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With Apple's rumored next-generation iPads expected to be launching as early as this month, often reliable KGI analyst Ming-Chi Kuo is sharing some new details on the expected iPad 5 and second generation iPad mini. Kuo is still expecting both products to launch later this year sometime in 4Q13, but in his latest report claims that Apple is prepping a camera upgrade for the new iPads that would include a bump up from the current 5 megapixel iSight camera to 8 megapixels along with other improvements:
Apple could upgrade the camera as a selling point for the new iPad in a bid to increase competitiveness.
We expect the upgrade will include 8MP rear camera, up from 5MP, and larger aperture. Lens module ASP will rise 10-20% on this optics spec upgrade.
As a reminder, the new iPhone 5s includes a new five-element lens designed by Apple that also includes a larger a F2.2 aperture with an 8 megapixel sensor. The device also brings a sensor with a 15 percent larger active area, auto stabilization, and bigger 1.5 micron pixels.
That would indeed be a nice camera to put on iPads.
Earlier today Reuters reported that supply chain issues with the Retina display rumored to be included in the iPad mini 2 will mean only limited quantities of the device will be available with full-scale production pushed back into 2014.
We've been seeing more and more leaks allegedly showing the slimmer, iPad mini-like design of the next-generation iPad 5, but we've yet to get any solid proof that Apple will actually launch the product alongside the much rumored second gen iPad mini later this month. The new iPad 5 is rumored to get the refreshed design and improved internals, while the second generation iPad mini is rumored to include a Retina display. There have also been unconfirmed leaks showing the new iPads in similar colors to the new iPhone 5s and even whispers of a TouchID fingerprint sensor for the larger of the two new products. Apple hasn't sent out invites yet, but it won't be long if it does indeed plan to host an October iPad event.
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I'm confused about what the quarters mean. The report says shipping 1.2 million iPad 5's in Q3-2013, but isn't Q3-2013 over? The 3rd quarter in the calendar year ends with September, and I believe that Apple's fiscal calendar is already completely finished with 2013 (Apple's fiscal year 2014 runs from September 29, 2013 through September 28, 2014.).
Or do these shipments mean shipments from the suppliers to Apple?
"….will sport a 8mp Rear camera w/larger aperture" Great! More people holding up huge ass iPads at sporting events and recitals to piss the rest of us off.
I have trouble understanding Apple quarters also. This might help explain it: http://goo.gl/tF3kj
What is next from Apple guys?
The EMS Shipping table in the story doesn't make sense either from looking at as an Apple Fiscal Year based table or looking at as a calendar year table. There is no way Apple would have already shipped 1.2 million iPad 5 prior to the end of their FY third quarter, which ended June 30. Likewise, there is no way Apple would have already shipped 1.2 million iPad 5 prior to end of calendary year third quarter, which ended September 30. They haven't even introduced the product yet. Apple introduction of the iPad 5 is expected October 22nd.


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Michael Palmieri and Donal Mosher's personal family portrait, October Country, won the top prize at this year's SILVERDOCS. The beautiful look at Mosher's own clan in upstate New York (not to be confused with the other dysfunctional upstate family doc, 21 Below) is also currently screening in competition at the Los Angeles Film Festival. Maybe it will be a good week for the guys. They are already in production on their next documentary, which Palmieri said will be how they spend the rest of their summer. Click here for the full report on this year's SILVERDOCS winners.


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I read your column about wedding gifts getting expensive. I am in a good friend's wedding, and I have spent a lot of money on the dress, accessories, and I have to pay to travel to get to the wedding itself. I am also flying in for a shower for the bride. My question is if you go to a shower and the wedding, do you need to purchase two different gifts? I feel like I have done enough already.
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Etiquette says that you should purchase two separate gifts. I understand that you have gone to a lot of expense for the wedding so far, so consider something such as going in with other people in the wedding party for the wedding gift, or for the shower gift, or even both. I am sure other people in the wedding party are feeling overloaded with expenses as well. This way you are giving something for each, but are not spending very much.
My husband and I are pregnant with our first child. I am determined to eat well and continue my exercise routine because I don't think being pregnant is an excuse to sit around and eat and gain unnecessary weight.
My whole family, including my mother-in-law knows my big hang-up about being careful to not gain "fat." I have told me whole family that I want to look like one of those pregnant women who look like they are all baby. So far I feel like I have achieved that. With that being said, I saw my mother-in-law the other day and she had the nerve to pat my tummy with a smile and said "you are getting so fat." I wanted to take her down right then and there. Do you have any advice of how to handle this situation? My husband said that I should let it go, but that is not going to happen.
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Congratulations of your pregnancy. I would nicely talk to my mother-in-law about it next time you see her. Take her aside and say something like, "Mom, you said I was fat the other day. That really hurt my feelings. I am working to hard to eat well and exercise, because I want this baby to be healthy, and I want to stay healthy. I feel like I have done a good job so far, and do not consider myself fat." See what her response to that is, and then go from there. She will probably explain that she did not mean that you are getting fat literally, but just are looking pregnant. If she tells your husband that she was offended by the confrontation, tell him to tell her that you are pregnant and the word "fat" is considered offensive to people.
I am in a wedding out of town, and it seems to be getting very expensive. I have paid for a $600.00 bridesmaid dress, shoes, accessories, a plane ticket, and I will have to pay 2 nights for a hotel room. Do you think this is a lot for a bride to ask her 24 year old friends to pay for? My mom told me that etiquette says that the bride's family should be paying for all of these expenses, but that is not happening in this situation. What is the etiquette on this please?
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Dear Going Broke,
Traditionally the bride's family did pay for dresses, accessories, etc… That changed by the early 1980s, and it is now assumed that the bridesmaids will pay for their own everything. I do think it is a lot to ask anyone (especially 24 year olds!) to spend $600.00 on a bridesmaid dress, plus traveling expenses. The cost of the dress alone is a lot for anyone to afford. Also from experience I can tell you that no matter what the bride says, you will not wear the $600.00 bridesmaid dress again!
I am attending a friend's wedding next month, and I have discovered that the bride and groom have only registered at very high-end stores. I am invited to a shower, and then I will obviously purchase a wedding gift. Do you think people should be more considerate and register at several places, with at least one place with affordable items, or do you feel like this is their wedding, and they can do what they want?
I think registering at "more affordable" places, as well as higher end stores is showing consideration to your wedding guests. If the bride and groom are young, they probably have younger friends who cannot afford to spend a lot, but still want to give them a nice gift. In these troubled economic times, I especially would expect people to be consciences about all of their guests being able to afford a gift.
My mother-in-law is very nice in the fact that she loves to give me little trinkets all of the time. The problem is that I do not like them, and prefer to have a clutter free home.
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Edith Noveskey laughs as she recalls the first time she tried to serve her housemate Richard Sebring spinach.
And salmon? She'll never try that again either.
Sebring, sunken into his recliner, shrugs and tilts his head to grin at Noveskey. After months of sharing the same roof, she's figured out what he likes. She's also figured out how to regulate his medication schedule, how to bathe, shave and dress him.
When Sebring hoists himself out of his chair onto his walker, Noveskey is there to tug on his belt loop to keep his pants from sagging.
When Sebring creeps toward the front porch to wait for the bus, Noveskey is there to prop open the door.
Noveskey, 74, is 67-year-old Sebring's caregiver. And they're not in a nursing home. The two are part of the Medical Foster Home Program that the Veterans Affairs (VA) launched in 2000. Since then, 424 caregivers in 36 states have opened their homes to veterans.
The VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, which covers the Toledo area, started looking for applicants in 2010. Noveskey is the first to try it out in this system.
"It's a nice way to get to know people," Noveskey said.
Noveskey started taking care of people in her home after her spouse, John, died about nine years ago. She cared for one woman for about four years so her house was mostly equipped with the necessary elements that the VA requires.
To prepare her home for caregiving, Noveskey had to gut her bathroom, redo her ceilings, install special fire alarms and lighting and place a ramp between her family room and dining room.
The cost came out of her own pockets.
"My credit cards are all maxed out," she said.
But Noveskey is passionate for caregiving, she said. Plus, it's not as though she does this for free. Veterans who enroll in the program directly pay their caregivers $1,500 to $3,000 a month, depending on their needs. The average cost for a semi-private room in a nursing home is about $6,235 per month. A home health aide costs about $21 per hour on average, according to www.longtermcare.gov.
Like a home health aide situation, veterans in medical foster care homes receive visits from hospital staff. This is covered by typical VA benefits, said April Bartlett, the medical foster home coordinator for the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System. A nurse and a physical therapist visit Sebring once a month, for example.
"The program is meant to provide veterans with an alternate longterm care option in a safe and home-like environment and just to be able to offer vets the choice to remain living in a community, family home setting if they are faced with the need to move into a nursing home or a more institutionalized setting," Bartlett said. "The tagline for the program is 'Where heroes meet angels.'"
Finding those "angels" is a rigorous process.
Noveskey had to open her home for inspection by a social worker, a dietitian, registered nurse and physical therapist. She also had to undergo interviews and background checks. She and anyone else who lives in or moves into her house must be fingerprinted and pass health tests that check for tuberculosis. This also includes any help that she hires.
It has been about two years since she began the application process and Sebring moved in during March.
Noveskey is one of three approved Medical Foster Homes in the Ann Arbor system. Hosts in Camden, Mich., have been approved and are awaiting residents. Tami Brockway, a Toledo resident, has also been approved and is waiting for someone to move in.
Brockway's two sons grew up with two couples: Their own parents and an older married couple whom the Brockways have fostered.
Applying for the VA program was a natural fit for a family of caregivers, she said.
"I like the challenge; I love new people coming into my home and you just feel good about yourself that you're helping out someone who's served our country," Brockway said. "You don't realize what they've been through unless you've been through it yourself, so it'll be a new experience for me."
An added bonus is the fact that the VA allows its caregivers to take 30 days off each year, during which a VA professional steps in to take over, she said.
The VA plans to expand the program to 102 sites in 46 states this year, Bartlett said.
As Sebring continues to adjust to his new home, he said he couldn't be any happier with the program. He had previously been living with his niece, but she had little time to stay home with him as it became more difficult to care for himself.
Sebring, Noveskey and her dog Kasper have become quite the family. He shares with Noveskey his Vietnam War era memories from the months he spent on Navy ships and she makes sure he's content and healthy.
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Mott Foundation invests $4M in Flint afterschool programs
By Rachel Clark
Today, efforts to help Flint, Mich.-area youth succeed in—and beyond—the classroom received a significant boost from the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, which has announced nearly $4 million in funding for afterschool and youth employment programs in the area.
"We want to see every young person in Flint and Genesee County succeed in school, work and life," said Ridgway White, president of the C.S. Mott Foundation. "We believe high-quality afterschool and job-training programs are essential to helping students achieve that success, which in turn helps to build the strength and stability of the community as a whole."
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Senate Judiciary Committee passes Juvenile Justice reauthorization bill
Yesterday, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a markup of S. 1169, the bipartisan Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2015. The measure would authorize critical juvenile justice programs operated through the Department of Justice and originally enacted through the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Protection Act of 1974 (JJDPA) which last expired in 2007.
From an out-of-school-time program perspective, programs previously funded in JJDPA assist counties and communities in investing in collaborative, community-based delinquency prevention efforts to reach youth in need. Title V delinquency prevention funds are used by counties to support prevention programs targeting youth at risk of becoming delinquent or to intervene with first-time and non-serious offenders to keep them out of the juvenile justice system.
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Registration is now open for your Lights On Afterschool event!
Lights On Afterschool is the only nationwide celebration of afterschool, and if you are a program provider, a parent, a community member or a program participant, you know that there is a lot to celebrate. Afterschool programs across the country inspire kids to learn everything from coding to poetry to healthy habits, help working parents, and keep kids safe and engaged after the school day ends. Last year, more than a million people celebrated the unique programs that they love at Lights On Afterschool events across the country. This year, help afterschool programs get the attention they deserve by registering your Lights On Afterschool celebration!
More than 9,000 events come together each October to make Lights On Afterschool a hallmark event of the afterschool movement. In the past, the United States Senate has passed a resolution stating support for increased program access and funding, and the Empire State Building has lit up in support of afterschool programs. Programs have connected with major donors at Lights On events, and each year generates more media coverage than the last, putting afterschool programs in the national spotlight.
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Join us for a summer meals blog-a-thon and tweetfest!
By Rachel Clark
Combining summer meals and summer learning should be a no-brainer—on July 30th, we're going to spread the word by taking to the blogosphere and social media alongside the YMCA, the National Recreation and Park Association, Boys & Girls Clubs of America, the National AfterSchool Association, FRAC, and the National Summer Learning Association. As Congress considers reauthorization of child nutrition legislation, it's critical that we come together to raise awareness about the importance of keeping students' minds and bellies full during the summer months—so we need your help!
Join us on Thursday, July 30 to share the amazing experiences your students are having in summer learning programs: eating nutritious meals, getting physically active, coding, reading, writing and more! Post a short blog and photos illustrating the opportunities you're providing for young people this summer as they come together to learn and eat healthy meals, then let us know about your blogs at email@example.com. We'll also be following the hashtags #SummerMealsAct, #SummerLearning and #CNR2015 all day—share photos of your students eating and learning on social media, and we'll spread the word about the great work your program is doing by collecting your images on a dedicated Pinterest board.
Not sure where to start? We've got a few sample posts to get you started—but be sure to customize them and share your own story!
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Fourth cohort of afterschool policy fellows to join advocacy ranks
Congratulations to the fourth class of White-Riley-Peterson Policy Fellows, recently selected to contribute their leadership and expertise in advancing the afterschool field. The fellows, supported under a partnership program between the Riley Institute at Furman University and the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, will spend 10 months studying and collaborating to strengthen afterschool networks in their states. The program curriculum includes a week-long workshop, case studies and small learning communities. Each fellow's work culminates in a state-level policy plan developed in partnership with their statewide networks and us here at the Afterschool Alliance. We look forward to our collaborations in the field.
The 2015-2016 White-Riley-Peterson Policy Fellows are:
- Thomas Azzarella, Director, Alaska Afterschool Network (Alaska)
- David Beard, Education Policy and Advocacy Director, School's Out Washington (Washington State)
- Melissa Beck, Network Lead, The Civic Canopy (Colorado)
- Susan Gamble, Network Lead, West Virginia Statewide Afterschool Network (West Virginia)
- Ebony Grace, Director of Expanded Learning Opportunities, NJSACC: The Statewide Afterschool Network (New Jersey)
- Darren Grimshaw, Major, Burlington Police Department (Iowa)
- Kathryn Johnson, Executive Director, Alternatives Inc. (Virginia)
- Don Kent, Chairman, Net Literacy (Indiana)
- Dave Knutson, VP Government Affairs and Special Initiatives, Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee (Wisconsin)
- Lani Lingo, State Director of Education & Specialized Programs, Florida Alliance of Boys & Girls Clubs (Florida)
- Alison Reis-Khanna, Director of Partnerships and Quality Initiatives, Texas Partnership for Out of School Time (Texas)
- Tammy Shay, Program Coordinator, Maryland Out of School Time Network (Maryland)
- Erik Skold, Associate Director, Sprockets: Saint Paul's Out-of-School Time Network (Minnesota)
- Bethany Thramer, Policy & Outreach Coordinator, Oregon Afterschool for Kids (Oregon)
- Craig Williams, Teacher, Wyoming Afterschool Alliance (Wyoming)
The fellowship is named for William S. White, president and CEO of the Mott Foundation; Richard W. Riley, former South Carolina governor and Secretary of Education under President Clinton; and Dr. Terry Peterson, national board chair with the Afterschool Alliance and a senior fellow at the College of Charleston. To read more about the fellowship, visit http://riley.furman.edu/afterschool.
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It's back! Nominate a program today for the Dollar General Afterschool Literacy Award
For the second year in a row, the Dollar General Literacy Foundation and the Afterschool Alliance are thrilled to present the Dollar General Afterschool Literacy Award. We need your help to find the next Dollar General Afterschool Literacy Award winner that will receive $10,000 for their program, be recognized in a joint Dollar General Literacy Foundation and Afterschool Alliance issue brief, and be featured in upcoming webinars and national conferences.
This year we are searching for afterschool programs that provide year-round support to help improve their students' reading, writing and critical thinking skills. In a departure from last year's eligibility requirements, we are opening up the award to afterschool programs that serve students of any age, including elementary, middle and high school students.
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Weekly Media Roundup: July 22, 2015
By Luci Manning
Karate Kids: Students Learn Self-Defense (Jackson Sun, Tennessee)
Jackson students are getting a workout and learning strategies for self-defense and crisis management in the Fudoskinka Dojo's karate summer program. Throughout the summer, kids learn the history of various forms of martial arts, watch classic martial arts movies and practice origami and calligraphy. Each morning starts with tai chi, a Chinese martial art that promotes good cardiovascular, respiratory and central nervous systems health. "What I have witnessed is that kids who have a regular cardiovascular program… I find that it's a lot easier for them to concentrate when they're physically pushed," sensei and program leader Sherwin Moore told the Jackson Sun. The karate lessons continue throughout the year as an afterschool program with a focus on academics – students with good grades can win prizes from the "Dojo Store."
Canton Man Invites Summer School Group to Fishing Pond (Ogdensburg Journal, New York)
Some 30 kids had the opportunity to fish for perch, bullhead and large and small mouth bass in a man-made pond as part of the three-week Cornell Cooperative Extension of St. Lawrence County Summer Fishing Camp. This is the third year William Locy has hosted the summer program at his private pond, which he stocked with a wide variety of fish for their visit. "You have a life experience on how to fish and how to catch fish and get them off the hook," student Isaac LaRock told the Ogdensburg Journal. "I really like it." All the kids relished having the chance to get away from school for a day and learn a new life skill they can carry with them for years.
Summer Chess Camp Hooks Local Kids on the Game (Chambersburg Public Opinion, Pennsylvania)
Teacher James Doyle has spent his summer teaching Franklin county students the tactics and strategies of how to defeat their opponent in a chess match. The twice-weekly summer chess camp is a pilot program that has allowed about 20 students to learn the game and improve their skills by playing with peers. The program gives students a productive way to spend lazy summer days and can provide a boost to their critical thinking and problem-solving skills. "(The game) helps build focus and concentration, even in children who have trouble sitting still and concentrating on tasks," Doyle told the Chambersburg Public Opinion. Although currently Doyle only runs a summer program, he'd like to see chess integrated into local curricula, and hopes to open an afterschool chess club for all area students this year.
Young Readers Revel at Superhero Training Camp (Sierra Vista Herald, Arizona)
More than 90 kids channeled their inner superhero at Sierra Vista Library's Superhero Training Camp this weekend, participating in hero-centric crafts, games and challenges as part of the library's summer reading program. The library has been hosting special weekend activities and regular reading events in line with the year's theme – "Every Hero Has a Story" – to keep kids reading throughout the summer. "It's about preventing kids from falling into what we call the summer slide, where they basically fall behind in the summer because they don't keep up with their reading," librarian Sierra Baril told the Sierra Vista Herald.
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Senate ESEA bill, the Every Child Achieves Act, passes Senate and strengthens afterschool programs
For the first time since 2001, the U.S. Senate passed a federal K-12 education bill to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), approving the bipartisan Every Child Achieves Act (S. 1177) by a vote of 81 to 17 and sending a message that No Child Left Behind should be replaced. The legislation passed with strong bipartisan language reauthorizing and strengthening the federal 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) initiative which supports local school-community partnerships that provide effective before-school, afterschool and summer learning programs to more than 1.6 million students in all 50 states. The next step in the process will be a conference committee between the House and Senate with the goal of producing a compromise bill that can pass both chambers and be signed into law by the President.
Afterschool Alliance Executive Director Jodi Grant issued a statement in support of passage of the bill, stating in part:
The Senate today took a huge step to strengthen our children's future by preserving dedicated funding for the 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) in its Elementary and Secondary Education Act reauthorization, the Every Child Achieves Act. Strong, bipartisan support for the afterschool, before-school and summer learning programs that keep kids safe, inspire them to learn, and help working families made this outcome possible.
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Former Beechen Cliff pupil Freddie Burns completes move from Gloucester to Leicester Tigers
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Freddie Burns' long-awaited move from Gloucester Rugby to Leicester Tigers has finally been confirmed.
The news came on a day when reports of potential shoulder surgery for Bath Rugby's George Ford left him as one of just two fly-halves likely to be fit for England's summer tour to New Zealand, along with Sale's Danny Cipriani.
Former Beechen Cliff School and City of Bath College student Burns played for a host of local clubs, including Avon, Combe Down and Oldfield, before moving from Bath Rugby Academy to Kingsholm seven years ago.
He announced he was leaving Gloucester back in January and Tigers director of rugby Richard Cockerill confirmed on Wednesday that Burns will be the replacement fly-half for Toulouse-bound Toby Flood.
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"Everyone wants young English players - well, I've got one of the hottest talents at ten in the English game," Cockerill told BBC Radio Leicester.
"When he's as good as he can be, he's as good as anybody. He's coming to one of the toughest environments, so let's see how he gets on.
"He's had a difficult season for lots of reasons and he's got a little bit of adjusting to do, getting used to what we do and learning that it's about the team and not the individual, but he's a fantastic player, a fantastic talent."
Leicester have also signed Castres fly-half Seremaia Bai, as cover for Burns and Owen Williams, as well as back Christian Loamanu, hooker Leonardo Ghiraldini and flanker Robert Barbieri.


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Last week we heard that Microsoft decided to make the Games for Windows Live service free for everyone to use. This of course led to wide speculation that they may move to make all Live services (or at least multiplayer service) for the 360 free as well. According to rumor, some of this may have already taken place.
I've been excited about Soul Calibur IV for a while now, mostly since the inclusion of Darth Vader and Yoda was announced. Of course the fact that each character was only going to appear on a single console (Yoda for the 360 and Vader for PS3) dampened my spirits a little. However, there is hope that we may yet be allowed to battle the tiny Jedi Master against the Dark Lord of the Sith.
It's become somewhat traditional to start the week's review with what's happening in the netbook world, a niche that's arguably the fastest developing right now in consumer tech. Fujitsu kicked things off with the proclamation that budget ultraportables "don't add up" and that the current race to the bottom line doesn't give manufacturers enough room to make profit; Fujitsu were rumored the week before to be planning a netbook of their own, only with the emphasis on build quality rather than solely the price tag. Sony also picked up a few netbook-in-progress rumors, tipped for Q4 2008, and HP revealed that they're working on a follow-up to the 2133 Mini-Note that will be less sturdy but also less expensive.
LG, too, are said to have a netbook in the works, with a model tentatively named X110 running Intel's Atom CPU and made for them by MSI. It's uncertain whether, if this turns out to be true, the X110 would be a rebadge of the MSI Wind or a whole new design. Finally, ASUS confirmed they wouldn't be letting up the pressure as firm most associated with the segment; there's talk of an "all day" battery and cloud storage option for release later on in 2008.
What's the first thing you notice when looking to buy a new piece of technology? Do you see if it falls within your budget? What about the spec list? Do you go over that in detail? And though these aspects are an important part of any technological buying decision, there's one that beats them all. You ask yourself one question and if the answer is no, you won't buy it. That question is: "Is it pretty?"
Will all the talk going around about how "going green" is a fad due to media saturation and its status as pretty much a buzz word, I started thinking about how environmentalism affects technology. Are they mutually exclusive? While the very essence of the green lifestyle is natural, technology is its polar opposite. It is man made, created and unnatural.
Atom has already jumped from the netbook to the desktop, and now it's set to cross out to your car, too. Portwell has announced the PCS-8230, a single-DIN sized PC running Intel's 1.1GHz Z510 mobile processor with 1GB of RAM and three SDIO slots for expansion modules.


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Negative - Women Having Tea, Eglinton (?), Victoria, 1908 Reg. No: MM 004038
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- Five women having tea in a garden. The older woman, who is wearing dark clothes and a lace cap, is seated on a hammock.
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IDK, ask Ryan Matthews. This dude may just be talking out of his butt, who knows.
"Jordan Diamond is probably the most talented of Auburn's seven offensive line signees and will have a chance to earn immediate playing time," said Matthews. "He's versatile enough to play tackle, guard or even center."
That's a skill position. They are often considered easier to come in and play because the athlete's pure athleticism goes a lot farther and the coached technique matters less. Bama is thin at RB with Eddie Lacey not progressing Fowler being oversized and not having the best hands. I think Dee Hart has lost points with the staff after last season and Corey Grant transferred. Yeldon will likely see significant playing time early due to our depth being thin. Dyer would have carried less if yalls starter hadn' had such fumble fingers.
Leave it to you to make a personal attack. Look dude, playing offensive line in college as a freshman is a big deal. Ideally you have a talented guy come in and redshirt a year or if he is real real good you work him in the game midway through the season late in games. Your O-line has to be in pretty rough shape to be able to say in June that a guy who hasn't even stepped on campus yet has a chance at immediate playing time. Basically that's coach speak for "what we have sucks and if you're any better then you'll play."
They are the bright spot on the team besides Cody Parkey and Lutz, they had better shine.
Is Jay Prosch cleared yet? I expect the 2 RBs that sat last season to have the greatest effect as far as players that are now eligable. A freshman coming in in mid June has a chance at immediate playing time on the O-line? Man you guys are screwed. No wonder you get no respect.
Do you get tried for murder for owning a gun? It doesn't matter what Updike did or didn't know about the poison. It matters what he did with it and what happened as a consequence. But none of that really matters anymore either because the prosecution is only going to try to prove their charges are warranted. Some of the charges argue that the trees are more than trees and are on par with the American Flag as a venerated object. This is where the bulk of the tax payers money will be spent if there is a conviction. Put a guy in prison for 13 years for poisoning a tree, that is ludacris.
The plea deal that they offered was BS and now they are wasting more money on a trial.
Marketing to prospective students via electronic messaging is a two edged sword. It matters what you send, when you send it and how much you send. The last thing you want to do is blow up their phone and or send their phone bill through the roof.
The NCAA doesn't have the resources to enforce all their reasonable rules, much less the BS ones. They really can only catch cheaters if the press hands them the case or if rival coaches get the goods and turn them in.
Tough love.
The Big 10 wanted a playoff, when they didn't get just conference champs in there they reverted back to the BCS. Without an agreement and a proposal to go to a 4 team playoff what do you think will happen?
Status Quo, that's what will happen. Nothing -- and fans will be outraged.
You've been hacked. Haha I love it.
Yea, I think Saban liked his character and work ethic. He's definately a good guy to have on your team. Is he worth a scolarship? It seems So. Roll Tide Cole!!
Linebacker U is no more same as it was at AU, PSU will start replacing those 4-5 star guys with under sized 3*s and their D will be average even for the Big 10
Welcome aboard and Roll Tide! Saban's first LS. Come on AU fans go ahead and give us a hard time I know that we gave you a hard time about your LS. I'm glad to have Cole on our team.
Amen. What the heck? People tend to objectify football players when they are people - competitive driven people, who deserve the opportunity to defend themselves and initiate competitive banter. If you want to make someone shut up about it you can start by making the media stop publicly airing an athlete's private affairs.
Try telling Steve Spurrier to shut up.
Her last pitch was a beauty in the NC. It hit the glove with a solid thwack of strike three. She probably carried Bama to that NC. She's a cutie too, but she's all business when she's pitching. Congrats and Good Luck to JT!
That's not really true MNM. AU is a pretty safe place to be generally. Sure their grads are snobby and the people that live there think that they are better than you, but it is a nice quiet little town. Lots of screwy politics with the University and city, but what did you expect.
HAHA. You guys. It's obvious with as much information that there is to gobble up out there on the internet and as many recruits as there are it takes a huge budget and task force for recruiting alone to do a great job. The 2013 recruiting class may be Saban's best yet.
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Forex Trading Made E-Z is a system developed by George C Smith a former US Flight Captain. In this This Forex Trading Made EZ review we will examine the strategies and training materials and see what customers feel about this system.
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It was on their first date that TV sitcom director Todd Holland's now-husband, actor Scotch Ellis Loring, asked whether he wanted children.
"His clock was ticking," said Holland. "I had the classic male response of 'Whoa, that's so much responsibility!'"
Today Holland, the 49-year-old director of sitcoms like "30 Rock" and "Malcolm in the Middle", and Loring, an actor and composer, are fathers to three beautiful children ushered into the world by Growing Generations, a surrogacy agency based in Los Angeles that has become the destination of choice for many gay families nationwide. According to the company, it has helped bring approximately 850 babies to couples since it launched in 1996.
"About 75 percent are gay couples," said Growing Generations CEO Stuart Miller. "We initially started the company specifically to help members of the gay and lesbian community. It's a very complex, complicated process that involves attorneys, doctors, psychologists, insurance."
With the cost of a surrogate birth ranging from $125,000 to $200,000, the agency has attracted celebrity couples including actor B.D. Wong and his partner Richie Jackson, who had a son. Actor Neil Patrick Harris and his partner David Burtka, who are having twins via a surrogate, are widely reported to be working with Growing Generations. Harris's publicist, Simon Halls, declined to confirm the reports but added, "I can tell you that Growing Generations is great … they helped me have three kids!"
The Growing Generations process is a curious mixture of courtship and online shopping. Prospective parents begin by scrolling through the company's database of pre-screened egg donors, where there is information on everything from ethnicity to education, as well as video of the potential donors.
"It's like the Sears Christmas Calendar," said Holland, joking that donors are asked questions straight out of a Miss America pageant, such as "What are your hopes and dreams? What do you hope to do when you grow up?"
Once an egg donor is selected, prospective parents begin a similar search for another woman to act as a surrogate. Once the couple has met their chosen surrogate and definitively confirmed she will carry the child, the eggs from the egg donor are fertilized with sperm collected from one or both gay men and implanted into the surrogate, who aims to carry the baby to full term. Many couples mix the sperm so they won't know which man is the biological father.
Growing Generations uses strict guidelines to ensure there are no legal entanglements between prospective parents and surrogates. The surrogate must be someone other than the egg donor, and must have already given birth to a child.
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I think it would be highly dependant on what type of techniques you were using. If you were doing maneuvers from obscure forms that would require you to do "the human pretzel" in order to perform the maneuver, that might not be the most efficient use of your time if you wanted them to translate over into the MMA realm. However, if you were doing basic punching and kicking and bag work, that might be helpful.
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i think an important question to ask first is, do you hit anything? kicking air and kicking something involve very different motions. if you kick bags and pads then you may have developed good technique to cause damage. in which case sure the stuff you learned would work (assuming you also started picking up strategies, tactics, and toughness in your mma sparring/training). if all you kicked is air, then a lot would have to change because the mechanics are different. in my opinion. (of course by "you" here i mean anyone, not you specifically)
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Yes, somewhat... I still use elements of my McGoju-ryu training in MMA classes. That said, they didn't resemble the school's techniques much when I left it. ;^_^
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mut, you have a solid base in dependable arts. There shouldn't be anything wrong in mixing things around a bit, apart from being dropped maybe. :P


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But even though Western Kentucky University may have handed him a loss in his debut, Stoops isn't changing his approach. He isn't going back to the drawing board in disappointment, abandoning his dedication to "the process."
His plan for Sunday, in fact, is exactly what it would have been had the 35-26 final score been reversed.
"We'll get back to work," Stoops said. "Win or lose, I told the team, 'Back to work tomorrow.' We've got to get some things fixed and plan on doing that."
To be sure, Stoops was disappointed by what he saw at LP Field and he's not trying to cloud that fact. The offense, though it racked up 419 total yards and 216 on the ground, never quite found a rhythm.
"We didn't play good as a team," Stoops said.
The defense, in spite of allowing WKU to convert just 2-of-10 third downs and forcing a pair of turnovers, struggled with missed tackles and positioning in allowing 487 yards to the Hilltoppers.
"Not very pleased with the way we played," Stoops said. "I thought we'd play better than that. They controlled us at the line of scrimmage, created some good run plays, different looks. We looked out of place. Simple things, you know, leverage on the football, I thought we were very poor."
And even though he felt comfortable leading a team onto the field for the first time, Stoops knows the coaching staff has to be better too.
"I need to get our team in a better position to win," Stoops said.
That sentiment colored the message he delivered to his team in the postgame locker room. Facing a group of players who knew they were capable of more because they did it throughout the offseason, Stoops told the Wildcats to tip their caps to a WKU squad that was better on this night and move on to what's next.
Since Stoops arrived, he's hit all the right notes. He and his staff have recruited at unprecedented levels. Players have changed their bodies through the High Performance program. Fans have rallied to the cause in record numbers. The WKU loss, in many ways, is the first true challenge to the wave of optimism surrounding the program. That's what makes responding to it the right way so important.
"We all need to do a better job," Stoops said. "But if we would've won this game, we would go back to work tomorrow the same way. Win or lose, you got to go back, regroup and put a good game plan together, put the work in and just get better. We need to improve. There's a lot of room for improvement, and I anticipate us doing that."
Defensively, that begins with fundamentals. On offense, it's largely the same.
Much of the talk leading up to Saturday's home opener vs. Miami (Ohio) will center on the quarterback position and the role UK's signal callers play in that. Jalen Whitlow started and played the first three quarters. The dimension Whitlow's athleticism adds to the offense was on display as he rushed for a career-high 75 yards and a touchdown, but threw for only 78 yards on 15 attempts.
"He made some plays with his feet," offensive coordinator Neal Brown said. "I think he's gotta throw it better. I thought he was nervous. I thought it showed early. But it's hard to say until you watch (the tape)."
Smith, meanwhile, completed 8-of-13 passes for 125 yards and a touchdown in just three series. He led two scoring drives as UK's bid to rally from a 35-17 fourth-quarter deficit fell short.
Regardless of how well the quarterbacks did or didn't play and no matter which ends up starting next week, the supporting cast must improve in order to the offense to take steps forward.
"We've gotta be better around him," Brown said. "You can talk about the quarterback for a long time, but we've gotta be better around him too."
Smith, however, believes he has a role in that. He may only be a sophomore and may not even start against Miami, but Smith wants to be more of a presence.
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Avery Williamson is probably the most consistent player on the roster in that regard, but losing is a test of his leadership.
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Saturday was unquestionably a setback, but the staff isn't wavering.
"We've got 12 one-week seasons, so we're on to our next week," defensive coordinator D.J. Eliot said. "That's what our approach is and we've harped on the players to look at it the same way. Now we're on to week two and we're going to try to get better and try to win that one."
The Cats have bought in.
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The Patriots have re-signed 26-year old QB Brian Hoyer to a 1-year, .92 million dollar deal. Hoyer played in 3 games for the Patriots last year and he completed his only pass attempt, which was good for 22 yards. He also carried the ball 4 times for -3 yards (-0.8 ypc) last year. Hoyer has now played in 13 games (0 starts) in his career with the Patriots and he has completed 27 of 43 passes (62.8%) for 286 yards with 1 TD pass and 1 INT (80.2 QB Rating). He also has carried the ball 24 times for 14 yards (0.6 ypc) with 1 TD carry. Hoyer will be the Patriots' #2 QB once again in 2012.
The Patriots have re-signed 29-year old center Dan Connolly. Connolly played in 13 games (11 starts) for the Patriots last year. He has now played in 42 games (28 starts) in his first four years in the NFL. Connolly appears to be a late bloomer and the Patriots were smart to bring him back to help protect Tom Brady in 2012.
This could be an epic game just like the last time these two teams played in the Super Bowl, when the Giants ruined the Patriots' bid at a perfect season by beating them 17-14. The Giants are coming into this game red hot as they have played really well in the playoffs. But, both teams needed a little luck to win in the Conference Championship Games, so I expect this to be a hard fought, outstanding game. Here is a look at the matchups in this game:
When the Patriots have the ball: The Patriots might just run the ball more than usual as the Giants have had issues stopping the running game this year. If the Patriots can get BenJarvus Green-Ellis going early in the game, it will make the Giants pay for overplaying the passing game. That doesn't mean the Patriots aren't going to pass the ball, because that's their bread and butter. For Tom Brady to be effective in this game, the offensive line is going to have to step up and keep DEs Jason Pierre-Paul, Justin Tuck and Osi Umenyiora away from him. If Brady has time to throw the ball, he's going to have a field day as the Giants are not loaded with good cover corners. WRs Wes Welker and Deion Branch could both have big games for the Patriots this Sunday as Brady is going to challenge Giants' CBs Aaron Ross and Corey Webster quite a bit in this game. The Patriots are also going to use TEs Rob Gronkowski (he has a high ankle sprain) and Aaron Hernandez a lot in this game, so Giants' safties Kenny Phillips, Antrel Rolle and Deon Grant are likely going to have long days if Brady has time to throw the ball. I see the Patriots scoring a lot of points this Sunday.
When the Giants have the ball: The Giants are likely going to try to stay somewhat balanced offensively in this game. That means the front seven are going to have to stop the running game while getting a good pass rush on Eli Manning. That will be easier said than done. The Giants have two good RBs in Ahmad Bradshaw and Brandon Jacobs. The OLBs (Rob Ninkovich and Jerod Mayo) are going to have to keep the outside contained and force the Giants' RBs inside to deal with Brandon Spikes and Vince Wilfork. The Patriots are going to have to get a good pass rush on Eli Manning or they are going to be in big time trouble. WRs Hakeem Nicks, Victor Cruz and Mario Manningham are going to cause big time matchup problems for the Patriots. CB Kyle Arrington has been a big time player for the Patriots but he's going to get challenged big time this weekend. CBs Sterling Moore and Antwaun Molden are really going to have to step up this weekend as they will likely be matched up with Cruz and Manningham. Safeties Devin McCourty and Pat Chung are going to have to give help over the top for the corners while also keeping an eye on TE Jake Ballard. A lot of times Manning throws the ball up for grabs after he gets hit a few times early in games, so the secondary is going to have to win those jump balls this Sunday.
The Patriots waived 24-year old WR Tiquan Underwood last night on the eve of the Super Bowl. He played in 5 games for the Patriots this year and he caught 3 passes for 30 yards (10.0 avg). Underwood has now played in 15 games in his first three years in the NFL and he caught 11 passes for 141 yards (12.8 avg). He has also returned 26 kickoffs for 599 yards (23.0 avg) so far in his NFL career. Don't be too sad for Underwood as he will still get a share of the Super Bowl winnings and he will get a Super Bowl ring if the Patriots prevail later today.
UPDATE: (2/7/2012) – The Patriots have re-signed Tiquan Underwood to a reserve/futures contract for 2012.
The Patriots have used their franchise tag on 30-year old WR Wes Welker. Welker played in all 16 games for the Patriots last year and he caught 122 passes for 1,569 yards (12.9 avg) with 9 TD grabs. He also carried the ball 4 times for 30 yards (7.5 ypc) and he returned 8 punts for 82 yards (10.3 avg) last year. Welker has now played in 77 games in his first five years with the Patriots and he has caught an amazing 554 passes for 6,105 yards (11.0 avg) with 31 TD grabs. Welker has also carried the ball 16 times for 126 yards (7.9 ypc) so far in his career with the Patriots. Welker has returned 89 punts for 942 yards (10.6 avg) and 10 kickoffs for 247 yards (24.7 avg) in his career with the Patriots. It was smart of the Patriots to bring back Welker for the 2012 season as he is still money over the middle.
The New England Patriots have released 29-year old DT Mike Wright. Wright only played in 1 game for the Patriots last year and he had 1 tackle. Wright played in 81 games in his 7 years with the Patriots and he had 134 tackles, 15 sacks, 5 tackles for a loss, 4 forced fumbles, 3 fumble recoveries and 3 passes defensed. The Patriots will likely try to replace Wright with a more durable and younger player either in the draft or free agency.
The Patriots have waived 26-year old G/C Rich Ohrnberger. He spent all of last season on the Injured Reserve List. He played in just 5 games (0 starts) in his three years with the Patriots. The Patriots have decided not to waste a roster spot anymore on a rather untalented player in Ohrnberger, who also can't seem to stay healthy.
Mike Reiss reports draft analyst Todd McShay shared his insight as to some of the "value" areas that could be there for the Patriots in the late first round.
Receiver: "Michael Floyd [of Notre Dame] would be a good fit, a guy who can get down the field and has some size. Kendall Wright [of Baylor] I think also could be a good fit; he's undersized like some of their other guys, but he has explosive, explosive speed. He can get down the field and provide that big play, vertically, that they've been missing. He also can help in the return game should they choose and he's great after the catch."
Cornerback: "It will be interesting to see if any of these corners drop. By any of them, I mean Dre Kirkpatrick from Alabama. Obviously Bill Belichick has a great relationship with Nick Saban and will have a great feel for Kirkpatrick and whether he fits what they want to do or not. He certainly looks like a corner who would fit what they like in terms of the versatility. He's not an elite man-to-man cover corner, but very instinctive in zone. The knock on him, outside of the baggage, is that he gets there and bats down a lot of balls and is in position to make tackles after the catch, but doesn't make a lot of big plays. Janoris Jenkins would be another guy, a Florida guy who was dismissed from the team and played at North Alabama this past season. I think he has very good man-to-man cover skills and certainly can play on the outside for them and I think would upgrade their corner situation."
Safety: "Mark Barron from Alabama could drop a little bit [hernia]. He won't be working out at the combine." Pass rushers: "Chandler Jones, the Syracuse defensive end, I know I'm probably higher on him than most guys. But I do think he has a chance to be a really good player and I love his versatility. I think he would fit New England from that perspective. Andre Branch is another one, out of Clemson – 6-4, 260, could play defensive end but also could drop when they go back and forth in their four-man front and three-man front. There is some depth to this class. Ronnell Lewis is another one, from Oklahoma. They can find a pass rusher should they decide to draft one."
The Patriots ran into the Giants yesterday, who had the perfect gameplan to beat them. The Giants were ball hogs and it made things very hard on the Patriots yesterday. Tom Brady completed 27 of 41 passes (65.9%) from the floor last night, good for 276 yards with 2 TD passes and 1 INT. BenJarvus Green-Ellis came alive in the second half as he finished up with 44 yards rushing on 10 carries (4.4 ypc) and he also caught 2 passes for 15 yards (7.5 avg). Danny Woodhead pitched in with 18 yards rushing on 7 carries (2.6 ypc) and he also caught 4 passes for 42 yards (10.5 avg) with 1 TD grab. TE Aaron Hernandez (8 rec, 67 yards, TD) and WR Wes Welker (7 receptions for 60 yards and 2 carries for 21 yards) led the way for the Patriots in the passing game, but they each dropped key passes on the Patriots' final drive. WR Deion Branch (3 rec, 45 yards) and TE Rob Gronkowski (2 rec, 26 yards) also pitched in for the Patriots in this game. The Patriots finished up with 83 yards rushing on 19 carries (4.4 ypc) and they also completed 27 of 41 passes (65.9%) for 266 yards as they had possession of the ball for 22:55.
The defense didn't play too well for the Patriots in this game. LBs Jerod Mayo and Brandon Spikes led the way for the Patriots with 11 tackles apiece last night. Safeties Devin McCourty (7 tackles) and Patrick Chung (6 tackles and 1 pass defensed) also pitched in for the Patriots in this game. The Giants finished up with 114 yards rushing on 28 carries (4.1 ypc) and they also completed 30 of 40 passes (75%) for 282 yards in this game. The Patriots are now 0-2 in the Super Bowl against the New York Giants, who seem to have their number lately. The Patriots' season ends with a huge thud!
The Patriots have re-signed 25-year old safety Ross Ventrone to a futures/reserve deal. Ventrone played in 8 games for the Patriots last year and he had 2 tackles. Ventrone was like a yo-yo for the Patriots last year as they kept signing him and waiving him. He spent half of the year on the practice squad in 2011, but he will lose eligibility for that when he plays in one more game for the Patriots. It will be interesting to see if Ventrone steps up and snatches a full time job with the Patriots in 2012.


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The McCarren Park 'Hipster' Christmas Tree Gets Some Upgrades
Yesterday we noted, thanks to New York Shitty and the L Magazine, that there was a Christmas tree "growing" in Brooklyn. Made of PBRs implanted in a tree-shape in the McCarren Park fence at Bedford and North 12th, plus red and green painted sneakers, a star made of Metrocards, plastic bags, tinsel, and other found items, the tree was immediately dubbed the "Hipster Christmas Tree," partly because of the PBR, partly because of its location, and partly because the word hipster is bandied about like a pair of sweat socks at a Dirty Christmas party.
Julian Cole, a 26-year-old Australia native who's lived in Williamsburg for about 6 months and works a day job in advertising, is the creator of the tree. He says, for one, it is not a hipster Christmas tree. But he's open to interpretations: "I tried to make it the Brooklyn Christmas Tree, not the Hipster Christmas Tree; however, I am happy for everyone to have their own take on the work."
Since the pictures we posted yesterday, he's updated and added to the maybe 12-foot-high tree. He sent us some new photos, and said the inspiration for the idea came from thinking about shoes on wires, but with more of a holiday vibe: "I saw so many Christmas decorations, and I thought about what I could make out of found materials around Brooklyn. I decided to do something lighthearted and fun and make it a Brooklyn Christmas tree."
It took him about 6 hours. Most of Cole's materials were found, though some -- tinsel and green backing -- were acquired from a discount store. Several area bars, and bottle collectors, donated PBR cans to the effort (Cole did not drink them all, he says).
Is the Brooklyn Christmas tree is better than, say, the Rockefeller Center tree? "I think it's better for Brooklyn," Cole says. "It's a bit more gritty. It's not like Manhattan, where everything's prim and proper. It's more me."
He hopes people will add to the display "as they see fit." Get your photo taken with it before some grinchlike person pulls it down!
Previously: Merry Christmas, Hipster! With Love From Metrocards, PBR, and Old Shoes
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