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One out of every seven people around you live in poverty. In Illinois, that's 1.7 million people, including nearly one in five children. Policy choices made by our elected representatives matter. They especially matter to people who are struggling to maintain a decent quality of life or face structural impediments to upward mobility.
Threats to important programs and services that millions of people rely on — including healthcare, food assistance, and affordable housing — loom large at the federal level. In this challenging political environment, it may seem impossible to make progress toward justice and opportunity. But policy decisions made at the federal level play out in the states, where critical choices are made about implementation of vital national programs and services. Moreover, important policy decisions on issues like criminal justice, jobs and workplaces, domestic and community violence, and public education are driven by state and local decision-makers, often with limited or no federal input. State legislatures remain an avenue through which progress is possible.
Our advocates in Illinois had real impact this year, notwithstanding the state's now-record budget impasse (702 days at this writing). During the Illinois Legislature's most recent session, which ended on May 31, the Shriver Center, working as always with many allies, advocated for several bills that will advance justice and opportunity for people with low income, provided they are signed by the Governor. Although the legislature's failure to reach a budget remains a crippling problem that threatens social services overall, these bills will help low-income individuals and families take one more step away from poverty and toward upward mobility.
Community Justice
Helping Young People Escape the Lifetime Burden of a Criminal Record.Tens of thousands of juveniles are arrested in Illinois each year, and a majority of those arrests are for nonviolent offenses. Although a young person's mistakes should not brand that child for life, Illinois youth have been harmed by the erosion of confidentiality protections and the extreme difficulty and expense of erasing a juvenile record through the expungement process. HB 3817, the Youth Opportunity and Fairness Act, expands the confidentiality protections of the Illinois Juvenile Court Act to municipal ordinance violations and traffic violations, and establishes a penalty for unlawful dissemination of juvenile records. The law also expands automatic expungement of juvenile records. HB 3817 has passed both houses and awaits Governor Rauner's signature.
Early Childhood
Increasing Funding for Early Childhood Education. We all benefit when a child receives a strong start in life. Yet one in ten infants in Illinois lives in deep poverty, facing obstacles to healthy development from the first breath. To lay the foundation for a fair chance to reach their potential, children born into poverty must have equitable opportunities to participate in high-quality early childhood education and care from birth. The Early Childhood Block Grant program prioritizes high-need communities with programs providing high-quality early education experiences for children facing homelessness, living with income at 50% of the federal poverty level and below, with special needs, and those who have been involved in the child welfare system. HB 2426 makes clear that the block grant funding for early childhood education should supplement, not supplant, other education funding throughout the state, and it increases the amount set aside for programs from birth to age 3 from 20% to 25% of any additional funding. HB 2426 has passed both chambers and awaits signature by the Governor. Of course, it also awaits a budget that funds the block grant.
Expanding Eligibility for Child Care Assistance. Affordable child care enables families with low incomes to work or enroll in qualifying education and training programs. High-quality child care is also important to the child's cognitive, physical, and social emotional development. HB 3213restores eligibility for child care assistance to families who need that assistance to participate in education and training activities but who are not recipients of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) benefits. Between 4,000 and 5,000 children are expected to become eligible for services under this bill. HB 3212 has passed both the house and the senate and awaits the governor's signature.
Economic Justice
Preventing Hunger Among College Students. The rising cost of higher education, scarce financial aid, and the changing face of college students has led to a growing problem: hunger on college campuses. Nearly half of college students report experiencing food insecurity, and 22% report having to miss meals. Students who attend college half-time or more are generally not eligible for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits because they are presumed to have other sources of support. HB 3211addresses this problem by making students enrolled under certain vocationally focused programs (Perkins Pathway Career and Technical Education) eligible for SNAP benefits. As many as 40,000 community college students will benefit. If signed into law by the governor, Illinois will become the third state to extend eligibility for SNAP benefits to this group and the first to do so by statute.
Fighting Bills That Would Hurt Low-income Families.The Shriver Center successfully led opposition to a number of bills that would stigmatize public benefits recipients and reduce access to much-needed public assistance. Among other things, these bills would have required mandatory drug testing of benefit applicants and recipients; required photos on LINK cards, which are used to make food purchases; made undocumented children ineligible for Medicaid; and imposed a work requirement to qualify for Medicaid. Collectively these bills would have jeopardized the benefits of millions of Illinoisans and undermined their ability to meet basic needs.
Preventing the Expansion of Local Ordinances That Harm Tenants."Crime free" rental housing and nuisance property ordinances, which penalize tenants and landlords for suspected criminal activity and/or calls to the police, undermine public safety by silencing crime victims and others who need to seek emergency aid or report crime. These ordinances are often enforced in ways that disproportionately harm survivors of domestic violence and people of color, and routinely run afoul of state and federal statutory and constitutional protections. SB 1666 would have permitted non-home rule units of local governments to enact crime-free property ordinances. By halting SB 1666, the Shriver Center prevented hundreds of municipalities in Illinois from enacting these harmful ordinances.
Women's Law and Policy Project
Removing Barriers to Counseling for Illinois Youth. Many young people in Illinois confront problems in both their school and home life for which they would benefit from counseling. They may have experienced domestic or sexual violence, community violence, homelessness, may be LGBTQ, or may simply need someone to talk to in a confidential setting. Too often, these young people are not able to discuss the problems they face with their parents, or their parents are not around to grant permission for the counseling. These problems do not simply go away on their own — a path to recovery is increased access to counseling without parental consent. HB 3709 would expand access to mental health counseling for struggling youth. First, the bill increases the number and length of sessions allowed to young people before they must receive parental consent to eight sessions lasting 90 minutes. HB 3709 also provides two key exemptions to the parental consent requirement after the eighth session in cases where parents are unresponsive and/or contacting parents to receive consent would threaten a student's well-being. The bill is on the Governor's desk.
Strengthening the Equal Pay Act. In Illinois, for every dollar that white men earn, women earn on average only $0.79. The Equal Pay Act prohibits employers from paying wages to an employee at a lower rate than that it pays to another employee of the opposite sex for doing equal work. Unfortunately, wage discrimination based on sex continues. House Bill 2462strengthens the Equal Pay Act with amendments that prevent employers from asking job applicants about their previous salary history. Since women, on average, earn less than men, basing future wages on a worker's previous pay only perpetuates wage inequality. A salary offer should be based on the responsibilities of the job — the skills, education and experience needed to be a successful candidate — not on the applicant's prior wages. By eliminating the ability of employers to pay women less than men because of a woman's prior unfairly low wages, the Equal Pay Act amendment could play a key role in the continuing fight to close the gender wage gap. The bill will be sent to the governor for action.
Raising the Minimum Wage. Raising the minimum wage is one of the best tools we have to boost incomes and grow the economy. Moreover, since low-wage workers are disproportionately women and people of color, raising the minimum wage is an important step toward narrowing the race and gender wage gaps. SB 81, which has been passed by both chambers, will raise Illinois's current minimum wage of $8.25 an hour each year beginning on January 1, 2018, until it reaches $15 an hour by January 1, 2022. If enacted into law, all low-wage workers — more than 40% of Illinois workers across industries, across all age ranges, and across all points of Illinois — will benefit from a wage increase. SB 81 awaits the governor's signature.
The Budget Crisis Continues
Despite these many important wins for Illinoisans living in poverty, the regular session ended without the adoption of a fully-funded, year long budget for the third straight year.
The crisis continues to wear on the entire state, but falls hardest on people in poverty. Illinois's social service infrastructure is eroding. The state's most at-risk — from survivors of domestic violence to homebound seniors — continue to lose services. The higher education system remains in tatters. The climate for doing business worsens by the day. Backlogged bills continue to pile up. Put short: the livelihood of the entire state is hanging in the balance. And, with federal lawmakers threatening to make cuts that will impose major cost shifts to state governments, it is particularly important that Illinois get its fiscal house in order.
Lead by the Shriver Center, the Responsible Budget Coalition will not rest until Illinois gets a budget with the revenue necessary to undo this damage, fund vital services, and make smart investments for the future.
And at all levels of governance, the Shriver Center will continue to provide leadership to advance laws and policies that improve the quality of life and opportunities for people living in poverty. But this work always demands more allies and friends. Join us.


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Several years ago, I ended up on some antibiotic that made falling asleep next to impossible. So at about 3a one night, when I was researching 'tips for falling asleep quicker' for the umpteenth time, I came across a Christian blog that suggested closing your eyes, relaxing every single muscle in your body, and then going one by one through all the good things that happened that day. Then, if you're still awake, you expand the practice to the things you're most thankful for in your life. To this day, I go to sleep doing this every single night. Sometimes I only get to one thing before I drift off…Others, I get much further down my list. Regardless, I really do find it to be a wonderful way to fall asleep each night…and a wonderful reminder to focus on what's most important and let go of what's not. So in honor of this wonderful Christmas weekend, I want to share with you just a glimpse into my list. And tonight when you go to sleep, I invite each of you to give it a try. Don't worry about the order, the organization or trying to sound eloquent…Just start with, 'Thank you for…' and let it flow. ❤
Thank you for another day. One that I was able to wake up, to see this beautiful Earth, to hear all of its musics, to smell everything from the rain getting ready to fall to the aromas drifting down the street from the bakeries. Thank you for helping me to remember that each day is a privilege, not a given.
Thank you for belly laughs. The good, deep down, stomach-hurting, tears-rolling, almost-pee-myself laughs.
Thank you for John. I have no idea what I did to deserve him, but there really are no words to express just how thankful I am to have him as my husband. We are such opposites in so many ways, but when you strip away all the little things, we're so much alike on the big things. It is because of him that so many parts of my life are full, complete…alive. He is the yin to my yang, the macaroni to my cheese, the heart to my soul.
Thank you for the most awesome kid on the face of the planet- for letting me be her mom. She is a handful and she keeps me on my toes (just about) every minute of every day, but she is amazing. She is sensitive and sweet and has the biggest heart. She has the enthusiasm and charisma you usually only see in movies. She is as stubborn and determined as a mule and as curious as they come- that's how I know that there's nothing she can't do. She's genuinely funny and she's silly- her laugh…oh, her sweet laugh. Yes, thank you for making her my daughter.
Thank you for a good cry every now and then- the kind that cleanses my soul and leaves me feeling relaxed and renewed.
Thank you for one terrific family. And for making it possible for them to be here with us this holiday season. This Christmas proved to be more challenging than I'd anticipated in that everything was just…different. Holiday routines, shopping, delicious haunts…even the mundane chores felt off. But what was reinforced was something I already knew…As long as we're together, we have it all. My family may be small, but we're all we've got and it's more than enough. Love like ours- bonds like ours- are to be cherished.
Thank for cheese. And for making even the most gourmet bricks of it cheaper than a Happy Meal here in Europe.
Thank you for Game of Thrones. My latest obsession. I ❤ Tyrion Lanister.
Thank you not only for making this chapter of our lives possible, for giving me the strength and courage to do it. I wrestled for so long over whether or not this was the right path for us, so to have that sense of peace knowing that we made the best decision is just awesome. Thank you for reminding me of what a gift we've been given with this opportunity and to live this life to the fullest for as long as we can.
Thank you for dispelling the myth that the French know how to do bread. Truth is, Germans know bread. 300+ delicious varieties and I intend to try every single one.
Thank you for my two seriously awesome dogs. Wallflowers just couldn't have cut it in this house. Despite all their snoring and tooting and sometimes-questionable habits, we hit the pup jackpot. Snuggly, playful, and full of so much personality.
Thank you for all of my friends back home. Being away from friends and family has been the single hardest part of this new chapter, but the simple fact that they go out of their ways to keep in touch and that they continue watering the garden that is our friendship, makes my heart so full. THANK YOU. I truly believe what they say is true: distance makes no difference in true friendship.
Thank you for bringing such good people into our lives since we got to Germany. It has made all the difference in the world, not just meeting people so we don't feel alone, but making friendships we truly see lasting a lifetime.
Thank you for giving us three years off from doing our own yard work.
Thank you for my grandmother. The older I get, the more I realize how blessed I am- to have my grandmother with me on this Earth, to consider her such a dear friend, to watch my daughter make memories with her great-grandmother, to have her travel all this way just to be with us…
Thank you for our awesome gift to ourselves, our new indoor cycle.
Thank you for letting this Commissary sell grits. And Krispy Kreme.
Thank you for Christmas Markets all over the place. They are awesome.
Thank you for all the advancements in technology…FaceTime, Skype, WhatsApp, social media, Apple TV, Hulu…I have absolutely no clue how people did it before these were available.
Thank you for letting our house truly become a home this holiday season. For filling its walls with our people…With love and laughter and the smell of coffee brewing before I even come down the stairs…With bed time hugs to go around and dinners prepared in groups.
Thank you for Elli B., best life coach on the planet.
Thank you for healing my Dad and my Grandmother and for keeping them healthy and cancer-free. Hard to believe that just two Christmases ago we were in a terrible nightmare.
Thank you for making this Christmas a very special one. Yes, it was different (first one I've ever spent not in my parents' living room on Pine Grove!), but it was still us. And it was still the most perfect mess in the middle of our floor and the most delicious food on our table. Thank you for making these things possible.
Thank you for bringing Kathrin into our lives to help make our transition as smooth and seamless as humanly possible.
Thank you for allowing us to cross off 'Holidays in Switzerland' from our Bucket Lists. Bright and early tomorrow morning, we will hop on a southbound train in search of snowy peaks, warm fondue and candle-lit alleys…
Thank you for all the many blessings that we have, including all the ones we take for granted day in and day out. For the roof over our heads, the clothes on our backs, and the sun on our faces. Thank you for keeping us safe, healthy and moving in the right direction, whichever way that is for each of us.
And finally, thank YOU to each and every one of you who has joined us on this journey. Thank you for stopping by our blog, for keeping in touch, for keeping us in your prayers and sending us well wishes. It means so much.
Wishing you the merriest of Christmases and a wonderful 2016.

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Dear Blog Land and and fellow Blog-ions today's topic of conversation is porn. Now we all know I have a certain preference in my taste in be. Give me a big, hairy, muscularly defined, bear of a man and you will have me standing at attention. Wrap my arms around him and sink my teeth into some man meat, YUM! Now porn on the other hand is a bit more fun, I Like to think of myself as open minded and willing to experiment visually in a land of opportunity that porn opens up for us. What they hell are you talking about, I can just imagine you thinking as you read this. Well what I'm talking about my fellow blog-ions is when it comes to porn there are worlds upon worlds open up to you. Now watching a twink, let alone two twinks go at it like savage men who have been locked in isolation for years, is not particularly my kind of extra curricular activity. I would like to think that I am open minded enough to watch it, digest what I was visually assaulted with, then move on. With so many niches and good and horrible acting and filming you gotta try it all.
One particular phrase has been bothering me and really was the whole reason I started this whole blog on porn. The phrase of the day is "guy porn". Guy porn? What the fuck is that? Is it anything that is not soft core, gentle, mushy stuff? Because really, I have had some of my friends who are very much female bring porn to the chicken and porn parties I like to host that sent me running from the apartments. My favorite is when they insert said film saying how this is there favorite! Sick bitches! That's why I love them. And really if it wasn't for them and their eclectic taste maybe I wouldn't be as open minded of a porn person as I am today!
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Dear Blog Land and and fellow Blog-ions today's topic of conversation is porn. Now we all know I have a certain preference in my taste in be. Give me a big, hairy, muscularly defined, bear of a man and you will have me standing at attention. Wrap my arms around him and sink my teeth into some man meat, YUM! Now porn on the other hand is a bit more fun, I Like to think of myself as open minded and willing to experiment visually in a land of opportunity that porn opens up for us. What they hell are you talking about, I can just imagine you thinking as you read this. Well what I'm talking about my fellow blog-ions is when it comes to porn there are worlds upon worlds open up to you. Now watching a twink, let alone two twinks go at it like savage men who have been locked in isolation for years, is not particularly my kind of extra curricular activity. I would like to think that I am open minded enough to watch it, digest what I was visually assaulted with, then move on. With so many niches and good and horrible acting and filming you gotta try it all.
Ever Wonder Who Gets to be the 'Top' in Guy on Guy Porno?Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
While in most gay relationships, the sexual responsibilities seem to develop according to a natural progression into suitable roles for 'top' and 'bottom', but in guy on guy porno, where it appears that eithercould be the more dominant, who gets to assume to role of the 'top'? Maybe I forget that there are guys that do want to assume the bottom position, mainly because I myself am a devoted top who doesn''t quite relate to the pleasures that are presumably felt by those taking my healthy dose of meat in their asses, but I still can't see how the roles are divided in gay guy porn.
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Quote:... I created one profile for each case with cover art scans and then added them as contents to the boxset.
Quote:I believe that the discs are repressings (with identical content, but different cover art and possibly different disc labels) of three individual releases prior to inclusion in the box set. I do not have those releases to compare.
Quote: All disc level profiles are linked to the main profile (season profile, if the season has an UPC, series profile if there are no season UPCs).
Quote:Mechanically, how do I make this happen? I feel like one mistake I made was in how I submitted the profiles separately from the box set. What I did was create a separate stand-alone profile and then add them to the box set on the box set contents tab.
Quote:The contribute profile feature did not seem to include the child profiles with the box set.
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Quote:To make sure I understand, what I need to do is create separate profiles for each disc (disc 1, disc 2, and disc 3) and associate the respective scanned cover art to the disc. Then I will need to associate them to the box set and...
Quote:... ... we don't create profiles for cases. Only for discs....
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New deposit bottle law? What new deposit bottle law?
As usual, the retailers of Oregon are showing their utter contempt for Oregon's bottle bill. Where is the enforcement? Why is this in the hands of the liquor commission? I know he's busy making himself the next technology czar, but why doesn't our new attorney general do something about this for the consumer? Earth to Salem!


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Well I have again been slack in my blogging but I have a good excuse! I have been spending all my time playing in the garden!!! The past few months it has really started getting productive and with the constant soaking rain in the past week everything is going crazy. We are eating meals from the garden regularly now with corn, spinach, silverbeet and carrots featuring heavily. I also had a nice meal of blackberries from down at the river last week. I got maybe a punnet or twos worth - not a lot given the scratches I received but YUM. I also tasted the first (single) raspberry off our canes out the back. Again, absolutely amazing! I could happily live off berries of all types. We shall very shortly have our new chookie and duckie additions to the family and will hopefully begin getting eggs from the chooks within a month. The tomatoes are all covered in green fruit and the pumpkin is getting some small fruit on it as well. The couple of vines out the front are certainly doing their best to take over the garden, rambling across the path and all through the tomato bushes as well. It is such a beautiful mess! I cant wait to turn the rest of our space into garden :D
This is the front vegie patch at the moment. You can see from the grass on the kerb just how much rain we have been getting!!!
And this is part of tonights dinner. I wont pick the corn until the water is boiling away. I am thinking a spinach and ricotta lasagne plus the other vegies and we have ourselves a cheap, delicious, nutritious and mostly local meal :)


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ALL-CLEARPoems by John Latham_________________________________________________________________________________
John Latham is one of the most original poets to have emerged in the 1980's. He has won many major prizes in national poetry competitions. All-Clear, his third Peterloo collection, follows Unpacking Mr Jones (1982) and From the Other Side of the Street (1985), both of which drew enthusiastic national review notices:'Whether writing from the child's-eye view or the man's, John Latham emerges from this sad, funny, tender book as a poet who sees truths from a strikingly original angle of vision'.Jeremy Hooker, Anglo-Welsh Review'The poetic effects are subtle . . . yet he is able to make the tiniest details sing. Unsentimental, plain, but rhythmically invigorating . . .'John Greening, Poetry Review
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Fabtech Motorsports 4" Lift Spindle # FTS1588-7. Designed to fit 1992-1999 1500 series 2wd Chevrolet and GMC SUV's like the Tahoe, Suburban and Yukon. The FTS1588-7 is the fastest and least expensive way of lifting a 2wd GM SUV while still providing a major 4" increase in ground clearance under the front crossmember. This provides you with more clearance for larger than stock tires which really helps improve the off-road capability of your 2wd vehicle.
The FTS1588-7 provides a full 4" inches of Front Suspension Lift and increases ground clearance by four inches over stock as well! To level the vehicle PerformanceLifts.com suggests a 2" or 3" Lift Rear Block and U-Bolt kit be installed. For those looking to give their Silverado or Sierra the "prerunner" or "Baja" look a shorter 1" block is also available. Please note that the Shocks, Block, and U-Bolt shown in the picture are purchased separate from the Fabtech FTS1588-7 Spindles! All of these items are available separately using the selection boxes located above this item description.
Wider than stock tires cannot be installed on OEM wheels as they will rub the top of the spindle. Aftermarket wheels with a maximum back space of 3 3/4" are recommended. Maximum tire size suggested for use with this 4" lift spindle is a 32x11.5R15 on a 15x8" wheel.
For more information please click on the "ask a question" link located at the very top of this page.
This item ships for FREE via standard ground service to any address in the 48 United States of America!
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|Fabtech Motorsports
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|Chevrolet, GMC
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|Blazer, Suburban 1500, Tahoe, Yukon
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|1999, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1995, 1994, 1993, 1992
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|2-Wheel Drive
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My first impression of the Android
I had a chance to put my hands on the world's first Android-powered handset - T-Mobile G1.
I must admit I had little expectations, as it is the first version of the product and I was always taught that when it comes to technology - version 1.0 never really works.
Though I didn't have too much time to play around with it, I have to admit that it exceeded my expectations.
Here's my thoughts about the first Android phone:
Sticking with some good ideas:
You don't always need to invent the wheel to be successful, and indeed, the design of this phone combines few good elements that can be found in other handheld devices: trackball (BlackBerry anyone?), full sliding QWERTY keyboard (always better than those virtual ones), and the four classic hardware buttons: home, send, end, and back (combined with one additional 'menu' button).
The OS tries to follow the touch experience that exists in all the new phones. It is designed in a finger friendly way and does a good job at it even though not always consistent.
The home screen is an interesting combination of a launcher (like iPhone's shortcuts) with summary panels (like Windows Mobile's informative today screen) - all, with the capabilities to define multiple pages.
It seems like Google learned from other's experience: the iPhone misses some summary information in the home screen, and on the other hand - WinMo users always add launchers to their 'today' screen. Google combined the two and did it well.
Other than that, there are many things that reminded me of the iPhone: especially the way that the menus are scrolling using finger gestures. I can't blame Google for doing so, as this is now becoming an industry standard. However, even though the screen technology is the same as the iPhone - the Android does not have the same smoothness.
A nice Innovation:
Something which I did find innovative was the built in 'Menu' button: why wasting important area on the screen with menus or buttons or both when a hardware button can be allocated for that? No matter what application is currently open - the 'menu' hardware button will open a popup menu related to that specific context - it pops up from the bottom and it's very intuitive. Great concept.
So far so good, but as always, I never miss a good opportunity to complain. So here are few of the things I didn't like about the Android.
First - the hardware design:
I've said it in the past already; this HTC device looks like it was taken from the 80's. The goofy rounded buttons and the entire design made me wonder if maybe it's some kind of a human experiment to see how far people will go just to be the first to purchase the Android. Holding it in the hand feels OK, but this is no match to the great designs we usually get from HTC.
Having said that, the device feels solid enough and the sliding screen doesn't feel like it will break so fast - which is good.
Having a real QWERTY keyboard is nice, but I found the keys too small and not raised enough over the body which made the keyboard uncomfortable.
Internet Browsing:
Internet browsing is one of the most important things in today's devices. While my new iPhone roamed automatically and found the local wireless connection in 2-3 seconds - it took the android couple of long attempts to get connected. I found that loading my Mobile Spoon blog which has became pretty loaded by now took way too much time (comparing to the iPhone browser). And finally, the browsing itself was not perfect. Some attempts to scroll the page resulted in opening a link, and the general movements inside the page were not smooth.
I noticed a similar problem while clicking some icons and buttons - Some clicks did not react as expected. Checking some other blogs I found that other reviewers witnessed the same problem. (Did I mention version 1.0?)
If you are looking for a fancy toy such as the iPhone - Android is definitely not the one for you.
If you are looking for a business device - you have few options: Windows Mobile, BlackBerry or Android. The last one tries to combine a friendly user interface (although not completely consistent yet), touch screen, and a powerful platform - all the things we are looking for. But it's still version 1.0.
I personally don't see a reason to purchase this phone right now: the handset design is poor, and even though the OS has a huge potential - there are more mature and attractive options out there. At least for the time being.
All of that can dramatically change, of course, once version 2 is released along with some new (better looking) devices.
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