What do you do when you’ve already created a Sensation ? If you’re HTC , you repackage that lightning in a slightly different chassis, turn the volume (read: speed) up to 11 and borrow a bit of optical wizardry to add that new smartphone smell. All key elements that can be found in the DNA of the company’s latest imperatively named product offering — the Amaze 4G. Clearly, HTC’s throwing caution to the fickle consumer winds here, raising the bar for Android users’ expectations and mixing in just enough razzle dazzle to win over those hard earned geek dollars. So, what’s the hook this time ’round? No, not Beats — that’s for its Euro stepcousin, the Sensation XE . Here, the main attraction is this handset’s ability to surf along T-Mobile’s HSPA+ 42Mbps network . That’s right, Magenta’s tiptoeing into LTE speed territory and you’ve got Sense 3.0 to help pilot that wireless ride. Join us after the break as we peel back the layers of this unibodied mobile onion. Gallery: HTC Amaze 4G review Continue reading HTC Amaze 4G review HTC Amaze 4G review originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 15 Oct 2011 12:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …It’s been two months since Tim Pawlenty dropped out of the race for the GOP presidential nomination, but his campaign is still saddled with $450,000 in debt, reports Politico . Debts include $60,000 for campaign HQ rent in Iowa, $25,000 for equipment rentals, and more than $60,000…
Continue reading …There’s no second stimulus, but that didn’t stop the federal deficit reaching $1.299 trillion last year, the second-largest in history, reports the Hill . That’s slightly bigger than the $1.293 trillion from fiscal 2010, but less than the $1.412 trillion of 2009. While $1.299 trillion is a…
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• Hit F5 to refresh or turn on the automatic widget below • Email your thoughts to evan.fanning.casual@guardian.co.u k • Follow Evan on Twitter, if that’s your thing • All today’s results from across the divisions • The latest Premier League tables and stats On a more (or less) serious note Gary Naylor writes: “One of the many iniquitous effects of the injection of external money into football (please let these debt rules be introduced as soon as possible and be enforced with an iron fist – no chance, I know) is that the billionaire’s playthings can buy second, even third string, players who would walk into 15 or so Premier League teams. The likes of Adam Johnson or Daniel Sturridge should be at a club like Everton or Villa, as they are second strings at their own clubs. Playing ninety minutes every week would enhance their England prospects too. The old Bill Shankly line about the second best team in England being Liverpool Reserves is being realised, albeit not at Liverpool. If Manchester City, Chelsea and Manchester United entered shadow squads in the Premier League, they’d all finish in the top half wouldn’t they? Too many games are just another step in a procession. Ho Hum.” Half-time Queen watch (including pictorial evidence): “Are you sure Tim Cahill met The Queen?” asks Gary Naylor. “Can we be sure it wasn’t Dame Edna?” “Mate,” says Jeremy Austin. “Rolf was sick (possibly chundering) and had to miss the Queen’s summons. I hear Elle was there, (she’s a hot Sheilah) which probably compensated.” Ryan Dunne writes: “Don’t know if it’s ever actually happened, but whenever The Queen meets Australia’s cricketers at the Lord’s Ashes test, I’m always worried that one of them will call Her Majesty a “sheila”.” Half time: Chelsea 2-0 Everton. The home side somehow have a comfortable lead despite Everton being the better team for much of the half. Goal! Chelsea 2-0 Everton (Terry 45) A simple goal for Chelsea as Terry glances Lampard’s inswinging free kick. The header wasn’t going goalwards but it hits Howards’s flailing arm and bounces into the net. Howard was all over the place there. Perhaps he even managed to camouflage himself. 45 + 1 min: Ashley Cole is fouled by Coleman and Chelsea have a free kick on the left whcih will be the last action of the half … 44 min: This is a decent spell from Everton as Baines finds Saha in the area. Saha can’t seem to make up his mind what to do and eventually tries to stab an effort goalwards but Terry blocks and Chelsea clear. 42 min: Tim Cahill met to Queen on Thursday, according to ESPN. He was one of a number of Australians “summoned”. Who else do you think was there? Rolf Harris? 41 min: Everton work the ball into a decent position on the left but Osman has knocked Sturridge over off the ball and the whistle goes. Baines then sticks out a leg and trips the tricks Sturridge who appeared to be auditioning for a role as stepover king Denilson and he picks up a yellow card. 36 min: Ashley Cole picks up a yellow card for taking down Hibbert after some nice crisp passing between the full-back and Coleman on Everton’s right flank. Baines’s resulting free kick is far too deep and Cech claims easily. 33 min: Mata looks in the mood now and nearly gets in behiond the Everton back four but Howard races off his line to gather. “What colour is Tim Howard’s jersey? I can’t distinguish it from its surroundings,” asks Damien Neva. It’s army fatigue. I think that’s the point. Goal!! Chelsea 1-0 Everton (Sturridge 30) Everton switch off for the first time and Daniel Sturridge gives Chelsea the lead. Mata clips the ball over the top to Ashley Cole who has got in behind the Everton defence. Cole cushions a cross on the half-volley and Sturridge is the only one who has reacted to the first ball and is rewarded with a simple header into an empty net. 24 min: Bosingwa crosses from the right but it’s far too close to Howard who catches easily. If clubs wanted an example of why they shouldn’t be allowed sell individual TV rights across the globe this game is it. “Following Amy Lawrence’s fabulous turn on yesterday’s Live Blog, why do you never get women officating MBM/OBOs?” asks Ryan Dunne who ruins his ‘pro-women in football’ viewpoint with the next sentence which reads: “Afterall, I’m sure there must be lots of (preferably hot and single) women who read and contribute to them! Man, I’m surprised Polly Toynbee’s never raised the issue.” 24 min: “I don’t think enough credit has been given to Ramires for the improvement in Chelsea’s play, with most people highlighting Mata who’s a more flashy player,” writes Brendan Large. “Ramires is like the new Lampard. Unfortunately Lampard is now the new Jon Obi Mikel, meaning we now have two slow, not very good defensive midfielders playing who can’t defend.” 21 min: Everton win another corner as Osman picks out Baines who finds Fellaini in the area. The afro-clad midfielder takes a touch but Mikel does well to get back and the put the ball behind for a corner which comes to nothing. 19 min: Bosingwa cuts in from the right flank and shoots with his weaker left foot but he drags the shot and it trickes harmlessly wide of Tim Howard’s post. 18 min: So far this game has all the edge of an episode of Glee. 17 min: The first glimpse of Drogba as an attacking threat as he spins Jagielka on the edge of the area but fails to drive into the area to explot the space and the Everton defender gets a block to his cross and the ball bounces clear. 14 min: Yellow card for Fellaini whio leaves his foot in as Ramires clears. It’s a needless challenge and a stupid yellow to pick up. “Evening Evan,” writes Julian Menz. “Everton might have dodgy-away-kit issues, but what were Chelsea thinking? Joan Collins-goes-gridiron-in-a-Birmingham City-hand-me-down: I’m a Chelsea fan and all, but it’s just nasty.” 13 min: Chelsea’s attacks are all rather toothless so far and Distin and Jagielka have yet to be tested in any serious way. It’s certainly not the kind of past-paced football seen at the Reebok in their last outing. 10 min: The best chance of the match so far and it’s gone Everton’s way. Osman picks up the ball just inside the Chelsea half and threads a perfectly weighted pass through to Saha on the left. The striker manages to avoid injury while cutting inside and firing a low right-footed shot which Cech needs two attempst to gather. 8 min: Coleman again finds space on the right and tries to beat Cole but has to settle for a corner. Baines swings the corner right under Cech’s crossbar but the Chelsea keeper does well to claw away while under pressure. 5 min: Everton have a half-chance to trouble, or at least they would have have if Cahill had spotted Coleman in acres of space outside him when he rose to head at the edge of the area. Instead he goes for goal and Cech gathers with ease. It’s a decent start from Everton. 4 min: Chelsea knock the ball round in the slow and measured manner that so delights Fernando Torres. Drogba drops deep and pings a ball over the top which Ramires races after but he’s eased out of the way by Distin. The Chelsea fans want a free kick but there’s no chance. Meanwhile Gary Naylor has supplied an entry from his book of proverbs. “There’s an old saying in football – “You can’t buy trophies”. It’s getting older all the time.” 2 min: Everton move onto the front foot early on as Cahill attempts to scamper into the area but Ivanovic snuffs out the danger. Ashley Cole then dallies in the area and Coleman blocks his clerance but Osman pushes Ivanovic in his hurry to get to the loose ball and the whistle goes. Peep!! Mike Jones blows his whistle and Chelsea kick off playing from right-to-left in their traditional blue. Ryan Dunne may be right. Everton are Gok Wan’s favourite team. Today they are decked out in their “glacier marl” third kit (grey to you and me) which as everybody knows is so hot right now, is the new black/brown/grey/green and, if it isn’t careful, will soon be adopted by Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt and will have to travel round with a bag over its head to avoid being photographed by those evil paparazzi. Or worse, it could have flat cap pulled over its head, which brings us back to square one. An email. In fact there are two emails but one was merely pointing out that the intro stated “David Moyes named an unchanged team from the side which lost to Everton” which is obviously not technically possible. The other is from Ryan Dunne who writes: “‘Sup Evan! It’s Ryan Dunne, from the internet, as featured on an MBM a few weeks back! Mad props to your colleague’s advice on Blink 182′s new album; I think that “Natives”, “Up All Night”, “Snake Charmer” and “Heart’s All Gone” are all superb! Everton surely don’t adhere to the ducks (and indeed Duckworth) stereotype you invoked so. Afterall, last season they had stylish PINK and CREAM away kits, whereas this season their goalie is decked out in army fatigue colours! Truly, if Gok Wan supported a Premiere League Side, it would be Everton (Yours, disappointed that the Glorious Glasgow Rangers have never had a pink away kit.” Hollywood’s Hugh Jackman has just narrated a segment about Everton midfielder and compatriot Tim Cahill’s fighting spirit. Obviously he also got a plug in for his new film Reel Steel, which is basically Rocky meets Robot Wars. Speaking of Hollywood, ESPN are showing off their new ESPN Arena which is basically a hologram version of Subbuteo. So Chelsea are the new Barcelona, eh? Or at least the new Arsenal, tip-tapping their opponents into submission with devastating displays of high-octane modern football. Everton, meanwhile, have pulled their flap cap firmly over their head and are refusing to embrace modern technology, travelling everywhere by push-bike, referring to women as “duck” and grumbling that everything was better when things didn’t cost so much. But Everton like playing at Chelsea. It’s five years since they last lost at Stamford Bridge although it’s even longer since they last won (1994). The last five meetings at the Bridge have been draws and another today would set a Premier League record. David Moyes has praised the job Andre Villas-Boas has done since moving to Chelsea and believes that in Juan Mata they have a player that can make a real differece. “Mata is probably as close to David Silva in the Premier League as I have seen,” Moyes said prior to the game. An odd statement given that Silva is in the Premier League so presumably he is the most like David Silva with Mata a close second? Unless there is some sort of Talented Mr Ripley situation developing, in which case hang on to your hats. Mata starts as Villas-Boas makes two changes from the side which was so impressive at Bolton two weeks ago. David Moyes barely has 11 players to pick from so he names an unchanged team from the side which lost to Liverpool with Jack Rodwell’s red card having been rescinded. Here are the two teams … Chelsea: Cech; Bosingwa, Ivanovic, Terry, Cole; Mikel, Lampard, Ramires; Sturridge, Drogba, Mata. Subs: Turnbull, Romeu, Malouda, Meireles, Lukaku, Alex, Anelka. Everton: Howard; Hibbert, Jagielka, Distin, Baines; Coleman, Fellaini, Rodwell, Osman; Cahill; Saha. Subs: Mucha, Heitinga, Bilyaletdinov, Drenthe, Stracqualursi, Neville, Vellios. Referee: Mike Jones (Cheshire) Premier League 2011-12 Chelsea Everton Evan Fanning guardian.co.uk
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Civilians shot and wounded at mass demonstration calling for resignation of President Ali Abdullah Saleh Twelve people were shot dead and dozens wounded on Saturday when security forces and plain-clothed government loyalists launched a coordinated attack opening fire on a mass rally in the Yemeni capital of Sana’a, calling for President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s resignation. The crackdown has dampened hopes for a negotiated political solution to the nine-month uprising and heightened fears that the impoverished country may be heading towards civil war. In an effort to pile further pressure on their autocratic ruler, who recently returned from Saudi Arabia after receiving treatment for injuries sustained in an assassination attempt, protesters launched an escalation campaign, calling for a mass demonstration on Saturday. At midday, a crowd of 100,000 men, women and children stormed out of the tented protest encampment, dubbed Change Square, and into the city. As they marched deeper into the dusty streets of Sana’a, a volley of bullets fired by snipers stationed in nearby buildings rained down on the crowd. As the shooting intensified, young men appeared on battered motorbikes and began ferrying the wounded away from the fighting. A few blocks away, soldiers could be seen distributing steel batons to mobs of plain-clothed government loyalists who closed in and began hurling rocks at the demonstrators. But the violence seemed only to embolden the protesters, who pressed on and marched into the heart of the city. Young men ripped open their shirts, bearing their chests at the security forces, as the crowd roared: “Oh Ali Saleh, the courts are waiting for you.” Blood trickled down the walls of a nearby mosque-turned-field-hospital in Change Square where a group of doctors and medical students struggled to find the floor-space, let alone the medical supplies, for the dozens of wounded being brought in. Mohammed Al-Qubati, a doctor working in a field hospital, told the Observer that people were dying because of a “shortage of medical supplies”. In the corner of the mosque, three brothers wept over the corpse of their father before kissing his forehead and closing his eyelids. “What did he do to deserve this brutality?” one of them shouted. “He was marching peacefully and they shot him in the chest.” As the afternoon wore on clashes erupted between the republican guard – an elite force head by Saleh’s son and heir-apparent Ahmed – and a division of renegade soldiers who have sided with the protesters. Black smoke billowed from the office of Al-Saeeda, one of Yemen’s few independent television stations, as the two sides hurled mortars at each others’ bases in the north of the capital. The Ministry of Defence issued a statement on its website on Saturday evening saying the Interior Ministry denied the allegation that 10 people were killed today. Amongst those wounded on Saturday was an Al-Jazeera Arabic cameraman who was shot in the kneecap. Three cameramen have been shot dead in the past month, prompting fears that the regime may be deliberately targeting them. Saturday’s crackdown comes just days before an expected vote by the UN Security council on a new resolution calling for Saleh’s immediate resignation in return for immunity from prosecution. Saleh, who returned to Sana’a on Friday, was airlifted to Saudi Arabia in June for emergency treatment, after a booby-trap explosion ripped through the mosque in his presidential compound. His prolonged stay in Riyadh gave false hopes to some that he might step down and allow a peaceful transition of power. Protesters are hoping to see decisive action from the security council. Many in the anti-Saleh camp accuse both Riyadh and Washington of supporting Saleh, who had once been their ally against al-Qaida’s Yemen-based wing. They accuse the west of adopting double standards by supporting the pro-democracy uprising in Libya but not in Yemen. “We ask the west and our neighbours in the Gulf to withdraw their support for Saleh and his sons in order to stop this blood from spilling,” said Dr Tariq Noman, a surgeon who has given up his job in a private hospital to treat the wounded. Meanwhile, the Yemeni government has urged the UN Security Council to avoid a resolution targeting the embattled president, calling on it instead to back a political solution to the country’s crisis. “The government of Yemen that follows closely the discussions over the situation in Yemen at the Security Council, stresses that the solution for the crisis does not come through issuing resolutions,” said an unnamed government official, quoted overnight on Wednesday by Saba state news agency. Yemen Middle East Protest Al-Jazeera al-Qaida Tom Finn guardian.co.uk
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• More than 950 protests held in over 80 countries • Protesters march on Times Square in New York • Police bar occupation of London Stock Exchange • Add your photos to the Guardian Flickr page • Read our coverage from earlier today 1.31pm: One of the remarkable features of the Occupy movement is how it is now spreading across the world. One of the largest demonstrations today was in Spain – the Guardian’s correspondent, Giles Tremlett, has filed this dispatch from Madrid where more than 10,000 people have gathered today. Spain’s Indignados, who started the global protest movement in May, are out in some 60 cities today. I’m with at least 10,000 marchers who have gathered in the centre of Madrid at the Plaza de Cibeles. More people are arriving all the time as half a dozen different marches converge in a city where austerity measures have included cuts in teachers’ numbers. “Hands up! This is a robbery!” is one of the cries of the peaceful protest on a sunny autumn afternoon. Marchers are now heading towards the Puerta del Sol, where the global protests started with a massive spontaneous camp out on May 15. It looks like the crowd is now growing considerably. 1.28pm: Adam Gabbatt, who has been with protesters marching through Lower Manhattan today, thinks there may have been at least 1,000 and possibly 2,000 people on the march, which passed the offices of JP Morgan Chase, taking in a couple of Chase bank branches en route. (The investment bank JP Morgan Chase last year made a huge $4.6m donation to the New York city police federation, and Chase retail bank is number 1 in the foreclosures chart in the US, and is being investigated in New York for allegedly fraudulent foreclosures.) The march headed north up Broadway, making life difficult for participants of the Avon breast cancer 39.3 mile walk which is taking place today, before heading east to West Broadway, which leads up to the Washington square park destination. A student general assmbly took place there at 12 noon, and marchers will gather with their student cohorts ahead of the main event of the day – the 5pm convergence on the iconic Times Square which is being billed by organisers as an opportunity to “take Times Square”. It’s unlikely we’ll see a Zuccotti Park-esque camp springing up, but with the permanently-packed Times Square being one of the most popular tourist spots, it’ll certainly be interesting. 1.21pm: And in New York , it seems the Occupy movement is gathering strength. At one point on Thursday it seemed like it could all be over, when the owners of Zuccotti Park said they planned to clean up the plaza and prevent people from using sleeping bags and other camping gear – in effect, an eviction. The NYPD were standing by to enforce the new rules, leading to fears of an ugly confrontation. But, after intervention from, among others, New York state senator David Squadron in a late-night call to the Brookfield Properties CEO, the company backed down – and Paul Harris remarks on the protesters seem newly emboldened. Today’s march seems to show how the Occupy Wall Street movement continues to grow. Last week marchers were told to trickle up to Washington Square for a General Assembly. This week, perhaps emboldened by Friday mornings victory against eviction, they march right through lower Manhattan. The police seem very happy to just escort them. Watching them go through the wealthy TriBeCa neighbourhood it is slightly surreal to see brunching New Yorkers watch the march go by. Some wave and flash peace signs. Most just smile or look bemused. Nearly all take pics on their phone. 12.53pm: Adam Gabbatt writes: Protesters here in New York have been remarking on how the protests have spread to London and other places. 18-year-old Ethan McGarry, who had travelled down from Boston for the day. He said it was “fantastic” how the occupy movement had spread to the UK and elsewhere. “People identify with us, then hey will find reasons in their own community for action.” Lauren Zygmont had travelled from the Occupy Denver protest to New York a week ago ago. “Borders don’t matter at all,” she said. “Were all human beings, were all in this together. This is a global movement.” Dave Bonan, who was at OWS on day one, said it was “a little surreal” that the protest had spread. “I didn’t expect it to last more than 15 mins,” he said. “The fact it lasted more than a day inspired people all over the world to capitalise – no pun intended – on our success.” Bonan said the movement had spread because “folks are angrier, their wallets are getting hit now”. Asked if he had a message for protesters elsewhere in the world, he said: “Decentralized movements are mire effective than movements with leaders.” He added: “It’s good to have our brothers and sisters involved.” 12.45pm: Good afternoon and welcome to our continuing live coverage of the Occupy protests. As the focus switches from London to New York, here is a summary of events so far today. • More than 950 demonstrations against the global financial system and corporate greed are being held in more than 80 countries around the world today. Inspired by the huge rallies organised by 15-M movement in Spain and more recently Occupy Wall Street, tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets from as far afield as Seoul and Rome. • In New York Occupy Wall Street protesters have renewed their protests following yesterday’s celebrations after a planned “clean-up” of their camp in Zuccotti Park in Lower Manhattan was called off. A march this afternoon has taken in branches of JP Morgan Chase bank; later, there’s a plan to occupy Times Square. • In London about 1,000 protesters massed outside St Paul’s Cathedral in a bid to occupy the London Stock Exchange in the nearby Paternoster Square. But the square was closed off by police and private security and the demonstration remained focused on the steps around the cathedral after attempts to enter failed. Police moved in to contain the crowd and two people were arrested for assaults on officers. • Wikileaks founder Julian Assange addressed the crowd on the steps of St Paul’s Cathedral. He attacked a greedy and corrupt financial and political system that had united individuals from Cairo to London. Occupy Wall Street Occupy movement Occupy London United States Protest Matt Wells guardian.co.uk
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More than 400 people jumped off the New River Gorge Bridge in West Virginia Saturday. It’s the only time of year when base jumping from the span is legal. (Oct. 15)
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