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A handful of students within the business and engineering schools at San Jose State University in California are headed for careers in service-related industries with an expanded set of marketable skills. A specially devised curriculum shared by the two schools includes instruction in such areas as service design and computer science, as well as soft skills electives including leadership and communication.
The university's goal is to help students develop an array of skills that are highly prized by organizations in service-related fields, explains Stephen Kwan at the university's College of Business. For example, he says, "students in the program learn how information technologies can be used to create innovations within all types of service companies."
Kwan says students possessing such versatile skills will enjoy a competitive advantage in their pursuit of promising careers in the fast-growing service sector, which represents some 80 percent of the U.S. gross domestic product. Employers will reap the benefits, he adds.
San Jose State is not alone in offering this interdisciplinary approach, called the Service Science, Management, and Engineering (SSME) program. In fact, it is one of more than 250 universities that provide SSME-related courses thanks in large part to IBM.
It was Big Blue that developed the SSME curriculum in 2003 and that for the past five years has helped university faculties institute it as part of the IBM Academic Initiative - a program that helps accredited schools throughout the world develop a more competitive workforce. To date, the expansive IBM initiative has helped more than 8,500 faculties at 4,000 institutions teach 40,000 courses to more than 2.5 million students, states Director Kevin Faughnan.
Indeed, a growing chorus of business and academic leaders is seeking to ensure that tomorrow's graduates possess a broad repertoire of competencies that extend well beyond IT. "Graduates who want to compete in the global economy need to be innovative and entrepreneurial, with a focus on value creation," says Debra Van Opstal, senior vice president of programs and policy with the Washington, D.C.-based Council on Competitiveness. "They also need leadership skills and the flexibility to adapt quickly as the pace of change accelerates."
The council, an organization of CEOs, university presidents, and labor leaders working to ensure U.S. prosperity, has launched an energetic skills initiative. Similar education and skills development projects are underway within the Business Roundtable and the National Association of Manufacturers.
IBM's academic initiative
Faughnan says the IBM initiative seeks to fill some of the most critical talent shortages in business by instilling students with a breadth of badly needed skills, including technological capabilities. Participating colleges and universities receive no-cost access to IBM's software, courseware, computing capacity, and subject matter experts on a multitude of technology and business topics via the web and face-to-face relationships.
According to Faughnan, the program demonstrates how businesses and universities can partner to address a wide range of critical skills needs. For example, he says, IBM views SSME expertise as vital to meeting this century's major business challenges. "Most economies around the world are made up of services businesses, yet most universities had been teaching in a products and manufacturing context," he says.
In addition, service companies have been slow to adopt IT tools commonly employed by manufacturing companies, says Faughnan. Tools such as computer-aided design and manufacturing systems, inventory management and control, and cost accounting systems are critical to productivity, competitiveness, and quality in manufacturing, he says. A comparable set of tools and skills for the service industry must be developed and taught, Faughnan believes.
IBM knows well the growing importance of the service sector. Once dependent on the manufacture of mainframe computers, IBM currently derives most of its revenues from consulting and data analytics. Within the past decade, it has acquired nearly 100 firms including consultant PriceWaterhouseCoopers.
Even as Faughnan's department chips away at skills-related problems with free expertise and access to software, IBM is providing a more holistic response with its ubiquitous "Smarter Planet" campaign that markets solutions to the world's information problems.
"T-shaped" skills needed
Faughnan is encouraged by the growing focus among schools on the development of skills that meet today's business and IT challenges. It's a formula that stresses depth and versatility in knowledge.
"We think all professionals need to be more multidisciplinary or "T shaped," meaning deep in one or more subjects and broad across many," he says. "Professionals for the 21st century need to possess a combination of skills so they understand business, technology, people, and culture."
Invariably, those requested skills include a heavy dose of IT as the role of Web 2.0 technologies and programming prowess takes center stage. "You can't be an effective marketer today without possessing skills in data mining," says the IBM executive.
San Jose University's Kwan seconds that opinion. "Biology and chemistry students need that horizontal bar just as much as those in business or information systems," he contends. "The 'T' person is not easily outsourced."
Developing such students is the thrust of numerous other academic projects working with the IBM Academic Initiative:
The skills gap
At the Council on Competitiveness, the urgent need to expand interdisciplinary skills is highlighted in a broad initiative launched in 2008 to address the country's future prosperity. As part of the "Compete 2.0" initiative, the council will issue a number of benchmarks on skills demands, skills shortages, and the capacity for innovation, and entrepreneurial activity globally. In addition, it is partnering with Georgetown University to roll out a new data system that will project skills and education needs 15 years into the future.
Council vice president Van Opstal says the T-shaped skill set "is emblematic of the need for creativity, problem solving, communications, customer relations, computing, collaboration, and teamwork in the 21st century workforce." The vision behind Compete 2.0 is to help create a workforce that is able and empowered to act on insight and experience, and an innovation system that is continually poised to deploy great ideas.
She says that while every university president "gets" this message, "the world is changing faster than university curriculum." Meanwhile, corporations train workers around the world in skills that reflect their own needs, markets, and priorities, yet "no corporation offers the full toolkit implied by the T-shaped skills concept," claims Van Opstal.
She points to a variety of multidisciplinary initiatives underway, including the Professional Science Master's (PSM) degree, jumpstarted by the Sloan Foundation and now in use by 71 institutions. It is intended for math and science graduates pursuing careers at the intersection of science and business management or the newly emerging specialty that combines IT with other disciplines such as bioinformatics.
Examples include the UConn PSM (genetics, molecular biology, and computational assessment), SUNY Buffalo PSM (computational chemistry), and Worcester Polytechnic Institute (quantitative finance).
Also, "virtually every major research university understands that innovation is occurring at the intersection of disciplines," Van Opstal says. They are creating interdisciplinary research and educational opportunities that cut across traditional stovepipes. Examples include MIT's Media Lab, Georgia Tech's BEMS complex (Biotechnology-Environmental Science & Technology-Molecular & Materials Science), and Rensselaer's Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies (which combines IT and engineering with the physical and life sciences).
At North Carolina State University, programs to promote interdisciplinary education, research, and collaboration create valuable opportunities for students to be entrepreneurial and work with practicing professionals, according to Chancellor James Oblinger. At the school's Centennial Campus, the corporate and government partnership concept is used to enable students to understand not just problems and solutions, but also the process of innovation and problem solving, reports Oblinger in the Council on Competitiveness' 2008 report, "Thrive."
United Kingdom's IT skills
The urgent need to place broadly skilled individuals into the IT workforce is the incentive behind another broad initiative being launched within the United Kingdom. Called the IT Professional Development Program, it was designed by the organization e-skills UK along with leading companies, universities, and training providers. e-skills UK is a not-for-profit, employer-led organization licensed by the government as the Sector Skills Council for Business and Information Technology.
The program seeks to address a major skills challenge within the United Kingdom - helping aspiring IT professionals establish careers in the field when they lack access to traditional entry-level IT jobs. Increased offshoring of entry-level IT functions by U.K. companies has eliminated large numbers of those positions, even as the need for broader IT skills increases.
Following a 10-person pilot at British Airways delivered by U.K. distance learning provider Open University, the full program will begin in October with roughly 100 participants, according to e-skills UK. The University of Lancaster is then slated to join in the delivery.
Other employers participating in the initiative include British Telecom, IBM, Oracle, and Centrica. The curriculum is designed to enable individuals to become quickly productive in a business environment, while also achieving a recognized postgraduate qualification leading to a master's degree. The program's flexible and modular structure is aimed at building a strong foundation of competence in the early years of a career, including an understanding of the business objectives behind IT. Courses cover a variety of hard and soft skills such as technical, business, project management, leadership and personal skills, and change management.
e-skills UK assures that the program will enable all new IT professionals to benefit from the same top-quality training regardless of background or organization. It will be delivered through a blend of face-to-face learning and e-resources, assessment, mentoring, peer-to-peer interaction, and employer support.
"In today's highly competitive environment, people entering IT professional careers in the United Kingdom need to progress to more highly skilled and demanding roles faster than ever before," says Karen Price, CEO of e-skills UK. British Airways CIO Paul Coby says the initiative represents "a milestone in the professionalization of the IT industry."
After completing the e-skills Professional Foundation Program (postgraduate certificate), participants can progress to the e-skills professional specialist options and earn the e-skills professional specialist award (postgraduate diploma). An additional project could lead to a full master's degree.
The initiative builds on previous programs to bolster the IT profession throughout Great Britain. Two years ago, e-skills UK published the IT Professional Competency Model, a sectorwide approach to expressing IT professional capabilities. The flexible model was heralded as a breakthrough in helping employers, educators, and others to communicate using a common language and framework for skills, knowledge, and experience. The model, based on extensive consultation with employers, includes transferable skills - such as business and personal skills - that apply to all disciplines. T+D
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Chad Johnson has dodged a bullet and will avoid jail time reports TMZ. The former wide receiver reportedly struck a deal with prosecutors to keep him out of jail by agreeing to be placed on probation and undergo anger management counseling.
Chad also agreed to a no-contact order that would block him from having any contact with his ex-wife Evelyn Lozada.
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How did Evelyn become an ex has the divorce been finalized? Different values for different people depending upon the circumstances. Somewhere in all of this if it were meant to be they might be able to repair this but I don't believe that it was what God put together but they did based upon the financial gains of the show and the new show not commitment or love and respect for one another. Chad can have many of women that will housemate his kids while he sleeps around, they are a dime a dozen if you got the paper but not real when you broke and penniless! The choices become far and few between. They were blinded and lost it all. OBAMA 2012
I am so shocked that we/yall did not act with him they way everyone blew up on the "baby", Chris Brown……
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Reduction of services will reflect in polls in next election
All the hoopla about cuts to health care services on the Northern Peninsula has some residents along the Trinity South Shore thinking about the services in their area.
Bob, a Trinity South resident, is afraid the laboratory and x-ray services at the Dr. W. H. Newhook Community Health Centre in Whitbourne could be reduced or cut. If that happens he feels it will mark the beginning of the end for the facility.
NEWHOOK CENTRE - Residents along the Trinity Shore are keeping an eye on what's happening to the laboratory and x-ray and services in other areas of the province. They do not want the same reduction in services, proposed for Lewisporte and Flower's Cove,
All the hoopla about cuts to health care services on the Northern Peninsula has some residents along the Trinity South Shore thinking about the services in their area.
Bob, a Trinity South resident, is afraid the laboratory and x-ray services at the Dr. W. H. Newhook Community Health Centre in Whitbourne could be reduced or cut. If that happens he feels it will mark the beginning of the end for the facility.
"So far there haven't been any changes, but if it happens I think it is just as well to put the locks on the doors," says Bob. "People from all over the Trinity Shore, Whitbourne, Placentia and Norman's Cove area really depend on those services. If they're cut or reduced it's going to affect the health of a lot of people."
Lose doctors
Bob also fears the clinic may lose doctors.
"These services (lab and x-ray) entice doctors to set up their practices here. They like the fact they have immediate access to the lab and x-ray department because they are better able to treat their patients," he suggests. "It's hard enough to get doctors to move here to rural Newfoundland as it is, we don't need something else driving them away. Also I'm not sure anyone in government realizes how many people from around here drive to St. John's to see their family doctor, but have all their blood work and x-rays done at the lab in Whitbourne. If we lose these services it means longer waiting times in the hospitals at St. John's or in Carbonear. They're already over booked, overworked and understaffed so that will be a nightmare!"
Addressing deficits
Bob's concerns about the possible cuts to health services at the Community Health Centre in Whitbourne stem from the Sept. 21 release of documents written by regional health boards to former Health Minister Paul Oram. The documents, written prior to the 2009 provincial budget, outlined options for reducing health care spending and addressing budget deficits.
At that time the province's largest board, Eastern Health, was facing a $22 million shortfall.
Some of the options included eliminating School Health Liaison positions, reducing the number of surgeries and lab services during the spring and summer months, and reviewing the in-patient beds (excluding palliative and convalescence care) on Bell Island. The documents also suggested reviewing the delivery of lab and diagnostic services in hospitals at St. Lawrence, Old Perlican and Whitbourne. If services in these three hospitals were reduced it would result in an annual savings of $3,800,000.
The documents were released as part of the government's plan, announced Aug. 29. to contain the fallout from its decision to close x-ray and lab services in Lewisporte and Flower's Cove.
At that time government said X-ray and lab services provided in Lewisporte would be moved to Grand Falls-Windsor, about 70 kilometres away, and to Gander, about 60 kilometres away.
Government also said it would cut operating hours at the community clinic in Flower's Cove, on the Northern Peninsula, to 12 hours a day from 24, and eliminate lab and X-ray services. Flower's Cove residents would have to travel about two hours to the hospital in St. Anthony to receive the services.
Protests and resignations
Bodytext:The announced cuts sparked large protests in both communities, but the health minister at the time, Paul Oram, said the government was standing firm.
"The decisions in Flower's Cove and Lewisporte are final decisions," said Oram. "They won't be changed."
However on Oct. 1 Oram said the decision to cut clinic hours had been reversed, but plans to cut X-ray and lab services in Flower's Cove and Lewisporte were going ahead.
Just days later, Oct. 7 Oram resigned from cabinet and provincial politics citing personal health reasons (high blood pressure) and concerns about how the media were covering his handling of the health-care portfolio as being the cause. Later that day, Jerome Kennedy, Carbonear/Harbour Grace MHA was shuffled from finance to health.
That same evening, Kennedy and Premier Danny Williams flew to the Northern Peninsula to meet with community leaders in Flower's Cove. Kennedy told the leaders the proposed cuts might be avoidable if other health-care savings can be found.
Last Wednesday Oct. 14 Lewisporte Mayor Brian Peckford met with Kennedy.
The mayor said he was told (by Kennedy) the province may be able save lab and X-ray services in Lewisporte if they can find some health-care savings elsewhere. Peckford said the money would probably have to come from the proposed redevelopment of North Haven Manor in Lewisporte, a long-term care facility scheduled to receive a $32-million upgrade.
Reviewing review
On Thursday Oct. 15 Kennedy said he may cancel a province wide review of laboratory and X-ray services altogether.
"So at this stage I can't tell you that the review is finished. It's still on. But it's something I will be reviewing in a period of the next week or so," Kennedy told reporters. "We're reviewing whether or not the review is even necessary at this point. I'm hopeful we will reach a resolution and then at that point the X-ray review may not be necessary. So, we are going to play it by ear right now and really see where we go with Lewisporte and Flower's Cove."
Buying votes
Meanwhile the province's opposition parties say they believe the government is only considering reversing health-care cuts to win votes in the Oct. 27 byelection in the Straits-White Bay North district. The district, which includes the town of Flower's Cove, was represented by former minister Trevor Taylor before he resigned last month.
Provincial Liberal Opposition Leader Yvonne Jones says government is just buying itself time until after the first byelection.
"Government's action on this issue is related to the byelection on the Northern Peninsuala, there's no doubt about that," Jones told The Compass last Friday. "They should be out now telling the people in Flower's Cove and Lewisporte that their services won't be cut."
Jones also doesn't like Kennedy telling residents the cuts will be reversed if savings can be found elsewhere.
"They are holding these people and the services they need at ransom," she says. "They are giving with one hand and taking away with the other."
NDP Leader Lorraine Michael (MHA Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi) feels the Minister of Health's call for a review of his department's review of lab and x-ray is nothing more than damage control.
"The government wants to cut the health care budget
willy-nilly without an overall plan to make the whole system work better," said Michael in an Oct. 16 press release.
"The Williams administration decided to do a so-called review of lab and x-ray services to make cuts, but they underestimated the power of local protests in Lewisporte and Flower's Cove and had to back down fast for the by-elections."
Backed into a corner
Michael believes Kennedy has been backed into a corner by his predecessor's ineptitude and is now struggling.
"The minister said this morning that he is thinking twice about the province-wide review of lab and x-ray services which started in August. He was quoted as saying they are reviewing whether or not the review is even necessary at this point," says Michael.
"This piecemeal way of trying to fix the health care system is not getting us anywhere. We need a full external review of the entire health care system. The NDP has been the only opposition party calling for such a review for two years now. A review would find cost savings in a more organized and compassionate way than the government is doing right now," concluded Michael.
Kennedy, however denies the claims made by Jones and Michaels.
"The premier told people in the area we were willing to work with them and that's what we are doing. We are trying to find a solution. We're not trying to buy the byelection," said Kennedy.
Better think again
Meanwhile Bob has a message for government.
"I've been speaking to a lot of people about this review of our lab and x-ray services at the Newhook Clinic and the possibility of it being removed and if this is something government is considering, they better think again. We might not have a byelection here, but we can kick up a stink and protest just as loudly as the people of Lewisporte and Flower's Cove. We are not forgetting about the provincial election, which is coming up in 2011 either. There are three MHA's (Felix Collins, Calvin Peach and Charlene Johnson) who come under the area served by this clinic and if we lose our services, it's going to reflect in the polls."


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Definitely! I'll post updates as I go along.
As for the symptoms, I don't seem to be getting any of the mentioned ones.
1. Browser redirection is still the most noticable symptom
2. All scan results, including dedicated MBR and rootkit scanners come back negative or inconclusive
3. Infects the Windows XP operating system on upward
4. If a user has ESET Smart Security onboard, its resident protection monitor will alert with: "Win32/Olmarik.TDL4 trojan in operating memory unable to clean"
5. Multiple Internet Explorer processes (that were not invoked by the user), persistently run in the background and respawn if they are terminated
6. Executing Bootrec /fixmbr from the Windows Recovery Environment will no longer be effective in removing the rootkit because this new TDL4 variant does not modify the original Windows MBR code
7. Executing Bootrec /fixboot from the Windows Recovery Environment is likely to result in a non-booting system because /fixboot will attempt to repair the TDL4 partition while leaving the malicious entry in the partition table intact.
I haven't been redirected while browsing (using either Internet Explorer or Firefox). There aren't multiple instances of IEXPLORE.EXE (not iexplorer.exe). And ESET has found some viruses but it hasn't finished. I can't understand symptoms 6 or 7, however.


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Actress and comedian Betty White's appearance during LaughFest at DeVos Place is sold out.
But you can catch her show in DeVos Performance Hall, where it'll be simulcast live as it's happening just next door.
Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Monday for "An Evening with Betty White" on March 15. Tickets are $12.50 for the simulcast. All seats are reserved.
"Because there has been such a huge community support for LaughFest, we wanted to give as many people a chance to be a part of the Betty White program as we possibly could," said Leann Arkema, president and CEO of Gilda's Club Grand Rapids, which is sponsoring LaughFest.
Doors open at 7 p.m. Entertainment begins 7:45 p.m. with comedian Tim Cusack and other on-stage guests. White's performance begins approximately 8:20 p.m.
White's appearance at LaughFest is a fundraiser for Gilda's Club Grand Rapids, which provides support for individuals and families living with cancer. The Grand Rapids club, the largest of 52 U.S. affiliates, is celebrating its 10th anniversary.
What: "An Evening with Betty White"
When: 7:45 p.m. March 15
Where: DeVos Performance Hall, 303 Monroe Ave. NW
Tickets: $12.50 all seats reserved
Call: Ticketmaster at 800-745-3000
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Earlier this week, White was on NBC-TV's "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," chatting about LaughFest.
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Kim Kardashian's Pregnancy Is No Reason to Speed Divorce, says Kris Humphries
Kardashian, carrying boyfriend Kanye West's child, has bristled at what she sees as stall tactics by estranged husband Kris Humphries to close the legal books on their 72-day marriage.
But Humphries's lawyer Marshall W. Waller writes that "what is really going on here is that an 'urgency' in the form of an apparently unplanned pregnancy" is being used by Kardashian as "an opportunity to gain a litigation advantage (to) prematurely set this matter for trial."
He adds parenthetically that the pregnancy is "something (Humphries) had nothing to do with."
Waller explains his reasoning for calling the pregnancy as unplanned: "Indeed, why would (she) plan to get pregnant in the midst of divorce proceedings?"
Kardashian, herself, recently addressed the timing.
"God brings you things at a time when you least expect it," she said last month. "I'm such a planner and this was just meant to be. What am I going to? Wait years to get a divorce? I'd love one. It's a process."


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BEIRUT - Gun battles between pro- and anti-Syrian groups in northern Lebanon killed at least seven people and wounded 22 on Saturday, security officials said, as activists reported fresh shelling in a region in central Syria where a massacre last week left more than 100 people dead.
The clashes were the latest to hit the Lebanese port of Tripoli. Repeated outbreaks of violence in the city, the country's second largest, are seen as spillover from the conflict in neighboring Syria and have raised fears of an escalation in sectarian tensions in Lebanon.


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Red Mountain Theatre Company presents the larger-than-life Broadway musical hit, Hairspray (July 14-August 7, 2011).
Meet the Cast: Erykah Johnson (Little Inez)
Where are you from originally? If not Birmingham, what have you enjoyed most about this city while being here?
I am from Birmingham, Al, but currently I live in Hoover, Al.
What's your favorite thing(s) to do when you're not performing?
Actually my mom says I'm always in performance mode. When I am not performing with Red Mountain Theater Company, I am at home singing and dancing. I love hanging out with friends, shopping, and catching up on my sleep. I also love spending time with my little brother who loves for me to teach him dance moves He loves to watch Hairspray with me!
What's something interesting that most people wouldn't know about you?
Most people don't know that I also play the piano. I started playing the piano when I was 7 years old. For the last 2 years I have become more active in theater, so I have stopped playing piano as much. I miss it though and plan on returning to it this fall.
What role(s) do you play in this production? Tell us a little bit about your character.
I play the role of 12 yr old Little Inez; Seaweed's little sister and Motormouth's daughter. She's a strong minded little girl who will not let anything limit her.
What has been the most enjoyable part of rehearsing this show?
The best part of rehearsing has been the fun we have had! Also, learning the songs and choreography to the songs has been great. I also developed some close relationships with my brother and mom, Seaweed and Motormouth, it's like we are a real family! We had a blast every night. It was so amazing how each character is so similar to the person playing that role.
What's your favorite moment/song in the show?
I have so many favorite moments in the show it's hard to pick just one but here are a few. . . my favorite moment is when I get to sing my part in "Run and Tell That." I just love that song and was so excited to be a part of it. I also enjoy the choreography from "You Can't Stop The Beat!"
My favorite song in the show is "I Know Where I've Been." I love gospel music and it has a soulful, gospel sound that has a strong message. Ms. Erika really puts her heart into that song.
Why should Birmingham audiences see Hairspray?
Birmingham should come see Hairspray because it has a lot of talented people in it. It is full of good laughs, good music, and good people.
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Circa 1915 "Votes for Women" suffrage pennant was very likely used in a women's suffrage parade in Littleton, Massachusetts. The pennant is comprised of orange and blue felt with applied lettering reading "Votes for Women" in white on one side and "Littleton" in orange on the verso. Littleton, Massachusetts, located just northwest of Boston, is one of the earliest colonial settlements, dating to 1686. Protest for universal women's suffrage in the U.S. began as early as the 1820s and peaked around 1913 with the formation of The Congressional Union for Women's Suffrage. This group took a militant approach, organizing pickets, parades, and protests at many sites, including outside the White House. This item dates to those years of activism by suffragettes which ultimately resulted in the passage in 1920 of the 19th Amendment, providing the right to vote for women. This is a very interesting suffragette item, ideal for display. Length: 29 inches long. Height: 11 inches. Excellent condition. Reserve $400. Estimate $800/$1,200. SOLD FOR $1,624.00
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- Tie on jingle bells, a spray of holly with berries, plastic mini candy cane and mini cookie cutters to really dress this ornament up! Glue the embellishment in place on the cookie cutter with a glue gun. If using a small pattern patter glue an embellishment inside the cutter on the scrapbook paper.
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Kilimanjaro climb surpasses fundraising goal
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At 10 p.m. on January 16, Social Work Professor Lea Caragata quietly came out of her tent, which was sitting just 4,000 feet (about 1,200 metres) from the peak of Mt. Kilimanjaro. Lea was one of 18 people (12 group members, two leaders and several porters) preparing to summit the tallest mountain in Africa. The group had already spent six to eight hours climbing that day, arriving at camp at 2 p.m. and setting up their tents in the bitter cold. After trying to get in a few hours of sleep, they left camp at 11:30 p.m. for their final push to the top.
"We walked through the most bone chilling cold you can imagine", said Lea. "In addition to the cold, most of us were exhausted. We were walking and falling asleep." Walking single file with their head lamps on, the group quietly sang songs and encouraged each other. Lea pulled out her iPod and listened to the play list she'd trained to at the gym back home, giving her the energy she needed to get to the top.
At 6 a.m. the group reached the glaciers just as the sun was coming up and by 8 a.m. they reached their ultimate goal: the Uhuru Peak. Even now, after almost two months have passed, Lea still gets emotional when she describes that magical moment. "It was a very special moment of time in my life. The view was completely breathtaking. I couldn't have imagined ever seeing such a stunning sight. It was so powerful. There are no words to truly describe the experience."
The summit was the highlight, but Lea says that the whole experience was incredible. In addition to the common goal of reaching the top of the mountain, the group was also united in their commitment to raising money for Outward Bound'sWomen of Courage program. Because of this connection, the group quickly bonded and learned to rely on each other, both for help with the physical aspects of the hike and the emotional and mental challenges.
Lea was in excellent physical condition and was grateful for the hours of training she did before the trek. "It definitely wasn't an easy hike", said Lea. "Many days we were walking for eight to 10 hours a day." The most difficult part of the climb, which she hadn't anticipated, were the weather conditions. "We started off day one in the rain forest. By the end of that day we needed long pants and fleece sweaters. That day it started to rain as soon as we got to camp and it didn't stop until the next morning. It was pouring and the rain was cold and while we could stay dry there was nowhere for us to get really warm."
Despite the challenges, Lea has nothing but praise for the journey and for the Outward Bound program. "This was an extraordinary experience", said Lea. Besides the hike itself, Lea said she had the opportunity to meet a group of incredible people who came together, each for their own reasons, to help women who have been abused. She is very grateful to everyone who supported her journey and helped the group surpass their fundraising goal of $60,000. "We raised more than $127,000", said Lea, "which means that Outward Bound can run six Women of Courage programs across the country fully funded." That's an accomplishment as worthy as summiting Mt. Kilimanjaro.


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The mysterious case of the missing South Carolina governor may be solved.
A spokesman for Gov. Mark Sanford said he checked in with his staff and was surprised by the attention he was getting for his trip, and will return to work on Wednesday.
Mark Sanford left the governor's mansion in a black SUV on Thursday and had not been seen since. He even missed Father's Day with his four boys. A spokesman for the governor said he was hiking the Appalachian trail to "kind of clear his head." The state's lieutenant governor did not know where Sanford could be found. But he says the governor is still capable of running his office with modern technology.
"I am ready take over if that situation were to arise," said Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer. "But in no way am I trying to usurp the governor's powers. If people think they need to talk to somebody, at this point in time while the governor is out of town, I would be glad to try to help them with their problems, but right now as far as I am concerned, he is still in control." Sanford was called the nation's most vocal anti-bailout governor when he refused to accept the stimulus money. But he recently lost that battle in the South Carolina Supreme Court. And on Wednesday, the Republican-controlled state legislature overturned ten of the Republican governor's vetoes.
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The Dorman Cavaliers came up short in the AAAA Division 1 state championship game this past season after winning it all 2 years ago. They will be back ready to challenge rivals Byrnes and other top AAAA teams in hopes of landing back in the state title game again in 2011. One of their top returning prospects is 2012 cornerback Casey Cohen.
Many new schools have entered the picture for the talented cornerback as of late.
Cohen reportedly has fielded interest from schools such as Clemson, Duke, Florida, North Carolina State, Miami, South Carolina State, Tennessee, Army, Princeton, Brown, Harvard, and Georgia Southern.
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I couldn't help it! This one got me because man, I love to cook with some fresh herbs. And you know the fresh ones you buy at the store last 2 days tops before getting wilty. I have a garden in my backyard, but I have big vegetable plans for that this year and was planning on having a separate herb garden. Now I get to just have one in my house, thanks to the AEROGARDEN!
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Toronto is a rapidly growing city, one facing pressures on infrastructure, concerns about congestion of cars on roads, and the need for better mass transit. Toronto is a city beset by economic inequality. These are all issues that need to be seriously dealt with, not sidelined by the distractions of a mayor clearly unfit for office.
More and more people seem to be concluding that while marijuana has its real risks, letting grown-ups make their own choices about it is preferable to, and ultimately less damaging than, having the government assume a protective, prohibitory role. And yet... Take many of these same people and start talking to them about transfats or super-size sodas -- about Twinkies and Coca Cola -- and the conversation quickly turns to calls for bans and lawsuits and regulation. At just about the same time Colorado was legalizing pot, New York mayor Michael Bloomberg was busy trying to ban large sugary drinks.
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A few "birthday bash" political fundraisers are signaling the beginning of Maui County's election season, more than a year before voters cast general election ballots on Nov. 4, 2014.
On Tuesday, County Council Member Mike Victorino hosted his "61 and Still Having Fun" fundraiser at the Velma McWayne Santos Community Center in Wailuku. Now nearing the midway point in his fourth two-year term in the council's Wailuku-Waihee-Waikapu residency seat, Victorino said the event was indeed "a lot of fun." The event drew 500 to 600 people, each paying $15 to support Victorino's campaign.
It remains to be seen whether that campaign will be for a return to his council seat, probably in a rematch with 2012 challenger Joseph Blackburn, or for an attempt to deny Mayor Alan Arakawa a second consecutive four-year term and a third term overall.
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Mayor Alan Arakawa receives an All-Star jersey from Maui County Council Member Mike Victorino in 2012. Victorino is the father of major league outfielder Shane Victorino of the Boston Red Sox. Although Victorino said that he is undecided about a bid for the Mayor's Office next year, there are no other well-known candidates surfacing at a time when a campaign's organization and fundraising would be well underway for next year's elections.
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Mayor Alan Arakawa marches in this year's Fourth of July Parade in Makawao. Arakawa is known for his ability to attend numerous community events in a single day, a half-dozen or more on weekend days. "I really enjoy it," he said.
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Arakawa delivers his State of the County address in the Baldwin High School Auditorium in February. Arakawa is seeking re-election to a second consecutive four-year term and his third overall. He also served as mayor from 2003 to 2006, losing that year to Charmaine Tavares. He returned to defeat Tavares in 2010.
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When asked last week whether he'd run for mayor next year, Victorino said the race is "a consideration."
"It's still on the table," he said. "My wife (Joycelyn) and I, along with our campaign committee, have not made a decision . . . We're still up in the air, considering the option."
Meanwhile, Kahului Council Member Don Guzman will hold his 44th birthday celebration at a $100-per-plate event Friday at Cafe O'Lei at the Dunes at Maui Lani. And, Arakawa will have his own "birthday bash," celebrating his 62nd birthday beginning at 5:30 p.m. Sept. 19 at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center.
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Mayor Alan Arakawa has more surplus money available than any other Maui County-based officeholder, according to records filed for Jan. 1 to June 30 with the state Campaign Spending Commission.
Except for Maui County Council Members Stacy Crivello and Elle Cochran, Maui County's elected officials have surplus funds ranging from more than $320,000 to $505.
Here's how the mayor stacks up against other Maui elected officials in money available as of June 30, the end of the last reporting period:
Alan Arakawa $322,181.89
Maui County Council
Riki Hokama (Lanai residency seat) $38,469.79
Mike Victorino (Wailuku-Waihee-Waikapu) $26,765.93
Gladys Baisa (Pukalani-Kula-Ulupalakua) $16,645.90
Mike White (Makawao-Haiku-Paia) $12,105.59
Robert Carroll (East Maui) $6,923.95
Don Couch (South Maui) $1,931.12
Don Guzman (Kahului) $505.09
Stacy Crivello (Molokai) $947.16 (deficit)
Elle Cochran (West Maui) $53,060.63 (deficit)
Lieutenant Governor
Shan Tsutsui $294,406.83
State Senate
Roz Baker (West and South Maui) $102,195.30
J. Kalani English (East Maui-Upcountry-Molokai-Lanai) $50,591.51
Gil Keith-Agaran (Wailuku-Waihee-Kahului) $14,493.40
State House of Representatives
Kyle Yamashita (Upcountry-Spreckelsville-Kahului) $52,047.80
Joe Souki (Wailuku-Kahakuloa-Waiehu-Waikapu) $32,214.29
Angus McKelvey (West Maui-Maalaea-North Kihei) $10,248.75
Kaniela Ing (South Maui) $9,632.55
Mele Carroll (East Maui-Molokai-Lanai) $4,568.87
Justin Woodson (Kahului-Puunene-Maui Lani) $2,686.57
Arakawa campaign Chairwoman Lynn Araki-Regan said that she expects 2,000 to 3,000 people to attend, paying $25 each to support the mayor's re-election and to be entertained by Hapa, Na Hoa and John Stephan.
The scale of the Arakawa event - with the expectation of thousands of attendees - reflects the no-holds-barred approach of the mayor's re-election campaign, despite the lack of any announced opponent.
"At this point, we have not been made aware of any specific person confirmed on running for mayor next year," Araki-Regan said. "Nevertheless, we're running this campaign as if the most strong opponent were out there."
On Saturday, Arakawa said via cellphone that he expects that by the June 3 candidate filing deadline "there will be people who want to run for mayor."
He said he has no control over whether candidates decide to run against him, but meanwhile "we're doing what the people expect us to do. . . . We're doing the best that we can."
"The only thing we're really concerned about is doing a good job," he said.
Although the island's coconut wireless would be expected to buzz by now if a viable candidate were gearing up to unseat Arakawa, County Council Chairwoman Gladys Baisa said last week that it's been silent so far.
"I have not heard one single word," said Baisa, except "joking stuff, . . . nothing serious.
"I don't think there's anyone serious" about challenging Arakawa, she said.
When asked if she might consider running for mayor, Baisa said she welcomed the chance to state publicly: "I have absolutely no intention to run for mayor, ever."
Baisa, who turned 73 last month, said that she intends to run next year for her fifth-and-final term in the council's Pukalani-Kula-Ulupalakua residency seat and then retire.
"I made up my mind a long time ago," Baisa said.
She said many of her contemporaries are battling serious illnesses, and she's afraid that if she doesn't stop working she won't have time to enjoy with her family in retirement.
"I love what I do," she said. But "it's time for someone else . . . I think I've done my thing."
In the mayoral primary race in 2010, retired electrical contractor Randy Piltz finished in third place with 5,613 votes and 19.5 percent of the vote. Now, he works in the Mayor's Office as an executive assistant, and he said he's not going to run for mayor in 2014.
The focus of Piltz's campaign in 2010 was to streamline Maui County's permit process, and "that's what I'm doing," he said last week. Progress is not going as fast as he would like, he said, but it "takes a while in government." Piltz added that he's "making headway."
County Council Budget and Finance Committee Chairman Mike White, a former state House member, said he would be seeking re-election to his Makawao-Haiku-Paia residency seat.
"I have no interest or intentions of running for mayor," he said via email.
State Campaign Spending Commission records show that Arakawa already has amassed a campaign war chest with a $322,182 surplus for the filing period from Jan. 1 to June 30.
During those six months, the mayor added $52,675 to the $294,800 in cash he had on hand as of the end of 2012. His campaign spent $25,293.
Araki-Regan said that those working for the mayor's re-election are leaving nothing to chance, approaching the campaign as if Arakawa were an underdog, facing not one but 10 strong opponents.
"We're going to work tirelessly between now and the election to get our candidate elected," she said Wednesday. "We're not going to take anything for granted."
Victorino said his priority now is to serve his term on the County Council.
"My focus is council," he said. "My work is council. That's what brought me into office. . . . Anything else . . . depends on what happens out there."
Victorino said he did not want to commit to one course of action too early and then have his hands tied. He wants "political fluency," he said, "so I can move if I need to move."
He said he'll wait "to see how things pan out."
"I want to see what the rest of the world is doing in January of next year," he said.
Victorino said he could be happy to serve a final two-year term on the council, sit out of office for two years and possibly run for mayor when it's an open seat in 2018.
Arakawa and his supporters have tasted the bitterness of defeat twice - first when Arakawa, then a Maui County Council member, lost to James "Kimo" Apana in 1998 (Arakawa rallied and beat Apana in 2002) and then in 2006 when he was denied re-election as mayor with a defeat by Charmaine Tavares. Just as he had done with Apana, Arakawa won a rematch with Tavares in 2010, taking 57.2 percent of the vote to Tavares' 40.1 percent.
Tavares did not return a phone call seeking comment last week. Her former spokeswoman, Mahina Martin, said Sunday that Tavares has not spoken about running again.
"By all accounts, she's enjoying retirement immensely," Martin said. "She's having a great time."
Part of what is motivating Arakawa's supporters is the memory of the mayor's loss to Tavares in 2006.
"It was the most devastating experience for the campaign workers who worked so hard," Araki-Regan said.
Arakawa said that painful experience showed what not to do in future campaigns.
"We learned that we can't be complacent," he said.
The mayor said that the campaign learned to communicate regularly with the public, instead of working behind the scenes.
"We did hundreds of projects" from 2003 to 2006, he said, but "nobody was aware of it."
Arakawa said his defeat in 2006 led to many of his administration's projects losing "a lot of ground" when he wasn't in office.
He cited areas for parks that his administration wanted to purchase and develop for the public and a homeless shelter in Kihei as being among projects that lost steam under the Tavares administration.
"A lot of things were dismantled," he said. "We had to start again. It takes a lot more work to restart something, to continue and follow it all the way through."
Now, major issues include acquiring hundreds of acres for development of playing fields and getting county agencies out of costly leased office space, Arakawa said.
Victorino acknowledged that when he won re-election to his council seat in 2012 he told his campaign supporters that "we will look at the mayor's race . . .if and when the opportunity arose."
He said he did not commit then to run for mayor.
For now, the top priority is to continue his work on the council to get Maui out of "one of the worst economic recessions, globally countrywide and statewide," Victorino said.
Maui is "barely getting out of the worst recession in our history," he said. And another downturn could be triggered by a major world event, such as war in Syria.
Victorino said he also does not want a mayoral candidacy to become a "big political battle" that would be divisive for Maui's community.
"I won't do it," he said. "I will not hurt this community."
Another factor is Victorino's health.
This summer, he was working hard, "burning the candle on both ends" with late-night meetings, he said, when he felt tired and was experiencing shortness of breath.
Victorino visited his doctor and spent more than a week from July 15 to 23 at Kaiser Moanalua on Oahu undergoing tests for his heart. A dye test found no artery blockages, but doctors diagnosed him with atrial fibrillation - a common heart rhythm disorder - that Victorino said is being treated with medications, more sleep, a healthy diet and exercise.
"My health is much better than it was," he said. "I lost weight (20 pounds). I eat better."
Victorino said his doctor told him: "You've got to take care of yourself before you take care of the world."
He has made lifestyle changes. Victorino no longer drinks soda, and he keeps his sodium intake in check, only rarely indulging in a late-night bowl of saimin, which has 3,200 kilograms of sodium - before adding shoyu.
Instead of eating saimin every other night, he has a green salad. "That's even better," he said.
Victorino's health would not stop him from running for mayor, if that's what he decides to do, he said.
Kula resident and retired Maui Community College economics and geography professor Dick Mayer has been a longtime observer of island politics. In election years, he organizes candidate forums for the Kula Community Association.
Arakawa has found favor with key supporters who donate to political campaigns - developers and labor unions, Mayer said.
He said he doesn't think Arakawa has made any major mistakes, or "nothing so glaring," - even with the dispute over the Old Wailuku Post Office's demolition - that would make him vulnerable to a political opponent.
Arakawa risked angering voters in South Maui when his administration supported two large shopping mall projects in north Kihei, Mayer said.
But "I don't think that's dramatic enough to overturn voter sentiment countywide," he said.
Baisa said she sees no serious challenger to Arakawa's re-election.
Given the June 3 candidate filing deadline, that's not much time for a contender to raise money, rally workers and put together a strong organization, she said.
"I don't see it happening," she said.
On top of everything, Arakawa is constantly out in the community, attending events and making himself available to people, Baisa said. "He works really, really hard."
She said she would not have the stamina to attend five events in a day, as Arakawa does almost routinely.
"He's unstoppable," she said.
Arakawa said that the number of events depends on whether it's a weekday or weekend day. On Saturday or Sunday, he attends between five and eight events, he said.
He said he might get a full day off once a month. Even if he's shopping at the grocery store, people stop him numerous times to talk.
"It's something I like to do," he said. "I really enjoy it."
Arakawa said he attended Victorino's birthday celebration last week and was invited to speak as he does at most events.
It was "very nice," he said.
* Brian Perry can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Samsung Galaxy Note III leaks, shows less rounded corners
0. phoneArena 01 Sep 2013, 02:00 posted on
With the Samsung Galaxy Note III ready to be introduced on Wednesday, a published report on Sunday shows off a photo of the next iteration of Samsung's phablet; while this is not the best quality shot, we can still tell that the corners are less rounded than the ones on the Samsung GALAXY Note II. The bezels are said to be thinner on the new model...
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1. spiderpig2894 (Posts: 588; Member since: 10 Jan 2012)
Back to the GSII design. I like this better than sa GSIII and IV. That's why I admire Sony's brick design.
4. AnTuTu (Posts: 1580; Member since: 14 Oct 2012)
Few more days and they will unleash the Beast.
Design does look great :)
42. PAPINYC (banned) (Posts: 2315; Member since: 30 Jul 2011)
Yes, and, that's definitely NOT a meesly 5.7; told everyone it was 6.3!!
Yayyyy, I might updrage after all but, what to do with my 2 G-Note 2's??
63. Droid_X_Doug (Posts: 5993; Member since: 22 Dec 2010)
"what to do with my 2 G-Note 2's??"
Been thinking the same thought myself. The Note 2 isn't exactly obsolete. Yeah, there is the matter of upgraded hardware, but it may not be that much of an upgrade (especially if no OIS for the camera). I am thinking of selling my RX100 and buying an RX100 Mark II for the WiFi pic transfer and improved low light capability.
69. PAPINYC (banned) (Posts: 2315; Member since: 30 Jul 2011)
Okay but, what would you do with the second RX100?
And, are you saying (or not) that your ORIGINAL RX100 got "Lost/Stolen" on, say, a city bus?? Because if that's what you're saying, maybe (I'm not saying definitely but, "hypothetically"), the same thing happened to me
[allegedly] ?¡?
6. jedpatrickdatu (Posts: 167; Member since: 24 Jan 2013)
Will Apple sue them again though? Samsung got in trouble with the SII if I remember correctly. Otherwise, sleek design, but I expected something fresher from Samsung.
54. tedkord (Posts: 11662; Member since: 17 Jun 2009)
Apple will sue them no matter what they do. They invented the smartphone, you know. Next year they're going to invent the TV.
68. rdemon (Posts: 49; Member since: 23 Aug 2012)
Well IBM invented the smartphone but I digress. Apple are known for being patent trolls for sure. Soon we might have to call them Granny Smith Apple the way their innovating nowadays.
64. Droid_X_Doug (Posts: 5993; Member since: 22 Dec 2010)
Didn't the patent that Apple relied upon for the suit against the SII get invalidated? If so, its gonna be a pretty hard lift for Apple to prevail - even with the friends Apple has in high places. Once a patent gets invalidated, it is really hard to get it re-instated.
8. TechBizJP08 (Posts: 495; Member since: 25 Mar 2013)
I think its a fake. More like the LG Vu.. Its fat
14. LetsBeHonest (Posts: 1442; Member since: 04 Jun 2013)
Kinda remind me of s2 and original note.
this seems so cool too. I don't care its plastic or not as long as it's not glossy.
cant wait for Wednesday note 3 , Z1
will be a supercool day...
34. Wiki_jaan (Posts: 704; Member since: 24 Jun 2012)
i dont care much about design
features and internal hardware i want like a beast
39. Trex95 (Posts: 900; Member since: 03 Mar 2013)
S4 design better than SII design.
43. PAPINYC (banned) (Posts: 2315; Member since: 30 Jul 2011)
I don't pretty much care about the design, I just WANT [IT] BIG!!
46. yasir-921 (Posts: 81; Member since: 02 Oct 2012)
want it where? :P
70. PAPINYC (banned) (Posts: 2315; Member since: 30 Jul 2011)
You know, big. As big as it comes.
2. Bootutu (Posts: 227; Member since: 11 Jul 2013)
One word.....SOLID!!!
66. akki20892 (Posts: 3901; Member since: 04 Feb 2013)
now this is what i like what sammy did there.....!!!
3. Kishin (Posts: 704; Member since: 30 May 2013)
Thank God for the change>>
65. akki20892 (Posts: 3901; Member since: 04 Feb 2013)
i know, feels like winning a world cup.
5. Lyngdoh (Posts: 264; Member since: 06 Sep 2012)
Its gonna feel like a Sony which feels great.
67. akki20892 (Posts: 3901; Member since: 04 Feb 2013)
but still sony is sony dude...........!!! design is great, but i hope material don't disappoint.
7. SonyFindOneDroidple (Posts: 796; Member since: 11 May 2013)
Why does it look too thick??
12. ihatesmartphone (unregistered)
Perhaps some type of prototype.
30. SonyFindOneDroidple (Posts: 796; Member since: 11 May 2013)
And i dont like this one.. Yah it looks good but uhhh this is something like Xperia Z and Ultra with overflowing inferior ergonomics..
If you want to enjoy the note's superior productivity, well at least it must not be uncomfortable to hold.
59. xpr3ss10n (Posts: 58; Member since: 15 Dec 2011)
Thats what she said...
9. amiaq (Posts: 509; Member since: 30 Jun 2012)
may the beast beat the crap of ipong!!
10. emadshiny (Posts: 1144; Member since: 05 Dec 2012)
The only Sammy phone i really admire.
11. GeekMovement (Posts: 2156; Member since: 09 Sep 2011)
This looks good. Might choose this over the Z1 of course chance that the Z1 coming to Sprint is already very slim...
13. special4u (Posts: 63; Member since: 22 May 2013)
fatter iphone. samsung officialy prove themselves fail in design, excellent in copy!
15. LetsBeHonest (Posts: 1442; Member since: 04 Jun 2013)
I expected a comment like this one... Pwhhh....
16. emadshiny (Posts: 1144; Member since: 05 Dec 2012)
Apple itself copied its designs from Sony. so, Sh*t up!
17. mianhae445 (Posts: 9; Member since: 01 Sep 2013)
the iPhone looks like the LG Prada from 2006...
19. Jason2k13 (Posts: 1214; Member since: 28 Mar 2013)
yeah because the iphone has thin bezels and rectangular physical button?
29. xperiaDROID (banned) (Posts: 5629; Member since: 08 Mar 2013)
Please don't mention the tiny iPhone. It makes me want to throw up.
18. mottykels (Posts: 383; Member since: 15 May 2013)
Its more wider than the note 2. Design is more like note 1
20. pyradark (Posts: 855; Member since: 10 Jun 2012)
It looks premium!!! Finally sammy put a gun to fire, hope we dont disappointed
21. dgray77 (Posts: 18; Member since: 09 Dec 2010)
Still liking the One Max better than the Note III.
24. Kishin (Posts: 704; Member since: 30 May 2013)
Its going to be hella long with the boom sound
Haha 5.9''
26. xperiaDROID (banned) (Posts: 5629; Member since: 08 Mar 2013)
That's how phablets look like. No need to laugh about it.
The Apple iBoon still remains on 4 inch, and it's damn long for a small phone like that. Apple will never grow up.
31. Kishin (Posts: 704; Member since: 30 May 2013)
You are collect +1
22. uchihakurtz (Posts: 370; Member since: 12 Nov 2012)
I doubt that's Note 3, the side bezel is too large and it's way too thick.
23. xperiaDROID (banned) (Posts: 5629; Member since: 08 Mar 2013)
Not bad! Looks like a combination of the Galaxy S4 and Note 1 with a premium look on it. Not bad Samsung!
25. Edmund (Posts: 656; Member since: 13 Jul 2012)
If samsung had half a brain they'd announce two models - one running android and another featuring Windows Phone.
27. xperiaDROID (banned) (Posts: 5629; Member since: 08 Mar 2013)
Samsung ATIV S Note.
28. ausnote2 (Posts: 84; Member since: 07 Dec 2012)
Yes this is a beast and i will definitely get it on day 1.
This will be the best non compromise phone to date which will overtake my Note 2.
For all those who trash plastic, I have news for you
-plastic is lighter and in this phablet space, you want to carry as light as possible
-plastic is quicker and cheaper to produce
-dropping will cause less damage ie f=ma
-plastic allow for easier manufacturing of SD card slot and removable batteries....mugen 6000mah battery as an example
Glass should be used for windows, metal should be used for cars.
Concentrate on the screen as it is where the phone shines, not the material as in most cases, I hope people use a case to protect their phone.
On a side note, I kinda wanted 5.9" full hd screen for Note3 but since using the Note2 for a year, it seem to be the perfect size for convenient of phone and tablet use. Hence, I trust Samsung in this case. Although I might buy a second phone to test out such as Pantech Vega 6 or maybe even Sony Ultra (buy why sony removing led flash and if lock up the battery, make it at least 4000mah).
I next phone upgrade would be a foldable 7" phone, ie 3.5" for phone and fold out to 7" for tablet/laptop use as per Samsung concept (check out in youtube). I just hope that HTC and Sony can catch up though as they are behind the flexible display for this to happen.
And yes, I need my GOOGLE GLASS NOW.
33. Feanor (Posts: 705; Member since: 20 Jun 2012)
So, next year, if Samsung changes from plastic to aluminium for the Note 4 as it is rumoured, you will not be buying... somehow I don't think so...
Let's stop these exaggerated claims to support our beloved products or brands; the fact that it is easier for manufacturers to produce plastic devices, or implement SD card slots is their problem. And if a metal and glass device is a bit more sensitive (actually only a bit, because plastic also gets dents and scratches, easier than glass actually), it is still much nicer to behold and use daily.
40. ausnote2 (Posts: 84; Member since: 07 Dec 2012)
no, the point is do not compromise a phone to make it look nice by using glass or metal. If aluminum is lighter and cheaper to make then go for it i say without compromising. Remember a case will make whatever the material is irrelevant.
Forget about dents and scratches crap. If you or your friend drops your phone without a case, you are more likely to buy a new one. My advice is to buy a premium leather case period.
No fanboy but pro technology.
My tech need was mainly driven mainly the screen size starting with
-xda k-jam then
-O2 flame 3.5"
-then HTC HD2 4.3"
-then Dell Streak 5"
-then Note 1 5.3"
-current Note 2 5.5"
-soon to be Note 3 and/or Pantech Vega 6 and/or Sony Ultra. Note 3 seem be the way to go though but I am still not sure if 5.7" is my sweet spot.
32. Nesco (Posts: 12; Member since: 09 Aug 2013)
it's a prototype..so obvious!!
35. saravanan083 (Posts: 19; Member since: 30 Mar 2013)
thank god atlast sammy has done the job and like the cool design
once when it is unleashed am gona handel this beauty beast in my hands
37. axbog (Posts: 21; Member since: 03 Jun 2013)
It looks good. Very much like the IPhone 5
41. fanboy1974 (Posts: 1345; Member since: 12 Nov 2011)
You should feel right at home with the iphone 5s; it will look exactly the same.
38. gamblor77 (Posts: 106; Member since: 26 Apr 2012)
I think this is fake. If you zoom in on the first pic u can see the bezel is much thicker than the one on the leaked front panel image. Still if the real one has a similar design but thinner I think it's gonna be pretty sexy.
44. voxmarc (Posts: 332; Member since: 22 Aug 2012)
i got NOTE 1 and 2,i'm suppose to pass,then if this is the final design then i'm sold.
45. zachattack (Posts: 621; Member since: 31 Jul 2013)
the screen looked great until this finished product showed up. Man that shape is pretty ugly haha
48. BigBoss10 (Posts: 273; Member since: 31 Aug 2012)
49. wicpromd (Posts: 266; Member since: 20 Aug 2013)
this is just perfect
50. GoBears (Posts: 449; Member since: 27 Apr 2012)
Looks too fake. I'd be surprised if this was the final design. I personally like the more rounded design because it helps it slip in and out of pockets much easier than pointy phones. As far as the plastic design, that's another thing I like better, so I'm happy about that. As long as it has a removable battery and a microSD card, I'm buying immediately. It's the only phone that will sway me from the Note II.


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Other branches of Robert Taussig in London:Maida Vale
Robert Taussig reviews
Fantastic service (even if you not a client). Had an issue with some 4-month-old focal Bird, bought in France. French customer service was helpless but staff at Robert Taussig sorted out the issue for me.
by french expat, 22 Mar 2013
by french expat, 22 Mar 2013
Just moved into the area and needed a new HiFi and TV for my flat. Walked in on the off-chance and was given what seemed good advice with no pressure to sell, so to speak. As I was new to the area I checked out a few more options: JL, Selfridges etc. But none of them had the same level of knowledge nor the installation service as RT offered me. Returned to RT and bought a large TV and B&W sound-bar. Installation was done by them and I'm happy to say my new TV looks and sound fabulous. Would recommend.
by dagre67, 22 May 2012
by dagre67, 22 May 2012
Installed home cinema and sonos system. Been delighted with quality of workmanship, professionalism and the help with learning how to use it. Highly recommended and would definitely use again.
by Roger Barb, 02 Apr 2011
by Roger Barb, 02 Apr 2011
Spent over £30,000 with Taussig about 8 years ago. Every time I had a problem they didn't ring back, you had to chase them every time. Rang this week with a minor problem, they said person I needed on the phone would ring me back... Still waiting!!
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Reviews seemed to be mixed. Auditioned some speakers many years ago and the service was excellent. Purchased speakers last year, again no problems. Have just ordered another item - excellent communication.
by Chinthe, 30 Jun 2008
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Gave item for upgrade. Delayed. Numerous unreturned phone calls to find out what was happening. Did not even phone when item arrived back. Rubbish.
by Anonymous, 22 Jun 2006
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Top of the range hardware and services. If you have £100,000+ to spend then these guys are for you.
by Anonymous, 31 Jul 2005
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I found the person there quite unhelpful. Normally when I go into a hi-fi shop the staff are inquisitive and friendly. Instead, I had to pry all the information I wanted. The staff just didn't seem to be interested.
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Kaion Seales will be the highest ranked in-state player to sign directly with a GLIAC school since Callistus Eziuwku went from Muskegon to Grand Valley in 2003 when he signs with Saginaw Valley State in November. The 6-7 Detroit Westside Christian senior committed to the Cardinals today, Wednesday.
While MAC schools were recruiting Seales -- an admittedly gifted shot-blocker -- to beef up and play the 5, SVSU wanted him as an all-around basketball player to help set the foundation for first-year coach Randy Baruth. Seales is a versatile scorer who can post up, handle the ball away from the basket and stop and pop off the break.
"It's not about going D1," Seales said. "I'm going where they wanted to build around me and help me grow as a person and player."
In pursuing and landing Seales, the early returns have Baruth looking like the right man for the job because he envisions Saginaw Valley as something bigger than it's been in the past. It's just hard to imagine this happening before.


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There are delays due to volume on Route 202 northbound in the area of Route 206/Route 28 in Raritan Borough, according to a traffic alert issued at 7:56 a.m. on 511nj.org.
Also on Route 202 northbound, there are delays due to volume reported at 7:55 a.m. between Route 567/First Avenue in Raritan Borough and Route 287 in Bridgewater.
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"Vinnie from NAUGHTY BY NATURE is Officially FIRED!!"
Tonight, that message was sent from the Twitter account of Anthony "Treach" Criss of Naughty by Nature. Was it really him? If so, the group may be at odds again, since members have parted ways in the past before reuniting.
Celebrities and news organizations alike have reported having their Twitter accounts hacked. And Treach's account, while more than 19,000 followers strong, is not "verified" as being Criss.
Treach, Vin Rock and DJ Kay Gee comprise the rap group from East Orange. The group, known for successful crossover songs "O.P.P." (1991) and "Hip Hop Hooray" (1993), celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2011. On Twitter, the @NaughtybyNature account states that it is operated by Vin Rock. So far, no response tweets have been posted to that timeline.
Minutes after Treach sent his first tweet tonight about Vin being "fired" from the group, he sent another explicit tweet, seemingly referring to him again.
Both Naughty by Nature and Treach's timelines contain tweets about performing this past Saturday in Miami. What happened between then and now — if there is indeed some trouble — is not clear.
@x5tonix5Indeed— Treach (@triggertreach) May 7, 2013


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Another Cold Front, Another Chance for Rain
Chances for Showers Increase Sunday, Unsettled Patter for Work WeekUPDATED 6:42 PM EDT Aug 16, 2014
News 8 Storm Team Meteorologist Ethan Huston has the forecast.Video Transcript
STORM TEAM FORECAST WITH METEOROLOGIST ETHAN HUSTON 3 Here is a live picture over York.Temperatures are in the upper 70s.Humidity values are very low. Winds are out of the west southwest. On live super Doppler eight radar all of the Susquehanna Valley is dry. This will change later tonight. Clouds are increasing across northern portions of Pennsylvania. The showers and a few thunderstorms associate it with a cold front will move into the sets going to Valley while you sleep. Chances for isolated showers and if you thunderstorms will be in the forecast for Sunday.Currently temperatures across the Susquehanna Valley are in the upper 70s.Here is the news eight storm team forecast.This evening increasing clouds and not as cool.Temperatures in the mid-70s dropping into the upper 60s after dark. Overnight tonight mostly cloudy.Isolated showers will be a possible closer to dawn. A cold front will move by while you sleep. Temperatures only drop to the lower 60s. For Sunday there could be some spotty showers in the morning. Isolated evening thunderstorms are possible. Highs tomorrow top off in the lower 80s.A few spots were close or below record low territory. The high in Harrisburg today was 790. Hello this morning was 540. The record low in Harrisburg is 500.Here is a list of record lows broken in this morning. York broke a record low.Lancaster broke a record low. Gettysburg broke a record low.Another cold front will cross the state while you sleep tonight. With that front comes very light rainfall. We must keep a very close eye on the system moving through the central Plains. The positioning of this system will determine just how much rain we can get heading into early this week along into the middle part of the week. if the system stays to our south we will have drier weather. If the system tracks farther north chances for passing showers including heavy rainfall will return to the forecast.Here is a look at the predictor. Cold front moves in late overnight tonight, first thing you will notice is an increase in cloud cover. The front will move through early tomorrow morning leading to some sunshine breaking through the clouds tomorrow afternoon. Then upper-level energy will move along the front allowing just the chance of an isolated shower for tomorrow evening. Isoalted thunderstorm is also possible. Then the low that's in the Great Plains will start to track into the Appalachian Mountains. The positioning of this low will greatly determine how much rain stays in the forecast for the work week ahead.Here is a look at the river levels across the Susquehanna Valley. At this time small creeks and streams and the major parts of the Susquehanna River are not in danger of flooding.Here is the seven-day forecast. Sunday isolated thunder showers highs in the lower 80s. Monday chance for some afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. On and off showers possible starting Tuesday and lasting through much of the week ahead. Highs for the week stay in the upper 70s to low 80s.
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Case Summary | Pattellar Subluxation fixed with surgery and physical theray
|Knee Luxating Patella (Floating Patella)
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When I was 13, I hurt my knee playing volleyball. There was a loud crunch, sharp pain and lots of initial swelling and bruising. I couldn't walk on it for a week, and the swelling did not recede for two weeks. My parents weren't big on doctors, so my knee was not diagnosed or treated at the time. For four years, if I ran and my foot was not planted straight in front on me, my knee would come out of socket and then immediately pop itself back into place. The swelling again would stay for weeks and I could not bend my leg at the knee until the swelling went down again.
I had a lot of x-rays taken and examinations on my knee before I was referred to a surgeon for treatment. The surgeon told me my initially injury had torn my ACL and stretched out the ligaments that held my knee cap and knee in it's proper place making it more susceptible for further patellar subluxation. The more times this happened, the worse the ligaments were stretched and the more likely the injury was to reoccur. I was diagnosed with Pattellar Subluxation.
The ACL muscle had re-healed itself over the years, so during surgery, they tightened the stretched ligaments around my kneecap to hold it in place, a Pattellar Subluxation surgery, which included a lateral release of the ligaments and tightening of the ligaments.
My leg was in a brace for months, where the angle my leg could bend set by the brace, and gradually increased over time. I lost about two and a half inches of muscle mass during the time my leg was in the brace.
I then had 7 months of physical therapy three times a week to rebuild the muscle mass I had lost not only from surgery, but to rebuild the muscles around my kneecap to keep the same injury from occurring again.
Initially, I did a lot of isometric leg lifts over a small roll. The roll increased in size until I graduated to using a machine with weights. I also used an eliptical machine and exercise bike to increase strength. They had me do band exercises at home every day I was not at physical therapy to build mass. I also did one-leg stands on the injured leg to improve balance. At the end of my therapy sessions, my knee was iced down and wrapped and put back in the brace.
I still do not have the same strength or muscle mass in my injured leg as I do in my uninjured leg, but for the most part I am very happy with how my knee has turned out. Occasionally I have some problems where it hurts, or gets sore, but I have a full range of motion and the same level of ability in my knee as I did before the injury. I ski, horseback ride, mountain bike, and have not had any major issues since being treated.
My surgeon did give me a special made knee brace to hold my kneecap in place when doing anything that would be strenuous on my knee. I used the brace for years, but have not used it for any strenuous activity in the past three years, and haven't had any problems.
|January 3, 1995 - Ongoing
|Diagnosed On
|October 8, 1999
|Diagnosis Method
|X-Ray + Doctor Examination + Self Examination
|Treatment Combo
|Patellar Subluxation Surgery + Lateral Release Surgery
|Treatment Result
Helped a lot
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