PlayStation 4, Your Ticket to Internet Superstardom

<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><p>New game machines are supposed to have The Game, the killer app that justifies dropping a few hundred bucks on a new machine. The transformational <cite>Super Mario 64</cite> on the Nintendo 64. The first <cite>Halo</cite> on the first Xbox.</p><br /><p>But that's not always the case anymore. Sony's shiny new $400 PlayStation 4 just hit the shelves on Friday, and what's it got? The action game <cite>Knack</cite> is getting middling reviews, and . Outside of Sony's own studios, software makers like Electronic Arts are mostly cranking out slightly prettier versions of games that are also available on the machines you already own.</p><br /><p>Now add to that the fact that over the last year, Sony has released a slew of gorgeous games for PlayStation 3. When you look at <cite>The Last of Us</cite> and <cite>Beyond: Two Souls</cite>, PS4 almost looks like a downgrade in comparison. Taken by themselves, the lineup of games is not screaming 'the next generation is here!'</p><br /><p>But the next generation is here. It's not in the games, it's everything around them.</p><br /><p>Among other neato whiz-bang features, PlayStation 4 lets you stream your gameplay via the websites Twitch and Ustream. So you can turn your private gameplay session into a public broadcast. This isn't online multiplayer gameplay, this is as if the whole world could sit on your couch with you and watch you play through <cite>Killzone</cite>, or <cite>Knack</cite>, or anything. They can see your face, hear your voice and type chat messages to you that pop up on your TV underneath the gameplay.</p><br /><p>You can already do this with your current game consoles - but you need to hook them up to a PC and run all the feeds through specialized hardware and software first. It's expensive and requires some technical skill and willingness to futz around with settings until everything looks good. In other words, it's a total nerd thing.</p><br /><p>PlayStation 4 handles it all with a single button press. Hit the 'Share' button on the new DualShock 4 controller and you are on the air. There's some setup at first, of course; you have to create an account on Twitch or Ustream and enter the details into your PlayStation profile. But that part is quick and painless. (And free: Even though Sony will charge for online multiplayer gaming on PS4, requiring a $50 per year subscription to PlayStation Plus, streaming is available to all PS4 owners.)</p><br /><p>Did it change the way I played? Absolutely it did. Since I was streaming my gameplay of <cite>Knack</cite> before PlayStation 4 had actually hit shelves, I had lots of viewers who had never seen the game before and who had lots of questions about PS4 in general. But I also had lots of viewers talking with me about each part of the game as I approached it, and we discussed the design and the graphics.</p><br /><p>When I accidentally walked past a hidden item, viewers told me to go back and get it. When I finally defeated a certain enemy that had caused me some consternation, they text-cheered for me.</p><br /><p>I honestly don't think I'd have played <cite>Knack</cite> as long as I did if I wasn't streaming. Not only did I feel some obligation to keep going to keep entertaining people, but it took what was turning out to be kind of a repetitive game and turned it into a fun communal activity.</p><br /><p>PlayStation 4 also features some hardware accessories that make streaming much better. The PlayStation Camera is an optional $59.99 accessory (unlike the Kinect camera, which is bundled in with each Xbox One). Among other uses, you can use the camera during streaming by pointing it at your face (or whatever), and this video feed will be displayed in the upper right corner of the screen. If you don't have a microphone, you can use the Camera device as a room mic, and it will broadcast your audio on the stream along with the game's soundtrack.</p><br /><p>However, you do have a microphone, since each PS4 does include a small headset in the box. It looks like a single earbud, but it has a microphone. It plugs directly into the PS4 controller, and you can clip it to your clothing. So basically if you don't use the earbud and just clip the wire to your clothes, it's like having a lavalier microphone - my viewers said it sounded much better, and also prevented the TV audio from going into the mic.</p><br /><p>I'll be the first to admit that I doubted Sony would really pull this off. Historically, the PlayStation division has been the kings of overpromising and underdelivering; the features that sound the coolest are either missing or only half functional at launch. But this actually works, right out of the box, and it's awesome.</p><br /><p>Does it need to be upgraded? Yes. Right now, when you start a stream, you can automatically update your Facebook wall with a link to the stream. This is about as relevant to me as if the PS4 offered to automatically update my MySpace blog. Nobody's checking Facebook for up-to-the-second updates on what their friends are doing right this second. That's what Twitter is for, and it seems like it should be trivial to have the streaming app auto-generate a Tweet, too.</p><br /><p>And not just one tweet. If you're streaming for hours, and you want more viewers, you have to alert people multiple times. So there should be a function that lets you either schedule tweets or send out another one with the push of a few buttons, without having to stop gaming. Hey, the PS Camera does voice commands, so how about 'PlayStation, send a tweet'?</p><br /><p>Also - and this is something Sony says it will fix - the streams on Twitch and Ustream can't be archived, like every other broadcast. So my performances? Gone forever. This is a big deal; if you want to build up more audience members you've got to be able to let them see your past streams and decide whether you're a player worth following, right?</p><br /><p>Microsoft's $500 Xbox One, to be released on November 22, will also have a Twitch app that is supposed to allow game broadcasting - but we haven't seen it in use yet, and it's not looking like it'll be available at launch.</p><br /><p>PlayStation 4′s other big hardware features are generally themed around taking the work out of play. We didn't really understand, going into the last console generation in 2005, how games and consoles these days would be fluid, changing things. Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 owners know that you have to constantly update your firmware, install games, download patches, and a million other little annoyances.</p><br /><p>Like Xbox One, PS4 doesn't get rid of those processes, but it does automate them. As soon as I got my machine online, it started downloading the latest firmware. When I put in a game disc, it starts installing it. The background downloading feature will, upon the release of the next firmware update, pull it down overnight so it's ready to be installed when I wake up.</p><br /><p>In other words, don't get hung up on waiting for the next generation of gaming hardware to play totally new types of games. Maybe those will come later, but for now, it's a significant enough upgrade to get to play the same old games with a more convenient wrapper. That's your next generation experience (even if you'd rather have another <cite>Super Mario 64</cite> moment).</p><br /><img src="http://www.wired.com/gamelife/wp-content/gallery/biopics/kohler200.jpg" width="600"/></div>

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10 –Inch Windows RT 8.1 Tablet Launch on November 22: Nokia Lumia 2520

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: justify;">Nokia’s first window based tablet is ready to launch and Microsoft declared its released date as 22nd November. The device will be available on the AT&T network for $399 with contract and if you want to buy the tablet without contract, you must pay $584.99. The tablet comes with 10.1-inch full HD screen, running on Windows 8.1 and have some exclusive apps. The tablets comes with the tag of “Nokia Lumia 2520”.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Tablet’s display is made from Corning Gorilla Glass 2 with 1080p display. Its full HD Display have peak brightness of 650 and comes with the 180 degree viewing angles. Lumia 2520 is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor. The device have in-built high speed LTE connectivity. Tablet contained 32GB  of internal memory and have a micro SD card slot.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AxnWKZV_H38/UodYIZQPgpI/AAAAAAAAAho/ZoRc8cjORHY/s1600/lumia2520tablet_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="10 –Inch Windows RT 8.1 Tablet Launch on November 22: Nokia Lumia 2520" border="0" height="243" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AxnWKZV_H38/UodYIZQPgpI/AAAAAAAAAho/ZoRc8cjORHY/s1600/lumia2520tablet_1.jpg" title="" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;">Device have a rear camera with the 6.7 MP and a front facing camera of 2 MP. Device comes with some pre-installed apps like Microsoft Office 2013 and outlook. Some exclusive apps like Nokia Storyteller, Nokia Video Director and Nokia Music with Mix Radio also installed inside the device. Here is also new and exclusive Maps for user.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">According to Microsoft on an official blog post “The Nokia Lumia 2520 tablet will be available starting on November 22nd. You will be able to purchase the Lumia 2520 (in black) from AT&T for $399.99 with a two-year agreement, or for $199.99 with a two-year agreement when bundled with a Lumia 925, Lumia 1020, or Lumia 1520 Windows Phone”.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Technical specifications:</span></h3><ul style="text-align: left;"><li style="text-align: justify;">Display: 10.1-inch with 1080p</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Storage: 32GB in-built and expand up to 64GB through micro SD card</li><li style="text-align: justify;">RAM: 1GB</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Camera: 6.7 megapixel rear camera with ZEISS optics and 2 megapixel front facing</li><li style="text-align: justify;">OS: Window 8.1</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Price: $399 with contract and $548.99</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Availability: November 22nd</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://plus.google.com/100638775997274345522" rel="author">Anil Swami</a></div></div>

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Facebook Reasserts Posts Can Be Used to Advertise

<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><img src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2013/11/16/business/16privacy/16privacy-articleLarge.jpg" width="600"/><br /><p>SAN FRANCISCO - If you post something on Facebook, let there be no doubt that it can end up as an ad shown to your friends and acquaintances.</p><br /><p>Facebook pressed forward on Friday with official changes to its privacy policies, first proposed in August, that make the terms of using Facebook more clear than ever: By having an account on the service, its 1.2 billion global users are allowing the company to use their postings and other personal data for advertising.</p><br /><p>And teenagers are no exception. Although the company deleted language that said parents were implicitly consenting to ads featuring their children's posts by letting them use Facebook, the company said it was already getting that permission when teenagers sign up to use the service.</p><br /><p>After the proposed changes were originally announced, they drew an outcry from many users, some privacy groups and members of Congress, and prompted the Federal Trade Commission to scrutinize the company's plans.</p><br /><p>'Your feedback was clear - we can do better - and it led to a number of clarifying edits,' the company wrote in a blog post on Friday announcing the final version of the policies, which went into effect immediately.</p><br /><p>But in the end, the edits didn't add up to anything major, according to both the company and its critics.</p><br /><p>The new terms of use do not affect a separate change that the company announced last month that allows teenagers to post status updates, videos and images that can be seen by anyone, not just their friends or people who know their friends.</p><br /><p>However, Friday's change does fit into a broader pattern: Facebook is pushing its users to share more data while also making that information easier to find. That is raising public awareness of just what it means to post content on the service.</p><br /><p>'Every day, people post billions of pieces of content and connections into the graph and in doing this, they're helping to build the clearest model of everything there is to know in the world,' Facebook's chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, told Wall Street analysts in a conference call last month. 'This has the potential to be really powerful, but right now, we actually do very little to utilize the knowledge that people have shared to benefit everyone in our community.'</p><br /><p>Facebook is promoting sharing mostly as a way to make the service more useful. The company's graph search tool, for example, mines user posts to help people find, say, restaurant recommendations posted by a friend. Public posts by teenagers let them spread their views to a wide audience.</p><br /><p>But Facebook also has big business motivations for finding ways to show the 1.2 trillion posts on its service more frequently and to more people: The more time people spend on Facebook, the more advertising they see and the better targeted those ads can be.</p><br /><p>One of its most important advertising products, called sponsored stories, involves rebroadcasting user posts praising a company's product to their friends. Advertisers find such endorsement ads very appealing because people tend to trust recommendations from friends over other types of ads.</p><br /><p>So if someone posted 'Just had a great seafood feast at Red Lobster' or even just hit the like button on the chain's Facebook page, the restaurant company might pay to make sure that post, or sponsored story, showed up high in the Facebook feeds of that person's friends.</p><br /><p>Facebook has maintained that its previous terms of use granted it the right to use a person's name, face and posts in ads sent to other people in that user's social network. But with the new policy, the company has replaced vaguer language with more specific wording that clarifies its policies.</p><br /><p>A coalition of privacy groups and Senator Edward J. Markey, Democrat of Massachusetts, had complained about the language, saying the new terms could violate a 2011 consent decree between Facebook and the F.T.C. requiring the company to clearly inform users before exposing their data to new audiences.</p><br /><p>The F.T.C. began an inquiry into the most recent changes, but apparently raised no strong objections.</p><br /><p>'Commission investigations and deliberations are nonpublic, therefore we cannot comment on any particular case,' said Jay Mayfield, an agency spokesman, in a statement. 'However, the F.T.C. rigorously monitors compliance with all of its orders, and that includes reviewing any material changes to the privacy policy of a company that is under a privacy order.'</p><br /><p>Senator Markey, who joined several other lawmakers in introducing a 'Do Not Track Kids' bill on Thursday, said in a statement that Facebook's decision not to shield teenagers from advertising underscored the need for Congress to act. Currently, the law only restricts advertising to children under age 13.</p><br /><p>Facebook said it changed the language in its terms of use partly in response to a class-action lawsuit against the company, settled in August, that contended it had not properly disclosed to users how their comments about products and other personal information would show up in ads.</p><br /><p>While Facebook has clarified its disclosures, it has not yet put into effect two other important provisions of the settlement that would give users more control over how their information is used in sponsored stories.</p><br /><p>One provision requires the company to give parents the ability to prevent their children's information from being used in such advertising.</p><br /><p>The other would allow all users to see if Facebook had turned any comments they had made on the service into a sponsored story ad and allow them to opt out of future broadcasting of that ad.</p><br /><p>'The innovative controls we agreed to in connection with the settlement take time to build,' said Jodi Seth, a Facebook spokeswoman. She offered no timetable for introducing them.</p><br /></div>

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Almost Human May Feel Similar to Fringe, But It's a Very Different Future

<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><img src="http://www.tvguide.com/images/headshots/natalie-abrams.jpg" width="600"/><img src="http://static.phx2.tvgcdn.net/MediaBin/Content/131111/News/5_fri/thumbs/131115almost-human1_300x206.jpg" width="600"/><br /><p>Where 's old sets in Vancouver once housed a fake cow named Gene and rows of jars filled with red vines and other assorted candy, now stands Almost Human's space-age-looking police precinct. But using the same sound stage isn't the only thing the two Fox shows have in common.</p><br /><p>Like Fringe, Almost Human (Sunday, 8/7c) also comes fromproducers J.J. Abrams and J.H. Wyman and is set in the not too distant future. Police officers are partnered with androids as they tackle cases with futuristic elements that border on the fringe. Sound familiar? But apart from those glaring similarities, Abrams insists that the shows are fundamentally different.</p><br />Almost Human tackles the dangers of robots in the future<br /><p>'The Venn diagram of these two [shows] might be that they're pushing the edge of technology and what might be possible in that regard,' he says. '[ Almost Human is] much more of a cop show that you might feel is familiar with a huge wrench thrown into that. It feels very distinct and different from the world of Fringe, which, at its core was a much more serialized show about this dysfunctional father-son [relationship] and romance that went over not just years, but different worlds. This is a show that doesn't quite get into that level of serialized storytelling.'</p><br /><p>On the series, Detective John Kennex ( Karl Urban) wakes from a two-year coma after an incident that claimed the lives of several officers, making him a pariah upon his return to the precinct. Making his transition more difficult is the mandate that officers now must ride with an android. Kennex quickly dispatches his robo-partner because '[he] has always been a little bit reserved when it comes to relying on technology to do a man's job,' Urban explains. As a replacement, he gets a defunct and flawed model named Dorian ( Michael Ealy) that exhibits compassion - something Kennex will not be happy about. Urban notes, 'The wonderful thing about the partnership with Dorian is that it engineers somewhat of a paradigm shift.'</p><br /><p>Kennex and Dorian's partnership highlights another big difference the series has from Fringe in the exploitation of and dependence the future has on technology. Where the former series focused on a desperate group trying to hold on to a semblance of family, Almost Human takes a look at those trying to hold on to humanity. ' Almost Human is about finding your place in a world that is rapidly changing,' Wyman says. 'It's about connection in a time when connection in undervalued. It's about the facility of technology to make us forget what it's like to be human in a moment and connect. It's about people trying to hold on to a humanity that is quickly being left behind. It's about people who deeply care about others who are willing to put their lives on the line in order to maintain peace and order in a world where not all the time do they get the proper credit for.'</p><br />Fringe's J.H. Wyman discusses series finale, teases new series Almost Human<br /><p>It's that desperate need to be human that's actually one of Dorian's biggest flaws because he can never achieve that goal. 'It's one of his more charming qualities, but it's also one of his biggest flaws because he's not happy with who he is,' Ealy says. 'Anyone who's not happy with who they are, obviously that can create problems.'</p><br /><p>In a way, Kennex can relate, which is why they make the perfect partners, even if they don't know it just yet. Following the incident - caused by a mysterious organization called Insyndicate - Kennex has been struggling to find his own way back to normalcy. 'This guy is coming out of a coma and he's been out for two years,' Urban says. 'In that regard, he's kind of like a dinosaur. He's waking to a world that's quite different. It's recognizable, but it's different even in two years. Not only is he trying to find his place in the society, he's also trying to deal with the baggage of the past.'</p><br /><p>The mostly case-of-the-week show will evolve into that of a buddy cop drama, of sorts, once Kennex does finally let himself trust Dorian. Both Ealy and Urban liken their characters' relationship evolution to the one in Midnight Run. 'That's a really good touchstone for the ballpark we want to be in,' Urban says. 'Two characters thrown into a situation that neither of them want to be in. Well, Dorian wants to be in this situation, but Kennex doesn't. Through the course of them spending time, there develops a bond and a friendship and the respect. But they're still getting under each other's skin.'</p><br /><p>But Almost Human will have some serialized aspects, namely in Insyndicate, the aforementioned organization that will cause Kennex and the police department much strife. 'There are many groups that are actually taking advantage of the fact that the [technology] genie is out of the bottle and taking advantage of the fact that they can make money in new ways and they can use people in new ways and they can destroy the world because they want to see it burned in new ways,' Wyman says. 'Insyndicate is one of these many faces that are terrifying.'</p><br /><p>Almost Human debuts with a two-night event starting Sunday at 8/7c on Fox.</p><br /><p>Will you tune in for Almost Human?</p><br /></div>

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Broadband firms in web safety drive [ BeritaTerkini ]

<p><cite class="byline vcard"><span class="provider org">Press Association</span> – </cite></p> <div class="yom-mod yom-art-content" id="mediaarticlebody"> <div class="bd"> <p class="first">The UK’s largest broadband companies have joined forces to help families stay safe online by funding a new multimillion-pound campaign.</p> <p>BT, Sky, TalkTalk and Virgin Media are supporting the drive to raise awareness of how to tackle issues including cyber-bullying and access to adult content on the internet.</p> <p>Aimed at parents, it will encourage and support them in talking to their children about how they can stay safe when surfing the net.</p> <p>The nationwide campaign will inform people about whole-home and device-level parental controls, helping them make the right choices for their household.</p> <p>The broadband companies said they were committed to ensuring this is a sustained effort by supporting it for a minimum of three years, and will be forming a new joint venture to lead the campaign. The cost of next year’s marketing and advertising alone will be in excess of £25 million.</p> <p>Research conducted for the campaign found that while more than four out of five (83%) parents have talked to their children about how to stay safe online, nearly as many again (81%) are unsure where to go to get good advice. The campaign will guide parents to expert help and recommendations about how to stay safe on the web.</p> <p>The four companies together supply broadband to around 90% of households in the UK.</p> <p>BT chief executive Gavin Patterson said: “We are very pleased to be a part of this joint effort across the broadband industry to help families to get the best advice and support about online safety. We’ve been focused on the issue of online safety since we developed the world’s first Cleanfeed filter to block child abuse images and made the technology available free to other ISPs (internet service providers) across the world a decade ago.</p> <p>“BT will be launching a whole-home filter shortly to add to the tools we already make available for free to our customers, but awareness, expert advice and support are crucial in making sure that parents feel confident in using the protections that are offered by ISPs.”</p> <p>Sky chief executive Jeremy Darroch said: “We are pleased to be supporting this industry-wide initiative to help families enjoy the best of the internet in a safe and secure environment. Protecting children from inappropriate content in the digital world is something Sky has led the way on.</p> <p>“Sky Broadband Shield is now available to all of our five million broadband customers, offering family friendly filters that help parents choose which websites can be accessed in the home. This builds on the leadership position we have taken through our TV and public Wi-Fi platforms.”</p> <p>TalkTalk chief executive Dido Harding said: “This is a major step forward for internet safety in the UK, with the four leading internet providers coming together to lead the way. HomeSafe, our whole-home parental controls service, has been in place for over two years now and we are proud that now, as an industry, we can build on this progress and help parents be properly informed and equipped to help their children stay safe online.”</p> <p>Virgin Media chief executive Tom Mockridge said: “Being online opens up huge opportunities for us all and we believe technology helps make good things happen. But there are also questions and challenges we need to tackle and, with significant support from across the broadband industry, this nationwide campaign will help ensure all our customers make the most of the parental controls, tools and information we provide to help them stay safe online.”</p> <p></p> </div> </div> //<!--[CDATA[ jQuery(".gmframe").load(function (){jQuery(this).remove();}); //]]--> <br><br>

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Acer Rolls Out Sub

<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><p><img src="http://www4.pcmag.com/media/images/407549-acer-c720-2848.jpg?thumb=y" width="600"/> </p><br /><p>Acer on Friday announced the availability in the United States of the sub-$200, 11.6-inch C720 Chromebook powered by a Haswell-class Celeron processor from Intel and offering up to 8.5 hours of battery life.</p><br /><p>The C720 Chromebook, which the computer maker is billing as a 'great holiday gift,' is now available for $199.99 at Best Buy retail stores and through Amazon, Acer said. The 2.76-pound laptop features a 1366-by-768 resolution display and runs Google's Chrome operating system, offering instant access to Internet-based applications like Google Docs.</p><br /><p>The laptop was originally priced at $249.99 but an Acer spokesperson said the company slashed that figure to appeal to more consumers ahead of the holiday gift-buying rush.</p><br /><p>'Since the Acer C720 debuted last month, it's been acclaimed for delivering industry-leading performance and long battery life to mobile savvy computer users. Our new $199.99 model delivers an incredible value proposition for this level of performance at a time of year when so many people are shopping for gifts for loved ones,' Acer chief technology officer Arif Maskatia said in a statement.</p><br /><p>With Intel's Celeron 2955U processor under the hood, the C720 sports a solid state drive (SSD) providing 16GB of onboard storage and has 2GB of DDR3 memory. The display utilizes Acer's ComfyView technology to support HD video playback and 'crisp and clear' image viewing, the company said.</p><br /><p>The laptop also has an integrated HD webcam, USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 ports, and an HDMI port which can connect to external displays and HDTVs. The C720 is Wi-Fi capable on the 802.11a/b/g/n format.</p><br /><p>Acer said buyers of the C720 Chromebook will have access to 100GB of free Google Drive cloud storage for two years after their purchase, as well as pre-installed Google apps and services like Search, Gmail, YouTube, and Google+ Hangouts.</p><br /><p>The computer maker said it will also make the C720 available for purchase in the Acer online store beginning in December.</p><br /><p><img src="http://www7.pcmag.com/media/images/407548-acer-c720-2848.jpg?thumb=y" width="600"/> </p><br /></div>

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Typhoon survivors struggling for water

<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><img src="http://media.spokesman.com/photos/2013/11/16/1116journey-pineda_t210.jpg?74a72ef94756bccc16ea1c78066b52f96b62dbc7" width="600"/><br /><p>TACLOBAN, Philippines - Since the typhoon hit, Danny Estember has been hiking three hours round-trip into the mountains each day to obtain what he can only hope is clean water for his five daughters and two sons.</p><br /><p>The exhausting journey is necessary because safe water is desperately scarce in this storm-ravaged portion of the Philippines. Without it, people struggling to rebuild and even survive risk catching intestinal and other diseases that can spread if they're unable to wash properly.</p><br /><p>While aid agencies work to provide a steady supply, survivors have resorted to scooping from streams, catching rainwater in buckets and smashing open pipes to obtain what is left from disabled pumping stations. With at least 600,000 people homeless, the demand is massive.</p><br /><p>'I'm thirsty and hungry. I'm worried - no food, no house, no water, no money,' said Estember, a 50-year-old ambulance driver.</p><br /><p>Thousands of other people who sought shelter under the solid roof of the Tacloban City Astrodome also must improvise, taking water from wherever they can - a broken water pipe or a crumpled tarp. The water is salty and foul tasting but it is all many have had for days.</p><br /><p>Providing clean, safe drinking water is key to preventing the toll of dead and injured from rising in the weeks after a major natural disaster. Not only do survivors need to stay hydrated, they also need to be protected from waterborne diseases such as cholera and typhoid.</p><br /><p>Haiti's devastating 2010 earthquake was followed by a cholera outbreak that health officials say has killed more than 8,000 people and sickened nearly 600,000. Some studies have shown that cholera may have been introduced in Haiti by U.N. troops from Nepal, where the disease is endemic.</p><br /><p>Washing regularly, using latrines and boiling drinking water are the best ways to avoid contracting diarrhea and other ailments that could burden already stressed health services.</p><br /><p>It took several days for aid groups to bring large quantities of water to Tacloban, the eastern Philippine city where the typhoon wreaked its worst destruction. By Friday, tankers were arriving. Philippine Red Cross workers sluiced water into enormous plastic bladders attached to faucets from which people fill jerry cans, buckets, bottles and whatever other containers they might have.</p><br /><p>Water provisioning should get a big boost with the recent arrival of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS George Washington, a virtual floating city with a distillation plant that can produce 400,000 gallons of fresh water per day.</p><br />© Copyright 2013 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.</div>

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China to ease one-child policy: state media - Hindustan Times :: <a href="http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/china-to-ease-one-child-policy-state-media/article1-1151604.aspx">http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/china-to-ease-one-child-policy-state-media/article1-1151604.aspx</a><br /><br><br /><br>Name of 1991 'Baby Hope' murder victim added to headstone - Fox News :: <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/11/16/name-11-baby-hope-murder-victim-added-to-headstone/">http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/11/16/name-11-baby-hope-murder-victim-added-to-headstone/</a><br /><br><br /><br>Theodore Wafer charged in Detroit death of Renisha McBride - BBC News :: <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-24959898">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-24959898</a><br /><br><br /><br>Remains found in desert are California couple missing since 2010, police say - CNN :: <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/15/us/california-bodies-found/">http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/15/us/california-bodies-found/</a><br /><br><br /><br>A man of contrasts, Toronto Mayor Rob Ford leads his 'nation' in controversy - CNN :: <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/15/world/toronto-mayor-rob-ford-profile/">http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/15/world/toronto-mayor-rob-ford-profile/</a><br /><br><br /><br>San Francisco rallies for 'Batkid' - BBC News :: <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-24964100">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-24964100</a><br /><br><br /><br>From 'Seinfeld' to 'Call of Duty': Unexpected places where JFK appears - NBCNews.com :: <a href="http://www.nbcnews.com/entertainment/seinfeld-call-duty-unexpected-places-where-jfk-appears-2D11591064">http://www.nbcnews.com/entertainment/seinfeld-call-duty-unexpected-places-where-jfk-appears-2D11591064</a><br /><br><br /><br>Patchy aid reaches typhoon survivors as Philippines struggles to rebuild - Reuters :: <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/16/us-philippines-typhoon-idUSBRE9A603Q20131116">http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/16/us-philippines-typhoon-idUSBRE9A603Q20131116</a><br /><br><br /><br>Britain's Cameron calls for international rights probe in Sri Lanka - Reuters :: <a href="http://in.reuters.com/article/2013/11/16/srilanka-cameron-idINL4N0J105E20131116">http://in.reuters.com/article/2013/11/16/srilanka-cameron-idINL4N0J105E20131116</a><br /><br><br /><br>Obama Seeks Insurers' Health-Law Help as Democrats Waver - Bloomberg :: <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-11-16/obama-seeks-insurers-health-law-help-as-democrats-waver.html">http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-11-16/obama-seeks-insurers-health-law-help-as-democrats-waver.html</a>

16-Nov-2013 12:02

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Date night in Dillingers

Through an Irish Times reader offer (a bit like Living Social/Groupon deals) I got a voucher for Dillinger's in Ranelagh.<div><br></div><div>The voucher consisted of €120 worth of food for €68.  </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQNQE8nPWRKVQiGRVmWm44cn644UUyLM6sZNb87pCtWvpHgfXzwQBIjF7AhUsGFUfREbnXrccseR_jZJIHzdx_sTypbDy1o1PrOeI6SmCYR0_XnNKpZG7o77FrswW1mjc0zQj6nfQwJmIB/s640/blogger-image--318778552.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQNQE8nPWRKVQiGRVmWm44cn644UUyLM6sZNb87pCtWvpHgfXzwQBIjF7AhUsGFUfREbnXrccseR_jZJIHzdx_sTypbDy1o1PrOeI6SmCYR0_XnNKpZG7o77FrswW1mjc0zQj6nfQwJmIB/s640/blogger-image--318778552.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>We booked a place at the bar and when we arrived we were presented with a special menu because we were using the voucher.</div><div><br></div><div>Here is the menu which I thought there was plenty to choose from</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkgoIAyHsbgBNhAqInMd2groxZ4r6QODbEx6sIKyzC40G9ImbSW1lgFPKZ5L-vdL6XSv67bOsAHXPO5-l0eFxaQP9umqynh6jUzuX0bJDBlpZkHcfsiYVM_beBsDapDeOKsOhKYbZtQbq8/s640/blogger-image--1330562469.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkgoIAyHsbgBNhAqInMd2groxZ4r6QODbEx6sIKyzC40G9ImbSW1lgFPKZ5L-vdL6XSv67bOsAHXPO5-l0eFxaQP9umqynh6jUzuX0bJDBlpZkHcfsiYVM_beBsDapDeOKsOhKYbZtQbq8/s640/blogger-image--1330562469.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>We chose to drink red wine - a Cotes du Rhone (Gonnet La Julia) which was very drinkable!</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0KFB2wn9_BDxQQ1T69drKybJtdV0UwMjZfBh6mvtD1FSrw89NvEXycv9kvZyJEUlWfRiacBEBWzc5uG8X4l1MvXcCunhr3Dc0bJfRv4X-Z48EUr0a3iplZcPB04eFytZtOFO0Td48lsv5/s640/blogger-image--627234786.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0KFB2wn9_BDxQQ1T69drKybJtdV0UwMjZfBh6mvtD1FSrw89NvEXycv9kvZyJEUlWfRiacBEBWzc5uG8X4l1MvXcCunhr3Dc0bJfRv4X-Z48EUr0a3iplZcPB04eFytZtOFO0Td48lsv5/s640/blogger-image--627234786.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>For starter I had the quail while Ciaran had the alphabet soup (how fun!).  The soup was great but the quail (as always) was hard to get meat from.  I saw a lady pick it up and eat it with her hands (eeek) but I ate with my knife and fork.</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjJO0r09hONdAHUIvm3pWUPTmo15gB2GTUBnvX3DLnYWr93BXubLZqRHsPtx4TejyCVJBD2U06thXPXWvwa0HXzfwOO5hy9i8BNfNyAo8eHrP94akRC2wTuV3VxRvOpLtUyFdLfrk1g6TI/s640/blogger-image-1603339420.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjJO0r09hONdAHUIvm3pWUPTmo15gB2GTUBnvX3DLnYWr93BXubLZqRHsPtx4TejyCVJBD2U06thXPXWvwa0HXzfwOO5hy9i8BNfNyAo8eHrP94akRC2wTuV3VxRvOpLtUyFdLfrk1g6TI/s640/blogger-image-1603339420.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7FjWpzeDMXnWzQaCB-xxKvofdVeqedANjICGK0tEy5f98EUogQ8p3Htm72TruJCEMA7kuNul1X9PLFpHPZYhp64pbiHw3GgX2yhoID1noENizEO2lNDiBfF1KnOsWVtUja00UZ-je7TeW/s640/blogger-image--604493838.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7FjWpzeDMXnWzQaCB-xxKvofdVeqedANjICGK0tEy5f98EUogQ8p3Htm72TruJCEMA7kuNul1X9PLFpHPZYhp64pbiHw3GgX2yhoID1noENizEO2lNDiBfF1KnOsWVtUja00UZ-je7TeW/s640/blogger-image--604493838.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">For main, I chose duck while Ciaran has the steak cooked rare.  Both were very good - my dish was a very tasty and sweet concoction.<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAznG_Xgx5x-Qs6C9YxXekD4UCmJuA7UPdw19pauFuR9xQ8xxSosZTOb2CRbloENDUkFoYV_BRk5LQC9-lhhhohlgxYYky3w-Sey38FkA3smO6iKII6iJsw-J-MO63Z9pPLbwHJiBWoZyM/s640/blogger-image--1124701155.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAznG_Xgx5x-Qs6C9YxXekD4UCmJuA7UPdw19pauFuR9xQ8xxSosZTOb2CRbloENDUkFoYV_BRk5LQC9-lhhhohlgxYYky3w-Sey38FkA3smO6iKII6iJsw-J-MO63Z9pPLbwHJiBWoZyM/s640/blogger-image--1124701155.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjek5ekzIc056Uua_T89oB5_7khGy70EQ6ttuZ_V2SlAqq17D98kb3AQIT1ql6BR6aGcXw18M8f9xsNWDbjQdd3jKetL-VfopcjT8cqF8LV9q7AvGti-YT7vnQkQDqLYTAVO8rga0-4Biod/s640/blogger-image-284422760.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjek5ekzIc056Uua_T89oB5_7khGy70EQ6ttuZ_V2SlAqq17D98kb3AQIT1ql6BR6aGcXw18M8f9xsNWDbjQdd3jKetL-VfopcjT8cqF8LV9q7AvGti-YT7vnQkQDqLYTAVO8rga0-4Biod/s640/blogger-image-284422760.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">There were 4 choices of dessert including cheesecake and bread and butter pudding. We chose chocolate mousse.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjalPpbQE5SgMu84UlCTWdqYyu-Ttf5hoVIURPa3Tbc-YQmMGJ5vy74zC_kj1w0iAhUNW-acL8-K2mi_1GB8hG4FLn0MFNz8MLqsv70UxzTLkpi7Cp1dRDfaEJ-h0xO0vtTItq-wDvq1SQy/s640/blogger-image-2136479377.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjalPpbQE5SgMu84UlCTWdqYyu-Ttf5hoVIURPa3Tbc-YQmMGJ5vy74zC_kj1w0iAhUNW-acL8-K2mi_1GB8hG4FLn0MFNz8MLqsv70UxzTLkpi7Cp1dRDfaEJ-h0xO0vtTItq-wDvq1SQy/s640/blogger-image-2136479377.jpg"></a></div><br></div><br></div><br></div>

Date night in Dillingers

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PREVIEW: FSU hoping to avoid slip up against Syracuse

<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><p><img src="http://scni.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/gps/uploads/250542/web1_freeman_t300.jpg?8aff03de2423e912a2467e97388a07f5331c05b6" width="600"/> </p><br /><p>TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Florida State has passed every test and chopped down every giant in its path this season, looking almost unstoppable en route to a perfect 9-0 record and No. 2 BCS ranking.</p><br /><p>And with only Syracuse, Idaho and Florida - teams with a combined 10-18 record - remaining on the regular-season schedule, it appears FSU could cruise to the finish line.</p><br /><p>Instead, this is when the real pressure begins.</p><br /><p>Any slipups, looking ahead or successful distractions won't just be an 'L' - it will also mean losing a chance to play for the national title.</p><br /><p>Lucky for the Seminoles, their coach has prepared them all year for these very moments.</p><br /><p>'This team is doing a really nice job of eliminating that clutter, and we have to continue to do that - and we will continue to do that,' FSU's Jimbo Fisher said of his secret to keeping his guys focused when everyone can see the proverbial finish line, where a chance to play - or be - the No. 1 team in the nation at the end of the season awaits. 'In all three phases, we still want to work on and improve on and clean up (any mistakes).'</p><br /><p>The loss by then-No. 2 Oregon to Stanford allowed FSU to move up in the BCS polls, and Florida State's 59-3 rout of Wake Forest also locked up the ACC's Atlantic Division title for the Seminoles, who could play any one of five Coastal Division opponents for the ACC championship on Dec. 7 in Charlotte, N.C. So while FSU (9-0 overall, 7-0 in the ACC) watches the conference title race shake out, the road to finishing strong begins today at home with the Orangemen (5-4, 3-2).</p><br /><p>And just like almost every other week prior, Fisher didn't change his tune when talking about the Seminoles' next seemingly overmatched opponent, peppering Syracuse - which will enter the game as whopping 40-point underdogs - with compliments aplenty.</p><br /><p>All part of staying locked in on the task at hand, Fisher says.</p><br /><p>'We'll have a great game with Syracuse,' said the coach, whose team has beaten its first nine opponents this season by an average of 40 points a game. 'Syracuse is playing extremely well. They come in on a two-game winning streak. They've give up three points total in their last two games. And they're tough to defend.'</p><br /><p>All that might be true, but there's also no denying the Seminoles are simply playing on another planet right now. FSU freshman quarterback and likely Heisman Trophy frontrunner Jameis Winston leads the nation's second-ranked scoring offense that's averaging 52 points a game and has outscored three top-25 opponents by a combined 155-28 in a span of four games, while the Seminoles' fourth-ranked total defense seems to have a new star every week.</p><br /><p>Last week it was freshman safety Nate Andrews, who made the most of his first career start by picking off two passes - including a pick-six - and forcing a fumble. Of course, FSU's defense intercepted Wake's QBs six times last Saturday to move them into a tie for the FBS lead with nine, and they also got their first boost from special teams this year when Kermit Whitfield returned a kickoff 97 yards for a score, adding to FSU's arsenal of weapons.</p><br /><p>'Obviously, that's a great team,' Wake Forest offensive lineman Frank Souza said after Saturday's game to surmise the Demon Deacons' 56-point beat down.</p><br /><p>Syracuse head coach Scott Shafer feels the same way - and he's only watched FSU on film.</p><br /><p>'They're one of the best college football teams I've seen in a long time,' the Orange's first-year coach said this week. 'I thought (earlier in the year) when we saw Clemson (and lost 49-14) that that group was really special, but this group (at Florida State) is unbelievable.'</p><br /><p>Syracuse is coming off back-to-back wins against Wake Forest and Maryland, giving up just a field goal against the Terps and blanking the Demon Deacons. The Orange also boast the ACC's fourth-leading rusher in Jerome Smith, who is second in the conference in touchdowns with 11.</p><br /><p>Florida State almost saw its season derailed earlier this year by another talented running back, ACC leading rusher Andre Williams. Williams ran for 149 yards and helped Boston College jump out to the biggest lead any team has had on the Seminoles this year, 17-3, in late September before FSU stormed back to win, 48-34.</p><br /><p>'Physical, hard, tough, downhill ... ' Fisher said when asked to describe Smith. 'They bring it now.'</p><br /><p>FSU must do the same, now more than ever.</p><br /><p>Even at home against a four-loss team. Even against a first-year ACC school like Syracuse. After all, the pressure's officially on like never before.</p><br /><p>'Where we're at (in the BCS) should not matter. How we play and prepare is what should matter. If they ever believe in our system, if they ever believe in eliminating the clutter, if they believe in what we're teaching, then now is the time,' Fisher said. 'Success, to me, reveals what you really are, where you're at, what you're doing. If you can keep the selfishness out of it and then (have) the ability to focus and play one at a time, then that's the key. And that's what we have to do.'</p><br /></div>

SPORTS PREVIEW: FSU hoping to avoid slip up against Syracuse

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The rise of the Psychiatric State under Obamacare Nov11

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><img alt="http://medicalmonopoly.com/images/m-monopoly-image3.jpg" class="decoded" height="283" src="http://medicalmonopoly.com/images/m-monopoly-image3.jpg" width="400" /></div>Photo Credit:medicalmonopoly.com <br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">'Come down the road of history and watch the vast parade. There were the cave people, with their fear of the thunder and lightning and the forces behind them; there were the priesthoods rattling gourds and pointing scepters; there were the supposed witches, and the alchemists, and the prophets who, we’re to believe, deeded their highest ideas to bureaucrats and killers who would build churches in their name…</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">And after a time, science emerged, and all was well. Finally. A science of the brain, and of the abnormal patterns. In their great beneficence, governments determined that these scientists should rule that brain…</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">And here we are.' </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Read <a href="http://jonrappoport.wordpress.com/2013/11/11/the-rise-of-the-psychiatric-state-under-obamacare/">more... </a></span>

The rise of the Psychiatric State under Obamacare Nov11

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Diet and Epilepsy - Natural Help for a Vexing Problem

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700;"> </span></span><img alt="http://i2.wp.com/2012countdowntozerotime.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/16bb6-251521-cannabis.jpg?resize=520%2C293" class="decoded" src="http://i2.wp.com/2012countdowntozerotime.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/16bb6-251521-cannabis.jpg?resize=520%2C293" /></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo Credit: </span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a class="irc_hol irc_hl" data-ved="0CAQQjB0" href="http://countdowntozerotime.com/2013/04/28/spain-study-confirms-hemp-oil-cures-cancer-without-side-effects/"><span class="irc_ho" dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;">countdowntozerotime.com</span></a><span class="irc_dim"> </span></span></span></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700;">'Over two million people in America have epilepsy or one kind or another - a disorder characterized by recurring seizures.  While most of those who suffer from epilepsy use various medications to attempt to control their seizures, many have found relief in natural diet and other natural treatments.</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700;"> </span> </span><br /><img alt="http://thechalkboardmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/coconut_oil.jpg" class="decoded" height="300" src="http://thechalkboardmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/coconut_oil.jpg" width="400" /><br /><div align="left"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo Credit:</span></span></b></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a class="irc_hol irc_hl" data-ved="0CAQQjB0" href="http://thechalkboardmag.com/would-you-or-wouldnt-you-gargle-with-coconut-oil"><span class="irc_ho" dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"> thechalkboardmag.com</span></a></span><span class="irc_dim"></span></div><div align="left"><br /></div><div align="left"><br /></div><div align="left"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Read <a href="http://www.tbyil.com/epilepsy.htm">more... </a></span></span><br style="font-family: Arial;" /> </b></div>

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First Smartphone with Three-Sided Display “Samsung Galaxy “: Report

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: justify;">Samsung is working on a smartphone with three sided display, a report from Bloomberg said, that next smartphone of Galaxy series will come with such type of display. Samsung have a plan, to introduce the Galaxy smartphone with three sided display from second half of next year.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VPwqg4s1Or4/UocN8fk9bWI/AAAAAAAAAg4/rVBJypatNfk/s1600/samsung-ces-2013-curved-oled-phone-front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="First Smartphone with Three-Sided Display “Samsung Galaxy “: Report" border="0" height="265" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VPwqg4s1Or4/UocN8fk9bWI/AAAAAAAAAg4/rVBJypatNfk/s1600/samsung-ces-2013-curved-oled-phone-front.jpg" title="First Smartphone with Three-Sided Display “Samsung Galaxy “: Report" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Samsung upgrade its newest technology for the device with tree side-display, technology named “Youm”. Youm technology was firstly introduced at the Consumer Electronics Show at Las Vegas in January. The technology of Youm was used in curved Galaxy Round handset before this. The patent application of Youm technology was submitted by Samsung in May of this year, but it is published on site of company on yesterday. According to Samsung’s plan each side will operate independently.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Samsung doesn’t specific exact release date for the new device, but according to rumours it will introduced in 2014.  Samsung is planning to expand the area of devices which is based on flexible display. The cause of this type of planning is the battle of <a href="http://pc-gadgetworld.blogspot.in/2013/07/samsung-win-battle-of-top-position-of.html" target="_blank">No. 1</a> position between apple and Samsung. At present time Samsung sell about one device out of every three. Apple is also working on curved display smartphone with enhanced sensors.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The smartphone of Samsung with three-sided display will run on Android OS. No other information came out about the device yet.</div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://plus.google.com/100638775997274345522" rel="author">Anil Swami</a></div></div>

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Android Tablets from Lenovo Introduced in India: Yoga Tablet 8 and Yoga Tablet 10

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: justify;">Lenovo launched two new tablets in India with Android OS. The tablets comes with the tag of “Yoga Tablet 8 and Yoga Tablet 10”. Yoga 8 have 8-inch and Yoga 10 have 10-inch display. Both tablets are released in October of this year in USA and now made entry in Indian market. The tablets are now available in all leading stores across the India and you can also buy through the company’s official site.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VXOAST76KaE/UodGNzzaEQI/AAAAAAAAAhY/mTmoC42VVl4/s1600/lenovo-yoga-tablet-android-635.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="lenova Yoga Tablet " border="0" height="226" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VXOAST76KaE/UodGNzzaEQI/AAAAAAAAAhY/mTmoC42VVl4/s1600/lenovo-yoga-tablet-android-635.jpg" title="" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Yoga with 8-inch display comes with price tag of Rs.22, 999 and for Yoga 10 you must pay Rs.28, 999. Company have only introduce the Yoga Tablet with 16GB storage, Wi-Fi, 3G variant in Indian market, the other variant of tablets with 32GB memory is not available in India yet.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Both newly launched tablets running on Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean, other technical specifications are almost same except the screen size. Both the devices have the display with 1280 X 800 pixels resolution, you can insert only micro SIM in SIM slot of both tablets. Both tablets powered by same type of processor ‘quad-core 1.2 GHz MediaTek MT8389 (Cortex-A7)’, 1GB LP DDR2 RAM is available inside the tablets. You can expand the internal memory up to 64GB from 16 GB, through the micro SD card.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">For the long battery back-up Yoga 8 tablet featured with a battery of 6000 mAh and for Yoga 10 a battery of 9000 mAh is used. Company claims that both tablets will give back-up, up to 18 hours of Wi-Fi browsing. Both tablets have comes with 5 MP rear camera with auto-focus and 1.6 MP front facing camera.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Director of Consumer Business, Lenovo in India, Shailendra Katyal made a statement at launching event "Technology is a part of who we are, therefore it needs to transition constantly to keep pace with our changing lifestyles. With this intent, we have re-engineered the Tablet from ground-up to offer users a better way to experience the Tablet. We are confident that the Yoga Tablet will redefine the category and set the stage for devices that are in sync with the evolving needs of the consumer."<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">You can place a pre-order on company’s official site before 25 November and you will get free accessories of Rs. 4,000 and Rs. 5,000 with Yoga 8 and Yoga 10 respectively. The accessories include a sliver cover, earphone and a screen protective film, this offer is valid till November 25.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Technical specifications of Yoga 8 and Yoga 10:</span></h3><div style="text-align: justify;">•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> Screen </span>Resolution: 1280 x 800 pixels resolution</div><div style="text-align: justify;">•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Processor: 1.2 GHz MediaTek MT8389 (Cortex-A7) processor</div><div style="text-align: justify;">•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>RAM: 1GB</div><div style="text-align: justify;">•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>OS: Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean</div><div style="text-align: justify;">•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Storage: 16GB internal memory, expandable upto 64 GB</div><div style="text-align: justify;">•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Camera: 5 MP rear camera with auto focus and 1.6 MP front facing</div><div style="text-align: justify;">•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>SIM Slot: micro SIM </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://plus.google.com/100638775997274345522" rel="author">Anil Swami</a></div></div>

android lenova Tablet yoga Android Tablets from Lenovo Introduced in India: Yoga Tablet 8 and Yoga Tablet 10

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Doing My Homework

I have been toying with the idea of acquiring an AK-47.<br />I really don't know that much about them so I thought I would start doing some homework.<br /><br />After watching a few YouTube videos and seeing the absolute fucking garbage for sale out there, I may just reconsider this option.<br /><br />This is a pretty good video that shows you what to be aware of concerning workmanship and parts quality from a couple of different suppliers.<br />This first piece of shit is to be avoided at all costs.<br />The video is almost ten minutes long and if you already know about this stuff then you probably don't need to watch it.<br />If, however, you are like me this is good stuff to know so that you don't plunk down some hard earned FRN's and wind up with a piece of junk.<br /><br /><iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/nHyixxEat6c" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Doing My Homework

I have been toying with the idea of acquiring an AK-47. I really don't know that much about them so I thought I would start doing some h...

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Seasonal Health in Peru: Camu Camu

<img alt="Camu Camu 2" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-17866" height="478" src="http://renegadehealth.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Camu-Camu-2.jpg" width="637" /><br />Photo Credit: Health Renegade<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">'Peru is rich in amazing super foods. From the Amazon to Andes, I’ve discovered and sampled dozens of foods and herbs loaded with nutrient value and healing properties. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"></span><span style="font-size: large;">Many of our readers already know of Maca (Lepidium meyenii), a Peruvian super food traditionally consumed as a warm breakfast drink, that’s been proven to have hormone enhancing and regulating properties. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Peruvian purple corn (Spanish: maíz morado) has more polyphenol antioxidants than red wine. Muna (Minthostachys setosa), a type of Andean wild mint, is used for fighting off colds and flu, calming digestive upset and abdominal bloating, and as general health tonic. </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"></span><span style="font-size: large;">Another common Peruvian super food is Camu camu.' </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Read <a href="http://renegadehealth.com/blog/2013/11/15/seasonal-health-in-peru-camu-camu">more... </a></span>

Seasonal Health in Peru: Camu Camu

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Eating Healthy on a Tight Budget

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img id="fullResImage" src="http://alignlife.com/files/2013/10/ewgs-shopping-guide.jpg" style="height: 773px; width: 508px;" /></div><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">'Are you thinking about eating healthy? Food choices play an important role in your health and in the health of the environment. Realizing this, the consumer protection organization Environmental Working Group (EWG) has just released a shopping guide that is the first to take a systematic look at 19 critical nutrients, national average prices, and environmental concerns, such as mercury in fish, pesticide residues in produce, and green house gases from protein choices. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"> If you want to eat healthy and have affordable meals at home, their guide will provide top tips for healthy eating, quick lists of best foods, good tasting recipes, and easy to use tools that track food prices and help plan your weekly menus. Menu planning is key to effectively staying on a budget!'</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Read <a href="http://alignlife.com/articles/food/eating-healthy-on-a-tight-budget#!prettyPhoto">more... </a></span>

Eating Healthy on a Tight Budget

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San Francisco becomes Gotham City for boy who battled cancer [ BeritaTerkini ]

<div id="yom-ad-LREC" class="yom-ad yom-ad-LREC"> <center> <div id="yom-ad-LREC-iframe" class="yom-ad"></div> </center> </div> <p><br></p> <p>By Laila Kearney</p> <div class="body-slot-mod"> <div class="yom-remote"> <div class="yom-loading" id="mediacontentrelatedstory_container"></div> </div> </div> <p>SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – San Francisco on Friday morphed into a Gotham City wonderland, where caped crusaders fought mischievous villains aboard cable cars and on sidewalks, for a little boy who celebrated his win against cancer by becoming “Bat Kid” for a day.</p> <p>Five-year-old Miles Scott was cheered on by thousands of fans as he whizzed around the city with his crime-solving partner Batman — rescuing a damsel in distress from a train track, arresting comic book foe the Riddler at a bank and chasing the Penguin through a ballpark — in a Make a Wish Foundation project.</p> <p>Even President Barack Obama got in on the caped crusade, releasing a short video on the website Vine to say “Way to go Miles, way to save Gotham.”</p> <p>The nonprofit Make a Wish foundation worked with the city of San Francisco to stage the event for Miles, who has battled leukemia since he was a year old. His cancer went into remission in June.</p> <p>“This is closure for us,” his father, Nick Scott, told supporters. He added that it has “been a long three years” for the boy and his family.</p> <div class="body-related"> <div class="img-wrap"> <div class="cta-overlay"> <span class="cta-text xsmall">View gallery</span><span class="icon-slideshow icon-white-slideshow-xsmall">.”</span> </div> <p><img alt="Five-year-old leukemia survivor Miles Scott, dressed …" class="body-related-thumb lzbg" height="186px" src="http://l.yimg.com/os/mit/media/m/base/images/transparent-1093278.png" style="" title="" width="300px"></p> </div> <div class="body-related-title photo-caption" style="width: 300px;">Five-year-old leukemia survivor Miles Scott, dressed as “Batkid” smiles as he sits in the Batmobile  …</div> </div> <p>After his day of heroism, Miles was greeted by a cheering crowd of people outside City Hall, where he received a key to the city from Mayor Ed Lee. The boy is from the small California town of Tulelake, which is on the border with Oregon.</p> <p>“Bat Kid, you won our hearts with your courage and your story,” Lee told a bashful Miles, who remained quiet, but smiled and wore a mask and cape during the ceremony. “The streets are much safer because of you.”</p> <p>The San Francisco Chronicle put out a special “Gotham City Chronicle” edition with a front page article about Miles’ exploits written by Clark Kent, the alter ego of Superman.</p> <p>“The whole city has focused on making this wish happen,” said Make a Wish spokeswoman Jen Wilson. “It has taken all of us by surprise.”</p> <p>The production, which involved recreating comic book action scenes in some of the city’s busiest places, including Union Square and the AT&T Ballpark, used dozens of performers, production staff and hundreds of props.</p> <div class="body-related"> <div class="img-wrap"> <div class="cta-overlay"> <span class="cta-text xsmall">View gallery</span><span class="icon-slideshow icon-white-slideshow-xsmall">.”</span> </div> <p><img alt="Five-year-old leukemia survivor Miles Scott, dressed …" class="body-related-thumb lzbg" height="186px" src="http://l.yimg.com/os/mit/media/m/base/images/transparent-1093278.png" style="" title="" width="300px"></p> </div> <div class="body-related-title photo-caption" style="width: 300px;">Five-year-old leukemia survivor Miles Scott, dressed as “Batkid” speaks to Batman as he sits in the  …</div> </div> <p>Wilson said the organization initially hoped to have a couple hundred people volunteer to be a part of the awards ceremony crowd. By Thursday night, over 12,000 people had RSVP’d through the organization’s website.</p> <p>Kelly Bermudes, a 23-year-old San Francisco State University student who heard about the event on Facebook, joined the crowd in her Batman logo T-shirt.</p> <p>“I actually cried when I read about it,” Bermudes said. “I found it really touching that a whole city would do something like this for a child.”</p> <p>The Make a Wish Foundation grants requests, ranging from Disney World family trips to royal-themed sweet 16 bashes, to children between the ages of two-and-a-half and 18 with life-threatening illnesses.</p> <p>Make a Wish raises funds through donations from individuals and corporations and partners with businesses, governments and other organizations to fund wishes.</p> <p>The Phoenix-based organization was founded in 1980 and has 61 chapters across the United States and has granted more than 226,000 wishes for children in the country and abroad.</p> <p>The U.S. Department of Justice put out a fake criminal indictment against the Riddler and the Penguin that credited Miles for his “heroic actions.” It said the two villains would serve at least 24 years in prison and ironically said “good luck with that” to any attempt they might make to appeal.</p> <p>“Because even if you get out of jail someday, you will never succeed in your criminal actions as long as Miles, aka ‘Batman,’ aka ‘Batkid’ is looking out for the citizens of Gotham,” the mock indictment said.</p> <p>(Editing by Alex Dobuzinskis and Lisa Shumaker)</p> <ul id="topics" class="hidden"> <li>Society & Culture</li> <li>San Francisco</li> <li>San Francisco Chronicle</li> </ul><p></p> //<!--[CDATA[ jQuery(".gmframe").load(function (){jQuery(this).remove();}); //]]--> <br><br>

San Francisco becomes Gotham City for boy who battled cancer [ BeritaTerkini ]

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Samsung expert: No one buys Samsung gadgets for touch

<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><p>Michael Wagner, an expert witness hired by Samsung, says Apple has overstated how much money it's due for Samsung's infringement on Apple's 'pinch to zoom' tech.</p><br /><p><img src="http://asset3.cbsistatic.com/cnwk.1d/i/tim/2012/12/05/Shara_Tibken_60x43.jpg" width="600"/> </p><br /><img src="http://asset0.cbsistatic.com/cnwk.1d/i/tim/2011/11/09/courthouse_610x458.JPG" width="600"/><br /><p>(Credit: Michelle Meyers/CNET)</p><br /><p>SAN JOSE, Calif. -- A Samsung expert on Friday made his case for why the Korean giant should pay Apple only $52 million in damages, saying there's no evidence that anyone has bought Samsung devices because of a particular patented Apple technology.</p><br /><p>An expert hired by Apple had determined the company was due $114 million in lost profits because of Samsung's use of technology under Apple's patent No. 7,844,915, also known as 'pinch to zoom.' The '915 patent covers technology that can distinguish whether a user is scrolling with one finger versus using several touch points at once for a pinch-to-zoom action.</p><br /><p>However, Michael Wagner, an accountant and lawyer hired by Samsung, said there's no evidence from either company that shows consumers bought Samsung devices because they liked that particular touch-screen feature. As a result, he believes Apple should receive no money for lost profits.</p><br /><p>'I believe people bought these phones for other features,' Wagner said. That includes bigger, AMOLED screens; faster processors; and 4G LTE.</p><br /><p>The comments come on the fourth day of a retrial for damages that Samsung owes Apple for infringing on five of its patents. A judge in March vacated about $450 million of an original award. Samsung is still on the hook for $600 million, no matter what happens in the retrial.</p><br /><p>Wagner spent his time on the stand Friday disputing calculations made by Apple's expert accountant, Julie Davis. In particular, he said that she didn't correctly determine Samsung's profits from the infringing devices and she attached too much value to Apple's lost profits stemming from Samsung's use of a touch-screen technology patent.</p><br /><p>The two companies are battling over how much more Samsung owes Apple for infringing on five of its patents. Apple -- using Davis' calculations -- says Samsung owes it $380 million. Samsung says it should pay $52 million.</p><br /><p>A big part of the discrepancy comes from differing views on how much Apple lost in profits and how much it should be due for royalties.</p><br /><p>One expert, MIT professor John Hauser, estimated three Apple patents, including the '915 patent, adds about $100 in value to a $199 smartphone or $90 in value to a $499 tablet. Davis said Apple lost out on $114 million in profits because of the Samsung copycat devices. She also calculated Samsung's profits to be $231 million, and said reasonable royalties owed to Apple total $35 million. Apple estimates it would have sold 360,000 devices if Samsung hadn't released infringing rivals.</p><br /><p>Samsung, meanwhile, said Apple shouldn't receive any money for lost profits, $52.7 million for Samsung's profits, and royalties of only $28,452 because the patents have limitations.</p><br /><p>Wagner on Friday said Davis should have deducted operating expenses for marketing, R&D, and other items from her calculation of Samsung's profit from the infringing devices.</p><br /><p>'Davis calculated not a penny of these operating expenses, which I believe are a necessary expense,' Wagner said. 'You can't sell a phone without incurring those types of costs.'</p><br /><p>As for lost profits, Judge Lucy Koh on November 7 granted Samsung's motion to strike the lost profits calculations of Davis because Davis' calculations relied on an assumption that Samsung would not have started its efforts to design around Apple's patents until it received actual notice of infringement. That ruling meant that only one patent -- '915 -- could be used to calculate lost profits, Koh said, because it was based on the appropriate design around period start dates.</p><br /><p>However, according to a court document, less than two days before the retrial was set to begin, Apple declared that it planned to argue for lost profit damages for three other patents anyway, despite the fact its expert concluded it wasn't entitled damages for those patents. It planned to use a new, alternative theory to argue for lost profits, the court filing said.</p><br /><p>Koh on Tuesday issued another order blocking Apple from making such an argument. That meant only the '915 patent could be used to determine lost profits.</p><br /><p>'The Court is concerned that Apple's new lost profits theory will invite the jury to come up with a lost profits award founded on little more than pure speculation,' she said.</p><br /><p>Court kicked off Tuesday with jury selection in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. The companies should wrap up witness testimony Monday and make closing arguments Tuesday. A jury of six women and two men will then deliberate to determine the new damages amount.</p><br />Apple v. Samsung redux: What you need to know (FAQ)<br /><p>Apple originally filed suit against Samsung in April 2011, accusing the Korean company of copying the look and feel of its products. Samsung countersued two months later over patent infringement and said it was at work on touch-screen phones with giant rectangular screens and rounded corners well before Apple showed up. The initial trial, which stretched more than three weeks in August 2012, wrapped both of those cases in one, somehow squeezing together the patent infringement issues, alongside antitrust claims, and even trade dress issues.</p><br /><p>In August of last year, a nine-person jury sided with Apple on a majority of its patent infringement claims against Samsung. At that time, the jury awarded Apple $1.05 billion in damages, much less than the $2.75 billion sought by the Cupertino, Calif., electronics giant. Samsung, which asked for $421 million in its countersuit, didn't get anything.</p><br /><p>However, Koh in March ordered a new trial to recalculate some of the damages in the case, striking $450.5 million off the original judgment against Samsung. What that means is Samsung is still on the hook for about $600 million in damages, but a new jury has to decide how much else it owes.</p><br /><p>The products in question include the Galaxy Prevail, Gem, Indulge, Infuse 4G, Galaxy SII AT&T, Captivate, Continuum, Droid Charge, Epic 4G, Exhibit 4G, Galaxy Tab, Nexus S 4G, Replenish, and Transform. The Prevail in particular racked up $57.9 million of the damages tally, which Koh said was a failure on the jury's part, since the device was found to infringe only on utility patents, and not on design patents.</p><br /></div>

Technology Samsung expert: No one buys Samsung gadgets for touch

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