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Posted on 12/08/2012 6:18:38 PM PST by HawkHogan
I was wondering how strong the FreeRepublic presence is on Twitter. I've been on there since October, and I've noticed that a lot of conservatives on Twitter end up getting temporarily suspended due to a spam-report bug that liberals are able to exploit? So far, I've been suspended 6 times in the last 2 months, mostly over my opinions regarding Benghazi.
Conservatives on Twitter refer to the temporary suspension as Twitter Gulag. Many have attempted to bring up the spam-report exploit to Twitter, but they deny it exists.
Have the Freepers on Twitter found a way to negate or lessen these Twitter suspensions?
I was getting hounded last night by a radical leftist LGBT because I tweeted about Prop8 and DOMA. I was going back and forth with her, pointing out how ridiculous her statements were(she claimed that 25 percent of the world is born gay). Anyway, the back and forth culminated with her threatening that I would be the first conservative scumbag whose blood was spilled by the LGBT revolution if the SCOTUS doesn't rule in favor of gay marriage. Needless to say, as I went to block her on Twitter, I realized she had exploited the spam-report bug on me, and I am now suspended again from Twitter.
I'm thinking I will be spending much more time on FR now, since these forum actually allows the free expression of conservative ideas. I fully believe that Twitter is aware of the spam-report exploit being used against conservatives, and they just refuse to address it.
Has anyone else encountered this Twitter Gulag?
I only directly talk to a couple of people on twitter.
If your account is less than a year old and under 10K followers, it is extremely susceptible to attacks from Lefturds and Libtards.
One of the easiest ways to cut down getting sent to TwitterGulag is to not use the Reply feature when conversing with the Left.
I'll post this comment and then post a link in another comment to a great website that goes into detail about how TwitterGulag'ing works.
Okay, found the link. Here's just one of the many posts about TwitterGulag:
@SemperBanU (aka - Charlie Johnson (a poke at LGF turdbutt, Charles Johnson) is one of the top guys when it comes to info about TwitterGulag. Any questions you have, he can answer them! Also, be sure to follow him and tell him @DoctorBulldog sent ya'!
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Always walking. Always searching. All day. Relentless. The streets are emptier but the sidewalks busier. Shops boarded up. This is the environment of nothing.
An angry, demanding crowd at one corner relief agency, but they have nothing more to give. It has all been given, more has been given away than has ever existed.
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He has become one of the needy masses, he was broken by the new confiscatory 90% tax rate. His greed merits death.
He is hung, the crowd disperses but their grim visages are not sated. The needy, demanding class has triumphed over the greed of those who once fed them.
Doesn't this mean that conservatives can zap liberals into Twitgitmo? Think Alinsky and fight fire by their own rules.
It's fairly easy to work around.
I am a little surprised you didn't search yourself first to find some answers.
I've been trying to avoid the direct tweet back to libtards, but every now and then, someone is so obnoxious and annoying, that I end up responding back. This LGBT literally send me 10 consecutive messages with her liberal bull shit, so I finally gave in, and started making her look silly.
Her bio said she was an anarchist student of Saul Alinsky, but than her bio picture had some nonsense about not cutting entitlements. I pointed out to her that she was a big government anarchist, and therefore a complete oxymoron.
That link is definitely helpful. I guess it's just frustrating that I enjoy Twitter because I can make liberals look silly, and this spam report glitch definitely ruins all the fun.
I understand how it works, but doesn't it seem a bit ridiculous that Twitter allows such an easy exploit to be utilized against (mostly) conservatives. Isn't that whole purpose of Twitter to be able to Tweet back and forth between each other? You think, once someone has appealed multiple suspensions, that it would be more difficult to utilize the spam exploit against them?
Liberal trolls will report you as spam and block you. Period. Goes with the territory.
I have a big Twitter presence and am as conservative as it gets. You have to immediately block lefty trolls, arguing with them does zero good. Their goal is to get you banned.
I have a simple solution for you. Quit using Twitter.
It doesn't do anybody any good.
I went to the gulag once.
I rarely engage the trolls.
Your best defense is building up your number of followers.
The larger the number of followers, the harder it is for the trolls to use that spam/block weapon against you - for whatever reason (something to do with algorithms - although the lefties don't seem to have as much trouble as we do)
One day I was checking my "interactions" and there was a notice that someone had added me to a bunch of lists.
A lefty was collecting conservative tweeters and compiling them into lists where other lefties could go and start pushing the spam/block buttons.
As soon as I saw that I blocked the listmaker and I avoided the gulag.
Always check your interactions and keep your name off liberal lists!
I did notice a sudden rash of Arabic followers who purely tweeted in Arabic after I had made comments in support of Israel. I need to start blocking all these fools.
I wonder if I need to watch my back since ms. lesbian told me I'd be the first casualty of the "bloodletting" since I'm against gay marriage. More tolerance from the left.
Hm, I have started tweeting quite a bit this year. I only have about 500 followers. I have only ever had a lefty respond to me once or twice. I wonder what I am doing wrong?!
I see my poetry has no impact at all.
I guess it will after I am dead.
oh - they are very nasty! LOL!
If you are making them angry, you've done something right.
Yes - I had a couple arabic folks too.
If I'm not sure what they're doing I block them
It happens more on hijacked hashtags...ones that were started by libs and taken over by conservatives.
The latest one was Obama's #My2K . A bunch of 'em were out over that.
They will be on trending hashtags, and on youth oriented ones too.
I'm excellent at firing up liberals. I know all their arguments, so I exactly what to say to set them off and I can actually support my beliefs with facts other than semantics.
I really just need to get my followers up so I can avoid these ridiculous spam-report exploits.
I'm just delighted I stumbled upon Free Republic. As a young conservative, I'm surrounded by liberals in everyday life, so it's nice to know, there's so many people out there fighting the good fight.
This has happened to me and I'm a Twitter newbie. I did wonder how the heck that happened because I certainly did not spam anyone.
I saw that hashtag. I think I used it a few times.
How do people get up to 10k followers?
Good to have a youngin'. We have some here. I will warn you though, I was fairly young when I started many moons ago. (ha!)
What is your name on Twitter, I will give you a follow.
"It doesnt do anybody any good."
Unfortunately Twitter is used more and more for politics. If you opt out or don't fight, someone else's ideology becomes the norm. Twitter is where politicians "get the message out".
oh I'm not the one to ask about that.
When I was sent to Twitmo I only had 60. Now I'm close to 600.
There are people out there buying followers somehow.I'm not sure what the fun is in that.
I just keep bumping into people and we follow each other back.
Fridays are a good day to participate in #FF where you recommend people, and sometimes they do the same for you.
Yes! Someone included me in a #FF on Friday and I wasn't sure what it was.
Twitter is fun though. It took me a long while to really get into it.
I like doing the threads like ObamaDrinks or ObamaChristmasSongs--they are a lot of fun. Makes me really, really miss Breitbart though. ):
I see my poetry has no impact at all.
Well, if they put a rope around the businessman's neck and suspended him with the intent of causing death, he was "hanged" not "hung." Maybe he was also "hung" but that is WAY too much information. *grin*
So, yeah, you did have some impact; I got to tease — and I *love* teasing (I hope humorously).
I can change that. lol.
My main: HawkHogan2012 is currently suspended. I have a backup account HawkHogan2k12, but I'm nowhere near as active when I don't have my main account.
What's your name, I'll give you a follow, once my suspension is gone. I think I messed up the appeal process because I said that the other user made a violent threat against me. I didn't get the usual appeal email, so I'm not sure what's going on now.
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Listening to some Christmas Music?
Packing up some Presents?
Building a Snowman?
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Besides browsing the FORUM of course ---
Listening to some Christmas Music?
Packing up some Presents?
Building a Snowman?
Let us know!
"Christmas: it's not the giving, it's not the getting, it's the loving." - Garfield
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Just tidied a bit of the garden while the weather is good..
Merry Christmas to all...
Now watching TV,...
Merry Christmas to all...
Well, I'm sat in bed with my iPad ...... Works quite well....
Merry Christmas to all...
Just made breakfast.
Merry Snowy Christmas
Love & Peace to the World
I'm doing a massive autumn clean! Yes, I'm genuinely excited about this. I'm bagging up clothes that I don't wear / the kids have outrgrown for charity shops to make room for the winter wardrobe, I'm taking boxes of toys to charity shops because we don't have enough for space for the ones we have as it is, we will definately need more space when Santa comes! I'm getting my house feeling all lovely and sacious and clean ready for rocking around the Christmas tree
Just about to go shopping,having just sprayed around the house with Mulled Wine and Cinnamon Apple air fresh.Going to buy some Christmas candles today,if I can.
hmmmmmm smells just like Christmas
Just sat in he kitchen, posting here before going shopping..
Merry Christmas to all...
just relaxing and listening to the music
When it seems the magic slipped away...
We find it all again on Christmas Day.
*Seeing isn't believing.Believing is seeing.*
Catching up on posts - had trouble with my computer network/internet last night!
I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas


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By Brendan Conway
Fund makers are in land rush over China's tightly controlled domestic stock market. In the latest move, Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management on Wednesday is set to launch what it's billing as the first U.S. ETF offering direct exposure to China's domestic stocks.
Investors have had access to Hong Kong stocks and ETFs like iShares China Large-Cap ETF (FXI) for years. The same isn't true for stocks in Shanghai and Shenzhen, where outsiders are rare. In the so-called "A shares," foreign ownership is restricted to those whom Chinese authorities have approved as qualified foreign institutional investors.
For that reason, ETF investors have gone without. They've mostly overlooked the closest approximation, the $34 million Market Vectors China ETF (PEK), a fund which invests in swaps linked to domestic Chinese stocks.
But Chinese regulators have been loosening the rules, signaling the state of foreign ownership is ready for change. Index maker MSCI this year began a review of including China's domestic stock market in its benchmarks.
Now comes db X-trackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares Fund (ASHR), which will be the first ETF offering a portfolio of A shares directly. The ETF, launching Wednesday on NYSE Arca, will track the CSI 300 Index, the 300 largest and most liquid stocks on the Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges.
Others have been moving, too. Last month, Invesco launched PowerShares China A-Share Portfolio (CHNA), which aims to own A shares once the company gets approval. (Until this, it has a temporary plan to own futures and other ETFs.) KraneShares, a startup ETF maker, is another firm with designs on Shanghai and Shenzhen.
What makes Deutsche Bank's effort different is the participation of Harvest Fund Management Co., the second-largest asset management company in China. Harvest's status as a Renminbi Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor (RQFII) enables it to obtain the necessary permissions to create the new ETF.
It may sound like yet another country ETF. But consider just how big China's domestic stock market is. MSCI estimated earlier this year that opening A shares completely to foreign investors would bump China's weight in the MSCI Emerging Markets Index from 18% to 30%.
The contrast between size versus foreign investors' limited ability to participate in China's domestic stock market looms large in the way Deutsche executive Martin Kremenstein described the offering in a recent phone interview.


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Canada finishes eighth at Pan Am CupCIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (July 20, 2012) – Canada lost to Peru on Friday to conclude the Pan American women's volleyball tournament in eighth place.
In the seventh place match, the Peruvians won 25-19, 30-28, 25-21. Canada's overall record was three wins and five losses. The highlight was a five-set victory over Cuba in the round robin portion of the tournament.
"We played a good tournament in the first part, but not in the last games,'' said Canada's head coach Arnd Ludwig.
On Friday, Sarah Pavan of Kitchener, Ont., led Canada with 19 points, Shanice Marcelle of Victoria added 13 and Brittney Page of Vernon, B.C., eight.
"Peru put a lot of pressure against us with the serve and good execution,'' said Page. ''This was a tough match and I feel disappointed but we have learned a lot in this tournament.''
The championship final scheduled for later tonight pits the U.S., against Brazil while Cuba and the Dominican Republic will battle for bronze. Puerto Rico faces Argentina for fifth spot.
Beach volleyball World Tour
Meanwhile in Klagenfurt, Austria at a stop on the World Tour circuit in beach volleyball, Christian Redmann of Toronto and Ben Saxton of Calgary completed their round robin at 0-3 and do not advance.
Canadian team for the Pan Am Cup women's volleyball tournament July 12-20, 2012 in Ciudad, Mexico:
Jaimie Thibeault, Full-Time Training Centre (Winnipeg), Sylvan Lake, AB
Alicia Perrin, Trinity Western University, Creston, BC
Jennifer Cross, University of Michigan, Scarborough, ON
Rebecca Pavan, University of Kentucky Kitchener, ON
Kelci French, Trinity Western University, Okotoks, AB
Jaclyn Ellis, Univeristy of Alberta, Mississauga, ON
Left Sides:
Brittney Page, Sollentuna VK, (Sweden), Vernon, BC
Shanice Marcelle, University of British Columbia, Victoria, BC
Lisa Barclay, University of British Columbia, Brandon, MB
Marie-Pier Murray-Methot, Val-de-Travers (Switzerland), Quebec City, QC
Right Side:
Sarah Pavan, Villa Cortese (Italy), Kitchener, ON
Janie Guimond, Sport Club Municpal Craiova (Romania), Becancour, QC
Information: www.norcea.net and www.volleyball.ca


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Debates of March 29th, 2012
House of Commons Hansard #102 of the 41st Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was agreements.
- Question Period
- Parliamentary Delegations
- Afghanistan
- Government Response to Petitions
- Petitions
- Questions on the Order Paper
- Canada-Panama Economic Growth and Prosperity Act
- New Member
- New Member Introduced
- Elliot Tardif
- Don Jenkins and Lloyd Dennis
- Firearms Registry
- Alberta
- Chief of Guelph Police Service
- Knights of Columbus
- Prostitution
- City of Brantford
- Sheridan College Graduates
- Employment Insurance
- New Democratic Party of Canada
- The Budget
- Israel
- Young Farmers
- 25th Anniversary of Man in Motion World Tour
- Standing Committee on Public Accounts
- New Democratic Party of Canada
- The Budget
- Ethics
- Health
- National Defence
- Ethics
- 41st General Election
- Ethics
- Air Canada
- Public Safety
- Immigration
- Veterans Affairs
- Pensions
- Foreign Affairs
- National Defence
- Fisheries and Oceans
- Air Canada
- 41st General Election
- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
- Employment
- International Co-operation
- Veterans Affairs
- International Trade
- Health
- Foreign Investment
- Points of Order
- Business of the House
- Strengthening Military Justice in the Defence of Canada Act
- The Budget
Air Canada
Oral Questions
2:35 p.m.
Isabelle Morin Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine, QC
Mr. Speaker, Aveos workers keep getting more bad news every day. Yesterday, they did not get their final paycheques. They also learned that Aveos refused to appear before the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities and that the Conservatives had no problem with that.
Today, the minister tabled a legal opinion that supports Air Canada. We are well aware that when it comes to helping Air Canada, the Conservatives go to great lengths. However, when the issue is workers and 1,785 jobs in Montreal, the minister has nothing to say.
Why is the minister refusing to protect workers?
Air Canada
Oral Questions
2:35 p.m.
Denis Lebel Minister of Transport
Mr. Speaker, we work with facts, not speculation.
I know that the loss of these jobs is devastating for the workers and their communities. Aveos does not have much respect for its employees. We are very disappointed about that.
This morning, senior Air Canada executives appeared before the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities to testify, and from what I understand, Air Canada is complying with the act.
While they spend their time speculating, we are working with facts, and the facts show that Air Canada is complying with the act.
Air Canada
Oral Questions
2:35 p.m.
Jamie Nicholls Vaudreuil—Soulanges, QC
Mr. Speaker, the Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities is refusing to do anything and has the nerve to say that he has no plan to protect thousands of jobs.
Air Canada president and CEO sure has a good friend in the Conservative government. The $5 million man will get his bonus, but what about the thousands of middle-class families who were left behind?
Worse, the Conservatives voted against our motion to have the CEO of Aveos appear at committee.
The minister hides behind an army of lawyers. Is it all a part of avoiding accountability? Why will the minister not enforce the law and actually hold Air Canada to account to save thousands of good Canadian jobs?
Air Canada
Oral Questions
2:40 p.m.
Denis Lebel Minister of Transport
Mr. Speaker, apparently the member would like to run these companies himself instead of letting the executives do their jobs.
This is a matter between private companies, and we will respect that.
The legal advice I received states that Air Canada is in compliance with the act. In committee today Air Canada stated its commitment to keeping the jobs in Canada.
We will continue to support the Canadian economy.
Public Safety
Oral Questions
March 29th, 2012 / 2:40 p.m.
Judy Foote Random—Burin—St. George's, NL
Mr. Speaker, we have learned that despite the government's claim of caring about community safety, on March 7 the hon. member for Yorkton—Melville told a classroom of Ottawa high school students, some as young as 14, that all Canadians should carry firearms and girls in particular should be armed to protect themselves from sexual assault.
Does the Minister of Public Safety agree with his colleague's extreme position that school children should be carrying loaded guns into schoolyards? Is that the position of the Government of Canada?
Public Safety
Oral Questions
2:40 p.m.
Vic Toews Minister of Public Safety
Mr. Speaker, I can indicate our Conservative government does not support treating law-abiding hunters, farmers and sports shooters as criminals. That member in fact has specifically targeted those law-abiding Canadians.
Our government has said that we will repeal the long gun registry and focus on those who actually commit crimes. That is what our government stands for.
Oral Questions
2:40 p.m.
Stéphane Dion Saint-Laurent—Cartierville, QC
Mr. Speaker, the Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs was told by his Quebec counterpart that appointing unilingual immigration board members in Montreal was a step backward for Canada's francophones.
Did the minister explain to his colleague, the Minister of Immigration, that it is unacceptable for a judge anywhere in Canada to deny a family's refugee claim when he does not understand the official language into which a key document has been translated?
The minister must ask his colleague to rectify the situation. It is his duty to do so.
Oral Questions
2:40 p.m.
Calgary Southeast
Jason Kenney Minister of Citizenship
Mr. Speaker, as I mentioned yesterday, the Immigration and Refugee Board complies with the Official Languages Act. All refugee claimants can have a hearing before a board member who speaks the official language of their choice.
In Montreal, 21 IRB members are bilingual, nine are unilingual francophones and two are unilingual anglophones. Thirty per cent of refugee claims are submitted in English. This means that hearings can be conducted in both official languages with board members who speak the language chosen.
Veterans Affairs
Oral Questions
2:40 p.m.
Sean Casey Charlottetown, PE
Mr. Speaker, yesterday we learned that the chair of the advisory committee for the Veterans Ombudsman, himself a decorated veteran, had his medical records wrongly accessed.
The minister's talking points will require him to recite his ten point plan. It is not working. What the minister needs is a one point plan. It involves walking back to his office and telling his political staff that if they do not stop rummaging through the medical files of veterans, they will receive the same treatment as the member for Calgary West.
When will he streamline his plan?
Veterans Affairs
Oral Questions
2:40 p.m.
Steven Blaney Minister of Veterans Affairs
Mr. Speaker, of course any privacy breach is totally unacceptable for our veterans, and that is why this government took action. Unlike the Liberals, we implemented all the Privacy Commissioner's recommendations. We went even further with our ten point action plan that is so efficient and is working well.
We continue to build on the success of this privacy action plan because the privacy of our veterans is sacred.
Oral Questions
2:40 p.m.
Alain Giguère Marc-Aurèle-Fortin, QC
Mr. Speaker, today, the guillotine is coming down on the old age security program even though the Conservatives promised they would never touch it.
The cuts are not only going to reduce our seniors' standard of living, but they are also going to increase expenses for the provinces. As with the prisons, the Conservatives are shirking their responsibilities and sending the bill to the provinces. The fiscal imbalance is back.
Will this government do its job and help our seniors instead of making them poorer?
Oral Questions
2:45 p.m.
Kellie Leitch Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development and to the Minister of Labour
Mr. Speaker, as I have said several times this week in the House, the current old age security system is simply not sustainable. If we ignore the current path we are on, we will put future generations of Canadians at risk. That is why this government is moving forward.
Oral Questions
2:45 p.m.
Dominic LeBlanc
Don't speculate on the budget.
Oral Questions
2:45 p.m.
Kellie Leitch Simcoe—Grey, ON
Mr. Speaker, we will not speculate on the budget. Hon. members can wait until 4 o'clock.
That is why this government is protecting retirement security issues. We are making sure we focus on them. We are making sure that seniors today and future generations of Canadians are protected.
Oral Questions
2:45 p.m.
Lysane Blanchette-Lamothe Pierrefonds—Dollard, QC
Mr. Speaker, old age security is not sustainable? That is ridiculous.
The Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development and to the Minister of Labour is massaging the numbers in order to scare people and justify these cuts.
The Government of Canada's chief actuary, the OECD, which conducted a study on pensions, and the Parliamentary Budget Officer are clear. These experts say that the old age security program is indeed sustainable.
The budget is about making choices. Today, the Conservatives have a choice: maintain our old age security program and fight poverty among seniors or put the money elsewhere.
Why are the Conservatives choosing to cut seniors' incomes?


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Blu-ray players buying guide
Today's players do much more than just play discs
Seven years of experience in the Crutchfield Contact Center give Jeff Miller a valuable perspective as an A/V writer. Having steered scores of Crutchfield customers through challenging situations, he's well prepared to lead readers through unfamiliar territory. Jeff is an explorer in the frontiers of streaming audio and video. He looks forward to helping you discover new ways to enjoy music and video in this brave new connected world.
More from Jeff Miller
Blu-ray discs provide popcorn-ready entertainment with crystal-clear picture and thrilling sound. But many Blu-ray players do much more than just play discs. They give you on-demand access to movies and TV shows through streaming services like Netflix®. They can also serve as music players for CDs and digital music files.
Need help choosing one? This guide will get you started.
Why a disc player?
While streaming is convenient, Blu-ray discs aren't dependent on a high-speed Internet connection for 1080p video and surround sound. And it's still pretty easy to rent Blu-rays and DVDs from Redbox® and other supermarket kiosks (all Blu-ray players can play DVDs, too). Plus, discs are great for repeat viewings (if you have young children, you'll know where I'm coming from). You also get special features like deleted scenes, "making of" documentaries, and director's commentary.
You can still stream movies, shows, and music
It's not as if you have to choose between discs and streaming — most Blu-ray players connect to your home network. Some players require a wired Ethernet connection, while others work wirelessly over Wi-Fi®.
Once you're connected you'll have access to online apps and services, with different players offering different content. You might see Netflix, Hulu Plus™, YouTube® , and Amazon Instant Video. Many have Pandora® for music. Some players include specialty services like HBO GO, WWE Network, or MLB.TV.
Top-notch picture
All standard Blu-ray players deliver Blu-ray discs in 1080p resolution for a high-definition picture with deep colors and sharp detail. Since they don't require compression, discs are capable of a picture better than high-definition streaming. Blu-ray players also upconvert standard DVDs to 1080p.
Here are some advanced video features you many want to look for:
- 4K upscaling — Upconverts standard Blu-ray 1080p content to 4K resolution on an Ultra HDTV.
- 3D-capable — Plays 3D movies on a compatible TV.
- Enhanced video processing — To get the best possible picture, some players employ special video processors that fine-tune the picture down to the pixels. These advanced processors provide a seamless, more natural looking picture for discerning eyes and those with super-sized TVs.
A look at the sturdy disc drive and powerful video circuitry inside the Oppo UDP-203 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray player.
Ultra HD Blu-ray is here
4K Blu-ray players and discs are available and can maximize the performance of Ultra HD TVs. You can order the Samsung UBD-K8500 now, and there are many Ultra HD Blu-ray movie titles available. We're also very excited about the first 4K Blu-ray player from Oppo, who might be the most highly-respected Blu-ray player manufacturer today. (We use an Oppo player in our vendor training room for movies and music.)
These players offer a resolution of 3840-by-2160 pixels, four times the resolution of 1080p, and a larger color spectrum. They also play discs with High Dynamic Range (HDR) that are capable of incredibly realistic picture contrast. We explored this new format deeper last year in the article "4K Ultra HD Blu-ray."
Accurate, exciting movie sound
Blu-ray players can also help you get the most from your home theater speakers. They offer the top surround sound formats like Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio, which offer discrete 7.1-channel playback and lossless audio for a more genuine and thrilling movie experience.
They'll also play Dolby Atmos content through a compatible home theater receivers. Using in-ceiling or special Dolby enabled speakers, this new sound format projects sounds and atmospheric effects from all around your seating position, including above.
Play all your tunes through your best speakers
In the Crutchfield Lab, an Oppo universal Blu-ray player is our primary music source. It delivers high-res tunes with exceptional detail.
Blu-ray players aren't just about picture, they're great for listening to music, too. If you have stereo or surround speakers in your TV room, or even a sound bar, this really comes in handy. CDs are a simple choice — every Blu-ray player can play them. Plus, most offer Pandora or other streaming music services. Here are some other music features to look for:
- USB drive — To play digital music files from a thumb drive or external hard drive.
- DLNA capability — Lets you stream music (and sometimes photos and videos) from a compatible computer or portable device.
High-resolution Audio — High-res music files sound more natural and dynamic than MP3s or other "lossy" digital files. Look for these ways to play High-res music:
- SACDs, DVD-Audio, and other high-resolution discs.
- Lossless files like FLAC, DSD, AIFF, WAV, or ALAC — from a thumb drive or external hard drive through the USB ports
Higher-end players are often designed with music listening in mind. They are more solidly constructed to maximize picture and sound performance by reducing resonance and keeping discs stable as they spin. Many of them include a high-grade digital-to-analog converter (DAC) that are capable of outstanding sound quality over both stereo and multichannel sources.
Some players have the ability to shut off video circuitry when you're listening to music, so there's no interference with the audio signal. Others house audio and video circuitry completely separate from one another for pristine sound. Some higher-end players separate the power supply, video driver, and audio circuitry, reducing interference and delivering superb picture and sound.
Form factor and display
These larger players work well in serious home theater setups, but there are also extremely compact Blu-ray players. They can fit neatly into tight places, like a bedroom or smaller TV setup.
Some compact players are so low profile, they don't even have a front panel display.
Connections to consider
All Blu-ray players have an HDMI output to connect the player to your TV or receiver. But if you're going to connect it to an audio system without HDMI connections, look for a player with dedicated audio outputs. Many players offer optical or coaxial digital audio outputs for sending audio to an older home theater receiver or a sound bar.
Premium players have analog outputs for another reason — music. High-performance players offer stereo or multichannel analog outputs, so you can take advantage of the player's superior digital audio processing.
"Hidden" features
We picked out three cool features you might want to look for:
- Screen mirroring — Send pictures, high-definition videos, and music from an Android™ phone or tablet to your big screen using a technology called Miracast (Samsung's version is called AllShare).
- YouTube on the big screen — When your player is on the same home network as your phone, the latest version of the YouTube app lets you "throw" clips to your TV. No more squinting to watch the latest movie trailers or music videos.
- PlayStation™ Now capability — When connected to your network, Sony's latest Blu-ray players give you have access to over 200 streaming PS3™ games — no extra video game console needed.
David Willis from Fort McCoy, FL, USAPosted on 6/6/2015 2:50:00 PM
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albert schulz from californiaPosted on 6/24/2015 4:28:03 PM
Can Blu-ray dvd players play both region 1 and 2 disc's
Deepak Deodhar from Pune,IndiaPosted on 7/7/2015 1:21:01 AM
Can I get a better viewing of ordinary cd or dvd .if played on blue ray player?
Ken from Vero BeachPosted on 10/31/2015 8:13:39 PM
Where can I find a list of Blu-ray dvd players that support Dolby Atmos? Thank you.
John Torbert from BirminghamPosted on 7/3/2016 2:51:50 PM
Are there any inexpensive players with front panel displays? I need an inexpensive unit for the interim before I change to 4K resolution in a few years. My old Samsung quit playing audio through it's HDMI port. I'm used to seeing the display. Is this being replaced by an on-screen interface that is more functional?
BigFED from DFWPosted on 7/15/2016 10:34:27 AM
Whatever! This is "ENTERTAIMENT"!!! It is NOT a life altering event! The ABILITY of the equipment to replay anything exceeds to quality of most programs!!!
Larry from Raleigh, NCPosted on 7/28/2016 12:48:50 PM
I have read that the standards for 4k UHD are still in flux. Should I wait to by a 4k DVD player until this all shakes out? Or will say the Samsung K8500 be able to accommodate future standards with a software upgrade?
John Micieli from Palm Coast FlPosted on 11/6/2016 9:50:44 AM
Hey Jeff, What is Dolby Atmos. I have a Sony 7.1, ( purchased from Cruthcfield ). receiver that plays DolbyTrueHD and DTS-Master Audio, that sounds great. Is the Dolby Atmos new?
Scott P. from PittsburghPosted on 1/6/2017 5:31:00 AM
How does an Xbox one-s 4k compare to a stand alone Blu Ray, 4k player?
Eric from BloomingtonPosted on 1/11/2017 12:08:51 PM
The Oppo 203 is a fantastic BD and UBD player and its audio qtly is at the top of the class.
Susan Hall from Little River, SCPosted on 2/2/2017 3:53:22 PM
I have 4 speakers installed high on the walls in my living room and a 5th one on the floor. The 5 CD surround sound home theater unit continues to get hung up when the CDS are rotating, so I am ready to give that up and now don't know where to begin to replace it. Is there a DVD/CD player that would connect to the speakers I already have installed to provide surround sound? Should I forget the speakers and purchase a DVD player that has a good sound on its own............the surround sound effect is not particularly important to me, but the speakers are already there.................so.............the speakers were bought and installed in 2007. I have a 47" flat screen Vizio TV, but it is not a smart TV........I bought a roku and do have Netflex ...................any ideas?


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By PATSY STODDARDStaff, Emery County Progress
Emery and Carbon Counties youth have combined to make sure county residents all have a warm coat to keep the winter chill away.
According to Pam Juliano of the United Way there are 250 local high school students involved in the youth group, many of which are working on the Coats for Kids program. She said, "The United Way operates a volunteer organization for the youth to earn honor cords at their graduation ceremonies. The youth must maintain a 3.0 GPA or higher and donate 250 hours of community service.
"The youth came up with a unique way to raise money for coats. We have a lot of coats that are donated but there are always those people or children who can't find a coat to fit them. That's where the fundraiser came in, to give coat vouchers to these people so they can go to the store and pick out a coat.
"The students have been cutting out green paper coats and taking them to participating businesses who sell them for $1 to their customers. The customer then writes their name on the green paper cutout coat and it is displayed in the merchant's window. The students have spent hours cutting out these paper coats. The program has been well received in the communities.
"These students in the United Way Youth Group are making a difference in people's lives. I get really tired of the bad publicity that the kids in this area get from the media. Our kids do great things here and I would like them to be recognized for these things. Thirty-two students at Emery High last year earned their honor cords.
"Community service is a great thing to be able to put down on your scholarship forms to be sent to colleges. The skills these students learn in this program are great skills to have. Some of the community service projects the students have been involved with are the cleaning up of the San Rafael Swell area, cleaning Millsite park, cleaning up the skate park and baseball fields as well as many others.
"One of my favorite programs is the 'Improve a Life Program' at the local care center. The youth have volunteered to spend time with the elderly and write letters to them. One lady at the Ferron Center wouldn't talk to anyone, but the student stuck with it and found out what kind of music the lady liked and played some old songs for her and finally she opened up. This story was a great example to me of how the student didn't give up she just kept on working with the lady until she got through to her. This has been a very successful and rewarding program for the youth.
"They also have a literacy project where they work in the area libraries after school as mentors. The Angel Tree program is also being sponsored by the United Way again this year and the youth are very involved with this program. Trees will be set up at the Desertview Credit Union, Utah Power and Light Credit Union in Huntington and the Food Bank in Castle Dale. Applications for this program are available at the workforce services. One thing added to the program this year is the senior citizens to the angel trees in addition to the youth. The wish lists for children include their clothing size and a toy that they would like to have.
"Olene Walker the lieutenant governor of the state of Utah will be on hand at our awards ceremony next April. She will give out the outstanding youth recognition awards and scholarships. We are also partnering with Green River High School and the Green River Community Center to get the youth of Green River involved in volunteering. We plan on having our mentoring meetings in Carbon County one month and in Emery County one month and trade back and forth. It is time for our counties to get over the rivalry and work together for the good of our communities and the good of our youth. We will accomplish so much more if we are united in our efforts to serve the people of our counties.
"These youth are doing great things and I want everyone to know about it," said Juliano.
The youth group met at the food bank in Castle Dale on Saturday to aid in the distribution of the coats which had been gathered and to give out the coat vouchers to those who could not be fitted. More than 450 coats had been gathered in Emery and Carbon counties to be distributed to those in need. The coat voucher program has met with a great deal of success in the county. Employees at Stewarts in Castle Dale sold 350 of the coat vouchers alone and the store is decorated with the green coat cutouts made by students.


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It was really crazy and strange for me I have been away for 2.5 months and have been on my own but as soon as I put foot in that hostel I made these amazing friends who took care of me laughed with me sang with me danced with me
These people opened their hearts and arms to me and invited me out EVERYWHERE with them whether it was to go eat lunch to go to the bar to sing songs at night or go Cliff jumping or just down to the pool bar! I really felt at home- Crete was an amazing island but the people were the thing that really really made it for me.
How lucky am I!!! I go away ona whim to this far far away island and meet AMAZING AMAZING PEOPLE!!!!!
AGHHHH I was getting all emotional and I just looked outside and my mom and dad just got here!!!!!!!!! YAYYYYYYYYY so I just RAN outside and dad goes hi a darlin and I jumped on him and started crying my eyes out now I can't stop!!!!!! So here is my pictures from Crete- best time of my life!


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âSimply The Right Decisionâ - Virgin Blue Applauds Australian Competition Tribunal Decision09/12/2005
Virgin Blue today applauded a decision of the Australian Competition Tribunal to declare the Airside Services at Sydney Airport, ending a three year period of unfettered price increases in airport landing fees.
"It is the right decision and this is a very important case for consumers, for airlines and for many other industries," said Brett Godfrey, Chief Executive.
"We asked for nothing more than to have fair and equitable commercial pricing negotiations with airports, with the safety net of being able to refer the matter to an independent arbitrator, should it be necessary," he said.
"When monopoly suppliers dramatically increase the operating costs of companies, eventually those costs must be passed on to the consumer and we have pursued this outcome for over three years always believing that ever increasing fees at some airports set a worrying precedent as to just what is acceptable behaviour by monopolists.
Sydney Airport fees increased 97% prior to the sale of the airport and for Virgin Blue a further 52% in less than two years, through the changing of the charging methodology from weight based charges to per passenger charging.
The most recent report by the ACCC showed airport prices have increased by between 50 and 200% over the past three years.
The hearing before the Australian Competition Tribunal took place in October 2004. The decision and a short summary of reasons were released by the Australian Competition Tribunal today with the full decision due to be handed down on Monday.
NB: Although we realise this is a press release Brett Godfrey would like to acknowledge the unwavering three year effort made by Virgin Blue's Legal and Airports teams to achieve this important result in the interests of Australian air travellers.


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If it was that easy to get a weekly release JUMP would be putting mangaka in a concentration camp constantly drawing high quality to be getting faster at it.
High quality like Berserk requires a huge amount of time to be made no matter the experience, a shame he doesn't keep up the same pace when Berserk is in the beginning but from what i heard how he was back then that would be for the best.
I just hope he actually finishes it. Doesn't matter how long he takes. As long as he finishes it during his life time.
This story seems to be SOOOO far from the ending. Still no contact with any of the God Hand's true forms. We got a sub version with Slan that was it. Actually really considering buying the volumes for it since I hear Dark horse comics did a great job at printing them. Also they are a little bigger than the normal size jump volumes. So you get to see he pages nicely spread out to look at all the details he draws.
Yeah sometimes i'm afraid he won't finish this before he passes on, i heard someone say he doesn't consider Berserk his final work though so i'm kinda unsure about how long this will take. I mean Griffith and his Band of the Hawk have been shown enough for us to see Gutts is nowhere near they'r level.
True but the way Griffith has been shown shows there still is a long way to go for Gutts, facing his Band of the Hawk could be a nice way to power him up a bit.
There's also Gutts' "family" wich i feel like will also be getting fights other then going against fodder.
Don't forget the other God Hand are out there as well by the way, i find it amusing that Griffith flaunts his grandness so much while the others stay in the shadows plotting.
Griffith is greedy and impatient i believe his little "adventure" with Charlotte in the Golden age has shown us that. His Band of the Hawk also does not really seem the bunch either to settle down for peace.
The God Hand consider Griffith their king by the way. They see him as what their prophecy is the coming of the dark ages. Which is what Zero mentioned Fantasia merging with the Human world. All the new starting changes were clearly shown during the first arc with Schierke.
Griffith seems like a good idol to look up to for the people but they don't realize that the demons aren't really settling for harmony amongst the humans. I wouldn't be surprise when he finally takes the thrown all hell will really start breaking lose. (Which should be shown soon) I think it Guts will hear about this incident once he passes the sea to the Elven place.
What I'm hoping for is this happens when Caska get's her mind back if she does. The group will focus on the sole goal of over throwing Griffith. This will fix Guts constant quarreling with himself on whether to go after him or ignore him. Since his friends around him will help him out.


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Research Degrees: MPhil and PhD programmes
The Institute provides programmes of study for MPhil and PhD degrees in the history, politics and sociology of Latin America, the US, Canada and the Caribbean, according to the research specialisms of the academic staff. Interdisciplinary research is also supported by the Institute where students have a good grounding in one or more disciplines.
Programme structure
Research degrees are programmes of supervision, available on a full- or part-time basis. Students will be registered initially for the MPhil degree and subject to satisfactory work, will subsequently be upgraded to that for the PhD degree.
Guidelines: the PhD shall be
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original piece of work. The maximum
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Academic staff research specialisms
Professor Jonathan Bell, Professor of American History, Director of UCL-IA. Modern US political history, policy history, history of political ideologies, LGBT history, the state in US history.
Professor Maxine Molyneux, Professor of Sociology. Gender, public policy, development, globalisation, human rights, citizenship, and social policy in Latin America.
Professor Iwan Morgan, Professor of United States Studies, Deputy Director of the Institute and Director of the United States Presidency Centre. Modern US political history (from the New Deal onwards); US political economy – historical or contemporary; or the US presidency – past or present.
Professor Kevin J. Middlebrook, Professor of Latin American Politics. Comparative and international political economy (labour rights in the context of free-trade agreements and globalization, state-labour relations in Latin America), regime change in Latin America (political cleavages, conservative parties, democratization), US foreign policy and US-Latin American relations.
Dr Paulo Drinot, Senior Lecturer in Latin American History. History of Peru in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries; labour history and state formation, racism and exclusion, gender and sexuality, the social history of medicine, and memory and historiography.
Dr Par Engstrom, Lecturer in Human Rights of the Americas. The Inter-American Human Rights System; judicialization of politics; transitional justice; the international relations of the Americas; human rights, humanitarianism, and foreign policy; theories of international relations, particularly relating to international law and institutions; and interdisciplinary approaches to the study of human rights. Country-specific research expertise on Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Colombia.
Dr Tony McCulloch, Senior Fellow in North American Studies. The concept of a 'North Atlantic Triangle' between Canada, the US and the UK, both historical and contemporary; Canadian politics and foreign policy, especially Canada-UK and Canada-US relations; the political career of William Lyon Mackenzie King; Canada's role within the Organisation of American States and its relations with Latin America; US politics and foreign policy, especially US-UK and US-Canada relations; the political career of Franklin D Roosevelt.
Dr Kate Quinn, Lecturer in Caribbean History. Political history of the post-independence Anglophone Caribbean; Black Power in the Caribbean; the Caribbean left; intellectuals and the state; culture and nationhood; intellectual movements. Country-specific research on Cuba, Guyana, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago and the Eastern Caribbean.
Dr Graham Woodgate, Principal Teaching Fellow in Environmental Sociology of the Americas. Agroecology and food sovereignty in the Americas; Agrarian reforms in Latin America; Globalisation and natural resource use and conservation in the Americas; Political ecologies of the Americas; Climate change vulnerability, mitigation and adaptation in the Americas; Ecotourism in the Americas; Environmental social movements and direct action environmentalism in the Americas.
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Applicants should write and submit an outline of their research
proposal, giving some indication of the relevance of their chosen topic and
current state of the work in that field. Useful information about identifying and contacting a supervisor, and preparing a research proposal is available here: www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-students/graduate/supporting-materials/research/potential-supervisor.pdf
The proposal should then be forwarded, before a formal application is submitted, to the PG Programmes Officers.
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Also visit the the UCL Americas Research Students Network, whose objective is to build an awareness and active engagement for all research students across UCL that work on the Americas.
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All students whose first language is not English must be able to provide recent evidence that their spoken and written command of the English language is adequate for the programmes for which they have applied.
Research programs at UCL-Institute of the Americas currently require
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Deadlines and Application
The application process has two parts: (1) application to UCL; (2) application to the LAHP.
1. UCL Admissions Application: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-students/graduate/research/application
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Applicants must also apply online through the LAHP. Applications must be received by midnight on 29 January 2017.
Further information on this scheme is available here: http://www.lahp.ac.uk/apply-for-a-studentship/
UCL Graduate and Overseas Research Scholarships (GRS/ORS)
UCL Graduate Research Scholarships aim to attract high-quality students to undertake research at UCL. Up to 20 UCL Graduate Research Scholarships (GRS) are available annually to prospective and current UCL research students from any country. Applicants will be considered for a UCL GRS and overseas fee payers will also be considered for the UCL Overseas Research Scholarships (ORS).
Deadline: 6 January 2017
For further information on applying for doctoral study at UCL Institute of the Americas, please contact the Postgraduate (Research) Tutor, Dr Kate Quinn, on email@example.com
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Friday 21 May 2010: Virgin Blue was last night awarded 'Best Low-Cost Airline' (Australia/Pacific), in the 2010 Skytrax World Airline Awards, held at the Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg, Germany 20 May, 2010.
This is the fourth time Virgin Blue has won the Best Low-Cost Airline (Australia/New Zealand), after taking it out in 2002, 2004 and 2008.
Virgin Blue Chief Executive, John Borghetti, said, "The award is testimony to the great product, brand and people that make Virgin Blue what it is today. Virgin Blue remains committed to providing the best service in the sky with affordable fares, an innovative and evolving product both in the sky and on the ground, and exceptional on-time performance."
The awards feature more than 200 airlines from around the globe, with 17.94 million real travellers completing a comprehensive questionnaire. The World Airline Awards are highly respected for being the largest Independent passenger survey of airline standards. The questionnaires were commissioned between July 2009 and April 2010, with the awards being announced in Hamburg on 20 May 2010.
John Borghetti added, "This award also recognises the great team that make Virgin Blue the great airline it is today."
Commenting on the award to Virgin Blue, Skytrax Chairman, Mr Plaisted said: "this is a fantastic achievement for Virgin Blue, and they are clearly capturing the customer's hearts in what is an extremely competitive region for low-cost airlines. The awards are true recognition the front-line product and service that Virgin Blue is delivering to customers, and the award slogan of The Passenger's Choice underlines the fact they succeeding in satisfying the hardest critics, their users."
The World Airline Awards are notable and highly respected for being the largest Independent passenger survey of airline standards. The questionnaires were commissioned between July 2009 and April 2010, with the awards being announced in Hamburg on 20 May 2010.
For further information on the awards please visit http://www.worldairlineawards.com/.
* Multi award winning airline Group Virgin Blue includes domestic Australian carrier, Virgin Blue, together with short haul international airlines, Pacific Blue and Polynesian Blue. It also includes V Australia, the three class boutique style long haul airline with a unique Australian style featuring in-flight bars, mood lighting including twilight and sunset, "ladies only" bathroom, state of the art In-flight entertainment and an acclaimed Business Class offering.
Together they operate a fleet of 85 modern Boeing 737, 777 and Embraer E-Jet aircraft flying to 30 Australian and 18 international destinations including the USA, South Africa, Thailand, New Zealand, Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, Vanuatu and the Cook Islands. Founded in August 2000, the ASX listed Virgin Blue Group is headquartered in Brisbane, Australia, with more than 6,000 team members across its worldwide ports.


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Tone of the week: Tone Two
Second Eothinon
Resurrectional Apolytikion in the Second Tone
When Thou didst descend unto death, O Life Immortal, then didst Thou slay Hades with the lightning of Thy Divinity. And when Thou didst also raise the dead out of the nethermost depths, all the powers in the Heavens cried out: O Life-giver, Christ our God, glory be to Thee.
Seasonal Kontakion in the First Tone
Your birth sanctified a Virgin's womb and properly blessed the hands of Symeon. Having now come and saved us O Christ our God, give peace to Your commonwealth in troubled times and strengthen those in authority, whom You love, as only the loving One.
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