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Google’s conference is over and as you may have expected the official news of Android Froyo 2.2 was announced. With the announcement came the not so surprising news that Google’s flagship phone the Nexus One would be the first with the update, followed by the Motorola Droid, and….

The purpose for the drop off is to show that no one knows who will receive the coming update of Android, especially after carriers such as Sprint just updated their line of Android devices to the almost mundane 2.1 firmware. Not to worry HTC lovers and users across the lands and seas; fear not about updates to 2.2, for HTC has silenced rumors and speculation before it has a chance to begin by saying that all phones released in 2010 will receive the update, namely the Droid Incredible, HTC EVO 4G, HTC Desire, and the My Touch 3G Slide.

All phones before this and those that just received the update to 2.1 were failed to be mentioned. This story however gives some light and possible truth to the rumored out of the box over the air update of the HTC EVO 4G.

I got home around 8:30 this morning and realized I had already swam and ran. Now it is 9am and the day is still long. I go back to work tomorrow after being off for 11 days:/
This morning I went to a Master’s Swim class. I had no idea what this would entail and I was super anxious and nervous. It is always intimidating to walk into a new place and try something you’re clueless about. The woman coach told me if I wanted stroke instruction, then it would be better to come on Tues and Thurs. For today, she suggest I just get in the water and get used to it. She then suggested I do some practice with the board to get my breathing right. I have a lot of difficulty with breathing. I need a lot of work. She just kept saying, “Don’t worry, everyone starts where you are.”
This whole time, I thought that running would be the most difficult part of tri training, but now I am thinking it might be the swimming portion!!aaah.

I stayed for about 40 minutes, trying not to look like a dummy and doing my little exercise drills. Barely.
I was feeling a bit defeated and hopeless, to be honest, so I decided to go ahead and do my last exercise of the WEEK 4 COUCH TO 5K.

Funny that to boost my confidence, I went on a run. That was not me 4 weeks ago.
I am now looking forward to week 5!! POSITIVE THINKING! Week 5 is supposed to be the most challenging with three different work outs each session, ending with a 20 minute run with no walks on W5D3.

As for today’s run? I felt stronger than usual. I attribute it to training, but also going out there an hour earlier. The sun was not as high and it was not nearly as sweltering hot. I could actually breathe!

I refueled with some oatmeal:

I leave you with some random eats from the past couple of days, as well as some photos from DC.
But first, I want to wish my wonderful boyfriend of 7+ years a HAPPPPPPYY 25TH BIRTHDAY!!! We’ll be spending the rest of the day eating cake:)

– Nicio fapta buna nu scapa nepedepsita! (proverbul meu preferat)

– Ca romanu’ nu-i nici unu’, unde-s multi putea fi unu!!

– Fie piinea cit de rea, tot ti-o fura cineva.

– De urata nu-i frumoasa, da’i desteapta, proasta dracu’!

– Cine e harnic si munceste are tot ce vrea.Cine-i lenes si
chiuleste are tot asa. (sau chiar mai mult…mult mai mult;exemple gasiti la fiecare colt de strada sau la fiecare poveste de “succes” a “oamenilor de afaceri”)

– Ne nastem goi, uzi si flaminzi. De abia dupa aceea
lucrurile se inrautatesc. (-15%,-25%… -100% ?!?)

– Cand nevasta tace, sa n-o-ntrerupi.

– In viata sunt doua cuvinte care deschid multe usi:
“trage” si “impinge” .

– Omul intelept isi face vara sanie si iarna o pune pe foc. (daca tot au taiat subventiile la caldura …)

– Cine fura azi un ou si se lasa prins…e bou!!!

– Proverb marinaresc: “Iubeste-ti copilul ca si cum ar fi al tau”. (in caz ca nu v-ati prins : daca ai copil nu inseamana neaparat ca e al tau; get it ?)

– Cum iti asterni, cum vine altul si se culca in locul tau.

– Daca totul a iesit bine,inseamna ca ai gresit undeva.

– Mama prostilor e mereu gravida…

– Prietenul la bani se cunoaste.

– Mai bine burtos de la bere decat cocosat de la munca! (principiul de baza al muncii)

– Lasa pe maine ce poti face azi ca poate maine nu mai este nevoie.

– Cand ai intrat in rahat pana la nas, tine-ti gura inchisa.

– Nu esti beat atata timp cat poti sta intins pe podea fara sa te sprijini.

– Pauzele lungi si dese, cheia marilor succese ! (principiul secundar al muncii…pentru cel de baza vezi mai sus)

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Mike Allen at Politico reports that President Barack Obama will unveil the Reduce Unnecessary Spending Act of 2010, a presidential check on Congressional bills.

Under this new expedited procedure, the president would submit a package of rescissions shortly after a spending bill is passed. Congress would be required to consider these recommendations as a package, without amendment, and with a guaranteed up-or-down vote within a specified timeframe. The White House bills this as part of a larger effort the president has undertaken to rein in wasteful spending…. This expedited rescission authority would replace Part C of the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 — the line-item veto provisions struck down by the Supreme Court in 1998.

But the new proposal comes at the same time that members of Congress — Republicans and Democrats both — are pressing for spending cuts and pay-go provisions. Lori Montgomery and Shailagh Murray report in the Washington Post:

“It’s time to start paying for things,” said Rep. Kathy Dahlkemper (D-Pa.), a freshman who voted for last year’s economic stimulus bill but said she is likely to oppose the next spending package, scheduled to hit the House floor Tuesday. “We’ve done some good things, but one of the best things we could do right now is get control of our fiscal house.”

With the national debt at its highest level in nearly 60 years, the question of whether to cut spending — and if so, how — is pitting liberals against conservatives, and Congress against the president. The White House has proposed a three-year freeze in programs unrelated to national security and warned House leaders Friday that it might go further, targeting the Defense Department for cuts. Meanwhile, House leaders unable to agree on a long-term budget blueprint are considering other ways to signal fiscal toughness, including a one-year budget plan that would cut 2011 spending even more deeply than Obama’s freeze.

“We’re going to adopt that and may go farther,” said Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), a member of the House leadership.

Of course, having both the White House and Congress devising ways to slash government spending and cut benefits has economists worried. Consumer demand remains soft, and unemployment sky high. Until the economic cycle is virtuous and the turnaround clearly self-sustaining, the government reducing its budget could be disastrous. Someone needs to be spending for businesses to start hiring again, and if it is not the consumer, it needs to be Uncle Sam.

Google’s Pac-Man celebrations turned out to be a great success. In many ways, it was a first for Google and there were definitely some risks involved, after all the Google homepage is one of the most trafficked web pages in the world, but it paid off big time. People really enjoyed playing Pac-Man inside the Google logo and the re… (read more)

The Dog Ate My Passport and Other Creative Excuses From The Wacky World of Lindsay Lohan….

Lindsay Lohan has gone on the defensive on everything from her fractured relationship with her father to rumors that she is back on drugs in an interview with Hollywood.tv — just hours before she is scheduled to face a hardnosed California judge in a long-delayed probation hearing.

An arrest warrant was issued for the 23-year-old actress after she failed to appear in court for a progress report on her probation stemming from two arrests in 2007, claiming she was stuck in Cannes because her passport had been stolen.

The arrest warrant was then recalled after Lindsay put up the S100,000 bond, she will now face a court hearing on Monday, where she is likely to be told to wear an alcohol-monitoring bracelet and submit to weekly drug tests.

It’s all a little “unfair” and “disconcerting” if you ask Lindsay.

“I don’t see what reason I would go to prison for. I have been more than in compliance with everything having to do with the court system. I would be done in two weeks and four days, because I missed one class (when) my uncle passed away. I stayed in New York to be with my family. I didn’t even go to the funeral because I came back (to Los Angeles) and did another class. I don’t see why I would have to go to prison and the only person who has ever suggested anything like that is my father.”

She admitted she was heartbroken she could not see her little brother, Michael Lohan, Jr., graduate from Ithaca College in New York last week.

“(I feel) upset. It sucks. It’s horrible. (Our relationship) is great. I’m proud of him; I wish I could be there.”

In addition, LiLo responded to the growing controversy over a set of snaps — which appear to feature the actress, straw in hand, sitting beside a plate of cocaine. Lindsay insists she did not know the other individuals in the photographs and therefore is not aware of what the powder substance could have been.

A group of Facebook users seems to have had enough of Facebook’s privacy concerns and launched an initiative to inform and convince people to delete their Facebook accounts on Memorial Day (May 31st) this year. At this time, more than 14,200 people have committed on the website to quit the social network in an organized planned event and try to tr… (read more)

Ryan McBride wrote:

Constant Contact, the Waltham, MA-based provider of online marketing software for small organizations, says today it has bought NutshellMail for an undisclosed sum. Menlo Park, CA-based Nutshellmail’s software enables small businesses to monitor social networking sites like Facebook and LinkedIn and get the results delivered to their e-mail inboxes, according to Constant Contact (NASDAQ:CTCT). Mark Schmulen and David Lyman, co-founders of NutshellMail, are expected to lead Constant Contact’s planned Bay Area office, which is slated to open later this year.

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The first round of the French Open 2010 in Roland Garros, France was sizzling hot. Not just because of the weather and the exciting tennis matches, but also because of Venus Williams’ disturbing outfit during her game.

Venus Williams won her first game with ease against Patty Schnyder of Switzerland with scores of 6-3, 6-3. But it was not her good performance that drew the most attention. She was wearing a lacy, lack overlay giving it the illusion of being see-through, and bright red trim on the bodice.

After the game, her outfit generated more conversation than her play. The seven-time Grand Slam champion’s outfit was more like a lingerie than a tennis outfit.

This is not the first time for Venus Williams to wear a weird tennis outfit. She wore a similar can-can style outfit earlier this year in Miami and a skimpy green uniform at the Australian Open in January.

Is the tennis star’s on-court apparel too revealing? Do you think it’s appropriate for tennis matches? Let us know what you think.

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A divisão norte-americana da Fiat iniciou através do Facebook uma pesquisa para que os membros escolham o novo logotipo do 500, para ser vendido nos EUA. Entre as opções, vemos logos simples como o modelo de 1991, ou a mistura de letras e números.

A idéia surgiu devido ao fato de haver muita confusão por parte do público americano ao se pronunciar o nome do carro, pois a pronúncia correta do nome é “cinquecento“, e muitas pessoas dizem “five hundred“, ou até mesmo “Fiat quinhentos” aqui no Brasil.

Enquanto isso, as vendas do Cinquecento continuam ocorrendo normalmente no mercado norte-americano. Quais dos logos vocês acham mais interessante para memorizar o nome correto do carro?

Via | Autoblog.it

Notebook and netbook maker Asus is pre-installing the Amazon Kindle for PC application, allowing Asus owners to access Amazon’s selection of e-books without having to suffer through the pain of software installation on their own time. Not much more to say about this, except that it further cements Amazon’s hegemony in the e-book market. How will Barnes and Noble respond, I wonder?

Via I4U.

With huge chains and honking cranes, that’s how. Example: This Republic of Korea Navy’s corvette—half of it, actually—floating over the sea’s surface. And before you cry “PHOTOSHOP!”, check out the scene from a distance. More »










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This mystery drawing of a future Lancia coupé prototype has appeared on the official Lancia site, under the “Storia & Design” and “Centro Stile” categories. There are a series of drawings under the ‘new concept’ theme, including a Lancia Ypsilon Bertolo model and other past concepts that never made it into production. This particular drawing is simply called ‘new concept’ and could possibly go the same way as the other nice drawings that never were. But if this were ever to take physical shape, it could be an interesting new concept from Lancia. We’ll keep our eyes open for more news….

Source | Autoblog.it

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• Sprint Sending Out Invitations to HTC EVO 4G Event May 12th
  
  We just received an email from Sprint inviting us to join the Dan Hesse (CEO) next month for a hands-on look at the upcoming HTC EVO 4G. Not only that, but we’d be treated to a special advanced view…

Se você tem alguma dúvida em relação a utilização e a escolha da cadeirinha de automóveis, veja no video acima algumas dicas de um especialista em segurança veicular de como proteger nosso maior tesouro, que são nossas crianças e também ficar por dentro da nova lei.

A utilização da cadeirinha será obrigatória em todo o pais a partir do dia 9 de junho, através da nova lei regulamentada pelo CONTRAN (Conselho Nacional de Trânsito). Quem for flagrado não a obedecendo, será multado por infração gravíssima.

Essa medida tem como principal intuito diminuir a gravidade das lesões e mortes no transito das crianças. De acordo com o especialista, o índice de redução de acidentes graves com crianças utilizando a cadeirinha é de quase 80%.

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An unusual payer has been making waves buying stakes in hot Internet companies at hefty valuations, as everyone took notice of. Digital Sky Technologies is a Russian company with deep pockets and a clear drive. It bought a $200-million stake in Facebook last year, raising more than a few eyebrows, and continued the trend by investing … (read more)

Mobileburn has managed to catch the LG Fathom in action, and have uploaded this video.

The handset is truly global, with support for GSM and UMTS on the European bands, and of cours CDAM and EVDO.

See the video above, and more at Mobileburn here.

Via Pocketnow.com

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