49ers Win NFC West Title With 27-13 Victory Over Cardinals

Indianapolis Colts head coach Chuck Pagano acknowledges the fans after walking onto the field before an NFL football game against the Houston Texans, Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012, in Indianapolis. Pagano is back as coach after nearly three months of treatments for leukemia. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

Chuck Pagano

Indianapolis Colts head coach Chuck Pagano is greeted by family members after walking onto the field before an NFL football game against the Houston Texans, Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012, in Indianapolis. Pagano is back as coach after nearly three months of treatments for leukemia. (AP Photo/AJ Mast)

Chuck Pagano

Indianapolis Colts head coach Chuck Pagano, right, is hugged by general manager Ryan Grigson after walking onto the field before an NFL football game against the Houston Texans, Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

Chuck Pagano

Indianapolis Colts head coach Chuck Pagano signs autographs for fans before an NFL football game against the Houston Texans, Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/AJ Mast)

Chuck Pagano

Indianapolis Colts head coach Chuck Pagano watches as the Colts prepare for an NFL football game against the Houston Texans, Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

Chuck Pagano, Bruce Arians

Indianapolis Colts head coach Chuck Pagano, right, watches during the first half of an NFL football game against the Houston Texans, Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012, in Indianapolis. Offensive coordinator Bruce Arians, left, looks on. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

Chan Gailey

Buffalo Bills head coach Chan Gailey, second from left, and Bills players stand on the sidelines during a remembrance for the West Webster Fire Department firefighters who were ambushed while responding to a house fire on Dec. 24th before an NFL football game against the New York Jets, Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012, in Orchard Park, N.Y. (AP Photo/Bill Wippert)

Domenik Hixon

New York Giants wide receiver Jerrel Jernigan (12), Spencer Paysinger (52) and Domenik Hixon (87) greet a contingent of teachers, parents, and students from Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., before an NFL football game Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012, in East Rutherford, N.J. The school was the site of a mass shooting on Dec. 14. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan)

Rueben Randle, Nnamdi Asomugha

New York Giants wide receiver Rueben Randle (82) catches a pass as Philadelphia Eagles cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha (24) defends during the first half of an NFL football game on Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Matt Schaub

Houston Texans' Matt Schaub (8) throws during the first half of an NFL football game against the Indianapolis Colts, Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/AJ Mast)

Mike Williams

Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Mike Williams (19) makes a touch-down catch during the first half of an NFL football game against the Atlanta Falcons, Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Andy Dalton

Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton (14) passes against the Baltimore Ravens in the first half of an NFL football game on Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Tom Uhlman)

Justin Blackmon, Tommie Campbell

Jacksonville Jaguars wide receiver Justin Blackmon (14) beats Tennessee Titans defensive back Tommie Campbell (37) to the end zone to score a touchdown on a 30-yard pass play in the second quarter of an NFL football game on Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Joe Howell)

Mike Smith

Atlanta Falcons head coach Mike Smith speaks with Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Harry Douglas (83) during the first half of an NFL football game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

DeAngelo Williams

Carolina Panthers' DeAngelo Williams (34) breaks away for a 65-heard run during the first half of an NFL football game against the New Orleans Saints Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)

LaRon Landry, C.J. Spiller

New York Jets free safety LaRon Landry (30) moves in for a tackle on Buffalo Bills running back C.J. Spiller (28) during the first half an NFL football game on Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012, in Orchard Park, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

Reggie Wayne, Glover Quin

Indianapolis Colts' Reggie Wayne (87) is tackled by Houston Texans' Glover Quin (29) during the first half of an NFL football game on Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/AJ Mast)

Kyle Wilson, C.J. Spiller

New York Jets cornerback Kyle Wilson (20) tries to run down Buffalo Bills running back C.J. Spiller (28) during the first half an NFL football game on Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012, in Orchard Park, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

Chris Crocker, Jacoby Jones

Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Jacoby Jones (12) is tackled by Cincinnati Bengals strong safety Chris Crocker (33) after a short gain in the first half of an NFL football game on Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Al Behrman)

Jason Snelling,Mark Barron

Atlanta Falcons fullback Jason Snelling (44) runs as Tampa Bay Buccaneers strong safety Mark Barron (24) makes the tackle during the first half of an NFL football game Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Danieal Manning, Dwayne Allen

Indianapolis Colts' Dwayne Allen (83) is tackled by Houston Texans' Danieal Manning (38) during the first half of an NFL football game on Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/AJ Mast)

Mark Sanchez, Kyle Williams

New York Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez (6) is pressured by Buffalo Bills defensive tackle Kyle Williams (95) during the first half of an NFL football game on Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012, in Orchard Park, N.Y. (AP Photo/Bill Wippert)

Andrew Luck, Whitney Mercilus

Indianapolis Colts' Andrew Luck (12) throws while pressured by Houston Texans' Whitney Mercilus (59) during the first half of an NFL football game on Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

Chris Johnson

Tennessee Titans running back Chris Johnson (28) celebrates after scoring a touchdown on a 2-yard run against the Jacksonville Jaguars in the first quarter of an NFL football game on Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Wade Payne)

Lawrence Timmons, Thad Lewis

Pittsburgh Steelers inside linebacker Lawrence Timmons (94) hits Cleveland Browns quarterback Thad Lewis as Lewis passes in the first quarter an NFL football game on Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Don Wright)

Joe Flacco

Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco (5) passes against the Cincinnati Bengals in the first half of an NFL football game on Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Al Behrman)

Ben Roethlisberger, Jabaal Sheard

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger (7) passes over Cleveland Browns defensive end Jabaal Sheard (97) in the first quarter of an NFL football game on Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Don Wright)

Jordan Shipley

Jacksonville Jaguars wide receiver Jordan Shipley runs untouched into the end zone as he scores a touchdown on a 5-yard pass play against the Tennessee Titans in the first quarter of an NFL football game on Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Wade Payne)

LeSean McCoy

Philadelphia Eagles running back LeSean McCoy (25) stiff-arms New York Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul (90) during the first half of an NFL football game on Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun)

Coby Fleener

Indianapolis Colts' Coby Fleener reacts after scoring on a 1-yard touchdown reception during the first half of an NFL football game against the Houston Texans, Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

Matthew Stafford, Julius Peppers

Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford (9) looks downfield while chased by Chicago Bears defensive end Julius Peppers (90) during the first quarter of an NFL football game at Ford Field in Detroit, Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

T.Y. Hilton, Quintin Demps

Indianapolis Colts' T.Y. Hilton (13) makes a 70-yard touchdown reception against Houston Texans' Quintin Demps (27) during the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

Henry Hynoski

New York Giants fullback Henry Hynoski (45) catches a pass for a touchdown as Philadelphia Eagles cornerback Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie (23) defends him during the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Russell Wilson

Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson passes during warm-ups before an NFL football game against the St. Louis Rams, Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Tom Brady

New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady shouts as he takes the field before an NFL football game against the Miami Dolphins in Foxborough, Mass., Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Louis Murphy, Johnny Patrick

New Orleans Saints' Johnny Patrick (32) breaks up a pass intended for Carolina Panthers' Louis Murphy (83) during the second half of an NFL football game Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)

Ryan Fitzpatrick, Muhammad Wilkerson

Buffalo Bills quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick (14) throws a pass under as New York Jets defensive end Muhammad Wilkerson (96) tries to make a tackle during the second half of an NFL football game on Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012, in Orchard Park, N.Y. (AP Photo/Gary Wiepert)

Deji Karim

Indianapolis Colts' Deji Karim, left, runs back a kickoff 101-yards for a touchdown during the second half of an NFL football game against the Houston Texans Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/AJ Mast)

Antonio Brown

Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown (84) makes a catch for a touchdown in the third quarter of an NFL football game against the Cleveland Browns in Pittsburgh, Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Antonio Brown, Leonard Pope

Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown (84) and tight end Leonard Pope (45) celebrate after Brown made a touchdown catch in the third quarter of an NFL football game against the Cleveland Browns in Pittsburgh, Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Andy Dalton, Dannell Ellerbe

Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton (14) avoids a sack by Baltimore Ravens inside linebacker Dannell Ellerbe in the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Tom Uhlman)

Zach Brown, Tommie Campbell, Toney Clemons

Tennessee Titans linebacker Zach Brown (55) intercepts a pass intended for Jacksonville Jaguars wide receiver Toney Clemons (17) in the third quarter of an NFL football game, Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012, in Nashville, Tenn. Brown ran the interception back 30 yards for a touchdown. Also defending is Titans' Tommie Campbell (37). (AP Photo/Joe Howell)

Ryan Tannehill

Miami Dolphins quarterback Ryan Tannehill warms up before an NFL football game against the New England Patriots in Foxborough, Mass., Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Doug Martin

Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back Doug Martin (22) runs the ball alone on his way for a touchdown during the second half of an NFL football game against the Atlanta Falcons, Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Will Heller, Major Wright

Detroit Lions tight end Will Heller (89), defended by Chicago Bears strong safety Major Wright (21), falls into the end zone for a touchdown during the third quarter of an NFL football game at Ford Field in Detroit, Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Rick Osentoski)

Asante Samuel

Atlanta Falcons cornerback Asante Samuel (22) reacts to an interception he made against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers during the second half of an NFL football game Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Will Heller, Calvin Johnson

Detroit Lions tight end Will Heller (89) is congratulated by teammate wide receiver Calvin Johnson (81) after his touchdown during the third quarter of an NFL football game against the Chicago Bears at Ford Field in Detroit, Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Rick Osentoski)

Arian Foster

Houston Texans' Arian Foster (23) celebrates with his teammates following a 13-yard touchdown run during the second half of an NFL football game against the Indianapolis Colts, Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

Eli Manning

New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning (10) reacts after throwing a toucdown pass to Rueben Randle during the first half of an NFL football game against the Philadelphia Eagles, Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun)

Greg Little

Cleveland Browns wide receiver Greg Little (15) makes a catch in the back of the end zone for a touchdown in the third quarter of an NFL football game against the Pittsburgh Steelers in Pittsburgh, Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Thad Lewis, James Harrison

Cleveland Browns quarterback Thad Lewis (9) throws for a touchdown pass as Pittsburgh Steelers outside linebacker James Harrison (92) applies pressure in the third quarter of an NFL football game in Pittsburgh, Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012. Harrison was penalized for roughing the passer on the play. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/30/49ers-nfc-west-title-cardinals_n_2386333.html

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100 years ago: Natural gas wasted in oil fields, Lawrence man claims

From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for Dec. 30, 1912:

• "Something or other kept the gas pressure up in Lawrence this morning even though the mercury showed a tendency to drop down toward the low figures. It has been the case in the past few months that a drop on the part of the thermometer was accompanied by a weakening of the gas pressure, but it was not so this morning.... A Lawrence man who has been in the gas territory in southern Kansas for several months declares that there is a gross waste of gas in this section of the country and that if the gas were conserved there would not be the scarcity which the gas burning towns experience every time there is a cold spell. All of the gas people realize this but it seems impossible for them to do anything to prevent this waste. According to the Lawrence man, the oil magnates are responsible for the waste of the gas. Whenever they secure a lease on a piece of this territory they immediately open up a well and allow all of the gas to escape. 'Blow out' it is called. Some of these wells have been known to run or blow for several days until the well had been exhausted in the meantime wasting millions of feet of gas which Lawrence and other towns are clamoring for. After the gas is all blown out the oil men continue their search for oil. This article is so much more valuable than gas that the promoters do not consider the value of gas and waste it in their efforts to secure oil."
• "The Golden Belt Road across Kansas and through Lawrence has received another splendid boost, and incidentally it has received a new name, 'Goodrich Trans-Kan Route.' The Golden Belt Route has been mapped and logged by the Goodrich people and a folder issued showing the route and directing the traveler across the state of Kansas."
• "Several Lawrence men will be in Topeka on January 13 to attend the inauguration ceremonies when Governor Elect Hodges takes the oath of office and become the executive head of the state. The town's military men have all been invited to be present and it is expected that they will attend."
• "Already the advance guard of the returning student body is arriving in Lawrence although the Christmas vacation is only half over. These students are mostly those who have fallen behind in their work thus far and are coming back early to make an effort to catch up."
• "Williamstown is planning the organization of a church after having been without one for years. At present meetings are being held in a hall but the town is without a church building. It is now proposed to organize a church in the town and the plan is progressing rapidly."

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Source: http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2012/dec/30/100-years-ago-natural-gas-wasted-oil-fields-lawren/

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Mere 44% U.S. adults see homeownership as good investment ...

A summary of the surveys conducted by national homebuilder?PulteGroup, Inc. (NYSE: PHM) shows that people are putting family first when making plans for their next move.? Whether it?s planning for more kids or anticipating relatives to move in, the 2012 survey results reveal that the economy is no match for family priorities.

?Across the board we are seeing more confidence in the market in general. ?Also, more families are making a deliberate choice to build a better bond among the generations and live closer to family and friends,? said?Deborah Wahl Meyer, senior vice president and chief marketing officer of PulteGroup.? ?PulteGroup?conducts the quarterly surveys in conjunction with our ongoing consumer research efforts to keep a pulse on consumer trends and understand what?s important to homebuyers and how they truly live in and enjoy their homes.?

Four PGHI surveys were conducted in 2012 and focused on a myriad of topics from retirement to first-time homebuyers. This year?s results revealed a variety of trends, highlighting consumer confidence in the economy and housing market:

• 61 percent of?still-working Baby Boomers?plan to retire in less than 10 years and aren?t delaying retirement plans.? 73 percent say they are financially prepared to retire in 10 years or less.
• 61 percent of?renters plan to buy?a home within the next two years.
• Top reasons renters have increased their interest in buying a home:? They like being able to call themselves homeowners (49 percent) and they view it as a good financial investment (44 percent).
• Renters are buying homes with?more space for family/kids?(36 percent) while current homeowners ages 18 ? 34 want a larger home for their growing families (68 percent).

The surveys also show the importance of family across all generations, and some significant changes in family dynamics that often influence their next new home plans:

• Homebuyers do not want to sacrifice family when buying a new home.? Only 21 percent of homeowners said moving away from their family would be a trade-off to get their ?dream? home.
• Twice as many households?as today expect to eventually share their home with their adult children or aging parents.? 31 percent anticipate at least one adult child moving back home; and 32 percent anticipate an aging parent living with them.
• Family bonding was cited as the top reason for having adult children move back home (46 percent) and for aging parents (48 percent) to move in.
• 84 percent of homeowners plan for their next home to be the same size or larger.
• About 62 percent of Baby Boomers want their home in retirement to be within the same state they currently live.? This represents a 20 percent increase compared with two years prior.
• 32 percent of Baby Boomers want to live within 20 miles of their children/grandchildren upon retirement.

?Our 2012 survey results are consistent with the trends we experienced with our communities during the year, and offer a peek at what may be in store for 2013 and beyond,? Meyer said.? ?Along with the renewed sense of optimism toward housing among all buyer groups, we are also seeing that family can have a significant influence on the decisions associated with buying a new home.?

About the Surveys

The PulteGroup Home Index (PGHI) surveys polled both renters and homeowners around the country to identify intentions as well as motivators and deterrents around the home buying process, sentiment toward the housing market, and housing trends and preferences.?PulteGroup, Inc.?worked with?Russell Research?to conduct the online surveys which were fielded throughout the year. Figures for gender, age, and geography were weighted where necessary to match their actual proportions in the population. More details about the methodology can be found in the individual research findings for each survey.

About?PulteGroup

PulteGroup, Inc.?(NYSE: PHM), based in?Bloomfield Hills, Mich., is one of America?s largest homebuilding companies with operations in approximately?60 markets throughout the country.? Through its brand portfolio that includes Centex,?Pulte Homes?and?Del Webb, the company is one of the industry?s most versatile homebuilders able to meet the needs of multiple buyer groups and respond to changing consumer demand.??PulteGroup?conducts extensive research to provide homebuyers with innovative solutions and new homes designed for the way people actually live today.? As the most awarded homebuilder in customer satisfaction, PulteGroup brands have consistently ranked among top homebuilders in third-party customer satisfaction studies.

For more information about?PulteGroup, Inc.?and PulteGroup brands, go to?pultegroupinc.com;?www.pulte.com;?www.centex.com;?www.delwebb.com.

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Source: http://aimgroup.com/2012/12/31/mere-44-u-s-adults-see-homeownership-as-good-investmentpultegroup-finds/

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New Year Ever wondered why the fireworks are coloured and is it worth a Twitter

The ocean waves are a symbol of the new year for many Australian who celebrate it at the beach The nation sees in the New Year at 12.00am the 1st January 2013. Where we live at Tweed Heads we get the 9.00pm children's New Year fireworks at Club Bonora and at 12.00am at the Jack Evans Boat Harbour (for the grown-ups) daylight saving time, followed by the Qld 12.00am Coolangatta New Year fireworks as Qld one hour later.

My son finally gave me a tuition and set me up on Twitter ? Mark Tronson is now an official Twitter (you can look me up and become a follow) and the question is, whether ?the fireworks? are worthy of a Twitter?

Although I stopped my formal science education at 5th year high school, I vividly remember burning different metals in a Bunsen burner flame, and seeing a range of different colours.

I was fascinated to read a recent Sydney Morning Herald article about the Brisbane Riverfire Festival in September, in which the reporter, Amy Remeikis, commented that ?it (the fireworks display) was the most colourful use of the periodic table.?

I had never realised that my school-day experiments were related to fireworks!

At this time of year, coming up to New Year's Eve and Australia Day, I was determined to find out more about why and how these wonderful firework displays manage to dazzle us with their wondrous displays; although I was distressed that the headline said 'alchemy' when the effects are adequately explained by modern chemistry. (www.smh.com.au)

Coloured fire

In the back of my brain, I somehow remember that sodium is yellow, and that it is the element in the street-lights of many towns. Copper burns blue-green, iron burns goldish-red, and many other metals have a characteristic colour that helped the early chemists to partly identify unknown substances.

This quick method is only an indication of the type of metal, not a 'proof' of its existence. However, with experience of pyrotechnics (from Greek words meaning 'fire and man-made') stemming from ancient China in about the 7th century, people have learnt how to use mixtures of compounds containing specific metals to make a whole rainbow of colours when different substances are combined with a small explosive charge and a wick or detonator, and packaged in an appropriately-shaped container.

These are what we call 'fireworks'. (en.wikipedia.org)

Today, the timing of the lighting of each one of the fireworks is controlled by electronics, with computer programs written so that each pattern we see is minutely planned to make the overall complex and amazing displays.

Analysing the stars; and the rocks on Mars

The same principle of different elements emitting different colours can be used by more sophisticated equipment called 'spectrosocopes', in which the individual patterns made by heated elements can be seen and recorded (these days, electronically). In this case, the light does not have to be visible to the naked eye because instruments can be designed to register, for example, ultraviolet or infared light that we cannot see. (nfsi-server.yerkes.uchicago.edu)

There are many ways of doing this, depending on the nature of the material to be analysed. For example, it can be used in environmental analysis to check for pollution or monitor clean water; or it can be used by astronomers to scan the hot gases in space to see which elements are in which stars, planets, or dust clouds This is how we know what the stars are made of, and this technique has helped scientists understand that all the elements here on Earth were originally made by nuclear reactions in the bellies of stars.

The Curiosity robot currently on Mars will use a laser beam to 'zap' small areas of rock to make a tiny puff of vapour. It has an onboard spectroscope that can analyse this vapour and send the data back to Earth so that scientists will have more information about how Martian rocks differ (or are similar to) our Earth rocks, or those found on the Moon.

Some basic chemistry ? for those still reading

After reading about all this, I was still curious about 'how' and 'why' the metals are so colourful when they are burnt. I learnt that it is due to the basic chemical structure of metal atoms. Many metals conduct electricity, and some have a shiny lustre. This is because, in an atom, the positive nucleus is surrounded by clouds of electrons.

In metals, the electrons in the outer shell are very loosely attached to the rest of the atom, and they are easily bumped around, or bumped off. We can get an electric current when the outer electrons move along from one atom to another along a metal wire. We also see a lustre or shiny surface when these outer electrons interact with photons of light.

But the energy of a flame is enough to bounce and jiggle these electrons around, and when they go back to rest, they emit that same energy as a particular wavelength of light. Each metal has a different electron structure, and they are disturbed in a specific way, so we observe the different colours, each being the result of a particular wavelength being interpreted by our brain, via our eyes, as a certain colour.

Happy New Year and Australia Day

After all this, I trust that you will appreciate the New Year and Australia Day fireworks.

I would also like you to reflect on the ?miracle of our eyes?, that we can see these wonders and ?of our brains?, that we can begin to understand the wonders of God's world, and I recall Matthew 6 verse 22: ?The light of the body is the eye: if therefore your eye be sound, your whole body shall be full of light.?

That is not a half bad ?New Year thought? ?. enjoy, be fulfilled and creative in all that you undertake in this new adventure, the year 2013, and that's my Tweet.

(Readers are invited to follow Mark Tronson on Twitter ? his latest Tweet was on the passing of cricketer Tony Greig in is role as the cricket chaplain).

Dr Mark Tronson is a Baptist minister (retired) who served as the Australian cricket team chaplain for 17 years (2000 ret) and established Life After Cricket in 2001. He was recognised by the Olympic Ministry Medal in 2009 presented by Carl Lewis Olympian of the Century. He has written 24 books, and enjoys writing. He is married to Delma, with four adult children and grand-children.

Mark Tronson's archive of articles can be viewed at www.pressserviceinternational.org/mark-tronson.html

Source: http://au.christiantoday.com/article/new-year-ever-wondered-why-the-fireworks-are-coloured-and-is-it-worth-a-twitter/14709.htm

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Apple to drop patent claims against the Samsung Galaxy S III Mini

San Francisco: Apple Inc has agreed to withdraw patent claims against a new Samsung phone with a high-end display after Samsung said it was not offering to sell the product in the crucial US market.

Apple disclosed the agreement in a filing on Friday in US District Court in San Jose, California. Representatives for both Apple and Samsung declined to comment.

Last month Apple asked to add the Galaxy S III Mini and other Samsung products, including several tablet models, to its wide-ranging patent litigation against Samsung.

In response, Samsung said the Galaxy S III Mini was not available for sale in the United States and should not be included in the case.

Apple won a $1.05 billion verdict against Samsung earlier this year but has failed to secure a permanent sales ban against several, mostly older Samsung models. The patents Apple is asserting against the Galaxy S III Mini are separate from those that went to trial.

Samsung started selling the Mini in Europe in October to compete with Apple's iPhone 5. In its filing on Friday in U.S. District Court, for the Northern District of California, Apple said its lawyers were able to purchase "multiple units" of the Mini from Amazon.com Inc's US retail site and have them delivered in the United States.

But Samsung represented that it is not "making, using, selling, offering to sell or importing the Galaxy S III Mini in the United States." Based on that, Apple said it agreed to withdraw its patent claims on the Mini, "so long as the current withdrawal will not prejudice Apple's ability later to accuse the Galaxy S III Mini if the factual circumstances change."

Source: http://ibnlive.in.com/news/apple-to-drop-patent-claims-against-the-samsung-galaxy-s-iii-mini/313063-11.html

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Don't Let Your Home Become A Money Pit: Home Improvement Tips ...

Consider green alternatives to standard building materials when renovating or remodeling your home. Materials like cork and bamboo come from sustainable resources and are used to create flooring, furniture and other items that you can use to update your home in an environmentally conscious way. Using these materials is a great way to support eco-friendly practices and lessen your impact on the environment.

When making home improvements, it is important to check all of your faucets for leaks. A leaky faucet can waste a lot of water. If you run into a leaky faucet, be sure to repair it as soon as possible. When you wash your clothes, try using cold water. You can consider installing low flow showerheads, which will cut down on the amount of water used.

Paint your doors. If you have old, outdated hollow core doors in your home, those can easily be painted to make them brighter and looking newer. Simply take them off the hinges, throw them over a couple of saw horses outside, and give them a quick coat of primer first and then your choice of paint color.

Is your kitchen sink stopped up again? Have you tried products like Draino to no avail? Well, before you call that plumber, or buy a plumber snake, try to use a plunger first! Yup, the same thing that can unclog your toilet works just as fine when you are trying to unclog your kitchen sink. Just add a little water in the sink to create a seal around the plunger and plunge away!

One great way to make the inside of your home sparkle is to put new molding in. New molding helps create a fresh sense in your living space. You can purchase special molding with beautiful carvings on them to add an unique touch of elegance and style to your home.

If you would like your living room or dorm to have a contemporary clean feel to it, opt to buy a sofa with minimal cushioning and long, lean lines. Choose the sofa in a bold color such as black, red, or beige to make a statement in your area. You can dress it up with some zebra print or striped decorative pillows.

To make a small, cramped kitchen look larger, use lighter finishes for flooring, cabinets, counter tops, and walls, and leave the windows untreated or minimally treated to let in more light. All of these tricks help to create the illusion of a larger room, and the brightness will add further appeal while you spend time there.

Home improvement projects that involve changes to the plumbing can sometimes take unexpectedly longer. There are many instances where plumbing changes may require an extensive re-routing that was not identified during the planning phases. You can however plan for these uncertainties ahead of time by purchasing drinking water and making arrangements with neighbors to use their showers and toilets.

Changing a tire can be problematic if you don?t happen to be a very strong person. Loosening the lug nuts, in particular, can take more strength than many of us have. Use a cheater bar! A yard long piece of pipe that is just big enough to fit over the end of your lug wrench will give you that extra leverage to get the job done.

Do you now understand about home improvement? Do you know about tools and safety regulations and how to use them? Do you now know what it takes to do a good job? If you have an idea of how to answer these questions now, then you have read and understood what it takes to become better at home improvement.

If you want the best springfield mo home builders make sure you be methodical and choose the best provider for you.

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Live: Harlequins v London Irish

London Irish face a tough task trying to halt a run of six successive defeats when they take on Aviva Premiership leaders Harlequins at Twickenham today (2.15pm kick-off).

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London Irish: 15 Tom Homer, 14 Topsy Ojo,? 13 Jonathan Joseph, 12 Sailosi Tagicakibau, 11 Marland Yarde, 10 Ian Humphreys, 9 Darren Allinson, 8 Chris Hala?Ufia, 7 Jebb Sinclair, 6 Declan Danaher (c), 5 Matt Garvey, 4 Bryn Evans, 3 Halani Aulika, 2 David Paice, 1 Max Lahiff.

Replacements: 16 Scott Lawson, 17 Jerry Yanuyanutawa, 18 Leo Halavatua, 19 George Skivington, 20 Jamie Gibson, 21 Guy Armitage, 22 Steven Shingler, 23 Patrick Phibbs.

Harlequins: 15 Mike Brown, 14 Tom Williams, 13 Matt Hopper, 12 Tom Casson, 11 Ugo Monye, 10 Nick Evans, 9 Danny Care, 8 Nick Easter, 7 Chris Robshaw (c), 6 Maurie Fa'asavalu, 5 George Robson, 4 Olly Kohn, 3 James Johnston, 2 Joe Gray, 1 Joe Marler.

Replacements: 16 Rob Buchanan, 17 Mark Lambert, 18 Will Collier, 19 Charlie Matthews, 20 Tom Guest, 21 Karl Dickson, 22 Ben Botica, 23 George Lowe.

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Virginia Couple To Be First-Ever To Wed Atop Rose Parade Float

PASADENA (CBSLA.com) ? One couple will begin 2013 by getting married atop a Farmers Insurance float during the 124th Tournament of Roses Parade.

Nicole Angelillo and husband-to-be, Gerald Sapienza, were selected from among four finalists competing for the dream wedding? a first ever to be held during the Rose Parade.

?I know your wedding is supposed to be amazing but this is amazing,? a tearful Angelillo told CBS2?s Suzanne Marques.

Equally amazing: the story of how she and her fianc? fell in love.

Marques reports that Angelillo had a crush on?Sapienza in high school but nothing ever happened.

Then ten years later, she tried online dating and came across a ?Gerald.?

Said Angelillo, ?I just was like daydream like girls do. You know, ?Gerald and Nicole. Nicole and Gerald. You know, how many Geralds do I know?? And it hit me? could this be Gerald Sapienza, that guy from high school that I had a crush on??

?I was shocked to find out who she was. Our families have history together. T-Ball, High school,? Sapienza said. ?For us to end up this way is just kind of like cosmic.?

A rehearsal dinner is expected to be held Saturday evening in front of the float in Pasadena.

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Local roundup: Cabrillo baseball team snaps 21-game losing streak

Tony Austin hit a double and a triple, drove in four runs and scored once as Cabrillo College's baseball team ended a 21-game losing streak with a 7-3 Coast Conference win over visiting Mission on Thursday.

Pitcher James Smith scattered 10 hits in his complete-game outing. He allowed two earned runs while striking out two batters and walking one.

Cabrillo finished with 13 hits. Jordan Scott was 3-for-5 with an RBI and a run scored. Garrek Kersten had a double, two hits and scored twice, Michael Gerlach had two RBIs and Marshall Garcia scored twice.

It was the Seahawks' first win since a 9-5 decision over Hartnell on March 9.

The Seahawks [5-30 overall, 2-22 Coast Conference] are in last place in the Pacific Division. Mission [5-28, 3-21] is last in the Golden Gate Division.

Cabrillo closes the season at home Friday against Hartnell at 2 p.m.

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL

Sam Thorne hit a solo home run and a double and finished with two RBIs as Monte Vista Christian beat host Seaside 12-9 in a windy Monterey Bay League game.

Andy Muller [4-2 overall, 3-0 MBL] went four innings for the win. Teammate Greg Burns picked up his second save this season.

Adam Daich was 3-for-4 with a double and Burns added three hits.

MVC improves to 14-7, 9-2. Seaside falls to 9-12-1, 5-6.

San Lorenzo Valley outlasted Santa Cruz

3-2 in a 11-inning battle between two Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League teams.

The Cougars' Rick Alves led off the bottom of the 11th with a double, advanced to third on a sacrifice bunt, and later scored the game-winning run on a sacrifice fly by Zach Settles.

Tyler Gilbert picked up the win in relief, pitching four hitless innings. Zach Settles started, going seven innings and allowing one earned run. Collin Ferguson started for the Cardinals and allowed two earned runs over seven innings.

SLV [9-8, 3-5 SCCAL] plays today at home against Harbor at 4 p.m. Santa Cruz [10-11, 5-3] plays at Scotts Valley at 4 p.m.

Watsonville narrowly lost 4-3 to MBL co-leader Monterey in 10 innings.

Nolan Rackley pitched the final two innings for Watsonville [1-9 MBL]. He allowed one earned run and took the loss, while striking out five batters.

Paul Lecce hit 2-for-4 with a double for the Toreadores, who improve to 9-2 in league and currently sit atop the MBL standings with MVC.

Michael Smith pitched eight innings, and hit a home run for the Wildcatz, who play at MVC at 4 p.m. Tuesday.

HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL

Kelly Linkletter went 3-for-4 with three RBIs, two doubles and a run scored as Santa Cruz beat host St. Francis 14-0 in SCCAL play.

Samantha Rogers picked up the win for the Cardinals [1-4 SCCAL], giving up one hit without walking any batters in five innings.

Laura Pezzini had the only hit for the Sharks [1-6 SCCAL].

Alyssa Rodriguez went 3-for-4 with an RBI and two runs scored for Santa Cruz, and Jade Lowery added two RBIs and scored three runs. Audrey Smith went 2-for-3 with a double, an RBI and a run for the Cardinals, who host Harbor at 4 p.m. Tuesday.

Breana Kostreba went 2-for-3 with a home run, an RBI and two runs scored to help visiting Aptos hand Soquel its first loss in SCCAL play 5-2.

Pitcher Angela Martin picked up the win for the Mariners [6-1 SCCAL] giving up one earned run and walking no batters over seven innings.

Sydney Hall and Katelyn Robb each went 2-for-3 for the Knights [7-1 SCCAL].

Jackie Antuna went 1-for-3 with an RBI for the Mariners, who play next at Valley Christian at 4 p.m. Saturday in a nonleague game.

Jillian Balli pitched a full game with six strikeouts and giving up two walks, but Watsonville came up short against visiting Monterey 2-1 in an MBL game.

Teresa Medrano went 1-for-3 with an RBI triple for Watsonville while teammate Felicia Balli added a double of her own. Alekxis Mondragon added 2-for-3 hitting for the Wildcatz, who host Seaside at 4 p.m. Monday.

GIRLS TRACK AND FIELD

Aptos ran away with the victory in its SCCAL meet against Scotts Valley 98-40.

The Mariners [6-0] had a pair of multi-event winners: Marissa Ferrante won the 1,600-meter race [5 minutes, 7.40 seconds] and the 3,200 [11:44], and Jessica Mattos won the discus with a toss of 92 feet, 5 inches and the shot put [28-3].

Soquel and visiting Santa Cruz picked up wins in an SCCAL tri-meet.

The Cardinals beat SLV 88-39 and St. Francis 112-2, and Soquel beat Harbor 83-35.

Elle Sanders won the 1,600 [5:23] and the 800 [2:24.67] and teammate Emily Hightower won the 100 hurdles [17.32] and the 300 hurdles [49.85].

Bonny Rivers of Harbor won the 200 [26.51] and the long jump [18-6?].

BOYS TRACK AND FIELD

Aptos and visiting Scotts Valley tied 68-68 in the teams' SCCAL regular-season finale.

Mitch Moriarty and Sean Goetzel both won two events for the Mariners. Moriarty won the 1,600 [15.44] and the 800 [2:02.66].

Goetzel won the 110 hurdles [15.44] and the 300 hurdles [41.47].

Scotts Valley's Alex Weitzel won both the triple jump [41-3?] and the pole vault [12-6].

Santa Cruz dominated in a quad-meet with St. Francis, SLV, Soquel and Harbor.

The Cardinals beat SLV 79-56 and St. Francis 110-18 while Soquel tied with Harbor 61-61.

Taylor Kientzel, a Cardinal senior, won the long jump [22-2?] and the triple jump [42-2?]. Teammate Daoud Anthony won the 100 [11.31] and the 200 [11.31], and Caleb Rabadan won the 110 hurdles [16.03] and the 300 hurdles [41.40].

SLV's Allan Hetke won the 1,600 [4:32.72] and the 800 [2:02.70].

WOMEN'S SOCCER

Priscilla Meza, a former Watsonville High and Cabrillo College player, is trying out for the Mexican national team this week at Centro de Alto Rendimiento in Mexico City.

A 5-foot-9 midfielder and defender, Meza tried out for representatives from Mexico two months ago in San Jose and was extended an invitation to tryouts on April 21.

Things are going well for Meza, her personal coach Hillel Rom said Thursday, noting Meza will travel with the team for a short tour of Japan next week. Meza will return to Watsonville on May 12.

"I think she's got a better shot at making this team than she did the last one," said Rom, referring to Meza's tryout with FC Gold Pride last year. "She's tall, taller than most girls in Mexico, she's strong, has a great shot and is a year older."

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

St. Francis High senior Jacob Miller, a standout running back and linebacker who was named to the 2009 Sentinel All-County team, has committed to play at University of Redlands next season. Redlands is an NCAA Division III program.

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ZTE to sell off stake in unit worth 1.3 billion yuan

For a moment there, we almost believed it: Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz's radical solution for the ongoing fiscal cliff nightmare, and maybe politics entirely, was going to work. Scrawling a vaguely political message on paper cups containing overpriced coffee would deliver us from partisan politics, from disagreement itself. We were going to Come Together? while consuming a Trenta vanilla soy half-caf latte?with extra chocolate drizzle.

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21 missing Pakistani policemen found shot dead

Pakistani volunteers carry a wounded bus passenger following a blast in Karachi, Pakistan on Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012. The blast that ripped through the bus set the vehicle on fire and reduced it to little more than a charred skeleton, killing scores of people and left many injured. Police were trying to determine whether the explosion was caused by a bomb or a gas cylinder, said police spokesman. Many buses in Pakistan run on natural gas. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

Pakistani volunteers carry a wounded bus passenger following a blast in Karachi, Pakistan on Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012. The blast that ripped through the bus set the vehicle on fire and reduced it to little more than a charred skeleton, killing scores of people and left many injured. Police were trying to determine whether the explosion was caused by a bomb or a gas cylinder, said police spokesman. Many buses in Pakistan run on natural gas. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

Pakistani volunteers carry a wounded passenger following a blast in Karachi, Pakistan on Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012. The blast that ripped through the bus set the vehicle on fire and reduced it to little more than a charred skeleton, killing scores of people and left many injured. Police were trying to determine whether the explosion was caused by a bomb or a gas cylinder, said police spokesman. Many buses in Pakistan run on natural gas. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

EDS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT - Pakistani volunteers help a critically injured passenger on his way to a hospital following a blast in Karachi, Pakistan on Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012. The blast that ripped through the bus set the vehicle on fire and reduced it to little more than a charred skeleton, killing scores of people and left many injured. Police were trying to determine whether the explosion was caused by a bomb or a gas cylinder, said police spokesman. Many buses in Pakistan run on natural gas. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) ? Twenty-one tribal policemen believed to have been kidnapped by the Taliban were found shot dead in Pakistan's troubled northwest tribal region early Sunday, government officials said.

Officials found the bodies shortly after midnight in the Jabai area of Frontier Region Peshawar after being notified by one policeman who escaped, said Naveed Akbar Khan, a top political official in the area. Another policeman was found seriously wounded, said Khan.

The 23 policemen went missing before dawn Thursday when militants armed with rocket-propelled grenades and automatic weapons attacked two posts in Frontier Region Peshawar. Two policemen were also killed in the attacks.

Militants lined the policemen up on a cricket pitch late Saturday night and gunned them down, said another local official who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to the media.

No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, but suspicion fell on the Pakistani Taliban, who have been waging a bloody insurgency against the government for the past few years. The tribal region is the main sanctuary for the Taliban in Pakistan.

On Saturday, an explosion ripped through a passenger bus at a terminal in the southern city of Karachi, killing six people and wounding 52 others, some of whom were in critical condition, said Seemi Jamali, a doctor at the hospital where the victims were being treated.

Police were trying to determine whether the blast, which reduced the bus to a charred skeleton, was caused by a bomb or a gas canister that exploded, said police spokesman Imran Shaukat. Many buses in Pakistan run on natural gas.

Karachi has a long history of political, ethnic and sectarian violence. It is also believed to be home to many Taliban militants who have fled U.S. drone attacks and Pakistani army operations in the country's northwest.

Also Saturday, a government official said authorities are investigating allegations that cough syrup has killed 33 people over the past three days in eastern Pakistan, the second time in recent months medicine is suspected of causing multiple deaths.

The deaths occurred in the city of Gujranwala and nearby villages, said local official Abdul Jabbar Shaheen. Another 54 people thought to have consumed the syrup are also being treated at city hospitals. Officials believe the victims drank the syrup to get high, he added.

Tests show the victims' stomachs contained dextromethorphan, a synthetic morphine derivative used in cough syrup that can have mind-altering effects if consumed in large quantities, said Shaheen. Investigators are trying to determine if the victims drank too much syrup, or whether there was a problem with the medicine itself, he said.

Twenty-three people died in the nearby city of Lahore in November after drinking bad cough syrup sold under the brand name Tyno. They were also described at the time as people who consumed the drug to get high.

Shaheen said the cough syrup involved in the incidents in and around Gujranwala was not sold under a single brand. He said some people in the city make cough syrup to sell specifically to drug addicts, and officials are trying to arrest them.

Officials temporarily closed one Lahore-based pharmaceutical company whose cough syrup was found in the possession of some affected in Gujranwala. They are investigating whether it caused any of the deaths, said Shaheen.

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Associated Press writers Adil Jawad in Karachi, Pakistan, and Zaheer Babar in Lahore, Pakistan, contributed to this report.

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Mayor Calls NRA Plan for Armed Guards in Schools ?Completely Dumbass Idea?

?I guess, you know, out of last week?s bizarre press statement ? it wasn?t a press conference ? I guess Mr. [Wayne] LaPierre would then say firefighters need to have armed guards go with them,? Nutter said on MSNBC?s ?Andrea Mitchell Reports.? I think it just shows that was a completely dumbass idea from the start with the announcement last week,? Philadelphia Michael Nutter said on MSNBC this week.

?We need to ban assault weapons. We need to ban the high-capacity clips and magazines. We need serious background information, system upgrade,? Nutter added

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Sony stops shipping PlayStation 2 in Japan

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It looks like?"game over" for the PlayStation 2.

After selling more than 153.6 million units over 12 years, Sony Computer Entertainment of Japan has announced that it is discontinuing the console, with no new shipments slated for retailers. (This is only for Japan at the moment, though it's likely the European and American markets will follow suit.)

With PlayStation 3 development in full swing, and several new games on the way for 2013 (including "Sly Cooper: Thieves In Time" and "The Last of Us" from Naughty Dog Studios), the decision makes sense. But the PlayStation 2 had a long shelf life and introducing a number of game franchises and sequels that have enthralled millions of casual and hardcore players alike.

The PlayStation 2 debuted in 2000 and spent several years competing against Microsoft's Xbox system, Sega's Dreamcast console and Nintendo's GameCube. The system launched in the U.S. with 29 games, including landmark titles like the snowboarding game "SSX" and the arcade driving game "Ridge Racer V." Eventually it would see even bigger and better games through both long-awaited sequels and original titles. [See also: Atari Legacy Still Going Strong At 40 Years]

Naughty Dog, moving beyond the "Crash Bandicoot" series it had established on the PS One system, created "Jak and Daxter," a gorgeous platforming adventure series featuring an unlikely duo ? an adventurous hero and his wisecracking animal partner. Not to be outdone, Sucker Punch Productions introduced its own cartoon-like action series under the name "Sly Cooper," focusing on a likable raccoon thief and his "crew" (consisting of a genius turtle and a bumbling hippo getaway driver).

The PlayStation 2 was also the place to find several big-name sequels. Polyphony Digital's "Gran Turismo" racing series became more life-like than ever before, with exquisite visuals and realistic gameplay that made you feel like you were really behind the wheel. (It would become the go-to simulation for car drivers all over the world, working in collaboration with Logitech's state-of-the-art Driving Force GT Wheel.)

Square Enix expanded its "Final Fantasy" franchise in a number of ways, as well as its Disney crossover role-playing series "Kingdom Hearts." And Rockstar Games managed to make its "Grand Theft Auto" games better than ever before, between such best-selling hits as "Grand Theft Auto III," the 80's based "Grand Theft Auto: Vice City" and the urban-based "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas," all of which sold well into the millions.?

When the PlayStation 3 came out in 2006, Sony shifted its focus to that new hardware, but kept the PlayStation 2 on the market, lowering it to a $100 price with various pack-ins. (Depending on where you bought it???you could get "Lego Batman" and "Toy Story 3"included). It continued to sell well throughout the years, and some developers continued to make games for it, like EA Sports with its "Madden" franchise. But by the time 2012 rolled around, no new games were slated for it, and the writing was on the wall.

The PlayStation 2 will never be forgotten as far as gaming is concerned???not to mention the fact that most of its popular games are coming to the PlayStation 3, either as part of an HD re-release ("Ratchet and Clank Collection," "Ico/Shadow of the Colossus HD Collection") or a digital download on PlayStation Network ("Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas" just came out last week for $14.99).

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Wall Street rebounds on House session, but off for 4th day

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks fell for a fourth day on Thursday, but recovered most of their losses after the House of Representatives, in the barest sign of progress, said it would come back to work on avoiding the "fiscal cliff" this weekend.

It was a jittery session for stocks, with shares falling more than 1 percent after Senate Majority Harry Reid warned a deal was unlikely before the deadline, only to rebound merely on the news that the House would reconvene Sunday, a day before the December 31 "cliff" deadline.

"There's no conviction in the move or the overall market, based on the across-the-board reduction we've seen in volume ... but there will be continued weakness until there's sustained positive direction coming from our leaders," said Joseph Cangemi, managing director at ConvergEx Group, in New York.

The market has been prone to quick reactions to headlines and those moves have sometimes seemed more dramatic because of reduced trading volume. About 5.18 billion shares changed hands on the New York Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq and the NYSE MKT, well below the daily average so far this year of about 6.48 billion shares.

Investors are looking for any hint that lawmakers will avert the $600 billion in tax hikes and spending cuts that will start to take effect next week and could push the U.S. economy into recession.

"Markets turned around in a heartbeat, as the House session is the first announcement of anything getting done," said Randy Bateman, chief investment officer of Huntington Asset Management, in Columbus, Ohio, which oversees $14.5 billion in assets. "I'm not convinced it will result in a deal, but you could get enough concessions by both parties to at least avoid the immediacy of going over the cliff."

In a sign of the anxiety, the CBOE Volatility Index <.vix>, or VIX, rose above 20 for the first time since July, suggesting rising worries, but ended up finishing the day down 0.4 percent as the stock market rebounded.

Stocks in the materials and the financial sectors, which are more vulnerable to the economy's performance, bore the brunt of the selling before recovering. Shares of Bank of America fell 0.6 percent to $11.47 while Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold fell 0.7 percent to $33.68.

Some of 2012's biggest gainers bucked the broader trend and rallied, a sign of year-end "window dressing." Expedia Inc was the S&P 500's top percentage gainer, climbing 4.1 percent to $60.30. The price of the online travel agency's stock has doubled this year.

The Dow Jones industrial average <.dji> slipped 18.28 points, or 0.14 percent, to 13,096.31 at the close. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index <.spx> declined 1.73 points, or 0.12 percent, to end at 1,418.10. The Nasdaq Composite Index <.ixic> dropped 4.25 points, or 0.14 percent, to close at 2,985.91.

Marvell Technology Group fell 3.5 percent to $7.14 after it said it would seek to overturn a jury's finding of patent infringement. The stock had fallen more than 10 percent in the previous session after a jury found the company infringed on patents held by Carnegie Mellon University and ordered the chipmaker to pay $1.17 billion in damages.

The four-day decline marked the S&P 500's longest losing streak in three months. The index has lost 1.8 percent over the period as investors grapple with the possibility that a deal may not be reached until next year.

President Barack Obama arrived back in Washington from Hawaii to restart stalled negotiations with Congress. House Speaker John Boehner and other Republican leaders were to hold a conference call with Republican lawmakers. The expectation was that lawmakers would be told to get back to Washington quickly if the Senate passed a bill.

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner announced the first of a series of measures that should push back the date when the U.S. government will hit its legal borrowing authority - a limit known as the debt ceiling - by about two months.

Economic data seemed to confirm worries about the impact of the fiscal cliff on the economy.

The Conference Board, an industry group, said its index of consumer confidence in December fell to 65.1 as the budget crisis dented growing optimism about the economy. The gauge fell more than expected from 71.5 in November.

However, the job market continues to mend. Initial claims for unemployment benefits dropped 12,000 to a seasonally adjusted 350,000 last week and the four-week moving average fell to the lowest since March 2008.

Decliners outnumbered advancers on the New York Stock Exchange by a ratio of about 8 to 7, while on the Nasdaq, about 14 stocks fell for every 11 that rose.

(Editing by Jan Paschal)

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Bipartisan senators propose curbing filibusters (The Arizona Republic)

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Benefits of higher oxygen, breathing device persist after infancy

Dec. 26, 2012 ? By the time they reached toddlerhood, very preterm infants originally treated with higher oxygen levels continued to show benefits when compared to a group treated with lower oxygen levels, according to a follow-up study by a research network of the National Institutes of Health that confirms earlier network findings, Moreover, infants treated with a respiratory therapy commonly prescribed for adults with obstructive sleep apnea fared as well as those who received the traditional therapy for infant respiratory difficulties, the new study found.

In the original 2010 study, of infants born between 24 to 27 weeks of gestation, investigators in the Neonatal Research Network found:

• Infants were more likely to survive if they had received higher oxygen levels, although they were at higher risk of an eye condition that can impair vision or lead to blindness.
• Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), a treatment typically reserved for adults with obstructive sleep apnea, was as effective as standard therapy with a ventilator and surfactant (a sticky substance that coats the inside of the lungs).

For the current study, the researchers checked on the children's progress, comparing the groups' survival rates and cognitive and motor development 18 to 22 months after they were originally due to be born. The re-evaluation of the original study treatment groups examined:

• Children treated with oxygen saturation levels that were either low (85 percent to 89 percent) or high (91 percent to 95 percent).
• Children treated with CPAP therapy and those treated with a ventilator and surfactant.

The researchers compiled the results of their analysis in terms of a combined primary outcome. This primary outcome took into account two possibilities: whether an infant either died in the first or second year of life or had a neurodevelopmental impairment -- any of a number of conditions affecting the nervous system. These included cerebral palsy, blindness, hearing loss or low scores on tests of infant mental and motor development. The researchers selected this outcome because infants who died before 18 months of age could not be classified as having a neurodevelopmental impairment.

In terms of the primary outcome, the researchers found no differences between the groups.

When the researchers looked at outcome measures separately, however, they did observe differences. The researchers documented higher survival rates among children who received oxygen with higher saturation rates. The study's original findings showed that survivors in this group also had a greater risk of developing retinopathy of prematurity, an eye condition that can impair vision or cause blindness. Although those receiving higher oxygen levels were more likely to have had corrective eye surgery, by the time the children reached 18 to 22 months corrected age-- their age had they been born at the approximate time they were due. The researchers found that there was no difference in the rate of vision problems between the two groups.

"CPAP for infants has been available since the 1970s. This is the first study to compare surfactant treatment to CPAP in a large group of infants, and these results reassure us that CPAP is as good a choice in the first hour of life as traditional methods for very preterm babies who need help breathing," said senior author Rosemary D. Higgins, M.D., of the Pregnancy and Perinatology Branch of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), one of two NIH institutes supporting the study. "We've also confirmed that higher oxygen targets improve survival and don't appear to threaten survivors' vision in the longer term."

The study also received funding from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute.

Their findings appear in the New England Journal of Medicine.

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SEC filing discloses date, proposals, for Apple shareholders meeting

In a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing, Apple has revealed that its next annual shareholder?s meeting will take place at their Cupertino headquarters on February 27, 2013, some minor shareholder proposals which, as always, will almost certainly get voted down, and the huge surprise that Apple blew past the financial targets needed for execs to trigger bonuses.

On the matter of Cook?s compensation, while last year Cook?s compensation was listed as $378 million, most of that was in stock awards that Cook will earn over the course of a decade. His compensation this year is his salary of $1.36 million along with a $2.8 million incentive plan, for a total of $4.16 million. For perspective, his compensation last year minus his stock awards was just north of $1.8 million.

When it comes to the proposals at the meeting in February, Apple shareholders have been advised by the board to vote against the creation of a human rights committee because the board feel it would be redundant. Additionally, all board election is expected to see the return of all eight current board members including Chairman Arthur Levinson, Tim Cook, and Al Gore.

So, pretty much exactly what anyone following APPL would expect. Which is a good thing.

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Announcement: Our Selections for The Mobile Nations 2013 CES Experience in Las Vegas!

Alright folks, it's time to announce the 6 lucky people that will be joining NVIDIA and Mobile Nations at CES 2013!

We would like to say a huge THANK YOU to all of the members that submitted an entry. We really appreciate all of the time and effort everyone put in, and the response was quite overwhelming.

So, getting down to business... after much debate and discussion, we have selected 6 stand out entries. These folks will join the Mobile Nations and NVIDIA crews in Las Vegas for CES 2013!

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AP IMPACT: Ordinary folks losing faith in stocks

NEW YORK (AP) ? Andrew Neitlich is the last person you'd expect to be rattled by the stock market.

He once worked as a financial analyst picking stocks for a mutual fund. He has huddled with dozens of CEOs in his current career as an executive coach. During the dot-com crash 12 years ago, he kept his wits and did not sell.

But he's selling now.

"You have to trust your government. You have to trust other governments. You have to trust Wall Street," says Neitlich, 47. "And I don't trust any of these."

Defying decades of investment history, ordinary Americans are selling stocks for a fifth year in a row. The selling has not let up despite unprecedented measures by the Federal Reserve to persuade people to buy and the come-hither allure of a levitating market. Stock prices have doubled from March 2009, their low point during the Great Recession.

It's the first time ordinary folks have sold during a sustained bull market since relevant records were first kept during World War II, an examination by The Associated Press has found. The AP analyzed money flowing into and out of stock funds of all kinds, including relatively new exchange-traded funds, which investors like because of their low fees.

"People don't trust the market anymore," says financial historian Charles Geisst of Manhattan College. He says a "crisis of confidence" similar to one after the Crash of 1929 will keep people away from stocks for a generation or more.

The implications for the economy and living standards are unclear but potentially big. If the pullback continues, some experts say, it could lead to lower spending by companies, slower U.S. economic growth and perhaps lower gains for those who remain in the market.

Since they started selling in April 2007, eight months before the start of the Great Recession, individual investors have pulled at least $380 billion from U.S. stock funds, a category that includes both mutual funds and exchange-traded funds, according to estimates by the AP. That is the equivalent of all the money they put into the market in the previous five years.

Instead of stocks, they're putting money into bonds because those are widely perceived as safer investments. Individuals have put more than $1 trillion into bond mutual funds alone since April 2007, according to the Investment Company Institute, a trade group representing investment funds.

Selling stocks during either a downturn or a recovery is unusual. Americans almost always buy more than they sell during both periods.

Since World War II, nine recessions besides the Great Recession have been followed by recoveries lasting at least three years. According to data from the Investment Company Institute, individual investors sold during and after only one of those previous downturns ? the one from November 1973 through March 1975. And back then a scary stock drop around the start of the recovery's third year, 1977, gave people ample reason to get out of the market.

The unusual pullback this time has spread to other big investors ? public and private pension funds, investment brokerages and state and local governments. These groups have sold a total of $861 billion more than they have bought since April 2007, according to the Federal Reserve.

Even foreigners, big purchasers in recent years, are selling now ? $16 billion in the 12 months through September.

As these groups have sold, much of the stock buying has fallen to companies. They've bought $656 billion more than they have sold since April 2007. Companies are mostly buying back their own stock.

On Wall Street, the investor revolt has largely been dismissed as temporary. But doubts are creeping in.

A Citigroup research report sent to customers concludes that the "cult of equities" that fueled buying in the past has little chance of coming back soon. Investor blogs speculate about the "death of equities," a line from a famous BusinessWeek cover story in 1979, another time many people had seemingly given up on stocks. Financial analysts lament how the retreat by Main Street has left daily stock trading at low levels.

The investor retreat may have already hurt the fragile economic recovery.

The number of shares traded each day has fallen 40 percent from before the recession to a 12-year low, according to the New York Stock Exchange. That's cut into earnings of investment banks and online brokers, which earn fees helping others trade stocks. Initial public offerings, another source of Wall Street profits, are happening at one-third the rate before the recession.

And old assumptions about stocks are being tested. One investing gospel is that because stocks generally rise in price, companies don't need to raise their quarterly cash dividends much to attract buyers. But companies are increasing them lately.

Dividends in the S&P 500 rose 11 percent in the 12 months through September, and the number of companies choosing to raise them is the highest in at least 20 years, according to FactSet, a financial data provider. Stocks now throw off more cash in dividends than U.S. government bonds do in interest.

Many on Wall Street think this is an unnatural state that cannot last. After all, people tend to buy stocks because they expect them to rise in price, not because of the dividend. But for much of the history of U.S. stock trading, stocks were considered too risky to be regarded as little more than vehicles for generating dividends. In every year from 1871 through 1958, stocks yielded more in dividends than U.S. bonds did in interest, according to data from Yale economist Robert Shiller ? exactly what is happening now.

So maybe that's normal, and the past five decades were the aberration.

People who think the market will snap back to normal are underestimating how much the Great Recession scared investors, says Ulrike Malmendier, an economist who has studied the effect of the Great Depression on attitudes toward stocks.

She says people are ignoring something called the "experience effect," or the tendency to place great weight on what you most recently went through in deciding how much financial risk to take, even if it runs counter to logic. Extrapolating from her research on "Depression Babies," the title of a 2010 paper she co-wrote, she says many young investors won't fully embrace stocks again for another two decades.

"The Great Recession will have a lasting impact beyond what a standard economic model would predict," says Malmendier, who teaches at the University of California, Berkeley.

She could be wrong, of course. But it's a measure of the psychological blow from the Great Recession that, more than three years since it ended, big institutions, not just amateur investors, are still trimming stocks.

Public pension funds have cut stocks from 71 percent of their holdings before the recession to 66 percent last year, breaking at least 40 years of generally rising stock allocations, according to "State and Local Pensions: What Now?," a book by economist Alicia Munnell. They're shifting money into bonds.

Private pension funds, like those run by big companies, have cut stocks more: from 70 percent of holdings to just under 50 percent, back to the 1995 level.

"People aren't looking to swing for the fences anymore," says Gary Goldstein, an executive recruiter on Wall Street, referring to the bankers and traders he helps get jobs. "They're getting less greedy."

The lack of greed is remarkable given how much official U.S. policy is designed to stoke it.

When Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke launched the first of three bond-buying programs four years ago, he said one aim was to drive Treasury yields so low that frustrated investors would feel they had no choice but to take a risk on stocks. Their buying would push stock prices up, and everyone would be wealthier and spend more. That would help revive the economy.

Sure enough, yields on Treasurys and many other bonds have recently hit record lows, in many cases below the inflation rate. And stock prices have risen. Yet Americans are pulling out of stocks, so deep is their mistrust of them, and perhaps of the Fed itself.

"Fed policy is trying to suck people into risky assets when they shouldn't be there," says Michael Harrington, 58, a former investment fund manager who says he is largely out of stocks. "When this policy fails, as it will, baby boomers will pay the cost in their 401(k)s."

Ordinary Americans are souring on stocks even though stock prices appear attractive relative to earnings. But history shows they can get more attractive yet.

Stocks in the S&P 500 are trading at 14 times what companies earned per share in the past 12 months. Since 1990, they have rarely traded below that level ? that is, cheaper, according to S&P Dow Jones Indices. But that period is unusual. Looking back seven decades to the start of World War II, there were long stretches during which stocks traded below that.

To estimate how much investors have sold so far, the AP considered both money flowing out of mutual funds, which are nearly all held by individual investors, and money flowing into low-fee exchange-traded funds, or ETFs, which bundle securities together to mimic the performance of a market index. ETFs have attracted money from hedge funds and other institutional investors as well as from individuals.

At the request of the AP, Strategic Insight, a consulting firm, used data from investment firms overseeing ETFs to estimate how much individuals have invested in them. Based on its calculations, individuals accounted for 40 percent to 50 percent of money going to U.S. stock ETFs in recent years.

If you assume 50 percent, individual investors have put $194 billion into U.S. stock ETFs since April 2007. But they've also pulled out much more from mutual funds ? $580 billion. The difference is $386 billion, the amount individuals have pulled out of stock funds in all.

If you include the sale of stocks by individuals from brokerage accounts, which is not included in the fund data, the outflow could be much higher. Data from the Federal Reserve, which includes selling from brokerage accounts, suggests individual investors have sold $700 billion or more in the past 5? years. But the Fed figure may overstate the amount sold because it doesn't fully count certain stock transactions.

The good news is that a chastened stock market doesn't necessarily mean a flat stock market.

Bill Gross, the co-head of bond investment firm Pimco, has probably done more than anyone to popularize the notion that stocks will prove disappointing in the coming years. But he says what is dying is not stocks, but the "cult" of stocks. In a recent letter to investors, he suggested stocks might return 4 percent or so each year, about half the long-term level but still ahead of inflation.

And if America's obsession with stocks is over, some excesses associated with it might fade, too.

Maybe more graduates from top colleges will look to other industries besides Wall Street for careers. Of every 100 members of the Harvard undergraduate Class of 2008 who got jobs after graduation, 28 went into financial services, such as helping run mutual funds or hedge funds, according to a March study by two professors at the university's business school. The average for classes four decades ago was six out of 100.

Of course, those counting the small investor out could be wrong.

Three years after that BusinessWeek story on the "death of equities" ran, in 1982, one of the greatest multi-year stock climbs in history began as the little guys shed their fear and started buying. And so they will surely do again, the bulls argue, and stock prices will really rocket.

Neitlich, the executive coach, has his doubts.

Instead of using extra cash to buy stocks, he is buying houses near his home in Sarasota, Fla., and renting them. He says he prefers real estate because it's local and is something he can "control." He says stocks make up 12 percent his $800,000 investment portfolio, down from nearly 100 percent a few years ago.

After the dot-com crash, it seemed as if "things would turn around. Now, I don't know," Neitlich says. "The risks are bigger than before."

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Follow Bernard Condon on Twitter at http://twitter.com/BernardFCondon.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/ap-impact-ordinary-folks-losing-faith-stocks-181042940--finance.html

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