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What is Panopto?
Panopto CourseCast is a presentation capture application that lets you record, capture PowerPoint presentations; audio and video presentations.
How Do I Use Panopto?
Panopto allows instructors and students to record PowerPoint presentations capturing both audio and video.
In order for students to use CourseCast your instructor must first create a folder in Blackboard that allows you save your presentation for review.
To use Panopto you must:
- Download and install the Panopto Recorder on your computer
- Log in using your Blackboard credentials
- Create, save, and share your recording
Make recording available in Blackboard
Download Recorder/Install on PC
The Panopto Recorder can be downloaded from the following link
Download for Panopto Recorder for PC (Note that this is an executable file so on the dialog box select the Save File option)
When the file downloads to the browser's download folder,double-click the to begin the Setup Wizard
Continue through the Setup Wizard by clicking "Next". When installation is complete, click "Close" then open the recorder
Sign In and configure recorder:
- Server: Type in: vcapture.campus.ltu.edu in text box
- Providers: Click the down arrow and select Blackboard. Note: If you find the option for Providers is greyed out - go back to Server option and at the end of "edu" click the space bar, this should then allow you to click the down arrow to the right and select Blackboard
- On the Bb login type in your Blackboard username; tab and type in your Blackboard password
- Check "Save Login and Password" option to have Panopto remember your login
On the "Create New Recording" tab select the following configuration
- Verify correct folder displays in Folder option
- Change the "default" recording name to one that identifies both recording and who recorded in the Name option
- Select correct Video / Audio inputs
- Select the PowerPoint tab. Open PowerPoint presentation and minimize it.
- Click Start Recording
Bring up your presentation, select Slide Show View and when your are ready to begin recording
Use Hot Keys to:
- Start the recorder F8 key
- End the recorder: F10 key
- Pause/Resume the recorder: F9 key
Download/Install on MAC
Download and install the Panopto Recorder for Mac from Download for Panopto Recorder for MAC (zip file)
When the file downloads, click the downloaded zip file to begin the Setup Wizard
Once installed, click the Panopto Recorder icon to open and select Sign In
- On the recorder options dialog box, select the following options: Server Information: vcapture.campus.ltu.edu.
Providers: (note: if Provider shows Panopto, click the down arrows and select) Blackboard
- Type in your Blackboard username; tab and type in your Blackboard password and check option "Save Login and Password"
- Click Log In
Select "Create New Recording" and select the following configuration
- Verify correct folder displays in Folder option
- Change the "generic" recording name to one that identifies both recording and who recorded in the Session option
- Select correct Video / Audio inputs
- Verify that Record PowerPoint is selected under Slides
- Open the PowerPoint presentation in Slide Show view
- Click Start Recording
Use MAC Hot Key combinations to:
- Start the recorder and End the recorder: CMD+Option+R
- Pause the recorder and Resume the recorder: CMD+Option+P
Upload / Share Recording PC / MAC
When the recording has been uploaded select Share option
Under the Link / Embed screen highlight and copy the recording URL - you can then add this link in Blackboard.


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Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982
From Open Energy Information
The Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982 (30 U.S.C. § 1701 et seq.) - The Royalty Management Act affirmed the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to administer and enforce all rules and regulations governing oil and gas leases on Federal or Indian Land, and established a policy aimed at developing a comprehensive system to manage royalties derived from leased oil and gas operations. Typically, oil and gas lessees pay the federal government royalties of 12.5 percent of the value of oil and gas removed or sold from each lease.

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Changing Temperature -> Chemical Reaction
Lesson 5 of 7
Objective: SWBAT evaluate temperature change as exothermic or endothermic.
Many middle school students are still very concrete thinkers. We need to provide opportunities for students to experience the definitions of chemical terms.
In this lesson, students explore the meaning of exothermic and endothermic. Students can determine if a chemical reaction has occurred by recording any change in temperature. By performing several mini experiments students have an opportunity to associate new vocabulary --exothermic and endothermic -- with concrete experiences here and now. Once the concrete experiences have occurred, students are no longer dependent on the here and now and can apply new vocabulary using logic and reasoning.
Students will notice changes in temperature indicating that a chemical reaction has occurred. They will further be able to use exothermic and endothermic to describe the reaction (MS-PS1-2 Analyze and interpret data on the properties of substances before and after the substances interact to determine if a chemical reaction has occurred.)
Questions will be asked to encourage students to analyze their results as they explain how they identified whether or not a chemical reaction has occurred and they type of reaction (exothermic/endothermic) (SP4 - Analyzing and Interpreting Data). Their evidence is derived from their careful observations of changes in temperature over time (SP7 - Engaging in Argument from Evidence).
My students have always been respectful of the materials we use in science experiments. I tell them early in the school year that their behavior will drive the type of experiments we can do in class. Nonetheless I am mindful that the unexpected does happen and make certain the the Material Safety Data Sheets are on hand.
MSDS for Sodium Chloride (Salt)
The materials are numerous for this lesson. A complete Changing Temperatures Material List is available in the resources section.
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Students in Action
This lesson has 7 mini experiments. In each of the experiments, we mix two ingredients and make a determination as to whether or not a chemical reaction has occurred.
First the vocabulary:
- An exothermic reaction means that heat is released or sent out. The Greek word for heat is therm, exo means outside, and the -ic suffix tells us that it has these characteristics. What do you think will happen to the temperature of the two ingredients if the reaction is exothermic? The temperature should show an increase overtime.
- An endothermic reaction means that the heat is absorbed within. Again the Greek word for heat is therm, for within is endo and the -ic suffix tells us that it has these characteristics. An endothermic reaction is essentially the opposite of an exothermic reaction. What do you think will happen to the temperature of the two ingredients if the reaction is endothermic? The temperature will show a decrease overtime.
Focus Question: How will we know if no reaction has occurred? There is no change in temperature.
We review the procedures for the experiments. Students must wear goggles throughout the experiments until their work area is clean. Take the temperature of the first liquid before anything else is added. Record this number and make any observations about the liquid. Then add the second ingredient. Take the temperature again immediately. Record this number and make any observations. Repeat the recording of the temperature and observations after 1 minute, then again after 2 minutes. After 2 minutes you should be able to determine if a chemical reaction has occurred by evaluating the recorded temperatures.
Answer questions 8 and 9 -
- Did a chemical reaction occur? a
- What is your evidence? Use exothermic/endothermic in your response.
IMPORTANT - I say this with emphasis! You must make sure not to contaminate your tests. Use only the spoons provided for scooping the powders. Stir the ingredients with a Popsicle stick. Use this only once. After each experiment discard the liquid and rinse the cup and thermometer so no residue from the previous experiment is left behind to influence the results of your next experiment.
As students are working, I monitor their procedures to insure they are not contaminating the next experiment with left over liquid from the previous one. The students seem to understand this concern and are vigilant in their work.
A couple of student groups had unexpected results as I was making observations. I advised them to test again, this time either using less liquid or adding more of the second ingredient. Our biggest problem seems to be estimating 1/4 cup.
When students are waiting for a temperature check, I ask individual groups to name the elements in the chemical formulas supplied on the lesson sheet. They proudly name most of them correctly.
In the following short video, I take a look at the different styles students use to record observations in the lesson and explain how we continue to practice naming elements.
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Connecting the Learning
We conclude this lesson with a video from an expert to explain how exothermic and endothermic reactions are used in our everyday lives - especially when we are involved in sports or take a tumble in PE class!


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The Gators received good news on Thursday when defensive end Gerald Willis (New Orleans, LA Edna Karr) shocked everyone by picking Florida over LSU. Willis says he chose Florida because he felt comfortable in Gainesville.
"It was Florida because I fit in there," Willis said. "It just felt like me. Coach (Derek) Lewis has been recruiting me since my freshman year. They are passing rush team and have a 3-4 team. Plus Florida has swag."
New Orleans native Derek Lewis was the main recruiter for Willis and the two of them talked on Sunday night and later talked on Thursday.
"I told D-Lew that it was between Florida and LSU," Willis said. "He told me, 'Come on you got to be a Gator.' Thursday I called him and told him I'm a Gator now."
Expectations of early playing time are one a big reason that the New Orleans native will enroll in school at Florida next week.
"I want to play next year and make plays on the field next year," Willis said. "I want to show I'm the number one player like I am. I need to get in the weight room and get stronger next year and learn the plays in order to do that."
The Gators much like Willis have high goals for the defensive end and even are comparing him to a former Gator great.
"They told me I'm like an (Dominique) Easley type of player," Willis said. "They said they don't want me to be just an end or just a tackle but both. I'm going to probably gain a little weight so we will see what happens."
If Willis sees the field like he expects to next year than he has high goals set for himself as a personal goal.
"I want to have 10 sacks and be an All-SEC type of player next year," Willis said.


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I can create a brand identity, starting from a logo to a complete identity.
I love to draw with my digital table, I can create illustrations as well.
I always take my camera with me and take pictures that excite me.
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Currently, I'm working as a freelance webdesigner in Budapest.
My designer carrier didn't start very easily. I had very limited opportunities in the little village where I was born. What I know today I learned in an autodidact way.Since I know my mind I was interested in colors and shapes it was exciting to copy the beauty of nature. Unfortunately all the works I created back then are vanished now.
In 2002 I decided that no matter what, I'll become a porcelain painter at the Majolika factory of Hódmezővásárhely. I soon realized that this profession is dying and artisan work is replaced with automated sticker printing. It required no skill and craftsmanship, so.I moved on.
I enrolled at Universtiy of Szeged.in 2005. I was still interested in arts, freehand drawing and painting. I wanted to be an art teacher. It's crazy, but I only bought my first desktop computer in 2006. I never would have thought that my life finds its purpose thanks to that. During college I had to look for an extra source of income. I wanted something close to my profession and this is how I stumbled upon webdesign. My story is classic, first I worked for friends and later companies started paying attention too.
In 2011 I moved to Budapest and landed at my first office job. Since then I had the chance to see the inner workings of many companies, but somehow freelancing is the closest to my heart so at the end of 2013 I decided that I'm dedicating all my energy to this lifestyle.
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Having been one of the last big brands to begin selling online in the UK, H&M's e-commerce launch last year was a major disappointment.
Among the problems were a lack of attention to SEO, too much Flash, and generally poor usability.
Yesterday I had an email from H&M telling me that it has launched a new website. In the interests of fairness, I've been seeing what improvements have been made...
While last time, you had to find the link to the online store from the homepage, before being sent to shop.hm.com, now it is all integrated into the main page.
However, when I clicked the link from the email, I still had to select my region first, which is annoying:
As with the old version, there's no site search at all. This is an odd move, since it denies shoppers an alternative navigation option, one which shows purchase intent, while H&M is also missing out on useful data that can be gathered from people's search habits. There are plenty more reasons why retailers should have site search.
If you click on one of the main categories from the homepage (men, woman etc), then the category pages are confusing. Where shoppers would normally expect to see more links to sub-categories, product suggestions etc, they get this:
Clicking on this image brings up a Flash page so, while H&M has thankfully lost the all-Flash version of the site, it can't totally kick its addiction.
There are some useful navigational features that weren't present on the old site though, such as these drop-down menus, which make it easier for customers to jump straight to the product types they want:
Though there are some filtering options, which were completely absent from the previous site, they could be improved. The categories, colour and size filters are fine, but 'concepts' and 'selections' are confusing categories.
In addition, product metadata needs some work, as the results from using these filters weren't always reliable. This is the result of my search for a black shirt:
Product pages
The product pages are much improved, with a better range of product images and a usable zoom tool. Cross-selling suggestions are sensible, though the pages are lacking detail elsewhere.
There are also some useful product selection tools, such as this dressing room feature, which enables you to put together different outfits from the site:
Checkout process
You have to wait until entering the checkout process before H&M will confirm the total price and delivery costs, which can be annoying for shoppers.
You also have to register before checkout, though at least H&M has lost the cross-selling pop up lightbox which used to appear between basket and checkout.
Registration aside, the checkout is reasonably well laid out and clear to navigate, The concertina style means it's possible to go back and forth and adjust details, though the way it insists on me entering my date of birth is unnecessary.
The checkout isn't enclosed either, with menu options remaining in place, though the payment stage is totally isolated:
As on the previous version of the H&M website, the delivery options are not really up to scratch. Aside from the fact that you have to wait until checkout for the information, the timescales are very poor compared to most online retailers, and this information is only visible is you click to find out more:
When other retailers can offer next day delivery, or at least guarantee delivery within a couple of days, 'You will receive your items around one week after we have received your order, but during busy periods it may take longer' is not really good enough. Would anyone buy an item from the site is the run up to Christmas with this sort of delivery promise? It's unlikely.
While the decision to ditch the old all Flash version is to be welcomed, there are still plenty of Flash elements that simply will not work on mobiles an iPads, such as the men's product category page, and the dressing room feature.
There are a number of issues that could deter shoppers as well; the lack of site search, poor filtering options, registration before checkout, and the vague delivery timescales.
The new H&M website is definitely better than the previous incarnation, but there are still a number of things that could be improved to make the most of the H&M brand online.
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I think h&m have great variety in its product offering throughout their retail outlets and the shopping expierience in regards to store layout and customer service is good. Unfortunately this is not mirrored online, if I was to describe h&m online as if it was a physical store I would say it is an awkward (navigation), dull (layout), scattered (no ease) store with staffing issues (checkout issues).
I agree, it is an improvement, but there are still some huge flaws.
Just having a look through at the Dressing Room function, which is a very good tool, my main issue is the lack of size diversity. H&M have included racial diversity, but all the models are tall and slim - making this tool not as helpful if you're 5'2" and a size 16.
You can change the background (why? Just in case you know you'll be in a mainly grey room and don't want to clash?!?) but it doesn't add to the experience.
Also, when you do add anything from the dressing room to your shopping bag, you're taken back to the first page - pretty annoying with 115 pages, when you didn't make a mental note of where you got to.
Overall though, I think the site is good enough and the products are desirable enough for the user to take the pain of these slight annoyances. After all - isn't that why certain sites (Ryanair springs to mind!) still do well, despite poor usability and design? People are willing to take the pain for a desired product / price.
God its awful...
Select your region - no ip recognition then?
The UK isn't even on the top, they could use a bit of eye tracking on how much a pain in the arse looking for your country can be... WHy not an interactive map instead..
I know the fold is not really important but too much to select from in each category is going to put people off. no more than 6 choices or it gets too busy.
No search functionality, just shows a lack of user experience testing. What fashion site doesn't have search, this is H&M not Armani and even they have site search.
The best bit is the dressing room which has excellent functionality and adds a lot to the brand. I would say that a variation of models would have been better
Overall, a poor effort and they will lose out to better sites good case study of what not to do.
It's terrible.
Worst thing is when you go to leave the site a pop-up appears saying are you sure!
This is were people all had ideas to make a cool and hip site and the web designer has been micromanaged into doing it.
Incredible - but do they really care about the SEO?
Agree on the flaws, but the dressing room tool is an absolute winner!
I think the site is a truly awful execution.
Creatively its great, but let down by design for design's sake which gets in the way of giving the customer a pain free shopping experience.
To be fair I thought the reviewer was quite kind!
Perfect example of style over substance. Why not invest the money they have spent overhauling the aesthetics into delivery options, or the ability to enter a separate shipping address to billing address?
Great example of not looking at your website experience holistically, and ignoring your customer.
Having read the article, I thought I would have a look through the H&M website myself. I decided to check out the Fashion Against AIDS collection. Apparently "something went wrong" with an error code of 2124 - not exactly user friendly error handling! Perhaps they need some additional staff to review this sort of thing for them?
Dressing room tool is a good concept though there is minimal benefit for the user in being able to change model skin colour / background colour. It would be much more useful to have net-a-porter / ASOS style video clips of the model actually wearing and moving around in the dress.
I also don't seem to find a way to navigate back to the item, away from the 'dressing room', other than the browser back button.
However, H&M is an established brand and these small inconvenient usability issues wouldn't be enough for me to not want to use the site - would perhaps just take some getting used to.
Some good ideas but still feels awkward to use - should embrace the tried and tested features like a site search.
It's still not the greatest ecommerce experience by a long long way...but they have improved. Apart from all the obvious usability flaws, my main criticism as a female shopper was that the clothes looked awful. The website made them feel very catelogue.
The new site has def. improved this...so much so that when I logged on to see what all the excitement was about, I found myself buying a dress!
Damn you econsultancy....that was your fault....
Re: Worst thing is when you go to leave the site a pop-up appears saying are you sure!
Yes, I totally agree. I dislike websites that do this. However, it is n improvement from the earlier version.
There are some very very good points on usability and SEO.
My teenage and early 20's kids spent all night on the site using the dressing room feature.
So.. possibly a hit with part of their target audience
So may be if they iron out the bad stuff they'll have a hit until everyone else has a virtual dressing room!
does anyone know what format this date of birth should have??? i tried everything!
im having the same problem as "Ahi", can anyone help?
i'm having the d.o.b. problem too, seems to be a recent problem....
Does anyone knows which company or 3rd party company have design H&M Dressing room tool?
Omg!!!!! What a terrible terrible on line store!!!!!!!!! Only wanted to order a denim jacket nice and simple and what a palava!!!! Don't ever use soooooooo slow on everything and have to repeat all information, anyway after about half an hour trying to put my order in I finally got to the checkout and had to pay £3.90 for postage fair enough for then to be told I have to wait a month and half for my order!!!!! Crazy!!! Will never try to shop on line with h& m again very very disappointed
how do i enter my address when trying to order something- dont know where to click!-HELP
The fact that you have to WRITE to them to change your delivery address from your registered one says it all about how much H&M care about user experience. Horrendous.


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Want to build a truly entrepreneurial team? Screen out the MBAs.
That's my second piece of advice as I offer a six-part series on how to build an entrepreneurial culture.
My first recommendation was to scan résumés in search of candidates who display a competitive streak – the raw material needed for entrepreneurial drive.
Next is to eliminate those who hold an MBA.
Entrepreneurs learn about business by doing, not by sitting in a classroom.
To me, an MBA is a sign of a candidate who worries too much about what other people think.
An MBA is the educational equivalent of wearing cufflinks – something you show people so they take you seriously. Yes, there are people who take an MBA to learn, but many more have made a conscious decision to waste two years of their lives in a classroom so that others will be impressed, instead of actually doing something impressive. They think an MBA is the key to career advancement, which is the first sign they have an external locus of control – a corrosive personality trait I'll discuss in my next column.
Not only does the degree telegraph a mismatch in personality type but the education itself teaches a way of thinking that quashes the instincts of an entrepreneur.
Most MBA programs teach students to look for patterns in past cases. They encourage students to set goals, develop strategies and execute tactics, which, as Saras Sarasvathy, an associate professor at the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business, has discovered, is not how entrepreneurs think.
According to Dr. Sarasvathy, true entrepreneurs think more like an " Iron Chef," sizing up the resources they have available and developing the best possible outcome based on what they have to work with.
Big-company managers – most of whom hold MBAs – by stark contrast, are linear in their thinking, in their goal-setting and in laying out systematic plans for achieving those goals, Dr. Sarasvathy has found
There is nothing wrong with hiring MBAs to manage an established business or to consult for you or to work for your bank, but if you want to hire a team of entrepreneurs, look for people who have proven themselves, not in a classroom but in an actual business of their own.
I love candidates who made pocket money as kids by mowing lawns, hawking T-shirts, installing sprinkler systems and painting houses.
Yes, I'm sure I miss out on some gems by immediately trashing the résumés of MBAs, but having hired a number of them in my time, I'm comfortable saying that eliminating them from your consideration is the single fastest and most efficient way to cull an unruly list of résumés down to the truly entrepreneurial.
Special to The Globe and Mail
Tomorrow: Why you should choose those who look inward, not outward.
John Warrillow is a writer, speaker and angel investor in a number of start-up companies. He is the author of Built To Sell: Creating a Business That Can Thrive Without You, which will be released in April.


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A few weeks ago, most glorious spousal unit and I had visited Nanami Sushi Bar, a neighborhood place that serves up some really great gyoza (among many other delectable items).
A few days ago, I was poking around in the fridge and noticed another one of those pork sirloins just sitting there wanting to be eaten.
While these two happenings occurred weeks apart, they sparked an idea that became a meal. Combined with my desire to delve deeper into foods with an Asian flair, I went for it. I was short on time and didn't want to make a grocery run, so I'd just have to wing it.
What the heck would I need to make gyoza besides the pork?
I had pork, ginger, sesame oil, fresh garlic, soy sauce, and shallots on hand, so that was a good start, but I needed some greens (like Napa Cabbage or Bok Choy) and wonton wrappers. The wrappers I could make, but the greens were another matter. I haven't perfected greens that grow on demand as yet.


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1. A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining and wants it back the minute it begins to rain. 2. An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didnt happen today. 3. A statistician is someone who is good with numbers but lacks the personality to be an accountant. 4. An actuary is someone who brings a fake bomb on a plane, because that decreases the chances that there will be another bomb on the plane. 5. A programmer is someone who solves a problem you didnt know you had in a way you dont understand. 6. A mathematician is like a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat that isnt there. 7. A topologist is a someone who doesnt know the difference between a coffee cup and doughnut. 8. A lawyer is a person who writes a 10,000 word document and calls it a "brief." 9. A psychologist is someone who watches everyone else when a beautiful girl enters the room. 10. A professor is one who talks in someone elses sleep. 11. A consultant is someone who takes the watch off your wrist and tells you the time. 12. A committee is a body that keeps minutes and wastes hours.
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text: Holiday Card Project 2015!The DeviantArt #HolidayCardProject is back for its 9th year! With the goal of bringing a bit of holiday cheer to patients in the hospital during the holiday season, the Holiday Card Project connects artists from around the world, applying their tremendous artistic abilities to designing and creating uplifting holiday cards.In the past few years, this project has received more than 5,000 cards sent in by more than 2,000 deviants from 60 different countries/political regions. Cards are then divvied up and distributed by DeviantArt members to local Los Angeles hospitals, with additional cards given to various hospitals in the U.S. and abroad for DeviantArt volunteers and hospital staff members to hand out to patients.The idea behind the Holiday Card Project is simple: do something nice for others. However, if you're looking for even more incentive, every deviant who sends i


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Monday, January 25, 2010
Crazed and Behind the Times
I have a mutation of that: All news and no fun makes Maggie a crazed mom.
I'm getting to that point where news is making me insane again. My infernal sense of fairness has been attacked from all directions of late. My disillusionment with the powers that be as powers that fail consistently to care for the things that truly matter has heightened. And I begin to wonder if I just don't get it. Or maybe I'm too heavy on one side of the news? In any event, I can hardly take it anymore.
To top that off, in a way, this is going to sound somewhat pedestrian of me, I feel like I need some entertainment that taps my intellect less. I'm reading a lot. This is excellent. I've recently taken up toying with electronics and given my schedule of mothering and writing that has left little time to unwind I guess. I feel wound as tight as a multi-firing rubber band shooter.
I realize that in days gone by, television wasn't even an option for entertainment. So I am acting rather spoiled when I admit that I miss TV for that very outlet of allowing my brain to melt into goo for an hour or two. Any life needs laughter. There are many places to find it, but TV sure is an easy respondent.
Add to that my overwhelming awareness that in the four years we've been without TV, we've reached a point where we're completely out of it when it comes to current trends, movies, music etc. We get some of it, but in large part we know none of the shows people talk about, we get news somewhat later than many (though internet is rather as fast as any I think), etc etc. This is all just a laundry list of excuses to invite the evil back into our home. Fortunately for us, we can't afford it right now. We're dumping everything extra we've got into tuition for the twins at pre-school, a much needed year of it.
The original idea of turning off the TV was to encourage other pursuits and stimulation during the first five years of the twin's life. Not just for them, but it seemed an important time in their lives to focus on mental development in that way. Now we're ready to attempt having it without giving in to total couch slouching. So, we've determined that by June, when tuition is finished, we could turn the evil eye back on.
Will we? Remains to be seen. We have six months to convince ourselves into or out of it. And so the saga continues:
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6 comments:
- Gordo said...
The constant flow of news available all around us isn't the good thing that we all thought it would be when CNN jumped on the scene 20 years ago. Instead of reasonably complete news with time for analysis, we get fed every wild rumour about anything that's going on.
I unplugged from the news taps in December and it's helped immensely. There's no point in trying to avoid it 100% of the time, but I don't have Google News set as my browser start page and I don't listen to CBC radio all day, and I feel a better person for it.
Folks have been wondering for years why the youth don't participate in the political process and why the turnout rate keeps dropping at election time. It's been leading to the situation that we have now: politicians of all stripes are doing nothing to run the country and they all just hoot and holler at each other all day long. If something doesn't change in a big hurry, I think (I hope) that the status quo is going to get a kick in the ballot box. Ignoring and minimizing your electorate is a sure recipe for revolution.
What we need is a real leader. One who's not afraid to piss people off. One who can mobilize the masses and get things done. A lot like what the world had so naively hoped for in Obama.
As for relaxation, something that's been lost in the last couple of decades is the value of unstructured free time. Why should you have to "do" something? TV is great for that. A lot of shows are available online to watch. Might be worth a try there.
- meno said...
The news makes me realize that i don't have enough sadness in me to get to the level of sadness that the news deserves.
I just can't do it, i'd be sad all the time.
- jaded said...
so I've had cable for years, and I still don't know what is trendy. by the time I learn about a cool series, the networks are showing the series finale. But the news? Gah! I see entirely too much of it.
I get most of my TV along with my movies through netflix, news from the local paper or the internet. We're planning to drop cable and stream from the internet once I have determined that there will be ways to satisfy the kids (i.e., keep them out of my hair!).
- Dick said...
There are some worthwhile things to watch on TV and of course those things will change from one person to another. I do watch the news but even it has to be taken with a grain (or more) of salt. What we are shown is filtered through the reporters and their editors before it even gets to us. I sure can't get into these so called reality shows. Not that I've watched many- the premise just doesn't work.
- Maggie said...
Gordo, revolution is the word that comes to mind for me too. I tried online TV a while back but it was in beta mode and rather irritating. I should go take a look again.
Meno, yeah sad or mad. That's how I feel when I'm listening to too much of it.
Jaded, on TV the news is even worse. You can't watch without every inch of the screen having something streaming at you. That's how I remember it anyways.
De, I miss netflix.
Dick, I'm not one for 'reality' shows either. And calling them reality is a gross misnomer.


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We asked him for a bit more info:
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persistent trains (smoke trails) are common with fireball type meteors and may last from seconds to minutes. I don't know why anyone is so mystified by this... If something burns up it gives off smoke right?
As the rare, larger meteoroids enter the atmosphere, they often leave a smoke trail behind. This trail can last from a few seconds to many minutes. The longer lasting trails are called trains. While they start out straight, the speedy high altitude winds (around 80 kilometers or 60 miles high) can distort them into strange shapes.
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Apparently this came from a completely different trajectory to DA 14 and is unrelated.
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Apparently this came from a completely different trajectory to DA 14 and is unrelated.
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Ima foodie. I think food. I love food. I eat too much food...
And really, I've always been a chunky girl, and I'm fine with that. I don't want to be skinny. Really. I would love to lose some weight, but I'm my happiest at 150 lbs. And at 5'-0" that's considered obese. And I'm fine with that, too.
Because I'm happy. I am fat and happy. I am not skinny and miserable. I never want to be skinny and miserable. Not to say all skinnies are miserable, not at all. I know plenty are gorgeous girls who are amazing and beautiful and smart and healthy and happy. Some of these girls really have to work at it and some are just born with the metabolism of The Flash.
Now, I on the other hand, was born with a metabolism more like Jabba the Hutt. It doesn't seem to matter what I eat or how active I am, I just seem to settle out and plateau no matter what I do. But I also have to be careful about what I do because of my joints. It never fails that I get into a workout routine that I enjoy, then wind up turning my ankle or messing up my knee and am on the sidelines for weeks, where I inevitable just gain more than what I started with.
So really, it's better for me to just not work out at all, right? HA! Did I just try to justify that? I'm always doing that... The proof is in the pin, too - if you look at my pinboards over at Pinterest, you can see for yourself. Of the bajillion boards I pin to, one is called "Ima Foodie" and one is called "I work ooouuut!" and I think you'll find that there are about a tenth of a percent of the pins on one board over the other. I'll let you figure out which one...
And I do go through this cycle of, "Fuck it, I don't care, I'll just be Paula Deen or Ina Garten and wear big blousy shirts and eat whatever I want." I mean, they're happy right? Their husbands love them. They're successful.
And then I think, "Gotta lose this weight, gotta eat healthy, gotta be Miss Perfect." I mean, I'm capable, I have will power, I can do it!
So I've turned my 20 pounds of "happy weight" from ten years ago, when Eric and I first got together, into 50 pounds of still happy and here I am today. Happy. My husband loves me just the way I am. But I still feel like I can do better.
But I don't want to be a lunatic diet freak or a crazed gym fanatic. I don't expect to lose 50 pounds overnight. Especially when we're talking about babies soon. Setting an unrealistic goal is not what I am about.
What I am about is doing right by my body. Which means cutting back on the crap, loading on the good stuff, and never loosing sight of the fact that we only get one life. And in that life I plan to do my level best, but also know that when I get together with the girls, Ima eat some crap. Some ooey gooey chocolate or caramel covered in sea salt. I just am.
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Thursday, May 2, 2013
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Weekend Recap!
We spent this last Saturday at the consignment sale with the girls from Scrap Again and had a great time!
Last year we brought a whole car full of schtuff to sell, but this year we managed just a respectable four bins. Even though Mamala brought the equivalent of at least one bin back with her... And I managed to grab some super cute little deals myself - last season's stuff, but it's all the same for me. Good stuff now is good stuff six months for me when you are like me and just buy the everyday basics that last forever.
Love me some gold rimmed brads from Dear Lizzy and the best little bag of cast-off buttons and a little Amy Tan Stamp. Not to mention that cute little piece of flair from Marcy Penner for Studio Calico.
We knew we wouldn't get much time to actually get much work done, so we just brought the basics. These letters are seriously cute all naked straight from the store, but throw a little glitter on them and they are precious.
And we'll be working on the same stuff this coming weekend at Paradise Scrapbook Boutique's National Scrapbook Day Crop in Chico. I was hoping to actually work on catching up on the month of March and April in my Project Life Album, but until I actually splurge on the HP Officejet 100 portable printer that I say hi to every time I go to Staples, I'm afeeered I'll be leaving Project Life at home. Le sigh...
And since we're on topic, I do actually have every intention of continuing. I mean, I've bought enough stuff to supply me for PL for at least a decade... So we'll see how it goes. May 18 is the bridal shower Mamala and I are throwing for Kate and so my eyes are on May 20 when I am back at home and back to a semi-normal schedule until the rehearsal dinner and wedding on June 15. And come June 16 life returns (hopefully) to normal. Not that I haven't enjoyed the crazy amounts of crafting and every single digit scorched by my SOB hot glue gun...
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Jackie Collins
Drop Dead Beautiful
Jackie Collins
Drop Dead Beautiful
Release Date: 6/3/2008
Like mother, like daughter. No truer words for Lucky Santangelo's sixteen-year-old Max, who goes looking for trouble when she hooks up with some guy she met on the Internet. Soon the beautiful, willful Max finds herself in deeper waters than she can imagine as she becomes a pawn in a greater scheme that leads back to Lucky and Billy Melina, the studly movie-star boyfriend of Lucky's best friend, superstar Venus.
If Max's troubles weren't enough, Lucky has her multi-billion-dollar Las Vegas hotel complex to contend with...along with Anthony Bonar, the illegitimate grandson of her one-time Godfather and lethal enemy, Enzio Bonnati. So begins a non-stop thrill ride as Lucky builds her dream resort—and gambles with all she holds dear. Max, too, is following her dreams, and as her high-flying triumphs prove, she's more than just a little Lucky.
"[Collins's] best yet." —Entertainment Weekly
"Max promises to grow up in future sequels as troublesome and triumphant as her glitzy mom."—Publishers Weekly
"Collins's classic can't-put-it-down style and feisty drop-dead glamorous characters transport us to a beyond-fabulous world. Yet with Jackie as our guide, we feel right at home."—Glamour
"That goddess of vengeance, Lucky, strides again."—New York Daily News
"It's so full of fun and vitality, glamour, bitchiness and murderous intent. Just when you think Jackie Collins must surely run out of puff, off she goes again."—The Mirror (5-star rating)
"Wry, cheeky, and outrageously entertaining."—Michelle Buonfiglio, Lifetime TV
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"The latest book in her continuing saga of Lucky Santangelo and her clan careens between Bel Air, Vegas and Mexico. Collins can still weave an entertaining spell as she visits the lives of the rich and infamous."—Romantic Times BOOKreviews
"In this big, splashy Hollywood-based novel, Collins resurrects one of her favorite characters, the hard-edged, rich, talented, and beautiful Lucky Santangelo…Collins' fans, and fans of the genre, will be clamoring for this one." —Booklist
"Pure joy from beginning to end."—Daily Express
"Drop Dead Beautiful marks Collins's 25th entry in a genre she helped to refine and raise to new heights. How fitting that this silver-anniversary publication celebrates her most popular character, a woman who lives by her wits but knows how to use her sexuality in equal measure. This is one author who knows her audience and doesn't disappoint. Each storyline is equally engrossing, which is a rarity, and zips the reader along through the ins and outs of big money dealings and high-stakes showdowns. What more could one want from a summer read?"


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With a student body of approximately 14,500 and continuously increasing enrollment, students have outgrown the UMKC University Center. To support increasing enrollment and UMKC's transformation into a residential campus, the new Student Union opened Friday, August 20, 2010. In the mid-2000s, Nick Clark—now a School of Medicine student—noticed this lack of space and worked with other students and the administration to plan a new Student Union. The first plan for a new Student Union did not pass a campus-wide vote, but the second plan passed in 2007.
The Student Union project was funded through $1 million in private funds, $500,000 in campus reserves and $36.8 million in revenue bonds. The debt will be serviced through student fees approved by students in a November 2007 referendum.
Using the design-build approach, McCownGordon worked with architecture firm Gould Evans to design and build a four-story student union. UMKC College of Arts and Sciences' Department of Architecture, Urban Planning and Design alumni contributed to the design of the New Student Union, as well.
Located near UMKC's residential halls at 51st and Cherry Streets, the $38.3 million Student Union features a green roof terrace and wide floor-to-ceiling windows with views of the Country Club Plaza, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and UMKC's Stanley H. Durwood Soccer Stadium and Recreational Field.


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Wrote the below post on 10th of this month but just dint get time to post it!! Bad on my part:(
Posting it today with a promise that will post all the blogs on time going forward because delays really make me feel so guilty!!
Posting it today with a promise that will post all the blogs on time going forward because delays really make me feel so guilty!!
There have been so much going around in our country at this moment majorly in the 2 most important or rather talked about fields i.e. politics, entertainment!In Entertainment, Vidya Balan had sizzled everyone by her sizzling performance in Dirty Picture. She received a hell lot of praise from top bollywood people. And I guess, she also deserves it.. I mean guess she is the most versatile actor in our film industry and I don't think or see anything wrong in the way she exposed. Guess, that was the demand of the script! and also, she just dint only expose, she even gave an applauding performance! We all would have witnessed many bollywood movies in which there is only and only exposure and no performance! I have seen people criticizing her… I really don't know when will our society get rid of hypocritical thoughts! Hats off to her for being successful in challenging a prudish society's obsolete and antiquated rules.
2nd most important topic which is like topping the charts is Veena Malik's nude shoot for FHM… I don't know why do media give so much leverage to such publicity hungers like Veena malik, poonam pandey! These people are all together from a different genre! I mean they just and just need publicity may be at any cost… which is so weird! And I believe this whole drama had been plotted by VM and FHM magazine together to get the hype which our stupid media had already given them! FHM would have surely sold few extra issues and for VM, she has been able to create the stir which she wanted before her program "Swamvar" starts! Dear media, plz stop wasting the valuable space in your newspapers and websites on these idiotic people!And the 3rd most spoken thing was "Why this Kolaveri di?" … I think there is no need for me to say anything else… everyone knows the answer of this ques "Why this Kolaveri di, Kolaveri di, Kolaveri di?"
Ok, enough of entertainment. Lets go to the hot topics in Politics…First would be no doubt Kapil Sibal who has done such a lousy and stupid act of trying to preach Indians the lessons on things that are morally unacceptable! Why was he not concerned about provocative material or the abuse and misuse of social networking sites before? This act of KS just looks like one more act to please Madam… Guess KS or rather congress is scared of the stir or the revolutions which these social sites are capable to generating these days. But what do they think of themselves? Somebody plz tell them we are living in democracy and ask them not to try to be dictatorial or else, the repercussions can really be bad, something which this party could have never imagined! The youth of today is not at all ready to take any sort of nonsense from anybody. And it is almost impossible to impose your oppressive rules on them! And to Ms. SG, plz don't try to walk on the step of your mom in law! She had the capability to take the fire, you lack in that big time! So, be in your limits and behave like the servants of the people of the country and not like bloody kings!
Second most spoken topic recently was the slap imbedded on Sharad pawar!!! It was so unbelievable… I mean have anybody would have thought that a common man will ever be able to slap any of our union ministers! No, never… But this whole incident made Harvinder singh a hero for the youth. People were going gaga over his name and were full of ecstacy to know the recipient of the slap. Forget the rightness and wrongness of Harvinder's action. I mean yes it was uncivil and undemocratic and blah blah but for now, just look @ the response this mango man has got! So, our political parties should understand this fact that they are preparing the young India for a new revolution in which the defeat is for sure, gonna be theirs!And the recent is Anna Hazare's agitation again… which is no doubt commendable! I appreciate the way this man had been stuck to his demands and promises! His courage couldn't come down despite of many attacks from the Govt on him and his team but this man is here again… Hats off to him and may you be the winner because your victory is gonna be the victory of whole India and the Indians! So, proud of you…
So this is all about going around us... Lets see what future brings for us:)
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"Comfort food at it's best! Plan ahead the chicken needs to soak in the buttermilk for 45 minutes. The complete recipe (gravy also) may be doubled to serve more than 3-4 people, just make certain that you use a large enough baking dish to accommodate all of the chicken, or use two baking pans, I just make this in two heavy 13x9-inch foil pans or use a large turkey roaster foil pan, I just discard the pans after...easy, no clean-up! You will love this chicken recipe! You can use canned mushrooms in place of fresh, but fresh it definatley better!"
Baked Fried Chicken With Pan Gravy
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READY IN:1hr 25mins
Ingredients Nutrition
- 7 -8 chicken pieces (skin left on) or 1 whole chicken, cut up (skin left on)
- buttermilk, to cover chicken pieces
- 1⁄2 cup butter, melted
- 1 1⁄2 cups flour
- 1 tablespoon seasoning salt
- pepper
- 1⁄2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 2 teaspoons paprika
- 1 pinch cayenne pepper (optional)
- 2 -3 tablespoons onions
- 1 cup fresh mushrooms, sliced (or coarsley chopped)
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 2 tablespoons seasoned flour (left over from the chicken coating)
- 1 cup half-and-half cream or 1 cup full-fat milk
- 1 -2 teaspoon chicken bouillon powder, use if needed (or can use a bouillon cube) (optional)
- To make the chicken: place the chicken pieces in a in baking dish, and pour buttermilk over to cover, turing with hands to coat all evenly; refrigerate for 45 minutes (make certain to use a baking dish to accommodate the chicken pieces in one layer).
- Set oven to 400 degrees.
- Spread the 1/2 cup melted butter in a large baking dish (large enough to hold chicken pieces).
- Using a heavy plastic freezer bag place the flour and all seasonings together and shake bag to mix.
- Reserve 2 heaping tablespoons of flour mixture; set aside.
- Shake one piece of chicken at a time in the seasoned flour, then place skin-side down in the baking dish.
- Bake for 20 minutes, turn over and continue baking for another additional 20 minutes, or until crispy and cooked.
- Remove the chicken; set aside in a warm place.
- For the gravy: Pour the pan drippings from the cooked chicken into a skillet, and saute the onions and mushrooms on medium high heat until soft.
- In a small cup whisk together the 2 tablespoons reserved flour with the 1 cup milk or cream until smooth.
- Whisk the milk mixture into the onion/mushroom mixture.
- If you think you need to add in the bouillon powder then add it in at this point, if not just omit it.
- Simmer until thickened, adding in more milk or cream to desired consistancy is reached.
- Serve the gravy with the chicken.
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Supernatural Season 10 Premiere Recap: Tenth Time's the Charm
This was possibly the least stressful, least apocalyptic series premiere in Supernatural's history.
If you're going to watch ten seasons of any television series, you'd better be okay with spending a sizable chunk of your life in that world. There are presumably people out there with a firmer grasp on the geography of Springfield than of their own neighborhoods, and even more whose memories of their childhood homes have been saved over by memories of the NCIS headquarters. That's because, regardless of the premise or plot of any long-running series, they all become essentially hangout shows in the end, our most significant go-to destinations when it's time to escape. Now in its tenth season (the tin anniversary!), the CW's longest-running hunk procedural Supernatural has fully embraced this reality with its newest season opener, "Black," which was possibly the least stressful, least apocalyptic series premiere in its history. In fact, "Black" was downright pleasant and comforting in a way that only a brand this trusted could get away with. Praising a high-octane monster-murderin' procedural for its chillness might seem like a dig, but I mean it as a compliment: "Black" was one fun hang.
By now it's an annual tradition for one or more of the Winchester brothers to get murdered, sacrificed, possessed, or swept to Hell at the end of every season, so "Black" was Supernatural's acknowledgment that maybe Dean getting turned into a demon in last spring's finale wasn't all that interesting as a premise. So, instead of some kind of Demon Dean massacre or an unpleasant brother-versus-brother showdown, subversion abounded as we were instead presented with Demon Dean actually seeming happier and more engaged with the world than before. In fact, his demon-osity didn't seem quite as severe as we'd been led to believe, as Crowley explained that Demon Dean wasn't simply a meatsuit occupied by a stranger, he was actually Dean, just with the occasional case of black-eyeball. Apparently the Mark of Cain was keeping Dean's soul intact and he need only murder other demons to keep from going full-evil. Or something? Doesn't matter. It just appears that Supernatural has backed away from demon unpleasantness as fast as possible and instead treated us to TWO karaoke sequences, as well as two scenes of male characters casually flashing their junk. Welcome back, show.
Most of "Black" was set in and around a South Dakota roadhouse-slash-karaoke bar where Dean and Crowley had been enjoying a sort of male hell-creature version of Thelma & Louise. Drinking, one-night stands, unanimously booed renditions of "I'm Too Sexy," and hiding from Sam were now a way of life for Dean, and it was the episode's running joke that Dean was clearly better off. But in an undeniably effective runner, Crowley too was enjoying the burgeoning friendship between them. Though he has designs on enlisting Dean to help him run a revamped Hell, Crowley made it clear that he also, you know, enjoys Dean's company. The slow humanization of Crowley has always been a tricky but endlessly entertaining subplot all these years, and I was relieved Supernatural didn't backslide him into villainy quite yet. After all, in converting Dean to a demon, Crowley DID save his life. It's about time Crowley got the familial affection he's been so clearly wanting.
That "Black" allowed for these quiet, interpersonal moments rather than pummel us with exposition and setup for yet another threatened apocalypse spoke to just how confident Supernatural is in the entertainment value of its characters' inner lives. Sam's never been a — how do we say this politely — super-dynamic guy, personality-wise, but there's something so tragic about seeing him with his arm in a sling, desperately poring through newspapers, looking for any sign that his brother might be out there. Yes, he angrily mutilated a demon (a lady, because this IS Supernatural), but this Sam seemed ultimately more hurt and vulnerable than he has in seasons past, when he was either soulless or possessed by an angel. Crowley's newfound friendship with Dean is Sam's loss; Sam's now missing his brother in both senses of the word, and despite Dean's wishes to be left alone, Sam's not having it.
It didn't take long for Sam to track Dean using security-camera footage and cell-phone triangulation, but unfortunately, a mysterious man was also looking for Dean and abducted Sam as bait. It's not clear who this guy is, but we do know he uses a bench press while his wife and child eat breakfast, and also, creepiest of all, he owns a fax machine. Later, when a tied-up Sam asked him who he was, he heavily implied that he was a former hunter who's had a longstanding grudge against Dean. Seems about right! Dean has always left a wake of pissed-off people (and corpses) wherever he'd been. Unfortunately for Sam, the episode ended with Dean informing the man over the phone that he would not be rescuing Sam and that Sam was just going to have to deal with his incarceration on his own. But come on, Supernatural. Do you expect us to believe a Winchester will not suddenly burst in the room at the last second to save the other Winchester? Get real.
Oh, and guess what! Castiel was also in this episode, and he definitely flashed his junk at a lady, and also he is dying of grace-starvation. Despite much of the angel stuff getting sorted out in last season's finale, Hannah arrived and informed us that Heaven was still getting its bureaucracy set up and she needed Castiel's help to track down a pair of angels who'd refused to return. Though this plotline wasn't terribly eventful, it did allow for a really well-written scene in which a rogue angel pled his case to Castiel and Hannah about the benefits of earthly experience. Hannah was a skeptical jerk about it, but Castiel was obviously sympathetic. Alas, it all ended with an angel knife-fight, and Castiel had to put the guy down. Still, though, it's clear Castiel had thrown in his lot with us earthlings. Unfortunately, he'd need to start murdering angels in order to re-up his grace levels, which got me suddenly fantasizing about angel-vampirism. Now, THAT is a plotline I'd like to see on Supernatural.
Ultimately, "Black" worked so well due to its restraint. It didn't attempt to set up any huge mythologies, and it didn't present yet another Undead Winchester rehash most of the previous season openers have. Instead it let the characters speak for themselves in measured terms, gave them room to breathe, and, you know, hang out. I'm sure we'll get to the monsters of the week and and road-tripping and outlandishly complicated end-times threat in no time, but for now, it was just nice to see these guys again. Ten years later, they're still one of the most reliable escapes we've got.
[Note: We won't be covering Supernatural week-to-week this season, but we'll check in intermittently about its more significant episodes.]


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Yesterday, Sony unveiled the Xperia Z1, an Android smartphone with a 20.7 megapixel imaging sensor and a G Lens developed specifically for the phone by the company's imaging group. We'll have to wait and see how image quality from the Xperia Z1 stacks up against that of the Nokia Lumia 1020, but it's safe to say that Sony's new device could be the front runner for best Android camera phone. But the Sony Xperia Z1 is much more than fancy optics attached to a phone; the device comes packed with dozens of other features to make it one of the most powerful Android devices ever. The Xperia Z1 will be released later this month.
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