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HTC DROID DNA vs Samsung Galaxy S III
Let's get one thing straight, we're humbled to know that both smartphones are running Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean underneath their customized experiences right now, which means they're treated to many lovable features such as Google Now and Project Butter. Between the two customized Android experiences, we'll hand it to the HTC Sense 4+ UI for donning the more polished widgets and flexible personalization elements. Overall though, it pales in comparison to the comprehensive set of secondary features seen with Sammy's TouchWiz Nature UX experience. Quite frankly, there are so many cool things about it that not only enhances the typical Android experience, but they are actual features that prove to be practical in everyday usage. From S-Beam to its useful set of buddy sharing photo modes, the comprehensive tally is impressive and delivers more than its rival.
Keeping us organized couldn't be any easier with these two smartphones, seeing that their set of organizer apps mirror one another with their functionality – meaning, there's not one that's better. And on top of that, it's wonderful that Google Now is on board with them as well. Rounding things out, the email experience is delightful, especially considering that the Gmail app provides for a very tasteful experience.
Even though it has a slight size advantage with its larger screen, we don't find the DROID DNA more advantageous with its on-screen keyboard – primarily because the two offer spacious layouts and they're extremely responsive. Also, we also appreciate that various numbers and punctuations are easily accessible from the main layout. However, some will no doubt like that the Samsung keyboard employs some Swype-like gestures as an alternative way to input stuff – though, the Swype keyboard is an option as well.
Processor and Memory:
Yes, it's obvious that the HTC DROID DNA is sporting the more prized processor, since it's newer of course, but we don't find its quad-core 1.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro processor with 2GB of RAM to outperform its competition with real-world tasks. Frankly, the once prized dual-core 1.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus chip with 2GB of RAM of the US versions of the Galaxy S III is effective enough to maintain an equally solid performance. Yet, they're not entirely perfect, as some instances of choppiness can pop up every now and then – albeit, it's nothing that proves to be a headache.
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Talk about a sigh of relief, but it's so inviting to know that the Galaxy S III has an available microSD card slot to supplement its 16GB of internal storage. Seeing it lacks one, we're not too thrilled to know there isn't much flexibility found with the DROID DNA – even more when it's stuck at 16GB of memory.
Internet and Connectivity:
Needless to say, it's a pleasure to surf the web with these two 4G LTE enabled smartphones. In addition to the fast page loads, we're exposed to other lovable qualities that make the experience so enjoyable – such as proper rendering, silky smooth navigational controls, and sharp details thanks to tits high-res displays.
We're presented with an all too predictable top-notch web browsing experience on the Samsung Galaxy S III
Sure, its allegiance is with Verizon, but the DROID DNA is in fact a world-enabled smartphone with GSM connectivity on top of CDMA. On the other hand, depending on which version of the Galaxy S III you pick up, it's available in both GSM and CDMA flavors. Meanwhile, they're both packing connectivity features like aGPS, Bluetooth 4.0, 802.11 a/b/g/n Wi-Fi, mobile hotspot functionality, and NFC.
55 Comments
1. straywish (Posts: 13; Member since: 03 Dec 2012)
Well SIII is still proving that it can give a tough competition to powerful beasts so far.
15. SuperAndroidEvo (Posts: 4839; Member since: 15 Apr 2011)
You are right about the Samsung Galaxy S III, BUT the HTC Droid DNA has that 1080p screen that is just literally to die for. Also let's mention that the quad-core Krait S4 Pro is more future proof than the dual-core Krait S4 Pro.
To me the HTC Droid DNA is just a VERY capable phone that is really future proof. I got mine rooted & there is word around the grapevine that S-OFF has been achieved.
18. androiddownsouth (Posts: 598; Member since: 02 May 2012)
All I can say dude is I LOVE my DNA. This phone is a monster, and the battery life is very reasonable for how I use it.
19. Captain_Doug (Posts: 997; Member since: 10 Feb 2012)
Can't wait for CM10.1 on the DNA.
27. SuperAndroidEvo (Posts: 4839; Member since: 15 Apr 2011)
I am with you guys 100%. The HTC Droid DNA is already is a vicious beast, & with a PURE AOSP ROM it will dominate.
Both RootzWiki & Xda have a Senseless ROM that just came out today. It's a Beta 1 BUT it's progress toward a PURE AOSP.
Check it out!
39. jackhammeR (Posts: 1548; Member since: 17 Oct 2011)
doesn't matter what kind of screen it has.
16 gigs of internal memory and no slot for memory cards are a huge nail o its coffin.
40. SuperAndroidEvo (Posts: 4839; Member since: 15 Apr 2011)
Ok I am glad you feel the same way about the LG Nexus 4. lol
49. Zarak (Posts: 23; Member since: 21 May 2012)
Does anyone know the name of that home button sticker on the S III?
2. shnibz (Posts: 301; Member since: 18 Sep 2011)
PA just Admit that the SIII is ugly...everyone knows this. Droid DNA all the way.
24. Nathan_ingx (Posts: 3793; Member since: 07 Mar 2012)
Why would PA do that???
You want to go down the "Bias" road again???
Besides, SIII is one of the better looking phones...
That being said, DNA is better in my opinion, but i won't throw SIII like that!
29. shnibz (Posts: 301; Member since: 18 Sep 2011)
SIII is certainly a good phone. I just think much my like Galaxy Nexus that it's ugly as hell. Samsung has been making some rather unatractive phones.
30. androidlikeaboss (Posts: 40; Member since: 16 Nov 2012)
SIII looks good,but feels like cheap plastic
31. shnibz (Posts: 301; Member since: 18 Sep 2011)
Nexus feels cheap too. Especially compared to my wife's Razr and my old WP7.5 HTC arrive
35. amiroo (Posts: 269; Member since: 03 Sep 2012)
+1 shnibz.
still s3 is a good phone but not Against droid dna..
just see:
performance & Panchmark
build quality
samsung always is more popular for softwar..they are unique in this case..but most of softwar programs can port on the other phones..like direct call..
but design and builld quality never come back with up.
i think s3 couldnt beat one x in very aspect..one X+ is more powerful than s3 and beat it in very aspects..its clear about dna.
finally must accpet that droid dna best this year in total..
43. cripton805 (Posts: 1440; Member since: 18 Mar 2012)
You forgot to throw in the negatives of the DNA.
I dont think the DNA is best by a long shot.
45. nasznjoka (Posts: 402; Member since: 05 Oct 2012)
You want a pretty phone? C'mon men we need phones with unique fictionalized and not beauty it's a phone not a girl
50. Coolest4ever7 (Posts: 23; Member since: 07 Feb 2013)
if you want a pretty phone get an iPhone 5 for anything else Galaxy S III
3. Techsplash (Posts: 41; Member since: 24 Oct 2012)
if they are saying that the droid DNA is better then why have they given more review scores to the s3.
8. lzsbleach (Posts: 155; Member since: 20 May 2012)
Review scores are done based on the competition at that time. The GS3 got a 9.3 because nothing could touch it at the time and it set the bar higher for smartphones. This also proves the .3 deference because the GS3 was still the king after a few months on the market. No doubt the GS3 will be the phone of the year.
32. Techsplash (Posts: 41; Member since: 24 Oct 2012)
well.it is alresdy the phone of the year.
4. OHaZZaR (Posts: 131; Member since: 19 Aug 2011)
It's really amazing that the 6-month old GALAXY SIII can still hold it's own against all these new smartphones.
5. MeoCao (unregistered)
GS3 is 6 months old and looks boring now, GS3 has more software features but JB has made things like S-Voice obsolete.
DNA all the way.
7. darac (Posts: 2156; Member since: 17 Oct 2011)
All the way to hitting the wall of tiny storage.
10. MeoCao (unregistered)
haha, u guys live in the past now is the era of clouds.
11. tizz06 (Posts: 14; Member since: 17 May 2012)
we livin in an era of the cloud and data caps so the cloud storage could b your phone bills worse enemy
13. MeoCao (unregistered)
I don't hear ppl complaining about Nexus 4 with even less memory. Remember Nexus 4 were sold out on contract at Tmo as well.
I guess Wifi serves the well?
26. darac (Posts: 2156; Member since: 17 Oct 2011)
Nexus 4 is a bargain.
It costs as much as a midrange phone, but has the latest OS and tech.
You don't have to be a power user to realize the benefit of getting a Nexus 4.
As for me, I said it already - no way it could replace my S3, with that kind of storage
36. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
unless you go to Tmobiles truley unlimited plan with no overages or throttle. then cloud life is juuuuuust fine. :)
37. androiddownsouth (Posts: 598; Member since: 02 May 2012)
I know Tmo works for you bro, but there are still too many places like where I live where Tmo is straight garbage man. Otherwise you are right.
12. SleepingOz (unregistered)
Sure, the GSIII is old now and I'd recommend the DNA over it to anyone but don't be in denial of the plus that expandable memory gives you. Not everyone's willing to waste money over data usage when one can access his files for free using a memory card.
14. MeoCao (unregistered)
Sure, 64GB will be ideal, but there are reasons that this monster is only 200 bucks.
21. lzsbleach (Posts: 155; Member since: 20 May 2012)
Yea but the GS3 is a classic, DNA is a better phone because of the specs but its not a classic, and the Note 2 got the DNA beat all the way, only thing better is the screen and build quality other than that Note 2 got it software wise.
25. androiddownsouth (Posts: 598; Member since: 02 May 2012)
But comparing the Note II and the DNA is comparing apples to oranges. They simply are not the same thing. The DNA comparison to the SIII is far more valid, imo.
55. xkorpio (Posts: 4; Member since: 11 Aug 2013)
so true.
6. darac (Posts: 2156; Member since: 17 Oct 2011)
Superior high tech horribly crippled by 12GB of storage.. just unacceptable.
Having the marvelous screen and inability to even put two full HD movies in the phone.
Having a top notch GPU when games that could use it go up to 3.5GB in size.
HTC really sabotaged themselves
20. chrisbo5 (Posts: 31; Member since: 26 Jan 2012)
i have to blame verizon waaaaayy more than htc, remember that the htc j butterfly has a sd card slot.
9. MalakiMills (Posts: 257; Member since: 15 Jun 2010)
I had the DNA (swapped for Note 2) and my fiance has the S3. Personally I would recommend the S3 first. The screen really is fantastic on the DNA, but the software is just not up to par at all. If you root I would recommend the DNA because you can eventually get better, but for anyone else the S3 just offers a superior user experience. That and things like removable battery, and storage are just nice to have.
22. lzsbleach (Posts: 155; Member since: 20 May 2012)
I agree with you man, the DNA is just a bigger One x with a better screen, other than that theres nothing new about this phone. I see alot of people running away from sense and it shows in the sales; sense is just not up to par, theres nothing wrong with it but it doesnt add anything either.
41. cripton805 (Posts: 1440; Member since: 18 Mar 2012)
I agree with botb of you. Some people like simple things. If I liked simple phones, I would have an iPhone. I like all of the effects and features on my GS3. People trip out when I let them look at my phone.
Also, what are people on when they comment on bad build quality? It's not bad on the GS3. Its just the gloss smooth feel that feels funny. It has the same build quality as many phones in the past.
Remember! Glass is the cheapest and weakest material!
Aluminum scratches and dents. Its all about preference.
23. Droid_X_Doug (Posts: 5993; Member since: 22 Dec 2010)
I agree with your assessment. The GS III software is more 'usable' than what HTC offers on the DNA. If one is not rooting, then the GS III is better. Rooted, the DNA would get the nod.
54. xkorpio (Posts: 4; Member since: 11 Aug 2013)
aman lol same thoughts here. I love the screen on the dna but the software is just crap seriously. ;( and like I mention Later??? Earlier???? Even if the DNA has a faster processor and quad core, it just feels so sluggish and under power compare to the SAMSUNG GALAXY S3, which is older ! lol
16. K_osss (Posts: 1; Member since: 05 Dec 2012)
Good review but am I the only one that finds the reference to "tits" in the Internet and Connectivity section humorous?
"...such as proper rendering, silky smooth navigational controls, and sharp details thanks to tits high-res displays."
It's an adjective in someone's vernacular
42. cripton805 (Posts: 1440; Member since: 18 Mar 2012)
i caught that too and paused for a minute lol
17. android78 (unregistered)
You cant go wrong with either of these monster android phones. I have both but im just a sucker for that htc sense, So if i would to pick one it would be the htc droid dna. You just cant beat that 1080p screen, quad core processor, beats audio, and htc sense. Im in love with my dna......
28. Thephonegeek (Posts: 118; Member since: 22 Nov 2012)
Truth to be told. DNA prove it against note 2, S3 is not a big deal in front of it. But only 11GB Native storage is a deal breaker.
38. androiddownsouth (Posts: 598; Member since: 02 May 2012)
I thought that too, but got my DNA, set it up, and was amazed at how much storage I actually needed for stuff I actually use. Got all my apps downloaded and put some music on it, and still several GB's of storage left.
And, HTC's media manager software for the DNA is sweet. Easy to send iTunes music to your phone no extra apps needed at all.
33. McLTE (Posts: 824; Member since: 18 Oct 2011)
When I purchased my Note 2, I looked at the DNA for about 30 seconds. It was pretty MEH to me.
The screen was great, don't get me wrong.. but besides that.. what else is there? A ton of negatives!
Sense - Rather have Touchwiz
Battery - small and non removable
storage - really??
for this shootout.. It would be a toss up for me. If I had to choose one of those 2, I'd probably DNA because it's a little more future proof than the GSIII at this point.
BUT.. luckily, I didn't have to pick one of those 2 and got the Note 2! :P
34. ghanemsam (Posts: 64; Member since: 21 Nov 2012)
and as usual phone arena still biased to samsung over and over and over they dont want to addmit that the the HTC beast is the best around right now
44. cripton805 (Posts: 1440; Member since: 18 Mar 2012)
Dear author. When you're going to make a bold statement about lagging and a choppy screen. Please TELL US when and where that happened. This isn't a 5th grade essay when you coule leave specifics out like that. Its like you just pulled that out of your.... hat. Did you make it up because the DNA processor is better? We will never know.
46. TitoP (Posts: 3; Member since: 23 Dec 2012)
I was so torn between these phones I spent 40 minutes at the store and then left without either. Now I've decided to go with AT&T for the 4gLTE, and will probably go with the Galaxy Note 2. I used to think I'd never think of my phone as a camera except for shooting traffic accidents or robberies under way. Then I saw the Note II's camera. As a graphics designer in New York, the thought of taking pics of graphic elements I like, then sending them to myself via AT&T's 4GLTE is powerfully tempting. What an awesome feature, too, to be able to write on the pics.
47. thecomputergenius30 (Posts: 1; Member since: 26 Dec 2012)
I have both phones (the DNA and Galaxy S3) Over all I like the feel and the phone quality of the DNA better. The screen is really nice. What is really a bummer for me is the fact that the rear camera video keeps focusing in and out as I take video. The picture quality is fine (not as great as the galaxy s3 but not a deal breaker either. Because of the rest of the features of the this phone I decided to keep the DNA and I hope they come out with a software upgrade for the Video cam on the DNA. Is the video livable yes, but I'd like it to the point of it not bluing out and re focusing in again.
48. cripton805 (Posts: 1440; Member since: 18 Mar 2012)
My reason for liking the GS3 is the external memory, removable battery, and features. I have had phones break or get damaged in the past, and the SD lives. Also, I prefer touch wiz and the extra features in the GS3.
It all preference, but those were the real deal breakers.
51. tehalley (Posts: 13; Member since: 03 Jul 2012)
I know this old news, but I just got a DNA for $50. I like it soo much better than the S3. Yes on card slot or battery door is a bit bad. These are no issue with me. The DNA has a much better feel & is a lot faster. The screens are no comparison, the DHA wins ands down. As always this is what me thinks! Happy DNA owner.
52. Devadne (Posts: 1; Member since: 29 Jul 2013)
Can I just say that having someone review this phone recently is very useful! Thanks! This comparison ended on the DNA wins but if you don't want to spend the money the Galaxy 3 is a better value for your money. That's when the DNA was $200 and the Galaxy 3 was $50. Now they're both $50 and I think the DNA wins, even without the door to the battery or memory card slot.
53. xkorpio (Posts: 4; Member since: 11 Aug 2013)
HAHAHA well some people just post for the fvck of it. I'm pretty sure we can all google the specs for both phones so lets not get into that. I have both phones. I got my galaxy when verion decided to cut the unlimited data plans. Then I just got a droid DNA a month ago. The screen is beautiful same ass galaxy s4 or iphone 4, 4s, 5. It's High definition at it's best. Is it better than the screen on the galaxy s3? you bet. BUT that about it that's superior to the s3. The camara on the dna sucks! I have BOTH phones and have taken various photos using both phones same circumstances. Now the tactile buttons are SOOO unresponsive, it's a joke. MAYBE its software and they can fix it with an update but.... NOT to mention LAG. I have a stock ROM. On the other hand my galaxy s3 it's just so fluid. LOVE that phone. I like the DNA, But I think HTC still has a lot to learn software wise. Build is excellent, but then again, I tend to buy phones every two years.... so is platic gonna keep me from getting a phone that runs buttery smooth ??? NOT REALLY LOL. Like a lot of people say, memory car is not a must for me, but it would definitely would be nice. Not to mention removable battery. Software wise also... anybody knows how .... on the sammy you can swipe from the top down to show the status bar on MOST applications , but on the DNA it's impossible??? ALSO this is not that important... but ... has anyone notice .... (my friend has a Galaxy S4)... The Galaxy S3 has the most powerful FLASH of any phones I have used.? The Galaxy S4 flash is SO underpower. Even worst than the DROID DNA!!! I know it's something that not a lot of people use, but if you are video taping a movie in low light conditions a strong flash helps a lot. ;)


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VALAPRAISO, Ind. - The Ball State baseball team suffered a 3-2 loss in 10 innings to Valparaiso Wednesday afternoon in its final non-conference game of the 2012 season at Emory G. Bauer Field. The loss drops the Cardinals to 11-33 on the season while the Crusaders improve to 27-21 on the year.
Valparaiso opened the scoring in the bottom of the third inning against left-handed reliever Jon Cisna (Homer Glen, Ill./Lockport Township). The Crusaders opened the inning as Steven Scoby singled and moved to second on a sacrifice bunt. Valparaiso continued its bunting ways as Tanner Vavra dropped down a bunt single before Chris Manning executed a suicide squeeze bunt to score the first run of the game. The Crusaders took a 2-0 lead as Will Hagel followed with a single into right field scoring Vavra.
Ball State answered back in the top of the fourth inning against right-hander Will Robinson. Junior Wes Winkle (Muncie, Ind./Yorktown) led off the inning with a single and quickly stole second base. After a sacrifice bunt moved Winkle to third, freshman Brandon Estep (Selma, Ind./Wapahani) lifted a sacrifice fly into center field to make it a 2-1 contest.
The Cardinals tied the game at 2-2 in the top of the seventh inning as senior Mitch Widau (Richmond, Ind./Richmond) led off with a single. Estep sacrificed Widau into scoring position before first baseman Billy Wellman (Portland, Ind./Jay County) lined a single down the right field line to tie the game.
The Ball State bullpen put up 6.1 innings of shutout baseball after Cisna left the game in the second inning. Four different relievers combined to limit the Crusaders to just three hits during that stretch. The Cardinals' defense also played a key role in the tight affair as it turned a season-high four double plays, including one in the eighth inning to end a Valparaiso scoring threat.
Valparaiso held the Cardinals off the board in the top of the 10th inning despite a single by sophomore T.J. Weir (Kokomo, Ind./Kokomo). The Crusaders led off the bottom half of the inning with a single by Vavra who was quickly sacrificed into scoring position. Hagel gave Valparaiso the walk-off victory as he singled into left field scoring Vavra for the 3-2 victory.
Freshman right-hander Scott Baker (North Manchester, Ind./Manchester) picked up the loss as the Cardinals' seventh pitcher of the afternoon as he worked a third of an inning in the 10th frame. Jarad Miller (5-2) picked up the victory for the Crusaders as he worked the scoreless 10th inning as the third Valparaiso pitcher of the afternoon.
Ball State continues its season-ending seven-game road swing this weekend as it returns to Mid-American Conference play with a three-game series against Central Michigan. First pitch Friday is set for 3 p.m.

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Tomorrow is my birthday. I've never been very fazed about age - mine is well within the proper parameters to be addressing the Zone demographic, I assure you - so much as concerned with time. It always seems there aren't enough hours, enough days, enough years to do all the things you want to do. The years sneak up on you, and you realize you've never finished school or saw the Grand Canyon or skydived or wrote a book or finished watching "Breaking Bad" on Netflix.
Birthdays are a fun time, where you mom tells the annual story of the magical morning she woke up in mind-numbing pain and went to the hospital and had you and brought you home and then your dad locked everyone out of the house and had to break in through the window (true story). It's a good opportunity to get together with friends and let everyone take cheap shots at your age. But it's also a reminder to think, an annual appointment to do a life assessment. Like, so far, I've accomplished this, this and this. What do I still want to do? How long do I have to do it?
I've done a lot of stuff I wanted to do. Friends, moments, smiles, places, feelings. I've seen oceans, sunsets, sunrises, shooting stars, night skies. There's many accomplishments and goals and hurdles and rites of passage under my belt. I don't have much of a so-called bucket list. Day to day, your priorities, wishes and dreams change. You can only do what you can to make yourself proud and happy by the end of each day.
But as far as the things I haven't done yet, how much time do I have to do them? How late is too late to start writing that novel, or change careers, or go backpacking through Europe? And are there things that everyone should do? Should everyone see Paris, own their own home, do volunteer work, or help save the world?
I'm beginning to feel a time deadline wearing down on me. Am I too old to, say, move to New York City and start writing, living in a shoebox and living off foldy pizza? Did I miss my window to start a band and become a spunky girl singer? Do I still have time to move a thousand miles away and experience a new city before even thinking about marriage and a family? Do I only have so many more years where I can be part of a scene, start a revolution, or be cool? How old is too old to wear baby barrettes in your hair?
I've never put much stock in the words "age-appropriate." I try to be tactful, well-mannered and professional.
But who's to say that tomorrow I won't be able to wear a dress I wore two or three birthdays ago (besides the size tag)? Is there an expiration date on dyeing your hair pink, eating Pez, wearing battered Chuck Taylors or hanging around people who were in preschool when Kurt Cobain died? Can I still have parties, and can I still crash ones thrown by college kids? I am sure that I will end up doing what feels natural, even if I am breaking some kind of etiquette or am making a fool of myself. I guess that's called "being yourself."
If you can tell by my past columns, I've been trying to prove the hypothesis that you can take your youth with you, and incorporate all the best parts of your life into your future. Even if you don't know where you're going, your old stuffed bear and favorite sneakers and Bert and Ernie and all the jokes and video games and the T-shirts you had in high school are going with you.
It may be too late to be a Beat poet in NYC (about 50 years too late), and my frat party days may be done, but I am by no means grown up, even if I am getting older. So this birthday, I'll snap a yellow duck barrette in my hair and get started on the rest of my life.
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Allentown Public Works has seen some drastic changes in light of the water lease with Lehigh County Authority. At budget hearing on Thursday night, Allentown City Council reviewed the proposed 2014 budget for the Public Works department, which now includes a new Compliance Department.
The Compliance Department is the city's end of making sure the LCA complies with the lease, according to Craig Messinger, the Deputy Director of Public Works. The department is made up of auditors who will keep consistent watch over the agreements between the city and LCA.
It is this lease that Mayor Pawlowski credits for balancing the 2014 budget and handling the growing pension funding problem.
"This budget takes into account the positive changes resulting from the concession lease of the city's water and sewer utility system to address the city's massive unfunded pension liability and related annual pension costs," the mayor wrote in his public release of the proposed 2014 budget. "This includes the building of our reserve fund to a generally acceptable level."
The $211.3 million payment given to the city as part of the water and sewer lease paid off approximately $29 million of water/sewer debt. $170 million will go to pension funds and $12 million will go to various reserves, fund balances and to complete the Automatic Meter Reading project.
The savings from the lease have been reflected in many ways," said Deb Bowman, the Deputy Finance Director. "First, we are providing services to the residents for the programs we have here, with no additional cost to residents for the programs they receive. Secondly, there has been no tax increase for the pension problem. I don't even want to think about putting a budget together without the lease."
The changes brought on by the water and sewer lease have allowed the Public Works department to focus its energies on its storm water program. The storm sewers have more infrastructure than the sanitary sewers with over 8,000 inlets to take care of, according to Messinger.
The Public Works department also included a few less employees than in years past in their proposed budget. Messinger explained that these posts, including three engineering aides, have remained vacant for some time and so it was necessary to remove them from the budget. However, some residents in the audience who work for the city felt that more employees are needed.
Allentown City Council will continue to hear testimony about the various elements of the proposed 2014 budget throughout the next two weeks. Their next meeting on November 26th will cover Community and Economic Development; Mayor, Managing Director, IT Controller and the Solicitor's Office; and Public Safety, Fire Police, EMS and the Communication Center from 5 to 7 p.m.


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Thursday, October 17, 2013
Cane Bay High School's chorus, the "Cobra Chorale," was selected to perform at the South Carolina Chapter of the American Choral Directors Association Fall Conference.
The conference took place on Oct.11 at Coastal Carolina University.
They performed a 20-minute mini-concert in front of approximately 700 people including honor choir students and directors, and college directors. A panel of college professors and professional musicians selected the Cobra Chorale after hearing blind auditions from choruses across the state.
"This is a major honor for this program and it is the second major conference performance for this group in their six years of existence," said CBHS director of choirs William J. Bennett.
The Cobra Chorale also performed at the General Session of the South Carolina Music Educators' Association Spring In-Service Conference in Feb.2011.
"At the last conference the audience was moved to tears," said CBHS principal Lee Westberry. "Mr. Bennett does an amazing job with these children, just another reason why we have the best Fine Arts in the county."
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The Valentine's-plus-one cosmic kiss we're glad we avoided
You probably didn't even notice. But today we were almost blown away.
An asteroid called 2012 DA14 came within just 17,200 miles – a cosmic eyelash – of the earth. I watched live shots of it as it neared its closest point to our planet at 1:24 p.m. local time. The Jet Propulsion Lab at the California Institute of Technology offered a live web feed from the Gingin Observatory just outside Perth,Australia.
It was a long white streak going across the darkness of space. Simply fascinating. Particularly to those of us who remember being astounded by a live, but extremely grainy, transmission of the first human on the moon. A reminder of how far we've come technologically. What an amazing moment, both then and now.
Scientists calculated, within a few hundred feet, the exact path of DA14. Which is good because if it had hit the earth, it could have potentially killed millions.
Just 13 hours earlier, the world got a sense of the potential devastation such near-earth space objects can have when a meteorite a quarter the size of DA14 entered the atmosphere and exploded 18 to 32 miles above Chelyabinsk, Russia. Chelyabinsk, a city of one million, is about 930 miles east of Moscow.
The 10-ton, 49-foot-wide meteorite came in at 33,000 miles per hour, and despite breaking apart before reaching the ground, the atom-bomb-strength shock wave damaged an estimated 3,000 buildings and blew out a million square feet of glass. More than a thousand people sought treatment at hospitals, most for cuts from the glass. The website for The Guardian newspaper had some incredible video of the event.
Scientists say the meteorite, which came in from northeast to southwest, did not have anything to do with DA14, which is moving south to north. Meteors are meteoroids that have penetrated a planet's atmosphere. An asteroid is larger than a meteoroid, but smaller than a planet. There's been a lot of progress in tracking near-earth asteroids. And yet, it's believed that NASA has found only about one in 10.
Asteroid DA14's departure from our cosmic neighborhood will be visible from Europe and North America later this evening. Between 6 and 9 p.m. on NASA's website you can watch coverage as it moves safely away from the earth.
Because it came so close, the earth's gravity actually altered its orbit. Scientists expect DA14 to come back in 2046 and then in 2080, presumably in closer orbits.
A meteor in 1908 near the Tunguska River, also in Russia, was believed to be the cause of a blast estimated to have been a thousand times more powerful than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. It leveled approximately 80 million trees over an 830 square-mile area and dust from the explosion hovered over Europe. Scientists have reached the conclusion that a six-mile-wide asteroid landed near present-day Yucatan 65 million years ago, leaving a 93-mile-wide crater and leading to the extinction of the dinosaurs.
Suddenly, NASA doesn't seem to be such a bad investment.


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The Obama administration has taken a page from Vladimir Lenin's play book. "Law," the Communist leader once said, "is a political measure. It is politics."
The founder of the Soviet Union, a lawyer by training, strongly believed the ends justified the means. The same can be said of the US Justice Department's legal reasoning, relied upon by the White House, in using drones -- Unmanned Aerial Vehicles -- to kill Americans overseas suspected of terrorism.
According to White House Press Secretary Jay Carney at Tuesday's press briefing, "These strikes are legal, they are ethical and they are wise." Legal, ethical and wise is an interesting combination of words. Obviously, "just" and "justice" were not included.
Laws exist for a variety of reasons. Often they protect people from one another. Permitting mob or vigilante justice, for example, does not lend itself to a stable economy. Governments use laws to control and regulate liberties.
They are tools drafted by men and women with egos, agendas and strong opinions. Broadly written laws are subject to multiple interpretations, or loopholes, to do what someone believes is necessary for a required outcome. Hence, because any president may have the shield of law doesn't give him a free pass, especially when concerns about due process have not been adequately discussed.
Ethics are more esoteric. They can be elusive, theoretical and philosophical. Ethics have been debated, discussed and written about for thousands of years. Today, they are dissected into numerous disciplines for use and study: sex, law, medical, Kantian, societal, humanist, naturalist, situational, normative, axiological, rationalistic, deontological and more.
They also can be about who we are as individuals and should strive to be collectively as a nation. It is being true to the best of our creation, individually and collectively, and not reacting to fear, hate, or threats in a manner that make us indifferent leading to the compromise of core values like truth, fairness and justice.
This is not to suggest the proactive or reactive use of force doesn't have a place in self-defense or national security. It does. Force, however, must be used with a tempered solemnity, especially when done from the safety of a war room removed from harm or bloody realities of the outcome. The use of force by any leader is, or should be, a humbling, heavy burden every time a decision is made to exercise it.
No one has yet to directly ask Carney to define what the administration means when it argues the use of drones against Americans overseas is "ethical."
Calling the current strategy "wise" is understated hubris and policy-righteousness disguised in the trappings of security and patriotism. It makes for good politics – the president, the country's commander in chief is valiantly helping Americans sleep safely in their beds tonight.
The use of force requires oversight. Ultimately, this is less about force and more about the potential for abuse of power which has been justified throughout history with law, ethics and wisdom.
Paul Jesep is an attorney, Corporate Chaplain, and author of "Lost Sense of Self & the Ethics Crisis: Learn to Live and Work Ethically."


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Let's look on the bright side. In the off-season, our offense needed an infusion. For all the bashing of Holland, he has addressed that. Brunner has proven to be exactly what we needed on the second line. Would more be nice? Sure, but you can never have too much firepower. But I think we need to keep things in perspective.
The offense could be better, but overall what needed to be done last summer was done. Holland did address those needs in a clever way. However, our defense is atrocious (mostly because of lack of options other than Suter last summer). Let's not forget that as frustrating as last summer was, it was mostly because of a crappy UFA market and no tradable players. There are circumstances outside of Holland's control.
That being said, I fully expect him to do something about the defense. We need a top pairing addition in order to ice a decent defensive corps. Ideally he would find two defensemen to fill in the top 4, but that's unlikely.
Ah yes, the classic "It's not Holland's fault!" excuse. Like there were no better d-men to be had via trade or free agency that were better than Quincey or Colieakmsxkndnhdsvo. Poor old Holland. I mean Lids and Stuart leaving were a complete surprise to him. As you said though, at least Brunner has worked out so far, which again is because of a scout and not through Holland's trade prowess or draft genius. Holland's real good at finding pieces that nobody really wants and hoping they turn it around in Detroit, but he hasn't competed against other teams for a top talent and won in a long time, and it's become painfully obvious.


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The City of Altoona faces an operational deficit of about $2.5 million for next year - with less than half that much in the unreserved fund balance to offset the shortfall, according to Finance Director Omar Strohm, who presented a draft 2013 budget Wednesday.
Officials knew for about a year that this projected inability to make ends meet was coming, and they prepared for it by gaining entry into the state's Act 47 distressed municipalities program early this year.
Act 47 may provide the remedy to the unresolved shortfall through a recovery plan, with revenue enhancements made possible by eliminating caps on earned income and real estate taxes and probable cost cuts.
But the consulting team that has been working on the plan since early June won't be presenting it until Nov. 13.
So the draft is going to need major revisions, if only to close the funding gap, City Manager Joe Weakland said.
It would have been more efficient to have had the plan a month ago, before staff put the budget together, Councilman Bruce Kelley said. Failing that, it would have helped had the consulting team shared with city officials what they expected will be in the final plan,Weakland said.
But they did not.
Team members said it wouldn't be advisable, and that preliminary disclosure was not part of Act 47, Weakland said.
The team may not have wanted to lay out the plan "piecemeal," Kelley said.
But getting the plan late, when there won't be much time to review or revise it before council will need to approve a budget and slate of taxes for next year is what is causing "some of our angst," Kelley said.
At a public meeting on Act 47 Tuesday, team leader John Espenshade said he expects the plan to be 300 to 500 pages long.
"[Meanwhile] we'll have to use our Magic 8 ball and our Ouija board" to do the budget, Kelley said.
City officials expected the plan earlier, given provisions in Act 47 that call for consultants to finish 90 days after they sign a contract with the state Department of Community and Economic Development.
That deadline, however, became academic when the consultant worked for almost four months on an emergency purchase order. The parties signed a contract a little more than a week ago.
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City located a few miles east of Atlanta. Contrary to other definitions, Decatur is NOT mostly farmland but an urban environment featuring both housing projects and million-dollar condos. The first Waffle House is located in neighboring Avondale Estates and was founded by graduates of Decatur High School. In recent years, an influx of really fucking gay people has earned the city such titles as "dikeatur" and "Dickatur"
"Agnes Scott is located in Decatur . . . all the chicks there are huge lesbos"
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Buffalo Bills defensive end Kyle Moore is halfway to earning offseason bragging rights with fellow University of Southern California alumnus Reggie Bush.
"I see him down in Miami when I'm training in the offseason, and we have fun talking smack here and there," Moore said Friday.
Moore helped the Bills win the first round of their season series with the Dolphins on Thursday night, playing a strong game in Buffalo's 19-14 victory.
Moore was part of a defensive front that limited Bush to just 20 yards on 10 carries. Moore also had one sack and three pressures on Dolphins quarterback Ryan Tannehill.
It was the best showing of the year for Moore, who has seen increased playing time over the past five games due to injuries to both Mark Anderson and Chris Kelsay.
"Kyle has really made a lot of improvement," said Bills coach Chan Gailey. "Kyle's played the run a lot better. We always knew he could rush the passer pretty good, but he's learned to play the run a lot better, and that's been a boon for our football team."
Moore was viewed as a pass-rush specialist when the entered the NFL as a fourth-round draft pick of Tampa Bay in 2009. He was miscast in a 3-4 defense with the Bucs, got hurt, and was discarded after just two seasons. The Bills signed him off Detroit's practice squad last November.
At 6-foot-6, 263 pounds, Moore has exceptionally long arms and is well suited to keeping offensive tackles away from his body in pass-rush situations. He has been working on improving his run defense techniques.
The Dolphins wanted to get Bush to the outside, and the Bills' ends – Mario Williams, Moore and Shawne Merriman – did a good job of setting the edge of the defense.
"Last year he ran for 200 some on us," Moore said of Bush. "So that was a main focus, not letting him bounce out and get on the edge, like he likes to do. … He's a perimeter runner. He'll shoot down the middle if he has to, but if he can get to that edge, he will. Our D-tackles helped a lot, holding down the double-teams."
"You can't get caught looking inside, because as soon as you peek your head inside, he's right back outside."
The Bills' pass rush has needed a boost, due to a knee injury that has kept Anderson out the past five games and a neck injury that has sidelined Kelsay the past two. Moore offers versatility because he can rush from either side.
Moore put a big hit on Tannehill late in the second quarter on a roll-out pass.
"If you can hit 'em early and get 'em to stop the bootleg, now what else do they have to go to?" Moore said. "There was another one right after that where I came in and just barely missed his arm."
Moore's sack came in the middle of the fourth quarter, but he grabbed Tannehill's facemask while dragging him down and was called for a personal foul. On Miami's second-last drive, Moore got big pressure around left tackle and forced Tannehill into the path of Merriman for a sack. Jairus Byrd intercepted a Tannehill pass on the next play.
"I should have had a couple more sacks in that game, but it all works together," Moore said. "They're hard to come by. I wish I didn't get that facemask on that play but it is what it is. I know I've got to get my hands down."
Moore averaged 26 snaps a game the three games after Anderson got hurt. He played 64 against New England, which was the first start of his career, and 47 against the Dolphins.
If he can keep up the pressure, he figures to see quality playing time even when Anderson and Kelsay return.
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It's too bad that a young lady who wanted to do something fun with her hair has become the poster child for a discussion on school discipline policy. (Story on girl's dismissal here).
I'm pretty sure that's not what she had in mind.
And because I've been a teacher, I'm pretty sure that the teachers and administrators who had to take disciplinary action due to school policy weren't too thrilled about having to do it.
But I believe they did the right thing.
On Monday of this week, I was fortunate enough to take part in a Citizen's Academy put on by District 6. We meet monthly to learn about the operations of the school district from budgets to board members, curriculum to transportation. The only agenda is educating the community about the workings of our school system.
On Monday, one of our speakers was John Gates, Director of School Safety and Security. He showed us the comprehensive security plan from the district, and it covered every possibility from a student threatening suicide to lock down procedures for a gunman in a building. I was amazed at the scope of the plan and impressed at how they care enough about the students to address so many different situations.
Part of that plan is the dress code.
Listen, I don't like the fact that our kids have to dress a certain way in order to be safe at school, but I am willing to comply in the best interest of every other kid at that school.
As I mentioned before, I was a junior high and high school teacher. I taught in a school that had a gang presence. One of my students brought a gun to school in his backpack and had it in my classroom. Another got his skull bashed in with a baseball bat. That is the reality of gang activity.
Schools have a lot of obstacles to overcome. They have strict federal and state standards to meet for their curriculum or they don't get money. They have to care for and feed kids whose parents can't or won't. They have to help some learn a new language. And they have to keep them safe.
On the surface, hair color seems like a minor detail. It is. But the minor details add up to be major problems if they aren't dealt with.
Also, I always wonder why we get so angry when dress codes affect kids and start talking about personal freedoms.
My husband could not have blue hair at work. He can't have facial hair beyond a mustache, visible tattoos or hair below his collar. He wears a uniform and is expected to have his tie on and shirt tucked in. That's part of his job. He abides by the rules because he likes his job and has chosen to work for that company. If the rules were too much for him, he could work someplace else.
Most adults have to follow some sort of dress code in the work place. It may be about appearance (no jeans allowed) or safety (steel-toed boots) and we don't get too worked up about it.
I wonder why this incident has become a big deal and also wonder why we aren't spending our efforts fighting bigger battles.
Jaymi Anderson is married with two daughters. Read her Fridays on Greeley Moms.
Listen, I don't like the fact that our kids have to dress a certain way in order to be safe at school, but I am willing to comply in the best interest of every other kid at that school.


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Which open source markdown editor has all the right features?
Three open source markdown editors put to the test
Very much inspired by my interview with Bryan Behrenshausen, I've been spending a lot more time working with Markdown. Day-to-day, at work and at home, I usually work with either HTML or word processed documents. I'm fast with HTML and proficient with word processors, and I rarely need to convert one to the other, but I liked the idea of simplifying my process and using Markdown for everything, with pandoc to convert it.
Markdown is simple enough, but there is a learning curve, so while one of the advantages of it is that it doesn't require any kind of special editor, the reality is that I needed something with a preview so I could make sure my syntax looked OK (which it often did not). As a result, I went through a few Markdown editors, trying to find the one I like best (and because I love a good rabbit hole).
I eventually narrowed my list to three: ReText, UberWriter, and gedit-markdown.
When choosing software, I can usually tell if something will work for me in the first hour or so of use. All three of these editors were very usable to me, which is why I wound up needing a bake-off. I still haven't really picked one, although I do spend the most time in gedit, mostly because it's where I do everything. And even as I've gotten a handle on Markdown, I appreciate the preview all three provide, just to get a sense of how the final product will look.
ReText is simple. It's just a text window. It has a spellcheck and a live preview. It lets you natively export to HTML, ODT, or PDF. It also lets you grab the HTML as source. There's not much to it, which I see as a feature. My main issue with it is that it's black text on white background and I prefer white text on a dark background. There's a CSS file that can be tweaked, but I haven't explored that part of ReText yet. Also, Linux Setup interviewee Amy Cavender is a ReText user.
UberWriter is beautiful (as I've mentioned before). It's got the same basic export options as ReText, plus an advanced export menu I've never had to use. It has spellcheck, a running word count, and a dark mode. It also lets you copy the Markdown into HTML without having to do a formal export, which is a nice feature. There's also a focus mode, which puts an emphasis on your current line and de-emphasizes previous ones.
It's great, but I have a few issues with UberWriter. One is that it doesn't remember the dark color scheme—it has to be set each time it's open. I think it's under review as a feature, though. There's also no search and replace ability, although that's also on the roadmap. Another issue is that there's no preview for me, which I believe is because I'm on Ubuntu 12.04 and there's some kind of dependency issue (I'm not sure it's supported for 12.04, although it runs fine otherwise).
UberWriter is $5 through the Ubuntu Software Center and despite those few issues, it's well worth the money.
gedit-markdown is gedit with a preview window. The preview isn't live—you have to manually update it, but other than that, it does everything gedit does, which for me, a gedit lover, is a nice thing.
I assumed that as I got used to Markdown (it's really not super complicated), I'd just phase out the preview window, but it's actually proven to be very helpful to me, just in terms of checking the formatting of stuff I'm writing.
So for now, I'm sticking with gedit for my Markdown needs, although I'm keeping an eye on UberWriter because it has a great look and feel and seems to be continually improved. But ReText is also a strong option for anyone who wants a simple Markdown editor.
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There isn't a word in that opening sentence that I don't like.
Incidentally, do newer versions of ReText export your semantic markup? The version I used did not; it spit out .odt files with manually formatted heading and body text.
You should check out http://stackedit.io/, which is an in-browser Markdown editor that uses local storage for storing your documents. It's one of the nicest Markdown editors I've seen, and has integration with Github, Google Drive, and Dropbox.
Having used all three quite extensively, UberWriter scores the highest marks with me. Mainly because of its export/conversion options (via Pandoc). That's not to say ReText and gedit with Markdown support are slouches, either. They're not. All three are great tools.
I had some issues in an older version of Linux Mint, too. But in version 15 of Mint, and in the latest version of Lubuntu (which I'm using now), UberWriter works beautifully.


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HOLLIDAYSBURG - A Philadelphia company that owns and manages several long-term nursing care facilities will buy Valley View Home for $16.5 million.
Commissioners Terry Tomassetti and Diane Meling voted Tuesday to sell the longtime county nursing home to Reliant Senior Care Management Inc., which outbid TL Management LLC, a Brooklyn, N.Y., investment company offering $16.1 million.
The vote in favor of selling prompted about 15 Valley View employees at the commissioners' meeting to call out "Shame, shame," as they stood up and walked out of the room, some shedding tears.
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Valley View workers get up and leave chanting "shame" during the Blair County commissioners' vote to sell the home.
"We have said from the beginning that we do not think that selling is in the best interest of our residents or our community," nurse's aide Dawn Futrell said. "And we still feel that way. Blair County has lost a real community asset today."
Meling and Tomassetti said they believe the sale is in the best interest of Blair County and Valley View residents. Reliant, as commissioners requested, will pledge to continue operating Valley View as a skilled care nursing facility through December 2023.
That's something the county cannot promise with forthcoming changes in Medicare and Medicaid funding, Tomassetti said.
Meling said from her visit of privately owned nursing facilities owned by the those bidding for Valley View, she saw improvements made to keep the facilities competitive and attractive.
"If we don't take this action now, Valley View's future is very dim because we know we don't have the funds to reinvest in [Valley View], to bring it up to the standards [of other homes]," she said.
Commissioner Ted Beam Jr., who voted against the sale, reminded fellow commissioners that when they attended a residents' council meeting last year at Valley View, the residents told them how satisfied they were.
"They spoke from their hearts," Beam said. "They love that home. They're treated like family, not like patients."
Tomassetti and Meling said in the private facilities they visited, they observed good relationships between the residents and the staff. They also said that they expect Reliant will retain most of the Valley View employees.
But employees fear the new ownership could mean changes to employee pay and benefits, including health insurance and pension, said Diana Miller whose husband, Terry, works as a nurse at Valley View.
"The money [from the sale] is more important to the commissioners than the people," Diana Miller said. "This is one less thing they will have to deal with. They're just passing the buck."
Tomassetti has said that the county will make no profit on the sale of the home because the proceeds will be needed to cover the home's debt, its portion of the county's unfunded pension liability, benefits owed to employees and sale-related expenses.
Upon signing the sales agreement, Blair County will owe Marcus & Millichap, the Chicago real estate firm that marketed Valley View, a 2.5 percent commission fee on the $16.5 million price, which equals $412,500.
The county also hired a Harrisburg-area attorney, Louis Capozzi, who specializes in health care related transactions, to handle the legal work associated with the sale, at $200 an hour.


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Along the waters of the Minnesota, St. Croix, and Mississippi rivers sit the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota. Though the cities share much, each has its own unique character. Minneapolis is slightly younger with more modern architecture and skyscrapers, while the city of St. Paul preserves a European style.
Cycle or walk around the Chain of Lakes for beautiful sunrises and sunsets. Lake Calhoun is central to Twin City outdoor life. Browse art exhibits ranging from the Romanov dynasty to Soviet art at the Museum of Russian Art. Hop on over to St. Paul and stroll past the grandiose Gilded Age houses of Summit Avenue. Visit the Como Zoo and Conservatory and check in on the zoo's Galapagos tortoises, Marco and Erwin.
Dive into a breakfast of bacon fries, baked French toast, and a bottomless cup of locally brewed coffee at Minneapolis's Parka. Order a lamb kebab, a hummus plate, and feta & spinach pie at St. Paul's Mediterranean delight, Shish. And be sure to stop in at family-owned Ingebretsen's on East Lake in Minneapolis since 1921 for traditional Swedish sausage, specialty Scandinavian cheeses, Norwegian wool sweaters, and artisan-made Nordic woodwork.


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Thursday, March 7, 2013
Quite often when in church I pray for inspiration to find a subject for an upcoming column. Recently God sent one immediately – and in the same pew. My local family took up nine seats in a row last month for the performance of the Fourth Annual Sweetgrass Festival of Children's Voices held in Bethany United's beautiful church. This gathering of five area choruses included the University Children's Chorus in residence at Charleston Southern. Two of our grandchildren, Riley and Grace, were singing Jubilate Deo with that group.
Our son David, the children's father, sat next to me and during a lull in the vocal renderings while the various singers changed places, I said to him that I had a new computer program. It was (naturally) causing me some heartburn and if he found himself in Summerville one day soon, I'd give him a Dagwood sandwich if he'd give me a little time and try to drum a trickle more of computerese into this ole' head. David is my electronic guru, but I'm always loath to ask him for help as he lives in North Charleston and is mighty busy with many other minor details, like his architectural practice and his wife Amy and their three kids. He's very gracious though and thank God – very patient – and will always come as soon as he can. But he said, grinning at me, "If I can't make it, I'll send Adam."
I glanced at the four-year-old sitting next to him, who was busy navigating on his mother's iPad. He had the minicomputer propped up on his knees and gazed intently at the screen holding his tiny hands up. Suddenly he sat back in satisfaction, inserted his left thumb firmly into his mouth and plied the keyboard with his right hand like a miniature Van Kliburn. "What on earth is he doing," I asked David.
"Searching through to find the program he wants so he can play the games he wants and in the order he wants," explained his father. I remembered a couple of years ago when our phone rang and Jim picked it up only to be greeted by gurgling sounds. "This is worse than some of the babble we usually get", he grumped and was about to disconnect when the caller clearly said to him "Pop Pop," and the line went dead. David told us later that Adam was teaching himself the cell phone. Apparently he's mastered that and is well into the iPad.
"How on earth does he learn do make the computer work for him like that," I asked bewildered, "He just picks it up and tries it out and learns that way mom". And it's the best way, David told me for the umpteenth time.
Well maybe he's right. On the next occasion I need help and if my son can't come and I can't spring Adam from K4, I'll try the latter's method. I'll gaze intently at the screen, firmly insert thumb and get on with it.
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Shirley's insurance coverage in jeopardy
March 28, 2013
CHARLES TOWN — After an initial motion was filed and denied in federal court, the West Virginia Counties Group Self-Insurance Risk Pool has filed a motion in Jefferson County Circuit Court requestin......
Hipsta - notice he avoids your question. Love is blinding him!
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Hipsta - notice he avoids your question. Love is blinding him!
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In summary, cops are bad, but insurance companies are worse. Shucks, I knew that already.
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no i send ur wife down lol drum roll please
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Major- let's talk. You need to give in on this issue, if only to say, since he pled guilty, he shouldn't have insurance coverage. Blame it on his attorney, who wrongfully convinced Shirley to plead. But seriously, you're showing lack of conservative principles here. Blame the liberal criminal defense attorney. I know you can do it....
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He will win what? The best body in the prison showers ?
You are just plain dumb. He plead guilty.
You just cant understand that.
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It's a slimmy mess and a slim bucket caused it all by the name of Bobby Shirley .
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Honestly, I likely know what is going on with Shirley far more than you might realize. I would have loved to see him tried in front of a jury on the excessive force charge. He likely would have succeeded. The problem for Shirley was that he allegedly tampered with evidence. Interestingly, the tampering charge was dismissed, and the excessive force pled out -- guilty plea, to be exact. And you may ask, why would he plea to the charge he could beat more easily? Because the plea on the excessive force claim carried less time, had less effect on his ability to obtain future employment and retirement benefits (than a plea for a crime of moral turpitude), and because he could argue that insurance coverage applied to the excessive force charge, claiming he acted negligent rather than intentionally.
Fact is, the coverage is a stretch and should never be afforded to cover criminal conduct. It is a slippery slope.
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Major, he pled guilty. I don't have to know if he really did it. He pled guilty. Does that mean anything to you?
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Loyalty or stupidity. You lack principle in this debate. You're essentially arguing that criminal conduct must be covered by insurance. That's preposterous.
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Major,really just shut up !
Have a nice day .
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Let's face it. Majoritooligan supports insurance coverage for criminal acts. The phrase "slippery slope" comes to mind.
I had no idea Major was such a closet liberal. Apparently he wants to stick it to the insurance company, assume everything is covered, and take down the Evil Empire known as corporate America. Who would have thunk it?
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Major: your continued ignorance on the Shirley ordeal makes you look like a fool. Shirley told the Federal Judge that Yes he was guilty as charged - you have no where to go , but amazingly you keep trying . Shirley is guilty of a felony, only nutjobs continue to worship the guy.
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Just witnessed 3 nights ago myself amongst about 3-5 other bystanders a city officer calling a african american the N word as if it was his normal vocabulary. there isnt one cop out there that isnt on steroids as well. i know people that sell and use with alot of them. this needs to be throughly investigated farther than just shooting an innocent person.
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Shirley is a disgrace to all honest men & women that wear a police uniform. He is guilty of a lot more abuse of power than you have read in the press.
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people come here
They sure do the scum off the bottom of the barrel in a cop uniform
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Since the good cops aren't marked in anyway and the DIRTY cops out number the good ones, I'd say DON'T TRUST ANY OF THEM ANY TIME ANY PLACE FOR ANY REASON.
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Uconn - really? His name was put in before the deadline! In case you are not familiar - the main responsibility for the office of the sheriff is the administrative side!! Not law enforcement!
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Hey Major - what about the white guy who attacked police with a railroad spike? Is he part of your community?
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Major, as always you misconstrue the facts and twist them to suit your ridiculous comments. The knife in question was a pen knife. From what I have read, at least 18 shots were fired including the three in the flower pot. I can't wait to hear the statements written by the five officers while they fabricated their story. In the end, one of them will present the integrity that we demand from our law enforcement officers. That one officer who will enjoy immunity will sink the other four of them for sure. I have spoken to many retired officers about this sad event. All of them agree it was not handled properly and the result was death for the subject involved. It will take years for this stigma and use of excessive power to be erased. The great officers that risk their lives everyday and approach all scenarios with a mature and measured response will suffer as well. I hope the Feds turn over every stone and guilty go to jail forever.
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MPD have been out of control for some time. Not all of them, some are great, but what would you expect from a bunch of young kids who receive minimal training and then we put them on the street with authority and weapons to effect lethal force and death. There is no leadership or mentoring by senior cops as well. You will never convince me that five cops couldn't subdue one man of average strength. There have been more officer involved shootings in this city in the last 12 months than my entire 55 years as a resident. I saw it coming as did others. Each time the local ridiculous board and prosecutor validated their shootings we expected the lethal incidents to cascade and continue to accelerate. And so it did.This time, it will be investigated at a federal level and these officers will be subjected to the same scrutiny and justice that we as citizens do everyday. This will last years, but in the end, respect for local law enforcement will decline and jail time for all involved
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All bad cops need their just due and need to pay the price like any other person for ALL their crimes, but don't punish the good cops not all are bad, but it's true most of the local cops here are the bottom of the barrel and couldn't make it in their field any where else.
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I cant believe the society that we live in todayreally beleiving that we are safe because of our police. they are just as corrupt as the next person...what I mean is no one is perfect and everyone keeps saying, well put yourself in their shoes. I dont have to;first if you stop thinking like racist and have some morals and respect especially about yourself. Shirley deserves to be punished to the fullest, just like anyone else who breaks any law...a law is a law,rules are rules. i hope that the 5 officers that some of you hold so highly above are also punished highly and hit in their pocket books hard. If and if the guy did have a knife it did not take 15 shots to subdue him. For those of you that dont know,there were more than 20 shots fired and some bullets are still at the scene embedded in various items. Dont speak on what you dont know about. This area is not a high crime area, try NY or places in Jersey.
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Poor, poor bobby life just seems to be kicking him in the face every time he turns around
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Bobby threw his career away starting 30 yrs ago when he used a gun to shoot @ his then wife and her boyfriend and that was covered up by the good old boy system and he has just kept the pace up.
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Municipalities mull pros, cons of area gas drilling
September 19, 2013
Community leaders say the Marcellus Shale industry has impacted the local area in both a positive and negative manner since drilling for natural gas began about five years ago....
No problem, the article can be found in the Republican Herald July 13, 2013, "DEP: Natural gas driller will plug well involved in Methane investigation".
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I apologize BornHere, my comment regarding youre article being 3-4 years old was inacurate.
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Wow Judge and Jury tell me what you really think. I have never once personally insulted anyone on these links so for you to come out and say that just shows pure ignorance on your part my friend. My comments must have really bothered you, get over it! I'm still trying to figure out how burning ants and torturing pets have any relevance in this conversation; however, I do not burn ants nor torture any other animals for that matter.
I simply try to just state facts. I stated the fact that both the DEP and EPA this past year have said the water in Dimock is safe while Bornhere copied a link from 3-4 years ago.
For you to say that motorcycles and loud trucks are caused by the gas industry is very sterotypical. I'm sure there are many people that drive loud 4x4 trucks near Pine Creek because they need them to get to their homes in the winter. I doubt they all work for the gas industry. I'll be fly fishing there in a few weekends so I will make sure and keep track!!!
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BilltownB, what a sad statement. Because things don't bother you they are not important? What you call reaching is actually a statement of the negative impacts. The fact that you can't wrap your little mind around a concept, or more likely you are paid to ignore it does not make a subject irrelevant. I am glad you find it amusing. It is indicative of your ignorance. Bullies find horrible things funny and amusing too. Do you burn ants and torture pets? It seems to me the group that is reaching is the pro-gas industry folks that have run out of rationalizations to allow this industry to move forward. So now they simply attack, laugh and marginalize. Good work, very telling about your intellect and style.
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Maybe someone on here could tell why that is. I did say "Not sure what that was about"
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So then why comment on something you admit you know nothing about, Rick424?
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There also was some homes purchased by the gas industry that were torn down because of bad water. Also in one of my trips to Wellsboro there were 2 abandoned newer homes near a holding pond of some type. Not sure what that was about.
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July 13, 2013
Dimock Gas Well Shut down due to Well Water Contamination.
The DEP has determined a natural gas well is not viable due to leaking methane.
Regulators said a frozen vent helped them identify the suspected gas well called CABOT'S COSTELLO 1
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To Pinecr.....wasn't it proven that those water wells in Dimock are fine? I think you fail to mention that both the DEP and the EPA are in agreement that the water in Dimock is fine. And have you been to Dimock lately, the vast majority of the town/area have pro industry signs in their yards in protest of the citizens involved.
As for motorcycles and trucks, it appears that you have run out of solid arguments and are now reaching to try to find something to blame the industry on. This one made me laugh...you can do much better than that!
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Accidents happen all the time by gas industry trucks that never get reported in the news, especially in the Sun Gazette or on WNEP 16, both huge supporters of the gas industry. I can't believe WNEP Channel 16 allows Cabot to advertise on their network when Cabot ruined all of the water wells for those poor people in Dimock and then would do nothing about it..not even pay to have their wells hooked up to the next town via pipeline. They have and will make millions more off of the gas wells and yet they turn their back on the people of Dimock...shame on them and shame on anyone that thinks this is ok.
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Garben..sorry but I think I was too young when that all was happening!
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Cons...where to start? Well, I guess with the most important one. Countless families who have now lost their drinking water supply and the only ones that are helping them are the hundreds of volunteers across the state.
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I have security video from my former home of gas men trespassing on my property and leaving their garbage behind and running into my mailbox. I turned the video over to the State Police and they were arrested.
A friend of mine down the road from me had his front stone wall plowed into by a gas worker who was driving drunk which he also recorded. The company wanted to settle with him instead he reported it to his insurance company and the State Police. The driver was arrested for DUI and driving without a license and leaving the scene of an accident.
I have learned when you deal with this industry it is best to record or take pictures of what you have witnessed, that's all the proof you will need when they try to deny it.
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No impact Cashera? The good no act 13 money for your borough
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And only those with the gripe have no play in it at all where was you pinecr when they raped the land for coal? Or timber? You are nothing but a gashole
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The cons: traffic, crime, noise, contaminations, reduction in air quality, reduction in property value, transient workers, loss of local jobs in tourism, agriculture, political corruption, increase of the homeless due to the housing shortage and increase in rent, loss of our sense of place and community, fragmentation of our forests, strain on emergency services, threats to public health and safety, divided communities. The pros:... still waiting.
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Hey Plankenhorn...don't make a statement that the gas industry has had a positive effect on all communities unless you have traveled to all communities, because in our community it has only been negative to say the least. And as for motorcycles and diesel pick up trucks, yes, I will say that our area has been impacted by the noise every day. It must be a requirement of the gas industry that they have to hire ******** who drive loud annoying pickup trucks or motorcycles with no baffles, just so they can make as much noise as possible. We have tons of them on the Pine Creek road.
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Personally I have seen a dramatic increase in offensively loud motorcycles with disrespectful riders and unnecessarily large four door diesel pick-ups with similarly disrespectful drivers who think it is acceptable to drive fast under extreme acceleration in order to make as much noise as possible. I read about or hear through the grapevine about destroyed property, rapes, drug crimes and other horrible behavior from employees of this industry, much of it covered up by the companies or the local law enforcement. -Judgeandjury
I guess when you are so engrossed in rallying against a cause, every negative you see around you will be blamed on that cause.
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Communities that are selling water, citizens that are working for therefore benefiting from the industry and acceptance of destroyed roads even if a few of them have been repaired? This is the cross section of folks from the communities they are considering? No mention of the hazards of the constant exposure to poisons from the industry, or the fantastic number of spills and other "accidents" that send these poisons into our environment. Personally I have seen a dramatic increase in offensively loud motorcycles with disrespectful riders and unnecessarily large four door diesel pick-ups with similarly disrespectful drivers who think it is acceptable to drive fast under extreme acceleration in order to make as much noise as possible. I read about or hear through the grapevine about destroyed property, rapes, drug crimes and other horrible behavior from employees of this industry, much of it covered up by the companies or the local law enforcement. There are many negatives
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1 arrested, 1 sought in violent New Smyrna Beach convenience store robbery
Thomas Gordon Clark arrested on robbery warrant
The man seen on surveillance video tackling a store clerk while his accomplice jumped the counter and stole a cash box in New Smyrna Beach has been arrested, police said.
Thomas Gordon Clark, 40, was arrested Friday by Holly Hill police on a robbery warrant. A warrant was issued for Heather Ann Kinnaird, 31, who is seen jumping the counter in the video, police said.
Police said five people in a dark-colored vehicle pulled up to TK's Right Stop on North Dixie Freeway store about 3 a.m. Wednesday.
According to police, Clark and Kinnaird entered the store and committed the robbery.
Police said it's the third time the store has been robbed in 18 months, and this time detectives believe the motive was drugs.
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