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Continue reading …Apparently, cops aren’t above the law when it comes to crimes of fashion. Officers assigned to the Capitol are upset with a top brass decision to ban them from wearing shorts. Union reps say the decision was made because cops carrying automatic rifles don’t look imposing in shorts, reports Roll…
Continue reading …Acer intros revamped desktops, 23-inch multitouch display for kids with ginormous dorm rooms
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Last week, Acer unveiled a handful of back-to-school laptops, and today, the outfit’s showing off gear for kids who’ve got a teensy bit more room in the dorms. The company just trotted out a pair of desktops, along with the beastly 23-inch T231H multitouch monitor. Both towers have a staid black chassis with Acer’s clear.fi media streaming software on board. Of the two, the M series (pictured) is clearly for power users, with Core i3 and quad-core AMD Athlon II x4 processor options, 6GB of RAM, 1TB of hard drive space, optional discrete graphics, and a storage tray on top housing four USB 2.0 sockets and headphone and mic ports. The X series, meanwhile, has a trimmer, more compact design, and a modest spec list featuring Intel Pentium dual-core and AMD Athlon II X4 processors, 4GB of RAM, and integrated graphics. As for that 1080p display, it has an 80,000:1 contrast ratio and tilts between a 5-degree and 60-degree angle — not unlike that swiveling HP all-in-one that came out earlier this year. They’re all up for grabs now, with the M and X series starting at $500 and $398, respectively, and the monitor fetching $330. Full PR after the break. Gallery: Acer M and X series desktops Gallery: Acer T231H multitouch monitor Continue reading Acer intros revamped desktops, 23-inch multitouch display for kids with ginormous dorm rooms Acer intros revamped desktops, 23-inch multitouch display for kids with ginormous dorm rooms originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 14 Jun 2011 00:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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The California radio preacher who predicted the world would end last month was recuperating Monday after suffering a mild stroke, his family and colleagues said. (June 13)
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A white former San Francisco Bay area transit officer convicted in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man that has drawn continuing protest was released from jail early Monday after serving one year of a two-year sentence. (June 13)
Continue reading …USAT’s Scott Patterson Covers the Neglected Topic of Business Formation, But Not Particularly Well
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To say that the statistics concerning new business formation during the past few years haven't been very good would be a major understatement. USA Today's Scott Patterson deserves some credit for even looking at the topic. It is tailor-made for neglect by the rest of the establishment press. When government policies lean towards lower taxation and regulation, policies left-leaning journalists tend to oppose, net business formations generally grow, and they'd rather not report it. In the high-tax, high-regulation environments they favor, net business formation slows considerably — and again, they'd rather not report it. On the plus side, Patterson surfaced the biggest reason — “a huge amount of uncertainty” — why net small business formation is lagging. That said, the USA Today reporter showed that he (and his editors, if they actually looked at his submission) could use a bit of a tutorial on what some of the numbers published by Uncle Sam's Bureau of Labor Statistics really mean. For example, he took “establishments less than one year old” to mean the same thing as, in his words, “new businesses started up.” Additionally, to get his arms around the entire picture, Patterson should have brought out the other side of the business formation equation, namely business deaths. Here are several paragraphs from Patterson's Sunday evening report , with a headline that doesn't tie in very well to the underlying topic: Small businesses, crucial to growth, face challenges
Continue reading …Anyone might find a letter smeared with peanut butter a bit odd, but one woman considered it … assault. The woman says her husband’s ex-wife sent him the letter, and since she’s highly allergic to peanuts, she believes it was actually an attempt to harm her. She found the oil-soaked…
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Title: 10th Avenue Freeze Out Artist: Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band Click here to view this media Thoughts go out tonight for longtime E Street saxophonist Clarence Clemons, who suffered a stroke in Florida on Sunday . Get well soon Big Man. Note from Dave: This news is very sad; I really grew up listening to the E Street Band. Here’s hoping The Big Man can make a full recovery. The Wild, the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle is one of my first three island-desert albums. For my money, I’ll place “Kitty’s Back” as some of the finest sax work ever committed to vinyl — or performed onstage. Here’s a live version from 1975: Click here to view this media
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Get Well Soon Clarence Clemons! Get Well Soon Clarence! GET WELL CLARENCE CLEMONS! hincheymusic says: RT @TheRealLaBamba : Life is so fragile. Send some prayers to the “Big Man” Clarence Clemons .
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Diets that are low in saturated fat and rich in carbohydrates that steady blood sugar and insulin can beneficially change levels of substances associated with the development of Alzheimer’s disease and may improve some measures of memory, a new study shows.
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