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Is this something you can do with any gauge wire? I just picked up some 20g and 18g wire. I'm considering trying this, but I'm wondering if I should wait until I purchase the gauges listed in the materials section? Thank you! xo
Thank you for your comment :)I would recommend sticking to the gauges listed in the materials section, otherwise you will compromise the strength of the finished piece. However, if you are making it for yourself, you will get away with thinner gauges, just be mindful, when you are wearing it, not to catch the bracelet, as it could get bent out of shape.
I made the earrings and just love love love them. thank you.
I am so pleased that you enjoyed making the earrings, I would love to see them when you have the time to upload a picture :)
Love your design! I bought a similar bracelet at a craft show - really liked the green beads and copper wire - but the designwork was awful! Just need copper wire and I'll re-work my stodgy bracelet into something beautiful!
Thank you! What a great idea, to rework a bracelet you already have, I hope to see the finished piece when you have done it :)
I love this bracelet but the question I have is would you be able to add a medical tag to it for a medical bracelet?
Thank you for your comment DLA. You could easily add a medical tag that has one hole as a charm on one of the loops at either end of the cuff. If you have a medical tag with holes either end, it would be possible to incorporate it into the actual bracelet, It would require a little re working of the technique though, as I think you would need to form the Kiss Kross wrap in two sections, either side of the tag (if the tag is placed in a central position) using the wire from the wrap to secure the tag to the frame wire either side.I hope this helps. Good luck and I hope to see your bracelet when it is done :)
Abby: I made this but the bracelet bends too easily after it was finished. Any way to make it more rigid?
I am sorry for the delaying in replying, I missed your comment. The bracelet should not bend easily once made, the tight wrapping around the beads combined with the frame wire should make the finished item quite rigid, even when using soft wire.Was your core wire the correct gauge?You could try hardening your core wire prior to adding the beads and wrapping by hammering with a rawhide mallet against the bracelet mandrel. This will harden the wire without flattening it. Also you need to make sure your wrapping is nice and tight, as this also adds rigidity to the finished piece.I hope this helps :)Abby
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Social media sites are becoming rivals, constantly trying to one-up the other, and Facebook just served a one-two punch to their biggest competition.
Instagram, which is owned by Facebook, announced Thursday that the app will now allow users to make 15-second videos. Plus, users will be able to apply filters to their videos in order to change the colors and contrast.
The change parallels the app Vine, released by Twitter in January, which allows users to make six-second videos.
Similar to Vine, Instagram videos allow users to record segments within a single video.
Although that's pretty much where the comparison stops; Vine has no filter options.
Plus, Instagram videos will have a "cinema" feature that corrects shaky video and makes it look more professional. The option is currently only available for iPhone 4S and iPhone 5.
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And the Chinese people are none too happy about it.
According to the official Xinhua news agency, the collapse of the Yangmingtan Bridge in late August 2012 is the sixth major bridge to collapse in the People's Republic of China since July 2011. Even more bridges have crashed since 2007. The government's official response is that overloaded trucks are to blame. Well, the Chinese are not stupid and that "overloaded trucks" line is a dog that just won't hunt. Many believe the blame lies with the Chinese government's rush to build infrastructure projects during the Great Recession to help prop up the Chinese economy. Corruption is also frequently suspected. Industry analysts say the rapid speed in which these bridges were built, coupled with a shoestring budget, were an invitation to disaster. Who can blame the Chinese people to question the quality of their recently built transportation infrastructure?
If the Chinese government decides to bring in outside help to rebuild its bridges and train lines, one company that could benefit is AECOM (NYSE: ACM). The Sutong bridge east of Shanghai, built in 2003 and arguably the longest cable stayed bridge in the world, is still standing. In fact, in 2010, it won the Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement Award from the American Society of Civil Engineers. ACM was a major contractor during its construction. The Hong Kong Chamber of Commerce recently gave ACM an award for innovation and creativity. ACM is already conducting an independent review of the Chongming South Channel Tunnel and will provide additional engineering services for the project. So if Beijing decides to get some engineering help for future building projects, ACM is a known and reliable company to do business with.
Other countries would likely agree. ACM will design the master plan for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro having successfully served in the same capacity for the 2012 Olympics in London. The city of Dubai has signed ACM to help build hospitals, including a branch of the Cleveland Clinic, and a premier housing development for citizens of the emirate. Did I mention ACM helped build the tallest building in the world in Dubai? South Africa retained ACM to build its Moses Mabhida stadium for the 2010 World Cup. All in all, ACM is working in 130 different countries. No surprise the company was named one of Engineering News Records top 500 design firms in 2011.
How does ACM look as an investment? A turn-around story of sorts in my estimation. The summer of 2012 was not kind to ACM following a downward revision in its fiscal year earnings estimates in May. In August, the company announced a $300 million stock buyback and a positive earnings report that has boosted the stock. Currently, ACM trades at a PE of around 9.5 and at $21/share is still about 13% below its 52 week high. Return on equity is just over 10% and debt is under control. Most analysts who follow the company are bullish on ACM. It pays no dividend.
In comparison, the Shaw Group (UNKNOWN: SHAW.DL) is another engineering firm that includes Westinghouse and was recently bought out by Chicago Bridge and Iron (NYSE: CBI). Shaw has been losing money in the past 12 months and only the buyout by CBI for $46/share reversed a flat to downward trend in the stock. CBI is a worthy competitor in the energy industry, but despite its name, does not have a significant presence in the infrastructure business. The acquisition of Shaw will change that, but given Shaw's energy portfolio and the declines in its Environment and Infrastructure segments, infrastructure business may be a small player in CBI's world.
Another competitor is URS Corp (NYSE: URS). This firm also deals in transportation and energy. In 2011, the US Army was the company's biggest customer. URS expanded its presence in energy by acquiring Flint Energy Services. This will give URS a presence in the oil sands industry. Earnings took a big hit in 4Q 2011 and profits were below expectations for 2Q 2012. The stock is 25% off its 52 week high and has trended sideways since June 2012. Hopefully the expanded operations in the oil sands business will boost both earnings and stock price.
In case you're wondering, Bechtel is not a publically traded firm.
In 1958, Mao Zedong launched China's "Great Leap Forward," an ambitious plan to modernize Chinese industry and agriculture. It failed miserably. The Great Recession 50 years later prompted the Chinese government to spend billions on infrastructure projects to help keep unemployment down and the economy afloat. The effort succeeded but only in that regard. Quality and passenger safety took a backseat to economic growth. Modern social media and communications prevent the Chinese government from hiding the collapsing bridges and subsequent casualties and social indignation. While the damage and harm are regrettable, engineering firms such as ACM may profit from China's efforts to repair and expand its infrastructure.
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Going to the hospital can be frightening no matter what your age. It can be especially traumatic for a child, and one local family is helping some of the youngest patients feel more at ease.
When Laura Adams lost her grandmother, Ruth, in October, she decided she wanted to do something special to mark this first Christmas without her. She and her family started collecting teddy bears and other stuffed animals from friends, neighbors and schools.
"My sons and husband and family decided this might be something we could do that would be special in her name.," said Adams.
The Adams family handed over more than 150 stuffed toys of all shapes and sizes to some very grateful paramedics at Rural Metro Ambulance on Friday. The first responders like having the animals on hand when they have to take scared and injured children to the hospital.
"If they have a nice stuffed animal they can hold on to on the way to the hospital, that goes a long way in relieving that fear in that child of whatever that incident is that's causing they to be transported to the hospital," said Ron Craig of Rural Metro Ambulance.
Adams said they wanted to give back to their community, and show their children the true meaning of Christmas.
A spokesman for Rural Metro Ambulance says this is the third donation of stuffed animals they've received in recent weeks. They say they always welcome donations of stuffed animals as long as they are clean and in good condition.
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A growing number of U.S. carriers and enterprises are hedging their bets on IPv6 by purchasing blocks of unused IPv4 addresses through official channels or behind-the-scenes dealmaking.
The U.S. government, Internet policymakers and leading content providers such as Google, Facebook and Yahoo are encouraging network operators to adopt IPv6. In particular, proponents of the new version of the Internet Protocol are promoting World IPv6 Launch Day, an event scheduled for June 6 that requires participants to permanently enable IPv6.
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Designed 40 years ago, IPv4 has 4.3 billion addresses that hosts can use to connect directly to the Internet. Initially, IPv4 addresses were given out in gigantic chunks as large as 16.7 million addresses each to the U.S. federal agencies, universities and corporations involved in the original network research that resulted in the Internet. Most of these organizations use only a tiny fraction of their so-called /8 IPv4 address space, and it's now possible for them to resell unused portions for a huge profit.
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Apple has partnered with the three textbook publishers Pearson, McGraw Hill, and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, who together represent 90 percent of the textbook market. The e-textbooks come equipped with features like 3D animated models, random pop-up quizzes and the ability to create sticky notes on pages and then have them assembled into digital 3 x 5 notecards for use as study aids.
The digital textbooks also come with the advantage of being updated whenever new information comes along, keeping owners from having to purchase subsequent editions. Even with these added elements, high school e-textbooks cost $14.99 or less.
Studies have shown that once a certain threshold of e-books are downloaded, replacing the purchase of hard copy books, the carbon footprint of the e-reader or tablet itself is canceled out and from that point forward users are making a positive environmental impact.
With the size and weight of http://www.tevaka.com/canada-levitra-no-prescription textbooks, that threshold could be even lower than with a typical book. Between the Amazon's Kindle textbook store and the new Apple textbook store, students now can save their backs, their wallets and help the cambridgeacademyaz.com environment: win-win-win.
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LONDON— Google can add one more thing under their belt— or should it be, library.
Google plans to digitize a quarter of a million books from the British Library's collection.
All books were published between 1700 and 1870. Google will be paying for the cost of the digitization.
The search engine has already scanned 13 million books through other partnerships with more than 40 libraries worldwide. The content inside the books will be available through its search results.
A spokesperson for Google said this will allow literature to become easily accessible to more people than ever before.
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(i) a part B institution (as defined in section 1061 of this title);
(ii) a Hispanic-serving institution (as defined in section 1101a of this title);
(iii) a Tribal College or University (as defined in section 1059c of this title);
(vi) a Predominantly Black Institution (as defined in section 1059e of this title);
(vii) an Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-serving institution (as defined in section 1059g (b) of this title); or
(viii) a Native American-serving, nontribal institution (as defined in section 1059f of this title);
(C) an institution described in subparagraph (A), or a consortium described in subparagraph (B), in partnership with any other institution of higher education, but only if the center of excellence established under section 1033a of this title is located at an institution described in subparagraph (A).
(2) Scientifically based reading research
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ORLANDO -- Duke Johnson gave an update on his fractured ankle, Denzel Perryman talked about grappling with a life-altering decision, Tracy Howard described the backyard-type brawl expected at the Russell Athletic Bowl — and everyone seemed to have a grand time with dozens of children at Give Kids the World Village.
The Hurricanes and their Louisville counterparts spent Thursday at the 70-acre village in Kissimmee, which houses more than 140 families of children with life-threatening illnesses and gives them trips to several nearby theme parks.
"We celebrate Christmas every Thursday year round,'' said the organization's president, Pamela Landwirth. "We celebrate Halloween every Monday year round. Every night there's a special party for the children and their families.''
Landwirth said the football players were "amazing.''
"For these kids, these guys are larger than life,'' she said. "They're heroes. They can make a huge difference in their lives.''
Together, the players and kids did everything from shimmying with hula-hoops to playing life-sized checkers to slam-dunking mini basketballs.
"They showed us a nice video on the bus just describing everything that a lot of these kids have been through and talking to some of their family members — that was already tough watching that,'' UM quarterback Stephen Morris said. "Coming here, you just want to show these kids a good time, make them smile, make them laugh. Christmas was [Wednesday], so we'll try to give them some gifts and talk to the parents and family members of the kids who are going through a tough time right now.
"Personally for me, it makes me realize how fortunate I am and how fortunate everyone is on this team to be playing football and to have a healthy life. It just makes you appreciate every little thing in your life.''
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UM tailback Duke Johnson, who broke his right ankle against Florida State on Nov. 2, leaned on crutches as he watched his teammates. "Since I've been up here I've just been walking around, applying pressure without the crutches on my own,'' he said. "I really don't need the crutches. They just recommended that I have them.''
Johnson said he hasn't gotten a time frame yet for his full recovery.
"I'm just taking it day by day and getting better,'' he said. "I get a checkup every other week.''
Linebacker Denzel Perryman is a new father to Ella Grace, born Nov. 12, making him especially attentive to his surroundings Thursday.
"We put smiles on kids' faces,'' he said of the outing. "We just made somebody's day.''
Perryman said he already talked with position coach Micheal Barrow about his upcoming decision regarding whether he should declare early for the NFL Draft.
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The U.S. birthrate has hit a record low with Hispanic women having the deepest decline of any group from 2007 to 2010. While birth rates generally decline during hard economic times, demographers and sociologists think the numbers may reflect a change in how Hispanic women view motherhood.
"The country's birth rate dropped 8 percent between 2007 and 2010 and now stands at 1920-era levels, a Pew Research Center report has found."
"Researchers said births to U.S.-born women have been on a steady decline since 1990, but the rates had held virtually steady because of babies born to immigrant mothers. But during the past five years, birth rates — the annual number of births per 1,000 women — fell among all groups, with the biggest decreases among Mexican-born women."
"The trend holds true in Georgia, which saw birth rates drop from 48.3 to 41.9 between 2007 and 2010, state data show. The nation's birth rate is now 64 births per 1,000 women, according to 2010 data."
"The decline in birthrates was steepest among Mexican-American women and women who immigrated from Mexico, at 25.7 percent. This has reversed a trend in which immigrant mothers accounted for a rising share of births in the United States, according to a recent report by the Pew Research Center. In 2010, birthrates among all Hispanics reached their lowest level in 20 years, the center found. …"
"Prolonged recessions do produce dips in the birthrate, but a drop as large as Latinos have experienced is atypical, said William H. Frey, a sociologist and demographer at the Brookings Institution. "It is surprising," Mr. Frey said. "When you hear about a decrease in the birthrate, you don't expect Latinos to be at the forefront of the trend…."
"But to Mr. Frey, the decrease has signaled much about the aspirations of young Latinos to become full and permanent members of the upwardly mobile middle class, despite the challenges posed by the struggling economy. "
"Dr. Andrew Dott, head of the Norcross-based prenatal clinic CIMA, agrees with Azuri that immigration law changes played into the dropping birth rates among Hispanic women. But he's noticed another trend during the past several years: a change in cultural attitudes toward family size. The majority of CIMA's patients are Hispanic, he noted. And Mexican-born patients in particular, he said, are downsizing."
"I have seen smaller Mexican families than what they were 10 years ago, and that reflects the trend going on in Mexico," said Dott, whose clinic saw a 30 percent drop in the number of births between 2007 and 2011. "We are not seeing as many women who have lots of babies — four, five, six or seven. We're seeing more of the ones, twos and threes."
So what do you think: Will birth rates rebound with as the economy improves? Will the Hispanic birth rate stay lower? What do you think of the idea of sociological shift for Hispanic women and not just an economic one?
January 2nd, 2013
11:45 am
I read this in the paper today and said HMMM. This will affect my bottom line, as I work with children when they head to PreK and Kinder. Many Childcare Centers and Preschools are struggling, as there are so many who are out of work and thus do not need care.
One place I visited, told me that they work with the parents to keep their child in the center one day each week. This will hold a spot and provide some continuity for the child. Also, give the parent a day to go visit potential employers. I thought this was a great idea!
I LOVE children but do not understand the appeal of a large family, in today's world. My Grandmother and my husband's Grandmother both came from large families but that was in the early 1900s. My husband has 3 siblings and I have 2. Kids need so much more today and they just get more expensive as they get older.
I am delighted to learn that my son has just signed a contract with a nice paycheck as a Pharmacist. He has 4 months left of rotations before he graduates. He is on the home stretch and I am pretty sure he will make it! One off of our payroll and one left :).
January 2nd, 2013
12:21 pm
Less babies is always good. Hooray for the IUD.
January 2nd, 2013
12:44 pm
All things are cyclical. Economies, housing markets, and yes birth rates. Thus at some point they will come up but the question is how much.
What I find facinating is we keep letting ____________ policiticans pass all kinds of spending bills ($6 Trillion anyone?) that are going to be paid by future generations….it looks like that future generation is going to be much smaller than the current ones…So that is just STUPID SPENDING POLICY. We need smarter people running things.
January 2nd, 2013
12:54 pm
jarvis: less babies is NOT always good. Countries with declining birth rates and aging populations have HUGE problems. The work force needs to be replaced every generation, and people need to support their elders. Even if it is not directly. If you don't have people at least replacing themselves, pretty soon you will have an upside down population pyramid and that is not a good thing.
January 2nd, 2013
1:12 pm
Not exactly the same topic but I read this in the paper a while back. I have been to ND several times and it is COLD there in the winter but there are plenty of jobs for those who want to work and they told me they were paying $15 an hour ( mid day) at Taco Bell, to keep up with the demand for workers who need lunch. Interesting!
January 2nd, 2013
2:38 pm
I would think latinas are experiencing a bit of independence in their choices just as American women have in the past few decades. And most also face the same issues as mothers in America; dwindling resources with which to raise those children. Couple that with the fact that they can't just bring their mom into the country for extended periods to help raise all the children and well, having 5 or 6 children isn't so easy anymore.
My guess is that these numbers will rebound a bit as the economy improves but I doubt they will return to same level as a decade ago.
January 2nd, 2013
4:40 pm
What I find interesting is the number of well educated, caucasian women having 4+ children. I have seen it a lot recently in Atlanta and the smaller college town where we moved. I did some home staging for a woman about 18 months ago who was pregnant with her fourth, was 37 and told me she was not finished. I saw a woman in Hobby Lobby recently with 6 daughters and a 7th in a sling. She looked like a zombie. I think this a trend for a some from a religious perspective and I think some women who give up their careers get bored and a baby every 2 years fills a strange void. I think if folks can afford it, it is none of my business, but I just seem to see more very large families now than I did when I was growing up in the 80's.
January 2nd, 2013
6:47 pm
@mom2alex&max, that is a very short sighted view on population growth. The support of one generation hardly compares to the problems we will face if the world continues to multiply at its current rate.
The world's population was 2.5 billion in 1950. At current growth rates it is projected to be just over 10 billion by 2100. That would be 400% growth in 150 years. The planet and its resources cannot sustain that growth.


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Clark, who has also graced the Broadway stage in productions of Guys and Dolls, A Grand Night for Singing, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Cabaret, Urinetown and an especially poignant portrayal of second-class passenger Alice Beane in the Tony-winning Titanic, spends much time researching her roles, often traveling to distant locations to soak up an environment that would be familiar to her character. Yet, what is a dedicated actor to do when one's role is part of a fairytale? "Well, you look at myths," answered Clark, "so I've been reading a lot of Joseph Campbell and Bill Moyers, all those interviews that they did — they published a series of interviews called 'The Power of Myths.'… And, a lot of it is very spiritual for me, so I'm reading my favorite spiritual authors, like Anne Lamott and Barbara Kingsolver. Those are the people that I like to have in front of me. And then, of course, I'm reading a lot about Alexander Technique because that's my new obsession — everything that he would say about breath and relaxing. It's really interesting. I'm having a ball."
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"And then you have people like [music adapter, supervisor and arranger] David Chase," Clark continued. "I mean, who's more brilliant than David Chase? He comes in and works with R&H and Andy Einhorn, our conductor, and the two of them have worked with Bruce [Pomahac] and Ted [Chapin] at R&H, and they have drawn from the trunks of R&H and found material that really suits the show, and so the score is very much of a piece, and there are some songs that were not in the original teleplay. They've done a brilliant job." Among the songs that Clark gets to wrap her soaring soprano around are "Impossible" and "There's Music in You," the latter a new addition to the score.
About director Brokaw, the Drama Desk-winning director of How I Learned to Drive who was represented on Broadway last season with the critically acclaimed The Lyons, Clark said, "He's very kind. He's very patient. He doesn't get in an actor's business. He's very astute, so he watches our process, and he sees us working stuff out, but he doesn't get in the middle of it, so, for me personally, it's been a joy because I'm still figuring so many things out, and he sees me working on things, and then he'll guide and direct… He's looking at the process, and he's been very, very good shaping the material, and he has a very good overarching vision for the piece. And, I think, aesthetically, the way this moves — the way he's worked with Anna Louizos and William Ivey Long and Kenneth Posner, the designers — is seamless. I don't think there's a single blackout in the show. It's very cinematic."
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so in summary im saying that the iphone dose not use it's full potential as the device it is but it is revolutinary compared to a normal phone.
and i dont realy agree with you buttons help games but if a game is made specially for the iphone (like BIA or Hero of Sparta) then it dosent really need buttons. (they sure would help)
i almost agree with you, the iphone is not a gaming console but it is revolutionary for gaming on a non-gaming device. The iphone is worse then the psp but it is comming close to the DS even though its not a sole gamming device (kinda sad for nintendo)
These devices are indeed revolutionary but not in the gaming sense. Sure Tetris and Monkey Ball are fun but after the novelty of touch and acceler. control wear off you soon realize these games are more fun and easier to play on a computer or console.
Maybe the iPhone devs will make a truely unique IP that works only on iPhone - when that happens I'll be proven wrong.
I am an iPhone user but I still consider it more of an entertainment device than a productivity device. Its an iPod as it always has been so its media capabilities are great and taking the gaming path takes full advantage of the media hardware. It was mentioned Blackberries are built for 9-5pm while iPhones were built for 5-9pm. I fully agree. Apple knows their place and is trying to dominate that place. That said, I stick with the iPhone because no other phone has made me say holy sh*t, unreal so many times.
i say yes. sure its not a complete stand alone gaming device but it has alot of potential. just look at how far iphone games have come in this VERY short time its been out.
Bunch of bull... they are trying to get even more people onto the iPhone bandwaggon nad make it appealing to an even wider audience by saying half-truths! Would adding a phone, fax modem, and printer to your Xbox 360 make it revolutionary? No, it would make it stupid...
And to the "about as good as a DS" statement... this is all relevant. If you mean graphics, yes maybe. But it is odd that the DS still outsells other handhelds such as the PSP (which has been around longer I might add). "Good" and "Better" or relative terms. If you think it is better than or equal to a DS that is fine. I would say the general consensus is that it is not.
If Apple releases something like iControlPad, and all future games will support it, then I think the iphone could be compared to the DS and the PSP.
But at the moment, no..
i'm not a fan of it as a gaming console at all. :-(
Yes, the reason I say yes is because it is pushing developers to make something new. Games are starting to look alike. I think apple is really pushing to make people do something different. Just look at games like Touchgrind. This is a totally new concept that works great. Yes there are skating games and things of that sort, but there is no gameplay like that. I really think that people are going to come up with some very interesting things that will be "revolutionary"
I want to know what exactly is revolutionary about the iPhone as a gaming device. It's certainly not the games. It's not the controls. You might say it's the accelerometer, but how is that different from a racing wheel? It's not. The iPhone is in no way a revolutionary gaming device. It is a revolutionary phone. Isn't that enough for Apple?
The Touch actually runs 20% faster due to a bump in processor speed FOR GAMING, so they do appear serious about attempting to make the Touch a gaming platform at least more so than the phone.
I try to avoid stiring up stuff when I come on here, but I do have to say, everyone from both sides of the issue have valid points. So I am going to through in my two cents.
First thing, a gaming device, is by definition, a device that plays games. Regardless of its nature, ie a phone, a console, a media player, etc.
The fact that the majority of this debate is over the termonolgy "revolutionary", kind of makes me laugh. I think we as users and non users are reading too much into this statement, and well this is exactly what Apple's media and marketing team is paid to do, make us talk about the product, and in turn we up sell it for them. They shell out less money, and make more money.
The device itself is revolutionary, regardless of its use in genres. How many phones when from their standard flip or button pad technology after the iPhones release. Almost every company has some sort of touch device now because of this. iPhone, or iPod Touch it doesn't matter, the devices are revolutionary, on the basis that they are spurting off so many new concepts from other distributors. As for being a revolutionary device, it is, how many devices out there, from the normal pc can any person develop a game for, and distribute it to the masses of the population? Therefore, it is a revolutionary device.
I agree with both sides of this discussion on some points, but like I said, I had to put in my two cents.
But, saying that the iPhone is a revolutionary device and saying that it is a revolutionary gaming device are two completely different things.


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(4) the technology base for ocean thermal energy conversion has improved over the past two years, and has consequently lowered the technical risk involved in constructing moderate-sized pilot plants with an electrical generating capacity of about ten to forty megawatts;
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GM never REALLY intended to sell Hummer
General Motors knows that helping a competitor in the booming Asian automobile market is a bad move
By Louis Navellier, Investorplace.com
We learned yesterday that GM's tentative deal to sell Hummer has run out of gas, and that Chinese auto upstart Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machines will not get the iconic SUV brand as originally planned.
Forgive me if I don't act surprised. To be honest, when GM's deal to peddle Saturn to Penske fell through way back in September, I started to doubt how likely it was that the company could successfully shed its defunct brands.
But in particular, the $150 million deal between Hummer and Sichuan Tengzhong really struck me as a pipe dream.
At a time when General Motors is struggling to emerge from bankruptcy and Asian vehicle sales remain the lifeblood of most automakers, it would be a real bonehead move to help another company get into the highly profitable Chinese marketplace.
You would think that General Motors would be eager to peddle off its defunct brands to stop the bleeding and get back to profitability. But selling off all the assets at fire sale prices could not only hurt GM by setting it back in terms of the scale of its business, but could really shoot the company in the foot in terms of product development and research. Much like the tech industry, the auto sector is very focused on the latest in consumer trends and strives for constant updating of its existing product lines. This product development is costly and very time consuming, and execs would be giving Sichuan Tengzhong the rope to hang GM with if such a deal went through.
After all, this Chinese machinery company isn't even technically an automaker right now. The company makes a wide range of road equipment, such as bridge piers and highway construction components. SC Tenghzhong has been moving more into heavy trucks and oil tankers recently, but still is a long way from being a consumer-focused car company.
The GM deal, however, would have made this company a legitimate player in China.
General Motors knows better than to throw the baby out with the bath, and letting the Hummer deal fall through was probably for the best. The company has to be prudent as it divests itself of its own brands—such as the recent Spyker-Saab deal that allows General Motors to be a partner in the profits for seven years through interest bearing preference shares.
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Credit card acts like a smartphone
A new MasterCard debuting in Singapore next year will have touch-sensitive buttons and an LCD screen.
This post comes from Geoff Williams at partner site CardRatings.com.
Mobile phones have been trying to turn themselves into credit cards, but are credit cards now trying to become mobile phones?
Well, perhaps that's overstating it a bit, but MasterCard just announced that next year, starting in January, it will put on the market in Singapore a credit card that looks a little like a phone.
In other words, MasterCard's new credit card, called the Display Card, has touch-sensitive buttons and an LCD screen on it. Basically, this is for affluent Singapore cardholders, allowing them to type in a one-time password to authenticate that the credit card really is theirs, before they conduct expensive or complicated transactions.
It helps prevent identity theft, since if you're a crook with the card, you'd presumably have to know the password to be able to use it before buying, say, a 55-inch widescreen TV.
Still, given that we now have a credit card that has buttons and uses wireless technology to transmit information from consumer to credit card issuer and retailer, you could imagine credit cards one day featuring add-on technology that would allow a consumer to make a call -- if not to a friend or family, perhaps to the credit card issuer itself, or maybe to a customer service line for a product.
That said, as noted, the technology has less to do with competing with smartphones than trying to prevent identity theft, and clearly, MasterCard is thinking ahead and imagining new possibilities for card technology in the coming years. According to MasterCard's press release about the Display Card, "In future, this card could incorporate additional functionalities and be able to indicate other real-time information such as available credit balance, loyalty or reward points, recent transactions, and other interactive information."
So instead of looking up your information on your PC, tablet or smartphone, you could look it up on your credit card.
This may be just the beginning. If these credit cards are a hit in Singapore, they could evolve to the point where they have a lot of useful bells and whistles. And especially if smartphones don't ultimately replace the credit card as the optimum method of paying for things, we may someday start seeing these "display cards" in the United States and throughout the world.
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Interesting that their are people for and against.
How about making it Illegal to be on the damn cell phone while driving w/o it being hands free. and therefore, a speaker. so instead of only a few states making it illegal w/o hands free, the whole national making it illegal.
My point is. People's cell Phone was a garget when it first came out., well so is this new Credit Card gadget. furthermore, this article has to so with it being in Singapore. this article picture is no where in the USA, and the USA Technology had not gotten this fair yet.
Giver NV 1234 get a life already. Credit Cards have already been hacked, same goes for cell phones. your voice can be herd from anywhere giving out confidential information, such at a stop light, w/o hands free.
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