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From the Android Forums: Using a UK HTC Sensation in New York

SteveDisco asks in the Android Central Forums,

I would like to know if it is possible to access 3G on my UK HTC Sensation when I go to New York next month on a U.S. SIM card? My limited understanding is that the frequencies used for U.S. phones are different to those in the UK but am unclear if the Sensation will still be able to access. If it is not possible could I just use a US SIM for voice calls and rely on WiFi access?

Thanks

Great question, with several good answers. Basically, yes, you can use your UK model HTC Sensation for 3G data in New York. The European Sensation uses a quad-band GSM radio that supports the frequencies used by AT&T here in the states. You'll need to make sure your Sensation is fully SIM unlocked (talk to your current carrier if you're unsure), and then you'll be ready to do a little research and make a decision.

In the U.S., there are only two GSM operators -- T-Mobile and AT&T. But there are many MVNO networks (Mobile Virtual Network Operators) who rent and resell network space from either one, or even both. You'll not be interested in T-Mobile or any MVNOs using the T-Mobile frequencies, as your Sensation doesn't support them. But that's OK, as your choices are still pretty broad.

Here's a small list of a few different operators that will sell you a no-contract SIM card to use while you're visiting:

• AT&T Unlimited
• H2O unlimited
• Jolt Unlimited
• Red Pocket Unlimited
• Airvoice
• PureTalk USA

Don't be fooled by the words unlimited, as this refers to voice calls. Data rates will cost anywhere between $5 USD for 5MB to $20 USD for 2GB. Of course, this is just a few of the many out there, and you'll have to scour the web to see all the options. In the end, they all use the same network, so the deciding factor is price and how easy it is to get your SIM card and activation. 

Have fun in New York!

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Apple issues Flashback removal tool for 10.7 Lion systems not running Java

The Flashback OS X trojan continues to cast a rainy shadow over Mac owners' sense of security, and even though a fix has been released, this was only for what Apple considered "the most common variants." Users of Lion, who don't have Java installed, weren't included in that initial run, but there is a new removal tool just for them. So, if you're running 10.7 and never installed Oracle's virtual machine, make sure you point your browser at the source link below.

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By Athima Chansanchai

After a Navy F-18 crashed into her house Friday, 21-year-old Virginia Beach resident Devin Smith did what came naturally to her to try to make sense of the surreal experience: she went on Reddit and posted an Ask Me Anything Q&A that has candidly revealed not only the chaos of moments she'll never forget, but also the confusion and frustration of the aftermath.

As you probably saw in the news here and elsewhere, a Navy?F/A-18 jet crashed into an apartment complex due to?"catastrophic mechanical malfunction." While seven were injured in the accident, no one was killed, but some 40 apartments were destroyed or damaged?? and so, 40 or so families were displaced, like Smith's, who goes by the user account name "DevinJet."?

In her introduction, she identifies herself by her first name only and her age and tells readers why she's posting:?

I can't even begin to wrap my mind around what has happened. Who thinks they're gonna wake up one morning then have their house destroyed by a jet?? My brother was the one who saved the pilot (Colby Smith) The amount of support I have gotten has been incredible. I decided to turn to reddit since I knew it was such a new and weird story. It's even crazier that no one died. But I guess I wanted to see how many people have had anything similar ... tornado, fire, etc of their house and how did you feel? When did it get better? How was it seeing your house?

Her brother, Colby Smith, was mentioned in this msnbc.com story:

Colby Smith said his house started shaking and then the power went out, as he saw a red and orange blaze outside his window. He ran outside, where he saw billowing black smoke and then came upon the tangled pilot as he ran to a friend's home, The Associated Press reported. "I saw the parachute on the house and he was still connected to it, and he was laying on the ground with his face full of blood," Smith said."The pilot said, 'I'm sorry for destroying your house,'" Smith told the AP.

But Devin Smith gave much more detail in her Reddit post about what happened:

My brothers story is actually really cool and it gave me chills when he told me. He was playing guitar hero in his room then got up to go put his contacts in. He was standing in the bathroom when the jet hit. He said it was a loud thunder noise and huge explosion and the house started shaking and the power cut off. He popped his head out of the doorway and saw his room on fire. He ran down the stairs and out the house without shoes on. Ran to my neighbor's house and then found the pilot right beside that house. That's when the pilot said he was sorry for hitting our home and my brother told him it was alright and they needed to move him to safety. There had to be a reason he got up at that precise moment to put his contacts in, it's freaky to think what would have happened to him if he decided to play one more song.

Devin Smith

Photo posted by Devin Smith as further proof she's "DevinJet" on Reddit.

In a thank you video going out to Reddit?(shown at the end of this story) for helping her through this time of crisis, Devin Smith calls her brother a hero, but he says, "I think everyone that day was a hero."

But for them, it seems like the advice given by other Redditors has been very heroic, as Devin Smith writes: "We have lawyered up, thank you for all your words reddit. I'm just glad I'm here to share this story with you. Talking to you all is helping me stay sane in the moment :)"

This isn't the first time an AMA has taken on a life of its own on Reddit, but the most popular AMAs tend to be from the celebrity set, like Stephen Colbert, Louis C.K. and Zach Braff (who are the top three all-time AMAs on Reddit, so far).

She gave her own accounts of what it was like for her to hear about the crash:

I was driving home when it happened and for an hour yesterday I thought my brother was dead. I knew he was home and I kept calling and it went straight to voice mail since his phone was destroyed in the fire. My thoughts yesterday were, all over. I couldn't process a single thing. I still really can't. I feel like a zombie. Today I drove by and it made my stomach turn, I haven't seen my house exactly yet and I'm not sure when I'll be able to handle it.

My first thought when I saw it on TV was, that's not really my house. It's super unreal. I keep thinking when I wake up I'm going to be back in my bed. And that was the best feeling ever to hear that he was safe, I have never felt so helpless before in my life when I thought he was gone.

When asked, "What was the most important thing(s) to you that are now gone forever that was inside your home during the accident?"?she replied:

Well having my family is the most important and I'm so glad they're not gone forever. I'm going to miss my bed a lot. Nothing is like your bed, it makes me really sad that I'm never going to get to lay-down in it again. I also had a HUGE 15 pound stuffed animal, it was Sully from Monster's Inc. My mom gave me a collection of dolls from around the world that my grandpa had given to her when he traveled and they were all like 30 something years old and I always planned to give them to my children one day. It gets really overwhelming when I think about all that I lost because it's everything but the stuff in my car.

In her update yesterday, Smith said the hotel the Navy had put them up in had kicked them out: "They charged us $400. I'm getiing the navy allowance today, but I am beyond hurt. I called the mayor and the local news about this but they were completely unhelpful."

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Screenshot from DevinJet's Reddit AMA

In a previous post, she told people what her family was given to live on while they're homeless, but defended the donations that have come in: "People keep saying this is a scam? I'm not asking for money but people kept asking for me to post my pay-pal so I did." She also told them that they do?have renter's insurance, but that it wouldn't kick in for another four to six months. The Navy would compensate, she said, but that could take up to two years. In the meantime, she had family she could stay with in the area.

But Devin Smith still found some humor in the situation.

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Screenshot from DevinJet's AMA on Reddit

And while she probably gained a lot of insights from the other Reddit users, she's also taking away other lessons from this experience:

When I made this post, I was still in shock of the whole situation and information was given to us by different sources. I wanted to say I orginally told you guys how much the navy was giving us because thats what I understood it to be and that amount was only going to last two weeks. I will say now that has changed and the navy has given everyone a set amount of money but I won't discuss that here. Also we do have a lawyer but thats to protect us. The media on this thread is ridiculous, don't believe everything that you read please. I will say that my orginal shock of the whole situation is wearing off and reality is starting to sink in. My family and I have a lot we need to do in the next few days, weeks, and months. I will probably do a follow-up post just to let reddit know that we're okay, which I know we will be. I thank you guys for all the support, this I honestly mean that. I also need to say, yes my brother and I have recieved a lot of attention but we're not the only ones who were affected. Please keep everyone in your thoughts.

More stories:

On Twitter, follow?Athima Chansanchai, who is also trying to keep her head above water in the?Google+?stream.

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Policy and Advocacy Officer at Eurodad | Mladiinfo

Deadline: 25 April 2012
Open to: Holders of a degree in political sciences, economics, development studies or related subject, with at least 3 years experience in advocacy, research and analysis, writing briefings or reports, public speaking and making presentations on complex policy issues to civil society organisations and decision-makers or facilitation of broad and diverse group processes
Remuneration: Not specified

Description

The European Network on Debt and Development works for social justice through research and advocacy on development finance policies. Its current focus areas are improving the effectiveness of North-South public and private flows for development, reducing South-North financial flows and enhancing domestic resource mobilisation. These issues encompass work on defining development effectiveness, resolving the debt crisis and combating illicit capital flows. The network secretariat in Brussels assists its 50 member organisations across Europe, and developing country allies, to understand and influence current policy debates. The purpose of this role is to work in the Eurodad team to help take forward its work on development finance issues. This includes work on development effectiveness with a particular focus on aid, North-South public and private flows and on the International Financial Institutions. The role involves advocacy, research, monitoring policy developments, networking and information sharing and facilitation.

Eligibility

The successful candidate will be an excellent communicator who is able to take the initiative to inform and mobilise members and persuade decision makers to introduce changes. They will also be able to carry out research and apply extensive policy analysis to their work. They will be familiar with current debates on development finance policies and have experience of working with diverse civil society organisations. They will need to speak and write English to a very high standard, working knowledge of one other European language is highly desirable.

1) Essential experience:
Educated to at least degree level in political sciences, economics, development studies or related subject.
At least three years? work experience in:

• Advocacy and lobbying on development finance policy issues
• Research and analysis, writing briefings or reports
• Public speaking and making presentations on complex policy issues to civil society organisations and decision-makers
• Facilitation of broad and diverse group processes

2) Desirable experience:

• Published research on international development issues
• Experience of writing articles for newsletters and websites
• Previous experience in the NGO sector
• Experience campaigning on international development issues
• Involvement in an international network
• Working in a developing country and/or working with organisations from the Global South

3) Aptitudes, skills and knowledge:
Required

• Knowledge of current development finance debates
• Ability to conceive innovative and effective advocacy and communications strategies
• Ability to think analytically and plan strategically
• Demonstrated skills of coalition-building and coordination of international civil society networks
• Demonstrated facilitation skills
• Strong organisational skills, including in event organising
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to prioritise and work under pressure, use own initiative and work independently
• Eurodad Policy and Advocacy Officer ? Role Profile, March 2012
• Ability to work in a small team and to work collaboratively with non-government organisations across Europe and worldwide
• A very high standard of spoken and written English
• Computer literate and familiar with Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook

Desired

• Understanding of contemporary economic policy and political economy debates
• Knowledge of the workings of the World Bank, IMF, OECD and European Union
• Awareness of diverse civil society tactics
• Knowledge of French or Spanish or one other European language

4) Willingness to travel
5) Commitment to Eurodad?s objectives

Application

Send your CV with a cover letter of 2 pages or less in English. This letter should be properly formatted, clearly and concisely written, and set out why you match the job description. In the cover letter you should also describe a concrete experience you had of designing an advocacy strategy to achieve a specific change in policy at the national or international level. Please make sure you set out the steps or phases you went through, and how you tried to ensure a successful outcome.

Send:
a)??? By e-mail to recruitment@eurodad.org, marked ?job application policy and advocacy officer? in the subject line;
b)??? Please label the two files in the following manner:? Surname_CV? & Surname_Cover [so if your surname was Bloggs, your files would be Bloggs_CV & Bloggs_Cover]

Application deadline: 25^th of April 2012 before midnight Brussels time.

Eurodad is a small organisation and is not able to reply to all candidates. If you have not heard from them by the end of May, this means your application has been unsuccessful.

The Official Website

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Please note that Mladiinfo does not give scholarships or any financial support, but only informs about different opportunities. Click on the direct link to the official page above to apply for the program.

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