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Ore no Imouto - Character Discussion - Kuroneko
The purpose of this thread is to provide a place to discuss all things Kuroneko related.
To keep the discussion enjoyable for all Ore no Imouto fans, please follow the guidelines below and stay on-topic!
Note: Please don't use this for the specifics (i.e. episode, chapter, game, etc. discussion) there are other threads for that stuff.Thread Guidelines
I love Kirino's and her interactions. Neither of them can just be honest as noted by Saori and Kyousuke and just admit that they are friends instead of hated enemies. It definitely seems like Kuroneko and Kirino talk to each other a lot more than Saori and Kirino anyway.
Oh, why only 1 post?
BTW, actually Ruri is my current fav character.
It's so fun to watch her and Kirino bicker. :D
Not a huge fan of the gothloli look, but just like in the LN, I started liking her at the Comiket scene where she wins the game disc for Kirino. What a good friend. XD
I really want to know more about Kuroneko's background. Hopefully, in future episodes. ^^
Also, the fact that I still hear nothing but "Kanade/Tenshi" when she speaks, is amazing. Er, what's her seiyuu's name?
Oh yeah,Kuroneko is one of my fav character in this anime too.I mean,anyone love cat can't be bad,right?
She IS my favourite character at this moment, then Kirino, then Kyousuke and finally Kaori (Kirino's friends do not have enough appearance yet)
I think because her only interaction is with Kirino, and those moments are simply gold. Start with "Come outside, bitchi!" to "If you don't want it, throw it away" i really love their interaction
Kuroneko is definitely one of my favorite characters so far. She's a good match for Kirino. Fight fire with fire, and tsundere with tsundere!
Man i straight fell in love with her the moment Kirino took her kuro jacket away. She is soooo damn sizzling, i wish i can hug her like Saori did after the game.
And lol at the staff playing so damn fckin hard when Kuroneko only played steadily and won the game like it was nth :D
I love her voice so silent and yet it answers your question...
Love her outfit...even though she reminds me somehow of Bernkastel just with black hair
Isn't that how tsundere acted? Both of them
Spoiler for LN v2 - Comiket:
Borrowed this from the image thread, but Kuroneko...
is just too cute
She is my favorite character in series for now, I like her obliviouse attitude when in reality she does care. Her winning CD for Kirino was very nice.
And the fact that she has Kanade's voice only adds up.
Just imagine Tenshi arguing like that :heh:
I am totally unfamiliar with Kanade, but rather I keep hearing Nadeko whenever Kuroneko is on screen. :D
And she makes quite the perfect counterpoint to Kirino. If Kirino is unbridled enthusiasm and fandom, Kuroneko is quiet, reserved enjoyment.
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New Online Index Guides You to St. Louis Ancestors
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in St. Louis (my old stomping grounds) wrote me about the new
Missouri History Museum Genealogy and Local History Index
The index includes references to hundreds of thousands of St. Louis ancestors who appear in
more than 225 museum research sources
That includes St. Louisans' Civil War-era loyalty oaths, early 20th-century yearbooks, Who's Who publications, local censuses, WWI service member questionnaires, newspaper clippings, church histories, business letterheads and others.
You can search the index by a person's name, business/corporate name, or street address (great for researching the history of your house and its former occupants).
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Tuesday, 06 January 2009
Are Digitization Projects Skipping Your Ancestor?
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blogger Randy Seaver brings up a seldom-raised issue: the
quality and completeness of records digitization projects
between the
National Archives and Records Administration
(NARA) and its partners
His post stems from a discussion on a professional genealogists' mailing list. A list member experienced with NARA records did a spot check: She noted the first 25 names on a NARA microfilm reel of Civil War pension index cards and searched for those names in Ancestry.com's pension index database. She found just one of the names. (I can hear you thinking "I
The researcher said the cards that didn't scan well from the microfilm were left out of the database (Ancestry.com's source information states 1 percent of the cards are "missing;" she puts the percentage higher).
The researcher also questioned the wisdom of scanning colored documents in black and white, pointing to Footnote's Civil War widows' pensions project.
A NARA staff member explained that partner digitization projects use original records or the highest-quality "master" microfilm and are subject to quality controls. Other, non-partner projects may have digitized records from second- or third-generation film, resulting in poorer images.
He also said NARA does make original records available, even after they're digitized, to "researchers who need to see them."
A respondent from Ancestry.com commented that the microfilmed Civil War pension index cards were particularly difficult to scan because some cards were on dark paper, and the technology available at the time was inferior to today's.
See Seaver's entire post here.
He raises good questions at the end.
It's easy and comforting to assume genealogy databases have every surviving document in a particular record set. This is a reminder that's not always the case.
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Go to This Summer's Family Reunion on a Shoestring
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Work the web ahead of time to estimate expenses and set a budget (
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Scout out restaurants ahead of time and shop for gift certificates priced below face value at
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Monday, 05 January 2009
Family History Expo Podcast Interview
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Also new in Family Tree Builder 3 is automatic "Smart Search" searching of more than 100 online databases for names in your tree, easy family tree chart printing, and online publishing with videos and documents to your MyHeritage family Web site.
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Tuesday, 30 December 2008
Operation Genealogy Resolution
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Have you made your genealogy resolutions for 2009?
I'm staying away from vows to find specific information (such as the year my dad's grandparents immigration to America) because, well, what if I don't find it?
Instead, I'm resolving to take more steps.
Resolution No. 1 is to look at my research papers and plan what to do next. Resolution No. 2 is to write at least one information request, order one microfilm, visit one library—do
that makes progress—per month.
Gulp. Now they're out there and I can't take them back.
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Friday, 19 December 2008
101 Best Sites: Castle Garden Arrivals and Online Trees
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Two highlights from our 101 Best Web Sites listing for 2008:
Castle Garden
: If your ancestors arrived in New York before Ellis Island opened in 1892, turn to this database on 10 million immigrants who entered through Ellis Island's predecessor, Castle Garden. Castle Garden opened in 1855, but the records here start in 1830.
Tribal Pages
: This innovative collaboration site hosts family Web sites with more than 175,000 pedigree files, plus a database of names in those family trees. You can keep track of birthdays and other events, and generate charts and reports right from the site. Free sites let you store an unlimited number of names in your tree and up to 50 photos; after that, you can upgrade for a fee.
Link to the rest of our 101 Best Sites on FamilyTreeMagazine.com
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Friday, 19 December 2008 14:57:00 (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
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Thursday, 18 December 2008
Florida State Censuses Now on Ancestry.com
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Take note if your ancestors lived in Florida: The subscription genealogy site
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collection of several Sunshine State censuses
: 1867, 1875, 1885, 1935 and 1945 (these last two can help fill in gaps after the latest federal census open to researchers in 1930).
These records total 3.8 million names—some of which may sound familiar, such as actress Faye Dunaway, a 4-year-old in 1945; former attorney general Janet Reno, who lived in Dade County at age 6 in 1945; and NASCAR founder William France, Sr., a Daytona auto mechanic in 1935.
Not all states took censuses, but where they're available, they're great for researching between federal censuses. State censuses taken around 1890 can substitute for that missing federal census.
Find a state-by-state list of state censuses here
. Records are usually on microfilm at the state archives or library, as well as at the
Family History Library
(you can borrow the film through a
Family History Center
near you).
Ancestry.com has censuses from states besides Florida, including Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Illinois, New York and others.
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Wednesday, 17 December 2008
Test Your Civil War Knowledge
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Don't answer that title with "junkyard", please! A 40 year old beater that's still streetable deserves a bit more than that.
My latest acquisition, bought on a whim after my oldest brother sent me a joke email about "a real Volvo". I think it has some potential but I'm not sure what. Maybe just take the letters off the nose and give it a decent paint job?
It's not rotted, bent up or close to death. (It's not even home yet, as it didn't have wipers, the headlights didn't work, and it's now waiting on carburetor jets for the twin SU's so it can run as smooth at interstate speeds as it idles).
Just wanted to see what ideas anyone cares to try out. Thanks!
(The PNG file attached is kinda big in bytes, but it's the same 800x601 image size as the JPG. It has all the parts chopped off the body and the dumb spray-bomb gray smudged out. It's just the body).
Long time no see, Grouch
The word "volvo" means "I roll" in svedish.. But you probably already knew that.
My suggestion for customization would not be in the genre of audience interactive mixed media, as it is typically a conflict of interest for a grouch such as yourself to interact with people and yet still attempt to draw them near you...
So this would not work...
But you do seem to have a plethora of parts that could be fixed upon the skin of the bolvo and create a stand alone statement of resourcefulness, ingenuity and function that is your signature state of being...
So hodgepodge mosaic would be my try..
Hope this helps, Mikey
my signature lines...not really directed at anyone in particular..
BE different....ACT normal.
No one is completely useless..They can always be used as a bad example
Ah, all's right with the world again -- I'm up at sinister hours on the computer and powerrodsmike is trying to kill my last surviving brain cell.
It's a Latin word (just absconded by a svede for the car). I've seen it defined as "I roll" all over the Internet, including wikipedia and lots of car sites, but that's always seemed slightly misplaced -- cars don't usually say "I". I don't know Latin so I had to go searching.
The Philological Essays of the Late Rev. Richard Garnett of the British Museum, 1859
Moving forward in time...
Getting Involved with "Volvo" and "Involvo"
by Dr. William R. Long
Indulge me one more...
Alchemical Symbols - Iron
Looks familiar, eh? So you have the symbol for iron on the grille, surrounding the word Volvo => Iron Rolling, or Rolling Iron. IMO, that fits better than "I roll" even if it may not be as widely stated.
Somehow that reminds me of a Beetle I saw on tv years ago. It was covered with lights that went on and off in waves over the car.
Thanks for the paranoid insomnia, Mikey!
(I'm still laughing over the AutoObscura. It's art, but I don't think it's a hotrod).
Some people have stuffed late model Chevy V-6s in those old Amazons. I think I'll just try to get the original 4 banger up to snuff - it already has a HP/lbs ratio the same as a '95 V6 Camaro. It needs lowering a couple of inches, decent seats, paint and losing the "Volvo" on the nose. Not sure what else, yet. The steering wheel feels huge.
(BTW, I just went through some kind of an Internet time-warp. For some reason I couldn't preview the post, then suddenly everything, and I mean everything, came up in both my browser and email client showing stuff from over a year ago. I just closed both, reconnected to my ISP and dug things out of the caches).
No doubt what I would do. I would do the 50's style leadslead custom grille, F & R frenched lights but find some cool ones for the back. Mono-tone single bright color without metallic.
All this is cheap stuff to do. Leave the drivetrain alone unless it is too slow for traffic today.
I've been buying/selling old cars for 40 years to supplement my income. So, I've driven tons of cool cars around while they are for sale. My little daily VW wagon in my Gallery gets tons more comments, stares, & pointing at than ANY other thing I have EVER driven. That includes tri-5 chevys, rods, classics, etc.
I like the way this´ns done.
Artwork by Bo Zolland
...And one I saw 10 years ago from Belgium...
Yeah, malc, I didn't even notice that one before. I like it! Hope it has the ability to rise up a bit on the road, though. Doesn't look like it would steer as it sits in that photo.
Job~Rated: Those are some good-looking treatments. I like the frenched headlights (lets me see what F&J suggested) and the '57 Buick-like side trim. The painted bumper on the last one looks 'right', too, but then that one has just a few chrome accents. The wrap-around rear bumper on the green and black one looks cool but the rear deck is stretched for it. (Can't tell if the first two are stretched). Thanks! I'll have to point a few interested folks to those. (Also known as, 'pester family and friends').
The amount of chrome I leave on it may depend on how it cleans up and how much rust I find under it.
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Alfred Music Publishing Releases Hit the Keys! Cocktail Lounge Piano/Vocal Songbook
Alfred Music Publishing has released Hit the Keys! Cocktail Lounge, a collection of lounge-style jazz and popular music arranged for piano and voice, including chords for guitar.
Hit the Keys! Cocktail Lounge is filled with over 250 pages of sheet music for dozens of jazz and popular hits, from best-loved artists such as Frank Sinatra, Billie Holiday, Ray Charles, Nat "King" Cole, Michael Bublé, Melody Gardot, Etta James, and more. Written for use in professional restaurant and night club gigs or even just for jamming with friends and family, the songbook contains a wide variety of hit songs from quiet, sultry background music to raucous sing-alongs. Pianists, vocalists, and hobbyists will enjoy such classics as "Blue Moon" (The Mavericks), "Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love)" (Ella Fitzgerald), "Hit the Road Jack" (Ray Charles), "Moondance" (Van Morrison), "Human Nature" (Michael Jackson), and more.
As part of Alfred's ongoing commitment to improving the environment, this songbook is printed on 100% recycled paper stock.
Hit the Keys! Cocktail Lounge (00-37345) is now available for $19.99 at music retail stores and at alfred.com.
Titles: As Time Goes By (Dooley Wilson) * At Last (Etta James) * Begin the Beguine (Artie Shaw and His Orchestra) * The Best Is Yet to Come (Frank Sinatra) * Blue Moon (The Mavericks) * Blueberry Hill (Fats Domino) * Come Rain or Come Shine (Frank Sinatra) * Days of Wine and Roses (Andy Williams) * Desperado (Eagles) * Don't Get Around Much Anymore (Duke Ellington) * Drinking Again (Frank Sinatra) * Dream a Little Dream of Me (The Mamas & the Papas) * Escape (The Piña Colada Song) (Rupert Holmes) * Faithfully (Journey) * Hit the Road Jack (Ray Charles) * Home (Michael Bublé) * How Deep Is Your Love (Bee Gees) * and more.


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Squash Pot Stickers
Stuff wonton wrappers with mashed squash for a tasty dish kids can eat with their fingers; serve with sesame-soy sauce.
- Yield: Makes 20
Source: Martha Stewart Kids, Fall
- 1 pound butternut squash, peeled and seeded, flesh cut into 1/2-inch pieces
- 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 3 tablespoons packed brown sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 scallions, white and pale-green parts only, thinly sliced
- 1 teaspoon grated peeled fresh ginger
- 1/4 teaspoon sesame seeds
- 20 wonton wrappers, thawed if frozen
- 1/4 cup canola oil
Put squash, 2 tablespoons soy sauce, sugar, and salt in a medium saucepan. Cover with water; bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Cook until squash is very soft, about 12 minutes; drain. Transfer to a medium bowl; mash with a fork until smooth. Stir in scallions and ginger. Stir together sesame seeds, 1/4 cup water, and remaining 1/2 cup soy sauce in a bowl; set sauce aside.
Place 1 scant tablespoon filling in the center of each wrapper; brush edges with water. Bring up corners to make a triangle; press to seal. Place on a baking sheet; freeze until firm, 10 to 15 minutes.
Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat until hot but not smoking. Add 10 potstickers, and cook, shaking pan frequently, until bottoms are golden brown. Turn pot stickers over; very carefully pour in 1/2 cup water, and cover. Steam until most liquid is evaporated, 2 to 3 minutes. Transfer to a serving dish; cover with foil to keep warm. Repeat with remaining oil and pot stickers. Serve with dipping sauce.


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If you have a Microsoft Exchange account, you can look up the schedule of someone in your organization.
This procedure instructs you to set up a meeting invitation. However, you can then delete the invitation without sending it.
On the Home tab, click New, and then click Meeting.
In the To box, type the name or address of the person whose schedule you want to look up.
If you have more than one account in Outlook, on the From menu, select the Exchange account for the organization that you want.
In the Starts field of the meeting, enter the day for which you want to check the schedule.
Click the Scheduling Assistant tab, which is located under the date and time text boxes.
A calendar appears that indicates the free/busy times for the person in the To box.
To show all the hours in the day — not just the hours of your work day — clear the Show work hours only check box.
To delete the event without sending it, close the meeting window.
Tip: When you look up someone else's schedule, the information that you see reflects how they have set their free/busy status for each event. If someone has marked a meeting status as "Free," you will not see that meeting on their calendar.
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Amid Biotech Selloff, Celgene Gets an Upgrade, Gilead's Nine-Day Win Streak Ends
Celgene (CELG) was on the receiving end of an upgrade today, but the upside has been limited as the biotech sector continues to sell off.
Shares of Celgene gained 0.6% to $142.06 today, even as Amgen (AMGN) dropped 2% to 111.41, Biogen (BIIB) fell 3.1% to $285.81 and the SPDR S&P Biotech ETF (XBI) declined 3.9% to $124.37, extending its losing streak to three days. Gilead Sciences (GILD) dipped 0.2% to $73.90, ending a nine-day winning streak
In a report titled "It's Time...We Think," Piper Jaffray's Joshua Schimmer and team explain why they raised their rating on Celgene:
The biotech sector has cooled off significantly over the past couple of months. Even a crushing EPS beat by [Gilead] barely moved that stock. Growth in general has come under pressure, and we are cognizant that high-multiple stocks may struggle to perform. While [Celgene] can't yet be considered a "value" stock trading at a 2014 P/E multiple of 20x, it's 20%+ sustainable EPS CAGR means it will eventually either become a value stock or see multiple stabilization with share performance driven by organic EPS growth...
We believe the valuation now reflects a conservative 2024 Revlimid patent expiry and excludes meaningful contribution from the advancing pipeline. As such, we are less concerned with Revlimid's May 15 Markman hearing outcome for the Revlimid polymorph patents since we believe a settlement somewhere between the method of use (2024) and polymorph (2027) dates is the most likely outcome regardless. Such a settlement could come this year and act as a potent catalyst to lift shares out of their doldrums. [Celgene] is attuned to delivering shareholder value and we believe will fight aggressively to lift the Revlimid polymorph patent overhang and deliver sustainable EPS growth. We are upgrading from Neutral to OW...
At least the market noticed, even if the gain wasn't much.
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kashick, i don't think that russian is language of global communication
@sapphire_music if you live in Russia, you can speak Azerbaijani language only. and it would be normal
I do not live in Russia, but I understand you
ADG3studios said
...No, I've never been there yet. I would like to visit one day though, hopefully soon
Cool I may recommend Saint-Petersburg as a place worthing the visiting. Not sure about its winter weather though )
Not long ago Russian language got a 3rd position in most popular languages of the World, it stands after Chinese and English. Earlier there was Spanish on the 3rd place.
Hello from Ural!
Very pleased to welcome all of you! I wish you all good health! ili kak govoryat u nas "Zdraviya jelau!" I am from the heart of Kiev Russia!)) We are very kind and hospitable people. Come for a visit. Now rest in the mountains, skiing, the weather is wonderful, lots of snow.
I spik rashan sam taimz xD
I'm warning you, if there is any multi-lingual swearing on this thread @ADG3studios will know! He speaks ALL the languages!
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I spik rashan sam taimz xD
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New Crowdfunding Campaign Seeks Cure for HIV Via Monoclonal Antibodies
Via a new crowdfunding campaign, BioClonetics is furthering their research to finding an accessible and affordable HIV cure.
Fenway Says 22M Would Lose Health Insurance Under Senate Plan
The CBO projects that the Better Care Reconciliation Act, a U.S. Senate bill to repeal and replace the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), would result in 22 million Americans losing their health insurance by 2026.
More Than 50 Medicines and Vaccines in Development for HIV Infection, Treatment and Prevention
America's biopharmaceutical companies are continuing the fight to conquer HIV, with 52 medicines and vaccines currently in development to help treat and prevent the infection.
AIDS Institute Recognizes National HIV Testing Day
In recognition of National HIV Testing Day on June 27, The AIDS Institute encourages people to get tested to learn their HIV status and make informed and empowered medical decisions.
June 27 is National HIV Testing Day; Show Your Pride By Getting Tested!
National HIV Testing Day is an annual observance to promote HIV testing in the U.S. The 23rd annual HIV Testing Day will be held on Tuesday, June 27. The theme for the 2017 campaign is "Test Your Way, Do It Today!"
NBJC Strongly Opposes the Senate Health Care Legislation
The National Black Justice Coalition strongly opposes the recently introduced health care legislation, entitled the Better Care Reconciliation Act, which was crafted in secret by Republican Leadership.
Texas A&M Research Suggests Strokes Cause Increase Preference for Alcohol
Could a stroke cause you to crave alcoholic beverages? New research from Texas A&M suggests it might.
Judge Sides with AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Dismisses Suit
A federal judge ruled in favor of one of the nation's largest suppliers of HIV and AIDS medical care, clearing it of wrongdoing in an alleged $20 million scam to bilk the federal government.
HIV-Positive Women with CMV Likelier to Pass AIDS Virus to Infants
HIV-positive women with cytomegalovirus in their urine at the time of labor and delivery are more than five times likelier than HIV-positive women without CMV to transmit HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, to their infants, according to a UCLA-led study.
amfAR Launches Online Video Series Focused on How a Cure Would Impact the Lives of People Living with HIV
In honor of LGBTQ Pride Month, amfAR announced their Epic Voices video series, a collection of candid experiences from ordinary people living with HIV or AIDS.
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Betsy Andreu, the wife of Armstrong's former team-mate, Frankie, who testified he had admitted to doping in a hospital in 1996 and was subsequently labelled "crazy" by the Texan, said he does not understand "the magnitude of what he's done".
In the second part of Armstrong's interview with Oprah Winfrey, he was tearful when addressing the fact his 13-year-old son Max defended him. But he also spoke of lost earnings through sponsorship totalling £75million. Andreu was unimpressed, telling CNN: "Boohoo. He's not getting it."
She added: "What about Greg LeMond's bike company that was completely destroyed? It doesn't make sense. What about Scott Mercier not having a career? Christophe Bassons not having a career? Other guys who didn't want to do what he wanted them to do not having a career?
"You can't put a price on opportunity lost and we're not even talking millions of dollars, we're just talking about people who just want to make a living so they can pay a mortgage and save some money after."
Three-time Tour de France winner LeMond's company LeMond cycles fell into dispute with distributors Trek, Armstrong's sponsors, after he spoke out publicly against doping. Bassons and Mercier were effectively forced out of cycling because they refused to dope.
Andreu continued: "So many people in the saga have been hurt. Greg LeMond for example, [Armstrong's] children, people who defended him. He hurt the sport of cycling. He caused it irreparable damage. I hope that he will testify to USADA and tell the truth, and the right thing can be done.
"It can't be underestimated how much he has hurt people and I don't think he really understands the emotional toll, the mental toll, the financial toll. But he has to pay the price, some way, somehow. In a way I don't think he understands the magnitude of what he's done. He's trying to reason this out. He's just not being logical. I think he's being a little delusional."
Michele Verroken, former director of ethics at UK Sport, told BBC Breakfast she believes a life ban is an "absolutely appropriate'' punishment for Armstrong.
"Let's not forget this was calculated, sophisticated, in its way of getting round the testing programme, so sometimes it's important to say 'enough is enough', and a life ban should be applied,'' she said.
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[Hemant says: I don't know what this could *possibly* be in reference to.]
You Want to Swap Souls for What…?
[Hemant says: I don't know what this could *possibly* be in reference to.]
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I laughed
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Cute! Hehe
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But…but…I wanna cookie!!
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kind of looks like the dude wearing the Penn t-shirt is missing part of his left arm and is wearing a long sleeve on the right but a short sleeve on the left.
just an observation. it's cute still…
- rhodent
The left arm is definitely all there. It's hard to tell because the skin color is similar to the wall color, but if you look closely you can see that the area under Hemant's right arm/hand is the same color as the rest of Mr. Penn T-Shirt's skin, not the same color as the wall.
You may be right about the right sleeve being long while the left is short.
- Stev84
There should still be black line coloring
- MartyM
I had that same thought. It looks initially like it's missing, though you could convince yourself the arm is all there.
- Edmond
What's interesting is that I can trade my soul to this guy for a cookie, then wander down the street and trade it again for a sandwich from that guy, and then trade it AGAIN for a piroshky over there! It's the ultimate renewable resource! Sell your soul over and over, you'll never run out!
- Recovering Agnostic
True. Now, if they could tell that I'd already sold my soul to the guy down the road, I might start to think they were onto something.
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Pizza Hut Lets Gamers Order Food Through Their Xbox
Now there's no need to get up from the sofa when hungry.
If you know what it's like to be so consumed by your favorite game that you forget to eat for hours on end, you may have a reason to celebrate. The pizza delivery company has developed an app that lets you order a pizza right to your door, without even having to take a break from your current gaming conquest.
In an attempt to reach 18-24 year old males, the company may have found a way to bridge the virtual and physical world so that the prospect of stopping your game is no longer such as daunting one. Regardless of what type of game you like to play, the app works with a controller, Xbox Kinect and even voice commands.
With 25% of orders currently coming through digital channels, this latest innovation could see that number skyrocket over the next few years. It could also be the first steps taken by Microsoft to make physical products more readily available via their console, opening up a whole new opportunity for the company.


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Day of Resistance Rally in Reno, NV Feb 23
See Pictures and video of the .223 rally in Reno here:
Protect your right to keep and bear arms at this peaceful rally on Saturday, February 23rd, 2013 from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. 3600 South Virginia Street, Reno (just north of the Atlantis).
Speakers will include Senator Dean Heller, Congressman Mark Amodei and CDR Kirk Lippold. A 14-year-old girl will sing The National Anthem. This is it, folks. If we don't stand up now, tyranny is right around the corner. Let's carpool if need be and show up en masse at this rally. (There is no rally in Carson City .) For more info go here: http://www.novrw.com/?p=1641


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Chin Implant Q&A
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More Muslim states for the ME? Breaking the bid for an Islamic state of Aleppo
Kfaranbel demo tells Islamists: "Your job is to protect us, not establish states."
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A group of Islamist rebel factions in Aleppo has emphatically denounced the Syrian National Coalition and vowed to establish an Islamic state in Syria, highlighting the newly formed body's struggle to shore up the ranks of the armed opposition.
But while the Islamist declaration generated vocal outrage by opposition activists and was at odds with rebels fighting under the banner of the Free Syrian Army, the National Coalition has at best a short honeymoon period in which to score tangible achievements.
A video posted on YouTube late Sunday showed representatives from more than a dozen Islamist rebel factions gathered in Aleppo to express their rejection of "the so-called conspiratorial 'National Coalition,'" which was established in Doha, Qatar on Nov. 11 by leading opposition groups and figures.
The National Coalition was formed after pressure from Washington, which was disappointed with the performance over the last year by the principal opposition-in-exile bloc, the Syrian National Council.
The fighter who reads the announcement adds that the Islamist rebel factions are "unanimously agreed on establishing a just Islamic state," as they reject any type of "foreign [-sponsored] coalitions and councils that are imposed on us."
After the speaker concludes his short statement, one of the fighters standing around a long table adds an impromptu appeal to make the Quran the Constitution of a new Syrian state.
The Aleppo statement is made in the name of the Nusra Front, Tawhid Brigade and a host of other hard-line Islamist groups.
The mainstream FSA, according to Col. Malek al-Kurdi, its Turkey-based deputy commander, rejected the announcement and speculated that it had been made without the knowledge of the groups supposedly represented.
"We are trying, along with many battalions, to achieve the unity of arms against the regime of Bashar Assad," Kurdi told The Daily Star.
"We do not support any talk of formation of [Islamic] emirates ... the people will decide the type of regime" that should be established if the Assad government falls, he continued.
Kurdi dismissed the criticism by the Aleppo Islamists that the National Coalition was a foreign-dominated organization. "We support the National Coalition, which remains incomplete" in terms of its membership, he said, referring to the fact that the FSA had yet to be named to the group's executive committee because it was involved in its own re-organization drive.
Kurdi said that foreign countries were supporting the attempts to unify the armed opposition into a single command structure, but "this doesn't mean that the National Coalition is subject to a foreign agenda."
The Aleppo announcement provoked objections and outrage by wide swathes of pro-uprising Syrians – they might not be enamored of the FSA, but view the brazen declaration of an Islamic state as contradicting the goals of the uprising.
The authenticity of the statement is also in doubt, as spokesmen from at least two of the main Islamist groups, the Tawhid Brigade and the Ahrar al-Sham Battalions, disassociated themselves from the development, in comments to Al-Jazeera television.
The head of the National Coalition, Ahmad Moaz Khatib, told Al-Jazeera he had doubts about how representative the statement was, and said "the street," and not individual rebel groups, would decide Syria's political future.
Displeasure was also expressed at the grassroots level. In the Idlib village of Kfaranbel, which has become famous for its elaborate and pithy signs and placards during the 20-month uprising, protesters Monday denounced the Aleppo statement.
They asked the Islamist groups whether they had completed the task at hand, namely protecting civilians and stopping the killing, before they could go on to "establish states," and concluded with the simple "your statement does not represent us."
Nearly 500 protests were staged throughout Syria Friday under the slogan of supporting the National Coalition in its drive to secure foreign backing and equipment for the military struggle against the Assad regime – but this doesn't mean that the fledgling group has embarked on a promising start.
National Coalition figures, led by Khatib, have begun making the rounds of Arab and European capitals in a drive to secure diplomatic recognition.
The group has named an Alawite dissident, Monzer Makhous, as Syria's envoy to France, now that Paris has declared the coalition the sole legitimate representative of the Syrian people.
But on the ground, the Coalition has failed to attract leading opposition figures based inside the country.
Veteran secular dissidents such as Haitham Mannaa and Louay Hussein have lambasted the National Coalition for what they say is an objectionable dependence on foreign countries for political and other types of support.
The birth of the National Coalition was supposed to help spark a unification of the disparate rebel groups inside Syria, but neither the coalition nor the FSA has unveiled this long-promised step.
"We are in the process of being born again," Kurdi said, promising that an important announcement in this regard would appear within the coming days.
As for its other tasks, the National Coalition has pledged to set up various committees and bodies to prepare for a post-Assad era. But it began by naming an ambassador, a largely symbolic political move, meaning little to people who want an immediate flow of humanitarian aid, and ideally an end to violence.
In recent days, the stream of YouTube videos posted by activists and rebels inside Syria have highlighted how the National Coalition might deserve a cautious welcome, but that people will quickly sour on the group if it reminds them of the dysfunctional Syrian National Council.
In one video, a man in the central village of Houla stands in a field hospital, following what he says was shelling by government troops, as it receives gravely wounded civilians and suffers from a shortage of medicine and equipment.
Addressing the National Coalition, the man, increasingly agitated, repeats the plea, "This is what we are dealing with, so give us what you have!"
"This isn't a time for posts and prestige ... you need to give something to the people being killed every day!"
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Heavy Rain in East, and Snowflakes for Some
Published April 23rd, 2012
NEW YORK (AP) - A spring nor'easter is brining rain and strong winds and even snow to some places in the Northeast.
The National Weather Service says the storm is atypical for April but not uncommon.
From Philadelphia north through New York City and into southern New England up to 4 inches of rain could fall, with the heaviest downpour expected early Monday. Some areas could see wind gusts of 25-30 mph.
Higher-elevation areas in the western parts of Pennsylvania and New York and in West Virginia and Ohio could even see snow. Forecasts call for 4 to 12 inches.
Flooding is possible in some areas.
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Montreal startup taps crowdfunding for virtual reality headset
By Alastair Sharp
TORONTO, Sept 16 (Reuters) - A tiny Montreal company is turning to crowdfunding in hopes of moving its virtual reality headset from a working prototype to a mass produced rival to products from Facebook, Samsung and Sony.
Vrvana Inc aims to raise C$350,000 ($318,000) via website Kickstarter to make the first 1,000 units of its Totem headset, it said ahead of the month-long campaign's launch on Tuesday.
The 7-person team hopes game developers will snap up the C$400-and-up product early to create the ecosystem needed to ensure success.
"VR (virtual reality) is like mobile five years ago, when there were not many mobile game developers and the ones that made great games made a lot of money," Vrvana founder Bertrand Nepveu said in an interview.
Nepveu said beyond games, the Totem could be used for medical or aviation simulations, education, or even virtual tourism.
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With manufacturers splitting their camcorders between ones sporting optical zoom lenses, memory card slots and removable batteries, and pocket models with digital zoom, internal memory and embedded batteries, Sony has expanded its choices in the latter category with the introduction of four Bloggie Touch cameras.
Despite placing most of the controls on the 3-inch LCD touch screen, Sony has wisely retained two buttons: one for capturing video and the other for taking photos.
The Bloggie Touch quartet comprises 4- and 8-Gigabyte models available in silver or black. Each camera's Exmor CMOS sensor can effectively capture approximately 12.8 Megapixels. Sony has used the "Bloggie" brand on some previous pocket cameras, but the new design is as thin and sleek as we've seen, and the touch controls are new. The brushed aluminum pre-release model we obtained is only 5/8 of an inch thick and weighs just 4.4 ounces. It's 2 1/8 inches wide and 4 1/4 inches tall and stands erect when placed on a table. Sony has dispensed with the foldout screen or rotating lens seen on earlier Bloggies. The USB connector pops out from the bottom of the camera and a 5-inch cable adapter is included so that when you attach the camera to your computer, adjacent USB ports aren't rendered useless. The only other connection is a mini HDMI port (cable not included). There's a hole for a supplied wrist strap, but there is no earphone jack. A built-in speaker provides the in-camera audio playback. The camera is attractively packaged in a black cardboard case with velvet lining.
It's refreshing that the Bloggie Touch models enable you to shoot still images in camera and in three user-selectable sizes (4:3, 12 Megapixel; 16:9, 8Mp; and 16:9, 2Mp). Competing camcorders from Flip Video, the company largely responsible for teaching traditional camcorder manufacturers that consumers will buy products with fewer features as long as they're simple to use and make uploading videos to the Internet easy, makes users seeking stills grab them from the video only after footage is transferred to a computer. There's even a self-timer, letting you jump into the picture two or 10 seconds after you press the shutter. And there's a tripod socket for holding the camera.
The dedicated button with a red dot starts and stops your video recording, a real advantage over cameras with touch screen-only controls in situations where you can't make out what's on the screen in bright sunshine. You can choose three bit rates for recording video: 12 Megabits per second, 6Mbps or 4Mbps. The former enables full HD resolution (1920 x 1080 pixels at 29.97 frames per second, progressive). The middle bit rate provides 1280 x 720 at 59.94 fps, progressive. The latter affords 1280 x 720 at 29.97 fps, progressive. The file format is MP4; the video compression is MPEG-4 AVC / H.264. This means that you'll be able to burn the AVCHD format to DVD-R media in your computer that will be playable in high-def on most Blu-ray Disc players.
You'll also be able to upload video to popular video sharing sites including YouTube and Facebook. Sony lets you link a video clip to one or more specific sites in the camera itself, so that when you connect to a computer, clips are readily routed to where you want them to go. The "Share It Later" menu lets you touch check boxes for YouTube, Facebook and Flickr as well as e-mail address you create under such headings as My Best Friend, My Team, Mom and Dad or My Loved Ones.
|Still image shutter button is located just below power button.
|Fixed lens on front of camera. (Images are enlarged.)
Mini HDMI port is located behind cover. Wrist strap attaches below.
By touching the play button, the camera changes to a photo and video player. Fifteen video or photo icons (left) fit on the screen at a time, Video icons are bordered by film-like sprockets. With 96,000 pixels (288,000 dots counting subpixels) composing the display, images are crisp. You can speed up a video by touching the >> control or tugging the crawler. Though you can skip to the next full-screen image (including the opening frame of a video) by swiping your finger across the screen, the capacitive touch screen is not the multi-sensor type. You can't enlarge an image by separating two fingers. However, double tapping the screen with one finger will enlarge the image. You can do this four times, zooming in as you go, before the image reverts to its original size. You can't adjust screen brightness.
Though the picture automatically reorients as you rotate the player, be careful not to shoot video while holding the camera upright. When I watched such a scene on a big-screen HDTV through my HDMI cable, the moving picture appeared in a narrow slit between wide black borders. Rotating the player/camera turned the image full screen but sideways. Twisted heads quickly tire watching TV that way.
The built-in microphone is mono (as is the built-in speaker), and of course, mono is what you'll get out of your computer or TV speakers. (Pocket camcorders aren't known for containing an external mic input, and the Bloggie Touch is no exception.) The computer software stored in my pre-release Bloggie Touch that I uploaded to and installed on my Windows 7 PC didn't yet enable me to transfer content from the camera, so I can't comment on how the program compares to the great Flip Video software.
All told, the Bloggie Touch is a sleek pocket camera for capturing both high-def video and photos on a thin touch screen from a manufacturer that acknowledges the value of including hard buttons for the critical functions of recording video and taking photos. Also, enabling a choice of video and photo resolutions is a nod to users that they can think for themselves. With its in-camera ability to let you select Internet destinations for specific photos and clips, the popout USB connector to a computer, and the HDMI output to a TV, sharing or viewing content you create on the fly is simple and straightforward. Sony seems to have a winner with these attractively designed little wonders.
Bloggie Touch does work on a Mac. If you use iPhoto or iMovie (that comes with every Mac) you can easily transfer pictures or video from the device in full resolution. Bloggie Software for the Mac will be available soon (in January) that will work just like the Windows version including marking items to share on the camera and uploading the items to web services like Flickr, YouTube, Facebook and Picasa through Bloggie Software.
The thing I'm most disappointed about with my new Sony Bloggie Touch is that it is not compatible with Mac. You have to buy third-party software and then it still doesn't work with the Mac unless you first download the video to your hard drive. Even after you do that, the image on screen is only about 3 inches wide. Can't believe Sony has developed a video camera that will not work with the Mac.
The thing I'm most disappointed about with my new Sony Bloggie Touch is that it is not compatible with Mac. You have to buy third-party software and then it still doesn't work with the Mac unless you first download the video to your hard drive. Even after you do that, the image on screen is only about 3 inches wide. Can't believe Sony has developed a video camera that will not work with the Mac.
Guess What?..."Guys",
This past May, I purchased the "Sony Bloggie" MHS-CM5. I went to their "BLOG" page and told them I was not a happy camper with the unit. The money I spent was over $200.00. It should have at least come with a earphone plug, to tell if the the sound was coming in good while recording. It was also missing a carry pouch, and a small remote would have been satisfactory. The stills come out pretty good, because it uses a "Memory Stick Duo Pro" memory card. That's all it has that makes the pictures good. As far as the accessories are concerned, on a small piece of wire that is supposed to connect to a "USB" terminal on a computer.
I hope the new "Bloggie" is not as disappointing as the previous one on the market.
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Haven't looked at other such pages on B&H's site so I don't know whether it's typical of their "previews," but most manufacturers have agreements with review sites etc not to evaluate performance before actual, finished product rolls off the assembly line -- that is, not to review pre-release units.
Still, would it have killed them to indicate the focal length of the lens?
I am disappointed to see that there is no mention in this review of the quality and performance of this device as a photographic instrument. Increasingly, consumers are focused only on features and on "how many megapixels," and seem to be clueless that there are cameras which produce good images and those which produce poor ones; those which have good optics and those which do not.
I wouldn't be surprised to find such a revew on CNET, but I did expect some discussion of what it can produce - not just how well it uploads its products - in a B&H review.
Or should we conclude that any device in this class is a joke and doesn't deserve serious analysis as a camera?


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Smith originally worked at WVU as an offensive graduate assistant in 2001, but was quickly offered a full-time position coaching the quarterbacks at South Florida (2001-04). He mentored the signal callers for four years at USF before being elevated to offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for his final two seasons (2005-06).
Smith served as an offensive coordinator at Franklin High School in West Virginia (1997-98), Urbana (1998-2000) and West Virginia Tech (2000). He also committed time as a graduate assistant at Clemson, working alongside coach Rich Rodriguez. Smith relocated with Rodriguez as a member of the coach's initial staff at WVU.
A native of Franklin, W.Va., Smith earned a bachelor's degree in physical education from Glenville State (1997) and received a master's degree in teaching at Urbana (2000). Playing for Rodriguez at Glenville State, the 1996 All-American quarterback led his team to the championship playoffs twice and reached the division finals one season.
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Four-wing saltbush
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Four-wing saltbush gets its common name from the seed, which has four paperlike wings that project from the seed at right angles. "Saltbush" refers to the alkaline soil habitats in which the plant grows. The common name was suggested by Frederick Coville, famous for introducing blueberries into cultivation. The leaves also have a salty flavor which may contribute to the name. The scientific name Atriplex (AH-tri-plex) is from the Latin word for herbs and shrubs, while the species name canescens (kah-NES-enz) means grayish-white or hoary, a reference to the color of the leaves. The family name Chenopodiaceae is derived from the Greek words khen meaning "goose" and pous meaning "foot." Certain members of this plant family have leaves that are shaped like a goose's foot. The plant is also known as wingscale, cenizo and chico.
Four-wing saltbush are shrubs that grow an average of two to three feet tall although they may reach eight to fifteen feet in height. It has many branches; some twigs are spiny. The young stems and leaves are covered with minute white scales called scurf, which helps protect the plant against water loss. Long linear-shaped leaves are three eighths to one and one half inches long, grow either singly or in small clusters from alternate nodes, and are covered with small scales. These plants are dioeciousthe Latin word for "two homes." Male and female flowers are found on separate plants (mostly). The tiny yellow male flowers grow in tiny globular clusters called glomerules. Five sepals are fused into a small cup, from which the five stamens arise. Female flowers grow in open, elongated clusters two to sixteen inches long, arising from the sides of the stem. The seeds, called utricles, have four large, membranous fringed wings that arise at right angles to the seed. The flowers bloom from mid-spring to mid-summer. Some years, plants may be cloaked with seeds.
These shrubs are found in blackbrush, cold desert shrub, pinyon-juniper and salt desert shrub habitats, mostly in alkaline soils, but also in gravelly washes or sandy soils. In areas of drifting sands, the stems will continue to grow above the newly formed dunes.
Four-wings grow from California, northwest to Washington, east to North Dakota and Kansas, and south to Mexico. Occurs from two thousand five hundred to eight thousand feet in elevation. The four-winged saltbush is the most widely distributed saltbush.
Native Americans of the Southwest harvested the leaves and seeds of the plant for food. Seeds were cooked like oatmeal, and the leaves were either eaten raw or cooked. Sometimes the ashes of the plant were used as a leavening ingredient for breads or were used in making a lye to soften the hulls of corn. However the seeds were prepared, they represented a good source of niacin. The ground-up seeds were mixed with sugar and water for a drink called pinole.
At Zuni, handfuls of the male blossoms were crushed and mixed with a little water to create a soap for washing or treating ant bites. This suggests that the plant contains saponins, soaplike compounds. Navajos made a yellow dye from an infusion of the twigs and leaves.
Four-wing saltbush is an important browse plant for wildlife. Deer, pronghorn and rabbits feed on the leaves, while some birds and small mammals feed on the seeds. Small rodents use the shrub's protective form for excavating their burrows.
Many members of the goosefoot family are considered weeds: Russian thistle, pigweed, arrowweed and kochia, but cultivated members of the family include spinach, Swiss chard and sugar beets.
Like many plants that can tolerate salty soils, the four-wing saltbush has tiny bladders located on the leaf surface that store salts, which eventually erupt and release salt onto the leaf surface. Some researchers believe that the salts in the leaf's tissues act like antifreeze, enabling the plant to continue to photosynthesize longer in winter.
In some instances, the four-winged saltbush may be monoeciousa Latin word meaning "one home." Both male and female flowers are found on one plant, but the plants may switch their floral arrangements from monoecious to dioecious and back again! Four-wing saltbush is known to hybridize with twelve other Atriplex species.
The large papery wings of the seed facilitate dispersion by the wind. The wind blows the seeds away from the mother plant, and they tumble along to a different location. A fungus forms a beneficial association with the roots of the seedlings at germination. The fungus provides access to essential nutrients that the plant's roots may not be able to take up on their own. This gives the seedling a competitive advantage over other seedlings.
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If there is then remove the hose and check to see if the screens pluged up inside the fitting on the end of the hose.
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Like said already, could be water turned off. If you have those flood safe hoses the safeties could have activated locking off the hose. Solenoid valve could be stuck.
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In most AT&T, Sprint, or T-Mobile stores, it takes a while to find the ZTE phones, buried in the back, past the latest from Apple and Samsung. But they're there. In AT&T stores it's the ZTE Maven, which has a screen, speakers, and a processor with capabilities somewhere between the iPhone 5 and 6. As Tony Greco, ZTE's head of U.S. retail marketing, puts it, "These were state-of-the-art features two years ago." The Maven's draw, really, is price. Without any subsidies from a wireless carrier, the phone costs just $60. And it's not even one of the company's cheaper models.
ZTE is quietly becoming a force in the U.S. by selling good enough phones at low prices—smaller prepaid smartphones for $30, basic phones with QWERTY keyboards for about the same, and so on. The Chinese company's products are among the cheap phones of choice at three of the big four U.S. carriers. (Verizon doesn't carry them.) ZTE claimed about 8 percent of America's smartphone market in the second quarter of this year, says researcher IDC, up from 4.2 percent in the first quarter of 2014. That ranks the company fourth among smartphone makers overall, behind Apple, Samsung, and LG. "We came from nowhere, and now we are a solid force," says Lixin Cheng, head of ZTE's U.S. operations.
In the U.S., the company was best known for years for making network routers and switches for mobile operators. Its phone sales are all the more surprising because it's been frozen out of the more lucrative telecom networking market since 2012. That year, the House Intelligence Committee issued a report warning that China's intelligence services could potentially use ZTE's equipment, and those of rival Huawei Technologies, for spying. Huawei then dismissed the allegations as "little more than an exercise in China bashing."
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