Forceful Raddatz draws praise as moderator
NEW YORK (AP) ? ABC's Martha Raddatz took a forceful approach to moderating Thursday's vice presidential debate, winning many positive reviews from instant pundits on social media but some complaints from Republicans.
Her performance was a clear contrast to PBS' Jim Lehrer's work in last week's debate between President Barack Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney. Lehrer let the presidential candidates talk almost freely, while Raddatz sought to be more specific and keep things under control.
Raddatz, a foreign policy correspondent at ABC News since 1999, was moderating her first vice presidential or presidential debate.
She stopped one exchange on the economy just at the point when Vice President Joe Biden and GOP candidate Paul Ryan had descended into bickering.
"I want to move on to Medicare and entitlements," she said. "I think we've gone over this quite enough."
She twice pressed Ryan for proposals when the congressman said a Romney administration would work to close tax loopholes that benefit the wealthy. "No specifics again," she said when the Republican did not lay out an agenda.
"Can you guarantee this math will add up?" she asked.
Later, Raddatz drew Biden's ire during a discussion on the war in Afghanistan by asking him whether the Taliban is taking advantage of the Obama administration's timeline for ending the war. She also questioned whether U.S. troops were being pulled out for political or military reasons.
Twitter was alight with praise for Raddatz, including some suggestions that she run for vice president.
"Martha Raddatz is no joke," tweeted CNN anchor Don Lemon. "Following up and in charge."
But some Republicans suggested Raddatz was being too quick to cut off Ryan and allowing Biden to interrupt the Republican. CNN's count of how much time each candidate spent talking was 41 minutes, 32 seconds for Biden and 40:12 for Ryan.
"Martha Raddatz is the worst moderator ever," Fox News Channel host Sean Hannity tweeted. "Maybe next time Paul Ryan should invite her to his wedding."
That was a reference to a story that circulated in conservative media earlier this week noting that when Raddatz married a Harvard law school student in 1991, one of the wedding guests was her new husband's fellow Harvard student and future U.S. president: Barack Obama. Raddatz and her husband, Julius Genachowski, divorced six years later.
The social media scorecard for Raddatz became more predictable as the debate went on, as Slate magazine noted in one tweet: "Liberals think Martha Raddatz is the best debate moderator ever, conservatives think the worst." Relief or happiness among Democrats at Biden's aggressive stance in contrast to Obama last week also seemed to affect opinions on Raddatz.
Toward the end of the debate, Raddatz introduced the issue of abortion with a personal, general question, asking the two Roman Catholic candidates how their faith affected their work in politics.
Her final question was whether either candidate had ever been embarrassed by the tone of the campaign. That drew a rebuke from Karl Rove, whose American Crossroads super PAC helps fund anti-Obama advertising. Rove tweeted that Raddatz's question was "her own personal editorial."
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Vikings defensive end Everson Griffen will be away from the team, after the sudden and unexpected death of his mother on Wednesday. Vikings coach Leslie Frazier said Griffen?s mother was visiting her son in the Twin Cities when she died. The cause is not yet known. The Vikings were in meetings when Eden Prairie contacted the Vikings, and broke the news to Griffen. ?As you can imagine, it was tough,? Frazier said, via Judd Zulgad of 1500ESPN.com. ?There was nothing that could have prepared him for that news. He wasn?t here [Thursday]. I?m not sure what his status will be going forward. ?Our prayers as an organization, as well as his teammates, are with him and his family. This is a difficult time for him, as you can imagine, and we?ll be there to support him as best we can. . . . He loved his mom, like we all do. And to have no clue that something like this was on the horizon it was tough. It?s still tough, obviously.? Griffen is tied for the team lead with three sacks, but has impressed the Vikings with his maturity after some off-field issues after his rookie season. ?Everson means a lot to me, like all our guys do, and I?ve seen the maturation in his life,? Frazier said. ?I told him that [Wednesday] night. I know his mom would be so proud of how he has grown up and become a young man that has made her very proud. It?s hard to see him hurting. I lost my mother not long ago, I know what that experience is like, and it?s hard. It?s hard.? Frazier said he didn?t know when Griffen would rejoin the team, leaving that up to him. ?It?s purely up to him when,? Frazier said. ?There?s no timetable. I explained that to him,? Frazier said. ?He needs to go through the grieving process properly and don?t be thinking about football. Just doing whatever he needs to do away from football. His mom was very, very close to him. This is going to be a tough deal for him.? Our thoughts are with Griffen and his entire family. richard hamilton howard stern americas got talent china aircraft carrier barbara walters most fascinating person 2011 golden globe nominations los angeles clippers los angeles clippers Published on October 10th, 2012 by: jenny82 in: Business Description: Every business and decision involves a certain amount of risk. Risk might cause a loss to a company. This does not mean, however, that businesses cannot take risks. As disengagement and risk aversion may result in missed business opportunities, which will lead to slower growth and reduced prosperity of a company. In today's increasingly complex and diverse environment, it is crucial to find the right balance between risk aversion and risk taking. To do this it is essential to understand the complex, out of the whole range of economic, technical, operational, environmental and social risks associated with the company's activities. However, risk management is about much more than merely avoiding or successfully deriving benefit from opportunities. Risk management is the identification, assessment, and prioritization of risks. Lastly, risk management helps a company to handle the risks associated with a rapidly changing business environment. If you really like this book and can not download it, you can buy it at Amazon for a special price to support the author. Book love. Source: http://www.ebookfree24.info/business/risk-management-current-issues-and-challenges/ Tony Sly Lauren Perdue tagged weather radar Heptathlon London 2012 shot put London 2012 Track And Field FILE ? Actress Lindsay Lohan (L) and mother Dina Lohan (Photo by Michael Buckner/Getty Images) MERRICK, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) ? Nassau County cops said no charges have been filed after they were called to the family home of Lindsay Lohan Wednesday on a report of argument between the starlet and her mother. Police said they received a 911 call just after 8 a.m. about a domestic situation at the Merrick home of Lohan?s mother Dina, 1010 WINS? Mona Rivera reported. Mom and daughter were having some sort of verbal argument,?but it was?not physical, police said. After a brief investigation, police said there was no criminality suspected and no charges were filed. A Nassau County police cruiser sits in front of the Merrick, NY home of Lindsay Lohan on Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012 (credit: Mona Rivera/1010 WINS) Last month, Lohan was arrested near the Dream Hotel in Chelsea for allegedly clipping a pedestrian with her car. She was?given a desk appearance ticket. Her court date is set for Oct. 23. She is still on informal probation for stealing a necklace from a jewelry store last year. Please share your thoughts below? 2012 masters the borgias shroud of turin warren sapp the masters i robot aaathe big c STOCKHOLM | STOCKHOLM Serge Haroche of France and American David Wineland, both 68, found ways to manipulate the very smallest particles of matter and light to observe strange behavior that previously could only be imagined in equations and thought experiments. Wineland has described his own work as a "parlor trick" that performed the seemingly magical feat of putting an object in two places at once. Other scientists praised the achievements as bringing to life the wildest dreams of science fiction. "The Nobel laureates have opened the door to a new era of experimentation with quantum physics by demonstrating the direct observation of individual quantum particles without destroying them," said the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, which awarded them the 8 million crown ($1.2 million) Nobel Prize in Physics. "Perhaps the quantum computer will change our everyday lives in this century in the same radical way as the classical computer did in the last century." Haroche said he was walking in the street with his wife when he recognized the Swedish country code on the incoming call to inform him of the award. "I saw the area code 46, then I sat down," he told reporters in Sweden by telephone. "First I called my children, then I called my closest colleagues, without whom I would never have won this prize," he said. Asked how he would celebrate, he said: "I will have champagne, of course." He told Reuters he hoped the prize would give him a platform "that will allow me to communicate ideas, not just in this field of research but for research in general, fundamental research". Physics is the second of this year's crop of awards; scientists from Britain and Japan shared the first prize on Monday, in medicine, for adult stem cell research. The prizes, which reward achievements in science, literature and peace, were first awarded in 1901 in accordance with the will of Swedish dynamite millionaire Alfred Nobel. WEIRDER ASPECTS "This year's Nobel Prize recognizes some of the most incredible experimental tests of the weirder aspects of quantum mechanics," said Jim Al-Khalili, professor of physics at the University of Surrey in Britain. "Until the last decade or two, some of these results were nothing more than ideas in science fiction or, at best, the wilder imaginations of quantum physicists. Wineland and Haroche and their teams have shown just how strange the quantum world really is and opened up the potential for new technologies undreamt of not so long ago." Quantum physics studies the behavior of the fundamental building blocks of the universe at a scale smaller than atoms, when tiny particles act in strange ways that can only be described with advanced mathematics. Researchers have long dreamt of building "quantum computers" that would operate using that mathematics - able to conduct far more complicated calculations and hold vastly more data than classical computers. But they could only be built if the behavior of individual particles could be observed. "Single particles are not easily isolated from their surrounding environment, and they lose their mysterious quantum properties as soon as they interact with the outside world," the Nobel committee explained. "Through their ingenious laboratory methods Haroche and Wineland, together with their research groups, have managed to measure and control very fragile quantum states, which were previously thought inaccessible for direct observation. The new methods allow them to examine, control and count the particles." Both scientists work in the field of quantum optics, studying the fundamental interactions between light and matter. The Nobel committee said they used opposite approaches to the same problem: Wineland uses light particles - or photons - to measure and control particles of matter - electrons - while Haroche uses electrons to control and measure photons. In one of the strange properties of quantum mechanics, tiny particles act as if they are simultaneously in two locations, based on the likelihood that they would be found at either, known as a "superposition". It was long thought that it would be impossible to demonstrate this in a lab. But Wineland's "parlor trick" was to hit an atom with laser light, which according to quantum theory would have a 50 percent chance of moving it, and observe the atom at two different locations, 80 billionths of a meter apart. In a normal computer, a switch must either be on or off. A quantum computer would work with switches that, like the particles in Wineland's experiment, behaved as if they were in more than one position at the same time. An example is a computer trying to work out the shortest route around town for a travelling salesman. A traditional computer might try every possible route and then choose the shortest. A quantum computer could do the calculation in one step, as if the salesman travelled each route simultaneously. ($1 = 6.6125 Swedish crowns) (Additional reporting by Sharon Begley, Patrick Lannin, Alistair Scrutton, Chris Wickham, Ben Hirschler and Nicholas Vinocur; Writing by Peter Graff; Editing by Will Waterman) michael mcdonald jon jones vs rashad evans earth day 2012 jon jones rashad evans ufc jones vs evans watergate mlb image credit: http://newartfunnywallpapersjokes.blogspot.com/2011/02/colorful-backgrounds-3d-fantasy-yours.html Last Wednesday I started talking about the concept of color intensity and how it can be used to integrate visual art, writing, and social studies.? Here are ways to connect theater, movement, music and science through that same concept. THEATER:? How do you make those colorful characters, real or fictitious, come alive on stage?? How do you make the spoken word more colorful? Try reading a line to your students without expression.? Then add an appropriate voice, then facial expression, then gesture and posture.? This is a great lesson in the actor?s tools of voice and body to add color to her/his performance.? Perhaps the character is not a colorful one and the lack of intensity is the character.? How does exaggeration of delivery in voice and body to portray the intensity of a character in theater relate to adding black or white to change a color?s intensity in art? MOVEMENT:? This theater connection relates so directly to dance or movement.? Create a simple movement like bending one leg and reaching with one arm.? By using that same idea of more or less exaggeration create a deeper or less deep bend in the leg or a longer or less long reach of the arm.? How does that change the intensity of the color of the movement?? Which version of the movement seemed more ?colorful??? As students create movement to demonstrate other concepts you study in the future, this lesson can help them revise their choreography to make it more effective. MUSIC:? Now the students are primed to explore ?timbre? or color in music. Have them listen to Danny Kaye?s recording of the Hans Christian Andersen story ?Tubby the Tuba.?? In the recording, a melody is tossed around the orchestra played by violins, piccolos, cellos and finally by Tubby who is tired of playing ?oom-pahs? and longs for a melody of his own.? It?s a great way to hear how the timbre of the instruments change how the sound ?looks? to the mind?s eye.? Which instrument was the most colorful or had the greatest intensity?? Why might a composer choose one instrument over another to play a melody? SCIENCE:? That leads us to the science of color and sound.? What is it that actually makes one instrument sound different from another?? Why does the violin sound so different from a cello and create such a different color in the sound?? And what is color anyway?? This led me to looking for different websites that discuss the science of color for elementary, middle, and high school students.? Here are a few that I found to help you explore those questions with your students! http://www.brainpop.com/science/energy/rainbows/preview.weml http://www.mhschool.com/science/2000/student/5/review/summary/5-3-6-6.html http://www.thetech.org/exhibits/online/color/intro/ http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/vision/newtcol.html I hope these ideas of connecting curriculum through the concept of intensity of color inspire you to find other ways to connect and integrate the arts in your teaching! david stern david stern julian beever appeasement ian stewart ian stewart odom Many of us may have liked the prospect of Western Digital's My Book Thunderbolt Duo, but there's no doubt some of us who discovered that even 6TB just wouldn't cut it. If that digital pack rat mentality describes you, the solution is here: the company has taken advantage of larger 4TB hard disks to stuff a total 8TB of storage into the Duo's enclosure. 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Source: http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/PW1EPMn1ouQ/ kate middleton mitt romney denver broncos amanda bynes Revolution TV Show Carly Rae Jepsen bankofamerica By Administrator on Oct 9, 2012 in Finance Forex trading has managed to gain a lot in terms of being popular and interest in the last few years mainly because of the automated trading forex. The market which was open to financial institutions and banks is now luring to even medium and small time investors. A forex market is a place where the currency of one particular country is being traded with the currency of another country. Such trades do happen around the clock having transactions of maybe even trillion dollars each day, making this one of the biggest and active financial market. Manual forex is benificial in the fact that you may be provided with a coach or customer service or anything else that a person can provide for you. Having a one on one coach can sometimes be better to have than use ea forex because you may find that your coach can guide you through finding all of the vital information it takes to use forex trading in the first place. However nobody does anything for free, so you may find it difficult to find a coach that will help you for free. This may present a problem when you are looking into the trade market. Also customer service can be reliable when there is a system update or a question you may have that the system is not answering for you. When you do forex trding through a coach data is analyzed when the coach sends a manual signal which can provide for a somewhat bad problem that ea forex does not give you. When investing in gold and participating in gold forex trading investors usually make their purchases and trades based on the price per ounce. With gold forex trading investors buy as many pieces of gold based on the price per ounce and then hope that it increases in value and then sell it. This is similar to stocks where it is price per share, whereas with gold it is price per ounce. During gold forex trading, investors are given the opportunity to short sell gold in case of a down commodities market. In this case a trader usually buys gold if they believe that the price will go up and sell short if they believe that it will go down. Brokers are another aspect to take in consideration when you make money forex. Some brokers offer things that other brokers do not. Some brokers do not have a good platform. A slow unresponsive platform can really eat away at your profits when you make money forex. You need to make sure you look up reviews and bogs about your broker and their platform to make sure you choose the right broker for you. Today there are two major types of auto forex trading. One of them is the robotic forex trading. This is a type of trading where by there is a computer program that is set and it decides on the characteristics of the orders like the time and quantity and the program goes ahead and commences the order automatically. Therefore the buyer is not able to interfere with the order. The second type of auto forex trading is the signal based auto trading. This is whereby the orders are done manually by the traders in the forex market by the use of signals, and these signals are available to any one concerned Different expert advisors for forex have different ways of working out what they consider to be a successful system. For some, it is in the free one that brings a little profit, and for others you should be prepared to pay for a system that will bring much greater profit. So it is up to you to decide on what expert advisor for forex to settle for before buying. {resource_box_spinable} Source: http://www.mylife-coach.net/5798/automated-trading-forex/ ron paul money bomb ron paul money bomb bon vivant zynga ipo zynga ipo sam hurd arrested roddy white Tip One: Make Communication a Priority Whether a car or plane ride away, communication is the glue that will hold your connection together.? It is important that you both are honest and leave nothing to conjecture or assumption.? While life happens, try to make an effort to call or text when you say you will, and use your time to communicate positively and affectionately. Tip Two: Visit Often Mind you, the term ?visit? is relative.? A ?visit? may include face-to-face interaction, as well as Skype, Face Time, or other virtual platforms.? Visiting allows the person to see you, and to get an idea of who you are when they are not around.? While you don?t have to look like a supermodel at every interaction, make sure that you look like you would for any date?whatever that means to you. Tip Three: Set standards for your relationship early This is a great conversation to have once you?ve decided to enter the unique and exciting world of the LDR.? Please note that standards are not rules, and because such is the case, there is no punishment for ?breaking? them; however, these are simply mutually agreed upon guidelines that allow both your individual and collective needs to be met within the relationship.? Your standards can include everything from how often you will visit, to when you will visit face to face and how much (or little) time can elapse before we see each other again. 1. What was the biggest challenge for you with the distance? Jennifer: Not being able to see him when I want. When the chemistry began, I wanted to know what it felt like to be around him. Wanting to know if the chemistry would be the same in person as it was long distance. Omar: Not being able to see or feel her or have her scent 2. How did you stay connected when you were apart? Jennifer: Communication!! I can?t stress this enough. When you don?t have that face-to-face communication, it forces you to connect in other ways. We talked pretty much everyday either by phone, Skype. or email. Mainly by phone or Skype. And often, too. Not like we had to talk to each other 10 times a day. We had lives and things to do, but we just liked talking to each other; therefore, we spoke several times during the day. Even if it was just to say ?Hey, I was just thinking about you. Hope you?re having a good day.? Keeping communication open is important. Omar: A lot of talking & plenty of phone sex. 3. Jennifer ? What did Omar do to make you feel secure with the distance? I think one of the things Omar did was to be honest with me. Honest about his past relationships and views on relationships in general and what he wanted in a wife. I just didn?t think that he would be the kind of man who had someone else on the side while trying to talk to me. But, I was secure in myself that even if he was that kind of man, I would of felt like it would be HIS loss b/c he couldn?t get anyone better if he tried. 4. Omar ? What did Jennifer do to keep you pursuing her in spite of the distance. She kept it mysterious, always had me wondering what we were gonna talk about next or what she wanted next 5. What advice would you like to share. Jennifer: You never know where love will find you; so, have an open heart. Never thought I?d meet someone on Facebook. Furthest thing on my mind. But, I?m glad I gave Omar a chance. Omar: Love lives in strange places & it will find you when you least expect it or in my case where you least expect it. You don?t choose who to love, love if it finds you worthy will direct your path. In conclusion, an LDR is like any other relationship.? To work, it requires the efforts of both parties involved, as well as a committed to overcoming the challenges that being in two different places can bring.? It is not for those who refuse to compromise, or communicate?but, then again, no relationship is?but can be a beautiful experience for two people willing to go the distance (Pun intended!). ? ? Source: http://blackloveforum.com/long-distance-relationship-advice-to-making-and-keeping-the-connection/ the hobbit movie trailer xfactor frankincense cloudy with a chance of meatballs the hobbit movie hanukkah gpa calculator When it is summertime, it is time for soothing cold drinks as they are highly refreshing; it is a good idea to try vegetables based blender drinks. 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Distance makes the heart grow fonder?or yonder.? When dealing with the dating phenomenon of a long distance relationship (or, LDR, for short), there are a few things to be considered.? A personal fan of the LDR myself, I have heard and experienced firsthand the pros and cons of such a relationship, and as such is the case, here are a few tips to keeping things, ?fond? between the two of you.
We took the time to question a recently married couple (over 40) who met online.? Here is what Omar Birch and Jennifer Cash Birch had to say:
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The yummy fruits like mango, peaches, berries, melon, plums, cherries and grapes can be added to frozen yogurt, soy or regular milk to create delicious smoothies which are not expensive and at the same time a refreshing food for summer months. Add the diced fresh fruits to your salad and make it special.
It is important to include fiber, vitamins and minerals in the diet and therefore, eating spinach, arugula, chard and kale is a good idea. Rather than deep fry, it is wise to go for stir fry, grilled or salad, whatever you like.
Summer months are tough and our body loses a lot of energy due to excessive heat during this period. Therefore, it is all the more important to keep the body cool and refreshed. Avoiding oily and high calorie junk diet during this period and opting for something cool, refreshing and energy giving food we can stay well and avoid feeling sick and tired.
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