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N.O.V.A. 3

Android fans of the N.O.V.A. series, you now know what you'll be doing for the next few days. N.O.V.A. 3 has now landed in the Google Play Store and is ready for download. That is, if you have a compatible device and 2GB of additional storage you're looking to fill -- yes, it's a massive game with massive graphics and gameplay but it's finally here:

An epic storyline: Humanity finally returns to Earth after years of exile! Fight in 10 immersive levels across the galaxy, from a war-torn Earth to a frozen Volterite city.
Multiple weapons and powers: Run, shoot, drive vehicles, and pilot a mech to defeat hordes of enemies.
Join 12-player battles in 6 multiplayer modes (Capture the Point, Free-for-All, Capture the Flag, etc.) on 6 different maps.
For the first time, multiple allies can jump inside the same vehicle and spread destruction on the battlefield.
Discover the new FPS benchmark for graphics and gameplay (real-time shadow & lights, particle system, ragdoll physics, etc.)

You'll have to hit the Google Play link below to grab the download and check compatibility as Gameloft makes no mention of it in the listing. Like a lot of hotly anticipated games, this one does have a price tag attached to it so be prepared to hand over $6.99 if you're grabbing this one. Want to see it in action before you download? Game trailer is below for you all.

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Oracle's Larry Ellison has acquired a reputation as a cloud computing opponent ? after all, he famously called the term "complete gibberish" a few years ago. Today, however, he said, "I'm no longer resisting the name. Call it what you want." In fact, Ellison made it sound like he doesn't get enough credit for starting the trend: "NetSuite was my idea. I called up Evan Goldberg and said, 'We're going to do ERP on the Internet.'" That, he said, was an early example of software-as-a-service, and Salesforce.com co-founder Marc Benioff (who has worked to tie his company's identity to the cloud) copied the idea a few months later, but "in a narrow way." (Apparently this got a smirk out of Benioff, who was in the audience.)

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Effective time management is a concern for every single business owner regardless of anything else.

And how well this is achieved will go a long way to determining the level of success for any business. Most new marketers have to learn how to do things like make websites, write copy, write articles, etc. Every IM marketer wants to reach that magical point where they can comfortably afford to pay someone else to do certain tasks. So once you?re approaching the point where you can do that, it?s time to sit down and make a list of everything you would want to outsource. Many jobs are really not in the realm of a successful business person such as submissions of any kind, small writing tasks, creating backlinks, etc. The most important thing for any business is to constantly market, and outsourcing can give you more time to do that. You?ll be able to enter the cycle in which you build more of your business and keep outsourcing more of it. Let?s move forward and take a look at several outsourcing hints that you can use in your own business.

Whenever you hire a job out you must verify that the person or team is has the adequate skills to satisfactorily complete the project. People are starting to realize the vast opportunities of online services so many people are offering them to make extra money. Keep in mind, if you?re the candidate is already familiar with internet marketing then it will make things flow a lot more smoothly. Apart from this, you need to constantly stay updated on their progress and how well they?re doing. Another key to success with outsourcing is to provide as much support as you can so they will have a clear understanding of what needs to be done. You can easily train hires how to do certain techniques for generating traffic to your site. Not many online marketers know this, but you can outsource almost any type of traffic generation you want. Let?s face it, social bookmarking is deathly boring, and many marketers pay others to do it for them. Forum posting is another less than exciting task you can outsource. It?s amazing but people will accept work such as RSS submissions, article submissions, directory submissions, commenting on blogs, etc.

You can always try to get recommendations from other online marketers. This is a great way to find out about excellent outsource workers of all kinds. People ask for recommendations all the time in the various marketing forums on the net. A lot of times marketers will recommend someone who?s good and they?re just trying to help them out with getting work. The real benefit for going with the best worker is that you can be sure of your work getting done on time, without worrying a lot. And that?s the beauty and reason behind outsourcing, it will give you choices and more opportunities.

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JERUSALEM (AP) ? A Russian-based internet security firm says a powerful computer virus with unprecedented data-snatching capabilities has attacked machines in Iran and elsewhere in the Middle East.

Iran has not disclosed any damage done by the new spyware virus, dubbed "Flame." Its origin has not been identified, but Israel's vice premier fueled speculation that his country, known for its technological innovation and tireless campaign against Iran's suspect nuclear program, unleashed it.

Russian digital security provider Kaspersky Lab, which identified the virus, said in a release posted on its website late Monday that "the complexity and functionality of the newly discovered malicious program exceed those of all other cyber menaces known to date."

It said preliminary findings suggest the virus has been active since March 2010, but eluded detection because it of its "extreme complexity" and the fact that only selected computers are being targeted. Flame's primary purpose, it said, "appears to be cyber espionage, by stealing information from infected machines" and sending it to servers across the world.

According to Kaspersky, the virus collected information not only in Iran, but also in Israel and the Palestinian territories, Sudan, Syria, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and Egypt. Iran, however, was far and away the country most affected, it said.

A unit of the Iranian communications and information technology ministry said only that it has produced an antivirus capable of identifying and removing the new malware. The Flame virus is the fourth known cyber attack on the Iranian nuclear program.

Comments Tuesday by Israel's vice premier did little to deflect suspicion about possible Israeli involvement in the latest attack.

"Whoever sees the Iranian threat as a significant threat is likely to take various steps, including these, to hobble it," Vice Premier Moshe Yaalon told Army Radio. "Israel is blessed with high technology, and we boast tools that open all sorts of opportunities for us."

Israel, like the West, rejects Tehran's claims that its nuclear program is designed to produce energy, not bombs. It considers Iran to be the greatest threat to its survival and repeatedly, if obliquely, threatened to attack Iran's nuclear facilities if Tehran doesn't abandon its uranium enrichment project, a key element of bombmaking.

Kaspersky said the cyber espionage worm came to its attention after the United Nations' International Telecommunication Union asked it for help in finding a piece of malware that was deleting sensitive information across the Middle East. The company stumbled across Flame when searching for that other code, it said.

Because Flame is so complex, was not designed to hack into bank accounts and doesn't have the hallmarks of amateur hackers, Kaspersky has concluded that the research that went into the code was government-sponsored.

The code offers no information that can tie Flame to any specific nation, Kaspersky said.

The first known cyber attack on the Iranian nuclear program dates back to 2010, when the Stuxnet virus disrupted controls of some nuclear centrifuges. Iran claims Stuxnet and other computer viruses have done no serious harm to Iran's nuclear or industrial facilities, and sees them as part of a campaign by Israel, the U.S. and their allies, which includes the assassination of Iranian nuclear scientists, to undermine the Iranian nuclear program.

In Baghdad last week, Iranian negotiators rejected proposals by six world powers to curb Tehran's nuclear ambitions. A new round of nuclear talks is expected to take place in Moscow next month.

Yaalon, the Israeli vice premier, told Army Radio on Tuesday that the talks in Iraq "yielded no significant achievement" except to let Iran buy time. He appeared to take a swipe at President Barack Obama by saying it might "even be in the interest of some players in the West to play for time."

Yaalon in the past expressed disappointment that the U.S. has delayed plans to expand sanctions against Iran, suggesting Washington was afraid the penalties would send oil prices soaring and hurt Obama's re-election chances.

Associated Press

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MOJAVE, Calif.?? Virgin Galactic says it expects to make rocket-powered test flights of its passenger spaceship later this year.

The company said Wednesday its spaceship builder partner has been granted an experimental permit from the Federal Aviation Administration ? a move that will allow it to proceed with powered flights.

No timetable has been set for the first launches carrying paying customers, but that'll come after the test program is complete. More than 500 people including actor Ashton Kutcher have signed up with Virgin Galactic for a chance to experience weightlessness during suborbital flights.

Virgin Galactic and Mojave, Calif.-based Scaled Composites have been glide-testing their six-passenger vehicle SpaceShipTwo, which is air-launched from a twin-fuselage carrier airplane.

Work is under way to integrate the rocket motor into SpaceShipTwo.

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Paul Konerko is on a ridiculous tear right now, hitting .466 with six homers and a 1.303 OPS in his last 20 games dating back to May 4.

Even more amazing is that sitting out three days in the middle of that stretch after taking a Jeff Samardzija pitch to the face didn?t slow him down, as Konerko returned to the lineup with a nice shiner on his eye and has gone 14-for-24 (.583) with three homers since.

Yes, seriously: .583.

Overall this season Konerko is hitting .399 with 11 homers and a 1.157 OPS in 45 games, leading the league in batting average and on-base percentage while ranking second to only Josh Hamilton in slugging percentage and OPS. And he?s doing it at age 36.

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May 29, 2012 at 1:18 am | Health & Well-Being
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It might be possible for you to get a medical discount card that lets you purchase your insurance at a lower rate. With these cards you can visit in-network doctors who specifically work with low income households., by offering reduced cost healthcare. This card can also entitle you to a policy which only includes a HSA (Health Spending Account), covering any costs you encounter.

If you get along well with your doctor and trust him, then it will be a priority for you to choose a health insurance plan that allows you to continue to see him. You can ask you doctor if they are partnered with any specific insurance company to save you time.

Make sure everyone in your family has health insurance, and that includes your children. Many childhood illnesses and needs can become quite expensive for the uninsured. You want to provide your children with all the advantages possible in their life, so take care to have their health issues covered.

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Comparison shopping is a smart idea when it comes to buying health insurance. There are a lot of plans and companies to choose from when it comes to insurance, unless you have something like group insurance from your workplace. Through some of the online health insurance quote tools, you can compare different plans offered by the same company or compare similar plans across different companies.

If you or your family has vision problems, you will want to consider coverage for this. This insurance will handle a certain percent of the cost of eye care related expenses, such as glasses and doctor visits. Vision insurance is not something that you have to have, so it may cost you more to get the coverage.

Good health is key to living a long, happy life. Health insurance is one of the most important tools for staying healthy. Use this article?s advice to select and keep proper health insurance for you.

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Personal injury lawyers insure the legal support in examples of personal injury of physical and emotional character caused to you as a consequence of the disregard of the other individual who participated in the personal injury case. When you are on a mission of discovering the personal injury lawyer who would best militate for your situation you should mainly obtain feedback of his legal results from former clients and in the second place, do your best to set a work related and personal link with your lawyer.

Strive to reveal all the bits and pieces that characterize your legal situation with a highly honest outlook and disclose an obvious interest concerning the expenses that accompany the entire legal process. The Personal Injury Lawyer payments are advanced by the antagonist?s insurance firm in the instance in which your request is a winning one ? to be more precise you will obtain a complete reimbursement. The personal injury lawyer who will be picked by you out of a large number of options must achieve his profession responsibilities with an overzealous care for the legal ethics particulars and present evidence of faithfulness and specific professional secrecy when getting to the bottom of your case.

Personal injury lawyers are preoccupied with solving a number of personal injury instances related to a large spectrum of conditions ranging from spinal predicaments, car accidents, clinical negligence, slip and fall wounds, flawed products, work wounds and other exemplifications. Imagine the following circumstances: You were the damaged person in a car accident that occurred when you were introducing your shopping items in your car in a parking zone of a hypermarket as a driver caused you physical wounds when he was reversing his vehicle and was not reacting spontaneously to seeing you in his back view mirror. Hence, his action causes sufficient reasons for you to recur to the legal expertise of a personal injury lawyer.

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According to the National Journal?s Josh Kraushaar, for example:

Conversations with liberal activists and labor officials reveal an unmistakable hostility toward the pro-business, free-trade, free-market philosophy that was in vogue during the second half of the Clinton administration?.. Moderate Democratic groups and officials, meanwhile, privately fret about the party?s leftward drift and the Obama campaign?s embrace of an aggressively populist message? [T]hey wish the administration?s focus was on growth over fairness.

This is pure bunk ? or should be.

Fairness isn?t inconsistent with growth; it?s essential to it. The only way the economy can grow and create more jobs is if prosperity is more widely shared.

The key reason why the recovery is so anemic is so much income and wealth are now concentrated at the top is America?s the vast middle class no longer has the purchasing power necessary to boost the economy.

The richest 1 percent of Americans save about half their incomes, while most of the rest of us save between 6 and 10 percent. That shouldn?t be surprising. Being rich means you already have most of what you want and need. That second yacht isn?t nearly as exciting as was the first.

It follows that when, as now, the top 1 percent rakes in more than 20 percent of total income ? at least twice the share it had 30 years ago ? there?s insufficient demand for all the goods and services the economy is capable of producing at or near full employment. And without demand, the economy doesn?t grow or generate nearly enough jobs.

Wall Street is part of the problem because it?s responsible for so much of the concentration of income and wealth at the very top ? and for much of the distress still felt in the rest of the economy after the Street nearly melted down in 2008.

The Street has turned a significant part of the economy into a giant casino involving mammoth bets with other peoples? money. When the bets go well, the rich owners of the casino (Wall Street executives, traders, hedge-fund managers, private-equity managers) become even richer. When the bets go sour, the rest of us bear the costs.

The casino also requires continuous transfers of wealth from ordinary taxpayers. Some are built into the tax code. One is the preference of debt over equity (interest on debt is tax deductible), which awards Wall Street banks like JPMorgan for risky lending and awards private-equity firms like Bain Capital for piling debt on the firms it buys.

Another is the ?carried interest? rule that, absurdly, allows private-equity managers (like Mitt Romney) to treat their income as capital gains even when they haven?t risked any of their money.

The biggest of all is the invisible guarantee that if the biggest banks get into trouble, taxpayers will bail them out. This subsidy reduces the big banks? cost of capital relative to other banks and fuels even more risky lending.

None of this is fair. It?s also bad for economic growth and jobs ? as we?ve so painfully witnessed.

Translated into presidential politics, all this means the President should be talking about fairness and growth and jobs, and explaining why we can?t have the latter without the former.

It also means he should be attacking Mitt Romney because Romney is part of?the system of casino capitalism that has harmed America and held back growth ? and Romney wants even less regulation of Wall Street (he?s vowed to repeal Dodd-Frank).

And because the budget Romney has put forth would gut public services vital to the middle class and poor, while cutting taxes on the rich and on corporations even more than they?ve already been cut.

In other words, Romney epitomizes the unfairness of the American economy in this new Gilded Age. For that same reason, Romney is the quintessence of an economic approach shown to be anti-growth and anti-jobs.

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Boston Celtics guard Rajon Rondo gestures after making a 3-point basket during the fourth quarter of Game 7 against the Philadelphia 76ers in an NBA basketball Eastern Conference semifinal playoff series, Saturday, May 26, 2012, in Boston. The Celtics won 85-75 to advance to the conference finals against the Miami Heat. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Boston Celtics forward Kevin Garnett screams after he scored during the fourth quarter of Game 7 against the Philadelphia 76ers in an NBA basketball Eastern Conference semifinal playoff series, Saturday, May 26, 2012, in Boston. The Celtics won 85-75 to advance to the conference finals against the Miami Heat. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Boston Celtics forward Paul Pierce (34) drives against Philadelphia 76ers forward Elton Brand (42) during the first quarter of Game 7 in the NBA basketball Eastern Conference semifinal playoff series, Saturday, May 26, 2012, in Boston. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Boston Celtics forward Kevin Garnett bends low on the parquet floor at the end of a timeout in the second quarter of Game 7 against the Philadelphia 76ers in an NBA basketball Eastern Conference semifinal playoff series, Saturday, May 26, 2012, in Boston. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Boston Celtics forward Brandon Bass (30) fights for a rebound with Philadelphia 76ers' Spencer Hawes (00) and forward Elton Brand, right, during the first quarter of Game 7 in an NBA basketball Eastern Conference semifinal playoff series, Saturday, May 26, 2012, in Boston. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

BOSTON (AP) ? To Doug Collins, Boston's Big Three is already a memory.

"I don't look at them as the Big Three. I look at them as the Championship Four," the Philadelphia coach said. "Because if you're going to leave Rondo out, you're making a huge mistake."

Rajon Rondo helped his aging teammates keep their season going Saturday night, finishing with 18 points, 10 assists and 10 rebounds in Game 7 against the 76ers to lead Boston to an 85-75 victory and into an Eastern Conference finals matchup with the Miami Heat.

The Celtics will open the third round of the NBA playoffs in Miami on Monday night.

"I've already packed," Celtics coach Doc Rivers said. "We'll be ready. It's going to be a tough turnaround, but we're not an excuse team. We'll be ready on Monday."

Bouncing back from his worst game of the playoffs ? and snapping out of a 32-minute slump in which he had just two assists and five points ? Rondo scored nine straight Boston points after Paul Pierce fouled out to help the Celtics turn a three-point edge into a double-digit lead.

Rondo had 11 points in the fourth quarter, including his first 3-pointer in five games, made all four of his free throws down the stretch and grabbed his 10th rebound in the final minute ? chucking it over his head and into the frontcourt to help the Celtics dribble down the clock.

"He really came through," Sixers guard Jrue Holiday said. "He put the team on his back."

Andre Iguodala scored 18 points, and Holiday and Elton Brand had 15 apiece for the 76ers, who eliminated the top-seeded Chicago Bulls in the first round but couldn't do the same with the Celtics.

Kevin Garnett had 18 points and 13 rebounds for Boston, and Ray Allen hit a pair of fourth-quarter 3-pointers after missing his first five attempts.

"Ray is the ultimate gunslinger," Rivers said. "That's what makes great players great. I was a basketball player someday, and I would have never taken that shot."

Pierce had 15 points and nine rebounds before fouling out with 4:16 left.

That's when Rondo took over.

The point guard, who had nine points and a playoff-low six assists in the Game 6 loss in Philadelphia, scored on a baseline drive and followed it up with a long 2-pointer (originally scored a 3) with 2:47 left. Then he made a 3-pointer with a little more than 2 minutes left to make it a 10-pont game and, after Brand scored on a tip-in, Rondo went to the line as the crowd chanted "M-V-P! M-V-P!" and hit a pair of free throws to leave Boston with an 80-70 lead with 1:44 left.

The Celtics will now face the actual NBA MVP ? LeBron James ? along with Dwyane Wade and the rest of the Heat. Miami advanced to the conference finals by eliminating the Indiana Pacers in six games.

Miami beat Boston in five games in the conference semifinals last year. In 2010, the Celtics eliminated the Heat in the first round and then knocked James and the Cavaliers out in the second ? his final game with Cleveland before defecting to Miami.

"Last year is in the past," Rondo said. "This year we're a totally different team. We feel we can beat Miami. We got to this point; there's no doubt in my mind we can. We've got to go down there and take care of business."

Philadelphia had one last chance with 100 seconds to play after Holiday made a 3-pointer to cut it to seven points. Pierce was left with nothing to do but cheerlead, waving his arms to encourage the crowd as Garnett went to the line with just under a minute left.

He made one of two, but Holiday lost the ball on the way to the basket and Rondo made a pair of free throws with 54 seconds left. Allen made a pair as the crowd chanted "Beat the Heat!"

Jodie Meeks' 3-pointer rimmed out, the ball bounced to the floor and Rondo got his hands on it to complete the triple-double.

Pierce picked up two fouls seven seconds apart with about 8 minutes to play, then his fifth with 5:16 left. Rivers left him in, and Pierce picked up No. 6 a minute later ? a charging call against Thaddeus Young out by the free throw line.

Notes: Boston got off to a fast start, taking a 10-2 lead thanks to four assists and two rebounds from Rondo in the first 3 minutes. ... The Celtics missed their first 14 attempts from 3-point range and made their last three. ... Seven of the first nine fouls were called against the Celtics. ... It was the 25th anniversary of Larry Bird's steal, and pass to Dennis Johnson, on Isiah Thomas' inbounds pass to beat Detroit in the 1987 playoffs. ... CNN anchor John King, a Boston native, took in the game from courtside. ... Philadelphia shot 28 percent from the floor in the first half.

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By John Farrier in Video Clips on May 25, 2012 at 6:30 pm

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It?s just a tornado?eight to ten miles away from the wedding. In Harper, Kansas, people can deal with that:

?I had my mind on marrying my now wife,? said Caleb Pence.

His bride, a native of northeast Nebraska who had never seen a tornado before, was much less at ease. He said that when he told her what was happening, she responded, ?I don?t want to hear it right now.??

Some of the guests who filled the 250 folding chairs checked weather reports on their cellphones. But otherwise, the 20-minute service ? complete with a solo singing performance ? wasn?t altered.

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So the saying goes, ?if you tell me I will forget; if you show me I may remember; but if you involve me I will learn.? This has been especially true for all of the Venture Capital Investment Competition (VCIC) team throughout this year?s competition. Bringing together key professional skills and enhancing business acumen, the 2012 VCIC has been the most rewarding part of the MBA course so far. The following summary discusses some of what has become clear to the team through our involvement in and reflection on all aspects of the experience. In short, the VCIC was an excellent learning experience, and very much in-line with the ?learning-by-doing? philosophy of Manchester Business School. And the socialising wasn?t bad either!

Beginning as far back as October 2011, our team, ultimately winning the ?Entrepreneurs? Choice? award at the European finals in Oxford, learned to quickly understand business propositions, evaluate whether they offered an investible business opportunity, if so then draft under what terms the investment should be made, and ultimately recommend how the entrepreneur should proceed.

A further key aspect of the competition was the opportunity to experience several pressurised negotiations with real-time entrepreneurs around a variety of business topics, and then receive specific feedback from both the entrepreneurs and judges at each stage of the competition. This was, perhaps, the most useful learning experience, helping to build skills that are applicable to all areas of professional life.

To touch upon our own experiences, it?s best to go first to what we would do differently. We realised at the beginning of the competition how little we knew about the Venture Capital (VC) industry and about how, where and why Venture Capitalists (VCs) invest. We were initially under the impression that the challenges we would face in the competition were more-or-less constrained to the stated competition rules. This turned out not to be the case, especially when facing interrogative questions from the competition judges ? VC professionals ? about why, how and how much we invested, why we invested under the terms we did, and what we saw as the next steps for the business in question. In short, anything VC-related was ?fair game?, not just the stated scope of the competition.

The key point for anyone in the future is that the entrepreneurs and judges will not treat you like a competition participant or give you any allowance for not being a professional Venture Capitalist. They will talk to you in their dialect and challenge you on the intricate meanings of terminology, which to complicate matters could be dependent upon the terms? contexts. In doing so the competition demands you behave, respond and altogether emulate a realVC outfit. To some extent we did, but if we were to begin again, it would be with the assumption that whilst the competition rules are to be acknowledged, our preparation and decisions would not necessarily be constrained or directed by them.

The 2012 VCIC team with their prize

Where the team did excel is how we worked together. I was continually impressed by the work-ethic, resourcefulness and professional attitude that was displayed throughout the six months of the VCIC. As both the competition and our contextual understanding progressed, a pleasing aspect of the team dynamic was the continual and open feedback ? self-regulation you could call it ? on everything associated with our preparation.

This fostered an approach to everything we did that was mature, established by consensus and involving all team members. I think this was the foundation upon which we impressed the judges at the finals in Oxford University?s Said Business School, as it particularly enabled us to work and appear as united as we were, conduct ourselves inter-personally to a level that belied the short time we had actually worked together, and clearly engaged with the entrepreneurs in an assertive yet diplomatic manner.

A key point for anyone in the future is that the entrepreneurs will judge you primarily based on whether they would want to work with you on their idea that could potentially change their lives, if not so much more. How you interact as a team, and how you conduct yourselves socially and professionally thus matters greatly. I suppose the element to remember for the VCIC is to choose your team members wisely; the team?s character will count for as much, if not more than it does in wider professional life. And I think it?s fair to say that you can learn about technical skills and develop an understanding far more readily than you can learn to be charismatic or genuine, or even likable, all of which are essential to do well in the VCIC.

The 2012 VCIC team representing Manchester Business School was: (from left to right) Torben M?ller, Gareth Wilson, Maanas Varun, Rafael Castelo Branco, Anthony Clark-Jones

This is not to say, however, that to progress, you can rely on a glossy exterior. You can?t. The more granular aspects of the VC industry, what is currently ?fashionable? in VC, and the complex environment in which entrepreneurs and VCs operate must also be understood, at least to the extent of being able to withstand a cross-examination of up to ten competition judges, if not the entrepreneurs themselves. The balance, let?s say, is to maintain a diplomatic, assertive and professional demeanour with this suitability underpinned by a scientific knowledge of the relevant processes, terminology and structures, of which the VC industry has many. Not easy, but clearly not impossible.

On reflection, there perhaps isn?t a winning formula for the VCIC. There is always an element of luck involved in which business propositions need to be analysed and what style of VC the judges follow. Nevertheless, excellent team-work, comprehensive preparation and the ability to remain composed yet assertive when being questioned on reasonably complex information will always enable future MBS teams to do well in this ever-more-popular competition.

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May 23, 2012 - Romney Up 6 Points In Florida, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Rubio Has Little Impact As GOP Running Mate
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Gov. Mitt Romney holds a 47 - 41 percent lead over President Barack Obama in Florida, where 63 percent of voters say the president's support of same-sex marriage will not affect their vote, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today. Another 25 - 11 percent of voters, including 23 - 9 percent among independent voters, say Obama's support of gay marriage makes them less likely to support his candidacy.

Adding Florida U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio to the GOP ticket would give the Republican Romney/Rubio team a 49 - 41 percent lead over President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden. Romney's lead in the horse race compares to a 44 - 43 percent tie in a May 3 survey by the independent Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pe-ack) University and a 49 - 42 percent Obama lead March 28. Florida registered voters say 52 - 44 percent that the president does not deserve a second term in the Oval Office and by 52 - 44 percent give him a thumbs-down on his job approval. "Gov. Mitt Romney has slipped into the lead in Florida and that standing is confirmed by his much better numbers than the president when voters are asked whether they view the candidates favorably or unfavorably. They view Romney favorably 44 - 35 percent, while Obama gets a negative 45 - 50 percent favorability," said Peter A. Brown, assistant vice president of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute. "The overall picture in Florida is positive for Romney, who is ahead 50 - 37 percent among men, while women are divided 44 - 45 percent. And the president is getting just 33 percent of white votes, compared to 85 percent of black votes and 42 percent of Hispanic votes." With the bitter GOP primaries now behind him, Romney is winning Republicans 91 - 3 percent and independent voters 44 - 36 percent, while losing Democrats 87 - 4 percent. In the Romney/Rubio race verses Obama/Biden, independent voters back the Republican ticket 46 - 37 percent. Separate from their favorable opinion, Florida voters say 76 - 21 percent that Obama is a likeable person, compared to 58 - 30 percent for Romney. Even Republicans say 58 - 38 percent that Obama is likeable, while Democrats say 55 - 33 percent that Romney is not likeable. Independent voters say 73 - 23 percent that Obama is likeable and 58 - 31 percent that Romney is likeable. Romney is viewed as better able to handle the economy, 50 - 40 percent. On the issue of same-sex marriage, Florida voters, who have banned such unions in the State Constitution, now say they oppose them 50 - 40 percent. Men oppose same-sex marriage 55 - 35 percent while women are divided 44 - 46 percent. Support is 57 - 33 percent among voters under 35 years old. Opposition is 52 - 38 percent among voters 35 to 54 years old and 55 - 36 percent among voters over 55. When given a three-way choice:

36 percent favor gay marriage;
34 percent back civil unions;
23 percent oppose all legal recognition.

A total of 22 percent of Florida voters say same-sex marriage is "extremely important" or "very important" to their presidential vote, while 26 percent say "somewhat important" and 49 percent say "not important." Romney's opposition to same-sex marriage will not affect their vote, 56 percent of Florida votes say, while 23 percent say it makes them more likely to vote for him and 19 percent say less likely. "While the issue of same-sex marriage looks like it affects only one-third of Florida voters, we know from experience what a few votes can mean in the Sunshine State," said Brown. From May 15 - 21, Quinnipiac University surveyed 1,722 registered voters with a margin of error of +/- 2.4 percentage points. Live interviewers call land lines and cell phones. The Quinnipiac University Poll, directed by Douglas Schwartz, Ph.D., conducts public opinion surveys in Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Florida, Ohio, Virginia and the nation as a public service and for research. For more data or RSS feed- http://www.quinnipiac.edu/polling.xml, call (203) 582-5201, or follow us on Twitter. 2. If the election for President were being held today, and the candidates were Barack Obama the Democrat and Mitt Romney the Republican, for whom would you vote?

                      Tot    Rep    Dem    Ind    Men    Wom    Wht    Blk    Hsp   Obama                41%     3%    87%    36%    37%    45%    33%    85%    42% Romney               47     91      4     44     50     44     56      3     40 SMONE ELSE(VOL)       2      1      1      5      3      1      3      -      1 WLDN'T VOTE(VOL)      3      2      2      4      3      2      2      1      7 DK/NA                 7      3      6     12      7      7      6     11     10                        WHITE..............................................                      COLLEGE DEG                               BornAgnEv  Miltry                      Yes    No     Prot   Cath   Men    Wom    Yes    No  HsHold   Obama                40%    30%    22%    28%    30%    37%    14%    33%    33% Romney               53     57     67     60     60     53     74     56     57 SMONE ELSE(VOL)       3      3      3      2      4      2      3      3      3 WLDN'T VOTE(VOL)      1      2      2      2      2      2      1      3      2 DK/NA                 3      7      6      8      5      7      8      6      5                        COLLEGE DEG   ANNUAL HOUSEHOLD INCOME...  AGE IN YRS.......                      Yes    No     100K  18-34  35-54  55+   Obama                47%    39%    46%    46%    40%    35%    45%    44%    39% Romney               44     48     36     43     51     59     34     48     51 SMONE ELSE(VOL)       2      2      2      2      3      2      3      2      2 WLDN'T VOTE(VOL)      1      3      4      3      2      -      4      3      2 DK/NA                 5      8     12      6      5      4     14      4      6

TREND: If the election for President were being held today, and the candidates were Barack Obama the Democrat and Mitt Romney the Republican, for whom would you vote? (2011 wording referenced "2012 election")

                                                              OBAMA.........                                                              High    Low                      May 23  May 03  Mar 28  Jan 26  Jan 11  Mar 28  Sep 22                      2012    2012    2012    2012    2012    2012    2011   Obama                41      43      49      45      43      49      40 Romney               47      44      42      45      46      42      47 SMONE ELSE(VOL)       2       3       2       2       2       2       2 WLDN'T VOTE(VOL)      3       2       2       3       3       2       4 DK/NA                 7       9       5       6       6       5       8

3. Let's say the Democratic ticket is Barack Obama for president and Joe Biden for vice president and the Republican ticket is Mitt Romney for president and Marco Rubio for vice president. If you were voting today, how would you vote?

                      Tot    Rep    Dem    Ind    Men    Wom    Wht    Blk    Hsp   Obama/Biden          41%     3%    89%    37%    38%    44%    34%    86%    39% Romney/Rubio         49     92      5     46     52     46     58      5     45 SMONE ELSE(VOL)       1      1      -      3      2      1      2      -      - WLDN'T VOTE(VOL)      2      1      2      3      2      2      1      1      6 DK/NA                 6      3      4     12      6      7      5      8     10                        WHITE..............................................                      COLLEGE DEG                               BornAgnEv  Miltry                      Yes    No     Prot   Cath   Men    Wom    Yes    No  HsHold   Obama/Biden          40%    31%    23%    29%    30%    37%    17%    33%    32% Romney/Rubio         55     59     70     62     61     55     76     58     59 SMONE ELSE(VOL)       2      2      3      -      3      1      2      2      2 WLDN'T VOTE(VOL)      1      1      1      3      1      2      1      2      1 DK/NA                 2      7      4      6      5      6      5      5      6                        COLLEGE DEG   ANNUAL HOUSEHOLD INCOME...  AGE IN YRS.......                      Yes    No     100K  18-34  35-54  55+   Obama/Biden          47%    39%    46%    47%    41%    35%    44%    45%    39% Romney/Rubio         46     50     39     44     52     61     37     49     53 SMONE ELSE(VOL)       2      1      1      1      1      1      2      2      1 WLDN'T VOTE(VOL)      1      2      3      3      2      -      3      2      2 DK/NA                 3      8     11      4      4      3     14      3      5

4. Is your opinion of Mitt Romney favorable, unfavorable or haven't you heard enough about him?

                      Tot    Rep    Dem    Ind    Men    Wom    Wht    Blk    Hsp   Favorable            44%    81%    10%    40%    50%    39%    51%    10%    41% Unfavorable          35      7     68     33     31     38     32     56     27 Hvn't hrd enough     19     11     20     24     18     19     14     33     27 REFUSED               2      2      2      3      2      3      2      1      4                        WHITE..............................................                      COLLEGE DEG                               BornAgnEv  Miltry                      Yes    No     Prot   Cath   Men    Wom    Yes    No  HsHold   Favorable            49%    52%    59%    54%    57%    45%    66%    49%    54% Unfavorable          39     29     25     29     28     37     17     34     29 Hvn't hrd enough     11     16     14     16     14     15     14     16     14 REFUSED               1      3      2      2      1      4      3      1      3                        COLLEGE DEG   ANNUAL HOUSEHOLD INCOME...  AGE IN YRS.......                      Yes    No     100K  18-34  35-54  55+   Favorable            43%    45%    32%    40%    49%    59%    28%    46%    49% Unfavorable          41     32     38     38     36     28     33     36     36 Hvn't hrd enough     14     21     27     20     12     12     36     15     13 REFUSED               2      3      3      2      3      1      2      2      2

TREND: Is your opinion of Mitt Romney favorable, unfavorable or haven't you heard enough about him?

                                                              FAVORABLE....                                                              High    Low                      May 23  May 03  Mar 28  Jan 26  Jan 11  Jan 11  Feb 07                      2012    2012    2012    2012    2012    2012    2007   Favorable            44      40      41      43      47      47      13 Unfavorable          35      34      36      37      29      29      11 Hvn't hrd enough     19      22      19      17      22      22      75 REFUSED               2       4       4       3       3       3       1

5. Is your opinion of Barack Obama favorable, unfavorable or haven't you heard enough about him?

                      Tot    Rep    Dem    Ind    Men    Wom    Wht    Blk    Hsp   Favorable            45%     8%    88%    42%    41%    48%    37%    83%    51% Unfavorable          50     90      7     49     54     46     60      9     38 Hvn't hrd enough      3      1      3      4      3      3      1      6      9 REFUSED               2      1      1      4      2      2      2      2      2                        WHITE..............................................                      COLLEGE DEG                               BornAgnEv  Miltry                      Yes    No     Prot   Cath   Men    Wom    Yes    No  HsHold   Favorable            45%    34%    26%    32%    33%    41%    19%    37%    35% Unfavorable          52     63     71     65     64     55     78     59     60 Hvn't hrd enough      1      1      1      2      1      1      1      2      2 REFUSED               2      2      2      2      2      2      2      3      2                        COLLEGE DEG   ANNUAL HOUSEHOLD INCOME...  AGE IN YRS.......                      Yes    No     100K  18-34  35-54  55+   Favorable            51%    43%    51%    50%    42%    41%    50%    47%    44% Unfavorable          45     52     43     44     54     58     38     51     53 Hvn't hrd enough      2      3      4      2      3      -      8      2      1 REFUSED               2      2      3      4      1      1      4      1      2

TREND: Is your opinion of Barack Obama favorable, unfavorable or haven't you heard enough about him?

                                                              FAVORABLE....                                                              High    Low                      May 23  May 03  Mar 28  Jan 26  Jan 11  Feb 19  Feb 07                      2012    2012    2012    2012    2012    2009    2007   Favorable            45      46      51      49      45      69      37 Unfavorable          50      47      44      48      50      22      18 Hvn't hrd enough      3       4       2       1       3       6      44 REFUSED               2       3       3       2       2       3       1

6. Is your opinion of Marco Rubio favorable, unfavorable or haven't you heard enough about him?

                      Tot    Rep    Dem    Ind    Men    Wom    Wht    Blk    Hsp   Favorable            44%    79%    11%    40%    47%    41%    51%     9%    41% Unfavorable          24      3     48     24     25     24     23     35     23 Hvn't hrd enough     31     17     40     35     27     34     25     54     35 REFUSED               1      -      1      1      1      1      1      2      1

TREND: Is your opinion of Marco Rubio favorable, unfavorable or haven't you heard enough about him?

                                                              FAVORABLE......                                                              High    Low                      May 23  Feb 03  Aug 19  Jul 30  Jun 09  May 23  Apr 16                      2012    2011    2010    2010    2010    2012    2009   Favorable            44      41      35      35      36      44      10 Unfavorable          24      17      28      24      28      24      11 Hvn't hrd enough     31      41      34      38      34      31      78 REFUSED               1       2       2       3       2       1       2

7. Is your opinion of Joe Biden favorable, unfavorable or haven't you heard enough about him?

                      Tot    Rep    Dem    Ind    Men    Wom    Wht    Blk    Hsp   Favorable            36%     7%    72%    32%    31%    40%    30%    73%    32% Unfavorable          42     76      8     41     48     38     51      6     32 Hvn't hrd enough     21     16     19     26     20     22     18     20     35 REFUSED               1      1      1      1      2      1      1      -      2

TREND: Is your opinion of Joe Biden favorable, unfavorable or haven't you heard enough about him?

                      May 23  Dec 08  Feb 07                      2012    2011    2007   Favorable            36      37      20 Unfavorable          42      40      22 Hvn't hrd enough     21      21      57 REFUSED               1       2       1

8. Compared to past presidential elections, how would you describe your level of enthusiasm about voting in this year's presidential election; are you more enthusiastic than usual, less enthusiastic, or about the same as usual?

                      Tot    Rep    Dem    Ind    Men    Wom    Wht    Blk    Hsp   More                 38%    51%    32%    29%    41%    34%    39%    42%    32% Less                 19     15     17     26     17     21     21      8     18 About the same       42     33     50     44     41     43     40     47     47 DK/NA                 2      1      1      1      1      2      1      3      2                        WHITE..............................................                      COLLEGE DEG                               BornAgnEv  Miltry                      Yes    No     Prot   Cath   Men    Wom    Yes    No  HsHold   More                 39%    38%    41%    42%    44%    34%    41%    40%    42% Less                 18     22     20     23     17     24     20     22     19 About the same       42     39     38     33     39     41     38     36     39 DK/NA                 1      1      1      2      1      1      1      1      -                        COLLEGE DEG   ANNUAL HOUSEHOLD INCOME...  AGE IN YRS.......                      Yes    No     100K  18-34  35-54  55+   More                 37%    38%    31%    35%    43%    41%    23%    35%    45% Less                 17     20     23     19     18     15     27     17     17 About the same       45     40     43     45     39     44     48     46     37 DK/NA                 1      2      3      1      1      -      2      1      2

TREND: Compared to past presidential elections, how would you describe your level of enthusiasm about voting in this year's presidential election; are you more enthusiastic than usual, less enthusiastic, or about the same as usual? (2011 wording referenced "2012 election")

                                                              MORE..........                                                              High    Low                      May 23  May 03  Mar 28  Jan 26  Jan 11  Sep 22  Dec 08                      2012    2012    2012    2012    2012    2011    2011   More                 38      35      35      38      37      40      32 Less                 19      26      27      20      21      22      23 About the same       42      38      37      41      41      37      44 DK/NA                 2       1       1       1       1       1       1

16. Do you approve or disapprove of the way Marco Rubio is handling his job as United States Senator?

                      Tot    Rep    Dem    Ind    Men    Wom    Wht    Blk    Hsp   Approve              54%    83%    22%    54%    59%    49%    59%    25%    55% Disapprove           27      5     54     27     26     29     24     46     29 DK/NA                19     12     24     19     15     22     17     29     16                        WHITE..............................................                      COLLEGE DEG                               BornAgnEv  Miltry                      Yes    No     Prot   Cath   Men    Wom    Yes    No  HsHold   Approve              58%    60%    69%    66%    63%    55%    73%    62%    63% Disapprove           29     21     16     18     22     25     10     23     23 DK/NA                13     19     15     16     15     20     17     15     15                        COLLEGE DEG   ANNUAL HOUSEHOLD INCOME...  AGE IN YRS.......                      Yes    No     100K  18-34  35-54  55+   Approve              51%    55%    46%    51%    58%    63%    41%    60%    56% Disapprove           34     25     30     28     28     25     29     28     26 DK/NA                15     21     25     21     14     12     31     12     17

TREND: Do you approve or disapprove of the way Marco Rubio is handling his job as United States Senator?

                                                              APPROVE.......                                                              High    Low                      May 23  Jan 26  Jan 10  Nov 11  Sep 21  May 23  Feb 03                      2012    2012    2012    2011    2011    2012    2011   Approve              54      48      50      49      49      54      42 Disapprove           27      33      29      29      31      27      20 DK/NA                19      20      21      22      20      19      37

18. Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling his job as President?

                      Tot    Rep    Dem    Ind    Men    Wom    Wht    Blk    Hsp   Approve              44%     6%    90%    39%    38%    49%    34%    91%    52% Disapprove           52     91      7     56     58     47     63      7     43 DK/NA                 3      3      2      5      4      3      3      2      5                        WHITE..............................................                      COLLEGE DEG                               BornAgnEv  Miltry                      Yes    No     Prot   Cath   Men    Wom    Yes    No  HsHold   Approve              41%    31%    25%    28%    28%    40%    19%    34%    33% Disapprove           56     66     73     67     69     57     78     62     64 DK/NA                 3      3      2      5      4      3      3      4      3                        COLLEGE DEG   ANNUAL HOUSEHOLD INCOME...  AGE IN YRS.......                      Yes    No     100K  18-34  35-54  55+   Approve              48%    43%    53%    49%    42%    35%    53%    44%    42% Disapprove           48     54     44     49     56     61     40     52     56 DK/NA                 4      3      4      3      2      4      7      3      2

TREND: Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling his job as President?

                                                              APPROVE.......                                                              High    Low                      May 23  May 03  Mar 28  Jan 26  Jan 11  Feb 19  Sep 22                      2012    2012    2012    2012    2012    2009    2011   Approve              44      46      47      46      42      64      39 Disapprove           52      50      49      52      54      23      57 DK/NA                 3       4       5       2       4      13       5

20. Do you feel that Barack Obama deserves to be reelected, or do you feel that he does not deserve to be reelected?

                      Tot    Rep    Dem    Ind    Men    Wom    Wht    Blk    Hsp   Yes/Deserves         44%     4%    91%    41%    40%    47%    35%    88%    49% No/Does not          52     93      7     54     57     48     62      6     43 DK/NA                 4      3      3      5      3      5      3      6      8                        WHITE..............................................                      COLLEGE DEG                               BornAgnEv  Miltry                      Yes    No     Prot   Cath   Men    Wom    Yes    No  HsHold   Yes/Deserves         41%    32%    23%    30%    31%    38%    16%    35%    35% No/Does not          56     65     75     67     67     58     80     63     62 DK/NA                 4      3      2      3      3      3      3      3      3                        COLLEGE DEG   ANNUAL HOUSEHOLD INCOME...  AGE IN YRS.......                      Yes    No     100K  18-34  35-54  55+   Yes/Deserves         48%    42%    51%    48%    42%    37%    53%    44%    41% No/Does not          47     54     44     47     56     62     42     52     56 DK/NA                 4      4      5      5      2      1      5      3      3

TREND: Do you feel that Barack Obama deserves to be reelected, or do you feel that he does not deserve to be reelected? (*High also 50% May 2011)

                                                              DESERVES......                                                              High    Low                      May 23  May 03  Mar 28  Jan 26  Jan 11  Mar 28* Sep 22                      2012    2012    2012    2012    2012    2012    2011   Yes/Deserves         44      45      50      47      44      50      41 No/Does not          52      50      47      49      52      47      53 DK/NA                 4       5       3       4       4       3       6

22. Would you say Barack Obama is a likable person or not?

                      Tot    Rep    Dem    Ind    Men    Wom    Wht    Blk    Hsp   Yes                  76%    58%    98%    73%    76%    76%    72%    96%    79% No                   21     38      2     23     22     21     25      2     19 DK/NA                 3      4      1      4      2      3      3      2      2                        WHITE..............................................                      COLLEGE DEG                               BornAgnEv  Miltry                      Yes    No     Prot   Cath   Men    Wom    Yes    No  HsHold   Yes                  80%    69%    65%    71%    72%    72%    64%    73%    72% No                   20     27     31     26     26     24     32     24     25 DK/NA                 1      4      4      3      2      4      4      3      3                        COLLEGE DEG   ANNUAL HOUSEHOLD INCOME...  AGE IN YRS.......                      Yes    No     100K  18-34  35-54  55+   Yes                  82%    74%    77%    79%    81%    71%    80%    80%    74% No                   17     23     20     19     18     26     19     18     23 DK/NA                 1      3      3      2      1      2      1      2      3

23. Would you say Mitt Romney is a likable person or not?

                      Tot    Rep    Dem    Ind    Men    Wom    Wht    Blk    Hsp   Yes                  58%    84%    33%    58%    63%    54%    63%    40%    56% No                   30      9     55     31     28     32     28     42     29 DK/NA                11      7     12     12      9     14      9     18     15                        WHITE..............................................                      COLLEGE DEG                               BornAgnEv  Miltry                      Yes    No     Prot   Cath   Men    Wom    Yes    No  HsHold   Yes                  65%    62%    73%    65%    66%    59%    76%    63%    66% No                   30     27     18     29     26     30     13     28     26 DK/NA                 6     11     10      6      8     11     11      9      8                        COLLEGE DEG   ANNUAL HOUSEHOLD INCOME...  AGE IN YRS.......                      Yes    No     100K  18-34  35-54  55+   Yes                  61%    57%    52%    59%    61%    65%    45%    61%    62% No                   33     29     33     30     32     29     37     31     28 DK/NA                 6     14     15     11      6      6     19      8     10

24. Regardless of how you intend to vote, who do you think would do a better job on the economy, Barack Obama or Mitt Romney?

                      Tot    Rep    Dem    Ind    Men    Wom    Wht    Blk    Hsp   Obama                40%     4%    85%    35%    36%    43%    32%    81%    40% Romney               50     91      7     50     55     45     59      8     42 DK/NA                10      5      8     16      9     11      8     10     18                        WHITE..............................................                      COLLEGE DEG                               BornAgnEv  Miltry                      Yes    No     Prot   Cath   Men    Wom    Yes    No  HsHold   Obama                39%    29%    21%    27%    29%    36%    14%    32%    33% Romney               56     61     71     64     65     54     76     60     60 DK/NA                 5     10      8      9      7     10     10      8      7                        COLLEGE DEG   ANNUAL HOUSEHOLD INCOME...  AGE IN YRS.......                      Yes    No     100K  18-34  35-54  55+   Obama                45%    38%    47%    44%    39%    31%    43%    41%    39% Romney               48     50     40     48     51     65     42     50     53 DK/NA                 7     12     14      9     10      4     16      9      8

TREND: Regardless of how you intend to vote, who do you think would do a better job on the economy, Barack Obama or Mitt Romney?

                      May 23  May 03  Mar 28  Jan 26  Jan 11  Dec 08  Nov 10                      2012    2012    2012    2012    2012    2011    2011   Obama                40      40      45      41      39      41      39 Romney               50      49      48      50      52      49      49 DK/NA                10      11       7       9       9      10      12

28. In general, do you support or oppose same-sex marriage?

                      Tot    Rep    Dem    Ind    Men    Wom    Wht    Blk    Hsp   Support              40%    16%    65%    41%    35%    44%    39%    45%    40% Oppose               50     76     25     46     55     46     53     37     49 DK/NA                10      7     10     13     10     10      8     18     11                        WHITE..............................................                      COLLEGE DEG                               BornAgnEv  Miltry                      Yes    No     Prot   Cath   Men    Wom    Yes    No  HsHold   Support              46%    35%    24%    35%    33%    44%    15%    41%    33% Oppose               47     56     67     55     58     48     79     49     58 DK/NA                 8      9      8     10      9      8      6      9     10                        COLLEGE DEG   ANNUAL HOUSEHOLD INCOME...  AGE IN YRS.......                      Yes    No     100K  18-34  35-54  55+   Support              45%    38%    41%    40%    41%    45%    57%    38%    36% Oppose               45     52     47     54     48     50     33     52     55 DK/NA                10     10     13      7     11      5     10     10      9

29. Do you think same-sex couples should be allowed legally to marry, should be allowed legally to form civil unions but not marry, or should not be allowed to obtain legal recognition of their relationships?

                      Tot    Rep    Dem    Ind    Men    Wom    Wht    Blk    Hsp   Marry                36%    13%    57%    38%    32%    39%    35%    33%    40% Civil unions         34     46     21     35     35     34     36     27     30 No recognition       23     34     14     21     26     20     23     27     23 DK/NA                 8      8      7      6      8      8      7     13      7                        WHITE..............................................                      COLLEGE DEG                               BornAgnEv  Miltry                      Yes    No     Prot   Cath   Men    Wom    Yes    No  HsHold   Marry                42%    32%    21%    33%    29%    41%    13%    38%    28% Civil unions         40     34     40     42     38     33     38     40     39 No recognition       15     26     33     17     26     20     41     17     25 DK/NA                 3      8      6      8      7      6      7      6      8                        COLLEGE DEG   ANNUAL HOUSEHOLD INCOME...  AGE IN YRS.......                      Yes    No     100K  18-34  35-54  55+   Marry                40%    34%    37%    34%    36%    43%    50%    36%    32% Civil unions         38     32     24     36     41     39     21     34     39 No recognition       16     25     27     26     18     14     21     24     22 DK/NA                 6      9     12      5      5      4      8      7      8

TREND: Do you think same-sex couples should be allowed legally to marry, should be allowed legally to form civil unions, but not marry, or should not be allowed to obtain legal recognition of their relationships?

                      May 23  Jan 22  Sep 8   Aug 8                      2012    2009    2008    2007   Marry                36      27      27      27 Civil unions         34      35      35      29 No recognition       23      31      31      35 DK/NA                 8       7       6       9

30. Regardless of how you intend to vote, who do you think would do a better job on same-sex marriage, Barack Obama or Mitt Romney?

                      Tot    Rep    Dem    Ind    Men    Wom    Wht    Blk    Hsp   Obama                52%    23%    82%    55%    49%    55%    47%    72%    56% Romney               31     60      6     25     35     27     38      7     21 DK/NA                17     17     11     21     16     19     16     21     23                        WHITE..............................................                      COLLEGE DEG                               BornAgnEv  Miltry                      Yes    No     Prot   Cath   Men    Wom    Yes    No  HsHold   Obama                54%    43%    34%    46%    43%    50%    27%    50%    45% Romney               34     39     50     38     42     33     59     34     39 DK/NA                12     17     17     16     14     17     14     16     16                        COLLEGE DEG   ANNUAL HOUSEHOLD INCOME...  AGE IN YRS.......                      Yes    No     100K  18-34  35-54  55+   Obama                56%    50%    55%    56%    51%    51%    64%    53%    48% Romney               30     31     24     29     37     34     18     32     35 DK/NA                14     19     21     15     13     15     18     15     17

31. How important will the issue of same-sex marriage be in your vote for President this year; extremely important, very important, somewhat important, or not important?

                      Tot    Rep    Dem    Ind    Men    Wom    Wht    Blk    Hsp   Extremely important  10%    12%     8%    10%     9%    11%     9%    13%    13% Very important       12     12     12     12     11     13     11     10     19 Somewhat important   26     26     33     22     22     30     27     23     25 Not important        49     49     46     54     56     44     51     49     41 DK/NA                 2      1      2      1      1      2      1      4      2                        WHITE..............................................                      COLLEGE DEG                               BornAgnEv  Miltry                      Yes    No     Prot   Cath   Men    Wom    Yes    No  HsHold   Extremely important   6%    11%    13%     6%     9%    10%    18%     7%    10% Very important       11     11     12      7     10     11     16      8     10 Somewhat important   31     26     27     29     22     33     27     27     25 Not important        53     51     46     57     58     45     38     57     54 DK/NA                 -      2      1      1      1      1      2      1      1                        COLLEGE DEG   ANNUAL HOUSEHOLD INCOME...  AGE IN YRS.......                      Yes    No     100K  18-34  35-54  55+   Extremely important   7%    12%    16%    12%    11%     4%    12%     7%    10% Very important       10     13     13     11     10     11     13     13     11 Somewhat important   29     25     29     27     22     30     33     24     26 Not important        55     48     38     49     57     56     41     54     51 DK/NA                 -      2      3      1      -      -      1      1      2

32. As you may know, Barack Obama supports same-sex marriage. Does Barack Obama's support for same-sex marriage make you more likely to vote for him for President, less likely to vote for him for President, or doesn't it make a difference?

                      Tot    Rep    Dem    Ind    Men    Wom    Wht    Blk    Hsp   More likely          11%     1%    21%     9%    10%    12%     9%    11%    17% Less likely          25     43      7     23     26     24     28     13     22 No difference        63     54     70     67     63     63     61     73     59 DK/NA                 2      2      1      1      2      2      1      3      2                        WHITE..............................................                      COLLEGE DEG                               BornAgnEv  Miltry                      Yes    No     Prot   Cath   Men    Wom    Yes    No  HsHold   More likely          14%     7%     6%     7%     7%    11%     3%    10%     6% Less likely          24     30     41     22     30     26     52     21     29 No difference        61     62     52     70     61     62     43     68     62 DK/NA                 1      2      1      2      2      1      2      2      2                        COLLEGE DEG   ANNUAL HOUSEHOLD INCOME...  AGE IN YRS.......                      Yes    No     100K  18-34  35-54  55+   More likely          12%    10%    10%    12%    12%    11%    18%     9%     9% Less likely          22     26     25     25     25     20     19     22     28 No difference        65     62     61     62     63     69     63     68     61 DK/NA                 1      2      3      1      1      -      -      1      2

33. As you may know, Mitt Romney opposes same-sex marriage. Does Mitt Romney's opposition to same-sex marriage make you more likely to vote for him for President, less likely to vote for him for President, or doesn't it make a difference?

                      Tot    Rep    Dem    Ind    Men    Wom    Wht    Blk    Hsp   More likely          23%    44%     5%    20%    25%    22%    26%    10%    23% Less likely          19      3     34     17     18     19     17     18     25 No difference        56     51     59     59     55     56     56     66     46 DK/NA                 2      1      1      4      2      3      1      5      5                        WHITE..............................................                      COLLEGE DEG                               BornAgnEv  Miltry                      Yes    No     Prot   Cath   Men    Wom    Yes    No  HsHold   More likely          23%    27%    39%    22%    28%    24%    52%    18%    29% Less likely          22     14      9     13     15     19      6     16     15 No difference        54     57     50     64     56     56     40     65     55 DK/NA                 1      2      1      1      2      1      2      1      2                        COLLEGE DEG   ANNUAL HOUSEHOLD INCOME...  AGE IN YRS.......                      Yes    No     100K  18-34  35-54  55+   More likely          20%    24%    24%    25%    23%    19%    19%    19%    27% Less likely          21     17     22     16     17     19     30     16     16 No difference        57     55     51     58     59     60     49     64     55 DK/NA                 1      3      4      1      2      1      2      1      2

34. As you may know, Mitt Romney opposes civil unions for same-sex couples. Does Mitt Romney's opposition to civil unions for same-sex couples make you more likely to vote for him for President, less likely to vote for him for President, or doesn't it make a difference?

                      Tot    Rep    Dem    Ind    Men    Wom    Wht    Blk    Hsp   More likely          15%    28%     4%    14%    16%    14%    17%     9%    16% Less likely          23      3     41     26     23     24     22     23     26 No difference        59     66     53     57     59     59     59     63     53 DK/NA                 3      3      1      3      3      3      2      5      4                        WHITE..............................................                      COLLEGE DEG                               BornAgnEv  Miltry                      Yes    No     Prot   Cath   Men    Wom    Yes    No  HsHold   More likely          14%    18%    25%    15%    18%    15%    34%    11%    18% Less likely          29     19     14     16     20     24      9     22     18 No difference        56     60     59     67     60     58     54     66     61 DK/NA                 1      3      3      1      2      2      4      2      2                        COLLEGE DEG   ANNUAL HOUSEHOLD INCOME...  AGE IN YRS.......                      Yes    No     100K  18-34  35-54  55+   More likely          13%    16%    16%    18%    15%    10%    16%    14%    16% Less likely          28     21     28     20     23     23     37     19     21 No difference        58     59     51     62     60     65     45     66     60 DK/NA                 1      3      5      1      2      2      2      1      3

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