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ADNAN OKTAR: What strikes with astonishment is that when people are raised up from death.. Normally they should be astounded, they should be very shaken when they are raised after death. Yet they consider it very reasonable. They are not after the fact that they are raised up after death, they just say; "Who has raised us from our resting-place?" So they consider all that very reasonable. Being in a resting place, being raised up from there and all that.. They consider this all very reasonable. They just want to learn Who has raised them, they just want to learn actual information about that. They just want to learn what has happened, that is it. This is how Hereafter is. People are not very much surprised in the Hereafter. That is why even in Hell, they conceal their remorse. It all goes on the same; those who are vicious continue with their viciousness. I mean they do not say; "O Lord, I am regretful, I am Your servant." Almighty Allah says that they glance around furtively because of their arrogance. They come to believe that situation was obtained somehow through a certain process. I mean they still do not believe that they are in the Hereafter, they still do not believe that they are resurrected. I mean -may Allah forbid- in their own minds they consider it as something pulled on them, they think that something against them is being done and have a fit of obstinacy. They have a conviction that it is an artificial trick played on them to make them acknowledge belief in Allah, so they obstinate. If they come to believe there and if they are shown again their life in this World, if they are return to this world to their friends, they believe that all their charisma would be lost and that is why they obstinate as a mule. They still do not believe, they still are stuck with arrogance. They still act conceitedly. You know such types, such types in the verge of death still denying the Existence of Allah. Doctors say "you have one month left," and they say; "I would never ever come to belief." What they are hesitating about is, if they somehow survive, if they come to belief and somehow survive, they think that they would be losing all their charisma, or they think that they would be losing their charisma during the time they have lived, that is how obsessively fixated they are. Man is a peculiar creature; Allah has created man in a marvelous way as a miracle. For instance it is really surprising that they are still arrogant and conceited.


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Shaquille O'Neal: Earth Is Flat
Apparently there's a belief circulating in the NBA that the Earth is flat. Kyrie Irving of the Cleveland Cavaliers first revealed his flat-Earth beliefs back in February, and now retired basketball player Shaquille O'Neal has revealed he's on the same page.
In an episode of his podcast broadcast late February but only recently picked up by the media, Shaq said, per Sports Illustrated: "It's true. The Earth is flat. The Earth is flat. Yes, it is. Listen, there are three ways to manipulate the mind—what you read, what you see, and what you hear."
He used an example involving Christopher Columbus, arguing that Columbus didn't really discover America because there were already "fair-skinned people" living here when Columbus arrived. Then he got into the real nitty gritty.
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Ann K. Smith of law firm Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo will present the 2013 Labor Law Update Professional Workshop on Jan. 30 at a Cerritos Regional Chamber of Commerce event.
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Bus Drivers Crucify Themselves Over Layoffs
(NEWSER) – A group of bus drivers in Paraguay is going to extreme measures to get back the jobs they say they were fired from: They crucified themselves—three weeks ago, reports the BBC. The men (some media reports say five, other say eight) used 15-inch nails to affix their hands to crosses that have been laid on the ground, and they've been in that position since losing their jobs after clamoring for better pay and conditions. Their wives are taking turns, too, the Telegraph reports. "I am joining in today. Tomorrow it will be another mom," said one, who asked that the country's president come and see the "inhuman situation."


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The Hudson River School and the Lure of the West
The museum's collection charts the nation's growth from a young republic to an emerging world power. Landscapes extolling the nation's geographic wonders from Niagara Falls to the Grand Canyon drove and documented westward expansion. Asher Durand's Dover Plains, Dutchess County, New York presents an idyllic landscape where man and nature coexist.
George Catlin's original Indian Gallery, a collection of more than 400 paintings that capture the "manners and customs" of Plains Indian tribes in the 1830s, is one of the museum's treasures. Westward expansion allowed artists such as Albert Bierstadt, Thomas Moran, and Frederic Remington to explore new territory and chronicle the settlement of the frontier, while members of the Taos School brought images of the West well into the twentieth century.
Impressionism and the Gilded Age
The museum has one of the finest and largest collections from the last quarter of the nineteenth century, including impressionist and Gilded Age works. In the 1870s, artists Childe Hassam, John Twachtman, Mary Cassatt, and William Merritt Chase often worked outdoors to record gorgeous aspects of light and color, hallmarks of the impressionist style. In The South Ledges, Appledore Hassam uses impressionist technique to render an island off the coast of New Hampshire.
In the decades before World War I—a period dubbed the "Gilded Age" by author Mark Twain—artists such as Winslow Homer, John Singer Sargent, James McNeill Whistler, and Abbott Thayer captured the brilliance and wealth of turn-of-the-century society, bringing a new level of sophistication to American art.
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I had no problem with BT3 but now the BT4 prefinal cannot recognize these two cards, the first is in the laptop Toshiba M40 and the second a pcmcia attached. I have dual booting with WinXP and Ubuntu 9.04 on the same laptop and these cards work just fine, so its definetely some problem with BT4.
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A familiar sight for many of us, captured by woodworker Daniel Dubois. It's an afternoon in the shop, tools scattered across the bench after several hours of inspired joinery work. Headed out for some coffee, you glance back and pause to admire the scene, feeling the fulfillment of a day spent working with your hands.
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you gonna go n cross it now with one of your bitchmade tags?
yeah why the fuck do you cross everyone..ur jealous cuz they have talent? fuckin wanabees
and odak your piece is shit ugly the 3d sucks and the form of the letters are hoooorrrrrriiiibbbbllllleee
dont use that wall for ur nasty shit
quit writing ur making the graff scene look bad
and look bitchOriginally posted by tiburon@Apr 27 2005, 07:12 PM
trik sake
theres already a trick so at least change ur ufckin name
okay it's enough
stop beefin it's called
picture gallery.
**3SrMeQuoi!!
uhhh trik - tricks , different spelling, different styles, different everything guy so if you honestly think i care about you telling me to change my name...ha
yea, whoa, how did you know, im gonna go cross it, especially when im the one who took the pic of him doing it, we had action flix but the 20$ digi cam froze while he was uploading so anyways,
its nice to see you would make a new account juss to diss me up, what a waste of time
anybody have more flix?
shut up
shut the fuck up im not whoa and dont diss him
theres not only him that hates you
evrerybody does
u think somebody is gonna go to the ta and see ur ugly crossing shit and say: hey! i think i like tricks
fuckin biter of trick
whatever *tricksucks*
... who cares.just post up some pics.
scan skam benks bank sake sage bake
so stop talking lol.
some old school's
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yo maybe it's shit cuz it's the thrid piece i painted. and whatever i'm not gonna stop painting because you don't like my shit. i love painting, and i'm gonna keep painting until i'm better than you. you could sit here and type some shit into your screen, but i'll be at TA learning how to paint. anyways, more odak flicks soon, some actions too.
can someone post pictures of the spot in its entirety...i wanna see how the whole area there looks...
^^ thats dumb...ta aint no secret....
At my funeral, I would like a huge sassy black lady to point at a portrait of me and exclaim "Fuck THIS guy!"
fuck odak get out of the the graff game fucking loozer
nah man. i regret crossing all that shit. it won't happen again, don't worry.
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Meinl Cymbal artist and Lamb of God drummer Chris Adler will be at Drum World in Pittsburgh, PA TODAY only for a meet and greet hang. Chris will be at Drum World from 4:30 to 5:30 to shake hands, sign almost anything and talk shop. Don't miss out on this opportunity to meet one of the nicest guys in metal.


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Subang, 22 November 2013: A total of 35 cabin crew from batch 11 & 12 of 2013 graduated and celebrated the completion of their three months 'Initial Cabin Crew Training' programme, at Malaysia Airlines Academy, Kelana Jaya in October.
Batch 11 and 12 were the 198 newly recruited cabin crew for year 2013.
At the graduation, Malaysia Airlines Head of Inflight Services, Hayati Dato' Ali said, "Our graduates will be a part of our Malaysia Airlines family and will be continuing our commitment to deliver exemplary service and Malaysian Hospitality to our guests.
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Hayati added, "With our new routes and increased frequencies, Malaysia Airlines cabin crew annual intake has grown from 3338 to 3553 crew to accommodate these on-going service enhancements."
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February 7, 2007
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Washington, DC – President Bush's budget supports moving forward with implementation of the IT Infrastructure Optimization Initiatives Line of Business (IOI LoB), the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) announced today.
GSA will serve as the managing partner of the effort to establish a government-wide process for performance measurement of the following three technology areas: Desktop/Seat Management and Support, Data Centers and Data Networks/Telecommunications. The measurement process will support agency efforts to show improved cost efficiency and service levels. In addition, the IOI LoB will promote knowledge sharing, best practices and leveraging aggregated buys to help agencies meet their targets.
In the near future GSA will solicit proposals for metrics, data collection and data analysis for this government-wide performance measurement process.
This performance measurement process will provide for comparing performance across the federal government and to industry peers. Departments/Agencies will be responsible for determining how to improve their performance and meet established goals. While there are many excellent infrastructure efforts already in progress, this initiative will establish a common measurement standard, and over time, improvements will result in more uniform performance levels across the government.
Founded in 1949, GSA serves as a centralized procurement and property management agency for the Federal government. GSA manages more than one-fourth of the government's total procurement dollars and influences the management of $500 billion in Federal assets, including 8,300 government-owned or leased buildings and 170,000 vehicles. GSA helps preserve our past and define our future, acting as a steward of more than 420 historic properties, and as manager of USA.gov, the official portal to Federal government information and services. GSA's mission to provide superior workplaces, expert technology solutions, acquisition services, purchasing and e-travel solutions and management policies, at best value, allows Federal agencies to focus on their core missions.
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Music at Mars Hill is a weekly column by Luke Larsen that seeks to find God amidst the newest trends in both mainstream music and independent music.Most thought this album would never come out. It's been five years since Wincing the Night Away and frontman James Mercer had repeatedly reinforced those doubts in interviews. However, now we've got Port of Morrow, the band's fourth studio album. Musically, it sounds very much like The Shins. Simple songs, acoustic guitars, and Mercer's unique … [Read more...]
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MARS HILL, N.C.- The Brevard College softball team rallied for a 3-2 game one victory over Mars Hill on their way to a doubleheader split at Ponder Field on Thursday afternoon, falling 6-4 in the second game.
Game 1: Brevard 3, Mars Hill 2
The Tornados rallied from a 2-0 deficit with a run in three straight innings on their way to victory in the opener, taking the lead on a Casey Whitaker RBI single in the 5th.
Whitaker's go-ahead RBI scored Alyssa Miller, who reached on a walk with one out. Emily Boykin tied the game at 2-2 in the 4th when she scored on a Mars Hill throwing error after doubling to lead off the inning.
The Tornados sparked the comeback in the 3rd when Alyssa Miller singled to right to score Michelle Ray for their first run.
The Lions took the lead in the opening frame on two hits and an error, which led to both runs charged to starter Jamie Hrobak (S, 2) being unearned. Alyssa Miller (W, 3-9) entered in the 4th and pitched 2.1 scoreless before Hrobak re-entered the circle to record the final four outs.
Game 2: Mars Hill 6, Brevard 4
The Tornados scored three runs over their final four at-bats but it wasn't enough to overcome an early 4-1 lead for the Lions.
The Lions scored four runs in the first two innings against Casey Whitaker (L, 2-5), who was charged with four runs (three earned) on three hits and a walk in 1.1 innings.
Hrobak held the Lions to two runs over the final 4.2 innings as the Tornados tried to claw back.
BC got a run back in the 5th on a MHC throwing error and Whitaker made it a two-run game with a solo homer in the 7th, but Lions starter Jamie Booze (W, 6-1) settled down to get the final out following the Whitaker homer.
BC made it a two-run game in the 4th on Brittany Fowler's RBI single to center before the Lions added two in the bottom of the 4th to push their lead back to four runs.
Mars Hill's Jamie Hockaday parked a three-run homer in the 2nd to give the Lions a 4-1 lead and knock Whitaker from the circle.
The Tornados struck first on Whitaker's RBI double in the top of the 1st, which Mars Hill answered with a run in the home half of the inning.
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In round four, the Bengals selected OLB Sean Porter out of Texas A and M. Porter has some versatility in a 4-3 even though most of his snaps taken at A and M were at outside linebacker.
In round number five, Cincinnati takes OT Tanner Hawkinson from Kansas. Adding depth as linebacker was one of the Bengals priorites on Day 3 of the draft. They added that depth with Hawkinson. A converted tight end, Hawkinson played left and right tackle at Kansas but has been projected as a guard. His biggest strength is his footwork.
In round six, the Bengals drafted running back Rex Burkhead from Nebraska. With Brian Leonard leaving for Tampa Bay, the Bengals drafted a player with Leonard-like qualities in Burkhead. At Nebraska, Burkhead placed fifth in school history with 3,189 yards, A jack of all trades at running back.
Also in the sixth round, wide receiver Cobi Hamilton from Arkansas was the Bengals choice. Hamilton led the SEC in average receiving yards per game at 111.3. He had 90 receptions for 1,335 yards and five TD's. He is considered a good possession receiver and more of a slot receiver in the offense.
With their first of two picks in round seven, the Bengals took offensive tackle Reid Fragel, out of Ohio State. The Bengals final pick in the 2013 Draft is Center TJ Johnson from South Carolina.


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How many coincidences have to happen before it's not a coincidence anymore? That's the question someone posed to me recently. Of course, they were asking the question by way of referring to some conspiracy theory about the world gone bad and the Illuminati gone badder. (Excuse the grammar, I'm trying to make a point here.) I suppose [Read More…]
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PHOTOS: Michelle Lewin relaxes by the pool
Michelle Lewin had a dip in the water - and needed to adjust her bikini bottom on the way out - and then worshipped the sun as she listened to music on a lounger. And with her eye-catching physique, which has given her the nickname La Cuerpa ('The Body' in Spanish), she definitely wasn't the only one enjoying the view by that pool.
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Bryan Guy Adams OC, OBC, (born November 5th 1959) is a Canadian rock singer, guitarist, songwriter and photographer. Some of his best-known albums are Reckless, 18 til I Die, and Waking Up the Neighbours. Bryan Adams was already popular in Canada when the release of his third album 'Cuts Like A Knife' in 1983 brought him a large following in the USA. His fourth album, 'Reckless', often referred to as one of the most significant of the 1980s, sold over 4 million copies at the time and continues to sell now. Read more on Last.fm more
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Milwaukee historic landmarks guide
Published Jan. 15, 2013
Milwaukee is alive with history, and its many landmarks are woven seamlessly into the urban fabric. A great way to learn about the past is by exploring these places right under our noses where our forebears lived, worked and played. Many historic buildings have been re-purposed and now house office space or are private homes. Here are just a few places within the city limits where the past meets the present.


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Tick removal
Ticks are small, insect-like creatures that live in woods and fields. They attach to you as you brush past bushes, plants, and grass. Once on you, ticks often move to a warm, moist location, like the armpits, groin, and hair. They typically attach firmly to your skin and begin to draw blood for their meal. This process is painless and most people will not notice the bite.
Ticks can be fairly large -- about the size of a pencil eraser -- or so small that they are almost impossible to see. Ticks can cause a variety of health conditions ranging from harmless to serious.
See also: Tick bites
While most ticks do not carry diseases, some ticks can cause:
Watch for the symptoms of these diseases in the weeks following a tick bite:
- Fever
- Headache
- Muscle or joint aches
- Other flu-like symptoms
- Stiff neck
- Swollen lymph nodes
- Weakness
Watch for a red spot or rash starting at the location of the bite.
The tick itself can cause paralysis in humans (called tick paralysis). Symptoms include:
- Incoordination
- Numbness
- Spreading paralysis
- Tingling
- Weakness
- Do NOT try to burn the tick with a match or other hot object.
- Do NOT twist the tick when pulling it out.
- Do NOT try to kill, smother, or lubricate the tick with oil, alcohol, vaseline, or similar material.
When to Contact a Medical Professional
Call your doctor if you have not been able to remove the entire tick. Also call if in the days following a tick bite you develop:
- A rash
- Flu-like symptoms
- Joint pain or redness
- Swollen lymph nodes
Call 911 if you have any signs of:
- Chest pain
- Heart palpitations
- Paralysis
- Severe headache
- Trouble breathing
First Aid
If a tick is attached to you, follow these steps to remove it:
- Grasp the tick close to its head or mouth with tweezers. Do not use your bare fingers. If needed, use a tissue or paper towel.
- Pull it straight out with a slow and steady motion. Avoid squeezing or crushing the tick. Be careful not to leave the head embedded in the skin.
- Clean the area thoroughly with soap and water. Also wash your hands thoroughly.
- Save the tick in a jar and watch carefully for the next week or two for signs of Lyme disease.
- If all parts of the tick cannot be removed, get medical help. Bring the tick in the jar to your doctor's appointment.
- Wear long pants and long sleeves when walking through heavy brush, tall grass, and densely wooded areas.
- Pull your socks over the outside of your pants to prevent ticks from crawling up inside.
- Keep your shirt tucked into your pants.
- Wear light-colored clothes so that ticks can be spotted easily.
- Spray your clothes with insect repellant.
- Check your clothes and skin frequently while in the woods.
After returning home:
- Remove your clothes and thoroughly inspect all skin surface areas, including your scalp. Ticks can quickly climb up the length of your body.
- Some ticks are large and easy to locate. Other ticks can be quite small, so carefully evaluate all black or brown spots on the skin.
- If possible ask someone to help you examine your body for ticks.
- An adult should examine children carefully.
Bolgiano EB, Sexton J. Tick-borne illnesses. In: Marx JA, Hockberger RS, Walls RM, et al, eds. Rosen's Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice. 7th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Mosby Elsevier; 2009:chap 132.
Review Date: 1/2/2011
Reviewed By: Jacob L. Heller, MD, MHA, Emergency Medicine, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, Washington. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.


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S.2731, the Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008,would authorize $50 billion over Fiscal Years 2009 through 2013 for United States bilateral and multilateral programs to combat human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), tuberculosis (TB), and malaria. The bill would require the President to establish a new five-year strategy to fight HIV/AIDS, TB, and malaria, as part of the overall United States health and development agenda; call for increased resources for bilateral and multilateral efforts to combat these diseases; seek to intensify prevention, treatment, and care efforts and enhance program effectiveness, including addressing the particular vulnerabilities of girls and women; encourage public-private partnerships; reinforce vaccine development and other research, including operations research; and help partner countries to strengthen health systems and improve capacity.
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Title I: Policy Planning and Coordination
Development of a comprehensive, 5-year, global strategy. The bill would amend section 101 of the United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 (also known as the 2003 Leadership Act) by providing additional guidance to the President on the development of the second 5-year integrated plan to improve efforts to combat HIV/AIDS globally and requiring a subsequent report to Congress.
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Thread: long stabilizers
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long stabilizers
Shooting a long stabilizer is something new for me. I am moving from hunter class to open class and am increasing my stabilizer length. Do I have to have a counter balance offsetting to the rear (v bar style unit) or can I just screw on a 30" stabilizer and forget the rest. Reason is, with the price of doinker stabilizers, I would like to purchase a 30" stabilizer and a quick release only. If I need the counter balance with the longer stabilizer then I will purchase it, but to save a buck, do I really need it?
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I had the same problem when moving from a short to a long stabalizer. Try to save money (ie shoot b4 you but ) is always essential. A quick answer to your question is no it is not needed right away. It has alot to do with shooting style. You might find that you might need one left or right depending on hand torque. I wouldnt purchase the rear stabalizer as a weight counterbalance until you have shot a while,tried several,and then determined it would be helpful. Thats my 2 cents
Some do some don't?
I personally have Doinker,and I have used the v-bar setup on the back.
I know you can get away with just a sidemount and a small amount of weight on one side but It depends what the bow is doing...
If you hang the bow on a string from the top cam you can see what that level bubble is doing for usually the fact of the sight's weight on the other side of the bow makes it canter up on the left.
I also just don't look at getting that level,it's a matter of how well the bow sits in my hand when in full draw.This is why I on three different bows now hve done dfferent things to make that bow in perticular sit in full draw the way that I prefer it to be.When I hold the bow infull draw it sits like a rock on the bullseye and then when the shot goes off the bow then drops forward gradually on the followthrough.
A proshop or shoot might be the place to go and ask if you can try theirs and see what it does on your bow.
I do know I change weights occasionally just to give me more or less holding capabilties,If there is wind or I maybe drank too much caffeine,I can add weight.
You can usually always add weight....if you by one too heavy your stuck with what you got.
This will also give you some advantages of what work best for what kind of stabilizer,v-bar,sidemount,acc.you might really need.
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I would make one suggestion in chosing a stablizer. Stick with one that is 18 to 26 inches. Hualing around a 30 to 36 inch stablizer can get very tiring on a 3D course.
I myself only use the front stablizer, as vbars usually throw me off when trying to site in on the target and keeping to bow level. It basically comes down to your shooting style as what works for one doesn't work for the other.TNArcher
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I also wondered the same so thanks for the answers!!!!
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i shoot without adding any counter balance works great
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I agree with tnarcher.Longer stab. are awkward and sometimes frustrating.
I was shooting with a 30" Cartel and switched to a 24" Super Stix with quick release, much better.I like the sliding weight and torque counter action ability of this stab.
Regards heavy dart
I just outdid the awequardness
I took my Doinker 10"v-bar on the back and replaced it with a suppression mount,put it out front connected to a 30".
I measured it,it is 40" on the head right now,might take off some weight in the front,ya really don't know what is gonna happen till ya shoot it about a couple dozen times.
I Love my stabilizers on my setup,and wouldn't be putting up the numbers like I do(at times,ah,ha)...if I couldn't hold a rock solid bow.
The whole concept is to add weight and take it off to balance the bow,even according to what kind of conditions I might be in.
If it is windy,I add some.
If I have alot of shooting to do,say 2 3d's or a full feild round,I might take some off.
I noticed that alot of shooting and all this weight on here really can play a toll on the upper shoulder and backtention muscles.When you do end up working them out over a period of time and drop some weight off,or go indoors out of the wind you can dramatically see a huge difference in the way the bow somehow stays directly on the bull without any effort at all.
To me,I would not say alot of weight is really needed to acheive such a thing,but,the longer the stabilizer the better, for me anyways...Doink.doink.
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I don't know anybody who hasn't got a few cast off stabs in the corner. I used to spend before trying them out, but now I mooch from other shooters for a round or two before spending. Archers are a wonderfull group in general - willing to help generally. Just my thoughts - good luck! Shel - ProString
Yes,most of us are willing...
I wouldn't turn anyone down to try out my stuff.
I guess I just don't have alot in the corner,I was smart and did exactly this.
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I feel thread bombed by MCSL... (<-- probably works for RIM's marketing department or something... no, definitely works for RIM!)
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When Two Phones Are Better
As Mary Alice Stephenson bounces between her two smartphones, sending emails with one and tweeting photos with the other, it often leads her to wonder: "Why can't the iPhone and the BlackBerry have a baby?"
Ms. Stephenson, a style and fashion consultant in New York, has tried using each phone alone. She liked the ease of typing on the BlackBerry's keyboard, and she also liked the photo-sharing tools on the all touch-screen iPhone.
A few months ago, she ditched her BlackBerry in favor of the iPhone but quickly became frustrated with the touch-screen keyboard and its autocorrect function. So, despite the hassle, she now always carries both.
Touch-screen smartphones, from Apple Inc. and the likes of Samsung, are the industry leaders, hogging much of the U.S. market share for mobile phones. Most of their users have adapted to the difficulty of sending emails and texts without a physical keyboard and are snapping up the phones because of features such as better Web browsing, camera quality and screen size.
But plenty of people remain attached to BlackBerrys for the ease of emailing and texting via a QWERTY keyboard. Though BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion Ltd. has seen most of its U.S. market share erode over the past two years, many employers still prefer the secure network that BlackBerrys run on.
There are currently 78 million BlackBerry subscribers world-wide, and RIM says that a large majority of Fortune 500 companies issue BlackBerrys to employees.
Instead of ditching one phone or the other, a corps of professional multimedia types have concluded, Why not keep both?
Carrying two phones can be annoying, and there are logistical challenges. First, where to put them? They are unwieldy in pockets and purses.
Then there's the issue of making sure not one but two phones are fully charged, and keeping track of two sets of power cords. There are two phone numbers and two separate carrier plans to manage, which often means different minutes and calling and text rates.
And then there are image concerns. Amanda Slavin, the 26-year-old director of marketing and events for a New York restaurant group, is used to getting skeptical looks when she pulls out her BlackBerry. She quickly heads off any judgment. "Don't worry, I also have an iPhone," she says.
She says people perceive her BlackBerry as outdated, and she agrees with that view-up to a point. "It's just not really practical for anything besides emailing," she says. But her BlackBerry serves up her work email messages very fast, Ms. Slavin says. As important, she can type on it without looking at the keypad. She also likes its instant-messaging feature, known as BBM, as well as its calendar, which syncs with her work PC.
Her iPhone, on the other hand, covers everything else. Ms. Slavin uses it for phone calls, text messages, her personal Gmail account and Web browsing. She also updates her social media, including Facebook, on her iPhone, so she considers it a networking tool. And besides, she says, "the iPhone is so pretty."
The two phones "complement each other really nicely," says Allen Adamson, a managing director at branding firm Landor Associates, New York, and himself a dual iPhone-BlackBerry user.
"Having two devices is often a more powerful solution," Mr. Adamson says. "If you're pounding out a ton of emails, it is very hard to do on an iPhone unless you're very, very fast or a 15-year-old."
Frank Boulben, RIM's newly appointed chief marketing officer, says he is well aware of the two-phone phenomenon, noting that many work-issued BlackBerrys have nonessential applications disabled. Users aren't getting a full BlackBerry experience, he says. "We are going to try and address those individuals differently with BlackBerry 10," he says, referring to RIM's next line of phones, which is expected to launch early next year.
"It would be much more convenient for you to manage all aspects of your personal life and professional life on the same device," Mr. Boulben says, adding that RIM is planning a number of innovations to help users do that.
The BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 is awesome. One of the best things about the update is that it makes you feel good about the upcoming BlackBerry 10 smartphones. As far as we can tell, the upcoming BlackBerry 10 smartphones will be a smaller version of the tablet OS. This means that all the awesome games that you've been seeing, as well as the beautiful user interfaces, unified inbox, social integration and more, will all be a part of the next-generation BlackBerrys. There are some great new features in PlayBook OS 2.0, but there are 10 features that stand out above all.
1. BlackBerry Bridge Remote Control
The Remote Control feature with Bridge is amazing and it's going to really come together when you hook up your PlayBook to your TV. Not only does the Remote make watching video and playing music from your TV a breeze, but it also integrates with PowerPoint turning your smartphone into one of those PowerPoint clickers that people usually spend an additional $40 on. Another awesome feature of the Remote is using the BlackBerry keyboard. For those with a Bold 9900, you can now take the power of a BlackBerry keyboard to the PlayBook and bang-out emails at the speed you're used to.
2. Social Integration
It's great to see RIM's implementation of Gist, the Social Address Book, in all the native apps such as Messages, Calendar and Contacts. Whenever you enter a message and you have that user in your Contacts, it's easy to bring up more information about that contact. This brings a great new dynamic to your inbox, allowing you to learn about the people you're messaging. This is where RIM's productivity knowledge begins to shine.
3. Folders
The Folders feature was a big pain when the PlayBook first launched. We heard a lot of complaints from users saying that Folders is a standard feature and it's ridiculous that it wasn't available. Now that folders is here, it's a welcomed feature. Some of the folders I have include: Games, Location, News, Audio, Video, Productivity and more. I can't wait to see the Productivity folder increase in size as RIM releases more advanced APIs for developers to make cool apps with.
4. Message Formatting
It was a little weird that you couldn't type in Bold on a Bold. Perhaps something to do with the rich formatting didn't jive with RIM's vision of data-efficient messaging on the NOC. Now, you can use rich formatting on your PlayBook messages with Bold, Italics and more.
5. Reader Mode
When you're browsing a website, there's a small button in the top left that lets you switch to Reader Mode. This mode puts you in more of an RSS style of reading and makes it easy to take out the text of ad-rich websites. There are a number of ways to read websites on the PlayBook, including apps like Taptu and BlackBerry News, and this is just one more way that reading is enjoyable on the BlackBerry tablet.
6. Print To Go
The Print To Go feature is a cool way of integrating the desktop experience with the PlayBook. When you go to Print a document, you can send it to the PlayBook where you get a digital print version and you can even virtually shred the documents. This allows you to take the document with you on the go and review as well as sort your documents, without having to waste paper.
7. Video Calling
The video calling app on the PlayBook is much improved over the previous version. Now, you can see who is online and call them. Adding contacts is also much easier and it's actually done automatically out of your Address Book.
8. Integrated Android Player
When PlayBook OS 2 launched, there seemed to be a lot of confusion around how Android apps would end up on the PlayBook. The way RIM has done it makes a lot of sense but the way that Android apps can communicate with the PlayBook is incredibly limited for the time being. It's basically impossible to tell if the app you're getting from App World was previously an Android app, and you can't expect all your favorite Android apps to suddenly appear in App World. For now, it seems just very basic apps and games will start appearing in App World as the amount of APIs that the Android app can leverage is really limited. We're hoping that RIM figures out how to take even the most complicated Android apps and port them to the PlayBook. Even basic payment functionality would be great, such as the ability for Android games to default from Google's in-app payment system to App World's without any real work on the part of the developer. Until then, just sit back and watch the apps and games come in.
9. Improved Keyboard
The new virtual keyboard on the PlayBook is a huge improvement over its predecessor. The new keyboard features alphanumeric and symbols on a single page so you can type in your credentials without having to go back and forth between different keyboard styles. Virtual keyboards on BlackBerry devices like the latest Curve have been pretty bunk, and it should be interesting if RIM takes this new style to other devices. It's a winner for sure.
10. Calendar
The new native Calendar on the PlayBook has some great social integration as mentioned above, but it also lets you see what is going on at a glance with busy days being displayed bigger than slow days. The new Calendar also has a wide variety of ways of displaying events and seeing who is attending those events with you. All around, this Calendar makes us really excited for the type of Calendar we'll see on a BlackBerry 10 smartphone.
Honorable Mentions:
Speed It seems that the PlayBook has improved the speed of the user experience. Swiping windows away as well as being able to click a little 'x' on the window makes browsing the PlayBook faster.
Improved browser The browser is definitely more powerful on the PlayBook. The reason it's an honorable mention and not a favorite, is because it's sort of always been awesome and while there are definite improvements, it seems like more of a "behind-the-scenes" feature.
The biggest endorsement I can make for PlayBook OS 2.0 is that I am using it again. Every day I leave my iPad at home and I do my browsing, write my emails and read my books on the PlayBook. Yes, I miss a few apps and some of the games, but for many people like me the PlayBook is currently the best tablet option out there.
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I would rather have an older A500 than a new Playbook. This is true... I just bought one for my GF. She loves the A500 and has now placed her laptop on hold indefinitely.
Playbook should be renamed JokeBook.
It takes a lot of work to be lazy.
I didn't know this was a RIM marketing thread.
The company is dead. Let's move on
BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 and BlackBerry Device Service Receive FIPS 140-2 Certification
BlackBerry® PlayBook OS 2.0, having made its debut at CES 2012 in Las Vegas, recently joined the family of FIPS 140-2 certified BlackBerry solutions. Along with it, BlackBerry® Device Service, a component of BlackBerry® Mobile Fusion, is now also FIPS 140-2 certified. This is an important certification and a U.S. government computer security standard; many organizations and governments have FIPS 140-2 certification as a requirement for use within their networks.
Why does FIPS 140-2 certification matter?
Certifications in general, and this one in particular, are an indication not only of security and reliability, but also of a process in which independent third parties have provided validation. Beyond government, industries like health care and finance also trust in FIPS 140-2 certifications, as both involve the storing of personal and sensitive information.
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Today weve caught up with Eugene Signorini, Senior Vice President of the Yankee Groups research team, to chat about these recent certifications of BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 and BlackBerry Device Service. Check out the interview below:
[Biz Blog]: Thanks for joining us today! Why dont you share a bit of info on your experience and what you focus on in your work?
[Eugene Signorini]: I currently lead Yankee Groups research team, which is 100% focused on mobility trends and issues. Personally, I focus on enterprise mobility, which includes mobile applications, mobility management, mobile device & OS issues for business, mobile payments, and mobile security. I co-founded Yankee Groups enterprise mobility research practice in 2002 and have been focused on the topic for more than 10 years.
[Biz Blog]: What is the general significance of certifications like FIPS 140-2? Who does this apply to?
Certifications such as FIPS 140-2 provide an important benchmark for organizations when evaluating security credentials for certain devices and solutions. Essentially, for companies with the most stringent standards for security whether those are for regulatory or compliance issues, or just standard company practice benefit from these certifications because it removes uncertainty when approving vendors or suppliers. Knowing something is FIPS certified essentially provides a gold standard, a seal of approval for IT and security organizations. This level of security especially applies to government agencies, financial services firms, and health care, where regulatory and compliance standards are rigid, and require the highest levels of data and information protection.
[Biz Blog]: Is security still an important consideration concerning mobile devices?
Security remains top of mind for IT leaders when it comes to implementing mobility solutions. Yankee Groups June 2012 Enterprise Mobility IT Decision Maker Survey reveals that security remains the number one obstacle for companies in supporting mobile workers. And mobile security ranks third among all IT priorities across the organization, coming behind only cloud-based services and mobile applications.
[Biz Blog]: What are some of the most prominent security challenges facing businesses today, and how are they reacting?
Most companies are increasingly concerned about managing mobile devices, and securing information on those devices. Specifically, the top three security challenges that weve seen enterprises facing are secure network access for mobile workers, mitigating potential loss of data or intellectual property, and prevention of malware across multiple devices and operating systems.
[Biz Blog]: How does security extend beyond simple password protection? Should consumers also be concerned about the security built into their smartphones and tablets?
Password protection is really the baseline level of security for mobile devices its a no brainer and something all organizations should implement. After all, the easiest way to expose sensitive information is by a device falling into the wrong hands. However, organizations are quickly coming to the realization that there is more to security than just basic password enforcement. At the end of the day, its about protecting the information on the device both in transit and in static state. Consumers are slower to understand the threats related to information security, but recent events such as compromises to passwords on popular social media and consumer cloud sites raise awareness that consumers need protection as well. I anticipate that as more of these incidents occur, consumers will place a much higher value on device and personal information security.
BlackBerry PlayBook Hardware
Texas Instruments dual-core OMAP4430 processor - with the two ARM Cortex-A9 MPcores running up to 1GHz each - is a part of the PlayBook's architecture. TI's single-chip WiLinkTM 7.0 solution provides the PlayBook's connectivity capabilities, and our power management solutions are also under the hood. RIM's new BlackBerry Tablet OS, which is built with QNX technology, really makes our dual core processor sing and the resulting user experience is outstanding.
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I love my Playbook and I am a huge advocate for it. Not only in terms of portability, power, multi-tasking but also the price.
Just so you know, a guy at my church has an iPad and he came to me with some problems on the configuration (I spend quite a bit of time at church lately as I'm helping them the ministers and staff get Playbooks - and they love them) and he has been trying to figure it out for weeks. He basically can't send or receive e-mail. So every tablet has issues.
When I look at it the Playbook, it is the best for me and at the current price it is the best out there.
I can read e-books, e-magazines, got free DocstoGo premium, best HTML5 browser The HTML5 test - How well does your browser support HTML5? with Flash to boot, tons of apps rolling in and the hardware specs are awesome. Just listen to the speakers on it vs. the iPad. Then look at the price.
What do the staff at my church think about their Playbooks?
Dude, blackberry is dead... it's just a matter of time.
It takes a lot of work to be lazy.
Yes, the iPad isn't always the best option for a tablet, but its still a lovely piece of kit.
4G LTE BlackBerry PlayBook Carputer Owner
My car has had two different carputers installed in it over the last 15 years. The 4G LTE PlayBook allows me to remove all that extra equipment.
when does your salary for RIM run out? They should be bankrupt soon
The Fanboy and the Phone: A Love/Hate Story
In the 90's, no nerd-debate was more contentious than that over the "Best" computer operating system. Were you Windows or were you Mac (or Linux)? Rifts formed in communities, hateful epithets were hurled, and friendships were destroyed. It was the geek equivalent of the abortion rights debate.
This war is still being fought, but its once-blazing fires have been reduced to ever-smoldering coals. Why? Because there's something better to fight about, and this time it's in your pants.
Today, the fight is over phones. Especially smartphones. We defend, with venom, not only our chosen operating system, but also our chosen hardware manufacturer, and even our chosen service provider. Was a similar phone war waged when push-button began supplanting rotary? Probably not? Nor was the battle as fierce when cell phones just made calls and sent text messages. It's the "smart" in our smartphones that seems to have really set this quarrel ablaze, and maybe with good reason.
In 2009, famed Dilbert creator Scott Adams wrote one of my all-time favorite blog entries, wherein he claimed that we are already cyborgs, and that our smartphones are, in essence, a sort of exobrain.
Your regular brain uses your exobrain to outsource part of its memory, and perform other functions, such as GPS navigation, or searching the Internet. If you're anything like me, your exobrain is with you 24-hours a day. It's my only telephone device, and I even sleep next to it because it's my alarm clock.This really resonated with me. I think about how many phone numbers I had memorized before I had a cell phone. Sure, I wrote many down, but I had dozens stored in my head. Now? Maybe five? And I don't even know if all of those count, because some are family members who haven't changed their numbers since I was a kid. The last five times I've visited L.A. I haven't looked at a map once. I just paired my phone to my rental car via Bluetooth listened to the turn-by-turn directions. The fact alone that we now have constant access to online dictionaries, encyclopedias, music recognition apps, and everything else that the internet can provide is a very serious augmentation in knowledge and function, even if we don't then store what we learn in our meat-brains.
I don't want to get sidetracked talking about whether this is good or bad for human evolution that's another question for another day my point is just how incredibly personal these devices are to us. It's no wonder this debate is hotter than the Windows vs. Mac War of olde. I spend a lot of time with my computer, but I definitely spend a lot more time with my phone. Even if I don't use it as heavily (I don't write long documents or edit tons of video), it's always near me, and therefore I am always connected to that host of information and extra-sensory perception (GPS and communications, for example). While this augmentation is wonderful in many ways, it has also created a level of dependency. If I'd lost my phone while in L.A., I would have had no idea where I was and I would not have known anybody's phone number there. Yes, I realize I could go to an internet café to solve these problems, but you get my point: without access to technology, specifically the internet, I would have been paddleless in a very poopy creek.
Because we have invested so much of ourselves in these devices and rely on them so heavily, we want to believe that we have chosen the "right' one. The "Best" one. We see them as an extension of ourselves, and, at least subconsciously, we know they are extensions of our brains. Naturally, we don't want to think that we have chosen stupid brain-extensions for ourselves. Each of us wants to believe that the exobrain we have selected for our self is the smartest, fastest, most capable, "Best" exobrain there is. This is where "Fanboyism" begins to creep in.
Fanboys (and, of course, Fangirls), those who believe their device/brand/OS/etc. is so clearly the "Best", exhibit brand loyalty at a fever pitch approaching religious zealotry. This is a natural follow, of course, because the very concept of "Best" is entirely subjective, and therefore necessitates belief. There cannot be any one "Best" smartphone any more than there can be one "Best" beer or potato. But these are not mere beers or potatoes, they're our exobrains. They're a part of us (even if they're removable), so it's no wonder that this gets extra personal. We see people with their different exobrains, and they are trying to be faster, smarter, and more capable than our exobrains! There are two divergent paths from here.
Some people say, "Wow, that's a really nice exobrain. I really like my exobrain a lot, but I wish it had that feature." Or they may even say, "Daaaamn that exobrain is awesome! My exobrain is so slow and janky. I totally wish I had your exobrain. I can't wait to upgrade to something like that!" This is the path of, shall we say, most people. These are pretty reasonable thoughts and reactions.
The Fanboy's path looks a lot different. It is filled with defenses and counter-attacks. Upon being shown a feature in someone else's exobrain which does not exist in the Fanboy's exobrain, response is more likely to be along the lines of, "That's stupid. I would never use that." Or they may divert the conversation away from their exobrain's perceived weakness and redirect it toward one of its strengths. "So? Can your exobrain do this?" They are also more likely to defend, attack, flame, and troll in comments, forums, and even status updates, canonizing their own exobrain whilst deriding the exobrains chosen by others.
Well, so what? Other than excessive ****-talking and just generally being super obnoxious, does it do any harm? Possibly.
Innovation is fueled, not merely by competition, but also by customer demand. Generally, the need Fanboys and Fangirls have to believe their exobrain is the "Best" seems to lead them away from being critical enough of their own devices. It's rare to hear a Fanboy admit that there is anything wrong with their device until their device's parent company announces a soon-coming update that will patch that hole (think notifications on iOS or copy/paste on Android). When people demand less, they get less. This sort of consumer complacency leads to corporate complacency. If a company knows, regardless of what they put out, that people will line up for it and buy it, this decreases their motivation to push the envelope (which requires a lot of time and money spent on R&D). They will still have motivation from competing companies, but they know they have a certain number of devotees they can fall back on, and that gives them a sort of a cushion (and it may be a rather large one). When companies kick back on cushions, innovation slows, and consumers lose out.
What is interesting about smartphones is that people who have never before exhibited the characteristics of Fanboyism are sliding down that path. It's not just for geeks anymore! Or, one could argue that because so many people are now carrying cutting-edge technology in their pockets previously the domain of geeks, more or less exclusively that now the world is just much geekier? It seems like every other week some friend on Facebook or Twitter posts, "I need a new phone. What should I get?" After just a few comments the thread usually devolves into a morass of iPhone/Android/Windows Phone stroking/bashing. These were once reasonable men and women. Sad. Very sad.
At the end of the day, it's hard to admit your faults and the faults of your exobrain, or acknowledge where others may surpass you. If we can just breathe and get our egos out of the way, however, we can love our own exobrains AND respect the exobrains of others. My primary exobrain is an Android device. I put a lot of weight on customization, and that's one of the reasons I chose it. In general, it's a great device for my needs. That said, I think iPhones are awesome and they have some features I totally covet. Windows Phone 7 has some tasty stuff I wish my phone had, too. Would I ever leave Android? Of course. If Google fails to keep up with the rest of the pack, why wouldn't I? I'm not a stock-holder. I have no more fealty to Google than I do to brands of toenail clippers. Well, I haven't purchased any apps for my toenail clippers yet.
The point is, there is no "Best" device. Now or ever. It's a myth that companies create and Fanboys/Fangirls buy into. A critical eye and a little humility will ensure not only that you really do have the best device for who you are and your specific needs, it will also motivate companies to strive to produce the most incredible exobrains possible, and that is something I think we all very much want to see.
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My simple view on this is that anyone who defends RIM/BB now is in need of some serious mental help because that company is as good as done.
For business users who supply BlackBerry smartphones or tablets to employees, BlackBerry Balance is the perfect way to keep business and personal content separate.
The application allows IT managers to partition the BlackBerry, so staff are not able to copy and share work data to their personal applications. There is also a big advantage to the employee with BlackBerry Balance - using the app will allow them to still use all the personal apps they want, such as social networking, therefore eliminating the need to carry a second 'personal' device everyone is a winner. BlackBerry Balance is all about giving businesses peace of mind.
A major headache for CIOs and IT managers is preventing the accidental leakage of data from smartphones and tablet computers when employees use these devices in both their personal and professional lives. RIM is helping managers address this with tools such as BlackBerry® BalanceTMtechnology, which enables businesses to protect their assets while letting employees install their favourite applications. BlackBerry Balance is designed to separate corporate and personal data within the operating system of BlackBerry smartphones and BlackBerry PlayBook tablets. This ensures, for example, that a user can't copy and paste data from a work app into a personal app. This prevents accidental or deliberate sharing of company data through the user's personal email or social media accounts.
Mobile devices can be easily lost or stolen so companies need to take steps to secure data stored on the devices and prevent unauthorised users from accessing corporate networks. Companies need to look for end-to-end solutions, from on-device features to centralised management of end-user handsets and tablets. Some features to look for include the ability to protect corporate data stored on devices using strong encryption methods; IT controls to remotely lock, wipe or de-register devices in the event that they are lost or stolen; and the ability to wirelessly adjust security levels up or down or implement new policies without needing to touch devices.
Developers will take a wait and see approach but if even 20% of RIM's 78 million users upgrade to BB10 they will have a larger market share than Windows Phone. Once BB10 gets 2-3 million users the Apps will come (and quickly).
The other developer issue has already been solved. Fixed the SDK and tools to make Apps, fixed the process to create and publish Apps. RIM's done great work here and are second only to Apple for helping developers make money, I mean I doubt they all just make mobile Apps as hobby. Not to mention the $10k incentive if your App doesn't sell you STILL get paid. Who else provides that?
If BB10 is solid and from a hardware / OS side it's sounding promising, App developers would be foolish to get in on the ground floor if this takes off to any degree. Apple's store is over crowded, Android makes zero money as most Apps are pirated. Windows Phone is doing nothing.
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Research In Motion is getting no respect from Marissa Mayer.
Yahoo's new CEO informed employees yesterday that they would be getting the new smartphone of their choice from Apple, Samsung, Nokia, or HTC. Through the program, Yahoos will have access to the industry's newest and hottest phones, including the iPhone 5, Samsung Galaxy S3, HTC Evo 4G LTE, and Nokia Lumia 920.
In addition to purchasing the phones, Yahoo will also pay employees' voice and data bills.
But what they won't pay for is a BlackBerry. Once the de rigueur instrument of business communications, RIM's smartphone was left off the list.
While the offer will likely go a long way toward boosting morale at the beleaguered Web pioneer, it's not likely to please employees at RIM, which has been struggling to regain lost market share and sales of its once-popular BlackBerry devices in an industry now ruled by Apple and Android.
Understandably, Mayer is placing her faith in market leaders iOS and Android. But by choosing Windows Phone 8 -- a platform that hasn't even landed in consumers' hands -- over BlackBerry, she is essentially declaring RIM's platform obsolete and dead. And that pretty much reflects consumer opinion; RIM's market share has plummeted from 25 percent in September 2011 to just barely 1 percent in July, according to a recent Chitika study.
Mayer's memo, as published by Business Insider:
We have a very exciting update to share with you today - we are announcing Yahoo! Smart Phones, Smart Fun! As of today, Yahoo is moving off of blackberries as our corporate phones and on to smartphones in 22 countries. A few weeks ago, we said that we would look into smartphone penetration rates globally and take those rates into account when deciding on corporate phones. Ideally, we'd like our employees to have devices similar to our users, so we can think and work as the majority of our users do.
Moving forward, we'll offer you a choice of devices as well as provide monthly plans for the data and phone.
The smartphone choices that we are including in the program are:
* Apple iPhone 5
* Android:
- Samsung Galaxy S3
- HTC One X
* Windows Phone 8:
- Nokia Lumia 920
We're getting started right away and taking orders starting now
"The greatest thing about the internet, is that you can quote something and totally make up the source." - George Washington.
Our company, which employs 172,000 employees world wide, currently uses Blackberries but I understand from one of my colleagues in our IT org that they're looking very seriously at getting OFF blackberries in the near future. Mind you, not all 172k have blackberries (lol), only the chosen few (management, Project Management, etc) have use of smart phones.
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Orange San Diego – introduction
The market for budget Android handsets has hit a growth spurt recently, with the the HTC One V and Nokia Lumia 710 offering up cheaper smartphone experiences for users who aren't looking for the beastly quad-core innards of a Samsung Galaxy S3 or HTC One X.
Can the Orange San Diego – manufactured by little-known Taiwanese firm Gigabyte – take on its budget competitors and offer decent bang for your buck? We find out.
Orange San Diego – design and build
The Orange San Diego's 117g weight means it's light in the hand, and its rounded corners, bottom speaker placement and surrounding silver band all lend the handset more than a passing resemblance to the Apple iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S.
There's no metal or brushed aluminium here, though, with plastic running throughout the Orange San Diego's body, and the pair of brash Intel and Orange logos emblazoned on the rear might grate with aesthetes. On the other hand, the soft-touch matte black rear puts us in mind of the BlackBerry Playbook, and no bad thing. It gives the phone a tactile finish that feels better in the hand than its budget price suggests, although it obviously can't hold a candle to the costlier HTC One X's single-piece aluminium frame.0
The quality of that rear is let down by the stiff, cheap-feeling power, volume and camera buttons, but overall we're quite impressed by the build: there's only a slight hint of flex and creaking in the body and it's a decent package for the price.
Some users might find the Android soft-keys on the front to be a little messy, and we could have done without the little-used Android search key, which seems to have been phased out by most other manufacturers.
There's a headphone jack up top, a micro USB flanked by two speakers on the bottom and a handy micro HDMI port. A micro SIM slot graces the right-hand side next to a much-appreciated dedicated camera button.
NFC is another welcome surprise included within the Orange San Diego and is a bonus given its price tag, and although lack of expandable storage might be an issue for media hogs, 16GB of onboard memory should be sufficient for causal use.
Orange San Diego – screen
The Orange San Diego has a generous HTC One V-beating 4in 1024x600 screen, packing in a respectable 297ppi (in comparison to the HTC One V's 267ppi). The screen hits the 4in sweet spot for easy one-handed use, and we had no ergonomic complaints during our time with the handset.
The LCD screen is bright and sharp enough, and only a little zooming is required to make browser text really readable. Colours do however appear to be very washed out, faded and dull compared with top-end handsets, giving websites and photos a pale outlook.
Orange San Diego – power and connectivity
The Orange San Diego is the first UK phone to harness the power of Intel's Atom processor, and at 1.6GHz, its clock speed is higher than the 1.4GHz processor of the higher-end Nokia Lumia 900 and 800. It's considerably faster (on paper) than the 1Ghz processor offered by the HTC One V, too.
Navigating through Android Gingerbread is a smooth enough experience, with multitasking and switching between apps raising no complaints and only the occasional hint of lag between homescreens.
Running Grand Theft Auto III, however, proved to be too much of a challenge for the Orange San Diego, with massive amounts of screen tear, frame rate drops and seizure-inducing juddering and lag, resulting in an unplayable mess. That wouldn't necessarily be a problem, but it's telling that the 'slower' HTC One V offers up a smoother (although still not perfect) experience. Stick to more standard, less intensive Android titles like BMX Boy and the San Diego is perfectly capable.
Orange San Diego – browsing
Web browsing on the Orange San Diego is a surprisingly fast affair, with fluid scrolling and zooming throughout, and automatic text re-flowing when zooming in and out of paragraphs also poses no problem for Intel's silicon.
Coupled with the 4in screen, the Orange San Diego offers a very reasonable browsing experience that manages to surpass the HTC One V's comparatively stuttery surfing skills.
Orange San Diego – camera and video
Despite our initial excitement at the Orange San Diego's dedicated shutter button, we found ourselves waiting a while or having to press it more than once to fire up the camera app, presumably due to its physical stiffness rather than the software. We also found shots taken with the 8MP camera to be grainy and noisy, even in very bright lighting conditions. Photos taken in low-light are even worse, despite the LED flash. Either way, the San Diego won't be replacing your compact camera anytime soon.
1080p video recording on the Orange San Diego is a little more successful, with decent levels of detail picked up in recordings. Playback can appear a bit shaky during fast movements, though it's decent enough overall for casual use.
Orange San Diego – Android Gingerbread
Although an update to Ice Cream Sandwich is promised, you'll be getting Gingerbread when you start up your San Diego. Orange has skinned the OS in a predictably tangerine-hued theme, which we quite like, and there are a few useful widgets for things like displaying text messages and phone settings at a glance. It's not the most ambitious customisation of Android, but it's not garish or distracting either.
Orange San Diego – battery life
We ran a video on loop in MX Player, with the San Diego's Wi-Fi on and the screen set to 50 per cent brightness. The 1460mAh battery finally packed up after five hours and 20 minutes. Given its compact dimensions and affordable price-tag, that's a very reasonable result, and means all but power users should be able to get through a full day without reaching for the charger.
Orange San Diego – verdict
Ultimately, how you feel about the San Diego depends on your expectations. Hoping for a £200 gaming powerhouse that can also replace your compact camera is an exercise in future-gazing, but for everyday use and the odd bit of casual gaming it's worth considering, especially given the fast and fluid browsing experience and (admittedly slightly dull) large screen.


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• Stubbs column: Cammalleri confident goals will come
The Canadiens this morning recalled forward Aaron Palushaj from the Hamilton Bulldogs. Head coach Jacques Martin hinted that he'll be insurance, at least, on the team's road trip to Phoenix, where they'll play Thursday, and back to Nashville, with a game in Music City on Saturday.
Andrei Kostitsyn, who missed Tuesday's game with an unspecified lower-body injury, will make the trip. His status, and that of centreman Scott Gomez, is described by head coach Jacques Martin as "day to day." Either or both could see action in Phoenix or Saturday in Nashville.
Andrei Markov also will make the trip, but hasn't yet been cleared to practise with the team.
• EARLY MORNING UPDATE –> Markov skated alone at the Bell Centre. Defenceman Chris Campoli, who played 11:05 of the season's first game before going down with a hamstring injury, was also skating alone under the watchful eye of head athletic therapist Graham Rynbend. Campoli also took a few laps at Tuesday's morning skate in Brossard.