calderon, of the National Action Party, at a campaign stop in San Jose del Rincon, Mexico.
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If you had been told on President Felipe Calder?n's first day in office that murders would double and the PRI would return to power, you would have defined his administration as a failure. While his supporters would like to tell a more complex and detailed narrative, his legacy will be based on those two negative results. (Read The Christian Science Monitor's full story on Calder?n's legacy here.)
? In the early weeks of his administration, Calder?n made an operational decision to deploy military units to fight the drug cartels. I say operational, because the decision certainly wasn't strategic. There was no strategy for victory, no vision of what "winning" would look like or what resources and reforms would be needed to achieve victory. In fact, Calder?n did not even release a security strategy until mid-2010, over three years after he deployed his first military units. ? Calder?n may have had good intentions when going on the offensive against the criminal groups. The president was certainly correct that the criminal influence in society was unsustainable and needed to be combated. The Mexican security situation in 2006 was far from ideal. There may have been good reasons to use the military. However, the results from 2006-2012 didn't match the good intentions. The results were tens of thousands additional dead, disappeared and displaced.
RELATED: Think you know Mexico? Take our quiz! ? ?The first 3-4 years of Calder?n's security policies were a disaster. The final two years saw some improvements, but from a much lower baseline. I think Mexico is improving today and they are implementing a good strategy, including police, judicial, and prison reform, but Calder?n's policies should be measured over the whole six years. If you compare the security situation of where Mexico was in 2006 to today, it's not a good picture. The new president has set a goal of simply returning to the levels of violence that existed before Calder?n was elected and analysts question if that is achievable given the damage done over the past six years. ? ?That's not to say it's been a good six years for the criminal groups. It's been terrible for them too. Several large criminal organizations have been taken down. The majority of criminal leadership has been arrested or killed. The bad guys are not winning either. Mexico has seen a war of attrition with both sides losing and the civilian population caught in between taking the worst of the damage. ? ?There are things I like about Calder?n, things I think he did correct, and policy reforms I think the next president should continue. However, Calder?n's legacy will be that he fought a war without a strategy to win. Murders doubled and the PRI is back in power. It's that simple.
? James Bosworth is a freelance writer and consultant who runs Bloggings by Boz.
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ATLANTA (AP) ? Federal authorities were hunting Friday for more than 100 rifles stolen from a boxcar parked in an Atlanta train yard.
The weapons were taken from a CSX rail yard on the city's northwest side in mid-November, said Richard Coes, a spokesman for the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
The weapons include assault rifles that Coes described as "AK-style." He declined to discuss other aspects of the case.
Gary Sease, a spokesman for rail line CSX Corp., said the Jacksonville, Fla.-based company is cooperating with law enforcement to recover the weapons and investigate the theft.
"When any crime occurs, but especially any crime involving safety, we prosecute those responsible to the fullest extent of the law and work in close cooperation with partners in law enforcement agencies," Sease said.
The rifles were stolen on or around Nov. 12, authorities said. The boxcar was parked at the CSX Tilford Yard, about four miles northwest of downtown Atlanta.
The Tilford Yard is one of the company's major rail yards in Georgia, according to the company's website.
There is a plethora of reasons that cause teens to suffer low self-esteem. Factors such as their appearance, conforming to the crowd and even talent are big contributors. Now more than ever, fame is a highly valued trait and it seems that fame can be easily achieved. The assumed simplicity in achieving fame quickly can make a teenager feel like there is something wrong with his or her self if they are not being recognized in this fashion.
Many other factors contribute to low self-esteem as well as the above mentioned. It is important for you to help increase your teen?s self-esteem. There are different ways to do so, so these are tips to help you do it successfully.
Compliment Specific Activities
Many parents compliment teens on vague premises. For example, just telling your teen that he is helpful is vague. The teen will not attach the compliment to an action and the comment will be forgotten. Instead, when your teen carries heavy items inside for you say, ?You are so helpful. Thank you for carrying all of that heavy stuff for me.? To compliment specific activities, be diligent. Watch for actions that are specific and compliment when completed. Complimenting the teen?s character traits will carry more value in the mind of the teen than vague compliments.
Detail Successes
It is okay to tell your teen that he or she did a great job on an essay, or a good job on a math test. To help increase the teen?s self-esteem, describe aspects of the essay or test and tell the teen why they did well. For example, in a research essay, describe an aspect of the essay that you truly believe your teen did well on, ?You used excellent grammar and punctuation, and you really nailed the topic. I understood your point of view.? This will be a lasting compliment.
Give Them Something To Complete
Teenagers frequently complain about chores, however, doing a job around the house and doing it well holds a lot of value. Teenagers derive a great deal of confidence from completing meaningful tasks that help others. Finding community activities for your teen to participate in is an excellent avenue to boost self-esteem. They can even do something kind and simple like taking the elderly neighbor?s dogs for walks.
Be Mindful Of What You Say
Are there things that your parents told you that hurt feelings and you have never forgotten them? No matter how many nice things they said afterwards, you are still haunted by the negative comments. Be mindful so that you do not do the same thing to your teen.
Another important thing to keep in mind is how critical you are and how you verbalize your criticism. If you constantly criticize, your teen will learn to be critical of others, the world, and self. If you slip and make a hurtful statement, ask your teen if it hurt his or her feelings. If it did, apologize to your teen. A sincere apology can help your teen let go of the hurt and learn to cope with hurtful comments in the future.
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FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) ? The Army private charged with handing over reams of classified material to WikiLeaks acknowledged Friday that he tied a bedsheet into a noose and contemplated suicide shortly after his arrest.
The pretrial testimony appeared to support the military's argument that it was trying to protect Pfc. Bradley Manning from harming himself by keeping him in strict isolation, taking away his clothes and shackling him when he was outside his cell.
Manning's lawyers argue that the conditions he experienced for nine months at the Marine Corps brig in Quantico, Va., amounted to illegal punishment, lasting well past the time he was having suicidal thoughts, and that the charges against him should be dropped as a result.
Under cross-examination by prosecutor Maj. Ashden Fein, Manning testified that he fashioned the noose while being held in Kuwait soon after he was accused of engineering the biggest leak of classified material in U.S. history.
Manning, 24, said his time in Kuwait was the lowest he felt during his entire confinement.
"I certainly made a noose," the former intelligence analyst said. "The sheet noose in particular."
When he was transferred to the brig at Quantico in July 2010, he said, he wrote on his intake form that he was "always planning and never acting" upon suicidal thoughts. He was classified a suicide risk for eight days, then was upgraded to the less-restrictive "prevention of injury" status.
Manning maintains that neither designation was appropriate because he didn't feel like hurting himself after leaving Kuwait.
Quantico commanders maintained the extra restrictions despite repeated recommendations by brig psychiatrists that they be eased. Among other things, he was given scratchy, suicide-prevention bedding. Sometimes all his possessions, including his underwear and eyeglasses, were removed from his cell.
Manning testified Friday that he stood at naked attention for morning count one day in 2011 after a guard appeared to object to his use of a blanket to cover himself. He said he had been put on "suicide risk" the previous day after making a motion as if to hit himself in the head during a heated discussion with the brig commander about his confinement.
The testimony marked the first time military prosecutors went face-to-face with Manning in court.
The 5-foot-3 soldier looked youthful in his dark-blue dress uniform, close-cropped hair and rimless eyeglasses. He was animated, often speaking in emphatic bursts, swiveling in the witness chair and gesturing with his hands.
On Friday morning, as on previous days, there were more than a dozen Manning supporters in the courtroom.
The mood was lighter than on Thursday, the first time he spoke in public since his arrest in May 2010. Manning appeared relaxed on the stand and frequently smiled. He provoked laughter when he described his grading system for Quantico guards on weekly questionnaires: "decent" when he was unhappy with his treatment, "excellent" or "fine" otherwise.
Manning was an intelligence analyst in Baghdad in 2009 and 2010.
He is accused of sending the secret-spilling website WikiLeaks more than 250,000 diplomatic cables, classified memos, Iraq and Afghanistan war logs, Guantanamo Bay prison records and a 2007 video clip of a U.S. helicopter crew gunning down 11 men later found to have included a news photographer. The Pentagon said its troops mistook the camera equipment for weapons.
Manning is charged with offenses including violating espionage and computer security laws as well as aiding the enemy, which alone is punishable by up to life in prison.
He has offered to plead guilty to eight of the 22 charges against him, but the military judge presiding over the case has yet to decide whether to accept the plea. The government could still prosecute Manning on all counts.
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's Supreme Constitutional Court accused President Mohamed Mursi on Wednesday of taking part in a campaign against the court, heightening tensions between the Islamist leader and parts of the judiciary.
"The really sad thing that has pained the members of this court is when the president of the republic joined, in a painful surprise, the campaign of continuous attack on the constitutional court," said the court's spokesman, Maher Samy.
He told reporters that Mursi had accused the court in a speech on Friday of leaking verdicts before a formal announcement. The court issued a ruling this year declaring the Islamist-led parliament void, leading to its dissolution.
(Reporting by Tamim Elyan and Tom Perry; Writing by Edmund Blair; Editing by Kevin Liffey)
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Kevin Durant has finished second to LeBron James yet again.
This time, Durant?s runner-up finish came off the court and was out of his control.
Durant?s No. 35 Thunder jersey is the league?s second best seller based on sales at the NBA store in New York City and on NBAStore.com from April through Nov. 26. James ranked first for the third times since 2001.
But this is the highest Durant has climbed on the list of the league?s most popular jerseys. In the league?s previous survey of the top 15 most popular jerseys Durant ranked eighth. He ranked seventh in April 2011 but fell one spot after the Dallas Mavericks? championship shot Dirk Nowitzki into the top 15 at No. 7. Durant ranked ninth in April 2010 and 15th in January 2010, which was his first time in the top 10 since his rookie season.
Russell Westbrook, meanwhile, debuts in the top 15 at No. 12, in between fellow point guards Deron Williams (11th) and Steve Nash (13th).
Rounding out the top 10 are Kobe Bryant, Carmelo Anthony, Derrick Rose, Rajon Rondo, Dwyane Wade, Blake Griffin, Dwight Howard and Chris Paul. Paul Pierce ranked 14th and Nowitzki was 15th.
The Thunder is the sixth most popular selling team, ranking in the top 10 for the third straight time. In April, the Thunder ranked seventh. In April 2011, the Thunder again ranked sixth.
New York is the league?s top-selling team for the first time since December 2004. Miami ranks second. The Los Angeles Lakers are third despite being the only team to have three players among the top 15 best selling jerseys. Chicago and Boston rank fourth and fifth, respectively.
Brooklyn ranks seventh, followed by the Los Angeles Clippers, San Antonio and Dallas.
Durant has been beaten out consistently by James for awards, accolades and accomplishments over the past three seasons, most notably in last year?s NBA Finals matchup between the Thunder and Heat. James also has secured two of the past three regular season MVP trophies, winning both over Durant. In mid-May, after finishing 185 points shy of James for MVP honors, Durant jokingly said he?s grown tired of second-place finishes.
?I?ve been second since high school,? Durant said. ?Second draft pick. Second best player (in the country behind Greg Oden) in high school. Second in MVP voting twice. So I?m over that being second stuff.?
In the Thunder?s season opener at San Antonio, Durant became the second youngest player to reach the 10,000-point milestone. He joined the club at 24 years, 34 days old.
The youngest to get there?
LeBron James, of course.
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BEIJING (AP) ? A 5-year-old sex tape of an 18-year-old woman allegedly hired by developers to sleep with a city official is causing yet another scandal for China's ruling Communists in the city formerly led by fallen politician Bo Xilai.
The 50-something official, Lei Zhengfu, was fired from his position as district party secretary after the video, an apparent extortion attempt, went viral earlier this month and his jowly, pop-eyed mug became the butt of numerous Internet caricatures. But the scandal may still be growing, as a whistleblowing former journalist says he may release similar tapes of more city officials soon.
The party is already reeling from the scandal that triggered Bo's purge and further battered the party's reputation in the public mind. Chongqing, the city that he ran, has been depicted by prosecutors and state media as rife with cover-ups, abuse of power and corruption. Bo's wife was convicted of murdering a British businessman, and Bo himself faces allegations of corruption and obstruction of justice in the murder case.
News of the sex tape, which was apparently shot in 2007 but only leaked this month, comes as China's newly installed leadership ramps up anti-corruption efforts as it deals with a steady stream of bribery and graft cases that it fears has undermined its authority.
The tape exploded on the Chinese Internet Nov. 20 when screenshots of it were uploaded by a Beijing-based former journalist Zhu Ruifeng to his Hong Kong-registered website, an independent online clearing house for corruption allegations.
The lurid images, apparently taken secretly from a bedside table, show Lei having sex with a woman. Zhu told The Associated Press that the woman, whose face is not visible in the screen grabs, was hired by a construction company to sleep with Lei in return for construction contracts. The company later tried to use the tape to extort more business from Lei, he said.
Zhu says he obtained the video from someone inside the Chongqing Public Security Bureau who gave it on condition of anonymity. He said he was also given tapes implicating five other Chongqing officials but is trying to verify their content before releasing them.
Zhu said that after the blackmail attempt, Lei reported the case to Chongqing officials sometime around 2009, which led to the construction boss being jailed for a year on unrelated charges and the woman being detained for a month.
Xinhua reported Monday that Chongqing's corruption watchdog had pledged a thorough investigation of Lei, who was dismissed Friday, but said it had yet to formally receive a report about the allegations against Lei or the footage.
The China Daily in an editorial Tuesday said the case showed that the "Internet is worth being embraced by the country's corruption busters as a close ally."
It also called for greater transparency in handling this and other cases, and listed a few of the lingering questions that the salacious case has thrown up.
"Strangely, the mistress was once detained and the contractor jailed for blackmailing Lei," it said. "What had happened? ... These are crucial questions waiting to be answered."
With a younger set of incoming leaders announced this month in Beijing, the government is keen to show that those in power are worthy of their posts and that wrongdoers will be weeded out. In his first remarks to the press after being appointed as the new Communist Party chief, Xi Jinping vowed to tackle corruption.
The party's corruption watchdog underlined its zero-tolerance for graft on Monday.
"There is no place for corrupt figures to hide away within the party," the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection said in a statement quoted by the official Xinhua News Agency.
Many Chinese, however, are cynical about the allegations against high-profile party members and that they signal a true crackdown on corruption. Many think Bo was no more or less dirty than the average Chinese politician and that he was deposed not for his behavior but because he was on the losing end of factional power struggle.
Xiao Weilong, 30, an insurance salesman in Beijing, bemoaned how "ordinary people can't do anything about" cases such as Lei's.
"These sorts of abnormal things have become the norm, and we don't have any say," he said Tuesday.
Zhu, the journalist who broke the Lei story, said the fact that his website had not been blocked despite the allegations it outlined was a possible sign that the government is more serious than in the past getting tough on corruption.
"Possibly what we are seeing is that the new leaders are perhaps taking steps toward enforcing the constitution, a sliver of a new dawn," he said.
Biologists at UC San Diego have demonstrated for the first time that marine algae can be just as capable as fresh water algae in producing biofuels.
The scientists genetically engineered marine algae to produce five different kinds of industrially important enzymes and say the same process they used could be employed to enhance the yield of petroleum-like compounds from these salt water algae. Their achievement is detailed in a paperpublished online in the current issue of the scientific journalAlgal Research.
The ability to genetically transform marine algae into a biofuel crop is important because it expands the kinds of environments in which algae can be conceivably grown for biofuels. Corn, for example, which is used to produce ethanol biofuel, requires prime farmland and lots of fresh water. But the UC San Diego study suggests that algal biofuels can be produced in the ocean or in the brackish water of tidelands or even on agricultural land on which crops can no longer be grown because of high salt content in the soil.
"What our research shows is that we can achieve in marine species exactly what we've already done in fresh water species," said Stephen Mayfield, a professor of biology at UC San Diego, who headed the research project. "There are about 10 million acres of land across the United States where crops can no longer be grown that could be used to produce algae for biofuels. Marine species of algae tend to tolerate a range of salt environments, but many fresh water species don't do the reverse. They don't tolerate any salt in the environment."
"The algal community has worked on fresh water species of algae for 40 years," added Mayfield, who also directs the San Diego Center for Algae Biotechnology, or SD-CAB, a consortium of research institutions in the region working to make algal biofuels a viable transportation fuel in the future. "We know how to grow them, manipulate them genetically, express recombinant proteins?all of the things required to make biofuels viable. It was always assumed that we could do the same thing in marine species, but there was always some debate in the community as to whether that could really be done."
That debate came to a head last month when a National Academy of Sciences committee examining the future potential of algal biofuels for the U.S. Department of Energy published a report pointing out that the production of algal biofuels might be limited by fresh water because no published research study had demonstrated the feasibility of using engineered marine species of algae.
"But now we've done it," said Mayfield. "What this means is that you can use ocean water to grow the algae that will be used to produce biofuels. And once you can use ocean water, you are no longer limited by the constraints associated with fresh water. Ocean water is simply not a limited resource on this planet."
The UC San Diego biologists focused their study on a marine species of alga, Dunaliella tertiolecta, which had been earlier targeted by scientists for potential biofuels production because of its high oil content and ability to grow rapidly under a wide range of salinity and acidic conditions. To demonstrate that it could be used in commercial biofuel production, they introduced five genes into the alga that produced five different kinds of enzymes that could be used in an industrial setting to not only convert biomass to fuel, but also increase nutrient availability in animal feed. Some of these enzymes, for example, came from a fungus that degrades plant material into simple sugars.
The scientists said in their paper that "we hope to eventually determine whether whole algae, post-oil extraction, may be used as a feed additive to improve animal feeds. Animal feed is a relatively high volume market that may be able to benefit from algae-produced proteins as a feed additive."
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By Courtney Hazlett, NBC News Hey, Mitt Romney: actor Samuel L. Jackson has it out for you, and Obama supporters, the actor?s got a strong message for you, too. In a political ad/video funded by the Jewish Council for Education & Research, Jackson tells voters in the same vein of the bedtime book he narrated, [...]
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An order of Chicken McNuggets in Europe might be slightly healthier than one in the United States, in terms of the salt content, a new study suggests. Salt levels are 2.5 times higher in U.S. McNuggets, compared with those in the United Kingdom, the study found. In fact, salt levels in fast foods from a [...]
An enormous step is admitting to yourself that there is a need for improvement. Here are some self-help strategies that will give you ideas on what you could try.
Even if you feel the need to change and grow, you will not do so until you choose to. Change is a highly personal and difficult choice that requires a real commitment.
If you see yourself failing to reach goals, then you need to analyze the situation to figure out what the problem is. Look for resources related to your issues and ask your friends about their struggles. You might need to be more realistic or gain the proper information you need to succeed.
Make a decision about where you want to go in life and stick with it. Pondering an ideal life without taking the action to make it a reality will inevitably lead to nothing. You need to step up and pursue your goals to make them really happen.
Because you allow yourself to be more vulnerable when pursuing personal development, failures can be especially hard to handle. But, failure doesn?t have to be something bad if you can learn from it and gain experience from it. It shows you what your strengths and your weaknesses are. Think of a failure as a discovery about yourself, perhaps as an adjustment to reality.
Select one important part of yourself that you would like to improve, and focus on that. You may wish to improve several different things about yourself, but you are more likely to succeed if you stick to one self-improvement project at a time. This also helps the changes stick because it is easier to maintain one new habit compared to ten.
You really have to put yourself first in order to be of any help to anyone else, and accept that you will never be able to please everyone. This doesn?t mean that you should only think of yourself, but in some cases, you really need to put yourself first. If what you?re doing is true to both your ethics and yourself, then you can be healthier with your path to self improvement.
Get rid of every part of your life that is disorganized. You will feel accomplished and your mind will feel clearer. The stress of living in disorganization will also disappear. Having everything in its own place instills a calming energy.
Your mental health can be directly influenced by the physical heath of your body. It is imperative to eat a well-balanced diet, and to get some form of exercise every day. If you have a strong body, you will have a strong mind.
Be the best you can be at what you are doing! Follow your passion to the greatest possible aspirations. You will never be number one at anything, but we can try to be great. Do your best to become a leader in your industry, as it will give your self-esteem a boost.
Higher Level
You should always want a higher level of self restraint when working hard for personal development. Learn to exercise restraint over the desires of the flesh to achieve a higher level of self control. Beat bad habits like gluttony, jealousy, lust or greed. Controlling these desires will prevent negative impacts on your body and spirit.
Use these tips and keep track of changes to your thoughts and feelings. Understand that it can?t all be accomplished at once.
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Verizon and NBCUniversal has struck a "TV Everywhere" rights agreement so that FiOS customers will be able to watch the media company's entire programming portfolio live and on-demand via multiple platforms. In fact, some of the programming is accessible via the Verizon FiOS Mobile iPad app already, like USA, CNBC, MSNBC and Bravo. The agreement extends to retransmission rights from local NBC and Telemundo stations, future Olympic games and various Comcast SportsNet markets like Philadelphia, Mid Atlantic and New England. Hoping that exclusive movie rental window like the one in the UK will cross the pond? Don't hold your breath, but Verizon FiOS customers shouldn't have long to wait for the NBCUniversal package, which starts early next year.
NEW YORK -- Two years before the playoffs start in college football, the Southeastern Conference is staging a semifinal to determine who plays Notre Dame in the BCS title game.
Alabama (.9236) was second and Georgia (.8911) third in the BCS standings released Sunday. The Crimson Tide and Bulldogs play Saturday in Atlanta for the SEC championship.
The winner will advance to the national championship game in Miami on Jan. 7 against the Fighting Irish (.9979), who locked up their spot Saturday with a 22-13 victory against Southern California.
"If you think about what the game means, this that and the other, it doesn't really help you win the game," Georgia coach Mark Richt said. "The only thing that helps you win the game is preparation and getting your mind ready to go to battle. That's what you've got to do."
Florida (.8882) is fourth in the standings, but with no games left, looks stuck behind their SEC rivals. The good news for the Gators is they are likely to get an at-large BCS bid to the Sugar Bowl, while the SEC runner-up is out of the big games all together.
"For either one of these teams, it's not really a great scenario," Alabama coach Nick Saban said.
One way or another, the SEC will get a shot at its seventh straight BCS championship.
The Bowl Championship Series is in its second-to-last season. It will be replaced by a four-team playoff in 2014.
While the race for the BCS title game is now fairly straight forward heading into championship weekend in college football, there's some intrigue to watch for involving potential BCS busters.
Kent State is 17th in the standings and Northern Illinois is 21st. They'll meet in the Mid-American Conference championship game on Friday night in Detroit.
Because it is almost a certainty that the Big East champion ? Louisville and Rutgers will determine who that is on Thursday night in New Jersey ? will be ranked behind the MAC champion in the final BCS standings, if either Kent State or NIU can get into the top 16, they would receive an automatic BCS bid. The MAC has never sent a team to the BCS.
Neither Louisville nor Rutgers is in the BCS top 25 this week.
Boise State from the Mountain West is 20th in the standings and also still in the mix for that BCS buster bid if it can jump ahead of the MAC teams and into the first 16. The Broncos play Nevada on Saturday to earn a share of the MW title.
The team that could be hurt most if a BCS buster emerges is Oklahoma. The Sooners are sitting 11th in the standings with a game left against TCU. With another victory, they would seem to be in good shape to get into the BCS even if Kansas State clinches the Big 12 by beating Texas.
But that at-large spot could get gobbled up by a BCS buster.
Other BCS automatic bids will be determined this weekend in the Pac-12, Big Ten and Atlantic Coast Conference.
UCLA plays at Stanford in the Pac-12 title game with the winner going to the Rose Bowl.
Wisconsin and Nebraska will play for the Big Ten's Rose Bowl berth.
Florida State and Georgia Tech play for the ACC title and a spot in the Orange Bowl.
Oregon is fifth in the latest standings, and like Florida, done with its regular season and in good shape to receive an at-large BCS bid.
The extraordinary parents of Ty Louis Campbell, known for good reason, as SuperTy, opened their hearts and their family?s story to us in unimaginably brave ways. They shared the agony and inspiration of caring for and losing a child. Their child. Her child became our child because his mom, Cindy, wrote her way through her young son?s heroic fight against a rare and aggressive brain cancer.
She let us sit beside her as she cherished the chance to bathe and snuggle her best little boy when he was not in the hospital. She shared ?smile of the day? photos, ?allowing us a window into her indescribable ability to find joy and gratitude in the most horrific experience a parent can imagine.
Cindy's words provide profound life lessons for all of us who are parenting or caring for children.
Dealing with death head on
In this post I shared Cindy's heartbreaking news that medicine had no more tricks up its sleeve for Ty, no more surgeries, treatments, no more hope.
In Cindy's blog, this brave mom revealed in raw, insightful detail the psychological landscape of how a mother holds on tightly to hope of a miracle (because her son, pulled off his fair share of miraculous rebounds) while experiencing the agonizing process of letting go, and then the most despairing of all, the final loss of her boy. It's an impossible story she tells with elegance, dignity and the rawest of honesty.
I describe Cindy as the most astonishing woman I?ve never met.
Read their story: Grieving parents become giving parents
Read more about SuperTy and his remarkable family:
SuperTy: One Mother's Fight to Stop Cancer from Stealing Her Child ? and Yours
Childhood Cancer: One Mother's Story of Holding On While Letting Go
Parenting Kids with Cancer
SuperTy: The Story of a Child with Cancer and an Unstoppable Will to Live
SuperTy : Living Life to the Fullest When Your Child has 'Terminal' Cancer
How Is This Miracle Child Beating 'Terminal' Cancer? Doctors gave 'SuperTy' a deadly cancer diagnosis. 'Oh yeah?' says this super survivor!
Video games are the next big thing in entertainment. The video game industry is the largest entertainment industry in the world. It supplies consumers that cross all spectrums of race, class, and economic levels. People simply love the interactive qualities that the experience when they are playing their favorite game. Not many forms of entertainment or interactive.
This is what gives video games their edge. Games are designed specifically with the user in mind, and are programmed in such a way that they evoke a feeling of accomplishment, as well as a strong feeling of satisfaction whenever they are played.
There are several different types of platforms that are available for the game of your choice. Each platform has its pros and cons and it's risen. People usually choose the platform that has more of the types of games that they like to play.
A new factor in the video game industry is online gaming. Gamers want to be able to match their skills with friends and other like minded individuals who are not in the same room as they are. Online gaming allows players to play against each other using a high speed broadband Internet connection that makes for a truly interactive and real estate experience.
Also do not underestimate the talent that the video game industry has recruited. They are known for hiring only the very best when it comes to conceptual design and real estate and programming of their products. Not to mention that salaries within this industry and to be at the higher end of technology salaries. The work is generally considered to be fun and it is definitely profitable.
The video game industry prospers because of one simple model. The customer is always right. Find out what the customer wants and give it to them. If the customer does not like any aspect of the game, then as a modified or remove it. When used a mime think about it this is one of the few industries that acts in this manner. Many industries are really only talk about customer satisfaction and customer feedback but they do an awful job of following through with it.
Digital tablets improve speed and ease of reading for people with moderate vision loss Public release date: 11-Nov-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ]
Contact: Mary Wade mwade@aao.org 510-725-5677 American Academy of Ophthalmology
Report on devices' potential as visual aids to be presented at the 116th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology
CHICAGO November 11, 2012 People who have eye diseases that damage their central vision can regain the ability to read quickly and comfortably by using digital tablets, according to a recent study. The research found that people with moderate vision loss could increase their reading speed by 15 words-per-minute, on average. Using a tablet with a back-lit screen resulted in the fastest reading speeds for all study participants, no matter what their level of visual acuity. The research is being presented today at the 116th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, jointly conducted this year with the Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology.
Loss of central vision affects millions of people who have eye diseases such as macular degeneration or diabetic retinopathy, which damage the light-sensitive cells of the eye's retina. The retina relays images to the optic nerve, which transmits them to the brain. When treatments such as eyeglasses, medications, or surgery are no longer effective, ophthalmologists eye medical doctors and surgeons help patients maximize their remaining sight by using low-vision aids. Before digital tablets came along, reading aids were limited to lighted magnifiers, which are cumbersome and inconvenient by comparison.
In the study, which was conducted at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Jersey, researchers found that all of the 100 participants gained at least 42 words-per-minute (WPM) when using the iPad tablet on the 18-point font setting, compared with reading a print book or newspaper. A more modest gain of 12 WPM, on average, was achieved by all subjects when using the Kindle tablet set to 18-point font. Patients with the poorest vision ? defined as 20/40 or worse in both eyes? showed the most improvement in speed when using an iPad or Kindle, compared with print.
The researchers believe the iPad's back-illuminated screen is the key to the significantly improved reading speed achieved by patients with moderate vision loss. The vision factor involved is called contrast sensitivity, which means being able see an object as separate and distinct from its background and to discern shades of gray. Loss of contrast sensitivity is common in people with low vision. The high word/background contrast provided by a back-lit screen is a big plus for such patients. The original Kindle, which used in this study, does not have a back-lit screen.
The study also assessed low vision patients' comfort while reading and found that their preferred mode was linked to their degree of vision loss. People with the worst vision found the iPad most comfortable, while those with the best vision preferred print. This information will be useful to ophthalmologists in advising patients with various degrees of vision loss.
"Reading is a simple pleasure that we often take for granted until vision loss makes it difficult," said Daniel Roth, M.D., an associate clinical professor at Robert Wood Johnson School of Medicine who led of the study. "Our findings show that at a relatively low cost, digital tablets can improve the lives of people with vision loss and help them reconnect with the larger world."
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The 116th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology is in session November 10-13 at McCormick Place in Chicago. It is the world's largest, most comprehensive ophthalmic education conference. More than 25,000 attendees and 500 companies gather each year to showcase the latest in ophthalmic education, research, clinical developments, technology, products and services. This year's meeting is being held in partnership with the Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology. To learn more about the place Where All of Ophthalmology Meets, visit http://www.aao.org/meetings/annual_meeting/
Note to media: Contact Media Relations to request full text of the study and arrange interviews with experts
About the American Academy of Ophthalmology
The American Academy of Ophthalmology is the world's largest association of eye physicians and surgeons Eye M.D.s with more than 32,000 members worldwide. Eye health care is provided by the three "O's" ophthalmologists, optometrists, and opticians. It is the ophthalmologist, or Eye M.D., who can treat it all: eye diseases, infections and injuries, and perform eye surgery. For more information, visit www.aao.org The Academy's EyeSmart program educates the public about the importance of eye health and empowers them to preserve healthy vision. EyeSmart provides the most trusted and medically accurate information about eye diseases, conditions and injuries. OjosSanos is the Spanish-language version of the program. Visit www.geteyesmart.org or www.ojossanos.org to learn more.
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Digital tablets improve speed and ease of reading for people with moderate vision loss Public release date: 11-Nov-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ]
Contact: Mary Wade mwade@aao.org 510-725-5677 American Academy of Ophthalmology
Report on devices' potential as visual aids to be presented at the 116th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology
CHICAGO November 11, 2012 People who have eye diseases that damage their central vision can regain the ability to read quickly and comfortably by using digital tablets, according to a recent study. The research found that people with moderate vision loss could increase their reading speed by 15 words-per-minute, on average. Using a tablet with a back-lit screen resulted in the fastest reading speeds for all study participants, no matter what their level of visual acuity. The research is being presented today at the 116th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, jointly conducted this year with the Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology.
Loss of central vision affects millions of people who have eye diseases such as macular degeneration or diabetic retinopathy, which damage the light-sensitive cells of the eye's retina. The retina relays images to the optic nerve, which transmits them to the brain. When treatments such as eyeglasses, medications, or surgery are no longer effective, ophthalmologists eye medical doctors and surgeons help patients maximize their remaining sight by using low-vision aids. Before digital tablets came along, reading aids were limited to lighted magnifiers, which are cumbersome and inconvenient by comparison.
In the study, which was conducted at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Jersey, researchers found that all of the 100 participants gained at least 42 words-per-minute (WPM) when using the iPad tablet on the 18-point font setting, compared with reading a print book or newspaper. A more modest gain of 12 WPM, on average, was achieved by all subjects when using the Kindle tablet set to 18-point font. Patients with the poorest vision ? defined as 20/40 or worse in both eyes? showed the most improvement in speed when using an iPad or Kindle, compared with print.
The researchers believe the iPad's back-illuminated screen is the key to the significantly improved reading speed achieved by patients with moderate vision loss. The vision factor involved is called contrast sensitivity, which means being able see an object as separate and distinct from its background and to discern shades of gray. Loss of contrast sensitivity is common in people with low vision. The high word/background contrast provided by a back-lit screen is a big plus for such patients. The original Kindle, which used in this study, does not have a back-lit screen.
The study also assessed low vision patients' comfort while reading and found that their preferred mode was linked to their degree of vision loss. People with the worst vision found the iPad most comfortable, while those with the best vision preferred print. This information will be useful to ophthalmologists in advising patients with various degrees of vision loss.
"Reading is a simple pleasure that we often take for granted until vision loss makes it difficult," said Daniel Roth, M.D., an associate clinical professor at Robert Wood Johnson School of Medicine who led of the study. "Our findings show that at a relatively low cost, digital tablets can improve the lives of people with vision loss and help them reconnect with the larger world."
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The 116th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology is in session November 10-13 at McCormick Place in Chicago. It is the world's largest, most comprehensive ophthalmic education conference. More than 25,000 attendees and 500 companies gather each year to showcase the latest in ophthalmic education, research, clinical developments, technology, products and services. This year's meeting is being held in partnership with the Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology. To learn more about the place Where All of Ophthalmology Meets, visit http://www.aao.org/meetings/annual_meeting/
Note to media: Contact Media Relations to request full text of the study and arrange interviews with experts
About the American Academy of Ophthalmology
The American Academy of Ophthalmology is the world's largest association of eye physicians and surgeons Eye M.D.s with more than 32,000 members worldwide. Eye health care is provided by the three "O's" ophthalmologists, optometrists, and opticians. It is the ophthalmologist, or Eye M.D., who can treat it all: eye diseases, infections and injuries, and perform eye surgery. For more information, visit www.aao.org The Academy's EyeSmart program educates the public about the importance of eye health and empowers them to preserve healthy vision. EyeSmart provides the most trusted and medically accurate information about eye diseases, conditions and injuries. OjosSanos is the Spanish-language version of the program. Visit www.geteyesmart.org or www.ojossanos.org to learn more.
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We just finished our annual review process here at Lifehacker. While the questions were pretty painless, I found myself almost banging my head on the desk trying to remember my "bests" and "worsts" from the beginning of the year. Next time, I'll use a copy of the review form and fill it out throughout next year. 
Windows 8: If you enjoy playing games using the Steam platform you may want to consider using Pin Steam, a Windows 8 commercial application that allows you to pin individual games to your start screen. 
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