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Please forward your Family Nursing Practice News to Dr. Kathryn Anderson, Co-Chair of the IFNA Practice Committee.
Message from Dr. Carole Robinson (Canada), IFNA President (2015-2017)
July 2017 Dear Friends and Colleagues, It has been my honor and privilege to have served you and the International Family Nursing Association (IFNA) over the last two years. I am excited (as well as a bit sad) to be stepping into the Past-President position on the IFNA Board of Directors. We have such a strong and committed board led by your new President Jane Lasseter and President … [Read More...]
Message from Dr. Jane Lassetter (USA), IFNA President (2017-2019)
I had to hold back tears as I gazed at the IFNC13 welcome reception's audience filled with family nurses who waved their flags as each of their 30 countries was represented. That tender moment was followed by three days of excellent keynote speeches, expert lectures, special sessions, breakout sessions, and opportunities for networking. For me, and I hope for you, it was a feast of learning, … [Read More...]
Dr. Jyu-Lin Chen Conducts Research on Childhood Obesity Prevention and Management
Dr. Jyu-Lin Chen, PhD, RN, CNS, FAAN, is an associate professor, Department of Family Health Care Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, USA. Her research focuses on childhood obesity prevention and management. Dr. Chen's program of research addresses this critical global health threat as it focuses on childhood obesity prevention and healthy lifestyle promotion in children in … [Read More...]
Keiko Agawa Advances Knowledge About Care of Japanese Mothers of Children with Medical Dependency
Keiko Agawa, RN, MSN, is a lecturer in Home Care Nursing, School of Nursing, University of Shimane, Japan. She is an editorial member of the Society of Cultural Nursing Studies, as well as a member of the Japan Academy of Home Care, and the Japanese Association for Research in Family Nursing. Her research focuses on home-visiting nursing in the support of mothers of children with … [Read More...]
Marie-Louise (Mio) Mollerberg Promotes Family Health in Families Living with Cancer
Marie-Louise (Mio) Möllerberg, RN, MSc, is a full time doctoral student in family focused nursing care at Linnaeus University, Sweden. She is conducting research with families living with cancer and examining aspects of health and family sense of coherence in palliative care. Her study includes a population-based register study, family interviews, and exploration of the links between … [Read More...]
IFNA Launches New Limited Membership Drive (June 1-October 30, 2017)
The IFNA Membership Committee is delighted to announce the launch of a new membership recruitment effort, The Limited Membership Drive. This campaign is designed to increase new IFNA members and grow our international family nursing community. IFNA Member Rewards: The Limited Membership Drive is a means of increasing the membership of IFNA by awarding top recruiters for new … [Read More...]
IFNA Position Statement on Advanced Practice Competencies for Family Nursing
View Social Media Toolkit The International Family Nursing Association (IFNA) Position Statement on Advanced Practice Competencies for Family Nursing outlines the advanced practice competencies for family nurses (FN-AP) to guide the care of families in all settings and provide a focus for nursing education, theory, and research related to family nursing in advanced practice … [Read More...]
IFNA Member Feedback Requested: Draft Graduate Family Nursing Education Position Statement
The IFNA Education Committee is very pleased to announce the development of a new groundbreaking Graduate Family Nursing Education position statement which is now ready for IFNA member review and comment. This new IFNA Position Statement provides a vision for graduate family nursing education and was developed with the acknowledgement of the different institutional, governmental, and cultural … [Read More...]
International Family Nursing Association (IFNA) Reach Statistics 2016
International Family Nursing Association (IFNA) Reach Statistics 2016: 40,944 visitors to the IFNA website. Most active countries (listed in order of frequency of visitors) were: United States, Canada, Australia, Japan, United Kingdom, and Spain. Twitter impressions reached 50,000 in the second quarter of 2016. IFNA hashtag #familyhealth reached 156,287 with … [Read More...]
Dr. Joanna Smith Conducts Research about Family Decision-Making In the Context of Children with Long-Term Conditions
Dr. Joanna Smith is a Lecturer in Children's Nursing at the School of Healthcare, University of Leeds, United Kingdom. She emphasizes that she is, "first and foremost a children's nurse" with 15 years of clinical experience, primarily caring for children and their families with complex needs requiring surgery, which informs her teaching and research, Her main research interests relate … [Read More...]
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Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE:HOT) announced plans to introduce its two largest brands – Westin and Sheraton – to two new multi-billion dollar integrated entertainment complexes in Manila, the bustling capital of the Philippines. Starwood will manage The Westin Manila Bayshore, scheduled to open in mid-2016 as part of the Resorts World Bayshore in the Entertainment City development in Parañaque,; and Sheraton Manila Hotel in the Resorts World Manila development located in Newport City, Pasay. The Sheraton Manila Hotel is slated for opening in early 2017. The opening of the two hotels fuels Starwood's remarkable growth trajectory in Asia Pacific. The company is the region's largest upper-upscale and luxury hotel company; it currently operates over 230 hotels in Asia Pacific with plans to reach 400 operating hotels in the region by 2016. The Westin Manila Bayshore and Sheraton Manila Hotel are integral components of Resorts World Bayshore and Resorts World Manila, respectively. These new mixed-use development hubs feature entertainment venues, luxury retail establishments and gaming facilities, leveraging favorable economic conditions. The planned development of The Westin Manila Bayshore also represents the Westin brand's re-entry into the Philippine market. "We are thrilled to enter the vibrant, booming market in the Philippines, and believe there is ample demand for the Westin brand's signature programs and amenities, as well as the Sheraton brand's unique blend of hospitality, connectivity and comfort," says Chuck Abbott, Regional Vice President, Southeast Asia, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. "Resorts World Bayshore and Resorts World Manila are expected to be among the region's preeminent entertainment destinations, and Starwood is pleased to have been selected by their respective owners to provide world class brands and services to visitors and guests." "We are excited about the rebirth of these two well-known and recognized international hotel brands from Starwood and welcome them back in the Philippines. Westin is a very strong brand that will contribute to the positioning of Resorts World Bayshore as a world-class integrated resort and leisure facility. It is about time to bring back the Westin brand in the bay area, where it used to be popular. Since Phase 1 of Resorts World Bayshore will be double the size of Resorts World Manila, we will be able to offer more entertainment facilities by our target opening in 2016," says Kingson U. Sian, President of Travellers International Hotel Group, Inc.
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The announcement follows the earlier release of an integration between Website Payments Pro and the web-based Actinic Express. It means that both of Paypals payment processing systems are now available across both of Actinics ecommerce platforms hosted and desktop-based.
It will enable businesses selling online with Actinic to transact credit card payments through PayPal, as well as taking orders from customers using their PayPal accounts. It will also enable PayPal Pro users to upgrade seamlessly to any of Actinics award-winning range.
Website Payments Pro features three distinct functions: Express Checkout, Direct Payment API and Virtual Terminal. Together they let merchants offer shoppers more choice in how they pay for items with their credit or debit cards through PayPal, directly on their websites, or by phone, fax or mail.
The Direct Payment API lets merchants accept credit or debit card payments just as they would with traditional merchant accounts. Buyers simply enter their card details directly on the merchant website. Payments are processed through PayPal.
Customers who choose to pay with PayPal Express Checkout can move from shopping cart to payment completion in just three clicks. There is no need for customers to go through the hassle of re-entering billing or delivery information with every purchase. The customer initiates and approves a PayPal payment earlier in the checkout process after which billing and delivery information are sent immediately from PayPal to the merchants website.
Website Payments Pro also includes Virtual Terminal, a new feature that allows merchants to accept orders offline via phone, fax and mail. Merchants use an online interface to manually enter card details, which are then processed by PayPal.
Businesses can be approved and accepting payments with Website Payments Pro in just a few days. There are no set up or cancellation fees, reporting or gateway costs. Pricing for Website Payments Pro includes a low monthly fee of £20 and a per-transaction rate of 1.4 to 3.4 percent plus 20 pence.
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Over a third of older people feel lonely, says new research
Virgin London Marathon 2013 charities unite generations to combat isolation
Over a third (34%) of people aged 65+ in Great Britain feel lonely, according to new research out today from Age UK, the leading UK charity for older people, and pioneering online young people's charity YouthNet. As joint Virgin London Marathon's official charities, the two organisations are joining forces to tackle loneliness and isolation across generations.
The charities are calling on runners to take part in next April's race to raise money for an innovative new service which will see 700 young volunteers help 10,000 isolated older people to get online. Younger people will be given the opportunity to develop their confidence and learn new skills by sharing their digital experience with older people in their local communities.
The research also shows that older people aren't necessarily lonely for geographical reasons: on average we're all just 126 steps (ii iii iv v) – or 65 metres – from someone aged 65 or over who is feeling lonely. Similarly, young people are facing huge challenges which can lead to isolation in today's tough climate such as high unemployment and negative perceptions of youth.
The Internet is a vital tool in tackling isolation and loneliness; over a quarter (28% vi) of people aged 65+ who admitted to feeling lonely said that keeping in contact with family and friends via the web helped relieve feelings of isolation. 70% (vii) of young people aged 16-25 said they use the Internet every day to contact friends and family.
Age UK and YouthNet are aiming to strengthen communities, offering isolated older people the chance to learn how to use the Internet and take advantage of ways to help stay in touch with family and friends such as email and online chat while also reaping the benefits of online services such as online grocery shopping.
Michelle Mitchell, Charity Director General of Age UK said: 'Living in isolation and loneliness is a stark reality for too many people in later life, and feelings of loneliness can have a significantly adverse effect on physical and mental well-being.
'This new service is an important step in helping to reduce isolation and loneliness. Bringing older and younger people together in their local communities through Internet training sessions will help open up new worlds both on and offline.'
Emma Thomas, CEO of YouthNet, said: 'This unique project will help tackle isolation across generations, giving young people the opportunity to take their passion and understanding of the digital world and share it with a different generation. There is so much that young people can contribute to society, and helping older people become more internet savvy is a great example of this.
'For 16 years, YouthNet has been creating digital solutions that support young people and connect them with their peers, helping them support one another. We are delighted to be working with Age UK so that young people can help older people to benefit from online connections.'
As official charities for the 2013 Virgin London Marathon, Age UK and YouthNet have 350 guaranteed places and are looking for people with their own place in the race to also join the team. For more information and to find out how you can join 'Team Run for It' (Age UK and YouthNet's Marathon team) and take part in the Virgin London Marathon 2013 please go to www.runforit.org.uk or call 0800 169 87 87 or email email@example.com.
If anyone is suffering from loneliness or feeling isolated, help is available from Age UK's free advice line on 0800 169 6565. Lines are open from 8am to 7pm, seven days a week, where you can also find out how to contact your local Age UK. Alternatively visit www.ageuk.org.uk.
If you're 16-25 and need support around any issue, you can get anonymous, expert advice online through YouthNet's guide to life, www.thesite.org.
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i, v, vi TNS Capi Omnibus for Age UK (August 2012), 65+ (1,242 GB)
vii TNS Capi Omnibus for Age UK (August 2012), 16-25 (1,303 GB)
ii Office for National Statistics; "Estimated resident population mid-2010 by single year of age and sex," (2011)
iii Office for National Statistics; "Local authority population statistics, mid-2010," (2012)
iv Oberg, T; Karsznia, A; Oberg, K (1993); "Basic gait parameters; Reference data for normal subjects, 10-79 years of age," Journal of Rehabilitation Research Vol. 30 (2): pp, 210-223
i Older respondents (65+) who are considered to be lonely expressed loneliness to some degree. Those who responded to a question about whether they felt lonely with 'always,' 'often' or 'sometimes' were classified in this way.
ii, iii, iv, v For more detail on how this statistic was calculated please contact Karen Richards (details above).
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We provide free information, advice and support to over six million people; commercial products and services to over one million customers; and research and campaign on the issues that matter to people in later life. Our work focuses on five key areas: money matters, health and well being, home and care, work and training and leisure and lifestyle. We work with our national partners, Age Scotland, Age Cymru and Age NI (together the Age UK Family), our local Age UK partners in England and local Age Concerns. We also work internationally for people in later life as a member of the DEC and with our sister charity Help Age International.
Age UK is a charitable company limited by guarantee and registered in England (registered charity number 1128267 and company number 6825798). Age Concern England and Help the Aged (both registered charities), and their trading and other associated companies merged on the 1st April 2009. Together they have formed the Age UK Group ("we"). Charitable services are offered through Age UK and commercial products are offered by the Charity's trading companies, which donate their net profits to Age UK (the Charity).
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It's been over three years since Tiger Woods crashed his car on Thanksgiving. That accident led to the reveal of the golfer's numerous mistresses.
Woods and his ex-wife, Elin Nordegren, have rarely been spotted together since 2009, but on Saturday they were together again, according to TMZ. Woods and Nordegren took in a youth sports event in Jupiter, Fla. together.
Woods and Nordegren were photographed walking with their children and sitting together taking in the day's action. TMZ reported the pair were together for about 30 minutes before they left in Nordegren's car when they were attracting too much attention.
Woods arrived on the scene first with the former couple's son and daughter. Nordegren showed up "about an hour later."
A month ago, reports came out that Woods asked his ex-wife to remarry him. These new photos of the pair together will likely do nothing to quash those rumors.
Check out the photos of Woods and Nordegren below.
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Manti Te'o must have felt like a pretty popular guy on Saturday.
"I just know how much more effective I will be when I'm in better shape. And, unfortunately, it's cost us a lot of games."
— When you trade for a guy like Dwight Howard, you expect him to stay in shape, right?
It appears the winter of Gronk is ending prematurely. [tweet https://twitter.com/NEPD_Loyko/status/305535037359661056 align=center]
It should come as no surprise that this goalie got ejected.
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We're not sure who decided that the end of July was going to be the time for parties, but if we did, we'd buy them some kind of thank you beverage. Whatever the reason, this Friday bringsthe promise of a weekend spent luxuriating in the escapist embrace of truly world-class techno -- which is kinda rare in S.F. If that's not your thing, don't worry; we've got plenty of recommendations that should help limber up even the most frozen of feet. Read on -- your weekend awaits.
The Minimal Wave Fête at The Lab
10 p.m. Saturday, July 27, and 3 p.m. Sunday, July 28. $12-$15
Things have gone dark in the San Francisco club scene. Throughout the city, new parties, bands, and labels are popping up, many of them dedicated to a sound called minimal synth. The name is new, but the music is not. It's a record collector term used to describe music from the late '70s and early '80s that's defined by bleak atmospherics, depressed vocals, and primitive synth work. That describes a lot of music from the era, but minimal synth distinguishes itself, like all good collector genres, by focusing on the rare and undiscovered -- music released on cassette tapes and other, more obscure media. Its growing popularity is largely due to the efforts of New Yorker Veronica Vasicka, who in 2005 started Minimal Wave, a label and party dedicated to championing these under-heard sounds. This weekend, her label is coming to San Francisco to take over Mission art gallery the Lab for what amounts to a two-day minimal synth festival.
The main event is on Saturday, and it's a full 10 p.m.-to-2 a.m. multimedia experience, complete with DJs, a live band, and immersive visuals courtesy of local new media artist Caitlin Denny. The headliner is Vasicka herself, who'll bring her vast knowledge of the genre (and a bag of ludicrously obscure records) to somewhat replicate the experience of the Minimal Wave parties held in New York City (check out this mix). Joining her is Juan Mendez, a man better known by his globetrotting techno alias Silent Servant. Working with the Sandwell District collective, he and his releases have helped change the face of contemporary techno by injecting a dark undercurrent informed by his own interests in the heavier side of '80s club music. (Listen to this live mix, recorded at Honey Soundsystem earlier this year)
The night also features DJs representing other leading minimal synth labels. Josh Cheon is the founder of local imprint Dark Entries, whose sizable catalog focuses on archival compilations, beautifully rendered reissues, and new releases from artists who take cues from the past. Alessandro Adriana is the man behind Mannequin Records, an Italian label with a similar focus. Finally, Chicago group Streetwalker will offer a live-with-hardware performance that promises to meld the night's Eurocentric aesthetic with raw elements from the early years of house music.
On Sunday, the party reconvenes at 3 p.m. to showcase the local side of the movement. The highlight should be a live performance by Max + Mara, an Oakland-based group affiliated with Dark Entries that takes a dancefloor-oriented approach reminiscent of acts like Chris and Cosey. They will be joined by a long list of local DJs that includes OK Hole promoter C.L.A.W.S., Twitch resident Rachel Aiello, and, a collaboration between Mathew Dryhurst and Holly Herndon (whose debut LP Movement is a critical favorite of 2013). Put it all together and you have what amounts to a weekend-long crash course in one of the city's thriving underground musical subcultures.
As You Like it and Public Works presents Regis at Public Works
9 p.m. Friday, July 26. $12-$15
In the land of abrasive underground dance music, Regis (aka Karl O'Connor) is a king. Since the late '90s, the British producer has been introducing tough industrial noise into the framework of techno, first with his influential label Downbeat, and later as a part of cult favorite DJ collective Sandwell District. Fair warning: This one's going to be rough, loud, and sweaty. Listen to this mix he recorded for Boiler Room last year.
No Way Back presents James T. Cotton at Underground SF
10 p.m. Friday, July 26. $10-$15
Menacing isn't a word normally used to describe house music, but it's applicable in the case of James T. Cotton, an alias of Tadd Mullinix (who also records hip-hop as Dabrye). The sound is hard, utilizing outboard analog gear to create screaming beat-tracks best heard late at night on cramped dancefloors. Which makes Underground S.F. quite a fitting venue indeed. Listen to "In the G" and this mix.
Pat Mahoney, Tim Sweeney, Mike Simonetti, Terrence Dixon at Public Works
9:30 p.m. Saturday, July 27. $12-$15
Four headliners is better than one, or at least Public Works seems to think so with its latest megaparty. Check the main room for disco and house courtesy of LCD Soundsystem drummer Pat Mahoney, Beats in Space radio host Tim Sweeney, and Italians Do It Better label head Mike Simonetti. Or, if you're adventurous, head to the Loft for deep techno courtesy of Detroit spinner Terrence Dixon.
Lights Down Low presents Duke Dumont and Cyril Hahn at Mezzanine
9 p.m. Saturday, July 27. $15-$20
It's been a big year for British producer Duke Dumont (aka Adam Dyment). In March, he broke out of the underground and onto the mainstream UK charts with "Need U (100%)," a summer anthem of a track that matched the soul of '90s vocal house with slick Ibiza-ready production chops. It's catchy and accessible, and so is his DJing. Listen to this mix.


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As I mentioned, the power supply can be installed with fan facing either down or up. Down will likely keep the power supply temperatures lower, but up could have additional cooling benefits for the hard drive(s). The motherboard and power supply must be installed first, and then the drives mounted to the brackets and the brackets re-installed. The optical bay bracket has slotted holes for the mounting screws that allow some depth adjustment for the drive, so that the face of the drive can be set flush with the front panel.
The 3½" drives are mounted to the bracket through rubber grommets and these special provided screws that maintain the proper spacing so that no metal-on-metal contact is made. Only the 3½" drive mounting holes have the grommets, the 2½" holes go directly through the metal, however these are supplied with the idea of mounting solid state drives which of course do not cause vibration.
Although there is some open space behind the 5¼" drive bay, depending on the CPU socket placement there will likely be enough of an overhang to prevent the use of large CPU coolers. In this case, even an OEM CPU cooler is a bit of a squeeze, and care must be taken to keep wires and cables out of the way of possible contact with fan blades.
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Sam comes home one day to find his family turning a little bit loopy - his mum is redecorating using hieroglyphics and his dad is building a pyramid in the back garden. He hopes it's just a weird new fashion... but then the strangeness starts to spread. With the help of his friends Ursula, Henry and Lucy the Goat, Sam must save his town and discover the cause of this Mummy madness!
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The running back for the Tennessee Titans i.e. Chris Johnson right now seems to be finding out that there is certainly a down side to being on twitter, especially if you have a flare for the controversial. Right now he is in the process of a contract hold out something and somewhere that nobody wants to be. Johnson had tweeted on Wednesday to "fake Titan fans" to keep their mouth shut. Fans seem to think he is greedy and are saying that the demands he is making are just too high. These types of comments have seemed to have set him off and also roll on a number of twitter comments. Vegas odds
Johnson also then added on twitter that "I don't have a regular job so don't compare me to you and I can care less if uthink I'm greedy."
Earlier he had tweeted that he was thankful for people who were praying for him to get through this situation. Johnson has well over 441,000 followers on Twitter and he seems to keep his tweets flowing. He has so far refused to report to the team until he gets a brand new contract. The Titans did say that they were willing to make him the highest paid running back in the history of the NFL but there have been no deals reached because he wants to be the highest paid player in the business. Betting lines
Running backs have always been paid less than other position players such as quarterbacks but he suggests that because the is the best he needs to be paid that the best. Sports scores
The opener for the Titans will take place on the 11th of September in Jacksonville. Johnson has made comments right after the headlines on the internet which then became a very hot topic on a radio show. The running back then came back to Twitter later yesterday afternoon in order to defend himself and wrote that he was now targeting his fake fans because the real fans would not be upset with the comments he was making.
"Johnson had tweeted yesterday afternoon that " My titan fans taking it all wrong I'm talking to the ones writing me racist Comments. I'm not call the Titan fans fake at all. #LUV,"


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SOHO China Ltd., Beijing's largest real-estate developer, reported a 65 percent decline in first half net profits, because it completed fewer projects than expected, which caused its stock to tumble nearly 5.5 percent.
But what jumped out was the company's decision to switch its business model to "buy-hold," from "buy-sell." The company said this switch was motivated by its attempt to "capture the huge growth in rental and value for prime office buildings in Beijing and Shanghai.
Moreover, the company acknowledged that the Chinese central bank's interest rate cut and the changes to its deposit rate had helped transaction volume but that "the spring for the real estate industry is yet to come."
"The People's Bank of China lowered the reserve requirement ratio twice during the year and, after three and a half years, it lowered the RMB benchmark deposit and loan interest rates of financial institutions twice, in June 2012 and July 2012, respectively.
The lowering of interest rate in July 2012 was the first time of asymmetric interest rate cut by the central bank in recent years. In addition, certain supportive policies have been launched by individual local government authorities. As a result, the transaction volume of real estate market has been improved since March 2012.
However, control on real estate sector and developers, and especially the determination and policies of the central government, have not yet been loosened. Liquidity loosening and improvement of transaction volume did not fundamentally ease the capital pressure of real estate developers. The spring for the real estate industry, especially for residential developers, has yet to come."
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I Need Your Help... Naughty Neighbor's Dog Not So Neighborly!
Sadly, it just takes one irresponsible dog owner to ruin it for the rest of us. When I posted about those pricey but pretty poo bags, I noticed this problem shared in the comments. I thought it'd make a great subject for an advice post:
I live across the street from a man with a large black lab – it's a beautiful, wonderful dog but his owner . . . not so much. He doesn't want dog poop in his yard so he has trained his dog to go in other people's yard and then cleans it up at his own discretion.
I want to pick it up and move it back to the man's yard, but it seems aggressive and intrusive. My other neighbors on this side of the street says that is exactly what the man who lived here before me would have done. Perhaps this man gets away with this because I am the only unaggressive person on our street?
What would you do?


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Blogs Liberty and Power Grade Deflation at UC DavisMay 15, 2005 1:05 am
Grade Deflation at UC Davis
Majesta Palmer....worries that her grades are going to suffer in her sociology classes due to the new grading system.Sophomore Chris Szutu agrees.
"It's kind of scary when I'm already at the bottom of the curve," she said. "Everyone's fighting for that A. It breaks down what we know as a college education.".....
Szutu added that he believes that this system discourages peer help and support.
"Why make students compete against each other?" he said. "Students should want to help each other. The point of education is to learn."
"What is wrong with everyone getting good grades?" he said.
Let's hope the Sociology Department stands firm in its policy. Grade deflation: I like the sound of it.
Szutu added that he believes that this system discourages peer help and support.
"Why make students compete against each other?" he said. "Students should want to help each other. The point of education is to learn."
Hat tip Margaret Soltan.
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Irfan Khawaja - 8/4/2006
In my HON 355.01 class this past semester, I had 12 students, to whom I gave 7 A-'s and 5 A's. Can you tell, from that information alone, that grade inflation was at work?
I don't see how. You don't know what the class was, you don't know what the assignments were, you don't know what my grading standards were, or how reliably or accurately I grade. Nor do you know the students, or how well they performed. In other words, allll of the relevant information is missing.
My point is that you cannot in abstraction from all that information simply look at grade distributions and declare that you know that grade inflation is taking place. But that is what is typically done nowadays, and what was done in this post.
Irfan Khawaja - 8/4/2006
I'm afraid I'm having a lot of trouble understanding the basis for the premise that everyone here seems to be taking for granted. The student Chris Szutu asks a good question that I haven't seen anyone in American higher education answer in anything like a satisfactory way: What IS wrong with everyone getting good grades, if everyone deserves them? Is that really such a dumb question? If it is, why can't anyone give it an intelligent answer?
There isn't a particle of evidence in the links cited here that suggests that grade deflation is in order--because there isn't a particle of evidence to suggest that the "epidemic" of A's is either undeserved OR deserved. There is just the claim that there are lots of A's out there. In and of itself, that tells us nothing of significance about inflation, deflation or desert.
I'm pretty much at a loss to see the basis of the inference from "Lots of students are getting A's" to "Those A's couldn't possibly be earned"--when made in abstraction from any evidence about what was expected of the students, & what they actually did.
Pressed for answers to elementary questions about grade inflation, one hears little more than loose talk about a general "decline in standards." Excuse me--what standards? Whose standards? If there is a Platonic Grade Book out there that everyone but me is consulting, I'd love to see it. But I've taught at a small handful of institutions, and I'd be hard-pressed to identify more than a handful of instructors, from chaired/tenured faculty to adjuncts, who could even articulate the grading standards that they used from semester to semester, much less defend them. Every institution and every department--in fact, every gradebook--is a grading fiefdom unto itself. And yet somehow, everyone "knows" that grading standards "everywhere" are declining.
Let's face it: the grade inflation debate is the biggest bluff in higher education. On the one hand you have a situation in which members of a single department can't agree on grading standards applicable to everyone in the department. (Isn't that why they have to resort to affirmative action-like ratios as a proxy for actual grading standards?) On the other hand, you have people making cosmic judgments about "declining standards in American higher education." Hmm. I see a problem here. Maybe the students do, too.
Jonathan Dresner - 5/18/2005
It's also a factor in the movement towards non-grade assessment, driven by the accrediting agencies under pressure from legislatures and employers.
Max Swing - 5/17/2005
I know what you mean. There is no guiding line that could make those grades truly comparable.
This is, as I understand you right, due to the difference in educational content between the universities, so that the grades alone don't show whether there is an inflation or a deflation of A's :)
Max Swing - 5/16/2005
Well, but wouldn't you say that even, if there are many A's, there are better and worse A's (strictly speaking in manner of style and answer precision). So, we have to change the standard in measurement to reflect the closer distance between good and bad grades, thus changing the whole scale. People with an A-, now get a B or a C. But overall, in a competitive ranking with other universities, this university should be ranked higher.
I think this is what is coined as grade deflation, but I could be wrong. So, there is nothing wrong with everyone performing good, it just makes grades useless and doesn't support a modus to compare students amongst each other via grades.
Max Swing - 5/16/2005
Indeed, that's a very competitive stance compared to contemporary schools/universities.
This is also the reason, why many universities are looking more on extra-curricular activities and other standards (like social activities in and around campus) to select the high-potentials. IMO, this is the best sign of the inflated grade system.
David Timothy Beito - 5/15/2005
At least some employwers in the U.S. are beginning to recognize this. These days any graduate school worth its salt would more or less discount grades and and focus on other factors.
I have heard that student-run medieval universities actually were quite hawkish in their dedication to keeping up standards. They knew that if their schools had a reputation for low standards, the values of their diplomas would be depreciated in the workplace.
Max Swing - 5/15/2005
The Problem with sudden Grade deflation might be not so big with students who stay inside Universities, but for those trying to get jobs in the private market.
It is a problem you face, if companies only want student with A's and suddenly one university drops out of the standard scheme. They have to work together with the market to show them that it is not because of worse students, but because of higher standards in teaching.
We had the same problem in Germany, because education-levels change from federal state to state. So, if you applied at an university, in the beginning, it was unimportant where you did your A-Levels. (Abitur)
Later, the universities discovered that the pupils with B-C's from southern states like Bayern and Baden-Württemberg actually were better in the university exams. They had the harder basic educations from high school and thus also the greater expertise (but still worse grades than the average pupil from one of the northern states).
Sudha Shenoy - 5/15/2005
...the Dodo said, "_Everybody_ has won, and _all_ must have prizes".
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My Devon: our expert's favourite places
Until 2007, Devon was a place I drove through to get to the beach in Cornwall. Then, on one particularly monotonous journey from London, boredom and curiosity found me swerving off the main road, and on to the lanes across Dartmoor. Within two months, I had remortgaged and bought a cottage there.
Why? Because everything Devon does, it does brilliantly. Its beaches are the cleanest in Britain, its heritage some of the best preserved, its vast and varied wilderness areas are unique, and its produce – lamb, beef, seafood, cheese – ranks among the best in the world.
The perfect day
My perfect Devon day means enjoying simple pleasures: fresh air and exercise, hearty local food, and plenty of chatting by a log fire.
My cottage is in the village of North Bovey in eastern Dartmoor, so a classic day begins with a vigorous stomp up Easdon, our local tor (hill), for a heady, 360-degree view of the moor, with wild Dartmoor ponies and birds of prey for company.
Then it's a drive to the beach for a game of Frisbee at Bigbury-on-Sea, Bantham or Blackpool Sands, followed by a picnic bought the previous day from the artisan delis in Chagford or Tavistock Farmers' Market.
Afternoons are spent in town: Ashburton is a favourite for antiques shopping, Totnes for local history, while Topsham is an all-round crowd pleaser. A good cream tea is never far away in Devon: the chintzier the tea room, the better the scones. Trust me, I'm an expert.
We'll usually go for dinner at my local, the Ring of Bells (ringofbells.net), a traditional thatched Dartmoor inn where melt-in-the-mouth Devon lamb is served up by a log fire in a convivial atmosphere.
The perfect day ends as it began: on a tor, only this time stargazing with a blanket and bottle of wine.
Beach life at Bigbury-on-Sea
Where I tell my friends to stay
Finding a stylish hotel by the sea in South Devon is surprisingly difficult, but South Sands (01548 845900; southsands.com, from £150), near Salcombe, is just that. It's in a secluded cove and most of its nautically-styled rooms have sea views and balconies. Stay in the J-Class, which has twin roll-top baths looking out to sea, a sun terrace and an 8ft bed. I'm also expecting the Salcombe Harbour Hotel to join my suggestion list when it opens in August this year (0844 858 9187; salcombe-harbour-hotel.co.uk).
A less expensive seaside option is the newly revamped Royal Oak in Bigbury (01548 810543; theroyaloakbigbury.co.uk, from £60). Its four rooms are decorated in pared-down chalky palette, warmed up with chunky knit blankets. The sweeping sands of Bigbury-on-Sea are a short drive or a 20-minute walk away.
Favourite walk
I love the wilds and woods of Dartmoor, the extraordinary geology of the Valley of the Rocks in Exmoor, and the Tamar Trails, a newly completed network of tracks following West Devon's copper mining heritage (tamarvalley.org.uk/explore/access/walking/tamartrails).
But for the biggest shot-in-the arm, I strike out on the South West Coast Path from Bolt Tail to Bolt Head in the South Hams (southwestcoastpath.com).
Favourite restaurants
A meal at the two-Michelin-star Gidleigh Park (01647 432367; gidleigh.com), near Chagford, is obligatory if funds allow.
But if your wallet won't stretch to that, top of my restaurant list this year, on a sunny day at least, is the newish River Exe Café (07761 116103; riverexecafe.com), a floating shed-cum-pontoon moored off Exmouth . Its fish comes from passing boats, so the sea-to-plate interval can be as little as five minutes.
Get there on the new Topsham-to-Exmouth cycle path, then catch a water taxi to the café.
Take my advice and…
Stick to one region. Devon is a deceptively large county, and what looks like a quick jaunt on a map can mean hours of driving along narrow country lanes – and that's before you get stuck behind a herd of cows.
View of Dartmoor from Hayne Down
Favourite tea shop
In the land of cream teas, it's hard to choose a favourite, but I always find myself returning to the Endsleigh Hotel (hotelendsleigh.com), a fairy-tale fishing lodge in the Tamar Valley, where crispy-on-the-outside, doughy-in-the-middle scones are served up with huge quenelles of clotted cream and giant bowls of jam.
By contrast, the Georgian Tea Room in Topsham (01392 873465; broadwayhouse.com) is unashamedly traditional, but it, too, serves airy, freshly baked scones with homemade jam and hefty heaps of clotted cream. From £3.95.
Favourite pub
For sheer character, nothing beats the wind-lashed Pilchard Inn (burghisland.com/subpages/pilchard.html), a 14th-century former smugglers' haunt on its own island off Bigbury-on-Sea. At high tide, access is by sea tractor.
Favourite view
Haytor on Dartmoor is one of Devon's most famous views: on a clear day you can see the coast, the Teign estuary, the moors and rolling countryside in between. My weatherproof standby is the epic drive from Moretonhampstead to Princetown over the high moor.
Perfect night out
All Devon life can be found in the pubs. Many stage regular folk music evenings, often riotous free-for-alls that are a great opportunity to meet locals and soak up the atmosphere, as well as try some local ales.
Sunset on Burgh Island
What I'll be doing this year
I'll be signing up for a sea kayak holiday with the newly established Sea Kayak Devon (seakayakdevon.co.uk), which leads wild-camping expeditions visiting otherwise-inaccessible coves and caves along the south coast.
Also in my diary is a trip on the newly restored Dartmouth paddle steamer (dartmouthrailriver.co.uk), Britain's last remaining coal-fired paddle steamer, which is returning home after 47 years.
A book for inspiration
Set in Dartmoor, War Horse is bound to stoke your West Country yearnings. But give the film version a miss in favour of the original novel by Michael Morpurgo, or the National Theatre's stage production, which starts its Britain-wide tour at the Theatre Royal in Plymouth (theatreroyal.com) in September.
Read our Suzy Bennett's full Devon guide
| Devon overview
| Devon hotels
| Devon attractions
| Devon restaurants
| Devon nightlife
| Devon beaches


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Are you planning to expand into Canada and also, if you put in a 64gb sd card in will it work?
If it doesn't why not?
NL, a 64GB SD card will almost certainly not work. Any SD card with capacity greater than 32GB is what's known as an SD XC card. As far as I know, no phone is capable of reading SD XC cards.
Wirefly has no plans to expand into Canada… sorry about that!
Bob at Wirefly
I am looking to get a smart phone. I don't really know much about them. I currently have Tmobile. I was thinking about switching to Verizon for the iphone because everyone brags about the iphone. All I want my phone to do is go on Facebook, check my emails and search the web when I a bored in transit. I am NOT interested in downloading movies or music..really not into that. I heard that My Touch is equivalent to the iphone. Now after reading everyone's comments above it seems that My Touch is very good. But I don't understand about the wifi…don't really know what that means except that I know it is wireless. My house computer is DSL with Verizon. Does this mean my smart phone won't work in the house? Sorry very confused about this stuff.
Rosie, you're right that WiFi is a wireless connection system. It's very common in restaurants and coffee shops, and many people have a "WiFi router" in their homes so that they can connect a computer wirelessly anywhere at home. Smartphones (such as the iPhone, Android phones, BlackBerry phones, etc.) also have WiFi capability, so that you can check e-mail, surf the Web, look up an address and do other activities when you're at home. In most cases, a home WiFi setup gives you faster and more reliable Internet access on a cell phone than using your carrier's network. However, if you don't have a WiFi network at home, you can simply use your carrier's network, which sounds like T-Mobile in your case. That will work just fine. If you get good T-Mobile reception at your home, you will have no problem accessing the Internet with T-Mobile from your cell phone.
T-Mobile has several phones called "myTouch" and they are all decent phones. I suggest the myTouch by LG, which is a good affordable phone with a pretty display. Its display is a little bigger than the iPhone's, yet the myTouch by LG is about the same overall size as the iPhone, while weighing a bit less. If you'd like a big display, the HTC Sensation is a great choice — many people find the big display to help with texting and e-mailing. Both these phones make it easy to get to Facebook and on the Internet to check e-mail.
Happy shopping!
Bob at Wirefly
I have used the ATT iPhone ..I now have T-Mobile mytouch 4g slide..they are pretty much the same. I love T-Mobile and the mytouch is far better. You can do everything on mytouch that you can do on iPhone, and plans are cheaper with T-Mobile..good luck.
I have been with tmob for 4 years and i believe that they both are amazing phones. the mytouch 4G may be a little bit faster but the iphone 4 is still an amazing phone and should be considered. I have used my friends iphone 4 and it is a worthy competitor for the mytouch 4G. does it really matter which one is faster. if you are on att then go with the iphone 4 and if you have tmob then go with the mytouch 4G. there, problem solved
confused buyer here.
so i am curently with tmob. but they are seriously charging me soo much! i'm sick of it.
I adore my Mytouch it does everything i need a phone to do. So i'm thinking of switching over to verizion, i haven't heard any bad things from that carrier and they have the iphone4 which undoubtfuly catches my attention. but im just concerned if the iphone is going to make me happy. soo judging from this website i learend that when wanting to use the web on the iphone you need wifi??? i'm a big social network geek.. so needing wifi just to tweet something would not exactly make me the happiest.
my mytouch is wonderful.. but i don't know how i feel about leaving it for something new. im always up for trying new things.. but phones are somwewhat bigdeals now, and i dont really want to spend so much on something that won't make me happy..
any suggestions??? help?(:
Lizeth, I'm not completely sure just what your question is. The Apple iPhone (which Wirefly does not sell) requires a data plan from Verizon or any other carrier. Yes, you can use WiFi with the iPhone, but you can also use Verizon's network to reach your favorite social sites. You will not be able to buy an iPhone without getting a data plan.
Hope that helps!
Bob at Wirefly
Um… T-mobile is the cheapst of all the major carriers, so if you aren't happy with what your payment, moving to Verizon or AT&T is not the option..
Just got my iPhone 4 last week, been with Verizon for over 12 years, and truly hope that when the next upgrade comes out, that corenmsus like myself will be able to upgrade for next to nothing!
Yall are confusing mii :/ . Yall are both bragging on each phone m i dont understand the BIG diffrnce .
i had the oportunity to see and use an iphone 4 for a couple of hrs before, the iphone 4 is just smoother than the my touch. i own a my touch, i like the fact that u dont need wifi to do some things, my touch is cheaper, same features and more. can use it as a mobile hot spot, and its really fast in areas that have a well developed hspa+ like NEW YORK, the internet there when using my computer was rediculously fast. here in norfolk, va is not that great. iphone doesnt have that hot spot option.
when it comes to music, well i have a mac computer and of course i use itunes, is just easier and better than other programs. i have 8 gb of music in my my touch. all i do is copy the song from itunes, and paste it inside the phone music folder, the phone plays all songs from itunes no problems at all, so the itunes option doesnt make iphone better in any way, buy songs from itunes store? thats really dumb,in the android market just get the music box app and u can download any song u want for free, and i mean ANY song, including new ones. all for free. camera on the mytouch is the same as the iphone 4, video is the same. video calls, well u just need wifi to use that in the iphone 4, not on the my touch.
dropped my mytouch 4g several times(at least 5 times), even on concrete, the phone has soem scratches but its working just fine, if ur iphone4 survives more that 2 drops, thats a miracle, my fried broke his after the first time he dropped his coming out of his car.
i prefer the my touch 4g over the iphone, just more stuff u can do with it than the iphone 4.
I've had the opportunity to use both phones and they are both outstanding phones. I prefer the iphone though, I just love iOS. When it comes to speed though I don't really care. Seriously, its a difference of like 6-10 seconds or 3-5 seconds loading a webpage, people are just so impacient these days =/ ugh… I find the iphone runs much smoother than any android phone, they do seem to get bogged down after a while (if you don't believe me wait a year with your android then compare it to a new one). The iphone 4gs is supposedly going to have the A5 proscessor that is used in the macbook, so I don't think the iphone will be getting bogged any time soon.
The bogging down you speak of are simply saved searches and temp internet files. Twice a week u clear them out and restart phone and smooth as new. Unless ones searching sites of the adult nature which is not recomended any ANY phone or PC or Mac.
I have been using a factory unlocked iPhone 3g on the Tmobile network for a couple of years and have been extremely happy with it. But due to lack of reception in my home since a recent move, I decided to give the myTouch 4 a try to take advantage of it's wifi calling capabilities. At first, I found it somewhat challenging to learn all that it can do ( I prefer the ease and user friendliness of the iPhone) but now, I am rather enjoying my new found toy. It is true, there are more possibilities with the myTouch, since iPhone carries so many restrictions along with it. But I must say, I do miss downloading from iTunes. (but my iPad fulfills that need). I do like both phones, but if iPhone was equipped with UMA, The iPhone 4 would be my phone of choice. But for now, I'm really digging being able to use my phone in the house again. It's great!
For those of you that don't believe iPhone 4 is capable of 6mbps your an idiot… Speaking from experience iPhone 4 run on hspa technology and is capable if up to 7+ Mbps most iPhone users get on average of 4-5. People who think 6mb is 4g.. Please go shoot yourself and research before talking out of you ass. Verizon and sprint used an pre historic technology called CDMA which got 1.5 on average nd was capable of up to 3mbps. That's what happens when you try to run digital over an anolog signal. You might be able to have signal in far deeper ranges. Like atts OLD OLD tdma network which is extinct. Verizon and sprints 4g network although different now might be 4g to them at 6-8mps but it does not beat an unrestricted hspa+ network at 80+mbps which 99% of places does not have yet although they are still in the trial phases of 4g
Btw I own phone stores I'm Florida that buy and sell phones I've tried the my touches htc evo/hd2/hd7 dual boot window and android htc inspire motorola droids/atrix blackberry storm 1-2 torch 9780 you name it… But my iPhone 3gs's nd 4 has just topped them all for stability speed and just freaking gets the job done. Meanwhile android/bb os just freezes.. Lags ALLLL THE DAMN TIME! nothing has been able to get me away from iPhone ppl complain about customizing …JAILBREAK IT!!! It's better than having a pos os just so I can make it my own.
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DO NOT JAILBREAK THAT PHONE. If anything goes wrong with it and you take it to Apple they will politely give u the finger and tell u to leave.
Its so funny when iphone ppl say the internet speed isn't much different. My brother has the iphone 4 and even when I have the most terrible signal I still average 5x faster than the best he can get. When ppl use my epic 4g n its runnin 3g ppl are like dying bcuz it goes so much slower than 4g. That's like when hdtv first came out and the ppl without it said it doesn't make diff. Keep lyin to yourself
L OVE LOVE LOVEEEEEEEE MY MYTOUCH 4G. ive played around with iphones and my phones a million times better. I feel its more open and you can make it more you opposed to the limitations on iphone. Never had a problem with my phone whatsoever. Again loveee it
I am on MyTouch 4G number 3. The other two freeze every time I try to answer a call. The programs force close from time to time. I loved the first MyTouch 3g but decided to upgrade in November after TMobile/Android upgraded the operating system which caused all kinds of havoc with my phone that made it unusable. Now I have a phone that doesn't allow me to answers calls. TMobile policy states that I have to send back three phones before they will allow me to switch to a different model. I am so over this phone and the process seriously considering just dropping TMobile all together, switching to Verizon for the iPhone.
I have an Iphone 4, my girlfriend has the mytouch 4G. I use both phones every day. The Iphone is much smoother in transitioning between screens, opening apps, etc. The mytouch is bogged down MUCH more easily…maybe its due to a bad APP running, but this wont happen on the Iphone.
The internet is usually 3x faster (in speed tests run on both phones @ the same time/location) on the Mytouch, since its 4g. Where does this come in to play? web pages open the same speed, but she can watch youtube with less buffering time, if any.
All in all, I'd take either phone and be happy with which ever one I got.
there stupid phones do you really need internet on your 2 inch screen when theres a big computer(where u are probably all posting comments from) right there.sometimes technology is a burden.u need phone to call and maybe make texts.honestly u dont need all this high tech stuff it expensive and wastefull.
btw my friend sent me this link so i didnt just go on it and the drama about a bunch of phones is pretty stupid
im just saying go out and explore the world insteading of sittting with your phones all day!they wont get u anywhere
hahhaahh!!!…jenny ..right on..!
Some people, like myself, work off of their phones on the internet while they are away from their desks. These 'expensive and wasteful stuff' makes us money. Try to think outside of your own world.
my touch is wayyy better.the appps work fine and teh internet is wayy faster and music works too.plus if your not a fan of touch screen theres a keboard and if you dont like buttons use the touch screen.my touch is cheaper and you dont need wifi for every frickin thing
I think the iPhone lacks two things that require att. If u are a Internet person no flash plug inn or an adobe reader that's all everyhing else it's the same as most but it's some things that the others don't have iTunes and the iPod is luxury so it depends on what u use your phone for
It sucks that everyone thinks iPhone is better. Honestly, those people don't understand that they are enjoying having the name iPhone, and nothing more. !Most! of the Android phones that have a 1 ghz processer are better than the iPhone any day. For those people having trouble with apps f/c'ing, ask Tmobile to switch out your sim card, because that could be a problem.
Android is far more superior to the iPhone in my opinion. It's level of customization is unbelievable and the dev's at XDA make the experience even better. However, I still think the Android Market could use a boost. Once the Android market gets cleaned up and starts getting apps from big companies, then Android will truely have surpassed the iPhone.
I love T-Mobile but the Google Android OS is such a subpar system. I've been through 3 Android phones with Tmobile in past 4 months, they even upgraded me to the 4G mytouch. Same problems, force closed apps constantly, dropped calls, freezing, horrible battery life, lost messages, random glitches.
Google is proving with Android that open source phone OS systems do not work. Apple is meanwhile proving that closed phone OS systems work better. I'm seriously contemplating selling my 4G MyTouch and buying an unlocked iPhone 3G (yes the older model is still superior to this mytouch junk). Slower internet but improved stability and dependability…I'll take it.
Why Android is spreading to so many phones is beyond me. I gave it a chance and it's shown time and time again that it is subpar.
.ok my cousin has a mytouch 4g and i dont know many times he has said his apps have force closed on him
.i have an iphone 4 and have never had an app force close on me..
android will NEVER be as good as ios
.the apps on iphone are so much funner and easier to use
.my cousin said sometimes his mytouch 4g freezes for a sec and gets annoying
.my iphone never freezes
.the mytouch has faster internet true.. but its barely faster,so it doesnt make me want to
buy a mytouch 4g just for a tiny bit higher speed
.the mytouch4g and iphone are the same when it comes to video chatting knowing that their are apps to make the iphone able to video chat with other phones
.the battery life for the mytouch 4g is runs out faster than the iphone 4
the retina display is godlike compared to mytouch 4g's display
.not to mention the iphone is itunes capable
.instead of buying an ipod and a phone you can buy an iphone and save money!
just goes to show that nothing really compares to the iphone 4
iphone is the highest selling phone for a reason people!
and now even verizon has it.. iphone is going to have even high selling rates now
iphone 4 wins!
I agree that there is a big beautiful world out there to explore. I will say that without my smartphone with me to allow me to do the things I can on it, I would not be able to be out in the big beautiful world. I am a single mom with 3 children. My phone allows me the convienence of getting things done while at the same time not missing the wonderful moments in their lives.
I also know of a doctor who was on vacation "exploring the world" that used his smartphone to access vital information that ended up saving someones life.
Just because some people get wrapped up in the technology, does not mean it's completely useless.
Having said that, people YES.. use your phone to locate a great place to visit in this beautiful world!Sp
I disagree with that one comment about there is no iphone killer. Evo, Droid X and now mytouch are iphone killer. You were just suckered. The name is bigger than the device itself. Ive tried the iphone, but I like mytouch better. I pay alot less monthly too. iphone is a toy.
Dude i totally agree i have a mytouch 4 and it worx way better than the iphone.plus,u need wifi 2 do have the things on apple!!!!!
I've been with Tmob for 7 years. I travelled US 40+ states and E. Can. After many years I should admit Tmob saved me tons of money, and customer service was great. I never allow scream at reps, if there is an error, but always (!) they resolved problems.
Now interesting part. I've been fan of HTC for many years, butfor past 2 I've been enjoying my iPhone 3G. Not even 3Gs. Not for ome day had 3G, and I did not die. All people telling you "oh XYZ is the fastest", "XYZ is best", it all depends on the phone you kkow how to operate and area!!!! You work and live in. If Verizone or At&t not working out for you try Tmob.
My interest in Mytouch 4G is based o. Productivty. I receive graphic files sometimes large than 5Mb and dozens of emails. Do you remeber I said I have no experince with 3G? 3G or that 4G is one of my main interests in MyTouch, processor speed, good quality of calls, apps and security.
Seems that all MyTouch should have or has. People swear by iPhone and I am eager to try the rival Ze mighty HTC. Hands down.
By the way I have 3000 mins, one Unlim Web for 3G, one besic web for 3Gs, Anlim texts for 5 lines. $165+ tax. How are security ops on MyTouch?
The T-Mobile myTouch 4G is an outstanding phone, Traveller. That said, we don't have any specific experience with security ops on the myTouch 4G. Perhaps someone else will come along and provide an answer.
Bob at Wirefly
The HTC mytouch is just a tad bit better then the Iphone the features are almost the same in a many of ways but the 4g is amazing and the genisus button there are secret features that are what the iphone could use
What the hell are you talking about?
every phone manufacture has tried to make an iPhone killer and not one has. I say this because not one phone has outsold the iPhone.
It's not about out selling its about out smarting and the mytouch 4G did that
Thank you!!!someone inteligient!!!!
That's because the iPhone has been out longer than perhaps any other phone on the market and the sales totals are for all models of iphones combined. This gives a skewed version of the data whereas sales totals for the 3g or 3 gs or iphone 4 separately would show more realistic comparison figures.
I would also point out that the iphone is the only phone for which no insurance against loss or theft is available. With the cost of iphones and the lack or structural durability of just about all cellular phones purchases might wish to consider this factor as well.
hi there, could you tell me can i able to use mytuch 4g as a moderm to get internet for my laptop? thanks
Absolutely sir and it's the fastest speed ever……tried it alkready and you dont have to pay for tethering services…. In my house is faster than brighthouse….! Enjoy
HSPA+ is not 4G its 3G and that goes for AT&T'S hspa+to
The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) has decided that LTE, WiMAX, and HSPA+ are considered 4G technology, despite not meeting the IMT-Advanced specifications. They revised their definition based on the fact that all three represent a significant improvement over current 3G technologies (as a myTouch 4G user, I can personally attest to this). Thus far HSPA+ has provided faster speeds than WiMAX, and once some LTE phones get released we'll see that it's on par with LTE as well. HSPA+ is also going to see faster growth because it currently does not leverage MIMO, and is based on a much more familiar technology.
While it may seem strange to label HSPA+ as 4G due to being an extension of a 3G technology and the others are completely new technologies, keep in mind this is only because EV-DO was completely tapped out while HSPA still had and has plenty of room for growth. Verizon and Sprint changed technologies because there was no other way to improve speeds. The GSM carriers were not thus limited.
hi there, could you tell me can i use mytuch 4G as a modem to get internet to my laptop?
yes you can use the mytuch 4g as a moderm
Since Wirefly does not offer the Iphone, is there a comparison table for the competition?,
I am in the market and looking into the smart phones and need to do it in the next couple of weeks. Currently with AT&t, prefer to stay with it yet open to all options. The phone is for personal use and like some of the phones offered through wirefly but need to know which phone does what the iphone does without buying the iphone, do not like apple…
I also was considering to go with AT&t but decided to stick with tmobiles plans and upgraded to the mytouch 4g that came out yesterday. AT&t's network is slow already because of all those iphone users. And not only that,the iphone has to many restrictions that drove me away from the sale. For instance, AT&t data plan w/ tethering $45 tmobile's hotspot is 9.99 at the moment. Honestly though I can sit here and try to persuade you on going with tmobile but I think the best way to finalize your choice of phone and company is on how well you do your research.
your wrong my iPhone 4 screams at 6 mbps. thats faster than most homes
Not unless you're on wifi it doesn't. 6 mbps is 4g speed, and the iPhone 4 is still at 3g. But thanks for playing


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Immigration Law Questions? Ask an Immigration Lawyer.
Thank you for your quick response. All the mentioned options are unlikely to work because of her age (employment option), not having that substantial amount for investment, having a good job and nice life (asylum), and luck of time (we tried DV three times unsuccessfully).
Considering her age and the fact that she is alone there and my wife is her only relative, is there any chance for some kind of human rights consideration or something of this sort? Have no idea what it might be, but common sense tells me that the elderly person that does not need any support from the social services might be able to get some exemption?
No, unfortunately not under these circumstances. Otherwise, that would open the floodgates and the US would be flush with individuals in the same or similar situation.
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ICRC address to the Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (27 April to 22 May 2015).
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is grateful for the opportunity to address the States Party to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). We speak as the organization mandated by States to protect and assist the victims of armed conflict and other situations of violence, and to promote and strengthen international humanitarian law. It is the horrific suffering that the ICRC witnessed in Hiroshima, while supporting the Japanese Red Cross in assisting the victims of the atomic bombing, which led us in September 1945 to call on States to prohibit nuclear weapons, a call repeatedly made since then by the broader International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.
Five years ago, States Parties to the NPT recognized for the first time the "catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons". Along with this historic acknowledgement, the 2010 Review Conference Final Document committed nuclear-armed States Parties to accelerating progress on the steps leading to nuclear disarmament and to take further efforts to reduce and ultimately eliminate all types of nuclear weapons. This built on the promises made at previous Review Conferences to fulfil the disarmament commitment of Article VI of the Treaty. Yet 45 years after the NPT's entry into force, there has been little or no concrete progress to fulfilling this goal. In fact, the ongoing modernization of nuclear weapons by some States suggest that their role in security policies is not being reduced.
Until the last nuclear weapon is eliminated, more must be done to diminish the immediate risks of intentional or accidental nuclear detonations.
Since nuclear weapons were first used 70 years ago, the body of evidence of the devastating human cost of any use of nuclear weapons has continued to grow. In the last three years in particular, the inter-governmental conferences held in Oslo, Nayarit and Vienna on the humanitarian impact of nuclear weapons have given the international community a much clearer grasp of the effects that a nuclear detonation would have on people and societies around the globe, as well as on the environment. At this pivotal moment of the NPT, it is crucial that States Parties take into account the new research, risks and perspectives on nuclear weapons that have come to light, draw the necessary conclusions and take concrete action to eliminate these horrendous weapons.
The evidence before us today shows:
that the risk of accidental nuclear-weapon detonation remains a very real danger.
In the view of the ICRC, these findings should prompt all States to reassess nuclear weapons in both legal and policy terms. We urge NPT States Parties to seize the moment of this Review Conference and heed the 2011 appeal of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement for States "to ensure that nuclear weapons are never again used", and "to pursue in good faith and conclude with urgency and determination negotiations to prohibit the use of and completely eliminate nuclear weapons through a legally binding international agreement, based on existing commitments and international obligations". Nuclear weapons are the only weapon of mass destruction not explicitly and comprehensively prohibited under international law today. In light of the catastrophic consequences of nuclear weapons, which the NPT States Parties have recognized, filling this gap is a humanitarian imperative.
In a speech delivered to the Permanent Missions of Geneva on 18 February 2015, the President of the ICRC, Peter Maurer, urged States Parties to make this Review Conference a turning point for decision-making and progress on nuclear disarmament. States Parties can do this by taking concrete steps to fulfil the commitment contained in Article 6 of the NPT and establishing a time-bound framework to negotiate a legally binding international agreement and to consider the form that such an agreement could take. A number of proposals in this regard have been made by States here and in other fora.
And until the last nuclear weapon is eliminated, more must be done to diminish the immediate risks of intentional or accidental nuclear detonations. We urge nuclear-armed States to reduce the number of warheads on high alert and to be more transparent about action taken to prevent accidental detonations. A greater effort must also be made by nuclear-armed States and their allies to reduce the role and significance of nuclear weapons in their military plans, doctrines and policies. Many of these steps derive from long-standing political commitments and the 2010 NPT action plan and should be followed through as a matter of urgency.
In the coming months, the international community will mark the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This anniversary is a stark reminder of the appalling human costs of nuclear weapons. It should inspire all States to reaffirm their commitment to the elimination of nuclear weapons and to take concrete action in this direction. We know now more than ever before that the risks of nuclear weapons are too high and the dangers too real. It is time to bring the era of nuclear weapons to an end and we urge this Review Conference to take the bold steps needed to achieve this noble goal.
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Let us just establish right away that it does not matter if the Heat really are a bunch of whiners, as Rajon Rondo accused them of being during an on-air interview at halftime Sunday.
Maybe the Heat, who inexplicably escaped receiving technical fouls on a couple of loud protestations in Game 4, really do complain about calls more than the next team. Maybe it only seems that way because the Heat have LeBron James, whose every action is magnified. Either way, it is irrelevant.
The only aspect of Rondo's accusation that is relevant is that he made it, fully aware of the statement he was making. He perceived something less than honorable in Miami's demeanor, and he took it as yet another reason the Heat had to be beaten. In Boston, we've seen this before.
Red Sox pitcher Pedro Martinez may have been the king of creating slights of dubious authenticity to inspire himself to greatness. If an umpire called a borderline pitch a ball, well, that umpire must have had something against Martinez and his beloved family, and Petey was just going to show him by taking the game out of the ump's hands and getting every batter to swing and miss. He even cursed Babe Ruth, who died more than 23 years before Martinez was born, memorably declaring that he would "drill him" in the posterior.
Rondo probably will never be the quote machine Martinez was. On that count, Kevin Garnett is a closer cousin to the future Hall of Fame righty. Yet Garnett seems to be as incited by interior forces as exterior ones. With as often as Garnett talks to himself, there must be someone else inside there with him, feeding him a constant stream of inspiration like an IV drip.
Like Martinez, though, Rondo seems to almost need some sort of outside influence to light his competitive fire. Rondo's ability to find such motivation has been inconsistent, but in the Eastern Conference Finals he has discovered precisely the fuel he requires to deliver the performances the Celtics need.
"He's a great basketball player, and now he's consistent," Celtics coach Doc Rivers said after Rondo went for 15 points and 15 assists as Boston evened up the series at 2-2. "That's when you cross the line, when you're no longer inconsistent."
Rondo crosses a whole lot of other lines as well, in the eyes of most opposing fans. To the sizable portion of non-Celtics fans who believe Rondo is a juvenile punk, his kick to Shane Battier, which drew a deserved technical foul, was another example of his delinquency.
Rather than get indignant and try to argue with those fans, though, perhaps Celtics supporters should thank them. Yankees fans thought Martinez was a brat, and despite the "Who's your daddy" cliché, Martinez held New York to 170 hits over 806 at-bats in his career. Martinez won a World Series and two Cy Young Awards in Boston with a persona most of baseball could not stand.
Put another way, which would you rather have, a player everyone loves to face or one that opponents and opposing fans cannot stand? Really, that should not be a very difficult choice.
It does not matter to the Celtics how Rondo gets to his place of greatness, only that he gets there with regularity. However he does it, and if the items he uses for motivation even actually exist, is hardly important.
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