Engadget Podcast 304 - 08.03.2012

Another week sails by on the good ship The Engadget Podcast -- come aboard. We can print you a margarita.

Hosts: Tim Stevens, Brian Heater
Guest: Terrence O'Brien
Producer: Trent Wolbe
Music: Orbital - Never

01:15 - Google postponing Nexus Q launch to 'make it better,' sending a free device to those who pre-ordered
02:30 - Google begins shipping free Nexus Q pre-orders
15:05 - MacBook Pro review (13-inch, mid-2012)
22:00 - Samsung Galaxy Note for T-Mobile review
24:54 - MakerBot Replicator impressions: the dawning of 3D printers in every home?
43:00 - RIM tips August 9th BlackBerry PlayBook 4G LTE Canadian release (update: faster, too)
46:13 - Apple reports 3 million Mountain Lion downloads in four days, 'most successful OS X release'
49:53 - Apple designer takes the witness stand in Samsung case, brings more iPhone / iPad prototypes along




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General Motors, Ford slip behind Japanese automakers

General Motors' June sales fell six percent, while Ford's dwindled by four percent. Honda and Toyota ? both Japanese companies ? saw sales skyrocket by 45 and 26 percent, respectively. What are American automakers doing wrong?

By Dee-Ann Durbin, Tom Krisher / August 1, 2012

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General Motors and?Ford?lost ground to Japanese automakers last month as their rivals made a strong comeback from last year's earthquake.

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GM's July sales fell 6 percent from a year earlier, while?Ford's?slipped 4 percent. By contrast, Honda sales leaped 45 percent while Toyota posted a 26-percent gain. Chrysler also did well, notching its best July in five years.

Total U.S. auto sales are expected to rise 11 percent when the final numbers come in Wednesday, boosted by summer clearance deals and low-cost financing. The Japanese are seeing the biggest sales gains from a year earlier, when they couldn't supply enough models to U.S showrooms after production was hobbled by a March earthquake.

In the first half of 2012, sales of new cars and trucks ran at an annual pace of just over 14 million, the industry's best performance in five years. Buyers snapped up everything from small cars to pickups, making the industry a bright spot in the economy. The only setback came in May, when sales slowed to annual pace of 13.8 million as the stock market dropped.

In July, car shoppers had a lot of financial enticements, analysts say. There were good deals on last year's models, low- or no-interest financing and strong trade-in values due to high used-car prices. That helped buyers shrug off negatives such as stagnant hiring and the financial crisis in Europe.

Auto loans are available from banks for just over 3 percent, and car companies are offering zero-percent financing on many models.

The auto pricing website TrueCar.com estimates Volkswagen's incentive spending was up 38 percent last month. Volkswagen was offering zero percent financing for five years on all non-diesel 2012 models. Nissan's spending was also up 22 percent to $3,205, the highest level among the eight largest automakers. Nissan was offering up to $3,400 off the outgoing Altima sedan as the new version hits the market.

At?Ford, the Lincoln luxury brand and Fiesta subcompact dragged down sales in July. Lincoln sales dropped 11 percent, while the Fiesta was off 23 percent. Sales of the Escape small SUV fell 12 percent after the latest version was recalled for safety problems.

Ford's?best performer was the Fusion sedan, which saw sales climb 21 percent. The?Ford?Explorer SUV was up 14 percent.

At GM, the company blamed its sales drop on a planned decrease in sales to rental car companies. But GM's retail sales to individual buyers fell 3 percent. Only the Cadillac brand reported a sales increase, up almost 21 percent.

Sales of the Chevrolet Cruze compact fell 39 percent as Honda and Toyota had full supplies of small cars. The Cruze was the top-selling compact in the nation a year ago when Honda and Toyota supplies were short. But last month, Honda sold more than 25,000 Civics, beating the Cruze by more than 10,000.

Despite the sales decline and last weekend's ouster of GM's marketing chief, company executives said they don't expect to alter marketing or factory production.

"There is no change in direction," said Alan Batey, U.S. sales vice president and interim marketing head. "The team is focusing on executing."

Unlike?Ford?and GM, South Korea's Hyundai kept gains it made last year while Honda and Toyota couldn't make enough cars. Hyundai sales rose 4 percent in July.

The third big U.S. automaker, Chrysler, saw sales rise 13 percent ? led by strong demand for its Ram pickup and Chrysler 200 sedan. Chrysler's top seller, the Ram pickup, rose 17 percent in July as home building increased. And the company's highly-anticipated new car, the Dodge Dart, saw sales hit 800.

Sales of the Chrysler 200 jumped 43 percent. The 200, formerly called the Sebring, was revamped last year and got a huge boost after being featured in a 2011 Super Bowl ad with Detroit rapper Eminem and a tagline of "Imported from Detroit."

There are signs, though, that Chrysler won't be able to keep up the blistering growth pace from earlier in the year. The company's sales grew more than 30 percent in the first half, and were up more than 40 percent in January and February.

Nissan's sales increase was led by the Infiniti luxury brand, which was up 57 percent. Volkswagen had its best July since 1973, led by the new Passat midsize sedan.

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Shouldice Mechanical Offers Heating System Installations and Repairs

Shouldice Mechanical, an experienced and trusted HVAC services provider, is offering installation and repair services for heating systems.

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Ottawa, Ontario (July 13, 2012) -- Shouldice Mechanical, an experienced and trusted HVAC services provider, is offering installation and repair services for heating systems. They provide the kind of fireplace, boiler, and furnace Ottawa residents need for both residential and commercial buildings.

Shouldice Mechanical's highly trained and experienced professional technicians have the experience and necessary skills to install, repair, and service an extensive selection of boilers, furnaces, and rooftop and make-up air systems. On top of that, they help their clients get the most efficient equipment for the kind of heating Ottawa locals need in their homes and offices.

Heating systems are an integral part of homes and offices. These systems give people comfort and protect them from the adverse effects of extremely low temperatures. At Shouldice Mechanical, their friendly staff are competent to provide a new heating system or an upgrade to an old system to ensure their clients enjoy the kind of heating Ottawa and residents from nearby areas can rely on.

Shouldice Mechanical has been providing quality HVAC services for over ten years. As knowledgeable professionals in the kind of heating and cooling Ottawa residents prefer, they evaluate their clients' specific heating needs and apply appropriate solutions to keep their cooling and heating systems in excellent condition.

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The Best Debt Management Firm | MerchServices - Financial Blog

Since debt can be one of the main issues faced through millions of people around the world, debt management companies have a excellent name on the market. Since there are numerous big and also small firms, having the finest debt management companies isn?t an easy task. You can find debt management instructions offering thorough critiques with regards to debt loans, debt consolidation plans, debt management companies and backlinks to other sources.

The very best debt management companies typically lessen your payments in that way that you could afford those monthly amounts. As a result these types of companies variety a stylish prospective client to those who battle to pay their own bills. Your companies make a deal together with creditors with respect to customers to make all of them lower the repayments. The actual borrowers have to pay normal monthly amounts to the actual debt boss for your arrangement regarding debts. This individual subsequently splits the total amount along with will pay your credit card companies keeping that in mind.

Debt management companies additionally make contact with collectors as well as inform them to never harass borrowers. These people manage all of the things in connection with debts. When the lenders still carry on uncomfortable a new person, rogues can take court action towards all of them for injuries. Nevertheless, it is usually better to work out with your creditor on your own as opposed to providing an opportunity to some debt management company. For the reason that an external negotiator may additional damage your current credit. One other way associated with debt settlement is through any credit counseling agency. If you may dump the debts within the cheapest possible way by way of this kind of negotiation, it can impact your current credit ranking.

Typically, a debt management company expenses hefty service fees for its services. Several companies report that they?re going to result in the essential discussions together with creditors, provided anyone pay back again 1 / 2 of the benefits. Whereby traders take the initial monthly payment as their original price. As a result severe care should be taken to find the finest debt management company. It is recommended that a new borrower looks at all of the options by looking at your believability in the service provider. Coming from a set of the most effective debt management companies, an alternative in which complies with person specs have to be manufactured.

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Why do we need the next gen already? - InsertCointoBegin.com ...

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PC gamers are always bragging about how they don?t have to wait for the next console to continue gaming on the next level. Console gamers are always counter arguing that the games for PC aren?t as good as they once were. Sure, PC gamers can update their systems sooner and play the next Sims or W.O.W. The argument has been and will continue to be an extremely debated item.

This would cease to happen should game development companies stop asking for more so often. We are in the longest generation of video game consoles to date and it has been going so well for everyone! However, this is not enough for the majority of gamers. I mean think about what we have accomplished in this generation. Consoles intagrating online, multiplayer game play CORRECTLY! Sure, we started touching on this in the last generation but it was far from perfect. Gaming systems have gone from all gaming to all multimedia. You can dance or run or even yoga it up in front of your console and you don?t need to hold a controller. This is still fairly new.

Now, Thanks to FIFA 13 if you have a kinect hooked up you can(and most likely will be) yellow or even red carded(if that?s how the rules work, not really a soccer guy) for inappropriate language during your game play. However, that allows you to change up your formation and call different plays. With Haunted(Xbox live game) you explore a haunted house and help restore the owner. Using nothing but your hands and feet you walk around the house using a flash light.

Now while being a nerd makes me excited to see where we are headed next with technology, I think its too soon. I think we are only scratching the surface with this gen. I already know that I am in the minority in this opinion but darn it, that?s my thoughts. What are yours? do you think we should move on already or is there still life left on these ones?

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Rohingya Muslims "persecuted" after Myanmar crackdown: report

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Myanmar security forces killed, raped or carried out mass arrests of Rohingya Muslims after deadly sectarian riots in the northeast in June, a rights group said on Wednesday, adding the authorities had done little to prevent the initial unrest.

Aid workers were blocked and in some cases arrested, and Rohingyas bore the brunt of a government crackdown in Rakhine state after a week of arson and machete attack by both ethnic Rakhine Buddhists and Rohingyas, New York-based Human Rights Watch said in a report.

Based on 57 interviews with Rakhines and Rohingyas, the report seeks to shed light on a conflict that exposed deep-rooted communal animosity and put the spotlight on promises by the civilian government in office since 2011 to protect human rights after decades of brutal army rule.

"Burmese security forces failed to protect the Arakan (Rakhine) and Rohingya from each other and then unleashed a campaign of violence and mass round-ups against the Rohingya," said Brad Adams, Asia director at Human Rights Watch.

"The government claims it is committed to ending ethnic strife and abuse, but recent events in Arakan State demonstrate that state-sponsored persecution and discrimination persist."

Foreign Minister Wunna Maung Lwin said on Monday the authorities had exercised "maximum restraint" in restoring law and order and that the rioting was not fuelled by religious persecution.

He rejected what he said were attempts to "politicize and internationalize the situation as a religious issue", adding that the government was eager to promote "racial harmony among different nationalities".

In veiled criticism of the United States and European Union, which praised the government for its handling of the unrest, Adams said the international community had been "blinded by a romantic narrative of sweeping change" in Myanmar.

The former Burma has a diverse ethnic and religious make-up, but the Rohingya Muslims are not included by the government. There are at least 800,000 Rohingyas in the country but they are not recognized as one of its ethnic groups.

Neighboring Bangladesh does not accept them and pushed boatloads back out to sea when they tried to flee the unrest.

"RESETTLE THEM"

Myanmar President Thein Sein said in June the government was only responsible for third-generation Rohingyas whose families had arrived before independence in 1948 and that it was impossible to accept those who had "illegally entered" Myanmar.

He recommended that the United Nations refugee agency UNHCR take care of them in camps or resettle them in third countries. UNHCR chief Antonio Guterres replied it could only resettle refugees that fled from one country to another.

The riots followed two brutal incidents in Rakhine state: the May 28 rape and murder of a Rakhine woman by three Rohingya males, who were sentenced to death, and the June 3 lynching in response of 10 non-Rohingya Muslims travelling on a bus.

Human Rights Watch said police and troops did not intervene to stop the mobs from beating the Muslims to death. During the riots that followed, it said some Rohingyas who tried to flee or put out fires at their homes were shot at by paramilitaries.

It called for the government to end abuses, grant full humanitarian access and invite in international monitors. Access to the area remains restricted.

Thein Sein is in a tight spot. Concessions towards the Rohingyas could prove unpopular among the general public, but perceived ill-treatment risks angering Western countries that have eased sanctions in response to human rights reforms.

Minister of Border Affairs Thein Htay says 858 people have been detained for involvement in the violence, including five UNHCR staff and a U.N. World Food Programme employee. It was unclear how many of the total were Rohingya or ethnic Rakhine.

The Foreign Ministry has said 77 people died and 109 were injured during the violence, and nearly 5,000 homes burnt down.

(Additional reporting by Aung Hla Tun in Yangon; Editing by Alan Raybould and Nick Macfie)

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Joe Joe Bear Foundation ? Our Cypress Non ... - Cypress TX Homes

Please give me a bit of background about Joe Joe Bear.

The Joe Joe Bear Foundation was created in memory of Joseph David Ordaz who passed away on March 10, 2009 from Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia, he was 24.? Joe had a bone marrow transplant on July 17, 2008 that the doctors thought would be successful.? However on December 3, 2008 he found out the cancer was back.? Joe was undergoing treatment to prepare for a second transplant when he asked for a teddy bear to hold while he was alone so that he could feel like we were with him always.? Joe was so full of life and had a smile that would light up a room whenever he entered.? He was always in good spirits and always tried to make people smile, he is deeply missed.

The charity was created to keep Joe?s memory alive and to help others in the same situation.? It saddened him to hear the children crying at night in the hospital when they were alone and scared, he would say, ?he wished he could help comfort the sick children.????The Joe Joe Bear Foundation was founded in 2009 and is a 501c3 non-profit that give children with life threatening illnesses teddy bears to give them comfort when they are scared and alone.

In the past 3 years over 10,000 bears have been given to sick children in the hospital in the Houston and surrounding areas.? Hospitals receiving bears:

• MD Anderson Cancer Center
• Texas Children?s Hospital
• Memorial Children?s Hospital
• Harris County Hospital District
• Health Bridge
• Ronald McDonald House Houston
• Ronald McDonald House Galveston
• Shriver?s Burn Hospital Galveston

In addition to the bears we also hold bi-monthly community blood drives to create awareness of the need of blood to save lives of sick children.

What one thing do we need to know about your mission?

Tough question, The importance of a bear to a child, and the comfort it brings.? Many of our children will not see a cure in their lifetime, so we focus on their comfort now.? Putting a little smile on their face.

What is it like to be a volunteer for Joe Joe Bear?

Well we like to have fun!? We are laid back, easy going but hard working! ?We can find a place to fit the skills of our volunteer.

What are the requirements to volunteer?

To have a passion for the cause!? Every Volunteer has to hug a bear so they know what it feels like for a child receiving the bear. ?They all smile afterwards and say it makes them happy.

Other than volunteering, how else can residents of Cypress help?

By donating NEW bears, making a monetary donation, helping us create awareness, letting us speak at events.

Thank you so much to?Jeanette for taking time to share information with us about?Joe Joe Bear Foundation.??If you know of a non-profit in Cypress, TX that you would like to see highlighted, please send us the info through our?contact page.

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