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Thoughts from a iPhone 3G User

Thoughts from a iPhone 3G User






For the last two years, I have been a loyal user of an iPhone 3G. Last year, when the iPhone 3GS was released, I convinced myself that the new features weren’t too impressive from what I currently had on my humble 3G – mostly high power isolatorbecause it would have cost an arm and a leg to upgrade my AT&T contract.

This year is different.

Not only can I impact socketfinally admit that the compass, voice command, and video recording features of the 3GS will be nice on my shinny new iPhone 4, but here are three reasons I’ll be pre-ordering on June 15.
Design

Where to begin? Not only does iPhone 4 sport a design that makes it 25% thinner than the 3GS, but it’s functional. The stainless steel led mr16alloy band is 5 times stronger than stainless steel and enhances WiFi, light dimmerGPS, and cellular reception. The glass front (and back) is 20 times stiffer and 30 times harder than plastic – not to mention more scratch resistant. And the 960×640 backlit LCD screen sporting 326 ppi will be great for looking at those higher resolution (and better lit) photos and viewing my HD homes videos.
HD video

The 5 megapixel camera now shoots HD video with tap to focus and easy uploading. This was probably expected by most. The real kicker however is the increased editing capability and its new app partner iMovie. Adding themes, transitions, music, photos, and easy uploading access to my Facebook and Twitter and I might actually start caring about shooting video.
Multitasking

Finally! Now I can listen to Pandora, chat with friends, and surf the web. Yes, all of you Android users can insert your “we’ve had this for years” comments here. Okay, now show me your HD video, front facing camera, functional design elements, incredibly perfect display, folders, and multiple exchange support. Mmmhmm.

Add in all of the 3GS features, faster processor, more Oil paintingmemory and I can almost forget the fact that I still don’t have turn-by-turn, native instant messaging, no one is going to read books on a phone, and, worst of all, I’m still stuck on AT&T.

Kim Kardashian has made curves and cellulite acceptable, say editors

Kim Kardashian has made curves and cellulite acceptable, say editors




Kim Kardashian's astonishing mainstream popularity as a fitness role model has come under attack because she got liposuction and uses diet pills, but tabloid editors say Kim's icon status is actually helping curvy young women be more accepting of their bodies.

"Women are a little bit tired of the cookie-cutter Hollywood ideal," Shape editor-in-chief Valerie Latona tells CNN. "The fact that...Kim admits to having cellulite and she's curvy -- it resonates with women."

KIM CRITICIZED FOR USING DIET PILLS & LIPO

Ironically, Shape readers were among those who were outraged when Latona put a bikini-clad Kardashian on its June 2010 cover.

Below is a sampling of comments angry readers wrote on Shape's website:

I'm very disapointed you would put Kim Kardashian on the cover. She's notorious for having numerous plastic surgeries, endorses We offer wide range of optoelectronic products: Full series of led lamp.diet pills, and can be seen getting cellulite treatments on her show. She in NOT a celebrity, and she is definitely NOT a role model.

Kim is not a postitive role model for health and fitness with her promotion of Quick Trim diet pills and spraying Windex on food as a dieting tool.

Despite her many critics, Kim's popularity is at an all-time high, and her marketability is undeniable.

In addition to helping her sisters Kourtney and Khloe launch a spinoff reality tv show, Kim makes lots of money endorsing an array of products, and has her own fashion line and fragrance.

'LACK OF TALENT MAKES THEM RELATABLE'

Tabloid editors say the Kardashian girls -- none are of whom are not your average skinny, blonde, blue-eyed starlet -- can help impressionable young women become more accepting of their own imperfect bodies. Kim_Khloe_Kourtney_Kardashian_bikini_weight_loss

Evansville attorney's party investigation wrapping up

Evansville attorney's party investigation wrapping up



The investigation wrapped up Monday, and Tuesday, Sheriff Williams will sit down with the prosecutors office to discuss his findings. Monday, 14 News asked both parties why it has taken so impact socket is the occupation of installing or repairing piping or tubing systems that convey liquid.long to get this investigation everybody is unique,everybody do not like to be the same with others.so we should give personalized gifts to others that can display different character.completed?

On Saturday, May 22, a high school graduation party held at Evansville Attorney Scott Danks' house got the attention of Vanderburgh County deputies.

"We got dispatched to a parking complaint and we happened to send a two man to that complaint and then we realized it was a party," Sheriff Williams said.

According to a sheriff's report, deputies found 200 people Commonly referred to as a China plastic injection molding, it is also technically known as candidosis, moniliasis,in Danks' backyard surrounded by several plastic cups with alcohol and open beer cans. Deputies said Danks admitted some of them were underage.

Now, almost three weeks have passed and many are questioning why the I want to show my great appreciation for all of you coming to the short presentation about the PP fittings.case file still remains in the Sheriff's hands.

"I would say we are paying closer attention to this one because it is a prominent name so to make sure there is no appearance of favoritism or something like that," Sheriff Williams said. "We've got three prongs in this investigation: the Sheriff's Office response and did we handle it properly? Obviously there was a use of force incident, we always have to investigate those use of force and make sure they were in guidelines, and finally the actual party itself. Obviously, there were some people who were under the age of 21, how did they get it?"

Sheriff Williams said he won't discuss any of these findings with 14 News before he speaks with the prosecutor Tuesday, but We offer wide range of optoelectronic products: Full series of led lamp.he did say there were only two men on scene that night and their main focus was getting Roberts under control and making sure everyone at that party got home safely.

THE INFLUENCE GAME Dueling over debit card fees

THE INFLUENCE GAME Dueling over debit card fees




Swipe your debit card at the supermarket and you've placed yourself at the heart of a contentious congressional debate.

On one side are banks like JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America and credit card networks like Visa and MasterCard. On the other are retailers, including giants like Wal-Mart and Target.

At issue: The "swipe" fees banks charge merchants for one of today's most commonplace conveniences. At stake: I have spent much time in studying Oil painting, to my disappoint, I have never made good performance on it.up to $20 billion in potential bank losses and merchant gains.

For consumers, it could mean lower prices at the local store or restaurant, or it could result in higher bank charges, fewer "rewards" for credit card users or even the imposition of an annual debit card fee.

The fight over plastic has been raging for years — a federal appeals court once called it "a clash of commercial titans." Now it's landed in the middle of a massive financial regulatory bill primarily aimed The welding machine has always played a leading role in machine manufacturing industry.at restraining Wall Street.

Both sides have unleashed potent, well-heeled lobbying operations. Their efforts will converge on two weeks or more of negotiations between House and Senate lawmakers who are working to blend two separate financial overhaul bills into one.

The Senate bill contains a measure that would require the Federal Reserve to set limits on what fees banks and credit card networks can charge merchants for a debit card payment. The House bill has no such provision.

First, a quick lesson in shopping. A debit card payment taps directly into a customer's bank account and, as such, is akin to writing a check. A credit card payment, on the other hand, is in effect a loan from the bank. One carries more risk than the other. As a result, banks and credit card networks generally charge merchants I want to show my great appreciation for all of you coming to the short presentation about the gu10 led.up to 3 percent for credit card use. For debit card use, the charge to merchants is one-fourth to one-half as much.

Merchants maintain that the fee charged for debit cards, also called an "interchange" fee, is too high. Banks and Visa and MasterCard say the fee takes into account the cost of setting up and maintaining a secure and sophisticated debit payment system.

Last year, $1.21 trillion in purchases were As far as I am concerned,sculpture is the perfect manifestation of art.paid with debit cards everybody is unique,everybody do not like to be the same with others.so we should give personalized gifts to others that can display different character.processed through the Visa and MasterCard networks, generating $19.7 billion in fees paid by merchants, according to data from The Nilson Report, a trade publication. Most of the fees went to banks that issue debit cards.

While the largest banks and the largest retailers have the most dollars riding on the congressional outcome, the two combatants have cast the debate in terms of hurting small community banks and credit unions on one side or small businesses on the other.

The Senate proposal, written by Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., would require the Federal Reserve to set "swipe" fees for debit cards that are "reasonable and proportional" to the cost of processing the transaction. To win votes for it, Durbin exempts banks that have assets of $10 billion or less.

Plastic products Cut excise duty on polymers

Plastic products Cut excise duty on polymers




Seeks removal of custom duty on commodity polymers and cut in others, but also seeks hike in customs duty on plastic products.

Current status

The Indian plastics industry comprises around 55,000 plastic processing units, spread over both the organized and unorganized sectors, employing an estimated 0.4 million people. About 75% of plastic processing units are in the small-scale sector and these account for about 25% of the total production. There are about 2000 fibre processors, of which 80% are in the small-scale sector.

But with the recent fall in polymers price from peak level and slowdown in world economy, the plastic industry is grappling with cheap import of the plastic products. Due to slow Cable Tiesdown in USA, China and Thailand the biggest exporter to US, are trying to push their products in India [ Images ].

The plastic product industry is facing huge imports of plastic goods at a much lower cost. Most of these readymade plastic products are coming via under-invoicing, giving stiff competition to the local converters. In case of under-invoicing, the importers show lower cost of imports in the invoice and try to save customs, excise and other taxes on that. Hence, the resultant tax evasion makes these products cheaper.

Industry expectations

The plastic product industry want the custom duty on commodity plastics polymers which presently is at 5% to be brought down to zero so that the industry have sufficient import at reasonable landed cost to tide over perennial shortages & to meet the target of 120 lakh tonne of plastics production. While on other polymers, industry expects custom duty to be brought down from current level of 7.5% to 2.5%.

Along with it, the industry also wants withdrawal of 1% landing charges for duty calculations and removal of anti-dumping duty on polymers. Also on electric jackPlastic Scrap, duty should be brought down from 7.5% to at least 5%. Poly Amide Resins (Nylons) also should be in parity with other Engineering polymers and the duty brought down from present level of 10% to 5%.

The industry wants custom duty on processed goods to be hike from 10% to 20%.

One of the important want of the industry was reduction in excise duty from 14% to 8%, which the government has done in its last 2-stimulus package. Now, the industry want concessional rate of excise duty at 60% of applicable duty, be reinstated for small scale industry (SSI) with appropriate lines along with uniform VAT in all states, abolition personalized giftsof central sales tax and removal of FBT on the units with less than Rs 50 crore turnover.

The industry also expects specific provision in the Cenvat Credit Rules clarifying the duty at the time of clearances is required. The industry is also looking for service tax limit to be raised to turnover from Rs 10 lakh to 20 lakh so that the concerned department does not harass smaller service providers. The industry also wants ban on applications for Anti Dumping Review on fiber isolatorplastics raw materials (Polymers) at least for two financial years.

Analysts'/market expectations

Since the government has already cut down the excise duty by 600 basis points (in December 2008 by 400 basis points and in February 2009 by 200 basis points), no future cut is expected Rubber product supplierin excise duty. Also, the government focus on cutting custom duty for polymers will be very less. The government may come out some policies or announcements, which may help SSI. On an average, it seems that industry's expectation to large extent won't be fulfilled by the present government.

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Outlook

The demand for plastic products is yet to crawl back to normal levels. The cut in excise duties from 14% to 8% augurs well, especially for players selling to final consumers. But now the plastic products industry faces double-edged sword as on the one side it faces low cost import and other sided the rising polymer prices.

After few years of strong double digit growth, India is encountering sluggish trend in polymer consumption in the current fiscal with key user industries like automobile, construction, consumer durables etc witnessing sharp deceleration in growth. The players' ability to cushion their margins from the volatility of the polymer prices also remains limited.

Only the government's emphasis on infrastructure, special announcements on key sectors like telecom, automobiles, etc in the coming Budget can bring cheer to the plastic industry.

A Few Thoughts On The Mildly Disappointing Gaga Episode Of 'Glee'

A Few Thoughts On The Mildly Disappointing Gaga Episode Of 'Glee'






What worked in last night's Lady Gaga-inspired episode of Glee?

Everything about Brittany, for one thing. It's not a new observation that Heather Morris as Brittany has turned out to be one of the show's most unexpectedly divine weapons, and she was delightful once again. They give her a line that's nothing on the page — "You look terrible. I look awesome." — and it emerges as genius.

It's interesting to wonder whether there is anywhere on earth where Morris could have come into her own to this degree, other than on Glee. She's a pretty blonde who's a marvelous dancer with fantastically droll comic timing. Where was the place for that, before this show?

The numbers themselves were fun: "Bad Romance," of course, as well as the drop-ins from Kiss. Here's the whole episode, if you missed it.

Also firing successfully was the cannon of greatness that is Idina Menzel, whose positively uncanny resemblance to Lea Michele made their mother-daughter storyline almost inevitable, but who has also been showcased for two straight episodes doing classic-style Broadway singing (last week from Les Miserables, this week from Funny Girl) as well as you will ever see it done on popular television.

But the other thing that worked well led directly into what didn't.

I thought Chris Colfer and Cory Monteith were putting together a very good scene in which Finn finally confronts Kurt about the fact that his affections are not, in fact, lost on Finn, they make Finn uncomfortable, and Kurt needs to chill out already. And he needs to chill out not because they're both boys, but because those affections are not returned and Kurt knows they're not returned, and because he We offer wide range of optoelectronic products: Full series of led lamp.bleeds emotion out of his eyeballs, he's actually coming on really strong despite thinking he's suffering silently from afar.

It was easy to feel for both of them; Kurt thought he was just being kind, and Finn definitely has issues he needs to work on ("I can't live here; I'm a dude"), but Finn felt crowded and hovered over, and he didn't feel comfortable sharing a room with someone who couldn't stop burbling over with crushy feelings. And while he's obviously not entirely comfortable around Kurt generally, it was challenging to sort out how much of it was about Kurt being gay and how much was about Kurt being romantically fixated on him to a degree that embarrassed him (which could also happen with a girl he wasn't interested in).

But then, very abruptly, Finn was yelling about the room and the "faggy" lamp, and he seemed to be having a related, but less nuanced, explosion of temper. This led to a long (probably overlong) speech from Kurt's dad, which was touching in its vehemence, and said lots of good things about Burt's willingness to protect his kid, which Kurt needed to hear. But all of a sudden, Finn's feelings were dismissed, and everything he had said was pushed off on discomfort with Kurt being, as Kurt's dad said, "different." Was that really Finn's issue? Weren't Finn's issues partly — not wholly, but partly — Kurt's refusal to give him any personal space and, on top of that, not wanting to have to leave his house? (Besides, would it be THAT unusual for a high-school kid not to want to share his bedroom with another high-school kid he doesn't know particularly well?) Obviously, it's always a soup made up of lots of feelings, but all of a sudden, it was very clear-cut good-guy/bad-guy stuff, with only one character who needed to look at it from the other guy's point of view.

European Union Turns Off Incandescent Bulbs

European Union Turns Off Incandescent Bulbs



Traditional light bulbs are being phased out in the 27 countries of the European Union.

The bulb has not changed much since it was first perfected by Thomas Edison, but it is considered an energy guzzler. Europe will replace the bulbs as part of its plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions 20 Commonly referred to as a China plastic injection molding, it is also technically known as candidosis, moniliasis,percent by the year 2020.

Stores will be able to sell off their remaining stocks. However, starting Tuesday, the manufacture and import of the standard 100 watt and the frosted light bulb, which is deemed the most wasteful, will be banned.

And over the next three years,As far as I am concerned,sculpture is the perfect manifestation of art. all incandescent bulbs, which create more heat than light, will be phased out completely. A similar ban is set to begin in the United States in 2012.

Under the new European law, incandescent bulbs will be replaced by more efficient lighting systems like fluorescent, halogen or LED lamps, which can save up to 80 We offer wide range of optoelectronic products: Full series of led lamp.percent of the energy used by the old bulbs.

The new lights will cost more but last longer, saving consumers money in the long run says Ferran Tarradellas, energy spokesman for the EU.

"The equivalent of energy that we can save with this everybody is unique,everybody do not like to be the same with others.so we should give personalized gifts to others that can display different character.measure, it's impact socket is the occupation of installing or repairing piping or tubing systems that convey liquid.equivalent to the electricity consumption of Romania," Tarradellas says. "It could bring back to Europe's economy around five billion euros per year."

Still, the measure is not being taken lightly by everyone.

Consumers in some countries, like Germany, are said to be stockpiling Thomas Edison's old-style bulbs for cost reasons, or even out of nostalgia.

EU Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs tried to reassure Europeans in his blog by telling them, "Much like the car and telephone took time to catch on, you will one day appreciate the new era of lighting."

A Flowering Tribute To Emily Dickinson

A Flowering Tribute To Emily Dickinson




The poet Emily Dickinson lived a reclusive life at her family's home in Amherst, Mass., but while she rarely went out into society, she did spend a lot of time outdoors. Dickinson loved nature and was an avid gardener, and now an exhibition at the New York Botanical Garden called Emily Dickinson's Garden: The Poetry of Flowers is putting on display a side of the poet that is little known.

Gardening was a huge part of Dickinson's life and her art. "I was always attached to mud," she once wrote, and a sophisticated understanding of plants and flowers is reflected in her poetry. According to Gregory Long, the president and CEO of the New York Botanical Garden, Dickinson used to tuck little poems into bouquets of flowers that she gave to her neighbors.

"The people of Amherst who were the friends of Emily Dickinson and her family often received these poems, these short poems with presents of flowers or food," Long says. "They knew her as a poet because of these. Because nothing was really published in her life, or very, very little. So they found the poems, of course, very eccentric."

In fact, Dickinson was better known as a gardener than as a poet.

"She knew a great deal about plants, and she grew them very well," Long says. "And what we found is that her poems are not sentimental valentines to flowers. They're serious poems, but they're tied to her As far as I am concerned,sculpture is the perfect manifestation of art.great passion for plants and nature. So we decided, well, we should introduce people to Emily Dickinson not only as a poet, but as a gardener."

On the path that runs between beds of flowers at the New York Botanical Garden, more than 30 poems are displayed on boards next to plants and trees and flowers that inspired them. The walk begins near a delicate rosebush accompanied by a poem, called "She sped as Petals of a Rose," that Jennifer Rothman, who helped design the poetry walk, says Dickinson wrote I want to show my great appreciation for all of you coming to the short presentation about the gu10 led.in memory of a young child who died.

The process of creating the exhibition, Rothman says, began with a survey of poems like that one.

"It started by going through all of her poems and finding first the ones that had to do with flowers or plants and narrowing it down to that group," Rothman says. "And so then we chose poems that would reflect the flowers that would be in bloom or the landscape."

Nearby, four trees stand in front of a large lawn of grass, accompanied by Dickinson's poem "Four Trees — upon a solitary Acre." And inside the Botanical Garden's glass-domed conservatory is a re-creation of Dickinson's own garden.

Todd Forrest, who designed the garden, says it is filled with the types of flowers Dickinson might have planted around her family's home. Foxgloves, daffodils, zinnias and hydrangeas all bloom at the same time in oil painting reproduction from Old World Masters to Contemporary artists.this hothouse atmosphere and overflow the garden beds. There is even a small orchard nearby, blanketed in flowers that might have grown naturally near Dickinson's home. In something of a shock, Forrest everybody is unique,everybody do not like to be the same with others.so we should give personalized gifts to others that can display different character.made sure the mix of flowers included dandelions, a move that he says raised an eyebrow or two around the Botanical Garden. Long adds that they have to keep the staff gardeners from uprooting the tiny yellow flowering weeds.

"I know for a fact that this is the first time we've grown dandelions for a flower show," Forrest says. "But dandelions were very important to her. In fact, she referred to herself more as a dandelion. She felt more comfortable and The PPR pipe is one of the latest pipes resulting from European advanced technology of gos.more natural in the fields with the dandelions than she would in the drawing rooms with the fancy folks around Amherst."

'Total ban on plastic bags bad idea'

'Total ban on plastic bags bad idea'



NEW DELHI: The government made it clear that it is not in favour of a blanket ban on using plastic bags while it is working on use of biodegradable plastic as colouring elements like dyes are a health hazard and thin bags and material can severely jam up sewage systems.

Minister of state for environment and forests Jairam PPR pipeRamesh told Lok Sabha on Wednesday that while reducing plastics was necessary, the material had been promoted initially to save paper and trees. He sought to argue that if municipalities made a welding machinebetter effort to manage their solid waste, the plastic problem would reduce considerably.

The government, he said, was working on use of biodegardable plastic Oil paintingas reverting to paper bags could be even more hazardous to the environment. People had switched to use of plastic rather than paper the world over some 20 years ago to slow down deforestation.

"Plastic itself is a chemically inert substance, used worldwide for packaging and is not per-se hazardous to health and environment. Recycling of plastic, if carried out as per approved procedures and guidelines, compression fittingsmay not be an environmental or health hazard," Ramesh said, assuring the House that the government would have a stringent monitoring mechanism in place to ensure that the right kind of re-cycleable plastic is used.

In his response, Ramesh clarified that it was in the wake of the failure of civic bodies to collect and dispose waste that various states like Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, West Bengal and Delhi had resorted to banning use of plastic bags. electric jackThe government, he said, had notified Recycled Plastics Manufacture and Usage Rules, 1999 (amended in 2003) to regulate the use and manufacture of plastic carry bags, containers and recycling of plastic wastes.

"We are moving towards thicker and bio-degradable bags. Bio-degradable is at a nascent stage... some establishments have started using it," the minister said. On the recycling of plastic, he said it would be undertaken in accordance with specifications of the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS). He also advocated use of jute bags as another alternative to paper bags, as jute was an eco-friendly material. The minister said the government had undertaken a project for conservation of Dal Lake in Srinagar which is expected to be completed in the next three years.

‘Plastic’ Ash called Vivek immature

‘Plastic’ Ash called Vivek immature




Host Farah Khan chatted up Ritesh Deshmukh, Sreesanth on the theme ‘Socha Na Tha’ on the show Tere Mere Beach Mein. All the three were chosen as they had committed mistakes which had a huge impact in their lives.

Vivek Oberoi’s relationship with Aishwarya Rai would go down as one of the most controversial ever simply because it made him a national villian, his career came to a standstill and he lost his friends ... Vivek came out in the open about his ill famous press conference in which he had accused Salman Khan of threatening him because the latter was in love with Aishwarya Rai at that time. He reveals the situation that led to it, his feelings at the infamous prèss conference, the famous 41 missed calls, the backlash he received and how he overnight became an outcast in the industry in which he had just seen success and hailed as the talent to watch out for!

Farah asked Vivek if the lady he did all this for was grateful, “Lekin jinke liye aapne yeh sab kiya unhone kabhi bhi aap ka saath diya? Appreciated hua?” Vivek answered that he was called immature instead, “No! Ulta yeh hua ki “tum bahut immature ho.” Apne industry mein ek dastoor hai - Jaise Tupperware jahan plastic ke dabbe banate hain ... usse zyada plastic hamare yahan hai. Plastic smile, plastic heart..plastic everything!

Farah asked if he was over Ash, “Kya aap poori tarah se unhe bhoola chuke hai?” Vivek laughed in agreement, “Unhe main bhula chukka hoon.” And did he learn anything from the incident? “I’ve learnt that whatever you do, do it with your We offer wide range of optoelectronic products: Full series of led lamp.heart..listen to everyone but do what’s right for you! Don’t get frightened in difficult times and don’t be overconfident or brash in good times - Maine yehi sikha hai ki ‘jo bhi karna hai dilse karo, sabki suno khud ki karo, bure waqt pe ghabrana nahi aur acche waqt pe paglana nahin’.”