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Well, my first camera was a Minolta SRT 101 I got tired of draging around due to it's size.
Some years ago I bought af Casio EX-V7 because my collegue showed me his EX-V6 which impressed me by it's size and optical zoom and it was easy to tuck away and it took god pictures.
The time for a successor camera was now and I look around many of the mentioned cameras in this artikel, and eventually I choose the EX-H30.
As an ordinary fotografer for holidays, family and so on, I still needed a camera that was easy to tuck away, took god picture, had a god optical zoom and better battery capacity, wideangel, and constant focus during zoom in movie, to a reasonbly price.
Ok, there af leftovers as mentioned in the artikel, a slight abberation of colours in the lens now and then, but nothing really disturbing.
Well, one can't get it all, but I think I got the better half of whats possible to the price and my needs.
One little detail bothers me really, and that is the modedial with it's sign on the top.
That is not god, in fact I havn't had my camera for 14-days before two of the signs was gone.
The silent sign is gone and most of the panorama sign is allso gone.
- Thats not god enough fra Casio!
Just wondering if this is sold in the US as as The Casio EX-ZR100… the specs look very similar!
I did some research and looks like these are two different cameras… the ZR100 is 12 MP. The zoom is the same, though.
I´d buy this camera two weeks ago, very cheapest with a promotional kit. I´m very happy the manuals controls, with a tripod, are impressive likely as a lumix. It have so many automatic modes, scenes. And the battery life very long, 2 weeks of extreme use and it has charge for 3 o 4 for days more.
The problem is in portraits the image so too plastic
EB is horrible at english
He is not god
well at least he can write another language, can u guys ignorant pig americans?
The Exlim H30 fits my need for a camera to be held almost everytime in the pocket. It defeated challengers like Lumix TZ-18, Fuji Finepix F500, for the lower price, for the long-lasting battery, for the solid aspect and sense of toughness.
It works well, the results are not shocking but the camera maintains the promises, the lens is better than expected (even if it has no blazon, I don't know who is the manufacturer) the screen is good also at high lights (i.e sunny beach). The self-mounting panorama mode is amusing, works well, is useful for work snapshot….
In conlusion, considering the scope of such a travel compact camera, I am satisfied; obviously, for higher performances I turn to my reflex system…
The Exlim H30 fits my need for something to be held almost everytime in the pocket; it defeated challengers like Lumix TZ-18, Fuji Finepix F500, for the lower price, for the long-lasting battery, for the solid aspect and sense of toughness.
The Exlim H30
This travel compact works well, maintains the promises, the lens is better than expected (who is the manufacturer?) the screen is good also at high lights (tried on a sunny beach) the self-mounting panorama mode is amusing and remarkably useful for work snapshot….
In conclusion, I am satisfied. Obviously, when higher performances are needed, I turn to my reflex system…
I am impressed with easy of use and photo results of EX H30 in comparison with some others costly digital camera I have. I replaced my Cannon SX120 with EX H30 for trekking and hiking.
Really excellent piece of camera, i love how easy I can change from panorama to macro view and other effect. Highly recommended for sport outside.
what stores sell this camera? I've looked up several stores but none sell it. I couldn't even find it on amazon.com. Can anyone tell me where to buy it?
I bought the EX H30 to compliment my very expensive Canon DSLR,since buying my Casio compact over a year ago,my Canon DSLR kit is almost redundant,expect when I want very wide angle shots,then my 10mm wide angle lens on the Dslr has the whip hand!! An excellent compact that fits almost evey need for me!!
The battery is great, the pictures are mediocre and the build quality is lacking. My lens cover doesn't always open so if I'm not paying attention I end up with a bit of lens cover in the corner of my pictures. It also has the odd error messages when it refuses to turn on. Not a camera I would recommend.
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What Do HIV Skin Lesions Look Like?
What Do HIV Skin Lesions Look Like?
What Do HIV Skin Lesions Look Like?
Your immune system controls every part of your body, including its largest organ: the skin. Skin lesions from HIV are a response to related immune function deficiencies. There are numerous types of problems, all causing differences in appearance and symptoms. The severity of your condition varies, and it may even coincide with the efficacy of your current HIV treatment. By catching lesions early on, your doctor can help treat the condition, while also making adjustments to your overall HIV treatment plan.
Having HIV can make you more prone to Kaposi's sarcoma, a type of skin cancer. It forms dark skin lesions along blood vessels and lymph nodes, and can be red, brown, or purple in color. This condition can only occur when your T4 cell count is low, indicating an extremely weak immune system. Early detection from a doctor, and even a dermatologist, can help catch this cancer early.
If red blisters have formed on your mouth or genitals, you may have HIV-related herpes. Outbreaks are treated with prescription medications to clear up lesions and prevent their spread. In severe cases, the blisters may even form on the eyes. Herpes lesions are caused by the same virus related to chickenpox, so your risk for developing shingles is increased.
Oral Hairy Leukoplakia
Oral Hairy Leukoplakia
Oral hairy leukoplakia is a mouth infection caused by a mouth virus. It appears as white lesions across the tongue, and many of the spots have a hairy appearance. This virus stems from a weakened immune system, which is why it's so common in HIV and AIDS. There is no direct treatment for oral hairy leukoplakia lesions. Clearing up the problem instead relies on your overall HIV treatment plan.
Molluscum contagiosum
Molluscum contagiosum
Molluscum contagiosum is a skin condition that causes bumps ranging from the color of your flesh to dark pink. People who have HIV or AIDS can experience an outbreak of 100 or more bumps at a time. The bumps are treated with liquid nitrogen, often with repeat treatments; these lesions don't usually hurt, but they are extremely contagious.
Psoriasis is a skin condition caused by problems in the immune system, where skin cell turnover occurs much faster than it should. The result is a buildup of dead skin cells that often turn silver in color. These scales can occur on any area of the body, and may turn red and inflamed without treatment. Typical treatment measures, such as topical steroid ointments, don't work well in HIV patients. Retinoid creams and phototherapy may be more effective instead.
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Sebborheic Dermatitis
Sebborheic dermatitis is often labeled interchangeably with psoriasis, but the two conditions aren't the same. This skin condition is characterized by yellow, oily, and scaly plaques. When irritated, scratched, and inflamed, the scales can open and bleed. It is more common in HIV patients than psoriasis, but also easier to treat. The condition is treated with either over-the-counter or prescription strength hydrocortisone, but your doctor may also prescribe an antibiotic for open wounds to prevent infection.
Scabies are created by mites called Sarcoptes scabiei. The resulting bites are red papules that are extremely itchy. While scabies can affect anyone, they are particularly problematic in HIV cases. This is because the mites and scabies can quickly multiply into several thousand papules. The lesions are extremely contagious because the mites can spread to other people, as well as to other parts of the body.
Thrush is an infection that causes white lesions inside all areas of the mouth, including the tongue. While it occurs in the same spots as oral hairy leukoplakia, it has a thicker layer. It is also caused by a fungus, rather than a virus. Antifungal mouthwash and oral medications can help relieve this condition. Unfortunately, due to the nature of HIV, this type of fungal infection often comes back. HIV medications can help provide relief in conjunction with antifungal measures.
In HIV patients, warts are caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV). They can be flesh-colored or look like small specks of cauliflower. When irritated, they can bleed, especially if warts are present in the folds of skin or in the mouth. Consequently, they can then transform into open wounds and are susceptible to infection. Warts are removed surgically, but tend to come back in HIV patients.
Immune system deficiencies with HIV makes the development of skin lesions more likely than if you don't have the disease. Talk to your doctor about all of your treatment options. More effective HIV treatments can also reduce the occurrence of skin lesions so you can lead a better quality of life.
- Common Cutaneous Complications of HIV Disease. (1997, August). Physicians' Research Network. Retrieved August 28, 2013, from http://www.prn.org/index.php/complications/article/common_skin_problems_of_hiv_disease
- Dermatologic Conditions and HIV. (2011, October 28). United States Department of Veterans Affairs. Retrieved August 28, 2013, from http://www.hiv.va.gov/provider/manual-primary-care/dermatologic.asp
- HIV/AIDS and Skin Conditions. (n.d.). Johns Hopkins Medicine. Retrieved August 28, 2013, from http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/healthlibrary/conditions/infectious_diseases/hivaids_and_skin_conditions_134,100/
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It's a testament to Dolly Parton's talent that contemporary country hasn't put out her spark. At 68, her voice can still soar and when she chooses to, she can still get a rise at the bar with the best of them.
If you need convincing, just listen to her cover of Bob Dylan's "Don't Think Twice" on her new album "Blue Smoke." Sure, the song has been done to death and this over-produced version certainly isn't definitive, but from the opening lines, "Ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe/ It don't matter anyhow/ Ain't no use to sit and wonder why, baby/ If you don't know by now," Parton slays you as she always does, with the depth and charm that have made her a force in popular music since the '60s.
"Blue Smoke" definitely is amped up when compared to her previous outing, the more relaxed "Better Day" from 2011. The stakes seem higher, which is good and bad. It's good because Parton is pushed to higher highs, but it also means that the contemporary country production force that is determined to iron out the life of each note is at full attention, meaning that there's unnecessary flourishes at every turn that distract from Parton's natural power.
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Shown is the cover of Dolly Parton's latest album, "Blue Smoke."
So, we get both Parton's terrifically emotive singing (I can't emphasize that enough) on "Don't Think Twice" and an intrusive violin that feels the need to fill every gap rather than giving her voice any breathing room.
One of the highlights is a spiritual take on the traditional "Banks of the Ohio." It doesn't rival my favorite version by The Kossoy Sisters, but its a cappella beginning is arresting, and places the focus squarely on Parton, allowing her vocals to command the listener. It's simple, elegant and very effective, and is an exception to the general rule of the album: that the livelier songs are the better ones.
Let's face it, Parton is at her best when she unbuttons and unleashes her attitude, like in "Lover du Jour," a song that begins with her saying, "What are you looking at lover boy?/ It won't do you any good/ Because I know your kind/ If you wanna be mine, we gotta get this understood." This sassiness is far preferable to the sentimental self-helpy-ness of ballads like "Try," a sweet-but-cheesy tune about never giving up that isn't nearly as bad as it should be simply because Parton wills it to be better.
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3 stars out of 5.
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Hello, everyone.
We have part of LAN which is hidden behind PIX515 fiewall. This part has its own router (Catalyst 3560) and three servers which run Windows 2000 Server. Only two of this servers have access to the other part of LAN. Since neither Catalyst nor PIX can work like time-server, the head of our department told me to find and install NTP Daemon (for Windows, of course). The director wantes two servers which has access to other part of LAN to connect to our time-servers and redistribute it inside protected part of LAN.
NTPD installed with no mistakes. Let me show you the configuration file of 10.1.1.2 server:
server 10.1.0.10 iburst prefer
server 10.1.0.60 iburst
server 127.127.1.0
fudge 127.127.1.0 stratum 14
peer 10.1.1.6
ntpq -p command shows me (I'll skip some numbers which will not be useful):
10.1.0.10 4 u <...>
10.1.0.60 4 u <...>
*LOCAL 14 l <...>
10.1.1.6 15 u <...>
Can you tell me why can that be happening? Why does server see itself as preferable time-server if it has stratum of just 14? And why does it see the server with the same configuration (exception is in peer string of config) as the server with lower stratum?
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Sony Xperia S ReviewSony Xperia S 8.5
The greatest thing about the 12MP Exmor R sensor on the Xperia S is how quickly it can be accessed. The camera interface is the same rich in camera functions UI as in the Xperia arc S, down to the 3D Sweep Panorama mode, whose results can only be watched on Sony's 3D HDTVs via the HDMI port.
There is also a 3D Sweep Multi Angle panorama mode now, taken directly from the Sony Cybershot camera series, which has a narrower frame range, but can be previewed directly on the phone by tilting the screen left and right for a nice stereoscopic effect
We were amazed by the new Quick Launch mode which is on by default - the phone goes from a locked state with the screen off to taking a picture in a little over a second, claims Sony, and it is indeed so. Well, maybe two seconds if it is darker, but this is as fast as it can get, and a wonderful achievement by Sony's camera engineers. The iPhone 4S, for example, is very fast to focus and take a photo or video too, but you still have to unlock the screen first to reach the camera. The Xperia S is the fastest smartphone snapper out there, period, and this was confirmed in a cowboy shootout.
Moreover, the pictures themselves are nothing to sniff at - sharp, with true colors, a very good amount of detail and accurate white balance. We only had trouble when trying to shoot during the night by frantically pressing on the camera key - it often locked focus unusually slow and then just froze on us, taking at least ten seconds to register the captured frame, hopefully a glitch with our unit. Also, the night pics from the Galaxy S II we carried with us turned up with a little less blown up highlights like street lamps, neon signs or car headlights in automatic shooting mode.
Sony Xperia S Sample Video without image stabilizer:
The music player has a more minimalistic interface now, with Metro-style "tiles" under the My Music tab that categorize your songs by artists, albums, playlists and so on. Even the back button in the player's interface has an uncanny resemblance to the back button in Windows Phone. There is a "Sense Me" category that can pick tracks based on your mood, and the Music widget appears on the lock screen so you can control your playback faster from there.
We report with delight that the trademark powerful loudspeaker we are accustomed to in most Xperias is here, capitalizing on Sony's years of experience in building musical gadgets. It is strong, clean and doesn't sound tinny like most smartphone loudspeakers.
The phone played all MPEG-4 files we threw at it, up to 1080p definition, but the default video player is pretty bland - no loop function, subtitle support, battery life indicator, or any other additional eye-candy for that matter, only basic playback. The player does DivX/Xvid files, but with only software rendering, so they look pixelated, and we ended up downloading a player off Android Market.
It does allow you to lock the screen while playing, though, and you can access the video editor quickly from its settings for some basic trimming and inserting, which, however, works only with 720p footage and below.
96 Comments
1. buggerrer (Posts: 306; Member since: 21 Sep 2011)
nice phone, for 2011 !
2. Mozarrt (Posts: 301; Member since: 08 Oct 2011)
Could you at least tell us why you think its a phone for 2011.
7. leftheodo (Posts: 95; Member since: 21 Oct 2011)
- Android 2.3 not ICS
-2011 CPU ( Snapdragon S3 not S4 )
-2011 GPU (Adreno 220)
The 2012 phones will be out in april ( One X, Optimus 4x, possibly GS3 as the korean ZDnet mentioned today)
Xperia S is a nice looking phone but Sony is to late!
54. Commentator (Posts: 3684; Member since: 16 Aug 2011)
There must be a lot of Sony fanboys out there voting you down, because everything you said makes perfect sense, especially the point about its S3 processor. What differentiates this from, say, an HTC Rezound?
94. SalmanAhmad (Posts: 2; Member since: 02 Nov 2012)
ICS upgrade is now available and the phone will get Jellybean soon hopefully.
2011 CPU Snapdragon S3? I have the phone and it barely lags and it is extremely responsive.
Adreno 220 and 225 isn't that much of a difference.
The phone has amazing PPI, great graphics, fast processor 1GB of RAM and is made out of durable materials.
Last but not least it's much less expensive than all phones of 2012(One X, Optimus 4x, GS3.)
It also features an amazing camera, how I know all this? I bought the phone about a month ago.
96. nsnk86 (Posts: 43; Member since: 18 Jun 2012)
i totally agree with you Salman!! am using this phone for more than 4months......
12. metoyou (Posts: 279; Member since: 19 Oct 2011)
Sony always late in smart phone, they now release this phone in 2012 and will release quad-cores in 2013..hm...
But I do like this phone design but not gonna get it IF it has S4 in it then it's another story. btw. reviewer is correct the capacitive buttons arent really repsonsive (friend have this fone)
95. SalmanAhmad (Posts: 2; Member since: 02 Nov 2012)
The buttons are a bit unresponsive at first but once you get the hang of it they aren't really a problem.
If you can't find the appropriate place of the buttons, slowly swipe upwards with your finger on the buttons and you will eventually find their places and it won't be a problem any longer.
23. darknight307rc (Posts: 7; Member since: 26 Feb 2012)
and what are u guys "Quadcore lovers" gonna do with a quadcore "cellphone"? work with "Auto CAD" or "Adobe photoshop" on ur cell phone??? what do u really use ur phone for other than..calling of course..surfing the net..music..photo or video shooting..check ur mail...gaming & stay connected to facebook or twitter. all that can be simply done by only a single core & 512MB RAM...even Android itself as an OS it doesn't need more than this to operate fast. and here is a phone with dual-core & 1GB RAM which will make any app goes very fast plus a 12 MP cam captures photos from sleep mode to shooting in less than 1.5 secs which makes it the fastest phone in market. it's just not about putting in a phone the latest tech or specs. if u really need the quadcore or the 3 or 5 GB RAM in ur phone for ur daily life tasks...wait for the GSIII or HTC one X. but with all respect the Xperia S is not an old one..it's fits all the needs & even more for a Smartphone in 2012
91. radreadiano (Posts: 1; Member since: 19 Aug 2012)
u did good!!! i absolut love this phone
93. nsnk86 (Posts: 43; Member since: 18 Jun 2012)
i totally agree with you darknight307rc.... if u guys wanna spend all d cash for a quadcore phone with like 2gb ram, instead you can get an ultrabook or a gud laptop coz it wil hv bigger display & using all these latest specs in a laptop will prove much useful....
3. kshell1 (Posts: 1143; Member since: 05 Oct 2011)
so let me get this straight, every other phone that launches with 2.3 gets a con and points taken off but this one doesn't? Hypocritical if you ask me
30. RamyRamz69 (Posts: 390; Member since: 12 Dec 2011)
Perhaps because Sony's version of Gingerbread allows much more customization than the normal GB.
Or maybe because this deice will be upgraded to ICS before other devices hit the shelf.
4. henrickrw (Posts: 408; Member since: 16 Sep 2011)
Get yourself a galaxy s 2 or a note
5. Mozarrt (Posts: 301; Member since: 08 Oct 2011)
Why get an ugly platic slab if you can have this. Only the Nokia 800/N9 rivals this handset in looks.
6. kshell1 (Posts: 1143; Member since: 05 Oct 2011)
i personally think it looks like a decent phone and great scores for the processor its using mostly because crapdragons are horrible
18. Chronos (Posts: 258; Member since: 25 Feb 2012)
Only because that "ugly plastic slab" looks better than the Sony Xperia S.
28. ivanprskalo (Posts: 123; Member since: 09 Dec 2010)
It is not. These matters are personal oppinion and please keep your to youself, or else... :-)
8. Giggity (Posts: 147; Member since: 17 Nov 2011)
Is the S also sports the aluminum body like the P?
26. r41nier (Posts: 70; Member since: 13 Oct 2011)
no, it's just plastic but it does have an anti-stain UV nano coating
32. CivicSi89 (Posts: 348; Member since: 23 Jul 2011)
Anti Stain... Giggety
9. robocopvn (Posts: 412; Member since: 10 Mar 2010)
Need to mention that Sony Xperia S and brothers still you S3 snapdragon, which is outdated comparing to S4 used in many phones and tablet
Sony seems to be so slow on upgrading their hardwares ! But I love their designs
40. bayusuputra (Posts: 962; Member since: 12 Feb 2012)
but it is better in most benchmarks than the S2.. i think it's not whether it is outdated, but whether Sony could optimised it in this handset, which i believe they did..
52. robocopvn (Posts: 412; Member since: 10 Mar 2010)
Qualcomm SOC always get better points in benchmarks apps. But in games and real apps, their GPU is worse than PowerVR :D
11. Aaron_R96 (Posts: 198; Member since: 22 Jan 2012)
Firstly, I disagree that its a 2011 phone, sure it has many of the same specs of the galaxy s2 and the likes, but has a better screen and camera by far, also those moaning it has no quad core processor, I dont see why it would need one, particularly ifit runs so well on dual core, just because the technology is available, doesnt mesn it needs to be used, it wont make anawful lot of difference to theaverage phone user anyway, plus it looks on of the best devices recently released, the one x looks like your typical htc device anyway, lacks creativity, tbh, id much rather show this off. Sorry.
20. taz89 (Posts: 2014; Member since: 03 May 2011)
have the s2 and agree that quad is not necessary but the should have atleast used the new s4 dual core instead of last years s3. love the design of this but hate the fact that the capacitive buttons seem unresponsive,hopefully can be fixed via software and oh the charging speed of this phone looks awesome,the s2 takes forever to charge and is the only negative of the s2. cant wait to have a play round with the s,brithers already ordered it but for me i am waiting for the s3.
22. Aaron_R96 (Posts: 198; Member since: 22 Jan 2012)
Yes they should've done I do agree with that point, just see quad core as a tad unnecerssary for the casual user, but S4 would have been preffered and yes, it is also a shame about the capacitive buttons too, but currently deciding between this and the Xperia P, so looks like that'll be an issue for me either way!
78. itiswhatitis (Posts: 423; Member since: 23 Jan 2012)
believe me i've tried it at the store the capacitive buttons are no way unresponsive its just the review opinion, i mean i dont even need to try its like everything else!
13. bolaG (Posts: 468; Member since: 15 Aug 2011)
If this would have come out in Nov of last year I would have been all over it :(
Love the design
Love the camera quality and functions
Love Sony.
14. 24984 (Posts: 3; Member since: 02 Mar 2012)
:D are you joking? :D sony is always late but it makes the best smartphones ... this sony has adreno 220 it means it has best GPU after tegra 3 ... tegra 3 is a bit better (I have sony ericsson xperia mini with adreno 205 and I can play GTA3, 9mm, real racing 2 and so on) ... camera is verry good and functions are the best ... interface looks good too ... this is the best smartphone now!!!
55. corrifa (Posts: 34; Member since: 28 Sep 2011)
ehh the Mali-400 id say is at least a little better than the Adreno 220. Ive used both...
15. 24984 (Posts: 3; Member since: 02 Mar 2012)
and sonys quality is the best ... even other companys agree with this ;)
16. Jyakotu (Posts: 844; Member since: 12 Dec 2008)
Android users really should stop acting like all new phones will have the latest version of Android installed on it. If you look at past history, every time a new version if Android comes out, most newer Android phones ship with the LAST version instead of the latest. There are still many fews shipping with Android 2.2 and NOT 2.3, so hush.!
But for the phone itself, it's absolutely gorgeous. I love the interface and you can hardly even tell that it's Android.! Sony is known for quality and I think once people try their smartphones, they'll start to gain momentum. Also, I'm SO glad to see just SONY on their phones now. :-)
21. taz89 (Posts: 2014; Member since: 03 May 2011)
also people got to realise that most of these new devices were being made with 2.3 in mind as that was what was available up until the end of last year..if these companies were to start from scratch to optimised 4.0 then these phones would not be coming out till the latter end of the year. lol agree sony looks much much better than se.
17. redmd (Posts: 1268; Member since: 26 Oct 2011)
Very nice review Daniel. I just wish this came out months earlier.
19. HTCiscool (Posts: 449; Member since: 16 Jul 2011)
Well if you couldn't care less about chips and just want a great camera, great design and a great screen then this can't really be beat. I would still take something like the One S or X over it though.
24. nagirodu (Posts: 12; Member since: 13 Jul 2011)
Why can't you guys just go through the benchmarks and other stuff to see what Sony has done in additional to the other manufactures who made phones with the same SoC to get the best performance? Sony beats them hands down.I think it's all about optimization of resources.
25. mercorp (Posts: 1027; Member since: 28 Jan 2012)
no quad core,no micro sd? dont buy it.
41. bayusuputra (Posts: 962; Member since: 12 Feb 2012)
no brain,no helpful comment? dont listen to it.
27. nikhil.agrawal88 (Posts: 18; Member since: 01 Mar 2012)
already preordered this beauty..have been waiting for a good sony device from long time..always have been a sony fan weather its a phone or any other electronic equipment..and about the quad core thing it really depends on the person i think..an extreme gamer would need a quad core but again no quad core specific games are out yet..so personally i think dual core is fine with me..i had been using ios and wp7.5 from long time and this actually will be my first android..just waiting for this to arrive now..
29. RamyRamz69 (Posts: 390; Member since: 12 Dec 2011)
If you need a quadcore SoC in a portable device to play proper games; buy a PS Vita.
I don't really give a crap whether it's S3 or S4 as long as its fast enough and that's also what 90% of the buyers care about.
Amazing device Sony.
31. ReturningToNokia (Posts: 130; Member since: 09 Jul 2011)
The physical design/aesthetic of this device is very appealing, only to be degraded by the unappealing Android OS (not even ICS could make me take this device for free). Needless to say, this phone design with Windows Phone would be an instant buy for many (even I would consider buying it if it had WP).
For Sony's sake and mobile financials, this phone better sell well.
42. bayusuputra (Posts: 962; Member since: 12 Feb 2012)
wow, then the great design would be ruined by the boring tiles..
seriously, i think wp is geat, fast and efficient, but saying that Android is unappealing and preferring WP? c'mon.. if not for android, this won't have that beautiful live wallpaper, HD screen (you'll be stuck in WVGA), widgets and even scrollable home screens.. i wouldn't want to sacrifice those with the tiles screen and app screen only..
i'll still buy WP phones, but for this device, i rather have android installed.. just like i rather have n9 (not android, though) over lumia 800.. but i still want a Titan or a Focus.. this beautiful design just can't seem to match nicely with the tiles, imo..
43. darac (Posts: 2156; Member since: 17 Oct 2011)
exactly..that guy is deluded and pretty clueless
33. metoyou (Posts: 279; Member since: 19 Oct 2011)
Did phonearena deleted my post?
Added to my earlier post regarding to the capacitive button is a hit and miss. 2012 Xperia using different 3.5mm headset standard (CTIA) the one same as iPhone using as opposed to the OMTP standard that previously used
34. darac (Posts: 2156; Member since: 17 Oct 2011)
Most of you are missing the fact that this phone isn't meant for competing with other brand's flagship phones.
It's role is the same as the one xperia arc had a year ago - to offer a near high end experience for a lower price than the true high ends from Samsung or HTC.
However, this year will see two of such Sony phones in Q3/Q4 - codenamed "Hayabusa" and "Mint".
That being said, Xperia s can still hold its own even compared to any phone announced so far - none of them has all of the following: premium feel and design, top notch multimedia, screen, and a camera better than any other android.
35. TylerDeLarge (Posts: 1; Member since: 03 Mar 2012)
Guys I need some advice, I now have an old Omnia HD that I should change the battery and also because I'm tired of Symbian switch to Android.
I am interested in a phone that can last as my dear Omnia HD, and Xperia have wavered between S and some quadcore that uscirà.magari S3?
I remember that multimedia is important for me as well as the stability of the system. What do you advise me?
Thanks for any replies
39. Aaron_R96 (Posts: 198; Member since: 22 Jan 2012)
Xperia S would probably be a better phone for you due to its multimedia ie, 12.1MP camera (and speed 1.5secs to reach it from sleep), HD resolution and high pixel density as well as new refurbished music player which looks very smooth and a HDMI cable included in the box so can easily be connected to your TV, Also android runs very fluidly on the dual core processor despite it being S3 not the new S4 (not a major issue) Hope this helps!
45. nikhil.agrawal88 (Posts: 18; Member since: 01 Mar 2012)
is it going to come with an hdmi cable? all the unboxing videos i saw on youtube didnt had an hdmi cable in the box..i hope it does come with it as it would be really good to plug it with hdtv straight away..
58. Aaron_R96 (Posts: 198; Member since: 22 Jan 2012)
I think this depends on the carrier, but ive heard most do ship with the HDMI cable, if not though i would think you'd be able to pick one up cheap on ebay or amazon anyway :)
36. aswinhhh (Posts: 1; Member since: 03 Mar 2012)
Can Any One Tell Me Which Display Is Better The Samsung Galaxy S2 Or This???
38. frydaexiii (Posts: 1443; Member since: 01 Dec 2011)
This probably...Higher resolution
37. darac (Posts: 2156; Member since: 17 Oct 2011)
@Tyler, seems that you were happy with what Omnia HD provided for you.
And if Omnia was good, trust me, Xperia s will be an absolute delight. I don't think you need a quad core over it, because the s is still perfectly capable and zippy with this processor.
And with ICS, it will "fly".
Yet get a sturdy build, unique premium design, amazing camera with by far the fastest shooting time, and you also get the best integration of multimedia, with some unique extras such as controlling the android on the tv with a remote, and really fast charging of battery.
Last but not least, the galaxy s3 will cost significantly more.
@aswinh - this screen has 130 percent more pixels that the one of galaxy s2. That's a huge advantage.
Also it's probably a bit brighter, with more natural colors.
The thing that gs2 has going for it is black color reproduction, no LCD screen can match that.
Also it has a slightly better viewable angles.
Overall, this screen is better for its retina-beating HD sharpness.
44. REYNER (Posts: 187; Member since: 10 Feb 2012)
i just wonder if xperia s would beat the sgsII when it comes in performance? phone arena make some comparison of xperia s against other dual core! that would be a hit i think, im actually waiting for this phone, but it seems like a disappointment, im planning to try android phone, i really dont think the need of having a quad core but i wonder, will the price of this phone is almost the same price of the quad cores? lg is known for selling cheap phones
46. Aaron_R96 (Posts: 198; Member since: 22 Jan 2012)
This phone will beat the sgs2 in terms of perfromance in most areas with slightly quicker load times, and particularly in the multimedia performance, it will also be around the same price as the sgs2 (perhaps slightly cheaper) when it releases tomorrow worldwide, it will not be anywhere near as expensive as quad core phones, and will not drain the battery as much as the current quad cores do, hope this helps :) im getting one on wednesday!
65. REYNER (Posts: 187; Member since: 10 Feb 2012)
ow that really helps haha im still waiting for it here in the philippines
47. saeen (Posts: 20; Member since: 23 Dec 2011)
I like that Sony mostly give updates on time and hassle free!
48. classicmody (Posts: 2; Member since: 22 Feb 2012)
very good desighn
49. jakecrz (Posts: 3; Member since: 06 Mar 2012)
This phone sure is great. Having a dual core phone is enough to get the job done for everyday use. Great design and screen is good too!!
People push this device as not having a quad core phone. I mean... I can't see the sense of having a quad core phone. I'm a gamer and I know better CPU = better processing power = better for games. I mean, what's there to process?? Are you gonna run battlefield 3 or crysis on this? Are you gonna run like 20 internet tabs in it? If you want portable gaming, get a ps vita or gaming laptop like alienware!!
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Al Hughes, of Pleasant Acres, Lewistown, is in a class all by himself when it comes to milestones in his beloved Kiwanis International.
Hughes recently was named a "Distinguished Kiwanian" for the 20th time, a feat no other Pennsylvania Kiwanian has accomplished.
Kevin Thomas, executive director of the Pennsylvania District of Kiwanis International, verified that fact recently by stating, "Al Hughes is the first Kiwanian in Pennsylvania to achieve this since the award was first given in the 1986-87 year."
Hughes was honored recently with a presentation at the district convention by Pennsylvania Kiwanis District Governor Susan Grab.
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Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini and Ray
these two phones i am using these days, one is small so others so slim, i enjoying with my both the phones and i also upgraded it to the latest version of the Android OS ICS 4.0. please share me your reviews about these two phone either have any queries just comment me, i would might solved your problem.
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Re: Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini and Ray
I think new Sony Xperia is best in comparison to Ray.....
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Days of Fire: Bush and Cheney in the White Houseby Peter Baker
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Theirs was the most captivating American political partnership since Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger: a bold and untested president and his seasoned, relentless vice president. Confronted by one crisis after another, they struggled to protect the country, remake the world, and define their own relationship along the way.
The real story of George W. Bush and Dick Cheney is far more fascinating than the familiar suspicion that Cheney was the power behind the throne. Drawing on hundreds of interviews with key players, and thousands of pages of private notes, memos, and other internal documents, Baker paints a riveting portrait of a partnership that evolved dramatically over time, during an era marked by devastating terror attacks, the Iraq War, Hurricane Katrina, and financial collapse. Peter Baker has produced a monumental and definitive work that ranks with the best of presidential histories.
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The complex partnership of George W. Bush and Dick Cheney undergirds this authoritative narrative of their tumultuous eight years in Washington. Baker (The Breach), the senior White House correspondent for New York Times, skillfully navigates how Bush, a national security neophyte, came to rely heavily on the former Wyoming congressman and secretary of defense, a consummate Washington insider. Although Cheney became one of the most influential vice presidents in American history and grew to relish his Darth Vader reputation, Baker upends the popular perception that Bush did his bidding. The president and the vice president were wholly in sync on the issue that mattered most, Iraq. Cheney's relations to Secretary of State Colin Powell and other officials deteriorate after Americans fail to be greeted like liberators or find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Cheney's star wanes further after Hurricane Katrina, reaching rock-bottom after a notorious duck hunting accident, while other officials like Condoleezza Rice grow closer to the president. Baker concludes that Bush was without a doubt his own man with a "solid" record on issues like AIDS in Africa and prescription drugs for seniors, but has his legacy undone by Iraq. Though the author also catalogs domestic episodes from his disastrous nomination of White House counsel Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court and the financial meltdown of 2007-2008, the conduct of the war carries the book. Baker delivers a fast-paced read that deftly weaves the trials and tribulations of the Bush presidency into a monumental tale of hubris and missed opportunities for greatness. Agent: Raphael Sagalyn, The Sagalyn Literary Agency. (Oct.)
Baker (chief White House correspondent, New York Times; The Breach: Inside the Impeachment and Trial of William Jefferson Clinton) centers this evenhanded account of George W. Bush's presidency on the relationship between Bush and his controversial vice president. Bush was his own man in the White House, says Baker, not Dick Cheney's pawn. While the vice president's authority and influence were indeed unprecedented, Bush would have arrived at the same policies in any case. During the administration's second term, Bush sought and heeded Cheney's counsel far less often, and by 2008, Cheney found his advice "discarded" on Syria, North Korea, secret prisons, and other policy questions, while suffering major disappointment over Bush's decision to let stand the perjury conviction of his close aide Scooter Libby. Baker's book is based on extensive documentation, including interviews with Condoleezza Rice, Donald Rumsfeld, Colin Powell, David Petraeus, and many other top officials named and unnamed—including Cheney himself. VERDICT Baker is strongest on the administration's second term, when his own White House tour of duty began. Throughout this lengthy book, readers may wish for more narrative and less reporting. There are so many quotations from so many sources, with many abrupt changes of scene and context. Even so, this is our fullest portrait yet of the Bush presidency, so relevant collections should include it.—Robert Nardini, Niagara Falls, NY
A thorough, objective and surprisingly positive examination of the Bush-Cheney years. Written as though it has the perspective of a century's distance on the events of the last decade, New York Times senior White House correspondent Baker (The Breach: Inside the Impeachment and Trial of William Jefferson Clinton, 2000, etc.) dispatches false and puerile memes--Bush stole Florida, blood for oil, Bush lied and kids died, etc.--to the dustbin of history as he delivers "the most documented history of the Bush-Cheney White House to date." The author is no Bush cheerleader; he shines a pitiless light on the failures of judgment, erroneous intelligence and excessive reliance on subordinates that led to the debacle in Iraq, which undid Bush's second term. Baker concludes that Bush "was at his best when he was cleaning up his worst." The author shows how it all went wrong, however, without a hint of partisan rancor. This briskly written but exhaustively detailed account defies expectations by portraying an administration of intelligent, patriotic adults with necessarily limited information striving to do what they believed was best for the nation in a dangerous era, with real but overlooked achievements. The president, in particular, appears as a man of decency who retained his optimism and dedication to principle as his polls declined to record lows and political allies fled. In delineating the businesslike relationship between Bush and Cheney, Baker refutes the popular notion that Cheney was the dominant figure, though Bush relied heavily on his experience during his first term. Indeed, Cheney was increasingly sidelined during the second term, except on matters of national security, where he consistently pushed against constitutional limits to defend the country from terrorists by whatever means appeared necessary. In the end, Bush's successor, after campaigning vigorously against his policies, quietly adopted many of them. A major contribution to the rehabilitation of our 43rd president.
—The Wall Street Journal
"Filled with enlivening detail and judicious analysis, Days of Fire is the most reliable, comprehensive history of the Bush years yet."
—The New York Times
"Impressive . . . a distinguished work, notable for its scope and ambition. . . . As thorough and detailed an account of the Bush years . . . as we are ever likely to get. . . . Baker draws out each development in this tangled relationship in much the same way that Robert Caro wrote about the relationship between John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson."
—The Washington Post
"[Baker] has achieved the unthinkable—a vivid page-turner on the ultimately divided not-co-presidency of George W. Bush and Dick Cheney."
—Austin American-Statesman
"Poignant. . . . The story of those eight years would seem far too vast to contain inside a single volume. Yet here that volume is. Peter Baker neither accuses nor excuses. He writes with a measure and balance that seem transported backward in time from some more dispassionate future."
—The New York Times Book Review
"A fine new book about [Bush's] time in office. . . . [Baker's] shrewd, meticulous reporting offers a useful corrective to tales of a puppet-master deputy manipulating an inexperienced boss."
—The Economist
"This is political journalism and history at its best. A deep, credible, and compelling account of the Bush presidency and the relationship between Bush and Cheney."
—Norm Ornstein, The Best Political Books of the Year, National Journal
"An encyclopedic and even-handed account of the Bush years. . . . Baker offers clear-eyed perspective on the fateful decisions of a decade ago. . . . [A] kaleidoscopic, behind-the-scenes narrative."
—The Christian Science Monitor
"Baker's approach works well . . . [he] is an impressive stylist."
—Star Tribune
"Magisterial. . . . [A] remarkable achievement. . . . Baker has done a tremendous job of knitting together the disparate strains of a complex and multilayered narrative. For all its density, the book proceeds at a beach-read velocity that makes it a pleasure to peruse."
—The National Interest
"The new book with all the buzz is Days of Fire. . . . A magisterial study of the way [Bush and Cheney] influenced each other, waxing and then waning, during the fateful eight-year presidency of George W. Bush."
—US News & World Report
"The first comprehensive narrative history of what will surely remain one of the most controversial presidential administrations in U.S. history. . . . All subsequent writers dealing with the subject will find his book indispensable."
—Foreign Affairs
"Baker's book is red meat for political junkies. . . . Mr. Baker's fair book is an admirable attempt to put a polarizing administration into perspective. But it's not designed to forgive and forget. If anything, it resurrects the consequential days of an administration that dealt with unprecedented problems and tensions in a uniquely headstrong, American way."
—Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
"This is an amazing book, a deeply reported, wonderfully written and—crucially—wholly fair and penetrating review and critique of the Bush-Cheney years, their turmoil and tragedy, their great successes and their great failures. I can't think of a book produced so close to a presidency that has done quite what Baker does in this book. . . . You will be inside the Bush White House in a way you could not have ever have hoped to see inside until decades from now."
—Hugh Hewitt
"On each page, there are stories that I remember well from my days in the Bush White House; stories that I'm surprised Peter discovered, and revelations that I read about for the first time."
—Nicolle Wallace, former White House Communications Director
"Peter Baker's superb biography of George W. Bush and Dick Cheney will stand as the most complete and balanced discussion of the men and their administration for decades. . . . No one has drawn the complicated Bush-Cheney relationship more convincingly than Baker. Anyone eager to understand our current dilemmas does well to read this book."
—Robert Dallek, author of Nixon and Kissinger: Partners in Power
"Peter Baker tells the story of Bush and Cheney with the precision of a crack reporter and the eye and ear of a novelist. . . . A splendid mix of sweeping history and telling anecdotes that will keep you turning the page."
—Chris Wallace, anchor of Fox News Sunday
"It turns out George W. Bush was no puppet, and Dick Cheney no puppet master. Days of Fire takes us inside a relationship that came to define American conflict, peace, and politics. . . . This excellent book tells us what really happened, from the mouths of the players themselves."
—Gwen Ifill, coanchor of PBS Newshour
"Peter Baker's Days of Fire is a book for every presidential hopeful and every citizen."
—Tom Brokaw, author of The Greatest Generation
"You may or may not agree with George W. Bush's actions as president, but by the time you put Days of Fire down, you will understand them, and him, as never before."
—Richard Norton Smith, author of Thomas E. Dewey and His Times
"A fast-paced read that deftly weaves the trials and tribulations of the Bush presidency into a monumental tale of hubris and missed opportunities for greatness."
—Publishers Weekly, starred review
"A thorough, objective and surprisingly positive examination of the Bush-Cheney years. . . . This briskly written but exhaustively detailed account defies expectations. . . . A major contribution to the rehabilitation of our 43rd president."
—Kirkus Reviews, starred review
"Ambitious, engrossing, and often disturbing. . . . A superbly researched, masterful account of eight critical, history-changing years."
—Booklist, starred review
"Steeped in facts, and the writing is clear and crisp. . . . [Days of Fire] offers breathtaking insights into power, passion and politics at the highest levels of our government."
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"One of you could be president"
George W. Bush had already dropped by to see three congressmen when he strode down the high-ceilinged corridor of the Cannon House Office Building to find the fourth on his list. It was June 17, 1987, and the son of the vice president was making the rounds to gather support for his father's presidential campaign, or at least build goodwill with Republicans on Capitol Hill. His 3:30 p.m. appointment was with a low-key congressman from Wyoming named Dick Cheney.
This next-generation Bush was a tall, rangy man, handsome with an easy smile and a face that bore a striking resemblance to that of his famous father. Just a couple weeks shy of his forty-first birthday, he had moved his wife and twin daughters to Washington for the campaign, appointing himself "loyalty enforcer" to ensure a growing staff of political operatives was laboring on behalf of George H. W. Bush's interests rather than their own.
Along the way, he was becoming a surrogate for his father and was surprised how much he enjoyed his new role. This family business had gotten into his blood. He had none of his father's smoothness, though, and none of those polished New England sensibilities. Junior, as some called him, although he was not technically a junior, lived closer to the edge, the "Roman candle of the family," as the campaign chronicler Richard Ben Cramer would call him, "the biggest and most jagged chip off the old block."
By temperament, the man he was visiting was quite the opposite. Cheney, a former White House chief of staff now in his fifth term in Congress, was as quiet as Bush was voluble, as stoic as the younger man was expressive. He would say what he had to and then stop, perfectly comfortable with the silences that disquieted others. "He's not necessarily what you would call the life of the party," observed Dennis Hastert, who served with him in the House and went on to become Speaker. Cheney's wife, Lynne, thought the way to understand him was to remember how much he loved fly-fishing, standing without a sound for hours casting for a bite—"not a sport for the impatient," as she put it, and "definitely not a sport for chatterboxes." He refused to go fishing with his friend Kenneth Adelman because "he talks too much." At forty-six, Cheney had just been promoted to chairman of the House Republican Conference, the number-three position in the party leadership. He had his eye on someday becoming Speaker.
Neither man in the years to come would remember the first time they met, but it was likely this encounter in the summer before the Republican primaries. Never mind that Cheney had no intention of taking sides in the Republican contest featuring Bush's father. To a congressman eyeing further moves up the leadership ladder, becoming a partisan for a presidential candidate would be "asking for grief I didn't need," as Cheney later put it. Indeed, his neutrality would cause a years-long rift with his good friend and mentor, Donald Rumsfeld, who had been contemplating his own run for president. But Cheney got along well with his guest that day. "He and Bush hit it off," recalled Wayne Berman, the campaign's congressional relations director who organized the meeting.
Berman would go on to become one of Washington's premier lobbyists and Republican fund-raisers, as well as one of the few men close to both Bush and Cheney. He raised millions of dollars for them, promoted their campaigns, and hosted dinners for them at his house. His wife, Lea Berman, would work in the White House first for Cheney's wife and then for Bush's wife. But even Wayne Berman never imagined what would eventually come of the acquaintance that began in that courtesy call one summer afternoon. "Bush in those days was a really interesting guy," he observed years later. "A little insecure, had a bit of a chip on his shoulder. Very skeptical of everything in Washington, something I think he retained. Skeptical of a lot of people around his dad." As for Cheney, he was more comfortable with Washington yet also kept his distance. The only ones he truly relaxed around were his wife and two daughters. "Cheney has three confidantes, and all their last names are Cheney," Berman noted. "One is related by marriage and two by blood." He could be unguarded with friends, "but if he told you something and it leaked and he suspected you leaked it, you didn't get a second chance. Finished."
Bush at that point had yet to win public office and was still evolving into the politician he would later become. When he visited the West Wing in those days, he would stop by offices of aides he knew, plop down on a couch, and put his cowboy boots on the coffee table. Ronald Reagan, who had met the Bush children, thought that if any of them had a bright political future, it would be George's brother Jeb. Their brother Marvin once gave his assessment of each sibling. "George?" he said. "George is the family clown."
Indeed, after their father won the presidency, the younger George attended a state dinner for Queen Elizabeth II, lifted his pant legs to show her his cowboy boots, and proudly declared that he was the black sheep in the family. "Do you have any in yours?" he asked. What was certainly a defense mechanism for a son and grandson of accomplished men also became a conscious strategy of lowering expectations. "It is always better to lowball these things," he once told a general years later in a revealing moment during a conference call about Iraq. "If you perform, people are surprised." He added, "I really enjoy it when somebody says, that son of a bitch just got out a coherent sentence."
The day Bush met Cheney came less than a year after a radical midlife course correction. Although he never accepted the word "alcoholic," Bush's decision to quit drinking the day after his fortieth birthday reshaped his outlook on life, manifesting itself as both empathy and determination. The man who conquered his own weakness would stop whatever he was doing upon meeting an addict. "His cadence would change," said David Kuo, a former aide. "He would put both of his hands on the man's shoulders and look into his eyes. Any swagger disappeared. Something softer and perhaps more genuine took its place." At the same time, the iron discipline it took to stop cold turkey would become a never-look-back approach to the Oval Office; he could be at once maddeningly stubborn about revisiting decisions and indefatigably upbeat in the face of crises that would leave other presidents talking to the paintings.
It may have also fueled an urgent idealism that would characterize his presidency for better or worse; on some level, he believed he had been saved to accomplish great things. His zeal inspired supporters with its promise of transformation while dismaying critics as dangerously messianic. Bush's favorite book was The Raven, a Pulitzer Prize–winning biography that traced the life of Sam Houston from drunkard to president of the Republic of Texas. "His first thought, his constant thought, was to atone for the period of his delinquency," the author, Marquis James, wrote of Houston. "He would do something grand. He would capture an empire."
Grandiosity never defined Cheney. He was, as the writer Todd Purdum once observed, "a never-complain, never-explain politician who reminded many of the younger officials and journalists who came to know him of their fathers." A man who would survive five heart attacks, the first at age thirty-seven, Cheney demonstrated a grit he rarely got credit for, one that fostered a single-minded intensity to get things done regardless of others' sensibilities. "I suppose it gives him a sense of you can't count on being here forever and you have to accomplish what you can accomplish while you can," his daughter Liz observed. His own mortality never far from mind, Cheney adopted a cold-eyed view of what was needed to protect the life of the country, never entertaining a moment of doubt over tactics that would cause others to recoil.
Trent Lott, who served with him in the House before becoming Senate majority leader, remembered skiing with Cheney once in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, where the future vice president had a vacation home. Lott was decked out in a fancy outfit and red coat, while Cheney showed up at the lift in jeans, red scarf, and ragged old jacket that "looked like something a sailor would have worn in 1945." Cheney took off "and all I saw for the next two miles was that red scarf flapping in the breeze as I skidded down the run on my butt," Lott recalled. "He came up, very unimpressive looking, nothing fancy, skied like a wild man going down that run. I said that's the real Dick Cheney. I looked good and he skied good."
Cheney's DNA was missing that politician's gene attuned to reputation, a trait that served him well for decades, only to betray him at the end as he allowed himself to be reduced to a cartoon figure in the public mind. "I think years ago, the rooms in his brain that normal people devote to keeping score of slights and Beyoncé and popular culture, he moved all the furniture out of those rooms and stuffed them full of file cabinets about GDP and throw weights and all that kind of stuff," said Pete Williams, who worked for Cheney on Capitol Hill and at the Pentagon. "He is fundamentally a very serious man." And because Cheney flunked out of Yale and never became part of the club, he never felt beholden. "He didn't have the blue blazer, he didn't have the crest, and he didn't have the whale belt and the purple pants and all that stuff," Williams said. "There is no Ivy League thing, there is no big city thing, there is no prep school thing. He went to a public high school. So I think what that means is he came here pretty much on his own two feet. I think that that has always given him a great deal of self-confidence. That plays out in a number of ways. I think it liberated him to follow his own conscience. He didn't have chits to repay, he didn't have errands to run, he didn't have to worry about being ostracized if he took a view that was unorthodox. He just took the measure of himself and that was enough."
George Walker Bush and Richard Bruce Cheney were born five and a half years and a world apart. Bush arrived on July 6, 1946, in New Haven, Connecticut, joining a blue-blazer-and-whale-belt family with a rarefied history dating back to the Mayflower. His mother, the former Barbara Pierce, was a distant cousin of President Franklin Pierce's, while his father, George Herbert Walker Bush, had roots tied by researchers to fifteen American presidents and the British royal family. His grandparents traveled in the same circles as the Rockefellers, Tafts, Luces, Grahams, Harrimans, Lodges, Fulbrights, and Kennedys. Cheney was born on January 30, 1941, in Lincoln, Nebraska, to a family of New Deal Democrats who struggled through the Great Depression and were proud their oldest son was born on Franklin Roosevelt's birthday. His grandparents had lost everything in the crisis except their house. His father, Richard Herbert Cheney, dropped out of college and worked for decades for the Soil Conservation Service teaching farmers how to rotate crops. His mother, Marjorie Dickey, waited tables at the family-owned Dickey's Café in Syracuse, Nebraska, until meeting the young public servant. At various points growing up, Dick lived on an uncle's farm and in a family friend's basement.
Yet from such disparate beginnings, the two future partners would travel familiar paths. Bush's parents eschewed the easy life in the East to move to hardscrabble Texas oil country, and the Cheneys headed to the frontier of Wyoming, with the boys raised in settings not all that different. "There is a similarity, to a certain extent, between West Texas and Casper, Wyoming, in look and feel," observed Dean McGrath, who spent years working for Cheney. "It is a long, long way between places. There was openness and expanse that when people in the West talk about, people on the East Coast don't get." From their western upbringings came strong views about the American ethos and an equally strong detachment from the coasts that dominated national life. As McGrath put it, "They are both pretty conservative, they are both pretty free market, they are both pretty free trade, and they both have pretty strong social values."
Nostalgia naturally shrouded the places that shaped Bush and Cheney in romantic hues, but friends describe them in similar terms, as towns where doors were left unlocked, boys played baseball day after day, and everyone knew each other's business. Midland was a "little Mayberry type of town," as Bush's lifelong friend Joe O'Neill remembered it, while Joe Meyer, Cheney's high school pal, described Casper as something out of Happy Days. They were towns on the rise, flush with oil and the entrepreneurs who chased it. Midland was the capital of the Permian Basin, which produced nearly 20 percent of America's oil in the 1950s. Casper was called the oil capital of the Rockies. Both towns were formed in the 1880s and topped twenty thousand residents in 1950; Casper had doubled in size since 1920, while Midland had quadrupled since 1930 and would triple again over the next decade. By the time the Bushes bought their first house in Midland, 215 oil companies had opened offices there. Both towns were arid, but Midland was flat and brown, prone to tumbleweed and sandstorms, while Casper was greener, perched at the base of a mountain and nearly as high as Denver.
The Bushes came from money, of course, but family tradition dictated that each generation make its own. Prescott Bush, young George's grandfather, who went by Pres, had refused his father's inheritance and helped round up investors in early American icons like CBS, Prudential, and Pan Am. He helped Dresser Industries reorganize and go public with a Yale University friend, Neil Mallon, at the helm. George H. W. Bush, the youngest commissioned navy combat pilot in World War II and a star baseball player at Yale, set off for Texas in 1948 to make his own mark. That's not to say family connections were unavailable. It was Mallon who gave him a job at a Dresser subsidiary in Odessa. But he had to start as an equipment clerk. It was a hard, peripatetic life in modest homes for years until oil began paying off. Settling in Odessa, the family rented a two-room duplex, sharing a bathroom with a mother-and-daughter prostitute team next door. After a yearlong transfer to California, where the family bounced around five different homes, they returned to Texas in 1950, this time to Midland.
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Peter Baker is the Chief White House Correspondent for The New York Times and a regular panelist on Washington Week on PBS. He is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Breach, about Bill Clinton's impeachment, and, with his wife, Susan Glasser, of Kremlin Rising, about Vladimir Putin's Russia.
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Fascinating read. Well-researched and written, I found this review of those horrible eight years mostly fair and balanced. The book provided an interesting look behind the scenes at all the internal turmoil within the Bush administration and how an unprepared President struggled to manage the personality clashes within his cabinet, domestic and foreign affairs, and an unregulated economy gearing up to implode. After finishing this book, I was stunned at the resiliency of this country to have survived so many attacks on so many fronts in such a short period of time.
This book opened my eyes to the tremendous conflict that Bush/Cheney experienced after 9/11 and the anthrax debacle. They were freaked' with paranoid in those first 6 months and wanted to appear in control and 'do something'. They did the best they could under the circumstances, IMO. I am not so critical against them today now that I better understand. Great read by a good writer. Balanced and fair. Definitely recommended...
It was fascinating to read the background of the Bush-Cheney white house. Some of the history about the lead up to the Iraq war seems to vary from what I saw.
Book started out as a fair and balanceed accoutinng of the Bush presidency. As I read further, the author lets his disdain for Bush and Cheney rise to the surface. After finishing the book, I have grave doubts as to the facts in the entire book.
This a very well-written and engaging book about the George W. Bush presidency that focuses primarily on the relationship between President Bush and Vice President Cheney. The book is worth reading just to develop a better understanding of the degree to which Cheney influenced (or in many instances did not influence) the decisions made by the president. An added bonus is that the book provides a nice history of the most important actions taken by President Bush. Just because we lived through these events doesn't mean we remember them well. I highly recommend the book!
Worst book ever
Peter Baker begins before the beginning of both men's political careers and presents a highly lucid account of the Bush presidency. If either of these men or those years remain a black and white image in your memory this book will bring back the color in detail. I don't know if I would have cracked this book so soon upon receiving it, but the events in the news now really make it a must read for any other political/history junkies out there like myself.
Chaney - The devil incarnate and his puppet Bush! Not worth reading.
Harlyeus not the book the book is stupid whats haleus is that some one wrote a dramma plea book about bush
So repukes are already trying to rewrite the Bush/Cheney debacle, huh? Those eight years of lies, mendacity, outright theft of the US treasury, murder, and treason are dressed up nice and pretty in this piece of trash. BARF.


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The main room has an unusual shape, designed in the Classical Revival style favored by its architect, Benjamin Henry Latrobe. The ceiling is composed of three types of vaults—two half-barrels, a groin vault at the center, and a curved apse end. Built from masonry, vaults were both stylistically attractive and important for fire-proofing—potentially a factor in the room's survival. The original décor was simple, including a brick floor and whitewashed walls with painted woodwork. The ceiling was painted with eagle heads, shields, and other decorative motifs around the turn of the twentieth century. The chandelier, added around 1915, was purchased from Brook Brothers of Washington.
Prior to its becoming the Women's Reading Room, the Clerk of the House resided here, beginning in 1857. Through the years, the Clerk was joined by the Committee on Banking and Currency (1874–1885) and the Enrolling Clerk (1915–1918) in what is now the Lindy Boggs suite.
Speaker's Rooms
After Statuary Hall was remodeled as a result of the fire of 1814, this space became the Speaker's Office. Henry Clay was its first occupant, using the room from 1819 to 1821 and from 1823 to 1825. Clay had a long and illustrious career, serving in both the House and the Senate. He was elected Speaker on his first day in the House in 1811 and went on to transform the speakership into a powerful leadership post. During his first term, he led the "war hawk" faction that pushed the country into conflict with Great Britain in the War of 1812—though he later resigned from the House to serve as a U.S. commissioner to negotiate the Treaty of Ghent, which ended the war. After reclaiming the speakership, Clay was instrumental in steering the Missouri Compromise of 1820 to passage.
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One of the most significant events that took place in this room occurred during Robert Winthrop's speakership. On February 21, 1848, John Quincy Adams suffered a stroke in the adjoining Chamber. "Old Man Eloquent" was carried to the Speaker's Office, now the Lindy Claiborne Boggs Congressional Women's Reading Room, where he died two days later. Adams, the nation's sixth President, served in the House for 16 years after he lost his presidential reelection bid to Andrew Jackson in 1831. He considered his time as a Representative the happiest of his fifty years of public service.
In 1991, while reflecting upon the significance of Adams's death in this room, Lindy Boggs recalled that Adams's formidable mother, Abigail, had written to her husband as the Declaration of Independence was being drafted, instructing him to: "Remember the Ladies and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors."
Concerning the rumors about Adams's ghost haunting the suite, Boggs said: "… poor John Quincy. He's suffering from the errors of his father … but I think Abigail's wishes are now being carried out. Her son will forever be surrounded by strong ladies."


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2. What type of music do you like in the weight room?
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3. What's the funniest thing to ever happen in a huddle?
"We were standing in the huddle one time and Ray (Rice) was bending over because he was tired and I told him to get up. He looks at me and goes, 'Yo, Teel, I'm tired, give me a second,' and everyone in the huddle started laughing.
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-- Brian Kelly, Cincinnati coach, on recruiting in the shadows of his Big East counterparts while sharing a neighborhood with Ohio State University.
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Beginning in the 1973 season, American League teams were able to use a designated hitter. Ron Bloomberg of the New York Yankees was the first DH, and there have been many more players who have filled the DH position since then.
There is a constant debate about whether these players that only have an impact offensively are deserving of a spot in the Hall of Fame. Some great players have been DHs, and they have put up outstanding numbers during their career. Other players have become DHs after they were no longer able to play good defense.
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Film Clip: 'Deepwater Horizon'9/29/2016 12:43PM
Watch a film clip from "Deepwater Horizon," starring Mark Wahlberg, Kurt Russell, and Douglas M. Griffin. Photo: Lionsgate