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When Prince William and Kate Middleton announced their engagement in 2010 it was not the ring that got everyone's attention – as spectacular as it was. No it was Kate's glossy, bouncy brunette waves that had the media and all the fashionistas going gaga. Since then everyone has been trying to achieve those glossy locks. The good news is that you don't need the budget of a Duchess to get your hair to all amazing, thanks to a plethora of hairstyling tools out there you can have hair like Kate in just a few short minutes. Hair tools have come a long way from the simple straighteners that were on the market in the 90s and now brands spend a lot of time and money researching ways to create advanced models that can work wonders on your tresses. I have listed the top five hair straighteners on the market.
GHD Eclipse
This is the new one model from GHD. If you are after a high end straightener then look no further. The Eclipse can work on any texture from fine and straight to thick and curly Afro hair. It also a very fast model and can style larger sections of hair at a time which is great for early mornings. The new GHD Eclipse uses a more effective heat to deliver the best and fastest results yet. A really fantastic investment tool.
Priced at £195
InStyler 32mm Special Edition Bundle V2
This tool straightens, curls and create volume and shine to your hair. It contains a rotating heated polishing cylinder, four rows of precision-aligned bristles, and a thermal shield that protects the skin from the heat. The InStyler is a real joy to use because it really lifts your hair from the root and creates a lot of volume. The beauty of the InStyler is its versatility which allows you to straighten your hair but still achieve a lot of fullness. They are available exclusively from Boots or you can purchase from the InStyler website.
Priced at £79.99.
BaByliss 2098U Elegance Metallic Purple Straightener
With its beautiful design and salon quality performance, the BaByliss model ticks all the boxes. It is a powerful, sophisticated straightener and styler in one. It is all ready to straighten or style in just 15 seconds with ultra fast heat up and recovery. The Pro 230 Elegance gives you the freedom to straighten and style your hair. Along with straightening your hair to a smooth, sleek finish, the curved design lets you easily create waves, curls and movement in your hair with a flick of your wrist. Wrapped up in a stunning high gloss metallic purple finish, the BaByliss is everything every girl dreams off.
Priced at £79.95
The Salon Pro Straightener with Comb
Hairdressing supremo, Nicky Clarke kills two birds with one stone with this little beauty. The comb teeth glide through your hair effortlessly without snagging it and the ceramic plates smooth over your hair creating a very slick finish. Most importantly the Salon Pro Straightener contains a Tourmaline plate which locks in moisture into your hair which stops it from being damaged. The Salon Pro Straightener with Comb is perfect for ladies who are low on time but high on maintenance.
Priced at £49.99.
Yogi Curling Hair Wand
If fancy something a bit unique and funky then these are your best bet. The Yogi Wand comes in a variety of styles such as zebra print, snake skin and hot pink. The wand is lightweight, quick and easy to use. The ionic and tourmaline ceramic technology will deliver super smooth hair with long lasting results. They will also allow you to create a variety of looks from big bouncy waves to super straight locks and flirty flicks.
Prices has been reduced from £64.95 to £34.95.
Tags: BaByliss, GHD, InStyler, Nicky Clarke, Yogi


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There's no official holiday that marks today, but there might as well be. Why, you ask? Because it's Beyonce's birthday, people!
They don't call her Queen Bey for nothing--whether it's fabulous hairdos, sexy red carpet looks or just her morning I-woke-up-like-this selfies, the Grammy winner is downright flawless. And on her 34th birthday, we're celebrating just one of her many sartorial accomplishments by taking a look back at her fierce street style.
Seriously, Beyonce's better than ever. This summer, no one could best her at strategically placing objects over the stomach, landing the September issue of all September issues or, as of yesterday, going all long, side-swept bangs on us when we least expected it. Happy birthday, Bey!
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ROCHESTER — The following items are based on 1,553 entries on the Rochester Police Log from Oct. 7 to 17:
Monday, Oct. 7
3:48 a.m. — Music blasts from Lambert Court.
4:50 a.m. — Near Jimmy's Smokeshop, Anthony Joseph Lewis, 23, of 337D Portland St., is charged with conspiracy to commit, and with contempt; Douglas K.A. Moore, 25, a transient of Rochester, is charged with attempt to commit burglary.
7:45 a.m. — There's a panhandler in the parking lot of a South Main laundromat.
10:35 a.m. — A stolen PlayStation is spotted at Quick Cash Trading Center.
11:01 a.m. — A GPS unit is stolen from an unlocked vehicle on Sampson Road.
2:38 p.m. — Two hand-hewn urns have vanished from a Franklin Street grave site.
3:31 p.m. — Jonathan A. Bolz, 33, of 131A Milton Road, is charged with theft by unauthorized taking.
3:35 p.m. — Benjamin Mackenzie, 198 South Main St., is charged with theft and criminal trespass.
3:40 p.m. — A Riverside Drive home has been burgled and a TV stolen.
5:12 p.m. — A vehicle has been vandalized in the Hannaford lot on Milton Road.
5:40 p.m. — A woman reports she found a camera pointed at the toilet in a Merchants Plaza bathroom.
6:45 p.m. — At Amazon Park a woman feels her friend is very out of place, for she's walked in and pinned her down "and shoved a cupcake in her face."
6:57 p.m. — On Phillips Lane there is a disturbance arising from a refuted allegation of inappropriate touching.
7:37 p.m. — Frisbie Security, patrolling the parking lot, hears a rapid burst of gunfire. No patients show up.
7:37 p.m. — A purse is missing from a Linden Street apartment.
9:17 p.m. — A shoplifter in a black hat takes off from Walgreen's.
Tuesday, Oct. 8
3:36 a.m. — Items are missing from a home in Amazon Park.
8:47 a.m. — A Moores Court woman is accused — falsely she says — of dumping ice on a neighbors car. No police action is needed after everything cools down.
9:23 a.m. — A Bridle Woods resident thinks mail could have been stolen.
9:43 a.m. — Coyote Crook Outfitters reports an instance of fraud.
10:29 a.m. — John R. McIsaac, 56, of 13 Pebblestone Lane, is charged with issuing bad checks.
10:50 a.m. — Eddie Tyshawn Hemingway, 31, of 1079 Maplewood Avenue, Portsmouth, is charged with criminal threatening and arrested on a warrant.
10:58 a.m. — A panhandler is staking out the ATM at Service Credit Union.
11:45 a.m. — At the station a woman says her friend stole items from Walmart while she was with her, but seeks no part of it.
12:34 p.m. — Christopher Emmons, 37, of 81 Four Rod Road, is charged with criminal threatening, criminal mischief, and four counts of simple assault, as well as being arrested on a warrant.
12:43 p.m. — The Gonic Trails sign has been sprayed with obscenities.
1:38 p.m. — A silver handbag found near Federal Savings Bank is returned to its owner.
1:45 p.m. — At Walmart, two juvenile shoplifters are bagged.
5:15 p.m. — Meredith Graham, 41, of Amazon Park, lot 60, is charged with drug possession and resisting arrest, and arrested on a warrant.
7:40 p.m. — Anthony E. Carone, 48, of 233 Washington St., is charged with willful concealment at Walgreen's
Wednesday, Oct. 10
12:13 a.m. — A drunk grabs a 12-pack from Walgreen's.
7:21 a.m. — Rufus the beagle slips though a damaged gate on Charles Street. A neighbor collars him later.
12:28 p.m. — A BMX bike is found at the high school.
1:20 p.m. — Hannaford has been hit with dud checks under multiple aliases.
3:07 p.m. — At Walmart, Susan A. Woodard, 38; Yvonne Elaine Huntress, 55; and Samuel E. Mason, 36; all of 5 South Cranberry Lane, are each charged with willful concealment.
3:30 p.m. — Donnell L. Smith, 22, a transient, is charged with driving after suspension and arrested on a warrant; Gary Wayne Tuttle III, 22, of 45 Civic St., Apt. 1, Farmington, is charged with stalking — subsequent.
5:56 p.m. — A green-eyed, longhair Dry Hill cat — does anyone know where it's at?
6:38 p.m. — A man who called upon a Pine Street lady is now missing his wallet.
6:40 p.m. — Police warn a yelling man on Heaton Street about his language.
6:45 p.m. — Ryan M. Landers, 32, of 25 Middle St., Sanford, Maine, is arrested on two warrants.
Thursday, Oct. 10
1:29 a.m. — A drunk person is taken into protective custody on Nutter Street.
7:12 a.m. — A Morton Avenue vehicle has been rifled though.
9:05 a.m. — There's been a squatter in a Profile Bowmen's building.
9:28 a.m. — A locked vehicle on Portland Street has been entered and items stolen.
10:42 a.m. — An Adrien Circle resident reports thefts.
11:24 a.m. — Zachary Golden, 21, of 44B West High St., Somersworth, is charged with operating without a valid license.
11:33 a.m. — Amy Guyette, 21, of 1 Nature Lane, is charged with willful concealment at Walmart.
12:10 p.m. — Part of a fence at Stuart's Greenhouses has been taken out.
1:20 p.m. — Craig Tinsley, 29, of 180 Ashworth Ave., Hampton, is charged with stalking.
2:54 p.m. — Two students have been assaulted at the high school.
3:01 p.m. — Someone has been assaulted and spat on at the Common.
3:18 p.m. — A theft is reported on Portland Street.
5:35 p.m. — Jonathan M. Lindsay, 28, of 15 Salmon Falls Estates, is charged with fugitive from justice.
6:46 p.m. — A "scraggly" man with a goatee beard, at Walmart, uses a knife and a magnet on movies before stuffing them down his pants.
7:21 p.m. — Sixteen kids slug it out in a field off Winter Street.
9:18 p.m. — There's a theft from a motor vehicle on Portland Street.
11:10 p.m. — A taxi driver is reportedly assaulted near Walgreen's.
Friday, Oct. 11
12:48 a.m. — Margaret Lynch, 47, of 146 Ten Rod Road, is charged with driving under the influence.
7:58 a.m. — Loose change is stolen from two unlocked cars on Highland Street.
9:08 a.m. — Two gold charms in Edgerly Funeral home's arrangement room have been stolen.
9:22 a.m. — Palumbo's Take Out reports a ring theft.
9:58 a.m. — A wooden moose , recently spray-painted on Milton Road, has now been stolen.
10:11 a.m. — A King Street resident reports a cell phone theft, and suspects someone who departed nervously.
10:39 a.m. — An unlocked Morton Avenue vehicle has been gone through. An iPod and more are stolen.
11:47 a.m. — A skunk has not been acting nice, it's sprayed a Brookfield Drive dog twice.
11:56 a.m. — John Titus, 24, of 29 Civic St., Farmington, is charged with willful concealment.
12:21 p.m. — A black wallet, found on Pine Street, is returned to its owner.
12:43 p.m. — A toter is taken from Olde Farm Lane, once known as Autumn Street.
1:02 p.m. — At the station a woman has a box of knives she wants "destroyed." They belonged to her late husband, who was a collector.
2:21 p.m. — Robert Gearwar, 40, of 342 Tolend Road, Dover, is charged with false inspection or registration sticker.
2:27 p.m. — A toter is taken from Washington Street.
5:06 p.m. — A Rochester Avenue woman reports the theft of her son's cellphone at school.
5:56 p.m. — Outside the Chamber of Commerce, a woman in a car is screaming at and punching a dog.
6:10 p.m. — A teen is charged with willful concealment at Claire's and taken into protective custody.
6:43 p.m. — A purse is found in Game Stop on Washington Street.
9:00 p.m. — Near Market Basket, four characters yell, drink and push shopping carts.
9:43 p.m. — Glenn Antonio Miller, 51, of 22 Forest Park Drive, is charged with simple assault.
Saturday, Oct. 12
6:49 a.m. — Carlos Torres, 22, of 94 County Farm Road, Dover, is arrested on a warrant.
7:25 a.m. — Four cars on Portland Street have been gone through, and items like a laptop and iPod have been stolen.
9:41 a.m. — A Farmington woman reports that a relative stole her credit card and used it in Walmart. She has spent $300 so far.
11:55 a.m. — Cornelius Frank Hobbs, 56, of 53 Tonka St., is charged with criminal threatening.
12:15 p.m. — Another vehicle on Portland Street has been rifled.
1:19 p.m. — At good old Amazon Park one lady fires rocks at another lady's car. Police help resolve an issue.
8:37 p.m. — Ashley M. Thresher, 30, of 70 Brock St., is charged with simple assault.
8:58 p.m. — On Pickering Road a Hello Kitty Halloween decoration has been stolen from a yard.
10:09 p.m. — A truck at Amazon Park has been besmirched with permanent ink on the hood.
Sunday, Oct. 13
1:29 a.m. — Matthew Wyatt, 26, of 6 Main St., Farmington, is charged with operating without a valid license.
8:20 a.m. — More Portland Street vehicles have had items stolen from them.
8:58 a.m. — Tires have been slashed on a Limestone Lane vehicle,
10:18 a.m. — A shopping cart in Lowell Street woods, is sadly packed with homeless goods, sleeping bags, some clothes, a tent — all sodden — where's the owner went?
12:29 p.m. — A vehicle in a Frisbie lot has been damaged.
2:22 p.m. — At the station, a mom and daughter report getting threatening calls and texts.
2:53 p.m. — A HRCU card is handed in at the station and given back to its owner.
6:00 p.m. — Teens cause a problem at the Lilac Mall.
6:13 p.m. — A man, apparently under the impression his car had been spat on, follows people to Boucher's parking lot and pulls a gun.
6:36 p.m. — Bin rakers plague the Salvation Army.
7:39 p.m. — A porcupine family on Congress Street suffers a barrage of sticks and stones from humans.
9:04 p.m. — Music is cranked on South Main Street.
9:33 p.m. — Shawn Levesque, 27, of 326 Charles St., Farmington, is charged with criminal trespass, criminal mischief and harassment by phone.
11:11 p.m. — Paul Raymond Caron, 26, of 33 Ford Drive, Barrington, is charged with stalking and arrested on a warrant.
Monday, Oct. 14
5:04 a.m. — After a traffic stop near TD Bank North, Seith Wakeland of Amazon Park, lot 26, is charged with driving after suspension.
7:51 a.m. — Hand tools have been stolen from a FairPoint truck on Dreyer Way.
9:02 a.m. — A campaign sign has been stolen on Gonic Road.
11:35 a.m. — A man rakes through trash bins on Quail Drive.
11:36 a.m. — A laptop is missing from a Warren Street residence.
1:38 p.m. — James Cullen, 42, of 119 Central St., Farmington, is charged with driving after suspension.
2:44 p.m. — A man on a bicycle has smashed a window of an SUV on South Main Street.
6:25 p.m. — Stephanie Allen, 28, of 16 Pine St., Apt. 3, is charged with willful concealment.
4:43 p.m. — A bike has washed up on Gordon Lane.
4:45 p.m. — A car window has been smashed and the vehicle gone through on Winter Street.
5:56 p.m. — Raili Nichelle Goss, , 19, of 30 River St., Apt. 1, is charged with theft and fugitive from justice.
6:14 p.m. — On Rudman Drive, fireworks have been blasting for three days.
9:33 p.m. — Kristen M. Gates, 24, of 53B Charles St., Farmington, is charged with criminal trespass, forgery, identity theft, two counts of fraudulent use of credit card and two counts of receiving stolen property.
10:10 p.m. — At Bridle Woods, a communal laundry space has been damaged.
Tuesday, Oct. 15
6:05 a.m. — A wallet has been taken from an unlocked car off Rochester Hill Road.
6:18 a.m. — On Portland Street police speak to a lady hollering like mad —a cat's stuck on fly paper — unusual? Just a tad.
7:44 a.m. — Items have been stolen from a vehicle parked at the Elks.
9:40 a.m. — After a reports of people being beaten with sticks near Hannaford on Milton Road, Christopher J. Wentworth, 41, of 82 Chestnut Hill Road, is charged with safe keeping, simple assault, three counts of second-degree assault and three counts of criminal threatening.
1:26 p.m. — There's been a hit-and-run on North Main Street.
2:14 p.m. — Michael G. Dufoe, 47, of 2A Main St., East Rochester, is charged with duty to report.
2:43 p.m. — A couch and a chair have been dumped on a Lafayette Street property.
2:45 p.m. — In other furniture news, a mattress lies on the turnpike between exits 11 and 12.
3:19 p.m. — A Pine Street teen has had a ring stolen while walking home from school.
3:20 p.m. — Kristen M. Gates, 24, of 53B Charles St., Farmington, is charged with willful concealment and contempt.
3:39 p.m. — One man went to mow, went to mow a roadside, left his mower, went away, a landowner has decried this state employee's absence, and wants the mower towed, and if it ain't gone really quick, he'll shove it in the road.
3:37 p.m. — Bryan Hedden, 21, of 760 Route 16, Apt. A, Ossipee, is charged with operating without a valid license.
3:51 p.m. — Kelly Ann Brackett, 29, of 116B Whitehouse Road, is charged with simple assault.
5:25 p.m. — Campaign signs have been ripped up on private property on Pine Street.
9:05 p.m. — A Janet Street man and his neighbor, and a dog are all chased for their lives, by a woodchuck that's most likely rabid, will they e'er see their children and wives? They fight the wild beast with an axe and a gun, and finally blow it away, and bury it deep for its ultimate sleep, and no one is bitten — hooray!
11:55 p.m. — Across from Lowell Street cemetery, a man appears to be sleeping in a shopping cart. Police check and find just a cart with camping equipment in it. That sounds familiar.
Wednesday, Oct. 16
7:56 a.m. — Paul Raymond Caron, 26, of 24A Academy St., is charged with bail jumping.
9:13 a.m. — An orange tabby cat is missing from Broad Street.
11:14 a.m. — Dogs are back in Old Milton Road yard and have scratched up children.
2:42 p.m. — An aggressive panhandler near Care Pharmacy gets a warning.
3:59 p.m. — A dud check is reported at the Riviera Motel.
4:07 p.m. — A urine switch trick to fraudulently get a prescription is rumbled by Dr. Bennett.
5:45 p.m. — An ID theft is reported by a Farrington Street resident.
7:55 p.m. — Breanna Roy, 21, of 12-1 Wildflower Circle, Somersworth and Christopher Dameron, 20, of 902 Piscassic St., Newmarket, are charged with criminal trespass.
10:04 p.m. — A music blaster on Horton Way is warned.
11:04 p.m. — On South Main Street, a loud TV man lowers the volume.
11:25 p.m. — A yelling and bawling lady on Lafayette Street is warned about the noise.
11:58 p.m. — Men fight on the Lambert's lot on Salmon Falls Road.
Thursday, Oct. 17
8:41 a.m. — Raymond Eric Peabody, 41, of 3 Colonial Village, Somersworth, is charged with habitual offender and disobeying an officer.
8:52 a.m. — Tenants evicted from a Milton Road property take a full size washing machine with them.
10:42 a.m. — A wallet has vanished at a child care on Hussey Road.
10:53 a.m. — Two ladies won't stop bawling at each other at Cumby's on Knight Street.
11:30 a.m. — A Winter Street renter has departed leaving 10 cats.
12:00 p.m. — Police respond to a reported assault on Myrtle Street but meet with a wall of noncooperation.
12:13 p.m. — A former tenant on Pine Street comes back to trash the apartment.
1:44 p.m. — A toter is taken on Hynes Court.
1:54 p.m. — Conor Brendan Makem, 45, of 5 West Concord St., Dover, is charged with falsifying physical evidence and 12 counts of violation of privacy.
3:05 p.m. — Near Walmart a man in a scream mask, holds a sign that reads "Will work for food," he stays on the kerb and is not bugging cars, but for some folks this still isn't good, and later a second report says that grimmer by far are his props, for now the masked man says for food he "will kill" — he's given a warning by cops.
3:10 p.m. — A Blue Hills Drive resident gets a message that her computer has been hacked.
3:46 p.m. — Marcus William Jennings, 39, of 128 Dover Point Road, Dover, is charged with issuing bad checks.
6:39 p.m. — Terri Ann Tremblay, 40, of 21 Silver Bell MHP, is charged with driving under the influence, driving without giving proof, driving after suspension — subsequent, conduct after an accident and driving under the influence — subsequent.
7:02 p.m. — A GPS unit is stolen by a burglar on Ela Court.
8:03 p.m. — A pack of wild dogs are killing something at the end of Collins Circle, wherever the end of a circle may be.
9:31 p.m. — A Congress neighbor feeds raccoons and now the stairs they're coming up. A parting girl who throws a stick gets nagged by he who gives them sup. Although she's scared of getting bit, the raccoon fan chews off her head, the girl's mom asks him not to yell, and so he bawls at her instead.
9:41 p.m. — Whitehouse Road credit cards have been stolen and money spent.


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Here you have a wall charger with dual 18W USB-C and 12W USB-A ports combined with a 4850mAh power bank in a package that fits comfortably in the palm of your hand. ...
T-Mobile retail package
I live in Washington State where the regular light rain doesn't keep many of us trapped inside; I regularly run, work, and play without regard for the elements. I have tried several cases for my phones to protect them from the elements, but am not much of a fan of the bulkiness that results from such protection. After a week with the new T-Mobile Xperia Z1s I think I may have found the perfect phone for the Pacific Northwest, but the washed out display has me hesitating just a bit.
T-Mobile carried the Xperia Z last year and is the first to get this updated model. T-Mobile tends to be the carrier of choice for these latest Sony smartphones with unlocked models also available from the Sony store.
The Z1s is not just a US version of the Z1 with support for T-Mobile's HSPA+ wireless network. Other improvements include waterproofing of the 3.5mm headset jack so a cover is not needed, rounded corners giving it a more comfortable feel, 32GB of internal storage, and WiFi Calling.
I am a huge fan of the waterproof and dustproof nature of the phone, even if a couple of doors/covers need to be closed. I understand the IP58 rating means you can keep the phone under 1.5 meters of water for up to 30 minutes. This sounds like a perfect phone for running in the rain or taking out into the field.
Starting with the display, you get 5 inches of 1920x1080 pixels resolution (443 ppi) on the front. I'm not a real fan of the rather large black bezels above and below the display and that is one of the issues I have to get over before I pick one up for myself.
I also find the display to be a bit washed out on the home screen and in most apps. Gmail is particularly bad. I am a bit dumbfounded as to why the display can't challenge the best given that Sony makes some fantastic television displays. You can adjust white balance in the settings, but I have yet to find the magical mix to prevent the screen from being a bit washed out. OLED displays have excellent blacks, but tend to blow out colors and make them unrealistic. When looking at photos and videos the colors look pretty good on the Z1s. However, I expect better from a flagship phone.
Sony brands the display as Triluminos, but I don't see that as any kind of benefit at the moment. There is also a toggle for something called X-Reality that is supposed to enhance photos and videos, but I haven't yet seen a photo that made the difference apparent.
I work in Seattle and live 45 miles south so I commute via train daily and also travel on airplanes at least once a month. With confidential work content on my phones, I look at the reduced viewing angles of the Z1s as an added benefit and not as a negative. With the Z1s, the display is perfectly viewable straight on while adding an unintended privacy filter for those peaking at my large screen phone.
The waterproof headphone jack is near center on the top and requires no cover to maintain its waterproof rating. I really like the Sony power button near the center of the right side with the SIM card slot near the top, the volume button below the power button, and a physical camera button (similar to what you see on Windows Phone) near the bottom. There is also a lanyard opening at the bottom corner of the right side.
I prefer to have a physical camera button on my phone. You tap the power button and then press and hold the camera button to launch the camera and start using it without messing with your device. I did not find the ability to press and hold it in a locked state to launch the camera.
There are a couple of doors on the upper left side, one for the microUSB charging port and the other covering the microSD card slot. That's right, you can add up to 64GB of additional storage with this slot. The speaker is found on the bottom.
Like the front, the back is made of glass. However, it doesn't have an oleophobic coating so it is a major fingerprint magnet that requires you to wipe it down all the time. The 20.7 megapixel camera is found in the upper left corner of the back with a flash below the lens opening. NFC, Xperia, and T-Mobile lables are centered down the back.
The camera has optical image stabilization (OIS), which I think is important in these larger phones. The sensor is 1/2.3 that is the same as a Sony compact camera. There is also a 2 megapixel front facing camera.
Given the doors need to be closed, it would have been nice to see Qi wireless charging in place. As an HTC One user, I would also like to see an IR port on the Z1s, especially given the media focus of this device. I guess we can't have a device with everything in one package, but I'm hoping for more in 2014.
Many Android phone makers add custom UIs to their devices. I like HTC's Sense, can't really stand Samsung and LG's overbearing interfaces, and also enjoy the nearly pure Google Moto X experience. The Sony UI is something in between the pure Google experience and Sense. For the most part, it is pretty close to a Google experience.
You will find the ability to have up to seven home screen panels that do not flip around continuously, then end going one way and then you have to flip the other way to go back. I do like their widget, app, wallpaper, and them selector that is available by pinching in on a home screen panel.
Sony has a cool menu in the app launcher where you swipe from left to right and see an easy list where you can search for apps, easily uninstall apps, show apps in your own order, alphabetically, as most used, and those you installed. You also have quick access to the Play Store and Sony Select store.
There are a few Sony apps loaded on the device, including some slick camera effects, backup & restore, File Commander, FM radio, OfficeSuite, PlayStation, Socialife News, Sony Select, Social Live, Smart Connect, Video Unlimited, Walkman, and Xperia Lounge. The Socialife News app is similar to HTC's BlinkFeed and Samsung's Magazine visual RSS apps.
Through the Walkman app you can sign up for Sony's $10/month music service called Music Unlimited. You can also toggle the service off within the Walkman app and use it as your preferred music player. Despite the name, the Video Unlimited service does not mean there is a subscription service for movies.
You will also find several T-Mobile utilities, such as My Account, Name ID, T-Mobile TV, Visual Voicemail, Mobile Hotspot, and Lookout. Some of these can be removed and some are actually useful.
Unfortunately, the Xperia Z1s launches with Android 4.3 Jelly Bean and not Android 4.4 KitKat. Like others, Sony states it will come in a future update. However, new flagships in 2014 need to be launching with KitKat without excuse and I think I will stick with this as one minimum criteria that any new phone must meet. My Moto X has it and my old HTC One will get it soon.
Daily usage experiences
Compared to my other T-Mobile phones, I experienced better reception and connectivity on the Z1s. Phone calls sounded just fine and I never had any drop over the past week. The phone is super responsive and I never experienced any lag, even while running several apps and once and viewing the latest episode of Walking Dead.
Music playback through headphones was crisp, clear, and loud. The device speaker is OK, but can't compare to my iPhone 5s or HTC One.
Pros and Cons
It was actually quite easy for me to go through and come up with the pros and cons for the T-Mobile Sony Xperia Z1s, but as you can see my cons are really preferences and may not be a problem for many people.
- Waterproof
- microSD card slot for expanded storage
- Finally an Android phone with a physical camera button
- Solid camera performance and full-featured software
- Long battery life thanks to 3000 mAh internal battery
- Washed out screen in some apps
- Thick top and bottom bezels
- Android 4.3 and not 4.4
Pricing and availability
The Xperia Z1s is currently a T-Mobile exclusive and is available for just $528 full price or $22 per month for 24 months. That is a very reasonable price for a device with these specifications. A 32GB iPhone 5s is $749 so you can save $200 on a very capable Android phone with some unique capabilities.
The competition
Looking at T-Mobile's collection of Android phones, there are plenty of competitors to the Sony Xperia Z1s. These include the Note 3, HTC One, Galaxy S4, LG G2, and LG G Flex. I have now tried all of these phones and they all have the strengths and weaknesses. I picked the HTC One from these before and am trying to see what HTC may announce around MWC, but the waterproof functionality of the Z1s has me seriously considering it.
- Android 4.3 Jelly Bean
- 2.2 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 quad-core processor
- 20.7 megapixel camera with Sony Exmor RS
- 5 inch 1080p display
- 2 GB RAM and 32 GB internal storage with support for up to 64GB microSD card
- 3000 mAh battery
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- CES 2014: Sony Xperia Z1s coming to T-Mobile, high end Z1 Compact also revealed
- Hands-on with the T-Mobile Sony Xperia Z (Gallery)
- Sony's Xperia Z gets a smaller, more waterproof little brother
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equalities, one of the apogee, the other of the nodes, and assigned the maximum value. Grant has shown the values of some of these as given by observation in the tables of Meyer and more modern tables, and has compared them with the values assigned by Newton from his theory; and the comparison is very remarkable.
Apses. . . . . . . . *- - - - - - - - - - - - - 220.127.116.11 3.4. O Mean annual motion of nodes 19. 18. 1,23 19.2 1.22,50 Mean value of "variation ".. 36. Io 35.47 Annual equation . . . . . . . . - - - - II.5 I II. I.4 Inequality of mean motion of
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The only serious discrepancy is the first, which has been already mentioned. Considering that some of these perturbations had never been discovered, that the cause of none of them had ever been known, and that he exhibited his results, if he did not also make the discoveries, by the synthetic methods of geometry, it is simply marvellous that he reached to such a degree of accuracy. He invented the infinitesimal calculus which is more suited for such calculations, but had he expressed his results in that language he would have been unintelligible to many.
Newton's method of calculating the precession of the equinoxes, already referred to, is as beau
tiful as anything in the Principia. He had already proved the regression of the nodes of a satellite moving in an orbit inclined to the ecliptic. He now said that the nodes of a ring of satellites revolving round the earth's equator would consequently all regress. And if joined into a solid ring its node would regress; and it would do so, only more slowly, if encumbered by the spherical part of the earth's mass. Therefore the axis of the equatorial belt of the earth must revolve round the pole of the ecliptic. Then he set to work and found the amount due to the moon and that due to the sun, and so he solved the mystery of 2,000 years. When Newton applied his law of gravitation to an explanation of the tides he started a new field for the application of mathematics to physical problems; and there can be little doubt that, if he could have been furnished with complete tidal observations from different parts of the world, his extraordinary powers of analysis would have enabled him to reach a satisfactory theory. He certainly opened up many mines full of intellectual gems; and his successors have never ceased in their explorations. This has led to improved mathematical methods, which, combined with the greater accuracy of observation, have rendered physical astronomy of to-day the most exact of the sciences. Laplace only expressed the universal opinion of posterity when he said that to the Principia is assured "a pre-eminence above all the other productions of the human intellect."
The name of Flamsteed, First Astronomer Royal, must here be mentioned as having supplied Newton with the accurate data required for completing the theory.
The name of Edmund Halley, Second Astronomer Royal, must ever be held in repute, not only for his own discoveries, but for the part he played in urging Newton to commit to writing, and present to the Royal Society, the results of his investigations. But for his friendly insistence it is possible that the Principia would never have been written; and but for his generosity in supplying the means the Royal Society could not have published the book.
Sir Isaac Newton died in 1727, at the age of eighty-five. His body lay in state in the Jerusalem Chamber, and was buried in Westminster Abbey.
8. NEwton's SUccessors — HALLEY, EULER, LAGRANGE, LAPLACE, ETC.
Edmund Halley succeeded Flamsteed as Second Astronomer Royal in 1721. Although he did not contribute directly to the mathematical proofs of Newton's theory, yet his name is closely associated with some of its greatest successes. Photographed specially for this work from the original, by kind permission of the Royal Society, London.
He was the first to detect the acceleration of the moon's mean motion. Hipparchus, having compared his own observations with those of more ancient astronomers, supplied an accurate value of the moon's mean motion in his time. Halley similarly deduced a value for modern times, and found it sensibly greater. He announced this in 1693, but it was not until 1749 that Dunthorne used modern lunar tables to compute a lunar eclipse observed in Babylon 72 I B.C., another at Alexandria 201 B.C., a solar eclipse observed by Theon 360 A.D., and two later ones up to the tenth century. He found that to explain these eclipses Halley's suggestion must be adopted, the acceleration being Io" in one century. In 1757 Lalande again fixed it at I o".
The Paris Academy, in 1770, offered their prize for an investigation to see if this could be explained by the theory of gravitation. Euler won the prize, but failed to explain the effect, and said: "It appears to be established by indisputable evidence that the secular inequality of the moon's mean motion cannot be produced by the forces of gravitation."
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An expected rebound in agriculture will lead to higher GDP growth in 2015, forecast to increase 4.6%. Growth is also sustained by increasing exports, mainly to the eurozone.
Middle East and North Africa economies
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Algeria: 6 (Moderate-High Risk) - Positive
Egypt: 6 (Moderate-High Risk) - Negative
Jordan: 5 (Moderate Risk) - Negative
Kuwait: 3 (Moderate-Low Risk) - Stable
Morocco: 5 (Moderate Risk) - Positive
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The political situation is rather stable. King Mohammed VI holds most political power in his hands. There is no immediate threat to the monarchy and establishment as the King is popular with the people. He continues to cautiously liberalise the political system and to reform the economy. Maintaining political stability is highly dependent on reducing the high levels of poverty and youth unemployment in Morocco.
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Higher growth due to agriculture rebound and increasing exports
In 2014 economic growth slowed to 2.0%, mainly due to a disappointing harvest. The country is still highly dependent on agriculture, which employs some 40% of the workforce, and swings in agriculture output have a major impact on private consumption and the economy. An expected rebound in agriculture will lead to higher GDP growth in 2015, forecast to increase 4.6%. Growth is also sustained by increasing exports, mainly to the eurozone.
In recent years, the government has increased efforts to diversify the economy by developing industrial manufacturing, especially export-driven sectors (cars, aeronautics and electronics). Those efforts are increasingly paying off, as exports of those goods are increasing. Economic reforms have lifted efficiency and attracted greater levels of foreign investments.
Public finances are weak, as government debt increased to 77% of GDP in 2014 and the public deficit was 4.9% of GDP. That said, the government has cut subsidies on petroleum products and is introducing more reforms in order to lower the public deficit.
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Morocco's solvency position is acceptable, with foreign debt amounting to 49% of GDP in 2015. The liquidity position is good and expected to improve to more than seven months of import cover in 2015. Morocco has extended a two-year precautionary liquidity line (PLL) with the IMF until 2016, and while it is not expected that the government will access the facility, it nevertheless helps Morocco's reform programme and signals creditworthiness.
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TO MEASURE something requires the name of a number. But the names of the natural numbers are not sufficient, because what we measure will not always be a multiple of the unit of measure, that is, of 1. In order to measure we have to create numbers that are parts of 1. Those are the fractions.
What is more, in a natural number, the units are indivisible. We therefore must extend the idea of a "number" so that it corresponds to things that we measure, that is, things that are continuous.
Let 1 therefore now be the measure of a continuous unit: 1 inch,
1 meter, 1 hour; and let us imagine that we have to invent a numeral -- a symbol, a "number" -- for half of 1.
What symbol should we invent?
But why?
Because of the ratio of 1 to 2. Since 1 is one half of 2, then the number we write
In fact, we know a number according to how it is related to 1.
What is our understanding of "2"? It is twice as much as 1. What is "3"? It is three times 1. And the number we write
We know every number according to its ratio to 1, which is the source.
A fraction that is less than 1 we call a proper fraction. And in English, the proper fractions have the same names as the ratio of the numerator to the denominator.
ratio of 2 to 3. 2 is two thirds of 3. That fraction, moreover, is the measure of the length that has the same ratio to 1:
The fraction called "two-thirds" is two thirds of 1.
(Notice that we write the name of the fraction hyphenated, but not the name of the ratio. In that way we maintain the distinction between fractions and ratios. A fraction is a number; a ratio is a relationship between numbers and between lengths.)
The same ratio to 1
Every fraction has a ratio to 1: the same ratio that the numerator has to the denominator.
Problem 1. a) What number is the fourth part of 1? Write its symbol and also write its name in words.
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b) When we speak of a fourth of 1, does '1' refer to a continuous unit or
Because of the ratio of 2 to 5. 2 is two fifths of 5.
Problem 3. What ratio has each number to 1?
Problem 3.
a) What is a proper fraction?
A fraction that is less than 1.
b) How can we recognize a proper fraction?
The numerator is less than the denominator.
c) What is a mixed number?
A whole number plus a proper fraction. For example, 4½.
Problem 4. Continuous versus discrete Answer with a mixed number, or with a whole number and a remainder, whichever makes sense.
a) It takes three yards of material to make a skirt. How many skirts can
8 skirts. 1 yard will remain. 8 1/3 skirts makes no sense. Skirts are discrete.
b) You are going on a journey of 25 miles, and you have gone a third of
8 1/3 miles. That is, 25 ÷ 3. Here, the mixed number makes sense. We need mixed numbers for measuring.
Problem 5. What is an improper fraction.
A fraction greater than or equal to 1.
Recall from arithmetic that we can always express a mixed number as an improper fraction.
Problem 6. Express 6½ as an improper fraction.
Problem 7. Complete each proportion with natural numbers.
e) .49 : 1 = 49 : 100. Multiply both terms by 100.
f) 2.5 : 1 = 25 : 10. Multiply both terms by 10.
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Newt Gingrich just got Google Glass and, if the grand history of Newt Gingrich knowing the future is any indication, this techno-politician's endorsement means the wearable face computer will go from niche Glasshole hobby to product of the masses. No, seriously. Gingrich is one of the great early adopters in Washington history. The former Speaker of the House and presidential candidate (and future Crossfire host!) won himself a pair of Google glasses, telling the company he would "take it on tours of zoos and museums to share the animals and fossils" in Google's #ifihadaglass competition. Newt, of course, is a noted animal lover, so his Glass #dream makes sense, as pedestrian as his official purposes may seem.
The whole thing might sound like a publicity stunt on behalf of both parties, but, despite being an old person and a politician, Gingrich has a knack for envisioning what will take off, from cellphones and the Internet to face helmets (left) and now Google Glass, as The Atlantic Wire's Elspeth Reeve has noted in-depth. This can only mean good things for Google and its newfangled face machine's reputation, which has so far been set mostly by an inaugural class of so-called "Glassholes." (Dorks, creeps, and freaks who got the glasses before everyone else.) There is one catch, though: Newt's acceptance means Glass is still way on the fringe. The Speaker anticipated Netflix streaming... in 1998. The DVD delivery company didn't go digital until 2008.
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China development threatens wildlife, WWF says
From tigers to dolphins, animal populations in many of China's ecosystems have plummeted during decades of development and urbanisation, a World Wildlife Fund (WWF) study said Wednesday.
The conservation group highlighted about a dozen species in different natural habitats across the country in its third China Ecological Footprint Report, saying numbers have fallen dramatically over the years.
"The populations of more than 10 flagship and keystone species in China have undergone marked decline that was particularly severe between the 1960s and 1980s," the report said.
According to findings compiled by WWF from various sources, the Yangtze river dolphin population crashed by 99.4 percent from 1980 to 2006, while that of the Chinese alligator fell by 97 percent from 1955 to 2010.
Amur tiger numbers slumped by 92 percent from 1975 to 2009 due to hunting, deforestation, habitat loss and intensified human activities, it said.
But the study noted that four animal types, including China's "star species" the giant panda, had seen gradual recoveries due to greater conservation and reintroduction efforts.
"You may know that the efforts to protect these four types have been much greater, and their numbers may have started to rise," said Li Lin, WWF's deputy country representative.
"But for the other animals you can see that, in a striking and sad way, their populations have gone down."
The study is part of a broader effort to compile decades of population data—including size, density and capture rates—for hundreds of species to build a "living planet index" for the country.
In a separate set of indicators updated from its latest report in 2010, the study said China was using resources such as cropland and forests at 2.5 times the rate than they could be regenerated.
This imbalance of China's ecological demand versus supply would impact the rest of the world, said Jim Leape, the director-general of WWF International, at a press conference in Beijing.
"That consumption is putting much more pressure on resources here in China than its resources can sustain" and on "resources on other continents than those continents can sustain", he said.
By comparison the world was using resources at a rate 50 percent faster than they could be regenerated, the study said.
The factors behind China's ecological footprint reflected its economic growth, urbanisation and spending on infrastructure, the report said.
The per capita ecological footprint in cities was double that of rural areas, and higher in the east—which is more developed with greater population densities—than in the rest of the country.
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I was in Tahrir sq. on most days of what is now being called the "25 January Revolution", "The Nile Revolution", "Revolt of Anger" or "Youth Revolution".
Tahrir Square, in Khedival downtown Cairo, has become the hub from which political demands for change, chants and revolutionary spirit wafted to the rest of Egypt and beyond. The square has been witnessing sights, sounds and smells some of which have never before been experienced by millions of Egyptians.
The square is a must-cross for a massive number of pedestrians, subway riders, bus and car passengers and other forms of transport like donkey carts. On January 25th, the start of it all, I caught myself standing smack in the middle of the intersection of the Kasr el Aini and Mohamed Mahmoud streets. I was not pushed or shoved and I did not have to sprint to cross the street as would have been the case on a normal day. And I had so much space around me. Space is a dear currency in a city like Cairo and, yet, right there on this square which has got to be one of the busiest on earth, I stood for a good 20 minutes in almost a daze.
I owned this patch. It was beautiful.
Tanks, armored personnel carriers and other military vehicles whose models I don't know.
The army seems to have every vehicular thing out on the streets as policing a city like Cairo involved covering massive swathes. But the sight of these beige beasts close to my house, my university and other major intersections and landmarks has been unsettling. I have covered areas of conflict in the Middle East and, still, seeing them parked neatly alongside a pavement, or in defense formations with tank muzzles pointing towards a perceived danger area kept sending alert messages to my brain. Military vehicles in any urban setting stand out as very, very odd.
The clever visual aid.
Egyptians carried signs. I have rarely seen any Egyptian citizen carry placards in such a dedicated and passionate way for as long as I remember. A calligrapher set up shop in the square for anyone who wanted their sign to appear professionally written.
The quintessentially Egyptian sense of humor was reflected in these signs be they made of carton, plain A4 paper, cardboard or cloth, big or small, carried by hand across from the chest, waved, printed on the fronts and backs of T-shirts, or just glued onto a jacket.
"Please leave! My hand hurts," read one placard addressing President Hosni Mubarak. "Please leave! I miss my wife," read another.
There was a widely circulated photograph of a small sign tied to the neck of a kitten that nestled in the arms of its owner. The kitten also wanted Mubarak to leave.
Walking around the square, people proudly brandished their messages and posed to anyone who wanted to take a picture of them. As the days wore on, volunteers offered paper and marker pens for the taking.
I will never forget a theatre actor, in his early twenties, who stood completely still in the middle of the square with a municipality issue, blue street sign of "Midan el Tahrir" dangling from his neck by a string. He said he had found it in a dump behind the construction site in the square.
The roars of thousands of people chanting a unified call to oust Mubarak or asking for freedom and justice. Whatever the call, the sound sent sheer reverberations across the square.
The two military fighter jets that circled the square no less than seven times. I pause my thoughts every time I remember the crashing sound of these two. I keep reminding myself that I was in the Tahrir square, in Cairo, in Egypt and not in Iraq during the 2003 US invasion or some other war scenario.
A retired military general told a television station that the sonic waves these jets produced were frightening and that circling the square in such a "tight formation" was a tactical mistake that sent very confusing messages to those on the ground.
My initial worry was subsided when I noticed one of the jets playfully dip its wings twice as it exited the square on its final round. I knew they would not come back and they never did.
Wednesday leading to a bloody dawn. The pro and anti Mubarak chants collided in a swirl of noise hanging over the square and Ramsis street. At night, oh what a night it was. Molotov cocktails used by both of the clashing sides landed whichever way. I saw one land on the head of a man and he went up in flames like an old timber before some people wrapped him up to douse the fire. The sound of a rain of little thuds as projectiles smacked against heads, chests and the metal barrier which was ingeniously erected to protect those holed up in the square. The blue metal sheets were ripped from the underground garage construction site and carried over to the Abdel Moneim Riyad square side, a distance of about 100 meters. Not an easy fete.
At about 0400, single pops of pistols sounded soon to be followed by machine guns rattling the entire of the downtown area. I saw a man dressed in civilian clothes fire a full round of his automatic gun at nothing or no one in particular as he moved under the overpass.
Then the most thunderous sound of all. It sounded like a million axes were hacking away at a stone quarry. The pro-change demonstrators were picking the pavements clean of their stones to use as ammunition as they kept fending off attack after attack from the other side. Hundreds of hands used steel rods, also found at the nearby construction site, to bang on the make-shift barrier. The sound was frightening and perhaps this was the intention just as medieval warriors banged their swords on shields as a scare tactic.
Sharp whistles and shouts rose up in the night every time men, now suspected of being paid thugs, mounted a wave of attack. It was a code to alert the back lines to come and support those standing in the front.
The sting of urine in the entrance of a building close to the Pizza Hut on the square was so powerful it made my eyes water. This darkened passage was used for many days as a communal latrine by the men spending nights on whatever patch of grass they could find in the square.
This passage was also used to protect those who were injured in the melee on Wednesday and Thursday. The mosque further in from here was turned into the field hospital that treated hundreds of the wounded before ambulance cars took them to nearby hospitals.
Tear gas.
This is such a weird product. It has a peppery smell, burns the skin upon contact and certainly affects vocal chords if exposed to it for a long time. A famous amateur video showed a Central Security officer repeatedly pop these canisters as if they were Christmas crackers.
There was such a dense white cloud over the square as a result and hundreds suffered from asphyxia. Those who remembered to bring scarves and goggles were spared some of the nastiness of this gas. The CS officers and soldiers were not prepared either as none wore masks. The officers inadvertently made their men suffer, too.
The architecturally offensive structure that is the headquarters of the National Democratic Party burnt for two days non stop before it was gutted. A chemical-like smell emanated from it for another two days. The smell was obtrusive and scary.
Vehicles, both civilian, police and military burnt on. This produced a confusing bouquet of smells since plastic, metal and rubber all emanate their own stench in the heat.
Finally, a soothing smell. A man lit a camp fire using a wooden beam in the make-shift kitchen to make tea. Sweet and natural.
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Columbia Struggles to Get Applicants for Boards and Commissions
COLUMBIA - The Columbia city clerk said Thursday she has only received 12 applications for openings on various city boards and commissions which are due Friday at 5 p.m. There are openings on 12 boards or commissions, but applicants only applied for seven of the 12 groups with vacancies.
Second Ward Councilman Michael Trapp said getting applicants is always a struggle for the city.
"As long as I've been involved on city council, we've had difficulty filling all of our citizens commissions. All the electrical boards, construction boards...all of the trades have boards, and we haven't been able to completely fill any of those," Trapp said.
Trapp said when no one applies for open positions, some of the boards and commissions are left with empty spots. He said the Columbia Vision Commission is historically "run empty" and could face possible elimination in the future. He said it is a shame because the commission gives a voice to what people want to see Columbia become in the future.
Trapp said citizen volunteer positions on boards and commissions are important and when people don't apply it has a negative impact on the city.
"The harm we face from a lack of participation is that it erodes the democratic process. People have less of a say," Trapp said. "The people who show up get a bigger voice and so if you don't show up and you're seating your involvement to other people who may not agree with you politically, you kind of lose your right to complain because you had a chance."
He said some people might be intimidated to apply because of the workload and because the positions are not paid, but Trapp said they are rewarding.
Applications are available at the clerk's office or on the city's website at GoColumbiaMo.com.


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2014 offers little hope for a more productive Congress
When the calendar flips from an old year to a new one, we have a sense of being given a new start and new possibilities. Of course, the reality is that days and months and years are human constructs that merely mark the progress of the Earth around the sun. The world we live in on Jan. 1 is pretty much the same as the world we experienced on Dec. 31. This is especially true when it comes to Congress.
Our senators and representatives left town for their Christmas break with plenty of unfinished business, and that business will be waiting for them when they return to work in a few days. Immigration reform, the farm bill, an extension of unemployment benefits and a long list of other bills languished on their desks in 2013, and 2014 is unlikely to bring a break in the political dysfunction that has prevented swift action on any of the challenges facing the country.
Soon, we will face another fight over raising the debt ceiling. There could be another budget showdown as well, because the spending plan agreed on in December has to be implemented by another vote in January. Tea party Republicans in the House will still be resisting compromise with a president they revile and will be giving headaches to the man with the job of keeping them in line, House Speaker John A. Boehner. In the Senate, even with recent revisions in the rules governing filibusters, it will still be a struggle to gather enough votes to get anything passed.
The slim hope for change lies with the congressional elections in November. The campaign will, itself, be an impediment to getting anything accomplished in the 113th Congress as the two parties jockey for advantage, but, if one party gains a mandate from voters, it would mean the 114th Congress could produce a coherent legislative agenda and get it enacted.
What are the chances of that happening? Not good, because the other thing that will not change in 2014 is the three-way split of American voters. About a quarter of us find our worldview reflected on "Duck Dynasty" and Fox News, another quarter are tuned in and turned on by Jon Stewart and MSNBC, and the remaining 50% are too busy, too lazy or too confused to pay attention to much of anything but the newest app on their cellphone.
That is not an electorate that is primed to give direction to a dilatory Congress, so 2015 and 2016 promise to bring more of the same.
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Tunisians in the town that was the birthplace of the Arab Spring uprisings are emerging Saturday from the first night of a newly imposed curfew.
Officials announced an overnight curfew in Sidi Bouzid on Friday after demonstrators took to the streets for a second day to show their displeasure over the outcome of the country's first free elections.
The protests began after election officials invalidated seats won by the rival Popular List party, citing campaign violations.
On Friday, thousands of protesters took to the streets in Sidi Bouzid. Authorities say several buildings were damaged, including the local headquarters of the Islamist Ennahdha party - the party that secured the most seats in Sunday's voting.
Ennahdha leader Rachid Ghannouchi called for calm and said his party would work to form a new government in "friendliness" and "brotherhood."
Election officials announced the final results Thursday. Ennahdha received more than 41 percent of the vote and will dominate the constituent assembly.
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Ennahdha has begun negotiations with two liberal parties that came in second and third in the elections.
Tunisia's landmark elections were widely considered free and fair. Sunday's vote came a little more than nine months after Tunisians overthrew former president Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali.
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Massacre prompts changes at Mequon-Thiensville schools
Connecticut school massacre leads to security upgrades
A local school district has taken steps to make students safer in the wake of a massacre at an elementary school in Connecticut.
In an exclusive report on WISN-TV, new security upgrades were tested, and principals reacted to a hypothetical situation of an active shooter inside Lakeshore Middle School as students headed to class.
The principals discussed what to do next, including securing entrances, calling 911 and using the public address system to warn students.
Mequon-Thiensville Schools Superintendent Dr. Demond Means and a school resource officer then offered critiques.
"I think Newtown has become the 9/11 for school security," Means said.
Means has already ordered 100 surveillance cameras to connect to the Mequon Police Department. They'll allow officers to view activity inside the school from their squad cars.
At Homestead High School, upgrades are already being completed to secure the main hallway in the school.
"There will be a set of doors ... so then parents and visitors will have to buzz in to the school," Means said.
Part of the security upgrades include a holding area so administrators can see people coming into the busy hallways of schools, and they can be screened. Double-buzzing systems are also being considered for extra protection.
But administrators admitted even with the new security, their guard will always be up.
"I don't think you can ever be prepared enough. You can never practice enough. You can never have too many conversations," Homestead High School Principal Brett Bowers said.
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Thursday, December 30, 2010
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Award Show Fashion: 2010 Metro Radio Hit Music Awards
Joey Yung looked a lot better in her press room outfit than her award show outfit (scroll down for worst dressed)
Vincy Chan opted for a grecian style jumper and accessorized with gold bangles
Stephanie Cheng performed in this cute ruffle one piece
Pale people are just meant to wear bright red, love how it stands out against her skin
Stephy Tang performing in a lace top and yoga pants
Girl group Hotcha in coordinating black outfits, loving Crystal's (far right) metallic dress!
Sherman Chung in a long red gown, would've looked better unbelted since there's already some detail on the waist, looks like there's too much .
JW in an unimpressive all black ensemble
Janice chose menswear over a dress
Miriam Yeung (left) has never had a very good eye for fashion, she'll always be seen in odd dresses or in this case blazer. Joey Yung (right) on the other hand decided to go as a feather duster.
I don't know what Kay Tse was thinking when she decided to go in this tulle mess, wasn't winning 3 awards enough to gain some attention?!
G.E.M performing "Good to be Bad," when she should be singing "it's not good to look bad!" @_@
Saturday, December 25, 2010
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Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Award Show Fashion: 2010 Melon Music Awards
Kim Jung Hwa in an outfit that lacked, well... everything
Singer Gummy kept it casual in all black suit
Friday, December 17, 2010
Raid My Closet: Holiday Party Outfits
Ceci Tokyo dress, gifted pearl purse, H&M bow headband and earrings, Strawberry tights
Saturday, December 11, 2010
Raid My [Mom's] Closet Saturday
Mom's vintage cardigan and high-waisted skirt, floral top from Mandee's
Mom's vintage striped skirt and silk blouse, H&M earrings
I need to cut my "Beiber bangs"! xD It's interesting to see what my mom used to be into fashionwise, a classic minimalist which is similar to the style that I prefer, nothing too flashy or crazy. The trousers she used to buy are a lot like Harem pants (See my post on that trend here), wide on the top, slim on the bottom. I think my favorite finds were the skirts. It's hard to share clothes with my mom nowadays since she's a 6 and I'm a 2, so it was exciting to find her old clothes. Hope this post inspires some of you to do some digging, you never know what you might find :)
Sunday, December 5, 2010