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February 17, 2004
24th Writing Today conference at Birmingham-Southern College to
pay tribute to George Plimpton
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—The late author,
editor, and actor George Plimpton will be posthumously honored
at the 24th Writing Today
conference at Birmingham-Southern College March 12-13.
Plimpton, who was editor of The Paris
Review since its founding in 1953 and also served as contributing
editor to a number of magazines
and periodicals,
including Esquire, Sports Illustrated, and Harper's, died in September
2003. While he accepted the role as Grand Master for the Writing Today 2004
conference prior to his death, the conference planning committee chose to
honor him posthumously.
Brigid Hughes, executive editor of The
Paris Review and Plimpton's son,
Taylor Plimpton, will be in attendance at the Saturday, March 13, luncheon
for the tribute to Plimpton. The presentation will be moderated by Don Noble,
host of the Alabama Public Television series "Bookmark," and will
include excerpts from Noble's 2002 interview with Plimpton.
Plimpton wrote more than 30 books, among them the well-known
Paper Lion, which chronicles his legendary experiences playing
quarterback for the Detroit Lions,
and oral biographies on Robert F. Kennedy and Truman Capote. Plimpton also
appeared in more than 30 films.
"Mr. Plimpton was a singular talent and a champion of writers. We wanted
to use the occasion of the Writing Today 2004 conference to recognize his work," said
Florence Jackson, chair of this year's conference. "Additionally,
we have assembled an outstanding group of literary professionals to serve on
the faculty. This is not only a credit to the national reputation this conference
has achieved over the past 24 years, but also to the people in the Birmingham
community who help plan this event, half of whom are published writers themselves."
The Writing Today conference brings literary professionals from
around the country to the Birmingham-Southern campus for sessions
and lectures on the
craft of writing, as well as practical information related to publishing
literary works. The conference also will feature Kevin Arkadie,
accomplished television
screenwriter; Laure-Anne Bosselaar, poet and graduate poetry instructor at
Sarah Lawrence College; and David Guterson, novelist and non-fiction writer.
Arkadie has been a television writer for
12 years, and his work has earned award nominations for Emmys,
Golden Globes, Writers
Guild of America and
Humanitas prizes. His writing credits include two plays, six films, and
numerous television
episodes. He received recognition as a finalist for the Humanitas Award
for his works "I'll Fly Away," "Coming Home," "Chicago
Hope," and "The Parent Rap." As the co-executive producer,
he won a Golden Globe Award for "The Shield."
teaches poetry workshops at writers' conferences
around the country. She is the author of The Hour Between Dog
and Wolf and Small Gods of Grief, which won the Isabella Gardner Prize
for Poetry for 2001. Her poems have appeared in Ploughshares,
The Washington Post, AGNI, and Harvard Review, and in numerous anthologies,
among other publications. Her next anthology, Never Before:
Poems About First Experiences, will be published in 2004.
Guterson is the author of the best-selling
Snow Falling on Cedars, which won the 1995 PEN/Faulkner Award
for fiction and the American
Association ABBY Award. His other books are the novels East of the Mountains and Our
Lady of the Forest and the story collection The Country Ahead of
Us, The Country Behind Us. His non-fiction has appeared in The New
York Times, The Los Angeles Times, and Harper's, among other publications. He is
a Guggenheim Fellow and was for many years a contributing editor at Harper's.
Other Writing Today 2004 faculty include:
Ellen Archer, vice president and publisher for Hyperion Publishers
in New York whose marketing campaigns have included bestsellers
by Michael J. Fox, John
Grisham, Caroline Kennedy, and Faith Popcorn; Jason Blume, Nashville songwriter
whose songs have been recorded by superstars including Britney Spears, the
Oak Ridge Boys, the Backstreet Boys, and others and who is the author of
books on songwriting as well as published poetry; Loretta Cobb,
founder and director
emeritus of The Harbert Writing Center at the University of Montevallo and
published academic essayist, poet, editor, and short story writer; Myra Crawford,
chair of the Hackney Literary Awards competition since 1969 and former Alabama
poet-in-residence and author;
Charles Ghigna, poet, children's author, and nationally syndicated feature
writer whose award-winning books have been featured on "Good Morning
America" and selected by the Book-of-the-Month Club; Suzanne La Rosa,
founder and publisher of NewSouth Books and former group publisher at The
Taunton Press; Michael Martone, professor and director of creative writing
at the University
of Alabama, former director of the MFA Program in Creative Writing at Syracuse
University, and short fiction and essay writer;
Norman McMillan, author of the memoir
Distant Sun and professor of English at the University of Montevallo
from 1971-2000; Jim
Murphy, winner of the 1998
Wick Poetry Prize and assistant professor of English at the University of
Montevallo; Don Noble, Emmy award-winning host for Alabama Public
Television's "Bookmark" and
former English professor at the University of Alabama; Will Pearson, co-founder
and president of mental_floss magazine who appears weekly on CNN Headline
John Sledge, book editor of The Mobile
Press Register and author of a weekly column "Southern Bound";
Carolynne Scott, author of a short story collection and other
books and recipient of an National Endowment of the Arts
Fellowship in Fiction; Brad Watson, short fiction writer and novelist, journalist,
and former Harvard professor; and Randall Williams, co-founder and editor-in-chief
for NewSouth Books in Montgomery.
The Hackney Literary Awards, sponsored since 1969 by the Cecil
Hackney family of Birmingham, will be presented during the conference.
The competition awards
$5,000 prizes for poetry and short fiction, as well as a $5,000 prize for
an unpublished novel, sponsored by T. Morris Hackney, chairman
of the board of
The Hackney Group of Birmingham and Birmingham-Southern College trustee.
The Hackney Awards are open to writers nationwide.
Writing Today is supported by the Alabama
Humanities Foundation and Southern Progress Corp. For more information,
contact Birmingham-Southern's Office
of Special Events at 205/226-4921 or go to the conference website at http://www.writingtoday.org.

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MT. JULIET – Graveside services will be conducted 10 a.m. Friday, December 11 at Mt. Juliet Memorial Gardens for Mr. Hodges, 65, of Mt. Juliet. A member of the Center Chapel Church of Christ, he died Dec. 8, 2009.
Mr. Hodges worked as a real estate broker, general contractor and a rural letter carrier for the LaVergne Post Office. Visitation will be 9-9:30 a.m. Friday just prior to departure to the cemetery at Bond Memorial Chapel, N. Mt. Juliet Road and Weston Drive, Mt. Juliet. Services will be conducted by Rev. Darryll Duncan.
Survivors include: wife Pamela Hodges of Mt. Juliet; children Chris (Rolinda) Hodges of Azle, TX; Michael Hodges of Ft. Campbell, KY and Tanya (Raymond) Hodges Alley of Mt. Juliet.
Also surviving is his mother Irene Lucille Hodges of Portland and siblings Wilma Hodges Durham, Daphne Hodges Mann and David Hodges -- all of Portland and Ray (Martha) Hodges of Greenbrier; seven grandchildren and a great grandchild.
He was preceded in death by his father, Henry Guthrie Hodges and sister, Eunice Hodges Price. Flowers accepted or memorials may be made to Alive Hospice, 1718 Patterson Street, Nashville, 37203-9658.
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Nerves blamed for Shambles
Elton John says Babyshambles singer Pete Doherty's nerves were to blame for his poor performance at Live8.
Doherty has copped flack over his duet with John of the T-Rex classic Children of the Revolution.
"I have to be very discreet what I say," said John mysteriously, "but I just think he was really nervous on the day. But, you know, at least he looked great!"
Bouquets for Brandon!
The Killers frontman Brandon Flowers married long-time girlfriend Tana Munblowsky last week in "a small, intimate wedding" in Hawaii, said a spokesman for the band's label, Island Records.
The other Killers were present for the ceremony and helped the couple celebrate afterward. Munblowsky works as a retail manager in the band's home town of Las Vegas.
Gorrillaz movie on hold
Plans for a Gorillaz movie have been postponed after "creative differences" between singer Damon Albarn and animator Jamie Hewlett, and Steven Spielberg's production company Dreamworks.
Albarn and Hewlett had come up with the idea of making a film around the cartoon band's recent album, Demon Days.
Invasion of the Kidman
Nicole Kidman has signed on as the female lead for Invasion, a new remake of the 1956 classic Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
To be directed by German Oliver Hirschbiegel (Downfall), the film will feature Kidman as a Washington DC psychiatrist investigating the rapidly changing behaviour of humans around her as aliens take over their bodies.
Institute of change
Institute, fronted by former Bush singer Gavin Rossdale, will release their debut album, Distort Yourself, on September 13.
The band has Chris Traynor (Helmet) on guitar and former Helmet frontman Page Hamilton behind the mixing board.
"My life's changed a lot in the last couple of years," says Rossdale, also known these days as Mr Gwen Stefani, "and hopefully this reflects it. I wanted to do something a little bit harder than Bush. It's got a paranoid edge to it."
Spirited away
After months of speculation, Chappelle's Show cast member Charlie Murphy says the hit comedy TV show is finished.
The third season has been on ice since creator Dave Chappelle halted production in May and went on a "spiritual retreat" to South Africa.
Both kinds of music
Jessica Simpson will release her new album, And the Band Played On, in November.
The singer/actor has worked with producers Corey Rooney, Scott Storch and Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, with the music apparently evenly split between down-home country styles and club tracks.
First acts for this year's Falls Festival, again held simultaneously across the New Year in Lorne, Victoria and Marion Bay, Tasmania, are the Dandy Warhols, Ozomatli, the Shins, Wolfmother, Pete Murray, the Beautiful Girls, the Vasco Era, Faker, TZU and the Grates.
Tickets on sale from Monday from www.fallsfestival.com.
Southern California punks Reel Big Fish and Goldfinger team up for gigs at the Hi-Fi Bar, city, on Tuesday, October 4 (over-18s) and Wednesday, October 5 (under-18s). Tickets from the venue, Ticketek and Missing Link.
A Day on the Green's forthcoming summer series is headlined by Kasey Chambers. Joining her at Rochford Wines, Yarra Valley, on Saturday, November 5, the Seppelt Great Western, Ararat, on Saturday, November 26 and Briars Park, Mt Martha on Sunday, November 27 are the likes of Tony Joe White, Mia Dyson, the Beautiful Girls, Ash Grunwald and Shane Howard.
Tickets available on Monday from Ticketmaster and www.adayonthegreen.com.au.
The famed Jim Rose Circus Sideshow returns with some old favourites (Bebe the Circus Queen, the Amazing Mr Lifto) rubbing shoulders with new members at the Athenaeum, city, on Wednesday, November 9, Thursday, November 10, and Friday, November 11. Tickets from Ticketmaster7.
AC-DC-lovin' hillbilly hicks Hayseed Dixie play the Hi-Fi Bar, city, on Saturday, October 15 (tickets from the venue, Ticketek and Missing Link), and Ruby's, Belgrave, on Sunday, October 16 (tickets from the venue). All tickets on sale from Monday.
Gaslight Radio and Bit by Bats play Northcote Social Club on Friday, September 2. 18. Also at NSC is Chris Bailey on Thursday, September 1; Butterfingers on Saturday, August 20 (with Bluejuice) and Sunday, August 21 (with Offcutts); Gabriel Sage on Sunday, August 28; and the Original Angels Band on Wednesday, August 31. All tickets from the venue.
New York hard-rockers the Little Killers play Ding Dong Lounge, city, on Friday, August 19 and Saturday, August 20.
The Dawn Raid record label (showcasing New Zealand hip-hop and urban acts) launches at the Esplanade, St Kilda, on Friday, August 26, with Savage, Deceptikonz, Adeaze, Mareko, DJ Peter Gunz and Ticklez, Aaradhna, Ill Semantics and DJ CXL all appearing. Tickets from Polyester, Central Station Records and This Is It.
Australian R&B singer-songwriter Israel launches his new single, Work Da Middle Pt 2, at Club Evolution, Prahran, on Saturday, August 20. Special guest is US singer Thara.
Nottingham singer-songwriter Scout Niblett performs songs from her album, Kidnapped by Neptune, at Ding Dong Lounge, city, on Thursday, September 8 (tickets from Polyester, Missing Link and the venue) and Northcote Social Club on Sunday, September 11 (tickets from the venue).
The next Lasergun party is headlined by International DeeJay Gigolos label artist, Kiko, at Honkytonks, city, on Friday, August 26.
Idaho singer-songwriter Josh Ritter promotes his second album, Hello Starling, supporting Martha Wainwright at Northcote Social Club on Saturday, August 27, and the Corner Hotel, Richmond on Wednesday, September 7.
Australian song 'n' dance man Todd McKenney performs at The Palms, Crown Casino, from Thursday, November 3 until Sunday, November 20. Tickets on sale on Monday from Ticketek.
Melbourne folk-pop outfit the Triangles launch their album, Magic Johnson, at Gertrudes, Collingwood, on Saturday, August 20. Support from Sly Hats, Kes and Laura Jean.
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Fuller has struggled for full match fitness since dislocating his shoulder in February and was prevented from doing a full pre-season fitness programme after spending large parts of the summer with the Jamaica national squad.
Pulis has now told the 29-year-old to lose weight if he wants to repeat his performance last season, when he finished as the Potters' leading scorer with 11 goals, and Fuller is ready to rise to the challenge.
Talking to BBC Stoke, Fuller said: "The gaffer said that I've gained a bit of weight and that I need to lose some.
"I drink a lot of protein shakes and things like that. I need the weight because my main strength is my power."
"I know I need to pick my fitness up because I didn't have a proper pre-season," he added.
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Listings - Wan Chai
9 Star Street, Wan Chai, 2529 2300,
Cuisine Mediterranean with Spanish influence
Specialities Steak, seafood, coffee, dessert
Wine A wide selection throughout the world
Best for Casual bite
Average food cost Lunch HK$150, dinner HK$350
Hours Noon-2.30pm, 6pm-midnight
1/5 NUEVO is a special cocktail lounge with casual dining.
8/F, QRE Plaza, Queens Road East, Wan Chai, 2788 0012,
Cuisine Japanese
Specialities Teppanyaki dishes featuring lobster, abalone, prawns Kobe beef
Wine More than 40 specially selected Japanese sakes and shochus, Japanese beers
Best for Impressing guests
Average food cost HK$300-HK$500
Hours Noon-3pm, 6pm-midnight
This place offers culinary entertainment as expert chefs barbecue dishes in front of you.
Shop 13, 2/F J Residence, 60 Johnston Road, Wan Chai, 2850 8371,
Cuisine Contemporary fine dining
Specialities Deconstructed Chinese delicacies
Wine International
Best for Impressing guests
Average food cost HK$500
Hours Noon-3pm, 7pm-midnight
Among Hong Kong's most innovative restaurants, thanks to the tireless creativity of Chef Alvin Leung. Great set menus, ? la carte and chef's table options.
23 Wing Fung Street, Wan Chai, 2861 3130,
Cuisine French-Mediterranean
Specialities Japanese egg confit, truffled oxtail gelee, Lomo Iberico, croutons
Wine Over 2,400 labels worth HK$20 million
Best for Romantic meal
Average food cost Lunch HK$500; dinner HK$1,500 including wine
Hours Mon-Sat noon-2pm, 7-10pm
Cepage offers light and contemporary French-Mediterranean fare.
3 Star Street, Wan Chai, 2527 1408,
Cuisine French
Specialities Brioche, foie gras, chocolate
Wine More than 15 by the glass.
Best for Casual bite
Average food cost Lunch HK$100, dinner HK$350
Hours Mon-Sat 11am-11pm; closed on Sun
A casual bistro serving hearty rustic French dishes and has a deli counter.
1/F, 88 Lockhart Road, Wan Chai, 2527 2872
Cuisine Thai
Specialities Curry, seafood
Wine French, Australian and Spanish
Best for Casual bite
Average food cost HK$120
Hours Noon-3pm, 6-10.30pm
More than two decades since it opened, the Chili Club is still packed nightly with spice-loving loyalists who don't really like to eat without sweating. A Wan Chai institution.
114-120 Lockhart Road, Wan Chai, 2861 2221,
Cuisine Mexican
Specialities Fajitas, quesadillas
Wine Three reds and three whites by the glass, tequila, margaritas
Best for Casual bite
Average food cost HK$200-HK$250
Hours Noon-2am
This Tex-Mexican place has the best premium tequila and margarita bar in Hong Kong, with more than 75 choices.
3/F Renaissance Harbour View Hotel, 1 Harbour Road, Wan Chai, 2584 6971,
Cuisine Cantonese
Specialities Barbecue and roast meats
Wine 50 white, 100 red
Best for Business meal
Average food cost Lunch HK$200, dinner HK$300
Hours Mon-Sat noon-3pm, 6.30-11pm; Sun and PH 11.30am-3pm
Classic Cantonese cuisine, with a particular emphasis on barbecue and roast meats.
2/F Grand Hyatt Hong Kong, 1 Harbour Road, Wan Chai, 2588 1234,
Cuisine Authentic Italian
Specialities Business lunch, Sunday buffet
Wine Italian and vintage selection
Best for Romantic meal
Average food cost Lunch HK$250, dinner HK$450
Hours Mon-Fri, Sun noon-2.30pm, 7-10.30pm; Sat noon-2.30pm, 6.30-10.30pm
Traditional Italian food in stylish surroundings.
28/F, QRE Plaza, Queens Road East, Wan Chai, 2891 0876
Cuisine Japanese
Specialities Sashimi, fried rice with sea urchin
Wine Sake, shochu, plum wine
Best for Casual bite
Average food cost Lunch HK$100-HK$150; dinner HK$200-HK$400
Hours Mon-Sat noon-3pm, 6-11pm; closed Sun
This restaurant has an assortment of raw and cooked dishes.
Shop 1-4, G/F, 379 Jaffe Road, Wan Chai, 2893 7565
Cuisine Cantonese
Specialities Crab
Wine No
Best for Casual bite
Average food cost HK$200-HK$500
Hours Noon-4.30am
One of the most famous typhoon shelter-style seafood places, frequented by showbiz personalities.
Shop 1-2, G/F, Hopewell Centre, Queens Road East, Wan Chai, 2861 0737
Cuisine German
Specialities Pork knuckle, Black Forest ham
Wine More than 200 wines from around the world, German draughts, beers and schnapps
Best for Casual bite
Average food cost HK$250
Hours Sun-Thu and PH 11am-1am; Fri-Sat and PH eves 11am-2am
The traditional Bavaria d?cor inspires diners to enjoy Oktoberfest all year round.
21-22/F, QRE Plaza, Queen's Road East, Wan Chai, 2156 9115
Cuisine Italian
Specialities Grilled pork, pasta and pizza
Wine Over 40 varietals of wine, including red, white, ros? and sparking wines
Best for Casual bite
Average food cost HK$200
Hours Sun-Thu 11am-midnight; Fri-Sat, PH 11am-1am
Enjoy some down-to-earth Italian cuisine in this homey eatery.
1/F, Malaysia Building, 50 Gloucester Road, Wan Chai, 2529 8933
Cuisine European
Specialities Steak
Wine French, Italian, Australian and New Zealand choices
Best for Impressing guests
Average food cost HK$250-HK$300
Hours Noon-10.30pm
Established in Hong Kong for many years, Louis' continues to offer value for money and a friendly, nostalgic dining experience.
5/F, Lucky Centre, 165-171 Wan Chai Road, Wan Chai, 2866 8305,
Cuisine Cantonese
Specialities Seafood, hotpot
Wine French, Californian, Chilean, Australian, Japanese sake, Chinese wines
Best for Value
Average food cost HK$250
Hours Noon-3pm, 6-11.30pm
Famous for its hotpot soup bases such as tom yum koong cappuccino and Cantonese classics.
Shop 2, 2/F, Wu Chung House, Queens Road E, Wan Chai, 2891 1177,
Cuisine Vietnamese
Specialities Pho Tai, fried crepes
Wine N/A
Best for Value
Average food cost HK$40-$100
Hours Noon-11pm
This restaurant invites diners to sample traditional Vietnamese dishes to street food, resulting in a variety of influences and flavours.
5/F & 6/F, QRE Plaza, 202 Queen's Road East, Wan Chai, 2866 1868,
Cuisine Portuguese
Specialities Roast suckling pig, seafood
Wine Extensive Portuguese wine list
Best for Business meal
Average food cost HK$300-HK$500
Hours Sun-Thu Lunch 11am-1am; Fri 11am-2am; Sat 3pm-2am
Portuguese home-style recipes that have been passed down for generations.
7/F & 8/F, Grand Hyatt Hong Kong, 1 Harbour Road, Wan Chai, 2588 1234 ext. 7338,
Cuisine Cantonese
Specialities Double-boiled soup and dim sum
Wine An extensive international list
Best for Impressing guests
Average food cost Lunch HK$300, dinner HK$800
Hours Mon-Sat noon-2.30pm, 6.30-10.30pm; Sun 11.30am-2.30pm, 6.30-10.30pm
Sample classic Cantonese dishes here.
1/F, De Fenwick, 8-12 Fenwick Street, Wan Chai, 3101 0418,
Cuisine Australian steakhouse
Specialities Pasta, steak, seafood, dessert
Wine White, with a focus on Australian, Chilean and American chardonnays and reds
Best for Casual bite
Average food cost HK$108-HK$198
Hours Sun-Thu noon-11pm; Fri-Sat noon-11.30pm
An Australian-themed casual dining restaurant with an emphasis on steaks.
66 Johnston Road, Wan Chai, 2527 6088,
Cuisine Chinese
Specialities Dim sum, desserts
Wine International wine list
Best for Impressing guests
Average food cost Lunch HK$150, dinner HK$300
Hours Mon-Fri 11.30am-3pm, 6.30-11.30pm; Sat, Sun & PH 11.30am-4.30pm, 6.30-11.30pm
Inspired by Chinese traditional house, dine in this 120-year-old building.
27/F, QRE Plaza, 202 Queen's Road East, Wan Chai, 2591 6338,
Cuisine Beijing, Sichuanese and Shanghainese
Specialities Dim sum
Wine Seven Chinese wines, including spirits
Best for Value
Average food cost Lunch HK$100, dinner HK$250
Hours Mon-Fri 11am-11pm; Sat, Sun & PH 10am-11pm
A restaurant serving Beijing, Sichuanese, and Shanghainese dishes that have no MSG, and less oil and salt used.
11/F, Renaissance Harbour View Hotel, 1 Harbour Road, Wan Chai, 2802 8888 ext 6363,
Cuisine Contemporary Italian
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In 2010, net income decreased to $11.4 million from $14.4 million in 2009.[2] The primary drivers of this decrease were weak regional credit and real estate markets resulted in a drop in interest income.[3] The company's net income decreased in lockstep with its interest income during 2010, illustrating its reliance on a strong savings & loans market in Ohio.[4]
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Do you know someone who has been affected by breast cancer? If you do, it's not surprising because it's the most common cancer in Canadian women. In fact, one in nine Canadian women will be diagnosed with breast cancer. But what you might not know is that one third of breast cancers are preventable.
Contrary to popular belief, less than 10% of breast cancers are linked to family history. Most breast cancers are due to a combination of other factors and your risk can be greatly reduced with a few positive lifestyle changes. So what can you do? Go online and create your own (free) breast health plan by answering a few simple questions such as how often you exercise, smoke, drink and make health-conscious food decisions.
It automatically generates a personalized breast health plan which will give you an honest summary of what you can change in your lifestyle to reduce your risk of breast cancer. The new online tool was created by the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation to help promote prevention and early detection.
Depending on your answers, the breast health plan may recommend alternative options when it comes to food, make-up and personal care products to reduce your exposure to chemicals in our environment and everyday products. Answers to the fitness questions may mean your personalized breast health plan recommends you walk at least 30 minutes a day or exercise more regularly.
Whether they are big or small, gradual lifestyle changes can benefit you. As part of the #OneNewThing campaign, CBCF is urging Canadian women to get out of your comfort zone and try new things to help reduce the risk of breast cancer. Have you always wanted to run a marathon? Or perhaps been hesitant to try Kale? Challenge yourself and find your #OneNewThing then inspire others to do the same by sharing it on the website or using #OneNewThing on Twitter.
It doesn't have to be something daring or earth-shattering. But now is the time to try something new. Small lifestyle changes can have a big impact on our health and the lives of those around us. As moms, we invest so much time into caring for our families and their futures. With so many people depending on us, don't you think it's time we try #OneNewThing and invest time into taking care of ourselves?
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I have two friends who are Breast Cancer survivors. I am going to go check out that online tool and see what changes I should be making. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for a wonderful article. It is so important to conquer breast cancer (and prostate cancer for that matter). Thankfully for those who do need operative treatment things have progressed a long way since I was a radiographer. Results are really positive which is very important psychologically.
so true Elizabeth!
I love the idea of starting with one new thing. It certainly makes prevention sound a lot more manageable.
I went to check the online tool. I learned some new things, including factors that I didn't know increased breast cancer risk!
It's definitely a great tool!
I'm gradually changing my lifestyle/diet/activity level purely for my health! Its not easy, but if it reduces my chance of breast cancer, its a good thing!


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July 22, 2005 - The success of the crime drama "CSI" got me thinking that it would be great if we could conduct a forensic approach to portfolios. After all, the clues are often buried underneath what might seem like ordinary objects or in our case, assets. Its just that you need to know what to look for and have the tools to examine the evidence.
I recently saw this after talking to Mr. X, who could not make heads or tails out of his portfolio. He had gone to his local bank after being downsized from his job. Here lies the first clue to our mystery: when you go to bank, chances are that the "advice" you receive is not advice, but a thinly veiled sales pitch. Our unsuspecting victim sat with his last 401(k) statement from his employer and barley noticed the salesmans foaming at the mouth with anticipation.
The bank guy suggested that Mr. X transfer his 401(k) account into an IRA. Rollover account, invested in a variable annuity. Mr. X immediately pounced on the idea and said that he did not want a VA, at which point the salesman had to switch tactics. He quickly shifted to a new idea: mutual funds. Mr. X felt more comfortable with the funds and agreed to move forward with the plan.
However, when the recommended funds were put under the microscope, their irregularities became apparent. The salesman was suggesting that Mr. X invest in four different B-share mutual funds from four distinct fund families. By doing this, Mr. X would not receive any breakpoints (or reductions) in the fees that were due, but the salesman would certainly maximize his commission.
Additionally, the funds annual operating expenses were over 2 percent, although it was difficult for Mr. X to find this information. Armed with a couple of Internet sites which clearly identify the cost of the funds, Mr. X could calculate the true cost of owning these funds.
Finally, the last piece of damning evidence against the portfolio in question was the salesman himself. He evaded direct questions, deflected his responses and became defensive as the meeting ensued. The salesman was guilty of putting his interest ahead of Mr. Xs. In this business, that practice is not punishable, but in our book, it sure is a crime.
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By Laura Bruno, USA TODAY
MADISON, N.J. Students at Drew University woke up Monday morning to gray skies overhead but rainbow-colored messages of hope on the ground.
Joining students on more than 100 college campuses nationwide, they wrote and found simple messages of love and compassion in colored chalk on well-traveled paths, expressing sentiments such as "You are loved," "You are beautiful" and "Be yourself."
"It lifted my spirits," says Kelly Bronner, 18, a freshman from Ridgewood, N.J., who was studying for a morning exam. "Whatever someone is going through, it tells you to hang in there, it's going to get better."
For the second year, gay, lesbian and transgender campus support groups across the USA sought to raise awareness Monday about the high rate of attempted suicide in their community through the "You Are Loved Chalk Message" project.
Organizers say the project attracted greater attention this year because of the five male youths who committed suicide in September, including two college students: Raymond Chase, an openly gay sophomore at Johnson & Wales University in Providence, and Tyler Clementi, a freshman at New Jersey's Rutgers University.
"These tragedies are a wake-up call to society,' said Jen Dugan of Florham Park, N.J., who started the project as a junior at Drew in 2006. "Things are going to change because we are going to change them."
Anti-gay bullying is suspected to have played a role in at least four of the September suicides of males, ages 13 to 19, says Laura McGinnis, spokeswoman of the Trevor Project, a national, 24-hour, toll-free, confidential suicide hotline for gay and questioning youth, which she says has received 187,000 calls since 1998. The other suicides took place in Texas, Indiana and California, she says.
Clementi jumped off the George Washington Bridge into the Hudson River nearly two weeks ago, three days after his roommate and another student used a webcam to broadcast on the Internet live images of Clementi having an intimate encounter with another man, prosecutors say.
Last year, Dugan took the chalk project national, getting students at 50 college campuses involved, including the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, Roanoke College in Salem, Va., and the University of Illinois-Chicago.
This year, Dugan's project was supported by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and Active Minds, a college mental health awareness group, which helped spread the word further.
• At Texas A&M University, the chalk project was combined with the NOH8 silent photo protest against California's Proposition 8. Participants were bused in from all over Texas, says Lowell Kane, coordinator of the campus GLBT (Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender) resource center.
• Students at the University of Maine chalked in the evening after a moment of silence, says Whitney Lee Kangas, graduate assistant for the campus counseling center.
• Students at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln participated for the second consecutive year, writing messages outside the student union, says senior Jason Lucht, 21, of Gretna, Neb., who considered suicide as a gay high school student.
"When I was having problems, I tended to look down, so if I'd seen chalking on the ground, I would have seen that someone cared," Lucht says.
Gay youth are two to six times more likely to report having attempted suicide than their peers, said Ann Haas, director of prevention projects for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.
There is no data available on the sexual orientations of people who commit suicide, she says.
"It's all too obvious in the past couple weeks how much negative reaction gay youth receive," Haas says. "To create visible messages using art and beauty to drive home positive messages can be a powerful input for young people."
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Amazing Lovers - Poem by David Pyrs
I watch the stars in the sky.
Later, if you look up, you will watch them pass by.
Now, from these ancient lands,
They will carry my messages with glance.
I will tell them to be gentle,
With all the things they are to handle.
To caress every word I send.
To embrace every thought I paint.
To remember every smile they see,
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So from the billion billion stars,
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To sail the skies in its own time,
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When you open your eyes for the next sunrise.
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Doing so…you might even make a smile,
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The Queens neighborhood, home to institutions like the Museum of the Moving Image and Kaufman-Astoria Studios, was designated an official arts district today
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There's no shortage of neighborhoods teeming with amazing culture in New York City, but to date, only two areas—along 4th Street on the Lower East Side and the amorphous Fort Greene–Downtown Brooklyn hub that's anchored by BAM—have been anointed official NYC cultural districts. That changes today: Astoria, Queens will become home to the city's newest arts hub, the Kaufman Arts District.
Anchored by the Kaufman-Astoria Studios (hence the name), the new district will cover about 24 blocks, and will include institutions like the Museum of the Moving Image, the Frank Sinatra School of the Arts and the Queens Council on the Arts. The neighborhood has a long history of arts production: Kaufman is home to series like Sesame Street and Orange is the New Black, and it recently became home to the city's only backlot. But in recent years, as Moving Image has grown in popularity and more hotspots (like Studio Square and the Astor Room) have opened, its profile has risen.
According to the New York Times, the new designation won't change things too much, at least not in the short term: the partners will work to promote Astoria as a destination, both for tourists and creative types. But unlike the Downtown Brooklyn arts hub, Queens won't be getting any city funding—so don't expect to see any glassy condos or fancy new theaters along Steinway Street. (Not yet, anyway.)
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Blessed with astonishingly good looks, 23-year-old songsmith Devendra Banhart is the poster boy for outsider-folk's unlikely crossover in 2004. He's the pretty face at the forefront of an underground uprising that includes his friends Currituck Co, CocoRosie, Vetiver, Joanna Newsom, Born Heller and Six Organs of Admittance. With three albums, two singles and an EP released in the space of two years, Banhart has had plenty of opportunity to cultivate a profile, and is prepared to do any publicity.
"I live under the knife that, any day now, I'll be back to bussing tables again, so I'm happy to do anything to prevent that," Banhart says, mocking the idea that his newfound celebrity has any merits. "You know it and I know it - it's totally fleeting, man, with all this kind of stuff. There's an up and a down, and any day I could be back there, and any day I expect to be back there."
With that in mind, Banhart is spending one of his few days off "sitting in a room waiting for the phone to ring", waiting to do interview after interview. He's eccentric and charming. He's candid about his latest album, Nino Rojo ("Be Kind is the only song I like on it"), his prolific output ("Prolific just means I write a lot of bad songs"), and pretty much anything, save where his songs come from. "That's a mysterious and special, magical thing, and I hate trying to figure that out, and I hate having to talk about that," he says.
Banhart talks a lot about his history: growing up in Caracas, Venezuela, then spending his young-adult years wandering from San Francisco to New York to Paris. He talks about his first show, at the wedding of his housemates, "Bob the Crippled Comedian and Jerry Elvis", when he played How Great Thou Art and Love Me Tender on the guitar.
And he tells this tale of one of his earliest shows. "I played on a table in a sushi restaurant, where they were trying to be hip or something. They thought I was gentle acoustic music, but at that time I was really into Patty Waters and Diamanda Galas and Yoko Ono, and I would just hold the guitar and screech my song out. It wasn't the most pleasant thing to eat your f--king spider-roll to. And Sammy Hagar was in the bar, and we ended up getting in a fight. Once again, I'll say it - F--k you, Sammy!"
Struggling through these early days, Banhart drew on the support of his hero, "lost" late-'60s and early-'70s English folk singer Vashti Bunyan, who encouraged Banhart to play his personal, idiosyncratic music live. It was only three years ago that Banhart was struggling through such shows, but since the release of his debut disc, Oh Me Oh My the Way the Day Goes By the Sun Is Setting Dogs Are Dreaming Lovesongs of the Christmas Spirit, in late 2002, his star has been rising.
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These performances, he says, come from his own contentment. "I'm just really comfortable playing now, and getting to play with amazing people who inspired me is the best thing in the whole world."
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The Pour House
A Colorado Saloon
by Roberta McGowan
About the Book
"The Pour House, a Colorado Saloon," is a photographic journey into one of the West's iconic watering holes and restaurant gathering place. Located in the Roaring Fork Valley on Colorado's Western Slope, the Pour House reminds us all of the wild west history of the region, which in many ways, still exists today.
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Standard Landscape, 10×8 in, 25×20 cm
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- Publish Date Jun 22, 2013
About the Creator
I am a professional photographer who specializes in people and their horses and a fine art documentary approach to the western life style: ranches, cowboys, cowgirls, rodeos, etc. Here is my Artist's Statement: It's not about the camera or the technology; It's about the fragile whispers of life: Those images that are here and then gone in an instant; The eye that sees them; The visions of the artist; The stories to be told; This is Photography. The images I create are dynamic and thought provoking. Strong colors and tones reflect the tough and gritty lives of the horses, cowgirls, cowgirls and the West where they live and work. My photographs are made from the perspective of the subjects. Viewers are an integral part of the artistic process, hopefully connecting with the subjects emotions, and the subjects in turn appear to be responding to the viewers' reactions.
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Information on working terriers, dogs, natural history, hunting, and the environment, with occasional political commentary as I see fit. This web log is associated with the Terrierman.com web site.
Monday, June 22, 2009
A Rare Photo of Laika
A recycled post from this blog, circa this day in 2005
The above photo is a rare picture of the space-dog, Laika, in her space suit. Though often described as a "husky," Laika was, in fact, a 13-pound, smooth female fox terrier mix which had been a stray on the streets of Moscow. Females were chosen because they did not have to stand and lift their leg to urinate. Astronaut dogs were trained to stay very still for long periods of time (they spent 15-20 days at a time in small boxes) and to wear a pressurized suit and helmet.
"Laika" was launched into space in Sputnik 2 on November 3, 1957. Laika, whose real name was Kudryavka (Little Curly), was dubbed "Muttnik" by American newspapers.
Laika was the first living creature ever to be launched into earth orbit, and it was known that she would die in space, as there was no recovery method for true orbital flight in those days.
At the World Space Congress in Houston in November of 2003, Dimitri Malashenkov of the Institute for Biological problems in Moscow finally revealed that immediately after launch Laika's capsule reached speeds of nearly 18,000 miles per hour. As the pressure in the capsule increased, Laika's pulse rate increased to three times its normal level. Five to seven hours into the flight, no life signs were evident, and it is believed Laika died of over-heating, stress, and pressure. Sputnik 2 fell back to earth on April 14, 1958 -- four and a half months after leaving earth -- and burned up on re-entry.
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- retrieverman said...
A laika is a husky-type dog, usually used for hunting. That dog clearly was no laika.
The Siberian husky is derived from a strain of East Siberian laika that were used for hauling.
These dogs were kept by the Chukchi people of the Anadyr Valley.
- Megan said...
Nick Abadzis wrote/drew a very moving graphic novel about Laika. It's not so much about the dog (Abadzis pulls no Disney-fied punches with her) as it is about the people who came into contact with her during her short life (and the questions that all people who work with lab animals must ask themselves). It's really well-done.
- Jonathan said...
In the book mentioned above, Oleg Georgivitch Gazenko says "We did not learn enough from the mission to justify the death of the dog."
may Laika dance with the stars.
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- Helen said...
This dog is NOT Laika...it is a dog being placed into a hyperbolic chamber circa 1954 (much earlier than Laika). Laika was mostly white and this dog has black fur. Dogs like this, in the earliest stages of Soviet research, made Laika's flight possible on Nov 3, 1957.


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Victory in Colombo clinched England's first major limited-overs triumph in the subcontinent since 1986/7.
"We make no bones about the fact that we want to get a one-day side to win an ICC Trophy," Moores told Radio 5live.
"The key now is to keep on winning, keep trying to get up the rankings and keep gaining in confidence."
He added: "We know there are areas we can get better. We've got to go away and work on them.
"The challenge is out there. We've got lots to go for and lots to work at. We look forward to the future."
Captain Paul Collingwood hailed the win over Sri Lanka but said it was only the start.
"A lot of very good sides have come out to Sri Lanka and gone home with nothing," he said.
"This team are young, learning all the time, and as long as we keep our feet on the ground we can go anywhere."
The tourists lost the first match in Dambulla but bounced back superbly to claim three wins in a row.
After Saturday's final game, England have a month off before returning to Sri Lanka for a three-match Test series. They tour New Zealand early next year for Test and one-day series.
Collingwood is keen for them to build on their triumph, adding: "After the first match, when we lost heavily, we took some stick and we knew it was going to be tough.
"But since we've been out here there's been a lot of belief that we can do something special. There's a lot of skill in that dressing room.
"When you come out to these conditions they can be very harsh and the way we've adapted as a team is amazing and we've done it so quickly. We're moving forward."
The skipper reserved special mention for the bowling unit, with James Anderson, Ryan Sidebottom, Stuart Broad and Graeme Swann all impressing as the hosts were reduced to meagre totals in three straight games.
"We learnt a lot from how the Sri Lankans bowled in the first game and, to a man, our boys worked on their skills and changes of pace, and they have been fantastic," said Collingwood.
"They have made it so much easier for the batsmen to do their jobs and contribute to a superb series win."
Those sentiments were echoed by Alastair Cook, who was named man of the match for his 80 and said: "I'll be honest, the bowlers deserve this award more than me, they were fantastic.
"As batsmen, we always knew if we kept wickets in hand we'd be fine as we were chasing a low total and so we were just able to consolidate and tick the score down. It was just a great team effort."
Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene was scathing of his side's performance, admitting his batsmen in particular had failed to perform throughout the series.
"We haven't played good cricket in this series," he said. "We have lost wickets at crucial times and often we have failed to build momentum when we need it most.
"England have bowled brilliantly up front but we have not really been confident enough in our ability throughout the series. We have not expressed ourselves at all, especially with the bat, and we have just not given ourselves a chance.
"All we can do now is go into Saturday's match and try to salvage some pride and show what we are really capable of."
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Apparently the White Sox are unhappy with Williams who, according to reports, has been far too involved with the team and has interfered with Manuel's job.
There is no word on who would take Williams place if he does in fact resign, but three possibilities would be assistant general manager Rick Hahn, senior director of player development Duane Shaffer and director of player developement Bob Fontaine, Jr.
The move wouldn't put Manuel in the clear, however, as he, along with hitting coach Gary Ward, is still being looked at with a close eye.
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In 2004 a 36-year-old man from Pembrokeshire became the first person in the UK to die from cannabis toxicity.
Down from the broad, fern-clad shoulders of Precelly flow the few Pembrokeshire streams that approach the dignity of rivers.
It has been recorded from Pembrokeshire and Flintshire, in Wales.
John Jenkin, a schoolmaster in Pembrokeshire, was a conjuror of renown in that part of Wales.
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Welsh is utterly unknown "down below," as the p. 205North Pembrokeshire folks call the southern half of the county.
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on Apr 17, 2009 at 12:51 pm
This tragedy is a direct result of a poor arrangement between the Sheriff's department and Highway Patrol splitting duties and poor County code/blight/health and safety enforcement. Since 2003, this area known as "the block" has had minimum of 4 shootings with 3 fatalites, at least 2 unsolved. The county will only enforce on a complaint basis. Gentrification won't happen until the area is incorporated into Redwood City or county takes an active role to clean up the abandoned vehicles, over crowding via non-code complying structures and simple enforcement. Gangs run rampant with impunity.
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on Apr 17, 2009 at 5:08 pm
I hope the Police are looking into this very seriously. I hope they have done a run down on the telephone numbers in the boys cell phone. I have a teenager and this type of thing should touch the heart of every parent. This is unacceptable. If gang activity is rampant in this area, forget privacy, put cameras up.
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The Hebrew word for "waterspout," as used in the book of Psalms, could also be translated as "waterfall."
One night in the summer of 1749, a waterspout appeared in the Mediterranean Sea just off the coast of Italy.
Summoned to investigate the waterspout, Father Ruder set to work at once.
The officers on the bridge were looking after the waterspout, and very carefully at that.
They say to hit the waterspout in the centre where it joins the other from below will disperse it.
The river suddenly rose in several places, in the form of a waterspout, and came dashing over the crowd.
Look, if there are not a number of dead fish which the waterspout must have sucked up.
The ship was lowered about a hundred feet away from the waterspout.
The rain dripped from his coat; he was deluged, a waterspout.
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RITTMAN (AP) An Army veteran killed by Iraqi insurgents was remembered as a freedom fighter on Saturday and buried with military honors at a national cemetery.
During the graveside service for Jerko Jerry Zovko, 32, people decorated surrounding military graves with Easter flowers under a bright blue sky as a brisk wind whipped a U.S. flag flying at half-staff.
His mother, Danica Donna Zovko, covered her eyes as the casket was lowered into the grave. His father, Jozo, wiped away tears. Their surviving son, Tom, clutched and consoled his parents.
Jerry Zovko was one of four American security workers killed March 31 when they were hit by rocket-propelled grenades in a rebel ambush in Fallujah. Jubilant mobs dragged the burned bodies through the streets and hung two from a bridge, but Zovkos family did not know if he was one of them.
More than 120 vehicles drove 35 miles to the Ohio Western Reserve National Cemetery from a funeral service attended by about 800 at St. John Roman Catholic Cathedral in downtown Cleveland.
A detail from Fort Knox, Ky., fired a seven-gun salute, two Army buglers played Taps and a Cleveland police bagpiper played Amazing Grace.
At the cathedral, decorated with lilies for Easter, Bishop Anthony M. Pilla greeted Zovkos parents as the casket was wheeled down an aisle. Pilla told them after the service that he will pray for them.
He will remain alive forever, the bishop said.
Mrs. Zovko folded her hands and knelt before the flag-draped casket, her lips moving in prayer, then smiled and kissed a program with her sons picture as she sat down.
The service was held largely in Croatian, reflecting the Zovko family heritage. A fluent speaker of English, Croatian, Spanish, Russian and Arabic, Zovko worked for Blackwater USA, a private security consultant based in Moyock, N.C.
Relatives who live in suburban Willoughby said he always wanted to try to save the world.
Born in Cleveland and raised in suburban Euclid, Zovko attended St. Christine School and Euclid High School, where he played soccer. He was a member of St. Paul Croatian Church in Cleveland and helped at his parents Domestic and Foreign Body Shop in Clevelands Collinwood neighborhood.
He spent a year at Ohio State University. Then, his family said, a visit to his grandparents in their native war-torn Croatia inspired him to enlist in the Army at age 19.
Zovko was discharged as a sergeant after eight years of Army service in 2001.
The Rev. Edward Estok called Zovko a freedom fighter.
We are called to live in freedom, Estok said. We salute his sacrifice.
Zovkos brother, Tom, read from a condolence note sent by an American who knew Jerry Zovko in Iraq, describing him as a renegade who found time to create a rooftop pool in a desert barracks and was willing to be a leader.
He wanted to help the Iraqis and he wanted to do it on their terms, Tom Zovko told the mourners.


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The Galaxy Nexus is a massive media machine set in a light but sturdy plastic chassis with a 4.65-inch Super AMOLED HD screen providing a brilliant display
Its Android Ice Cream Sandwich OS is the most significant update yet, streamlining the navigation process along with the look and feel of its icons and widgets. However, a total lack of preloaded apps or startup menus could be forbidding to a first time smartphone owner
A phenomenal feature set with the best Gmail app on any platform, a tabbed browser with amped up rendering speeds, a high-clarity display and one of the best touch-screens available
The Galaxy Nexus can run up to 16 programs without slowing down and general navigation is fast and responsive. However, the Ice Cream Sandwich OS still has a few glitches to iron out as we occasionally experienced force closes
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The first phone to run on Google's powerful new Android Ice Cream Sandwich OS, the Samsung Galaxy Nexus is an incredibly smart device that will set the bar for future AndroidsThe tech world has been waiting a long time for a mobile to achieve Apple levels of hype and fandom, and it began to happen for Android some months back. The Galaxy Nexus is important not so much because it's another high-spec, über-powerful smartphone from Samsung, but because it comes with the first iteration of Google's most significant update to its Android OS, now the world's most popular smartphone platform.
Which doesn't mean that its hardware should be overlooked at all. In fact, the Nexus is one of the classier, most powerful handsets to come from Samsung in a while. Its massive 4.65-inch screen squeezes in a 720x1280 pixel resolution display with brilliant 316ppi clarity, all in a plastic chassis weighing a feather-light 135g. This outstrips the even more plasticky Galaxy S II by 19g and the increased heft feels better in the hand. A textured back mimics the leatherette look of the moneyed BlackBerry Bold 9900 (those good old non-touch-screen days) but the flimsy plastic back cover we detested in the Galaxy S II is still present – so it doesn't quite approach the futuristic glass-and-steel construct of the iPhone 4S.
The five-megapixel lens protrudes from the contoured back, which curves ever so slightly outwards. The 8.9mm profile is impressively slim for such a large device, while the minimal bezel gives the expansive display even more room.
A front-facing 1.3-megapixel camera lets you make video calls – or Hangouts, if you're using Google+ – and of course, Face Unlock, the new feature incorporating face recognition to unlock the phone. Under the hood, a 1.2GHz dual-core processor works with 1GB of RAM to keep the Nexus whizzing along. The touch-screen is one of the most responsive we've tried, easily on par with current champ, the iPhone 4S, while the virtual keyboard is comfortable and quick, with the main screen housing a row of numbers, a dedicated full stop and even an emoticon menu. Surprisingly however, there's no microSD slot to expand memory, so you'll be limited to just the 16GB or 32GB.
The draw of Google's Nexus line is the 'pure Google experience'. So though the phone is branded as a Samsung device, its software innards are all Google – and with this third phone, the Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade of Android is front and centre. It's the most substantial upgrade yet, taking the most efficient bits of the Gingerbread version found in Android phones and the Honeycomb version in Android tablets to create a new minimalist look with icons slimmed down and widgets squared off.
Core navigation has been streamlined as well, with the standard four touch-buttons pared down to just three: Home, Back and Multitasking, as seen in Honeycomb tablets. Missing is the Menu button that used to provide a context-specific set of options in any app; instead, you'll have to poke around each app to squirrel out your various possible actions. The Multitasking button is an excellent addition, allowing you to view thumbnails of up to 16 open programs and scroll through to bounce to the one you want. In our week with the phone, we never experienced any lag despite having the full allotment of programs open.
Loading up the phone for the first time simply takes you into the default home screen setup with just a few Google app shortcuts and a toolbar at the base housing the standard shortcuts – Dialer, Contacts, All Programs, Texts and Browser. Hitting All Programs shows all your apps and widgets, and we love the new visual menu for widgets ¬– instead of a text list, you can actually see what each of the widgets would look like.
However, adding shortcuts and widgets to the home screen has become less intuitive – instead of pressing down on a home screen to add an icon, you have to head into All Programs and press down on the shortcut you want to bring up a carousel of all the home screens to pop the icon onto. Once you know this, it's easy enough to acclimatise, but a smartphone first timer could feel pretty lost.
Indeed, there are no startup help screens as with HTC's Android phones or even Samsung's own line – this is the clean slate Google look and you'll get no hand-holding to set up email, social network or even Wi-Fi accounts.
This makes the Nexus a real early adopter phone, one for the tech-savvy who know what smartphones can do and don't mind playing around with settings a bit to get things just right.
At press time, we were still experiencing occasional freezes and force-closes on apps, though this may have been rectified in a software update since.
One of the most streamlined, powerful features of the phone is its social integration to create what Google is now calling 'People Chips', essentially contact cards that comprise all a friend's details from phone number and email to Facebook, Twitter and any other messaging apps you might download, such as WhatsApp and Skype.
Contacts sync automatically, though at press time, Facebook was not fully working on Ice Cream Sandwich phones, so though the app was functional, we couldn't sync our Facebook friends with our contacts book.
Rather like Microsoft's Windows Phone People Hub, each Chip shows all a person's details as well as their latest posts and photos. And design-wise, the square profile pictures of your favourite friends really, really looks like Windows Phone's Live Tiles. It looks good, so we're not complaining.
Communications in general is great – text messages are threaded and within each conversation the friend's name is displayed up top, next to an option to dial the number and attach a photo or video. There's also a search function within the text inbox, as there is in the Gmail app.
Email has always been a comprehensive offering in Android phones, with Gmail packing most of the features you get on the desktop version. That's been amped up in Ice Cream Sandwich, with the inbox showing a two-line preview of each email and a new toolbar for composing, search, viewing email by label, and a fuller settings menu.
Inside each message you can preview, view or save attachments, and mark it as unread too. It's so easy and comprehensive you'll struggle to go back to Gmail on any other OS, which don't offer most of these features.
There's also an Email app for your mail on other services, though as you might expect, it's not quite as fancy as Gmail, lacking even a search function. The web browser has also been turbo-charged to near desktop levels with tabbed browsing and the option to go 'private' as on Google's Chrome browser. Pages loaded significantly faster than on the Galaxy S II (running on Android Gingerbread), with copy- paste and pinch to zoom working seamlessly. You can also save pages for offline viewing. At launch, the Galaxy Nexus didn't support Flash as the software didn't support its Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade; that's since been rectified in an update.
With flagship smartphones tending to pack eight-megapixel cameras, the five-megapixel snapper is a bit of a surprise – but it's actually very impressive. The shutter is instant, so we were able to take rapid-fire photos one after the other with great clarity.
You can snap a photo either by touching the screen or a set of three metallic dots on the side of the phone. On the screen there is also a settings menu to choose from preset lighting modes, exposure, and flash toggle.
Though the phone took excellent photos in daylight, low light shots fared less well even on nighttime settings. In a dim, lamp-lit room, photos came out grainy, though colour reproduction was good.
A panorama mode allows you to sweep the camera round to get a long photo of a 180-degree view. The camera warns you when you're sweeping too fast - this results in a lightly blurred photo.
The first time you use the camera, you'll be prompted to turn on Instant Upload, which saves photos immediately to Google+, the search giant's (attempted) answer to Facebook and Twitter. Using this social network does make life a ton easier in the same way that using Gmail with an Android phone is the path of least resistance. When photos are saved via Instant Upload, they're in the 'cloud' for posterity and you can clear your memory card for more photos. Any photos you take with an Android phone linked to the same Gmail address are stored too, so even if you phone-hop as casually as a mobile reviewer, you won't lose any pictures.
It's a bona fide video recorder too, with real 1080p recording and a cool Time Lapse mode where you can set the shutter interval for anywhere from -1-10 seconds. This allows you to make your own stop-motion movies, limited only by your creative talent. (In our case, this was a fairly substantial limitation.)
One surprise spec omission in this workhorse phone is the limited support for video formats – DivX and Xvid, two common ways to compress online video that have been on many Samsung phones, are missing here, with the Nexus supporting only H.264/263 and MP4.
With phone contracts tying consumers to a single handset for two years, future proofing is an important consideration. The Galaxy Nexus is one of the few phones available right now with an NFC chip, making it future-friendly for when contactless payments eventually become a reality in the UK. For now, you can mainly use it in Android Beam, an app that uses NFC to bounce content instantly between two Galaxy Nexuses (in the future, this will include any other Ice Cream Sandwich phones that also have an NFC chip). Its application is limited right now, but what it actually does is excellent: place two Nexus phones back to back and you can send a web link, map link, YouTube video or even an app in under a second.
In practice, this means that you can be on a webpage, map or watching a video, and send it instantly by placing your phone next to a friend's.
While the Galaxy Nexus's hardware specs impress, it really is Ice Cream Sandwich that defines this phone. Its plastic chassis is unremarkable, but the new Android look and streamlined navigation makes this the best – and best-looking – iteration of Android around. However, Ice Cream Sandwich still has a few bugs to iron out with occasional force closes – and media fanatics may miss the presence of a memory card slot. The Galaxy Nexus isn't the definitive Android phone, but it heralds great things for Androids to come.