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Further, the game could have some online component, in which case the pirates are costing him in bandwidth.
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That's all it is, another lane.
With vehicles moving at 300 km/h on it, you're going to need a bit more segregation than a painted line, if only to keep other traffic from being sucked into the wake of the "super bus."
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- Lightweight and versatile
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Silkworms are responsible for producing a fine strong lustrous fibre known as silk. Silk is made in to blouses, dresses, scarves, pants and ties.
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- Cool to wear in the summer; warm to wear in the winter
- Retains its shape and relatively smooth
- Poor resistance to sunlight
- Strongest natural fibre and lustrous
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- Hang or lay it flat in a shaded area
- To iron silk, use an all-cotton iron board cover, low or moderate heat, and press on the inner side of the fabric
- To keep white silk white, add peroxide and ammonia to the wash
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- To remove yellow spots or stains from white silk, add a few drops of white vinegar to the wash
Nylon, a strong, light-weight, synthetic fiber that is man-made. Nylon is popularly used to make hosiery, track pants, shorts, swimwear, active wear, and windbreaker. It can also be made into flak vests, combat uniforms and bridal veils.
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Polyester is the general name for widely used synthetic products. Polyesters are strong, tough materials that are manufactured in a variety of colours, shapes, and sizes. Polyester fabric is used to make shirts, gym wear, windbreakers and lingerie.
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To care for your polyester fabric, you need to machine wash it in cold water and use a gentle cycle while washing. Keep in mind to wash the fabric with light colours. To dry polyester, tumble dry with low setting. Press polyester garment with iron on cool setting.
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Word spread quickly after Choctaw County Deputies located a still at the home of a Choctaw County senior citizen, and arrested him on charges of making moonshine.
According to Choctaw County Sheriff Terry Park, a deputy went to the house, which was located northwest of Soper, around 6:30 a.m. on Thursday, January 3, 2013, on a search warrant for another case when he found a still in a metal trailer on the property.
Authorities say the still is one of the largest they have seen. The still, with an estimated capacity of more than 200 gallons, was distilling whiskey in a metal storage unit when deputies executed the warrant. It was capable of producing 200 gallons in just two weeks.
According to the reports, his son, George Holder, arrived during the deputies' search and was arrested on suspicion of transporting the liquor. A subsequent search of his residence in Pushmataha County yielded moonshine, marijuana and guns. G. Holder was booked into the Choctaw County Jail on complaints of possessing untaxed liquor, operating an unlicensed whiskey still and transporting a loaded firearm.
Deputies arrested Larry Holder, 69 of Soper (property owner), and his son George Holder, 42 of Rattan, who they say made the moonshine at the father's house using corn.
Deputies called in the help of ABLE Commission agents who said the still had its own heater. "Once it gets into the heater it heats up long enough turns into vapor, the vapor runs across and then they cool it and when they cool it, that's actually where you get the finished product," says ABLE Commission agent Erik Smoot.
"Normally 5, 10, 20 gallons, maybe a 50 gallon tank once in a while, but this we believe would manufacture 200 gallons at a time, so he's making a large amount of whiskey," says Smoot.
ABLE agents bust at least one illegal distillery a year in southeastern Oklahoma, a hotbed for moonshine activity, but that number would be much higher if the agency could afford to investigate every complaint it receives, said agents.
"Southeast Oklahoma is typically the haven for moonshiners," he said. "I don't think people realize that it's a serious crime."
"We've had one or two whiskey stills in the past but never to this size," says Park, who was sworn in Thursday as Choctaw County's new Sheriff.
Investigators say not only is making moonshine illegal, it can also be dangerous. The alcohol that's produced can be tainted with toxins and that kind of stuff can't be regulated if it's just cooked out anywhere.
Both men face several charges including operating a still, possession of alcohol, and possessing a firearm in commission of a felony. Deputies say they also confiscated several guns and an old still.
In Oklahoma, possessing a moonshine still with intent to produce alcohol is a felony punishable by up to three years in prison and a fine of up to $5,000.


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(Not that I'm saying Okami should have or shouldn't have been cut)
(Not that I'm saying Okami should have or shouldn't have been cut)
When you own your own organization you get to run it how you want. And yes, it is ultimately about what's going to make them money. Okami, while an excellent fighter is not a top draw like the others someone mentioned, regardless of their records.
after this weekend i see pague and larsen getting cut
Consolidate some divisions. You need a lot more fighters to fill more divisions. 125 is not needed. 135 could go too if you ask me. Drop featherwight down to 140 which would push some 145ers up and some down. I think most fans would rather see a good middleweight like Okami on a card than a couple of little gnats chasing each other in a circle for 15 minutes.
I disagree, I find Dodson and Mighty Mouse to be very entertaining. And Dodson's fight on this card was great too. And Renan Barao has been very entertaining, can't wait to see him vs Cruz. I would much rather see that than some of these big guys (not saying okami) that gas over and over again, then the fight becomes boring.
I think you could make the case that both 125 and the Women's division need deeper rosters to elevate the level of competition so it isn't just the same 3 players and a bunch of unknowns on the prelims. I think there are alot of TUF fighters who sign with the company after the show who are pretty much dead weight, I think they could trim alot of those guys.
According to Dana, "some guys, when they lose, are at a point in their career", kinda implies that he doesn't see Okami going anywhere in the UFC MW division. How about guys like Frank Mir? He's been brutalized in his last few fights, and is clearly never going to compete for a title again. He makes some of the highest in the company. I believe he is at a point in his career that he needs to be forced to retire.
I like the 125, 135, and 145 divisions. Fun and exciting fights. I love seeing the level of skill that a Demetrius Johnson brings. Dodson brings it as well. These guys need to feed their families. As long as the card isn't all 125 pounders then I see no problem.
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Get out the vote for primaries, on Feb. 5, in the special election to fill the unexpired term of Charles Barton, who was elected as County Auditor, thereby vacating, mid-term, his Aiken County Council District 6 seat.
I won't get into qualifications for office, nor the ethics of running for elected position while holding another because these are matters of an inept political system, that facilitated the unopposed election for Auditor.
Now, taxpayers must bear the costs of a special election to fill the position vacated.
We have the option to disregard conflicting interests and keep it in the family by electing the wife of our former councilman.
But, we have another option – to elect a proven man of integrity, conscience and consideration for his constituency as well as all of Aiken County as the GVW fire chief. That is former District 5 councilman, Phil Napier.
I appeared before Council many times when fighting for the paving of dirt roads, ultimately participating in a lawsuit to prevent the misallocation of funds derived from the Local Option Sales Tax which were approved for that purpose.
During that time, only two members of Council defended the rights of citizens to address Council: Willar Hightower and Napier.
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All manner of men came to work for the News: everything from wild young Turks who wanted to rip the world in half and start all over again -- to tired, beer-bellied old hacks who wanted nothing more than to live out their days in peace before a bunch of lunatics ripped the world in half.
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sadly, I don't think I qualify for that, either.
All manner of men came to work for the News: everything from wild young Turks who wanted to rip the world in half and start all over again -- to tired, beer-bellied old hacks who wanted nothing more than to live out their days in peace before a bunch of lunatics ripped the world in half.
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So again I ask if you had to fight Weidman or GSP knowing you have options, knowing one option is more lucrative than the other, knowing one is a high risk low reward option where the other isn't you would still take the one that is least favorable regardless of consequence?
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rivet wtf are you talking about. I never questioned what you quoted, I questioned your response to that quote...I think all athletes in this division will get their opportunity in going for the title. I don't have any intention of fighting with him (Wiedman). I still think he has a lot to do in the UFC. I am in a comfortable position and I am no longer a child, I am 37 years old, he's a kid that is starting. Obviously, this might happen, but, I have two fights on my contract and I think one of them will be with St. Pierre and I don't really have an intention in fighting with him (Weidman) because I'm not a fool. I'm already an oldie, you know?'
You always look for reasons to attack Anderson. Im not just going off this thread... Your the un official leader of the Silva hate club here. Its kind of amusing at times, but childish... Typically Admins are supposed to set an example of how to behave on the forums...
You took his quote out of context... What he said was reasonable... He never said he would never fight Chris, or that it was even his decision in the first place...
thats like me taking a quote of GSP saying he didnt want to fight Sheilds out of context, leaving out the part where he says "because he was such a nice guy."
Or Cain saying he wont fight DC, because they are friends/train together.
Its funny how you continually say "Anderson has the heart of an accountant" What top fighters dont think about their financial gain? GSP just presumably did, as have countless other fighters in the past... Because Anderson puts his familys finances into the equation, you say things like he doesnt have the heart of a champion, but of an accountant? sayings things like what he did is unprecedented, based on that quote...
RH laying a beatdown? id drop him on his knees in seconds...
No matter how you take that quote it looks like Anderson is dodging Weidman. If I am wrong then please explain it to me?
Big Hairy American Winning Machine
never said he wouldnt fight him PERIOD...
was never his choice, everybody involved said that...
Weidman simply wasnt his favorite choice or the UFC's for that matter... Hell Dana would have loved for Bisping or even Evans to win to set up those fights... WHICH HE CAN MAKE
but with how everything unfolded... now Dana saying Anderson will mostlikely fight weidman, his camp saying they arent ducking him... It looks like the fight we will be seeing next...
Dont get all the fuss around it, Anderson isnt even signed to his new deal yet.
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For the coaches
I've been the sports editor for The Daily Courier for just over six months. In that time I've met an incredible amount of people involved with the county and high school athletics.
I've met players, parents and administrators. But the ones I've enjoyed the most are the coaches.
In the past, I've been disjointed from coaches on all levels. All I, or really anyone, knew about these coaches is what you see or hear from them on the field or in a press conference. I thought coaches just sat in an office, ran onto the court/field for practices and games and hoped to not lose his/her job.
But after getting to know so many high school coaches, I've learned how much time and effort these coaches put into their sport, and most of all, their kids.
At this particular level, these coaches have a unique relationship with their players in comparison to a college or professional coach. Not to say that higher-level coaches don't love their players, but high school athletes spend their afternoons practicing and evenings playing because they love their sport, not because they have a scholarship or paycheck on the line.
After talking to coaches multiple times a week you get an understanding the pure passion they have for their student-athletes. I've noticed how badly every coach wants their players to succeed as an athlete, but even more as a person.
When signing day rolled around earlier this month every coach had glowing reviews for their players moving on to play college athletics, but they had even stronger endorsements for them as young men and young women.
I'm convinced that theses coaches would do nothing short of running through a brink wall for every child on their roster.
With all that said, nothing bothers me more than the blatant disrespect that I see from so many students towards their coaches.
After games I tend to still be around when players have dressed and dispersed into gyms and parking lots. All I hear is how much Coach XYZ doesn't know what they're doing or how they need to play more or they're going to quit. It infuriates me.
How can I see the dedication these coaches have towards the kids just from speaking with them 2-3 times a week, but their players seem to miss it completely after spending nearly every day with them throughout the season?
And I'm sure it frustrates the coaches who wake up early to watch film and stay late to sweep the locker room.
But anyways, I applaud the coaches that I've grown to know over the the past six months. You have all been more than a joy to work with. I look forward to working with a new crop of spring coaches.


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Distinction: Northernmost road in North America, open only during the heart of winter.
In the summer, the only way to get to Tuktoyaktuk, a town of fewer than 1000 people at the top of Canada's Northwest Territory, is by plane. All electricity in town is from a diesel generator. And residents shop for food and provisions only twice a year: in the heart of summer, when the Beaufort Sea area of the Artic Ocean is open and ships can come in, and in the dead of winter, when trucks can drive across the Mackenzie River, which has frozen and turned into an ice road.
Inuvik, a town about 80 miles south of Tuktoyaktuk, is the end of the line for the gravel Dempster Highway, which meanders the tundra from Whitehorse, Yukon, over the rolling moonscape north of the Arctic Circle tundra. In the winter, when temperatures regularly drop to minus 40 F and the Mackenzie freezes, a road is plowed north from Inuvit, making Tuktoyaktuk accessible by land.
Tuktoyaktuk, which means "looks like a caribou" in Inuit, is home to about 40 hotel rooms. Tourists come to the Mackenzie delta where the water features "pingos," large frozen ice mountains that are covered with dirt and support plant growth. The tallest is 160 feet, and nearly 1000 feet wide at its base. Down in Inuvit, the most prolific occupation seems to be taxi driver—about half of the total vehicle population are taxicabs, which are left running 24/7 throughout the winter to keep from freezing.
We drove this highway one winter and were treated to spectacular views from bluffs of stark, blue-hued short trees scattered haphazardly over pristine ice-covered ground for hundreds of miles. The only drama of the drive is the occasional cluster of white-feathered ptarmigan pigeons, invisible against the white snow-covered road surface, until they alight into flight when approached, narrowly missing a windshield.
Distinction: Northernmost road in the U.S.
Oil companies searching for oil on the North Slope of Alaska built a private 414-mile haul road in 1974 to move equipment from Fairbanks to the company-founded towns of Prudhoe Bay and Deadhorse on the Arctic Ocean, and to provide access to the 800-mile pipeline that moves oil from Prudhoe Bay to Valdez, where it is loaded onto tankers.
The road, named after oilman James Dalton, was opened in 1995 to the public, though it's mostly filled with semis bringing supplies up to the oilfields. The trucks normally drive in the center of the two-lane gravel highway, and in the summer bounce rocks into car windshields and headlights. There is a town called Coldfoot about halfway to Prudhoe Bay, with one of only two fuel stops on the entire route. There are a few places to camp, and a hotel at Coldfoot, but bears inhabit the tundra and local residents tell us that they are the biggest danger, especially when a truck carrying food slides off the slippery road.
Moose appear in the wooded areas of the route, and beyond that there are more caribou, bears, wolves, eagles, and small arctic foxes than people. The landscape becomes treeless about two-thirds of the way to Prudhoe Bay, and the best views come from the top of the 4,800-foot Atigun Pass, a rough path carved through a divide in the northern tip of the Rocky Mountains. The rocky terrain still shows the bulldozer tracks left from the road's construction.
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Surveying market action over the past several weeks, everything looks calm on the surface, but underneath, a storm is brewing.
This summer, markets haven't moved much, with the Dow Jones Industrial still exactly where it was in early May. The last month has been especially dull, with stocks often moving a percent or less each day. There simply hasn't been any volatility to speak of.
As pleasant as this sounds, things are about to change — the smooth ride will be coming to an end in the very near future.
In the investment world there is a saying to "sell in May and go away." This little ditty refers to the typically slow summer months on trading floors that result from most traders — and investors — taking time off with their families. Many on Wall Street use this time to get out of the city, often preferring the slower pace of the Hamptons.
What we've witnessed over the last several weeks — the stability in the markets — has been the result of depressed trading volume. But it won't last. As these words are penned, traders are rolling up their beach towels, sending their kids back to school and gearing back up for a busy fall.
This is not unusual. After volume drops off in May it usually picks back up after Labor Day. This occurs for several reasons, aside from the fact that people are shifting gears after their summer vacations.
As Isaac has recently reminded us, fall is also hurricane season in the U.S. Winter weather can have serious impacts on everything from oil transportation to tourism, commodity prices to consumer confidence.
Plus — in case anyone forgot — this happens to be an election year, meaning that this fall will be even more volatile than normal. While volatility will pick up, the market will also resume some overall trend other than sideways, which it has been for several weeks.
Last week we wrote that we believe the 2012 presidential election is a foregone conclusion, even with a third-party candidate on the ballot. There was also a third-party candidate in the 1980, but Ronald Reagan won so decisively that not many people even remember his name.
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Yes, my hives were definitely autoimmune too. It was a problem when I first started having them - to the degree that I had them when pregnant/postpartum- because when you look at a person covered in welts, you think, allergic reaction - bad allergic reaction!
They popped up just as Eliz described - when I would take a hot shower or get under a warm blanket, etc.
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Aiken police have made multiple arrests following a Wednesday shooting on Greenville Street.
Investigators with the Aiken Department of Public Safety have arrested Darryl Lavon Snow, 40, for the attempted murder of Christopher Maurice Johnson, 26.
Snow is charged with attempted murder, possession of a firearm during the commission of a violent crime and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
Snow also was allegedly shot as he fled the incident location, but Snow has refused to cooperate with investigators, and his shooter has yet to be identified, according to police.
The shooting happened at around 3 p.m. Wednesday at Johnson's residence on the 400 block of Greenville Street, NW.
During the course of the investigation, Aiken Public Safety detectives said they located weapons, illegal drugs and money at Johnson's residence.
Following the search at the residence, Christopher Maurice Johnson, 26, of Aiken and Jennifer Lynn Oakman have been charged with trafficking crack cocaine, possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine within a half mile of a school, simple possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia. Johnson and Oakman may face additional charges, police said.
Johnson has been arrested, but Oakman is still at large.
Anyone with information related to the crime or information leading to the arrest of Oakman is asked to contact Crimestoppers at 1-888-CRIME-SC. Callers can remain anonymous and may be eligible for a cash reward of up to $1,000.
Snow and Johnson are currently being held at the Aiken County Detention Center.
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Tim Cook talks larger screen sizes, says Apple picked the right one at 4-inches
During today's Q1 2013 conference call, Apple's CEO Tim Cook was asked about larger screened iPhones. There were two separate questions, one about price and screen size variants and how they might effect Apple's business outside the US, and the the other concerning how competitors use screen size to differentiate from Apple, and whether there are dynamics or long term cases for a bigger screened iPhone.
Cook, not surprisingly, stuck to Apple's talking points. He said Apple had already introduced the larger, 4-inch iPhone 5, and that it had the most advanced display in the industry (perhaps referring to its in-cell technology), and that no one else comes close in terms of quality. He also said that the way Apple went to 4-inches, which involved increasing the height but not the width, changing the previous 3:2 aspect ration to 16:9, preserved the iPhone's one-handed ease of use. Cook said that Apple put a lot of thought into the iPhone's screen size, and he believes they picked the right one.
These questions likely arose due to rumors of a larger screened iPhone being in Apple's pipeline for 2013 or 2014. Earlier this week, I outlined several ways Apple could go to 5-inch display size if they ever felt it was a market segment worth addressing.
However, given they sold 47.8 million iPhones at 3.5- to 4-inches this quarter, including almost 2x as many on Verizon as all other smartphones combined, even large screened Android phones, Apple may believe customers either prefer smaller phones, or prefer iPhones so much they'll put up with a smaller screen to get it. If it's the former one, a larger screen might not be coming for a while. If it's the latter, a larger screen may not come until Apple believes hey can sell tens if not hundreds of millions of additional units by adding the larger screen size.
So, don't quote "Tim Cook said" to rule out future, larger iPhones (because, iPad mini), but do consider it as a statement of what Apple's doing now, and what they want competitors and customers alike to focus on Apple doing now.
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Tim Cook talks larger screen sizes, says Apple picked the right one at 4-inches
Wait. How are they wrong? Because you say so? Perhaps you are wrong. Maybe you should admit it m
Well let's see we can start with antennagate( you're holding it wrong), problems with iphone5 coming scratched out of the box etc, people not wanting a larger sized phone( yet they went with a larger screen) smaller tablets never being wanted by the consumer( words of Jobs)... You can't deny all of those as being wrong, especially with them specifically changing and making a product that goes into that category.
I get what you are saying, but the statements are absolutely true at the time. When the crappy 7" tablets came out, because it was the easiest way to get something out. And until the kindle fire? No one was really buying them.
And, to be technical? Jobs said they would never build a 7" tablet. To date, that still holds true. The mini is 7.85"
I will give you that he did say they felt 10" was the minimum. But not that they would never make smaller than 10", just that they would never build a 7" one. Again, still true today.
"Commenting on avalanche of tablets heading to market. Just a handful of credible entrants. Almost all use 7" screen, compared to iPad at nearly 10" screen. 7" screen is only 45% as large as iPad's screen. Hold an iPad in portrait view and draw a horizontal line halfway down. What's left is a 7" screen...too small. There are clear limits to how close elements can be on the screen before users can't touch accurately. We believe 10-inch screen is minimum necessary."
Jobs said that the minimum size is 10"
"Commenting on avalanche of tablets heading to market. Just a handful of credible entrants. Almost all use 7" screen, compared to iPad at nearly 10" screen. 7" screen is only 45% as large as iPad's screen. Hold an iPad in portrait view and draw a horizontal line halfway down. What's left is a 7" screen...too small. There are clear limits to how close elements can be on the screen before users can't touch accurately. We believe 10-inch screen is minimum necessary"
Then don't, Windows Phone has big screens and works great.
They do the basics OK --- had an 822 for about a month. Sold it and I'm back to the iPhone 4. I've learned my lesson. Nothing beats the touchscreen typing experience on the iPhone. There is a reason they sell so darn many --- they are te complete package.
"Cook said that Apple put a lot of thought into the iPhone's screen size, and he believes they picked the right one."
Tim Cook, clueless as ever.
They sold 2/3 of the phones on Verizon last quarter, how is that clueless? You may prefer a bigger phone, but that's not the same as Apple being clueless.
Apple could come out with whatever phone and whatever size no matter how good or bad it is and millions will still buy because "its an iphone". Everyone wants an I phone because it's an I phone. Specs aren't as important to most....
Picked the right size, until consumers see literally every other phone on the planet.
They have. Over 60% on Verizon chose to buy the iPhone instead of all of them combined. That might suck if you want a big phone (or if you sell a big phone), but those are the real numbers.
If that's the case Tim Cooke then Samsung wouldn't have sold millions of galaxy S3s and Note 1 and 2s which intimidated you. Apple needs to stop being so ignorant and adapt to market changes. Your ignorance and arrogance (Tim Cooke) will keep driving Apple's iPhone sales down. Oh and how many iPhone 5s were sold last quarter? Why wasn't it reveled today? Why bundle up all iPhone sales and not individually? Were the sales that disappointing that you had to hide it from the world?..
Apple sold almost 50 million iPhones this quarter. Samsung has only sold 100 million Galaxy S phones (1, 2, and 3) over the last few years. Note is a rounding error in that.
I'd like a big phone option. I'm sure many would. But Apple is selling more small phones than anyone is selling big phones. That's the reality we're facing.
The answer to "how many iPhone 5s did they sell last quarter?"
Short answer: Virtually every one they could make.
Long answer: Judging by AT&T and Verizon numbers that say the iPhone 5 is basically half of all iPhones in the quarter, let us surmise that holds true everywhere. 47.8 / 2 = 23.9 million iPhone 5s. Or, in Samsung Galaxy S series terms (1, 2, and 3) -- 23.9% of the total Galaxy S series sales to date (June 2010-December 2012, so 31 months) in THIRTEEN WEEKS.
I'm glad Apple has kept their phones at normal sizes. I would like them to make the phone more proportioned though, right now it is to tall imo. The Note may be okay for Lebron James hands but not for most people. Also I would love if they offered the color choices available for iPod touch.
I would love to see a high end 4" Android device so we can see how it affects purchasing. Today you cannot buy one. You can buy 4" Androids, but every high end Android is much larger.
I personally know 2 people that have purchased older Android devices simply because of the size. Personally I love using my iPhone one handed, and hope they never go larger. But this is all anecdotal.
What Apple have to loose at introducing a 4.8 inches iPhones... Dev will adapt. and all of us wanting a bigger screen phone will be happy. More Market share , more happy camper.
The same apply to Mac Pro , why ignore and wanting to kill a small segment of your consumer, why not offering a new GPU and CPU in the meantime a bigger makeover come? It's nonsense!
Loosing many pro user because they ignore their consumer.
Same thing for a lower cost MacBook.... all my nefew going to college in the lst 2 years choose PC Laptops (about 500$) , All of them wishing to buy Apple but can't afford an Air at twice the price... Those guys will continue with windows for decade ...Why Apple crap on those less fortunate... White Macbook for education at 650$... iPad still not enough for them ....
Apple , by nature, by their action will soon enough return to niche market share....
Selling Mercedes to single digit market share.
I hate myself often loving those awesome products but my next Phone will be at least 4.7inches.
I think he means the ability to use it as a phone, not just data, on cellular. Leo was floating that idea on his shows too. I know there's probably geek demand for something like that but I personally doubt that Apple would move in that direction because it would look ridiculous. I think iPads are going to be limited to VOIP alternatives that will allow you to make calls.
There could still be small hope for a larger phone after the 5S. Cause once the iPhone "6" comes out it'll be 3 phones with the same screen size again. And like I commented on a previous post Rene wrote, I don't understand why the iPhone, the biggest selling product they have, doesn't have choices like any other product in their line up.
Plus this may be the year of the budget iPhone. Apple and Cook have blinders on right now to get a big share in these emerging markets and China where cheap phones are taking a big piece of the phone pie.
I hope that Apple doesn't take another 6 years to update the screen size again. I believe there is a market for bigger screen phones. And honestly 2 of the biggest reasons iPhones are doing so well are because of the hype of saying "I have an iPhone," and this "Apple may believe customers either prefer smaller phones, or prefer iPhones so much they'll put up with a smaller screen to get it..." kinda backs that up. People just want to say they have an iPhone. But most importantly the App Store. That is the main draw to the phone and OS, and only reason I don't want to leave the iPhone is cause the apps every where else are nothing compared to what's on the App Store.
There's a market for bigger screen phones and apple could easily take that market by storm. I just hope they realize it sooner rather than later.
In my experience, people who want an iPhone genuinely believe they're better (whether that's true or not). I have a friend with a Galaxy s3, total tech noob but the only reason she got it was cost. She'd prefer an iPhone. This thinking will keep Android on top, but it's not thinking Apple cares to compete with. It's not just 'I want to be seen with an iPhone'.
And it's funny cause 2 of my friends got iPhones strictly for the reason of its an iPhone. My one friend is going to get a 4s cause its cheaper. I said for $100 more you can get a 5 and she told me she didn't care about having the latest thing she cared more about just having an iPhone.
I'm sure the cost issue is a big factor. That's why the budget iPhone will have a better chance of hitting the market sooner than the big screen iPhone will. But I know a lot of people that said they wouldn't get an iPhone who are now carrying iPhones cause it just seemed that's what everyone was getting. But that's just what I've experienced. Everyone is different.
I have the iPhone 4S on AT&T. I want a bigger screen and WISH I could be patient and wait for the iPhone 6 (not the 5S) if it has a bigger screen. I just don't know if I can wait two more years to upgrade. That's a very long time.
I think these days people are just very narrow minded (including myself) and only see popular brands and argue their points based on what other people have said. In all honesty I use my electronics for videos/photos and other media so MacBooks are the way to go for me. I absolutely love mine and refuse to go back to Windows. I've owned many PCs in the past and they require replacement at least every two years if not every year. I've had my MacBook for nearly 5 years and haven't had to upgrade it once. As far as phones go. I've loved the iPhone for some time but finally went Droid (Note 2).
Obviously there are some issues with it (like any phone). It isn't as pleasing to look at like the iPhones, the screen resolution is poop in comparison, the cameras aren't as "beast", S Voice and Google's voice assistant are garbage, the Note line implemented a stylus (the days of the palm haha) & due to the size it's near impossible to handle the phone for most functions with one hand.
On the other hand... the UI and interface is beautiful customization wise, viruses and malware are non-existant if you're not constantly rooting or downloading third party apps and such, the size of the screen is much more enjoyable for someone like me who watches lots of movies and edits photos/video on a regular basis through the phone, the battery lasts a hell of a lot longer than my family's iDevices, memory and battery replacements are cheaper/easier if necessary, the OS runs like butter and has 0 noticeable lag at the moment compared to the iPhone 4/4S/5 that people around me all use, features like S Beam where I can send a full 1.5GB movie in 3 minutes or less by tapping two phones together attract us consumers big time, charging cables and other accessories are cheaper and more readily available, being able to take photos while recording and taking the best photos out of the set make for nice selling points as well & Samsung is doing a decent job at popularizing other features through its ads which Apple still hasn't made available to consumers.
I love Apple products sans the iPad line but until they release the technology that bests the current abilities of Droid ala Samsung's current lineup; I'll be loving my Note 2.
PS: The note 2 easily fits into the front of my pockets with no difficulty or strain.
Well thats to bad. I'm still considering the iPhone for my next upgrade but this definitely knocks it down a peg knowing the next one will still be 4".


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Slot 1Syllabification: Slot
Pronunciation: /slät/
Entry from US English dictionary
Pronunciation: /slɒt/
1A long, narrow aperture or slit in a machine for something to be inserted: he slid a coin into the slot of the jukebox
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- This user-friendly machine has a tiny slot for inserting the bank-notes and the service provided is free.
- I inserted a CD into the insert slot on the machine and it pulled the CD inside.
- Coffee drinkers in luxurious coffee shops may throw a disrespectful or pathetic look on me, one who puts coins in the slot of a coffee machine.
1.1A groove or channel into which something fits or in which something works, such as one in the head of a screw: a screwdriver fitted into the slot
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- It's certainly usable, but maybe having slots instead of screw holes for more flexibility when mounting would have been better.
- When placed into a slot that fits the screw's groove and shape, this allows for rotary motion to be converted into forward or backward motion.
- It's easy to find a bit that fits the screw slot properly.
2An allotted place in an arrangement or scheme such as a broadcasting schedule: a late-night television slot landing slots at Heathrow airport
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- The subject of no fewer than three slots on television news bulletins on Thursday night, it was an unprecedented achievement for an editor demanding his paper gets talked about.
- The BBC is to place greater emphasis on foreign affairs programming with the announcement of funding for more commissions, to be broadcast in prime-time slots.
- In another change from the usual pattern, the lectures will be broadcast in a morning slot at 9.00 am (with a repeat in the evening).
spot, time, period;
place, position, niche, space, footprint
informal window
verb (slots, slotting, slotted)[with object and adverbial of direction] Back to top
1Place (an object) into a slot, typically one specifically designed to receive it: he slotted a cassette into the tape machine the plates come in sections that can be slotted together
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- This is what a new £7.4million extension to Bradford Royal Infirmary will look like when the prefabricated sections are slotted together.
- South Lakeland residents are being urged to slot their coins in the collecting tins of the Royal British Legion to invest in a poppy to wear with pride.
- The best outcome would be encouragement of a view of education which placed more emphasis on drawing people out (which is what the Latin educare means) and less on slotting them in to jobs.
insert, put, place, fit, slide, slip
1.1 [no object] Be placed or able to be placed into a slot: the processors will slot into a personal computer
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- Hakkinen, who started from third position, quickly slotted behind Schumacher, both avoiding the pile-up drama going on behind them.
- Anyway, we placed the tin full of snow on the kitchen table and I carefully spooned some out onto a blank slide which I then slotted under the microscope lens.
- Into this you can slot 35 mm slides and negatives (two at a time) to transfer to your computer for posterity, or print out for all to enjoy.
1.2British informal (Of a soccer player) score (a goal) with a precise shot: he slotted in the opening goal
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- The Barcelona superstar slotted his fifth goal of the finals seconds after a brilliant run by Ronaldinho.
- He took his time, looked up and waited for the goalkeeper to move before slotting a low right-footed shot past the goalkeeper.
- The Livingston defence were caught flat-footed, allowing the Croatian to home in on goal before slotting the ball past the advancing McKenzie.
1.3 [no object] (slot in/into) (Of a person) fit easily into (a new role or situation): employers look for someone who will slot into the office culture
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- Up against a nation of multi - million pound players, I think the Scotland captain more than held his own and looked like he could have easily have slotted into the Italian team without looking out of place.
- A bewildering game plan had players slotting in and out of different roles, and they spent more time in the first half trying to work out where they should be than tackling the opposition.
- In part, this was the natural reaction of so many women who were slotted into traditional roles without being consulted, or paid less in the workplace for equal effort.
1.4 [with object] (slot someone/thing in) Manage to find a time or opportunity to deal with someone or something: I can slot you in at 3.15, if that works for you
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- My dentist slotted me in for an emergency appointment and reattached my crown in the morning.
- I went to Fairwater garage today for my MOT, phoned today and they slotted me in straight away.
- He's is booked for the next seven months for any big jobs, though he could slot you in for an oil change on relatively short notice.
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slotted adjective
- a screwdriver with a slotted headMore example sentences
- Most makers recommend they be tightened to 20 inch-lbs., which is not that easy to achieve with slotted or Allen-head screws.
- The blade is not pointed, but ground to a screwdriver shape that will work on slotted or Phillips-head screws of the size typically found in automobiles.
- Elevation is changed by a large, click-adjustable slotted screw.
Late Middle English (in the sense 'slight depression running down the middle of the chest', surviving as a Scots term): from Old French esclot, of obscure origin.
Words that rhyme with slotallot, begot, Bernadotte, blot, bot, capot, clot, cocotte, cot, culotte, dot, forgot, garrotte (US garrote), gavotte, got, grot, hot, jot, knot, lot, Mayotte, motte, not, Ott, outshot, plot, pot, rot, sans-culotte, Scot, Scott, shallot, shot, snot, sot, spot, squat, stot, swat, swot, tot, trot, undershot, Wat, Watt, what, wot, yacht
Pronunciation: /slɒt/
noun(usually slots)
The track of a deer, as visible in soft ground.
Late 16th century: from Old French esclot 'hoof print of a horse', probably from Old Norse slóth 'trail'; compare with sleuth.
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ust inland from the Hawaiian Island
"I knew it was gonna be a good day when I walked out the door this morning," Hobbs says from the pilot's seat, his voice crackling through the helicopter's intercom system.
Every bit of good weather here is welcome. Home to some of the most rugged terrain on the planet, Kaua'i is also one of the rainiest spots on Earth, and flying in the island's canyons is extremely challenging. In the helicopter's backseat, Stephen Ambagis monitors a pair of cameras as they create a finely detailed map of the ground below, while Hobbs flies the helicopter 1,000 feet over the landscape—the exact altitude necessary for the cameras to work correctly.
When Wainiha Valley suddenly opens below, the diminutive helicopter shudders mightily as Hobbs drops elevation to keep the required 1,000 feet above the ground. "I'm going down as fast as I can," he says, but even the nimble Hughes 500 can't keep up with the precipitous topography.
Kaua'i is rugged and beautiful, but it is also threatened by a host of invasive plants and animals. One of those invaders is the Australian tree fern, a fast-reproducing ornamental that was brought to Kaua'i almost half a century ago to prettify resorts on the island's North Shore. It rapidly grows frond to frond and crowds out native plants.
"I've been fighting weeds for 20 years and I've never seen anything like the Australian tree fern," says Trae Menard, The Nature Conservancy's director of forest conservation in Hawaii. "It's a pretty bad weed."
The Conservancy and several other organizations that make up the Kaua'i Watershed Alliance manage about 144,000 acres here in the heart of the island, and today's flight is a recon mission to assess their fight against the weed. The flight will yield a photo mosaic of Wainiha Valley with one-centimeter resolution—fine enough to reveal the individual leaflets, known as pinnae, on a fern frond. But this is just one part of an all-out campaign to map and eradicate invasive interlopers—from strawberry guava to wild pigs—that imperil the native forest, which harbors a trove of endemic species and the island's main source of water. This is not an easy place to fight an invasion, and the Conservancy has deployed helicopters, herbicide-loaded guns and smartphone-controlled pig traps to stanch the onslaught.
Sheer doggedness doesn't hurt, either. Mapping flights like this one—running cameras back and forth across the landscape—can be repetitive and grueling. But the pilot, Hobbs, who seems to subsist solely on energy drinks, is indefatigable.
"This is as exhausting as it gets," he says from the pilot's seat. "But when we get a weather day like today, we've gotta go, baby."
In that sense, Kaua'i is an aquatic mother lode. After traversing 3,000 miles of ocean, the steadily eastward-blowing trade winds hit the island laden with moisture. Cloud-wreathed Mount Wai'ale'ale, which rises more than 5,000 feet, wrings all that water from the sky. And in the native forests of the surrounding Alaka'i Plateau, an exquisitely layered suite of plants, from delicate ferns to moss-covered trees, catches the water like a giant sponge. The plateau—a swirling realm of constantly shifting light and cloud—is a natural waterworks, feeding deeply incised streams that carry millions of gallons of water out of the highlands every day, charging the island's aquifers.
But invasive plants and animals are destroying this finely tuned system. Weeds like Australian tree ferns, kahili ginger and strawberry guava have infested the heart of the island, taking hold in the footsteps of wild pigs. The pigs rip up the ground while rooting about for food, speeding erosion on steep inclines. These invaders also trample level ground and compress the soil, preventing rain from percolating to the water table. All of this destroys the water-generating function of the native forest, which discharges hundreds of millions of gallons of water a day.
"You're getting less water recharging your aquifer, and you're getting more water being blasted down the streams during heavy rainfall events," says Menard. "That's bad."
In 2001, The Nature Conservancy launched its program to fight the invaders. One prong of the campaign has been aimed squarely at wild pigs. Since 2005, the Conservancy has built nearly 5 miles of fence, strategically linked with several impassable "pali," or cliffs, to exclude pigs from 8,000 acres of the most sensitive land on the Alaka'i Plateau and the neighboring Wainiha Valley. With those areas fenced off, the organization has subsequently been trapping and clearing pigs from the enclosures.
Given the wet weather, rugged terrain and other challenges of working here, Menard and his partners realized that the program would be important as a proving ground for innovative technologies to fight invasive species. "The amount of land that the Conservancy manages in this state is pretty small—minuscule—compared to the whole landscape," says Menard. "But we realized that our niche was to restructure the whole program to be more like R&D people."
And, he says, the Conservancy can play an important role in pioneering new but unproven control technologies that government agencies are reluctant to consider. "They don't really have much appetite for risk," he says. "It's really difficult for them to say, 'Hey, we want to try out something new, and we want to use taxpayer money to do it.'"
"You can zoom in all the way," says Menard, "target the plant, put the cross hairs on it, make a map—and go kill it."
Thanks to breakthroughs like that, as well as integrating the data in an online portal, Menard's team has become "the go-to techies for conservation here in Hawaii," he says. And, he adds, "all the Indiana Jones stuff aside, the mapping is probably going to be the most important part of this."
But the most important spinoff from the program will be the aerial mapping technology. Originally, Menard and his team members essentially mapped the ferns by hand, leaning out of the helicopter with a hand-held GPS and recording the location of each plant. Over the past several years, however, Stephen Ambagis and Dana Slaymaker, who run a company called Resource Mapping Hawaii, have worked to develop the aerial mapping system.
Much of the research and development has focused on the Australian tree fern—"an ecosystem dominator," as Menard puts it—that has exploded across the island. Menard and his team have deployed a wide-ranging arsenal that includes "the Stinger," a precision herbicide dispenser slung underneath the helicopter, which Hobbs and other pilots use to spray individual Australian tree ferns. The team has also tested herbicide-packed pellets that can be fired by a crew member in the helicopter with a paintball gun. That kind of precision targeting, along with a formula tailored to the Australian tree fern, has allowed the weed fighters to kill a lot of plants with extremely small quantities of Imazapyr, a relatively short-lived herbicide that has almost no effect on animals.
"We treated over 4,000 tree ferns in a 5,000-acre area over a three-year period," says Menard, "and we only used 11 gallons of herbicide."
The ultra-high-resolution mapping will allow resource managers—not just on Kaua'i but elsewhere, too—to see whether the weed-eradication program is keeping pace with the invasion. That, in turn, could open the door to a new era of more effective weed warfare.
Menard's goal is for Wainiha Valley to become an Australian tree fern-free buffer zone that will prevent the weed's wind-borne spores from reaching the water-generating Alaka'i Plateau downwind. The weeds will come back—even in treated areas, Menard acknowledges, but they are rebounding at a slow rate that can be easily monitored and suppressed by the mapping and weed-busting technology.
"Doing any kind of weed control is pretty pointless unless we have a way to map it, at a big scale," says Menard. Otherwise, "we could just be pouring money down the drain."
Hobbs may be fueled by Red Bull, but he can be surprisingly thoughtful in the backcountry. As he throttles down the helicopter's engines, he appraises the lush vegetation hugging the grotto. "It's another world—the native world," he says. "It's from 100 years ago; an untouched forest."
Once the rotors stop, Menard eases out of the helicopter. Minutes later, he's walking along the stout hog-wire fence line that snakes down from the summit of Mount Wai'ale'ale. The plateau is thick with healthy stands of 'ohi'a trees and ohelo bushes, low-growing verdure such as 'ala'ala wai nui and pa'iniu, lapalapa trees softly shimmering in the wind and a spongelike carpet of moss.
"This is what really provides the water for the island," says Menard. "This is the thing that we're trying to save."
But there is much more at stake here than water and erosion. "The thing that makes Hawaii so special from a biodiversity standpoint is its endemism," Menard says. "Because it's the most isolated landmass in the world, the things that did evolve here, on their own, occur nowhere else in the world."
The Alaka'i Plateau and Wainiha Valley are home to 220 species of endemic Hawaiian plants, including 92 found only on Kaua'i. Most of those plants are not only ecologically important but also culturally significant to native Hawaiians.
Canen Ho'okano is a member of Na Pali Coast 'Ohana, an organization working to restore native plants on Kaua'i. He tells of the rich tradition and lore of plant use on the island and its slow disappearance in the modern era. "Every species of native plant that we lose, we lose a piece of our culture," Ho'okano says. "And there's no amount of money in the world that can get that back once it's gone."
But the tide may be turning in the fight to save Kaua'i's native forest. More than 90 percent of the mapped Australian tree ferns in Wainiha Valley have been treated and killed, and Menard's team is now preparing to attack ferns in neighboring Lumaha'i Valley. The Conservancy has almost completely removed feral pigs from the Alaka'i Plateau, and Conservancy staffers are now working to clear the animals from Wainiha Valley as well.
The efforts being pioneered on Kaua'i are being expanded. Hawaii's Department of Land and Natural Resources has used the helicopter-mounted Stinger and has also adopted the mapping system. In 2011, the department announced a 10-year plan to fence 25,000 acres on Kaua'i, more than tripling the pig-free areas on the island. Throughout the entire state, the department plans to fence another 90,000 acres over the next decade.
When clouds roll in, Menard hikes back to the helicopter. The pilot powers up and backs the aircraft out from under the tree. As the helicopter speeds home over the Alaka'i, Hobbs marvels at the resurgent vegetation from his open door.
"It's super, super important work," he says, and then adds: "It's kind of intense, but it's kind of fun."