Three things that hurt US vs. Brazil

• Where the big problem on the U.S. back line lies now

Remember when we all sat around straining our brains to fix the gaping hole along the back line, the one at left back? Timmy Chandler came along ? and then dumped us like a cheating girlfriend. No matter, though, because Fabian Johnson rode in to the timely rescue. The Hoffenheim man has little wrong over two matches, strong in one-on-one defending, reasonably well positioned, troublesome on the attack, etc.

But there?s still a bugger of a problem back there; the trouble spot just shifted into the middle.

I?ve already written the early, brutal details about Oguchi Onyewu?s night to forget. He was a little better in the second half ? until the moment when he was late stepping forward, leaving Tim Howard stranded to stop an unchallenged shot that turned into No. 4.

Carlos Bocanegra still has something to offer, but his speed will become an increasingly liability unless Jurgen Klinsmann can find a quality partner to situate alongside him, one with a little more speed. Maybe it?s Clarence Goodson. Or maybe it can be Cameron with a little more top-level experience.

Either way, the case is being built that it just isn?t Onyewu.

• The imperfect midfield fix

The United States still has spots that are weak and vulnerable. Center back is not the only one.

The midfield mix was good enough against Scotland, but suffered severely Wednesday. Much of the trouble can be traced to Jermaine Jones, who lost too many balls, took way too long to catch the pace of the game (much faster than Saturdays) and wasn?t in the right spots, providing the requisite cover at the moments his team needed it most.

Meanwhile, Michael Bradley had another strong match. Mostly, at any rate.

More from U.S.-Brazil:?
Match report: United States 1-4 Brazil?
Bradley gets PST?s USMNT Man of the Match

There are times when Bradley didn?t move out of the center channel to pressure (or better yet, forcefully eliminate) a Brazilian advance. It underscores a point I think we?re all learning: he?s not a defensive midfielder. Not that he can?t be serviceable there, but it?s not Bradley?s ideal positioning.

Bradley has evolved into a two-way man, and a darn good one. I know the Jose Torres backers may take issue, but Bradley is the best passer on the U.S. team. His ball into Fabian Johnson to start the U.S. goal was pinpoint perfect. Looking back over his body of work in the U.S. shirt, who can deny what he offers going forward, in arranging goals and scoring them?

The three-man arrangement looked better Saturday when Edu was the holding screener and Bradley?s starting positions were higher up the field. (Wednesday, Edu and Jones played ahead of Bradley in the triangle.)

• Too much whining, not enough ?getting on with it.?

The United States looked a little undone by the early penalty kick decision. Good call or bad, they have to get past it.

Landon Donovan was complaining too much, throwing his arms around when he needed total focus on that bunch of yellow wizards. He must have thought he was back in the L.A. Galaxy uniform; they do a lot of that stuff.

Donovan struggled to get anything going against Marcelo, among the globe?s top left backs, so some frustration may be understandable. Then again, as the most experienced U.S. man, he?s got to provide a better example.

Jones kicked into his bad old habit of lashing out temperamentally, crunching Neymar along the sideline.

Bradley has trimmed that petulant element from his game, and thankfully so. Jones, 30, may be what he is, unable to turn that stuff off at this point. It?s another reason Klinsmann would do well to keep looking for a third central midfielder.

Bottom line: this is big boy soccer, and the stakes will rise dramatically in just over a week. Things won?t always go the U.S. way, and they just have to get on with it.

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'Prometheus' Featurette: Meet The Ship Behind The Myth

With the release of "Prometheus" only a week and a half away, Fox has unveiled a new featurette for the movie that focuses on the ship itself. And while the style and shape of the vehicle are all very interesting, we find writer Damon Lindelof's reasoning for why the movie is named after the ship [...]

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WoW Mounts and Other Cool Stuff

Posted: 29 May 2012 12:21 PM PDT

I'm sure that every player would like to have at least one or two cool WoW mounts, pets and gear for Transmogrification. If you have no idea what cool stuff to add to your collections these days, maybe some of the following will become your next goal. The Sea Turtle Mount.

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With $1.3M In New Funding, CodeGuard Launches Its Free Website Backup, Monitoring Service

At TechCrunch Disrupt NYC last May, the unanimous winner of the "Audience Choice" award was a young, Atlanta-based startup called CodeGuard. The startup caught the audience's attention based on a simple value proposition: To become a "time machine for your website." In other words, CodeGuard's free service allows any site owner to back up their website and revert to earlier versions, while monitoring for infections. After months of tweaking and beta testing, today CodeGuard is officially pulling back the curtain on a new-and-improved service, backed by a fresh $1.3 million in funding from Imlay Investments and a host of angel investors, including Palaniswamy Rajan, Bert Ellis, Tom Noonan, Matt Chanoff, and Merrick Furst.

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China?s unexpected difficulties are starting to unnerve world markets, especially commodity markets

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Former Apple Employee: ?People Are Embarrassed By Siri?

Posted by Arron on 25 May 2012 @ 6:11 PM

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Arriving as perhaps a rare insight into the inner workings of the company, speaking to Fortune earlier this week, Adam Lashinsky, cited that a ?former insider? at the firm had noted to him that ? if Jobs was still around today ? the CEO would have ?lost his mind over Siri.?

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According to the report, Steve would have been so shocked at how the feature functioned for the end-user, questions are now surfacing surrounding whether or not the virtual assistant itself was launched prematurely to make Apple?s iPhone 4S introduction.

CNN reports:

The ultimate ?tell? of tectonic changes at Apple will be the quality of its products. Those looking for deficiencies have found them in Siri, a less-than-perfect product that Apple released with the rare beta label in late 2011, a signal that the service shouldn?t be viewed as fully baked. Siri?s response time has been slow, meaning the servers and software powering it are inadequate. ?People are embarrassed by Siri,? says one former insider. ?Steve would have lost his mind over Siri.?

Earlier today we began a poll to determine the general felling among you, our readers, as to your satisfaction level of Siri on a personal level.

As of writing, we can reveal that 41.03% of you believe the feature is ?Flaky,? ? (although you note this was generally expected from a product still in ?Beta?) ? while 30.77% of you believe Siri does everything Apple says it does ? (and well).

Leaving 28.21% of you ?disappointed? with the feature and wanting more.

/ AppleInsider

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Tropical Storm Beryl makes landfall on Fla. coast

Tropical Storm Beryl has made landfall in northeastern Florida, bringing drenching rains and driving winds to the southeastern U.S. coast, forecasters said.

The National Hurricane Center in Miami reported that the center of Beryl made landfall near Jacksonville Beach at around 12:10 a.m., with near-hurricane-strength winds of 70 mph (113 kph). The hurricane center reported late Sunday that the weather system was in the process of making landfall.

"There are strong rain bands that are rotating around the center of the storm..." forecaster Al Sandrik said in an audio statement on the NHC website.

The weather system is expected to continue dumping rain over parts of Florida and Georgia on Monday. It is expected to weaken as it moves inland and become a tropical depression by Monday night, and then moves out to sea.

Tropical storm warnings were in effect for the entire Georgia coastline, as well as parts of Florida and South Carolina.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott urged Florida residents in the affected areas to "stay alert and aware."

"Tropical Storm Beryl is expected to bring heavy rain and winds, and it is vital to continue to monitor local news reports and listen to the advice of local emergency management officials," Scott said in a statement early Sunday evening.

Beryl was expected to bring 4 to 8 inches of rain to parts, with some areas getting as much as 12 inches. Forecasters predict the storm surge and tide will cause significant coastal flooding in northeastern Florida, Georgia and southern South Carolina.

The weather system could complicate holiday traffic on Monday. It wrecked some Memorial Day weekend plans on Sunday, causing shoreline campers to pack up and head inland and leading to the cancellation of some events.

Campers at Cumberland Island, Ga., which is reachable only by boat, were told to leave by 4:45 p.m. Sunday. The island has a number of undeveloped beaches and forests popular with campers.

However, many people seemed determined to make the best of the soggy forecast.

At Greyfield Inn, a 19th-century mansion and the only private inn on Cumberland Island, the rooms were nearly full Sunday and everyone was planning to stay put through the wet weather, said Dawn Drake, who answered the phone at the inn's office on the Florida coast.

In Jacksonville, Fla., Sunday's jazz festival and Memorial Day ceremony were canceled. Workers were also out clearing tree limbs and debris that could be tossed about by the storm's winds. Winds had already knocked down tree limbs and power lines in parts of coastal Georgia, leaving hundreds without electricity.

But business was booming at the Red Dog Surf Shop in New Smyrna Beach, Fla., where customers flocked to buy boards and wax in anticipation of the storm's high waves. Officials along the coast warned of rip currents, waves and high tides ? all of which can be dangerous but also tend to attract adventurous surfers. The waters had already become dangerous in South Carolina, where rescuers were searching for a missing swimmer.

The Coast Guard said three people and a dog were rescued from a sinking recreational vehicle by crews in Charleston Harbor late Sunday morning.

"There were wave heights of roughly four feet, the waves started depositing water in the boat and the boat started to get overwhelmed, it started to sink," Petty Officer Christopher Evanson, a Coast Guard spokesman, told the Associated Press. "The Coast Guard was able to get on scene, get alongside the boat and disembark the passengers.

Evanson said the Guard is "trying to convince boaters and swimmers alike to stay away from the water. It's very dangerous right now and we're trying to stay vigilant and we're out there trying to ensure that everybody is safe.

In Jacksonville Beach, Fernando Sola said business was booming at his Happy Faces Ice Cream truck. A bus- full of tourists from South Carolina had stopped to buy some ice cream and watch the storm waters churn.

"There are actually more people than on a normal day. It's working out great," said Sola, taking a few moments away from scooping ice cream to people lined up in front of his truck.

Steady, heavy winds kicked up sand across the area, forcing onlookers to shield themselves with towels.

Jessica Smith and Chester Jaheeb decided to brave the waters despite many warnings for people to stay out. Jaheeb, who was born in India but lives in Jacksonville, said he had never experienced a tropical storm before.

"We were at a certain part that started pulling us out, like the rip current, so we decided to come to shore," said Smith, 17.

Taylor Anderson, captain of Jacksonville Beach's American Red Cross Volunteer Lifesaving Corps., said his lifeguards went body-surfing early Sunday to get acclimated with the surf conditions for what looked to be a long day. They also reviewed methods to determine where there might be riptides.

"They look for discoloration, the water moving paradoxically back to sea, and our lifeguards are trained to spot that, to keep people away from that, especially when the surf is this high. It makes those run-outs very dangerous. People can get sucked into those very fast, especially with the high surf and the high wind," he said.

Though the weather was calm earlier Sunday, Anderson's lifeguards began preparing other equipment in the morning. They packed sandbags in front of the entrances to the oceanfront Red Cross lifeguard station and pulled lifeguard stands off the beach.

As the winds picked up, officials hung two red flags, one warning of dangerous ocean conditions and the other notifying beachgoers that swimming was prohibited. But a lot of people ignored the warnings. By 3:30 p.m., Anderson said, lifeguards had made 150 "preventions," meaning lifeguards ordered 150 people out of the water, though no rescues were necessary.

One of the people ordered out the water was Christian Siciliano, 14, of Jacksonville Beach. The surfer said the waves were too rough for surfing so he, his brother and a friend decided to go boogey-boarding.

"We just went out to, like, mess around," Christian said. "It was really rough. I didn't make it out too far, about 10 feet."

He said the waves were so powerful it was difficult to paddle against them. Then lifeguards raced to the area and ordered him and the two other youths from the water.

Bars and restaurants along Jacksonville Beach's oceanside roads were enjoying booming business, with outside decks crowded with people listening to music, drinking and watching the weather. At Joe's Crab Shack, which has a deck facing the Atlantic Ocean, the Bee Gees' "Stayin' Alive" blasted from outside speakers.

Joe Murphy, a spokesman for the Ritz Carlton in Amelia Island, Fla., said he was not seeing a flood of checkouts or people trying to get off the island. Outdoor dining had been moved inside and the hotel set up movies and family game activities, but the hotel had no plans to board up or move patio furniture inside.

The southeastern U.S. wasn't the only part of the country dealing with troublesome weather.

In Washington, the annual Memorial Day concert on the National Mall Sunday night was cut short as a line of thunderstorms approached the District of Columbia from the northwest. Mike Musher of the National Weather Service said the thunderstorms developed over Pennsylvania as part of the weather system that created record high temperatures in the Midwest over the weekend.

On Tybee Island, a barrier island not far from Savannah, water off the beaches was closed for swimming Sunday. Tybee Island fire Chief C.L. Sasser said winds of up to 42 mph were creating "horrendous water currents." Only people with flotation devices strapped or tethered to their bodies were being allowed into the water, and they were being cautioned not to venture in farther than knee deep.

"Even if you're standing in waist-deep water, the current can sweep you out quickly," he said.

His ocean rescue team pulled a total of 48 people from the water on Saturday, he said, including about 27 that were considered to be in life-threatening conditions. One man who was sucked under the water was rescued by friends and onlookers and was taken to the hospital in serious condition.

A band of showers soaked the beaches late Sunday morning, causing crowds to thin, Sasser said. With alternating rainy and sunny weather forecast throughout the day, he said he expected the crowds on the sands to ebb and flow.

In South Carolina, Janice Keith with the Myrtle Beach Area Convention and Visitors Bureau said Sunday that the office hadn't fielded any calls from concerned tourists.

In Beaufort County, emergency management deputy director David Zeoli said officials were continuing to monitor the storm and encourage people to have a plan in case conditions get worse.

Zeoli said winds had kicked up in the area that includes Hilton Head Island, a popular golf and beach destination. "It's just a wet day here," he said.

___

Kennedy reported from Miami. Brumback reported from Atlanta. Meg Kinnard contributed to this report from Columbia, S.C., and Jackie Quinn contributed from Washington, D.C.

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Microsoft To Build Windows Phone Camera Systems Specifically For Skype

May 26th, 2012 by Manan

I stumbled upon a senior hardware engineer job posting by Microsoft specifically for?Windows Phone camera and Skype. The current Skype experience on Windows Phone is horrible, which is a little ironic since Microsoft bought Skype but since the acquisition happened while Windows Phone Mango was already on its way out, Microsoft cannot be blamed. However, it was clear that Microsoft has serious plans for Skype integration in Windows Phone and as the job posting I came across indicates, the company is ready to go deep into the phone?s hardware components to offer a better experience.

The senior hardware engineer with comprehensive skills in working with camera architecture like CMOS sensors and System on Chip architecture will work on developing testing scenarios and camera systems specifically to work with Skype. The key responsibility from the position description:

The Camera Chief Engineer is responsible for research, design, development, test, and qualification of camera hardware for Skype products. The ideal candidate will take leadership roles in development of very high performance compact camera products.

Duties include developing architecture for camera systems, working with a multi-disciplinary team to develop performing both lab type and production type testing and software (including image quality, electrical and mechanical testing) for camera system/module/component performance evaluation including CMOS sensor pixel, lens quality, actuator system, illumination technology and ISPs etc., performing testing/data analysis on benchmark products.

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Full UFC 146 Results ? Dos Santos vs. Mir Supercard!

By Ryan Clark on Sunday, May 27th, 2012 at 12:14 AM EST

Credit: Jeffrey Harris

INTRODUCTION:

We are live on press row at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas for UFC 146!

Intros for the first preliminary fight begin at approximately 3:15PM PST.

Mike Goldberg and Joe Rogan are of course your broadcast team for tonight as we go to the octagon for our first fight. The first fight begins at 3:45PM PST.

Featherweight Bout: Mike Brown (1445 lbs. 25-8) vs. Daniel Pineda (146 lbs. 17-7)

ROUND ONE: The two fighters circle up. Pineda goes in with a head kick attempt and slips. They start trading punches. Brown lands on an overhand right. Pineda fires in witha nice punching combination and hits Brown with a knee. Brown shoots in and is able to get a takedown on Pineda to the other end of the cage. Brown almost gets side control, but Pineda is able to switch the positions and sweeps to the top of Brown. Brown works back to his feet. Brown separates the clinch with a right hand. They trade some punches. Pineda shoots in for a takedown, but Brown is able to counter into a hip throw and gets Pineda to the ground. Brown lands a few punches in the half-guard before the end. It was a close round, but Brown finished it stronger in the end and had more control on the ground.

SCORECARD: Mike Brown, 10-9. Overall, Mike Brown, 10-9.

ROUND TWO: The former featherweight champion in Brown hurts Pineda with a big left hook. Pineda retaliates for a takedown and Brown looks for a guillotine choke. They work back up and Brown is able to slam Pineda down. Pineda is able to sweep the position and looks for a headlock on Brown. Brown stands them up and they clinch against the fence. Brown tees off on Pineda and lands some solid shots to the body. They go back to the center of the cage. Brown lands on an another overhand right shot but slips on a kick. Brown quickly gets back up and lands some punches on the head of Pineda when he mistimes a takedown shot. Brown works in the full guard and lands some punches and elbow strikes as it looks like Brown has effectively taken the second round.

SCORECARD: Mike Brown, 10-9. Overall, Mike Brown 20-18.

ROUND THREE: Brown looks to have been cut open from an elbow shot by Pineda in the second which we see in the replay. Brown shoots in on Pineda against the face. It looks like a knee strike hurt Pineda who doubles over to the mat. Brown takes top position in the half-guard of Pineda and starts landing some ground strikes. Brown works to pass guard but Pineda is able to hang on. Pineda is able to get full guard, but Brown is still firmly in control and winning the fight. Brown continues to land some ground strikes. Pineda however is able to transition and gets the hooks on Brown and looks for a rear naked choke. Pineda switches to a figure-four body lock and tries for the choke, but Brown is able to defend. Pineda swings in come punches, but he is unable to finish or submit Brown. Impressive rally by Pineda, but I don?t think it was enough to take back the fight.

SCORECARD: 10-10, Draw. Overall, Mike Brown 30-28.

OFFICIAL RESULT: Mike Brown by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).

Light Heavyweight Bout: Kyle Kingsbury (205 lbs. 11-3, 1NC) vs. Glover Teixeira (204 lbs. 17-2)

ROUND ONE: They come out trading punches hard. Teixeira drops Kingsbury and starts raining down punishment. Teixeira gets full mount and eats more punches on the ground from Teixeira. Kingsbury tries to escape, but Teixeira locks him down with an arm triangle choke attempt. Teixeira switches over to the side and Kingsbury taps as that is all.

OFFICIAL RESULT: Glover Teixeira by submission (arm triangle choke) at 1:53 in Round 1.

-Rogan is with Teixeira. Teixeira thanks all the people behind him and in his corner. He says he is happy to be here and happy to win. He also says he has a green card now and he?s ?here for good.?

-An extremely impressive debut by Teixeira. His striking looked incredibly sharp and he showed he?s dangerous on the ground as well.

Lightweight Bout: Jacob Volkmann (155 lbs. 14-2) vs. Paul Sass (156 lbs. 12-0)

ROUND ONE: Volkmann gets Sass down to the ground early and tries to apply a guillotine choke. Sass is able to defend it as Volkmann works in the guard. Sass works for a triangle choke and is able to grab the arm. Sass finishes it and Volkmann taps!

OFFICIAL RESULT: Paul Sass by Submission (triangle choke/armbar) at 1:54 in Round 1.

-Paul Sass talks through his submission win with Joe Rogan.

-Preliminary card fighter Mike Brown had to say the following: ?I feel good the job is done. There was nothing fancy out there but its another paycheck and another ?W?.? ? Sent by UFC

-Preliminary card fighter Daniel Pineda had the following comments: ?He?s a strong fighter. Everyone was telling me how strong he was and they were all right. Once I was on the bottom I could feel his strength. I did my best. Congrats to Mike.? ? Sent by UFC

-We now move to the FX for the next set of preliminary card fights.

Welterweight Bout: Dan Hardy (170 lbs. 23-10, 1NC) vs. Duane Ludwig (171 lbs. 29-12)

ROUND ONE: They trade strikes. Ludwig wobbles Hardy with some punches and Hardy clinches up with Ludwig and moves him against the cage. Hardy separates the clinch with a nice left hook. Ludwig lands on an outside legkick. Ludwig lands on a knee strike to the body and Hardy again pushes the clinch against the fence. They separate. Hardy lands with a big left hook and Ludwig goes down. Hardy pounces on Ludwig with some elbow strikes on the ground. The referee calls it off and it is over as Hardy finally ends his UFC losing streak.

OFFICIAL RESULT: Dan Hardy by knockout at 3:51 in Round 1.

-Dan Hardy is with Joe Rogan. Hardy says he really respected Ludwig throughout his career and deserves everyone?s respect. Hardy talks about his team around him and moving to Vegas and that he is glad to be back. This was a great, impressive win by Hardy over an experienced and longtime veteran. This will at least keep him in the UFC for now and hopefully he finally has his confidence back.

-Preliminary card fighter Glover Teixeira had the following comments: ?I?m really happy a debut in the UFC feels like my debut in MMA. It was that exciting to me. I?m just so happy to be here and after Dana?s speech last night I just went out there and decided to go for it. I wanted him to remember my fight, and me.? ? Sent by the UFC

-Preliminary card fighter Kyle Kingsbury had the following comments: ?Glover caught me with a good one and I was on the defensive from there on out. He was faster than I expected? Faster than he looked on tape.? ? Sent by the UFC

-Preliminary card fighter Paul Sass had the following comments: ?I thought this was a big test. I trained two to three times a day with no breaks. This is my biggest victory by far. I never get nervous for fights but today fighting in Las Vegas in the fight capital of the world at the MGM Grand I was definately nervous. I thought toward the end of the submission he might be able to slip out but I was able to seal it up and get the win.?

-Preliminary card fighter Jacob Volkmann had the following comments: ?What is there to take away from this fight. I had my elbows out and he got me in a triangle. Not much I can say.?

Middleweight Bout: Jason Miller (185 lbs. 34-9, 1NC) vs. CB Dollaway (186 lbs. 12-5)

-Mayhem comes out in a crazy outfit. He?s got a paper bag over his head with a big toothy grin drawn on it and a beige, hunting type of vest.

ROUND ONE: Mayhem rocks Dollaway and jumps into a guillotine choke. Mayhem tries to cinch it on but Dollaway is able to escape just as Rogan says Dollaway got choked out. Dollaway recovers and gets on top of Mayhem. They get back up and Dollaway takes Mayhem down. Mayhem works back to his feet. Mayhem swings hard with his punches and tries to remain the aggressor. Dollaway rocks Mayhem with a punch and Mayhem goes down. Dollaway attacks and lands some haymaker punches as Mayhem ties to move and defend. Dollaway keeps the waist of Mayhem locked. They move back toward the fence. Dollaway keeps Mayhem on the ground and neutralizes him. Dollaway turns the position over and gets full mount. Mayhem is able to turn it over and works his way back to his feet. Dollaway before the end of the round. A strong early flurry by Mayhem, but Dollaway took back control of the round as it looks like Mayhem has gassed.

SCORECARD: 10-9, CB Dollaway. Overall CB Dollaway, 10-9.

ROUND TWO: Rogan and Goldberg think Mayhem might have tweaked or blown out his knee in the first round. Dollaway lands a nice jab early in the second. Dollaway hits Mayhem with an uppercut and shoves off a takedown attempt. Mayhem rocks Dollaway with a punch, and Mayhem gives chase. Mayhem isn?t able to capitalize. Dollaway recovers and takes Mayhem back to the ground and stays away from a guillotine choke. Dollaway keeps the position clinched against the fence. Mayhem tries to sprawl out of it and looks for another guillotine choke. Dollaway is able to finish the takedown. Dollaway takes back control and grinds out Mayhem on the ground. The crowd is not too happy with the lack of great activity, but Dollaway is working and landing some ground strikes. Dollaway continues working and keeps top position until the end of the round. Mayhem had some strong moments but whenever he hurts Dollaway he is unable to capitalize and finish.

SCORECARD: 10-9, CB Dollaway. Overall CB Dollaway, 20-18.

ROUND THREE: Dollaway shoots in for the takedown again. Mayhem tries to defend, but Dollaway finishes it and moves Mayhem against the fence. Dollaway traps Mayhem?s hand behind the back in a handcuff position (per Joe Rogan). Dollaway continues his smother and neutralize game of Mayhem. They get back up and Dollaway yet again slams Mayhem to the ground and gets Mayhem?s back. Dollaway gets full mount on the back of Mayhem. Miller is flattened out as Dollaway swings down some hammerfist punches. Mayhem continues to eat a lot of punches which he isn?t defending. Dollaway goes to full mount and lays in the position until the end. The clock runs out and Dollaway has defeated Mayhem Miller.

SCORECARD: 10-9, CB Dollaway. Overall CB Dollaway, 30-27.

OFFICIAL RESULT: CB Dollaway by Unanimous Decision (29-28, 30-26, )

-Dollaway is with Rogan. Dollaway said the plan was to stand and trade with Mayhem and he got hurt in the second round. Dollaway mentioned he recently had hip surgery and this was a tough fight to come back to from surgery. Dollaway says what is next for him is up to the UFC.

-Prelim card fighter Dan Hardy made the following comments following his fight: It felt great out there. You can put all the work in and if it goes wrong for 15 minutes then none of it matters. I?ve had a bad run. I took some time off and then I changed everything ? new team, new training. It feels great. When you connect with the right shot you know its over. I put my arms up in celebration a little prematurely but when he looked back up I wasn?t going to let it slip away so I went in and got the finish.? ? Sent by the UFC

-Prelim card fighter Duane Ludwig made the following comments: ?I got reaching with my right hand. I want to get back in there as soon as possible.? ? Sent by the UFC

Lightweight Bout: Edson Barboza (155 lbs. 10-0) vs. Jamie Varner (156 lbs. 19-6-1, 2NC)

ROUND ONE: Barboza lands some solid outside legkicks in the early goings. Barboza goes for a headkick, but Varner is able to catch it and takes Barboza to the ground. Varner has top position and works from the half-guard. Barboza is able to kick Varner off and gets back to his feet. Varner gets a good right hook and follows it up with a shot to the body and an overhand right. Barboza continues to land with his legkicks. Varner pushes forward and slams Barboza to the ground. Varner continues to be the aggressor. Varner lands more punches. Barboza is stunned and Varner continues with the aggression. Varner swarms on Barboza with a barrage of punches against the cage. Barboza gets up and Varner connects with a big right handed punch. Barboza goes down! Varner lands some unprotected shots and that is it! Varner gets what is sure to be the biggest upset win of the night as makes a successful return to the UFC.

OFFICIAL RESULT: Jamie Varner by TKO at 3:23 in Round 1.

-Varner is with Joe Rogan. Varner thanks the UFC for bringing him back and talks about knowing what you lost when you hit rock bottom and more than anything wanted to come in and give a good fight for the fans even if he lost. Varner says Barboza was undefeated and a monster in his mind going into this fight. He says he won this for the fans and talks about his team who helped him believe in himself. An incredible win for Varner I never saw coming. This is the best Varner has ever looked in his career as he makes a successful return to the UFC after going into a slump after he lost the WEC lightweight title to Ben Henderson and had to work his way back in to the UFC.

-Glover Teixeira vs. Kyle Kingsbury from earlier is replayed for the FX broadcast.

Featherweight Bout: Diego Brandao (145 lbs. 19-7) vs. Darren Elkins (145 lbs. 14-2)

ROUND ONE: They go to the ground early. Elkins gets out of a choke attempt. Elkins gets back up and trips Brandao, but Brandao tries for a kimura attempt and switches position to full mount. Elkins gets out of it. Elkins then attempts a kimura of his own but Brandao escapes. They return to their feet. Brandao sprawls on a takedown attempt and comes back with a big knee strike. Brandao gets Elkins down into side control. They get back up. Brandao continues to beat up and punish Elkins with some nasty punches and strikes. Brandao drops a big punch into the guard of Elkins. Elkins manages to survive some vicious ground punishment from Brandao. Elkins manages to make it out of the first and the fight will continue.

SCORECARD: 10-9, Diego Brandao. Overall Diego Brandao, 10-9.

ROUND TWO: Brandao lands a good knee. Elkins answers with a nice punch. Brandao hits a stepping elbow strike to the head of Elkins. Brandao slips on an attack and Elkins is able to move into Brandao?s guard. Brandao tries to escape, but Elkins maintains top position and lands some hammerfist punches. Elkins pushes the pace and activity and it looks like Brandao might?ve gassed out in the first round. Elkins gets full mount and drops some big punches. Brandao recovers, but Elkins is able to maintain the dominant position until the end of the round. This was a huge comeback round for Elkins as he nearly was destroyed in that first round.

SCORECARD: 10-9, Darren Elkins. Overall even, 19-19.

ROUND THREE: Brandao?s corner says it?s 1 round to one and he needs to win this last round. Elkins? corner tells him to stand his ground. Brandao lands an uppercut. Elkins moves forward with some punches. Elkins shoots in and gets a takedown. Elkins lands some short elbow strikes in guard. Elkins is able to get the full mount again and he continues to dominate Brandao. Elkins continues up the punishment as it seems he has completely turned this fight around amazingly. Elkins works in the guard and lands some shots to the kidney. Elkins attempts to lock in a guillotine choke but Brandao is able to get out after Elkins steps over. Brandao escapes and gets back to his feet. He drops a punch to Elkins and now works in the guard of Brandao. Elkins holds on to and tries to neutralize Brandao?s ground offense with seconds to go. Brandao lands a punch but the round ends as it looks like Elkins has scored an impressive upset. The only other possible score would be a draw if the judges gave the first round to Brandao by 10-8.

SCORECARD: 10-9, Darren Elkins. Overall Darren Elkins, 29-28.

OFFICIAL RESULT: Darren Elkins by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).

-Darren Elkins with Joe Rogan. Elkins talks having to survive the first round with Brandao and building off the momentum in taking back the second. Elkins accidentally drops an F-bomb. Elkins says he?s very happy and excited to beat an Ultimate Fighter winner.

-Preliminary card fighter Jamie Varner had the following comments after his fight: ?Hitting rock bottom definitely lit a fire in me. I was burnt out on fighting but I figured Michael Jordan retired a few times. I?m finding my way back and I?m happy to be here. It?s surreal. I built this guy up to be a monster. In my mind it was David vs. Goliath. I had so many people doubting me and hating me but I just tuned it out and was able to overcome it.?

-Preliminary card fighter Edson Barboza made the following comments following his loss to Jamie Varner: ?I?m going to watch the video and see where I made the mistakes then correct them and come back stronger.?
-Dana White and Joe Rogan run down the PPV card to close out the FX show.

-Preliminary card fighter CB Dollaway had the following to say after his win over Jason ?Mayhem? Miller: ?It?s been a long road after the injury. Twentyone days in crutches and a four month recovery afterwards but I wanted a tough fight. I?m not getting any younger so I took the fight with Mayhem. I watched a lot of video of him and I expected his antics. He?ll have a lot of excuses to come up with after all the trash he talked. I knew I had to get in and get the take down. I got caught a couple of times but I?ve been hit and hurt before. You have to find a way to recover and get the win and I was able to.?

-Dana White and Joe Rogan run down the PPV card to close out the FX show.

-That?s it for the prelims on Facebook and FX. It is now time for the all heavyweight main PPV card. We see some footage of Junior dos Santos in his locker room getting ready as well.

-We get to see the new UFC PPV opening. The main card fighters talk about their fights and then we get the UFC ?Bring The Pain? introduction. Joe Rogan and Mike Goldberg run down the night?s featured bouts.

Heavyweight Bout: Stefan Struve (255 lbs. 27-5) vs. Lavar Johnson (248 lbs. 17-5)

ROUND ONE: Johnson comes in with some big punches. Struve gets some double underhooks. Struve drops to the ground and pulls full closed guard. Struve is able to go for the armbar and finishes it. Struve cinches it on and Johnson taps. That is all.

OFFICIAL RESULT: Stefan Struve by submission (armbar).

-Stefan Struve is with Joe Rogan. Struve talks about his confidence in dropping into the ground to go for the submission (armbar) at 1:05 in Round 1.

-Preliminary card fighter Darren Elkins had the following comments after his big upset win over Diego Brandao: ?I got more of a confidence when I saw I could strike with him. I felt him gassing and my plan coming into this was to let him throw in the first round and slow it down in the second and third. I?m happy to be moving up in the division and now that I?m at 3-0 I?m sure they?ll give me a step up fight next and I?ll be ready when they do.? ? Sent by the UFC

-Preliminary card fighter Diego Brandao said the following: ?I?m gonna try and change my head. He beat me in the mental game. I need to be more focused out there so I?m going to work on that.? ? Sent by the UFC

Heavyweight Bout: Stipe Miocic (245 lbs. 8-0) vs. Shane del Rosario (246 lbs. 11-0)

ROUND ONE: Rosario eats a punch when going for an inside legkick. Miocic goes in with a nice punching combination. Rosario tries throwing some kicks to the legs and to the body. Miocic continues to move forward with his punching attack. Rosario moves in with some more kicks to the body and Miocic looks a little wobbled but he circles away and appears to recover. Rosario knocks back Miocic with a punch and starts moving forward. Miocic looks to have recovered again. Rosario lands a head kick, but Miocic is able to land a takedown near the end. Miocic stands up from the guard and Miocic moves back to his feet before the end of round. Close round, but I think del Rosario had the more damaging and effective attacks.

SCORECARD: 10-9, Shane del Rosario. Overall Shane del Rosario, 10-9.

ROUND TWO: Rosario lands another kick to the midsection early on. Miocic is able to move in with some more punches. Miocic shoots in and gets a quick single-leg takedown into side control. Rosario is able to transition to guard, but Miocic is able to land some ground punches. Miocic grinds out Rosario on the ground and busts him open with some elbows and hammerfists. Miocic lands some nasty elbow strikes to del Rosario and del Rosario taps and the bout is over.

OFFICIAL RESULT: Stipe Miocic by TKO at 3:14 in Round.

Heavyweight Bout: Roy Nelson (254 lbs. 17-7) vs. Dave Herman (233 lbs. 21-3)

ROUND ONE: They circle. Eventually Nelson lands a huge overhand right that looked like Herman got hit in the head by a sledgehammer. Herman is down. The referee moves in and the fight is over in less than minute. Nasty knockout finish for Nelson who gets back on the winning track.

OFFICIAL RESULT: Roy Nelson by knockout at 0:51 in Round 1.

-Nelson says the knockout felt good and the right hand knocks. Nelson thanks Herman for taking the fight since everyone else dropped out on him. Nelson attributes his clean punching power to a lot of eating and lifting the food to his mouth.

-Dan Hardy vs. Duane Ludwig from the FX card is replayed for the PPV broadcast.

-Jamie Varner vs. Edson Barboza from the FX card is replayed for the PPV broadcast.

Heavyweight Bout: Cain Velasquez (240 lbs. 9-1) vs. Antonio Silva (264 lbs. 16-3)

ROUND ONE: Velasquez almost immediately tosses Silva to the ground after catching a kick attempt. Velasquez starts with the ground and pound strikes but Silva manages to hang in there. Silva is busted open from the elbows and punches he?s been on the receiving end of. Silva is heavily gushing blood. Referee josh Rosenthal calls for a timeout to have the doctors check on the cut of Antonio Silva. Silva looks like he?s having trouble seeing with all the blood in his eyes. The cageside doctor wipes of some of the blood and the fight continues back on the ground. Velasquez continues to drop some punches and Silva is unable to work his way back up. Silva?s head and body are covered with blood. Silva gives up his back and Velasquez lands more punches to the unprotected head of Silva. Silva turns back over and starts turtling up. Velasquez drops a more punches and Silva is unable to intelligently defend himself. The referee steps in and that is all as Velasquez gets an emphatic victory following his loss of the title to Junior dos Santos last November.

OFFICIAL RESULT: Cain Velasquez at 3:36 in Round 1.

-Cain Velasquez is with Joe Rogan. Velasquez talks about getting passed the loss to dos Santos and credits his coaches and training camp.

-Rogan does the tale of the tape for the main event and breaks down the advantages and keys to victory for Frank Mir and champion Junior dos Santos.

-Main card fight winner Stefan Struve made the following comments after his win: ?It feels really good. One minute and five seconds is always a good time to win a fight. Everyone kept telling me I was going to get knocked out. I didn?t want to give him a chance to do what he does best. They way he was holding me I felt like I could get the armbar so I went for it.? ? Sent by the UFC

-Lavar Johnson said the following after his loss to Stefan Struve: ?I felt great and I knew I was in great shape. I really believed i had the upper hand coming into this fight. I was able to get inside and give him a great body shot and take him down. The submission felt really loose and I wasn?t worried about it. Then the pain started to come and I had to tap.? ? Sent by the UFC

UFC Heavyweight Championship Bout: Junior dos Santos ? (239 lbs. 14-1) vs. Frank Mir (261 lbs. 16-5)

-Junior dos Santos once again comes out to the Rocky theme music. Former UFC heavyweight champion, Brock Lesnar, is in attendance at ringside tonight.

ROUND ONE: Mir shoots in quickly for a single-leg takedown. Mir drops to go for a leglock but can?t finish it and Junior slips away. The crowd is solidly behind JDS and chanting ?CIGANO!? JDS lands on a left hook. JDS counters with his left hook and lands a shot to the body. Mir hits JDS with an outside legkick. JDS picks his shots on Mir and looks to be landing more. Mir lands another legkick which Rogan likes. Mir hits JDS with a straight left hand. JDS hits Mir with a solid punch to the bread basket. JDS starts unloading his hands and Mir looks wobbled and hurt. Mir though does make it out of the first round.

SCORECARD: 10-9, Junior dos Santos. Overall Junior dos Santos, 10-9.

ROUND TWO: JDS hurts Mir with some more punches and Mir flops to his butt. JDS refuses to go to the ground with Mir and tells him to get back up. Mir gets up and and back in. He gets a side kick. JDS looks to be picking his shots and landing them when he wants to and keeping Mir on the outside. JDS drops Mir with a big right hand. JDS swarms down and dropping punches on Mir. Mir rolls around and JDS drops one more punch for good measure and that is all as JDS defends his title for the first time.

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Giant telescope to be in South Africa, Australia

PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) ? Australia and South Africa will share hosting of a giant radio telescope made up of thousands of separate dishes and intended to help scientists figure out the make-up of the universe, the international consortium overseeing the project announced Friday.

South Africa led an African consortium that included Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia and Zambia, and telescopes will be erected in all its partners. In South Africa, dishes will be added to a remote site in the arid Karoo desert where a smaller radio telescope project already is under way.

South Africa and Australia, which partnered with New Zealand in bidding for the project, had competed fiercely. South Africa claimed victory Friday, saying it got two of the projects three major components.

"We may feel slightly disappointed that we didn't get the whole thing. But I think one should emphasize that we did get most of it," said Justin Jonas, the chief South African scientist on the project. "Two-thirds of the biggest instrument in the world is still the biggest instrument in the world."

South Africa's science minister Naledi Pandor and scientists who had prepared the country's bid celebrated with an Africa-shaped cake at a news conference in South Africa's capital.

"This marks a real turning point in Africa, where we are becoming a destination for science and engineering, and not just a place where there are resources and tourism opportunities," Jonas added.

Australia also welcomed the split decision.

"It is an outstanding result for the Australia-New Zealand bid after many years of preparation and an intensive international process," said Sen. Chris Evans, Australia's science minister.

The Square Kilometer Array telescope will be 50 times more sensitive and scan the sky 10,000 times faster than any existing telescope. It requires huge open spaces with very few humans.

John Womersley, chair of the consortium's board, said the telescope will help scientists answer key questions: "Where do we come from? Where are we going? What is this universe we live in?"

"We don't understand what 96 percent of our universe is made of," he said.

The organization said dividing construction of the telescope will "maximize on investments already made by both Australia and South Africa."

Womersley said that splitting construction between the two nations will likely add around 10 percent to the ?350 million ($439 million) cost of the first phase of building the giant telescope. But he said there would be a payoff for astronomers.

"It delivers more science in phase one. The capabilities of this instrument are greater than the original design," Womersley said.

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Associated Press writer Mike Corder contributed from Amsterdam.

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Boulder police looking for suspect in 2 burglaries on University Hill

Composite sketch of a suspect in a May 11, 2012 burglary (Boulder Police Department)

Boulder police are investigating two residential burglaries in the University Hill area that may have been committed by the same person.

In both burglaries a suspect took laptops, and witnesses provided similar descriptions of the suspect.

The first burglary occurred on May 11 in the 900 block of University Avenue around 1:37 a.m. Two male roommates and a friend were home when one of them saw a man enter a bedroom from the outside and heard glass shattering. When they checked the room, a laptop was missing.

In the second case, a woman was moving out of her apartment in the 100 block of 12th Street on May 14 at 5:25 p.m. As she was walking to her car with some boxes she noticed a man going up the stairs to her building.

Composite sketch of a suspect in a May 14, 2012 burglary (Boulder Police Department)

When she returned she noticed the same male coming out of the building and then saw her laptop was missing when she checked her apartment.

Police believe the same suspect is responsible for both burglaries. He was described as a college-aged white male, 6 feet tall, 170 pounds with short brown hair. In the first case he was seen wearing a pink, pin-stripe shirt with long-sleeves. In the second case he was seen wearing tan cargo shorts, sneakers and a white or light-gray shirt with multi-color writing.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Sarah Cantu at 303-441-4328.

Those who have information but wish to remain anonymous may contact the Northern Colorado Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or 1-800-444-3776. Tips can also be submitted through the Crime Stoppers website at www.crimeshurt.com.

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Speech Topics ? How to Select One | Writing Valley

We learn speech writing at the same time when we learn academic paper writing like an essay or a literature review. Speech writing is no different than a normal academic writing except there is no plenty on making any sort of spelling or grammatical error. Most people get intimidate when they learn that they have to write a speech for their office or school presentation. The reason for their intimidation is the fear of public speaking. They don?t have confidence to speak in front of people and this hammers the effectiveness of their speech.

Nonetheless you can eliminate that intimidation and master the art of delivering a good speech if you keep practicing.

Remember that the effectiveness of your speech totally hinges on the speech topics you select. If you talk about something which you are passionate about there is a great chance that you won?t feel any intimidation or fear of public speaking. Thus, you will be able to deliver an effective speech.

Another important aspect that one should consider is researching. You need to do a research on the topic which is the subject of your speech. If you don?t have enough information on the subject matter you won?t be able to deliver the speech with confidence. Keep in mind that a good research topic is one which you really like and on which you have ample information. Below listed are some examples of good speech topics:

SPEECH TOPIC

??? ?Cloning
??? ?Collective Society
??? ?Pre-marital Sex
??? ?Nuke at Hiroshima
??? ?DNA
??? ?Risks of heavy fast foods
??? ?Polygraphs
??? ?President Nixon
??? ?Save the white lions
??? ?Sexual harassment in Colleges
??? ?Speed limits
??? ?Genetic engineering
??? ?Families Slavery
??? ?School Violence
??? ?Human Rights
??? ?Women Drivers
??? ?Endangered Species
??? ?Censorship
??? ?Civil Rights
??? ?Dieting
??? ?Diabetes
??? ?Epidemics

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Born this way? Lady Gaga meets Thai 'lady boys'

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Nat Geo's New Documentary Series "Links" History's Greatest Tech [Television]

Technological invention is a process, not an act. Even the most rudimentary technologies, like wheels, are based on previous discoveries. As such, one can trace the origins of today's most advanced machines back through history to their earliest ancestors—or one could just watch the National Geographic Channel's new five-part documentary, The Link, and skip all the research. More »

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Obama on the defensive on spending, debt

President Barack Obama speaks to supporters during a campaign fundraiser in Denver, Wednesday, May 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)

President Barack Obama speaks to supporters during a campaign fundraiser in Denver, Wednesday, May 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)

WASHINGTON (AP) ? Government spending and debt are emerging as a campaign tug-of-war, with Mitt Romney blaming President Barack Obama for a "prairie fire of debt" and Obama calling the charge a "cowpie of distortion." House Speaker John Boehner is talking about a debt ceiling that is still more than eight months away.

What gives? In a word, polling.

The American public is growing increasingly distressed about government spending and high budgets. The issue now ranks as high on the worry scale as lack of jobs. And it worked well for Republicans in 2010, who galvanized voters with ads and flyers that drew attention to government red ink and took back control of the U.S. House after four years of Democratic rule.

Republicans are looking for that magic again.

Romney has maintained a drumbeat of criticism over Obama's handling of federal spending and the national debt in recent weeks, forcing the president on the defensive on an issue where public opinion is stacked against him.

In Iowa earlier this month, Romney said a "prairie fire of debt" was sweeping across the nation, threatening the country's future. He accused Obama of inflating the debt that he had pledged to reduce and ballooning the federal budget deficit with the 2009 economic stimulus and 2010 health care bill after saying he would cut it sharply.

Obama, in campaign events in Colorado, California and Iowa this week, argued that federal spending had slowed to rates not seen in decades after he inherited a $1 trillion large debt and later pushed for $2 trillion in spending cuts. The president pointed to Romney's tax proposal, saying it would give millionaires tax cuts at the expense of the debt.

Obama called Romney's claims a "cowpie of distortion" and would saddle the debt with $5 trillion in new tax cuts, likening it to trying to put out "a prairie fire with some gasoline."

"What happens is, the Republicans run up the tab, and then we're sitting there and they've left the restaurant," Obama said at a campaign event in Des Moines. "And then they point and (say), 'Why did you order all those steaks and martinis?'"

Obama's defensive crouch on debt and spending reflect a hard reality: Polls consistently show voters, including sought-after independents, placing more trust in Romney to handle the massive debt. The nation's economy remains a focal point for voters but many remain concerned that years of heavy federal spending on guns and butter could leave the U.S. in a similar position as Greece and other European nations grappling with massive debt.

A Gallup/USA Today poll conducted May 10-13 found that overall, 82 percent of Americans called the "federal budget deficit and debt" extremely or very important, a level of interest comparable to unemployment. The same poll found Romney with a broad advantage on handling the budget deficit and debt, with 54 percent saying he would do a better job handling it compared with 39 percent who chose Obama.

The results mirrored an April Washington Post/ABC News poll, which found 51 percent of Americans sided with Romney on handling the federal budget deficit, compared with 38 percent for Obama. Among independents, 60 percent preferred Romney while 29 percent thought Obama would do a better job handling it.

The White House has tried to respond. Traveling to Colorado Springs, Colo., White House press secretary Jay Carney cited an analysis by MarketWatch that said spending under Obama had grown more slowly than any president since Dwight Eisenhower.

A few hours later, Obama picked up on the piece, telling donors in Denver that his work to pay down the federal debt in a "balanced and responsible" way was "starting to appear in places ? real liberal outlets like the Wall Street Journal ? since I've been president, federal spending has risen at the lowest pace in nearly 60 years." MarketWatch is published by Dow Jones & Co., which also publishes the Wall Street Journal.

Yet, Obama's budget stewardship is open to interpretation. The debt now stands at $15.7 trillion, compared to $10.6 trillion on his inauguration day. On a dollar basis, that's the biggest ever jump in the debt. How much the debt has grown can also be measures as a percentage of what he inherited. By that measure, the debt has increased by half during the three-and-a-half year Obama administration. During President Ronald Reagan's eight-year administration, the debt nearly tripled, from about $910 billion to more than $2.6 trillion.

Still, much of the increase during Obama's tenure has been a consequence of the recession. In a poor economy, government spending increases automatically because more Americans become eligible for food stamps, unemployment assistance and Medicaid. Also, a poor economy leads to unemployment which cuts into tax revenue. As a result, deficits are inevitable as more money goes out and less comes in.

To be sure, Obama pushed through a stimulus package that cost more than $800 billion and he and President George Bush both approved spending of the $700 billion bank bailout in 2008 and 2009. But those costs are not recurrent.

"It's important to understand the reason why the debt went up by so much," said Robert Bixby of the budget watchdog group The Concord Coalition. "We certainly do have a very serious long-term debt problem in the country. We have an underlying structural imbalance between what we are promising, mostly in entitlement benefits, and what we're willing to pay for in taxes. But in the short-term there are a lot of factors that are pushing the debt up that aren't related to fiscal policy."

Add to the mix Boehner, who has said when Congress is asked to raise the nation's borrowing cap after the election, he will insist on spending cuts to offset the increase. Democratic leaders call it an irresponsible course of action, noting that the gridlock over the debt ceiling last year caused a downgrading of the U.S. government's credit rating.

All of this is aimed at unaligned, independent voters.

In turning attention to debt, Republicans are tapping a winning issue they deployed in congressional races two years ago. In October of 2010, Republican pollster Wes Anderson said, congressional campaigns shifted "away from jobs and economy to government taking us over the cliff." The emphasis proved to be a success at the ballot box.

These days, the economy remains the preeminent issue in voters' minds, but Anderson says middle-of-the-road votes are the targets of the big government message.

"The middle is angry about where we are at and they really see two villains on this stage, this play has two antagonists. Both of them are big," said Anderson, who is working on congressional and statewide political campaigns in several states that are presidential battlegrounds. "One is big business, big Wall Street, big insurance, big oil, just big, abusing the middle class, abusing small businesses, abusing the taxpayer. The other is big government ? big government wildly running up massive deficits and debt which abuse the taxpayer, the middle class and small business."

Independent voters, he said, "hold both of those central tenets to be true."

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Associated Press Deputy Polling Director Jennifer Agiesta contributed to this report.

Associated Press

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Tara Fass: Clarifying Questions for Dating Singles

After the divorce, when the time feels right to start dating again, there are a few things to keep in mind.

What is going on with another person is not always obvious on the surface. Imagine if you could gather information and therefore pay more attention to the depth of another person with some well-placed and well-intentioned questions as you get to know them.

It's better to ask these questions silently at first -- and to just be observant. Watch your date's meta-communication behaviors and body-language responses carefully, taking into account respiration, eye-contact and speech pattern. Try to hear and accept their words but verify with actions.

The first and third questions below are the biggies and contain a treasure trove of information in deciding if this is a relationship to pursue. The middle question is informational and more about potential compatibility in terms of daily routines.

The order in which these questions roll out is up to you. All three can be in play simultaneously. Are there too many red flags with any of these questions? If so, bow out as gracefully as possible while you can.

1.Foundational Questions: What is your relationship like with your mother, father and siblings? Chances are the answer is some mixture of a bittersweet work in progress. Even in the best relationships require work. You need to hear what's good as well as what's getting better. What's good and not so good in a person's family of origin is likely to be mirrored in your dating relationship.

If you progress in dating, you will likely get to know the people in the answers to the question. That's when you will be tested. What's working out with one's parents is only the start. There are also in-laws, and half- and step-children with whom you'll have adult relationships.

2. Aggregate Questions: What are your rituals? What was the name of and last time that you read a book? How many hours a week do you work, watch sports or business news on television? What's your faith practice? How about playing video or computer games and hanging out on the Internet? Do you watch or participate in porn? What are your hobbies? Where do you like to vacation?

3. Kicker Questions: Is there anyone else who thinks you are their significant other? A dear friend alerted me to this one. You would think that a person is on the market on if they are truly free, but this isn't always the case in this age of ambivalence. The person who appears free may be in fact in an ambivalent relationship. Chances are they can't tell you, but will show you and maybe tell you if you ask the right way.

With all of these questions, listen hard and watch closely for what is revealed and hidden. What is the other willing to tell you, if you can catch it?

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