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Is there a Phone with all of these long list of features?
I'm from India so some cell phones that work in the U.S. or available there might not be available here or work here.
I need some specific features in a mobile which I wish to buy sometime very soon. I'm listing the must have features followed by the features that would be good to have or a plus.
A flip phone is preferred but if not available, a bar or slider phone is fine. Budget is about USD 250.
Must-have features:
1. Loud and good music quality like the Nokia 5800-XpressMusic.
2. Support for 32 GB microSD card.
3. Be able to set multiple alarms (at least 6) even for one day. And the alarms should be able to repeat hourly. Also, should be able to use or select which MP3 file to play for each alarm.
4. The Music UI should not be slow even when using a 32 GB microSD card. The scrolling in the playlist, the gallery (memory card) and in the contacts should be fast.
5. Fast-forwarding and rewinding of audio and video should be fast and not take very long to do.
6. Should have high battery life, and have at least 1320mAH battery.
7. At least 5 hours of music playback using the built-in speakers and at least 10 hours of talk-time.
8. Should have Torch light. Some phones have a camera flash and use it as a Torch light too. That would do fine.
9. Should be able to mark and delete muliple SMS and files. Nokia X2-02 doesn't have this feature.
10. Atleast 2000 contacts and SMS storage, better unlimited.
11. Should have at least BlueTooth 2.0 with A2DP
Good to have features:
1. At least 2 MP camera, 3 MP would be better and flash would be an added advantage but not a must have.
2. FM should work with built-in antenna.
3. Should be able to record FM.
4. Should be able to record calls.
5. Memory card should be hot-swappable and removable from the side and not under the battery.
6. WiFi support would be a plus too, 3G not needed but don't mind it if it comes along with the WiFi.
7. Document viewer and editor would be a plus.
Not very important but these features would be nice too:
1. Photo viewer should have a slideshow feature, and previous and next buttons. Also should be able to view photos in landscape mode.
2. Should be able to view 3GP and Xvid/DivX MP4 videos.
3. Bluetooth 2.1 with EDR and A2DP would be a plus.
4. Internal phone memory should (user memory) should be at least 50 MB.
5. Easily accessible volume keys and music keys.
6. The music player should remember which song was played last.
7. Should have ToDo list, Notes, Alarms, Reminders, Calendar, Calculator.
8. Should have updates to the firmware available.
9. Custom wallpapers support.
10. Support for adding custom ringtones
11. List contacts by phone or by SIM
12. Support for contact groups.
13. Multiple numbers for each contact.
14. The shortcut keys should be customizable.
15. SMS and Phone number reject list or block lists.
All help appreciated.
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I stopped reading about halfway down. Your requirements are so specific that I doubt anyone has ever tried them all. They are also so specific that I doubt you will even find a device that does them all specifically as you have described. Apps would handle several of your requirements so an android or iPhone would be your best bet.
Yeah that list does not really compute. It's too long, try to get it down to a few hardware requirements. I suspect if you go with either android or iOS you can find software that work in the way you would like them to work. Since iOS is generally expensive that leaves Android.
Maybe something like the Samsung Galaxy xCover GT -S5690... I'll let you figure out if it hits every single one of the points you listed. It does have a flashlight and fits your budget. On that note though most touchscreen phones with a decently bright screen will work just fine as a flashlight when you display a white screen image. Failing that just get a keychain light.
I'd personally just suggest getting an android phone. It'll cover pretty much anything you'd need hardware wise, and for certain things apps will cover the rest.
Especially considering that your requirements, for the most part, are quite unrealistic.
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Get something with android root it and you if you can't do it on there then you won't be able to do it anywhere.
1. Good music quality and loud speakers (very hard to find atleast on the Samsung android devices as far as I've seen).
2. At least 16 Gb and if possible, 32 GB SD card support.
3. The multiple alarm feature with custom ring tones for each alarm.
These are the the most important features I'm looking for, so which android phone has a decent quality and loud sounding built-in speaker? Looking for something closer to the Nokia 5800 xpressmusic since it's got a separate music chip.
Other than the above three, the below features would be nice too:
1. Good amount of internal memory and RAM on the phone only because I've read a lot of Nokia phones hanging because of less internal memory.
2. Wifi and able to read documents would be very nice.
3. I'll sometimes need the call record feature.
I can do without the rest of the features if these six are met. If not the six, at least the first three?
Thanks for all the replies.
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Hmmm, difficult requirements but much easier to work with.
1)If you mean call quality then that is something they mention in reviews. How good of a boombox a phone makes is not usually a selling point or something they test for though. Actually very few phones are good at that kind of thing. Anything from a reputable company should have good sound quality for calls and when paired with headphones though.
2) The internal storage space is one of the things they usually save on when creating phones to meet lower price points. 16 GB internal storage and more is usually only seen in higher end models. You might need to look at a higher end model from last year to get this requirement.
3) Again, not a very common requirement so it doesn't make it into spec sheets. My android phone can do 6 separate alarms but having them repeat on the hour, every hour, does not work. There are probably apps out there that will allow that though. Different ring tones are possible. Failing that you can also set up notes and reminders using the calender. This requirement should be met on all android phones, and any phone for that matter with an application store.
Call recorder apps are available for free in the google play market. Wifi is available on most phones these days. You can find applications for reading most any kind of document on the google play store. Editing documents on a phone is not efficient.
So actually your requirements are android and 16 GB internal storage with microSD expansion slot. Everything else you can pretty much cover with downloaded application from the application store.
If you can find one of the first generation Samsung Galaxy S phones (or a variation of it, they made 3 or 4 if I remember correct, the model number will be i90xx) discounted that should be close to your price point and give you 16 GB internal + 32 GB expansion. The HTC one V has 4 gb internal + 32 gb expansion. None of the "Sony Ericsson xperia" models have enough internal memory built in. The "Sony xperia" models on the other hand do, Sony dropped the Ericsson name for their latest batch of phones. There is also the LG Optimus L7 P700 with 4GB internal + microSD expansion.
If you want to stay with Nokia the Nokia n8 has 16 gb internal storage + 32 gb expansion. The n9 has 16 gb or 64 gb built in. The Lumias (800 and 900) do not offer microSD expansion. I can't say if they will cover you on the other requirements though. I think the Nokia 500, 603and 700 have 2 GB of internal storage + 32 gb expansion.
High amounts of RAM is outside the 250 dollar budget. 512 mb is about what you can expect.
ZTE does not have good call quality and the internal memory + expansion stuff is not well represented in my experience. They do give nice screens for the price point though.
My Moto Atrix 4G did all this stuff, but I've never heard an Android phone, or any phone, that was loud enough to use as a boombox.
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Number 3 can be fulfilled with many Android alarm apps such as Alarm Clock Xtreme. The default Android alarm might be able to do those things too.
I doubt you're going to find a phone with boombox loudness or quality because that would eat through battery life so fast. You might look into portable speakers such as the fiio line. My sister has the fiio s3 and it's very load, respectable sound quality and can fit into a pocket despite being bit larger than a smart phone. It's about $25 so not to expensive.
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If I understand correctly, the proposed model would work on a polled basis. Is this correct ?roger wrote:In my proposed model, one navigator controls the one pilot that, in turn, controls the motors. Both commands and requests for information flow from the top down.
To be consistent with this idea, there should be only one higher level object that controls the Navigator, and it can request the Navigator for information at any time. So the Navigator need not have any listeners.
But to implement this design, the Navigator and Pilot both need a separate thread to detect the moving/ stoped state of the mover.
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It uses the 3rd motor for the gripper. The bot is strongly inspired by the Gripp3r one, having replaced the tracks by wheels (tracks introduce a severe imprecision in moves, because of the backslash at track-powered wheel joint level). It has the colour sensor in the chassis to analyse the captured object. I'll try to put a picture online... as soon as I'll have taken some.roger wrote:You use the third motor for the gripper? I would like to see a picture of your bot if it is online.
+1gloomyandy wrote: Having said that the blocking operations are often based on polling so there is not that big a difference!
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The removal of the getTachoCount synchronization suggested by Andy seems to have removed the lock, as far as I have experimented until now.lawrie wrote:Do you have a set of changes that fix the current Navigator problem that I can apply? I was not clear from the thread whether just removing synchronization from getTachoCount solved it.
They seem too, although I'm not sure my hack could be considered as a valid solution.lawrie wrote:Are you saying that both your solution and Andy's appeared to work?
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Can someone please explain the difference between 1st, 2nd and 3rd tier tv, in regards to big 12 football? I think I know what it means, but not exactly sure.
The way I understood it (and I may be wrong), but whoever has 1st tier has first choice at the game, then it goes to 2nd tier, then 3rd.
So say ESPN has 1st tier, they can choose to air that game, and if they choose not to then it goes to 2nd tier (say FSN). If whoever has 2nd tier also doesn't want to air it then it goes to third tier.
Correct me if I'm wrong, because that could be way off.
what i would like to know is if the big 12 agrees to split the tv revenue equally how much are we going to get
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The way I understood it (and I may be wrong), but whoever has 1st tier has first choice at the game, then it goes to 2nd tier, then 3rd.
So say ESPN has 1st tier, they can choose to air that game, and if they choose not to then it goes to 2nd tier (say FSN). If whoever has 2nd tier also doesn't want to air it then it goes to third tier.
Correct me if I'm wrong, because that could be way off.
Sounds about right, the big 12 goes ABC/ESPN, then fox, then things like LHN, CZ etc.. The networks paid for the privilege of those games, so the tier 1 has the biggest paycheck for the school/conference, I'm not sure exactly how the payouts work though.
1st tier is ABC, 2nd tier is FX, FSN, FCS and ESPN (games sublicensed from Fox), 3rd tier is the school's local network (LHN, KState.HD, CTN/CloneZone, etc.)
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Tier 1 is the primary contract and has first choice on Football and Men's Basketball. Espn and ABC would be tier 1. You can tell because ABC and ESPN get first pick of X number of football games each week. The same with Men's BB but the number of games per week varies, but this would include the Monday night game on ESPN and when there is a national game on ABC at 1:00 pm on Saturday's during conference season.
Tier 2 is what is left after tier 1 for football and would include all of the Fox network football games, and then whatever men's BB and Women's BB games they included in the contract.
Tier 3 is actually a very large catch all that can inlcude anything from Mediacom picking up a football or MBB game to the Cyclone Network, to Women's BB and all olympic sports. This can also include the signage at Jack Trice and Hilton and can go all the way down to the concessions at football and at Hilton.
If ESPN picks up a women's game for example they might have that in the tier 1 contract ior they might have to buy the rights from the tier 2 contract with Fox. It depends on how many WBB games they have contracted for each year.
Anything not picked up by Tier 1 or Tier 2 then falls down to Tier 3 and the school can sell the rights to anyone. Iowa State has sold most of its Tier 3 rights to Learfield, I think.
A critical aspect of the tiers is how the revenue from each is distributed. On another board, MRED posted this link to an explanation. In a nutshell tier 2 is shared equally; 76% of tier 1 is shared equally and I think the televised team gets the other 24%; each institution keeps the tier 3 moneys. One of the irks from UT, if I understand it correctly was not only the content of LHN, but, LHN was threatening to take games off of tier 2. As far as it goes, this statement from the commish sounds fair:
"That's more like the American way in some ways," Beebe said. "A merit pool and also a tremendous amount that's shared equally as consideration for all members being in this together."
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Weve got a pretty good football conference, and weve got a pretty good conference overall. Were still walking around with our heads held high and our chest out, about that. Paul Rhoads
One of the problems that this conference has with ESPN controlling both first tier rights as well as ownership of the LHN is that they can play games to shift content to the LHN in order to make more money off that network.
That may help Texas and ESPN but it may be at the expense of other conference members. For example, the Texas OSU basketball game has traditionally been picked up by ESPN, but this year they passed on it so that they could carry it on the LHN. Passing that type of content to the LHN may help ESPN get more subscribers, but it surely doesn't benefit OSU's exposure.
This is only the beginning of the games that ESPN will play as they try to maximize their return on investment in the LHN, and is a big part of the source of instability that will continue as a result of this network.
So, when ESPN passes on the it's T1 right, and Fox passes on it's T2 rights, then LHN will pick it up on it's T3 rights. So, ESPN has to gamble a bit, but for the most part would win. Because there are only so many games it can play.
I have to say, that may have lawsuit spelled all over it.
I want to say this is correct, but I might be a little off on my numbers its just off the top of my head.
The Big12 gets a combined 60 million a year for our first tier contract(it expires and will be reworked in 2016).
We get a combined 90 million for our second tier contract(was just done last year, so obviously our first tier one will be a lot more in a few years).
Then third tier which wont be equal revenue sharing gives ISU like 2 million a year, which I'm pretty sure projects to give us fourth place in the Big12? I know Mizzou, KU, and Texas will be ahead of us. I actually think OU is in last there with only about a half million.
Tier 1 (ESPN): expires in 2016, $60MM/year, $6MM per school
Tier 2 (Fox): expires in 2025, $90MM/year, $9MM per school
Money each school gets from TV if they don't make a dime on Tier 3: $15MM/year
Tier 3 (owned by each school): 2009-2010 school year
Texas: ~$15MM/yr (not 09-10, based on future from LHN)
Kansas: ~$7.3MM
TTech and BU: basically zero
average: ~$4.3MM
Thats assuming we start splitting tier one money like we currently are tier two money. Sounds like thats whats going to happen and tier three is the only one we don't spit.
Is tier one limited to one game or two each week, since ABC or ESPN can televise and how many tier games are there each week? is it 2 or 3? Since there is Fox network channels, FX & FCS.
We are not entirely dependent on tv contracts. We have some control over what we do in attendance. There's a boatload of money on game day, if a program pulls in paying fans. In round numbers 50,000 seats at 100@ is 5 million dollars for each home game. 10 bucks @ for refreshments is another half million. Six home games has a potential for 33 million dollars. We don't get that now, because of the level of demand, we have a lot of discounted seats, but, we soon should be getting that average factoring in the premiums some pay through the clubs. A full paying MBB fan probably lays out 700 for tix and concessions, again not counting club contributions. Again, there are a lot of discounted seats, but, selling out Hilton for the season has a potential in the neighborhood of 10 million.
How does a Texas FB game end up on the LHN then? If ABC doesn't pick it up, aren't all other games on Fox? I still can't get this figured out. Didn't someone tell me all future BIG12 ISU games would be televised on ABC or Fox of some sort!!!!?
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08.15.2011 – (Breckenridge, CO) A bit of overnight cloud cover again brought warm temps to the start. The precipitation that rolled through in the evening was just enough to compact the soil a bit with the result being luscious dirt that was super-grippy. In local parlance, "hero dirt". The kind that lets you rail your bike through a corner, trusting that the rules that govern the physical universe that we all occupy have been temporarily and somehow benevolently altered for your personal benefit.
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As luck would have it, the weather conditions coincided with one of the most fun stages in the event, "The Colorado Trail". Summit County is home to several sections, the most popular being the North, Middle and South Forks of the Swan, "Swan" in this case referring to the Swan Drainage, home to a massive 2000-acre open space purchase painstakingly negotiated between local city, county and federal land managers and the B&B Mining Company.
The CT is simply a thing of beauty, and for the most part, at least in Summit County, it seems to be purpose-built for mountain biking. Long rhythmic climbs lead riders to endless narrow descents, ones that make your face hurt from smiling so much. And did we mention that the soil was also tacky? Brothers and sisters, Stage Two of the 2011 Breck Epic was MTB Valhalla, and each rider was a golden, thundering omnipotent god, if only for a day.
Bringing this long rambling preamble (that almost never happens around here!) to a merciful close, we saw a bit of a shakeup in the mens' single stage standings. Out front for most of the stage, local billy goat Josh Tostado (Bach Builders/Santa Cruz) led La Ruta champion Lico Ramirez for nearly three-quarters of the stage, getting reeled in on the second-to-last climb of the day. Tostado said that Lico seemed to pull him in effortlessly and "then just sort of dropped a gear and steadily walked away." Cameron Chambers rode put in a strong effort, crossing the finish line a bit more than 2 minutes in arrears of Tostado.
On the women's side in the 6-day event Sonya Looney (Ergon-Topeak) continued to put her CTR prep to good use, punching out the stage in 4:11, nine minutes ahead of Bicycling Magazine's "The Fit Chick", Selene Yeager, who's definitely wrestling with altitude issues, but seems to be getting it under control. In third was Steamboat Springs rider Katie Lindquist, riding an incredibly strong race and keeping both Sonya and Selene on their toes.
The 3-day "Epic-Curious" riders started their race yesterday as well. As a group they seem a bit calmer, although I'd observe that contentment, joy and the ability to really enjoy the moment seems to be a common trait of the entire group regardless of which stage they're riding. The 3-day folks race has yet to shake out with only one stage under their belts, but you could see them chomping at the bit to get after it on today's route around Mt. Guyot.
On that note, here's a bit of info on the Guyot stage;
44 miles, 9400' of vertical. This is a ride that every local puts in their book as a once-a-year must-do. Riders will cross the Continental Divide. Twice. First via French Pass and then coming across Georgia Pass on the way back.
Then they're going to descend to Georgia Gulch via the CT (and missing the big-ring all the way "I can't believe this trail is here" flume that all the local's ride instead.). It's a lonnnng descent with some tough rocky sections at the bottom.
Waiting for riders there? The climb back out of the Swan drainage – American Gulch. They'll all turn a corner about 3/4 of the way up and what they see in front them will crush their souls. We call this "Awww !*$!" corner. Because it goes straight up…and you're already fried.
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Representing Catholic Charities Community Services and the new Opportunity Center that provides English as a Second Language and immigration legal assistance in Orange County, Catholic Charities Migration Counselor Jessica Lazo joined U.S. representatives, businesses, farmers and community leaders at a rally held in Newburgh earlier this month. Ms. Lazo spoke about services Catholic Charities provides immigrants as others urged Congress to take immediate action to pass immigration reform.
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Assemblyman Frank Skartados, D- Milton, agreed.
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Freshman Kevin Moylan had Princeton's first win over a Top 20 opponent this season, and now he has the team's first tournament title. Moylan led a group of five Tiger placewinners at the Wilkes Open by winning the 141-pound title.
Moylan was one of two finalists for Princeton, which will send five wrestlers into this weekend's 50th Midlands Championships. Grayson Shepperd made a strong run at 165 pounds before ultimately placing second. Teammates Seth Hazleton (4th) and Steven Leshinger (6th) both placed at 157, while Judd Ziegler took fifth at 165.
Moylan scored major decisions in both his first and final matches, but he won a pair of close contests in the middle two rounds. He topped Maryland's Shyheim Brown 4-3 in the quarterfinal, and then topped Lehigh's James Carucci 5-2 in the semifinal. His 11-3 victory over Lehigh's William Switzer earned him his first collegiate tournament title.
Shepperd was impressive in his run to the finals, which included a major decision and a third-period pin of Pittsburgh-Johnstown's Keith Ryan. Despite losing in the final, the effort should give Shepperd great confidence going into the second half of the season.
Shepperd fell to Penn's Bradley Wukie in the final; in the semifinal, Wukie defeated Ziegler after the Princeton freshmen won his first three matches in the main draw. Leshinger also won three matches in the main draw at 157, while Hazleton won two.


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Jeremy Bourst, from Orlando Beer Guide, emailed me today to compliment me on the craft beer story I wrote in today's Calendar section.
It's a guide to bars that serve strictly craft beers, with a list of others that have a large selection of crafts but also serve the standard domestics, a list of local breweries and a list of places you can buy crafts to go. If that's your thing you should check it out here. You should also check out Bourst's web site, orlandobeerguide.com, which is a great resource on Orlando's burgeoning craft beer scene.


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This distinction is often called tripartite division of the law.
I ran across this series of blog posts:
- http://maelandcindy.blogspot.com/2008/06/is-mosaic-law-tripartite.html
- http://maelandcindy.blogspot.com/2008/06/is-mosaic-law-tripartite-historical.html
- http://maelandcindy.blogspot.com/2008/07/is-mosaic-law-tripartite-analyzing.html
- http://maelandcindy.blogspot.com/2008/07/is-mosaic-law-tripartite-analyzing_19.html
- http://maelandcindy.blogspot.com/2008/07/is-mosaic-law-tripartite-wrapping-up.html
- http://maelandcindy.blogspot.com/2008/08/is-mosaic-law-tripartite-entertain.html
- http://maelandcindy.blogspot.com/2008/08/is-mosaic-law-tripartite-some-final.html
which considers the division of the law into "moral", "civil", and "ceremonial" parts. The Westminster standards (and others), even go on to claim that the "moral" law is one and the same with the Ten Commandments. This sometimes becomes something of a hermeneutical key, e.g., when interpreting passages that point out that the law is overturned, asserting that the passage is referring to the ceremonial law.
That said, Confessional Presbyterians and Reformed Baptists are not typically considered Thomists, and yet find this principle as no minor point in their confessional documents. Aquinas's reasoning is usually rejected when directly addressed, but the essential division is held nonetheless. Is there some other supporting reasoning, or an alternative origin other than via Aquinas? Likewise, is there support for equating the "moral law" (which is said to remain on Christians) with the Decalogue?


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It's no longer just an idea — Neese plans to run for mayor of Elkhart
ELKHART — State Rep. Tim Neese, a Republican, isn't just exploring the possibility of a mayoral bid here anymore.
He said Monday, Aug. 26, that he plans, in fact, to run for the top slot in the city in 2015 elections. "I just am interested in contributing to the city of Elkhart in a different context," he said when approached after a presentation by Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard to the Elkhart Rotary Club.
Dick Moore, a Democrat, is serving in his second term as Elkhart mayor. He's not said if he plans to run again in 2015.
The period to formally file to run in the 2015 race comes later, Neese said. But he's launched fundraising efforts — Ballard was the featured guest at a fundraiser set for 5 p.m. Monday — and other aspects of the campaign are rolling ahead.
Neese, in his sixth term as a representative to the Indiana House for District 48, which includes northern Elkhart and northern Elkhart County, announced earlier this month that he had formed an exploratory committee to consider a mayoral bid. At the same time, he said he would not seek another term as state representative in 2014 elections.
Neese said he's been mulling a bid for mayor the "last couple years." He served on the Elkhart City Council for 15 years before winning election to the Indiana House in 2002.
Moore and the Elkhart City Council are embroiled in a heated, ongoing controversy as they try to establish new rates for commercial city sewer customers outside Elkhart's municipal limits. That, though, didn't factor in Neese's decision to run for mayor."
"It's that I have the desire to continue to participate and be involved in the city of Elkhart," said Neese.
Ballard, speaking before and after his Rotary Club presentation, had positive words for Neese, who was on hand for Ballard's formal speech.
"I'm a Republican, he's a Republican. It kind of makes sense that way," Ballard said. He went on: "I like common-sense people who try to do a good job."
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Trial begins for Palm Coast man accused of shooting girlfriend's father
Published: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 at 1:00 p.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 at 1:00 p.m.
Accursio Claudio Venezia testified in court Wednesday that he walked downstairs in his Palm Coast house late one night last year to check on who rang the doorbell.
But he didn't see anyone by the front door. He didn't see the man accused of shooting him, William Copeland, who is charged with attempted murder, aggravated battery with a firearm and shooting into a building.
Venezia, however, testified to a jury of seven men before Circuit Judge Raul Zambrano that he saw Copeland moments later standing in his back patio, holding a gun.
Copeland, 21, of Palm Coast was the on-again, off-again boyfriend of Venezia's daughter, Corina, 20. Copeland and Corina Venezia met at Matanzas High School several years ago. The relationship led to a daughter, who is now 2 years old.
But their relationship also led to conflict and the father was not happy with the way the boyfriend treated his daughter, according to testimony.
Both father and daughter walked downstairs to check on who rang the doorbell about 11:30 p.m. May 18, 2011, according to testimony. As Corina Venezia looked out the glass panels next to the front door on Leidel Drive, Accursio Venezia testified he walked toward the kitchen to get a pellet gun to scare off whoever might be around.
But he did not get to the pellet gun. Under questioning by Assistant State Attorney Mark Johnson, Accursio Venezia testified he walked to within about 10 or 12 feet from the sliding glass doors leading to the back patio.
"I heard a gunshot right away," Accursio Venezia testified. "I kind of duck and then the second hit and then the third one. And I'm looking straight ahead and there's William Copeland shooting at me."
He testified that Copeland had the gun on the screen pushing against the glass.
One panel on the sliding glass door shattered and Venezia retreated toward the stairs.
"I didn't realize it until I took about five steps going upstairs again I saw the blood," Accursio Venezia said.
The 32-caliber bullet entered just below his chest and exited through his back, just missing his heart, he said.
He testified he went upstairs where other family members, including his daughter, called 9-1-1.
"I sat on a small rocking chair and that was it. I wasn't able to breathe because my lung had collapsed," Venezia said.
Copeland's defense attorney, Lynn Martin, questioned Accursio Venezia about a deposition he gave in August. In that deposition, he said that Copeland had been standing 10, 12 or 15 feet away from the sliding glass door.
Accursio Venezia said that the deposition was wrong and that Copeland had been right at the glass.
Martin also asked Accursio Venezia whether he remembered telling a doctor at Halifax Medical Center in Daytona Beach that he had been shot in the back. Martin held a document indicating Venezia had made the statement.
He said he did not recall the statement.
Copeland's trial is expected to continue Thursday. He could face life in prison if convicted.
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For some odd reason, I think this season will have more sports fans watching ABC's Dancing With the Stars than ever before (ahem, Erin Andrews).
And you can count Jacksonville Jaguars WR Mike Sims-Walker ,WR Terrell Owens and Jags RB Maurice Jones-Drew among that crowd of supporters for the unofficial NFL DWTS players club. They were campaigning hard for Chad Ochocinco on their twitter accounts Monday night, the first day of competition on DWTS.
@mikesimswalker: "Bout to watch the homie @ogochocincoon dancing wit the stars yall tune in asap!!!"
@terrellowens: "Just arrived 2 watch boy Chad perform w/C Burke n Dancing w/the stars!! I'll b front row n full support mode!!"
@Jones_Drew32: "On Dancing with the Stars @OGOchoCinco scored 18. He needs your votes to stay in this, go to abc.com and vote!!!!!"
Unfortunately, Ochocinco's supporters were slightly disappointed considering he was beaten on the scoreboard by ESPN college reporter and Florida alum Erin Andrews.
She scored 21 out of 30 on the first night with her dance partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy (spell check will do you no favors on that one). Ochocinco scored 18 out of 30 with his partner and two-time winner Cheryl Burke.
But Ochocinco may still have the final word. The online betting site Bodog has him favored with 3 to 1 odds to win over Erin Andrews' 4-1 odds.
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Fans, music keep Azalea Fest headliners Skynyrd going
Published: Wednesday, April 3, 2013 at 12:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, April 2, 2013 at 2:36 p.m.
You'll not likely see Johnny Van Zant in a pair of sunshine-yellow pants with a matching jacket. The bright palette of the Azalea Festival doesn't really complement the leather and denim favored by southern rockers Lynyrd Skynyrd.
What: Lynyrd Skynyrd concert at the Azalea Festival
When: 7 p.m. Thursday, April 11
Where: Cape Fear Community College, 411 N. Front St.
Tickets: $40
Details: 794-4651 or NCAzaleaFestival.org
But that doesn't concern Van Zant. The lead singer of Lynyrd Skynyrd, Van Zant said he can fit in just about anywhere. So he and his band will make themselves at home in Wilmington for the first Azalea Festival 2013 headline concert on April 11 at Cape Fear Community College. The Avett Brothers will play April 12, and Colt Ford and the LACs will play April 13.
The proper, genteel South and the rebellious, rowdy South will sway together to songs such as "Sweet Home Alabama," "Saturday Night Special" and "What's Your Name." And of course, there's the iconic rock anthem, "Free Bird" - the song that Skynyrd could stretch to 15 minutes during a 1970s stadium concert in front of thousands of screaming fans.
Ronnie Van Zant used to ask the crowd, "What song is it that you want to hear?" In unison, the crowd would respond, "FREE BIRD!" Ronnie and two other band members were killed in a 1977 plane crash. The band reformed 10 years later, with little brother Johnny as lead singer. Now, it's Johnny's obligation to ask the crowd what they want to hear.
The anthem is so entrenched in popular culture that whenever a random singer in a random bar asks for audience requests, someone invariably yells, "Free Bird!"
Johnny Van Zant has done it himself.
"I did it at a freakin' Cher concert that my wife roped me into going to," Van Zant said during a phone interview last week. "I had to go down and watch Cher for an hour. Somewhere along the way, I yelled 'Free Bird!' "
We will assume that she didn't sing it.
Skynyrd is promoting its 2012 album, "Last of a Dyin' Breed" and preparing for a summer tour with Bad Company. The style of the new work hasn't changed much from the original tunes Skynyrd produced four decades ago.
"We always try to write songs about common people, common things. That's what's kept this great band around - the songs," Van Zant said.
He said he's been asked why he doesn't write another "Free Bird." Fans might as well ask for another Mount Rushmore.
"We've tried to carry on what was started, but it's a real hard job," Van Zant said. "Not only are we competing with other bands, but we're competing with a legend that was already there."
When Lynyrd Skynyrd was hitting the apex of its career, Johnny Van Zant, who was 11 years younger than Ronnie, was playing "some club on the north side of Jacksonville (Fla.)," he said.
Today, he's asked to entertain those fans that grew up listening to Skynyrd. And their kids. And their grandchildren.
A few weeks ago, he said, an "older lady" attended a concert with her daughter and son-in-law.
"She sang right along with me," Van Zant said. "Then you see little kids out there just singing the heck out of the songs and enjoying it. That's what keeps us going."
The Lynyrd Skynyrd lineup from before the plane crash was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Their music survived the hiatus between the crash and the reformation of the group in 1987. It survived tragedies after the plane crash as well, including the paralysis of Allen Collins in 1986, Collins' death in 1990, the death of bassist Leon Wilkeson in 2001 and the death of keyboardist Billy Powell in 2009. Powell's death left guitarist Gary Rossington as the only full-time member of the original band that was still playing in the new configuration. (Guitarist Rickey Medlocke, who's been a full-time member of the band since 1996, briefly played with Skynyrd in 1970-71.)
The band wasn't sure whether to continue making music as Lynyrd Skynyrd. Van Zant is not tech savvy, he said, but he did turn to the internet after Powell's death. The outpouring of love from fans left no doubt in his mind that Skynyrd should continue to rock. The conviction of their fans spawned the song "Skynyrd Nation," which was included on the "God & Guns" album later that year.
"They kept saying that Skynyrd Nation will go on," Van Zant said. "That helped us make up our mind whether we wanted to carry Lynyrd Skynyrd on."
He believes the band's legacy will carry on long after Johnny Van Zant steps away from the mic.
"Skynyrd's faced lots of ups and downs and tragedies, but the music still lives on," he said. "When myself and Gary Rossington and Rickey Medlocke are gone, Skynyrd's music will still be around."
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Roche's Lucentis (ranibizumab injection) has become the first drug to achieve FDA approval as a treatment of diabetic macular edema (DME). The recombinant humanized monoclonal antibody fragment is a VEGF-A inhibitor that has previously been cleared for use in the treatment of visual impairment due to DME in over 75 countries, and is also approved in the U.S. and over 100 countries for treating wet age-related macular degeneration (wet AMD), and macular edema following retinal vein occlusion (RVO).
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CORVALLIS, Ore.--Making its second trip to the Northwest in two weeks, the Arizona State women's gymnastics team competes in the 2013 NCAA West Regional, hosted by Oregon State, Saturday in Corvallis, Ore. The meet will be live streamed by OSU starting at 4 p.m. PT.
ASU will join top-seed and fourth-ranked Georgia, No. 10 Oregon State, No. 16 Arkansas, No. 21 Boise State and California at the NCAA West Regional. The top 36 teams in the country qualify for the NCAA Regionals with the top-18 teams seeded on a national basis based on a team's RQS score.
The Sun Devils begin regional competition on bars, one of the strongest events for the team in recent weeks. Grad student Kahoku Palafox earned second-team All-Pac-12 bar honors this season for her overall event average and her career-high score of 9.900 on bars at the Pac-12 Championships.
The Gym Devils will make their second trip to Corvallis in two weeks as ASU just finished Pac-12 Championship competition, hosted by Oregon State. Finishing eighth in the conference, the Sun Devils look to improve on their previous performance and get a second chance on the same equipment in the same facility.
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This reflection is taken from my book Pro-Life Reflections for Every Day, which is available for purchase at: ProLifeReflectionsForEveryDay.org.
"The winds blew and buffeted that house. And it collapsed with a great crash" (Matthew 7:27).
Reflection: Pro-abortion politicians will say to us, "Abortion is just one of many issues; I embrace a consistent ethic of life." The foundation of a house is only one of many parts of the house, but it is essential in order to build the other parts. That is why the bishops teach that the right to life is the foundation of all human rights, and that our priority must be fighting abortion.
Prayer: Lord, you warned against building our house on sand. May the right to life itself shape all our efforts for justice. Amen.


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The rats are hiding, but they are still around. And, our freedom is in as much danger as ever. It takes eternal vigilance to protect our Rights when Freedom has so many enemies. Anyhow, Joe Biden says that there will be GUN CONTROL this year! Anti-gunners are just like cockroaches1 They are very difficult to get rid of!
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IBIM participants will attain two degrees in just four years: a Bentley BS in Management and a Tilburg University BS in Information Management. Bentley students will spend four terms at Bentley, three terms at Tilburg, and one term at Deusto.
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Year 4: first semester -- Bentley
Year 4: second semester -- Bentley
The Deusto term at the end of sophomore year offers the opportunity to get together with Tilburg students and experience yet a third culture, as well as study in a different academic setting. While in Spain, students participate in a series of activities designed to help them get to know the other participants, increase their awareness of other cultures, and enhance interpersonal skills.
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I bought a dress that requires a specifically engineered undergarment – one that sucks flab in and pushes it up or down or back or somewhere where it will look better than where it currently languishes, and where might that be? I don't know, but, Oprah swears by these kinds of things, and well . . . you know, I am a believer.
So, off I went with my, I'm-going-to-wow-my-husband-in-this-dress dress, to the intimate apparel department. I felt a little bit defeated. Me? A size 14? When did that happen? And, since when have I required any kind of foundation garment other than a nice bra and some control-top pantyhose? Huh?
I tried to convince myself that this is what happens to women of a certain age, and no, I don't look at all like my cousin Kiki who needs a scooter to get around because she is so grossly overweight. No. I'm just 54 and judging from their stock in the foundations department – I would say that 40% was devoted to these shapers as they are called – I am not alone.
I must give credit to NASA because, I'm sure that all that money we spent on all those missions is what gave us this hyper-stretchy fabric. Gone are the stays, the pulleys, the rods, the clips that were on the contraptions that my grandmother wore. I used to see her long-line bras and girdles on her wash line in the basement and think to myself, "No! Never! Not me!" But, there I was, in the midst of corsets and girdles cleverly disguised as "slimmers."
These shapers, slimmers, contour enhancers came in nude, black or white and were presented as "systems" that a woman could put together to address her specific problem areas – high-waisted, gut-sucking-in panties that might be coupled with a tank top style bra designed to give shape to a shapeless torso, or, thigh slimming waist cinching shorts that look like those compression shorts that you see sticking out from underneath basketball player's baggy uniforms, but on them they look good, or a tubular bra-slip that hugs your body like a sheep intestine casing hugs a home made sausage mixture. I needed something like a wetsuit.
Have you ever tried to get into one of these things? I must have looked like a woman possessed by Satan. I lost my balance a couple of times, because the rubberized hem pinned my legs one behind the other, and then came the struggle to get the thing up and over my breasts, which you would think would have been easy, but I lacked the leverage. I took a break, caught my breath, brushed the hair out of my sweat-stung eyes and like those mothers who find the strength to lift the pick up truck off their baby, I got the damn thing up and over. Maybe my mistake was stepping into it and pulling instead of using gravity as my friend. I expect the security video to be posted on YouTube.
Okay. It was on. I was compressed. Walking up stairs would be an issue, but I'd manage. I got the dress out and slipped it on. I looked in the mirror. Yes, the fabric skimmed. Yes, the lumps and bumps were smoothed out. Yes, I could definitely go out in public, but . . . still. I had doubts. Maybe, after I lost a few pounds? Okay more than a few, several? I promised myself that next year . . . Valentine's Day? I'd get into the dress. That was my plan, but just in case, I made the purchase. It's in my closet, in the bag. The tags are still on it. I can't bring myself to wear it. I simply can't.


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Senior Bowl Recap (Day 2): Dolphins finalize staff
Plenty can be gathered on the football field daily, but the best information usually starts circulating late at night in Mobile. And it usually starts coming out after a few cocktails once the new day has started.
I'm battling a pretty decent hangover today, but I've also got information overload. I don't have much time t0 share at the moment, but we'll cover the good stuff.
The Dolphins have finalized it's coaching staff, but as I reported last night the team has named former receivers coach Karl Dorrell the quarterbacks coach even though it's a unit he's never worked with full-time. WORD?
I'm well aware of the challenges the Dolphins have had in putting together a quality coaching staff, but is Dorrell really the answer to helping Chad Henne improve, mentor whatever rookie is drafted, or teach the free agent or the player they traded for the new offense? We'll see.
Tony Sparano better keep Chad Pennington on speed dial.
Another issue the Dolphins are dealing with is the possible defection of Todd Bowles, who hopes to become a defensive coordinator in 2011, and is a candidate to get that position in Arizona.
Things haven't been finalized, and the Cardinals are still interviewing candidates, but I've been told the Dolphins are bracing for Bowles to leave.
ESPN draft guru Mel Kiper Jr. calls FSU QB Christian Ponder a poor man's Chad Pennington.
Ponder welcomes the grind approaching the NFL draft. Hopes to prove he's healthy.
He's thrown a couple of floaters out here during practice. But none of the quarterbacks have been world beaters. However, the North squad quarterbacks are clearly better, and they also have the better offensive line. I'm told the North squad has seven first-round locks while the South squad has two…..
Despite what General Manager Jeff Ireland says, I'm told the Dolphins are likely done with BOTH Ricky Williams and Ronnie Brown, and the only way one comes back is if his camp lowers their asking price.
Mike B is polling the people on which one the Dolphins should keep, and he makes a case for each.
I found it very interesting that Ireland said he wants a tailback who can get yards on their own, TWICE.
If you haven't seen all of the Ireland interview you can check out the Dolphins GM is talking about here.
For the record, I no longer have Ireland on the hook for the Pat White selection, which SOME people would have you believe. I've been convinced by someone who is unbiased, and was involved in the process, that Ireland was the one individual who was never sold on selecting White.
Beating the Patriots to Pat White, selecting him in the second round, was a David Lee, Dan Henning and Bill Parcells special.
Parcells could say whatever he wants (and he will) but the Tuna is the one who missed on two drafted quarterbacks for the Dolphins. He vetoed selecting Matt Ryan and convinced the coaches they should target Joe Flacco or Chad Henne in the second round. And his fingerprints are all over White.
Despite what Despite what Ireland said on Tuesday I'm told the Dolphins know they better add a new quarterback, and are leaning towards the trade route. Who that player will be is difficult to identify because the draft comes before free agency, and trades aren't allowed until a new CBA is struck.
However, I was told by someone I trust that Kevin Kolb is the best of the available options.
I was also told that Titans quarterback Vince Young will be playing for the Minnesota Vikings in 2011. The Vikings recently hired Young's former quarterback coach Craig Johnson, who still believes in him. But the owner and General manager, Rick Spielman, still need to be sold on Young, who I'm told would like to play for Leslie Frazier.


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For Immediate
Liquor Ads Dont Belong on Network Television
Statement of George A. Hacker Director, Alcohol Policies Project, CSPI
For decades, hard-liquor marketers and broadcasters in this country respected a sensible rule when it came to advertising liquor. Recognizing the power of television advertising to influence human relationships and lifestyle choices and the special vulnerabilities of young viewers, they wisely kept liquor ads off television. Since 1996, that responsible position has crumbled, leading to a small, but steadily increasing, stream of liquor ads on cable and independent stations. Today, with the NBC television networks shameless decision to accept liquor ads for broadcast, that stream threatens to become a flood that will drown our children in a deeper-than-ever sea of alcohol advertising.
NBC says that it has set a new standard for responsibility by imposing strict restrictions on the airing of liquor ads. It says that the liquor ads will run only after 9 p.m. - 8 p.m. central or on shows that have an audience that is at least 85 percent adult. How many 16- to 18-year-olds magically disappear from the television audience at 9 p.m.? Is an audience thats only 15 percent under the age of 21 devoid of young viewers? In fact, a liquor-ad-approved show that draws 5 million viewers would include 750,000 underage persons in the audience, certainly an interesting target for liquor pushers, who need to attract young people in their competition with brewers.
Theres another reason why NBCs standard is a joke. Less than 15 percent of the audience for a given show may be below age 21, but that show could still reach millions of underage people and large proportions of all young people. In other words, a show watched by every American over the age of ten including every single 10- to 19-year-old would essentially meet NBCs fraudulent standard. Rather than protect young people, NBC actually serves them up to liquor marketers, in droves.
The true measure of NBCs responsibility is its failure for decades to impose even those weak advertising guidelines on beer and wine marketers. Accepting liquor ads for broadcast, even with these so-called restrictions, compounds NBCs flouting of its public interest obligations.
Americans are concerned about alcohol problems and the future of their children. And theyre very concerned about NBCs plans to introduce hard-liquor ads to network television. With good reason: young people start drinking at an average age of 13.1; those who begin by the age of 15 are four times as likely to become alcohol dependent than those who wait until age 21; alcohol is a factor in the four leading causes of death among persons 10 to 24, in motor-vehicle crashes, unintentional injuries, homicide, and suicide. Underage drinking costs Americans some $53 billion annually.
Just after NBCs decision to abandon its public-interest obligations as a broadcaster and accept ads for hard liquor, CSPI commissioned the Washington, D.C. polling firm of Penn, Schoen & Berland Associates, Inc., to survey Americans about their attitudes regarding liquor advertising on television. What we found indicates that NBC is out of touch with the American people. By large majorities, respondents told us that they supported the networks voluntary bans on liquor ads, that they opposed NBCs decision to take liquor ads, and that they thought it is dangerous to have liquor ads on television because they will introduce young people under the age of 21 to liquor.
NBCs shameful acceptance of liquor ads that threaten our childrens health and safety is a clear sign that voluntary advertising standards do not work. When they become inconvenient or stand in the way of easy money, they play second fiddle to economic concerns. Remember, that liquor marketers, until 1996, voluntarily stayed off TV, until they decided to reverse the steady decline in liquor consumption and go after the beer industrys customers. This latest assault on Americas children demands official action. I am delighted that Representative Frank Wolf and many others share our outrage and have begun to seek an appropriate legislative solution. They have the strong support of the American people.
At this point, I would like to ask Marty McGough to fill you in on details of the poll which his firm conducted. Thank you very much.


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The scene: opening night of Christmas Vacation: The Bi-Polar Express at Desert Star was one of festive excitement.
Wagon wheels draped in garland and hunting trophies, sporting softball sized ornaments, transformed the lobby into a festive atmosphere.
I asked Laura, a Desert Star employee at the will call desk about the stapled to the ceiling rafters. She said they were from when it was a restaurant. They had the policy, "take it off, or we'll cut it off," to let costumers know it was a place to relax. Some whole families would come with ties, just to have them cut off, and now they hang as trophies.
All of this helped set the scene for Desert Star's newest play.
The play follows the story of Little Audrey Trump, who wants to know if Santa is real so bad, she writes him a letter to find out. Shortly after, she's taken to the North Pole on the Bi-Polar express. She's joined on stage by the brother of Donald, Ronald Trump, Frostbite the snowman, elves using hammers to make video games, of course, Santa.
JD Dumas, seated at the piano, provided excellent accompaniment and let the crowd know the boo and cheer chords before hand, really bringing the audience into the play.
You'll not want to miss the play's reading of Dear Santa letters:
One child leaves Santa a veggie platter after listing the statistics of obesity.
Another, from a little boy, asked for a bee-bee gun after admitting a number of atrocities he'd committed, including the shredding of his parents wedding album.
And one even ends with "P.S. If you're not real, don't tell me; I don't want to know."
The namesake of the play comes from the train that travels between the North and South Poles. I won't mention who the conductor is or why the audience was convinced he had a serious psychological disorder. That's one act you'll have to see in order to believe.
The script is full of great one-liners and jokes you'll take home like the idea University of Phoenix is for people who"don't want to go to real college." What Santa hides in his underwear drawer, which character had a boyfriend with a Napoleon complex and what the Boston Celtics and Carlos Boozer have in common. Not to mention, some fun pokes at Utah culture...home teachers in particular.
The overall delivery of lyrics and punch lines left me hunched over with delight. One prop that got the crowd howling was a miniature of Santa's sleigh, which danced across the stage to create a zoomed-out effect. The clouds that passed by the train were another distraction, but definitely worth noting. And two stumbled lines where easily transitioned into the act with humor, leaving audience and performers alike with a good laugh.
Overall, the story was somewhat predictable, was very entertaining, but if you're looking for a night of fun, don't miss Desert Star's production of Christmas Vacation: The Bi-Polar Express.
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Patrick is the timekeeper for a group of temporary employees. Prior to each pay date, quite a few of these employees ask Patrick to look up the net pay they will receive.
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Londonderry is well known for its wild Atlantic coast, its famous siege and its historic walled city. But now there's a new attraction to savour: its future
Sitting snug on the River Foyle, Derry-Londonderry is Ireland's only surviving walled city. But don't think for a second that those walls hem it in. Like Belfast, Northern Ireland's second city is in mid-leap – jumping from a turbulent history into a very bright future. Just 15 years ago, who would have thought Derry-Londonderry would be the inaugural UK City of Culture?
This is a city growing in confidence by the day.
Wander the bustling streets or cross the new Peace Bridge and you'll sense energy in the air; an energy that has seen it host clipper yacht homecoming races, huge Halloween carnivals and cruise liners by the dozen.
Within these old city walls, you'll also find one of Ireland's youngest populations. Sure, you can still see political murals – like the famous You Are Now Entering Free Derry in the city's Bogside neighbourhood. The difference is that today, they're tourist attractions.
In 1994, Monty Python legend Michael Palin began a famous rail journey in Derry-Londonderry, tracing the path of his great-grandmother who left Ireland for America 150 years beforehand. The first stretch of that route is one of the sweetest train rides in Ireland – following the River Foyle and gliding alongside Benone Strand, before disappearing into one of the island's longest tunnels.
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Rail is just one way to travel beyond the city. With a swift change of pace, you and your friends could be on your bikes, following the Foyle Valley Cycle Route to the border towns of Lifford and Strabane. Or what about a visit to Ness Country Park to check out the highest waterfall in Northern Ireland? A zorbing adventure in Magherafelt perhaps? Or you could test your skill against the salmon and trout along The Foyle System, one of the richest fishing rivers in Europe?
Maybe you're feeling romantic. Plotting a proposal, even? Inspired by the Temple of Vesta in Tivoli, Mussenden Temple is an 18th-century folly overlooking the Atlantic Ocean at Downhill Demesne. It has even been known to host the odd civil wedding…
Londonderry has a thriving arts and festival scene, and the county has produced two Nobel Prizewinners in its time: Seamus Heaney from Castledawson, and John Hume from the Derry-Londonderry city, which incidentally is also hometown of Girls Aloud's Nadine Coyle, and composer Phil Coulter.
"There was music there in the Derry air," as Coulter wrote in The Town I Loved So Well, a famous tune in which the singer laments Derry-Londonderry's tragic history, but looks forward to "a bright, brand new day" in the future.
That day is well and truly here.
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