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HTC Freestyle ReviewHTC Freestyle 6
Truly, the best part of the Freestyle is that is uses HTC's Sense UI for interaction. It's not really the Sense you'd find in an Android smartphone of the company, but it still has that similar look and feel. There are a total of six homescreens that you can swipe between, which has good fluid movement. Those of you familiar with Sense on HTC's smartphones will recognize the date/time/weather widget that occupies the middle home screen. Of course, you can add or remove widgets to any of the six screens, including music, shortcuts, weather, home, people, friend stream, photos, messages, internet, and calendar.
Another benefit of the Sense interface is that it comes with two scenes preloaded: life style and work. You can change between them whenever you want, and even create new scenes as well, that allows you some nice customization.
While on the center home screen, there is a large menu icon that will take you to the phone's main menu, where you can swipe left-and-right between three screens where all your apps are listed with colorful icons. Even though it is visually a nice layout, you can't rearrange the icons, nor drag them to the home screens – so right there you can tell this isn't a smartphone.
As far as the included apps, there's a nice selection, but still nothing to write home about. There's AT&T Navigator which shows a nice map interface and will give you GPS guided turn-by-turn directions, YP Mobile for yellow-page listings of places in your area, IM for connecting to AIM, Windows Live, and Yahoo, AT&T Radio, and Music Video streaming.
You can have up to 2000 contacts with all their information stored in the phone's memory, or you can access the ones on your SIM card, but the Freestyle can't sync and import contacts from your Google or Facebook account – something that should have been added.
Naturally you can send and receive a variety of SMS and MMS messages, as well as set-up mobile email accounts for Yahoo, AOL, AIM, Hotmail, AT&T Mail, and Gmail. There is also the option to manually enter your standard POP3 or IMAP account. We used our Gmail account and it worked just fine showing our inbox, and we could easily compose a new message and change to other folders.
For music lovers, there are a few options on the Freestyle. There is the standard music player, which works well as it can display your music by artists, albums, playlists, and songs. When you select a track to playback, it shows the album art on the screen, as well as music control icons. You even return back to the home screen and use a music widget from there. Music playback quality was lacking though, due to the small speaker on the back of the phone, with noticeable distortion if the volume was too loud. Another option is the AT&T Music app that is a subscription based service, which will also play your own music files, but also allows you to search and access music and ringtones for download. Your third choice is the AT&T Radio app, which is also subscription based, but will steam live or pre-recorded radio stations from around the country right to your phone. If you don't want to pay for that, then use the standard FM Radio app, but it does require you to use 3.5mm headphones for them to act as the antenna, and the reception isn't that great.
The included 3.2MP camera does a mediocre job of capturing your images, so you won't win any awards here. Images that we took outside were lacking in detail and were generally soft, as well as having poor color representation and saturation. Going indoors the image quality quickly went down-hill, as there was noticeable grain in low-light pictures, and the lack of a flash didn't help. Videos are recorded with the 3GP file extension, but you can choose to encode them using MPEG4, H.263, or H.264. Out of these three, the best looking was the MPEG4 video since it allows for the highest resolution of 480x320. While this may look fine playing back on your phone's small screen, viewing it on a PC can be pretty painful, and with only 20fps, videos can look a bit jerky while there's movement. You can also playback your own videos on the phone off your memory card, as we could play an MP4 video with a resolution up to 640x480 without problem.
The web browser works well for a non-smartphone, as you can use the capacitive touchscreen for easily moving pages around, selecting links, and pinch-to-zoom. Since the HTC Freestyle is limited to 3G, most graphic-intensive web pages are going to take about a minute to fully load, and Wi-Fi is not present, so there's no way to get sites to load any faster. For a feature-phone, the web browser on the Freestyle is one of the better ones we've seen, though Adobe Flash is not supported (which isn't surprising). Unfortunately, the browser won't change to landscape view automatically when the phone is flipped on its side. Instead you have to go into the browser menu and change between landscape and portrait modes manually.
A few other software features included on the HTC Freestyle include a calendar for keeping all of your important appointments, alarm, calculator, file browser, and an image gallery. You can also download a lot of other programs using the App Center, just make sure you check the prices before you download.
57 Comments
1. dha13154641 (unregistered)
i swear they say the same thing about all gsm phones: "a constant "hiss" sound"
48. johnlookaround (Posts: 3; Member since: 18 Jan 2012)
I got this phone refurbished. It kept restarting itself, freezing, lagging like hell, battery drainage. Had to take out the battery several times a day to get it to unfreeze and reboot the phone. Went to the ATT store and switched it for a NEW phone. What do you know, the new phone did the same thing. Even without using it, just having it in my pocket I kept wondering why no phone calls, phone had 'system error.' This phone is garbage it is not a smart phone it is very badly programmed. Only good thing is the metal build. After a month and a week with the NEW HTC Freestyle replacement, phone just gave in and doesn't work at all. The only thing it shows on the screen is 'HTC.' Do not purchase this phone, it is crap; read the rest of the comments. Anyway I'm just going back to a flip phone since I only use phone, no internet and at least I'll be able to make and receive phone calls.
2. Eric (unregistered)
It's only $100 if you get it through AT&T - Amazon has it for free.
3. twashington4 (Posts: 81; Member since: 24 May 2010)
Get the HTC Inspire 4G and leave this one on the shelf.
4. Thump3rDX17 (Posts: 2160; Member since: 10 May 2010)
something like this needs to be available for all carriers.
49. johnlookaround (Posts: 3; Member since: 18 Jan 2012)
I got this phone refurbished. It kept restarting itself, freezing, lagging like hell, battery drainage. Had to take out the battery several times a day to get it to unfreeze and reboot the phone. Went to the ATT store and switched it for a NEW phone. What do you know, the new phone did the same thing. Even without using it, just having it in my pocket I kept wondering why no phone calls, phone had 'system error.' This phone is garbage it is not a smart phone it is very badly programmed. Only good thing is the metal build. After a month and a week with the NEW HTC Freestyle replacement, phone just gave in and doesn't work at all. The only thing it shows on the screen is 'HTC.' Do not purchase this phone, it is crap; read the rest of the comments. Anyway I'm just going back to a flip phone since I only use phone, no internet and at least I'll be able to make and receive phone calls.
5. RJ0001 (unregistered)
But is this phone better than the Pantech Laser?
6. John (unregistered)
This phone doesnt have wifi because if it did it would be a "smart phone" I wish this wasnt the case but as it is for anyone who doesnt want a 15$ -25$ data plan this is the way to go currently the undisputed best dumbphone on at&t my only complaint is that the battery life could be a little better I only get 1-3 days mainly texting.
7. ocsirf (unregistered)
The phone is very nice after living with it almost 2 wks, way better build quality than my old LG Vu and I don't hear any hiss on calls myself. Maybe this has been fixed on later production runs? My biggest issue was not being able to T9 text on a number pad (should be the default in "portrait" mode instead of a teeny-tiny portrait size QWERTY keyboard). Once I finally found where to change this under "Settings>Locale and Text" I was much happier. Now texting is very similar to the LG Vu . You can still have a QWERTY keyboard in landscape, as it should be. Some people complain about screen lag but I can't really text fast enough for this to be an issue for me!
Wi-fi would indeed make this phone a dream, but...
Would AT$T offer a phone with Wi-Fi AND no data plan req'd? Of course not, then they would be giving away internet access as Wi-Fi hotspots are everywhere. Also, be sure and DISABLE the weather app or you'll get hit with data charges if you don't get a data plan. Many people won't realize this and just shrug off the additional charges on their bill. Although at $10/mo., a data plan is looking real tempting...
8. pravakar@ etech reviews (unregistered)
Thanks for spending lots of time to write such a great htc freestyle review ! htc freestyle of htc is a cool user friendly smartphone. I like this handset but one bad point of htc freestyle is no Wi-Fi and accelerometer. otherwise it is good handset.
9. JD (unregistered)
Having being an previous owner of Motorola Q9h global and Currently using an Samsung Rubgy(yellow/black), This seems to be an good phone. Only if your intentions is to text, cause if you are looking for an internet phone- this is not it. I'm sorry to have disapoint your thinking, but this phone was design for texters only, just with the taste to check status on facebook and twitter or email. As ocsirf said, "Would AT$T offer a phone with Wi-Fi AND no data plan req'd? Of course not, then they would be giving away internet access as Wi-Fi hotspots are everywhere."
This is design to be an "dumb- smartphone", being said this, here is why I meant it. No wifi- cause if everyphone was to have this we all would be paying for wifi access or internet data plans. I have been doing my reasearch for an good phone, and this phone is for me. By using the motorola 9h (windows 6.1) you was just able to do only an few things. Texting was great because it had an qwerty keyboard, but that was it. In an wayit was similar to this phone, just not as fast.
40. fudgedragon (Posts: 3; Member since: 08 Nov 2011)
i!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LLLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVVVVVVEEEEEEEEEEE TTHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTT PPPPPPPPPPHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
10. ezra (unregistered)
this phone looks cool and sounds awesome the hissing sound wont be a problem for me because i dont call people i only text =D
11. huskers (unregistered)
I am about to get this fone do u think i should go ahead and get it? i mainly just text
12. paperfold (unregistered)
The phone is okay. I constantly receive the the same text message several times and it becomes annoying as one may think it is another new message. It becomes extremely slow and laggy once your inbox fills up. It occasionally becomes laggy. The calendar worked at first but now it won't add or delete any new events I want. Resetting will fix it only temporarily and the same problem will happen again. I would suggest NOT getting this phone.
15. lulu (unregistered)
did u get your phone on amazon?
just curious because all the people who got it on amazon seem to have the laggy problem
18. tits (unregistered)
i got mine at the att store and im having the same problems plus my battery runs out in 8 hours and it restarts by itself and it gets system error messages hourly, and this is the second phone in 2 days, im going to exchange it tommorrow, and im never buying another htc product in my life
24. Panthorin (unregistered)
I agree with you, this phone is not worth getting. It's slow, laggy, lucky not to get 2 to 4 of the same messages, texting is a pain because of the lag, I think I'm done with this phone and most likely AT&T for even offering this phone to anyone. Not happy at all.
39. fudgedragon (Posts: 3; Member since: 08 Nov 2011)
but for the fact that is not a smart phone,. do u think its ok?
13. cutie (unregistered)
the HTC Freestyle is an OK phone
38. fudgedragon (Posts: 3; Member since: 08 Nov 2011)
screw u man
14. thunder2323 (unregistered)
I got The phone at Amazon and after 2 weeks it kept freezing and lagged it all .
16. ilovemydaniel17 (unregistered)
does this phone show your messages in a conversation?
17. gollygee (unregistered)
I bought my phone from an AT&T location and still have the multiple text issue as well as the lagging when my inbox is full. Any ideas how to fix this?
19. tits (unregistered)
this phone is a piece of garbage. if you are thinking of buying it, think again. and if you've already bought it, i feel so sorry for you. i got this phone on tuesday and it worked fine, until i went to school the next day. i started off with a full battery, and the phone stayed in my pocket the whole day, i didnt even touch it the whole day. after school i had football practice, and i checked on the phone when i got to my locker after practice and it was dead. so i went home and and put it on the charger and... sure enough, it had died... in about 10 hours. i put it on the charger and it took an unusually long time for it to charge, probably 2 to 3 hours. i took it off the charger before i went to bed and it had a full battery, i left it on my bedside table all night, didnt touch it, it was locked. i woke up the next morning and it was dead. i tried putting it on the charger and turning it on and it still wouldnt turn on. so i took it back and exchanged it for another one, that was yesterday. and it worked fine until today when it started giving me system error messages on the hour and turning off by itself, and lagging, and freezing. plus the battery shows the same amount of power all the time now, so lord knows how much power it actually has left. pretty much every problem you could imagine with a phone. DO NOT BUY THIS PHONE, DONT WASTE YOUR TIME!!!!!!
47. johnlookaround (Posts: 3; Member since: 18 Jan 2012)
I got this phone refurbished. It kept restarting itself, freezing, lagging like hell, battery drainage. Had to take out the battery several times a day to get it to unfreeze and reboot the phone. Went to the ATT store and switched it for a NEW phone. What do you know, the new phone did the same thing. Even without using it, just having it in my pocket I kept wondering why no phone calls, phone had 'system error.' This phone is garbage it is not a smart phone it is very badly programmed. Only good thing is the metal build. After a month and a week with the NEW HTC Freestyle replacement, phone just gave in and doesn't work at all. The only thing it shows on the screen is 'HTC.' Do not purchase this phone, it is crap; read the rest of the comments. Anyway I'm just going back to a flip phone since I only use phone, no internet and at least I'll be able to make and receive phone calls.
20. Whatevs (unregistered)
This phone is super slow and freezes all the time I spent way too much for something that gets me so frustrated. If ur not into texting this phone is fine otherwise it lags and revives the same message like four times. It's annoying.
21. RTY (unregistered)
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22. Monkey! (unregistered)
I have this phone... I HATE IT!! I WANT TO THROUGH A WALL!!!
25. Isiaah (unregistered)
It's a great phone I would suggest it to Angie who is a texted or caller data is not a good point on this phone.although it doesn't actually have the full htc software and the battery life is mildly short I love it
26. Kaylyntaylor (unregistered)
I got it last Sunday. It shut off by itself because of "system errors" 47 and the matter of 3 days. I got the "rainbow screen of death" 5 times. I took it back on Friday cause the guy said it was just a bad phone so he gave me a new HTC Freestyle hoping it wouldn't do it. Oh it has. I took it back today and the guy working this time said he would have never let me buy it because since it's new they haven't fixed all the bugs and doesn't recommend it to anyone.
Do not get his phone. KEEP LOOKING!!!!
27. Ihatethisphone (unregistered)
okayy i absutely hate this phne (htc freestyle) it has been a horable phne i've had four htc freestyles and i just got my 4th one today(haven tried it ut yet) but the first one i had frooze up so we hadda take it back the 2nd one i had fell in the toliet and the 3rd one just restarts and turns of by itself? so im hoping that the 4th one will workk! I WOULD NEVER RECOMMEND THE HTC FREESTYLE TO ANYONE!!!!!!
28. cace (unregistered)
Got this phone yesterday. Piece of crap. It froze twice and I had to take the battery out to restart it. I don't receive some messages and the ones I do receive I get sometimes up to 6 copies of the same message. I put it on the charger all night and it was only half charged by morning. Going back to my old phone today. DO NOT GET THIS PHONE.
29. Ernie G (unregistered)
The HTC Freestyle is a terrible phone and AT&T's data plan for it is at best misleading and at worst misleading. My wife and I were in the AT&T store looking for new phones. I noticed the ad that said "Unlimited text, data and e-mail for $10 a month". I thought that was a pretty good deal. So we got the phones and the $10 data plan. As I tried out the phone's features that night, I found that just about every neat feature would add $6 a month to our bill. So to take advantage of the data plan, it would cost about $600 a year to pay for the basic apps that used the data. That's like the landlord advertising free heat, but you have to pay $600 a year to use the radiators. The only app that seemed like it might be worth paying for was the app that let the phone react to voice commands. I signed up for the free trial. My wife wanted to run an errand, so I got dressed and we went to the car. I went back to the voice app and the phone told me my free trial had expired. A five minute free trial???? I tried to register my email on the phone, but the app to do so was always "Unavailable at this time." And the phone's operating system crashed every 15 minutes or so wiwth the message "Sorry, system error, restarting." During one of the those system errors the phone fried my SD card. We took the phones back the next day and I explained our concerns. The salesman told me that because I pay for my e-mail through an e-mail provider, AT&T would also charge me to access my e-mail. So the phone is a piece of junk, the data plan borders on being a scam and, oh, by the way, there's a $35 restocking fee to return the defective phone. A little humor at the end of the tale, the AT&T clerk logged our return as "Buyer Remorse". Ya think? Probably time to switch to Verizon.
30. csharpe2907 (unregistered)
This phone is horrible i have two of these for both my daughters. Since day one the phones always say no sim. we have had the sim replaced every four days. UUGG. The other times it will just shut off and you have to take the battery out of the phone and turn it back on at lease twice a day it states systme error...we have had these phones for two months and they will not warrenty them stateing the sim port is damaged. How do we damage sim ports that are under the battery cover.... well i will be cancelling the contact one these phones and running them over....
31. lee (unregistered)
This phone is not that great.
As others have said, when someone sends me a text, the text comes to my phone two to four times, sometimes up to ten minutes later. Sometimes pictures don't come through until the next day. It gets very slow sometimes when typing texts, and it freezes often. It also has a lot of crap-ware that you can not get rid of. When trying to enter numbers when on a call, (like press 1 for English), it starts dialing another number and puts your current call on hold. Very annoying.
32. Linus (unregistered)
It's weird looking at all of these reviews, because my phone is the exact opposite. When my phone is on full battery, (and yes, I'm talking about the HTC Freestyle), it lasts me two full days. 48 hours. Even if I do text and make phone calls. When getting this phone, I highly reccomend getting an Micro SD card, as this phone has little memory. I did have one from my previous phone, but when I bought this phone and put the SD card in, it totally screwed up the phone and they had to give me a new one. BTW FYI 411, I got mine at Wal*Mart. I havn't had any problems with this phone, and I think it is fantastic.
33. Linus (unregistered)
The only problem I really had which I forgot to mention is that it says the is no Sim card very often, but even if it does say that it works fine.
34. lam93 (Posts: 1; Member since: 09 Oct 2011)
Terrible phone!!!!!! Hugh lag time, text messages send in duplicates and take hours to receive, keyboard gets stuck, screen freezes on a regular basis. Bought this through ATT as an upgrade. Now I am stuck with a HORRIBLE phone until 2013. DO NOT PURCHASE THIS PHONE! YOU WILL BE SOOOO DISAPPOINTED.
35. Claire (unregistered)
This is the worst phone I've ever had... I've had to send mine back 3 times already and am about to do mail it back once again. This phone lags, constantly freezes, has system errors, and you will receive your text messages at least 3-5 times. Do NOT buy this phone.
36. BrendaC (Posts: 1; Member since: 18 Oct 2011)
I wish these comments would have been here last April when I bought my phone! Everyone has the same complaints as I do... multiple texts, frozen screen, really sluggish touch screen makes texting a pain in the butt. I so regret buying this phone. I resent that I have to be stuck with an inferior product because of ATT's policies.
37. Zeenn (Posts: 1; Member since: 23 Oct 2011)
Please read this before buying a htc phone.
I get a htc freestyle cell phone at $99 with a 2 years contract with ATT. This is the worst phone i have ever had. Ii will never buy another htc phone just because i had so many problems with it! Never ever get this phone. I keep the phone in good condition so I know it's not my fault most of the problems I've been experiencing have occurred.
It shut down all the time and could not restart it so pulled out battery and stuck back in. It tends to freeze all the time. If I start texting too fast it will freeze up and say "oops, an error has occurred" then restart itself. Once it got so hot after re-charging it, I couldn't hold it in my hand. This phone sends about 4 duplicate texts per texts, this is not good for anyone who is on a limited texting plan.
I called ATT a thousand of times explaining the situation but they just told they give me a new model if I make a new contract. This is actually the second phone I have. I had to return the first one within the second month.
What shocks me is that this phone has all these problems and still is rated highly in reviews across the web. Anything that randomly shuts down, freezes, and has the other problems mentioned sounds like junk to me.
I hate this phone and really wish I would've done more research before purchasing it.
Save yourself the time and trouble everyone, DO NOT GET A HTC PHONE.
41. hghyo (Posts: 1; Member since: 21 Nov 2011)
i have the htc freestyle it is literally the crappiest phone i have owned it constantly has system errors shuts off for no reasons i receive text messages hours after they are sent and my internet does not work on mine even though we're paying for the thing what ever you do do not buy this phone.
43. flapchunkflap (Posts: 2; Member since: 05 Dec 2011)
I have the same problems
42. flapchunkflap (Posts: 2; Member since: 05 Dec 2011)
THIS PHONE IS A PIECE OF s**t!
Almost every time I unlock it and try to do something the screen will glitch
Just from sliding my finger up or down the screen will glitch.
By glitch I mean that the screen will move and the touch will be all messed up
Half the time when I try to slide the unlock it wont even do anything
The phone shuts itself off A LOT. If I dont do anything to it for more than 5 min. It shuts off and I have to reset the battery.
When taking pictures if you even move the slightest it will come out all blurry.
My phone will say its on low battery so I'll go plug it in and right as its plugged in it says full battery. (it lies)
The call quality is terrible
Its very slow at times
I've only had this phone for 3 months and I'm so sick of it!
When I receive a text I'll look at it but the phone will say I still have a message when I dont.
Im going to get a replacement.
Nobody should have a phone this terrible
Don't even get this, its definitely not worth your money.
44. ascott (Posts: 1; Member since: 10 Dec 2011)
This phone is horrible. Receives multiple texts of the same messages- 2 to 3 times. Groups and Favorites feature in contacts does not work correctly. Phone does not receive a signal in large buildings such as schools and malls. Worthless, and AT&T's response to these issues was just as worthless. Have had it reset, and have had 2 new SIM cards.
45. crf0001 (Posts: 1; Member since: 08 Jan 2012)
This phone is a piece of crap. I am currently on my forth phone in 5 months and it has already stopped working correctly after 6 days. This phone freezes up, shuts off, and reboots constantly. This phone calls people at random and most of the time you have to pull the battery out to get it turn on again. I would not recommend this phone to anyone.
46. edlee (Posts: 1; Member since: 15 Jan 2012)
The HTC Freestyle is the worst phone. I got mine from AT&T and so far, this is my fifth phone. I am shocked that AT&T would recommend me this phone. I was given a re-conditioned phone when my first phone got lost. It keep having "OOPS. System error has occurred. Restarting....." When this occurs, I cannot get calls, make calls or text. That happened to the second phone, and the third and the fourth re-conditioned phone. I called AT&T and they kept on saying "I am sorry" but nothing is done. I took to the AT&T Service Center and they tell me that it is a software issue with HTC. Now I just got my new HTC Freestyle phone from AT&T Executive Response Office (it was very hard to find the Executive Office) and by the end of the night, same system error. I have not even done anything yet when the system error occurred again.
Very frustrated customer of AT&T.
50. bunnyholmes (Posts: 1; Member since: 25 Jan 2012)
this phone is the biggest piece of junk ever manufactured. my son has had two of them they both crash repeatedly and ATT won't do anything to assist us. I'm trapped in a two year contract with the phone. DOn't ever get one...it's the WORST!!!!!!!
51. buckwheat_0120 (Posts: 1; Member since: 31 Jan 2012)
sorry to say but the freestyle could be the worst phone i have ever had. i had my first one for 2 weeks before it started freezing up, sometime i would not get my text messages and somtime if i get the text i wouold get 3 to 10 copies of the same text through out the day. it drops calls like a man with now hands tryin to play catch. the battery has to be charged once a day and i only use the ohone for texting and calls, and i dnt evan do that much. i have returned the phone and had it reset 4 times. and still the same problem every day. try a different phone for your own sake...
52. raybes27 (Posts: 1; Member since: 01 Feb 2012)
How do you check the voicemail??? I have had this phone since Christmas and it doesnt say that you have a voicemail all it says is you have text messages, I just read the instructions again and all it show you is a tape icon at top of phone that means you have voice mail but how do you check it, coul. Id someone let me know please!!! It also pocket dials alot, It an OK phone
53. zyoma (Posts: 1; Member since: 12 Mar 2012)
if you REALLY want a phone that keeps dying you should definitely get HTC Freestyle! i don't know if it's me having bad luck with HTC or they are so far an immature phone company trying to make it on the market...I had "Tilt" previously & had problems with it & now "Freestyle", when i came in to AT&T store the first time i had a problem a rep just straight up asked me: "why don't you get a smart phone?" well, i don't need a smart phone! i almost never use internet or other features of it. Few basic features is all i need. Anyways, i exchanged 4 "Freestyle" phones at ATT customer service with the last two dying completely(the first two would only shut down on me & reboot a few MINUTES later). Last one died when ATT rep ordered an LG for me(since people don't bring it to them as often!) the worst thing i was expecting important calls & here i am waiting for my new phone to come in the mail with a dead one in my hands!!! frustrating! please stay away from this phone & preferably from HTC...
54. lyrac (Posts: 1; Member since: 04 May 2012)
the worst phone I've ever had. It restarts every so often like when I text and now it progressed to restarting when I am on the phone. It's ridiculoius. I even traveled all the way to the warranty place from the AT&T store to get it fixed. They only restarted and I even lost some contact information thru their system. It would be fine if it only restarts for a few seconds but NO it restarts for at least 5 minutes. I have had it now for ALMOST one year and now it won't even turn on. The screen is frozen at its stuck at its opening screen. I was so enraged by how frustrating this phone is while it shines at me that I decided to write this review so here it is. I am too busy to call my phone service every time it has a problem and I am now phone-less because in order to get it fixed you have to call from a different phone line, which I dont have! so if you want a phone that lasts MORE than a year, its not this one.
55. carlajean65 (Posts: 1; Member since: 10 May 2012)
After being guided to this phone by an AT&T customer service rep on the phone my husband and I each ordered this phone. Yes. TWO of them. I have never been so furious about a purchase in my life. Total waste of money, effort, and time. Won't hold a charge, horribly difficult for an intelligent person to operate. We've had our phones a little over 24 hours and I hope I cool down before I have to walk into our local store in the morning because I am sickened that AT&T would sell such a piece of garbage! We are long..LONG time AT&T customers and my husband has bought many phones through them. THIS is utterly sickening! Yes, I'm that angry over the misrepresentation of a phone. Thank you, I will step back down to my two year old phone that may not be as snazzy as what my counterparts carry and do so happily. At least my old phone doesn't turn of every 45 seconds. Seriously AT&T? SERIOUSLY?
56. jacobman1 (Posts: 1; Member since: 07 Jul 2012)
I have this phone right now if your like fast Internet and fast texting this phone is not for you it's texting is so fricken lagy I hate it it's not worth it.
I could you's a phone with no keypad and text faster now that's sad
57. username12489745 (Posts: 1; Member since: 12 Jul 2012)
Its an OK phone. I have had it for about 6 9 months and its keeping up pretty well. Considering Im just a high school student that doesn't feel like paying for a smart phone this one's not too bad. Like others had said, it repeats almost all incoming texts. The camera quality is awful and it doesn't hold a lot of phone memory (Can't hold a lot of pictures, music, texts, ect.) The calender is kind of tricky to use, and mine stopped working after the first month (wont save added events and wont delete older events).
However as non-smart phones that look like smart phones go, it is an ok buy. I got it for 50$ with a regular plan and it's definitely worth it. HTC's are sturdily built with good features.
HTC FreestyleOS: Brew Mobile Platform (Brew MP)
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|3.2 inches, 320 x 480 pixels (180 ppi) TFT
|3.2 megapixels
Qualcomm Snapdragon S1, Single core, 528 MHz
|4.20 x 2.20 x 0.50 inches
(107 x 56 x 13 mm)
4.52 oz (128 g)
|1300 mAh, 7.1 hours talk time


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Angel Street Thrift Shop118 W. 17th St., nr. Irving Pl..; 212-229-0546; angelstreetthrift.org
The shelves here are organized and clean, the glass countertops sparkle, and everythingfrom apparel to armoires to Champagne flutesis displayed with care and attention. $
Arthritis Foundation Thrift Shop1430 Third Ave., nr. 81st St.; 212-772-8816; arthritis.org
This donation-based shop benefiting the Arthritis Foundation is a choice destination for designer hand-me-downs. The displays are updated frequently, depending on inventory. $
City Opera Thrift Shop222 E. 23rd St., nr. Third Ave.; 212-684-5344
The housewares selection at this charity shop (all proceeds go to restarting the opera company) is small compared to the substantial clothing collection; however, a little digging might just turn up something worthwhile, like a framed vintage show poster.$-$$
Council Thrift Shop246 E. 84th St., nr. Third Ave.; 212-439-8373; ncjwny.org/thrift
Pint-size rocking chairs and nightstands teeter atop black-lacquer dining tables and ornately carved armoires at this jam-packed, everything-in-one-place thrift shop; proceeds fund the National Council of Jewish Women's programs. $-$$
Everything Goes Furniture17 Brook St., nr. Victory Blvd., Staten Island; 718-273-0568; etgstores.com
Here, you'll find collectibles like stereoscopes, porcelain statuettes, and original artwork. Across the street is a two-floor space housing lamps, kitchen sets, and factory-rebuilt mattresses. Inventory is replenished twice weekly. $$
The Furniture Market22-08 Astoria Blvd., Astoria; 718-545-3935
It's easy to get lost in this used-furniture megastore filled with chairs, piles of pillows, rows of mirrors, and an abundance of knickknacks. You'll also find a smattering of collectible items. $-$$
Green Village Used Furniture and Clothing276 Starr St., nr. Nicholas Ave., Bushwick; 718-456-8844; gogreenvillage.com
This well-known junk shop relocated from Williamsburg and is now better organized, with neat, wide, easily navigable rows of clothing, furniture, electronicsyou name it. The manager is a constant presence; haggling with him is part of the experience. $
Housing Works143 W. 17th St., nr. Third Ave. (various locations); 718-838-5050; shop.housingworks.org
These shops are best known for home furnishings, but it's also worth stopping in to check out the clothing, books, and jewelry. New shipments arrive at least three times a week, and all proceeds go to Housing Works' efforts to combat homelessness and AIDS. $
Junk567 Driggs Ave., nr. N. 6th St., Williamsburg; 436 Union Ave., nr. Devoe St., Williamsburg; 718-640-6299; junk11211.com
This aptly named thrift shop will yield treasures to the dedicated explorer. The inexpensive furniture is worn but salvageable, and there are gems to be had among the crowded clothing racks and overflowing bins of knickknacks. $
The Society Boutique1440 Third Ave., nr. 82nd St.; 212-535-1250; mskccthriftshop.org
In this elegant shop you'll find antiques, books, and home furnishings as well as men's and women's clothes. All proceeds go to Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. $$
Vintage Thrift Shop286 Third Ave., nr. 22nd St.; 212-871-0777; vintagethriftshop.org
Discriminating bargain hunters know to stop by this place regularly. For especially good scores, shoppers can bid on the housewares, paintings, and furniture in the store's rotating window displays. $


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Fedora 21 Alpha, Project Mayhem, and Linus' Office
There is so much news today I'm not sure which to highlight first. Linux.com has a look at Linus Torvalds' home office and a new paper describes fresh malware "Mayhem." X.Org Server 1.16 and GCC 4.9.1 have been released and the Plasma 5.1 development cycle has been officially kicked off. All this and some openSUSE, Ubuntu and Fedora tidbits here in tonight's Linux news. Linus Torvalds is featured in a new video over at Linux.com giving a tour of his home / home office and speaking about some of his likes and dislikes and how he does things. He has a treadmill in front of his computer screen and keyboard yet later admits to being lazy. I have stacks of hard drives all over the place too just like Linus, I guess that makes me lazy too. Don't miss it. Two foundational package saw new releases today. First, Phoronix.com covers the release of X.Org Server 1.16 by release manager Keith Packard today. It features Wayland and systemd support as well as other new features and lots of clean up. In other news, Jakub Jelinek announced the release of GCC 4.9.1, a bug-fix release. In KDE news today, Martin Grasslin today
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How do we define the undergraduate curriculum? What should be its purpose? How should curricula be organized and structured? Who decides? What is the role of the state, the faculty, the institution, and students in determining the content of the curriculum? These five questions are central to the content of this course.
The goals for this class are twofold. First, you will gain an awareness of various curricular theories and an understanding of the literature about the undergraduate college curriculum. Second, you will develop your own research-based perspective about the five questions raised above.
Accordingly, this class may necessitate a volume of effort on your part that is a bit greater than in other classes. Everyone will need to arrive to class prepared to discuss the readings listed in the syllabus. I will rarely, if ever, lecture.
The readings for this class are a mixture of "classics" about the curriculum in higher education, and current research about curricular theory. At present, a debate rages in academe about what should be taught, the nature of knowledge, and what students need to know to be equipped to live in the 21st century. I want each of us to become reflective participants in that debate.
The abstract and theoretical nature of the material to be examined means that we often either will disagree with one another or we will be confused about the reading-or both! I do not expect you to parrot back to me what you think I want you to say. You will never be negatively evaluated by class participation that reflects misinterpretation or lack of understanding due to the difficulty of the material. In your writing and in your speaking I want you to be able to analyze different theoretical perspectives, point out the different strengths and weaknesses of each approach, and argue effectively for the position in which you believe.
In addition to class participation, to fulfill the goals of this class you will have two written assignments. I will give you a take home midterm on July 11. A take home final exam is due on August 8.
A comment on grades:
Your grade will be based on the following:
Midterm exam: 33% Class participation and exercises: 33% Final exam: 33%
I will not place grades on papers, but I will make extensive comments. If you want to know your grade, come and see me. I will provide a final grade on your final paper.
Please note:
(a) I do not intend to give incompletes. I expect all papers to be handed in on time; late papers will be marked down.
(b) I expect you to attend every class.
(c) I expect you to arrive to class on time. We have a lot of material to cover, and we will need to use our time efficiently.
These texts are available in the bookstore:
Conrad, C., Grant, J. & Haworth, J. (1995). Revisioning curriculum in higher education. Neadham Heights, MA: Simon and Schuster.
Gaff, J., Ratcliff, J., and Associates. (1997). Handbook of the undergraduate curriculum. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers.
There will also be a small reader.
American Psychological Association. (1997). Publication manual of the American psychological association, 4th edition. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.
[readings indicated with an "*" are included in the course reader.]
Class Schedule
June 27: Course Overview July 2: Defining the Curriculum I
Ratcliff, "What is a Curriculum," Gaff & Ratcliff, pp.5-29
Hawthorne, "Institutional Contexts," Gaff & Ratcliff, pp.30-52
Levine & Nidiffer, "Key Turning Points in the Evolving Curriculum," Gaff & Ratcliff, pp.53-85
"The Yale Report of 1828," Conrad et al, pp.72-79
Toombs & Tierney, "Curriculum Definitions," Conrad et al, pp.330-344
Rudolph, "Frames of Reference," Conrad et al, pp. 2-15
July 4: No class-Make up class on Friday, July 6 July 6: Defining the Curriculum II
Fuhrmann, "Philosophies and Aims," Gaff & Ratcliff, pp.86-99
Hutcheson, "Structures and Practices," Gaff & Ratcliff, pp. 100-117
Garcia & Ratcliff, "Social Forces Shaping the Curriculum," Gaff & Ratcliff, pp.118-136
Doll, "Curriculum Possibilities," Conrad et al, pp. 58-69
Veysey, "Stability and Experiment," Conrad et al, pp. 80-115
*Gaff, "Emerging Curricular Patterns"
July 9: Aims of Undergraduate Education
Ratcliff, "Quality and Coherence in General Education," Gaff & Ratcliff, pp.141-169
Doherty, et al., "Developing Intellectual Skills," Gaff & Ratcliff, pp. 170-189
Musil, "Diversity and Educational Integrity," Gaff & Ratcliff, pp. 190-211
McGrath & Townsend, "Strengthening Preparedness...," Gaff & Ratcliff, pp.212-230
Tierney, "Cultural Politics," Conrad et al, pp.35-47
July 11: General Education/Liberal Education
MacCorquodale & Lensink, "Integrating Women into the Curriculum," Conrad et al, pp. 491-503
Twombly, "Student Perspectives on General Education," Conrad et al, pp. 451-468
* Hutchins, "General Education"
* Dewey, "Response to Hutchins"
* Schneider & Schoenberg, "Contemporary Understandings of Liberal Education"
* Stark & Lattuca, "Recurring Debates about the College Curriculum"
Midterm exam handed out
July 16: Teaching Effectiveness
Sorcinelli, "Research Findings of the Seven Principles," Conrad et al, pp.368-376
* Murray, "Effective Teaching Behaviors in the College Classroom"
* Weimer & Lenz, "Instructional Interventions"
* Geis, "Planning and Developing Effective Courses"
* Barr & Tagg, "From Teaching to Learning"
Midterm exam due
July 23: Debates about the Curriculum I
Bennett, "To Reclaim a Legacy," Conrad et al, pp. 205-219
Davis, "The Subject," Conrad et al, pp. 356-367
D'Souza, "The Victim's Revolution on Campus," Conrad et al, pp.231-244
Giroux, "Decentering the Canon," Conrad et al, pp. 255-270
* Geertz, "Blurred Genres"
* Clark, "The Making of an Organizational Saga"
July 25: Debates about the Curriculum II
Maimon, "Teaching 'Across the Curriculum,'" Gaff & Ratcliff, pp. 377-392
Klein & Newell, "Advancing Interdisciplinary Studies," Gaff & Ratcliff, pp.393-415
Matthews, et al., "Creating Learning Communities," Gaff & Ratcliff, pp.457-475
Farmer, "Using Technology," Gaff & Ratcliff, pp. 476-492
Eaton, "Academic Reform," Conrad et al, pp. 180-190
Banks, "The Canon Debate...," Conrad et al, pp. 271-287
* Lucas, "The Curriculum: What shall be taught?"
* Asante, "Multiculturalism and the Academy"
July 30: Debates about the Curriculum III
Butler, "Transforming the Curriculum," Conrad et al, pp. 435-449
Conrad & Pratt, "Making Decisions about the Curriculum," Conrad et al, pp.345-355
Gumport, "Curricula as Signposts," Conrad et al, pp.395-402
Haworth & Conrad, "Curricular Transformations," Conrad et al, pp.191-204
Roche, "The College Curriculum and Political Correctness," Conrad et al, pp. 220-230
August 1: Assessing and Changing the Curriculum I
Janzow, et al., "Administering the Curriculum," Gaff & Ratcliff, pp.497-512
Reardon & Ramaley, "Building Academic Community," Gaff & Ratcliff, pp.513-532
Ferren, "Achieving Effectiveness and Efficiency," Gaff & Ratcliff, pp. 533-557
Eaton, "Promoting Coherence in Transfer Practices," Gaff & Ratcliff, pp.558-570
Wright, "Evaluating Learning...," Gaff & Ratcliff, pp.571-590
Farmer & Napieralski, "Assessing Learning," Gaff & Ratcliff, pp.591-607
Ewell, "Identifying Indicators of Curricular Quality." Gaff & Ratcliff, pp. 608-628
Final exam handed out
August 6: Assessing and Changing the Curriculum II
Lindquist, "Strategies for Change," Gaff & Ratcliff, pp. 633-646
Civian, et al., "Implementing Change," Gaff & Ratcliff, pp. 647-660
Sell & Lounsberry, "Supporting Curriculum Development,"Gaff & Ratcliff, pp.661-685
Gaff, "Tensions Between Tradition and Innovation," Gaff & Ratcliff, pp. 684-706
Anderson, "Changing the Curriculum," Conrad et al, pp. 403-424
Conrad, "A Grounded Theory...," Conrad et al, pp. 377-388
August 8: Assessing and Changing the Curriculum III
Higginbotham, "Designing an Inclusive Curriculum," Conrad et al, pp. 425-434
Nespor, "Curriculum and Conversations of Capital," Conrad et al, pp. 504-517
Schon, "An Experiment in Curriculum Reform," Conrad et al, pp. 526-533
Tierney, "Institutional Topography," Conrad et al, pp. 518-525
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One helpful tool on this main tab is the 'recommended action' button, which helps to identify potential weaknesses in your system security and offers recommendations to remedy them with a single click. Additionally BullGuard Internet Security 8.0 offers a summary of scan and update information for the automatic updates, antivirus, firewall and spamfilter activity, a handy way to view system activity at a glance.
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Its really hard to explain what things are close to when your tripping. It can range from simple distortion to an array of colors (depends how much you take). You sort of enjoy to experience it. But this is a good connect that comes pretty close to showing you what its like when you run a small hit. http://www.dumpalink.com/videos/optical-...
I say try some bitter or some dmt everyone should do a hallucinogen at one point in their vivacity.
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Altnagelvin Hospital was the first hospital built in the UK after the Second World War, completed in 1960. Sitting in the picturesque Waterside Area of Derry City, the hospital tower is the tallest building in Londonderry.
The Western Health and Social Care Trust (Western Trust) appointed HLM Architects in association with Hall Black Douglas Architects in 2000 to master-plan the £150 million redevelopment of the hospital.
The brief necessitated that the redevelopment solution offer replacement facilities for some of the existing hospital key departments to enable the future decant of the existing tower for full refurbishment. The eventual design response resulted in a New South Wing designed as an architectural 'plinth' to the existing ten-storey tower building.
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Professor Irv Kornfield, the director of UMaine's Molecular Forensic Laboratory, was interviewed for a story on AOL News about a lamb born on a farm in China that resembles a dog. The birth has given rise to rumors that the lamb is the result of the mating of a sheep and dog. Kornfield told AOL the chances of a sheep giving birth to a puppy were impossible because dogs and sheep have been isolated genetically for so long that they differ greatly in their chromosome numbers.
This farm has gone to the dogs, or should we say "sheep dogs." Well, seeing is believing -- unless, of course, what we're seeing is either a hoax or an odd joke played by Mother Nature on a farmer.
Basically, simply, allegedly, a sheep in China has given birth to a dog.
There, we've said it, but is this impossibility of the animal kingdom really true?
According to Liu Naiying, it is. The Shaanxi Province farmer says the new offspring of one of his sheep has a covering of lamb's wool, but its mouth, nose, eyes, paws and tail appear to be those of a dog, The Daily Telegraph reports.
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Did a sheep give birth to a dog? A farmer in western China's Shaanxi Province, was left open-mouthed when he saw the young animal running around his field. The "lamb" has a mouth, nose, paws and tail which look very similar to a dog's features - but still has a white woolly coat. Experts say this is impossible and is nothing more than an urban legend.
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Liu says he found the, umm, infant puppy out in one of his fields.
"I was herding the sheep and saw a sheep licking her newborn lamb on the grassland. The lamb was still wet," Liu said.
"When I went up close to check on the lamb, I was shocked because it looked so weird, like a cross between a sheep and a dog."
Sheep and dogs are of different species, says Yue Guozhang from the Xi'an City Animal Husbandry Technology Centre.
"It's not possible that a sheep could become pregnant with a puppy," Yue said. "It's likely that this is just an abnormal lamb."
That sentiment is strongly echoed by Irv Kornfield, a professor of biology and molecular forensics at the University of Maine, in Orono.
"The bottom line is that it's impossible," he told AOL News. "A dog and a sheep have been separated in time by about 80 million years from a common ancestor. Those two animals are in separate orders or taxonomic designations."
Kornfield, who is also director of the Molecular Forensic Laboratory, says that dogs and sheep have been isolated genetically for so long that they differ greatly in their chromosome numbers.
"It's the equivalent of trying to do a hybridization between a primate and a sheep -- it's that level of divergence."
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Lamb, dog, hoax or urban legend? Whether sheep or canine, it's still cuddly.And there is another equally plausible explanation for this sheep-dog story.
"This is a rural urban legend," Loren Coleman, owner of the International Cryptozoology Museum in Portland, Maine, told AOL News in an email.
"The Chinese sheep herder never saw a birth take place. He merely found the two animals near each other.
"No way is this a possibility, biologically, but it does make for a merely humorous slow news day story," Coleman said.
There are, indeed, examples of hybrids resulting from some unusual mating practices of the animal kingdom.
Last year, a zebra and donkey came together to form a zedonk that was born at the Chestatee Wildlife Preserve in Dahlonega, Ga. The baby had her donkey mom's ears and zebra dad's striped legs.
And then there were those cute little liger cubs -- hybrid offspring of a male lion and female tiger, born in a Taiwanese zoo in August. While it's against the law to breed rare animals in Taiwan, the zookeeper claimed the two adult felines mated on their own.
But in the case of China's sheep-dog miracle, "It looks like a normal, fuzzy-furred young canid that was found born near sheep," cryptozoologist Coleman said.
While forensics expert Kornfield acknowledges the many examples of animal cross-breeding, he reminds us that those are primarily cases where the animals involved are somewhat related genetically -- but not so with dogs and sheep.
He also points out that China has the largest sheep population in the world -- an estimated 130 million -- and "the probability of their sheep producing aberrant offspring is high in general."
"This one in the news looks like it has characteristics that sort of look like a dog, but I am absolutely confident, if one were to take a DNA sample of the thing, it would be unquestionably a sheep," Kornfield said. "I'd be willing to bet anything -- my house and my tenure.
"It's certainly, absolutely not a hybrid."


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I just returned from four days in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where I attended the Sister Cities International (SCI) Annual Conference. I am a raging fan of Sister Cities, as you will see from some future blog posts, and I'm very proud to announce that I've been elected to SCI's Board of Directors. This is a big deal to me as I'm following in the footsteps of my AWESOME mother, Mae Ferguson, who not only served on the board but acted as its president for two AWESOME years. I had an amazing time in ABQ where I met hundreds of new friends and colleagues from all over the world.
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Andy Murray suffered his first defeat since becoming a grand slam champion as Milos Raonic, the brilliant young Canadian, took his scalp to reach the final of the Japan Open.
It seemed Murray was on course to come from behind to win the match when he led 4-1 in the deciding set, but the difference was only a single break and Raonic reeled him in, saving two match points and winning 6-3, 6-7 (7/5), 7-6 (7/4).
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I see Chris riding up Polk Street in San Francisco all the time. We ride identical routes to work every day less a few blocks at the beginning and end. So after following him for miles and miles, I introduced myself and assured him I was not a stalker. I probably creeped him out but I felt pretty good about it. I'd vindicated myself from stalker status and importantly, told him to ditch his Patagonia messenger.
Chris being very pleasant in the presence of a Timbuk2 stalker (i.e. me).
Patagonia is a great company – I'm obsessed with the black Nano Puff Hoody I'm wearing right now – but I take it personally when people don't wear Timbuk2. Without competition we'd all live long boring lives as uninspired drones, but I still yearn to see a sea of Timbuk2 everywhere I ride. Needless to say, I got Chris' info and hooked him up with a new Timbuk2 Hemlock. You can imagine how happy I was to find myself following Chris and his new Hemlock up Polk again last week. Fistpump!
Chris, you rock. Thanks for letting me stalk (and dress) you. And apologies in advance to all the San Francisco cyclists I will stalk in the future. I come in peace.
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I probably make this about once a week - lots of protein, no mayo The measurements are pretty forgiving and don't need to be exact. I've even made it with balsamic vinegar when I was in a pinch and it turned out pretty well.
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Chuck Schumer must not have heard last year's news; Says IRS needs to curtail Tea Party groups
**Written by Doug Powers
Count Chuck Schumer among those who aren't even pretending that we have a Constitution anymore, though it doesn't seem he's been paying very close attention to the news:
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) proposed using the Internal Revenue Service to curtail Tea Party group funding during a speech on how to "exploit" and "weaken" the movement at the Center for American Progress on Thursday.
Arguing that Tea Party groups have a financial advantage after the Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens United decision, Schumer said the Obama administration should bypass Congress and institute new campaign finance rules through the IRS.
"It is clear that we will not pass anything legislatively as long as the House of Representatives is in Republican control, but there are many things that can be done administratively by the IRS and other government agencies—we must redouble those efforts immediately," Schumer said.
Come on, Chuck, try and keep up. Been there, done that.
After serving up an example of how big government and its proponents can present an unchecked threat to liberties, Schumer identified the Tea Party's weakness:
He said the small government mantra espoused by Tea Party leaders is the "core weakness of the Tea Party, and one we can exploit to turn American politics around to the benefit of our nation."
Shorter version: "Big government can crush small government every time."
Thanks for making the point, Chuck.
Schumer must sense his pork-parade could be in jeopardy, because he's ratcheting up the rhetoric, even for him:
Schumer did not mince words in his critique of the tea party. He compared the movement to angry, backward looking populist movements throughout American history, including the Know-Nothings an anti-Catholic immigrant movement prominent in the 1850s, Prohibitionists who he said were reactionaries responding to the urbanizing culture of the U.S. in the early 20th century, and to "Father Coughlins and Huey Longs" in reference to the anti-semitic Catholic priest and radio host in the 1930s and the radical redistributionist governor of Louisiana in the same era.
Huey Long?
Long in 1934:
In a national radio address on February 23, 1934, Huey Long unveiled his "Share Our Wealth" plan (also known as Huey Long's "Share the Wealth" plan), a program designed to provide a decent standard of living to all Americans by spreading the nation's wealth among the people.
Democrats including Schumer in 2008:
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's comment to "Joe the Plumber" about his intended policy to "spread the wealth" is a good idea, according to Democratic leaders.
Project much, Chuck?
**Written by Doug Powers
Twitter @ThePowersThatBe
FBI Director James Comey continues to make Inspector Clouseau look like Sherlock Holmes
September 29, 2016 07:57 AM by Doug Powers
Secret code name of Clinton cover-up operation revealed: 'Clinton cover-up operation'
September 27, 2016 11:38 AM by Doug Powers
Debate postmortem: Candidate who deleted 30,000 emails & smashed Blackberrys accused the other of 'hiding something'
September 27, 2016 10:03 AM by Doug Powers
Obama used a super-secure pseudonym for emails with Homebrew Hillary, so no problem
September 23, 2016 08:08 PM by Doug Powers
Hillary's video both asks AND answers the question of why she's not '50 points ahead' of Trump
September 22, 2016 09:50 PM by Doug Powers
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Lineup of speakers is announced for November IChemE event.09/02/2016
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Four user groups are planned for customers to gain insights into industry best practices, meet with peers and learn about new product announcements.08/22/2016
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Option Straddle
Option Straddle is a popular investment strategy that allows the investors to profit from an option position by how to underlying's price will move rather than the direction of the price. In spite of whether the price is going up or down, the price must move significantly in order for an investor to profit otherwise the investor will incur a loss.
However, there are some stocks that progress significantly in a sudden instance but these stocks are placed at a premium, so investors will still be able to incur a loss. In this option strategy, the investor has open position with a call or put option at the same strike price and the date it expires.
There are two main types of option straddles which are the Long and Short Straddle. The purchase of option derivatives is called Long Straddle while selling of options derivatives is called a Short Straddle. Below is the brief explaination and illustration of each.
Long Straddle
Going long refers to the purchase of both a call and put option of similar underlying, stock, interest rate or other derivatives. The two options are then bought at the same strike price and same expiration date. If the price will move through the strike price, whether below or above, the investor will gain a profit.
Whenever the price significantly moves up, the investor can make use of the call option. And also, whenever the price significantly moves down, the investor can make use of the put option. This surely works when the market is volatile and there is significant movement of the price.
A Long Straddle has a great and unlimited profit potential. The restricted risk involved in this strategy is the same as the total of all the premiums paid by the investor for the options.
Short Straddle
Short Straddles is not the same as Long Straddles but the opposite. It also involves selling call and put options with the same underlying. It is critical to sell at the same strike price and same expiration date. The profits that can be earned in this strategy are limited to the overall premiums of the call and put options. However, there is an unlimited risk that comes from how the underlying security moves up too high or down too low. So, when compared to Long Straddles, Short Straddle has limited profit potential and the risk is unlimited.
In Sum
Long or Short Straddles are profitable plays if carefully executed. For as much you stay in the range and take into account the posible factors that will move the stock significantly. Also, understand the amount of risk you're willing to take and the level of profit you want to earn. Remember, it is your money and you are the only one to decide. To beat the market, you have to be a well educated investor.
Long straddle provides the potential for an unlimited profit while the maximum loss is defined as the initial investment made.
This strategy is differ from a short straddle where the maximum loss is in theory infinite.
The two strategies are used in opposite market conditions. Investment houses usually restrict the use of short strangles to experienced investors because of the risk that is associated to it.
In order to carry out these strategies, you must be specially permitted by your broker to perform naked writing of options.
Before attempting any of the above strategies, it is best to open a paper account where you can carry out an experiment on these strategies without any risk.


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Just a quick enquiry about encryption types? if i was writing a CMS or a Website Manager or something, and i want all the non-majorly-important files to be encrypted, what would be the best way? Hashing is useless, and other encryption methods, like replacement of characters or translation encryption takes too much computing power. Any compromise?
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If the files are not important, why encrypt them?
What format are the files in? Are they PHP files?
Instead of encryption, what about obfuscating them? There are plenty of these around the web.
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Yes ofbuscating them is a good idea! U can try variants of ROT13 algo!
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Shelter was of immediate and constant concern for the people of colonial Albany. From the earliest days, house building was on-going and followed practical needs. After the initial framing and roofing, early Albany homes underwent constant adaptation and enlargement.
Beginning during the 1640s, mostly wooden, hastily erected cottages housed new fur traders as they came together along the riverfront - north of Fort Orange. By the time of the English takeover in 1664 (and a name change from Beverwyck to Albany), a wooden stockade enclosed what had become a community of interest that may have included a hundred permanent if not particularly distinguished buildings. These small structures were sited on narrow, water level houselots and fronted along Albany's two main streets.
By the 1670s, Philip Pieterse Schuyler and other successful Albany fur traders were building more substantial brick homes on those same choice locations and farther up the hill to house growing families and business operations as well. Still small by modern standards, gabled, brick townhouses were erected in Albany through succeeding generations. These were roughly styled on European urban models. As time passed, these structures were enlarged, altered, and were passed through early Albany families - often for several generations. Some of those classic buildings survived into the late nineteenth century - a testimony to their durability if not their viability. For the next 150 years, traditional and newly annointed Albany leaders continued to replace and reconfigure urban homesteads on the same lots along the main streets of the city's core.
However, as Albany grew from about 180 buildings in 1700, to more than 330 in 1756, and upwards of 600 in 1779, most of the new structures were somewhat less distinguished, mostly wooden, and erected on Albany's back streets or along the outlying extensions of Market, State, and Pearl streets. These smaller buildings filled in vacant lots within the stockaded city and were erected by younger sons of traditional families, discharged garrison soldiers, and some individual newcomers who could contribute useful talents to an expanding and evolving community. These more ordinary buildings were clustered around the inns at the intersection of Green and Beaver Streets, along Pearl Street, and on the waterfront.
By the end of the last French and Indian War in 1763, newcomers from Europe and the other American colonies began to replace traditional families on city rolls. For the first time, Albany had a large group of new people. Most of these new Albanians were of modest means and some of them rented, bought, or married into an existing city house. Others became boarders or lodged at the inns that dotted every street. Needing more space, still others erected new homes beyond the old urban core. On the eve of the American Revolution, the community had spread out along the river from beyond Foxes Creek to the Beaverkill, on the high ground beyond the fort, and along the Schenectady road. With the building of the city docks, dismantling of the stockade, and a dramatic influx of new people, Albany had become an early American city.
At the same time, State, Market, and Court Streets were undergoing re-development. Beginning with the new city hall erected during the 1740s, new core buildings were wider than their predecessors - enveloping two or more houselots, were block shaped, and reached up another floor accommodate combined business, production, and residential functions. For the first time, some new and old buildings were used exclusively as stores, shops, and storehouses. This separation of home and workplace became more pronounced as a number of Albany people were like Volkert P. Douw who crossed the river from his home at Wolvenhook to the family store on Court Street or blacksmith Christopher J. Yates, whose smithy and stables were in the Third Ward and his home and farmhouse in Rensselaerswyck.
With the coming of peace in 1783, Albany became an American boomtown as New Englanders and Europeans flooded into New York on their way to new homes in the West.
Some of these newcomers settled in Albany and provided energy and resources for the growth and development of a new city that became the permanent capital of New York State in 1797. By that time, Albany's population had reached almost 6,000 and the city was in the midst of a building boom that would provide homes and jobs for a population that would reach 9,356 by 1810 and more than 24,000 by 1830.
Wooden homes on the West side of North Pearl
Street between Fox Street and the new Dutch Church. Detail from a larger
work as remembered by James Eights for the
early nineteenth century. Colonial Albany Project Graphics
West side of North Pearl Street
as it appeared in 1805 showing some popular early Albany house types. Adapted
from a print of a watercolor painted by James
Eights about 1850. Collection of the New
York State Museum. Engraving of the home of Robert
Yates on upper State Street. Later, his son, John Van Ness Yates, occupied
the dwelling at 110 State Street (on the South side facing St.
Peters church) which sat on a twenty-four-by-eighteen-foot lot. It was demolished
in 1855. See Albany Architecture, 51.
The engraving was printed in the Bicentennial History
of Albany, 674.
West side of North Pearl Street
as it appeared in 1805 showing some popular early Albany house types. Adapted
from a print of a watercolor painted by James
Eights about 1850. Collection of the New
York State Museum.
Engraving of the home of Robert Yates on upper State Street. Later, his son, John Van Ness Yates, occupied the dwelling at 110 State Street (on the South side facing St. Peters church) which sat on a twenty-four-by-eighteen-foot lot. It was demolished in 1855. See Albany Architecture, 51. The engraving was printed in the Bicentennial History of Albany, 674.
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Eunice Players to present 'Tuesdays with Morrie'
EUNICE - Journalist Mitch Albom calls his professor, Morrie, after finding out that he has a devastating disease.
What starts out as a courtesy visit becomes a lesson in life.
The Eunice Players' Theatre will present the second show of its 44th season, "Tuesdays With Morrie," beginning on Sunday, Sept. 8, and running through Sunday, Sept. 15.
The production stars Wesley Saunders as Mitch and Vincent P. Barras as Morrie.
The Sunday, Sept. 8, showing will be a 2 p.m. matinee. There will be no show on Monday, but there will be evening shows from Tuesday, Sept. 10, through Saturday, Sept. 14. It will close with a second matinee on Sunday, Sept. 15th.
Season ticket holders are encouraged to make their reservations for this heartwarming story.
Single tickets for the upcoming play are also available for purchase by calling David's Hair Salon at 546-0163 or Turning Point at 457-2156.
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NEW YORK — In the wake of Wednesday's controversial ending to the Rutgers-St. John's second round game of the Big East Tournament, the Big East Conference has announced that the officiating crew from that game have "voluntarily withdrawn" from the remainder of the tournament.
The announcement was made in a statement shortly before the beginning of today's quarterfinal action at Madison Square Garden.
Jim Burr, Tim Higgins and Earl Walton will not be officiating any more games this week. Burr and Walton both were in the stands for Thursday's quarterfinal game between UConn and Pittsburgh.
When reached in the Madison Square Garden tunnel, Burr did not want to comment.
"Sorry, I can't talk. I apologize," he said.
But the league's statement spoke plenty.
"Our officials are a very dedicated and loyal group of professionals who care deeply about the Big East Conference," Big East commissioner John Marinatto said in the statement. "In the best interests of everyone involved — including coaches, student-athletes, game officials and Big East member institutions — the officials who were assigned to the St. John's-Rutgers game Wednesday have voluntarily withdrawn for the remainder of the 2011 Big East Championship.
"With three days of competition remaining, it is our hope that everyone will now focus on our outstanding teams and the exciting games ahead."
The officiating crew of Burr, Higgins and Walton botched the end of the second-round game when they failed to properly officiate the final second of the game.
Among the calls missed were:
-- A traveling call on St. John's Justin Brownlee, who scooped up the loose ball near mid-court and took a full four steps.
-- An out-of-bounds call on Brownlee, whose third step with the ball crossed the sideline and put him out with 1.2 seconds left on the clock.
-- Brownlee tossing the ball into the stands with 1.1 left in the game, which would have constituted a delay-of-game technical foul, two free-throws for Rutgers and the ball to inbound at mid-court.
However, replays showed that Burr — the lead official for the crew — was already off the floor with 1.6 seconds left in the game. His counterpart, Higgins — a resident of Ramsey — was on the other end of the floor on the same sideline that Brownlee crossed, giving him a point-blank view of the three violations by the Red Storm forward.
Despite pleas from Rutgers' Robert Lumpkins, Higgins left the floor without checking the monitor for the clock situation or ordering a replay. The Big East said in a statement released soon after the game that neither the missed traveling violation or out-of-bounds call "is reviewable or correctable under NCAA rules."
The ending was enough for Gov. Chris Christie to sound off on the officials during a morning radio spot on WOR 710AM.
"We could not believe the lack of discipline at the end of that game that the referees imposed," Christie said in the interview, before adding that the officials "phoned it in."
Christie wasn't the only one taking to the airwaves to blast the officiating.
Former St. John's coach Fran Frascilla — who did the color commentary for the game Wednesday — told ESPN Radio's "Mike and Mike In the Morning" Thursday morning that: "The fact that the officials didn't blow their whistle in the final 20 seconds was unconscionable."
Beyond the Big East Tournament, the missed violations in Wednesday's game could reverberate throughout March.
In a FOXSports.com interview, John Adams, the head of NCAA officials who criticized the crew's poor effort down the stretch Wednesday, said he will include a number of younger, first-year officials in his pool of 98 for the NCAA Tournament. Burr and Higgins, both longtime officials, are believed to be in their 60s.
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I'd like to take some time to draw attention to Phil B. Wilson's recent blog post on Reggie Wayne's comments on the Collins' signing.
In the post, Wilson first clarifies that these comments are not a very big deal in themselves, meaning that Wayne sticking up for Painter isn't a knock on Collins and won't strain that relationship. I'd agree with that. In my post yesterday, I was just expressing my confusion on what Painter could have done to get Wayne's fierce loyalty.
Anyway, the main point of Phil B's article was what I wanted to get to. Here is a quote from Wayne that I didn't see yesterday, which Phil focuses on:
"Brett Favre … I feel the same way about Kerry Collins walking in this door, that's going to push Peyton even more to want to play, you know what I'm saying? That's just what it is. I got nothing against T.O. (Terrell Owens) or whatever receiver is out there, you bring them in here, I guarantee my game is going up some more."
Phil B. reported that Wayne scoffed at the notion of signing Favre, and put Collins in that same category. That is, that the signing of either aging quarterback would push Manning, the ultimate competitor, to make sure that he was the one running his offense come September 11.
But then I had another thought, "I'll bet Manning will push it, knowing him. He doesn't want somebody else taking the reigns of this offense, his offense." Then Wayne said basically the same thing a while later… But Wayne is a gamer. And he knows Manning is, too. If Manning has any possible shot at playing, the four-time NFL MVP is going to do it. He'll convince the Colts he can.
Now, I don't think that the sole reason that Polian would sign Kerry Collins is to push Manning's competitive buttons, but this may be an underlying effect of the signing. We all know that Peyton hates to lose, he works harder than anybody else to make sure he doesn't. We know that he'd hate to see somebody else trying to replicate his offense, taking his role as signal caller for the Indianapolis Colts. I guarantee he's doing everything he possibly can to be ready by September 11.
Anyway, read Wilson's post. It's a good read, and it has some good food for thought. Also, it was reported last night by Chris Mortenson that the Colts had contacted Matt Hasselback about a month ago about signing as Manning's backup.
This brings a lot of context into the backup quarterback situation. Namely, it means that the Colts are not stupid. While it was speculated that the Colts had mishandled the Manning injury (which they still might have, I mean they still didn't sign Collins until Week Three of the preseason), it seems that the Colts did in fact know that Painter would not cut it if Manning couldn't start Week One.
While they didn't get results until now, an unfortunate end to be sure, it's important to know that the Colts were trying to improve the backup situation. That gives me much more confident that the Polians might actually (gasp!) know what they're doing. It sucks that they weren't able to get a solid backup such as Collins until now, but it's very likely that they've been looking for a suitable replacement for the last month.
It also is an optimistic sign regarding Manning's health, in my opinion. It means that there hasn't been a sudden setback that caused the management to run out and pick up a backup quarterback. This could put more stock in the fact that Collins is more of an insurance policy than a fill-in. I suppose we'll see on September 11th.


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HP Probook 4321s
Reviews for the HP Probook 4321s
Source: PC Online.com.cn zh-CN→EN
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 12/31/2010
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4530: About 27% slower clocked Mobility Radeon 4570. Power consumption 8-12 Watt according to AMD.
Only some 3D games with very low demands are playable with these cards.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
The Core i5-520M has only 3 MB L3 Cache (compared to the I7-640M) and clocks between 2.4-2.93 GHz (Turbo Mode). Thanks to Hyperthreading, 4 threads can be processed simultaneously. An integrated graphics card (GMA HD 3150) and a DDR3 memory controller are also included in the package.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
Above all, this display size is used for subnotebooks, ultrabooks and convertibles. For all three types, this size is quite large. The biggest variety of subnotebooks is represented with this size.
Large display-sizes allow higher resolutions. So, details like letters are bigger. On the other hand, the power consumption is lower with small screen diagonals and the devices are smaller, more lightweight and cheaper.» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.
2.2 kg:
Usually subnotebooks, ultrabooks and quite lightweight laptops with 12-16 inch display-diagonal weigh as much.
HP: The Hewlett-Packard Company, founded 1935, commonly referred to as HP, is a technology corporation headquartered in California, United States. HP specializes in developing and manufacturing computing, storage, and networking hardware, software and services. Major product lines include personal computing devices, enterprise servers, related storage devices, as well as a diverse range of printers and other imaging products. Other product lines, including electronic test equipment and systems, medical electronic equipment, solid state components and instrumentation for chemical analysis. HP posted US $91.7 billion in annual revenue in 2006, making it the world's largest technology vendor in terms of sales. In 2007 the revenue was $104 billion, making HP the first IT company in history to report revenues exceeding $100 billion. Market share regarding sales of personal computers in 2007 (market research IDC): HP 18.9 %, Dell 16.4 %, Acer 9.9 %, Lenovo 7.5 %, Apple 5.7 %
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