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Nina Dobrev is the lady in black at the 2013 Met Gala held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Monday (May 6) in New York City.
The day before, the 24-year-old actress was spotted showing off her fit body in yoga pants while exiting her hotel in the Big Apple.
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Since moving to Chella I have met Brenda and Colin of El Eden Kennels. They are such wonderful people who help with PEPA Animal Charity (Asociación Protección y Educación Para los Animales) an organisation that rescues dogs and finds new homes for them, puts them into temporary foster homes and raises funds through donations and their shop. They also run the most wonderful boarding kennel - luxury accommodation for dogs while their owners are away. They are not huge and overwhelming so the dogs get individual care and attention and they have great facilities and a fabulous exercise area. Brenda and I are talking about running some Leadchanges workshops here and working together on this - so that's something to look out for in the future - watch this space! Brenda have years of experience with dogs - training, showing and so on and they have such a passion and compassion for all the animals with them - which doesn't stop at dogs, but includes cats and horses as well.
As with all these things, there are never enough hours in the day or enough hands to get everything done so PEPA welcome volunteers and foster carers. Do have a look at their website on www.pepaspain.com. If you would like to become a member or if you think you can help out - do contact them through the website.
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Sasha is part Podenco and such a bright intelligent dog. What a darling and so friendly, loving and wanting to be with humans. She too is still young - just under a year. From Wikipedia: Podenco Canario (In English: Canary Islands Hound, Canarian Warren Hound, Canarian Pharaoh Hound) is a breed ofdog originally from the Canary Islands. The Podenco Canario is still used in the Canary Islands today in packs as ahunting dog, primarily used for rabbit hunting. The word "podenco" is Spanish for "hound". "Canario" means "Canarian" or "of the Canaries".
From the Galgo & Podenco Rescue site (http://galgorescue.org/podencos/): The breed is believed to be a variation on the original Ibizan Hound, otherwise know in Spanish as the Podenco Ibicenco. There are several types of Podencos, distinguished mainly by size and/or region where located. Examples are the Podenco Andaluz, Podenco Manchengo, Podenco Canario and the miniature Podenco Enano. The Podenco was originally bred to be used for hunting small game such as rabbits, but have been known to be used to hunt game as large as a wild boar. The general temperament of the Podenco is similar to the galgo and greyhounds. They are very smart, eager to please, but sometimes stubborn. They are gentle, loyal, love to relax, but love exercise and interactive playtime too. Most have an amazing ability to jump, so a secure fence is a plus!
The Faithful Dog - can you offer one a good home?The following is taken from James Serpell's Book "The Domestic Dog" quoting the Hindu legend of Yudhishthira (quoted from Nivedita & Coomaraswamy, 1913) and Indaus.blogspot.com.
"In the final scene of the Mahabharata epic, the hero Yudhishthira approaches Heaven after a lengthy mountain pilgrimage during which his queen and his four brothers have all perished. His only surviving companion at this stage is a dog that has followed him faithfully since he set out on his journey. Suddenly, Indra, the King of Heaven, appears in a blaze of light and invites Yudhishthira to complete his journey in his heavenly chariot. Yudhishthira happily accepts and stands aside to allow the dog to enter first, whereupon Indira objects strenuously on the grounds that dogs are unclean and that the animal's presence would defile Heaven itself. Yudhishthira asks:
"But where would he go? He has given up the pleasures of the earth to be my companion. I cannot desert him now." Yudhisthira turned to leave.
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Yudhisthira declared that long ago he had vowed never to turn his back on anyone needing his protection and help. "And so," he concluded, "I will not abandon my loyal friend."
Yudisthira turned from heaven's gate and began to walk away.
At that moment a remarkable thing happened. The faithful dog was transformed into the god Dharma, the god of righteousness and justice.
And Indra declared, "You are a good man, Yudhisthira. You have shown loyalty and love to a small, faithful dog and compassion for all creatures, ready to renounce for yourself all the rewards of heaven for this humble dog's sake. You shall be honored in heaven!"


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Could We Be Looking at the End of TRT in MMA as We Know It?
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Start praying to whatever deity you see fit, Taters, because it looks like some progress is finally being made in the ongoing war against TRT in MMA. Yesterday, The Association of Ringside Physicians — an "international, non-profit organization dedicated to the health and safety of the boxer and mixed martial arts athlete" — released a statement calling for the end of therapeutic use exemptions for testosterone replacement therapy in combat sports, on the grounds that the treatment is being quote "abused out the asshole" by MMA fighters.
Alright, that quote might have been made up but this one definitely isn't:
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Steroid use of any type, including unmerited testosterone, significantly increases the safety and health risk to combat sports athletes and their opponents. TRT in a combat sports athlete may also create an unfair advantage contradictory to the integrity of sport. Consequently, the Association of Ring side Physicians supports the general elimination of therapeutic use exemptions (TUE) for testosterone replacement therapy.
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Hi, boys and girls, I'm Jimmy Carl Black, and I'm the Indian of the group.
Now, believe me when I tell you that today's Frank Zappa-themed episode of Mendo Talks to Rather Interesting People from Around the Internet is perfect for American womanhood, the Mother People, and every Idiot Bastard Son!
So, Bow-Tie Daddy, don't you blow your top when I whip out the Chrome Plated Megaphone of Destiny and tell you that today's contestant is:
Lloyd Kaufman, head of Troma Entertainment!
From Toxic Avenger to Terror Firmer, Igor and the Lunatics to Class of Nuke 'Em High, Def by Temptation to Sgt. Kabukiman NYPD, Stuff Stephanie in the Incinerator, Fertilize the Blaspheming Bombshell, Video Demons Do Psychotown, Troma's got it all, and Lloyd Kaufman's had a hand in almost all of them.
(Although the less said about Big Gus, What's The Fuss?, the better.)
Yes sir, Lloyd's come a long way from his days as a location executive on Saturday Night Fever, to the head of the longest running independent movie company in America. Troma's movies cover almost every subject matter, with lots of sex and violence thrown in, all for budgets that wouldn't buy lunch in most studios. Sure, they occasionally stop dead for music videos from bands you've never heard of, but we forgive them, usually.
I know, most people think of Troma as the studio that bought and released films like Curse of the Screaming Dead, but for the most part, their work is a reliable source of entertainment. And long, alliterative titles.
And if that wasn't enough, this marks our very first telephone interview! Oh yeah, kiddies, Mendo's moving up in the world.
So let's dispense with all this Nasal Retentive Calliope Music and make with the interview.
(What follows has been transcribed and edited for clarity.)
(And no, I didn't make any of this up.)
What first inspired you to get into the movie business?
I read about movies on agonybooth.com and felt it was so inspiring I should get into the movie art form. This was, of course, in the 1800s, right after the American Civil War.
We're gonna choose to believe you. Anyway, Troma films cover a lot of subject areas, what exactly do you look for in a pitch meeting?
I don't take pitches, I'm a catcher. In fact, if you go to younghairlessasianboys.com, you'll see that I'm not a pitcher.
That's a very deep look into your personal psyche, we appreciate that. If we could get back on track, during your early days at Cannon Films, you crossed paths with such future luminaries as Oliver Stone and John G. Avildsen, and since then you've nurtured such talents as Kevin Costner, Samuel L. Jackson, and Trey Parker. What do you think of what some of them have gone on to?
Well, sigh, Samuel L. Jackson never made it, I feel sorry about that. But he should have, because he was very talented in Troma's Def by Temptation; it's just a pity Kevin Costner never went anywhere, he should've won at least one Oscar, but again, I don't read the papers very much, or watch too much TV, but I know when I go to bed at night, I can wake up with confidence that Michael Jackson will be performing live at least once or twice a year.
While we're on the subject, how exactly did you get Jack Palance to do Horror of the Humongous Hungry Hungan? Wasn't that the same year he won an Oscar?
It was! Jack Palance won an Oscar, but he had been a big Troma fan, and the guy who made that movie just used the Troma Magic™ and Palance signed up, it was very nice. A lot of the mainstream people love Troma. We're sort of a guilty pleasure. I think the people who made Precious are big Troma fans. Obviously they like Joe Fleishaker, the 600 pound action hero we have in many of our movies, and that may have had something to do with the casting of the main character in Precious. I think she weighs about 400 pounds.
Speaking of which, Horror of the Humongous Hungry Hungan is perhaps the most notorious of two very prominent Troma trends: insanely long titles, and posters featuring models who aren't actually in the film. How did those come about?
We didn't always have long titles. What was the second part of the question?
Posters featuring models who aren't in the film. (When asked for an example, I bring up Video Demons Do Psychotown.)
We use models sometimes. The guys who made Psychotown, they didn't take any stills of their actors, so we spent a lot of money to hire some beautiful young boys as models, so people should be very happy that we did that. Also sometimes in the movies you make "key art", in much the same way that that blue Smurf you see in all the Avatar ads, you know that's not a real person… Sometimes you just have to create key art for your movies. Like, in China, they bootleg our films all the time, they make their own key art. In China, it says that in Poultrygeist, they have Alfred Molina and Stanley Tucci, it says in the credit box that those two "star" in the movie. That is, of course, not true. We wouldn't want Stanley Tucci; I would like Alfred Molina, but not Stanley Tucci. Maria Tucci, maybe, the theater actress, but I have no interest in Stanley Tucci. But I applaud China for having their bootleg before we had our video prepared from the 35mm negative, and also for adding in famous people. That's how they got the Olympics.
Also, it's one of many of your films from the '80s that very prominently feature music videos about halfway through. Were you trying to piggyback off MTV?
It was the other way around, we made music videos before MTV existed. Go look at Squeeze Play, 1976, go look at Waitress in 1980, MTV piggybacked off of us! They suck, by the way, that channel sucks. It's awful, MTV. If you listen to Channel 616, if you get Time Warner Cable in New York, they have alternative music. You only get to hear it, but at least there you get some alternative music.
After Tromeo and Juliet, was there ever any talk about doing more Shakespeare adaptations?
Did I say that MTV sucks, by the way? Because it sucks ass! Um, there was a little talk about Two Gentlemen from Troma, about Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz, but Michael Herz does not like to appear on film, so that was nixed. Then we wanted to do The Merchant of Penis, but someone objected to the title, it's a very long and sad story. We're thinking of involving Shakespeare a bit, maybe, in Toxic Avenger V, because it's going to be about Toxie's twins. And The Boys from Syracuse, whatever play that was based on, that one we might possibly borrow from, but other than that, no more Shakespeare.
Aside from your own Toxic Avenger, if you could do any superhero adaptation, which comic would be best suited for the Troma treatment?
Well, I'm not really an expert on comic books. In fact, you're not allowed to say "superhero" anymore, unless you're prepared to get a cease and desist letter or a lawsuit from Time Warner; they claim they own the word "superhero", so you have to say "superhuman hero". When Toxic Avenger was a comic book, and it was put out by Marvel, we could call him a superhero, but when Marvel went bankrupt, we would use the word superhero and we would get a call from either Marvel or Time Warner, saying that they owned the word superhero, and that if we used the word superhero we would get our rosy-red asses sued. By the way, did I say that Time Warner sucks ass, too?
Speaking of Toxie, what did you make of the Saturday morning cartoon show they made of it? I think I may be one of five people who actually watched it growing up.
You know who else sucks ass? VH1. A lot of the mainstream world is destroying what's left of the art scene, and the stuff that they shove down our throats sucks ass.
What about the Toxic Avenger cartoon show?
It was a great show! It was terrific, but unfortunately, and you can read about it in my first book, it was ruined by a division of Time Warner called New Line. But the 13 episodes that were made, they were terrific. The writers were very good; we got to write a few of them, we wrote the Snailman episode, we wrote the episode that had the abortion scene in it, with the de-fetusing of Toxie's wife's baby. So, I'm very happy with the Toxic Crusaders cartoon, and I think the children really liked it.
As someone with a great deal of experience making B-movies, how have underground films changed from the '80s to today?
That is a good question. Finally! No, I'm joking, the questions are all good.
The biggest change is that the devil-worshipping conglomerates like Viacom and Time Warner and Sony, they have been able to get the government to get rid of the laws that used to protect the public against monopolies, so as a result you have four or five devil-worshipping multinational conglomerates, who are the gatekeepers for the entire world, vis-à-vis the arts, not just movies. The theatre, the museums, the educational television, NPR, it's all controlled by a small number of conglomerates, and as a result, the world of independent cinema has become very Stepin Fetchit. It's become very "Don't make waves". I would say that Juno, perfect example of what they call "independent", a) it cost 20 million bucks, whereas independent in the '80s was Troma's War which cost $450,000. Juno is a very non-subversive, cutesy wootsey, bourgeoisie-pleasing movie that isn't going to make any changes, compared to Jean-Luc Goddard or Andy Warhol, those were shit-disturbers, including Troma in the '70s and '80s, but now you don't get to see any shit-disturbing movies, unless you are you (the Agony Booth), or anyone who's willing to search the internet, and find Troma, or find the recent documentary Collapse, or find the small number of movies that dare to try to make the world a better place.
Most of what's called independent is actually brought to you by divisions of companies that are vassals of the huge conglomerates, like Disney's Miramax or Time Warner. They're closing them down now, they're putting a lot of people out of work, but basically Fox Searchlight, or Sony Pictures Classics, they're basically putting out movies that are never going to change the world. They may be entertaining, Juno is very entertaining, but it's an evil little movie that's not going to make the world a better place. It's going to make the world a worse place. Schindler's List, an exploitation movie, is not an independent, you're not getting Troma's War anymore.
We're still making movies, thank you very much for the attention by the way, but there's very little of the media left now that the rules against monopolies have been struck down. So now GE, which owns Universal, they own the show. Four or five gatekeepers control everything you see and hear, and they're down in Washington 24/7 trying to get rid of Net Neutrality, which is gonna fuck you right in the ass, because right now, if you put up a good website, there's not as much opportunity for viewers as Disney. Troma gets half a million viewers on our website each month, we get a shitload of viewers, but the conglomerates who're lobbying the FCC and Congress, if they get rid of Net Neutrality, you and Troma will get put on the dirt roads of the internet, while Avatar will have the super-highways, the Avatars and the 500 hours of horseshit will have the major highway, and we'll be relegated to the dirt road, sort of like public access, and we'll be even further away from the viewers. So, we really need to fight for Net Neutrality, but that's in a nutshell how different things are for people who are independent or thought provoking or shit-stirring.


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Sun Devil women's basketball incoming freshman Iris Mbulito earned Most Valuable Player honors as she helped Spain claim the gold medal at the FIBA U20 Women's European Championship in Sopron, Hungary.
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Sun Devils senior comes from family of attorneys.
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Contests versus 2018 Final Four participant Louisville and NCAA regional semifinalist Baylor highlight the Arizona State women's basketball team's 2018 non-conference schedule.
@SunDevilWBB to Compete in 2018 South Point Thanksgiving Shootout
This year's tourney is set for Nov. 23-24 at the South Point Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.
Showdown on the Rez: @SunDevilWBB to Face Baylor on Navajo Reservation in Veterans Day Weekend Matchup That Will be Televised by ESPN2
Game will be played at the Bee Holdzil Fighting Scouts Event Center on the Navajo Reservation in Fort Defiance, Arizona.
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Yet another flu season is here
LINE UP HERE — Meadowlark School teachers have their student s line up to go into school on the first day of school this past week. I-O Photo by Buck Traxler
It's time to think about flu shots.
Though flu season most often occurs in January or February, flu can occur anytime and outbreaks often occur in the fall of the year. Your flu shot can last for about a year so now is the right time to be vaccinated.
Locally, the Pondera County Health Department (PCHD) and Pondera Medical Center (PMC) have both received supplies of adult vaccine. Both agencies anticipate pediatric supplies to arrive in September.
"Our vaccination efforts will begin right away in September with vaccine available by office appointment and outreach clinics for high risk populations", stated Cynthia Grubb, Pondera County Health Nurse. Both agencies will charge $25 for vaccine and both are able to bill Medicare and private insurance.
The PCHD currently plans several outreach clinics in late September and early October to increase public and elderly availability of the vaccine.
Clinics are planned for Horizon Lodge, Conrad Senior Citizen's Center, Valier Community Center and Conrad Public Schools (staff and families).
Additionally, a coordinated effort between facilities will offer public flu shots at the Oct. 2 Harvest Festival; time and location to be announced.
Shots are now available at the PCHD. Call to schedule your vaccination at 271-3247 Monday through Thursday.
Shots may also be scheduled though PMC at 271-3231. PMC employees and long-term care residents will also be encouraged to receive vaccine.
PMC's COO Mary Erickson reminds the public, "We do not anticipate a vaccine shortage this year and keeping yourself well helps to keep our residents and patients well, so please get your flu shot."
The 2010-2011 flu shot contains three strains of influenza including the H1N1 strain that was causal in the 2009 Pandemic Flu.
CDC guidelines recommend vaccination for all people six months of age and older but state that vaccination is especially important for people at higher risk of severe influenza and their close contacts, including healthcare personnel and close contacts of children less than six months.
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MKTG Australia Announces Senior Hires & Promotions
After launching in Australia and New Zealand last month, global lifestyle marketing agency MKTG has announced five new hires and two senior promotions within its activations team.
In Sydney, Michael Blumberg has been appointed as national strategy director, Keith Widelski as strategic planner – shopper marketing and Angelo Montelone as art director. In addition Owen Kane has joined the team as senior designer and Johnny March as finished artist.
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AstraZeneca named Rich Fante president of the company's US business. Fante will replace Tony Zook, who was recently named president of MedImmune, in addition to his position as CEO of AstraZeneca North America and head of global marketing. Fante was previously vice president, brand strategy & portfolio operations, and led marketing efforts for all AstraZeneca brands in the US.
Contract-sales firm PDI has appointed Nancy Lurker as CEO and member of the company's board of directors, effective Nov. 18. Lurker was previously senior vice president and CMO for Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp., where she launched several products including Exforge, Tekturna, Reclast and the Exelon Patch.


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Crocheted Gold Furniture
This is "Bon Bon Gold" by Dutch designer Marcel Wanders. It's a hollow chair made of crocheted rope that holds its form due to heavy coatings of resin and gold. At his website, you can view similar pieces of furniture made from woven rope -- just without the expensive gold.
Link via DudeCraft | Artist's Website | Photo: Sotheby's
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Wouldn't leave it in the sun too long.
I never considered crocheting furniture ...
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I'm not saying it is completely true, I'm just countering those who say the United States is COMPLETELY invincible - and we BOTH know that is not true. No need to jump on an attack Retinoid.
Um... if Taiwan declares independence, the United States has stated that it wuold not back Taiwan up. They warned the lame-duck President of Taiwan from pushing his agenda further that the U.S. would completely drop it's support if he continues what he is doing. So, by the U.S.'s own policy, they wouldn't even be in such a conflict.
China doesn't want to weaponize space? lol, Is that why they've conducted those tests?
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Personally I could care less about China surpassing us, and I think we have plenty of problems in our own country to deal with. As long as they don't threaten us militarily, and Taiwan aside - why would they? We buy so many things from them.


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Justin Theroux: Jogging with Friends in Hawaii
Justin Theroux goes jogging with a few friends on Monday (August 8) while on vacation in Hawaii.
The 39-year-old actor and screenwriter and his girlfriend, Jennifer Aniston, headed to Hawaii late last month.
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Jen and Justin celebrated in the sun with her good friend Christine Taylor, whose 40th birthday was on July 30!
The couple "seemed giddy in love and genuinely happy together," a source told Us Weekly of the couple, who checked out antiques and jewelry at the Lotus Gallery earlier in the month.
FYI: Justin will celebrate his 40th birthday later in the week – happy early birthday!!
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Dear Abby: My mother, age 79, has been hearing ``music`` in her head for about two years. Her physician was unable to find the cause, so he sent her to a psychiatrist, who also found no reason for this. Abby, if an answer isn`t found soon, I fear that my mother`s remaining years will be spent in total misery. Otherwise, her general health is excellent.
A while back, you printed several letters from people who had heard noises-especially music-in their heads.
Perhaps drawing on the experiences of others who have had this problem will help my mother. Would you please reprint them?


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Now that the Washington Bullets have found a way to fit Ledell Eackles into their salary structure, they have only one week to fit him into a uniform.
The 6-foot-5 guard finally signed a contract yesterday -- and was immediately placed on the suspended list. The move was merely a formality, giving the club a chance to get Eackles somewhere close to playing condition.
The maximum Eackles can stay on the suspended list is five days, so he will have to be activated for the home game against Sacramento one week from tonight.


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- Greg Cravens
About the "wine in grocery stores"
bill ...
I believe the members of the Tennessee legislature would all tell you how much they support our free enterprise system. But consider the "wine in grocery stores" bill passed by the General Assembly and signed into law by Governor Haslam:
According to the law, petitions must be signed in counties that have liquor stores or liquor-by-the-drink in bars and restaurants. If enough signatures are gathered, food stores will still not be able to sell wine before July 1, 2016. Then, food stores will be required to mark up the retail price of wine 20 percent above the wholesale price and required to buy their wine from Tennessee wholesalers.
Liquor stores that are located within 500 feet of a food store will have the right to delay the food store from selling wine for a year. Liquor stores also gain the right to sell more items.
I do not see how this new law lets the free market work. Consumers may even have to pay more for wine than they should, because of the mandated 20 percent markup. And there are no laws or regulations that would prevent Tennessee wholesalers from taking advantage of not having to compete with wholesalers from outside the state.
The new law is not one that benefits consumers. It seems to have been crafted to protect and help the liquor store industry.
Philip Williams
About the Shelby Farms Greenline traffic lights ...
The Shelby Farms Greenline is a definite asset to our city. My wife and I use it frequently to cycle out to Shelby Farms and the Wolf River Greenway. But the traffic signals at Highland and Graham that allow pedestrians and cyclists to cross are confusing and potentially dangerous.
When the button is pressed by a pedestrian/cyclist wanting to cross the street, motorists see two flashing yellow lights, followed by two solid red lights, and finally two flashing red lights. When the motorist sees the solid red light, the pedestrian sees the white "Walk" symbol. However, in a few seconds, a red "Don't Walk" symbol appears with a countdown, while the motorists simultaneously see the two flashing red lights. The pedestrians are still under the assumption that it is safe to walk (for the remaining seconds in the countdown), but I have witnessed countless motorists drive through once the red lights begin flashing. This creates a very dangerous situation. Why not just have the lights remain solid red while the motorists are supposed to be at a stop?
Kristen Hildebrand
About Toby Sells' post, "Public Golf Courses Could Get New Leader" ...
Convert one of the courses into a Footgolf course!
Charlie Eppes
Footgolf, sure, but how about letting soccer players carry nine irons. I'd watch.
CL Mullins
If the past is any indication, they'll hire someone who has never even kicked a golf ball.
About Joe Weinberg's Viewpoint on replacing Diebold voting machines, "It's Broken. Fix It!" ...
This is a good article by someone who has studied this issue for a long time. It is past time we move to optical scan machines so that we have a voter verified paper trail.
As I have written in the Flyer this year, Nashville has millions in federal funds available for just this purpose; and the Shelby County Commission this very year put in $1.3 million to pay our local share. All the SCEC has to do is ask the state for the matching funds in the form of a grant contemplated by state law. But it consistently declines to do so, even though its own staff made a formal budget request for county money for optical scan machines this very year.
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* Apple gets into maps, burnishes Siri
* Signals Apple remains invested in Macs
* More on mobile expected later
By Poornima Gupta and Alexei Oreskovic
* Apple gets into maps, burnishes Siri
* Signals Apple remains invested in Macs
* More on mobile expected later
By Poornima Gupta and Alexei Oreskovic
SAN FRANCISCO, June 11 (Reuters) - Apple Inc took
the wraps off its own mobile mapping service and improved the
search capabilities of its Siri electronic assistant technology,
as it rolled out souped-up software and hardware on Monday to
help it wage war on Google Inc.
CEO Tim Cook, who took over from late co-founder Steve Jobs
last August, spearheaded the unveiling of new services -- such
as in-house mapping, beefed-up Siri software, address-bar search
on its Safari browser -- to help keep at bay Google and its
fast-growing Android mobile platform.
Apple tweaked a number of features in its mobile operating
system to further its lead in enticing users to stay within its
ecosystem. The upgrades marked a bolstering of Apple's arsenal
as it tries to keep its top-down applications and hardware
environment ahead of competition from Android device makers such
as Samsung Electronics and Motorola Mobility.
The event's key highlight was the debut of Apple's new
in-house mapping service that the company has been working on
the past few years.
Its new mobile operating software -- the iOS6 -- comes with
the mapping system "built from the ground up," said software
chief Scott Forstall, sidelining the Google map service that the
Internet giant has invested heavily in.
Apple will be replacing Google Maps, a pre-loaded app so far
on the iPhone and iPad, with its own in-house map service,
delivering a big blow to Google, which gets about half its map
traffic from Apple devices.
The move signals that the friendship between Apple and
Google -- whose former CEO once sat on Apple's board -- is long
over, and underscores Apple's efforts to reduce its ties with
Google, said Colin Gillis, analyst with BGC Partners.
"What happens if one day Google decides to not provide Apple
with maps," said Gillis. "You can't have that kind of dependency
on a competitor."
Apple's map service comes with three-dimensional images of
cities called "Flyover" along with real-time traffic updates and
also turn-by-turn navigation, the last a feature that Google has
in Android devices but had not made available in Apple devices.
And Siri, the innovative voice-activated iPhone
search-feature users have criticized as faulty and inadequate,
is now available on iPads and recites a larger database of
answers, especially sports, restaurants and movies.
Siri is also integrated into the new mapping service so
users can ask for step-by-step directions.
While Apple is late to the game with turn-by-turn
directions, Forrester analyst Charles Golvin said that Apple's
new service featured various nice touches, demonstrating Apple's
ability to take an experience offered by rivals and "go even
He also cited a new app for iPhone and iPads called Passbook
that organizes a user's electronic airline tickets, movie
tickets and restaurant loyalty cards. The app is a "harbinger
of them doing much, much more," said Golvin, pointing to the
electronic payment and mobile commerce market.
Finally, executives said Apple has integrated No. 1 social
network Facebook deeper into the operating system,
allowing Siri-users to post photos with voice commands.
Long lines marked the beginning of the week-long annual
Worldwide Developers' Conference, where Apple developers rub
shoulders with employees, test the latest products and software,
and connect with peers. Apple kicked off proceedings by touting
its hardware, its biggest edge over Google.
The consumer device giant introduced an all-new addition to
its MacBook Pro lineup, Apple's highest-end laptops. At 0.7
inches and weighing under 4.5 pounds, the new MacBook Pro ranks
among the thinnest laptops in the market and will hit store
shelves months before many Microsoft Windows-equipped
"Ultrabooks." They will employ the "retina" displays that have
won strong positive reviews for the new iPad, but start at
Along with the introduction of the new MacBook Pro, Apple
also updated it current Mac lineup including the MacBook Air.
Marketing chief Phil Schiller outlined how the redesigned
MacBook Air notebooks will be about $100 cheaper on average than
predecessors, but sport quicker Intel Corp processors,
potentially eating into territory staked out by Hewlett-Packard
, Dell Inc and other PC makers.
Analysts have speculated that the company will begin
aggressively competing on price, gradually shrinking the premium
its Macs carry in general.
More than ever, Apple finds itself in a pitched battle with
Google: in smartphones, cloud computing, and a never-ending
competition to attract the best software developers. That is
crucial as Apple looks to draw users deeper into its
applications ecosystem.
Cook told the audience that customers have downloaded more
than 30 billion Apple apps so far, choosing from more than
650,000 apps -- the largest library in the industry.


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NDLA Board Holds Spring Meeting
The Notre Dame Law Association (NDLA) Board of Directors holds its spring 2009 meeting on Friday, April 24. The board consists of 22 members from all over the United States. There are 16 regional representatives covering 18 regions of the country, plus one at-large representative. In addition, membership includes a president, president-elect, and three Alumni Association constituency group representatives, serving on behalf of Asian-Pacific alumni, Black alumni, and Hispanic alumni of Notre Dame. The board represents the more than 8,000 Notre Dame Lawyers throughout the world.
The NDLA Board exists to advise the Dean in matters respecting students, curriculum, finances, programs, facilities, resources, capabilities, strategic planning, management, and Law School operations as requested. The board is also involved with assisting the Admissions Office in the recruitment of qualified students as well as mentoring, advising and promoting students and graduates of the Law School in their efforts to secure employment.
NDLA Board members generously donate their time, talent and treasure to Notre Dame Law School. Board members do not receive compensation for their services and pay for transportation, lodging, and incidentals related to board meeting attendance.
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Selfie of The Week - Waso Moe Oo Special
Myanmar Model Waso Moe Oo. She post a lot of her selfie shots on her facebook and here is the collection of the most popular selfie shots of her week.
Waso Moe Oo is talented new model and she has been getting popular because of her fashion style in myanmar news magazines and journal. She travel to Bagan for Kyan Sit Min Myanmar Documentary few months ago too. She also features in Myanmar Automobile Show, Motor Show and Myanmar Mobile commercial promotion shows.


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Over a year ago I dropped off the face of the earth. I was busy, blogging wasn't fun, I had no time to cook. But really, one of the main reasons I stopped cooking was that I moved out of my mom's house into an apartment with my then-fiance, Kevin. Suddenly:
Not only bills, but for the first time in my pathetic adult life I was responsible for purchasing my own food. Sure, Kevin helped out, but he was paying rent. So I quickly learned that buying duck and lamb and scallops and saffron and truffles (ok, I never bought truffles) with my own money was ENTIRELY different from using my mother's credit card. I tried to shop more frugally, still spending way too much money each week at Wegmans, but living more within the means of a 20-something working at a tech start-up.
Enough about that: Here's what happened AFTER the move:
I got married! (Don't worry, a billion more posts about that to come, because Dammit I DIYed a beautiful wedding and I'm going to pin it!)
I went on my honeymoon to Jamaica and ate ALL the food and did ALL the scuba diving.
We got a PUPPY! His name is Rowdy.
That puppy grew up and became a lot of work.
I got Lasik. Obviously I have to redo my blog header now! Although I still miss my glasses…
I got depression and my grandfather died and there were a couple of super shitty months. I'll go into these more in depth as well. I obviously don't have any pictures of me bumming around the house wearing a blanket over my head, so here is a picture of my ghetto Hanukkah set-up because I left my menorah at my mother's house.
*edit* I found a picture of me at a New Years Party wearing my Chewbacca Onesie, which I wore a lot during the winter.
Things slowly got better. I got a raise and Kevin got a new job, so we began looking for a house.
We packed up our apartment and moved in with my mother (I know, it feels like a backwards leap to me too. But financially it made the most sense while we waited to…)
Close on our house! Which should be happening next Friday, assuming everything goes to plan.
Picture to be added REALLY FRACKING SOON!
So that's my life. The depression really grabbed my by the balls this time. It's something I've always struggled with, to an extent, but this year it became unbearable. Couple that with my anxiety, my grandfather dying, my new role as a wife, the dog being crazy, and the crappy winter…I was incapacitated for several months.
I was embarrassed. I was reluctant to seek help. I wanted to fix it by myself. But it got to the point where I couldn't. So I started seeing someone who has been very helpful at getting me to recognize my feelings and not try to suppress them, and also live with less guilt, fear, and anxiety.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not cured. I'm still all shades of fucked up. I get into moods where I retreat into a room with an audiobook or the Hamilton soundtrack and a monotonous task and just stop thinking. Or play solitaire for three hours. Or take a nap. And my husband has been so wonderful to me this year, despite this not being the ideal first year of marriage. The honeymoon period came to a crashing stop after my first full-blown panic attack. But he's been by my side the entire time, and I'm excited to start the next chapter of our lives.
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Optional quality terms help farmers to market products made in difficult natural conditions, such as mountainous regions or islands, while others are used to promote local farming and direct sales. Voluntary certification schemes at the national level or run by private operators can also help consumers be confident about the quality of the products they choose. The EU also has numerous agreements with many other countries guaranteeing the protection of certain products.
Existing quality terms include:
- Mountain product: In order to use this term, the products' raw materials and the animal feed used must come essentially from mountain areas, while for processed products, production should generally take place in such areas.
More information in the report "Labelling of agricultural and food products of mountain farming".
Legal basis: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 665/2014 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012.
- Product of EU's outermost regions (French Overseas Departments -Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Réunion and Martinique- and the Azores, Madeira and the Canary Islands): Outermost regions face difficulties relative to regions in mainland Europe from their remoteness and insularity, including difficult geographical and meteorological conditions. With a view to ensuring greater awareness and consumption of quality agricultural products, whether natural or processed, which are specific to these outermost regions, a graphic symbol (logo) was introduced in 2006. The regulation sets out specific measures in the agricultural sector to remedy the difficulties caused by the specific situation facing the Union's outermost regions.
Legal basis: Regulation (EU) No 228/2013 and Commission Regulation No 793/2006.
Furthermore, the EU carried out a review of options to introduce labels for:
- Local farming and direct sales: The European Commission published on 6 December 2013 a report on the case for a local farming and direct sales labelling scheme (COM(2013) 866 final). The report points out the main features of local farming, short food supply chains and direct sales in the EU, and explores the possibilities of adopting a labelling scheme for these local food systems.
- Island farming: The European Commission adopted on 16 December 2013 a report on the case for an optional quality term "product of island farming" (COM(2013) 888 final), analysing whether establishing a new term "product of island farming" would add value to island product as compared with similar ones, outlining advantages and drawbacks.
Voluntary certification schemes
In addition to these EU schemes, a large number of private and national food quality schemes or logos exist, covering a wide range of initiatives such as "Fair Trade" and operating between businesses (B2B) or between businesses and consumers (B2C).
An inventory (pdf) compiled for the European Commission in 2010 counted 441 schemesfor agricultural products and foodstuffs marketed in the EU. In consultation with stakeholders, the European Commission developed guidelines showing best practice for the operations of such schemes.
Third-country agreements
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William Thomas, PhD – Co-Founder & Chair
College English Adjunct Professor & Free Lance Writer
San Clemente, CA
Bill is an active member of the San Clemente Beaches, Parks & Recreation Commission, Friends of San Clemente Foundation, and other community groups. With his name on the City's Wall of Recognition for numerous volunteer services, he was also honored as Citizen of the Year by the Chamber of Commerce and Volunteer of the Year by the City. He is a former college dean and chancellor, serving as an administrator and faculty member for such institutions as UCLA; CalState Northridge, Los Angeles, and Dominguez Hills; and Johnston College. Currently, he teaches English at Saddleback College. Prior to entering academic life, he was active in television and theatre, both in the U.S. and Europe.
Mina Santoro – Co-Founder & Past Chair
San Clemente, CA
Mina is past president and honorary life member of the San Clemente Junior Woman's Club and received the Junior of the Year award. Her involvement in the Junior Woman's Club led to the inception of the Courtney's SandCastle universal playground project. She is a founding member of the Courtney's SandCastle Charitable Foundation and has dedicated over 10 years to the Courtney's SandCastle project, bringing the first universally accessible playground to South Orange County for children with special needs. She has a Masters Degree in Health Administration from Loma Linda University (1994) and a BA in Biology from the University of California, Riverside (1992). She has 7 years experience with the Veterans Administration helping to establish community-based clinics. She is happily married to a physician and a proud mom of three children. She has a passion for helping the community and those that are underserved.
Jim Nielsen – Co-Founder & Treasurer
San Clemente, CA
Jim is a retired federal law enforcement agent. Upon retiring, he ran a successful forensic accounting and investigations business. He has been declared an expert witness in both federal and state court relative to investigative accounting. More recently, he has devoted his life to his family and to his five grandchildren. He is active in the area of recreation in San Clemente and is Treasurer of both the Courtney's SandCastle Charitable Foundation and the Friends of San Clemente Beaches Parks and Recreation Foundation. He is also bookkeeper for the San Clemente Ocean Festival. He has been intimately involved in the recent opening of the Vista Hermosa Sports Park and Phase I of Courtney's SandCastle universal access playground.
Dr. Andrea Lynn Sinkking St. John, CCC-SLP – Secretary
San Clemente, CA
Andee has been a speech-language pathologist for Capistrano Unified School District (CUSD) since 2004. She currently assesses CUSD preschool age children whose parents have concerns regarding their child's oral communication skills. She was previously employed as a speech-language pathologist in Austin and Georgetown (Texas) public schools for 29 years, providing assessments and therapy for preschool through high school students. Andrea is a 20 year member of SERTOMA (Service-to-Mankind) International, a philanthropic organization which assists children and adults with speech and/or hearing disorders. Academic credentials include Doctorate in Education from University of La Verne (2012), Master of Science in Communication Disorders from University of Redlands (1975), and Bachelor of Arts in Speech Pathology from La Verne College (1973).
John Bandaruk
San Clemente, CA
John Bandaruk is a retired teacher/coach. He taught Biology / Chemistry / Marine Science at San Clemente High School for 35 years. John also coached swimming, water polo, cross country, football, basketball and track. He is now in his third year as a commissioner on the San Clemente Beaches, Parks and Recreation Commission , where he first became associated with Courtney's Sandcastle as the Commissions liaison the Courtney's Sandcastle Foundation. John and his wife Rita have lived in the Marblehead area for almost 28 years. His children Brandy and Adam both graduated from San Clemente High school. For fun, John enjoys swimming, body surfing, skiing (former member of the Mammoth Mountain ski patrol 1973-77).
Edward Doll
Irvine, CA
Ed is a Licensed Landscape Architect and has worked on many master planned community projects that incorporated varied interactive recreational elements. Ed graduated from California Polytechnic University at San Luis Obispo in Landscape Architecture and Planning, and has enjoyed over 38 years of working with key professionals and clients in the public and private sectors. Originally working with city staff on the design and implementation of the Vista Hermosa Park facilities, Courtney's SandCastle was a natural transition to be able to work with the CSC Founders to help make the universally accessible playground and sensory garden a reality. Ed continues to provide landscape architectural consulting services of all types and sizes. One of Ed's goals is to assist the Foundation in broadening the reach of the ideas and experiences now available at Courtney's SandCastle to other facilities wherever possible.
Grace LeRoy
CHOC Hospital Family Support Liaison
Rancho Santa Margarita, CA
Elizabeth Strother
San Juan Capistrano, CA
Board Chair Emeriti
Don Glasgow – Co-Founder & Past President
San Clemente, CA
Don completed a long career as a senior executive in the department store and special store retailing with focus on merchandising, marketing and sales promotion. He was President of May Company in Cleveland, Associated Dry Goods in New York, and Barker Bros. Furniture in Los Angeles. He owned and operated a Minuteman Press printing and copy franchise for ten years. He is past President of the Corona del Mar Chamber of Commerce and Co-founder and Chairman of the Corona del Mar Business Improvement District. He has been awarded the San Clemente Community Volunteer of the Year twice and has led numerous events for the San Clemente Friends of Beaches, Parks and Recreation Foundation. Don is co-founder of Courtney's SandCastle Charitable Foundation, volunteer to Habitat for Humanity, Fish for Life, and a volunteer for Camp Pendleton Marines Support.
Lori Donchak – Co-Founder
San Clemente, CA
Lori is committed to community and youth and has been involved with Courtney's SandCastle universal playground since 2006. She has deep roots in the St. Margaret's Episcopal School community in San Juan Capistrano, having recently retired from teaching middle school English there. Lori is a board member of the South Coast Boys & Girls Club. She is a former San Clemente mayor and is completing her second term on the San Clemente City Council. She is a member of the Orange County Library committee. Academic credentials include an MBA from Northwestern University (1980), a B.S. in Linguistics and Education from Northwestern University (1977) and an urban planning credential from Harvard University (2005).
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Betsy Aasland, MS, OTR/L
Beach Kids Therapy Center Director/Owner
San Clemente, CA
Betsy is a pediatric occupational therapist with over 14 years experience working with children and their families. She started Beach Kids Therapy Center after recognizing the need for a family-centered pediatric therapy clinic in South Orange County. Her holistic approach to the health and well-being of children is at the heart of her work. Through Beach Kids, Betsy is committed to supporting and educating families in an environment that is safe and inviting. SIPT Certified.
Justin Alderson
San Clemente, CA
Justin is well known for his commitment to children and childhood development. He is co-founder and president of Hope for Hannah, a philanthropy dedicated to advocacy for kids with autism. He is lead ambassador and advisor for Talking about Curing Autism (TACA) and also a board member of the Maddie James Foundation which is committed to seaside learning for children. You may recognize Justin's voice from sports broadcast. He has been the main play-by-play baseball voice for Cal State Fullerton since 2005. He is known for his basketball (NCAA D-1), volleyball (Big West Conference) and football sports announcing credentials. Justin is a graduate of Cal State Fullerton. He is married and has two children.
John R. Anderson
San Clemente, CA
A resident of San Clemente since 1976, John is a retired Marine Lieutenant Colonel. He is a graduate of San Clemente High School, Cal State Fullerton and has a MBA from Webster University.He is currently a Financial Advisor at Edward Jones. He is a member of the San Clemente Exchange Club. John has been married to his wife Tanya for 22 years, and they have a 10 year old autistic son.
Melissa Echelberger – Co-Founder
San Clemente, CA
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An interesting combination of Japanese traditional architecture and modern design recently delighted me in Kyoto, while strolling on the Higashi Oji-dori, right across the Yasaka Shrine.
The building on the right, housing the Ki-Yan Stuzio project of a well known Kyoto artist, Hideki Kimura, is a traditional house, modified with large, vivid colored windows, with a stylish touch given by the round marumado-like windows… It makes a perfect match with the adjacent building, which is also an old-styled house, modernized with wide windows (probably replacing the mushiko mado) and modern lanterns.
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BCECE Stage 1st and 2nd Result 2016: Bihar Combined Entrance Competitive Examination board has finally come up with bcece result 2nd stage 2016 which was conducted on 17th May, 2016. After completion of exam aspirants were eagerly waiting for its score card so now they must be relaxed as their much awaited result has been out. Applicants can check their score card from board's official web portal i.e. www.bceceboard.com also you can refer to entire article for more details about it.
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Wednesday, June 13, 2012
About Skout case with minors/teens.
The Online Dating Industry is performing like the Pharmaceutical and Cosmetic Industry before the USA Food and Drug Administration was created.
There is no/weak Legislation, no ID verification, low reliable background checks, no Quality Norms like ISO 9001:2008 for customer service, except for the Indian company Shaadi.
The entire Online Dating Industry for serious daters in 1st World Countries is a HOAX, performing as a Big Online Casino, with a low effectiveness/efficiency level of their matching algorithms (less than 10%).
What level of disaster will it take to lead to reform and new guidelines in the industry?
As I had said before, Skout will be a case of stupid investors' series.
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Nokia's recipe for success: offer Android phones
Nokia is a name that is synonymous with great build quality and hardware, awesome mobile cameras, and now Windows Phone. Nokia penned a deal with Microsoft in 2011, pushing its efforts to improve Symbian as a leading smartphone OS and the MeeGo project with Intel to the back burner.
As we've learned, however, Nokia's decision to go all-in on Windows Phone hasn't exactly paid off. In fact, after getting a large sum of money from Microsoft at the beginning of the deal, the Finnish manufacturer owes Microsoft more than it can realistically earn from the remainder of the commitment, AllThingsD reported in January.
Despite perpetually releasing several versions of virtually the same phone, bringing forth compelling hardware to the Windows Phone platform, signing exclusive deals with AT&T (surprising, provided its former stance with U.S. wireless providers), and putting the majority of its eggs in one basket, Nokia cannot seem to gain any real traction. Neither can Windows Phone, for that matter.
After two and a half years, Windows Phone, accounting for 3.2 percent of the global smartphone market share, finally surpassed BlackBerry which currently holds only 2.9 percent. Compared to the two major platforms, Android and iOS with 75 percent and 17.3 percent, respectively, Microsoft and its Windows Phone partners have little to show for their countless efforts.
And Nokia shareholders and investors are up in arms over CEO Stephen Elop's performance. One even pleaded for Elop to "switch to another road," citing the "road to hell is paved with good intentions."
While Elop may be root of Nokia's current woes, it's hard to blame one man for the dud Windows Phone has been thus far. HTC, Samsung, Dell, LG, ZTE, and Huawei – among a few others – have also failed to find a foothold with Windows Phone. As promising and refreshing as the operating system is, it has still yet to truly take off – the causes for which reach far and wide. But that's worthy of an editorial to itself.
The question Nokia will face once the agreement with Microsoft comes to a close is a tough one. Should it go with what hordes of fans have wanted all along? Should it pick from the growing list of mobile startups with their own strains of Linux-based operating systems? Or should it lay low for a while, coast on its Asha phones, and get its ducks in a row for a global re-launch down the road?
Truthfully, if Nokia lasts through the entirety of this Microsoft deal (without being bought, that is), it can't afford another gamble like Windows Phone. It needs something stable, something proven.
As much as my colleague believes the answer lies in Windows Phone opening its doors to Google and that a Nokia-made Android phone will be yawn-worthy, the future of Windows Phone – at this point, anyway – is uncertain. BlackBerry, Sailfish OS, Ubuntu Phone OS and every other up-and-coming mobile platform competing for the spot as the third ecosystem all are feasting on the scraps left by Google and Apple, and there's simply not enough to go around.
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It's no coincidence thousands (likely a lot more) have voiced their collective opinion that Nokia should make an Android-powered flagship. For many, it would be a dream phone. I remember back when the Nokia N9 was announced; I wanted to buy one solely for the fact it would (theoretically) run Android. Although the mod came way too late to matter, someone finally got a version of Ice Cream Sandwich up and running on the N9, and it was glorious … for anyone who coughed up the money for the MeeGo-powered, ill-equipped N9 with no future.
The fact of the matter is, Nokia wouldn't necessarily have to build a custom phone. It wouldn't have to go all-in on Android, nor would it have to give up its efforts on Windows Phone. It could build a Windows Phone and simply provide the option to flash a modified version of Android to it. Theoretically, Windows Phone and Android minimum hardware requirements overlap, it's just a matter of tweaking AOSP with the proper drivers to run on the compatible hardware. For example, internally, the ATIV S isn't all that different from the Galaxy S III.
Even if the process voided the warranty, I doubt very many would hesitate to try pure Android running on Nokia's second-to-none hardware. It's not rocket science, and it would show Nokia's dedication to listening to its loyal fans, the few who stand between Nokia and an even more rocky future.
It's impossible to definitively say Android will save Nokia from … anything. And only offering Android as an aftermarket option isn't ideal. But Windows Phone certainly isn't performing as well as Nokia or Microsoft would have hoped at this point, and something of this nature would allow Nokia to test the waters without blowing too much cash.
What do you say, Nokia? Show a little love for Android, will ya'?
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