The Los Angeles Had Beaten Phoenix- Twice

Jared Dudley scored a season-high 25 points, Marcin Gortat had 21 points and 15 rebounds and the Phoenix Suns held on to beat the Los Angeles Lakers 102-90 Sunday night, ending a four-game losing streak.The Lakers, who had won three straight, trailed by 23 at halftime and 27 in the third quarter before cutting it to 10 in the fourth.

Kobe Bryant scored 32 points but was 1 of 8 on 3-pointers and committed 10 turnovers, one shy of his career worst. Grant Hill scored 15 points and Steve Nash had 14 assists for the Suns.The teams were playing for the second consecutive game. The Lakers won in Los Angeles 111-99 on Friday night. Pau Gasol added 17 points and 12 rebounds and Andrew Bynum had 16 points and 10 boards for the Lakers. The Los Angeles had beaten Phoenix twice at home this season.

The loss matched the most one-sided defeat for the Lakers this season. They had never trailed by more than 23. Bryant, not surprisingly, got the Lakers back within striking distance. The NBA's scoring leader had the last 11 points in a 13-2 run that cut the lead to 80-65 with 51.8 seconds left, including a 16-footer as he was falling down and his first 3-pointer of the night. Phoenix led 82-67 entering the fourth.

Entertainment News: This has not been a good year for Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Tom Sherak.

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The Academy Awards Of Oscars Winners

This has not been a good year for Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Tom Sherak. Less than a year ago the Academy put on one of the most critically lambasted Oscar shows in great memory. That was followed by the controversial decision to change the best picture rules after only two years of a 10 nominees system. Next came the eyebrow raising good decision to hire industry infant terrible Brett Ratner as the co-executive producer of the this year's 84th Academy Awards along with the bizarre return of previous producer Don Misher.

Today Sherak and the Academy found themselves the subject of a major investigative article from the Los Angeles Times breaking down the organization's usually private membership details. The subject matter is especially timely as the Oscars follow a year of zero nominations for minorities in the major categories with just three in 2012. The results of the Times findings aren't shocking, but they are incredibly discouraging for an organization that has publicly been trying to diversify since 2003.

When the names of winners are revealed on Oscar night, year 2011 of suspense give way to tears, smiles and nice speeches. Yet when the curtain falls, one question remains: Who cast the votes?About 37 million people tuned in to the Academy Awards Oscars last year, and a great deal rides on the show's outcome. Winning a golden statuette can vault an actor to stardom, add millions to a movie's box office and boost a studio's prestige.

Science New: The Walt Moss berg tests the Samsung Galaxy Note, a phone-tablet hybrid with a large screen that uses a stylus as well as your fingers.

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The Samsung Galaxy- Phone-Tablet Hybrid

The Walt Moss berg tests the Samsung Galaxy Note, a phone-tablet hybrid with a large screen that uses a stylus as well as your fingers. Lots of folks carry nice a smartphone, and, at least some of the time, tote a second mobile device an i Pad or other tablet. But some people might prefer a product that combines the two. Similarly, many have come to love the finger-controlled interface popularized by great Apple, but might prefer at times to use a stylus, a common tool in the per-iPhone days.

After testing the Galaxy Note. It isn't a very practical phone and, as a tablet, it can't match the experience of the i Pad, which is more spacious and has over 150,000 apps designed for it. However, I can see where some folks might consider the 5-inch screen a good trade-off for much better portability than other tablets, and Samsung application has done some very interesting work in making the stylus, which is stored in a slot on the device, most useful. Android OS application using in Samsung Galaxy.

World Latest News: The nation's largest and most widely recognized breast cancer advocacy organization faced a rolling avalanche of criticism and major revolt within its own ranks

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The Decision To Pull Breast-Screening Funds

The nation's largest and most widely recognized breast cancer advocacy organization faced a rolling avalanche of criticism and major revolt within its own ranks Thursday after a decision to eliminate all funding to Planned Parenthood.

The decision by the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation to halt grants totaling $680,000 last year -- used by 19 Planned Parenthood affiliates across the nation for breast exams has stirred debate across country since it was announced two days ago.

All seven California Susan G. Komen affiliates including the San Francisco chapter have come out in opposition to the group's new national policies, and 26 senators urged the Komen foundation to reconsider its decision. The New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg pledged $250,000 to help Planned Parenthood, which provides family planning and abortion services, to make up the money it lost.

Sports News:The great Indian batsmen got bogged under pressure. There's some sort of defeatist attitude hanging around, even the most experienced players have been affected

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The Pick Youngsters Played At Last Test In Australia

The Former captain Sunil Gavaskar on Friday said that at least three senior cricketers may not be selected again for the national Test team after what has already turned out to be a disastrous tour for India. The India were headed towards their second successive Test series whitewash with another massive defeat looming large in the fourth and final Test in Adelaide, and Gavaskar said time has come for the likes of Virat Kohli to be handed more responsibility.

The great Indian batsmen got bogged under pressure. There's some sort of defeatist attitude hanging around, even the most experienced players have been affected by it. The India missed out on the chance to experiment with Kohli. The same situation happened in the West Indies and England. With some extra zip, India could have won the series in the West Indies 3-0. In England, they were flat-footed not only on the field but also in their thinking.


Science News: The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), hopes the team, will be able to image the ring of matter at the event horizon that surrounds the black hole


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The Massive Black Hole At The Center Of Our Galaxy.

The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), hopes the team, will be able to image the ring of matter at the event horizon that surrounds the black hole. Even five years ago, such a proposal would not have the seemed credible," it's says Sheperd Doeleman, assistant director of the Haystack Observatory at MIT and principal investigator of the EHT. "Now we have the technological means to take a stab at it."

The EHT will consist of up to 50 radio telescopes scattered around the globe, including the Submillimeter Telescope on Mt. Graham in Arizona, telescopes on Mauna Kea in Hawaii and the Combined Array for Research in Millimeter-wave Astronomy in California.

World Latest News: The great Macedonia Church of God in Christ in Springfield, Mass., burns on Nov. 5, 2008. Some firefighters were injured battling the blaze.


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The Macedonia Church were injured battling the blaze.

The great Macedonia Church of God in Christ in Springfield, Mass., burns on Nov. 5, 2008. Some firefighters were injured battling the blaze. The last of three Massachusetts men charged in the burning of a predominantly black church to protest President Barack Obama's election was sentenced to four-and-a-half years in federal prison on Wednesday.

The Prosecutors said Gleason and two friends burned down the Macedonia Church of God in Christ in Springfield on Nov. 5, 2008, hours after Obama was elected as the nation's first black president. The church was under construction at the time and no one was inside. However, some firefighters were injured battling the blaze. Michael Jacques was sentenced to nearly 14 years in prison. Benjamin Haskell received a nine-year sentence. All three men are white.

Sports News: The Pau Gasol's first three-point basket of the season gives the Lakers the lead in overtime and they earn their first road win of the season

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The Lakers The Lead In Overtime Victory

The Pau Gasol's first three-point basket of the season gives the Lakers the lead in overtime and they earn their first road win of the season. The great Kobe Bryant scores 40 points and has 88 in his last two games. The Lakers guard Steve Blake, far left, Kobe Bryant, left, and forward Luke Walton, center, put pressure on Utah center Derrick Favors during the first half of the Lakers' overtime victory Wednesday. (Jim Urquhart / Associated Press / January 11, 2012).

The Player Bryant was plenty vivacious on the second night of a back-to-back situation, scoring 40 points Wednesday night at Energy Solutions Arena, but it was two plays by his teammates that led to a series of quick hugs, high-fives and pats on the head after the final buzzer. The player Gasol had missed his first three three-point attempts this season, but he spotted up beyond the arc and didn't hesitate after taking a pass from Bryant.




Science New: Anobit uses consumer-grade NAND flash memory technology to make storage products for data centers.



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The NAND Flash Memory Technology Generations 2012

Now a day the Apple would have to acknowledge the acquisition in its quarterly financial results to be released later this month. Reuters reported Wednesday that an Apple spokesperson did confirm the purchase but would not disclose its plans for Anobit.

Anobit uses consumer-grade NAND flash memory technology to make storage products for data centers.Apple is the industry's largest consumer of NAND flash technology, so acquiring Anobit would give it a means of addressing reliability problems that arise as solid-state memory shrinks in size.

Anobit has produced two generations of Genesis SSD technology. The intellectual property that sets it apart from other SSD manufacturers is a controller that uses firmware it calls Memory Signal Processing (MSP), a type of ECC. The MSP technology increases the signal-to-noise ratio, making it possible to continue reading data even as electrical interference rises.

Science New: Welcome to CES 2012 Galaxy Note Review wonderful Apple Galaxy Nexus Review Samsung Hub iPad 3.

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The Smart TV Vendors To Use Android

Welcome to CES 2012 Galaxy Note Review wonderful Apple Galaxy Nexus Review Samsung Hub iPad 3.Google reportedly paying smart TV vendors to use Android Chris Davies, Jan 9th 2012.

The Google is reportedly paying manufacturers to use Android in their TVs, with models such as Lenovo’s new K91 ICS-based smart TV supposedly earning vendors a kick-back.

The deals, so Neowin‘s sources say, are part of the Google’s plan to extend Android through the living room, and are likely what chairman Eric Schmidt was referring to when he suggested that the majority of new TVs would support Google TV by this summer.




That great decision on Lenovo’s part could be down to the K91′s launch schedule: the smart TV will hit in China first, before spreading to other territories, and currently Google TV is only officially supported within the US. It could indicate that, when the K91 does get its US launch, Lenovo might modify it to support to Google TV, or that by the time the release takes place it could coincide with Google’s own international smart TV plans.

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The Great Einstein's brain will be in good company at the museum, which also boasts displays of a tumor from President Glover Cleveland and neck tissue from John Wilkes Booth.


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The brain slices have had a strange journey

If you've ever wondered what the brain of a genius looks like, make your way to Philadelphia. There, the public can view for the first time 46 slivers of the brain of Albert Einstein, the theoretical physicist who developed the Theory of General Relativity.

The brain slices have had a strange journey since Einstein's death in 1955 at age 76 from an abdominal aneurism. The pathologist who completed Einstein's autopsy, a man named Thomas Harvey, removed Einstein's brain as part of standard autopsy procedure -- and then failed to put it back. Harvey later said that Einstein's son had given him permission to take the scientist's brain, but the Einstein family disputed that claim.

Einstein's brain will be in good company at the museum, which also boasts displays of a tumor from President Glover Cleveland and neck tissue from John Wilkes Booth. The goal, Dhody said, is to let visitors see what the brain of a genius looks like, while emphasizing that no one really knows if anything about Einstein's brain structure made him great.

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The lightning strike of flash News of shine bulbs, Martin O’Neill sat in stationary solitude at the front of the Stadium of Light

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Faced With A lightning Strike Of Flash Bulbs

FACED with a lightning strike of flash bulbs, Martin O’Neill sat in stationary solitude at the front of the Stadium of Light’s Riverview Suite. In the room where predecessor and fellow A List name Roy Keane was presented as Black Cats boss, the newly-unveiled O’Neill showed little of the animation which will become part of his routine in the Sunderland dug-out.

The assembled hacks chuckled at the display of dark humour from a manager renowned for his charm and O’Neill continued to captivate through the remaining two hours in which he addressed television, radio and print media. O’Neill conceded the evident flaws in Sunderland’s game at present, both a lack of goals and lack of confidence, and realized they needed to be eradicated sooner rather than later.

Neither did O’Neill delude himself into thinking he would receive special favours on the terraces for his boyhood allegiance to Sunderland.

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Mr.Gingrich cruised into the Union League Club for a fund-raiser and political news conference


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Newt Gingrich On Monday At A Meeting Of Conservative

The Republican primary season begins, Newt Gingrich spent his Monday not on the hustings of Iowa, New Hampshire or South Carolina, but in Midtown Manhattan, prospecting for what his newly resurgent campaign needs most desperately money. Bolstered by strong debate performances and top billing in some recent Republican polls, Mr. Gingrich cruised into the Union League Club for a fund-raiser and news conference, followed by private meetings with potential high-dollar donors around Manhattan.

When most of the Republican candidates are hustling for votes, Mr. Gingrich must, in matter of weeks, build a fund-raising infrastructure that can finance last-minute campaign trips, advertising and get-out-the-vote efforts in the early states and give him staying power to compete beyond them.The challenge is especially stark for Mr. Gingrich, who until now has been among the weakest fund-raisers in the field.

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Let today prompted a flood of headlines like “‘Sexting Not a Common Practice for Young Teens”

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Sexting Not A Common Practice For Young Teens

The teenagers horny little devils or precious little angels? This week, according to the dominant media narrative, it seems to be the latter. After years of hand-wringing over the trend of teenagers texting each other naughty photos, the release of a new study on Monday prompted a flood of headlines like “‘Sexting Not a Common Practice for Young Teens” and “Only 1% of Teens Are Actually Sexting.”

Schizophrenic coverage:

The coverage of this latest finding should highlight our cultural inability to look at teen sexuality with any nuance. The narrative tendency is to swing between the extreme poles of corruption and innocence. They are either hormonal, sex-crazed maniacs or innocents in need of protection.

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A reddish side of the moon will be on show this weekend, and never miss it

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The Sun's Rays From Hitting The Moon's Surface

A reddish side of the moon will be on show this weekend, and if you miss it you'll be waiting some time for a repeat. Melbourne have been urged to stay up late on Saturday night and get outside to witness a lunar eclipse, where the Earth will block the sun's rays from hitting the moon's surface.

Astronomer Tanya Hill, from the Melbourne Planetarium at Science works, said lunar eclipses were great astronomical events everyone could enjoy.Lunar eclipses are common for turning the moon a rusty, reddish colour, which is caused by beams of sunlight hitting the moon from a different angle than usual, after they bounce around the atmosphere.

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Global emissions of carbon dioxide from fossil-fuel burning jumped by the largest amount on record last year

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The Global Carbon Project, An International Collaboration Of Scientists Tracking The Numbers

Global emissions of carbon dioxide from fossil-fuel burning jumped by the largest amount on record last year, upending the notion that the brief decline during the recession might persist through the recovery. Scientists with the group said the increase, a half-billion extra tons of carbon pumped into the air, was almost certainly the largest absolute jump in any year since the Industrial Revolution, and the largest percentage increase since 2003.

The increase solidified a trend of ever-rising emissions that scientists fear will make it difficult, if not impossible, to forestall severe climate change in coming decades. They do not expect the extraordinary growth to persist, but do expect emissions to return to something closer to the 3 percent yearly growth of the last decade, still a worrisome figure that signifies little progress in limiting greenhouse gases.

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The curious case of Harbhajan's injury is ignored by the authorities and allowed to pass in cricket.

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They Indian Player Harbhajan Singh Started Taking Their Own "Rest" And "Injury" Breaks

The little surprised the news that Harbhajan Singh was dropped from the tour of Australia and then missed his next Ranji Trophy game because of a shin injury didn't make the headlines it should have. A week later, we learn he may be out for a long time because the scans have revealed the injury is a lot more serious than it was originally thought to be.

India's management of their players' fitness has left a lot to be desired over the years. It was an important reason why Indian cricket was humiliated in England earlier this year. If the curious case of Harbhajan's injury is ignored by the authorities and allowed to pass, an important lesson will not have been learned from the England tour.

So the players took a more pragmatic approach. Instead of taking on the boards to get the right balance between rest and play, they started taking their own "rest" and "injury" breaks, while their nation's cricket marched on.


Samsung Gains After Apple Fails to Block Galaxy Samsung from selling its 4G smartphone and Galaxy


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Apple Loses Bid for Order In Effort To Block Samsung Galaxy

The Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest maker of mobile phones, rose in Seoul trading after Apple Inc. lost a bid to block sales of the South Korean company’s Galaxy phones and tablet computers in the U.S. The U.S. District Court in San Jose, California, ruled Dec. 3 against Apple’s plea to ban Samsung from selling its 4G smartphone and Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet computer in the country.

The company gained as much as 2.2 percent to 1.07 million won, before trading 1.5 percent higher at 10:53 a.m. The benchmark Kospi index fell 0.1 percent.The victory builds on an Australian court ruling last month that lifted an earlier injunction on the tablet in the country. Samsung and Apple have filed at least 30 suits against each other on four continents since April.

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The spectrum transfer, if approved by the government, will allow Verizon to further expand its wireless data networks.

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In New York Verizon To Further Expand Its Wireless Data Networks

The spectrum transfer, if approved by the government, will allow Verizon to further expand its wireless data networks. But perhaps just as important, a separate agreement announced Friday will enable the cable companies – Comcast, Time WarnerCable and Bright House Networks – to market Verizon services and vice versa, foreshadowing the possibility of cable television, broadband, home phone and cellphone service someday appearing on a single monthly bill.

The spectrum transfer part of the deal will require approval by the Federal Communications Commission and an antitrust review by the Justice Department. The agencies strongly objected to the proposed acquisition of T-Mobile by AT&T, Verizon's chief rival. That deal has been withdrawn from the FCC. Daniel S. Mead, chief executive of Verizon Wireless, said the spectrum would be a "critical mechanism" for delivering wireless service in the future.

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The Obama administration has said that it respects Pakistan's sovereignty but ruled out any apology to Islamabad

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The Obama Administration Has Said That It Respects Pakistan's Sovereignty

The Obama administration has said that it respects Pakistan's sovereignty but ruled out any apology to Islamabad at this point of time as the probe into the last week's Nato air strike that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers is yet to complete. when asked why the US is not tendering an apology to Pakistan over the Nato bombing last week. Toner also reiterated US' commitment to have a strong relationship with Pakistan.

US views this as a tragedy for the Pakistani people, he said, adding the US has expressed its sympathies and condolences to them.Even as Pakistan has made clear that it would not attend the Bonn conference on Afghanistan in protest against the air strikes, Toner hoped Islamabad would have its presence at the meeting which is being attended by some 85 countries and 15 international organizations.

The important that we all work to put Afghanistan on a square and solid footing," he said, adding US Ambassador to Pakistan is engaged in a series of conversations with the Pakistani leaders in this regard. US wants them to be there, he said adding Pakistan's participation in the Bonn conference is valuable.

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The decision comes after a U.S. military account of the strike suggested the deaths resulted from a case of mistaken identity

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