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Police say some drivers have restored their vehicles to comply with the law after traffic officers issued 483 citations and arrested 18 people during a nine-day crackdown focused on lifted vehicles with wider tires and illegal window tinting.
"Operation RECON," which ran from Nov. 16 to Tuesday, targeted illegally reconstructed vehicles.
"It looks like we made an impact," said acting Sgt. Dawn Danley, who coordinated the Traffic Section enforcement effort. "We see a lot of vehicles that were cited with the stock tires back on. But there are still a lot out there."
She said officers will continue to enforce the violations as part of their regular duties.
"We just want people to start complying," Danley said. "We don't want to have to cite for every violation on the vehicle to get people to comply. It is costly. It's dangerous."
In the past couple of years, at least three people have died in Maui traffic crashes involving lifted or oversized trucks, which have their center of gravity altered, making them less balanced.
The fatal crashes included one Sunday afternoon on the dirt roadway at Pauwela Lighthouse. A 12-year-old Kula boy, who was the front-seat passenger in the 1984 Toyota pickup driven by his father, died when the truck swerved to avoid a tire and overturned onto its passenger side, police said. The boy wasn't wearing a seat belt and was partially ejected, police said.
In January, a 20-year-old Makawao man died when he lost control of his lifted truck with oversized wide tires, hitting a guardrail on Crater Road in Kula.
Another death involving a lifted vehicle occurred in November 2010 when a 1-year-old girl on a tricycle was hit by a neighbor's vehicle on a private driveway on Hui Road F in Napili, police said.
During "Operation RECON," Vehicle Homicide and DUI Task Force officers worked day and night hours in Kihei, Lahaina, Upcountry and Central Maui, finding violations at all locations, Danley said.
"It's not in any particular area," she said. "It's all over."
The citations included 128 for vehicles without fenders, 58 for illegal window tint, 51 for vehicles without mudguards and 17 for vehicles without bumpers. Officers also gave out 49 speeding tickets, two excessive speeding citations, 42 cellphone violation citations, 31 seat-belt violation citations, two citations for child restraint violations and 16 citations for not having auto insurance. Two citations were for disregarding a red light.
The arrests included 17 for people driving under the influence of an intoxicant.
In addition, Thomas Russo, publisher of Maui Time Weekly, was arrested Nov. 20 when he began using his cellphone to videotape one of the traffic stops on Haleakala Highway and didn't comply with officers' instructions to stay a safe distance away, police said. He was released after posting $3,000 bail on charges of obstructing government operations, harassment and resisting arrest.
In online video he posted, Russo indicated he went to Haleakala Highway because of reports of a traffic backlog.
Part of the slowdown, Danley said, was caused by drivers who were trying to see what police officers were doing. "People were slowing down, and they were looking at what we were doing," she said.
Downhill traffic wasn't backed up past Haliimaile, as some people claimed, she said, but it was slowed above Firebreak Road - a common occurrence after 7 a.m. on weekdays.
Under Maui County ordinance, vehicles with tire treads that extend past fender wells can be cited, with the violation carrying a $72 fine.
In most cases during the enforcement, officers issued one citation to violators, Danley said, although drivers can be cited separately for each tire.
Similarly, she said most of those found with illegal window tint were issued one or two citations, depending on whether a windshield was illegally tinted. Citations, carrying a $287 fine, can be issued for each window, which could add up to eight windows on a sedan, Danley said.
Under the law, window tint that allows less than 35 percent of light to be transmitted is illegal for the driver's and front-passenger windows on trucks, vans and sport utility vehicles. The 35 percent standard applies to all windows of sedans.
For windshields, tinting cannot go below the manufacturer's AS1 line. For older-model cars without the line, tinting cannot go lower than 4 inches from the center of the windshield.
All fines collected from traffic enforcement go to the state general fund.
Police said the risk of fatal traffic collisions increases with factors including impaired driving, speeding, not using seat belts, oversized wide tires, vehicles higher than the manufactured suspension and dark window tints.
Of the 21 traffic deaths on Maui County roads this year, 12 of those who died weren't wearing seat belts, police said. Seat belts weren't a factor in the other nine deaths, which involved motorcyclists or pedestrians.
* Lila Fujimoto can be reached at email@example.com.


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Small crowd greets mayor's latest proposal
July 2, 2013
Crowd control wasn't a problem Monday night at Curtin Middle School as city leaders held a forum to discuss the merits of a proposed city landlord-tenant notification ordinance and accepted tips fro......
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dee, you're right.
Let's be honest with ourselves, why do grown men hang out in groups, without their families (if they even have one) at local playgrounds, (not even on the basketball courts), it's not to ride down the slides..
Or on street corners or next to dumpsters.. Logic tells you that there is at least a good chance, they're dealing drugs. It's no guarantee by any means, it could very well be simply an innocent conversation amongst friends or an unfortunate homeless citizen. Heck it could even be a group of individuals scoping out the slides and equipment to see what they think their kids will like the best...or whatever..
But logic would suggest it's not hard to figure out who is dealing..in fact, it's much harder to figure out who is not dealing.
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Maybe if Campana would spend more time getting police to actually do something about the daily drug dealing going on in Timberlands crime could be reduced!They are everwhere and it's obvious they are dealing!
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wwhickok 327 2301 assessment office call give the street address they will give you the owners name and address where the real estate taxes are sent. in 2 minutes yu can know any property owner in lycoming county
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John Bower, did YOU go to the meeting? Because frankly those are questions you should be asking City Council and the Mayor and frankly, while it does have it's flaws, the only way you're going to get your answers, is by asking them.
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Tell me something: What if I were to rent myself a two bedroom apartment? Then I register like they would have me do.
Next, I let a friend have the other room. For the sake of argument, let's say I don't charge them to stay there. This person wouldn't be on the lease, either. If having this person there isn't a violation of my agreement with the landlord, would they still need to be registered with the city? If so, under what right of jurisdiction?
What about people with domestic partners that haven't chosen to, or aren't legally allowed to marry?
Now, what if I own that house and don't charge rent to my friend? How exactly is that different?
This proposed statute is a thinly-veiled anti-poor law.
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Not many I'm sure.
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How many landlords report the income they generate from renting their properties?
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Why can't good contact numbers for property owners be on file? If there is a problem or a valid need to know who is residing in a structure - call the landlord. Should private homeowners need to report who is in their homes that are not on the Deed? I think this will be an appeal of an ordinance.
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Lycoming Housing has been part of the problem for a long time.
PD Mitchell, Penn Vale, and several others that they rent out account for a major % of the cities crime. It's part of what makes Flannigan Park so dangerous.
Perhaps if there was some sort of drug screening process (don't know the legalities of that) then they'd stop renting to the criminals.
Doubt it, who do you REALLY think is paying that rent?
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Magic, I couldn't be at the meeting last night. I was out apartment hunting. I saw 4 last night....2/4 of them need to be on the bleighted housing list.
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lot of really good landlords in Williamsport.. Well, there are some put it that way, and however, like anywhere you go, there are a lot of slumlords too. But the same can be said for tenants.
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the one thing and I don't mean any offense to landlords, I'm saying this solely as a rentor, i don't know it from the other side of the coin, that I think this could help would be in giving neighbors a contact for any issues arising with a property. What I mean is, for example, i WISH I knew who the landlord was on a property next to me currently because the lawn hasn't been mowed in several weeks nor have the bushes been trimmed and the bushes in the parking lot are actually growing over into my yard. I don't want to contact Codes because I know 1/2 of the residents there and I like them, my intent isn't to get anyone in trouble, but it'd give us an option to "see what's going on". And if there's loud partying going on, etc, I'd think this is something a landlord might want to know, neighbors could provide that info.
However, that's one very small spec on that side of the coin. I agree with what a lot of people are saying in regards to the negative points.
There are a
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Again did any of you attend the meeting???????? If you did you'd understand why they are doing this and have your questions answered! You were given the chance to ask the people who are creating this ordinance question but none of showed up! So don't throw out disinformation in the public cuz you don't know the truth!
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will it looks like a lawsuit the taxpayers will have to eat
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To the single mother with small children living next to a rental unit: The nameless tenants and transients next door will continue their drug use, so teach your children not to handle the discarded drug paraphernalia. They will continue to hear the foulest of profanity daily. The bodies of small animals "dispatched" in the cruelest manner will continue to be strewn in the yard. The psychotic screaming of a half naked woman on a bad "trip" will repeat. The landlord... "could do nothing about it". The police and codes "could do nothing about it". Why your despair? You can do nothing about it.
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our landlord organization did crime mapping found out Lycoming housing was paying the rent in the houses with the most serious crimes. Shootings, stabbings , large drug busts, also 3 landlords had nine serious incidents in 3 different properties each , so 4 landlords were responsible for 90% of the serious crime in the city, this is government bull. the police & codes& mayor know who the problem landlords are. just this month one landlord had a stabbing one half of his double in the next weeks in theother half a shooting death. duh!!
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Im all for it if it will actually work but I have my doubts. The police in wmspt. already know were there is heavy drug traffic occurring on a daily basis yet seem not to be able to do anything,or have just given up.
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Obviously judging by the headline, either is anyone else. This ordinance won't be abided by or enforced.
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If any if you were at the meeting like I was you would have your answer to the leases! But obviously you weren't so you aren't that concerned about it
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Local guy, I agree. As far as I'm concerned a lease agreement is a private contract between landlord and tenant.
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As a Landlord, that has to notify SW Borough of tenants occupying properties already; I find it very strange that the City wants a copy of the Lease Agreement. What do they care what a Lease states? Maybe if they'll assist Landlords with collecting back rent, money owed after judgements, damage costs, etc. then its a win win situation for all involved! That last part was not serious, we know the Govn't doesn't care if Landlords see any back rent, damage costs or money owed. As long as their tax money continues to roll in, they're happy!
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Sounds to me another case of collecting data on all to catch a few. This ordinance will be enforced about the same as existing ordinances as one attendee pointed out.
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Mr. and Mrs. Ira L. Carpenter, Lock Haven, observed their 65th wedding anniversary Sept. 15, 2012.
They were married in Elkton, Md., and are members of St. Luke United Church of Christ, Lock Haven.
Mrs. Carpenter, the former Nancy Catherine Keiffer, is a native of Lock Haven. She is the daughter of the late Edna E. Fenstamaker Keiffer and John J. Keiffer Sr. She graduated from the former Lock Haven High School in 1947. She retired in 1974 from Lock Haven Hospital in the X-ray department and became a homemaker.
Mr. Carpenter, a native of Lock Haven, is the son of the late Caroline Poorman Carpenter and Walter Scott Carpenter. He attended the former Lock Haven High School and served in the Navy Seabees in the South Pacific Theater from 1944 to 1946. He retired in 1989 from the former Pennsylvania Power and Light, now PPL Electric Utilities, as a systems analyst.
They are the parents of two daughters, Judy Baker, South Williamsport, and Jo LaRocque, Flemington.
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Latta offensive lineman Donell Stanley is ready to reveal his college decision. Stanley has known his choice for a couple of weeks and has set Friday at 1 p.m. for his announcement at his school. Stanley had a final four of South Carolina, Clemson, North Carolina and Alabama and actually narrowed his decision to the two in-state schools.
South Carolina wide receiver target Braxton Berrios of Raleigh made an official visit to Tennessee over the weekend, and he will now work on his final decision. He also took officials to USC, Miami and Oregon, and he will choose one of those four with the announcement expected within a few days.
USC runningback target Derrell Scott made an official visit to Tennessee over the weekend, as well. USC and N.C. State are the other top contenders for him. The Gamecocks and Wolfpack have been out front.
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Blythewood LB Jalen Williams decided a grayshirt offer from Clemson, with a chance for a scholarship in the 2014 class, was a better option than an immediate scholarship from Appalachian State, so Friday morning he announced a commitment to the Tigers. He also strongly considered Towson. Williams also had offers from Wofford, Presbyterian, Furman, Coastal Carolina, Charleston Southern, Air Force and Campbell. But the chance to play at the highest level was too much to ignore. Williams camped at Clemson last summer, and it was then when the Tigers ramped up their interest. "That was the best performance I ever had at a camp at Clemson that day," Williams said. "What stood out was the way they went out on a limb to offer me. Coach (Brent) Venables and Jeff Davis and a couple of other guys off the Clemson staff, I caught their eye. I love everything about Clemson." An added connection in this case is Clemson recruiting coordinator Jeff Scott, a former head coach at Blythewood. Last season, Williams had 102 tackles with eight for loss and three sacks. He tentatively becomes the 18th commitment for Clemson's 2014 class.
Former USC commitments senior DB Wesley Green and junior DE Arden Key of Lithonia, Ga., were at the Kentucky game Saturday night. The teammates are still strongly considering the Gamecocks as they look at other options as well. Green was at Georgia for the LSU game and will take an official visit with the Bulldogs. He also will set an official visit with USC. He's also considering Tennessee, LSU and Mississippi.
OL Chad Mavety (6-6, 330) of Nassau JC, N.Y., has taken an official visit to Florida State and will officially visit Alabama and Ohio State. USC is one of several schools under consideration for those two final trips. "Recently, coach (G.A.) Mangus called me and said they want me, they need me," Mavety said. "They think their tackle is going to leave, and they are only going to recruit one JUCO offensive tackle and they think I'm that guy. They want me to come in there and step in right away and lead that offensive line at left tackle. They are not coming at me just for fun. They need me. They said they are going to recruit me real hard and are going to come up and see me soon. They think I'm extremely talented." Mavety said Ohio State, Alabama, Florida State and Tennessee have been recruiting him the hardest in recent months, but he said USC has a decent chance to get one of those visits. "I'm definitely going to consider them. It's late, but I'm not going to hold that against them. I know how the recruiting game works and I'm mature enough to understand that. I definitely have to look into it more and talk with coach Elliott. I'll figure out if I want to go down there and check it out and see if it is the place for me." Tennessee and Texas A&M are two other schools he's considering for those visits. Mavety is a native of Sparta, N.J., who did not sign with a school out of high school. He will graduate in December and will have two years to play two.
DB Kaleb Chalmers of Greenwood has been to games at Clemson, USC, Georgia, Tennessee and North Carolina. He has offers from Clemson, USC, North Carolina, Duke, Stanford and Tennessee and is hearing from Wake Forest, N.C. State and Georgia, among others. He does not have any favorites. Chalmers could visit Clemson and/or USC again this fall but does not have any definitive plans.
DE Chauncey Rivers of Stone Mountain, Ga., committed to USC in July and said he remains firmly committed. But the offers continue to come in, and Clemson is pushing pretty hard. "They are contacting me real hard and want me to come up there," said Rivers, who is hearing from Marion Hobby. He was at USC on Saturday night and plans to be at USC for the Clemson game. "I'm very strong, real firm," Rivers said of his USC commitment. Rivers has picked up recent offers from Kentucky, Missouri, Vanderbilt and Ohio. He also has offers from Florida and Auburn along with USC and Clemson.
OL Brian Chaffin of Charlotte was at USC on Saturday night. He has offers from Mississippi State and Charlotte, and is also hearing from USC, Clemson, North Carolina, N.C. State, Wake Forest, Duke and East Carolina, among others. His previous game visits were to Duke and East Carolina, and he plans to visit Clemson, Vanderbilt, Tennessee and Northwestern, among others.
One of the most heavily recruited linebackers in the country is Ricky DeBerry (6-2, 240) of Richmond, Va. He has 44 offers, including Clemson and USC. Some of the others are Florida, Ohio State, Southern Cal, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Michigan State, Wisconsin and Iowa. DeBerry visited Clemson for the Georgia game and got a good feel for the place. "I like the game day atmosphere and I like the school in general" DeBerry said. "I like the coaching staff. Coach (Dabo) Swinney is a great guy, a players' coach. It was pretty special for me." DeBerry was at Tennessee on Saturday and will go to Penn State for the Nebraska game. He hasn't visited USC but said, "I'm very interested in them as well." He plans to visit more schools then narrow his list next spring. He also wants to get to Ohio State, Nebraska and some southern and western schools. And he's also going to visit the two in-state schools. DeBerry does not have favorites at this point.
DB Jarius Morehead (6-1, 185) of Whitsett, N.C., attended a Clemson camp in the summer of his freshman season and liked what he saw. The Tigers remembered him, and recruiter Robbie Caldwell recently scouted one of his games. He liked what he saw and made Morehead an offer from the Tigers. "He told me the whole staff liked my highlight tape," said Morehead, who has not been back to Clemson since but hopes to get in for a game this season. Morehead also has offers from N.C. State, North Carolina, Tennessee, East Carolina, Charlotte, Wake Forest and Georgia Tech. He said N.C. State is showing a lot of interest, and he's also getting a good push from North Carolina. He does not have favorites and plans a decision for the beginning of his senior season.
WR Shaddell Bell (6-3, 195) of Atlanta made his first ever trip to Clemson for the Wake Forest game. He had previously been offered by the Tigers, and now everyone else has to catch Clemson. "Clemson is my favorite," Bell said. "It's in the Southeast and it's only about two hours away. I've always loved Clemson. My top two are Clemson and Tennessee, but I'm still looking at other schools and the best fit for me. I can see myself picking Clemson, but you never know what can happen on a day-to-day basis." Bell plans to return to Clemson for the Florida State game. He's also been to Auburn this season. He could have a decision in the spring. Last season, Bell had 27 catches for 250 yards and six touchdowns.
Junior LB Austin Bryant of Thomasville, Ga., has a Clemson offer and is planning to visit for the Florida State game. His other offers are Florida State, Georgia Tech, Mississippi, N.C. State and Vanderbilt. He visited Auburn for their season opener and was at Georgia a week later when USC was in town.
ATH RayRay McCloud (5-9, 175) of Tampa, Fla., has been to Clemson twice for camps and has an offer from the Tigers, as well as one from USC. He also has offers from Florida, Arizona, Kentucky, Louisville, Mississippi, South Florida, Tennessee and Wisconsin. This season, he's been to games at Florida and South Florida. McCloud plans to visit USC and Clemson at some point. He does not have favorites and won't make a decision at the earliest until the beginning of next season. Last season, McCloud rushed for 1,383 yards and 13 touchdowns.
N.C. State is the latest to offer junior WR Freddie Phillips of Pelion. He was at a recent Wolfpack game. North Carolina was his first offer. Clemson has shown interest in Phillips, and he has been there for a game this season. He plans to get to a USC game as well.
DB Calvin Brewton (6-0, 175) of Miami has Clemson and Florida State as his early leaders. Brewton has yet to visit Clemson but would like to make a game this season. Brewton has been to Florida State game. Clemson, FSU, South Florida, West Virginia and Louisiana-Lafayette are his current offers, with interest from several schools across the Southeast.
Clemson basketball coach Brad Brownell on Friday landed perhaps the most highly touted recruit of his time with the Tigers in 6-8 Donte Grantham of Hargrave Prep, Va. Grantham chose the Tigers over Michigan. Both coaching staffs were in this week to see him. Grantham visited Clemson unofficially last Saturday. He made an official visit to Michigan in early September. "I knew Clemson is where I wanted to go earlier this week," Grantham said. "When I came back home from my visit on Sunday, I sat down and thought about it, and on Monday I knew that Clemson is where I wanted to go. I was in Clemson for an unofficial visit last week. It was great. I went to the football game and it was really cool. I had a lot of fun." Grantham is a West Virginia native and was that state's player of the year last year. He made an official visit to Clemson last spring and the Tigers had been hard after him ever since. "I just love everything about it. It's just family up at Clemson," Grantham said. "I love the atmosphere. I love the coaches. I just love everything about Clemson. Clemson has also been there since Day 1, and that means a lot to me. Also, playing in the ACC is something that I've always dreamed about. Playing in the ACC is second to none." Grantham averaged 18 points and 9 rebounds per game last season. "He's an excellent shooter," said Hargrave coach AW Hamilton. "He's very skilled. And he handles and passes the ball well." Hamilton added that the year of experience at the prep school will benefit Grantham once he gets to Clemson. "He's an older kid, a postgraduate this year, so he'll be the age of a sophomore next year. He's playing with a bunch of guys around him who are super talented, so he's going to get pushed daily. I think he'll be ready to step in and help that program. He's a tremendous passer and a great teammate." Grantham also considered Cincinnati and West Virginia in his final group. He is Clemson's second commitment for the 2014 class.
USC target Donte Buford of Jacksonville made an official visit to Oklahoma over the weekend. He is scheduled to visit Miami this weekend and USC the first weekend in November. Buford is a Simpsonville native and has been hotly pursued by Gamecock coach Frank Martin.
Juniors 6-10 Derrik Smits of Zionsville, Ind., and 6-6 Bronson Kessinger of Cordyon, Ind., visited Clemson for the Wake Forest footall game. Smits is the son of former Indiana Pacers star Rik Smits. Clemson has offered along with Butler and Xavier. Kessinger has offers from Indiana State and Evansville and is also getting a lot of interest from Purdue.
6-5 DeSean Murray of Mount Holly, N.C., committed to Presbyterian.
Catcher Jared Martin of Chattahoochee Valley JC in Phenix City, Ala., committed to USC on Sunday. Martin visited USC over the weekend. He also visited Georgia last month. The Atlanta native batted .354 with three home runs and 45 RBIs last season. Defensively, Martin committed just one error and threw out 9 of 17 runners attempting to steal. Martin gives the Gamecocks 14 pledges in the 2014 class.


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Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Mount Pleasant Mayor Billy Swails, 67, has announced that he will not run for re-election, citing that he wanted more time to be with his family.
He is a lifelong resident of Mount Pleasant and a businessman who attended school and raised a family in the town.
He has spent 15 years in public service - four as mayor and 11 as a town councilman. He had previously served for eight years between 1976 and 1984. He has been chairman of the finance committee for the past three years and served as the chairman of the water supply committee and a member of the planning and development committee, recreation committee, transportation committee and the public works committee.
Mayor Billy Swails was elected to the position of mayor in 2009. He currently chairs the police, legal and judicial and the transportation committees of council. He also serves as an ex-officio member on the Mount Pleasant Waterworks Commission.
The Mount Pleasant municipal election will be held Tuesday, Nov. 5. Candidates can file to run for the mayor's office from noon on Aug. 15 through noon on Aug. 26. The last day to register to vote is Oct. 5.
The mayor's seat and four council spots will be on the ballot.
Mount Pleasant is the fourth largest municipality in South Carolina. The National Civic League designated the town an All-America City in 2010.
Swails has never accepted his $24,000 annual pay, choosing instead to put the money toward town programs.
"The mayor is 67," Mount Pleasant Town Councilman Ken Glasson said. " He has done well financially and served this community multiple times with runs as council (member) and then the mayor. And, it takes a tremendous amount of courage to not yield to the pressure that so many would give him to be a shoe-in for a re-election campaign to spend time with his family. He wants to spend more quality time with his wife, his children and his grandchildren. His priorities are in order, and I am proud to have served under him."
Joe Bustos, a former councilman who challenged Swails in 2009, has already stated his intentions to again run for the mayor's office.
Councilmembers John Burn, Elton Carrier, Linda Page and Craig Rhyne are up for re-election. None have made official statements about their intentions.
Dear residents, dear friends,
It is with a sad heart that I come to you to share the news that I will not seek re-election for a second term as mayor of Mount Pleasant this fall. I have decided to focus on family and spend more quality time with my wife Peggy and our children and grandchildren.
It has been a pleasure and an honor to serve the residents of this beautiful town and I will truly miss the sense of family and community that binds us all together.
I am grateful for the 15 years I have spent serving my community, both as council member and later on as mayor. I am proud of the major milestones we accomplished. None of this would have been possible without the passion and zeal of our town council and the dedication of our municipal employees.
During my tenure as mayor, we have completed important projects that will benefit our community for generations to come including:
• Johnnie Dodds and US 17 road improvements
• Hungryneck overpass completion
• Bowman Road widening
• Revitalization of Coleman Boulevard
• Shem Creek Park opening
• Senior Center Phase 2 completion
• Carolina Park Recreation Center opening
• Recruitment of Trident Technical College
• Joint acquisition of 246 acres of recreation property on Rifle Range Road
• Improved bond rating and increased financial reserves
• No property tax increase
• All-America City Award
The revitalization of Coleman Boulevard is dear to my heart and, I believe, essential to the vitality of our town. I encourage town council to continue to foster and promote this vision.
Finally, I must thank my wife Peggy and my family and friends for their unwavering support and love during my mayoral years. But 15 years of public service is enough for a 66-year-old husband, father and grandfather.
I am excited about the future and I am looking forward to this new chapter in my life. I am extremely grateful to the residents of Mount Pleasant for allowing me the privilege to serve them. Mount Pleasant has always been my home and it will continue to be so as long as I live.
Thank you and God bless you!
Mayor Billy Swails
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Ruminating Spirit: Jodie Foster on Depression, Healing and the Human Condition
by Katrina Gay, NAMI Communications Director
The Beaver, an upcoming comedy-drama directed by and co-starring Academy Award-winner Jodie Foster, is the story of a man living with depression and its impact on his family. The film explores the complexity of personal challenges many people struggling with depression encounter as they journey on their path to healing. NAMI had an opportunity to view the film pre-release. Recently, we had the privilege of talking with Jodie Foster about her interest and experience with this project. Following are excerpts from this discussion.
Why did you feel it was important to undertake this project?
Sometimes, you are drawn to things and you don't know why. You have some idea of what they are, and then they touch you for unknown reasons. At first they are conscious, and then, little by little, there are other things there. Like all of the movies I have made, in The Beaver there is a real discussion of loneliness and its impact on our lives, how to survive it and accept it as a human condition, how to hold onto others. It is part of my own struggle in my life. On one hand, there is something incredibly beautiful about being alone. No one is with you when you are acting—it is an oddly ecstatic situation and unlivable at the same time.
These two things intersect in the film. There is this father who has a serious mental illness that probably requires treatment. He is sinking further down with his condition, and he thinks he only has two options: a life sentence and a death sentence. He feels powerless to feel anything anymore. He takes this desperate act to live by having the beaver [puppet] do what he can't, and that is connecting with his family. It is a crutch for him and very much a lifesaver. It enables him to be all the things he is not: a positive and successful person. And over time, he realizes that this prop is taking him over and he has no voice at all any more. He becomes destructive, and his family can no longer accept it.
The movie is also the story of a son and his lifetime of living with his father, as well as the impact of his illness on his wife. The truth is that all of the family members are solitary and all incredibly alone as a result of this condition. The end of the movie is in some ways where the healing process begins, when they are finally able to accept their solitariness and bind together.
Did you do any sort of special research on depression in order to prepare for this project?
I read a lot, obviously. Depression is a part of all of our lives. Everyone has experience with it either in their own families or with friends. I had a lot of personal connection to this topic.
There is a scene in the movie where your son's character displays signs of deep depression and your character gets really tough with him, as your character was focused entirely on your husband. I would love to hear your thoughts about doing that scene, not only from the perspective of director and actor, but also as a mother.
As a mom, it is complicated. The scene could have gone, "Honey, I am so worried about you, could you please get off the couch?" But this is not how it happens in life. Instead it goes, "My God, you are going to play video games all day! All day?" She is worried for him and it comes out in a way that tells us that she does not know what to do. We relate because we don't always have answers. At that point, she looks at it as passivity and not necessarily depression. In reality, the son, unbeknownst to her, is desperately afraid of inheriting his father's mental illness. He is very afraid.
Did making this film change the way you view depression or your understanding of what families dealing with depression are going through?
It is something I came in with. When you are acting and you squeeze everything out of the sponge, however, you learn much more about it. I took this very personal topic that I have a lot of feelings about and I say everything there is possible to say about it. It deepens my understanding and sympathy, and I can see myself through all of the characters.
The notion of the ruminating spirit has had a big impact on me with regard to this topic. There is the type of person who sees a problem, tragedy or complicated situation and instead of running from it, they ask questions. Why did this happen? Let me think about this in 500 ways. Let me write about it. Let me examine, examine, examine. In some way, I believe that some depressed people show that they have the propensity to ruminate, in some cases on sadness. We know that depression is a serious thing; it is not just about sadness, and there is nothing romantic about it. In part, this is why I do dramas. To face tragedy and sadness is more effective when I don't run from it. There is some correlation between the ruminating spirit and people with depression that I think is intriguing. There is a line, of course, when it is very dangerous with depression, and that is part of what the movie addresses as well.
In discussing the film, you repeat a theme that is so prevalent at NAMI, and that is a message of hope, that "you are not alone." This is so familiar to many NAMI members. Through their own experiences of pain and achievement, successes and failures, they reach out to others to offer help and hope in communities all across the country. Some say this is part of their own healing process, that the shared experience offers them, and others, comfort. I was thinking of this when I watched the film.
Yes, the film does take that path. In the beginning, it is almost comedic—a man sleeping all day, over and over. He is just sleeping, all alone. He has children and a family, but he is so very alone. Through the course of the movie, as he moves through an attempt at suicide and then recoils from it, the beaver puppet offers a way to connect. The family is so desperate that they join in. And after another series of painful experiences, at the end of the movie there is reconciliation between the character and his son, two of the loneliest people in the movie. And it is then that the healing begins. Healing begins even when [there is], or in spite of, the absence of easy answers.
What do you want other people to know? If you had one thing to say to NAMI members, what would it be?
There are many people out there who have the capacity to understand depression and mental illness. We can't give up on one another. We are not alone in this experience and in this life. We are born with comedy and tragedy, and that is, in some ways, the human condition. But, at the end of the day, we have each other.


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Motorola is Google's defense against Samsung's Android dominance
0. phoneArena 26 Feb 2013, 04:02 posted on
Samsung is a huge success. The company was responsible for almost 40% of the entire smartphone market for 2012, and a large portion of that number is from Samsung's Android devices. It's hard to ignore Samsung, and it looks like Google can't ignore it either. A new report says that Google is worried about Samsung's dominance and could be using Motorola as defense against Samsung controlling the ecosystem too much...
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1. nikenturd (unregistered)
With Google's hatred towards sd expansion slots and removable batteries...It would take a miracle for them to topple Samsung....
5. jan25 (Posts: 470; Member since: 26 Feb 2012)
The mainstream consumer doesn't care much about SD expansion or removal batteries. Marketing aside, a Moto-Google device could do better if it had enough storage and a big enough battery.
9. Hammerfest (Posts: 383; Member since: 12 May 2012)
the moment they get the bill for going over B/W... they do/will care...
10. nikenturd (unregistered)
why so hypocritical about it? people dont want extra storage for their HD films, videos, pdfs and pics?.....come on now...SD slot IS a dealbreaker to many...
39. joey_sfb (Posts: 5741; Member since: 29 Mar 2012)
A lot of people I know transfer their content thru SD card since Nokia time. Many use cloud but SD card give extra storage on the cheap offline, so it's a must for me too.
17. redmd (Posts: 1268; Member since: 26 Oct 2011)
well i guess im not mainstream because i want removable battery and micro sd.
44. ivanprskalo (Posts: 123; Member since: 09 Dec 2010)
Who says people don't care for expandable storage? That's a big fat lie. I care, and all people I know want microSD card slot in their phones.
For Gods sake that is the reason why HTC is falling down. It is obvious and noone wants to say it.
Just look what Galaxyies have and One-s and Xperias, from last year lack: Expandable storage is the answer.
For example, I have my microSD card 32GB class 10 and it is nearly 90% full, which means all my favorite music, pics and apps are in there. How on earth I'm gonna transfer that stuff to my new phone when it has 8 or 16 GB on board storage??? (And of that 16, to user available is 12!!)
It is one of the reasons why I didn't bought HTC DNA/Butterfly, Oppo Find 5, HTC One X, and many, many other phones that I like... What am I gonna do with my SD card, throw it away? Well I will, just give me a good reason to. Let's say HTC One X+ with 64GB internal is a good one, maybe HTC ONE 64GB version (if it will be available outside of damn China).
I would like if xperia ZL comes with more on-board storage, but now when I know it has microSD card slot - now I'm again interested in Xperia line. That is how it works, let's not fool ourselfs.
And - no, world is not ready yet for cloud. Not with these batteries in phones, not until whole world is covered with 4G.
Removable batteries? Well almost the same story as with microSD cards, so I better not repeat myself.
59. jan25 (Posts: 470; Member since: 26 Feb 2012)
i never said 16 GB is the ideal amount of storage, i only said people want sufficient amount of storage and they will be happy. i am not saying more storage is bad, it's just irrelevant when comparing devices if the storage provided is enough for most users who don't store HD movies on their phones. personally i would choose a Moto-Nexus if it had a big battery and 32 gigs of storage over a Samsung with expandable memory and replaceable battery.
Samsung is dominant because they produce the most reliable Android handsets out there with a great combination of software and hardware. most people don't swap their batteries and the ones that do will be happy with a phone that lasts them throughout the day.
74. joey_sfb (Posts: 5741; Member since: 29 Mar 2012)
Samsung is successful as all my mate that use it told me the same thing, Samsung is the only brand that give them what they want, biggest possible screen, with the largest possible removable battery and a SD card slot. No one i know told me that they love Samsung plastic design or they can't live without the touchwiz interface.
In fact they are willing to overlook that for above mentioned feature. Ask Samsung whether they are willing to forego SD card in the S4 design..LOL!!
Google is the same as Apple on this they sell content, books and music, content owner don't like offline storage prefer everything to be steamed. Reason why i will never buy Nexus.
Furthermore telco is putting less data into bundled not more as its threaten their core business.
LONG LIVE SANDISK micro SD CARD!!!
87. Jillxz (Posts: 149; Member since: 04 Jun 2012)
I don't care for removable batteries. I will always choose a phone with a larger battery anyway. and if the phone has at least 32GB of storage , then I would not care for the sd card slot .
6. wendygarett (unregistered)
Yup, Google is a chicken as always, using an anti competition just to block sammy's victory :)
11. Nathan_ingx (Posts: 3757; Member since: 07 Mar 2012)
Is this for real? This is why Google acquired Motorola??
I thought all Android OEM's are fine tuned with each other. This can be big...big enough to burst Google's bubble.
13. MataKiriSakit (Posts: 3; Member since: 26 Feb 2013)
This is a lie spread over by MICROSOFT STRATEGIST (the LOW DOG named MARK PEEN) to DISCREDIT GOOGLE/ANDROID
29. jsdechavez (Posts: 731; Member since: 20 Jul 2012)
you're crazy...
22. _Bone_ (Posts: 2154; Member since: 29 Oct 2012)
Put it like this. You own a restaurant named Galaxy and have a great food supplier so both of you are happy to earn money. But then the food supplier buys the lot next door and plans to open Restaurant X holding back the best meat and vegetables for itself - you are hardly happy about it anymore, are ya? So if you have any business sense you consider creating your own food supply and answer back to the threat at hand, and that's exactly what Samsung is doing.
24. wendygarett (unregistered)
Because Google want moto patents to protect itself from disgusting Apple two years back then...
That's why Google is a chicken, and Apple is rotten
41. VZWuser76 (Posts: 4189; Member since: 04 Mar 2010)
So this week you're anti-Apple & Google, and pro-Samsung? Would it be possible to have a schedule of who you're gonna be fanatic for for the next few weeks? That way I can prepare arguments ahead of time.
45. ivanprskalo (Posts: 123; Member since: 09 Dec 2010)
Pretty good point. Nice comparison.
53. yuvananda (Posts: 9; Member since: 18 Jun 2012)
Google's owns Motorola but releases its mainstay Nexus devices with LG and Asus, it seems sort of a weird logic.Google's not believing in its 'HEDGE' theory afterall.
54. yuvananda (Posts: 9; Member since: 18 Jun 2012)
Google owns Motorola but it releases its mainstay Nexus devices with LG and Asus, it seems sort of a weird logic.Google's not believing in its 'HEDGE' theory afterall.
102. Jonathan41 (Posts: 532; Member since: 22 Mar 2012)
This is why Google/Motorola and others companies are not including SD Card slots on their device.
"We got tired of seeing OEMs include many GB of internal storage for music, while users were still running out of space for apps and data. This approach lets us merge everything on one volume, which is way better."
Dan Morrill, Android engineer at Google
I agree.
2. darac (Posts: 2156; Member since: 17 Oct 2011)
I don't care if Samsung forks out Android, as long as they keep full access to play store.. would that combination even be possible?
Anyway, all I care about, is a good OS.
This can only force Google to up its game even further
7. nikenturd (unregistered)
SAMSUNG in-house apps suck....nobody wants them...it would be a terrible mistake for them to fully abandon the Play Store... massive exodus, myself included.
49. VZWuser76 (Posts: 4189; Member since: 04 Mar 2010)
Before any anyone gets access to android, the have to sign an agreement. In basoc terms anyone can do absolutely anything they want to android, fork it, make it unrecognizable, whatever, but they just need to understand that doing so loses them access to Google's apps. If they want Google's apps, then they mustn't try to fork android. So far the only company to do this is Amazon with it's Kindle series devices, but they had enough pull to start their own app store. Apparently the skins that the OEMs put on android do not fall under this agreement. Last year Google blocked the launch of an Acer phone because they did fork android and were planning to launch them with Google's apps, which violated the agreement. Google gave them 3 choices, launch the phone as is but without Google's apps, go back to a standard version of android, or cancel the launch. They cancelled it.
3. _Bone_ (Posts: 2154; Member since: 29 Oct 2012)
All this talk about Samsung, a physical product company threatening Google, an online firm is a bit BS. Android grew up with Samsung and the crowds clearly like it's HW-SW combo, generating huge money for the search giant. Android would not be here without the Koreans.
And if Samsung threatens Google by entering the online services market? Well, Google can only blame itself, because by buying Motorola THEY upset the status quo entering Samsung's territory and becoming competitors, so you come to my house, I'll come to yours is the proper answer by any profit making company.
Actually, shortly after the GOOG/MOTO deal was done several Android smartphone makers started developing an own platform because they felt threatened, so Samsung is hardly in the wrong here.
15. tusshharish (Posts: 342; Member since: 23 Oct 2012)
only nokia (with android) can stop samsung ..................lol
16. maccess (Posts: 742; Member since: 16 Jan 2013)
lol.. but i believe it will happen if nokia jump to android..
98. 14545 (Posts: 1535; Member since: 22 Nov 2011)
I can say for 100% I would try a nokia android phone. Screw their WP8 devices, as I hate WP8. But I would try it with basically any other OS other than WP8.
18. redmd (Posts: 1268; Member since: 26 Oct 2011)
I think I have to agree with you.
21. yahoo29 (Posts: 71; Member since: 15 Sep 2012)
Yeah i think only nokia can stop sammy if nokia make android phones if nokia really make anroid it will be huge success for nokia.
4. platformwars (Posts: 86; Member since: 14 Sep 2012)
If google bought motorola as a backup incase Samsung gets greedy... then google did the wrong thing by shutting down operations in alot of countries specially Asian and African countries... I agree that Motorola didnt sell well there(I'm in India and almost 80% of the Android phones are samsung.. the others are Indian brands like Micromax, Karbonn, Intex etc.. HTC and SONY combined have maybe a 2% market share)..
But google already makes alot of money and if Google has the money to subsidize the Google Nexus Line so heavily that its affordable and cutting edge at the same time.. then it should not be just restricted to the US and brought to other countries as well.. in India GN4 is selling for 30k(Close to $600).. if they get the GN series in developing countries for the amount that they are available in the States... Android will not have to be this heavily dependent on Samsung in the 1st place..
But Credit to Samsung as well.. they really innovate.. like getting the Note series.. Everyone thought that after the first iPhone the stylus would be extinct.. but they got it back and that too with a bang.. having a stylus means having a premium phone now.
27. richardyarrell2011 (banned) (Posts: 510; Member since: 16 Mar 2011)
Exactly i agree 100% Samsung has earned it's overall standing as the top manufacturer period. That takes hard work and major commitment to your brand and your customers. Samsung has the best software and features solution ever on any android device. Don't hate the success Google should make sure the same blueprint used by Samsung is the blueprint every other android manufacturer uses. It's a sad conclusion that you can own Motorola and have your Nexus line and still have your doors blown off by Samsung and it's Galaxy S and Galaxy Note family of devices. Don't hate innovation Samsung provides that every year without fail and NO Motorola or Nexus device will EVER BE BETTER than any Samsung handset that's for sure.
40. joey_sfb (Posts: 5741; Member since: 29 Mar 2012)
Agreed, Samsung and Google success depends on the part both played. Google software and data processing is second to none. Samsung manufacturing capacity is hard to beat!!
Together they propel Android to great height overtaking all rivals.
I do hope other Androids manufacturers will do better this year mainly Sony.
67. Imbatman (Posts: 10; Member since: 07 Jan 2013)
I have the Motorola droid x. I dropped it last night on concrete when i got out of my car. It bounced and landed on its screen. No damage. I slammed the back hatch of a jeep onto my phone on accident and it merely got a half in scratch on its screen. I have no battery issues, no freezing issues, no app issues. My buddy has a GS3, Sure it is powerful, sure it looks slick and is slightly skinnier then mine. But he has replaced it twice due to it falling off his couch *with otter box* and screen cracked. And the second time was due to camera dieing and showing a blck screen. Motorola may not be number 1 but they are damn well better at making phones that work in the long run. FYI 3 years with my droid X and waiting till the new Moto X.
8. pokharkarsaga (Posts: 384; Member since: 23 Feb 2012)
What matters is play store for an os with latest & greatest apps.no matter no of apps.even wp can step up to be no 1,but due to apps store it will take time to be dominant.
12. MataKiriSakit (Posts: 3; Member since: 26 Feb 2013)
This kind of NEWS is really amaze me. Why on earth Google fight with Samsung or vice versa?
This is a totally smoke, smoke screen, lies, damn lies SPREAD OVER by news site like ipinarena. This is the same smoke, smoke screen, lies, damn lies as THE CARRIER WANT A DIFFERENT OS/ECOSYSTEM to fight against APPLE/ANDROID.
To recap: The way I see this is, this is a MICROSOFT strategy to DEVIDE ET IMPERA android. This is the strategist like mark peen (phonearena.com/news/Microsofts-Scroogled-campaign-just-the-beginning-kitchen-sink-on-the-way_id37729) would use. A LOW CLASS STRATEGY CREATED BY LOW CLASS COMPANY LIKE MICROSOFT)
I really hope the next time phonearena create a news like this, would also give a link to what Microsoft try to screw Google such as the mark peen link & other microsoft black magic link
14. vangeodee (Posts: 10; Member since: 13 Jan 2013)
Samsung has to be the biggest hypocrite of the century, even bigger than Apple. Saying they are on the consumer's side and is pushing for choice and diversity, and yet, they seek to literally own the smartphone market.
f**king Samsung. I don't care what you all think, if Google sinks because of the crap Samsung is pulling, goodbye to good 'ol Google Search, Youtube, Google Drive, Google Maps, Gmail and all the incredibly awesome yet free services Google offers.
So for all of the hypocrites here in Phonearena, may you all rot in hell. Besides, competition drives innovation; don't you all clamor and crave the latest and most advanced tech? Thought so.
20. _Bone_ (Posts: 2154; Member since: 29 Oct 2012)
Don't use words you don't understand.
23. Tsepz_GP (Posts: 987; Member since: 12 Apr 2012)
A whole lot said, no sense made, and all based on groundless rumours, oh dear... -_-
26. richardyarrell2011 (banned) (Posts: 510; Member since: 16 Mar 2011)
You poor soul. Do you work for Google? ??
19. lubba (Posts: 1313; Member since: 17 Jan 2011)
@MataKiriSaks**t. What the f**k is this fanboyism bulls**t! Please stop!
88. thelegend6657 (unregistered)
Matakirisakit means right eye hurt in Malay . Stupid username
25. richardyarrell2011 (banned) (Posts: 510; Member since: 16 Mar 2011)
This is a sad conclusion and pretty comical to say the least. Samsung sold 213 million handsets in 2012 those overall handsets made MAJOR revenue for Google and instead of being proud of the GROWTH OF ANDROID as a platform which never would've happened in the first place without Samsung. Google decided to become apprehensive which clearly shows that GOOGLE has become to big for it's britches. If they want to monitor any situation what they should be monitoring is why Motorola SUCKS MONKEY BALLS so badly and why if you place Htc, Motorola, Lg, and Sony all together their total market share would still be 15% behind Samsung. Samsung represents 30.4% or higher of the market share and why is that???? Because Samsung caters to it's customers plain and simple. Google has made stupid unnecessary changes to android that was not and is not conducive to the android as a whole. Case and point forcing your crappy ass chrome browser on manufacturers and trying to force this stupid on screen buttons on manufacturers also. Samsung told Google NO we will use the android stock browser on their handsets and NO we will use our home button and captive buttons on our handsets. Android is open source which clearly means that manufacturers can do what they want with skins and software on top of android which Samsung does. Google better open their eyes and focus on the real problem is it's crappy boring and dull stock android Nexus line devices that's not Samsung's fault that nobody want that crappy Nexus or useless Motorola handsets. Android was founded on these principles removable batteries and sdcard expansion that was the hallmark of android at the beginning and today I applaud Samsung for standing up to defend it's territory even against Google. All Google has done is over stepped it's territory forgetting that the customers who purchase these android devices make this platform what it is today. Forcing people to use cloud storage on devices with 8gb of internal storage is criminal to say the least. MESSAGE TO GOOGLE you better stand down because 40% of all android users who purchase Samsung devices are users who know exactly what they want and they know why they want it. You will destroy your entire platform very quickly if Samsung pulled out from android. Don't fool yourself android is only as good as it's top manufacturer and that's Samsung. 213 million smartphones sold in 2012 means that those customers are return customers people who have purchased Samsung devices over the years such as myself. I have owned4 devices and will be purchasing the Galaxy S4, Galaxy Note 3, and Galaxy Note 8 all in 2013. And we won't even discuss the home items i have like my 50 inch flat screen tv and refrigerator all made by Samsung. We won't purchase no crappy Nexus devices nor will we bother with your Motorola X phone device either. Samsung didn't back down from Apple Google better use that as a message because Samsung won't back off them either.
30. Berzerk000 (Posts: 4275; Member since: 26 Jun 2011)
Introducing, the greatest and most ignorant Samsung fanboy that ever lived. I mean, really? Saying Nexus are crappy and boring, and that Motorola "sucks monkey balls" and makes useless products, you are totally deranged.
You say Samsung is the best that there has ever been, but guess who got them where they are? Google, with Android. Without Android, Samsung would be nowhere on the map of smartphone market share. The ONLY reason people bought Samsung smartphones in the first place is because they ran Android.
Google could block Samsung out completely, and would still be fine because another OEM would fill their position; no rational person would switch to another OS just because there would be no more Samsung, that was a really idiotic statement. If I had a GS3 or Note II, and Samsung announced they would no longer make Android products, I would just move to another OEM. I wouldn't switch to iOS, WP, or BB10; you know why? Because the primary reason I would've bought that GS3 or Note II would've been because it has Android, Touchwiz would've just been a bonus.
If Google were to block off Samsung, the majority of customers would keep their current Samsung device (but eventually get rid of it), or just move to another OEM. If Samsung stopped making Android products, guess what would happen to the massive percentage of their smartphone income? It would be completely gone. Samsung wouldn't even go downhill, it would just be a straight drop.
55. thelegend6657 (unregistered)
It makes me wonder if this Richard ever owned a pre Galaxy samsung phones ?
I have several , they sucks monkey balls . Just take the Samsung Omnia 1 as an example , they market it as an iPhone killer , it clearly wasn't and far from it . Touchwiz sucks monkey balls , thr touchscreen is monkey balls , oh hell even the sound quality sucks monkey balls compared to its symbian and windows phone rivals.
Samsung wasn't good at making its own software , just look at their feature phones like their Corby 2 . I have one , I got it for free , its now in my drawer collecting dust its just so horrible compared to the Nokia Asha 311
Reading the comments of Samsung fanboy trolls like Richard you will think that galaxy phones and touchwiz are magical . It wasn't . I am now using a galaxy s2 . I got rid of toucheiz with cyanogenmod 3 days after I got it . My dad's GS1 now have trouble download any apps from the play store and the galaxy s1 is running the horrible touchwiz 3.0 instead of the Sense 3.5 in desire HD . Touchwiz doesn'thave the beauty of HTC Sense , yet doesn't have the simplicity and speed of stock android , kinda a no mans land . Oh hell , my aunt and my colleagues all asked me how I done it (cm10) . Most of them are using galaxies . They are just amazed by the simplicity , consistant holo theme and speed .
Consumerism and tech knowledge is good . Fanboys like Richard wasn't . All of my electrical appliances are made by different brand , instead of just picking one brand I pick the product that is best . My airconds are Panasonic , gaming LED TV (for PS3 ) Samsung , microwave Owen is sharp , Plasma TV is Panasonic , Washing machine is Toshiba . You get the idea .
I also owned a lot of phones from different brands , Samsung , LG , HTC , Apple , Sony , Nokia . Owning a smartphone is like owning a car , different brand of cars give you different experience , which fanboys like Richard will never understand
Last but not least , what the f**k about nexus device being boring ? You get new updates and new features (such as new UI ) first directly from Google . For example be the first to upgrade from 2.3 to 4.0 on the nexus S and experience android 4.0 first . That's not boring . Talk about design , the nexus 4 looks and feel classy . While the GS3 has apremium price , under delivers and looks like a bar soap .
Samsung didn't release source code for exynos . Making my TI Omap powered i9100G actually smoother than i9100 on cyanogenmod 10 and my i9100G is the first to receive it . Also the exynos has an security exploit , don't you forget . My friend sold of his GS3 and bought a Xperia T after tired of waiting the nexus 4 . Flashed it with cyanogen 10.1 the day he bought it . Also what he said : "Samsung's 2012 Flagship is a joke
61. lovefist (unregistered)
Oh I know how you feel. I had a Samsung corby pro, galaxy mini and now galaxy s2, corby pro sucked donkey's a$$. Rooted my s2 and installed cm to replace the ugly touchwiz as soon as i got home lol. Used moto lg nokia but no sony/se yet. Now I regret getting s2, wished I went with Xperia S that time. The plastic back is really turning me off. And I hate cases for phones.
78. thelegend6657 (unregistered)
When I bought it the Xperia S wasn't out yet .
But I like the GS2 , its ahead of its time , aged well (compared with HTC Sensation or Xperia Arc even iPhone 4S) . It can hold its own against GS3 . My cm10 i9100G launch stock apps just as fast as a stock jelly bean galaxy s3 .
I really liked the xperia S design , but overall not really .
The capacitive buttons are stupid , camera just mediocre , screen is washed out and more dev support on the GS2 .
One of the downside of the GS2 is the display , the screen on my iPod touch 4G looks a lot sharper and better
71. jroc74 (Posts: 6005; Member since: 30 Dec 2010)
I doubt he had a win mo Samsung. I also had the Omnia 1...and its one of the reasons I ran head first to Android. The experience was so bad...I almost got the iPhone. And I thought I needed a physical keyboard. So I thank the Omnia 1 for making me get the Droid 1.
80. thelegend6657 (unregistered)
They say resistive touch screen is bad well it is . But my n97 is so sensitive , heck even my 5800 (a cheaper phone ) have a better touch screen than omnia 1 .
Touchwiz 2.0 is just terrible compared with stock WinMo or HTC TouchFlo .
Instead of touching the screen on the omnia 1 you have to literally give it a good knock !
95. Berzerk000 (Posts: 4275; Member since: 26 Jun 2011)
Yeah, Richard is just blindly loving Samsung.
I switched from a HTC Amaze to a Galaxy S2, and I regret it. The Amaze was the most solid and nice looking device I have ever held, even more so than any iPhone, and I swapped it out for textured plastic.
Don't even get me started on Touchwiz. It was practically unbearable. I got CM10 on my GS2, but sadly it bricked about a month later so I got a replacement and now I'm just running Nova Launcher. Sense 3, no matter how bloated it was, was much more appealing to me than Touchwiz on the GS2. The only Touchwiz I find to be good is the Nature UX on the GS3 and Note II.
The only thing Samsung could have other OEMs is software, but even now Samsung is being caught up on in that area. If Samsung gets lazy in software this year, and they keep the same design elements (glossy and rounded plastic) in the GS4, they're going to be indisputably surpassed in quality. However, they'll still get sales by riding on their popularity, just like Apple does.
96. thelegend6657 (unregistered)
I always wanted a sensation XE lol . You came from the different direction . Is that the tmobile version of the s2 ?
Sense is bloated , but it's beautiful . It makes you wanna unlock your phone and look at the weather clock when you have nothing to do . Also its very polished .
I don't like touchwiz nature also , the looks of it makes me wanna vomit after a month .
97. Berzerk000 (Posts: 4275; Member since: 26 Jun 2011)
Yeah, the T-Mobile S2 with the Snapdragon S3 and 4.5" display, so thankfully I wasn't threatened by the Exynos exploit, and plus the Exynos didn't hold up much after the ICS update. My friend had a Galaxy S2 on AT&T (Exynos variant) and even though it was slightly faster on 2.3, once he got the update to 4.0 it started to get sluggish while mine actually got faster.
I loved Sense just for its eye candy and enhanced customization. It was so nice to look at and I could have it anyway I wanted it, whereas Touchwiz was just ugly.
I like Nature UX because it's more minimal and polished than the previous Touchwiz, at least in the launcher.
Anyways, switching to Samsung was probably the worst decision I've made, and I've practically sworn off Samsung now and can't wait until April when I get my upgrade, and hopefully by then the HTC One will be on T-Mobile which I will undoubtedly be getting unless the GS4 impresses me in design and build quality.
99. thelegend6657 (unregistered)
You should get an unlocked phone and use prepaid . Its cheaper .
Oh yeah , exynos is overrated
101. WHoyton1 (Posts: 1635; Member since: 21 Feb 2013)
touchwiz WAS horrible but recently it has come into its own and this is part of the reason more people are buying samsung devices than ever...
75. richardyarrell2011 (banned) (Posts: 510; Member since: 16 Mar 2011)
I can't help but laugh your SO CONFUSED and misguided it's people like you that brings down the entire platform. How easily we all forget when android was NOTHING more than three years ago. If it wasn't for T-mobile android wouldn't even exist nobody wanted to take a chance on android as a platform as far as the carriers were concerned. Now all of a sudden GOOGLE has it's ass on it's shoulder acting like someone owes them something which nobody does. Android is open source and Samsung plays by the rules based on that. Google pays them 10% ans Samsung owns 40% market share and everyone purchases their products that must mean something. If it wasn't for Samsung and all those 213 millions devices sold and brought by various people Google wouldn't be where they are today. People who own Samsung devices own them because they are the best manufactuerer they have the best software and features on any handset as well as good services installed on all Samsung products. Your only fool yourself thinking Samsung counldn't create the same thing Google has done. Bottomline here Samsung is android and rather you decide to purchase Samsung products or not ''WHO CARES'' They are still the number 1 manufacturer period. Google should focus on it's dying Motorola devices and poor battery life Nexus line. Those devices are nothing to write home and tell anyone about that's for sure.
81. thelegend6657 (unregistered)
Bro , Samsung products are decent at best .
Its marketing , all about marketing .
Mainstream consumers are less tech advanced , they don't know s**t . Samsung copied apple marketing technique and it works well , every mall you see a smasung store with display units for you to play with .
Hell , when I say android vs apple there are gonna like wtf is that ? but when i say apple vs Samsung they get all exicted and saying Samsung is cool apple wasn't , why ? Marketing , they market Galaxies as iPhone killers , instead of marketing it as a good product on its own , and it somehow delivers .
A lot of galaxy S owners actually wanted an iPhone
82. jroc74 (Posts: 6005; Member since: 30 Dec 2010)
You seem to forget that after the Droid 1, Android took off. Yea....the Motorola Droid 1. Let's give Verizon Droid marketing and a good phone some credit too. HTC and the EVO....can't forget about that.
Fanboyism is a disease...
84. thelegend6657 (unregistered)
The droid one wasn't released globally
83. thelegend6657 (unregistered)
Smasung is literally riding piggyback on apple's succuss . The iPhone and gs1/2 are indeed very similar . They are like I phones with freedom.
Other OEMS like sony are started to become more dev friendly . HTC have amazing design and the polish of sense that Samsung don't . Speakers on the xperia will blow the tiny speakers on the GS3 away (although the note 2 speakers are actually quite good )
I would be happier with a galaxy nexus than the GS2 #regrets . I have fallen for Samsung's marketing where the GNexus never had a commercial in Malaysia and is hard to get . Nexus Devices are just awesome , great value for money and first to receive updates so its not boring like you claim it is
94. Berzerk000 (Posts: 4275; Member since: 26 Jun 2011)
No. You're thinking like the typical hardcore Apple fanboy.
The Android device that put Samsung on the map in Android market share was the original Galaxy S, and that's because it was almost identical to the iPhone due to Samsung's design (not including U.S variants) and Touchwiz UI. Then the Galaxy S2 came along, and even though it differentiated itself more, it was still relatively similar to the iPhone for the same reasons as the Galaxy S, though larger. The Galaxy S3 was Samsung's first flagship device to completely separate itself from the iPhone, and that was only because it was designed by Apple's lawyers and because of the redesigned Touchwiz, which was the only Touchwiz I actually liked anyways.
You say Samsung is best because of sales, so by your logic the iPhone is one of, if not THE best smartphone out there?
Yes, Samsung has great software, but not the best. The ONLY thing that's good about Samsung's devices are software (only Touchwiz Nature UI) and specs, otherwise they are mediocre. And the specs advantage is gone as of 2013, because processors are so damn fast now that performance is negligible regardless of what you do with it, and will always be on par with one another.
Samsung would be nothing in the smartphone industry without Android, that's a fact. Google could ban Samsung from making another Android product, and you know, about 90% (if not more) of Samsung users would still stay with Android, and other OEMs would take Samsung's place VERY easily. No one (or at least a very minuscule number) is staying with Android solely because of Samsung. You could hand any Samsung user, except for you hardcore fan boys of course, any other high end Android device and they would be entirely happy with it, if not even more happy than they were with their Samsung device.
You know, I think you are one of the first that I've legitimately called a fanboy; I think I've only called about 3 other people that before. Nice job, it takes a lot of ignorance and blind illogical statements to do that.


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In January, McCready's life partner and Zayne's father, singer-songwriter David Wilson, died of what McCready's rep said was a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Just three weeks later, a judge ordered McCready to be committed to a treatment facility to cope with mental health and alcohol issues and her sons were placed in foster care.
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New library patrons: 19,103
Items in our collection: 699,350
Items checked out: 8,244,954
Library visits: 2,064,838
Reference questions answered: 266,967
Attendance at programs & events: 211,234
Audio books and music downloaded: 225,239
Children who attended storytime: 101,228
Website visits: 2,248,597
Online database searches: 282,832
Volunteer hours: 32,702
Our Product
During 2011, there are 82,214 downloads of Overdrive eBooks and 44,427 of eAudiobooks. eBook downloads increase by 316% from January to December.
In September, eBooks for Kindle are made available via library download.
We increase the size of our eBook catalog by thousands of titles, through direct-purchasing agreements with several publishers. Libraries across the country are intrigued, and begin to inquire about replicating our purchasing model.
On the web, we launch a new Teen site and a new catalog interface, VuFind. We also launch a mobile application, "DCL to Go." We receive a grant from the Gay & Lesbian Fund for Colorado, for the creation of mobile computer labs.
Our Programs
Battle of the Books engages 420 elementary school students from 30 schools in Highlands Ranch, Parker, and Castle Rock, including eight Castle Rock elementary schools new to the program.
The Denver Art Museum and Plains Conservation Center join the Adventure Pass program.
DCL Reading Programs reach 24,264 patrons. As part of the Summer Reading Program, "One World, Many Stories," Flat Dougie travels across the U.S. and overseas.
We partner with local broadcast media to launch two new book clubs: The Everyday Book Club with Denver television stations CW2 and Fox 31, and Books & Besties, with radio station KOSI 101.1.
In September, the Storytelling Festival offers workshops and concerts for 450 teachers, parents, childcare providers and children. Featured storytellers include Heather McNeil, Bernadette Nason and Christopher Maier.
In October, author Erik Larson delights a crowd of more than 350 book lovers at the new Lone Tree Arts Center.
Authors Margaret Coel, CJ Box, Barry Fey, Eleanor Brown, Nancy Pearl and David Sirota pack meeting rooms and present to rapt audiences at library events.
Douglas County Libraries host the county's first Edible Book Contest (Parker) and first National Novel Writing (Nanowrimo) events (Highlands Ranch).
DCL celebrates 152 GED graduates in 2011, including 119 in the public setting and 33 through the Douglas County Sheriff's Office.
Parker Library's Live Local Music twitter feed exceeds 3,000 followers in December of 2011.
Throughout 2011, teen film, fashion and other contest events continue to grow, engaging local youth and drawing attention from local press.
Our Places
Lone Tree Library and the refurbished Book Sale Room at Philip S. Miller Library are named Best Library or Book Store in their respective communities by local Community Media of Colorado newspapers.
In the fall, we provide patrons with the ability to book their own study rooms.
Castle Pines celebrates its second anniversary in September. Castle Pines Library Fundraising Committee raises $43,269 in support in 2011.
Louviers has a great fundraising in November's Turkey Shoot, featuring a craft and book sale and old-fashioned pot luck.
Parker Library forms partnership with the new Parker Arts Culture and Events Center.
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Monique Sendze, associate director of information technology, is selected as an Emerging Leader by Library Journal.
Aspen Walker, branch manager at Lone Tree Library and Castle Pines Library, is among those to be named a Library Journal Mover and Shaker.
Rochelle Logan, associate director of support services, is honored by the Colorado Association of Libraries (CAL) for her outstanding contributions to the library community.
Libraries continue to strengthen bonds in their communities, connecting with local chambers of commerce, economic development councils, merchants' associations, community associations and other community partners.
Library staff and local technology partners including Best Buy stores join forces for Tech Tuesdays, walk-in tech support for people new to eReaders.
In our third full year offering BizInfo services, we add a dedicated Business Librarian, answer more than 40 questions, and update our program collateral and workshops.
Our librarians conduct dozens of Community Leader interviews and complete the first Community Reference Project.
DCL welcomes 50 new Literacy Volunteers.
Spellbinder volunteer storytellers tell many stories and traditional folktales to 6,000 children in DCSD classrooms.
In April, DCL celebrates the 29,121 volunteer hours donated in 2010 with a Volunteer Appreciation Banquet. More than 200 volunteers attend.
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