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Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
|Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
|Ed Speilman
|1993 - 1997
|Country of Origin:
|External Links:
|wikipedia, IMDB, epguides, KF:TLC Online FAQ
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Canon overview
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues was a sequel (of sorts) to the 1970s series Kung Fu. The basic premise was that Kwai Chang Caine's grandson -- also called Kwai Chang Caine (and played by the same actor, who was now 20+ years older) -- also a Shaolin priest, had been raising his young son, Peter, in a Shaolin temple that was attacked and destroyed.
Each was told the other had died in the destruction, in an attempt to keep them safe from the evil men who'd attacked the temple. Peter was taken away by an older priest to be raised, but the priest died shortly after and he wound up in an orphanage, to be taken in as a foster son by a police captain and his family. Peter rejected his Shaolin past and became a hot-headed detective instead, serving in his foster-father's squad. Meanwhile, Caine had been wandering the world (or at least North America) in his grief, looking for something to remind him of his lost son.
The series pilot picks up fifteen years after the temple's destruction, when Caine wandered to the city where Peter was a cop, and they were reunited, much to both their shock. The series is the story of Peter rediscovering his past and trying to connect his two lives, in the midst of lots of shooty action and near-magical mysticism. The underlying theme running through the series is facing and overcoming one's demons. The secondary theme is Peter dealing with repeated abandonment, as Caine left, apparently for good, at the end of each season, and Peter's foster father also eventually left him (due, unfortunately, to the actor's death).
The show unabashedly mixed emotion and action, and was a hurt/comfort fan's dream.
KF:TLC Fandom
KF:TLC online fandom started up on Usenet, on rec.arts.tv and alt.tv.kungfu. By August 1994, it had started the move to mailing lists, when Laurie Salopek started up the KFTLC-L discussion list[1]; the KFFIC-L fiction list soon followed, owned by Camille Bacon-Smith.
Several other lists got formed in the late '90s and early '00s when free mailing lists became readily available; many of them can be found (along with their archives, including fic posts) here, although most have gone quiet since the mid-'00s.
The series was re-run occasionally during the late '90s after it was cancelled, but by the early '00s had largely disappeared from tv schedules. With no DVDs available to bring new fans in, the fandom began shrinking. David Hewlett's success in Stargate Atlantis in the mid-'00s later brought in some fans who wanted to see everything he'd ever been in; he played a recurring character in KF:TLC, Nickie Elder (the somewhat hapless coroner).
Still, while things have slowed down, the fandom hasn't vanished completely. There are still some active lists and forums around,including:
- Fu Renegades, an apparently still-active discussion and fiction list.
- CP & KFTLC Fans United, a German-language forum (English is allowed on the boards, but German is the primary language). (The pre-2008 version of the forum is here.)
A lot of KF:TLC fanfic was in zines that never made it onto the 'net; more got posted to mailing lists, but the original fanfic list's centralized archive vanished when the list did. The result is that for what was at the time a reasonably large, active fandom, there's very little trace of it left on the web.
Much of the fanfic was gen with a focus on the relationship of Peter with his father, and also his adopted family, much like the series. Het fanfic featured either the canonical Kwai Chang Caine/Mary Margaret Skalaney pairing or Peter/OFC pairings. Peter/Jodie was rarer (I think?) because in canon Jodie's interest was not requited by Peter.
On the slash side there was some "Peter/Pop" incest fic, but at the time incest fic was generally less popular and accepted than currently. Still, KF:TLC may be the first fandom to have had a mailing list specifically devoted to an inter-generational incestuous pairing: Tender Loving Care, whose archives go back to 1999. The other slash pairing was Peter/Kermit, which had more public traction than Peter/Pop but never really took off, either, perhaps because Kermit was more often paired with their later-seasons captain, Karen Simms.
After the series ended fans wrote a Virtual Season.[2].
The fandom had an active, if small, archive: KFTLC Fan Fiction. It accepted all fiction including adult (het) and slash, but was in effect a gen archive. It contained about 200 stories. As of 2012, this archive is no longer online. [3] As of 2017, the archive is online again at a new location:KFTLC Fan Fiction
- Bitter Blood
- Blind Spot (slash, Peter/Pop incest)
- Bloody Marvelous!
- Bridging the Gap
- But With My Eyes
- Child of the Moving Tide - Jeanne DeVore & Signe Hovde
- Chinese Charm
- Chinese Take-Away
- Chris Potter News, actor newsletter
- Coming of Age
- Corridors
- Covenant
- Cry of the Wolf
- Diamonds & Hyenas
- Double, Double
- Eight Pieces of Brocade
- Enter the Grasshopper
- Exit Wounds
- Forgotten Paths
- From the Heart
- Get Real, Pop!
- Grief's Melancholy Shade
- Harmonies, letterzine
- Heart's Desire
- Journey of the Mind
- Journeys, Paths to Enlightenment
- The Kung Fu Kronicle (newsletter)
- Kung Fu: The Legend Continues Special Gen Collection
- Orange Blossoms and Fried Rice
- Original Nature
- Path of Darkness
- Patterns
- The Persian Flaw
- Peter Caine's Little Book of Wisdom
- Purification
- Reaffirmation
- Red Thread
- Reflections
- Release Tiger, Return to Mountain
- The Shambhala Book of Caine
- Shades of Green
- A Shared Memory
- Silk Road
- Sins of the Father
- Sound of the Flute
- Speak No Evil
- Splinters of Light
- That Was Zen, This Is Tao
- The Third Eye
- Thursday's Child
- The Tiger and the Dragon
- The Ultimate Measure
- The Uncarved Block
- Unification
- Walk Softly and Carry a Big Kick
Fan Clubs
- The Official Kung Fu: The Legend Continues Fan Club (Valerie Bristor, out of Florida)
- The Official Chris Potter Fan Club (out of Toronto, Canada)
The list of Kung Fu:TLC fanvids is small. Some songvids by fans can be found under the vidder's name here on Fanlore. A few VCR-era songvids are listed below where the vidder's name cannot be identified
- "Love Between A Father and A Son""
KFTLC had its own cons, called Fu Fests, that ran for several years in the late '90s and very early '00s. They were actor cons, held in Toronto.
- ↑ List announcement on rec.arts.tv dated August 7, 1994. Accessed February 21, 2009.
- ↑ Kung Fu the Legend Continues FanFiction Season (Waybackmachine link)
- ↑ My Life in Fandom, Archived version


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I used to get emails from dearly loved family and friends that reported outrageously sweet episodes of some miracle or another. I interpreted such emails as not reports of facts, but rather fantasy to convince me that miracles really do happen and supernatural forces work in our daily lives for the faithful. Writing to the senders that I did not want to receive these pieces I finally had to Block their email. Have you had such experiences? It turns out there is a word for such nonsense.
Word used to describe the syrupy sweet e-mails that are mass-mailed to unwilling participants. Usually involve, puppies, kitties, children with disabilities, puppies and kitties with disabilities, and Jesus. Generally end with, "Pass this along 2 as many ppl as u can!!!11!!1!"
I wish Mary would stop sending me glurge.
This story is a bit glurgy, if you ask me.
by NuclearMosquito Aug 1, 2004
Anything overly sappy, corny, or kitchy used to incite an emotional reaction. It is usually fictional, absurd and over-exaggerated and therefore fails at its intended task.
Often used to describe chain e-mails.
"That story about the boy with no eyes or ears or skin who got run over by a steamroller the day before he was supposed to get the puppy that his baseball team had saved up to buy him for his ninth birthday is total bullshit. It's just glurge."
by The J-Spot Jan 16, 2005
See also www.wordspy.com/words/glurge.asp , just above "Earliest Citation" for another element: Tales that "undermine their messages by fabricating and distorting historical fact."
That "Letter from Iraq" turns out to be partly right-wing glurge.
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I loved Jack Benny's show (with Mel Blanc doing most of the sound effects), "Fibber McGee & Molly," "Let's Pretend" (on Saturday mornings), and a kids' quiz show hosted by Bill Cullen. And a lot of other shows.... "The Breakfast Club."
We didn't get a TV till 1950 or '51, and I HATED all the kids' shows...I got hooked on cooking shows instead.
My mom used to snicker about women who thought the radio soaps were real life and sent gifts when the script had a character who was getting married or "expecting," or both. Actually, she snickered at anyone who bothered to listen to any soap opera.
It'll be 20 years this July since she "left the building," and I still miss her.
Your remember! I couldn't pull up any more names. Jack Benny was one we listened to in my grandparents living room with a great big radio that just about filled the room. Thanks for the memories Felaine.
The soaps were quite the rage too. Purex sponsored one, and Ivory soap, but that is about all I can dredge up. Your memory is better than mine.
I think I remember so many of those radio shows because I was stuck in bed for so many weeks and there wasn't anything else I could do but turn that dial.
Mom and Dad loved Fred Allen, but I didn't understand his humor.
I listened to all the after-school kid shows..."Sky King," "The Lone Ranger," I think Superman had a radio show... I made Mother buy all brands of cereals so that I could send in the box tops for this 'n that. Some of that junk is worth a lot of $$$ to collectors today.
Another "spooky" (adult) show was "The Whistler." I loved the intro.
I've got a bad memory, but I remember sitting on the floor for hours, with my ear next to the big 12 inch speaker of our 4 foot high radio (that my dad couldn't afford to buy, but got from a guy for painting his house). Every day I listened to The Lone Ranger, The Shadow, Jack Benny (thought Rochester was hilarious), and a couple of others that I can't remember.
Mom gave me that radio about 20 years ago and I still have it. I keep saying I'm going to replace some parts and get it operational again. Right! That and another 100 projects!
Okay, one last trip down memory lane. Does anyone remember the movie " Johnny Belinda". Jane Wyman won a academy award in her role.
Don't remember it John. Sorry.
John Lynch Oh yes, I remember "Johnny Belinda" with Jane Wyman. She was so young and pretty. She gave a very good performance, as I remember. I looked up the trailer and it rattled my memory awake.
Yes, she won an acadmy award for the movie for best actress.
We are all aging ourselves remembering these programs. We had no TV, no computer, no cell phone, no car. That was all we had to do.
That was true for me as well. I remember the first light bulb in the kitchen and a little room my dad built for my grandparents for the first toilet, sink and bathtub. Before that We took baths in a clothes wash tub that we filled with not water with the tea kettle. Inside plumbing! OH MY GOODNESS! that was a big day in our lives.
Very similar for me also. I definitely remember bathing in the kitchen in the wash tub filled with the tea kettle, heated on the coal burning stove.
I strongly remember going to the outhouse for quite a few years. When the temperature got below zero F, we would go in a potty and then run quick like a rabbit (past the rabbit shed) to empty it in the outhouse.
We did have a model T ford pickup (I think it was), but it wasn't used much as my mom hated to drive and refused. I only remember her driving one time. Us kids were kidding her about not knowing how to drive, so she bundled us into the pickup, drove us around the block, and said "so there!", never to drive again.
I remember doing that! The potty under the bed! Who could forget such an experience! I love your mother! "So there! never to drive again!" priceless.
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First off, this video contains graphic material.
Pretty much blood comes pouring out the front of an elevator on a cruise ship not so fittingly named, 'Ecstasy,' and the whole time you're kind of waiting for Jack Nicholson to jump out front the camera with a gleeful devilish grin on his face as he howls, "Here's Johnnnny"
No such luck. Our hearts go out to the recently deceased electrician Jose Sandoval Opazo. The cruise line company's offered to pay for the family's counseling sessions, but honestly what about the therapy anyone's going to need after seeing this video?


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Me at Big Brain Comics – August 3rd, 2006. My favorite comic store.
- Comics America. As many of you know, I regularly visit Comics America as part of my Boxing Day shopping spree. It goes back to my days as an RRC student, when I could afford to make a few comic purchases a year. I'd get a shitload of Christmas money, and drop a lot of it there during their annual sale. Now that I'm properly employed, I'm able to go several times a month. However, I haven't gone back since this past Boxing Day, and I'm not sure if I'll return.
For years, I've been shopping there, while friends/acquaintances have asked me why I bother, as many of them consider the owner to be a dick and a shyster. Every time that happened, I'd acknowledge his eccentric behavior, but at the same time, mention that Comics America carries everyting. Fanboy shit, illustration books, indie titles...everything. And that's why I patronized CA for so long, and that's also part of CA's problem. Because they carry everything, items are often piled in a perilous fashion, and the pathways can be narrow.
While trying to make my way through one of these paths in a careful fashion, said owner faux-encouraged me to get through successfully. I still managed to knock something over, no damage done, however.
"Guess you might have to lose a little weight", he joked.
I laughed in response, while thinking he was way outta line. I got my stuff, paid him, then left. I really tried not to let his off-hand comment get to me, but I have to admit that it stuck, and it has kept me from going.
I recounted this incident with my homies Eddie Ayoub and Steve St. Louis after the Pip Skid album release show, and they were both aghast. Eddie recounted that when he bothered to shop there, he had a hard time getting around the store's items, and he's a small dude.
I know one GP member would write off my soft boycott as the behavior of a "sensitive fatty". Maybe he's right, I dunno. However, I kinda like being respected, and at the moment, I felt I wasn't.
So maybe I'll patronize Comic Factory instead. The dude that runs that place had the only copies of Scott Pilgrim Vol. 5 on the day of release. You don't forget a thing like that. Plus, I can always visit McNally and hit up Amazon. I can count on a measure of respect with them. And better prices.
- Deadline. I've given myself a year from Thursday to make two major changes in my life. What will I do if I don't make it? That's not an option.
- 2010 Layer Tennis Exhibition Matches. Coudal Partners' Layer Tennis is always fun, but I have to say that the past two exhibition matches from this year's season have been an absolute joy to witness.
If you're unfamiliar with Layer Tennis, here's the skinny from their site:
And you should sign up; I fully encourage you to do so.We're hosting a series of live design events called Layer Tennis. This wouldn't have happened without the support of Adobe® Creative Suite®, the weapon of choice for Layer Tennis players and creative professionals everywhere.We'll be playing matches using video, animation, sound, photos, type and lots more, but the basic idea is the same no matter what tools are in use. Two competitors will swap a file back and forth in real-time, adding to and embellishing the work. Each artist gets fifteen minutes to complete a "volley" and then we post it to the site live. A third participant, a writer, provides play-by-play commentary on the action, as it happens. A match lasts for ten volleys and when it's complete, Season Ticket Holders tell us what they think and we'll declare a winner, so sign up today.
Getting back to the exhibition matches I loved:
Naz Hamid vs Sam Javanrouh: This was a photography-based battle with a music score created by Mark Greenberg of The Coctails. The result was nothing short of sublime. Both men captured their respective cities (Toronto and San Francisco) with humor and sweetness, and the score was terrifically matched. Luckily, no victor was to be declared, because I personally couldn't pick one. This was the highlight of my Friday, hands down. Check the battle from the beginning, or hit layer 10 for the whole thing.
Matt Smithson vs Daniel Oeffinger: Epic. Comically so. That's how I'd describe this encounter. Every layer was magic. Robots, dead rabbits, digital Aztecs...this bout had everything. See for yourself.
I haven't watched this week's match-up yet, but I will when I finish typing this bitch up.


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In a current project, I am attempting to extract several fields for each record of a table in a GDB that has ~8.5 million records. My current strategy is to create a search cursor, fetch the data I want from each row, and pass it to a
csv.writerow to write a line with the desired information. Unfortunately, after about 340k records, I get a message from Windows telling me Pythonw.exe has stopped working, and the process stops.
Why would this happen? Is there a better method for extracting large amounts of data to text? DBF isn't an option because these files could become larger than the 2GB limit.
Interestingly enough, after a few more tests, it appears that it always crashes on the 341051st record, and always at the same point on the line.
Edit Now attempting to split up the cursor to read only a subset of the data each time. It is apparently a memory issue. I created a list for each subset query eg:
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A new bike has just arrived here at road.cc HQ in the shape of this affordable aluminium road bike from Scott: the Speedster S55.
Of course, 'affordable' means different things to different people but at £749 the UK-exclusive S55 is well within the range of a Cycle to Work scheme. If your employer has one set up, you could get the bike plus a bunch of essential accessories and still come in comfortably under the £1,000 threshold. Don't confuse this bike with the S30 that we've also got in for review at the moment, by the way - it's just that we're Scotted right up at the moment.
At the heart of things you get a 6061 alloy frame with double-butted tubes. If you don't know about such things, that means the thickness of the tubes varies from the middle to the two ends. The walls are thinner through the central section to save weight while material is retained at the ends where it's needed for strength.
Up front, that fork comes with carbon legs and there's an alloy steerer tucked away inside the head tube. That's a standard combination on a road bike of this price.
The reason the S55 is a UK-exclusive is that it has been given extra clearance for fitting mudguards. If you're looking for a year-round workhorse – maybe you want a bike you can commute on, maybe you want something to train on through the winter – you can easily fit full, traditional-style mudguards thanks to the slightly lengthened chainstays and fork and Scott's own brake callipers.
You get eyelets for mounting a rear rack directly on to the frame as well. That might come in handy if you're thinking of riding to work; sticking a pannier or rack-top bag onboard is a whole lot easier than carrying a bag on your back if you're lugging anything heavy to and from the office.
The S55 has a ride position that's a little more upright and relaxed than you'll find on Scott's high-end race bikes, although it doesn't contrast wildly. The head tube is a touch longer (19cm on our XL/58cm test model, compared to 18cm on a high-end Foil) and the top tube is a little shorter (57.5cm as opposed to 58cm).
This is still a bike built for efficiency, though. It's just a little less extreme than a race machine. Not only does that mean that getting down on the drops asks less of your back, your slightly more lofty head position will give you a better view of traffic – another bonus if one of this bike's duties is to ferry you through rush-hour traffic.
The groupset components are mostly coming from Shimano's 2300 and Sora ranges. The compact chainset matched up to an 8-speed cassette gives you some hill-friendly gear ratios. Shifting between gears uses a different system from Shimano's higher-level groups. Rather than having a lever that sits behind the brake lever, you get a small thumb lever on the inside of the shifter body. You soon get the idea, and a little optical display at the front of the shifter shows you which gear you're in.
You get Alex rims and Continental tyres but most of the other components are Scott's own. All up, our S55 weighs in at 9.7kg (21.3lb)… And that's about all we can tell you for the time being. We'll be back with a full ride report as soon as we've clocked up the miles. In the meantime, if you want more info visit Scott's website.
Mat has in cycling media since 1996, on titles including BikeRadar, Total Bike, Total Mountain Bike, What Mountain Bike and Mountain Biking UK, and he has been editor of 220 Triathlon and Cycling Plus. Mat has been road.cc technical editor for over a decade, testing bikes, fettling the latest kit, and trying out the most up-to-the-minute clothing. We send him off around the world to get all the news from launches and shows too. He has won his category in Ironman UK 70.3 and finished on the podium in both marathons he has run. Mat is a Cambridge graduate who did a post-grad in magazine journalism, and he is a winner of the Cycling Media Award for Specialist Online Writer. Now pushing 50, he's riding road and gravel bikes most days for fun and fitness rather than training for competitions.


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A friend of mine sent me a link to Matthew Kahn's latest guest blog post on the Christian Science Monitor website; she sent it along with an "I believe in you" sort of note, because as Matthew was implicitly pointing out, I am not on the list of top economists to which he refers–while he is (as he explicitly points out). He ponders (emphasis added):
REPEC provides an objective measure of who is "Royalty" in the economics profession. The current list of the top 5% is here. I am ranked #681 out of 27,365 economists so that's not bad (and my 3 books aren't counted here). But, here is the interesting part. There are 52 women who rank in the top 1000 and 0 of them blog. Contrast that with the men. Consider the top 100 men. In this elite subset; at least 8 of them blog. Consider the men ranked between 101 and 200. At least, six of them blog. So, this isn't very scientific but we see a 7% participation rate for excellent male economists and a 0% participation rate for excellent women. This differential looks statistically significant to me. I have searched for Nancy Folbre among the top 1369 economists (the 5% cutoff) and she is not counted in the elite subset.
Not being a female economist himself, Matthew then theorizes–as men love to do–about why we women aren't as able to be both "excellent" economists and blogging economists.
I find it ironic that Matthew's blog post would appear on the Christian Science Monitor site in the same area that my guest blog posts do, and that the photo that goes with the CSM post is of…an Asian woman! (Ok, a much younger Asian woman, but Asian nonetheless.) Huh! There's a female economist blogger blogging right "next" to Matthew, right under his nose!
Oh, but I'm not an "excellent" female economist.
I think we female economists have our own empirical (not just theoretical) reasons why those of us who blog aren't the same people as those of us who are at the top of the REPEC list. In my case, it's also closely related to why those of us (even non-excellent female economists) who blog don't typically blog at the same frequency as the (even most excellent) male economists who blog. It's called we have and care about other things and people in our lives, not just our own individual, introspective views about how the supposed world around us supposedly works (in our own opinion)! And that's even things and people other than what Matthew counts so endearingly as the "home production" sort of things–you know, "cooking and rearing children."
But yes, we female economists who happen to have families do typically end up doing most of the home production, as our typical husbands who are typically other economists typically are oblivious to what needs to get done. You know, because the guys are so busy thinking their own deep, important thoughts about how the world swirling around them works, while in theory the guys are convincing themselves that they are the better, more successful, more "excellent" economists (or whatever they are professionally which they confuse with what defines them personally).
Which is why it should not be too hugely shocking that this particular non-excellent female economist who used to be married to an "excellent" male economist (top 5%, like Matthew!), is no longer married to that economist.
Objective, standardized statistics don't always very accurately or comprehensively measure the quality (or "human capital") of an economist–or a college applicant, or an economy as a whole, for that matter. (I am working on a new column on this point for the Christian Science Monitor right now, actually.) It's actually part of a broader question and answer about why there aren't more women in economics more generally (leaving aside whether they blog or not), or in other very quantitative fields for that matter. It's not just because we're worse at math, by the way, because we're not. (Let me mention that my oldest daughter, now at Princeton, got a perfect math SAT score.) It could be because we women often find disciplines that assume everything can be objectively, precisely, formulaically valued, very limiting at best and maybe downright wrong at worst.
And as to why this particular non-excellent female economist blogs, I've written about that before in a newsletter of the American Economic Association's Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession (CSWEP). But perhaps this very blog post might make for more entertaining reading for CSWEP members than that column did.
To all you other "non-excellent" female economist bloggers, let me hear from you here! Are we really not as "excellent" as our male counterparts? Really?!
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Florida legislators are proposing more money for schools, pay raises for state workers and even a tax break for those wanting to buy a new computer.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) � Florida's economic turnaround is giving state legislators a chance to do something they haven't done in years.
Fueled by growth that is adding to the state's bottom line, both the House and Senate on Friday unveiled rival $74 billion spending plans that would boost the state's budget by roughly 6 percent.
It likely means more money for public schools, the first pay raise in six years for state workers, and possibly even a tax break for those wanting to buy a new computer.
"If you are to look at our budget and say who's the big winner this year...the big winner is education," said House Speaker Will Weatherford.
This year's budget proposals are a stark turnaround from those of the last few years that either included deep cuts to the state's public schools and universities or relied on tax increases.
Lawmakers have until early May to pass a new state budget that will cover state spending from July 1, 2013 until June 2014. While there are differences in the rival plans there's not enough to keep legislators ending their work on time.
Both sides have proposed pumping more than $1 billion into public schools � and using a large amount of money for teacher salaries. The Senate budget would boost per-student funding by $372 while the House budget would increase it by $395.
Gov. Rick Scott in his budget asked legislators for $480 million to give every teacher an across-the-board $2,500 pay raise.
The Senate put in the same amount, but included a provision that says that the raises must be tied to student performance instead of allowing the raises to be handed out to all teachers.
The House has included $676 million and it "strongly encourages" that the 50 percent of the raises be based on teacher performance.
"We believe that merit pay should be a strong component of education funding at the local level, and if we're going to increase funding for teachers, we believe merit pay should be a part of it," Weatherford said. "We should be rewarding our wonderful teachers who are going the extra mile."
Other budget highlights include:
� The House has a $1,400 pay raise for state workers while the Senate is proposing a 3 percent raise.
� Both chambers propose restoring a $300 million cut to universities made last year. But the House is also proposing a 6 percent tuition increase, while the Senate keeps tuition rates the same.
� Neither budget includes the inclusion of federal aid to expand Medicaid, the safety-net health care program.
Florida economists earlier this month projected legislators would have an extra $3.5 billion to spend in the next fiscal year as the economy continues to slowly recover from the depths of the recession.
Besides boosting pay and school funding the House and Senate have proposed setting aside part of that money for reserves. But it also means legislators will have enough money left over to enact some tax cuts.
Legislators appeared poised to sign off on a three-day back to school tax holiday for this August. Sen. Joe Negron, R-Stuart and the Senate budget chief, called it the "number one" tax cut priority for this session.
But in a new twist this year's tax holiday will likely be expanded beyond school supplies and clothes to include computers worth $750 or less. Shoppers would not have to pay the state's 6 percent sales tax on laptops, computers, tablets and even some types of software.
Scott recommended the elimination of sales taxes paid on the purchase of new equipment by manufacturers but Negron said that legislators were still studying whether to adopt it.
The House and Senate have also rejected another Scott idea for the third year in a row: Having high-ranking state officials pay the same for health insurance as rank-and-file workers.
The proposed budgets would keep state worker health insurance premiums the same as they are now.
Scott, along with the three elected members of the Cabinet and House members, pays no more than $400 a year for health insurance. The 40 members of the Florida Senate earlier this year started paying the same as career service employees. That's nearly $2,200 a year for family coverage.
Florida spends $1.9 billion to cover roughly 170,000 state workers, university employees and retirees. Most of the money comes from taxpayers, not premiums.
Roughly 24,000 state employees in management positions pay $8.34 a month for individual coverage and $30 a month for family coverage.
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A man was killed last Friday by a dairy bull while working on a farm in Maine.
It serves as a reminder to be extra careful when working around bulls.
According to the Morning Sentinel, Ernest Bubar, 55, noticed that the bull was in the wrong pasture and tried to get it back by himself. The animal reportedly hit him and pinned him to the ground.
Penn State University Extension Safety Specialist Dennis Murphy told Dairy Herd Management he was reluctant to comment without knowing the particulars of the case. However, when read the newspaper account of what happened, he did offer this suggestion:
- Never try to handle a bull by yourself, especially if the bull has gotten into another pen or pasture. If the bull has taken the initiative to get out of its pen or pasture, it may be in a more aggressive or agitated state than normal, Murphy says.
Some additional safety pointers :
- Never turn your back on a bull.
- Calm handling is key; don't shout.
The bull that attacked Bubar was sold to a cattle dealer so that it could go to slaughter, the Morning Sentinel reported.
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MELBOURNE, FL-Health First, Brevard County's leading healthcare provider, today announced a new partnership with Nemours, one of the nation's premier pediatric healthcare systems that will bring expanded pediatric care to the Space Coast. The newly created Pediatric Hospitalist Program at Health First's Holmes Regional Medical Center in Melbourne will provide 24-hour Hospitalist care for patients and families. Holmes Regional Medical Center is the Space Coast's largest hospital with 514 beds, and the area's only Level II Trauma Center as well as The Heart Center. The new program will reduce the need to transport patients out of the region for inpatient pediatric care and help local pediatricians with necessary inpatient rounds that would otherwise limit their ability to see other patients in their offices. Several Pediatric Hospitalists are being recruited for the new program that will be fully operational by August 31.
"We are very excited to have a growing partnership with Nemours that brings their outstanding pediatric care to Space Coast residents," said Judy Killebrew, RN, chief operating officer at Holmes Regional Medical Center. "This agreement will further strengthen our ability to provide world-class health care to any Brevard County child who needs it."
Hospital-based pediatricians also called "Pediatric Hospitalists," one of the fastest growing medical specialties, are board-certified pediatricians who provide care for hospitalized children needing treatment for illnesses such as asthma, croup, gastroenteritis, dehydration, infections, as well as unexplained abdominal pain and persistent headaches. The Nemours Pediatric Hospitalists at Holmes will also treat children with chronic illnesses and will provide Emergency Department consults and newborn coverage. The Nemours Hospitalist team will care for pediatric patients from the time they are admitted to the time of discharge.
During a child's hospital stay, the Pediatric Hospitalist may also serve as an attending physician overseeing the care the child receives while also providing careful coordination of services and communication with the referring or primary care physician and family, as well as any other consultants a patient may need. This sharing of information will be managed through the use of an electronic health record (EHR) that allows all consulting doctors and families access to the latest information about a child's medical care, test results, and plans for management. Both Nemours and Health First have been recognized for being at the forefront of EHR advancements and are currently collaborating to make a seamless connection between the two systems.
"Expanding the depth and breadth of pediatric services for the Space Coast region is consistent with our mission and we are continuing to fulfill the promise we made of expanding services for Central Florida," said Bill Winder, senior administrator Nemours Florida. "We look forward to our continued work together that could include health and prevention programs, as well as research and education that will ultimately lead to better outcomes for children."


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2009-10 Indoor: Broke the UMBC record in the heptathlon with 5,238 points at the Kent State Golden Flash Gala… Earned silver in the heptathlon and eighth in the long jump at the America East Championships… Took home bronze in the heptathlon at the IC4A Championships… Part of the shuttle hurdles relay team that set a school record and won gold in 30.53 at the Gulden Relays… Set a UMBC season-high in the long jump with a leap of 6.98m at the New York Armory.
2008-09: Did not compete.
2008 Outdoor: Did not compete.
2007-08 Indoor: Broke the school record in the heptathlon with an IC4A-qualifying mark of 5,052 points at the Kent State Gala, finishing fourth... Held UMBC's top mark in the shot put with a throw of 12.76m at the Gulden Relays.
At Saint Francis (Pa.): Set a new Red Flash record in the heptathlon with a score 4,756 points at the 2007 Indoor IC4A Championships, where he was fifth and named to the All-East team... Also tied for sixth in the high jump, finished 12th in the 60 hurdles and triple jump, and was 18th in the 400 at the indoor conference meet... Named the NEC Rookie of the Week for the week ending 12/13/06 after breaking the school record in the heptathlon for the first time of the season... Finished fifth in the 400-meter hurdles, seventh in the 110 hurdles, tied for 11th in the high jump and was 14th in the long jump at the 2007 Northeast Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
Background: Set the St. Francis (Pa.) record in the heptathlon when he scored 4,756 points at the 2007 IC4A Indoor Championships... A three-sport athlete at Point Pleasant Boro in Point Pleasant, N.J.... A four-year letterwinner and three-time MVP for the Panther track and field team... Won the Ocean County Championship in the high jump, was the runner-up at the NJSIAA Group II Championship meet and was third at the Meet of Champions in 2006... Also finished as the runner-up in the 400-meter hurdles at the county championship meet, was third at the Shore Conference Championships and NJSIAA Group II meet and finished 10th at the Meet of Champions in 2006... Holds school records in the 110m hurdles, 400m hurdles, high jump, triple jump and as part of the sprint medley and 4x400m relays... Named All-County, All-Shore and Second-Team All-State in 2006... Also lettered in football, where he helped the Panthers to a 23-1 record over the course of his final two years, as well as a state championship title his senior year... Named Second-Team All-Shore and First-Team All-Division as a senior and First-Team All-Division as a junior... Lettered in basketball for two years... An Academic All-Shore selection.
Personal: One of two children to Diane and Tony Onto... Has a sister, Kristen, 23... Majoring in financial economics... Born Feb. 12, 1988.


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McCullum Scores 25 in Monarchs Exhibition Loss
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NORFOLK, VA. (Nov. 4, 2000) -- Senior forward Andre McCullum (Whiteville, NC.) scored a game high 25 points (15 in the second half) as Old Dominion University lost to Global Sports, 91-82 in an exhibition contest.
Three other Monarchs scored in double figures. Sophomore Rasheed Wright (Greensboro, NC.) had 14 points, Michael Williams (Thomasville, GA.) 11 and freshman Troy Nance (Va. Beach, Va.) added 10 with eight assists and five steals. Freshman center Charles Dunnington (Washington, DC.) hauled in 12 rebounds and senior Clifton Jones grabbed seven boards and blocked four shots.
The Monarchs shot .405 (30-74) from the floor, while Global shot .418 (28-67). Rebounds were even at 49 each.
The traveling visitors were led by Jimmie Hunter with 21 points and Kevin Norris with 16 points. They play at New Orleans on Monday and Alabama on Nov. 8.
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HONG KONG — Asian stock markets rose strongly Monday, with benchmarks in Tokyo and Shanghai gaining more than 2 percent, as Wall Street's rally and stimulus plans in the U.S. and elsewhere buoyed investor hopes for 2009.
Investors seemed to find encouragement after President-elect Barack Obama urged congressional leaders Saturday to move quickly on recovery measures that aides say could cost as much as $775 billion, including a reported $300 billion in possible tax cuts.
In a shortened half-day session, Tokyo's Nikkei 225 stock average gained 183.56 points, or 2.1 percent, to 9,043.12, its first finish above the 9,000-point line since Nov. 10. Hong Kong's Hang Seng climbed 1.9 percent to 15,327.36, though was trading off the day's highs.
In mainland China, Shanghai's key index gained 3.1 percent to 1,877.31. Taiwan and Singapore benchmarks were up more than 2 percent, with stock measures in India, South Korea, Malaysia and Thailand higher as well.
The upbeat mood came after global markets rang in the new year with a strong advance despite more dismal economic news, including evidence that manufacturing in the U.S., Europe and China was deteriorating amid the slowdown.
Still, several analysts warned against reading too much into the upswing, at least in the medium term. Though increasingly optimistic markets will fare better this year after the relentless selling in 2008, investors are bracing for a difficult first half, when company earnings and economic data could prove especially bleak.
"We are still trading more on sentiment than fundamentals," said Dariusz Kowalczyk, chief investment strategist for CFC Seymour in Hong Kong. "The strong positive closing overseas had to have an impact on Asia."
Global markets are likely to be tested this week with fresh U.S. data on everything from jobs to manufacturing and car sales in the world's largest economy.
The session was the year's first for a number of Asian countries, including Japan, where markets were still closed Friday, and volumes were higher across the region as traders returned from the holidays. Rising commodities prices lifted energy and metal producers, and Japanese shares got a boost from a weakening yen, which helps the country's exporters.
Sony rose 2.5 percent and electronics giant Panasonic Corp. gained 2.5 percent. Toyota jumped 3.6 percent and Honda Motor Co. added 2.7 percent.
In his weekend radio address, Obama urged Congress to move quickly on an economic recovery plan, which aims to create 3 million jobs. Congressional aides briefed on the measure say it probably would include tax cuts of $500 to $1,000 for middle-class individuals and couples; Obama advisers told The New York Times on Sunday that tax cuts for workers and businesses could total $300 billion.
"Sentiment was upbeat as investors were hopeful over U.S. economic stimulus measures," said Yutaka Miura, senior strategist at Shinko Securities Co. Ltd. in Tokyo.
Confidence also got a boost from Wall Street's gains on Friday, when the Dow Jones industrial average jumped nearly 3 percent, closing above 9,000 for the first time in two months as investors shrugged off a weaker-than-expected report on manufacturing.
Wall Street futures were modestly lower, pointing to a weak opening Monday in New York. Dow futures were down 29 points, or 0.3 percent, at 8,929 and S&P 500 futures were off 2.1 points, or 0.2 percent, at 923.30.
In India, Mumbai's Sensex climbed 2 percent after the government announced plans late Friday to lower key interest rates by 1 percentage point and boost spending to arrest the country's slowing economic growth. It was the second stimulus package announced in the past month.
In Japan, financials soared amid reports that the government might purchase bad loans from banks, with Mizuho Financial Group up 13.3 percent and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group gaining 11. 4 percent.
Crude oil price rose in Asia trade, with light, sweet crude for February delivery up 86 cents at $47.20. The contract soared last week to settle Friday at $46.34, up $1.74, amid spiraling violence in Gaza and expectations of OPEC productions cuts.
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The 11,000-hectare Freycinet National Park on the east coast of Tasmania is a tourist's delight at any time of the year with its orange boulders, white sand and turquoise water.
Freycinet National Park is located on Tasmania's east coast, 200km north of Hobart and the Bay of Fires, 275km north of Hobart and 185km east of Launceston. The whole state has the air of a quiet country town and matters are less hurried. Despite Tasmania's reputation for turning its forests into woodchips, large tracts of unspoilt wilderness remain, with some amazing places to visit.
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The cooler coastal climate provides a welcome respite from the summer heat of the mainland and, while winter storms regularly sweep in off the Tasman Sea, the area has a beauty year-round. If planning to travel in summer, bookings are essential.
Numerous bush camp sites are available in the Freycinet and Bay of Fires areas, many with basic amenities. Coles Bay and St Helens both have powered tent and van sites and a range of holiday rental accommodation options. Be aware the camp sites in the Freycinet National Park are allocated by ballot from 18 December to 10 February and Easter. Bush camping is usually free, but within a National Park entry fees will apply. Daily fees are $12 per person or $24 per vehicle while an annual pass for all parks at $70 is a cost-effective alternative if you are staying for several days or planning to visit other National Parks in Tasmania. Passes are available at any National Park Visitor Centre or by written application. An eight-week holiday pass costing $60 can be purchased online.
Find and book accommodation in Tasmania.
Freycinet Lodge
Freycinet Lodge is the place to stay if you're not on a tight budget. It has four-star accommodation set within the beautiful Freycinet National Park 200km north of Hobart, and rooms will set you back from $250 to $450 a night for a couple, depending on the time of the year.
The Lodge offers luxury cabin accommodation with 60 units nestled discretely in a bush setting. The main building faces Great Oyster Bay and features a restaurant, bistro, bar and lounge areas.
What to bring
If camping, plan to be totally self-reliant as few amenities are available (including drinking water) once away from the major townships. The weather can be very changeable, so a range of clothing from shorts to jumpers and wet-weather gear is advisable. Insect repellent and sunscreen are both recommended.
Food and fuel
There are no fuel outlets beyond Coles Bay in the Freycinet area or St Helens near the Bay of Fires in the north. A full range of food stuffs and other supplies are available from both Coles Bay and St Helens.
Driving conditions
Most roads within Freycinet and the Bay of Fires are bitumen, with only side tracks to camp sites and such being gravel. The Friendly Beach road is also gravel and all roads other than the access track to Bluestone Beach were suitable for two-wheel-drive vehicles.
Freycinet National Park attractions
Freycinet Peninsula and the Bay of Fires areas are among the most popular tourist destinations in Tasmania.
Sleepy Bay
Sleepy Bay is located on the opposite side of the peninsula 2km from the Lodge on the Cape Tourville Road. From the parking bay access to the beach is by way of an easy walk, mostly along a constructed gravel path for about 500 metres and a number of steps down to the water as you approach the beach.
About 200 metres from the car park there is a rocky promontory off to the left that overlooks the bay. It's not signposted (other than by the boot marks of hundreds of photographers), but venture in and you may recognise the view as one that graces many Tasmanian travel brochures. The boulders and rock ledges that fringe the turquoise green sea are painted with the distinctive orange lichen for which this area and the Bay of Fires are famous.
Wineglass Bay
Wineglass Bay Lookout is a Class 3 walk of 1.5km, and, as the name suggests, it provides stunning views over Wineglass Bay. Those seeking a higher level of adventure and prepared to camp out can explore walks that continue on past the lookout and along the east cost of the peninsula or around its point.
Coles Bay township, 2km from Freycinet Lodge on the opposite side of Great Oyster Bay, is a great place to find a more keenly priced meal than the Lodge restaurant. Make sure you book, though, as many Lodge guests head over for lunch and dinner.
Coles Bay also offers a range of holiday rental accommodation for those planning an extended stay.
Find and book accommodation near Wineglass Bay.
Friendly Beaches
Friendly Beaches provides miles of white unspoiled sand with beautiful views of the azure sea beyond. There is a camp site (with toilet) providing basic bush camping in individual campsites cut into the vegetation.
For those wishing to camp at Freycinet, there are 19 powered sites and 27 tent sites located behind Richardsons Beach. All sites have access to potable water and an amenities block with cold showers nearby. There are also seven campsites overlooking Honeymoon Beach that involve a bit of a walk to the amenities. Camp sites are allocated by ballot drawn on 1 August for the period from 18 December to 10 February, plus Easter.
Bay of Fires
You could be excused for thinking the Bay of Fires gets its name from the red lichen-covered rocks along the coast. However, it was named by Captain Tobias Furneaux in 1773 after he noticed numerous aboriginal fires along the coast.
It would be easy to spend several days exploring the Bay of Fires area, which is reached by taking the Binalong Bay Road from St Helens and then following a good bitumen road as far as The Gardens, a small collection of fishing shacks at the northern end of the bay.
The area lives up to its reputation with sparkling blue-green seas and whiter-than-white sandy beaches that wouldn't look out of place in tropical north Queensland.
Towns such as St Helens and Binalong Bay offer a range of holiday accommodation or, for the self-sufficient, there are many side tracks as you drive north from Binalong Bay that provide access to the beach, camp sites and lookouts.
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Louise Bell could have been an athlete or followed her father's footsteps in the film industry. Instead she decided from an early age that horses would play a major role in her life.
Despite surviving a horrific road accident in 2002, breaking her leg in multiple places, Louise is one of the most successful lady riders to grace the world of working hunter competitions. She is married to former show jumper, Robert Bell, and the Warwickshire based partnership has gained an enviable reputation in producing top class working hunter and show hunter horses.
Louise recalls having her first pony at the age of seven. As she grew up, Louise was to be familiar face in all sorts of equestrian disciplines from gymkhana games to dressage, show jumping and eventing. At the age of 17, she worked for Daphne Wyatt and it was then that she experienced her first taste of working hunter competitions. The showing 'bug' well and truly set in. It was not long before Louise's showing career really took off.
When Louise and Robert survived their horrific horse box crash in 2002, Louise was told by doctors that she may never ride again. Airlifted to hospital, Louise spent months with a metal case in her leg that went from thigh to ankle. Incredibly, that same year, she went on to qualify eight horses from her yard for Horse of the Year Show taking the Working Hunter Champion Horse of the Year title with Out of Sight, owned by Mrs Sarah Gallagher.
In 2005, Louise was thrilled to take Reserve Supreme Show Hunter Champion of the Year, riding her home bred 'Rock Star' at Horse of the Year Show and in 2008 she won the honours of the Supreme Working Hunter of the Year riding Out of Sight. Other titles include winning the Supreme Working Hunter Champion title at the Royal International Horse Show on no fewer than fifteen occasions on Into The Blue, W Get Smart, Out of Sight, Rock Star, Crest Cavalier, Cruise Control, Special Effect, and her beloved Rocky IV.
Throughout her career, Louise has also won the Supreme Working Hunter Champion title on twelve occasions at The Royal Windsor Horse Show on Out of Sight, Cruise Control, Man on Fire and Get Smart, Into the Blue and been National Working Hunter Supreme Champion 8 times.
Another "character-building time" has in the years past had been the terrible loss, in fairly quick succession, of her beloved Out of Sight, Man on Fire, Rockstar and Cruise Control. The heart ache of those few years was unbearable and gaining the strength to carry on and accept the losses was a life learning experience.
Thankfully a new chapter was about to come around in the form of a career change to the sport of Dressage. Happier times lay ahead and Louise's top dressage horses today include W Get Smart, Into the Blue, and then home bred Skyfall (working hunter) all of whom are in tremendous form. With her international dressage career now firmly in place, Louise is very excited for the future. www.louisebell.co.uk


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Rocker Courtney Love is heading back to TV to guest star on "Sons of Anarchy."
The Hole front woman will make her dramatic TV acting debut as a pre-school teacher of Charlie Hunnam character's son in the final season of the popular show, according to TVLine.com.
News of the singer's new gig comes just weeks after she unveiled plans to take a hiatus from music to focus on reviving her acting career. She previously scored a Golden Globe nomination for her performance as Hustler boss Larry Flynt's junkie wife Althea in 1996 movie "The People vs. Larry Flynt" and tried her hand at TV in a 2009 episode of comedy "Nice Brothers."
Love isn't the only musician to land a small role in "Sons of Anarchy" – Marilyn Manson has also filmed an episode as a prisoner for the series' upcoming seventh season, which will premiere this autumn.


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Delta Departs Columbia Regional Airport
COLUMBIA - Delta Airlines offered one last flight on Wednesday at 12:20 p.m. to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.
With Delta service coming to an end and American flights on their way, the city released a new website for the airport including updated flight status information and flight schedules. Delta decided to end its service after Columbia Regional Airport added American Airlines and offered a $3 million revenue guarantee. Columbia Public Information Specialist Steven Sapp said, "We are sorry to see Delta Airlines discontinuing service from COU. We feel mid-Missouri has provided Delta with loyal customers and we hope that in time Delta will re-evaluate their business decision and return to COU."
"Mid-Missouri and Columbia Regional Airport are pleased to welcome American Airlines. We are pleased that American Airlines will be able to offer mid-Missouri travelers two of the most requested destinations; Dallas/Fort Worth and Chicago O'Hare," said Sapp.
Even though the Dallas and Chicago flights will connect to Atlanta, some passengers are upset about Delta leaving. Jodie Clark flies about three times a year to stay in touch with her family. "This flight is my family connection," said Clark.
"Now that American is the carrier in place out here at Columbia Regional Airport, I think they only go through Chicago or Dallas/Fort Worth and although I will be willing to do that because I have family here, it's a little more difficult to make those connections."
American Airlines' service begins on Thursday with direct flights to and from Dallas and Chicago. Sapp said, "The former Delta ticket counter is being converted to American Airlines and American is handling most of that. Work is on schedule to be completed by Americans first flight tomorrow. New signs for American are being installed today."
A welcoming event is scheduled on Thursday from 4 to 6 p.m. for American Airlines.


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Alleged next iPhone component shot reveals Apple A5 chip
posted by Daniel P. / Sep 19, 2011, 3:11 AM
In fact, the picture looks like another one that leaked a few weeks ago, again claiming that this is the iPhone A5 chipset, which we are placing on the right of the current Weibo leak below for comparison.
The A5 logo seems a bit fishy, with spilled borders of the letter "A", and not painted, but the shot is also pretty blurry, so make of it what you will. The battery part is interesting, too, as the part of the battery capacity that is visible reads x430 mAh.
Now we know the iPhone 4 has around 1420 mAh battery, but Apple doesn't write it directly like that on the outside of the juice pack, but rather stamps the voltage and the Whr, from where we can deduce the capacity in mAh.
If this is a prototype, of course, the capacity might be stamped directly in mAh on the battery pack, or Apple might be taking a different approach this time around. In any case, if this shot is for real, it is just another confirmation that Apple will use a dual-core chip in its next iPhone (s).
Thanks for the tip!
source: Weibo (translated)
29 Comments
1. Leyjee
Posts: 47; Member since: Feb 25, 2011
Honestly, who cares ? I have nothing against apple but what difference does it make knowing thats the components for it ?
posted on Sep 19, 2011, 3:17 AM 9
2. ilia1986 unregistered
I agree. People are acting as if iPhone 5 will have some sort of revolutionary hardware. It won't. it will have a relatively outdated hardware by the time it launches. Oh, did I mention the latest rumor saying that the only device to launch this year is the iPhone 4S - which will be the same as the iPhone 4 - 512MB of ram, 3.5" screen and all - but will only have the A5 chip and an 8MP camera? According to this rumor - the iPhone 5 will launch only in 2012. Oh and to be clear - A5 = 1Ghz dual core chip. Something that has existed ever since the beginning of this year.
posted on Sep 19, 2011, 3:47 AM 3
17. darth8ball
Posts: 520; Member since: Aug 02, 2011
No the sheep will convince themselves that Apple 'wants to get it right' and will praise them for the delay in release.
posted on Sep 19, 2011, 11:11 AM 4
20. Huhster unregistered
Tegra 2 is nearly two years old why would it surprise you that an A5 would be faster ?
posted on Sep 19, 2011, 12:18 PM 0
6. iKingTrust
Posts: 716; Member since: Jul 27, 2011
Im with you on that
posted on Sep 19, 2011, 6:13 AM 0
3. Leyjee
Posts: 47; Member since: Feb 25, 2011
yes, Apple markets their products to people who have no idea about phones. i guess that is smart because thats were the money is ! But it just pisses me off with them suing everyone when to be honest they arnt really inovating, 1ghz dual core, 8mp, retina display are all basically outdated now..
posted on Sep 19, 2011, 3:57 AM 4
4. ahmadickhard unregistered
That battery look like the one found in iMobile android tablet. Can Apple sue iMobile then?? (eventhough iMobile is selling it NOW...) haha
posted on Sep 19, 2011, 5:26 AM 0
Posts: 2361; Member since: Apr 18, 2011
posted on Sep 19, 2011, 5:46 AM 2
7. iankellogg
Posts: 155; Member since: Jun 15, 2011
I have an honest question about iOS and dual core. Other than games what will the dual core do for the basically single threaded operating system? I guess if they start getting some widgets they can offload the load to that but compared to android which is basically a full linux desktop (hence the bad battery life) I don't see the point in a dual core chipset.
posted on Sep 19, 2011, 7:03 AM 0
8. remixfa
Posts: 14605; Member since: Dec 19, 2008
for the regular OS? absolutely nothing on iOS. Its only use will be to shut down 1 core during non gaming, and save battery power compared to a single core. I think its more "keeping up with android" than it is actual need of a dual core.
posted on Sep 19, 2011, 7:12 AM 1
9. ilia1986 unregistered
Yeah this whole concept of minimalist software design by Apple is like some fracking monk who doesn't really do anything all day - and thus doesn't need much food - vs a hard working businessman who needs a lot of energy. Guess which one contributes more to the society. With all due respect.
posted on Sep 19, 2011, 7:32 AM 0
16. ex2bot unregistered
If you're talking about phone productivity, both Android and iOS have sizable software libraries. The whole idea of minimal design is to take out what's not needed. It's not about being some hippy monk. (If software is short on necessary features, that's not minimalist, that's just crummy.) Business people can still enjoy their minimalist software without becoming a drain on civilization.
posted on Sep 19, 2011, 11:00 AM 0
12. Droid_X_Doug
Posts: 5993; Member since: Dec 22, 2010
Oh come on now remixfa, iOS may not float your boat as an OS, but don't fall into H8er mode. iOS v. 5 is going to raise the bar for Android. One area that is looking to be interesting is the iMessage function - basically BlackBerry Messaging for iOS with some enhancements. I suspect that iOS v. 5 will have some OS level enhancements as well. I don't hate on an OS (even WP7). If sales don't materialize, then I call it for what it is (sales fail), but I don't hate on the OS in-and-of-itself.
posted on Sep 19, 2011, 9:31 AM 0
11. tech-head
Posts: 133; Member since: Sep 02, 2011
Never thought of it that way. iOS5 doesn't really need a dual core processor. Its a bare bones OS as it is. Guess its for games....
posted on Sep 19, 2011, 8:34 AM 0
19. darth8ball
Posts: 520; Member since: Aug 02, 2011
Remember Gateway Computers, they were non upgradable. Wanted a newer Video card, sound card etc...you were crap out of luck. Apple is the same way while now they may not need a dual core what about the future, oh yeah just buy another device, Android makes room for the future by taken into consideration most people will keep their phones longer than a year, not me, but most people.
posted on Sep 19, 2011, 11:34 AM 0
21. taco50
Posts: 5506; Member since: Oct 08, 2009
So you can upgrade chips on android? No you can't you have to get a new phone. The iPhone 3GS which came out in 2009 is getting iOS 5. How many android phones get that kind of continued support? Some never get a sw upgrade at all.
posted on Sep 19, 2011, 1:04 PM 1
26. ilia1986 unregistered
Taco - almost all of them. By using custom roms. something the iPhone will never be capable of doing.
posted on Sep 19, 2011, 9:19 PM 0
15. ex2bot unregistered
A dual-core chip's advantage in a phone is similar to multi-core chips in laptops and desktops, namely improving multitasking / multithreading. If your phone is checking email and downloading while you're web surfing, you will enjoy smoother, faster operation. Contrary to what some believe, iOS will multitask. Apple's apps all multitask, and third party apps can multitask in certain situations, such as downloading, GPS, IM, Skype, etc. Dual-core is better than single core when comparing like cores.
posted on Sep 19, 2011, 10:53 AM 0
24. tech010101x unregistered
Grand Central Dispatch as well as NSOperation are both available for iOS. These are the primary idioms given to developers for multiprocessing in Cocoa for both iOS and Mac OS X. There are many tutorials about this for programmers, but the gist is that the technology is intended to help programmers write parallel processing applications, including where one does not know how many processors to leverage beforehand. The operating system can help make that determination at runtime. Which means that current iOS applications can be written to take advantage of multi-processing if/when such hardware ships. Of course, in both Android and iOS, it is possible to write multithreaded applications at a lower level, but these APIs are intended to make it a matter of course that iOS applications can leverage multi-processing when available. BTW, it is a mistake to think that just because the user interface is presenting primarily one task at a time that the operating system is single threaded. Apple made a design choice for size of screen, processing power, and battery consumption to limit 3rd party applications. Apple's applications are of course not restricted, but they have their own controls and metrics.
posted on Sep 19, 2011, 6:44 PM 0
13. Droid_X_Doug
Posts: 5993; Member since: Dec 22, 2010
My guess is that the photo is part of the internals for the iPhone 5. The 4+/S/whatever will have the internals from the current iPhone 4 with probably less storage (8Gb) and maybe a lower capacity battery to help in the cost-cutting area. You may also see a plastic screen with the glass screen going to the iPhone 5.
posted on Sep 19, 2011, 9:34 AM 0
18. greytux unregistered
After changing the contrast it is quite obvious that the "5" was photoshopped in... http://imgur.com/tinFU
posted on Sep 19, 2011, 11:13 AM 0
22. Wing unregistered
the guy said he did not own the picture, it was downloaded fromhttp://www.pandaxtech.com/news
posted on Sep 19, 2011, 4:28 PM 0
23. Sebbelcher unregistered
If this is the iPhone 5 then there are some other notable things we can see: 1. It is White. 2. The blue surface on the left of the picture I would assume is the back of the display and it appears to be almost edge to edge.
posted on Sep 19, 2011, 6:17 PM 0
27. moneymakerjnr unregistered
U think Steve Jobs is that foolish to launch an iPhone 4S - 512MB of ram, 3.5" screen and all - but will only have the A5 chip and an 8MP camera on Oct 4th as rumors say? He raised the company wen everyone thought it was dead and now he's just gonna let it go into thin air? He knows what is best for the company.
posted on Sep 21, 2011, 8:26 AM 0
28. Beerski unregistered
These arguments against apple have always been the same over the years, not just for the iphone but for its computers too: "this imac has outdated hardware" " your paying twice as much for something slower, with hardware a generation behind" blah blah. Really, why does everyone just look at processor speed and ram and absolutely nothing else? it's a PHONE people, not a super computer. who cares if it's not the fastest PHONE on the market? all the other companies just copycat apple's designs anyway, they always have. do you think smartphones were this popular before the first iphone came out? the answer is NO. just because it's the most popular device doesn't make it automatically evil.
posted on Sep 21, 2011, 9:52 AM 0
29. jdawg unregistered
Honest who gives a steaming pile of sh*t what's in the next iPhone? I don't....
posted on Sep 21, 2011, 6:51 PM 0
30. Skybox unregistered
I've had all previous iPhone models and currently the iPhone 4. However. The new Samsung Galaxy S2 is Sooooooo calling my name on Oct 2. It has more eveything than my current iPhone.
posted on Sep 23, 2011, 10:14 AM 0
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