Oct 29
While all eyes are on the East Coast, I’m hanging out with telenauts, musicians. artists, publishers,and engineers on the West Coast at the Seattle Interactive Conference.
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Oct 29
You know, I once saw this world map that divided the world into how America sees it – and China was labeled as the “World’s Supermarket”. The thing is, one would not be wrong to think this way considering how they managed to churn out the ZTE U950, a 1.3GHz Tegra 3 powered smartphone that costs all of just 999 yuan, meaning it does not break the $200 barrier if you convert the local currency there to US dollars. In fact, we are talking about just $160 thereabouts here for an unlocked device, and it comes accompanied by 1GB RAM, 4GB of internal memory, a 4.3” display and a 2,000mAh battery powering the puppy.
At the back lies a 5-megapixel camera, while the front has a VGA camera for your video call needs. All of those are stuffed into a body that measures a mere 9mm thin – pretty impressive, don’t you think so? Too bad it does not come with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, but rather, you will have to rock to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich right out of the box. Doesn’t look likely that this will ever make it Stateside though.
By Ubergizmo. Related articles: Android 4.2 Preview with the Google Nexus 4, Skype for Windows Phone 8 preview,
Oct 29
WASHINGTON — The last thing President Barack Obama wants is to screw up his response to a storm as massive and devastating as Hurricane Sandy, particularly a week before voters decide if they want him around for another four years. So, he’s doing what any good president — and candidate — should do: ditching the campaign trail and owning the storm.
In a hastily organized press briefing at the White House, Obama said Monday that his race with Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney is the furthest thing from his mind as the East Coast braces for what could be its worst storm in history.
“I am not worried at this point about the impact on the election. I am worried about the impact on families. I am worried about the impact on our first responders,” he said. “The election will take care of itself next week.”
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Oct 29
Up until this week, state Sen. Deb Fischer (R) seemed headed to a decisive victory against former Sen. Bob Kerrey (D) in the race for the open U.S. Senate seatin Nebraska. Fischer has led by double-digits in the few public polls conducted in the state, and neither national party committee has spent any money on the race. However, three new polls released this week suggest that Kerrey has moved to within striking distance of the lead.
Two independent polls from Wiese Research Associates and Pharos Research Group, and an internal poll for Kerrey’s campaign, found him within five points of Fischer. Meanwhile, Fischer’s campaign responded with an internal poll showing the candidate ahead by a comfortable 16-point margin.
In races like that in Nebraska, with five or fewer polls released in the last three weeks, the HuffPost Pollster rating is based on the consensus of three respected election handicappers: the Cook Political Report, the Rothenberg Political Report and Larry Sabato’s Crystal Ball. Since only four polls have been released in the last three weeks and the handicappers still see Fischer as the clear favorite, this race is still rated as “strong Republican.”
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Oct 29
Frankenstorms like Sandy are part of the forecasts, but more extreme scenarios foresee drought, famine, population dislocations, climate refugees and human suffering. Should these predictions come true, you might expect anger and demand for an accounting.
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Oct 29
LOS ANGELES — Storm Troopers, cyborgs, superheroes and other comic-book fans can count on their annual pilgrimage to San Diego for another four years.
San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders announced Monday that Comic-Con has extended its contract with the city through 2016. It had been set to expire in 2015.
Oct 29
Hurricane Sandy Presents Complex Questions About God For Clergy And The Faithful As Victims Cope
Posted in: Today's ChiliNEW YORK — When a partially-collapsed construction crane began teetering from a Manhattan high-rise a block from the home he shares with fellow Jesuit priests, the Rev. James Martin said he felt fear and concern — for him and his neighbors — as Hurricane Sandy battered New York City and the East Coast. He posted a photo of hectic scene on Twitter, while a friend shared a video of flooding near the Jesuit house in Cape May, N.J, one of his favorite places with some of his most loved people. “Really depressed about this,” Martin tweeted.
Usually, clergy members like Martin, an assisting priest at St. Ignatius Loyola Catholic Church on New York’s Upper East Side, are the ones comforting the afflicted. But when buildings are swaying, debris is flying, and the lights begin to flicker, even they get a bit distraught.
“Natural disasters are difficult to understand. For even the most devout person who may be faced with a catastrophic loss, it can really shake them,” Martin said on Monday. “It’s one thing to read about this in a theology book. It’s another to have your house swept away.”
Oct 29
Hurricane Sandy caused dozens of colleges throughout the mid-Atlantic states to cancel classes and shut down operations Monday and many will remain closed Tuesday.
An estimated 1.2 million college students have been effected by Sandy, according to CNN’s Chandler Friedman.
The University of Virginia, Georgetown, New York, Syracuse and Penn State Universities will all remain closed Tuesday after canceling classes Monday because of Sandy. Boston University canceled classes through 11 a.m. Tuesday.
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Oct 29
El Bloombito, NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s Latino Alter Ego Is Back On Twitter (SLIDESHOW)
Posted in: Today's ChiliMiguel Bloombito is back-o!
Arriving on Sandy’s coattails is the highly parodied, highly hilarious Latino alter ego of New York City’s Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
Oct 29
We all know that rejection seriously hurts — and now a new study shows how it could actually be bad for our health.
Scientists from the University of British Columbia, Brandeis University and the University of California, Los Angeles have found that social stressors could affect our immune systems.
“Targeted rejection is central to some of life’s most distressing experiences — things like getting broken up with, getting fired, and being excluded from your peer group at school,” study researcher Michael Murphy said in a statement. “In this study, we aimed to examine processes that may give these experiences the ability to affect health.”
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