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Blog Posts by John Piper
Five Cheers for the Church and Individualism
If individualism is a bad thing, corporatism is also a bad thing, and probably a worse thing. If I had to choose, I would prefer to fight for biblical truth in the chaos of American individualism than in the iron-clad corporate expressions of Hitler's Nazi camps and Stalin's Communist gulags.
But let's not compete for who's the biggest bad guy. My point here is that the message of the New…Continue Reading
Whatever Is Not from Faith Is Sin — Really?
People from the time of John Chrysostom (347–407) have tried to limit the meaning of Paul's words in Romans 14:23, "Whatever does not proceed from faith is sin." Chrysostom cautions, "Now all these things have been spoken by Paul of the subject in hand, not of everything."
Leon Morris follows this limitation and says,
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Whatever be the truth of actions done before one becomes a believer, Paul is not discussing…
The Failure of Christless Tenderness
The grotesque is part of what this fallen age is. Seeing it and seeing God with clear, uncompromising eyes of faith keeps us from making gulags or gas chambers.
When sentimentalism separates the grotesque from the sovereign goodness of God, we are on our way to Auschwitz. It is a great irony that in rejecting God, in defense of a less grotesque humanity, we become hideous as we cleanse the…Continue Reading
He Loved Me and Gave Himself for Me
I want believers in Christ to enjoy being loved by God to the greatest degree possible. And I want God to be magnified to the greatest degree possible for loving us the way he does. This is why it matters to me what Jesus really accomplished for us when he died.
There is a common way of thinking about Christ's death that diminishes our experience of his love. It involves…Continue Reading
God Loves Us More, When He Loves Us for His Glory
Some people feel less loved when they hear God loves them for his own sake. But in fact his love is greater for us when he loves us that way.
I want to help you feel more loved because God makes more of you when he makes much of you this way.
Here are a few examples of what I mean by God's performing all his acts of love…Continue Reading
New Poem: 'The Book of Life'
Before the night he was betrayed,
The Lord of glory died;
Indeed before the world was made,
The Lamb was crucified.
Before the sin, the spear, the lash
(Eternal was the flood!)
God put his inkwell at the gash,
And filled it with his blood;
Then with his crimson ink and quill,
A holy world compiled,…
Yahweh Is the Sweetest Name I Know
You are not wrong to sing, "Jesus is the sweetest name I know," even though Yahweh is.
Here's why.
God gave himself the name Yahweh. No man gave him this name. It is God's chosen personal name. He loves to be known by this name. It is used over 5,000 times in the Old Testament. It is almost always translated by Lᴏʀᴅ (small caps). But it is not a title.…Continue Reading
Some Kindling for Your Embers
We all feel small.
That's because we are small. John Piper may seem like a big fish in the little evangelical pond. But in the ocean of the world, I am statistically a nobody.
But we are attached to the Creator of the world through his Son Jesus, and we are part of his global purpose for all nations that cannot be stopped.
Fire Up Your Hope
Take three minutes…Continue Reading
Books Don't Change People, Paragraphs Do
I have often said, "Books don't change people, paragraphs do — sometimes sentences."
This may not be fair to books, since paragraphs find their way to us through books, and they often gain their peculiar power because of the context they have in the book. But the point remains: One sentence or paragraph may lodge itself so powerfully in our mind that its effect is enormous when all else is…Continue Reading
Live for the Particular Glories of Jesus, Not a Smudge
If you ever wondered why we at Desiring God write so much about doctrinal particularities, here's one answer.
If glory includes beauty, as I wrote last week, it includes lines. They may be curved or straight. But without lines there is no form. You would never see a cloud, if there were no border to it. The whole sky would be one color. You would never see the sun…Continue Reading
Are We Fascinated with Lewis's Fame or His Influence?
The video below introduces the amazingly influential C.S. Lewis and invites you to our National Conference on Lewis, September 27–29.
If your time is short, just go straight to the video. But if you wonder why we should even care about Lewis's influence, you might want to read these few paragraphs.
C.S. Lewis's profound influence on so many people was not owing to his aberrations from evangelical doctrine. Aberrations there…Continue Reading
Five Reasons to Embrace Unconditional Election
I use the word embrace because unconditional election is not just true, but precious. Of course, it can't be precious if it's not true. So that's the biggest reason we embrace it. But let's start with a definition:
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Unconditional election is God's free choice before creation, not based on foreseen faith, to which traitors he will grant faith and repentance, pardoning them, and adopting them into his everlasting family of…
How Pervasive and Practical Is the Beauty of God?
Nothing ugly is ever called glorious in the Bible. There is "great sin" (Genesis 20:9), but never "glorious sin." The evil one has "cosmic power" (Ephesians 6:12), but not cosmic "glory." The reason for this is that sin and evil are not beautiful. But glory includes beauty. Glory includes more, but never less. Nothing ugly is glorious.
Therefore, the beauty of God is as pervasive and practical as the glory…Continue Reading
Should We Tell Children to Love Jesus?
Spurgeon was concerned about the emphasis of telling children to love Jesus rather than trust Jesus. He expressed it like this:
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Many [distort the doctrine of justification by faith] when addressing children, and I notice that they generally speak to little ones about loving Jesus, and not upon believing him. This must leave a mischievous impression upon youthful minds and take them off from the true way of peace. (…
New Poem: 'Now Is An Age'
Now Is An Age
On Reading John Donne's Death, Be Not Proud
One night, as I sat reading
Before the fire, and casting
Calm shadows on the door behind my chair,
I saw the everlasting,
And all the world receding
Here, and lodged this prayer:
"O God, all joy exceeding,
O Christ, forever living,
Know This Dreadful Deformity of Your Soul — And Your Deliverance
This is a lesson in self-knowledge for the sake of worship and righteousness.
Something terrible and profound happened to all humans when Adam sinned. All except Jesus, that is, "who knew no sin" (2 Corinthians 5:21). Something came into the world that had not been there before — something very powerful and very deadly in everyone of us.
But it was not exactly a "thing." Yet it was more than…Continue Reading
New Poem: 'Lady Choice'
Four thousand times an hour, or more,
Each day and night, since I was six
Weeks old inside my mother's womb,
My trusty heart (a metaphor
Of what?) with ceaseless double clicks
Has beat. Click-click. Click-click. For whom?
And you, my Lady, not before,
Or during, did a single drug admix,
How the Bible Answers the Question, "Where Is Your God?"
I wish we could write about the sovereignty of God in a lull between calamities. But there is none.
If I were to say we are between tsunamis or tornadoes, someone would say, "That tree just fell on my house," or, "That was my mother whose plane crashed in Ohio," or, "My uncle was among the tourists killed in Pakistan," or, "My wife's battle with cancer just ended — in…Continue Reading
The Thrilling "Now" of Christian Mission
Just think of it. The God of the universe focused his special revelation and redeeming work on one small ethnic people, Israel, for 2,000 years — from the calling of Abram in Genesis 12 to the coming of Christ. For all that time "he allowed all the nations to walk in their own ways" (Acts 14:16).
Then at the entry of his Son into the world, all this changed.
As…Continue Reading
Love Is More Than a Choice
This is a gentle pushback on a popular slogan.
There is truth in saying, "love is a choice" or "love is a decision." It is true that if you don't feel like doing good to your neighbor love will incline you to "choose" to do it anyway. If you feel like getting a divorce, love will incline you to "choose" to stay married and work it out.
If you shrink…Continue Reading
Is There a Key to Godliness?
Whether you are in your twenties or sixties, you probably have some long-standing heart-responses you don't like. These are like reflexes. You don't choose them. They spring up unintentionally from your heart, usually in response to the people around you.
It may be anger, anxiety, envy, resentment, self-pity, disgust, frustration, discouragement, lust, irritability, impatience, hard-heartedness, brusqueness, unkindness, withdrawnness.
When any one of these attitudes springs up unbidden, you hate it.…Continue Reading
How Do We Rest in the Face of Horrible Calamity?
What happens to our emotions if we really believe in the sovereign wisdom and goodness of God in horrible persecution?
This question rises for me for two reasons.
One is because of God's will for our emotions revealed in the Bible, and the other is what I see happening in the hearts of God's people today. They are not always the same. One of my aims is to help today's…Continue Reading
The Jagged Void (A Poem for Grieving Mothers)
When the tornado hit Moore, Oklahoma on May 20, nine children died in the Plaza Towers Elementary School. I've been thinking about their parents, especially the mothers who bore them — and trying to imagine the void. And the more I think, the more the whole battery of recent losses crowd in on my mind — Newtown, Boston, Philadelphia, my own church. I wrote this for those mothers — perhaps …Continue Reading
When Two So-Called "Married" Women (or Men) Repent
One of the sweet advantages of insisting that there is no such thing as same-sex "marriage" is that there is therefore also no such thing as same-sex "divorce." In the days ahead, this will be very good news for many who repent.
In the years to come, God will be merciful on thousands of those who have been damaged by the present moral madness of our culture. He will exalt…Continue Reading
Prayer: We Get the Help, He Gets the Glory
One of the unique things about God is that he displays his glory by helping rather than demanding help. "No eye has seen a God besides you, who works for those who wait for him" (Isaiah 64:4). "He is not served by human hands, as though he needed anything" (Acts 17:25). "He exalts himself to show mercy" (Isaiah 30:18).
This changes the way we pray.
When we ask him for…Continue Reading


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Restaurant > DiningStylish & Southern
Sweet Georgia Brown (closed)
|1045 Brush
Detroit, MI 48226
More on Sweet Georgia Brown (closed).
Published 7/17/2002
La-Van Hawkins has opened a top-drawer eatery in Greektown. At a preopening dinner, Hawkins proclaimed Sweet Georgia Brown a world-class restaurant.
Designed by Roxane Whitter Thomas, the room is dominated by a round raised platform with a bar and a grand piano; live jazz is a nightly feature. Dont miss the floor. A river runs through it! The glass-covered river flows over beautiful rocks, bisecting the floor in a meandering curve. When the restaurant opened in June, not all the special effects were up and running so we missed the fiber-optic carpet.
The dining room seats 180 and is done in muted shades of purple and olive green. In nearly five years of restaurant reviewing, I have never had my napkin placed on my lap, but thats how they do it at Sweet Georgia Brown.
The co-diner dubbed the menu nouvelle soul, but executive chef Jerry Nottage would take issue. People call here asking about takeout barbecue. Its not that kind of place, he said. We say theres nothing Southern about it, except the hospitality.
Well, what would you call a menu where you can get sweet potatoes in three different courses? A menu that scatters pralines on salad, soup, potatoes and dessert? And whats wrong with Southern cooking?
The entrées transcend the South, but are American favorites. They include provimi veal chops, fried lobster, crab cakes and filet mignon in a classic béarnaise sauce. We loved the fried green tomato salad ($9), which was served with baby greens and thinly sliced country ham.
Starters include fried plantain chips with salsa, smoked turkey quesadillas and a mixed seafood cocktail. It includes scallops, shrimp and crabmeat, and is topped with a whole crawfish. How to eat it? Our very fussy teenager said she overheard a servers instruction: Bite the head off and suck out the meat.
Sweet potato bisque is the house soup, replete with cognac and pecans; it tasted just like the ingredients for a sweet potato pie before you put it in the oven.
The Southern Comfort Pork Chop ($19), a grilled chop, lean and hefty, is served with an apple-wine compote and fried onion straws. The co-diner happily cut into the thick chop, which comes with a choice of sweet potato fries, baked sweet potato with pralines, potato coins or garlic mashed potatoes.
The Chilean sea bass ($22) is good, served on a bed of grilled corn hash spiked with chunks of lobster, with tarragon aioli.
I was less happy with our servers recommendation of crab and shrimp cakes ($24). The two cakes were delicious, with that slight sweetness of fresh crabmeat combined with chewier shrimp. But the serving was skimpy. No potato comes with the entrée; the cakes are served on beefsteak tomatoes and with fried spinach. Fried spinach is an inspired idea, but there was hardly enough on the plate for a garnish.
All of the desserts we tried were tasty, but if you want leftovers, order Big Mamas chocolate-chocolate cake, which is overwhelming. The peach cobbler is baked in a small ceramic dish, with peach ice cream that is made specially for the restaurant.
Nottage has worked with Frank Taylor for the last 15 years creating concept restaurants around the country. When Taylor approached Hawkins, the three formed Lineage Group Two with plans to open more restaurants.
Nottage says that working with Hawkins has been a good experience. He has a vision of Detroit. He has grandiose plans. Hes grandiose himself. He doesnt think small, he wants the very best, and he doesnt spare any expense. Theres no such thing as a soft entrance when youre working with La-Van.
As we left the restaurant, there was a big black Bentley parked out front (in a no standing zone). Two valets from the Greektown Casino were ogling it. You know that car costs $250,000, one said to me. It belongs to La-Van Hawkins.
Elissa Karg dines for Metro Times. E-mail email@example.com.

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Updated 5 a.m. April 27
The Cobb County Board of Education voted 6-1 Thursday night to give preliminary approval to an $851 million budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1.
But school board members made it clear that their action was procedural and they are not prepared to give the current plan final approval May 17 without seeing other options.
The preliminary budget closes a projected $62.5 million deficit by increasing class size, reducing the number of teachers by 350, furloughing employees for five days, cutting the school year to 175 days, making media center paraprofessionals part-timers, delaying step raises by half a year and spending $21 million of reserve funds, among other actions.
The district needs 75 more teachers to decide in the next month that they'll leave after this school year to meet the 350-teacher reduction through attrition, The Marietta Daily Journal reported. If the district misses its attrition goal, it will to balance the budget.
At the request of West Cobb board member Lynnda Eagle and North Cobb's Kathleen Angelucci, Chief Financial Officer Mike Addison will present an alternative plan May 9 that uses three furlough days and a 177-day school year and makes parapros in elementary school media centers full-timers again.
Those changes combined would cost about $7 million: $6.1 million for the two unfurloughed days; $400,000 for transportation for the two school days; and $590,000 for the parapros.
David Banks of East and Northeast Cobb, who cast the vote against the preliminary budget, called instead for closing the gap entirely with the school system's $100 million in reserves. He wants no furlough days, no cut in the teacher corps and no reduction in parapro hours.
Banks' proposal would leave the school district with roughly $30 million in reserve funds if the current year's budget comes in right on balance, while Alison Bartlett said board policy is to keep one month's expenses—slightly more than $70 million—on hand.
Smyrna's Tim Stultz and central Cobb's Bartlett both raised concerns about the budget's not being sustainable because it relies on the use of $21 million from reserves and $20 million in excess SPLOST II money. That means the district will start the 2014 budget process with a $41 million hole.
South Cobb's David Morgan followed up on a parent's suggestion from the public-comment period to give school principals a certain amount of money to spend on classified personnel as they see fit, rather than dictating exact hours for parapros and others.
The school board will hold a public forum on the budget at 7 p.m. May 7 at the Central Office. The board will discuss changes at its 8:30 a.m. work session May 9 and will approve the final budget at its 7 p.m. meeting May 17.
You can read the full budget discussion, as well as public comments and a discussion of the board's new electoral map, in the CoverItLive blog above.
Note: This update originally said in error that one month's reserve was a mandate, rather than a policy goal, and had a math error on how much Banks' plan would leave in reserve. The article has been corrected.
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The Cobb County Board of Education is meeting at 7 p.m. for its regular meeting, after a 6:30 p.m. hearing on teacher salaries for the fiscal year that starts July 1.
The agenda for this meeting features a slew of recognitions and honors, all leading to a discussion and vote on a preliminary budget.
The is facing a from Chief Financial Officer Mike Addison that uses a cut of 350 teaching positions, larger classes, five furlough days, a half-year delay in step pay increases and $21 million from the reserve fund, among other measures, to balance the budget.
Teacher layoffs are possible if 350 teachers do not voluntarily leave the school district at the end of the school year, but Superintendent Michael Hinojosa and board members expressed a preference during this month's board work session if that happens.
Join us as for a conversation as the school board goes about its work tonight. Comment below or in the CoverItLive blog above.


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Allen, which improved to 11-7 on the season, advances to Friday's 8:45 p.m. semifinal clash against Wetumka, which knocked off Asher 60-57 in another first-round meeting on Tuesday.
"I thought we rebounded well and executed our offense a little better tonight," said Allen head coach Greg Mills.
In a first-round girls game, abysmal shooting and a slew of turnovers by Allen proved to be costly, as Wellston's Lady Tigers rolled to a 48-39 win.
Allen, which fell to 7-11 on the season, connected on just 15-of-51 field-goal attempts and even struggled from the free-throw line, converting only 5-of-14 attempts.
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Cheap hotels near Opéra Garnier in Paris, France
The Palais Garnier, often referred to as the "Opéra Garnier" or simply the "Opéra," is a magnificent beaux-arts opera house located in Paris' 9th arrondissement.
Constructed under the rule of Napoleon III and designed by Charles Garnier, the opera house took 15 years to construct, opening in 1875. Dripping in gold, statuary and chandeliers, the building is a feast for the eyes.
Opera fans take note: Despite the building's (informal) name, the Paris Opera's performances mostly take place across town at the Opéra Bastille, while the Garnier offers mostly ballet performances.
Tours are offered daily. For hours, admission charges, and a performance schedule, visit the Palais Garnier's website.
Hotels near the Opéra Garnier: Many budget-friendly hotels can be found in this part of town, especially in the area to the east of the Palais Garnier along the Grands Boulevards. This area is very convenient, safe and affordable, and is well-served by the Metro (although many sights are also reachable by foot).
1Ascot Operastar
Address 2, rue Monsigny (2nd: Bourse / Montorgueil)
Located two minutes from the Palais Royal (and another few minutes to the Louvre), the three-star Ascot Opera is transforming into a boutique hotel with somewhat affordable rates.
2Peletier Haussmann Operastar
Address 15 rue le Peletier (9th: Grands Boulevards / Opéra / Pigalle)
The Hôtel Peletier Haussmann provides 26 comfortable, if somewhat tired, two-star rooms with a nice range of amenities in the center of the chic Opera shopping area.
3Prince Albert Louvrestar
Address 5 Rue Saint Hyacinthe (1st: Châtelet / Palais Royale / Louvre)
Tucked away on a small street off the Jardin des Tuileries, the Prince Albert Louvre has a royal location and 30 rooms fit for a (budget-conscious) prince.
4Hôtel Louvre Richelieustar
Address 51 rue de Richelieu (1st: Châtelet / Palais Royale / Louvre)
The Hôtel Louvre Richelieu is a mixed bag, offering both cheap and basic rooms and swanky renovated rooms at higher rates.
5Hotel Viviennestar
Address 40 Rue Vivienne (2nd: Bourse / Montorgueil)
Located just north of the Bourse, the two-star Hotel Vivienne provides 45 comfortable rooms in a pretty convenient spot.
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For the 2012 model year, South Korean manufacturer Hyosung Corp., via its subsidiary S&T Motors, released two models of the Hyosung CV cruiser motorcycle. The lower-level trim, the GV 250, received a manufacturer's suggested retail price (MSRP) of $3,999. The other model, the GV 650 Pro, has an MSRP of $6,899.
The numbers designating the models of the 2012 Hyosung GV correspond with the displacement of the engine, which is a fuel-injected four-stroke V-twin unit. The engine is air or oil-cooled on the GV 250, and liquid-cooled on the GV 650 Pro. The displacement is 249 cubic centimeters, or cc (rounded up to 250) on the GV 250 and 647 cc (rounded up to 650) on the GV 650 Pro. Each of the two cylinders on the 2012 Hyosung GV engine has four intake valves, bringing the total to eight.
The GV 250 engine generates 25 horsepower at 9,000 revolutions per minute (RPM) and 14.8 pound-feet (lb-ft) of torque at 7,000 RPM. The one on the GV 650 was designed to be more powerful. It pumps out 79 horsepower at 9,000 RPM and 49.4 lb-ft of torque at 7,250 RPM. The engine of the 2012 Hyosung GV is paired with a five-speed manual transmission.
For fuel, Hyosung installed a 3.7-gallon (14-liter) gas tank on the GV 250 model of the 2012 Hyosung GV. The GV 650 Pro has a bigger gas tank, with a peak capacity of 4.2 gallons (16 liters). However, with a fuel economy of 64 miles per gallon (mpg), the GV 650 Pro is less fuel efficient than the GV 250, which offers up to 80 mpg.
While the GV 250 model of the 2012 Hyosung GV uses a front-disc-brake rear-drum-brake layout for its stopping ability, the GV 650 Pro uses the more advanced all-wheel disc brake system. Also, the aluminum wheels on the bike are larger on the 650 Pro: 18 inches at the front and 17 inches at the back, instead of the front 16-inch and rear 15-inch wheels on the 250 model.
Made with a steel frame, the 2012 Hyosung GV comes with standard under-seat and lockable storage; a pair of rearview mirrors; halogen headlight; and digital instrumentation that consists of a trip odometer, tachometer, speedometer, and temperature warning and fuel level warning indicators. A visor adorns the headlight on the GV 650 Pro. Moreover, its temperature warning indicator is a gauge instead of a light, and Hyosung adds a clock on its digital dashboard.
Hyosung provides two good choices of a good cruising machine. Of course, if you don't mind the added weight while appreciating the increased power and handling ability and added features, the GV 650 Pro is the way to go.


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By Jay Skurski
E.J. Manuel
Position: Quarterback
School: Florida State
Measureables: 6-foot-5, 237 pounds
40 time: 4.65 seconds. Vertical: 34 inches. 20-yard shuttle: 4.21 seconds. Broad jump: 9 feet, 8 inches.
2012 stats: 14 starts, 263 of 387, 3,397 yards, 23 TDs, 10 INTs, 310 rushing yards, 4 TDs
Draft projection: Second round
Lowdown: Has the best combination of size and speed of any quarterback in the draft. Definitely passes the eye test. Manuel has the mobility to make plays outside the pocket, and can run the read option as well as any quarterback in the class. Can make all the throws required at the NFL level, with good touch. Manuel's also an intelligent player and excellent leader. Coming out of high school, Manuel was one of the nation's top recruits. He spent his first two seasons with the Seminoles backing up Christian Ponder.
Has a tendency to force throws into coverage trying to make a play. Pocket awareness needs improvement. Doesn't always step into his throws, leading to inaccuracy.
A high character player, Manuel played this season with a lot on his mind. His mother, Jackie, was diagnosed with breast cancer in August. Manuel hadn't seen his mother in about eight weeks when she came onto the field before the annual rivalry game against Florida. It was more than he could handle. Manuel turned the ball over four times in a loss. Manuel had both a private workout and pre-draft visit with the Buffalo Bills.
They said it: "I've seen him make NFL throws. He made them at Florida State. He's maybe a little inconsistent with it, but he's got plenty of arm and great athletic ability. It's a matter of whether or not you can get him consistent in that part of it." – Bills General Manager Buddy Nix.
The Buffalo News is profiling 50 prospects in 50 days leading up to this month's NFL Draft.
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Cellular Phones: How They Changed the World and Where Do We Go Now?
In the recent years, cellular phones have rapidly become a staple and necessity in American society and around the globe. Since its humble beginnings as an uncommon, big and bulky device, the cell phone has now become an everyday item that is sleek and pocket-sized. The cell phone was conceptualized in 1947 when researchers realized that small cells, or ranges of service area, could be used to increase the traffic capacity of the basic mobile phone by a sufficient amount. It was not until 1973 though that Dr. Martin Cooper, who was a former general manger at Motorola made the first call on a cellular phone. Cooper is considered the inventor of the first modern portable phone device. Thanks to Cooper's invention and following advancements made upon the cell phone, citizens of American society have been able to contact one another from almost everywhere necessary.
While the original cell phones were solely used for contacting other individuals, cell phones today can serve a wide variety of needs besides being just a phone. Cell phones can be used to store contact information, make to-do lists and reminders, and have a simple math calculator built into the device. These are only the simplest of amenities. Most recent cell phones can send and receive e-mails, are able to retrieve information through internet connection that is available, use a portable GPS system, or possibly watch TV or listen to music on the built in MP3 player. With all of these incredible functions, the cell phone has become somewhat of a mobile computing device that can fit in your pocket. All of these additions have made the cell phone that much more intricate, yet even more helpful. They have added convenience to the lives of those who have access to them, which is a large population. An estimated 82% of Americans own a cell phone.( http://www.switched.com/2007/11/14/82-of-americans-own-cell-phones/) This proves just how many people have been affected by the invention of the cell phone.
Cell phones are not only in use in the United States. People around the globe have been affected by the invention. In areas of developing industries, the purchasing and use of cell phones has increased very much. For example, both China and India, show much growth in the use of cell phones, mostly due to the large populations the influence these nations have begun to play on the world scale. Even some underdeveloped countries around the globe have increased their use of cell phones. In Africa, cell phones have been so popular that more people have a cell phone then a fixed line based from home. This is just one illustration of the world-wide impact that cell phones have made. They play an intricate part of everyday life and are now an important instrument in society.
History of cell phones
Cell phones today are very compact, advanced, and some of them are smart but back in the 1980's when they were introduced to the consumer market they were very different. The cell phones of the early 80's were large, heavy, and hard to talk on. In 1983 the first cell phone was sold on the market; the Motorola DynaTac 8000x. The DynaTac was a monster of a phone; it weighed 28 ounces and was 10 inches in height. The antenna stands permanently up and adds to the phones height. The Motorola DynaTac was a very expensive phone and not very many people could afford the phones high price tag. The phone's cost was a staggering 3,500 dollars and it took a few years for a lot of people to get on board with getting a wireless phone. It took about 7 years to have a million registered wireless users. In the 80's DynaTAC was the cell phone that was leading the market but there was a different mobile phone system that people also liked. The car phone was popular in the 1980's because it was a little bit cheaper than the expensive Motorola and it was more easy to use because it was smaller. The car phone is like a normal wired phone line because it is permanently installed into a vehicle. The system uses external antennas and high powered transmitters.
The mobile phone in the 80's could only call in so many places but there was another invention that made it possible to use satellites to call from pretty much anywhere on the face of the earth. The satellite phone is a type of mobile phone that connects to orbiting satellites instead of terrestrial cell sites. The satellite phones of the time period were about the same size and shape of normal mobile phone from the 1980's. These satellite phones became very popular because it can be used pretty much anywhere in the world. They were used by expeditionary forces and ships just to name a few examples. Some countries that had oppressive governments band them from use because they were not able to be censored or tapped.
During the 80's the mobile phone industry was coming into its own. As the decade was coming to a close the cell phone market was going to explode into the 1990's.
As time went on new phones were being put out on the market and in the very early 90's the cell phone took on a new look, in a bag. The bag phone was introduced by Motorola in 1992. The bag phone consisted of a hand set, a very large battery, and a long antenna. The bag phone was very popular when it came out because it was very durable and was relatively inexpensive. The bag phone was a hit in America and Europe as well. They power they put out truckers and people who lived in rural areas preferred them because they made good calls when cell towers were very far away.
In the early 90's after the bag phone had come out to the market the second generation of cell phone system was being introduced. It was called the 2G network. The new system would allow phones to be smaller, have longer battery lives, and more powerful transmitters. During the second generation of the cell phone system sms text messages were able to be sent form phone to phone. At first text messages were no very popular but eventually they grew and people started to catch on and they really liked it. After a couple of years the 2G network was getting old and the mobile phone companies began working on a 3G network. The 3G network is the fastest network to date.
Today cell phones are very advanced and have the fastest networks and data streaming ever. In today's high technology world the new phones are cooler and faster than ever. Phones like the Apple Iphone and the Blackberry Storm have taken the cell phone market to a new level. These touch screen phones have come a very long way from the brick phones of the 1980's. They have cool features such as email, downloadable applications, and internet browsers that look like you are on an actual computer.
The cell phone has been getting smaller and smarter since they Motorola DynaTac. Since the early 1980's phones have also been getting cool features as well. The original features of the cell phone were to make phone calls. Throughout the last 25 years phones have been getting new add on's such as cameras, GPS navigation, radio receivers, WIFI, video cameras, and personalized ringtones.
Today the satellite phone is still a popular item to own. They are a lot more reliable than previous older models and are cheaper to get too. Aside from being used by people who are traveling where there are no cell towers, disaster response teams use them when something happens and cell phone lines are tied up. There are a few examples of people using them in disasters such as the September 11th attacks on America, Hurricane Katrina, and the Minnesota bridge collapse. The other reason that responders tend to use satellite phones is that if there was a natural disaster and cell towers were knocked down, they could still easily make a phone call to another emergency team. The reason that emergency responders use satellite phones is satellites do not get damaged by or from natural disasters from earth. They are high up in space and that keeps them safe, so using a satellite phone is pretty reliable and that it why emergency teams tend to use them when it come to responding to a very large scale emergency.
The cell phone has evolved from the large bulky brick like object that could only be on an analogue network to the phones of today that have touch screens and a million cool different things that can be done with the phone besides just talking on it.
Current Technologies
In the 1880's Nikolai Tesla invented the radio which is the basis of wireless communication. A cell phone is in essence a radio. There are two types of wireless talking devices out there; full-duplex and half-duplex. Walkie-talkies and CB radio are both half duplex devices which mean that only one person can talk at a time. Full duplex means that both people can talk at the same time due to the fact that one frequency is used for talking and the other is used for listening. The next important term is a channel. A walkie-talkie usually only has one channel, a CB radio has about 40, and a cell phone can have 1,664 channels or more. The range of a cell phone is dependent on the phone and carrier, however, they can operate smoothly for hundreds of miles. Cell phones operate within cells which allow them to move around and not loose service. CB radios only have a range of about 5 miles for comparison. In the United States, cell carriers typically have about 800 frequencies to use around a city. The company then chops up the city into cells which are about 10 square miles each. Each cell has a base station that consists of a tower and a small building that contains the radio equipment.
Cell phones that used analog signals used to have 7 channels per cell. That system was called 1G and only allowed 7 simultaneous calls at once. Currently, there are about 168 channels available with the digital system. This system is called 2G. Cell phones are low powered transmitters. What this means is that the towers can reuse the frequencies because the signal does not travel very far. This also means that the battery can be small enough to fit in your pocket.
When you first turn on a cell phone it listens for a SID (system Identification Code). The phone uses a special control channel to compare the SID programmed into the phone. If it matches the carrier's information then it knows it is communicating with the home system. If it cannot find the control channel, then it states no service. If its towers are not in range and they are using another carrier then you are roaming. Along with the SID, the phone also transmits a registration request. The reason for this is because if the phone is to receive a call, then the company needs to know where to send the call request.
The cell technologies involved with 2G phones are very complex. The three main ones are Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA), Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA), and Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA). The first word describes what the access method is and the words after that describe how the calls are split on the channels. The first type, FDMA, broadcasts each phones transmission on a different frequency. This is mainly used for analog transmission because it is not an efficient way of sending data. The second type, TDMA, is a narrow band that is 30 kHz wide and 6.7 milliseconds long and split into three time slots. The call is digital so the voice data is compressed and sent in one of the "channels". This system is three times the capacity of the analog system with the same amount of channels. TDMA operates in the 800 MHz or 1900 MHz frequency bands. There is a system called GSM (global system for mobile communications) which implements TDMA in a different way. GSM uses encryptions and is the standard in Europe and Asia. GSM in the United States uses a different frequency then the European version so US cell phones cannot be used abroad. The third system, CDMA, digitizes the signal and then spreads it out over the available bandwidth. Calls are overlaid on each channel and then assigned a unique sequence code. CDMA needs an accurate time-stamp on each packet of information so it accesses a GPS system for it.
Phones can be "multiple band" which means it can switch frequencies. A quad-band phone can get service in four frequencies so it would work in Europe and America. A multiple mode phone would support analog and digital transmissions. This is helpful in areas that might not have digital service yet.
High speed cell networks are called 3G. These run at speeds comparable to a cable modem or a DSL line. You can receive streaming video and music downloads at fast speeds. The EV-DO (Evolution-Data optimized) network has speeds between 144 Kbps to 2 Mbps for CDMA cell phones. Sprint and Verizon use this type of high speed network. The second types are called UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) and HSDPA (High-speed Downlink Packet Access) provide DSL and cable like speeds to cell phones. HSDPA is faster than UMTS so it is sometimes referred to as 3.5G. Currently AT&T and T-Mobile offer these services however T-Mobiles 3G network only extends to a few large cities.
There are also networks that run slower then 3G and are referred to as 2.5G networks. They are comparable to dial up which is good for email and web browsing but not very good for streaming videos. 1xRTT (1 times Radio Transmission Technology) has speeds of around 30 Kbps to 90 Kbps. The non 3G phones use this on Sprint and Verizon's networks. GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) and EDGE (Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution) provide data that runs in the same 30 Kbps to 90 Kbps rage as 1xRTT however Edge is slightly faster than GPRS. T-Mobile and AT&T both use these networks on their non 3G phones.
Cell phones contain a battery which has been developing from suitcase size to credit card size. The first main type is a NiCad battery. This battery has the shortest usage time and is affected by memory effect which is what happens when a battery is charged before it is empty. This shortens the life of the battery so therefore no longer used. NiMH batteries are smaller than NiCad batteries and hold a charge 50 to 100 percent longer. Their downfall is a shortening of life in extreme temperatures. These batteries are also no longer used. The third type is called LiIon batteries and they offer the longest amount of talk time. They are much smaller and hold a charge better then NiCad however LiIon batteries are much more expensive. Batteries recharge in an average of one to two hours.
Social issues
As time has progressed, the mobile phone has the main means of communication for many people throughout the world. Part of this can be attributed to the development of cell phones as Mobile Internet Devices (MID's). This simply means that a mobile device can be used to surf the internet. Each day, thousands more people are surfing the internet, checking their email and listening to music on their cell phones. It is feasible today to live without a television, telephone or computer at home and still indulge in the luxuries provided by all three, all in the palm of your hand. Some cell phones now can tune to cable television, be used for internet surfing and can be used to place calls. In today's world of convenience and having everything at your fingertips, many of today's cell phones can be used for all of your needs.
One of the most popular brands of MID's is Blackberry. Invented in 1999 as a two way pager, the company was at the forefront of developing new technology. They began to rise to the forefront when they focused on adding email capabilities to their phones. Unlike the normal mobile phone, the normal Blackberry is wider, with a full Qwerty keyboard and an above average sized screen. BY December 2008, there were around 21 million users worldwide. It is very popular with professionals who depend on timely communication. In fact, Barack Obama was under fire at the beginning of his term when he continued to use his device, despite security concerns. Is he a part of the "Crackberry" generation as well? The nickname has stuck with many of its users, as the device can be highly addictive.
Another example of a MID is the iPhone. A new fashion statement, Apple has succeeded yet again after the success of the iPod. With a 3.5 inch screen, the iPhone's is relatively large compared to other MID's, which provides more detail when surfing the net. In January of 2009, Apple announced the sale of 17.4 million sales since its inception two years prior. People were waiting outside Apple stores for hours before the first version came out, with everyone eager to try out Apple's new product. Amazingly, their third generation phone, which came out recently, has also sold very well. Apple officials assumed that iPhone users would wait until their contracts were up to upgrade, but there was a lot of demand to upgrade immediately, terminating their old contracts and beginning new ones. As the sole provider of service for the iPhone, AT&T Mobility (formerly Cingular Wireless) has profited greatly. This was in exchange for Cingular's help developing the technology, but the right to exclusivity ends in 2010.
Cell phones have also led the way to controversy. In January 2009, six students at Greensburg Salem High School in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, were arrested for child pornography after taking pictures and texting sexual pictures to each other. This practice was coined "sexting". This has led to much debate, as people question whether these kids should have been arrested. This charge could lead them onto the sex offenders list, even though they never sexually offended anybody. The local authorities said later that they wanted to prove a point, but they also realize that they cannot monitor all cell phones in their jurisdiction. The concern is the fact that there are nude pictures of children available now, and they hope that they wouldn't find their way to actual sex offenders. Also, many people have questioned as to why these teens were taking nude pictures in the first place. The convenience factor with new technology has led to much debate, especially when concerning the law. The problem is that, according to a recent survey, twenty percent of teens have posted semi-nude or nude photos on the internet or on their phones. The only solution, according to police is for parents to watch their kids closely and check their internet and cell phone usage.
The new cell phone technology has led to many ethical dilemmas, other than the "sexting". One prime example is cell phone use at movie theaters. Almost every theater in the country asks you to turn off your device, but no one actually seems to. Usually, people still text and sometimes even talk in the theaters during a movie, which is quite distracting to the rest of the audience. In a dark theater, it can be very distracting if the light of the person's cell phone next to you is glaring in your eye during a crucial scene. In 2006, Regal Entertainment group, the largest cinema owner in the United States, created a call button for ushers if your neighbor's conversations become disruptive. Chief Executive Officer Michael Campbell said, "Cell phones drive us crazy….We've had people assaulted with knives, bats, guns". The problem is blamed on teenagers as they tend to be a group who always needs to be multi-tasking, and respect for the theater-going experience has declined, according to Campbell.
Another problem is cell phone use at restaurants. It is a common habit of many cell phone users, particularly the less technologically savvy, to talk at an unreasonably high volume into their phones. It happens in public places, and it gets to the point where their conversation includes everyone around them, whether they want to be or not. A quick poll of friends showed the debate on this topic. One said that he did not care one way or another if they use the phone, as long as the talker keeps quiet. Another one of my friends said that they think it's okay to answer but you should try to keep it brief. Another said that they should be banned because there's nothing worse than listening to a neighboring table's cell phone conversation. The San Fransisco Chronicle found that just 21 percent of people think that cell phones should be answered in restaurants, but people continue to regardless.
Also, churches and places of worship present a problem. Listening to cell phone interference with the microphone during the sermon is more than a minor annoyance. Same goes for concerts, lectures, public transportation, and a host of other public places.
The common solution to these social issues is to be respectful, watch your volume and prioritize. If it is a very important call, then take it. If not, then don't answer or keep it short. If you're at a wedding and the bride and groom are about to tie the knot, they don't want to hear your new ring tone.
Current Cell Phone Costs
Cell phone companies will continue to grow far into the future with their products, services and deals. From starting out with the mere basics in wireless technology to providing society with some of the most advanced technology, the cost of owning a cell phone has followed the productivity. Cell phones were originally designed for cars, government officials and the people who could afford them. The earlier cellular phones reached into thousands of dollars. However as cell phones progressed, the prices did as well.
In today's market, cell phone costs and plans are predicted to drop in order to become more affordable for the consumers. Verizon's Blackberry Storm has developed strategies in order to attract new customers, providing a "buy one get one" deal during a new contract. However, if the market starts to improve and grow again the prices will also begin to grow. The cell phone industry was known not to have major problems during bad economic times. However, when the cell phone industry began to take a huge hit, the leading mobile companies made drastic ramifications. After twenty-five years of impressing growth, the industry has recently faced enormous challenges. Device manufacturers, semiconductor manufacturers and mobile operators have taken huge changes and setbacks within cellular companies.
Today, consumers are paying over 200 dollars in order to have a wireless connection. The question of whether or not it is worth the cost to keep a connection has crossed the minds of many consumers. The cell phone industry is a fierce competition between service companies. The most common data application used by consumers today is SMS messaging or, text messaging. Over the past few years, SMS messaging has produced over 100 billion dollars in revenue among cell phone companies. The world-wide SMS message cost in order to send a single text message is 2.6 cents. Most companies currently offer an unlimited text messaging service.
Most consumers are more scared of the actual price per phone. The price of a cellular phone depends on the contract, company and type of phone. AT&T provides phones ranging from ten dollars to hundreds of dollars. One of the most popular phones in the market today is the iPhone, provided by AT&T. The iPhone with a new contract only costs about two-hundred dollars; however, buying an iPhone without a new contract are costing consumers over five-hundred dollars for a single phone.
Although the industry has been affected by the poor economic events, the technology among different countries has flourished. 3G has become a very popular type of communication. 3G stands for Third Generation telecommunication. 3G was first advertised in Japan. The 3G network is still in its early years, so the price is relatively high because of high fees for frequency licensing and the cost of employing many teams of engineers to implement a nationwide network and then to maintain it.
Throughout Europe, the GSM or Global System for Mobile communications is used. GSM currently has over 475 million users in over 130 different countries which makes it one of the most dominant mobile service worldwide. Cell phone technology continues to be one of the fastest growing technologies in the market today. The cell phone has provided us with the World Wide Web, television and many more technologies in the palm of our hands. Cellular service is competing in two main network technologies, GSM and CDMA. In the United States, GSM phones use sim cards which is a removable card that allows instant access. For the most part, both networks provide similar service in the major areas like cities although GSM has a slight advantage in more rural areas. Cell phones are starting to allow developing countries "leap frog" technology. Cell phones are allowing developing nations to leap frog technology by providing the country with a reliable communications network. In parts of Africa, cell phones are providing a medical outlook with diseases such as AIDS. Medical officials are able to enter information in cell phones equipped with special data and technology. The technology allows medical officials to look up certain AIDS patients, prescription supply and other useful information. Among the developing countries, Africa has recorded the highest growth rate with a quarter of the population using a mobile form of communication. In the year 2000, only fifty Africans had a cellular phone while currently twenty-eight percent of Africans have a cellular service. India is another good example of a country that is deeply affected by cell phones. India is a rapidly moving country and their economy has erupted with cell phone usage. India's economy grew so rapidly it is currently up to par with some of the most advanced countries. The cellular phone boosted India's economic technology. One of the reasons cell phone technology is helping developing countries is because it is boosting business in different countries. Cell phone usage has helped business to decrease setbacks, reach certain goals and connect with other high-end board officials at other locations. One of the main reasons that cellular phones are allowing nations to leap frog technology is because of the internet access among cell phones. Most developing nations are unable to purchase computers because of the expense, so internet access among cell phones provide instant access at a much cheaper rate. Cell phones is a good example of technology that benefits three main groups of people. Entrepreneurs are affected because they make money by selling phones to different villages. Sellers of the "pre-pay" method benefit highly by developing countries because it is a cheaper type of method to use. Finally, users who generate business through cell phones benefit in developing countries because of employment opportunities. Cell phone usage in developing countries has increased so much it is estimated that ten more mobile phones are produced per one-hundred population in that last few years. The cell phone industry does not only provide us with some of the most advanced technology, but it is a very important industry toward making developing nations one step closer toward a competing economy.
Daily Use
Cell phones have become more than just an accessory for the masses; they have become an imagined necessity in countries all across the world. In the United States, studies show that over fifty percent of children own their own personal cell phones. In the United Kingdom, there are now more mobile phones than people in the country. The Russian market is up 89% in cell phone use while Italy, Sweden, Hong Kong and Great Britain have shown an increase of 100%. China has over 400 million subscribers, while Indonesia is expected to have over 50 million subscribers by the end of 2007.
With the excessive use of cell phones and increased number of cell phone subscriptions, society faces an etiquette issue. People are now using their cell phones in doctor's offices, movie theaters, restaurants and even weddings. The cellular phone etiquette debate will likely carry on for many more years as people get used to this relatively new technology and learn where it is acceptable to use it and where it is not.
Cell phone accessories are wide and varied. With the advent of Bluetooth technology, some of the phones we use seem antiquated. However, you may still be able to use Bluetooth technology with your old phone provided there is an adapter. There are just about as many accessories as there are different cell phones. Hands free devices are becoming more and more commonplace that there are even laws being passed requiring you to use them in your vehicle. If you are caught using your cell phone in your car without one, chances are you'll get pulled over and ticketed by the police. The good news, however, is that there are enough accessories for you now that makes hands free telephone service very, very easy.
There was a time when the cell phone was designed for one purpose only: to make telephone calls when away from a landline phone. As technology has grown and changed, cell phones have become much more than simply voice call machines. Even many low-end cell phones of today offer cameras with video recording capability, Internet connectivity, and features that make the phones more similar to Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) or even small computers than to the landline phones that cell phones now replace.
As any computer user is well aware, one of the primary lures of the home computer is the ability to play games. Today's cell phones offer the same ability and modern advances in technology now allow cellular services to offer a dizzying array of game choices. Most cell phones come with a few simple games pre-loaded, along with demo versions of downloadable games. Downloading games costs money, but generally the price is low. Many services offer their games for a small repeating charge each month, billed directly to your cell phone bill, rather than an upfront cost to purchase.
Depending on the type of phone you
own, you can even purchase face plates to change the color of your phone. Some
of these face plates are personalized, which means you can add your own picture
to them. How's that for showing off the family photos? Some phones are even
small PDAs, which means it's like having a small computer in the palm of your
hand. With technology growing at that speed it is, it won't be long until the
whole cell phone will look like the little earpiece you use with blue tooth
technology now.
Accessories for cell phones nowadays range from changing the face plates to linking with your PC at home. E-mail, text messaging, voice recording, digital camera, and even Mp3 players are coming standard on cell phones. As the technology grows so will the accessories that come with the cell phones. SMS Technology from Australia already has a wrist watch phone with a 1.1 inch touch screen that doubles as a key pad.
The new iPhone has so many magnificent features that it is no wonder why people are sitting on the edge of their seats awaiting its arrival. The iPhone is a combination of three products: a phone, an Internet device and a touchpad system. No Apple device would be complete without an iPod attachment. With the iPhone, you can listen to all of your music, audiobooks and still watch your television programs on the iPhone's crystal clear 3.5 inch widescreen. You can also synchronize and download music from your Mac or PC onto your phone whenever you want. Another feature that seems to be central to the cell phone of today is the camera. The iPhone has a camera and allows you to browse through your images and email them on the spot. The phone also has a navigation system that will give you maps and turn-by-turn directions in an instant.
The phone feature allows you to choose a name or address out of your phonebook by touching on a name with your finger. You may synchronize your address book from your PC or Mac and then drag two names together to create a conference call. When you receive voicemail messages, the iPhone will let you touch the message that is the most urgent for you to hear and leaving the other ones for later. It is the first phone that will allow you to listen to your voicemail out of order and delete messages without having to listen to them first. iPhone also uses a SMS application system that works like your spelling and grammar check on your computer. By fixing mistakes for you, the phone will allow you to save more time when trying to instant message or text someone.
In a general sense, cell phone usage will be on the rise for many years to come. The notion of cellular phone usage as being akin to a fad or a trend has quickly worn away; the cell phone is here to stay. As many people learn new ways to communicate, however, the cell phone that we all know and love today may well turn into a new piece of technology by tomorrow.
Future tech
A cell phone is one of the most unique forms of technology that has been created within the past one hundred years. Over the years we have gone from huge, junky cellular phones about the size of someone's forearm, to cell phones that if you were not paying attention you wouldn't even notice were there. To say the least, this form of technology has changed over time and keeps changing as the years go by. What is so unique about this technology though is not the fact that its appearance is rapidly changing before our eyes, but the fact that it has become the fastest growing technology ever. The number of cell phone users has increased drastically just in the past ten to fifteen years.
According to the CITIA website, which is a research center that mainly manages research and development, the percent of the United States population with wireless went from 13% in 1995 to 33% in 2000, and then in 2005 it reached to 69% and went to 84% in 2007. Also, the number of people who strictly only have wireless in their homes (meaning they have no landlines) was zero in 1995 and 2000, but then in 2005 in increased to 8.4% and then in 2007 it increased again to 15.8%. To go along with these statistics, CITIA found that from 1995 to 2007, which is only a little more than ten years, the number of minutes used and text messaging have more than doubled. Also, there was no such thing as text messaging in 1995, which might seem odd considering it is such a prominent form of communication these days, and the number of people using also had increased from 2000 to 2007.
Another reason that cell phones are a unique form of communication is the fact that it is not a single medium. Meaning, there is not just one use for cell phones anymore like there was when they were first put on the market. Many different mediums have merged together into a single technology. Some of these mediums are things such as an alarm clock, calculator, the internet, news, GPS, accessory, music, PDA, games, e-mail, and of course calling and texting people. No one has to really carry around a number of different gadgets in order to get all the information they need, because everything is now on your own cell phone. Also, another advantage to cell phones are that they a mobile. You can be just about anywhere in the world and be able to access all of these mediums that I mentioned above. You do not have to be at home or where there is a landline anymore in order to receive an important phone call from your friends, family, or business. Being mobile gives us more options and allows us to be the multi-tasking people that we truly are.
So, where are cell phones going to go from here? There are still a lot of things that could be embedded into a cell phone to make them even more high tech than they already are. Some ideas of what will come next came from a research report written in 2008 by Harris Interactive and CTIA. They believe that things such as an emergency transmitter, being able to translate any language instantly, to view 3D holographic displays, to be able to control things in your house, the ability to vote, to be able to text order to a restaurant, and some things such as using your cell phone to pay for things and to record TiVO television shows which has already been put to use by cell phone companies. It is remarkable to think that this report was written less than a year ago in September 2008, only seven months ago, and some of the things they predicted actually came true rather quickly. Pretty soon we are going to have companies texting us their advertisements instead of having us watch them on TV to get us to by their products. All of these ideas seem to be extreme for people today, but think about ten or twenty years from now when we do have all of this access, it will not be weird for the next generation to be able to text order to a restaurant or receive advertisements on their phone because that will be the norm for them.
So, the real question is, will technology ever stop changing? Will there always be a new cell phone that is better or faster than our old cell phones that will come out? When will enough be too much? According to the Harris Interactive and CTIA report in 2008, most people would use all of their predictions for what will come next on cell phones. Whether they would use it sometimes, most of the time, or all of the time, at least 50% of people would be using these new mediums on their cell phones. Of course there are some options that would be more popular than others and they might not be successful with everything, but the fact of the matter is that there are always going to be people who want the newest and best cell phone that comes out. There is always going to be a market for cell phones, or whatever the more improved version of a cell phone is, in the world because there are these kinds of people who are obsessed with these different mediums within a cell phone.
The cell phone has change the way we access the world and everything in it, and that is why it has made such an impact on the people in the world, and has become such a necessity. If cell phones were to disappear after having them for so long people wouldn't know what to do or how to contact people, because we are so used to it. Cell phones are used all around the world, and it has become a common thread that connects every single country whether you live in the United States, Australia, London, or China. Being able to be connected with one another by a small piece of technology makes the cell phone very unique and further more makes it all the more important in our world.


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Behavior and environment
Behavior and environmental topics for discussion at each life stage are outlined.
Cats of all ages need the following:
Resources throughout the home—In addition to food, water, and litter boxes, the guidelines suggest scratching posts, hiding
places, and elevated resting spots. The more cats in the household, the more resources are needed.
Appropriate materials for elimination—Most cats prefer unscented clumping litter, larger boxes (about 1.5 times the length
of the cat from the tip of the nose to the base of the tail), and clean litter boxes in quiet, accessible locations.8
Environmental enrichment—This is important for all cats, especially indoor cats. Boredom can be stressful in cats and may
be associated with the development of obesity, while instability can lead to a variety of sickness behaviors (a group of nonspecific
clinical and behavioral signs that include variable combinations of vomiting, diarrhea, anorexia or decreased food and water
intake, fever, lethargy, somnolence, enhanced painlike behaviors, and decreased general activity, body-care activities, and
social interactions.).9 The environment can be enlarged safely with outdoor enclosures or supervised outdoor activity (e.g. walking the cat on a harness and leash or in a stroller).
Playtime—Opportunities for play also are important and may reflect a cat's hunting preferences, which include birds and small
animals (e.g. feather toys, pieces of dry food, fur or plush toys).
Additional information on resources and environmental enrichment for indoor cats is available at The Ohio State University
College of Veterinary Medicine website The Indoor Pet Initiative at http://indoorpet.osu.edu/cats.
Kitten. The primary socialization period of cats to people is from 3 to 9 weeks of age. If kittens associate positive experiences
with exposure to people during this age, they will be more willing to approach people and be held by people later on in life.
Kittens should be handled gently and positively. Expose kittens as early as possible to any stimuli or handling techniques
they may encounter during their lifetimes (e.g. children, dogs, nail trims, tooth brushing, car rides). Always reward positive behaviors with food or other appropriate
rewards; never punish a kitten, as it may elicit defensive aggression. Kittens have a strong drive to play. Intercat social
play peaks at about 12 weeks of age, after which object play becomes more common. So providing toys is a good way to allow
kittens to safely practice predatory behavior and may help avoid play biting.
Junior. Relationships between cats in a household may change when a cat reaches 1 to 2 years of age (the age at which free-living
offspring leave the family unit) and may lead to intercat aggression. In addition, most intact cats and about 10% of sterilized
cats mark territory with urine, and onset of marking can coincide with sexual maturity.
Adult and mature. Cats tend to gain weight as they get older because their play activity levels drop. A recent study showed that playing with
cats 10 to 15 minutes three times a day helped cats lose 1% of their body weight in one month without restricting their food
Senior and geriatric. Behavior changes in senior cats are common (e.g. vocalization, changes in litter box usage) and usually indicate an underlying medical problem.
Parasite control
Controlling parasites both on the animal and in the environment is important during all life stages. All cats, including indoor
cats, are at risk for roundworms, hookworms, and heartworms and should receive preventives against these.11-13 Fecal testing is needed despite the use of preventives. Because prenatal infection does not occur in kittens, biweekly roundworm
treatment can begin at 3 weeks of age; kittens can start receiving a monthly general endoparasite preventive when they are
8 to 9 weeks old. Links to websites with additional details are provided in the guidelines.


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To receive Medicare-certified home health care services, a patient must meet the following criteria:
1. A patient must be under the care of a doctor who establishes and regularly reviews a plan of care.2. A doctor must certify that a patient needs one or more of the following:
3. A patient must be certified by a doctor that he or she is homebound. To be homebound means the following:
Source: ¹ Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: Medicare and Home Health Care
According to guidelines set forth by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, a patient may leave home for medical treatment or short, infrequent absences for non-medical reasons, such as attending religious services.¹
Unlike Medicare-certified home health care, private duty services do not require a physician's referral, but services are almost always paid for by the individual. Care can be customized according to the client's preference, including the number of visits and the length of service, and include non-skilled services such as food preparation and hygiene assistance. Henry Ford at Home's private-duty provider is Henry Ford Extended Care.
Payment for Henry Ford Home Health Care services may be covered by Medicare, Medicaid, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Health Alliance Plan (HAP), other health maintenance organizations (HMOs), other preferred provider organizations (PPOs), commercial insurance or private pay. If you are uncertain, you may call us at (313) 874-6500 to inquire.
During your home health episode, you may receive all or just some of the following services from the Henry Ford Home Health Care team, which includes skilled nurses; physical, occupational and speech therapists; medical social workers; dietitians and home health aides.
A skilled nurse will perform a medication assessment, home safety assessment, check your vital signs and assess for needs in your home such as medical social work or home health aide services.The initial visit will take place between 24 and 48 hours of discharge from the hospital. On average, the nurse will visit 1 to 3 times per week for 30 to 45 minutes per visit for continued assessment and teaching regarding medications, safety, disease process, wound care, signs and symptoms of infection and avoidance of rehospitalization. Your plan of care will be based on your individual needs.Physical and occupational therapists help patients regain strength, endurance and motor skills that may have been lost due to illness or injury. If ordered by your physician, a physical therapist will provide an individual assessment; education on the use of assistive devices for ambulation and prosthetic care, if required; and fall prevention and home safety. The home safety assessment will evaluate your mobility within your home environment and find ways to best reduce your risk of falls. The initial physical therapy visit will take place within 24 to 48 hours of discharge from the hospital. Therapy will continue 1 to 3 times a week for up to 9 weeks, based on your individual needs.If needed, an occupational therapist will provide an individual assessment; teach ways of safely performing activities of daily living, including recommendations and instruction on use of adaptive equipment; and provide instruction on modifications within the home. The initial occupational therapy visit will take place within 48 hours of discharge from the hospital. Therapy may continue 1 to 3 times a week up to 9 weeks, based on your individual needs.
Some patients may need the services provided by a speech-language pathologist. The speech language pathologist helps treat communication disorders including speech impairments and hearing problems, as well as swallowing disorders.A home health aide will be referred by the nurse if there is a need for assistance with personal care. Home health aides assist the patient with bathing, linen changes, oral care, hair care, etc. If the nurse identifies a need and it is agreed upon, the aide will make 1 to 3 visits each week.A medical social worker may be referred to assess the emotional impact of illness or injury, provide short-term therapeutic counseling and make referrals to community agencies.If your illness requires you to follow a modified diet, you may be referred to a dietitian. The dietitian will provide education and information on how following a healthy diet can improve your outcomes and prevent complications. The dietitian may also help you develop a diet plan that supports low-cholesterol, cardiac, renal or diabetic needs.
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Valentine's Day is this Thursday. I received my gift last month when my sweetheart bought me new front tires for my car so I can get around on the area roads to cover sports events.
It may not seem romantic to some, but it let me know that I was loved.
This week may be all about romance, but since it is the last week of the regular season, there will be no love lost on the basketball courts as teams battle to earn berths in conference title games set for Saturday.
In the WestPAC, defending champion Berlin Brothersvalley girls are returning to the title game. The Mountaineers, who represent the South, will face Portage or Conemaugh Township from the North. The Mustangs need a victory tonight at North Star in order to advance to their first WestPAC championship game.
On the boys side in the WestPAC, Conemaugh Township has earned the opportunity to defend its crown, representing the North. In the South, Tuesday's game between rivals Shade and Shanksville-Stonycreek at the Vikings' gym will determine the winner of the section and the Indians' opponent on Saturday.
The WestPAC games are set for Saturday at the Pitt-Johnstown Sports Center.
In the Laurel Highlands Athletic Conference, the girls from Westmont Hilltop (Section 2) and Bishop Guilfoyle (Section 1) have punched their tickets for Saturday's championship set for 6 p.m. at Richland.
Neither spot has been nailed down yet by the LHAC boys.
Bishop McCort and Greater Johnstown are tied for the top spot in Section 2 and are slated to play on Wednesday on the Trojans court with the winner taking the spot. The Crimson Crushers downed Johnstown earlier this season at home.
In Section 1, despite a Saturday loss to Bishop Guilfoyle, Bishop Carroll still controls its chances, but the Huskies face a tough task, hosting Penn Cambria on Wednesday.
Defending champions in the LHAC are the Forest Hills girls and the Johnstown boys.
In the Heritage, the Blairsville girls have clinched the top spot. For the boys, Northern Cambria must defeat Homer-Center on Tuesday to earn a chance to tie with the Wildcats for the title.
Upcoming playoffs: The district 5 and 6 basketball playoffs open next week.
The cutoff date for District 6 was Friday and brackets should be out early this week. In District 5, the cutoff is Saturday and the seedings meeting is set for Sunday.
Fifteen and counting: Thus far this season there have been 15 1,000-point scorers from the area with two more on the horizon today.
Senior Elizabeth Chobany of Ferndale is six shy of the mark as the Yellow Jackets host Conemaugh Valley tonight. Richland junior Kyle Flick needs 16 more to reach the milestone as the Rams head to Davidsville to face Conemaugh Valley tonight.
Cory Isenberg is a sports writer for The Tribune-Democrat.


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Kashmir Hill, Forbes Staff
Welcome to The Not-So Private Parts where technology & privacy collide
This week, a big AP story captured the nation's attention by pointing out that some employers are asking job seekers for their Facebook passwords:
In their efforts to vet applicants, some companies and government agencies are going beyond merely glancing at a person's social networking profiles and instead asking to log in as the user to have a look around.
After reading the story, many an American was aghast. But privacy attorney Behnam Dayanim told me earlier this month that, while it may be improper in terms of social conventions, it's actually legal for employers to do this (unless you want to split hairs about it violating Facebook's TOS).
Lawmakers in Maryland and Illinois are considering bills making the practice illegal, but Dayanim said it would be better if Congress passed a federal law addressing the issue. Well, ask and ye shall receive! Tony Romm at Politico reports that Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut is on the case:
The Connecticut Democrat and former state attorney general told POLITICO that those kind of requests from prospective employers amount to an "unreasonable invasion of privacy" for those looking for work. Blumenthal said it ought to be prohibited, just like other banned employment practices such as administering polygraph tests to screen applicants…
Blumenthal said his bill would be ready "in the very near future."
via Senator: Ban bosses from asking for Facebook passwords – Tony Romm – POLITICO.com.
Exciting news for the horrified! But while the bill might be ready in the near future, there's no telling whether or how long it will take to pass. Until then, I'd advise you to "just say no" to handing over your password. The job market is not particularly healthy right now, but who wants to work for an employer that thinks it's okay to
hack into go into the back-end of their employees' social networking accounts? That's an indicator of a company culture you might not like, unless you've secretly had a yearning to experience the joys of perpetual surveillance ala The Lives of Others.
Of course, companies do have many other ways to
spy on monitor you once you start working for them, as noted by GigaOm in an article about software some companies use to "mine employees' emails, IMs and other electronic communications to determine how big of a risk a corporation might face from one bad apple." Such as bad apples that might write terrible New York Times op-eds about your company when they quit?
Maybe the power of social networking should be turned on those employers making such demands?
Call them out publicly on Facebook. If they have a page, post on it. If not, link to their website.
I have long since CLOSED my Facebook account… But I still TWEET!
Got a cause against your employer… ideologue… or Outlaw Banker? I'll be there… TWEET! (Paraphrased from "The Grapes of Wrath" – John Steinbeck)
Ms. Hill, in my war for proper use of words, I'm afraid I'm about to lose another battle. I've certainly lost the battle for the proper use of the phrase "begs/begging the question", which properly is an informal logical fallacy defined as assuming what must be proven; but is now far more often used as meaning "raises the question."
But I've seen another problem emerge, and that is to use the term "hack" to refer to things that are definitely not hacking. Writing a silly/embarassing status on FB for a friend who left their computer logged in and ungaurded is not hacking. An employer logging in to an account where the (potential) employee gave them the password is not hacking. Heck, even a DDOS attack is not hacking. Let's win the battle to keep the word "hack" (when used in reference to computer technology) meaning something where you actually break into something nefariously.
Recently I read an article on Forbes (I think) about FB and Ford teaming up to come up with cool new Apps for cars. They called it a Hackathon….really? Coding for your employer with explicit permission from your employer is now hacking? I don't want to lose this battle!
"meaning something where you actually break into something nefariously"
That's not what hacking means though. That is why you have hackatons. Linux hackers, etc. That's why you had people trying to get the media to understand hacking vs cracking.
I agree that more and more employers are asking prospective employees for social network passwords, but the practice is not universal. Sophisticated employers are reluctant to ask for passwords because it is not without legal risk to the employer, despite what attorney Dayanim told you. Unfettered access to a prospective employee's otherwise private social networking activities may expose the employer to information that cannot be part of the hiring decision, such as the applicant's sexual orientation, religious affiliation or whether the applicant is pregnant. Likewise, certain information is already protected under federal law, e.g. the ADA (disabilities) and GINA (genetic) and cannot be used by the employer. And, there was a recent case in New Jersey were an employer coerced an employee into revealing their MySpace password and was found to have violated the Stored Communications Act. Whether asking an applicant to "voluntarily" reveal their password as part of the hiring process is tantamount to coercion is an open question. This issue is rapidly evolving and absent federal legislation there will develop a patchwork quilt of state legislation on the topic. However, given how fast Congress acts, clarification and uniformity in this area will be a long time in coming. Yet another example of how the law lags behind new technologies.
As a reminder to readers-
If a Facebook or email user is using a company computer ( aka property of the company ), then many companies already have access to their social media Facebook or personal email account(s) and banking information.
In other words, people who think what they are doing is private on a computer owned by a company: they are wrong.


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Forget the BRICs: How to Invest in Emerging Markets
Decoding the BRICs, growth markets, and frontier markets.
The economist who coined the term "BRIC" is now revising the definition he made famous. (BRICs stands for the rapidly growing countries of Brazil, Russia, India, and China.) Jim O'Neill, chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management, singled out the four countries in 2001, but now he's decided to drop the term BRIC. That's because he's adding Mexico, South Korea, Turkey, and Indonesia to the previous BRIC countries, and referring to the group as "growth markets."
Should this new distinction matter to the individual investor? The short answer is no, says William Samuel Rocco, senior fund analyst at Morningstar. "The problem with any of these sort of constructs is that they're limiting," he says. Instead of selecting a fund based on this narrow grouping, Rocco recommends diversified funds that invest across the emerging markets. That way, you can take advantage of growth no matter where it comes from next. But first you should determine how much exposure your portfolio already has to emerging markets, through other stock funds.
[See Why Emerging Markets Belong in Your Portfolio.]
If your portfolio includes a large-cap U.S. stock fund that primarily invests in the big, well-known companies of the S&P 500, you probably already have a bit of indirect exposure to emerging markets countries. An increasing amount of these companies' profits are coming from the growing consumer class in emerging markets like China.
Once you've examined your domestic portfolio, check out your foreign holdings. According to Morningstar, about 12 percent of the holdings in an average foreign large-blend fund—the typical international stock fund for retail investors—are invested in emerging markets countries. If you want more emerging-market exposure than you already have, there are a number of investments—both mutual funds and exchange-traded funds—that can provide it.
Rocco suggests starting with a broad-based, actively-managed fund or a passively-managed index fund that gives you exposure to most of the developing world. Among actively-managed funds, he recommends American Funds New World (symbol NEWFX) and T. Rowe Price Emerging Markets (PRMSX). When it comes to index funds, he likes Vanguard Emerging Markets Index (VEIEX), which gives investors exposure to more than 800 stocks and charges an annual fee of only 0.35 percent.
[See U.S. News's Best Emerging Markets Funds for the Long Term.]
J. Michael Martin, chief investment officer of investment firm Financial Advantage, generally allocates about 20 percent of his clients' money to emerging markets through funds like Aberdeen Emerging Markets (ABEMX) and Wasatch Emerging Markets Small Cap (WAEMX). Small-cap funds can add volatility and diversification to a mostly large-cap heavy portfolio. In 2009, Wasatch Emerging Markets Small Cap returned upwards of 100 percent. (In 2008's downturn, it lost 57 percent, compared with 37 percent for the S&P 500.)
Currently, Martin says he's only allocating about 11 percent of his clients' money to emerging markets funds because he believes they're slightly overvalued. Still, "We think the trends are still very favorable for the developing countries," he says. Martin particularly favors China and South Korea. "In some ways, it's all about China," he says, because growth in China affects Asia as well as emerging economies like Brazil. In 2010, China registered another year of blistering GDP growth, around 10 percent, compared with low single-digit growth in countries like the United States.
ETFs offer even more flexibility to invest in a number of different regions and countries. The two most popular broad-based options are Vanguard Emerging Markets ETF (VWO), which is the same offering as the Vanguard index fund—just in ETF form—and iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index ETF (EEM). (VWO is a bit cheaper than EEM. Its annual fees are 0.27 percent—about 40 basis points lower.) For more specialized options, Tom Lydon, editor of ETFTrends.com, suggests ETFs that invest in the so-called "frontier markets," which aren't as mature as, say, China and India. "There are a lot of people that missed the emerging markets boom," Lydon says. "The feeling now is, 'Well, there are these new frontier countries that I can buy via ETFs, do I make sure I don't miss the next wave, which may be coming from these frontier countries?'" Options include Guggenheim Frontier Markets ETF (FRN), PowerShares MENA Frontier Countries ETF (PMNA), and SPDR S&P Emerging Middle East & Africa (GAF). The largest holdings in these funds include countries like Chile, South Africa, and Egypt.


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Shares of makers of flu treatments, tests and vaccines are rising Monday as a swine flu outbreak makes its way across the globe, sparking fears of a pandemic.
The bug is a suspect in more than 100 deaths and 1,400 cases in Mexico, with confirmed cases in the U.S., Canada, and Spain. Though Wall Street remains concerned that swine flu could put a damper on any global economic recovery, several companies could benefit.
Gainers include Gilead Sciences, which gets royalties for drugmaker Roche's Tamiflu treatment. The stock rose almost 4%.
Shares of GlaxoSmithKline, which makes the anti-flu drug Relenza, are up almost 8%.
Quidel, which makes rapid flu tests, rose almost 5%.


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Sub for nuts as a snack?
I like to snack on all kinds of nuts mid-afternoon, really hits the spot. Unfortunately a co-worker is very allergic and is sensitive to just being in the same room with them. What would you recommend as an equally, easy, healthy and protein/carb/fat balanced snack?
Soy nuts. Picked up something like the following at Costco recently; however, mine had chocolate & cranberries, no nuts. Think DH may have bought one with nuts in the past.
Roasted chickpeas are nice. Rinse canned chick peas (or cook dried ones). Spread them in a single layer on baking trays, sprinkle with salt and powdered spices of your choice, and back on low heat until crispy.
Multi-grain granola could work, if you leave out any nuts. Raw millet is a great addition - nice and crunchy - or soak and drain whole buckwheat. If seeds are okay, add in some sesame seeds, sunflower seeds, and/or shelled pumpkin seeds. For flavouring, I like finely shredded orange peel, cinnamon, cloves, vanilla, and a mix of honey and molasses.
Are you clear on whether this is a tree nut and/or peanut allergy...the two do not necessarily go together. A person can have one without the other which would make a big difference in what you could eat/avoid.


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A German company claims that the iPhone maker has violated one of its patents related to cellular technology.
Patent assertion entities, which seek licensing fees rather than create products based on the technology, filed about 62 percent of the patent suits this year, according to a new study.
Tokyo district judge finds Samsung did not infringe on Apple patents related to synchronizing music and video data in devices to servers.
Japanese photography giant says it's been trying for more than a year to get the Google subsidiary to license four patents related to digital camera and photography technology.
Twitter never said how much it paid to acquire more than 900 patents from IBM last year, but a newly published SEC filing reveals the company was willing to spend big to avoid a patent-infringement battle.
The settlement heads off a patent trial scheduled for next week that TiVo expected would result in billions of dollars in damages.
The National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan initially sued the iPhone maker in 2012, and has now taken aim at the company for its video compression technology.
The suit, filed by St. Louis professor Robert Morley, says he came up with the mobile payment company's basic concept and technology. The legal dispute has been going on for several years.
The Korean electronics giant agrees to make ongoing royalty payments to Ericsson under a cross-licensing deal on cellular technologies.
The Xbox 360 is clear for now, but the decision could be overturned and an import ban imposed.


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