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Author Affiliations: Center for Studying Health System Change, Washington, DC.
Communication between primary care physicians (PCPs) and specialists regarding referrals and consultations is often inadequate, with negative consequences for patients. We examined PCPs' and specialists' perceptions of communication regarding referrals and consultations. We then identified practice characteristics associated with reported communication.
We analyzed the nationally representative 2008 Center for Studying Health System Change Health Tracking Physician Survey of 4720 physicians providing at least 20 hours per week of direct patient care. Outcome measures were physician reports of communication regarding referrals and consultations.
Perceptions of communication regarding referrals and consultations differed. For example, 69.3% of PCPs reported "always" or "most of the time" sending notification of a patient's history and reason for consultation to specialists, but only 34.8% of specialists said they "always" or "most of the time" received such notification. Similarly, 80.6% of specialists said they "always" or "most of the time" send consultation results to the referring PCP, but only 62.2% of PCPs said they received such information. Physicians who did not receive timely communication regarding referrals and consultations were more likely to report that their ability to provide high-quality care was threatened. The 3 practice characteristics associated with PCPs and specialists reporting communication regarding referrals and consultations were "adequate" visit time with patients, receipt of quality reports regarding patients with chronic conditions, and nurse support for monitoring patients with chronic conditions.
These modifiable practice supports associated with communication between PCPs and specialists can help inform the ways that resources are focused to improve care coordination.
Effective communication between primary care physicians (PCPs) and specialists regarding patient referrals and consultations is necessary for coordinated care,1 is important to patients and physicians,2- 5 and improves patient outcomes and physician satisfaction.6,7 Interspecialty communication is increasingly important because medical subspecialization and technological advances fragment care across numerous physicians.1,8,9
Despite its importance, interspecialty communication occurs inconsistently.6,10- 13 Identification of practice factors with the potential to enhance communication can inform efforts to improve care coordination. Such efforts include health information technology (HIT) adoption; patient-centered medical homes, which emphasize coordination by PCPs; and accountable care organizations (ACOs), which strive for shared accountability for patients among physicians.14- 18
Others have examined interspecialty communication in specific settings or situations and found, for example, that use of standardized note formats and computer access to medical records were associated with better communication.2,6,10,11,13 In another study,19 practices in which a care coordinator worked on-site with the patient's PCP for patients with chronic conditions had improved coordination and were cost neutral.
We examined a nationally representative physician sample to describe PCP and specialist perceptions of communication regarding referrals and consultations. We then identified practice characteristics associated with positive perceptions of interspecialty communication. We hypothesized that greater practice resources (including fewer time pressures), the presence of care management supports, and indicators of more established referral networks and integration would be associated with greater communication regarding referrals and consultations. We were particularly interested in 3 modifiable factors: adequacy of patient visit time (as a proxy for time for communication and practice resources), use of HIT to communicate regarding patients, and use of nonphysician staff to support care management.
We analyzed a national stratified random sample of 4720 physicians from the 2008 Health System Change Health Tracking Physician Survey. Funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, it is the fifth in a series of nationally representative physician surveys conducted since 1996 by the Center for Studying Health System Change.20 The sampling frame included active licensed allopathic and osteopathic physicians and was drawn from the American Medical Association master file. The mail survey achieved a 61.9% response rate. Characteristics of physicians who completed the survey and those who refused to participate were similar.20 All survey items have been validated through successful use in other surveys or cognitive testing.
Respondents must have completed their medical training and provide direct patient care for at least 20 hours per week. Physicians with minimal direct patient contact (eg, radiologists, anesthesiologists, and pathologists), federal employees, and temporarily licensed foreign medical graduates were ineligible. Additional background information is available at http://www.hschange.org/CONTENT/1085/. An institutional review board approved the survey and procedures.
The PCPs included family practice, general practice, general internal medicine, geriatric, internal medicine–pediatric, and general pediatric physicians. Before combining all specialists within 1 group, we analyzed several subgroups separately (eg, types of surgeons with differing needs to communicate with PCPs and cognitive vs procedural specialists).
Care coordination requires that PCPs referring patients to specialists communicate timely, relevant patient information and the reason for the referral and that specialists communicate findings and recommendations back to the PCP.21 Equally important is the receipt and recognition of this information by the respective parties.1 On the basis of primary care and chronic care frameworks,1,22 we examined factors hypothesized to influence these components of communication.
We used 4 questions adapted from the Primary Care Assessment Tool, Provider Survey.23 We asked PCPs, "When referring a patient to a specialist, how often do you send the specialist notification of the patient's history and the reason for consultation?" and "How often do you receive useful information about your referred patients from specialists?" We asked specialists, "When you see a patient referred to you by a PCP, how often do you receive notification of the patient's medical history and reason for consultation?" and "For patients who were referred to you by a PCP, how often do you send the PCP notification of the results of your consultation and advice to the patient?" Response options were "always," "most of the time," "sometimes," "seldom or never," and "not applicable."
Reports of communication receipt reflect other physicians' sending behavior and the receiving organization's ability to get communications to the appropriate physician when needed. Thus, results regarding communication receipt may reflect the characteristics of physicians in the referral network and those of the receiving practice.
Independent variables of primary interest were organized conceptually into the 3 areas related to our hypotheses. We recognize that some (eg, practice type and size) might fit into all 3 areas.
We asked physicians about the extent to which they thought they had adequate time to spend with their patients during office visits (Likert scale responses ranging from "agree strongly" to "disagree strongly") and the practices' payer mix (percentage of Medicare and Medicaid revenue). Because practices caring for patients with more complex and comorbid conditions face greater coordination challenges, we assessed whether the practice cared for patients with 1 or more of 4 prevalent and costly chronic conditions (eg, asthma, diabetes mellitus, depression, and congestive heart failure) and the percentage of the physician's patients with any chronic condition.
Other independent variables relevant to practice resources and physician time pressures were practice type and size and physician base compensation method. We also included physician reports of the importance of quality measures, patient satisfaction surveys, productivity, practice profiling, and practice financial performance in determining compensation (moderately or very important vs somewhat or not important).
Practice supports for patients with chronic conditions indicate a capacity for care management and are hypothesized to be associated with communication in connection with consultations and referrals. These supports include (1) nonphysician patient educators, (2) nurse care managers, and (3) the receipt by the physician of quality reports regarding his/her patients with chronic conditions.22- 24 These items were asked of physicians in practices treating any 1 of 4 prevalent chronic conditions (eg, asthma, diabetes, congestive heart failure, or depression). In the logistic regression models, a dummy variable was included to capture physicians in practices that did not provide care for patients with any of these 4 conditions.
We also assessed the presence and use of HIT in the practice, focusing on elements with the potential to support communication and information sharing. After assessing them individually, we created a summary measure of 3 HIT tools most relevant to coordination: (1) whether the respondent's main practice uses an electronic medical record (EMR) (all paper, 0; part electronic, 1; and all electronic, 2); (2) whether the physician routinely used HIT for accessing patient notes, problem lists, and medication lists (no, 0; yes, 1); and (3) whether the physician routinely used HIT to exchange clinical data with other physicians (no, 0; yes, 1). We summed responses and then categorized them as high (3-4), partial (1-2), or none (0). The rate of e-mail use for communication with other physicians regarding patients was too low to be included in the analysis.
We included proxy variables that helped capture the extent to which physicians have more vs less established referral networks with other physicians: physician years in practice (<11, 11-20, >20), based on prior findings that physicians in practice longer have more established working relationships with other physicians; rural vs urban location; independent physician ownership; practice type (group or staff model health maintenance organization [HMO] vs community health center vs other practice types) and group practice size (number of physicians); number of managed care contracts; and percentage of practice revenue under capitation.
We controlled for additional physician factors, including sex, board certification, medical training location (United States or Canada vs elsewhere), and specialty.1,2,6,25 We also controlled for geographic region, physicians' assessment of "market competitiveness," and county ratio of PCP-to-specialist supply.
We examined univariate frequencies of all variables, correlations among independent variables, and the bivariate associations between independent and outcome variables. Tests for multiple comparisons of the bivariate proportions were conducted, and they did not differ significantly from the raw P values. On the basis of these analyses and the clinical and policy relevance of particular factors within the primary care and chronic care conceptual frameworks, we built logistic regression models. The goal of our multivariate logistic regressions was to examine the association between the key modifiable independent variables (eg, adequate time with patients) and each binary outcome (eg, sends information regarding a referral or consultation), adjusting for all other practice factors and potential confounders.
A separate logistic regression model was created for each of the 4 coordination outcome measures. Two of the models applied to PCPs and 2 applied to specialists. All 4 contained the same independent variables. To estimate the independent effects of physician, panel, and market characteristics, we entered nonmodifiable factors (physician sex; years in practice; board certification; location of training; practice type; percentage of patients in practice with chronic conditions; percentage of practice revenue from Medicare, Medicaid, and capitation; region; and urban status) into each logistic regression model as mutually exclusive categorical variables. After building these base models, variables that could theoretically affect communication and coordination of care were added one at a time (eg, revenue sources, factors affecting compensation, use of an EMR, use of nurse care managers for patients with chronic conditions, and whether the physician thought he or she had adequate time to spend with patients during visits). To assess the relative contributions of the key independent variables of interest on the outcomes and model fit, we performed the likelihood ratio test (χ2 difference in the likelihood ratios) as each modifiable factor was added to the base model.
We assessed for interactions between key independent variables and relevant covariates with respect to the coordination measures; none were significant. Specialist subgroup results were consistent, with only minor differences in magnitude but not in direction of the associations; therefore, only combined specialist results are given.
We determined present adjusted percentages from final parsimonious models. Hosmer-Lemeshow tests indicated good fit of the data. Also, SUDAAN software, version 10.0 (Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina) was used to analyze the data that were weighted for probability of selection and survey nonresponse. Unadjusted analyses were largely consistent with the multivariate logistic regression results and thus are not presented.
Finally, we calculated the predicted increase in interspecialty communication as each of the 4 key practice supports (HIT use, adequate visit time, quality reports regarding patients with chronic conditions, and a nurse care manager) is added for an average respondent, holding all other covariates at their means. These simulations are based on estimates from the multivariate logistic regression models.
Table 1 presents the sample characteristics. Primary care physicians are more likely than specialists to think that they do not have adequate time to spend with patients during office visits (39.3% vs 30.2%, P < .001). Specialists are significantly more likely to have no managed care contracts (14.1%) compared with PCPs (9.7%, P < .001). A higher percentage of specialists compared with PCPs have high HIT use (38.4% vs 35.5%, P = .05). A much higher percentage of PCPs (64.7%) receive reports on the quality of care for their patients with chronic conditions than do specialists (25.4%, P ≤ .001).
The PCPs' and specialists' reports of the extent that they communicate with one another regarding patient referrals and consultations differed significantly (Table 2). Although 69.3% of PCPs reported that they "always" or "most of the time" send the specialist notification of a patient's history and reason for consultation at the time of referral, only 34.8% of specialists reported they "always" or "most of the time" receive such notification. Similarly, 80.6% of specialists said they "always" or "most of the time" send the referring PCP notification of the results of their consultation and advice to patients, whereas only 62.2% of PCPs reported they received such information. The PCPs and specialists who reported not consistently receiving communications regarding referrals and consultations were significantly more likely to report that their ability to provide high-quality care was threatened because of failure to receive timely reports (Table 3). This finding suggests poor communication threatens quality of care and supports our outcome measures' content validity.
For PCPs and specialists, "having adequate time to spend with patients during the office visit" was the factor with the greatest positive association with each communication outcome (Table 4 and Table 5). Although physicians with higher proportions of patients with chronic conditions were more likely to report sending notification to their colleagues, they were also more likely to report that receipt of timely reports from other physicians was a problem (data not shown).
Receipt of quality reports regarding patients with chronic conditions was positively associated with 3 of 4 outcomes (Table 4 and Table 5). The involvement of a nurse at the practice to help treat patients with chronic conditions was associated with greater receipt of communication regarding referrals and consultations. Use of HIT was associated with higher reports of receiving and sending communication by specialists but not by PCPs.
Physicians who have practiced 20 years or more and physicians in small and nonmetropolitan areas report sending and receiving communication regarding referrals and consultations at higher rates than their counterparts, regardless of specialty. The PCPs in group- and staff-model HMOs, community health centers, and hospital or medical school practices report sending referral information to specialists at higher rates than counterparts in group practices (Table 4). Among PCPs, reports of sending communication to specialists decreased as the number of managed care contracts increased (Table 4). For specialists, this association was in the opposite direction.
No significant associations were found between "the importance of factors affecting compensation" (eg, quality measures) and the outcomes. A rerun of models excluding physicians in institutional settings (eg, staff-model HMOs and hospitals) did not change these results. Physician income, practice ownership, board certification, and county ratio of primary care to specialist physicians were also not consistently associated with physicians' communication (data not shown).
The Figure illustrates the predicted increase in interspecialty communication as each of the 4 key practice supports (HIT use, adequate visit time, quality reports regarding patients with chronic conditions, and a nurse care manager) is added for an average respondent. For example, PCPs with all 4 practice supports would increase their reported sending of referral communication from 63.9% to 82.7%, relative to PCPs with none of the 4 supports.
Percentage of physicians reporting they "always" or "most of the time" send or receive communication regarding referrals and consultations at baseline and then with the addition of each of the 4 practice supports. HIT indicates health information technology; PCP, primary care physician.
To our knowledge, ours is the first nationally representative study of physicians to describe interspecialty communication regarding consultations and referrals. The results suggest much room for improvement. The PCPs and specialists reporting inconsistent receipt of communications from other physicians were significantly more likely to report that their ability to provide high-quality care was threatened because of failure to receive timely reports.
The significant differences in PCPs' and specialists' perceptions of the extent to which they communicate with one another regarding referrals and consultations may have various causes, including overstatement of sending behaviors and understatement of receipt. Although our questions asked specifically about patients referred by PCPs, specialists may have misattributed some patient self-referrals as PCP referrals. In addition, process failures, such as late or misdirected reports and reports not placed in the patient's record in a timely fashion at the recipient practice, may affect responses regarding receipt despite timely sending.
The factor most consistently and strongly associated with interspecialty communication was "adequate time with a patient during the office visit." In addition, PCPs were more likely to believe that they do not have adequate time to spend with patients during office visits than were specialists. This likely occurred because of the complex nature of primary care, which involves longitudinal care over time and coordination of a patient's care across various conditions.1 Increased administrative burden (eg, health plan prior authorizations) and decreasing reimbursements create pressures for physicians to see more patients26 and decrease the time available for effective communications regarding referrals and consultations during and after the visit. The average primary care face-to-face visit lasts 10.7 to 18.7 minutes, depending on the assessment method,27,28 and time pressures during the visit result in lower-quality care, including poorer patient and physician care experiences.29,30 Our findings complement these prior studies. With more encounter time, the physician and staff can focus more completely on the patient's needs, which may include initiating referral and consultation communication and retrieving reports from other physicians.
Overall, payment factors, as measured by this survey, had inconsistent and little association with interspecialty communication. Most current compensation methods do not incentivize communication. Practice supports may be more important to facilitating interspecialty communication, at least in the predominant fee-for-service environment.
The positive association between receipt of quality reports regarding patients with chronic conditions and interspecialty communication regarding referrals and consultations suggests the potential benefits of providing performance feedback to physicians. Such feedback may help identify gaps in care and spur physicians to communicate with others sharing care for patients. Practice environments where quality reports are generated may also have cultures or mechanisms to facilitate referral and consultation reports or follow-up when communications are not received.
It is notable that significantly fewer specialists received quality reports compared with PCPs for their patients with chronic conditions. Given the positive association between quality report receipt and communication levels between PCPs and specialists, increased attention to providing specialists with such quality reports might be indicated. In addition, incorporating interphysician communication measures into such reports might help improve coordination.
The association between having a nurse in the practice help coordinate care for patients with chronic conditions and greater receipt of interspecialty communication may reflect efforts by the nurse to reach out to other practices to obtain referral or consultation letters. This is a particularly important function for overwhelmed practices, although few have the resources to provide nurse care managers and few payers compensate for this. Even in primary care practices that lack nurse care managers, the presence of nonphysician staff to educate patients with chronic conditions was beneficially associated with the sending of reports from one practice to another.
The positive association between HIT use and sending or receiving information among specialists, but not among PCPs, may reflect that specialists are more likely to work in large or institutional settings with available HIT.31 Use of HIT in this national sample was higher than prior estimates,32 which used different measures of HIT use, but closer to a recent publication of data from the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, which found that 41.5% of physicians reported using all or partial EMR systems.33 Outside large integrated health care systems and large multispecialty groups, however, lack of interoperability, current EMR design, and limited clinical processes and reimbursement for coordination limit the extent to which present-day EMRs are used for communication between primary care and specialist practices.34
The PCPs with greater administrative burden, as represented by more managed care contracts, reported lower sending behaviors. Multiple contracts also likely indicate a broader set of physician networks in which a physician participates and, consequently, less well-defined referral networks.9 Not surprisingly, physicians in more integrated settings, such as group or staff-model HMOs, were also significantly more likely to report communication regarding referrals and consultations.
This study's strengths include the nationally representative sample, including physicians in small and medium groups that constitute most outpatient practices in the United States27 and that have received less attention in the quality improvement literature. The survey also had a high response rate for a physician survey, and we controlled for a wide range of physician, practice, and market characteristics.
The study's limitations include the use of physician self-report data that, given the study's national scope, could not feasibly be validated by medical record reviews. We also lack information on the accuracy, comprehensiveness, and timing of communication. However, our national sample's self-reported rates of sending or receiving communication regarding referrals and consultations are within the range reported in the literature.2,6,10- 13 Regardless, potential self-report bias (owing to social desirability) should not systematically affect the direction of associations. Finally, the cross-sectional design does not permit causal attribution.
Although we are unable to fully capture the constructs of practice resources and pressures and referral networks and integration, the individual items examined can help inform policy and clinical initiatives by identifying how resources might be focused to improve communication regarding referrals and consultations. Our results suggest that supporting PCPs so that they, for example, can afford nurse care managers may facilitate adequate communication with specialists.
Efforts to improve coordination should address the low rates of interspecialty communication regarding referrals and consultations. Current initiatives such as patient-centered medical homes, HIT, and ACOs have the potential to strengthen financial incentives, structures, and care processes to support communication. Combined with prior work24,30,35 and anticipated lessons from current medical home experiments, our findings can help inform these initiatives, suggesting ways to focus resources to support infrastructure and measurement of interspecialty communication. Targeted support for capabilities identified in this study as being associated with good bilateral communication—adequate visit time with patients, quality reports regarding patients with chronic conditions, and nurse support for coordination—may help advance the communication that is critical to care coordination and the success of policy efforts to improve it. Such input might also support larger organizational efforts; for example, ACOs may help to define a tight referral network and shared accountability for patients, whereas the patient-centered medical home within an ACO can focus on care management and serve as the hub of coordination efforts.
In conclusion, systematic structures, tools, and processes for information creation,36 transfer, receipt, and recognition by the sending and receiving physicians are needed to assist medical practices. Measures of "meaningful HIT use"14 and coordination of care could include items that support, track, and confirm completion of each of these tasks.
Correspondence: Ann S. O'Malley, MD, MPH, Center for Studying Health System Change, 600 Maryland Ave SW, Ste 550, Washington, DC 20024-2512 (firstname.lastname@example.com).
Accepted for Publication: June 5, 2010.
Author Contributions: Both authors had access to all the data in the study and take full responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis. Study concept and design: O'Malley and Reschovsky. Acquisition of data: O'Malley and Reschovsky. Analysis and interpretation of data: O'Malley and Reschovsky. Drafting of the manuscript: O'Malley and Reschovsky. Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: O'Malley and Reschovsky. Statistical analysis: O'Malley and Reschovsky. Obtained funding: O'Malley. Administrative, technical, and material support: O'Malley. Study supervision: O'Malley.
Financial Disclosure: None reported.
Funding/Support: This study and the 2008 Health System Change Health Tracking Physician Survey were funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Additional Contributions: James E. Ward, JD, edited an early version of the manuscript.
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I'm very excited about the new master's of science [in] leadership program because I believe it brings something to the table that has been missing in management and business education for some time. What the master's of science [in] leadership program does is give our students now a far broader experience and range of experiences in how they're gonna conceive of and think about organizations and what the role of leaders are to see how the big picture comes together in organizations and how people do, at both the macro level, the big level, the high level of leadership, and at the micro level, with individual relationships throughout the organization, how that shapes the organization's ability to move forward, to respond to change and to deal with adversity.
The program will, in fact, give them hands-on experiences with working with other people. The master's of science [in] leadership program will provide our students with skills and abilities to see how the big picture of an organization fits together, to understand and read the culture of organizations and to help influence and change the norms of an organization if it's not working properly, and enable students to discover their own voice about how they want to change the world. One of the chief goals is to not just talk about leadership and think about leadership in some abstract way, but to give very concrete context for students to practice leadership and to be better leaders. To both develop a keen sense of awareness about themselves and their roles in relationships with other people and how that set of relationships can help move an organization together towards its shared dreams and passions and gives them the ability to maybe even help shape what those dreams and passions might be because clearly a role of leaders is to help move into new directions and not just do what we've always been doing. And to see how individual actions that you take on a day to day basis really do affect the entire world.
It's particularly important in this time and point in history that people see how we are all interconnected, and the leadership program is extraordinarily timely in that sense because it will bring students from around the world to sit together in our virtual space in the classroom, share ideas, stimulate new ways of thinking about the world, and do so with the guidance of faculty and mentors and people who also have a deep passion that we can make a difference as individuals.
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When you stay in wet clothing (usually swimming trunks) for to long, you're butt begins to itch.
Thus causing you to scratch it profusely, often ending in you looking like a monkey.
Thus causing you to scratch it profusely, often ending in you looking like a monkey.
Dude, I went swimming and never dried myself off, now I have the worst case of monkey butt ever!
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An often shy, comforting creature that lurks around campsites. They forage for food, especially brownies or peanutbutter whilst campers are away from their tents. A Monkeybutt is a carefree, yet hyper animal who enjoys climbing tree's and often has a naughty side flashing their butt's to attract female attention. A Monkeybutt is rare creature, but enjoys attention of sorts and will be your friend for life.
Once you find a Monkeybutt, they will never leave your side.
viết bởi Kelephan 10 Tháng chín, 2011
A term used to describe a man or woman who can grow hair fully, and to a substantial length on the buttocks.
Before the hair transplant, Roy was a Monkey Butt.
viết bởi DrooDroo 21 Tháng ba, 2011
Teenage girls gather up/bunch up thier shirts in the back and secure the shirt's ponytail with a rubber band or the like.
When we were at the mall we passed a group of girls all sporting monkey butts.
viết bởi MichiganNorth Country 26 Tháng mười một, 2008
a prolapsed arse, resembling that of a baboons arse or any other of those wonderful red arsed primates we descend from.
After removing the bulbous 12" butt plug she had a very impressive case of monkey butt.
viết bởi AaronMF 03 Tháng mười, 2005
The condition resulting from inadequate wiping of the anus following defecation, which can cause the afflicted to appear monkey-like as they dig in their butt, trying to appease the itching.
"Man I have a severe case of monkeybutt. I need to use your bathroom for a few minutes."
viết bởi JeremiahN 26 Tháng sáu, 2007
A man that is developing a bald spot on the back of his head resembling a baboon's or chimpanzee's ass. This phrase works best if the person combs his hair over this balding area and thinks nobody notices he trying to hide it!
Check out the "monkey butt" on that guy or "nice monkey butt".
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Order has been anticipated for some time now
President Barack Obama (D) has been widely criticized by conservatives for his use of executive orders to push the federal actions he wants when Congress is unwilling to go along with him. The tactic isn't exactly new (FDR signed nearly 4,500 executive orders) and President Obama hasn't used it all that often (he's signed 144) [
]. But his critics contend his executive orders are more sweeping and loaded with action than past ones, so the small count is misleading.
I. Some Critics Say the Order Goes Too Far...
That criticism may be revived this week if President Obama drops his
long-awaited cyberwarfare executive order
spoke with government officials who had seen the order and said it is expected for a Wednesday drop. The order is expected to expand the role the
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
(DHS) plays in policing the homeland online from both internal and external threats.
President Obama wants to expand the federal gov't to "solve" the cybersecurity "crisis".
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The expansion of DHS authority alone is enough to make many a bit queasy. Under President Bush, the new intelligence agency was a key point of controversy from his Democratic and third party critics.
Some Republicans even opposed the DHS under both Bush and Obama, although they're a drastic minority in Congress. Perhaps most notable is
Rep. Ron Paul
(R-Texas) who has suggested that the Department of Homeland Security is poor in talent, offensive to civil liberties, and redundant, commenting [
Before 9/11, we were spending $40 billion a year, and the FBI was producing numerous information about people being trained on airplanes, to fly them but not land them. And they totally ignored them. So it's the inefficiency of the bureaucracy that is the problem. So, increasing this with the Department of Homeland Security and spending more money doesn't absolve us of the problem. Yes, we have every right in the world to know something about intelligence gathering. But we have to have intelligent people interpreting this information.
But like it or not, Ron Paul and his supporters on the left and right may be unable to stop President Obama from pushing through the plan.
II. ...Others Complain It's Too Weak
One thing that will make it difficult to rally Congressional opposition to the order is that the order itself is actually relatively similar to the bills put forth by bipartisan committees in both the House and Senate last year.
In reality,
most Congressional Democrats and Republicans agreed
that some sort of increase in cyberdefense spending and more codified framework for public-private sharing of information on threats was necessary. Both plans involved incorporating the DHS into those roles. So on the surface at least the pending executive order does not sound all that different from what either the House or Senate had agreed upon.
Ultimately, neither bill passed last year, thanks largely to partisan bickering. While
the House bill
Senate bill
were remarkably similar, the Republican controlled house insisted on its version being passed, while the Democratic controlled Senate demanded its bill be the final version. Ultimately that gridlock sunk both bills, when a series of small changes would likely have been enough to reconcile the differences between the two bills.
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U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation
(FBI) is among the cyberdefense agencies frustrated by that bureaucratic train wreck. But officials to acknowledge that it won't be easy convincing the private sector to trust federal security.
Comments FBI Executive Assistant Director Richard McFeely, head of the Criminal, Cyber, Response and Services Branch, "Our biggest issue right now is getting the private sector to a comfort level so they can report anomalies, malware, incidents within their network [without them fearing media leaks]."
Reportedly the information sharing portions of the order will be voluntary for most businesses.
Indeed, despite the controversy over what the order
do, there's also some concern/criticism about how much it doesn't get done. Comments one source to
-- "We know the executive order isn't going to go as far as legislation could or will go, but it's a good start."
Stewart Baker, former National Security Agency (NSA) general counsel and a past assistant secretary for policy at the DHS comments, "I think this can fairly be described as a down payment on legislation. [It should do something positive], but whether it will provide practical protection from cyber attacks is still in doubt."
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Obama circumvents Congress - 1984 here we come
Every day I get less impressed with DailyTech. Are you a shill for the government or just in love with Obama?
Both the Senate and the House decided that regulations were not the way to go, and yet that is exactly what Obama plans to impose. Not to be stopped by Congress, Obama is now poised to release his executive order on cybersecurity. While the President is busy spinning it as a "voluntary" public-private partnership that sets up best practices, the draft executive order is not truly voluntary.
The draft executive order instructed regulators to search for their pre-existing authority on cybersecurity and then tells them that they "are encouraged to propose [cybersecurity] regulations." Encouraging regulators to regulate is like encouraging high school boys to play more video games—they don't need much encouragement to do what they already love doing.
The President will likely claim that the cost of inaction is too high and so he had to cut through the political deadlock to get something done. While the cost of inaction is high, the cost of taking the wrong action is even higher. Instead of making our cybersecurity woes better, Obama's executive order promises to make them worse and may even dissuade some in Congress from acting at all.
To top it all off, Obama will conveniently release this executive order the day after his State of the Union address. In an act of political gamesmanship, the President will go before Congress and tell them how it will be for the next four years: "Do what I want, or I will find a way to do it without you."
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As the Stetson women's basketball team embarks on its final road trip of the regular season, the stage has been set for dramatic finish to the 2013-14 campaign.
- The Hatters have won 20 games for the fourth straight year and have their best 25-game mark in school history (20-5).
- Stetson currently maintains a school-record 12-game winning streak, tying for the fifth-longest active win streak in the country.
- Offensively the team ranks 23rd in the NCAA in scoring, averaging 79.4 points per game. Five players are averaging in double figures, and different heroes seem to emerge each contest.
- The Hatters are tied for first place in the Atlantic Sun with a 12-1 record and have clinched home court advantage for at least the quarterfinals of the A-Sun tournament. Stetson would host the entire conference tournament if the Hatters win each of their final five regular season games.
However, let's be clear. While fans may be looking at what could happen down the line, the team is only worried about their next opponent:
"We are just trying to take it one game at a time," junior Jama Sharp said. "(The winning streak) is a great accomplishment, but we can't really focus on it."
"It's all about staying in the moment, and living that particular game," senior Sasha Sims said. "It's not about what is behind us or what is ahead of us, it is day-by-day."
"We just have to keep going," junior Cherisse Burris said. "We can't think about who is at the end of the season, we just have to worry about the next game."
And that "next game" for Stetson will come Thursday, when the Hatters travel to UNF to take on the Ospreys (5-18, 1-11) at 5:30 p.m. The game will be broadcast live on ASun.TV and WSBB myam1230.com.
"We have struggled the last couple of years playing (at UNF), so it's something we have to be ready for," Stetson head coach Lynn Bria said.
Stetson has dropped its last two contests at UNF, having been held to under 60 points each time. When the teams met in DeLand earlier this season, UNF led for much of the second half before the Hatters came back for a 75-67 victory.
In addition to the live broadcasts on ASun.TV and WSBB, in-game updates can be accessed via live stats, the Stetson women's basketball twitter feed, or the Hat-Alerts text messaging system.
Stetson's road trip concludes with a 1 p.m. Saturday contest at Jacksonville.


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quote: The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
quote: The result? You are forced to agree to their unreasonable terms.
quote: Should they ask you for your password so they can see the stuff that you deem private? Absolutely not.
quote: You're right, this bill shouldn't be necessary, but when companies/schools overstep what should be obvious boundaries without consequence, something needs to be done.
quote: Should we use the force of government to prevent them from asking for it? I contend no.
quote: That is a good question. I guess the answer best depends on whether the government is supposed to protect its citizens, and what from.
quote: The linked article stated government jobs, and colleges (again government).
quote: Just some other corrections for you. ...
quote: you have to move to another state where either it isn't popular, or isn't legal for them to ask. Is that OK? Should you be forced to move ...
quote: Is it OK that they either have to give up that information to provide for themselves/their family, or work at a job where they can't make ends meet?
quote: So if it becomes the norm to require that information, and most people are willing to give up that information... and you can't get a job that provides you with the living you need to support yourself and your family... is it OK to have a law like this then?
quote: Or are you willing to move to another country just so you can keep your ideals?
quote: And then when you don't get the job that you need to support your family, what then.
quote: I think having states have the right to make a law such as this (even if it just clarifies what should be common sense from the constitution makes sense). Much better than the federal government getting involved.
quote: When you have a. An economy with a dearth of jobs and b. Employers abusing current or potential employees because of a., then yes laws like this are needed.
quote: This doesn't "grow" the Government.
quote: By your logic we shouldn't have anti discriminatory employment laws either. Because if an employer says you're black, so you can't work here, you can always say "No thanks, I'm not comfortable with that"???
quote: Please, stop confusing Conservatives with Anarchists. It gets VERY old.
quote: But to claim it doesn't grow the CA government is foolish.
quote: I'm not advocating anarchy, and to suggest I was is disingenuous.
quote: What do I care? I don't live there. That's the beauty of states rights.
quote: But how does this grow the Government?
quote: This actually PREVENTS Government waste
quote: Let's not pretend that handing over your passwords to a complete stranger has NEVER lead to abuses before. Get real.
quote: My point was that I get accused of being a "right wing" radical, but the second I support ANY action by a Government someone like you flips out and says "I thought you were a Conservative, you betrayed us bla bla".
quote: But when you support legislation like this, it makes me believe my assessment of your principles aren't what I suspected they were.
quote: It's that you'd support this, unnecessary government action.
quote: This is what I'm talking about. What exactly is that supposed to mean? Why can't I just articulate the issue without it being personal?
quote: I personally do not believe that it's appropriate for employers to make such requests. In my opinion, it's crossing a line.
quote: almost certain that someone else will come in and gladly consent
quote: This notion you have in your head that anyone can land a job anywhere at any time
quote: and are never in a position where they feel they have to compromise rights they normally wouldn't
quote: that these agencies are going to have to grow substantially just to handle them
quote: Telling someone to do what I say or be punished is not giving them a choice.
quote: People often simply are not in a position to refuse a job because they don't like the company's hiring process. Even if said applicant refuses the request and moves on, it's almost certain that someone else will come in and gladly consent in order to land the job because they *NEED* the job.
quote: I am Spuke, and I support this new law. :)


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Christmas is an odd time for the cynical.
For me, I find there are two sides of me this time of year. There's the 9-year-old boy and the 32-year old man.
The 9-year old boy believes in magic. He can't sleep Christmas Eve because the next morning means presents.
The man stopped believing in magic; he only believes in curses. He can't sleep Christmas Eve because he's a night owl. And he's frustrated there's nothing good on television.
The 9-year-old boy believes his Cleveland Browns will win the Super Bowl. They just won the AFC Central for the third time in four years.
The man recognizes his Browns haven't won a division in the 23 years since.
The boy never gets tired of talking football games, baseball simulators and sports video games in which he hones his play-by-play skills.
The man is upset he can't find those games anymore. He thinks they got lost when his parents moved.
The boy loves "Miracle on 34th Street." His favorite line is "Christmas isn't a day; it's a state of mind."
The man finds "Miracle on 34th Street" amusing, though at times a little quaint. Now, his favorite scene in the movie is when the political adviser tells the judge that if he rules against Santa Claus, "You can count on getting only two votes. Your own, and that district attorney out there."
The judge deadpans: "The district attorney's a Republican." God, I love that line.
The boy loves Bing Crosby's voice and his holiday albums.
The man can appreciate Crosby's talent, but the allegations of how he treated his kids make it hard to enjoy sometimes.
The boy adores the Cavaliers. His favorite player is Craig Ehlo.
The man knows you should never put Ehlo on Michael Jordan. And he wonders why his team never upgraded on Ehlo.
The boy sings Christmas carols and gets a kick out of "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer."
The man prefers to listen to classic rock and the NFL station on XM radio. The story of Rudolph frustrates him now; a deer with an abnormality is mocked. Then, when the bullies find they can use his abnormality to their benefit, they are nice to him. Is that hollow or what?
The boy loves a white Christmas. The more snow the better.
The man thinks a white Christmas is beautiful. He just never wants to drive in it.
The boy believes Christmas is a wonderful day, with many more wonderful days to come.
The man is thankful for his many blessings. He has learned to cherish time, because nothing lasts forever.
Maybe I'm smarter now than I was when I was 9. But sometimes I wish I still was the 9-year old boy. The one who believes, who sees the good, who is not cynical.
To all those reading this column, I hope we can all put aside our cynicism for a few days. Watch the old movies. Listen to old stories. Have faith that a Cleveland team (or Detroit, or Cincinnati) may one day soon win a championship.
Don't hide from carolers.
But to any kids who may be reading, know this: It is true that nothing lasts forever, and nothing is guaranteed. Enjoy the day, enjoy the season, enjoy your family.
Christmas is a time for many things. Enjoy them.


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LOS ANGELES — Even after all this time, author Stephenie Meyer, the Mormon mother of three who became an overnight literary sensation with the 2005 publication of her young-adult novel "Twilight," can't explain the phenomenon that surrounds the grand romance between vampire Edward Cullen and human teenager Bella Swan, characters played on-screen by Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart.
"I don't know what makes people love it, I don't know what makes people hate it," said Meyer, seated comfortably in a suite of a Beverly Hills hotel. "But I do know that the feeling of being in love is a good feeling. We want to feel that emotion."
"I've always said that," Stewart said to Meyer, sitting beside her. "It's so vicarious. It's not like you are watching two people or reading two people. You feel like you are doing it. It's rare."
There's no question that "Twilight" is that rare gem: a book and movie property that stokes a kind of unquenchable fire among its largely female fan base. That following has been so sizable and so fervent that the "Twi-hards," as they're called, have helped transform Meyer's supernatural tale into a $2.5 billion business, proving that girl-centric tales can be powerful forces at the box office.
With the fifth and presumably final big-screen entry, "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 2," due to arrive in theaters with screenings Thursday evening, Meyer and Stewart seem to share a bond reminiscent of the connection between Meyer's two protagonists.
Their closeness stems from the unlikely duo's joint goal of ensuring that the beloved material, for all its melodrama, remained intact as it was translated to the big screen. That required them to battle nervous studio executives who wanted Stewart's interpretation of Bella to be less tortured, hardened detractors who railed against overwrought story lines and pop culture satirists who often turned the franchise into its own punch line.
Meyer had already made the leap from Arizona housewife to best-selling author when she first met Stewart, then an up-and-coming actress building her career primarily through roles in indie films. In the intervening years, Meyer's stature and influence as a young-adult author became comparable to that enjoyed by J.K. Rowling or Suzanne Collins, though critics never responded to her writing the way enthusiastic readers did.
Stewart, however, has garnered plenty of acclaim — if not in the often tepidly reviewed "Twilight" movies, then in small challenging roles in films such as Sean Penn's "Into the Wild" or Walter Salles' upcoming adaptation of the Beat Generation classic "On the Road." She's also endured a tabloid celebrity she never planned for thanks to her on-again, off-again relationship with "Twilight" co-star Pattinson.
Reaching the end of the saga was particularly satisfying for the actress, who seemed pleased to be able to take Bella to the happy if somewhat complicated conclusion of her journey — and to move on to the next phase of her career.
"I'm so ready to be done," said the 22-year-old.
Directed like its predecessor by Oscar winner Bill Condon, "Breaking Dawn — Part 2" begins with Bella Swan as a newborn vampire and a new mother, whose half-human daughter, Renesmee, threatens to spark a war among tribes of vampires from around the globe. The ruling class in Italy, the Volturi, wrongly assumes that Bella and Edward have transformed a human child into a vampire, something that is expressly forbidden, and gather forces to take down the entire Cullen clan.
The storyline gave Stewart the opportunity to bring a new dimension to a character who'd always considered herself ordinary and clumsy; with her supernatural powers, she could be graceful and beautiful, lightning-fast and lethal.
"I played her as human for so long, so the enhanced version of her made so much sense to me," said Stewart, her long limbs folded under her on the couch. "Everything so perfectly fit that I was so amped to do it."
Her newfound abilities also might help to dispel notions that Bella is too passive a character, a young girl too dependent on her boyfriend for her happiness — though Meyer and Stewart flatly reject that view.
"Flop the roles. If Bella was a vampire and Edward was the human and you changed nothing but the genders, none of that criticism would exist," said Stewart. "It would be, 'Wow, he just laid everything on the line for her. It's so amazing, and it must take such strength to subject yourself to that.' Also, the relationship is entirely equal."
"She gets what she wants," Meyer added.
"Plus, she's the one that keeps the bus going the entire time," continued Stewart. "If it was up to Edward, they would have given up at the first movie."
The 700-page-plus "Breaking Dawn" novel was released just a few months before director Catherine Hardwicke's adaptation of "Twilight" reached theaters in 2008. The book was met with controversy, even among Meyer's loyal fans. Renesmee's birth is an especially gruesome sequence – one that Condon had to carefully navigate for the previous PG-13-rated movie.
There was also grumbling about an ending that felt too soft, too anticlimactic.
"I had a lot of concerns about making 'Breaking Dawn' a movie," said Meyer, who holds final approval on the scripts for the "Twilight" films. "There were a lot of things they wanted to change. There were some serious problems."
Fealty to source material on beloved properties like "Twilight" is always a concern — deviate too much from the book and fans, even those who maybe weren't wild about what was on the page initially, will cry foul.
But it was Meyer herself and screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg, who has written each of the five scripts for the films, who devised a new ending over dinner one night in Vancouver while the second "Twilight" movie, "New Moon," was filming.
Of course, neither Meyer nor Stewart will reveal the new conclusion, but Meyer believes it is one fans will embrace.
Stewart and Meyer are ready for "Twilight" to come to a close. Its years of pop culture dominance have taken a toll on the women, particularly Stewart, who appears resigned to the glaring spotlight, though no more comfortable with it.
The two discussed the public's desire to put celebrities on pedestals only to knock them down and the reality of the 24-hour news cycle as the mechanism that's destroyed the mystery of the movie star.
For Meyer, life after "Twilight" will involve more movies — Open Road will release writer-director Andrew Niccol's adaptation of her novel "The Host" in March, and she recently produced her own indie film, "Austenland," based on Shannon Hale's novel.
Stewart will join Ben Affleck in the lighthearted film "Focus," in which she'll play a woman who falls for a veteran con man.
Meyer said new tales set in the "Twilight" universe continue to rumble in her head, but she's not sure she's willing to write them down and reignite the firestorm of publicity and attention.
"The stories are there. I'm just not sure I'd want to get into the hurricane again," Meyer said. "Maybe on my death bed I'll gather everybody around and tell them what happens: who dies, who turns into a bad guy. And then I'll breathe my last breath and be done."
"What a perfect way to end it," Stewart added.


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MikeTheiry please report to Redszone immediately.
"No matter how good you are, you're going to lose one-third of your games. No matter how bad you are you're going to win one-third of your games. It's the other third that makes the difference." ~Tommy Lasorda
I'm thoroughly enjoying tonight. Great meal, hanging with the wife and puppy dog, watching the Cards get smoked...life could be worse
"This isnt stats vs scouts - this is stats and scouts working together, building an organization that blends the best of both worlds. This is the blueprint for how a baseball organization should be run. And, whether the baseball men of the 20th century like it or not, this is where baseball is going."---Dave Cameron, U.S.S. Mariner
I'm no fan of the Giants, but I'll take them beating the Cardinals rather than the opposite.
But, as I flipped the game on, I told me wife "this should be the Reds".
The motel of lost companions,
Waits with heated pool and bar
Well, I swore I wasn't going to watch anymore of the playoffs....but I turned on the tv right at the beginning of that rather fun inning to watch. I blinked and it was 7-0. A Cardinal implosion is a beautiful thing. :O)
That being said, I couldn't care less who wins between SF and Detroit. Meh. Go Reds. *sigh*
6 outs away
"Since I've been with the Reds in 1989, we've never had a farm system this loaded," Bowden said. "If we were the New York Yankees and had unlimited dollars, we could have traded for Colon, (Jeff) Weaver, Rolen, (Cliff) Floyd, (Kenny) Rogers and Finley and gotten them all -- and still held onto our top five prospects. That's an amazing statement."
6 outs too many. Don't care who wins, so long as it's not the Cards.
Is it "next season" yet?
It's small consolation after what happened to the Reds, but at least Taint Louis will now be partners in misery. Blowing a 3-1 lead in the NLCS is every bit as devastating.
Another hit and run by Boche and the Giants and a fast pull of the starting pitcher even though he hadn't allowed a run. I wonder if Dusty is watching - if so, I hope he is learning something about game management
Sprinkling in my hood. Hurry up with this game.
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India to see HTC Butterfly flitting its wings by the end of this month?
0. phoneArena 17 Jan 2013, 23:18 posted on
The usual sources with inside knowledge are hard at work again, revealing that the HTC Butterfly will be launching in India before the end of the month with its 5 inch screen, 1080p and 441 pixel density at a price of INR 44,000 ($812.56 USD); at that p[rice, the phone will become the most expensive Android model in the country...
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1. VJo003 (Posts: 357; Member since: 11 Mar 2012)
That's some serious money..... For a serious phone.
3. MeoCao (unregistered)
it's more expensive than Xperia Z? The Z has much better camara, better design too.
Butterfly should sell for $700.
23. heyrondelgado (Posts: 2; Member since: 06 Sep 2012)
but it doesn't support divx, xvid or avi video format for a full HD smartphone. Sadly.
30. kalandershihab (Posts: 57; Member since: 09 Mar 2012)
it is the most expensive android here but the most expensive smartphone is iphone 5.
the 64gb costs ~65000 INR.
everything is costly here.
35. AppleHateBoy (unregistered)
Not Everything. You can buy a Galaxy S3 for Rs, 31,900 (On Flipkart) or on a 6 month EMI of approx. Rs. 6000.
37. rusticguy (Posts: 2828; Member since: 11 Aug 2012)
Nexus 4 on grabmore.in for 28,500 :)
45. li0nh3art (Posts: 28; Member since: 05 Aug 2012)
Yeah, with a 2-3 month delivery time! Duh..
43. No_Nonsense (Posts: 826; Member since: 17 Aug 2012)
Not exactly, Nokia/Samsung phones are cheaper here if you compare the off contract prices from elsewhere.
2. MrJerry (Posts: 403; Member since: 05 Oct 2012)
Just wanna know
What makes phone so expensive in india?
Here in Australia, many indian come to store buy iphones to send to india
They said it is damm expensive in india and I didn't ask why
4. vijaysivakula (Posts: 224; Member since: 17 Aug 2011)
Maybe it is the conversion rate.
6. MeoCao (unregistered)
Maybe it's taxes?
31. kalandershihab (Posts: 57; Member since: 09 Mar 2012)
yes it is taxes
12. AppleHateBoy (unregistered)
19. techspace (Posts: 1036; Member since: 03 Sep 2012)
no, that's because of the taxes, this is not limited to india, even in countries like UK,the phones are as expensive as they are in india.......but there are many other reasons like, htc cannot guarantee that the droid dna will be successful in india, so they have to make more from the fewer phones that are sold....on the other hand, samsung's galaxy phones are very popular in india, so the galaxy s3 and the note 2 are not overpriced in india, for example, the note 2 is $200 cheaper than the droid dna
but samsung's tablets are very expensive in india, because people love the ipad(especially the 3rd and the 4th generation ipads).....and the nexus 7 (16gb) is almost as expensive as the ipad mini and the ipad 2
another wierd thing is that, the ipad 2 is cheaper(online) than the ipad mini, because its more popular than the ipad mini
so, we can say that the products are priced according to the demand and also because there aren't any locked phones in india(because in india the plans are so cheap....like, for $2 we get more than 250 minutes talktime, or unlimited messaging for a month(or more), or one month of internet)
21. XperiaUser (unregistered)
holy crap! they are trying to defeat iPhone pricing (sorry overpricing), In india some people are crazy about apple logo but not in the case of htc .
25. techspace (Posts: 1036; Member since: 03 Sep 2012)
apple products are really overpriced in most of the countries, some people buy apple product because its a very popular brand
to be honest, a typical iphone 5 user will say that its the best ios phone in the world,he/she didn't have any other choice.... and the iphones have good resale value
But this is not the case when it comes to htc......its not the best android phone in the world, there is an xperia z, there will be a galaxy s4, a nexus 5(maybe) and many other Good android phones in the market, so its impossible to compete with those phones unless you have more features and a good price tag
If the xperia z is sold at a cheaper price, then no one will buy the butterfly
seriously.....how can htc sell it with such a huge price tag, even apple(we know how greedy they are) is considering a more affordable iphone
29. tashreef (Posts: 476; Member since: 24 Nov 2012)
that's true... most of us have 100 free sms a day plan in india..without paying a single penny
38. rusticguy (Posts: 2828; Member since: 11 Aug 2012)
It's the import duty that sucks.
7. Grishm (Posts: 54; Member since: 18 May 2012)
India doesn't have any carrier subsidies. Moreover, the prices in other countries drop quickly because of the introduction of other new models in subsequent weeks. That's hardly a case in India.
I'm guessing people would go for Sony Xperia Z rather than HTC Butterfly. Sony's brand image is much better than HTC's, here in India.
8. MrJerry (Posts: 403; Member since: 05 Oct 2012)
How about outright phones?
15. AppleHateBoy (unregistered)
That's because HTC prices their phones like Apple in India. Sony on the other hand prices their phones reasonably.
10. tashreef (Posts: 476; Member since: 24 Nov 2012)
All the smartphones are too expensive in india ...Because of taxes....
My friend Bought GS3 from UAE ..... and the price difference was around $200 less ....compared to india ...
14. AppleHateBoy (unregistered)
Without warranty I hope.
27. tashreef (Posts: 476; Member since: 24 Nov 2012)
i don't think so....even i buy phones from UAE with a year warranty.....
34. AppleHateBoy (unregistered)
Wow! Your friend is damn lucky!
39. rusticguy (Posts: 2828; Member since: 11 Aug 2012)
Intl warranty phones normally aren't covered in India. These are the phones that sell on ebay.in under seller warranty. That's why they are cheaper on ebay.in
11. AppleHateBoy (unregistered)
Even I don't know (I am an Indian). One reason could be that we Indians don't buy stuff from the Internet as much as Americans do, so companies like Google profit less.
It is definitely not the taxes since Samsung phones sell for just the same amount of money as they do in Europe.
I think the companies just hike prices here to make more profits.
13. AppleHateBoy (unregistered)
Also, we don't get price reductions in India.
The HTC One X launched in India for Rs. 35,000 and the price is still the same. The One X+ launched for Rs. 40,000 and now the DNA for Rs. 44,000. No wonder HTC sales are so poor in India.
I am terribly disappointed with companies like HTC and Apple. These f**kers keep showing they don't care about Indians. At least companies like Samsung and Nokia allow us to buy phones on a 6 month EMI (0% Interest) basis.
16. AppleHateBoy (unregistered)
This is why small companies like Lava, Karbonn, Micromax are growing at an exponential rate in India. Because they sell phones with qHD 5 inch IPS screens and Dual Core Cortex A5 (S4 Play) for only Rs. 10,000. And people are ready to buy them for that kind of money.
26. predator93 (Posts: 122; Member since: 28 Aug 2012)
Htc one x is available for 30000 with some online dealers and it is available for less than 32000 in a popular shop near my home(Chennai). You got to blame the dealers too since some of them are still selling one x for 38000 and desire v above 20000 even after HTC officially slashed its price to 16000.
5. Nathan_ingx (Posts: 3761; Member since: 07 Mar 2012)
I wish i had that much money...sigh :(
18. Nathan_ingx (Posts: 3761; Member since: 07 Mar 2012)
Oh goodie!!
Wishing for money is biased now??
9. Adithya7184 (Posts: 317; Member since: 05 Mar 2011)
i will wait for S4.....investing that much money for a htc phone is dead waste...
17. GALAXY-STORM (Posts: 328; Member since: 13 Oct 2012)
Oh that thing is priced too close to 16gb iphone 5, even xperia z and lumia 920 is cheaper than that. It is better to wait for sgs4 or even the m7.
20. bipinm (Posts: 124; Member since: 07 Oct 2012)
I will wait for Xperia Z beacuse that is one mind blowing phone...
22. XperiaUser (unregistered)
me too :D
24. RohanM (Posts: 140; Member since: 15 Jan 2013)
ahhh I am from india and u knw what this is going to be a epic fail here cause in india HTC has really rare value. on top of that local brands are doing well too. and smartphone market is captured by sammy. with that super price one can actually get an Intel Core I7 with 8 gig of ram....
28. predator93 (Posts: 122; Member since: 28 Aug 2012)
I think when this phone hits the store it will be priced lesser than 44000, if not then its going to be tough for this phone to compete with galaxy note 2 , Lumia 920 and Iphone5/4S.
40. rusticguy (Posts: 2828; Member since: 11 Aug 2012)
U can get a decent notebook in that money :)
32. swapnilaxn (Posts: 5; Member since: 20 Dec 2012)
As HTC doesnot manufacture it within India it is assisted with import duty ,plus every state and city has a different tax structure in india . And yes apple is not as popular in india as in US .......there are very few takers for Tablets in india . Among smartphones Samsung is more popular and affordable in india because of its customising ability and lower prices. Some even argue why they should purchase useless(as they cant customise its look),littile (in size) and expensive apple product when the more better options are available . And most of indians use thier phone not for productivity issues but only as an entertainment unit. So if u can play same Games on cheaper phone who will go to buy apple or higher end phones?
33. Droiddoes (unregistered)
Every time I see an article about India getting a high end device my first thought is "Great! Any word on when women will get civil rights and the 95% of the population without running water will get plumbing?"
Not trying to slam the country but...priorities folks.
36. techspace (Posts: 1036; Member since: 03 Sep 2012)
women have civil rights in india, we may see a few violations but that's because the population is too high, and the govt is very soft.......indians are good and friendly,the crime rate in india is much lower than in america and most of the countries in the world, even after getting more freedom than most of the other countries
and 95% of the indian aren't without running water but yes, there are many people without running water in india, the things can improve, the govt should step in but, sincerely, if the population is reduced, everything will be fine....and don't forget that there are millions of people without running water in USA, even after having 4 times lesser population than india
when india gets back its trillions of black money from the swiss banks and when they reduce their population, they will become a super power.....there are more talent kids in India than there are kids in USA, china is doing well for itself but china isn't a democratic country,so......we have seen what foxconn does with their employees, democracy may not be as effective as the chinese govt, but people will have more freedom.....
41. rusticguy (Posts: 2828; Member since: 11 Aug 2012)
India problem is the political class which basically is corrupt, swindles money to tax havens and then that money comes back to India in form of Wal-Mart et al. India doesn't need Wal-mart but it's politicians money which has to come back and such deals are the on ly way to make it look legal ... that's the biggest problem in India ... it's controlled by the "Mafioso" :(
42. rusticguy (Posts: 2828; Member since: 11 Aug 2012)
Come out of cave is the response ... if it's so bad why did walmart try all it's "Arsepower" to come to India? Why is Mosanto lobbying to push the s**t that it makes ... into India (though same crap is banned in many EU countries)?
44. techsavvy.jaz (Posts: 153; Member since: 07 Feb 2012)
I wanted to post a comment trying to explain why HTC mobiles are priced so high, then realized I dont have a reason!


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on November 7, 2012 - 7:45 PM
TOWN OF NIAGARA – Fire crews responded to a fire just before 3:30 a.m. Wednesday in the Expressway Village mobile home park, just off of Porter Road.
The vacant mobile home, at 116 Expressway Village, was owned by Barbara Golden of Niagara Falls and had been for sale for several months. The double-wide manufactured home, valued at about $35,000, was destroyed in the fire. Town police arrived on the scene first and found extensive fire in the rear of the home, Police Chief H. James Suitor said. He said two adjacent homes sustained minor damages, including melted siding, due to the intense heat.
Volunteer firefighters from Niagara Active Hose were aided by other area fire companies. No injuries were reported.
Suitor said all utilities to the home were disconnected. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
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on March 18, 2013 - 1:00 AM
, updated March 18, 2013 at 9:15 AM
Proof people will come to the outer harbor in winter might just be in the Lobster Dawg at Dug's Dive.
A thick bun, overstuffed with lobster and mayo and topped with crispy bacon bits, was enough to draw Lea Natalello back for the second time in a cold winter's week. But it was the view out the window that had Natalello and a friend thinking about coming back again.
Outside, slush melted into the water. A few men were still ice fishing farther out on the lake.
"You've got to embrace the Buffalo winter somehow," said the friend, Gina Mattioli, a student at the University at Buffalo.
Inside, the two friends sipped warm coffee with their salads. Fire glowed in a wood-burning stove, and Michael Jackson pumped from the speakers.
There are those who believe icy winters will freeze out development prospects on the outer harbor. Then there are those who move forward and prove it can be done.
Not that it's been easy for Dug's Dive in its first winter of year-round operations. There were times when the waterfront restaurant was empty. But there were also bustling Friday fish fries and a Sunday so busy the staff pulled out the pagers they use when the lines grow long on summer days.
"Although it wasn't crazy at the beginning, we did make a difference and we were able to squeak out a profit at the end of the day, although very minimal," said Tucker Curtin, who leases the restaurant from the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority. "In my eyes, it was a tremendous success, and it shows that there is opportunity for year-round activities to happen out at the outer harbor."
Dug's Dive can feel like an outpost on the outer harbor in winter – standing sentinel above the closed marina and shored docks.
But it is anything but lonely.
Gene and Nancy Connors were there on Friday and dreaming about summer. Nancy Connors had been driving by the restaurant on her way into work every day, so when they needed to line up a summer slip for their new Sea Ray, they stopped in for lunch.
"There's so much they could do with all this waterfront," said Gene Connors, of East Eden, as he looked out at vacant buildings on the water's edge.
It's a pivotal moment for hundreds of acres of outer harbor land owned by the NFTA. Progress at Canalside has awakened people's belief that the waterfront really can drive the city forward. The redesign of Fuhrmann Boulevard and upgrades along Gallagher Beach have spurred more summer action at the harbor, and talks to transfer the outer harbor land to the Erie Canal Harbor Development Corp. and Buffalo have sparked hope that decades of inaction will end.
"The industry is gone, but it's left us with a piece of real estate along the water," said Curtin, who dreams of expanding Dug's Dive into a full-service restaurant and deli. "We have to be good stewards of it and make sure that we don't miss the boat and make the mistakes that we made in the past."
It is a critical time to make the right decisions about the outer harbor. Cut off public access to the water in the name of development, and we will forever regret what was lost. Squander another few decades with inaction, and we will continue to lament what could have been.
The first winter at Dug's Dive is another step on the path to bringing more life to the lake's edge. It may be lobster rolls today, but it could be a whole new neighborhood someday.
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lower the price of XCOM some more please!
Given the way 2K has been sale-happy this year, I fully expect to see XCOM for $20 or less in somebody's year-end sale.
Only a matter of time before he splits his soul into seven pieces and stores each piece into a different game.
Yeah, but then next MAYhem would feature a "Tony's Horcrux Bundle" where all 7 games are $9.99. If he wants to keep the pieces of his soul separate, he can't hide them in games.


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