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Tuesday, December 4, 2012
By Bob Anderson
I have seen this rhetoric more than once since the election. The question is, can this be true? My response to the question I think not!
If one examines the demographics of the election results, the following becomes clear. Obama won because he carried the youth vote, the single mother vote, the lower income White, Black, and Hispanic vote and the Union vote. These voting blocs were not fools for supporting Obama. These folks had a real incentive to go out and vote. If Obama had lost the election, life as they have known it would have come to an end in a relatively short time.
So what was their incentive?
Our youth have been indoctrinated into believing that the government should supply them with stuff for the past forty years via a public education system leveraged by the Department of Education. Over the past four years, the federal government has completely taken over the student loan program and has forced insurance companies to provide voting age youth with medical insurance until they are twenty six.
Single mothers currently enjoy free contraception, free abortions, free child care, and free child support.
Lower income folks and those who choose not to work currently benefit from welfare, food stamps, low income housing, subsidized utilities, free cell phones, and who knows what else.
Union folks, among other things, are paid more for their services than their non-union counterparts, and once retired, they are receiving pensions that are much higher that their non-union counterparts, driving manufacturing off shore, and edging state and local governments closer to bankruptcy.
Obamas jobs bill was created to put teachers, police, and firemen back to work. If it had passed, I am certain that no right to work state, South Carolina for instance, would have received a dime. More important is the fact that the federal government should not be involved in hiring teachers, police, or firemen and neither should the state governments. This is the responsibility of the local government.
Some other programs that benefit all of the above-mentioned groups include Obama Care, Medicaid, and Unemployment Compensation.
Obama Care will add 30 million uninsured into the rolls of the insured citizens and, in the end, none of them will pay a dime towards their insurance. Obama not only extended the unemployment compensation to 99 weeks, before the election, he also decided to give people with jobs a break from paying payroll taxes. The system is based on the assumption that the folks on Social Security are being paid from the funds collected from the folks working. My guess is that our grandchildren will end up paying for that pre-election give away.
As for Medicaid, if there continues to be a need, in the event that Obama Care is not found to be unconstitutional, it should be managed at the local government level to restrict the recipient pool to those with a legitimate need grass roots management.
We are all painfully aware of the fact that we have 12 million Americans out of work, but did you know that there are five million jobs currently available?
The total breaks down to, four million skilled and semi-skilled jobs, and one million unskilled jobs with no one to fill them. The problem is that the unemployed and the folks that are not interested in working either dont want to do the jobs that are available, or dont want to spend the time required to qualify for the available jobs. Could this phenomenon have any correlation to the number of illegal aliens we have working in our country? You think!
These are people who are willing to risk everything to come here to work while we have people who would rather be on the dole than move to another location and work for a living. I venture to say that if it werent for illegal aliens, the number of available jobs would be closer to seven million.
So who are the real fools?
They would be folks who voted for someone other than Obama? They are probably White with a light mix of Black and Hispanic, over 25 years in age, and paying income taxes. These are the folks who are working and supplying the federal government with the funds to keep the afore-mentioned on the dole. These folks are the 50 percent of the population that pay income taxes. This is the money that will keep the Democrats (Socialists) in power by means of redistributing the wealth.
A portion of the other 50 percent may claim that they pay taxes because they pay payroll taxes.
The fact of the matter is that payroll taxes are collected as a forced retirement program (Social Security and Medicare) and as an insurance policy (Unemployment Compensation) in the event one is laid off from their job. In other words, these are funds that are supposed to come back to the worker and not be used for discretionary spending, e.g. anything the government may want to fund. Unfortunately, LBJ made the decision to merge the payroll tax funds with the general fund during his administration.
Is there a way to reverse the trend and get the majority of folks to vote for what is good for America instead of voting for the candidate that will supply them with more free stuff?
I can come up with three solutions.
One, the Legislative and Executive Branches actually eliminating all of the discretionary entitlement programs (welfare, food stamps, subsidized housing, etc.) and let the state and local governments handle them as they see fit. Secondly, do major overhaul on non-discretionary programs Social Security and Medicare. Social Security was originally enacted to supplement peoples income when they retired. It has evolved over the years to include the survivors, and children of those who paid into the system. Folks who have become disabled, regardless of how long they have paid in, are covered. The program has grown to become not only a government-managed retirement program, but a life and long term disability insurance policy paid for by the next generation. Folks should go to the private sector for life and disability insurance. They are not expensive. Medicare, on the other hand, is too inexpensive. For every dollar that you pay in, someone down the road will pay three dollars in taxes for your healthcare once you are eligible. We need to pay in more during our working years and raise the eligibility age to 70. Medicaid needs to be managed by local government so that only folks that deserve free medical treatment receive it. Remember, we are living longer. Does this solution have a chance of becoming reality? I dont think so. The last election proved that there are too many takers to ever elect another president, or enough conservative senators that would make these changes.
Two, have a Constitutional Convention to repeal the 16th Amendment the power to collect taxes on income. Our tax system would not be a problem if our politicians hadnt discovered how to use it as a tool for reward and punishment. The complexity and length of our tax code is all the proof that is required. We need to replace all of our current federal taxes, including payroll taxes, with a federal sales tax. A sales tax would require everyone to have skin in the game. The tax rate would have to be about 23% to balance our current budget, if we had one; but if everyone was Paying Their Fair Share, you can bet that the percentage would drop quickly when folk decided to keep their money instead of receiving free stuff paid for with their money.
Since the first solution cant work and the second has a slim chance, Solution number Three, is a bit more drastic, but we have just reached a major turning point in our country. The only sure-fire way to stop the socialists from using our money to stay in power is to cut off the money supply. That would be income taxes. I have an idea as to how to accomplish this, but I will let you use your own imagination.
I am certain the facts and opinions that I have laid out will anger some of you, but I can assure you that there are folks out there who are just as angry who will agree with me. As I stated in an Opinion Editorial that I wrote in August of 2011 titled Compromise, one way or another, things are going to get ugly!
Bob Anderson is a resident of the Pawleys Island area and represents District 6 on Georgetown County Council.
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It seems like Rutgers University can't escape controversy even after Mike Rice was fired. Now that Julie Hermann had a press conference to try and move past her coaching days at Tennessee and Louisville, maybe, as Steve Politi wrote, "the story will die down now."
There are plenty of NJ.com readers who don't agree with Hermann's hiring. Renegade wrote:
"By the manner in which she has handled herself I do not believe that Ms. Hermann has demonstrated that she deserves to become AD. The bigger problem appears to be with the lack of leadership and the failure of process that has led to this seemingly never ending trail of embarrassment for Rutgers."
Fellow reader yoshootme called Hermann:
"...a liar, an abuser. She is what Mike Rice is. Yet, somehow, she gets a pass by some of her. The hypocrisy just never ends."
But there's a group of readers who believe she deserves to be given a chance to do her job before she's judged.
"She doesn't even officially start until June 17th and folks are already calling her a fake, fraud, and a phony," wrote NJ.com reader rurichdog. "I for one realize 'we are stuck with her' so let's see how she performs in her position before calling for her head."
If she works on relationships with donors and helps clean up the mess that's been made, wrote cyric75, that's the key:
"When people donate to RU, they are supporting RU; it is not a donation to the AD. Yes, she will have influence on the decisions by donors, but I believe it's more important where the money is going and what it will do for RU's success in athletics. She will be smart to utilize her coaches, especially Eddie Jordan, to help with the process."
There's also some talk about sexism among critics of the new AD. The response to that thought? It's not that Hermann was a bad pick -- it was the way Rutgers picked a candidate with hidden problems. As rurahrah said:
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Just two weeks ago, Super Talent launched new MLC-based MasterDrive OX drives which feature read speeds of 150MB/sec and write speeds of 100MB/sec. Prices range from $149 for the 32GB model on up to $419 for the 128GB mode.
Today, Super Talent is expanding its presence in the lower end of the market with a new line of budget SSDs. Super Talent's new MasterDrive LX lineup is targeting customers that want the advantages of SSDs without the relatively high costs. The price advantages of the MasterDrive LX SSDs come in the form of speed cuts compared to the MasterDrive OX family.
Super Talent's 64GB and 128GB MasterDrive LX drives are rated at 100MB/sec reads and only 40MB/sec writes. However, the prices are much more palatable at $179 and $299 respectively. Both drives are paired with a rather short one-year warranty and feature a SATA-II interface.
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The DROID (Distributed Read‐Out Imaging Detector) is being developed to overcome the limitation in sensitive area with the use of single STJ's (Superconducting Tunnel Junctions). The DROID configuration allows the reconstruction of the position of the photon absorption and therefore it can replace a number of single STJ's in a detector array. We present a 2D model which describes the response of DROIDs with partial trapping in the STJs. The model describes diffusion of quasiparticles (qps) and imperfect confinement via exchange of qps between the absorber and STJ. It incorporates possible diffusion mismatch between absorber and STJ, possible asymmetry between the STJs as well as between the base and top electrodes of the STJs, and photon absorption in the absorber or base or top film of the STJ. Dedicated experiments have been conducted to test the different aspects of the model. We find a good agreement between the model and experimental results.
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The other place to visit in Jerez is the Andalusian Flamenco Center. Located in the Santiago district of town its in the lovely 18th century Casa Palacio Pemartin, the center was established in 1993 to protect the integrity of flamenco, as well as providing a museum and library of the history and artefacts of the dance. To discover flamenco you can follow the Jerez Flamenco Route which will guide you around the main sites, history and anecdotes, naturally ending up in one of the premier clubs: La Taberna Flamenca (Angostillo de Santiago, 3), Tablao del Bereber (Cabezas, 10), and El Laga de Tio Parrilla (Plaza del Mercado). If you want a bit of castanet clacking, heel stomping and passionate guitar revving up your life, Jerez is the place for you.
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I don't have any data on this, but it seems to me, whenever a series is 2-2, whoever wins game 5, more often than not wins the series.
Our best hope is that Dwight Howard is suspended for Thursday's game.after throwing an elbow at Samuel Dalembert. Last night on TNT Kenny Smith and Charles Barkley were adamant in their belief that Howard should be suspended for game 6. I'm not so confident.
Howard is one of the new "faces" of the league. I don't think the NBA will apply the letter of the law to him. However, if he is suspended, its not a foregone conclusion the Sixers will win game 6. Somwhere along the way this team has forgotten how to box out on the defensive glass, and Orlando is getting way to many crucial offensive rebounds. If this isn't addressed. It doesn't matter whether Howard plays tomorrow or not.
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In preparation for a full day of walking around the city, we each ordered an "iced lightening," a strong iced-coffee drink with hazelnut, chocolate and sweetened condensed milk. Even Kiyo, who usually drinks his coffee black, was obsessed with this beverage. The sugar and caffeine jolt was perfect and the flavors were so satisfying together that I was definitely sad to finish. I pocketed a chocolate chip cookie for later – this was also a good idea and the cookie was also sweet and satisfying.
Kiyo always prefers lunch over breakfast, so he ordered a sandwich special that came with tortilla chips. The sandwich itself included turkey, bacon, avocado and red onion. It looked simple but good.
My breakfast sandwich was so delicious. I wish I could find this near my office in New York. The "Progress Breakfast Biscuit" is egg and cheese (I also requested bacon) sandwiched between a warm and flaky cheddar jalapeño biscuit. The result is cheesy, salty and spicy goodness, balanced by the sweetness of the buttery biscuit. There is the option to add in or substitute tomato, avocado, sausage, roast beef or turkey as well. My only complaint is that it's not very big, so even though it's rich, I was still hungry shortly afterwards. Since there was much more eating that day, that was probably a good thing, but any other day I could have probably eaten two of these sandwiches, it was so good.
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The state of Florida considers 11 shipwrecks off the state's coasts underwater archaeological preserves. These "museums in the sea" range from battleships to steamers and Spanish galleons.
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We have all the resources and qualifications needed to sell this service nationwide, and have a specific target market audience. However, we have very little experience in marketing. We would like help creating a package (or packages) to promote, pricing strategies, and a an overall process to 'pitch' the product to potential customers.
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Diamyd Medical will get $45 million up front and up to $580 million in milestones, while Metabolex could earn $330 million in total. [AndrzejTokarski/Fotolia]
Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals (OMJPI) is paying Swedish firm Diamyd Medical $45 million up front for joint rights to develop and commercialize the latter's Phase III-stage Diamyd® vaccine for the prevention and treatment of type 1 diabetes and related conditions. U.S. firm Metabolex separately reported signing a deal with OMJPI focused on the discovery and development of new compounds against type 2 diabetes and other related metabolic disorders.
The agreement with Diamyd could see OMJPI shell out another $580 million in development and sales milestones plus tiered royalties on future sales of the product. The agreement with Metabolex gives OMJPI an exclusive, worldwide license to develop, manufacture, and commercialize a number of its partner's preclinical programs. Metabolex will receive an up-front fee and could earn another $330 million in development, regulatory, and commercial milestones plus royalties on worldwide sales.
Diamyd is currently undergoing separate Phase III trials in Europe and the U.S. Under the terms of the agreement OMJPI and Diamyd Medical will share continuing development costs until the European trial results are available, which is hopefully during the first half of 2011, the Swedish company suggests. OMJPI will then have the right to take over the Diamyd development program.
Diamyd Medical retains exclusive rights to commercialize the drug in the Nordic countries. The company also retains rights to other therapeutic uses of the GAD65 gene and derivatives as well as fragments and variants of the GAD65 protein.
Diamyd is designed to prevent, delay, or stop the autoimmune attack on beta cells that occurs in type 1 diabetes and other forms of authomimune diabetes. The Diamyd product portfolio is based on the 65 kDa isoform of the recombinant human glutamic acid decarboxylase protein, rhGAD65. Endogenous GAD65 is present in insulin-producing beta cells as well as in nerve and brain tissues, Diamyd Medical explains. The protein is also a major autoantigen in autoimmune diabetes.
Diamyd is intended to induce immunotolerization in patients with autoimmune diabetes, to slow or prevent the destruction of pancreatic beta cells, and to maintain endogenous secretion of insulin. A Diamyd product for patients with latent autoimmune diabetes (LADA) in adults is undergoing Phase II trials. LADA patients are typically adults and are distinguishable from type 2 diabetes patients by elevated levels of antibodies to GAD, Diamyd Medical says.
OMJPI's second new partner, Metabolex, is dedicated to the discovery and development of novel therapeutics to treat type 2 diabetes and related metabolic disorders. The firm's in-house clinical pipeline includes the insulin sensitizer MBX-102, which is currently in Phase II development. Another insulin sensitizer, MBX-2044, has completed a Phase IIa trial.
MBX-8025 is a potential first-in-class treatment for dyslipidemia that has completed a Phase II trial. MBX-2982 is a compound that targets the GPR-119 to stimulate glucose-sensitive insulin secretion. MBX-2982 is also in Phase II development.
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text: Did we just recently explode from 1.5 Billion to 7 billion, just because of the so-called "green" revolution? no. So, when that misguided "solution" doesn't scale, will we go back to 1.5 Billion through starvation? no. Can we go back to anywhere near that through starvation however caused? no. we will not die-back more than a guesstimated 1/2 billion before our dear idiot species will go absolutely ape-shit. Planetary Mogadishu/Baghdad will make a very large die-back at that point. There would be no situation or place of safety Planet-wide. Think about what you know about our species. ----- Message from rod-lists at epbfi.com --------- Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2012 11:15:27 -0500 (EST) From: Rod-Lists <rod-lists at epbfi.com> Reply-To: Chattanooga Unix Gnu Android Linux Users Group <chugalug at chugalug.org> Subject: [Chugalug] ot: phosophrus was Re: Richard Stallman and open source To: Chattanooga Unix Gnu Android Linux Users Group <chugalug at chugalug.org> > I know several activists that are teaching soil building and composting. > The problem is we had a population explosion since the misnamed > "green revolution" which brought about global scale use of synthetic > fertilizer. > And Phosphorus in synthetic fertilizer is mined from a few locations > and therefore finite. > 7 Billion and growing would not be possible on just horse and green manure. > > ----- Bret McHone <dbmchone at gmail.com> wrote: >> I won't say much as a direct rebuttal to that one to avoid taking >> this any farther off topic. What I will say is that I do not agree >> with that since crop rotation and composting does a great job of >> putting nutrients back in the soil. Though I whole-heartedly admit >> this article is probably referring to large-scale commercial >> farming which I have no experience with or information about. I >> have a small farm and have only recently really started >> gardening/farming on any scale. Originally it was just for horses >> but it has expanded a bit. >> >> >> -B >> >> >> On Dec 14, 2012, at 11:54 AM, Rod-Lists wrote: >> > >> > A lot of people from all across the ideological spectrum think 7 >> billion people is too much. >> > But that is about to take care of itself. >> > http://www.businessinsider.com/peak-phosphorus-and-food-production-2012-12 >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Chugalug mailing list >> > Chugalug at chugalug.org >> > http://chugalug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/chugalug >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Chugalug mailing list >> Chugalug at chugalug.org >> http://chugalug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/chugalug > > _______________________________________________ > Chugalug mailing list > Chugalug at chugalug.org > http://chugalug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/chugalug > ----- End message from rod-lists at epbfi.com ----- -- R. D. Flowers, Chattanooga, TN, USA http://chalice.us/poe/


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If Not A Contract, At Least An Understanding
I have two friends who bought a half-million dollar rowhome in Baltimore, MD without a contract.
That's right, they entered into a business transaction for a half million dollar asset with no contract, no agreement (more on this later), no nothing. Half a million bucks.
They did have what they considered an agreement and it was that they agreed to discuss what they would do with the home in three years. For three years, neither one could move out the agreement was to keep status quo for three years. It's now three years later and one of their two roommates is moving out… and they're not sure what they're going to do. One guy likes the status quo and wants to get another roommate. The other doesn't want to deal with the headache of another roommate and would prefer to eat the rent difference.
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It's quite clear that the replay officials are struggling to find consistency with the new TD replay rule. In the first two weeks the bizarre tendencies officials showed when deciding which plays should be reviewed frustrated fans and coaches alike. Gone are the days when a coach can challenge a TD and the new guys aren't so sharp:
The Chargers coach couldn't challenge, though, because all scoring plays are now in the hands of the same replay official who determines which plays should be reviewed after the two-minute warning. In terms of scoring plays, the coaches' challenge is dead. If the replay official doesn't see it, there is no challenge, no matter what the coach thinks.


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The costs of providing network infrastructure are finally being slashed as operators accept that they can share some basic facilities without compromising their individual activities.
The masts that march across the country are a prime example of where duplication not only wastes money and effort, but also creates an eyesore. Now more operators are taking the sensible approach of sharing their towers, says Johan Smith of KPMG's Africa Telecoms Group.
KPMG's latest research report, 'Tower Company Landscape Changes in Africa and the Middle East', confirms that the aggressive pursuit of lean business models is persuading operators to treat tower sharing as a viable option.
The move can cut infrastructure costs by as much as 16 percent to 20 percent, and the accumulated savings on both capex and opex run into billions of dollars. "Increasing competition and decreasing profit margins for telecom operators in the emerging markets have made tower sharing an attractive proposition," Smith says.
Tower sharing has been normal business practice for a decade in America and Europe, driven by the need to reduce network set-up and running costs. Operators in Africa and the Middle East have been slow to wake up to the potential, but several multi-billion dollar deals are now being discussed, Smith says.
Africa's telecoms industry is becoming highly competitive, yet still requires significant infrastructure investments to enhance the network coverage. At the same time, operators must upgrade older networks to offer more sophisticated broadband services. Sharing their towers - and often outsourcing the whole task to a third-party tower specialist - not only cuts their costs but allows them to focus on customer service.
It's not only the operators that benefit. Tower specialists including Helios Towers Africa, American Tower Corporation (ATC) and Eaton Telecom are already chasing first-mover advantage by bidding to acquire the tower infrastructure from operators in the region.
In December 2010, ATC agreed to acquire a stake in almost 2 000 of MTN Ghana's transmission towers. They will create a joint venture company, TowerCo Ghana, with ATC responsible for managing the assets. ATC has also acquired 1 400 towers from Cell C in South Africa. Vodafone Ghana has outsourced the operation of its 750 towers to Eaton Telecom in a deal designed to cut running costs and improve coverage. Eaton will invest $80 million in infrastructure over the 10-year duration of the deal. Importantly, Eaton will lease spare capacity to other local operators to improve their coverage and cut their costs.
Meanwhile, Nigeria's Helios Towers Africa has signed similar deals with Millicom Ghana and Tigo DRC. "Such deals are just the start of a new and unstoppable trend for African operators," Smith says.
Although it has so far been limited to a few operators, increasing competition and regulatory pressure to reach under-served areas will make operators investigate the possibility of striking large multi-country deals, KPMG predicts.
In countries where the battle for customers is still being fought through better network coverage, operators will not want to share their assets, as that would erode their advantage. But in more mature markets, sharing will enable the operators to roll out networks faster, and reach less profitable areas together.
Social responsibility obligations also force some players to cover unprofitable rural areas, where tower sharing will let each operator fulfil its duties without major capex. The savings not only come from not having to erect separate towers, but by splitting the site rental and fuel bills too.
New entrants can make a faster impact by sharing towers with existing operators. But since that exposes established players to the risk of losing market share, they may choose not to co-operate.
One drawback to tower sharing is that operators must monitor network performance and quality very carefully if they outsource the task of network rollout and equipment maintenance. "These are controllable challenges," Smith says. "With appropriate contract governance and well-defined service level agreements, operators can manage the challenges adequately."
With a teledensity of just 43 percent in Africa, mobile operators can expect significant subscriber growth over the next five years, KPMG says. The cost of providing services to new subscribers and the likelihood of price wars will put tremendous pressure on their margins.
"It is imperative that operators find solutions to manage costs and ensure profitability. Infrastructure sharing provides a significant cost savings opportunity," Smith concludes.
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New Hampshire Fish and Game officers have come to the aid of a Rhode Island woman and her 2-year-old son who became lost while hiking in the North Pack Monadnock Mountain in Greenfield.
Thirty-year-old Carrie Readey of Cranston, R.I., called 911 about 5 p.m. Wednesday. She said she started the hike at the Ted's trailhead on Mountain Road in Greenfield and lost the trail near the intersection of the Cliff trail. She said she and her son were getting cold.
Officers said 911 dispatchers were able to provide GPS coordinates from Readey's cellphone, which helped locate them.
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I was born to a Swiss mother and a Sudanese father. I grew up in Khartoum, New Delhi, Kathmandu, Phoenix and in a small town near Geneva. At 18, I moved to the US and after graduate school at Columbia University my globetrotting resumed. It took me from Baghdad where I worked for the UN, to New York and Geneva where I became involved with smaller organisations.
Today I travel less. But I remain as fascinated as ever by the infinitely varied ways we experience life and by how we choose to relate to one another, especially to those whom we view as 'other'. I yearn to cross the bridges we build between us and understand why some bridges simply aren't there. It is in this spirit that I created on relating.
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Let us make life easy on us,
Let us be lovers and loved ones,
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Hamilton's Leslie Odom Jr. Is in Talks for Kenneth Branagh's Murder on the Orient Express
Kenneth Branagh is directing the film.By Jackson McHenry
Kenneth Branagh is directing the film.By Jackson McHenry
It will be the singer's first film role.By Nate Jones
Get ready for a Belgian accent.By Jackson McHenry
Why the fairy godmother could be described as a "maverick Marie Antoinette."By Kyle Buchanan
After trying his hands at Hamlet and Thor, Kenneth Branagh is now bringing another classic fable to screen.By Nate Jones
"A swift, thrilling production."By Jesse Green
Welcome, KB.By Jesse David Fox
The one with Denzel, remember?By Amanda Dobbins
Cate Blanchett is still attached as the wicked stepmother.By Claude Brodesser-Akner
Which he is also directing.By Margaret Lyons
With an aging franchise and Chris Pine coming off This Means War, the studio is thrilled to get someone with a recent hit to his name.By Claude Brodesser-Akner
Plus: The wind stopped for Kenneth Branagh when he learned of his Oscar nominations, and more, on our daily late-night roundup.By Caroline Shin
Your move, George Clooney.By Margaret Lyons
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society is based on a novel.By Margaret Lyons
Plus: Charlize Theron discovered the trick to acting drunk, and more, on our daily late-night roundup.By Caroline Shin
"It's been a year of utterly replenishing my appetite for the work and my enjoyment of it."By Kyle Buchanan
But Kenneth Branagh won't be back.By Kyle Buchanan
Plus, Will Ferrell makes one of the greatest late-night entrances we've seen in 2011.
It's like the most stoned dinner-theater production of 'The Ring of the Nibelungs' you'll ever be lucky enough to ogle.By David Edelstein
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"She started playing golf! She has a little hole in the backyard," Aubry, a self-confessed golf lover, said of his daughter on Monday at the Maybach Golf Cup 2009 Tournament in Pacific Palisades, Calif.
So will the little one be the next star with clubs? "Well, let's just wait [and see]," Aubry added with a grin.
And Nahla's talents don't stop there. Aubry, who is French-Canadian, says he is teaching his little girl to speak French as well.
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Mercyhurst professor creates game to tackle bias
Mercyhurst University intelligence studies professor Kris Wheaton hasn't been shy about using games to teach his students.
His students already use video games and tabletop games to do things like simulate a war between North Korea and South Korea, solve simple puzzles and create music.
So when he was looking for a way to get his students to confront their own biases, he knew just what to do: Create a new game of his own -- "The Mind's Lie."
"It's a game to help students learn to reliably identify and mitigate cognitive biases," Wheaton said.
Wheaton said the game's structure is relatively simple. Students -- or anyone playing the game -- are presented with a scenario and then asked to pick one of six kinds of bias that apply.
They then debate their answers and vote again on which one is correct. Players get points for voting in the majority and for convincing others that their answer is the correct one.
A booklet Wheaton includes with the game gives what he believes is the correct answer. But he said students don't learn from that as much as debating with their classmates and developing the habit of analyzing situations and their own perceptions.
"Biases are automatic," Wheaton said. "They're predictable errors in judgment. I call it 'The Mind's Lie' because they're things we just do, and they're wrong. But we don't even know that they're wrong."
Wheaton said he's been working on and tweaking the game for about two years. The game currently exists as a tabletop prototype that he said will be mass produced in early 2013.
At the same time, he is working with a group of students from Penn State Behrend to create an Android version of the game people can play on their smartphones or tablets.
"What I'm imagining is kind of like 'Biases with Friends,'" Wheaton said.
That version of the game, that students said will be completed in April, will rely on a chat function for the debate.
The three Behrend students -- Joe Grise, 21, Kit Torrelli, 21, and Stephen Chalker, 21, all software engineering major -- are working on the Android version of the game as their senior year capstone project.
Chalker said this will be the group's first experience putting together an Android game, but he's excited about its possibilities and the value of game-based learning.
"It can really help engage people," Chalker said. "And games reach across all ages and demographics."
Wheaton said he is excited about the fact that both the digital and tabletop versions of the game will be made locally.
"People don't realize how much of a production-competent area Erie really is," Wheaton said. "Everything in this is made within 50 miles of my home."
Wheaton said the game will be useful for other intelligence professors or those the intelligence industry who want more training, particularly the U.S. Department of Defense. He said it will also have applications in other fields, like business courses.
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Light Criticism is the newest project by Graffiti Research Lab and the Anti-Advertising Agency.
To Boldly Redo What Some Man Had Done Before
In 2003, Paramount proposed redoing the special effects for the original "Star Trek" series and rereleasing the episodes as "Star Trek Enhanced". Two CGI firms redid the effects for the teaser, the opening credits and title, and the first two acts of The Doomsday Machine as a proof-of-concept with no changes to the acting or the story. Paramount ultimately decided not to pursue the project, but it's interesting to see how two different CGI firms handled the transporter, phasers, and starship effects.
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We've spoken previously of test patterns, almost all of which have been replaced with the ubiquitous Bars & Tones of color and digital broadcasting. But like me, you may have wondered: who created the original
Indian Native American Head Test Pattern, what happened to the original artwork, and what did it look like up close? Since test patterns were broadcast with analog equipment onto the primitive CRT screens of yore, only a few people have seen a clear and crisp image of what is arguably the most famous test pattern of all time. That is, until now.
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In 2006, Congress passed a law requiring all tax-exempt organizations, even the smallest ones, to file an annual return with the Internal Revenue Service. Any organization that does not file for three consecutive years automatically loses its federal tax exemption. Churches and some church-related organizations are among the few exceptions.
The first three-year deadline for filing those returns was May 17, 2010. While thousands of organizations did file, a significant number did not.
The IRS extended the filing deadline to October 15, 2010. It also published a list with the names and last known addresses of organizations that are at risk of losing their tax exempt status. Further information, including instructions how to file and a list of the organizations the IRS found at risk of losing their exempt status, can be found at: http://www.irs.gov/charities/article/0,,id=225705,00.html


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You can get whiplash watching how fast global cigarette giant Philip Morris International (NYSE: PM ) reversed course on the outlook for electronic cigarettes in its business.
This past summer, the international distributor of Marlboro cigarettes sounded contemptuous about the future of e-cigs, saying they ranked low on taste and had dubious manufacturing standards. E-cigarettes, it said, had a whole set of deficiencies that would limit their appeal.
But a few months have passed and Philip Morris apparently believes this is no longer a market it can ignore, announcing that it, too, will be introducing its own e-cig product within the next year, calling it its "greatest growth opportunity."
That's very similar to how Altria (NYSE: MO ) responded earlier this year, going from being the only domestic tobacco company without an electronic cigarette on the market to jumping in with both feet and introducing its MarkTen brand. With regular cigarette sales falling for everyone, the e-cig market could be what ultimately saves the tobacco companies.
It's a $2.5 billion global market, half of it centered in the U.S.. Since Lorillard (UNKNOWN: LO.DL ) blazed a trail, acquiring almost half the market when it purchased blu eCigs in April 2012 for $135 million, companies that eschew the potential for profit in e-cigs do so at their peril.
Lorillard's blu eCigs recorded revenues of $63 million in the third quarter and $177 million over the last nine months, generating gross profits of $15 million and $54 million, respectively. The cigarette maker is generating operating margins of 5% year to date on the product, and while it was only breaking even this past quarter, that was the result of a big advertising push, which helped drive up the brand's market share.
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After three straight losses, Rancho Cotate's football team desperately needed to get back in the win column. Visiting the Elsie Allen Lobos Friday Oct. 16, the Cougars did not waste any time as they scored early and often en route to a 69-6 victory.
The Cougars (3-3, 1-2) entered the game rather banged up with four starters out. One of those starters was quarterback Poueu Peleti-Gore, giving way to backup sophomore Ricky Garcia. "Poueu's been hurt, his shoulder is still bothering him," said head coach Ed Conroy. "In a pinch he could have gone, he was suited up, but we felt Ricky could get the job done tonight."
The first drive ended quickly with Garcia throwing an interception on the second play from scrimmage. After a quick Elsie Allen three and out, the Cougars quickly got on the scoreboard when junior tailback Brian Dworkin squirted through the line and outran the defense for a 49-yard touchdown.
Dworkin also added scores of 19 and 27 yards in the first quarter, ending the game with 209 rushing yards and four touchdowns. "It's good to get some momentum going. We lost three tough games in a row, so hopefully we can build off this," Dworkin said after the game.
Garcia got in on the scoring spree with a 9-yard touchdown run, disconnecting on the triple option. He later escaped pressure and scrambled for another score from 7 yards out. Garcia wound up with 36 yards passing and 32 yards on the ground with two scores.
Dworkin's 39-yard scamper set up fullback Rickey Shelton, who punched it in from the goal line. Terence Ticzon, relieving Garcia at quarterback, scored on a 7-yard rush capping a 49-point first half. The only offense Elsie (0-6, 0-3) could muster was an 84-yard TD strike from quarterback Brent Collins to receiver Steve Phim to stave off the shutout.
Rancho kept the foot on the throttle in the second half. Dworkin scored his fourth TD of the game on a 15-yard run. Running back Justin Martin got a score in unconventional fashion, scooping up his teammate's fumble and galloping 27 yards to the end zone. It was a great moment for Martin as he overcame a health issue to get back onto the field this season.
Another special play in the second half came when senior receiver Alex De Trinidad got into the game. The offense wasted no time and quickly threw him the ball. De Trinidad caught it and was quickly tackled for no gain, but the Rancho sideline and stands erupted in cheers. "He's a special kid, the kids all love him. The biggest play of the game wasn't the score, but it was Alex getting in the game and catching the ball," Conroy said. Running back Vaimaa Taito concluded the offensive onslaught with a 42-yard touchdown dash.
Coming up for the Cougars is the homecoming game this Friday against Ukiah. The Wildcats (2-4, 2-1) struggled against Montgomery last week losing 27-5. Last year The Ranch defeated Ukiah in dramatic fashion with Brian Dworkin catching a touchdown pass in the closing seconds on the game. "We just need to try to get healthy this week. We had quite a few starters out and it was good we could rest them. We'll do some light contact drills in practice and we'll see where we're at," said Conroy.
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0. phoneArena 15 Aug 2011, 07:08 posted on
Well, that's what we call a good start of the week – Google and Motorola Mobility have announced a $12.5 billion deal under which the search giant will acquire the phone maker...
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65. Sniggly (Posts: 7305; Member since: 05 Dec 2009)
Nah, lol. I just like to share the awesome scenes in my head with everyone else here. ;)
59. ilia1986 (unregistered)
Sniggly you're Awesome. Always remember that, man. : )
67. Sniggly (Posts: 7305; Member since: 05 Dec 2009)
Thanks, ilia. You are too. :)
72. ilia1986 (unregistered)
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106. taco50 (banned) (Posts: 5506; Member since: 08 Oct 2009)
Wow a *** fandroid circle jerk. How cute.
121. Sniggly (Posts: 7305; Member since: 05 Dec 2009)
Wow, a homophobic ifanboy. What a surprise.
124. ilia1986 (unregistered)
Wow - I see an imbecile brain-dead iSlave known as taco50, Sir Sniggly. May I blast the SOB with my freedom blaster to smithereens?
t.a.c.o = Trolling Amphibious Corrupt Organism.
I would like to have one roasted iSheep with gravy and bbq sauce, please.
129. SuperAndroidEvo (Posts: 4830; Member since: 15 Apr 2011)
LMAO ilia1986, please don't eat it, it will infect you! lol
130. ilia1986 (unregistered)
I bet this guy works in Apple too since 2001:
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44. DroogV59 (Posts: 37; Member since: 02 Jun 2011)
3 minutes after this deal closes Google lawyers will walk into a courtroom and file a massive lawsuit against those Fruit People. Get the popcorn ready!
46. PeterIfromsweden (Posts: 1230; Member since: 03 Aug 2011)
I love this deal.
It means Samsung is going to push bada now : D
48. Kaylith (Posts: 5; Member since: 15 Aug 2011)
I think there's another part of this that people haven't talked about. Google has their @home program cooking in the background. It will supposedly allow you to dim the lights, turn the washing machine on and off ect.. There would be no way they could get that going and make money off from it without manufacturing.
56. protozeloz (Posts: 5396; Member since: 16 Sep 2010)
I was thinking that too, maybe Google was looking for the atrix capabilities, the webtop application turned into a native feature + "open accessory" + "android at home" gives this purchase a lot of sense its the missing piece of the puzzle to turning smartphone and tablets into more innovative computer systems
89. dandirk (Posts: 187; Member since: 04 Aug 2011)
I read a few articles that mention Google's @home. Moto Mobility also makes cable boxes and some home automation stuff too...
93. protozeloz (Posts: 5396; Member since: 16 Sep 2010)
this deal may have a much deeper meaning..... Google could have acquired more than just a bunch of patents to defend itself
50. Lwazi_N (Posts: 205; Member since: 23 Jun 2011)
This should make it more difficult for Apple to sue. How does Apple sue Motorola who made the 1st ever mobile cellular phone? But Apple were already trying- for the Xoom. I'm sure Moto is working on a counter-suit.
Well, after this transaction, it will no longer Motorola who made the first cellphone- it will be Google lol.
But then Apple has never explicitly gone after Google but the OEMs. How the OEMs use the recent turn of events to their favor, will be very important.
53. DKMDROID (Posts: 103; Member since: 09 Aug 2011)
I can smell nexus phones for every segment in the market..... not a bad thing at all!!! great move by Google truly now im sure there will be better hardware and software intergration so im expecting near perfect phones.... faster updates as well i cant wait first phone im going to get in 2012 is thenext google nexus motorola phone :)
57. darth8ball (Posts: 520; Member since: 02 Aug 2011)
What this does I think is link the hardware of Moto to the software of Google. It also gives Google the patents that Moto holds in the constant lawsuit world of Apple lawyers.
I don't think that this means Sammy has to push bada, if anythng it means Sammy has a much stronger friend in the Android platform, to make their hardware fly off the shelves.
Android (Rocky Balboa) is training for their fight against Apple ( Apollo Creed) and they just got a call from Roger Clemens and got in contact with his HGH dealer. Now we know what happened in those movies, lets watch it happen again. LOL
62. Kaylith (Posts: 5; Member since: 15 Aug 2011)
I agree, however I think its more like Rocky vs. Ivan Drago, and Rocky just found a secret lab underneath the meat-packing plant that makes robot Ivan drogos that are programmed to kick russian ass across the soviet tundra. Just my thought on that anyways.
58. chocolatetech (Posts: 1; Member since: 15 Aug 2011)
This is epic and I am ready for the show because if this goes through Steve Jobs is going to have a major cow! I think now is time to start investing in some stock! Google, RIM, and Nokia. I have my reasons for the other two...
64. darth8ball (Posts: 520; Member since: 02 Aug 2011)
If you knew the legal battles ahead for RIM, I would take them off your list.
61. Windowsphone7androidiOS (unregistered)
This is a very smart move by google but they say it will increase competion. It won't because moto isn't going to make any windows phones any more. Also, though I doubt it will happen, google might be like apple and use only google hardware and google software which would mean goodbye htc, lg, Sony e, and the other phone makers and their android overlays
69. cncrim (Posts: 823; Member since: 15 Aug 2011)
It an't like apple because Andoid is open source, where do think JAILBREAK come from? IOS is like jail, my way or no way.
70. Sniggly (Posts: 7305; Member since: 05 Dec 2009)
Um... okay, first of all, Motorola hasn't made a new Windows Mobile handset since, like, 2008. They were out of that game since before they embraced Android.
Also, Google has stated its primary reason for doing this is to protect ALL of its manufacturers from competitors' patent Doom Fleet.
63. Dze (unregistered)
power to you Google, this awesome new to community and android platform. Eat your heart out Apple.
66. darth8ball (Posts: 520; Member since: 02 Aug 2011)
FANBOYS....FANBOYS....Anyone???? Anyone????
75. Kaylith (Posts: 5; Member since: 15 Aug 2011)
Yes, fanboys abound here. Its a good thing though, brand loyalty is nearly dead in every other market. If you like a company like Google for its open source ideals, or Apple because they figured out how to put an "i" in front of a product name, go ahead and like it.
77. Tmachaveli (Posts: 425; Member since: 01 Apr 2011)
its a bad bad day for for them where u at taco??
80. darth8ball (Posts: 520; Member since: 02 Aug 2011)
I have been thinking the same thing. taco missing on this glorious Monday morning. Could he be out shopping for an Android? LOL
83. Tmachaveli (Posts: 425; Member since: 01 Apr 2011)
i agree lmao he knows this is bad for apple they have no more ammo now ..its like bringing a knife to a gun fight ..but this time we holding the rpgs lmao
107. taco50 (banned) (Posts: 5506; Member since: 08 Oct 2009)
We'll see when the iPhone 5 launches. I'm thinking fandroids will be the ones crying.
132. Kaylith (Posts: 5; Member since: 15 Aug 2011)
Why cry? Apple makes one good iPhone iteration once every 11-15 months. "Fandroids" have the freedom of choice to get the latest and most up to date Android device on a much shorter cycle. With Gogorola (Im trying to coin a word here) now able to make a phone and control the supply line all the way thru it does put a crimp in Apples style.
68. cncrim (Posts: 823; Member since: 15 Aug 2011)
Go Google, I dont think apple will like this.
71. Tmachaveli (Posts: 425; Member since: 01 Apr 2011)
Dam im happy for this the little green robot cant be stop now !!..i think i just heard steve jobs sh*t on himself this morning lol
73. Whateverman (Posts: 3262; Member since: 17 May 2009)
Finally, Google makes a move and it's a doozy! This is great news. Once in the building I hope something is done in the software department, because Blur has been an anchor around Motorola's neck. I know there are some fans of Blur out there, so I hope it continues as an app. But Motorola has never been great at software, so Google taking over in that department excites me. Can't wait to see what products come out of this marriage.
74. Sniggly (Posts: 7305; Member since: 05 Dec 2009)
What will hopefully happen is that the best parts of Blur (app categorization, customizable dock launcher, social networking widgets, better enterprise support) are integrated into Android's base code, although since there's overlap with the other custom overlays, this may not happen and Blur may remain an overlay.
76. Kaylith (Posts: 5; Member since: 15 Aug 2011)
I don't think blur will stay on in anything like its current configuration, and Im sure Google wants to use Motorola to make 100% "Google Experience" phones. Blur has been paired down substantially since the Cliq and the Devour, and moto has distanced themselves from the name as well.
78. Carlos (unregistered)
SHOOT!!! GOOGLE IS TEARING THE ROOF UP, AND IT PLANS ON BRINGING APPLE DOWN TO THE FLOOR!!! I love motorola handsets, very powerful and durable. Now that google buys the company we can see ICS being handed out sooner than most people expect.
79. Carlos (unregistered)
I do kind like the new motoblur, its a lot better than the old one, but i woulnt mind google changign that up :D
81. Thump3rDX17 (Posts: 2160; Member since: 10 May 2010)
wow, this is a great deal for everybody but anybody who stands against this alliance. Google & Motorola, two big American companies collide one's great OS with the other's superb Hardware. since ICS will officially be supported by Texas Instruments it's only natural that Motorola makes the next Nexus. they may have been making it all along.
82. darth8ball (Posts: 520; Member since: 02 Aug 2011)
Honestly, this isn't going to turn Apple into Applesauce. I don't think you can turn the sheep, because we already know they are buying inferior products.
What this will do is strengthen the Andriod position in negotiations down the road with other makers in bringing an even wider selection to the Android world. Apple will have to play on a product vs. product field rather than in a courtroom.
84. Whateverman (Posts: 3262; Member since: 17 May 2009)
85. readingthissh1t (Posts: 303; Member since: 20 Jul 2011)
ballz in your court apple.
87. readingthissh1t (Posts: 303; Member since: 20 Jul 2011)
Google isnt going to be making hardware, they are keeping motorola separate so they dont piss off other oems. I hope they use motoblur features for the next pure vanilla
91. dandirk (Posts: 187; Member since: 04 Aug 2011)
I agree with readingthissh1t...
Google is doing this for 2 main reasons:
#1: The patents. The patent lawsuits are getting out of hand, Google wants to prevent stop/prevent any more chaos.
#2: MS vs Moto Until today both MS and Apple have been avoiding Google the actual maker of the software that may/may not offend the patents in question. Whether this is because Google is too big, or if license money is easier from the makers I don't know. I suspect both. NOW Google has a direct in to the conflict, and also the resources to defend makers in-directly. So IF MS/Apple was avoiding Google purposefully, they can't now.
I wonder what kind of patents Moto has that actually relate the the recent suits? If they had something strong they would have used it already, you would think???
Or is this just a resource thing, where moto running on a loss each year couldn't play those cards.
I am pretty sure google will just use the patents for defense, but honestly with Apple's attempts and blocking sales, it looks like they aren't going for licesense fees but out right blocking. Be interesting if google a) has the patents b) uses them to literally block competitors out of the market.
I highly doubt b). Apple and MS aren't kiddies, they have serious cash and pull.
92. dandirk (Posts: 187; Member since: 04 Aug 2011)
This is not even close to the end of Apple, iOS, or the iphone.
This hopefully will just end the lawsuits and let competition continue normally.
102. wumberpeb (Posts: 453; Member since: 14 Mar 2011)
Amen to that brotha...if only it worked that way, however
104. dandirk (Posts: 187; Member since: 04 Aug 2011)
Well it better...
The only other situation I can see is if there is a massive patent war: Google/Android manufacturers vs MS and Apple. This would not be pretty and EVERYONE would suffer.
Or I suppose if MS picks up some devices and apps, maybe everyone would just ship ot MS????
94. MATOZ (Posts: 74; Member since: 10 Aug 2011)
Beware Apple, "GoogleBlur" is coming up! Soon!!!!
98. Penny (Posts: 1648; Member since: 04 Feb 2011)
My initial reaction: stick it up Apple's, Google, stick it up there good. However, I do have one major concern with this:
I think 90% of Google's reasoning in this decision has to do with getting the patents of the first cell phone manufacturer in the U.S. to fend off Apple. I totally support this as long as it is a defensive battle rather than an offensive battle. The reason I hope Google doesn't go on the offensive with this is that depending on what specific patents Motorola currently has, this could give way too much power to a company like Google. Google has always been an open source, power to the people type player in this game, but the potential ramifications of them getting this much power could be an offensive attempt to push out other manufacturers and monopolize the market.
Conclusion: Yay to sticking it up Apple's, Nay to monopolizing the market. I like my WP7.
99. cupcake (Posts: 106; Member since: 15 Apr 2010)
Ok this settles it... I am def waiting to get a new phone! To wait a year even will be worth it, considering, all of the latest phones are just barely an upgrade from the last... exciting :)
103. rex1213 (Posts: 77; Member since: 29 Jul 2011)
A brilliant move by Google! Horray! We all know how huge Motorola's patent portfolio in mobile is! Brilliant 100x over!
105. Eric (unregistered)
Steve Jobs: *laughs*
120. Boti95 (Posts: 162; Member since: 05 Sep 2010)
Me kicking Steve Jobs in the nuts: "Holy Sh*t!!!"
108. taco50 (banned) (Posts: 5506; Member since: 08 Oct 2009)
Now we'll see google head to head against Apple should be interesting.
109. The_Miz (Posts: 1496; Member since: 06 Apr 2011)
It'll be the usual Apple pwning Android as usual. A bad manufacturer under a bad OS owner =/= good
112. Heatfan316 (unregistered)
Really Miz ,really, no actually our 720p screens will pwning you crappy ass 640x960 and our quad-core processors will be rendering this website in under 10 seconds while you'll be stuck with dual-core and no LTE hahaha! Because your the Miz and your awful
117. taco50 (banned) (Posts: 5506; Member since: 08 Oct 2009)
What's a 720p screen?
128. Heatfan316 (unregistered)
1280x720 pixels, full hd in case you didn't known, but I thought you knew everything
118. taco50 (banned) (Posts: 5506; Member since: 08 Oct 2009)
I fully expect Apple will goes balls deep into google.


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