Both series also include a gaming mode that cuts the lag between a remote control button press and the resulting on-screen action, making these sets perfect PC or console gaming TVs.
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The other was a much larger gathering of people from what we would now call civil society, or environmental campaign groups, who used the now familiar smorgasbord of marches, song, demonstrations and dialogue to press issues from pollution control to civil rights to vegetarianism.
The bottom-left 4 x 4 pads represent drum sounds (touch the slider to scroll up and down through even more sounds), while the bottom-right quarter of the grid serves as a clip-length control (press and hold the first pad, tap the fourth for a four-bar loop, etc.).
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However, upon completion, instead of reaching for toilet tissue you press a button on a control panel on the wall.
Some observers say their influence is now on the wane, adding that this has allowed the state to exert greater control over the press.
This is not a plea for a press-driven crusade for gun control.
It could still succeed: a government in control of a printing press should be able to debauch its own currency without needing outside help.
This would put pressure on the more reasonable elements in the Iraqi government and its Sunni and Shia communities, as well as on other countries in the region, to try to control sectarian violence and press for compromise.
It's also annoying that you actually have to press the unlock button twice to gain control of the device.
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The press release indicates that a change of control is a possibility.
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But unlike European nations that socialized their currencies and cannot print euros on their own, Japan has complete control over its currency printing press.
After winning independence from Pakistan, Bangladesh has probably fared better than Pakistan in areas of microcredit lending, grassroot development, voluntary birth-control, female education and press freedom.
The billionaire mayor has emerged as one of the country's most potent gun-control advocates, able to press his case with both his public position and his private money.
One could argue, he was in the best position to press for a better price with those particular control shares.
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Reports in the Russian press have suggested the Kremlin and others wanted control of key internet systems passed to a UN agency.
But the press conferences will also enable Mr Bernanke to control the Fed's message before a colleague with more quixotic views excites the markets.
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Just press and hold a button on the remote control and the My Beam function will instantly "beam" the sound in your direction -- useful for the hard-of-hearing or late-night movie fests while the rest of the household slumbers.
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For ardent gun-control advocates, it is an opportunity to press for a binding effort to reduce small-arms stocks around the world.
You said yesterday on Meet the Press that enough seats are in play that Republicans could take control of the House.
Cuba has long maintained nearly complete control over the island's media, and Hablemos Press has occupied a murky legal gray area.
Two days earlier, Gov. John Hickenlooper, a Democrat, told The Associated Press that "the time is right" to talk about gun control.
In Washington, CIA Director Michael Hayden told NBC's "Meet the Press" Sunday that about 70 percent of Basra was under the control of "criminal elements" when the assault was launched.
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At the press event Mr Migicovsky demonstrated how the watch can be used to wirelessly control functions on a smartphone - such as playing music while a device is in a docking station.
As you may know, my family and I have already had to endure years of press leaks and innuendo regarding a situation over which I had no direct control at one of the nursing homes within the company I ran.
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Coca-Cola 's ( KO - news - people ) recent failed bid to take control of Huiyuan Juice received a lot of coverage in the press because it was a high-profile example of an international brand trying to buy an important Chinese company and getting rejected.
Lazaridis' press demeanor of late does not project an image of a company fully in control of its vision -- something Don explored earlier.
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Then too, in his press conference with Bush, Abbas restated his hope of renewing negotiations with Hamas over control of Gaza.
The press release says the W900 is "supplied with" the HPM-80 remote control but it's not clear if this will be included in the cost of the phone.
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It is furthermore clear today that building a culture to support press freedom is generally a lengthy process, while what has been won for press freedom can also be lost in a matter of months when negative forces gain control of a country.
National Security forces strictly control visitors, and those who have seen the collateral are mostly people with press passes, or police and military badges.
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