They're bright, and they bring a lot to the table.

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"We are excited to work with Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks to bring fans football 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, " said NFL Network President and CEO Steve Bornstein.

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The sincere narration, written by Armistead Maupin and delivered by Lily Tomlin, is very PBS, but the tone shifts entertainingly whenever the directors turn to interviews, with the likes of Maupin, Harvey Fierstein, Susan Sarandon, and the incandescent Susie Bright, all of whom bring humor and great understanding to the clips.

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Just three months ago, company CEO Meg Whitman promised a bright future for HP with plans to bring "a number of new programs and disruptive innovations to market in the coming quarters, " which likely includes such products as the Split x2.

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While American higher-education institutions are stronger than ever, it's becoming more difficult to bring foreign nationals to the U.S. and keep their bright minds here.

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There are old-fashioned Chinese medicine herbalists, traditional foodstuff vendors selling seaweed and glazed crickets by the handful, and more than a few shops hawking aka-pantsu -- bright red, high-waisted underwear believed to ward off evil and bring the wearer strength and vitality.

BBC: Seeing Tokyo along the Yamanote Line

But Dr Anders Sandberg, James Martin Research Fellow at the Future of Humanity Institute at Oxford University, said that while "the future looks pretty bright" there are "dark shadows" because technologies to improve the world also bring fears such as security worries over advances in sharing technology and bio-weapons coming out of bio-technology meant to feed us and bring us new sources of energy.

BBC: How bright is the world's future?

On the bright side, Plan B did inspire the excellent NokiaPlanS.com, which is sure to bring a smile to even the loneliest hearts in Espoo.

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