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What was better than a pet dog? A dog that wasn't real! it had all the benefits… you could feed it, play with it, and watch it grow. Whether is was a cheap imitation or a more popular brand, there was nothing that compared to that nurturing feeling you got from a digital pet. The goal was to keep it alive as long as possible and to help it grow into older stages. Unfortunately, death was difficult to avoid, and I never saw mine get very old. Other friends who were successful inspired me to keep trying, but eventually I lost mine (which was easy to do because of its size). Believe it or not, they are still around today!
First appearing in 1996, these Japanese key chains sold like hot cakes. This simple toy could keep a kid entertained for hours. With just three buttons on the simple egg shaped toy that fit in the palm of your hand, you could feed you pet, play games, clean up after it, check its stats, and connect with friends. They made little electronic noises to signify happy or sad. And they were so cute when they slept! Who could forget when McDonalds put toy Tamagotchis in their Happy Meals? The quality of these has definitely improved over the years after looking them up online.
The first Giga Pets included the Bit Critter, Compu Kitty, Digital Doggie, and Micro Chimp. The name was much easier to say than "Tamagotchi" but didn't sound nearly as cool. The concept was a the same, but with cooler things to have as pets. The graphics were better, but not by much. The toy in general was a much better quality, had more options, and better aesthetics. I remember having the Digital Doggie.
Teachers were smart and caught on to us having them at school and wouldn't let you bring them. Little did they know they'd soon be having to deal with cell phones! Many of us put our trust in our parents to keep watch over them during the day only to come back home and find that our critter had died due to lack of attention. Our parent's just didn't understand the dedication that was necessary to keep these digital pets alive!
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NEWARK, Del. (AP) - Delaware State Police say a New Castle County officer caught a robbery suspect after a foot chase in Newark.
It happened about 10:15 p.m. Tuesday at the 7-Eleven on East Chestnut Hill Road. Authorities say a masked man brandishing a BB gun entered and pointed it at a customer a clerk. Police say the man demanded cash and the clerk gave him money from the register.
After the robber ran away. Troopers and New Castle County police searched the area. A county officer saw a man matching the description of the suspect walking near the business, and caught him after a short foot chase.
Twenty-one-year-old Hampton J. Jones of Newark was arrested and charged with robbery.
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Basically because I can't see Franklin/Henderson at the moment…this is the next best match up. Marquardt just destroyed Martin Kampmann and Henderson danced by Rousimar Palhares…both fights took place at UFC 88. Anderson Silva is set to defend his MW title against undeserving Patrick Cote at UFC 90. Barring another upset, Silva will walk thru Cote leaving him without a worthy challenger at MW. Granted, Silva has defeated both Henderson and Marquardt relatively easily already…I'm not THAT positive he could do it so easily again. Then again he just might be THAT good..
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Exercising may be the last thing you feel like doing the morning after a night of partying. But a light workout is just what you need, according to exercise physiologist Carol Espel, general manager of Equinox Fitness Club, in Scarsdale, New York. "Because exercise stimulates your metabolism and heart rate, it speeds the process of flushing away alcohol and extra calories," she says. Within 10 minutes, you'll feel more alert and energized. Here's an easy routine that makes an ideal warm-up for a short walk in the fresh air.Squats
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Do a set of 10 jumping jacks, followed by a set of 10 split jacks.
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Here I sit, all tired and hot from a game of no worth.
It takes me from behind; it makes me think of the past… Is this the end, or is this the beginning?
A poem once written by a sixth grader,
Glued to inside of a molested math book.
A poem asking the future of his life,
One written at a young age,
Asking for direction in a desolate world.
How the times have changed,
The innocence of youth lingers…
Spread delicately over the years; it has died.
In times of valor, confusing and strong, The days faded as a damp cloud settled in.
Tearing at the heart, covering the land in depression.
Oh how the days faded, and the night…
A misguided comfort of lust and love,
Love is only a mask worn to hide the scares of failure.
Broken and battered, a life best taught in jail.
He struggles to find face in a mirror of blood.
How is it that one can fall so far?
Is it dreams broken and lost, a nightmare disguised?
In these days, we know to many that have fallen, Those that have lost a faith in something better; A faith of a second chance in something risen.
Children are delicate, strong willed and passionate… They trust the deceiving unknowing of the dangers.
Contemplating their future and swearing never to fail, They grow and blossom in their fragile state.
God how is it they drown in pain so quickly?
Walk to them on the murky waters Lord.
Save them as Peter; our faith is tainted.
The waters dark and cool…
We sink quickly to the simple comfort in death.
How can we swim in death?
Our oxygen deprived lungs burning,
Screaming for reality to fade and hell to spring forth.
Our lives dieing in the solemn silence of an unmarked grave; Lord part the waters once more, Place our feet on dry land, our hearts at peace.
Bring back the faith; let us see our face in the mirror, The mirror of Your blood shed for us.
Let us see Your face before us leading the way.
The way to golden streets,
To a land of milk and honey;
Were water is of the Spirit enchanting our lives, And our lungs burning with praise to You on high!
Break the hold of sin,
Bring peace to this game of no worth!
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Full coverage on Press Conference on Operation of Olympic Village
(BEIJING, August 15) -- The Olympic Village of the 2008 Beijing Games is making some Olympic history of its own. Four-time Olympic Ping Pong gold medalist and Olympic Village spokeswoman, Deng Yaping, revealed the record-breaking details at Beijing's Main Press Center on Friday.
The first record -- the Village's main dining hall has served more guests in one day than any other village in the history of the Olympic Games. On opening day, the main dining hall served 18,634 guests. In comparison, 9,876 guests were served at the opening of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games while a roughly equivalent 10,515 guests were served at opening day in Athens.
The main dining hall continues to be a favorite stop for Olympic athletes. The number of Beijing ducks served up each day jumped from around 300 at the beginning of the Games to a whopping 600 ducks per day.
The Beijing Olympic Village has also received the largest number of international dignitaries in the history of the Olympic Games. As of Thursday, 62 leaders had visited the village, including French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Prime Minister of Russia Vladimir Putin, Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, and Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge and his predecessor Juan Antonio Samaranch have both paid visits the Olympic Village. Mr. Rogge lived in the Village for three days. He can still be spotted on morning jogs within the complex's perimeter.
The Beijing Village is setting other Olympic records on the "green" front. On Wednesday, Olympic Village Mayor Chen Zhili was given the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) award. U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, the presenter of the award, said the Village was an example of U.S.-China cooperation on energy and environmental issues, urging a continuation of similar joint U.S.-China efforts.
The Olympic Village itself includes a near-zero energy building that generates most of the power for the Village's heating and cooling systems through renewable energy sources such as solar cells and geothermal heat pumps. Technical assistance for the project was provided by the U.S. Department of Energy.
Apart from making leaps and bounds in environmental Olympic history, the Beijing Olympic Village is welcoming record numbers of international visitors. The Village has already hosted more receptions for individual country delegations than any other Olympic Games. The Village has held receptions for 204 different National Olympic Committees (NOCs), with an astonishing 51 delegation receptions held in one day.
Ms. Deng spoke proudly of the international recognition the Village has received, including some 50 letters of praise from NOC delegations and other well-wishers. Deng also spoke more modestly of the Village's room for improvement: "We have laid a solid foundation but we still have a long way to go. We hope all of our staff members and volunteers will work even harder and double their efforts."


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While Obama Coos Over Mosques Next to Churches, Networks Gloss Over Baghdad Catholic Massacre
On Wednesday, the networks described President Obama's speech in Indonesia as a proclamation on Indonesia's religious tolerance. ABC's Jake Tapper breezed over it on Good Morning America: "Before his speech, the President visited the largest mosque in this, the biggest majority-Muslim country in the world." He quoted Obama: "Those are the spires of the cathedral the Catholic Church over there. See, right next door."
But as Laura Ingraham pointed out that morning on her radio show, no one actually pressed the president on whether Muslim countries really tolerate Christians – or whether they can end up persecuted, even executed for not being Muslim. Terry Mattingly at Get Religion noted Indonesian examples. But the networks seriously downplayed a heinous murder of priests and Catholic believers in Baghdad on Halloween. And so, it was left out of the entire media's narrative as they celebrated Obama's outreach. In the November 2 Washington Post, the survivors told the tale in a report by Ernesto Londono:
The worshipers heard the first shots and explosions about 20 minutes after the beginning of Sunday Mass at Our Lady of Salvation Church. Heads turned, the sermon stopped abruptly and the Rev. Wassem Sabeeh quietly began ushering parishioners into a fortified room in the rear of the church.
"We realized these explosions were close," said Bassam Sami, 21, one of the survivors of the attack on a Baghdad church carried out by heavily armed suicide bombers that left at least 58 people dead. "Father Wassem started pushing people inside the room."
Once they penetrated the church building, the silent assailants began executing people. "They were well trained," Sami said. "They didn't say anything. It was like someone had cut out their tongues." ….Witnesses and authorities provided the following account of the attack:
The gunmen drove up to the church by way of a quiet street where, according to residents, authorities in recent days had removed cement barriers to open the way to traffic. The assailants, dressed in khaki pants and armed with AK-47 assault rifles, grenades and suicide vests, parked a gray Dodge sport-utility vehicle near the rear of the church.
When they began tossing bags across a seven-foot wall that rings the church, guards at a nearby branch of the Baghdad stock exchange became alarmed. A gunfight broke out, leaving two exchange guards dead. The attackers detonated explosives that were in the vehicle, making nearby windows crack.
A second blast thundered near the rear door of the church, ramming it open. Some officials said a grenade caused the explosion, while others suggested the trigger was a suicide vest.
Sabeeh, the priest, was among the first people executed after the assailants got inside. Another priest, Thaer Abdullah, was also killed.
Throngs of Iraqi authorities gathered outside the church as U.S. military helicopters hovered overhead.
Inside the church, about 60 parishioners were huddled in the safe room, praying and crying, when one of the assailants tossed a grenade inside, Sami said. "There was unbelievable fear among the people," he said. "I cannot describe what we've been through."
Shortly after 9 p.m., after realizing that hostages had been executed, a team of U.S.-trained Iraqi commandos stormed into the church from all sides. At least five suicide bombers detonated explosives, killing seven of the troops.
U.S. officials said the Iraqis realized the operation was risky but deemed it necessary in light of the loss of life that took place during the early phase of the siege. "They responded out of necessity," a U.S. official briefed on the operation said Monday. "There was a real possibility that they would have killed all the hostages inside."
Members of the Assyrian church stood outside Monday morning and wept as they stared at the building's blood-streaked walls. Most of the church's windows were shattered, as were plaques from graves in the church's outer patio.
"We have nothing left here," Juloud Peshtu said as she stood outside. "We are the minority. We cannot defend ourselves. We cannot stay in this country anymore."
This Halloween nightmare was barely (and badly) covered by the networks. Notice how they gloss over the killing-the-infidels overtones and focus their blame on U.S.-trained Iraqi forces. ABC's Dan Harris had the first brief (and their only) anchor brief on the night of Halloween:
DAN HARRIS: And one note from overseas tonight, in Baghdad, Iraqi police stormed a Catholic church where gunmen were holding nearly 100 people hostage. Dozens of the worshippers were killed. The attackers, who may be linked to al Qaeda, initially hit the Iraqi Stock Exchange, which is right across the street, but they were repelled and then took cover in the church, which is one of Baghdad's biggest and most important.
Does that represent what the survivors described to The Washington Post? "Iraqi police stormed a Catholic church where [no religion named] gunmen" were holding hostages? They "took cover" there -- as if they didn't come there to execute priests? CBS also offered a single anchor brief, on Monday night. Notice again who's on the hot seat:
KATIE COURIC: Iraq's government today defended its decision to storm a crowded Christian church after it was seized by Islamic militants. Iraqi officials say security forces were only sent in when the militants began killing hostages. By the time it was all over, at least 58 people were dead and 67 wounded. Most of them church members.
NBC offered two anchor briefs on Monday's Today. They also placed the blame for deaths on the Iraqi security forces:
ANN CURRY: Also in the news this morning, the soaring death toll from Sunday's hostage siege at a Catholic church in Baghdad. Iraqi officials now say at least 47 worshippers and police officers were killed when security forces stormed the church where gunmen linked to al-Qaeda held an entire congregation. More than 60 people were wounded. The attackers were demanding freedom for colleagues imprisoned in Iraq and Egypt.
Notice the media shorthhand. They don't say "Muslim gunmen." They say "gunmen linked to al-Qaeda." And:
CURRY: This morning, Pope Benedict condemned Sunday's deadly attack on a Catholic church in Iraq as, quote, "ferocious and absurd violence." The pope said two priests were among at least 47 people killed when security forces stormed the church where gunmen linked to al-Qaeda held an entire congregation hostage. About 60 people were wounded. The attackers were demanding freedom for colleagues in prison in Iraq and in Egypt.
Again, consider the Washington Post story, that the militants executed the priest first. But NBC viewers could believe that the Pope implied that Iraqi security forces shot priests in their "ferocious" violence. These reckless little network stories were never fleshed out by their own reporters. On Monday's Special Report with Bret Baier on Fox News Channel, David Piper offered a full report. He also suggested the militants attacked the stock exchange first, instead of suggesting stock-exchange guards were interrupting their church attack:
BAIER: Christians around the world are today mourning the slaughter of some of their own in Iraq. Reporter David Piper reports on a horrific attack and subsequent rescue effort at a church in Baghdad.
DAVID PIPER: The operation by Iraqi security forces was captured on video by the U.S. military helicopters overhead. The hostage drama had begun when militants tied to Al Qaeda in Iraq first attacked the Iraqi stock exchange where they killed two guards. Then they stormed the nearby Our Lady of Deliverance Church during evening mass in the crowded district not far from the green zone. One eyewitness said the government who are wearing suicide bomb vests first shot at a priest to the church, one of the main Catholic places of worship in Baghdad. It's believed they took about 120 hostages.
Iraqi officials said the armed gang threatened to kill their hostages unless Al Qaeda prisoners were released in Iraq and Egypt. Iraqi forces backed up by the U.S. military poured into security area, but it was four hours before they eventually stormed the building. There was at least one explosion as the security forces entered the church. Survivors described the scene of carnage inside as Iraqi and U.S. troops fought with the militants.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE (through translator): We heard shots and then they stormed the church. They held us as the hall and they didn't let anybody flee. So many people were killed inside the church and outside.
PIPER: Despite the high casualty figures, the Iraqi authorities say they had no choice but to try and free the hostages.
ABDUL-QADR AL-OBEIDI, IRAQI DEFENSE MINISTER (through translator): It was impossible to wait. The terrorists were planning to kill a large number of our brothers, the Christians who are at mass.
PIPER: Iraq's small Christian community has though questioned the professionalism of the Iraqi security forces because of the high death toll. (on camera): Many Iraqi Christians have left the country already because of attacks on them and their churches. Now the survivors of this latest attack are wondering if that community has any future in Iraq. In Baghdad, David Piper, Fox News.
In their defensive crouch -- trying to prevent anti-Muslim bigotry from backward Americans -- the media elite demonstrate less outrage for terrorists who slaughter priests inside churches than they do for nonviolent protesters of a mosque at Ground Zero. One is a massive story for weeks. The other's worth about 50 words.
Is this worse than naked pyramids at Abu Ghraib? Not to the networks. It's obviously much less outrageous.
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And of course, while praising
Submitted by motherbelt on Sat, 11/13/2010 - 9:24am.
And of course, while praising "moderate" Muslims, Dear Leader couldn't wedge into his speech a few words condemning the brutally intolerant ones.
Heavens, no. That would be too much like criticizing his host country's religion.
I encourage everyone to click on Tim's link to GetReligion for more on Pakistan's supposed "religious tolerance."
Money quote lifted from the NYT article (emphasis mine):
...in the past two decades, as Indonesians have become increasingly religious, events in the Middle East and other Muslim regions have gained more traction here.
Mattingly's dissection of that observation is stellar.
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I'm glad you posted this
Submitted by Thoreau on Sat, 11/13/2010 - 9:17am.
I'm glad you posted this story. The Jews/Catholics are once again being loaded onto trains and nobody is acknowledging it.
This is islam. Moderate and majority islam. It has always been this way. The cultural marxists loathe that you see it before their work is done. And the muslims loathe that you're breathing their air.
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It is an amazing lack of coverage.........
Submitted by merly1 on Sat, 11/13/2010 - 10:10am.
Say compared to the 3 hikers abducted by Iran, seen endlessly dancing in the cell phone video as the story played again and again in the news.....
This horrific crime should be primetime news for days, but is oddly "buried."
Our mainstream media is simply hopeless
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It is amazing, and currently hopeless.
Submitted by Red Jeep on Sat, 11/13/2010 - 11:45am.
Whether it is a newspaper or a TV news hour there are maybe 5 news stories and all the rest is fill.
With all that's going on in the world a TV news hour could be filled with news from all over the world for the full hour without repeating a story, plus having investigative news items.
Cotton Candy news is all we have now.
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Obama coos, meanwhile...
Submitted by Red Jeep on Sat, 11/13/2010 - 9:32am.
This is from an article by Daniel Greenfield. Click on the title below to see Barry in Indonesian attire. (Doubt this will be seen in U.S. news sources.)A Smiling Obama Returns to Bloody Jakarta
"...While Obama found time to blast Israel for building housing in Jerusalem, he made no mention of the Indonesian genocide in East Timor. No word about the Indonesian mass murder of between 100,000 to 200,000 people in a country whose population totaled little more than half a million. Shortly after Obama left Jakarta, the Indonesian regime began an occupation that lasted until 1999. An occupation armed and aided by successive US administrations.
But there is a reason you won't hear about the meat hooks where Indonesian backed militias hung their victims, before mutilating and killing them. You won't hear about the fields of the dead where the corpses of men, women and children were piled into mass graves. You won't hear of the machete squads who hacked people to death in full public view and on video. You certainly won't hear about the ethnic cleansing, the mass deportations, the gang rapes or even the murder of Western reporters. And there's a simple reason for all that.
Indonesia is a Muslim country. Their victims in East Timor were Christians.
To understand the significance of Obama's biography-- imagine that an American President who grew up in Nazi Germany on the eve of war, wrote only about his idyllic childhood running around the streets of Berlin and learning to read Mein Kampf, and then returned decades later, with no concession that a genocide had occurred here..."
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the media won't do it, but I will!
Submitted by Zilla of the Resistance on Sat, 11/13/2010 - 3:40pm.
Thank you for sharing that link, Red Jeep. Although the media will of course ignore it, I will not and neither will many others. I run a political information page at facebook & I'll post that article there and urge others to share it.
I also have a blog where I wrote a new post yesterday urging people to rise up and speak out, to call things what they truly are without the lie of political correctness and to be unafraid in doing so. Our government & our media will continue to fail us (and eventually get us all killed or enslaved) if we the people don't get up and start doing something about it now:
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I don't see why
Submitted by Catherwood on Sat, 11/13/2010 - 9:44am.
I often wonder how they do it. How do Muslims hide the fact that they and their bretheren are out to kill those who are not Muslims and they are out to take over any land that they live in?. It's almost like there is an invisible shield or something protecting them from detection. For years the Muslims have killed innocents all over the world on a regular basis. They have taken over Spain and France and are working on taking over Britain, yet people and nations just stand by and watch the Muslims do these things and not a word of criticism is spoken, and if you do speak out against them you are an Islamaphobe or a racist or religiously intolerant. I've spoken with a few Muslims over the years and they all seem like they're hiding some great secret or know something that you do not know. Well, I think I do know their secret and I know what the Muslims are hiding: we want to kill you and take your land in the name of Allah, but we're not going to let you know that until we have the knife at your throat. Coming to an America near you sooner than you think.
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Muslims should consider themselves lucky...
Submitted by Chupacabra on Sat, 11/13/2010 - 11:10am.
That I'm not the President of the United States. I'd be going in to finish the job Urban left undone a millenia ago.
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As much news as I watch I
Submitted by Radical1979 on Sat, 11/13/2010 - 12:16pm.
As much news as I watch I didn't hear about this, not even on Fox News or talk radio. Maybe they are afraid of retaliation against Muslims. Or it would have been inconvenient just before the election to remind us of who the enemy is.
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Submitted by Beckiboo on Sat, 11/13/2010 - 3:20pm.
to the Washington Post article to my Facebook page. I try to stay away from political statements, but I don't see this story as a political statement. I do see the fact that it is not being covered honestly as a definite political statement, though!
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Until we have real leadership it is up to us
Submitted by Zilla of the Resistance on Sat, 11/13/2010 - 3:58pm.
We need a president who well understands the clear and present danger presented to our very existence and the whole of Western Civilization. Bush didn't get it, he fell for the lie of political correctness and look at what that got us - a rogues gallery of islamic supremacists in our Capitol at our flipping invitation.
But until Allen West or someone like him is in the Oval Office, it is up to us regular people to put a stop to it before we are completely subjected to sharia oppression and horror. You saw what the TEA Party accomplished when folks from all walks of life got together and spoke as one; well I propose we do something similar, we know now how to organize and we know how to make ourselves heard. We can do this, and if we are to save our own lives and that of our children, we must.
I wrote about this in my blog, please feel free to read it and comment if you like:
Obama is not only an absolutely clueless disgrace and embarrassment, he is a serial betrayer to the people of the United States and the oath of office he swore to uphold and he is an enemy to freedom loving people everywhere by his endorsement of murderous ideology and the blind eye he turns to the horrors produced by that ideology.
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Welcome aboard ZotR. Don't be
Submitted by bkeyser on Sat, 11/13/2010 - 4:04pm.
Welcome aboard ZotR. Don't be a stranger.
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thank you
Submitted by Zilla of the Resistance on Sat, 11/13/2010 - 4:16pm.
I plan to be around often, I'm a longtime NB fan, but only recently became able to post comments here. I'm glad to be in good company.
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Someone get rid of the China
Submitted by Dan The Man 2 on Sat, 11/13/2010 - 5:49pm.
Someone get rid of the China Wholesaler please.
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Farrakhan of Nation of Islam Declared Obama the "Messiah"
Submitted by Retired Geek on Sat, 11/13/2010 - 6:20pm.
There is a Documentary which will be published Monday, November 15 2010 on http://thpatriots.blogspot.com/ entitled:
"A 2008 British documentary on the dramatic growth of Islam in America."
One of the featured parts of the Documentary is Louis Farrakhan, One of Barack Obama's 'Spiritual Advisers', an accompanying image was taken in The Nation of Islam Mosque on 'Saviours Day', when Louis Farrakhan declared Barack Obama the 'Messiah'.
To most Americans Barack Obama is just an incompetent Marxist Dictator Wannabe - to the members of the Radical 'Hate America' Nation of Islam - Barack Obama is the 'Messiah'.
"The white man is our mortal enemy, and we cannot accept him..."
Minister Louis Farrakhan
"America must be burned! America is no good at all."
Louis Farrakhan, Leader of the Nation of Islam
"God will destroy America by the hands of the Muslims....God will not give Japan or Europe the honor of bringing down the United States; this is an honor God will bestow upon Muslims."
Louis Farrakhan
Barack Obama helped award Louis Farrakhan a 'Lifetime Achievement Award' in his 'Racist' church led by Jeremiah Wright.
One question?
Did Barack Obama help award Louis Farrakhan a 'Lifetime Achievement Award' because of these statements or in spite of these statements?
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Radical Islam is a 'Choice'
Submitted by Retired Geek on Sat, 11/13/2010 - 6:25pm.
1) Islam is NOT a race, in fact there are Muslim adherents in nearly every Ethnic group on Earth - 1.3 billion Muslims.
When talking about or Criticizing Islam, 'Racism' is a specious argument at best.
2) A Human is NOT born a Muslim, one must 'Choose' to be a Muslim.
Liberal Progressives argue without reservation that Barack Obama is NOT a Muslim just because his Father was a practicing Muslim.
3) When a Human being 'Chooses' to become a Muslim, they are at the 'Very Least' granting "Tacit Approval" to the practices, reputation and ideology of Islam as a whole.
4) Islam is NOT a Religion, Islam is a construct of Religion, Government, Sharia Law and Culture - there is NO separation of Church and State in Islam.
The 'Central Tenet' of Islam is that ANY "Man Made Government" or "Man Made Law" or "Man Made Culture" is NOT acceptable to Islam.
The United States Constitution, United States Bill of Rights and United States Law are only applicable to Islam - where, when and if they comply with Sharia Law.
When one 'Chooses' to become a Muslim - they are explicitly denying ANY allegiance to the Sovereignty and Law of ANY Country that is NOT Sharia Compliant - PERIOD.
Liberal Progressive 'Claim' that Muslims have the same 'Rights and Protections' as any other Legal American Citizen under the The United States Constitution, United States Bill of Rights and United States Law - which again is a 'Specious Argument' because Muslims do NOT recognize or accept The United States Constitution, United States Bill of Rights and United States Law as binding or applying to Muslims.
This is a 'Perplexing' situation for all of us - how does America or any other Nation 'Coerce' Muslims to accept something they refuse to acknowledge or accept?
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Barack Pbama Funded HAMAS With Our Tax Dollars
Submitted by Retired Geek on Sat, 11/13/2010 - 6:30pm.
Did You Know?
One of the first things Barack Obama did as President of the United States was to 'Cut a Check' to HAMAS for 900 million dollars (33 days after Obama's swearing in).
HAMAS is an acronym for Harakat al-Muqawammah al-Islammiyya.
It means Islamic Resistance Movement. The terrorist group is an outgrowth of the Muslim Brotherhood - the same organization that has spawned most fundamentalist Islamic hate groups.
The Muslim Brotherhood is a Sunni, Salafist, Islamist, religious movement that originated in Egypt.
It seeks the forced imposition of fundamentalist Muslim social, moral, legal, religious, and political mandates on the world.
HAMAS trained Khalid Sheikh Mohammed the mastermind of 9-11.
Barack Obama signed a Bill for 600 million dollars to 'Secure Our Borders' in America.
It is easy to see where Barack Obama's Priorities are - Certainly Not the United States.
If Barack Obama doesn't allow taxes to increase, he might not be able to keep funding HAMAS.
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How to find us
Approaching from Brockenhurst on A337, on entering Lymington proceed over first and second roundabouts and Peel House is 150 yards past the Tollhouse Inn on the A337 Southampton Road.
Approaching from New Milton, past Waitrose, through the lights on A337 Southampton Road, Peel House is 100 yards past mini roundabout on left hand side, on the corner of Paddock Gardens.
The address is: 149 Southampton Road, Lymington, SO41 9HA


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There are several names in use for the initials RSS, but most people agree they stand for "Really Simple Syndication."
RSS is a form of code sent from a Web site that includes information when new content is added by that site. It includes a headline, a brief description and a link to the new content on the site.
An example of an RSS feed reader
RSS feeds give you an easy way to automatically stay up-to-date on Web sites you visit regularly when you read the feeds through a feed reader.
Instead of going to each site to see new stories, the sites come to you. You save time by filter the sites and content to what you care about most.
How do I get RSS feeds on my computer?
To access RSS feeds, you will first need a computer application called an RSS feed reader or news aggregator, or you can subscribe to a service on the Web. Many of these applications and services are free.
You can find a good list of available applications at Google.com.
Once you have downloaded and installed a programs or signed up for a Web service, you only need to add the address of the feeds you want. Usually, Web sites will display an icon like this to indicate when an RSS feed is available.
Subscribing is easy if your Web browser recognizes RSS feeds. Most of the latest browsers do. Just click on the link of the feed. It's as simple as that!
What RSS feeds are available from WATE.com?
» Click here to see a list of RSS feeds available on this site.


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Just to shift gears away from all the talk about Skip, 2B, and defense, I thought I'd start a thread to discuss how well the St. Louis OFFENSE seems to be performing in the early portions of spring training. I know this is the time of year when managers experiment, the games don't count and people are just stretching themselves out for the season. But, consider this:
- In 12 Games, the Cardinals have scored 90 RUNS (7.5 per game)
- Virtually every starter is CRUSHING the ball
- Duncan, perhaps the biggest surprise is leading the team in homers
- Duncan is ALSO hitting at a .370 clip
- Schmuaker continues to hit .333 while learning a brand new position
- The most recent game (Marlins) gave us 8 runs, 14 hits
Now, I don't have the stats from the 2008 ST, but this has to represent a significant uptick in offensive production from what is normal. Just comparing the Cardinals to the best teams in the league, the Cubs are averaging 5.3 runs, the Red Sox 6.1, the Rays 6.7, the Phillies 5.9... Should we be encouraged by the hitting we are seeing at the plate? Has the addition of such pieces as Greene, moving Skip to 2B, and other tweaks turned us into some sort of scoring juggernaut?


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Doctor Who Meme - [2/2] Quotes
↳"They leave, because they should. Or, they find someone else. And some of them, some of them.. forget me. I suppose in the end, they break my heart."
seen on rebloggy.com/doctor who
No. Doctor, WHO the hell told you it was okay to say that??????


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Chinese Delegates to Visit NJIT to Learn of Sustainability, Solar Energy
A delegation from Ningguo in the People's Republic of China will visit NJIT Nov. 18, 2010 to learn more about sustainable urban living and solar energy. The delegation would like to transform Ningguo into China's "Solar City." The trip follows a visit this past July from an NJIT delegation led by Donald H. Sebastian, PhD, senior vice president for research and development, in which an agreement was signed with city officials to help them achieve their solar goals. Ningguo is located in eastern China in the province of Anhui. The city has a population of 380,000.
Zheng Dong Sun, economic counselor of Ningguo People's Government will lead the dignitaries. Accompanying him will be Wang Pu, vice mayor of Ningguo People's Government, Tang Junhuai, general manager of Ningguo Huapu Building Material Co. Ltd, Zhang Jinlong, general manager of Anhui Ruitai New Material Science and Technology Co. Ltd, Wu Yi, director of Ningguo Economy and Information Committee, and Yang Anfeng, director of Ningguo Tourism Bureau.
The program will include a tour of NJIT facilities and culminate at 4:30 p.m. in Eberhardt Hall on the NJIT campus for remarks followed by a reception.
(ATTENTION EDITORS: To attend, call Sheryl Weinstein, 973-596-3436.)
"This is an exciting opportunity for us to work with a city that has set aggressive goals for renewable energy use. NJIT is deep in expertise on sustainable urban living and we see many benefits in deepening relations between our university, Newark and Ningguo," said Sebastian.
Recent solar energy initiatives at NJIT have included:
NJIT received last May from Apollo Solar Energy, Inc.of Chengdu, China, a three-year, $1.5 million grant to establish a solar research center at NJIT. The company mines and refines tellurium (Te) and high-purity tellurium-based metals for specific segments of the global electronic materials market.
In July, the U.S. Department of Energy awarded NJIT $468,495 to create a comprehensive series of four courses to train and teach mechanical engineers in the region how to improve the energy efficiency of existing buildings. The NJIT Center for Building Knowledge is organizing and running the training sessions.
This past fall, NJIT and Building Media Inc. (BMI), a DuPont subsidiary, will lead one of 15 research and deployment partnerships to help dramatically improve the energy efficiency of American homes ─ the Building America Retrofit Alliance (BARA). The 15 teams, appointed by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), will receive a total of up to $30 million for the initial 18 months to deliver innovative energy efficiency strategies to the residential market and address barriers to bringing high-efficiency homes within reach of all.
NJIT students now live in a state-of-the-art, energy efficient, renewable energy building, thanks to $1.6 million in funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). The university's Oak Residence Hall upgrade project has been approved by the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities and the U.S. Department of Energy as one of seven projects in the $20.6 million State Energy Program.


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UPLAND — This is how the birth of a professional sports franchise works: At some point Saturday night, once the Ontario Fury has launched its existence as an indoor soccer team, those affiliated with the club will either breathe a sigh of relief that things went right, or they'll slap their foreheads over something forgotten or totally unanticipated.
So far, their checklist seems complete. They have a name, selected in a fan contest, and a color scheme, red and black. They have a home, Citizens Business Bank Arena. They have a league, the Professional Arena Soccer League.
They have players, a practice facility, even a sponsor that is prominently mentioned in every press release.
And, yes, they have soccer balls. Why, media relations director Bill Norris was scooping them into a ball bag after a recent practice. In other words, while this is an ambitious start-up, it's also a lean operation.
The Fury begins its life with an exhibition match Saturday night at The Vault against Toros Mexico, based in Tijuana. The varsity, composed of free agent pros that club president and coach Bernie Lilavois has signed over the last few weeks, plays at 7 p.m. The reserve squad, survivors of the team's tryout process — mainly locally based guys who played high school and/or college soccer in the Inland Empire — will play a half-hour preliminary match at 6 p.m.
Lilavois, 43, played on various levels for two decades, both outdoor and indoor, before transitioning into coaching. Now he's part owner, personnel guy, coach and spokesman. Did we say this is a lean operation?
"Right now I'm wearing a lot of hats, but I've been through all those roles before throughout my career," he said.
" … It's been a process. It's a lot of sleepless nights, a lot of stomach aches, wanting everything to be perfect. But we've gotten great support in the area. All the other minor league teams that are here have seen tremendous support from the public and sponsors, and we're no different."
Lilavois ran an indoor team that played in the Anaheim Convention Center for the past four seasons, but left that team — which subsequently suspended operations this past summer — to take over this team.
"I just wanted something different," he said. "Some of the (Anaheim) ownership group wanted out. Some wanted to continue. Once we reached out here and they said, 'Sure, we'd love to have you,' then we had the meetings. The process started … we're talking (last) December, January."
Today's indoor game is scaled down substantially from the dreams and ambitions of the sport's pioneers, which pretty much sums up the history of soccer in the United States. The original Major Indoor Soccer League tried to promote the sport in big cities and big arenas from 1978 through 1992 before going belly-up. Two PASL team names are remnants of that league: the Dallas Sidekicks and the San Diego Sockers.
Ontario midfielder Majell Aterado played for the current incarnation of the Sockers, winners of four straight PASL championships. But he missed last season after tearing up his knee, and said he figured he needed a new challenge. He has the distinction of being the Fury's first pro signing, in early October.
"I knew Bernie, because he signed me to my first contract up in Stockton," he said. "I just contacted him over the summer, and ended up here. It's kind of a fresh start."
That's often how signings occur in such free agent leagues: The coach goes with who he knows. Of the 14 pros currently under contract, seven of them played for Lilavois with the California Cougars (based in Stockton) or in Anaheim.
Location is a lure, too. Several players either have IE or Southern California ties (for instance, goalkeeper Manny Kaji played for Citrus JC and Cal State Northridge), or family in the area (Mikel Palmerin has family in Southwest Riverside County, and Israel Sesay's mother lives in Fontana).
Sesay, a 24-year-old native of Sierra Leone, played three matches for the LA Galaxy in 2007 — and in fact was the youngest player in Galaxy history, at 17 years and 9 days. He currently plays outdoors with the LA Blues of the USL, a Division III pro league, and this will be his second indoor season; he played last winter in Milwaukee.
The indoor game is essentially played on artificial turf laid over a hockey rink, boards and all. Adjusting to that from the wider spaces of the outdoor game "definitely takes some time," Sesay said. "But if you keep doing it, it's definitely good for you. You go outdoors, and the game seems a lot slower for you."
This seems to be an organization with few illusions of grandeur. Lilavois makes no apologies for the "minor league" label, and the pro players earn between $100 and $500 a game.
"Ten years from now, who knows?" Lilavois said. "They can say they were pioneers."
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No., name, age, position (last team)
1 Manny Kaji, 26, goalie (Anaheim-PASL)
2 Eli Gordley, 25, forward (Tacoma-PASL)
3 Jayro Martinez, 27, midfield (Anaheim-PASL)
4 Zach Bautista, 23, midfield (Anaheim-PASL)
5 Mikel Palmerin, 24, forward (San Diego-PASL)
6 Jeffrey Bader, 31, defense (Tacoma-PASL)
7 Luis Pinto, 30, midfield (Chumphon FC, Thailand)
8 Majell Aterado, 32, midfield (San Diego-PASL)
9 Miguel Sanchez, 25, midfield (Anaheim-PASL)
10 Tiguinho, 28, midfield (Wichita-MISL)
11 Israel Sesay, 23, midfield (Milwaukee-MISL)
12 Jhonathan Bravo, 27, midfield (Anaheim-PASL)
*13 Joey Pacheco, 27, midfield (CGSA-Coast League Premier)#
*14 Mario Gutierrez, 23, midfield (Rio Hondo College)
15 Tino Nunez, 29, forward (Baltimore-MISL)
*16 Oscar Mendoza, 26, midfield (Monarchas-Mexican 3rd division)
*17 Joey Pulido, 29, forward (Riverside City College)
25 Sanaldo Carvalho, 35, goalie (Wichita-MISL)
Coach: Bernie Lilavois
* Reserve roster player called up for opener
#Previously played at Moreno Valley Canyon Springs High and UC Riverside
Name, hometown, college, high school
Drew Adzovich, San Dimas, Citrus College, San Dimas ('04)
Andru Antezana, Corona, RCC/La Sierra ('12), Bolivia
Alex Balog (information n/a)
Cody Carlson, Burbank, Redlands ('12), Burbank ('08)
Brent Gonzales, Upland, Trinity Lutheran, Upland ('05)
Israel Gutierrez, Ontario, n/a, Don Lugo ('04)
Daniel Luna, Upland, Chaffey College, Upland ('10)
Francisco Magana, Riverside, Long Beach CC, Norte Vista ('12)
Luis Miguel (information n/a)
Lewis Mitchell, Sheffield, England (college/high school n/a)
Damian Mora, Ontario, Chaffey College, Ontario ('11)
Helio Navarro , Rialto, CS San Bernardino ('09), Rialto ('01)
Heriberto Negrete Jr., San Diego, RCC, San Jacinto ('08)
Sam Nicholson (information n/a)
Hector Reyes, Ontario, (college n/a), Chino ('00)
Steven Ritchie, Alta Loma, Chaffey College, Alta Loma ('08)
Arturo Rodriguez (information n/a)
Hugo Seisdedos, Claremont, Loyola Marymount ('14), Claremont ('06)
Cody Shelton, Joshua Tree, Biola, Yucca Valley ('08)
Shane Shelton, Joshua Tree , La Sierra, Yucca Valley ('07)
Robert Tornel, Riverside, RCC, Ramona ('08)
David Trevino (information n/a)
Christian Vidaurrazaga, Guaymas, Mex., Trade School, Upland ('01)
Tyler Wilson (information n/a)
Source: Ontario Fury


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Need an AC
I thought I won't need an AC on to my car but I was wrong, I guess I really need it because it tends to get too hot. After I drive I am sweating all over. So I am here in the shop again waiting for the mechanic to come over because somebody hired him for his service and he needs to be there. Sigh, I am so unfortunate, I thought he would be available for me in an instant but he is not. I have messaged him if he could be here because we will be using the car for my father remains to be transferred, it is already 2:45 p.m., yet he is still not here. I hope my sister will be at the cemetery to take good care of everything.
Spent it with Friends
I am just so happy to celebrate my wedding anniversary with my friends from the club. Even though my husband was not here with me, they were there for me to cheer me up. We just had a buffet lunch at Nanay Bebeng in Marfori, and I was thankful that when we arrived there during lunch, there's a parking area for my car. LOL. You know, this has been an issue for me because I am worried that if I go to the mall, I can't park my car because the area is too tight and I don't know yet how to park properly. One friend of mine came along with a gift, I didn't ask them to bring any gifts because it was only a small treat, but she still did. It is a frame with a poem about marriage. I would show you the picture of it next time.
Labels For My Business
There are times I would like to collect post stamps; those cute little things really amazed me. But I get too lazy and was not able to collect any of it. The size of the stamps looks like an asset labels and I really find it cute. When I was a child I used to collect them and put it in a box, I had so many of it. I enjoyed looking at it in my box, it is just so colorful plus I don't have to buy it in the store because I just took it off from a box perhaps whenever we went to some companies but there are times those are hard to take it off, it will just tear apart whenever I tried to. So I stopped it, I'll just content myself to just look at it in some products that have labels. If ever I would put up a business, I'll make sure to put very stunning labels in my products, they said it could be very expensive but let's see if I could afford it. Well, if that would help me to promote my business, why not? What matter's most is that my business will be click to the public, and they will buy it. What do you think?


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Back in April I picked up the Oppo Find 5. A solidly built 5-inch Android phone with a 13 megapixel camera, large battery capacity, and high resolution screen. At first glance, it looks something like a model out of the Sony Xperia line with its clean, sleek look with bold lines and all glass face plate. This substantially large phone is out to impress with a big risk in carrying an unknown brand.
For a new player to launch this kind of offensive on the crowded smartphone market is more than brave, perhaps even foolish, but the Find 5 doesn't seem to break a sweat on the challenge.
You can read some of my early impressions of the Find 5 and see more photos of the phone on my Flickr set.
So here are the six Oppo Find 5 photos that didn't get uploaded yesterday. There's a bunch of annoyances on the software side which takes points off from an otherwise great device.
Oh, and the camera isn't impressive. Red tint galore when in relatively low light and the sensor produces photos inferior to the Galaxy SIII, which makes it even far more inferior than the Lumia 920. Although I think the SIII may have had a camera software upgrade over the past year. Photos from the SIII never looked so sharp before. Btw those photos of the Find 5 were taken using iPad mini.
Unboxing Oddo… I mean Oppo Find 5
I haven't seen a packaging this well done and this stylish in a long time. Oppo might be considered a rookie in this space but the company certainly knows how to make a first impression. Haven't played with the phone much but it does feel pretty decent to hold. Still, I can't get over the fact that it's just big. I mean it is a 5" phone. Huge. Taller but thinner and feels lighter than my Lumia 920. Good placement of the power and volume buttons. Not keen on the custom icons and theme though.
Will write a review in the next several days.[update] I have no idea why the other six photos failed to upload.
Steve Kovach for Business Insider:
Apple also isn't nearly as versatile at adding new software features to its devices. Apple usually makes users wait a year or more for a new version of iOS, and even then some older devices can't access all the latest and greatest features.
As opposed to Google which releases major updates to Android on roughly a yearly basis with more than half of the devices currently still running versions from three years ago and cannot be upgraded even to the version of Android released back in 2011.
(Source: CNN)
This morning I found out that Google is removing support for Exchange Active Sync. This essentially cuts off proper Gmail services to Windows Phone. As the creator of Exchange, Microsoft isn't keen on supporting the open alternatives to Exchange services but without such support, all consumers considering Windows Phone will hear is, "Windows Phone doesn't do Gmail" or "Gmail sucks on Windows Phone" and then they'll go running to iPhone or Android.
To be honest, WP8 isn't a burning ship. It's more of a ship under construction. I agree about BB10, though. It's burning badly, even before construction.
In comparison, Android is a huge ship with a large but badly disorganized population. iOS is a ship that's well polished but keeps shooting torpedoes at the ships around, screaming "YOU COPIED ME!"."
Of all the phones that I've ever had to use, I've never had one anywhere near as large as the Samsung Galaxy S III. At 4.8 inches, the S III is the largest phone I've ever held in my hand, but it's also the thinnest. The screen is simply enormous and it is quite a sight to behold. It is also very clear and very sharp. This new flagship phone from Samsung runs Google's latest version of Android, called Ice Cream Sandwich, and comes in two colors which it calls Marble White and Pebble Blue. It officially retails for Rp 6,999,000 (USD 740).
I hardly ever use the telephone function on these so-called smartphones. As far as I'm concerned, these are data pads, mobile devices that take advantage of the high speed cellular connections for various Internet-reliant apps and services, and for this purpose, the S III simply screams. It's clearly up there among the best, if not the best Android phone I've ever used.
The S III comes with several Samsung-exclusive apps and features including the S Beam, S Memo, S Planner, S Voice, Smart Stay, Direct Call, and an early beta version of Flipboard through the Samsung Store. Owners of the S III are entitled to receive 50GB of Dropbox storage for two years, which is double that of the offering from HTC.
The S Beam allows you to exchange files with other Samsung phones that carry this app by only bumping the phones together over a special wireless network that needs to be activated from the phone. Unfortunately at this moment this means the feature works only among S III phones.
The S Voice is Samsung's answer to Siri. Voice recognition on this device is pretty decent but you'll probably still find it faster to just type things out because it would sometimes dictate the words wrong, even if you don't have a thick accent.
While S Planner and S Memo sound pretty explanatory, Smart Stay is one feature that Samsung seems to be very proud of. It lets the screen to remain bright and active by tracking your eyes through the camera. Unfortunately even though it does have a disclaimer that it needs a bright environment to perform properly, this is one feature that rarely works and therefore falls under the category of plain old gimmick.
Flipboard is an app that has become crucial to my daily routine. If older people are attached to their newspapers, Flipboard is what I read every morning and whenever there's a free time and to have the app available from the Samsung Store is almost a godsend. To get Flipboard from the Samsung Store you'll have to sign up for a Samsung account, but it seems that the exclusive period has ended and you can get the app by signing up for a beta program directly through Flipboard's website.
If you already have a Dropbox account, you won't need to sign up for a new one as the Dropbox entitlement will simply be added to your account. While the promo says 50GB, it's actually 48GB on top of the standard free 2GB, so if you sign in to Dropbox from the S III with your existing account, you will have 48GB added to your account. In other words, if you already scored 16GB from the referral scheme, you will now have 64GB of Dropbox storage. Just remember that the extra 48GB will expire after two years.
On the hardware side, the rear camera captures videos at 1080p high definition and photos at eight megapixels, while the front camera produces two megapixel shots and VGA recording. Both cameras take really good photos, especially the rear camera which takes amazingly sharp and detailed photos. Due to the position of the front-facing camera, which is a little bit off center, video calls can look a little bit off in terms of angle. Facial recognition isn't much to talk about, probably best ignored because it would fail half the time.
The battery on the S III is pretty decent. From a full charge, the phone would last for 10-12 hours with significant Internet use thanks to the 2100mAh battery capacity. If you rely more on WiFi, it would easily last longer. Given the capacity of the phone, I expected more out of it but since the screen is quite large, getting up to 12 hours with my regular usage pattern is perhaps reasonable.
The phone is very thin, quite light, and easy to carry although it feels plasticky and hollow. Somehow this seems to be a trademark of Samsung's as the Galaxy S, the Galaxy Y, and even the Tab, all have that same feel.
In short, the Galaxy S III is clearly a phone that's ahead of the pack. A lot of the Samsung-exclusive apps may be not much more than gimmicks but the device itself does the job very well. It wouldn't be surprising to see this phone on top of the Android line up, even ahead of the benchmark Galaxy Nexus.
On a personal level, this phone is a bit difficult to use due to its size. Having used to the iPhone's 3.5-inch screen and the N9's 3.9-inch screen, going beyond 4 inches posed a lot of typing and usability issues. If you're the kind of person who would use such a device with two hands, it might not be a problem but for those who are used to using smartphones one handed, anything beyond a 4-inch screen would require some palm acrobatics, or resort to using two hands.
Oh one last thing, the Motion feature set is certainly one that is worth checking out and what is probably my favorite Motion feature of the phone is the screenshot action. On other Samsung phones you press a combination of physical buttons to take a screenshot, but on the S III, you can swipe the side of your palm across the entire screen from one side to the other and it will capture it for you. It can be hit and miss from time to time due to your hand pressing too hard on the screen, but it's certainly pretty cool.
Samsung Mobile USA put up a video this week showing several tasks that supposedly the iPhone can't do but can be easily done on a big ass 5-inch Galaxy note with a stylus. A STYLUS! How 1994.
Of course, when Tap Magazine found out about it, they went to work on rebutting every point in the video by doing everything it said the iPhone can't do, on an iPhone. Including shooting and editing the video.
M.G. Siegler
I hate Android for the same reason that Severus Snape hates Harry Potter — the very sight reminds me of something so beautiful, that was taken from me. Except it's worse. It's as if Harry Potter has grown up to become Voldemort.
I can't believe I forgot about Tizen, the MeeGo offshoot that Intel and Samsung had been working on since September after Nokia practically abandoned MeeGo to join the Windows phone camp. This is exactly the sort of thing I was talking about in my earlier blog post.
Looks like Tizen is far enough in its development that Samsung is said to be ready to show it at Mobile World Congress next month in Barcelona.
Given that Samsung has been delivering phones that have become hits among consumers, it's only a matter of convincing them that these Tizen phones are as good if not better than its Android offerings.
Though Tizen right now looks like a poor copy of Android, things could change between now and launch time.
An important factor in delivering a mobile platform is the support of third party developers working on the most important apps for consumers. Right now, apps and web services are still the primary draw cards for smartphone platforms and if Samsung can convince developers to create the right apps for Tizen, consumers could be ready to pick up.
It's never the number of apps available on a platform but which apps, games, and services are available. At the moment, social network services as well as photography apps are the major draw cards to smartphones in addition to productivity and games.
Put the right apps and payment system in a platform's application store, and consumers will be tempted. Of course, this is if the phones and the operating system themselves are solid enough. Nokia's N9 with MeeGo and Microsoft's Windows Phone have the hardware and operating systems all set but neither have managed to convince developers of the most persuasive apps and web services to adopt their respective platforms.
Not having killer apps would kill a platform. All platform vendors know this and it's something they have to deliver to ensure consumer adoption.


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Today is the last day of spring break for my eldest son and I'm attempting to string an electric guitar with a locking tremelo. The key word is attempting. I flicked on MLB's nightly highlight/recap show and Barry Larking and Joe Magrane were discussing ugly recent baseball uniforms. To be fair they were also giving kudos to a few most notably San Diego's camo uni's. Barry mentioned that the players hated the Reds' white with red striped caps from a few years ago. I hadnt really thought about the Reds uniforms too much, really. I grew up with the polyester of the Big Red Machine and that was pretty much as bland as bland gets. I was thrilled when the ballclub decided to change their uniforms a while back and count me as one who actually liked the sleeveless jerseys. What i DONT like is the batting practice jerseys usually donned on Sundays. it seems almost all clubs do this now and it looks bush league. (i gotta keep plugging my suggestion that Sundays be "Turn Back The Clock" days with the ballpark, and ballclub, taking on an olde tyme feel...)
So........what is your favorite Reds uniform? And what are your best and worst jerseys, current and past, from other ballclubs?
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Detroit Tigers at Boston Red Sox
Series: 0-0
Time/Place: 8:00 p.m., Fenway Park
SB Nation blog: Over the Monster
Media: FOX, Tigers Radio Network
Pitching Matchup: RHP Anibal Sanchez (14-8, 2.57 ERA) vs. LHP Jon Lester (15-8, 3.75 ERA)
Lester topped 200 innings for the fifth time in six seasons in 2013, averaging over 6 1/3 innings per start. He has made at least 31 starts in every big league season since battling cancer in 2006 and 2007, putting up a career 3.76 ERA and 3.71 FIP. He was right in line with those totals in 2013, posting a 3.75 ERA and 3.59 FIP. His strikeout rate dropped during a down season in 2012, but didn't quite return to the near-batter-per-inning rate he averaged from 2008 to 2011. However, a drop in his walk rate resulted in his highest strikeout-to-walk ratio since 2010, when he finished fourth in the Cy Young voting.
Fenway Park might be a hitter-friendly yard, but Lester -- along with Game 3 starter (for now) John Lackey -- has made it feel quite cavernous in 2013. Lester allowed a 3.09 ERA, 2.97 FIP, and 1.16 WHIP at home this season, along with a 3.50 strikeout-to-walk ratio in 13 starts. He allowed just six of the 19 home runs he allowed at Fenway this season, an even more impressive feat considering he faced right-handed hitters a whopping 78% of the time. Righties only had a 42-point advantage in OPS compared to lefties, but his peripherals -- namely an 8% drop in strikeout rate and a 2% increase in walk rate -- suggest that the divide should have been larger.
Lester will primarily attack hitters with his fastball, throwing a combination of four-seamers, two-seamers, and a cutter nearly 75% of the time. He tends to work inside against righties, throwing the cutter 22% of the time to them compared to 12% of the time against lefties. He usually follows this up with his big, looping curveball, throwing that about 20% of the time. He also like to throw his changeups on the outer half, using the off-speed pitch about 10% of the time against righties.
Against lefties, Lester uses his two-seamer more often, but tends to work on the outer half of the plate. He relies primarily on his mix of fastballs and the curveball against them, saving the changeup for righties.
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Here's a fun connection for you: Anibal Sanchez was signed by the Red Sox as an amateur free agent back in 2001. He was traded to the then-Florida Marlins -- along with some bum of a prospect named Hanley Ramirez -- for Josh Beckett and Mike Lowell. Beckett and Lowell were key parts of their 2007 World Series team though, so the Sox faithful are hardly regretting this deal.
In Sanchez's lone career start against the Sox, he allowed seven runs on eight hits in 4 1/3 innings. Of course, that was his second career start way back in 2006, and quite a bit has changed since then. This season, Sanchez has held left-handed hitters in check, allowing them to hit just .247/.312/.364. I wouldn't be too surprised to see an extra righty or two in the lineup in attempt to neutralize Sanchez's excellent changeup, but righties have fared even worse against him. In 339 plate appearances, right-handers have a .544 OPS against Sanchez this year.
Question of the day: How will Phil Coke be used in this series?
It's no mystery at this point that Coke has struggled mightily in 2013. First, he was a closer. Then, a LOOGY. When he couldn't do either of those, he still got chances to work things out. Then, he went to the minors. Now, Coke's year -- resembling a Family Circus cartoon more than an actual baseball season at this point -- takes him to the ALCS, where he shined in 2012. If used properly (read: getting David Ortiz out and nothing else), he should be effective. If Jim Leyland tries to stretch him too far, things could turn sour.
Before the season, I said that the Red Sox could be competitive if their pitching staff, led by Jon Lester, could keep teams in check while their offense carried the load. (I also said they were in rebuilding mode... oops). This has largely been the case all season long, if only because they had the most explosive lineup in baseball. If Sanchez can keep the Sox in check for six or seven innings, the pressure is on Lester to do the same. Given how he has pitched during the second half of 2013, he's more than capable.
The Red Sox take Game 1 with a couple of late runs against the Tigers' bullpen.
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'A hand up, not a hand-out'
Original post made on Nov 22, 2013
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on Nov 22, 2013 at 2:33 pm
This sounds like a hound out to me. This guy say's he has been relying on this for years. Years, Really. You give a man fish and you feed him for a day, teach a man to fish and he is fed for life.
on Nov 22, 2013 at 2:50 pm
Eventually the government should wake up to the realization that it must be the employer of last resort. #MMT
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on Nov 22, 2013 at 3:31 pm
Neighborhoods often resist "development", equating it with greedy developers and unresponsive city government. But when housing is tight, rents go up, and suddenly the bottom 1/3 of the population has no place to go. A robust economy needs all levels! Fact is, the Bay area is growing. If we deny it, we just ensure that blue collar workers, the working poor, and seniors will eventually be pushed over the line into temporary or even permanent poverty.
on Nov 22, 2013 at 3:45 pm
Jerry is right. Skyrocketing rents is a sign of a housing shortage and it is hurting the poor disproportionately. We need to build more housing, and make more of it walkable mixed development.
on Nov 22, 2013 at 4:58 pm
I suggest the readers of this article just go down to the place on Stierlin Road at hand out time. They will see people jumping in luxury cars with bags of free food. This article portrays the one guy who was given a bike, should be an article of those abusing the system.
on Nov 23, 2013 at 11:31 pm
I'm confused because last year I heard kids say that they got a lot of toys at home for Christmas
and then got more at the police station. Does anyone check on who might need help
and who is scamming ? Makes me question my charity gifts for this year.
on Nov 24, 2013 at 7:16 am
OK, yes I understand some do abuse the system, gaming the system or whatever you want to call it. Most people coming for help, really do need the help, donations are needed, food is needed.
Here we are living in one of the wealthiest part of the world yet we have seniors going hungry, possibly becoming homeless or lives of people can change in a moment.
Car Accident, loss of job, rent increase, age, health or whatever life throw at you.
on Nov 24, 2013 at 1:10 pm
Anyone who suggests more development as the solution to high rent prices is simply out of touch. The new apartment buildings that have already gone up in Mountain View all charge rents that far exceed the average for the area. Additional housing is not depressing prices. Please revise your economic models accordingly.
One obvious safe-guard to spiraling costs, which can be enacted immediately, is rent control, but the city council is too callous to put forward such a desperately needed measure.
on Nov 25, 2013 at 1:09 am
Hey, I was born here and grew up in Mountain View. To observer and Kevin, you guys are misguided, ill-informed and plain obnoxious. I can not afford to live in this area. Most of my childhood friends have moved far away. Our community is now a population of have and have nots. There are 10,000 homeless people from San Francisco to San Jose. Some are local, many are not. You two seem so callous and cold, you probably wish the homeless were all dead. Higher education is expensive and out of reach, it's almost impossible to acquire new marketable skills. Meanwhile, the local CEO's have in-sourced, outsourced, automated and off-shored so many of our local jobs. So teach me, or come up with a better solution instead of blabbering about fishing. Why would you fish here anyway, it's all polluted and the fish are deformed. Read the other article in the Voice about contaminated ground water.
on Nov 25, 2013 at 2:50 pm
Just because you have walkable mix of houses, doesn't mean that all of them will not own cars. We already have enough houses and apartments and we have traffic thanks to people like you that want more and more people bunched up. I guess we should make this look like the slums of india.
Before we add one more apartment complex, I think the city needs to change the timing of the lights to allow a smoother traffic flow. Or is there no money for that?
on Nov 25, 2013 at 3:28 pm
'Hand up' suggests short term rescue, with guidance out of whatever temporary misery is being experienced. From the article, these giveaways seem more like simple handout/maintenance programs. I'm sure they're appreciated, but they won't do squat to actually end any problems.
on Nov 25, 2013 at 6:41 pm
Observer writes: "This article portrays the one guy who was given a bike"--
What article are you reading? I see nothing about a bike in this article.
on Nov 27, 2013 at 7:14 am
See photo #3, looks like a $400 Schwinn to me.
on Nov 27, 2013 at 8:38 pm
Musical: So the fellow has a tricycle so he can carry his groceries and stuff and get around. You speculated that it cost $400.
What are you proposing that he do? Sell the bike and get around how? Carry groceries around how?
Obviously the guy doesn't own a car. Are you suggesting that poor people don't need any transportation?
Yes, there are poor people who own cars and TV sets and personal computers. Have you thought how much cash you would really raise if you sold your car, your TV set, your PC? Not very much, far less than you paid for it. And you still need to get around--shopping, job hunting, getting kids to the doctor; your TV provides some inexpensive entertainment because you can't afford to go to movies or other entertainment; and your PC is probably worth at most a couple hundred bucks.
The notion (implied by other people) that poor people should be stripped of all their possessions before they can get food for their families is just stunning.
on Dec 7, 2013 at 7:12 am
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Namoo Korean BBQ, Perth CBD
Perth's newest Korean BBQ restaurant distinguishes itself with a signature dish that is pure porkapalooza: 8 flavours of pork belly.
I found out about Namoo from my sister Juji, who ate here with her hubby recently during the restaurant's first week of trade. They were keen to return, and as soon as I heard the words "8 flavours of pork belly", I was in.
The table of plenty you always end up with at Korean BBQ both delights and frustrates me; so many plates and bowls of tasty things on a table that always feels too small and requires constant rearranging to accommodate new arrivals. Namoo's banchan (side dishes) includes the traditional favourites: mung bean sprouts in sesame oil, sweet and sour pickled sliced daikon (radish), and housemade kimchi. We got through the bean sprouts quickly and asked for more, which was no problem at all.
Our first course was the beef bulgogi BBQ (AU$33) - strips of marinated beef with fresh enoki and oyster mushrooms, which our waiter placed on the grill plate to cook, pouring the marinade on top. If you're squeamish about fat, be warned - although the beef's thinly sliced, it's rippled with (delicious) fat.
The palsaik ("8 colours") set is great value at $59.80: you get a spectacular rainbow of pork belly - wine, original, ginseng, garlic, herb, curry, miso paste and hot (red pepper paste); seafood soybean paste stew; 2 steamed rice (we ordered extra for our table); spring onion salad and assorted vegetables, including whole cloves of garlic we cooked on the hot plate. If 8 flavours is too much or not enough, you can order your choice of 4 pork belly flavours for $19.80.
My favourite flavours were wine, garlic, curry and miso paste. We followed the recommended order, starting with wine and ending with "hot".
The tongs and scissors are essential tools for turning and cutting the strips of meat. You'll be given a daikon cube on a stick to use as a brush for the hot plate - it works remarkably well.
Our seafood stew was almost forgotten, but once we alerted the staff and cleared a space on our table, a portable stove and pot of stew appeared like magic. It's an enticing hot pot loaded with treasure that includes whole king prawns, squid rings, mussels, tofu and Chinese cabbage.
With the flame underneath, the fiery stew was soon bubbling furiously. It's a spicy soup and afterwards, I kept finding chilli bits between my teeth. It's the kind of heat that sneaks up on you, hitting you in the back of the throat after you've taken your first mouthfuls and told your friends, "It's not that hot!" If you're like me and no chilli-eating champion, make sure you've got a cold drink on stand-by.
Our meal, including a bottle of Shoju, cost the four of us around AU$30 each. We emerged with all the signs of successful Korean BBQ feasting: happy smiles and rounder bellies than when we first sat down, hair and clothes smelling like garlic and BBQ smoke, me with glasses and camera lens splattered with fat and spicy seafood stew - nothing a good wipe couldn't fix.
According to the banner at the restaurant's entrance, Perth's the eighth palsaik restaurant location, after Beijing, Seoul, Osaka, Tokyo, Taiwan, Los Angeles and Melbourne (ChangGo on Little La Trobe Street) - I reckon it'll take local pork lovers by storm. There are 8 deadly sins at Perth's newest Korean BBQ restaurant, and they're all gluttony.
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Lunch 12pm to 3pm, dinner 5.30pm to late
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The man at the center of a Montgomery post office facility shooting spree entered a guilty plea in court Tuesday.
Arthur Lee Darby, Jr., 30, of Montgomery, pleaded guilty to attempted assault of two postal employees with a gun, discharging a gun during a crime of violence, and possession of a firearm in a federal facility, announced George L. Beck, Jr., U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama.
Darby, who was a part-time mail handler at the Main Post Office on Winton Blount Blvd. went to work around 6:30 p.m. on December 1, 2011. It was there that he opened fire on two postal employees, though no one was hit by any bullets.
"Our community will not stand for someone coming into a public place, including a post office, and shooting a gun around innocent people," Beck said "People have the right to be safe in their workplace and this man endangered the lives of all of the postal workers who were simply doing their jobs."
"This case demonstrates that workplace violence can occur anywhere and at any time," said Keith Morris, Postal Inspector in Charge of the Atlanta Division. "We are extremely fortunate that this incident did not end in tragedy for one or more of our employees, despite the true intentions of Mr. Darby."
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