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Ol' Dirty Bastard, a founding member of the Wu-Tang Clan and one of the most eccentric personalities in hip-hop, died of unknown causes on Saturday in New York. He would have turned 36 on Monday.
The rapper, whose real name was Russell Tyrone Jones, was having difficulty breathing and complained of chest pains earlier in the day, according to his spokesperson.
Dirty was at Wu-Tang's studio, 36 Records LLC on West 34th Street, when he collapsed in the lounge at approximately 4:35 p.m. on Saturday. EMS workers rushed to the scene but were unable to resuscitate him and he was pronounced dead at 5:04 p.m., according to a spokesperson for the city medical examiner's office.
An autopsy conducted Sunday morning revealed no conclusive results. Toxicology and tissue tests will be administered and the cause of death is expected to be known within 10 days.
Jarred Weisfeld, ODB's manager, said that the rapper was entirely drug free and that he was committed to getting his life back on track. "He was the complete opposite of what people made him out to be. He was a teddy bear," Weisfeld told MTV News. (Click for photos of Ol' Dirty Bastard's life and career .)
ODB, who arrived in the New York area on a flight from Denver at 10:30 p.m. Friday, had been scheduled to perform with the Wu-Tang Clan in New Jersey that night, but missed the show.
Wu-Tang members Ghostface Killah and Raekwon were among those seen outside the studio Saturday consoling ODB fans.
Cherry Jones, ODB's mother, was informed shortly after his death and called the phone call "every mother's worst dream." "My son, Russell Jones, passed away," she said in a statement. "To the public, he was known as Ol' Dirty Bastard, but to me, he was known as Rusty, the kindest, most generous soul on earth. I appreciate all the support and prayers that I have received. Russell was more than a rapper, he was a loving father, brother, uncle, and most of all, son."
Damon Dash, who signed ODB to Roc-A-Fella Records in the spring of 2003, also released a statement. "All of us in the Roc-A-Fella family are shocked and saddened by the sudden and tragic death or our brother and friend," Dash said. "Russell inspired all of us with his spirit, wit and tremendous heart. He will be missed dearly, and our thoughts, prayers and deepest condolences go out to his wonderful family. The world has lost a great talent, but we mourn the loss of our friend."
Before he was known more for his rap sheet than his rapping, Dirty was the most outrageous member of the Wu-Tang Clan, nine New York rappers who fashioned themselves as ghetto superheroes with magic rapping powers. As an MC, ODB was instantly recognizable with his garbled, manic and nonsensical style. His half-rapped, half-sung free-association growl was a key element in several of the Clan's most memorable tracks, as well as hits from Mariah Carey ("Fantasy") and Pras ("Ghetto Supastar").
Russell Jones was born in the Fort Greene section of Brooklyn, New York, and was raised on public assistance. His cousins, known now as RZA and GZA, introduced him to hip-hop and by the early '90s they had formed the Wu-Tang Clan. Jones took on the name Ol' Dirty Bastard because there was no "father" to his unique style, although he would assume numerous monikers over the years, including Osirus, Joe Bannanas [sic], Dirt Dog, Unique Ason, Big Baby Jesus and Dirt McGirt.
After the massive success of the Wu's debut, 1993's Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), the members began launching solo careers, first with Method Man and second with ODB's 1995 release, Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version, which featured "Shimmy Shimmy Ya."
His second album, 1999's N—a Please, featured his biggest hit, the Neptunes-produced "Got Your Money" (which introduced Kelis to the world), but by then his music played second fiddle to his odd behavior and trouble with the law.
Dirty's best-known antic came at the 1998 Grammy Awards, when he took the stage and interrupted Shawn Colvin's acceptance speech to complain that the Wu-Tang Clan had lost to P. Diddy in a different category (see "Ol' Dirty Bastard Tells Why He Stormed Grammy Stage" ). Along with being awkwardly timed, the moment will be forever remembered because of Dirty's peculiar declaration: "Wu-Tang are for the children!"
And back in 1994, ODB invited MTV News to spend an afternoon with him. On camera, he loaded several of his kids (he was said to have more than a dozen, by numerous mothers) into a limousine and proceeded to drive to a welfare office to collect food stamps.
While ODB was talked about for engineering comical moments, for a time his frequent arrests overshadowed anything else he did.
Although he was convicted of second-degree assault in New York in 1993 (the only violent offense ever proven against him) and was shot in the stomach by another rapper in Brooklyn in 1994, ODB's real tussles with the law started in 1997, when he was arrested for failing to pay nearly a year's worth of child support for three children he had with his wife, Icelene Jones.
In 1998, he pleaded guilty to attempted assault on Icelene and two months later was shot in the back during what he said was a robbery of his Brooklyn home (he walked out of the hospital, disobeying doctor's orders).
Later in 1998, he was arrested for shoplifting a pair of $50 sneakers in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and accosted a security guard at the House of Blues in Los Angeles and was charged with making "terrorist threats," charges he again faced only months later after he threatened to kill an ex-girlfriend.
In early 1999, ODB was pulled over in New York for a traffic violation and was accused of firing a gun at officers, although those charges were later dismissed when the police failed to prove their claims. A few months later, while being cited for a parking violation in Los Angeles, he became one of the first citizens arrested under a new California law that made wearing a bulletproof vest illegal for convicted felons (see "Ol' Dirty Bastard Arrested For Wearing Bulletproof Vest" ). Two months later, he was picked up in Queens, New York, for running a red light and was arrested when police found crack in his Mercedes-Benz (see "Ol' Dirty Bastard Arrested; Police Claim To Have Found Crack In Rapper's Car" ).
After two more arrests for traffic violations, including another one where he was found with crack, Dirty was sentenced to three years' probation and one year in a residential drug-rehab facility in Pasadena, California. (During court proceedings, he was scolded by the judge for falling asleep and calling a female attorney a "sperm donor.") Ten months later, after a disagreement with the staff, he walked out of the court-mandated rehab and became a fugitive.
A month later, two days after appearing onstage with the Wu-Tang Clan in New York (see "Performance By Fugitive ODB Stuns Wu-Tang Clan Crowd" ), he was arrested in the parking lot of a McDonald's in Philadelphia by an officer who recognized him because her son was a fan.
ODB was then sentenced to two years behind bars (see "ODB Gets Two Years For Fleeing Rehab, Violating Probation" ). He spent most of that time at Clinton Correctional Facility in upstate New York (where Tupac Shakur once served). While in prison, reports surfaced that ODB was suffering mental illness and was suicidal, although his reps denied them.
When he was released from prison and psychiatric care in the spring of 2003, Dirty quickly signed with the Roc and began recording as Dirt McGirt (see "Ol' Dirty Bastard Hits Campaign Trail With New Album" ).
"I just want to get back out there and do it again," he told MTV News. "You know, how Mike Tyson came back, I wanna come back the same way. I want to hit 'em hard."
Dirty logged studio time Busta Rhymes, Ludacris and Pharrell (see "Ol' Dirty Lays Down Track With Pharrell Before Turning Into A Pumpkin" ), and most recently collaborated with Macy Gray (see "ODB Duets With Macy Gray On 'Don't Go Breaking My Heart' " ).
The rapper's manager said that several projects that Dirty was involved with will move forward, including an album recorded with his friends, Brooklyn Zoo, a DVD and a reality show that was completed for Spike TV.
Before Friday's concert, the Wu-Tang Clan had reunited this summer, at a concert in California. A recording of the show, titled Disciples of the 36 Chambers: Chapter 1, was released in September.
"Through Wu-Tang and his own solo career as an artist, songwriter and producer, ODB came to not only define a generation, but a musical movement that continues today," Steve Rifkind, who signed Wu-Tang to Loud Records, said in a statement. "We will miss him."
[This story was updated on 11.14.04 at 1:18 p.m. ET.]


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Aaron Williams: This year's Pro Bowl isn't worth watching
There are about 600 things I've got planned today before "Watch the Pro Bowl" comes up on the list. Actually, sitting down to watch the most meaningless all star game of the four major sports is No. 614 on my Sunday to-do list. It's right after alphabetizing my CD collection (No. 613) and before organizing my sock drawer (No. 615).
I don't have anything against the Pro Bowl, I just would rather do just about anything before I sat down on a hard-earned day off and watched meaningless, no-defense football. In fact, if I do sit down to watch something today, I think I'd rather watch the The Situation, JWow and Snooky on the "Jersey Shore" marathon before watching a neutered Jared Allen, Patrick Willis, Ray Lewis and Darrelle Revis play touch football. Add in that the all-pros on the Saints and the Colts aren't playing, and it makes this even more unappealing. Raise your hand if you'd rather watch David Garrard fill in for Peyton Manning.
Nevermind the Colts and Saints picked to play in the Pro Bowl must break from their preparation for the Super Bowl to fly down to Miami and then rejoin their teams on Monday. If not, they will no doubt have to open that wallet.
Yet, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell proudly proclaimed last week that moving the Pro Bowl away from its typical slot - in Hawaii after the Super Bowl - to the dead week in between the championship games and the Super Bowl is a "Super" success.
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The other "controversy" this past weekend swirling around the NFL was CBS' decision to allow the Tim Tebow ad to be broadcast during the Super Bowl.
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I'm not going to go on a Pro-Life or Pro-Choice soap box here. However, I will say I'm not sure I think the Super Bowl is the venue for any ad such as that, either Pro-Choice or Pro-Life.
I seriously doubt anything Tebow or his mother might say will make an ardent Pro-Choice supporter stop and go, "You know, I have it all wrong. Thanks, Tim Tebow, for making me see the light." Just as a Pro-Lifer likely isn't going to be swayed by rhetoric from the other side.
The Super Bowl is about good times. It's about parties and coming together to celebrate the culmination of the football season.
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Regional anaesthesia for bilateral upper limb surgery can be challenging, yet surgeons are becoming increasingly interested in performing bilateral procedures at the same operation. Anaesthetists have traditionally avoided bilateral brachial plexus block due to concerns about local anaesthetic toxicity, phrenic nerve block and pneumothorax. We discuss these three concerns and ...
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While insulin remains the mainstay of managing type 1 diabetes, much has changed over the last 15 years. These changes should help in managing patients with type 1 diabetes during the perioperative period. More flexible insulin therapy has three components: 1) basal, 2) prandial and 3) corrective. Many patients, particularly ...
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The Wildcats Sam Michaelis, left, tags out a baserunner. / News-Messenger file photo
Woodmores Aaron Clouse enters his first year as varsity softball coach.
But the Wildcats Sam Michaelis knows all about him having played eighth-grade basketball for the junior high coach.
I enjoy playing for him, Michaelis said. He was a great coach for basketball. Just the couple weeks weve had with him (for softball) seem great. Hes laid back but he knows when to push and how hard to push. His style and technique are just right. I think hell have a good effect on the team this year.
Elmwood, which returns Brittany Dauterman and Brooke Morgart, was picked to win the Suburban Lakes League this season.
Defending champion Genoa, which lost Shana Szypka, Delaney Talmage and Abbey Kontak to graduation, Otsego and Gibsonburg followed the Royals in the coaches projections.
The league is very balanced and any team could win on any given night, Clouse said.
Michaelis spent the offseason continuing to work to try to climb her way onto the list of top pitchers in the SLL. Michaelis was an honorable-mention all-league pick last year.
Michaelis should continue to emerge as one of the top pitchers in the league, Clouse said.
Michaelis played for SGS Magic of Toledo over the summer. The team played in the National Softball Association World Series in North Carolina and finished in the upper half of participating teams.
Michaelis took a month off before pitching at a showcase in South Carolina, which led directly into fall ball. She continued to practice in her basement, attend sessions with a pitching coach and attended another showcase at Kent State in January.
Two weeks later Michaelis traveled overseas to play in the 16-team Indoor Cup in Amsterdam.
Michaelis goals for the season are team oriented, including a strong desire to cut down on walks. She said shed rather win games than accrue individual accolades.
I had a good strikeout count but I had between 80 and 100 walks, Michaelis said. That needs to go down because thats more people on base for my teammates to deal with. They cant control that and I need to help by putting less people on base.
Woodmore lost third baseman Erika Warren, second baseman Tonia Kline, center fielder Stephanie Costantini and outfielder Ashley Artressia from last years team. The Wildcats return seven players in Michaelis, shortstop/center fielder Shelby Phillips, first baseman Kaylee Paul, catcher/outfielder Emma Sullivan, right fielder Rachel Bouldin, infielder Katie Nowak, infielder/outfielder Tiffany Keaton and outfielder Ashley Karston.
We return a solid core of young but talented players, Clouse said. The strength will be pitching and defense. Being a first-year coach, getting to know the players and allowing them time to adjust will be critical to our success. The players are dedicated and working hard on improving upon last years record.
Michaelis is a two-year starter on the mound, so her experience and execution will be vital to the success of the team.
Bouldin is the top returning hitter from last season. Clouse is looking for big offensive seasons from Sullivan, Phillips, Keaton and Paul.
Nowak, Jacobs and Karston are seniors and Clouse said they will be counted on for leadership.
Newcomers Melissa Busdecker (second base), Bailey Ulinski (infield, catcher), Hayley Clowers (third base), Kristen Jacobs (outfield) and Elishia Stone (third base, pitcher) will compete for playing time.
Woodmore was two games over .500 last season at 13-11 and lost in sectionals. Michaelis is confident the team can improve.
I definitely think we can keep building, she said. We have nine returners so I think we can also surprise some people. We were picked fifth in the league but I think we can do better than that.
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Man to Mason: A One Day Adventure
The one-day Man to Mason project is more than a one day conferral of all three Blue Lodge degrees on Saturday, October 2, 2004. It is a year-long project that commences on January 1, 2004 and ends on December 31, 2004.
The ultimate goal during that time frame is to increase the membership in Pennsylvania by 10,000 new members which is a 10% increase in each Lodge in the Commonwealth.
The special 'Share the Light Man to Mason' petition should be used during 2004 which is available through Lodge Secretaries, District Deputy Grand Masters, and by clicking here.
Lodge Goal
Each Lodge goal is simply 10% of its current membership. If the Lodge has 200 members, the goal during 2004 is 20 new members.
Effective January 1, 2004, a petitioner to a Lodge can elect to receive the three degrees at their convenience:
1. The traditional way one per month for three months.
2. Wait for the one-day conferral of the three degrees on October 2.
3. Receive the 1st and/or 2nd and receive the 3rd at the one-day conferral.
Note: those petitioners receiving the 2nd and/or 3rd at the one-day conferral must attend all three degrees being conferred that day.
Regardless of the method selected by the petitioner in receiving the degrees, the method by which a petitioner applies for membership remains the same with but one exception.
1. The petitioner must ask a Master Mason for a petition. The petition is signed by two Master Masons first-line signer must be a member of the Lodge the petitioner is applying to the second line signer can be a member, in good standing, of any Pennsylvania Lodge.
2. (The exception) If the petitioner does not know a Mason but calls the Grand Lodge Petition Hotline, 1-800-990-1935, inquiring about becoming a Mason, the Grand Lodge will complete a petition over the phone and send it to the Secretary of the Blue Lodge nearest to his residence with a copy to the District Deputy Grand Master for action. The petitioner will then be contacted by the Secretary to ascertain if he knows a Mason in that particular Lodge. If he does, that member should be contacted requesting he become the petitioner's recommender. If he does not know any Masons, the petitioner should be interviewed by the Lodge Membership Committee. Once approved by the Committee, and recommenders established, the petition is treated in the normal manner it is read in Lodge, an investigating committee is appointed and performs their duty, and the petitioner is voted on at the next stated meeting. The Lodge is always in control of who is admitted to their Lodge.
Lodges may hold Special Meetings for balloting in *July, *August and *September and may ballot on petitioners without publishing the names in the notice provided the Committee of Investigation has reported favorably. Multiple balloting will be permitted on any number of petitions. *The Masonic Month requirement is waived if a Special Meeting is called for balloting.
A voice ballot may be used for as many candidates as desired.
Dues & Fees
1. The current structure of Dues & Fees of each Lodge in the Commonwealth remains the same.
2. Credit cards can be used, if desired, for paying the entrance fees. The Secreary of the Blue Lodge must call the Petition Hotline number (1-800-990-1935) to process the petitioner's credit card. The Grand Lodge will then remit a check back to the Blue Lodge in the amount of the fees charged.
3. Each candidate will be provided with Identification Credentials by the Secretary of the Blue Lodge attesting that the dues & fees have been paid. This ID will be used at registration on the day of the one-day class, Saturday, October 2, 2004.
The One-Day Class
1. For the one-day class on Saturday, October 2, 2004, the Grand Lodge will provide each candidate with a Bible, working tools, and apron.
2. Regional Coordinators are responsible for the venue, furniture, sound, setup for registration, lunch coordination, and all facility issues.
3. Regional Ritualistic Instructors are responsible for the degree team selection, rehearsals, mentor instruction, and all issues relating to the degree conferral.
4. Lodges are responsible for providing one Mentor for every four candidates from the Lodge. Mentors are to assist candidates in the conferral of the degrees and instruction between degrees. Mentors will be instructed by the Regional Ritualistic Instructors in their duties. There will be at least three sessions of Masonic Education between the degrees.
5. All candidates will recite the obligation during the degrees.
6. All candidate information for registration purposes pertaining to the one-day class must be completed and in the Grand Secretary's office by Wednesday, September 15, 2004.
Call or E-mail your District Deputy Grand Master - his name, phone number and e-mail address is listed in your Lodge Notice.
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Poor, poor GameStop. As the gaming public's anticipation for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 approached critical mass, they faltered in their loyalty, and took their business to small "mom and pop" game retailers who had broken the game's street date. Fortunately for the retail juggernaut, Activision showed compassion for its plight, and agreed to let certain GameStops in a few Northeast states start selling the game before Tuesday in order to help combat these vicious local businesses.
We've been receiving tips all morning from folks living in New York and Pennsylvania (and Kotaku reports Ohio as well) stating that they were able to find the game on sale at their local GameStop. If you live in one of those Northeastern states, you might want to go ahead and call your local 'Stop to see if it's one of the stores which was granted special permission. If it is, then you can go straight to hell, you lucky jerk.
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November 26, 2015
DENVER (AP) -- A company looking to cash in on all the marijuana-smoking visitors that come to tour Colorado is offering visitors a chance to rent a home where they can smoke pot.
AirTHC is spinoff of AirBNB, which provides vacationers with bed-and-breakfast rentals.
According to KUSA-TV, the concept allows people to rent out their home to visitors. AirTHC is specifically directed toward visitors that want to enjoy weed without any restrictions.
Even though marijuana is legal in Colorado, you can't smoke it in public. If you're caught, there are fines or possible jail time.
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A tropical storm warning has been issued for the southern portion of Mexico's Baja California peninsula as Tropical Storm Rick approaches.
In addition, a tropical storm watch was issued early Tuesday for the western coast of mainland Mexico from El Roblito northward through Altata.
Rick, which had been an extremely dangerous Category 5 hurricane at one point, is weakening in the Pacific and its maximum sustained winds have decreased to 65 mph (100 kph).
The storm is centered about 265 miles (425 kilometers) south-southwest of Cabo San Lucas and is moving north-northeast near 6 mph (9 kph).
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Hi there - I'm new to this forum and kinda new to Brisbane. I would like join a group to cycle occasionally. At the moment I am commuting to work (round trip 52km) on an average speed of about 25.5km roughly, depending on the day! I obviously would like to improve that and joining a ride/club seems a good way of doing this.
I live in Calamvale Brisbane and I noticed (by looking into websites) that there's not much happening around this area, but quite a bit in inner/northside Brisbane. If you have any info I would really appreciate it.
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July 2, 2014
By Administrator
A trail work party will help finish a connector trail between the Sahalee Overlook and Evans Creek Preserve from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. July 2, 3, 8, 12 and 13. The work will be difficult and is not for people under 14. For information, contact Kellye Hilde at 425-295-0582.
The annual fifth of July clean up, after the Fourth on the Plateau festivities, is set for 9 a.m. July 5 at the Sammamish Commons.
The annual KidsFirst series begins at noon July 8 with magician Eli Rosenblatt in the grassy meadow behind Beaver Lake Lodge. For details, including performers, times and venues, visit, http://www.sammamish.us/events/KiwanisKidsFirst.aspx.
We Learn, We Build, We Play, a chance for children 8-12 to learn about engineering fundamentals with motorized Lego kits, is set for 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. July 10 at the Sammamish Library. Pre-registration required, visit www.kcls.org.
Concerts in the Park, the annual summer concert series, kicks off from 6:30-8 p.m. July 10 with Wings n Things, a Paul McCartney cover band, at Pine Lake Park. For details, including a complete schedule and parking information, visit http://www.sammamish.us/events/ConcertsInthePark.aspx.
The Tad and Fry Puppet Show explores biology and metamorphosis at 3 p.m. July 12 at the Sammamish Library.
A Science Magic Show for children ages 5 and up is set for 1 p.m. July 15 at the Sammamish Library.
Tide Pool Tunes and Fishy Tales Show, for children ages 3-7 is a music filled beach party at 1 p.m. July 29 at the Sammamish Library.
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I posted this on a different thread but i'd like to expand on it. From that thread, I started maping the locations of the strange sounds people posted about. The map is unfinished but looking at how several of the events are lining up on the map, I'm compelled to make a new one with more info. If anyone wants to add their event to the map, i need the exact location and time it happened, and how long it lasted. Most of the ones on this map lasted between 20 and 30 minutes and some said the ground was vibrating also. Many of them thought it was a tornado and several of them saw flashes of light in the sky as well. Any details you can tell me would help and i'll color code the events on the map.
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December 1, 2015
NEW YORK (December 6, 2012)--Apple will produce one of its existing lines of Mac computers in the United States next year, Apple CEO Tim Cook said in an interview that aired Thursday.
Cook made the comments in part of an interview taped for NBC's "Rock Center," that aired Thursday morning on "Today" and was posted on the network's website.
Cook didn't say which line of computers would be produced in the U.S. or where in the country they would be made.
Cook says the consumer electronics world has never really had a big production presence in the U.S.
The news came a day after Apple posted its worst stock drop in four years, erasing $35 million in market capitalization.
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A composer, arranger, songwriter, and jazz pianist, Rique Pantoja was born and raised in Rio de Janeiro. He teaches courses at Biola University, and leads workshops at Maranatha Worship Training and the Los Angeles Music and Performance (LAMP) School.


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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Officials say armed men have kidnapped more than 30 elders in a remote part of eastern Afghanistan.
A spokesman in Nangarhar province, Ahmad Zia Abdulzai, said Sunday that officials are working to negotiate the release of the victims, who were taken three days earlier.
He added that around 15 people already have been freed and that the kidnappers have demanded that any elders' relatives working for the Afghan police quit their posts.
Abdulzai - who said elders from the districts of Goshta and Lalpur were among those taken - did not provide further details on where or how the kidnappings were carried out.
No one has claimed responsibility for the kidnappings. Several armed groups operate in the area where the elders were taken.
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WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Jim Bunning raised $302,466 during the second quarter of this year in his bid for a third term - half of what another Republican exploring the race reported.
In a report filed with the Federal Election Commission, Bunning's campaign said he had $595,571 on hand, with net expenses of $74,819 in the April-June quarter.
He reported raising just under $200,000 from individuals, and about $86,000 from political action committees. He also got nearly $10,000 from a Republican senatorial campaign committee. ...


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China data hits Europe sharesComment on this story
London - European shares edged lower on Monday after further signs of a slowdown in China, although robust data from France and Germany limited their decline.
The euro briefly strengthened against the dollar and German Bund futures extended losses after data compiler Markit said its March flash composite purchasing managers' index for France jumped to 51.6 from 47.9 last month.
However, the single currency largely gave up its gains after figures showed private sector growth slowed in Germany. Data from the euro zone as a whole, while suggesting the recovery was becoming more broad-based, dipped compared with February.
Having lagged the recent recovery in much of the euro zone, the French index surged through the 50-point threshold dividing contraction from expansion to hit its highest since August 2011.
However, the data was not enough to lift European shares.
The FTSEurofirst 300 index fell 0.2 percent as investors focused on a fall in Chinese business activity.
The flash Markit/HSBC China Purchasing Manager index fell to an eight-month low of 48.1 in March from February's 48.5.
The index has been below 50 since January.
"As the data shows this morning, China's slowdown is sharper than what most people had expected, which fuels worries about the impact on global growth," Philippe de Vandiere, analyst at Altedia Investment Consulting in Paris, said.
"But Chinese authorities have plenty of tools to avoid a hard landing, and we know that the country's transition to an economic model more focused on consumer spending will lower its growth rate a bit, so no big concern here."
A string of weak numbers has reinforced concerns over a slowdown in the world's second largest economy, though the impact on Asian shares was limited as the data raised expectations the Chinese government could stimulate the economy.
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 0.8 percent and Japan's Nikkei share average gained 1.8 percent, after solid performances on Wall Street last week, with the Dow and S&P 500 posting weekly gains of 1.5 percent and 1.4 percent.
China's CSI300 index of leading Shanghai and Shenzhen A-share listings rose 0.8 percent in anticipation of stimulus measures.
However, analysts said the tone in markets would partly be driven this week by geopolitics.
Group of Seven leaders were due to hold talks in The Hague on Monday on their response to Russia annexing Ukraine's Crimea.
NATO's top military commander said on Sunday that Russia had built up a "very sizeable" force on its border with Ukraine and Moscow may have another ex-Soviet republic, Moldova, in its sights after annexing Crimea.
Russian shares rose 1.3 percent, rebounding from a fall on Friday, and the rouble gained against the dollar.
"There have been no further sanctions imposed over the weekend, investors can more soberly assess the threat of sanctions already imposed," Vasiliy Tanurkov, an analyst at Veles Capital, said in a morning note.
MSCI's main index of emerging stocks rose 1 percent.
The dollar index, which measures the greenback against a basket of currencies, ticked up to 80.174.
On Thursday, it hit a three-week high of 80.354.
The euro last stood at $1.3788, all but flat on the day, having hit a high of $1.3875 after the French data.
The dollar rose 0.3 percent against the yen at 102.50 yen.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange rose 0.3 percent to $6,496.00 a tonne, erasing losses in the immediate wake of the China data.
Spot gold dipped to $1,323.60 an ounce, following a sharp fall triggered by comments last week from Federal Reserve chief Janet Yellen that suggested US interest rates could rise sooner than many in markets had expected.
Brent crude traded at $106.71 a barrel with supply disruption worries keeping it off a six-week trough of $105.41 hit on Thursday. - Reuters
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The University of Guam was awarded nearly $200,000 from a federal grant to promote entrepreneurship and innovation.
Guam Delegate Madeleine Bordallo announced the award from the Economic Development Administration for the Guam Enterprise Initiative.
"In their position as the highest level of educators in the Western Pacific region, the University of Guam offers tertiary education to its students," Bordallo said in a press release. "Funds such as these from the EDA are vital to the growth of this institution and the success of its graduates who are the future leaders of our ...


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REVIEW: The Secret Circle "Curse"
March 24th, 2012 by Sarah Maines
This week's Secret Circle taught the kids of Chance Harbor some important life lessons. Forget sex education, just have your shady maybe-evil father tell you that your first time sexual encounter with the guy you're destined to be with has spawned a curse that will kill another member of your circle of witches. That ought to put a stop to future sexcipades. In other news, bitches witches be crazy.
Cassie & Adam
After spotting Cassie & Adam leaving the house together after their night together, Blackwell tells the pair that he knows what they did last night…and so do the flock of crows that clearly offed themselves at the thought of it. Just kidding, the "curse" put on their families killed the crows, and if they don't act fast the curse will also take out a member of their circle. And which witch gets the special privilege of bearing the burden of Cassie and Adam's teen sex adventure? Jake, of course. As if the poor, shirtless (thank you, Andrew Miller) guy wasn't upset enough that Cassie chose Adam over him, now Jake's got to deal with dying so they can be together.
Fear not, Chris Zylka fans, Papa Blackwell has a way to save our favorite shirtless witch. There's an elixir that Amelia discovered back in the day that will stop the curse. Let's all take a trip to visit Calvin, the shop owner who happens to be the only person in the immediate vicinity to sell the rare ingredients needed for the potion. Oh wait, Jake killed him. Oops. Thankfully, there's another shop worker who gives the gang everything they need except for an especially rare item that the love triangle must head into the woods to find. Despite some minor setbacks with Jake's hallucinations of the dead Calvin, who was not thrilled to have been killed (shocker), the trio get what they need and head back to Cassie's house just in time to brew the potion before Jake kicks it.
The potion is ready, but of course it's not as easy as having Jake drink a few gulps of some foul smelling liquid. Cassie and Adam got him into this mess and they're the ones that must save him. They have to drink the liquid and as a side effect they'll forget everything that happened between them and fall out of love. The pair make the bravo decision to give up what they have to save Jake.
The next morning, Adam leaves and as planned, he has no romantic feelings for Cassie, but the potion didn't have quite the same effect on her. It seems her dark magic was too strong to allow the potion to take hold of her mind so she remembers everything and is still madly in love with Adam. Angst. And the worst part of it all? There wasn't even a curse. Evil genius mastermind, John Blackwell, has indeed put a stop to this whole Cassie/Adam romantic situation to "protect" the circle from the witch hunters. And as a fan of the Cassie who lets her dark magic take control, a tip of the hat to you, Papa Blackwell.
While Cassie, Adam and Jake worried about Jake's impending death, the other ladies of the circle worried about Faye's ex-boyfriend's ex-girlfriend drama. Thanks to Lee's pesky voo-doo nonsense, Eva has taken hold of some of Faye's power and is on a little power trip. Eva enlists an unwilling Faye to help bring Lee back from the dead, but neither have that kind of magic. Faye manages to take control of the situation and find a way to get her power back. We might be done with Eva for now, but I feel like we'll be seeing her again down the road.
Looks like someone has remembered that Melissa exists and that someone is Papa Blackwell. Could Melissa be the secret sibling?!
Looking forward
What is Blackwell up to?! Will Charles and Cassie's grandma be able to take him down? Will Cassie be able to pull herself together or will we be seeing mopey Cassie? Will Dawn and Charles finally get their powers back and rise up over their weaker, romantically distracted children?!
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ON WINE: The five-S technique for tasting at festival
Wine tasting refresher course on eve 29th Annual San Angelo Food & Wine Festival.
Remember five-S technique: See, Swirl, Smell, Sip, Savor. See. Typically, this involves tilting your glass in front of a white background to carefully observe subtle gradations and intensity of color. At Friday's event, discerning red from white may have to do.
Swirl. Release aromas by swirling wine in your glass, setting up step three. FYI: swirling creates "legs" inside the glass. Visually interesting, legs reveal nothing about quality and commenting on them does not indicate you know anything about wine. If you are commenting on the anatomy of a woman drinking wine, whole other story.
Smell. Masters of wine smell at three stations: chest level, chin level, nose shoved into the glass. Nose-in-the-glass probably is all that will work at the festival's boisterous events, but smell is most important element of wine tasting nonetheless.
Sip. The verb is sip, not guzzle. Allow wine to caress your tongue. Inhale while wine plays inside your mouth. Pros then spit the sip into a bucket. Don't expect to see much of that at the Museum of Fine Arts on Thursday or the Cactus on Friday.
Savor. Evaluate the sip. How were first moments — the "attack," how did it evolve, how did it finish? Or forget all that wine master stuff. Savor the company, savor the food, savor the wine, savor being a part of what makes San Angelo special every April — the oldest wine and food festival in the state (not Dallas, not San Antonio, not Houston; San Angelo).
See you there.
Tasting notes:
Columbia Crest Grand Estates Cabernet Sauvignon Columbia Valley 2010. Velvety rhubarb; big, chewy, oaky, balanced; another Ste. Michelle win. $9
Sterling Vineyards Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2010. Heavy plum, cherry, black fruits; oak, vanilla, spice; classic CA cab; value for the price. $15
Fess Parker Santa Barbara County Chardonnay 2010. Typically well made; apple, pear, melon, buttery oak, spice; creamy full body, delicious. $18 (Fess was San Angelo lad, by the way.)
Last round: Only amateurs wear white clothes to wine tastings. Consider Scotchgarded black.
Email Gus Clemens at firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow his tasting notes on Twitter @gusclemens.
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04/16/14 – Roland Martin goes one on one with actress Salli Richardson Whitfield on her quest to fund the Lena Horne production on Broadway.
"It's not a lot of money. It's $40,000 to fund the workshop that you present to the big people."
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At the discretion of the editorial department, The Spectrum reports police or rescue incidents of general
interest in which no arrests are made. The following incidents were responded to Friday.
St. George Police
? Misdemeanor theft on the 1500 East block of 3850 South.
? Fraud on the 300 South block of 1990 East.
? Graffiti on the 2000 East block of Riverside Drive.
? Fraud on the 1000 East block of Brigham Road.
? Misdemeanor theft on the 2900 East block of 450 North.
? Fraud on the 800 South block of Village Road.
? Child abuse on the 1700 West block of Morane Manor Drive.
? Vehicle burglary on the 200 North block of 200 East.
? Controlled substance problem on the 100 South block of 100 East.
? Misdemeanor theft on the 2600 South block of Pioneer Road.
? Graffiti on the 200 North block of 1000 East.
? Firearm on the 900 North block of 1700 East.
? Attempted burglary on the 400 West block of 300 North.


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The Afghan War Diary (AWD for short) consists of messages from several important US military communications systems. The messaging systems have changed over time; as such reporting standards and message format have changed as well. This reading guide tries to provide some helpful hints on interpretation and understanding of the messages contained in the AWD.
Most of the messages follow a pre-set structure that is designed to make automated processing of the contents easier. It is best to think of the messages in the terms of an overall collective logbook of the Afghan war. The AWD contains the relevant events, occurrences and intelligence experiences of the military, shared among many recipients. The basic idea is that all the messages taken together should provide a full picture of a days important events, intelligence, warnings, and other statistics. Each unit, outpost, convoy, or other military action generates report about relevant daily events. The range of topics is rather wide: Improvised Explosives Devices encountered, offensive operations, taking enemy fire, engagement with possible hostile forces, talking with village elders, numbers of wounded, dead, and detained, kidnappings, broader intelligence information and explicit threat warnings from intercepted radio communications, local informers or the afghan police. It also includes day to day complaints about lack of equipment and supplies.
The description of events in the messages is often rather short and terse. To grasp the reporting style, it is helpful to understand the conditions under which the messages are composed and sent. Often they come from field units who have been under fire or under other stressful conditions all day and see the report-writing as nasty paperwork, that needs to be completed with little apparent benefit to expect. So the reporting is kept to the necessary minimum, with as little type-work as possible. The field units also need to expect questions from higher up or disciplinary measures for events recorded in the messages, so they will tend to gloss over violations of rules of engagement and other problematic behavior; the reports are often detailed when discussing actions or interactions by enemy forces. Once it is in the AWD messages, it is officially part of the record - it is subject to analysis and scrutiny. The truthfulness and completeness especially of descriptions of events must always be carefully considered. Circumstances that completely change the meaning of an reported event may have been omitted.
The reports need to answer the critical questions: Who, When, Where, What, With whom, by what Means and Why. The AWD messages are not addressed to individuals but to groups of recipients that are fulfilling certain functions, such as duty officers in a certain region. The systems where the messages originate perform distribution based on criteria like region, classification level and other information. The goal of distribution is to provide those with access and the need to know, all of the information that relevant to their duties. In practice, this seems to be working imperfectly. The messages contain geo-location information in the forms of latitude-longitude, military grid coordinates and region.
The messages contain a large number of abbreviations that are essential to understanding its contents. When browsing through the messages, underlined abbreviations pop up an little explanation, when the mouse is hovering over it. The meanings and use of some shorthands have changed over time, others are sometimes ambiguous or have several meanings that are used depending on context, region or reporting unit. If you discover the meaning of a so far unresolved acronym or abbreviations, or if you have corrections, please submit them to firstname.lastname@example.com.
An especially helpful reference to names of military units and task-forces and their respective responsibilities can be found at http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/enduring-freedom.htm
The site also contains a list of bases, airfields http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/afghanistan.htm Location names are also often shortened to three-character acronyms.
Messages may contain date and time information. Dates are mostly presented in either US numeric form (Year-Month-Day, e.g. 2009-09-04) or various Euro-style shorthands (Day-Month-Year, e.g. 2 Jan 04 or 02-Jan-04 or 2jan04 etc.).
Times are frequently noted with a time-zone identifier behind the time, e.g. "09:32Z". Most common are Z (Zulu Time, aka. UTC time zone), D (Delta Time, aka. UTC + 4 hours) and B (Bravo Time, aka UTC + 2 hours). A full list off time zones can be found here: http://www.timeanddate.com/library/abbreviations/timezones/military/
Other times are noted without any time zone identifier at all. The Afghanistan time zone is AFT (UTC + 4:30), which may complicate things further if you are looking up messages based on local time.
Finding messages relating to known events may be complicated by date and time zone shifting; if the event is in the night or early morning, it may cause a report to appear to be be misfiled. It is advisable to always look through messages before and on the proceeding day for any event.
David Leigh, the Guardian's investigations editor, explains the online tools they have created to help you understand the secret US military files on the war in Afghanistan: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/datablog/video/2010/jul/25/afghanistan-war-logs-video-tutorial
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Only the following lots of ARIA water need to remain on TEMPORARY HOLD by Veterinary Services until conclusive tests can be run.
Product: Aria Brand Bottled Water
Manufacturer: A-Z Corporation, Bagram, Afghanistan
Lots: 23 May 07
24 May 07
25 May 07
These lots of water should not be issued or consumed. The temporary hold is a result of high sediment content in several bottles of water which require additional testing to ensure its safety. There have been no illnesses associated with any of the bottled water at this time; the testing is a precautionary measure.
Please segregate any sealed bottles/cases and notify JLC CL I Office with the number of cases, location, and unit POC. JLC CL I POC is CSCM Mark Dohse at firstname.lastname@example.com or 231-4632. For medically related questions, contact CW3 Pulido at email@example.com at the 994th Medical Detachment (VS), 231-4429.
The following water lot is released from medical hold by Veterinary Services.
Product: Nestle Pure Life 0.5L Bottled Water
Production Date: 25/10/06
Expiration Date: 25/10/07
Disposition: Release for issue/consumption.
Report key: DA1D900F-2BBC-47F8-A44A-681928AAF2EB
Tracking number: 2007-170-132356-0869
Attack on: NEUTRAL
Complex atack: FALSE
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Books And More At Friends' Holiday SaleTuesday, November 25, 2014
A large selection of children's books, CDs, and DVDs are among the treasures shoppers will find at the Friends of the C.H. Booth Library Holiday Book Sale, Saturday and Sunday, December 6-7.
Book Sale Organizers Enjoying Large Turnout; Still Plenty Left For LatecomersMonday, July 14, 2014
By 9 am Saturday, July 12, hundreds of people had gathered outside Reed Intermediate School awaiting the opening of the 39th Annual C.H. Booth Friends of the Library Book Sale. And when the doors opened, they all came pouring in, some with armsful of shopping bags, carts and storage bins to help carry the fruits of their visit.
It Looks Like A Banner Year For The Book SaleSaturday, July 5, 2014
It is turning into "a banner year," said Friends of C.H. Booth Library Book Sale Volunteer Toni Earnshaw of the CD, DVD, and even sci-fi/mystery book sections of the upcoming book sale.
"Twice as many CDs as last year — 7,000 at last count" have been donated for this year's fundraiser, which returns to the air-conditioned Reed Intermediate School for its 39th annual offering Saturday through Wednesday, July 12–16.
Top of The MountainThursday, July 3, 2014
Photo bombs continue to be a very popular trend, and this week I spotted one of my own doing just that. When one of our Bee photographers was out collecting Bee's Buck photos last week, she didn't realize that while she was trying to sneakily take a photo for this week's challenge photo, the photographer herself was also being watched.
Specials, Rare And Collectible Books Are A Draw For Book SaleFriday, June 20, 2014
Among the more than 120,000 books and other items that will be offered at the Friends of the C.H. Booth Library Annual Book Sale next month are hundreds of special, collectible and rare books.
Each year, donated books that catch the eyes of the volunteer sorters are culled and passed on to book expert John Renjilian, a Friends' volunteer. Mr Renjilian determines the value of the books, and every year, he said, there are quality rare and collectible volumes donated.


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- Work with your lender: Hills says that, time and time again, consumers don't pick up the phone and talk to a creditor they're struggling to pay money to. If the phone is ringing, he says, that's a golden opportunity to work out a deal -- maybe even for less money owed -- to pay off the debt and eliminate late fees and charges.
- Get counseling: It's perfectly OK to contact a credit counselor to discuss a plan to pay back your debts. In fact, Hills recommends it. But make sure the credit firm is a reputable one. After that, the process is fairly straightforward. "The agency negotiates with creditors for you to eliminate late fees, lower interest rates and extend terms," he says. "You, in turn, make a monthly lump sum payment to the agency, and they pay your creditors for you. Such a program generally lasts three to five years."
- Cut back: Maybe you've heard the term "living below your means"? Hills swears by it, and says you should, too. "Living beneath your means is the key to a stable financial life," he says. "When your debt is out of control, your best bet is to take a proactive approach and get rid of items before you lose them. For instance, if you have two cars and are struggling to make the payments, selling the most expensive car before it's repossessed gives you money to pay down debt and helps you avoid having a bad situation turn worse."
- Find more cash: This one isn't easy, but it may be needed to avoid bankruptcy. Hills advises taking a second job or working overtime to catch up on debt. If you can downsize your financial life and add some income, you'll go a long way toward reducing your long-term debt, he says.
- Create an emergency fund: Even if you "start small," building an emergency fund is still a great personal financial strategy. Part therapy and part financial firewall, an emergency fund is a big step in, well, sidestepping bankruptcy. "Once the balance starts to rise, you'll find yourself more optimistic about your financial future and more likely to save even more," Hills says.
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|Risk stratification using computed tomography coronary angiography in patients undergoing intermediate-risk noncardiac surgery.
MedLine Citation:
|PMID: 23391198 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review
|OBJECTIVES: This study evaluated whether coronary artery calcium scores (CACS) and the degree of stenosis that were measured with computed tomography coronary angiography (CTCA) predicted post-operative cardiovascular events in patients who were undergoing intermediate-risk noncardiac surgery.
BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular complications are important causes of mortality and morbidity in patients undergoing major noncardiac surgeries.
METHODS: A total of 239 patients underwent CTCA before intermediate-risk noncardiac surgeries. We measured CACS and the degree of stenosis with CTCA and assessed clinical risk factors according to the revised cardiac risk index (RCRI) scores. Post-operative cardiovascular events were defined as cardiac death, acute coronary syndrome, pulmonary edema, ventricular arrhythmia with hemodynamic compromise, and complete heart block.
RESULTS: Nineteen patients (8%) had post-operative cardiac events. The variables that correlated with the occurrence of cardiac events were RCRI (p < 0.001), CACS (p < 0.001), the presence of significant coronary artery stenosis (diameter stenosis ≥50%) (p = 0.01), and multivessel coronary artery disease (p < 0.001). In the receiver-operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis of CACS for prediction of cardiac events, the cutoff value was 113 (sensitivity, 0.79; specificity, 0.61; area under the curve, 0.762). When comparing ROC curves of the combination models of RCRI, high CACS (≥113), and the presence of multivessel disease, RCRI plus high CACS, RCRI plus multivessel disease, and RCRI plus high CACS plus multivessel disease were significantly more predictable of post-operative cardiovascular events than RCRI alone.
CONCLUSIONS: In the pre-operative risk stratification of patients who were undergoing intermediate-risk noncardiac surgeries, CTCA evaluations showed additive value to RCRI.
|Jong-Hwa Ahn; Jeong Rang Park; Ji Hyun Min; Ju-Tae Sohn; Seok-Jae Hwang; Yongwhi Park; Jin-Sin Koh; Young-Hoon Jeong; Choong Hwan Kwak; Jin-Yong Hwang
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|Title: Journal of the American College of Cardiology Volume: 61 ISSN: 1558-3597 ISO Abbreviation: J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. Publication Date: 2013 Feb
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|Created Date: 2013-02-08 Completed Date: - Revised Date: -
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|Nlm Unique ID: 8301365 Medline TA: J Am Coll Cardiol Country: United States
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|Languages: eng Pagination: 661-8 Citation Subset: AIM; IM
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|Copyright © 2013 American College of Cardiology Foundation. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
|Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Gyeongsang National University Hospital and Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine, Jinju, Republic of Korea.
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A couple of years back, if you were to buy a sub-$200 smartphone, you wouldn't really get much. Performance would be terrible, build quality would have been unbearable, and the touchscreen nearly unusable. Lately, however, things have changed. With smartphones becoming the norm and component prices getting cheaper, it's been getting easier for manufacturers to make good phones at ridiculous prices. From the $300 Nexus line to the sub-$200 Nokia Lumia 520, many phones now offer a great experience at an even greater price. The latest phone to try and take on that mantle in Indonesia is Motorola's Moto G.
The Moto G was released in America in late 2013 to largely positive reviews. Half a year later, the phone has finally made its way to Indonesia, where the Motorola team along with members of Lazada held an official launch event on June 5. Since then we've been working on a hands-on review of the Moto G.
The phone is being sold exclusively online through Lazada, with the 8GB variant shipping now and the 16GB one coming in late June. The Moto G variants cost IDR 1.949 million (US$163) and IDR 2.249 million (US$189) respectively. Essentially it's the same Moto G that launched last year in Brazil, with a few changes to adapt to the Indonesian market.
The Moto G is equipped with a 4.5-inch 720p HD LCD display, a 5MP shooter, a quad-core Snapdragon 400 processor, 1GB of RAM, and dual-SIM support. Motorola is also throwing in 50GB of Google Drive storage which is valid for two years. The back of the device is removable, and Motorola has seven different colours you can choose from, which retail for IDR 104,000 (US$8.80) each on Lazada. One thing that's surprising is that the Indonesian model comes with a wall charger and a USB cable, whereas the ones shipped internationally only come with a cable.
Note that there's no micro-SD card slot on this Indonesian model. The first variant of the Moto G did not have support for external storage, but last month Motorola updated the phone with SD card support. However, it is left out of the Indonesian Moto G in favour of a second SIM slot.
Feels solid
The first thing you will notice about the Moto G is the build quality. From the moment you pick it up, you'll be convinced that this phone is worth more than its price-tag. Everything about the design of the phone, from the way it fits snugly in your hand to the comfortable soft touch material on the back, gives it a premium feel. Although the back is removable, it doesn't really feel that way as the cover blends seamlessly with the overall aesthetic of the phone. It's heavier than most other phones, but it isn't the bad kind of heavy – it feels like it's solid and well built. The size of the phone is similar to that of the iPhone 5, but because the screen is 4.5 inches and the side bezels are so slim, it feels much more immersive. Speaking of the display, it's one of the best in its class. While it's not 1080p HD, the 720p display comes in at 329PPI (pixels per inch) and is clear and crisp for most things. That is, when you have nothing to compare it to. Putting it side by side with the three-year-old Samsung Galaxy Nexus, which has the same resolution and a lower PPI due to its larger size, you can see that the colours on the Moto G look muted and less saturated, the blacks are more of a light gray, and when you push the brightness up to maximum everything just tends to look washed out.
Of course, for a phone to reach such a low price point, there are bound to be some compromises resulting in issues with the hardware. In this case, some are not so annoying, but others are unbearable. One of the major problems I had with the Moto G during my testing was with wi-fi. More often than not, the phone would randomly disconnect from wi-fi networks and would refuse to connect again, with the only remedy being switching off the wi-fi and then switching it on again. This could be attributed to the lower quality wi-fi chip found in the device. Another gripe about the wi-fi chip is that it doesn't support 5GHz bands, but if you don't know what that is, it probably doesn't matter to you.
The phone also lacks an NFC chip, so if you use Google Wallet or any other similar services, this probably isn't the device for you.
See: 15 new Asian smartphone makers hoping to crush Samsung and Apple
The speakers on the back of the Moto G are louder than you'd expect, especially since they're on the back. It sounds fine for calls on the speakerphone but listening to music on the thing is painful. The sounds are tin-like and sharp, while the lows are overly distorted and the mids are nonexistent. One problem that I personally have with the phone's design is that the headphone jack is on the top, which always causes the cable of my headphones to get in the way when I'm trying to use it.
The biggest downfall of the Moto G, however, is its camera. It may be a 5MP camera, but it doesn't work like one. It's slow to capture images, mostly all the colours are wrong and can never seem to focus probably. Images taken with the flash tend to be washed out and blurry, even when taken with a tripod. You'd really expect more from a 5MP camera, especially when compared to other camera' out there like the one on the Galaxy Nexus and even older ones like the 3MP camera on the LG Optimus One.
Tiny engine, massive roar
Performance on the Moto G is stellar. That's partly due to the quad-core Snapdragon chip and partly to Google's emphasis on smoothness in Android 4.4 KitKat. Apps open quickly, games run well, and you can even multitask as much as you'd like. I did get some force closes here and there when running games like Dead Trigger, but for everyday tasks it just flies. It didn't overheat at all. Loading web pages is smooth. Compared to competing offerings from Samsung and HTC, the Moto G does tasks like opening apps and loading webpages much quicker. In fact, at the Indonesian launch event, Marcus Frost, EMEA senior marketing director at Motorola, went as far as to say that in everyday tasks, the Moto G performs better than the Samsung Galaxy S4. You'd think he's exaggerating, but it's actually believable given that the Moto G runs stock Android, whereas the Samsung Galaxy S4 runs the Touchwiz skin, which is is a whole extra layer of weight atop Android, consuming more RAM.
It's because of all this that battery life on the Moto G is just as great. I was able to go a whole day without having to plug in, and still have battery left over. This was with constant use, which includes four email accounts always pulling in data and constantly checking Twitter, WhatsApp, Flowdock for work, and all the other apps that I use daily. In comparison, if I used my HTC One the way I did the Moto G, it would have died in less than six hours.
Although Motorola didn't include some of the Moto X's most renowned features (touchless control, active notifications) in the cheaper Moto G, they did include a couple of useful apps with the phone. Motorola Assist is one that comes in handy. The app does a number of things, most notably muting your phone at night when you're sleeping and only allowing notifications from important contacts to come in, and also scanning your calendar to know when you're in a meeting and automatically putting your phone on vibrate.
Indonesia's homegrown challengers
When it comes to Indonesia's local phone-makers, there's only one phone that stacks up to the Moto G and that is the new Smartfren Andromax V (aka the Andromax V2). The phone is priced at IDR 2.199 million (US$185) and has comparable specs to the Moto G. They both come with 720p HD displays, although the Moto G's display will look clearer because it's on a 4.5-inch screen, whereas the Smartfren's pixels are stretched more thinly across a 5-inch area.
They both offer quad-core processors clocked in at 1.2GHz and have 1GB of RAM, although it's important to note that since the Moto G is running Android 4.4 compared to Android 4.2 on the Smartfren, the Andromax V2 won't run as smoothly and perform as well. Two areas where the Smartfren does come out as a winner, however, are in terms of the camera and disk storage. The Smartfren is equipped with an 8MP shooter on the back, which on paper should be better than the Moto G's, especially given the disappointing results we've seen from the Moto G's camera in testing. Although the Smartfren Andromax V2 only offers 8GB of internal storage, it does have an SD expansion slot, theoretically giving you up to 40GB of memory.
Our bloggers have not had a great experience with Smartfren phones in the past, such as our problematic and laggy experience with the Andromax-U last year. That sort of issue is why Motorola conceived the Moto G as a phone that'd offer smooth and satisfactory usage at a low price. Nonetheless, homegrown phone-makers across Asia are challenging the likes of Samsung, Apple, HTC, and Motorola across the region, and the Moto G faces a huge battle to persuade Indonesia's consumers to give it a go.
Moto G conclusion
There was a time when Motorola was the dominant force in the phone market, but nowadays technology has moved so quickly that they've been all but forgotten. Samsung is now the major smartphone brand, with a number of homegrown Indonesian phone-makers growing in stature as they try to grow market share in the country with a wide array of cheap yet mid-range phones.
That's why it makes sense Motorola didn't choose to re-enter the Indonesian market with the Moto X, because its price would make it a harder sell. At the other end of the spectrum, the insanely cheap Moto E would perhaps give people the wrong impression that it's a bargain-basement phone with major issues. The Moto G sits perfectly between the two – and in this market – in terms of price, and performs even better than most phones in higher price ranges. It's definitely a strong entry for Motorola to get a foothold in the Indonesian market. Yes, there are compromises with the Moto G – especially that camera – but it's the best of the inevitably compromised, affordable phones.