Thursday, September 20, 2012

BlackBerry London teardown shows dual-core processor and full touch display

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Tuesday, September 18, 2012

PFT: Falcons RB Turner jailed for DUI after MNF

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NFL Films President Steve Sabol died today at the age of 69, and there?s been an outpouring of fond memories of Sabol and his work from all corners of the NFL. We collect some of those memories below.

Chiefs offensive tackle Eric Winston: ?My favorite player of all time is Dick Butkus and its all because of Steve Sabol. I got to see Butkus as a kid playing from a time that had passed. Thank you Steve. RIP.?

Falcons tight end Tony Gonzalez: ?RIP Steve Sabol. I remember growing up watching NFL films. That?s where my love for the game started. Thank you.?

Colts owner Jim Irsay: ?With the passing of Steve Sabol, this is a sad day for football fans everywhere. As someone who grew up watching NFL Films creations, I can attest to Steve?s vision and contribution to the incredible popularity of this sport. His, along with his father, Ed?s, creativity and passion for the game cultivated many, many avid fans. On behalf of the entire Colts organization I send our sympathy to the Sabol family and his colleagues at NFL Films.?

Former NFL safety Brian Dawkins: ?R.I.P. to Steve Sabol. You can?t love the NFL without being a fan of his work!?

Chiefs owner Clark Hunt: ?Today, the Chiefs family and the entire National Football League mourn the loss of Steve Sabol ? a dear friend, a true visionary and one of pro football?s biggest fans. We are deeply saddened by Steve?s passing, and our thoughts and prayers are with the Sabol family in this extremely difficult time. With his limitless passion and unparalleled ability as a storyteller, Steve captured the essence and emotion of our sport, and it was through his eyes and through his lens that we watched pro football become America?s game. Steve and his father, Ed, chronicled and immortalized pro football?s greatest moments, including the iconic footage of Hank Stram from Super Bowl IV. Steve?s artistry as a filmmaker gave an unforgettable, cinematic history of the NFL to an entire generation of fans. But beyond his tremendous contributions to the game, Steve was a remarkable man and a cherished friend who will be greatly missed by our family and all who were blessed to know him.?

Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson: ?Praying for family and friends of Steve Sabol, president of @NFLfilms You were an amazing difference maker! You will be missed.?

Steelers owner Art Rooney II: ?Steve Sabol was a dear friend to the Rooney Family and he will be missed by the entire NFL community. The impact that Steve Sabol and his father Ed have had on the NFL in creating and growing NFL Films will continue to be enjoyed for years to come by NFL fans everywhere. He was a genius in his work, and our thoughts and prayers go out to his entire family.?

Pro Football Hall of Famer Barry Sanders: ?I am greatly saddened to learn of the passing of Steve Sabol. I would like to send my most heartfelt condolences to the Sabol family.?

Redskins owner Dan Snyder: ?Steve Sabol, along with his Hall of Fame father, Ed, introduced the world to the great game of football by capturing every essence of the players, coaches and fans. Everyone has benefitted from Steve and NFL Films? contribution to the game and we are forever grateful. Steve was the voice of the NFL and his shoes are impossible to fill. Our love, thoughts and prayers go out to his family.?

Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie: ?Steve Sabol was one of the most influential and innovative people in the NFL community. Football benefitted so much from his unique vision and incredible ability to bring fans closer to the action. He was also a joy to be around, an endless source of energy and ideas. All of us at the Eagles will miss him, and our thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends.?

Robert Alberino, Vice President, Media and Marketing, 65 Toss Power Trap Productions: ?Turning the average into the incredible was what Films did. From the days of being a young fan to the days of being a dad of three, NFL Films still holds in my heart a place that can?t be touched. Story telling at its finest. Cinematography beyond words. The marriage of sport and script ? the concept so simple, the execution so divine. It is why I do what I do.?

The Detroit Lions: ?Our game will forever be indebted to Steve for his contribution to the National Football League. Thanks to Steve?s leadership and vision, NFL Films had a profoundly positive impact on the popularity of our game and will always be a significant part of our history. Nothing brought our fans closer to the glory and passion of our game than did NFL Films.?

NFLPA Executive Director DeMaurice Smith: ?Steve Sabol leaves a lasting impact on the National Football League that will be felt for a long time to come. His vision and innovation helped make him a pioneer the likes of which the NFL has never seen before and won?t see again. The Players of the NFL are indebted to Steve for his immense contributions to advancing our game and helping make the fan experience as great as it is. He was also a true friend of the Players. Our entire Player community will miss Steve, his brilliance and his warmth. He, and his father before him, linked generations of fans to generations of Players. We send our thoughts and condolences to his family, friends and colleagues. He was truly one of a kind.?

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell: ?Steve Sabol was the creative genius behind the remarkable work of NFL Films. Steve?s passion for football was matched by his incredible talent and energy. Steve?s legacy will be part of the NFL forever. He was a major contributor to the success of the NFL, a man who changed the way we look at football and sports, and a great friend.?

Source: http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/18/michael-turner-jailed-for-dui-hours-after-mnf/related/

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Late painter's girlfriend agrees to pay $11K rent

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) ? Thomas Kinkade's girlfriend is agreeing to pay $11,000 a month to rent the San Francisco Bay area mansion where she had lived with the late artist, but his paintings and possessions remain the focus of a bitter estate fight.

The San Jose Mercury News reports (http://bit.ly/OUu0GD ) that Kinkade's widow, Nanette, sought permission Monday from a probate judge to remove all the furniture and art from the 6,000-square-foot home.

Kinkade's girlfriend, Amy Pinto, claims the popular painter wrote two hand-written notes before his April death from an alcohol and prescription drug overdose that bequeathed her both the house and $10 million to establish a museum of his work on the property.

Judge Thomas Cain told the two women to come back to court on Dec. 3 with a list of items to which they feel entitled.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/painters-girlfriend-agrees-pay-11k-rent-010435760.html

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Long-distance relationships: Do they work? - Love and Dating


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PostPosted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 1:13 am?? ?Post subject: Long-distance relationships: Do they work? Reply with quote

Lately, I've gotten desperate (bad social skills, people thinking I'm a maniac, etc.), because there is no girl with what I have (Aspie's, in other words) out here in the PNW.

So..... I've decided to broaden my horizons, and look outside there area. I know, LDRSes have their risks.... what am I to do? I am just... I can't some up with the word. Let's seek some advice about them (long-distance relationships), and be serious about this. I have no advice about this, sadly.
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 2:01 am?? ?Post subject: Reply with quote

Long distance relationships require a ton of trust and faith in a person, but they can work.

It helps to have a set goal in mind for when you're going to meet up (and eventually move in together?) and constantly working towards that.

Also keeping things open at least until the first meeting is a good policy, but ultimately that's up to whatever the partners agree upon.

It's not a replacement for short-distance relationships and physical interaction. Continue working on honing your social skills with others before you first meet.

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PostPosted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 2:40 am?? ?Post subject: Reply with quote

I'd say they CAN, but it's more a matter of time. My friend married a girl he met online. However they met when he was in middle school, and he married her when he was like 21, but before they were married, they knew each other in person (with her living in his house for like 3-4 months while she found a place to stay in this state) for about 2 years. So that leaves a total of....7 years or so of knowing the person? They initially met on an anime forum, and then played WoW together. She's a nice girl, just perfect for my friend, I don't think my friend would do better in a million more tries.

I talked to one other girl who worked at Radio Shack, and she met her boyfriend online and they moved in with each other. She knew him for like 2-3 years.

So it's not like they can't work or anything like that, just the main thing is time is different online, I think. In some ways, online is more intimate, and in others less, so time to get to know a person is different. Just speaking of platonic friendships, I finally met one of my internet friends in person this summer, and I've known him since like 2004 or 2005. It was quite seemless meeting him, not really a case of meeting someone from the internet and being surprised. It was like meeting someone I knew all my life, because, well, I knew him for 1/3 of it. The friendship extended past online, when I had no internet for a bit, we'd call each other, we'd send each other packages (just random things lying around our houses we didn't need anymore, but the other person could use, ie, games, clothes), those sorta things.

So in all the relationships that I've seen that were successful online, the common thread seems to be a lot of time with the other person. That's the only way I've really seen them work and transition to real life. Online is interesting in that online, in some ways you can get to know a person better, and in some ways you won't. Online sometimes we'll reveal a lot more about ourselves, our past, etc, than we will to people we know in person, just because of the anonymity of online, but then you don't get to witness the person "in action" everyday and their dealings with you and others. Or, worst case scenario, can just BS everything completely online. So that's sort of a tradeoff. The other thing is online doesn't really have a higher success rate either, you just don't have to deal with as "real" consequences for failure. Again, in my dealings with platonic friends, I used to have like 20 AIM friends, now I got like 3. People can just stop talking to you after a while, or get legitimately busy and not contact you, or just straight out tell you that you suck one day and block you.

Lastly, I think online, one thing is it does is it removes barriers. I may not have met my online friends I have now if I didn't meet them online. I just probably wouldn't have talked to them based on first appearances, but online I've had friends that were quite different than me (sometimes preppy rich kids, haha) and basically the type of people I'd have never gotten the chance to know well in real life, and it makes sorta both sides recognize I guess the shared humanity of the other person. So I don't think geography matters quite as much as that when talking to people online, though to be fair, some geographical places are better than others, and unlike others here, I don't totally discount geography as a huge factor in your social life (which is why I plan to move someday.)

So I don't write all this to dissuade you, but all I'm saying is, online isn't really magic or anything like that. And it'll likely take a lot of time for you to know the person, both know them and meet them. But there is a chance of success, so if you do wanna try, go for it. Could end up well for you, just keep those issues in mind.
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 5:09 am?? ?Post subject: Reply with quote

yes, it can work. i met my boyfriend here. we first vaguely saw each other around in late 2010, then started talking in earnest in late spring of 2011. in 2 weeks i am moving in with him, thousands of miles away.

we actually chose each other over people who were interested in us in real life. but it helped that we had a goal of being together eventually, as opposed to expecting it to stay online indefinitely. we did meet in person for a week. the online chemistry carried over to real life, which was also awesome. i'd had some experience with online dating before so i kind of knew whether it was going to translate or not.

something else that helped was that in the early days we had a lot of time available to talk, so we could really interact for long stretches and get to know each other quite well.
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 6:34 am?? ?Post subject: Reply with quote

Wolfheart wrote:
Avoid a long distance relationship, get outside and do some real socializing.

There's nothing not "real" about knowing someone online, and having a long distance relationship doesn't mean you can't also socialize in person. Choosing to be with someone far away isn't necessarily about being incapable of "getting" someone closer, sometimes it's simply because you actually do like them and care about them more than local people.

For those who need what a strictly local relationship has to offer, there's nothing wrong with that. But for some people long distance can work, because they don't want to limit their feelings based on geography and probability.

This is the 21st century people, the prejudice of "real life" only being a small traditionally-sanctioned subset of the ways people live and interact really needs to be reevaluated.
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 8:14 am?? ?Post subject: Re: Long-distance relationships: Do they work? Reply with quote

equestriatola wrote:
Lately, I've gotten desperate (bad social skills, people thinking I'm a maniac, etc.), because there is no girl with what I have (Aspie's, in other words) out here in the PNW.

So..... I've decided to broaden my horizons, and look outside there area. I know, LDRSes have their risks.... what am I to do? I am just... I can't some up with the word. Let's seek some advice about them (long-distance relationships), and be serious about this. I have no advice about this, sadly.

I would suggest not looking specifically for aspie girls. They are fewer in number than men with Asperger's, so allowing the possibility for your potential gf to be NT would provide a better chance of finding one. Just make sure that let them know that have AS.

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PostPosted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 11:47 am?? ?Post subject: Reply with quote

I don't do long distance and I think it's pointless.

It's basically like being single but with rules. You still aren't going to have a date to avoid 3rd wheeling or being alone, but if you happen to meet someone, you can't do anything.

I think it's pointless. Just remain single and try to meet someone closer to you that you can actually date.

The only time I would do LD would be if my wife/long term GF got a great job in a diff city and we had to go LD until I could get a job in the same place.

Why limit yourself to people with AS?

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PostPosted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 12:10 pm?? ?Post subject: Reply with quote

thewhitrbbit wrote:
I don't do long distance and I think it's pointless.

It's basically like being single but with rules. You still aren't going to have a date to avoid 3rd wheeling or being alone, but if you happen to meet someone, you can't do anything.

I think it's pointless. Just remain single and try to meet someone closer to you that you can actually date.

I'm curious why you think it's pointless to care about someone who happens not to live close by, who also feels the same way, and to enjoy that emotional bond? How is that the same as being single? Is it just because of the lack of physical contact? Or missing out on the usual idea of "dates"? What would you do if you had stronger feelings for someone distant than for the people you know in person? Would you ignore that for the sake of having a more conventional relationship with someone you liked less?

^^ Genuine questions, not being snarky, just trying to understand because I really don't.

I won't argue with the fact that there are difficulties and frustrations involved, but I think "pointless" is a very strong term. Sometimes things that require hard work, are worth the effort. Smile
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 3:02 pm?? ?Post subject: Re: Long-distance relationships: Do they work? Reply with quote

equestriatola wrote:
Lately, I've gotten desperate (bad social skills, people thinking I'm a maniac, etc.), because there is no girl with what I have (Aspie's, in other words) out here in the PNW.

So..... I've decided to broaden my horizons, and look outside there area. I know, LDRSes have their risks.... what am I to do? I am just... I can't some up with the word. Let's seek some advice about them (long-distance relationships), and be serious about this. I have no advice about this, sadly.

The positive to a LDR is that the focus really is on getting to know the other person. There are not the "distractions" of seeing the person and, say, making out with them for 2 hours. While those are lovely distractions, it can focus a relationship on just the physical instead of the emotional. With a LDR, the physical will never get in the way.

With that said, there are a lot of negatives. Trust is a big issue. The other person could be totally playing you and having someone else in his/her bed every night and you would never know it. Also, simple things like going to a movie or going out to dinner can simply never happen. So, frustration will set in.

The keys to success are:
1. There has to be an end date (even if it is a year into the future) to the LDR when one of you will relocate to be near the other. In that way, even though the LDR will be frustrating, there will be a "light at the end of the tunnel".
2. Trust - you both have to trust that this is "real" for both of you and neither is taking advantage of the long distance to play the other person.
3. Communication - There has to be open and honest communication. LDR are not for everyone and when one is feeling frustrated, that has to be communicated and dealt with.

LDR can definitely work as long as you go in with your eyes wide open! Good luck!
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 3:27 pm?? ?Post subject: Reply with quote

They've pretty much made up most of my relationships, if you can even call them that, and only one of them lasted a significant amount of time - maybe 2 to 2 and a half years or so. Even then, though it started off well enough, eventually I guess we both just got disinterested in each other and stopped talking, and later she'd admitted she only gave me attention because she pitied me. I'm not sure if I could really blame her for that, though. Was more than a few years back, so we were young, I was pretty immature and self absorbed and desperate for anyone to rely on. She told me everything I wanted to hear, so at least I had that.

But yeah, living across the entire US and both of us maybe having been around 14-15 at the time are probably also factors as to why it didn't work. I imagine it's very different for people who are older, know what they want, have jobs and are independent, etc. I'm older now, but still without a job and still dependent on my parents, so I've pretty much got absolutely nothing going on in my life to talk about and I can't travel too far to eventually meet anyone. I guess a lot of these problems would overlap with any kind of "normal" dating, too, so it's sort of moot, but still something to consider.
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