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I relocated to Hong Kong in January 2001 and in March 2001, I moved to a studio apartment in North Point. It's a tiny apartment with awkward nooks but I love it! I furnished it 99% with stuff from IKEA – some of which I am still using in my current home in Discovery Bay, a decade later. This is how my studio apartment looked like on March 12th 2001. If you are an IKEA fan, you would recognize most of the things here:
I packed the Wilma Curtains and kept it in the storage when I moved in to a bigger apartment with my then fiancé (now belovedst husband). Recently, we decided that we need a curtain in our living room to provide more privacy. We wanted something light and airy and my thoughts went to the Wilma Curtains. I took them out from the storage and washed them. Then I went to Sham Shui Po to get a selection of pretty lace. And here's what I did with them:
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I make a rocking horse for each of my grandchildren (12). This year I am working on two. I give these to the grandchildren for their second Christmas. The horse plan this year is from Wood Magazine Nov 1995 issue. The plan calls for multiple types of wood, I use what is available locally in my area. Usually I start in the fall but this year I have started in January and will work on the rocking horses for many months. I vary the plan to the type of wood I use and my skill level. This involves using band saws, hand drills, drill press. various sanders and a lot of hand sanding. This woodworking is my primary hobby and is very satisfying and relaxing in my retirement.
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Aid groups warn of civilian danger, say they can't reach key Mali town
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Published Friday, January 18, 2013 6:32AM EST
Last Updated Friday, January 18, 2013 10:45PM EST
BAMAKO, Mali -- Warning that civilians are in danger, aid officials said they cannot reach a town where Islamist militants and French forces battled for a week, and a town not far from the capital remained on high alert Friday after a reported jihadist sighting.
Doctors Without Borders has been trying to get to the town of Konna since Monday but all roads leading to the community in central Mali have been closed by the Malian military, said Malik Allaouna, director of operations for the group known as MSF by its initials in French.
"Despite our repeated requests, we are still being refused access to the Konna region," he said. "It is essential to allow the delivery of neutral and impartial medical and humanitarian aid in the areas affected by the conflict."
The fate of Konna was unclear Friday, more than a week after Islamists first advanced on the town in a move that prompted the French military to launch its offensive in this vast desert nation in northwest Africa.
A Malian military official said Thursday that the country's forces were in control of the town, but the claim could not be independently corroborated.
Further to the south, forces remained on high alert in Banamba, a town just 144 kilometres from the capital, Bamako, after a reported sighting of jihadists in the vicinity. Roughly 100 Malian soldiers sped Thursday to Banamba, which would be the closest the extremists reportedly have come to Bamako.
France has encountered fierce resistance from the extremist groups, whose tentacles extend not only over a territory the size of Afghanistan in Mali, but also another 1,000 kilometres to the northeast in Algeria, where fighters stormed a BP-operated plant and took dozens of foreigners hostages, including Americans. They demanded the immediate end of the hostilities in Mali, with one commander, Oumar Ould Hamaha, saying that they are now "globalizing the conflict" in revenge for the military assault on Malian soil.
A city official in Banamba who insisted on anonymity because he is not authorized to speak to the press, said they had received reports that a rebel convoy had left the jihadist-controlled town of Diabaly on the road headed to Banamba.
On Thursday, France increased its troop strength in Mali to 1,400, said French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian.
A former French colony, Mali once enjoyed a reputation as one of West Africa's most stable democracies with the majority of its 15.8 million people practicing a moderate form of Islam. That changed last March, following a coup in the capital which created the disarray that allowed Islamist extremists to take over the main cities in the distant north.


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Sisters Hospital Past Medical Staff Presidents Club Honors Two for Men of the Year Award
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October 29, 2010
Each year, the Sisters of Charity Hospital Past Medical Staff Presidents Club honors one or two people from the community as the Man or Woman of the year. Candidates are chosen by the significant contributions they have made to Sisters Hospital throughout the year.
This year, the Past Medical Staff Presidents are honoring Peter U. Bergmann, President & CEO of Sisters Hospital and Dr. Brian D'Arcy, Catholic Health Senior Vice President of Medical Affairs. Peter and Brian were chosen for their support and efforts during the merger of Sisters Hospital and St. Joseph Campus.
"Their strong leadership during the merger of the two hospitals made the transition from two medical staffs to one extremely smooth," says Dr. Greg Castiglia, current president of the group. "Since establishing one medical staff between the two campuses, it has improved the overall quality of care, standardization of policies and procedures by physicians."
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The physicians know the success of the merger couldn't have happened without the additional support of the Sisters Hospital and Catholic Health Leadership Team. Peter and Brian will be presented with the award during a special ceremony in April 2011.
The Past Medical Staff Presidents Club is comprised of 45 physicians from both campuses. The club was established in 1980 to form a better working relationship between physicians, hospital leadership and board.
A total 23 people have been given the person of the year award since the club's inception.


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Filippo Bigarella is best known for being the developer of some of the most popular jailbreak tweaks for iOS, including Springtomize, LivelyIcons, and PasswordPilot Pro. But he's just launched his first official iPhone app through the App Store.
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GreenDisk: a viable e-waste solution?
Computers are becoming cheaper and easier to manufacture by the minute. Intel's new Atom processor is bound to create a whole new set of net-enabled devices at extremely low cost. While the processor is not out yet and prices are not set in stone, rumors price new "net-top" computers below $200.
Cheaper computers make electronic recycling all the more relevant. Computers and gadgets are being replaced more frequently as electronics become obsolete in a matter of months. Most manufacturers will take back used electronics, and there is likely some sort of e-waste collector in your area. But if you are looking for a company to responsibly handle, resell, and recycle all your e-waste from nearly anywhere in the United States, GreenDisk is a viable option.
Recycling Services
There are a few ways to recycle with GreenDisk. The Technotrash Can is one option. For a fee, you can order the Standard (up to 35lbs) or Tall (up to 70lbs) variety which includes pre-paid shipping. These bins allow you to dump nearly all types of e-waste including jewel cases, cables, cell phones, hard drives, printer cartridges, iPods, and just about every type of electronic media including CDs, DVDs, cassette tapes, etc. For smaller amounts of waste, another option is the Technotrash Pack-IT which allows you to ship your e-waste to GreenDisk in your own box. The Pack-IT fee covers the processing while you pay for shipping. Finally, Secure Computer and Component Recycling allows you to ship larger items like desktops, laptops, monitors, and printers.
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In addition to recycling all you e-waste, GreenDisk offers Jewel and SoftShell Cases made from 100% recycled materials. GreenDisk also has formated diskettes from unsold, unopened software for sale.
Recycling Concerns
GreenDisk addresses the three biggest concerns in e-waste recycling: landfill disposal, off-shore shipping, and data security, by using a network of for-profit and non-profit organizations to process materials and by generating an audit trail for all wiped data and recycled materials for all customers. GreenDisk provides a detailed document on what happens to the e-waste you send them.
GreenDisk makes their own pledge not to export or use landfills, however GreenDisk doesn't comply to governmental standards on off-shore shipping. Why? It's because there are none. The leading authority in monitoring toxic waste trade is the non-governmental Basel Action Network. GreenDisk has not signed the BAN's E-Steward pledge, though the pledge relies solely on the honor system. If BAN were to find any offensive practices by GreenDisk, a news release on the BAN website would alert the public.
GreenDisk freely admits that it may not be the best option for e-waste recycling. It encourages people to use local outlets first to cut down on shipping miles. Local options may be cheaper for customers as well since long distance shipping is costly. As for data security, GreenDisk wipes hard drives to Department of Defense standards.
In all, GreenDisk checks out. The company accepts nearly all electronics and provides their service in just about every part of the United States, making it an option for individuals and large companies alike. There is no need to sort materials in the Technotrash Can, making it extra convenient. You also won't have to sort and send materials to multiple locations. GreenDisk provides a sound option for people looking to responsibly dispose of e-waste, although local outlets are likely a better, cheaper solution.


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'I was an oddity at school'
Kimora Lee Simmons is larger than life.
Standing at over six-foot four in sky-scraper heels there's nothing subtle about this model-turned-mogul. Big hair, husky voice she has the presence of a rock star or a General. It's impossible to look away from her special brand of fabulousity. A word Kimora coined to describe, well, Kimora.
"Fabulousity is confidence and feeling great about yourself," she says, poured into a bright orange body-con dress. "And sometimes it's about two hours of hair and make-up."
The first thing you notice about Kimora is her legs. They're the kind of long, lean pins that only belong to the genetically blessed. Next is her face which is an extraordinary mix of Japanese, Korean and African American heritage. It was these unique assets that catapulted her to fame at just fourteen years old. But being tall and bi-racial hasn't always opened such doors. "It was tough for me at school… trying to blend in and get along with other kids. I was an oddity and kids are scared of things they don't understand."
Kimora Lee Simmons was born in St Louis, Missouri in 1975. Her father, Vernon Whitlock Jr., was the first African American Deputy Federal Marshal of the city but later went to jail on corruption charges leaving Kimora's mother Joanne Perkins to raise their daughter alone. Perkins' childhood reads a little like a character from the Joy Luck Club (Kimora's analogy). She was orphaned during the Korean War and later adopted by a US Marine family.
Kimora's life however is much more like a Jackie Collins novel. Scouted at thirteen, she moved to Paris and within weeks was ensconced at Chanel as Karl Lagerfeld's muse. This experience and his influence on her developed her taste for the finer things in life and her drive to succeed. "It was amazing for me. I worked with the best – Givenchy, Dior, Yves Saint Laurent – and it gave me an ability to be confident. It turned me into a CEO and a creative director and a brand."
At seventeen she was courted by hip-hop entrepreneur, Russell Simmons. They dated on-and-off for years before marrying in St Barts in 1998. "We had fifteen amazing years together. We have two beautiful daughters - Ming Lee and Aoki Lee - he's so significant in my life - we're still best friends."
Russell launched the Baby Phat fashion brand with Kimora in 1999. Kimora made the move from model to designer easily and it became a partnership that would last a decade and make the pair millions of dollars. "It was about great timing. Russell is a genius and we really created the idea of a personal brand. It was the genesis of taking star power and creating a lifestyle and a product to sell with it."
In Sydney to promote 'Kimora: House of Fab" (Mondays, 8.30 on the Style Network), her new reality show reveals the inner-workings of her latest empire and its main players. JustFab is a shopping portal which sells everything from killer heels to skinny jeans, all at just $39.95 each. "I don't believe that fashion should exclude people – I have always been about making it accessible to everyone."
Simmons says that sharing her life for the cameras has come more easily than she expected. Does she see herself as different from other reality stars such as the Kardashians? "I wont talk specifically, but generally a lot of shows within the genre are quite negative and aggressive – my show is positive and also I have a business and a job. The show is about my work, [it is] not my work."
At 37, she's single again after divorcing husband Number Two, the father of her son Kenzo Lee, actor Djimon Hounsou. Has she learned any lessons about love? "I've had two good marriages with amazing children and still have these great guys in my life. I'm lucky, always hopeful... I love my life."
Kimora: House Of Fab premieres Monday, March 4th at 8:30pm AEDT only on Style.
Paula Joye has spent the last twenty years working in the fashion industry. She is the former editor of Cleo, Shop Til You Drop and Madison magazines.
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By Robert J. Kobet
As schools emerge as a key part of the growing green building movement, board members and district officials should have a healthy discussion about the costs and benefits of investing in our facilities.
Major initiatives such as the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) for Schools, the Collaborative for High Performance Schools, and the Department of Energy's Rebuild America schools program influenced the current green movement you see today. These and other complimentary programs have contributed to a growing number of case studies and a burgeoning body of literature that praise the qualities and attributes of high performance green schools.
I became part of the green school movement in 1981, when I joined a group of volunteers that developed the country's first Master of Science in Sustainable Systems program at Pennsylvania's Slippery Rock University. My thesis was on the design and construction of Harmony House, a place where graduate students can experience a living laboratory and examine the relationships between human, natural, and building ecology. I had no idea then how this experience would influence my life.
Since 1995 I have worked internationally in the field of sustainable design and as an educator. Today, much of my work is with high performance school initiatives in the US and other countries.
What I have experienced and learned can be summed up as follows: High performance green schools are most effective and return the greatest benefits when they are based on the relationship between community, facilities, and curriculum. We must understand how these elements relate.
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Obama asks Palestinians to back off statehood push
President Obama called Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas Sunday, asking him to back off a Palestinian push for statehood at the United Nations.
"In his discussion with President Abbas, President Obama reaffirmed his commitment to Middle East peace and his strong support for direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians with the objective of two states living side by side in peace and security. He also reiterated the United States' opposition to unilateral efforts at the United Nations," the White House said in a statement.
Palestinian leaders have been pushing for recognition as an observer state member at the United Nations since 2011.
Israel and the United States have both warned Palestinian leadership against the attempt -- though leaders have been circulating a draft petition that they plan to introduce at UN session later this month.


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Volquez's first All-Star Game memorable
Reds rookie turns in action-packed seventh inning
By Jenifer Langosch / MLB.com
Participating in his the first All-Star Game of his young career, Volquez came into the visitors' clubhouse at Yankee Stadium grinning Tuesday afternoon, just hours before he would take the field as a National League All-Star. And despite the NL's 15-inning, 4-3 defeat, he'd leave with the same trademark grin.
But really, who can blame him?
"I'm having fun," said Volquez, the NL's ERA leader. "It's the All-Star Game. You can't be nervous. You're here to enjoy the All-Star Game."
There was more to that smile than meets the eye, however. Part of it was no doubt a byproduct of two days packed with festivities, which for Volquez included a Red Carpet Parade down the streets of Manhattan and a front-row seat to the Josh Hamilton Home Run Derby show at Yankee Stadium.
"Unbelievable," Volquez called Hamilton afterward.
Don't forget it was Hamilton who was on the other end of the Texas-Cincinnati trade that landed the 25-year-old hurler in a Reds uniform back in December.
Part of it was that ring -- which he called the highlight of his visit to New York City. Yes, it came before both the Derby, the parade and even the game. In fact, it was the first thing Volquez pulled out postgame when the cameras started rolling.
But part of it was also a reflection of where he's been, where he is and where he's going.
"The last two years, I was struggling a little bit," Volquez said. "I have made the adjustments to make the All-Star team."
That smile would be temporarily wiped off Volquez's face, however, when his first All-Star appearance ended on a less-than-desirable note. Sent out to protect a 2-0 NL lead in the seventh, Volquez immediately surrendered a leadoff double to Minnesota's Justin Morneau.
Morneau advanced to third when Volquez induced a groundout. The Cincinnati right-hander then came back with a beautiful 95-mph tailing fastball to Tampa Bay catcher Dioner Navarro to record the second out of the inning.
But a 2-1 hanging fastball to Boston's J.D. Drew would land in the right-field seats, erasing a slim NL lead and making Volquez the first NL pitcher to give up a run on Tuesday. The home run came in Drew's first All-Star at-bat.
"When you come to the mound and see like 60,000 people, it's amazing," Volquez said afterward. "I had to face a hitter like him, and it's a challenge. I threw one bad pitch."
But Volquez responded by coming back to strikeout Texas' Michael Young to end his 18-pitch inning and to finish off an otherwise incredible few days.
"I think that's what I am going to keep in my mind," he said. "Those strikeouts."
For a pitcher who was pitching in Class A a year ago and at risk of losing his top-prospect label, on Tuesday night the results could all be put aside. This was simply about the experience.
"I just wanted to be here and have fun," Volquez said. "It's been great since this is my first full season in the Major Leagues, especially since this game is the last All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium. That was unbelievable."
Jenifer Langosch is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Clubs can 'do more to help' if told sooner
ONE of the experts brought in by the AFL to present on the drugs issue at the ground-breaking summit on Wednesday has effectively backed the clubs' wish to be informed of a player's identity after a second strike.
Dr Michael Carr-Gregg endorsed the idea of the clubs becoming more involved in helping players who had drug problems - and thus informed of a problem before the punitive third strike - when he made a five-point presentation to club chief executives, AFL boss Andrew Demetriou, the AFL Players Association and a range of experts, including police.
Carr-Gregg is a psychologist specialising in adolescents and one of a raft of health professionals who spoke at the summit at Etihad Stadium. As it stands, only the club doctor is told about a player testing positive to the first two strikes.
But it has emerged that club chief executives are informed that their club has ''an issue'' with illicit drugs when three players or more record positive tests within a six-month period.
It is understood two clubs have been in this position recently.
But while the club chief is informed of an issue when there is a cluster of positive tests, the identity of the players is not revealed.
Collingwood reportedly had four or more players use what is seen as a tactic of self-reporting drug use late last season. By doing so, the players can avoid a strike - a loophole that the AFL wants closed.
Shortly after the summit, Demetriou conceded the league had ''dropped the ball'' on dealing with alcohol abuse by players.
There were few definitive conclusions following the summit, but it appeared that all parties were open to subtle changes.
''I am pretty certain from what I heard today about the self-notification, that is something that can be addressed pretty quickly,'' Demetriou said.
He added that alcohol was a major factor in the illicit drugs issue and the league would look to remedy this, in part by working with its major beer sponsor. ''The data shows in 96 or 97 per cent of our positive tests that alcohol has been at the forefront of that,'' Demetriou said. ''Alcohol has been at the forefront of players being involved in violence or other issues.
''I think we have probably dropped the ball as a code whilst concentrating on illicit drugs, whilst concentrating on respect and responsibility and all the things we try and do in these policies. This [alcohol] is an area we need to work harder on.''
The key plank of the drugs policy - players having three strikes - will remain. Players will still enter rehabilitation after two strikes, almost ensuring there will be few, if any, third strikes.
But clubs remain convinced they need to know a player has tested positive at least after a second strike.
This point will be one of many to be discussed by a working party comprising club chief executives Gary Pert (Collingwood), Ian Robson (Essendon), Travis Auld (Gold Coast), the AFLPA and drug experts.
''As a club, [only being informed] after a third strike, we are seeing that as too late to actually give assistance,'' Pert said.
''The clubs are very clear that they see they can play a role if they have certain amounts of information at appropriate times. If the club gets that information, you need to be trained and educated and prepared to deal with that information. These are things that we can't decide overnight.''
AFLPA boss Matt Finnis stressed the importance of confidentiality. ''I am prepared to consider that in good faith given the way it's been brought to the table,'' he said.
''But it's clear from the players there are some fundamental pillars to the policy which are grounded in welfare first and confidentiality, which the players hold dear to their agreement to this. We need to work through that.''
The working party will look at several issues, including whether clubs can pay for their own extra testing and improving overall player welfare. There will be discussion on whether to increase the off-season period, in the hope of reducing the ''volcanic behaviour'' that Pert had spoken of earlier this week.
Demetriou also revealed several clubs were not adhering to a key plank of the collective bargaining agreement in allowing players a set day off a week to improve their work-life balance.
Almost 1500 illicit drugs tests were conducted last year. Whether more are required will also be debated.
The possibility of increasing the number of drug hair tests during the off-season will also be an agenda item for the working party. Hair testing, which does not count towards a strike, is used to determine whether a player should be subjected to urine target-testing through the season proper.
Jon Pierik is a sports writer with The Age, focusing primarily on AFL football, cricket and basketball. He has won awards for his cricket and basketball writing.
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Discussion in 'Tennis Tips/Instruction' started by dknotty, Aug 26, 2013.
So how does one increase the dwell time of the ball on the strings?
Are there techniques for this?
I don't think you can swing differently to increase it. The time the ball is actually on the strings is measured in only a few (4-7?) milliseconds, so there isn't much room either way.
Lowering your tension and playing with a more flexible racquet can increase what a lot of players call pocketing or cradling, but if the ball actually stays longer on the strings by any measurably significant degree is hard to say. The feedback at contact for the player is probably percieved to change quite a bit, but the actual length of contact is probably not.
This is my understanding of it, however others who are more informed than me will probably post.
EDIT: by the way, how are you liking the yonex? what were you playing before? I am playing it at around that tension right now.
Had a session with a guy yesterday who made some suggestions on my forehand, the upshot being that the ideal stroke is that your shoulder is moving until the racket contacts the ball, then the wrist takes over until the ball leaves the racket then the shoulder comes back into play for the follow through. Very interesting indeed and quite hard to put into practice given the tiny small dwell time.
Loving the yonex! There the most comfortable strings I've played with by a long shot (no pun intended). Durability is pretty good as well! Will be trying the 1.20 next.
How are you finding the strings?
I don't have a very good barometer because I just haven't tried that many strings. I previously was using SPPP 1.18, the only poly I have hit with any regularity. I know the gauges aren't really similar, but I volley MUCH better with the yonex. That was always my main complaint with a lot of poly strings, and the yonex has a lot of touch for a poly. I don't think I will even try the thinner gauge when it becomes available, I will just stick with this one.
Yes, its call ... jumpulse
I think the key is keeping the racket angle consistent through the hitting zone and follow through.
In short, no.
One cannot change the dwell time by changing technique.
Strings have an influence on dwell time, gut has the longest while poly has the shortest dwell time for balls also tension is a factor, lower tension is longer dwell time.
Dwell time is in the range 1 - 5 ms and depends on tension and string, and perhaps flex of frame as well.
I have a theory that a more closed face during topspin can increase the dwell time, but I am not sure.
I thought it was a little bit longer, more like 4-8 ms.
I think any brushing action increases time the ball remains in contact with strings. Best example that you can feel is a low volley. Try hitting a low volley with a square action where you just hit straight through the ball toward the target. Now, try hitting a low volley where you hit downward with an outside to inside pulling across motion. It will feel like the ball stays on the strings longer.
Same thing with groundstrokes. A square flat groundstroke where you hit out toward the target will not have as much string contact time as one where you pull upward and across thru contact.
Difference is small and you may already use the brushing action.
Agree with others, flexible frame, softer strings, or lower tensions also increase dwell time.
with a fast wind shield wiper motion, i feel that the ball stays on the strings longer. when i don't swing fast, i don't feel the ball on the strings as long, and i have less control
^^^ Typical dwell times on the stringbed are 4-5 ms according to Yandell, Cross and others. The dwell time for a ground interaction (a bounce) is typically 3-4 ms according to Rod Cross, I believe. It might be possible to increase stringbed dwell time with a touch/drop volley however, for normal strokes, the dwell time will probably not vary much at all (10% or so) regardless of how fast one swings.
The dwell time can be increased to 7 ms or so by significantly reducing stringbed stiffness (which includes frame stiffness). Reducing string tension is one way to do this.
No, we have discussed that before with TW Prof. There may be some special cases though.
OK, I thought 1 ms seems awfully short.
considering many rec players have poor control of the shoulder (either erratic or consistently off the sweet spot of the shoulder range of motion) what that guy said is spot on for many. but shoulder never stops or slow down and accelerate. it's more consistently placing the arm control in the middle of the sweet spot of the shoulder range of motion. first you kinda have to understand how the shoulder moves and where the sweet spot is. and try to place the arm in that spot all the time.
dwell time = 4-8ms. not 1ms.
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Bought Pantech laser little more than a month ago for my daughter and its dead already. When we went to the ATT store, the rep immediately checked a spot under the back cover, saying that the spot is pink instead of white and the phone has been exposed to water, so voids any warranty. My daughter swears that the phone never came in contact with any liquid. Its interesting to see that the water contact indicator is right next to the speaker which is under the perforated plastic back cover, so basically water contact indicator is exposed to the atmosphere. I can imagine how the indicator can easily absorb moisture.
It seems the position of the water damage indicator is chosen to void the warranty easily.
Pantech rep agreed that the indicator is sensitive to moisture and even touch but would not help to repair the phone.
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you sure have quite the imagination. just accept the fact that the phone got wet and your daughter is a liar.
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dude, you didnt have the phone then shut up! I had the same thing happen to me, and My phone never even been near any liquid. You cant just assume...asshole >.
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I got the Pantech Laser....and the red spot is already pink...and I know that I didn't introduce it to any moisture. i just read another review with the same problem, and now I can't receive or send text messages b/c it says that the memry is full. I have deleted what was told but still nothing.....this phone sucks. And AT&T won't do anything.
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AT&T people are just stupid...and this phone has some weird glitches every once in a while. All you have to do is turn the phone off(not take out the battery), take out your sim card start it, turn it off and put sim card back in. If that doesn't work go to settings and reset the phone.
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My Pantech Laser gives me a text message "other than the new one" when I slide to Accept a new message. I either see on the screen: a comment from earlier in the conversation, or I could even see a comment from some other contacts conversation with me.
When I receive a new text message and slide "Accept", I would expect to see the newest text but more often that not, I see some other comment. What gives?
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I have this phone, and its weird, because I know my phone has come into contact with water but my water damage indicator is still white...weird? But I also keep a case on mine at all times, maybe that's why. And mine is also saying that the memory is perpetually full? I think I'm just going to go get a memory card. But the phone will not delete this one text i sent to my friend! It was perfectly normal, just words, but everytime i try to delete it, it says "Delete Fail." It's extremely frustrating!
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this phone is CRAP....it works great but two months after i got it the battery drains and when i go to chaarge it it has to be kept perfectly still, and it cannot be used orelse it well not charge....also the water indicator is also gone to pink and it has NEVER been exposed to water..dont by this phone..it is worthless.
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this phone is excellent! it is a bit fragile but it can still handle excess use by a normal person. it is my favorite phone i've ever had. i've had it for about 6 months now and i love everything about it
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WELL, Stop hating on the phone this is the best phone i've ever had, if you dont thinh son youre crazy LOL well in the paragraphs or what ever it says avoid contact with water, people... And yeah ( you shouldnt need you phone outside anyway ;) )
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I've only had this phone for about two months, and I've already had to get a new battery and a new charger. And already, they're not working. The phone won't charge, even if it's on the charger for a whole day it'll die the moment it's taken off the charger. I'm not sure if it's the actual battery/charger or if the charging port in the actual phone is all screwed up, but it's really annoying having to switch to my old phone halfway through the day. Don't get me wrong, this is a wonderful phone and I absolutely love it. It's just irksome that it's not charging correctly.
20. nerdyychickk (Posts: 2; Member since: 06 Jun 2012)
I have the same problem and its not the battery or charger it is the charger port.
13. jhuynh94 (Posts: 1; Member since: 03 Nov 2011)
I've had this phone for about 5 months and nothing bad has happened to it (knock on wood, hope it stays that way haha). I've had it out in the rain before, but i've tried to keep it pretty covered and unexposed from the rain, but stuff happens, right? It has come into contact with water, i've dropped it quite a few times, and its still perfectly fine! (knock on wood, hoping it that way haha). I love this phone, its the best phone i've ever had! I love how it keeps track of the conversations i've had so I can remember what the previous text I sent said, my old phone couldn't do that haha. My only complaint is that the battery could be a bit better though, its not bad though! Definitely recommend this phone! LOVE IT! (:
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i bought this phone after i had droped my previouse one in the toliet.. i was cleaning the bathrooms so dont get any ideas.. anyway i got it and 5 days later i drop it in a puddle, from a pipe i broke by stepping on, and was in water for about 4 hours i had to pick it up from the maneger of the pipe people i dont know and it had a little puddle on the inside of the screen after that i just went without a phone and 3 months later i look at it and the water from inside it is gone and i plug it in to charge cuz my dad tells me to and sudenly it says charging and randomly it works perfictly and i have a phone again.. until yet again my mom takes it away from me getting in some kinda trouble, i dont remember, and about a month later i get pushed in the pool with it in my pocket, still works..then like a week later i was dreaming i was eating a cookie with my phone in my hand and i bit it.. still works had a little dent... 3 days later i drop it in some asidic stuff my dad was using to get paint off the sidewalk and it seriosly burned some of the plastic off the case and it burned my skin and pants.. still works.. another month later randomly it refuses to charge :/ its been about 3 months and my moms finaly ordering a new one for me cuz i had to pay 50 bucks for it i miss my phone,dude seriously im so lonley without it i had withdrawls from not having it like a phantom vibrate or ring *sigh this has nothing to do really with my review idk i like the phone it lasted my crazy life for a little while at least haha hope this makes someone laugh lol
15. sparkles (Posts: 1; Member since: 05 Jan 2012)
ive had this phone for about 5 months and its fine. well, the battery can be better but i deal with it. ive ropped it plenty of times. i got some scratches but thats why im buying a case. ive dropped it in water a couple of times but it is easy to fix. all i did was take the battery out and i put it and the phone in a bag full of normal rice. it depends on how long it was in the water to hav it in the bag. the little indicator is a light pink of course. i love this phone. but i do agree with the "new message" thing. it shows that i have a new message but when i go to see it it doesnt show up. oh and it likes to randomly change the background to the original one it came with. it has turned itself off only a couple of times but its ok afterwards. it takes great pictures and if u have a sd card it is an excellent source of storage for pics and music and videos. the volume is good. the call clarity is good too.the keyboard is great. my biggest issue is when im texting someone nd i close the keyboard i accidentally call the person who im texting. and the screen isnt skin sensative its pressure sensative. that can cause some problems. but I LOVE THIS PHONE.i would recomend it any day. u just have to pay attention to it.
18. HYPERDRIVE0095 (Posts: 3; Member since: 04 Jun 2012)
I had a Pantech Laser, and I must say it was AMAZING. It did not take long before I became really attached to it. BUT. Just yesterday, I turned my Laser off to let it charge, then when I turned it back on the AT&T intro displayed, then the screen went white! I removed the battery and SIM. Nothing fixed my problem. You could type numbers and they would display on the screen and maybe if you are lucky you could get to the home screen, but it was glitchy and the touch screen was shot. So me and my mother went to the AT&T store, and the man took the back off and said the phone had not been exposed to moisture, so he told us to go to the Device Support Center and get a replacement. The person THERE said the phone had been exposed to moisture. The sticker-indicatior was in fact an almost unnoticable bright pink, a little lighter than the color of a fingernail, but I had never had my phone anywhere near water so that left me quite bewildered. I am 13 years old.
So, basically, I had my Laser for a little less than a year. It does not work. So, I would recommend this phone but be very careful if you buy it. Everything about it was great, but it was just not built to last.
19. nerdyychickk (Posts: 2; Member since: 06 Jun 2012)
So, I got this phone about a year and a half ago and this is now my fourth one. The first one wouldn't charge the second one would turn on but the screen was black and the water spot was red and it never had come in contact with water and the third one wasn't charging... Definitely not a phone to pick...


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Tasmania forest deal stalls
The architects of Tasmania's forest peace are scrambling to hold their deal together after it hit a wall in the state parliament's upper house.
Industry, union and green groups who hammered out the landmark deal over two years of talks said it had been jeopardised by the Legislative Council's decision to send it to a select committee.
But Vica Bayley from The Wilderness Society said on Friday all parties should still "hang tough" with the deal.
The council's move came despite federal and state government warnings against further delay to a package that would have secured $378 million-plus in funding, and protected up to 504,000 ha. of native forests.
The deal was seen as key to ending Tasmania's crippling generation-long forest wars.
Now with months of uncertainty ahead while the select committee deliberates, the state's largest native timber processor, Ta Ann, said it was urgently reviewing its future and the viability of its two mills.
Federal funding underpinning the forests package is also in doubt.
Asked earlier this week what a reference to a select committee would mean, Environment Minister Tony Burke said: "if the circumstances change, the money's off the table. It has to be."
The mainly independent-conservative Legislative Councillors agreed 8-4 on Thursday to the select committee after a clear split emerged in the 15 member house over the enabling Tasmanian Forest Agreement bill.
Southern Tasmanian MLC, Paul Harriss, said the committee would ensure proper parliamentary procedure, and its work might be completed within three months.
Hobart MLC Jim Wilkinson said he wanted to keep the TFA bill alive, but no socio-economic analysis of the legislation had been conducted.
"I don't want to make a decision about 500,000 ha. of...Tasmanians' land without proper due diligence," Mr Wilkinson said.
Premier Lara Giddings said the establishment of an open-ended select committee cast a dark cloud of uncertainty over the state's forest industry.
"Change will continue to occur in the forest industry and further delays will only make that change harder for regional communities," Ms Giddings said.
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Even with a head-to-head win in September already on its resume, Ponte Vedra still couldn't manage to get past the massive roadblock that is Bishop Kenny volleyball.
The Crusaders (22-7) knocked the Sharks (20-5) out of the playoffs for the third time, and second in a row, with a 3-0 (25-21, 25-23, 25-14) victory on Tuesday in the Class 5A regional semifinals.
Ponte Vedra lost to Bishop Kenny 3-1 in the postseason a year ago and 3-1 in 2009. And just like last season, the Sharks took a regular-season victory over the Crusaders into their playoff matchup only to come up short.
"We expected a long night tonight," Bishop Kenny coach Suzanne Winkler said. "They're (Ponte Vedra) a very good team. It's been a challenging season for us. .. We're just starting to play with our starting six. We still have a lot to work on."
In September, when Ponte Vedra won 3-2, Bishop Kenny was missing a couple of key players due to injuries and other ailments. The full squad is rounding into shape right when the Crusaders typically switch into another gear: the postseason.
Bishop Kenny has never lost an opening-round playoff game and has made a history of sending St. Johns County teams home early.
In 2009, the Crusaders knocked off the Sharks and Nease. In 2010, they beat Nease at home and followed up by knocking off Ponte Vedra in 2011.
Sharks coach Robin Mignerey said there wasn't much Ponte Vedra could do — not on Tuesday at least.
"We knew they were very good and very big," she said. "I thought, in many ways, that we played very well. But you can't beat a team like that when your passing isn't exactly on point. And ours wasn't tonight."
Ponte Vedra's offense, while not as powerful as last season, was equally ineffective against the front line of Bishop Kenny. Abbey Barnhard and Jenn Hayes each collected 10 kills, but were denied as often as they were successful.
"They're so good defensively," Mignerey said. "They did a great job digging out our kills."
The Sharks actually did an equally solid job of playing defense. Bishop Kenny put together nearly identical killing numbers, with Morgan Widell and Denvyr Tyler-Palmer tallying up 10 apiece.
The difference was on the long rallies, which Ponte Vedra seemed to always lose, and falling down big early in sets.
Other than leading 2-0 in the opener, the Sharks trailed the Crusaders the entire night.
The first, won 25-21 by Bishop Kenny, was the closest of the match. Ponte Vedra trailed 22-21 before Bishop Kenny reeled off three straight to grab the early lead.
In the second, Bishop Kenny led 18-10 before Ponte Vedra rallied to pull within three at 19-16 and close the gap to one at 23-22. Bishop Kenny scored two of the final three points to win 25-23.
The third wasn't close. Ponte Vedra would get to 16-14, before failing to score again.
"We really didn't find ourselves in September," Winkler said. "But that's good because it was September. There's still so much for us to get better at. Things that you learn just from playing together in games."
Abby Boll had 17 digs for Bishop Kenny, while Widell added five blocks and Jordan Goodrich had 36 assists.
For Ponte Vedra, Kristen Such, who was all over the court, had 24 digs and Addie Dirito tacked on two aces.


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Da Crew: Me, 22 year old stud 8) Graduated from Pace University in New York City
Emily: Younger sister
Naomi: Youngest sister who's afraid of roller coasters
Mom & Dad: Those people with all the money.
Lodging: Hotel Royal Plaza at Downtown Disney
Duration: 5/26 - 5/29
Transportation: Song Airlines from Hartford, CT
I think on the first full day of anyone's trip to WDW, you can wake up at 3am after 2 hours of sleep and still be ready to go all at it. Such was the case today. We woke up, got dressed and headed to Waffle House for breakfast. Our plan for today was to spend some the majority of the day at Blizzard Beach. BB didn't open until 10 so we had some leeway with waking up.
After breakfast, we had to go pickup a ticket I had bought from an online vendor. This particular ticket was a 3 Day Park Hopper Plus and because of how rare it is to get, I could only find one broker who sold it. Well it ended up that the place was like 10 miles away and by the time we picked it up and got to BB, it was close to noon time. Regardless, we got there and after parking the car my dad noticed the snow theme of the place and in a semi-joking manner said, "Look, snow! Why didn't we bring jackets?!" I'm sure you all have dad's and/or uncles who make jokes out of everything and at the time, it was pretty funny.
We got it, got suckered into buying one of those refillable mugs, navigated a sea of people with no shirts on and managed to find a few chairs to call our own. Everyone but me wanted to go to the wave pool to start off but I couldn't sit idly by when there were perfectly good waterslides waiting for me. So off I went on my own. I took the chairlift up via the singles line and ended up with what I can only describe as the most stereotypical pre-teenage girls on earth. From the moment I got on, it was non-stop chatter. All they needed was a valley girl accent and they'd have been a spitting image of someone from the movie Valley Girls. Nice girls, but talked alot. Anywho, after getting off the chair lift, I rode Slush Gusher, better known as "that other slide next to Summit Plummet for those too scared or too hot to wait on line for Summit Plummet". Now, I'm not sure if it's because I'm like super aerodynamic or perhaps there's something about the New York air, but everytime I rode Slush Gusher, I would always loose contact with the slide after the second "bump" and then come back down a second later. It's kind of scary in that the slide that is supposed to be less scary made me airborne while the so-called scarier slide merely gives you an enema. At any rate, we spent the better part of the day at Blizzard Beach. I thought it was pretty good and the only real lines were for the slides near Summit Plummet. The rest of the slides had short waits.
We left Blizzard Beach at 4:30, tired and mostly sunburned, and went back to the hotel to change for dinner. If you've ever shared a hotel room with people related to you, you know the inevitable fight for the shower that will occur. If you stay with people who you're not related to, most folks remain civil and offer the other members of their party the opportunity to shower first. When it comes to immediate family, we seem to lose any and all inhibitions and freely flex our selfish nature. So after some bickering and subsequent showering, we went to Disney's boardwalk for dinner. We managed to eat at Big River Grille & Brewing Works. Food was good and my dad ordered the beer sampler, which for a man of his age, was way over his head. They gave him about a half
dozen glasses of beer (each glass was about the size of a triple shot glass, or as Disney refers to them, "Toothpick holders") and I lessened his load by drinking a few of them to make sure he didn't become a "cheap date" After dinner, we walked around the lake and stopped at a pearl store. Let me warn any guy who brings their date to the Boardwalk to stay clear of this place.....it's nothing but a money trap. Let me explain. The big scam here is they offer to give you your very own oyster to open for just $13. Off the bat, it sounds like a good idea; $13 to open an oyster, get a pearl and have a dandy memory. Well, after you open it, you're in for a harder sell than one of those off-property timeshare deals. Between my two sisters, my dad ended up buying a pair of pearl earings and a necklace for the pearl we had gotten out of our oyster. I wont post how much this all cost, but rest assured, it made a meal at the parks seem like a bargain.
So our first full day was behind us and we headed back to our hotel, ready to hit the parks!
Things I Learned:
- Water Park on your first day = bad idea. The water parks are fun, don't get me wrong but more than likely you're going to get sunburned somewhere and when you have to walk through the theme parks with your new found burden, it really sucks. My best advice is to do water parks near the end of your trip and then flaunt your sunburns when you come home.
- Beer sampler at Big River Grille & Brewing Works is not a good idea for lightweights
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Posted 31 May 2004 - 12:32 PM
Posted 31 May 2004 - 01:48 PM
Nice report Matt! I've made a note about the beer sampler.
Posted 31 May 2004 - 04:26 PM
lilchippewa said:
Nice report Matt! I've made a note about the beer sampler.
Same here.
My mother will be down in July. I already warned her this was MY place I have control of who sleeps where and who uses what. So did you get the shower first?
Posted 31 May 2004 - 06:01 PM
Matt was in the shower at 10, or was that another day? Or maybe that was just your sister trying to get me off her phone
Posted 01 June 2004 - 10:36 AM
Of course I got the shower first and Jillian talked to my sister briefly during that time. I should note that we'd been playing phone tag before that point and I was leaving threatening messages on Jillians phone but we finally got a hold of each other
Posted 01 June 2004 - 11:08 AM
QuickGold said:
Of course I got the shower first and Jillian talked to my sister briefly during that time. I should note that we'd been playing phone tag before that point and I was leaving threatening messages on Jillians phone but we finally got a hold of each other
You should have called me I would have told you where she was hiding.
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Read the full story here Web Link posted Wednesday, May 23, 2012, 10:10 AM
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Council OKs study of rising sea level
Original post made on May 23, 2012
Read the full story here Web Link posted Wednesday, May 23, 2012, 10:10 AM
Comments (16)
a resident of Old Mountain View
on May 23, 2012 at 10:23 am
Instead of squandering a half million dollars on another study, they should put that money in the bank. Then, in a hundred years it will have grown to enough to pay for dikes and pumps, just like in the Netherlands. Unless of course they squander the money on something else in the meantime.
Or let it flood. The googlers can travel from building to building in solar powered electric boats.
a resident of Old Mountain View
on May 23, 2012 at 1:20 pm
You've got to be kidding! Give it to MVWSD so they won't need their BS bond issue. Unfreakin' believable, what are these people smoking?
a resident of Old Mountain View
on May 23, 2012 at 2:27 pm
How do these clowns keep getting elected into office?
a resident of Monta Loma
on May 23, 2012 at 2:56 pm
OK.. if this isn't enough reason to vote out the 6 council members who voted for this, I don't know what is.
What will this study tell us? Nothing useful.. I promise that.
If/when the seas rise little old Mountain View isn't going to be able to do anything about it my itself.
So waiting for the "regional" study and response is exactly what has to happen. It will take a regional response to stop the seas from flooding the bay area.
What a waste of money.
a resident of Shoreline West
on May 23, 2012 at 4:41 pm
It isn't the sea level that Mountain View needs to worry about. It's the rising tide of red ink.
Observe to whom this money goes. This really smells foul.
a resident of Old Mountain View
on May 23, 2012 at 5:05 pm
Oh, boy this sure sounds like a waste of money. Surely there are less expensive ways to get this information if it is truly, urgently needed. I would be happy to check around myself. How about $10,000 for an interim investigation?
a resident of Old Mountain View
on May 23, 2012 at 5:19 pm
After watching the tape, was amazed how clueless some council members are on the projected sea level rise. You can tell which ones swallow the gloom and doom propaganda of environmental groups hook, line, and sinker.
The claims from these projections might be taken more seriously if land values adjusted. Maybe that's why FaceBook's stock price is falling?
a resident of Waverly Park
on May 23, 2012 at 5:36 pm
Next election if Dumb, Dumber, and Dumbest are on the ballot, we will have better choices than the incumbents. We should demand a Grfand Jury investigation into the awarding of this contract.
a resident of Castro City
on May 23, 2012 at 8:56 pm
Vote them out! Ok, not all of them, but most! Tom Means, John Inks and Laura Macias seem like the only ones to me who have any fiscal responsibility. Each election the council promises so much, saying we should vote for them. I don't wish to be unkind and say what I think of some of them, but if we don't get them out of office next election, its our own fault! I really am disappointed by a lot of the studies they deem necessary. Maybe if they paid for a spot in the paper and explain themselves, well, I might listen to what they have to say.
a resident of Sylvan Park
on May 24, 2012 at 2:33 pm
Yet another ludicrous spending plan dreamed up by city staff, and rubber stamped 'OK' by our spineless city council. Like Queen Elisabeth, our council is merely a figurehead.
a resident of Cuesta Park
on May 25, 2012 at 8:26 am
"It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes. But the half-wit remains a half-wit, and the emperor remains an emperor."
—Neil Gaiman
a resident of Sylvan Park
on May 25, 2012 at 2:37 pm
Not ruling out the possibility of the emperor also being a half-wit.
a resident of Cuesta Park
on May 26, 2012 at 11:23 am
It is sad to see that this 'community revenue" is again diverted to a specialized part of the city. 99% of the general property taxes of Shoreline is diverted to this District. About 1/5 of the general property taxes that would go to education, and the County (senior citizens, public health etc.) is "shared" back. HOW GENEROUS! (NOT) Special assessment districts, like downtown parking, are usually used to protect property owner interests in special areas. Shoreline is one of the LAST REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS in the entire state. Last year, they borrowed $29 Million, against future general property taxes - to fund this type of study, and future building.
As Hardin likes to express, distortions in assessments (and spending) make property tax use in California very problematic. SCHOOL SUPPORTERS note: these studies will be used to justify why diverted general property taxes (which could be used for class size reduction etc.) "cannot" go to the schools (elementary, high school, community college).
a resident of Shoreline West
on May 28, 2012 at 9:17 am
Mountain View sits some 90 feet above sea level. Spending $460,000 to "study" the impact of rising sea levels on Mountain View is patently ridiculous.
a resident of Blossom Valley
on May 29, 2012 at 12:18 pm
EXTREMELY poor judgement by council, funding this is almost like falling for a scam
a resident of Shoreline West
on May 30, 2012 at 8:51 am
"Almost"? Funding this is PERPETRATING a scam.
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