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March-April 2019 Newsletter
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At BCA, we use technology in a variety of ways to enhance your child's educational experience, and to better communicate with our students' families. From tablets in the classroom to the Brightwheel app for parents, we are on the cutting edge of providing a valuable, technology-enhanced experience.
As a school, we know that we have an important role to play in your child's life. At the same time, we recognize that their family unit has an even more powerful role. We seek to partner with the families to provide each child with the tools they need. That's why we keep our mission simple but focused. When they leave our doors, we want them to know Christ, be supported in their family relationships, and have a strong academic foundation for their future.
"We enrolled our 3 year old at the beginning of the summer... She is thriving at BCA! She loves the routine of the day and has wonderful teachers that really connect with her..." —Ashley M.
"Our 4th and 5th grader have been enrolled at BCA for two years. This was the best choice we could have ever made for our children..." —Jamie S.
"This school has been such a blessing for our kiddos. The love of God shines through everyone who works and belongs to BCA..." —Paula G.


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Its strengths
Step into the world of the Renault Kangoo
Your comfortable workspace
Renault technologies ensure an efficient, comfortable journey.
On-board computer
Consult your trip information at a glance.
Dynamic comfort
The Kangoo's platform is based on the Scenic. It provides driving comfort you're sure to notice.
Electric front windows
The Kangoo is equipped with electric front windows with a one-touch up and down function on the driver side (on new engine models only).
Cruise control - speed limiter
Set your cruising speed or maximum speed using the cruise control-speed limiter. Available on new engines only.
Rear parking sensor
This function warns you of any obstacles behind the car via a series of beeps that increase in frequency as you move closer.
Rain and light sensor
Located on the windscreen behind the rearview mirror, these sensors automatically activate the headlights in fading light and trigger the wipers when it starts raining.
USB & Bluetooth radio
All Kangoo radios have a USB port and Bluetooth functionality. This allows you to make hands-free calls* and listen to your portable music player via audio streaming.
*It is recommended you pull over to make calls in complete safety.
Climate control
Allows the temperature and ventilation to be adjusted electronically.
Practical & ingenious
Modular layout
The Renault Kangoo makes your life easier and puts the fun back into journeys with its nifty features.
Swivelling bulkhead
The passenger seat folds giving a flat base and 0.5m3 of additional load volume whilst ensuring the driver is fully protected.
Innovative roof bars
Transform your roof bars into a roof rack, easily and without tools!
Grip xtend
Features such as Electronic Stability Control with Grip
Keep everything to hand
Make the most of the storage spaces in your Renault Kangoo and take whatever you need with you.
Dashboard storage space
This easy-access space can hold pens, notepads, A4 folders, books and magazines.
Rear roof flap
The sliding roof flap allows the vertical storage of oversized objects.
Ply lining
Protect the interior of your new Kangoo with our hardwearing bespoke ply lining.
For professionals that need to store tools and equipment, the Reay4Work system arrives at your dealer fitted so you can get straight to work.
R-LINK multimedia system
Rediscover multimedia through simple features tailored to vehicle use, including a large touch screen, modern interfaces and Bluetooth, along with USB sockets and a jack on the front panel.
Making calls couldn't be easier! When the car is stationary, simply enter a number or browse your contacts on the Renault R-LINK touch screen. When driving, keep your hands on the wheel and your eyes on the road, using the voice recognition system. What's more, when you get into your vehicle, R-LINK utomatically synchronises your phone book and displays your contact list along with photos (depending on the telephone).
Take advantage of the TomTom connected navigation system and LIVE services such as TomTom Traffic, the best in real-time traffic information systems. Make travelling easier with the latest traffic information and maps of Europe (available as an option).
Services and vehicle
Make life easier with the pre-installed R-LINK apps: Email, Renault R-LINK Tweet, Weather and Renault Assistance. Access the complete catalogue of Renault R-LINK apps from your computer via MY Renault, or directly from your New Kangoo. For example, would you like to hear the sound of a V8 engine whenever you accelerate? Select R-Sound Effect to simulate a different engine noise from that of your vehicle, just for fun!
Enjoy a relaxed drive!
Travel with complete peace of mind and choose safety with the Renault Kangoo.
Hill start assist
Makes hill starts
Multi-positional bulkhead
The multi-positional bulkhead cleverly lets you make the most of the interior room, without wasting time or compromising passenger safety. When you are carrying
Electronic stability control
ESC with Grip
Front passenger airbag deactivation
Fit a child seat safely in the front passenger seat. A light on the dashboard indicates if the airbag has been deactivated.
Full set of airbags
Two programmed restraint frontal airbags, two side airbags and two front/rear curtain airbags. Everything you need to feel protected.

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The New Gen Ed Lottery System, Explained
Armed Individuals Sighted in Harvard Square Arraigned
Harvard Students Form Coalition Supporting Slave Photo Lawsuit's Demands
Police Apprehend Armed Man and Woman in Central Square
107 Faculty Called for Review of Tenure Procedures in Letter to Dean Gay
Perhaps the only description that could do Nika Danilova's remarkably unique voice justice is the one provided by her strange moniker, Zola Jesus. Just as the figures of Émile Zola and Jesus Christ somehow seemed to fit together for her, so too do the blend of heavy studio production and almost operatic vocals on her latest album "Conatus, " in which Danilova brings two disparate elements together into a lush, coherent whole.
Zola Jesus's previous two albums were, in a certain sense, more straightforward. Danilova, operatically trained since childhood, let her throaty, raw-yet-velvety voice dominate the arrangements by keeping atmospherics and instrumentals minimal. Her third venture into an almost gothic style of somber rock marks the evolution of her style away from this sparse aesthetic. The shift is immediately apparent on opening track "Swords," a wordless, thumping whirlpool, on which an echoing blend of percussion and synth builds and fades until Danilova's hollow, background vocals are all that remain.
Danilova experiments heavily with production in "Conatus," though her unmistakable, silky and commanding voice remains the most arresting feature of the album. Persistent bass and moody live strings pervade the majority of the songs, while electronic sounds allow Danilova to construct tracks that can intensify just as easily as they can dissolve. The manipulation of haunting background vocals and a relentless synth rhythm mark "Ixode," an invasive track that wavers between insistent and sly. This duality of heavy production and a bare style, present throughout the album, fosters an alluring tension: "Ixode," along with "Seekir" and "Avalanche," could be either entirely danceable or soothingly elemental.
For the most part, though, Danilova expresses her emotions entirely through her impressive vocal range, which takes center stage while the contrast between spare and chaotic arrangements maintain the listener's interest. "Hikikomori," aptly named after a Japanese term for self-containment or pulling away, features an assortment of strings that grow increasingly frenzied. Danilova herself can express desperation through somewhat garbled lyrics— "Keeps me awake now / Keeps me arrested"—and enunciation that sounds reluctant, as if she were dragging each sound from her throat.
"Lick the Palm of the Burning Handshake," which features arguably the most comprehensible lyrics of the album, retains that distraught quality even as Danilova allows her voice to mellow and warm on a sweeping melody. The lyrics themselves are not particularly revolutionary or exceptional, but Danilova's voice becomes unexpectedly sweet and equally heart-wrenching, and it crafts a sense of beautiful melancholia that is increasingly dominant on the album. This gentleness is especially present on "Skin," where a simple, unadorned piano accompaniment gently supports the ambiguous lyrics: "Safety net don't hold me now / In this hole I've fallen down."
Though the substantial production lends many of the songs more nuance, it occasionally sits uneasily, and serves more to occlude her brilliant vocals than to enhance them. On "In Your Nature," the incessant percussion threatens to overwhelm all other aspects of an otherwise promising song. Closing track, "Collapse," evokes its title by becoming overwhelmed with persistent synth effects, and it seems to have the same effect on the ear as a cheese grater would. Meanwhile, "Seekir" and "Shiver" encounter a different problem: a lack of the originality present in the other tracks. These songs simply continue the musical themes of the preceding numbers with little alteration, and fail to contribute anything significant to the album as a whole.
Danilova has built "Conatus" out of mostly effective production techniques, but her foundation remains in her consistently expressive voice. "It hurts to let you in," she claims in "Collapse," but after 40 minutes of showcasing her range, depth and versatility, it feels as if she has done just that.
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Michelob Ultra beer written in neon glow light inside a bar. Photo: Roberto Machado Noa (Getty)
Looking like something that belongs behind Chevy Chase on the links at Bushwood Country Club, Michelob has announced it's bringing the 19th hole to the tee box with the "Ultra Caddie Bag."
This Caddyshack-inspired kegerator golf bag comes equipped with just about everything a lazy Sunday golfer would need, including Bluetooth BOSE speakers, LED lighting and a built-in tablet. Suddenly, golfing isn't such a priority. And that's not even the best part.
The ultimate golf bag also houses a 128-ounce refillable beer keg with a tap handle and pint glasses. What's better, Michelob's golf bag is fully functional, meaning there's plenty of room for your entire set of clubs and the beer keg, for a fully dysfunctional outing on the greens.
Michelob Ultra is debuting a one-of-a-kind golf bag at the PGA Championship that includes a 128 oz. refillable beer keg with a tap handle & pint glasses, Bluetooth speaker & built-in tablet. Giving it away through #ultracaddiecontest on Twitter & Instagram. pic.twitter.com/9gguzy0MU5
— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) August 7, 2018
Michelob will have its Ultra Caddie Bag on display during the 2018 PGA Championship at
Sadly, it doesn't appear there are any plans to put the Ultra Caddie Bag into production yet. So it looks like you'll be stuck drinking your beer out of a red plastic cup for a little while longer, unless you're friends with Al Czervik.
But honestly, you're probably going to need a cart for the day, unless you feel like getting shoulder tendinitis from lugging this bad boy around all afternoon (especially if you're hammered).


text: St. Patrick's Day has a way of bringing out the Irish in everyone. Whether it's celebrating at your local pub or simply donning green to ring in the occasion, the holiday has become a ubiquitous fixture for all — Irish heritage notwithstanding. So join 3 Monkey's Pub and Grill for a NW's St Patrick's Day…Read more


text: About Ruiz Foodservice Since its founding by father Louis and son Fred in 1964, the Ruiz Foods family has grown to nearly 2,500 team members and 185 SKU's. As one of the nation's top minority-owned businesses in the nation, it continues to be owned and operated by the Ruiz family, now in its third generation. The foodservice division has enjoyed record growth due to the growing popularity of Mexican food and the "can-do" attitude that permeates the entire company. Quality Assurance The proven ability to produce a safe, delicious product — with near-perfect repetition — is critical to Ruiz Foods' position in the marketplace. In fact, 32 full-time Quality Assurance team members are dedicated to that outcome. Stringent testing during every phase of production is designed to ensure that each final product meets the exacting standards of Ruiz Foods' most important critic: your customer. Research & Development An idea is one thing. A viable product that sells is another. As a leader in the creation of new flavor profiles and menu items, Ruiz Foods' extensive R&D staff knows how to turn the best ideas into commercial successes. A team of 13 food technologists with a combined 200-plus years of experience remains focused on a clear goal: deliver the right product to the right market at the right time. Food Safety Ruiz Foods will never compromise the safety of its people, its products or its customers. On-site USDA officials, ongoing HACCP compliance and mock recalls are just a few of the ways Ruiz Foods ensures safety every day. But the Ruiz family has always cared enough to do more than just what is required. The result is an impressive, long-term safety record and a reputation of reliability in the industry. Custom Product Development Choose Ruiz Foods, whether you need an experienced partner to help you create a new menu offering or to outsource production of one of your existing items. Ruiz Foods is regularly commissioned by some of the country's best-known restaurant chains and foodservice venues to do both. From Asian to American, appetizers to desserts, savory to sweet, Ruiz Foods' creations are always the results of successful collaborations. Quality, efficiency and consistency are all part of the package. National Distribution Regional managers and nationwide distribution centers allow Ruiz to quickly supply product anywhere in the continental United States.


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Romans -
Julius Caesar and his expeditions to Britain
In 55 B.C. Julius Caesar,
commander of the Roman armies in Gaul, thought that it would improve his
political image to invade Britain. The Celts in Gaul had been aided in
their struggle against the Romans by the Celts in south eastern Britain
and removing this source of help would be a benefit to the Romans in their
operations to secure Gaul.
On August 26, 55 BC,
Caesar set off from Portus Itius (Boulogne) with two Roman Legions
(totalling about 10,000 soldiers). The next morning the Roman ships
approached the cliffs of Dover, which were lined with British
warriors ready to fight. Caesar decided to avoid these Celts, sailed
several miles further northeast and landed on the flat, pebbled shore
around Deal.
There were some minor
skirmishes at the beach and four days later ships carrying a group of
Roman cavalry were forced to return to France by a storm. The same storm
seriously damaged the ships at Deal making the Roman legionnaires focus on
repairing them.
During this time the
Romans conducted some reconnaissance further inland and reported an
abundance of grain crops and a large population.
Having no cavalry
impaired Caesar's ability to conduct any large scale actions and after the
ships were repaired Caesar ordered the Romans to return to Gaul.
The next year Caesar
organised a second, much larger expedition consisting of five legions and
2000 auxiliary cavalry transported using a fleet of around 800 ships.
Sailing from Boulogne they once again landed near Deal on the
morning of July 6th.
The Celts withdrew in the
face of such a large army and were pursued by the Romans to the Stour
river, 12 miles inland. On the 8th July the Romans easily routed a force
of Celts at a ford across the Stour near modern Canterbury. The Celts
retreated once again, this time to a hill fort at Bigbury. The Romans were
initially repulsed but after filling in the outer ditch and constructing a
ramp they succeeded in capturing the fort.
Once again there was bad news for the Romans; the previous night a storm had wrecked most of the ships. The Legions were required to return
and spend ten days building a defensive fort around the landing beach so
that the ships could be repaired in relative security.
During this time the Celts re-organised and appointed a
single leader, Cassivellaunus, chief of the Catuvellauni tribe.. The
Romans won another battle at the Stour river and then chased the Celts
north over the Thames.
At this point some of the Celtic tribes changed sides
and informed Caesar that Cassivellaunus was located at a hill fort near
Wheathampstead. With the Romans fast approaching his base Cassivellaunus
ordered his loyal Celts to attack the Roman fort at Deal. The attack
failed and Cassivellaunus surrendered to Caesar.
Caesar had been informed of mounting problems back in
Gaul and wanted to return as soon as possible so his terms were lenient;
the Celts were to pay an annual tribute to Rome - which, not surprisingly,
never actually got paid!
The Romans left Britain in September and were not to
return for another 97 years.


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Part of our Butler & Peach range this charming little woodland bronze mouse is resting on top of a toadstall.
These highly collectable miniatures are produced by Richard Cooper and sculpted by Michael Simpson. Created in a hot cast this solid bronze sculpture is a wonderful gift for any animal lover and will sit perfectly in your home.
Dimensions: Height 35mm
Every sculpture is presented in a high quality box with Butler & Peach unique branding.
An informative brochure featuring other sculptures from the range.
This beautifully made drawstring suede pouch helps to protect your delicate sculpture against damage. Featuring Butler & Peach branding.
All jewellery items are despatched from our head office in Guernsey. Please note that deliveries will arrive with the relevant customs declaration showing a description and value of the enclosed item/s. If the item is intended as a surprise we are always happy to deliver to an alternative delivery address.
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I used to listen to the radio. A lot. Once upon a time I thought I'd be a radio DJ. It seemed like it could be quite a nice gig.
When I moved to NYC in 2005, I stopped listening to the radio by default, as I could never get a signal on my stereo in any of the multitude of apartments I inhabited.
As someone who likes to keep on the up and up with the newest hit songs, it was depressing to go into a void. I never learned what the radio stations in New York were. In fact, I still only remember the ones from St. Louis, where I grew up. Fortunately, around that time, music was more and more shifting to streaming and/or being available on things like Napster and iTunes.
I could check the iTunes Store to see what I liked and order a CD or download an album, as I became wont to do. The shift from CD to downloaded music was a subtle one but I haven't purchased a hard disc of music in quite a few years now.
One of my favorite things in life is getting that instant gratification from sampling and downloading songs I love, new or old. Instead of hitting Record on the tape deck, I can type in any artist, song title, or album, and either take a trip through the Forest of Nostalgia or see what the kids are listening to these days and figure out if anything is worthwhile. (Unfortunately, as I get older, I am more and more baffled by the "hits" topping the charts, and I recognize fewer and fewer artist names.)
Living in New York, everything I ever needed was on my iPod, which is an absolute necessity if you are going to live in any major metropolis and commute on public transportation. My commute is pretty short and sweet these days, so if I do listen to anything on the way to work, it's on a CD or my iPod. Add in to the fact that listening to radio commercials sets my teeth on edge and I have no patience for them anymore (thanks to the advent of the DVR), the radio has slipped into nonexistence, as far as I'm concerned.
It only occurred to me the other day that, essentially, I have not listened to the radio in eight years. What used to be a crucial item in my existence has simply faded away. The only "radio" I listen to now is Pandora on occasion, a totally evolved version of the medium. I still get to hear new music, insofar as it's new to me, and anything I really like, I can go to my computer and get. C'est magnifique!
Anyone else out there still a hardcore radio aficionado? Or has your music lifestyle changed, as mine has?
Side notes: I have never subscribed to Sirius Radio or anything like that, which is the "cable" of radio. My total ignorance on this topic is why I have left it out entirely. Additionally, my dude does listen to talk radio, so it's still a big part of his life. Plus, when we go on road trips, we play a game where we hit Scan on the radio and see who can guess the name and artist of a song before it scans to the next station. It's a nice way to pass the time, actually, and the only time the radio retains any lingering significance for me.


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Free STD Testing in Westminster, CA
There Are 122 Public Clinics & 116 Private STD Clinics Near You
If you're looking for cheap std testing clinics in the Westminster area to get a HIV, Herpes, Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, Syphilis or Hepatitis screening for yourself or your partner, you can get tested today by selecting an option below to find an affordable std test clinic near you. Same day std testing locations also available with results in 1-2 days. Learn more here.
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Located in northern Orange County in California, Westminster is known for its large population of Vietnamese immigrants who live in the Little Saigon area of the city. Residents enjoy visits to Seal Beach, Garden Grove, Huntington Beach, and Fountain Valley.
The city has a population of approximately 91,564 people. Residents enjoy plenty of sunshine and trips to the beach but are also seeing an increase in sexually transmitted diseases.
The rate of sexually transmitted diseases in the Westminster area and Orange County has increased, including a 412 percent increase in syphilis cases from 2011 to 2016, a 204 percent increase in gonorrhea, and a 59 percent increase in chlamydia.
There were 11,377 cases of Chlamydia in 2015, up from only 7,926 cases in 2011. Cases of Gonorrhea increased from 972 to 2,322 during the same time period while Syphilis cases went from 108 to 458 in 2015.
In Orange County, there are plenty of places for residents to visit to obtain screenings for sexually transmitted diseases and infections. Several clinics offer free STD testing, although there is a downside to tests with no charge. It is sometimes difficult for people to get an appointment at free clinics and there can be unforeseen charges for treatment if a disease is found.
The Planned Parenthood – Westminster Health Center offers screenings for all types of sexually transmitted diseases along with contraception, free condoms, and the morning after pill. Down the street is the Orange County Public Health Agency that offers both an STD clinic and an HIV clinic at various times throughout the week. Some clinics, such as Planned Parenthood, will base fees on people's income and ability to pay while others accept many types of insurance policies.
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STD Statistics In Orange County, CA
STD Cases
STD Rate
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Statistics reported is based on publicly available data sources such as CDC for Orange County, CA. Data is normalized to accurately report Orange County STD Breakdown.
Additional STD Test Statistics in Westminster, CA
Statistics recently released by the CDC and Orange County Health Department indicate that the STD rates for the suburb and LA metro area have been steadily rising for the past twenty years. While pushes for regular testing have kept these statistics below state averages, the fact that the percentage of residents infected each year keeps climbing indicates that more needs to be done.
Chlamydia and Gonorrhea rates are rising in men and women, especially in young adults ages 20 to 24. African American males are seeing a significant increase in the number of Gonorrhea incidents reported each year, and the statistics show that this trend is likely to continue. HIV/AIDS rates are also increasing, which is surprising to some considering the number of new cases reported each year was declining according to 2009 statistics.
What is really alarming to health officials and local leaders is the sharp spike in primary and secondary Syphilis incidents. Since 2012 the number of cases reported in men has nearly doubled, though the rate has remained basically unchanged in women. This startling climb in infectious Syphilis rates is being viewed by many as a strong indication that sexually transmitted diseases are on the rise, and that everyone is potentially at risk.
If residents of this community do not start taking responsibility for their sexual health, the rate of infection for the area could soon surpass state averages. Some of the statistics that highlight this growing problem include,
- From 2011 to 2015 primary and secondary Syphilis rates in men rose from 10 to 30 percent.
- Women ages 20 to 24 are twice as likely to contract Chlamydia as those in other age brackets.
- Gonorrhea rates in women and men have been steadily rising since 2006.
STD Testing and Sexual Health Education in Westminster, CA
In response to the alarming rise in STD rates the state has now made it mandatory for all public school districts to include comprehensive sex education classes in their curriculum.
While current and medically accurate information on HIV/AIDS is already required in all public primary and secondary school systems the new law provides set guidelines regarding all sexually transmitted diseases, and how they can be spread. Abstinence is no longer taught as an effective means of prevention, though students will learn that simply refraining from sexual activity is the best way to avoid unplanned pregnancy.
The importance of always using condoms is now covered in the new program, which went into effect in January of 2016. Students will learn how to use the prophylactics properly, and find that condoms are more readily available. With teen pregnancy and STD rates rising among high school students, state law makers are hopeful that this will be a step towards lowering these percentages.
One of the most important changes to the current sex education classes is that students will learn how important it is to be tested for STIs. Regular Herpes testing in Westminster is encouraged in hopes that it will start to lower the infection rate in area high schools. Regular HIV testing in Westminster is also covered, along with the fact that it is the only way to positively detect the disease.
Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Demographics in Westminster, CA
This small metro community has a unique demographical makeup, which is contributing to its rising STD rate. Mixed in with Caucasian and African Americans, is the largest concentration of Vietnamese Americans in the U.S. While this does give the city its colorful flair, it is also making it difficult for health officials to stress the importance of regular STD testing.
Language barriers are one of the problems, along with cultural differences. Many parents still cling to outdated beliefs that a sexually transmitted disease will never occur in their families. With more children becoming "Americanized" every year, their chances of contracting a sexually transmitted disease keeps rising.
The sweeping changes recently made to the state's sex education program hopes to address some of these problems, especially since students are now required to participate unless parents specifically request that their child be "opted out". With the information students need to protect themselves now easily available, local officials are hopeful that this will soon translate into lower STD rates.
The suburb's close proximity to LA is also affecting STD percentages. A majority of residents work and play in the city, and this is increasing their risk for contracting any of the sexually transmitted diseases. While long lines at the STI clinics are a problem, it is still important for everyone's sexual health for residents to get tested on a regular basis.
Better Sexual Health in Westminster, CA
Before heading over to Huntington Beach to catch the Surf City USA Airshow or into the city for a day of shopping and sightseeing, it is important for residents to take a few minutes and think about their sexual health. STDs are on the rise, which means that everyone should be getting tested on a regular basis. If you have been avoiding the simple procedure due to long lines at the clinics there is a faster and easier way to get tested. Now with one simple phone call you can schedule confidential STD testing and only spend a few minutes at a conveniently located lab.
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This weekend, let us show our gratitude by taking a moment to serve YOU. If you're a veteran or active member in the US military, there are places in Morro Bay that want to say "thank you," through free meals and discounts. Take a look at the deals available below:
1. FRIDAY ONLY: Free donuts and coffee at the Visitor Center – 695 Harbor Street
Stop by the Morro Bay Visitor Center on Friday for some fresh-made donuts and hot coffee from 9am-12pm this Friday, November 10th. Enjoy a delicious treat to start your weekend off right. There will be a seating area for you to relax and enjoy your breakfast. The Visitor Center is located at 695 Harbor Street.
2. Buy One Get One Free Fish and Chips at Giovanni's Fish Market – 1001 Front Street
Not much beats an afternoon on the waterfront with a plate of crispy fish and chips. Spend your Saturday afternoon in the sunshine on the patio of Giovanni's Fish Market. All veterans and active members receive a FREE fish and chips with the purchase of one fish and chips plate. You'll have a front-row seat to watch the bay and harbor, as well as Morro Rock.
3. 15% Off your tab at Grill Hut – 850 Quintana Road
Open for breakfast, lunch and dinner, Grill Hut is a local treasure known for their delicious barbecue. They like to say "thank you" to veterans year-round by offering 15% off for active military members or veterans with a valid military ID.
4. Free Appetizer from Inn at Morro Bay – 60 State Park
Whether or not you're a guest at the hotel, Inn at Morro Bay's 60 State Park Restaurant is a welcoming and intimate place for an exquisite meal, refreshing cocktail, or great location to watch the sunset over the bay. Show your military ID on Veterans Day and receive a FREE appetizer from 2pm-6pm.
World War II in Morro Bay
Morro Bay hosted a training ground for amphibious warfare during World War II. In the 1940's, hundreds of uniforms could be seen rehearsing tactics that wereused in the what was expected to be the most difficult amphibious invasion. Skills like amphibious landings, storming beaches, transporting men, machines and supplies from ship to shore would be key in the invasion of Japan in 1944.
Morro Bay's base was a village of 62 metal "huts," or structures that were used for barracks, shops and utility buildings. Filled with Navy, Marine, Army and Coast Guard, all branches came together to learn the art of invasion.
The troops could initiate a training sequence at any moment, suddenly heading out to nearby beaches of Estero Bay to greet simulated "enemy" troops. The simulation required the "enemy" troops to set off land mines in the beach, send machine gun fires over the heads of the troops, and other barriers whenever possible. These tactics made the simulation similar to a real invasion.
Troops going ashore in the summer of 1944 on the Pacific island of Saipan could have spent time training at Morro Bay.


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The 2009 Prom Dress Recyclecomments (2) March 2nd, 2009
Why not give your beloved prom gown a second life? The 2009 Prom Dress Recycle is the perfect opportunity to make more room in the back of your closet by donating your dress. The great people at St. Paul Church in Fairfield, Connecticut, have sponsored this event for the past three years. It's an effort to give high school girls who can't afford a new dress for the big dance a chance to pick out the dress of their dreams! This year, Covenant to Care for Children is teaming up with Luther's Garage of Shelton to collect clean, stylish formal dresses on hangers. All dresses should be covered to stay clean. This collection benefits young ladies with financial need who are part of the Covenant to Care for Children program or other nonprofit agencies in the Valley area. It will also benefit young ladies in the Greater Bridgeport area. Dresses will be accepted the entire month of March. Pack up your clean, gently used dress and drop it off at St. Paul's or one of the collections sites—Click here to download a pdf with all the info.
I called the church to see if they would accept donations through the mail, and they said, "That would be great!" If you're not local, and you want to participate in this great cause, pack up your dress and ship it to St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 661 Old Post Road, Fairfield, CT 06824.
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A crafty charity, Heavenly Angels in Need, also takes donations of prom dresses (and wedding gowns) to make into burial garments for babies that have passed away. Sad, but a touching way to recycle and comfort grieving families.
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The sparrows are out in force this sunny afternoon; hawks circle, jays call. Mallards, honking along Nine Mile Run, fly through the black struts of a CSX rail spur and land gracefully on a restive eddy of the Monongahela River.
I drive, slowly, across the one-lane, 50-foot metal bridge -- with its puny 8-ton weight limit -- to the edge of Duck Hollow. I pull off the road, stopping short of a 90-degree left turn under a railroad trestle less than 11 feet off the ground. As I get out, long-time resident Chuck Stenger nods at me.
"Better lock it," Stenger says. "Used to be people down here never locked their doors or anything. Didn't have to. Now …"
Now, when a neighbor died and her house went up for sale, thieves broke in and stole all the copper pipe.
"You can't imagine that happening here," Stenger says sadly.
That's the thing down here in Duck Hollow, the city's smallest, most self-contained and -- by necessity -- self-sufficient neighborhood. A thumbprint of land hard by the Homestead Grays Bridge, its three streets are hemmed in by hills and the river. The community is virtually invisible, bound as it is by slag-heap-cum-upscale-housing, the raised hump of Conrail tracks and the Monongahela River.
It's impossible to get in anything larger than a small pick-up truck. Duck Hollow never sees a road paver, construction vehicle, fire truck, even good-sized delivery van. Residents have to meet trucks where curvaceous Old Brown's Hill Road skates by the metal bridge. From there, they have to hand-cart their couches and washing machines and 96-inch TVs themselves.
Given the impossibility of getting in construction equipment, it's no surprise that the frame houses are tiny: like baby teeth, three stories high and all pushed together. The surviving structures -- they've lost a dozen over the years -- are immaculately kept, painted blue and yellow, gray and brown, virtually all with ornamental flower gardens.
Residents like Stenger -- a retired city employee with iron in his hair and handshake -- are proud of their houses, and of their neighborhood. They're even proud of what they call their firehouse: a beveled gray wooden box holding hoses, which they can attach to one of three nearby hydrants in case of conflagration.
When Duck Hollow needs work done, residents use their own four-wheel drives and chain saws -- digging, plowing, sawing their way out. "We're our own public-works department," Stenger says. "Everybody looks out for everybody else."
It's been that way for a good 130 years, since the houses were originally built for mill and railroad workers. Duck Hollow's heart beat a bit stronger in the old days, when it boasted a post office and general store, both long gone. Now the big event is the early-morning howl of the trains heading east: steel wheels shaking the windows at 6 a.m.
"I look forward to that every day," Stenger says, smiling. "Most refreshing sound -- hearing the whistle of the trains in the morning."
Then it's quiet again. To call Duck Hollow sleepy, or lethargic, suggests too much activity: Change here is as quick as old-growth forest. No one ever left Duck Hollow to pitch for the Pirates, or plan the Panama Canal, or play piano for the President.
"Nobody hit the big time that I know of," says Al McKinney. And he ought to know: Although he was born outside the Hollow, he's lived here for 64 of his 72 years, in a house once owned by his grandparents. A retired steelworker who still wears his black-and-gold Local 6663 jacket, McKinney says, "Duck Hollow was all in the family."
It may not be that way for long.
Not so long ago, Duck Hollow was threatened by the proposed Mon-Fayette Expressway, which could have eradicated it. And although that project may never be built, there is talk about a bridge that will bypass the current one-lane span, connecting Duck Hollow directly with Old Brown's Hill Road. Snaking its way through oaks and hickories, the new route could mean an increase in services, Stenger allows -- everything from improved trash pick-up to deliveries, plus higher real-estate values.
But the bridge will also bring the loss of the Hollow's insularity, its preternatural quiet. "We've been a private community forever," Stenger says. "That'll change. Dramatically."
More traffic. More strangers. More locked doors.
Stenger takes a worried glance up the hill. Then he shrugs and walks away.


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China after the 1949 revolution: the benefits of the planned economy stifled by bureaucracy
This year marks the 70th anniversary of the Chinese revolution. In the second of a series of articles marking that event, Tom Baldwin looks at the period following the declaration of the People's Republic of China.
31 July 2019
The Tories sold Universal Credit as a public money-saving scheme, combining several benefits into one. In reality the 'savings' were to come from reducing payouts.
19 June 2019
Cancer stats reveal deep inequality
"This year, more than 300,000 people in England will receive the life-changing diagnosis of cancer. And the number of people living with cancer is predicted to rise by 3.2% each year, writes Jon Dale, secretary, Unite Notts NHS branch.
8 May 2019
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A new House of Lords report is clearly an attack on pensioner benefits and an attempt to drive a wedge between older and younger people
1 May 2019
Universal Credit disaster behind foodbank rise
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3 April 2019
Cuts and chaos. Enough. General election now!
Pro-capitalist politicians are united in wanting to keep Corbyn out. They are afraid of the millions of working-class people who could be mobilised if they see the opportunity to fight for socialist change.
3 April 2019
End Tory cold cruelty: life under austerity in Merthyr
Scrap Universal Credit now: Merthyr has received a bad press as the "benefit capital of Britain". The Mirror newspaper pointed out the average male life expectancy on one of the estates is lower than Haiti's. But it's a friendly town.
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Universal Credit is hardly out of the news. The suffering and anxiety it has caused is immeasurable - so much so that even some Tory MPs have been forced to highlight problems with its implementation.
13 February 2019
Universal Credit out - Tories out!
Corbyn should call on Labour councils to set no-cuts budgets now to protect working-class people from the effects of Universal Credit
16 January 2019
The fundamental problem with Universal Credit is austerity
2 January 2019
New Year. Same Universal Credit misery. Scrap it now!
Christmas was far from merry for many - we need a living wage and welfare system!
12 December 2018
Universal Credit Christmas misery
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21 November 2018
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This listing is for our Silver Snow Booties with Khaki Poms.
Our Pompom Booties are an elegant addition to our product line, and the perfect way to personalize your order.
Each pair is tight knit with a non-slip sole and elasticized ankle, making for a sturdy slipper that's perfect for new walkers. They are lined with natural sheepskin, making them breathable, temperature regulating, and cushioned.
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BOOTIE SIZING: Please measure your babe's feet and review our size guide prior to ordering. The booties are elasticized around the ankle to ensure that they stay on your babe's feet.
Our slippers have a long life span and are extremely easy to care for. Sheepskin is a natural material and will not smell with use like other synthetic materials. If your slippers get dirty, or they have stretched out and you'd like them to return to their original shape, we suggest the following:
To wash slippers from ALL of our collections (except the Pompom Collection)
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Video: Skier triggers Berthoud Pass avalanche, survives
DENVER — A man from the Denver area survived an avalanche that he says he triggered this weekend, and his helmet camera shot the video to prove it.
Lance Light tells FOX31 Denver News he was backcountry skiing on Berthoud Pass Saturday on the west side of the parking lot near Nitro Chutes when this happened.
He was with a friend who chose a less-steep slope and stopped on a ridge.
Lance says he dropped down, took two turns and saw the avalanche.
He decided to go straight over a cliff, which you will see in the video, instead of risking having the avalanche carry him over it.
He landed on the slab as it was barreling down the slope.
Light says it carried him downhill and he deployed his air collar. The device is designed to help a person ride the top of an avalanche by decreasing density and increasing the skier's size.
Light says this is his third season going backcountry skiing, but he has skied for a long time.
He plans to head back into the back country but he says he knows it's better to be more conservative about what slopes and choices he makes in the future.
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Stream Tic Toc (Remix), the newest drop from JC which features Rick Ross. The cut was released on Thursday, January 27th, 2011. JC continues to impress with each new leak, and Tic Toc (Remix) is no exception. It's strengthens JC's already impressive body of work, which has seen positive change over the years. We're most definitely anticipating JC's next offering.
Have you heard JC's Future (Tags), featuring Rick Ross? If you're down, make sure to visit JC's profile page for the newest info, news, songs, and mixtapes.
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Grow Your Soil
by Juan Jardinero
"The soil is the great connector of lives, the source and destination of all. It is the healer and restorer and resurrector, by which disease passes into health, age into youth, death into life. Without proper care for it we can have no community, because without proper care for it we can have no life."
— Wendell Berry.
It has taken me a few years as a gardener to really understand the importance and significance of soil. Soil is a mixture of many things collected over time. Rocks, living and dead plants and animals, mostly of microscopic size, air and water and other organic matter make up soil. Soil plays a big part in the way that plants grow. Many modern farmers believe that they don´t grow plants, they build fertile soil and this soil is what grows the plants. Though plants obtain some of the raw material for their growth from the air, they depend totally on the roots to gather most of the necessary moisture and fertility. Roots make use of it not only for anchoring plants and holding them in place, but also as storage for food elements and water.
Ideal soils are somewhere between heavy (clay-like) and light (silty or sandy) soils, called loam soils. These soils contain enough sandy particles so that porosity and drainage are good, and yet sufficient organic matter to hold fertility, nutrients and moisture abundantly. Such soils are happy environments for beneficial microorganisms that will help grow great food. However, changing the texture of your soil will take time and effort.
Therefore here are some important steps that can be taken to improve the nutrient content in your soil, which will allow you to grow better grub anywhere you are:
-MULCH: Mulch is any type of material that is spread or lain over the surface of the soil as a covering. Organic mulches include shredded leaves, grass clippings, straw and compost that will improve the fertility of your soil as it decomposes. It also retains water so that the plants are kept moist longer and aren`t at risk of being dried up from the hot sun. Laying mulch right after you have planted seedlings will reduce the amount of water that evaporates from your soil, greatly reducing your need to water your plants. Mulch will also prevent weeds from growing which steal nutrients from your plants. So mulch and mulch again!
– GREEN MANURES: Green manures are a great way to add nutrients to the soil. Growing green manures during the off season will add nitrogen to your soil while preventing your top soil from getting washed away. Green manures include Alfalfa, clover and soybeans, which are legumes, and non-legumes like Ryegrass, Buckwheat and Oats. This is an inexpensive way to fertilize your soil while possibly enabling you to get a second yield.
– COMPOST: Compost has the ability to regenerate poor soils. The compost process encourages micro-organisms (mainly bacteria and fungi) which in turn break down organic matter to create humus. Compost has also been shown to suppress plant diseases and pests, reduce or eliminate the need for chemical fertilizers, and promote higher yields of agricultural crops.
All these tips are cheap organic ways to improve your soil, so before running off to the store and buying synthetic fertilizers, improve your soil by adopting these simple practices.


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We live in a society that loves to celebrate. Seriously, at any given time you can perform a quick Google search and find a "holiday" being observed that day. Well it just so happens May is National Physical Fitness and Sports Month as declared by none other than the President's Council on Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition.Go to Page
Tip #9 to Jump Start your Fitness Routine: Workout with a Personal Trainer
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You can keep your Longhorns and your Red Raiders. Sound On Sound Fest's Saturday nailbiter hinged on a different kind of touchdown.
The Air Sex Championship gathered the best, the brightest, the most limber for a knock-up, drag-down fight for the copulation crown and a spot in the next stage of the competition, featuring comers from all across the country. The contest — which involves more storylines and dramatic interpretation than its name suggests — is also one of the clearest links between this first-year fest and the looming spirit of its predecessor, Fun Fun Fun Fest, which also hosted the contest. Hopefuls were ushered on-stage like pro wrestlers and given free reign to thrust, hump, yank and shudder before a panel of judges, backed by a pre-selected soundtrack. "American Idol" mixed with a porno mixed with Marcel Marceau, let's call it.
This was not an hour of pantomime missionary. One female contestant came out wearing a Jon Snow-style cloak to "I'm So Excited," proceeding to prowl across the stage and simulate two manual stimulations at once. She lost her hair tie after engaging an IKEA chair in her routine. Another contestant, a clean-cut fellow dubbed "Too Big To Fail" whom one judge likened to a boy band member, shed his clothes to "Bootylicious" before flicking his tongue wildly in a mimed, upside-down embrace. One woman in a nun costume cavorted and contorted to "Papa Don't Preach." Another man — "Grandmaster Smash" was his name — turned a thin-air massage session into a cavernous spelunking expedition into the female reproductive system.
When all was said and done, the judges selected their final three: the crawler, the spelunker and "Percival Von Humpston," a lithe young man who had woven a vivid tale of a sex swing through grand flourishes and curled lips to Jennifer Hudson's rendition of "And I Am Telling You." The final lightning round song, "Close Your Eyes and Count To F***" by SOS Fest artists Run the Jewels, was a surprise to all edging for the winner's spot. The top trio each took their own approach, a whirling, fleshy dervish of calisthenics, twerking and high camp. But it was Percival who got lucky, showered with the most audience applause and subsequently showered with the most of something else.
Air Sex Championships, for all their weirdness, actually seem to fit a little better at a festival set in an Olde English forest encampment an hour outside of town.


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The 2014 Swedish film Force Majeure might have been snubbed by the Oscars, but that was a poor call by the Academy. This is an intelligent film that treats you intelligently, asking you to decide how you feel about its characters and their actions. The film is about a middle-class couple Tomas...
Alfonso Cuarón's Roma is a film of great beauty and genuine feeling. It couldn't be more dissimilar to his other films, and yet, like some of his best work it has that incredible, immersive quality that transports the viewer to another world. Previously he's taken us to space (Gravity), to a...
Los Angeles Times piece on the films you should have watched this year, but probably haven't. Go seek them out now!
New York Times piece in which director David Fincher and screenwriter Aaron Sorkin discuss the irony of the founding of Facebook, which is at the core of their new film The Social Network.
An excellent New York Times piece on one of my favorite young actors James Franco; also the star of Danny Boyle's new film 127 Hours.
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Yes, Lenovo make smartphones worldwide now. I thought that would be an appropriate opening since I keep getting the question mark look on people's faces when looking at the phone placed in front of me and then ask "Lenovo make phones?".
At first I didn't even realize they had phones and when I did, I was surprised they actually had quite a decent range. Not only that, they had their own Lenovo UI of Android. It seems they have been working really hard to get great devices out and guess which device I managed to get my hands on? The flagship. How exciting! So, lets take a look at this phone.
That is not a perfectly angled shot to make the device appear really thin.. Okay it is, but the device really is thin! it's stated at 6.9mm only!
Quick Spec Sheet
You have to re-think your understanding of big phones with the K900, the dimensions are 157 x 78 x 6.9 mm! So it is pretty huge, but in exchange for carrying the sizeable device (or phablet if you want to call it that) you get a 5.5 inch Full HD IPS screen with about 400 PPI with the screen resolution of 1920×1080 (It is very responsive and even recognizes use with fingernails and pens) above the screen sits an aray of sensors and a 2MP fixed-focus camera. Taking a step deeper into the device, we find an Intel® Atom™ Z2760 Dual Core™ 4-thread processor running up to 2.0 GHz with 2GB of RAM. The graphics centre is an Intel® GMA graphics with 533MHz clock, and both assist in running Android 4.2.1. All this powerful hardware comes in a Brushed Stainless Steel, Polycarbonate and Corning® Gorilla® Glass 2 package that weighs 162 grams. On the back is the 13MP camera with auto-focus and dual flash, capable of full 1080[ video at 30 FPS. In regards to communication, it has Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 3.0 and HSPA+ (up to 42MBPS) and wireless hotspot functionality. As for sensors, the K900 has A-GPS, Gravitation (I am guess a gyroscope?), Ambient light sensor and a Proximity sensor.
Box Contents
This is always the excitement of opening a box of a brand you have never dealt with before, I had no clue what to expect.
the box had a cover which had the K900 branding in a huge cut out. Being that the box was black it didn't make sense. Till..
The inside of that cover was in red! So taking the box out lights up the K900 branding. Sexy! Lifting the cover reveals the phone. In first impressions I thought the phone was going to be smaller than the big box, turns out it was the size of the box.
I know there isn't anything out of the ordinary to expect in an unboxing, and so nothing unusual here. A Micro-USB Cable, a pair of ordinary Headphones and a SIM-Card ejector tool attached to the small manuals card. Weirdly, I have not received a wall charger, but I have so many of them laying around there is no problems and of course, the retail units will have one without a doubt.
Design, Body and Display
The device is a very good looking device despite its large size. I have used many devices over the past few months from iPhones, Galaxies, HTC Ones (Normal and Mini) and others and not a single one got the stares and questions asked as the Lenovo K900. It does have a personality and it is eye catching.
To start things off, lets talk about the front (Apologies for the low quality pictures) From the top sits a small cut out for the speaker and to the left the front facing camera. The sensors are nearly impossible to notice, perfect integration that is. Lenovo branding in the center and then the huge screen all the way till the bottom where three Android buttons sit, Back, Home and Options/Settings.
Flipping the phone to the back is where things start to get an even more premium look. Up top sits the 13MP camera, Dual-Flash and the secondary noise cancelling microphone, then comes what appears to be a back cover, but it isn't removable. It's in stainless steel brushed with 4 corner screws to make it look somewhat industrial? I think it has a nice touch. There is an engraved Lenovo logo towards the top and below sits the Intel logo. Finally towards the bottom sits the loud speaker.
For all of you wondering about the stainless steel durability with us, yes the sides do scratch up a bit. I could recommend trying to find a case but I just think it looks so good without one. Also, not too sure you can find a case that easily as well.
They kept the design clean, which means there is nothing to the top of the device. I think with a device this big, anything on the top would be suicidal because it would drop functionality dramatically. Fortunately, the 3.5mm headphone jack, Micro-USB port and primary microphone are on the bottom with nothing on the top. Thanks Lenovo.
The volume buttons are found to the left of the device, but as one button. To the right side sits the lock/power button and towards the middle, the SIM-Card tray. Please be gentle with the tray if you get one, because as with my past experiences with metal trays, if this bends just a tiny bit, it will ruin the look and the flatness will never return again. Either way, pretty straight forward and all buttons feel metallic while the lock/power button have a little pattern on them.
The feedback on the buttons are good but the lock/power button is slightly too soft, which may click on while holding the device in one's hand.
So yes, the size… Here is the K900 beside the Nokia Lumia 925 and HTC One Mini.
The Nokia has a 4.5 Inch screen while the HTC has a 4.3 inch one, clearly being 5.5 makes it huge, plus the device is actually quite tall.
The device feels really nice in the hands, but it does need a lot of getting used to being a phone of this size. It does slightly stick out of my jeans pocket. I have almost dropped it a few times because I am not used to using such a big device. Certainly if people are used to 5+ inch devices this might not seem too big, but I have never gone over 5 in my pockets before. It is a big device, that I started to get used to after about a week or two of use. I started to carry it differently, more towards a small notepad than a normal smartphone. I got used to it eventually! The metal back does get cold quickly especially in air conditioned areas so picking the phone up does feel special.
As for the screen, it is absolutely brilliant. The clarity is amazing, the brightness can go up to levels that could be uncomfortable (but means brilliant in the sun). The only downside to the brightness is in the OS side as it can only be set at 30%, 60% and 100%, I would have preferred a slider but I am just being picky. Being 400PPI no pixels can be seen and the color representation is just brilliant, one of the best screens I have used in a smartphone, should be thankful to the IPS technology then. This is possibly the most inviting smartphone I have ever had in terms of wanting to watch videos on it, and I often just load videos from the laptop to the device to watch it there instead.
Memory and Data
This is where things complicated, and a bit unusual. Essentially the device comes with 16 GB of internal storage, which supposedly nearly 10 GB is free to the user, but what makes no sense is how it is managed..
The device states that internal storage is 4.68 GB out of which I have nearly 600 MB free, and the USB storage is 9.77GB. On the bottom is the option to erase the SD card. There is no SD card. At first glance, it seems that the device has 5 GB of internal memory and like 10 GB of a separate internal memory, but this is actually a security thing that Lenovo has implemented, they have partitioned the drive so the system's section of the storage remains untouched. Connecting the device to the computer, or accessing the built in file manager only displays the 9.77 GB partition.
Sadly, as I have often stated, getting 16 GB of storage on a smartphone today is a low amount of storage, especially considering only nearly 10GB is only ever free with no external memory card slot option. Being on Android, every single cloud storage platform has an app, but Lenovo do not provide any free cloud storage on any service.
As with typical modern day Android device (The K900 was launched in January in some markets) it comes with 2GB of RAM. With normal use, I average around 700-900 MB of free RAM. So the system seems to be managing its RAM fairly decently, and I have never experienced any memory issues in my use.
The K900 comes with a 13 MP camera with every option one could need on a smartphone.
I wanted to really show the settings and viewfinder, but the K900's screen shot utility is limited to only areas where the notification center is accessible, and all attempts to get a decent screen shot app without rooting failed miserably (before I forget, rooting this device is not an easy task, near impossible to find sources online)
On the bottom left of the screen is where the main settings live and it has three main sections. The Basic section includes toggles for switching between cameras, flash settings, resolution, scenes (normal, low light, motion, etc), adjustments (brightness, contrast, etc), image quality settings and guide lines. The Advanced section covers the ISO, white balance, stroscopic settings and a toggle to enable or disable image capture by touching the screen. The last section is the other settings where the user can control GPS tagging, sounds, animation, focus modes and a reset tool.
On the left of the screen there are two quick toggles for the flash and switching to the front camera. towards the right there is even more settings! on the top there is a small tool to display the selected settings in tiny icons and a arrow button to set the camera modes (HDR, low light, smile detection, macro, timed photos, burst shot, panorama, and night portrait mode.
To the bottom of that.. is even MORE settings! well okay, not settings but there is a button that opens a whole table of effects for the photography, there is about 24 different effects to play with. To the far right sits the buttons to switch to video mode, capture an image and a thumbnail of the last photo taken.
Here are some sample pictures taken with the K900 in various real world situations.
A nice, decent lit Macro soft of the Blackberry Q5 (Review of the Q5 can be found here)
Low light shot of the HTC One Mini (Review of the One Mini can be found here)
A shot with decent lighting of a new packaged headset, lit well but notice how the device itself is over exposed.
Decent interior lighting, the text is fairly clear at zoom, the disclaimer line is blurred though.
Outdoor shot in daylight
Indoor shot with decent lighting of a portrait (best focus and lighting on the picture).
The quality is really good, one of the best cameras I have come across in smartphones. The best? No, but very close I have to admit.
So is it all perfect? Almost. Although there is a nice hidden feature where pressing the volume down and capture button on the screen will activate burst mode without having to go through the settings, the zooming is bad. Not the zooming itself, but the on screen controls for zooming. Tapping the screen will bring the 4x zoom bar, and it is really thin and 9 times out of 10 trying to zoom in or out, it will focus on that spot on the view finger rather than lower/increase the zoom, its very hard to zoom effectively and the volume keys don't adjust the zoom which I think is a waste of the keys but in essence of taking pictures, it does a very good job.
Operating System
The K900 runs on Android version 4.2.1 with Lenovo's own UI. It is a very interesting looking system, with tons of customizable features. No, I mean seriously, tons. Almost every single aspect of the experience can be changed, from the icon sets, size of the icons, backgrounds of the icons, special effects, tens of page transitions for the home page and various transitions for the apps page, automatic clean up (where inactive apps can be automatically removed), desktop layout backup, tens of built in apps, with up to 9 desktops!
And I wish that was it.. there is a lot more to this OS that I thought, Lenovo did a great job.
Let me start things off at the home screen and this essentially gives you an idea of how the operating system looks like. Pressing the menu button brings up the list of options (most of which are mentioned above) but this gives an almost unlimited amount of customization. Tapping and holding on an empty spot brings up the tools for transitions (known as effects), and the options to add apps, shortcuts, widgets and more! Lenovo's power app has its own widget as well, which shows estimated time before battery runs out and quick toggles.
Although most of our smartphone use doesn't include phone calls or sms somehow, it is the base of a phone. Lenovo has done a great job here with their all in one approach. Call log, messages and contacts are all under one section. They have done it in a smart way where the dialler is on top of the log instead of two pages, certainly is more productive. The messages have a very interesting look to them, which I thought looked nice. Moving all the way into info center brings up a set of settings including a way to backup and restore contacts. It may not be a big deal to many but i think this all in one spot is a nice touch.
The took the extra step in small touches, for instance when you call someone, the phone will vibrate the second the receiver picks up, not sure if any other manufacturer has that or not (never paid attention to it) but it is really cool especially in noisy situations.
Before I go on, Lenovo has done something to this phone that evokes a sense of professional use or focus that has driven the development of the user interface, in my opinion.
The applications list/page is a typical experience, but Lenovo has put their own touch. The device comes with built-in applications such as Flashlight, a whole array of google apps, file manager, evernote, uc browser, skype and a few others. The transitions are various as well, and can be set to flip as a cylinder, apps snake through each other and others.
The device does stutter and lag a bit sometimes, but the general transitions are always smooth. I guess this always goes back to the optimization aspect, because the device is certainly more than capable, hardware-wise.
The notification center is the typical Android 4.2.1 with a strip of quick toggles and the whole list is just a tap away. Activating Lenovo's power app also adds a little information strip for the battery life and active functions. Two finger swipe down brings out the whole short-cut list.
Another important aspect of the device (being the most used feature) is the keyboard. The keyboard is nice, smooth and easy to type on, no troubles there but there are a few loose ends. One of which, is the feedback vibrations. Initially it would vibrate when tapping and then suddenly it would stop vibrating for no apparent reason. In SMS mode, the enter button only appears when the keyboard is in Capital mode. Surely, these aren't concerns but with an attempt to be so refined, they could have entirely eliminated keyboard issues. The numbers and symbols are a tap and hold away although I wish they applied more symbols in the same way throughout the keyboard.
The settings menu is a whole operating system on its own! Under common settings the user will find the typical essential settings of the phone. Under Feature Settings is where things start to get interesting. The Lenovo K900 has many smart sensory features like engaging maximum volume when it detects its in a pocket, decreasing of volume when device is picked up while ringing, enabling the volume keys to turn the screen on, shake to lock the device and knock to turn the screen on.
Do these really work? They all do but not without fault. The shake to lock the phone comes in handy because the device is huge and if it is being held one handed, it would eliminate the need to go up to press the button. The problem with this is, it would lock when moving around the device. In regards to the knock to unlock, it works by sudden movement rather than tapping/knocking the screen, which in my use, meant the screen came on when I would move about or place the phone on a table or anything solid. The rest worked fine. Cool features just need to be optimized perhaps.
Under All Settings, the device can be almost completely be adjusted to liking from communications, application and account settings, device storage and running applications and finally system settings and all these can be seen above.
In typical Lenovo way, everything built in has its own Lenovo touch. The file manager is quite smart! It allows traditional folder access, search, history, etc and also an automatic access of files based on their categories.
Lenovo has done a very good job with their own Android UI. There are various applications built in, a lot of customizable options to keep things individual and all transitions and UI related functions run flawlessly. The processor I believe is the only source of things being out of hand. It runs up to 2.0Ghz, with no mention of what it's general speed is and due to that, there are times when there would be stutters and lags. When the processor is running on full speed, everything is super smooth but I cannot deny when it is not.
Applications on the K900 run absolutely smooth being in full 1080p. I have not experienced any applications having any issues what so ever, but what did have negative experiences was some games. The general non-resource hungry games always work, but games like Real Racing 3 were really out of order. It would stutter and eventually crash. I even downloaded Asphalt 8 (just out by the way, nice game, I somehow prefer 7 till now) and although it didn't crash, it would lag! I tried it earlier today and it ran for much longer than the last time, then lagged.
Again I believe this must be due to the processor's optimization and Lenovo's focus on professional use I guess. Without a doubt it isn't a slow or weak device, just lacks a little.
The imaging on the K900 is called SuperCamera and the image viewer is called SuperGallery. The self-claimed Super Gallery is quite feature-full and it allows creation of combined images and GIFs. It also is capable of providing the complete details of an image (such as size, resolution, device used for capture, etc)
Multitasking is taken care off in the typical Android way, but for some reason, there is no button to clear all open applications and being that there is no limit to open apps in the list, it can get a bit annoying swiping away all the open applications to clear it.
Aside from those few criticisms, with the huge and beautiful screen on the K900, and good performance (especially when its running at maximum juice) it is a very solid device in regards to the operating system.
There is no doubt in my mind that this is a powerful device, because it really is but with the processor feeling not entirely optimized, there is slight sluggishness while operating the device. Is it evident enough and noticeable? Slightly. There are times when I unlocked the device and the home page is still loading its widget, or swipe to another page and the icons pop up but weren't already ready.
Switching between applications and running applications is really smooth, the processor really does handle it well, but I wish the processor ran on 2.0 Ghz the whole time because I feel when it is idle or nor running at maximum performance is when it gets sluggish. I have tried several attempts to really work up the processor and then try the general OS transitions and everything was perfectly smooth. I feel the Intel processor isn't the best for Android or at least isn't optimized well enough.
In typical, simple, basic ihabstech fashion, here is the quick fish tank test, which gives a rough idea of how good the device's graphics and processor can be.
(running at 980×440 resolution)
With 100 fish, it held 18-21 FPS
With 250 fish, it held 11-13 FPS
With 500 fish, it held 9-11 FPS
Keeping in mind the HTC One had a 1.7 GHZ Quad Core Snapdragon processor, it had about an average of 1-3 FPS less, the Lenovo K900 is a performer!
To try it out the Fishtank Test for yourself, you can visit this link, and I think I shall be using this with future device reviews too.
The battery of the K900 is an interesting topic. Before getting into my experiences, the Lenovo Power application that integrates into the OS, is pretty cool.
This is the essential app, where there are quick toggles for the system tools and an estimated time, in the best case scenario, till the battery would die. There are also several battery modes and a custom mode with estimated battery life for each.
The following are two sample battery life tests I have experienced.
In first test, I managed to pull out 12 hours of battery life with nearly 6 hours of standby time.
While this second attempted pulled out 16 and a half hours of battery life with roughly 8 hours of standby time.
The shocker is that I have once managed to drain the battery in less than 6 hours of use. What this essentially tells me is that the battery life of the 2500mAh sized battery in the K900 is very variable to the users use of the device. I am sure if I had set things up rather than running at max, I could get a whole day's use. I recommend anyone who buys this device to play and test a lot with the battery application and find the best of both worlds, battery life and active functions. It essentially has a decent battery, even though I have no idea how they fit that battery in there.
Wrap up
The Lenovo K900 has been a delight. Yes, the device does need polishing up in various aspects, but that does not take away the fact that this device is solid, right now.
The build of the device is phenomenal, the blend of stainless and full glass front is just a beauty and the device doesn't even think of creaking. The camera is really powerful, full of features, and speaking of features the system really feature-full and is speedy, efficient and very smart. Sure, it does have a few loose ends in terms of battery management, operating system and processor optimization but for professional and ordinary use of the device, it runs near perfect.
I am sure Lenovo are already working on the next generation of models, including a new flagship, and if this is how they handled things early 2013, I can just imagine they would do really well in the smartphone market!
Device Pros and Cons
– Brilliant build quality
– Slim profile
– High resolution camera with good imaging features
– Excellent Full HD 1080p IPS screen
– Lenovo's UI has well optimized applications and a lot of customization
– Hardware isn't fully optimized for software (some apps don't run smoothly)
– OS is sluggish at times and transitions aren't always smooth
– Device is very big for most people
– Questionable battery life
– Not all gestures work well in real world use
– Limited storage


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Cover Date: Oct. 1973
Writer: Marv Wolfman
Artist: Gene Colan
Inker: Tom Palmer
Colorist: Tom Palmer
Letterer: John Costanza
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Main Characters: Dracula, Frank Drake, Blade, Rachel Van Helsing, Taj,
Synopsis: Rachel Van Helsing is dead. Afer being turned into a vampire by Dracula, her father Quincy kills her to spare her from the curse of the undead. Unfortunately for Quincy, there is no time for mourning with Dracula on the loose. Quincy and the Drac Pack set out after Dracula.
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Industrial Strategy and the Future of Manufacturing in the UK
The Work Foundation, 21 Palmer Street, London SW1H 0AD
Thursday 7th September 2017, 12pm-2pm
Confirmed Speakers
- Suzanne de Treville, Professor of Operations Management at HEC Lausanne, University of Lausanne.
- Alan Hughes, Professor of Innovation at Imperial College London and a Distinguished Visiting Scholar at Lancaster University Management School.
The publication of the UK Government's green paper on industrial strategy has reignited debates about the targeting of industrial policy for particular sectors, technologies and industries. Modern manufacturing encompasses the whole value chain from research & development through production to support services. As such, it cuts across multiple sectors, industries and technologies, and is critical to place-based industrial strategy.
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