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Briefing Skipper: Sudan, Syria, Taliban talks, Saudi women driving
In which we scour the transcript of the State Department's daily presser so you don't have to. These are the highlights of Monday's briefing by spokesman Victoria Nuland:
- Nuland opened the briefing by welcoming the agreement signed by the Sudanese government and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement to withdraw troops from the Abyei region and allow Ethiopian peacekeepers to enter. "This agreement is a very important first step, and we urge the parties to move quickly now to implement it and translate it into immediate concrete improvements in the security and humanitarian situation on the ground, including the swift deployment of the Ethiopian forces, so that we can amplify the peacekeeping force in Abyei," she said.
- State was not impressed by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's speech to his nation, where he blamed "saboteurs" for the violence sweeping his country and promised reforms. What's important now is action, not words," Nuland said. "We would also note in the speech he spends a lot of time blaming foreign instigators rather than appreciating that his own people are simply disgusted by the regime -- by a regime that supports itself through repression, corruption and fear." Ambassador Robert Ford will go to the northern border regions to investigate for himself. As for Assad's blame on "foreign instigators," Nuland said, "We're just not buying it." No word yet on a possible war crimes complaint against Assad at the International Criminal Court.
- Nuland declined to expand on Defense Secretary Robert Gates' Sunday revelation that the U.S. government has had preliminary talks with the Taliban, led by the State Department. "Many countries have had these kinds of contacts. The United States has had some preliminary contacts, but that's as far as I'd like to go," she said, emphasizing that they are "very, very preliminary contacts."
- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton talked about the issue of women driving in her June 17 conversation with Saudi Prince Saud al-Faisal and "The secretary has been engaged, as have others, in quiet diplomacy on this subject," Nuland said. The subject of Bahrain did not come up in the call and the U.S. is not pressing Saudi Arabia to remove its military presence from Bahrain. "Our view on the forces in Bahrain is that Bahrain as a sovereign state has a right to ask for support," she explained.
- The Libyan Transitional National Council in Benghazi is running out of money, but Nuland said she is confident help is on the way, following pledges of support during a donors meeting in Abu Dahbi. After the briefing, State posted this statement on aid to the rebels, which touted the $25 million of non-lethal supplies the U.S. is providing. Nuland said State is waiting for the Senate to move legislation that would allow some of the $33 billion of Libyan frozen assets to go the rebels. "You know that we're working with the Congress on new legislation that would allow us to move some of these assets to the TNC. As I understand it, that legislation is still in the Senate," she said.
- Acting Special Envoy David Hale and NSC Senior Director Dennis Ross are still in the Middle East and Hale met with Egyptian foreign minister Mohamed el-Orabi Monday night. More information on their trip will be released Tuesday, Nuland said.


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FRED moves soon
For about two years now, the FRED bus station has been in a temporary headquarters across from Carl's ice cream on Princess Anne Street. For a while, there wasn't much activity at its old home on the U.S. 1 Bypass. A weathered sign that read, "GREHYOUND" instead of "GREYHOUND" announced its emptiness until construction crews got to work.
The location will snap back into activity in a little more than a month. The first bus is scheduled to leave the new transit hub Oct. 29. Folks who want a sneak peek at FRED's new digs can come to a community open house on Saturday, Oct. 27, from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. The official dedication (apparently an invitation-only event) will happen Oct. 25 at 5:30 p.m.
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The birthday party family may arrive 30 minutes prior to the start of the party to decorate the room and set up for the party. You may also reserve the outdoor shelter near the playground for your child's party. The live animal portion of the party will be held inside the building. Families are welcome to eat outside in the shelter following the live animal presentation. There is a small kitchen available with a refrigerator available upon request.
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Children will have the chance to visit and learn about a wide variety of our nature center animals including our lizard, snakes, turtles, and toads. All participants will also have the chance to feed a few of our nature center animals.
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Would your child enjoy sitting around a campfire with their closest friends? This program includes a campfire sing-a-long and a visit with a few of our live nature center animals. Parents have the option of extending the program time to 1.5 hours to include a mini-hike activity (weather permitting).
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Does your little doodle bug love craft time and meeting with live animals? During this fun filled birthday party, your child will have the chance to choose a nature themed craft to make with their friends and meet several of our live nature center animals up close.
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Your child will have the chance to be a paleontologist for the day! Activities will include: making your own fossil, a rocks and fossils dig, and a chance to meet some living fossils whose ancestors roamed the Earth in the time of the dinosaurs.
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Our birthday party host will read a fairy tale, take out live animals for everyone to meet up close and build fairy houses along the nature trail.
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Future Entomologist & bug lovers will love searching for butterflies, beetles, millipedes, and more. Our experienced birthday host will lead your child's friends on a fun filled insect safari through the woods & meadows here at Catoctin Creek Park. All participants will have the chance to meet some of our resident insects here at the nature center.
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We will learn all about snakes in this fun snake themed program including: how they smell, shed their skin, search for food, and many more interesting facts. All participants will have the chance to meet several of our live snakes here at the nature center.
Wild Things Year Round 6-10 years old
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The Redskins returned to the practice field Monday in preparation for the Indianapolis Colts and Andrew Luck on Saturday at Fed Ex Field. The team got some good news in the process regarding some injuries. Mike Shanahan said that both MRIs for Brian Orakpo and Brandon Meriweather came back negative. Both players are sore and won't play the remainder of the preseason.
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Washington Redskins rookie quarterback Robert Griffin III cleared another checkpoint Thursday with a successful NFL preseason debut. The Redskins' starting QB went 4-for-6 for 70 yards against the Buffalo Bills' starting defense and ended his night with a 20- yard touchdown to Pierre Garcon.
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George Zimmerman, the man villified by many in the nation for killing Trayvon Martin, was called out by Kenny King, who is still listed on the official TNA roster page, on Twitter for a celebrity boxing match. However, rapper DMX was chosen instead.
"New Robo Cop movie!!!! Great opportunity to induct him in to the celebrity wing of the WWE Hall of Fame to cross promote his movie."
- Missy Hyatt
"Not to speak ill of the dead, but John Denver really annoys me...."
A picture of WWE diva Cameron and singer Ray J coming out of the gym together.
Cameron was spotted with Ray J recently, as the two of them were seen coming out of the gym together in Los Angeles. It appears that the WWE diva and the singer were filming some scenes together for an upcoming episode of Total Divas.
TMZ has revealed that Ken Shamrock is now a bodyguard, and the former UFC champion was spotted at an event in Las Vegas protecting 50 Cent. Shamrock is actually working for an agency and is not currently working full time for the rapper.
Another interesting name that is being thrown around as a candidate to join Jeff Jarrett in his new wrestling promotion is Alex Shelley, who has been making a name for himself in New Japan over the last year. The two worked together in TNA, and Shelley might be enticed to return to work in the USA.
Alex Shelley revealed how close he is to AJ Styles, whom he calls an older brother, by revealing that the Phenomenal One helped him out tremendously with his career.
Pictures surfaced online of TNA stars Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin smoking pot at a party.


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Chili Nachos
Recipe: Chili Nachos
- Tortilla Chips
- Leftover Chili or canned if you do not have any on hand
- Cheese
- Toppings of your choice (I like to use a can of green chilis or jalapenos, and black olives)
- Salsa
- Garnishes of your choice (We use sour cream, and guacamole)
- Preheat the oven to 350
- Place chips on a baking sheet
- Top with chili. Then add cheese. Finally add the toppings of your choice.
- Bake for about 15 minutes or until cheese is fully melted.
- Add garnishes and serve.
Culinary tradition: Mexican
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Scuba Diving Sekotong...
fun diving for all levels of training!
The diverse underwater world around the bay of Sekotong offers relaxed diving and plentiful macro life! Our region offers an abundant marine diversity with scuba diving adventure and many new dive sites to explore!
As the sea is fairly shallow, visibility is never crystal clear but this doesn't affect the caliber of the dive sites. Our reefs are full of bright soft corals and colourful crinoids, harboring a amazing variety of rare marine life, ghost pipefish, pygmy seahorses and more.
Searching for great scuba diving? You've found the right place! Read more...
Scuba Diving Belongas Bay...
challenging diving with big rewards!
Scuba diving Belongas Bay the seasonable sighting of pelagic life is fairly regular. Apart from the mobula- and eagle ray season during September, hammerheads have the tendency to school around the Magnet mid June until early November.
The Magnet (Batu Kapal)
A pinnacle in the open sea with challenging conditions and big fish action! Schools of mackerel, rainbow runner, tuna and barracuda accompany your dive, while you are on the lookout to spot the hammerheads. White tip- and black tip reef sharks are fairly common, and on occasion we also see the one or other pelagic shark. Read more...
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VIDEO: Worst Wildfire in Washington History
Fun on the lake
Just like the song made famous by legendary folk singer Woody Guthrie, Roll On Columbia, the summer programs at Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area are on a roll.
The Saturday's at 11 a.m. programs at the Kettle Falls Information Center continue to offer an educational and fun way to explore a variety of fascinating topics.
On July 12, local historian Dwight Morgan donned his authentic Canadian Voyageur garb and shared tales about the rough and tumble lives of these hearty explorers who once lived at the nearby Hudson Bay trading post at Fort Colvile.
The Opie-Coxie benefit
scramble golf tournament
at Dominion Meadows
Golf Course will be held on
Saturday. The tournament
pays tribute to the late John
Ochs and Steve Cox.
This fun event, open to
golfers of all ability levels,
raises money for the nonprofit
Opie-Coxie Foundation.
All proceeds from one
of the most popular golf
tournaments on the Dominion
Meadows calendar each
season are used to support
youth in the area. Funds
are utilized to help young
people participate in sports
or educational programs
they might not otherwise
be able to afford.
The foundation motto:
One of the top one-day
events in Northeast Washington
every summer will
unfold on Saturday morning
at the Gillette Lake
Campground when the
24th Tiger Triathlon gets
Swimmers will hit the
waters of Gillette Lake (altitude
3,200 feet) promptly at
8 a.m. It wonŌĆÖt take long
for the first swimmers to
emerge from the water and
get on their bicycles for
the fast, mostly downhill
ride along scenic Highway
20 to Colville High School,
where triathletes will head
out over the rolling terrain
of the Rotary Trail.
Triathletes will get the
traditional Tiger Tri race
Fay was born on Jan. 13, 1931 in Spokane to John Frank Reilly and Barbara Cox Reilly. His first school was Glenora, south of Spokane. In the second grade, the family moved to Williams Valley west of Deer Park, where he attended Williams Valley School until consolidation. Fay then attended Clayton School for two years and graduated from Deer Park High School in 1948.
Helen L. (Arndt) Gleave, 91, Bowbells, ND, passed away July 5, 2014, at the Good Samaritan Society Home in Mohall, North Dakota. Helen Louise Arndt was born August 19, 1922 in We¬natchee to Arthur and Lottie (Estes) Arndt. She had three brothers that helped watch out for her on the family wheat and cattle farm on Badger Moun¬tain above the Wenatchee Valley.
Gladys Delene Staeheli, a lifelong resident of Colville, passed away on July 1, 2014. She was born the daughter of Henry and Azalea (Loiselle) Holst on Dec. 11, 1924 in Colville. Gladys attended school in Colville and graduated from Colville High School in 1941. She met Lester Staeheli, ŌĆ£BabeŌĆØ in 1942 after he was discharged from the U.S. Armed Forces and the couple married in April 1945.
Gladys worked in Colville at Seattle-First National Bank as a Loan Officer, and also volunteered her time working for the Historical Society in Colville.
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Walleye fishermen braved some inclement, wet weather for the 2014 GovernorŌĆÖs Cup Walleye Tournament on Lake Roosevelt last Saturday and Sunday. More than 50 teams competed in the tournament, which is hosted by the Lake Roosevelt Walleye Club.
When the weights had been tabulated Sunday afternoon, the local team of Phillip Adams and Jerry Lawrence topped the 2014 GovernorŌĆÖs Cup Tournament field with 29.42 pounds of walleye.
Water conservation may not seem prudent during a summer where the rain has been preva┬Łlent, particularly this month, but then this is not a new con┬Łcept to the City of Colville.
In the past decade since the city developed its existing con┬Łservation plan, new technolo┬Łgies, new attitudes and new goals have raised the bar in terms of water use efficiencies.
Municipal Services Adminis┬Łtrator Eric Durpos recently an┬Łnounced at a public meeting to discuss water conservation that the city wants to work with resi┬Łdents toward that goal.


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This recipe is such a hit it's "traveled" all over the country! My mother originated the recipe in Pennsylvania...I brought it to Texas when I married...I'm still making it in California...and my daughter treats her friends to this "oldie" in Colorado.
10 Servings
Prep: 10 min. Cook: 45 min.
2 pounds uncooked extra lean ground beef
ground round (90% lean)
4 pounds potatoes, peeled and sliced 1/4 inch thick
1 large onion, sliced
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1 low-sodium beef bouillon cube
1 cup hot water
1 can (28 ounces) diced tomatoes, undrained
Chopped fresh parsley, optional
In a Dutch oven, layer half of the meat, potatoes and onion. Sprinkle
with half of the salt and pepper. Repeat layers. Dissolve bouillon
in water; pour over all. Top with tomatoes.
Cover and cook over medium heat for 45-50 minutes or until potatoes
are tender. Garnish with parsley if desired. Yield: 10 servings.
Nutritional Facts:
1/10 recipe equals 314 calories, 8 g fat (0 saturated fat), 74 mg cholesterol, 189 mg sodium, 33 g carbohydrate, 0 fiber, 28 g protein.
Diabetic Exchanges:
3 lean meat, 2 starch.
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New guidelines hit the free speech bullseye but miss the mark on bullying prevention
On May 22, a coalition led by the American Jewish Committee and the Religious Freedom Project/First Amendment Center released Harassment, Bullying, and Free Expression: Guidelines for Free and Safe Public Schools. While we welcome the opportunity to keep the anti-bullying conversation going, this particular entrée has a problem.
It concludes:
Bullying, harassment, and hate crimes – got data?
In an effort to ensure equal opportunity, the Department of Education's Civil Rights Data Collection surveys schools nationwide on a range of topics including staffing and finance; college and career readiness; and discipline. The most recent survey, for the 2009-2010 school year, asked about bullying and harassment for the first time in its 44-year history. The American Association of University Women analyzed the data on sex-based bullying and harassment.


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O2 buckles under 3G iPhone demand
O2 customers reported that the firm's activation system crashed this morning as they raced to get their new 3G iPhones, but the telco insists everything is going swimmingly. One reader in West London told El Reg that the manager of his local O2 shop said the computer system for activating iPhones "has crashed, and it's the same …
Karma seems to have forgotten me...
I am usually quite anti-apple, although their hardware cannot be mocked for build quality, I find their software and prices are often laughable. Anyway, there Is no denying, even by a vole-lover such as myself, that this new iPhone has it all (inc the restrictions of iTunes). With both my beloved iriver and my calculator phone on the blink I wandered down to the Oxford street store at about noon, and was out of there in under 20 mind with an 8gb! Couldn't download iTunes when I got home, but older versions are everywhere and the autoupdate feature works fine. I guess this is just a fluke case, but everything went swimmingly and in writing this post I think I have tripled my typing speed on this bad boy! Anybody else tries the lightsaber app?
Gradually recovering the will to live
I spent 10 hours in the Apple Store on Regent Street yesterday, eventually leaving with my iBrick at 7pm. The entire experience was a shambles. Clearly 02 decided to get the guy who oversaw the Terminal 5 opening in to mastermind this launch!
CPW Ordered and still waiting (Update)
Ended up phoning CPW this morning as my Thursday order with next day delivery still hadn't turned up. They informed me that their website had messed up, quite a few of the orders and not taken payment details and in some cases the delivery address correctly. They had no record of my order number relating to an order but seemed to have my name and address on their system. They didn't have my payment details. This sounded fair enough as no money has left my account. I gave my payment details again over the phone. My account now shows a payment of £159 waiting to come out.
I was told my phone was sat in the warehouse assigned to my order and delivery is now going to be Tuesday. I will continue to wait and see what next week brings. Maybe then I will decide whether I really do want a £35 a month O2 contract.
Waiting to go back and collect my upgrade
Like 'Dark Ian' above, they couldn't complete my upgrade so they put my paperwork and my iPhone aside. Unfortunately they still couldn't process the upgrade today - O2's computer system still isn't working, I'm told it might be tomorrow.
I tried complaining to O2 by phoning their upgrade centre. Yesterday they didn't understand the problem, saying everything was fine. Today I rang and complained again, and this time they told me that the department that deals with O2 shops is different to the upgrade department that customers can phone. I asked to be put through to that department to find out what was going on but was told only O2 shop staff can speak to them.
From my limited knowledge of data centres I'm imagining that the building must have collapsed and crushed all of the servers for them to be taking this long to get back online. Presumably they don't have backup servers at another location?
But like O2's spokesperson says, everything is running smoothly.
Interesting comments...
I pre-registered online weeks ago, I then pre-ordered at the beginning of this week with no problems shortly before the system borked.
My order was in progress until Thursday when finally at about 4.30pm I got 2 test messages from O2, one explaining the situation and telling that not all orders placed had been successful, those that were would be informed by the end of the day. The second text just ten minutes later informed me that yes my order was indeed successful and would be delivered by courier on Friday.
I had the day off work already so that wasn't going to be a problem (before I get mocked for being a fanboy I'd booked the day off because it was my birthday... And perhaps 5% because of the iPhone ;o)), DHL arrived at 8:50am and I was activated and restored from my iPod touch backup by 9.30am.
I hit the App store and downloaded a few games etc. played them until I drained the battery about 2am and let it charge to full which only took about 3 hours.
The only issue for me is MobileMe, I can log in online but not via my Mac meaning I can't yet push my email and calendar.
Overall a very positive experience for me.
More CPW woes (follow on from effing CPW II)
.. well I sauntered down to the shop today to find out they havn't done a damn thing with my noPhone so I picked up the kit and headed up home to call CPW Customer Services direct.
After a 5 minute conversation with someone who actually seemed to know what they were talking about, I was then informed I need to go back to the shop so they can transfer 'the stock' (ie the phone) to their store (from the CPW website store code) so they can close the order down! Totally opposite to what I was told in the shop and apparently the noPhone *will not* activate until the order is closed.
Roll on Monday evening, or Tuesday if I dont want to skip the gym again.
More Woe Too
Failed credit check for on line purchase from O2 on Monday. Ordered from CPW. Told Out of Stock, then got an e-mail saying new stock had arrived. Delivered at 10.30 am on Friday. Follow activation instructions. Nada. Ring CPW help line. Helpful operators. Transferred to O2. "phone will be recognised by end of today". It wasn't. O2 web site now says recognition may take up to three days. It's now 2.5 hours left and counting. I ain't holding my breath. Why on earth did Apple go with O2?
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Unfinished symphonies
"Fame is better after you're dead"
Colin Chillag takes a road less traveled to art
From brilliance to madness and beyond, Jacob Martinez's artistic and personal journey has taken him further than he'd ever dreamed. The fire inside now quelled by medication, the nightmare of his mental illness is over. But at what price?
With their wildly eclectic, kinetic music, the Warriors of Make Believe will make your paradigms pop
Local artist Brian Brooks watches his work go from sticky barroom floors to flying off international clothing racks
Using detailed instructions left by Orson Welles, top film editor Walter Murch has remade "the best B-movie" ever, Welles' Touch of Evil
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The Motorola Defy+ remains the only option if you want an Android phone that will resist the elements. We love the fact is is water and dust resistant, but Motorola's Motoblur software remains mandatory and the Defy+ isn't as fast or user-friendly as it should be.
In late 2010, Motorola released the world's first rugged Android smartphone, the Motorola Defy. Fast forward almost 12 months later and the company has brought to market the Motorola Defy+ (Plus), an upgraded version of the original Defy. Though its new $299 price point is certainly attractive, we don't feel the Defy+ offers enough improvements over the original.
• Motorola Defy review
• Just how waterproof is the Motorola Defy?
All you need to know about the design of the Defy+ can be found in the review of the original Defy. That's because the Defy+ is virtually identical to the original model. It has the same 3.7in touchscreen and an identical ruggedised body, though the screws around the sides, the power button, the volume controls, and the slider that opens the rear battery cover are now coloured silver rather than gloss black. The touchscreen is again coated in Gorilla glass and although its clear, the Defy+'s display does lack the vibrancy and brightness of some of its competitors.
Normally we'd be disappointed with an identical look and feel considering the original Defy is nearly a year old. However, the Defy was an original and refreshing design that hasn't aged all that badly, so the Defy+ still manages to stand out amongst newer competitors. This is made easier by the fact there is next to no competition in the ruggedised space. Curved edges make the Defy+ comfortable to hold and use and the phone is also light and easy to pocket.
The original Motorola Defy launched in the Australian summer and was marketed as "Australia's first summer-proof smartphone" so the Defy+ naturally follows suit. The phone isn't completely waterproof but its water resistant up to one metre and is also dust resistant, too. Like the original, you'll need to make sure the plastic flaps covering both the headphone jack and the micro-USB port are closed before you attempt to dip the phone in water; both are a little annoying to open, but effectively seal the ports from leaking water when correctly closed.
Motorola says the Defy+ has a faster processor and upgraded software, which should therefore result in better performance. Though Motorola has made a few nice tweaks to its Motoblur software, we didn't notice a huge increase in performance. We still encountered many times where the phone felt slow and sluggish, and this often occurred during basic tasks such as scrolling through home screens, or opening the camera app.
Motorola's Motoblur software is still mandatory on the Defy+ — as soon as you switch on the phone you're prompted to enter your Motoblur account details or create an account if you don't have an existing one. To be fair, Motoblur does offer some excellent security features such as the ability to automatically wipe the handset when it is lost or stolen. However, its widget-based interface remains cluttered and confusing and there is effectively no way to use the phone without a Motoblur account.
There are a few new features that do make the user experience slightly more positive. You can now sort the app menu by all, recent or downloaded apps (just like you can on the Motorola RAZR) and the three shortcut icons on the home screen dock are customisable. There is also the option to create home screen "profiles" so you could effectively set screens for work, home and weekend: the three default options. Sadly, you can't remove home screens if you don't want to use them — you're stuck with the default seven.
The Motorola Defy+ once again includes Swype text entry with the on-screen keyboard. Swype allows you to slide your fingers over the letters you want to type in a single motion, letting the software work out the word you're trying to write. Though it sounds awkward, Swype is very easy to pick up and surprisingly accurate. As with most on-screen keyboards, the software will learn as you type and add words you use regularly to its database.
The Motorola Defy+ has a few handy applications preloaded including Quickoffice, Media Share (for playing video and music through a DLNA-compatible television). There's also a file manager and a cardio trainer app that will log workout activity using the GPS and a pedometer. The Defy+ has a unique media player — it will automatically find album art and lyrics from the Internet for any tracks in your library, while a "song identification" feature, similar to the app Shazam, is also included.
The Motorola Defy+ has the same a 5-megapixel camera as its predecessor. It has autofocus, a single LED flash, and doubles as a video recorder. We loved the fact you can use the volume keys as zoom buttons, and the ability to swipe through scene and effect settings is a nice touch. However, we really missed a physical camera button and there is no front-facing camera for video calling. The LED flash does nothing for low-light photography either, so photos captured at night are of poor quality. Photos can be stored on the Defy+'s 2GB of internal memory, or the 2GB microSD card that Motorola includes in the Australian sales package.
Motorola has equipped the Defy+ with a bigger battery than its predecessor — 1700mAh compared to 1540mAh. This should theoretically mean a noticeable increase in battery life but we didn't notice a huge improvement. You'll more than likely need to charge the Defy+ every night with regular use, so its no better or worse than the majority of Android phones on the market.
Perhaps the best thing about the Motorola Defy+ is its price: it's available for just $299 outright from Telstra stores. This makes it excellent value for money, especially considering it's the only ruggedised Android phone available on the market.
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Annoying dust inside phones is one of my biggest problems this seems to have been largely addressed on this phone however dropped calls and slow data speeds are the biggest annoyance, no service means no phone, no phone means no business, no business means no money to buy smart phones with. I feel like I'm on my own but a really would buy any smart phone with a hard connection to an external antenna.
i would like to know if this phone works in puerto rico in gsm band 850,900 1700 1800 1900 etc...
This phone is a great little product from Motorola. it claims to be drop proof and i (accidentally)put it to the ultimate test- run over by a car! It survived without a scratch. in terms of software i dont know why people hate on Motoblur so much its actuley not that bad. it handles the os quite well with minimal lag. with me swapping to the defy + from Iphone it was well worth it!
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First impression on unpacking the Q702 test unit was the solid feel and clean, minimalist styling.
For work use, Microsoft Word and Excel programs pre-installed on the device are adequate for preparing short documents.
The Fujitsu LifeBook UH574 allowed for great mobility without being obnoxiously heavy or clunky. Its twelve hours of battery life did not disappoint.
The screen was particularly good. It is bright and visible from most angles, however heat is an issue, particularly around the Windows button on the front, and on the back where the battery housing is located.
My first impression after unboxing the Q702 is that it is a nice looking unit. Styling is somewhat minimalist but very effective. The tablet part, once detached, has a nice weight, and no buttons or switches are located in awkward or intrusive positions.


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A PRACTITIONER WHO DOES LITIGATION CONSULTING should document the circumstances of his or her hiring, log relevant phone calls and appointments, obtain an engagement letter from the lawyer, label the project's work product confidential, properly conduct client meetings, directly invoice the attorney (not the client), send reports directly to the lawyer and make sure engagement report materials are segregated from other work files.
COLLABORATING CPAs AND ATTORNEYS SHOULD obtain client consent to communicate their business using cordless or cell phones and take precautions to ensure use of electronic communications tools such as cell phones and faxes doesn't cause confidentiality to be waived.
SCRAMBLERS AND ENCRYPTION TOOLS can substantially reduce the likelihood of waiver of privilege due to inadvertent disclosure but can be expensive ways to foil interception.
A CPA SHOULD BE AWARE that for work involving a corporation it is preferable that outside counsel rather than in-house counsel hire the CPA. If outside counsel cannot engage the accountant, in-house counsel is preferable to corporate management. The probability of a successful claim of privilege is diminished when management hires the CPA.
IF A CLIENT'S LOSS OF A CASE turns on the inadvertent disclosure of an electronic communication, the attorney and/or accountant could be sued for malpractice or subject to disciplinary proceedings.
n a landmark case Louis Kovel, a former IRS agent and accountant, had been hired by a law firm to help advise its clients. Kovel met with and received information from a client under IRS investigation for tax fraud. When subpoenaed by a grand jury, Kovel refused to answer questions about the client and was sentenced to a year in prison for contempt of court. The Second Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the contempt citation. It ruled there was no reason in the case to exclude accountants from the list of those who assist lawyers in providing legal services ( United States v. Kovel ).
As Kovel established, CPA-client communications may be privileged under a specific set of conditions. Not meeting them can result in loss of privilege—and can cause a legal strategy to fail. Today's technology such as e-mail, voice mail, cell phones and faxes makes those conditions difficult to maintain. This article will discuss the framework in which attorney-client privilege extends to accountants and will suggest practical ways CPAs operating in a technological environment can avoid inadvertent disclosure of confidential information to preserve attorney-client privilege.
Proposed rule of evidence 503 (also known as Supreme Court standard 503) established the general scope of the attorney-client privilege under federal common law: "A client has a privilege to refuse to disclose and to prevent any other person from disclosing confidential communications made for the purpose of facilitating the rendition of professional services to the client." The communications can be
Between the client or client's representative and his attorney or the attorney's representative.
Between the client's attorney and that attorney's representative.
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Between representatives of the client.
Between lawyers representing the client.
Business-organization clients may assert attorney-client privilege as individuals do, but applying privilege to corporate situations, even those involving in-house counsel, can be problematic because corporations act only through their agents. The Supreme Court ruled that a communication is privileged when management authorizes an employee or former employee to speak with an attorney (or agent thereof) regarding conduct or proposed conduct related to employment ( Upjohn v. United States ). Formal criteria for all situations involving a corporate setting and the attorney-client privilege that applies don't exist, however. Prior to meeting with or communicating with clients, CPAs who perform litigation support should obtain a letter that clarifies their role as agents of the lawyer.
WAIVER STANDARDS FOR INADVERTENT DISCLOSURE An attorney's client holds the attorney-client privilege and has the power to waive it. In practice the client's lawyer also has limited authority to waive it; by extension a CPA agent can cause its forfeiture. Some courts have held that any disclosure—even an accidental one—waives confidentiality. Disclosure can occur through the use of electronic communications devices such as cordless and cell phones, faxes and e-mail. It can result from unintentionally faxing a document to an opposing attorney or sophisticated espionage methods by adversaries. Cases involving inadvertent disclosure are subject to three different court approaches.
The strict responsibility approach. Courts that follow this approach treat all inadvertent disclosure as a waiver of privilege and do not require the element of intent. They reason that once a third party obtains a privileged communication, confidentiality is lost and cannot be restored. (Some courts insist disclosure is evidence of the client's intention to forfeit privilege.) This thesis is simple for courts to administer and yields predictable results. If an attorney and his or her agents do not want an adversary to use confidential information, they must safeguard it sufficiently. The seminal case for this approach is Underwater Storage, Inc. v. United States Rubber Co.
Critics of this rule say it undermines the confidence parties can place in attorney-client privilege, provoking client reticence and reducing a lawyer's ability to provide effective representation. It also punishes a client for someone else's error. For example, if a consulting CPA's secretary accidentally presses the wrong speed-dial button, a client's case can be damaged.
In another example an attorney directed a client to consult with an accountant regarding that client's conviction for willful failure to file a federal income tax return. On appeal the Ninth Circuit refused to extend privilege to the accountant because there was insufficient evidence to show the lawyer had commissioned CPA services to support the rendering of legal advice ( United States v. Gurtner ). Thus, if a practitioner provides business advice rather than litigation-related information for the attorney, no privilege attaches. Even litigation-specific information is unprivileged if it is incidental to business advice.
This limitation was reinforced in the Sequa Corp. case, in which in-house counsel hired Arthur Andersen, the corporation's auditor, to prepare a memorandum of the tax consequences of a proposed corporate reorganization. After discussions between Sequa and Andersen, the firm delivered the final memorandum to in-house counsel. Sequa consummated the transaction as Andersen recommended.
Later, the IRS subpoenaed Andersen to produce the memo. In response Sequa claimed attorney-client privilege, saying the Andersen memorandum had been prepared to aid in-house counsel in rendering legal services. The Second Circuit held the Kovel rule did not apply because Sequa consulted the accounting firm for tax advice rather than for assistance with and support of legal services. The court noted Sequa had not produced documentation such as a separate retainer agreement or itemized billings for the Andersen report to support a claim of privilege ( United States v. Adlman ).
The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that in applying Kovel it is inappropriate to distinguish between those on the client's payroll and independent contractors such as CPAs. In the example of In re Bieter Co. the court set out principles applicable to determining whether privilege protected third-party communications. It said
The communication must be made for the purpose of seeking legal advice. The third-party expert that's involved must act at the direction of the client. The subject matter of the communication must be within the scope of the consultant's duties. The communication must not be disseminated beyond those parties who need to know.
The modern or "no waiver" approach. Under this approach the privilege is waived only when a disclosing party chooses to do so. An accidental fax transmission, for example, would not waive privilege. The court need determine only whether the disclosed material is protected by attorney-client privilege; if it is, the recipient may not introduce it at trial. Supporters say a waiver is, by definition, intentional relinquishment of a known right, making the concept of an "inadvertent waiver" inherently contradictory. The seminal case for this approach is Mendenhall v. Barber-Greene Co.
Critics of this approach claim it is too difficult to discern a client's intent and that clients can change their minds and lie. Critics also say the "no waiver" approach erodes incentives for attorneys and their agents to protect clients' confidential documents.
The balancing test approach. Most state and federal courts use this approach, which evaluates whether privilege has been waived based on the circumstances of a disclosure. Courts using this approach often apply the following five-factor checklist, which originated with Lois Sportswear, USA, Inc. v. Levi Strauss & Co .:
The reasonableness of the precautions taken to prevent inadvertent disclosure.
The number of inadvertent disclosures.
The extent of the disclosure.
Any delay in measures taken to rectify the disclosures.
Whether the overriding interests of justice would or would not be served by relieving a party of its error.
The balancing test is more work to apply, but what it lacks in ease of application it makes up for in fairness. However, critics say it leads to inconsistent results because each court will define "reasonable precautions" differently, encouraging parties to litigate unnecessarily.
SAFEGUARDING E-COMMUNICATIONS Privileged information is susceptible to waiver by interception or inadvertent disclosure in electronic communications. A basic component of the law covering attorney-client privilege is that a protected communication must have a reasonable expectation of privacy. Collaborating attorneys and CPAs should take care that their use of electronic communications tools such as cell phones and faxes doesn't cause confidentiality to be waived. In particular, electronic communications carry unique risks.
Telephones. Generally, a conversation on a landline phone between an attorney and client or an attorney and a CPA expert is privileged. In United States v. Hall, the court held that when a person talks by landline telephone, he or she can reasonably assume privacy. That is, traditional phone conversations take place under circumstances considered inherently confidential. The law is less clear about cordless and cell phones.
A federal appeals court said a client's cordless phone conversation with his attorney was not protected in United States v. Mathias. Other courts have ruled that no reasonable expectation of privacy exists for cordless phone conversations because users broadcast their messages in the same way that radio stations do ( State v. Smit h). This principle of law is subject to challenge, however, as communications technology evolves.
Cell phones also broadcast messages using radio signals, but not at standard FM frequencies. They still can be intercepted with illegal scanning devices. This fact has led some courts to hold that a cell phone user lacks a reasonable expectation of privacy ( Salmon v. State ).
Presumption of privacy more likely depends on the specific technology used to protect communications. Since such technology continues to change, courts probably will avoid hard and fast rules in this area. Communication of privileged information to an unknown third party via eavesdropping or inadvertent disclosure continues to be a risk. Accordingly, CPAs should exercise extreme caution in communicating confidential material over cordless or cell phones. New York, Iowa and Illinois bar associations have released ethics opinions stating that attorneys should warn clients that all cell phone conversations are not secure. Both attorneys and CPAs hired by attorneys should obtain client consent to communicate their business using cordless or cell phones—or they should refrain from discussing client-specific business on them.
There is technology to enhance confidentiality. For example, one device will "scramble" cordless or cell phone communications at a cost of several hundred dollars per scrambler.
Fax machines. In general a fax communication is protected by the attorney-client Kovel privilege (see United States Fidelity & Trust Co. v. Canady ). Faxes differ from cordless and cell phone communications because the machines use landline telephone technology for transmission, eliminating the interception possibility associated with radio waves. Despite possible misdirection of a fax transmission, a reasonable expectation of privacy still is afforded this medium.
CPAs can safeguard faxes with a cover sheet stating the information in it is privileged. It might say the following:
Privileged and confidential: All information transmitted hereby is intended only for the use of the addressee(s) named above. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or the employee or agent responsible for delivering the message to the intended recipient(s), please note that any distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. Anyone who receives this communication in error should notify us immediately by telephone and return the original message to us at the above address via the U.S. mail.
The legal effect of the confidentiality legend depends on which of the three waiver theories a court follows. A legend will have no impact on a court that adheres to the strict responsibility approach, but a court that subscribes to the "no waiver" approach may not even require a legend to put opposing counsel on notice. A court that follows the balancing approach probably would consider the legend a reasonable precaution.
E-mail. Communication by e-mail also is a gray area of the law. The private internal e-mail systems used by accounting and law firms do not create the potential for inadvertent waiver of the Kovel privilege. Nonprivate e-mail systems, on the other hand, evoke questions about whether such communications carry a reasonable expectation of privacy.
In a lawsuit challenging the Communications Decency Act, a federal district court ruled that unencrypted e-mail is not secure ( American Civil Liberties Union v. Reno ). However, in a case involving America Online (AOL) e-mail transmissions, a federal appellate court held that the sender of an e-mail message had a reasonable expectation of privacy ( United States v. Maxwell ). AOL e-mail messages are afforded more privacy than messages on other Internet-access providers because AOL privately stores them for retrieval in its centralized, privately owned computer. Use of an Internet service provider such as AOL, in which access to e-mail communications is protected by a password, is supportable as due care.
E-mail is vulnerable to both interception and inadvertent disclosure. One common method to enhance the confidentiality of e-mail communications and the probability of a successful claim of Kovel privilege is encryption, which can make a plain-text message unreadable by processing it with a mathematical algorithm. The use of encryption can substantially reduce the likelihood of waiver of privilege due to inadvertent disclosure, but it can be an expensive way to foil interception.
HOW CPAs CAN PLAY IT SAFE Case law shows that procedural safeguards help preserve attorney-client privilege and its extension to CPAs under Kovel . A practitioner who does litigation consulting should document the circumstances of his or her hiring, obtain an engagement letter from the lawyer, label the project's work product "confidential," properly conduct client meetings, directly invoice the attorney (not the client), send reports directly to the lawyer and make sure engagement report materials are segregated from other work files.
Document the hiring process. Whether the attorney calls you, an associate suggests you call or the subject comes up at a professional luncheon, document your participation in the legal matter as of the first conversation about it. Log relevant phone calls and appointments.
Be aware that at a corporation, outside counsel rather than in-house counsel should hire the CPA. If outside counsel cannot hire the CPA, in-house counsel rather than corporate management should engage the accountant. The probability of a successful claim of privilege is diminished when corporate management hires the CPA.
An attorney generally should not hire the client's existing CPA; doing so can make it difficult to establish the practitioner has advised in the context of litigation rather than business. If counsel hires a client's accountant, matters covered by the privilege should be segregated to demonstrate the engagement was not part of any other services performed by the practitioner. If you are the CPA and work for a firm, recommend a colleague handle the litigation work. The firm then can erect a "Chinese wall" between the regular and the investigative accountants and their respective files.
The engagement agreement should state that all communications between the attorney, client and accountant are incidental to rendering legal services and are intended to remain confidential; that you (the CPA) and client may communicate outside the attorney's presence as long as you do so at counsel's direction; that none of the parties should disclose the nature or content of any communications or work product to any third party, including government officials, or privilege likely will be waived; that all documents including workpapers for the engagement are the property of the lawyer and are held by you solely for the attorney's convenience, and that once your work is done, you will deliver all related files to the lawyer and will not retain copies.
If an engagement agreement isn't used, the lawyer should use a "Kovel letter," which is less formal. It should say the lawyer is retaining you to assist in his or her work for the client. A Kovel letter generally specifies the CPA will bill the attorney directly and that the project workpapers are the property of the attorney. It should instruct the accountant about the specific tasks to be performed and to maintain the confidentiality of all information received or generated.
If challenged in court, the attorney-client privilege extended to CPAs under the Kovel rule must be proved valid. A carelessly structured arrangement leaves the privilege susceptible to challenge.
A CPA hired by an attorney to obtain facts for a client's case should get a written engagement agreement that precisely states the terms of the arrangement. The letter should state that all communications among the attorney, client and accountant are to remain confidential and that all CPA workpapers are the attorney's property.
The CPA should label work product confidential, document client meetings, directly invoice the attorney, send reports directly to the lawyer and segregate litigation-related report materials from other client work product, if any.
CPAs should mitigate the risk of inadvertent disclosure and eavesdropping from the use of electronic communications by minimizing use of cordless or cell phones to discuss privileged information.
Fax privileged material with a cover sheet bearing a confidentiality legend (above). It offers some protection if a communication goes to the wrong person by mistake.
Use a methodology for preparing an investigative or litigation-related report to make it distinct from other work product, particularly if in the ordinary course of business you generate reports that look similar. However, the litigation report must be conventional enough that it doesn't invite a challenge for failure to follow "acceptable" methods, and the methodology for each relevant transaction must be the same.
Label confidential CPA work product. Demonstrate your work product is protected by writing or typing "confidential" on such documents and by restricting circulation only to necessary persons. In Large v. Our Lady of Mercy Med. Ctr., the court found that merely tagging work product with a Post-it note was not an adequate protection. Work product marked as confidential should contain genuinely confidential information; "confidential" should not be routinely placed on your entire work product. Labeling truly confidential documents as such demonstrates the intent to keep them separate. Some CPAs keep a record of confidential documents in a privilege log. Any written work product should say it is being produced at the attorney's request.
Conduct meetings properly. For meetings involving you, client representatives and/or the attorney, take minutes noting the date, who is present, the subject and legal reason for the meeting and the confidentiality of the proceedings. It's important to state the legal purpose; a court may ask whether the meeting would have been held if litigation had never been a prospect. If the answer is "yes," the meeting likely will be viewed as having a business purpose. Be aware that in a corporation, only employees with essential information should be in attendance.
Invoice the law firm. Bill the law firm for whom the work is being done. Don't send invoices or copies of invoices to the law firm's client. The law firm, not the client, should pay the CPA. In the event counsel hires you and you are the client's current CPA, you should bill litigation-support services separately from other accounting and tax services ( United States v. Adlman ).
AICPA National Conference on Advanced Litigation Services and Fraud September 26-29, 2004 Phoenix
AICPA National Business Valuation Conference November 7–9, 2004 Orlando, Florida
Newsletters AICPA ABV E-valuation Alert.
CS E-News, Newsletter of the AICPA Consulting Services Section.
CPA Consultant.
CPA Expert.
Communicating in Litigation Services: Reports— Consulting Services Practice Aid 96-3. Will help practitioners apply knowledge of organizational functions and technical disciplines during an engagement or consultation (# 055000JA).
Litigation Services & Applicable Professional Standards —Consulting Services Special Report 03-01. Gives guidance about applicable standards, rules and laws to practitioners serving as consultants, experts, triers of fact, special masters, mediators and arbitrators (# 055297JA).
Litigation Services Handbook: The Role of the Financial Expert by Roman L. Weil, Michael J. Wagner and Peter B. Frank, John Wiley & Sons, New Jersey, 200l. (Can be ordered at www.cpa2biz.com , # WI403091P0100DJA).
Send CPA reports to the attorney. Any litigation support or special project report you prepare should state at the outset that it has been generated for potential litigation purposes. You should send commissioned reports directly to the law firm, not to the client. If possible, discuss the content of reports only with counsel present and collect all copies at the conclusion of each meeting; document such actions.
Segregate report materials or methodology. If an accounting report contains information that can be used for purposes besides legal consultation, you and the attorney should separate the portions of the report applicable to business decisions from those related to the legal consultation. You should consider using a methodology for preparing an investigative or litigation-related report to make it distinct from other work product, particularly if in the ordinary course of business you generate reports that look similar. However, the litigation report must be conventional enough that it doesn't invite a challenge for failure to follow "acceptable" methods, and the methodology for each relevant transaction must be the same.
DISCRETION AND DUE CARE On behalf of clients, attorneys frequently hire CPAs as nontestifying experts or consultants. Federal common law does not recognize an accountant-client privilege, but under the Kovel rule, a lawyer may shield a nontestifying accountant under third-party privilege. This rule insulates communications and work product when the attorney hires an expert to help in the provision of legal services. The privilege extends only to specific communications, not facts. Candid communication between a CPA and client is vital to providing the best possible service, but there may be pitfalls: If a client's loss of a case turns on the inadvertent disclosure of an electronic communication, the attorney and/or accountant could be sued for malpractice or subject to disciplinary proceedings. The ability to deliver quality services in a manner that protects privilege depends on keeping sensitive communications and work product from disclosure or interception.


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