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The Statistical State of the Presidential Race 538
With fewer than 45 days left in the presidential campaign, its no longer a cliché to say that every week counts. And there are a few polling-related themes well be watching especially closely this week.
This is probably about the last week, for instance, in which Mitt Romney can reasonably hope that President Obamas numbers will deteriorate organically because of a convention bounce. That is not to say that Mr. Obamas standing could not decline later on in the race, for any number of reasons. But if they do, it will probably need to be forced by Mr. Romneys campaign, or by developments in the news cycle, not the mere loss of post-convention momentum.
Well also be looking to see if there is a greater consensus in the polls this week. In general, last weeks numbers started out a bit underwhelming for Mr. Obama suggesting that the momentum from his convention was eroding but then picked up strength as the week wore on.
Still, there were splits among the tracking polls and among other national surveys; between state polls that called cellphones and those which did not; and among pollsters who came to a wide variety of conclusions about whose supporters were more enthusiastic and more likely to turn out.
But before we get lost in the weeds, lets consider a more basic question. What did the polling look like at this stage in past elections, and how did it compare against the actual results?
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Mon Sep 24, 2012, 12:48 PM
liberal N proud (56,798 posts)
1. These three charts are interesting...
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Mon Sep 24, 2012, 01:06 PM
BlueStreak (8,377 posts)
2. That second chart is most revealing
The three lines that stand out like sore thumbs are 1968, 1980, and 2000.
In 1968, Humphrey polled even lower -- way lower than Nixon, so that number makes sense.
In 1980, Reagan made the deal with the ayatollah, which sunk Carter.
And in 2000, we had the SCOTUS debacle.
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Mon Sep 24, 2012, 03:11 PM
Drunken Irishman (28,485 posts)
3. The most interesting takeaways...
80% of candidates who had a narrow(ish) lead at this point went on to win the election. The campaigns generally break for the incumbent at this stage ... not the challenger as many would believe.
So, if history tells us anything, it's that Obama is a pretty heavy favorite heading into the final month of the campaign.


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The prince of peace, Jesus was his name, this sinful world was never the same.
He was the only one to live without sin, He performed miracles again and again.
Healed the sick, gave sight to the blind, taught others to be loving and kind.
With five fish and two loaves of bread, five thousand hungry people were fed.
He walked on water, parted the sea
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Today's top gainers include the company Whirlpool Corp. (NYSE:WHR) which is in the industry Appliances, gaining 0.24% today. In the last week its performance is -0.48%, and 4.23% for the past quarter. Currently, Whirlpool Corp., WHR has a target price of 209.71, so today's gain of 0.24% is a significant step towards its target price. The GAP today is therefore 0.28%.
Whirlpool Corp. (NYSE:WHR), has a market cap of 13623.57, and is based in USA. Insider ownership is at 0.10%, and institutional ownership is 93.40%.
At the current price of 181.02, it has a dividend yield of 2.21%, and its target price is 209.71. This is with a profit margin of 4.30%, and total debt/equity of 1.07. Whirlpool Corp. (NYSE:WHR) has a P/E of 16.03, as well as a forward P/E of 10.49.
With a current EPS of 11.3, and a forecasted EPS growth for next year at 17.55%,Whirlpool Corp. (NYSE:WHR) has had a EPS growth for the past five years at 4.30%. For the next five years EPS growth is projected to be 13.40%.
Performance for the year is 8.55%. Since its IPO date on 6/10/1983, the total performance to date is 25.40%.
Volume today for Whirlpool Corp. (NYSE:WHR), is 892453, while its average volume is 826.24. Whilst the total gain today was 0.24%, it did have a day high of -6.24%.
Volatility for this week has been at 1.58%, and 1.47% for the month. The 52-week low for Whirlpool Corp., WHR has been 49.01%, while the 52-week-high has reached -6.24%.
Looking at its return of investments, which is 12.30%, and its return on assets is 4.50%. Whirlpool Corp. (NYSE:WHR) has an operating margin of 6.60%. With a sales growth of -0.20% quarter over quarter. Bearing in mind that Whirlpool Corp., WHR is in the sector Consumer Goods, its long-term debt/equity is 0.76, and has a current ratio of 1 and 0.6 for quick ratio.
So what is the value of Whirlpool Corp.? Well its PEG is 1.2, and the P/S is 0.66, along with a P/B of 2.83. Meanwhile it has a p/cash of 14.21.


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At the start of the year, 10 of 13 stock strategists polled by Bloomberg News didn't even think the S&P 500 would hit 1400 by year's end. A handful of stock gurus have since raised their year-end targets to 1400 or above.
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and your Explanatory Memorandum, at its meeting on 9 October 2006.
We are pleased that in your view the Commission
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and share your desire to encourage and promote Short Sea Shipping.
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Point 3, and your view that any further standardisation should
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In another world exclusive, Dave reviews Tektronix's new Mixed Domain Oscilloscope, the MDO4000 series that is released TODAY.
Does it live up to the hype of changing the oscilloscope landscape and creating a new oscilloscope category?
Also, it is a review of the MSO4000 series Mixed Signal Oscilloscope. How does that compare to the Agilent X Series?
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I'm willing to bet that the threaded holes are for a VESA mount (think TVs and monitors).
Yep, turns out that's exactly what it's for.
Fantastic demonstration!
Few points to update.
0 Now start at $12,200.00
0 You can store Software keys onto the scope and throw them away if you'd like, or you can share software on other scopes.
0 Software keys are specific to industry, most customrs use 1-3 only.
Very Fair… I like your style…
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whats an spo sound meter?
lol so many acronyms <3
Those threaded mounting holes look like a vesa mount like you find on the back of monitors for a wall mount or a pipe mount.
Yeah I'm sure all us hobbyists will be rushing out to drop $25K on one of these.
What's this? Oscilloscope the movie? lol
Wanna see the directors cut? :->
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I want that soooooo bad. Could you imagine how useful that could be while designing modulators and demodulators! AMAZING! RF in, analog intermediate products, digital out… Perfect.
Awesome video, as always! But Dave, you haven't really dropped the scope, have you? Please tell me you dropped it onto a soft cushion and edited some nasty sound into the video.
Relax, I'm a professional.
The idea is good and I wonder why nobody else did it until now. For people who need it, it's reall a great toy.
But … for that much money on a new Scope the screen update rate is poor, I think.
How to use the menu … hm.
How to move things on screen … are you serious???
Oh, it;s ugly. Like any other tek device. 😛
Yeah, it's not very pretty is it.
The new Agilent X series looks pretty funky. Kind of reminds me of the difference between the "Mac guy" and the fat overweight "PC guy" in those TV ads!
What OS does this piece of engineering uses? Windows? Linux?
Is it real time?
The interface reminds me of X application under GNU/Linux :P.
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If it would be Linux it would be ugly but fast. That interface is ugly and slow.
Either it is some Tek inhouse stuff, in which they sank so much money in over the years that they are now in a corner where they don't easily can get out, and were a Danaher manager didn't grant them the time and resources to get out, or it is based on some of rather ancient, commercial, proprietary RTOS, in which they sank so much money …
I bet every Tek engineer working on developing this knows the boot time is shit. I bet some have really good ideas how that could be fixed, and I bet there is a bunch of MBAs who told the even fewer engineers who dared to open their mouth about it to shut up or else …
I am not so sure about Tek engineers being aware of the ugliness of the interface. If there is one thing common among electrical engineers than that they simply have no taste and no feel for style. The Tek EEs developing the interface might well like it in some pervert lapse of taste.
Tek said it is an embedded Linux.
VxWorks. like many of the DPO series.
and they are probably still running on an AMCC PowerPC chip …
Funny how the Flexray license is the most expensive considering the standard is dead.
1:31 minutes bootup !! Jihha, that the new coffee break feature in the firmware 🙂
Abought the USB power. I know is flault. It's not a really fault. I use a controller from another series of the semi supplyer, its only a configuration bit.
The phenomenon has to do with the power sensing (low / highpower device)on the usb controller. When you plug in a USB with powerpins connected only, the the USB controller doesen't recordnize if it is a hight or low power USB device and switch it of to reset the device, because ther are no data pins which can tell the controller "Hello i'm a hight or low power device".
Plug in the black connector and i think the Demoboard will be run correctly.
If not, what a expensive piece of crap. 😛
Plug in the black connector and i think the Demoboard will be run correctly.
Tek's own demo board can't be powered from their own scope – FAIL!
Does it uses a double usb cable? Did you tried to connect them both?
Hi Dave
I miss my MSO4104, ive upgraded it to the MSO5204 but its not a patch on it really
As for the keys to unlock more functionality – there should be four spaces, the other two are the other way around behind the front two – well on the MSO4000 they were – can you see em?
I will also say the 5000 series drops the keys, and uses SW licenses like the Aglient
The lockups are worse when you have measurments enabled, and the updates too – your test may have been a little quicker finding the glitches if you turned off all the measurements
The low update rate, especially at high record lengths, may have a simple explanation. The sampling speed is 5 Gs/s. the absolute maximum update rate (theoretical) calculates to 5000000000/20000000=125 waveforms per second. With the internal turn around times this must be at least a factor of 2 slower(2 cycles: 1 capture, 1 readout)The processing overhead adds as well, so 20 updates per second can be explained.I wonder how the update rate of the RF Spectrum analyzer is. Any number? I like the scope!
Great work on the blog, been watching for a few months. Lately I've been a big fan of the amp hour too. It really makes my long commute to work a lot more enjoyable. Much better than all the normal talk radio garabge they have on the local stations.
I did want to say one thing about the video. In regards to the cost of the RS232 module for the tek, I think comparing it to the Agilent 3000 is a little unfair. This new Tek MDO is more on par with Agilent's MSO7000, and in that case, Agilent charges $1500.00 for the Rs232 license.
That said, I love Agilent and can't wait for their X version of the 7000. I might just have to get a 3000 to tide me over. I have a Tek right now and can't wait to get rid of it. I unfortunately bought it right before the new Agilents came out.
I forgot to mention that in either case, charging > $1000 for RS232 is completely absurd!
I think at 42:00 you can actually have set it to have more than 5 automated markers.
Hey dave,
What camera did you use to shoot this? Still the old sanyo?
No, I've now been using a Canon HF G10 for a few months now.
Alan Portsmouth
1. The MDO4000 takes 4 application modules, not just 2. There are two more slots behind the front ones.
2. You plug in a module, use the Utility menu to unload the licence into the oscilloscope and then stow them away. This means you can have more than 4 applications, up to the 12 that are available. The installation manual, that you discarded, tells you this.
3. The demo board has two plugs – you need to plug them both in to power the board. The demo board manual tells you this.
4. You can have up to 11 markers.
Hi Dave,
Thanks for the review, very interesting and a good overview. A few modern DSOs use non-square divisions and 1,2,4 sequences, it's only different for a few hours. The menu system on the Tek looks messy though. The RF part is only cheap and won't replace a proper lab specan at all. It's nicely made, but the noise floor is far too high to be a real specan. There is only a chip based VCO, no sign of a YIG oscillator anywhere. In practical terms, I reckon separate boxes are better, if one breaks, you can still get some work done. It's an interesting experiment as an instrument, we'll see if the other big manufacturers bother responding. Loved the drop test, I bet the guys at Tek cringed. I'm still laughing…
Cheers, Colin
that guy
a touchscreen would make the UI more logical
Re the USB…
It looks like this Tektronix scope only provides 100mA out the USB ports instead of 500mA.
100mA is a valid current output for a USB port (500mA is referred as "high power" ports).
That's why the demo board couldn't be powered off the scope's USB port.
Additionally, it's why most of the thumbdrives don't work with the USB ports – surprisingly, they often require 200+ mA to work. Some of the ones that would work would be externally powered hard disks (no power from USB port) and possibly plugging a powered USB hub into the port and using that.
Or, a specially hacked USB extension cord with a power injector.
(I've done enough USB work to be familiar with it – 100mA ports are part of the USB spec, and are what a port has to provide minimum. However, if a port and device can negotiate a higher power setting, then the device can use it. If not, it's obligated to use 100mA or stay unconfigured. Most devices assume 500mA and thus… break).
what even the point of such reviews, I mean not many hobbyist will drop 20-30K on tool
More than half of my audience are engineering professionals, not hobbyists.
And in any case, it's interesting to see these tools even if you can't afford them.
even professionals usually dont get such equipment for personal use. You had great susses with Rigol review which show what people looking for, why not continue revering solutions that people can actually benefit from. For example there isn't many affordable spectrum analyzers, month ago I got Signal Hound and very happy with it why not create review on affordable RF equipment which is rare
The user interface lag seems to be carried over from the DPO and MSO oscilloscope series. The worst (not shown in your video) is when you have all channels on, a couple of measurements on, and math on, and you try to move the cursors left or right. The oscilloscope samples the "a" and "b" multipurpose rotary encoder knobs so slowly that the cursors sometimes move in the *opposite* direction from what they're supposed to.
The lag in moving the waveform position vertically (especially with a lot of functions on), and the marker lag when scrolling the waveform inspector is also present on the DPO and MSO series. So is the general lag in update rate when you have math/measurements/a lot of functions enabled. The other user-interface quirks you mentioned can be annoying, but you do get used to them after a while. Push buttons on the knobs would be nice though.
In our school lab, about 3/4 of the usb sticks people use work, which is a lot better than the 1/3 success rate you had (although really the success rate should be closer to 100%). A lot of the times the usb stick will still work even though the first time it gives an error.
I agree with Karl's assessment above that Tektronix has probably sunk a lot of resources into developing the current main processor/user interface system, and doesn't want to change it even thought there are a lot of problems that still aren't fixed.
Yep, it seems as though Tek ultimately backed the wrong horse in the architecture department and have milked it for far too long, and it's come back to bight them now Agilent suddenly leaped forward.
There are faint rumors they are working on something new, but we'll have to wait to see how long it takes them to get a new solution to market.
Bobby G.
Hi Dave,
I'm not a USB expert, but I noticed that the two USB sticks that you appeared to have problems with were wider than the holes in the faceplate for the USB ports. The USB stick that did work was slightly narrower than the width of the holes in the faceplate for the USB ports. It was hard to see for sure if this is the problem in your video, but many times I've had situations where the USB stick or other USB device is wider than the hole in the face plate for the port, which prevents the USB device from being pushed completely into the port. In these situations, I plug a USB extension cable into the port which is narrower than the hole in the face plate, and then plug the USB stick or other device into the extension cord.
Thanks for the videos, they kick butt!
Bobby G.


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The department partners with professional colleagues to increase both our local and global outreach. Below are highlights from our growing effort to expand the benefits of rehabilitation medicine and education. With your support, we can help many others experience better quality of life. We also continue to volunteer and participate in various local programs.
Community Outreach
Our outreach to the community benefits patients at different milestones on the journey to recovery.
Community Support Groups
Brain Injury Support Group
The UNC Brain Injury Support Group's mission is to provide support, education and advocacy for survivors of brain injury as well as for their families, friends and caregivers. This group meets on the third Wednesday of each month.
Meeting Place and Time: Center for Rehabilitation Care (CRC), 1:00-2:00 PM
For more information, call Dr. Judy Schmidt at 919-966-5980.
Stroke Support Group
This group hosts speakers to address various topics in stroke recovery for survivors, family, friends, and caregivers. For more information, call Dr. Judy Schmidt at 919-966-5980.
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In addition, our department benefits from Peer Mentors. These volunteers motivate patients during their healing process in the Inpatient Rehabilitation Center. Read more about these resources.
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Do you or a loved one have speech or language problems resulting from a stroke or other brain injury? This group offers conversation and companionship, meeting at the Center for Rehabilitation Care (CRC). For more information, call 984.974.9747.
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The department launched two telemedicine programs.
TelAbility provides telemedicine consultation to patients across North Carolina, in their own communities. The program, which uses internet-based video conferencing, enhances communication, care coordination and professional education for parents and care providers of young children with special needs. Joshua Alexander, MD, directs this program. The program is seeking funding to continue services for 2014.
STAR Project
The STAR Project, for which Patricia Gregory, MD, served as the primary investigator (PI), was created with generous support from the Duke Endowment Fund.
The STAR Project piloted a stroke telemedicine video-conferencing consult service with a rural community hospital in Robeson County. This part of the state has the highest stroke prevalence, but limited stroke recovery services.
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Our Global Partnerships in Medical Rehabilitation include ongoing outreach in Haiti, as well as Peru and Brazil in years past.
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Can IPE include veterinary medicine? How about law? Is there room for community-based education and student initiatives? Judging from the four distinct campuses showcased at this session, the answer is a resounding "Yes!"
The Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) began introducing interprofessional programs in 2001. Then in 2007, MUSC's accreditors mandated the creation of a quality enhancement plan, spurring the school to develop a 10-year approach to integrating interprofessionalism into the fabric of its health professions programs. The Creating Collaborative Care (C3) initiative has produce a special day-long orientation, a required online course titled Transforming Health Care for the Future, an IPE fellowship, half a dozen extracurricular activities, and a number of IPE electives. Discussions are currently under way on establishing interdisciplinary training in a clinical setting. The "catch 22" is how to do this without a loss of clinical income.
At Western University of the Health Sciences (WUHS), IPE works because the mandate for teaching students to provide collaborative care comes from the top. WUHS brings together nine disciplines around a common focus: enhanced patient care. Its students receive teamwork training, participate in team simulations, and engage in cross-disciplinary, small-group, case-based learning. Among other innovations, the school is creating and testing a team OSCE for its students. To accomplish all this, the health professions schools have synchronized their calendars and the university has engaged faculty in planning, coordination, and training. Producing an adequate number of cases for this type of curriculum has been especially challenging. As a result, the university has begun conferring credit toward promotion and tenure for case creation.
At the University of Kentucky (UK) College of Dentistry, students are asked to extend their focus beyond the patient and into the community, which explains why the university's interprofessional education initiatives include not just the health professions but such fields as social work and law. For the moment, department participation in interprofessional activities is voluntary, but students have eagerly embraced a range of opportunities including an interprofessional leadership program, an honors colloquium, and the opportunity to compete in the Clarion Competition started by students at the University of Minnesota. With its Center for Interprofessional Healthcare Education, Research and Practice situated in the university's student and academic affairs suite, the university is well positioned to move forward with its IPE initiatives.
The University of Minnesota has a physical plant that connects all its health professions programs, familiarly called "womb to tomb and puppy dogs, too" in acknowledgment of the university's mortuary science and veterinary medicine programs. Up until recently, the university practiced what its Associate Vice President for Education, Dr. Barbara F. Brandt, called "interprofessional education on the edges." Today the university has a robust interprofessional initiative that includes many of the elements mentioned above. Led by the dental school's own Dr. Judith A. Buchanan, it includes a foundation course in interprofessional collaboration and communication for all health professions students, and it will soon include an interprofessional clinical experience as well.
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Design of Gate
Size / Structure
The Gate is the structure that connects inside and outside of the cell. We decided to apply a hexagonal cylinder nanostructure made of DNA origami for the Gate, We refer "A logic-gated nanorobot for targeted transport of molecular payloads" (SM Douglas, I Bachelet, GM Church - Science Signalling, 2012) for the hexagonal cylinder structure of DNA origami.
Next, we made a simulation in order to examine the size of the structure. The size of the cylinder must be small enough not to pass freely through anything. However, it must be large enough to pass through the desired product. The gate made of DNA origami has negative electric charge. So if the gate is too small, target DNA is not able to go through the Gate. Based on our simulation, the size of gate is determined as 24*24*33nm.
DNA origami
We used caDNAno to design the Gate.
Potential Barrier
Our Gate is made of DNA, so it has negative electric charge. Single stranded DNA has negative electric charge, too. Here is a graph at potential energy around the Gate. If the potential energy is high, it is difficult for single stranded DNAs to enter the Gate. If the radius of the Gate is 1.5 times larger than now design, potential energy decreases and to enter the Gate is easier.
Design of Porter
In the concept of Cell Gate, there are two problems. for making CELL-GATE.
- How to pull the target DNA into GATE ?
- How to pass the target through GATE ?
To solve these problems, we propose a nano-system made of ssDNA called "Porter".
This idea is supported by GATE simulation, which shows that target DNA can not enter GATE by itself. So, the work of PORTER is to pull and bring the target DNA inside GATE.
PORTER has a loop structure when it hybridizes with the target. So when the target attaches to Porter, Porter shrinks, or in other words it pulls the target DNA into the cylinder. Finally the target enter GATE.
The inner Porter has higher affinity to the target. This design enables the target to move to the inner Porter because of the combination stability. In experiment, we apply the sequences below.
These are the sequences for electrophoresis.
Coarse grained simulation in which one nucleotide is assumed as one bead indicates that long Porter can bind to the target, but toehold structure of the same affinity cannot catch the target.
Porter can binds to the target
Toehold structure cannot bind to the target
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How to implement
Cell model
To insert the Gate in cell membranes is essential for the CELL GATE. We used artificial lipid membrane, liposomes, as model cell membranes, to test implementation of our CELL GATE into membrane. As a preliminary step to insertion of the GATE into the liposome, we designed a smaller Gate named Mini-gate. We attempted to insert the Gate and Mini-gate into liposomes and we confirmed they inserted into liposomes by fluorescence microscopy or by SPR analysis.
To implement the Gate in membranes, we attached single-stranded DNA of 10 bases at the middle point of the GATE outside surface. A hydrophobic molecule, Cholesterol, was conjugated into the complementary DNA of the attached DNA. We expected that the GATE with cholesterol legs can be implemented into the hydrophobic portion of the liposome.
There is a possibility that the GATE with cholesterol legs lie on the membrane surface, and is not inserted. Thus, installing a module for insertion was required. For the aim, we designed that the Mini-gate remains a large amount of single stranded region of M13. We expected that this single stranded region of M13 breaks electrostatic symmetry of the Mini-Gate, and enables to stand vertically to penetrate the membrane by repulsion.


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The Consumer Electronics Show kicks off the new year with a sneak peek at products that will be on retailers' shelves in the spring and fall. The show brings together most of the top manufacturers — including Sony, Toshiba, Panasonic, Samsung and others — to strut their stuff with their latest and greatest. Here's some of what you'll see this week:
3-D TV:Industry makes adjustments
At last year's CES, the buzz was about bringing the third dimension to the living room, complete with battery-powered glasses selling for $150 to $200 a pair.
TABLETS AT CES: New round of tablets coming at CES
Sales weren't as strong as manufacturers and retailers had hoped. So the industry is trying to improve on its offerings this year.
Those glasses that worked only with a specific TV and needed to be charged? Gone.
Many new TVs on display will use what's called "passive" glasses that can even work at your local movie theater. (Battery-operated glasses are called "active.")
And what if you don't want to wear glasses while watching 3-D? Toshiba will show off 3-D TVs and even a 3-D laptop that can be viewed without glasses.
But 3-D isn't targeted only for TVs. A new Nintendo gaming system, the Nintendo 3DS, is set for a March release. And Sharp is releasing a 3-D phone in Japan. Both might be seen at CES as well.
Connected TVs:Look for built-in Web access
There were few positive reviews last year for Google TV, which promised to bring the complete Web to the living room, via new TVs and Blu-ray players from Sony and a set-top box from Logitech. Google TV is taking a backseat at CES, as Google attempts to get it right.
But new TVs from LG, Samsung, Panasonic and others — which offer more-limited Internet access, for example, to specific channels such as YouTube and Netflix— will be featured. Set-top boxes that bring the Internet to the TV, such as Apple TV and Roku, get a lot of attention.
But TVs with built-in Web access, such as Panasonic's Viera line and LG's Netcast TVs, are "the primary gravy train for retailers in TV," says Richard Doherty of The Envisioneering Group.
"They're more profitable," he says, "and (retailers) love them."
Digital cameras:Smaller, more powerful
Many manufacturers now introduce their digital cameras at CES instead of at the Photo Marketing Association convention in February.
Samsung has already announced two new models. The $649 NX11, a compact SLR, lets photographers use their left hand to easily adjust exposure and other functions, while keeping their grip with the right hand. Its $300 WB700 is a point-and-shoot with a 16-megapixel sensor.
Kodak has the new EasyShare Mini, which it says is its smallest ever — about the "size of a credit card" — and available in spring for $99.95. Canon, Panasonic, Nikon and Olympus will also exhibit at CES.
More Web behind the wheel
Call it the "connected car."
Each year at CES, we see more ways to bring the Internet into the auto, for tools such as navigation and entertainment.
This year, expect more as Ford Motor CEO Alan Mulally and Audi CEO Rupert Stadler talk about tech plans in keynote speeches.
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Live human voices are back on the radio station formerly known as "The Brew," as WRNW-FM (97.3) completes its transition to its new "Radio Now" top-40 format.
There's a familiar a.m. voice as the Connie half of the previous "Connie and Fish" morning show returns. But her old partner on the show, simulcast on Madison's WZEE-FM, is gone.
Instead, it's now the "Connie and Curtis" show.
Back in early July -- after the old "Brew" rock format had been dropped and the previous on-air voices dumped from 97.3 in Milwaukee, "Fish" Calloway told listeners to the Madison station that he'd been thinking about leaving for a few months. He said on his final show, which aired June 4, that he wanted to try something new in his career, including stand-up comedy.
His statement about his long-term partner: "Connie has been an incredible partner and friend. She made getting up to do the show fun and unpredictable. We will always be more than just two voices on the radio."
They'd been a radio team since 1999, starting in Grand Rapids, Mich.
If you want to say goodbye to Fish, here's an e-mail address.
Here's the weekday schedule on "Radio Now":
- "Connie & Curtis," 5:30 to 9 a.m.
- Dave Adams, 9 to 11 a.m.
- Jackson Blue, 11 a.m to 3 p.m.
- Riggs, 3 to 7 p.m.
- Jesse Mitchell, 7 p.m. to midnight.
If you want a look at the new morning co-host in wacky radio morning zoo mode, here he is in training for the upcoming State Fair cream-puff eating competition:
On TV: For the first time since her heart surgery, Barbara Walters is returning to the set of "The View" Wednesday to tape the first visit by a sitting president to a daytime talk show. Barack Obama's appearance airs Thursday at 10 a.m. on Channel 12.
- Sunday's fourth season premiere of AMC's "Mad Men" pulled in 2.9 million, according to Nielsen Media Research numbers. Last year's third season premiere had an audience of 2.8 million.
- TVGuide.com quotes Marg Helgenberger as saying this is likely to be her final "CSI" season. She only came back because of the way the money was divided in her recent divorce from actor Alan Rosenberg.
- The G4 Channel G4 has teamed with Sony to produce for Marvel comic-based anime series: "Iron Man," "X-Men," "Wolverine," and "Blade" to premiere next year.
- The word on the street is that Tom Brokaw's coming to town for this week's Northwestern Mutual Annual Meeting of its Association of Network Representatives.
- The live tour of Fox's "So You Think You Can Dance" is stopping at Milwaukee's Bradley Center. Oct. 27. Tickets, are $37.50, $47.50, and $55 (plus service charges), are available at Ticketmaster.
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I don't trust the people meters. The sample size for our area is only 960 something. That seems like way to small sample size to get true accurate readings to me. Not that the old system is much better!
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Y'know, part of me can't wait until these portable people meters start getting used and hopefully will help weed out these pathetically UNfunny and annoying morning radio "personalities". I've heard that this could very well be the case here in Milwaukee.
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There is no way to know for sure what this tax person filed for your family member, but more than likely it involved an illegal practice.
The IRS does not simply issue rebates or refunds of any kind to people simply because they are out of work. The IRS does have a credit called the Earned Income Credit (EIC) which allows taxpayers in a low tax bracket to qualify for a refund that is more than the amount they actually owe in taxes. The refund is even larger if that taxpayer has dependent children. In order to be eligible for the EIC, the taxpayer must have had at least some amount of earned income for the year.
The "scheme" that some people will use is to file a false tax return with the IRS and claim that the taxpayer did have some income for the year. Sometimes the filer of the return will also show that the taxpayer had dependent children, even though this may not be the case. What they do is use names and social security numbers of other children who are not being claimed by their parents.
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I really wanted to watch the series, The Bible, when it was on TV. My favorite show aired the same time The Bible was on. Thankfully I was able to catch bits and pieces of the series from repeats of the episodes. However I did miss most of the series. Thankfully The Bible is now available on Blu-ray and DVD.
Here are some pretty interesting facts about the hit series that I just learned about this evening.
The epic miniseries, The Bible, continues its unprecedented success with its home entertainment launch and quickly became the biggest selling TV on DVD in the last 5 years and the biggest miniseries of all time on Blu-ray™, Digital HD™ and DVD in its first week of release. The Bible series is flying off store shelves around the country with 525,000 units sold.
According to the Association for Christian Retail (CBA), The Bible is the fastest pre-selling faith based title in its 60-year history. The Bible also ranked #1 across digital stores including iTunes, Amazon, VUDU, Xbox, PlayStation, CinemaNow, and GooglePlay.
From its early debut last July at The International Christian Retailers Show (ICRS), to the unparalleled praise from notable spiritual leaders as Joel Osteen, T.D. Jakes, Samuel Rodriguez, Cardinal Wuerl and Rick Warren, to receiving The Parents Television Council 2013 Seal of Approval, The Bible has ignited discussion across the country about the greatest story ever told.
During its run, The Bible propelled the History Channel to number one in all of television from 8-10PM on Sunday nights with 95 million cumulative viewers watching the miniseries.
Wow! This is all very impressive. I'm pretty sure the network and the people who brought The Bible to life never expected such astronomical results.
I'm actually watching the series now. I received a free copy to review (there was no compensation). I'm only three episodes into the series and already I'm hooked. I can't wait to watch the next episode. If I didn't have other things to do during the day I would sit and watch the entire series all day long. 🙂
I have seen other movies based on the Bible or biblical stories but NOTHING has capture the Bible and all the stories found within the pages the same way as this series has. It's captivating and you really feel drawn into the stories. Even stories that I was familiar with were told in a way that reignited my interest in them.
I am truly in awe of this series. It brings the Bible to live like no other movie or series has ever done.
I would consider this a family friendly series, but more so for older children. Some scenes would be too intense for younger children.
This is a must have for any family movie library. Even if you are not overly religious, or unfamiliar with many of the stories, the series is still very entertaining and enjoyable to watch.
There are A LOT of bonus features as well. Since I am still watching the series I have not had a chance to watch them yet. Here are some of the bonus features.
The Bible: Genesis – With Mark Burnett and Roma Downey as our guides, we discover how the team approached the daunting task of filming the stories of the Bible.
The Cast of The Bible – Highlighting the international cast, we join Mark and Roma on their search for the perfect actors to bring the characters from the Bible to life.
The Bible: Creation – An emotional three-part journey through the making of The Bible.
Creation I: The Vision, The Look – Discover the vision of producers Roma Downey and Mark Burnett in this behind-the-scenes look at how The Bible was created including the incredible team, beautiful location, high-quality production and superb costume design.
Creation II: Production Stories – An exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the challenges faced by the production – including the supernatural experiences with snakes on set – plus Diogo's approach to portraying who he has called the most complex figure in human history.
Creation III: Crucified & Resurrected – A deeper look into the emotional filming of the crucifixion, resurrection and the last days in Morocco.
Scoring The Bible – A rare look into the recording session for the soundtrack of The Bible with genius composer Hans Zimmer and award-winning soloist Lisa Gerrard.
Believing in Miracles – The cast and crew relive the magical moments that happened while filming in the deserts of Morocco.
The Bible: Visual Effects – A montage of the striking visual effects that make The Bible the most high-quality Biblical epic of all time
The run time is a whopping 561 minutes! Needless to say it will take me a while to watch all the episodes but I am determined (and rather anxious) to watch them all ASAP.
Look for The Bible on Blu-ray and DVD where ever films are sold.
For more information about the series visit www.BibleSeries.TV or www.History.com/Shows/The-Bible. You can also find the series on Facebook and Twitter.
*I received a free screener copy in order to do this review. There was no compensation. The opinions expressed are my own unless otherwise noted.


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Sometimes when life seems at its darkest, Christ's light shines the brightest.
"Alice," a guest in the Newberg Community Shelter, has an infected wound on her leg and had been suffering from chronic headaches for weeks. One of the hosts noticed that she needed to see a Medical Professional and donated funds to make that happen. Alice went to the hospital and was immediately sent to the emergency room. Her blood pressure was so high it wasn't a question of if she would have a stroke, it was when.
Thanks to a generous donation from The Give A Little Foundation, Alice was able to receive all the prescription medications she needed. She will need to be on this medication for the rest of her life, but she is well on her way to stabilizing her blood pressure.
Another host couple noticed that Alice had a great work ethic and offered to hire her to clean their house. She had never had a real job before, so this was very exciting. A day later, Super Cuts hired her to hold a sign for their business!
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Vice President Joe Biden speaks to supporters from the steps of the State House in Concord, N.H., Friday, Sept. 21, 2012. (Credit: AP)
Vice President Joe Biden has a lot of respect for college cheerleaders. In fact, he said they are "the best athletes in college" during a campaign stop on Friday.
However, Biden, as he has become famous for doing, made an extremely awkward statement to get his point across while trying to compliment to a group of high school cheerleaders at Newport High School in Newport, N.H.
"He cradled a football under his arm as he spoke" to about 100 students "waiting for him in a semi-circle," the pool report reads, written by The New York Times' Trip Gabriel.
After asking which sports teams were represented in the crowd, "football, soccer, lacrosse and cross-country. Any others? He asked."
"Cheerleaders," a group of girls shouted, the pool report states.
"Guess what, the cheerleaders in college are the best athletes in college,'' Biden told them. "You think, I'm joking, they're almost all gymnasts, the stuff they do on hard wood, it blows my mind.''
Unfortunately, no video of the remarks was readily available.
Cheerleaders are awesome athletes. And severely underpaid.
I was a cheerleader. It's kinda tough to do those things.
Quoting Kate_Momof3:
Taking something out of context and trying to spin it? From this OP? I'm shocked!
Cheerleaders get tossed into the air and perform all sorts of gymnastic moves on a hard wood floor.
And Biden is some sort of perv for expressing his amazement because random internet lady reads too much into it.
This group cracks me up.
Get your mind out of the gutter, goodness. No one said anything about him being a pervert, but your remark about taking things out of context is the best. I do hope you made note not to jump on someone about the very thing you are doing. And, I'm almost certain that had Romney said the same thing, some CM's would be yelling "Pervert", "Molester" or worse. Actually, it is funny but I'm sure he's one of those who wishes he said something in different words. Sort of like those of you, (and you know who you are), who are claiming that Romney said he doesn't care about the 47% who pay no taxes. When I hear those statements the first thing I think of is "Stupidity Should Hurt". But most aren't stupid, they just want to cause shit. I'd much rather be in the company of those who see the humor in this than those who are big sticks, (shit stirrers), or those who have no sense of humor. I'm very sure the OP saw the humor in this as well but preferred to give some a taste of their own medicine. I don't see one bit of difference between your "OMG and he, (Romney), wants to be President?" to our, "Just think, he's 2nd in line." The best I can come up with on that is, "Better him than Miss Nancy or Mr Harry."
BTW: Thank you for explaining what Joe meant. I'm sure we're too dumb over here to have figured it out on our own. (Actually, I'm sure we all nailed that before you enlighted us).
That's so funny. There was nothing she could say after that that didn't have a double meaning. I can imagine the jokes that went on later! I like people with a sense of humor, but you have to know when it's appropriate and there was nothing with a little humor now and again.
Quoting Lacey14:
Guess it runs in the family.
okay... got to share a funny since this reminded me...
Bill Engvall:
|I'm not gonna take my car to a high-school car wash anymore.
|I know it's good charity, and it's fun, but you just can't feel good about yourself knowing you were lured in by a 15-year-old girl in shorty shorts and a bikini top.


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This is a D&AD 2008 brief from Research studios. The goal was to create new package for the infamous FUSE magazine as long as some promo materials and a new experimental font.
1. The vacuum-sealedpackage, that is made of black reflective plastic is the mailer that issent out to the subscribers. It has a round sticker with briefinformation about the issue on the front and another sticker withsubscriber's mail-address on the back.
2. There's a box inside the plastic bag with die-cut "FUSE" logo on the cover, through which one can have a look into the package.
3. Opened box reveals the insides. There's a pack of posters as long as a usb flash drive.
4. The empty box looks like this. The black styrofoam
frame is glued to the cover. It also has a small niche for the flash drive.
frame is glued to the cover. It also has a small niche for the flash drive.
5. Up to five posters inside are shure to become collectors items in the future, as the pressing is limited.
6. The usb flash drive is made of plain white plastic with the"FUSE" logo and the number and theme of the issue printed on one side. It contains all the data provided for the specific issue(the fonts, posters in high resolution,a pdf with information on the theme, the fonts and their authors).
The posters:
Some extra renderings of the package:
Thank You!