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At the Edinburgh International Television Festival, Kevin Spacey said TV has overtaken cinema as the home of quality entertainment but the industry risks failure if it doesn't recognize viewers want to control what and when they watch. (Aug. 23)
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Pressing issues in education today are explored through the eyes of a diverse array of Latino and Latina adolescents from across the United States in this eye-opening documentary on the challenges facing both the students and their families.
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In a twist on the old saying "garbage in, garbage out," a panel of experts predicts that property insurance rates could change dramatically in South Carolina if insurers feed more-accurate data into their secret computer models.
The panel's finding is part of a preliminary report submitted recently to the state Department of Insurance. The department released a partially redacted summary late Friday.
The department hired the experts in the wake of The Post and Courier's series, "Storm of Money," which showed how insurers use controversial computer models to calculate potential losses in a hurricane. Based on those calculations, insurers have sought higher rates in South Carolina and other parts of the country.
Companies that produce the models guard them carefully to prevent competitors from stealing their algorithms, which also makes it difficult for regulators to determine whether insurers are gaming them to boost profits at the expense of ratepayers.
Ray Farmer, director of the agency, said the department's goal was to make sure insurance companies and their models are assessing potential risks as accurately as possible. He said he didn't see any major surprises in the panel's preliminary report but added that, "it's still a work in process." He said the panel is doing additional work to finalize the study. "But I wanted to get this out to be as transparent as possible," he said. He said a public hearing about the report's findings will be held Oct. 9.
The panel included Martin Simons, a noted actuary, Jennie Evans, a meteorologist, and Masoud Zadeh, a structural engineer. All three were members of a group that examined Florida's catastrophe models, in what is considered the most intensive look yet at how models affect rates.
In the highly technical report, the panel took great pains to say their analysis was not about whether rates were too high or low. Rather, their goal was to help regulators better understand the inner workings of catastrophe models so they can make better decisions for ratepayers and insurers alike.
The panel did find potential flaws, recommending that insurers avoid plugging in data about tropical storms and depressions, which might skew results. The panel also was critical of insurers who use "short-term" models, which are designed to predict losses in the next five years. Critics have said these models overstate potential losses and that insurers have wrongly used them to jack up rates. The panel also recommended that insurers feed into their models better data about whether buildings have been built to stricter engineering codes. Putting more accurate information into the models, "would result in substantial and systematic variations of insurance rates across South Carolina," the report said.


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On Thursday, the former The Hills star, 27, wrote a personal essay for The Huffington Post, in which he explained how he deftly kept his addiction a secret from his friends.
"A few years ago, I would host parties at my house in L.A. where there would be 50-100 people raging out of control. While everyone thought I was enjoying the party as much as they were, little did they know I was secretly going into the master bathroom and snorting as much coke and drinking as much alcohol as I could," Wahler reveals, adding that he became quite adept at keeping secrets.
"When I was done, I would grab a beer and get back into the party as if nothing happened," he adds.
Wahler – who appeared on Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew in 2010 and has completed several stints in rehab – says the death of Hoffman at 46 serves as a reminder of his own, intense battle with substance abuse.
"It brought me right back to those days of partying where my addiction was so bad that I didn't care who was around, how loud the music was, or how fancy the party was," Wahler writes. "It wasn't about the party at all – all I cared about was using and escaping reality even if it was by myself in a bathroom."
When the news of Hoffman's death broke online, Wahler recalls seeing a lot of negative comments about the actor, but he says people shouldn't be so quick to judge.
"I immediately began seeing comments all over the Internet about Hoffman's reported overdose – remarks to the effect of 'it's his own fault,' 'he got what he deserved,' and 'that's what you get for partying too much,' " Wahler writes.
"This wasn't a result of just feeling like using drugs or partying too much, but instead it was a snapshot into what the life of an addict can truly become."
Adds Wahler: "It can be incredibly hard for people who haven't been afflicted with addiction to understand the thinking and behaviors of an addict. I have witnessed just how close-minded some people can be when it comes to addiction, and combined with the passing of Phillip Seymour Hoffman, it only drives me to keep pushing to raise awareness," he writes.
"Unlike some other major celebrities who never made it out of active addiction alive, Hoffman was able to put a face to recovery. It's my hope that his passing isn't in vain, and that I can continue to educate more people about how important it is to not only get into treatment if necessary, but also to continually stay connected to prevent relapse."


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quote: Imagine if at the inception of Apple's I technolgy, if the Government wanted to subsidize that "new technology".
quote: I don't quite make that much and even if I did I wouldn't waste my cash on this car.
quote: Is THAT fair?
quote: Also, poor people pay taxes too; they simply pay less in income taxes.
quote: Conservative or Progressive, they are all bozos.
quote: I think that I could probably stomach more taxes if the people who were spending it were not such bozos.
quote: Eventually the definition of "Rich" gets to the point of including people like you and me.
quote: I whine about taxes as much as the next guy.
quote: but people who have kids probably pay even more in taxes raising them than I ever will on my house.
quote: That $7,500 would go better towards re-training an out of work individual for an available job, helping the homeless, helping low income single parents, etc, etc. There are a lot better things I can think of to put our tax dollars too, besides helping someone who makes a good living already purchase an expensive hybrid car.
quote: GM is not making a penny on each Volt they sell.
quote: I've heard that people want to go into the sales floor to see the Volt and then end up buying something else, so the Volt gets MORE people into the door.


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Bo Qiu
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"Triad instability, subthermocline jets, and the Philippine Sea OKMC project"
Abstract: Subthermocline circulation in the tropical North Pacific Ocean is investigated using profiling float temperature-salinity data from the International Argo and the Origins of the Kuroshio and Mindanao Current (OKMC) projects. Three well-defined eastward jets along 9N, 13N, and 18N are detected beneath the wind-driven, westward-flowing North Equatorial Current. Formation processes responsible for these North Equatorial Undercurrent (NEUC) jets that appear across the tropical North Pacific Ocean are explored both theoretically and using numerical models with different complexities. Analyses of an eddy-resolving global ocean general circulation model output reveal that the NEUC jets have a mode-1 baroclinic vertical structure and are spatially persistent on the interannual and longer time scales. This OGCM-simulated vertical structure prompts us to adopt the simpler, nonlinear 1.5-layer reduced-gravity model, as well as the baroclinic Rossby wave triad interaction theory, to unravel the essential processes underlying the NEUC jets. Research activities relating to the OKMC project in the Philippine Sea will be presented.
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My friends and I long have lamented the absence of a true delicatessen in Charleston, discounting those that masquerade as such.
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What: Charleston Delicatessen & BakeryWhere: 10957 Dorchester Road, SummervilleHours: 7 a.m.-9 p.m. Tuesday-Sundaymore info: 875-0630
Those concerns, or annoyances, do not extend to the Charleston Delicatessen & Bakery.
The Jewish delicatessen lives up to its title and to expectations. It's like an outlier of sorts in a land of pretend delis, coolly delivering Carnegie-style stacked sandwiches, potato knishes, slow-roasted brisket sandwiches and beef tongue from its Summerville outpost.
It's a place worth your time, worth your travel and worth your indulgence, no matter where you may live in the Charleston area.
The deli serves breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Mornings present freshly baked bagels and buttery croissants, house-made lox ($6.95-$8.75), corned beef hash and eggs ($8.75), several dishes featuring challah bread and matzo brei ($7.95), a savory Jewish pancake made with matzo, eggs and seasonings.
The rest of the day belongs to features like matzo ball soup ($4.25), quiches, deep-dish tomato pies ($8.95) and a generous sandwich board: hand-trimmed corned beef ($10.50), tender brisket ($10.50), reubens ($10.95) and spice-rubbed and smoked pastrami ($10.50).
For $18.50, the delicatessen ramps up the sandwich portion size to levels befitting New York's Carnegie Deli.
The impossibly large bread and dessert display cases also show off a world of options. The Charleston Delicatessen prepares its own Jewish rye and French baguettes, along with a rich collection of sweets like baklava, eclairs, Italian cannoli, rum cake, and black and white cookies.
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on September 8, 2012 - 4:07 AM
Rep. Brian Higgins wants Buffalo to be able to make smart decisions on its future by having good choices for the community to consider, and one of those choices would include whether citizens want to get rid of the Skyway.
Most people have grown accustomed to the monolithic structure, whether they like it or not. Higgins has never been so complacent. He recently brought up again the subject of demolishing the Skyway in favor of a new bridge linking the inner and outer harbors.
But, not unexpectedly, a state transportation official all but shot down the idea of removing the Skyway, saying that tearing down the 1.1-mile span isn't on the state's radar screen. At least, not yet.
Department of Transportation Regional Director Darrell Kaminsky did what he's supposed to do. That is, he responded with the government's pat answer. Now Higgins is doing what he's supposed to do: moving the ball forward - or, at least, keeping it in play - for his constituents.
The congressman has been the champion of progress on the waterfront. He wrested from the New York Power Authority a settlement that accelerated payment of $279 million in long-term economic development funds. And he has tapped into federal highway funds to expand the vision.
Currently, there is ongoing design work for a new span, the Buffalo Harbor Bridge, being worked on by the Erie Canal Harbor Development Corp. It would connect Route 5 on the outer harbor with Main Street in downtown Buffalo.
Meantime, the DOT regional director confirmed that a massive repair bill for the Skyway could reach at least $35 million in the next five to 10 years.
Higgins wants to know the life cycle repair cost estimates - over the next 10 to 15 years - for the Skyway.
If a shorter and pedestrian-friendly Buffalo Harbor Bridge can be built for $50 million, will that save money compared to the life cycle costs to keep the Skyway in good condition?
A new bridge would do more than make it possible to tear down a waterfront eyesore. The Skyway lifts people up and away from the waterfront; a new bridge would welcome them to the waterfront and downtown Buffalo.
Higgins is right about this - the waterfront we're creating today will define Buffalo for the next generation. We need to review our options and get this right.


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Take a load off, sit down, put your feet up, put the gun down for a minute, pour yourself a drink—non-alcoholic if you have the gun close by — take your advocacy cap off, exhale and let's have a rational conversation about this and that.
You agree that we don't have to agree to have a civil discussion, right? On that note, I love this country. I love the freedom, the diversity in cultures, ethnicities, languages and religions. I love some of the paradoxes — we preach fitness and health but love our escalators, elevators and cars. We say we're against fat because it's unhealthy, when it's really about 90 percent vanity. We say our government is corrupt but we vote it back into office — how else could we have career politicians with permanent tenure in Washington?
We want change yet we cling to the Constitution and cry heresy at anyone who so much as hints we may need to make some amendments.
Then there is the two-party system. In a country as large as the United States (according to the CIA World Factbook, there are 313,847,465 people residing within our borders), we still cling to the two warring factions we call the Republican and Democratic parties, even though they have proven repeatedly that they are not up to the task of governing the people effectively.
Why is that? Is there anything else on "God's green earth" (my mom used to say that all the time when I was growing up) where we are limited to only two choices? What kind of life would we have lived if that was the case? We would have staged a bloody revolt by now. Think about it for a minute: How about trying to find a spouse but getting to date only two people? The same goes for colleges and universities, buying a home, investing, choosing a doctor or church, stores, hairdressers, gyms, cars. Put like that, can you see the ridiculousness of our two-party system? Moreover, it gives our politicians no incentive to do better: they know it's just an either-or proposition.
This brings us to guns, for they have been intimately woven into the political fabric of this country from the day the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock. The current contentious debate over gun control rages on, and the tragic irony of it all is that the body count as a result of gun violence continues to rise as our legislators debate and the National Rifle Association tries to flex its muscles (or should I say stockpile more ammo?).
Even as gun control advocates passionately pleaded on Capitol Hill Wednesday for sound, commonsense reform, the staccato of gun fire reverberated across some states and bodies fell in death, were wounded or even kidnapped. A 5-year-old boy has been held by a gunman in Alabama for four days now, after the man shot and killed the boy's school-bus driver. [Read more here.]
Incidentally, there is all this noise about gun control and not a whisper about manufacturing bullets designed not just to wound or kill the old-fashioned way but to rip the human body to shreds, nor about guns made to take out a crowd in just a second or two. It's the alcohol-and-cigarettes dance all over again. This is our new Prohibition. Talk about controlling it, just not about churning them out to the public.
Walmart, our trusted one-stop-shop behemoth of an outlet for everything including guns, had to ration their sale of bullets on Thursday. Yes, America's most successful variety store and largest retailer of guns said it was selling only three boxes of ammunition per customer because of the high demand in sales, CNN reported. (Interestingly, the chain didn't explain how the rationing would deter a customer from making several trips to stock up on sets of threes from the same store or from simply visiting another location.)
So while Walmart works out the nitty-gritty, we see in this surge in gun and ammo sales that Americans love guns and that it's not just the big, bad National Rifle Association (NRA) blocking reform, although the NRA has effectively scared gun lovers into thinking the conniving government is coming for all their guns.
NRA chief Wayne LaPierre said at Wednesday's Senate hearing that law-abiding gun owners ought not to take the blame for violent criminals, but he seemed to forget that Sandy Hook school shooter Adam Lanza's mother was a law-abiding citizen with a stockpile of weapons readily available to her law-abiding son-turned-mass murderer.
Then there is the proposed placing of trained armed guards in every school. Problem is, mass shootings do not occur only in schools. So, what, we station them in every movie theater, mall, place of business, church, plane? Take a good look at this scenario. What do you see? Big government, ever expanding into a police state — the very thing conservatives rail against.
This brings up another important point conservatives rail against: Obamacare or government-funded health care. Well, all those gunshot victims, dead or injured, cost a pretty penny. According to the Firearm & Injury Center at the University of Pennsylvania, from 1981 to 2007, an average of 32,300 Americans died each year from a firearm injury. We know that number has increased since. In fact, it is the second-leading cause of injury death after motor-vehicle crashes. Below is a rundown of their stats:
The study goes on to report, "Deaths peaked in 1993 at 40,000 […] and fell below 30,000 in 1999. Yet even at these lower levels, firearm injury represents a significant public health impact, accounting for 6.6% of premature death in this country (Years of Potential Life Lost (YPLL) prior to age 65). The fatality rate of firearm violence is more than twice the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' 'Healthy People' goal for the year 2010."
Now for the medical cost of treating the fatally wounded and injured. According to The Huffington Post, "Combining the direct medical costs of treating fatal gun injuries with the economic damage of lost lives, firearms-related deaths cost the United States $37 billion in 2005, the most recent year for which a CDC estimate is available. Non-fatal gun injuries cost an additional $3.7 billion that year, according to the agency."
It's the beauty and insanity of our democracy colliding in a confusing mélange of paradoxes, contradictions and dangerous ironies. God Bless America, for though we may not practice it, we do preach exceptionalism.


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Specs for Motorola Moto X leak
0. phoneArena 15 Jun 2013, 10:48 posted on
Evleaks has been able to cough up some specs for the Motorola Moto X, and the usually reliable source says the eagerly awaited device will come to market with a screen offering resolution of 720 x 1280; a dual-core 1.7GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processor will power the phone which will include 2GB of RAM and 16GB of native storage. A 10MP camera is on back with a 2MP front-facing shooter and Android 4.2.2 is installed...
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1. ckoch125 (Posts: 192; Member since: 29 Oct 2012)
Eh another disappointment. Motorola seems to be sticking with their old ways of nicely built phones but specs of yesteryear
30. _Bone_ (Posts: 2154; Member since: 29 Oct 2012)
You miss the point. A phone that is supposedly revolutionary, that's supposedly being worked on closely with Google and supposedly kicks off Key Lime Pie which is said to be the holy grail to system resources - THAT kicks off with specs sheet of yesteryear!
And that my friend shows confidence from Googorola's part, a show-off that you don't need monster specs or even average of 2013 to run the future of Android smoothly even in the past. Everybody but Google can do it, and the Moto X will show Android can be light as well.
It will be revolutionary!
35. Googler (Posts: 813; Member since: 10 Jun 2013)
Sounds like it'll take Google Now and expand it much, much further. Also completely agree about your statement on KLP, doing more with less is the smartest move they can make.
44. Shatter (Posts: 2036; Member since: 29 May 2013)
Motorala said that google is not helping them make the motorala X at all. Better off waiting till 2014 for a quad core intel phone that can dual boot windows 8 and android.
59. Dorothy69 (banned) (Posts: 498; Member since: 21 May 2013)
I kinda' like the way that sounds, although, can't imagine why I'd need windows 8 since Android is leap years ahead of Windows Mobile 8. I like the dual boot thing, though. Maybe Windows Mobile XXIV and Android "Z"
51. Droid_X_Doug (Posts: 5993; Member since: 22 Dec 2010)
Well, using your logic, my Note II should positively fly with KLP. Maybe that is why KLP has been delayed - cause the manufacturers are pisse?
54. Dorothy69 (banned) (Posts: 498; Member since: 21 May 2013)
What a shame, may the X RIP.
I loved my DROID RAZR and thought nothing would be better, especially so soon, but Samsung rocked it with the S3 and then the Note 2 and, now, the S4 and, soon, the S4 ZOOM. I expected the X to be at least comparable with the Note 2 / S4 on specs and somewhere between the two in size.
2. lorenzattractor (Posts: 68; Member since: 27 Apr 2012)
"We know when it's in your pocket, we know when it's in your hand", that part... is kinda creepy.
39. roscuthiii (Posts: 2217; Member since: 18 Jul 2010)
Proximty sensor, accelerometer... with Smart Actions my Razr already basically knows these and can take specific actions depending on the criteria.
But yeah... it does come as ever so creepy a statement. Especially just after PRISM made the news. Someone put a gag on this guy from Motorola, he lost his public speaking privileges.
3. Whateverman (Posts: 3262; Member since: 17 May 2009)
Motorola has truely blown it! You guys have got to come better than 720 if you're going to stay alive.
17. grahaman27 (Posts: 361; Member since: 05 Apr 2013)
it all depends on screen size. if its 4.5" or less then 720p is still good.
22. Whateverman (Posts: 3262; Member since: 17 May 2009)
True, but wouldn't that make it a mid-mange device then? I know, 4.3 and up was considered flagship once upon a time, but this sounds like a bigger Razr M.
28. Berzerk000 (Posts: 4275; Member since: 26 Jun 2011)
It is looking to be a mid ranged handset, kind of like a successor to the Razr M. Keep in mind though, this is probably not Motorola's flagship for the year. This is just their Google phone, not their own main line of phones. I'm pretty sure I remember someone (an executive from Motorola/Google or an analyst I can't remember) saying that Motorola will still have its own line of phone separate from what they make when they collaborate with Google.
Motorola's flagship will come in the holiday season, probably a Verizon exclusive in the U.S. The Moto X is supposed to be the pure Google Motorola handset that's available on many carriers.
34. protozeloz (Posts: 5396; Member since: 16 Sep 2010)
It could be something like RAZR and RAZR M or like galaxy s4 with galaxy s4 mini
4. hipnotika (Posts: 353; Member since: 06 Mar 2013)
the dreams has been gone away...
6. abcdefgh (banned) (Posts: 471; Member since: 29 Mar 2013)
dissapinted.am i the only one who thinks this is nexus 4 knok off???
7. splus (Posts: 47; Member since: 26 Nov 2011)
"We know when it's in your pocket, we know when it's in your hand, it's going to know when you want to take a picture and fire up the cameras… The device will know when you're in the car and it's moving at 60mph and you'll interact with it differently, more safely."
That alone is far from enough to sell this phone.
If it has good specs then they'll have a hit. Without good specs it'll be a flop.
But if it's priced at really good price (Nexus price) then they'll have a hit.
8. InspectorGadget80 (unregistered)
Err such a sad day I tell u u can do better than that Motorola
9. PhoneArenaUser (Posts: 5498; Member since: 05 Aug 2011)
Here is what we already know:
1. CEO of Motorola Mobility Dennis Woodside have already confirmed that there will be such device.
2. Device will be made in the USA (Fort Worth, Texas).
3. Officially device will be named the Moto X.
4. Device will be broadly distributed.
5. Device is planned to go up against the iPhone and the Samsung Galaxy.
6. It will follow Google's Nexus strategy with high-quality, low-cost devices.
7. It will have OLED display.
8. Device will know when it is in a pocket, device will know when it is in your hand, device will know when you want to take a picture, device will know when you are in the car and potentially offer different interactions based on your situation. in other words device will be very "contextually aware".
9. Phones will be far more durable than they are now.
10. Big capacity baterry (~ 3300 mAh).
11. Phone will be released between now and October.
12. Phone or maybe just its prototype is already manufactured and usable.
13. AMDPhenomX4 (Posts: 48; Member since: 06 Apr 2013)
It's point 5 that makes me think this has to be a joke. There is no way they can expect people to go for an android device with last years specifications. Unless by iPhone and Galaxy they mean last years models, there has got to be something missing from this leak.
15. PhoneArenaUser (Posts: 5498; Member since: 05 Aug 2011)
"It's point 5 that makes me think this has to be a joke. There is no way they can expect people to go for an android device with last years specifications."
Agree, this leaks contradicts what Dennis Woodside have said before and that's mean that this leaks are fake or we are still missing something.
37. roldefol (Posts: 4242; Member since: 28 Jan 2011)
But that's where I'm confused at the disappointment comments. This isn't last summer's specs (that would be the Razr/Atrix HD), they're last winter's specs. A 1.7 GHz S4 Pro, 2 GB, and a 4.5-4.7" 720 screen sounds good enough to me. That's smack in the middle of iPhone 5S and S4 territory and could attract buyers of both.
46. Berzerk000 (Posts: 4275; Member since: 26 Jun 2011)
It's basically an overclocked Nexus 4, minus 2 cores and it has better cameras. Plus the durable design, giant battery, and awesome antennae typical of Motorola phones.
I would buy it. With 2 Krait cores at 1.7 GHz, Adreno 320 pushing a 720p display, and 2 GB of RAM running on stock Android, you can guarantee this will be one of the most fluid Android experiences out there. All of that plus the Nexus like updates that everyone loves; I think this will be a very appealing device, especially if it takes on the usual Nexus pricing that Google does.
66. roldefol (Posts: 4242; Member since: 28 Jan 2011)
When the specs for the HTC One 'mini' and S4 Mini appeared, I saw a couple of people pining for a smaller phone with higher-end specs. Saying all the high-end Androids are 4.7-5", and why can't we have good specs in a midsize device? Maybe that's what Moto is going for here - something in a rarely-seen mid-high-end area.
So we see "only" a dual core 720 4.5ish screen, but with a great GPU, lots of RAM, and what could be (but I'm not holding my breath, given Motorola's track record) a solid camera and I would expect all-day battery. If they price it right - say $100 on contract, $500 full price - they could have a winner.
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I need another HIGH END qwerty phone from HTC Sony or moto.......I'm loving the photon q but it would be nice if it were an htc :)
11. Techboi (Posts: 84; Member since: 20 Sep 2012)
If it has 3300mAh battery and priced at $250-$350 this phone will be a winner. Not everybody cares about 1080p screen and quad core processors in their phone.
21. flynfree (Posts: 374; Member since: 09 Jun 2013)
About 1080p vs 720p, it is personal xperience, I've always compare my gnote2 and my hTc One, ohhh boy! !! 1080p display is like glamor girl that you'd always wanted besides you (Gnote 2 is very useful smart pablet).720p is great also but, I'm talking about viewing pleasure. Thisss... Moto X is sgs3 competitor and the likes.
32. KingKurogiii (Posts: 5711; Member since: 23 Oct 2011)
yeah but you're comparing 468 ppi with 267 ppi which is a real noticeable difference especially considering the Note II makes it's low ppi larger than life with it's 5.5" display. if this rumor is true (which i'm pretty sure it's not) the Moto X's display will have 312 ppi same as the Razr HD which is right beyond Retina territory and having a 1080p display at that size isn't going to make a terrible amount of difference unless you're a screen enthusiast.
45. biophone (Posts: 1956; Member since: 15 Jun 2011)
it would only makes a difference if you are a different species with eyes being able to see higher resolutions.
14. papss (unregistered)
It's has got to be the biggest drought Moto has ever experienced. I honestly thought once Google bought them that they would come with something really special but this doesn't seem to be it. It's starting to feel like they were bought strictly for their patents.
20. JMartin22 (Posts: 1969; Member since: 30 Apr 2013)
I guess if it had to be manufactured domestically, due to the increased labor standards at home. They had to source cheaper parts. Unfortunately for them, this will not offset their product just being another random unknown this year that no one considers.
26. flynfree (Posts: 374; Member since: 09 Jun 2013)
For those upset/disappointed about Moto X, I didn't see wrong.
We don't know what's in their mind, maybe they're just experimenting,
that specs stills good. Too much expectation will kill your dreams, now let's move on and let see what the nexus 5 can bring in the table.
27. moslondon (Posts: 23; Member since: 07 Mar 2013)
lets see what Motorola brings when they reveal this phone, I hope these specs are not the real specs, I prefer at least a quad core, 1080p resolution, nexus phone (because updates), no bigger than 5'...
29. jove39 (Posts: 1858; Member since: 18 Oct 2011)
I think this'll be their budget phone...lol
31. FlushGordon (unregistered)
What a lazy looking spec sheet.
Good luck with that Moto. ... all I can say is, we're halfway thru 2013 and this is what you can come up with?
33. KingKurogiii (Posts: 5711; Member since: 23 Oct 2011)
i don't buy it...
Dennis said this would be a Galaxy S4 competitor.
38. roldefol (Posts: 4242; Member since: 28 Jan 2011)
If Motorola wants to stick with AMOLED, there's no way Samsung will let them have their 1080 screen. Motorola will always be half a generation behind Samsung in screens.
40. KingKurogiii (Posts: 5711; Member since: 23 Oct 2011)
so by half a generation you mean we should expect 1080p panels from Moto at around the same time we were shown the Razr HD last year? i actually wouldn't mind a 1080p Colorboost display myself.
42. k1ng617 (Posts: 264; Member since: 13 Oct 2009)
GIve it the best camera around and the rest won't really matter! Too bad Moto disappoints me everytime with their cameras...
43. o0Exia0o (Posts: 899; Member since: 01 Feb 2013)
to be perfectly honest...
The technical specs of a phone mean nothing if the software on it is not optimized for the phone. If these are the specs of the Moto X, yes they are last years specs but if it comes with a new version of android that has been fully optimized for the phone it will still be awsome.
47. eman99 (Posts: 366; Member since: 03 Aug 2010)
Motorola is just bias every phone they have is just exclusive for Verizon and the other carriers get mediocre phones
48. Taters (banned) (Posts: 6474; Member since: 28 Jan 2013)
Why were people even hyped up about this in the first place? They used to be great long time ago but that is way back in the original RAZR flip phone days. There was absolutely no signs that suggested they would turn it around. No idea where the hype came from. Nokia hasn't made a phone I wanted since the N95 either. These washed up companies get way too much hype.
Well, at least they used to great. I can't say the same about HTC who was never good, let alone great.
49. highwaysnobbery (Posts: 22; Member since: 19 Feb 2013)
I'd argue that their last best phone was the Droid X. It was incredible in it's day. The OG Droid was a leap ahead in it's heyday too. They've had their hits. They are however getting fewer and fewer.
50. quakan (Posts: 1373; Member since: 02 Mar 2011)
That was way back when flame wars got intense on here lol. Droid Does vs iPhone...the good ol' days on Phonearena.
52. highwaysnobbery (Posts: 22; Member since: 19 Feb 2013)
Shhh, I was frequenting a different site back in those days.
53. KingKurogiii (Posts: 5711; Member since: 23 Oct 2011)
you post such trash onto this site Taters.
you know in the states the Droid Razr was the most used Android phone offered by a single carrier not so long ago. the only other Android phone that had sold more than it here is the SIII and that's with the combined effort of all the carriers here that offered it and now i guess the S4 and maybe the One have taken spots over it but still it was and still is a hot phone.
the Razr M and HD are also very well received phones offering unmatched durability and battery life for their time. they may be even the most well rounded phones of last year. they're still offering the best battery life of anything out there and in terms of engineering feats Motorola is and will still be very, very tough to beat.
you're from Canada right? Motorola is much bigger here in the states than they are in the Great White North. you just couldn't understand.
56. g2a5b0e (Posts: 3724; Member since: 08 Jun 2012)
Your information is incorrect. The S2 has also sold more units than the Droid Razr...unless you mean all of them combined...then maybe.
60. KingKurogiii (Posts: 5711; Member since: 23 Oct 2011)
actually it's not.
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64. g2a5b0e (Posts: 3724; Member since: 08 Jun 2012)
I stand by my statement. The chart you linked shows Android usage in February of 2013, not total sales of devices. The first set of Droid razr devices came out in Q4 2011. The HD devices debuted in Q4 2012. The S2 originally released in Q2 2011 & has sold over 40 million units globally. It stands to reason that a device released almost 2 years before the chart was made would have a much lower usage than one released later. Besides, only in the U.S. does Motorola's devices sell decently. Did you notice how many charts they appeared in globally?
65. KingKurogiii (Posts: 5711; Member since: 23 Oct 2011)
oh okay, well i guess i was incorrect in saying it sold more but it was the 2nd most used handset at the time and still only within 6 months of the launch of the SII variants. the point i was trying to make should still come across well.
you said it yourself, the Razr was only 6 months newer than the SII and 2 years later it's much more widely used in the US than the SII variants.
what's your point? Motorola mainly focuses here in the US.
68. roldefol (Posts: 4242; Member since: 28 Jan 2011)
By focusing on the US and more specifically Verizon, moto has ceded the high end to HTC and Samsung. Have we in the US ever seen a premium Motorola smartphone outside of the Droid line?
If they're planning on growing the brand, they should get on all carriers at an attractive $99 price point. As for that Motorola superphone we were hoping for, this fall should see a new Droid. Great for Verizon folks, but not a great plan for Motorola.
73. KingKurogiii (Posts: 5711; Member since: 23 Oct 2011)
i certainly don't disagree with that but we got off topic here. my original point was that Motorola is certainly capable of producing hype worthy devices.
74. roldefol (Posts: 4242; Member since: 28 Jan 2011)
I guess it depends on what people find hype-worthy. I think the idea of an affordable, speedy, nicely-sized, well-built near-stock Android on all carriers is worth talking about. But the stock (ahem) comment on this spec sheet was utter disappointment. Why are people so surprised though? Motorola and Google didn't promise a beast, they promised a good all-arounder with always-on features.
If this spec sheet is accurate (MSM8960T, 720 AMOLED, etc), the specs aren't going to get anyone excited. Pricing and built quality, maybe. And despite our discussion elsewhere, I don't think the Moto X is killing off the Droid line completely. I think we'll see a Droid Razr X or something to that effect this fall with a 1080 AMOLED screen, similar to what we saw with the Razr HD last fall. And by then it might be too little, too late.
57. Paradox (Posts: 124; Member since: 08 Aug 2012)
You can say what you want about Motorola, but I personally know that they make good, solid phones. They always seem to have good antennas, loudspeakers, and batteries. These are very important things to me, and it seems people are starting to forget about them. For example, my HTC Incredible S had the worst speaker I've ever heard on my phone. It sounded like the earpiece speaker was on instead of the loudspeaker. This made it difficult to hear the phone ringing, and made it very irritating when trying to play music on the phone, or watch a youtube video for example.
It's the little things that Motorola does right, that people are forgetting about. Sadly they seemed to have ruined it with last years specs, but hopefully this isn't their flagship.
62. Berzerk000 (Posts: 4275; Member since: 26 Jun 2011)
Motorola devices top the charts in satisfaction, and HTC is still above Samsung and Apple. In the UK, the HTC One X was on the top of the charts for satisfaction.
Here, Nokia topped all on Verizon and AT&T in satisfaction, but HTC is rated top for Sprint (which doesn't have Nokia devices) and Verizon. Samsung and Motorola are in a close race.
HTC bested all Android manufacturers in a large survey.
HTC beats all manufacturers here. WP also takes first for top OS satisfaction rates, probably because it's the smoothest OS out there.
Nothing you say makes sense. At all.
55. kanagadeepan (Posts: 922; Member since: 24 Jan 2012)
Extra 1GB RAM and ADD 2MPx to main camera of RazrHD and you get Moto_X...
WHY Google why? It should atleast be as powerful as LG Nexus 4??? Even though I love Android, Google and Motorola (Using RazrMAXX now), this mid-range phone after a LOOOONG time is really disappointing...
Even RazrHD n AtrixHD users need NOT go for this one...
63. Berzerk000 (Posts: 4275; Member since: 26 Jun 2011)
You also have Adreno 320 graphics, and much better optics presumably. I'm not sure if it will be weaker than the Nexus 4 or not. Remember, the Nexus 4 has thermal throttling, in which if it goes beyond (I think) 39 degrees Celsius, the CPU is limited to 1.2 GHz (from the original 1.5 GHz), and the GPU clock speeds is cut in half to 200 MHz. After playing a moderately intensive game for about 20 minutes, your performance is theoretically half of what it would be.
67. Paradox (Posts: 124; Member since: 08 Aug 2012)
I think it's when the battery temperature sensor hits 60 C, not 39 C. The nexus, in my experience, has never throttled. It is perfectly fine, unless you are putting it under full load for a constant 10 minutes, which you will just not do under regular usage.
71. Berzerk000 (Posts: 4275; Member since: 26 Jun 2011)
Here, this shows that at 39 C it goes into full throttling. But, like I said, it really only affects gamers when they play an intensive game (like shown in the video) for about 20 minutes.
58. bigstrudel (Posts: 518; Member since: 20 Aug 2012)
More than enough performance there to run stock android flawlessly.


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"They were running, trapping and stretching the 2-3 out," Altoona coach Jill Helsel said. "They got their hands in our passing lanes."
Senior point guard Kaycie Reffner was forced to make adjustments that improved the Lady Lions' offensive output.
"I kept crossing over in front of them when I shouldn't have," Reffner said. "I started to keep the ball to my side and it helped."
In the second quarter it was Darby Lee that got herself going for Altoona, repeatedly attacking down low to get to the line six times, five of which she made.
"I just told myself once I got the ball to take it up strong," Lee stated. "I just kept trying to finish."
Despite the constant pressure, Altoona trailed by just two at the half, 25-23. The second half saw a quicker pace by both teams, which led directly to more scoring.
"It was both teams running up and down the floor," Helsel said. "The pace picked up."
The Lady Lions would not let CD East pull away, repeatedly making shots to bring them within small margins. It was the Lady Panther duo of Calee and Michaela Gelbaugh that proved to be the difference, answering each Altoona basket with one of their own.
Calee Gelbaugh poured in 19 points, while younger sister Michaela had a game-high 24, 18 of which came in the second half.
"They [the Gelbaughs] did what they needed to do," Helsel stated. "They kept converting when the shot was there."
Reffner found her shot in the second half, as she finished with 12 points.
"I told myself someone needed to step up," Reffner said. "We were only down one, so it was within reach."
Altoona gained its only lead of the second half in the third quarter when Lee completed a three-point play to put the Lady Lions up, 33-32.
Senior center starter Kayla Grimme missed the game with what Helsel said was an ankle injury, but sophomore Rachel Dibert filled the void admirably, scoring 12 points, including some key shots in the fourth quarter.
"She stepped up, rebounded the ball and put it back in," Helsel said. "She hit some big shots in the fourth quarter and played a very good game."
Trailing by five with just 45 seconds remaining, Altoona watched CD East missed the front end of two one-and-ones that gave Altoona a chance.
Dibert trimmed the lead to three with just 29 seconds left, but it was as close as the Lady Lions would get. Lady Panthers guard Lindsey D'Agostino made three of four free throws in the final seconds to secure the victory.
"We are in every single game with scoring across the board," Helsel said. " They are very fixable problems that we have, I have no doubt they will step up."
Altoona is at State College on Wednesday.
CENTRAL DAUPHIN EAST (68): C.Gelbaugh 7 4-5 19, M.Gelbaugh 9 2-2 24, Robinson 2 5-6 10, Stuart 2 1-1 5, Wanner 1 0-3 2, D'Agostino 2 4-7 8, Khan 0 0-0 0. Totals - 23 16-24 68.
ALTOONA (64): Lee 6 5-7 17, Donley 3 0-0 9, Reffner 4 2-2 12, Hatch 3 4-6 11, Knab 1 0-0 3, Dibert 5 2-2 12, Feathers 0 0-0 0. Totals - 22 13-17 64.
Central Dauphin East13 12 21 22 - 68
Altoona12 11 18 23 - 64
3-point goals: Central Dauphin East 6 (C.Gelbaugh 1, M.Gelbaugh 4, Robinson 1); Altoona 7 (Donley 3, Reffner 2, Hatch 1, Knab 1).
Records: Central Dauphin East (10-2); Altoona (5-4).
JV: Altoona, 49-33. High scorers-Knab, A, 18; Holmes, CDE, 7.


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What is unique about Westminster College's Arts Administration Degree?
Westminster College is the only school with an undergraduate degree in Arts Administration in the Intermountain Region. The foundation of this degree is based on the strength of the Gore School of Business and the dynamism of the arts programs.
Is it for me?
The Arts Administration degree merges the study of the arts with concentrations in business and communications. The degree equips students with a liberal arts education combined with a comprehensive overview of the technology of business: leadership, finance, and marketing. As a result, students combine a comprehensive education in one of the three arts disciplines of art, music and theatre with a broad understanding of the business world that emphasizes management and administrative skills. The program underscores the application of information learned in the classroom to hands-on, relevant work experiences, including volunteer activities, internships and paid work both on- and off-campus.
Typically, students participate in on-campus arts events while earning their degree. In addition, the local arts community provides students with numerous opportunities for internships, career networking, and participation in special projects and events. So while students participate in productions and exhibitions on campus produced by the Theatre Department, Art Department, and Music Program, students are encouraged to also take advantage of the many related employment options in and around the Salt Lake community. In addition to art organizations, opportunities can include advertising firms, the music and recording industries, video and film companies and other organizations within the nonprofit and for-profit sectors.
The training students acquire while earning this degree gives them the flexibility to attempt careers in many fields, not limited to either business or the arts. Students will acquire portable skills for work in a wide variety of the nonprofit arts sector.


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Oct. 13, 1942 – May 1, 2013
Michael J. Bohn, one of Batavia's best-known restaurateurs, died Wednesday in Unity Hospital, Rochester, after a long illness. He was 70.
He was the owner of Bohn's Restaurant and Lounge. He also opened a Red Barn, the city's first franchise restaurant, and Gentner's Hotel, which was destroyed by fire.
For 27 years, he provided contract food service at Genesee Community College.
Mr. Bohn served on the Batavia Board of Education as a member and chairman, and was active in the Batavia Jaycees and Elks Lodge.
Surviving are his wife, Eva L.; three sons, Michael J. Jr., Mark F. and David M.; two daughters, Darlene Naparstek and Kathleen A. Maniace; five brothers, Ronald, Kevin, Roger, James and John; two sisters, Barbara Rogers and Virginia Bohn; and two stepdaughters, Lynn M. Carleton and Jean E. Young.
A funeral Mass will be offered at 10 a.m. Monday in Resurrection Parish, 18 Ellicott St., Batavia.


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UNIVERSITY PARK - It's a delicate balance Bill O'Brien and his coaching staff work on and, safe to say, worry about every day in practice.
The coaches have to prepare Penn State's players for the grind of a physically demanding sport, but, with only 66 scholarships, they can't push the guys too hard in training camp for fear of overworking them or having someone get injured.
Joe Paterno had been a head coach for more than 40 years and still talked about how tough of a challenge that was each preseason.
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Penn State coach Bill O'Brien works with freshman Richy Anderson during practice on Thursday.
Second-year head coach O'Brien faces a significantly greater challenge because of PSU's drastic roster reduction.
"That's a balance we talk about every single day," O'Brien said Thursday at media day. "Even today we sat in our staff meeting this morning and talked about how we wanted to do things."
It's all done with one goal in mind.
"This is the time of year where you can't afford to lose anybody because it will definitely affect you in the fall," linebacker Mike Hull said. "We've just got to be smart and keep doing what we're doing."
Much already has been written and said about the Nittany Lions doing more "thud" drills in practice, meaning they hit each other but don't follow through with tackles all the way to the ground.
"We're doing a great job staying on our feet," defensive end Deion Barnes said. "Guys aren't tackling that much, and like Coach O'Brien says, when you stay on your feet, guys don't get hurt."
But are they getting as prepared for the season as they would under more normal circumstances?
NFL teams primarily do thud work, and O'Brien has a lot of experience with that coming from the pros. But pros are pros for a reason, and the reality is that most other college programs are hitting a lot more and doing more tackling than Penn State does in practice.
"It's kind of tough because we're used to just going full speed ahead and real intense," Hull said. "But we're still doing that, still getting all the work in, but whenever we go to tackle the ballcarrier we're just keeping him up on his feet."
Hull doesn't believe the players will be less crisp because of the different practice style.
"No, I don't think that," he said. "I think staying on your feet gets your fundamentals that much better just because you're not diving at people. You're just staying on your feet and taking things square up."
Barnes doesn't see a downside to less hitting and tackling either.
"Like the guys in the NFL do, we're going to still be able to be efficient with our tackling," he said. "I have no problem just doing thud through training camp. Sometimes you are going to tackle, but doing thud most of the time saves legs and saves injuries."
There's more to O'Brien's philosophy of balancing the workload than just the thud drills. It's about efficient hitting and planning, he said, while spreading out exactly who's doing the hitting.
"We've got a lot of reps in practice," O'Brien said. "OK, so let's say you get 50 to 60 reps in practice. One thing that we try to do is get our No. 1 groups quality, good reps. We don't want to give them 50 million reps in a practice, but we try to get them quality, good reps. And then we try to get the younger players a lot of reps, get those guys in there and let them play football.
"And then maybe at the end of practice, instead of doing gassers where we run back and forth on the field - we feel like our team is in decent condition - maybe we'll do more upper-body conditioning, things like that."
Every coach in the country is doing whatever he can to keep his team as healthy as possible during training camp. But no matter how successful they hope to be at that, the bottom line is their 85 scholarships give them far more margin for error than Penn State.
So O'Brien has to be a master at it.
"We try to be creative every single day to make sure our team is as healthy as possible for [the opener against] Syracuse," O'Brien said.


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Wednesday, May 1, 2013
A coalition of federal, state and private agencies have officially launched a new website for the Southeast Coast Saltwater Paddling Trail (SECT): www.secoastpaddlingtrail.com.
First introduced at the East Coast Paddlesports and Outdoor Festival, the new SECT website will be the primary source for all-inclusive information on navigating the coastal water trails of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. Featuring detailed maps that highlight access sites, lodging and supply centers, paddlers can now travel an unbroken trail of tidal marshes and rivers more than 760 miles along the coasts of all four states.
To create this one-stop tool for boaters, the National Park Service's Rivers, Trails and Conservation Assistance Program (RTCA) teamed up with a number of agencies, including the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, The Conservation Fund, the Coastal Regional Commission of Georgia, the Hampton Roads Planning District Commission and the Charleston County Park and Recreation Commission.
The partners of the SECT are especially grateful to Charleston County Park and Recreation Commission and S.C. Department of Natural Resources for spotlighting the new SECT website at the Paddlesports Festival.
For more information on the Charleston County Park and Recreation Commission, call 843-795-4386 or visit www.ccprc.com.
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LOCKPORT – General Growth Properties, the Chicago-based owner of the former Lockport Mall, plans to sell what's left of its commercial property on the South Transit Road site.
The Town of Lockport Planning Board met this week with James S. Thew of Thew Associates, the Canton surveying firm hired by General Growth to prepare a subdivision plan for the mall property.
Thew said General Growth wants the property split into four separate parcels: one each for the Bon-Ton, Arby's, Wendy's and First Niagara Bank locations.
At present, they are all part of the same 10-acre property.
"Ultimately, they want to divest themselves of the property," Thew said.
He said the company has found a buyer, whose identity he did not know, for the Arby's, Wendy's and First Niagara buildings.
A year after that deal is done, Thew said, the company intends to sell the Bon-Ton store to that retail chain, which currently leases the building from General Growth's subsidiary, Lockport Mall LLC.
Thew said he didn't expect any change in the current tenants of the four buildings.
Planning Board member Rodney W. Conrad told Thew he'd like to know who the buyer of the three smaller parcels is before the board acts on the subdivision plan.
"I want to know who we're dealing with," he said.
Thew said the new lots would probably need variances from the town Zoning Board of Appeals because of lot size requirements and rules pertaining to setbacks, or how far a building may be from a property line.
In December 2010, General Growth sold most of the mall site to Walmart Stores Inc. for $3.95 million, keeping only the Bon-Ton from the former shopping center.
Walmart demolished the rest of the building in 2011 and built a fence around the site, but construction on the planned new 185,000-square-foot Walmart supercenter has not begun.
Work has been delayed for a variety of reasons, including seagulls that used to nest on the roof of the mall and continue to return to the site. Also, an environmental snag cropped up last summer when petroleum-contaminated soil from the long-gone Montgomery Ward auto center had to be removed.
Town officials said they have no recent information on what's going on. Walmart media relations did not respond to a request to comment Friday.
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Dear Carolyn: My father was a nightmare. When I was a kid, he would tell me I was "a b---- just like your mother" and throw things at me; he even threw me down the stairs once and broke my arm. By the time I was 13, I realized I hated him and wanted him gone. Eventually, I convinced my mother to leave him. I was 15 then, and it's been about 10 years since I've seen or spoken to him.
Over the years, my father has sent me cards on my birthday and other holidays, telling me how much he loves and misses me but never acknowledging what he did. He always sends sizable checks. I've always cashed the checks and thought of the money as child support he owed me. When I was younger and struggling to put myself through college, I desperately needed the money.
Now I'm done with school, have a good job and don't need the money, but the checks keep coming.
On the one hand, I feel he still owes me a lot. On the other hand, through the process of repairing my relationship with my mother, I've found I no longer hate my father. I've come to understand he is severely mentally ill.
If I were a better person, I could donate the money to people who need it more than I do, but if I cash the checks, I'm most likely going to spend the money on myself.
I've been thinking the right thing to do is release him from my life permanently. I think if I stop opening the cards and cashing the checks, then I can give him back to God, if that makes sense. What do you think?
– Torn
A: When someone has been through what you have, I'm inclined to vote for whatever you believe will help, as long as it isn't destructive. Your idea for releasing him is not a destructive one.
There's one thing that stops me, though: "If I were a better person." That's both an alarm and an opportunity.
The alarm is self-evident, since you spent your formative years being systematically put down. That means putting yourself down, even with a throwaway comment, is no throwaway matter.
The opportunity: Depositing your father's check and writing another for the exact amount to an organization that, say, helps abused kids might provide you with a source of strength and validation. Inform your father of the donation with a brief note, even.
You could also use the money – or your own, certainly – for good counseling, if "torn" is a chronic condition for you, and not limited to matters of money from Dad.
Not that you need to choose either of these paths to prove your worth. You don't need to prove a thing to anyone.
Except, perhaps, yourself, which is ultimately how I suggest you frame this decision: Do yourself proud, in whatever shape that takes.


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Over the last five years, numerous clinical trials have shown that thalidomide is effective in the treatment of multiple myeloma. In fact, thalidomide plus dexamethasone (Thal/Dex) has rapidly become one of the more commonly used regimens for the initial treatment of myeloma. Given this success, there has been intense research to develop a safer and more effective version of thalidomide. Lenalidomide (CC-5013; Revlimid®) is the first analog (close cousin) of thalidomide to enter clinical trials. It may prove to be more effective and safer than thalidomide. Like thalidomide, it is taken by mouth, as a capsule, and does not carry the type of side effects commonly associated with cancer chemotherapy like nausea, vomiting, and hair loss.
Initial studies with lenalidomide, as with most new drugs to treat cancer, were carried out in the laboratory on myeloma cells and in animal models of myeloma. In these studies, the drug was found to be several-fold more powerful than thalidomide. This led to several clinical trials in patients with multiple myeloma.
The first clinical trials were conducted to determine the correct dose of the drug and to establish its safety (Phase I trials). These trials were carried out at the University of Arkansas (Little Rock, AR) and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (Boston, MA). These studies showed that the maximum tolerated dose of lenalidomide was 25mg daily. Importantly, in both trials, patients with advanced multiple myeloma responded to the treatment. At least a 25% drop in the M protein (M spike; paraprotein level) was seen in 50-60% of the patients. These results were particularly impressive because most patients had failed other effective regimens, and some had already failed thalidomide.
With the success of these initial trials, a larger trial was conducted to more accurately determine the response rate with lenalidomide in patients with relapsed and refractory myeloma (Phase II trial). This trial was conducted jointly at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Mayo Clinic (Rochester, MN), St. Vincent's Hospital (New York, NY), and the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center (Tampa, FL). Of 101 patients treated, approximately 25% achieved a partial response to therapy which is a 50% or higher reduction in M protein level. Overall about 35% of patients had a drop in their M spike by at least 25%.
The Independent Data Monitoring Committee (IDMC) responsible for overseeing two clinical trials of lenalidomide (CC-5013; Revlimid®) found a statistically significant improvement in time to disease progression the primary endpoint of these Phase III trials in patients receiving Revlimid plus dexamethasone compared to patients receiving dexamethasone alone. The trials have been unblinded many months earlier than originally projected. Celgene Corporation is allowing all patients in these studies to get Revlimid if they want to. Plans are under way to offer expanded access to Revlimid for patients with previously treated myeloma (subject to appropriate regulatory approval).
Lenalidomide was in the news recently when two large randomized studies showed that the combination of lenalidomide plus dexamethasone (Rev-Dex) is significantly more effective than dexamethasone alone. These studies are referred to as Phase III trials, in which patients were assigned to either of the two treatments being studied by a computer program similar to a coin toss. All patients had relapsed/refractory myeloma. Over 700 patients participated in these Phase III trials. The time from diagnosis to myeloma progression was much longer in patients receiving lenalidomide plus dexamethasone compared to dexamethasone alone. These results are very exciting and suggest that lenalidomide is a very active drug to treat multiple myeloma. These studies will hopefully lead to approval of the drug by the Food and Drug Administration when the final efficacy and safety data are reviewed.
As with thalidomide, the effectiveness of lenalidomide in patients at the relapsed and refractory stage has led to clinical trials in newly diagnosed myeloma, as first-line treatment. In a recent Mayo Clinic trial, over 80% of patients with newly diagnosed myeloma responded to the combination of lenalidomide plus dexamethasone (Rev-Dex). There were far fewer serious side effects compared to the Thal-Dex regimen. As a result, Rev-Dex promises to be one of the major treatment options when patients are first diagnosed with myeloma. Since lenalidomide is not commercially available, the Rev-Dex regimen is currently available to patients only as part of clinical trials. In the United States, two large trials are available to patients with newly diagnosed myeloma. These trials are coordinated by the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) and the Southwest Oncology Group (SWOG), and are available through many centers nationwide. Please visit the IMF website at www.myeloma.org or call 800-452-CURE (2873) to learn more about clinical trial enrollment.
Lenalidomide is dispensed as capsules. The most common dosing used in multiple myeloma is 25 mg given orally daily on days 1-21 and repeated every 28 days (days 22-28 are rest days). Doses are then modified based on side effects. The main side effects are low blood counts. Unlike thalidomide, significant sedation, constipation, or neuropathy is not common with this drug. Although no birth defects have been reported with lenalidomide, stringent precautions to prevent pregnancy and to prevent pregnant woman from receiving this drug are required.
The mechanism by which lenalidomide works is not fully known. It belongs to a class of drugs called "immunomodulatory drugs" (or "ImiDs"). It is felt to work by boosting the immune system to help fight the cancer cells more effectively. Lenalidomide is also directly toxic to the myeloma cells and likely interferes with the blood supply that is needed for cancer cells to grow.
Lenalidomide is not commercially available, but will hopefully be approved in the near future. It is a very promising and effective addition to the treatment of myeloma. Besides trials in newly diagnosed myeloma discussed above, ongoing trials are testing combinations of lenalidomide with other active anti-myeloma agents such as bortezomib (VELCADE®). In addition to myeloma, lenalidomide has also shown efficacy in a certain form of myelodysplastic syndrome, another disease involving the bone marrow.


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Adrienne Shaw's heart was set on going out of state for college. After weighing her options, she realized that Westminster College offered the best value—in cost and level of education. The university's small class sizes and focus on liberal arts suited her; she enjoyed the campus environment and thanks to Westminster's generous financial aid offer, tuition was more realistic.
"I love that I'm not just a number, but a face with a name and somebody really cares about me," she says. "Because we have such small numbers, you have the experience catered to you." Professors make an effort to keep students engaged and notice when you miss class.
Graduating with a marketing degree in 2010, Adrienne plans to pursue a career in event planning and coordinating for non-profit organizations and political parties. Westminster's marketing program, unlike many universities, is housed in the business school. The business core, a required part of Adrienne's degree, provides her with a stronger skill-set. "I get a huge range of accounting, financing and classes I may not have taken originally, but that are really beneficial to my major and my life in general," she says.
As an active member in the city and campus community, Adrienne has gained a great deal of event planning experience. During her internship with the Utah Democratic Party, she helped coordinate fundraising events, such as the Legislative Gala, Eleanor Roosevelt Luncheon and Jefferson-Jackson Celebration.
As the activities coordinator for the Associated Students of Westminster College (ASWC)—the university's student government and activities board—Adrienne has been involved with planning dances, lectures and the weekly Wild Wednesday activity. Her involvement in these organizations has helped her build networks, improve her time management skills and understand how to better cater the to community's expectations. "The active building of relationships that are professional is really beneficial," she says.
The ASWC has been, in a sense, Adrienne's college experience. Starting as an intern freshman year, she has been working her way up the ranks—becoming a senator, a chair for the Film and Lecture Series, the current activities coordinator and was recently elected vice president for the 2009-10 academic year.
Adrienne's passion and commitment to improve students' college experience was her motivation to run for VP with Brody Leven, who will serve a second term as president. Their focus is to encourage student involvement through attending activities, and to find something they're passionate about and make it their own.
Being part of the effort to increase athletic support has been one of Adrienne's greatest memories this academic year. To show support of Westminster's teams, all of the ASWC members—more than 30 students—made an effort to attend all of the sporting events and invite friends along. "We had a huge reaction," she said. Sports became the buzz around campus and a sense of school spirit could be felt as the community filled the stands.
The most memorable of the events was a basketball game where the Griffin's won by a one-point buzzer beater and fans rushed to the court in celebration. "I'm getting chills just thinking about it," she says. "It was so exciting."
College isn't all academics, or all social—it's the balance of the two that has made for a rewarding experience. Westminster campus size, liberal arts component and opportunities for involvement have been a perfect fit for Adrienne. As a commuter student, the ASWC gave her a tie to campus. She not only met students outside of class, but has also gained experience essential to her career path.


text: Mary St. Clair from Fredericktown, pictured, opened the night of Victory Gospel Jubilee music and singing at the North Lima Business Complex on Friday. The Majestic Sounds Quartet was the featured group from Wilmington joining St. Clair in gathering the center stage spotlight. Also headlining a two-hour concert were the Golden Street Singers from Farmdale. It was the second in a series of four Jubilees. Future dates are Nov. 2 and a 2012 finale will be staged with a five-hour concert on New Year's Eve. Tickets for those concerts are free and can be reserved by calling 800-284-9709. (Salem News photo by Larry Shields)


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City Treasurer Bob Tullis reported city income tax receipts last year increased by 4.1 percent over the previous year, with a total income of $4,321,303 in 2012.
The income tax receipts were $170,238 higher in 2012 than they were in 2011, with more than $3.1 million coming from taxes withheld from employees in the city by their employers.
A copy of the latest income tax report is available on the Salem city website, which can be accessed at www.cityofsalemohio.org. Tullis said the report can also be emailed to anyone who wants it by city Income Tax Administrator Fred Pamer.
When the budget for this year was approved last month, city Auditor Betty Brothers said she estimated income tax revenue of $4.15 million for 2013, with $3,308,391 of that going to the general fund and the rest going to debt repayment and capital improvements.
The city follows an 85 percent/15 percent tax split, with 85 percent going to general fund and 15 percent going to debt and capital improvements.
In other business, Tullis said the income tax office processed 15,808 documents last year, or 46 more than the previous year.
In a tax matter of interest to any taxpayer who didn't take advantage of the now defunct tax amnesty program or who may still owe money to the city or thinks they may owe money for taxes to the city, Tullis said they're ready to send the city's data to the Central Collection Agency in Cleveland.
The city contracted with the agency through the city of Cleveland to check the city of Salem's records against the federal tax return data base in an effort to identify people who may owe Salem city income tax but haven't filed returns.
Tullis said anyone in the city who filed a federal tax return and did not file a Salem city income tax return but should have will be flagged. Once the person is identified, they'll no longer be able to work with the city income tax office. They'll have to deal with CCA.
"You will deal with them, you will no longer deal with us," he said.
He said anyone who thinks they may owe money should take care of it now at the Salem city income tax office because once it's identified by CCA, the city will be out of the loop. Call the income tax office at 330-332-4241, option 2, or just come into the office on the second floor of city hall.
CCA will send letters and pursue the filing of missing returns, billing of underpaid taxes and unreported withholding from local businesses, charging the city 5 percent of the total amount collected.
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