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Aug 16, 2010 by Philip Berne
The Motorola Droid 2 succeeds the hot-selling Droid with an improved keyboard and a smoother design. Is this still the phone that should carry Verizon's Android flag? read review ›
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For a Professional IT guy it's Great
I had always been a Blackberry guy, No issues no complaints. I went to verizon 2 months ago and they talked me into trying the Droid 2, So i said what the heck. The phone is a solid phone with so weight behind it, That shows me it's not cheap made. The processor is quick the no hang-up when bringing up apps. Volume is very good on the ear piece and speaker phone, Screen has a nice color plenty of space for adding new apps for business.. I use this phone everyday for business and not an everyday toys to text my friends.. Oh Yea and for the battery life i get 2 full days out of it syncing with to servers and using remote desktop app most of the day... So what i'm saying is that i'm not seeing any problems like everyone else has with the phone. But would tell anyone to try it and see your next option for a blackberry...
Freezes, Crashes, and Malfunctions, Oh My!
This is the second Motorola DROID I have owned. I owned the original DROID, and in my opinion I had less problems with that phone. I bought the R2D2 DROID after my refurbished DROID's touchscreen completely stopped working.
After owning the R2D2 DROID since January, here are my comments on it:
Major problems:
- freezes often
- I'm an avid texter, which is why I bought a phone with a slide-out keyboard. After a few months the keyboard stopped working responsively, and I am now forced to use only my on-screen keyboard.
- The on-screen keyboard has malfunctioned completely on me twice, and I've been forced to do a factory reset twice, causing me to lose all my downloaded apps.
- Slow
- Sometimes it has a mind of its own and randomly starts choosing things.
This phone is not made to last. I've only had it since January and I'm afraid I'll have to do another factory reset soon because the touchscreen keeps wigging out.
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as for the said volume issue........
there is not issue with the volume on the Droid 2 the i read all the reviews on here before i got my phone and out of the box the volume on the droid 2 is not turned all the way up. It takes but a second to turn the volume all the way up and when this is done it is actually louder then the original Droid 1 (when measured with db meter to registers around a 9 db gain over the droid 1). HERE IS THE INSTRUCTIONS TO TURN IT UP. First from the home screen press the menu button to the far left then select settings. next find and select sound from the settings screen. Last you need to select volume from the sound settings screen and slide everything over to the far right.!!!!. This is very easy to do and it took me seconds after getting the phone to find out how to do this. its sad to see so many that could not find this out on there own, but for those people here is your fix,..... enjoy Sound meter used to test side by side droid 1 and droid 2 after changing setting
Decent Phone
This phone is a pretty nice phone if you want a qwerty slide keyboard and a 3g phone. Battery is ok and can last me a whole day.
-Sleek design
-Touch screen and qwerty slide keyboard
-Battery life needs improvement
-first time i got it my buttons fell off
Has its good, and bad
The good:
The keyboard is a very nice feature. It feels good and makes typing on a physical QWERTY easy. I have had no problems with it, so that has been a plus.
Pretty good 5mp camera, and has flash. Sometimes the pictures come out too dark or fuzzy depending on the lighting, but other times it comes out crystal clear, so it depends. Video quality is nice.
The okay:
For the battery, it is to be expected that it isn't great. My Blackberry could do 2-3 days, so switching to this was a little different. It can go about a day, but needs to be charged every night, and can sometimes die halfway through the day if I am using it too much. It isn't a huge flaw, I know this is to be expected of smartphones, and compared to other phones this is not awful.
It is a bit large/clunky. It also seems to have a problem with the battery door. I drop this phone kind of often (Not far from the ground, just while sitting usually), and the battery door and battery pop out most of the time. It can get pretty annoying, so it seems like it's kind of cheaply made.
The ugly:
I bought this phone back in February, and I have to say it did work very well. It ran smoothly, did not really have issues with lagging, freezing, or anything like that.
I have had this for about 9 months now. In October (so 8 months in) I started noticing that the touch screen was not responding. I suddenly couldn't unlock my phone, pick up calls, stuff like that.
At this point, it clicks what it wants, moves around, doesn't let me click anything, exits out of things, pretty much has a mind of its own. The touchscreen is either completely non responsive, or it just freaks out and starts randomly clicking things. Sometimes it cools down and will work, but it's mostly been a pain.
Overall, before the touchscreen thing, I have to say not a bad phone. Also, very user-friendly for first-time Android users. I would say give it a try, hopefully you won't run into the issues I had with the screen. But you never know.
Best Phone i have ever owned.
Best phone I have ever owned. I am one of those idiots that get a new phone every 9-12 months, and I can honestly say I have never had a better phone.
only Cons:
-horrible battery life !!!!!!!
-expensive to purchase
-only sold by/compatible with Verizon
-Not a fan of the physical keyboard, although a bit of improvement over first droid, you will find this is the first phone where the virtual keyboard is better, you can also download other keyboards.
Great phone
This is my second smartphone and I put a ton of research time in before I chose the droid 2. I really liked the original Moto Droid and my contract was going to be up right when the Droid 2 was going to be released. Every Verizon salesperson tried to push me to the Droid X and I just don't need all the extra stuff on that phone and I wanted a real keyboard. The keyboard, screen, Swype (which comes installed), build quality, are all excellent on this phone, and best of all, it works great as a phone! Android 2.2 is awesome and it's nice to not to have to run a task killer (if you are having battery and heat issues you may want to get rid of any you are running). Now, the only reason I took half a point off was because of Motoblur. You really don't need it with 2.2 and you can tell it's there, well I can anyway. Yeah, the 7 homescreens are nice, but I would have really liked to have a real Android experience without the shell. So, in a nutshell, do your homework and you'll really enjoy this phone and have a great experience with it, but if you don't you'll probably be a little frustrated with it. I hope this was helpful and enjoy.
Not bad
Just switched up from bb. It's a pretty fun phone to play around with coming from bb to android.
Not many gripes about the phone except for the following:
battery life - (though I just downloaded the newest software for the droid 2 which claims to enhance battery life)
no spell check - there is an "auto-correct" feature but not so much a spell check like the bb's have. this is probably the most downer about the phone.
I've had the phone for about 2 weeks and am really happy with it. Other than the items listed above I am glad I made the switch!
Droid R2-D2
First the phone as the Droid 2
1. Screen-very responsive bright and sharp
2. Speed-much faster than Droid
3. Signal-improved over Droid
4. Fast 1gb processor
5. Full Keyboard-if you need/want it BIG PLUS+
Not great or bad
1. 5mp camera this is droid 2 8mp on Droid X??
1. BATTERY - In 2010 why do I need 2 batteries for 1 phone!
2. It does get warm / hot with heavy use???
Overall if you like a full keyboard, good camera and a smaller form factor this is certainly an excellent choice
Now R2-D2
As a Star Wars fan and an R2 nut, this phone is great! The docking station is a very cool add. The body of the phone has people asking to see / look at my phone almost every day . . . like Han I will shoot first if you snatch my phone! The R2-D2 sounds, video, themes and all of the Star Wars features are very cool. Of course it would be nice if there was more, at the same time I do not feel that this tribute came up short!
If you are a Star Wars fan and are ready to upgrade your phone this is absolutely the way to go!
Near perfect phone, just give it time
After "window shopping" for a smartphone for about a year, I finally found one that justifies the monthly cost of data. I initially thought the original Droid was IT, but after playing with it several times, I couldn't get used to the placement of the d-pad. So I waited and waited, tried other smartphones, but never found the one that "clicked". Then came the Droid 2!
The good:
- near perfect call & speakerphone quality with exception to some digital distortion when in a fringe area, but still keeps holds the call --typical Moto excellence here
- 3.7" screen is just right for reading and watching video
- excellent hard qwerty
- "ninja"blur blends in very well with stock android
- 7 homescreens to categorize commonly used tasks is a major plus
- free Google nav (one of my main reasons for purchasing)
- non-intrusive notifications
- FAST, haven't noticed any lag opening, closing, switching between apps and functions
- good selection of helpful & fun apps
- productivity tools
- feels like a phone & not a toy, not at all plasticky, looks like QUALITY...mine is always cased and in my purse, so the weight is fine
The irritating:
- battery life: terrible at first, and I realize I was overusing it, but it was still considerably bad. You would think that with all the innovations in mobile technology, they'd be using a battery that keeps up with such powerful devices! Over the next couple days, it improved a lot, and I'm still heavily using the phone. It was also extremely warm after the first charge as well, but has somehow cooled down too. Strange I know, but with time, the Droid 2 improves.
Overall, this IS the droid I'm looking for :) I love using it, and have barely put it down since FedEx brought it to my door. After a couple glitches here and there in my first day of usage, everything seems to have fixed itself and now works flawlessly. If you're on the fence, NEED a hard qwerty (like me) and don't need a 4.3" screen--get it! You won't be let down.


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|2011-10-15, 19:25
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Either that or it's just kurisu's ending.
|2011-10-19, 10:06
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English-translated video of Suzuha ending, Ruka ending and Fairis ending can be found at Youtube, though it seems they haven't translated Mayuri ending yet.
Mayuri ending:
Kurisu ending is almost same as episode 22, except that it ends without recieving any phone call.
|2011-10-29, 02:07
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If Okabe was not allowed to change anything in the Alpha timeline, and had to let his past self experience everything which he did (by showing him a "dead" Kurisu so his experience remains the same) why is it okay to buy that metal upa and change his experience of buying the metal upa to one of buying a plastic one? It probably has no bearing on Kurisu's fate, but wouldn't that start another beta world line somewhere where some other plot happens? In addition, by planting a "dead" Kurisu there, Okabe fools his past self for only that scene - surely after that the news reports (there was one specifically) about a person being stabbed on the upstairs floor etc would not happen, and he would have changed his past self's experience.
Were there reasons why these are okay, or am I just being pedantic because time travel plots are impossible to wrap up completely in the first place? I am more than willing to overlook the plot weaknesses as they brought back Kurisu, but I was just wondering if there were not really weaknesses in the first place.
|2011-10-30, 00:27
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1) Metal Upa- Metal Upa had no bearing at Okabe's decision on moving the timeline to beta (via his first d-mail), therefore by removing the Metal Upa, it will not affect his decision at all. The metal Upa's effect is moving the timeline from "Russia gets time machine" to "Russia gets no time machine".
2) I don't remember if Okabe actually saw the news report before he sent the d-mail in the first episode...if he did not, then that had no bearing at his decision either. If he did...maybe someone with better reasoning can help me out .
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|2011-10-30, 10:48
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To wrap up,
-Whether the Oopa is metal or plastic has no bearing on the fate of Kurisu or of "past Okabe". It's just a key condition for "present Okabe" to prevent WW3.
-Whether Kurisu is alive or not has no bearing on "past Okabe". It's just a key condtion for "present Okabe" to reach the Steins Gate worldline.
-The worldline moves to alpha before the news report comes. Thus the news has no bearing on the story.
"Okabe was not allowed to change anything in the Alpha timeline" is not true. He was told just not to cancel his bitterness of the past.
|2011-11-01, 02:24
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Is Future Okabe the same Okabe that failed to save Kurisu the first time? If so, shouldn't there have been a timeline shift before, during, or after Suzuha and a traumatized Okabe traveled back in the time machine (he wouldn't have existed otherwise)? If not, how could Future Okabe have sent a video message across timelines? (Follow up: are Future Okabe and army Suzuha from the same timeline? If so, how could Suzuha have traveled across timelines? Should have been impossible for time machines.)
Did the timeline change after Okabe saves Kurisu in the TRUE END (I'm assuming it did since Suzuha disappeared on the time machine), and if so, why was Okabe hospitalized (only his mind should have traveled, so his wounds shouldn't exist anymore)?[B]
If not (aka timeline does not shift after he saves Kurisu), why would Suzuha have traveled back to prompt him to stop World War III (since that would not be necessary as the same timeline is already destined for utopia)? Basically if there is no timeline shift at the end, there's a contradiction since the actions of the future characters would not have made sense. (Future Okabe would be in the same timeline if it did not shift, but Future Okabe should not have a reason to build a time machine to save Kurisu since the present Okabe already saved Kurisu.) *These questions won't matter if timeline did shift, but there are still the contradictions above if it did.
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Practically, all D-mail, time leap and time machine are sent to different worldline as the wordline has already changed at the moment they arrived. But in either case, your question have a point.
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This only season is just perfect, the OVA episode even put a definitive ending to this anime, but i feel the need of more Steins;Gate. No matter if the second season would be just inferior compared to the actual only one, i just know i want more. I want Okabe's laughs and his jokes on Kurise, I want more Kurise&Okabe... i simply can't get enough.
So, even though i'm sure a second season would disappoint me, compared to the first one, i still would like to have it. This is one of the series they should make 100+ episodes long, lol, untill you really get sick of it(impossible).
The only way to make a second season(and i know it won't happen), would be to make someone else come from the future and mess up in their current timeline. They would be forced to reproduced the time machine, while having some flashes about what happened in the past, adding some jokes here and there, and eventually show how Daru gets involved with his future wife. This is just my flash, it won't happen, neither i really hope in it. But it's the only way i could see a second season incoming.
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I just started playing the game after watching the anime - it's great so far. I'm new to the whole VN scene, but if missed a certain flag, do I completely miss the entire route/special ending? Also, is there an easy to way replay sections to see endings, or do I really have to start all the way from the beginning?
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When I was a kid, I developed the habit of separating the foods on my plate. If dinner consisted of three or four items, I would determinedly push them around with my fork until at least a half-inch of space buffered the runny chili from the mashed potatoes, or the peas from the pasta. If items on my plate touched or—heaven forbid—mixed, there would be hell to pay.
But then there are the truly picky eaters: those unable to stomach certain foods, who create a fuss at any dining occasion. And some people don't grow out of this phase for quite some time. Stephanie V. W. Lucianovic shares her story of a lifetime of picky eating and, how she overcame her fears to become a food writer, in Suffering Succotash: A Picky Eater's Quest to Understand Why We Hate the Foods We Hate.
Lucianovic was determined to find the root cause for her picky eating. Do certain foods emit undesirably odors only detectable to picky people? Are picky eaters supertasters, and more aware of bitter or sour flavors than non-discriminating eater? Was picky eating a result of some childhood trauma?
To find the answers to these questions, Lucianoivic consults the experts. She works in a DNA analysis lab to figure out if she has an unusually adept sense of smell or taste (she doesn't). She takes diagnostic tests to rate her level of pickiness (the researcher thinks it's pretty low). She tries to dig into her emotional past (no major traumas). Perhaps the lack of a particular reason behind her picky eating was why she was able to overcome it as a young adult.
Determined not to be outcast from her social circle or come across as a total nut job, Lucianovic comes up with tricks for eating out, at other people's homes, and with non-picky eaters. These tips include reading a restaurant menu in advance, feeding undesirables to the cat, and hiding food in your cargo pants pockets (that one I don't quite believe). She also developed strategies to improve her own cooking, with the belief that many picky eaters are picky because they grew up with food that was, well, just not that great. Improving her recipes led to a love of cooking, which eventually led Lucianovic to culinary school and a career in food writing.
While I'm certainly empathetic to those with particular (and perhaps peculiar) food preferences and specifications, this book was a little neurotic. Frankly, it's hard to relate to a picky eater if you've never experienced that level of selectiveness with your food. I admire Lucianovic's drive to overcome her own picky eating, and to shed light on the plight of picky eaters who struggle to cope in polite dining settings. If you are a picky eater, you will certainly find refuge in her honest and humorous book. But as a non-selective eater (apart from the separating thing), I'm not sure I can quite relate.
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|(Nanowerk News) With the human genome in hand, biochemists have cataloged the 3-D structures of thousands of proteins isolated from living cells. But one important class of proteins -- those stuck in the cell membranes -- has proven difficult to extract and study in 3-D crystals. Now an international team of scientists has developed a way to train such molecules to line up neatly on the surface of water in thin, tissue-like layers called nanofilms. This technique should allow biochemists to better see and study the molecules and may lead to a new generation of molecular electronics and ultra-thin materials only one molecule thick.
|"To the best of our knowledge, this is the first time aligned films less than a nanometer thick have been produced," say Iftach Nevo, a Marie Curie fellow at the University of Aarhus in Denmark, and Leslie Leiserowitz of the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel. Together with their colleagues at these institutions and at the Max-Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces in Germany and Northwestern University in Evanston, they describe their research in the 14 April 2009 issue of The Journal of Chemical Physics ("Laser-induced aligned self-assembly on water surfaces")
|One way of creating a nanofilm is to build it on the surface of water. First, the building blocks of the film are dissolved in a volatile substance. When a drop of this solution is splashed onto water, the solvent evaporates. The building blocks left floating on the water interact with each other and spontaneously come together -- like soap scum in a bathtub -- to create a thin crystalline layer.
|The shortcoming of this technique is that the thin crystals in the film created will be a mess. Like a mob in a dance club, molecules floating on a surface tend to spin around chaotically with little regard for order. Different patches of molecules will point different, random directions. Because the orientation of these molecules dictates the electrical, magnetic, and optical properties of the final film, these jumbled regions are difficult to develop into useful technologies. They are also difficult to analyze using imaging techniques like X-ray diffraction.
|To force the molecules to line up, the team blasted them with nanosecond laser pulses. These pulses create an electric field that interacts with the molecules, rotating them slowly. The electric field associated with these laser pulses is polarized, filtered so that all of the light waves vibrate in the same direction. Molecules caught in the laser feel most stable when they line up along this direction, a process analogous to the needle in a compass swinging to line up with the Earth's magnetic field. Eventually, this forms an aligned film with long range order.
|The technique has not been completely perfected yet. Its success rate is about 30 percent, but the group believes that a better understanding of what is happening during the evaporation process and how the molecules interact with each other just before solidifying into a film will improve the efficiency.
|When these molecules line up in a stable 2-D layer, their structures can be seen with X-ray imaging techniques normally used on 3-D crystals. "Alignment should enhance the X-ray diffraction intensity by more than two orders of magnitude allowing more detailed structure elucidations," say Nevo and Leiserowitz. The technique could be useful for studying molecules that cannot be easily crystallized in three dimensions -- cell membrane proteins are only one example.
|It could also be useful for creating 3-D crystals with aligned structures. The 2-D layer can be used to seed the growth of these crystals, providing a stage on which this growth can be monitored using X-ray diffraction.
|Another application is molecular electronics, like field-effect transistors, that require ordered molecules. Also interesting is an emerging class of solar cell technologies that are trying to copy nature by reverse-engineering photosynthesis. The ability to align the molecules in these devices will be important to their effectiveness, explains team member Tamar Seideman of Northwestern University.
|Because the technique should work with a variety of molecules, it may pave the way for brand new kinds of self-assembling nanomaterials. "The international team that produced this paper is outstanding, and this is one of those papers that will likely spawn a number of novel applications that haven't been discovered yet," says Edward Castner of Rutgers University, Associate Editor for The Journal of Chemical Physics.
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Menswear and Oxblood: Trends You'll See at the Mall this Fall
So said fashion directors from Macy's (M), J.C. Penney (JCP), Banana Republic (GPS) and Forever 21, who analyzed the trends that emerged during New York Fashion Week and will inspire their autumn merchandise.
Mall stores are watching the catwalk's tony looks more closely these days. Thanks to the populist equalizer of the Web, everyday consumers have become fashion insiders.
"A decade ago, the mall was a fashion oracle," says Susan Scafidi, director of the Fashion Law Institute at Fordham Law School. "Chain store buyers had exclusive access to designers' runway visions."
Today, the once rarefied world of high fashion gets devoured by a mass audience in real-time. Most major designers live-stream their runway shows online, and fashion bloggers -- unofficial critics who've become the new arbiters of style -- weigh in on trends from the catwalk.
As a result, "every fashionista with Internet access has a front-row seat at Fashion Week, and the buyers for stores at the local mall need to make sure that their picks for next season reflect what their customers saw -- and what the bloggers who critique the shows liked best," Scafidi says. "Trend awareness is much more widespread, and retailers at all price points need to keep a close eye on which runway looks are likely to have legs."
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That couldn't be more true for Forever 21, a fast-fashion chain that's in the business of churning out high-end runway looks in a New York minute -- at bargain prices.
Cyndie Washburn-Nester, women's trend director for J.C. Penney, agrees.
"Everyone is trying to get the merchandise out there as quickly as possible by looking at the runways and adapting incoming trends," she says. "Whether it's a color or a design detail like a peplum, the consumer is definitely more savvy."
Here's what four of the nation's big clothing retailers had to say about Fashion Week and what looks from the catwalk might turn up on their racks come fall.
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Leather, unisex pieces and 1960s looks were three key Fashion Week themes that her stores will adapt, Washburn-Nester says.
Glossy leather items from designers such as Derek Lam and Donna Karan could be interpreted at J.C. Penney in a pair of denim pants, coated so that they exhibit a leather-like sheen, she says.
At the same time, "androgynous, sexy looks" made a splash, Washburn-Nester says. "The menswear trend is pretty exciting." These include a fresh take on the tuxedo jacket, including single- and double-breasted pieces, as well as fuller trousers and jacket dresses -- which will likely influence Penney's fall clothing mix.
Washburn-Nester noted a preponderance of berry tones, including "oxblood," which will be key colors for the season.
Designers' collections were also reminiscent of London's Carnaby Street in the 1960s, she says.
The retro-British looks included structured tunics, shift and A-line dresses, slim ankle pants, rounded shoulders, collarless necklines and swing shapes -- all design concepts the chain will build on for fall.
And while color blocking was all the rage during Fashion Week last September, this season, it was all about fabric blocking -- contrasting bands of materials in a single garment -- another promising look for fall, she says.
Banana Republic
Rather than chasing trendy pieces with a short shelf life, Banana Republic looks to Fashion Week for "quintessential pieces with a twist" that would resonate with professional working women, says Simon Kneen, creative director for Gap's high-end sister chain. The idea is "don't be a fashion victim, be fashion right."
This season, the runway was awash in wines -- from clarets to barolos -- used by designers like Diane Von Furstenberg and Alexander Wang, "which felt very new," he says. "We'll definitely make sure we have enough reds. I think red is like animal print: a neutral in your closet." Look for textured and plaid claret and red coats and dresses at Banana Republic this fall.
Also expect to see some whimsical touches of fur in the retailer's stores, after fur was sprinkled into the collections of designers like Marc Jacobs, Zac Posen, Preen and Herve Leger.
"There was a lot of real fur on the runway, [but] we'll definitely be doing the faux fur that feels a little more cheeky and not so serious on coats, fur hats, and fur trim on scarves and gloves," Kneen says.
Menswear with feminine, "sensuous" notes and "architectural minimalism" were two of the big stories coming off the runway that will inspire fall apparel at Macy's, says Nicole Fischelis, its group vice president and fashion director.
Calvin Klein's fresh take on minimalism included simply-cut dresses with full skirts that created a feel of "pure and exquisite new volume," she says.
Fischelis also cited Ralph Lauren's British, feminine take on menswear, describing body hugging jackets and coats in plaid and argyle as Fashion Week standouts.
In addition to the burgundy, teals, blues, deep-forest greens and poppy orange on the runway, black, shine, such as silver, painterly prints, and the mixing of textures in a single outfit took center stage, Fischelis says.
These included black-and-sheer dresses from BCBG, and a range of prints from several designers -- from digital floral prints to photo and "arty" prints, she said, which would work well on dresses, skirts and blouses at Macy's.
Forever 21
Based on its runway-to-rack business model, shoppers will undoubtedly see looks from the runway in Forever 21's stores pretty fast. "The fashion cycle has always been fast in our market," Chang says.
And this season, the chain, with 452 U.S. stores, was hot on the abundance of prints, color- and fabric-blocking, as well as the vibrant colors strutting the catwalk.
"We're loving the excitement around gorgeous prints," she says. "We also love the new ways of blocking with multicolor combinations and with fabrics."
And the explosion of color was a refreshing reprieve. "Color is so inspiring after so many seasons of sameness," Chang says. "We are in love with all kinds of color combinations."
But New York Fashion Week, while important, is only one source of inspiration for the chain.
"We have always felt that fashion comes from many directions," Chang says. "We watch and interpret from all the ready-to-wear runways, European couture catwalks, from the international streets, the cinema, art and exhibitions -- everywhere," she says. "For us, it's a combination of influences, each important in a different way. We have always been passionate about bringing the excitement of what's new and emerging to our customers at a price that's affordable and in a way that's wearable."


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"And I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man, but to be in silence" (1 Tim. 2:12, NKJV). Does this passage apply to commentaries? Should men not use commentaries in their personal study of God's Word that were written by women?
As you know, Paul's concern in 1 Timothy is that Timothy "may know how one ought to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, a pillar and buttress of the truth" (1 Tim. 3:15). So the question must be this: Does the writing of a commentary by a woman entail that woman taking to herself the prerogatives of the ordained, authoritative preaching and teaching office of the church, which is clearly limited to men in the Scriptures?
The general trajectory of the Scriptures seems to point us in the direction of liberty here and not a restrictiveness that the testimony of Scripture itself cannot support. Commentaries involve debating and exploring the meaning of Scripture and not the authoritative proclamation of God's Word in the context of the local church. A commentary written by a woman does not exercise authority over me, and I am not bound by it in the same way as I am by the proper proclamation of God's Word in the context of the local church by the Lord's ordained ministers. Commentaries may be authoritative in the sense of being recognized as reliable and well done, but that does not place the writer of that commentary in spiritual oversight and authority over me. It's because of this distinction that female commentators can do their writing (should they even be sensitive to this issue) with a clear conscience, and ministers and laity should use them with a clear conscience.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (Nov. 8, 2012) – Say the word "Southern" and two things probably come to mind: Southern food and country music. Now two icons representing those great Southern traditions are joining forces as Bojangles' announces a new partnership with country music star and American Idol® winner Scotty McCreery.
Famous for serving quality Southern classics and breakfast all day, Bojangles' today unveils a new ad campaign featuring the popular star from Garner, N.C. The new TV and radio spots will highlight the craveable menu items that set Bojangles' apart while also showcasing the deep Southern roots that have made both McCreery and Bojangles' such fan favorites.
As part of the exclusive partnership with Bojangles', a free song download from McCreery's new album – Christmas with Scotty McCreery, which hit stores Oct. 16 and debuted at number four on the Billboard albums chart – will be available beginning Monday, Nov. 26. Cards with a unique code will be available in all Bojangles' restaurants, allowing guests to visit a download site and choose one of three classic holiday songs – "First Noel," "Jingle Bells" or "O Holy Night."
"I'm proud to partner with a great Southern brand like Bojangles' that's been such a big part of my life growing up in the Carolinas," said McCreery, who took the entertainment world by storm in 2011 by winning the 10th season of the popular TV show at the age of 17. "It's always 'Bo Time' to me whether I'm on the road or at home, and I'm excited to bring that same spirit to other fans who crave the unmistakable taste and quality of Bojangles' as much as I do."
The campaign features two 30-second TV spots. The first, "Show Time," shows McCreery backstage before a concert with his band enjoying Bojangles' chicken, biscuits and fixin's from a Big Bo Box, perfect for tailgating, office parties or family get-togethers. When the stage manager comes to tell the band it's show time, Scotty promptly corrects him with three simple words: "It's Bo Time!"
The second spot, "Bojangles' Town," is a remix of McCreery's hit song "Water Tower Town" and includes a montage of traditional Southern scenes – a high school football game, an old fire truck, and enjoying a meal at Bojangles'.
In addition to the television ads, McCreery lent his voice to a series of radio commercials and a variety of in-store merchandising elements, including posters and counter cards. The TV and radio spots will appear in select Bojangles' markets throughout the company's 10-state footprint, which extends from the mid-Atlantic across the South to Mississippi.
"Bojangles' and Scotty share a unique Southern style, and we're excited to come together in such a big way with this campaign and exclusive offer for our fans," said Bojangles' Senior Vice President of Marketing Randy Poindexter. "I'm especially proud to partner with a young man who embodies the same values of community and family that are the heart of the Bojangles' culture."
McCreery's love of Bojangles' was well documented throughout the filming of Idol: he was seen in a well-worn "It's Bo Time!" t-shirt during taping, and his family surprised him with his favorite Bojangles' meal during his homecoming episode before returning to Los Angeles for the finals.
Since becoming the show's first country male winner and its youngest male winner in any genre, McCreery quickly emerged as the most successful new country artist of the last year. He won New Artist of the Year at the Academy of Country Music Awards in April, and won the same award at the American Country Awards in December. He also won the USA Weekend Breakthrough Video of the Year for "The Trouble With Girls" at the 2012 CMT Music Awards. He was ranked No. 1 on Billboard's list of Top New Country Artists for 2011 and recently wrapped up his tour with Brad Paisley's "Virtual Reality Tour 2012" presented by Chevrolet.
Scotty recently released Christmas With Scotty McCreery, which debuted at No.1 on the Billboard Top Seasonal Albums chart with over 40,000 albums sold in the first week. His first studio album, Clear As Day, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Top 200 and Top Country Albums charts, making him the youngest man in history to open at the top of the all-genre chart with a debut release. It also garnered the highest sales of any country solo album released last year and held the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart for six weeks. Scotty has continued to perform and record while juggling the demands of pursuing an undergraduate degree at N.C. State University.
For more information on Bojangles', visit www.Bojangles.com. For more information on Scotty McCreery, go to www.scottymccreery.com.
About Bojangles'
Founded in 1977 in Charlotte, N.C., Bojangles' Restaurants Inc. serves all of its proprietary menu items, such as made-from-scratch buttermilk biscuits, Legendary Iced Tea™, delicious fixin's and specially seasoned, never frozen fried chicken. Bojangles' boasts more than 500 locations in 10 states, primarily in the Southeast, and the District of Columbia as well as two international restaurants. For more information, visit www.bojangles.com or follow us on Facebook and Twitter.


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Those of you who simply haven't had enough Avatar will be pleased to learn that James Cameron has revealed he's planning a sequel in which he'll be "focusing on the ocean on Pandora".
Speaking to the LA Times, the helmsman described this new environment as "equally rich and diverse and crazy and imaginative" as Avatar's rainforest. He also suggested a third Avatar outing which might "expand out" across the Alpha Centauri AB system.
Avatar is released on DVD on Blu-ray this week, but Cameron is keen to cash in on any untapped revenue still to be extracted from cinemeagoers, Accordingly, the movie will reappear in cinemas in August, complete with an "additional six minutes".
Doubtless this will infuriate fans who'll rush to buy the DVD on Thursday, then rush to cinemas to enjoy an extra 360 seconds of CGI magic, and finally twiddle their thumbs until Avatar: The Extended Cinematic Re-Release becomes available to buy. Not to mention, of course, the intolerable wait for Avatar 2, which judging by Cameron's interview, is set to continue with his campaigning hug-the-planet agenda.
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SAN ANTONIO - Tony Parker scored 30 points, Tim Duncan had 27 points and 15 rebounds, and the San Antonio Spurs shook off a "disappointing" $250,000 fine by the NBA to beat the Memphis Grizzlies 99-95 in overtime Saturday night.
Coach Gregg Popovich said before the win he doesn't know if the Spurs will appeal the NBA's stiff penalty for sending Duncan, Parker and two others home to rest Thursday instead of them suiting up against the Miami Heat in a nationally televised game.
Popovich said he was disappointed by Commissioner David Stern's decision. He also didn't rule out sitting out players again in the future.
Marc Gasol led Memphis with 20 points. Zach Randolph had 17 points and 15 rebounds and was one of three Memphis players with double-doubles.
Mike Conley had 18 points and 12 assists, and Rudy Gay had 15 points and 10 rebounds.
The unprecedented fine announced Friday overshadowed the first meeting this season between two of the West's winningest teams.
MIAMI (AP) — Dwyane Wade scored a season-high 34 points, LeBron James added 21 points and Miami rallied from a 14-point deficit to beat Brooklyn.
Ray Allen scored 13 and Norris Cole finished with 12 for the Heat, who won their sixth straight and remained atop the Eastern Conference. Miami held the Nets to 30 points in the second half.
Andray Blatche scored 20 points for Brooklyn, which had won five in a row. Gerald Wallace had 13 points, Joe Johnson added 12 and Deron Williams finished with 10 points and 12 assists.
The Nets were 10 for 31 from the field in the second half and lost to Miami for the 12th straight time.
CLEVELAND (AP) — Nicolas Batum's 3-pointer with 0.2 seconds left in the second overtime gave Portland a victory over Cleveland.
Trailing 117-115 with 2.5 seconds remaining, Portland called timeout and inbounded near midcourt. Damian Lillard passed to Batum, who hit a fadeaway jumper from the right corner in front of Cleveland's bench. With time only for a tip-in attempt, the Cavaliers couldn't get a shot off before time expired.
Lillard led Portland with 24 points while Batum added 22. Alonzo Gee paced the Cavaliers with 22 points, but missed a free throw that would have given them a three-point lead before Batum's shot.
Anderson Varejao had 19 points and 17 rebounds.
HOUSTON (AP) — Patrick Patterson scored 20 points, Chandler Parsons and Jeremy Lin had 19 apiece and Houston beat Utah.
James Harden finished with 18 points for the Rockets, who shot 55 per cent (46 of 83) and hit half of their 3-point shots at 11 of 22. Greg Smith and Carlos Delfino each scored 13.
Gordon Hayward had 13 of his 21 points in the second half and Al Jefferson and Randy Foye each scored 20 for Utah. The Jazz lost despite shooting 51 per cent (48 of 94) overall and going 11 for 20 from 3-point range.
Omer Asik had 14 points and 12 rebounds for Houston. He briefly left the game after taking an elbow from Hayward, but returned for the final minutes.
The Rockets have won five straight home games. Utah has dropped three of its last four road games.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Kevin Durant scored 20 points, Russell Westbrook added 18 points and 10 assists, and Oklahoma City won its fifth straight game.
The two Thunder stars did all their work in first three quarters, resting for the final period after helping their club build a 27-point lead.
Kevin Martin added 19 points and Nick Collison 12 in reserve roles for Oklahoma City, which has won nine of 10, including its last four by double digits.
Ryan Anderson had 21 points and 10 rebounds for New Orleans, but was only 3 of 11 on 3-point attempts, normally his strength. Robin Lopez added 12 points and Roger Mason Jr. 11 for the Hornets, who have lost nine of 10.
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Larry Sanders had 18 points, 16 rebounds and five blocked shots, and Milwaukee rallied for a victory after Boston scored the first 17 points of the game.
Monta Ellis had 17 points and seven assists for the Bucks, while Ersan Ilyasova added 15 points and five rebounds. Brandon Jennings had a big 3-pointer in the fourth quarter.
Paul Pierce paced the Celtics with 19 points, and Kevin Garnett added 17 points and seven rebounds.
Boston played without point guard Rajon Rondo, who served the second of his two-game suspension for his role in a scuffle during a game against the Brooklyn Nets on Wednesday.
Courtney Lee, who started in Rondo's place, had 13 points, and Jason Terry finished with 15 points and 11 assists.
CHICAGO (AP) — Luol Deng scored a game-high 25 points and Chicago beat Philadelphia.
Deng also had a season-high seven assists and has led the team in scoring in consecutive games. He scored 22 in a 101-78 win over the Dallas Mavericks.
Richard Hamilton added 15 points for the Bulls, who played the 76ers for the first time since last season's first-round playoff series.
Joakim Noah had 12 points, 13 rebounds and seven assists and Carlos Boozer had 12 points and 12 rebounds. Boozer has double-doubles in six of his past eight games.
Jrue Holiday led the 76ers with 23 points. Thaddeus Young added 22 points and seven rebounds.
DALLAS (AP) — O.J. Mayo broke out of a shooting slump with 27 points and Dallas celebrated Derek Fisher's Mavericks debut with a victory against Detroit.
Mayo was coming off consecutive games with season lows and started 0 for 4 before taking over in the third quarter. He scored 16 points in a 17-4 run that eventually stretched into a 25-6 surge as Dallas snapped a three-game losing streak.
Fisher got the start a day after the 16-year veteran's first practice with the Mavs. His presence seemed to spark Darren Collison, the struggling young point guard he was brought in to help. Collison had eight assists and no turnovers.
Brandon Knight led Detroit with 20 points, including 18 in the first half.
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Stephen Curry had 20 points and a season-high 11 assists to lead Golden State over Indiana.
Klay Thompson scored 22 points for the surprising Warriors, who have won three straight and remain tied with the Los Angeles Clippers for first place in the Pacific Division. David Lee added 13 points and 12 rebounds for his ninth double-double of the season.
Golden State led by 16 in the third quarter, then held off a mini-rally by Indiana at the start of the fourth before pulling away for the win.
David West scored 23 points and George Hill had 19 for the Pacers.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jamal Crawford scored 17 points off the bench, leading seven Clippers in double-digit scoring, and Los Angeles rested all of its starters in the fourth quarter of a blowout.
The Clippers beat Sacramento for the fourth straight time. Blake Griffin had 14 points and nine rebounds, Chris Paul had 14 points and five assists, and DeAndre Jordan had 13 points and six rebounds.
Marcus Thornton scored 20 points for the Kings, and Jason Thompson had 16 points and 12 rebounds.


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TMZ has learned the LAPD is on schedule to present the case against Dr. Conrad Murray to the L.A. County D.A.'s office next week.
As we first reported, LAPD detectives planned to wrap up their case and present it by the second week in October. They were waiting on some written evaluations by medical professionals who reviewed the evidence surrounding Michael Jackson's death.
Our law enforcement sources say the medical reports are in and the LAPD plans to formally present the case to the D.A. next week.
Prosecutors have been working with the LAPD for months now, so it's not as if the evidence will be a surprise.
Sources say Dr. Murray is still the sole target.
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Lilinth wrote:bunny or kitty ears...
i can get my head arond the mechanics of masking the ear but i fail at attaching them to a headband in a pretty and non chainsaw maniac way
I have my set of kitty ears that I made like 4 years ago and honestly all that is holding them together is some stretch fabric and safety pins.
It gives mine the grungy look I have always rocked and actually keeps them up aslong as my succubus wings aren't on the head band <_<
But I am facing the facts that mine need a bit of help.
a) I can show you how I pinned mine to keep them up
b)I will eventually post a tut when I have made my new set minus all the pins ^^
Bunny ears on the other hand just ended in epic failure last time I tried.
But it may have been because I tried to use coat hangers XD
I may try again though ^^


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Situated in the centre of the island, at the site of the ancient city-state by the same name, the capital of Kéa (or Tziá), Ioulis, is a very picturesque town with ceramic-tile roofed houses, cobbled streets, arched passages, steps and squares.
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Even though the phone was pretty open', the sources released by Samsung were very poor. This severely limited the modding capabilities of the Galaxy S. Nearly all the custom ROMs for the Galaxy S were based on stock Samsung ROMs, and hardly offered any new feature except for speed improvements. Sadly, this meant no AOSP ROMs for the Galaxy S series were available until now.
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On our arrival in Boston, after long, weary some journey, we went at once to the houses of Mrs. Burrows, where my husband had made arrangements for me to board while he was away at work during the week. He worked in Chelsea, and could not come to look after my welfare but once a week. The boarders in this house were mostly gentleman, nearly all of whom were out of Christ. Mrs. Burrows was a church-member, but knew nothing of the full joys of salvation.
I went to church the first Sabbath I was there, remained at class-meeting, gave my letter
After class-meeting, a good many came to me, asking questions about sanctification; others stood off in groups, talking, while a few followed me to my boarding-house. They all seemed very much excited over what I had told them. I began to see that it was not the voice of man that had bidden me go out from the land of my nativity and from my kindred, but the voice of my dear Lord I was completely prepared for all that followed, knowing that "All things to work together for good to them that love God." Change of people, places and circumstances. Weighed nothing with me, for I had a safe abiding place with my Father. Some people had been to me in such an unchristianlike spirit that I had spoken to and about them in rather an incautious manner. I now more and more saw the great need of ordering all my words as in the immediate presence of God, that I might be able to maintain that purity of lips and life which the Gospel required. God is holy, and if I would enjoy constant communion with him I must guard every avenue of my soul, and watch
In a few months my husband rented a house just across the road from my boarding-house, and I went to housekeeping. "Mam" Riley, a most excellent Christian, became as a mother to me in this strange land, far from my own dear mother. Bless the Lord! He supplied all my needs. "Mam" Riley had two grown daughters, one about my own age, married, who had two children. They were dear Christian women, and like sisters to me. The mother thought she once enjoyed the blessing of heart purity, but the girls had not heard of such a thing as being sanctified and permitted to live. The elder girl, who was a consumptive and in delicate health, soon became deeply interested in the subject. She began to hunger and thirst after righteousness, and did not rest until she was washed and made clean in the blood of Jesus. Her clear, definite testimony had a great effect upon the church, as her family was one of the first in point of wealth and standing in the community.
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This is what it looks like
when your new job hires a professional moving company to relocate you.
Instead of a bunch of jacks who end up breaking your Grandmother's Fostoria Crystal Punch Bowl and handthrown Longaberger pie plate along with various other stemware that wasn't family heirloom that you were fond of nonetheless. Luckily, all that happened 4 years ago and I didn't know that those things had been broken until my new, professional CLASS act movers opened all of the boxes and repackaged stuff.
This is, so far, the exact OPPOSITE of my moving experience from Kentucky to Florida. It's going great. The movers have been nice, courteous, in UNIFORMS - and were digging our CD collection. They even pulled stuff out to listen to as they worked which was fun. They selected the WILLIAM HUNG cd which was even funnier.
The driver brought his giant BIG RIG over today, just to make sure he knew where the place was and to inventory what was going. Lil Satchmo thought that was great.
So all in all.......despite the stress.......Moving is going WELL.
We'll wake up Sunday in our new place. And Monday.....it's off to work! HOOHOOHOO!
Did I mention that I got completely giddy washing work clothes? Seriously. I WASHED SLACKS AND BLOUSES and dug out my work shoes and double checked for knee highs and......realized I was elated.
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1 comments:
- Kelly said...
We had a pro-mover the last time as well, and yeah, so much better! Good luck Monday.
- Fri Apr 06, 08:40:00 AM