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Redskins cornerback DeAngelo Hall was ejected from Sunday?s game against the Steelers for a confrontation with an official, and he likely faces a hefty fine. But Hall says any discipline he faces should be handed out to the official as well.

Hall said on 106.7 The Fan that head linesman Dana McKenzie was giving just as good as he got in their verbal exchange. It sure didn?t look that way on TV ? it looked like Hall was screaming in McKenzie?s face and sticking his finger about an inch from McKenzie?s nose, and that McKenzie was showing admirable restraint ? but Hall said the TV angles were deceiving.

?From that particular camera angle you can?t see what that ref?s saying to me,? Hall said, via the Washington Post. ?So it looks like I?m just out there giving him a piece of my mind and he?s smiling and walks away. And that?s not the case at all. He?s dishing it out just as much as I?m dishing it out.?

Hall said he?s hoping to show the league office a different angle of the incident before the league determines any punishment.

?It was just a back and forth between me and that particular ref,? Hall said. ?And I can?t go into too many details because it?s still under review. But that?s kind of how it took place. If you look at the TV copy, you can only see me. That?s why we?re trying to get other copies and other angles so you can see both sides. But me and the ref was equally at fault on that particular play.?

Hall also indicated that he wants the league office to consider what kind of person he is.

?I?m not a criminal. I?ve never been in trouble with the law. I?m a great guy. Like I said, off the field I?m a different person, you know what I mean, than I am on the field,? Hall said. ?We?re just trying to get every point of view, make sure we get as much proof as possible that happened in that situation and bring it to the forefront so we can come up with the right solution handed down to both sides.?

Hall was upset that Steelers receiver Emmanuel Sanders took a shot at him and wasn?t flagged for it, and Hall says he?s also upset about the way the officials treat him.

?Nobody is going out there trying to bully the referees and likewise, they shouldn?t be out there trying to bully us,? Hall said.

Hall is right that the officials shouldn?t try to bully the players. But it sure didn?t look like the official in question was trying to bully Hall. It looked like the official was doing his job, and Hall was acting like a jerk.

Source: http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/10/31/no-truth-to-tebow-to-jags-talk/related/

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Romney woos Florida early vote; Obama eyes N.H.

LAND O'LAKES, Fla. (AP) ? Juggling politics and storm preparations, Mitt Romney dangled a plea for bipartisanship before early voters in Florida on Saturday as Barack Obama worked to nail down tiny New Hampshire's four electoral votes. Both campaigns scrambled to steer clear of a most unlikely October surprise, a superstorm barreling up the East Coast.

With just 10 days left in an extraordinarily tight race, Hurricane Sandy had both campaigns ripping up carefully mapped-out itineraries as they worked to maximize voter turnout and avoid any suggestion that they were putting politics ahead of public safety.

The campaigns pressed every possible angle in search of advantage ? even paying attention to punctuation.

Obama's campaign signs for months have said: "Forward." Now they say: "Forward!"

Romney, who has been striking a more moderate tone as he courts women and independents in the campaign's home stretch, campaigned across Florida with a pledge to "build bridges" with the other party.

He coupled that message with digs at Obama for "shrinking from the magnitude of the times" and advancing an agenda that lacks vision. Noting that Obama supporters like to chant "four more years" at the president's campaign rallies, Romney picked up on his crowd's own chant at the Pensacola Civic Center and said: "I like '10 more days' a lot better."

His warm-up act was more biting: Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., told the crowd that Obama was advancing "the ideas of countries that people come here to get away from." Pressed later on what countries he was referring to, Rubio said, "any big-government country in the world" and specifically referred to Mexico and Latin America.

Obama hauled his campaign to New Hampshire, where he told volunteers at a Teamsters hall in Manchester that: "We don't know how this thing is going to play out. These four electoral voters right here could make all the difference."

It takes 270 electoral votes to win the election. Obama is ahead in states and the District of Columbia representing 237 electoral votes; Romney has a comfortable lead in states with 191 electoral votes. The rest lie in nine contested states that are too close to call, New Hampshire among them.

The president adjusted his campaign speech at a Nashua rally to appeal to voters in low-tax New Hampshire, hammering Romney for raising taxes and fees as governor of neighboring Massachusetts.

Obama accused Romney of running in Massachusetts on a pledge to lower taxes, then making life more expensive for the middle class after taking office.

"All he's offering is a big rerun of the same policies," Obama told a crowd of 8,500 gathered at an outdoor rally on an unseasonably warm October day.

The president said Romney even raised fees in Massachusetts on obtaining a birth certificate, "which would have been expensive for me." It was a veiled reference to opponents of the president who have incorrectly said he was born outside the United States. Copies of his birth certificate have been in high demand.

The candidates worked to lock down every possible early vote without intruding on emergency preparations as the storm's expected track looked to affect at least four battleground states: North Carolina, Virginia, Ohio and New Hampshire.

Romney scrapped plans to campaign in Virginia on Sunday, and switched his schedule for the day to Ohio. At a rally in Kissimee, Fla., he urged supporters to keep those in the storm's path "in your mind and in your hearts."

"You know how tough hurricanes can be," he told the Floridians.

Vice President Joe Biden canceled a Saturday rally in coastal Virginia Beach, Va., to allow local officials there to focus on disaster preparedness and local security concerns.

But he went ahead with an appearance in Lynchburg, which is inland. Biden said Romney and Ryan are fleeing from their record to appear more moderate than they are. They "are counting on the American people to have an overwhelming case of amnesia."

Plans for son Beau Biden, the Delaware attorney general, to join his father in Virginia were scrapped when he was called up by the National Guard to help with the storm.

None of Obama's campaign stops had been canceled, but he did adjust move up his planned Monday departure for Florida to Sunday night to beat the storm.

En route to New Hampshire, Obama held an airborne conference call with administration officials about the federal government's role in minimizing storm damage and a ensuring speedy recovery effort.

Campaign spokesman Jennifer Psaki said the Obama team was continuing to promote early voting as something that provides flexibility for busy families, but she added that with the storm headed for shore, "safety comes first, and that's the case with early voting as well."

Romney's trip to Florida, with three events across the state, was timed to coincide with the first day of in-person early voting in a state that went for Obama four years ago and where 29 electoral votes are up for grabs this time. Both campaigns already have been working furiously to gain the advantage in the state's vote-by-mail program, an area where Republicans typically have been stronger.

"I need you to vote early!" Romney told supporters in Land O'Lakes.

Republican Rep. Paul Ryan worked his way across rainy, chilly Ohio, on a two-day bus trip, with his family in tow. At a factory in New Philadelphia, Ryan stressed the hit that manufacturing industries have taken over the last four years and promised more coal jobs, natural gas jobs and increased military spending if Romney is elected.

Speaking to more than 1,000 supporters on the factory floor at Gradall Industries, Ryan told voters: "You know it's you. You know what you have in front of you. You know your responsibility."

Campaign 2012 was serious business, with so little time left and the storm complicating the end game, but Ryan's children helped to lighten the tone. His 7-, 9- and 10-year-olds scampered between parts bins and heavy chains at the factory.

Nine-year-old Charlie waved the peace sign and mugged for cameras, prompting his mother, Janna Ryan, to shake her head and declare, "I don't know where he gets it. It's kind of crazy."

During a later stop at a bakery in Circleville, Ohio, 10-year-old daughter Liz told the bakery clerk that her dad was "sugar-free except for doughnuts and ice cream."

"And apple-fritters," Ryan agreed.

Obama, for his part, made a stop at the Common Man Merrimack, a restaurant where he toasted patrons with a Common Man Ale, saying: "To voting. To America. Doesn't matter what party."

The campaigns and their allies kept up a steady stream of TV and radio ads in the battleground states. The right-leaning Americans for Job Security made a rare purchase of Philadelphia airtime, amounting to $1.2 million, for pro-Romney ads. While a few independent groups have tried to make Pennsylvania competitive for Romney, neither Obama nor Romney has devoted ad resources to the state, which is expected to go for Obama.

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Benac reported from Washington. Associated Press writers Philip Elliott in Ohio, Julie Pace in New Hampshire and Matthew Daly in Virginia contributed to this report.

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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/romney-woos-florida-early-vote-obama-eyes-nh-201423802--election.html

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Microsoft's biggest gamble yet: risking the name 'Windows'

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Joel Johnson

Microsoft's come a long way in the last two years. Thursday is the official launch of Windows 8. How PC users respond to the radically redesigned and architected operating system may greatly affect the future of Microsoft. But Microsoft's made a big mistake: they've stretched the Windows brand so thin that it's going to confuse customers?--?and maybe even drive them away.

It's not news to Microsoft how important Windows 8 is to the company,?as well as its sister operating system Windows RT that powers the first Microsoft Surface tablet. This is the last chance Microsoft has to get into the race beside Apple and Google for the future of mobile?--?and perhaps desktop?--?computing. But even though Windows 8 was officially announced only?16 months ago, looking at how the tech community ?responded to it at the time reminds how audacious?--?and in hindsight, how essential?--?Microsoft's Windows 8 strategy has become.

Although there was a casual mention of Windows 8 and its ability to run on the ARM-based processors?--?the same sort that power iPhones and mobile tablet?s--?at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show, the first official look at Windows 8 came at the D9 conference on June 1st, 2011. All Things D's Ina Fried had an exclusive first look and interview with Windows President Steven Sinofsky, who is quoted right out of the gate saying, ?[Windows 8] is ?no compromise? and that?s really important to us."

But there was a compromise to come: Windows 8 doesn't actually run on ARM processors; instead, that's what Windows RT is for. The new "Windows Store" apps?--?think of them like iPad or Android tablet apps?--?run on both Windows 8 and Windows RT devices. But traditional?--?some might say "real"?--?Windows apps like Photoshop or Minecraft will only run on Windows 8 machines that use an x86 chip. (At least until their developers create dual-Windows versions, something Microsoft obviously hopes will become more common.)

There are also native Windows RT apps that just run on RT, just to make it more confusing.

At the time, it was also presumed that Windows Store apps would be more like simple web widgets. Wrote Fried:

The other type of application, which has to be written in HTML5 and Javascript, looks more like a mobile application, filling the full screen. Internet Explorer 10, which is part of Windows 8, has already been configured to run in this mode, as have several widget-like apps for checking stock prices and weather.

Those widgets ended up being quite a bit more like traditional Windows applications, developed in a variety of languages. ) And Windows Store apps for Windows 8 can run on Windows RT as well...sometimes. (To speak nerdy, developers can choose to compile for ARM, but it's not required.)

What becomes apparent when looking through the coverage of Windows 8 from a year-and-a-half, though, is that at the time Microsoft thought it would be able to make a single version of its operating system that would work for desktops, laptops, and tablets alike. (Funnily enough, at the time, Microsoft was calling "Windows 8" a working title; it wouldn't officially name the product until 2012.)

What's clear is this: Windows 8 started as something easy to understand, a unified operating system that would run on all types of hardware. Along the way, Microsoft realized they'd bitten off more than they could chew, split off Windows RT from Windows 8, and sowed a lot of confusion that's going to get worse before it gets better.

What's disappointing in all of this is that Windows 8?--?the full-blown version?--?has been getting mostly high praise from those who have used its many preview builds. ?Tim Anderson, writing for the Guardian, called a summer build proof that Microsoft could have "turned on a pin and transformed its client and consumer operating system from one that is hopelessly bogged down in legacy and unsuited for modern mobile computing, to one that is beautifully engineered for the next generation of cloud-connected devices."?

(Broadly, anyone using Windows 8 on a touchscreen device loves it, while those using a ?keyboard and mouse tend to be of mixed minds.)

But for the first time since Windows NT (which wasn't a consumer-facing version of Windows), Microsoft has been sloppy with its most precious brand.?And that's just at the highest level; inside the operating system and on the web, Microsoft has a supercilious tendency to slap the "Windows" name on everything from DropBox clones ("Windows Live Mesh") to file browsers ("Windows Explorer," not to be confused with "Internet Explorer," Windows' default web browser).

It's a mess. It's confusing. And it's ultimately going to be a big factor in confusion and dissatisfaction for a lot of customers over the coming months. (Especially when you consider there will be another Microsoft Surface tablet coming soon that does run the full-blown Windows 8.)

Yet a quick look at recent history makes one thing clear: Microsoft is making it up as they go along. And that might not be good enough anymore.

Source: http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/technolog/microsofts-biggest-gamble-yet-risking-name-windows-1C6663619

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Jessica Biel and Justin Timberlake wedding scoop: A pink dress and a new song

By Terri Schwartz Zap2it

6:15 p.m. EDT, October 23, 2012

Jessica Biel might have been a blushing bride this weekend, but that doesn't mean she walked down the aisle in a traditional white wedding dress. Nope, the "Total Recall" star and now-Mrs. Justin Timberlake instead wore a pink Giambattista Valli dress with a "princess-like silhouette."

The news comes from stylist Bobbie Thomas, who posted it on her blog. We aren't quite sure how she got the scoop, but it's been confirmed by other sources close to the wedding party. Apparently Valli also designed the dresses worn by the bridesmaids and mothers.

Timberlake, on the other hand, went more of a traditional route. He enlisted Tom Ford for his tux, and the designer-turned-director also made the outfits for the groomsmen.

We're still waiting to see official pictures of Biel's dress, but the former "7th Heaven" star reportedly changed into something a little more comfortable when she went to the wedding party. There, a source tells Us Weekly,?Timberlake serenaded her with a new song that "hasn't released yet." Does this mean that now that he has a new bride we can finally have a new album? We can only dream.

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Samsung TecTile app bumped to version 3.0

Samsung has updated its TecTile app to add more features like batch actions and the ability to set tags to private.

The mobile app is meant to program Samsung TecTile NFC hardware tags that can be used to automate tasks. Users can tap their phones on tags to perform common tasks. You can launch a running app and the music app before a workout, for example, or tap one by the bedside to mute the ringer and launch the alarm clock app.

The TecTile tags were first released in June, together with the launch of the S3 to show off its NFC capabilities. The version 3 update accompanies the entrance of the Galaxy Note 2 on U.S. shores, and brings a number of new features.

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APPLE: Here's Why We're Charging $329 For The ... - Business Insider

Apple's decision to charge $329 for the iPad mini is a bit surprising since its rivals are charging $199 for comparable tablets.

Phil Schiller, senior vice president of marketing, explained the price to Reuters:

"The iPad is far and away the most successful product in its category. The most affordable product we've made so far was $399 and people were choosing that over those devices ... And now you can get a device that's even more affordable at $329 in this great new form, and I think a lot of customers are going to be very excited about that."

In other words, we were crushing Amazon and Google when we charged twice as much for our tablet ? $400 versus $200. Imagine what we're going to do to them when we're charging even less?

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Veterans finally get a debate topic, but does it matter?

The president and Mitt Romney spar over support for leaving troops in place after the Iraq War.

By Bill Briggs, NBC News contributor

The word ?veteran? was uttered seven times during Monday night?s debate ? each time by President Barack Obama.

Republican nominee Mitt Romney did not use the word although he did say: ?We're blessed with terrific soldiers.?

Three times, including his closing remarks, Obama veered momentarily into economic and health concerns facing the tens of thousands of men and women returning from war and those ex-service members trying to crack into the civilian work force. He mentioned recently having lunch with a veteran in Minnesota who, due to medical-certification procedures, can?t simply transfer the skills he learned as a combat medic to become a licensed civilian nurse. And he cited work done by First Lady Michelle Obama on the ?Joining Forces? initiative, through which 2,000 companies have hired or trained 125,000 veterans or military spouses.

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?After a decade of war, it's time to do some nation-building here at home. And what we can now do is free up some resources to, for example, put Americans back to work, especially our veterans ...? Obama said. ?Making sure that, you know, our veterans are getting the care that they need when it comes to post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury, making sure that the certifications that they need for good jobs of the future are in place.?

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Those shout outs marked the first substantive attention either candidate has paid to former service members during their three debates ? and they came 19 days after a leading veterans group urged the contenders?to start discussing some of the home-front costs of two American wars, including a higher unemployment rate among ex-troops and battle-related anxiety symptoms linked to an alarming military suicide rate.

The president and Mitt Romney debate the best strategy for keeping the military strong.

On the day after the final direct, verbal showdown between Romney and Obama, four veterans offered their reactions.

Paul Rieckhoff, chief executive officer and founder of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, a nonpartisan nonprofit with more than 200,000 members:

Q: What is the most critical issue facing military members?

A: Unemployment, but we've yet to hear either candidate address the scope of the problem ? let alone smart solutions. In September, the unemployment rate for post-9/11 veterans was two percentage points above the general public at 9.7 percent, and even worse for female veterans at 19.9 percent. We must do better.

Q: Did you hear what you needed to hear about that issue?

A: In last night's debate, veteran unemployment briefly became a subject of discussion ? finally.

Q: What is your takeaway from last night's debate?

A: The new veteran community needs real leadership and commitment from our next president to reverse negative trends in unemployment, suicide and (Department of Veterans Affairs) services. We haven't seen either candidate step up to the plate, so we'll keep asking the tough questions until November 6th.

Jason Thigpen, founder and president of the Student Veterans Advocacy Group?and a student at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. As a U.S. Army sergeant, he earned a Purple Heart medal for combat wounds he sustained in Iraq in 2009:

Q: What is the most critical issue facing military members?

A: The budgetary cutbacks on defense spending leading to nearly a million service members losing their jobs, which will send them to the unemployment line. Additional cutbacks in veteran-appropriated budgets by way of education and medical benefits will invariably leave many with unfulfilled promises made to them for their service to our nation, while our government creates more lenient guidelines for illegal immigrants.

Q: Did you hear what you needed to hear about that issue?

A: No, but I do feel as though our efforts to raise awareness of the detrimental impacts facing our veterans, and how that affects our national economy, both now and in the future, are being heard.

Q: What is your takeaway from last night's debate?

A: While I'm not enthusiastic about the lack of bipartisan efforts from our federal legislators, (and) neither party looks appealing to me, I personally think the president has wiped the floor with Governor Romney in every debate. Although I've always considered myself a Republican, I don't feel it's in the best interest to elect Governor Romney as president. Electing Governor Romney will give Republicans control of the House, Senate, and presidency, which doesn't seem like much of a democracy to me, especially with a group of federal legislators whom can't seem to agree on much of anything except the end of a work-day or session.

Genevieve Chase, founder of American Women Veterans, a foundation that works to improve the lives of women veterans and their families.?She served in Afghanistan in 2006 and remains in the U.S. Army Reserves. She earned a Purple Heart for injuries sustained in a bomb blast in Helmand Province:

Q: What is the most critical issue facing military members?

A: What's going to happen (when) we draw down our presence in Afghanistan? How will the military, responsibly and with the best interests of its members and families in mind, decide which troops will be kicked out in order to bring down its numbers? The witch hunts have already started and I'm learning of incidents that are disconcerting.

Q: Did you hear what you needed to hear about that issue?

A: The money our country thinks we'll save in the defense budget will need to be put toward our veterans ? there?s no getting around the fact that America will be paying for these wars in one way or another, long after they're over. I'd like to know how either candidate proposes they'll do that.

Q: What is your takeaway from last night's debate?

A: That war has become so lucrative for some and the defense industry employs thousands of veterans who have families and no degrees ? they will need jobs in the post-war economy. Before we espouse ideologies, what are the practical measures being considered for the short-term issues ? or are we still being so reactive that we're not looking five years ahead??Additionally, in terms of veterans, if the VA backlog isn't being handled now, why is that and what's being done or promised to address it?

John E. Pickens III, executive director of?VeteransPlus, a?nonprofit that has offered financial counseling to more than 150,000 current and former service members.? He served as a?combat medic with the U.S. Army Special Forces and the 82nd Airborne Division in the early 1970s.?

Q: What is the most critical issue facing military members?

A: The unexpected obstacles they face while transitioning into civilian life: jobs and employment. In this economy, it?s a difficult transition. For those who are lucky enough to be engaged by the VA understand their benefits, but they may not realize there are delays getting those benefits. They?re going to wait. That?s improving. But from our experience, those who are transitioning are so excited about the prospect of civilian life, they sometimes fail to see some of the obstacles.

Q: Did you hear what you needed to hear about that issue?

A: No, I honestly didn?t. I was glad that, especially the president, talked about how the nation owes veterans a debt of gratitude and good care. But it?s a much deeper subject than that. The military is an honorable profession. And even though they?re drawing down, we?re wondering: Are people going to continue to look at the military as a good profession, as something I want to go into after high school? It?s that old adage that people will join the military if they truly believe it?s a respected career and that (society) will treat you well when you finish your career.

Q: What is your takeaway from last night's debate?

A: It?s always good to hear people mentioning how we need to appreciate our veterans in a public forum. But somebody I admire a lot, Col. David Sutherland, who co-wrote that outstanding white paper,??Sea of Goodwill?, had a statement that has always stuck with me: ?Well done is better than well said.? ?

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