FACT CHECK: Slips in vice presidential debate

Vice President Joe Biden and Republican vice presidential nominee Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin participate in the vice presidential debate at Centre College, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012, in Danville, Ky. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

Vice President Joe Biden and Republican vice presidential nominee Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin participate in the vice presidential debate at Centre College, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012, in Danville, Ky. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

Vice President Joe Biden, center, and his wife Jill Biden, meet with Republican vice presidential candidate, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., right, his wife Janna Ryan, left, and son Charlie Ryan, center, on stage after the vice presidential debate, at Centre College in Danville, Ky., Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Vice President Joe Biden answers a question during the vice presidential debate at Centre College, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012, in Danville, Ky. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

Republican vice presidential nominee Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin answers a question during the vice presidential debate at Centre College, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012, in Danville, Ky. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

(AP) ? Anyone who paid attention to a hearing in Congress this week knew that the administration had been implored to beef up security at the U.S. Consulate in Libya before the deadly terrorist attack there. But in the vice presidential debate Thursday night, Joe Biden seemed unaware.

"We weren't told they wanted more security there," the vice president asserted flatly. During a night in which Biden and Republican rival Paul Ryan both drifted from the facts on a range of domestic and foreign issues, that was a standout.

A look at some of their claims:

BIDEN: "Well, we weren't told they wanted more security there. We did not know they wanted more security again. And by the way, at the time we were told exactly ? we said exactly what the intelligence community told us that they knew. That was the assessment. And as the intelligence community changed their view, we made it clear they changed their view."

RYAN: "There were requests for more security."

THE FACTS: Ryan is right, judging by testimony from Obama administration officials at the hearing a day earlier.

Charlene R. Lamb, a deputy assistant secretary for diplomatic security, told lawmakers she refused requests for more security in Benghazi, saying the department wanted to train Libyans to protect the consulate. "Yes, sir, I said personally I would not support it," she said.

Eric Nordstrom, who was the top security official in Libya earlier this year, testified he was criticized for seeking more security. He said conversations he had with people in Washington led him to believe that it was "abundantly clear we were not going to get resources until the aftermath of an incident. How thin does the ice have to get before someone falls through?"

He said his exasperation reached a point where he told a colleague that "for me the Taliban is on the inside of the building."

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RYAN: "Look at just the $90 billion in stimulus the vice president was in charge of overseeing ? this $90 billion in green pork to campaign contributors and special interest groups."

THE FACTS: Dismissing an entire package of energy stimulus grants and loans as "green pork" ignores the help that was given to people to make their homes more energy efficient, grants to public entities constructing high speed rail lines and tax credits to manufacturers to install equipment fostering cleaner energy.

To be sure, there were notable failed investments, such as $528 million to the politically connected and now-bankrupt solar power company Solyndra. But Ryan's claim made it sound like every penny went down the drain.

More broadly, economists are nearly universal in saying Obama's $800 billion-plus stimulus passed in early 2009 helped create both public-sector and private-sector jobs, even if they fell short of what sponsors had hoped. Douglas Elmendorf, director of the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, estimated the stimulus saved or created more than 3 million jobs.

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BIDEN: "We went out and rescued General Motors."

THE FACTS: Actually, the auto bailout of General Motors and Chrysler began under President George W. Bush. The Obama administration continued and expanded it.

___ RYAN: "And then they put this new Obamacare board in charge of cutting Medicare each and every year in ways that will lead to denied care for current seniors. This board, by the way, it's 15 people, the president's supposed to appoint them next year. And not one of them even has to have medical training."

THE FACTS: Ryan is referring to the Independent Payment Advisory Board, created under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul law. It has the power to force cuts in Medicare payments to service providers if costs rise above certain levels and Congress fails to act. But it doesn't look like the board will be cutting Medicare "each and every year," as Ryan asserts. Medicare costs are currently rising modestly and the government's own experts project the board's intervention will not be needed until 2018 and 2019 at the earliest ? after Obama leaves office if re-elected to a second term.

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BIDEN, when asked who would pay more taxes in Obama's second term: "People making a million dollars or more."

THE FACTS: Obama's proposed tax increase reaches farther down the income ladder than millionaires. He wants to roll back Bush-era tax cuts for individuals making over $200,000 and couples making more than $250,000.

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RYAN: "We cannot allow Iran to gain a nuclear weapons capability. Now, let's take a look at where we've gone ? come from. When Barack Obama was elected, they had enough fissile material ? nuclear material ? to make one bomb. Now they have enough for five. They're racing toward a nuclear weapon. They're four years closer toward a nuclear weapons capability."

THE FACTS: Ryan's claim is misleading. Iran isn't believed to have produced any of the highly enriched uranium needed to produce even one nuclear weapon, let alone five. That point isn't even disputed by Israel, whose Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu implored the world at the United Nations last month to create a "red line" at enrichment above 20 percent. Iran would have to enrich uranium at much higher levels to produce a weapon. There is intelligence suggesting that Iran has worked on weapon designs, but not that it has developed a delivery system for any potential nuclear warhead.

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BIDEN: "What we did is, we saved $716 billion and put it back, applied it to Medicare."

THE FACTS: Contrary to Biden's assertion, not all the money cut from Medicare is going back into the program in some other way. The administration is cutting $716 billion over 10 years in Medicare payments to providers and using some of the money to improve benefits under the program. But most of the money is being used to expand health care coverage outside of Medicare.

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RYAN: "What troubles me more is how this administration has handled all of these issues. Look at what they're doing through Obamacare with respect to assaulting the religious liberties of this country. They're infringing upon our first freedom, the freedom of religion, by infringing on Catholic charities, Catholic churches, Catholic hospitals."

THE FACTS: The requirement under the health care law that most employers cover birth control free of charge to female employees does not apply to churches, houses of worship, or other institutions directly involved in propagating a religious faith. It does apply to church-affiliated institutions such as hospitals and charities that serve the general public.

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BIDEN: "Romney said 'No, let Detroit go bankrupt.'"

THE FACTS: GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney has gotten endless grief through the campaign for the headline put on his November 2008 opinion essay that he wrote for The New York Times. But his point was never that he wanted the auto industry to go down the tubes.

Romney opposed using government money to bail out Chrysler and General Motors, instead favoring privately financed bankruptcy restructuring. His prescription seemed improbable. Automakers were hemorrhaging cash and the banking system was in crisis, so private money wasn't available. Without the government money, it's likely both companies would have gone out of business. Romney did propose government-guaranteed private loans for both companies after bankruptcy.

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RYAN: "We should have spoken out right away when the green revolution was up and starting, when the mullahs in Iran were attacking their people. We should not have called Bashar Assad a reformer when he was turning his Russian-provided guns on his own people.

THE FACTS: Neither President Barack Obama nor anyone else in his administration ever considered the Syrian leader a "reformer." The oft-repeated charge stems from an interview Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton gave in March 2011 noting that "many of the members of Congress of both parties who have gone to Syria in recent months have said they believe he's a reformer." She did not endorse that view. The comment was widely perceived to be a knock at senators such as John Kerry of Massachusetts who maintained cordial relations with Assad in the months leading up to his crackdown on protesters.

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RYAN: "This one tax would actually tax about 53 percent of small-business income."

BIDEN: "Ninety-seven percent of the small businesses in America pay less ? make less than $250,000."

THE FACTS: Both are correct, but incomplete, when sizing up the effect on small business of raising taxes for individuals making more than $200,000 and married couples making more than $250,000, as Obama wants to do. Republicans say that would hit small-business owners who report business income on their individual income tax; Democrats say the overwhelming majority of small businesses would not be affected.

According to a 2010 report by the Joint Committee on Taxation, the official scorekeeper for Congress, about 3 percent of people who report business income would face a tax increase under Obama's plan. That support's Biden's point.

The same report says those business owners account for about half of all business income. That supports Ryan.

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RYAN: Notes that there have been four rounds of U.N. sanctions on Iran to deter its nuclear program, three during the Bush administration and one under Obama. "And the only reason we got it is because Russia watered it down and prevented the sanctions from hitting the central bank. Mitt Romney proposed these sanctions in 2007. In Congress, I've been fighting for these sanctions since 2009. The administration was blocking us every step of the way." He also noted the administration has granted 20 waivers to the sanctions.

THE FACTS: The argument that the administration was watering down or delaying sanctions is misleading. For sanctions to work, they need maximum global agreement and cooperation. Russia watered down U.N. sanctions not only under Obama, but also under Bush. And it's highly unlikely that a Romney administration, particularly led by a candidate who says Russia is the biggest geostrategic threat to the U.S., would be able to get Russia completely on board with what the U.S. wants to ? either in Iran or Syria.

The more absolute U.S. sanctions that Ryan and others have pushed in Congress would have punished U.S. allies, including most countries in Europe as well as Japan and South Korea, along with good friends like India and Singapore ? without the exemptions that were put in place.

The administration has indeed granted 20 waivers, to countries that made significant reductions in Iranian oil imports. And the sanctions are pinching; Iran has been convulsed over the past week with protests over the collapse of its currency, which most people say is a direct result of the sanctions that the U.S. and others have imposed.

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Associated Press writers Bradley Klapper, Tom Raum, Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Stephen Ohlemacher, Tom Krisher and Matthew Lee contributed to this report.

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Asset Diversification is Important in Financial Planning - Trusts ...

Diversifying your assets is an important move. It's important to invest in different areas and to have a diverse portfolio of investments.

In short-- don't put all your eggs in one basket.

If the Great Recession taught us anything, it's that you never know which one of your assets could take a plunge in value. Assets can move in tandem and that's not something you want happening in your portfolio, writes U.S. News.

The tandem effect (i.e. assets growing or declining together, in the same direction) typically happens when your portfolio deals in too many similar assets. So investing in real property and with mortgage lenders can leave a hole in your portfolio if the housing market tumbles, like it did in the Great Recession, says U.S. News.

You might ask: Why is any of this important to estate planning? After all, a financial planner or an investment planner will plan your investment portfolio but an estate planner just drafts documents, right?

So what does an estate plan have to do with portfolio diversification and investments?

Investments could come in to play while planning your irrevocable trusts. When planning your estate, you might plan for future generations by setting up an irrevocable trust. While you might fund the trust with an initial dollar amount, these trusts might also invest in particular assets. In fact, it is typically the trustee's duty to manage the trust funds and to ensure that the trust assets are properly invested.

Another place where this matters is in a self-directed IRA. When directing your IRA to invest, you want to be cautious about where those funds are invested. A self-directed IRA is one in which you retain the ability to direct its investment.

Of course, there's overdiversification, too. The problem with over diversification is the investment costs associated with owning several funds over several markets. So according to U.S. News, the trick isn't to own as many different securities as you can: it's to own a variety of assets across various risk levels. Or essentially, to spread your assets and investments across different classes.

While it's not the job of your estate planner to help you figure out your investment strategy, it is your job to make sure that you do your homework when contemplating how you want to plan your assets.

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Analysis: VP debate fierce and feisty

WASHINGTON (AP) ? Fierce and focused, Vice President Joe Biden and Republican Paul Ryan gave voters the kind of substantive showdown that was everything the presidential debate was not. Abandoning his boss' caution, Biden uncorked a combative repair job.

"Not a single thing he said is accurate," Biden shot back when Ryan leveled a charge that President Barack Obama was projecting U.S. weakness.

So it went from Biden all night, from taxes to Iran, where he suggested Republicans wanted a war. He looked directly at the camera to implore seniors like him not to trust Ryan on his Medicare plan: "Folks, follow your instincts on this one."

By going all in, Biden aggressively tried to score on two critical fronts: relating Obama's message in more heartfelt terms and blistering Ryan on multiple fronts so that the Republican nominee, Mitt Romney, would lose his recent surge.

Yet Biden also opened himself to interpretation, coming across to some as strong and to others as cocky and condescending. In the split-screen view, Biden was often rolling his eyes and smiling or laughing, as if Ryan's responses were beyond belief.

The youthful-looking Republican clearly held his own on the grand stage. The lawmaker from Wisconsin was more at ease on his familiar domestic turf and a little more rehearsed on foreign policy. Staying calm where Biden was incredulous, Ryan still poked.

"I know you're under a lot of duress to make up for lost ground," Ryan chided his opponent at one point, "but I think people would be better served if we don't keep interrupting each other."

That was a reference to Obama's listless showing in last week's debate, which gave a lift to Romney's campaign and set the context for this sole vice presidential debate. Ryan essentially played the role that Obama had tried, making his case without getting too tangled up with his partner.

History shows debates between the running mates have little influence on voters, but this one stood out because it now drives the narrative for at least five days, when Romney and Obama take the stage again.

The debate also signals for voters what's ahead, particularly from Obama, who will try to make up for his bad day with his own more aggressive approach.

Sharply run by ABC News moderator Martha Raddatz, the debate gave people what they wanted to see. Even with all the practice by both candidates, there was spirit and spontaneity. And legitimate differences on matters of life and death.

Biden set the tone by taking a question on the deadly attack on the U.S. Consulate in Libya and turning it into a defense of Obama's entire national security agenda. He reminded viewers that Obama was willing to chase the Sept. 11 terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden to the end of the earth, and he quoted Romney as essentially saying he wouldn't have done the same.

And it was up to Biden to take the shot Obama did not.

In one of the most memorable moments of the night, he brought up that Romney was videotaped saying that 47 percent of the American people see themselves as government-needy victims.

"These people are my mom and dad," Biden said.

In a ready response, Ryan did more than repeat the line from Romney that he actually cares about 100 percent of Americans. He turned Biden on Biden by telling the gaffe-prone vice president: "I think the vice president very well knows that sometimes the words don't come out of your mouth the right way."

Obama had failed at his central mission of drawing distinctions with Romney in a crisp way that connected with people. The merits of competing tax plans or health care visions do not matter much if a debater meanders into the policy weeds or, even worse, fails to deliver a passionate fight. The president ended up doing both.

His aides look back at the first debate and see missed opportunities. Biden went the other direction, seizing any chance to jump on a Ryan inconsistency.

The danger for the aggressor is that both campaigns know the remaining undecided voters at home want answers for them, not partisan bickering.

Nationally, Romney got a clear national bump from his debate performance. But in the election-deciding battleground states that matter, most polls suggest the first presidential debate has not had a significant impact. Obama still holds an edge in Ohio, considered by both sides to be the keystone to the whole election.

Just as the Obama-Romney debate in Denver a week ago influenced what happened Thursday at Centre College in Danville, Ky., now the cycle spins ahead.

Romney and Obama will meet in New York on Tuesday in the midst of an election that is remarkably tight and, more than ever, a fight.

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EDITOR'S NOTE ? Ben Feller has covered the presidencies of Barack Obama and George W. Bush.

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Follow him on Twitter at www.twitter.com/benfellerdc

An AP News Analysis

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Questions About Today's Real Estate? - Crescenta Valley Weekly ...

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Phyllis Harb is a Realtor? with Prudential California Realty.
She may be contacted at (818) 790-7325 or by email AskPhyllis@RealtorHarb.com.

Dear Phyllis,
A month ago, I put my home on the market and even though we had a really hot summer, I had lots of people coming to look.? The open houses were always packed, and a lot of people came for a second look, some younger couples even brought their parents. After just a month I got an offer which was $20,000 under my asking. We asked the buyer to come up to the full asking but they only increased by $10,000. And my real estate agent pressured me to take it. I accepted and we opened escrow.

I keep reading in the paper that prices are increasing and that most homes in my neighborhood are selling for more than asking.? Now that home prices are going up, I am really upset. How do I go about cancelling escrow? I haven?t yet signed the deed to transfer title.SP
Dear SP,
As both Realtors? (seller?s and buyer?s) performed their job, you likely will owe the real estate commission. You might try asking the buyer if they would agree to cancel escrow if you reimburse them for their out of pocket expenses (appraisal, inspections, etc). If that doesn?t work and you still want to renege on your signed contract and cancel escrow, you need to consult with a real estate attorney. But if I may, I would like to discuss a couple of points:

The first question most home buyers ask is, ?How long has it been on the market?? In today?s sellers? market, if the answer is more than a week, most buyers and their real estate agents believe there is some wiggle room in the price.

Most homes in ?affordable? price ranges in the Foothills are selling quickly ? 10 days. These are the homes which are competively priced and many of them are selling in multiple counter offer situations and for over the asking price.

You mentioned lots of showings, some second showings and open houses (plural). It appears that your real estate agent did an excellent job of getting people into your home for showings. Why do you think those people didn?t write an offer on your home? Ask your Realtor? to show you which homes during that same time period (in your price range) entered escrow.

I think if you honestly discuss facts and particulars with your Realtor? you will likely feel better about your decision.

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She may be contacted at (818) 790-7325 or by email AskPhyllis@RealtorHarb.com.

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Comparing the LG Optimus G for AT&T and Sprint

Android Central

While MobileCON 2012 won't be known for any major announcements or shakeups, it did give at least one company a spotlight to shine on its upcoming flagship powerhouse. LG , on hand for the final night here in San Diego, continued its marketing push with a blowout to celebrate its upcoming Optimus G, the superphone we've seen both in South Korea and in New York. Official for both AT&T and Sprint, we're now getting a closer look at the device that LG is banking on to put them back in the game.

We got our hands on both models at a launch party last night, and while both carry the Optimus G moniker, you'll notice in the photos as well as the video some very distinct differences-- take note: this is not a Samsung release.

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Public Speaking: Scarier Than Death?

Can you believe that? I mean?seriously, people, what?s so scary about standing before a bunch of chumps while yapping away over a microphone? You?d rather die? Really? Are you stupid?

Okay, alright, fine, you got me.

I?m one those people!

Just hearing the word ?Lectern? bring on instant nausea. And microphones? Scarier to me than an alien?s butt probe.

I?m an absolute ninja when it comes to avoiding public speaking. I began mastering the skill of avoidance at age four, when I was ejected from the safe nest of my family home and into the zoo of public school.

?Who shall I pick to come up the front for Show and Tell?? my teacher would ask, and I?d melt down behind the desk, compacting my little bones into an accordion fold the way a mouse does when it?s squeezing through a thimble-sized hole. I would hush my breath, slow my heart, and think invisible thoughts.

It worked every single time.

Using my invisibility skills, I never participated in a Show and Tell. In fact, I managed to go practically unseen during my sixteen years of schooling. That is an award-worthy accomplishment, owed entirely to my talent for bone-oragami.

But now I?m royally screwed ?

In 2013, I?m due to launch my book to Australia, New Zealand, the US, Canada, the UK, and?this just in!?Brazil. So, of course, I?m freaking out! As of Feb/March, I will be contractually obligated to show up to book readings events, signings, and TV and radio appearances.

This time, not even my rubbery bones can?t save me.

When my book sold to publishers, my reaction was: ?I did it!? and then, ?Oh no! I can?t hide anymore!? As the launch date grows closer, I?m charged with a mix of excitement and terror, which is one part Hells-yeah! mixed with one part Oh shit!, creating a Hellsyeahohshit cocktail.

I?m secretly hoping that the Mayan Calendar predictions will come true and that the world will end in December 2012. When Earth explodes into a ball of flames, I?ll be doing jazz hands in the flicker of fire before we?re all eternally snuffed and freed from our obligations.

(My condolences to anyone who is looking forward to the future.)

Or, I could just suck it up and do it.

If you?re a regular reader here, you?ll know by now that the main theme of my blog is confronting fears. I?ve faced big fears before, but always with the knowledge that I could get off the boat if I wanted to (literally). This time, I?m strapped aboard for the whole ride.

From my past experiences, I at least know this much is true:

  • Things are never as scary as they seem.
  • Once the initial terror passes, exhilaration follows.
  • You need to face fears in order to know what you?re capable of.

?If you want to be successful, you must be willing to be uncomfortable.? Gil Eagles Click to Tweet

I want my book to succeed. I?m ready to get uncomfortable for that.

So let?s get uncomfortable together!

Now and then, I?m going to be sharing my warts-and-all journey leading up to the book launch and beyond. If you share this fear of mine, or if you?d simply like to laugh at my expense,?please?follow along!

To get updates, subscribe through?email or RSS.

Are you scared of public speaking? Have you overcome a fear like this? If so, please send me your tips!

Last updated by Torre DeRoche at October 11, 2012.

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New to the world of dementia and wanting to isolate | Dementia ...

Hello to all,

I am new to your forum and new to the world of dementia. I arrived one month ago today from Florida to help out with mom. She is 77 and has vascular dementia. I have already recoiled into the fetal position and am seeking support. I posted on the Ask the Nurse site first. Mom has changed. She is very angry and hostile. She is abusive and I am finding myself depressed and wanting to isolate. What have I gotten myself into?

Deb

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Kupa UltraNote Windows 8 modular tablet hands-on (video)

Kupa UltraNote Windows 8 modular tablet handson video

Keep lurking long enough and you'll find the unexpected. Even at MobileCon 2012. Exhibit A: the Kupa UltraNote modular tablet running Windows 8. This 0.6-inch (15mm) thick slate is powered by an Intel Core i7 processor (Ivy Bridge) with 4GB of DDR3 RAM and a 64GB SSD. It features a 10.1-inch 1920 x 1200-pixel IPS display with a ten-point capacitive multitouch layer and a Wacom-like digitizer for pen input. Other amenities include WiFi a/b/g/n, Bluetooth 3.0 and 3G/4G (LTE) radios along with dual cameras (2MP in front, 5MP in back), NFC and a fingerprint reader. There's a SIM slot, headphone jack, mini HDMI output and two USB 3.0 ports on the right side of the device, plus a proprietary power / docking connector on the bottom edge. A 45Wh slide-out Li-Ion battery is located on the left side.

While the specs are pretty much what you'd expect from a decent Windows 8 tablet, it's the modular design that makes Kupa UltraNote unique. There's an Asus Transformer-like keyboard dock which boasts an additional battery, power jack, SD card slot, Ethernet connector, VGA output and two USB 3.0 ports. Accessories such as credit card reader can be attached the left or right edge of the slate thanks to a built-in latch mechanism. It's clear that the company is targeting the enterprise and vertical markets and even positioning itself as an ODM. We spent a few minutes with the device and were impressed with how lightweight it was (760g / 1.67 lbs). Build quality, however, left a lot to be desired, even for a prototype. Still, overall performance was solid, both in terms of speed and responsiveness.

There's no word yet on pricing and availability, but take a look at our gallery and be sure to peek after the break for our hands-on video.

Brad Molen contributed to this report.

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How to Give Advice to a Friend Without Being a Know-It-All [Social Gps]

How to Give Advice to a Friend Without Being a Know-It-AllWe all have friends that need a little advice (and you probably need some too), but one of the problems with those types of conversations is that it's really easy to come off as "holier than thou" when you're offering help. When you do that, nobody's going to listen.

When you have a friend who's stuck in a rut, it's normal to want to provide some type of insight to get them out of it. But it's not an easy conversation to have with someone, especially when you know all the extenuating circumstances of their situation. I talked with relationship and family therapist Roger S. Gil to get some advice for dealing with these situations.

First Off: Make Sure They Want Your Advice

How to Give Advice to a Friend Without Being a Know-It-AllObviously not everyone is looking for your advice. Before you go offering up your point of view, make sure they're interested in hearing it. As Roger Gil points out, oftentimes friends aren't looking for you to solve a problem. They just want you to listen and maybe ask some questions. Gil explains why:

People often think that therapists spend most of their time giving advice. The truth is that we usually listen and ask questions that get people to take a hard look at what rationale informs their opinions, how they feel about various things, what they have tried in the past, etc. In other words, we make the person go through the process of developing their own solutions rather than listing a series of steps to take. Most of the time a person that's seeking a solution will be asking questions about topics that don't have clearly defined "best practices" or steps that one should take.

So, ask if they'd like to hear your input or insights on a problem, but also ask questions about why they feel a certain way. If they say "no," let them finish their story and listen politely. Gil also adds that even when you know the answer to something, you might want to keep your mouth shut:

Research has shown that men stereotypically try to solve problems as quickly as possible when their mate confides in them; however this often leads to conflict because the confiding party feels "unheard." Sometimes a person just needs to vent and isn't necessarily seeking advice. Even if you know the answer, advice is often better-received once a person has shared some feelings.

If nothing else, wait for them to finish venting before offering advice (or asking if they want it). Sometimes the best way to figure something out is to do it on your own. Photo by Laughlin Elkind.

Differentiate Between Opinions, Expert Advice, and Being a Sounding Board

How to Give Advice to a Friend Without Being a Know-It-AllSpeaking of listening, it's also a good idea to figure out right away what your friends want from from you. Gil describes this as differentiating between opinions, expert advice, and being a "sounding board:"

Different situations require different approaches so we need to know what we should contribute. Opinions are good for subjective inquiries (e.g. Should I buy a MacBook or PC?). Expert advice should be limited to areas that you KNOW very well and can offer well-informed opinions (e.g. What makes for a good SSD for a MacBook?). Sometimes a person just needs us to listen and clarify things for them (e.g. So you're saying that you're considering a MacBook because your iMac doesn't fit in your backpack). Whichever approach you take, make sure you don't present one type as another (i.e. don't present an opinion as expert advice).

Essentially, don't pretend like you know something you don't, and definitely don't act like you've been in a situation you haven't been in. Photo by Brendan Riley.

Minimize "You should.." Statements

How to Give Advice to a Friend Without Being a Know-It-AllNow that you know whether or not your friends or family actually want your advice, it's time to learn how to deal it out without sounding like a know-it-all. This is a lot harder than you might think. As Gil points out, one way to offer advice without sounding pretentious is to avoid "You should" statements:

"You should..." statements can come off as pretentious and judgmental at times. They can also make us responsible for any negative outcomes the advice seeker experiences. Using "I feel..." statements shares your idea while conveying the message that it's just the way you feel and up to the other party to take it as advice for a course of action. Example: Don't say, "You should dump his cheating self." Do say, "When I hear you talking about his cheating, I feel like staying with him could lead to more headaches for you."

Gil's advice seems obvious, but it's incredibly easy to get on your high-horse and use "You should" if you're not careful. By offering up your opinion clearly defined as your opinion, you remove the insinuation that "you know best." Photo by a2gemma.

Accept That You Might Have to be a Jerk

How to Give Advice to a Friend Without Being a Know-It-AllSometimes you do need to offer up some tough love. While you should still follow the practices mentioned above, when a situation warrants it, don't be afraid to be a bit of a jerk. Gil explains:

There are no "best practices" when talking about difficult topics and sometimes one HAS to come across as a bit of a jerk to get a point across to someone who is in denial or going in circles with their conversation.

Gil points out that this list isn't exhaustive, and every situation is a bit different. However, the key is to make sure you stay in "listening mode" for as long as possible, and you don't push your advice when it isn't wanted. If you approach it right, you should be able to help your friends or family without coming off as a know-it-all. Photo by Margaret Shear.


A big thanks goes out to Roger S. Gil, M.A.M.F.T. for his integral contribution to this post. To get more from Roger, you can follow him on Twitter and check out his podcast.

Title image remixed from Lorelyn Medina (Shutterstock).

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