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Motorola ATRIX 4G ReviewMotorola ATRIX 4G 9.5
Let's reminisce for a bit shall we? It was roughly a year ago when we were all finally entertained as AT&T ushered in the era of Android as the carrier introduced the socially right round Motorola BACKFLIP. Being the last of the major carriers to enter the Android game, customers were probably hoping to be entertained by some kind of high caliber device, rather, they were only subjected to the mid-range offering. Since then, and up to the beginning of the New Year, customers had to endure and wallow with a sea of forgettable devices from Motorola's camp – such as the BRAVO, FLIPSIDE, and FLIPOUT.
Call it an injustice or whatever you want, but now they aim to erase all prior memories as we open up our arms and embrace all the loveliness that the Motorola ATRIX 4G is about to offer. Not only it is the first truly respectable offering from Motorola's camp for AT&T, but it's gunning to position itself as the best smartphone device in its class amongst the carrier's lineup. Naturally, there are plenty of goodies strapped in for the ride. But it's taking things into new territories that haven't been explored yet. But in the end, will these new ventures actually transition to something that consumers want?
The package contains:
- Motorola ATRIX 4G
- microUSB Cable
- Wall Charger
- microHDMI Cable
- Quickstart Guide
With all the impressive hardware under its hood, one can easily overlook the less than tasteful design it's sporting. There's no arguing about it, but when it's compared to some of Verizon's babies, say the Motorola DROID X, the ATRIX 4G doesn't come off as boasting a stellar design. Rather, it resorts to a minimalistic approach that's rounded on the corners and is constructed out of some marginally acceptable plastics. At the same time though, it's very lightweight (4.76 oz.) thanks to its plastic housing, while still tucking away easily in the pockets due to its slim (0.43" thick) looks. However, we do find its back cover intriguing thanks to the pattern painted on here that provides a shimmering effect when the handset is tilted at various angles. It's not sexy by any means, but its design is tolerable enough to accept.
You can compare the Motorola ATRIX 4G with many other phones using our Size Visualization Tool.
Looking past its design, our eyes are greeted to an illustrious 4" qHD (540 x 960) LCD display that packs plenty of crisp details that make even the tiniest of text extremely visible to the naked eye. Moreover, color output is fantastically natural looking and luscious to behold without having the over-saturated looks of an AMOLED display. In outdoor settings under the gaze of the sun, it's still workable without the need of being shielded thanks to its strong luminance output. Plus, viewing angles are actually good with the handset since colors retain their level even at some extreme angles. And lastly, the display is quite receptive in registering all of our gestures and presses.
As always, the usual set of capacitive touch Android buttons line the bottom area beneath the display. Though, we still had a tendency of accidentally pressing on them since they're placed somewhat close to the edge. Next to the earpiece, the 0.3-megapixel front facing camera is perched nearby, while the proximity and light sensors are there as well.
Placed alongside one another, we find the microUSB and microHDMI ports built into the left edge of the phone. The tandem enables the handset to offer some new innovative features that truly deliver in making the ATRIX 4G a great handset, but we'll explain more about that later on.
Now the only thing found on the right side is the ample sized volume rocker that provides a reasonable amount of feedback when pressed.
While on the top, we're presented with the 3.5mm headset jack with the dedicated power button placed awkwardly towards the back and at angle. Rectangular in shape, some might be thrown off by it, but it actually doubles as a finger print reader which is used to unlock the device. Definitely adding yet another level of peace of mind, we like its tactile response and ability to unlock the device – which is still rarely found on most of today's smartphones. Additionally, the noise cancelling microphone is found close-by as well.
Turning it around to its rear, we're greeted with its unmistakable 5-megapixel auto-focus camera with dual-LED flash, while the speakerphone grill is found towards the bottom portion. Removing the back cover is simply done by yanking it off from either the top or bottom edges, and once that's done, you have access to its larger than normal 1930 mAh battery, SIM card slot, and microSD card slot.
61 Comments
1. protozeloz (Posts: 5396; Member since: 16 Sep 2010)
9.5!! I'm i seeing things here? same as iPhone 4!? wow
now stop comparing everything with the iPhone do few more phone smack downs using other phones an I'll stop calling you biased
5. superpooburger (Posts: 31; Member since: 17 Feb 2011)
why compear everything to iPhone, its becouse iPhone does give best costumer satisfaction.
6. protozeloz (Posts: 5396; Member since: 16 Sep 2010)
it alright to compare one device with the iPhone but if you read this page more often you will find out every device is compared with the iPhone witch it not even fun, for example comparing this phone with the iPhone will be dumb but a compare with the optimus 2x can be appreciated as you can see witch you can choose. its not that I don't want them to skip apple comparison but to add more different product comparison
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23. clevername (Posts: 1436; Member since: 11 Jul 2008)
They don't compare it to the iPhone.
27. protozeloz (Posts: 5396; Member since: 16 Sep 2010)
its an extra comment related with phone comparison... usually done around review times
41. protozeloz (Posts: 5396; Member since: 16 Sep 2010)
LOL just happened.... I win candy for that
2. Falcon (unregistered)
You forgot to add poor sound quality during calls as a con in your conclusion. I think that is an important point.
15. Thump3rDX17 (Posts: 2160; Member since: 10 May 2010)
and you forgot this is a Motorola product, they ALWAYS have crystal clear sounds during phone calls, i know, i've had the Razr, the Devour and the Droid X and 2 and NONE of them disappoint. the problem here might be AT&T.
26. max (unregistered)
you had the devour....
42. zuno gyakusatsu (Posts: 257; Member since: 16 Mar 2010)
sounds like your just used to the horrible call quality that comes from motorola devices. every phone you named off is from the same septic tank flowing from the motorola plant.
43. Thump3rDX17 (Posts: 2160; Member since: 10 May 2010)
i've had smart phones from other manufacturers as well and the only other one that can compare to Moto is HTC, the reason why i know the finer differences is because my dad drives a car carrier and there's a lot of background noise on both ends and of all the smartphones we've had Motorola comes out on top in sound quality.
3. Prodigy (unregistered)
Poor sound quality, poor reception, 1 and half day - above battery life???
9.5??? What???
Was that an Atrix prototype or is it an ending smartphone?
4. superpooburger (Posts: 31; Member since: 17 Feb 2011)
in rewiev told taht can hear static in background, and did not mention it in cons..
Shame on you, Device primary function, Phone, and it not very good at it... so need to mention...
7. protozeloz (Posts: 5396; Member since: 16 Sep 2010)
I really hate to bash on phone companies but i think AT&T is to blame Motorola is well known for call quality
33. snowgator (Posts: 3583; Member since: 19 Jan 2011)
That may be true (actually would put money on it being AT&T's network that caused the poor sound quality) but since it is an AT&T only phone, the review should have reflected it. If it made it a 9.0 instead of a 9.5, would that really have kept anyone from buying it?
8. Allday28 (Posts: 283; Member since: 19 Nov 2010)
What about all the lag with the device because of BLUR that all the other sites are reporting!??
16. Thump3rDX17 (Posts: 2160; Member since: 10 May 2010)
BLUR lagging a phone with a Dual Core Tegra 2 Processor and a Gig of DDR2 RAM? i'm sure that's not right, i think everybody is just prejudice of the BLUR UI.
19. Allday28 (Posts: 283; Member since: 19 Nov 2010)
Oh know its right. Just cause it has dual core doesnt mean its the king of phones. Go look at some other reviews and you will see. Plus froyo isnt optimised for dual core and neither is gingerbread. Not a big fan of motorolas smart phones. iphone and htc is where its at.
53. therygy (Posts: 94; Member since: 24 May 2010)
thumper, you do not know what your talking about. just because it has a dual core proccessor doesnt mean motorblur wont lag, it is not optimized for a dual core proccessor yet. I returned it because the battery overheated and because i expierienced lag with motoblur. stop thinking your such a big shot and thinking you no what your talking about.
54. Thump3rDX17 (Posts: 2160; Member since: 10 May 2010)
did you have any widgets on your homescreen that were updating too quickly? because i almost burned up my Droid 2 because of that. well you obviously know more about it than i do because you bought one and i didn't but i'm sure you didn't think the phone would lag at all before you bought it, maybe you played around with one. i'm sure it didn't lag then because of all of the ones that i've played with there is no lag at all. i think before you go blaming Blur for whatever happened with your phone then you should be entirely certain that there was no user error at fault oh and i'm not sure i understand what you mean when you say i think i'm a big shot but when i comment on these posts i'm only sharing my experience and knowledge on the matter at hand, so just go to school, learn some grammar and get off my jock.
30. DJLegacy2k5 (Posts: 212; Member since: 28 Jan 2011)
There is ZERO lag on this phone
9. WirelessCon (Posts: 309; Member since: 11 May 2010)
Is AT&T working on the call quality issue with an OTA update?
10. WirelessCon (Posts: 309; Member since: 11 May 2010)
"So if you're looking for a smartphone right now, there is no reason why the Motorola ATRIX 4G should be on the top of your list."
9.5 out of 10? Then why do you end the review telling people NOT TO BUY?
That last sentence of the review is very misleading.
17. Thump3rDX17 (Posts: 2160; Member since: 10 May 2010)
yeah, that was a real fail, they probably really meant shouldn't. xD
11. cj100570 (Posts: 204; Member since: 12 May 2009)
Why do you insist on referring to HTC Leap as Helicopter View? At no point has HTC ever referred to it as that! And I also must agree with protozeloz on the constant comparison of every phone to the iPhone. Review the phone in front of you and stop dragging the iPhone into everything. It is not and never has been the benchmark to beat!
12. Hi (unregistered)
I think "should" be "shouldn't" in your last sentence
13. Jason1212 (unregistered)
Who the hell paid them to give this POS a 9.5.......so laggy and motocrap makes the phone unusable
18. Thump3rDX17 (Posts: 2160; Member since: 10 May 2010)
well have you ever had a phone with Blur?
20. Allday28 (Posts: 283; Member since: 19 Nov 2010)
100% agree. Really wish it would have been stock for being on a motorola phone.
35. DJLegacy2k5 (Posts: 212; Member since: 28 Jan 2011)
Youre an idiot, there is no lag even from MotoBlur because of the Dual Core. Dont run your mouth until you actual USE a device.
14. Jeradiah3 (Posts: 1032; Member since: 11 Feb 2010)
besides the motoblur that i wouldnt care for, this is the best phone AT&T has right now. i like the labtop dock because with that it would end the need to keep my computer (in my opinion). its about time that AT&T has steered away from the clutches of the Iphone and the amount of crap you have to endure (I-tunes and lack of insurance for example lol)
Since the Iphone and their bandwagoners have left for verizon, let the real AT&T users like me have fun with the atrix....i thought about getting the dell streak, but this phone is the best phones AT&T has come out with and its a must have for me
21. oneilmccord (Posts: 16; Member since: 14 Feb 2011)
This phone seems to be acceptable...but I'm gonna wait for the Galaxy SII. Who's with me?
25. Thump3rDX17 (Posts: 2160; Member since: 10 May 2010)
surely not anyone who's gotten an original Galaxy S. xD
22. Julian (unregistered)
I purchased my Atrix last week and have been giving it the thorough run thru and have these comments to make.
Battery life is quite amazing, a day and a half on a full charge with moderate use. (email every hour, few videos/music/games, and 1-2 hours talk time)
Screen is great, very crisp.
No lag noticed so far, but not as blazing fast as I thought.
Call quality is GREAT, and I've already used it in Green Bay, Tampa, and Detroit
I have been able to run speed test in Tampa and get over 4G speeds (mobilespeedtest.com)
Design feels solid, but could be a little nicer looking
Screen resolution is not fully utilzed with since the resolution isn't different.
Battery heats up with long use.
And of course this motoblur is moto boring!
Otherwise a great phone for the price, wanted the Inspire but keep hearing that the battery sucks!
32. sajan1989 (unregistered)
can it play .mkv files upto 720p resolution?????
34. snowgator (Posts: 3583; Member since: 19 Jan 2011)
Battery heats up???? Just me, or is that kinda alarming??? Any other reports of the battery getting hot, or did Julian get a unit that should be returned like RIGHT NOW to get looked at??
24. DontHateOnS60 (Posts: 867; Member since: 20 Apr 2009)
I just can't understand how they didn't put an 8MP camera on this thing, being the high end product it's supposed to be.
28. DJLegacy2k5 (Posts: 212; Member since: 28 Jan 2011)
I think PA got a bad unit!
My call quality is the best of any phone ive ever used, no joke. People on the other end say im INCREDIBLY CLEAR, like I am in the room with them. I get ZERO static at anytime...Other than as mentioned, when playing music at a SUPER high level.
I am not a huge Motorola fan, but call quality and this phone over all is the best Ihave ever used.
29. DJLegacy2k5 (Posts: 212; Member since: 28 Jan 2011)
Also I hate MOTOBLUR, but this phone is so fast and smooth that Motoblur doesnt lag and freeze up the phone like on most moto phones.
Also the camera is good, the iphone is a 5mp, why does this need to have a higher res camera to be "high end", on the update this phone will do 1080p...some of you are just getting greedy now.
31. sajan1989 (unregistered)
can this device play .mkv?
well the so called BRips are now getting more with 1280 resolution with less size
hope this phone plays .mkv we can save lots of gigs ........
36. MpowerSkills (Posts: 41; Member since: 19 Feb 2011)
The author doesn't have the best grasp of the English language. Some examples form the last page:
"Luckily, we didn't experience any dropped calls during our testing in the greater Philadelphia area. Meanwhile, it manages to retain a solid connection to the network with no adverse fluctuations in signal our review." Whats he mean, "Meanwhile"?
"functionality that unanimously chops down borders"? Whats that mean?
I like how he ends it, "So if you're looking for a smartphone right now, there is no reason why the Motorola ATRIX 4G should be on the top of your list." I'm pretty sure he meant the opposite.
61. itiswhatitis (Posts: 423; Member since: 23 Jan 2012)
haha u rite!!i tot i was the only who felt that way
37. Alan626 (unregistered)
Why did the rating go from 9.5 to 8?
38. Alan626 (unregistered)
Why did the rating of the phone go from 9.5 to 8
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39. DontHateOnS60 (Posts: 867; Member since: 20 Apr 2009)
Camera button would have been really nice to have. Check that. It should have been in the design from day 1. Don't know why everyone except SE refuses to put one on the device.
40. Chris W (unregistered)
I had this phone since day of launch .. Coming from a HTC Tilt2 (winmo 6.5) , Android is far different (trying to sync contacts was a royal pain from outlook)
But for once i can run All the apps i want in a true multi tasking way
Sadly the Heating battery totally killed my phone in 2hrs from 80% to 10% .. i was not doing that much on it at the time
I since realized having wifi on trying to find networks is what cause it to over work , and suspect also border line 3G/4G or weak network also doesnt help
Motoblur works a dream smooth and syncs emails & fb (the FB widget is a pain as i get 200 notifcations every 12hrs) .. but works and needs less actions from me :)
Other wise .. a top notch phone that can do so much more
If the laptop doc was $100 i would have brought it, i instead purchased a HD dock online (awaiting delivery) for $100
Overall if the only down sides is the hot battery (which then makes itself hotter), over active antenna (which makes the battery get hot)
44. Santro652 (unregistered)
Can this phone act as Wi-Fi hot spot... I connect this phone Via my 3G network and my laptop is connected to this phone wirelessly and i browse in my lapatop? is this possible.. similar functionality as galaxy S.. and will this phone work in india if i get it from USA
45. Gothbeard (Posts: 54; Member since: 28 Jun 2010)
Looks great, but 2 reasons why not to buy:
1. Motorola sell phones they know have manufacturing faults (Defy earpiece), and lie to their customers.
2. MotoBlur has poor functionality: in the review he had over 500 sns messages - there is no 'mark all as read' option in any widget. You literally have to flick through 500 messages to clear them. Same for RSS widget etc. Makes it unusable.
46. green2u (unregistered)
Excellent review! It's rare that I find a reviewer that covers pretty much everything. And in light of the possibility that Sprint will now carry it, I'm very excited about the possibility of owning it.
47. DeanV (unregistered)
I've browsed the internet to try and get a yes or no answer to my question and so far from reading various reviews I can only presume the answer but not safe in this knowing fully im not going to get the phone.
Will Irish/european sized sim cards work in this phone if i get it from the states?
51. Dwight (unregistered)
Nice review.
52. rayjones09 (Posts: 149; Member since: 16 Dec 2010)
Nice device, although it is aesthetically lack-luster. I used it in the store and it was somewhat laggy. But my friend just got it recently and it was just fine. No lag except the usual stuttery-ness of Android devices. From brief use, the dual-core seems to be another marketing term, because I noticed no significant difference from other devices. As a matter of fact, the performance in terms of browsing the platform and using the internet was similar to my iPod touch 2nd gen. Maybe Android isn't for me. I use it and get a little bored with it. I've used WP7 and come away impressed almost every time. I do intend to get a WP7 device.
55. bbains (unregistered)
Any idea on the Atrix's bluetooth specifics? I'm looking for a phone that will integrate well with my car stereo. Biggest problem I'm having is finding a phone that supports AVRCP 1.3, which allows for song metadata display and browsing. The product information I've seen lists AVRCP, but doesn't specify the version supported.
56. megaman (unregistered)
it is fantastic phone that you should have
57. Newby (unregistered)
My first smart phone and I went with the Atrix because the price was right and features out the ying yang. It seems to do it all and does it well. I use it mostly on WiFi because im in a marginal AT&T area.
Bottom line: Im pleased with it.
58. geroge (unregistered)
the galaxy s 2 is 10 times better than this garbage, just saying...
59. Dan3030 (unregistered)
Going from a 3g to this was night and day. I had a htc fuze before that which had the really really archaic win mo at the time(it sucked). I don't see any lag and the call quality is fine for me but ive had att my whole life so maybe im used to sub par call quality but i really don't notice much aside from a little bit of static when making a call (not during the call) and this can be avoided by having the volume turned down a little below max volume at least in my experience. I like my Atrix a lot and have had no issues with it so far. For the price difference i would rather have this than a 4GS or 4G(with a new plan the atrix was still about 150 bucks less) and when comparing it to some of the Samsung and htc phones its much faster with GB on it, taking advantage of the dual core fully now. The screen isn't huge like some of the newer Samsung and htc phones but i really have no desire to have a giant phone and since it has an HDMI out your screen can be as big as your TV or monitor is. Great Phone!!!
Motorola ATRIX 4GOS: Android 2.3.6 2.3.4 2.2
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|4.0 inches, 540 x 960 pixels (275 ppi)
|5 megapixels
NVIDIA Tegra 2, Dual-core, 1000 MHz
|4.64 x 2.50 x 0.43 inches
(117.75 x 63.5 x 10.95 mm)
4.76 oz (135 g)
|1930 mAh, 8.8 hours talk time


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Monday, 16 April 2012
The P5+1 meeting on Saturday in Istanbul looked like a major stall maneuver appeasing Iran. The offers to have Iran turn over uranium enriched to a level of 3.5% to third parties like France or Russia looks weak in the face of strident comments by President Ahmadinejad just prior to the Istanbul parlay. Ahmadinejad made it clear in no uncertain terms that Iran was not going to be deterred from its nuclear development objectives. As noted in a Times of Israel report:
He claimed that the Islamic Republic would insist on its "fundamental rights" to a nuclear program.
Ahmadinejad said that his country would not surrender its nuclear rights "even under the most difficult pressure."
Catherine Ashton, EU Foreign Relations Commissioner thought the session went swimmingly. Ira Sharkansky noted ,in a Jerusalem Post "Window on Israel" blog post, the cognitive disconnect between Ashton, Netanyahu and Obama:
Catherine Ashton, serving as the European Union's foreign minister and the chair of a meeting in Istanbul between Iran and representatives of Britain, France, Germany, Russia, the United States and China, is upbeat after the first meeting about Iran's nuclear program.
"We have agreed that the nonproliferation treaty forms a key basis for what must be serious engagement to ensure all the obligations under the treaty are met by Iran while fully respecting Iran's right to the peaceful use of nuclear energy."
She also said that the meeting provided a basis to establish a "sustained process of serious dialogue."
Ms. Ashton received a lashing from Israel's prime minister for doing little more than setting another meeting, in late May, and giving Iran more time to enrich uranium without inhibition.
Kenneth Timmerman, veteran Iran watcher and GOP candidate in Maryland's 8th CD commented:
Just as I have been predicting, the Iranian regime successfully bought time at the first "negotiating" session over its nuclear program on Saturday in Istanbul, aided by Russia, China, and a gullible U.S. delegation.
Netanyahu who was meeting with US Senator Joe Lieberman of Connecticut in Jerusalem lambasted the Istanbul meeting as giving the Islamic Republic a "freebie" of another five weeks to continue nuclear enrichment until the venue moves to Baghdad on May 23rd. That is, if the Al Maliki government in Iraq can assure security for the meeting.
Watch this You Tube video report showing Israeli PM Netanyahu speaking with Sen. Lieberman about the P5 +1 meetings and what should be done to rein in Iran's nuclear program.
President Obama from the rostrum of a meeting in Cartagena, Colombia with the heads of Western Hemisphere governments on drug war issues,was quick to seize on Netanyahu's remarks for yet another set to between the two heads of state.
The Washington Post noted in a report filed from Cartagena, "Obama pushes back at Israel, says US is offering no 'freebies' to Iran in nuclear talks":
Obama said he refused to let the talks turn into a "stalling process," but believed there was still time for diplomacy.
His assessment, delivered at the close of a Latin American summit in Colombia, came after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday had said the U.S. and world powers gave Tehran a "freebie" by agreeing to hold more talks next month.
Obama shot back: "The notion that somehow we've given something away or a 'freebie' would indicate Iran has gotten something. In fact, they've got some of the toughest sanctions that they're going to be facing coming up in just a few months if they don't take advantage of these talks."
Still, in a news conference here, Obama warned to Iran, "The clock is ticking."
The ticking clock metaphor of President Obama was underscored in an Israeli Channel 10 program shown on Sunday night about a possible Israeli attack on Iran's nuclear facilities. The Times of Israel underscored the serious tone of that television presentation in its report, "Israeli TV report shows air force gearing up for Iran attack, says moment of truth is near":
A major Israel TV station on Sunday night broadcast a detailed report on how Israel will go about attacking Iran's nuclear facilities in the event that diplomacy and sanctions fail and Israel decides to carry out a military strike.
The report, screened on the main evening news of Channel 10, was remarkable both in terms of the access granted to the reporter, who said he had spent weeks with the pilots and other personnel he interviewed, and in the fact that his assessments on a strike were cleared by the military censor.
No order to strike is likely to be given before the P5+1 talks with Iran resume in May, the reporter, Alon Ben-David, said. "But the coming summer will not only be hot but tense."
[. . .]
Ben-David said that if negotiations break down, and Iran moves key parts of its nuclear program underground to its Qom facility, the IAF "is likely to get the order and to set out on the long journey to Iran."
"Years of preparations are likely to come to realization," he said, adding that "the moment of truth is near."
The Bloomberg article cited earlier by Timmerman in his comment made reference to the possibility that tough EU sanctions to be implemented by July 1st, might be relaxed in furtherance of these discussions:
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said the European Union should delay its July 1 ban on Iran's oil imports to help the talks.
Of course Iran's delegate to the parlay agreed with the Russian delegate's suggestion:
Iran's nuclear envoy, Saeed Jalili, said "we witnessed progress" in yesterday's talks. "We said before that pressure doesn't work, we believe that cooperation is fruitful," Jalili said. "Today we experienced that."
Obama has yet to implement the toughest authorized sanctions -a moratorium on delivery of refined gasoline and diesel fuel from offshore refineries authorized under PL111-195. That would cause further mayhem in the Iranian economy already alleged by experts to have a consumer inflation rate well in excess of 20%. Obama is out on a limb having postured about engaging Iran in the fruitless P5+1 talks, giving prevailing sanctions more time. Meanwhile those centrifuges in Natanz and Fordo whirl away for another five weeks allowing the Iranians to get closer to sufficient weapons grade fissile uranium to make bombs. If this pattern keeps up, then Iran has indeed entered the 'zone of immunity' for weapons development. Israel, thus, inches closer to 'en brera' - one option- to take out as many of the vulnerable nuclear development centers in Iran as is feasible. Obama and his West Wing NSC contingent believe that would be a US and world economic disaster because of likely closure of the Straits of Hormus in the Persian Gulf, retaliatory attacks against the US Fifth Fleet with resulting spikes in the oil commodity and distillate petroleum products markets. I think it behooves everyone to recall what the international oil markets were like during the covert Tanker Wars of 1987-1988 and what caused the Islamic Republic to capitulate.
You may recall Obama's comment that he was "watching Israel's back" when he spoke at the AIPAC Washington Policy Conference last month. One observer, Dr. Richard L. Rubenstein, author of Jihad and Genocide doesn't put much stock in that promise. He commented:
I remain convinced that pro-Muslim, anti-colonialist Obama would not be too upset with the destruction of Israel (as indeed I wrote in Jihad and Genocide) and, if he can get away with it, he will stall until Iran has the bomb. Nor would the destruction of Israel sadden the Europeans. Whether or not stated publicly, their attitude would be "problem solved." However, I have told my classes that the real measure of a nation is something Ghaddafi forgot, its potential for doing harm, e.g. North Korea. At present, Israel has the potential to do enormous harm. I hope it knows how to use it wisely.
The Israelis and the Iranians know the clock is ticking, we are not sure that the P5+1 delegates know what time it is on Iran's nuclear clock.
Posted on 04/16/2012 6:09 PM by Jerry Gordon
18 Apr 2012
As an American, of Catholic upbringing, though I would consider myself spiritual not religious, I find I have a great deal of respect for the Isreali Jew Netanyahu, but none for my own supposedly fellow American and the President of my own country, Barac Hussein Obama.
I consider Obama to be the anti American, pro socialist, pro Islamic Messiahnic POTUS. I see him as a wrecking ball, smashing into the great ediface America and humanity itself.
He is so destructive to the positves of life his re-election is tantamount to the begining of the end of the world.
I hope liberal dolts think honestly about their choice for POTUS, but then I remind myself the immature can be lead to water, but they cannot be forced to drink.
If I were a Priest, it is here I would begin with, " let us pray ".
One and done. Nobama 2012, vote republican. Thank you.
23 Apr 2012
Christina McIntosh
As I contemplate the current situation vis a vis Islamic Iran, I find myself at odd moments simply saying over and over the Trishagion, the 'thrice-said Holy' -
"Holy God, Holy and Mighty, Holy and Immortal, have mercy on us."
The God so addressed being, of course, YHWH, He Who Is, the True and Living God, the Holy One of Israel; God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and confessed by Christians also to be 'the God and Father of Jesus (that is, Yeshua) the Messiah'.
As a citizen of a small country a long, long way from the immediate theatre of war, with no means of projecting power beyond our immediate neighbourhood - no long-range missiles, no arsenal worth mentioning - there is nothing else I can do. Though if and when Israel does act, I am fully prepared to step out onto the streets and physically, visibly declare my unconditional support for the Jews' and the Jewish state's right of self-defence against the genocidal Jihad, which includes their right to act in order to avert a second - and atomic - Shoah.
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Community education has been without a permanent head since the fall, and the district may hire a new director later this year, said Gerri Hutner, spokeswoman for the West Windsor-Plainsboro School District.
In the interim, officials are looking for an experienced consultant to evaluate the program and suggest ways it can better serve the community, Hutner said.
"The goal of this consultancy is to really give the district a needs assessment of the program," she said. "We have 10 schools, we have 10 beautiful buildings and fields, we have pools, and our community loves our schools. We thought maybe there's a way to enlarge or change the program to meet our needs."
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Solar system goals with LSST include cataloging small Potentially Hazardous Asteroids (PHAs), surveying the main belt asteroid population to extraordinarily small size (where radiation pressure effects may play a dominant role in sculpting orbital distributions and spin states), discovering comets far from the sun where their nuclear properties can be discerned without coma, and surveying the Centaur and Kuiper Belt populations. The present planned observing strategy is to ``visit" each field (8 sq. deg. net non-overlapped) with two successive exposures of ~ 12 sec, reaching to at least V magnitude 24. An intra-night revisit time of not less than ~20 minutes will distinguish stationary transients from even very distant (~ 70 AU) solar system bodies. The nightly cadence should be two, or possibly 3, revisits spaced by about half an hour. In order to link observations and determine orbits, each sky area must be re-visited on two, or better 3, nights during a month, spaced by about 5 days. Formally, two visits on two nights (2/2) is sufficient for orbit determination, but 2/3, 3/2, or 3/3 cadences would yield detection threshold improvements nearly enough to offset the additional time taken, provide redundancy for missed detections, and result in better orbit determination. We therefore recommend the 2/3 cadence, or even 3/3 if possible. We have explored the efficiency of the PHA survey with less than all-sky coverage. It appears that covering a band of the ecliptic ±10\arcdeg in latitude and ±120\arcdeg in longitude from the opposition point, less a swath ±20\arcdeg in galactic latitude through the ecliptic plane, is sufficient to achieve nearly ``all-sky" efficiency of surveying, requiring only ~ 4,000 sq. deg. per month. However, much of this area must be imaged at air mass >1.5, unsuitable for some of the other scientific goals of LSST. It appears that a survey in r band only of < 2000 sq. deg. per month that must be reached at higher air mass, combined with coverage in g, r, and i filters done as a part of the astrophysical surveying, can meet the goals of the solar system survey.
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CALL FOR PAPERS FOR PANEL entitled "Medieval lives, media-cities--Medieval visions, modern spaces."
This panel is part of the 42nd Annual Comparative Literature Conference, 15-16 March 2007--California State University, Long Beach. This year's conference topic is "Women, Sexuality, and Early Modern Studies."
"Medieval lives, media-cities--Medieval visions, modern spaces"
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Dear Heloise: I'm the gal who was your point person in Texarkana several years ago when you spoke to the Junior League and did a show at the Perot Theatre.
My mom (Ruth Gunter) and I, and often my boys, too, faithfully read your column in the Texarkana Gazette, and my mom has a good hint that she'd like to share:
If you're recycling your jigsaw puzzles by donating them to charity, please put the pieces in a plastic bag inside the puzzle box. That would really help keep the pieces all together for future puzzle workers. You might even make a note to stick inside the bag or on the outside of the box saying whether all the pieces are there. Crafters could use incomplete puzzles, but puzzle workers like to have all the pieces. - Christie Adams, Texarkana
Hi, Christie, and hello to all my friends in Texarkana. I enjoyed my time there, and my stage show, "Heloise Presents Life Skills With Laughter," at the Perot Theatre was so much fun to do. Thanks for the kind words. - Heloise
Dear Readers: Here are some handy uses for nylon net:
As a plant cover to deter birds, etc.
Place over a sink drain to catch yucky stuff.
Rub on clothing to remove lint.
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Dear Heloise: Every year, our kids bring home more Halloween candy than we would possibly let them eat. We take the extra candy, chop it up and put it in the freezer. We separate the candy into peanut butter, nuts, nougat and coconut. Then we use the treats to bake in cookies and bars throughout the year. Also makes good ice-cream topping. - Emma and Adam, New Ulm, Minn.
Dear Heloise: I am very strict about expiration dates on everything. I go through cupboards, refrigerator, cabinets, etc., every six months or so.
I wish manufacturers would make dates easier to find. - Betty, Fort Wayne, Ind.
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I have also been attending some of the largest family reunions held in Richlands, Onslow County, North Carolina this year. The Sanders/Saunders reunion is known to the be largest family reunion of its type in Onslow County. They even hold a street parade through town.
During family reunions ask Elders questions about their past--the good, the bad and the ugly. Instead of just listening to them, write or record their response to your questions.
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Sweet Georgia boy John (Dukes of Hazzard) Schneider just wants to build a home on a rubble-strewn New York City lot and marry the local director of urban renewal, Marilu (Taxi) Henner. Unfortunately, she can't stand him. Like their romance, this made-for-TVer is oddly constructed, but it works.
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This year the mobile workforce is predicted to grow to 1.2 billion people, reports VDC Research Group. And that makes sense – mobility in business is beneficial for both the employer and the employee. Everyone benefits from added flexibility; employers get more out of their employees whenever they need them, and employees enjoy tending to personal lives and work interchangeably.
In celebration of Telework Week, we're sharing best practices, facts and success stories about mobile work. To kick us off, consider these tips about working from home, the road and elsewhere.
When working from home…
- Create a workspace. Sitting down at the same place to get your work done at home cues your brain in the same way walking into an office does. In that place, you focus on work. Creating a quiet space with all the tools you need to get your job done will increase your productivity at home.
- Get dressed. Not only does a morning routine help you wake up and prepare for your day, but taking the time to look presentable helps you mentally transition to professional you. And since more and more companies are adopting video conferencing for their online meetings, colleagues and customers will still see you even when you're not in the office.
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- Equip yourself. Chargers, ear buds and Wi-Fi hotspots are the road worker's best friend. Never put your devices in checked luggage, and plan what work to get done when and where so that you're always prepared.
- Choose your spot wisely. If you're going to be taking video conferences while traveling, a bustling coffee shop might not be the best place to work. Locate and set up in places that make sense for your workday. Your workplace may change depending on your to-do list.
- Plan time to recharge. No one can do great work continuously without a break. Add the stress of traveling and navigating a new place to your plate, and your brain will want to tap out. So plan to enjoy a walk or dinner out without your email inbox as your companion.
When working from anywhere…
- Communicate more frequently. No matter where you're working from, when you're working with people in different places, more communication is always better than less. This doesn't mean you need to call or email your team constantly. Just be sure to update your team when project statuses change and milestones are met so everyone stays on the same page.
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Ask Phoenix Veritas Prep coach Wes Goodwin about his star setter Sarah Sponcil and he can go on and on, spurting out stats, highlights and anecdotes from the senior's four record-setting years at the school.
"I'll never have another player like her again," Goodwin said.
But ask the coach to sum up what makes Sponcil so unique and he is at a loss for words.
"You just have to see her play," he said.
The truth is that it is many things — power, speed, precision, athleticism, intelligence — that make Sponcil so dangerous on the court. She had another mammoth season this year and led Veritas Prep to a runner-up finish in Division IV to become azcentral sports' Small Schools (Divisions IV-V) Volleyball Player of the Year for the third year in a row, a rare feat.
Sponcil had 689 kills and 533 digs this season. She was the state's leading hitter, beating out players from the three larger divisions in terms of total kills and accuracy. She has committed to play next season at Loyola Marymount University (she passed on Notre Dame).
"Notre Dame is too far and too cold," Sponcil said. "It really came down to location and family."
Loyola Marymount, located in Los Angeles, was ideal because it will allow Sponcil to play both indoor and beach volleyball next year. She has received a scholarship for both.
Sponcil has been a standout at Veritas Prep since her freshman year. She is not the tallest on the court at 5-foot-10, but her athleticism really sets her apart, Goodwin said.
"She can hit any spot, anywhere on the court at any time," he said. "How hard she hits the ball and how high she jumps, it makes it really, really difficult for the other team… There are college players that can't return (her shots)."
Sponcil has spent her high school career in the spotlight, receiving numerous awards and plenty of recognition. But, off the court, Goodwin said she is low-key and quiet. It's quite a contrast to her high-energy style of play.
"On the court, she's all business," Goodwin said. "She is very intense. She want to be the best, she wants to win everything she can."
Sponcil dreams of one day making the AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Tour. Her coach said he wouldn't be surprised to see her on an Olympic team one day. For now, Sponcil just wants to keep playing any way she can.
"Wherever this takes me, I'll be more than happy to be there," she said.
Veritas Prep's Sarah Sponcil named Small Schools Girls Volleyball Player of the Year
Ask Phoenix Veritas Prep coach Wes Goodwin about his star setter Sarah Sponcil and he can go on and on, spurting out stats, highlights and anecdotes from the senior's four record-setting years at the school.
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If there's a way Mayweather would win against Pacman is when he will hit a punch he would run for about 1 min. then hit Pacman again, and do it the whole fight which is the typical Mayweather style , Mayweather is a ***** and thus Pacman will Break Him, remember the De la Hoya vs Mayweather fight?, many thought Oscar won that fight and we know what Manny did to Oscar
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Just cause Oscar did well against Mayweather doesn't mean Manny would run all over him. It would be an interesting match up though.
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That is true as triangle theory isn't alkways the case. Plus in boxing one can go old overnight! Alot of peopl hear it but they do not understand what 'styles means fights' actually means. It means that triangle theory is wank, amonst other things!
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With that logic you could say, Pav beat Taylor, Taylor beat Hopkins therefore Pav should beat hopkins too .........oh wait a minute :?
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pacquiao is awesome, but still not a good match for mayweather, he's technically and defensively superior. Hatton and Pacquiao is a match to be made first, that's gonna be awesome, but the HBO's Emanuel Steward was right though: Hatton's forward style will kill him IF he doesn't change dramatically with Mayweather Sr., so that's gonna be interesting to watch out for. He's no good for Margarito, he's just a dried up middleweight like Paul Williams, who will crush Pacquiao. Cotto-Pacquiao could be awesome, Cotto would have that too in my opinion, because of the power and ring generalship. all in all, bright future for the kid.
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A DEAL will be found to avert the fiscal cliff in the US and its negative effect on growth, says MIG Bank of Switzerland chief economist and former World Bank economist Luciano Jannelli.
Such an outcome will ease the fears of South African investors that a fiscal cliff will damage the value of their local portfolios.
Fund managers in South Africa have been repositioning portfolios ahead of potential tax hikes and public spending cuts in the US, dubbed a fiscal cliff.
It could mean US fiscal policy will be tightened by up to 4% of gross domestic product unless Congress agrees to avert the risk.
South African equities are most at risk to the fiscal cliff as it could usher in slower growth in South Africa and other emerging markets. This has led to some funds in South Africa reweighting their offshore holdings upwards and reducing their South African stock exposure.
"We favour further sideways moves for the US dollar as we believe that the weakening effect of the Federal Reserve's quantitative easing will be compensated by improving US growth prospects," Mr Jannelli told Business Day on Wednesday.
The latest stimulus plan has seen the Federal Reserve buying $40bn of mortgage debt a month on top of the more than $2-trillion worth of Treasury and home loan securities bought since the financial crisis began in 2008.
The rand came under a little pressure on Wednesday as continuing European debt concerns plagued perceptions and the chances of a European recovery.
Europe is a key trading partner for SA but there are concerns that Spain cannot meet its budget target, despite the more upbeat news on Greek debt this week.
International brokerage house Trader24's head of broker services, Ricky Fox, believes the rand looks set to improve on the currency performance rankings next year.
"The value of the rand should increase as metal prices look to appreciate, and the possibility of further global stimulus could result in a greater demand for emerging market bonds," Mr Fox said in an interview ahead of the SA Forex Expo 2012, taking place on Friday and on Saturday in Cape Town.
Positive expectations of a Greek debt buyback with a face value of €30bn had seen some positive sentiment filtering in for the euro on Wednesday, but it started stuttering later on in the day.
The Swiss franc is often used as a proxy by traders and investors to gauge volatility in currency markets and long-term outlooks for debt markets, but in September last year the Swiss National Bank (SNB) caught many by surprise when it intervened to weaken the franc.
It said the currency's overvaluation posed an acute threat to the economy, and enforced a minimum threshold of Sf1.20 to the euro.
"The 1.20 minimum threshold is expected to hold in the foreseeable future," said Mr Jannelli. "Indeed, the SNB's utmost determination and the European Central Bank's pledge to provide 'a fully effective backstop to remove tail risk in the euro area' is expected to limit Swiss franc appreciation," he said.


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"I'm happy he's joining the team on the trip," Shero said. "Sid is a hockey player and he wants to play hockey. He wanted to join our team because we're in a tough stretch. He badly wants to play and be out there. But he's not cleared to play. We want to be very careful. Once he's cleared to play, he'll be the most excited guy on the ice."
Not sure what took so long to get this out, but at least we got an answer.
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Harry Bosch at his best. Out of all my listens to Michael Connelly, I found this to be his best work. I enjoyed from the beginning to end. If you have read or heard his other Harry Bosch novels, you will like that many of the characters return.
A few loose ends, but I promise that you will not want to turn this off.
Kept going down the garden path along with the rest. Diverted and twisted. Great introspection.
Was carried along with a good story and wonderful
"I have become a Cop groupie....."
I have read almost all of the Harry Bosch series and am truly enjoying this character! My mother was a police officer, as are a few of my close friends and Connelly nails the PD lifestyle and work environment. The Harry Bosch character was written with so much depth, one forgets he's a fictional character! I recommend all in the series!
"Read the book instead..."
It was difficult for me to get interested in this one, because the narration was awful!
"Very Good"
I really enjoyed this book. Lots of twists and turns and not a predictable ending.
"SUPER Bosch novel"
Again Connelly has written super book about Harry Bosch, I beleive it is on of the best Bosch novel I have heard and I have heard most of Connellys books. I much exchitement and suspence, with a lot of twist and turns, everything you hear(read) is important later in teh book - HEAR IT !
This is my first experience with the author so I wasn't sure what to expect. I wasn't disappointed. I did look forward to getting in the car and listening to it because there was a pretty good amount of suspense involved. But, I found it a little predictable and thought the ending was a little flat.
"Interesting characters"
It was a fun book to listen to. Being a retired female police officer/detective in my state's most violent city, I was pleased that Bosch was not portrayed as perfect, and that his impulsiveness is more real than an "always by the book" cop. The FBI agent was as stiff and rigid as I remember them being. That "always right" attitude was accurate. Although very bright, they never seemed to be able to think for themselves, doing only what they were told to do brought back good memories.
"Just as good as all the others"
This is Michael Connley's newest book. I've listened to them all and enjoy the Harry Bosh character more than just about any other character I can think of. The story is compelling and has many twists and turns. I highly recommend it.


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Flappy Bird took the world by storm seemingly overnight, as mobile gamers flocked to all three mobile app stores to download the difficult title. There's plenty of controversy surrounding the title, including the fact that creator Dong Nguyen makes around $50k a day from advertising revenue. While that make seem like a success to some, apparently all the unwanted attention from the success of the game forced Nguyen to remove the title from all app stores yesterday. Prior to the removal, Nguyen tweeted:
I am sorry 'Flappy Bird' users, 22 hours from now, I will take 'Flappy Bird' down. I cannot take this anymore.
Because of his success Nguyen was the focus of unwanted media attention, as well as much hate on Twitter and across the internet. Some people speculated that Nintendo had a problem with the graphics of the game, as the pipes featured in Flappy Bird look suspiciously similar to those a certain fat plumber descends. Many believed that Nguyen may have been threatened by legal action from the Kyoto-based company. Nintendo has refuted these accusations to Wall Street Journal however, as a spokesperson for Nintendo stated this:
While we usually do not comment on the rumors and speculations, we have already denied the speculation.
Apparently the success of Flappy Bird and the massive hate machine that is the internet really are the only reasons for Nguyen's removal of the app from all app stores.
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This page organizes all the researchable technologies in Civilization Revolution into a table that highlights their cost in beakers, their various effects and what they enable, as well as the bonus they provide to the first civilization to research them. These bonuses can often be quite powerful, usually in the form of a free unit, building, or extra per turn output in a city. Keep in mind that under the Makes Available header, items are listed in the following order: resources, wonders, units, buildings, governments. While some technologies, like currency and navigation, enable multiple things, others, like Printing Press, are less substantial. Together, however, they form the technology tree in Civilization Revolution.
Note: This page is still under construction.
2K Games has released two high resolution tech tree in PDF format. You can download them below:
Forum member mikewest has created this ultimate CivRev tech tree and formatted it for easy two-page printing. Based on the official tech tree, mikewest added unit properties, more details on how they get obsoleted and what unit(s) they supercede; building costs, wonder costs along with what tech (if any) obsoletes them; resource type and amount, first to discover bonuses, era & start occurrences. The color-coding started by Firaxis is also refined. The amount of beakers required to research each tech is also added.
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The growth of a very large number of lead tungstate crystals for compact muon solenoid experiments at CERN is described. 75 000 lead tungstate scintillation crystals (230 mm long, 40 mm in diameter) were produced for electromagnetic calorimeters.The book describes all aspects of production of these crystals, from equipment to testing.
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'CHOICES' film displays harsh reality
CROWLEY - The Acadia Parish Sheriff's Office's Maxine Trahan stated last week that she was keeping her fingers crossed for good weather for the filming of the CHOICES video that she was helping to spearhead.
However, Tuesday's sunny, warm weather was replaced with a chilly, driving rain Wednesday morning. But perhaps while making a film that depicts the harsh reality of a fatal car crash, the rain may have been just what was needed to relay to the public that tragic accidents aren't don't always take place in ideal environments.
Like last year, the emotionally charged film had tears flowing from the eyes of both the students who took part in making the video, as well as their parents who are on hand to see what role their children played in the video.
This year's simulated accident, in which two died, two were injured seriously and another 14 receiving some medical attention, directed more attention towards the dangers of distracted driving (texting, cell phone usage, etc.) and the punishment of parents who serve alcohol to teens.
The parents of the teens that were killed or injured in the simulated wreck, were obviously affected the most.
"Even though I know it's not real just watching them zip up that bag over your child's face is heartbreaking to watch," said one particularly upset parent as she witnessed the scene.
This year's film is the second installment of the Acadia Parish Sheriff's Office project. This year, through donations, the film had a much bigger budget to work with and the organizational efforts of Trahan, Allen "Noochie" Credeur of the Rayne Police Department and Louis "Buddha" Romero of the Crowley Fire Department along with the many first responders, officials with the Acadia Parish Coroner's Office, Crowey City Judge M'elise Trahan and several others made the process that follows the accident as realistic as the accident scene itself.
Following the accident, the film takes its viewers through the entire process which those involved in such a tragedy go through including the booking of the driver(s) at the Sheriff's Department; a trip to the morgue; a stop at the cemetery and visit to the courtroom where the judge administers the proper punishment.
Judging by the response of the communities in Acadia Parish to this year's project, it seems likely that the project will continue to grow in coming years.
"If these films can save the life of just one student I'll consider them to be a success," said Trahan.
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"Atmospheric" and "abrasive" seem like contradictory terms for any band to use to describe themselves, but West Palm Beach, Florida, trio Lavola navigate through unhinged angst and austere moods with aplomb. "From a visceral standpoint, the music comes from my influences," says frontman/band founder Julian Cires. "I listen to hardcore and a lot of noise/ambient music; how [our] music straddles the polarities is a little harder for me to discern. It's about exploring a spectrum of emotions and to satiate the desire to feel and experience different things. But really, I like to have the music do the talking, if that's an option!" The band issued a digital single ("Vereen") in September; Cires hopes to have an EP out before the end of the year, with a full-length to follow in March.


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I actually use Intense Debate on my main website, Blondish.net and at first, it was an experience I was conducting to see what would be better – Intense Debate or Disqus?
I have really enjoyed the updates in the past few months that have come up and even deciding to try Disqus on another blog has been pushed to a low priority. Sad, because I could be blogging my own experience here at WPAddict, but great because that means I really do like Intense Debate.
So far, Intense Debate has integrated CommentLuv, and just a few days ago rolled out automatic logins from various places including Facebook, Twitter, WordPress.com, and OpenID as mentioned at Introducing WordPress.com User Accounts & Auto-Login to IntenseDebate.
Truthfully, I think it would be wild if they tried working with Disqus to allow a login for that since there are a lot of Disqus users too. Though, it is just a whimsical thought.
This is great as Intense Debate has finally started to catch up to Disqus. I can only wonder what else they have planned.


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With a constant downpour the entire game, the Charleston Battery were able to withstand the rain and preserve a 1-1 draw against the New York Red Bulls reserves at Blackbaud Stadium on Friday night.
"Their keeper made two or three really good saves in the first half," Battery head coach Mike Anheuser said after the game. "They put the penalty away, but you have to credit our guys for coming back down. It was a good ball by Zach Prince, Haviel Cordoves whipped a great ball into the box, and Dane Kelly finished it off. Unluckily, we didn't get the second one to win."
The Battery dominated the chances in the first half of play in the wet conditions. In the 23rd minute, forward Dane Kelly pressured New York defender Kevin Politz into a turnover just outside of their goal box. After collecting the turnover, Kelly sprinted toward the goal and had his shot blocked by Red Bulls keeper Ryan Meara. The ball ricocheted onto the foot of Battery forward Mamadou Diouf, whose shot was blocked and cleared quickly by New York.
The second half started slowly, but the 66th minute saw the excitement of the match surge when Zach Prince was called for a foul in the box and the Red Bulls were awarded a penalty kick. After some protest from Charleston, Red Bulls midfielder Michael Bustamante stepped up and calmly buried the penalty kick in the back of the net.
The Battery were able to answer and tie the game in the 73rd minute. Prince played a through ball from just inside the Charleston defensive half, and forward Haviel Cordoves tracked it down deep in their attacking zone. Cordoves quickly fired a low cross in front of the goal mouth, and Dane Kelly slid in to knock the ball home.
In a very physical match, tensions boiled over in the 76th minute and, after a scuffle between the two teams, Red Bulls goalkeeper Ryan Meara was sent off after receiving two yellow cards during the incident. Red Bulls midfielder Michael Bustamante and Battery defender Colin Falvey also were given yellow cards for their involvement. Falvey would later be sent off for a second yellow card.
With no backup goalkeeper on their bench, the Red Bulls were forced to insert substitute midfielder Ian Christianson in goal. Christianson held his own, but in the 90th minute, Dane Kelly made a run into the box and the two collided harshly. Both would leave the game with injuries, and the Red Bulls were forced to play with just nine men because they did not have any substitutes left on their bench.


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Review: 'Peter Pan: The Boy Who Hated Mothers' at H Street Playhouse
By Peter Marks
Friday, Feb. 17, 2012
It's a nasty drop from the warm and fuzzy Darling family of the popular Broadway musical version of "Peter Pan" to the suffering brood of dramatist Michael Lluberes's new adaptation, "Peter Pan: The Boy Who Hated Mothers." Here, Mrs. Darling (Lisa Hodsoll), her cheeks streaked with eye makeup, is so grief-stricken over the death of her youngest, Michael — yes, he dies in infancy in this retelling — that she climbs onto the windowsill, contemplating ending it all.
No Mr. Darling emerges to comfort her or the surviving children, mournful John (Joshua Rosenblum) and plucky Wendy (Megan Graves). And woe to dog-loving fanciers of J.M. Barrie's original Victorian-era stories and play: Nana, the family's canine guardian, is nowhere to be found on the premises of the H Street Playhouse, where No Rules Theatre Company is unveiling this world premiere.
If your temperament is suited to some of the colder considerations of "Peter Pan" — the beloved tale of the boy who defies nature by refusing to grow up — then this inventive though uneven production, written and directed by Lluberes, will strike you as a novel spin on a dramatic chestnut. As embodied by the economical cast of seven, some of the various buccaneers, Indians and Lost Boys are more scrupulously rendered than others; while Hodsoll is affecting as Mrs. Darling, her vocally shrill Captain Hook comes across a few pints short of bloodthirsty.
The play's staging in the compact Playhouse space doesn't always allow for the most graceful of scene changes or athletic of sword fights. And during a few talky stretches of the long first act, one wishes that the pirate captain might from time to time level that hook at the script.
Still, Lluberes takes an admirable stab at enveloping the two worlds of the story — the Darling household and Neverland — in a unifying starkness, and as a result, makes it clear how thoroughly this scarred Wendy and Peter (a persuasively childlike John Evans Reese) find consolation in each other's realities. The nifty concept behind Daniel Pinha's set reinforces the notion that Neverland is never very far away: With the addition of a few bits of flora, the shabby Darling nursery becomes the messy domain of Peter and the Lost Boys, dressed in evocative rags by costume designer Brandon R. Williams. And doors of various shapes in the flimsy nursery wall open to accommodate exits and entrances, and just as vitally, an impression of the terrifyingly infinite, starry night sky.
Peter Pan's eternal youthfulness inspires one adaptation after another. In 2007, Arena Stage hosted the experimental Mabou Mines troupe's "Peter and Wendy" with its elegant rendering of the Lost Boys as puppets, and soon to show up on Broadway is "Peter and the Starcatcher," which provides a dark origin story for Peter. Is it our fears of growing old or an ongoing bittersweet romance with childhood that stokes our curiosity about him?
As indicated in the title of No Rules's production, the playwright homes in on a vengeful side to Peter, and the idea that he's not so much providing a haven for Lost Boys as keeping them out of the clutches of a society that disdains them. Several times, Lluberes has him reiterate his loathing of mothers — chiefly, the one he thinks abandoned him — even as he tries to turn a little girl into one. Graves, by the way, manages in excellent fashion to convey both Wendy's girlish and maternal fancies.
Reese, in his portrayal of Peter's willfulness and boyish energy, confers on the character a becoming agelessness. It makes eminent sense, too, on this occasion to have Peter's most dastardly adversary played by a woman — and by the actress who also portrays Mrs. Darling, at that. The device adds a layer of poignant clarity to Peter's hollow victory over mothers, as he steals their daughters time and again, but in the end always loses them to time itself.
Though they must deal with some of the production's technical klutziness, the three actors who play all the assorted pirates and Lost Boys — Adam Downs, Maya Jackson and especially Nathaniel Mendez — acquit themselves with distinction. After a bit of tactical tightening and trimming of "The Boy Who Hated Mothers," their contributions, along with other facets of the show, might seem all the more impressive.
Adapted and directed by Michael Lluberes. Lighting, Carrie Wood; sound and original music, Elisheba Ittoop; props, Eric Reynolds; fight choreography, Casey Kaleba. About 2½ hours.
Child's play: Family-friendly theater in unexpected places
By Stephanie Merry
Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012
One look at the darker title of No Rules Theatre Company's incarnation of "Peter Pan" and you might wonder whether it's the same classic children's tale you grew up with.
"We didn't make this title up," Morgan says. "That's what ['Peter Pan' author] J.M. Barrie originally wanted the play to be called, but his producers and publishers were like, 'That won't sell.' "
This world-premiere rendition, adapted and directed by Michael Lluberes, more accurately follows Barrie's source material, which was inspired by his childhood. The author's mother never recovered after her older son and, arguably, favorite child died in a skating accident at age 13. In that vein, "The Boy Who Hated Mothers" begins with the death of Michael Darling — John and Wendy's brother — and actress Lisa Hodsoll plays the evil Captain Hook and Mrs. Darling.
"We keep equating this to 'Harry Potter,' " Morgan says of the target age group for the show. "There's nothing overtly sexual about the play; there's no bad language. But I think the theme of a mother becoming this villainous character — I don't want a 4-year-old watching that."
Yet this "Peter Pan" still celebrates the wonder of childlike imagination. The flying scenes, for example, rely on suspending disbelief, not on stage props. "We weren't interested in rigging anybody up," Morgan says.
But just as the show revels in the fantastical, it also plays up reality, giving grown-ups food for thought.
"When we did the reading at the Kennedy Center, we had a lot of older generations — 40 to 60s — who had a real emotional response to it, because the play sort of explores the pros and cons of growing up," Morgan says. "What does it mean to grow up? And what are the great things that come along with that, and what are the not-so-great things that come along with that?"
Thought-provoking is the name of the game for the fledgling No Rules, whose credits include the upcoming "Suicide Incorporated" and last fall's well-received "Stop Kiss," a show about a hate crime and two women falling unexpectedly in love.
Although "Peter Pan" isn't the group's first family-friendly show — that was last season's "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown" — it does mark a new approach. The production is No Rules' first commissioned play and first wholly new main-stage show. The play about not wanting to grow up turns out to be a milestone on the group's path toward maturity.
"Ultimately I feel like [the show] honors children and their imagination and their experience, and how what they're living right now is so remarkably important to who they become," Morgan says.
Best for age 10 and older. Pay-what-you-can preview Wednesday, and $10 previews Thursday through Feb. 12. $15 rush tickets are available for full-time students one hour before curtain on a seating-available basis.


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Elizabeth's father is fighting with the German army on the eastern front. Her mother works at the Dresden zoo, where her favorite animal is a young elephant named Marlene. When the zoo director tells her the dangerous animals must be shot to prevent them running amok if the town is bombed, Elizabeth's mother moves Marlene into the back garden to save her and then the bombs start to fall. Their home destroyed, Elizabeth and her family must flee the bombed-out city and through the wintery landscape, all the while avoiding the Russian troops who are drawing ever closer. It would be hard enough, without an elephant in tow!
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A pilot scheme to reduce the amount of food thrown away has helped households save £32 a week, it is claimed.
The three-month Food Waste Challenge, organised by the North London Waste Authority (NLWA), saw people from seven boroughs including Waltham Forest following advice on how to make more of leftovers and get more creative when cooking.
Adam Devreceni, 27, and his housemate Teresa Green, of Abbots Park Road in Leyton, took part in the project.
They reduced their food waste by 38 per cent and cut about a third off the cost of their weekly shopping bill.
Mr Devreceni said: "I didn't think I wasted much food, but the challenge showed how much was wasted, and how much money could be saved.
"We are really surprised at the results. Planning ahead was the key. Now we compost all our waste food, and that's the best thing we've learned from the challenge."
NLWA chair and Waltham Forest Councillor Clyde Loakes added: "Waste disposal costs are rising, making it more expensive for your local council to dispose of it, when the money could be spent on better things, like schools and social care.
"That's why we've put such an intensive effort into working alongside these valiant families who have demonstrated perfectly just how effectively north Londoners can reduce their food waste."


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Are you looking for something to do this weekend in North Ridgeville? There are plenty of activities.
North Ridgeville's 12th annual Holiday on the Ridge program will take place from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Dec. 1. One of the highlights is the annual tree lighting, which will take place at 5 p.m. Saturday at the South Central Park gazebo, located on Bainbridge Road near the intersection of Avon Belden Road.
The North Ridgeville Branch Library will sponsor activities as part of the citywide Holiday On The Ridge celebration. Between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Saturday, free hot chocolate and cookies will be available. From 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.Saturday, harpist Cecilia Ilg McKay will play holiday and traditional music. For more information, call the North Ridgeville Branch Library at 440-327-8326. The library is at 35700 Bainbridge Road, North Ridgeville.
Children in first through fifth grades are invited to be one of Browser's Reading Buddies at the North Ridgeville library. It's a relaxed and dog-friendly program that involves reading with a Therapy Dog International certified dog. The program will be held Saturday at 10:30 a.m.
Fields United Methodist Church in North Ridgeville is hosting the 24th annual Search For The Christ Child from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. The church is at 34077 Lorain Road, North Ridgeville. The search is a live indoor presentation of the First Christmas story, and tours will run continuously during those times. Admission is free. Donations of nonperishable food items and money brought to the manger will be distributed to North Ridgeville Community Care. For more information, call the church office at 440-327-8753 or go online to fieldsumc.org.


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Moving to Jordan
Sitting in a strategic location at the crossroads of what Jews, Christians and Muslims call the 'Holy Land', and home to one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, Jordan remains a popular expat destination in the Middle East.
Phosphate mines in southern Jordan have made the country one of the world's largest producers and exporters of this mineral, while agricultural produce is another large contributor to the economy. There are also many international software and hardware IT companies present in the capital, Amman, which is the national and regional hub in communications, transport, education and investment, and the city where most expats living in Jordan are located.
Expats in Jordan tend to work for international organisations and multinational companies in the finance, media, development and oil and gas sectors. Some expats also move to Jordan to work in the educational sector.
Although most of Jordan's population of 6.7 million people are Muslim, Jordan has a secular government and it is viewed as one of the most liberal countries in the Middle East. Nevertheless, expats should respect the local customs and etiquette, and women in particular should dress modestly.
Jordanians are generally viewed as friendly and welcoming to foreigners. Arabic is the official language of Jordan, although most Jordanians can speak English, and expats should not have a problem communicating in professional settings, particularly in Amman.
Expats moving to Jordan need not worry about their health. The country has one of the best healthcare systems in the Middle East, with both private and public medical facilities providing a high standard of care. Most doctors are proficient in English and have been educated abroad, and the country is becoming a popular regional medical tourism hotspot.
Jordan has a high literacy rate and the government views education as a priority. The language of instruction at local schools is Arabic, and expats seeking to continue their children's education from home will be pleased to know that there are a number of international schools in Jordan, catering for a variety of different nationalities. These are mostly located in Amman.


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The Miss Charleston/Miss Summerville Scholarship Pageant Committee is seeking Miss and Teen contestants for its annual pageant on February 2.
Miss contestants should be between the ages of 17 and 24 or a graduating high school senior. Teen contestants should be between the ages of 13 and 17. The Miss and Teen winners will represent the Lowcountry at the Miss South Carolina and Miss South Carolina Teen pageants this July. The Miss and Teen South Carolina pageants are a preliminary to the Miss America and Miss Americas Outstanding Teen pageants.
The 2013 Miss Charleston/Miss Summerville pageant will take place on February 2 at Sterett Hall. The production theme will be Ladies of the 80s and will feature performances from previous titleholders. Contestants will compete in the categories of private interview, lifestyle and fitness, evening wear, talent, and on-stage question before a panel of judges including a cast member of a nationally aired television program.
Contestants must submit their application and forms by January 19. To download the paperwork or for more information, visit www.misscharlestonsummervillepageant.com.
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According to two local radio industry sources, Greg "The Hammer" Williams is deep into negotiations for a permanent gig at ESPN 103.3 FM -- negotiations that are so serious, in fact, that sources say Williams will be at the station's Arlington studios this afternoon at 3 for an off-air tryout/interview. At the same time, his old frat buddies over at KTCK-AM (1310, The Ticket) will be yucking up another "Why Today Doesn't Suck" segment before commencing his old show, The Hardline.
It's good to hear Williams is healthy and stable enough to both consider going back to work and to be considered for a position. Not that long ago, if you remember, we were all atwitter about him merely functioning as a human being. Though we're still not sure if Williams wants this job, or if ESPN is ready to hire him. (With ESPN recently landing Michael Irvin, being anchored by Randy Galloway and forced to air national programming in the morning, the best guess is a weeknight show for The Hammer.)
The sources indicated today that it's more like a free agent making a second visit to a prospective team. As for Williams, he's being as ambiguous as ever. "Stay tuned" is all he would say when reached by Unfair Park this morning.
The juiciest part of the possible scenario: Williams' rumored potential co-host. Would you believe ... Nate Newton? Friends, start your proposed show names ... now. --Richie Whitt
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4 cardinals with Pa. ties to vote for next pope
PITTSBURGH -- Some Pennsylvania Roman Catholics said they'd like to see a younger person replace Pope Benedict XVI, who announced Monday that he's stepping down amid failing health.
Four U.S. cardinals with Pennsylvania roots will have a say in making that decision, church officials said Monday.
Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl was born in Pittsburgh and is a former bishop of that city, and Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo and Cardinal Sean O'Malley also grew up in Pittsburgh, said Bishop David Zubik, the current bishop of Pittsburgh. Cardinal Justin F. Rigali, the retired archbishop of Philadelphia, will also be eligible to vote for a new pope.
One priest who met Benedict in 2006 said he was inspiring. "I discovered in his writings the beauty of the priesthood," the Rev. Justin Pino said.
SOURCE: Associated Press