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June 20, 2012
Stephen C. Webster
Raw Story
A document declassified this week by the National Security Archive reveals that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) delivered a briefing to the Bush administration which directly contradicts former Vice President Dick Cheney's claim that 9/11 hijacker Mohamed Atta visited an Iraqi intelligence official in Prague.
The document (PDF), dated Dec. 1, 2001 and delivered to the White House on the 8th, claims that Atta "did not travel to the Czech Republic on 31 May 2000," and adds that "the individual who attempted to enter the Czech Republic on 31 May 2000… was not the Atta who attacked the World Trade Center on 11 September 2001."
Despite this briefing, just days later on Dec. 9, 2001, Cheney told the late Tim Russert, host of Meet the Press, that the meeting in Prague had been "pretty well confirmed."
Well, what we now have that's developed since you and I last talked, Tim, of course, was that report that's been pretty well confirmed, that he did go to Prague and he did meet with a senior official of the Iraqi intelligence service in Czechoslovakia last April, several months before the attack. Now, what the purpose of that was, what transpired between them, we simply don't know at this point. But that's clearly an avenue that we want to pursue.
Cheney's claim was one of the strongest rhetorical links between the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 and Iraq in the administration's arguments for war,… Continue reading
By Paul Craig Roberts
February 20, 2012
Information Clearing House
In 2010 the FBI invaded the homes of peace activists in several states and seized personal possessions in what the FBI–the lead orchestrator of fake "terrorist plots"–called an investigation of "activities concerning the material support of terrorism."
Subpoenas were issued to compel antiwar protestors to testify before grand juries as prosecutors set about building their case that opposing Washington's wars of aggression constitutes giving aid and comfort to terrorists. The purpose of the raids and grand jury subpoenas was to chill the anti-war movement into inaction.
Last week in one fell swoop the last two remaining critics of Washington/Tel Aviv imperialism were removed from the mainstream media. Judge Napolitano's popular program, Freedom Watch, was cancelled by Fox TV, and Pat Buchanan was fired by MSNBC. Both pundits had wide followings and were appreciated for speaking frankly.
Many suspect that the Israel Lobby used its clout with TV advertisers to silence critics of the Israeli government's efforts to lead Washington to war with Iran. Regardless, the point before us is that the voice of the mainstream media is now uniform. Americans hear one voice, one message, and the message is propaganda. Dissent is tolerated only on such issues as to whether employer-paid health benefits should pay for contraceptive devices. Constitutional rights have been replaced with rights to free condoms.
The western media demonizes those at whom Washington points a finger. The lies pour forth to justify Washington's naked aggression: the Taliban… Continue reading
Historical Judgment of Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Tribunal
by Cynthia McKinney
Global Research
Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Tribunal
Bush, Blair Defense Relies On 9/11/01
That's why we need an independent investigation of 9/11.
While the prosecution of President George W. Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair for the crime of aggression, crimes against the peace, took two days to present because the docket was so full of important evidence, including their own books written after the Iraq War, the Defense (by way of Amicus Curiae) sought to conclude its proceedings by invoking the emotionalism of the tragedy that took place on 11 September 2001. Amid multiple rebukes by the Chief Justice of the Tribunal to avoid emotionalism, the Defense team could not help itself.
Lead Defense Counsel continued, "Had George W. Bush said 'We know who you are, we know what you did, and we forgive you,' the world could have been a much different place. But, instead, Afghanistan, Iraq, Guantánamo happened. We are fallible human beings. We make mistakes." And the Defense stated that the defense of Bush and Blair defense is that the accused "are human."
The Judges interjected at this point that perhaps the correct defense should have been "temporary insanity" or "provocation" since the prosecution had already stated that 9/11 was a pretext for the war that was desired by certain personalities as far back as 1998.
The Defense noted that what happened was human fallibility and in the end, the information that prompted the war… Continue reading
Lorie Van Auken
Lorie Van Auken joins us and shares with us her reflections ten years on about the events of 9/11 and her loss. She discusses the still-classified 28 pages of the JICI dealing with terrorist financing, the 9/11 families' stalled lawsuit to bankrupt the terrorists and the direct interventions by the White House to protect the Saudi regime against the justice-seeking families, and the many uninvestigated questions and facts covered up by the 9/11 Commission. She questions our current many-fronted wars and the senselessness of the occupation of and our military presence in Iraq and Afghanistan with Saddam Hussein and Bin Laden both dead, while our economy is crashing here at home. Ms. Van Auken talks about the three versions of the NORAD timeline, the passage of the Patriot Act as a vehicle to erode our civil liberties, NSA's illegal wiretapping of our domestic communications under the guise of security, and more!
Lorie Van Auken, the mother of two children, lost her husband Kenneth Van Auken in the September 11th terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. She is one of the "Jersey Girls" who, along with Kristen Breitweiser, Mindy Kleinberg, and Patty Casazza, fought the Bush administration for a commission to investigate the attacks. Ms. Van Auken is also a member of the September 11 Advocates.
Here is our guest Lorie Van Auken unplugged! Click here to listen to interview with Lorie Van Auken [48:26].
by Michael Collins
July 13, 2011
The Economic Populist
There are some crimes so universally offensive that even mentioning the suspected crime has devastating effects. Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) raised just such a question yesterday. In a brief press statement, the Senator said:
"The reported hacking by News Corporation newspapers against a range of individuals – including children – is offensive and a serious breach of journalistic ethics. This raises serious questions about whether the company has broken U.S. law, and I encourage the appropriate agencies to investigate to ensure that Americans have not had their privacy violated. I am concerned that the admitted phone hacking in London by the News Corp. may have extended to 9/11 victims or other Americans. If they did, the consequences will be severe." Senator John D. Rockefeller IV, July 12
Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation has used voicemail hacking and other forms of privacy intrusion in the United Kingdom as far back as 2002. The goal is to get the most intimate insider information, stay ahead of the news cycle, and beat the competition. Where better to get information than the voicemails and other electronic data belonging to those in the news. The News of the World, Murdoch's flagship paper, hacked the voicemails of a kidnapped 12 year old, the widows of fallen soldiers, and even the powerful. In 2006, the Murdoch papers invaded the private medical records of former Labour Party leader Gordon Brown.
A July 4 article by Nick Davies of the Guardian ignited the most recent focus on illegal actions by the Murdoch papers with the revelation about the hack of the 12 year old kidnap-murder victim.…Continue reading
By Agence France-Presse
Monday, July 11th, 2011
Newly appointed US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta told American troops in Baghdad on Monday that 9/11 was the reason they were in Iraq, before he was quickly corrected by his spokesman.
"The reason you guys are here is because of 9/11. The US got attacked and 3,000 human beings got killed because of Al-Qaeda," Panetta told about 150 soldiers at the Camp Victory US base.
"We've been fighting as a result of that," he said.
The administration of former US President George W. Bush had hastily linked Saddam Hussein, the ousted Iraqi dictator, to the 9/11 attacks.
That was one of the justifications for the 2003 US-led invasion, but the argument has since been widely dismissed [Ed.: by the Bush Administration itself].
Doug Wilson, Panetta's spokesman, quickly jumped in after his boss, who just took office on July 1, made the statement.
"I don't think he's getting into the argument of 2002-2003," as the reason for the Iraq invasion, Wilson he told reporters, adding that his boss was "a plain-spoken secretary."
"He has made clear that the major threat to this country is coming from Al-Qaeda and terrorist groups and he has also made clear that wherever we are in the world today, that (Al-Qaeda) is a principle reason for a military presence," Wilson said.
The new defence secretary also committed a faux pas in Afghanistan on Saturday, telling reporters the United States intends to keep 70,000 troops there until 2014.
President Barack Obama's administration has said it plans a steady withdrawal of US forces until the Afghans can take over their own security.…Continue reading
June 29, 2011
By Liz Goodwin
The Lookout blog at Yahoo.com
A new report out of Brown University estimates that the U.S. wars in Afghanistan and Iraq–together with the counterinsurgency efforts in Pakistan–will, all told, cost $4 trillion and leave 225,000 dead, both civilians and soldiers.
The group of economists, anthropologists, lawyers, humanitarian personnel, and political scientists involved in the project estimated that the cost of caring for the veterans injured in the wars will reach $1 trillion in 30 or 40 years. In estimating the $4 trillion total, they did not take into account the $5.3 billion in reconstruction spending the government has promised Afghanistan, state and local contributions to veteran care, interest payments on war debt, or the costs of Medicare for veterans when they reach 65.
The Congressional Budget Office, meanwhile, has assessed the federal price tag for the wars at $1.8 trillion through 2021. The report says that is a gross underestimate, predicting that the government has already paid $2.3 trillion to $2.7 trillion.
More than 6,000 U.S. troops and 2,300 contractors have died since the wars began after Sept. 11. A staggering 550,000 disability claims have been filed with the VA as of 2010. Meanwhile, 137,000 civilians in Afghanistan and Iraq have died in the conflict. (Injuries among U.S. contractors have also not yet been made public, further complicating the calculations of cost.) Nearly 8 million people have been displaced. Check out Reuters' factbox breaking down the costs and casualties here.
Perhaps the most sobering… Continue reading
Not All Sources and Experts Are Equal–Here Are some Real Ones!
There are 'experts' views,' and then there are experts' views. There are 'government sources,' and then there are government sources. Not all experts are equal. And, not all sources are reliable. Am I talking in riddles? Of course not; give me a chance and I'll explain.
We have members of the popular media (mainstream and quasi-alternatives alike) ever anxious to market and disseminate government conspiracy and propaganda. They, members of the popular media, have their own rolodex of 'experts' and analysts, some on their payroll, to help them propagate the delivery and execution of government-given propaganda-conspiracy. The same principle applies to 'sources.' The popular media relies on their government sources who act as middle-men-government messengers who've been given a government written and approved script to be delivered; almost always anonymously. Well, this is exactly what we have been getting from our media, around the clock, since the announcement of the Bin Laden Death Operation: ever-changing government scripts, delivered mainly by anonymous government sources to the US media, and further embellished and expanded upon by government-connected experts and analysts on the payroll.
On the other hand, there are many independent real experts whose analyses and views you won't, or rarely, get to hear or read about; at least not in the mainstream media or at quasi-alternative sites. And there are current and former government sources not tasked with messenger duties; many of whom… Continue reading
by Andy Worthington
Published April 24, 2011
On Sunday April 24, 2011 WikiLeaks began publishing 779 secret files from the
notorious Guantánamo Bay prison camp. The details for every detainee will be
released daily over the coming month.
WikiLeaks Reveals Secret Files on All Guantánamo Prisoners
PLEASE NOTE: This article has been published in languages other than English
at WikiLeaks, linked here.
In its latest release of classified US documents, WikiLeaks is shining the
light of truth on a notorious icon of the Bush administration's "War on
Terror" — the prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, which opened on January
11, 2002, and remains open under President Obama, despite his promise to close
the much-criticized facility within a year of taking office.
In thousands of pages of documents dating from 2002 to 2008 and never seen
before by members of the public or the media, the cases of the majority of the
prisoners held at Guantánamo — 758 out of 779 in total — are described
in detail in memoranda from JTF-GTMO, the Joint Task Force at Guantánamo
Bay, to US Southern Command in Miami, Florida.
These memoranda, which contain JTF-GTMO's recommendations about whether the
prisoners in question should continue to be held, or should be released (transferred
to their home governments, or to other governments) contain a wealth of important
and previously undisclosed information, including health assessments, for example,
and, in the cases of the majority of the 171 prisoners who are still held, photos
(mostly for the… Continue reading
January 31, 2011
TO: Citizens of the World Working for Peace
ACTION NEEDED: Protest the Condemnation of Professor Richard Falk, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967.
WHY: Professor Falk, Professor Emeritus of International Law at Princeton University, has demonstrated courage in saying that there are "gaps and contradictions" in the official account of 9/11. He has been "condemned" for such conservative statements about 9/11 by Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and US Ambassador Susan Rice, and Ambassador Rice has called for his removal from his unpaid post at the U.N.
Professor Falk has been devoted to world peace during his lifetime, and he is arguably the world's most qualified legal scholar in the Palestine-Israel issue in the UN where he is very much needed.
Write as a citizen (not part of a movement) to both U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice and Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to let them know you disapprove of their censoring statements to Professor Richard Falk, and that you call for an apology to him.
Five sample letters follow. Please do this as soon as you are able. Time is of the essence. And please forward to your peace and justice contacts and those working for peace for Palestinians and Israelis.
Link to Richard Falk's blog on this issue: http://richardfalk.wordpress.com/?s=9%2F11+gaps&submit=Search
ADDRESSES for Ambassador Susan Rice:
Hon. Susan Rice U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations U.S. Mission to the United Nations 799 United Nations Plaza New York, NY… Continue reading
Sunday, June 6, 2010 – Former US Attorney General Ramsey Clark will be speaking at the University of Calgary. For more information see (http://canadiandimension.com/articles/3054/)
Clark will speak about his relationship to Splitting the Sky, the man who attempted a citizens' arrest on George W. Bush in March 2009. Splitting the Sky was Ramsey Clark's client in the 1970s after his involvement in the Attica Prison debacle. Splitting the Sky will go to court on Monday, June 7th to hear the judge's verdict in this historic case.
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Web Exclusive: Canadian Man Could Be Sentenced to Two Years in Prison for Implementing the Law
Joshua Blakeney
May 31, 2010
Canadian Dimension
"George Bush hasn't suffered at all over the monumental suffering, death, and horror he has caused . . . no matter how many American soldiers have died on a given day in Iraq (averaging well over two every day), he is always seen with a big smile on his face that same or next day." Vincent Bugliosi, The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder, 2008 (1)
Ramsey Clark will arrive in the Canadian oil-patch city of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, this coming June 6th and 7th, mounting pressure on Judge Manfred Delong, who is presiding over the sentencing process in an epochal trial which some have dubbed"The trial of Splitting the Sky versus George W. Bush." Splitting the Sky (STS) on the advice of legal experts Ramsey Clark, Gale Davidson and Anthony J.…Continue reading
by Michael Collins
There they are, the people who brought you every bit of the action in the WikiLeaks video and all of the other horrors flowing from invasion of Iraq. Madeleine Albright (far right, above), former Clinton Secretary of State, is a good place to start. From 60 Minutes:
Lesley Stahl on U.S. sanctions against Iraq: "We have heard that a half million children have died. I mean, that's more children than died in Hiroshima. And, you know, is the price worth it?"
Secretary of State Madeleine Albright: I think this is a very hard choice, but the price–we think the price is worth it. —60 Minutes (5/12/96)
An exhaustive study found that 227,000 children under five (table 13) died during the George H.W. Bush – Bill Clinton regime of total sanctions against Iraq from 1990 through 2000.
Albright is distinguished as the most direct spokesmodel for senseless death and suffering that's characterized our engagement with that battered country.
But others carry much greater responsibility. The Bush administration had top secret plans to invade Iraq as early as February 2001. First hand witnesses in the prewar White House were unable to name a point when the decision to invade was made. It was a fait accompli.
Prior to the war authorization from Congress, the various intelligence agencies submitted a report that claimed Iraq had weapons of mass destruction (WMD). Many nations had WMD. The report had to find that Iraq was an imminent danger to the… Continue reading
Daniel Tencer
April 5, 2010
The death of a whistleblower who said the UK government had "sexed up" a dossier on Saddam Hussein's military capabilities in order to sell the Iraq war has been one of the most intriguing and confusing elements of the war's history.
Now the UK's Conservative Party is signaling that it plans to reopen the inquiry into the death of Dr. David Kelly if it wins the next election. The move could potentially harm the ruling Labour Party, which championed the Iraq war effort and is now trailing in the polls for this spring's election.
On Sunday, Dominic Grieve, the Conservative Party's "shadow" justice minister, said members of the public "have not been reassured" that Kelly's death was a suicide, and if his government wins the election, he would want to reopen the case, reports the UK's Daily Mail.
Kelly, a weapons expert with Britain's Ministry of Defence, was found dead in a forest near his home in Oxfordshire in 2003, shortly after he gave an interview to the BBC in which he said that the British government was lying about its claim that Saddam Hussein could launch biological and chemical weapons within 45 minutes of giving the order.
Kelly's death sparked suspicions that he may have been killed for undermining the government of then-Prime Minister Tony Blair as the British leader stood with US President George W. Bush in pushing for an invasion of Iraq.
A former British ambassador quoted Kelly as having… Continue reading
February 25, 2010
By Paul Craig Roberts
The Washington Times is a newspaper that looks with favor upon the Bush/Cheney/Obama/neocon wars of aggression in the Middle East and favors making terrorists pay for 9/11. Therefore, I was surprised to learn on February 24 that the most popular story on the paper's website for the past three days was the "Inside the Beltway" report, "Explosive News," about the 31 press conferences in cities in the US and abroad on February 19 held by Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth, an organization of professionals which now has 1,000 members.
I was even more surprised that the news report treated the press conference seriously. How did three World Trade Center skyscrapers suddenly disintegrate into fine dust? How did massive steel beams in three skyscrapers suddenly fail as a result of short-lived, isolated, and low temperature fires? "A thousand architects and engineers want to know, and are calling on Congress to order a new investigation into the destruction of the Twin Towers and Building 7," reports the Washington Times.
The paper reports that the architects and engineers have concluded that the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the National Institute of Standards and Technology provided "insufficient, contradictory and fraudulent accounts of the circumstances of the towers' destruction" and are "calling for a grand jury investigation of NIST officials."
The newspaper reports that Richard Gage, the spokesperson for the architects and engineers said: "Government officials will be notified that "Misprision of Treason,' U.S. Code… Continue reading
January 5th, 2010
by Maidhc Ó Cathail
Dissident Voice: a radical newsletter in the struggle for peace and social justice
All too often, official inquiries are conducted by the very people who should themselves be under investigation.
In this respect, Britain's Chilcot Inquiry on the Iraq war bears a distressing similarity to the 9/11 Commission.
In a remarkable symmetry, both inquiries involve a Jewish Zionist historian, who not only advised his country's leader to go to war against Iraq, but actually provided the ideological justification for that unnecessary war.
Preemptive Wars
Perhaps Philip Zelikow was one of the few people who was not surprised by his appointment as executive director of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States, better known as the 9/11 Commission. After all, the Professor of History at the University of Virginia had shown uncanny prescience in foreseeing an event such as 9/11 itself. In 1998, as project director of the Catastrophic Terrorism Group, Zelikow had written:
"An act of catastrophic terrorism that killed thousands or tens of thousands of people … would be a watershed event in America's history.… Like Pearl Harbor, such an event would divide our past and future into a 'before' and 'after.'"
Yet despite his awareness of an imminent threat of "catastrophic terrorism" against the United States, in the Bush administration Zelikow was instrumental in downgrading the status of the National Coordinator for Counterterrorism, Richard Clarke.1 Effectively cutting off his direct access to the President, this prevented Clarke… Continue reading
Kevin Ryan
Careful investigation leads one to notice that a number of intriguing groups of people and organizations converged on the events of September 11th, 2001. An example is the group of men who were members of Cornell University's Quill & Dagger society. This included Paul Wolfowitz, National Security Advisors Sandy Berger and Stephen Hadley, Marsh & McLennan executive Stephen Friedman, and the founder of Kroll Associates, Jules Kroll. Another interconnected group of organizations is linked to these Cornell comrades, and is even more interesting in terms of its members being integral to the events of 9/11, and having benefited from those events.
After the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center (WTC), a company called Stratesec (or Securacom) was responsible for the overall integration of the new security system designed by Kroll Associates. Stratesec had a small board of directors that included retired Air Force General James Abrahamson, Marvin Bush (the brother of George W. Bush) and Wirt Walker III, a cousin of the Bush brothers. Other directors included Charles Archer, former Assistant Director in charge of the FBI's Criminal Justice Information Services Division, and Yousef Saud Al Sabah, a member of the Kuwaiti royal family.[1]
Yousef Saud Al Sabah was also chairman of the Kuwait-American Corporation (KuwAm), which between 1993 and 1999 held a controlling share of Stratesec. The other owners of Stratesec were Walker and an entity controlled by Walker and Al Sabah, called Special Situation Investment Holdings (SSIH).[2] SSIH was said to form a group with… Continue reading
The Trial of Splitting the Sky as a Trial of the Cheney-Bush-Rumsfeld Cabal of War Profiteers
by Anthony J. Hall,
Professor of Globalization Studies, University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
December 3rd, 2009
printable version (pdf)
Who and what is on trial ?
When Splitting the Sky broke through police lines in his attempt to conduct a citizen's arrest of former US President, George W. Bush, the Mohawk Freedom Fighter pierced a thick wall of tyranny. He broke through a tight phalanx of state protection for the perpetrators of War Crimes, Crimes Against Humanity, and Crimes Against the Peace.
With his courageous act, Splitting the Sky announced the unwillingness of millions of global citizens to tolerate any longer the culture of impunity that places a small, interlinked global plutocracy above the law. By breaking police lines, the Attica Brother and American Indian Movement activist scouted a route of liberation for those of us seeking to get out from under the weight of complicity in International Crime committed in our name. We are all deeply implicated in the state terror permeating the 9/11wars because it is our tax dollars that fund these imperial assaults.
Splitting the Sky's action in Calgary highlights the abject failure of law enforcement agencies to do their job. It highlights the unwillingness of police and those who direct them to apply the law equitably and independently.
When he broke through police lines last march, Splitting the Sky built on the message of Muntadarar al-Zaidi, the Baghdad journalist who… Continue reading
The Silence of the Antiwar Movement is Deafening
Cindy Sheehan's Lonely Vigil in Obamaland
By JOHN V. WALSH August 26, 2009 Counterpunch.com
A funny thing has happened on Cindy Sheehan's long road from Crawford, Texas, to Martha's Vineyard. Many of those who claim to lead the peace movement and who so volubly praised her actions in Crawford, TX, are not to be seen. Nor heard. The silence in fact is deafening, or as Cindy put it in an email to this writer, "crashingly deafening." Where are the email appeals to join Cindy from The Nation or from AFSC or Peace Action or "Progressive" Democrats of America (PDA) or even Code Pink? Or United for Peace and Justice. (No wonder UFPJ is essentially closing shop, bereft of most of their contributions and shriveling up following the thinly veiled protest behind the "retirement" of Leslie Cagan.) And what about MoveOn although it was long ago thoroughly discredited as principled opponents of war or principled in any way shape or form except slavish loyalty to the "other" War Party. And of course sundry "socialist" organizations are also missing in action since their particular dogma will not be front and center. These worthies and many others have vanished into the fog of Obama's wars.
Just to be sure, this writer contacted several of the "leaders" of the "official" peace movement in the Boston area — AFSC, Peace Action, Green Party of MA (aka Green Rainbow Party) and some others. Not so much as the courtesy of a reply resulted from this effort – although the GRP at least posted a notice of the action.…Continue reading


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iPhone 3.0: Still a Reason to Jailbreak?
The iPhone 3.0 software release day this summer may be a sad one for the little iPhone Pirate. Will we still need jailbreaking? As Rene has already pointed out, yes you will be able to jailbreak iPhone 3.0 but just how many of you will be abandoning this process all together? We've given you our Top 5 Jailbreak Apps and 5 More Jailbreak Apps. Now Apple has seemed to satisfy most, if not all of your iPhone needs with the 3.0 software, it may be bit premature to cast jailbreaking into the darkness just yet. Some of the reasons being:
No themes
Categories and folders
Tethering, still no sign of this coming anytime soon from AT&T.
Lack of options for things such as ringers and tones.
On screen notifications
Video recording
Yes, we all know that things may change from now and the time 3.0 is released but the above list has a bleak outlook in terms of Apple tossing them into the mix anytime soon. How many of you will still be jailbreaking when iPhone 3.0 drops?
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Reader comments
iPhone 3.0: Still a Reason to Jailbreak?
I haven't jailbreaked my iPhone and I don't think I ever will.
The only thing I would jailbreak for off that list is maybe themes. I'd like the keyboard / background to be the color of my choice
All I want now is a Finder.
You know, I'm thinking of jailbreaking right now just for some customization (backgrounds basically) and then I'll hide the icons using another applications.. and maybe I'll get backgrounder.. but once 3.0 drops, with stereo bluetooth, copy and paste, and push notifications, I can't see myself jailbreaking just for the dimmed leopard background behind my application icons. Even though it looks DAMNED good on my iPhone (OH and I love the 5-icon dock so I can fit all my updating apps and my iPod in there), its just not worth it to be almost the only thing I jailbreak for.
@Omari James:
Finder MAY be in the cards, there was a mention of some kind of app that will allow sending and receiving of files, and without access to the file system how would that happen right? It's unlikely that they'd give you access to the internal storage as if it were a WinMo phone or something, but it might have something kind of similar for file transfers :P
Keep your fingers crossed.
themes, a proper notification system (in the works) to get rid of all the annoying push stuff, today screen funcionality on the lockscreen, video recording, SBSSettings, 1000x faster sms app (quicksms), etc etc
i am a power user, and have been using smartphones for 4 years (real ones, symbian, not windwos mobile, RIM or palm crap you guys compare iphone with)therefore i will want to get all the potential the iphone has, and that still will be only possible via jailbreak
i do understand less demanding or less informed users will settle for 3.0 though, its a fine update considering what we got now
I have no need for jailbreaking. I don't try to use my phone as a laptop replacement and don't care enough to have a 3rd party OS just to customize some ring tones.
The one thing I did really want to see and didn't was an easier way to organize the apps on the different screens through iTunes. Who knows, this may be included in a future beta or final release...either way, not enough for me to bother with JB'n.
Oh, and with spotlight the need to organize is a lot less important anyway. So once I get used to use spotlight in the next week or so I might not even care about the organize through iTunes anymore.
Background processes. A functional push notification service will reduce the number of use cases that require background processes, but not elimiate them.
- For those hypothetical secure "enterprise" users, app security auditing cannot take place without background processing. (Of course, no such enterprise is going to mass adopt jailbroken iPhones, either - they will just stay in the darkness of RIM.)
- On a more realistic consumer level, if you want to listen to Pandora while using Safari, you would still need background processes, and therefore to jailbreak.
(Still excited for push, but I wish they had found some way to go a step further.)
I would never buy an iPhone if I couldn't jailbreak, they are so basic and locked-down otherwise.
It's the video recording for me. As long as that's only available through jailbreaking, I will be jailbreaking. :)
I would like more ring options for various things and ringer profiles, but I don't enough need of them to jailbreak my iPhone.
I'm wondering though, all the people who did and run background apps what is your battery life like? Apple said they decreased it by 80% on other phones, I was wondering why they didn't try it on the iPhone.
Of course. I, like "antonioj" don't want to be limited to what apple approves. I like the extra control that stuff like SBSettings provides, not to mention tethering, themes, ability to do VoIP Fring calls over 3G, sshing to my phone, etc.
If Apple ever lets everyone have unrestricted access to everything... then there will be no need to jailbreak. Until then, there is.
I can't wait for iPhone 3.0! BUT I wil be JailBreaking. I can't lose tethering (thats my internet) and Apple doesnt seem to want to deliver (or AT&T more than likely) and really nothing else.. besides SBSettings.
Well.. i'm a REALLY picky person.. and i've jailebreaked twice before but ended up going back. Why? one main reason
Sluggishness. Fact is.. jailbreaking makes the iPhone more sluggy. I didn't even have anything loaded on my jailbroken phone yet and it was sluggy... Texting.. browsing.. all accounts. things just FELT different.. they felt off..
yes it was cool to be able to mod my UI.. and do all that stuff.. i really enjoyed being able to do that.. but things slowed down more... AND my phone would LOCK UP or crash on average MORE then the non jailbroken build... so it's things like that that made me go back to Normal... =/
Like it was said, currently one only can run Pandora on background using backgrounder on a jailbreak phone. And that will remain like that with 3.0.
Other examples...any type of stuff that uses gps for location, or uses the accelerometer to count steps (sports apps), the fact they only work when the app is on foreground is LAME. Again, jailbreak alows to solve the problem, and use those kind of apps like in any other smartphone OS. Apple SHOULD have alowed at least limited/controled background processes from 3rd pary devs. Hell, at least for Google Latitude!!
I will still JB. Even if it is just for customization options. I just recently JB'd and can't believe I waited so long!
@Adam - True. However , similar to how you can have a place to have your photos and music , the finder will opperate the same way. I know apple won't give access to the internal memory but I'm just not into keeping things in mail. The finder will just be a place for supported files in mail.
maybe something is wrong with my iPhone then? b/c it runs 100% fine normal firmware but when i jailbreak it's sluggish.
How do you approach an Apple store employee with that issue..
Ummm yeah hi... umm yeah my iPhone is being sluggish when I jailbreak it.
Apple store Employee- WOT?!?
Kudos to APPLE for the major improvements! But I will still jailbreak ;)
- MCleaner- The reason I jailbroke and the best $12 I've ever spent. I had a bad experience with a crazy x bf. I still to this day believe this app saved my sanity.
- Cycorder- How can people live without this? I love taking clips when I'm out with friends and can't bring a camera, e.g.: bars, clubs and events.
- Unless you are completely clueless and have no knowledge of basic troubleshooting, there is no risk involved in IMO....so why not? I really don't feel like it slowed down my phone or is affecting it in any sort of fashion.
- I like having full control of something I paid for.
- Access to tweaks that make the iphone easy and more pleasant to navigate
- Access to Tons of AMAZING apps that were not approved by APPLE.
- Cydia has the best apps.
- My cute winterboard theme that I've had for so long ;)
My guess is that most people who are already jailbroken will probably stay jailbroken.
Well, let's face it... Apple /admits/ it got caught offguard on Notifications when developers came at them with all variety of use cases they hadn't anticipated. Of course not, because they're primary objective was to avoid backgrounding... not to do effective notifications.
No one entity, even Apple can anticipate every possibility. That's WHY there is a developer community, to help serve the various needs of customers. But with that in mind, why then turn around and PREVENT those developers from meeting needs that are completely technically achievable?
I say that as long as Apple decides there are things developers can't do then there will be a need for the jailbreak somewhere by someone. The best feature Apple can provide? Elimination of the need for jailbreak.
It would be hard to live without Status Notifier, SBsettings, Backgrounder, and Cycorder so I will probably remain jailbroken for the 3.0 release if Apple doesn't somehow nuke jailbreaking.
Status Notifier because I should have to use two steps to see if I have new email. I don't want to have to click the button, the slide to unlock just to see if I have new email. Being able to look at the menu bar without sliding to unlock is the only way to go. Not to mention being able to see about new emails while in another app.
SBsettings makes life so much easier... say I'm in an app and want to adjust the brightness without leaving that app. Or I want to toggle Autolock off so I can set my phone down and have it remain on for some reason. Or toggle airplane mode quickly.
While I'm really looking forward to push notifications for things like IM, it doesn't solve the problem of other apps like Pandora not being able to run in the background while checking email or browsing with Safari. In my opinion Backgrounder makes a lot of sense. Apps only run in the background when you specify that they do so. And combined with the process viewer of SBsettings it's awesome.
And someone explain to my why Apple doesn't have a video app of their own for the iPhone. Cycorder is mighty nice!
Jailbreaking in and of itself did not slow down my phone at all. But when I installed winterboard the phone become almost unusable. I could care less about the cute (and annoying) themes anyway.
Yes, 3.0 is going to go a long way, I won't need quickgold or the slightly annoying clippy for instance. But there's still plenty of reasons to jailbreak!
I didn't notice anyone mentioning UAFaker. This was the main reason for me to JB. I like Winterboard and wouldn't be without Processes in SBSettings. With hClipboard and emoji working I may be perfectly happy to NOT go to 3.0 (either way I definitely won't be one of the first to upgrade when 3.0 is released). I don't like the thought of in-app purchasing that much.
(cr)apple might as well come arrest me now because I love jailbreaking!
SBSettings is a must have app! The ability to monitor your iphone's current memory usuage and running processes, a quick way to respring the board is the phone's running slow, and quick access to on/off switchers for WiFi and Bluetooth (which will be even more necessary with 3.0). I'll always jailbreak my iphone just for SBSettings alone. Apple will never give us what SBSetting already does.
Will def still JB for these reasons
-Intelliscreen - Im not the most organized person, so being able to see all my upcoming appts with unlocking my phone makes it so easy. Also the itelidial feature which allows me to dial any of my favorites right feom the lo l screenis super handy.
-sbsettings - don't think I could get used to not having of available
-5 icon dock - simply put I get an extra dock icon
-cycorder - this one I only use occasionally and could live without, but since i'm JBing... Don't need to
-themes - same reason as cycorder
As you can by my top 3 reasons for JBing, being able to have far more apps/settings available at my finger tips, instead of having to launch different apps or navigate through menus, is all the reason I need.
... I too have noticed that my JB phone is sluggish at times, compared to when it was not JBd but not enough to cause any real concern.
I'm quite happy with the iPhone the way it is. Although I would like some theme and ringtone customizations, I don't feel that jailbreaking is worth it.
When I'm in a room with other iPhone users, none of us can tell who has new e-mail when we hear the new e-mail sound. Only jailbreaking lets us customize our e-mail sound, which is a horridly simple oversight on Apple's part. This, plus the fear that AT&T will charge $30-$60/month for tethering is enough to make me jailbreak.
I jailbroke orignally for mms, but now I couldnt deal with out SBSettings, tethering, cycorder. How bout making Voip calls over 3g with fring and skype when your minutes are close to being up? Couldnt do that without cydia. I love my 5 icon dock. I work 60+ hours a week than I'm out the door again being able to post my youtube vids on the fly is a must. 3.0 options are the ones that shoulda been on the phone since 1.0 anyway!!
Intriguing dilemma... to jailbreak or 3.0...
After looking over the added features of 3.0, I think I'll stick with being JBd. While doing an upgrade, I had a hard time JBing my phone again. Spendt the day with it "normal" and I did miss certain apps not in 3.0.
My favorites are:
-SB settings (too long without it when toggling BT and Wifi without it)
-QuickGold (though it doesn't search notes and cal)
-Searcher, if you need to search notes and cal too.
LockCalendar or Intelliscreen
Wide Sliders, the current button's slide is just too long for me.
Kudos to the developers of these apps who offer them free (except for Intelliscreen).
I'm going to be jailbreaking my iPhone when 3.0 comes out. I don't see why anyone wouldn't. My main things is themes. The original iPhone interface is very boring and has been the same for years. I also want video recording. You'll never know what might happen when you're out, and that one little low quality video could tell a lot.
So, for me, I'll probably just change the theme and install Cycorder. There's no need for Clippy/hClipboard anymore.
The only thing that I see that 3.0 added is copy and paste and MMS. None of the other stuffni could care for. It's just more stuff to drain the battery.
you now have to pay for apps like swirly mms($8), intelliscreen($15 i think) and PDAnet($30). i think i'll go back to normal tonight.
Okay my iPhones jailbroke, but with the new iphone 3.0 realease it might stop me from having a jailbroke phone, the reason... If they bring video capture which I have a feeling they will surprise us with , or they might let someone release it to the app store due to new sdk features. and the fact u can have themes on iphone isn't amazing cuz it slows down the phone due to memorie resources.
hey i'm telling you apple I will still be jailbreaking so hahahahahahaha!!!
if you want us to stop the jailbreak stuff, you gotta open a service that lets us have control over our iphones like "unattended mode"!!!! yea dev team rocks still i love devs!!!
A better question is the whether the 3.0 upgrade is worth it for jailbreakers.
I already have tethering (free), turn-by-turn navigation, cut-and-paste, MMS, video recording and landscape email.
Additionally, I can download torrents and MP3s without iTunes, download and save YouTube videos, filter incoming calls and text messages (ignore, hand-up, send to voicemail, auto-reply, etc.) and my themes are fully customizable.
guys id like to know something... if i jailbreak my iphone 3g and then i want to have it back normal... can i do that, i mean is jailbreaking reverseable or not???
Need a couple of questions answered guys! I really want to jailbreak my iphone but should I wait for 3.0 than jailbreak???
The reason I ask is because I REALLY want landscape SMS and also MMS capilbility. Or if I jailbreak now, will I be able to have those two functionalilitys without the need to upgrade to 3.0?? Thanks in advance.
Yes you can also restore your phone to factory settings thru itunes and it will be like the day you took it out the box.
I'm like what are ppl talking about "its not worth it" It costs nothing and besides putting more options on your phone if you decide not to take advantage of those options then the only difference u would notice is that you have 2 new icons on your screen. And it is impossible to "destroy" or "break" your phone jailbreaking it. If you mess up you can restore it to factory settings and try again.
I wouldn't have an iphone if I couldn't jailbreak/unlock it. I think if you pay for a device you should be able to take full advantage of it. I love that 3.0 is going to include MMS BUT Apple claims that feature will not be included on the 2g because of HARDWARE issues... lol ! LIES! I have a 2g and have been sending picture texts for months so that is BS. They just want ppl to believe its tiem to upgrade long before it times.
Since I feel like typing, I will post how to get 3.0b2 on a non-dev iphone. First, find the 3.0 firmware (look around imodzone). Next, TURN OFF THE INTERNET CONNECTION. This is required to activate your ipod after updating. iTunes will no longer be able to check if you are registered as an apple developer. Then select your ipod, hold shift and click on the restore button, select the firmware(.ipsw), and voila, 3.0b2 on your iphone. The just go to quickpwn.com and download quickpwn, jailbreak, etc. Just as a warning, a LOT of stuff doesn't work.
If you want every jailbroken app to function correctly, stick with 2.2.1.
I'll still JB for the following reasons:
1) Backgrounder - can't live without this.
2) Siphon - to be able to VOIP over 3G, not just wifi
3) SBSetting - to efficiently toggles all the communication controls, hide icons, have numeric battery, putting date and memory on the top taskbar.
4) Springjump - Need to name each pages of the sprinboard, and to jump to anyone directly.
5) Winterboard and themes - to make the phone interesting all the time. Admittedly this can be dropped if the former four requirements could be incorporated into OS4.0.
Of course I will still jailbreak my iPhone. In fact I will wait until the Dev Team gets the jailbreak for iPhone OS 3.0 7A341 out before I upgrade. Hopefully they will have a Pawnage Tool for windows this time so I can create custom firmwares for it so I don't have to rejailbreak my iPhone every time I have to restore it. Either way I will still use their jailbreak software. iPhone Dev Team is amazing. Thank you guys for all your hard work helping everyone else get the most out of their hardware.
Jailbreaking isn't required nor is it in any way damaging to the iPhone. All it is is a way to get more out of the software with tweaks and back-end command code changes. If you don't like the jailbreak and/or the jailbreak procedures involved you can simply put it back in jail by restoring the iPhone to 3.0 or whatever OS you have on it.
I used a jailbroken 2.2 3G for a long time, but now am using 3.0 - Redsn0w broken!!! Beautifully perfect. The only gripe I have is that the keyboards through Cydia do not work yet. I'm sure one of those coders out there are cranking at this and will have a workaround soon.
I just jailbroke my new iphone, first iphone. Simply said, it is worth it. Backgrounder is beautiful when running a map application like Xgps, don't lose your route and progress when switching back to your music to change something. Love it. DO IT. Whats the worst that could happen, restore?
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The US Capitol is seen at sunrise in Washington, DC, October 8, 2013 on the eighth day of the government shutdown. AFP PHOTO / Saul LOEB
WASHINGTON: Now in its second week, the partial government shutdown has taken its toll on the White House, where about 3 of 4 staffers have been furloughed, barred even from checking the Blackberries they usually clutch.
Of the 1,701 advisers, assistants, number-crunchers, butlers, chefs and landscapers who work at the White House on a normal day, fewer than 450 are on duty, according to President Barack Obama's budget office. The rest fall under an unfortunate label that has kept hundreds of thousands of federal workers home: "Non-essential."
At one entrance to the West Wing, a wall that normally displays clippings from the day's newspapers hasn't been updated in over a week.
"Congress slips toward shutdown," reads one outdated headline in a near-empty press office.
With a full array of official duties that must be carried out despite the impasse with Congress, Obama's aides have strived to maintain normalcy. But the logistical gymnastics of running the federal government's nerve center with a skeletal staff has created a sense of mild disarray at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
The staff of 90 that normally tends to the president's residence has been cut to 15. In the West Wing, only a scaled-back menu is available at the White House mess. Trash cans are still being emptied and the bathrooms maintained, but the usual buzz of employees across the White House grounds has dipped to a quiet hum.
"The most evident impact is the lack of voices," said Josh Earnest, Obama's principle deputy press secretary. "There aren't a bunch of people yammering on the phone."
Want to share your ideas with Obama about resolving the shutdown? Don't bother calling. The White House switchboard has been set to roll over to a prerecorded message.
"We apologize, but due to the lapse in federal funding, we are unable to take your call," the message says.
The few senior White House aides still working are performing duties generally reserved for low-level assistants, like scheduling meetings, sending announcements to the media and getting visitors cleared by the Secret Service.
Even Obama pitched in last week as he left the White House for a visit to a nearby sandwich shop without the usual entourage of staffers who shepherd the media accompanying him. With more senior staff filling in as "wranglers," journalists ended up trailing behind the president, only able to see his back.
"Let's go, wranglers!" the president teased his staff, pausing to tell reporters to get in front.
The White House "advance" office, which coordinates the president's travel, is just about shuttered. In a departure from normal procedure, Obama's schedule this week is being announced day by day.
That's also meant fewer outings for Obama and first lady Michelle Obama - a cutback that also reflects the touchy optics of pursuing leisurely activities while federal workers are furloughed. Since the shutdown started, Obama hasn't played a round of golf as he does almost every weekend. And there was no fancy night at a restaurant for the president and Mrs. Obama, who marked their 21st wedding anniversary on Thursday.
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Vela Hall Alexander Evans died Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012, at Hendrick Hospice. Memorial graveside services will be held Sunday, Sept. 2, 2012, at 2 p.m. at Restland Cemetery, in Gatesville, Texas. McCoy Funeral Home of Sweetwater, Texas is in charge of arrangements.
CLYDE — Vivian Elease Brown Seaton, 82, of Clyde, died Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012, at her home. Services will be at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 1, 2012, at Bailey-Howard Funeral Home Chapel in Clyde. Burial will be in the Clyde Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 31, at the funeral home.
LUBBOCK — Carolyn Yocum, 73, of Wolfforth, Texas, passed away peacefully Monday, Aug. 27, 2012, at Covenant Palliative Care.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012, in the W.W. Rix Chapel with Pastor Darren Skinner officiating. Burial will follow in Peaceful Gardens Cemetery. Visitation was held Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012, from 6-8 p.m.
LUBBOCK, TEXAS – Dora Mae Burklow passed away peacefully on Aug. 28, 2012, at Lakeridge Nursing and Rehabilitation in Lubbock, where she was a resident for the past year. Services will be held at McCoy Funeral Home in Sweetwater, Texas on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012, at 2 p.m. with Reverend Josh Reglin officiating. Visitation will be held at 1 p.m. before the service at the funeral home.
She was born Nov. 18, 1915, to John and Fannie Bardwell at their rural farm home near Nolan, Texas.
Benita "Betty" Martinez, 67, of Sweetwater, died Monday, Aug. 27, 2012, at Hendrick Medical Center in Abilene.
Her wishes were to be cremated. No other services are planned at this time.
Online condolences may be expressed at www.mccoyfh.com.
Shirley Faye Pendergrass, 69, of Port Arthur, died Sunday, Aug. 26, 2012, at Medical Center of Southeast Texas, Port Arthur. She was born June 2, 1943, to Helen Tait Fullwood and Wilson Fullwood, in Sweetwater, Texas. Shirley graduated from Sweetwater High School and moved to Port Arthur in 1963. She worked for Best Plumbing as a bookkeeper for over 10 years and after that worked alongside her husband at their automotive repair shop, H & B Automotive, from 1988 until 2008, when it closed. Shirley enjoyed bowling, fishing, gambling and spending time with her family and friends.
CLYDE — Lois Opal Pieper, 91, of Clyde died Sunday, Aug. 26, 2012, at a Baird care center. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012, in the Roscoe Cemetery with Dr. Toby Henson officiating under the direction of Bailey Howard Funeral Home. Visitation will be from 6-7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, August 28, 2012 at the funeral home.
Funeral services for Latanya Sweet Gaines, 48, of Snyder, will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 25, 2012, at McCoy Chapel of Memories. Pastor G.T. Garnett II of King Soloman Baptist Church will officiate. Interment will follow at Sweetwater Cemetery under the direction of McCoy Funeral Home.
A wake will be held Friday, Aug. 24, 2012, from 6-8 p.m.
Gaines died Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2012, in Snyder.
Rev. Roy C. Jones, age 74, of Big Spring, Texas (former resident of Sweetwater, Texas) passed away on Wednesday, August 22, 2012, at Lamun-Lusk-Sanchez Texas State Veterans Home in Big Spring, Texas where he had been a resident for seven years.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, August 28, 2012, at Mt. Rose Baptist Church with Rev. E. L. Wilson officiating and Rev. Tommy Jackson will serve as conductor.
Ordra Fay Jones Smith, 83, of Roscoe went to be with her Lord and Savior on Aug. 22, 2012. She was born June 19, 1929, to Charlie Alford and Jettie Ordra Smith Jones. She was the youngest of six children. Ordra grew up in Fisher County and attended school at Hobbs and Sweetwater. She married Walter Lloyd Smith, Sr. on May 11, 1946, and to this union three children were born.


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When Sony Sony announced their ultra-thin, waterproof tablet, I was instantly intrigued. With their previous tablet, the Xperia S, they've yet to bridge into the tablet market in a meaningful way. The Xperia Z's stylish design and impressive features may very well establish Sony as a major player. The big question is, what makes it stand out from the pack?
First, let's talk about style. The 10.1″ tablet is one of the smoothest, sleekest tablets I've had the pleasure of holding. There's an undeniable coolness factor to it as it's one of the thinnest on the market, measuring a mere 6.9mm, which is thinner than a standard #2 pencil. It also weighs a scant 1.09 lbs, making it insanely light in your hands.
The front features gorilla glass, while the back is a nice, matte, nonslip surface, making it easy to prop up in a variety of places. Despite its light weight, the back is reinforced with carbon fiber meaning you can sling the tablet into your backpack with little fear. The only drawback is that both front and back attract fingerprints and smudges like crazy. Especially after a trip in the kitchen.
One feature which falls under the love/hate category is the smooth, hidden design of the ports. When you first look at the Xperia Z, a small silver power button and the volume controls are all you see. The headphone jack, charge port and micro SD port are hidden under small plastic tabs, in effort to maintain it's waterproof nature. It's the type of thing that I worry about snapping off or getting snagged on something in short order.
Waterproof Tech
Yes the tablet is "waterproof," (it can be submerged in up to 3 feet of water for 30 minutes) meaning casual, accidental water encounters are a fear of the past, making it ideal for anyone who lives a more rough and tumble lifestyle. The tablet is practically impervious to rain, dirt and dust, as we discovered when we took it camping with us. In fact, using the tablet I discovered just how delicate and finicky I am with tech out of habit. Previously, I would never consider using my tablet on the edge of a lake, fishing, or reading in the bathtub. It'll be an admittedly hard habit to break…
Where this tablet shined for me was in the kitchen. Since the dawn of the iPad, I have slowly but surely converted my obscene cook book collection into eBook form, but most tablets must remain on my back counter, far away from the stove or sink. On most tablets, droplets of water or messy hands are a big no-no for a variety of reasons. The Xperia Z sat right next to my stove top like a champ. I spilled red wine vinegar on it and merely washed it off under the tap with great results. It's the type of carefree tech experience I've been waiting for.
Shiny Bits
The camera on back is an 8-megapixel camera, purported to need less light for clean, crisp photos. Maybe this is a personal thing, but when it comes to taking pictures, I prefer an actual camera or a phone — a tablet is just too unwieldy for quick, spur of the moment shots. I took several pictures while cooking and while they came out very nice and clear, they didn't stand out as anything truly special.
The display is gorgeous, showing Sony has clearly taken a few notes from the Bravia TV line (the tablet uses Sony's Mobile Bravia Engine 2). Featuring a 1920×1200 display, the screen renders 1080p, which produces stunning results. Tech aficionados and display snobs may note it's not as crisp as the iPad's Retina display (some blacks are more of charcoal gray), but the average user will be pretty amazed.
The battery life is pretty impressive, too. With standard, "light" use such as surfing the web, reading books or streaming music, the tablet could go a day or two without needing to be plugged in. For heavier use such as games or video, battery life was still impressive.
Operating System
The Xperia Z is running last year's Android Jelly Bean 4.1 (as opposed to 4.2), which came as a bit of a surprise. Most users won't notice much by way of limitations in the older operating system, but it still feels like an odd choice for Sony.
Having said that, Sony has made some noticeable and handy tweaks to the OS, including a quick-access button on the lower rail which allows you to surf your apps with ease. My personal favorite is the ability to pin four apps to the top rail which are accessible from any home screen. It's the type of creature comfort that is surprisingly addictive — I found myself lamenting its absence on other tablets.
Sony's proprietary software comes preloaded in addition to several Android apps, with Sony clearly pushing Sony Entertainment Network. Music Unlimited is a streaming service similar to Spotify but sadly, few of the SEN programs ever prove to be as stable as similar, popular services. Likewise, Sony Reader feels like yet another service to sign up for to serve one function, and I didn't find Reader as friendly as other reader apps. Fortunately, all of these apps are easily hidden or removed, allowing you to customize the dashboards as you see fit.
For those unfamiliar with Android, Sony's unique take on it is very user friendly, with an easy learning curve. Though let it be known that the super slick, super friendly interface does slow down the tablet ever so slightly. Flipping through homescreens is often stuttery and apps do take a smidge longer to load. Having said that, Qualcomm Qualcomm's quad-core 1.5 GHz Snapdragon S4 Pro processor ensures it's never deal-breakingly slow, but it's not unnoticeable, either.
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"Most men try to increase the load by too much, and stall their training programs as a result," says John Williams, C.S.C.S., co-owner of Spectrum Conditioning in Port Washington, New York. Adding too much weight too fast disrupts your muscles' adaptation process, which should be gradual. A psychotherapist might call it baby steps. We prefer a much cooler term: microloading. It's the simplest way to see immediate gains when you're stuck in a rut.
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Red Hat 8 and nvidia drivers problem
Hello, I've managed to compile the drivers using both src.rpm and tar.gz and both compile just fine, they seem to install just fine.
When I make the changes to XFREE86.conf and restart X, nothing happends, the screen turns black, and then blinks now and them, like its supposed to, but the splashscreen never comes on, and it just stops responding, I have to reboot the system to get back into Linux.
I did compile it the right way, I made the correct changes to XFREE86.conf.
I added this line to modules.conf:
alias char-major-195 nvidia
But the module doesnt load automatically, I have to load it manually, but that doesnt help any.
After loading the module, I check my agp status, and it says disabled.
My specs: xp2000 cpu, Geforce3 ti500. Via kt333 chipset, Red hat 8 Kernel 2.4.18-19.8.0.
Any ideas?
What does your device section in your XF86 config look like? Would you post it, please? Did you remember to remove the line that said 'load "dri"'? And you did install the GLX driver as well, right?
I've got a similar setup (GF2 instead of GF3) working with the older 3123 drivers. I was able to install the 4191 drivers, but they rotted.
Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
Load "fbdevhw"
Load "record"
Load "freetype"
# Load "dri"
Load "type1"
Load "glx"
Section "Device"
# no known options
Identifier "NVIDIA GeForce 3 (generic)"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA GeForce 3 (generic)"
BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce 3 (generic)"
# Option "NvAGP" "3"
Please note that not one of the NvAGP settings worked for me.
And when I look through the XFREE86 logs, everything looks ok, no errors or warnings at all.
What about the dmesg or /var/log/messages logs, anything in either of those that may be relevant?
0: nvidia: loading NVIDIA Linux x86 nvidia.o Kernel Module 1.0-4191 Mon Dec 9 11:49:01 PST 2002
And thats when I load it manually, it doesnt seem to load automatically, or maybe it isnt supposed to, until I start X....?
log/messages, reveal nothing.
RH8 uses devfs. Therefore, your alias (char-major-195) will not autoload the nvidia.o (you are using 4191, right?) module when it's needed.
No, the module is not supposed to load until you try to start X, but if you have devfs running, that alias won't even load it then. Try changing the alias to alias /dev/nvidia* nvidia, and that should make it load when you start X. However, if you're still seeing problems after you manually modprobe nvidia, then you'll probably see them after changing the alias...
Well, try it anyway, but if it still doesn't work, I won't be surprised...
I changed my modules.conf, but it didn't help, the module just failed to load.
And yes X froze on me, when I loaded it manually.
I'm sick and tired of this Nvida Vs. Red Hat crap. This was the last nvidia board I ever bought. Tomorrow I'm switching to Yoper, maybe that will help, if that fails, I'm going to find someone who will trade my ti500 for a Radeon 8500 or something similar.
Thanks for your help anyway, I hope someone comes up with the solution before tomorrow, otherwise its adios Red Hat.
"the module failed to load"
Umm... what did you do? Anything in dmesg? I fail to see why it would load manually, yet not when the alias is there... Is there a line in /etc/devfsd.conf looking like LOOKUP .* AUTOLOAD? With the new alias, does modprobe /dev/nvidia0 work?
But the my main concern isnt the fact that it fails to load with X, but the fact that X seems to freeze when I use the module.
No warnings, it just blinks like its supposed to do, when its probing, except it never finishes, and loads gnome2. And I can't get out of it again, I have to reset my PC.
Hmmm... Ctrl-Alt-Backspace?
What about Alt-SysRq-K? (kill everything on the current console)
Same problem - system freeze (VIA chipset)
I have the same problem RH8 and kernel 2.4.8-18 and a new VIA chipset with AGP8 support (That is why I bought this).
When I start X the system freezes still in text mode with random characters all over - I cannot event telnet/ssh to the system after this I have to do a hard reboot.
Every thing looks fine in the XFree log even with debug level 5 nothing seems wrong.
I am sure I am using the right RPMs for my kernel, and I am sure that my XConfig is also rightt removed the "GLcore" and also "glx" and changed driver to "nvidia"..
It looks like there is a problem with VIA chipset and all/some GForce cards..
I have a TI-42000 (with AGP8 support).
Re: Same problem - system freeze (VIA chipset)
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Pierson Golf Beats Rival East Hampton
Coming off a difficult loss to Southampton last Thursday, the Pierson golf team bounced back in a huge way on Monday night, beating rival and perennial powerhouse East Hampton, 8-1, at the Noyac Golf Club. Gabe Denon posted a career week with wins over Scott Ricca of Southampton and Ian Lynch of East Hampton, who coming into the season were considered two of the top golfers in Suffolk County. Denon shot a career best 36 in the win over Southampton, which unfortunately was one of the few highlights from the match.
"They just plain beat us," head coach Sean Crowley said this week. "We were well prepared and had our best lineup playing."
More important, however, was that the team bounced back to dominate East Hampton on Monday with a total team score of 224-251. Denon and Dillon Decker each shot 42, while Jack Bori (46), Ben Kushner (44) and Brad Reiner (50) picked up additional wins in their individual matches. Crowley said the win over East Hampton was the first for Pierson since 1995.
"It was a great win for us," Crowley said, "And a testimony to how strong East Hampton has been for so many years."
Soccer Teams Also Win
The Pierson/Bridgehampton soccer teams each posted wins this week as they continue to reach for spots in the Suffolk County Class C playoffs. The boys team bounced back from a difficult 5-1 loss to Southold on September 19 to beat rival Ross, 6-1, at Mashashimuet Park on Tuesday afternoon. Senior striker Forrest Loesch scored his first career hat trick. Alex Liro, Giordan Zeas and senior captain Christian Bautista also scored goals as the team's crisp passing attack led to the offensive flurry.
"When we pass well, we score. It's as simple as that," head coach Peter Solow said. The Whalers improved to 2-1 in League VIII with the win and are 3-4 overall.
The Lady Whalers soccer team picked up two wins last week with a 3-1 triumph over McGann-Mercy on Thursday, September 20 and a 3-1 win over the Ross School on Saturday, September 22. Both Mercy and Ross are winless while the Lady Whalers improved to 2-1-1 atop the League VII standings.
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In a statement signed by NSSF's chief Richard Byarugaba, NSSF welcomed the President's State of the Nation address delivered last week.
Byarugaba described it as a "timely announcement which will provide NSSF yet another investment alternative which is a vehicle to participate in the country's development."
He said NSSF is ready to deploy the pool of local savings currently at over sh2 trillion to initiate and sustain domestically financed public projects.
"We believe infrastructure bonds will provide a real opportunity to diversify NSSF's investments given the dearth [shortage] of opportunities in the Ugandan market that can absorb the Fund's cash flows.
"It is standard procedure for the Fund to undertake extensive credit analysis before investing in any debt instrument," said Byarugaba.
Last week, President Yoweri Museveni said the Government plans to borrow sh1 trillion shillings from the NSSF for infrastructural development, mainly the broken-down roads and railway network.
In the wake of the President's announcement, there was outcry from the public on several fora, including online social media about the safety of pensions money were government to borrow from the Fund.
NSSF already lends to the Government through its participation in regular treasury bonds where it allocates a portion of pension fund portfolios to fixed income instruments like treasury bonds, bills, and infrastructure bonds.
Byarugaba said governments all over the world issue treasury securities for various reasons including fiscal policy as well as monetary policy purposes and Uganda is no exception.
"In essence the Government is already borrowing from the public and other institutional investors, including NSSF, by issuing treasury bonds," said Byarugaba.
NSSF is the custodian of private savings with a mandate to ensure that there is secure, profitable and effective financial management of the fund.
"We strongly believe that judiciously investing in publicly-issued government debt is one of the safest ways to earn a steady return at zero risk since these instruments are considered to be risk-free because they are backed by the full faith and credit of the Government of Uganda."
He said government debt is a recognized asset class globally because of the steady coupon payments and guaranteed principal repayment at maturity with minimal risk of default.
"In fact, an allocation to treasury bonds is a major feature of all pension funds in the world and that is why NSSF has been regularly participating in Treasury bond auctions together with other institutional investors including banks, insurance companies, private pension schemes, individual investors and offshore investors," said Byarugaba.
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Safe place to carry cell phone
Left Jacket Pocket!
Mine is rather dull, so I don't worry about it stabbing me.
Whichever upper jacket pocket is waterproof. I have yet to bash a phone there despite some ugly crashes. I won't carry tools strapped to my body. But my phone doesn't worry me since it lays flat in my pocket.
The right front pants pocket is a no-no. DAMHIK.
cell phones are unsafe, they emit electromagnetic radiation. They also contain a GPS chip for the purpose of espionage
throw the damn thing away :ear
I normally wear a water-resistant fanny pack, in the front, that holds my phone, charger, wallet (sometimes) or whatever I would want to get to easily while out riding.
It's not fasionable, but being in the front and mid or lower abdomin, it seems like I wouldn't roll over it much if I was conscious and in a tuck as I rolled out of a get-off. No guarantees, but it works for me compared to the limited space/pockets in many summer mesh jackets.
Here it is: http://www.amazon.com/Extreme-Invisi...rds=fanny+pack
Extreme Pak Invisible Pattern Camo Water Repellent Waist Bag
by BF Systems
I'm not a camo-wearing guy, but for function it fit the bill, so it got bought and continues to get used.
But I don't ride a sport bike anymore. With a sport bike the tanks would normally interfere with a pack in the front.
Tank Bag.
The only things you want to carry on your body are things that will crush before you do. E.G. Hanky, muesli bars, ear plugs...
The things you want quick access too, and don't want to leave parked on the bike should go into your tank bag. E.G. Phone, wallet, camera, pens and paper, maps, sunscreen, sunglasses, lip balm...
plugged in and charging in my rigid tailbox.
"When" I crash, slide off the road, and lay there waiting for help or for the tigers to come eat me, I can listen to tunes for awhile on my iphone, cause it will be totally charged and topped off at the precise moment of IMPACT ! :evil
Always keep a communication device on your person so you have it if you and the bike unexpectedly part ways.
I keep my phone in the right side jacket pocket. That pocket is not waterproof and being a KLR rider, I protect the phone from water with the low tech solution of an (off-brand) Ziploc bag.
the_sandman_54 beat me to it...
Anything carried in a pocket is a potential worse injury. If carried in a jacket pocket is a likely broken rib(s) and the phone will be destroyed anyway. I'm sure glad I had my phone in the tank bag in a 70mph getoff last year. The jacket's spine protector broke 7 of my ribs. Had the phone been carried in the phone pocket of the jacket liner it would have been crushed and I could have added to the broken rib total.
Don't crash. :1drink
Since about 90% of people now carry flat smartphones how would having it in your pocket cause any additional damage over what will happen anyway? I would agree that the pants pocket may be a bad idea but chest pocket? Anything that hits you so hard that the phone causes you damage would of hurt you just as bad without the phone there. It isn't the phone that s the problem it's the crash. Carry it where you want but he screwy logic people use to justify their quirks is mind boggling.
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Road Trip Day 3
May 25, 2012
We travelled 300 miles south to the Majestic Theatre in East St. Louis for the 3rd day of the road trip. The Majestic Theatre opened in February 1928 and was originally part of the Samuel Komm Theatre chain of St. Louis. It closed in 1960, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
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July 6, 2012 9:32 pm
is this stage big enough for Broadway Shows?
July 6, 2012 10:56 pm
though with a dwindling population no one would be around to watch them


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Mississippi State is joining the Institute of International Education's Generation Study Abroad initiative that seeks to double the number of American students studying abroad by decade's end.
According to IIE officials, less than 1 percent of undergraduate university students currently are studying in other countries.
Long recognizing the importance of globalization as a part of the institution's strategic plan, MSU officials have committed to doubling the number of undergraduates studying abroad over the next five years.
Jon Rezek, interim associate vice president for international programs, said MSU remains committed to a tradition of instilling among students and alumni with the ideals of diversity, citizenship, leadership and service. He said around 200 MSU students study abroad each year, but the university wants to grow numbers to 400-450 per year by 2019.
"Studying abroad is a life-changing opportunity that we hope all MSU students will experience in the coming years," Rezek said.
"We hope that, through participation in the Generation Study Abroad commitment, we may encourage students to expand their involvement in the greater community by becoming active citizens of the world," he added.
Generation Study Abroad focuses both on academic studies and internships, service-learning and non-credit educational experiences.
Rezek said Mississippi State is among the lead partners who have committed to specific, measureable actions. The university is among more than 150 higher education institutions from 41 states that have signed the Generation Study Abroad commitment.
The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and several foreign governments, as well as key higher education associations and study abroad provider organizations, also have pledged to support goals of the initiative.
IIE also is actively seeking the participation of corporations and the business community.
"Globalization has changed the way the world works, and employers are increasingly looking for workers who have international skills and expertise," said Allan Goodman, IIE president. "Studying abroad must be viewed as an essential component of a college degree and critical to preparing future leaders."
Building on its nearly 100-year commitment to study abroad, IIE has committed $2 million to the initiative over the next five years.
For more information on the Generation Study Abroad initiative and list of commitment partners, visit www.iie.org/generationstudyabroad.
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I wanted to follow up about the 'Time Warner Cable Sends You A Random Bill, Can't Explain Why' tip I sent in. A Consumerist reader suggested I contact the N. Dallas Time Warner president and provided his email. I did on Sunday (yesterday) and received a call today (Monday) from Barbara at his office.
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A Sony CSR admitted to reader Ive that dust should not void a Playstation 3's warranty. Transcript and audio, after the jump.
T-Mobile Demands $1,100 From Defrauded Customer
T-Mobile is demanding that reader Motoko, a victim of fraud, immediately pay $1,100 before she can port her number to rival Sprint. Last month, Motoko discovered erroneous charges on her bill totaling $1,766; T-Mobile readily admitted that the charges were fraudulent, and told the BBB and Consumerist that Motoko would receive an immediate refund. Instead of a refund, T-Mobile sent Motoko's another bill and suspended her service. Now, almost a full month after T-Mobile's PR henchmen at Waggener Edstrom claimed that the company had provided a "satisfactory resolution," Motoko checked in with another update:
T-Mobile has only given me a partial amount of the credit they promised me in the BBB response. I've only gotten $454 back out of the $1,766. Their new response on the BBB website states that my October bill will reflect the full reimbursement of my credit. Unfortunately, the October bill is still $1,100+ and it shows that the second fraudulent line is still active.
T-Mobile's Satisfactory Resolution: Cut The Phone Line, Refuse To Refund $1,766 In Erroneous Charges
Remember Motoko? T-Mobile sent her a $1,169.84 bill littered with charges from an unidentified number. When Motoko called to complain, T-Mobile admitted that the charges were likely fraudulent, but encouraged Motoko to pay the bill anyway. After posting Motoko's story, T-Mobile's PR watchdogs at Waggener Edstrom got in touch and claimed that the situation was satisfactorily resolved. We updated the post accordingly. Well, Motoko sent us a followup email, and here is her version of T-Mobile's satisfactory resolution:
T-Mobile ended up cutting my line for nonpayment. They simply refused to investigate the matter or to call me back.
Vonage Destroys Router, Refuses To Issue Refund
I have been a loyal Vonage customer for 3 years. Within the last year (I can't remember when) I purchased a new Linksys WRTP54G router to replace my existing router. This router has built-in Vonage voice ports. What Vonage and Linksys do not tell you when you purchase this router is that Vonage has 100% full access to your router and can do with it what they choose.
Update: Replacement iPhones Will Work With Prepaid SIM Cards
Remember JD? 32 hours of tech support from Apple and AT&T couldn't coax his replacement iPhone into working with his prepaid SIM card. After we posted his story, representatives from both companies had a powwow and traced JD's problem back to mismatched IMEI numbers. Now JD's replacement iPhone works, and he has advice for anyone in a similar bind:
Received a call from an extremely helpful AT&T representative yesterday. She was informed of the situation by Apple, and worked with them to resolve it. Along with AT&T, I received a call from an Apple executive, who was also extremely helpful. Thanks to them both for getting to the bottom of this situation.
Update: Expedia's Price Match Guarantee
Remember Ryan? He unsuccessfully tried to hold Expedia to their "Best Price Guarantee." The staff of PeterGreenberg.com read our story and picked up where we left off. Thanks to their efforts, Expedia offered Ryan a $200 travel credit towards a previously-scheduled itinerary.
Brenda from corporate customer care contacted me by phone yesterday. She apologized very genuinely and even engaged in a lengthy conversation about how things might be improved. She offered me a $200 travel credit towards future travel, which I politely declined. She then proceeded to refund $200 off my OTHER existing itinerary (not even the trip that caused all this trouble!).
Time Warner's New DVR Software Is So Horrible That Lincoln, NE Has To Hold A Public Hearing
"There are serious problems here," Cook [City Councilman] said Wednesday afternoon. "I think Lincoln customers deserve better. They are not getting what they have paid for." The new guide has been beset with problems since its introduction. Complaints have ranged from the guide itself — ugly graphics, incomplete information, etc. — to problems with slow-reacting cable boxes and DVRs after the software was loaded into them, causing some subscribers to reboot one or more times a day.
Cingular Confirms iPhone Will "Require" 2 Year Contract
- We spoke with Cingular and confirmed that Apple's new iPhone will require a two-year cell phone plan and will not be sold without it.
Happy Day of Labor!
Today is a bank holiday for the Gawker Media Network but that doesn't mean that the fickle wheel of commerce stops keep spinning round. Here's some updates on consumer's stories we reported on last week.
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"I am concerned this sends the wrong message to millions of Americans in several ways. The president is receiving medical care that the average American cannot and probably should not receive, he is being treated in a way not recognized by many medical societies, and he is avoiding a test -- colonoscopy -- that millions of Americans are avoiding wrongly. Not a great way to lead by example."
Still, a number of gastroenterologists applauded the fact that Obama received a colonoscopy at all.
"Any screening for colorectal cancer is better than not being screened at all, so the president is setting a good example by getting a colorectal cancer screening exam," said Dr. John Petrini, past president of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. "Hopefully, his exam will open a dialogue between more patients and their physicians about at what age to screen and which screening option is best for them, as each screening option has appropriate applications and limitations."
Radiologists, too, supported the choice.
"Virtual colonoscopy is an accepted way to screen for colon cancer as recommended by the American Cancer Society," said Dr. Michael Macari, section chief of abdominal imaging at the New York University's Langone School of Medicine. "So I think it is a great choice. You do not want the president of the U.S. under anesthesia if you can avoid it."
Even though the president's cholesterol levels have worsened since his last exam in July 2008, most cardiologists contacted by ABC News said that the recommendation of the White House physician to try diet and lifestyle changes first is the right call.
Dr. Clyde Yancy, cardiologist at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas and president of the American Heart Association, said that according to the American Heart Association's health assessment tool (available at www.heart.org/mylifecheck), the president's stats and lifestyle are not all that bad.
"The president gets a score of 7.2 on a scale of 1 to 10 on the AHA health assessment tool; clearly not a bad score and likely better than most Americans, but there is room for improvement," Yancy said. "The major issues here are smoking, lowering the cholesterol and improving the diet."
Still, there is no question the president's cholesterol is on the rise. The results of Obama's last physical showed his total cholesterol to be 173, while his LDL was 96 and HDL, or good cholesterol, was 68, according to The Associated Press. However, this time Obama's total cholesterol was 209, with his HDL having dropped to 62 and his LDL hitting 138.
These levels place him right at the borderline of high cholesterol, which starts at 200 for total cholesterol and 130 for LDL cholesterol -- prompting some cardiologists to suggest that the president should be taking a statin.
Obama "absolutely should be on a statin, especially in view of his smoking," said Dr. Douglas Zipes, editor-in-chief of the journal HeartRhythm.
Other doctors suggested a wait-and-see approach to give lifestyle interventions a chance to take hold.
"Given the big jump from before, I'd advise dietary modification and rechecking in a couple of months," said Dr. Cam Patterson, director of the University of North Carolina McAllister Heart Institute and chief of the division of cardiology at UNC. "If his LDL remained elevated, I'd have a discussion about starting a statin.


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It's hard enough to get around the notorious Ein el-Hilweh Refugee Camp in Lebanon at the best of times. I can testify to that, having had a few sweaty-palmed visits to the place myself to interview the hardline Palestinian gunmen who rule the camp. Try doing it after calling on the head of the Aqsa […]
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Cabrillo Music Theatre announces auditions for the regional professional premiere of the Broadway hit, Legally Blonde: The Musical!
Cabrillo's Legally Blonde will be directed and choreographed by the New York Cast's Tiffany Engen and will be modeled on the original Tony Award-nominated Broadway choreography.
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Legally Blonde: The Musical will play Jul. 19 through 28, in the Kavli Theatre at the Bank of America Performing Arts Center, Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza. Rehearsals begin Jun. 10 for non-Equity performers, and Jun. 24 for Equity performers.
Auditions for Equity principle roles will take place Feb. 25, from 10:15 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Madilyn Clark Studios, 10852 Burbank Blvd., N. Hollywood, CA 91601.
Auditions for non-Equity actors will take place on Feb. 23, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Feb. 24, from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. and Feb. 26, from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. at the Hillcrest Center for the Arts, 403 W. Hillcrest, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360.
All auditions and callbacks are by appointment only.
Audition appointments will be taken beginning Feb. 4th. Bring a picture and resume. All roles are open, and all roles are available to non-union performers. Actors' Equity contracts available for some roles. There is pay for all roles.
To schedule an audition, or to inquire further, please call the Cabrillo Music Theatre Audition line at (805) 497-8614 ext. 3.
To visit the Cabrillo Music Theatre website click here.
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