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A strange sense of awareness enveloped Aisle Say 10 minutes into Act I of BOEING BOEING. I perused the full house. If not Manti Te'o's gfriend, there was another phantom, another spirit with a presence.
A strange sense of awareness enveloped Aisle Say 10 minutes into Act I of BOEING BOEING. I perused the full house. If not Manti Te'o's gfriend, there was another phantom, another spirit with a presence.
Then Jeffrey Hawkins (Robert) fumbled with his suitcases. The mystery was solved. That specter was Jerry Lewis. This farce, penned by a French writer, was written for the way that country appreciates comedy; excessively broad and physical. It was made into a movie with Lewis, perfectly cast. That is why he is so much more revered en François than here in his homeland.
The first part of Act I was pure French humor; a bit ridiculous and overdone. The plot would have proceeded quicker sans the absurd pratfalls and suitcase fumbling. Happily, from mid-point and then for the entire second act, the action proceeds at a pretty - and humorous - pace.
Bernard is a busy man; busy and extremely organized. He is "engaged" to 3 'stewardi' employed at 3 different airlines: American, Lufthansa and Al Alitalia. He knows their travel schedules intimately and each woman resides at his swank Paris apartment during "lay"overs.
Friend Robert from Wisconsin says this is polygamy. Bernard replies: "They don't think it's immoral. Why should I?" But, mais oui, the 3 women know nothing of the other two!
Ah, the '70's, those halcyon days of "Coffee, tea or me?" Bernard's pad, designed by Stephanie Hansen, is replete with a sunken living room, Mies van der rohe chairs and the classic bean bag chair - soon to be flung hither and yon.
The "stews" fit their national stereotypes as snug as their fitted uniforms by designer Kim Krumm Sorenson. The trio are brilliant comediennes. Sara Bruner (Gloria) creates that wonderful yet loathsome Texas drawl that make Northerners wince; Gisela Chipe - who looks like Catherine Zeta-Jones younger sister - (Gabriella) plays 'petulant' perfettamente; Heidi-Marie Ferren (Gretchen) of course must go Teutonic on us. She's only missing the stag horn helmet.
However, it is Gretchen's "you VILL do this, you VILL do that" to Robert, a latter day Mr. Peepers, that sets the comedy in gear. Now it's all downhill and the doors are banging shut and the laughs are flying high like planes circling Orly Airport.
Sarah Doherty (Berthe) is Bernard's maid and in cahoots with him regarding the tantalizing trio of stews. She rebuilt her characterization in Act II, after surviving the forced farce of early Act I.
At first blush, the Lothario character Bernard is not suitably cast. But, when weather forces planes to be turned back and all the women to return to the apartment simultaneously, his machismo dissolves like The Wicked Witch receiving Dorothy's pail of water. Very funny bit.
Director Steve Tague is a member of UD REP Ensemble and Aisle Say has had the pleasure of seeing him in many roles. He was a perfect choice due to his facility with dialects. It is great to see a growing relationship between these two august companies.
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CT Can Cut Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 16.5%, Saving Up to USD1.9T Annually
Potential reduction in harmful gases is even larger than thought a few years ago, according to study by BCG and GeSI
Doha, Qatar - Increased use of information and communication technology (ICT) such as video conferencing and smart building management could cut global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 16.5 percent by 2020, amounting to USD1.9 trillion in gross energy and fuel savings. SMARTer 2020, a new study unveiled today, shows that concerted action by policy makers to encourage the use of ICT can save 9.1 gigatons carbon dioxide equivalent (GtCO2e) of harmful greenhouse gases from being emittedmore than the current annual CO2 emissions of the U.S..
The study was conducted by The Boston Consulting Group (BCG), a leading management consulting firm, on behalf of the Global e-Sustainability Initiative (GeSI), an ICT industry partnership for sustainability. It concludes that the potential for information technology to reduce global carbon emissions has been under-estimated until now, and that the abatement potential of ICT is seven times the size of the ICT sectors own carbon footprint. The findings are being released today in a report titled SMARTer 2020.
SMARTer 2020 follows up the SMART 2020.1 study, which first evaluated ICTs potential to enable a low-carbon economy in 2008. The updated in-depth research in SMARTer 2020 now concludes that up to 16.5 percent of global GHG emissions can be slashed by implementing ICT solutions throughout the economyover 16 percent more savings than was calculated in the earlier study four years ago.
The new research study identifies GHG abatement potential from ICT-enabled solutions ranging across six sectors of the economy: power, transportation, manufacturing, consumer and service, agriculture and land use, and buildings. Emission reductions come from virtualization initiatives such as cloud computing and video conferencing, but also through efficiency gains such as optimization of variable-speed motors in manufacturing and smart livestock management to reduce methane emissions, as well as 32 other ICT-enabled solutions identified in the study. Some ICT-driven solutions, such as smart electricity grids, reap benefits at the national level while others, such as intelligent building management systems, can result in energy and cost savings for individual households and businesses.
Alongside the sectoral analysis, SMARTer 2020 includes detailed national studies of the GHG abatement potential of ICT in seven countries, identifying for each country the best strategies for policy makers to pursue. The countries studied were Brazil, Canada, China, Germany, India, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
The launch of the study took place during the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) COP 18 meeting in Doha. Welcoming the report, Christiana Figueres, executive secretary of the UNFCCC stated,
It is critical that the world captures every last bit of energy efficiency, if we are to reduce greenhouse gas emissions enough to keep below dangerous rises in temperature. I am pleased that this important new study shows how information and communication technology can play an essential role in saving energy. Now we need more and effective government policies that reward such action and penalize delayed responses.
Speaking at the launch of the report, Luis Neves, GeSI chair, said,
The ICT revolution is powering even more innovations than we had imagined, leading to greater potential to cut GHG emissions, and a smaller ICT footprint. SMARTer 2020 shows the abatement potential of ICT is seven times the size of the ICT sectors direct emissions. Information technology can drive the transition to a low carbon economy, with greater efficiency, and the preservation of our environment.
Philipp Jung, a San Francisco-based partner at BCG, added,
This study shows that information and communications technology can achieve even greater savings than we previously thoughtas much as USD1.9 trillion annually by 2020. The research also shows that country-specific approaches, coordinated within a global framework, are essential to realizing this potential given the diverse country-specific circumstances.
The study, entitled SMARTer 2020, is available for download at http://gesi.org/SMARTer2020.
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In 2008, GeSI commissioned and published SMART 2020: Enabling the low carbon economy in the information age. The report identified the potential for ICT to deliver 7.8 GtCO2e cuts in greenhouse gases by 2020.
The new study, SMARTer 2020, updates and significantly expands on the SMART 2020 analysis with new analysis and data, and covers the broader use of ICT in other industries. The report includes analysis of the barriers to adoption of ICT solutions, practical recommendations for policy makers, as well as sectoral analysis, case studies, and individual country reports with recommendations. It calculates that ICT could save 9.1 GtCO2e in GHG emissions by 2020.
About GeSI (Global e-Sustainability Initiative)
The Global e-Sustainability Initiative (GeSI) is a strategic partnership of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector and organizations committed to creating and promoting technologies and practices that foster economic, environmental, and social sustainability. Formed in 2001, GeSIs vision is a sustainable world through responsible, ICT-enabled transformation. GeSI fosters global and open cooperation, informs the public of its members voluntary actions to improve their sustainability performance, and promotes technologies that foster sustainable development. GeSI has 32 members representing leading companies and associations from the ICT sector. GeSI also partners with two UN organizationsthe United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and the International Telecommunications Union (ITU)as well as a range of international stakeholders committed to ICT sustainability objectives. These partnerships help shape GeSIs global vision regarding the evolution of the ICT sector, and how it can best meet the challenges of sustainable development. For more information, see www.gesi.org.
About the SMARTer 2020 Report
The study was undertaken by The Boston Consulting Group and funded by ICT sector group the Global e-Sustainability Initiative (GeSI). The supporting analysis was conducted independently by The Boston Consulting Group with the assistance of additional industry experts. Input was provided by GeSI member companies, ICT users, and the global experts consulted regarding alternative methodologies and application.
SMARTer 2020 was kindly sponsored by AT&T, Alcatel-Lucent, Bell Canada, BT, Deutsche Telekom, Ericsson, Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft, Nokia, Sprint, Telenor, and Verizon.
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Mastech Holdings, Inc. to Discuss Fourth Quarter 2012 Financial Results on January 29, 2013
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PITTSBURGH, Jan. 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Mastech Holdings, Inc. (NYSE MKT: MHH) ("Mastech"), a national provider of Information Technology and Specialized Healthcare Staffing services, has scheduled a conference call to discuss the results of its fourth quarter ended December 31, 2012. The conference call will occur on Tuesday, January 29, 2013 at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time and will be hosted by Mr. Kevin Horner, CEO, and Mr. Jack Cronin, CFO.
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The conference call can be accessed through a listen-only dial-in number or through a live webcast. To listen to the conference call, please dial 877-407-3980. The webcast will be available at www.mastech.com via the Investor Relations section. Investors should log on 10 minutes prior to the start of the program.
A replay of the call will be available for 7 days following its conclusion. Domestic callers can access the replay by dialing 877-660-6853 and entering conference number 407980. International callers can access the replay by dialing 201-612-7415 and entering the same conference number 407980. The webcast will be available for 7 days on Mastech's corporate website.
About Mastech Holdings, Inc.:
Leveraging the power of 26 years of IT experience, Mastech (NYSE MKT: MHH) provides Information Technology Staffing services in the disciplines which drive today's business operations and Specialized Healthcare Staffing services to hospitals and other healthcare facilities. More information about Mastech can be found at Mastech's website: www.mastech.com.
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My boys go back to school tomorrow, and I'm not ready to let them go! We had a lovely relaxed week. There was time for this
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In other words, lots of unstructured time that the kids could fill by doing what they wanted—reading, creating with Legos, getting outside. One morning the boys tried to launch a toy car from the arm of the futon to the table, trying to build ramps to help. Another day, the two youngest tried to see if they could pile up enough pillows and big, squishy blocks to reach the ceiling. The TV didn't go on once all week. This wasn't necessarily my plan—if the boys had asked to watch a DVD or two, I probably would have said yes—but they never asked. (When it's just me and G at home, the TV doesn't go on unless I'm sick and in dire need of fifteen minutes on the couch.)
At the beginning of the week we vaguely discussed going to one of the many nearby museums or nature centers or aquariums to take advantage of the activities scheduled to fill school vacation week, but when it came right down to it, nobody wanted to leave the house or get up at a specific time or get dressed on a schedule. (We did go to the library once, but only to pick out books, not take in a program.) So we ended up with a glorious week of unplugged creative child-led activities.
Coming up this week, posts on how we turned V's art into a stamp and the week's painting activities. In the meantime, for fellow New Englanders, here are a few upcoming events we're excited about:
Mo Willems at the Eric Carle Museum on March 27. (Not familiar with Mo Willems? See here!) March 20th is the 3rd Annual The Very Hungry Caterpillar Day; I think I'll be planning something for us to do at home.
Collaboration '11 at the Jamestown Arts Center. Drop-off is on March 29, and the exhibition is from April 1-28. Everyone is welcome to participate.
The return of The Big Draw at the RISD Museum on April 30.
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And so there were lots of bare-shouldered, shivering ballet patrons clutching their long, silky trains and hurrying past the red-carpet cameras Monday night at American Ballet Theatre's annual spring gala, an event that ranks high on the city's social calendar.
The evening also kicks off the company's eight-week season, and Monday's program at the Metropolitan Opera House was a jam-packed run-through of ABT's big hits, most in brief excerpt form, to show off the company'sconsiderable stable of talent. This greatest-hits format is a staple of gala evenings, but it can feel quickly overwhelming like too much dessert with no main course.
The artistic highlights of the evening, though, turned out to be not the quick hits, with all their physical pyrotechnics, but the two full ballets on offer: a rousing rendition of George Balanchine's classic "Symphony in C," which hadn't been performed by ABT in a decade, and Alexei Ratmansky's "Symphony (hash)9," part of a trilogy of ballets by the popular Russian choreographer to the music of Dmitri Shostakovich (the other two parts will be unveiled later this month).
The program began with a small section of "Onegin," by the choreographer John Cranko. The excerpt, while featuring the always stellar Diana Vishneva, was not nearly sufficient to give a sense of the ballet's dramatic power. More enjoyable was what followed: a spirited performance by young students of the ABT-affiliated Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School, introduced by actress Sigourney Weaver.
In a short snippet of that gala standard, "Le Corsaire," the flamboyant Ivan Vasiliev entertained the crowd with his high leaps, though he was missing his usual partner, onstage and off, the injured Natalia Osipova. But the company's deep bench of talented dancers was really on full display in the next piece, "Symphony (hash)9," an intricate and challenging work that featured an especially notable performance from the elegant and buoyant Herman Cornejo.
Gillian Murphy made a too-brief appearance in Frederick Ashton's "Sylvia," and the veteran ballerina Julie Kent looked lovely performing in a short new piece with partner Roberto Bolle, "Apotheose," choreographed by dancer Marcelo Gomes to Beethoven's Symphony No. 7. (Gomes, who had danced earlier in the evening, came out in a dapper tux for the curtain call.)
After a quick highlight from "Sleeping Beauty," with David Hallberg and newly minted principal dancer Hee Seo, a cast of dozens performed all four movements of "Symphony in C," with a particularly lively rendition of the fast-paced third movement by Isabella Boylston and Daniil Simkin.
And then the crowd those in the shimmery ballgowns and tuxes, at least filed into a white tent to reach a gala dinner next door, shivering yet again, but ready to party.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Clive Owen has co-starred with his share of beautiful ladies over the years, including Angelina Jolie, Julia Roberts and most recently, Juliette Binoche. But he says only one actress has held the key to his heart — Sarah-Jane Fenton, his wife of nearly two decades.
His secret? "If you go away for a long period of time for a shoot you then go home for a long period of time and put it back there because otherwise you're not going to sustain it," the actor explained in a recent interview.
Owen stars in "Words and Pictures," out Friday, as a rumpled English teacher at odds with a prickly art instructor (Binoche) at a Maine prep school. Their issue: What's more important, words or pictures? But while the two wage war on campus, they're falling in love behind the scenes.
Before becoming a film star and receiving an Oscar nomination for "Closer," Owen got his start in TV as the lead in the 1990-91 series "Chancer." Now, as so many movie actors are doing these days, he's going back to the smaller screen, starring in the Steven Soderbergh VOD miniseries "The Knick," which is out later this year on Cinemax.
"We shot all 10 hours set in the world of medicine in 1900 New York," Owen said. "It's a big sort of sprawling look at New York at that time and in particular the world of medicine, all seen through the eyes of this big hospital. I play a genius doctor who is struggling with drug addiction."
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Get into the habit of looking for these things – perhaps set a repeating appointment in your diary to remind you to look for them; and, when things go wrong, think about how you can fix them.
For more on implementing your ideas, see our articles on the Simplex Process and on turning your idea into reality .
Imagine that you've come up with a creative way of breaking through a bottleneck in your customer service process. Before you head straight to your boss with your idea, stop and do some homework. Think about the costs and risks associated with the idea. (Tools like Cost/Benefit Analysis , Risk Analysis and Impact Analysis will help here.)
Where the cost of the project and the consequences of something going wrong are small, consider going ahead with your idea directly, while keeping your boss "in the loop" (how far you should do this depends on your relationship with your boss). Where risks or costs are more significant, consider preparing a business case , and ask for authorization before you go ahead.
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Around 7:30 p.m., South precinct officers responded to the 900 block of 23 Street South on a report of one shot, said Sgt. Johnny Williams. Officers arrived and found a man partially inside and partially outside the rear of the apartment suffering from a gunshot wound.
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I really want to exclusively breastfeed. My original goal was six months. Now I feel every day is a miracle. I have made it past the nipple damage stage - that's not the issue. It started when my milk came in. I became so engorged that baby was not latching and the nursing people at hospital always have the same suggestions - pump a little then try different positions. (Thank you for that recommendation for the fourth time).
I finally got lactation consultant and had to feed baby with medicine dropper and completely drain breasts with pump because baby had not eaten in like ten hours. Right breast stayed hot and engorged though. Baby started being fussy when I tried to nurse her AT&T (hospital gave same suggestions as before).
I decided to pump it dry. All sorts of blood came out and this super thick inch long goop. It looked like a third of string cheese in thickness. Baby started nursing at that breast again. Then she started preferring left again. I decided to pump right again and it had another 'clog' come out (less scary than the first lol). Then I had a glorious day of baby alternating breast each feeding.
Then last night she ate at each breast for ten minutes but never settled down. She kept acting hungry for three hours off and on but wouldn't really latch on breast, then would get mad about being at the breast (I guess). Finally got her to sleep and she nursed fine three different times every 2.5 hours.
Now she has only eaten about 3 minutes at one breast the last three feedings. I had to pump a little at both breast just so she could latch. My breasts were hot and achey again because she was eating ten to fifteen minutes the last several days and these little feedings obviously aren't draining breast. I pumped the excess - about 2.5 ounces.
I just don't know if I am doing the right thing. She has been sleeping fine after these little feedings and has wanted one every two hours. But I am sick of pumping all the time and sick of my breasts being hot and achey. I don't have a fever or flu symptoms. I am worried my supply is never going to match her feeding because of all this pumping, but I don't want the sickly blood/clogged duct again. Hospital warned I might lose my supply if she wasn't draining breast. Well this get better? I need to know it will because the stress is making me miserable.


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The hard square sponge station logo is suitable for interview microphone, and very light to carry. The sides of sponge can be printed logo. It is the good thing for advertising while you are shooting.
- Color: Green
- Shape: Square
- Material: Hard Sponge
- Hole Diameter: 3.6CM
- Size(L x W x H): 7.3 x 7.3 x 4.6 cm
- To improve Self-image
Package Includes:
- 1 x Square Sponge Station Logo
Note: Since the size above is measured by hand, the size of the actual item you received could be slightly different from the size above. Meanwhile, please be reminded that due to lighting effects, monitor's brightness / contrast settings etc, there could be some slight differences in the color tone of the pictures and the actual item.


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Repayment Information
Campus-Based Loans
Please note: Some of these files are Adobe Acrobat® (PDF) formatted files. To view them, you will need to download the free Adobe Acrobat file reader.
Boston College's Student Loans Department has contracted with a billing servicer called Educational Computer Systems, Inc. (ECSI). They are an industry leader for servicing and billing of student loan receivables. With this exciting partnership, Boston College will now be able to allow its borrowers full access to view their own loan accounts, make online changes to their addresses, sign up for e-billing, make online payments, and use electronic draft payments.
Boston College did NOT sell any loans. This is merely a new and sophisticated partnership to give borrowers online access to their accounts.
Student Loan staff is always available at Boston College to answer questions or concerns. You may also speak with ECSI 's customer service staff at any time by calling 888-549-3274.
Boston College will no longer show borrowers' Social Security numbers on loan billing statements. Your Eagle ID number is now your account number.
Monthly repayment will begin upon expiration of the grace period. Prepayment of all or part of this loan can be made at any time without penalty.
Interest accrues monthly on the 13th. Payments are due by the first day of the following month.
The University may impose a late charge if the scheduled payment is not made when due. Late charges may also be imposed if proper documentation to defer the payment is not submitted in a timely manner (as determined by the University). Payments are applied to accounts in the following order:
- Collection costs (if applicable)
- Late charges (if applicable)
- Accrued interest
- Principal
Repayment Options
There are several options to repay your Boston College Loan:
- Billing statements
- E-billing
- Electronic payment
- Payments in person
- Payments without payment stub
- Payments made via personal computer (online banking)
Billng Statements: If you elect this option, a billing statement will be mailed each month to the address on file. It is very important to keep your billing address updated with ECSI at all times. A missing billing statement does not alleviate your responsibility to make a payment. If for any reason you do not receive your billing statement, you may mail your payment to the mailing address below. You can also login to your account on ECSI's website to view an image of your bill. You should then check the mailing address we have on file for you and update it if necessary.
E-Billing: ECSI offers e-billing: You may choose to receive a billing statement through your email. Login directly to ECSI's website to initiate this service.
Electronic Payment (ACH): Sign up for this quick and easy loan payment method. Monthly payments are taken from your checking or savings account and transferred electronically to your loan account. You may choose your minimum payment or any amount higher that you like. You also have a choice of four possible withdrawal dates: the 1st, 10th, 15th, or 20th of each month. Choose the one that best fits your pay schedule. Login directly to ECSI's website to initiate this service.
Payments in Person: Payments can be made at BC's Office of Student Services, Lyons Hall, Room 101, Monday through Friday (excluding holidays), between 9:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.
Payments Without a Payment Stub: If you have lost or misplaced your billing statement, please mail your check directly to ECSI (see address below). Be certain to include your account number (Eagle ID number) on the check. You may also simply login to ECSI's website and make an electronic payment
Payments Made via Personal Computer (Online Banking): If you have automated banking services or use your personal computer to issue payments, please send them directly to ECSI (see address below). NOTE: This method of payment is the least efficient of all choices. Your bank is merely writing a check for you and sending it without a payment stub. Often, this delays processing. Please consider switching to ACH (electronic payment) see above for details.
Payment Mailing Address
181 Montour Road
Coraopolis, PA 15108-9408
Please make checks payable to Boston College. Please write "loan payment" and your Eagle ID number on all checks.
Questions About Repayment?
For answers to questions you may have regarding repayment, call the Office of Student Services at 800-294-0294 and ask to speak with a member of the Loan Staff. You may also email questions to firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Bloody Mark
Bloody Mark
Bloody wonderful! Whatever the occasion, get it going in style with this Maker's-based version of this classic old drink. A sure-fire crowd pleaser any time of the year.
- 1 part Maker's Mark® Bourbon
- 4 parts tomato juice
- One small scoop horseradish
- 3 dashes TABASCO® Hot Sauce
- 4–6 dashes Worcestershire sauce
- 3 turns mixed peppercorn mill
- 2 dashes celery salt
- Juice of half a lemon
- Fill tall glass with ice and all ingredients.
- Stir or shake and pour over rimmed glass with ice.
- Optional garnish: Parmesan-and-chili-powder-rimmed glass (rim the glass with leftover lemon and dip rim into parmesan and chili mixture).
Tags: Cocktails, Highballs, Bloody Mark, Tomato Juice, Horseradish, Hot Sauce, Worcestershire Sauce, Peppercorn Mill, Celery Salt, Lemons, Thirsty, Bloody Mary, Video


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NEC e338 review
|Review: January 2005
In a nutshell: Available in black or silver, the e338 is NEC's latest flip-style 3G phone. It's a good-looking phone and is the lightest NEC 3G phone to date.
The e338 supports all of 3's mobile services, including video calling and video downloads. Football fans can stream or download the latest UEFA Champions League and Barclaycard Premiership football and music and film buffs can access the latest MTV and movie clips. The phone includes an MP3/AAC player with stereo headset support.
The e338 improves on NEC's previous 3G flip-phones in a number of ways: an integrated handsfree speaker makes video calling so much easier and battery life has been improved enormously. Yet at the same time, the e338 still has the same poor quality camera as the e616, there's no Bluetooth™ support, and why no memory card?
The e338 may be the lightest 3G phone yet, but functionally it misses out in a number of ways.
NEC e338 features include:
- Display: 65536 colours, 220 x 176 pixels
- Integrated rotating digital camera (CIF resolution) plus video camera
- Video calling, video and audio streaming, downloading and messaging
- MP3 / AAC music player
- 40-voice polyphonic ringtones
- Voice recorder
- Java™ games
- Speakerphone
- Predictive T9 text input
- 3G data & GPRS (supports data upload of 64kbps and download of 384 kbps)
- Memory: 18 Mbytes
- Connectivity: USB
- Stereo/Mono headset support
- Address book (500 contacts)
- Calculator, Currency converter, Scheduler, Notepad, To-Do, Clock and alarm
- Silent vibrate alert
- Size: 94 x 47 x 23 mm
- Weight: 113g
- Talktime: 200 minutes
- Battery standby: 116 hours
User questions
Got a question? This is the place to ask it!
Please don't ask a question that has already been asked. Duplicates will be removed.
Can I use the software for the E616 for my NEC 338 to transfer my photos etc onto my PC?
Asked by Karen
from England
on 11th Jul 2017
I have the CD to do the download.
NEC e338 user reviews
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Average rating from 93 reviews:
Reviewed by kenneth from philippines on 29th Nov
the camera is useless..
Reviewed by adil baig from pakistan on 2nd Mar
phone is bater very good.... but its batery timing is very bad and also no external memory
Reviewed by ali khan from pakistan on 7th Oct
This phone is cute.its works as so good as Nokia..low price, light weight, but it has only one problem i-e low Battery stand by time and low talk time minutes..im using this set almost 1 year..still its working..
Reviewed by Mariola from UK on 2nd Jun 2008
The battery is really bad and the quality of photo is terrible.
Reviewed by Dan Walker from UK on 8th Mar 2008
Had the phone for almost two years now and has just died but it has done well. It is a satisfactory phone for approximately a year. Top 3 Strengths: - Internet services very impressive - Storage Space above average but not amazing - Design is fair and looks different Top 3 Weaknesses: - Camera/Video Quality is very poor indeed - Battery Life is shocking- doesn't last long at all - It doesn't have bluetooth which is a compulsory factor in this generation's fashion
Reviewed by Ashley from Bham on 19th Oct 2007
this phone is rubbish! camera is poor as anything, no bluetooth, buttons are quite hrd to press and the phone itself is unattractive...nothing unique about it at all! RUBBISH!
Reviewed by Dee from UK on 30th Aug 2007
Cute lil phone but really bad battery life AND do not expect to keep for more than a year. Cheap phone. First one I had stopped working after about 9 months (yes, it just died). Second one died after an impressive 12 months of use - battery overheated and just died!
Reviewed by Allen Mwamengele from Tanzania on
28th Aug 2007
can not connect to the internet in my country, unpleasant, very bad, it's looks is a veil to it's performance..
Reviewed by festus amuzu from ghana on 1st Aug
wow!!!! nec e338 great and splendid. But has no GPRS for internet on phones. it is the greatest of all phones i have ever used.
Reviewed by Sameerah from United Kingdom on 4th
Jul 2007
This is phone is terrible, the battery has a short life 8 hours. While the phone has lots of features, there is no way to back up all the pictures and videos that you may have there. The only way to upload the pictures and videos is with a USB cable which I have looked for everyhwere and to this day i have not found.
Reviewed by Martin from England on 30th May 2007
Excellent for the money, reliable, handy replacement phone, Good for flip phone
Reviewed by salma from england on 17th Feb 2007
i think this phone is really good. i think the only thing that is missing is bluetooth/ infred but you can still search loads of things so i rated it 4,.
Reviewed by scarface from enland on 12th Feb 2007
Reviewed by kashif from pakistan on 31st Jan 2007
i think it is SO SO,not so good ,,,,,, not so bad....
Reviewed by USMAN from PAKISTAN on 23rd Jan 2007
very bad there is no bluetooth or infrared
Reviewed by Saba from England on 29th Sep 2006
I recieved this phone from my uncle who passed it on to me. I loved this phone it was easy to use an it could store quiet alot of images and short videos. But also had alot of important things missing for example blutooth or WAP. The reason i haven't got this phone anymore because this screen naturally stopped workin, when I recieved phone calls I coudn't see or hear them an had to put the phone on handsfree. Also this phone can't store 1 full song, which was disapointing. But overall this phone is ok, this phone wouldn't really be ideal for someone who wants a top noch phone though.
Reviewed by Donna Marks from England. U.K on 24th
Sep 2006
JUST DON'T DO IT TO YOURSELF. OK it LOOKS OK and its the slimmest 3G phone but it's also slim on performance. Shame on 3G for letting the NEC338 through. It's not worthy of such a cool network and it can just about handle talk and text. This phone fails on BATTERY power, it flats out and takes ages to charge up. CAMERA gives you fuzzy photos MEMORY can only give really short videos. Video conferencing is not going to happen with such a poor camera. Get a NOKIA 3380 or newer model and feel proud of your photos and transfer them with ease.
Reviewed by Ruairi
from UK
on 30th Aug 2006
I was using the 338 for aprox 1 year and it never let me down ok the memory is rather poor but it's only a fone not a computer. The battery life was not 2 good but i have recently started using it again as i had a nokia 6280 and it was rubbish so the nec is a good fone if all u want 2 do is txt call and take the odd picture i would recommend it for the money.
Reviewed by Ruairi from Ireland on 24th Aug 2006
always freezing bad camera not @ all good for 3g calling. It is easy 2 use quite good memory for the money but wouldn't rush out and buy 1 again
Reviewed by matt from scotland on 21st Aug 2006
This phone seemed great when i bought it but it can only hold 6 short-ish videos, no bluetooth, no infared. I had this phone for months because I could afford nothing better but i would really not reccomend buying it partly because 3 is a rubbish network. The signal was terrible and the services cost a lot.
Reviewed by Akande Adegbenga from Nigeria on 13th
Jul 2006
When my old phone got spoilt, i decided to go for a different brand name. some people have always critisized nec phones but when i saw this brand, flat,portable and upon all, the picture quality, i was tripped so i decided to buy it. Up till today, I never regreted buying this phone.
Reviewed by glozia from england on 12th Jul 2006
This phone is definately not up to standard. i have had two and both are faulty. 1 didnt send messages 2 faulty camera. I advise you to chose a different phone as this one is very bad quality. please pay attention to this review there are much better phones than this.in the features column it says games and music but you have to pay for these features.
Reviewed by Deborah Thompson from England on 4th
Jul 2006
I regret the day i walked into my high street "fones 4 u", and purchased this payg handset. £50 with £30 free credit and a years insurance....I thought i couldn't go wrong.........fool me! After a month, the handset was switchin itself off, and i was unable to switch it back on sometimes, until it refused to power up at all. This was less than 6 weeks of buying it. I contacted the 3 company, and they arranged a collection, and repair. I received a letter stating my warranty was out of date, and had to pay for repair myself, so I faxed the warranty and receipts, and also posted them. Weeks later, my handset was sent back to me.........same fault..wouldn't even switch on! I cannot now find the receipts, so I have thrown £50 away, in purchasing a NEC 338 handset. I write this review hopefully, to prevent anyone having to go through the same thing with 3 customer services. DO NOT BUY THIS PHONE!
Reviewed by Eoghan Casey from Ireland on 21st
Jun 2006
I love this phone!! great features and cool design!! only bad point is you cant video record for that long:(:
Reviewed by al from UK on 7th Jun 2006
had this a yr on contract, never again. like a brick, v heavy & sooo out of date wi external aerial. battery life v poor n has only got worse over time. 3 customer service rubbish compared to other networks so changing now. guess low price now means ok starter cam fone for kids but def better alternatives. sorry 3, can't recommend ur dealers, network nor nec e338!
Reviewed by yusuph from Nigeria on 6th Jun 2006
i bought the phone 5 days ago and i find out that the phone is not wit a usb cable no Bluethoot enabled no infrared no java games u can not received call while charging u can not use the recorded song as a ringtone but the phone is a great phone nice camera video recording mms and the internet provided by 3G THUMBS UP for 3333333333333333333333333 they are great guys keep up the good work
Reviewed by Nidal from UK on 2nd Jun 2006
I think that is is a good phone for basic needs but it is too big and looks a bit plain. The securitt on it is too strict and not being able to set a recording as a ringtone is stupid. Also wallpapers that are purchased can't be sent to other phones. Looks= -1 Overall - 6
Reviewed by Ryan Williams from Essex England on
18th May 2006
Joe the minimum top up is £10. You should look into 3 before you moan about something that was changed months ago.
Reviewed by joe from uk on 26th Apr 2006
the nec e338 is a great phone but it is ridiculous that it needs toppin up by £ 15 a month!!!! the minimum payment should be a £10
Reviewed by Nicola from Wales on 16th Apr 2006
I bought this phone after my contract one broke & my insurers wouldn't pay up. It's an ok phone. My other 3G handsets have been the Motorola E1000 & Sony Ericsson K608i - but the NEC doesn't come close as far as features go, but the performance is good. Considering it's only £40 with £30 talk time included - you can't go far wrong!
Reviewed by Granny from UK on 13th Apr 2006
This handset now sells at under £40 with £30 of credit on 3. It is a good size - my previous phone on 3 was a Motorola C975. 3 isnt too bad now its changed its charging policies on pay and go. The storage is a bit naff especially if you want to use it to play MP3s as even reduced to the smallest size you will only be able to fit 2 or 3 so if thats what you want do NOT buy it! The camera is not bad considering. Disappointed to find it is not shipped complete with data cables, however these are available with drivers on ebay for under £5. As a phone it functions well, incoming calls are clear, its easy to use & set up caller ids etc (even texts can be given individual sounds, so you know who they are from without opening the flip) Email on messaging is simple to set up. Certainly a great starter phone on 3g.
Reviewed by jamie from bedworth on 8th Apr 2006
The phone is fantastic!! i love it!!,its brill and i like how the camera can rotate!!!!!!
Reviewed by dnt need 2 know from america on 6th
Apr 2006
da phone is poo
Reviewed by Mikey from England on 3rd Apr 2006
This phone is ok for me, but it is quite complicated, and the different buttons and menus take some time to get used to. But on the whole it is good, it is small and light, looks great, and it has everything you would ever need.
Reviewed by Toks from UK on 29th Mar 2006
The size is alright for me, but the quality of the phone is noodles. I can't seem to impress the ladies with this phone and to make it worse, the one I have seems to go into a different mode. It cuts out whenever I reach an important conversation. It seems to have a mind of its own and I can't even connect it to my computer. The most annoying thing about this phone is that no one would try and steal it from me, they would rather pay me to keep the phone, but at least its a bright side to it.
Reviewed by gerard from uk on 28th Mar 2006
great phone. takes a bit of getting used to but still good even though last years reccomend to anyone
Reviewed by james from england on 22nd Mar 2006
Igot that phone and i think is good but not exellent but let me tell you one thing that it dont come with a usb cable
Reviewed by Sid from Hong Kong on 10th Mar 2006
The battery life is worst. Can't switch on the phone when battery is low, can't even check the phone book. Hangs very often. Heats up easily. Very unreliable phone.
Reviewed by Waqas from Pakistan on 10th Mar 2006
E 338 is good mobile. It is not so expensive, but it has no bluetooth oh!God so wat but NEC E228 is a outstanding mobile
Reviewed by Fleur from UK on 9th Mar 2006
Reviewed by John E Smith from United Kingdom on
27th Feb 2006
Plus points: once unlocked, you can use on any network (but no internet in UK :( ). You can load MP4 clips MP3 music from your PC if you have the USB cable. Reasonable camera. Looks okay. Negative points: no access to Java folder from PC so you can't use games you have already downloaded. If phone has been unlocked, then you pretty much have no Java funtionality available on another network. You only get 18 MB of memory and its not expandable. It's only worth paying about £40.00 (max) for it now. Anymore, and you might as well buy another phone.
Reviewed by Ryan Williams
from UK
on 8th Feb 2006
I bought this phone on Saturday after havin an E616v for 2 years and I'm very happy to see the battery lasts ages. Its got no bluetooth but who cares cos i dont use it anyway and I dont use the MP3 player on it as I got one. I havent got the data cable yet so if i want pics on the phone I just email them to it from my PC. it looks nicer than the e616v and is smaller. I got the all black one which i really like and I'm glad 3 have finally taken away that stupid 30 day expiry things how gay was that. They r a normal, network at last and lets hope they keep improving. I'd recommend anyone to go and get this phone.
Reviewed by Ryan Williams from Esses Englad on
6th Feb 2006
I just bought this phone recently as it was only £50 with $30 credit. Altho it aint got all the features my NEC E616v had I still think its better as its smaller, lighter n looks wicked also people moan about 3 but i find them better as I am a deaf mobile owner and since going deaf al i cud do was txt now i can download footbvall n do more visually so thank you to 3, Also people are complainin abt the batteryb but mine lasts for days whether i use it or not. if anyonr esnts to ask nething on this phone email me: firstname.lastname@example.com or add me to MSN
Reviewed by Rasheda Yasmin from United Kingdom on
27th Jan 2006
I got da fone with my line rental it is a nice lookin fone but da battery life is really really bad I cant talk 4 an hour it goes dead. There is no blutooth but other then that the fone is okay.
Reviewed by jonroywill from ENGLAND on 8th Jan
Take one fone, add music downloads plus stereo headset one now has mp3/wma file player. add the inbuilt camera good results when sent as multimedia email. now add data lead, now you have a photo to print off your pc. no probs with battery mine lasts 5 days with use. buy a spare as well. read what you can do, from NEC website. Me, Im happy. A REALLY GOOD VALUE PHONE.
Reviewed by Jonson from Nigeria on 5th Jan 2006
This phone is the greatest phone I've ever had!!!Buy it NOW!I sayd BUY IT NOW, WHAT YOU ARE WAITING FOR!!!!?
Reviewed by Haze from England on 31st Dec 2005
This phone is a great phone considering the price i paid for it, it has some good features, but it's a shame it doesnt have bluetooth, and theres Another thing I dont like, you can only send very short length videos, and you can't set a voice recording as a ringtone. Rubbish battery life, but good sound quality. Overall a good quality, reliable phone. Buy it
Reviewed by Cat
from UK
on 28th Dec 2005
Considering the amount of times i have dropped this bloody thing, it is still in perfect nick unfortunately, so top marks for durability. However, terrible to use, too many niggles - slow text (easy to be faster than the screen and it doesn't catch up well), adds words in for you you don't want, especially if you hold down a key to get a number. Camera isn't too good (nice idea to have it on a spin-wheel though), download ringtunes are quite frankly embarrassing and expensive, and the ones provided make you want to just keep it on vibrate, which isn't powerful enough when in a pocket. I can't wait for my contract to end coz on 3 network - and what a mistake that was too! Stay away from both i say! They will drive you to distraction!
Reviewed by l from england on 27th Dec 2005
This phone is HECTIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Reviewed by chris from england on 26th Dec 2005
dnt get this phone it is the size of a brick and crashes all the time. i dropped mine on the sofa and it broke big big letdown :(
Reviewed by Kate from UK on 5th Nov 2005
The look on my daughter's face was five star on Xmas morning with this incredibly inexpensive phone that certainly looked the part. I was against an 11 yr old having such a gadget for obvious reasons but as she was just about to start high school and would need to travel alone for the first time, it wouldnt have been the end of the world if it did get lost.We found it a bit complicated and the 3 network didnt help. It was nicked at school but 4 weeks later, even the thief gave up and its reappeared after having the battery lead input screwed. We have the charger but I'd love to know how we can charge it so I can do some detective work without paying more for repair than the cost of the phone. Any help gratefully received please.
Reviewed by dave from australia on 3rd Oct 2005
this phone is junk !!!!!!!!!!!! why.......... because their is no card slot so what's the point of puting in mp3 songs! if u can only store a few !
Reviewed by Emran from Macedonia on 6th Sep 2005
I have the phone 2 mounths amd it is the worest phone becouse it doesn ' t has a memori card just 18mb and that is litle. The rosolusion is zero and it is the worest phono DON'T GET IT !!!!!!
Reviewed by Joshua King-Smith from Australia on
23rd Aug 2005
great phone. i bought one as a spare for my mum, she loves it. has all the features you need, a reasonalbe camera, and is very lightweight. one of the best features is the battery life, for a 3g phone that is small and lightweight, it almost outlasts an old nokia 3315!
Reviewed by Johnny P from Australia on 9th Aug
I liked my e616v way better...i mean i like this phone, its smaller, but doesnt have as much stuff(i.e bluetooth, compass, memory sticks) and why cant the nec phones get real tones????????
Reviewed by Billy Mac
from UK
on 26th Jul 2005
One or two niggling little glitches, like now and again when i flip open the password screen is visible saying i have one morre attempt at the correct password!The phone itself is fine if somewhat basic, the only major gripe i have is with 3 pay and its 30 day validity period, my outlook is "I pay , and should be able to use as i want" hence the unlock and switch to Voda
Reviewed by dantheman
from UK
on 15th Jul 2005
I bought this phone and within 30 mins the screen froze and I had a sim failure so I took it back and got new sim card same problem, and even if the phone did work I would of took it back any way bad camera bad mp3 sound bad resolution stay clear of this phone plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Reviewed by Andrew Keay
from UK
on 4th Jul 2005
Had this phone for about 6 months and have not had no problems with it, the camera quality is top notch and having Music Videos on the phone is cool, Definatly recommend buying this phone!
Reviewed by Brendon from Australia on 29th Jun
Going from a nokia 3315 to a nokia 3350 to a nokia 2100 to a nokia 3530 to a nokia 3200 to a nokia 7250i to a nokia 7600 to this phone, i was disapointed in a number of ways. Firstly no bluetooth connection which is annoying because people need it. Secondly the external antenna, which makes the phone look older than it is. There is no external screen so you cant tell the time or who;s calling. The camera is only CIF and is poor quality. THere is no memory card extra which means that only 17MB of memory is all you are going to get. THe video is only 1minute long. On the flip side, the phone has a large screen with bright colours, great internet and sound quality and an easy to use menu system. Overall a good phone but save yourself $55 and buy a NEC e616v it has bluetooth, better camera, external screen and maybe a little heavier but doesn'tt have that awful antenna!
Reviewed by Nicole from Australia on 27th Jun
Hi, this phone is easy to carry around, however the battery life is terrible, they say it lasts 3 days, thats rubbish, i find myself charging if every night, and if i use the camera alot the battery runs out with in hours. the colour screen is hard to read in the sun. however if u get the right light the camera is good. over all this phone is ok for what i need it for. Ciao
Reviewed by Matt from Australia on 15th Jun 2005
this fone isnt the best ok for vidio calls the mp3 player volume is not loud, the camera has bad resolution i like it because its small but i think my nec e616v had way better features.
Reviewed by Hannah Watts from England on 6th Jun
This phone is fantastic and amazing. It has everything from video-recording to Java-games and video ringtones. I think this phone is magnificent and outstanding . The design is brilliant . Thank You.
Reviewed by marco from italy on 1st Jun 2005
good phone, very light and with beautiful design. Cons are the camera with not so high resolution and the display not so bright, which can be a problem in sunshine. I bought it for 99? and receive 80? recharge... so very convenient! (I like the agenda too...)
Reviewed by frenzie1
from UK
on 31st May 2005
I have this fone on the 3 network. it is okay but it lacks a few qualities of a top class mobile fone e.g. bluetooth etc... it is quite basic a it is not loaded with any games, ringtones, or pics. the highlight is the fantastic storage, however without bluetooth isnt this pointless? an okay fone but dont be deceived by the pricing.
Reviewed - by - from on 27th May
i bought 1 of these fones in jan 05 and had to get it replaced with the same model in april as the screen wouldnt work and the replacement i was given has now also broken so if i wer u i wouldnt by this fone !!!!
Reviewed by Don from England on 24th May 2005
I got this 'phone for my technophobic wife. It's on the 3 Offpeak 3000 tariff, as she spends a lot of time on our normal 'phone. It took me ten minutes to teach her how to use it, and she was very impressed with how easy it is to use. I have a Nokia 6630, also on 3, but would be happy to have this as my main 'phone, even without Bluetooth. I bought the data cable and data transfer software off E-bay for £5.50. It enables you to transfer files easily, as well as backing up your info to PC. You CAN use transferred music as your ringtone without too much trouble. We are both very pleased with the e338, as well as the 3 network. Cheers.
Reviewed by Kev Mackie
from UK
on 22nd May 2005
Had my phone for 5 months now and no serious problems with it, except sometimes it cuts you off when in the middle of a call. apart from that good camera and storage although video clips are short at 11 seconds a clip.
Reviewed by clive from uk on 17th May 2005
this phone is my first phone on 3, 3 pay monthly are great! its just this little phone is not! the phone resets and u often loose calls, the phone is complicated and freezes! i am very happy with 3 but not thi phone, i have brought a notorola v975 for 150pounds out own pocket, go on 3, but not with nec!
Reviewed by cayleigh moore from ni on 13th May
this phone is average
Reviewed by Luke from Essex on 5th May 2005
Brilliant phone!! If you would like any infomation on mobile phone i am a mobile phone speciallist so email me - firstname.lastname@example.com
Reviewed by Ryan from UK on 3rd May 2005
i left a review on this phone below praising it but my views have changed today is tuesday ive had this phone since last wednesday an it has reset itself n m at least twice everyday so i took it back and th guy told me to come back later and he will refund me I tHink i'm gonna just stick with good old O2 from no on
Reviewed by Anth from on 2nd May 2005
This Phone is the lightest phone for 3 i love this phone it is amazing the ringtones arnt that good but the vipration setting ios unbeleivieable it is really strong and you can change how it vibrates i have got this phone and it is the best phone i have ever had the only bad thing about this phone is that you cant read the screen when it is sunny This Phone get a A************** from me
Reviewed by tomi from finland on 1st May 2005
It looks like a remote controller.
Reviewed by Ryan from UK on 27th Apr 2005
This phone is wicked muc better then the last 3G fone I had and for its weight and size is a big improvement I love it and won't be changin for a long time.
Reviewed by leon from england on 21st Apr 2005
The NEC e338 is a great phone to have, and the 3 services that you can get on it are good. But what the phone lacks is the capability of having 'bluetooth' or even 'infrared' a big let down for the e338. i'm not saying DON'T GET IT! cause i have it.
Reviewed by chris w from england on 7th Apr 2005
This phone rocks by it now says chris and all me m8s.
Reviewed by sandra from U.K on 6th Apr 2005
Another rubbish phone provided by NEC. Y do they even bother to continue making phones..... the LG phones are so much better.
Reviewed by Madmouse from UK on 29th Mar 2005
i've had this phone for around a month now on 3pay after ending my contract with o2..i'm pretty dissapointed with the network quality but the hand set has some good points, it's one of the lightest handsets around i've seen on 3 the video is ok the photo quality is reasonable there are better around but for a whole lot more money, the battery life is awful standby and talktime, the phone has a nasty habit of dropping calls on a regular basis as well as turning itself off at various times, the ringtones are average the accessories are a little thin on the ground but it's a new phone still most accessories available at the minute are very expensive, don't try using the phone in sunlight as it's terrible can't read anything whatsoever on the screen, e338..if your looking for something cheap and cheerful go for it...but there are better hansdets around if you fancy paying a little more wish i'd have done
Reviewed by liam from uk on 24th Mar 2005
My m8 has this mob n it would b gud but its on 3pay.It could b smaller n alot easyer 2 work.Dont by it its not worth as tenner.
Reviewed by Razer from England on 21st Mar 2005
All i can sya is this phone is amazing i cant get off it and all ma m8s always want to have ago on the anazing quality video capture ITS AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Reviewed by dru
from UK
on 19th Mar 2005
Ive had my NEC 338 for arround 3 months on 3pay. A simple to use and somewhat "basic" 3G phone. To me the whole idea of a 3G is the downloadable services, but with a maximum of 16mb memory and no option for additional memory I found its potential limited. In the last 3 weeks I have had lots of issues (both problems with the handset and network provider). Now my handset has developed a serious fault, during voice calls the other person cant hear me, as if the phones microphone was on mute (which it is not). In sumary I found the 338 an easy to use no frills handset, let down by mysterious flaws and an unreliable network provider.
Reviewed by morrissey from england on 21st Feb
I think that this phone is good and the only thing wrong with it is that you cant set a recorded sound as ur ringtone. You can record some top quality videos as well, its great lads.
Reviewed by Robbie from England on 20th Feb 2005
Looks cool, and has some cool features. Only negative is that you cant set recorded sounds or texted ringtones as your ringtone. Or maybe you can and I'm just really thick.
Reviewed by Daz from England on 3rd Feb 2005
I've had the Nec 338 for about a month now and i can honestly say its the best value phone out there considering the features it comes with. The camera and video recorder are very good and the sound quality is brilliant. The only problems i found are the lack of bluetooth and infra red, but what do you expect for a 3G camera phone for well under £100.
Reviewed by tp from England on 31st Jan 2005
bought this phone on the internet, alot of people think that this phone costs 40 quid but they are wrong the 338 costs 40 quid the e338 costs another 40 or 50 quid more because of its extra and better features. i think this phone is great the only things that made it not perfect was the difficult buttons and the poor coverage in cornwall. seeya
Reviewed by James
from UK
on 4th Jan 2005
Really cool phone, lots of nice features, small footprint.
Reviewed by darren from england on 3rd Jan 2005
this phone only cost £40 pay as you go with £15 credit. excellent value for money.
Reviewed by Lewis6
from UK
on 18th Dec 2004
wow a small three fone i would of never heard of one its so cool except wen its not flipped up it looks like ure looking at the back of thw fone overall ****
Reviewed by The Big T from England on 4th Dec
Lets start with the looks, not much to be said except awesome. It may not have an outer screen but it still looks fantastic. I dont know how it performs yet but as soon as they are out and I have one. I will tell you. I think it will be interesting to knoe how the camera is, the 313 and the 616V's cameras were amazing quality but they were a little big so the new rotating little camera should be similar. Back soon T
Reviewed by mike 3 from england on 3rd Dec 2004
its amazing how u can fit such great features in such a small unit.its on 3 which makes it even better!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Reviewed by John Berry from UK on 20th Nov 2004
Ive just had this phone for a week but i think it is really impressive, its light and far from difficult to operate as another reviewer seems to think. Im very glad I bought it.
Reviewed by kash from Wales on 17th Nov 2004
3 mobile what can i say that hasn't been said by others. This phone and the network provider are absoulutley terrible. The phones features are very difficult to get to grips with,and believe me I have had alot of phones to play around with. The screen resolution is not bright so in the sunlight the phones good as a three legged dog, ok you get what you pay for, uding that asumption you might as well get the Nokia 6100 or the samsung X450 for an extra £20 yow will get a much better quality phone. People at 3 and makers of any 3g mobile should know that budget phones doesn't mean rubbish phones, look at the latest Vodaphone phones, ok good features but again ugly, and if people want a justification i don't think i'll have enough space for it.
Reviewed by Cameron from England on 16th Nov 2004


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By Lawrence Hurley
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Supreme Court justices signaled on Tuesday that agribusiness giant Monsanto Co <MON.N> was in a strong position to claim that an Indiana farmer violated its patent for a type of soybean.
In a case closely watched by the biotechnology industry, the court is considering whether Vernon Bowman, 75, had performed an end-run around the law when he bought soybean grain typically used for animal feed but planted it instead.
The soybean crop turned out to contain Monsanto's patented genetics. Bowman said because the grain he used as seed was "second-generation" and not the first-generation sold by seed dealers, it was not covered by the patent.
The bulk of the argument focused on whether patent protections extended to multiple generations of a self-replicating product such as seeds, with several justices indicating that patent law should protect companies like Monsanto in such situations.
A ruling is expected by the end of June.
Justice Stephen Breyer told Bowman's lawyer, Mark Walters, that Bowman, who was in the courtroom for oral arguments, could use the seed he had purchased for other purposes but could not harvest the crop from the next generation of seed.
"You know there are certain things that the law prohibits," he said. "What it prohibits here is making a copy of the patented invention. And that is what he did."
Likewise, Justice Elena Kagan clashed with Walters over his assertion that Monsanto could protect its patent rights by having contracts with farmers.
"All that has to happen is that one seed escapes the web of these contracts," she said.
That single seed, "because it can self replicate in the way that it can, essentially makes all the contracts worthless," Kagan added.
Several justices appeared concerned that a ruling for Bowman would stifle innovation.
"Why in the world would anybody spend any money to try to improve the seed if as soon as they sold the first one, anybody could grow more and have as many of those seeds as they want?" said Chief Justice John Roberts.
Both sides sparred over to what extent Monsanto can exercise control over how farmers use later generations of its seeds.
Without the existing patent protections, "Monsanto could not have commercialized its invention," Monsanto lawyer Seth Waxman said.
Walters countered that the court should be wary of "choosing patent rights over private property rights" when deciding what farmers can do with seeds they have purchased.
The Obama administration intervened in the case in support of the federal appeals court ruling in Monsanto's favor.
Justice Department lawyer Melissa Sherry said a victory for Bowman would "eviscerate patent protections."
The case arose when, in 1999, Bowman sought to save money by buying commodity grain from a grain elevator.
The seed was not identified as featuring Monsanto's Roundup Ready technology, which protects seeds from herbicides. Bowman kept the seed generated from the successful crop and used it the following year. He repeated the pattern until 2007.
Monsanto objected, saying that Bowman was growing soybeans that were resistant to Roundup herbicide, meaning he was infringing on its patents.
The legal question was when Monsanto's patent protections were, in legal terminology, "exhausted."
Bowman said Monsanto's rights were exhausted because the seeds he bought from the elevator were already second-generation. The agreements farmers sign with Monsanto when they buy seeds allows them to sell commodity grain generated by the crop. This is normally used for feed rather than planting.
Once he purchased the seeds, Monsanto could not impose any limits on what could be done with the seeds, he said.
Monsanto argued that its rights were not exhausted because the agreements signed by the farmers also said that seeds could not be sold for planting.
A lower court found in favor of Monsanto and ordered Bowman to pay the company $84,456.
(Additional reporting by Carey Gillam; Editing by Howard Goller, Doina Chiacu and Cynthia Osterman)


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TOKYO (AP) — Japan is imposing more sanctions against Russia over its support for pro-Moscow rebels in Ukraine who are accused of shooting down a Malaysian jet, the chief government spokesman said Monday.
The sanctions include the freezing of assets held in Japan by individuals and groups supporting the separation of Crimea from Ukraine, as well as restrictions on imports from Crimea, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said.
He noted that the steps are in line with measures taken by the European Union and Group of Seven nations.
Japan will also follow a recent decision by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development to freeze funds for new projects in Russia, Suga said.
The new steps will take effect after they are endorsed by the Cabinet, which is expected later this week. Japan will then release a list of individuals and groups that are subject to the sanctions, Suga said.
Suga called for efforts to achieve a cease-fire, peace talks and tighter border controls.
"We urge Russia to exercise influence over separatist groups in Ukraine so that they will cooperate in the international probe into the Malaysia Airlines shoot-down," he said. "Japan truly hopes that the Ukrainian situation will be resolved as soon as possible through diplomatic dialogue."
The move follows the July 17 downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in eastern Ukraine. The U.S. and Ukraine accuse pro-Russia rebels of firing a missile that brought the plane down, killing all 298 people on board.
The U.S. and EU have debated imposing tougher sanctions against Moscow because of its support for the rebels.
Japan earlier imposed limited sanctions on Russia, including the suspension of some bilateral talks and an entry visa ban on 23 individuals.
Relations between Japan and Russia have suffered for decades because of a territorial dispute that prevented them from signing a peace treaty after World War II. Tokyo has been seen as reluctant to ramp up sanctions against Moscow due to concerns that they could derail Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's moves toward rapprochement with Moscow.
Asked if a possible Japan visit later this year by Russian President Vladimir Putin is still on, Suga said, "Nothing has been decided."


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An article in the March 31, 2003 Detroit Free Press discussed Identity Theft. Many people are paranoid about e-commerce, online shopping and online banking or they fear filing their taxes electronically because they are concerned that there identity (social security number, credit card numbers, etc.) could be hacked and stolen.
The article goes on to say though that most identity theft is still done low tech- digging through trash for old credit card statements, stealing wallets and purses, etc.Identity theft is soaring, thanks to high-tech tools, light penalties and widespread publicity.
Crooks are stealing honest people's personal information and racking up credit card bills in their names, opening dozens of new accounts and ruining in days sterling credit ratings that took years to build.
Of course, there are still the BIG hacks that make the news- 5 million credit cards stolen, AOL's customer data hacked. I think the big difference is that when someone goes through the trash or steals a wallet they get ONE identity. When someone figures out how to hack a major retailer's database they get thousands or millions of identities to steal- credit card numbers, addresses, phone numbers, social security numbers, etc.Yet studies show that in cases where victims knew how their identity was stolen, the No. 1 cause was having their purse or wallet swiped. Experts say in the rest of the cases, the majority of crooks get their information through a job or an insider connection. Buying or selling items online falls far down the list.
Here is the full article: Free Press


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January 03. 2013 9:23PM
1 hospitalized, others treated after Manchester accident
MANCHESTER - A 70-year-old Manchester woman complaining of hip pain was hospitalized at Massachusetts General Hospital following a late Wednesday morning traffic accident at Shasta and Wilson streets, police said.
Marjorie Kuis was the passenger in a 2012 Volkswagen Jetta that pulled in front of a 1999 Jeep Cherokee as it traveled east on Wilson Street, police said. The SUV struck the passenger side, where Kuis was sitting.
Two passengers in the SUV - Domenic Messina, 1, and Monica Quenneville, 26 - were pictured on the front page of the New Hampshire Union Leader on Thursday when a firefighter held a child car seat containing Messina to reassure mother and child.
Quenneville was taken to Catholic Medical Center after complaining of pain in her left hand, and the boy was taken to the hospital as a precaution. Others involved in the accident complained of pains and were treated at area hospitals, police said.
No citation was issued, but police faulted Kuis' daughter, Jetty driver Lisa Chabot, 47, of Manchester, in the accident, said Lt. Michael Hurley.


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STOCKTON - In 2010, the San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors agreed to delegate some authority to county staff, giving it the power to approve expenditures that would have normally gone to the body of elected officials for a vote in a public meeting.
STOCKTON - In 2010, the San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors agreed to delegate some authority to county staff, giving it the power to approve expenditures that would have normally gone to the body of elected officials for a vote in a public meeting.
It was a move taken during budget reductions and staff shrinkages to conserve resources by not preparing low-level routine or redundant staff reports in preparation for the regularly scheduled meetings. The board receives quarterly reports of the actions, and an annual summary goes before the board for a vote at a meeting once a year.
The last annual summary listed 236 items, ranging from expenses for travel to buying equipment to awarding contracts. The change saved the county $70,000 to $120,000.
"These are items that are routine operating items," said Chris Rose, senior deputy county administrator. Some of them are items that have already been before the board several times, like the notices of completion of projects, he said. And every expense is reviewed by the County Administrator's Office, he said.
Since putting something on the board agenda can take weeks, the delegation to staff makes things quicker and more efficient, he said.
Trimming government expenses is important, said Supervisor Leroy Ornellas, who added that he's always been a little uneasy about the delegation. "It should not be at the cost of the public's right to know." He said that the information available to the public in the reports on delegation is vague.
Other elected officials contacted for this story did not return phone calls.
The annual summary of delegation for the fiscal year through June was included in the board's agenda packet for a recent meeting. Available online, it included a summary of the delegated actions but not the total cost of delegated actions, nor descriptions of each item.
More information about each move was available in quarterly reports filed at the County Clerk's Office, but not in the same detail as the staff reports meeting agenda. The Record looked at last year's reports and the first quarter of this one.
They show money going both in and out.
Like a $58,625 grant from the state to clean up discarded tires and a $50,000 technology grant for law enforcement from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Donations include money to support the county-run Meals on Wheels program and support for AgVenture, a program to introduce local young people to the agricultural world that surrounds them.
But donations don't cover everything. There's an $8,093 purchase of a trailer for AgVenture. Other examples of "unbudgeted assets" acquired include a $10,000 exam table for seniors' health needs and $65,000 for chairs and software for mental health programs.
Travel requests costing less than $5,000 could be delegated. The reports included 31 travel requests for a total cost of more than $40,000.
Legal settlements had a $50,000 cap for delegation. Over the five quarters, those settlements totaled about $320,000. They included a 5-year-old lawsuit from a formal juvenile detention officer who said he faced discrimination on the job, a wrongful-death suit from the family of a man who died while at the county hospital, a civil rights suit stemming from a response from Child Protective Services to a report of molestation and an incident in which two sheriff's deputies shot and killed a dog.
The highest delegation limit is the $250,000 cap on contracts awarded by the county's First 5 Commission. These amounted to 55 contracts with a total of $2.6 million over the five-quarter period, ranging from an $1,800 minigrant to multiyear contracts to groups. They focus on promoting early childhood development and include literacy, health and nutrition.
Officials set the First 5 cap much higher than in other cases because these cases already get the public once-over at the commission's public meetings. And not preparing the contracts for supervisors meetings saves a lot of staff time, First 5 Commission Executive Director Lani Schiff-Ross said.
"It doesn't change the level of scrutiny of the agencies (awarded the contracts)." And the scrutiny continues after a contract is awarded, she said. She had just come from a site visit for one of the contractors, where an outreach worker went to a family's home to teach a mom about protein and how to properly thaw meat.
Contact reporter Zachary K. Johnson at (209) 546-8258 or email@example.com. Visit his blog at recordnet.com/johnsonblog.


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There is no magic moment when it becomes clear the world needs a new DSM. The publication dates of previous DSMs were determined by revision dates of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD). Thus, DSM-I appeared with ICD-6 in 1952; DSM-II with ICD-8 in 1968; DSM-III with ICD-9 in 1980; and DSM-IV with ICD-10 in 1994.
The projected publication date for DSM-V (May 2012) was chosen to be consistent with an earlier expectation that ICD-11 would be published that year—but recently announced delays in ICD-11 will postpone its arrival until at least 2014. Under normal circumstances, DSM-V and ICD-11 should be published simultaneously. But there is another problem caused by a coding change going into effect in October 2013. ICD-9-CM—which is now the official method of diagnostic coding used to specify all medical encounters in the United States—will then be replaced by a completely revamped ICD-10-CM. Publishing DSM-V much before or after October 2013 would result in great confusion. By far the most convenient date for DSM-V would be just before October 2013.
Even were this not the case, the extra time is needed to ensure that DSM-V will not cause serious unintended consequences. The fatal flaw in the current work on DSM-V is its intention to conduct field trials without having first posted for review the specific wordings of all the options being considered. The most important step in the development of any DSM is the first draft—presenting all the criteria sets in a systematic form. Only the Task Force working as a whole can discipline and reconcile the often inconsistent outputs produced by the different work groups. It is a very reliable rule of thumb that work groups are always more willing to make changes than is desirable. Experts in any given area tend to have their pet ideas and to worry more about missed cases than about creating potential false-positives. By ruthlessly applying the necessary rule of empirical documentation, the Task Force must provide a useful check on work group enthusiasm.
Once a complete first draft of DSM-V is posted, it will take months for the field at large to critique the explicit wordings of all DSM-V suggestions. It will then take more months for the work groups to incorporate the comments into revised criteria sets. Finally, it will take the Task Force months to reconcile the inconsistencies in the work group revisions.
No field testing should begin until this process is completed. Field testing is itself a time-consuming process. First, the methodology should be posted, reviewed, and revised based on suggestions received. Next, sites must be recruited. The obvious time-saving temptation is to use samples of convenience, but these will almost certainly not generalize well to the actual environments in which DSM-V will be used. Human participants' approval will almost certainly cause unpredictable delays. Raters and administrative staff must be trained; data management systems installed; patients recruited; data cleaned and analyzed; and results posted, reviewed, interpreted, and incorporated into the evolving drafts of DSM-V. Then the revised drafts must be reviewed again by the field and by the Task Force.
Finally comes the very time-consuming task of writing the text and having it reviewed. Then DSM-V must be approved through the APA's governance structure. All this takes time—and the schedule is far from predictable.
The secrecy surrounding DSM-V prevents us from knowing the precise state of its current development and from understanding the rationale for beginning field trials now. However, it is a fair guess that the reason no first draft of DSM-V has yet been posted is that the criteria sets are still far from being presentable to the field, even though field trials were meant to begin now. We can only assume that the crucial step of vetting criteria sets before doing field trials is being skipped to allow the Task Force to save time to meet the arbitrary and now clearly very inconvenient publication deadline of May 2012.
If anything like proper care is taken to accomplish the steps listed above in their proper order, DSM-V cannot possibly be ready for publication by May 2012. Even if all the many previous problems in the DSM-V methodology were immediately corrected now and every future step of the revision were done with perfect efficiency, the publication date would probably have to be delayed at least until October 2013—far more convenient because DSM-V can then be coordinated with the introduction of the new ICD-10-CM codes. Of course, it is possible that the careful preparation of DSM-V may take even longer.
Why not do the obviously right thing and substitute a postponed or flexible date of publication to ensure there is adequate time to avoid the many sticky problems that a rushed DSM-V will cause? Publishing profits are the only possible driver of a fixed and implacable 2012 publication deadline, and this is obviously not acceptable.
The DSM-V Task Force and work group members are dedicated people doing their best under difficult circumstances. They need sufficient time to ensure that DSM-V will be a worthwhile contribution—and not the cause of enduring problems for the field and for our patients.
Keep criteria sets stable
Criteria sets should not be changed except when there is a great reason. The most important criteria sets have a long track record with substantially constant wording since the publication of DSM-III in 1980. They have survived the test of time and have become familiar to generations of clinicians and educators. Any arbitrary changes will be needlessly disruptive.
1. First MB, Frances A. Issues for DSM-V: unintended consequences of small changes: the case of paraphilias [published correction appears in Am J Psychiatry. 2008;165:1495]. Am J Psychiatry. 2008;165: 1240-1241.
2. Kupfer DJ, Regier DA, Kuhl EA. On the road to DSM-V and ICD-11. Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2008;258(suppl 5):2-6.
3. Regier DA, Narrow WE, Kuhl EA, Kupfer DJ. The conceptual development of DSM-V. Am J Psychiatry. 2009;166:645-650.


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A marriage made in Annapolis
Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown and Karmen Walker share the first dance at their wedding reception. The reception was attended by some of Maryland's political heavyweights. Among those in the background, left: U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin and U.S. Rep. Steny Hoyer, the House minority whip.
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The aim of OCR's technical assistance efforts is to prevent violations of the civil rights laws. We accomplish that aim by helping recipients comply with the laws and helping beneficiaries understand their rights. With the millions of students protected by the civil rights laws, OCR recognizes that its efforts alone are insufficient to stop illegal discrimination in education. Students, parents, and educators must have the knowledge and skills to prevent illegal discrimination from occurring in the first place.
OCR provides assistance to enable institutions to come into compliance during the complaint resolution process or during a compliance review. In addition, OCR conducts a broad program of proactive technical assistance outreach through a variety of methods, including on-site consultations, training classes, workshops, meetings, and participation in conferences. OCR also responds to inquiries and requests for assistance from other federal agencies, state and local education agencies, community groups, parents, students, and the general public.
Many OCR offices have developed customer service teams to be more responsive to its partners and stakeholders, and to members of the general public. OCR has established a home page, http://www.ed.gov/ocr, which is also linked to the Department's website.


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Alto "Bud" Adams Jr. of Fort Pierce is the recipient of the the 2012 Landowner of the Year award for his work with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's Youth Hunting Program of Florida.
The award was presented at the FWC's meeting recently in Lakeland. The youth program is aimed at providing quality hunting experiences for 12- to 17-year-olds to increase the number of youths involved in the tradition of hunting.
Adams, along with some of his staff at Adams Ranch, have provided the opportunity for FWC youth deer hunts on the property for the last two hunting seasons, providing three hunts to 15 youth.
"The property is known for its superb deer hunting and, besides that, offers to the youth hunters over their hunt date weekend amenities such as lodging, fishing ponds and a tree house," Youth Hunting Program coordinator Jeff Lawlor said.
Adams says he really enjoys giving hunting opportunities to youth on his family's fourth-generation working cattle ranch and loves meeting and talking at length to the kids and their parents about Florida's rich history of ranching, cows and cattle drives.
Adams has received numerous awards over the years in conservation, agriculture and cattle farming and has penned such novels as "A Cattlemen's Backcountry Florida," "A Child's Guide to Florida Wildlife," "A Florida Cattle Ranch" and "Beautiful & Rare Birds of Florida."
To find out how to become a volunteer landowner or to learn more about Florida's Youth Hunting Program of Florida, go to MyFWC.com/YHPF.