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michaelhobson wrote:xdarthveganx wrote:robert wrote:I get made fun of everytime I post the music that I like Granted, I've listed the Backstreet Boys, and groups like that in the past.....but hey, I like what I like. Right now I'm enjoying a lot of Pretty Ricky and hip hop rap beats.
I'm a country boy and a rap/hip hop boy. I don't know that happened. I guess from growing up on the farm and then living in the city and hanging out with a diversity of people.
I can sing and dance to both styles of music. I am actually a terrible singer but I've been known to drop it like it's hot with the best of them.
Recently I also started listening to a lot of R&B. I don't know if it gets ANY better than Boyz II Men. Man, talk about some voices! I also like Brian McKnight and some others.
I don't own very much music, and only listen to music while in the car, but recently I got some songs from the artists I mentioned on my computer and it kinda rules....except I don't have speakers hooked up...so I have to use headphones or send the files to my laptop and use that computer to hear it.
Either way....it's all......"my body.....yo body......my body......yo body......pretty ricky"
Time to put on the headset, sit back in my chair at 3:10AM as it were, and listen to some sweet lovin from Boyz II Men........
Uhhh I dont know what to say.............................. Just kiddin rob! haha
Rob, I'm going to risk having my non PC head cut off here. That reads like the gay manifesto! Good nobody here is homophobic.
We love you man.
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Pete Draovitch is a physical therapy and rehabilitation specialist at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Sports Performance Complex and has been the personal physical therapist for PGA Tour star Greg Norman since 1993. He also serves as physical therapist and wellness consultant for Martin Memorial Medical Center, as president and CEO of the Bodyguards, Inc., and as spring training physical therapy consultant for the St. Louis Cardinals baseball organization.
An accomplished writer, Draovitch has written articles for GOLF Magazine, Muscle Training in Orthopedics and Sports, Physical Therapy, and numerous other publications. He has been featured in golf segments on ESPN, NBC's "High Performance Golf," and "60 Minutes" and in articles in GOLF Magazine, Sports Illustrated, Esquire, and USA Today.
Draovitch holds a master's degree in physical therapy from the University of Miami and a master's degree in sports medicine and physical education from the University of Delaware. He is a member of the American Physical Therapy Association, the National Athletic Trainers' Association, and the National Strength and Conditioning Association.
Ralph Simpson is a strength and conditioning specialist and a physical therapist board certified in manual therapy, athletic training, and orthopedics. He has traveled with the U.S. luge team on the World Cup circuit and provided care at USOC training centers. Since 1983 Simpson has worked with athletes of various sports. He spent 12 years traveling on the PGA Tour fitness van providing care and training to nearly all PGA Tour and Champions Tour players.
Simpson is a professional advisor for Golf Digest and has written numerous articles on golf fitness. He has been interviewed or quoted on ESPN, CNBC, the Golf Channel, BBC Sports Talk, local TV affiliates across the United States, the New York Times, USA Today, Golf Digest, Golf World, Wall Street Journal, and Chicago Sun Times.
Simpson holds a bachelor's degree with high honors in physical therapy and a bachelor's degree with high honors in health and physical education with an emphasis on adaptive physical education from the University of Montana. He is a member of the American Physical Therapy Association, the National Athletic Trainers' Association, the National Strength and Conditioning Association, and the American Academy of Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapists. He has been an invited physical therapist at the Shark Shootout since 1997, continues to consult with various pros, and is the owner of Manual Orthopaedic & Sports Therapy in Whitefish, Montana, where he lives with his wife and daughter.
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A polling station in west Miami, Florida, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)
Despite the heat and threat of thunderstorms, about 500 African-Americans are gathered in Rowlett Park for an end-of-summer day of barbecuing, dancing and playing cards. It's the fifth annual Old School Picnic, a community park jam that brings together two black neighborhoods that were torn apart when the College Hill and Ponce de Leon public housing projects were razed in 2000. Earlier that morning, President Barack Obama held a massive campaign rally in nearby St. Petersburg, trying to turn out every last vote in this key swing state. The week before, Republicans had made their big bid for Florida at their national convention.
But before the folks gathered in Rowlett Park decide who to vote for, they'll have to tackle what should be a much simpler question: Are they even eligible to vote?
Trying to answer that question is what brought Yvette Lewis, the political action chair of the Hillsborough County NAACP, to the picnic. The folks in Rowlett Park come from multiple generations of working-class Tampa families, and Lewis seems to be on a first-name basis with most of them. She threads herself through the clusters of tents, stopping every so often to catch up with a friend or family member, but more often to ask people if they're registered to vote. "Do you know your status?" she inquires, meaning primarily whether they are eligible to vote because of past felony convictions.
Lewis runs into Blair Bass, a 44-year-old customer service attendant. He was released from prison in 2009 for a felony conviction from 2001. Upon release, he says he was notified by the state's elections division that his voting rights had been restored. A few months ago, Bass received another letter from the county telling him that he's no longer eligible to vote because of his felony conviction. This confused him, because the county had also just sent him his voter identification card. He displays it from his wallet; it shows he registered in April 2011.
Bass wants to know if he should vote in November, but Lewis can't be sure if he qualifies. She's worked for years trying to get more black people to the polls, so it pains her to say what comes next. She tells Bass, as she has many others like him, not to vote.
Lewis fears that the former felons are headed into a "trap" set for them, and for the whole voting rights movement—one in which confused felons could end up in legal trouble and accused of voter fraud. Her suspicions are not unfounded. An organization called Tampa Vote Fair has been besieging the county supervisor of elections with alarmist cries of ex-felon voter fraud. No such fraud has been found in the county, but the group has managed to cloud public opinion on its existence either way. And thanks to multiple changes in election law since 2007—including draconian new measures signed by Governor Rick Scott in 2011—state and county election officials seem just as confused about which ex-felons can and cannot vote.
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Lewis's booth sits in a broad patch of treeless green space, where no one can miss it. She and her colleagues are surveying the crowds at Rowlett Park, looking for the formerly incarcerated so that they can encourage them to "check their status." The women bring each person over to their booth to see if his or her name is on a list of 1,816 felons who have had their voting rights restored. If the name's there, the person is eligible to vote and can register on the spot. If it's not, then they are potentially ineligible, and they're sent to the county supervisor of elections' booth a few feet away, where an election official helps them begin the process toward restoration. There is a five- to seven-year waiting period under Governor Scott's new rules.


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Donald Franciszek Tusk ( listen) (born 22 April 1957) is a Polish politician, co-founder and chairman of the Civic Platform (Platforma Obywatelska). He previously served as Vice Marshal (deputy speaker) of the Senate (1997–2001) and Vice Marshal of the Sejm (2001–2005). He also served as Leader of the Opposition (2003–2007). He is the current Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland.
Tusk was officially designated as Prime Minister on 9 November 2007 and took office on 16 November. His cabinet won a vote of confidence in the Sejm on 24 November 2007. He is currently second longest serving Prime Minister of the Third Republic of Poland after Jerzy Buzek.
Tusk was born in Gdańsk. Tusk's father, also named Donald Tusk (1930–1972), was a carpenter. Donald Tusk's mother, Ewa Tusk (1934–2009), was a nurse. His uncle, Bronisław Tusk (1935–2000), was a sculptor from Gdańsk. His grandfather Józef Tusk (1907–1987) was a railway official who, as a former citizen of the Free City of Danzig, was compulsorily drafted by German Nazi authorities into the Wehrmacht on 2 August 1944. He deserted a few months later to join the Polish Army in the West on 24 November 1944.


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Evaluating Webpages: How You Can Find Treasures Among the Junk
Why should I take the time to evaluate information I find on the Web?
Because you can't be sure anyone else is doing it for you! The Web is great because so many different people can contribute information. Some of the information that is found is very useful for your research papers because it is accurate, current, objective. Other information that can be found on the web is based on the person who is maintaining the webpages opinion. You must be able to recognize the difference and sift out the useful material in order to have a more accurate research paper.
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You need to remember these criteria Currency, Relevance, Authority, Accuracy and Purpose (CRAAP Test):
Currency: The timeliness of the information.
Relevance: The importance of the information for your needs.
Authority: The source of the information.
Accuracy: The reliability, truthfulness, and correctness of the informational content.
Purpose: The reason the information exists.
Check the URL:
.gov is for a government agency. These sites have quality control.
.edu is for an educational institution These sites are usually reliable, although educational sites may include personal pages of varying quality.
.org is for non-profit organizations as well as commercial sites. With these sites, consider purpose.
.net is for networks. These sites can be about anything. Look to other information to help you evaluate them.
.com means a commercial site. Consider the purpose of the site.
~ means a personal page. The person could be an expert but maybe not. Try to get more information about the creator of the page.
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Stanley Dodds
Born in Edmonton, Canada
Member since 1994-09-01
Representative for royalties and fees (1998-2002), Executive Director of the Berliner Philharmoniker (Treuhand GmbH, 2002-2009), Orchestra Committee 2009/2010, Media Chairman since 2010
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»The most beautiful thing in my profession are the concerts.«
His mother wanted to find a sensible occupation for her lively little boy, and so, because she knew a good violin teacher, she sent the then four-year-old Stanley to her for lessons. When he was 15 he attended the Musikgymnasium in Linz, and later he studied at the Lucerne Conservatory with Gunars Larsens, completing his training with Rainer Sonne in the Orchestra Academy of the Berliner Philharmoniker before joining the orchestra in 1994. While still a student, Dodds played in the Lucerne Festival Strings, and was the orchestra's alternate leader from 1996 to 1999. The multi-award-winning violinist has had extensive experience both as a soloist and as a chamber-music player. He is a member of the Breuninger Quartet and the Philharmonic Stradivari Soloists as well as a regular teacher for the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra. As a conductor he has taken courses with Jorma Panula, and in 2014 was appointed principal conductor of the Berlin Symphony Orchestra.


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Once Upon a Time Forum
Sorry Once Upon a Time fanatics. We've officially shut down the Once Upon a Time forum.
Once upon a time, forums were a fantastic place to bring together fanatical viewers to share their thoughts about their favorite shows.
There is always a villain, though, right? In this case, it's spam. Whether the determined individuals who refuse to give up or actual bots that post and run, we found we cannot get a handle on the situation and that's not fair to you.
You're amazing and we love you. You're loyalty to our site means so much. You deserve that happy ending.
This fairytale does deliver a happy ending, even if it's in a different spot than the rest of the story. All of our posts now feature threaded comments and they can get quite lively. We urge you to take your discussions to the main site and breathe the same life into it that you did the forum.
We have so much information already available on Once Upon a Time Season 4 that you should be able to find just about anything to discuss. You'll also be notified of new discussions.
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- Stewed Pork Meatballs and Escarole with Crisped Shiitakes, recipe and photograph by monkeymom
Once again, we want to give a big thanks to all of our volunteer recipe testers for your thoughtful comments and for helping us continue to strengthen our recipe recommendations. You can read each tester's comments by clicking through to the Editors' Picks recipes — the comments are under "Amanda and Merrill's Notes" at the top. And even if the recipe you tested wasn't chosen as an EP, please feel free to leave your testing notes in the recipe's comments section. Constructive criticism is always encouraged!
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The Via 130 is the first TomTom satnav to feature full voice control. Its big electronic brain recognises over 1,000 commands, and means you can input a destination without taking your hands off the wheel: just bark out an address, point of interest or simply tell it "take me home" and it'll plot a new route. The device also lets you make hands-free calls.
Samsung Galaxy S3
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Samsung's new flagship smartphone comes with S Voice, the Korean company's response to Apple's Siri technology. And it's not a bad response by any means: it allows you to initiate calls, of course, but also wake up the phone, send texts and emails, request a particular song, adjust the volume, take a photo, open up the calendar and bring up a weather forecast. And snooze the alarm, for when you're too tired to even move your arm. And it'll work with eight languages on launch. When Samsung rips something off, it does it properly.
Xbox 360 Kinect
Add Kinect to your Xbox 360 and you're not just getting a camera for motion control – you're also getting a fat slice of voice recognition loveliness. Find anything on your Xbox using Voice Search with Bing, or play, pause and rewind whatever you're watching using voice commands. Some games even feature voice control for certain actions, such as Skyrim, which recognises around 200 commands – peep the video below for a demo.
iPhone 4S
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Probably the best known use of voice control technology in the world, the iPhone 4S' Siri "personal assistant" demonstrates an almost frightening level of voice recognition. Siri is so advanced that you don't have to think too hard about how you phrase a question or command – just speak and, chances are, Siri will understand what you're getting at. It even has a sense of humour, as you can see when the Stuff team put it through this rigorous testing process…
Samsung ES8000
Finally, a smart TV that feels like it's genuinely smart. The ES8000 is the first goggle box to offer voice recognition, giving true couch potatoes the effortless control over volume, channel hopping and much, much more. Samsung has engineered it to understand regional accents, and you can even control connected device – a Sky box, for example – using the included IR blaster. It's an excellent feature on a TV that already delivers in so many ways.
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Factoring Completely
Lesson 10 of 15
Objective: Students will be able to factor polynomials completely.
Big Idea: Multiple methods for finding the factors of polynomials are addressed and analyzed in this lesson.
Warm up and Homework Review
I include Warm ups with a Rubric as part of my daily routine. My goal is to allow students to work on Math Practice 3 each day. Grouping students into homogeneous pairs provides an opportunity for appropriately differentiated math conversations. The Video Narrative specifically explains this lesson's Warm Up- Factoring Completely which asks students to determine which of two answers is the proper factored form of a polynomial.
I also use this time to correct and record any past Homework.
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I begin this lesson with the polynomial 2x2 + 6x + 4. The students are going to factor this problem. They get either (2x+2)(x+2) or (x+1)(2x+4). I get a volunteer to share their answer and then ask if everyone got that solution. Someone else shares the other factored form or, given a shy class, I note that I saw the second form on someone's paper. I ask if they are both correct or if one is a mistake. The students will check and see that they are both correct. I then ask WHY (Math Practice 7). One of the students should note that there is a factor of two which means is can also be factored as 2(x+1)(x+2). I ask which form is best. This leads us to the fact that our new rule is that you always look for a greatest common factor first.
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Create a Diagram
As pairs, students come up with a list of the types of factoring that we have talked about as well as their traits. This list gets discussed as a class.
I then ask them to create their own flow chart or diagram describing what type of factoring to use given a polynomial. This is the key activity of the day. Students need to be able to take any polynomial and factor it without specific directions on which technique to use. Rather than making a chart FOR the students, they make one for themselves (Math Practice 7). I have them work individually checking with their partner as needed for feedback. They then get together with another pair and each person share's their chart. They select the best chart of the four and that person gets to share his/her chart describe and why it was chosen with the class.
Guided Practice
The remainder of the lesson is Guided Practice. This gives the students an opportunity to use the diagrams that they created to factor these appropriately (Math Practice 5). I verbally model how to use their diagram in the beginning extending to having students explain to each other as we progress.
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Exit Ticket
I use an exit ticket each day as a quick formative assessment to judge the success of the lesson.
Today's Exit Ticket asks students to completely factor a polynomial.
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This Assignment allows students to practice using all the factoring skills together. These are eight of these types of problems. The final two problems are extension problems (Math Practice 1). Rather than a single variable, these problems must be factored using an expression.


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How Often Should You Tune your Piano? It is a popular idea that you need to tune your piano twice in the year. That has become the standard that is required to have a piano playing well. Most piano tutorial or any form of online piano lesson that you might have taken will probably have told you that you need to tune your piano two times every year. However it is now generally believed that a piano needs to be tuned four times in the year that is once during each of the four seasons. Now tuning a piano quarterly might seem like a daunting task but it will be worth it in the long run if you want to have a playing piano in perfect condition. This is because as your piano tutorial must have taught you a piano is basically a stringed instrument and like all other stringed instruments it has a tendency to stray off pitch. (More...)


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Aldo Tornaghi & Ab Oosterwaal - Booth #30
Design: 25S32E collection
Materials: Recycled wood and local wood (Umbila)
Pitch: "25S32E is a handcrafted scrap-wood furniture collection, designed by Lisbon based studio KUVA (Aldo Tornaghi) and Maputo based ABdesign (Ab Oosterwaal), members of the design collective Piratas do Pau. Inspired by Maputo, the place where it is created and entirely produced, the collection uses the city's architectural details to define its own design language and to generate, through a simple shift of scale, the five different patterns that are a visual direct reference to the local urban environment."
"Each pattern is then translated into four main typologies (bookshelf, cupboard, table and coffee table) generating a vast range of products. Built using mostly recycled pine wood, reclaimed from dismantled pallets available on the local market, in combination with the local wood essence Umbila, each furniture is completely handmade by a team of local carpenters part of Atelier Laulane, a workshop based in the Maputo's slum area of Laulane. The atelier incorporates surrounding artisans and craftsmen, dividing work and knowledge and creating a network, where new materials and techniques are shared. The recycled wood suffers only minor interventions before being re-used, to preserve the original textures and colors, creating a dialogue with the more fine and uniform Umbila."
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by Susan Mikula Campbell
The Town of Niagara Town Board got verbally spanked by one of its senior citizens at its Tuesday meeting. During the public speaking portion of the meeting, the Pretoria Street resident said, "When is this fighting going to stop. It's so petty. It's time to grow up and work together."
Supervisor Steve Richards said he agreed with her comments and said, "One board member is changing the whole complexion of the board."
Wrangling between Richards and Councilman Rob Clark came to a head at a work session earlier this month. Clark had posted on his Facebook page that Richards had hired a private investigator to follow him.
In reality, Richards said the investigator was part of a workman's compensation investigation of one of Clark's Belden Center neighbors, and the result of the Facebook posting was the investigator complaining of being harassed by Clark's neighbors.
Councilman Charles Teixeira was upset by Richard's revealing the name of the person under investigation during the work session and said either the supervisor or the town attorney should have called for an executive session instead of speaking before the press.
Clark also agreed with the woman's remarks, but said that because Tuesday's meeting had become lengthy, he believed enough has been said about the dispute. He said he was not happy with the town's self-insurance representative and "not really happy with the way any of us acted."
Councilman Danny Sklarski said the real issue was cost to taxpayers for the excessive ($312,000 per year) workman's compensation claims in the town, especially regarding the town's fire department (Niagara Active Hose).
He said the town needed to look into where workman's compensation money is going, not only now, but in the past.
In other matters:
•Richards said an informational meeting was held with Army brass on Tuesday on the status of the transfer to the town of the old Army Reserve Center on Porter Road next to Niagara Falls International Airport. The transfer could be complete by the end of the year, he said.
•Volunteer firefighter Mark Dembitski, former Town of Niagara and county fire inspector, urged the board to be sure fire companies are heavily involved in plans for expansion of Fashion Outlets of Niagara USA on Military Road. Fire departments were involved both when the mall was first built and with the last addition in 1995, but as yet have not been contacted about new plans, he said, commenting, "It's a lot easier to correct problems before the steel goes up and any blacktop goes down."
•The board accepted the resignation of part-time police officer Michael Corcoran, who is being promoted to lieutenant in the Niagara Falls Police Department.
•A resident complained that Sue Kotlarz, recreation/parks director, was leaving her position. Kotlarz, who was at the meeting, said she had put in her resignation that day feeling it was time for a change in her life.
•The board approved holding the town's annual summer concert and fireworks display on July 1 at Veterans Park on Lockport Road.
•The board approved the purchase of three radar units for the police department at a price of $5,586 using traffic safety funding.


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"Remember those in prison": Orthodox Christian Prison Ministry Update
The Orthodox Christian Prison Ministry (OCPM) is the official prison ministry of the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of North and Central America. It was started in 1991 by His Eminence Metropolitan Philip, who asked Antiochian priest Fr. Duane Pederson to establish a prison ministry for the Antiochian Archdiocese. The ministry continued unabated until 2005, when His Eminence offered the Archdiocese's prison ministry to the Standing Conference of the Canonical Orthodox Bishops in America (SCOBA). OCPM became an agency of the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops after that body was established in 2009.
On July 26, 2012, at the Fourth Annual National Convocation in Minneapolis/St. Paul, the board and the staff of OCPM awarded Fr. Duane Pederson the Matthew 25:36 award, recognizing his lifetime of dedicated service to those in prison, and to those among the homeless population. Award presenters noted Fr. Duane's forty-plus years of prison ministry outreach, as well as his role in the founding of OCPM.
Earlier this year, OCPM remodeled its website, allowing Orthodox Christians a fresh look at their work of outreach and consolation to those behind bars. Visitors to the site can access video and audio related to the work of OCPM, and read stories and first-person accounts of lives who've been changed by the ministry. The site also hosts resources for clergy and laypeople who are involved in prison ministry.
Their website reports these Quick Facts:
- OCPM ministers to nearly 1,000 men and women who are in prison or who have recently been released. Many have embraced the Orthodox Faith, while others who were already Orthodox found their way back to The Church.
- Five men have been tonsured Orthodox monks in prison and several others have become Iconographers.
- There are currently over 300 Orthodox catechumens in jails and prisons across America.
- Many of the men and women whose lives have been touched by OCPM are now out of prison and leading productive, Christ-centered lives as active members of their local parishes.
- OCPM has published 8 books and distributed more than one million copies to prisons.
- Over two million icon prayer cards have been printed and distributed.
- OCPM ministers monthly to more than 300 homeless and needy people, including families of those in prison.
- OCPM sends more than 5,000 personal letters to those in prison each year offering them spiritual guidance and hope.


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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The Coast Guard is suspending its search for two people still missing after their Mexico-bound jet crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off South Florida.
The jet crashed Tuesday night as it tried to return to Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. Two pilots, a doctor and a nurse were on board. The crew had dropped a patient off in Florida and was flying back to Cozumel, Mexico, when the pilot reported an engine failure and attempted to return to the airport.
Authorities recovered two bodies from the wreckage Tuesday night.
Lt. Cmdr. Gabe Somma said Thursday that the Coast Guard will continue to assist the National Transportation Safety Board in the investigation.


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Welcome to a new weekly column where we break down each carrier to let you know the best devices and current promotions. T-Mobile was voted the number two carrier in our Android Bowl , so we thought we should cover them next after our Verizon Buyer's Guide last Friday. Each week we will rotate between the big four US carriers, so that each buyer's guide gets refreshed every month. Read on for T-Mobile's best devices and deals.
Current Promotions and News
My First Smartphone sweepstakes: T-Mobile is giving away free smartphones on their Facebook page with the My First Smartphone sweepstakes. Unfortunately, it's a Windows Phone (Nokia Lumia 710), but free is free. Contest ends 2/17/12.
500,000 fans promo: To celebrate 500,000 fans on their Facebook page, T-Mobile is giving away coupon for 30% off any one accessory at a T-Mobile store. Offer expires 6/30/12.
President's Day Loyalty offer: Our friends at TmoNews are reporting T-Mobile will offer a special loyalty promo this weekend only. Not all customers qualify, so check with your local store. You could score a free phone with mail-in rebate.
T-Mobile offers Square: At select T-Mobile stores, you can now find the Square card reader. This awesome accessory in combination with the Square app allows users to accept credit cards on their Android device. See this T-Mobile blog post for additional details.
Continued commitment for WiFi Calling: T-Mobile has offered WiFi calling on most of their Android lineup for awhile, but they don't advertise it much. Some wondered about the future of the service, but T-Mobile responded that it is here to stay. See The Verge for more info.
Even more deals: If you are not quite ready to buy yet, make sure you follow @TMobile on Twitter and like T-Mobile on Facebook for the latest offers.
Best Android Phone: Galaxy S II
This pick was easy. The Samsung Galaxy S II is the best Android phone available on T-Mobile. We polled our staff, readers, and even some T-Mobile employees who all unanimously agreed upon the Galaxy S II as their favorite device.
T-Mobile normally sells the Galaxy S II for $229 with 2-year contract, but you can find better deals if you look around online. Our favorite online store Amazon currently has it for $199 with new service or upgrades.
The Galaxy S II was one of the best Android devices of 2011 and most of the team here uses one of the versions as their daily phone. Our very own Angie has this model on T-Mobile and she loves it. The main selling points of this device are the gorgeous 4.52 inch Super AMOLED Plus display, stellar 8 mepapixel camera, support for 4G HSPA+ 42 Mbps, and Samsung's excellent build quality.
We never posted a full review of the T-Mobile version, but we did review the Sprint model and I suggest you check that out. The major difference is that the Sprint model used a dual-core 1.2 GHz Exynos processor which has a faster graphics processor, and the T-Mobile model has a dual-core 1.5 GHz Snapdragon S3 processor.
The Snapdragon processor doesn't have as fast a GPU as the Exynos, but it has other unique benefits like GLONASS location services and support for T-Mobile's HSPA+ 42 Mbps network.
Currently the Galaxy S II ships with Android 2.3, but Samsung has already promised that upgrades to Android 4.0 will begin in Q1. T-Mobile's model might not be the first with the update, but it will eventually receive it.
Runner up: We absolutely love the Samsung Galaxy S II, but if you are partial towards HTC then go with the Amaze 4G. It also supports T-Mobile's HSPA+ 42 Mbps network and features an equally amazing camera. The only downside to this phone is the sub-par battery life. Check out Edgar's review of the Amaze 4G for more info.
Alternative pick: T-Mobile does not sell the Galaxy Nexus, but if money is no object you can buy one online and use it on their network. The Galaxy Nexus is the best Android phone available thanks to shipping with Android 4.0. Amazon currently has the GSM Galaxy Nexus listed for $629. Check out Anthony's review of the Galaxy Nexus for more info.
Comparison of top T-Mobile phones: To see a complete comparison of the Samsung Galaxy S II, HTC Amaze 4G, and Samsung Galaxy Nexus head over to gdgt.com.
Best Android Phone with Keyboard: MyTouch 4G Slide
If you have a thing for QWERTY keyboards, then the myTouch 4G Slide is your device. T-Mobile currently sells this device for $199 on contract, but you might find a better deal if you shop around.
Notable features of the myTouch 4G Slide include 3.7 inch Super LCD, 8 megapixel camera, front facing cameara, dual-core 1.2 GHz Snapdragon S3 processor, and support for T-Mobile's 4G HSPA+ network.
When this phone launched last year, T-Mobile advertised it as having the most advanced smartphone camera. Highlights include improved low-light performance, zero shutter lag, SweepShot, ClearShot HDR, and burst shot. Comparisons against other high-end devices even showed it bested the iPhone 4S by a slim margin.
This device still ships with Android 2.3, but it is expected to eventually receive Android 4.0.
Best Android Tablet: Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus
Let me repeat what I said in my Verizon buyer's guide. Because of the current data plans, I'm not a huge fan of carrier branded Android tablets. However, if you need an Android tablet with wireless connectivity, then the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus should be your pick.
T-Mobile currently sells the Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus for $249 with 2-year contract. Monthly data plans include 2 GB for $39, 5 GB for $49, and 10 GB for $79.
When it comes to 7-inch Android tablets, the Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus is our current favorite. Just ask Clark, this is his mini tablet of choice. It features a dual-core 1.2 GHz Exynos processor that turned in some of the fastest web browsing scores we have ever seen. Another selling point is the IR port, which works with applications like Peel Smart Remote to control all the gadgets in your living room.
Check out our hands-on with the Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus for additional details.
Best Android Phone on a Budget: Exhibit II 4G
Now that online stores offer high-end devices for $99-199 with new 2-year agreement, it is becoming harder and harder to suggest a budget phone. The lower priced devices generally don't receive major software updates to newer versions of Android and are outdated as soon as you buy them.
If you wait for a big T-Mobile sale, you can normally score one of their high-end phones for free. They just had their Valentine's Day sale, and I'm sure there will be another sale next month.
However, if you need a budget Android phone right now, then we would suggest the Samsung Exhibit II 4G. T-Mobile is selling the phone for only $29 on contract, which is a nice price for a mid-range 4G phone.
Highlights of the Exhibit II 4G include Android 2.3, 3.7 inch display, 3 MP rear camera + VGA front camera, 1 GHz processor, 4 GB internal storage, and all the usuals like WiFi, GPS, and Bluetooth 3.0.
We doubt this device will ever be upgraded to Android 4.0, but that's what you get with budget smartphones.
What's Coming Next
Just around the corner we have the Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G, but we don't have all the details about this phone yet. It appears similar to the Galaxy S II, but it could be targeted more towards the mid-level pricing. T-Mobile has a sign-up page to be notified when more details are available.
If you are in the market for a high-end phone, keep an eye on the HTC One X and One S, formerly the Edge and Ville. Previously, the Ville was rumored to coming to T-Mobile, but it is a LTE phone. The One X (or Edge) is more likely headed for T-Mobile since it features a HSPA+ modem.
Follow our coverage of Mobile World Congress 2012 later this month to see which new phones get announced.
We have long wanted to maintain buyer's guides for every carrier, but it's just something we have failed to produce. As one of the most influential sources of Android information on the web, we realize that our opinions are valuable and the average consumer just wants to know what phone they should buy without having to do all the research.
Our hardcore audience lives and breaths Android, so most of them already know what device they want to buy next. However, I realize that for most of the public, reading our blog is like trying to read Swahili or some other foreign language. The purpose of these guides is to try and help the average consumer.
Having said all that, consider this first guide as a rough draft that will continually be updated and improved over time. We would love to hear your feedback on what other sections or information should be added to the next version. Our lead developer Clark has some amazing site features that are coming down the pipe (like the new profiles), and we are 100% committed to this community.
I ask for your help by sharing this guide with your friends on T-Mobile and leaving suggestions in the comments below.


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Buffalo Niagara Sales and Marketing Executives hosts 'How to Use Guerrilla Marketing Online' on Monday, March 25, at the Buffalo Niagara Marriott, 1340 Millersport Highway, Amherst.
Cocktails and networking begins at 5:15 p.m. Dinner follows at 6:15 p.m., with a 7:15 p.m. presentation
The cost to attend is $40 for non-members, free for members, and includes dinner and presentation. Register by calling 716-662-2279 or visit www.bnsme.org.
Michael Tasner, founder of Taz Solutions Inc., is one of only four "Guerrilla Marketing Master Trainers" in the world. His action-oriented presentation will demonstrate how to cut through the noise with a fresh and simplified approach to marketing. From Facebook and YouTube to mobile marketing, he'll show how to diversify and leverage online opportunities to achieve better results. Sponsors include Bee Group Newspapers, Buffalo Business First, John W. Danforth Company, Marketing Tech and SVS Sound Video Solutions.
Since 1942, the Buffalo Niagara Sales and Marketing Executives has been devoted to professionalism in sales and marketing. BNSME provides a unique forum for Greater Niagara business leaders to further their professional and personal development through interaction with experts in sales and marketing by sharing ideas, best practices, knowledge and experience.


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Duke Holds Off Winthrop With 3-2 First-Round Win
Nov. 19, 2009
Courtesy of Duke
DURHAM, N.C.-Duke University senior Ryan McDaniel tallied his first career goal to help the 20th-ranked Blue Devils hold off a tough Winthrop squad 3-2 in the first round of the NCAA Men's Soccer Tournament. Duke advances to the second round to take on 14th-seed Michigan State on Nov. 22 at 1 p.m.
Duke (13-6-0) grabbed an early 2-0 lead before the Eagles rallied back in the early minutes of the second half to make it 2-1. McDaniel registered what proved to be the game-winner in the 73rd minute and the Blue Devil backline held off the nation's fourth-ranked scoring offense in the final 17 minutes to come away with the win.
"The first half we played really well," senior Trae Harrison said. "Second half, we had to come back and get in it. Being a senior and we had lost in the first round every year since I was a freshman so it definitely feels good to just get a win as ugly as it may be. So, we'll take it and improve on it in the next round."
Looking to get out of the first round since 2006, Duke came out of the gates fast. Winthrop (11-6-4) held the possession for the first two minutes before the Blue Devils made the most of their first attacking opportunity in the third minute.
Junior defender Nick Sih pushed into the attack on the right flank and slipped a pass into the box where sophomore Ryan Ruffing and rookie Ryan Finley were running onto the ball. Knowing Finley was right behind him with a trailing run, Ruffing dummied the ball and Finley one-timed it into the left side of the net for the 1-0 lead.
"I think scoring first settles everyone's nerves," Finley said. "Especially coming out in the tournament everyone wants to come out and play their best game, so scoring in the first five minutes definitely gives us a little bit of an edge on the other team."
The Blue Devils continued to dominate the run of play and kept the potent Eagle attack at bay. Winthrop put together some good passes, but was unable to figure out Duke's defense.
After having a couple of near goals, Duke got on the board again with 1:39 left in the first half. Rookie Andrew Wenger sent a perfectly flighted ball from the midfield into the box. Harrison saw an opening in the box and was able to sneak in and head the ball just out of the reach of Eagle goalkeeper Enrique Miranda. The goal was the second of the season for Harrison and the second of his career.
Duke dominated in all aspects of the first half, holding a 7-0 advantage in shots and a 4-0 edge in corner kicks. Miranda made two saves in the opening 45 minutes.
In need of a spark, Winthrop came out in the second half and quickly made things interesting with a goal just 11 minutes into the stanza. Said Abdi collected the ball 18 yards from goal and turned on his defender and fired a shot into the right side-netting to make it a one-goal game.
The goal gave the Eagles energy as they started to push forward in search of the equalizer. Winthrop nearly had that equalizer in the 68th minute off a header from Daniel Di Biagio, but freshman goalkeeper James Belshaw came up with a huge point-blank save to keep it 2-1.
Five minutes later, McDaniel seemingly sealed the victory for the Blue Devils with a rifle to the left upper ninety. The ball popped out after a corner kick to the foot of McDaniel, where he used a quick touch and ripped the shot from 20 yards for what proved to be the game-winner.
"I guess it was a little bit dramatic, but we'll take it," McDaniel said. "I had a terrible touch, to be honest with you, and I had to rescue myself and got behind it and put it in the back post and good things happened."
"[Ryan McDaniel's] been a stalwart for us all season long in the midfield," Kerr said. "It's a special night for him to step up and score the winning goal for probably his last game here at Koskinen, and it was great for him."
Down by two goals again Winthrop continued to battle and responded with a goal in the 76th minute off the head of Cameron Alksnis. However, Duke stayed strong in the final 14 minutes to come away with the 3-2 win to earn a spot in the second round.
Duke outshot Winthrop 20-6 for the game and had a 9-1 advantage in corner kicks. Belshaw had two saves in goal, while Miranda made five stops.
"[A game like this] keeps you sharp," head coach John Kerr said. "It kind of reminds us that going into Sunday, it's not going to be easy, and we're going to have to be ready for it. Michigan State is going to be tough opponent, and we have to make sure we're ready for them."
The Blue Devils and Spartans square off in the second round of play on Nov. 22 at 1 p.m. Tickets for Sunday's game will be available through the MSU ticket office at 517.355.1610.
Notes: Duke senior Ryan McDaniel's first career goal was the game winner ... Duke advances to the NCAA Tournament for the 11th time overall and for the first time since the 2006 season ... The last time the Blue Devils played a Big South opponent in the NCAA Tournament was in 2004 when Duke advanced to the College Cup ... Duke is now 12-1 at Koskinen Stadium this season.