LOS ANGELES — Kobe Bryant is often at his most dangerous when he’s fighting the flu, and the ailing superstar carried the Los Angeles Lakers to the brink of yet another under-the-weather win.
One dramatic shot by George Hill left the Indiana Pacers feeling a whole lot healthier.
It was not too long ago where an anomaly was reported concerning in the Windows Phone Store, where users were informed that they had to re-purchase apps which they had already purchased. This issue seemed to have appeared for folks who were migrating to a new handset, although not everyone experienced this niggling issue. Needless to say, it was extremely baffling as well as elicited plenty of frustration if you were in the process of setting up a new device, because it could not download any apps which you picked up previously – unless, of course, you wanted a double charge.
When Microsoft was contacted concerning the issue, they were told that “We are actively investigating this issue and will provide additional information as it becomes available.” Well, the issue seemed to have been resolved by itself recently, and folks who were affected before that were finally able to re-download majority of their apps without forking out money again.
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When it comes to playing video games, having an idea on where your opponent is would be of utmost importance, and sometimes a pair of speakers just will not do. Here we are with the Skullcandy PLYR2, which is a wireless gaming headset that will deliver 2.4GHz wireless audio. Sporting Skullcandy’s “Supreme Sound” technology, there is a GMX stereo transmitter that helps balance out game and voice audio, alongside a trio of different EQ sound modes and an adjustable boom mic which can be flipped all the way up to mute it.
You can choose from black, white and teal shades if you happen to want to rope in the PLYR2 as part of your gaming hardware repertoire. At $129.99 a pop, it is not exactly the most affordable gaming headset in town, but you know for sure that quality is right up there on the agenda. There is also a more highly advanced Dolby Surround Sound-equipped PLYR1 which is due to debut sometime early next year.
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From Yucatan to Honduras and centrally throughout Guatemala, the new scholarship on Maya is a veritable industry. Confounding clarity, popular media culture has run amok with the prophetic day.
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Tomorrow at about 6AM Pacific time, if you’re not unlucky enough to have an overcast sky, you’ll be able to observe a penumbral lunar eclipse. This happens when the Earth moves between the moon and sun, and the moon ends up under Earth’s penumbra. According to NASA, the eclipse will be at its greatest around 6:33am, and will be visible until around 7am.
Because of the way a penumbral eclipse manifests, viewers will not see a defined shape, instead being presented with a shadow that grows dimmer as the planets move. This makes it a bit harder to observe; you’ll have the best chance of seeing it when the eclipse is at its peak, assuming no clouds or fog get in the way.
Both the beginning and the end of a penumbral eclipse are not visible, with the visible eye being able to detect it once the moon is about two-thirds into the Earth’s penumbra. This falls between the PST hours of 6am and 7am. This is the last lunar eclipse of 2012; it has a magnitude of 0.9155, according to Wunderground.com.
If you’re in the mood for a bit of science, NASA has a list of all lunar eclipses in the Saros 145 cycle up on its website, which you can view via the link below. Each Saros cycle is a little over 18 years long, with tomorrow’s eclipse being part of the Saros Series 145. Says NASA: “Lunar eclipses of Saros 145…began with a penumbral eclipse near the southern edge of the penumbra on 1832 Aug 11. The series will end with a penumbral eclipse near the northern edge of the penumbra on 3094 Sep 16.”
[via NASA]
Penumbral lunar eclipse scheduled for 6AM PST tomorrow is written by Brittany Hillen & originally posted on SlashGear.
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There are a lot of strong opinions about those lower back tattoos that have come to be called “tramp stamp.” Many women who get them face a negative stigma from others. On “Tattoo Nightmares,” one customer came in looking to get rid of one he regretted getting.
That’s right, this was a man who’d gotten a “tramp stamp.” To make the story even better, he stopped in the middle of having sex with a random hook-up in Las Vegas. So impressed was he with her tramp stamp, he wanted to get a matching one.
Things worked out for the couple, though. Maybe the matching tattoos kept them close. He wound up marrying her later that night, and the two now have a child together.
After making an appearance earlier this month in a leaked image, the Samsung Galaxy Axiom is ready for prime time. The handset is now on sale at US Cellular for $79 with a two-year contract or $399 for those who aren’t fond of the commitment. Packing the expected Galaxy S III Mini-reminiscent specs, the budget LTE smartphone runs Ice Cream Sandwich, packs a 4-inch WVGA display, a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor, 4GB of built-in memory that can be expanded with a microSD card of up to 32GB in size, a 5 megapixel camera on its rear and a 1.3 megapixel front-facing cam. With NFC baked in, the Galaxy Axiom joins the ranks of devices that have support for Google Wallet. To pick up a fresh Galaxy family device and not break the bank, hit the adjacent source link.
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(RNS) Presidents, government ministers and religious leaders from around the world gathered in Vienna on Monday (Nov. 26) for the gala launch of the King Abdullah Center for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue.
While Austria and Spain joined Saudi Arabia in establishing the center, it originated in a bold initiative by Saudi King Abdullah. Some years ago, the king convened representatives from all segments of the Muslim world in Mecca to support his call for Islam to engage the other world religions in addressing the social, scientific and global challenges of our times.
He followed this up with an interfaith conference in Madrid co-hosted with King Juan Carlos of Spain, and subsequently brought his initiative to the United Nations in 2008, hosting a gathering of world political leaders that included Israeli President Shimon Peres.
I’m sad that Linsanity turned out to be a sham. The truth is that Jeremy Lin can’t play. At least not at the highest levels. And no amount of “Linsanity” can change that.
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NEW YORK — Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Sammy Sosa are set to show up on the Hall of Fame ballot for the first time, and fans will soon find out whether drug allegations block the former stars from reaching baseball’s shrine.
The 2013 ballot will be announced Wednesday.
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