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- This article is a subpage of the game Crimson the Roserade. Please click on that link to see the full game.
Crimson is the stronger of the two playable characters and the faster as well, and features quick gameplay that has him hacking and slashing through his opponents, no matter how strong they may be. Thanks to his high speed, he can be hard to control, but he compensates by being able to control his agility and turning with his lance.
- Crimson is faster and more powerful than Frozerade, and has higher jumps and even more health, but is harder to control, has a harder time blocking attacks, and lacks a lot of options outside close range.
- The gameplay of Crimson is more about offense than it is about platforming, and Crimson moves too fast to take on the platforming segments Frozerade can.
- Less special moves than Frozerade, limiting his offensive movepool, but has a great variety of ways he can take down any opponent using his lance.
- While he can use grass and poison moves really effectively, he has a lacking of moves that aren't of those types, hindering his strength.
- Has the rage mechanic, which has a gauge that gets filled out as he dishes out damage. Has much stronger output when filled.
- Has the hyper mechanic, which has a gauge that gets filled out as he receives damage. Changes his special moves to be more powerful or useful.
By hitting up with the left thumbstick, Crimson accelerates forward, and by hitting left or right, Crimson will turn slightly and run at a different angle. By hitting down, Crimson will halt momentum and begin stepping back, still facing forward.
The right thumbstick is used to control the aim of Crimson's lance, therefore gaining you control over his right hand. By using the red action button, you will swing the weapon. If he holds the lance down without swinging the weapon, he'll drag the lance against the ground, slowing his movement.
- If it's not facing towards the ground, Crimson will simply slash through the air, or attack enemies hanging on the ground or flying in the air.
- If it's facing down towards the ground, Crimson will drill the lance down and the game will go into slow motion as Crimson spins around the lance, giving you a choice of where you want to go from there.
The purple action key brings Crimson to hold his lance in a defensive position, blocking attacks and reducing his movement as he focuses on preventing enemies from attacking him. While he can't hold his lance like so for long, it's a good blocking tool and most of the game's attacks can be blocked, and those that can't can be dodged.
- If blocking a physical attack, Crimson can potentially reflect damage if he times a red button press just right as a form of counterattacking! Your timing must be real precise however.
- If blocking a projectile, Crimson will shatter it unless the red button is tapped at the correct time, which lashes it back towards the foe. This is extremely crucial in some battles.
The blue action key brings Crimson to jump up into the air. If he's walking, it'll be a simple jump, but if he's running, it will be a faithful leap. If Crimson swings his lance, he will swing it straight in front of him unless he's nearing the ground, whereas he strikes his weapon into the ground, jumping off of it and retaining his momentum as he leaps once more, holding the weapon.
The green action key allows Crimson to use one of his equipped special moves, which can be switched using the shoulder buttons. The effect that happens depends on the selected move of choice, but most do not reduce his momentum whatsoever, as most of his special moves are physical.
- While using the shoulder buttons to switch abilities, Crimson slows down slightly so you have more time to choose what you find appropriate for Crimson to use in an upcoming fight.
- If a move reduces Crimson's movement, it's fine as Crimson has more of a chance to see where he's heading.
The inner triggers are important for Crimson, as they allow him to roll defensively to the side to avoid attacks, and they give him a lot more horizontal movement speed than his usual turning. If he's running, he'll somersault to the left or right whilst still moving upwards at an angle. Some attacks cannot be blocked; rolling is almost always the only other option. Additionally, it allows him to avoid attacks that are at his waist level or higher.
The bottom triggers bring Crimson to a skidding halt to slow him down considerably until he reaches a full stopping point. While he loses all gained momentum, he can look around and turn using the left thumbstick. This is useful in almost situation where he needs to go slow, and if pressed midair, he drops straight down.
When the game is paused, the player will be able to move the camera.
Close Combat
Once Crimson slashes his lance into an enemy that isn't knocked out in one hit, Crimson will lock himself into a quick battle against that enemy. The directional pad is used for aiming Crimson's lance and the red action button makes him slash with his lance. By aiming his lance, Crimson can strike enemies from different angles and try and seek out their weak points, which is important at times. During this state, the green action button can be used to punch the foe with his flower hand and the shoulder buttons can have him roll around the enemy, and the purple action button remains as a defensive tool. By jumping with the blue action button, battle is escaped.
When Crimson follows specific slash-and-punch patterns, he'll pull off unique attacks have not just more usage than normal slashing or punching, but also hurt the enemy more and finish them off faster. Normal combos rack up bonus points for Crimson that help affect his ranking to go higher, especially when he does well. By keeping at the enemy and not getting hit, Crimson can increase the value of his combo, ranging from "OK!" to "Excellent!"
Here are his pattern attacks:
- Poison Jab: If the enemy is slashed twice from completely opposite directions (etc; left to right, up to down) and Crimson follows up with a punch, his flower will be filled to the tip with poison and jab the poison status condition on the enemy and deal higher damage. Poison is only useful against bosses or really, really defense-high foes.
- Venom Drench: If the player repeats Poison Jab's set up but follows up his two slashes with another one, Crimson's third stab contains an odd poison that lowers offensive power of both fields and decreases speed, weakening the foe.
- Giga Drain: If Crimson slams his flower into the enemy thrice and attempts to slash the foe in any direction, he will stab the lance into the opponent and slowly begin draining energy from his body, healing himself slowly.
- Petal Dance: If the player does four slashes from up to right to down to left and attempts jabbing with his lance, Crimson will step back and slam his body into the enemy for high damage before doing it again.
- Swords Dance: If the player slashes eight times, two up, two down, two left, and two right, and then hits down again, Crimson will back out slowly and do a quick dance as his body fills with rage, sharply boosting his offensive presence.
Special Moves
Crimson can rotate through his special moves using the shoulder buttons and prepare to attack enemies or use special skills. Like in the Pokémon games that you can only have four moves on a Pokémon, you can only use four in a stage. There are a total of twelve moves that Crimson can use. The Hyper versions of these moves deal much more damage and have bonus effects.
All special moves have a fairly large cool down period to prevent overuse, as each move easily tuckers him out. This means that Crimson must time these moves right and only use them when necessary.
- Acrobatics: Crimson jumps up and homes in towards the nearest enemy, holding onto them and slashing with his lance before jumping off. The hyper version increases his speed and has him slam the enemy down towards the ground or into the air without the need to grab the foe.
- Counter True: Crimson gets into a defensive pose, but this time, any attack that hits him is sent back towards the opponent, dealing the intended damage. Its hyper version strengthens the reflected attack.
- Drainer Fury: Crimson punches forward several times, each punch making him dash forward with his speed. If he hits an opponent, he will target what remains of those punches into them, draining health from the enemy and absorbing it for himself, effectively functioning as a heal. Its hyper version increases the attack speed and makes it harder for the opponent to escape or block.
- Heart Stun: Crimson jumps forward and stabs his lance, skidding on the ground before regaining momentum. If an enemy is stabbed, Crimson will paralyze it before engaging battle with it. His hyper version has him going faster and slashing right through the heart for an instant kill.
- Homing Chain: Crimson dashes towards an enemy in the air, smashing them and heading for another enemy, doing so until no enemies are left for him to chain onto. The hyper version gives him more homing range and his attacks are faster and have a higher chance of killing the foes he smashes into.
- Powder Shower: Crimson charges up his hand, and when he punches an enemy, they'll be poisoned, paralyzed, or sent to sleep as powder showers everywhere, affecting nearby enemies too. Its hyper version has him punch twice and always sets the first punch so it poisons and the second so that it paralyzes.
- Rising Sun: Crimson drags his lance along the ground before suddenly raising up with it with a jump, holding his lance up to hit any airborne opponents. The hyper version increases his height and ends with a horizontal slash covering all directions in the air before he descends.
- Sludge Bomb: Crimson tosses a bomb of sludge, exploding and releasing poison everywhere upon contact with the ground. If it hits an opponent, they will take heavy damage and be badly poisoned, and the resulting mess will poison foes. Its hyper version fires three bombs with the same effects.
- Spinning Fury: Crimson spins around with his lance, spinning into a whirling fury of death as he dashes forward, dealing multihit damage on almost any enemies in his path. The hyper version increases his lance range and makes him spin faster and makes the duration of this spin last a longer time.
- Twisting Corkscrew: Crimson spins forward with his lance and spins around, floating above the ground, lance outward and screwing through enemies, being a multihit move. After the screw attack ends, Crimson swings his sword downwards and flips up into the air and landing back on the ground, regaining momentum. The hyper version makes his hits more powerful and allows him to move around loosely like the Yellow Drill from Sonic Colors, just above land.
- Vine Entanglement: Crimson shoots three vines from his flowery hand and grabs an opponent. He will then stop and be able to smash the enemy wherever he wants, even into other enemies if he wants. Its hyper version releases more vines and allows him to instantly grab any other opponents that touch his vines, sticking them to it.
- Whirlwind: Crimson stabs his lance into the ground and spins around it, creating a whirlwind that pushes opponents far away and into the skies. It's hyper version is stronger and damages opponents that get caught in the whirlwind.
- Much of Crimson's gameplay is inspired by Sonic's gameplay from Sonic and the Black Knight.


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With the box office success of the animated movie sausage party, it's no wonder people are getting nostalgic with their favorite childhood snacks, like Twinkies.
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Twinkies actually do have an expiration date, a shelf life of 45 days.
So which secret ingredients preserve their "freshness"? Twinkies contain emulsifiers. Those are the food additives used in processed foods that are known to extend the shelf life and improve the texture. Well, such emulsifiers like monoglycerides, diglycerides and polysorbate 60 are added in.
Related article: What the #*%^ Are You Eating?!?
Now you might scratch your head if you knew that in a recent study on mice, those that were fed certain emulsifiers, like CMC and P80, ate more food, gained more weight, had higher blood sugar levels and were resistant to insulin.
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Forums: Index > Arnold's Room forum archive > 2003-12-13. My Hey Arnold Web Site Is Now Open!, by BSilb1
BSilb1, 13/12/2003 11:45 PM
- If you have a Hey Arnold site, please link it to my new site, "Arnold's Neighborhood", at www.geocities.com/arnoldsneighborhood. I could use some visitors, as I've been working on the site every day since September. I hope you enjoy the site as much as I have enjoyed making it, but it's not done - there will be a section for Fan Fiction as soon as I can find some good ones that aren't exclusively for other sites, but I am not a big fan fiction enthusiast.
Cool, 14/12/2003 11:08 AM
- HEY! Nice layout, props. And its really easy to get around navagation wise. Thumbnails are a good size. Except after only going through a few pages I got the message from yahoo....
- The web site you are trying to access has exceeded its allocated data transfer. Visit our help area for more information.
- Access to this site will be restored within an hour. Please try again later.
- I hate that, pain in the ass.
- Other than that, I personally think your site is the best one to come along in some time. I am so jealous of the layout and graphics, its so cool! Oh well, guess I'm stuck here at MSN groups. I aint movin my site now! Too much to move! Besides, i know MSN will never go belly up, its a division of Mircosoft of crapes sakes!
- One thing. I dont remember seeing a counter. Get a hit counter!
- -Stephen
BSilb1, 14/12/2003 11:48 AM
- Thanks for the compliments, Stephen. I also HATE that allocated data transfer crap, so the site can't recieve too many visitors. At least it doesn't hold the site for a whole day. There is a small counter on the top left corner of the boarding house photo, but It's kind of hard to see.
BSilb1, 14/12/2003 11:54 AM
- If there are enough visitors, I MAY consider purchasing more data transfer time, or whatever it's called, but I'm not made of money, and GeoCities enjoys ripping people off sometimes. Also, I was hoping my site would be eligible for Helga's Love Secret's Elegance Award, but her e-mail address doesn't work! I'll never get it! Oh well.
NeptunesTide2k7, 14/12/2003 1:50 PM
- dam this sucks, it says the page isn't found....but i'll be looking forward to checking it out when it's fixed ^_^
BSilb1, 14/12/2003 2:51 PM
- It's fixed Neptune, but when it says check back in an hour, do that. That error message is a bunch of shit. Why is it that if so many people visit my site that it has to be off-line for a whole hour? GEOCITIES SUCKS, but I can't find another host, even for my other page, www.geocities.com/conceptcarcentral.
Greenorbs2, 14/12/2003 4:07 PM
- Cool site! Can't say I had any problem getting into it, but that's usually because I visit at "off" hours. Anyway, I really like the graphics and am hoping to see more up on the site sometime in the future. All I can say about the "data transfer" crap is at least you've got a lot of "traffic", that means many people are interested!
NeptunesTide2k7, 14/12/2003 5:37 PM
- BSilb1: wow!! the sites great and I love the graphics! thank you so much for linking me!! You're fanarts are really good too! here are some i'd like to submit ^_^ http://www.angelfire.com/moon/pitaki/Group01_FA.jpg anime helga/arnold/gerald
http://www.angelfire.com/moon/pitaki/FA_rhonda01.jpg anime rhonda
http://www.angelfire.com/moon/pitaki/fa_ahnuld01.jpg and anime arnold ^_^
i'll be sure to link you as well!
BSilb1, 14/12/2003 8:12 PM
- Thanks for the images, but it will take me a LONG time for me to get them onto the site.
BSilb1, 14/12/2003 8:14 PM
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BSilb1, 14/12/2003 8:14 PM
- But also, I've noticed your fan art was on other sites, and because of the limited space (I only have one or two megabytes left, which is why it always exceeds its allocated data transfer), I can only post fan art that is not already on other sites. I do wish I could post your images though - they're good.
NeptunesTide2k7, 15/12/2003 12:25 AM
- that's okay ^__^
Cool, 15/12/2003 9:49 AM
- How did you link the chats and interviews if you can only get to them through MSN only being a member?
- Maybe I should get some credit here. After all I did get all the documents together, put the work into mailing people for chats and interviews cause some of them went offline some time ago. Plus I edited that huge chat from April 21, 2000. Plus there is a new interview with Craig hosted by me.
- So I think some credit is due.
- -Stephen
RabeGwynn, 15/12/2003 12:32 PM
- Hey, BSilb1, cool website. I had no trouble getting on and checking out everything. Anyway, good job, I'm interested in seeing more of what you have in store for this site.
BSilb1, 15/12/2003 7:02 PM
- I updated the page to give you more credit. What I did was I had copied the URL and pasted it into the link box. With most sites, you can't do that, but if you don't want those chats or interviews to be on my page, then I understand.


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Corporate Sponsors are representatives of major corporations who serve as an external advisory panel for the program; they are vital components of the CBIA. Sponsors provide strategic advice and guidance regarding the program's learning objectives and curriculum, participate in classes by providing guest lecturers, sponsor a 10-month, analytics consulting project, and provide important financial support to the program. An affiliation lasts for a period of two years and is renewable at the end of the second year by mutual agreement. Classroom and corporate sponsored projects will be geared toward business intelligence, data analysis techniques, business decision making, and focused on real-world corporate opportunities with the potential for high economic and market impacts.
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Just because Apple leads doesn't mean everyone is following
0. phoneArena posted on 23 Apr 2012, 17:33
We are very big proponents of giving credit where it is due, but that also means that we like to set the record straight when a company gets credit for more than it deserves. It's a very tricky line to walk, but one that we find most can't walk properly with Apple more often than any other company...
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130. thelegend6657 (unregistered)
So Mali better than powervr ? Damm i9100g sucks
139. remixfa (Posts: 14605; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
huh? no
on the iphone4, it shares the exact same CPU, the Humminbird, as the SGS1. They BOTH use PowerVR GPU's, but The one samsung gave to apple is a bit older than the one it put in the SGS1, resulting in the SGS1 having the GPU advantage.
142. thelegend6657 (unregistered)
Oh . Sad that s1 won't get ics while the ip4 runs so nicely in ios5 although they are launched at the same time and like you say the iPhone has worse GPU than the iPhone4 . I forgotten to ask Samsung when is the ics update for i9100g that samsung states coming soon while my classmates i9100 is running on ics already
65. taco50 (banned) (Posts: 5506; Member since: 08 Oct 2009)
actually Apple designs their own chips at least and Samsung is just used for their factories. The innovation is from Apple.
99. remixfa (Posts: 14605; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
apple doesnt design chips. they got their chips from the same place samsung did. they just happened to buy the company that made the designs. why do you think the hummingbird and A4 are the same and the exynos and A5 are the same (except the GPU switch). There wont be any meaningful differences between their chips until the A6 which is probably a little while off.
131. thelegend6657 (unregistered)
The gs1 feels less snappy than my iPod touch 4g , is there a possibility that android slow it down ?
140. remixfa (Posts: 14605; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
thats the differences in the OS. Apple designed iOS to put all movements as priority in processing. Android does multiple things at the same time and doesnt give priority to movement.. resulting in it looking not quite as smooth. The trade off is eye candy vs functionality.
143. thelegend6657 (unregistered)
Small fix to the problem , settings animation none .
Although windows phone is better cause more snappy than android . You have a hd7 right ? Compared with the desire hd the hd7 feels so smoother
14. TROLL (banned) (Posts: 4851; Member since: 13 Apr 2012)
I personally and few of the, or more of the people allways wanted the best ov the best
.we the customers allways demanded, but manufactures never or hardly ever listen....
Just few example= the best CPU the best gpu
The music chip the best screen the best software the best materials the best the finest
Available was put onto q device, the asking price would eg been near nough 700£
Was that to much to ask..... Anythings possible....
17. denney (Posts: 98; Member since: 20 Oct 2011)
I believe you excluded a rather important factor Michael, remember that crazy iPad 3 Concept with the projectors and edge to edge screen? That could be done, probably pretty easily, but that wouldn't be the market savvy thing to do. Apple (and pretty much any other tech manufacturer) funnels innovation. They hold off one the good stuff and update features incrementally so we can't have it all at once, so when next years iPad comes out and only includes 1 of 10 new features we would want it to have, we settle to purchase because of our initial want, and then we are required to purchase the next years, when its just better enough to make us want it more. This process keeps the market from a plateau.
18. ZEUS.the.thunder.god (unregistered)
great read Micheal. but i personally think apple doesn`t innovate like samsung or google does. I dont have a problem with apple products but i hate the culture of the company. credit should be given where its due but i guess apple always gets more credit and hype than it deserves. its an evil company for which higher profit margins comes first. they dont give a damn to ethical values or being fair.
21. GENARAL.LEVY (banned) (Posts: 93; Member since: 17 Apr 2012)
29. biophone (Posts: 1994; Member since: 15 Jun 2011)
My definition of innovation is much different then most people's here. I think for innovation to occur the entire landscape must be changed of an industry. This happens seldomy most recent example the og iphone. That device changed the form factor/design/interface/and really the concept of a phone. Otherwise a screen with high ppi or a better procesor is just the natural evolution of a product. Things always will get faster and better but not game changing. So if you want to talk about innovation in my mind you need to talk about a cosmic shift in the industry not who makes what part of which phone. If you wan't to say whose in the lead in the evolutionary battle say that but this isn't innovation not by a long shot.
33. MichaelHeller (Posts: 2720; Member since: 26 May 2011)
I think what you consider innovation is what post people call revolution.
40. biophone (Posts: 1994; Member since: 15 Jun 2011)
Well my idea of revolution would be the creation of the phone/computer/automobile something that changes your life. Innovation as defined by webster is the creation of something new. This means too me something different the industry hasn't seen before. All phones have a screen so how is a higher ppi screen new. Its just a better verision of a prexisting entity. However something like the iphone gave a new outlook on what we view a phone as.
92. mrochester (unregistered)
There are definitely different levels of innovation. Products like the iPhone and iPad have had a very profound effect on the market as it shifted everyone in a different direction. But then there are smaller innovations such as Android's notification bar which has, over time, become the accepted means of dealing with notifications. There is no one company who is the source of all ideas or innovations, but there are definitely some companies who have more of an effect on the market than others.
42. biophone (Posts: 1994; Member since: 15 Jun 2011)
Innovation versus evolution aside I agree with the premise of a great article being that each manufacter has a different goal in mind and that each phone will have different aspects emphasized based on the goals giving phone stengths and weaknesses givin us the ability to decide which mold fts us best.
133. jroc74 (Posts: 6019; Member since: 30 Dec 2010)
The only issue I have with this is....sometimes innovative ideas, innovation either never see the light of day or are imnplemented better by other ppl.
Hindsight being what it is....lets say Apple never did the iPhone...and LG's Prada woulda been pushed out to the masses.
We could replace og iphone with og prada in your post.
Since they both were out at the same time....and technically the Prada was created before the iPhone.....one could say the Prada started the cosmic shift. It just didnt sell well. Or Apple did it better with the iPhone.
32. captainqtp (Posts: 16; Member since: 25 Jun 2010)
The thing is Apple wasn't even first in pushing high PPI displays. Remember when the 3G/3GS were out with 480x320 screens, phones like the Nokia N900 and the Motorola Droid were putting out 800x480. Until the arrival of the Iphone 4, 3GS screens were just plain bad to look at. Sure apple won one increment to the retina display, but now phones with 720p have incremented again. There are rumors of the next Windows Phone to even beat the 720p displays. Apple does lead in some ways, like the author said, their designs are top notch, but in terms of display, they merely won one resolution increment - easy to do when you control the OS and the hardware.
39. Johnny_Mnemonic (Posts: 240; Member since: 05 Oct 2011)
IPhone don't have a Good design period
43. Mandroid (Posts: 209; Member since: 22 Feb 2012)
SHHHH, don't let the fine "journalists" here hear you say that!
84. Whateverman (Posts: 3284; Member since: 17 May 2009)
Dude, just give it up! You're fighting a loosing battle here and it's just making you look really bad. Ive read some rediculous articles here, but I don't think attacking the writers do any good.
Michael is a good writer, much better than most I've seen and very objective, but even he can't please everyone. Just read the article, agree or disagree with the content. But he's right, leaving "tl dr" is a bit disrespectful and for you to leave a negative comment about something you haven't read is even worse.
134. jroc74 (Posts: 6019; Member since: 30 Dec 2010)
Exactly!! At one point some folks said the higher screen res didnt matter....until it has on the iPhone 4. All of a sudden it mattered...lol.
45. CannedKarma (Posts: 19; Member since: 22 Oct 2011)
Michael, your articles are the among the most well thought out and objective of any in the cell phone blogosphere, and you're certainly the most articulate of any journalist on this website.
There's just one thing you need to learn when reading Internet comments: Don't Feed The Trolls. Nothing gives them more pleasure than to see you elicit the exact reaction they're trying for.
Keep writing great articles.
49. Fluxman (Posts: 51; Member since: 03 Jun 2010)
In my opinion, I think the necessity of a super HD tablet is a bit of a bad move on Apple's part. Sure you have an amazing display, but the costs are atrocious. ipad 2 (1024x768 = 786,432 pixels) to new ipad (2048x1536 = 3,145,728) ups the pixels by 4.
From this point of view, the battery consumption will be 4 times higher, and the data usage will be 4 times higher. The advantage of the LTE is made moot bc that extra speed will just be used to keep up with the speed relative to the ipad2. Battery usage will drain 4 times faster, so the tablet would need a larger battery to account for it (which it does, giving it the same life as the ipad2). to watch HD movies stored, a 1 hour show in 1080p is near 5 gb while a 720p is near 1.5 gb. The ipad will need more storage space. All this to get a higher resolution, which is very difficult to tell unless you are watching on a 50" screen. (i watch 720p on my 46" TV and they still look great).
I honestly think apple could have done way better by only upping the resolution slightly and putting in the new battery (who wouldn't want a 16-20 hour in use tablet battery life) and LTE to really boost the speed.
Anyways, that's just my two cents. I am by no means an expert...
54. E34V8 (Posts: 91; Member since: 16 Dec 2011)
I think the author should learn more about displays and their characteristics, before writing such article. The pixel density is just one property of a display. There other more important ones. Further more the LCD technology (and all its variants) is pretty much reached a stage where it is at the top of development. It is a 40 year old technology and it is cheap. Rising the ppi is the only real improvement that can be done, other than that every thing else is just marketing tricks saying how accurate the new display is (but it really isn't, because it dosen't even have the colour black).
OLED technology is the way to go but it is still pretty expensive. One by one the companies are moving to it. Samsung is the true leader in display technology and development, and that is no secret for everyone who is interested in displays (not the people who like to compare displays on videos or magnified pictures, but the people who read, learn and test themselves). If they produce (as we all expect) their new phone with HD rgb OLED, than - game over for every one else, if they do not want or have the ability to follow. Yes, there are pretty good LCD display, but the technology has some limits that can not be surpassed.
56. Sniggly (Posts: 7305; Member since: 05 Dec 2009)
Ignore the haters, Michael. It's clear they didn't even read the article.
Overall, it was excellent, well written as always. One thing I would have liked more was more detail on some of the BS claims about Android following Apple made by iFanboys, the biggest lie being that without the iPhone Android wouldn't exist period, or would have merely been a Blackberry copy.
78. taco50 (banned) (Posts: 5506; Member since: 08 Oct 2009)
That's true actually. Android developers were busy copying blackberry until iPhone came out.
79. Sniggly (Posts: 7305; Member since: 05 Dec 2009)
You still haven't named Anything specific that was changed about Android prior to release in response to the iPhone other than changing the main interface to a touchscreen.
I love how you insist on failing so hard.
80. taco50 (banned) (Posts: 5506; Member since: 08 Oct 2009)
One of androids developers did an interview and admitted they changed everything up to be like the iPhone.
You just refuse to admit it to yourself. I've given you lots of examples.


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Christmas PTU TUT
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This tutorial was written on Dec 28th 2013
Supplies needed
psp any version should work
beautiful Silent night Scrapkit by Totally Sweet Designs you can purchase the kit
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Zindy tube can be purchased here do not use without license.
Ok lets get started
open up a new 700x550 transparent image
layers/new mask from image find your mask and apply to
this paper layer.
copy and paste frame 3 as a new layerresize by 80%
open paper 1 , copy and paste as a new layer.
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Selections/invert hit delete on this layer and your paper layer.
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Welcome debut novelist, Harry Mc Gilloway.
Why do you write fiction?
I write fiction as a way of telling the truth but without taking any of the blame for it. This is my first novel, and I guess I thought this was a safe way of doing it.
Please tell us about your book. What ideas or images inspired this novel?
My book, I Will Sing My Songs for You, is a tale about Simon, a successful singer/songwriter, who, while on holiday in a small scenic fishing village in rural Ireland, meets and becomes enchanted with the beautiful Marie-Clare. And, as always, love never runs smoothly. The novel also covers behind-the-scene workings of the music industry and how not all that glitters is gold. There are pitfalls and twists along the way that Simon and Marie-Clare have to overcome, each with their own demons to conquer. The story is set in the 1970s when the troubles and bombing in Northern Ireland are at their peak. Even though the story quickly travels from there, somehow the shadow of that conflict still lingers.
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I don't have an ideal reader in mind. I just tell a story and hope that those who have taken the time to read it can connect with it. It's a story of everyday life. We all go through it. We may not all be fishermen, rock-stars, record company promoters, shrinks or groupies, but we all share the same emotions. We laugh, we cry, and we hurt when our heart gets broken. I think what helped me with this book is even though it is fiction, most of it was based on actual truth as I know it.
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Sadly my writing routine is not a good one. Writing lyrics and melodies for songs takes less concentration with the average piece lasting maybe three and a half minutes, but writing a novel was a real challenge for me. The book I'm writing now is not flowing so easy. Some days I write loads and that makes me feel good, but there are so many days that I just stare at the blank paper and wish for inspiration. After writing I Will Sing My Songs for You, I felt sad to leave the characters behind.
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More about I Will Sing My Songs for You:
Young musician, Simon, is the songwriter and front man of the successful group, Simon and the Heartbeats. He is surrounded by all the trappings of a rock-star lifestyle. On a song-writing break to rural Inishowen, Co.Donegal, that borders the troubled province of Northern Ireland, Simon meets and becomes enchanted by the beautiful Marie-Clare. Simon's fame and fortune continue to climb to a higher plane, but Marie-Clare has her own demons to conquer.
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Exclusive: A Sweet and Totally Addictive New Love Song from Joshua Radin
For the past decade, Joshua Radin has toured the world, armed with his acoustic guitar, singing songs of love and heartbreak and passion and pain. But only recently did he actually experience those emotions himself. His latest album, Onward and Sideways (due on January 6) is, as the 40-year-old singer-songwriter tells ELLE.com, "a love letter. It's about falling in love with someone after having been alone for many years. It's about the insecurity I've felt this past year as I've made myself completely vulnerable and given myself fully to another human being. This is something I've never done before so I thought I should write an album about the experience."
One of the most affecting songs on Radin's new album, "Away We Go," fits snugly into the album's overall narrative. Specifically, Radin sees the track, which premieres exclusively below, as about learning how to share life experiences with those with whom your life is now intertwined.
"I travel for a living," Radin says. "I'm a storyteller living out of a suitcase, gathering experiences so I can tell more stories. It's a life that can be incredibly lonely. You witness the most amazing places in the world but you don't have that person with whom you can share the view. But then you find her, and you want to bring her back to all those places and experience them in a new way. The right person is the one who inspires you to be better in every way. To take chances when you've always been afraid."


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cheaply made
By pat the cat lady
from Frederick Md
About Me Midrange Shopper
Comments about Cat Silhouette Paper Towel Holder:
To use in my kitchen for paper towels.It is cute but cheaply made.The cat bends way to easily.
Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend
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By Beckie
from Brattleboro, VT
About Me Budget Shopper
I love this item! It's design is very nice and looks great on my counter!
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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Not what I expected
By D D
from Hempstead, Texas
I wasn't what I expected. I thought it would be at least heavy enough to stand alone, but it's too lightweight to do that. Also the screw on tge bottom makes it wobbly, so you need both hands to tear off a towel.
Paper Towel Holder/Blk Cat
By Kathie
from Plattekill, New York
Product is very light in weight, needs more weight to it. The cat needs to be studier, too thin.
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Perfect cat accent for my kitchen
By Brenda Foster Mom
from York, PA
Very cute cat sitting on my counter top. A useful decoration!
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A HUGE dassapointment
By Beeps
from mountain country of Vermont
I ordered two of these towel holders, one for myself, and one for a friend. I could not believe my eyes or sensations when I opened and touched the package contents. Not only was the metal flimsy and too lightweight to HOLD a roll of paper towels, but when I tried to put it together, hoping against hope, the screw meant to hold it together stuck out at the bottom and caused it to tip and move around instead of staying in place to hold the paper towels available... a HUGE disappointment and NOT up to Walter Drake's usually fine standard... (see also review of napkin holder in same set)


text: After a month of Finn being sad about Fionna. "Finn its been a month, get over her" said Jake then Finn replied "You don't know how it feels man you have Lady.I wish I could see her just one more time I don't even care where as long as I see her." Meanwhile in the other diemension Fionna wishes wishes for the same thing as Finn staring at the same star. On the next day as Finn woke up in his bed he relizes he is in the middle of a desert "Where am I? Where's Jake and my house.Well at least this time I choose to wear my regular chothes today," said Finn. Meanwhile at the other side Fionna was wondering the same thing. After hours and hours Finn and Fionna finally saw each other and give each other a hug then a kiss. Then at the same time they said "How did you get here? I missed you so much. By the way you know how to get back right? Oh my glob were stuck here!" Then they hang out all day long they wouldn't leave each other's sides but sadly even the most perfect day must end so they started walking together intil they reach there house but they didn't relized that there really closed together. Then they said "You thinking what I'm thinking" because apparently the desert was the wish they made because alled they said was to see each other no mattter where so they have a special connection that links there wishes to there dreams. Then when they finally woke up Jake and Cake said "Dude! You have been asleep all morning what were you dreaming about," but Finn and Fionna wanted to keep it a secret so they wouldn't link them to there dreams so they said "Just a disc in a tree and I wanted to get it," Then each night Finn and Fionna would meet somewhere new and spent the day there intil Jake or Cake wakes them up in the morning.


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A stretch of the Tammany Trace, St. Tammany's popular recreational path, will be closed for about a month while timbers are replaced on a bridge.
The portion of the path that will be closed beginning Monday is from John's Road to Bremerman Road in Lacombe. Work will be done on Bridge No. 10.
The project is expected to take until Sept. 16.
The area will be inaccessible to the public, and the parish is asking people to use alternate routes.


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well-timbered house; a low-timbered house. --L'Estrange.
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2. Built; formed; contrived. [R.] --Sir H. Wotton. [1913 Webster]
3. Massive, like timber. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
His timbered bones all broken, rudely rumbled. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
4. Covered with growth timber; wooden; as, well-timbered land. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.


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Free diabetes risk test available Tuesday
CHAMPAIGN — Type 2 diabetes often goes undetected in its early stages, but next week everyone will get a chance to assess their risk for this serious disease by taking a quick, free test.
The American Diabetes Association will offer the diabetes risk test on Tuesday, and it takes less than a minute to run through the questions, says Nicole Simmons, spokeswoman for the association in Springfield.
It involves answering questions about age, weight, family history and other risk factors. Those who learn they are at risk can discuss their findings with their health care providers.
About one-quarter of people with diabetes don't know they have it, according to the diabetes association. But early diagnosis is critical to treat or delay such complications as blindness, kidney disease, stroke, amputation or even death.
The risk test can be accessed online at stopdiabetes.com, or on the phone toll-free by calling 1-800-342-2383.
On Tuesday in Champaign County, information about diabetes and the risk test is available for anyone to pick up at Avicenna Community Health Center, 507 S. Second St., C, Carle at 1813 W. Kirby Ave., C, Frances Nelson Health Center, 819 Bloomington Road, C and Provena Covenant Medical Center, 1400 W. Park St., U., according to the diabetes association.
Chrisite Clinic will have information available at its 1801 W. Windsor Road, C facility from 1 to 4 p.m., spokeswoman Karen Blatzer said.
Some facts to know about diabetes from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as of 2011:
— There were 1.9 million new cases of diabetes diagnosed among people age 20 and older in 2010, and if current trends continue, one in three adults will have diabetes by 2050.
— For adults, diabetes is the leading new cause of blindness, kidney failure, and amputations of feet and legs not resulting from accidents or injury.
— A person who has diabetes has a shorter life expectancy.
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Jersey Royals Gratin
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Recipe by MarieRynr
Jersey Royal new potatoes are prized for their flavour. Try this one pan supper dish, which is delicious served with warm bread and a salad.
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- 250 g dry cure smoked back bacon, roughly chopped
- 250 ml low-fat creme fraiche
- 150 ml vegetable stock
- 3 garlic cloves, crushed
- 750 g jersey royal new potatoes, scrubbed and halved
- 100 g watercress, roughly chopped
- 50 g gruyere cheese, grated
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- Place the bacon in a large non-stick frying pan and cook over medium heat for 3 to 4 minutes, stirring occasionally until browned.
- Add the creme fraiche to the pan, then stir in the stock and add the garlic. Bring to the boil. Add the potatoes, bring to a simmer , then cover and cook for 20 to 25 minutes, until the potatoes are tender when pierced with the tip of a sharp knife. Remove the lid and cook for a further 5 minutes, stirring occasionally to reduce the liquid slightly. Season with fresh ground black pepper.
- Remove from the heat and stir in the watercress. Pour into a warmed 1.5 litre oven dish and top with the cheese. Place under a pre-heated hot grill and cook for 3 to 4 minutes or until golden brown.


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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Indianapolis 500 winner Takuma Sato was still on top of the world on Tuesday following his weekend triumph and appreciated the support he received after a discordant note sounded by a U.S. columnist created a social media storm.
Sato became the first Japanese and first Asian to win the self-proclaimed 'Greatest Spectacle in Racing', at the Brickyard on Sunday and became Japan's newest sports hero.
After the race, Denver Post columnist Terry Frei tarnished the feel-good vibe in tweeting that he was "very uncomfortable" with a Japanese driver winning the Indy 500 on the eve of the Memorial Day holiday, when the U.S. honours its war dead including those killed by Japanese forces in World War Two.
A massive backlash to the remark followed on social media and Frei, a four-times winner of Colorado's sportswriter of the year award, was dismissed by the newspaper who apologised for the "disrespectful and unnacceptable tweet".
"To be honest, it was very unfortunate and (he) lost the job," Sato told Reuters in an interview overlooking Manhattan at the 86th Floor Observatory of the Empire State Building.
"I respect the Denver Post decision and the people... nowadays this generation of people thinking that was not an appropriate thing. I appreciate that positive support."
Sato was all smiles, lighting up a foggy morning at the iconic New York City skyscraper as he reflected on realising a career dream and the impact his victory might have.
"I'm so happy," said Sato, clutching a winner's wreath. "It's just an amazing feeling."
The 40-year-old Sato, who earned $2.45 million for winning the 101st Indy 500, has hardly stopped for breath since crossing the finish line.
"Immediately after the checkered flag I must have done over 50 interviews and there was no stopping," he said. "Last night was the banquet... fly to New York at midnight and from 7 am this morning, I'm doing everything.
"The special part of the celebration for me is it's great international news hitting Japan big time.
"As you know Japan has been suffering from (an) earthquake (in) 2011, and 250,000 people (are) still living in temporary houses today. It's on the way to recovery, but they need a lot of support."
Sato said his victory for Andretti Autosport could fuel the dreams of other Japanese drivers.
"I think it's good news. Always open the doors, get people's attention - the younger generations and up and coming young Japanese drivers who want to come to Europe, want to come to the States.
"I think this is such a nice way to present to them (the) great opportunities."
Sato has already experienced a taste of the Indy 500 impact, saying his phone would not stop buzzing.
"I couldn't keep up... (messages) just coming all the time... and having over a thousand e-mails," he said. "It's unbelievable."
Editing by Ken Ferris