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After seeing a post on Facebook about a little boy named Sam who wore pink shoes for his first day of preschool, which ultimately sparked controversy from his mom's family and friends -- I couldn't help but feel kind of bad for the poor kid.
Because even though he'd chosen the shoes himself and still wanted to wear them even after his mother explained that they were meant for a little girl, he still wound up with people whispering behind his back and making nasty remarks about him. (Shocker.)
I'm sure you can guess the negative kinds of the things that were said about his pink shoes, such as -- "That will turn him gay." "Things like this will affect him socially." It's just "wrong," yada, yada, yada.
And for those exact reasons, like being unnecessarily teased, ridiculed, whispered about, or looked at in a funny way -- I wouldn't let my own son wear a pair of pink shoes to school. Because at only 6 years old and being in the first grade, I'm just not sure it's fair to subject him to being bullied or treated unfairly all because most people associate pink with girls and blue with boys (and so on and so forth).
Yes, I get the whole "we should let kids be free to express themselves" thing, and I'll be the first to say "more power" to this mom for taking a chance and letting Sam go off to preschool in his pink zebra print flats.
Luckily, he wasn't given a hard time by the other kids at his school, but I'm just not sure that would be the case in elementary school. Preschool is a safe little haven where the kids are still fairly innocent and accepting of new ideas and differences, but big kid school is an entirely different story.
Somehow I'm guessing if my son were to put on that same pair of shoes -- he wouldn't even make it through the five-minute bus ride to school in the morning before someone laughed at him, asked him why in the heck he was wearing pink shoes, spewed all sorts of mean jokes his way, or told him he was dressed like a girl.
And if he were in the same boat as Sam and had chosen the shoes himself and been all excited about wearing them, I know that insults and ridicule from his peers would absolutely crush him -- which would in turn make him less enthusiastic about expressing himself in the future.
I mean, I think I'd feel differently if he were in middle school or high school and could put on those shoes all while knowing he'd probably be bullied for it, because at that point he'd be less likely to take any mean comments to heart.
But at the tender age of 6? Yeah, his little self-esteem just isn't ready for that sort of torture, and as his mother, it's my job to protect him as best I can.
That being said, if he really wanted a pair of pink shoes, I'd buy him the shoes and let him wear them around the house at home where he's free from outside judgement.
Other than the privacy of our own home, however, we're sticking to sneakers and other "boy" shoes and all other items of clothing. Bullying is bad enough as it is without handing tormentors their material on a silver platter.
Ok, your turn. Would you let your little boy wear pink shoes to school?
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I recently read an article in the NY Times called A Black Hole Mystery Wrapped in a Firewall Paradox. I really liked the article, but reading one quote immediately made me think of asking Physics.SE a question:
From the material in the smoke and flames of a burning book, for example, one could figure out whether it was the Bible or the Kama Sutra; the same should be true of the fizz and pop of black holes, these physicists argued.
So, Physics.SE, theoretically, how would you figure out what book was burned from the smoke and flames? I do not intend for this to be a silly question. If the idea of "information loss" inside of a black hole is so difficult for some physicists to come to terms with, I figure those same physicists should have a perfectly good answer to my question.

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A fire at the Emmons Jr. apartment building started about 11 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 13, 2007, and killed nine people. Flames raced through the building, destroying it and the neighboring Emmons Sr. apartment building.
Federal, state and local authorities investigated the fire several days, but no cause was determined.
The emergency response featured firefighters making heroic efforts to save lives. Some people could be seen hanging out the windows calling for help.
The victims were Joseph Szilvasi; Briar Harmon, 40; Mary Biss, 69; Ann F. Saleh and her 7-year-old son, Seth Justus; Beatrice Devore Yancey, 45; and siblings Ben Lucas, 19, Angel Lucas, 17, and Quentin Lucas, 14.


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Senate Minority Whip John Cornyn of Texas announced that congressional Republicans will agree to raise the debt ceiling. While it is still not a sure bet that they have the votes to avoid a default, there have been a number of high-ranking members of the Republican caucus who have voiced similar sentiments, including Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan.
Cornyn's remarks were [also] a far cry in tone from his Jan. 4 Houston Chronicle op-ed, in which he wrote that a partial government shutdown may be necessary to "secure the long-term fiscal well being of our country." Cornyn declared, "The coming deadlines will be the next flashpoints in our ongoing fight to bring fiscal sanity to Washington."


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Woody Allen
Woody Allen, 1935–, American actor, writer, and director, one of contemporary America's leading filmmakers, b. Brooklyn, N.Y., as Allen Stewart Konigsberg. Allen began his career writing for television comedians and performing in nightclubs. His early film comedies, which often depict neurotic urban characters preoccupied with sex, death, and psychiatry, include Sleeper (1973) and Annie Hall (1977; Academy Award, best picture). Much of Allen's later work in comedy and drama explores these themes as well as a sophisticated New Yorker's various other preoccupations.
A prolific filmmaker, he has made more than 40 motion pictures. Among his later films are the stylish Manhattan (1979); Broadway Danny Rose (1984), a New York comedy; the probing family drama Hannah and Her Sisters (1986; Academy Award, best screenplay); the 1930s comedy Radio Days (1987); the searing Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989);the bittersweet domestic drama Husbands and Wives (1992); the romantic and partly musical Everyone Says I Love You (1996); and the fictional jazz biography Sweet and Lowdown (1999). Several subsequent films failed to achieve the critical and popular plaudits earned by many of his earlier films, but Match Point (2005), a tale of wealth, lust, crime, and luck set in London, did much to revive his flagging reputation. Allen turned to Catalonia, Spain, for his sensual, melancholy-tinged comedy Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008), and to Paris for his atmospheric Midnight in Paris (2011; Academy Award, best original screenplay). Blue Jasmine (2013), the story of a rich matron fallen on hard times, echoes Tennessee Williams's Streetcar Named Desire, and Magic in the Moonlight (2014) replays the debate between rationalism and superstition in a period romantic comedy. Allen also has written humorous prose pieces and plays. In 1992, in a bitter public dispute, Allen left Mia Farrow for her adopted daughter, and then sued the actress for custody of their children and lost (1993).
See his The Insanity Defense: The Complete Prose (2007); Woody Allen on Woody Allen (1995) and E. Lax, Conversations with Woody Allen (2007); biographies by E. Lax (1991), J. Baxter (1999), and M. Meade (2000); studies by D. Jacobs (1982), F. Hirsch (rev. ed. 1990), S. B. Girgus (1993), D. Brode (1997), and E. Lax (2017); documentary dir. by B. Kopple (1998).


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Veteran center Ward adds finishing touch to Flames
May 29, 2013 | Lynchburg, Va.
Recent Liberty University commitment Robert Ward, a former center for the Vaughan Vipers Junior A team in Canada, brings a wealth of experience to the Flames' ACHA Division I men's hockey program.
"We're excited to get Robert down here," Liberty head coach Kirk Handy said. "He's someone who's going to be able to help us down the middle and be able to chip in offensively for us. He distributes the puck really well and he can also find the back of the net."
Ward scored 21 goals and distributed 20 assists in 45 games with the Vipers in 2011-12 before taking a year off from the sport. He plans to major in health and physical education at Liberty.
"I toured the school and fell in love with the school and the campus and the hockey program," Ward said. "I'm a goal scorer, passer, point getter (and) I hope to have an immediate impact."
Though he's from way up north in Barrie, Ontario, still an hour south of Handy's hometown of Huntsville, Ward is no stranger to the Flames. He's from the same town as sophomore forward Danny Logan and played on the same Vipers squad as sophomore forward Tyson Street, junior forward Luke Baumgarten, and sophomore defender B.J. Pirus.
During College For A Weekend, Ward went skiing at Liberty Mountain Snowflex Centre and played in a couple scrimmages at the LaHaye Ice Center with Brandon Mistal, another recent Liberty recruit from Canada.
"He and (senior forward) Andrew McCombe and I were playing together and we had a lot of chemistry," Ward said.
Handy expects those bonds, as well as Ward's speed and stick skills, to translate well to the rest of his teammates.
"I've seen him play and he's someone who we think will be a real good fit for us down here," Handy said. "He's someone who's going to be able to elevate the other guys that he plays with."


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(Poem #505) The Story of Prince Agib
Strike the concertina's melancholy string! Blow the spirit-stirring harp like anything! Let the piano's martial blast Rouse the echoes of the past, For of AGIB, Prince of Tartary, I sing! Of AGIB, who, amid Tartaric scenes, Wrote a lot of ballet-music in his teens: His gentle spirit rolls In the melody of souls-- Which is pretty, but I don't know what it means. Of AGIB, who could readily, at sight, Strum a march upon the loud Theodolite. He would diligently play On the Zoetrope all day, And blow the gay Pantechnicon all night. One winter--I am shaky in my dates-- Came two starving Tartar minstrels to his gates; Oh, Allah be obeyed, How infernally they played! I remember that they called themselves the "Ouaits." Oh! that day of sorrow, misery, and rage, I shall carry to the Catacombs of Age, Photographically lined On the tablet of my mind, When a yesterday has faded from its page! Alas! PRINCE AGIB went and asked them in; Gave them beer, and eggs, and sweets, and scent, and tin; And when (as snobs would say) They had "put it all away," He requested them to tune up and begin. Though its icy horror chill you to the core, I will tell you what I never told before-- The consequences true Of that awful interview, For I listened at the keyhole in the door! They played him a sonata--let me see! "Medulla oblongata"--key of G. Then they began to sing That extremely lovely thing, "Scherzando! ma non troppo, ppp." He gave them money, more than they could count, Scent from a most ingenious little fount, More beer in little kegs, Many dozen hard-boiled eggs, And goodies to a fabulous amount. Now follows the dim horror of my tale, And I feel I'm growing gradually pale; For even at this day, Though its sting has passed away, When I venture to remember it, I quail! The elder of the brothers gave a squeal, All-overish it made me for to feel. "O Prince," he says, says he, "If a Prince indeed you be, I've a mystery I'm going to reveal! "Oh, listen, if you'd shun a horrid death, To what the gent who's speaking to you saith: No 'Ouaits' in truth are we, As you fancy that we be, For (ter-remble!) I am ALECK--this is BETH!" Said AGIB, "Oh! accursed of your kind, I have heard that ye are men of evil mind!" BETH gave a dreadful shriek-- But before he'd time to speak I was mercilessly collared from behind. In number ten or twelve, or even more, They fastened me, full length, upon the floor. On my face extended flat, I was walloped with a cat, For listening at the keyhole of a door. Oh! the horror of that agonising thrill! (I can feel the place in frosty weather still.) For a week from ten to four I was fastened to the floor, While a mercenary wopped me with a will! They branded me and broke me on a wheel, And they left me in a hospital to heal; And, upon my solemn word, I have never, never heard What those Tartars had determined to reveal. But that day of sorrow, misery, and rage, I shall carry to the Catacombs of Age, Photographically lined On the tablet of my mind, When a yesterday has faded from its page!
(a Bab Ballad) Gilbert is, of course, well known for his nonsense verse, but this little piece goes beyond the realm of nonsense and into the truly surreal. In fact, it sounds like one of his dream sequences, with the random nonsequiturs toned down slightly, but just as 'dreamlike' an atmosphere, where nothing is surprising, and explanations unnecessary. Paradoxically, what makes this piece seem more surreal than, say, the dream sequence from Iolanthe[1] is the very fact that the randomness is toned down. There is just enough of an overall structure to prevent it's descent into free association, and the vague feeling that it *does* all make perfect sense at some level. (It doesn't, of course, as the use of nonsense words makes patent, but the impression is there.) And I must mention the wonderful sequence from verse 2: His gentle spirit rolls In the melody of souls-- Which is pretty, but I don't know what it means. Which is pure Gilbert (in fact it reminds me of something from one of the operettas, but I can't think what; possibly the 'Heart Foam' piece from Patience), and the one bit that made me laugh out loud. Construction: The unusual element here is the use of perfectly good words with an almost Humpty-Dumptyesque disregard for their meanings. Since half the fun here lies in discovering these for yourself, I won't post the definitions, but if there's a word in there you don't recognise, look it up - it's almost certainly used wrongly. Links: We've had a lot of Gilbert in the past, though it's tended to concentrate more on the G&S works than on th Bab Ballads (and for good reason - they're far better :)). See www.cs.rice.edu/~ssiyer/minstrels/index_poet.html For a biography and some nice G&S links see poem #88 -martin


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Experience Loyola History Online
Ever wonder what courses were required for voice majors in 1953? Looking for articles written by your mom when she was a Maroon staff writer in 1982? Or do you just want to see what Harry Connick Jr. was up to as a college freshman at Loyola in 1986?
You can find all these things, and more, thanks to the recent digitization activities by the Monroe Library's Special Collections and Archives.
A partnership with the Lyrasis Mass Digitization Collaborative through funding from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation enabled the digitization of 62 editions of the Wolf Yearbook ranging from 1924-2007, and 499 bulletins (also known as course catalogs) from 1886 (when what we know now as Loyola was called College of the Immaculate Conception) to 2006. The Monroe Library also hopes to digitize all editions of the school newspaper, the Maroon, but must raise enough money to do so. In the meantime, in preparation for the university's Centennial celebration beginning in 2012, Maroon issues from 1972-73, 1982-83, 1992-93, and 2002-03 have been digitized and added to Loyola's collection at the Louisiana Digital Library.
All of the digitized items are searchable and can be downloaded in full, or you can save individual pages as JPEGs.
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Safety Lock Wire - Safety Wiring: It Ain't Rocket Science
A Little Extra Effort Can Help You Keep It Together On The Track
Safety wiring bolts came into use about 50 years ago. Mechanics wired bolts together so propellers wouldn't fall off airplanes. The same principle holds true today. We don't want parts to fall off race cars, some of which are going faster than the planes did long ago.
The teams on the top rungs of our sport safety-wire everything. It is a quick way to visually inspect the car before a race. If the wire is there, everything is tight. When installed correctly, the safety wire limits the ability of the bolt to rotate and loosen. What parts do you safety-wire? Everything that does not have to be removed quickly in a pit stop. Safety-wire anything that is not removed after every race. A partial list would include header bolts, fan-attachment bolts, drain plugs, starter bolts, and all brake-component retaining bolts for the calipers and rotors. Other components that require safety wiring are the differential bolts, driveline bolts, suspension bolts, and all hardware for the steering.
Hole In The HeadThere must be a hole in the head of the bolt in which to attach the wire. Most aircraft hardware already has the hole drilled in the head. If there is no hole, you can drill it yourself. Several companies make jigs for drilling holes in bolts. The jig can handle different-size bolts. It holds the bolt steady and guides the drill to the proper place on the bolt head to drill. The hole should be about 3/32 inch. Drill at a slow speed with a cobalt drill bit, lubricating constantly. When you finish drilling through the head, deburr and chamfer the sides of the hole. Sharp edges will notch the wire and cause it to fail.
Start HereThe first step is to tighten the bolt to its proper torque. Next, cut the wire long enough so that it can connect the bolt to a fixed point. It can be another bolt or a fixed point on the race car. Safety wire is cheap-don't be stingy with it.
Put the wire through the hole and loop it around the bolt head in the direction that tightens the bolt. Do not lay it over the head of the bolt. Pull the wire tight with locking safety-wire pliers. The pliers will spin, twisting the wire. Do not twist the wire so tight that it breaks. About 10 turns per inch is enough. Twist the wire to within a quarter inch of the second bolt or the point used to tie down the end of the wire. Insert the wire through the hole in the same direction as before, and twist the wire again. Leave about 1/2 inch past the termination point, and cut the wire. Bend the sharp edge of the wire in, onto itself. This way, you will not scrape your hand while working on the car.
Safety-wiring your car is something you know you should do, but don't. It is the same as knowing you should torque every bolt, but don't. It takes a little extra time, but it saves time when you nut and bolt the car before the race. It also gives you peace of mind knowing that parts are not going to fall off the car.
What You'll NeedSafety wire pliers, the bolt jig, and safety wire are available from many suppliers. There is no substitute for safety-wire pliers. They cut the installation time by 90 percent. Use MILSPEC 20995, type 302, stainless steel wire that is 0.032-inch diameter. It is softer and more malleable than carbon or alloy steel.


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British Atheists Sell 'No God' Bus Ads to Highest Bidder
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The controversial ads by the British Humanist Association (BHA) carrying the slogan, "There's probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life," which were put up on buses in London about four years ago, were sold in an online auction.
"Own a little bit of atheist and humanist history," says BHA on its website, inviting bids for the original ads, measuring 3.96 meters x 0.5 meters, from people around the world.
The atheist group has reportedly promised one ad to the Museum of London, but the others were put up for sale. The money raised will be used for promoting a world without religion where people are "free to live good lives on the basis of reason, experience and shared human values."
By the end of the auction Feb. 14, there were 14 bids with the winning bid at £205.00, or about $318.
The ads, launched in 2008, were part of the atheist response to a number of high profile Christian advertising campaigns on London buses and billboards, notably ones run by the Alpha Course, whose posters ask, "Is this it?" and "If God did exist, what would you ask him?"
The atheist ads were publicly endorsed and partially financed by prominent atheist Professor Richard Dawkins, who then told the BBC that the campaign was designed to make people think, an action he said was "anathema to religion." "Religion is accustomed to getting a free ride – automatic tax breaks, unearned respect and the right not to be offended, the right to brainwash children… This campaign to put alternative slogans on London buses will make people think – and thinking is anathema to religion."
"We see so many posters advertising salvation through Jesus or threatening us with eternal damnation, that I feel sure that a bus advert like this will be welcomed as a breath of fresh air," Hanne Stinson, chief executive of BHA, said during the launch.
In response, Stephen Green of U.K.-based Christian Voice warned that people don't like to be preached to and that it wouldn't be surprising if the public retaliated. "I should be surprised if a quasi-religious advertising campaign like this did not attract graffiti," he said.
Green was perhaps right. More than 320 complaints about the ad campaign reached the Advertising Standards Authority.
Correction: Feb. 19, 2013:
An article on Feb. 17, 2013, about the British Humanist Association selling the bus ads promoting atheism incorrectly reported that there were no buyers. There were 14 bids and the winning bid was for , £205.00 or about $318.


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Technology and process upgrades implemented since the controversial 2000 presidential election have made electronic voting machines more secure and reliable to use, the Caltech-MIT Voting Technology Project said in a report last week.
Even so, the only way to ensure the integrity of votes cast with the systems is to have mandatory auditing of the results and of all voting technologies used in an election, the 85-page report cautioned.
Rather than setting security standards for election equipment, the better approach for safeguarding ballot integrity is to hand-count a sufficiently large and random sample of the paper records of votes cast electronically, it said. "The 2000 United States presidential election put a spotlight on the fragility and vulnerability of voting technology," the report said. "It became clear that providing robust, accurate, and secure voting systems remained an important open technical problem" for the United States.
The Voting Technology Project is a joint initiative between MIT and Caltech and was launched originally to investigate the causes of the voting problems in Florida in 2000 and to make recommendations based on the findings.
Some progress has been made since 2000, said Michael Alvarez, professor of political science at Caltech and co-director of the Voting Technology Project. The antiquated lever voting and punch card systems that led to the infamous hanging chad fiasco in Florida have been mostly replaced with newer, more reliable optical scan and electronic voting systems, he said.
In the upcoming Nov. 6 elections, nearly three out of five counties will use optical-scan technology, with the rest relying on some form of direct record electronic systems. Only a very small number will use purely hand-counted paper ballots.
In the past 10 years, there has also been a move away from all-electronic voting systems to electronic systems that support a voter verifiable paper ballot trail, the report noted. Much of that particular trend has been by driven security concerns related to Direct Record Electronic (DRE) voting machines from companies such as Diebold.
The machines processed and stored all ballots electronically and offered little way for voters and election officially to determine for certain whether votes were being recorded as intended or counted as cast. Studies conducted by numerous researchers over the past few years have shown such DRE systems to be highly vulnerable to all sorts of tampering and compromises because of their poor design and engineering.
Because of such concerns, much attention has been paid to ensure that votes cast electronically this year have a paper record that can be counted and verified manually if needed. States such as California in particular have led the effort to get voting machine vendors to implement better security. The report pointed to the state's decertification of all DRE machines in 2007 as one example.
Post-election auditing technologies and approaches have also improved substantially since 2000, thanks mainly to efforts by security researchers and cryptographers, Alvarez said. At least half of all states will conduct post-election audits this year based on sound statistical principles, he said. Others, including California, have been conducting pilot risk-limiting audits to identify potential issues before votes are cast.
Another big improvement since 2000 is the growing use of centralized statewide voter registration databases for voter authentication and registration. Those databases have enabled quicker voter identification and given states a better way to address vote loss due to registration problems, Alvarez said. Voter registration databases have also made it easier for state election officials to rollout early voting facilities, he said.
In 2000, between four million to six million votes were lost nationwide because of voting equipment and ballot problems and because of voter registration problems. Because of the technology and process improvements implemented since then, the number of lost votes is expected to be dramatically lower.
Even so, concerns remain. The increased interest in Internet voting and vote-by-mail is worrisome, Alvarez noted. Both methods are inherently insecure and vulnerable to tampering and fraud. The federal system to certify electronic voting technologies to specific security standards has also been costly to implement and not particularly effective, he said.
When voters go to the elections this year they will see little that is new in terms of technology Alvarez said. "We haven't had an opportunity to improve voting technology" because of the recession, he said. "The problem that states and counties have had with public finances have made it difficult for election officials to invest in new technologies. We will hopefully see that change as public finances improve."
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General Atomics briefs navy on magnetic catapult that launches unmanned fighters
By Ajai Shukla
Business Standard, 30th May 13
The Indian Navy --- one of just nine navies that operate aircraft carriers --- is thinking high-tech in planning its second indigenous aircraft carrier, INS Vishal. The admirals are deciding whether INS Vishal, still only a concept, should launch aircraft from its deck using a technology so advanced that it is not yet in service anywhere: the Electro-Magnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS).
Getting a fully loaded combat aircraft airborne off a short, 200-metre-long deck is a key challenge in aircraft carrier operations. The INS Viraat, currently India's only aircraft carrier, uses Short Take Off and Vertical Landing (STOVL) since its Harrier "jump-jets" take off and land almost like helicopters. INS Vikramaditya, which Russia will deliver this year, uses Short Take Off But Arrested Recovery (STOBAR). The Vikramaditya's MiG-29K fighters will fly off an inclined ramp called a "ski-jump"; and land with the help of arrester wires laid across the deck, which snag on a hook on the fighter's tail, literally dragging it to a halt. This system will also be used on the first indigenous aircraft carrier, INS Vikrant, which Cochin Shipyard plans to deliver by 2017.
But INS Vishal, which will follow the Vikrant, might employ a third technique --- Catapult Assisted Take Off But Arrested Recovery, or CATOBAR. Perfected by the US Navy since World War II, this has a steam-driven piston system along the flight deck "catapulting" the aircraft to 200 kilometres per hour, fast enough to get airborne. With greater steam pressure, significantly heavier aircraft can be launched. US Navy carriers launch the E-2D Hawkeye, a lumbering Airborne Early Warning (AEW) aircraft that scans airspace over hundreds of kilometres.
EMALS, the new-generation catapult that the Indian Navy is evaluating, uses a powerful electro-magnetic field instead of steam. Developed by General Atomics, America's largest privately held defence contractor, EMALS has been chosen by the US Department of Defence for its new-generation aircraft carriers. The first EMALS-equipped carrier, the USS Gerald R Ford, will enter service by 2016.
In Delhi Last Thursday, General Atomics briefed thirty Indian Navy captains and admirals on EMALS. Scott Forney III, the senior General Atomics official who conducted the briefing, told Business Standard that tight US controls over this guarded technology required special permission from Washington for sharing technical details of EMALS with India.
Senior Indian naval planners tell Business Standard that INS Vikrant, India's next 40,000 tonne aircraft carrier, will use STOBAR to operate its complement of MiG-29K and Tejas light fighters. But Vikrant's successor, the 65,000 tonne INS Vishal could well be a CATOBAR carrier that launches larger and more diverse aircraft.
"While current fighters like the MiG-29K can operate with STOBAR systems, our options will increase with CATOBAR. We could operate heavier fighters, AEW aircraft and, crucially, UCAVs (unmanned combat air vehicles). A UCAV would require a CATOBAR system for launch," says one admiral.
The navy is closely following UCAV development in India and abroad. On May 14, the X-47B UCAV that Northrop Grumman is developing for the US Navy became the first UCAV to be catapulted off an aircraft carrier, the USS George HW Bush.
Naval planners believe that, with INS Vishal likely to enter service in the early 2020s, they should plan on operating UCAVs from that carrier, as well as an AEW aircraft, and medium and light fighters.
"We could greatly expand our mission envelope with UCAVs, using the pilotless aircraft for high risk reconnaissance and SEAD (suppression of enemy air defences). Mid-air refueling would let us keep UCAVs on mission for 24-36 hours continuously, since pilot fatigue would not be a factor," says a naval planner.
General Atomics has emphasized the EMALS' ability to launch multiple aircraft. It has told the navy that EMALS causes less wear and tear on carrier-launched aircraft since electric power can be delivered more accurately than steam. It also launches aircraft quicker; requires less personnel to operate; and its high acceleration allows launches in still conditions, when STOBAR aircraft carriers must sail at 20-30 knots to generate "wind-over-deck," needed to create the lift required for take off.
"We have completed 134 test launches across five classes of aircraft, including the F-35C Joint Strike Fighter; the F/A-18E Super Hornet; the C-2A Greyhound (delivery aircraft); the T-45 Goshawk trainer; and the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye," Forney briefed the navy.
While the navy is impressed by the EMALS' capabilities, there is apprehension that buying it may prove difficult. It would be a "single-vendor" procurement of a system that is untested in operational service, making it hard to validate General Atomics' claim of being cheaper in the long term.
But industry watchers point out that cutting-edge equipment like EMALS is what New Delhi wants from US-India defense relations. "The EMALS enhances India's strategic capability. If New Delhi deems this a priority for collaboration, the US might well sanction the release of this technology," says Manohar Thyagaraj, of the Observer Research Foundation.


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William "Jono" Young is an injury lawyer who uses his tenacity and keen legal mind to help accident victims recover the compensation they deserve. Based at our headquarters in Austin, he focuses his practice on car accidents, dog bites, premises liability, product injuries, and many other complex personal injury matters.
Prior to joining Zinda Law Group, Jono gained legal experience serving as a judicial intern for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas and the Supreme Court of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. He went on to work for several years as a defense attorney for commercial injury claims at law firms in both Colorado and Texas. In that role, he acquired valuable insight into defensive strategy, but he eventually discovered that his true calling was as a plaintiff's attorney, as he wanted to help individuals and families dealing with personal injury.
Involved in his professional community, this talented litigator is an active member of the Texas Trial Lawyers Association, the Austin Young Lawyers Association, and the Austin Bar Association. In addition, he co-authored an article titled "Navigating the Settlement Provision of the Texas Proportionate Responsibility Statute" that was published in The Critical Path, the newsletter of the Construction Law Committee.
Jono graduated with a bachelor's degree in geography from the University of Colorado Boulder and subsequently earned his juris doctorate from The University of Texas at Austin School of Law, which is perennially ranked as one of the top law schools in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. While in law school, he received the Dean's Achievement Award for Excellence in the Study of Jurisprudence.
Outside the office, Jono enjoys spending time with his wife and two sons, as well as hiking, running, and playing guitar.
- The University of Texas at Austin School of Law, J.D.
- University of Colorado Boulder, B.A. in geography
Practice Areas:
- Motor Vehicle Accidents
- Premises Liability
- Product Injuries
- Dog Bites
- Water Injury
- Tire Failure
Professional Licenses:
- Supreme Court of Texas
- State Bar of Colorado
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
- U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
Professional Memberships:
- American Association for Justice
- Austin Young Lawyers Association
- Austin Bar Association
- Capital Area Trial Lawyers Association
- El Paso County Trial Lawyers Association
- Texas Trial Lawyers Association
"Navigating the Settlement Provision of the Texas Proportionate Responsibility Statute" - The Critical Path, July 2016


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Benefit concert for injured RHS students
BETHALTO — An all-star lineup is sure to bring many people to raise funds for Roxana High School students who survived a deadly car crash last year.
Roxana High School graduate and Carmen Concerts promoter Dave Thomason, of Edwardsville, arranged a benefit concert for two RHS students who still are suffering from injuries they received in a car crash that killed RHS student Samantha Owsley. Proceeds from the benefit concert will go to the families of Bailey McGuire and Brooke Swarringin.
The concert will be from 2 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 1, at the Knights of Columbus Hall at 400 N. Beau Chateaux in Bethalto; tickets cost $20 in advance.
Featured artists include national touring act Samantha Fish with Ruf Records, who was in the band Girls with Guitars.
"She's a 24-year-old rising star; she jammed with Buddy Guy, Johnny Lange, Johnny Winters and many others," Thomason said.
Other artists in the lineup are The Nashville All Stars, Ozark Mountain Daredevils' bass player and vocalist Supe Granda; Pure Prairie League's lead guitar and vocalist Donnie Lee Clark; Ingrid Berry, who is Chuck Berry's daughter and a member of his band since 1973; original lead guitar player for Ike and Tina Turner Herb Sadler who also toured with Ray Charles, Etta James and recorded for Motown Records and Phil Spector, played guitar on "My Girl," by The Temptations and played with Ronnie and the Ronettes; Chuck Berry's drummer, Keith Robinson, who played with the Isley Brothers, Albert King, B.B. King and Luther Ingram.
Local bands include the Mondin Band, the Phil Williams Band and the Benbow City Ramblers.
The concert also will feature a live and silent auction including music memorabilia, autographs, merchandise and concert tickets; door prizes; 50/50 drawing; and food, which has been donated.
"All proceeds will go to cause; 100 percent of all proceeds go to families of victims," Thomason said.
Tickets are available at Deluxe Diner at 700 S. Central Ave. in Roxana.
Carmen Concerts' next show also will raise money for a cause to House of Hope with SHEL and the Five and Dimers Friday, Feb.7, at Spirits in Downtown Alton.


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Will Ferrel does hilarious starting lineups at basketball game
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Will Ferrell did the starting lineup introductions for Wednesday night's Bulls-Hornets game in New Orleans, and, as you would expect, it was hilarious.
On 80s night — why "Don't Stop Believing" is blaring in the background — Ferrell insulted the Bulls and showed love for the home team.
For Chicago's Carlos Boozer, Ferrell said, "He still lives with his mother."
For New Orleans' Emeka Okafor of the Hornets, Ferrell announced: "6-(foot)-10, from Connecticut, where he majored in econ but minored in loooooove, Emeka Okafor."


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Hattie Winston (b. 1945) is an actress who appeared on The Electric Company from 1973 to 1977, notably as Valerie the Librarian, and co-starred with Ted Danson on the sitcom Becker (1998-2004), as wry office manager Margaret Wyborn. Winston appeared with her Electric Company co-stars and the Sesame Street Muppets in the 1974 special Out to Lunch. In 1991, she played Nurse Flowers in the video Sesame Street Home Video Visits the Hospital (with fellow Electric Company alumnus Judy Graubart).
Winston's other TV work includes regular roles on the soap operas Edge of Night (as Veronique) and Port Charles (as the first Alice Burgess), the medical drama Nurse, Ryan's Hope, and Homefront (as Gloria Davis). Guest roles include Turk's mother on Scrubs and appearances on ER, Girlfriends, and Step by Step. As a voice actress, Winston has been heard in Rugrats (as Lucy Carmichael), The Proud Family, and Duckman.


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Faux Pho
One sip of real Vietnamese Pho offers your taste buds a spectrum flavors. But real Pho can take hours to prepare. My daughter, C.C., helped me come up with a quick and easy version that she prepares often for the family.
The recipe uses a bevy of convenience products including canned broth and deli roast beef , and you can even use pre-shredded cabbage (labeled "angel hair cabbage") sold in bags in the produce section.
While this Faux Pho is a beefy dish, I don't care much for the flavor of prepared beef broth so I've used a larger ratio of chicken to beef broth. The broth is flavored with a hint of cinnamon and more flavor is added by each family member with garnishes of cilantro, mint and basil, hot chili peppers and lime wedges.
Divide cooked linguine, roast beef, shredded cabbage and green onion among soup bowls and ladle the steaming hot broth over the top. Allow each diner to garnish their serving with the herbs, chili and a squeeze of lime juice.
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|Toby Froud
Toby is the baby in the film Labyrinth. He is Sarah's little brother who was taken by Jareth. According to the Henson.com Featured Character on Toby, his full name is Toby Williams. Toby and Sarah have the same father, Robert, and different mothers. Toby's mother is Sarah's stepmother Irene, who she dislikes.
In the making-of documentary Inside the Labyrinth, Brian Froud comments that before his son Toby was born, Brian created a picture of a human baby surrounded by goblins, which was part of the inspiration for the film, and when Toby was born, he looked just like the baby in the picture.
For certain scenes that featured Toby crawling around, the real Toby was replaced by a puppet. As Toby Froud himself commented at the Museum of the Moving Image, "I'm a real boy now!"
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The image of a phone said to be Samsung's first foray into the Android OS market has appeared online.
Is this Samsung's first Android phone?
First published by website GSMhelpdesk.nl, the blurry image is thought to have been captured at an event held recently in Amsterdam where, the report hints, Samsung gave attendees a run through the unnamed phone's features.
The Android phone's tools are accessed through a large capacitive touchscreen, while the device's format is described as candybar – suggesting the phone doesn't have a slide out physical keypad as the Android-based T-Mobile G1 does.
A camera will, of course, be included, but the report said Samsung's still undecided about quality and so it could sit anywhere between 3.2 and 5Mp. The phone's said to have a decent amount of on-board memory, with reference also made to Micro SD expandable storage.
Connectivity specifications for the Samsung Android include quad-band GSM, HSDPA 3G of up to 7.2Mb/s and 1.4Mb/s HSUPA.
Other named features include Bluetooth 2.0 and support for Google Maps' StreetView and Latitude services. It's unclear if a digital compass, as included on Nokia's N97, will feature on the phone.
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"Momma! Momma!" Willow yells, barreling up to me as I transplant ditch lilies from one garden to another (both in the quadrant of front yard that Matt resents me for planting in, as we both know it's the best part of our property, and HE dreams of a baseball field-like expanse of green lawn). "I found a CATERPILLAR!"
Obviously, I run for the camera (as if Willow is not finding caterpillars and roly-poly bugs and earthworms and grasshoppers all day long, each one the subject of its own photo shoot), and spend several minutes taking photos of the caterpillar, as Willow, an old hand at Momma's photography, does her best to show it off in the best light and at the best angle.
When I'm finally finished and about to stand up and pick my shovel back up, Willow says, "Here, Momma, you hold the caterpillar now, and I'll take YOUR picture with it."
As if the caterpillar is some sort of celebrity, and we're the fangirls with our cellphones out begging for pics.
I hadn't thought of having my photo taken today, or of holding a caterpillar in my dirty hands, but I do what my daughter tells me, and she takes my photo:
I feel good about myself, seeing me through her eyes.
Thursday, May 7, 2009
2 comments:
- Lisa said...
She took a great photo! Caterpillars are celebrities around here too. Too bad we don't live closer.....
- May 7, 2009 at 11:23 PM
- One Gal's Trash said...
Hi Julie,
Love this post. Aren't little girls just delicious? I still owe you a gift from One Gal's Trash for the meme months ago...here are your choices for theme...Paris, London, flowers or little girls (all will have a vintage feel) Send your preference and your mailing address and I will make something special for you.
P.S. The photo of your hand holding the caterpillar reminds me of my mantra..."In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt."
~Margaret Atwood
- May 8, 2009 at 10:32 PM
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It's one of my favorite times of year, when I can wear sundresses and flip flops, enjoy the tan on my shoulders - along with a few new freckles - and Jamie and I can plan little day trips and enjoy being outside in all this gorgeous weather.
And eat all the fresh fruit and berries that are in season! The recipe ideas are tumbling all over each other in my head, and I'll never be able to make everything I want to in one summer.
Today started out sunny, but then turned overcast, which I don't mind, since I'd like to do some reading this afternoon and finish the book I'm on. My throat is a little sore and scratchy, too, so I hope I'm not coming down with anything. Maybe Jamie will make dinner tonight, even though it's still my week, because after all, I made him a pie today. He loves pie.
My book club chose 50 Shades of Grey this month, and I'm about two-thirds of the way through. If you haven't read it, but have been considering it, it's true what they say, you know. It's an intriguing book so far, mostly because I want to find out why Christian is so messed up and to see if he'll change for Anastasia.
I don't have a Kindle, and right now I have no desire for one. I love my books. I had to get rid of boxes of books after college that I had no more room for, and that killed me. I love how the colors of the covers look on my bookshelf, and the feeling that these books are old friends of mine. And some of them are - the bottom shelf is full of my favorite books from childhood, especially the Emily of New Moon books and Anne of Green Gables series (same author). But Emily was my favorite. I read those books to tatters.
Favorite shoes, books and jeans. Favorite days of the week. Favorite seasons. Favorite ways to wear my hair. A lot of these things depend simply on my mood, and the things that I'm passionate about often change with the seasons, too. All winter long I dream of summer, hot weather, flowers and sunshine, but then I'm ready for fall again before summer's half over because I miss wearing my boots and scarves and baking with apples and cinnamon.
But I never get tired of all the summer fruit, and wish it were in season all year long. Although, I suppose the anticipation of the few months when certain fruits and vegetables are at their best is what makes them so special.
As you know I bake a lot of muffins - they're one of my favorite weekend breakfasts and I always think they make a breakfast at home more special. My current favorite muffins are these soft, coffee-cake muffins, full of plump blueberries, a hint of lemon, and sweet jam in the middle. Since we couldn't eat them all, I ended up freezing some of them for later enjoyment
And even though blueberries aren't at their peak right now, they made these muffins absolutely fantastic. Now I can't wait for peaches...
Blueberry Streusel Coffeecake Muffins with Jam Filling
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muffin batter:
- 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1 cup low-fat (2%) buttermilk
- juice and zest of 1 lemon
- 1 container (6 ounces) fresh blueberries
- 1/2 cup blueberry jam (or any flavor that would go nicely with blueberries, such as strawberry, apricot or peach preserves)
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 3 tablespoons cold, unsalted butter, cut into pieces
Preheat the oven to 375, and place 12 paper liners in a muffin pan.
In a bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. In a separate bowl, whisk together the oil, sugar, eggs, vanilla, buttermilk, lemon juice and zest. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients, stirring just until moistened. Stir in the blueberries.
Fill the muffin cups 1/3 full with batter. Place about 1 teaspoon of jam in the center of each. Fill cups with the rest of the batter; they should be full to the top.
In a small bowl, combine the streusel ingredients, using a pastry cutter to cut the butter in until coarse and crumbly. Sprinkle the streusel over the batter, pressing it in lightly with your fingers.
Bake for 18-22 minutes, until golden on top and a toothpick comes out clean.
Cool for 5 minutes in the pan, then transfer to a wire rack to cool slightly before serving. Leftovers will keep well for several days in an airtight container (cool completely first), or wrapped in plastic and frozen.
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I mailed out my placemat to Kristin/knit one quilt too the Saturday we left.
Kristin and I had decide to make placemats with a fall theme, use free pieced letters and use as many scraps as we could.
Thanks Kristin! It was a fun swap!
I LOVE it! That crow is just the best.
It is the BEST! I love it! All the colors and letters and the crow...WOW!
Fabulous placemat! I'd leave it on the table at an empty place, because I wouldn't want to cover it!
This is the cutest ever! Just when I think I've made enough birds, you make another one that I just have to have!! I love his striped feet!! So adorable!
So, what letters did you change? I can't tell. I really like the color progression red, orange, yellow and then green. it is very pretty as was the apple one you got ;) Hope your trip was a fun one. Oh, my house swap is starting this month in sew new to me bee. I can wait to get them back.
Love it!
Thank you again Sarah! It's just perfect for me.
it's marvelous. I love the pumpkins. I don't know how you guys could actually use them as placemats. Wallhangings definitely.
Fantastic! I love the pumpkins!
Wonderful design! So whimsical and perfect for the theme. Lucky Kristin!
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I am writing from my office and will check back all weekend to see if anyone has posted advice. Suddenly, over the last 36 to 48 hours, I cannot parse Atheist Nexus and one other atheist site from my home PC. I simply stopped getting emails from the two groups and when I try to access them I get the "unable" page. Other bookmarked websites pose no problem. I thought, some sort of virus? I ran Housecall by TrendMicro and it found nothing on my PC. Has anyone had experience with this. I thought it might be something about the Firewall and/or Cookies, but how do a couple of sites mysteriously quit "working" on my PC? Thanks for any help you can offer.
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Do you have some sort of filtering software on the home PC like you use to keep children from viewing adult sites and so forth, that could have possibly filtered based on a term?
I have also seen this James. I had a bunch conspiracy theories worked out such as my provider was religious and blocking it, etc... and still wonder at times However I don't have the issue anymore and it could be a DNS problem, basically a technical glitch with address lookup.
If you use windows here are things you can try:
Thanks to all of you. I just deleted the whole introductory antivirus from McAfoolya and now I can access the site. Is there some other, superior antivirus than McAfoolya that I can subscribe to? Right now, I am trusting Microsoft's Windows 7 antivirus. What else do I need?
Hi James. I've always used Microsoft Security Essentials. It's free, and I've never had any trouble. Not even god can hack it. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-GB/windows/products/security-essent...
Watch out James. God is on to you. Keep up this atheist thinking, and into the lake of fire you go. You've had a warning. Better heed it.
Again? Sheesh! He already warned me by giving me leukemia. Thanks for your help, and thanks to all others who offered advice. The problem is fixed and I just downloaded MSE.
As I have no Blackberry or other device, I don't have any apps and wouldn't want any.
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This Gary Player golf course first opened back in 1991 and it has quickly become one of the courses in California that everyone wants to play. The dramatic elevation changes throughout this course offer golfers of all abilities beautiful views and exceptional golfing. The farthest tees have a course rating of 73.1 and a slope of 139. The yardage from those tees is 6,661 yards. The course is actually a 27 hole facility that offers another nine holes that are just as splendid as the 18 hole course. Once you have your Jamul tee times set, you can also access the chipping area, putting green and driving range. The Jamul golf deals continue throughout the year, and these discounts continue to make this highly-rated golf course even more attractive. The course also received a four star rating from Golf Digest Magazine, and it is one of only three courses to receive this honor in San Diego.
The course also has banquet facilities for any tournaments that you may want to have, and the food at the restaurant is absolutely divine. This is the perfect setting in San Diego to review your round and grab a bite to eat. Additional Steele Canyon Golf Course discounts can be found by calling the pro shop or finding them online when you make your tee time.
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Leeds Castle, Canterbury, Dover & Greenwich - includes private viewing of Leeds Castle.
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- Transportation by Luxury Air-Conditioned Coach
- Thames River Cruise from Greenwich to Embankment Pier
- Walking Tour of Greenwich
- Free Wi-Fi on board
Leeds Castle...private tour before the Castle opens to the public...
Described as the "loveliest castle in the world", Leeds Castle was once a Royal residence for six of Englands medieval queens, a palace of Henry VIII, and a retreat for the rich and powerful. The setting is simply idyllic. The Norman castle was built on two small islands, in the middle of a lake, and is surrounded by a vast estate. Our day begins with a private viewing prior to the castle opening to the public. We will explore the chapel, galleries, courtyards and banqueting hall before taking time to enjoy the setting and wildlife, which includes wildfowl and black swans.
You've heard of the famous white cliffs of Dover? This is your chance to see them. On a clear day you can even see France. Dover itself is an historic port with a magnificent 12th century castle.
Next visit Canterbury with entrance to Canterbury Cathedral included. The ancient city of Canterbury has been the centre of Christian worship for almost 1,700 years. Its greatest treasure is the cathedral, infamous as the setting for the brutal murder of Thomas Beckett in 1170. When Henry II snapped "Who will rid me of this turbulent priest?", four of his knights rode to the Cathedral and sliced Beckett's head off. Canterbury became the centre of one of the most important medieval pilgrimages in Europe, immortalised by Geoffrey Chaucer in The Canterbury Tales.
Greenwich and Thames Cruise
Packed with exquisite parks, gardens, and architecture, Greenwich has strong connections with the sea, science, sovereigns and time. We will have time to take a look at the Cutty Sark, the fastest sailing ship of its time. As the early evening we gently cruise back to the centre of London. We will pass by historic sights such as the Tower of London, Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament, before arriving at Embankment pier where our tour ends.
- Private viewing of Leeds
Castle-before opens to the public
- Entrance to Canterbury Cathedral
- Professional Guide
- Transportation by Luxury
Air-Conditioned Coach
- Thames
River Cruise from Greenwich to Embankment Pier
- Walking
Tour of Greenwich
- Free Wi-Fi on board
- Gratuities (optional)
- Hotel drop offs (the tour
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Underground Station)
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and concludes at
Embankment Pier at approximately 7pm.
- During Peak Periods,
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Gov. Walker closes legal defense fund
Gov. Scott Walker has closed a legal defense fund he created while prosecutors were secretly investigating illegal campaign activity by his aides and associates during his stint as Milwaukee County executive.
Walker's campaign released an IRS filing Friday showing he moved $247,602 from his campaign into the fund over the last three months. He has moved $447,602 from his campaign to the fund since he created it a little more than a year ago.
He paid Chicago law firm Sidley Austin and Madison law firm Lind Weininger a combined $252,114 Thursday, depleting the account.
Six people were charged in the probe. Walker maintained he did nothing wrong and said he was cooperating with investigators. He was never charged with any wrongdoing.
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The new Fiat 500 is a four-wheeled hype machine for the boys at Fiat. The car's launch has already been pulled forward from September to July of this year. Now, Fiat CEO Sergio "The Count" Marchionne has devilishly implied that the 500 could hit US shores by 2010. "Sooner or later it is a possibility," he says. Sounds slightly somewhat definite, no?
Fiat CEO sees 'incredible interest' in 500 model [Forbes via Autoblog]
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For the past three and a half years, I have explored my love of writing and design on this blog. I know that I've said it before, but never in my wildest dreams would I have imagined the places La Dolce Vita would take me. It has afforded me the opportunity to embark on several amazing adventures, the greatest of which I am sharing with you today. Last winter, I started dreaming up the possibility of creating a fresh, new magazine rooted in interior design, fashion, travel, and entertaining…all of the things that so many of us love and that I have explored with you on a daily basis here on La Dolce Vita for the past several years. My dreams soon turned to plans and I found myself turning to the very friends I've made through blogging, asking them to embark on this creative adventure with me.
{The Fantastic High Gloss Team}
It is with much excitement that my amazing team and I would like to announce our stylish new baby, High Gloss Magazine! We have many been hard at work for several months now and have so many new and exciting things in store. We look forward to sharing them with you when our premiere issue hits the virtual newsstands in January! You didn't think we'd leave you hanging for two months, did you? Until then, we invite you to check out our website and sign up for our weekly newsletter which will be packed with style secrets and tidbits. Please help us spread the word about High Gloss through Facebook and Twitter (please use hashtag #highglossmag).
Thank you for your support throughout the past three and a half years and in this exciting new endeavor! It truly means the world to me.


text: There's something extra erotic about French girls. Maybe it's just the way they talk dirty and moan for more in their sexy French accents, or maybe it's a cultural thing, but one thing is for sure: French sluts are amazing. That's why we love brunette beauty Lou Charmelle. She's got an air of class and elegance, but put her in front of a camera and she's one of the dirtiest chicks out there! Lou loves to get fucked doggystyle, loves anal, and believe it or not, has a bit of a fetish for hentai. Her beautiful eyes and luxurious locks give her a glamorous look, while her natural perky tits, and a nice round booty turn her into a true porn star! Nominated two years running for the AVN Award for Female Foreign Performer of the Year, she's starting to make waves on both sides of the Atlantic. So if you're in the mood for a nice French treat, be sure to check out the one and only Lou Charmelle!


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DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran said on Monday it would boycott the 2013 Oscars to protest against the making of a crude anti-Islam video in the United States that has caused outrage throughout the Muslim world.
Despite tough censorship and the repression of leading film makers, Iranian art cinema has earned international acclaim over the past 20 years.
Asghar Farhadi's "A Separation" won the Oscar for best foreign language film in February, the first Iranian film to do so.
Culture and Islamic Guidance Minister Mohammad Hosseini said Iran would boycott the next Academy Awards "to protest against the making of a film insulting the Prophet and because of the organizers' failure to take an official position (against the film)," the Iranian Students' News Agency reported.
He also urged other Islamic countries to boycott the Oscars.
The amateurish video, made in California with private financing and posted on YouTube, portrays the Prophet Mohammad as a womanizer and a fool. It has ignited weeks of violent protests across the Muslim world in which dozens of people, including the U.S. ambassador to Libya, have been killed.
Iranian officials have demanded that the United States apologize to Muslims, saying the video is only the latest in a series of Western insults aimed at Islam. Washington has condemned the content of the film while defending the right to free speech.
"The position that Western politicians have adopted on these great insults are no different from a position of enmity," Iranian media quoted Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as saying on Monday.
Reza Mirkarimi's dramatic comedy "A Cube of Sugar" had been chosen as Iran's submission for the 2013 foreign-language Oscar, Hosseini said. (Reporting by Zahra Hosseinian; Editing by Kevin Liffey)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/iran-boycott-2013-oscar-over-anti-islamic-film-194407415.html
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Promise, last na 'to!
Thanks to @galieblitz on Twitter for sending the link! I just felt that this would be the perpek kepkeyks to serve in the wedding where the bride wears the gown from my last post. Okay, tama na 'to, let's move on! Nom nom nom nom nom! Sober rang bus toes!


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Chautauqua Miniatures and Dollhouse Gallery
A full service Miniatures Shop located in Western New York
Miniature Designs
Georgia's only dollhouse and miniature shop that offers a showroom of 4000 square feet filled with doll house miniatures. Miniature Designs not only offers custom dollhouses but a wide selection of assembled dollhouses, dollhouse kits, room boxes.
Tiny Towne Hawaii - Janet Uyetake
Tiny Towne Hawaii is the minigourmet of Dollhouse Miniature Food. IGMA Fellow Janet Uyetake creates Tudor, tropical, cheese, and wine designs.
Lola Originals
Lola Originals by Lola Renner, with dollhouse miniature food, miniature holiday candy, miniature desserts, miniature gingerbread and dollhouse wedding cakes.
Petit Connoisseurs
A dollhouse miniatures online boutique showcasing South African artisan miniatures made especially for the serious-minded collector.
Cir-Kit Concepts, Inc.
Offering dollhouse wiring kits, lighting fixtures, miniature light bulbs, dollhouse Christmas lights and outlets, plugs and switches.
Desert Minis
Specializing in high quality small scale, quarter scale and half scale miniature foods, desserts, main dishes, side dishes and ethnic foods.
Precision cut kits: glitter houses, holiday items, terrariums, and accessories.
Mini Collectables
I sell dollhouse miniatures, re-ment, megahouse, Mimo shokugan, Orcara food miniatures, Takaratomy and other minis and collectibles.
T & D Miniatures
Offering handmade miniatures, dollhouse furniture, lighting/wallpaper/flooring, artisan miniatures, dollhouse building electric and remodeling.
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Miniature Spiral Staircases and kits
The Dollhouse Company
Finished Dollhouses, dollhouse kits and accessories for novices and experts, for miniature enthusiast and collectors. Choose from a large selection of doll houses, accessories and building supplies at very competitive prices.
Designer Dog Miniatures
Custom sculpted furred miniature dogs and miniature cats in dollhouse and play scale. Pet portrait sculptures.
Dave's Attic Miniatures
Offering handcrafted Art Deco miniature furniture and accessories in quarter and one-inch scale that are reasonably priced and unique.
Story Time Miniatures
Provides a variety of miniatures for both the collector and hobbyist from dollhouse furniture and accessories to kits and building supplies.
Dolls and Minis
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Miniatures by Lucinda
We offer unique, quality made dollhouse miniatures, including furniture, accessories & some handcrafted items. We will be adding dolls, lighting and building supplies soon.
The Doll House Corner
Make your selection from my collection of Artisan pieces made in the 80s and 90s no longer available, plus my original foods and beverages.
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Originals By Elaine/Parker-Levi Miniatures
We carry one of the largest lines in dollhouse scale size doll molds in the Parker-Levi collection of miniatures.
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NHL Aims to Win Back Disgruntled Hockey Fans by Cutting Price for All-Access App
Trying to make the most of a strike-shortened NHL season? Yep, there's an app for that.
After a months-long lockout, the professional hockey teams are due to start a 48-game season this weekend. And, in an effort to gain some goodwill, the NHL is cutting the price of its all-access GameCenter Live app, which also includes video access via PC and televisions (via a connected device such as a PlayStation 3).
A season-long subscription, which allows live access to out-of-market games, will cost $49.99. Last year, which wasn't marred by a work stoppage, the league charged $169, with a mid-season discount price of $119 for those who signed up after January.
Supported mobile devices include iPhones, iPads and Android devices — as well as BlackBerry 10 devices later this year. This year also marks the first time that games will be available on the Xbox 360, in addition to Roku and PS3.
For those who don't want to pay the $50, there is a $4.99 app that includes radio feeds and in-game highlights, as well as a free version with scores and post-game highlights. Verizon Wireless LTE subscribers get the mid-level service for free.
The apps should be available for download by Wednesday, well ahead of the first puck drop. Now if only there were an app to get back that missing half season.


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Technical Info About Replacement Cartos for Tanks
This is a guest post written by Morandir835, an e-cig enthusiast, admin on the Vapor4Life forum, and a regular on their ECF sub forum. Vapor4Life now carries 1.5, 2.0, and 2.5ohm dual coil cartos, and 2.0 and 3.0ohm single coil cartos for tanks. Today I will explain the differences and positives and negatives of each.


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If you're looking for the ultimate variety on your daily commute or next road trip, SiriusXM Satellite Radio gives you everything you need. SiriusXM is the best way to get your favorite music, sports, news, comedy, talk, and much more — with the clear-digital sound quality you expect from Alpine. Never have a dull drive again.
You're looking at an advanced Bluetooth receiver that's easy and intuitive to use. This one-stop music player has a sleek LCD display with fixed red illumination. Alpine's signature rotary knob makes controlling all your music a breeze. This unit also comes with a convenient front panel auxiliary input - so you or your passenger can plug in a portable media player as an additional source.
50 Watts x 4
2 Pre-amp outputs
SiriusXM SXV200 Tuner included (SiriusXM subscription required, sold separately)
SiriusXM features: Tune Scan, Tune Start, SiriusXM Replay, Song Alert, Artist Alert, Game Alert, iTunes Tagging
BT Plus; Advanced Bluetooth wireless technology with Audio Streaming
Front USB and 3.5mm input
Made for iPod and iPhone
App Direct Mode
3 Band Parametric EQ
KTP-445A Power Pack capable
Only Alpine offers an all-in-one head unit/tuner bundle, model CDE-SXM145BT, consisting of a 1-DIN CD receiver and the SiriusXM Connect Vehicle Tuner (model number SXV200). This simple-to-use bundle comes with everything you need to upgrade your sound experience and expand your entertainment choices. No separate boxes, tuners, or wiring kits to buy.
You can receive more than 140* channels of exclusive programming directly from SiriusXM right out of the box. Click here for more info on SiriusXM and their channel lineup.
*Channel counts based on purchase of SiriusXM "Premier" package.
Note: Third party services may not be available in all areas; please contact an authorized retailer for coverage in your area.
With the CDE-SXM145BT, you not only get music, premier sports, news, talk, entertainment, traffic and weather information, but you also receive these advanced SiriusXM features:
Tune Scan and Tune Start are new SiriusXM features included in the CDE-SXM145BT bundle (CDE-SXM145BT & SXV200). The Tune Scan feature scans through songs from your music channel presets. You can end the Tune Scan and continue listening to the currently broadcast song in its entirety. With Tune Start, whenever you tune to a preset music channel, the current song will automatically start playing from the beginning.
When you hear a song you like, simply press and hold down the CDE-SXM145BT's Volume button for two seconds. The iTunes® Tagging feature lets you Tag songs you hear on SiriusXM and stores the info on your iPhone®. The next time you connect your iPhone to iTunes, you will be able to preview your selections and then purchase and download them directly from iTunes.
Want to know if your favorite NFL, NBA, NHL or college football or basketball team is playing live? The CDE-SXM145BT has GameAlert™ that will display an on-screen message if your favorite teams' games are being broadcast. Jump to that station with the push of a button so you can listen to the game play by play. You can also get the latest score updates while you are listening to other stations.
The CDE-SXM145BT supports the SiriusXM Replay™ function, so you can pause, rewind, and replay up to 60 minutes of live content. Listen to your favorite content again, or hear content you missed while listening to another channel.
Want to make sure you hear your favorite music whenever it's being played? With SongAlert™ and Artist Alert™ you can get notified when your favorite songs or artists are being broadcast on any SiriusXM station. With the push of a button, you can jump right to that broadcast and catch the songs you want to listen to.
It's convenient to control your iPod or iPhone music in the car – enjoy seamless operation of your iPod in addition to full control of all your favorite media sources. Control all search options of your iPod directly from the CDE-SXM145BT via Playlist, Artist, Album, Song, Genre, Podcast or Composer. The USB connection allows for high-quality iPod playback and delivers an even faster access speed so you'll find songs as quickly as you expect to find them on your iPod.
Visit the Apple site to identify your iPod model.
Standard in-vehicle solutions may drain the battery of your phone, but with the CDE-143BT, your phone charges via the USB cable, so you can enjoy nonstop music and power your phone at the same time.
Listen to even more music from your iPhone or iPod with App Direct Mode. This new feature offers basic app control (Play, Pause, Track Forward, Track Back) and displays metadata directly on the head unit from numerous third-party apps so that you can enjoy your drive even more and expand your listening choices without fumbling with your phone.
Don't fuss or fiddle with your phone and say goodbye to uncomfortable headsets and earpieces. Most importantly, stay focused on safe driving. The CDE-SXM145BT is equipped with Bluetooth wireless technology so you can carry on your phone conversations in the car without additional adapters.
Do you have a large music library on your phone? The CDE-SXM145BT can stream and control your phone's music via Bluetooth, A2DP and AVRCP profiles. Want to listen to your iPhone without plugging-in? Stream your music via Bluetooth. Whether you have music on your iPhone locally, on iTunes Match or select third-party audio apps, the CDE-SXM145BT can stream your tunes!
This unit comes with all that's needed for Bluetooth convenience. The CDE-SXM145BT comes with a tuned microphone that's engineered to reduce noise interference and feedback. Place the microphone where it's convenient for you, such as on the visor, for the best possible sound quality.
Making and taking phone calls has never been more convenient. You can set up your cell phone/head unit to automatically answer your calls. Use the supplied microphone to speak, and then listen through your car's speakers. When a call comes in, your music mutes to carry the phone call. View caller information including Caller ID, Missed, Dialed, and Received calls right from the head unit display. If you receive a second call, you can have the first caller wait momentarily by pressing "2" for call waiting mode. Once both calls are finished, the mute for music is deactivated. This truly makes the transition from your phone calls to music enjoyable and convenient. You can even use the CDE-SXM145BT's preset buttons to quickly jump through your phone book, making navigation through large phone books much faster.
To bring sound balance to your hands-free experience, you can adjust the CDE-SXM145BT's mic gain, phone output and ringtone volume. If that's not enough, there are five sound quality settings to choose from to get the balance just right for you. This flexibility will make your phone calls a pleasurable experience.
Get access to and control of all the songs from your iPod or iPhone right from the head unit! Large music libraries are no problem with a faster connection speed. With Quick Search featuring Alphabet Search, you can easily scroll through long lists of music by skipping through the letters of the alphabet. Once you find the letter you want, you can jump to the exact song! With so many ways to listen to thousands of songs, now you can get super-fast access to Playlist, Artist, Album, Song, Podcast, Genre and Composer.
With a dedicated USB input and USB cable, you can even connect USB memory devices like thumbdrives. Song lists on USB devices are displayed in alphabetical order, and allows eight levels of file / folder search capabilities. This unit will find music files while ignoring other file types on the USB device.
Note: MP3 device or cell phone cannot be independently controlled through the head unit.
For unrivaled sound quality, expect nothing less than the best. The CDE-SXM145BT uses a 24-Bit DAC for ultimate sound quality with all your digital media sources.
Select from 10 different EQ modes to get the best sound from all your sources (Flat/Pops/Rock/News/Jazz/Elec Dance/Hip Hop/Easy Lis/Country/Classical). If the Equalizer presets aren't enough for your listening taste, there's a 3-Band Parametric Equalizer you can adjust and save as a user preset for a better sound response curve. The setting – Bass, Mid and Treble- can be adjusted in the 3-Band Parametric mode.
With Alpine, expect the premium sound your ears deserve. This head unit allows you to customize your crossover adjustments so you can control where you send high and low frequencies, for the best sound from your CDE-SXM145BT. For a true power upgrade, just add-on the KTP-445A Power Pack to instantly increase your head unit's power from 18W x 4 RMS to a true 45W x4 RMS (based on CEA-2006 power ratings). Now we're talking about some serious sound!
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Having a balcony in the summer time definitely helps to write on the blog and feel overall more inspired, especially with the lovely birds that sing constantly and seem to fit so well with the songs in my headphones.
So.. what I want to return with today (so that you can understand better what I've been up to lately) is a little haul of the things I'm loving the most!
I am prepared for the first part of this Summer and, since I've been so inspired to read recently by some beautiful books I've been discovering, I have picked already two books for the next month.
"A little life" is what I am reading right now!
I was prepared psychologically for it by all the free-from-spoilers reviews I've read and I feel like I did a good job, since I am totally enjoying it. I am a big believer of the fact that getting to know other people's lives or, even better, speaking with people who have had other experiences, makes you grow as a human and become more open minded and sensitive/emotional. These last two adjectives are often taken as something too feminine and not worth having, but I'll never get tired enough of remembering people how important empathy actually is.
If you are interested also in the New York life, in the rights of homosexuality and different skin colors, you'll like this book.
These two are the reads I prepared for myself as soon as I finish Yanagihara's book. Pretty recent, really different from one another.
I'm a freak when it's about health and knowing details on how to live better! I can't always apply everything, but I always try to remember myself not to go too much out of the health-trails!
It's true, "How Not To Die" is basically showing how a plant based diet is the only diet that can bring raw facts and show that it's the only solution to many problems (from health to environment), but it's something that everybody can benefit from, even just for some pure information.
"Caraval", instead, is a Fantasy novel.. because I like to mix things up. Even just the hard cover is so beautiful and I am super curious to get into it!
I often say things like this here, but if the teenage me would see me wear sandals, I would probably not recognize myself at all. Today, though, they're my biggest love when it's summer.. I wish I could wear them all the time and simply let my feet breath! (did I just get "germanized"?!) The flatter, the better.
Since I've decluttered a lot of my clothes and shoes recently, I have literally nearly nothing left and I am trying to rebuild carefully my wardrobe. This is why you'll often see me buy things and showing them on Instagram: I am not wanting to spend constantly money on these kind of things, I simply need them to cover myself! haha
So, for the sandals, I think I am more than ready for the summer.
Black floral pair: Deichmann
Camel strappy pair: Asos
The past few months have been a challenge for my skin. This brought me to move and start to search for the best (wallet friendly) products for me!
I am not sure if Ives Rocher is a brand available in other countries too(never seen it in Italy, for example), but I fell in love with it recently, and the fact that it has all natural products makes my love grow even more.
The Cream and Perfume are my favorite thing ever: so delicate on the skin and with a settle smell (both), perfect for a mixed skin like mine that never knows if is dry or oily (the cream) and never "too much" (the perfume).
But of course masks are a must every now and then, and make you feel like an adult that has her shit together and everything under control. So here are my favorite at the moment.. I know, seen everywhere, but there is a reason for it. Super hydrating after a day of playing under the sun, slightly calming and definitely relaxing!
I stopped being an accessory fan years ago, because I started to feel not comfortable with jewelry anymore. But you might (or might not) know, that I used to collect long necklaces of all types and with all kinds of pendants as a teenager.
So what brought me, years later, to buy a bracelet and a ring? They are so simple that I don't feel like they alter the look, but only make it delicately better; I wanted to go a bit out of my comfort zone, since they are gold (not real gold haha) and I have always been a silver type of person; they look beautifully classy, especially if paired with something white or light pink.
Bracelet and Ring: & other stories
Now, why haven't I published ootd posts in here since so long?
After a long time, drown in doubts, I decided to quit my collaborations with wholesale shops online.
If you don't know what I'm talking about, these are the sites that usually contact every blogger on earth after they reach a certain amount of fan-base and ask them to make posts for them with their own rules.
"But you get free clothes, so what are you talking about??"
Well, the clothes you get are often of really cheap materials and most of the times things that you'll never trust yourself of wearing outside your house, for a reason or another. Basically, you get an apartment full of things you don't like (taking off space you'd need for other things, or that would be simply better empty) and anytime you look at them, you feel nearly sick. Of course, you'll also get lucky sometimes and receive things that look actually good, but it's a 15/100% .
I needed time to realize all this, because in the end I really enjoyed/had fun receiving those items and creating some looks with them.. I still love taking photos and trying all the possible combinations, when it's about clothes. But is it really worth it? Also, who made this clothes?
So here I am now, spending some more money on things that not only I am sure I will wear, but I am also sure will last me some more time.
Uuuuh, it feels good to get all out like this :D
I hope to see you soon here, with another post!
With love,
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PCBs are very essential components of the electronic products and there are numerous countries which produces professional PCBs for different electronic components. The China PCBs are very popular these days because of its elegant design and better quality. The China PCBs are also cheap in price and are affordable for all.
Among the key subjects on China PCBs include:
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Close to 12 years ago, our new local genealogy club had their first annual pot-luck dinner at a sports club. At least 30 people were there, and I only knew a handful of them. Fortunately, my husband was sitting next to an older lady and they struck up a conversation. I suppose one thing led to another, and they exchanged names. Low and behold, her married surname was familiar to my husband because I was working on that surname for my tree. Gail, the daughter, came over and she was also working on that exact same line! We had so much to chat about. She was my first found cousin, a 6th one at that. The most exciting thing was, mother and daughter were planning on going to the Eastern Townships in
the following summer to find cemetery stones and to do some research. Quebec, Canada
When they returned from their trip to Sutton, Dunham, and
, Gail had duplicate copies of all her photos made for me, and a written copy of the inscriptions. How could a person get any luckier? Frelighsburg, Quebec
Now, you can probably guess that I also had to make the same trip. So three months later, my husband and I, using Gail's local map for that area, retraced part their trip. From
Massachusetts, we went through Vermont and into Canada north of , it probably took close to six hours. We spent three nights at a lovely modern bed and breakfast, and managed to understand the inn keepers, who spoke mainly French. Although this area is mostly English speaking, there are a fair number who speak French. Burlington
Years later, my cousin bought a series of books, the vital records for the above named towns, and I was able to borrow them. It sure helped that I didn't have to buy them as well.
When I first began blogging, this story was one of the first things I was going to write about, and now many months later, I am finally sharing it. The point of all this is, it is important to communicate with others who share your hobby. I have learned this twice. Part 2 will illustrate another example.


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MWC 15 Special
The Ideos X5 is Huawei's brand new high-end Google experience Android smartphone with an entry level price point. It's powered by a Qualcomm MSM7230 CPU at 800 MHz and runs Android 2.2.1/Froyo. The X5 features quadband GSM/GPRS/EDGE as well as dualband UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA at 900/2100 MHz up to either 7.2 Mbps or 14 Mbps (device dependent) as well as WiFi b/g/n, Bluetooth 2.1 and aGPS. The 3.8" TFT LCD capacitive touchscreen supports 800 x 480 pixel (WVGA) and the 5 megapixel autofocus camera with supporting flash LED allows to record 720p HD videos. The internal memory has 512 MB RAM and 4 GB ROM and can be expanded with micro SD memory cards.
The X5 comes with the Android typical accelerometer, proximity and ambient light sensors as well as a digital compass. The backlight illuminated Android-typical keys under the screen are touch sensitive and features a dedicated search key. At a size of 120 x 62 x 11.6 mm, the X5 weights around 130 gram.Depending on the carrier or open market configuration, the Ideos X5 includes the handset, the 1500 mAh Li-Polymer battery, the 3.5 mm stereo headset, a 110 - 220 Volt charger, a USB to micro USB cable and a microSD memory card (optional).
Because the X5 is a Google experience smartphone, Huawei hasn't tweaked the user interface and therefore the X5 sports the pure Android 2.2.1 experience. Furthermore it features all the expected Google Android services - including Gmail, Google Maps Mobile/Latitude/Places/Navigation, Android Market as well as Huawei has preinstalled a wide range of apps which includes Documents To Go, a File Explorer but also apps like Google Earth, Facebook, Twitter and Layar! Also added are a couple of Games and other useful apps. And last but not least, because the X5 runs a stock Android 2.2/Froyo build, the device also supports USB and WiFi tethering as well as - for sure - Adobe Flash 10.1 Beta!
The Huawei Ideos X5 will be soon released and the expected retail price is estimated at around 260 Euro.
Cheers ~ Arne
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