On the other coast, we have companies like Meetup.com, which pride themselves on a sort of anti-Google philosophy of being intimately embedded in their New York environment.

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Panasonic first introduced its concept of connected HDTVs five years ago and in 2012 VIERA Connect1, Panasonic's proprietary IPTV platform, continues to improve its functionality by employing a cloud based technology and philosophy, allowing for an unlimited number of apps being available to the consumer.

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However if liberals actually did laugh off his criticism because it came replete with copious references to science fiction and video games they were being unduly light hearted about important matters of philosophy and statecraft.

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Their philosophy of the whole work of art is key to the multiplatform design being done today.

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"I certainly know a lot of practitioners, who, while being seasoned litigators, don't have a concrete philosophy on where the law should be on these issues, " Copland said.

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But I do think, you know, having spent a lot of time thinking about it and working through this issue personally that, you know, this is where I am, for reasons that are consistent with my political philosophy, including family values, including being a conservative who believes the family is a building block of society, so I'm comfortable there now.

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While things may not have worked out the way it was envisioned back in 2001, one can certainly appreciate a philosophy suggesting that a government that is racking up large, annual surpluses might be indicative of a population that is being taxed too highly.

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