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i personally think that the whole range of sony ericsson products are the best for music i know
it is an old phone but it was great for playing music , the earphones were good quality and it was user friendly , for the time it did have a lot of features that i did use like the radio it was amazing for downloading music,the built in speaker was amazing my iphone on full blast today does not sound great , i did find the camera for the time was very advanced and i used to be able to watch videos on it as well , the sound quality was really good and the actual ear phones that came with it fitted into my ear which even today's mobile phones struggle with , it has a great memory stick which i still have to use in my cars cd player which is handy as it is 2 gigabytes .
Had this phone around 4 or 5 years ago had it as a upgrade on my Vodafone contract. I loved and still love this phone it not an iphone but I still use it for a back up hand set.
The phone is still in really good condition and working after all this time.
The camera on this phone is a 3.2 megapixel camera with zoom and also records video.
The battery life is really good you can put a bigger memory card in so you can store more pics or music on the handset. The phone is a walkman handset and a really good one at that, you can put the phone into flight mode so it can be used on most airlines. The phone also has a feature called Shake Control this lets you change track and adjust the volume by giving the phone a flick. You can put album artwork pictures on which is I nice touch. You can also use it as a FM radio too.
I like that the phone is a slide phone because it stops you catching the buttons in your pocket. The W595 is very easy to use and I would recommend this handset to anyone.
The only thing which I don't like is to play any games you need to buy and download them because the phone only comes with demos. It has got a music quiz feature which plays an intro of your tracks that you have on the handset and gives you multiple choice to guess the track.
I have had the Sony Ericsson W595 for about 3 months, however my brother passed it onto me since my last phone broke so overall it has been in use for around 2 years. When he gave it to me, the number keys were very stiff which made it very difficult to press the keys for typing texts. I often find it quite difficult to change certain settings on the phone such as the display settings and I'm fairly sure you can't choose your own personal background but instead use one of two themes. This is only a very small issue and one you can live with. There is a 3.2 Mega pixel integrated camera which takes fairly standard images, and I am yet to work out how to upload them onto my computer. This links into how it is not very easy to use for slightly more technical issues.
The Sony Ericsson is in the Walkman range and therefore it has a large capacity for storing music and a fantastic music player. The sound quality is very good and the phone has a high volume. There is a bluetooth function integrated in the phone which makes transferring songs from one phone to another very easy. This is currently the only method of getting music at the moment as I cannot seem to download music from my laptop. This is possibly my own fault as I didn't have the instructions manual given to me. Therefore I am trying not to be too critical about me finding the phone slightly difficult to use.
There is a multiple text option which allows you to text one message to as many people in your contacts list as you wish which I find very useful. The speaker volume is very good and the microphone is very clear so calling people is nice and simple, the loud speaker is just that--very loud which is perfect for allowing groups of people to listen to the conversation. The battery charges very quickly and I find it lasts me a while, but that is because I only use it for texts and phone calls and occasionally listening to music.
Overall, I would recommend this product to somebody who wishes to play music on their mobile, both outloud as well as through earphones and doesn't want to pay too much money for this ability.
The Sony Ericsson W595 is a good for those who want a no fuss easy to use affordable phone. I've always liked the Sony Ericsson interface and found it simple and easy to use. It does all the basics you expect from a phone these days with focus on Walkman. When I bought mine I wasn't looking for anything fancy but I'm constantly listening to music so the Walkman feature was useful.
The obvious feature of this phone is the music player. If you are used to Apple technology or touch screen the W595 won't be as slick so if you have thousands of tracks and you're looking for a specific having a key operated phone won't find it very quickly. However for actually playing music the sound is great. The speakers are located on the top and bottom slanted edges on the front of the phone. This produces a loud volume which is aided by sitting the phone on a surface. Using headphones also produces good sound (obviously the headphones you use will play a role here also). I have since used other devices and I wish they had the volume the W595 has.
The downside to using headphones as with all Sony Ericsson phones until recently it that the phone itself doesn't have a normal headphone port. This is fine if you use the headphones provided as the length of the attachment and the headphones (the headphone cable is quite short) together is fine as that how it is designed to be used. However if you want to use a non Walkman headphones you'll have a mass of cable to tuck in a pocket somewhere.
A special feature of the Walkman in this phone is shake control. If you hold down the Walkman button on the side of the phone and shake the phone it will automatically change the track which is playing. This is something I never really used and forgot about as it's a little unnecessary.
The 3.2 megapixel camera is good but at only 3.2MP you wouldn't buy it for the camera. I personally find no problems with it and I've always found the quality to be satisfactory. Although the phone doesn't have a flash function so it's not great for detail in the dark. It also works as a video camera which I've actually found copes better with the bass at a concert than my digital camera.
The phone is capable of holding a micro memory card up to 8GB. It depends on your needs and purpose for using the phone if this is suitable for you.
The build of the phone is very sturdy. It has dropped/fallen numerous times none of which have had an effect on how the phone works. The corners have minor chips but I think that was the result of falling from my pocket onto concrete (just the once!) so to be expected.
Overall it's a great solution if you don't want to spend much on a phone and would like to be able to use it for music. The additional feature can come in handy but wouldn't be you're primary reason for buying the phone. I kept mine for three years until the ear speaker stopped working (could only hear calls if I had headphones connected) but during that time it had been reliable and I never felt the need to get anything else.
This was the first ever contract phone i bought about 14 months ago, at the time of purchase this had only been on the market for a few weeks maybe a little more so I was properly excited about it as i am with everything I buy. The thing that really caught my eye was the different colour on the back of the phone when it was slid up, mine was grey as the prime colour and the green at the back, thought it looked amazing till i saw the red and white one (two colours in my opinion that go great together).
The phone feels great in the phone, it feels well built and very sturdy. I have to say it's a great slider, as you slide it up or down it springs into place almost like it is spring loaded, I remember just plating with the slider, sliding it up and down and even then it hasn't broken so i suppose that's a good thing making it built to last.
It's a walkman phone so it's primarily used for music, it's music player is fantastic, it let's you pick your favourites and shows the different genre music you have in your library which is always useful, the quality through it's headphones shines through.
It featues a 3.2 megapixel camera which at the time of purchase was one of the best with only a few select phones with 5+ megapixels, however it does not have flash which is a bit of a downer. Photos can be edited although it doesn't really work very well.
The themes for the phone can be edited to make your phone your own and make it look unique and to your personal taste. The battery life is pretty good, a fully charged battery usually lasted me a full day and I talk and text quite a bit during the day.
I text a LOT and texting has had it's effect on the keys, the bottom 3 keys (space, hash, and... star... i think) stopped working so towards the last 4 months of my contract I had to text with fullstops instead of spaces between words, not very grammatical I know but I had no other choice, i went to get it fixed but they were charging £20+, not worth it in my opinion.
The chrome piping around the sides of the phone does come off quite easily making the phone look quite old, I say it comes off quite easily because I take care of everything I own.
Overall I think it's a good phone, with a lot of good points, a few negative ones but nothing major.
I bought this phone a couple of years ago and then the iphone 3g came out, so i bought it and put my W595 away, it was only after i had my iphone for a year or 2 that i reliased the iphone 3g was terrible.
I got my w595 out and used it again and reliased it had alot more features than the iPhone.
1)W595 has bluetooth file sharing
2)W595 is much, much louder than the iphone
3)W595 has a camera and can record video, my iphone 3g could not record videos.
i have been using it non stop for a year now and it hasn't broke once.
i can hold about 300 songs on it but the only bad thing about this phone is that you need a specific little connector for the earphone slot, if you loose it you will have to buy a new one, they are quite cheap but i found it hard to find.
i am in love with this phone. i have had it for about two years now and it has never let me down. i brought this phone in a bit of a rush as some one stole my other phone while i was at work so i had to run out on my dinner break and buy i a new phone. and i brought this. the sony ecricsson w595 cost me £95 and with that i also got some sony ericsson head phones which was a bonus.
i have to say that this phone has so much memory its incredible. i think i have over 700 photos, about 50 videos. some of which are about half hour long. i have two albums of music on here as well and some downloads.
i dont think i have ever had to empty my inbox and out box. i must have about a thousand messages.
You can edit your photos on a photo DJ page but you have to use the internet to do that. and you can also do music DJ as well.
you get gamnes on the sony ericsson w595 but they are only trials but you can buy them for about £2 - £4.
i would never change this phone unless it had broken but then again i may just buy the exact same phone.
~ * I've Got The Pink One! * ~
I would not describe myself as a phone-person. Which is quite weird, judging by the amount of people that have mobile phones these days. I much prefer my computer and only ever carry my mobile phone 'in case'. I am the total opposite to my friends who simply 'cannot live without their phones'.
At the time, I had one of my sisters old 'hand-me-down' mobile phones (she always has to have the latest model) and so she had decided that I had had her 'old' phone for long enough and decided to buy me a new one for Christmas.
The phone is called the 'Sony Ericsson W595' and came out in the year 2009. The phone is a 'slidy' one which means that you have to 'slide' the front part of the phone up in order to get the key pad. I think this phone was around £110 when it first came out although you can buy it for around £76 from Amazon now. When I had mine there was a free Benefit blusher worth £23.50 which is great!
My sister liked the phone that she bought for me so much that she even bought the exact same one for herself!
~ * Ooh! That's Pretty! * ~
I love the design of this little phone; it's very cute and girlie. I also like that it is quite slim and so fits in my pocket easily. Despite being around for about two years the phone still looks very trendy which is good as it means that I am not embaressed by my phone.
~ * Features * ~
Like most mobile phones these days, this phone is a clever little thing. Not only can it call and text, it also has a web browser, a camera, games, a built in mp3 player as well as other features such as a calendar, calculator etc.
I mainly use it for just texting, calling and sometimes checking my facebook page. I very rarely use the camera (when I have done, the pictures have been great quality) because my phone doesn't have a memory card and so can only store 5 pictures. Even though my sister got both our phones from the same shop, hers had a memory card but mine didn't, although me not being very techno-wise didn't realise until I had had the phone for over a year. I can't store many songs on here either which is a shame.
I do use the calendar and calculator features quite a bit.
The phone also acts as my alarm clock which is always very reliable and even has a 'snooze' option which means that the alarm will go off in another 15 minutes ( I think you can choose the length of 'snoozing' though.
There are some games on here although I found that they are mainly there so that the phone company (Orange in my case) can make money out of you. When I first found the games I thought 'ooh great', although they only let you play the games once or twice and then they won't let you play them unless you pay to play them which I think is annoying.
When I do listen to music on this phone (very rarely as it doesn't hold many songs because I don't have the sim card), the music is of good quality and has different volumes which is good.
~ * Making A Phone Call * ~
The main reason for having a mobile phone. Simply type in the number (or use your phonebook to find it) and press the green button and then just wait for the other person to pick up. The sound is very clear; you can hear the other person very well, as though they were sitting next to you. There is also a 'loud speaker option which I tend to use a lot (or of course you can stick with the more traditional way of calling - off-speaker to keep things more private.
~ * Problems...Problems...Problems! * ~
I had a problem with my phone. Somehow it ended up getting stuck on 'flight mode' which meant that I had no signal and couldn't send messages or make phone calls (the whole point of a mobile phone really!). I also had another problem; the phone would not charge which I thought was weird. Once the battery had 'died' and the phone wouldn't charge, we decided to take the phone back to the shop - which we did and they sent off for repair which took around 10 days.
A few days after my phone had this problem, the exact same thing happened to my sisters phone (it wouldn't charge etc) and so she also had to take it back to the shop where they sent it off for repair. When they came back they told us that there had been a problem with that 'batch' - the same thing had happened to everyone who had bought the phone, which made us realise that it was faulty. However, they did manage to fix the problem for both of us.
~ * Other Points * ~
The phone is clearly 'labelled' and so it is very simple to use and so I would say that even the most 'non-technical- person would be able to use this phone.
I don't know if it is because of the problem that the phone had in the beginning or it is just the way the phone is anyway, but I have noticed that the battery does not last very long. Some of my old phones could last around a week if left on, although this one only lasts a couple of days (I don't even use it that much!).
I used to have a Sony Ericsson like this one before (it was a flip one but had the exact same features as this one - games were free though!) and I used to use all of the features. That was when I was in school - now though with this phone, I don't seem to have time to use the features such as listen to music on it etc as I am always on the go and so I don't think I appreciate this phone as much as I could.
One thing which I do not like about this phone is the fact that the keys seem to be close together...either that or its my chubby fingers getting in the way. Having owned the phone for almost two years now, you would have thought that I had got used to it although I havn't ; My fingers are always 'over-lapping' and hitting the wrong keys when I am texting. Also, as the keys are quite 'stiff' and need to be pressed quite hard; texting fast is a quite a difficult task with this phone.
It is a great little phone which is very attractive and cute to look at. It has all the 'top' features that most phones these days have, although I tend to use my phone for just the 'basics' (texting and calling) and so I would therefore say that the phone suits both 'basic' and 'more than basic' needs.
Thanks for reading!
September 2011
xd-o-n-z-x (also posted under xdonzx on ciao)
In the year and a half I had this phone it was plagued with problems. Initially it was great - average quality camera, useful features, and the screen was excellent. As well as this the software to connect the phone to my computer was a nice extra, well-designed and easy to use. I was initially drawn to the phone because of its claim to be like a walkman - however I didn't really feel that the sound quality was good enough to warrant the claims. Unfortunately very quickly it deteriorated. Initially it was a problem with the phone's speakers - when on the phone to people they could not hear me due to poor sound quality. There were also problems with the sound echoing during calls. After another few months I began to experience problems loading features - photo albums, my inbox etc. The action would time out and the phone would restart itself, which was extremely frustrating. As soon as my contract offered me a handset upgrade I took it, and I wouldn't recommend the phone to anyone.
This is the current phone that I own and it does exactly what I wanted it to do and more. I got this phone for my Birthday at a reasonable price and the main reason was the Walkman feature.
I enjoy to listen to music on the go and when I am just sat about and this phone allows me to do both of these things. The sound quality is really good and the headphones that were supplied as part of the package are top of the range. They have the in ear feature that amplifies the music and the amount of music it can store is immense. The extra memory card that is added in is 4G and can store a complete photo album and extra videos and games as well as the excess music that may need to be stored.
The actual media device itself is very straight forward to use and the buttons are simple and efficient. I have never had a problem with the sound quality and the speakers are good if you are in company and want to play the music aloud instead of through the headphones. A hands free extra device can be added onto the phone to pick up radio receptions if you wish to tune into local or national stations.
The sliding mechanism of the phone has never faltered and I have had the phone for over a year now so it is definitely durable and robust. The design is colourful and bright but simplistic at the same time and i like the colour variation that is available with each model for the handset. If there are any complications that you encounter, there is a very useful demo tour of all these particular features that runs through a step by step guide on how to use each of them. The ability to change the functions that certain buttons have such as creating your own shortcuts within the phone is efficient for the best use.
One issue that I would have with this phone is the lack of games that come with it. There were four pre-downloaded games on the options when I tested the phone in the shop but upon purchasing the phone i had difficulties accessing these games because I later realised they were only demos and after five plays on two of the games I would be required to purchase the full version for anything up to £5 which I had not anticipated. I also could not update the downloading device and I am still consistently confronted with an error message everytime that I do. Nevertheless there are plenty of handy applications that the phone has that keep me entertained such as the world clock zone or the comic strips app but I especially like the music maker which is quite a simple programme but allows creativity and can show your friends the music you have created on the device.
The features on this phone are really top notch and the graphics are another key aspect, the camera is 3.2 megapixel with an auto focus that makes each picture come out to a high standard every time. The options that are available when in video mode are also very interesting because although the phone doesn't have a flash, it has night mode and the brightness can be altered to extremes as well as the effect on background such as sepia or cartoon style. Pictures can be edited as well and glasses, stars etc can be added into the picture afterwards for comic effects.
The phone came with a cable that connects the device to a computer or laptop and enables the transfer of files to and from each device however my cable has stopped working recently and the prongs that connect it to the phone have become slightly bent and I'm not sure if this is simple wear and tear or if the device has bent them itself but these are easily replaceable and it still works in some circumstances.
On a whole I would thoroughly recommend this product to somebody who enjoys there music on the go and when in the company of others. The great memory offer is a key feature and additional memory cards can be added so you are able to listen to your whole back catalogue of music.
The latest mobile phone used to one of my top priorities, I had to have the latest cool phone with the latest functions. Then I got a house, got engaged, had two children and the latest phone became bottom of the list! I still like a phone that is nice to look at but I don't have the money to pay a big contract each month or the money to pay outright to purchase the latest phone. I have also found I tend not to change my phone until it has died a death. I have had my current phone a Sony Ericsson W595 for well over a year. At the time of buying I could chose between the dark black colour or a nice shade of pink; of course I chose the pink! Apart from the colour the phone is exactly the same.
The phone is a nice size measuring about 10cms in length, 4.5cms in width and 1.5cms in depth when the phone is shut. It sits nicely in my hand and feels comfortable. The W595 is a slide phone with a reasonable size screen and a small amount of important buttons on the front of the phone and once slid up there is the usual keypad which is of decent size. There is the volume control on the side of the phone which I find very handy and a very handy walkman button that brings up instantly what you were playing last. This is a great feature. When I purchased the phone one of the major selling points for me at the time was the size of the screen for a general mobile. It measures about 4.5cms by 3.5cms which is a lot bigger then my previous Nokia phone.
Now for all the techno people out there this isn't the phone for you. It does have a list of added features but compared to your iPhone or Blackberry it is your standard phone. This particular phone comes with a 3.2 mega pixel camera, Mp3 player with 2GB of memory and shake control, Bluetooth, USB connection, Games, e-mail, internet, hands free kit earphones and more.
The Sony Ericsson W595 is another of the walkman range. It comes with FM radio which I used to find handy when I walked to work in a morning as I often didn't feel like listening to my music on it and preferred a bit of radio 1. The reception on it is pretty good but with all walkmans you do get a bit of crackling if you have a spring in your step! It also has an MP3 player which I do use quite a lot when I am out jogging as I don't like to take my iPod touch in case I drop it or it rains! I have found the quality of sound is fantastic for a mobile and this is where I believe Sony Ericsson is strong. The sound even without the headphones is great and the volume goes quite high so you are not struggling to hear. I can't believe this is a phone. It has to be its strongest point. I currently have 23 albums on my phone and 121 photos and have 12MB left. This does me as I didn't buy it as a multi use device like an iPhone.
The camera on the phone is 3.2 mega pixels as I have mentioned, I find the quality good and have used it many times when I am out with my two boys and have forgotten to take the camera. Linking this phone to your computer by the USB cable is fairly easy so I have been able to print the photos off and the quality of them is quite good. I won't lie I am used to my 12 mega pixel Sony camera so I can tell the difference but then so would anyone considering the difference in mega pixels. The larger screen on this phone does make it easier to view the pictures you have taken.
The main menu is pretty much like all modern Sony Ericssons. You can change the settings to allow you to view it in a couple of different ways but I like to have it as the icons with the name coming up above them when you highlight one. The media section where you can find your photos, music, videos and games is set out well. I like the fact it is all together so you can access it easily.
You can connect to the internet on this mobile and I have found myself doing this on an odd occasion but not that often. I have a computer, laptop and iPod to do that job and don't usually find it necessary to do so when I am out. I have accessed my facebook account via my phone once or twice and have found it relevantly easy.
As I have said I have had this phone for over a year now and I have found to have no real problems with it. The battery life on it is great I couldn't fault it on it on that. For me this phone works perfectly it has all I need. Going back seven years ago I might have stuck my nose up at it as it doesn't have the latest features you can get on a phone but now I love it. I managed to get my on a O2 pay as you go contract.
As my phone (an LG Arena) has been quite tempermental of late - is it so much to ask for it to stay switched on while fully charged? - I gave up and borrowed my mums old phone. That was, as you can guess, the Sony Ericsson W595. I have owned Sony Ericsson walkman phones in the past and I have always liked them, so though I was taking a step back in the phone world it wasn't a huge disappointment for me.
-- First Impressions --
On first handling the phone, it felt quite weird to not be holding a touch screen but I soon got used to using actual buttons again. The phone slides up to expose the buttons underneath. The buttons are of a decent size. The phone feels quite sturdy and firm and the slide function is seamless and feels well produced. When the phone is on, it automatically locks the buttons from being used unless you unlock it (by pressing a button, then unlock or sliding the phone again). Which is handy for preventing your pocket from calling someone and letting them into all your secrets.
-- Functionality --
I remember a day when I refused to use a phone that had more functions than you need a phone for (making calls and texting people). However, I did end up buying the function packed phones that seem to be out of date within 6 months, which is great when you go for the cheaper 24 month contract. Once you have been sucked away from 'normal' phones, it can be difficult to going back to using the more primative varieties. I was expecting to feel like that with this phone but I was pleasantly surprised.
If you have used a Sony Ericsson walkman phone before you will be aware of the menu. If not, it is very user friendly. Press the menu button and you are presented with 12 icons (the name of the icon appears at the top so you know what you are pressing) for everything that your phone can do. From this it is easy to find a contact and phone them. To get into your messages to send a quick text.
The phone has a 3.2mp camera which takes okay quality photos. They aren't going to be masterpieces you will want to display on your walls but if you don't have your camera to hand it will suffice. Unfortunately the phone lacks a flash so night time shots do not produce great results.
-- The Good --
The phone comes with a free 2GB memory card (only 40MB internal memory). While if you are using this as your main music player it may not be sufficient, I find that I don't need much more for a phone. I don't need all my music on it (my mp3 player does that, but it is nice to have a back up of your favourite songs in case the battery dies).
The shake control is a nice little novelty to begin with, but it is not something I use often. Basically, you can control certain functions of the phone through shaking the phone (e.g. to skip a song).
The phone also has video calling capabilities. Though this is a feature I have not used so cannot comment on.
The battery life of this phone surprised me. Even with a lot of texting it did not drain the battery too much. Stand by time is a lot more impressive to the point I actually forgot when I last charged my phone. It is also quick to charge. I was impressed.
This phone is a good, quite basic phone that is easy to use. It does everything you need a phone to do with some extras such as the music player, organiser and notes.
-- Downsides --
The phone doesn't have a normal 3.5mm audio jack for your headphones (as you would find on products such as an mp3 player or a laptop). Instead, you need an adapter which fits into the same slot for charging the phone and then plug in normal headphones. Of course, buying this phone new, these items are supplied. However, I didn't have these items which left the phone useless for this operation. If it was not for my mp3 player this would be a more major downside. I do find the lack of the more common 3.5mm jack to be a little inpractical but you can work around it.
Thin on games included on the phone. The most fun I had was creating a comic strip, even then it was very basic and limiting. You can download games to the phone which has both its advantages and disadvantages. Advantages would be that you can have games on your phone that you want rather than games you don't play taking up space. A disadvantage of this would be sourcing the games. Games can cost money and if you get them free they are not always great quality.
The lack of wi-fi: I like checking sites such as facebook when I am out and about (only slightly addicted, honest). While you can access the internet through 3G - in covered areas - as someone without a data package in their contract it can be a bit costly. That is why I like the option of being able to connect to wi-fi points. The phone is still workable and I can still access the internet, just not the method that I would prefer.
Sound quality: Okay, its not bad. It is listenable and it feels a bit harsh putting it as a downside. However, the sound quality could be a bit better. It isn't terrible or even bad, just for a walkman phone I would expect a little more.
-- Overall opinion --
Though the focus seems to be on the downsides of this phone, don't mistaken that to mean that I don't like this phone. I do and I have enjoyed using it. When I got my LG Arena working again I was actually quite sad to leave this phone behind. It may be quite basic (when compared to todays standards) but it worked well for me these past few weeks. Despite its lack of wi-fi and being unable to use headphones with it. It worked well and provided most functions that I needed. If you want a more basic phone that still has a few tricks up its sleeve then I recommend it. Its not for those that need the latest gadget.
Well my initial thought of this phone at first was that it was good buy. Lots of cool features, good quality sound, not bad looking and a good size. And It came with a memory card. But a couple weeks later the screen started twitching, it would freeze and turn off and the sound quality started to become poor. And I can honestly say the phone had not been dropped niether had it been in contact with water. Anyway on week three it stopped recieving any signal or network. And would not charge as it just flashed up that it did not reconise the charger as a Sony one. I took it to the shop I purchased it at and they rang up sony who said they would replace it. I was giving a new W595 and again just after a month a similair path to the first one, it lead. My charge went in my phone and all though this time it reconised the charger and would charge the battery, it wouldn't switch on!!! After the hassle and time involved with replacing the first phone, i decided not to bother this time. So I decided to buy myself a different make new mobile.
So, after finally completely and unintentionally destroying my trusty k800i (which I was beginning to think was indestructible, it was time for a new phone. So, last December, with my birthday just around the corner, off I trotted to the Carphone Warehouse to find a replacement. Now, after the problems I had with the delightful "our-keys-will-crack" w580i, and the gorgeous "oh-you're-sending-a-text-I'm-turning-off" w980, I was a bit dubious. But, you know what they say! Practice makes perfect! So, perhaps Sony had finally made another reliable phone... But, it would appear that the k800i was a one off...
The w595 is one of those more attractive phones on the market, albeit slightly heavier than some other models you will find. But, for what it holds in beauty, and, if it works, practabitility, it lacks in general functioning.
It all started with the signal. Now, I started by blaming o2. "Useless network..." I muttered. At 2am, following three hours of no signal, my phone beeped. Five messages arrived, all in one minute, which had been sent between four hours and ten minutes beforehand. Yet, a few days later, I realised I was struggling to get signal anywhere. A quick sim exchange with a friend confirmed that I was capable of getting full signal, yet, as soon as she put her sim in my phone, she found she had the same problem.
A few weeks later, another huge problem kicked in. As I attempted to switch my phone on, I realised something was up. It vibrated and lit up, before turning back off. Ten attempts later, I realised that this was the end of the w595... or so I thought. A quick search on google informed me that other people had similar problems, and had been able to restore the phone using the phone restore software, which I had to download from the Sony Ericsson website. A short time later, I had a newly working w595... WITH SIGNAL!!! The ecstasy kicked in! Now the phone worked like a dream.
I suppose before I reach the climax of the tale of the w595, I should give it some credit. As someone that hates carrying multiple gadgets, I found the w595 was advantageous on its ability to run several functions at once. The music player that features on the phone is of a very high quality, and has the ability to play wma files as well as standard mp3's, thus making transferring files from CD album to phone a piece of cake.
The PC suite has to be downloaded seperately, but this is done easily enough. Once this is downloaded, you can transfer files from your phone to the computer and vice versa.
The camera is basic on the phone, at 3.2mp. However, it also lacks a flash function, which means you have NO chance of taking that beautiful night time shot. The video camera option is reasonable, although the sound quality can often be slighlty crackly.
The battery life on the w595 seems reasonable, although once the battery dies down to half way, the battery begins to wear out a lot quicker. I typically found I was charging the phone once a night if I was using the music player (which tended to be every day, on the way to college). However, I'd typically run the music player alongside the internet browser or a game.
The sound quallity during phone calls was defintiely worthy... until the mesh over the speaker fell out a few weeks ago. I now only use the phone for downloading. Which brings me to the demise of the w595.
Now, the main factor in my decision to buy another Sony Ericsson was the fact that I had a memory card only compatible with Sony products, full of around 600 songs, and 200 photos of my son. So, the fact this phone took the same memory card, and my fondness of the k800i both convinced me to give the w595 a try. Alas, six weeks ago, my phone froze on me. The memory card had only been half full. After turning the phone back on, I realised that my wallpaper had gone back to the standard Sony Ericsson wallpaper. Fearing my memory card had been wiped, I decided to check the status of the memory card. The phone decided to helpfully inform me that "MEMORY CARD NOT INSERTED!" Despie trying every trick in the book, the phone still refuses to accept that the memory card is in the correct place.
I've finally given up on the w595, and replaced it with an LG... Let's just say, that's a whole new (negative review).
I owned one of these or a whie before moving to a touch screen. I gave it to my dad and its still like brand new. I found it to be a good useful phone with plenty on it, probably one of the best i have owned. It is extreemly easy to use and get used to. The memory is fantastic although i got a memory card as well as i like music and games on my phone. There is a downside though, the software is not the best and i had to send it back to get it upgraded. In saying that i was told there was a 2 year manuacturers guarentee with it and not 1 year as normaly is the case, so if a problem arises it is easily fixed free of charge. There is some good game sites for easily downloadable games. The phone comes with connections for computers so as well as taking pictures on the phones camera i can download my older photos i want to keep with me.


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Thanks for the rundown, Mathman.
I don't like the flutz rule. Well, maybe I would if it were applied in a tough way - i.e. skaters would normally get (!) get (e) but it seems that is not the case.
Even though I'm not a skater, instinctively, a true lutz seems like a very great accomplishment and it kind of bugs me that those who cheat don't get called on it. (Even though some of them are my favorites )
Fine with giving the 3a higher base value.
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Pedroia garners Sporting News honor
Second baseman voted as ROY, Ortiz as top DH by AL players
By Ian Browne / MLB.com
But Pedroia has already won that honor in ballots cast by his peers. The Sporting News announced their annual Major League Baseball awards on Monday, and Pedroia was selected as the magazine's AL Rookie of the Year. The votes were submitted by players from around the American League. Players on the Red Sox were not eligible to vote for Pedroia.
The second baseman was a force for the Red Sox all year, hitting .317 with 86 runs, 39 doubles, eight homers and 50 RBIs. He also played superb defense, making just six errors and posting a .990 fielding percentage.
"I'm just trying to do things to help us win," Pedroia said recently. "I don't really care what I hit or what I do. I just want to make a couple of plays, get on base and help us."
He's done that all year, while earning the respect of his teammates. Despite his diminutive stature, Pedroia has all kinds of confidence.
"I think when you look at Dustin," third baseman Mike Lowell said, "he's played with a lot of consistency. He's done everything we've expected him to."
Pedroia isn't alone on the Sporting News team. Sox slugger David Ortiz was voted in as the top designated hitter in the AL. In his fifth season with the Red Sox, Ortiz again put up monster numbers. The left-handed slugger batted a career-high .332 with 116 runs, 52 doubles, 35 homers, 117 RBIs and a .621 slugging percentage.
Ortiz's season has been even more impressive when you consider he played the entire year with pain in his right knee.
"I would say personally this is one of my best offensive years here in Boston, all the way around," Ortiz said. "People just focus on 40 or 50 homers. If I go to the plate and I want to swing for a homer every time, I will. Now, let's see the results. You know what I mean? What happens if I end up with 60 homers and I end up with a .320 on-base percentage and a .240 batting average and 70 runs scored? Did I help my team?
"I think you look at my numbers this year, I think I put it together more than some of the other seasons when people think I had a good season. I'm happy with my season, that's all I have to say."
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[size=13px; ]Now that all investors GuruFocus tracks have reported their third quarter portfolios, data on their buying and selling trends is available. Though the investors are independent thinkers, many seek similar characteristics in a stock, and thus some will agree on the attractiveness of certain securities during a given quarter. This quarter, the stocks with the highest consensus guru buying were: Microsoft (MSFT), Oracle (ORCL), Apple (AAPL) and Exxon (XOM).[/size]
The Stocks
Microsoft (MSFT)
The most bought stock of the third quarter was Microsoft, with 28 gurus establishing or adding to an existing stake in the company. The company has a 90.5% weighting in their combined portfolios.
Eight gurus initiated new Microsoft positions: Kyle Bass, George Soros, Murray Stahl, John Keeley, Paul Tudor Jones, Glenn Greenberg and Louis Moore Bacon. George Soros took the largest new position, buying 0.15% of the company's shares outstanding, or 12,580,700 shares.
The Company
Microsoft is currently in the process of shifting its focus on software to a focus on devices and services, company CEO Steve Ballmer said at the Nov. 19 annual shareholder meeting. Ballmer also announced in August that he would leave Microsoft after a year. Microsoft shares have climbed 41% overall year to date, with a 3.7% drop over the third quarter.
For the third quarter, the company reported $18.53 billion in revenue, up from $16.01 billion for the previous year quarter. This was led by revenue from its Devices and Consumer segment, up 4%, and its Commercial segment, up 10%. Net income also increased to $5.24 billion, or $0.62 per diluted share, compared to $4.47 billion, or $0.53 per diluted share.
The company ended the quarter with $4.02 billion in cash on its balance sheet, down from $5.04 billion, ROE of 25.6%, down from 26%, and ROA of 14.8%, flat from the previous year.
Microsoft's revenue and earnings history:
Microsoft on Wednesday trades around $37.71, close to a 10-year high. It has a P/E of 14.1, P/B of 3.9 and P/S of 3.95, near a three-year high
Oracle (ORCL)
The second most-bought stock, Oracle, saw 25 gurus buy or add to their holding of the company. It has a combined weighting of 69.3% in gurus' portfolios.
Gurus establishing new positions in the company were: John Buckingham, NWQ Managers and Jim Simons. NWQ Managers bought the largest position, buying 0.06% of shares outstanding, or 2,608,551 shares total.
The Company
Oracle is a company working to simplify IT by moving it out of the enterprise by integrating hardware and software in the cloud and data center. Its shares are up 6% year to date, rebounding after a drop of around 7.8% in the first half of the year.
Highlights of Oracle's first fiscal quarter financial results include a GAAP revenue increase to $8.37 billion from $8.18 billion in the prior-year quarter. GAAP net income rose 8% to $2.2 billion, and earnings per share rose 14% to $0.47 for the same periods. Its free cash flow reached a record $6 billion, of which it used $3 billion to repurchase shares in the quarter.
Oracle ROE reached 20%, up from 18.8%, and ROA grew to 10% from 10.8%. The company has $19.66 billion on its balance sheet, compared to $15.67 billion the previous year.
Oracle's revenue and earnings history:
Oracle shares are trading close to a 10-year high, at $34.83, with a P/E ratio of 15.3, P/B of 3.7 and P/S of 4.45.
Apple (AAPL)
Apple shares were purchased by 23 gurus during the third quarter, giving it a combined 34.4% weight in gurus' portfolios.
Four of the positions were new, those by: Carl Icahn, Paul Tudor Jones, Chris Davis and Meridian Funds. The largest new position was bought by Carl Icahn, who acquired 0.43% of shares outstanding, or 3,875,063 shares.
The Company
Computer, iPhone, iPad and iPod maker Apple saw its shares rise less than 3% year to date, with a 20% rally in the third quarter.
In its fiscal 2013 fourth quarter, Apple produced revenue of $37.5 billion, up from $36 billion in the prior-year quarter, and net income of $7.5 billion, or $8.26 per diluted share, down from $8.67 per diluted share in the prior-year quarter. Its gross margin was 37%, from 40%.
Apple in the third quarter sold a September-quarter record 33.8 million iPhones, compared to 36.9 million in the prior-year quarter. It also generated $9.9 billion in cash flow from operations and spent $7.8 billion in cash on dividends and share repurchases.
The company reported ROE of 24.4% and ROA of 37%, down from 28% and 40%, respectively, in the prior-year quarter. It balance sheet reflected about $61 billion in cash, risen from about $48 billion a year earlier.
Apple's revenue and earnings history:
Apple has a P/E of 13.8, P/B of 3.9 and P/S of 2.9.
Exxon (XOM)
Twenty-one gurus in the third quarter bought Exxon. Its combined portfolio weight among all gurus is 32.5%.
Gurus with a new position in Exxon were: John Burbank, Warren Buffett, Jim Simons and T Boone Pickens. Notably, Buffett made the largest purchase, amassing 0.91% of the massive company's outstanding shares, or an amount of 40,089,371.
The Company
Exxon is the world's largest publicly traded global oil and gas company, and the largest refiner and marketer of petroleum products, with a chemicals business among the world's largest. Exxon shares appreciated more than 8% year to date, after an almost 5% dip across the third quarter.
Exxon's revenue in the third quarter declined to $112.4 billion, from $115.14 billion in the prior-year quarter. Earnings also fell by 18% to $7.87 billion, and earnings per share dropped 14% to $1.79, in the same periods. Cash flow from operations and assets sales was $13.6 billion, and it returned $5.8 billion to shareholders through dividends and share repurchases.
The company's ROE was 18.8% and ROA was 9.2%, down from 22.8% and 12%, respectively, in the prior-year quarter. Exxon carries about $38.5 billion in cash on its balance sheet.
Exxon's revenue and earnings history:
Around $95.01 per share on Wednesday, Exxon's share price is near a 10-year high. It has a P/E of 12.2 and P/B of 2.45, close to a two-year high. Its P/S is 1.0.
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Nice video post Scot. I've seen it before and have often wonder....1) what do you think the hydration rate is that allows him to man handle the dough like that2) do you think that is their everyday dough that they actually bake with. I am assuming it is.
At 58% hydration and lots of kneading (perhaps) it does seem to fit the picture. I wonder though if you can still get a light crumb out of it. It must be the effects of the oil.
Tran,For an example of typical hydration of a Tony G dough, you might take a look at Reply 14 (by Tony G himself) and my Reply 15, starting at http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php/topic,8032.msg74616.html#msg74616. I never did learn whether the oil was by weight or by volume, but if by volume, 20 ounces of vegetable oil would weigh around 19.22 ounces. For olive oil, it would be about 19.06 ounces. Peter
it seems incredibly difficult to make a pizza that tastes like real new york pizza at home. has anyone had success?
It was by volume, or he would not have said a 20 oz cup. If it was by weight, he simply would've said 20 oz.
It depends on how you define 'success' This is probably going to get me in trouble, but there's lots of people who eat quasi-NY pizza outside of the NY metro area, enjoy it, and then, in turn, duplicate that at home. It's not really high heat, short baking time puffy chewy non bready NY pizza, though. There is a small group of people, though, that either live here or have lived here (or have visited extensively), that know and understand pizza bliss and have successfully recreated that bliss in a home oven. It's not a large number, though. And none of them have your dietary restrictions I'm sorry to say it, but you've kind of handicapped yourself on two fronts. Equipment and ingredients. I've become a lot more vocal about fibrament's inadequacies due to the growing number of people with experiences such as yours. It just doesn't quite have enough conductivity for quick bake times. Other the the stone, your dietary restrictions are the second half of a one two punch. I sincerely believe that if you had either a better stone or a willingness to work with purported less healthy flour, your chances would improve tremendously. If you could work with both a better stone (1" cordierite or soapstone) AND All Trumps bleached bromated (enriched) flour, with your current level of knowledge/dough handling skills, the pizza of your youth would be a piece of cake. You could do it in your sleep. Which makes your current predicament a little frustrating.
Frustrating, but not necessarily insurmountable.Caputo flour is unmalted, and that works fine for 850 deg wood fired ovens. Unmalted flour, such as the Bob's Red Mill Organic flour you're using, does not work well in lower heat situations, though. Without the enzymes in the malt, less sugars are generated, which, in turn, stunts yeast growth and coloring. For NY pizza, you need both.I know artificially derived vitamins are off your list, but what's your feelings on malted barley flour? Ideally, you could find a malted unenriched bread flour, but I don't think such a thing exists. It's either all the additives or nothing. Bob's Red Mill sells malted barley flour, so you could add it yourself- if you were willing to use it. Malted barley flour would improve your crusts dramatically.
Sugar, although not normally absolutely necessary, becomes a necessity when you've got an impaired stone. What's your feelings on agave nectar? That should give you browning, and, unlike honey or fruit juice, has a fairly neutral taste. Agave is rich in inulin which is a probiotic and relatively healthy. Also, what about fructose? Does your diet allow that? Fructose has been rumored to be attached to a few health issues, so I wouldn't use it to make desserts on a daily basis, but a little bit once in a while in pizza may not be the end of the world. And, for what it's worth, it's low glycemic. Fructose browns faster than any other type of sugar so you wouldn't need much.
I recommended 70% hydration because I want you to have experience working with a dough that was too hydrated. I guess if 64% is troublesome, maybe 70% might be a little too much, but I want you to keep increasing the water until it's absolutely impossible to work with and then dial it back a tiny bit. Next time, try 67%That's the ingredient front. I think you're at a point now where the time might be right for pushing your fibrament with a little careful broiling. You've been doing the 90 minute preheat, right?
I don't think it's making much of a difference, so dial it back to 60. Put the stone on the top rack of your oven (making sure you have enough room to work with). After the 60 minute preheat at maximum temp, crack open the door and put the broiler on for... 5 minutes.
Try another pie with 10.
Bear in mind, there may be a small chance this may crack your stone, but I think if the stone is fully preheated, the extra thermal impact of the broiler shouldn't be too much for it- as long as you don't overdo it.From the photos, it looks a little like you're using the floured peel that you used to deliver the dressed skin to the oven to remove the fully cooked pie. That's a bit of a no no because it gets uncooked flour on the bottom of the cooked pie. This uncooked flour tastes horrible. Use a metal peel or metal cookie sheet for removing the pie.
Re; 3 day vs. 2 day dough. Malted flour has enzymes that produce sugar in dough that is both food for yeast and promotes coloring. Unmalted flour still has these enzymes, just much less. So as you leave dough in the fridge, the more sugars are created, the more crust color you get. To a point. Eventually the yeast activity will increase and residual sugars will decrease.In another thread it mentioned getting the pizza out of the oven straight to a metal tray so the crust steams a bit. You've implemented this, correct?
I know, from the other post, your ingredient ratios, but how about posting your process? A pre refrigeration and post refrigeration photo of the dough would be hugely helpful as well. Unmalted flours make relatively yeast unfriendly doughs and I want to make sure your critters are doing their thing.
Do you have a stone you recommend specifically? No problem to order a new one.
I have no issues with malted barely flour. What about adding malt powder? I actually thought of this already and my sister is supposed to be bringing some malt powder with her tonight (she is visiting from milkwaukee and she has some she uses for baking) although I have no idea how to use, how much to add or anything.
I was thinking of ordering some organic high gluten flour from central milling. Do you have any thoughts on that?


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In the world of logistics (or mechanics!), simplicity is its own reward.
If one always waits for something to be 'broken' before we fix it, we risk much.
Dividing the US into three unifrom geographical areas simplifies the site selection rotation and process, provides a larger pool of resources per region, and expands the number of potential sites-per-region to investigage and select.
It allows for predictability of which year rallies will fall in which regions and still doesn't deprive us of one single acre of Americana to explore.
For me, this is the appeal of the original poster's concept.
As for what else could be fixed, that would open the 'alcohol sales' can of worms along with the arguement for greater rideability (scenery, challenging roads, tourism) at a selected site, vendor attractiveness, a 'consumer-advocacy tent' (including collecting signatures on petitions to BMW NA), etc.
It's a conceptual suggestion that deserves a second look before being too quickly dismissed by the BoD...........I hope.


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Manchester Police and Fire Logs: Nov. 4-10
November 4:
01:16 Responded to an out of control male on Bonnet Street.
06:21 Responded again and arrested same out of control male on Bonnet Street.
08:14 Received a report of a commercial alarm at Banana Republic.
13:00 Received a report of an owl standing in the middle of US Route 7 at Exit 4 blocking traffic.
23:22 Assisted the Vermont State Police with a possible DUI stop and a consent search on Depot Street.
November 5:
01:41 Responded to a false commercial alarm at Herend on Main Street.
14:19 Received a report of vandalism to the old chamber of commerce building on Bonnet Street.
15:52 Opened investigation into a juvenile sex offense.
18:26 A truck driver reported he struck the new roundabout causing damage to his vehicle.
19:30 Received a report of a possible sick fox at Hunter Park.
20:30 A male reported that there is a car alarm sounding at the Manchester Industrial Park.
23:37 Responded to a false residential alarm on West Fields.
November 6:
15:33 Began investigation into a possible sex offence.
16:00 A woman came into the office to discuss a suspicious incident.
November 7:
03:56 Responded to a commercial false alarm at Herend on Main Street.
10:28 Received a report that an unknown vehicle backed into a sign for Southern Vermont Glass & Sign on Elm Street and destroyed it.
23:06 Received a report of a noise disturbance on Dufresne Pond Road.
November 8:
05:58 Received a report of a male being assaulted on Main Street by Hand Motors.
06:08 A woman from The Meadows reported she saw someone stealing something.
09:02 Began an investigation into reported child abuse of a one-year-old male.
10:59 Served an abuse prevention order on a male on Bonnet Street.
11:01 Performed a background investigation for a liquor license.
15:39 Investigated an accident where a woman struck a Shaw's delivery truck causing damage to her vehicle and the truck and left the scene.
21:48 Received a report of a female being assaulted by another female on Depot Street in the vicinity of Bob's Diner.
November 9:
09:31 Responded to MEMS to remove a 14-year-old juvenile who was physically out of control.
18:29 Responded to a car v.s. deer accident on Depot Street in the vicinity of the US Route 7 overpass.
18:57 Investigated a false commercial burglar alarm at Hickey Freeman on Center Hill.
19:43 Responded to Torrey Knoll for a report of animal abuse to a pet rabbit.
November 10:
00:18 Responded to US Route 7 in Dorset in response to a tractor trailer parked near the Marble Edge Motel with its motor running.
02:49 Investigated a commercial burglar alarm at Manchester Discount Beverage.
10:02 Responded to a parking complaint on Taconic Road.
15:25 Received a report of three juvenile females attempting to buy beer at various Depot Street sales outlets.
15:38 Received a report of a male with a loaded rifle in his vehicle in violation of Fish & Wildlife laws.
17:54 Received a motor vehicle complaint of a vehicle coming down the mountain in the wrong lane.
November 4:
19:11 Received a report of a guide wire on fire on a pole at 7330 Main Street.
November 5:
10:11 Responded to a fire alarm activation at Equinox Village set off by burned toast.
11:16 Responded to a fire alarm activation at WCW, Inc at 450 Natural Foam Way.
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As part of SI.com's Power Week, today we published our list of "The 10 most powerful pitchers in baseball history." It's a list that's sure to fuel debate, one that's not necessarily about the 10 best pitchers of all time, hence the inclusion of the legendary Steve Dalkowski, who never threw a pitch in the majors, but not Tom Seaver (the modern-day prototype for a power pitcher), Roger Clemens or 11 other pitchers who struck out at least 3,000 hitters — eight of whom are in the Hall of Fame. As the intro reads, "Each of these men is on the short list of the hardest throwers in baseball history."
I wrote up five of the pitchers on the list, and nominated a handful of others, many of whom made the cut. One who didn't is J.R. Richard, and while I'm not sure whom I'd bump from the list to include him, I think he's worth a closer look, particularly as I remember being awestruck by his performances as a kid. He was simply larger than life.
Richard was a 6-foot-8, 240-pound behemoth who pitched for the rainbow-clad Astros from 1971 to 1980. The overall number two pick of the 1969 draft out of Ruston, Louisiana, he took an understandably long time to harness his control, and bounced up and down between Triple-A and the majors until mid-1974 when he finally stuck. At the time, he was the second-tallest player in major league history after 6-foot-9 Johnny Gee, a journeyman who pitched in 44 games from 1939-1946. Not until Randy Johnson debuted in 1988 would he be bumped out of the number two spot.
He was simply dominant. Richard ranked in the NL's top five in strikeouts in each of his five full seasons (1975-1979), leading the league twice, in 1978 and 1979, and while he was in the top five in walks in all of those years, he had either the lowest or second-lowest hit rate in four of them. In 1978, he became the first right-handed pitcher in NL history to whiff at least 300 hitters in a season, and he did it again in 1979; to this day, only three other NL righties (Mike Scott, Pedro Martinez and Curt Schilling) have joined him. So feared was he that the common affliction for hitters asking out of the lineup because they didn't want to face him was termed "J.R.-thritis."
"I can recall what it was like when I was the most dominating pitcher, not one of," he said last summer. "I was the man. That's a feeling within itself when you're a cut above."
Richard had the advantage of pitching half his games in the pitcher-friendly Astrodome. While he placed in the league's top 10 in ERA three times, including the lead with a 2.71 mark in 1979, his career 3.15 ERA was just eight percent better than the park-adjusted league average (a/k/a, ERA+). His 2.79 mark from 1976-1980 was 21 percent better than average, the eight-best among all pitchers with at least 800 innings in that span. His 8.5 strikeouts per nine ranked second among such pitchers, trailing only Nolan Ryan's 9.5.
As you'd expect given that stat, Richard could Bring It. In a September 1978 feature in Sports Illustrated, the radar-clocked velocity of his fastball was cited at 98 miles per hour (some said he reached 100), his slider at 94. Given his tremendous wingspan, the perceived velocity of those pitches from the batter's point of view would have been 3-4 MPH higher because he was releasing the ball closer to the plate. As Pirates slugger Dave Parker, who won NL MVP honors in 1978, told SI's Ron Reid:
"When he pushes off that mound and lets the ball go, he looks like he's 10 feet away from you instead of 60. It causes you to lean a little bit and makes you think you have to swing the bat quicker. That makes his off-speed stuff work better, too. I think once he improves his control, he's going to be one of the best pitchers in the game."
Richard was well on his way to accomplishing that when disaster struck. After paring his walk rate from 4.6 per nine to 3.0 — thus pushing his strikeout-to-walk ratio above 3.0 for the first time — in 1979, he was en route to an even more dominant season in 1980, with a 1.90 ERA through 17 starts. On July 30 of that year, he suffered a major stroke during a throwing session; four days earlier, doctors had found a blood clot in an artery leading to his right arm, but doctors had considered the blockage stable and thus not a danger. It turned out he had been experiencing deadness in his arm for around six weeks prior to the stroke, but team doctors, media, teammates and fans hadn't believed him. Some claimed that he was jealous of new teammate Ryan's new contract, the first $1 million-a-year pact in baseball history, and when Richard provided a different account of Dr. Frank Jobe's orders than those his team received, the controversy grew. His name was dragged through the mud, and many felt that his race was a factor. From the sidelines, he missed the Astros' first two trips to the postseason in 1980 and 1981.
The short version of the story is that Richard never pitched in the majors again. He made comeback attempts in the minors in 1982 and 1983 but struggled mightily, with his control, vision and depth perception having suffered, and a risk of further clots ultimately ending his career. His losing streak continued off the field, with a pair of divorces, some bad business deals and drug problems culminating in his winding up homeless and living under a bridge circa 1994.inducted into the Astros Walk of Fame a very good case


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Recent News
Posted on: 13 May, 2013
East Central University senior business major Andrea McKinney won a $5,000 Paulsen Award Scholarship recently at the 2013 Donald W. Reynolds Governor's Cup competition in Oklahoma City.
Posted on: 10 May, 2013
Holcim (US) Inc.'s Ada plant was recently recognized for its partnership with East Central University, concerning its innovative collaboration that strengthen Oklahoma's workforce.
Posted on: 10 May, 2013
May 13-17 is National Prevention Week and the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, the Pontotoc County Drug Free Coalition (PCDFC) and the Brandon Whitten Institute for Addiction and Recovery at East Central University are encouraging everyone to take an active interest in the welfare of the state's young people.
That welfare is especially critical when it involves activities that could be risky, harmful or even deadly.
Posted on: 09 May, 2013
Balancing rapport and firmness with students is an integral part of being a teacher.
Posted on: 08 May, 2013
East Central University student Newakis Girdley has been selected to participate in the National Education for Women (N.E.W.) Leadership Institute on May 17-21 in Norman.
Posted on: 07 May, 2013
Clarissa Willis, Ph.D, an author, consultant and professional development specialist, will present "Teaching Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder" on Saturday, May 18, at East Central University's Estep Multimedia Center inside the Bill S. Cole University Center.
Posted on: 07 May, 2013
R. Alan Marcum, executive vice president for administration at Devon Energy, will address graduating East Central University students during commencement ceremonies on Saturday, May 11, 2013 at the Kerr Activities Center.
Posted on: 07 May, 2013
Veterans and Military Appreciation Day, hosted by the East Central University Veterans Upward Bound Program, is set for Thursday, May 23, at the Bill S. Cole University Center on the ECU campus.


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The words that flow out of John Oliver's mouth, unlike that of a parrot, are generally clever and original. But according to at least one online commenter, the "Last Week Tonight" host resembles the phrase-mimicking bird.
"John Oliver's face does look like a parrot :)" someone opined under a YouTube video of a recent "Last Week Tonight" segment on nuclear weaponry.
Oliver, in a meta move, mocked the commenter and his other YouTube detractors in a YouTube video that's logged more than a million views since Monday. "Why isn't his TV show more about wanting crackers? It makes no sense!" Oliver said, riffing off the parrot insult.
At first glance, the video, cheekily titled "Fan Mail Vol. 1," seems a tad out of place on the YouTube channel of the latest entry in the fake news game, a genre that usually targets newsmakers, not faceless commenters. But the spot is all too timely, coming amid the online cruelty that pushed Robin Williams' daughter, Zelda, to leave social media temporarily after his death and the feeding frenzy spurred by the illicit release of private images of Jennifer Lawrence and other female stars.
The Internet can be a great equalizer – a positive in most respects, for giving everybody with online access a voice. But the downside bubbles up from the ooze, via a vocal minority of bitter trolls trying to drag the rest of us into their mire. We appear to be in a deep muck period, perhaps explaining, in part, why Oliver's video is resonating with YouTube viewers.
Oliver, as a comedian, opens himself up to ridicule – and he's been called far worse than a parrot (he highlighted a comment in Spanish whose only non-profane phrase translated to "make me sick"). He also poked fun at himself, via a spelling-challenged supporter who said of him, "This guy is BRILLENT!" ("That warms my heart because finally someone saw me for me," Oliver replied.)
He correctly predicted his YouTube video would "amass enough hateful vitriol for us to fill a follow-up." The segment has drawn some 3,000 comments, many of them negative – "So far, you are boring. Just End your Talk Show" is one of the more printable entries.
Oliver doesn't appear to be leaving his HBO perch anytime soon. While the program began in April looking like a clone of "The Daily Show," where his star rose when subbing for Jon Stewart last summer, Oliver has worked hard to distinguish his new gig (cases in point: his net neutrality explanation and call to action, and his jamming his set with Bill Nye and other climate change-believing scientists). The "Fan Mail" video, which uses humor to tackle increasingly disturbing online cruelty without being (too) cruel, marks his latest attempt to live up to his "brillent" billing.
As Oliver gets set to return to "Last Week Tonight" Sunday after a short break, check out his video above.
Jere Hester is founding director of the award-winning, multi-media NYCity News Service at the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism. He is also the author of "Raising a Beatle Baby: How John, Paul, George and Ringo Helped us Come Together as a Family." Follow him on Twitter.


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Game 37: No really, what the hell is going on?
Seriously though, what the hell is going on? Has CC caught the suck now? That's about the last thing we need at this juncture is our ace giving up 6 runs in as many innings. But hey, at least our bullpen didn't crap the bed. Not that there was much of a bed to crap in at that point, but you take the little things where you can find them.
Since there was no offense, let's instead direct our attention to Jorge Posada, who apparently got in a snit-fit when Girardi dropped him to 9th in the lineup….and as a result of that, asked out of the game. Dude….no. Just no. You don't do that. Joe Torre dropped Alex to the bottom of the batting order, and he showed up and played. He didn't come up with some lame excuse about his back or what have you, just to get out of playing because he didn't want his ego to take the hit.
On a Yankees message board I read quite frequently, a poster there said that the "dynasty" players have basically held the team hostage over the last few years, and I can't help but start to think that person is right. There's no way that someone like Alex, or even AJ Burnett would be allowed to get away with behavior like this, not without getting suspended and/or fined by the the team. The fact that apparently nothing will be happening to Jorge for his temper-tantrum, speaks volumes to me. I loved the dynasty years, they were a fun time to be a Yankees fan….but it's time to move on from that now, and the sooner the better. I just hope we don't get swept tomorrow night.


text: i made this a while ago but i wanted to put this in its iown forum Im not sure where to put this so i put it here. sorry if its in the wrong place today i went to the big 10 championship match: Ohio St vs Illinois it was a great meet with fun matches here are the scores Singles 1. No. 18 Bryan Koniecko (OSU) def. No. 19 Ryan Rowe (ILL) 6-4, 6-2 2. No. 22 Justin Kronauge (OSU) def. No. 48 Ruben Gonzales (ILL) 6-7, 6-1, 6-4 3. No. 33 Steven Moneke (OSU) def. Marc Spicijaric (ILL) 5-7, 6-1, 6-3 4. Billy Heiser (ILL) def. Shuhei Uzawa (OSU) 6-2, 6-3 5. Balazs Novak (OSU) def. Roy Kalmanovich (ILL) 6-3, 7-5 6. Waylon Chin (ILL) def. Drew Eberly (OSU) 1-6, 6-3, 7-6 Doubles 1. No. 33 Steven Moneke/Bryan Koniecko (OSU) vs. No. 11 Billy Heiser/Ryan Rowe (ILL) 7-7 2. Ruben Gonzales/Marc Spicijaric (ILL) def. No. 19 Drew Eberly/Justin Kronauge (OSU) 8-4 3. Waylon Chin/Brandon Davis (ILL) def. No. 33 Matt Allare/Shuhei Uzawa (OSU) 8-6 Doubles this was the first college meet ive been to so i didnt know what to expect. the doubles was really fast they had really fast hands but also with a very soft touch they were pounding the ball the #1s for OSU had slower seves but made up fo it with there quick feet i really only watched the #1s UI won the dubs point Singles this was a whole different game i watched Ryan Rowe for UI he was good but lost because he lost focus the # 2s for both teams i thought was better then the #1s they had such long rallies and were pounding the ball it was entertaining Ruban G. for UI was amazing killer FH the #3 match was wierd in the first set the guy from OSU shamked a shot and it was in on the other side. so the guy hit the OSU guy was facing the fence The coach yelled at him and set " Stephen your shot was in!!!!!" Stephen won the math in 3 Other i was amazed to see how hard they hit the serve placement was awsome there was a lot of " cmons!" " Here we go Buckeyes!" very team oriented Rackets: for you gear junkes like me 3 k 95s 2 pure drives 2 areo storms 1 microgel radical 1 flexpoint instinct (surpising) 4 pure storms/pure controll ( couldnt tell) 1 POG 1 Prince diablo 1 yonex 1 flexpiont prestige in all in was fun and I had a great time sorry for the long post


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Trade 1:
Y!Sports says Phoenix is looking to move Sebastian Telfair for a second round pick. Since raptors can't afford to absorb his contract I thought something like this might work to address the backup pg situation
Raptors trade
Hamed Hadaddi
2014 Sacramento 2nd round pick
Raptors receive
Sebastian Telfair
Luke Zeller
Trade 2:
Apparently Chicago is interested in John lucas for Nate Robinson. However the way Robinson has been playing(Eastern Conference player of the week last week) I think Chicago would want more
Chicago trades:
Nate Robinson
Nazr Mohammed
Marquis Teague
Raptors trade
Alan Anderson
John Lucas
2014 Sacramento 2nd round pick
Mohammed and Teague are more for cap filler but Mohammed would be a good locker room presence or maybe backup center ahead of gray(both are pretty bad). Teague is a good prospect and there isn't enough room on the wings for Anderson to stay. Bulls get 3 point shooters which they have said they're after.
Trade 3:
Raptors trade:
Hamed Hadaddi
Alan Anderson
Pacers trade:
DJ Augustin
Augustin has not worked out as well as Indiana hoped this season and beyond George and Green, Pacers don't have ANY wings, so Anderson would be more valuable than Augustin at this point IMO.
Trade 4:
Raptors trades:
Aaron Gray
Sacramento 2014 2nd round pick
Sacramento trades:
Aaron Brooks is the odd man out in Sacramento with fredette and Thomas at the point. They have no backup C for Cousins right now so Gray would be a good fit.


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When economic times get tough, even communities like Walnut Creek face challenging budget decisions that are easily second-guessed, especially in a campaign season.
Witness the Nov. 6 election for three City Council seats. Two candidates, Bob Simmons, the only remaining incumbent in the race, and Loella Haskew, a certified public accountant, support the current council's division of funds. Challengers Barry Grove, a county deputy district attorney, and Justin Wedel, a technology consultant, say the city has underfunded police.
We agree with Simmons and Haskew, and accordingly endorse them. The council has wisely balanced priorities. In the past five years, the number of sworn police has declined about 4 percent while other city positions have been cut 15 percent. The notions that police have suffered disproportionately and that the city is unsafe are simply untrue.
Residents move to Walnut Creek not only because of the relative safety of the community but also because of the amenities the city offers, from open space to excellent arts and recreation programs.
The City Council increased fees for those programs. It has also correctly insisted that police make reasonable contributions toward their lucrative pensions. Both steps freed up money for services, including police.
Simmons, an attorney and mediator with a long history of civic involvement, has been an excellent council member who has fully supported the council's balanced approach. Haskew's financial expertise and recent service on the Community Blue Ribbon Task Force on Fiscal Health provide her critical background needed to serve effectively in these challenging times.
While our endorsements of Simmons and Haskew are easy, we are left with a tough choice between Wedel and Grove for the third seat. Unfortunately, incumbent Councilman Kish Rajan has dropped out the race to take a state job, but his name will still appear on the ballot.
We passed over Wedel when he ran two years ago. At the time, he advocated for more police officers at the expense of other services. Although his words have changed, his positions haven't. He says that cuts in the police department are "ridiculous" and intimates that the city has not bargained fairly with police.
But Grove troubles us more. A representative of fellow prosecutors in the district attorney's office during labor negotiations, he considers himself as an expert negotiator who now wants to directly represent the city in its bargaining. He says the city should stop hiring paid negotiators for bargaining with employee unions.
That's disturbing on many fronts. For starters, we don't believe Grove can effectively represent labor interests in one organization and taxpayers in another. Second, the city should have the option of expert representation in such high-stakes bargaining.
So we endorse Wedel for the third seat because Grove's perspective is even less acceptable. We wish we had another option.


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Texas A&M has 28 commitments, and nine BCS programs have 20 or more already and we're still more than five months away from national signing day. But not all of the BCS programs have their 2013 classes completed. In fact, two of them—Oregon State and Minnesota—have only five recruits apiece.
Today, Sporting News begins a five-day countdown of the five programs that have the most work to do in the next five months. Today we spotlight Oregon State, a program that has endured two straight losing seasons, but has had plenty of success in the past decade. The Beavers have beaten USC two of the past three times they've met and averaged nine wins a season from 2006 to '09. So bowl appearances and success under head coach Mike Riley aren't unfamiliar.
But the past two years have been tough, and the recent rise of in-state and Pac-12 rival Oregon's program to national prominence has not helped the Beavers. So is it scary that the program has only five recruits with five months to go? Recruit Jermel Walker told Sporting News he's not concerned.
"I know it's a little early in the commitment process and I'm not worried about how many Oregon State gets because I believe in what the football program brings to the table," said Walker, a wide receiver out of Rancho Cucamonga (Calif.) who chose the Beavers in July. "I know the team has struggled in the past, but I feel as if the people that committed are ready to change that and are ready to play at the next level and win some games at Oregon State. At the end of the day, the coaches are looking for people that can be a difference maker."
David Ajamu is a 6-foot-4, 240-pound tight end with good speed, and he's looking forward to the chance to play—and soon. He is the Beavers' lone recruit from outside of California, hailing from Shelton High School in Washington. No one from Oregon has joined the 2013 class yet.
"The recruiting class is small … but I'm not too worried about how little recruits have been picked up," Ajamu told Sporting News. "I think all 3-star players or better will come with time. I haven't gotten to talk to the other recruits a whole lot because they're all from California, but I'm sure that when the time comes to all meet, we'll be a tight bunch."
Terin Solomon, a 6-foot-2, 190-pound safety out of Murrieta Valley (Calif.), was the first player to commit to this year's signing class. In June, he chose the Beavers over in-state UCLA and he's sold on this group. He knows Oregon State may add as many as 20 more recruits in the next five months, and he's confident it'll be a good crop of players, probably mostly from his home state—the recruiting hotbed of California.
"I love all the recruits," Solomon told Sporting News. "They are also from the Inland Empire (greater Los Angeles area), and I take the time to talk to all of them because it's never too early to build team chemistry. Coach Riley is a great coach, and I like how he always takes the time out to make sure his players are doing well. He's just the type of coach I want to play for. It's not about the number of players or big names, it's about quality players that have smarts and are ready to work hard."
With that all being said, expect a ton of activity within the Oregon State program over the next few months. Recruiting classes continue to be built earlier and earlier, and there is some catching up to do in Corvallis.


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The White House cautioned on Monday that the average American family would pay $2,200 more in taxes in 2013 unless Congress acts in time to avoid tax increases and massive spending cuts set to take effect in January.
The administration's report from the Council of Economic Advisers and National Economic Council concluded that the nation's economic growth would slip 1.4 percentage points and consumer spending would drop $200 billion next year if leaders fail to act.
The report, in line with similar studies done by other institutions, is intended to pressure congressional Republicans who are resisting President Obama's efforts to extend income tax cuts enacted under President George W. Bush for families earning less than $250,000 a year. Republicans want to extend the cuts for all income levels.
Obama built his successful re-election campaign on charges that Republicans were captive to the rich and out of touch with the middle class. His chief promise was to extend the middle-class tax cuts. But even while he is championing those income tax cuts, the White House's latest report did not mention that the president is willing to reverse course on another expiring tax break that would raise the taxes of virtually every working American: the payroll tax reduction.
Obama fought to extend the lower payroll tax last December. But that tax revenue is needed to shore up Social Security, and Republicans said they would oppose another extension. The new report highlights the benefit of the lower payroll tax -- it, along with other deductions, saved the average family $3,600 over the past four years -- but was silent on extending it.
"You noticed that did you?" quipped a senior Democratic congressional aide. "Right now, it seems like the only thing everybody agrees on is that the payroll tax break should go away. But everybody is kind of acting like it's not happening."
A higher payroll tax would cost a family earning $50,000 a year an additional $1,000 in taxes.
When asked whether an extension of the payroll tax cut would help the economy more than the Bush tax cuts, Obama's chief economist Alan Krueger replied, "I don't have a really good answer for you."
Administration officials said Monday that an extension of the payroll tax break would be part of any negotiation with Congress, but Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, the White House's lead negotiator, has publicly opposed extending it.
Republicans say they're not responsible for any delays in the negotiations over taxes and spending.
"Republicans have stepped out of our comfort zone. We've been clear about what we'll do and what we won't. And yet we remain at an impasse," said Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. "It's time for the president to present a plan that rises above these reckless and radical voices on the hard left."
White House efforts to buoy consumer confidence during the holiday shopping season were met with skepticism by retailers,
"It is encouraging to see the administration's acknowledgement that retailers and their customers will be among the hardest hit if our elected officials fail to address ongoing economic uncertainty," said Matthew Shay, president and CEO of the National Retail Federation. "However, just kicking the can down the road by cherry-picking reforms only serves to reinforce the well-placed fears of American consumers and retailers that the status quo will once again rule the day."


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Concord Coalition Executive Director Robert L. Bixby wrote this Kansas City Star op-ed.
On a speaking tour that included the University of Central Missouri, President Barack Obama called for Washington to move beyond the current gridlock to deal with the nation's critical fiscal and economic challenges.
It's a sentiment undoubtedly shared by many Americans regardless of their political affiliation. However, the President proposed no new initiatives to actually resolve differences and get something done. His speeches, like the predicable Republican responses, were more of the same.
Lots of people in Washington are talking, but they are talking past each other, not with each other. As a result, members of Congress will soon be heading home for their August recess with little progress to show on the budget front.
When they return to Capitol Hill there will be only weeks left before the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30. Congress has not passed a single appropriations bill to fund government agencies beyond then.
Is all hope lost for any kind of agreement to avoid a government shutdown and a showdown over the debt limit later in the year?
Not necessarily.
There is nothing inevitable about a crisis. It all depends on whether the President and congressional leaders and other elected officials decide that avoiding one is worth reaching across the aisle.
For example, lawmakers might consider doing joint appearances with a colleague from the other party at public forums in both of their states or districts. Members of Congress who are willing to do so may find that the August recess provides some opportunities:
• It is an opportunity to show that our fiscal problems have not been solved.
The falling deficit is good news but it does not mean that Washington's budget problems are over. The deficit declined largely as the result of a recovering economy and temporary factors.
The core problem is not a cyclical deficit driven by the ups and downs of the economy. It is an underlying structural deficit caused by a mismatch between future spending promises and current tax law. Because this problem has not been addressed in any meaningful way, the budget remains on an unsustainable track.
• It is an opportunity to show continued interest in a grand bargain.
Our fiscal challenges are not beyond our capacity to fix them. However, they are large enough that it is unrealistic to think we can deal with them by just cutting spending or by just raising taxes.
Members of both parties have put forward many good ideas. We now need an open and vigorous debate of all ideas that could be part of a credible solution. Comprehensive bipartisan plans such as Simpson-Bowles and Domenici-Rivlin have shown that it is possible to bring the deficit under control through a mix of spending cuts and revenue increases without causing immediate economic harm.
• It is an opportunity to show that bipartisan cooperation is possible.
The public has become increasingly frustrated with partisan gridlock in government. Moreover, bipartisan consensus is essential to achieve a fiscally sustainable plan. One-party solutions will never gain sufficient votes to be enacted and are thus little more than partisan talking points.
A successful plan must be capable of resisting pressure to undo the tough choices it contains. The best way to ensure that a plan can stand up over time is to infuse it with broad bipartisan support from the beginning.
• It is an opportunity to engage the public.
The issues at stake — from social insurance to national security, domestic investments and tax reform — have profound consequences for our nation's future. Reaching a fiscal sustainability agreement will be difficult, if not impossible, without a concerted effort to bring the public into the deliberations. When people are armed with the facts and given the opportunity for honest dialogue, they are willing to set priorities and make hard choices.
• It is an opportunity to show leadership and set a positive example for others.
How political leaders go about their business in the next few months will do much to determine the fiscal path ahead. By pairing up with someone from the other party for joint appearances, lawmakers can show their willingness to avoid a crisis, move beyond partisan talking points, and champion a reasoned, timely and mutually acceptable solution. Such leadership will set a positive example and encourage others to do the same.
Politicians need to spend less time positioning themselves to avoid the blame for a crisis, and more time trying to avoid a crisis from happening.


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The Political Economy of Foreign Aid: Fatigue or Regeneration?
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what a dumb name for a nba teamCHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Charlotte's NBA expansion team will be called the "Bobcats,'' a nod to the owner who spent $300 million for the franchise, The Associated Press has learned.
Bob Johnson selected Bobcats over "Flight'' and "Dragons,'' a source familiar with the process told the AP on Monday on condition of anonymity.
The dominant color in uniforms and logos will be orange and official team apparel will be in stores Wednesday afternoon, the source said.
An official announcement is planned for Wednesday, when city leaders plan to join Johnson and NBA commissioner David Stern in a downtown street festival to unveil the name, mascot and logos.
Chris Weiller, a spokesman for the new NBA team, would not confirm or deny that Johnson has picked Bobcats as the name.
In picking Bobcats, Johnson gets to see his own name used and continues the feline theme established by Charlotte's other pro team, the NFL's Panthers.
Bobcats was one of three finalists for the team name, whittled down from a list of nearly 1,200 suggestions the team received from the community. Johnson's group used several focus groups and spent nearly $100,000 researching the names and their trademark status and designing possible logos.
Team officials cut the list about 10 names, then matched them with potential colors, graphic designs and mascots.
Chicago's NVU Productions was hired to help develop the logos.
Reaction was lukewarm -- at best -- when the finalists were announced last month. But the same thing happened in 1987 when owner George Shinn was naming his Charlotte NBA team.
Originally "Spirit'' was selected, but Shinn changed it to Hornets, a name that traced its roots to the Revolutionary War.
That name -- and its lovable purple and teal mascot "Hugo the Hornet'' -- eventually caught on and then moved on with the franchise to New Orleans.
i just can'y imagine how the logo will look like