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Consumer Guide to Prescription Eyeglasses
Liz Segre
From information about lens options and the latest frame styles to tips for buying children's glasses, we've got all your eyeglass needs covered.
Browse the Table of Contents below, or start by reading our Eyeglass Basics article.
Table of Contents
Eyeglass Frames
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Children's Eyeglasses: Like Yours, But More Fun
How to choose prescription eyeglasses your kids will actually want to wear. Also read our 10 Tips for Buying Kids' Eyewear. And see the latest New Frames for Kids & Teens.
Eyeglass Frame Materials
Choose the right frame material for your prescription eyeglasses, whether you need it to be lightweight, flexible, strong, or hypoallergenic. Also read our FAQ about eyeglasses and our Eye Doctor Q&A on eyeglass frames.
How to Choose Eyeglasses That Suit Your Personality and Lifestyle
Does your wardrobe make a strong statement? Eyeglasses with unusual shapes and colors might be for you. But if you mainly wear your eyeglasses at work, you might want to discover which styles say: "competent professional."
Men's Eyeglasses: Where Fashion Meets Function
Men want comfort and durability without sacrificing style. Learn what to look for at the optical store, plus which men's frames are in style now.
Size of Prescription Eyeglasses: How Frame Sizes Work
It's not as simple as small, medium, and large, so here's an explanation of sizes of prescription eyeglasses.
Specialty Eyeglasses: For All Seasons, for All Reasons
Specialty eyewear includes eyeglasses and sunglasses that are designed for a specific purpose, such as computer use, driving, work, hobbies, protecting your eyes and more. Can you benefit from special eyeglasses? Read this article to help you decide. Also read our Eye Doctor Q&A on eye safety, plus how to choose safety glasses and safety goggles.
Unisex Eyeglasses
Learn about fashionable eyeglass styles that are designed for both men and women.
What's New in Prescription Eyeglass Frames
See the newest trends in adult eyeglasses from frame manufacturers around the world.
Which Eyeglasses Would Look Best on You?
This frame shape and color analysis will help you match your face shape to complementary eyeglasses and choose the colors that are most flattering for you.
Women's Eyeglasses: Getting a Look You Love!
Find out which eyeglasses are in style, plus how to get great-looking, comfortable frames that are unique to you.
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Eyeglass Lenses
How to Choose the Best Lenses for Your Eyeglasses
Make your lens shopping easier with this comparison of features, benefits and costs of eyeglass lens materials and designs.
Anti-Reflective Coating
Learn how anti-reflective (AR) coating makes your eyeglass lenses nearly invisible and eliminates lens reflections that cause glare.
Aspheric Lenses
Aspherics are ideal for strong prescriptions because they are flatter and thinner. They also provide better vision than ordinary lenses and look better because they lessen farsighted eye magnification and nearsighted eye minification.
Bifocals and Multifocal Lenses
Bifocals and trifocals come in many sizes and configurations. Here's what you need to know to choose the right bifocal or trifocal lenses for your needs, depending on whether you sit at a computer all day, work on automobiles, play golf, etc. Also read our Eye Doctor Q&A on bifocal lenses.
Eyeglass Lens Coatings
Anti-reflective coating, scratch resistant coating, anti-fog and UV lens treatments are options that enhance your vision and appearance, increase the durability of your eyeglasses and protect your eyes from the sun's harmful rays.
High-Definition Lenses
Learn how new high-definition eyeglass lenses (free-form and wavefront lenses) produce sharper vision than regular eyeglass lenses.
High-Index Lenses
If you hate thick prescription eyeglasses, try lenses in a high-index material. They offer superior optics in a thinner, lighter lens. Also read our Eye Doctor Q&A on eyeglasses.
How To Read Eyeglass Prescriptions
Find out what all the numbers mean and why you can't buy contact lenses with an eyeglass prescription.
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Occupational Bifocals and Trifocals
Special-purpose multifocal lenses can help people over age 40 perform certain tasks at home or at work more comfortably. Read about occupational bifocals and trifocals and how they work better than general purpose bifocals and progressive lenses for specific tasks.
The lens at left has anti-reflective coating. See the glare spots on the other lens? Learn about anti-reflective coatings. (Image: Joseph Bruneni)
Photochromic Lenses
Photochromic lenses are clear indoors and darken automatically in sunlight for greater comfort in different lighting conditions. Transitions Optical makes the most popular brand, which has led some people to call all photochromic lenses "transition lenses" or Transitions lenses. But there are other brands, too.
Polycarbonate and Trivex Lenses
Polycarbonate lenses and Trivex lenses are lighter and more impact-resistant than regular plastic lenses. They're great for safety glasses, sports eyeglasses and children's eyewear.
Progressive Addition Lenses
Progressive lenses can do everything a bifocal or trifocal can do, but without the lines. Here's how they work and why you should consider them if you have presbyopia.
Reading Glasses
By the time you reach age 40 and your eyesight is otherwise good, it's very likely you will need special reading glasses to help you see that fine print on the menu.
Variable Focus Lenses
New variable focus and adjustable focus eyeglasses offer a wider field of vision than conventional bifocals and progressive lenses. Read about Adlens, Superfocus and others.
What's New in Eyeglass Lenses
See the latest technology in new prescription lens products.
About Eyeglasses
Choosing the right eyeglasses often depends on individual traits such as hair color, face size and even the type of vision correction you need.
If you have an unusually wide face, for example, you may need to shop around for extra-large eyeglass frames. On the other hand, smaller faces may require a petite frame size.
Unusually strong corrections also can make lenses look thick or distorted when eyeglass frames are oversized.
Choosing Eyeglasses That Fit Your Lifestyle
Besides complementing your looks, eyeglasses also need to suit your lifestyle.
For example, a rough-and-tumble teenager who engages in all manner of outdoor activities will have far different needs for eyeglasses than an office worker who spends hours at a desk.
Active people also may need to consider extra eye protection such as sports or safety goggles. For those who love fashion, designer eyeglasses with embellishments such as crystals and logos are a fun option.
If you have reached your 40s, you will need to consider different eyeglass options for correcting near vision problems caused by presbyopia such as:
- Progressive lenses
- Bifocals or trifocals
- Occupational lenses
- Reading glasses
- Computer glasses
In some cases, you may need different pairs of eyeglasses depending on whether you are driving down the highway or sitting indoors in front of a computer screen.
Your eye doctor or optician can advise you about the right fit for you, as well as discuss coatings and tints that can help you see your best in different circumstances such as low lighting at dusk.
Read an expanded introduction to eyeglasses.
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January 24, 2015
A fund to honor long-time Tuality Healthcare President and CEO Dick Stenson has been established by the Tuality Healthcare Foundation.
The Dick Stenson Building a Healthier Community Fund will celebrate the work of Stenson, who retired Feb. 28, 2014 after 22 years as the leader of the Hillsboro-based health care organization.
His dedication to Hillsboro, Forest Grove and western Washington County helped create the Hillsboro Health & Education District, the Tuality Health Alliance, the Tuality Healthcare Foundation's ¡Salud! Services program, the Tuality Breast Health Center, the Tuality/OHSU Cancer Center and much more.
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In Part I of this story I was about to enter a different world, the world of the professional bird watcher. I had driven to an area near Lake Erie in northwestern Ohio, where the spring bird migration is at its best. This small area is called Magee Marsh, a swampy tract of land overlooking the shores of the lake, where migrating songbirds stop to rest and feed before venturing on the long flight across the lake and into Canada. The amazing event that happens every year at this swamp is the fact that most of these migrants are warblers.
The celebration of Kane's sesquicentennial began Sunday, July 27 at 2 p.m. with an old timers baseball game at Patrick Santilli Field in Glenwood Park. Thirty-nine former Kane Legion, Kane High School, and Kane Indies players shook of the rust and participated in the contest before a large gathering of baseball fans. In addition, there were several distinguished guests in attendance, many who had played for area teams such as the Ludlow Wildcats, the Kane Cardinals, Kane Moose, and the James City ball clubs.
The Kane Area School District requires student-athletes to take a Baseline test prior to the first day of practice. Baseline tests are given every two years to student/athletes. Athletes entering grades 7, 9 and 11, as well as students entering other grades but who have never participated in a KASD sport before must be tested before they are allowed to participate in an official practice.
The Kane Tornado midget football team held its first ever flag football program this summer for players ages six through 11. Tornadoes head coach Jerry Milliron proposed and coordinated the program, which ran for five weeks and culminated in the First Annual Kane on Kane Flag Football Competition, which was held on Saturday, July 12 under blue skies and sunshine.
Cole Young will be certainly have a story to share with his classmates when he returns to the fifth grade at Bradford Woods Elementary School this fall about what he did over summer vacation. The 10-year-old son of former Kane resident Jo Anne (Kocjancic) Young will be one of 24 young baseball players competing in next Monday's Major League Baseball's Pitch, Hit & Run finals.
The winners were announced from the First Annual Paul's Trading Post Walleye Tournament. Jesse and Cody Nussbaum of St Marys caught five fish totaling eight pounds and five ounces. Jerry and Hunter Dixon of Bradford took home second-place honors.
Spring bird migrations were excellent this year for any bird lover, and by the time you will be reading this column, will probably be all but done for the year. I've had the Rose-breasted grosbeaks, the Baltimore-orioles, White-throated sparrows and a few others pass through my backyard this spring. This made for some great photography and excellent bird watching. The birds are now pretty well settled in their nesting areas and photography opportunities still abound. The only thing I have to be careful of during nesting season is not to disturb any active nests.
Kane's Third Annual Under the Lights 5K will be held this Thursday, June 26 at the Kane Area High School track. The event is held in conjunction with Alumni Week each year and proceeds from the run benefit the Kane All Sports Boosters Club.
Kane boys' basketball Coach Matt Gasbarre has been running a weekly 3-on-3 basketball tournament at the courts in Evergreen Park. Players from grades 4 through 8 are divided into teams from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. on Fridays each week until the beginning of August. Pictured is the winning team from Friday, June 20. From left to right are Jonathon Mishic, Chad Greville and Josh Buhl. Members of the top two teams on Friday, June 20 received prizes from Roma Gardens and Country Pines.
Over the past few months, the Elk County Catholic Crusader baseball team has racked up an impressive 26-0 record and has one final game remaining in their season–the PIAA Class A State Championship on Friday afternoon. Though only nine players can be out on the field at any given time, reaching this point and maintaining a perfect record has taken the effort of all 20 of the players on the Crusaders' roster.


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These Four 3D Printing Stocks are Making Fresh Gains
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- 3D printing companies proved popular on Monday as 3D Systems (DDD - Get Report), Stratasys (SSYS - Get Report), ExOne (XONE - Get Report) and Voxeljet (VJET - Get Report) made fresh gains.
Small-cap Voxeljet led the group, gaining 14% to $51.12 followed by industry-heavyweight 3D Systems which jumped 8.7% to $76.49. Stratasys, owner of MakerBot Industries, gained 7.1% to $127.46 and ExOne rounded up the bunch, climbing 3% to $60.07.
3D printing has been a hot commodity on markets through 2013. Year to date, 3D Systems, Stratasys and ExOne are up 115%, 59.1% and 126.2%, respectively. Since its IPO on Oct. 18, Voxeljet has soared 52.9%.
On Friday, the industry rallied as 3D Systems announced the launch of its affordable, consumer-focused 3D scanner Sense. Moderately-priced at $399 compared to $1,400 for Stratasys' Digitizer, Sense gave a glimpse of how the emerging technology can be marketed to the average consumer.
TheStreet Ratings team rates 3D Systems Corp as a Buy with a ratings score of B. The team has this to say about their recommendation: "We rate 3D Systems Corp (DDD) a BUY. This is driven by some important positives, which we believe should have a greater impact than any weaknesses, and should give investors a better performance opportunity than most stocks we cover. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, growth in earnings per share, compelling growth in net income and good cash flow from operations. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had somewhat disappointing return on equity." Highlights from the analysis by TheStreet Ratings Team goes as follows:- The revenue growth greatly exceeded the industry average of 2.9%. Since the same quarter one year prior, revenues rose by 49.9%. This growth in revenue appears to have trickled down to the company's bottom line, improving the earnings per share.
- DDD's debt-to-equity ratio is very low at 0.02 and is currently below that of the industry average, implying that there has been very successful management of debt levels. Along with this, the company maintains a quick ratio of 4.40, which clearly demonstrates the ability to cover short-term cash needs.
- 3D Systems Corp has improved earnings per share by 6.3% in the most recent quarter compared to the same quarter a year ago. Stable earnings per share over the past year indicate the company has sound management over its earnings and share float. We anticipate these figures will begin to experience more growth in the coming year. During the past fiscal year, 3D Systems Corp increased its bottom line by earning 47 cents a share vs. 47 cents a share in the prior year. This year, the market expects an improvement in earnings (97 cents vs. 47 cents).
- The net income growth from the same quarter one year ago has exceeded that of the S&P 500 and greatly outperformed compared to the Computers & Peripherals industry average. The net income increased by 30.6% when compared to the same quarter one year prior, rising from $13.52 million to $17.66 million.
- Net operating cash flow has increased to $31.64 million or 39.8% when compared to the same quarter last year. The firm also exceeded the industry average cash flow growth rate of 6.99%.
- You can view the full analysis from the report here: DDD Ratings Report
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Olathe Parks and Recreation is gearing up for Youth Volunteer Week, June 3-7. This program is designed for middle school and high school students to get out in the parks and earn service hours. Projects and location sites will vary each day.
Volunteers will meet at the project site each morning at 8:00 a.m. and will finish at noon. Volunteers should wear old clothes and sturdy, closed-toe shoes (No flip flops or sandals).
To register, call the Parks and Recreation office at 913-971-8653 and provide the registration code for the date(s) you wish to volunteer:
Youth Volunteer Week Schedule:
Monday, June 3, 2013
Registration Code: 23724
Prairie Center Park, 555 N. Olathe View Road, (meet at the playground)
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Registration Code: 23735
Olathe Memorial Cemetery, 738 N. Chestnut, (meet at the Chapel)
Wednesday, June 5, 2013
Registration Code: 23736
Olathe Memorial Cemetery, 738 N. Chestnut, (meet at the Chapel)
Thursday, June 6, 2013
Registration Code: 23737
Black Bob Park, 14500 W. 151st St., (meet at the concession building on the left after entering the park)
Friday, June 7, 2013
Registration Code: 23738
Two Trails Park, 1000 N. Ridgeview, (meet in the parking lot)


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JYBA provides youth teeball, softball and baseball programs for area children. We are a volunteer owned and operated facility that has been going strong since 1960. We own our facilities which include 2 softball fields, 2 youth baseball fields, 2 teeball / coach-pitch fields and 2 full size baseball fields. We play under the Little League organization rules and guidance. Your volunteer participation is welcomed.
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Visitors will find more boat bunks than hotel beds in the BVIs. It's one of the best places in the world to charter a boat—bareboat or crewed, mostly sail but powerboats are becoming more popular—because the island chain is blessed with easy line-of-sight navigation, innumerable idyllic coves, and ideal anchorages, as well as the best selection of boat-friendly watering holes on the planet. Wannabe yachties can hire a captain who will take responsibility for the boat while also showing them the ropes and letting them do as much or as little of the sailing as they want. The Moorings is the largest charter boat company in the BVI, with a large selection of bareboats and fully crewed yachts, both sail and power. A major expansion of their Tortola base should be completed in early 2008.


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Obama was too timid on health careBy Julian Zelizer, Special to CNNUpdated 5:46 AM ET, Tue April 3, 2012Demonstrators for and against the health care law march and chant in outside the Supreme Court this week.Story highlightsZelizer: Since Reagan, liberals have been cautious about expanding governmentConservatives first backed a private health care mandate in the 1990sObama touted efficiency in his bill, not the right to affordable care, Zelizer saysObama's hesitant defense of a complex bill hasn't inspired support, he says The individual mandate might prove to be the death knell for President Barack Obama's health care reform. Politically, the polls have been clear. While most parts of the Affordable Care Act are immensely popular with the public, as recent data from the Kaiser Foundation has shown, the individual mandate is unpopular. (A CNN poll found that a bare majority of Americans oppose the mandate to buy health insurance.)The Supreme Court heard arguments last week over whether the mandate is constitutional, and the administration is now waiting to see if the court will dismantle this key part of the program -- or possibly throw out the entire health care law.Although the individual mandate was born out of conservative proposals in the 1990s -- an effort to lower costs by requiring people to buy into the private market rather than creating a government program -- the presence of the mandate is also a product of the timidity liberals have displayed about their ideas since the 1990s. Julian ZelizerAs Princeton sociologist Paul Starr has written in the New Republic, during the 1990s the mandate was perceived as the "conservative alternative to the Democrats' proposed mandate on employers to pay for a share of health insurance. The Republican proposal was thought to represent a more individualistic, market-friendly approach." Whereas liberals were once willing to defend the role of the federal government in American life and, even more importantly, defend the costs that federal programs imposed on the citizenry, liberals since the Age of Clinton have relied on developing jerry-built solutions to domestic programs that are often unpalatable politically -- and don't accomplish their goals.Just WatchedNo 'Plan B' to limit health care costs?replayMore Videos ...No 'Plan B' to limit health care costs? 02:32PLAY VIDEOJust WatchedCarney: Health care is 'law of the land'replayMore Videos ...Carney: Health care is 'law of the land' 01:13PLAY VIDEOJust WatchedCNN Explains: Health care reformreplayMore Videos ...CNN Explains: Health care reform 03:24PLAY VIDEOFor much of the 20th century, liberals argued that government was an essential part of national life and that Americans would have to live up to certain obligations to support social programs that came with the privileges of citizenry. During the New Deal, President Franklin Roosevelt was not bashful about defending the value of government.In 1935, for instance, Congress passed the Social Security Act in which the federal government took over the role of providing old age insurance to the elderly. To finance the benefits, Roosevelt and Congress created a payroll tax paid by workers and businesses.During World War II, as government spending skyrocketed as a result of defense needs, the Roosevelt administration supported a massive expansion of the income tax. When the war started, only 4 million people paid income taxes. When the war ended, 44 million people were paying and taxes were withheld directly from paychecks. The Treasury conducted a public relations campaign to sell the tax to Americans that emphasized that these were "Taxes to beat the Axis." At the movies, Americans saw short films where a voice explained to Donald Duck just how his money was being used (and how he could take as exemptions Huey, Louie, and Dewey).This liberal ethic flourished for decades, even as liberals remained leery of the power of conservatism and aware of the long tradition of resistance to government in America. During the 1960s, Lyndon Johnson, who avoided proposing any tax increases until 1967, did talk to citizens about how a wealthy nation could afford to pay for programs that dealt with issues such as poverty and urban decay. With civil and voting rights, he called on the government to do what the private sector would not do on its own. On health care, Johnson and Congress created Medicare, which provided for a government takeover of the insurance costs of hospital stays for the elderly, funded through higher payroll taxes. When Ted Kennedy championed health care, his vision was still very much akin to the "single- payer" model of other countries where the government would be the insurer of first resort.But during the 1980s, after Ronald Reagan entered the White House and the modern conservative era began, liberals retreated into a defensive stance. After Democratic candidate Walter Mondale suffered at the polls in the 1984 campaign when he admitted that he would call for higher taxes, most Democrats were resistant to proposing any kind of revenue increase. The shift could be seen with health care. When President Bill Clinton proposed health care reform in 1993, he avoided the single-payer model that had been favored by older liberals like Kennedy for decades and instead opted for a complex system that aimed to create new mechanisms for offering and purchasing health insurance and stronger regulations to lower costs. The complexity of Clinton's plan, which involved an employer mandate, left his program vulnerable to attack from Republicans who characterized it as a Frankenstein monster that would result in massive deficits.Obama fell into a similar trap with health care. Although he was more open than many of his predecessors to championing an active government, he acted from a defensive posture. His health care proposal was even less ambitious than that of Clinton. He essentially chose a path that regulated the existing system and required all Americans to be part of it. Obama was not enthusiastic about any kind of single-payer option to compete with private markets and he allowed Congress to drop the public option that would create an alternative to private insurance. The result was an extraordinarily complex system, which depended on a mandate requiring the purchase of private insurance to make sure that costs were covered. The government intervention was indirect; the financing mechanisms were murky.It is not surprising that the individual mandate has caused so many problems. At its core, the mandate constitutes a conservative solution to the problem of costs and part of an effort by liberals to ensure health care coverage without resorting to the kinds of government interventions that liberals once championed. Obama ultimately promoted the health care bill as a cost-cutting measure that would create greater efficiency in markets. He did not focus as much as his predecessors on the right to affordable health care that is implicit in the name of the bill. While conservatives have attacked the program -- focusing on the mandate -- with great clarity, the president's hesitant defense of this complex system has done little to rally the public behind it. Now he must wait to see if the Supreme Court offers his critics justification that he overreached with his agenda. 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Iran's hypocrisy in condemning U.S. racism Michael Rubin says it's a farce that Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei posted tweets criticizing U.S. police
The smart thing that makes you stupidRon Friedman says your smartphone may be making you behave stupidly; resolve to resist distractions in 2015
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BioWare Mondays
I'm going to change the format of these daily summaries of what various notable RPG-making companies are up to. Rather than post lengthy lists of links, I'm going to try and weave together all the interesting factoids I've collected — in this case since about this time last month — into a shorter format, involving fewer quotes and heavier use of paragraphs.
So of course, the big news last month was the controversy over the ending to Mass Effect 3. Fans rose up in protest — something about cupcakes — while others started looking at earlier entries in the series to see if the ending had been telegraphed in any way. Some such analysis have been generally positive in nature, others rather more negative. Some fans even made use of rather amusing pranks to speak their minds about the series, while a bureaucrat at the Better Business Bureau opined that BioWare might be guilty of having falsely advertised the game and overstating the role that player choice would…er…play in its outcome.
BioWare didn't exactly help things when one of their people mis-spoke about what sorts of modding might get a player banned from EA's Origin service and potentially locked out of Mass Effect 3. It would seem he meant to say that using mods which impacted multiplayer gameplay could result in such penalties, but his word choice made it sound as though modding the single-player game would also result in a ban. Which, we've since learned, is not the case.
More recently, others have begun to argue that this whole controversy might just be good for the industry. And to be fair, many fans are still very much in love with the Mass Effect franchise, and are still doing the usual tribute-minded things that fans are wont to do. BioWare continues to demonstrate pride in the game, and has posted profiles of — and interviews with — some of its artists, designers, and writers in recent weeks.
BioWare did concede some ground to upset fans; by now, I'm sure everyone has heard about the extended cut of the game that will be released this summer, which will apparently flesh out the ending to explain some of the more egregious "what the?" aspects thereof. They also released the multiplayer-targeted Resurgence DLC for free, and I gather that it has in general been warmly received. I don't know if their intent was to release it as a freebie, but it won them some PR points regardless.
And because the world keeps on turning, focus has now shifted away from BioWare's science fiction franchise to its fantasy franchise; Dragon Age 3 is starting to pop up more and more often in the newsfeeds of gaming websites. Indeed, there was a panel at PAX East concerning the game, and some details about it have been leaked or released. For example, Dragon Age 3 won't heavily re-use levels, something its predecessor was guilty of doing. And it will bring back party customization in a big way, apparently. All of which is good news for RPG fans.
Star Wars: The Old Republic is losing subscribers for various reasons, many of which have to do with the fact that once you've reached the end of a character storyline and maxed out in levels, the game really doesn't leave you with a whole lot of places to go. BioWare is of course trying to entice players — especially players with high-level characters — back with free game time. Which, if my somewhat limited understanding of MMORPGs is at all correct, isn't really a good sign, and isn't likely to be a hugely successful strategy. Part of me is beginning to wonder if The Old Republic won't be flipped over to a free-to-play model once it has made back its development costs.
Some things, however, don't change. Everyone still hates Kaidan Alenko even after the third installment in the Mass Effect series. Heck, even I'm starting to sour on the guy. And everyone still loves Jade Empire and wishes it would make a comeback.


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How to make Angry Birds – part 1. Hello and welcome back to my blog!
This time I'm going to try something new. There are many tutorials for various techniques and tricks on the web, but what you don't often see is one that takes you through the development of a game, step by step from start to finish. This is what I'm going to attempt here. I hope that it will provide some missing insight into the components that actually make up a working game and how to go about developing them. How to hire a programmer to make your ideas happen. Do you have an idea for a website, online business, or application, but need a programmer to turn that idea into reality?
Many of my friends have been in the same position, so here's my best advice, below. But first, a quick request: If you are a programmer, please leave a reply below with YOUR best advice. Feel free to include your URL and email for anyone to contact you. I know my advice is not complete, (and you may totally disagree!) , so any further advice is appreciated. Re-inventing finance: an emerging (digital) reformation by Sean Park on Prezi. Startups: How to Communicate Traction... by Brendan Baker. How to start a Daily Deals Business (Part 1) // Matchbook. SaaS Metrics - A Guide to Measuring and Improving What Matters. This blog post looks at the high level goals of a SaaS business and drills down layer by layer to expose the key metrics that will help drive success.
Metrics for metric's sake are not very useful. Instead the goal is to provide a detailed look at what management must focus on to drive a successful SaaS business. For each metric, we will also look at what is actionable. Startup Ideas We'd Like to Fund. Startup Ideas We'd Like to Fund Paul Graham July 2008 When we read Y Combinator applications there are always ideas we're hoping to see.
In the past we've never said publicly what they are. If we say we're looking for x, we'll get applications proposing x, certainly. Web 3.0 (from social to big data). Are you... Josh Birkholz Redefining fundraising for the 21st Century.
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Motivating Virality in Facebook Games. Motivating Virality in Facebook Games [Editor's note: Brenda Brathwaite is a game designer with over 20 years of experience and credits on classic titles like Jagged Alliance and the Wizardry series.
She is currently creative director at social game developer LOLapps, and a regular Inside Social Games contributor.] Getting players to post to the viral channel is a challenge every game designer faces when he or she is making Facebook games. It's known that players are most likely to post when they've just started a game, but what motivates returning players? Four things: Top 5 Elements for Virality of Social Games. For today's social game developer, virality is key to driving user growth and lowering customer acquisition costs.
Here's a look at five elements that boost the virality of social games: 1. Publishing updates about the game through users Every game developer should allow users to publish their top scores or milestones on their news feeds and Twitter streams. By doing so, their games will be promoted to all of their users' friends and likely attract new players. For example, Zynga's Texas Hold'Em Poker lets its players announce to all of their friends when they get Three of a Kind, a Flush or another great hand. Facebook App Virality: Not Dead Yet But Dying Slowly. At the Social Gaming Summit in San Francisco today, the overall consensus among many speakers and attendees was that viral growth on Facebook isn't dead yet, but it is definitely dying slowly.
Kavin Stewart of LOLapps articulated the state of development on Facebook effectively when he suggested that with the ongoing changes on the Platform, it's necessary to "keep your chin up", as developers have historically figured out a way to continue growing. The term "viral growth" essentially means the art and science of free user acquisition.
Top application developers have essentially become "viral growth scientists", focused on two things: optimizing viral channels and finding platforms that provide those channels. As any developer in this space knows, Facebook is no longer the viral platform that it once was. 5 crucial stages in designing your viral loop. Designing a viral loop has multiple stagesViral loops have been featured in mainstream media and there's even a book coming out on it – but the step-by-step design of creating a new loop remains obscure, and for good reason.
I've come to believe that creating viral loops is akin to building a software project – at best, it still comes down to a great team, a strong understanding of the tools available, and relentless iteration. There's no recipe at the heart of it which guarantees a viral process every time, the same way that you can't guarantee that any software project will result in market success. There are no silver bullets in viral marketingIn fact, the core of virality ensures that there will never be a dominant "recipe." If everyone knows how to build a viral loop around social network invites, then everyone will do it, resulting in consumers will become desensitized, which finally leads to lower response rates.
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There's never enough of it. Sure, you could raise more, but that won't help you against your competitor who seems to have found his market fit while you were charming an investor. No matter what, somehow you're always in the second half, 10 minutes left on the clock, the score still 0:0 and the competition has the ball. 20 Innovative Startups. Ben Milne founded Dwolla Company: Dwolla Founders: Ben Milne Location: Des Moines, Iowa Funding: $1 million from The Veridian Group and The Members Group in Iowa. Raising another round now. Fun Friday: Startup Creation Stories. I absolutely love Paul Graham's story of how Y Combinator started. It has all the makings of a great startup story. Paul and Jessica came up with the idea on the way home from dinner walking through Cambridge. The sand in the oyster was the fact that Jessica hated her job.
It made me think we should share startup creation stories today on fun friday. I will start with mine. A Conversation with Peter Thiel. Francis Fukuyama: I'd like to begin by asking you about a point you made about there being certain liberal and conservative blind spots about America. What did you mean by that? Peter Thiel: On the surface, one of the debates we have is that people on the Left, especially the Occupy Wall Street movement, focus on income and wealth inequality issues—the 99 percent versus the 1 percent.
It's evident that both forms of inequality have escalated at a very high rate. Probably from 1973 to today, they have gone up faster than they did in the 19th century. The rapid rise in inequality has been an issue that the Right has not been willing to engage. Racism And Meritocracy. Editor's note: Guest contributor Eric Ries is the author of The Lean Startup. Follow him @ericries. Unless you've been living under a rock, you can't have missed the recent dust-up over race and Silicon Valley. Like almost every discussion of diversity and meritocracy in this town, it turned ugly fast. One side says: "All I see is white men. Therefore, people like Michael Arrington must be racist." How Three Germans Are Cloning the Web. A purple rooster sculpture made from recycled grape Fanta bottle labels.
Clocks designed to hang in corners. Bauhaus posters from the 1920s. Hand-painted vintage typewriters. These are some of the carefully curated objects for sale on Fab.com, the fast-growing flash-deal site for designer goods. Launched out of a loft in New York City's Garment District last June, Fab had sales of $20 million in its first six months and is on track to earn $100 million in 2012. How I built 7books in under 4 weeks. Angry Birds, Farmville and Other Hyperaddictive 'Stupid Games' Notes Essays—Peter Thiel's CS183: Startup—Stanford, Spring 2012. New business ideas, trends and innovation.


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Hunting, fishing, four-wheeling, camping, hiking…if it's outdoors and sport, it's in Jackson County this weekend.
NewsWatch12 Sportsmen's & Outdoor Recreation Show is taking over the fairground in Central Point.
The 14th annual event features hundreds exhibits for all ages, including the famous fish tank, where anyone can instantly become an expert angler. There's also a zip line, the condor encounter, and a climbing wall.
Doors open Friday from 12 p.m. to 9 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Sunday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Jackson County Expo.
Super heroes are putting their strength, endurance and hearts on the line this weekend, and you're invited to join the "Hearts and Heroes" Run benefiting organizations that help homeless youth and at risk kids.
The fun run/walk celebrates the opening of the City Life Community Center in Medford. The one mile event starts at the new building right next to Medford's Hearts with a Mission building.
Check-in is at 8:00 a.m., the race begins at 8:30 a.m. Don't forget to wear your super hero best!
The popular Bob and Tom Comedy returns to Medford this weekend.
Tim Bedore will be pulling laughs and sharing his views on men women and the world around us.
His radio show "Vague but True" has been around for nearly 20 years, but you'll see him live during two shows at the Rocky Tonk in downtown Medford this Friday night.
Look to win big this weekend at the sweetheart casino night. A royal flush, 21, or bingo will win big for you and a Grants Pass woman.
The Rogue Women's Council of Realtors' Annual Event this Saturday will help with the health costs of Megan Gerard. Doors open at Taprock Event Center in Grants Pass at 5:30 with dinner at 6:00 p.m. and the tables opening at 7:00 p.m.
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Beijing | Join the club
PUBLISHED: 07 Sep 2012 04:31:59 | UPDATED: 02 Oct 2012 00:45:51PUBLISHED: 04 Sep 2012 PRINT EDITION: 07 Sep 2012Lisa Murray and Fiona Carruthers
In a city famous for its exclusive clubs, one Beijing outfit took it a step too far last year when it announced plans to entertain the rich and famous in the confines of the historic Forbidden City.
The private club would have cost its 500 members a hefty joining fee of 1 million yuan ($149,000), for which they would have been granted the privilege of frolicking among the country's national treasures. It went as far as an invitation to the opening ceremony before a public backlash against the exploitation of China's heritage put a stop to proceedings.
But it hasn't stopped the city's love affair with exclusivity. All of the country's most powerful business people, politicians and socialites claim membership to at least one of Beijing's top clubs.
It's all about guanxi or connections and the appearance, at least, of power and influence.
Sophisticated Traveller recently scored a rare tour around one of the most exclusive establishments, the aptly named China Club, thanks to the impeccable guanxi of Australian Chinese tour operator Helen Wong.
The famous club was built in the 17th century as a modest palace for a Qing dynasty prince; on the Wednesday afternoon that we visit, it is eerily quiet. Its courtyards are deserted, its Sichuan restaurant and 1920s-style cigar bar all set up – but with no one to serve.
Our guide steps in, however, bringing the surroundings to life with tales of how Deng Xiaoping and Margaret Thatcher nutted out the details of the handover of Hong Kong right here over a spicy Sichuan meal.
That sort of history attracted Hong Kong billionaire David Tang, founder of retail fashion chain Shanghai Tang, when he was expanding his exclusive China Club franchise to the mainland. Today, the China Club in Beijing is a favoured haunt of politicians, the famous and business executives, and has hosted the likes of Tony Blair, Elle Macpherson and Jude Law. Just a few months ago, German Chancellor Angela Merkel had lunch at the Club.
An adjoining boutique hotel with 10 beautifully renovated suites, each sporting hand-painted silk wallpaper, only increases the rock star appeal.
But today, the China Club is more of a tourist attraction for visiting celebrities and foreign dignitaries than a place where the big deals are done. For the politically connected, the spot of choice is the Chang An Club, while investment bankers head to the Beijing American Club. Entrepreneurs can be found at the Capital Club.
Beijing's fetish for networks, however, doesn't extend to China's business capital, Shanghai. Marketing communications director at Shanghai's uber cool PuLi Hotel and Spa, Farrel Yi, explains the historical difference. While Shanghai happily serves as a playground for beautiful young things cavorting on the Bund, Beijing is still all about preserving guanxi – often described as the invisible threads that hold Chinese business and political society together.
"The very tightly knit business club or networking culture is far more popular in Beijing than in Shanghai," Yi says. "Shanghai is more open, more adaptable and ready to receive any newcomer. The Shanghainese don't like the concept of exclusive clubs.
"In that sense, you don't need to be part of a club in this city – you just go to a nice hotel and hang out around the pool or cafe. That's how Shanghai deals are done!
"But Beijing will always be a heavy, political city that thrives on established networks. We even have a term for it: the second generation of rich are called fu er dai, or 'second generation of rich kids'.
"Belonging to the most influential Beijing clubs is as important to the fu er dai as it was to their parents."


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European Union governments agreed on Monday to put the military wing of Lebanese militant group Hezbollah on the EU terror list, diplomats said, in a major reversal of policy driven by concerns over the group's activities in Europe.
"Agreement (was) reached to list Hezbollah," one EU diplomat told Reuters. Three other diplomats confirmed that.
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Sony will live stream its Gamescom conference next week.
You'll be able to watch it here next Tuesday, August 14 from 6pm BST - that's just six days away.
"Join us live from Cologne on 14 August 2012 when we'll be revealing the future of PlayStation as well as hosting a live panel with industry experts," the platform holder says.
"Leading lights of the video game development community weigh in on the 'games as art' debate."
Panelists include SCE Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida, thatgamecompany co-founder Kellee Santiago, Media Molecule co-founder Alex Evans, and Giant Sparrow co-founder Ian Dallas.
Sony previously used Gamescom events to announce hardware revisions like the PS3 Slim in 2009 and a budget PSP last year.
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Huang specifically picked out Natal to address the "many different things you can do with it," echoing statements made by MTV Games last month on the next iteration of the Rock Band franchise. He outlined some potential implementations in the "motion detecting; maybe sensing how you're playing, or the ability to use it for interactivity purposes and taking advantage of it for party purposes." Huang, however, remained cagey on specifics, restating his company is still "evaluating it." Though the tech's still in its relative infancy, as of right now it seems that next year's music-rhythm games are going to feel very different than this year's bunch. We've dropped a demonstration of how awesome you might look playing them after the break!
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The most common form of hepatitis in children, hepatitis A can cause stomach pain, severe fatigue, fever, sore muscles and jaundice. The incubation period is 28 days, which means symptoms may not show up for a month after you've been exposed to the virus. Fortunately, it often goes away on its own and it rarely causes long-term liver damage—but it's best to prevent getting infected in the first place.
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In order to rectify the shortcomings of a rigid and outdated U.S. visa system set in place by the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA), this report recommends creating a new visa stream called provisional visas which would sync visa policies with the way in which labor markets work in practice, and bridge temporary and permanent employment-based admissions to the United States in a predictable and transparent way.
This report examines the funding formula used to distribute Workforce Investment Act Title II federal funds for adult education, literacy, and English as a Second Language instruction, and argues that the formula fails to account for the size and needs of adults with limited English proficiency.
Report examines the findings of a survey conducted by The Integration of the European Second Generation (TIES), which compares data for second-generation Turks with parents of comparable backgrounds across contextual factors in seven European countries to explore why educational outcomes vary within the target group.
This book reflects the effort of the Transatlantic Council on Migration to map how profound demographic change is likely to affect the size and character of global migration flows; and how governments can shape immigration policy in a world increasingly attuned to the hunt for talent.
This policy paper proposes creation of a permanent, independent executive-branch agency that would make regular recommendations to the president and Congress for adjusting employment-based immigration levels.The Standing Commission concept, first articulated by the MPI-convened Independent Task Force on Immigration and America's Future in its 2006 final report, would provide timely, evidence-based and impartial analysis that is vital for informed policymaking. The bipartisan Standing Commission would be staffed by a professional corps of career economists, demographers and other social scientists.
This paper intends to provide a baseline of evidence for policymakers seeking to calibrate their immigration policy responses to the economic downturn, with a focus on the UK.
Public opinion supports the view that immigrants take natives' jobs and reduce their wages, but most economists disagree. Although basic laws of supply and demand suggest that immigration could reduce wages by increasing the supply of workers, in reality the actual impact of immigration is likely to be small, especially in the long run.
This short briefing paper explores the potential effects of the economic crisis with respect to immigration across European Union Member States, and outlines how policymakers might respond to changing patterns of migrant inflows and outflows, and the consequences of the downturn on immigrants and their host communities.


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New York International Auto Show 2015
Join us for our 2nd Annual bus trip to the Big Apple and the NY International Autoshow. See all the new concept cars, test drive new models and visit NYC with SAM
Dino Petrocelli's passion for photography became a career in 1985. From there, his business grew exponentially and soon expanded to include studio photography.
SAM Membership helps fuels the Museum in many different ways, from the enriching exhibits, the ongoing lecture series and the wonderful programs and events we feature.
SAM's Garage is a place where children learn about cars while gearing up for life. Programs at SAM's Garage encourage non-traditional, multigenerational learning opportunities and programs for children and adults.
Events & Programs Calendar
Collection Tour: May 15, 2015
As part of the the museum's Spring Fundraiser visit a one-of-a-kind collection for a private tour and BBQ Lunch. 60+ cars representing such marques as Bugatti, Bentley, Mercedes, Aston Martin, BMW, Porsche, Lamborghini, Bizzarrini, Jaguar, Duesenberg, Rolls Royce and many more!'
Spring Autoshow: May 16, 2015
Dust of your sleeping beauty and get ready for Spring with the celebration of SAMs 12th annual Spring Autoshow, the Museum's biggest fundraiser of the year.
This year we'll feature all British Marques, Racecars, PreWar II Autos, & Motorcylces around the reflecting pool.
• games & activities for the kids • driving simulators • antique car photo op
• win a family membership • kids choice judging
Click here for more images from the Invitational and Autoshow - Photography by Donnie Panthen
Click here for the entire gallery of photos from the 2014 Invitational & Autoshow Spring Collection Tour - Photography by Dino Petrocelli
Click here for more images from SAM Boston Bus Trip


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#113) Three months ago...I went to brony meet-up in my local area. I won't say where it was so it won't look bad on other bronies from the area but there were about 17 people there. One was a guy and he and me got on really well at the meet-up. We decided to meet up a few more times just the two of us. We met up three times and everything was fine. I found out he smoked pot and drank a lot at the third meeting and said I didn't like it but he was okay with that and I didn't mind too much. Anyway after that we were talking through Skype like normal but he was kind of excited to meet up again and he said he loved me. He lives about an hour and


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Forty-Three of The Best Free Windows Enhancements That You Should Know About. There is an impressive range of excellent freeware Windows enhancements and tweaks.
This posting will present forty three excellent additions to Windows that you will like. When I first thought of this post, I more or less knew what programs I wanted to list here. The common theme that brought these together was that they were all really cool Windows "enhancements": i.e. apps that tweak or change the way we work with files, folders, applications, or the system environment itself (or, apps that brings functionality to the Windows environment that could or should have been a built-in option in Windows. How To Add 20 Best Features Of Other Browsers to Firefox. Well as it stands today, with so many Firefox addons, almost anything is possible in Firefox.
Here are some add-ons that add common features of various browsers that are not present in Firefox by default: Google Chrome Google Chrome is the one browser that really comes close to being the default browser on my computer. Extensions are possible but the API is limited. Most Popular Firefox Extensions and Posts of 2010. 5 Cool Firefox About:Config Hacks To Make Browsing Smoother. Part of the reason behind Firefox's success is the fact that there is an awesome team of individuals behind it, who work around the clock to make it live up to the stringent quality standards, which are a hallmark of Mozilla.
However, there is a second, almost equally important reason as to why each version of Firefox is a runaway success. There's virtually no limit to the amount of customization you can apply to Firefox. Most of these come in the form of extensions (small add-ons, which add to the functionality). However, today we are going to talk about another, more covert way of customizing Firefox. All the different settings of Firefox can be accessed from one convenient location using the Firefox "About Config" hack. 10 Useful Website Analytics Tools. When you start a website, no matter if you have chosen a top business hosting package or a cheap website hosting package, you will find various website analysis tools in your web hosting admin panel.
Website analysis tools, such as Awstats, are typically included in both business hosting and cheap website hosting packages and these tools are indeed good. However, if you want options when it comes to website analytics tools, here are some suggestions. Website Speed and Performance Checking Tools. Google is taking site's loading speed into consideration in determining its ranking.
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Sheriff Chris Nocco (R)
New Port Richey
Masters in Public Administration (State and Local Management), 1999, and Bachelors in Criminal Justice, University of Delaware (on football scholarship); undergraduate certificate in Emergency Management, Florida State University, 2005; graduate, 101st National Sheriff's Institute, plus numerous law-enforcement courses.
Served with the Philadelphia Public School Police, the Fairfax County Virginia Police Department and as a deputy with the Broward County Sheriff's Office; was a first responder to the attacks of 9/11, the Washington sniper incident, the anthrax attacks and numerous demonstrations and large protests in the nation's Capital; served as a member of the Civil Disturbance Unit in Fairfax and Field Force in Broward County; staff director to Rep. Marco Rubio in the Policy and Procedures Office (responsible for domestic security, criminal justice, economic development, and transportations issues); deputy chief of staff to Speaker of the House, Marco Rubio; chief of staff, Florida Highway Patrol; served as a captain and major of the Pasco County Sheriff's Office Joint Operations Bureau; appointed Sheriff of Pasco County May 1, 2011; elected Sheriff of Pasco County, November 2012.
Honors and Affiliations
Awarded the 2012 Leadership Award from BayCare Behavioral Health; awarded the Patriotic Employer from the ESGR (Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve);board member: Regional Medical Center, Bayonet Point, Pasco Sheriff's Charities, Sand Soldiers of America, Boys and Girls Club of Lacoochee and Pasco Police Athletic League; serves on the Rasmussen College Advisory Council, New Port Richey Rotary, Police Benevolent Association, Fraternal Order of Police, Knights of Columbus, National Sheriffs Association, Gold Shield Foundation and the National Rifle Association.
Address: 8700 Citizen Dr., New Port Richey, 34654-5501
Phone: (727) 847-5878
Website: http://www.pascosheriff.org
County Seat: Dade City
Population: 466,457
County Website: http://www.pascocountyfl.net/


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I just returned from three days on the Russian River celebrating two dear friends' 50th birthdays. They threw their own party – inviting their friends and family to their getaway on the River, renting three other homes for the multitude of attendees, and then planning and cooking all the meals for the 30+ ravenous eaters. […]
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You'll have plenty of time for cozy winter hugs with this simple dish of pork roasted with sweet potatoes, pears and fresh sage.
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Choose orange-fleshed sweet potatoes with dark brownish-orange skins. These sweet potatoes are moist, sweet and add beautiful color to recipes.
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Oh hey there i draws Pixel art,i Draws them up reals good.
the small ones are the original the tall ones are the ones i made Note;the Originals were not made by me or owned i gots more.
heres one that is mine
:3 and hers my DA for more http://serbykun.deviantart.com/gallery/