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of Angels, you should find a long-awaited report just issued on the state of
the city quite disconcerting. The scathing document paints a horrifically bleak
and unflattering picture of LA on just about every imaginable level. It's only
20 pages long but that's long enough to rip the city apart and those
responsible for running it.
Perhaps the most telling part of the report says "Los Angeles is barely
treading water while the rest of the world is moving forward." That quote
is right at the top of page one and it goes downhill from there. The study was
done by the Los Angeles 2020 Commission--a 13-member panel convened last year
by City Council President Herb Wesson.
The report goes on to say "we risk falling further behind in adapting to
the realities of the 21st century and becoming a city in decline."
So who's to blame for LA's dismal future? According to those who put together
the scathing study, city leaders, who refuse to make hard financial decisions,
are driving our metropolis toward inexorable doom. Indeed, it compares the
behavior of those charged with managing our municipality to that of the
"hapless" character Mr. Micawber in Charles Dickens' David
Copperfield; accusing local powerbrokers of just waiting and hoping for
something good to happen.
The report is called "A Time for Truth," prepared by a panel
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a prominent businessman and former Deputy Mayor under former Mayor Antonio
Villaraigosa. Among other things, it says the city's poverty rate is higher
than in any other American city. Just how bad is it? Well, the study says those
who earn what it calls poverty pay translates to nearly 40% of our community living
in what only can be described as "misery." Another bad sign, L-A has
only four Fortune 500 companies, down from 12 a decade ago and barely 10% of
New York City's 43. And let's not even get started on what the document says
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9:00am Monday 13th January 2014 in Echo News
TOUCHING tributes have been paid to a Leigh man and talented actor who has died after a long illness.
Brian Darvell died peacefully on December 19, at the age of 80.
He had lived in Leigh since he was four and joined the Southend Operatic and Dramatic Society in 1968, singing and dancing on stage for nearly 40 years, performing many shows at the Cliffs Pavilion.
Although he was not a professional actor, Brian appeared on television several times in supporting roles on the Bill, and he popped up in EastEnders, quietly supping a pint in the Queen Vic.
He and identical twin brother Ivor were inseparable, starring alongside each other in shows and travelling the world together.
Brian even tried to sign up for the Army when Ivor was conscripted.
Sister Joan said: "We were so close.
"It's strange to hear of a family staying in the same town and doing all the same things together, but we loved it.
"The twins were inseparable. Brian was blind in his left eye and failed the Army medical test, but he tried any way he could to get in and follow Ivor."
The twins appeared on television together in a BBC Horizon programme examining the link between identical twins.
Ivor said: "I finished the task before him and sat back, but when Brian was done he threw his hands up and shouted 'voila!'. That was Brian, always a showman."
In his later years Brian cared for his mother, Hilda, and took over the running of the family business, Leigh's A1 Dining Rooms, until she passed away, aged 104, in 2007.
Joan added: "He was her sole carer and companion in her final years. I remember him once telling me he thought she would never die."
Brian never married. He leaves behind siblings Joan, 81, Ivor 80 and Roland, 84. His funeral will be held at Southend Crematorium on Monday, January 13, at noon.
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Attorney-General Yehuda Weinstein on Thursday tried to push forward a new initiative which would radically increase police power to search people both above and under their clothing to cases even without any concrete suspicion.
Weinstein publicized his support for the proposed bill in a letter to Yisrael Beytenu MK and Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee chair David Rotem.
Under the current law, which is similar in many democracies, police generally can only search people if they have at least a reasonable suspicion that the person is committing or will be committing a crime.
The proposed law could fundamentally alter the balance of police power visa vise citizens privacy rights.
The bill was first proposed on May 23, 2011. But it has recently gathered steam in the aftermath of a series of disturbing and public crimes which have riled the public.
The attorney-general noted that he and Police Chief Insp. Gen. Yohanan Danino see "eye to eye" on this issue and believe that the new bill would invaluably increase police effectiveness in preventing crime.
Weinstein also noted that the departure from the current law would be limited by the fact that the new police search powers would only apply in specific designated public areas, such as stadiums, restaurants, discos and institutes.
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Due to this decade's U.S. Census numbers, the New York City Council, like every legislative body the country, was Constitutionally required to adjust its boundaries to reflect population shifts within its jurisdiction. This afternoon, the city's Districting Commission released its second, and likely final, proposal for the new lines.
Although the commission is technically independent, its lines usually favor the City Council establishment, which appoints many of its members. Accordingly, at an immediate glance, the maps do not appear to be massively different from the draft proposal released earlier this year, which protected most existing legislators, with a couple exceptions.
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It's believed an agreement with Edwards has been in place for awhile. The announcement of his hiring came a day after the college signing day for high school recruits.Mark Gaughan of The Buffalo News. (Hat tip: Buffalo Rumblings.)
Georgia didn't end up impressing to the degree Bulldog fans wanted to. UGA lost out on some highly touted recruits, some to other SEC schools like Da'Rick Rogers to Tennessee. The final ranking was not as high as most wanted either, but there's a good reason for that. Georgia signed just 19 players, and a larger class with the same proportion of star ratings as those 19 would have resulted in a much higher ranking. On an average star basis, Mark Richt made out better than a lot of the teams ranked above him, so while it wasn't a blowout day, it wasn't a failure either.Year2 on national signing day.
One more point about Da'Rick. You hear a lot of whispers about what really went into his defection and off-field concerns about him, but in the wake of his putting on the orange cap, all that sounds like the same sort of sour grapes that emanated from the other side last year when Marlon Brown pulled a similar 180 and signed with the Dogs. Let's not stoop to that level. The kid had a change of heart. Leave it at that.Bill King on national signing day.
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Do I have impeccable timing or what? Just a couple days after asking this, ESPN decided to make it official. So now the official poll is up. Go vote. Right now, 2008 Utah is winning nationally and locally. While you're there, also vote for Urban Meyer/ Ron McBride over LaVell Edwards. Why? Because.
A pretty good article about Sean Smith from the Palm Beach Post. "He's a freak of nature," Miami receiver Davone Bess said. "He really moves well for as big as he is. He's very physical. Very physical."
I discussed this yesterday and thought I would provide the link. Meyer also states he has Utah real high in his poll and that they are 'a hell of a team'. Though it seems the reasoning from the Orlando paper for the comment is that Meyer doesn't want to fan any flames if there is a chance the two meet (say in the Sugar Bowl). Sounds reasonable enough for me.
Utah has moved up in both polls, coming in at 8th and 7th after defeating TCU. That loss dropped TCU to 15th in the Media Poll and 18th in the Coaches. BYU is 16th in the Media and 14th in the Coaches.
No movement, though Boise State passed the Utes in the Media Poll.
Utah is ranked 12th in both polls, moving 2 spots up in the media and one spot in the coaches. TCU is now ranked 15th in both polls, while BYU is 18th in the media and 17th in the Coaches.
Still ranked 13th and 14th.
They moved up one spot in the media, two spots in the coaches. BYU dropped a spot in both polls.
Utah moved up 3 spots to 17th in both the media and coaches poll. TCU has cracked the top-25 after their win over SMU, as has Boise State with their win at Oregon. BYU is now 11th in both polls.
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This occurred about 8 p.m. near the intersection of Highway 291.
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Fresh out of rehab, Lindsay Lohan is guest hosting "Chelsea Lately" tonight, according to Entertainment Weekly. (That's the little known 13th step.)
Despite her own years of troubles, the actress doesn't hesitate to take playful swings at other celebs: After a story about Kristen Stewart blowing up at the paparazzi, Lohan joked, "I'm just excited that Kristen Stewart finally showed some emotion."
Classic Lohan burn! She's been in rehab for a while, so she probably doesn't know that's a somewhat tired Kristen Stewart joke. Lindsay quickly clarified, "No, I love her, I'm a Kristen Stewart fan." She added, "Of course she hates photographers. You know they caught a picture of her kissing a married man in a Mini Cooper."
She who lives in a house made of much, much more incriminating photographs shouldn't throw stones, Lindsay.
Rumors surfaced recently that Lohan was being considered for a role in Ben Affleck's upcoming film "Live By Night." However, a source on the production denies that the role has been cast — and says there's no way Lohan will land it.
"It's not true," the source told Us Weekly. "First off, no one has been cast. [Lohan] will not be cast in any role in the movie. She is not being considered for any role in the movie. She won't be in the movie."
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Richard C. Hoagland calls himself "a former NASA consultant", although that claim is dismissed as groundless (or exaggerated). However, I have just came across this blog post discussing 4th Conference on Planetology and Space Mission Planning, which took place in 1972, at the time of Apollo 17 launch. The post discusses that the conference proceedings have never been published (which it attributes to the financial problems of the event organizers); however, it includes a conference agenda. Between Asimov, Mailer, Sagan, Minsky, etc. we have:
Considering that the conference was ridiculously expensive, that's pretty surprising. I'd guess that his employer had to finance the trip. Looking around I found this site debunking Hoagland, which contains the following quote:Richard Hoagland: The Space Shuttle
Hoagland at a mission control. On top of this, somewhere on the Hoagland's site there is a black-and-white photo from the Apollo/Viking era (judging by the clothes and furniture style), which shows Hoagland and some other guy in an office standing above a table covered with photographs. The caption goes something like "Hoagland points out problems with [Lunar Orbiter? Viking?] data to NASA scientists". Unfortunately I have been unable to locate that photograph now (that site is a mess), but let's assume for the sake of discussion that it exists.I was standing beside science writer Richard Hoagland at Voyager mission control at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, gazing intently at one of the television monitors displaying Voyager 2 images of Europa.
My question then is the following:
Hoagland seems to take his credentials from the fact that he was somehow involved with NASA in 1970s. There is evidence of him actually visiting the NASA facilities and hanging out with NASA scientists. So, does anyone know:
1. What was Hoagland actually doing in the 1970s? Is anyone familiar with his employment history?
2. Hoagland apparently was visiting NASA facilities in that era. Now, I am not that familiar with U.S. customs, but I don't think you can just walk around NASA facilities without getting a badge or something. He claims that he was a "NASA consultant", but does that mean he was actually contracted? Or, was he just going around the facilities with a press accreditation?


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Updated 3:34pm Tuesday 19th February 2013 in News By Tom Edwards, Political Reporter
AN AMBITIOUS £7 million bid is being made to build a new Worcestershire railway station, it has emerged.
The county council wants to make the long-awaited dream of Worcestershire Parkway a reality - and is going cap-in-hand to the Government for the money.
Bosses are going to bid for a slice of a £20 million 'New Stations Fund' being made available for the country's best bids.
County Hall chiefs say £7 million would pay for a station facility on land at Norton, near Worcester, a booking office, 500 parking spaces, toilets, cycle parking and a bus service 'drop and collect' service.
If successful, it would mean Worcestershire can tap into more direct services to London, the South West, South Wales, Birmingham and beyond.
Transport chiefs also say it would allow the county to access many long distance cross country trains currently bypassing Worcestershire.
That includes Birmingham and Bristol inter city services which currently do not stop in Worcestershire despite passing through it.
It would provide a platform on the Cotswold line, provision for two further platforms for the Birmingham to Bristol line, and potential for a second Cotswold line platform if it is redoubled in the future.
If the bid is accepted a planning application would be made in April 2014 and the new station would open by the summer of 2016.
Norton Parkway has been an aim for political leaders in Worcestershire for at least 30 years, but this bid will be the first time a formal attempt has been made to get funds for it.
Last August the vision for the station took a major step forward when the Department for Transport said there was a "positive financial and economic case."
Councillor Simon Geraghty, deputy leader and cabinet member for economy and infrastructure, said: "The Government's fund presents an opportunity to bid for the funding needed to build the station and everything will be done to push the case for it."
Mid-Worcestershire MP Peter Luff, one of three county MPs to write a letter of support for the bid, said: "I am very strongly in favour of this - this really puts a marker down.
"The momentum behind this has grown to such an extent that Worcestershire Parkway will definitely happen, it's just a question of when and not if."
He said many commuters currently drive to Warwick Parkway and leave their cars overnight to head to Oxford or London because of a lack of parking at Foregate Street.
Worcester MP Robin Walker and West Worcestershire MP Harriett Baldwin have also sent letters of support for the bid.
Mr Walker said: "We all want to see this happen, it would be fantastic."
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reflector says...
However I am bit puzzled by the reported cost as the new Bromsgrove station was reported last month to be costed at £13 million. Although I assume this would include the electrification of the line to Barnt Green, the station itself would be three platforms just on the Birmingham to Bristol line. Worcester Parkway would be more complex with platforms not only on that line but on the Cotswold line also so I would expect it to cost rather more, not £6 million less.
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CJH says...
Marrowman wrote:Well,,,it's at Norton, what else would you call it? And what's wrong with it being called after a village? Paddington and Marylebone were not much more than villages when their stations were built.
I would guess that this bid is only for part of the funding required. I hope it succeeds, and I really wish the Worcester News would stop referring to it as Norton Parkway. Why would you want to name a major parkway station after a village?? It's like referring to Warwick Parkway as Hampton Magna Parkway (the nearby village...) it's just silly.
9:48pm Tue 19 Feb 13
MulsanneChap says...
If extended journey times are an issue for the Cross Country operator, the line between Norton Junction and Shrub Hill could be upgraded for higher speeds while a new short spur linking the Cotswold Line to the northbound Birmingham-Bristol line could be constructed, all for probably less than a new station which won't have all operator's services stop at. Improve what we have rather than start from scratch with little benefit.
9:57pm Tue 19 Feb 13
Malaky says...
Which proposal will accomplish that for me?
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cohenbk says...
Firstly look at crosscountry and the way in which they operate, they seem reluctant to stop anywhere on their mainline services, even if it means bypassing some busy stations e.g. Gloucester and Weston-Super-Mare, so I would imagine that few of their services would actually call at this station.
Secondly, there are far more useful station calls that should be added on the Birmingham-Bristol line:
Barnt Green to improve Redditch's connection to the railway network.
Bromsgrove to serve an underserved, large town.
Ashchurch to serve one of the worst served stations in the region which is the railhead for a fairly sized town.
Gloucester to serve an important city.
Thirdly, it would be an extra call for Cotswold line train to Oxford and London which already seem to stop at every hamlet, some have suggested that Shrub Hill close, but Shrub Hill is far more useful than Norton would be.
The council seem to overestimate the potential of park and ride schemes like this one (look at those white elephants at Perdiswell and Six Ways) and once you have driven from central Worcester to Norton you will have probably used up most of the time saved by faster services.
I would rather see some money spent on improving our current services and stations instead of this waste of money.
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You're going to think this sounds crazy -- "My kids won't even eat kale cooked," you might be saying to yourself -- but that's the point exactly. Usually I sauté kale with lots of garlic and salt and olive oil, and my kids like it fine that way. But this fresh salad? They eat it with their fingers and really like it. Besides, this bright salad takes about 4 seconds to put together, it's super sweet and fresh tasting, you need way less kale than you would for cooking it, and it is like a beacon of healthfulness shining through the fog of holiday pie and gravy.
As long as it's fresh, you can use any kind of kale: curly green kale, purple kale (which is what I used here), or dinosaur kale, which is the kind that has kind of warty-looking, spear-shaped, super-dark leaves. I have used and liked them all.
Total time: 5 minutes
Yield: 4 servings
4-6 very large leaves of kale, washed and spun dry
1 garlic clove, peeled and pressed through a garlic press
1-2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice (from around half a lemon)
1-2 tablespoons olive oil
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt (or half as much table salt)
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a handful of coarsely chopped walnuts (around 1/3 of a cup), toasted at 350 for 5 minutes (optional)
- Strip the ruffly leaves off the kale's stems by grasping the bottom of each stem and pulling your hand up it forcefully. That sounds all wrong, but you'll see. It's easy. Or else simply cut the leaves off the stems with a knife. Discard the stems.
- Now stack and bunch the leaves together, then use a large, very sharp knife to sliver them.
- Stir together the garlic, lemon, oil, and salt in a large bowl, then add the kale and toss. Taste it, and add more lemon, oil, or salt as needed to make the flavors bright and balanced.
- Toss in the cheese and walnuts and serve as a side dish or salad course.
Recipe Tip: The kale has to be very fresh; you have to sliver it very fine; and you have to make sure it's lemony and garlicky and salty enough. The walnuts and parmesan are nice but not crucial additions. You can leave them out and just eat the kale.
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MPs Tom Brake and Paul Burstow spoke at a meeting to discuss the future of the Wimbledon Loop services through Blackfriars station.
Tom Brake said: "It was a relief to see that Network Rail are responding to commuters' calls to look again at plans which would have stopped all Wimbledon Loop services at Blackfriars.
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On Feb. 2 of each year, according to tradition, the world's most famous groundhog announces whether or not winter will soon end by either climbing out of his western Pennsylvania burrow, or retreating back to bed.
If this is any indicator, I'm guessing that Punxsutawney Phil will not only leave his hole in the ground, but will likely set out a lawn chair and enjoy the early spring.
But how did a groundhog graduate to meteorologist? Here's a few little-known facts about :
1. The first Groundhog Day was celebrated in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania in 1886, but it has far deeper roots than that. Historians trace its origin back to Candlemas, a European tradition that said that if a hedgehog saw its shadow the morning of Feb. 2, we haven't seen the last of winter. The hedgehog was later changed to groundhog when German settlers reached Pennsylvania and realized that groundhogs were plentiful, while hedgehogs were nowhere to be found.
2. The folks that started the American tradition were actually groundhog hunters. The first group to make the morning trek to Gobbler's Knob -- Phil's alleged home -- were actually a group of hunters called "The Punxsutawney Groundhog Club." Of course, they decided to let Phil live, as astounded as they were by his weather-forecasting abilities.
3. Punxsutawney Phil is a magical groundhog that lives forever. OK, maybe not really, but according to the folks of the current Punxsutawney Groundhog Club, Phil drinks a special elixir every year that gives him seven more years of life. Not a bad deal, considering that the average groundhog only lives six to eight years -- which might suggest that there have been at least 18 different Phils over the years.
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9:20am Thursday 27th February 2014 in News By Corey Ross
A CITY eyesore could be given a new lease of life if plans to build four new houses are approved.
The Devizes Road house has been vacant for a number of years and applicant Wessex Water Services Limited wants to demolish it and build a terrace of four two-bedroom houses with a new access and parking area.
The house is next to a water treatment works and a covered reservoir and was once occupied by on-site staff, but the treatment works is now unmanned.
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The good: The HTC One X+ has a quad-core processor, 64GB of storage, and Android Jelly Bean, plus a great camera, all for $199.99.
The bad: The HTC One X+'s battery life is short. The phone also lacks an SD card slot, and its battery can't be removed.
The bottom line: Although it does have some flaws, the $199.99 HTC One X+ is currently the best Android buy on AT&T.
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A phone with amazing specs!
by vrs2008 on December 18, 2012
Pros: Fast performance, great camera and great screen!
Cons: Low battery life, but isn't noticable.
Summary: An amazing phone, one that deserves to be in the top 5.
Summary: An amazing phone, one that deserves to be in the top 5.
1 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.
I bought this phone and it is absolutely awesome.
by dallen0508 on December 4, 2012
Pros: No pros for me. This phone is definitely amped up!!!
Cons: Everything. I almost purchased the galaxy note 2, but I am very excited with my choice. The phone is performing like a heavyweight champion.
Summary: I am a techie kind of person and I took some time on reviewing the galaxy when at the very last minute I came across this phone. Then after viewing ...
Summary: I am a techie kind of person and I took some time on reviewing the galaxy when at the very last minute I came across this phone. Then after viewing the specs. I said am sold. I highly recommend this phone to any and everyone. HTC really needs to put some money in advertising this item.
1 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.
I won't buy a new phone for another year.
by techie_MIT on January 13, 2014
Pros: Right size & weight. Shifted fr 5' screen to this. Like the length-width of One X+ vs skinny One.
Blazing fast. One X+ passed my litmus test: Skype w/video. Didn't crash & good call quality.
No more wrong time. Props to new Android softwar
Cons: It gets hot esp when I play games.
The battery life runs out but I found a fix. Put it on sleep mode by lightly pressing the power button.
Summary: I don't have phone envy anymore.
Some more pros:
1. Camera on HDR mode produced amazing photos
2. FM radio. I prefer the regular FM radio over streaming.
3. ...
Summary: I don't have phone envy anymore.
Some more pros:
1. Camera on HDR mode produced amazing photos
2. FM radio. I prefer the regular FM radio over streaming.
3. 64 GB memory. I back up my files on this phone
4. Free Dropbox
5. Volume can really go loud
1. Front camera makes lousy selfies
A damn good phone, sadly overshadowed by the new One...
by Hjortron on August 28, 2013
Pros: Beautiful display (720p is MORE THAN fine)
64GB storage as standard
Beats audio
Great Music Player app
Excellent design
Great in-hand feel (doesn't need a case, as the body of the phone feels like a case already, and is very rugged)
Sense 4+ is great
Cons: Battery life not great
GPS not great
Phone overheats occasionally
Speaker not loud enough
Summary: The HTC One X+ is an AWESOME phone, and I love it. Yes, it has its bad points, but doesn't everything? This phone never got much recognition. It was ...
Summary: The HTC One X+ is an AWESOME phone, and I love it. Yes, it has its bad points, but doesn't everything? This phone never got much recognition. It was kind of conceived as a late-2012 reboot of the original One X, tweaked to better compete with the Samsung Galaxy S III. It is now overshadowed bythe new One, which is ccertainly a great phone as well, but as an owner of BOTH, I must confess that there are still things about the One X+ that I prefer over the One:
1) Build quality & materials: While the new One is beautiful, and is made of top quality materials, I must confess that in many ways, I actually prefer the in-hand feel of the One X+. It's got softer edges, and is easier on the hand. It also is a lot more rugged, and doesn't feel as fragile, or as susceptible to damage as the new One. I don't feel like I have to have a case on the One X+, as its body feels like a case already, is less susceptible to scratches, and (because it's made of polycarbonate), won't dent.
2) Sense 4+: Dare I say, I think I actually prefer Sense 4+ to Sense 5! While I certainly appreciate the evolution & modernization of the design elements, many things, to me, are preferable in Sense 4+: The keyboard, the widgets, the customization ability, the absence of BlinkFeed (BlinkFeed isn't BAD, but it should be optional), the task manager...
3) Standard 3 capacative buttons instead of 2 (missing Multitasking button) on the new One: I can't imagine why they would get rid of that.
So, overall, the One X+ is still a DAMN good phone. And you can probably get it for a song now that everyone's attention is so squarely focused on the new One. Don't overlook this gem!
Nice but......
by brownsteel2595 on March 22, 2013
Pros: Great screen resolution. Camera is very good. Fast with 4G. 64 GB of space. Beats audio.
Cons: Screen is a smudge magnet. Call quality and phone speaker. AT$T. Drops calls and loses connection. Accessories are expensive and difficult to find. HTC Sync Manager. GPS. Eats up SIM cards.
Summary: I really like this phone for many reasons. The camera for still photographs is very good. I recently used the camera for a work project and was very pleased with ...
Summary: I really like this phone for many reasons. The camera for still photographs is very good. I recently used the camera for a work project and was very pleased with the detail it provided. The video camera is very nice. The processor is fast with 4G and WiFi. The screen resolution for HD movies from Ultraviolet was very good. 64GB of space is actually more like 55GB when you subtract the AT&T bloatware and systems files but that still is plenty of room for movies, music and files. Beats audio and the bluetooth sound clip for car or stereo does sound very good on most music. Some music seems a little weak in the mid range and overlt tweaked on the high end, but all in all nice sound.
I don't like this phone for just that it's voice quality. When I did my research I was looking at reviews from a practical I am going to use this as a phone perspective and this phone got pretty good reviews. What I have found is that the incoming calls when placed on speaker are tinny and sometimes difficult to understand. Outgoing calls on speaker sound similar to people on other end. In the six weeks I've had this phone it has dropped telephone calls and network connections frequently. I have been to AT&T three times with this phone and I have gone through two SIM cards. AT&T store personnel say it is the SIM card and the phone and have authorized a replacement of the phone. Therein lies my issue with AT&T they will replace this six week old phone with a refurbished phone. So in short I am going to get someone elses problem phone which has "been inspected and repaired by HTC." Got to love AT&T. Car accessories for this phone are tough to find and expensive. I purchased the HTC 3.5mm bluetooth adaptor which is excellent in streaming music to my car stereo BUT will not stream telephone to car speakers. It will stream turn by turn directions from Google Maps, kind of strange. HTC Sync is not horrible just not all that good. This phone screen is a smudge magnet and needs to be cleaned often.
In closing this is a nice phone but the quality issues and AT$T bring the rating from a 4.5 down to a 3 and the 3 is generous.
I love my one x+.
by jignalpaghadar on March 8, 2013
Pros: Quality does matter. Design of one x+ is very attractive.
Cons: No Cons in one x+.
Summary: It has amazing camera and wonderful animations.
Clock+weather widget is awesome and every time weather spreads out with amazing animations and sounds.
Camera is very user-friendly and quick with ...
Summary: It has amazing camera and wonderful animations.
Clock+weather widget is awesome and every time weather spreads out with amazing animations and sounds.
Camera is very user-friendly and quick with 1.7 GHz processor.
Design of phone is very attractive.
It is a wonderful experience with htc.
Amazing phone!
by FrankLegend21 on March 5, 2013
Pros: Good UI; Sense 4+ was better than I expected
Fast speed; the overclocked Tegra 3 is comparable to the S4 pro, but more power-hungry
Durable; has survived several drops
Great camera; good picture quality
Good sound quality overall
Beautiful screen
Cons: Battery life a bit dodgy; standby mode drains a lot of battery
Beats Audio makes some songs sound worse
Succeeded by the One after less than 5 months of release
Tegra 3 processor struggles with unsupported 3D games
Video is compressed and choppy
Summary: As my first smartphone I thought this was an amazing phone overall. The UI is very nice; much better from what I expected on HTC Sense. The screen is a ...
Summary: As my first smartphone I thought this was an amazing phone overall. The UI is very nice; much better from what I expected on HTC Sense. The screen is a beauty; the colours pop out and the brightness is great. The Android Jelly Bean OS runs very fast and smoothly. However with some 3D games the Tegra 3 struggles and lags; it typically only works well with Tegra 3-optimized games.correction: Sorry I meant to say 1.6 MP front camera. Also while the rear camera is choppy the front camera records very smooth 720p video.
The camera is very good and comparable with a point-and-shoot of similar resolution. However, some users have noted that its image quality is slightly worse than the original HTC One X. This can be explained by the fact that the original One X had a Samsung sensor while the One X+ uses an Omnivision sensor. However, the image processing chip itself seems to also overprocess the image as there is a lot of noise reduction and oversharpness applied. Video quality is disappointing as the video frame rate is choppy and has a lower bitrate than the original One X. Compression artifacts are quite obvious. Audio capture is very good although it sounds muddy unless you use Beats Audio (one area where Beats actually works pretty well). The front camera is only 1.9 MP but pretty good for its resolution
There have been some complaints about the sound quality of previous Tegra 3 devices including the original international One X. Many users complained about distortion and hissing. Some reviewers have commented that is greatly improved in the One X+, while others still notice hissing. Although I've not listened to previous devices, I can say that the audio for the One X+ is very good; there is a little bit of hissing from the audio chip but the sound is not distorted, turn off Beats Audio if you notice any distortion. Beats Audio works fine overall but I generally prefer the more flat audio response without beats. On larger headphones like my Panasonic HTX7, the One X+ does not play as much volume in the music and Beats boosts the volume well enough, but it also adds audio artifacts. Listening to Viva La Vida by Coldplay, I noticed this "zigzag" string vibrato that is not there when I use the same headphones on the computer. You can't really hear the bells either, so much for the lyrics "I hear Jerusalem bells a-ringing"! With in-ear headphones such as my Klipsch S4, the One X+ sounds very good at maximum volume. The dynamic range isn't as good as my iPad 2 and the lows and highs roll off a bit; though I think the bass roll-off makes the bass much "tighter" instead of bloaty. For my HTX7s I use JetAudio with a slight bit of preamp. Overall I think the One X+ is very good as a portable music player though you don't really need Beats Audio.
Battery lasts me around 8-10 hours thoughI am typically a WiFi user. On LTE with moderate use (ie browsing, listening to music and playing some games it lasts me 6-8 hours, better than some of the reports online. Standby mode drains the most out of the battery.
Despite some shortcomings the HTC One X+ is overall a great phone.
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by pran16 on February 6, 2013
Pros: AWESOME DISPLAY
Cons: EVEN THOUGH BATTERY IS 2100 MILLI AMPS, STILL NOT ENOUGH.
Summary: MUST BUY
Summary: MUST BUY
Better than anything I've ever used!
by mnewlin3 on January 2, 2013
Pros: Size, Screen, Camera is just awesome, Sound, Speed, 4G, Android JB, 64GB storage, HTC Sense, Media, etc...
Cons: Haven't found any yet. Will keep you updated within a week.
everything is ****
by fatboi1000 on March 10, 2013
Pros: absulotly nothing
Cons: everything
Summary: get a nexus 4
Summary: get a nexus 4
0 out of 4 users found this user opinion helpful.
- Manufacturer: HTC
- Part number: 6300321
- Description: Built for the photographer in you with convenient one-press continuous shooting, simultaneous HD video and high-res photo capture, and a front-facing camera for great shots. Hear music the way the artist intended with exclusive Beats Audio built in. Get easy access to all the music you love via HTC Music hub and Sync Manager.
- Packaged Quantity 1
- Product Type Smartphone
- Form Factor Touch
- Resistance Gorilla Glass 2 (scratch resistant glass)
- Integrated Components GLONASS receiver,
GPS receiver,
2nd camera,
Digital camera,
Digital player,
FM radio,
Voice recorder
- Width 2.76 in
- Depth 0.35 in
- Height 5.29 in
- Weight 4.76 oz
- Body Color Carbon black
- Technology WCDMA (UMTS) / GSM
- Band WCDMA (UMTS) / GSM 850/900/1800/1900
- Mobile Broadband Generation 4G
- Service Provider AT&T
- Operating System Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean)
- User Interface HTC Sense 4+
- Application Software DropBox
- Input Device(s) Touch sensitive screen (multi-touch) , Capacitive
Messaging & Internet
- Cellular Messaging Services MMS,
- Instant Messaging Services Yes
- Supported Social Networks and Blogs Yes
- Mobile Services HTC Music Hub,
HTC Watch
- Data Transmission GPRS,
- Wireless Interface NFC,
Bluetooth 4.0,
IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n
- Communication Features Internet browser,
Mobile Email client
Phone Features
- Phone Functions Call timer,
Conference call,
Flight mode,
Vibrating alert
- Sensors Proximity sensor,
Ambient light sensor,
Gyro sensor,
Digital compass
- Additional Features Beats Audio technology,
ImageSense technology,
DLNA Certified,
TV-out via MHL,
Sharing media via DLNA
- Personal Information Management Synchronization with PC,
Alarm clock
Media Player
- Supported Digital Audio Standards M4A,
- Supported Digital Video Standards MPEG-4,
- Type NVIDIA Tegra 3
- Clock Speed 1.7 GHz
- Processor Core Qty Quad Core
- Bult-in Memory 64 GB
- User Memory 64 GB
Digital Camera
- Sensor Resolution 8 megapixels
- Lens Aperture F/2.0
- Min Focal Length 28 mm
- Focus Adjustment Automatic
- Camera Light Source LED light
- Video Recorder Resolutions 1920 x 1080 (1080p)
- Features Video stabilizer,
Video recording,
BSI sensor
Navigation System
- GPS Navigation A-GPS/GLONASS receiver
- Type LCD display - Color
- Technology Super LCD 2
- Diagonal Size 4.7 in
- Display Resolution 1280 x 720 pixels
- Color Depth 24-bit (16.7 million colors)
- Connector Type Headset jack - Mini-phone 3.5 mm,
- Technology Lithium ion
- Capacity 2100 mAh
- Included Accessories Power adapter
Manufacturer info
- Manufacturer profile
- Browse HTC products on Shopper.com
- Manufacturer:HTC
- Address:
13920 SE Eastgate Way, Bellevue, WA 98005
- Phone: (425) 861-9174
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Day 1
The Women's Refuge brought in Claire some time ago. She had been battered and almost strangled by her ex, leaving her barely talking with a croak, and he had also verbally abused her employers and told them what a piece of work she was, so she had lost her job as well.
She was waiting for a benefit to start, and was worried mainly about her power and phone bills, both of them overdue. We did the normal things, phoned the utilities and wrote letters. We put Claire on the phone to give the ok for us to talk to the phone company, and the customer service officer, not a good English speaker, was so unhelpful that Claire lost the plot completely, gave the woman an earful, then banged the phone down. Not a good negotiating opener.
A week later Claire phoned. She was devastated, because her phone had been disconnected, and she was paranoid that her ex would come back to finish her off, and she wouldn't be able even to phone the police. She was going to end it all, she said. She was meeting her son after school, taking him to the dentist, and then would take her life and leave her problems behind her for ever. I said it wasn't a good idea, but she had thought it all through, she said. It would attract big headlines, create a stir, abused mother takes her life over overdue phone bill, and maybe big utilities would learn that they couldn't treat people like that, and so some good may result. She hung up. She was not hysterical and sobbing, she was calm and deliberate, somehow cold and distant, and she sounded deadly serious. I did not have her mobile number, Women's Refuge people were out, and I got no answer from Mental Health crisis. Who else to phone? The Samaritans?
Finally I phoned the Police on 111. I wasn't sure how Claire would react to the Police arriving at her door, and maybe I would get a mouthful from Claire in return for my actions. When she did phone back however she was overwhelmingly grateful. She had been standing on the edge, close to falling off, and I had saved her. The Police had taken her to the watch-house and given her a cup of tea. They had gone to Work and Income and made an urgent appointment. They had assured her things would be ok, to leave things to the professionals at the budgeting service and not to do anything rash.
The next day, Work and Income paid both utilities bills in full for her, both arrears and current, and I had this beautiful blond throw her arms around me in the middle of the office. I was worried she would start kissing me, and my partner, waiting for me outside, might see us!
I never saw Claire again, although I did have a few phone calls with her about her budget. The last one she was over the moon. She had found a job, $40,000 to start, and it was all my doing, she said. She loved me more than I could ever know. As far as I know she is still doing well. The budget worksheets and cashflows certainly have their place in our work, but sometimes the other needs are even greater, and if we fix these we may not need to do much more.
Day 2
Betty brought in her credit card bill today which was a bit of a surprise. I didn't even know she had a credit card and would certainly have told her as strongly as I could not to go near one. Betty had a health problem and was on Invalid's Benefit, she had intellectual difficulties, an anger management problem, and she was illiterate, although she had learned to sign her name.
A bank had generously posted her an application, pre-approved of course, and once someone had read the letter to her she asked for a pen, and where to sign. Betty soon discovered that she could use her shiny new card to draw money from an ATM, and great wads of bills came forth.
She spent so prolifically that some of the local retailers called the police, wondering how this woman had so much cash to spend, and they casually called in one day to see whether we could help at all. Betty had spent prolifically, on anything that you could name, and once she tired of things she gave them away, so she could buy some more.
Now it was at crunch point. Her balance was $21,500, and her minimum monthly payment was $10,500. She would have found difficulty in fronting up with $20 that day. I told her, no nonsense, that the card had to be destroyed. She sat there in the chair, red faced and tearful, stamping her feet on the ground like a child, and crying 'It's mine, It's mine' like Gollum with his precious ring. In vain did I try to tell her that the card was not hers, it never had been, it belonged to the bank, and they would want it back.
After we sent off the authorisation, the fun bit began. The bank did not really want to talk about the debt much at all. She could borrow some money perhaps, and pay off the debt in full, or the family could help, or they would simply have to begin their normal collection process. It was not their problem, it was Betty's. I argued that they had behaved improperly in sending out the pre-approved offer in the first place. Offering people credit cards without even an assessment is gross folly, and they deserved to have people such as Betty default on payment. They would not have lent her money, so why give her a credit card?
I was quite reasonable with the bank. All I wanted was for a freeze on interest charges, and for the bank to accept $20 per week from Betty for the next 20 years. The bank tried to argue that to discriminate against the Bettys of the world would be a breach of human rights, but could not explain why a failure to approve a loan would not be such a breach.
Finally, with progress so slow, I contacted the Banking Ombudsman, who agreed to forward my complaint to the bank's complaints officer. The final outcome, when it came, blew me away. The bank surrendered completely, and agreed to write off the whole of the debt, subject to some acceptable conditions such as that it was a full and final agreement. Strangely, they also did not want to be named.
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Budgeting isn't really that difficult. It's all pretty simple stuff, really – as theory, that is. Keep track of your expenditure, plan ahead, and all that sort of thing.
But it all presupposes people follow that sort of logical reasoning process, and the longer that I do this work, it seems to me that logic and reason play a very, very small part in it all for very many people.
A former Prime Minister, known for his acerbic wit, once assailed a questioner with the question of 'What part of 'no' don't you understand?'. When someone can't meet the credit contract payments on the washing machine, unless they give up the Chriscos, you would think it was a similar no-brainer, but for many it's a whole lot more complicated than that. They want both things, so desperately, that they become totally blind to the reality that one outcome may well be that they end up with neither.
Joan's new client
When Joan first became an adviser, she was very, very unsure of herself, and would phone me almost every night to ask my advice and check she was going the right way. One day I told her I had a new client for her, a solo dad, with a middling amount of debt, and while he looked ok as a case study, I had doubts as to whether she could make him into a success story in real life, but she said she liked a challenge.
From the beginning they seemed to have rapport, which we talk about a lot in training, and Joan worked out a cashflow for Lance which, if he stuck to it, would get him out of the mess. Lance would say to her 'That's okay, you're the adviser, and I'll do what you advise. I want to get out of this mess.' She would suggest priorities, and he would adopt them; Joan was the adviser and she knew what she was doing. He kept the agreements, paid things when they were due, and got out of debt. He was a dream client, but this is all true.
Joan was good, like that, she saw her job as getting her clients to see reality first, to escape the fantasy and see things as they really were.
Finding the switch
He was chuffed, she was chuffed, and so were we all. But there's a bit of a message here, to all of us. It's not just the numbers, and the bits of paper, it's getting others to see life through the same eyes, the same window as us.
It's finding the switch, if you like, that turns people on, and if we can find this we've got it made. It's a bit of a big word, 'rapport' and it means a lot of things. It's a big world out there, and someone has got hopelessly lost, and we are the rescuers. Somehow we've got to get into others' minds, to make them see that we can suggest solutions, we can lead them out of the wild. We are far more than 'advisers' we are expert guides, trip leader, the St Bernard finding the victims swept away in the avalanche, and every time we can make you see us this way, then other dreams come true. Happy dreams to all.
Change what you can
If your expenses exceed your income, you have to act now. The longer you leave things the bigger the mess. Don't use credit or cards to cover shortfalls, don't leave bills unpaid. Change what you can change, before others force changes on you.
Life involves choices, and choices can be very hard, but that's life and you can't have it all. If your house is on fire, you can only take the most precious and most important belongings. Budgeting is a bit like that. You have to be brutal, wield a razor. And most important of all, trust and listen to your rescuer.
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The Ohio
Valley Bank has established a new scholarship to benefit students attending
Marshall University's Mid-Ohio Valley Center.
"As a locally based business, Ohio Valley Bank
is a longtime partner of the Mid-Ohio Valley Center as it works toward academic
excellence," said Homer Preece, director of the center. "We are pleased to get
this scholarship program under way."
Mario Liberatore, president of Ohio
Valley Bank Point Pleasant and long-time member of the MOVC Board of Advisors,
announced the scholarship agreement June 12. Marshall President Stephen Kopp
and Ron Area, chief executive officer of the Marshall University Foundation,
will oversee the fund.
"I am very happy to be a part of a community
bank like Ohio Valley Bank, who takes great pride in helping the youth in our
area," Liberatore said. "This scholarship is an example of many ways that we
help Mason County and all the other communities that we serve."
Plans call for each recipient of the
scholarship to be a full-time sophomore, junior or senior at MOVC with a
minimum 2.5 grade point average. Priority will be given to students in Mason
County first, then Gallia and Meigs counties
in Ohio. The award will be renewable for up to four years if the recipient
remains in good academic standing with a 2.5 grade point average. Recipients
will be selected by the director of the center, with assistance from the Board
of Advisors and Marshall's Office of Student Financial Assistance. The first scholarship is expected to be awarded
during the 2014-2015 academic year.