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Saturday, August 3, 2013
Friday, August 2, 2013
Ravens CB Asa Jackson suspended for PED use
OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) ? Baltimore Ravens cornerback Asa Jackson has been suspended without pay for the first eight games of the regular season for violating the NFL's policy on performance-enhancing substances.
"My reaction to that is that you've got to follow the rules," coach John Harbaugh said after practice Friday. "If you don't follow the rules, you get suspended. That's a fair rule, there's no place for that, and he's getting what he deserves.
"As far as what it does to our corner depth, that's one less corner that we have. We'll be missing Asa those first eight weeks. Whether he'll back after that, time will tell."
Jackson received a four-game suspension as a rookie last season for the same reason. This suspension is for eight games because it's his second violation.
Drafted in the fifth round out of Cal Poly, Jackson played in only two games last season for the Super Bowl champions.
Jackson will be eligible to return to the active roster Nov. 4 after the team's game against Cleveland on Nov. 3. He is eligible to participate in all preseason practices and games.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/ravens-cb-asa-jackson-suspended-ped-205803611.html
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iPhone 5S release date, news, rumours and price
The iPhone 5S is likely to be the next iPhone to emerge from the Apple labs, and we're getting dangerously close to its release. But how will it differ from the current iPhone 5? Here?s everything we currently know about the next-gen model.
iPhone 5S ? Release Date
The latest reports online suggest that the iPhone 5S will be announced on 18 September, alongside a new, cheaper edition of the iPhone variously dubbed the iPhone 5c, the iPhone lite and a half-dozen other unlikely names besides.? This news comes from website CurrentEditorials, citing an unnamed source.
Just days before, Apple blog iFun wrote that the iPhone 5S would be launched on 6 September, a couple of weeks earlier.
There?s no consensus about the iPhone 5S?s exact release date, then, but virtually all sources agree that the next iPhone will be announced in September.
This sits happily with iPhone release timings in recent years. The iPhone 5 launched on 12 September 2012, and went on sale a week and a half later on 21 September.
Spotlight on tech ? iPhone 5S fingerprint reader
Earlier this year, it was rumoured that the iPhone 5S will feature a fingerprint scanner as a method of identification. Although initially dismissed by many as an unlikely addition, unearthed iOS 7 code suggests it might actually exist.The fingerprint reader ? if real ? will be built into the home button, letting it slide into the phone without forcing any drastic changes in the phone?s design.?
The code suggests the iPhone 5S will ask you to scan your right thumb during the setup process, which will them be used to identify you ? presumably cutting down the passwords and such you?ll have to enter.
It could also be used to load discrete user profiles, which would be particularly useful for iPhones that?ll be used by kids as well as adults. Nice idea, Apple. If it works, that is.
iPhone 5S Design
History suggests the iPhone 5S will have roughly the same design as the iPhone 5. The iPhone 3GS looked a lot like the iPhone 3G and the iPhone 4S was the dead spit of the iPhone 4. Isn?t it a bit soon for a full iPhone redesign?Some sources do not agree. Commmercial Times suggests the iPhone 5S will have a 4.3-inch screen ? 0.3 inches up from the iPhone 5. However, there are plenty of conflicting rumours that suggest Apple will stick with the 4-inch form.
For example, KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo suggests that the iPhone 5S?s design will be near-identical to the current model.
iPhone 5S Camera
Several rumours that surfaced in 2013 suggest that the iPhone 5S will, like its key rival the Samsung Galaxy S4, have a 13-megapixel camera sensor.If these turn out to be true, it?s also likely that the iPhone 5S will use the Sony sensor seen in several of this year?s top phones. By itself, this is not particularly interesting ? both the iPhone 5 and iPhone 4S used 8-megapixel Sony sensors.
What?s more interesting is what surrounds the sensor. The iPhone 5S is rumoured to have a dual-LED flash, where most phones have simpler single-LED flashes, and an f/2.0 lens.
This figure is the lens?s f-stop rating, and roughly tells you how much light it can take in relative to its peers ? often called the ?speed? of the lens. We?ve only used one camera with a faster lens ? the f/1.9 Lumia 720.
iOS 7 will also change the style of the iPhone camera app ? rather than being completely stripped-back, the iPhone 5S camera will offer a bunch of new features. That includes filters, which you?d? currently have to get from a separate app.
iPhone 5S CPU
Leaked photos posted by iLounge suggest that the iPhone 5S CPU won?t be a simple upgrade from the A6 chip used in the iPhone 5. But what does that mean for the next-gen model?The iPhone 5 uses a rather unimpressive-sounding dual-core 1.3GHz processor, which seems a little weak compared with the top Android phones.
A quad-core processor is likely, and an upgrade from 32nm architecture to 28nm is also possible.
iPhone 5S Screen
Whether the iPhone 5S has a 4-inch screen ? most likely ? or a 4.3-inch display, the top rumour surrounding it is that it?ll use an IGZO panel. This is a new-ish technology from Sharp that?s designed for both high pixel density and great power consumption. Both of these are pretty important for a phone.Few phones have used an IGZO display so far, the most famous being the Asus Padfone 2 - hardly a smartphone superstar.
iPhone 5S Battery
Leaked photos that show what appears to be the iPhone 5S with its rear casing removed, revealing a 5.92Whr unit. This is just a little more powerful than the 5.45Whr battery of the iPhone 5, but if coupled with the power saving features of an IGZO screen then battery life could be substantially improved.It?s a spec that supports the idea that the iPhone 5S will have the same screen size as the current model.
Early Impressions
The iPhone 5S is likely to be an important, but hardly earth-shattering upgrade to the iPhone 5. Improvements to most elements, including camera and CPU are likely. ?
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Pre-caffeine tech: Future tech, Pee Wee Herman
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Our pre-caffeine roundup is a collection of the hottest, strangest, and most amusing stories of the morning.
A British lawmaker who was subjected to rape and death threats on Twitter has said those responsible should be prosecuted in the name of free speech.
Meanwhile, the United Nations investigators hoped they would get some help from Facebook when they asked to see information on suspected pirates operating in Somalia. But Facebook refused.
Oh! And guess what: A federal court once again found that? cops don?t need a warrant for cellphone location data.
And that Bradley Manning verdict? Still bad news for the press?
Divided as we may be on the right and wrong places to wear Google Glass, that tech is also reaching our four-legged friends.
Amazon's popular Kindle Fire tablets are slated for a major update say anonymous sources: New screens, better build quality, and an internal overhaul should bring the devices more in line with the latest from Google and Apple.
Speaking of Apple, here's a patent that reveals a three-lens, three-sensor iPhone camera.
And Microsoft patented a futuristic transparent laptop display.
Tom Friedman a modern-day Ayn Rand? Regarding his recent AirBnB column, "the NY Times columnist idealizes the Internet's winner-take-all economy while overlooking real-world concerns."
In closing: A Dark, Brilliant Short Film? Starring Pee Wee Herman.
Compiled by Helen A.S. Popkin, who invites you to join her on Twitter and/or Facebook.
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Thursday, August 1, 2013
WikiLeaks on Manning verdict: 'Extremism'
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange branded Pfc. Bradley Manning's espionage conviction an episode of "national security extremism" while other supporters expressed relief that he was acquitted of the most serious charge. Among Manning's critics, House intelligence officials said justice was served.
From the courtroom to world capitals, people absorbed the meaning of a verdict Tuesday that cleared the soldier of a charge of aiding the enemy, which would have carried a potential life sentence, but convicted him on other counts that, together, could also mean a life behind bars. Manning faces up to 136 years in prison if given maximum penalties in a sentencing hearing that starts Wednesday.
In Washington, the Republican and Democratic leaders of the House Intelligence Committee joined in a statement declaring "justice has been served today."
"Manning harmed our national security, violated the public's trust, and now stands convicted of multiple serious crimes," said Rep. Mike Rogers of Michigan, chairman of the House Intelligence committee, and Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger of Maryland, the panel's top Democrat.
Assange, whose website served as the conduit for exposing Manning's spilled U.S. secrets to the world, saw nothing to cheer in the mixed verdict.
"It is a dangerous precedent and an example of national security extremism," he told reporters at the Ecuadorean Embassy in London, which is sheltering him. "This has never been a fair trial."
Glenn Greenwald, the journalist, commentator and former civil rights lawyer who first reported Edward Snowden's leaks of National Security Agency surveillance programs, said Manning's acquittal on the charge of aiding the enemy represented a "tiny sliver of justice."
And Christian Stroebele, a German lawmaker for the opposition Green Party, tweeted, "Manning has won respect by uncovering the U.S.'s murderous warfare in Iraq."
But the advocacy group Reporters Without Borders said the verdict is a warning to whistleblowers, "against whom the Obama administration has been waging an unprecedented offensive," and threatens the future of investigative journalism because intimidated sources might fall quiet.
Another advocate of less government secrecy, Steven Aftergood of the Federation of American Scientists, questioned whether the implications will be so dire, given the extraordinary nature of the Manning case.
"This was a massive hemorrhage of government records, and it's not too surprising that it elicited a strong reaction from the government," Aftergood said.
"Does that mean that every leak from every journalist is likely to do the same?" he asked. "No it doesn't. Most journalists are not in the business of publishing classified documents, they're in the business of reporting the news, which is not the same thing. This is not good news for journalism, but it's not the end of the world, either."
Daniel Ellsberg, whose sensational leak of the Pentagon papers in the early 1970s exposed U.S. government lies about the Vietnam War, said Manning's acquittal on aiding the enemy limits the chilling consequences of the WikiLeaks case on press freedoms.
"American democracy just dodged a bullet, a possibly fatal bullet," Ellsberg said. "I'm talking about the free press that I think is the life's blood of the democracy."
Outside the courtroom, Manning supporters gave his lawyer, David Coombs, a round of applause and shouted "thank you." But they also pressed him on what the verdict meant for the soldier's fate.
"Today is a good day," Coombs said, "but Bradley is by no means out of the fire."
Manning acknowledged giving WikiLeaks more than 700,000 battlefield reports and diplomatic cables, and video of a 2007 U.S. helicopter attack that killed civilians in Iraq, including a Reuters news photographer and his driver. He said during a pretrial hearing he leaked the material to expose U.S military "bloodlust" and diplomatic deceitfulness but did not believe his actions would harm the country.
His defense portrayed him as a naive but well-intentioned figure. Prosecutors branded him an anarchist and traitor.
Rep. Howard "Buck" McKeon, R-Calif., chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, welcomed the outcome.
"Bradley Manning endangered the security of the United States and the lives of his own comrades in uniform when he intentionally disclosed vast amounts of classified data," he said. "His conviction should stand as an example to those who are tempted to violate a sacred public trust in pursuit of notoriety, fame, or their own political agenda."
Many supporters in and outside the courtroom wore black T-shirts with "truth" on them to show they consider him a whistleblower just trying to expose government misconduct.
"The government's priorities are upside down," Widney Brown, senior director of international law and policy for Amnesty International, said at the scene.
Officials have "refused to investigate credible allegations of torture and other crimes under international law despite overwhelming evidence," Brown said, but "decided to prosecute Manning, who it seems was trying to do the right thing ? reveal credible evidence of unlawful behavior by the government."
"It seems clear that the government was seeking to intimidate anyone who might consider revealing valuable information in the future," said Ben Wizner of the ACLU Speech, Privacy & Technology Project.
Overseas, Anatoly Kucherena, the Russian lawyer who's been working with Snowden, merely said: "All cases are individual. We shouldn't take the Manning case and compare it to Snowden."
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Associated Press writers Raphael Satter in London, Donna Cassata in Washington, and David Dishneau and Pauline Jelinek in Fort Meade, Md., contributed to this report.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/wikileaks-manning-verdict-extremism-175700015.html
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Union J to bring out range of dolls in January
Taking the whole 'Carry You' thing a bit far isn't it?
Before we even start discussing this, let's all just admit something first - most of us have got a One Direction doll sitting in our bedrooms and no, we shall no longer be ashamed of it. And considering our Louis figure is just *so* 2011 with it's stripes and chinos, thank God there's going to be some new boyband dolls hitting shelves soon in the form of Union J.
Yep, if you've found yourself wondering just what JJ's tatts would look like in miniature form, or how George's hair could handle being transformed into shiny plastic than WONDER NO MORE, because in a matter of months you'll have all your answers to these essential questions.
Coming out in January, just in time to lift our Christmas blues, Union J will be treating us to some collectable dolls, accessories, games and puzzles and suddenly, we've got an amazing new reason to bring puzzles back into fashion.
'Collectable' dolls eh? Well as much as we'd love to keep Josh and his quiffy goodness in mint condition in his little plastic box, we have a sneaky suspicion he'll be busy having a few hair wars with miniature Zayn Malik while Jaymi and Louis get into a heated sass-off. OHH IT'S GOING TO BE GOOD.
It looks like those Union J lads will be having a bit of a busy Winter, seeing as they'll be taking their Magazines and TV screens tour around the UK from December and leaving a trail of sobbing girls in their wake - us included.
But what do you think? Can't wait to get your hands on a George Shelley of your own? Excited to see what they'll be wearing? WE ARE. Comments please...
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