Boylesports.com adds ZonePlay to in-play offering - Online ...

Press Releases
September 25, 2012
No Comments

Leeds based gaming start up Buzz Sports (www.buzzsports.com) today announced the launch of its flagship product ZonePlay^TM as an online offering via a partnership with the largest independent Irish bookmaker, Boylesports.

This development not only provides another high-profile platform for ZonePlay, but also gives Boylesports? customers the opportunity to play along with televised sport and bet what happens next while watching at home in the UK, Ireland and beyond.

The size, branding and content of the ZonePlay game screen has been customised by Buzz Sports to integrate into the Live Betting page of Boylesports.com seamlessly, and complement the existing range of in-play betting options. ZonePlay is also available in 26 languages and can support any currency, providing flexibility as Boylesports grow the online arm of their business and expand into overseas markets.

ZonePlay is a dynamic in-play betting product, which presents players with a simple proposition: ?What happens next??

ZonePlay offers players the opportunity to bet on the next incident during live sporting events. By providing live constantly changing odds on whether a corner, free kick or goal will happen, for example, it provides literally thousands of betting opportunities on a daily basis.

A typical English Premier League soccer game can offer over 60 unique betting opportunities, transforming even the dullest 0-0 draw into a betting spectacular.? ZonePlay is also currently available for tennis, cricket and Australian Football League, and with basketball also due for launch in 2012, the number and variety of in-play bets taken by Boylesports.com is set to continue to grow.

Buzz Sports? Chief Commercial Officer, Ian Williams, said ?We are delighted to be live trading with our first UK online partner. Boylesports have been a pleasure to work with and have put Zoneplay at the forefront of their in-play strategy, integrating a custom built smaller game window to fit into their live betting console. We are delighted with a very encouraging start and will have a stunning new custom built tablet and mobile version live in the next few weeks.

Keith O?Loughlin, Chief Executive of Boylesports Online, said ? Zoneplay is the natural progression of in running sports betting, we got Buzzsports? vision immediately and they have delivered a fantastic product that will enhance punters? enjoyment of sport dramatically. Let?s put it this way, 0-0 draws will never be the same!?

[Ends]

About Buzz Sports: (www.buzzsports.com)

Buzz Sports was founded in 2006 by a team that had previously developed betting software for some of the biggest betting companies in the world.? The company spent over four years developing its flagship product, ZonePlay, before finally bringing it to market in 2010.? Buzz Sports currently employs 40 people at its Leeds headquarters in England and is a licensed betting operator in the UK.

If you have any further information related to this story that you would like to share with us privately please click here.

Can't get enough CalvinAyre.com? Follow us on Twitter and Facebook, then you'll never miss out on the latest gaming industry news.

Views and opinions expressed are those of the Author and do not necessarily reflect those of CalvinAyre.com

Source: http://calvinayre.com/2012/09/25/press-releases/boylesports-com-adds-zoneplay-to-in-play-offering/

the new ipad apple announcement indianapolis colts joseph kony joseph kony ipad 3 release date apple store down

Clyde Hill, WA one of ?Best Places To Live for Surburbanites?: Home ...

Coldwell Banker did a national story?this week on the ?Best places to live for suburbanites?. ?Clyde Hill, WA was featured as one of the 11 cities across the U.S. that embody the quality of life perceived as most benefitting suburbanites.

The story ranked suburban cities based on the percentage of residents that own their home (known to contribute heavily to low crime rates and better upkeep of real estate), quality of available nearby schools (data gathered from GreatSchools.org?s rankings), and the number of nearby amenities that support suburban lifestyles (ATMs, grocery stores, gas stations, etc.). ?Clyde Hill ranked very high in all three categories with 89.7% of its residents owning their homes, a perfect 10.0 score for schools, and 1,026 nearby amenities.

The first category, percentage of?home ownership, is not a surprise at all for those that know Clyde Hill. ?Although it is technically an incorporated city unto its own, it feels much like an upscale neighborhood of Bellevue. Real estate values are fairly high in this coveted location, with most home prices over $1,000,000. ?Luxury real estate prices don?t usually lend themselves to a large rental population in suburban areas, and this is evident in Clyde Hill. ?If you?ve spent a lot of time in the area, you know that the low crime rates allow the Clyde Hill police department (which also services nearby Yarrow Point) much more time spent on ticketing speeding drivers?the 25 mph speed limit is not a ?suggestion? in Clyde Hill.

Clyde Hill might be matched by the adjacent cities of Yarrow Point, Hunts Point, and Medina in terms of real estate values and low crime rates, but it is somewhat closer to downtown Bellevue for amenities, and has a number of high quality local schools. ?Clyde Hill Elementary and Chinook Middle School are part of the Bellevue School district, and two of the top public schools in the state, while Sacred Heart School and Bellevue Christian School are highly-regarded private schools within the city?s boundaries.

In terms of amenities, Clyde Hill technically has just two public businesses, a gas station and a Tully?s coffee shop. ?However, it?s just a few blocks from downtown Bellevue which creates hundreds of dining, retail, and entertainment options just a short drive away. ?Access to both the I-405 freeway and SR-520 floating bridge into Seattle make it a flexible location for commuters going in any direction.

At just around 3,000 residents, Clyde Hill is certainly a small locale to take on a ?Best City? moniker, but the high quality of lifestyle, real estate, and education in Clyde Hill certainly make it a worthy recipient of the ?Best place to live for suburbanites? title.

See all Clyde Hill homes for sale.

??Seattle Homes, LLC: ? Sam DeBord, Managing Broker, Realtor
Coldwell Banker Seattle: Coldwell Banker Danforth & Associates
Twitter |?Facebook |?LinkedIn | Google + | Sam (at) SeattleHome.com

Data Source: NWMLS ? The Northwest Multiple Listing Service did not compile or publish this information.

Source: http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlewaterfronthomes/2012/09/26/clyde-hill-wa-one-of-best-places-to-live-for-surburbanites-home-ownership-quality-schools-amenities/

sacagawea new hope baptist church associated press foster friess new orleans hornets ghost rider spirit of vengeance hornets

S&P says no rating impact from gloomier euro zone forecasts

{ttle}

{cptn}","template_name":"ss_thmb_play_ttle","i18n":{"end_of_gallery_header":"End of Gallery","end_of_gallery_next":"View Again"},"metadata":{"pagination":"{firstVisible} - {lastVisible} of {numItems}","ult":{"spaceid":"7663536","sec":""}}},{"id": "hcm-carousel-1418646911", "dataManager": C.dmgr, "mediator": C.mdtr, "group_name":"hcm-carousel-1418646911", "track_item_selected":1,"tracking":{ "spaceid" : "7663536", "events" : { "click" : { "any" : { "yui-carousel-prev" : { "node" : "a", "data" : {"sec":"HCMOL on article right rail","slk":"prev","itc":"1" }, "bubbles" : true, "test": function(params){ var carousel = params.obj.getCarousel(); var pages = carousel._pages; // if same page, don't beacon if(("_ult_current_page" in carousel) && carousel._ult_current_page==pages.cur) return false; // keep track of current position within this closure carousel._ult_current_page = pages.cur; return true; } }, "yui-carousel-next" : { "node" : "a", "data" : {"sec":"HCMOL on article right rail","slk":"next","itc":"1" }, "bubbles" : true, "test": function(params){ var carousel = params.obj.getCarousel(); var pages = carousel._pages; // no more pages, don't beacon again // if same page, don't beacon if(("_ult_current_page" in carousel) && carousel._ult_current_page==pages.cur) return false; // keep track of current position within this closure carousel._ult_current_page = pages.cur; return true; } } } } } } })); }); Y.later(10, this, function() {Y.namespace("Media").ywaSettings = '"projectId": "10001256862979", "documentName": "", "documentGroup": "", "ywaColo" : "vscale3", "spaceId" : "7663536" ,"customFields" : { "12" : "classic", "13" : "story" }'; Y.Media.YWA.init(Y.namespace("Media").ywaSettings); }); Y.later(10, this, function() {(function() { try{ if (Math.floor(Math.random()*10) == 1) { var loc = window.location, decoded = decodeURI(loc.pathname), encoded = encodeURI(decoded), uri = loc.protocol + "//" + loc.host + encoded + ((loc.search.length > 0) ? loc.search + '&' : '?') + "_cacheable=1", xmlhttp; if (window.XMLHttpRequest) xmlhttp=new XMLHttpRequest(); else xmlhttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP"); xmlhttp.open("GET",uri,true); xmlhttp.send(); } }catch(e){} })(); }); Y.later(10, this, function() {if(document.onclick===YAHOO.Media.PreventDefaultHandler.newClick){document.onclick=YAHOO.Media.PreventDefaultHandler.oldClick;} }); }); });

Affiliate Marketing (Empower Network Reviews) Affiliate Marketing ...

Affiliate Marketing (Empower Network Reviews) 1-800-390-0364 PROFIT FROM EMPOWER NETWORK www.EmpowerNetworkStars.com http www.empowernetwork.com www.empowernetwork.com How to make money from home how to improve cash flow start your own home business network marketing systems learn how to work at home online income from home. Successful online business online business opportunities build passive income legitimate home based business opportunity make money online for a newbie home. Hate selling start earning money with twitter how to automate your home based business what is internet marketing network marketing review best at home. Money from at home with a passive income business best jobs for women home based business opportunity seekers principles of making money online how to. Self Employment, Ways To Generate More Money From Your Online Business, Work At Home Information, How To Set Yours Up Home Business, Home Based Business Marketing Tips, Good Ways To Make Money, Is Working At Home Really That Easy, How To Make A Passive Income, Why Work At Home Occupation, Best Home Businesses, Turnkey Home Business Opportunity, Free Legitimate Home Based Businesses, Home Business Success Secret, Facts Empower Network, Starting A Home Web Business, Online Jobs Working From Home, How To Earn More Money For Free Adelaide, South Australia,Germany, Berlin,Albury, Australia,Saudi Arabia, Riyadh,Guam,Fort Lauderdale, Florida,City of Shoalhaven, Australia,Norfolk, Virginia,Bidiyah, United ?
Video Rating: 0 / 5

Related posts:

1. How to Make Money Online ? $5000 A Week From Home
2. Network Marketing Opportunities
3. How to get money ? affiliates marketing
4. Affiliate Marketing ? Learn From The Best
5. Make Money Online Fast Canada ? Affiliate Marketing Is Easy & No Cost !

Source: http://www.bestwebtraffictoday.com/affiliate-marketing/affiliate-marketing-empower-network-reviews-affiliate-marketing/

lindzi cox bachelor finale courtney robertson ben flajnik randy moss randy moss hunger games premiere

Mobile Miscellany: week of September 17th, 2012

If you didn't get enough in mobile news during the week, not to worry, because we've opened the firehose for the truly hardcore. This past week, Sprint hit more than one milestone that it just had to share and Nokia teased the latest app that's exclusive to Lumia owners. We then discovered a very rare BlackBerry and also learned of the latest city to get prepped for T-Mobile's LTE service. Hell, we even stumbled on a new smartphone for old people! These stories and more await after the break. So buy the ticket and take the ride as we explore the "best of the rest" for this week of September 17th, 2012.

Continue reading Mobile Miscellany: week of September 17th, 2012

Filed under: Cellphones, Wireless, Software, Mobile

Mobile Miscellany: week of September 17th, 2012 originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 22 Sep 2012 21:15:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink   |   | Email this | Comments

Source: http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/SL_NRX5Fg4s/

matt ryan att wireless nfl nfl Mother Jones cars Bacon Number

Medtronic commits $6 million to address cardiovascular disease, diabetes care in India

Sunday, September 23, 2012

Washington: One year after the historic United Nations High Level Meeting on Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), Medtronic on Friday announced a five-year, $6 million (Rs 32 crore) philanthropic commitment in India to accelerate programmes specifically designed to expand access to quality care and management of diabetes and heart disease, two of the world?s leading killers.

?Coming out of the UN High Level Meeting, it?s been our pledge to help drive action at the country level, and then share those results globally,? said Dr Jacob Gayle, executive director of the Medtronic Foundation and vice president, Medtronic Community Affairs. ?By focusing on diabetes and cardiovascular disease, we hope to strengthen overall health systems in order to expand access in underserved communities. Given both the need and opportunity in India, it was clear that we needed to ramp up our support to help those already working to improve care.?

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is currently the leading cause of death in urban and rural India, killing three million people each year. India is also home to more than 60 million diabetics ? more than any other country.

?Chronic diseases have reached epidemic proportions in India,? said Dr K Srinath Reddy of the Public Health Foundation of India, who spoke with Gayle at a September 21 press briefing. ?Less than half of the people living with these diseases are diagnosed and receiving treatment. A concerted effort toward addressing this burden of NCDs requires strengthening the health system through an innovative, multi-sectoral approach.?

On September 20, the Medtronic Foundation convened a group of community health experts, non-profits, academia and the private sector in New Delhi.

Among those attending were several Medtronic Foundation grantees in India including Dr D Prabhakaran from the Centre for Chronic Disease Control in New Delhi and Dr Nikhil Tandon from All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), who recently launched a pilot programme funded by the Medtronic Foundation in Himachal Pradesh using high-tech healthcare tools and community health worker training to better screen, diagnose and treat diabetes and CVD patients.

Using a ?continuum of care? framework to guide the conversation, participants identified barriers and gaps within the current health system in order to collectively explore solutions to strengthen health systems.

Since 2010, the Medtronic Foundation has committed more than $7.5 million in NCD-related grants, including $1.2 million to NCD-related efforts in India. Moving forward, the Foundation will continue to increase global funding to expand access to NCD care for underserved communities, specifically focusing on efforts to recruit, train and equip frontline health workers, and to help reinforce patient-centred approaches to health promotion.

With NCDs accounting for more than 60 per cent of all deaths worldwide, UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon called upon the world?s businesses to help address NCDs, which are expected to increase by 50 per cent in developing countries by 2030. NCDs account for roughly 75 per cent of healthcare costs in both advanced and developing economies, according to the World Economic Forum.

Categories:?NEWS

Tags: Dr D Prabhakaran, Dr Jacob Gayle, Dr K Srinath Reddy, Dr Nikhil Tandon, Grant, Medtronic, Medtronic Foundation, NCDs

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Aalatimescom/~3/AHny30hS5eE/

Jael Strauss Alison Pill sons of anarchy gizmodo cnet britney spears sprint

Review: iPhone evolves into jewel-like '5'

A customer tries on her new iPhone 5 at the Apple store in Hong Kong Friday, Sept. 21, 2012. Apple's Asian fans jammed the tech juggernaut's shops in Australia, Hong Kong, Japan and Singapore to pick up the latest version of its iPhone. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

A customer tries on her new iPhone 5 at the Apple store in Hong Kong Friday, Sept. 21, 2012. Apple's Asian fans jammed the tech juggernaut's shops in Australia, Hong Kong, Japan and Singapore to pick up the latest version of its iPhone. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Noah Meloccaro, right, compares his older iPhone 4s to the new iPhone 5 held by Both Gatwech, outside the Apple Store in Omaha, Neb., Friday, Sept. 21, 2012 on the first day the iPhone 5 was offered for sale. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

NEW YORK (AP) ? If you run your finger over one of the joints where plastic and metal meet on the rim of the iPhone 5, you feel just the slightest hint of the seam. The materials have been machined to blend into one another with astonishing, jewel-like precision.

This is the essence of Apple: creating a product that looks and feels so good, you just know it has to be good.

The iPhone 5 lives up to its looks in the sense that it's the best iPhone yet. It's also the biggest overhaul to the line since the release of the 3G, four years ago. Compared to other high-end smartphones, however, it's more of a catch-up move.

The iPhone has a winning recipe already, and Apple's upgrades are careful and thoughtful. Beyond the beauty and thinness of it, there are no new hardware features you can't get with other phones.

For instance, the screen is bigger, but not big. It's the first time Apple is increasing the screen size of the phone, from a diagonal of 3.5 inches to one of 4 inches. The width has stayed the same, so the entire increase has come from making the screen taller.

Other smartphone makers have increased their screen sizes in the last few years, after realizing that a big screen is something customers like ?and something Apple had refused to provide. Samsung's flagship Galaxy S III has a 4.8-inch screen, for instance.

The taller screen means that third-party apps will be hemmed in by black bars until the developers get around to updating them for the new dimensions.

The other major upgrade in the iPhone 5 is that it now comes with the ability to connect to "LTE" networks in the U.S., Canada, and a few other countries. These are the latest, fastest data networks, and they'll make a huge difference, at least for Sprint and Verizon customers, who have been stuck on the relatively slow, older networks of those carriers (though Sprint customers will be hard pressed to find any LTE towers ? the company has just started building out the network.) For AT&T customers, the difference will be noticeable but not as big.

When it comes to LTE, Apple is trailing the pack. The company skipped the first generation of LTE-capable chips, which went into competing phones as far back as a year and a half ago, because they were too power-hungry. Now that the chips have improved and LTE is a near-standard feature in smartphones, Apple is coming on board.

Apple is pushing the envelope on screen technology by adopting a display that eliminates one glass layer. Ahead of Apple's announcement, company watchers were betting it would use the space freed up by the new technology to increase the battery size for the benefit of LTE users, keeping the size of the phone the same.

But Apple has actually made the phone considerably thinner, while keeping the stated battery life at an impressive eight hours of LTE usage (I did not have enough time with the phone to test this claim).

This, along with obsessive attention to fit and finish, makes for an exquisitely tight, light phone that seems perfect for the hand. The iPhone 4S suddenly looks chunky in a Stalinist way, and the Galaxy S III looks cheap and plasticky.

The phone is really too pretty to cover with a case ? I'd get a good insurance plan for it instead. The glass on most of the back has been replaced with matte aluminum, which will probably scratch and wear considerably, but it should be less fragile than the notoriously breakage-prone backs on the 4 and 4s.

One victim of the slimmed-down body is the old connection port. It was just too big to survive. Apple has replaced it with a much smaller port it calls "Lightning." This means the iPhone 5 won't fit into your iPod dock. Old charging cables won't work, either. You'll have to buy an exquisitely overpriced $29 adapter from Apple or wait for knock-offs.

It would have been nice, and uncharacteristic, of Apple to go with the flow and use the micro-USB port every other phone uses these days. That way, you could charge iPhones with other chargers, and vice versa. The Lightning port is better than micro-USB because it provides a deeper, more secure fit and it's reversible, you don't have to worry about whether you're trying to fit in the cable upside-down. But as the number of gadgets in the home keeps rising, standardizing on one port would have been welcome help with managing the chargers.

There's something else that now has a deeper, more secure fit: the new earbuds. These "EarPods" are completely redesigned. Instead of broad, round speakers, they have small, oval outlets that beam sound into the ear canal. The sound quality is outstanding. They can be bought separately for $29, and this time, that price tag looks modest.

The hardware updates mean that I'm still comfortable recommending the iPhone as the best phone out there. They don't break much new ground, but they support the things that really set the iPhone apart: the slick, reliable operating system and the multitude of high-quality, third-party applications. There's a reason Apple can sell two-year-old phones (like the "4'') while other manufacturers retire theirs after a year or less. The iPhone phenomenon is about so much more than the phone.

___

Peter Svensson can be reached at http://twitter.com/petersvensson

Associated Press

Source: http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/495d344a0d10421e9baa8ee77029cfbd/Article_2012-09-21-US-TEC-Digital%20Life-Tech%20Test-iPhone%205/id-e11df03ab5964a00bedaca4dd353d4f0

state of the union drinking game oscar noms capital gains tim thomas oral roberts les paul fred thompson

Smarter Environmental Regulation Review meeting ? 19th Sept ...

Before joining Microsoft I have experienced life working for a local authority and also the Environment Agency so environmental regulations are no stranger to me. There are hundreds, nay thousands of them (including 1000 pieces of legislation, 2000 guidance documents, and 250 reporting requirements) so things can get a bit complex for those being regulated and even the regulators themselves.

But without these sometimes complicated but vital rules placed on our organisations, this country would be in a very tragic environmental state indeed.

So, like all aspects of government recently it seems, a review is needed to work out smarter ways of making regulation easier to understand, easier to adopt and easier to find information about.

To tackle the nitty gritty of the regulations review, a panel debate was called by the Aldersgate Group (an alliance of leaders from a wide range of UK organisations who drive action for a sustainable economy) and Defra. Hosted by Microsoft at our Cardinal Place offices in London, a packed room full of folks from business, politics and society listened intently to thoughts from the panel which included:

• Paul Leinster, Chief Executive, Environment Agency
• Sonia Phippard, Director, Defra
• Hugh Milward, Director for Citizenship and Corporate Affairs, Microsoft
• Etienne Pollard, Deputy Director, Government Digital Service
• Robert Hunt, Executive Director, Veolia
• Peter Young, Chairman, Aldersgate Group (Chair)

The event only lasted for a couple of hours but quite a few excellent points were addressed by the panel. The background to this subject was laid out beautifully by Environment Agency Chief Exec Paul Leinster stating that there was ?a tremendous internal drive to improve? in his organisation, that they ?must reduce bueuracracy? and ?we must make it easier for those who are being regulated? to find important information.

A large portion of a successful revision of environmental regulations and the way they are communicated hangs around how accessible they are online. Etienne Pollard, Deputy Director of the Government Digital Service, explained how the new gov.uk website will be replacing the direct.gov and Business Link websites in October to make one easier to manage and use single platform.

So what makes this revision of environmental regulations different to past reviews? According to Sonia Phippard from Defra, the answer is easy ? ?this has been a comprehensive exercise unlike before? and ?some of the IT opportunities are different?. ?There is the opportunity to deliver a different type of service due to technology which didn?t exist until recently? she said.

On the subject of IT advances, the cloud obviously offers potentially great cost savings and provide more topical benefits for businesses. As Microsoft?s new Director for Citizenship and Corporate Affairs, Hugh Milward suggested: ?Cloud solutions can help companies meet environment regulations, by off-siting storage and processing.? But at the moment, cloud providers are being hammered for the resulting carbon increases, even though there is a system-wide reduction. It's a real barrier for cloud providers.?.

Microsoft itself has announced that it is committed to becoming carbon neutral as soon as possible. And these environmental considerations are reflected on the software side too with the new Windows 8 using 30% less energy than Windows XP.

So what about the future for this review? What?s the next step? Well, by the sounds of things, the government are open to helpful ideas and suggestions from everyone. They have a way forward and that direction is using common sense and advances in IT to bring about this new generation in environmental regulations. Certainly things are going to get much easier to find regulatory information and underpinning some of this development will probably be the cloud in some form.

Posted by Howard - Microsoft UK Public Sector Content and Communities Manager

Source: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ukgovernment/archive/2012/09/21/smarter-environmental-regulation-review-meeting-19th-sept-2012-cardinal-place-london.aspx

starship troopers starship troopers cruise ship italy patriots broncos game saints willis mcgahee willis mcgahee

Qualcomm updates Vellamo benchmark suite for Android, we had a nice chat with them about it

The popular Vellamo benchmark suite got a pretty big update today, bringing new features and a really nice UI to the popular software from Qualcomm. We talked with Sy Choudhury, senior director of product management at Qualcomm about it earlier in the week, and while they haven't convinced me that benchmarks are the perfect way to measure the performance of our Android phones and tablets just yet, they did answer a couple questions I've had and have me looking at the issue again. That's no small feat -- I'm pretty stubborn.

First, let's talk about the app itself. A benchmark tool doesn't have to look ugly, and Vellamo really does things up nicely. The main screen of the app lets you chose between HTML 5 based browser benchmarks, "Metal", as in hardware measuring, benchmarks, or a set of extras like tools to measure touch screen response, the Octane benchmark, and "advanced" video benchmarking tools. 

Benchmarking is easy, just tap one of the circular icons and let it run. When finished, you can compare your scores with others, or look a bit deeper to evaluate each test individually. You can also long press on the main benchmark icon and select individual tests. The settings allow you to run multiple tests to get the best average (recommended), email the comprehensive set of results to you when finished, and turn the tutorial on and off. 

Most importantly, a link to a full description of each test is provided right in the About section. It's no use to run these things if you have no clue what it all means, and Qualcomm does a great job explaining each test in both the HTML 5 and the Metal category, as well as the extras. This is what makes Vellamo my recommendation for folks who are fiddling with software and want to test the result on their phone. Sure, Qualcomm can send me a well written pdf file (they did, and I thank them for it) about each test but putting it out there for everyone using the app to read is pretty damn smart. Excellent move, Qualcomm.

As mentioned, Mr. Choudhury from Qualcomm took a few minutes to talk with us about Vellamo. He walked me through each of the tests and tools, but more importantly they shared a little about why they made the app and how they use it. Vellamo started as an internal testing suite for engineers and developers at Qualcomm. Some of their customers (folks like Samsung and HTC) requested the tools for themselves. Qualcomm obliged, and then decided since they had to build a stand alone app anyway that they would release it to the public. While it's not exactly the same app the fellows designing Qualcomm chips is using, it does provide the same exact tools they use to test performance. Learning about the how and why is always cool, and talking with Mr. Choudhury let me know that they take performance of our mobile devices pretty seriously at Qualcomm -- at least as seriously as we do.

Of course, I asked about any weighting or bias towards Qualcomm-powered devices -- a popular theory around the Internet. The tests used in Vellamo are industry standards, and are unmodified. The reason Qualcomm devices often score better on Vellamo is because, as mentioned, it's the tool they are using in-house to improve their chips. The engineers address issues they may see in Vellamo, and that means that the end product will score well in Vellamo. There are no sneaky software edits to make Snapdragons outperform other chips. 

I'm still not convinced that software based benchmark tools are a good way to compare the way one device runs versus another. There are too many variables, and nobody worries about the raw data given and instead uses the big number at the end as an Internet manhood measuring tool. But if you want to see how flashing different ROMs or making other software edits affects the phone or tablet in your hands, Vellamo is a pretty damn good way to do it. It's free in Google Play, grab it from the link above ad check out the product video after the break.

read more

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/androidcentral/~3/rByt0i0_1AE/story01.htm

nicollette sheridan apple dividend snow white and the huntsman snow white and the huntsman rupaul drag race walking dead comic kratom

Website Hosting ? It Truly Is Not Merely A Spiders ... - Business Articles

This article has been viewed 6 times.

Every so often it is the minimal details that excursion us up, factors that we consider without any consideration given that they have at all times been there. Things such as electrical power and TV?s and cell phones and now cyberspace. My youngest daughter who?s now extraordinarily inquisitive bombards me with problems that as being a dutiful mum or dad I try out to elucidate or attempt to uncover out myself. For instance have you ever attempted to elucidate to some 6 yr previous how cell phones give good results? My regular reaction has long been to state ?Let?s Google it!?

Exactly what is A site Title?

Just set a site title certainly is the technical time period to the ?address? of the unique web page online. In addition, domains could very well be a lot more precise s, telling us the place sub-folders are. Usually we?re just wanting to try to remember the precise most important deal with of the internet site. Choosing the incorrect website deal with is like arriving late for your social gathering and you?ve got overlooked the handle. Gonna 23 Bennington Lane as an alternative of 23 Rennington Lane and even 32 Bennington Lane will consider you to somewhat differing locations!

You always sign-up a site by registering having a companies registrar. The trade is controlled and overseen by regulatory human body referred to as ICANN, which happens to be a corporation chargeable for giving benchmarks and techniques for certifying establishments as domain title registrars.

Registration has developed in excess of the ages. Community Options was the primary registrar to at any time offer you this kind of a company. Which was more than 10 many years back but in the present day there?s a lot of accredited registrars these as GoDaddy and Identify Economical. Merely a domain title registrar is permitted to accessibility and modify the learn database domains which can be on InterNIC servers.

What on earth is Internet hosting?

Easily set webhosting certainly is the means of storing most of the documents of the web content someplace where by then anybody across the world-wide-web might have entry to. An internet internet hosting services presents a company that permits persons and corporations to submit web content into the word wide web.

An online internet hosting business enterprise like JustHost or Hostmonster will give shoppers use of a server that could give the consumers subject material to people today about the Internet soon after they generate an URL or domain title ask for. To look at pages online, you have to have got a world wide web browser, this sort of as Microsoft The web Explorer or Netscape Navigator to ask for the online article in the server when you could have ordered access to the internet.

Online web pages are pages that can be saved over a laptop computer named a server. The server is part of the community of pcs via the internet or Internet which allows buyers in the online to succeed in your website any place during the globe at whenever. The online world is open up 24 several hours, 7 times weekly across the clock.

Host pcs are configured to make certain that once your URL or domain title is typed in, the deal with will utilize a pointer schedule (try to look for the deal with from final to final) before it reaches the pc that hosts your web-site. Then, if all is alright, your web page may want to display screen alone within the consumers display.

Internet hosting vendors will need that you simply acquire your URL or domain title initially ahead of you buy internet hosting products. Most internet hosting merchants use an offer that may enable you to order the domain title and internet hosting concurrently.

The leading matter is one) get knowledgeable and a couple of) Store close to! It is really outstanding how costs for domain internet hosting and identify registrations have dropped inside of the previous few of calendar year! I hope that goes a way to conveying the main difference around Domains and Domain Internet hosting! It is been a satisfaction creating in your case.

When you need to know a great deal more over the matter, kindly explore to How an Affordable And Trustworthy Webhosting Solution Can Diminish the Price Of Managing Your Web-based Company for more info.

Source: http://www.gotarticles.com/website-hosting-it-truly-is-not-merely-a-spiders-celebration-factors-it-is-advisable-to-know-about-internet-hosting/

ohio university keystone xl pipeline idaho potato bowl cagayan de oro cagayan de oro bowl schedule 2011 bowl schedule

Romney Camp Needed Loan Before Convention (WSJ)

Share With Friends: | | Politics - Top Stories News, RSS Feeds and Widgets via Feedzilla.

Source: http://news.feedzilla.com/en_us/stories/politics/top-stories/249359185?client_source=feed&format=rss

jerry lewis tampa bay bucs cowboys cowboys slim dunkin slim dunkin will rogers

Mars Rover's Eclipse Photos to Probe Red Planet's Interior

Photos of several partial solar eclipses on Mars snapped recently by NASA's Curiosity rover may help scientists better understand the Red Planet's interior structure and composition, researchers say.

The 1-ton Curiosity rover captured Mars' tiny moon Phobos taking a nibble out of the sun's disk last Thursday (Sept. 13). Several days later, it watched additional partial eclipses caused by Phobos and Deimos, the Red Planet's other minuscule satellite (though images from these last two celestial events are not available yet).

Scientists will use these photos to nail down the orbits of Phobos and Deimos precisely, and to determine how much they have changed over the last few years, researchers said. This information, in turn, could yield key insights about Mars' insides, which remain largely mysterious.

"We can't go inside Mars, but we can use these to tell how much Mars is deformed when the moons go by," Curiosity science team co-investigator Mark Lemmon, of Texas A&M University, told reporters today (Sept. 19). "So we measure the transits very precisely, we get information on Mars' interior structure." [7 Biggest Mysteries of Mars]

Phobos is just 14 miles (22 kilometers) wide on average, and Deimos is even smaller. Many scientists think both satellites are asteroids that were captured by the Red Planet's gravity long ago.

Neither moon will be in its current orbit forever. Deimos, which whips around Mars every 30 hours or so, is speeding up, while Phobos is slowing down in its eight-hour orbit. Scientists think Mars' gravity will probably destroy Phobos, perhaps in the next 10 to 15 million years or so.

"It will work its way in at some point and get so close that tidal forces from Mars will very likely break it up before it does start grazing the atmosphere and come down," Lemmon said. "So Mars may briefly have a ring system."

The Curiosity team has been doing more than just skywatching since landing the $2.5 billion robot inside Mars' huge Gale Crater on Aug. 5. Researchers have thoroughly vetted Curiosity and its 10 science instruments, which are designed to help the rover determine if the Gale area could ever have supported microbial life.

Curiosity has also hit the road recently, traveling a total of about 950 feet (290 meters) from its landing site so far, researchers said today. The rover now sits about 660 feet (200 m) from its first major science destination, a site called Glenelg where three different types of Martian terrain come together.

But Curiosity will spend the next several days more or less stationary, gearing up to perform its first contact science operations on a pyramidal rock that mission scientists have named "Jake Matijevic," after a rover team member who died shortly after Curiosity landed.

The rover will investigate the 16-inch-high (25 centimeters) rock with its Alpha Particle X-Ray Spectrometer, which measures elemental composition, and its Mars Hand Lens Imager close-up camera. Both APXS and MAHLI sit at the end of Curiosity's 7-foot-long (2.1 m) robotic arm.

Curiosity will also zap "Jake Matijevic" with the laser on its ChemCam instrument, which reads rock composition from the vaporized bits, scientists said.

While researchers are looking forward to reaching Glenelg, Curiosity's ultimate destination is the base of Mount Sharp, the 3.4-mile-high (5.5 km) mountain rising from Gale Crater's center. Mars-orbiting spacecraft have spotted signs that Mount Sharp's foothills were exposed to liquid water long ago.

Mount Sharp's interesting deposits lie about 6 miles (10 km) away. Curiosity ? which is currently covering about 100 feet (30 m) on a big driving day but should eventually kick that up to 330 feet (100 m) or so ? could be ready to head toward Mount Sharp around the end of the year, rover scientists have said.

Follow SPACE.com senior writer Mike Wall on Twitter @michaeldwallor SPACE.com @Spacedotcom. We're also on Facebookand?Google+.

Copyright 2012 SPACE.com, a TechMediaNetwork company. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/mars-rovers-eclipse-photos-probe-red-planets-interior-210307454.html

giuliana and bill bill rancic nflx jennifer hudson chicago blackhawks dick clark elie wiesel

The Judge Group - Job Details - TECHNICAL WRITER I (IT)

Description: The Judge Group, a professional services firm specializing in Technology Consulting, Staffing and Training, is currently seeking a Technical Writer for a 6 month consulting assignment with one of its prestigious telecommunications clients in Northern New Jersey. DESCRIPTION: In this role your main responsibility will be to create, edit, standardize, organize, and maintain tech documents. QUALIFICATIONS / SKILLS: -Bachelor's degree in a related area and 2-4 years of experience in the field or in a related area; Familiar with standard concepts, practices, and procedures within a particular field. -Experience and a high level of competence in VISIO is required. -Experience with Adobe FrameMaker, Dreamweaver, Adobe Illustrator, and PhotoShop is a plus. For consideration please forward your resume to Lvd@judge.com

Source: http://www.judge.com/jobseekers_jobsearchdetails.aspx?ID=370132

zipper armenian genocide asteroid mining memorial day ivan rodriguez planetary resources mothers day gift ideas

Amazon brings Cloud Player music service to the UK: choice of free or premium tiers from ?6 per year

Brits who've been straining for a reason to care about Amazon's budding Cloud Player service can probably relax. It's live in the UK as of now, offering 5GB of online storage and the ability to stream 250 of your tracks (or 256Kbps matched versions) to a range of devices free of charge. Adding extra storage will cost from £6 per year for 20GB, rising to £320 p/a for a full terabyte. If you're a heavy user, though, you may also need to fork out £22 p/a for the right to stream up to 250,000 of your tracks. Paying to play music you already purchased? Indeed, further exertion may be necessary to figure out if it's all worth it, along with a glance at the detailed press release after the break.

Continue reading Amazon brings Cloud Player music service to the UK: choice of free or premium tiers from ?6 per year

Filed under: Cellphones, Portable Audio/Video, Tablets, Storage, Internet

Amazon brings Cloud Player music service to the UK: choice of free or premium tiers from ?6 per year originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 18 Sep 2012 08:14:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink   |   | Email this | Comments

Source: http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/oElXfRtMXCw/

bowling green marysville tornados dr. seuss dr seuss the temptations rush limbaugh sandra fluke

Center For Individual Freedom, Conservative Group, Spends Big Against House Dems

WASHINGTON -- A conservative organization leading efforts to beat back disclosure laws in national politics is set to buy nearly $2 million in television advertising against House Democrats, a Democratic source told The Huffington Post.

The Center for Individual Freedom has reserved $1.9 million in as many as 11 media markets, according to the Democrat, who tracks media purchases. The new spending nearly matches the organization's expenditure in the 2010 elections.

It's not immediately clear which lawmakers will be targeted. The source said details of the purchase suggest that House candidates Christie Vilsack of Iowa, John Oceguera of Nevada, Annie Kuster of New Hampshire, and and Julian Schreibman of New York, may be targets, along with Rep. Ben Chandler (D-Ky.), Rep. Dan Maffei (D-N.Y.), and Rep. Jim Matheson (D-Utah).

The Center for Individual Freedom is a non-profit, 501c4 organization that advocates for a variety of conservative causes. In practical political terms, that means backing Republican candidates for office. As the Washington Post reported, during the last election cycle, the group spent $2.5 million "on independent campaigning through October 2010, with 100 percent benefiting Republican candidates."

In recent years, the Center for Individual Freedom has led efforts to defeat efforts to compel groups like it from being forced to reveal their donors. On Tuesday, it won a big victory when a U.S. appeals court overturned a lower court decision that increased disclosure requirements.

Some information is known about its funding. Mother Jones reported in April that the Center for Individual Freedom had been given $2.75 million from Crossroads GPS, the conservative non-profit started by Karl Rove.

An email and call to the Center for Individual Freedom was not returned on Tuesday night.

Also on HuffPost:

"; var coords = [-5, -72]; // display fb-bubble FloatingPrompt.embed(this, html, undefined, 'top', {fp_intersects:1, timeout_remove:2000,ignore_arrow: true, width:236, add_xy:coords, class_name: 'clear-overlay'}); });

Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/19/center-for-individual-freedom-spends_n_1895416.html

wooly mammoth no child left behind no child left behind neurofibromatosis steve jobs fbi file suge knight obama birth control

Appeals court reverses ruling on campaign donors

WASHINGTON (AP) ? An appeals court on Tuesday reversed a lower court ruling that likely would have led to greater disclosure of who is paying for certain election ads.

In March, U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson ruled that the Federal Election Commission overstepped its bounds in allowing groups that fund certain election ads to keep their financiers anonymous.

But Tuesday's unanimous ruling by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia sent the case back to Jackson, with instructions to refer the matter to the FEC for further consideration.

At issue are electioneering communications ? ads that don't expressly advocate voting for or against a candidate running for federal office. In 2007, the FEC ruled that corporations and nonprofits didn't have to reveal who financed such ads. The FEC regulation came in response to a Supreme Court ruling that gave more latitude to nonprofit groups ? like the Karl Rove-backed Crossroads GPS and the President Barack Obama-leaning Priorities USA ? on pre-election ads.

Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., sued the FEC over the regulation, and won a summary judgment from Jackson, who was appointed by President Barack Obama. The judge ruled that "Congress spoke plainly" in passing the McCain-Feingold campaign finance law ? and did not delegate authority to the FEC to narrow the disclosure requirement.

But the appeals court ruled that Jackson erred in concluding that Congress spoke plainly. "The statute is anything but clear," the court ruled.

"It was due to the complicated situation that confronted the agency in 2007 and the absence of plain meaning in the statute that the FEC acted pursuant to its delegated authority ... to fill 'a gap' in the statute," the panel added. Two of the judges ? Janice Rogers Brown and A. Raymond Randolph ? were nominated by Republican presidents. The other judge, Harry T. Edwards, was appointed by Democrat Jimmy Carter.

The FEC didn't appeal its loss at the lower court, but two interveners did ? the Center for Individual Freedom and the Hispanic Leadership Fund. While siding with those groups, the appeals court said that the FEC regulation "has raised as many questions as it purported to resolve," and that the agency's failure to participate in the appeal made it impossible to fully understand the FEC's position on numerous issued raised by the parties.

"Therefore, the court is in no position to assess the parties' arguments on whether (the regulation) is reasonable, and thus entitled to deference," the court said.

When the FEC takes up the issue again, the court ruled, it will be up to the agency to explain the meaning and scope of the regulation or do additional rulemaking.

Campaign-finance regulations have received new scrutiny this election cycle, following a handful of federal court rulings that stripped away long-established limits on how much individuals and organizations may contribute to groups favoring certain candidates. One Supreme Court ruling, known as Citizens United, gave a green light for corporations and labor unions to spend unlimited cash on campaign ads.

Under McCain-Feingold, groups that spend more than $10,000 per year on such campaign ads must file reports with the FEC. Some groups later testified before the FEC that disclosing all donors ? not ones who specifically earmarked their money for ads ? would be an administrative burden.

"We're pleased with the ruling today," said Mario H. Lopez, president of the Hispanic Leadership Fund. "We have to wait and see how the rest of the case is resolved. We're proud to be defending the First Amendment rights of not just our organization but all Americans."

But Common Cause President Bob Edgar said the decision killed voters' last chance of finding out who was pouring millions of dollars into the elections.

"With 49 days to go, there's still no sheriff in town, it's the wild, wild west," he said in a statement. "People and companies making six- and seven-figure investments in candidates and causes will want something in return for their money, and the candidates who benefit from their generosity will have a powerful incentive to deliver it. That's why disclosure is so important; before we go to the polls, voters should know to whom the candidates we choose will be beholden."

___

Follow Fred Frommer on Twitter: http://twitter.com/ffrommer

Associated Press

Source: http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/89ae8247abe8493fae24405546e9a1aa/Article_2012-09-18-Campaign%20Finance%20Ruling/id-8f7c8747c6424b84a5b8c35b79f9df8d

pellet gun clay aiken zambrano orange bowl tim howard goal ben gibbard nfl playoff schedule

Apple announces first day iPhone 5 pre-orders top 2 million

Apple has just announced that pre-orders for the brand new iPhone 5 broke 2 million in the first 24hrs, smashing their previous record for the iPhone 4S last year. Here's Apple?s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing, Phil Schiller, for the pull quote:

iPhone 5 pre-orders have shattered the previous record held by iPhone 4S and the customer response to iPhone 5 has been phenomenal. iPhone 5 is the best iPhone yet, the most beautiful product we?ve ever made, and we hope customers love it as much as we do.

The iPhone 4S managed 1 million pre-orders in 24 hours. With the iPhone 5 doubling that, it'll be interesting to see what it goes on to do at both retail and online come the September 21 launch, and whether this number reflects pent-up demand, a shift to pre-orders from retail sales, increased growth, or all of the above.

Also, in reference to current iPhone 5 shipping estimates of 2-3 weeks, Apple adds:

Demand for iPhone 5 exceeds the initial supply and while the majority of pre-orders will be delivered to customers on September 21, many are scheduled to be delivered in October.

That means if you're in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, or the UK and you still want an iPhone 5 in September, you'll need to line up at an Apple Store or authorized retailer come Friday. If you're in Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden or Switzerland, you've still got to wait until September 28 to join in the fun.

For more on the iPhone 5, including our complete buyers guide, and a change to win a free iPhone 5 from iMore, check out:

• iPhone 5: Everything you need to know

Source: Apple

Iphone 5

iphone 5 launch

Pre-orders

Featured

News

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheIphoneBlog/~3/2-1tAaT7hPs/story01.htm

geraldo rivera supreme court health care joe oliver joba chamberlain new york mega millions jetblue jetblue

China pushes Japan with sea claims, trade threats

BEIJING (Reuters) - China has moved to bolster its legal position in a volatile territorial dispute with Japan, state newspapers said on Monday, warning that Japan could endure another "lost decade" of economic stagnation if Beijing turns to trade retaliation.

The volley of warnings from Chinese officials and newspapers came after a weekend of protests across dozens of cities, some of them violent. Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda urged Beijing to ensure Japan's people and property were protected.

The ruling Chinese Communist Party, which rarely allows street protests, opened the door to the display of public anger after Japan's decision last week to buy disputed East China Sea islands, which Tokyo calls the Senkaku and Beijing calls the Diaoyu, from a private Japanese owner.

Beijing called that a severe violation of its sovereignty and the dispute has triggered a wave of nationalist ire that the Chinese government has sought to both channel and contain.

China's latest effort to show resolve in the dispute was to announce it will submit to a United Nations commission a proposal spelling out its claims in the East China Sea, based on its definition of the limits of its continental shelf.

The planned submission "reflects the Chinese government's unwavering determination and will to protect national maritime rights", said Deng Zhonghua, a Chinese Foreign Ministry official in charge of boundary and maritime issues, according to a Xinhua news report late on Sunday.

Smaller protest marches resumed on Monday in front of the Japanese embassy in Beijing, watched by hundreds of police and anti-riot officers, but were nothing like the thousands who turned out in several cities at the weekend.

The long-running territorial row has erupted again while Asia's two biggest economies focus on domestic political pressures. Noda's government faces an election in months, adding pressure on him not to look weak on China.

China's Communist Party is preoccupied with a leadership turnover, with President Hu Jintao due to step down as party leader at a congress that could open as soon as next month.

Those political pressures have narrowed the room for diplomatic give-and-take. Last week, a Chinese commerce official warned that the argument could spill over into economic ties.

China is Japan's largest trading partner. In 2011, their bilateral trade grew 14.3 percent in value to a record $345 billion. A Nissan Motor Co Ltd executive has said the tensions were affecting business with China.

On Monday, the overseas edition of the People's Daily, the main newspaper of the Chinese Communist Party, warned that Beijing could resort to economic retaliation if the dispute festers, threatening enduring repercussions for Japan.

"How could be it be that Japan wants another lost decade, and could even be prepared to go back by two decades," said a front-page editorial in the newspaper. China "has always been extremely cautious about playing the economic card", it said.

"But in struggles concerning territorial sovereignty, if Japan continues its provocations, then China will take up the battle," the paper said.

At the weekend, Chinese demonstrators looted shops and attacked Japanese cars and restaurants in at least five cities. Protesters also broke into Japanese-run factories in eastern Qingdao on Saturday, according to the Japanese broadcaster NHK.

China and Japan have long been at odds over how they define their territorial limits in the East China Sea. Beijing's planned submission to a U.N. commission is intended to clarify its claims under international law.

Japan says the median line between the two countries' coasts is the boundary of their respective exclusive economic zones. China says the boundary is defined by its continental shelf, extending its claimed zone beyond the median line.

(Additional reporting by Ben Blanchard; Editing by Paul Tait)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/china-pushes-japan-sea-claims-trade-threats-021433836--finance.html

little big town att wireless kate middleton nfl nfl NFL.com

Venezuela's Capriles goes on offensive after graft accusations

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's opposition challenger Henrique Capriles sought to deflect attention from a corruption scandal by throwing the accusation back at President Hugo Chavez on Friday in an escalating political brawl ahead of the October 7 vote.

Already in an uphill fight to end Chavez's 14-year socialist rule of the South American OPEC member, Capriles' camp suffered a setback on Thursday when government lawmakers released a video of an aide taking cash in dubious circumstances.

Capriles immediately fired the aide, Juan Carlos Caldera, and tried to turn the incident in his favor by saying that he - unlike Chavez - would not tolerate any whiff of misconduct within his team.

"If this government and its candidate took on corruption, they'd have no ministers left," Capriles told a rally.

Transparency International ranks Venezuela as the second-most corrupt nation in the Americas, after Haiti.

Opposition critics revel in tales of Chavez allies who in a matter of years have moved from slums to plush homes and bought yachts and luxury cars.

Government officials constantly try to link Capriles with the pre-Chavez era during which politicians for decades pocketed oil revenues while poverty deepened.

Chavez in a late-night interview said Capriles moved too quickly to "wash his hands" of the matter.

"Imagine falling into the hands of these people, who turn knives on each other," Chavez said in the televised interview.

"The first thing you have to do is investigate, not come out condemning him in 10 minutes or a half hour," Chavez said. "Imagine a president like that!"

At a rally in western Lara state, Capriles mocked Chavez for the lofty contents of his election manifesto. Its goals include deepening socialism, striving for a "new international geopolitical" dynamic, and helping to "save" mankind.

"They want to save the human race ... (but) where do they propose the solution to the problems you are living with every day? They don't mention them because this government is worn out," Capriles said, holding a copy of Chavez's manifesto.

"Where's the solution to the electricity problem? Where's the solution to the water problem, the public services?" he asked, referring to power cuts and other day-to-day problems.

Capriles, a 40-year-old state governor who says Brazil's mix of capitalism and strong social welfare programs is his economic model, seeks to project an image of youth, energy and attention to grassroots problems.

He wants to end Chavez's statist economics - especially the nationalization program - and his alliances with anti-U.S. governments like Syria, Iran, Belarus and Cuba.

WHAT HAPPENS AFTER OCT. 7?

Chavez, 58, who has outwitted the opposition time and time again since taking power in 1999, is promising Venezuela's 29 million voters to extend his socialist crusade, spread oil wealth and overturn historic injustices.

Most of the best-known pollsters put Chavez ahead by 10 points or more. But opinion polls are notoriously controversial and divergent in Venezuela.

Capriles' numbers have crept up in recent weeks. One major pollster on Friday put him just ahead of Chavez, 48.1 percent to 46.2 percent - neck-and-neck given the margin of error.

If Chavez wins easily, he would have carte blanche to continue his socialist experiment, perhaps seeking to extend the state's grip on those areas of the economy - such as banking - still left largely in private hands.

A close result could result in protests and fraud claims from either side, leading to possible unrest in a polarized nation full of guns.

The government hopes the video of Capriles aide and opposition legislator Caldera, which shows him taking money in return for promising access to Capriles, will tarnish the candidate's image.

But Caldera has said Capriles had nothing to do with it and that the money - about $9,300 from a businessman - was a legitimate contribution to his mayoral campaign.

"The government is doing this to try and put the brakes on something that is unstoppable," he told a television station. "They are trying to stop this with mud and dirty tactics."

Both sides have leaked documents that are purported to come from each others' camps in recent days.

The government has displayed a supposed secret "neoliberal" economic package planned by Capriles, while opposition activists have circulated what they say is an internal campaign document from the Chavez camp with instructions on how to sully the opposition and exalt the president.

(Additional reporting by Mario Naranjo, Enrique Andres Pretel and Deisy Buitrago; Editing by Brian Ellsworth and Eric Walsh)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/venezuelas-capriles-goes-offensive-graft-accusations-051408258.html

jose canseco zimmerman derek fisher lyrid meteor shower hippocrates andrew breitbart red wings