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" The competitively priced Samsung RV510 features an impressive spec list and boasts super quick speeds. The large, HD screen makes it very user friendly -the only notable downside being the lack of mouse pad scroll bar. "
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I've owned this laptop for about 3 years and I expect it to last me at least a few more! It's pretty well built, in the entire time I've owned it nothing physically broken except the charger. On other laptops I've owned keys have come off the keyboard, sockets have become unusable, etc, all in less than 2 years, but this laptop has lasted almost twice that and is still perfectly intact, despite lots of lugging it around when I moved between home and University.
I'm not particularly tech savvy but I noticed when I was looking to replace this laptop earlier this year that the processor is actually a lot better than a lot of laptops on the market at the moment, despite being over 3 years old! My problem with it was that it had begun to run very slowly, but I ended up resolving that by upgrading the RAM. There's enough room for 8GB and though putting in 4GB would be enough I added the whole 8 and now it runs like new!
The only other problem I've had with this laptop is that the laptop battery has been dead for most of the time I've owned it. It's not a big deal for me since I use it plugged in all the time anyway, but the battery will not hold a charge for longer than about 30 minutes anymore. Again, I'm sure that could be solved by simply replacing the battery if you needed to. Another thing I've had to replace is the charger, since two of mine burnt out, but it didn't cost a lot to replace.
The Samsung RV510 laptop is a straightforward 15.6" screen laptop for those who want something to write essays on or surf the web.
I owned this laptop for a little under two years.
It originally retailed for around £350 and is still available though at a lower price. I won't extensively list the specification as it takes only a few moments to search and find this and there were few different options available.
It is absolutely fine for basic usage but has some major negatives.
We had two Samsung Laptops in the house at the same time. A slightly older Samsung R530 and the RV510. The R530 is now over 4yrs old and still running well but the RV510 proved to be made of rather a flimsier construction. The first element to break was the headphone socket, followed by the touchpad mouse buttons and shortly after by the hinges which were replaced and eventually needed to have the whole monitor part replaced as the plastic where the hinges screwed in would no longer hold a screw.
The hard drive also failed quickly and needed to be replaced. Unfortunately the battery and charger also needed to be replaced making it particularly poor value for money less than 2 years usage.
I would say in general the major flaw with this laptop is that is simply has too much plastic in its construction and it's just too lightly built. The R530 feels so much more solid in comparison.
From a performance point of view it's a little under powered, often struggling with doing normal activities like streaming whilst carrying out another activity.
Overall I would not recommend buying this laptop new or second hand. There are better options if you want a lower end computer.
I have had this laptop for almost two years now and I can quite honestly say that it is one of the best laptops I have ever owned. It has been so reliable and I have never had a problem with it. If I'm honest I'm not the biggest fan of windows 8 but most laptops run off it nowadays so nothing to do with the laptop itself. The laptop is well powered and has a great graphics card on it so any games you play look great! The laptop starts up very quick and is really quiet. It is also very speedy and everything runs very quickly with minimal waiting times. If you are after a laptop for browsing and office usage this is the one for you as it is not the most costy on the market and is perfectly able the usual requirements without any problems. It is also has a very good battery on it as when it is fully charged it can last around 5 hours which is great if you're out and about !
... 12 months after buying, i had to replace the hard drive. ok for watching live streaming although will depend on broadband speed, running word processors, picture editing but struggles with video editing. it's a celeron processor so as expected. i hate the mousepad, cursor jumps and scrolls the screen unnecessarily. fan and hard drive (western digital) is pretty quiet. the back of the screen is glossy, you can happily leave your fingerprints for the CSI. stereo speakers are reasonably good. battery life is very good as well. the laptop is heavy, the bottom of the laptop gets very warm, good in winter, annoying in summer. it doesn't feel solid, feels like something's going to come off at any time. easy to replace the SATA hard drive. only bought the item as a rider on one of those mobile networks. on hindsight, the total price paid is expensive for the quality of unit. i would probably go for something else next time.
I bought this laptop two and a half years ago to take to university with me and it is still going strong, although I do think I will have to replace it within the next year or so.
The only problem I have with it this that the bottom of it can get extremely hot, which can become quite uncomfortable if you are resting the laptop on your lap, and when it is attempting to cool down it can become a bit noisy.
I have not had to replace the battery or the laptops charger in the time I've owned it, and the battery life is pretty reasonable. The only time I find the battery runs down quickly is if I am using things like youtube, or watching DVDs. Although I believe this would drain the battery quicker on almost any laptop.
Whilst not particularly suitable for gaming, I attempted to install the sims 2 on it at one point but the laptop struggled to function and the game was slow and glitchy, it is useful for generaly surfing of the internet and creating documents.
I paid approximately £215 for this laptop and for that price I would say its extremely worth its money. I've even dropped it a couple of times and never had any problems afterwards!
Specifications: (can also be found on the Samsung website)
It runs a Windows 7 operating system.
15.6" LED HD (1366 x 768) 16:9 Gloss Display
Intel GMA 4500M (Integrated Graphics)
Shared Memory (Integrated Graphics)
320GB (5400rpm S-ATA) Hard Drive (HDD)
Super Multi Dual Layer (S-ATA) (ODD)
HD (High Definition) Audio
SRS 3D Sound Effect
Mic Noise Suppression
2 Watts Stereo Speaker (1 Watts x 2)
Integrated Web Camera
Intel® Celeron® Processor T3500 (2.1GHz, 1MB)
379.6 x 255.5 x 32.6 ~ 37.4mm (14.9" x 10.0" x 1.28" ~ 1.47")
2.44kg (5.37lbs)
2GB (DDR3 / 2GB x 1) Graphic Memory
2 x SODIMM (Up to 4GB) Memory Slot
I would definitely recommend this as an everyday laptop, but would recommend something more pricey to people who are after something to use for gaming etc.
I take my hat off to the Samsung RV510 laptop. It was bought t three years ago and it is running as well now as it did then. I was very pleased when I bought it and remain very pleased now. It has really given me GREAT service.
The RV510 was and still is a brilliant piece of technology. At its heart is an Intel Pentium Dual Core Processor and an integrated Intel graphics card giving me all the processing power and graphics quality that I need. However I should point out that I am not a "gamer". There is also a 15.6 inch screen providing comfortable viewing of dvd's or movies. This is enabled by a DVD rewriter and an integrated sound system.
Its impressive memory capability, that's 3GB of RAM and a 320GB hard drive, has proved more than sufficient up until recently. Having become a prolific photographer I have had to purchase an external back- up storage device (better safe than sorry, as they say). Its operating system is Windows 7 64-bit Home Premium edition providing a pretty simple but very effective interface that can be used by anyone.
The RV510 also offers great connectivity. It comes Internet ready offering WI-Fi and a 10/100mbps Fast Ethernet ensuring a high quality connection. There are also available 3xUSB 2.0 ports to support connection of USB enabled devices. You will also find a Webcam and microphone, very useful if you are into "Skypeing".
I must mention the battery life which is good for up to 4hours and recharging, when necessary is relatively quick. Must be good for most commuting journeys! Microsoft Office is already installed and ready to go, very useful for teachers, students or office workers. If you do have to use it on your knee/lap you will soon discover that it doesn't get warm, let alone hot.
I am as happy as larry to continue with this machine. We will see who gives out first. As you might of guessed by now I give the RV510 a hearty recommendation.
After having my previous laptop for almost 4 years it finally gave up completely and thus it was time to invest in a new one. I am not one to jump into large purchases therefore I availed of my boyfriends help while searching online and eventually we landed on this. I am glad we did.
With an i3 core processor the load-up and run time is fantastic. It never lags regardless of how many tasks I am doing on it. The LCD screen, is large, bright, crisp and sharp. Images and video have never looked better or clearer. Game graphics look amazing and games load quickly. I regularly use video editing software which runs superb on this device, it loads quickly, never lags or crashes.
I bought the laptop with Windows 8 installed and while it has taken a bit of getting used to it is fantastic. It automatically knows all my details without having to enter much in and stores all apps on the home page. It comes with 2 USB ports as well as ports for SD cards, which is pretty useful to charge my phone, camera and load photos at once. And again, this doesn't seem to slow the speed of the laptop down. It also features a built in webcam and has a mass amount of space.
The keyboard is easy to use, raise slightly which I like as it gives better access to the keys. Battery life is superb. A full charge does me over a whole day.
It is also worth pointing out that I actually broke my screen on the laptop (my own fault) within a month of getting it and although the warranty states that it doesn't cover the LCD screen, Samsung did actually replace the whole laptop for me after I contacted them, which I thought was remarkable and excellent customer service. I would definitely invest in a Samsung laptop again.
i bought this laptop of ebay since m,y other one broke i think its really easy to use and its very highspeed and doesnt crash it also lets you download alot of things which is very useful i find the mouse pad a bit hard to use though because its a bit small but overall its very good the screen picture is also cvery clear and not blurry so its easy to use and the screens a reasonable size to and it ha a long lasting battery whch is handy if your out and on it
I recently bought a new laptop, a Samsung model, RV510. I bought it online, from eBay. It was from an eBay shop which is part of Argos which sells refurbished laptops. So the price was quite good and I only paid £240 for this which I think is a bargain.
I read a lot of reviews before buying this laptop as I wanted to make sure I bought the right one for me. Most of the reviews were very positive. I know that Samsung is a popular brand as well, and I have only ever good heard things about Samsung and its never let me down in the past. I also made sure the laptop had a guarantee on it before I confirmed my bid. I made a very careful well thought out decision about whether to buy this or not.
The laptop looks good. It has a shiny black lid on which looks stylish. Around where the buttons are it is silver and the buttons themselves are black. The keyboard is very easy to use and the keys are all spaced out very well and in the right places so I can type really quickly and with ease. I really like the feel of the mouse as well, which I was worrying about, as normally I don't like the mouse on laptops, but this one is actually OK.
Apart from looking good this laptop also works really well. It is quick and when you turn it on it takes less than a minute to get it to turn on. With my computer it used to take about ten minutes for it to turn on and for everything to load on, so this is very fast in comparison which is great.
This didn't come with Microsoft Office built in but I have since installed it and it works fine on here. I have also installed some PC games such as Beach Life. And I have also burned some music CD s and I didn't have to install anything new to the laptop to be able to do this so I think it must already have a CD burner built in. It also has Windows Movie Maker, Paint, and Windows Media Player built in already.
There seems to be loads of space on this laptop as I have transferred all my documents and music and pictures from my computer and they have all fit on, and there is still loads of room for more. I don't know how to find out the exact memory of this laptop but trust me that it has lots of memory as I had tons of documents etc in my libraries.
Internet explorer and firefox are both installed to this, I installed firefox myself but Internet Explorer was on here already, They both work really well but personally I think firefox is better.
Overall this is an excellent laptop and for the price I paid it is better than I expected it to be. I would definitely recommend it. I don't know much about laptops but I do know that this is a very good one.
It has 3 USB ports two are on one side and one is on the other side. This also has ports for headphones and a microphone. This also comes with a built in webcam, to find this just go to Start, then Cyberlink YouCam. It is a good webcam which takes good quality photos and you can add special effects to these photos as well, which is good fun. You can stretch out your face and make it fatter or thinner and make it look really funny. This is a great feature to the laptop, in my opinion.
Other features which are already built in include a calculator, some sample pics and music, and games. So just all the usual stuff really that you would expect to get on a laptop or computer.
Well anyway this is just from a student's point of view, nothing technical but just an opinion so hope it has been helpful to you. If you are thinking of getting a good, budget laptop to be used for home, school sort of stuff then this will do the job for you. It suits me perfectly and I would definitely recommend it. The only downside I can think of is the fact this didn't come with a battery so I always have to have it plugged in by the charger which obviously limits where I can go on it. But I could buy a battery so this isn't too big of a disadvantage.
So overall I recommend this.
hello good friends.I think For a budget laptop that one uses as a back-up, or if you're a low level user - this machine is ideal. It processes well and fast enough in my opinion.and has a large hard drive that is ideal for home working and entertainments.and has a comfortable keyboard for typing.keyboard with a cross between an isolated and traditional design. It has the wide, flat keys of an isolated keyboard but they're more tightly grouped together.another feature that is important to say is its bright screen Thanks to the LED backlight, the screen is very bright, which in turn helps colours to really make an impact.If you compare how it looks and feels to rival machines in the same category and price range - Samsung has come up with something that doesnt look or feel as nasty. Very very happy for the price - very good deal.
Sadly my beloved laptop (which I have only had for a few years) recently passed away. It now just shows me a blue light and has no life left. I didn't have much time to grieve as I needed a new laptop and quick! Having looked at various shops and prices and ratings etc. I decided on purchasing a Samsung RV510 from Argos at the price of £379.99. I thought this was a reasonable price for a laptop, a nice kind of middle price range.
=== Setting up ===
When I got this home I set it up straight away. Set up was incredibly easy and guided you through creating a password, setting up a wireless connection and other general settings. The laptop comes pre - set up with media player, a link to the internet, sticky notes (which I find incredibly handy when I need a reminder) and a trial version of Microsoft office. I purchased a product key for office and found it incredible easy to activate should you wish to do this.
===The look===
This laptop took some getting used to as it is quite different to my previous Toshiba. There is a HD widescreen which I believe is 15.6 inches. I am not a very technical person but I think that the quality of the picture on the screen is brilliant. This laptop is fairly lightweight I would say considering it is a fair sized laptop and looks very sleek when closed. The lid is a lovely shiny black with Samsung written quite simple on one side. When you open the lid you can see the widescreen with a built in webcam (which I have not yet tested), and a basic keyboard with silver surroundings. I found that the keyboard took quite a lot of getting used to. There is no space between the main keyboard and the number keys so I find I often hit a button that I didn't want to. I also found the keys themselves a little tricky to get used to. My previous laptop had buttons that were slightly slanted and so were very comfortable to use. This laptop's keys have raised squares on them which mean that I end up having to apply more pressure than previously but after some time this is not a problem as I have now become more used to this. The touch pad for the mouse is easy to use and not too sensitive. There are the usual left and right buttons, nothing special there.
=== Power and battery life ===
The plug in charger that comes with this laptop is pretty standard. The chunky part of the charger has a light which turns on when plugged in correctly which I find is a nice touch. Depending on what is being used on the laptop I find that battery life alone can last for up to 3 hours or so which I think is fairly good. There is also the option of changing the power plan which can be handy should you wish to extend battery life a little longer.
=== Sound ===
The sound on this laptop I would say is average. It is really nothing special and almost has a slight tinny effect although this doesn't bother me massively. The maximum volume is reasonable, it goes as loud as I need it to so this suits me fine.
=== Windows 7 ===
This laptop is equipped with windows 7 which I haven't used before. I find that everything is easy to navigate on the laptop although use of the internet can annoy me. When you have multiple windows up they do not come up as separate tabs at the bottom of the screen. You need to hover over the internet tab to select which window you want to view. This really irritates me as I like to be able to see very quickly exactly what I have up on view. I find the speed of the internet is fine but as I am not a very technically minded person I don't know if this is due to my internet provider, internal things inside the laptop, or a bit of both!
=== Other things ===
I find that I can often need to use lots of cables at once for the laptop, e.g. printer cable, memory stick and this laptop is well equipped with 3 usb ports. I always use wireless internet but there is a slot for a cable should you have wired internet. There is a disk drive which is pretty standard and I also believe there is a dvd/ cd writing programme on here although I have never used it and so could not comment on abilities in that sense. This laptop works very quickly and I do not have to wait very long between my actions and the laptops responses e.g. if I want to open a programme it does so very quickly. There is an option on this laptop to back up all of your files onto a sectioned off part of a drive which I think is something I desperately need to do, and is a great idea if, like me, you are a bit forgetful and don't back up your files as you should do. I am frequently notified when new updates are available although sometimes when I shut down the laptop it automatically installs these which irritates me. I would like to choose when to install them as sometimes I just need to very quickly switch my laptop off before going out somewhere and do not have the time to wait around for it to turn off.
=== Some technical bits ===
I'm not going to list specific technical things but I will mention a few. The storage has a space of 640GB on the hard drive - I have to be honest in that this doesn't mean a great deal to me but so far what I do have stored has taken up a tiny fraction of the overall space so I would say that this is a very reasonable GB for a hard drive. There is a 4GB RAM memory (again not too sure what this means , and also a 2.1Ghz processor speed. I think that this contributes to the fast running speed which I love as nothing frustrates me more than a slow running laptop.
=== Overall thoughts and would I recommend? ===
Overall, although it did take me quite some time to get used to, I think that this is a very good laptop especially for the price considering some are far more expensive. This laptop does everything I need it to do and works at a high speed which I love. I would like to choose when I would like to install updates and am not particularly keen on the way tabs show up for the internet, but I guess you can't have it all. Overall I would say this is a fantastic laptop at a reasonable price and I would recommend to anyone who just has basic needs and doesn't need it for anything particularly fancy.
Thanks for reading.
I bought this as my third laptop whilst studying for my three year degree and so far it has proved itself to be a valued member of my classes!
Not only is it sleek and stylish but it is also surprisingly light for a full sized laptop and so perfect for taking to lectures, seminars and the library. As it is more of a usual size than the small netbook machines available now I found it easy to pick up a reasonable priced snazzy laptop bag to carry it in, rather than those only available in computer shops.
I have definitely put this to the 'hardwearing test' by lugging it around everyday shoved in a bag full of books and it has resisted every bump scratch free thus far!
The glossy screen is a pleasure to look at and doesn't have that glare that some screens give off that give headaches. As its quite large, its good for watching DVDs between writing essays!
The only downside is, it has an inbuilt camera which may encourage parents to video call you, which means tidying your room!
We have had many laptops/pcs the last two years, my son broke one screen, other the connection for the battery broke and the the pc...Well it was just old :P
I am not that technical so needed something that wouldn't confuse the hell outta me. So my partner bought this for us, and i must say he has made a great choice :D
Fast start up a must as i am rather a impatient person and this day and age we are all so busy who has the time to sit and wait for the laptop to load up!
Brightly lit as well, great display quality for watching HD disney movies with the son.
Not too heavy either, i reguarly need to take the laptop to and from the kitchen, on the train and doesn't break my arm in the process.
Intergrated webcam, not used it yet so can't comment on this i have no need for it but very useful if i do need to use it as no need to buy a webcam to try stick on the top and keep sliding off.
Battery life, its ok about average i would say if browsing. Gets eaten quickly if your watching films.
Applications load up quickly, i like the tabs and how you can switch quickly and swiftly between two on a browser. Even move them to their own or together again.
Sound quality not all that great in my opinion. Not that loud and sounds a bit tinny at times.
I enjoy using computers and have purchased and used many computers so last year i decided to purchase a cheap e-system laptop and just shy of £200. I broke this by accident and therefore decided to purchase a new laptop... the Samsung Rv510. In argos they have the Rv510 and an upgrade to it again called the Rv510, i purchased the upgrade which basically meant 4gb of ram over 3 for just shy of £400.
Set up
Setting the laptop up was exteremly easy and it was suprisingly very basic to set up where i think anyone, even with little knowledge could set one up. It took little under 10minutes to completely set up and the built in wireless adaptor was very quick to connect to my bt home hub.
Ability to perform
The upgrade i have features a good 4gb of ram which in anybodys view is VERY GOOD and is more than enough and together with the 2.1ghz processor it is very easy to play games, listen to music and make a skype/msn video call... with the built in webcam which is very well positioned in the centre.
Battery life
The battery life on this laptop i have found to be excellent and have made a 2 hour journey to and 2 hour journey back in a car with music playing full blast and it has lasted so in my view the battery life is anywhere from 3hours to 5 hours however if you decrease the brightness of the screen and decrease the volume the laptop will last a lot longer.
The features on this laptop are very good as it comes with : McAfee VirusScan, Samsung Battery Life Extender, SAMSUNG Support Center, Samsung Recovery Solution, Samsung Easy Network Manager, Samsung Easy Display Manager, Samsung Easy Speed Up Manager, CyberLink Youcam and Microsoft Office 2010 Starter. Also it comes with a 60 day free trial of norton anti virus which is very handy however i recomend download free anti virus software.
Operating system
The Samsung Rv510 comes with windows 7 home premium 64 bit which in my opinion is very easy to use and will not let you down when it comes to navigating your way around.
The graphics are also very good and in most cases it feels high definition with it's 15.6 inch screen it is wide enough to watch movies and is good enough to play nearly all computer games.
Additional information
The Samsung Rv510 features a 4 in 1 card reader supporting : SD Memory Card, MultiMediaCard, SDHC Memory Card, SDXC Memory Card. It has a large 320gb hard drive which is very good and is capeable of holding over 400 feature length films. It has a 3.5mm headphone jack which is usefull as many headphones are 3.5mm and they are very cheap also the sound quality in the earphones is rather impressive. The speakers are high definition and the laptop also has SRS 3D Sound you can tell the sound is decent because the speakers are very good quality and the sound level is brilliant also when you plug additional speakers into the laptop they can be made VERY loud so this laptop can definatly boast its sound system. Also it has 3 usb ports which i suppose is enough however most laptops do come with 4 but 3 is plenty.
Execllent laptop has never let me down and was well worth the £400 if you can get cheaper which by now im sure you can it is well worth it but be sure to purchase the upgrade with 4gb ram. The features are brillaint and the graphics and sound are of an excellent quality. It is a reasonable weight and is definatly not flimsy whilst the black and silver design look stunning. The mouse is very responsive and i do not care what anyone else says it is not hard to use the track pad mouse as it is just brilliant. It never over heats like some laptops and the processer is just excellent. Anybody after a new laptop should definatly consider the Samsung Rv510 it will not let you down!


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Kyocera Echo on the Fringe of stardom
The show takes place in 2026 which makes us wonder if the Fringe team was so busy that they didn't bother to upgrade the device to Watermelon.
source: Engadget
23 Comments
1. JaimeCarlos (Posts: 25; Member since: 17 Feb 2011)
Now that's advertising! Business has only two functions - marketing and innovation, and marketing is what you do when your product is not so good.
- "There is more similarity in the marketing challenge of selling a precious painting by Degas and a frosted mug of root beer than you ever thought possible" -
5. BaiGanyo (Posts: 308; Member since: 07 Feb 2011)
What a stupid statement. So any product anyone has ever heard of because of marketing is not good? Last I checked, most companies want to sell more of whatever they provide, and marketing helps do that. I saw a Mercedes commercial in a magazine today.... they must be desperate eh?
12. JaimeCarlos (Posts: 25; Member since: 17 Feb 2011)
Don't take it literally. I was just making an statement based in a good read and study of Edwin Herbert Land (scientist and inventor, co-founder of the Polaroid Corporation) and Adolph Alfred Taubman (described by CBS News as a "legend in retailing").
You are correct indeed, but my comment was focused in Kyocera Echo's lack of success. So it was a statement based on circumstances and applied as a relative truth.
Anyway, thanks for your observation, next time I'll try to write it clearer.
21. E (unregistered)
Sounds like BaiGanyo needs to read a book!
8. snowgator (Posts: 3609; Member since: 19 Jan 2011)
I see sooo many TV shows with "cleaver product placement", I can not understand why it would bother anyone any more. It is kind of a sport- can you name the phone they show as "The Mentalist" gets a call, can you name the Tablet as the "Criminal Minds" team gathers around the conference table...
9. Lucas777 (Posts: 2137; Member since: 06 Jan 2011)
as a faithful mentalist watcher, i have never seen product placement of phones... they product place cars a lot... and i think tv shows focus on the cars more than electronics... there
2. Lucas777 (Posts: 2137; Member since: 06 Jan 2011)
haha watermelon... im pretty sure thats wp7... wudnt it be waffles?
3. luis_lopez_351 (Posts: 951; Member since: 18 Nov 2010)
what is fringe? lol
7. fringefan (unregistered)
Its a TV show on Fox every fridays. It's quite amazing
10. Lucas777 (Posts: 2137; Member since: 06 Jan 2011)
not nearly as good as LOST though
13. JaimeCarlos (Posts: 25; Member since: 17 Feb 2011)
It would have been hell of funny if some smartphone appeared on LOST :)
14. Lucas777 (Posts: 2137; Member since: 06 Jan 2011)
haha ya the others wud definitely whip out a droid
16. NorCal (unregistered)
"hell of"? Damn... I suppose you are not from Northern Califronia. It is Hella. Try Again
17. luis_lopez_351 (Posts: 951; Member since: 18 Nov 2010)
Its actually Plenty, Very or a lot B.t.w. Use proper grammar if your going to reflect Northern California instead of making us look ghetto like your personal self. P.S. i Know what fringe is, But it seems that its rating are going down...like myspace lol.
18. Lucas777 (Posts: 2137; Member since: 06 Jan 2011)
anyways nobody says norcal... its all about socal
20. luis_lopez_351 (Posts: 951; Member since: 18 Nov 2010)
South California really??? the reason California is in Debt because of Stupid L.A. and San Diego (Crime, illegal immigrants, corrupt people)??? Wheres your Brain???? PLUS without North Cal where would all your water come from(California water comes from the northern Sierra Mt.'s because the stupid ass Southern Mt.'s are protected and you hardly have mountains, mostly dry deserts)? where would all your food come from(Most food comes from the Sacramento and San Joaquin Valley excluding your polluted Berkly Fresno and other crappy farms South cal has) where would all your Equipment come from (Most of the exports from Other places come to the Bay area, SF SJ Oak. Because again L.A. and San Diego ports are protected for Tourist) and Guess How does California make money??? By Exporting Food from the Valley and Technology From the Bay area not your stupid Hollywood movies. Also did you Know Norther Cal Tried to Separate Ourselves from the southern part(Its called Compromise of 1850). We tried 27 times but congress stopped us because your lame ass southern part was too dependent on us. I hope we do a 28th try and succeed and put you uneducated crime starters(Applys to all races in the south) out of business.
22. JackFace (Posts: 190; Member since: 03 Nov 2009)
Thanks for the history lesson?
26. Lucas777 (Posts: 2137; Member since: 06 Jan 2011)
ya dude where would u be without la? and anyways its orange country for the win... but honestly, la IS california... and so if we did split, you guys would be exactly like oregon... how do u like oregon? cause i like malibu...
4. BaiGanyo (Posts: 308; Member since: 07 Feb 2011)
Marketing is what you do whether your product is good or not.
6. skymitch89 (Posts: 1384; Member since: 05 Nov 2010)
That would be funny if the "W" version of Android was Watermelon.
11. vvelez5 (Posts: 623; Member since: 29 Jan 2011)
By 2026 I would think Sprint would of been bought out by Verizon
15. axllebeer (Posts: 271; Member since: 05 Apr 2011)
I'm a Sprint customer and let me tell you something...
I totally agree lol.
19. cheeseycheeser (Posts: 413; Member since: 24 Mar 2011)
I think its silly to be using a current smartphone on a show set in the future, that would be like a tv how set now using a phone from 1996...

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Traditional ethical rules governing preservation of evidence have spawned many new challenges for companies and their counsel in this digital age. The task of identifying and preserving diverse and voluminous data in anticipation of litigation requires much more than just good intentions. The multiple sources and vast universe of potentially relevant electronically stored information (ESI) provide myriad opportunities to err. Lawyers must expend extra care and effort to fulfill legal and ethical duties surrounding the preservation of evidence.
E-discovery sanctions have reached an all-time high and lawyers are often the targets. Failure to preserve electronic evidence is the most common reason for sanctions awards. The following is a practical guide to ensure ethical preservation. It is important to remember that perfection in preservation is often unattainable, but with careful attention to and documentation of the following steps, attorneys can maximize compliance and minimize sanction risks.
1. Know your e-discovery, or call in lawyers who do. E-discovery is still a new area of law for most lawyers, involving technology outside of their usual skill set and training. Nevertheless, attorneys have an obligation to educate their clients, and themselves, when providing counseling and supervision during data identification and preservation. In addition, Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(f) requires lawyers to understand, and discuss competently, their clients' electronic systems, data storage, accessibility and steps taken during preservation. This obligation requires attorney competence in e-discovery generally, and specifically with regard to the ESI potentially relevant to a particular matter. Outsourcing these obligations to vendors or inexperienced junior attorneys without close supervision is not an option under the ethical rules.
2. Guard against the destruction of potentially relevant data. The duty of fairness prohibits an attorney from concealing or destroying evidence. ABA Model Rule 3.4 requires fair access to evidence without alteration, obstruction or evasive tactics. In e-discovery terms, this means the defensible and systematic identification, preservation and production of potentially relevant non-privileged ESI. Attorneys must investigate and counsel clients on the search and preservation process. They should carefully document investigation and preservation, and retain that documentation, to prove the thoroughness and reasonableness of the process. Beware of any preservation that may alter the ESI (including potentially relevant metadata) or is haphazard in implementation.
3. Disclose relevant non-privileged information, without producing privileged material. With the voluminous amounts of ESI often involved in litigation today, and the imperfections of human review, it is almost impossible to conduct perfect screening for relevance and privilege. However, proper training of reviewers, project management, quality control and use of the latest e-discovery technology can greatly reduce the incidence and risk of errors. Just in case, it is generally a good idea to agree to a privilege non-waiver order, subject to the protections of F.R.E. 502.
Metadata, the "hidden" information that accompanies ESI, can pose additional challenges. Like other data, it may contain responsive, confidential and/or privileged material, but unlike other data, it can be harder to see and review. Production of metadata without proper privilege screening could result in irreversible disclosure of privileged information. (In Amersham Biosciences Corp. v. PerkinElmer, Inc., for example, the plainff did not take "sufficiently reasonable precautions" to avoid inadvertent disclosure of privileged documents).
Counsel also should be aware of the potential for "metadata mining" by litigation adversaries. Ethical opinions on this issue run the full spectrum from prohibiting data mining entirely to allowing full access and use of this information. Based on the confusing and conflicting opinions on metadata mining, lawyers producing or receiving ESI should familiarize themselves with the rules governing these issues wherever they are practicing.
4. Manage the process and the client. Model Rule 1.2 requires lawyers to abide by client decisions during representation. But that duty is subordinate to a lawyer's ethical obligations, including the obligation to preserve and produce relevant evidence. Counsel should not simply defer to a client's IT or records personnel to handle preservation. Rather, both inside and outside counsel should ensure that the client takes, and documents, adequate and proper steps. Due diligence may require not simply taking at face value everything that a client representative may say about the location of relevant evidence and its being preserved or collected. ESI issues can be complicated; typically no one individual has first hand knowledge of all of the relevant facts, and many lawyers have been burned by accepting what they hear from a client representative or IT person who may not have performed a full and adequate investigation, or may be mistaken about some of the relevant facts
5. Cooperate with your adversaries to address e-discovery issues. The 2006 amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure require parties and their lawyers to be proactive and forthcoming about e-discovery. Courts increasingly expect and demand cooperation with opposing counsel on e-discovery issues. This represents a major shift for experienced litigators who may have learned that zealous representation requires a more adversarial approach that minimizes free disclosures. Experienced litigators are learning, however, that cooperation and reasonableness usually benefit their own clients in the long run. Cooperation fosters trust and efficiencies that can greatly reduce costs for all concerned, while failure to cooperate can lead to nightmarish results. (In Pippins v. KPMG, for example, the court upheld denial of motion to limit preservation due to a perceived lack of cooperation in the discovery process.
In summary, attorneys should approach all discovery preservation matters in a proactive, energetic, cooperative and practical manner. Counsel must actively address preservation with their clients and should discuss issues of scope, cost, metadata, production formats and related issues openly with clients, opposing counsel and courts. To butcher an old adage, this is truly an area in which a few ounces of preservation can save many pounds of sanctions.


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Chicago examiner vol xv no 152 a m saturday Chicago june 16 1917 saturday borbteni t>t*-m"fr tw,t ppwpfi in Chicago elsewberb 0 8 paunt office mrtuxjju lw i.x-_ni*s antiscburbs three cents — ■loan exceeds 2,700,000,000 Chicago gives 330,000,000 ibm swamped iii flood mcadoo announcing overbuying j urges committees to be ready j for new call which may puj closing date september 3v bulletin h the Chicago federsl reserve djh trict has subscribed 323.000,0<oth according to official tabulated but^h incomplete reports issued from the 1 Chicago federal reserve bank ear ly this rrorning officials estimated the tabulated count would be com plete by 10 o'clock to-day and would show a total of more than 330,000,000 the total figure from Chicago early to-day were 162,000,000 washington june 15 the ' american people have f 1 sponded to the governra6ut'?^b call for funds to finance the war.^h with an over-subscription to the 2 ooo.ofto.onn liberty loan of proportions ■i so huge that officials are buried be m neatu a landslide of untabulated re i turns j^m no man could say to-night how great had been the nation's answer apparently it was overwhelmingly i beyond the most sanguine hopes of m treasury officials though not one of the twelve federal reserve banks regional headquarters of the loan m could hazard more than an estimated of its total estimate 2,630,000,000 m may reach 3,000,000,000 bj the estimate hov.pver showed ■subscription of 2,712,600,000 tbeh final count may reach 3,000,000,000 following are the estimates com piled from tabulations made in sach vj federal district up to midnight v dlatrirt mlh«,ti|l(la«.^b new york l,030,00o,(mulfl philadelphia soo.ooo.owb boaton . richmond 10:i,<mk>,00ch atlnnta mi(»,im>i-^b t'hicaeo 3s:t,<nw,000 ■clcvdnnd ss4,««0,000 fl st louis no.ooo.uoo 1 mluncnpnlln 2,000,000 kanuih c«r 100,(hm»,000 dallas 47,000,000 son frnnclkoo 0().(«ml.(hm j total 2.712,800,000 ■consider second loan at same rate will be e'asy ■other treasury offit i is declared i that the spontaneous response ofl 1 the country to the liberty loan den^b i onstrated conclusively that a sai^h ond loan of even a larger amoun^h could be floated under conditioj^b identical with those surrounding a present issue it was stated that it would nofh necessary to raise tho interest rfl i which on the present loan is jh \ per cent in order to dispose of i i other two billions in record tlmal in the country's ringing ansvrafl the call the dominant note wataf voice of the small investor '- money talked this last day f ■lodge and reed fight despotic war rule assail preferential shipping bill wilson wants as menace to business charge discrimina tion would result washington june 15 the powers allowed president wilson under the preferen tial shipment bill were assailed hy senators lodge o massachusetts and reed of missouri to-day in the sen ate the executive was defended by senator newlands of nevada i uave not charged nor do i charge or insinuate now reed said answer ing newlands tliat if we grant these pov/ers to the president he is going to set up a despotism and try to per petuate himself as a despot but i nevertheless say you cannot grant these powers without infring ing on the constitutional liberties of the people without disrupting the business of the united states with out setting up petty despots and dic tators and that is un-american and undemocratic and i will add the word infamous " newlands willing to fight prussia with prussianism senator newlands in charge of the preferential shipment bill said let us di&miss these pictures of the despot the man on horseback and the octopus let us no longer talk of despots let us rival the efficiency of the executive branch of the government under the lead ership of mr wilson let us parallel that efficiency that is being displayed by the council of national defense and the advisory commission by prompt and speedy action here let us give the commander-in chief the powers that are essen tial to the successful conduct of the war and let us adjourn and let the commander-in-chief conduct the war instead of having his eye turned away from scenes of con tention abroad to scenes of con tention here at home if we have to prussianize amer ica to beat prussia i am willing to do it puts all in danger of discrimination i thought so replied reed senator lodge picked as his target section 2 of the bill which provides that whenever in his the presi dent judgment such action is nec u s weather forecast ■"■«■____________ — ■Chicago and vicinity fair saturday and probably sunday riaiug temperature moderate southerly winds mpbrat__b for twentlt-finir hours ending 2 a m ; highest i lowest _«; average 40 norma temperature for the day 66 deficiency of temperature since january 1 220 precipil ntiun for twenty-four hours endinz at t p m 0.01 deficiency of precipitation tiooe january 1 2.75 relative humidity 7 a j 8 2 p m 60 7 p m cbo barometric pressure reduced to sea lerel 7 a m 80.16 7p m 30.25 { c-_rl to-day 4:14 kim_»t tbi complete coie____t report oil fein lt i i kaiser pledges mailed fist to regain greece amsterdam june 15.—em peror william has sent to a greek diplomat of greece for transmission to former kink con stantine of greece the following telegram : i assure you that your dep rivation can be only tempo rary the mailed fist of ger many with further aid from almighty god will restore you to your throne of which no man by right can rob you the armies of germany and germany's allies will wreak vengeance on those who have dared so insolently to lay their criminal hands on you we hope to welcome you in germany at the earliest oppor tunity a thousand cordial greetings^from your william 70,000 draft in two weeks first contingent to go into regu lar army and second in na tional guard washington june 15 the ranks of the regular army will receive the first draft under the selective con scription law to bring the army to war strength the second draft will be used to fill the ranks of the national guard and the third and largest draft will be to furnish the national army of 625,000 which will go into training september 1 to prepare for european service july 1 the limit july 1 has been set as the limit in which the regular army must be brought to war strength the regu lar army lacked nearly 70,000 to-day of war strength and from the present rate of recruiting the ranks will be about 50,000 short on july 1 the national guard was short 101 000 of war strength to-day and is filling its ranks at about the rate of 1,400 a day since the guard is not to be called out for more than a month there is time for stimulated recruiting the total number to be drafted on the first drawing ls about 725,000 the exact number depending on the result of tho next few weeks recruiting train at army camps decision to utilize the first men drawn by conscription for the regu lar army means that these men will not be sent to training camps in their own localities for training with men from their own neighborhoods but will be sent to one of the army posts where the regular army is being ex panded by the organization of fifty one new regiments the men taken in the second draw ing for the national guard will be sent to training camps in the south men drawn for both these arms of the service probably will be sent to france before the men drawn for the v national army are sent abroad reverses vampire and slays herself a fool there was and she lowered her pride even as you and i to a bunch of conceit and a masculine hide we saw the fault that could not be denied but the fool saw only his manly side even as vou and i kansas city june 16 this para phrase of kipling's vampire was found to-day beside the body of miss charlotte hefter twenty-two with a bullet wound ln the heart lying in a clump of weeds the body lay not mbre than a dozen steps from the home of frank hope a youth with whom according to his jarentti the ewoman^^slljjfl mi britain frees irish rebels in peace bie bonar law announces amnesty to sinn fein prisoners to help convention success hopes generous act will assist in solving problem conciliation of american opinion is seen london june 15 — all the prison ers fa-ken in the irish rebellion eas ter sunday 1916 will be released andrew bonar law announced ln commons to-day to aid in the success of the irish convention mr bonar law said the government has felt the ap proaching session of the conven tion ih which irishmen themselves will meet to settle the difficult problem of the future administra tion of their country will mark a new era in the relations between ireland the united kingdom and the empire in these circumstances the srov ernment have decided they cannot give better earnest of the spirit ln which they approach the conven tion than by removing one of the main causes of the serious misun derstanding is peace offering they have decided therefore on the release without reservation of all prisoners in confinement in con nection with the recent rebellion in ireland in recommending to the king grants of general amnesty the gov ernment had been inspired by the hope their action will be welcomed in a spirit of magnanimity and that the convention will enter upon its arduous undertaking in circum stances that will constitute a good augury for the reconciliation which is the desire of all parties mr bonar law's announcement was received with cheers joseph devlin expressed his grati tude irish are jubilant dublin june 15 news of the government's decision to release the irish prisoners created the greatest enthusiasm here the irish prisoners who will be freed include john mac neill professor of irish history in dublin university and the countess markiewlcz serving life sentences in english jails mercier thanks u s in letter to wilson washington june 15 cardinal mercier of belgium has sent an auto graph letter to president wilson often since the commencement of the war says the letter i have had the desire to express to the people of the united states of whom you are the highest representative my grate ful sentiments you have been prod igal to us of your sympathy of your help of your devotion read wilson speech balfour tells britain london june 15 — in a speech before the beilgl • relief committee to-day arthur j balfour advised all british to read pre-ident wilson's flag day address balfour said the speech was justification of this great alliance of nations wilson pardons 5,000 on suspendedsentence washington june 15 nearly 5.000 persons at liberty under sus pended sentences imposed by federal courts were granted full amnesty and pardon by president wilson in a proclamation to-day under a su preme court decision such persons would havo had to return to custody to-morrow i _ ' british win 2 victories on 20-mile line push on to warneton along both banks of ypres canal smash ing stroke wins on arras front haig advances 5(/o to 1,000 yards southeast of messines ger mans lose heavily in resistance london june 15 — british arms were victorious to-day on two vital sectors of the western front while general plumer was making further gains toward warneton in belgium field marshal haig deliv ered a heavy blow at the von hin denburg line northwest of buueeourt with the offensive of marshal haig revived vigorously to the south of arras the british have extended the front of the general battle now being fought twenty miles furious resistance costs germans dearly the germans put up a tremendous resistance to tho new spurt of the british around bullecourt and suf fered heavy casualties marshal haig however achieved the imme diate objectives the war office an nounced to-night his goal is cam brai general plumer's second army ls closing in on warneton from both the north and the south in the north the british are hammering their way down both banks of the tpres-co mines canal on the seven-mile front from the warnave river to the klein zillebeke the british line was ad vanced from 500 to 1,000 yards and they are now astride the canal south east of messines the german war office officially admitted to-day the withdrawal of german troops from hollebeke to the river douve and also to the eouth west of warneton forced withdrawal shown by prisoners that this was a forced withdrawal ls shown by the fact that the british captured only 150 prisoners along the entire line of their advance pushing down the ypres-comlnes canal on both banks of the water way the british attacked heavily to both the south and east of messines the battle was really a rearguard action in force the british took one big gun seven machine guns and prisoners and gained all the immedi i ate objectives mother and daughter kidnaped by u-boat new york june 15 — a story of the brutality of the commander of a german u-boat was related yes terday by captain charles e penno well master of the schooner francis m sunk on may 18 an american consul told me said the captain that after sinking a british steamer near gibraltar the commander of the u-boat ordered the wife and fourteen-year-old daughter of the captain aboard the submarine the captain of the steamer and his crew of thirty men tn the life boats were then killed by the u-boat's guns baron rhondda made british food dictator london june 15 — baron rhond da president of the local govern ment board has succeeded viscount devonport resigned as food control ler it was announced in commons to day baron rhondda before his eleva tion to i the peerage ln u>l6 was david a thomas known as the brl | spain in midst of revolution london hears london june 16 rumors of a serious revolutionary move ment in spain are given promi nence in a section of the press there has been an almost com plete absence of news from the peninsula since the appointment of the new ministry headed by eduardo dato there has been serious dissension between the army and civil circles armour 500,000 for red cross drive for chicago's portion of 100,000,000 fund in the nation begins _ _■i _■! i 1 i red cross week will begin mon day when a national campaign to raise a war fund of 100,000,000 will be launched chicago's share is %%, 000,000 with the slogan fight or give the red cross war council at wash ington asks funds to provide adequate medical care for the american con tingent in europe support of sol diers dependents in america and refugees in the war zone the lesson of the spanish-ameri can war inspired the movement and the entire nation has the opportunity to assist in preventing suffering and death which resulted from negligence and inefficiency in 1898 armour gives 500,000 j ogden armour made the initial subscription here he will give 500 000 if the entire 100,000,000 is raised other large subscriptions are in sight it was announced yesterday by tho local execuove committee of which frank o wettnore president of the first national bank is presi dent stanley field is vice chairman and the other members are h m bylles by robert j thome william wrig ley jr and marquis eaton chairman of the Chicago chapter of the red cross twenty-one prominent citizens will head the teams of 210 men who be gin their soliciting campaign mon day an auxiliary team of 250 men headed by e h williams starts later in the week captains are named the other team captains are a r bone john burnham ruch c butler e f carry rufus c dawes h w fenton james b forgan e r gra ham george higginson jr e d hul bert d f kelly charles k knick erbocker john r maun john j mitchell john w o'leary william nelson pelouzc george m reynolds george e scott george l shaman b e sunny and edward p swift follow-up letters posters slides ln motion picture theaters newspaper advertising in which nearly all large advertisers have agreed to assist and twenty illuminated posters nine feet high and twenty feet long ln strate gic positions all over the city will ! figure in the publicity mr wriglcy ' will direct this activity with 1.000.000 men in service oc tober 1 the red cross liltely will be called on to spend 350,000 a month for relief of the fighting men's fam ilies and with 2,500,000 ln service by january 1 1918 875,000 a mon.%i will be required this statement was made yesterday by eugene t lies assistant director general of the civilian relief depart ment of the red cross the american people would show themselves unfit to enjoy the bless ings of democracy if they sent sol diers and sailors to the front and • then permitted their families to fight want at ho_c he d.olored i u.s ship afire sinks fighting u-boat and tanker exchange 350 shots german commander congratulates the american captain on his splendid battle washington june - 15 out of the german submarine zone to-day came the story of the most thrilling sea fight of the war one of the ships engaged was the american tanker moreni the other a german submarine an official report by the state de partment says tho department of state is in formed of the sinking of the amer ican tank steamer moreni about 6 o'clock on the morning of june 12 after a two-hour running fight by a german submarine battle starts at 8,000 yards the vessel was first fired upon from an estimated distance of 8,000 yards at 4 o'clock the steamer which was armed and carried a gun crew returned the shots and attempted to escape there was a light breeze and smooth seas the submarine was hardly visible after 158 shots in reply to some 200 shots fired by the submarine the crew abandoned the vessel which was all ablaze taking to the lifeboats in a fiery sea an oiler edward cunningham of brooklyn was drowned while es caping to a boat wireless oper ator g curran jr of new york died of heart failure in the life boat and the seaman e moustner • was injured by gun fire and died in a lifeboat fireman a geeisen also died of wounds these last two were treated by the surgeon of the submarine , u-boat commander congratulates captain the german submarine captain congratulated the american captain upon the splendid fight he had made half an hour after the vessel was sunk the crew was picked up by a passing steamer forty-three of tho original crew of forty-seven were landed six of these were slightly hurt and placed in a hos pital all the gunners were saved ! the action of the submarine com mander in treating his vanquished opponents with such unexpected courtesy was the subject of much comment germany has proclaimed her inten tion to treat british armed merchant crews as pirates in tills case even the naval blue jackets and their of ficer properly prisoners of war were set free along with the merchant crew the moreni a tank steamer of 045 tons gross owned by the standard oil company of new york sailed from here may 1 for baton rouge la when she departed may 12 for leghorn italy she was last report ed at gibraltar june 12 the day she i was eunli^^a ___ -*■-■_, nation awake ready for war is official view washington june 15 an official statement issued late this evening said a stronger manifestation that america has awakened and is ready to make sacrifices equal to those of her allies in the war and proportionately greater than those made by her enemy than is shown in the figures of the loans made by great britain and ger many could not be had without a long casualty list without a warship lost or a sol dier slain in lattle without a uniformed enemy upon her land america in answering the call of her chief executive responded more heartily more generously than has any people ever before responded in thirty days she oversub scribed the biggest loan in the history of the nation it was big ger by miilons of dollars than the first loan of any of the belligerent nations of europe or asia pershing is on way to front last day in paris spent in offi cial calls and visit to grave of la fayette paris june 16 — major general john j pershing commander of the american military forces in france will leave for the fighting front to morrow he spent his last day in paris in making official calls paying a visit to marshal joffre with whom he had luncheon and visiting the senate he also visited picpus cemetery where he placed a wreath on the tomb of lafayette during his visit to the senate to day there were scenes of enthusiasm similar to those that took place in the chamber of deputies yesterday the senators stood when gene#_l pershing appeared in the diplomatic box accompanied by william graves sharp the american ambassador and applauded him several minutes the general had to bow his acknowledg ments repeatedly m ribot the premier alluded to the presenco of the distinguished american soldier and called on for eign minister vlviani to address the senate m vivian speaking at first with restraint launched with beauty of expression into an oration in which he described tho rofusal of the united states to see the ideals of civilization of democracy and of right in battle with destructive forces without tak ing her part which he declared was it great and noble part at the close of ilia address all the members of the senate stood and turning again toward general persh ing clapped their hands and shouted vive les etats unls general pershing rose and bowed sereraj times before the demonstra tion subsided rockefeller gives 1,000,000 to w u st locis june 15 — the general education board founded by john d rockefeller has written its check for 1,000,000 and will mail it in a few days to washington university for uso ln financing research in surgery and medicine louis hill in court 4 hours fails as juror st paul june 15 — louis w hill president of the great northern rail road was forced to sit in court for hours this afternoon and listen to attorneys question talesmen sum moned for the selection of a ury in a murder trial then he was re jected a-^kjuror __ i ■■continued on 4th page sth column d6-0.000.000 n e epep q**fo — _^~ ' _ ., — 1
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Chicago examiner vol xv no 152 a m saturday Chicago june 16 1917 saturday borbteni t>t*-m"fr tw,t ppwpfi in Chicago elsewberb 0 8 paunt office mrtuxjju lw i.x-_ni*s antiscburbs three cents — ■loan exceeds 2,700,000,000 Chicago gives 330,000,000 ibm swamped iii flood mcadoo announcing overbuying j urges committees to be ready j for new call which may puj closing date september 3v bulletin h the Chicago federsl reserve djh trict has subscribed 323.000,0
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Editorial: Santom Dexim Attacked Cancer Victims' Families to Push Snake Oil at CES
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Scientifically baseless lies and attacks are inexcusable; CEA should take note and ban Santor/Dexim
2014 Consumer Electronics Show
(CES 2014) has come and gone and there's plenty to be excited about. But after a week of reflection I feel compelled to speak out about something I saw at the opening "Unveiled" event.
I. Digital Snake Oil
The culprit was Shenzhen, China-based
Santom Ltd.
-- a company who also goes by the name "Dexim" (maybe they're two different companies, but in the Americas, the company's full name is "dexim Santom USA Inc." At the Unveiled event they made the sensational claim to have a product that protects you from:
bone cancer
skin cancer
... and more!
How do they do this? They put a cover on the back of your cell phone with a battery in it!
.... uh, wait what?
Clearly this Chinese gadget maker who has an Americas outpost in Ontario, Canada is counting on its target audience (Apple, Inc. (
) iPhone 5/5S owners) to be gullible. I take that back -- they're counting on them to be glaringly gullible.
Their "XPowerSkin" appears -- in my professional opinion -- to be a handy backup battery and a passable bumper, but its maker is using lies to try to generate interest and push a cheap product to be sold at a higher unit fee.
Someone call Sweet Brown -- a Chinese company claims cell phones cause bronchitis.
I'm disappointed that the show organizer (the
Consumer Electronics Association
(CEA)) would invite Santom if they were aware of its pitch. But I'd imagine the weren't.
Let be clear. It's utter fear-mongering malarkey to suggest that smartphone, tablets, or any other form of wireless devices cause this laundry list of cancers. Even
among wireless fearmongers
, the kinds of claims Santom is making are extremely uncommon.
II. Electricity != Nuclear Decay
It appears the "engineers" over at Santom Ltd. must have slept through high school biology and physics, or they would have learned:
Radiofrequency waves are electromagnetic fields, and unlike ionizing radiation such as X-rays or gamma rays, can neither break chemical bonds nor cause ionization in the human body.
Those aren't my words -- they're the words of the
World Health Organization
(WHO) -- one of the medical field's most reputable international authorities. The WHO
A large number of studies have been performed over the last two decades to assess whether mobile phones pose a potential health risk. To date, no adverse health effects have been established as being caused by mobile phone use.... research has not been able to provide support for a causal relationship between exposure to electromagnetic fields and self-reported symptoms, or "electromagnetic hypersensitivity".
esults of animal studies consistently show no increased cancer risk for long-term exposure to radiofrequency fields.
The largest retrospective case-control study to date on adults, Interphone, coordinated by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), was designed to determine whether there are links between use of mobile phones and head and neck cancers in adults..... there was no consistent trend of increasing risk with greater duration of use. The researchers concluded that biases and errors... prevent a causal interpretation.
In other words scientists say there's
no evidence that cell phones or Wi-Fi are causing brain cancer
by beaming waves through your skull.
When most of us who passed high school science hear "radiation" in the context of disease, we think of ionizing radiation from radioactive isotopes. Ionizing radiation
of course
can cause enormous damage including leukemia, lung damage (ephysema), skin cancer, etc. Again that's ionizing radiation -- the kind you might encounter while playing with plutonium, drinking a nuka cola, or rushing out of your bunker to try to save a teenager during an atom bomb test.
But ionizing radiation by no means isthe same as nonionizing radiation, more commonly refered to as low-energy electromagnetic waves/signals. Comparing low-energy electromagnetic waves to ionizing radiation (which includes both particle and high energy EM waves) is like saying the Earth is a star. It's ignorant, it's wrong, it's just plain stupid.
Santom-dexim was advertising wireless speakers right next to pamphlets blaming cancer victims families for supposedly causing the disease with their cell phones.
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Even Santom-dexim seems to realize this. Not only did they use CES as a platform for this baseless fearmongering campaign, in an epically hypocritical twist -- ready your facepalm -- they were also promoting wireless Bluetooth-enabled stereo speakers right next to their fliers telling you that wireless signals cause cancer
III. Sometimes, Bad Science Can Get Personal
At the event where they were handing out these fliers I confronted dexim Santom's employees. I informed them: "You do realize there's no scientific evidence that cell phones cause cancer?"
The dexim Santom representative responded, but refused to back down from his company's claims. In broken English he argued that "everyone knows" cell phones are "bad for the health".
To his understanding the causative mechanism was chips inside the phone "getting hot". He claimed the signals and heat triggered cancer and that the rubber case with its lithium ion battery somehow blocks those foul cancer rays.
I was fighting leukemia before I or anyone else in my family ever got a cell phone contract.
[Image Source: Mayo Clinic]
Normally I would laugh off such fantastically ridiculous claims. But when you start to attack the victims you've sunk to a bizarre new low, and you should faces consequences.
Believe me, I'm not one to cry foul or preach political correctness very often. I'm a staunch supporter of free speech. And that's why on the off occasion where I see truly hateful, snake oil like this I arm myself against it with words as my weapon.
Am I taking all this a bit personally? You bet I am. I am a cancer survivor. A little over ten years ago, after my freshman year of college I found myself unexpectedly in a war. My body was destroying itself. After being tested for everything from the flu to Lyme disease, I found myself diagnosed with acute myelogenous leukemia (AML).
Sound medicine and good science saved my life from a terrible disease and I will never forget that. Today my health has never been better. Last year I ran my first marathon.
When you lie and blame patients' cancer on the victims and their families, you deserve to be condemned. [Image Source: CARE | Karen's Blog]
But as good as I have it, I will never be able to fully forget seeing many people who were not as young or lucky as I was. Many of my hospital ward neighbors during those days of IVs and hospital gowns didn't make it to see "remission", much less a "cure." My heart goes out to the surviving loved ones of those who died on those hospital beds.
As a scientist, as a reporter, and -- yes, as a cancer survivor, I find it disgusting to market such lies to the public to sell a product, exploiting cancer deaths to sell your cheap cell phone case.
IV. Blaming the Victims and Their Families -- Are you Kidding Me?
But where I think where Santom sinks to its ultimate, low, though, is when its marketers choose attack not only cancer victims (blaming them for causing their illness), but their family members as well, stating in broken English:
was impacted (sic) your families health!
[Image Source: Jason Mick/DailyTech LLC]
No, you Santom nincompoops, it has not.
What is remarkable about this statement as it transforms one of the most wildly unfounded and sensational claims of cell phone illnesses (bronchitis -- really?) and takes it to a whole new realm of offensiveness. Basically, dexim Santom is accusing the families of people who get leukemia, skin cancer, etc. of causing the cancer.
This is an amazingly offensive claim -- I've never heard of even those who fear cell phone towers restorting to such accusations of cancer victims' families. It's an incredibly cold-hearted and poorly thought out claim, even on top of the fundamentally incompetent science that backs it.
While a small minority of cancers are due to occupation exposures (asbestos, benzene, etc.), anyone with a graduate level biochemistry, cellular biology, or cancer biology background will tell you that cancer does not occur overnight. It is the culmination of dozens of mutations which took the diseased cells to their breaking point.
Mutations may be impacted by certain environmental factors (diet, etc.), but more than anything are a heavily stochastic (random) process. My cancer, fell into this category. As my doctor told me, it was basically a roll of the dice in terms of mutation events. I had rotten luck.
My luck has since turned, but I can not help but be appalled at the decision of this company to accuse the families of unlucky cancer victims of causing their loved ones' disease.
Many cancers are effectively an unlucky dice roll in terms of genetic predispositions and random mutations -- to blame the victims and their families is heartless.
[Image Source: UCLH.org]
Why not just sell your product as a backup battery? Why lie to customers? Why capitalize on human suffering to make a cheap buck??
Now I realize likely only a handful of employees at Santom and its dexim brand were involved in this ugly effort. But that doesn't change the blame born by the company and whoever committed it to this reprehensible advertising pitch.
That move definitely earns dexim Santom my "worst in show" award. Now, I don't usually give a "worst" award for anything, as there's a positive to even the most flawed products. But I see no positive in spreading lies about cancer. That kind of thing earns you a rare "worst" destinction.
[Image Source: Jason Mick/DailyTech LLC]
It's a free market, but I recommed that readers refuse to do business with dexim Santom USA and its foreign parents. I also suggest you boycott the "XPowerSkin" iPhone case that was promoted by these falsehoods.
I hope the CEA takes note Santom's statements, as well, and does not give them such a prominent showcase in the future to spread fear, uncertainty, and disinformation (FUD) discrediting an otherwise superb industry event. Feel free to email either Santom
or the CEA
with your thoughts.
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Chi-Chang Kao will succeed Persis S. Drell, who announced her intention to step down from the position late last year. Kao will formally take charge on Nov. 1.
Hennessy said Kao is respected in X-ray science, is known globally for his accomplishments and is a proven leader. He came to SLAC in 2010 from Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York, where he served as chairperson of the National Synchrotron Light Source. His research focuses on X-ray physics, superconductivity, magnetic materials and the properties of materials under high pressure.
A committee under the direction of Stanford Provost John Etchemendy chose Kao after a 10-month search. SLAC is operated by Stanford for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), and Kao's appointment was made with agreement from Secretary of Energy Steven Chu.
"Chi-Chang is an excellent choice to lead SLAC at this exciting time in its history," Chu said. "He is an outstanding scientist, and he has earned the respect of all those he has worked with at the DOE. ... With his experience and expertise in X-ray science, Chi-Chang is the right person to set a vision for how this extraordinary machine, as well as SLAC's other excellent facilities and its world-class scientists, can revolutionize science in the years to come."
Scouts files allege molestation in Palo Alto camp
A former maintenance director at a Boy Scouts camp based in Palo Alto is among the thousands of people accused of sexually molesting scouts over the past four decades, according to a trove of documents that Boy Scouts of America released under court orders last week.
According to the documents, Ron Wentworth was working as a camp maintenance director with Troop 31 in the summer of 1971 when several scouts reported that he was making "homosexual advances" against them. The troop was based in Camp Oljato, which was administered from Palo Alto's Lucie Stern Community Center at 1305 Middlefield Road.
The incidents described in the report allegedly occurred between July 29 and Aug. 1 of that year and were reported by several boys from Troop 31. One of them reported that on July 29 Wentworth twice placed his hand on a scout's genitals and, in another incident, asked a scout to sit on his lap. Two days later, as the scouts were sailing with Wentworth, he reportedly held one of the scout's genitals and "attempted to put his hand inside his bathing suit, getting it part way in." The scout pushed him away.
Word of Wentworth's advances spread among members of the troop, according to the report. By the time the leaders of Troop 31 were aware of the sexual-molestation allegations, "almost all of the Scouts in the troop were aware of what had happened and were discussing it among themselves," the incident report states. Most scouts, it notes, "liked Ron, were sorry for him, and were afraid of him."
Wentworth, who now lives in Kentucky, did not respond to requests for comments.
The released documents also allude to two other cases of possible sexual molestation in Palo Alto but don't name the suspects in those cases.
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Toronto Sends: Calderon, Bargnani, Davis
Toronto Receives: Deng, Faried, $10M TPE (Denver)
The Raps get their stud SF. Assuming Memphis makes Gay untouchable, the only stud SF that I see on the market potentially is Deng (Iggy just got traded to Denver, JSmoove is more of a 4, Batum just got resigned by Portland). I love Faried's game. He's only 6'7 but is tenacious. Can easily give you a double/double and is only in his second year so his young (22) and in a rookie contract. The $10M TPE could also be used to help land a SG in case DeMar signs an offer sheet with another team in the off season, and Toronto doesn't match.
Chicago Sends: Deng, $3.2M TPE
Chicago Receives: Calderon, Brewer, Davis
The Bulls are nearing luxury tax territory, and even if they considered amnestying Boozer they would have to owe him his salary still (and I doubt Reinsdorf would want to pay a guy to go away). Rose may be out for the year, and they have depth issues (they lost Asik, Brewer, and Korver this year). This trade nets them a starting caliber point guard, a young PF that gives them depth and a wing that Thibs would probably love to have on his team.
Denver Sends: Faried, Brewer, $10M TPE
Denver Receives: Bargnani, $3.2M TPE (Chicago)
Bargnani's market is probably thin in the league. He needs to play with a center who is defensively stellar (ie, has great weak side defense and plays back to the basket)...
I considered only three teams that would work for Bargnani:
- LAL with Howard - however they already have Gasol and no assets to give back in a trade.
- Philly with Bynum, however I don't see any assets that I like plus they are in our division.
- Denver who has both McGee and Iggy (for rebounding/defense). I actually think Denver would be a perfect spot for Andrea. He gets to play with Gallo.. would be a good complement to McGee who is a great weak-side defender. I think Denver would have the perfect blend of offense and defense with Andrea.


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Compatible with PC, Mac and Mobile devices, the Flux features new, on-ear mesh cloth cushions that pump out impressive sound levels via its 40mm driver units. The headset includes cable connections for an in-line, uni-directional microphone with mute controls that connect to PC as well as a connector with a single 3.5mm jack for Mac and mobile devices. The multi-use headset was designed to be travel-friendly, the headset earcups to fold inward when wearing it around the neck, and collapse at the earcup hangers for quick and compact storage. The SteelSeries Flux factors in convenience for the user by including 2 input jacks one on each side, which allows for two user options: to choose which side the microphone cable can be plugged into, and the ability to daisy chain or plug in another headset to the Flux which allows for multiple users to listen to the same device. Customization of the SteelSeries Flux headset will provide users with the ability to order various outer plates with different colors and designs as well as various colored cushions (Not included).
Side Plates And Cushions In Color
By definition, flux is change, mutability, rate of transport and more. By manifestation, the SteelSeries Flux is the most customizable and versatile headset SteelSeries have ever developed. Each ear cup features a removable side plate that can be swapped with any of the various colors and designs available. Various colors of the cloth SNDBlock cushions are available for a comfortable and stylish accent to the Flux. Their advanced SNDBlock material adds an acoustic barrier to the breathable cloth cushions for superior sound isolation without sacrificing comfort.
Mobility. In Full Force.
Designed for maximum portability, the Flux can fold up neatly in a couple of convenient ways. The headset can holdup towards the band. In addition, each earcup can be rotated to fold the headset flat for easy storage or to comfortably show it off around your neck. Powered by 40mm drivers, the Flux has the acoustic intensity you have come to expect from SteelSeries audio. Whether gaming, listening to music or watching movies, you are guaranteed an incredible audio experience. The Flux also features a quick disconnect cable system. You can disconnect to walk away from your machine, plug in a different cable for another computer or use with your mobile device.
Inline Microphone and Share Your Sound
The omni-directional microphone can be found right on the cord with convenient mute control. This allows you to control what others hear from you. With 2 input jacks, one on each earcup, you can also choose which side the microphone cable can be plugged into. The remaining input jack can be used to share your sound by simply plugging another headset into the Flux so multiple users can listen to the same device.
General Features:
- Professional Gaming Headset
- Customize your black or white headset with various cushions, cords and side plates
- Allow friends to "listen in" by plugging into the available port on your Flux
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- Both PC & Mobile/Mac cables are included in the box for maximum versatility
- Travel-friendly, foldable design allows earcups lay flat
- In-line, omni-directional microphone on the cord with mute controls
- 1-year Manufacturer's Warranty
Headphone Design
This is the design of the earpieces on the headphones. Some headphones go inside the ear, while others rest on the outside of the ear. This helps you know exactly what type of headphones you will be receiving.
In-Ear: The ear buds go into the ear. Most often, the right and left ear buds are two separate pieces.
Enclosed-Ear: Usually are found on the larger headphones. They rest on top of the ear and have padding for comfort, as well as enclosing the ear to the speaker. This type of headphone helps to filter out surrounding noise.
On-Ear: This type of headphone involves the speaker sitting gently on the ear without going in the ear or sealing it off.
Headphone type refers to the construction of the headphones.
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The physical design of the driver in the headphones.
Balanced Armature:
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Dynamic drivers are the most common driver type. They feature a permanent magnet, usually neodymium, a voice coil and a conical diaphragm to drive your music. A dynamic headphone driver looks pretty much identical to any typical home theater speaker.
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Once again, Taylor Swift's fans are steaming mad. And once again, the subject of their scorn is a simple cotton T-shirt.
This time it's not Abercrombie & Fitch that is the villain; it's a company called Bad Kids Clothing, which describes itself as "an EDM-inspired clothing line with a strong foundation in selling neon apparel." The shirt in question (dubbed the "The Doherty&") lists the names of Swift's (known) dating partners.
As soon as word got out about the shirt, it didn't take long for Swifties (Taylor's rabid fan base) to jump to attention and take action.
In a recent blog post, Andi Cross of Bad Kids gave her POV on the controversy.
"The shirt originally started out as just a light hearted joke between friends," all of whom "enjoy the pop tunes of T-Swift." Cross writes that she "was joking with friends saying I wish I had as many hot boyfriends as Taylor – so hard to even get a solid date around here! You go T-Swift, you're a babe! A simple, fun, harmless joke however, turned into an online sensation over the weekend and frankly shocked the Bad Kid community to the core."
"The messages we were receiving were some of the most foul, horrific, violent notes I had frankly ever encountered in my personal experiences."
The company is still selling the shirt as of press time today (July 18)–in fact, Cross insists in her blog post that the company "will not be removing the shirt from our store." The one change they've made is that, on the listing for the shirt, they've added an "update" noting that the company has removed Cory Monteith's name from the shirt. They did so "out of respect" for him "and those mourning his recent death."
– Kurt Wolff, Radio.com