Friday, August 31, 2012

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Brent crude edges down toward $112, storm impact limited

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Brent crude fell towards $112 a barrel on Thursday after oil facilities in the Gulf of Mexico were largely spared storm damage, but maintenance at North Sea fields and a possible strike in Norway's oil sector curbed losses.

U.S. crude futures posted a bigger fall as a surprise build in crude stockpiles and a possible release of strategic oil stocks weighed on prices.

Hurricane Isaac was downgraded to a tropical storm on Wednesday as it continued to batter the U.S. Gulf Coast, causing flooding and power outages but so far no discernible damage to refineries or offshore oil and gas platforms.

Brent crude for October delivery edged down 5 cents to $112.49 a barrel and U.S. crude slipped 52 cents to $94.97 by 0431 GMT. Both contracts were down for a second straight session.

"We don't see any substantial impact from this hurricane so the risk premium has been removed," said Yusuke Seta, a commodities sales manager at Newedge Japan.

U.S. crude oil inventories rose 3.78 million barrels in the week to August 24, the Energy Information Administration said on Wednesday, against expectations of a 1.5 million-barrel fall.

Talks that consuming nations may release strategic oil reserves have also capped oil prices.

The White House reiterated on Wednesday that the option of releasing oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve remained on the table but it had no announcements to make.

Just a day earlier, the Group of Seven finance ministers expressed concerns over high oil prices and said they stood ready to call on the International Energy Agency to ensure the market is well supplied.

EYES ON BERNANKE, ECB

Investors stayed on the sidelines, waiting for a speech by U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Friday for signs of further economic stimulus. They are also eyeing more details from the European Central Bank on proposed bond purchases aimed at tackling the region's debt crisis.

"If they are going to announce concrete ideas to support those countries in the euro zone it will be supportive for the euro and Brent crude," Newedge's Seta said, adding Brent will see support at $111.50 a barrel, the 200-day moving average.

More bond purchases by the United States could depress the U.S. dollar, making commodities such as oil more affordable for buyers holding other currencies.

Oil investors are also keeping an eye on a possible strike by Norway's oil service workers that could disrupt supply from the world's eighth largest exporter.

This could be the workers' second strike in just over a month after they caused a partial shutdown of the country's oil and gas industry.

Tensions in the Middle East are also supporting oil prices.

"The likelihood of a scenario that involves military action by Israel is low ahead of U.S. presidential elections, but the question is what happens afterwards," BNP Paribas analysts wrote in a note.

"As Iran loses its position as OPEC's second largest producer to Iraq, it is hard to envisage that it will sit quietly as more of its oil comes under embargo."

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Thursday, August 30, 2012

Time Warner Cable expanding fiber broadband coverage in NYC, only businesses to benefit

Time Warner Cable expanding fiber broadband coverage in NYC, only businesses to benefit

Google, we're not in Kansas anymore, we're in New York, where Time Warner Cable is planning to drop $25 million on expanding its (up to) 1Gbps fiber broadband infrastructure. Specifically, the additional network is hitting neglected areas in Brooklyn and Manhattan, but it's not for general consumption -- it's strictly for businesses. Don't feel too disheartened though -- you might not be getting a slice of this particular fiber pie, but it's all you can eat, all the time at the free WiFi buffet.

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Rubio: Both parties need to improve with Hispanics

(AP) ? Sen. Marco Rubio says both political parties need to do more to address the needs of Hispanic Americans.

The Florida Republican was reacting to comments from Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, who said the array of Hispanic speakers at the GOP convention isn't enough for Mitt Romney to woo Latino voters.

Rubio, who will formally introduce Romney before he accepts the GOP presidential nomination, says Republicans can't just be the anti-illegal immigration party, they have to be the "pro legal immigration party."

He tells ABC's "Good Morning America" there are problems with Obama's decision to stop deporting younger illegal immigrants who came to the U.S. as children. Romney has promised to change that strategy but has not specified how.

Polls have shown Romney struggling to gain traction with Latino voters.

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Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Colombia government seeks peace with FARC rebels

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During a televised speech on Monday, Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos says that his government had held exploratory talks with rebels of the the leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia.

By NBC News staff and wire reports

BOGOTA, Colombia -- Colombia's government is seeking peace with the country's biggest rebel group, the FARC, and could consider also holding talks with a second guerrilla movement to end five decades of war, the country's president said on Monday.?

"(W)e have had exploratory conversations with the FARC to seek an end to the conflict,"?President Juan Manuel Santos?said in a televised address from the presidential palace, confirming weeks of swirling rumors that his government had started behind-the-scenes discussions.


A successful peace agreement with the rebels would secure Santos a place in history as the leader who ended a conflict that has killed tens of thousands over the years and left the Andean nation's reputation in tatters.?

Santos also said his government would learn from the mistakes of so many previous leaders who tried but failed to clinch a lasting cease-fire with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia.?

He said that the military would continue its operations "throughout every centimeter" of Colombia while talks continued.?Santos did not provide further details, but said he would reveal more about the talks in the coming days.?

The president has said he would consider peace talks with the FARC only if he was certain the drug-funded group would negotiate in good faith.?The last peace effort ended in shambles.?

Colombia 'milestone' as FARC frees captives after over a decade

In response to a Reuters interview published on Monday with the head of the nation's second biggest rebel group, Santos said the National Liberation Army, known as the ELN, could also be involved in the peace talks.?

"Today the ELN has expressed, via an international news agency, its interest in participating in conversations to put an end to the violence," the president said in his brief speech.?

"I tell that group that, within the same framework, they too can be part of the effort to end the conflict."?

'People's army'?
The FARC, which calls itself "the people's army" defending peasant rights, has battled about a dozen governments since appearing in 1964, when its founder, Manuel Marulanda, and 48 rebels fought off thousands of troops in jungle hide-outs.?

The group has faced its biggest setbacks in recent years as U.S.-trained special forces use sophisticated technology and spy networks to track the leaders.?

Jaime Saldarriaga / Reuters, file

A member of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) runs during a battle with the Colombian army in the mountains of Jambalo, in the province of Cauca, on July 12. Cauca province -- known colloquially to soldiers as Cauca-kistan for the intensity of combat there -- has been one of the hottest regions of the conflict and it is a strategic area for the production and transport of cocaine.

A string of defeats began in 2008 with a cross-border military raid into Ecuador that killed its second in command. Marulanda died of a heart attack weeks later and was replaced by Alfonso Cano, who was later killed too.?

But there has been a recent uptick in violence. Attacks on oil industry installations have jumped 40 percent over the last year, while violent clashes between troops and indigenous protesters led to withering criticism of Santos for not protecting the soldiers.?

Six people were killed, including two children, in a FARC bomb attack in central Meta province on Sunday.

Political future for rebels?
Details of the talks are still being worked out, the source said, but the negotiations could take place in Cuba or Norway. President Barack Obama is aware of the process and is in agreement, the Reuters source said.?

According to Colombian newspaper El Espectador, among the central issues going into the talks will be whether the FARC will be granted a political role, whether lands lost during the fighting will be returned to farmers, whether the rebels will lay down their arms, and whether rebel leaders will be subject to extradition.

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In 1988 former President Andres Pastrana ceded the FARC a safe haven the size of Switzerland to promote talks. The rebels took advantage of the breathing space to train fighters, build more than 25 airstrips to fly drug shipments, and set up prison camps to hold its hostages.?

A Colombian intelligence source told Reuters earlier that as part of the deal to hold talks, Santos had agreed FARC rebels would not be extradited to any other country to stand trial.?

(Link to Spanish-language article in El Espectador)

Colombia's congress passed a constitutional reform in June that set the legal basis for eventual peace with the rebels. The reform prohibits guerrilla leaders accused of crimes against humanity from holding political office.?

Guarded hope
News of the latest peace effort was met with guarded hope among Colombians.?

"Honestly, full peace is probably never possible. Of course it would be good ... but really, an end to the war? I think an end to the world will happen first," said Maria Eugenia Martinez as she sold cigarettes in an upscale Bogota neighborhood.?

Colombians dismantle police post in protest at FARC clashes

Santos discussed the peace process during talks in Havana with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and Cuba's former leader Fidel Castro before the Summit of the Americas in Cartagena, Colombia earlier this year, the intelligence source said.?

In a recent interview with Reuters, Santos said he would only start a peace process "with a high probability of success. I would not start a process to fail."?

News of the talks had already angered Santos' predecessor, Alvaro Uribe, who has slammed Santos for wanting "peace at any cost" and allowing the rebels to rearm and regroup.?

Explosion in Bogota kills at least two and injures former interior minister

Santos, a former defense minister, won election in 2010 by a landslide, pledging to cut unemployment and continue Uribe's hard line security policies, while fostering economic growth and reducing poverty.?

While much of the world struggles to shore up fiscal accounts, Colombia's financial management, buoyant economy and security advances have helped shield its economy from too much fallout from the international financial crisis.?

Once an outcast for most foreign companies, the Andean nation has become a magnet for investment as a U.S.-backed offensive against the FARC sharply reduced the number of kidnappings and murders. The nation was rewarded last year with an investment grade from three major credit-rating agencies.?

Reuters contributed to this report.

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Take a Fun Tour of Tom Douglas' Home Kitchen

For a fun, and very detailed look at Tom and Jackie?s home kitchen and dining room, and to hear Tom explain how they made decisions which created the professionally efficient but warm and cozy design that was needed for a massive amount of home entertaining, take a look at this slideshow from the Fine Cooking website.

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Research Shows Replacement Windows Are A Solid Investment

If you truly want a more energy efficient home, you need to get rid of your old, leaky windows.

Many homeowners put off new windows because they think they can increase their energy efficiency by caulking their old, drafty windows. Caulking will definitely help, but if you have old, inefficient windows you are going to need to replace them with new Energy Star ones. You will save so much money on your energy bills, your new windows will eventually pay for themselves. Aside from saving energy, replacement windows also add curb appeal to your home. Local realtors say, the shape of the windows can single handedly make or break the sale of a home.

?Remodeling? magazine examined the cost of replacement windows in an average-sized home, and then figured that house?s value if sold a year later. The average rate of the window replacement cost recouped was 91.6%, which means that even if you move, you will gain value from your choice to replace your windows. New windows provide one of the best returns on investment (ROI) of any home improvement project.

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Tuesday, August 28, 2012

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Buying: How to Buy a Car DVD Player

Today, it is a family does not have a DVD player, but the last way more cool to electronically enhance your life setup for your car! Car DVD player in all varieties and different prices, but the cheapest will send you to paradise movie buffs!

Steps:

1. Look at the car with a DVD player, can afford. auto dvd can be as simple as it can be very fancy. Sitting on the bench between the plug cigarette lighter portable devices are usually more reasonable than a full theater system right car ($ 100 to $ 3,000 and up).

2. Most people who are looking for electronics, vehicles are car DVD player options for future purchases. What is advanced, simply out of date.

3. Make sure that your car is the best place to install a car DVD player. You want your car DVD player using the best quality entries.

4. With a DVD with you when you shop. There are three competing, incompatible formats: DVD-R, DVD-RW and DVD-RAM. While the players say, you need to format, make sure the test.

5. If your budget is relatively small (less than $ 250), and very simple, you have to buy an all-in-one car DVD player or individual components. All-in-one unit includes a cassette player (VCP) or DVD player, speakers and screen.

6. System components for the car stereo and the sound of the pipes are passed directly to the headphones, peaceful view. The most high-end car audio retailers such systems. A single video source can run multiple screens, liquid crystal display (LCD) components of the system ($ 400). Panel?android car dvd screen pop-up, the car suspended ceiling or mounted on the headrest.

7. Ensuring that no component of the system is scalable, so you can adjust your system in the future or different displays and input devices.

8. Best TV receiver, it is also referred to as a dual antenna diversity used when the vehicle is in motion, which is recommended.

9. It is very important to ensure that the needs of the vehicle's electrical system can handle a mobile entertainment system. You need a professional to determine this for you.

10. Note that the audio encoding Dolby Digital or Digital Theater System (DTS) DVD itself is essential.

Tip: Car DVD player can also play audio CDs. If you burn a CD, your computer, and bring home record to prove it.

A laptop with a DVD drive can be used as an audience of small cars entertainment system. The target mobile entertainment theft system. To invest in a good car alarm.

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Taiwan's Communications Device Production Value to Decline 4.2%

Taipei, Aug, 23 2012 (CENS) ?Affected by fierce competition between two global mobile phone vendors, Apple Inc. and Samsung Group, the overall production value of communication devices will be NT$ 1.01 trillion (US$ 33.66 billion) this year, down 4.2% year on year (YoY), predicts the Industrial Economics and Knowledge Center (IEK) under Taiwan?s Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) and the government-sponsored Industry & Technology Intelligence Services (ITIS) project.

Due mainly to shrinking shipments by High Tech Computer Corp. (HTC), a Taiwanese smartphone vendor, production value of mobile phones in Taiwan was NT$ 130.3 billion (US$ 4.34 billion), down 11.8% YoY, resulting in overall communication production value of NT$ 262.7 billion
(US$ 8.75 billion), down 1.5% YoY.

According to ITIS, Taiwanese customers tend to wait for iPhone 5?s launch, which indirectly affects shipment performance of the mobile industry here, hence the estimate of the production value of communication devices in the third quarter to be NT$ 254.8 billion (US$ 8.49 billion), down sizably 13.5% YoY.

The production values of switches and wireless network related products in the second quarter both increased 20% to 30% YoY, contrasted against drops in production values of mobile phones, global positioning systems (GPS) and internet set top boxes.

ITIS added that, despite HTC?s launch of the ?One series? smart phone in the second quarter, the firm?s shipments still lagged market expectation due mainly to Europeans? sagging spending and goods held in North American Customs.

Sales of Taiwan-made OEM Motorola and Nokia low-end smart phones in China were better-than-expected, which slowed deterioration of the industry in the second quarter here.

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Monday, August 27, 2012

Don't Let Pimples Help You Get Lower. Consider These Techniques ...

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Reports: 37 people shot in Chicago since Friday

Chicago police superintendent Garry McCarthy speaks with WMAQ on how the city can help stem gun violence, following reports that 37 people have been shot in Chicago since Friday.

By NBC News staff

At least nine people were killed and 28 others wounded in a spate of shootings since Friday night in Chicago, according to local reports.?

The most recent shooting death occurred on Sunday afternoon in the city's South Side, where a 19-year-old was shot from a passing vehicle, according to the Sun-Times Media Wire. ?The man died in the hospital after the 2:50 p.m. (3:50 p.m. ET) shooting, the Sun-Times Media Wire reported.


At least 17 people were shot, one fatally, from 6 p.m. Saturday to 6 a.m. Sunday alone,?according to the Chicago Tribune.?

That fatality was a 28-year-old man who was found at around 3 a.m. on Sunday inside a vehicle, police and the medical examiner?s office told NBCChicago.com?and the Chicago Tribune.

A 17-year-old was also fatally shot by someone riding a mountain bike on Friday, according to NBCChicago.com.?

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One of the youngest to be shot since Friday was a 15-year-old girl who was hit in the chest while smoking marijuana on Friday evening, NBCChicago.com reported. Police said that shooting was not "intentional."

'We're basically treading water'
In the midst of the violence, Chicago Police Supt. Garry McCarthy defended his department's anti-violence strategy.

"We're not winning, we're not losing. We're basically treading water," McCarthy said on Saturday. ?He said that in the month of August, "we had some trouble because some of these retaliatory shootings are happening quicker than we can stop them."

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The Chicago Police Department is trying to deal with a 28-percent spike in the city's homicide total in 2012 compared to the same period last year,?The Chicago Sun-Times reported on Sunday.

Nineteen people were shot late Thursday and early Friday,?NBCChicago.com reported. Thirteen of those were shot over a 30-minute period.

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Has Google Crossed Over Into True Evil?

The reason we keep asking about Google and evil is because early in their existence they appeared to create a policy of not being evil. This was most unusual, but since then the invasions of privacy and moves like taking self-driving cars on the road without approval and in early testing seemed to test that definition.


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Sunday, August 26, 2012

Layton Hower ? Train The Self For Wholesome Relationships

How exercise can benefit you while helping you thru self-growth: The average educated weight lifter typically spends 5 to 25 minutes doing warm up exercise before conducting their coaching routine. Heat ups are essential, not only in weight lifting, however in every exercise you participate in.

Weight lifting, other than the massive increase in strength and ability, it additionally assist to shape the weight training individuals? physique making it look toned and well constructed which enhance their social life and self confidence. Is it any wonder that people are inclined to say that weight coaching is ?optimistic self-growth coaching for sport and life?. Use your desires for private improvement of the wholesome self. Learn to train for probably the most advantageous performance.

The security side in all types of coaching must be meticulously observed. It is particularly so for biking coaching as damage to tissue or muscles might trigger disagreeable accidents during cycling. The huge pressure resulting from inappropriate training throughout routine exercises may trigger long-time period damage to the hamstrings, which is difficult. It might take a longer time to heal. The youthful cyclists are inclined to expertise muscle tenderness earlier than the older technology as a result of getting old causes permeability of muscle cells and the membranes to decrease. One must take precautions, by focusing on age, proficiency, stamina, and his or her ability before significantly embarking on any type of exercise training.

Usually, cyclists have developed a higher amount of stamina degree, endurance and balance. It is one?s choice whether or not to train in cycling to a competitive or personal level. One should realize however, that pain is part of the coaching to ensure that one to achieve self-control and body.

You wish to hold your desires in focus when you thrive for the healthy self and development. Work on understanding your desires or objectives to work by means of cultivating the wholesome self and relationships.

Physical train will develop your self-improvement by offering you methods to grow while constructing a new, more healthy life. One can follow yoga to discover his or her dreams.

It is important to follow yoga each day to develop a richer understanding of the self. Start with fifteen to twenty minutes of practice then progress as soon as you?re feeling at ease. Keep in mind, it?s best to always have time to meditate. Thus, do that method of self-development practices to see your internal self unfold in time. You want to listen to your internal voice as well.

Your internal voice can act as a coach to information you to the wholesome self. Once you build the healthy self, your confidence and vanity will flourish. Once this motion occurs, others will really feel delighted to be in your life. You can build more healthy relationships that can final a lifetime.

Take time to learn different exercises today for social and personal development. With the intention to keep the body healthy we should handle it on a regular schedule. Building strength of character and thoughts will are available time through exercise. It should make you be ok with discovering the inner self. Once you find your identity, you will feel empowered to take life by the horn and manipulate by way of the chaos with a positive outlook. Thus, exercise will construct stamina, willpower, and strength of will, character, vanity, confidence, safety and extra, which finally encourages one to alter his or her life in a constructive manner.

Via meditation and train you can finally work toward the healthy self-while cultivate healthy relationships that make you even stronger. Get began at this time, since time is operating short. You wish to uncover who you actually are now.

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Benefits of Starting Business Online and Internet Marketing ...

August 26th, 2012

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As a result of great improvement in engineering, it has become quite simple to start out creating cash online from the comforts of ones household. The online market place is 1 substantial location where by almost anything at all may be sold. Starting internet business could be both of those easy to set-up and successful in addition.

Identical to most providers, you must only find out concerning how to concentration on those people basic internet marketing tactics if you want for you personally to realize success. The biggest benefit of establishing internet business is its versatility. It is possible to run the organization within the comforts of your house and wish not rent a space and pay out all individuals organization expenditures. This also features you portability as you can run your small business anyplace, with just the usage of your notebook. Nonetheless, this type of small business also involves a lot obligation and self-discipline. You need to learn to not put off your do the job and will not shed the main focus to construct up your company. So as to be successful in generating funds on the net, it is best to learn to formalize your ambitions and work schedules to make sure that you might ensure development of the business.

Website marketing is one really successful process of attracting future consumers who will be looking for the solutions and products that the web based business is presenting. The greater the volume of site visitors that can have an interest within the providers and items as part of your web page, the greater chance of leads to produce larger sales. Receiving this people today to visit your internet site could be the initial move. Other advantages of affiliate marketing is going to be attained for those who can create a web site which stands out among the the competitor. The site ought to offer the website visitors with the details that theyre in search of and that facts should be quick for these visitors to locate. A well-designed site is not going to only really encourage those people prospective client, theyll also probable to unfold god words about your to some others. This, in turn, will generate far more consumers into the web-site and better prospect for sales and profits.

You can also find a lot of household centered companies which start out building money on line by furnishing their expert services with other company like website developing. This type of business enterprise and that is services centered is often started instantly without the need of the necessity to speculate on stock. Theres also some web sites which permit you have their own personal products marketed in the website and at the time these products and solutions are bought, you will be given a commission. As a result, there may be distinct varieties of revenues which youll receive y just starting a business on the internet. If that which you will offer is a company, you are able to cost your client for each deal foundation these types of as in internet style or on hourly prices. If everything you can have can be an on line retail store for merchandise, you will receive revenue in the revenue. You may also get paid commissions if you might be working with affiliates which are typically a percentage of the income.

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Saturday, August 25, 2012

Choosing Your Health and Fitness Equipment : : Friends Disaster ...

Choosing Your Health and Fitness Equipment

Fitness items can be an wonderful cluster of tools, that are employed in work up and are called figure out items. These can contain things like uncomplicated products this type of as balls, track shoes and skipping ropes also abundant a heap more complicated items of products these types of as treadmills, pounds load, bicycles and varied alternative individuals. Right now, a wide selection of health and fitness gear is out there for sale with new styles continuously being made do towards widespread for gear that is helpful in building muscles and strength as nicely as for losing excess pounds. These contain things like people who totally free weights and equipment called the opposition equipment. The most common kind of pounds device is one that utilizes gravity sort of a pounds source. This layout is utilised largely in fat equipment. Gravity in mixture having an uncomplicated vogue of pulleys, wheels and inclines, utilizes a proportion on the pounds on the user since the resistance transferred.

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A picture from the video showing how the colors of the Longfin Inshore squid's skin changes to music.

Squid: not just delicious, but also musical. Scientists at the Woods Hole, Mass., Marine Biological Laboratory made a trippy video, surfaced on CNET, which came about from wanting to explore how the colors of the Longfin Inshore squid's skin changes.

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The must-see video is seen through a microscope magnified eight times and zoomed in on the dorsal side of the fin. It was made with the help of Paloma T. Gonzalez-Bellido of Roger Hanlon's Lab in the Marine Resource Center of the Marine Biological Labs.

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Friday, August 24, 2012

Laptops, Computers, Technology, Tablets - Windows 8 Brings Forth ...











The big launch of Microsoft's latest operating software, Windows 8, is slated for later this year and it's already got some major manufacturers eagerly on their toes. Windows 8 is said to work better with touch capable devices and will enhance efficiency like never before. Manufacturers are already coming up with ways to innovate ultrabooks, netbooks and tablets. Even Dell laptops are being renovated into hybrid devices. And they're not stopping at laptops. Big brands like Dell are preparing a range of new hybrids including tablets and ultrabooks.

According to DigiTimes reports, the ultrabooks available to consumers today are not adequate enough for touch technology because users might accidentally push the top panel of the laptop forward when trying to tap the touch screen. What's worse is the entire laptop could fall backward if the touch screen is pushed too hard.

To solve this problem, manufacturers are ditching the traditional clamshell design and gravitating toward something innovative and futuristic. Now on the table are designs featuring rotating or sliding screens, which would allow the laptop to function as a tablet as well. An example of this is a laptop that folds around completely into a tablet, and the keyboard on the reverse side would be automatically disabled when shifted.

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In the past, manufacturers have innovated products with similar ideas. For example, they developed several high-tech laptops with rotating screens in various directions. And these even include stylus pens to be used to draw on the screen. The text written or drawn on the screen could then be immediately transferred into typed text. This type of technology did not incorporate a full touch screen, but was headed in that direction. Some of the laptops currently being developed are even going to include a docking station and Bluetooth keyboard. This trend toward touch screen devices has obviously taken off with smartphones and will likely be just as popular with computing devices. Analysts call the touch trend "the Apple effect."

And with all things touch screen, the price tag will reflect the advanced technology. Touch screen products will certainly cost significantly more than the traditional track pad and keyboard products. But if you're a Windows enthusiast, you'll want to get your hands on Windows 8. And in order to enjoy the full benefits of Windows 8 technology, you'll need a touch screen hybrid device.

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Bartolo Colon suspended 50 games for positive test

FILE - In this Aug. 12, 2012, file photo, Oakland Athletics starter Bartolo Colon throws against the Chicago White Sox during the first inning of a baseball game in Chicago. Colon, a former AL Cy Young Award winner, has been suspended for 50 games by Major League Baseball on Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2012, after testing positive for testosterone. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

FILE - In this Aug. 12, 2012, file photo, Oakland Athletics starter Bartolo Colon throws against the Chicago White Sox during the first inning of a baseball game in Chicago. Colon, a former AL Cy Young Award winner, has been suspended for 50 games by Major League Baseball on Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2012, after testing positive for testosterone. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

FILE - In this April 29, 2012, file photo, Oakland Athletics pitcher Bartolo Colon tosses the ball in the air after committing a throwing error during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles in Baltimore. Colon, a former AL Cy Young Award winner, has been suspended for 50 games by Major League Baseball on Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2012, after testing positive for testosterone. (AP Photo/Gail Burton, File)

FILE - In this Aug. 12, 2012, file photo, Oakland Athletics starter Bartolo Colon tosses the ball after Chicago White Sox's Gordon Beckham hit a two-run single during the sixth inning of a baseball game in Chicago. Colon, a former AL Cy Young Award winner, has been suspended for 50 games by Major League Baseball on Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2012, after testing positive for testosterone. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

FILE - In this July 28, 2012, file photo, Oakland Athletics starting pitcher Bartolo Colon delivers in the second inning of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles in Baltimore. Colon, a former AL Cy Young Award winner, has been suspended for 50 games by Major League Baseball on Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2012, after testing positive for testosterone. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark, File)

Un aficionado pide en una pancarta que se acaben los esteroides entre los Gigantes de San Francisco en el partido del domingo 19 de agosto de 2012 entre ?stos y los Padres en San Diego. El dominicano Melky Cabrera, uno de los mejores bateadores de los Gigantes, fue suspendido d?as atr?s por las mayores durante 50 partidos por dar positivo a testosterona. Su equipo pudo detener a tiempo un pedido de 20.000 camisetas que solicit? en su honor. (Foto AP/Lenny Ignelzi)

(AP) ? In the 2? hours it took the Oakland Athletics to wrap up a series win against the Twins, Bartolo Colon's belongings were removed from his locker and his nameplate taken down.

His replacement arrived from Triple-A, too.

Colon received a 50-game suspension Wednesday for testing positive for testosterone, and the A's disconnected themselves from the former Cy Young Award winner in a hurry. He left his teammates stunned and frustrated, some angry that a guy they thought they knew would take such a risk trying to gain an edge at age 39.

The A's now know what the Giants went through across San Francisco Bay.

What a devastating week it has been for the Bay Area's two contending baseball teams. First, it was All-Star game MVP Melky Cabrera of the Giants suspended 50 games for testosterone last Wednesday, then Colon exactly a week later for the same banned substance.

"I think the league is doing the best they can with it, and therefore the policy and program is catching people," Oakland manager Bob Melvin said. "I don't know how much more you can do than that."

Major League Baseball made the announcement of Colon's penalty a week after suspending Cabrera.

"I apologize to the fans, to my teammates and to the Oakland A's," Colon said in a statement released by the players' association. "I accept responsibility for my actions and I will serve my suspension as required by the joint drug program."

He will miss the final 40 games of the regular season and the first 10 games of the postseason if Oakland advances that far. Any remainder of the suspension would be served in a future season, if Colon signs another major league contract.

"It's a shock," Oakland reliever Grant Balfour said. "He's a guy that we're definitely relying on right now. I guess you could say it's bad timing any time, but especially now."

Oakland, which hasn't made the playoffs since 2006, was preparing for an afternoon series finale against Minnesota when players got the news from clubhouse televisions. A closed-door team meeting was called.

"The Oakland Athletics are disappointed to learn of today's suspension," the A's said in a statement.

Starter Brandon McCarthy took that a little further.

"You can say someone's a good teammate, but it has to extend in all facets," McCarthy said after a 5-1 win. "Off the field, on the field and how you are in the clubhouse, no matter how you look at it, we've now lost a really important part of our team to his actions."

General manager Billy Beane received word from MLB earlier Wednesday and began searching for a starter to take Colon's turn in the rotation Thursday at Tampa Bay. Tyson Ross was called up from Triple-A Sacramento and moved into Colon's clubhouse spot.

"It shocked all of us just the fact someone got caught for that," Ross said.

Beane addressed the A's in the clubhouse before the team took the field for pregame warm-ups.

"Listen, it's disappointing. From a baseball standpoint, we're scrambling," Beane said. "We're all disappointed, not just for the Giants and the A's, but for baseball."

Colon is 10-9 with a 3.43 ERA in 24 starts this season, his first with the A's, and has a 171-122 record in 15 big league seasons. A two-time All-Star, the burly right-hander won the 2005 AL Cy Young Award after going 21-8 for the Los Angeles Angels.

Colon will lose the remaining $469,945 of his $2 million base salary this year. He also has earned $750,000 in performance bonuses based on starts and $150,000 based on innings, which are not affected. Thursday's start would have earned him another $250,000, and the suspension will cost him the chance to make $850,000 in additional bonuses based on innings.

"It is what it is. We certainly don't support the actions, but you have to move forward," Melvin said. "You go through things over the course of the season. This is just one of them. ... You have to have a short memory."

Five players have been suspended this year under the big league drug program. San Francisco reliever Guillermo Mota was penalized 100 games in May following his second positive test and is eligible to return Aug. 28. Philadelphia infielder Freddy Galvis and free agent outfielder Marlon Byrd were suspended 50 games each in June.

In addition, a 50-game suspension of NL MVP Ryan Braun was overturned after his lawyers argued his urine sample wasn't handled as the rules in the drug program specified at the time.

"Win at all costs in sport at every level," US Anti-Doping Agency CEO Travis Tygart wrote in an email to The Associated Press. "Athletes and their entourages will do whatever it takes if they think they have a chance to get away with it."

The five positive tests are the most in the major league program since there were eight in 2007.

Beane took a chance on suspended slugger Manny Ramirez earlier this year. Ramirez signed with Oakland while completing his suspension for a positive test but was released in June per his request while struggling in the minors.

"Baseball and the union have both been pretty aggressive in their approach," Beane said.

Colon did not file a grievance a person familiar with the suspension said, speaking on condition of anonymity because that detail wasn't announced. Also, the person said, MLB hasn't found any links between Cabrera and Colon at this point.

World Anti-Doping Agency President John Fahey said Wednesday that he wasn't surprised baseball officials discovered Cabrera associate Juan Nunez purchased a website and attempted to create evidence to support a claim that the outfielder inadvertently took the substance that caused the positive test.

"The fact that a well-known and highly paid athlete has attempted to avoid or reduce sanctioning for an anti-doping violation is not a surprise to WADA," Fahey said. "What concerns WADA is the alleged elaborate scheme that Cabrera and his advisers concocted, one that involved a fake website, an email trail of fictitious orders and a nonexistent supplement product, in an effort to prove he inadvertently ingested the banned substance synthetic testosterone."

Colon had been thankful to get a second chance with the A's. His 10 wins are the most since his Cy Young season.

"Well, through all the changes that have been made, and all the tests, it just doesn't make sense, let's put it that way," Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said of two suspensions in an eight-day span. "We're hoping we're past all that."

Colon has credited a stem-cell procedure he had two years ago for saving his career. He had fat and bone marrow stem cells collected and injected into his troublesome right elbow and shoulder in an unproven technique. Colon had no idea how it would turn out, but he responded and spent 2011 with the Yankees.

Joseph R. Purita, an orthopedic surgeon in Florida, told The New York Times last year that he flew to Colon's native Dominican Republic and helped a team of doctors there with the treatment on Colon. He said he has used human growth hormone in the procedure before, but not in this case with the pitcher.

HGH is banned by Major League Baseball.

The Bay Area already had been shocked by Cabrera's suspension.

"Two guys ? that's why they've got the policy, I guess," Balfour said. "The guy may be innocent. You just hope there's some mistake there."

The A's did welcome back starting left-hander Brett Anderson in Tuesday night's win over the Twins following a 14-month absence because of elbow ligament replacement surgery. Beane and Melvin feel especially fortunate to have him now.

Drug-testing labs check urine for its ratio of testosterone to epitestosterone, which usually is 1:1 in adult males. A 4:1 ratio is considered a positive test, but baseball officials said this week that even if there is a lower ratio, the lab conducts an isotope ratio mass spectrometry (IRMS) test. The IRMS test determines whether the testosterone is exogenous, meaning it came from outside the body.

There have been 76 suspensions this year under the minor league drug program.

Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine wouldn't address Colon's suspension specifically, but did add, "I just wish we'd get that loss back he pitched against us."

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AP Sports Writer Ronald Blum in New York and AP freelance Writer Ken Powtak in Boston contributed to this report.

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