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Introducing a healthy diet: protein
A healthy diet is vital to make the most of your time in the pool and improve your figure. Read on to learn more about how protein should fit into your meal times.
Proteins are broken down by the body and converted into amino acids, which have multiple uses in cell function. This includes boosting the immune system and helping to rebuild muscle after exercise.
Your protein demand when you are exercising regularly tends to be high as there is a greater need for muscle repair and replenishing energy stores. So where do we find proteins?
Proteins are not hard to find in the supermarket – they come in the form of meats, dairy, eggs, beans and nuts. You just have to be careful what else you're eating along side it as well.
For example, a steak gives you loads of protein but packs a fair punch of saturated fat to boot. Try to search out the leaner protein sources. These are
- Chicken, turkey, lean mince and fish. Eat about 30–40 grams per meal. This equates to a piece of meat about the size of the palm of your hand.
- Fish such as cod, plaice, haddock, bass etc
- Oily fish such as tuna, mackerel, salmon, sardines, and trout
- Game meats, such as venison, pheasant, and partridge
- Sea and shellfish such as mussels, prawns, crab, lobster, squid, snapper, tuna, sea bass, monkfish, sole, and snapper
- Whey Protein shakes
- Low fat milk
- Low fat cheeses, such as cottage cheese
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quote: "Apple claims that it owns sole rights internationally to make a rectangular glass multi-touch tablet with a "minimalist" design"^ Does anyone else find this statement absurd? Since when is that something you can have the sole rights to?
quote: Before Apple's introduction of the first iPhone product, no other company was offering a phone with these features. Prior mobile phones were often bulkier and contained physical keypads. Some had a rocker-style navigation button and sets of buttons for numbers and calling features. Others had a front panel with a partial or full QWERTY keyboard and a screen. None had the clean lines of the iPhone, which immediately caused it to stand apart from the competition.
quote: If you read their whole complaint, they spend a lot of time basically congratulating themselves on the work they did, and what they accomplished. Their point? Because of all that work, they deserve some consideration in their claims of copying. They are setting the stage for why Samsung's copycatting is so harmful to them.Personally, I think it is crap, but at the same time, it is pretty obvious Samsung has been trying to make Apple-like products, and succeeding. Their boxes are very similar, and (some of) their phones look like Samsung versions of iPhones. It's not like it was an accident that their "minimalist" design is a lot like Apple's. That said, I just don't think Apple deserves any protection for the look of their device. The Apple logo, maybe, but that's about it.
quote: Not seeing the word "minimalist" in quotes that you have attributed to Apple...
quote: "The court is of the opinion that Apple's minimalistic design isn't the only technical solution to make a tablet computer, other designs are possible. For the informed customer there remains the predominant overall impression that the device looks."

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AICPA News Update
A Weekly Email Newsletter on Issues & Events Surrounding the CPA Profession
September 24, 2010 - Volume 13 No. 40
In two announcements on Sept. 24, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) unveiled a number of significant changes to its plan to require certain business taxpayers to report uncertain tax positions (UTP) on their tax returns. Along with the announcements (2010-75 and 2010-76), the IRS released a final Schedule UTP and instructions. The AICPA issued a comment letter in June, and the IRS has incorporated several AICPA suggestions into its announcements today. The AICPA will continue to advocate for further changes and refinements to the UTP initiative to protect the integrity of the financial statement process and to further reduce the administrative burden placed on taxpayers. For more information, read this JournalofAccountancy.com article.
To support you in the implementation and communication of Statement on Standards for Accounting and Review Services No. 19, Compilation and Review Engagements, within your firm and with clients, the Private Companies Practice Section has developed a comprehensive SSARS No. 19 Toolkit. A new video featuring Mike Glynn, AICPA Technical Manager – Audit & Attest Standards, discusses the issuance of SSARS No. 19, which is effective for compilations and reviews of financial statements for fiscal periods ending on or after December 15, 2010. Learn more by watching the video and downloading the toolkit today.
The AICPA is soliciting current CFF credential holders with 0-10 years of forensic accounting experience interested in taking the CFF exam at no charge. Beta testers will take the exam without risk of failure and will be unable to find out their results. For those that are interested, please contact Megan Johnson and express your interest to become a part of this initiative today.
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The White House on Sept. 21 announced Gene L. Dodaro as President Barack Obama's nominee for U.S. comptroller general and head of the Government Accountability Office (GAO), which investigates federal government spending. Dodaro has been acting U.S. comptroller general since March 2008, when David Walker, CPA resigned from the post. The GAO position is one of several leadership roles touching the accounting profession that is in flux because of resignations or retirements. Read the AICPA's statement on Dodaro's nomination and this JournalofAccountancy.com article.


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For Dewayne Johns, 25, of Altoona nothing is more satisfying about Relay for Life than the Survivors Lap, when all cancer survivors gather together to make the first revolution around the track at Mansion Park Stadium.
It's worth the agony of treatment, he said, and the nights kept away from diarrhea, vomiting and other symptoms that come from both a disease that ravages the body, and its treatment.
Johns first was diagnosed with Alveolar soft part sarcoma, a rare and aggressive cancer that grows between tissue and bone of which there are only around 100 cases diagnosed yearly.
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Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski
Breast cancer survivor Michele DeRose and daughter and caregiver Chelsea DeRose, 19, both of Altoona, walk the Survivors Lap during the Central Blair Relay for Life at Mansion Park Stadium on Friday evening.
It started as a tennis-ball sized tumor in his leg, Johns said, discovered in April 2011 while he was at police academy training, but doctors quickly discovered 36 others.
Standard treatments of chemotherapy and radiation, failed to shrink the tumors, he said, but a new and experimental treatment helped. Thirty-seven tumors became seven, and he said he's proud to say that it's been three years since he was given six months to live.
Johns was moved to participate in his first Relay for Life last year, he said, to "give back to my community, because my community saved my life."
He has since dedicated himself to participate in Relay for Life every year, and he and other members of "Team Sarcoma" are ready to run, he said.
The 19th annual Relay for Life kicked off its 24-hour event Friday at 11 a.m., which co-chair Sue Boland said represents a cancer patient's constant 24-hour battle.
Now is the time to celebrate, she said, with 58 teams and close to 750 participants coming together to celebrate another year of survival and strength in the face of a terrible disease.
Sunny skies and a sweltering heat were mostly welcomed by the scores of walkers, many of whom donned themed team T-shirts or costumes, or carried Relay for Life or team flags to identify themselves.
Sally Balmforth, herself a 23-year breast cancer survivor and "Team Sarcoma" member, said she was moved to join the walk when Johns approached her at Our Lady of Lourdes after his first round of chemo.
He wanted to be able to do something, she said, and she told him "How about surviving? That would be nice."
Having recently lost her brother-in-law and mother-in-law to cancer, Balmforth said she can't lose another friend and is happy to support Johns.
Although there are ups and downs, Johns said, he's reminded by all his family and friends of something one of his doctors told him: "There's always going to be a better day," he said.
Mirror Staff Writer Kelly Cernetich is at 946-7520.


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Dahlias are great plants for dry and sunny spots in your garden - as drought-tolerant plants they'll cope with hot, dry weather, blooming throughout the summer. Deadheading them will help to prolong the flowering period. Lift and store your dahlia tubers in the autumn, ready to be planted out the following spring. Read our how to grow bulbs guide for more information.
Dahlia 'Blue Wish'
New breeding enhances the blue pigment in dahlias a little more each year, and Dahlia 'Blue Wish' shows the latest colour improvements. The white petals have delicate purple tips as they open but quickly mature to a solid shade of lilac, creating a pretty two-tone effect. The large blooms of this eye-catching dahlia are carried on tall stems which make a lovely feature toward the back of borders, or in a summery bouquet of freshly cut flowers. Height: 120cm (47"). Spread: 60cm (24").
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Dahlia 'Pompone Mixed'
Give your garden a vibrant splash of late summer colour with Dahlia 'Pompone Mixed'. The small but perfectly formed flower heads create a wonderful colour mix that give borders a lovely vintage feel. The tall stems of this decorative dahlia add height and structure to the back of borders, and are perfect for cutting for your own bouquets. Tuber size 1. Height: 120cm (47"). Spread: 60cm (24").
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Dahlia 'Hayley Jane'
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A stunning exhibition quality cactus dahlia with beautiful pink tipped blooms carried on tall upright stems. Dahlia 'Hayley Jane' has a wonderfully dramatic presence planted at the back of borders. Ideal for adding a bright splash of long lasting colour to late summer borders, just as other plants are beginning to fade. Tuber size 1. Height: 120cm (47"). Spread: 60cm (24").
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Dahlia 'Motto'
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This glowing decorative Dahlia is a welcome sight at the end of summer. Radiant orange petals create perfectly formed flower heads that make stunning cut flowers. The tall stems of Dahlia 'Motto' are perfect for adding height and a splash of late season colour to borders and containers. Tuber size 1. Height: 100cm (39"). Spread: 40cm (16").
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Dahlia 'Lady Darlene'
Add high impact, rich colour to your garden beds with the massive blooms of Dahlia 'Lady Darlene'. The showy yellow petals each have a red tip, giving these flowers a flame-like appearance. As well as providing a spectacular show in sunny borders all summer long, this tall Dahlia looks truly magnificient as a cut flower. Height: 120cm (47"). Spread: 60cm (24").More info
Dahlia 'Maxime'
Create a blaze of wonderful deep orange shades in your garden this year with Dahlia 'Maxime'. Perfect for colourful displays all Summer long in garden borders and patio containers alike. Lift and store tubers in autumn, and re-plant in spring for bigger and better plants the following year. Height: 110cm (43"). Spread: 60cm (24")..More info
Dahlia 'Royal Bumble'
A striking dahlia variety that offers layers of contrasting colour; rich purple paints the white outer petals from base to tip as a collar of smaller white petals surrounds the deep yellow centre, making this collerette dahlia a magnet for bees! The bushy compact habit of Dahlia 'Royal Bumble' is great for patio containers, or sunny beds and borders. Height: 90cm (35"). Spread: 45cm (18").More info
Dahlia 'Rebecca's World'
Welcome to 'Rebecca's World' where crimson blooms that fade to white, sit side by side with white blooms that mature to deepest red. This luxurious semi-cactus dahlia flower adds its own individual character to create a magical display of large 15cm (6") blooms in late summer. 'Rebecca's World' showcase dahlias at their best, a remarkable, easy to grow plant that will reward you with many months of flowers that can also be cut and taken indoors. Height: 110cm (43") Spread: 60cm (24").More info
Dahlia 'Fire and Ice'
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Dahlia 'Ferncliff Illusion' (Giant Tree Dahlias)
'Ferncliff Illusion' stands straight and amazingly grows over 5ft tall! These beautiful specimens flower in spectacular fashion, bursting open to reveal double white blooms with delicately blushed pink petal tips. Planted at the back of a border, or even grown in a large container, these dahlias flower from July to October and will repeat their stunning displays year after year. Height: 160cm (63"). Spread: 60cm (24")More info
Dahlia 'Akita'
Burnt orange petals with red and yellow highlights form the large blooms of fiery Dahlia 'Akita'. The long lasting flowers of this decorative variety stand tall on sturdy stems throughout summer and continue well into autumn. Growing to a manageable height of 1 metre, this dahlia is ideal to fill throughout sunny borders or add a bright splash of warm colour to patio pots. You can even cut some for an exotic looking flower arrangement indoors. Height: 100cm (39"). Spread: 50cm (20").More info
Dahlia 'Emory Paul'
'Emory Paul' is the winner of the RHS Peoples Choice award 2014 for bedding Dahlia. These easy to grow plants offer some of the biggest and most colourful blooms you'll find, right through until the first frosts of winter, and the flowers of this award-winning variety will measure up to 25cm (10") across - great for a stand out feature in your garden! Height: 90cm (35"). Spread: 25cm (10").More info


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The Stetson men's basketball team (2-6) dropped its final home contest before a five-game road trip on Sunday afternoon, falling to Florida International (3-3) by a score of 82-79. Senior Adam Pegg recorded his first double-double of the season, while junior Hunter Miller netted a career high 12 points in the loss.
"This is two games in a row that our guys have really played with a lot of energy, and effort, and togetherness, and all the things you have to have to be a good team...with nothing to show for it," Stetson head coach Casey Alexander said after the game.
"The 'nothing to show for it' is not because we're not good enough," Alexander continued. "It's because we continue to make way too many mistakes. Sometimes energy and effort carry you through when you don't play well, but most of the time you fool yourself into thinking that it will. These last two games are perfect examples [of that]. We just made too many mistakes, on both ends of the floor, but especially defensively."
The Hatters got out to a quick 6-1 lead through 2:40 after a pair of drives by junior Chris Perez and a layup by Pegg. FIU countered with a 10-3 run, capped by a three-pointer from Jerome Frink, giving the Panthers their first lead of the game, at 11-9 with 14:27 to play in the first.
Seven straight points by FIU midway through the period extended the Hatter deficit to five points, at 21-16, but Miller knocked down a trey for his first points of the game to stop the bleeding.
After the Panthers once again built their lead to six points, at 29-23 on a three-pointer from Juan Ferrales, it was a Miller layup off of a perfect back door pass from Perez, and then a triple from Perez that helped get Stetson back in the game, at 29-28 with 4:20 remaining in the half.
A fast break dunk by Tola Akomolafe was the final score of the period, giving FIU a 36-31 lead at the break. The Panthers used their defensive pressure to force Stetson into 10 first half turnovers, which led to 15 of the Panthers' 36 points at the intermission.
An 8-2 Stetson run, beginning just over four minutes into the second half when junior Willie Green converted on a traditional three-point play with a dunk on the break and a free throw, cut the Hatter deficit down to just two points, at 47-45 with 14:06 to play.
A quick-countering three by Malik Smith, one of six on the day for the guard, halted the Hatter run. Stetson soon made another push, though, recording a 12-3 run that gave the Hatters a 59-55 lead, the team's first since 16-15 at the 10:23 mark in the first half.
The stretch began once again with a Green dunk, this time off of an assist from Perez, but four straight points from Pegg, a triple by senior Joel Naburgs, and run-capping conventional three-point play from junior Aaron Graham also contributed to the Stetson effort.
It was once again an FIU three that shifted the momentum. Gaby Belardo knocked one down from beyond the arc, and just 20 seconds later finished a layup on the break to give the lead back to the Panthers, at 60-59 with 9:10 to play.
The two teams traded baskets for much of the second half, but after Stetson tied the game at 69-69 on a pair of free throws by Perez, FIU used a three-point play from Tymell Murphy to take their final lead of the game and go on to the 82-79 victory.
Stetson dropped its fifth straight game despite outscoring FIU 46-20 in the paint, and recording at least 20 assists for the third time this season. The Panthers, however, scored 24 points off of Stetson's 16 turnovers, and outscored the Hatters 40-9 off the bench.
Perez led Stetson with a season high 22 points, just two shy of his career high. Pegg added 14 points and 12 rebounds, marking the center's first double-double of the season, and the third of his two-year career with the Hatters.
Green and Miller chipped in with 12 points each. Miller, whose 12 were a career high for the point guard, also dished out a team-high five assists. Naburgs finished with 10 points and four assists on the night, giving Stetson five players in double figures for the first time this season.
"I'm proud of Hunter," Alexander said. "It's great to see a guy, when he gets his opportunity to play more and contribute more, be ready, step in, and deliver. Especially when you know it's a guy who is completely a team first guy. He's always going to do whatever he can to help the team win. He gave us a great lift tonight with his effort and with his performance."
Smith led the Panthers with 29 points on six threes, and was 9-of-11 from the free throw line. Akomolafe led FIU with nine rebounds, while Murphy finished with 11 points and a game high nine assists.
Stetson will now begin a five-game road trip that begins at Richmond on Saturday, Dec. 15. That game can be heard live on WSBB 1230 AM in New Smyrna, 1490 AM in DeLand, and online at www.MyAM1230.com.


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Exome arrays present a cost-effective approach for studying large sample sizes in search of common variants. [© WavebreakmediaMicro - Fotolia.com]
Sequencing seems cheaper by the day, so much so that it's increasingly rare that scientists set out to do genetic and genomic research using arrays. However, given the availability of new and improved products and experimental approaches, some researchers are—preferentially—choosing chips.
The technology that was slated to make microarrays obsolete has actually helped make them better. Case in point: new exome arrays, like those available commercially from Affymetrix and Illumina.
The sensitivity and specificity reported for such chips could not have been possible without extensive sequencing work, which greatly informed their design. Considered an intermediate between standard genotyping arrays and exome sequencing, exome arrays present a cost-effective approach for studying large sample sizes in search of common variants, down to the singleton level.
"Exome arrays are a cost-effective way to study protein-coding variation and its contributions to disease," says Goncalo Abecasis, Ph.D., professor of biostatistics at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. "Most protein-coding variants are too rare to examine with standard GWAS [genome-wide association study] arrays—even after imputation—and, while exome sequencing should provide a more complete look at these rare coding variants, it is still significantly more expensive."
Dr. Abecasis is one of several scientists from a handful of institutions working collaboratively to design and evaluate exome arrays. They're basing this work on published variants derived from past sequencing studies involving more than 12,000 individuals.
"I see exome arrays as bridging a gap between genotyping-based association studies of common variants and sequencing-based studies of rare variants," Dr. Abecasis says. "Studies that aim to survey protein-coding variation in very large numbers of individuals are very well-suited for exome arrays," he adds.
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine's Karen Mohlke is using these chips for such a study. Along with her colleagues, Mohlke, Ph.D., associate professor of genetics, is examining exome array data from thousands of individuals in search of low-frequency coding variants associated with metabolic traits.
In a February Nature Genetics paper, Dr. Mohlke and her colleagues identified low-frequency coding variants associated with fasting proinsulin concentrations at the SGSM2 and MADD GWAS loci as well as three new genes—TBC1D30, KANK1, and PAM—associated with fasting proinsulin or insulinogenic index in a cohort of 8,229 nondiabetic Finnish men. A corollary conclusion accompanied the researchers' results: "This study demonstrates that exome array genotyping is a valuable approach to identify low-frequency variants that contribute to complex traits," Dr. Mohlke et al., wrote.
"We did expect a large sample size would be needed to see any significant evidence of association with low-frequency variants," Dr. Mohlke tells GEN. "The low-frequency variants had not been looked at previously in genome-wide association studies, and some of those could not be imputed well, even from 1,000 Genomes-based reference panels, so there was certainly an opportunity to see new associations."
Genotyping array analysis is fairly straightforward, giving users an edge over examining raw sequence data for certain studies.
Further, the researchers chose to use exome arrays in part because they cost less. The chips, Dr. Mohlke says, proved "cost-effective, compared to sequencing, at the time we were doing this study."
And today? "I think still it is cost-effective for analyzing low-frequency variants, at least the ones that are known," she says. "When variants are known and on the array one wants to test, then it is much more cost-effective than sequencing."
But for unknown variants or those associated with an ancestry group not well-represented on exome arrays, Dr. Mohlke suggests taking another approach. While powerful, exome arrays offer "an incomplete assessment of coding variants," she says. "In the long term, sequencing still has the opportunity to identify many more variants."
Michigan's Dr. Abecasis echoes these sentiments. "There are certainly lots of settings where these arrays don't make sense," he says. "As one obvious example, these arrays are no match for exome sequencing when it comes to studying the contribution of de novo mutations and other very rare variants to Mendelian disorders."
Because particularly rare and population-specific variants often do not make the design cut, exome arrays "only represent 70 to 80% of the variation in any one exome," Dr. Abecasis adds.
As a result, Dr. Mohlke at UNC suggests weighing cost vs. array content from the get-go. "If I were studying a population group for which the lower frequency and rare variants were not included on this array I would either add them to the existing array or design a new one, if that were technically [feasible] and cost-effective to do," she says.
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•Charleston's 'island town' selected for Coastal Living show house•
To tout coastal home design, a noted lifestyles magazine has chosen one of the best-known and sought-after planned villages in metro Charleston.
Coastal Living tapped Daniel Island as the locale for its 2013 Showhouse. The magazine's Editor-in-Chief Antonia van der Meer broke the news last week.
Daniel Island is "an idyllic, Lowcountry island town," says Nicole Hendrick, associate homes director for Coastal Living. She cites the community's "natural beauty, welcoming neighbors and endless array of amenities and conveniences." The attributes make it a "coveted coastal destination," she says.
Coastal Living each year picks out a different spot for its home design project. The show house is a model of coastal home innovation, décor and construction.
"We're thrilled to be the location of this year's Coastal Living Showhouse," says Carolyn Lancaster, vice president of marketing for the Daniel Island Co.
Among the 4,000-acre island's traits are top-notch golf courses, a vibrant town center and 23 miles of rivers and creeks, according to Lancaster.
Daniel Island is also situated in historic Charleston, known for its traditional architecture, 90 miles of beaches and "legendary" cuisine, according to the show-house backers.
Lancaster says the island has enjoyed a long partnership with Coastal Living, adding that the island's townlike setting makes an ideal place for the Showhouse.
Island promoters and Coastal Living say they've formed an "all-star" design team to craft the house: Project specialists broke ground recently and expect completion in early June.
Weekly tours will take place at the 2013 Coastal Living Showhouse on Wednesday through Sunday from June 28 to August 18, and Friday through Sunday from August 23 to October 20.
According to Daniel Island, the designer house is expected to draw up to 10,000 visitors nationwide. Tickets, which are $15 per person, are available for purchase on-site and online with a portion of proceeds benefiting a local charity.
Heading the team involved in crafting the Showhouse are Developer and Builder Jamison Howard of Max G. Crosby Construction Co. Inc.; Interior Designer Ginger Brewton of Ginger Brewton Interiors; and Our Town Plans, which is providing the architectural design.
Sponsors of the show house are:
• AZEK Building Products
• Belgard Hardscapes
• Bevolo Gas & Electric Lights
• Circa Lighting
• Laura Ashley
• LEE Industries
• Lloyd/Flanders
• Marvin Windows & Doors
• Metal Roofing Alliance
• Moen
• Sunbrella.
The 2013 Coastal Living Showhouse will be included in a special editorial section in the magazine's October issue.
Published since 1997, Coastal Living serves a total audience of 3.9 million and is published by the Time Inc. Lifestyle Group, a division of Time Inc.
According to its promoters, Daniel Island features traditional neighborhoods, professional golf, tennis and soccer facilities and a growing collection of amenities in a self-contained island town setting. Daniel Island's slew of accolades include the prestigious "Award for Excellence" by the Urban Land Institute.
Crosby Construction, founded in 1977, was named as one of Charleston's "Most Influential Builders" by Charleston Home and Design Magazine and was exclusive builder of the 2006 Southern Living Idea House.
Ginger Brewton Interiors is headed by Brewton, who studied at the New York School of Interior Design before forming her own studio in 2005. It is billed as a high-end, residential-and-commercial-design studio.
According to the show-house partners, Our Town Plans "offers high quality, pre-designed home plans based on America's rich architectural heritage."
For more information, visit www.coastalliving.com and www.danielisland.com. Information about the house will be updated on the sites as work progresses.
•Agents with Summerville-based brokerage win top honors•
A leading individual award among Charleston area agents is Realtor of Distinction, and four of the winners hail from Prudential Southern Coast Real Estate.
The company, based in Dorchester County, says it congratulates the top choices for 2012.
They include Jana Bantz, an Executive Circle recipient, who can be reached at 843-261-5262 and at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Fellow agent Marianne Stabenau was also named an Executive Circle recipient. She can be reached at 843-813-0085 or email@example.com.
Cary Collins, a third Executive Circle recipient, is available at 843-851-5604 and firstname.lastname@example.com.
And Jessica Laettner, a fellow Realtor with Prudential Southern Coast Real Estate, is a Rookie recipient. She can be reached at 843-870-3453 or email@example.com.
•Foreclosure rates drop in greater Charleston•
The latest figures from a national research group are another indication of an improved housing outlook locally.
Foreclosure rates in Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville dropped in December from the same period in 2011, based on newly released totals from CoreLogic.
The rate in metro Charleston of homes that had been foreclosed on as of December 2012 was 3.39 percent of all outstanding mortgage loans in the area. The figure was 0.49 percent lower than a 3.88 foreclosure percentage a year ago.
Foreclosure activity in greater Charleston remained higher than the national rate of 2.96 percent for the last month of 2012.
At the same time, the mortgage delinquency rate in Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville showed a marked decrease. According to CoreLogic figures for December of last year, 6.28 percent of mortgage loans were 90 days or more delinquent, compared with 7.11 percent for the same period of 2011. The drop-off was 0.83 percentage points.
CoreLogic releases its national, state and local foreclosure report monthly.
•Pape receives CRS designation•
An outdoorsman from Ohio who's been involved in Charleston area real estate for 15 years has received a top-of-the-line title for his skill as Realtor.
Dan Pape, an agent with Carolina One Real Estate, earned the Certified Residential Specialist designation.
To merit the badge, Realtors must complete advanced course work and demonstrate professional expertise in the residential real estate field.
Pape was awarded the designation from the Council of Residential Specialists, which is the largest not-for-profit affiliate of the National Association of Realtors.
The Ohio-born Pape studied sales and marketing at Bowling Green State University before moving to the Charleston area in 1985. He worked in the food brokerage business before beginning his real estate career in 1998. He lives in Mount Pleasant with his wife Ann. The couple have one daughter Laura, who has recently joined Pape as a real estate assistant.
Pape, who works in Carolina One's Longpoint Road office in Mount Pleasant, is a member of the Charleston Trident Association of Realtors and has his brokers license.
His hobbies include sailing, water sports and snow skiing.
Carolina One Real Estate is a dominant player in the metro Charleston residential real estate market, handling more than 30 percent of sales as of the end of 2012.
For more information, visit www.CarolinaOneRealEstate.com.
•Local agents named tops for Weichert brokerage in past year•
Two agents in Mount Pleasant and one in Beaufort County were Weichert Real Estate Affiliates award winners for 2012.
The three Realtors work out of Weichert, Realtors-Palmetto Coast offices east of the Cooper and in Beaufort.
Karla Marie Leahy, from the Mount Pleasant office, earned the highest honors. She was inducted into the WREA 2012 Ambassador Club and also was recognized as the "top selling associate in units" for the year by the Weichert Southeast Broker Council.
Jayme Knoll, from the Mount Pleasant location; and Elizabeth Pappas in Beaufort were inducted into the WREA 2012 Executive Club. The clubs are two of the top three awards categories presented yearly to agents by the national franchise organization.
Palmetto Coast Broker/Owner Annalisa Jordan announced the company's 2012 award winners last week.
All awards are based on gross commission income or units earned in 2012. These agents earned their recognition from among associates in 35 states.
For more information, reach Jordan at the Mount Pleasant office, 843-375-2075.
•Fishburne joins commercial outfit's local wing•
An experienced commercial broker who also served in municipal government for eight years has signed on with Lee & Associates Charleston.
Henry B. Fishburne Jr. is a broker specializing in retail sales, leasing and development, according to Lee & Associates.
He has more than 10 years' experience working in the metro Charleston commercial real estate market, the company says.
Meanwhile, Fishburne has been a community leader, serving on Charleston City Council from 1999 to 2007 and as Mayor ProTempore in 2007.
He graduated with honors from The University of the South: Sewanee and from the University of South Carolina Law School.
•Big local agency doles out lifetime achievement honors•
The goal is lofty: closing 500 homes sales or generating $100 million in volume.
Yet no less than 75 associates at Carolina One Real Estate Services — the blanket company for real estate sales and other divisions — were honored with Lifetime Achievement Awards from surpassing these levels.
To qualify, the Realtor associate must have met the 500 closed homes or $100 million in closed volume within the greater Charleston Multiple Listing Service area.
A reception was held Feb. 21 and photos of the honorees prominently displayed at the company's corporate office in North Charleston, according to the company.
"To be a Lifetime Achievement Award winner is certainly an accomplishment to aspire to and I feel honored and privileged to know and work together with each of them,".says Patty Scarafile, chief executive of Carolina One.
The recipients come from a dozen or so offices, according to Carolina One. The offices and honorees are:
— Orleans Rd: Charlotte Bova, Frona Bruggeman, Rosanne Burke, Diane Jaeger, Danielle Kenney, Marilyn Lawrimore, Nell Postell, Ellen Reid, Roger Sample, Wanda Seel, Alice Swope Thompson, Jill Weatherford and Raina Rubin.
— Coleman Blvd: Susan Altman, Timm Gipe, Nancy Hoy, Ed Hunnicutt and Dede Warren.
— Broad St: Ann Ailstock, Lina Costanzo, Joanie Lucas, Charlie McCrary, Vida Robertson, John Settle, Margaret von Werssowetz and Nat Wallen.
— Edisto: Jim Kempson.
— Isle of Palms: Charlie Aikman, Mac Jenkinson, Everett Presson, Bill Smith, Darlene Smith and Win Walker.
— Longpoint Road: Chuck Aydlette, Pam Bishop, Lynn Carmody, Kathy Carrier, Ursula Erichsen, Lolly Fabian, Gregg Fesler, Terry Horres, Katrina Johnson, Tommy Lovett, Mary Molony and Cary Walker.
— Summerville Main St: Barbara Daniels, John Payne, Shirley Phillips, Foster Smith and Pamela Tolly-Keller.
— Goose Creek: Debra Green Fletcher, Tracie Mays, Gary McGuckin, Joe O'Saben, Faye Pool, Georgia Richard, Kathy Roberson.
— Mount Pleasant North: Don Dawson.
— New Homes: Sunday Lempesis.
— Summerville Trolley Road: Lide Bailey, Bud Barton, Ted French, Linda Hargett, Angie Hazel, Gail Johnson, Larry Long and Randy Mescher.
— Folly Road: Rick Anson, Jackie Clark, Jay Costa, Mary Forbes, Shirley Gilbert, Cheryl Hardy (posthumously), Oliver Mathewes and James Wells.
•Fenwrick joins local office of national real estate company•
Having traveled and lived across the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, Michael A. Fenwrick is settling down a bit.
He has become an agent with Keller Williams in the Charleston area.
Raised as an Air Force dependent, Fenwrick spent eight years in the Air Force, where he resided overseas and visited various places.
Fenwrick relocated to the Lowcountry by way of New York in 2002. He met his wife, who is from New York, in Charleston seven years ago.
He is involved in the local community, including taking part in Reading with Realtors, the Cub Scouts, Crisis Ministries, Trident Urban League, The Elks and Low Country Golden Retriever Rescue.
Fenwrick says he obtained his real estate license six-and-a-half years ago. He specializes in assisting first-time home buyers. He is also short sale/foreclosure certified. And he is "actively pursuing residential land development experience to expand my business knowledge."


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The Clarence Central School District is facing difficult choices, including more job cuts, as it copes with a gap estimated as high as $6.4 million in its 2013-2014 budget.
The school district has to strike a balance between protecting its strong academic reputation and "being fiscally responsible with people's [tax] dollars," said Superintendent Geoffrey M. Hicks.
"You can't completely tax your way out of the gap," he said. "You can't completely cut your way out of the gap. You can't completely use fund balance to get yourself out of the gap."
The superintendent is encouraging public involvement, through letters or emails to the district and board members, and by speaking at public meetings. The next opportunity is 7 p.m. Monday, when the School Board meets in the Middle School, 10150 Greiner Road.
The strategies to close the budget gap will be presented to the public Feb. 25 in the High School. Hicks predicts a large turnout.
"I think the opportunity for people to give us their point of view is definitely there. And if last year is any indication, we will get a large number of people to give us their point of view."
Clarence is considered one of the premier school districts in New York, a reputation that has helped feed the town's population growth over the past 20 years.
District residents last year approved a $72.5 million budget that stayed within the property tax levy cap, with 68 percent voting in favor.
This year's cap is not yet finalized but could be about 3 percent. If the budget exceeds the cap, it would need at least 60 percent voter approval in order to pass.
The district is still collecting some numbers, such as teacher retirements and health care expenses. But Hicks said tough decisions are ahead in a district that he called "very tightly budgeted."
State and federal aid are diminished, and pension costs are rising. And the district has much less fund balance to draw upon to help keep the tax levy down, after applying about $5 million of it each of the past four years.
Additional job cuts are in the picture.
"We will absolutely have to make reductions in staff for next year," Hicks said. "It's just a matter of how much at this point. And we've already made over the last two years some pretty serious reductions for a district our size."
In the past two years, the district has cut the equivalent of 60 positions, including 30 teaching positions.
Another factor is enrollment in kindergarten through 12th grade, which is projected to fall from 4,854 students this year to 4,778 in 2013-2014. In 2017-2018, enrollment is expected to be 4,534, down 6.6 percent from the current figure.
The Clarence district will try to make budget cuts that minimize the impact on students, Hicks said.
The district is already proposing cuts in areas like supplies, equipment and travel/conference expenses.
Class sizes are expected to increase after cuts are made, "but we can't get to the point where they are unreasonable," Hicks said.
After Hicks gave an initial budget outlook last month, the Clarence Tax Payers group said one reason for the ongoing financial pressures was "unsustainable growth" in teacher compensation, health benefits, and pensions.
"Last year, Superintendent Hicks and the [School Board] failed to negotiate a teacher contract that adequately addressed this growth, so we find ourselves once again in the same position," the group said.
Hicks said he felt the district contained costs by more than it would have if the district and teachers union had failed to reach an agreement, based on the "Triborough Amendment" of state law.
"If the argument is, 'Did the contract try to contain costs that would otherwise have been higher?' then my answer is, 'Yes,' " he said.
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When a man's pants are so tight an outline of his gentials can be seen. The male counterpart to the camel toe.
I don't watch much figure skating on account of all the camel bro.
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A condition caused when the crotch of a man's pants is worn too high and his balls are parted like a woman's labia. Male cameltoe.
His pants were pulled up so high, he was sporting a camelbro.
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When you can see a gentleman's genital area due to tight fitting clothes. Basically the male version of cameltoe
Keith: "Dude, did you see Ben's Camelbro?"
Julian: "Ya, he picked the wrong day to wear those cross-country shorts and I must say that it isn't that flattering."
Julian: "Ya, he picked the wrong day to wear those cross-country shorts and I must say that it isn't that flattering."
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When an othewise normal looking guy has incomfortably little slack in the crotch reigion causing a lumpy mass of man bits to be pushed not only up, but out for the rest of the world to view
While standing on the subway today some guy's Camel Bro totally brushed against my hand.... I feel violated
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There have been four whale-vessel collisions in the state this season - three of them off Maui in the last week, according to an official with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Thursday.
There were reported whale collisions off Maalaea Harbor on Wednesday morning, off Mala Wharf on Tuesday afternoon and off Lahaina a week ago, said Ed Lyman, NOAA resource protection manager. Two of the whales did not appear to have life-threatening injuries; Lyman said that the extent of the injuries of the third animal could not be determined.
The two collisions in a 24-hour period this week caught the attention of whale protection officials.
"We along with the Coast Guard . . . want to put out the word, 'yeah, they are definitely here,' '' Lyman said.
Whale season is November to May, but the peak part of the season is from January to March. NOAA's last official full whale survey six years ago found 10,000 whales in Hawaiian waters, with the numbers growing, he said.
After the collision in Maalaea Bay, Lyman said that the NOAA boat Kohola went out looking for the injured calf and its mother and discovered that they had company.
"It was loaded with mothers and calves in Maalaea Bay," he said, estimating that there were 20 mother-calf pairs. "We are in peak season. That's why we are getting the reports."
The number of collisions - to be delineated from incidental bumps such as calves rubbing up against hulls of stopped boats - vary per year. Last whale season, there were two reported; five the year before that. Twelve was the largest number in a season that NOAA has logged, Lyman said.
"We could have numbers this season that are on par with past seasons," he said. "Overall, these are small numbers."
Investigations of the collisions are ongoing, but Lyman provided a few details about each Maui incident:
* Wednesday, at about 6:30 a.m., about a mile out of Maalaea Harbor, the crew of a small boat reported colliding with a calf that was with its mother. The crew thought the contact was "pretty minor" and saw no blood in the water, Lyman said. NOAA went out into Maalaea Bay looking for the calf and found one with "very, very superficial wounds" on the base of its tail.
"We think it's that animal," he said, adding that if it was the animal, it was "not a life-threatening strike."
* On Tuesday at 4:40 p.m., about a half mile off Mala Wharf, a 50-foot tour boat struck a whale calf. Blood was seen in the water after the collision. Lyman said there is no way to determine if the calf's injuries were superficial or worse.
* A week ago off Lahaina, a tour boat struck a whale in the late afternoon. There was no indication of injury to the whale, Lyman said.
He noted that the vessel involved in Tuesday's collision was doing what it was supposed to be doing and still there was a collision.
The crew was "doing their their best and had a surprise," he said.
These collisions mean that boaters need to be "on guard" and exercise "extra vigilance," Lyman said.
That means moving slower through the water, keeping one hand on the wheel and the other on the throttle at all times and putting up extra observers.
"I want to put it in perspective. We could be doing our best and it could still happen, but doing the basics . . . is going to reduce that happening to you," he said.
Avoiding collisions is good for the whales and the humans onboard the vessels, Lyman said. A boat collision with a 40-to-45-ton whale could throw passengers to the deck on larger vessels and overboard on smaller boats.
It's about the safety of the whales and the people, he said.
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- 1987
Babies' Big Break
Jarnette Olsen takes her newborn girls to audition for an ABC sitcom, Full House, at Lorimar Studios in Culver City, Calif., and they beat out nine other sets of twins. "They were more open to strangers," Full House executive producer Jeff Franklin told the Washington Post. "They were smiling all the time." When Full House debuts in Sept. 1987, the twins share the role of Michelle Tanner and earn $2,400 each per episode.
- 1989
Hiring Help
The Olsen family hires entertainment industry attorney Robert Thorne to negotiate the twins' salary up from $4,000 per episode to $25,000 and then to $80,000 by the end of the show. Thorne becomes the CEO of the twins' Dualstar Entertainment Group in 1993 and helps guide the enterprise into a billion-dollar company.
- 1992
Singing Sensations
The 6-year-old twins record their first album, Brother for Sale, the release of which launches the Olsen phenomenon. ''I like the song called 'I Want to Trade My Brother,''' Mary-Kate tells PEOPLE. ''Yeah,'' Ashley agrees with a giggle. ''When we were rehearsing it, our brother Trent said, 'I hate that song!'''
More Money
To Grandmother's House We Go airs on ABC as their first TV movie. It's a ratings hit, and Mary-Kate and Ashley make $125,000 each.
- 1993
Video Stars
The girls star in Our First Video, which goes straight-to-video. Their total video output of 47 titles pulls in $750 million. The six-year-olds sing and dance in seven kid-friendly music videos such as "No One Tells the President What to Do" and "Peanut Butter."
- 1995
Big-Screen Bucks
The twins star as identical strangers on their first big-screen movie, It Takes Two, which also stars Steve Guttenberg and Kirstie Alley. Together, the twins earn $1.6 million for the film. The movie brings in $19 million in ticket sales, and then $75 million in home-video sales.
- 1996
Family Trouble
Dave and Jarnette Olsen separate, but they share custody of their children – Ashley, Mary-Kate, Trent and Elizabeth – and continue to manage the twins' careers.
- 1998
Back to Work
ABC enlists the twins for a new show called Two of a Kind, which debuts in the same Friday night timeslot as their former TV hit Full House. "We really wanted to do it because we're playing different characters instead of sharing one," Mary-Kate tells Entertainment Weekly. ABC cancels the show after one season due to poor ratings.
- 2001
The Big Deal
The Mary-Kate and Ashley fashion line launches in Wal-Mart stores and includes sportswear, swimwear, sleepwear, eyewear, footwear, bags, accessories and jewelry. Their line becomes the fastest-growing fashion line for tweens and teens in the U.S., racking up more than $400 million in sales at Wal-Mart in 2003.
Publishing Princesses
The twins add another achievement to their resumés. They and their manager, Thorne, are co-editors-in-chief of Mary-Kate and Ashley magazine, which hits newsstands at a premium price of $5.95. "There's a void to fill," Thorne tells Salon. "We'll talk about how to deal with a boy trying to give you your first kiss, as opposed to how do you deal with a teen pregnancy."
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Pitt Jazz Seminar Concert Geri Allen, Pitt's newly appointed Director of Jazz Studies, will lead an all-star band as they carry on the legacy of Nathan Davis, the founder of the Jazz Seminar and Concert who retired this past summer. Performers taking part this year include Allen, piano; Brinae Ali, tap percussionist; Marcus Belgrave and Randy Brecker, trumpet; Vincent Chandler, trombone; Ravi Coltrane and Ernie Watts, saxophone; Russell Malone, guitar; Kenny Davis, bass; Kassa Overall and Jeff "Tain" Watts, drums; and Carmen Lundy, vocalist 11/02/2013Time: 8pmLocation: Carnegie Music Hallwebsite
Turn of the ScrewAdapted by Jeffery Hatcher, from the novella by Henry James, Turn of the Screw is "a total theatrical experience, a challenge for the imagination." An old English Manor House is filled with secrets, strange movements flicker in the underbrush, unidentifiable cries are heard in the moonlight, and abrupt coldness and breezes touch your imagination. Do the ghosts haunt the children? Or is it just her imagination? Joe Warik directs.11/02/2013 - 11/10/2013New Hazlett Theater, 6 Allegheny Square, Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
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Missouri Ann LINNEY or LINNY ROOKS was born about December 1825 in Missouri and died September 29, 1900 in Taney County, Missouri. Her maiden name was Linney or Linny and, after extensive research, I still have not discovered the name of her parents or siblings. There were several Linney families in Missouri during that time; however, I have not yet been able to actually connect any of them to Missouri Ann. The most probable connection would be to Thomas, George, or William Linney, either as brothers or cousins; however, it appears they came from Kentucky.
Samuel Rooks and Missouri Ann Linney married on December 18, 1846. It appears this was Missouri Anns first marriage since I have not found evidence of any previous unions. She was about 21 years old and Sam about 30 years old. They were married about 3 months after Samuel Rooks' first wife, Elizabeth, died, and in the next 20 years, they had 6 children and made their home on a farm in Grundy County, Missouri. They had the following children:
William L. b. 1848
Joseph Uriah b. 1855
Michael R. b. 1855 (possibly twins)
Joseph Harley E. b. 1859
Clara A. b. 1862
Clarissa Elizabeth b. 1866
Samuel Rooks first wife, Elizabeth Holloway, died on September 30, 1846. She was only about 26 yrs old and died about 3 yrs after giving birth to her last child, a girl name Sarah. She and Sam had a total of 4 children together:
Thomas James b. 12 Aug. 1837
Rebecca Ann b. 6 Oct. 1840
Francis Frank Marion b. 31 Aug. 1841
Sarah Evelyn or Elizabeth b. 20 Jun. 1843
I'm trying to find out who Missouri Ann LINNEY'S parents were.
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Cassie Cranford Cox, my G Grandmother, was born about 1871; however I havent been able to actually verify the state where she was born or who her parents were. A couple of sources suggest she may have been born in Texas; however, she lived in Arkansas and Oklahoma.
She is first on record in the county of Hempstead, Arkansas when she married George Washington Cox on December 12, 1890.
The only family members I've found in old papers were brothers; Clyde, Chester, Albert, and Lee. I have no idea who her parents were.
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Back in 2008, Pfizer strategically delayed generic competition for its blockbuster statin product Lipitor (atorvastatin) by some 20 months until November 2011. By settling global patent disputes with Ranbaxy Laboratories, a generic drug maker in India that had threatened to market its own version of Lipitor, Pfizer hung on to the majority of the cholesterol-lowering market.
Although most statin drugs already have generic versions, Lipitor remains widely used, especially among patients who don't respond to the generic formulations or require a higher dose than Lipitor's competitors offer. Lipitor became the best-selling pharmaceutical in history with 2009 sales of $11.4 billion and retained this status in 2010. The drug thus dominates the $20 billion statin market.
Statins comprise a class of drugs that lower cholesterol by inhibiting HMG-COA reductase, an enzyme that synthesizes cholesterol in the liver. By the end of 2010, branded statins remaining on the market included: Lipitor; fluvastatin (Novartis' Lescol); lovastatin (Merck & Co.'s Mevacor and Watson Pharmaceuticals' Altocor and Altoprev); pitavastatin (Kowa Company's Livalo); pravastatin (Bristol-Myers Squibb's Pravachol); rosuvastatin (AstraZeneca's Crestor); and simvastatin (Merck's Zocor).
Several combination preparations of a statin and another agent, such as Merck's Vyotrin, which couples ezetimibe and simvastatin, are also available.
So what might the next wave of successful anticholesterol agents look like? Will any achieve the therapeutic success of statins? One new class of drug candidates is cholesterol ester transfer protein (CETP) inhibitors, but there has already been one major clinical failure, with Pfizer's torcetrapib failing in Phase III. The firm spent $800 million developing the drug, which was dubbed one of pharma's biggest flops.
CETP normally moves cholesterol from high-density lipoproteins (HDL) to very low density or low density lipoproteins (VLDL or LDL). Inhibition of this transfer process is expected to increase HDL levels, the good cholesterol, and reduce the bad cholesterol, or LDL levels.
While Pfizer was expected to win approval for torcetrapib in 2008 and assuage declining Lipitor sales, it was forced to stop development in 2006 after the occurrence of major cardiovascular events among trial participants. The study called Illuminate involved 15,067 patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) or CHD risk equivalent (type 2 diabetes) given torcetrapib and atorvastatin or only atorvastatin.
The primary endpoint of the trial, a composite of first major cardiovascular event defined as CHD death, nonfatal myocardial infarction, stroke, or hospitalization for unstable angina, diverged between the treatment groups early in the trial. At termination, the torcetrapib group showed a 25% increased risk over the groups that received atorvastatin alone. Overall, 82 patients taking the combination of torcetrapib and atorvastatin died compared with 51 deaths among those taking only atorvastatin.
In a post-hoc analysis of the halted trial, investigators concluded that the reasons for the adverse outcome were uncertain. They said that torcetrapib administration was associated with undesirable off-target effects that could have contributed to and increased mortality/morbidity. These included heightened blood pressure, increased sodium bicarbonate and aldosterone levels, and decreased potassium levels.
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Motorola DROID ReviewMotorola DROID 8.5
Sure the Motorola DROID has a physical QWERTY keyboard you can use to dish out a quick text message, but the on-screen ones seemed just as capable of accomplishing the same feats. We're quite astounded with how responsive it has become with little or no mistakes made during the typing process and the predictive text will aid in figuring out what you're trying to type. There are several suggestions that the phone will generate to best guess what you're saying – even better it will automatically enter the correct word after you press the space bar. In the past, we've sometimes seen the on-screen QWERTY lag and cause you to slow down – you won't even miss a beat with this one luckily. One minor problem that we noticed when speed typing is the tendency to accidentally activate one of the four touch-sensitive buttons. We've experienced hitting the home screen button a few times, which resulted in some minor frustrations. Overall, we're thoroughly impressed with the usability of both the portrait and landscape keyboards and the phone's ability to predict text. If neither of the on-screen keyboards float your boat, you can always rely on using the hardware QWERTY which provides a more accurate input method.
messaging application is broken down to each contact and is displayed in a threaded view. You can even attach a variety of media files to make it an MMS. The interface is simple to use with just about anyone picking up on it without too much complications.
GMail is obviously the default email provider on the Motorola DROID, but fortunately you can add POP, IMAP and Microsoft Exchange accounts. Eclair now places all your messages to one single inbox and color codes them so you know exactly which one is from which account. When viewing the inbox, the color is displayed on the outer left side of the message – we would've preferred having the entire message highlighted in the particular color to make it a bit easier to differentiate. If you can't stand having to see all your messages displayed in a single inbox, you can simply select a specific mail account by pressing the menu key.
Setting up most email accounts a simple process requiring your email address and password. From there, it will look up the specific settings for each provider and automatically start retrieving your messages. If it can't automatically configure, it will ask you for the detailed settings, such as POP3/SMTP/IMAP servers and Port numbers. One odd thing that did frustrate us was the phone's inability to setup Yahoo! – it just kept on giving us a message that the email address and password were incorrect. You'll have to manually set up the account which is the process users will have to deal with when setting proprietary accounts.
The only instant messaging client to be found installed is Google Talk. With the Android Market in full swing, we were able to download a variety of clients that were free, such as AIM,so we weren't too upset with only Google Talk being offered initially.
It's almost hard to believe that Android has branched out from T-Mobile and is now in the hands of the largest wireless provider in the US. The Motorola DROID is a dual-band CDMA (800/1900 MHz) handset with high speed data connectivity through 3G EVDO Rev A or Wi-Fi. It would have been nice if it were a world phone, working on GSM networks alongside CDMA, but maybe we can hope for this next time.
With the HTC Hero already sporting multi-touch and Flash integration in its web browser, we knew that those were not to be expected on the DROID and just hoped to have a decent web experience. If it weren't for the Hero's release, we would say that the DROID's browsing experience to be tops in the Android market. The Motorola site states that the current browser supports the HTML5 standard, and that Flash 10 is expected the first half of 2010. As far as improvements go with the DROID, pages loaded fairly quick, with a zoomed out view at first, but most text is obviously too tiny to view, but the high resolution screen still enables them to be distinguishable. Pages render correctly with both text and images loading properly as they would on a desktop counterpart. Zooming in can be done by double tapping a specific area and conversely zoom out by doing the same, or by using the on-screen zoom icons – there's a transition effect to give it a nice look. For the most part, the browser is much snappier than the one on the Hero – you can really see it when you scroll throughout the web page. To our enjoyment, the phone was almost instantaneous when switching from portrait to landscape view. We suspect the slightly faster processor and Android 2.0 to be behind the great experience we had with the web browser.
You're going to place your trust in the hands of Google when you use the Motorola DROID. Almost all your information will be entrusted to them because you'll have support through either Microsoft Exchange Server and Google.
75 Comments
1. jmill75 (Posts: 60; Member since: 22 Jul 2009)
Seemed like a pretty unbiased review for the most part, but how in the hell are you going to knock the score down so low because of the battery, you mean running multiple apps at once all day affects battery...... really really......and compare it to phones that dont even offer multi-tasking,strange. You had me till that point.
36. vmatikov (Posts: 55; Member since: 28 Jan 2009)
ya phone arena's scoring is horseshit. like seriously... because the droid seems like an awesome phone. sure it has flaws... but what doesn't? i rly dislike what they base their criteria on. it makes no sense at all.
62. Dadler22 (Posts: 161; Member since: 11 Dec 2008)
It was a good idea, but motorola made it, and honestly if there was a phone that was a 9.5 and it was made my motorola, i would knock of a point just because i knew that it was american crap.
2. seebeatty (Posts: 4; Member since: 21 Nov 2008)
Yeah, I don't get this score at all!! The scores for the Storm2, Imagio, and TP2 all rank 9 or above and you come forward with this? Hmmm,... I think I smell bias even if you didn't write it into the review.
38. Phoney (Posts: 13; Member since: 16 Aug 2009)
IMO I think the others were too high. I tried out my friend's DROID this morning... I had such high expectations and desires for this phone, but the first impression didn't meet them :(. I agree with the PA ranks.
3. idiotwind13 (Posts: 80; Member since: 29 Dec 2008)
Does anybody read the "How we rate" section of the page? The numbers aren't really meant to be put up against each other for phones that are in different classes, but rather what they are saying is "How squarely did this manufacturer hit the nail on the head with respect to what they were trying to do?". The newest iPhone is rated lower than the enV Touch, do you really think that they are saying the Touch is a better phone? the Storm2, Imagio and TP2 are not the same type of phone as the Droid, even though they are all smart phones, they are trying to accomplish very different things. Not saying that there is not some bias in the reviews, but just because a certain phone gets a slightly lower score doesnt mean that was the case here. This seems to me to be a very fair review, and accurate, I've had my hands on one and I think everything PhoneArena had to say is quite accurate in this case. Though I do agree that a dig on battery life is not really fair, especially considering it "lasts only a day", that is pretty standard for the type of phone it is.
4. vzwman (Posts: 385; Member since: 26 Oct 2009)
know im not sure if i should get this phone :(
37. vmatikov (Posts: 55; Member since: 28 Jan 2009)
tbh.. if you read their reviews... you wouldn't want ANY phone. nothing is ever good... and the comparison and scoring criteria is bullshit.
42. sgtslayer321 (Posts: 36; Member since: 01 Oct 2009)
I can say that this phone is great! I own it. I also owned the Imagio before this and took it back. The Imagio had horrible battery life much worse than the Droid and the Imagio got a better score. That just goes to show that they favor HTC phones. I'm not saying they are that bad but this phone is in a hole other ball park than the Imagio. I know I tried the 2 of them out. P.S. They did the same thing with the omnia2
5. JASON666 (Posts: 20; Member since: 31 Oct 2009)
Maybe I'll get an unlocked. 2yrs.+Data plan services still dont add up that well does it.....just my thought.
39. vmatikov (Posts: 55; Member since: 28 Jan 2009)
why does this have -6...?
72. haste_the_day (Posts: 5; Member since: 27 Dec 2009)
because people are sick of complaints about data plans? get over it already. you pay for what you get. Now if you want to spend 29.99 a mo. w/ Att, then you get less haha. But honestly, i work for VZW and every day people call in and complain about data plans being a requirement for a phone like this.... like VZW is suppost to put BILLIONS back into the network, set up plans for LTE, and not charge you to use it? a dollar a day for most reliable 3G dosnt seem like alot to me at all... So to answer you question as to why -6 (soon to be -7 after i vote) its bc of the ranting about plans.....GET OVER IT.
6. luisandres58 (Posts: 21; Member since: 16 Mar 2009)
In all of the reviews so far, be it PA, Engadget, etc..I see a lot of nickpicking...ugly, KB cramped, you could say the same things about all of the phones...I think that is a matter of choice....I loved the Glyde with the small KB, the only thing was the problems with the touchscreen...I have the Dare now....KB is also cramped...I have the iTouch and I still make mistakes while typing....I think that I'm getting the Droid....it sure looks promising.....was hoping for the HTC Passion, but it looks that is gonna take a while before it shows up. People there isn't the perfect phone.....
73. haste_the_day (Posts: 5; Member since: 27 Dec 2009)
to be honest,i though the same thing about the keypad (physical) until i tried it. It take a bit of getting used to, and, as i have huge thumbs, is still a bit clumbsy, but overall alot better than just a touch screen.
7. vzw fanman (Posts: 1976; Member since: 11 Dec 2008)
i'm totally getting this phone. it looks like it has endless possibilities!!!! good bye crapple iphone and my crappberry storm!
43. sgtslayer321 (Posts: 36; Member since: 01 Oct 2009)
ya I had the storm before and this blows it away but I can say the storm did have good email
8. Miacol (Posts: 40; Member since: 10 Oct 2008)
This would be a great phone if it was on the GSM networks, the CDMA single use network is a killer. I want to be able to surf and talk on the phone at the same time. Does anyone if a US GSM/3G will become available?
54. Fair&Balanced (Posts: 31; Member since: 29 Jul 2009)
Just to be safe you might want to wait until its equivalent is produced by a reputable manufacturer.
63. Dadler22 (Posts: 161; Member since: 11 Dec 2008)
lol, like HTC.
9. lennydude (Posts: 23; Member since: 06 Jun 2009)
QUOTE: "but how in the hell are you going to knock the score down so low because of the battery, you mean running multiple apps at once all day affects battery...... really really......and compare it to phones that dont even offer multi-tasking,strange. You had me till that point." END QUOTE. Exactly ! This type of "comparison" review is really BS. Phone Arena could have easily rated the battery on 2 levels, normal use and multitasking use. Why rate a phone so low based on something that is a very positive feature of the phone? Phone Arena really should change the review..........of course they will not..............being iPhone lovers.
44. sgtslayer321 (Posts: 36; Member since: 01 Oct 2009)
I think they are htc lovers
64. Dadler22 (Posts: 161; Member since: 11 Dec 2008)
or they just dont like shitty smartphones.
70. destardi (Posts: 4; Member since: 24 Nov 2009)
You're a tool and a douchebag rolled into one; that's pretty amazing. FYI - Droid - 24% of the Android market in just over 2 weeks. I guess you suck at knowing what's up. Good luck with that!
74. haste_the_day (Posts: 5; Member since: 27 Dec 2009)
or maybe you dont have anything constructive to add to the conversation? seriously? wow...
10. Vandro (Posts: 17; Member since: 12 Aug 2009)
Interesting to see the knock on battery life when BGR claims more than ample performance for a days use. I charge every night, so that isn't a problem. And, firmware update. Still looks like the best offering on Verizon, and probably my first smartphone buy. Droids DO do it better.
11. hockeyfreakb4 (Posts: 1; Member since: 01 Nov 2009)
wow.... so biased.... your only three cons were because; 1. it CAN multitask, so you DO, and YOU run the REMOVABLE battery down... your an iphone lover so how about you get an extra battery, something your phone cant do... 2. your too stupid to avoid the touch sensitive buttons. 3. lose some weight and maybe your fat fingers will fit on the keyboard.... and, you talk throughtout the review as if this phone is better than the htc hero, yet the htc hero got a 9 on almost everything, especially the places where the droid beats it.... and sound, cmon, dont knock the volume just it goes to high for your baby ears... turn it down... design, you say its quality built and you give in an 8.5.. you gave the hero a better one and this one is built way better.... camera, the droids camera is obviously 10x better than the hero and you gave them relatively the same score... multimedia, ok what it ships with isnt that great as far as music, but everything else is great and you can download even better stuff in the app store.... and organized, who gives a $H!t if it comes with a freaking voice recorder or the other usless stuff no one ever uses... if u really want it, pick from the plentiful apps for free in the market... most biased review i have ever read... no wonder i prefer phonedog.com
13. JonMayer (Posts: 1; Member since: 01 Nov 2009)
I wouldn't be as harsh, but this review is one of the worst I have seen. I just wanted to say Amen brother! The original iPhone's camera got a rating of 7.5... That piece of crap camera in the original iPhone got 0.5 better than the DROID? The battery rating is just BS if they pounded the hell out of the phone and it actually lasted all day. Plus, go buy a second battery if you are worried about long weekend trips to the Australian outback or some crap where you somehow can't find a USB socket. I used to look to phone arena for generally good reviews and now I will take anything posting here with a grain of salt. I registered just today so I could share my complaint with this terrible score.
25. koustik (Posts: 4; Member since: 02 Nov 2009)
The reviews are based on the technology at the time of its release, of course you would only know that if you read the little "how we rate" link. PS: its ok, alot of people that come here forget to notice that little link.
32. idiotwind13 (Posts: 80; Member since: 29 Dec 2008)
Don't tell anybody that- notice the flaming i took from pointing out that nobody pays attention to what the number actually means. It's not an absolute scale, but don't try to bring up that. It is unfair to say that the battery gets drained by multitasking, but that doesn't necessarily mean that a very good score of 8.5 is unfair or biased. The 0-10 scale is relative, not an absolute. But nobody wants to hear it.
41. efarmdog (Posts: 1; Member since: 08 Jul 2009)
"The original iPhone's camera got a rating of 7.5" - Right, that was how long ago? Technology better have evolved by now... it's been a while.
45. sgtslayer321 (Posts: 36; Member since: 01 Oct 2009)
but thats what peole see when they go to check the phone out on this sight not to mention they see other(smarphones) that aren't that good with higher ratings
12. Windsponge (Posts: 92; Member since: 01 Nov 2009)
I just want to say a few things. One they gave Pre a 9.9 and its battery is far worse than Droid. I have a an I phone 3gs and it is a great phone but if I use it hard as they did the droid for test it would not even last a whole day. 12 hours at best.It also took three updates to correct issues with it. I have both Verizon and ATT. I am a little sick of phonearena being so unfair in there reviews. I read everything I can find on cell phones and feel this phone is finally going in the right direction for Verizon. I have Pre Ordered at Best buy and cant wait to use this phone. After using and giving a fair use I will then give my review here. Looks at least as good as I phone Much better than Pre. Come on Phone Arena Pre 9.9 and Droid just a 8.5. Funny thing I phone 3gs was 8.5 and it got much better reviews from people who accually use the phones. Pre was way less and build was junk. Droid by all accounts is built great. Just my view.
46. sgtslayer321 (Posts: 36; Member since: 01 Oct 2009)
I think you nailed it
66. weedalin (Posts: 10; Member since: 22 Nov 2009)
sigh . . . These ratings aren't absolute or conclusive, merely relative, which you would have known, had you read the 'how we rate' link on the review. The ratings are all relative based on the current competitor set and the technology available. They DON'T serve as an absolute rating for all phones.
14. mr. anderson (Posts: 92; Member since: 16 Apr 2009)
i dont see what the big fuss about this phone is. android 2.0 is its biggest selling point, and its already unofficially available on the tmo g1. htc has said it is coming to the hero, and the sense ui is the best thing android has going for it. the droid may have a huge screen, but a huge screen means a huge bulge in my pocket. about 2/3 of the reviews ive read say the keyboard is blah, and some go as far as to say the onscreen one is better. like the storm, this seems like a product of vzws marketing rather than an honest-to-goodness great product. the eris, once updated to 2.0, looks to be where its at for vzw customers.
16. secondcor517 (Posts: 94; Member since: 06 Oct 2008)
you say big screen means big bulge in your pocket, if you review the measurements or even the comparisons with other phones you will see that this phone is basically the same size as the iphone.
18. shgam2 (Posts: 42; Member since: 08 Sep 2009)
yea I agree lol and when I said it before, people flamed like crazy but seriously, whats up with these people? they just click - whenever they see a negative comment about the phone lol. Sorry I meant a non-positive comment. I'm sure more than half of them haven't even got the chance to use the phone or seen the phone in real life. Apparently it's the first android phone in vzw I heard.. I guess it's a big deal for them but not for many of us who arent with vzw.
15. PhoneArena Team (Posts: 258; Member since: 27 Jun 2006)
We appreciate everyone's comments regarding the Droid. As we have only had it a couple days, we will continue to use it, and will make any changes to the review or ratings that we feel are necessary. We will be power-cycling the battery several times and will see how much time we then get using it. -Thank you.
47. sgtslayer321 (Posts: 36; Member since: 01 Oct 2009)
come onyou got to admit thow the battery isn't all that bad. I got this phone and have been so excited that I messed with it nonstop so far and the battery was know worse than the storm maybe better and was much better than the Imagio. I really liked the video review but the final rating just doesn't seem right. It is what everyone will look at before they go to buy it and the phone is absolutely in the top three phones in the united states (maybe) even the best.
17. shgam2 (Posts: 42; Member since: 08 Sep 2009)
It seems like a lot of supporters here. Seriously though, the people wrote the review have had the chance to use the phone and this is what they came up with. I'm sure they have done all the tests and etc before writing the review and they probably know more about the phone than these supporters. You guys should talk after trying the phone out and you'll know how bad/good the battery life, keyboard, etc are.
19. yhbae002 (Posts: 46; Member since: 02 Nov 2009)
This phone looks real nice. Pity its not available in Canada yet. It has pretty much everything I need - CPU speed, high resolution, good volume, sleek look, physical keyboard, etc. For me, Android 2.0 is just more gravy on top - but even without it, the phone still looks good. The reviewer was very harsh on the final score. I looked at the score first them read the review. I was expecting some _significant_ negative comments but couldn't find one. Battery life is ok. I went through HTC Diamond then to the current Magic. I'm sure Droid will outperform battery life of Diamond by a good margin. I (and most others) charge daily. Currently using Hero ROM on Rogers Magic.
20. PhoneArena Team (Posts: 258; Member since: 27 Jun 2006)
We've been using the Motorola DROID for a longer period now and in the end decided to bring its battery rating up a bit. We've also taken into consideration the performance of the other CDMA Android phone that's currently out, Sprint's HTC Hero. Having in mind the Hero is capable of delivering about two days of relatively heavy usage, we think the DROID's one day deserves its new rating of 6.5. Thank you for your patience!
48. sgtslayer321 (Posts: 36; Member since: 01 Oct 2009)
still could have been a little better but thats just my opinion but I think that is really cool to give it a second chance.
21. narley (Posts: 357; Member since: 14 May 2009)
i say we have a open vote. say yay or nay if you believe they should retest or atleast rescore this device. the cons are pretty pitiful and gimmes with every single smartphone/touch screen out there.... come on phone arena, really?
49. sgtslayer321 (Posts: 36; Member since: 01 Oct 2009)
22. narley (Posts: 357; Member since: 14 May 2009)
.... along with that. you gave the storm 2 camera a 7.5 which is only a 3.2 mp and has never been very responsive and doesnt have the dual flash. how do you justify giving a 5 mp with a higher resolution screen a lower score?
23. koustik (Posts: 4; Member since: 02 Nov 2009)
I should be the first to be the first to tell you that sadly the storm 2 has better picture quality than this phone. The color shows better on the storm 2. FYI: just because 5mp sounds better, it only makes the pictures bigger. And the storm 2 actually has a brighter flash than the dual flash, which is quite peculiar.
24. koustik (Posts: 4; Member since: 02 Nov 2009)
I was really hopeing for motoblur :((
26. LGVX1993 (Posts: 260; Member since: 27 Jan 2009)
So was I. The regular android UI isnt appealing to me.
27. testman22 (Posts: 338; Member since: 03 Nov 2009)
Going with everyone else, this score is truly absurd... Each one of the cons listed are completely ridiculous. I could go into debunking every incorrect con they mention, but I'll just say this- The Droid is truly a revolution (notice phonearena even uses the word revolution themselves). The design is different, with an air of functionality that not many phones have. And the possibilities of the android platform on the best carrier are endless. I'm not claiming the phone is perfect. Yes the keyboard may be a bit cramped, and it lacks the physical send/end button. (Know what phone doesn't have a keyboard at all, or any send/end buttons? hmm...) And of course the media synchronization is a big miss. But all in all, for a first generation, the Droid got it right. Sorry Phone Arena, this phone is gonna be huge no matter how hard you try to tamper with its score
28. narley (Posts: 357; Member since: 14 May 2009)
i say we have a open vote. say yay or nay if you believe they should retest or atleast rescore this device. the cons are pretty pitiful and gimmes with every single smartphone/touch screen out there.... come on phone arena, really?
29. rjt185 (Posts: 257; Member since: 11 Jun 2009)
I can't wait for all the user reviews, the score should much better reflect the phone.
30. JasonWood (Posts: 1; Member since: 03 Nov 2009)
Ok just an FYI on the Battery issue There are several Apps on you can download to conserve your Battery power. Just look on the Android Market place.
31. josuearisty (Posts: 148; Member since: 30 Sep 2009)
wanna get the GSM version...
33. Griz (Posts: 1; Member since: 05 Nov 2009)
This is a tough one for me since up until now I've been very much the opposer of Motorola products. But now, having handled the device and having had a chance to utilize alot of the features including Android Market, I'd have to say its a top-performer. Having the keyboard is nice and the web is lightning-quick. The device is very heavy but i think the benefits of having a dual-processor and the Google 2.0 OS certainly outweigh their impact on battery life and chassis weight. As compared to the Eris, however, this one is tough. The Eris has more of a Palm Pre feel while opening new web pages and interacting with its 7 home screens (page preview) which adds to the ease of use over Motorola's list view style and choppier navigation through its 3 home screens. I personally dig the "Andy Warhol" mode in the photo customization menu; gotta check that out! Expect the launch of both Droids tomorrow to be big! Nice work Motorola....finally!!
35. narley (Posts: 357; Member since: 14 May 2009)
ya the eris is legit too. id say the biggest difference is the droid is a little bit faster with the better processor, but the Eris does have the seven panels vs droids 3. beside the obvious keyboard vs trackball physically.
34. Mayday3420 (Posts: 61; Member since: 11 Dec 2008)
Here is what bothers me about the review. How does the andriod phone on sprint get a higher rating on things when it's newer software. Then they have things that they put on the pros list that only recieved a 7 or 8 in the rankings. Organizer, sprint gets a10 and vzw gets an 8 when it's the same opperating system? Multimedia, sprint gets a 9 and vzw gets an 8 when actually the newer version has more multimedia functions on it? I have no idea how they do reviews here but it's a very poor job they do.
50. sgtslayer321 (Posts: 36; Member since: 01 Oct 2009)
I agree
Motorola DROIDOS: Android 2.2 2.1 2.0
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|3.7 inches, 480 x 854 pixels (265 ppi) TFT
|5 megapixels
TI OMAP3430, Single core, 600 MHz, ARM Cortex-A8 processor
|4.56 x 2.36 x 0.54 inches
(116 x 60 x 14 mm)
5.96 oz (169 g)
|1400 mAh, 6.41 hours talk time


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