Rupert Grint does not count himself among the massive number of males who probably want to smooch Emma Watson.
“It was actually okay,” Grint, 22, said of his onscreen kiss with Watson in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, which opened in theaters Friday. “It was just the anticipation. Neither of us were looking forward to it.”
Grint does, however, acknowledge that may seem a bit unbelievable to most fans.
For most of the past century, the financial-services industry has used actuarial tables to design life-insurance policies, pensions, and other products based on predictions of human lifespan. These “life tables” rely on historical death rates to predict the future longevity of broadly defined population groups. But human life expectancy has increased dramatically—from 47 years in 1900 to 77 today in the United States, with similar surges around the world, leading to skyrocking pension and healthcare costs. What’s more, sizable variations in longevity have emerged among different subgroups.
Thus the financial-services industry no longer considers life tables adequate, as they leave too much room for companies to lose money.
While other phones are going large, Motorola is taking things in a different direction: small and tough.
The new Motorola Defy is a compact Android phone that wisely eschews the gigantism of other smartphones. Instead of the HTC Evo’s 4.3-inch screen or the Dell Streak’s 5-incher (please!), the Defy, which is available now from T-Mobile in the United States, has a cute little 3.6-inch display with 480 x 854 pixels. It’s small and pocketable — shorter (but thicker) than an iPhone 4 and it’s light, weighing just 4 ounces.
Despite its diminutive size, the Defy goes big in one important area: its resistance to water and grit. The case is water-resistant and the screen is made of scratch-resistant Gorilla Glass, a hardened material found in a few other recent phones. If you’ve ever dropped your phone in the toilet, spilled a beer on it or pulled it out of your pocket along with half a pound of sand after a day at the beach, you’ll understand the appeal of these two features.
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This is the only docking station that transforms an iPad, iPhone or iPod into a versatile bedside alarm clock. An app lets users wake to the music they prefer at snooze intervals from 1-29 minutes–played through the dock’s built-in speakers–while displaying weather reports, personal reminders, and overnight updates from Facebook and Twitter.
If the app isn’t running, the dock’s failover alarm ensures you’re still awakened on schedule. A digital signal processor and an equalizer produce exceptionally full, rich audio from your iPad or the dock’s FM radio with 10 pre-sets. The dock also functions as a wireless speakerphone when paired with a Bluetooth enabled cell phone and it holds and charges most iPhones and iPods.
The once-Great British navy has put the aircraft carrier HMS Invincible up for sale on an eBay-like website. It’s a sad end for a proud 690-foot warship that sailed Her Majesty’s seas from 1980 to 2005, and took part in the Falklands, Balkans and Iraq campaigns.
Its crew of more than 1,000 piloted the ship’s two-dozen aircraft up to 7,000 nautical miles from home. It steamed at speeds topping out at 28 knots, thanks to its four Rolls-Royce turbine engines.
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