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David Cook, David Archuleta take 'American Idol's stage for final time
By Christopher Rocchio, 05/21/2008
Simon Cowell
David Cook
would take home the
American Idol
seventh-season title, but it was
David Archuleta
who apparently scored the knockout during last night's final live performance episode.
"Tonight, I think we've witnessed one of the great finals," said Simon at the broadcast's conclusion. "In my opinion [Archuleta], you came out here tonight to win. What we have witnessed is a knockout."
Both Davids performed three times during the broadcast -- a song chosen by RCA chairman Clive Davis; a song selected from the
seventh-season's songwriting competition
; and a contestant's choice, which could have been a previously performed number or a new one. Andrew Lloyd Webber served as the musical mentor, as he did during the
seventh week of the finals
"I think tonight you've both got to leave everything on the floor," said
Randy Jackson
at the beginning of the broadcast. "You've got to bring everything that you've got tonight. This is a duel."
Last night's Idol finale also relocated from the Kodak Theater -- the site of the first six finales -- to the Nokia Theatre, which is at the center of Los Angeles' L.A. Live, a new four million square-foot complex that opened last October. The Nokia Theatre features a studio audience seating capacity of 7,000 while the Kodak Theater could only seat 3,400 people.
The following is Reality TV World's recap of the performance broadcast in the order which the finale went down. Also included are comments from each of the three judges -- Randy,
Paula Abdul
and Simon -- as well as additional information about each performance.
On Wednesday night beginning at 8PM ET/PT, Idol's seventh-season champ will be crowned based on home viewer votes cast immediately following last night's episode.
David Cook, a 25-year-old from Blue Spings, MO who currently resides in Tulsa, OK
First Song:
"I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" by U2 (Clive Davis' choice)
Randy said:
"I think it was a great way to start off this duel of 2007. [Randy meant 2008] Very nice song choice, I mean great song. I don't know if you did everything you could do with it, but I love the scoop of the note at the end. That was hot baby. Hot!"
Paula said:
"Well you may not have found what you're looking for but we have found David Cook. (cheers) We need to look no further. David Cook has arrived. Amen, amen. You're in great voice tonight."
Simon said:
"You know David, I could see at the top of this show you looked very tense, very emotional -- and I can understand why. So taking all of that together, I thought it was phenomenal."
Additional Info:
Clive told David he "looked for a song that captured the yearning of a generation" when picking "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"... Andrew called it a "tough song" to do.
David Archuleta, a 17-year-old from Murray, UT
First Song:
"Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" by Elton John (Clive Davis' choice)
Randy said:
"David, it doesn't matter what happens right now. You've got to know one thing, this is one of the best performances of this whole season. You picked the right time to peak baby! That was flawless and unbelievably molten hot! Crazy vocals... Crazy!"
Paula said:
"I've got to tell you my heart's still pounding. I've got chills up and down my arms. (cheers) The sun is never going to go down on you because you bring out so much sunshine in everyone throughout the whole world through your singing. David, that was a beautiful, beautiful, stunning performance. I'm so excited, tonight is unbelievable."
Simon said:
"Okay, okay, okay. It's very easy to get overexcited tonight. David, I'm going to be honest with you. I thought
last week
you were okay. I thought tonight's performance was arguably the best you've done so far. (cheers) Taking everything into account, Round 1 goes to Archuleta."
Additional Info:
David won the coin toss to determine who would perform first or second during the final performance episode. He chose to go second... Andrew reiterated to David the importance of not singing with his eyes closed. "I'm just going to keep my eyes on the prize," said David... One sign in the audience read, "David I need a date 4 prom," while another read, "Marry me David Archuleta"... After the judges comments,
host Ryan Seacrest said David was "almost in tears of excitement."
David Cook
Second Song:
"Dream Big" by Emily Shackelton (Contestant's choice from songwriting competition)
Randy said:
"Alright, so the beginning of Round 2 for the king of the duel. I'll tell you what, the song was just okay for me. But what made it really work was your voice dude. You were singing your face off right there. Nice... nice."
Paula said:
"David, a song in your heart, a guitar in your hand. We millions who sit were all mesmerized by you. This is a great way to take a song we don't know and fall in love with it. Congratulations."
Simon said:
"Using the boxing analogy, it was a bit of a lightweight I thought. I thought the end was okay. You made the most of what you had. Bearing in mind that this is supposed to be a winning song, it didn't feel like a winning moment for me. (boos) Just an opinion! Look, the good news is we've got a third song, right? That was a six-and-a-half out of 10."
Additional Info:
David played guitar during his performance... After the judges' comments, Ryan asked David how he felt. "I feel good," he answered before the magnitude of the moment apparently hit him. "I playing in front of 7,000 people. I feel great."
David Archuleta
Second Song:
"In This Moment" by Ryan Gillmor (Contestant's choice from songwriting competition)
Randy said:
"Once again for me the song... I wasn't crazy about the song. But here's the deal, man. Right now, you are so in the zone that you could sing the phonebook and it would be good. So that was another hot performance. You're in the zone baby."
Paula said:
"It's just another heartfelt performance. It doesn't matter what song you're singing. It's like you're on fire tonight. It's pure magic. That was why you are in the spot that you're in -- in the finals. Congratulations."
Simon said:
"I love the egotistical lyric. Fantastically self-centered! You definitely, definitely chose the better song there. Much more in keeping with the night. Round 2 goes to David Archuleta."
David Cook
Third Song:
"The World I Know" by Collective Soul (Contestant's choice)
Randy said:
"One of the cool things about you is that you're showing people tonight a lot of different sides of David Cook. That was a very nice, sensitive side of David Cook. I love Collective Soul and I've been saying this for weeks now -- I think this is the kind of record that you could definitely make and get by with. Very nice job dude. Very nice."
Paula said:
"I look up at you up on that stage and you're standing in your truth and you're delivering unbelievable songs with integrity and originality. I truly applaud you David Cook, I do."
Simon said:
"David look, I just want to say publicly that you are actually one of the nicest, most sincere contestants we've had. I thought that was a beautiful song, but I'm going to be honest with you -- it was completely and utterly the wrong song choice for you on the night. (boos) You should have sung
'Billie Jean'
or '
Additional Info:
Andrew advised David to make the song "more of a cry of passion"... David said he chose the song because there are "a lot of heavy-hitting parts" and added it's one he's never performed before... David also played guitar during this performance... David defended his song selection following Simon's comment. "For me, this whole thing has been a progression. So the way that I was looking at it was why do something I've already done? But for the record, I completely understand what you're saying."... After the judges delivered their comments was, David was visibly emotional as tears welled in his eyes.
David Archuleta
Third Song:
"Imagine" by John Lennon (Contestant's choice)
Randy said:
"David Archuleta... I'm really happy and proud that it's the two Davids standing on the stage because we thought all season
it would come down to this
. Dude, you are so good tonight. You are exactly what this show is about -- finding the best singer we can find, and the best singer of Season 7 is right there!" (cheers)
Paula said:
"It's the culmination David, and you've left me speechless as I was when I first heard you sing this song. You were stunning tonight, you were stunning tonight."
Simon said:
"We've taken a little bit of stick this year -- the competition. But at the end of the day, this show is about finding a star. Tonight, I think we've witnessed one of the great finals. But here's the difference. In my opinion David, you came out here tonight to win. What we have witnessed is a knockout."
Additional Info:
Andrew advised David to make the audience and home viewers feel the same way he does about the song... David had
previously performed "Imagine"
during the semifinals. "I think that was my best performance," said David on the first time he sang it. "It's a song I can really connect to."... David was also emotional, with tears forming in his eyes...
second-season champ Ruben Studdard closed the live performance episode by singing "Celebrate Me Home," which served as the
seventh-season "farewell song"
heard after each of the Top 12 finalists was eliminated from the competition.
(Photo credit Michael Becker/FOX)
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Nice job.
finally got off the turnaround i was workin and bolted for the range. over two trips i put 500 rounds of umc bulk and another hundred of monarch. yeah. real high quality stuff lol. anyway it went 600 shots with no malfunctions, even with the slide being to hot to touch it did just fine. of course i suppose nothing less is to be expected from an HK.
anyway the highlight of my trip was this group. most of them at 20-25 yards were fist size, but this one was the best one of the night. 50 feet indore range, standing off hand, 3 shots.
Nice job.
"Love the HK45 more and more everyday"
How couldn't you? Supreme handgun... I own a USP-c but I happen to think the HK45s and the P30s are alot better
I love my HKs and shoot my GLOCKs. I have two buddies who swear by the HK45, though for my money you can't beat a USP45 or a Mark 23! <g>
I shoot can carry my HK45 more than the Nighthawk Custom I spec'd for shooting and carry.
As a die-hard 1911 guy, I find that kind of disappointing.
I posted this over at the blog back in July regarding my HK45.Since April, between various range trips, three USPSA matches, two IDPA matches and two days at TDI I'm quickly approaching the three-thousand mark on the HK45. The gun has seen little cleaning and has ran without incident. Sometime during the first major cleaning I noticed that the O-ring on the barrel was a little frayed and replaced it. I'm unsure of the round count as the gun was used and the previous owner was active in IDPA/USPSA as well, but the gun doesn't show that much wear even though it's seen draws from Kydex and leather.
The added ambi safety is wearing in nicely as well are my hands, I'm getting calluses in some new spots, most noticeably on the middle finger of my right hand where the mag release rubs a little funny. The gun carries well and It's been primary carry for a couple of months now and rides great in the Milt Sparks VMII. Since shooting the gun I'm improved my points down on the IDPA classifier from 51 to 37, I need to go over the stages and compare my times/pts down to the last two classifiers etc. to see where my times have changed, what's neat is that I also made match most accurate and second most accurate in the last two IDPA matches which I had not done prior to running the HK45, to put it simply the gun and I agree with each other. The reloads are getting smoother, but I still need to work on them more and USPSA is really good for getting reloading practice.
I'm probably going to replace the trigger return spring in the near future, as robust as the HK design is the one part that has a history for going out is that spring. As I'm unsure of the round count and seeing that I'm averaging around 700+/- rounds a month (the TDI course is skewing that average big time) and plan on shooting two more matches this month I figure it's better safe than sorry regarding the replacement of the spring.
The gun has digested mainly nickel cased Remington UMC 230gr FMJ but at two matches I burnt through some of the older defensive ammo, mixed batches of 230 gr samples of the following:
Speer Gold Dots, Hydra-Shoks & HSTs, and a ton of Remington Golden Sabers. Again, zero failures of any sort, the gun came with nine magazines and all seem to work well, even when slightly caked with mud.
Overall I couldn't be happier with this gun, the one thing I don't particularly like is the blued magazines, the finish of the slide may be very durable but the magazines were getting a little rusty, but then again with the rampant humidity and my lack of cleaning magazines of late, I suppose it's excusable. I'm torn on the idea of having the mags refinished in Cerakote etc. as magazines are a consumable commodity when it comes to pistols, eventually they are going to have to be taken out of service and replaced.
Who the duck has an MK .23? If I had 1,200 dollars!!!!
Im pretty sure my HK USP will go to the 10,000 round mark without a jam, I think all HKs can do that minium if not more
Lol well the poor girl had a rough day today. I was squirrel huntin on some public land, carried my 45 in my pack, got back to the truck, sat it on the roof and forgot about it. Proceded to drive off, it fell off. I got out and looked at the tire marks going over it and the dirt and grass stuck behind the hammer. Pulled the crap out of there and went on my way. Got home and got the bright idea to detail strip and clean it despite multiple warnings against it. After 20 minutes of searching the shop for all the parts that flew out of it and puttin what used to be a gun in a ziplock bag I was off to the local gunsmith. He finished stripping, cleanin, and re assymbling her for fifteen bucks. Now she's all back clean and working perfectly layin on my night stand. That was a careless day for me and I'm glad it didn't turn out any worse for my pistol lol
looks like it was a day filled with opportunities for learning
LOLOLOL--Yeah, I could be convinced to let a mag or two go down range without me pulling the trigger. It's sa-weet to say the least. For all the guys who complain about the size I have to ask "Have ya ever picked one up?" It's 1/2" longer than a Beretta 92, the same height, slimmer, and lighter, even fully loaded. It "corners" like a USP45 and has an identical grip diameter. No I wouldn't carry it (what are the odds of it ever coming out of the evidence locker should I need to use it? Bordering on "zero".)
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Posted in the Deer Park Forum
#1 Jun 5, 2012
While going to the public works department the last two days the first clerk with blonde hair has been working on a family album on her computer. Another friend of mine who was getting a permit earlier told me he saw the same thing. It must be nice to use city funds and computers to do personal things and who is the guy with the baseball cap that always is standing around or sitting at one of the ladies desk? Every time we go get permits he is just always in there doing nothing.
#2 Jun 5, 2012
Maybe the clerk is doing a marketing brochure for the fire station 3 full service auto shop.
#3 Jun 5, 2012
Do you have nothing better to do thn go to city hall and look for those you think are not doing their job? Thank goodness we have the family album police on our side! What a joke you are, get a life!
#4 Jun 5, 2012
why don't you "man" up and ask while you are getting your permits...???
nevermind, I know why....
#5 Jun 5, 2012
It was not an album of police. It was family members of hers .
Since: Oct 10
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#6 Jun 5, 2012
"album of police"....funny. I think you totally missed the point.
#7 Jun 5, 2012
The point is, they are public servants that are employed by the citizens of Deer Park to do city jobs not to do personal photo albums whether it be of police, dogs, children or significant others....nor should they work on private citizens vehicles whether they are co-workers, volunteers or joe q citizen that breaks down (liability), or wash personal vehicles of employees, spouses, children or off the street passerbys of volunteers in any department (hell if that is the case, I am taking mine tomorrow). Nor should they involve themselves in any other task that is not in the best interest of the community that reflects a good steward of tax payers dollars. A taxed entity is different than a regular run of the mill company. As a citizen of this city and this country I want my elected officials, employees and volunteers to spend or not spend, directly or indirectly, our tax dollars in a responsible, professional and ethical manner.
#8 Jun 5, 2012
The question is does the clerk not have anything better to do? Where are the leaders of the permit area? I work for a private firm and I would never dream of working on a personal task during my working hours.
#9 Jun 5, 2012
Do you ask the clerk at Taco Bell or the cashier at the grocery store if it is okay for them to text while running the register and the boss is not looking? That is what I thought!!!!
#10 Jun 5, 2012
Do you?
#11 Jun 5, 2012
not @Taco Bell anyway...I don't want them spitting in my food....
@the grocery store while I have been waiting in line..??? never seen that happen before...but YES I would.
if I am being neglected by any public servant...you can bet your ass I would speak up there...before I would whine about it in this forum....
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Because everyone else who is at work does not do personnel things
#13 Jun 6, 2012
It's simply a lack of passion for their chosen profession.It is obvious to me that the album creating employee does not love permitting.
I have seen content workers at both the library and Golf Course.. these employees seemed relatively happy in their positions.These employees had obviously chosen a job that fit their personal passions.
Perhaps also these workers see and hear a whole lot more about the attitudes, corruption, collusion and intent of the elected and appointed power hungry & self absorbed officials and friends of same that run our fair city. How motivated were the slave cotton pickers of the South unless the lash was being applied? Were they not called lazy or shiftless by casual observers that were at the least ignorant of all the facts or political undercurrents in the workplace?
Perhaps they have a low attitude of those that actually do get permits when so many simply do not. I wonder if elected officials permit everything in their own homes or businesses that are required by statute.
I do recall that there was some question if the disgraced former city manager (the groper) had acquired the proper permits for work done on his abode(s).
#14 Jun 6, 2012
Golf Course is happy because work 8 HR Shift and play 6 days of free golf thats why they are happy.
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#15 Jun 6, 2012
They are not being paid by Deer Park citizens
#16 Jun 6, 2012
Thank you....that is the point!! Exactly!!!
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Amazed..........This is why we have a need for Firefighters, Paramedics and Police. Stupid people.....thank you folks for making this possible. If it weren't for folks like you we would have to find something else to do..........like bitch about what other are doing.
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If this had been a vehicle owned by a citizen and these folks were assisting, this is what the oath of office each takes states they will do. These folks are public servants and should and would assist anyone that came to the station needing assistance to the best of their ability. I once had a gentleman stop at the station with a flat tire. It was last summer and the temperature was 101 degrees. This gentleman was in poor health and asked if it was alright for him to change his tire. I told him know he could not but I would do it for him (due to his health). I changed the tire and stowed his jack. He handed me a $20 bill. I refused to take it because 1) Morals, 2) I took an oath to serve 3) I would expect the same from anyone else if it were my family.
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I will keep this simple so your one brain cell does not get overloaded. So here is how the story goes....Once upon a time there was a firefighter that responded to the station in his own vehicle (maroon truck) wearing his uniform (black cargo pants and fire department shirt. As he entered the driveway at the station, his turbo charger failed (its a diesel truck). He coasted to the parking space and responded to the call (a structure fire at a residence..... oh sorry, a house on fire). He made the call and when he got back to the station on the big fire truck, he and another volunteer firefighter began making repairs. Since there are no tools at this station (budget cuts because the citizens complain) he was using his own. Others at the station came out to watch the activities. These folks were in uniforms also.......hmmmmm, I see a pattern here........still with me? If not, I will wait for you to digest all of this information. This volunteer spent his own money to come to the station, spent his own money to make repairs then spent his own money to go back home. All for you, the citizen, who now wants to trash this individual for doing something for you. It may have not been your house that day but it may be tomorrow. These folks do this because this is their way of giving back and keeping your tax rate where it is. You do not pay these folks a salary But you do buy the uniform. You may reply he is an idiot for doing this. Maybe so, but this is his hobby just as yours is to complain about what others are doing. Nonetheless, you will mull this over and make an attempt to reply so you have the last word. Thats fine with me. I hope this has been kept simple for you to understand. I tried not to use big words. As stated by others, you are invited to stop by the station and talk about this one-on-one. They love meeting the citizens. I am just glad the individual was not wearing a military uniform you would have had to complain to the President. To those that are part of the DPVFD .Thank you for being there when we need you. If your vehicle breaks down, I will be more than happy to help you make the repairs. Let me know and I will put on my uniform and stand with you.
#20 Jul 1, 2012
Couldn't have said it better myself. Get over it people, there are MUCH worse things going on in our community then this....
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Chesapeake Energy Corp,the Oklahoma-based firm is the No. 1 driller in Ohio.
Rig Count Interactive Map by Baker Hughes, an energy services company.
Shale Sheet Fracking, a Youngstown Vindicator blog.
National Geographic's The Great Shale Rush.
The Ohio Environmental Council, a statewide eco-group based in Columbus.
Earthjustice, a national eco-group.
People's Oil and Gas Collaborative-Ohio, a grass-roots group in Northeast Ohio.
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Former Soviet star Jarvi to head top Swiss Orchestra
By Robert Evans
GENEVA (Reuters Life!) - Estonian-born Neeme Jarvi, among the best-known classical conductors in U.S. and European concert halls, has been appointed artistic director of Switzerland's Suisse Romande Orchestra.
The Geneva-based orchestra said 73-year-old Jarvi, who shook the former Soviet Union's music world when he left for the United States in 1980, would take over the post next January and become its chief conductor in 2012.
In both posts he will replace Polish-born Marek Janowski, who has headed the orchestra since 2005 -- the latest in a series of top conductors who have led it since its foundation by Swiss maestro Ernest Ansermet in 1918.
As musical director, he will prepare the orchestra's programme for the three years that he will be conductor.
Jarvi, whose two sons are also conductors, studied in Leningrad -- now St Petersburg -- under Soviet maestro Yevgeny Mravinsky and headed Soviet Estonia's main orchestras.
He won several international prizes and was hailed in Moscow as a Soviet cultural icon, gaining major state awards.
But he was known to have chafed at restrictions on what music he could perform and on foreign travel and was allowed to leave the communist-ruled country with his family 30 years ago.
That came during a period of widely publicized defections and enforced departures to the West of other major Soviet cultural figures, and the Kremlin clearly aimed to avoid a further international scandal. Continued...


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Perhaps the reason for some states like NC not permitting weapons to be carried in the bank is because it allows for the bank employees to not have to make judgment calls.
For example, if CC is legal, and a BG comes in with a CC gun that is printing, the employees have to wait for him to actually pull it out and point it in someone's face before they can react. If CC is not permitted, then as soon as they realize it's there they could press a silent alarm or whatever.
I'm not saying I'm in favor but I'm just pointing out a possible reason for the law.
Also, the bank manager and employees probably keep their own weapons on hand so they don't need to rely on citizens to defend them.


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Recently added was the capability to list items created within a range of dates and groups. The following URL is an example that allows for quick retrieval of all work items added to the ITU-T work programme in the last 90 days: http://itu.int/go/ITU-T-new-work-90d.
The European Patent Office explains why its relationship with standards makers is so crucial in a new post on the ITU blog.
The ITU-T L.1410 and L.1420 Recommendations to assess the environmental impacts of ICTs are among 10 international methodologies to have been pilot-tested in Europe's bid to establish and converge around a common international framework to assess the energy and emission footprint of the ICT sector.
Recommendation ITU-T L.1410 "Methodology for environmental impacts of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) goods, networks and services" provides a standardized way to assess the direct environmental impact of ICT goods, networks and services, as well as their indirect impact on the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of non-ICT industry sectors. It is based on the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology standardized in ISO 14040 and ISO 14044.
ITU-T L. 1420 "Methodology for energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions impact assessment of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in organizations" standardizes the requirements with which an organization should comply when assessing energy consumption and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. It is based on ISO 14064-1.
In a study led by the European Commission, 27 leading ICT companies and associations engaged in a 10-month trial of measurement methodologies developed by entities including international standards development organizations (SDOs) such as ITU's Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T), ISO, IEC, ETSI and the GHG Protocol.
The study was commissioned by the European Commission's DG CONNECT as part of its ICT Footprint initiative which aims to test the workability and compatibility of 'footprinting' methodologies in the ICT sector, with the overarching goal of building consensus and engendering convergence around a "common methodological framework for the measurement of the energy consumption and carbon emissions arising from the production, transport and selling processes of ICT goods, networks and services."
The results of the study are detailed in a report titled "ICT Footprint: Pilot testing on methodologies for energy consumption and caron footprint of the ICT-sector".
The pilots recognized Recommendation ITU-T L.1420 as the only available international reporting methodology to assess ICT-related energy consumption and/or greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in ICT organizations as well as ICT-related activities within non-ICT organizations.
As regards products, networks and services, similarities were found between Recommendation ITU-T L.1410 and ETSI TS 103 199 "Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of ICT equipment, networks and services: General methodology and common requirements with the goal to develop a common ITU-T/ETSI Methodology for ICT products, networks and services".
The report concludes by recommending actions through which policy makers, SDOs and industry can accelerate the drive towards a common international ICT-footprinting framework. The pilot-testing has proven that the work performed by ITU-T is resulting in robust deliverables and should be leveraged as a basis for future enhancements.
Acting on suggestions from the pilot-testing report, ITU-T Study Group 5 (Environment and climate change) and the ETSI Technical Committee on Environmental Engineering (ETSI TC EE) are collaborating on the revision of their respective standards, Recommendation ITU-T L. 1410 and ETSI TS 103 199.
A first meeting between the two expert groups will discuss a roadmap for this collaboration. Kindly hosted by ETSI, the meeting will be held in Sophia Antipolis, France, 27-31 May 2013. Details can be found here.
Read more on ITU-T Study Group 5 here
Read more on ITU-T and climate change here
An ITU workshop on software-defined networking (SDN) will gather a global selection of standardization experts to progress SDN standards-development with one aim to establish efficient coordination of future work.
SDN is a promising route towards the introduction and realization of network virtualization, a major shift in networking technology which will give network operators the ability to establish and manage new virtualized resources and networks without deploying new hardware technologies. ICT market players see SDN and network virtualization as critical to countering the increases in network complexity, management and operational costs traditionally associated with the introduction of new services or technologies.
SDN proposes to decouple the control and data planes by way of a centralized, programmable control-plane and data-plane abstraction. This abstraction will usher in greater speed and flexibility in routing instructions and the security and energy management of network equipment such as routers and switches.
The upcoming workshop responds to Resolution 77 - Standardization work in ITU-T for software defined networking agreed by the World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (WTSA-12) in Dubai, UAE, 20-29 November 2012. SDN was emphasized as a strategic priority for ITU-T by the meeting of the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Group, 18 November 2012 (The 2012 CTO Meeting Communiqué can be found here). The Global Standards Symposium (GSS-12) held the day preceding WTSA-12, 19 November 2012, acted on the recommendations of the CTO Group by taking SDN as one of its points of focus and feeding the conclusions of its SDN discussion into WTSA-12.
The workshop will take place at ITU Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, 4 June 2013, within the annual meeting of the ITU Telecommunication Standardization Advisory Group (TSAG), 4-7 June 2013. It will be co-chaired by Wei Feng, Huawei, China, Chairman of ITU-T Study Group 11 (Signalling requirements, protocols and test specifications); and Chae-Sub Lee, Kaist, Republic of Korea, Chairman of ITU-T Study Group 13 (Future networks including cloud computing, mobile and NGN). Confirmed speakers include representatives of ITU-T Study Groups 11 and 13; the University of Tokyo, Japan; MIIT/CATR, China; Cisco Systems; the ETSI Industry Specification Group on Network Function Virtualization (ISG NFV); and the Open Networking Foundation (ONF).
More information on the workshop can be found here.
Cooperation between ITU and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) has produced a new metadata standard to enable rights information interoperability in IPTV services. The standard provides a framework for communicating data such as that accompanying material under copyright, to ensure that multimedia content can be shared legally across different platforms.
Recommendation ITU-T H.751 "Metadata for rights information interoperability in IPTV services" is technically aligned with IEC 62698 "Multimedia home server systems – Rights information interoperability for IPTV". The parallel standard is the product of collaboration between experts from IEC Technical Committee 100 (Audio, video and multimedia systems and equipment) and ITU-T Study Group 16 (Multimedia coding, systems and applications).
"Metadata" refers to data describing aspects of other data, or information about information presented in the form of "structured, encoded data that describe characteristics of information-bearing entities to aid in the identification, discovery, assessment and management of the described entities" (Recommendation ITU-T Y.1901).
IPTV metadata is information on multimedia services and content which provides a descriptive and structural framework for managing IPTV services spanning television, audio, video, text, graphics and data. "Rights information metadata" in particular refers to information on the rights granted to end-users of multimedia content, stipulating pre-defined 'utilization functions' including permissions to view/hear, copy, modify, record, excerpt, sample, store or distribute content; restrictions on times or hours content can be played, viewed or heard; and obligations such as payment.
To date, a lack of interoperability in rights information metadata has meant that consumers are at risk of being locked into solutions offered by a single service provider. A user's purchased rights to multimedia content are dependent on and bound to the rights held by the service provider. In addition, service providers employ different technologies and systems in the management of digital content and associated rights information.
ITU-T H.751 | IEC 62698 provides clear mechanisms or rules for flexible digital distribution that allows for simple exchanges of content, enabling service providers to implement common interpretation and integration of rights information. The standard targets interoperability to ensure that service providers and device manufacturers can easily exchange rights information across their current content management systems. It gives the high-level specification of the metadata for rights information interoperability (RII), defining the common semantics and core elements on RII. In other words, it finds the greatest common denominators in rights expressions (syntactic embodiments of rights) to encourage the mutual use of rights information.
The standard also specifies rights-related information – such as 'content ID', 'permission issuer ID' and 'permission receiver ID' – used to bridge between rights-related metadata. The rights information covered by ITU-T H.751 | IEC 62698 includes rights- and security-related metadata described in Recommendation ITU T H.750 High-level specification of metadata for IPTV services.
ITU announced the winners of its ICT Innovation Application Challenge during the 2013 WSIS Forum on 15 May. The challenge is part of ITU's efforts to tap the power and interoperability of ICTs in promoting sustainable prosperity and business in emerging economies. The winner of the $5000 prize for the best app from an individual was MMSSign from Prof Mohamed Jemni, University of Tunis. The corporate app category was awarded to Senmobile Ltd for the application Defarlou which is a mobile order management system for entrepreneurs. Prizes for the application challenge were sponsored by Nokia Siemens Networks.
Making mobile phones accessible is still a challenge particularly in developing countries. Videophones are the preferred method of communicating for the deaf and hard-of-hearing community, but, they require significant bandwidth and computer processing power to compress and decompress video in real time. The MMSign application converts text messages to a video sequence in sign language. The animations are avatar-based animation obtained by automatic interpretation of text into sign language.
SenMobile Ltd is a technology startup that specializes in innovative mobile solutions targeting the general population. Défarlou is a simple and compact ordering management application designed for entrepreneurs in developing countries. It can record orders and due dates, search for a specific order, keep track of order status and client payments, and send an SMS directly to the client when the order is ready to be delivered or picked-up. Originally designed with business owners of emerging markets in mind and developed in Senegal, défarlou means "order" in Wolof. The app is developed in Java ME and works on Java ME feature phones and smartphones.
More information on the apps can be found here.
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I have a question about my 2003 BMW 745LI, with 90k miles on it. I recently got the mechatronics sleeve replaced along with the pan, bottom gasket and filter. I bought three quarts of tranny oil from BMW my self and brought it to the mechanic. I got a transmission fail safe mode error and noticed there was a leak this is what triggered the transmission service. The car had the transmission fail safe error however was shifting fine before the service.
I want to emphasize that before the car went into the shop it would shift a little hard into first every once and a while. All other gears shifted smooth and perfectly. I picked the car up yesterday from the transmission service and I noticed a distinct difference immediately. The car is shifting hard into every gear, as if it was a manual transmission. I have noticed that the RPM are also fluttering when coasting. It shift really hard coming to a stop from 4th to 3rd and 3rd to second. If stopping abruptly it slams into first gear from 3rd, it feels like as if I was getting rear ended. Right before I got home coming out of a complete stop it reved up and then slammed into first gear. I don't understand how the car drove for the most part perfectly before the service and now so terrible after the service. Please help
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Aspreva Proves Me Wrong...Sort Of.Sarah Lacy
My hat is off to Aspreva, the first biotech IPO to both debut above $10 per share and trade up significantly since. But I'm not ready to eat that hat quite yet.
Loyal Deal Flow readers will know that I've been pretty bearish on the market for new biotech issues, and there have been plenty reason. Hopeful IPOs should send a nice, big fruit basket to Aspreva for pushing ahead with its offering at a time when others pulled citing the ever popular "market conditions" excuse. It proved there is some appetite, even if it's a very finicky one.
But, note that Aspreva has a lot going for it your average biotech doesn't.
Like last year's big hit Pharmion, Aspreva is licensing existing compounds and figuring out new uses for them. It has emerged as a popular business model in the last few years because it's a less risky, quicker path to commercialization. All you have to do is prove the new indication, rather than discovering a molecule or compound from scratch and paying for full clinical trials. It's very close to its first product in CellCept, licensed in 2003 from Roche. A year ago it was written up in the New England Journal of Medicine as a promising treatment for Lupus, a disease where there hasn't been a new drug approved in 30 years. Aspreva hasn't been hurting for cash either: It sewed up a tidy $57 million series A round a year ago.
Critics have noted that this business model may provide smaller returns long term than a company developing a fat R&D pipeline, ala Genentech. After all, you are relying on sloppy seconds that big pharma doesn't have time to develop or counting on being able to spot potential the company that owns the compound doesn't see. If the trend gets over done, as most in the venture capital world do, buying opportunities for neglected compounds could dry up. Some big flameouts could render this business model as unpopular as others in the biotech world now left for dead. (Remember all those genomics companies?) But for now, Wall Street is voting with its wallet for companies with quicker prospects for products and revenues.


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My little heart man went to the bridge at midnight.
He passed peacefully ........... he was loved by all.
There was nothing they could do for him. He had a huge mass in his abdomen ... an abnormality ... he was in severe pain and not able to be saved.
Rest in peace baby boy ... you can hunt all the rodents you want now ... and eat all the goodies too. We had a wonderful life together. I love you more than life itself my " Little Fuzzy Man ... my EEPIE Doodle " ........
Wait for me by the bridge ... I will see you someday again ... and tell Grammy I love her too.
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There are eight days left until Election day. On this last Monday morning in October, here are some of the campaign and political stories making headlines:
• The Wall Street Journal — Candidates' health plans likely to be scaled back due to soaring deficit: "Both presidential candidates say their plans would provide health insurance to millions of people who lack it. The problem is cost: With the federal budget deficit growing, Congress is likely to look at more limited and incremental moves to expand coverage."
• The Washington Times — Candidates offer few details on donations from overseas: "Thousands of political donations from outside the United States have helped fuel the White House bids of Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama, but both campaigns have lagged in disclosing the sources for much of their overseas campaign cash. Mr. McCain took more than a half-million dollars from donors listing residences outside the U.S. and its territories, according to Federal Election Commission (FEC) records. But his campaign failed to provide disclosures for about a third of those supporters, such as where they work, what they do for a living and in what city they live. While Mr. Obama's campaign reported such information for all but about 11% of the $4.6 million he reported from outside the U.S., numerous donations include incomplete or clearly questionable data."
• USA TODAY — Democrats look likely to make big gains in Congressional numbers: "An unpopular president, fundraising doldrums and the burden of defending 27 more open seats than the Democrats are factors forcing GOP leaders to play defense in congressional races across the USA, as the Democrats angle for even wider majorities. Open seats do not have an incumbent. Democrats have a 38-seat advantage in Congress now and, despite their own low approval ratings, the party could add as many as 28 seats in the House and seven to nine in the Senate, according to the CookPolitical Report."
• Denver Post — Huge crowds for Obama: More than 100,000 people rallied in the streets of Denver on Sunday for Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama. It was the largest crowd he's attracted in the U.S. Also Sunday, about 45,000 gathered to see him in Fort Collins.
• The Washington Post — Obama has lead in Virginia: Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama "has opened up an eight-point lead over Republican John McCain in Virginia, and the Democrat is entering the final week of the campaign with several core advantages when it comes to turning out his supporters, according to a new Washington Post poll."
• USA TODAY — The death of radio ads was greatly exaggerated: "Stuck in traffic in a battleground state? Chances are you'll be barraged with radio ads from presidential candidates and those who love — or hate — them. Democrat Barack Obama has money to burn and is spending it everywhere. Republican John McCain has been watching his wallet, and radio spots are good value. Labor unions and the National Rifle Association are also in the mix. 'Radio was all but given up for dead,' media analyst Evan Tracey says. 'We're going back to the future.' " Listen to four examples.
• The New York Times — Battle focuses on states Bush carried: "Senator John McCain and Senator Barack Obama are heading into the final week of the presidential campaign planning to spend nearly all their time in states that President Bush won last time, testimony to the increasingly dire position of Mr. McCain and his party as Election Day approaches. With optimism brimming in Democratic circles, Mr. Obama will present on Monday what aides described as a summing-up speech for his campaign in Canton, Ohio, reprising the themes he first presented in February 2007, when he began his campaign for the presidency."
•St. Petersburg Times — Palin says she's going back to wearing clothes from a consignment shop: Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin spoke again Sunday about the $150,000 spent by the Republican National Committee on clothes and accessories for herself and her family. "Those clothes, they are not my property. Just like the lighting and staging and like everything else the RNC purchases. I'm not taking them with me,'' said Palin (at a rally in Tampa). "I'm back to wearing my own clothes from my favorite consignment shop in Anchorage, Alaska."
• Los Angeles Times — Big boom in voting by mail: "Nearly half of Californians are expected to cast their votes by mail rather than at a polling site on Nov. 4, marking a milestone shift in the practice of democracy, elections officials said. At least 40% of the state's registered voters already have decided they want to vote by mail, according to data compiled Friday by the California Assn. of Clerks and Elected Officials. The percentage is expected to grow as Tuesday's deadline to apply for a mail-in ballot approaches. California isn't the only state where voters are eschewing a trip to the polls. A majority of voters prefer their mailbox over the ballot box in Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona and Colorado, according to the Early Voting Information Center at Reed College in Portland, Ore."
• USA TODAY — It costs cities and towns quite a bit to be popular campaign spots: The places that have been visited often by the presidential contenders, such as Scranton, Pa., and Elko, Nev., have spent thousands of dollars — or more — on security and other related expenses. They're hoping to be reimbursed by the campaigns, but no low requires that happen.
• Los Angeles Times' Top of the Ticket blog — Amazon.com listed a Barack Obama Halloween mask under "terrorist costume."
Catalina Camia leads the OnPolitics online community and has been at USA TODAY since 2005. She has been a reporter or editor covering politics and Congress for two decades, including stints at The Dallas Morning News and Congressional Quarterly. Follow her at @USATOnPolitics.
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Green Bay Men's Basketball Golf Outing Set for Aug. 6
By: Andrew Gavin (@GBGavin)
GREEN BAY, Wis. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) - Head coach Brian Wardle and the Green Bay men's basketball program will host the 2012 Green Bay Basketball Golf Outing presented by American Family Insurance on Monday, Aug. 6 at beautiful Green Bay Country Club. Coach Wardle invites all Phoenix fans and supporters to join him and his staff along with American Family Insurance for an afternoon of golf followed by a social hour, an awards presentation and an oral auction. Registration is still open, but spots are filling up quickly.
The outing begins with registration at 10:30 a.m., lunch at 11 a.m. and a shotgun start at noon. Refreshments and hor d'oeuvres will be served following golf and a live auction and an awards presentation will conclude the day. All participants will have the opportunity to meet Green Bay's coaching staff and players while helping to support the program.
Foursomes can register to play for $1500 while individuals can sign up for $375 apiece. Registration costs include golf and cart fees, lunch, giveaways and refreshments and hors d'oeuvres.
Foursomes and individuals can register by filling out and mailing in the registration form or by calling 920.465.2145.
The Phoenix program returns four starters from a team that won eight of its last 10 regular season games. Alec Brown, a First-Team All-Horizon League selection in 2011-12, and Keifer Sykes, an All-Newcomer Team pick, headline the returnees. To learn more about the 2012-13 Green Bay squad, click here.
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John Graves (August 6, 1920 – July 30, 2013) was an American writer. He was best known for his book Goodbye to a River.[1]
Graves was born on August 6, 1920 in Fort Worth, Texas. He studied at Rice Institute and at Columbia University. Graves was divorced from an early marriage. His family moved to Glen Rose, Texas. Graves continued writing shortly before his death on July 30, 2013 in Glen Rose, Texas from natural causes, aged 92.[1]


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Getting to know your Ghostbusters! Part Twenty One: Julia PhippsWednesday, December 29th, 2010
Happy Holidays everyone! As I write this, we're at the halfway point between Christmas and New Years. I hope some of you got some cool Ghostbusters goodies from Santa!
As we debate on what our next charity should be, allow me to break up the quiet around here with our Q&A with recent addition Julia Phipps!
PGB: Julia, tell us a little about yourself. Who are you? What do you do besides Ghostbusting? Any other hobbies or interests?
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Stephen McConnell '85 Joins Reed Smith as Partner in Life Sciences Health Industry Group
Reed Smith LLP has announced the addition of Stephen J. McConnell '85 as a partner in its Life Sciences Health Industry (LSHI) Group in the firm's Philadelphia office.
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"Steve is one of Philadelphia's preeminent life science and health care attorneys," said Mike Scott, a partner in Reed Smith's LSHI Group in Philadelphia. "He has earned a reputation as a top litigator in the pharmaceutical world and elsewhere, and is often sought after to take over important cases for trial. We have admired his work and his results for some time, and we share several common clients. We are thrilled he is now a part of the Reed Smith team."
Mr. McConnell's practice focuses on representing pharmaceutical and medical device companies, including extensive involvement in recent mass tort litigations regarding antipsychotics and diet drugs. He has also handled matters relating to tobacco trials, sales and advertising liability, and shareholder derivative litigation.
Mr. McConnell received his J.D. cum laude in 1985 from The University of Chicago Law School, where he was a member of the Law Review and Order of the Coif. He received his A.B. from Harvard College in l981. Following graduation, he clerked for the Honorable William A. Norris, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, joining Skadden Arps in Los Angeles after completing that clerkship.
In 1992, Mr. McConnell became an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Central District of California in Los Angeles. During his tenure in the U.S. Attorney's Office, he investigated and prosecuted criminal cases in the Major Frauds Section involving savings and loan frauds, violations of the securities laws, wire and mail frauds, and money laundering. He also served as counsel to the Christopher Commission, an independent body that investigated the Los Angeles Police Department in 1991, and as deputy general counsel to the Kolts Commission, an independent body that investigated the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department in 1992.
Mr. McConnell has worked extensively in the area of liability for marketing practices and is a member of the Advisory Board of Villanova University's Center for Marketing and Public Policy. He has been selected among the Best Lawyers in America for product liability litigation since 2007. Mr. McConnell was a member of a Philadelphia-based team of attorneys honored as "Unsung Heroes" of 2012 by the Legal Intelligencer for the group's pro bono work on civil rights cases protecting the privacy rights of children against random drug testing in schools.
"We at Reed Smith know Steve well," said Ajay Raju, the firm's Philadelphia Managing Partner. "There's universal agreement by everyone who has seen him in action or worked with him previously that he is one of the best trial lawyers around. He will be a definite asset both to the firm's clients and to our lawyers in the high-stakes, bet-the-company litigation we handle."


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by Michael and Debi Pearl from No Greater Joy magazine - Marriage Good WillEditor's note: More crap about accepting those men folks for their toilet seat lid, tracking dirt on the rug, but at least they finally citing someone and their research - Dr. John Gottman of the University of Washington. While Gottman has done a number of studies on marital stability I highly doubt his answer to stable marriages was the wife putting up and shutting up with a big grin. It looks like the Pearls may have lifted almost word for word at least one sentence from an online bio of Gottman for this piece too. … [Read more...]
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Quoting Quiverfull: Wives Must Bless Husbands Continually?
by Nancy Campbell from Above Rubies - My Husband's HelperEditor's note: Lately Nancy has taken to either using more acronyms like in this piece, or writing poetry that rivals that of the Vogons for title of worst poetry in the galaxy. But poem or acronym the message is the same - be a smiling slave to your husband at all times. … [Read more...]
Quoting Quiverfull: Birth Control Steals Your Joy?
by Steven L. Anderson of Faithful Word Baptist Church - The Effects of Birth ControlEditor's note: That sermon transcript archive at Faithful Word Baptist Church is like Christian in July, a treasure trove of misspelled, grammar-mangling, bad ideas, bad Bible translations pile of crazy. There's nothing that exposes the under-educated belief system of a Independent Fundamentalist Baptist Church. Another pastor doubling down on the message of no birth control ever, have as many kids as possible and women should always stay home. It's a good thing that the Marie Curies of this world didn't follow that advice or we'd have been deprived of many useful things, theories and science. … [Read more...]
Quoting Quiverfull: Put Your Husband First or Divorce?
by Katelyn Carmen of Family Share - 5 Ways You Are Unknowingly Destroying Your Husband & Killing Your MarriageSome of the advice in this article isn't bad, like living within your means or not expecting for your husband to know what you mean when you drop subtle hints, but this is right up there with the steaming load of crap Nancy Campbell and Debi Pearl peddle. … [Read more...]
Moms, Joy and Christmas
Kirk Cameron on his film 'Saving Christmas' in cinemas tomorrow.What I want to know after watching this bit is if he and Nancy Campbell got together to plan this 'Moms should be filling the home with JOY!' thing they are both spieling . … [Read more...]
Join the Spiritual Abuse Survivor Blogs Network!
About the Spiritual Abuse Survivor Blogs NetworkWelcome Spiritual Abuse Survivors!We are here to assist one another to amplify the voices of spiritual abuse survivors by growing blog readership and raising awareness of the issue of spiritual abuse.Bloggers who wish to join the Spiritual Abuse Survivor Blogs Network must meet the following criteria:You must be a survivor of spiritual abuse. (Obviously!)You must have a blog - the topic of your blog, however, does not necessarily have to be exclusively about spiritual abuse. It would be great if you share part or all of your story on your blog, but it is not a requirement.That's it. We like to keep things simple. … [Read more...]
About The Spiritual Abuse Survivor Blogs Network
The Spiritual Abuse Survivor Blogs Network is a project of Vyckie Garrison and the guest writers at No Longer Quivering.The network began when Vyckie noticed that NLQ forum member, Libby Anne, seemed to be doing a lot of processing of her quiverfull experience through frequent posts and comments. She encouraged Libby Anne to write her story for NLQ - which she did - and in the process, discovered that she loves blogging!Around that time, due to on-going health issues, Vyckie was struggling to keep the No Longer Quivering site updated and rarely was able to write any new content herself. Recognizing Libby Anne's blogging potential as an opportunity to continue raising awareness of … [Read more...]


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Pocket-friendly and with a Teflon back, the HTC Wildfire S is certainly not bad looking, but it's not chest-beating appealing either
The touch-screen is responsive and HTC's Sense UI remains one of the most intuitive in the business
Wi-Fi, HSDPA, A-GPS and with a five-megapixel camera complete with LED flash, for an affordable smartphone its feature-packed
Apart from the camera, all other aspects of the Wildfire S deliver, though due to the 600MHZ processor, not at any rapid rate
The HTC Wildfire S has a decent battery life of 350 minutes talktime (3G) and 570 hours (3G) standby time
Review by Sunetra Chakravati,6/7/2011 5:11:26 PM
Look and feel
Ease of use
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Android 2.3 for a very affordable price, dinky form factor and excellent social networking integration.
The camera is disappointing and the processor is on the sluggish side. Though it runs on Android 2.3, the Wildfire is incapable of making the most of the OS.
The original HTC Wildfire was something of game changer. It proved that you didn't have to pay through the nose for a bona fide smartphone, with some operators offering the phone for free on contracts as little as £15 per month. Such good value it proved to be that not only was it awarded with our Best Value Phone at last year's Consumer Awards, but other operators followed suit and began bringing out better more feature packed smartphones at far more competitive price points. The HTC Wildfire S is its sequel, but will it fare as well as its older brother?
As with its predecessor, the HTC Wildfire S is a pocket-friendly device. In fact HTC has managed to shave just over 5mm in length. Its edges are curved and smooth though the volume bar and the power key both protrude to a point you'll want to be careful when making a call. Unlike the original, there's no optical pad on the Wildfire S, with HTC instead reverting to four touch keys; home key, setting menu, back key and search. While these additions are all well and good it does mean you'll have to awake the phone by pressing the power key and then swiping the screen to unlock and the lack of dedicated camera key is frustrating. While the overall design is not ugly by any means, it's not particularly thrilling either with the Teflon back now beginning to look a little dated.
Though HTC has kitted the Wildfire S out with the latest Android 2.3 Gingerbread, most of what is good about this OS remains redundant. For example, there's no NFC or front facing camera for video calling and while multitasking is always a welcome addition, the fact the Wildfire S only boasts a processor with a magnitude of 600MHz means you won't be whizzing along at a rate of knots. Android may be running under the surface but the Wildfire S is skinned with the ever excellent HTC Sense UI. Emphasis is on customisation with Sense, so much so that there's even a dedicated virtual key for all things personalisation, found in the bottom corner of each home screen. There're seven home screens in total, all of which look the part and can be viewed as seven thumbnails by simply pinching and pulling your thumb and forefinger together. HTC has actually vamped up the pixelation on the Wildfire S and the results are pleasing with a clear vibrant display. That said, we felt the menu, which incidentally scrolls vertically, looked a little pixilated.
FriendStream remains one of, if not the best social networking integration feed on any mobile platform. Not only does it list and update all your news feeds from Twitter, Facebook and Flickr but any appointments, events and birthdays listed on Facebook are pulled into the phones calendar. Friend Stream also syncs any corresponding social network contacts with your existing list of contacts. You can then view all correspondence you've had with a single person, be it through Facebook, Twitter or a good old fashioned text message, view their status updates as well as any links, videos or pictures they've posted. One gripe we did have was when initially typing in our user id and passwords, turning the phone on its side to utilize the roomier QWERTY keyboard rather than log us in the enter key merely did nothing. Instead we had to turn the phone back into a vertical position where the keyboard then dropped revealing a virtual log in key. A mere gripe, but a gripe nonetheless.
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The HTC Wildfire S is another welcome addition to the affordable smartphone market. However, unlike when its elder brother arrived the competition has become fierce and as such the HTC Wildfire S doesn't stand-out.


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ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Isle of Capri Casinos Inc. returned to a profit in its fiscal first quarter as the casino operator made more money from gambling, its hotel rooms and food and drinks sold despite the weak economy and tepid consumer spending.
The May-July quarter got a boost because five of the company's properties were closed for part of the prior-year period due to flooding of the Mississippi River.
Isle of Capri said Wednesday that it is cutting costs and lowering corporate spending while beefing up loyalty programs and renovating its casinos to attract guests. The St. Louis company runs 15 casinos in Mississippi, Louisiana, Iowa, Missouri, Colorado and Florida.
The company earned $6.7 million, or 17 cents per share, in the three months ended July 29. A year earlier it lost $2.3 million, or 6 cents per share. This beat the 11 cents per share that analysts polled by FactSet expected.
Revenue rose 4 percent to $235.8 million from $227.6 million. But Wall Street forecast higher revenue of $243.7 million. In the most recent quarter, some properties were hurt by construction disruptions, increased competition and transition costs related to a loyalty program, said CEO Virginia McDowell said in a statement on Wednesday.
The company said that it anticipates opening its new $135 million Cape Girardeau, Miss., complex by Nov. 1, which would be two months ahead of its original schedule.
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Enzo Pirrone, 63, of Indiana, died Saturday, June 29, 2013, at his late residence.
Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today at the C. Frederick Bowser Funeral Home in Homer City, and Tuesday from 10 a.m. until the time of service at 11 a.m. at the funeral home with the Rev. Fr. Francis P. Balestino officiating.


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cold months = cold flyers. i am looking for some icy / snowy type flyers. ive bought some already but i am looking for more.
Thanks in advance to anyone that can help. one of the coolest flyers ive seen had Ice attached to letters which i thought was pretty awesome (like the letter O was frozen and an icicle was attached to it)
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Is this typical nowadays that some companies tend to take over others ?
Is taking over actually a kind of business principle ? As soon as it generates profits, take it over" ?
I mean - personall, I would prefer developing companies to be independent as long as possible - and the publishing and the markting should be done by others. Clearly divided tasks between two partners.
But no, companies want to be everything at once. Not wanting developers to stay independent.
I wonder, why ? Because, companies which are small and efficient can generate as much profits - measured against their size - than big behemoths.
It's like … We once had small food shops here. We called them "Aunt emma Shops". They're all gone now.
Now, they are replaced by huge food-selling companies, so-called "discounters", like Aldi and Lidl, and "sell-everything-food-and-non-food" companies like Walmar(k)t.
For the customer, this has both pros and cons :
pro: lower prices
con: lower service, monoculture
The bigger they become, the more they want to squeeze out any possible competors. It's like … some sort of entity becoming insane, and wanting to control EVERYTHING.
(I'm speaking of so-called "meta-cultures" and "meta-beings" here, which can be companies which act like a bee hive or so.)
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Five of these Cambridge Caprice #21 6.5" Bread and Butter Plates in Moonlight Blue are in excellent condition; no chips or cracks, might be a few scratches or stacking marks, but no significant use. The sixth has a flat rim chip on one of the scallops that is very hard to spot unless you're looking for it. Priced under book value. Cambridge made Caprice from 1936-1957; it is their blank #3550. The plates were not reissued in Moonlight Blue; they are authentic Cambridge.
All Items : Glassware : Depression : Companies : Cambridge : Pre 1940 item #1050417 (stock #CCP118)
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These Cambridge Caprice #17 cup and saucer sets in Moonlight Blue are all in excellent condition and guaranteed authentic (these pieces were not reissued). Cambridge Glass made Caprice (Blank #3550) from 1936-1957.


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I got a few guns from my dad and there is a few (black powder, flint locks) that i didnt think ide ever shoot. 3 of them i have shot and i enjoyed shooting them alot.
Monday i took one of them to the range and only 4 shots and i decided it was a little to much for me. I took it to a few gun shops to see about a trade and the second shop i got a pretty fair offer (it seems fair to me) but i had no idea then what i even wanted so a few weeks of reading around this site and picking the best things from the few guns ive shot and i liked i decided on this CZ.
The gun shop i went to had the 75B and the SP-01 he handed me the 75B first and i looked it over, then he handed me the SP-01 and that was it. SOLD!
I should of got a little more picky about the things i wanted in a gun because this gun has everything plus a few things more.
I wanted 9mm (decent kick and decent price for ammo)
metal trigger (my friends SR9 feels like it could break didnt care for that)
Hammer (im not sure what my friends SR9 hammer firing pin is but its not a hammer)
replacable grips so i can make it mine with my own style
rails, again to put an attachment on it to make it different from every other CZ. Just adds to the fun of customizing it.
So anyway i gave these 2 (.44 black hawk new model, old army black powder)for this beauty.
Havnt even fired it yet
I was really suprised that i could find the picky little things i liked in one gun and once i felt the SP-01 and its heaft and comfort i was pretty much done looking.
The black hawk i gave it a shot but being in a wheelchair my shoulders and elbows just cant take the recoil i was sore for 2 days from shooting it and a .44 lever action rifle. The .44 magnum just has to much kick for me. The black powder needs alot more skill then i think ill ever get to. Ive also ready some bad storys about them and dont want to blow myself up messing with it.


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2900rpm fan running at 1000rpm
I have a 3 phase 2900rpm fan that is DOL DElta that is connected correctly according to the manufacturers plate but but will only run at approx 1000rpm.
The voltage is right. Ant suggestions
If voltage is right it could just be a defective motor...
A bit more info is needed;
1) Is this a 50 HZ system? I bet it is, since a 60 Hz 2 pole motor is around 3450 RPM, and a 4 pole is 1725.
2) Is this a two speed motor? How many leads does it have? What are they labeled?
3) Is this a dual voltage motor? What is the supply voltage?
If you can give us a bit more info, we can probably help.
James, So what are the answers to Robs questions? Rob is very knowledgeable with motors. Please do not waist the time of the professionals that are trying to help.
Here were his answers, I didn't see them right away either...
1) Is this a 50 HZ system? I bet it is, since a 60 Hz 2 pole motor is around 3450 RPM, and a 4 pole is 1725.
Yes its 50hz
2) Is this a two speed motor? How many leads does it have? What are they labeled?
6 terminals;U1,V1,W1 &U2,V2,W2
3) Is this a dual voltage motor? What is the supply voltage?
Single voltage, 400volts between phases
For 6 lead { wires } 3Ø motours there are few diffrent verison of connections depending on if it have DY Delta start Wye run or Wye run with two speed format ?
If you set up for DOL Delta connection here the connections.,,
But double check the motor nameplate to verify it and some reason if you are running very low speed then you got one of the connetion not hook up right or have a open delta it will affect the speed and performace.
I tried a few variations on the delta and found that the manufacturer had labeled U1 and U2 the wrong way around.Once I got that off it went at 2900 rpm.SO I HAD TWO PHASES TRYING TO ROTATE CLOCKWISE AND ONE ANTICLOCKWISE HENCE THE APPROX. 1000RPM
Moral: Don't always trust the manufacturers quality control.
What if the motor burned out? Would the manufacturer accept responsibility?
Do we as consumers or electricians need to perform tests before completing the installation of products?
I have found many motors marked wrong by the second or third party.
Fortunately we can make certain if we have a way to measure continuity. A six lead motor can be labeled in a flash. :thumbsup:
I've been out of town for a few days, so i didn't get a chance to follow up on this one.
So far, I've seen 3 motors and one generator mis-marked.
One motor was a NEMA frame (leads are marked T1, T2, T3, etc.), and it was mismarked from a rebuild shop.
The two other motors were IEC frames (leads marked U, V, W,etc.) and both were new.
The generator was used, and looked like it had been marked by other than the factory.
Whenever I start a 3 phase motor for the first time, I always measure current. I'm looking to compare actual current with nameplate, and balance. Swapped leads will result in a huge imbalance. Two of the leads will have very high current, while the third one will be about normal. I also measure current around all 3 wires. If this reading is more than 0, it indicates a ground-fault.
In case of a severe imbalance (this would have been my advice to the original poster) would be to measure current in individual motor leads. Each lead should be about the same. If two of them that compose a winding are way higher, swap them and see what happens.
the 3 p fan rpm control by 2 system:
1- takho or magnet sensor
2- current on one by one phase
your fan what system?
The speed readings were made with a laser tachometer.
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