What I Learned This Week in ActiveRain-January 6-January 12, 2013.

I Learn Something New at ActiveRain Every Day and It's Time I Showed You. ?January 6 to January 12, 2013.

I learn something new every day at ActiveRain! ?With this series I try to highlight one post per day that gave me that ?lightbulb? moment. ?It could be something techie, about Real Estate, about a place or person!

William JohnsonJanuary 6: ?William Johnson ?Sunday Photo/ My Best Post Processed Photo of 2012. ?
If you?ve never seen William?s photos I encourage you to head to his blog right after you read the rest of this post! ??He IS the professional and I learn something through all of his posts. ?I thought for sure this was a painting.

Michael TherriaultJanuary 7: ?Michael Therriault ???Do You Know How to Properly Test Your Smoke Alarm?
My very good friends have a beautifully remodeled home courtesy of a fire in 2011. ?I hope you all have working smoke alarms in your homes but I had no idea a product like this existed. ?Please read this.

The Christiansen TeamJared Christiansen ??The Only Person That Cares If You Are Part Time is YOU.
I?ve not given too much thought to part time Realtors but Jared brought up a very good point. ?He showed me a different point of view about as Bill Spear put it people who hold dual careers. ?Be sure to read the comments.

Christine McDanielJanuary 8: ??Christine McDaniel ??My ActiveRain Referral-Pat Haddad
My ah-ha moment was that here were 2 AR members who have been around for a bit and I don?t think I?d ever read or commented on their blogs.... and one of them (Pat) is a fellow Ambassador. ?And from commenting/reading each other?s blog came a referral. ?That?s what it?s all about folks.

Brian RaylJanuary 9: ?Brian Rayl ???So Many Agents Here on Activerain Don?t Care
Brian?s post was featured but I wanted to give it some more exposure. ?I?d been reading about the widgets that Realtors use to link to Trulia, etc were driving traffic to them as opposed to their own website. ?I was actually able to follow his explanation of how it was done as well as how to fix it. ?

Sheila Newton TeamSheila Newton Team ???Three Words That Can Create Failure.
Words... what you say can affect your success or failure. ?Better to set yourself up for success and one way to do that is watching what you say. ?

Peggy HughesJanuary 10: ?Peggy Hughes ???Moving Yourself? ?Some Tips to Minimize Furniture Damage.
I?ve moved a quite a lot and have always watched as the movers packed our whole house. And yet I still learned quite a bit from reading Peggy?s post. ?If you plan a move or to provide information for your clients be sure to read her post.

Mike cooperJanuary 11: ?Mike Cooper ??How Much Do You Want to Spend to Prove that a Lawsuit is Frivolous?
Let?s face it, we live in a litigious society and what you say or omit can have you slapped with a lawsuit quicker than you can say Judge Judy. ?Mike offers some excellent reminders on What Not to Say. ????Even though Realtors often wear many hats, keep them in the closet. ?Only wear your Realtor hat when communicating with clients .

Dorie DillardJanuary 12: ?Dorie Dillard ??Do You contribute to ?Problem Prior to Close Conditions??
This goes hand in hand with the good ole? ?KISS? rule.. Keep It Simple Stupid. ?Dorie lists 3 tips to remember when writing a contract so that you don?t muddy the water and lose a sale.

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Engadget Podcast 326: CES 2013 Closer - 01.13.2013

Engadget Podcast 326: CES 2013 Day 4 - 01.12.2013

So, it's a wrap. Done, dusted. To celebrate, the whole Engadget crew rolls up for the last podcast from the show floor. It's fast-firing tech talk with a bunch of giveaways, and best of all you can catch it all again right here.

Hosts: Tim Stevens, Brian Heater
Producer: James Trew

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Marwo Fawsiya Yuusuf ? Socdaalkeygii shaqo ee London iyo Rome wuxuu ku soo idlaaday guul? (Sawiro)

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?Waxaan kula kulmay London dhiggeyga William Hague oo aan isla meel dhignay taageerida dowladda Soomaaliya dhanka dhaqaalaha, nabadgelyada, la dagaalanka burcad badeeda iyo isdhaafsi diblomaasi si dib loogu furo safaaradaha labada dal ay ku kala lahaayeen Muqdisho iyo London? sidaa waxaa sheegtay Marwo Fawsiya Yuusuf oo maanta si weyn loogu soo dhoweeyay garoonka diyaaradaha Aden Adde ee Muqdisho.

Wasiirku waxa ay intaa ku dartay ? Magaalada Rome waxaan kula kulmay Mas?uuliyiinta kala ah Wasiirka Arrimaha Dibadda Talyaaniga??Giulio Terzi iyo Wasiiradda Cadaaladda Paola Severino, waxaa ayna ii balan-qaadeen inay Soomaaliya ka caawin doonaan dhanka beeraha, kaluumeysiga, tababarida ciidamada, garsoorayaasha maxkamadaha iyo dib u soo nooleynta heshiisyadii labada dal horey u kala saxiixdeen?.

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Miami rejects Florida QB's transfer

08:56 AM ET?01.13 | Miami feels so good about quarterback that it quietly rejected recent overtures from the Gators' 2012 opening day starter. West Palm Beach Dwyer coach Jack Daniels said UM was the "top choice" of Jacoby Brissett, who is transferring from UF, but the Hurricanes informed him "they don't have room for him" because they have five quarterbacks on scholarship and a sixth (Kevin Olsen) arriving this summer. Brissett, rated the third-best duel purpose QB and 75th player overall in the 2011 class, completed 23 of 35 passes for 249 yards in 2012. He started the season opener against Bowling Green but was replaced after a quarter, replaced an injured Jeff Driskel and helped rally UF to avoid an upset loss against Louisiana-Lafayette, then started against Jacksonville State and threw for just 154 yards. He then lost the job to Driskel, decided to transfer, and likely will pick between North Carolina State and West Virginia, Daniels said.

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iTunes 11: I Want to Be More Impressed Than I Am

After the iTunes 11 delivery delay, I was hoping Apple was working through a seriously complicated redesign that would vastly improve my iTunes experience. Instead, we got iTunes 11, which looks like a huge improvement, but -- if anyone out in the world is at least somewhat like me -- is just a marginal improvement with some pretty shininess built into it.

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Animated breaking news alert scares Fox News host

When a television news network needs to interrupt programming with breaking news, the alert animation is not supposed to scare the host more than the actual news.

But that's what happened, and now video of Fox News host Megyn Kelly's reaction is getting attention.

The segment on the "fiscal cliff" began with a brand-new breaking news alert graphic. Someone apparently forgot to warn Kelly that the graphics department had been working overtime.

After it appeared, the "America Live" anchor was shown with her hands over her mouth looking surprised, and not in a good way.

She then burst into giggles. "That was a new alert animation, scared me a little bit," she said. "Maybe we should be scared, because the clock is ticking down right now to the so-called fiscal cliff."

Kelly was so distracted by the animation onslaught, she actually asked her guest, Fox News editor Chris Stirewalt, about it. "So, did you think of that alert, did it scare you?"

He responded gamely, "I was really frightened. I thought something really, really bad was happening instead of just the standard badness." "It's terrifying!" Kelly responded, laughing again.

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Original Batmobile from TV series to be auctioned

LOS ANGELES (AP) ? Batman's ride is up for sale ? just the thing for cruising on those Dark Knights.

The original Batmobile from the 1960s TV series will be auctioned on Jan. 19 at the Barrett-Jackson auction house in Scottsdale, Ariz.

The 19-foot-long black, bubble-topped car was used in the TV show that starred Adam West as the Caped Crusader.

The car's owner ? famed auto customizer George Barris, of Los Angeles ? transformed a one-of-a-kind 1955 Lincoln Futura concept car into a sleek crime-fighting machine. On the show, it boasted lasers and a Batphone and could lay down smoke screens and oil slicks.

And just like Batman, the Batmobile has its secrets. The auction house won't say how much it hopes to get for the car.

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Golf club wants $100,000 from District of Kitimat in 2013

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Boehner sees no progress in fiscal cliff talks

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner said on Thursday that "fiscal cliff" talks with the White House had made no substantive progress and criticized President Barack Obama and Democrats for failing to get serious about including spending cuts in a final deal.

Boehner said he was "disappointed" after a phone call with Obama on Wednesday night and a meeting with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Thursday moved the two sides no closer to an agreement to avert the tax hikes and spending cuts that will be triggered at the start of 2013 unless Congress intervenes.

"I'm disappointed in where we are and disappointed in what's happened over the last couple of weeks," Boehner, of Ohio, told reporters after a private session with Geithner at the Capitol.

"No substantive progress has been made in the talks between the White House and the House over the last two weeks," he said. "There's been no serious discussion of spending cuts so far, and unless there is, there's a real danger of going off the fiscal cliff."

Markets dipped briefly into negative territory on Boehner's comments, continuing a pattern of gyration based on the latest utterance or headline about the outlook for an agreement to avert the fiscal cliff.

The tone was in sharp contrast to the one expressed on November 16, the last time Obama met with congressional leaders. Boehner then stood next to Democratic leaders and voiced optimism they could find common ground in fiscal cliff negotiations.

Complicating the debate on Thursday was a renewed fight over raising the U.S. debt ceiling. That explosive issue, which could have been handled separately in the spring, was thrust into the fiscal cliff fray on Thursday in an exchange between Republicans and Democrats.

Boehner said any debt limit increase needed to be matched or exceeded by spending cuts to be proposed by Obama as part of the cliff negotiations.

'DEEPLY IRRESPONSIBLE'

White House spokesman Jay Carney responded by demanding that Congress go ahead and raise the debt ceiling as part of any year-end deal to avoid the cliff. To do otherwise, he said, would be "deeply irresponsible."

The last partisan fight over the nation's borrowing limit in 2011 was settled by a law that led directly to the fiscal cliff and to a downgrade of the government's credit rating.

Geithner, Obama's top negotiator in the talks, met with congressional leaders from both parties at the Capitol as the end-of-year deadline approaches to avoid the onset of $600 billion in tax hikes and spending cuts that analysts warn could push the U.S. economy back into recession.

The immediate issue is whether the tax cuts that originated in the administration of former President George W. Bush should be extended beyond December 31 for all taxpayers including the wealthy, as Republicans want, or just for taxpayers with income under $250,000, as Obama and his fellow Democrats want.

Republicans have said they are willing to consider new ways to raise revenue as long as Democrats and Obama agree to accompany it with significant spending cuts, particularly to entitlement programs like the government-sponsored Medicare and Medicaid healthcare plans.

"Without spending cuts and entitlement reform, it's going to be impossible to address our country's debt crisis. Right now, all eyes are on the White House," Boehner said.

Boehner said Geithner and the administration had not offered any new plans during the meeting to break the impasse, while Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid said Democrats were still waiting for a "reasonable" proposal from Republicans.

Carney said the president had put forward "very specific spending cuts," including some in the entitlement healthcare programs, but had not seen any movement from Republicans.

CRACKS IN REPUBLICAN RANKS

Despite a few cracks in Republican ranks, most notably from Republican Representative Tom Cole of Oklahoma, neither side has budged significantly in recent weeks from its position, leaving the markets and political analysts alike to grasp at wording nuances.

"I think unfortunately it seems pretty clear that the market is trading very much off the reading of the tea leaves on how these fiscal cliff negotiations are going," said Eric Kuby, chief investment officer at North Star Investment Management Corp in Chicago.

In the absence of progress, or any realistic understanding as to when or if Republicans and Democrats might avert the cliff or come up with some deficit reduction agreement, prodding has started to come on a regular basis from business leaders as well as Federal Reserve officials.

New York Fed President William Dudley and Richard Fisher of the Dallas Fed, highlighted the problems that U.S. lawmakers were causing for both hiring and the economy with each day they fail to strike a deal to avoid a pending fiscal crisis.

Dudley said on Thursday that if it is not addressed, the economic contraction is likely to be larger than normal because interest rates are so low.

The post-election lame-duck session of Congress also has made clear that until the two sides get over the immediate tax issue, they will not be able to move forward on the serious discussions they desire on longer-term deficit reduction and tax reform.

Keeping the nation in suspense down to a white-knuckled deadline has become the rule rather than the exception for Congress in recent years.

Whether the risk has been a government shutdown or, as in the events that led to the fiscal cliff, default for failure to raise the U.S. government's borrowing power, Republicans and Democrats have needed the pressure of time and possible disaster to bring them together.

(Additional reporting by Rachelle Younglai, Thomas Ferarro and Kim Dixon; Writing by John Whitesides and Fred Barbash; Editing by Peter Cooney)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/cracks-surface-republican-unity-tax-rates-014748785--business.html

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