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We present a case of pigmented olfactory neuroblastoma of the nostril and nasal cavity that was positive for neural cell adhesion molecule (CD56) and initially diagnosed as melanoma based on patchy S-100 protein positivity. This is a possible pitfall in the microscopic diagnosis of an entity that can be confused with melanoma histologically. Usually, CD56 is thought of as a marker for natural killer cell lymphoma, but our case highlights the usefulness of CD56 in dermatopathology because mucosal biopsy specimens are occasionally sent to dermatopathology laboratories for evaluation. It also illustrates the need for an immunostaining panel on unusual pigmented tumors.
Initial biopsy specimens of the nasal tumor (hematoxylin-eosin, original magnification ×40). A, Nests of small, round, blue cells; scattered brown pigment; and prominent fibrillary background. B, A fibrillary background or collection of dendritic processes.
Immunostaining of the biopsy specimens shown in Figure 1 (original magnification ×40). A, Immunostaining for S-100 protein. B, Immunostaining for neural cell adhesion molecule (CD56).
Electron microscopy of the nasal tumor. A, Large numbers of neurosecretory granules. B, Higher magnification of neurosecretory granules.
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In an age of supposedly instant communications, he felt impatient that in locations without access to the Internet or a cellular network, there was no way to communicate or share files with fellow researchers, even though they all carried laptops and were often in the same hall or building.
The answer, he realized, was to develop a new solution.
One and a half years later, a team of doctoral students under Friedman's guidance has developed WiPeer. The new software enables mobile and desktop computers to communicate directly with one another in a local area without any mediating factor, such as an Internet server. The software, which is available free on the Net, enables users to send messages, pictures, files, movies and games to one another wirelessly within a 100- to 300-meter radius.
Direct communication via computers has been technically possible for years. Any laptop or desktop computer with wireless connection capabilities should be able to communicate directly with another. The only problem is that this form of wireless ad-hoc communication is highly complex and requires a long configuration process. Even professionals in the field have shied away from tackling this problem.
"We always knew the possibility existed but it was just too complicated," Friedman said. "When we wanted to share files, pictures or games it was much easier to just use a USB or disk on key."
Work on WiPeer began in January 2006. It was undertaken as a doctoral dissertation by three of Friedman's graduate students, Vadim Drabkin, Gabi Kliyot and Alon Kama. Their goal was to devise a solution that would not only solve their own communication problems, but which could also be put to use by the general public. As a result, the team focused on building software that looks attractive and professional.
"Typically when you build software in academia it is very rough and not always easy to use," Friedman said. "Right from the start we made sure that WiPeer would have an attractive GUI [graphic user interface], could be easily installed and was simple and appealing to use."
The user-friendly application platform enables simple communication between computers in close proximity -- 100 yards inside a building and up to 300 yards in the open air. Users can transfer dozens of pictures from one computer to another in less than a minute, and even a 700 megabyte file can be transferred in up to 15 minutes. It is also possible to carry on chats without disturbing anyone in the vicinity or to play collaborative games like chess.
WiPeer is only available for systems that run Windows XP or Vista.
"It's very fast and extremely simple," said Friedman, adding that in addition to students and researchers, the software will also appeal to businesspeople, particularly those that travel frequently for their work.
"Employees who go abroad on company business may be seated separately from one another in the airplane," Friedman said. "With this software, they can work together on their presentation during their flight."
The software was completed earlier this year. Since it was published, several thousand people have downloaded it, and it has attracted a great deal of attention on Web sites and blogs throughout the world. Friedman admitted that there is no way of knowing who has downloaded the software or how much it is being used, because the software can also be passed from person to person.
"The feedback has been very good," Friedman said. "We have had some bugs, but these have been sorted out."
The next stage of development, according to Friedman, is to develop the software for the cellular phone, bypassing the cellular operator and offering free calls to anyone within close proximity, such as a shopping mall, school or sports stadium.
Friedman estimates that this software will become available within a year or so and will be suitable for advanced cellphones equipped with WiFi. Currently these phones are not common, but market research companies predict that within the next few years, over half of all cellphones sold will be WiFi enabled.
Such a development is likely to cause a stir of alarm among cellular operators, but Friedman is confident that this unease will be short-lived.
"This development will not make cellular operators obsolete," he said. "There are several developments threatening to disturb their current business models. They will adjust them and come up with a situation where everyone is happy."
The research students are also looking to develop multiple-hop routing, which will enable users to communicate via other computers and cellphones in the transmission range and use them as forwarders or routers to other mobile devices over a longer distance. In the meantime, they're also continuing to improve and increase the layers of security protecting documents and files being shared.
Friedman is now considering ways to possibly commercialize this project, but in the meantime, he and his students plan to continue with their research over the next year or two.
"We want to bring this to as many people as possible," he said. "When there are two computers in the same room, it doesn't make sense that they must go out to the Internet to communicate. Keeping things local -- this is our main added value."
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The Ciba collection of medical illustrations, by Frank H. Netter, MD, and a host of illustrious editors, is truly a gigantic undertaking. This latest publication, volume 6, dealing with kidneys, ureter, and bladder, is printed beautifully, and the illustrations are of the quality, nature, and originality that have distinguished Dr. Netter's career as a medical illustrator. The scope of the book is enormous, ranging from anatomy and embryology through therapeutics, including dialysis and transplantation. Of course, in any such undertaking, the text, although quite accurate, is quite limited and superficial, with no single area dealt with in any detail. Thus, the audience for which this book has been created is not clear. Clearly, it is not detailed enough for the nephrologist or clinican interested in renal disease, nor detailed enough for the medical student. Thus, although the compendium is attractively bound and expertly illustrated, it would appear to me that
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• Hoboken Relay for Life is holding a benefit concert at Whiskey Bar
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This volume is prefaced by a photogravure of Edward Jenner worthy of a place as an adornment in any medical office. The manuscript notebook of the great founder of modern immunology came into possession of the Royal College of Physicians in 1888. The manuscript consists of a notebook of eighty pages, some of which are blank. It covers the period from 1787 to 1806 and records observations made by Jenner concerning the habits of the cuckoo, the presence of hydatids in the bodies of various animals, and distemper in dogs. Edward Jenner was a naturalist as well as a physician. He made many necropsies on dogs that had died of distemper, his one important conclusion being that the lungs are often the seat of extensive inflammation. The book includes not only an exact transcription in good type of the contents of the book but also an appreciative essay by Dr.
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HI Martin,
Thanks for your reply, I will research some of these articles for future reference as I didn't think this would work. The only reference I found before was based around an unsupported workaround by Check Point, I don't have it to hand (its at home, but I will post a reference to it once I get home)
Here is the response I received from Nokia
IPSec and NAT are inherently not compatible protocols, as IPSec protects the packet's integrity, whereas NAT changes the IP header and TCP/UDP header. If both IPSec and NAT operations are supported in the same security device (like Check Point), then the problem can be avoided by performing the NAT operation before doing IPSec and making sure that the IPSec end-points are in the public address space.
For scenarios where there is a NAT device in-between (NAT-in-the-middle problem), the IPSec standards group at IETF has proposed a new protocol called "NAT traversal (NAT-T)". Here, the IPSec packet is encapsulated within a UDP packet using the IKE UDP port 500. Negotiation of NAT-T support of the peers as well as detection of NAT presence in the path is done during IKE phase-I.
So, if your ISP router can provide NAT-T functionality then it's possible but it will add complexity and performance will be little slow as there will be twice the encryption (Packet to IPSEC + IPSEC to UDP). I would suggest to use valid IP addresses like your current setup to avoid issues (performance and connectivity).
After discussions with the ISP it transpires that they are now going to give us public addresses for our external interfaces.
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An 11-year-old girl escaped the clutches of a young man in Terry Hershey Park over the weekend, according to a Harris County Constable Precinct 5 report.
The girl was bicycling eastbound on a paved trail about a quarter-mile east of Dairy Ashford in a wooded area when she stopped for water about 4:20 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 19. A man sitting on a bench grabbed her handle bars and said, "Come on." But the girl was able to bicycle away, the report said.
The man is described as being in his late teens or early 20s with a dark tan. He's a thin guy, about 5-foot-9 and weighs about 120 pounds. He had medium length, straight brown hair and stubble. He had greenish eyes, was wearing a black T-shirt and blue jeans. He also had a gold earring in his right ear that looked like a dragon.
The girl was riding with her family, but they were separated by minutes, the report said.
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Airman 1st Class James Terronez puts his training to the test for the first time in a deployed environment at Istres Air Base, France.
Terronez, originally from Wichita, Kan., is currently stationed at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., assigned to the 818th Contingency Response Group as an aerial porter. He is deployed to France working under U.S. Africa Command, in support of the French government to move equipment and supplies from France to Mali.
Terronez joined the Air Force in November of 2011 and this deployment is his first time outside the United States. When he learned of his deployment, Terronez said he was excited to be part of something bigger, but he was surprised to be going to Europe.
"I didn't think I'd deploy to France," Terronez said. "It's been interesting to experience the job in this location, where I get to see new things and a different culture."
Working in a new environment can present challenges, especially at the beginning of a deployment, but the aerial port and stage management teams here work closely with the French to ensure mission accomplishment.
"We started off having to overcome a few issues," Terronez said. "The French weren't used to our requirements and regulations and the language barrier made things difficult. But we have been working together for a while now and have learned to communicate through hand gestures."
1st Lt. Cory Wagner, aerial port flight commander for the 818th CRG, said he is very impressed with the work of Terronez.
"A1C Terronez has really caught on quickly," Wagner said. "He's taken on duties outside of his scope of responsibility and excelled at every task."
As an aerial porter, Terronez must be knowledgeable about passenger and cargo movement functions, including transport aircraft types and capabilities. He must also know airlift transportation directives and documentation, cargo securing techniques, operation of materials handling and much more.
"We move anything that needs to be moved, whether it's for the U.S. or other militaries," said Terronez. "We also prep equipment to be transported, we inspect, measure and weigh cargo as well."
Aerial porters attend training exercises to prepare for issues that may arise while working in real-world situations. Terronez relied on lessons learned in those training opportunities to help him accomplish tasks in France.
"Training in exercises helped prepare me for what I'm doing here," he said. "In training, I usually load more pallets, but here we've loaded things like vehicles and different equipment."
As of Feb. 3, C-17 Globemasters from Istres have flown 30 missions, transported 759 tons of cargo and delivered 609 personnel to Mali at the request of the French government.
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Amarillo Dillas general manager Ric Sisler added to his staff Tuesday by naming a former Amarillo Gold Sox and longtime Amarillo resident to lead his marketing department.
Former major league pitcher Mark Lee, a 20-year resident of Amarillo, has joined the Dillas as the marketing director and in charge of club sales.
Last week, Sisler named Amarillo resident John Harris as manager.
"It's important for me, being an outsider to Amarillo, to have local people here in our offices that people know," Sisler said. "Clearly, Mark brings a lot to the table. He's a well-known baseball player, No. 1. And, more importantly, he is a well-known business person here. He will add to our success, and I think it's good for the organization."
Lee has been in the insurance business and sales management in Amarillo since 1988.
He is no stranger to Amarillo baseball. Lee played for the Double-A Gold Sox in 1977 and was a pitching coach with the Amarillo Texans in 1990-91.
"I have lived here 20 years," Lee said. "My kids and my grandkids are here. This is home to me. I'm excited to get back in baseball and this opportunity to work alongside Ric. It's going to be fun being back in the game and associated with a franchise like the Dillas. I believe Amarillo is a great city to play in."
Lee said he knows the Dillas have loyal backers. But one of his first priorities will be bringing in new sponsorship.
"This town has grown over the years, and I know a lot more businesses have come into town," Lee said. "My goal is to try and develop a relationship with the new businesses. We have, and truly appreciate, our older businesses that are loyal to this team. But I really believe there are good names out there that I would like to see out at the ballpark."
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23 November 2009: The UNFCCC Secretariat has released the second interim report (FCCC/SBI/2009/14) of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) on the progress made in carrying out the Poznan Strategic Programme on Technology Transfer.The report follows on from a progress report presented by the GEF to the 30th session of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI 30) and provides an update to SBI 31 on GEF progress between May and November 2009. The report presents an overview of: the implementation of the technology needs assessment project; technology transfer pilot projects; and long-term implementation of the strategic programme. A list of prioritized technology transfer pilot projects is contained in Annex I.[The Report]


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NILES - David Pepper blasted Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine on several fronts Friday during a brief political whistlestop in the Democratic-entrenched Valley.
''Beneath the surface, Mike DeWine has huge issues dealing with heroin in a serious way,'' said the 41-year-old Democrat hopeful for the state's top law enforcement job.
''He's just way behind the eight-ball in this heroin crisis. I'm sure police chiefs around here would have told you that years ago,'' Pepper told a handful of supporters at Vernon's Cafe.
A practicing attorney and Yale Law School graduate, Pepper is a former Cincinnati councilman and Hamilton County commissioner. He ran unsuccessfully in 2010 for state auditor. Grabbing support of statewide FOP and firefighting organizations, Pepper had been plotting the challenge against the 66-year-old DeWine for some time.
''I'll tell you this. Mike DeWine isn't a friend of the teachers, firefighters or police officers. He described Senate Bill 5 as misunderstood. I thought it was very clear,'' Pepper said.
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A new Panera Bread in the Elmwood Village won approval from the Common Council today.
Delaware Council Member Michael LoCurto said he was confident Elmwood patrons would continue to support local businesses and noted that Panera, a national chain, will replace Blockbuster, another national tenant.
There was some opposition to the restaurant moving onto Elmwood during earlier meetings from interested parties and neighbors, LoCurto acknowledged.
"At the end of the day, it's hard to tell a restaurant that the role of government is to tell which restaurants can't compete and which can compete," he said.
Panera representatives last week said that the restaurant would apply for a variance from the Zoning Board of Appeals if they did not get approval from the Council.
As of this afternoon, no application had been made.
There is some question as to whether a variance, which had to do with the size of the building, was necessary, because the restaurant is moving into an existing structure.


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That looks like it cost about 50 bucks to make. What a waste of time. garbage.
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Pinewood Athletic Director Andy Morgan announced on Tuesday that Jay Buddin will lead the Panther varsity baseball team.
Buddin, who is no stranger to the Panthers program, brings a deep knowledge of the sport to the head coach position. He has been JV Coach at Pinewood and last season served at the assistant and pitching coach on the varsity team.
Buddin was also head coach at Rollings Middle School from 2006-2009 and an assistant coach at Fort Dorchester High School in 2010.
Buddin has been around baseball all of his life. As a high school player he led Colleton Prep to a SCISA 3A State Championship in 1980 and was named MVP. Buddin was a three-time all-region and all-state player as a pitcher and infielder. He finished high school with a .510 batting average.
Buddin played college baseball at Francis Marion University until suffering a career-ending eye injury after being hit by a pitch. He was a co-founder of the Summerville Tigers travel baseball team that was part of the first travel team organization in the Summerville area. While with the organization, Buddin led his team to a Top 10 national ranking and 10 members of that team went on to play college baseball.
We are very excited to name Jay Buddin as our Varsity Baseball Head Coach, Morgan said, Jay is the right coach to take over the baseball program. He has been with the team for three years and understands the expectations and philosophy at Pinewood.
He has great knowledge of the game, its history within the school, and believes in the development of our athletes as both a player and a person. Jay has the drive and skill-set to be successful, which is evident to everyone who is around him, and the players feed off of that type of confidence in their coach.
Pinewood also announced that Tony Osterman, who was an assistant coach on the Panthers staff this past spring, will now be Associate Head Coach on Buddins staff. He is a graduate of Chicora High School where he was a three-sport athlete.
I am thrilled to announce that Coach Tony Osterman will serve as Associate Head Coach, Morgan said. Tony joined our varsity baseball staff last year and had an immediate impact on our players development.
Coach Osterman built a great rapport working with our athletes in his first season at Pinewood as our hitting coach. He does a fantastic job at evaluating and teaching the proper mechanics for each players swing and getting them to see the results.
After high school, Osterman continued to play baseball in state and was asked to play in Puerto Rico. He began his coaching career when his three kids started playing sports.
Osterman has spent more than 30 years coaching baseball throughout the state. During the summers he also worked with the South Carolina Diamond Devils AAU team, as an assistant. He is the head coach for the East Coast Baseball Academy and a staff member for the Diamond Prospects since 2006. While assisting with the Diamond Prospects showcases, he helps young players obtain the opportunities and experiences to expose their talents in front of college and pro scouts.
Osterman has been an employee of SCE&G for more than 35 years and has a degree in Business Science from Southern Wesleyan University.
Another member set to be a part of the coaching staff is Tony Kolgaklis. He will be joining Buddins staff as an assistant coach.
Kolgaklis is a former assistant baseball coach at both Summerville High School and Ashley Ridge High School and owner/operator of Coach Tonys Baseball and Softball training center in Summerville.
Pinewood Head of School Steve Mandell reflects positively on the new coaching staff: I have no doubt that Jay, with the support of Tony and the entire baseball coaching staff, will enhance the level of excellence in the Pinewood baseball program and ensure the teams success well into the future.
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Revisiting the Visual Artists Rights Act of 1990: A Follow-up Survey about Awareness and Waiver
RayMing Chang
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This article presents previously unreleased empirical data about the Visual Artists Rights Act of 1990 (VARA) from an exhaustive survey that the author conducted in 2003. The article first examines the background of VARA by surveying case law and news accounts. The article then reports and analyzes the results of the 2003 survey. The article argues that the results from the 2003 survey reveal that little has changed since the Copyright Office's 1995 survey. VARA still seems to be obscure. The article then offers recommendations to copyright law practitioners and Congress regarding VARA.
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Tiger Woods may be more than 750 points ahead of second place Matt Kuchar in the FedEx Cup standings, but he is not a shoo-in for the $10 million top prize.
In fact, just last year Brandt Snedeker wasn't even in the top 10 entering The Barclays and ended up winning the whole thing.
With so many players performing so well, 2013 could be just as difficult to handicap. There are a slew of young players with the skills and the demeanor to win. Both of the game's long-standing best players, Tiger and Phil Mickelson, have had stand-out years. Adam Scott, Justin Rose and Jason Dufner each won a major, while Snedeker and Kuchar have won twice on the tour.
Then there's the questionable Rory McIlroy, last year's No. 1 player in the world, who came in second to Snedeker in a rousing playoff sequence that included the best golfers in the world.
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Sometimes a charity says thank you, and well, you can just tell that they really mean it. Rachel Brown got one such thank you letter last weekend from Kids Company.
It read..
Dear Rachel,
I was so touched by your generous donation of £25. Fundraising has become even harder. I find myself working late into the night seven days a week just trying to generate resources for our kids. So when donations like yours arrive believe me I bounce off the ceiling with delight!
(This is a letter to me, sent from a person. Not from an organisation, but from an individual. It shows passion for the charity and makes me feel that I have really done something extraordinary.)
Your help means so much to all of us who work at Kids Company, because we become a witness to your kindness but also to the positive impact it has on the children's lives.
(Wow – these are people that are passionate about their cause and will steward and use my money wisely.)
We've just opened our exhibition at the Royal Academy, Childhood, so I'm hoping we can encourage more of the public to donate.
(This is timely information – they must have updated their thank you letter recently.)
One of the girls exhibiting was living on the streets since the age of 12 having run away from home where she was being sexually abused. When she arrived at Kids Company she was so undernourished, looking like a 12-year-old, despite being 17. She hadn't been to school since she was ten but we found she wrote amazing poetry so we sent her to Goldsmiths University for an interview and they've offered her an unconditional place on the creative writing degree course. Before our eyes has emerged a young girl who is glowing and full of hope for the future.
(What a wonderful story. I feel proud to support this charity and want to give more to their work.)
It's for children like her that your unique support is precious and powerful. Thank you for kindness that touches the heart.
With love and best wishes,
(Not yours sincerely or some other stuffy sign off. I am now part of this charity's family.)
Camila Batmanghelidjh
Chief Executive
(with hand-signed signature)
So what do you think? Would your organisation's thank you letter stand up against this? I know that this is a mail merged letter – but it is still brilliant, personal and touching. I want to give again.
Does your thank you letter:
Donors are the most precious resource a charity can have. Just in saying thank you well, this charity has made me feel like a critical part of their mission.
Now we must make all our donors feel the same way.
Rachel Brown is the development manager for Edinburgh's University's Edinburgh Fund and all-round fundraising enthusiast
Clare Richards
Conciliation Resources
16 Jul 2012
Thanks for this: nice to highlight good practice. Kids Company do excellent work in so many areas; it seems their communications reflect the creative hands-on approach they take to their practical work with children. I recently received excellent thank yous/please-donate-again-you-make-a-difference letters from the Equality Trust and Crisis. They definitely make me want to keep up my personal support for their work. As does MSF – they send a regular informative but low-cost 'from the field' newsletter that really does make a large INGO have the 'you help us make a difference' feel of a much more intimate charity. Well thought out genuinely innovative fundraising efforts mean so much more than hollow and obviously agency-generated attempts. Keep up the good work: it's noted and appreciated.
11 Jul 2012
Wow, nice letter. I have a confession to make: I am supporting large charities. Yes, I said it. Not the small ones where my 80 GBP a year average amount of donation would make any sensible difference but the ones where they buy peanuts for it. I support them because I politically identify with particular causes and everytime my bank statement shows direct debit payment to one or cleared check to other I grit my teeth but I know that THOUSANDS of people like me make it - eventually - happen. At some point of history. Maybe.
Even though these charities have Supporter Care Teams, I have never received a thank-you email (I opt out of post to save their costs wherever possible) or anything really. It took me more than 4 emails to finally change my details. And naturlaly I'm too small to be important in their timely updates. But at the end of the day I don't have to support them, it's voluntary sector after all and we are all voluntarily in it.
However, there is a limited amount of patience even the most die-hard supporter has. Expecting that some causes simply deserve money is childish. One day I will find some other cause, or change political option, and less peanuts for you, biggies!
On the other hand, why 'smallies' don't ask their local folk for money is a secret to me. I know as a fact that some trustees (but not all, by all means!) genuinely believe that people should instinctively recognise value of their causes and throw some cash on them. Without any right to transparency and accountability, naturally. Accountability is for losers.
As a person professionally involved in fundraising (but not soliciting donations, yet that is) I dream of the day when I will say 'thank you, without you John would die on the street.' It must be the greatest feeling in the world!
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Potato and Broccoli Soup
On tonight's menu I had planned to make this Potato Soup, of course I made a few changes.
What I used:
- 10 small potatoes
- 1/4 cup real butter
- 1/2 cup flour
- 4 cups Skim milk
- pepper and garlic powder to taste
- 2 Cups medium Cheddar Cheese
- 2 Cups Water
- 1 bag frozen broccoli
Peel, cube, boil, drain and "mush" potatoes to the consistency you like. In separate pan, melt butter, add flour and cook while stirring for about a minute or so. Add half the milk and stir until lumps are out of flour mixture. Add remaining milk and on med-high heat, heat to a boil. Stir almost constantly or it will scorch. After boiling, turn heat down and add remaining ingredients. I cooked on very low until all the cheese was melted and everything was nice and creamy.
I reduced the milk and added more cheese. It came out fabulous and not too cheesy. I actually started with 1 cup of cheese but it just didn't do it. I decided to add in a bag of frozen broccoli and it worked great.
Everyone loved this including my picky Jonah. Hubby and both of the girls had 2 bowls each. It was perfect on this cold snowy day.
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Yummy! My family loves homemade potato soup. Adding the bag of broccoli is a great change. I use Velveeta cheese with ours because it is so much creamier when it melts, but the cheddar definitely has a sharper, delicious taste. Great meal for these chilly winter days. Thanks for the inspiration!
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Kyle Veazey of The Commercial-Appeal: Pop star Justin Timberlake has decided to secure a stake in his hometown's professional sports franchise. Timberlake, 31, who grew up near Millington, has agreed to become a limited partner in Robert Pera's bid to purchase the Memphis Grizzlies from Michael Heisley, a source close to Pera confirmed Thursday night. Pera, 34, agreed in June to the purchase and continues to undergo the standard vetting by the NBA. The league's majority owners will have to vote to approve his ownership bid, but if it's approved, he'll become just the second majority owner in the franchise's 11-plus years in Memphis. Last month, Pera agreed to terms with a group of local minority partners that includes AutoZone founder J.R. "Pitt" Hyde and financier Staley Cates, who were minority owners under Heisley. In the new agreement, which is for about one-third of the team, Pera agreed to terms that will effectively guarantee the team's future in Memphis for the next 15 years.
K.C. Johnson of the Chicago Tribune: Brian Scalabrine has turned down an assistant coaching position with the Chicago Bulls in favor of a NBA color analyst job with Comcast Sports Net New England. The former Bulls reserve forward, who has two young daughters, cited family reasons for passing on a chance to join coach Tom Thibodeau's staff. "It was a great opportunity and turning it down was really hard," Scalabrine said. "I think I would've done well in the role Thibs and I talked about. Telling Thibs no for now was really tough. But broadcasting is a better choice for my family and it allows me to stay in the game and analyze the game while still allowing time away from it. Broadcasting opportunities like this don't come around often. It's going to be a fun trial run for both sides."
Howard Beck of The New York Times: The Knicks' "new" uniforms, unveiled Thursday, featured no striking changes, only simple edits: narrower trim around the arms, removal of the striped panels down the sides, a colored waistband (blue on the white shorts, orange on the blue shorts),a less-arching "New York" across the chest. And yes, the neckline is now a symmetrical curve. If the pomp and circumstance at the Hugo Boss showroom seemed disproportionate to the actual news, well, these are not normal times for New York's original N.B.A. team. For the first time in history, the Knicks have meaningful competition for the spotlight — and they might have to work for it. The rebranded Nets will open in Brooklyn this November, in a state-of-the-art new arena, with a talent-rich roster that may be every bit as good as the Knicks'. And, significantly, with a sharp new apparel line that is already among the best selling in the N.B.A.
Perry A. Farrell of the Detroit Free Press: Since the Pistons' summer league team returned from Las Vegas in July, Greg Monroe has been a constant at the team's practice facility. So has the ping-pong table the players use after workouts. On Thursday, coach Lawrence Frankand rookie Kim English Jr. were playing ping-pong after a workout that included rookies Kyle Singler and Khris Middleton, along with Brandon Knight, Charlie Villanueva, Jason Maxiell and Monroe. "I don't know what that table is about," Monroe said. "I play pool." What Monroe did know was the workouts should go a long way toward helping when training camp starts in three weeks. It's a step toward building team chemistry and creating a new culture for the Pistons.
Dan McCarney of the San Antonio Express-News: The London Games were portrayed as a swan song for Manu Ginobili and the rest of his graying Argentina teammates, the last opportunity for the country's so-called "golden generation" to buck the odds and win another medal. Argentina failed, however, losing to Russia in the bronze medal game. Ginobili is still smarting over the defeat, to the point that he now says he's not ready to hang up his baby-blue and white jersey just yet. "I never said I would continue, and I never said I would quit," Ginobili told FIBA.com. (While this might be true, it should be noted that Manu never put the kibosh on the avalanche of questions he got about donning the Argentina uniform for the last time.) But, as Ginobili pointed out himself, he'll be 37 when Argentina competes in its next major tournament, the 2014 World Championships. And that might as well be an eternity for a guy who, as good as he looked during the Olympics this summer, missed 32 games last season.
Michael Cunningham of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: The Hawks signed rookie forward Mike Scott, their second-round pick in the June draft. Scott signed a two-year contract for the minimum salary that includes some guarantees, according to Hawks GM Danny Ferry. The minimum salary for 2012-13 is $473,604. "Mike will be on the team this year," Ferry wrote in a text message. ... Scott, 24, was the No. 43 overall draft pick and Atlanta's second selection behind guard John Jenkins. Scott figures to benefit from the Hawks' efforts to strengthen their player-development program but he's not projected to play much in 2012-13. When the Hawks drafted Scott, GM Danny Ferry said he's strictly a power forward. That means Scott is slotted behind Josh Smith, Al Horford, Zaza Pachulia, Ivan Johnson, Jordan Williams and perhaps Johan Petro in the frontcourt rotation.
Benjamin Hochman of The Denver Post: The Nuggets now have two Andres, two Millers and, of course, one Andre Miller. Denver seemingly concluded its busy summer Thursday by signing second-round pick Quincy Miller, giving the squad 15 players heading into training camp, which opens Oct. 2. It's understood that on this deep Nuggets team, the 19-year-old will likely spend some time in the D-League this season. But the plan is to have the Baylor product in camp and let him develop with Denver's assistants as much as possible. ... Miller looked underwhelming in the summer league, where he averaged 6.8 points and 5.2 rebounds in five games.
Katherine Terrell of The Times-Picayune: The New Orleans Hornets have signed second-round pick Darius Miller, the team announced Thursday. Miller, a forward out of Kentucky and the No. 46 pick in the 2012 NBA draft, signed a two-year deal, worth just under $1 million, according to a league source. The first year of the deal is fully guaranteed if Millers makes the team, which he is expected to do. With Miller's contract completed, the Hornets have now come to terms with all three of their 2012 draft picks. Miller will join former Kentucky teammate Anthony Davis and former Duke guard Austin Rivers.
Jerry Zgoda of the Star Tribune: The Timberwolves' search for an athletic, shot-blocking center brought free-agent Hassan Whiteside to Target Center on Thursday afternoon for a workout. Whiteside, a 2010 second-round pick who was released by Sacramento in July, worked out with the Wolves watching for the second time in a week. Last week, they sent a scout to observe him at former NBA coach John Lucas' gym workouts in Houston. On Thursday, Wolves President of Basketball Operations David Kahn, player personnel director R.J. Adelman and basketball operations director Rob Babcock watched the 7-footer. Whiteside has played 111 minutes in 19 NBA games the past two seasons. His development has been slowed partly by knee and ankle injuries, partly because he has been a thin prospect who so far hasn't grasped the NBA game.
Josh Robbins of the Orlando Sentinel: The Magic today announced they have signed 6-foot-4 combo guard E'Twaun Moore to a free-agent deal. The team and Moore agreed to the broad outlines of the deal over a week ago, and it took a little while longer to finalize some details. Moore's contract is for two seasons and is believed to be partially guaranteed for each of those seasons. "I just arrived in Orlando and words can't express how happy I am to be here!!!" Moore tweeted today. Moore appeared in 38 games for the Boston Celtics as a rookie last season. He should compete with Ish Smith for playing time behind starting point guard Jameer Nelson.
Brian T. Smith of The Salt Lake Tribune: Jazz point guard Earl Watson told The Salt Lake Tribune on Thursday he continues to make progress during his rehabilitation from April 17 right knee surgery that repaired a torn medial meniscus. "Rehab is rehab!" Watson joked. He acknowledged, though, he may not be cleared for full action by the time training camp starts in October. "At this point, I'd say no," Watson said. Referring to September as a "big month" during his rehab, Watson is attempting to return to full health in time for the 2012-13 season. ... If Watson's not cleared to play by the start of camp, Tinsley will likely serve as Mo Williams' primary backup.
Jonathan Feigen of the Houston Chronicle: Gersson Rosas, who had been the Rockets Vice President for player personnel for the past three seasons, was elevated to the title of Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations, the team announced on Thursday. ... The Rockets have also hired Gianluca Pascucci, their former international scout who had been the general manager of Armani Milan, as director of player personnel. Dean Cooper, who had been an assistant coach with the Rockets, Timberwolves and Trail Blazers, has also returned to the team. Cooper had been vice president of player personnel with the Rockets, but moved to the Timberwolves, working briefly on Kevin McHale's staff, to return to coaching. No announcements have been made on the additions of Pascucci and Cooper, pending the expected additions of a second player development coach and an advance scout in the next several weeks.
Michael Lee of The Washington Post: A Hall of Fame career is rarely deemed a disappointment, but Ralph Sampson's time in the NBA will always be viewed under the "what could've been" prism. His skyscraping size, unusual agility and astounding skill created mostly unrealistic expectations that were out of reach even for a man who will become the tallest player ever enshrined in Springfield, Mass. The 7-foot-4 Sampson will be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on Friday, but he will receive the honor mostly for a dominant collegiate career at the University of Virginia and his early all-star success with the Houston Rockets. Surgeries on both knees and back problems prohibited Sampson from fulfilling his immense promise, but three decades after he entered the league as the No. 1 overall pick in 1983, the guard trapped in a gangly giant's body will also remembered as a pioneer who paved the way for big men to showcase a wide-ranging offensive arsenal. Sampson could score in the low block despite never developing a signature back-to-the-basket move but preferred to glide around defenders, step back for perimeter jumpers and occasionally put the ball on the floor.
Mike Wells of The Indianapolis Star: Mel Daniels tried to play the hard role about being selected to go into the Hall of Fame. But that was a front, according to Donnie Walsh. "He is so happy to be chosen as a Hall of Fame player," Walsh said. "He won't admit it to anybody because he has that gruff exterior, but inside he's got a heart like a mushroom. I'm sure he's happy as hell. We're all happy for him because he deserves it." Daniels, as Walsh says, is happy he's headed to the Hall of Fame. The depressing part about Daniels' induction into the Hall of Fame began to circulate Friday afternoon. He had been in the hospital since Tuesday dealing with an illness that will keep him from traveling to Springfield, Mass. Daniels, his friends, family and the Pacers had waited all these years for this moment to happen, and then it was determined that a urinary tract infection will keep him planted in Indianapolis because he's not allowed to travel. Horrible. Friday is still a special occasion for Pacers fans because Reggie Miller will be enshrined. But the night would be even better if Daniels was in attendance joining Miller.
Frank Fitzpatrick of The Philadelphia Inquirer: Like those of so many athletes who played in an era when a catchy nickname was nearly as essential as physical talent, Chet "The Jet" Walker's was a misnomer. As a Bradley all-American, and even when he starred for a 1966-67 76ers team many still regard as the NBA's best ever, the silky 6-foot-6 forward who turned head fakes into an art form was more super smooth than supersonic. ... Friday night in Springfield, Mass., Walker will be one of 12 inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame. For him, the ceremony, at which he will be presented by 76ers teammate Billy Cunningham, will be long overdue. "If you look at who's in there and compare my statistics to some of them, certainly I should have been in a long time ago," Walker told the Omaha Journal Star. "I'm disappointed, not only for myself, but for a lot of close friends and my brothers who aren't alive now." Though Walker moved on to become a four-time all-star with the Chicago Bulls, Philadelphians will forever recall him as one of the key contributors on a Sixers team that went a then-record 68-13, crushed the hated Celtics in the Eastern Conference finals, and cruised to the NBA title.
Charles F. Gardner of the Journal Sentinel: The Milwaukee Bucks had it going in the 1980s. Coach Don Nelson ran a finely tuned "Green Machine" that won seven consecutive division titles. But it wasn't always smooth sailing later in Nelson's coaching career. Still, he compiled 1,335 victories, more than any other NBA coach, over a career that spanned 31 seasons. And finally, after being snubbed in past years, he was selected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame this year. The 72-year-old Nelson will join former Indiana Pacers great Reggie Miller and other members of the 2012 class in an enshrinement ceremony Friday night in Springfield, Mass.
Dan McCarney of the San Antonio Express-News: The NBA has asked a Manhattan judge to revisit a settlement from the 1970s that has required the owners of the four former ABA franchises, including the Spurs, to fork over hundreds of millions of dollars to the owners of a team that hasn't existed for more than 35 years. The NBA eventually claimed victory in their lengthy battle with the upstart ABA in 1976, agreeing to absorb four franchises — Denver, Indiana, the Nets and the Spurs — while the rest of the league folded. But it came with a very costly catch. Ozzie and Dan Silna, brothers and owners of the now-defunct Spirits of St. Louis, disbanded their franchise in exchange for a portion of the TV revenue received by the former ABA franchises as long as the NBA exists. It seemed like a pittance at the time, when NBA Finals games were broadcast on tape delay and the league's popularity was at an all-time low. But with the league's burgeoning health over the last 20-plus years, the four teams are estimated to have forked over a cool $240 million. ... They also had the foresight to cap their portion at a maximum of 28 teams, meaning they get a larger share than the NBA's other franchises now that the league has grown to 30 members. Making matters even worse is the fact that the Silnas were ready to accept a buyout in 1982, but the league balked at their $8 million asking price. Yet another case of short-sightedness with a deal that keeps on giving.


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The celebrity coaches showcased their top talent on Monday night's live episode of The Voice. While solid performances prevailed overall, a handful of the remaining contestants gave viewers at home a good reasons to vote for them.
Trevin Hunte blew viewers away by singing Percy Sledge's "When a Man Loves a Woman." He has never failed to impress the coaches and audience alike, but this performance was particularly special for the soulful crooner.
"I believe that you are going to be a blessing in so many lives," his coach Cee Lo Green told him.
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"That performance was impeccable," Green said.
Aguilera, delighted by the response, promised "more to come" from Dez.
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Scion Racing fired up the summer months down in beautiful Palm Beach, Florida for Formula Drift Round 3. This year marked the second for FD at Palm Beach International Raceway and featured a new track layout. Qualifying proved difficult as light rain hit in between runs. Ken Gushi squeaked by with the #31 spot in the GReddy Racing FR-S, while Fredric Aasbo in the Need for Speed tC and Tony Angelo in the TAngelo Drift tC took spots #17 and #13 respectively.
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Research firm head says Samsung needs to step it up, as its users are upgrading to other Androids
0. phoneArena 01 Jul 2013, 04:27 posted on
"The flagship Xperia Z has driven Sony's growth in Britain by successfully appealing to Samsung customers. Some 38% of Xperia's users are ex-Samsung owners, the majority of whom have upgraded from the Galaxy S2. Samsung now finds itself in a position where, after two years of relentless growth, it must focus on keeping its existing base of customers loyal if it is to maintain its success..."
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1. Nathan_ingx (Posts: 3784; Member since: 07 Mar 2012)
I believe the designs of the phones have a part in it.
2. CanYouSeeTheLight (Posts: 1116; Member since: 05 Jul 2012)
As they mentioned the SII which in my opinion was the best phone Samsung ever made as it was ahead of everyone else in terms of RAM, CPU+GPU, the SAMOLED+ and the great 8mp camera. Samsung now doesn't have that huge advantage in terms of hardware it had on the S2 era, they now use Qualcomm processors and the competition does so too, which means the processing power advantage is merely due to a higher clockspeed compared to everyone else.
16. lovefist (unregistered)
true, I am currently using the GS2 as my 3rd samsung device and now eyeing the nexus 4 or the xperia z as my upgrade. brand loyalty for most people only blinds you of other products.
I'm glad that most phones now have at least dual cores even the low end ones. so it just comes down to design and software (except touchwiz of course, for me those extra "features" are just for show, it won't make my usage more productive, more like a hindrance for me.)
11. TechBizJP08 (Posts: 495; Member since: 25 Mar 2013)
I think IMO, its a battle of design now a days. hardware maybe be of par, or not much of an advantage. I just hope the battery for the coming 2014 improves.. :)
42. flipjzn (Posts: 256; Member since: 22 Jun 2012)
So, true! Fanboyism aside, we can't deny iPhone has nice designs too that appeals to certain people.
That's why they still sell a lot.
Sony's phones designs have always been sharp and elegant.
Truth is, in my opinion, without the awesome specs from Samsung phones, the designs itself wouldn't be enough to sell them compared to the likes of HTC One and Sony Xperia Z but in the end it's all about individual taste/preference.
44. PunyPoop (Posts: 752; Member since: 18 Jan 2013)
Samsung is starting to decline! Q-U-A-L-I-T-Y is important not QUANTITY!
3. Andrewtst (Posts: 633; Member since: 25 Jan 2009)
Design always important, stability also.
No regret jump ship from Samsung to Sony, stability wise, Samsung is nothing.
4. kaira (Posts: 26; Member since: 12 May 2013)
Its so astonishing that everyone is on Samsung case, however its not by mistake that they are on TOP... and will continue to be, until competition answers to the consumers' demands...
8. boosook (Posts: 1437; Member since: 19 Nov 2012)
The problem is that what happened is exactly the opposite: Sony and HTC answered to the consumers' demand by giving them some features (water and dust resistance and elegant design for the Z, dual stereo front speakers, aluminium body, optical stabilizer in the camera for the One) that consumers were waiting for (or at least liked), while with the S4 Samsung only refined the S3, keeping the same design and adding nothing peculiar, nothing that can be regarded as a strong selling point. What's more, both Sony and HTC have a stylish user interface. Yes, the S4 is, on paper, the best of the bunch, since it is the most powerful and the lightest and smallest. But overall, the Z and One really do look as premium products and have some clear selling points, while the S4 lacks the "wow" factor and most people would not probably tell an S3 from an S4.
21. rd_nest (Posts: 1593; Member since: 06 Jun 2010)
I say opposite. Sony and HTC are as good as dead. If they were good, why is Samsung selling 10x more phones?
HTC is pure junk. All big talk and no end-product. Water resistant is useless for me. I never used my phone in water, and don't need that feature even in future.
29. AshishRomea (Posts: 145; Member since: 09 Aug 2012)
may u dont know , Sony isnt der as a top tier player in China or USA . In europe , india , japan (remaining top markets) sony has has either outsold apple or giving it big competition and inching closer to Samsung. HTC looks dead for nw
32. adjou (Posts: 103; Member since: 06 Jul 2010)
Most people who buys a water resistant phone dont go swim with the phone. It's just an extra insurance when the phone's dropped in toilet so something.
It's like saying you are not going to buy a car with airbags because you are a good driver and not going to crash... -_-'
Water resistant is going to be a staple in most phone in coming years. I see no reason why it is not needed.
34. Gdrye (Posts: 110; Member since: 02 Jan 2012)
Let me tell u why u are completely wrong and why I'm glad u don't run a company. #1 HTC isn't pure junk, they made so far the best phone of the year, marketing is the reason why that phone probably won't get the full attention it deserves. I bet if Samsung made the One as it is they would have sold 100 million phones by now, Samsung relied on gimmicks (sounds like HTC & LG with the 3D crap) to sell the S4. Talk about stuff u won't use the S4 is full of them. Now about water proof? Again I'm glad u don't run a business, that is a major selling point of a phone. To me dust proof does it. Look at your phone screen dust can somehow find its way between the glass and LCD tell me I'm lying and I'll shoe u a fool EVERY phone I had done it. Design will win the the future, its why apple has a firm grasp and why HTC & Sony are making a charge
41. heyhi (Posts: 131; Member since: 19 Feb 2013)
i agree and disagree with you..a phone is not only design, but also performance and battery life...HTC and Sony put togetther those elements...not saying they are better than Samsung....like the guy above said that he wouldnt use waterproof feature, or in my opinion i dont care about stereo speakers cause i use headphones. I like the waterproof of Sony's because i could clean it easily. Its a matter of i dont know, usability maybe? he has his needs, i have mine and you have yours. Do you see my point?
And not only design "will win the future", but performance and good hardware as well or you think that the One and Xperia Z are beautiful but slow??
Also, you say Samsung rely only on gimmicks?? They relied on hardware and features, you could say gimmicks for you, some people could use it . They fail on the design department. I dont understand, Zoe on HTC isnt gimmicky?? if its not for you, it is for me, but you know what? I dont care, because ANDROID is a gimmicky OS and thats the beauty of it. Live wallpapers arent gimmick features?? and widgets and a bunch of other stuff?? HTC made that famous Clock Widget, which is gimmicky, but nice to have and you see a lot of devs doing the same till these days, like beautiful widgets.
if there were no gimmicks, Android would be like a iOS from Apple, just a boring smartphone.
as far as i know, owners of iphones jailbreak them to be able to have gimmicks on their phones.
5. FlushGordon (unregistered)
Well I have to agree, since their last great product was the Note 2.
After the Note 2 release they became overly too complacent, releasing stale, recycled products after another....
I'm currently on a waiting game here, IF the NOTE 3 turns out to be a ''meh'' (MehXynos)...then I have No choice but to go for a Snap800 SONY or LG flagship
Yo SAMSUNG....fix your design, fix your pricing
22. rd_nest (Posts: 1593; Member since: 06 Jun 2010)
You mean Crapdragon 800..
Could just barely touch a 1.6Ghz A15 while running at 2.2 Ghz. PowerVR Rogue will maul it in GPU like it always does.
27. CanYouSeeTheLight (Posts: 1116; Member since: 05 Jul 2012)
So the highest performing SOC right now is crap? Open your eyes.
31. justsayit (Posts: 256; Member since: 09 May 2013)
then it will be heat and hungry phone...
we need a greater battery life, not high speed in open apps with 0.00001 sec (maybe) , but is smooth when scrooling page between page, no lag on simple apps, that enough,
if wan better, pls better in graphics
6. Berzerk000 (Posts: 4275; Member since: 26 Jun 2011)
Just as some have stated above me, now that Samsung doesn't have the major lead in technology and software like they did a year or two ago, people are judging which phone they want on looks and useful features, which the GS4 is surprisingly lacking. The GS4 has a lot of features, but USEFUL features that work well and that people will use every day are pretty low in number, and the GS4 isn't all that pretty compared to the One and Xperia Z, though it is more compact than both.
Multi-window, Air View, and the many different camera modes are really the only practical additions Samsung made to the GS4 that might entice users. Many of the different eye/air gestures aren't that useful, and the Dual Camera mode is just awkward.
Samsung isn't bringing their best to the table. Hopefully the Note III will bring some actually useful features that will make their way to the GS4; as well as a new design that will attract more eyes
12. Klamba92 (Posts: 210; Member since: 25 Jun 2012)
Yh I agree, although the galaxy s4 is still one of the best handsets of 2013. The gimmicky features however are really taking a toll on the smooth lag free interface. On top of taking valuable storage. I also think the s4 variants are confusing people and diluting the experience of a flagship as new S4 is being introduced every week or so.
19. Berzerk000 (Posts: 4275; Member since: 26 Jun 2011)
Of course it is one of the best, I never said it wasn't, I'm just saying Samsung isn't far ahead of the competition like it was about 2 years ago, it's a tight race this year and Samsung needs to bring their best, but they haven't so far.
There are WAY to many versions of the GS4.
Galaxy S4 - Exynos version, Snapdragon version, LTE-Advanced version
Galaxy S4 Mini
Galaxy S4 Zoom
Galaxy S4 Active
Galaxy S4 Google Edition
7. ianbbaa (Posts: 305; Member since: 20 Mar 2013)
I am not wondering this - if S2 got such a rubbish JB update as original NOTE 1 n-7000 got - i would happily to switch to other brand ...i do not have S2, but specswyse, note 1 is the same device just bigger screen...and official JB from samsung is very bad for this device and is even worse phone now as my wifes galaxy s3 mini which should be half the power on CPU side, ram graphics the same.
S2 - Note1 and others are dead for samsung, probably they release bad software so people buy newer samsung model...hohoho...togari might be it
10. DONUT (Posts: 425; Member since: 27 Jun 2013)
my Note 1, which i was told was the "best phone" many times, is utter sh*t. just after 3 weeks of buying it, i had to send it for repair. after repairs, it worked well for a few weeks and everything started to cock up again. I sent it for repair over and over and over, i basically bled my warranty dry. i nvr liked Samsung devices, but i thought i'd give the Note a try since a lot of ppl were praising it and needless to say, it did not impress me one bit. Samsung refused to give me a new set and when i had to send the phone for repairs, they did not even provide a replacement phone. When the JB update came out, i thought maybe finally the phone would function decently (like lag less), but no. it kept crashing, lagging, hanging and the darn battery drained like Rihanna drinking booze. Just 1 week after crossing the 1 year mark, that ratchet phone died. It couldnt even turn on and i contacted Samsung for help but they refused to do anything because my warranty was over. Samsung has THE WORST customer support
9. romeoc1984 (Posts: 24; Member since: 12 Sep 2012)
Great job Apple for having the best brand loyalty! There is definitely something you are doing right!
15. fanboy1974 (Posts: 1345; Member since: 12 Nov 2011)
They have the best brand loyalty because their the sole provider of iOS and one iPhone; you have no choice but to pick from Apple. Samsung became the face of Android because all other Android devices sucked. Now that better Android devices exist Samsung is taking a hit which is good in my book. One Android OEM should not be the face of Android. It's time for Motorola, HTC, LG and Sony to step up their game and they have done that in 2013.
If you had 5 kids do you want 1 to be rich and the others to be poor? Or do you want all five to equally make it in life?
13. fanboy1974 (Posts: 1345; Member since: 12 Nov 2011)
Wait a second! I'm locked into Android not Samsung. Just because I bought a Note 2 does not make me Samsung's biotch. I do have the freedom to jump from Samsung to HTC to Motorola whenever I want and I have done that since being with Android for the past 4 years. My loyalty lies with Android. The face of Android should not be one OEM. The power of Android is selection.
It's not like Samsung deflectors are jumping into Apple's lap; their picking other Android phones.
38. Leo_MC (Posts: 1506; Member since: 02 Dec 2011)
On the other hand, I bought an HTC - that hapened to have Android - because I knew HTC is making good phones; bad mistake: HTC was ok, Android wasn't.
I switched to Samsung; now both Android and OEM are bad...
Maybe I should try Nexus but I see no valid reason I shouldn't upgrade to Windows or iOS.
14. DONUT (Posts: 425; Member since: 27 Jun 2013)
Samsung should just give it up. They are a horrible and over hyped company and have THE WORST fan boys ever. im so glad that they are starting to decline, they do not deserve the top position. i always wanted Sony or LG to be on top. im glad Sony is making in roads and LG kinda is too. As long as Sony continues doing what its doing now, and do it better, i can see them on top in the near future. LG has the potential but they need to stop with the Samsung copying, they have proven that they can come up with sexy looking devices (eg. Optimus G, Nexus 4) but they continue to churn out Samsung copies (Optimus G Pro). LG also needs to cut down on its plastic use and they need to get their phones to the markets faster. Releasing phones region by region isn't going to cut it and they need to wake up ASAP. The Optimus F7 has the potential to be a big hit but the phone has such a limited release right now and its really pathetic. LG is basically digging their own grave if they keep this up. However i wish their G2 the best, i hope it gets the success and attention it so deserves.
17. sats.mine2k4 (banned) (Posts: 208; Member since: 10 Aug 2012)
In other words Sammy people r saying 'You make great devices and put them in cheap plastic with un-innovative designs'...
18. pyradark (Posts: 857; Member since: 10 Jun 2012)
Sony Wins in Europe, see whats the point of bloatware if you can only use it just to impress.
sammy need to change the design make it more premium, same as sammy notebook then theyre back with a Wow, but they need to pass with Sony Wow on every phone
20. anirudhshirsat97 (Posts: 408; Member since: 24 May 2011)
I'm an S 2 owner and i will upgrade to an HTC or Sony or heck even an iPhone. Im tired of this cheap plastic feeling in my hand.
23. speckledapple (Posts: 892; Member since: 29 Sep 2011)
I think Samsung should bunker down and refocus the design aspect of its device. It has come out with more S4 devices this year than I thought possible for any company. They should cut through all those models and keep it simple
24. darkkjedii (Posts: 21349; Member since: 05 Feb 2011)
Uh ohhhhh Sammy's faithful are currently causing civil unrest in several cities across the globe. Reports are coming in that apple stores are being egged, and little green robots are being deployed...stay tuned for more breaking news as this story develops.
25. Sondae (Posts: 279; Member since: 02 Jan 2013)
Sony sure is getting back on the game in making android phone. I sure hope samsung make a good design and quality of there phone.
26. Mr.Mr.Upgrade (Posts: 474; Member since: 30 Aug 2011)
Nexus nexus and only nexus for me
28. Eonnaydra (Posts: 217; Member since: 23 Oct 2012)
It's all about design and stability and Samsung didn't do it well.
For example,I've bought 1 year ago a Nexus 7 because on paper the specs were very good and it had a good price.
But now,after having alot of problems with it:building problems with the display,alot of lag because of the cheap memory which get worse by time I will never buy another nexus product.I am really looking forward in buying the second generation of iPad Mini,because I've seen how smooth it is and how well-designed is.
This is so Android. "Look, I got better specs, I must be much faster". Real life tests, anyone?
HTC and Sony have done a great great job with their latest flagships especially with the design,not like Samsung which made a plastic 600 Euros product.
30. CanYouSeeTheLight (Posts: 1116; Member since: 05 Jul 2012)
That is ASUS fault, the other Nexus devices are very smooth, even the Galaxy Nexus is smooth by today's standards. Don't avoid Nexus because of that bad experience with ASUS.
33. xtremesv (Posts: 297; Member since: 21 Oct 2011)
Again, how many of you would use a HTC One or Xperia Z without a case? How many of you would use a case not made of plastic? Looks means nothing unless you really show it. People buying Xperia Z after owning a SAMOLED device, well, good luck with that washed-out screen.
36. TMach (Posts: 457; Member since: 29 Dec 2011)
I would more likely use the Xperia Z without a case than the S4 which quite frankly feels fragile. As for the washed out screen, I am betting you have never viewed a film on it, the only weakness admittedly is the viewing angle thing but as I watch stuff on my phone head on, absolutely not an issue for me. The viewing angle issue having been sorted with Triluminous display on the Z Ultra means my next phone will be the Sony i1. At the moment I am loving my HTC One and Nexus 4.
37. TMach (Posts: 457; Member since: 29 Dec 2011)
Oh by the way, I have also used the Xperia Z over an extended period so I know first hand.
45. xtremesv (Posts: 297; Member since: 21 Oct 2011)
Have you ever used a SAMOLED device for an "extended period", probably no, that's why Xperia Z display may suffice. My point is simple actually, what matters about a smarphone hardware is the quality of the display not the material of its back.
35. TMach (Posts: 457; Member since: 29 Dec 2011)
Getting to the top is one thing staying there is another matter altogether and this is where the little details matter. Customer care, for example, my experience of Samsung would score them a zero and after the hairline cracks issue and clear lack of QC on the S3, not going there again. I have excellent experiences of dealing with HTC and Sony so that is a plus. Poor build quality, boring design, trotting out the same stale product is never a good plan. It is the little details that keeps Apple at the top and no matter what anyone says, personally, I find IOS the height of boredom, you can't fault Apple on those little details. Customer Care is king if you want to keep your fan base and Samsung clearly needs to learn the lesson. Carve yourself a unique selling point get to the top and then fight like hell to keep them, don't treat them like morons, Sammy.
39. dome888 (Posts: 73; Member since: 10 Oct 2012)
Samsung needs to step up their after sales support. Warranty service is crap.
40. ljruble (Posts: 16; Member since: 07 Dec 2010)
Considering the s4 will break from simply carrying it in your pocket and they tell you that you physically damaged the phone that way and they won't cover it under the warranty, they deserve to lose market share.
43. itsdeepak4u2000 (Posts: 3718; Member since: 03 Nov 2012)
OEMs needs to be loyal to the customers.