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The Colts have reached the AFC Championship game four times in their Indianapolis era, earning a 2-2 record. looks back at title game memories during the NFL’s conference championship week. Today: January 14, 1996 – Colts at Pittsburgh.

INDIANAPOLIS – There are only so many Sundays in a franchise’s existence when it plays for a championship.

Even rarer is when a title game’s final play determines the fates of the combatants.

The first chance in the Colts’ Indianapolis era to play for a title came on January 14, 1996, and that AFC Championship game in Pittsburgh ended with a do-or-die play.

The 9-7 Colts won playoff games at San Diego and Kansas City to get to Pittsburgh.  There, the underdog Colts earned three leads – 3-0, 6-3 and 16-13, the last one coming with 8:46 to go, and it caused the man who eventually was the last player to touch the ball in the game to think something special was about to occur.

“I was next to Lamont Warren and Bobby Olive (who was inactive),” said Aaron Bailey.  “We were poking each other saying, ‘This could be it.’  You dream all the time as a kid to go to the Super Bowl.  When Floyd (Turner) scored (on a 47-yard reception), you saw your dreams starting to come true at that time.”

A gritty Colts team then forced a punt, but failed to convert a key third-and-one from its 29 with just more than three minutes to go.  Pittsburgh survived a near interception and converted a fourth down on the way to scoring with 1:34 remaining to take a 20-16 lead.

A Colts team that battled from behind all season and was brimming with confidence found itself at its 16 with 1:30 left on the clock and with one time out.  Bailey remembers the moment.

“It was ‘go’ time,” said Bailey.  “When you’re in that two-minute situation, you think only positive thoughts.  We thought we would convert whatever we had to.  We were confident within ourselves.  We felt we were going to win the game.”

Jim Harbaugh wore his “Captain Comeback” nickname to near perfection on the drive, hitting Warren for seven yards and Brian Stablein for 18 yards before rushing for eight yards and taking the team’s last timeout with :39 remaining.

Three plays later, on fourth-and-two, Harbaugh connected with Sean Dawkins for 13 yards and after scrambling for nine more to the Pittsburgh 29, he spiked the ball with five seconds left.

“When we crossed midfield, we felt like at some point we were going to take our shot,” said Bailey.  “We had 11 guys thinking positively.  We were confident we would make a play to go to the Super Bowl.”

It was the do-or-die time of which every kid has dreamed.

“We got in the ‘Hail Mary’ formation.  Stablein had a 38-inch vertical leap, the best on the team, and he was the ‘jump man,’ and I was the guy who was supposed to get the tip,” said Bailey.  “I remember running down and getting in position and when I turned around, I saw the ball coming right at me.”

Bailey had no time to think about Stablein.  The ball was descending, and he was surrounded by a scrum of Steelers defenders that included Myron Bell, Darren Perry and Randy Fuller.  All leaped for the ball and then crashed to the ground, with Bailey having the last chance at the catch.

“I realized, ‘Maybe I have to be the jump man.’  You see the ball coming down in slow motion and thought maybe I had to tip it to Stablein,” said Bailey.  “Once I started feeling the (defenders) grabbing my arms, I thought, ‘I have to go up there and attempt to catch the ball.’

“We were jostling for position.  Then, it happened,” said Bailey who was not able to secure the ball in heavy traffic prior to hitting the ground, thus he could not control it upon contact.  The ball rolled off his stomach and grazed the ground before he could cradle it.  “It’s one of those things you replay in your mind over and over and over.  Everything happened in a millisecond.  The next thing you know, the game was over.”

Back judge Tim Millis had the only clear view of the mayhem and signaled the incompletion.  Had Millis ruled the bang-bang play the other way, there was no instant replay mechanism that could have corrected the call.

“It happened in a millisecond.  It was so fast.  When you watch things in slow motion, it looks like, ‘Oh, he had it.’  It’s so fast, like a blink of an eye,” said Bailey.

Bailey played with the Colts through 1998, then headed to the XFL with Chicago.  A six-year career in the Arena League included stints with Carolina, San Jose, New Orleans and Grand Rapids.  A neck injury in 2006, the year Indianapolis won Super Bowl XLI, ended Bailey’s career.

Bailey works as a learning and behavioral specialist in a middle school in Michigan.  He remains a Colts fan to this day and plans to watch Harbaugh try to reach Super Bowl XLVII as head coach of San Francisco.

He hopes his former teammate makes the Super Bowl.  While it would provide him a bit of closure, he remains in the position of answering questions about that last play in Pittsburgh.

“Sometimes you read in articles, ‘Aaron Bailey, the guy infamously known as the guy…”  It’s part of being a professional athlete.  Trust me, if I had had my hands on the ball, I would have caught it,” said Bailey.  “I tell people who ask, ‘It’s a game where things didn’t go our way.’  People say it looked like I had it, and I tell them, ‘That’s how the ball bounces sometimes.’  I’m not bitter or upset about it.  It didn’t define me.”

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RUMOR: Michael Fassbender To Play NEMESIS Alongside Liam Neeson As Blake Morrow?

A new rumor indicates that Fox are now actively pursuing Liam Neeson as Blake Morrow and are in talks with X-Men: First Class star Michael Fassbender for Nemesis. A possible start date for production has also been mentioned. Hit the jump for details.

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Cosmic Book News claim to have received some reliable info in regards to the long talked about adaptation of Mark Millar and Steve McNiven's Nemesis. Here is an excerpt of what they were told. As with any rumour, it is of course best if you take the following with a pinchful of salt for the time being.

Thanks to Joe Carnahan building interest in the movie, the studio are once again ramping up production especially after the enthusiastic fan response.

They ARE considering Liam Neeson and are now in early talks with Michael Fassbender for Nemesis.
However, X-Men: First Class 2 and Neeson's ongoing knee problems may mean it won't go into production until late 2013.

They add that the studio is "very" keen on casting the Golden Globe nominated actor (Shame) and there has indeed been a renewed interest in the movie since The Grey director Joe Carnahan expressed his interest in the project (and casting Liam Neeson as Blake Morrow) while promoting that film. Whether these dates are in fact reliable, thereby giving us an indication of when we'll see X-Men: First Class 2, remains to be seen.

CIVIL WAR? Nothing. KICK-ASS? A warmup. What if the smartest, toughest costumed bad ass in the world was totally evil? Meet Nemesis. He's systematically been destroying the lives of every police chief in Asia, and he's now set his sights on Washington, DC. Between you and me, the police don't have a chance. Do not miss the book that EVERYONE will be talking about by the creative team that made CIVIL WAR the biggest book of the decade. [Amazon]

CraptainAmerica - 2/1/2012, 8:16 AM
This is incredible news!
RunDTC - 2/1/2012, 8:20 AM
spooky....just read it for the first time last night.
KaneVonDoom - 2/1/2012, 8:33 AM
This movie would be a huge game changer for CBMs. Awesome news. Hope it gets made.
MovieMaster - 2/1/2012, 8:34 AM
What's Nemesis about?
SuperSomething616 - 2/1/2012, 8:44 AM
Yes please...
TheManWithBigEars - 2/1/2012, 9:00 AM
Haha, ur presence n name gave me a nice chuckle @grif[frick]edgusto
this is cool shit though, Fassbender should b the next Batman too
MassExecutions - 2/1/2012, 9:07 AM
I didn't entirely enjoy what I've read of the comic, but I'm not gonna lie, this would be awesome.
blazebyrne - 2/1/2012, 9:11 AM
Here's hoping they unretardify the story, it started pretty good but quickly descended into utter nonsense that was so bad, it read like Charles Manson's Batman fan fiction.
MassExecutions - 2/1/2012, 9:13 AM
Blazebyrne gets 10 points for that description.
BmanHall - 2/1/2012, 9:13 AM
Good rumor. Hope it's true.
Durango95 - 2/1/2012, 9:14 AM
Fassbender and Neeson wold be great. I would actually spend money to see it if they were involved.
sexfoodcomics - 2/1/2012, 9:19 AM
Holy crap is that casting is correct this will be the freaking best movie ever. Just keep it rated R
sarahsatire - 2/1/2012, 9:24 AM
OH MY... I hope this happens. Damn rumors have a habit of getting my hopes up just to let me down.
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HelaGood - 2/1/2012, 9:26 AM
rumor rumor rumor rumor rumor

Dmon - 2/1/2012, 9:32 AM
@HelaGood LOL She is so ugly she has the face of Bruce Willis.
Maia87 - 2/1/2012, 9:34 AM
Hey guys. Comic book artist AL RIO passed away. He hanged himself. Please write a news.
HelaGood - 2/1/2012, 9:39 AM
@Dmon LOL!! yeah sucks for her!!! she has her mom's eyes... but everything else belongs to her dad.
crazyray - 2/1/2012, 9:55 AM
@Intruder- I had ZERO [frick]ing interest in Nemesis the comic until i just watched that. Where in the hell did that come from?

Anyone verify Nemesis a worthy buy for my hard earned $$ or is it more Millarworld shit?
AlexDeLarge87 - 2/1/2012, 9:59 AM
Liam Neeson VS Michael Fassbender

If they doesnt get Fassbender i say Patrick Wilson.
RyanLantern77 - 2/1/2012, 10:01 AM
Holy shit that would be dope
AlexDeLarge87 - 2/1/2012, 10:06 AM
Intruder@ Intense! :)
ThaMessenger07 - 2/1/2012, 10:11 AM
Guess he didn't like you much Yoss, he usually just plays it off....
LAWLZY96 - 2/1/2012, 10:12 AM
Laim Neeson VS Michael Fassbender would be really awesome, but they will have to really change the story around for it to work for me. The concept of an evil Batman-like character was really cool...but in execution its just Mark Millar dicking around.

@Crazyray not worth it in my opinion. It has its moments of awesome, but all of them are right there in that video.
tron21full - 2/1/2012, 10:17 AM
Micheal fassbender and liam neesom? Id watch it
HelaGood - 2/1/2012, 10:20 AM
@Redbackspider that would be Rumor Willis...
LucasMend - 2/1/2012, 10:23 AM
Anything that has Neeson is great for me. plus Fassbender?

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CherryBomb - 2/1/2012, 10:28 AM
Fassbender ... take me please!

He's such a great actor! <3
ManOfKrypton - 2/1/2012, 11:05 AM
Great casting choice!
PaulRom - 2/1/2012, 11:24 AM
Hope it's true. Fassbender and Neeson in the same film would be awesome.
marvel72 - 2/1/2012, 11:25 AM
this would be one great bit of casting.
Ghostfire - 2/1/2012, 12:06 PM
Liam & Fassbender.. [frick] Yeah!!

Simma Down Now!!
Checkmate - 2/1/2012, 12:58 PM
freakybatman - 2/1/2012, 1:11 PM
Wow, that would be fantastic casting.
EditNinja - 2/1/2012, 1:32 PM
Rumour or no rumour - it's great casting!
Bandrews1 - 2/1/2012, 1:37 PM
It would really be cool if this turned out to be true. Neeson and Fassbender in a movie together would be awesome.
Organa1978 - 2/1/2012, 1:53 PM
Hope it's true. Fassbender and Neeson in the same film would be awesome.[2]
xXkryptoniteXx - 2/1/2012, 1:58 PM
Awesome but what about him being magneto??? For xmen??? Does he have time??? Of course, I guess but will the performance be there for two different roles??? I doubt it
whoa123 - 2/1/2012, 3:18 PM
Yes please! CAST THEM NOW!
OptimusPrime83 - 2/1/2012, 6:18 PM
Cool ...

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Donald Glover Cast As The Voice Of Miles Morales In ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN

Donald Glover will finally play Spider-Man! Well, voice him anyway. The actor will lend his tones to Miles Morales in season 3 of the Ultimate Spider-Man cartoon, and you can check out an interview, some stills and a clip from the show after the jump.

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In a recent interview with USA Today, the 30 year old actor talked about how it felt to take on the role of Miles Morales in season three of Ultimate Spider-Man, "I don't think it's hit me necessarily yet how big of a deal that is, I'm very grateful for that, and it's cool to read the comic now." He then discusses his character adjusting to his powers, and how they will affect his life in general. "He's a kid you can root for, and you want good things for, who suffered some loss of his own, and we're seeing him come to terms with his new powers and how to use them." More at the link below.

"I still have hopes to do something like that one day. I don't look at this as second place. Spider-Man, he's such an icon — you have to do something with him." - Donald Glover On Miles.

Ultimate Spider-Man (re-titled Ultimate Spider-Man: Web-Warriors for the third season) is an American animated television series based on the Spider-Man comics published by Marvel Comics, including some elements of Marvel's Ultimate line of books. The series is written by Brian Michael Bendis (who also writes the comic book series Ultimate Spider-Man), Paul Dini, and Man of Action (a group consisting of Steven T. Seagle, Joe Kelly, Joe Casey, and Duncan Rouleau). It was first announced to air on Disney XD in early 2012,and debuted alongside The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes's second season as part of the Marvel Universe programming block on April 1, 2012.

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JasonGrayson77 - 8/26/2014, 7:52 AM
Favorite Rapper. Love Miles. So excited
KelvTwelve - 8/26/2014, 7:52 AM
Goddammit now I have to watch.
MrCBM56 - 8/26/2014, 7:53 AM
^^^What KelvTwelve said hahaha
MightyZeus - 8/26/2014, 7:57 AM
Cast that actor as Miles Morales in the MCU.

TheAmbassador - 8/26/2014, 8:00 AM
Black guy gets to be Spider-Man, only condition is he has to wear a black suit

specialkail - 8/26/2014, 8:02 AM
ultimate spiderman isnt good but its watchable. its definitely better than that crock of shit avengers assemble and agents of smash
DrKinsolving - 8/26/2014, 8:03 AM
Should be cool, he's 31 though, he's getting too old to play Miles in a live-action movie....

TASM franchise is horrible for so many reasons, Garfield is also going to be 35 by the time TASM 3 comes out....
bigdannymac - 8/26/2014, 8:05 AM
Solid casting!

Was hoping for this for a long time.. esp after his face was on Parkers wall in TASM
AstonishingArachnid - 8/26/2014, 8:05 AM
Ultimate Spiderman has a few gem episodes like the Deadpool one. But the majority of it just appeals to a younger audience. My nephews love this show.
EhMaybeSays - 8/26/2014, 8:11 AM
Now cast him in the live action one before he gets too old.
YeezusWept - 8/26/2014, 8:19 AM
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KingRainbow - 8/26/2014, 8:27 AM
Heh... He's old as fudge already :/
Miles was a kid. He was like Robin-Spider-Man. He has to be young. Either 15, or 16. Too late D:
Highflyer - 8/26/2014, 8:31 AM
Love TASM franchise and proud of it.
cipher - 8/26/2014, 8:40 AM

I like the avatar. I like it a lot. I'm think I'm going to stalk the shit out of you.

Beware of dark alleys.
cipher - 8/26/2014, 8:44 AM
Good work, NightWatcher.
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Doopie - 8/26/2014, 8:46 AM
season 3? holy shit time is flying! Gave up on this in the first season as it wasn't that good. It looks great though and the design for spidey seems to have changed? maybe I'll dip in again....maybe
YeezusWept - 8/26/2014, 8:48 AM

Ha, being stalked by Spike is more welcoming than off-putting in my book.
COREY6487 - 8/26/2014, 8:51 AM
nooooooooooo dont bring in miles... they are gonna ruin him. they should just give him his own series and adapt the comic like the animes do with manga.
SuperCat - 8/26/2014, 9:04 AM
sKeemAn - 8/26/2014, 9:05 AM
Congrats to him. He's been wanting to play SM before. Now he at least gets a chance to voice him.
BobbyDrakeApproaches - 8/26/2014, 9:13 AM
They actually referenced this on Community. The first time we see Glover in season two, he is wearing Spidey pajamas.
McGee - 8/26/2014, 9:15 AM

I still remember when Ant-Man was down with the cause black.

SuperSpiderMan5778 - 8/26/2014, 9:20 AM
wait what? he's a rapper?
YeezusWept - 8/26/2014, 9:21 AM

Also in Season 3. Look at the tie.

Gusto - 8/26/2014, 9:21 AM

BlacktinAmerica - 8/26/2014, 9:30 AM
TonyChu - 8/26/2014, 9:36 AM
Awesome. Big fan of Donald Glover!
Sunfire - 8/26/2014, 9:36 AM
TOO damn MANY stupid Spiderman. KILL THEM ALL OFF and START OVER with just 1 Marvel!!!
Rpendo - 8/26/2014, 9:37 AM
Yeah...because two is a huge number.
ComicsBornAndBred - 8/26/2014, 9:41 AM
Love Donald Glover. Childish Gambino haha. He should play Spiderman love action too. I'll def tune into this episode even though I'm not a fan of the show. Waaay too much humor sometimes
BobbyDrakeApproaches - 8/26/2014, 9:43 AM
@StarYeezus Nice catch, I never noticed that before!
Bread - 8/26/2014, 9:45 AM
He should play Spider Man in the MCU on Netflix
niceguyeddie - 8/26/2014, 9:54 AM

You must not listen to alot of rap
BlackWarrior - 8/26/2014, 9:55 AM
If he did play Miles it would have to be an older one yea, I heard Marvel put some money on the table to Sony for Spidey.... or i wonder can they just use Miles in the MCU....
Dandy - 8/26/2014, 10:00 AM
Hate this show but so glad that we will get to hear what a Donald Glover spider might have been.

batz11 - 8/26/2014, 10:04 AM
Didn't know who Glover was, next time, be nice to include a picture of the actor in the article, for the dumb-asses who don't know him ;)
Gnoxorm - 8/26/2014, 10:10 AM
I hate this new Spider-Man.
Indy - 8/26/2014, 10:10 AM
For a sec I thought Danny glover was voicing Miles. I got Danny Glover instead of Donald Glover lol.
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The film follows four masked avengers – Charge (Trost), Cutthroat (Till), The Wall (Valmassy) and Shadow (Merkley) - who find themselves stripped of their powers by their arch-nemesis (Remar), whom they defeated years earlier...or so they thought. When the sinister mastermind puts the heroes through a series of brutal challenges that are virtually impossible to overcome, they must battle the clock – and even each other – in a race to stop a deadly countdown that could mean total destruction. Will the superheroes prevail, or will they be forced to meet their demise as mere human beings?

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Oh, Charles is—I'm not a golfer, and I can beat him. Put it like that. I'm not even a golfer. I golf maybe two times a year, and we had—I go to his tournament and I'm like, "I bet you I can drive the ball longer than you." And I did! I'm like, I don't even play. I play two times a year. That means in the last four years, I've only played eight times. And I'm better than you? Like something's wrong.

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But my favorite game of all time, besides now NBA Ballers, but my favorite game prior to that was Mike Tyson's Punch-out. Now that was my favorite game of all time. Fast Joe, all those, now that was the most classic—that was the best game ever.

Did you play the reboot on the Wii?

Right, that's what I'm saying, where all the retro games are coming back. Right. Exactly. So—but Mike Tyson, you know, was the best one.

What's another classic that you'd like to see remade next?

I want them to remake the—remember the football game that you had to—they had the ball and you had to rub the ball on the top to make the X and the O move? You might be too young for that. It was an arcade game. But you had to actually, like, move the ball, so when—you had six players. It was an NFL football game, and you had six plays on defense and six plays on offense. And you had to guess what six the other guy was doing, and vice versa. And it was just X's and O's, it wasn't, like, real players…But once your "O" had handed off the ball, you had to run—it was like a spinning wheel that you had to just rub to make it—and the fast you rubbed it, the faster it went, or the slower you rubbed it, the slower it went. And you just had to dodge around. That game was the most fun game as well. YOur hand was dead afterwards, but it was a lot of fun. We played that after school every day.

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In its second annual Executive Outsourcing Survey Latin America was the third favourite region to offshore services.

India was way ahead with 60% of respondents outsourcing there. China was number two with 27% using it as a source of services, but Latin America was not far behind with 25% of those surveyed revealing they received services from the region.

According to the survey, which interviewed 300 senior executives at Fortune 1000 companies, 69% of respondents said the cost of labour was the top reason for offshoring to Latin America. The technology and infrastructure capabilities in Latin America were seen as important attributes by 49%, the skilled labour by 48% and economic stability by 44%.

The survey was carried out online by Harris Interactive.

But like China, Latin america probably needs a Y2K type moment to catch India. The recent recession might help but is unlikely to have as big an impact.

Capgemini said as the economy rebounds, companies are looking to use outsourcing more strategically which includes considering locations beyond India.

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The Droid brand is Android's most recognizable moniker -- and this summer, the red-eyed phone family from Verizon is getting even bigger.

All signs suggest Verizon is on the brink of launching two new Droid phones, both of which promise to be high-profile devices that'll be in high demand. The first is a follow-up to the Droid that started it all, and the second is a reworked version of a phone we've been hearing about for months.

Verizon Droid #1: The Motorola Droid 3

The Motorola Droid may not have been the world's first Android phone, but it was undoubtedly the first to turn Android into a household name. Last summer, we saw the Droid 2 and Droid 2 Global upgrades -- and now, it looks like another new sibling is on the way.

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Image courtesy droid-life.comThe Motorola Droid 3 takes the sliding-keyboard style of the original Droid and updates it with some serious processing power. While the phone has yet to be officially announced, we've seen enough leaks (not to mention the launch of a near-identical Milestone device in China) to have a pretty good idea of what's in the works.

The Droid 3 will likely boast a 4-inch screen with 960-by-540 resolution -- a significant upgrade from the 3.7-inch 854-by-480 display its predecessors possessed. Inside, the Droid 3 is believed to have a 1GHz dual-core processor with 512MB of RAM, 16GB of internal storage, and a rear-facing 8MP camera with video recording up to 1080p. The Droid 3 features a front-facing camera for video chat, too, along with HDMI mirroring capabilities.

Other items of note: Motorola's Droid 3 appears to have a redesigned keyboard, with a fifth row dedicated exclusively to number keys. Leaks suggest it'll run Android 2.3 (aka Gingerbread) but -- sorry, stock Android fans -- will be loaded up with Motorola's latest Motoblur skin. Like the Droid 2 Global before it, the Droid 3 is believed to be a global device. Apparently missing from the phone, however, is support for Verizon's 4G network.

If the latest rumors prove to be true -- and there's no shortage of 'em floating around out there -- the Droid 3 will go on sale in limited capacity this Thursday, July 7, with a full launch following on the 14th.

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The second Droid phone in the wings has been shrouded in mystery since its short appearance at the Consumer Electronics Show in January. We're talking, of course, about the Droid Bionic -- the phone that debuted and then quickly vanished from the public eye for a series of unspecified "enhancements."

Six months later, it looks like the wait is finally almost over. Motorola has long said it plans to release the Bionic within the summer, and a freshly leaked flyer found by tech blog This Is My Next suggests the time is right around the corner. Other intel uncovered by the crew at Android Central points to August 4 as the date to watch.

From the looks of it, the revamped Bionic will be a dual-core phone with a 4.5-inch 960-by-540 display. It'll likely run Gingerbread along with Moto's latest Motoblur skin. Images show the phone looking a bit different from what we saw in January, with a larger screen and less rounded design. Like the original device, the upcoming Bionic is believed to rock both a front- and rear-facing camera along with HDMI output and 4G support.

The rest of the specs aren't entirely clear; initially, the Bionic had 512MB of RAM and 16GB of internal storage, but the final device may be beefed up in those departments. Either way, this Droid promises to be a powerhouse that'll live at the top of Verizon's smartphone pack.

Of course, we've also got Ice Cream Sandwich and the hotly rumored Google "Nexus Prime" phone

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UPDATE: Motorola Droid 3: To buy or not to buy?

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Microsoft steers same strategic course in Surface do-over

Isn't budging from strategy to push own devices to business first

Microsoft's refreshed Surface 2 tablets, which the company unveiled last week and will start selling Oct. 22, illustrate that Microsoft has not changed its ongoing strategy in mobile, analysts said.

While some pundits called for Microsoft to radically overhaul the Surface -- which has struggled to the point of a $900 million write-off in July -- Microsoft instead stayed the course.

"They're sticking to their original strategy," said Ezra Gottheil of Technology Business Research, of the new tablets. "This is a reference design to show what can be done with the platform. They're not after a large amount of market share, but simply to show [Windows 8.1] is a viable platform."

On Sept. 24, Microsoft revealed its Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2 tablets -- replacements for 2012's Surface RT and early-2013's Surface Pro -- and trumpeted the new devices as better versions of their predecessors, with faster processors, longer battery life and other, less substantial tweaks. The form factors remained the same -- 10.6-in. screens with a 16:9 aspect ratio that encourages landscape mode use -- as did the prices for the Surface Pro 2.

Microsoft will begin selling the new models in three weeks at prices starting at $449 for the Surface 2 and $899 for the Surface Pro 2. The keyboard covers, which the Redmond, Wash., company aggressively promotes, even struts in its head-to-head comparison advertisements that mock Apple's iPad, remain separate purchases at prices from $79.99.

Even before Microsoft trotted out the Surface 2 tablets and disclosed their prices, bloggers, pundits and analysts had tossed all kinds of unsolicited tablet advice at the company. Among the advice was for Microsoft to slash prices, sell a smaller Surface "Mini," give up on Windows RT and the Surface RT, now called the Surface 2, and even forget tablets entirely because Windows is a distant third in, at best, a two-horse tablet OS race.

Microsoft didn't take those calls.

"They're plugging away," said Patrick Moorhead, principal analyst at Moor Insights & Strategy. "That's what they do. Zune and Xbox lost a ton of money, but they kept plugging away with Xbox to break even today. Sometime that works, like Office and the browser," Moorhead added, diving deep into the past, when Microsoft beat the likes of WordPerfect and Netscape into the ground, "and sometimes that doesn't. Their social endeavors have not."

Microsoft has a reputation for continuing projects and backing strategies after years of failure, hoping to turn a flop into a financial windfall. Bing, for instance, has failed to unseat Google or even threaten Google's majority share in search, even after running through billions of dollars.

There's nothing wrong with sticking to guns, Moorhead said, pointing out Microsoft's successes as well as its failures after stubbornly maintaining a strategy. "But there's a difference between a promise you make and the execution you deliver," he said. "The [Surface] idea is good and makes sense, but it's not been executed well."

In the larger scheme, Microsoft is committed to the Surface concept because it has committed to a strategic pivot where "devices and services" will replace packaged software as its revenue generator. Minus Surface, Microsoft would have no first-party devices until it wraps up the acquisition of Nokia early next year.

"Our strategy will focus on creating a family of devices and services for individuals and businesses," CEO Steve Ballmer wrote in a memo that outlined the switch. "We will design, create and deliver through us and through third parties a complete family of Windows-powered devices." [emphasis added]

But while it refused to give up, even on Windows RT -- which only Microsoft now supports -- nor did the company expand the potential market for its tablets with the revamped Surface 2s, analysts argued.

Strategically, Microsoft still considers the Surface as first a PC in disguise, and only second as a tablet. "If you think of the Surface line as creating a continuum of products that spans from tablets to what we historically think of as PCs, Surface in general skews more towards that PC sensibility," said Ross Rubin, founder of Reticle Research and formerly an analyst with the NPD Group. "They probably don't care too much about the iPad market per se, but they do worry about tablets cannibalizing traditional notebooks. And they're certainly not going to be in the $150 commodity product market, the pure consumption market."

Microsoft showed that part of its strategy -- which it hewed from before the launch of the first-generation Surface -- at the Sept. 24 rollout event, when Panos Panay, the general manager who leads the Surface team, spent considerable time talking up the Surface 2's and Surface Pro 2's productivity and business chops. The former comes with a Windows RT-specific version of Office, including the new addition of Outlook, Microsoft's email client. The latter can run the real Office suite, albeit not one explicitly designed for touch. The unveiling of a $199 docking station, set to ship in early 2014, was another pointer to the it's-an-ultralight-notebook pitch Microsoft's long used.

Rubin saw the Surface Pro 2, and Microsoft's constant drumbeat that the device is actually a top-tier ultralight notebook, as consistent with the company's strategy to press on the enterprise front over the consumer. And for once, it's timing is spot on.

"Microsoft is looking to position its devices in a place where it can ride what it believes will be a rising tide," said Rubin, of a model where tablets are as capable as a dedicated clamshell-style laptop, and can, when the need arises, migrate from mobile to portable to desktop usage cases.

"I don't think they're too early this time," Rubin said.

Historically, Microsoft has had a premature problem. Critics have cited everything from smart watches (2004) and tablets (2000) to mobile phones (2003) and smart TV (as early as 2000) as examples of Microsoft prematurely pitching a product that ultimately was popularized by others years later.

"It gives Microsoft a sensible place in the tablet space," said Gottheil of Microsoft's two-in-one strategy. "If you need a device that does PC things, then this is excellent at that. It's a very elegant solution."

Like Rubin, Gottheil saw Microsoft's reiterated Surface strategy as more concerned with stemming the desertions from traditional PCs -- long the foundation of its Windows business, and leverage for the rest of its biggest money makers, such as Office, Exchange and Windows Server -- than in directly competing with Apple's iOS and Google's Android in tablets. "This keeps PCs from erosion from other OSes," said Gottheil, referring to Microsoft's thinking.

He wasn't as willing to join Rubin on timing. "I think the Surface is too early," Gottheil said. "And the poor messaging by Microsoft and price resistance hasn't helped."

Like most outsiders, the analysts had a much tougher time digesting the Surface 2, and what it meant in the context of Microsoft's larger strategies. Part of the reason was the visible rejection of the Surface RT evidenced by the $900 million write-off. But they had other questions.

"They have a lot more work to do building out the apps," noted Rubin, repeating a refrain of many since last October. "The dilemma is that the Surface 2 retains the mainstream price point and some advantages [over rival tablets], but all those relative advantages have stayed the same."

In other words, after the failure of the Surface RT, Microsoft's plunging ahead with a product that's little changed from its predecessor, begging for a repeat.

Not surprisingly, Microsoft's Panay didn't see it that way last week. He trumpeted the 10-times increase in the "Modern" nee "Metro" app count over last year, and claimed that the Surface 2's new quad-core Nvidia Tegra 4 processor boosted performance by three to four times that of the original tablet. He also said the Surface 2's battery life had been extended to 10 hours.

The analysts agreed that Microsoft's Surface RT/2 strategy was easiest to describe as what it wasn't, not what it was.

"I think it's more about playing defense of the erosion of the PC as opposed to driving volume," said Moorhead.

Rubin echoed that. "If their number one goal [was volume] they would have done a $250 7-in. tablet," he said.

Microsoft's not. Although rumors circulated earlier this year that it would, those plans are now reportedly for 2014, perhaps deep into the year, according to longtime company watchers like blogger Paul Thurrott.

Microsoft may have shied away from a "Mini" Surface for good reason, having enough insight to realize that its tablet strategy was inimical to direct competition with the iPad and Android devices.

"What they didn't expect was tablet makers to fundamentally shift in 15 months," said Moorhead. "The Nexus 7 came out [last summer], and everything changed. Now 80% of tablets are seven to eight inches. And Windows is optimized for an 11-inch tablet, so how do you squish a UI designed for 11 inches into seven inches?"

He also pointed out that a key advantage Microsoft's used -- and continues to use -- may play little if any role in a smaller tablet. "The value proposition will be much harder, because Office doesn't bring much of anything to an eight-inch tablet. People are not going to create content on something that size."

Moorhead was the least optimistic of the analyst trio that Microsoft's "same-as-it-ever-was" strategy with Surface would work. "Microsoft is trying to fight Apple at one end and Google at the other," he said. "The problem with that strategy is that very few have fought a two-front war and been successful."

Rubin challenged that, seeing Apple in the center of the tablet market, Android playing at the bottom. That leaves room for Microsoft.

"Android is trying to attack the iPad from below, Microsoft is trying to attack from above with larger screens, more features, more options in terms of a hybrid," Rubin said. "Microsoft clearly has an opportunity."

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Apple device manufacturer Foxconn announces industrial robot programme

Apple device manufacturer Foxconn announces industrial robot programme

One million devices to take over from humans in wake of worker suicides

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Foxconn, the maker of Apple's iPhone and iPad, plans to rely more on robots for manufacturing over the coming years, allowing the company to invest more in research and development and save on labour costs.

Foxconn CEO Terry Gou made the remarks in a speech at the company's campus in Shenzhen, China. But while Foxconn confirmed some of the contents of the speech, the company declined to offer specifics on the level of automation Foxconn plans to deploy.

State news agency Xinhua, however, reported that Gou had said the company plans on deploying a million robots over the next three years to complete routine assembly tasks. Foxconn currently uses 10,000 robots.

Foxconn needs to automate more of its manufacturing processes in order to make up for labour shortages and stay ahead of its competitors, said Amy Teng, an analyst with research firm Gartner. The Taiwanese company has more than one million employees, the majority of which are located at facilities in mainland China.

Foxconn is one of the world's largest producers of electronics. Aside from Apple, the company also manufactures products for companies like HP, Sony and Nintendo.

The company has seen its reputation suffer following a string of suicides that began occurring at Foxconn's factories in China. Last year, there were a total of 18 suicide attempts, with 14 deaths, according to watchdog group Students & Scholars Against Corporate Misbehavior. Nearly all the deaths were from the workers jumping off from company buildings.

Poor working conditions and long hours at Foxconn's factories have been blamed for the suicides, prompting Apple last year to send its COO Tim Cook to investigate the incidents. Foxconn has made changes by creating a 24 hour support hotline for workers, while also installing nets at the company's buildings. Foxconn has previously said it allows only for a 60 hour work week that includes overtime, and pays the highest wages in the industry.

Gou told employees that he wanted to move the company's workers "higher up the value chain, beyond basic manufacturing work," according to the company statement. By using increased automation, Foxconn will be able to improve the overall working environment and create more sophisticated products.

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My Turn: How Virginia got its American flag back

I read with great interest the Monitor’s July 1 editorial regarding Civil War memory and race (“On a critical national anniversary, race remains an uneasy topic”). My ancestors were part of a large and active free family of color in Richmond, Va., before and after the Civil War. Today, we have extensive collections of rare documents, artifacts and books from the era, but there has been little interest in this part of American history.

One rare item of interest to our New Hampshire friends to the North depicts one of the most important events of the war. Our family owns an original printing of the Thirteenth Regiment of the New Hampshire Volunteers in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865 book by S. Millet Thompson, an officer with the regiment.

The book, signed by members of the regiment, was presented to my great-grandfather in 1888 at an annual Civil War reunion in New York City. Thompson provides a vivid and detailed account of the events of April 1865 at the fall of the Confederate capital. The fleeing Confederates set fire to several warehouses, and the fire got out of hand, burning and destroying large parts of the city. An entry in the book states:

“The first detachment of Union troops to enter the city of Richmond on the third of April, 1865, was my detachment, the pickets of the First Brigade. There was no flag on the roof of the capitol when I entered the grounds, but within a few minutes it suddenly appeared on the flagstaff on the roof, and immediately afterward I had a conversation with the man who raised it. He was a light colored boy named Richard G. Forrester, living on the corner of College and Marshall. When the State of Virginia passed the ordinance of secession, he was a page or errand boy employed in the capitol. The secessionists tore down the flag and threw it among some rubbish in the eaves at the top of the building. At the first convenient opportunity, he rolled the flag in a bundle, carried it to his home and placed it in his bed, where he slept on it nightly since that time. This morning, he said, as soon as he dared after the Confederates had left the city, he drew the old flag from its hiding place, ran to the capitol with it, mounted to the top and ran the flag up the flagstaff. This was the first flag hoisted in Richmond after its evacuation by the Confederates.”

The history of persons of color during the time of the Civil War is well documented and simply needs an interest from leading historical institutions, and even prominent newspapers, to demonstrate the willingness to tell the story of all of us to really understand the full history of America.

(Keith W. Stokes lives in Newport, R.I.)

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5.5 km (3.4 miles) ENE of Palsada, Orissa, India
Approx. altitude: 213 m (698 ft)
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Antipode: 21°S 97°W

Accuracy: 5 m (16 ft)
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#2: North #3: South #4: West toward the washing lake #5: GPS #6: Local resident #7: Another villager #8: Siesta time

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#1: East from the point to the village 50 metres away

(visited by David Coombs and John Mountford)

09-Mar-2008 -- This is the 13th point in a journey by motorbike in India to visit 16 confluence points. The story starts at 22N 86E and this visit follows on from 21N 82E. The next point in the series is 21N 84E.

We left Kharhial Road at 7.00am and soon covered the 10 km to Nuaparha and turned left to Padampur. We stopped a few km short of Padampur to check on the final approach and found that we had already overshot by 3km. We traveled back and after a couple of false starts found the road that led to the village next to the point.

I had looked at this point on Google Earth which has a high resolution image of this area. It showed a compact village with the point lying less than 100 metres to the west of the houses. We rode into the village and quickly found a path leading out again toward the point which was conquered at 9.15 am. The land outside the village was dry fields with raised pathways between them – used to retain water at planting time. We stopped at the edge of the village and walked to the point. The path from the village leads to the communal pool that is present in many villages and is used for washing clothes, people and animals! We did not venture into any of these! There was a steady procession of people carrying buckets of clothes to and from the pool. The villagers were very quiet and only one spoke any English. They stood and stared at us as if they had never seen anything like us before. Afterwards I was imagining little children asking their grandparents to tell them again the story about “the day the white men came on motorbikes”. We think the population was probably tribal as they appeared different from most Indians we had met – possibly more like Burmese in appearance. We were not entirely comfortable about the encounter even though we were not threatened in any way. Maybe they felt the same way. In any case we did not linger and felt a sense of relief when we got back onto the main road and headed east again.

Degree of Challenge:
1 – Good road to within a km of the point and then good track to the village where the point is located. (1= very easy - drive to the point; to 5= a death march – glad it is over)

3 – In fields very close to the edge of a very traditional, village. (Scale: 1= not interesting at all; 5= take your breath away)

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5 – Very interesting to get into the heart of a tribal (?) village – these are the fascinating moments that the Confluence Project brings – I would rather be at 21N 83E than at the Taj Mahal! It was only a pity that there was no way of communicating more with the local population. (Scale: 1=dull; 5= most stimulating)

From the point we enjoyed an excellent road over the hills to Patnagarh on the way to Sonapur. Once we found a hotel there we set off for the next point – 21N 84E.

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#2: North
#3: South
#4: West toward the washing lake
#5: GPS
#6: Local resident
#7: Another villager
#8: Siesta time
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Top four financial gifts to give your child

While your child may ask for a games console or action figure, a financial gift could prove more valuable in the long run. Here are four worth considering.

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A bundle of premium bonds

If you're looking for a "fun" financial gift, and fancy a flutter, you could give your son or daughter a bundle of premium bonds.

Each month, instead of earning interest, the holder is in with the chance of winning a tax-free cheque for £25 or one of a host of prizes up to the £1 million jackpot.

Equally, parents looking to invest for the longer-term could put money into an investment fund, such as a unit trust or open-ended investment company (OEIC).

"As most investments will be for a period of 10-18 years, it is likely the returns will be much better than cash savings," says Patrick Connolly from adviser Chase de Vere.

A Junior ISA

A Junior individual savings account (Junior ISA) is open to anyone under 18 and is a great way to build a nest egg for your loved ones.

Parents, grandparents and family friends can put up to £4,080 a year into one of these accounts, and the money can be split between cash and equities (stocks and shares).

The account will not mature until the child reaches 18.

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A Junior ISA is not open to people who have a Child Trust Fund, which also allow account holders to add up to £4,080 a year, although this scheme is now closed to new applicants.

The money belongs to the child but can’t be taken out until they’re 18.

A children's savings account

Another simple gift you could give your little one is a dedicated children's savings account.

At present, Halifax is paying 6% on its Kids Regular Saver 12-month fixed-rate bond on deposits of between £10 and £100 a month.

Halifax and Lloyds both have variable accounts paying 3%.

But remember to sign form R85 which allows your child to receive interest without having tax deducted.

Think about life insurance

It may be nowhere near as exciting as an Xbox or iPad, but buying a life insurance policy for yourself could prove to be a great gift for your child.

Life cover pays a guaranteed lump sum to dependants on death, giving both you and your loved ones peace of mind that liabilities are going to be met.

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The good news is, the cover is generally inexpensive, with policies costing as little as £5 a month*.

Matthew Lloyd, head of life insurance at, says: "While it may not be a topic families want to discuss, for those who have children, life insurance provides a vital lifeline."

*Price based on a non-smoking 26 year old insured over 25 years for £100,000 of cover on a decreasing term policy, postcode CF10 1PZ. Prices correct at time of publishing.

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For Brink Election is Over

For Brink Election is Over

Unopposed delegate promotes health and transportation initiatives

September was a rather lonely month for Del. Bob Brink, who is unopposed in his quest to retain his seat in Virginia’s General Assembly.

Brink has been attending civic association forums and going door-to-door to meet constituents, but admits it’s not quite the same without an opponent.

“I think I owe it to these folks not to take them for granted,” said Brink, a Democrat who has represented the 48th District, in central and north Arlington, since 1998. “But I would prefer to have an opponent. I enjoy debating the issues.”

Because he is running unopposed, Brink is concentrating more on his goals for the upcoming legislative session, which begins in mid-January, then on campaign promises and electioneering.

“People know Bob, and know what he has done, so we don’t need to do sound-byte campaigning,” said Tom Connally, Brink’s campaign manager. “He understands the concerns and issues in great depth and the success he has had in the past is one reason he is unopposed.”

Raised in Chicago, Brink moved to Arlington in 1972 after a stint in the Army, which included a tour in Vietnam. After graduating from The College of William and Mary’s law school, Brink worked as a Congressional aide for 15 years. During the first Clinton administration he served as Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Legislative Affairs. He was first elected to Virginia’s General Assembly in 1998, when Julia Connally, whom he previously had worked for as campaign manager, retired.

“I think any staff person who watches their boss closely thinks, ‘hey, I could do that,’” said Brink, who has been married to his wife Debbie for 30 years and has two grown children. “I have always been interested in shaping policy and I finally had the chance to run for office.”

When asked to list his strengths as a legislator, Brink, renowned for his self-deprecating humor, asked facetiously, “how many hours do you have?”

“What I bring to the table is a background in the legislative process,” Brink said. “I always try to draw solid pieces of legislation that don’t have unintended consequences.”

BRINK HAS CONSISTENTLY heard from constituents that Arlington’s transportation woes are a major concern. As the Metro system begins to show its age, and the county’s highways are consumed by gridlock, the legislature will have to devote more funding to solving the region’s transportation problems, he said.

In this year’s session, Brink hopes to shepherd another constitutional amendment on home-owner’s tax relief through the House of Delegates. Last year a similar amendment was killed in the state Senate. The act would have exempted up to $100,000 of the value of one’s home from taxation.

His proudest accomplishment to date in the legislature has been the Children’s Health Insurance program, which provides medical care for working low-income families. Brink collaborated with the Warner administration to lower the eligibility requirements and improve the program’s outreach and information campaign.

“It’s very rewarding to see kids getting medical care and be off to a better start,” Brink said.

Delegates and senators vote on nearly 3,000 bills in the approximately 60-day session, a condensed scheduled that vexes Brink. He wishes he had more time to spend crafting bills and drumming up support for worthwhile legislation.

The legislature gets side-tracked debating “divisive” social issues, instead of devoting more time to passing acts that could benefit communities, Brink said. He points to “various assaults” on a women’s right to choose and the constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, as well as the much-ridiculed “droopy-pants bill.”

This year Brink expects a contentious debate over immigration issues, especially in the wake of the controversy surrounding Herndon’s new day-laborer site.

“Republicans believe the state should impose its will on localities trying to deal with a real problem,” he said. “Arlington tries to regulate and control the process that otherwise is bad for the community.”

Because he has no opponent, Brink has spent much of the campaign season stumping for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Timothy M. Kaine and other local Democrats running for office.

“I’m optimistic about this election,” he said. “Tim will maintain the progress we’ve made over the past for years and I think we have a good chance to gain a couple of seats in the legislature.”

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FAMILY: Wife, Deborah; children, David and Eliza

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A false dilemma is a logical fallacy in which a set of options are presented as if they are mutually exclusive or as if they're the only possible options, when in fact they are not. [1] It is used to give the impression that if one rejects another's argument, he must necessarily embrace an absurd or unappealing stance.

A false dichotomy is a special case of a false dilemma, in which only two options are presented. One side of an argument presents to the other two unpleasant, opposite, and extreme alternatives, alleging that they are the only choices open in the matter up for debate. The fallacy lies in disregarding the middle ground, or failing to credit the range of disagreement on the issue.

The all or nothing fallacy assumes that things must be completely one way or another.

  • ... it is part of the most primitive of human responses: The Fight or Flight Response. When faced with a life-threatening situation, we must make a snap decision and act on it. There is no time for 'maybe this', or 'maybe that'. Either decision will create an emotional reaction to allow us to fight or flee to the maximum of our ability. [2]

Academics call it the "bifurcation fallacy".[3]

Of course, not all dilemmas are false dilemmas. Also, a false dilemma should not be confused with a reductio ad absurdum.

The false dilemma is the opposite of the middle-ground fallacy, the fallacy of assuming without justification that a middle position between two extremes must be correct simply because it is the middle position. Both arguments are fallacies because the mere existence of two extreme positions says nothing about the existence or the rightness of the middle ground.

  • "Either you're pro-life or a supporter of the death penalty." — This is not a contradiction, since Christians can trace both positions to Scripture (Exodus 20:13[4] and 21:23[5], respectively). The distinction is obviously one between killing an innocent and inflicting justice upon a criminal, yet liberals use this either to accuse the Bible (and consequently, God himself) of inconsistency or to support their position against capital punishment.
  • "If history as depicted in the Bible cannot be supported by empirical evidence, it must be false." — Another obvious fallacy, since a) nobody can rule out future discoveries that would corroborate the Bible; b) all "evidence" humans can possibly obtain would be a bad measure to check divine revelation; and c) misunderstanding and misinterpretation on the part of humans would doom any such effort.
  • "If you oppose Barack Obama/Hillary Clinton, you're a racist/sexist!" They are false dichotomies because they ignore many possible reasons for opposing Obama/clinton.
  • "If we allow that activity, then everyone will do it, to the exclusion of activities that we need to have happen." — That collectivist argument ignores the possibility that enough people will still be left to do the needed activity, as well as the possibility that some people will do both.

  1. http://www.sjsu.edu/depts/itl/graphics/adhom/dilemma.html
  2. Depression:Understand it, Treat it, Beat it
  3. http://commfaculty.fullerton.edu/rgass/fallacy3211.htm
  4. Exodus 20:13, "Thou shalt not kill."
  5. Exodus 21:23, "And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life..."


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Hugh Hefner has been granted a restraining order against a man who was twice arrested this summer (08) for allegedly ramming his car into the gates of the Playboy mansion.
The magazine boss claims he fears for his safety and that of his three main girlfriends Holly Madison, Kendra Wilkinson and Bridget Marquardt, after Glen Allan Meador reportedly attempted to break into their Los Angeles home.
Meador was arrested by cops on two separate occasions in one week in August (08). He was charged with vandalism, but has pleaded not guilty to the allegations.
In legal papers filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on 18 September (08), Hefner, 82, says, "I am greatly concerned that Mr. Meador is unstable and a viable threat to my safety."
According to website, the order has now been granted, meaning Meador must stay at least 100 yards (91 meters) away from Hefner and his girlfriends - who were listed in the court papers as other protected persons - for five years. He is also banned from attempting to contact them by phone or email, and is not allowed to be in possession of a gun.


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Natasha Bedingfield at American Music Awards - Sunday 18th November 2007

BEDINGFIELD CANCELS UK GIGS (file photo) Natasha Bedingfield has disappointed fans after cancelling her forthcoming U.K. tour - in favour of promotional commitments in America. The These Words singer was due to kick off a series of dates next month (Feb08) but has been ordered by her U.S. record label to stay in country for the release of her second North American album, Pocketful of Sunshine LP on 22 January (08). Her U.K. record label Sony BMG says, It is with the greatest regret that Natasha Bedingfield has had to cancel her forthcoming U.K. tour. This is through no fault of Natasha herself, but due to her American record label insisting that she remains in the U.S. to promote the release of her album. All tickets will be reimbursed. However, Bedingfield has vowed to perform a series of free intimate gigs later this year (08) to apologise to her fans. (MJ/WNTRE/JC) Natasha Bedingfield 2007 American Music Awards held at the at the Nokia Theatre - Arrivals Los Angeles, California - 18.11.07 (3 images)