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The continuing evolution of the shopping mall which has grown from a few shops with a roof over them in the USA to must-visit Dubai destinations which include a shark-filled aquarium, a giant crocodile, or snow covered ski-slope was a case for debate at the UAE Infrastructure Summit
The next generation of retail was the agenda item for a panel of experts who analysed trends in retail design and build.
The audience heard how the concept of the mall had moved beyond merely a place to buy goods – and where an individual selling point can turn a row of stores into a tourist destination.
The panel first addressed the issue of whether malls in the region – especially in Dubai – had reached their capacity.
"What the mall is now is just a fraction about shopping," said Martin Seward-Case of BWA Middle East. "It is a magnet – a drawing card and the retail function is just one of many.
"I remember the four hour drive from Abu Dhabi to reach Deira City Centre mall where the main attraction was a branch of IKEA. Now we have the Mall of the Emirates with its snow-dome."
The discussion looked at how the proposed Mall of the World will sit alongside the existing Dubai Mall with its sea-life attraction and the Mall of the Emirates. Members agreed that clients and developers would not put up the cash required for massive projects if they did not feel that the demand was there and would continue.
They pointed out that a visitor to Dubai could spend four days in a hotel attached to a mall and visit shops, restaurants and other attractions and never actually go out into the open air and see any other part of the city – such is the all-encompassing nature of the developments.
The panel heard how the whole philosophy behind retail development has changed in recent years, especially across the Middle East. Instead of being just about shopping it is now about a whole lifestyle choice and instead of being a trip to the supermarket for 20 minutes it is a day trip and destination.
"The word mall actually means the walking space between shops which originated when someone put a roof over some shops in the USA," said Furqan Athar of McArthur+ Company.
"Then it was developed to make it more interesting. You would not come to a place twice a week just to shop. So fashion became a part of the mall – it also became a gathering space. And it is constantly evolving and in a way which depends on what society wants."
The panel said the way forward for retail malls was to integrate them further with on-line shopping and make them more convenient with drop-off and pick-up points. Members felt that the threat of on-line retail, which has had a destructive effect on high streets across Europe, would prove less in the Middle East because of cultural reasons as shopping trips are seen as much more of a family event and the mall is a gathering place.
David Clifton of Faithful + Gould said: "I like to buy my cds on line, while my wife prefers to go to the Virgin Megastore. What is needed is a way those two can be combined
The debate also agreed that community malls – which serve distinct residential developments such as Arabian Ranches – and the destination malls with their added attractions would most likely continue to prosper. But the medium sized facilities would need to diversify and add their own unique features – such as the passport office in Burjaman.


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Jeanne distributed the AUL Report via e-mail prior to the meeting.
Since Jeanne will be away the last two weeks of October, it was decided to cancel the October meeting.
EBSCO has sent Google a file with our holdings based on our A-Z list. We are trying to schedule a meeting with EBSCO to discuss their understanding of what this means and what the program going forward will be.
Jeanne distributed the draft description developed by a subgroup of ISC (Boyle, Cassel, Libutti) for the Instructional Technology Development Librarian position Cabinet approved. We are now looking for the dollars to support the positions approved, but since this position was ranked highly it will probably be recruited for when a position becomes available.
Information regarding new, cancelled, and replacement databases has been distributed to RUL faculty and staff. Librarians are busily writing database descriptions and cancellation templates. See Sam's tracking page for the latest on how the process is going: http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/indexes/indexes2.shtml.
IPAC is looking forward to having the Asian cataloger join them when that recruitment is completed but is otherwise satisfied with their membership. Stephanie Bartz was selected by acclamation to continue as chair. We owe this group a lot of praise for their implementation of iLink. The work was extremely detailed and very well done.
MyRutgers – Our new channels and other changes should become available the week of September 19. We will be in their test site September 12.
Brochures – All have been updated except for one – Library Services for Users with Disabilities, which will be done this week. Brochures with the "How to" phrases we edited will be distributed as new supplies are requested.
Jeanne, Jeris, and Jane Sloan will attend the New Media Consortium this fall, which, among other benefits, should allow for useful networking in the recruitment of the Instructional Technology Development Librarian position.
The Media Task Force Report was distributed and discussed. Bob noted that he has suggested some editorial changes and will request some changes in the section on cataloging. Bob provided a brief summary of the need for the report: new developments in media technology, access and preservation issues regarding current collections, increased used in teaching and research, questions regarding performance rights. Additional issues raised include the digital delivery of media (for example, podcasting), potential problems with the degradation of unique analog materials used to make digital copies, the role of the libraries in assisting students in using/creating media materials.
The council reviewed the six recommendations, and supported them, with commentary. Comments included suggestions of partnering with and/or outsourcing to NJEdge as a way of maximizing impact and minimizing cost; expanding the selectors' role in acquiring media; arguing for funding media through an increased base budget rather than reallocation of already stretched resources; determining the proper role of a New Media Center at Douglass.
An overarching theme of focusing on service to users was suggested. Other ideas include expanding/altering traditional reference services and re-examining the role of reference librarians in light of the institutional repository (Jeanne distributed a recent Reference Services Review article by Charles Bailey on this topic). We'll investigate federated searching in light of the forthcoming NISO standards which are being adopted by vendors; we'll be planning for the libraries' role in the event that either RefWorks or Endnotes is adopted at the university. We'll continue to explore the relationship of our reference services with NJ Q&A.
The First Time Library Users Task Force sent out a welcome message to all newly admitted students (a copy was distributed at the meeting).
Staff vacancies are necessitating a lot of recruiting, especially in NB.
First steps are being taken to include Camden, Newark, and ILL staff to the NB Access Services working groups. Staff are anxious to work together, and training in using video conferencing equipment will be provided..
ILL staff visited U Penn to see how RAPID implementation is proceeding. Because of the vacancy in ILL our implementation has slowed a bit, but we should begin some demos in September
A project to contact delinquent account patrons has begun. We're sending letters to about 200 users offering an opportunity to clear their accounts; those who fail to do so may be turned over to the university accounts office.
A brief discussion of security issues noted the need for a security camera at Chang, and a general need for more prompt response from the university. Issues regarding the security of collections belong to CDC.
ISC is planning a brownbag lunch on Search Path. ISC is also involved in orientations for "redshirts," University College, Western Monmouth, and other groups. New students are getting pens and notepads (and copicards at Robeson) when they register at the libraries.
Eileen Stec will be doing a brownbag on RUL's participation in the Project SAILS information literacy assessment tool, and is part of a Vale committee asking SCILS to create a certificate program in information literacy.
Marty Kessleman reported on some interesting presentations at IFLA.
Jeanne spoke of the new remote site planned at Cape Atlantic Community College, expected to open next year. RUL will provide support as at Western Monmouth.
Jeanne, Judy, Roger, Sam, Sean, and Dave Hoover met with OIT regarding the Sakai pilot project. Although Dave had prepared a script for library reserve links, OIT believes it will not be able to implement it until January at the earliest. Jeanne is exploring what kind of library presence will be offered in the pilot.
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Stevens: NCAA calls for wooden bats in Division II
By Andrew Stevens
Published in Sports on May 21, 2010 1:47 PM
The unmistakable sound of a baseball colliding with an aluminum bat is one synonymous with college baseball.
That sound, at least on the Division II level, may soon be a distant memory.
The NCAA recently announced that it is considering a move to wooden bats for all of Division II as early as 2012.
The Northeast-10 Conference has been using wood in league games since 2002, and the other two conferences in the Northeast region -- the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference and the East Coast Conference -- followed suit a few years later. Members of the three leagues liked it enough to conduct a wood-bat Northeast Regional for the first time last year.
One of the driving forces behind the NCAA's possible switch to wooden bats is cost. A quality aluminum bat can cost a minimum of $300 whereas decent wood bats start at roughly $100 and higher.
Two broken wooden bats in the course of the season can equal the cost of one aluminum bat. Mount Olive head coach Carl Lancaster isn't quite convinced a change to wooden bats would result in money saved.
"A good wood bat is going to cost $85 or more," said Lancaster. "If we switch to wood bats our guys are going to want to use the good stuff that's more expensive. We use wood bats in the fall and in the cages all the time, and there's no telling how many we go through."
Rather than a transition to wooden bats, Lancaster favors tighter standards on aluminum bats to decrease the trajectory at which a ball leaves the bat. Safety is the biggest concern for the Trojans' 24-year head coach.
"If it's a safety issue, I'm all for it," said Lancaster. "I'm constantly in fear for our pitchers. If they leave the ball in the middle of the plate the risk is unbelievable. We need standards. If you set a guideline and I'm a bat company, I'm going to get within that guideline because I want to sell my bat."
Mount Olive has averaged 64 home runs a season over the past five years and the change to wooden bats could require the Trojans to play more situational baseball inside their home confines of Scarborough Field.
"We would have to look at kids we're recruiting," said Lancaster. "The wood is not going to not leave our yard very often. We would have to try to get more kids that can run and spray the ball around."
The removal of aluminum bats could take a certain amount of pressure off of pitchers and significantly alter pro scouting. Aluminum bats often require pitchers to locate pitches with better accuracy, while creating inflated run totals and longer games.
Lancaster believes wooden bats would limit the number of Division II players drafted to play professionally. He pointed to several of his own players who have struggled to transition to a wooden bat in the minor leagues.
"If I was a pro scout I would like to see it happen," said Lancaster. "I would have a huge fear that a kid can swing an aluminum bat, but how is he going to do with wood? We've had hitters that could swing it, but they never could get the good part of a wood bat on the ball."
At the Division II Conference Commissioners Association meeting held in March, there wasn't a commissioner in the room opposed to the idea of switching to wooden bats.
Whether men in suits and ties rather than baseball uniforms and cleats ultimately make a decision that proves to be a home run for Division II baseball -- or a disappointing swing and miss -- remains to be seen.


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Various strategies that help students quickly connect to new words are used to increase science vocabulary. Using rote memorization and recall of vocabulary provides only short term gains in improving scientific vocabulary. A multi-dimensional approach is a better approach, using the help of hands-on and minds-on experiences.
Graphic organizers
Graphic organizers help students learn science words using different contexts. The concept definition map is created by placing the science word in the center of a science concept graphic so that the student understands the word using their previous knowledge.
In case of vocabulary concept cards, a science word is written on a side of an index card. The card is divided into four parts where the left quadrant contains words describing what the word is and isn't in the students' own words.
The right hand quadrants have examples of the word using drawings or words and definitions that teacher or the textbook provides. Other graphic organizers that can be used are KWLs, Concept, Mind or Word Maps or Venn Diagrams.
Teaching strategies
A science nature journal, science newsletter project and writing in science also help improve a student's science vocabulary. Students have to write stories using science words for a better understanding of the words' scientific concepts.
Differentiated instruction
As a classroom has students of varied learning abilities, teachers have to practice differentiated instruction to improve the kids' science vocabulary. Teachers can divide the science vocabulary list into three sections; the first with all the words all students should know, the second with enrichment words for extra challenge to gifted and talented students and the third, the essential words struggling students have to learn to remain on grade level.
Students should also learn to create their own list comprising of essential words the students should know and enrichment words the student gets to choose from a list. This is best for classes with several gifted students, looking for challenges.
Alternative assessments can also be used where students have to draw pictures, give word descriptions or explain definitions based on individual abilities. Teachers then use a simple rubric to determine the students' mastery level of each word.
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The Clinton-Trump debate the other night reminds me of our debating
days in San Beda College (Mendiola) Manila, Philippines. Lessons on
Principles of Logic and Argumentation and Debate were very helpful
tools as I faced the challenges of professional life - be it as a lawyer,
business executive, or other fields of endeavor.
Argumentum Contra Factum Non Valet Illatio. (Arguing against facts is an invalid inference).
This does not require further explanation. The objective is to search
for the Truth. Once the facts are determined and asserted, no party
should be able to argue against it. Contradicting the facts would be a
falsehood defying the rules of Logic.
Americans are currently witnessing a widespread array of "untruths" or
"lies" mostly perpetrated by the Republican Presidential Nominee
Donald Trump. Getting away with it during the primaries, he is now
expecting to succeed in spreading the same lies in the general
election against Clinton.
The application of this principle is reinforced by the use of FACT-CHECKING.
Ab esse ad posse valet illatio. (From existence to possibility is a
valid inference).
Clinton applied this principle effectively at her first debate with Trump.
Many (Democrats and Republicans) have been exerting efforts for the
release of Trump's Tax Returns. But the latter refused to allow its
release because he is supposedly being audited.
In the debate, Clinton asserted that Trump is hiding something. She
asserted the following:
"First, maybe he's not as rich as he says he is." (Is he
really worth 10 billion dollars?)
"Second, maybe he's not as charitable as he claims to
be." (Did he really donate to the poor, hungry and disabled?)
"Third, we don't know all of his business dealings, but
we have been told through investigative reporting that he owes about
$650 million to Wall Street and foreign banks. Or maybe he doesn't
want the American people, all of you watching tonight, to know that
he's paid nothing in federal taxes, because the only years that
anybody's ever seen were a couple of years when he had to turn them
over to state authorities when he was trying to get a casino license,
and they showed he didn't pay any federal income tax."
For this Trump commented, "That makes me smart."
Again, as Clinton stated, "So if he's paid zero, that means zero for
troops, zero for vets, zero for schools or health. And I think
probably he's not all that enthusiastic about having the rest of our
country see what the real reasons are, because it must be something
really important, even terrible, that he's trying to hide.
And the financial disclosure statements, they don't give you the tax
rate. They don't give you all the details that tax returns would. And
it just seems to me that this is something that the American people
deserve to see. And I have no reason to believe that he's ever going
to release his tax returns, because there's something he's hiding."
For tax returns that Trump filed and were discovered, they showed that
he did not pay any federal income tax implying that it was a smart
move. For tax returns that are still unreleased, it is very possible
that no or very little taxes were also paid.
"From Existence to Possibility is a valid inference."


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Manchester United and Liverpool are leading the race to sign Alvaro Morata during the summer transfer window for a fee of around €50m (£38.5m, $56m), according to Marca. The Spanish publication claims Real Madrid will activate the player's €32m buy-back clause to bring him back from Juventus in order to make a profit by selling him to a Premier League side for €18m more.
The 23-year-old striker was linked with a move to England during the summer of 2014 when he decided to leave the Santiago Bernabeu due to a lack of playing time. Liverpool, Manchester, Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal were all reportedly interest, but Juventus won the race after agreeing to include the €32m buy-back option in any deal.
Morata was one of the sensations of Serie A in his debut campaign, scoring vital goals to help his team reach the Champions League final including a pair against his former team in the semi-finals. However, his playing time has been restricted this season due to the form of new arrivals Paulo Dybala and Mario Mandzukic.
Marca claims Real Madrid are ready to take advantage of this situation, buying him for €32m and selling him to another club – where he would be guaranteed of a starting role – for an €18m profit.
It is believed that Manchester United and Liverpool will be the two teams most likely to secure his services.
Marca believes that the potential arrival of Jose Mourinho at Old Trafford to replace Louis van Gaal would give the advantage to the Red Devils. Mourinho is a big fan of the Spaniard, giving him his Real Madrid debut at the age of 18 back in 2010.
Last year, Morata said he would forever be thankful to Mourinho for handing him that opportunity.
"Mourinho could have chosen some other player, but he chose me and I'll be grateful to him for the rest of my life," the Spaniard said.
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No President has sailed through two terms accoladed by the public and lauded by the media. The sixth year, in particular, is a hard one – especially as the mid-terms provide a clear score card on the incumbent. This time around the voters gave Obama a thorough spanking. But his misery is in good company.
In 2006 Bush's "Mission Accomplished" had decayed into an Islamic quagmire and he was wallowing in the bad press created by his second-rate response to Katrina. He proceeded to lose the House and Senate in the mid-terms, as well as several governorships).
Clinton actually had a better year in 1998 than he did in 1994 – politically. He picked up seats in the House – and although the Senate remained in GOP hands the balance of seats remained unchanged.
His difficulties were caused by the revelation of shenanigans with the intern, Monica Lewinski, and his serpentine defense of the indefensible. Luckily for him the GOP – instead of saying his behavior was that of a cad, grabbing the moral high-ground and moving on – gave him political cover with an impeachment overreach.
Reagan didn't have much to lose politically in 1988 as control of the House and Senate was already in Democratic hands – so the modest Democratic pickups had little effect. But the day before the midterm elections the Iran Contra scandal broke. It turned out that the happy Cold War warrior's administration was selling arms to the Iranians and using the funds to support the Contra insurgents fighting Nicaragua's Sandinista government. All on the QT.
Reagan was left with the CEO's dilemma – which is, that when your organization is guilty of bad behavior, you have the choice of appearing complicit or ignorant. With his self-deprecating humor about his age and need to sleep, people were willing to believe he had lost control.
Nixon's 6th year difficulties transcended those of any other President. He didn't even make it to the mid-terms. His pointless coverup of a pointless break-in led to his resignation over Watergate.
Eisenhower lost 48 House and 13 Senate seats in 1958. But at least he dodged being swamped by scandals. Although he was derided for being out of touch and playing too much golf. (Sound familiar?)
The year 1938 was tough for FDR. He set a record by losing 71 House seats – as well as 6 Senate seats. He was already reeling from the negative reaction to his 1937 court packing scheme, when the New Deal itself was threatened by the "Roosevelt Recession". An economic down-turn that was exacerbated by a series of violent strikes. Which called into question his competence to deal with the economy.
Further his attempt to thwart the re-election of anti-New Deal Democrats was characterized as a purge by the media – an unfortunate allusion to the USSR, which was much in the news because of Stalin's prominent show trials.
So why the six year 'curse'? Every President comes into office with a sense of newness and possibility. He is either inheriting a country that is going through the ringer and is seen as a savior knight in shining armor – or is inheriting a country going gang-busters and is expected to keep the good times rolling.
But as Mario Cuomo famously said, "You campaign in poetry and govern in prose". When you campaign you can promise the sky. But there is no faking the governing as events unfold. Added to that bitter reality, is that at least half of DC (and often many of your own team) is telling everyone what a bozo you are.
And finally people get bored of you.
What will 2014 mean for Obama's legacy and the Democrats in 2016? Who knows. But I guarantee that by 2022 and the 6th year of the next president's administration – should she make it that far (no, I'm not saying it's going to be Hillary, but it might be a woman.) – Obama is going to be viewed more favorably than he is being today.
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Hierodulic Slavery -- Forms of slavery that combine elements of several different kinds of servitude. Shrine slavery is considered hierodulic slavery because it combines sexual exploitation with forced labor and psychological manipulation.
Human Rights -- Rights generally recognized as belonging to every individual by virtue of the fact that he or she is a human being. Human rights are rooted in the Biblical concept that all people are created in the image of God, giving them innate dignity regardless of ability or any perceived value to society.
Human Rights Violations -- Violation of publicly recognized minimum standards of behavior towards human beings. Charges of human rights violations have been levied against trokosi shrines and the trokosi system by NGO's and by survivors of the practice of trokosi. Documented violations include rape, forced labor without remuneration, forced child labor, cruel and inhuman punishments, forced confinement, denial of proper clothing, denial of minimal food needs, denial of education, denial of medical treatment, denial of religious freedom, and restriction of movement.
Idolatry, Idols -- The worship of images supposed to represent spirits or gods. Idols are common in African Traditional Religion and in other traditional or tribal religions as well as in Hinduism, but are forbidden in Islam and in Christianity. Christians teach that idolatry is wrong because any spirit that accepts worship is evil and deceptive--a demon, not a servant of God, becasue God alone is worthy of worship and is also able and willing to help His creatures. Idolatry has frequently shown itself to be destructive and enslaving in the societies that practice it. Well-known examples of this are the Devadasis in the Hindu culture of India, the Restavecs in Haiti, the Trokosi in Ghana and Vudusi in Togo and Benin. In West Africa, it is often claimed that the idol gods have instructed the priests to take in trokosi slaves or even demanded virgin girls as a sacrifice to supposedly atone for someone's misdeeds. See lesser gods.
Idol guarding a shrine entrance.
Initiation -- A ceremony or ritual of entry which introduces a woman or girl into her life as a shrine slave and binds her spiritually and psychologically to the shrine. Many trokosi find the initiation rites humiliating, because they are frequently required to strip before the priest and to parade around the village naked.
International Needs (IN), International Needs Network -- An NGO that has been very active in liberating the trokosi shrine slaves. IN has hosted several conferences on the subject and also operates the Adidome Vocational Training Center to help rehabilitate trokosi after liberation.
Involuntary Servitude -- Slavery, or forcing someone to serve another without observing their basic human rights and without compensation. Trokosi is a form of involuntary servitude because the consent of the girls is virtually never sought.
Juju --The practice of magic by calling on the gods of the shrines. See rituals.
Juju priest -- A priest of a traditional shrine who practices magic by calling on the shrine gods. See fetish priest. A juju priest may or may not be a trokosi priest, depending on whether the shrine practices the kind of slavery called ritual servitude.
Lesser gods -- Spirits or gods served in traditional shrines, idols, created spirits, in contrast to the High Creator God. Christians and traditionalists agree that these spirits, like all things, were created by God and are subject to Him. The lesser gods are powerful but far less so than the Creator. African traditional worshippers fear and worship the lesser gods. A few traditionalists argue that these gods are good, but most see them as having both a good and an evil side. Christians believe that the lesser gods are spirits created by God the Creator the Almighty, but that some of them rebelled against His authority so that they no longer serve and worship Him, but seek to deceive and destroy humankind, taking worship to themselves that rightfully belongs to the Creator. Christians therefore believe the lesser gods are evil. This belief is offensive to traditionalists, but it seems to be validated by the reports that shrine slaves have given of life in the shrines, and even by the fact that the lesser gods ostensibly require the practice of trokosi.
Bowing before lesser gods at a traditional shrine
Liberation, Liberation of Trokosi -- The act of freeing trokosi slaves, rehabilitating them and returning them to society to live normal and productive lives. Liberation involves a written agreement between the shrine, the community, and usually some NGO mediating body. It is performed in public as a community event. Liberation also involves an agreement to end slavery in that place and never again to take in human beings as sacrifices.
Liberation Ceremony for Trokosi Slaves
Liberation Certificates -- Certificates of freedom are often given to former trokosi following liberation or as part of the liberation ceremony. They are signed both by the shrine authorities and by the mediating NGO, and serve to show and guarantee to the trokosi themselves, to their families and to the public that they are now free and that all obligations to the shrine have ended.
Liberation Certificates
Liberation Documents or Agreements-- A memorandum of understanding, an official legal document, paper or covenant agreement signed by shrine owners, priests and elders on one hand, and by mediating NGO's on the other hand, guaranteeing freedom for all slaves from the shrine and stopping the practice of ritual servitude in that place.
Signing of Liberation documents freeing trokosi slaves. Often, as here, the signer is illiterate. After the agreement is explained in his local language, he affixes a thumbprint in agreement.
Modern-Day Slavery, Modern Slavery --Slavery which exists today and in recent times. Any system by which an individual or a group of human beings is controlled and forced to work for another without their consent or is deceived or manipulated into serving another. This can take many forms, including but not limited to forced labor, commercial sexual exploitation, human trafficking, forced marriage, debt bondage, religious slavery, and more.Modern Slave Belt of West Africa -- A strip of the southern portions of Ghana, Togo, Benin, and parts of Nigeria along the sea where in the year 2009 slavery is still widely practiced in the form of ritual servitude in traditional shrines.
Mutual Faith Ministries -- A Christian NGO that has created a vocational training center in the Agave area of the Volta Region in Ghana for the purpose of offering vocational skills training and other programs of rehabilitation for the trokosi.
National Department of Culture -- A department within Ghanaian government devoted to the preservation and promotion of Ghanaian culture. This department favors the liberation of the shrine slaves and has worked with NGO's in some of the liberation efforts.
NGO -- A non-governmental organisation, usually a publicly-supported charity, religious or humanitarian group that carries out projects of development for the benefit of society. Several NGO's have been interested in the anti-slavery initiatives in West Africa, because the practice of trokosi/vudusi violates religious freedom as well as other basic human rights. Other NGO's are interested because the practice impedes the education and progress of girls and women in their communities.
Traditionalists have accused NGO's of using the situation to raise funds for their organisations. In reality, NGO's have invested huge amounts of funding to combat the practice of ritual servitude and to rehabilitate its victims. Examples of NGO's that have been involved are Equality Now, Every Child Ministries, Fetish Slaves Liberation Movement, International Needs, and Mutual Faith Ministries.
Opposition ( to liberating the shrine slaves) -- The only substantial opposition to liberating the shrine slaves has come from African traditionalists, spearheaded by the Afrikania Mission. The opposition takes many forms and makes many (frequently contradictory) arguments, but their main argument is that trokosi (shrine slavery) should be preserved simply because it is part of their culture. They seem to see culture as static, that is, they would prefer it to be unchanging. Yet other groups dedicated to the preservation of African culture, like the Center for National Culture in Ghana, have favored the abolition of the practice.
Pillars of Trokosi System -- An explanation of why the trokosi system has prevailed so long despite its negative effects on culture, first advanced by "Mama Lorella" Rouster of Every Child Ministries. The pillars are fear, secrecy, and deception.
Punishment in the Shrines -- Punishment practices vary from region to region but punishment of shrine slaves is almost always harsh. Methods include beating, forcing the victim to kneel on sharp shards or pieces of glass while holding the hands in the air for long periods of time, confinement, and starvation. Reasons for punishment include not being able to complete the daily work quota, refusing sex with the priest, or refusing anything the priest commands.
Queens, Queen Mothers -- Queen mothers hold a position of respect within African traditional cultures along with Chiefs. Traditionalists who want to preserve the practice of shrine slavery sometimes claim that trokosi are actually treated like queens. They say this because in the initiation ceremony, other trokosi are required to bow down to them. No trokosi has as yet agreed with the claim that they are treated like queens. In fact, many degradations are forced on the trokosi that would be unthinkable for queens--like the dress restrictions and mobility restrictions, for example. In general, queen mother is a position of respect, while trokosi are widely looked down upon by the community.
1. A lot of semi-technical terms are involved that need explaining to the general public. Most dictionaries do not define all the terms necessary for adequate understanding.
2. A lot of propaganda is put out by traditionalists defending the practice. There's a need for a more even-handed defining of the terms.
3. Some try to use language that excludes Christian views of the practice. But this is not appropriate, since all players should have a forum for expressing their viewpoints. The Commission for Truth on Trokosi deliberately decided to include Christian views in this dictionary, while also including traditional viewpoints, labeling each viewpoint as such.
4. It's a vitally important issue that affects the welfare of African nations, present and future generations.


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Data from Roy Morgan Research suggests the Apple Watch's introduction has some strong resemblance to the Apple Phone.
The research found that, from a survey of 5174 during the first four months of 2015 leading up to the release of the Apple Watch on 24 April, an estimated 520,000 Australians aged over 14 (2.7 percent) said they intended to buy a smartwatch in the next year.
Back in 2007, in a survey of just over 7000 people, Roy Morgan's research on technology adoption found a similar proportion intended to buy an iPhone (620,000, or 3.6 percent) during the first four months after the iPhone 3G was released in Australia. Within a year of that research, Apple's sales closely matched the intentions revealed in the research.
Is it possible Apple Watch will follow the same pattern?
When the iPhone was introduced, there were other smartphones on the market, but none had really captured the public's imagination and they were considered a tool for techies rather than a consumer electronics essential.
Similarly, there are several smartwatches on the market. Almost every consumer electronics company and many start-ups, like Pebble, have attempted to dominate the market without success.
As well as the data, there's the development path Apple has chosen.
When the iPhone was introduced, there was no App Store and users had limited customisation options. With the second version of Watch OS due later this year, apps will become more powerful, with the ability to run natively on the Apple Watch. There will also be some user customisation with the ability to add your own images as the background of some watchfaces.
There is a substantial difference between the Apple Watch and the iPhone.
The iPhone has defined what we expect from a modern mobile phone. But in 2007, mobile phone penetration was already very high. The shift towards smartphones had started, but Apple accelerated that by creating a superior user experience.
In contrast, very few people have any sort of smartwatch. In fact, many people don't even wear a watch anymore. And watches are often seen as a fashion accessory with people wearing different watches on different occasions. The Apple Watch flies in the face of this.


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Italian Motor Village (IMV) is the official dealership of Fiat Group, one of the biggest industrial concerns in Italy. Among its many other businesses, Fiat designs and builds cars under the brands Fiat, Alfa Romeo, Lancia, and Abarth. The luxury sports car makers Ferrari and Maserati are also members of the group.
As part of a move to standardise systems across its dealer network, Fiat decided to roll out a new software package. Created by a specialist developer, this would integrate all concessionaire functions through a single online portal. The delivery date for the new system was fixed, having been linked to other milestones such as user training.
Nevertheless, an infrastructure offering high levels of quality and flexibility was required as a platform for the new system. Buying or renting new servers – and connecting and configuring them in short timescales – would be an expensive and challenging task. The IMV technical team turned to BT and asked whether it would be possible to set up the system in a virtual environment.
BT proposed On Demand Compute, a cloud-based virtual data centre solution. An enterprise-class hosted infrastructure, BT On Demand Compute enables customers to create and deploy their own virtual computing environments through a secure self-service portal.
Its pre-provisioned nature means that automated virtual data centre service delivery processes ensure maximum efficiency, while customers are offered monitoring and management tools. Meanwhile, the On Demand Compute infrastructure is self-healing and inherently resilient with 99.9 per cent availability. Furthermore, it offers total cost of ownership savings of up to 40 per cent compared to traditional approaches.
The BT On Demand Compute solution meant that IMV had a complete operational production platform up and running in a fraction of the time it would have taken using a traditional approach. "The experience has been very positive," says Pablo Garcia, IMV Site Manager for Spain and Italy, "both in terms of the speed of deployment and also in being exactly what we needed."
Other critical success factors were cost control and separation between the systems and the hardware platform. Pablo Garcia concludes: "The virtual model has given us a level of flexibility we could not have achieved with a dedicated infrastructure."
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Between serving up his "Death by Duck" grilled cheese sandwich at this weekend's Grilled Cheese Invitational, preparing for a championship-defending rematch at this summer's Korean BBQ festival, and engineering weekly creations like pizza cheesesteaks and fried house-cured pickles at "New Order Mondays", Beer Belly chef Wes Lieberher has been pretty busy. He took some time out this weekend to share with us a recipe for one of the most popular dishes at the Koreatown beer bar, which will be celebrating its one-year anniversary in a few weeks. Lieberher amps up the gastropub staple of roasted Brussels sprouts to maximalist levels by tossing in sliced pancetta, apples, and onion for a sweet-salty sauté.
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From: Beer Belly's Wes Lieberher.
Serves: 1-2
8 Brussels sprouts: "Halved with stems cut off and discarded."
pancetta: "Cut yourself a nice thick slice then cube it up. If you bought some pre-sliced pancetta -- don't worry, it's no big deal -- just toss in a couple slices."
sweet onion: "A small handful of julienned onion (if you can't julienne an onion, google search is your friend)."
kosher salt: "Please for the love of God never use iodized salt a.k.a. table salt a.k.a. the worst stuff ever."
ground black pepper
dark brown sugar: "If you insist on golden brown, you're brussels will still love you."
ground nutmeg: "That's all I got."
1 apple: "I like organic Gala Apples but really do your thing. These will need to be brunoise cut, once again google search is your amigo."
canola oil: "I like canola because its pretty neutral in flavor. You can use olive oil, but it will change the flavor of the dish."
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1. Coat an 8-inch sauté pan with canola oil. Put over medium flame, add your Brussels, onions, and pancetta. Add a pinch of salt and a pinch of pepper.
2. When your brussels begin to brown, add a handful of your apple, then lightly sprinkle the entire contents of your pan with nutmeg. Make you are tossing this goodness around, ensuring everything is coming together.
3. Keep an eye on your Brussels. You'll want to get a nice brown on the bottoms, I prefer my Brussels a little crispy so once everything in your pan is browning you should be good to go.
4. Dump the contents of your pan into a mixing bowl, give it one big pinch of salt and two big pinches of brown sugar. Toss and plate it up. Taste and adjust your seasoning. Some people like it more salty, some people like it more sweet.


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Carpenter (2-7) picked up his first victory since May 10. He allowed one run and five hits to end a string of seven successive starts without a win. Carpenter struck out seven and walked one.
St. Louis won for the first time since three-time NL MVP Albert Pujols fractured his left forearm on Sunday. The Cardinals managed just two runs and 11 hits during the first two games without Pujols, who is out 4 to 6 weeks.
Philadelphia starter Roy Oswalt (4-6) left after two innings due to tightness in his lower back. He gave up four runs and five hits in his shortest start since a two-inning outing in a 9-7 loss to Atlanta on September 10, 2009.
The Phillies, who were looking to sweep the three-game series, closed out a six-game road trip at 3-3.
Carpenter entered the game with the 11th-lowest run support among NL starters at 3.38 runs per game. His teammates scored three times in the second and once in the third to give him an early 5-0 cushion.
Carpenter retired 10 of the first 11 hitters. He gave up three successive singles in the sixth, including a run-scoring hit by Ryan Howard, with two outs.
Jay hit his fifth homer of the season, a 422-foot shot to right off Oswalt to give the Cardinals a 1-0 lead. Berkman capped off a six-run outburst in the eighth with a three-run shot, his 18th of the season.
Colby Rasmus, Skip Schumaker and rookie catcher Tony Cruz opened the second with successive singles to push the lead to 2-0. Carpenter added a sacrifice bunt before Ryan Theriot ripped a two-run single to make it 4-0.
Cruz added a run-scoring single in the sixth. He finished 2 for 3 with the first two RBIs of his career.
Matt Holliday drove in two runs with a bases-loaded single in the eighth off reliever Danys Baez, who gave up six runs in the inning.
Carlos Ruiz hit a two-out homer in the ninth for Philadelphia.
NOTES: The Phillies fell to 19-17 on the road and remain one of five teams with winning records away from home. ... Holliday broke out of an 0-for-10 skid with a third-inning double. ... Carpenter is 6-2 in his career against Philadelphia. ... Berkman has 54 RBI. He had 58 all of last season.


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Two South Florida doctors are vowing to fight federal charges that their prescription writing at so-called pill mill clinics contributed to the deaths of nine people.
Doctors Cynthia Cadet and Joseph Castronuovo pleaded not guilty to several charges in connection with their work at pain clinics in Broward and Palm Beach counties, at a hearing in federal court on Tuesday.
If convicted of the most serious charge — possession with intent to distribute controlled substances resulting in death — the two could face life in prison and a fine of up to $2 million.
Federal prosecutors charged Cadet, 42, of Parkland, with contributing to the deaths of seven people treated at clinics, primarily in Boca Raton and Lake Worth.
They charged Castronuovo, 72, of Key Largo, in connection with the deaths of two people treated at the West Palm Beach clinic where he did most of his work. The physicians will remain free on bond until they go on trial either later this year or early next year.
Federal prosecutors said the doctors prescribed the pain medicine oxycodone and other prescription drugs that resulted in nine deaths.
Cadet and Castronuovo were previously charged in a federal and state investigation of pill mills in South Florida. They were among 13 doctors and 19 other individuals charged last year with racketeering conspiracy, money laundering conspiracy and drug-related charges related to clinics operated by Wellington twin brothers, Christopher and Jeffrey George. All but a few of those charged have reached plea agreements, but Cadet and Castronuovo have fought the allegations against them.
Attorneys for both doctors said Tuesday that they will aggressively fight the allegations and insisted their clients did nothing wrong.
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To me, Wildflower represents triathlon in its purest, raddest form: camping, racing hard in the sun on trails and hilly country roads, and celebrating with buddies around a campfire. It's a must-do for every triathlete. If you're lucky enough to race this year, here are my tips for getting the most out of your day:
Relax and enjoy that this water is—unlike any other race—the perfect temperature. It's not too cold, not too hot, but just right.
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In some of life's occupations (and preoccupations), turning 30 is a point many would prefer to defer. Supermodels, acrobats, and San Francisco gay men among them. Yes, "maturity" is "nice" in theory — but facial lines, thinning hair and a body-fat percentage that no longer stays low all by itself can seriously cramp a boy's lifestyle. Though not, of course, a bear's. On the other hand, longevity in gay institutions is always a plus, since our communities' public histories have been so short, as well as so often embattled by oppression, the AIDS epidemic, and other impediments to survival. Thus the 30th anniversary marked by this year's S.F. International LGBT Film Festival represents more than just a healthy and well-loved cultural treasure's long-term success story — it offers a forum for the LGBT community to celebrate its own hard-won survival and progress.
Certainly spirits have been high — but then they usually are — at Frameline30's events. Writing at the festival's midpoint, and having come directly from a double bill of Indonesian and Filipino features that drew audiences thoroughly mixed in gender and ethnicity, one thing that struck me is how comfortable with its own diversity the S.F. gay community has become. Back in the day — count yourself lucky if you're young enough to have missed this stuff — it was not uncommon to hear some queen in queue express pique at the general ickiness of having to see some Sapphic action in a mostly gay-male shorts program. And it was even more common to hear womyn (remember that term? don't worry, nobody else does either) decry the political incorrectitude of some lesbian films, their insufficient number in Frameline programming (of course, a festival can't show what isn't being produced), and even allowing men to purchase tickets to lesbian programs that might eventually sell out. Ah, Separatism: Among things the '70s gave us, you rank neck-and-neck with Bobby Sherman's Greatest Hits, and thankfully have just as little remaining cultural currency.
Fortunately, we now can all get along, and the worst political incorrectitude is intolerance between any one S.F. LGBT community and other — be they twink, leather, femme, butch, drag king, tranny, artfag, or cowpoke. A lot of that diversity-embracing has been on display in the fest's screenings to date. Saturday afternoon's world premiere of Todd Holland's "The Believers" sold out the Castro Theatre for a documentary about the globe's first transgender gospel choir — The Transgender Gospel Choir, to be exact, which made a roof-raising onstage appearance afterward. Then there was the tumultuous reception given the prior night to filmmaker Marc Huestis (who co-founded the festival thirty years ago) and star Louis Biedak's midlife-crisis-goes-surgical documentary "Lulu Gets a Facelift." Opening night had been the expected love fest, with director Maria Maggenti and cast members lauded after "Puccini for Beginners," the romantic comedy that represents her long, long, long-awaited second feature. (The first was "Incredibly True Adventures of Two Girls in Love," which had won the same Frameline slot 11 festivals ago.)
Technical difficulties caused a major delay mid-screening, which Maggenti covered with a sort of making-of standup routine. The next evening, viewers were torn between soft-focus boarding-schoolgirl fantasia ("Loving Annabelle"), old-guard gay avant-gardism ("Jack Smith & the Destruction of Atlantis"), and widescreen Spanish musical tranny dramatics ("20 Centimeters"). Late-nighters at the Victoria faced "Flirting With Anthony," which director Christian Calson ("Shiner") noted was "an experiment" he'd consider a success if it gave viewers a boner. This succession of in-extremis scenes featured shaven-headed guys pummeling each other, sister and boyfriend engaging in pin-down tickle sessions with her gay teenage brother, and so forth; one could tell the audience didn't share most of these fantasies — but most of them did stay in their seats.
That kind of excess might indeed have struck some as preferable to the gay-friendly "After School Special" qualities of "The Conrad Boys," whose Sunday showing was introduced by none other than "captivating newcomer" (according to his press release) Justin Lo himself. Lo produced, directed, wrote, edited and starred in this tale of a prissy young man who forgoes college to care for his nine-year-old younger brother when their single mother suddenly dies. Before the screening Lo, reading from notes, welcomed us to "the long-awaited San Francisco premiere" (by whom? him?) of a film made in the tradition of prior "intimate, intelligent and emotional" indie dramas. I'm still waiting to see that film — in a strange technical glitch, what was subsequently shown was a syrupy, amateurish vanity project starring an "actor" who looked very much like the on-stage Lo. Go figure!
A parodic rather than actual ego trip mercifully ended that night's Victoria programming via "Kiki & Herb Reloaded," latest "documentary" about the famed, formerly-S.F.-based cabaret-travesty act who were duly in the house.
Also hitting some high musical notes was "Follow My Voice: With the Music of Hedwig," which chronicles the making of a benefit CD featuring "Hedwig" covers by Rufus Wainwright, Polyphonic Spree, Yoko Ono, Jonathan Richman and many others. Sound problems at the Castro hampered much of the documentary's early going, but didn't lessen the love given original "Hedwig" John Cameron Mitchell's appearance afterward. Meanwhile at the Roxie, scrappy U.K.-Nigeria coproduction "Rag Tag" impressed with its "My Beautiful Laundrette"-type tale of two childhood friends turned adult gay lovers amidst the varied criminal corruption and moral censure of multicultural London micro-communities. Its writer-director Adaora Nwandu confessed afterward that she's a straight woman who was nonetheless irresistibly pulled toward this story — making her one among many surprising female directors of gay-male content in this year's fest.
Does that mean making gay-themed movies is now an easy-money opportunity worldwide? Hardly. Talent behind both "Rag Tag" and Indonesian drama "Last Second" noted the difficulty of screening their films in the countries they were shot in. (In "Rag Tag's" case, Nigeria's current President is a professed homophobe.)
[EDITORS NOTE: This article was originally published in SF360, a joint publication of the San Francisco Film Society and indieWIRE.]
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Verb revealed in a news release that it plans to hire up to 20 local employees in Victoria in its major service offering areas, including web development, design, content marketing, UX, SEO and data science.
Having recently expanded its Halifax office, Andy MacLellan, president and founder of Verb, said in the news release, "the westward expansion is well-timed as the company prepares to announce and begin work on several new relationships in the coming months."
The West Coast presence complements Verb's growing partnerships with a number of clients including Tourism Victoria and Destination British Columbia. It will also be closer to several clients in the United States — Pebble Beach Resorts, Napa Valley Wine Train, Amtrak Vacations and Universal Studios Hollywood.
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Wednesday, November 24, 2010
What to wear for Thanksgiving
I think it's nice to dress festively on holidays. When it comes to Thanksgiving, comfort is key, since the whole thing is about eating and lounging around with family. You don't have to wear orange and brown of course, but a warm color pallet can be a fun way to show your festive spirit. Last year, I wore this multicolored outfit inspired by the abundance and color pallet of the horn of plenty.
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What's good: the 3.7" AMOLED touch-screen at 360 x 640 pixels looks fantastic; the 8 MP cam is probably the best I've used on a phone - for still photos and video, which are easily shared; 3.5mm audio jack doubles as TV-out; comes with 8 or 16 GB of internal storage and supports microSD up to 32 GB; 1500 mAh battery and good sleep implementation mean it can go a very long while without recharging; TouchWiz makes Symbian much more usable.
What's bad: Symbian problems turn up at unfortunate times; simple actions take far too many taps; keyboard leaves much to be desired; I wish it had a Xenon flash, but LED is O.K..
This GSM unlocked quad-band device turned heads from its first hands-on appearances in tradeshow videos from Barcelona last winter. And it was all about the screen, up front. The Omina HD's AMOLED display is gorgeous, and thankfully, capacitive. The next bullet point (arguably of only two) is the stellar camera that meets the latest MP standard for consumers and also shoots 1280 x 720 HD video. This device is sure to satisfy visual urges; from the design of the hardware, to the glow of the screen, to the photos you shoot, to the videos you can edit a bit right on the phone. Samsung's TouchWiz UI goes a long way to dress Symbian up and make it more usable than stock, but there are still some areas where annoying issues may pop up and remind you what you dislike about Symbian, if anything. Still, it's a usable phone for those willing to pony up the cash, and a great camera.
Talk about sexy. When lit up, the i8910 looks like it's made of screen, and people notice. Black metal might make this phone better match its price tag implies, but the silver and black plastic do work well together. A proximity sensor and secondary cam sit above the display. There are only three buttons on the face; send, end, and menu. The right side features a hold key, dedicated camera button, and microUSB port. The left, a volume rocker and microSD slot. on the top there is a 3.5 mm audio (and TV-out) jack and a centered lanyard clip point. On the back you'll find that 8 MP cam with LED flash. Under the cover is a 1500 mAh battery, which, along with the software, is all kinds of greatness. At least when you keep things simple.
Inside, the guts enable stereo bluetooth, Wi-Fi with DLNA, and assisted-GPS, which takes care of geo-tagging images. The saftware alos does smile, blink, and face-detection and WDR (wide dynamic range) images. Hard-core photographers may find the preset scenes (fireworks, candle light) a bit limiting, but I think even high-end consumer photographers will be more than satisfied with their options. Exposure value can take acute adjustments, but focus is auto, macro, and face-detect. Video options include slow-mo, and time lapse. TV-out makes this an easy winner for shooting sports, school plays, or a day at the beach.
The interface is TouchWiz on top of Symbian, which I'll get deeper into in the usability section. You have a decent number of fairly useful widgets when you first boot the device. And anyone familiar with another TouchWiz phone will be right at home. The music widget, while simple, does it's job and is usually enough for me. The photo frame widget is cool, as is the little control panel widget that lets you switch between screens - though I don't have enough widgets that I really use to make that necessary. Maybe I'd throw the birthday reminder widget into the mix if I knew I was keeping the phone.
As I said, the phone's most important features are looking right at you from the front and back of the device; the display and the camera. Neither disappoint. In fact, both are quite striking. The screen is sensitive and the software responsive. The camera is a pleasure to use, if a bit slow between still shots. Maybe 7 seconds, not a big deal considering the end result. Where I ran into trouble, as I often do if things aren't just right, was the virtual keyboard.
With so much space and such a beautiful screen, I just don't see how the state of the virtual qwerty can be justified. It's not that the keyboard is horribly unusable or anything, it just doesn't live up to the rest of the phone. It doesn't look very nice, it doesn't have any sort of auto-correct, suggest, or completion, and it requires extra taps for selecting a field and closing the kb. O.K., I may have been a bit picky regarding that last detail, but once you've used the Omnia HD for a bit, extra taps are a real issue.
TouchWiz does help this phone a great deal, but take, for instance, one of the web apps disguised as a widget on the home screen. Take Facebook. I tap the icon. I tap the user ID field. The kb comes up and I enter it, tapping a couple of buttons to switch between letters, numbers, and symbols. And despite going slowly and having plenty of space, I can't do this without making a few errors. That is not unusual in itself, but on the Omnia, I make errors every single time I type. That is not the norm for me.
I tap the check box and the kb closes. Repeat for password. Oh, the shift key is locked whenever you press it. Annoying. I can't find an option to change this. I click "Log in." Save your login details? Sure. "Opening a secure connection. Content cannot be seen by anyone else. Continue?" Oh yeah. There you are, Symbian. Yes, continue. "Website has sent a certificate which is out of date. Accept anyway?" I can click "back" or "options." I got for options and am given: "Accept this time only," or "certificate details." Ugh. This time only then. "Website has sent a certificate which is out of date. Accept anyway?" I click on "options" and "accept this time only" (even though I'd love to say "never bother me again.") Woops, I got my password wrong.
Granted, that was after clearing private data, and there was an additional problem in this instance. But true to Symbian, the browser doesn't remember any of the stuff I wish it would. And forcing me to double-tap any selection gets to be torture. This is unfortunate because I like the way the software looks. I like the "Help, I'm stuck inside a cube!" navigation of the home screen. I really like that there are multiple home screen panels to drop your widgets on. It's cool to see the fairly new "widget downloader" widget, but the selection is pretty weak right now. Notes, Christmas Countdown; these are the options. Nothing for Twitter or most of the other stuff I like on my personal home screen.
I want to make a quick note about call quality. I had very, very good performance on calls. I have read several reviews that said voice quality was abysmal. Network is one of many crucial factors in this regard. I can say the i8910 out-performed most of the phones I've tested in my current residence in terms of call quality. Do your research, because your experience may vary.
I find myself complaining about many of the same things across multiple Symbian reviews and articles. I don't mean to nit pick or harp on them. I just find that the same hurdles continue to inhibit my use of Symbian phones, and I think they buyer should beware. Especially when you're looking to spend upwards of over seven bills. Nevertheless, this phone looks hot, and if you are big on talking and shooting, it will definitly satisfy. But if you are big on widgets, browsing, and that sort of use, you might feel that the software is getting in your way. I've had time to adapt to this phone, and I have to some extent. But the familiar protests remain. The net of it is this: If you want a decent phone with a killer cam and great screen, you'll love it. If you're a fan of Symbian, even more so. If you really need to type and navigate the OS a lot, try before you buy.
Check out Samsung's i8910 home page here.


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Spring is one of the most special and vibrant times on the High Line. Each time you visit during the coming months, you'll discover changes in the landscape—new shoots of green among the gravel ballast, leaves spreading out along tree branches, and a continuing kaleidoscope of florals.
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Intrigue daffodil (Narcissus 'Intrigue')
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Daffodils with white trumpets and yellow petals are a rare combination. Early this spring, you'll be able to see these flowers dotted throughout the prairie grasses of the Chelsea Grasslands, and beyond the construction gate at West 20th Street.
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Beginning in mid-spring, catkins, the caterpillar-like "flowers" of these trees, which house the plant's tiny fruits, provide an interesting accompaniment against its green leaves and silvery branches.
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The brevity of this plant's flowers make it precious—after its elegant, structural flowers bloom, the entire plant, including its foliage, dies back until the following spring. Catch it while you can: the buds usually appear on the High Line mid-to-late spring.
Lady Jane Tulip (Tulipa clusiana 'Lady Jane')
Chelsea Grasslands
In 2008, the International Plant Center in the Netherlands donated thousands of bulbs to the High Line. One favorite among visitors and staff alike are these lovely, pink and white tulips, which bloom on the High Line in the late spring.
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You know the speech; it's the Gatsby-meets–Riff Raff Spring Breakers monologue that Vulture insisted you memorize a few days ago. "I got … I got SHORTS. Every fuckin' color. I got designer T-shirts. I got gold bullets." An entire nation (or at least the $270,000-worth of people who saw Spring Breakers) has been yelling it at full volume for the past week. So it makes sense that James Franco would trot Alien back out for an Alamo Drafthouse anti-texting PSA — "Hot dogs, hamburgers, the royale with cheese … " — and the result, below, is obviously very charming. (The Spider-Man bit is also great.) Having said that, would it be ungrateful to request some restraint with these parodies in the next few months? It is too easy to imagine Franco at next year's Oscars, Hudgens-eyed as he delivers his 27th occasion-specific "shorts" rant. ("I got bow ties. Louboutins. Look at my stuff.") This is a special speech, is all we're saying. Let's protect its magic. For America.


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