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The battle between BlackBerry and Microsoft for the No.3 spot in the smartphone platform war is showing no signs of slowing, but a new contender will soon come to market to challenge these struggling giants. Jolla, whose CEO spoke with us nearly a year ago about the company?s efforts, has unveiled its first smartphone. Named simply ?Jolla,? the handset will feature a 4.5-inch HD display, a dual-core processor, 4G LTE, 16GB of internal storage, microSD support, an 8-megapixel camera, Android app support and the Sailfish mobile operating system. Most impressively of all, perhaps, is the price tag: just??399 before taxes and subsidies. Jolla says it hopes to begin shipping the phone by the end of 2013, and a video of
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By Jennifer Phelan8:00am AEST Friday, May 17, 2013
Tiger Orren Stephenson was the oldest player ever to be drafted to an AFL club
THERE aren't any other Tigers like Orren Stephenson.At 30, he's the third oldest player at Richmond behind Shane Tuck and Chris Newman.
It's a leap from where he sat at Geelong last year, where seven players exceeded him in age.
He's also a husband to his high school sweetheart Whitney, and a father to three children.
While there aren't many other Tigers with kids ? Tuck being one ? it's the age of Stephenson's that sets him apart from the majority of AFL players.
His eldest daughter, Emilie, will soon turn 14, his son Patrick will soon be 12. Sophie, the youngest, turned 10 earlier this year.
Now in his second AFL season, Stephenson can reflect on the fact he's been able to share his journey with his wife and kids, who are rarely absent on game day.
The "hoops" are gone and the yellow and black guernseys have rolled into the family home, with the Stephensons now barracking passionately for a larger breed of feline. ?
"It's been fantastic and a massive bonus. For my wife and the kids, it's something they'll never forget so I'm pretty blessed to be able to share it with them," Stephenson told AFL.com.au.
"Patrick last year was rolling around the rooms with the Geelong Cats and this year he's rolling around with the Richmond Tiger boys.
"He wouldn't pass it up for quids. He loves it and the girls have had a lot of fun with it as well. It's a massive bonus that we can share these pretty good times in our lives with our kids."
The Stephensons have lived in Ballarat since 2002 after moving from the Riverina in New South Wales.
They're still there, with Stephenson boarding four nights a week with Whitney's cousin in Malvern East for ease in getting to Punt Road.
He goes home the night before the players' day off and stays there until the morning he's due back, and likes to occasionally "sleep in his own bed" before games.
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Stephenson's entry into the AFL is notably different. He was the oldest first-time recruit in draft history when picked up at 29, becoming a Cat after winning three VFL premierships with North Ballarat.
He'd trained with AFL clubs over the years but never made it onto a list until the Cats came knocking in 2011.
He played eight senior games and won a fourth premiership in 2012 with the Cats' VFL side but the off-season acquisition of Hamish McIntosh saw his AFL dream end there ? briefly.
He was disappointed, naturally, but understanding that these things happened.
So, he revisited his working life ? he holds two trades, one as an electrician and the other as a telecommunications technician ? and waited to see what would happen next.
"I knew there were discussions going on [with clubs] but there wasn't anything concrete until around the rookie draft," Stephenson said.
"I had a training run with the Richmond boys for a week or two and they went away to Cairns for their pre-season camp and I just had to sit around and wait.
"It was difficult being in the unknown. It was not dissimilar to the period where I've been training with clubs and they were a chance to take me but this time, it worked out the right way."
The Tigers used selection No.33 in the NAB AFL Rookie Draft to throw him a lifeline. The dream was alive again.
On the eve of the 2013 home-and-away season, after showing promise in the NAB Cup, Stephenson and ex-Demon Ricky Petterd were elevated to the senior list.
Last week against Port Adelaide the ruckman made his club debut at AAMI Stadium, with Whitney and his kids there cheering him on.
"It was really good to be out there. I've really enjoyed my time at Richmond; it's been fantastic and it was really good to get a win as well," he said.
Stephenson might be older than his teammates, have a different living situation and be raising a daughter who is just five years junior of his youngest teammate.
But none of that has affected his ability to fit in.
"We're really pleased for Orren. He's just one of those guys you certainly love having around your footy club," coach Damien Hardwick said.
"He's a great character, he fitted straight into our football club and it great to get a result for him, and for him to play as well as he did [against Port Adelaide]."
Jennifer Phelan is a reporter for AFL Media. Follow her on Twitter @AFL_JenPhelan.
Source: http://www.afl.com.au/news/2013-05-17/a-family-affair
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Being in debt is largely a matter of second grade arithmetic ? if we spend more than we earn then we?ll get in debt; if we continue spending more than we earn then we?re likely to stay in debt.
The solution is to reverse the equation: Instead of spending more than you earn, start earning more than you spend. Put the difference against your debt regularly and soon it will be gone; continue stashing away the difference and soon you?ll have considerable savings on which you could retire and ?live happily ever after.?
Who said there is no direct link between maths and happiness!
This would have been a really short article if I didn?t have a bit of a problem with simple arithmetic. But here is my problem: Arithmetic, just like any description, is very useful in telling us about the ?what.? What is the current state? What is to be done? However, most action, and change, also needs the ?how.? In other words, to get out of debt we need to figure out:
How do we stop spending more than we earn?
My answer to this is: By changing the habits that shape the way in which we manage our money.
Most aspects of our lives, including our finances, are habitual; in other words, most of the time we do what we usually do. Habits are what makes our lives possible; sometimes, however, these can become obsolete and hinder our existence rather than enhance our lives.
Being in debt is usually a signal that our money habits have become obsolete and it is time to revisit them. I believe there are four basic habits that keep us in debt; these are: ignorance, lack of balance, bad judgement and lack action.
Ignorance
?Ignorance is bliss? the saying goes. Don?t believe it!
Ignorance, in any area of life, is an affliction that needs to be remedied as speedily and efficiently as possible. This has never been truer than in the case of financial management and wealth building. Ignorance keeps us in debt in four different ways:
You see? Tell me again that ?ignorance is bliss.?
The remedy?
Albert Einstein once said the only thing that interfered with his learning was his education. I modestly agree. So?
To deal with the habit of ignorance start learning; and remember ? learning is not a one off act; it happens in all kinds of settings. Get educated:
Change this habit of ignorance and start now! But remember two things:
Lack of balance
A very long time ago the Greek philosopher Socrates said that the way to happiness is to observe moderation in all things. In this case ?moderation? was not about deprivation but about knowing ?the norm? and having the discipline to observe it; or in other words, to observe a certain balance.
In personal finance, just like in life, the path to financial health is a matter of balance. Achieving financial health is not likely without working out ?our norm? or what our ?enough? is. Working this out provides an anchor for balancing our decisions and actions.
Observing any balance is a precarious exercise and we can often fall into one or other extreme. For instance, losing our balance with food leads to obesity or malnourishment; losing our balance with possessions leads to clutter or scarcity. Losing our balance with money can send and keep us into debt.
The remedy?
Work out where is your ?enough? by deciding what is the kind of life you want and what do you want in your life. Remember that:
Bad judgement
Many believe that we make decisions on the basis of facts; they are wrong. All our decisions are based on interpretations of fact, or on judgement. You don?t believe me? You?re welcome to a mental experiment: Think about the last time you heard a ?fact? and remember your response. It was a judgement, wasn?t it?
To make matters worse, we humans have almost unlimited capacity for self-delusion; which only means that many of our judgements are really bad. Regarding debt this can be: ?Oh, I am in debt but I can pay it off at any time? or ?I?ll buy this [insert a useless object of your choice]. ?I?m in debt but it is so large that whether I spend a bit doesn?t really matter.?
One of my all time favorites is: ?I?ll deal with my debt when I get a raise (get my bonus, inheritance etc.)?; or waiting for ?big bucks.?
I have news for you: it doesn?t work like that. People start paying their debt off when they have decided (judged) that they?ve had enough. After that, even the smallest amount put against it helps: We had $160,000 worth of debt and after paying it all off I noticed that the smallest payment was about $6.
How to change the habit of bad judgement?
Become mindful of your assumptions and change them when and if necessary. Experiment rather than assume.
Lack of action
There isn?t much to be said about this except that most people?s lives consist of selected intentions. How do I know? Well, I was there! And things started changing only after I started acting.
The remedy is also deceptively easy: start doing!
Finally
Ignorance, lack of balance, bad judgement and lack of action are habits that bar our way to financial health and keep us in debt. Changing these habits is hard but it is so worth it; in all senses of the word!
About the Author
Maria is the blogger behind The Money Principle: a personal finance blog that will ?make your head hurt and your wallet sing.? You can catch up with her on Twitter or FB.
Photo Credit: Stock Monkeys
Source: http://lenpenzo.com/blog/id19319-four-basic-habits-that-will-keep-you-mired-in-debt.html
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May 14, 2013 ? The commercial application of MEMS, or micro-electro-mechanical systems, will receive a major boost today following the presentation of a brand new way to accurately measure the power requirements and outputs of all existing and future devices. The cheap and easy to apply technique will be presented for the first time today at the TechConnect World Conference 2013 by a research team from Laboratoire national de m?trologie et d'essais (LNE) in France. The researchers believe it will help manufacturers improve product performance, develop new functionalities, reduce energy consumption of mass production, respond to market demands for miniaturization, and increase reliability of MEMS devices around the world.
MEMS are very small devices that can be used as remotely powered sensors to measure variations in the physical environment such as changes in force, light, or motion, or conversely as actuators that convert changes in energy back into motion. They generally range in size from 20 micrometres (20 millionths of a metre) to a millimetre and made up of components that interact with the outside environment such as microsensors, and a central unit that processes data allowing MEMS to make decisions based on the information they receive.
Today's applications are hugely varied but include:
Despite these niche applications, the commercial growth of MEMS devices since their first development 50 years ago hasn't met expectations. This is partly due to a lack of understanding of the potential power requirements and outputs of these tiny devices. The problem is for many applications of MEMS the mechanical components must be embedded in protective wafer-level packaging. Without a way to access the mechanical system itself without breaking it, it is difficult for developers or customers to understand how to best utilise their product.
To address this issue, Dr Alexandre Bounouh and colleagues at the Laboratoire national de m?trologie et d'essais (LNE) in France, developed a brand new experimental set-up to gain accurate information on mechanical values and properties of any MEMS device through electrical measurement. LNE is one of seven national research centres across Europe that makes up the Metrology for Energy Harvesting Project. The project, funded by the European Commission through the European Metrology Research Programme represents the first co-ordinated international attempt to apply the principles of metrology (measurement science) to energy harvesting products and materials.
Dr Bounouh's technique works by applying a current across the device with a varying frequency and allows you to analyse the harmonic content of the output voltage of the component parts. With some additional calculations the technique electrically determines all the mechanical characteristics of the MEMs device including the damping factor (a negative impact on the amplitude of oscillations), and the frequency that determines the maximum electrical power generation from mechanical vibrations of MEMS transducers.
"It's very easy and quick to make the measurement because all you are doing is connecting your system with two wires, applying a current and sampling the output signal," says Dr Bounouh. "This method doesn't require any big investment but still delivers very precise knowledge of the parameters and limits in the performance of your device and could easily be scaled up to measure large scale energy harvesting technologies across the microscopic and macroscopic scales" .
Since its development, several MEMS devices have been tested at LNE using the technique and their mechanical resonant frequencies have been measured with only a tiny uncertainty. In future Dr Bounouh and his colleagues believe the technique can be used to provide feedback on production methods that will allow manufacturers to design MEMS to the needs of each particular system they operate in. More accurate knowledge of the product output and energy requirements will also affect the choice of device from potential consumers who will now be able to select only those with optimised performance for their particular sector.
"Our accurate and traceable technique could be implemented for on-line production tests and measurements," adds Dr Bounouh. "This could deliver key competitive edge to EU companies and support large-scale manufacturing excellence by introducing metrological principles into industrial processes."
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President Barack Obama on Friday touted his health care law's benefits for women, whose response to the program the White House believes will be key to its success.
"So often [moms] put everything else before themselves," Obama said, tying the event, held in the White House East Room, to Mother's Day.?"And that?s particularly true when it comes to things like health care."
Mothers, he said, worry constantly about their children's potential health care bills, but his health care law, officially named the Affordable Care Act, will change all that.
"In a country as wealthy as this one, there was no reason why a family?s security should be determined by the chance of an illness or an accident. We decided to do something about it," he said.
The event helped launch a campaign the White House is undertaking to spread information about the program and get mothers to encourage their adult children to enroll in health care "exchanges."
There's "so much misinformation" surrounding the law, the president said on Friday, that "people may not have a sense of what the law actually does."
He noted that the 85 percent of people who already have insurance will not be affected by the program.
Hispanics and African-Americans will be major target groups for enrollment in the program, which is set to begin in October, a White House senior administration official said on Friday. But the White House believes young people are the single most important group for the success of the health care exchanges?where the noninsured can buy health insurance at competitive rates?which will be established by states and the federal government, the official said.
Stability for the program and the cost of insurance premiums is dependent upon young people: 2.7 million healthy 18- to 35-year-olds are not currently covered by insurance, according to the official. Participation by these young people will offset the higher costs of covering seniors. But the challenge is getting young and presumably healthy people to sign up.
That's where the White House says mothers come in: They'll be key to encouraging their sons and daughters to sign up, the official said.
The White House will conduct outreach at the local level, in part by using tools from the campaign trail, as well as relying on information disseminated by centers for Medicare and Medicaid services, hospitals, community health centers, local churches and community leaders, officials said.
Overall, the Congressional Budget Office projects 7 million enrollees in 2014.
Many Republicans have issued dire predictions about implementation of the law, and some Democrats have added their voices to those expressions of concern.
Obama conceded on Friday that there have been "mistakes and hiccups" already, and specifically identified the original release of a 21-page application as a misstep?one that received a widespread negative reaction. Obama said that the White House, which then released a three-page version, realized "we [could] do better than that."
The White House believes they'll have the upper hand in Republican attacks on Obamacare once people enroll. At that point, the official said, Republicans would look like they were trying to take health care insurance away from Americans.
In the meantime, Republicans are continuing their assault on the controversial program, with House Republicans planning a vote next week on whether to fully repeal the law.
?The president?s health care law is a train wreck for men and women alike, and that?s why a majority of Americans support Republican efforts to repeal it to protect their health care?and their jobs," House Speaker John Boehner said in a statement on Friday. "Next week, the House will act to repeal the law that is increasing health care costs, reducing access to quality health care, and making it harder for small businesses to hire workers. The entire law should be repealed so we can enact a step-by-step, common-sense approach to health care that starts with lowering costs and protecting American jobs.?
The vote in the House, however, is largely political theater.
Republicans have staged dozens of votes to repeal the law in whole or in part in the three years since the measure passed into law. Additionally, if a repeal measure did pass the Republican-controlled House, the Democratic-controlled Senate would kill the effort.
The president's event Friday was promoted in advance by the White House, but ended up being overshadowed by continued questions regarding the administration's handling of the 2011 attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi and an admission Friday by the IRS that the agency placed more scrutiny on potentially conservative groups among those applying for tax exempt status.
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Expansion of health insurance to everyone has been a primary liberal goal for decades.
And with Obamacare on the verge of implementation (things really get going last year) that outcome is closer than ever.
So in that context here are two interesting tweets from liberal NYT columnist Nick Kristoff:
The "Oregon Study" he's referring to is a landmark study that came out just this week (published in the New England Journal of Medicine) which found that expanded Medicaid may help the financial well being of those who get coverage, but that there aren't very big physical health results.
This isn't a big surprise to people who have followed the debate closely for a long time.
As Ross Douthat points out in the NYT, there have been studies showing this exact phenomenon before:
IN one of the most famous studies of health insurance, conducted across the 1970s, thousands of participants were divided into five groups, with each receiving a different amount of insurance coverage. The study, run by the RAND Corporation, tracked the medical care each group sought out, and not surprisingly found that people with more comprehensive coverage tended to make use of it, visiting the doctor and checking into the hospital more often than people with less generous insurance.
But the study also tracked the health outcomes of each group, and there the results were more surprising: With a few modest exceptions, the level of insurance had no significant effect on the participants? actual wellness.
That healthcare coverage does not necessarily equate to better health does not undermine the importance of healthcare. Paul Krugman snarked this week that fire insurance must be worthless, since it doesn't prevent fires.
Still, the latest study has revived the notion that perhaps healthcare should be more focused around preventing catastrophic financial outcomes, rather than providing a means for people to see the doctor more on someone else's tab. Alas with Obamacare about to be implemented, that debate might be irrelevant.
May 01
A brisk chat between Googlers and a media maven about the emerging Knowosphere.
May 01
A new view of the sky above, created by an artist for whom photographs are just the starting point.
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A new survey shows how extreme weather influences public attitudes on global warming.
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April 29
President Obama cheers on the National Academy of Sciences in its 150th year.
By 2050 or so, the human population is expected to reach nine billion, essentially adding two Chinas to the number of people alive today. Those billions will be seeking food, water and other resources on a planet where, scientists say, humans are already shaping climate and the web of life. In Dot Earth, which recently moved from the news side of The Times to the Opinion section, Andrew C. Revkin examines efforts to balance human affairs with the planet?s limits. Conceived in part with support from a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, Dot Earth tracks relevant developments from suburbia to Siberia. The blog is an interactive exploration of trends and ideas with readers and experts.
Access to cheap energy underpins modern societies. Finding enough to fuel industrialized economies and pull developing countries out of poverty without overheating the climate is a central challenge of the 21st century.
Enshrined in history as an untouchable frontier, the Arctic is being transformed by significant warming, a rising thirst for oil and gas, and international tussles over shipping routes and seabed resources.
Human advancement can be aided by curbing everyday losses like the millions of avoidable deaths from indoor smoke and tainted water, and by increasing resilience in the face of predictable calamities like earthquakes and drought.
Earth?s veneer of millions of plant and animal species is a vital resource that will need careful tending as human populations and their demands for land, protein and fuels grow.
Andrew C. Revkin began exploring the human impact on the environment nearly 30 years ago. An early stop was Papeete, Tahiti. This narrated slide show describes his extensive travels.
Many of the videos featured here can be found on Andrew Revkin?s channel on YouTube. Recent reader favorites:
How are climate change, scarcer resources, population growth and other challenges reshaping society? From science to business to politics to living, reporters track the high-stakes pursuit of a greener globe in a dialogue with experts and readers. Join the discussion at Green.
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A new government study says that an oil-rich region in the north-central United States holds more than twice the recoverable crude oil originally estimated five years ago.????
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