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Yeah, it's indeed very hard to find something that's not to like in the Lumia 920, especially with all these new technologies like the PureMotion HD+ display and PureView camera. Well, guess what, we think we've just found not one, not two, but five things that could have made the Lumia 920 an even better smartphone, should Nokia have implemented them. Wonder what they are? Cycle through the gallery below to find out!
5 things that could have made the Nokia Lumia 920 an even better phone
Yeah, it's indeed very hard to find something that's not to like in the Lumia 920, especially with all these new technologies like the PureMotion HD+ display and PureView camera. Well, guess what, we think we've just found not one, not two, but five things that could have made the Lumia 920 an even better smartphone, should Nokia have implemented them. Wonder what they are? Cycle through the gallery below to find out!
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1. AppleIsGod (Posts: 55; Member since: 27 Aug 2012)
bottle opener is the biggest turn off to me.
10. CX3NT3_713 (Posts: 2275; Member since: 18 Apr 2011)
LMAO@BEER. OPENER. good. One
83. dr_fajardo12 (Posts: 118; Member since: 26 Aug 2012)
28. Nathan_ingx (Posts: 3760; Member since: 07 Mar 2012)
Really! Bottle opener is very impractical! Ray S, what's wrong with you? Number 1 says it should be slimmer, and if you add 5, the 'i wish it would be slim' profile becomes redundant!
Besides, one will never be satisfied with what a single device has to offer.
If it's slim, they'd complain about the battery.
And if it's both slim and has beefy battery, they'd complain about the camera. Fact is, 'things that would make a device better' is overated! It will never be over, lets face it.
This type of article is just a hopeless gimmick!!!
44. raunak (Posts: 507; Member since: 12 Oct 2011)
was that sarcasm or is he really THAT stupid?
53. CanYouSeeTheLight (Posts: 1116; Member since: 05 Jul 2012)
If you read it properly he never mentions word slimmer, he says the device should be more compact in overall dimensions.
62. Nathan_ingx (Posts: 3760; Member since: 07 Mar 2012)
Ok. So he never did!
Tell me what your concept of compact is??
Whatever "is" slim is mostly considered compact!!
Are you sure "You-can-surely-see-the-light:"? :P
64. CanYouSeeTheLight (Posts: 1116; Member since: 05 Jul 2012)
Don't you know what compact means? a less taller, larger and slimmer device, the front dominated by the display the most as possible and not much around the display as you can see the Lumia has a large space below the screen full of unused space, and besides are you that stupid not to understand the joke?
71. Nathan_ingx (Posts: 3760; Member since: 07 Mar 2012)
Less taller and larger??? The answer is somewhat simillar to LG's very own L3??? Boy...that really is a compact device!!
Everyone has their own joke that people don't want to listen to...yours is one of them i guess!!
80. CanYouSeeTheLight (Posts: 1116; Member since: 05 Jul 2012)
Answering to raunak's question i think you are indeed stupid, i didn't tell any joke you moron the bottle opener is the joke.. /facepalm
61. Synack (Posts: 677; Member since: 05 Jul 2011)
82. eiyoy009 (Posts: 57; Member since: 01 Jun 2011)
sorry to say...Phonearena did understand why nokia does not include a higher megapixel...IT IS BECAUSE nokia wants to get a profit like other manufacturer...2nd with the SD card, one thing to say "HOW ABOUT IPHONE?
nokia 920 is truly the most innovative one
2. cdgoin (Posts: 533; Member since: 28 Jul 2010)
Forgot a slide out portrait QWERTY keyboard (ala Dell Venue Pro)
3. dr_fajardo12 (Posts: 118; Member since: 26 Aug 2012)
i just need, 4, 5 and of course 6!!!
i am amazing with lossless zomm, but i think nokia dont have time enough to make it possibly
4. dickwyn (Posts: 621; Member since: 07 May 2012)
again the lumia 920 is still a prototype device
5. KParks23 (Posts: 618; Member since: 13 Oct 2010)
Ok phone arena how about u guys stop the abundant amount of post hating on nokia.. Ur going to bitch about it already being too thick then complain about it not having a huge 41mp camera do u guys have 5 year Olds posting these story's.. 8.7mp is perfect the screen looks great has a big battery and fast processor and the phone looks great in my opinion. ill never buy a windows phone but I'm tempted.. And it looks like a solid offering and should sell well so why don't u guys get off there damn backs!
25. chaoticrazor (Posts: 2347; Member since: 28 Aug 2012)
lets see if after the new iphone is released theres summit on here like ' 5 things that would have made the iphone an even better phone' but im sure there wont be . it'll just be praising it
nokia excellent build quality, actual innovation in the camera on the phone and wp8 looks solid
all in all a great phone and competitor for andriod and apple.
it should do well
77. Suts_97 (Posts: 124; Member since: 05 May 2012)
Sorry to say, but I have to say that this is a retarded and biased post!
57. arsenaljimenez (Posts: 178; Member since: 03 May 2012)
Agreed, the only one I slightly agree with is the camera, but if you don't want a fatter phone, you can't have that
and people don't want fat ass phones, so nokia did good with the 8.7
and that camera im pretty sure is still better than the other 16mp phones out there.
can't have best of both worlds yet
6. RapidCat (Posts: 351; Member since: 12 Jun 2012)
5 things that could have made the Nokia Lumia 920 an even better phone
1. Kick Stephen Elop
2. Kick Stephen Elop
3. Kick Stephen Elop
4. Kick Stephen Elop
5. Kick Stephen Elop
20. lubba (Posts: 1313; Member since: 17 Jan 2011)
Na, his team built the phone. Not elop. For what the 920 has to offer, tempted to get one.
48. soshi (Posts: 154; Member since: 08 Mar 2012)
Agree. Because if those happen then we can add:
6. Jelly Bean OS
75. smartphone (Posts: 160; Member since: 21 Oct 2011)
There are already great phones on jellybean why would you this too android. Jellybean is great but it will be bad if every phone had android.
Let the market be competitive and enjoy as the underdog fights.
81. lubba (Posts: 1313; Member since: 17 Jan 2011)
The day you play with the 920, don't be shy ok. You can admit you love it!
7. e.wvu (unregistered)
So the iPhone didn't get any complaints for having the same design, lack of expandable memory or the lack of support for usb mass storage?
22. phitch (Posts: 214; Member since: 06 Mar 2012)
And the ironic thing is it is by the exact same reviewer. Ray S loves his iPhone for all the same reasons he dislikes the Lumia.
Unchanged design -- check!
Unchanged UI -- check!
No expandable memory -- check!
Then PhoneArena wonders why they are accused of being biased to the iPhone. I hate the jumbled UI of Windows Phone 8, I hate the lockdown of the OS, but I am not going to turn around and say those features make another phone great.
Also, lets be 100% clear... the Nokia 808 is a Camera with phone features. It isn't a phone with a camera built in. The thing is massive and you might as well just have a small point and shoot and carry a different phone.
30. chaoticrazor (Posts: 2347; Member since: 28 Aug 2012)
well i disagree with what you say about the 808, its a phone with exceptional camera. the phone side is just as good as andriod and iOS . belle fp1 isnt as bad as everyone states maybe people should use the phone before judging
35. phitch (Posts: 214; Member since: 06 Mar 2012)
You don't have to agree. Yet, how big is this "phone" in comparison to a normal phone with the same screen size? 13.9 mm thick? How thick is a point and shoot camera? A Sony Cyber-shot with 18.2 MP camera is 17.5 mm thick and that is a dedicated camera. So to me, it is a little thick.
38. phitch (Posts: 214; Member since: 06 Mar 2012)
Also, at the camera the Nokia is 17.95 mm thick. So it is actually thicker than a point and shoot.
47. chaoticrazor (Posts: 2347; Member since: 28 Aug 2012)
ok so you make a call with your point and shoot i'll use my 808
the 808 is one device that does all you need with the spotlight on the camera
i dont mind the size as for one it fits fine in the hand and easily usable with one hand. its not overly heavy i mean please if you cant hold it up in one hand you need help
basically we just live in a world where no ones happy. nokia brings mobile camera to a new standard and everyone complains .
49. phitch (Posts: 214; Member since: 06 Mar 2012)
I never said it was heavy, I said it was thick, and it is. That being said, if you enjoy the phone, then enjoy it.
50. Mobile-X-Pert (Posts: 565; Member since: 20 Dec 2010)
why do you call 10.7mm thick???? iphone 4S is just 9.7mm and the original iphone was 12.13mm.
58. arsenaljimenez (Posts: 178; Member since: 03 May 2012)
The only difference is that windows did change the UI
change the size of the live tiles at least, nobody is going to have their tiles exactly the same
iphone, everybody has the same icons pretty much
no change, wait except for the 5th row being added, so revolutionary!
76. smartphone (Posts: 160; Member since: 21 Oct 2011)
There are originally ten things that made this phone better but PA removed them.
6. It should look like iPhone.
7. It should feel like iPhone.
8. It should have an Apple logo on back.
9. It should have a better camera than iPhone (ya we know in PA tests even iPhone 4 will beat it)
10. Its price should be 400% times the build of materials.
8. Marcus_h (Posts: 44; Member since: 21 Apr 2012)
Smaller would be good, and much lighter! Seems a very heavy phone
17. ReformedCtrlZ (Posts: 13; Member since: 16 May 2011)
if you look at the specs its only a touch heavier than the Lumia 900 which I found to be incredibly light for its size.
55. CanYouSeeTheLight (Posts: 1116; Member since: 05 Jul 2012)
The Lumia 900 incredibly light for its size? Are you out of your mind? The Galaxy S2 is a 4,3" screened phone just as the Lumia and weighs 116g opposed to the 160g of the Lumia, not to mention that even my 4,7" One X weighs only 130g.
65. Veigald (Posts: 290; Member since: 13 Jan 2012)
And Samsung phones aren't exactly known for feeling premium, are they? More known for feeling like cheap toys. Those 50 grams extra add that premium feel you get from the Lumia.
9. lubba (Posts: 1313; Member since: 17 Jan 2011)
Could have, should have, would have, three things they'll never say about the iPhone. Surprises me that iPhone has expandable memory, yet they don't complain. The os itself isn't even customizable, and they don't even bitch. Weird earphone, new pin plug, and extra length they awe over. Just plain weirdo's.
15. lubba (Posts: 1313; Member since: 17 Jan 2011)
Oops, no expandable memory...
18. ReformedCtrlZ (Posts: 13; Member since: 16 May 2011)
because its apple and apple can do no wrong... obviously...
I had a nice conversation with an employee of my Verizon store about how because "it's the iPhone" they get away with everything. The Windows Phone offerings have suffered on Verizon because VZW made the decision to only take and sell LTE smartphones, unless you're the iPhone. WE both decided we severely disliked the iPhone.
11. ReformedCtrlZ (Posts: 13; Member since: 16 May 2011)
For one, you can't say its too big and then say it doesn't have the REALLY fat 41mp camera sensor. The size is there because they used a 1280x768 WXGA screen resolution, you can't really make that smaller. And if you really need a 41 MP camera, either get the pureview 808 or an SLR, which will take better pictures anyway.
Two, if the Windows Phone UI is boring, then the iPhone experience is worse and I don't see that feeling reflected in posts. Whereas i'm beginning to agree with you if you were talking about WP7.5, WP8 has greatly advanced customization options. By allowing you to pick the size of tiles and place them in an orderly way without restricting that to monotonous pages of 4x4 icons, they get the right balance of choice and aesthetics.
Three, Windows Phone 8 has mass storage mode and the Zune software is going away. Look stuff up before making posts.
Four, The only thing I was disappointed about yesterday was not seeing more of the WP8 End User Features.
12. gilbilly (Posts: 3; Member since: 06 Sep 2012)
1. The size does not seem that big. Screen size is a big seller these days so this was a worthwhile gamble.
2. Customizable UI is debatable. Android has it but a great many users put a lot of work into getting back to stock because it often mucks up the fluidity of the phone, something WP has in abundance. As well the iPhone has managed to sell pretty well without it.
3. Isn't that what all that cloud space is for? Expandable memory may be going the way of the dodo and of course the iPhone has sold pretty well without it.
4.You can't complain about the phone being bulky and then wishing it has a 41MPX hump. If we're to be fair, 12MPX takes fine pictures. The biggest issues with phone cameras are detail, color representation, blurred picture and low light adjustment. If an 8MPX can do these things well then there is no issue. Rather than a big hump for lossless zoom, I would rather a case with the option for camera lens attachments.
5. That's just sexist lol
46. raunak (Posts: 507; Member since: 12 Oct 2011)
also, customizable ui's delay updates
13. whysoserious (Posts: 318; Member since: 20 Jul 2012)
The answer to # 5 is simple. Apple already patented that technology. I know it because Apple is the king when it comes to patenting stupid things and they won't pass this chance to get hold with such stupid idea.
14. Joshing4fun (Posts: 1236; Member since: 13 Aug 2010)
It doesn't need to sacrifice a bit a screen size. That's not why its big. They could have cut off quite a bit of bezel and tried to make it thinner. Or at least one of those. The bigger a phone is, the more important how thick it is.
16. Snoobab (Posts: 175; Member since: 07 Dec 2011)
The #1 missing feature of ALL modern smartphones... An FM transmitter! (Manufacturers are you listening?)
26. phitch (Posts: 214; Member since: 06 Mar 2012)
Who listens to Radio?
39. loken (Posts: 462; Member since: 09 May 2012)
Sony Phones got them :)
19. breathlesstao (unregistered)
With all the iCrap being as it is on the market...I find bringing up non-customisable UI and non-expandable storage pretty preposterous. To put it lightly.
21. cornerofthemoon (Posts: 590; Member since: 20 Apr 2010)
I'm getting either the red or yellow one. I'm a sucker for the primary colors.
24. lubba (Posts: 1313; Member since: 17 Jan 2011)
I'm Liking that red color.
23. redmd (Posts: 1268; Member since: 26 Oct 2011)
1. bigger screen, a 5 inch will turn heads, besides we can't really feel the difference in size between 4.3 and 4.5 screen
2. camera, you got that one pa
3. also the expandable storage
4. bigger battery, the 920 is already bulky though
5. qwerty keyboard
27. lubba (Posts: 1313; Member since: 17 Jan 2011)
I'm fine with everything the 920 has to offer, especially the unbeatable camera. But I sadly wish MS supported Flash. Millions of websites still use it and html 5 is just too slowly adopted right now.
29. Nikolas.Oliver (banned) (Posts: 1574; Member since: 01 Jul 2012)
i like the design of the ativ s more than this nokia....the bezel on the bottom of the phone is to big
51. Mobile-X-Pert (Posts: 565; Member since: 20 Dec 2010)
The number one complain about the Lumia 900 was the small bezel, because it was a little hard sometimes to press the touch keys, that's why in the Lumia 920 they made it bigger.
31. Veigald (Posts: 290; Member since: 13 Jan 2012)
So what's the deal here? Nokia launches a phone with the best screen ever, the best camera ever (apart from 808), leading edge processor, wireless charging, etc etc. Why is everyone just jumping on what it does not have when no other phone available has anything better to offer?
33. chaoticrazor (Posts: 2347; Member since: 28 Aug 2012)
its becuase its not Apple if it had the apple logo on it would be praised for months saying how revolutionary it is..
i think nokia have a fighting chance with this excellent phone
41. Veigald (Posts: 290; Member since: 13 Jan 2012)
Yeah, it's so far ahead of any other available phone in pretty much all aspects, so it should have a good chance. This is probably how incredible it has to be to force the haters to admit it's not all that bad. Will be interesting to see the reviews coming out.
42. chaoticrazor (Posts: 2347; Member since: 28 Aug 2012)
im expecting loads of so called reviewers to do a half hearted review and focus everything on the new iphone. but the few good unbiased reviewers should see this for what it is
fingers crossed people start waking up to who's actually innovating answer-nokia


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ALBANY – When he ran for the Assembly last year in a special election, Michael Kearns said that, when given the chance, he would vote against Sheldon Silver as leader of the Assembly.
Last week, he got his chance.
"I voted no," said the Democratic member of the Assembly from Buffalo.
"That's something that was very important to me. I wanted to let people know that I kept a campaign promise. I said I was going to do that and I did it," Kearns said of his vote.
Kearns last year had to write a letter essentially saying he believes in Democratic Party principles in order to sit with the Assembly Democratic conference.
Last week, at the start of a new legislative session, Kearns got his first opportunity to vote on Silver's bid to continue leading the Assembly. Silver has been speaker during the terms of five governors.
Only one other Democrat voted against Silver in the closed-door meeting, according to Kearns: Assemblywoman Inez Barron from Brooklyn.
Kearns cited what he called a "top down" approach to governing in Albany for his vote against Silver. He called the gun control package being voted on Tuesday as a perfect example; he noted that the bill is not going through the usual three-day "aging" period to give the public and special-interest groups time to read the measure and press for possible changes.
"I came to Albany to make changes and to make a difference. I wanted a more open and transparent and open Albany ... I think this bill's a perfect example of it where we're rushing from top down instead of having an open and transparent process," Kearns said.
The lawmaker, elected last year in a special election to fill the seat of former Assemblyman Mark J.F. Schroeder, said he met with Silver before the vote and as "a courtesy" told him of his plans to vote no.
"It was fine," Kearns said before cutting himself off and saying he would not discuss what was said in the private meeting.
Asked if he has felt any retribution for his vote, Kearns at first said no.
But then he noted that he has not been given a bill number for a piece of legislation he wants to get introduced.
"That's been held up for a while," Kearns said of the measure, which would end the practice of secret court settlements.
The legislation comes at a sensitive time in the Assembly; Silver has been sharply criticized for approving a secret settlement last year for a Brooklyn Democrat, Vito Lopez, who had been accused of approving a $103,000 taxpayer-funded settlement in a sexual harassment case.
Kearns said his legislation would go further than just applying to government agencies and the Legislature. Citing secret settlements by companies and everyone from the Boy Scouts to the Catholic Church, Kearns said he is seeking to follow a model used in Texas to ban secret court settlements by private entities.
"We're making secret settlements in this state, and we're hurting people," Kearns said.
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Rumors were swirling in NFL circles Saturday that the Buffalo Bills would clean house and fire not only head coach Chan Gailey but General Manager Buddy Nix as well.
However, high ranking Bills sources insisted the decision on the team's top two football men remained, as always, with owner Ralph C. Wilson Jr. and that Wilson had yet to tell any of his employees in Western New York of his verdict.
Nix, contacted Saturday night, told The News he had not been given any indication of any change in his job status.
There is widespread expectation among the organization that Gailey will be ousted due to the Bills' disappointing season, which concludes today against the New York Jets at Ralph Wilson Stadium. The Bills (5-10) have clinched last place in the AFC East.
Wilson was in town for the team's holiday party Friday night. He returned afterward to his Detroit-area home.
Bills officials say their expectation is Wilson will hold a meeting of his top executives, including Nix, at some point this week to assess the season. That has been standard operating procedure for Wilson for decades.
Wilson, 94, remains very much in charge of charting the team's course.
An executive on another team and another league source both said Saturday they were hearing of a full house-cleaning by the Bills.
Nevertheless, the removal of Nix would be a surprise. He has maintained a strong relationship with Wilson, and the owner has stated that he handed Nix a long-term building job when he put him atop the football operation in 2010. Nix has been given full authority to hand-pick his football department and put his scouts in place on the college and pro sides of the organization.
The Bills will miss the playoffs for a 13th straight season, the longest drought in the NFL and the longest in franchise history.
Gailey has received strong vocal support from Nix through much of this season, but the general manager cancelled his radio show Friday, thereby avoiding discussing Gailey's job security.
The Bills stood 3-3 in mid-October, but they have lost seven of their last nine and repeatedly have looked ugly in losing.
Gailey's three-year record is 15-32, and few NFL coaches have survived such futility to start a tenure. Over the past 25 years, only 11 NFL head coaches have survived after starting their tenures with three losing seasons. Dick Jauron did it in Buffalo in 2009, but his three-year record with the Bills was 21-27.
Over the past 25 years, 72 coaches have lost their jobs after three or fewer seasons on the job. The last coach to have as few as 15 wins in three seasons and survive to see a fourth year was Bruce Coslet in Cincinnati. He won 14 games through 1999, then got fired during the next season.
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"Survivor's not meant to be a comedy routine."
– Cochran, Survivor: South Pacific
Here's a riddle for you: What do a zombie, a flip-flopper and two train wrecks have in common?
They're all part of a new cast of "favorites" on Survivor: Caramoan (Wednesday, 8 p.m. ET on CBS), the new season that matches 10 new competitors against some of the worst players in the show's history. Game on?
Survivor may be the only competitive event on earth where being awful makes you an all-star. Brandon Hantz and Erik Reichenbach share the distinction of literally making the worst moves ever when they both sacrificed individual immunity right at the endgame, and were immediately blindsided.
John Cochran ruined his own game – as well as his entire tribe's – with a horrendous flip. Francesca Hogi was first off. Corinne Kaplan would have lost a jury vote to Phillip Sheppard. Brenda Lowe's alliance betrayed her. Andrea Boehlke shambled along as part of Boston Rob's zombie army. Even Dawn Meehan – a paragon of normalcy in the lunatic asylum of the Favorites tribe – had an early-season breakdown.
How did Malcolm Freberg slip into this casting net that only dragged for bottom-feeders? Gazing around that island on day one, he must have wondered what he did so wrong. Remember – nobody had seen Malcolm's season, himself included. Even he made a catastrophic, head-slapping move when he didn't guarantee Denise a deal at the Philippines final four.
Where's Jim Rice? Where's Marty Piombo? For the love of God, where's Jane Bright? They were big characters ... and also big players. It's like this cast was specially selected to only include the very worst. You were disqualified from coming if your Survivor IQ was above a flatline.
The producers, of course, know exactly what they're doing. Even the show's promos are set to the tune of Ozzy Osbourne's "Crazy Train." The more shouting matches there are, the more emotional cataclysms, the more cultural moments the show creates, the more people Tweet. And the greater the odds that a clip winds up on The Soup.
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Bad Means GoodDon't get me wrong – I'm not complaining. Survivor is a TV show, not a political convention. Bring on the crazy. It's unreasonable to compare this season to some idealized memory of what the show once was: 16 strangers who stop being polite and start getting malnourished. Let's get a cast full of Phillips out there communing with their ancient ancestors and misquoting the Bhagavadi Gita. Could you ask for better television?
Furthermore, lunatics can create big challenges for a strategist. It's easy to play a game against someone who's behaving rationally. How do you manipulate a person whose only allegiances are to camera time and the voices in their head? We could see the emergence of a Survivor super-genius.
And some players really need a second chance to mature. Parvati Shallow wasn't Parvati her first time out. I could see Brenda or Corinne or Dawn doing something ferocious. I've long argued it stunts new players to be cast on a tribe with returnees. How might Cochran or Francesca fare without Ozzy or Boston Rob overshadowing them?
Oh – and the fans? Does anybody really care about the fans? They're like the gladiators thrown into the lion pit: there to be eaten. As horrible as the favorites are, there's no comparison between watching a few seasons on television and in-game experience.
Of course, it's always possible for someone to pull a Running Man (the Schwarzenegger movie, not the dance move) and beat the favorites at their own game. If it's going to be anyone, my money's on Reynold Toepfer. He has a kind of Malcolm-ish vibe – strategic, athletic, and social. It didn't hurt that he gave me a shout-out in his "Survivor memorable moment." See below.
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From small business development to major destinations, 2012 was a year when building permits were up and the climate appeared to be positive despite challenging economic times.
"We're at 35 building permits for the year, with one or two expected to come in by the end of the year," said Joseph Gerardi, city codes administrator.
Twenty-seven of those permits were for commercial purposes and eight were for residential developments, he said.
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Top, workers from T&E Construction, of Fairfield, pour concrete for a new hotel in Loyalsock Township. Middle, an artist's rendering of a portion of the Destination 2014 project. Above, Brooke Woodside, assistant baker at Sunflower Bakery and Cafe, with trays of fresh products.
In comparison, 10 permits for new construction were issued in 2008, but the figure steadily increased since then, he said.
"The city seems to be gradually growing, with businesses filling in vacant storefronts that have been that way for years," Gerardi said.
The challenge is to raise revenue through collection of fees assessed to those planning construction, he said.
"We anticipate $200,000 more revenue from collecting permits for construction next year than what was generated this year," he said.
Among the larger projects are renovation of Williamsport Area High School, estimated at $24 million; construction of a YMCA facility on Park Avenue, estimated at $22 million; preparation of a fast-fill compressed natural gas fueling station at River Valley Transit garage, estimated at $2.5 million; and the potential construction of a medical facility on the Williamsport Regional Medical Center campus, which has a construction cost estimate of $15 million, Gerardi said.
"We also have five smaller projects worth about $1 million each," he said.
Several smaller businesses have begun to attract customers.
Among a place to open soon is the Moon & Raven Public House at the corner of William and West Fourth streets, where contractors in late November put finishing touches on the interior.
"We don't want to be painted into it being called an Irish pub," said Mel Roush, business partner with Matthew Schauer, the building owner. "We like to call it a Celtic interior," he said of the establishment that will offer beers, ales, liquor and pub fare.
Schauer said he strove to keep much of the interior of the period building, while adding modern windows that provide views of the busy intersection.
Two doors from the pub, is the Sunflower Cafe and Bakery, a gluten-free bakery.
Down from the bakery, toward Market Street, Carissa Houser has renovated Near and Far, 11 W. Fourth St., a shop that will feature artwork from the local scene and from around the globe.
"We're going to have jewelry and photographs," she said. "We're going to have art from nearby and around the world."
Such an eclectic nature and diversity of businesses may be seen in the permit applications, Gerardi said.
Restaurants include: The Joint, 535 E. Third St.; The Brickyard, 343 Pine St.; Georgie Bagels, 855 W. Third St.; Angelo's, 2316 Central Ave.; DiSalvo's Wine Bar, 355 E. Fourth St.; and Bootleg Barbecue, 300 E. Church St.
Shoppers can browse The Polish Treasures Pottery, 148 W. Fourth St.; Origins Art Space, 310 Government Place; or buy hockey tickets at the Williamsport Outlaws office, 321 Pine St.
Success may be attributed to the Marcellus Shale gas drilling industry, according to Dr. Vincent J. Matteo, president and CEO of the Williamsport/Lycoming Chamber of Commerce. Matteo sees a correlation between growth and the gas industry.
"I think it is obvious that the vast majority of the developments in the city and county are either a direct or indirect result of Marcellus Shale," he said.
Matteo also supports diversity.
"While the natural gas industry will have a positive impact on the economy for decades, we must never put all our eggs in one basket," he said.
The chamber remains supportive of the Destination 2014 project.
Dan Klingerman, of The Liberty Group, 1500 Sycamore Road, Loyalsock Township, confirmed he was buying the YMCA complex and would make the Pickelner Arena a multi-purpose facility for trade shows, sports events, training and competition tournaments. He would not say what the purchase price was. Klingerman said he plans to make the arena larger and add a new facility to it at the present site of the pool and gymnasium building, which is to be razed.
"The arena will go from 38,000 to 60,000 square feet," Klingerman said.
He also said the older YMCA building on West Fourth and Elmira streets is targeted to become higher-end executive apartments and an attached portion to the east of the building is proposed to be an area for meetings, conferences and banquets. That building is 10,000 to 12,000 square feet, he said. "If a company wants a couple of apartments for executives, there will be furnished apartments," he said.
Klingerman's purchase was critical for the development moving forward, said John Grado, city engineer and director of community and economic development.
Campana said transformation of the YMCA block won't require any tax money.
"My objective is to take the non-profit piece of real estate and have a developer transform it into a site which can be a future taxable property by 2014," he said.
"I have reached out to the YMCA to work with them to prevent the building from sitting empty for years," he said. "The city can't afford the property to sit idle. I am not waiting until they begin moving furniture into the new building next to the Williamsport Regional Medical Center."
"The decision where the city goes depended on the buyer and master developer," said William E. Nichols Jr., city finance director. Nichols said he is pursuing grants available from the state Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program, much as he did with the Kohl's department store project.
It would require $2 million for the arena, $2 million to make a town square with a clock tower, fountain, park benches and walkways and entrance at West Fourth and Hepburn streets, and additional financing to create more parking options, Nichols said.
Another development that took shape this year was financed by George Tsunis, a New York state-based developer. It is a 97-room Residence Inn by Marriott, with entrance on Church Street.
"This is not a typical hotel," Tsunis said. "Most hotels tend to be lower to middle end and we wanted to create a very high-end hotel," he said. "We see this as the heart of downtown and building with something with a 'wow' factor."
The hotel's suites are one bedroom and two bedrooms, with kitchens and living space.
"They're full-blown apartments ... We have about six project in various stages of development, including the Susquehanna Trailways building on the corner of Third and Mulberry streets," Tsunis said.
"We will be restoring and gut renovating that building," he said. "I have a moral obligation to give back to the community."
Meanwhile, Klingerman said he is busy overseeing construction of a Hilton Hotel and two restaurants off the Faxon exit of Interstate 180 in Loyalsock Township. The work began to take shape this summer and fall as crews laid the foundation in the ground.
Klingerman said he anticipates creating 280 new jobs between the construction and employment at the complex.
When completed, the complex will have two towers, one of them having 113 rooms and standing 70 feet high. The other tower will be mostly suites, with 95 rooms.
Klingerman said he doesn't view the hotel as competitive in nature to developments in the city.
He was supportive of Campana's efforts to see the YMCA block developed. He believed if that can happen, especially the arena, it would be a game-changer for the region.
"It has synergy to what we're doing," he said.


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on October 5, 2012 - 10:14 PM
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The rear of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery was awash in a sea of illuminated, moving images Friday night. Not the grounds, but the edifice itself.
The spectacle featured a large-scale, 3D video projection show in celebration of the gallery's 150th anniversary, using a technology called 3D video projection mapping. It makes large buildings seem to come alive with color, depth and motion by manipulating a series of moving images to fit seamlessly onto a building or piece of architecture, creating the illusion of three dimensions without the need for 3D glasses.
"Welcome to our special evening," said Louis Grachos, museum director, addressing thousands who had assembled for the free show in the drizzling rain.
"This is going to be a remarkable event. The artists that produced this beautiful presentation are to be commended," Grachos added.
Holly Hughes, curator for the collection, worked for six months with a digital media collections manager to pull together images featured in the projection.
A version of 3D video projection mapping technique caused a sensation last year when pop singer Beyonce employed it in a performance at the 2011 Billboard Awards show.
The video images can be projected onto a variety of surfaces, transforming them into dynamic video displays that give the illusion of being three-dimensional images. Specialized computer software is used to distort the projected images in order to make them fit seamlessly onto irregularly shaped screens and other surfaces.
"You'll see images from our permanent collection, images from our archives. We also worked with a gentleman named Daniel Harnett out of New York City, who also created some of the abstract imagery you'll see tonight," said Hughes, before the start of the first showing.
She and other gallery officials worked with the Advantage Company in Williamsville to basically mask the building.
"So the building will actually be like a screen, but a three-dimensional screen," said Hughes.
"They started setting up on Wednesday, working two overnights for this project, but we've been working on this for six months," she added.
The show, with musical accompaniment, lasted about 20 minutes and featured about 500 images from the gallery's archives and collections, in addition to other types of imagery that were integrated into the projection.
"If they see something tonight and they're like, 'What was that image?,' they'll actually be able to go online and utilize all of the images in the collection and the captions that go along with them," said Hughes.
The images that were presented will likely be available online by Monday.
"It was really cool to see the building transformed into a work of art," said Michele Bewley of Amherst, who attended with her son, Johnny, 7.
She had heard about the event through a site promoting local kid-friendly events.
"A colleague, a co-worker, told me she was bringing her kids here, so we came." said Bewley. "I thought it was great."
"It was awesome," added Johnny. "I love art."
Tonya Philippone, of Elmwood Village in Buffalo, said she had seen photographs of the technology but had never before seen it applied in person.
"I think it's cool. It could be a little warmer, but [the imagery] makes up for it," she said.
"There's another [showing later]. I'm going to stay for the whole thing," she added.
M&T Bank and the Advantage Company were co-sponsors of the event.
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on October 6, 2012 - 12:29 AM
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Kelvin Sheppard was nothing more than a helpless bystander last Sunday.
The Buffalo Bills' middle linebacker found himself on the sideline for almost all of his team's embarrassing 52-28 loss to the New England Patriots.
"Yeah, it's tough to watch. I'm the middle linebacker of the team," Sheppard said. "To watch my team give up over 200 yards rushing is hard.
"But here's a new week and what better challenge than to go up against probably the best rushing attack in the NFL."
The 49ers actually rank third in the league, with 167 yards per game on the ground, but the point remains. The Bills' run defense needs to make a big statement Sunday.
"We're going against one of the biggest, most athletic, most physical teams in the NFL. We've got to go out there and get the job done," Sheppard said. "I think it'll be a statement to reassure our guys, 'Hey, last week was a fluke.' We can't let that happen again."
Sheppard played just 10 of the Bills' 77 defensive snaps last week, with coordinator Dave Wannstedt's game plan calling for the team to use its nickel defense (five defensive backs) to try slowing the Patriots' passing attack. The plan backfired, as New England rushed for 247 yards.
It's a good bet the Bills will play a lot more base defense against the physical 49ers.
"They've got a lot of packages where they've got seven offensive linemen in the game, those kinds of things," said Bills linebackers coach Bob Sanders. "We've got to have guys ready to go."
Many have questioned this week whether the Bills should have abandoned the nickel scheme and gone back to their base 4-3 defense against the Patriots.
"We've got to stop the run," Sanders said. "When you don't stop the run, [the second-guessing] is not overblown. They've got 11 out there, we've got 11 out there. Doesn't matter if it's nickel or base or whatever."
Sheppard was lobbying hard last week to get into the game, but said he trusted in the game plan.
"You can't have the mind-set, 'Oh, this is run stop, so we can give up passing.' That's not how that works. You have to be versatile in this league and we definitely watched the film and we know where we have to get better," Sheppard said. "We can't get caught up in all that, 'this is a run team, this is a pass team.' We just have to go out and do what we do."
Sanders liked what he saw out of Sheppard during the week.
"He's had a great week of practice. I think he's ready," he said. "He's worked hard and I think he'll be ready to finish off the week."
The Bills had an addition to their injury report Friday, and it's an important one. Right guard Chad Rinehart, who's in line to start in place of the injured Kraig Urbik, missed Friday's practice because of a calf injury.
"He's got a calf that he did in practice [Thursday]," coach Chan Gailey said. "We rested him [Friday] just to kind of make sure we've got him on Sunday. We think he'll be fine on Sunday.
Gailey called the move precautionary. Rinehart is listed as questionable on the official injury report. If he can't play or is limited, Colin Brown would step in. He's the only healthy reserve interior offensive lineman. Brown took all the snaps at right guard Friday, and is also the backup center.
Also listed as questionable are starting free safety Jairus Byrd and reserve receiver Ruvell Martin, both of whom practiced on a limited basis Thursday and Friday after missing Wednesday's practice.
"[Byrd] practiced [Friday] and looked OK," Gailey said.
Urbik (ankle), left tackle Cordy Glenn (ankle) and defensive tackle Spencer Johnson (ankle) all have been ruled out.
The 49ers list two starters as questionable, cornerback Carlos Rogers (ankle) and defensive tackle Isaac Sopoaga (ankle/knee), after both practiced on a limited basis Friday.
Running back Brandon Jacobs is also listed as questionable with a knee injury, while inside linebacker NaVorro Bowman (shoulder) and punter Andy Lee (hand) are listed as probable. Those three players practiced fully Friday.
Patriots linebacker Brandon Spikes was fined $21,000 by the league Friday for his hit on Bills tight end Scott Chandler last week.
Spikes made contact with Chandler's helmet during an interception return in the fourth quarter of New England's win. Chandler left the game, but passed a concussion test and is probable to play Sunday.
Bills defensive tackle Kyle Williams was fined $15,750 for a roughing-the-passer penalty on New England's Tom Brady. Williams was flagged for hitting Brady below the knee. Williams plans to appeal the fine.
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While most people are busy preparing for the holidays, others are worried that there might not be a holiday to celebrate.
The winter solstice on Dec. 21, 2012, occurs four days before Christmas. It also marks the end of the Mayan Long Count calendar, and doomsdayers predict a catastrophic event will happen.
The rumors are so prevalent that NASA has a question and answer column on its website backed with facts contradicting speculation that Planet X or a meteor will strike the Earth or a polar shift will occur in a matter of hours.
People worldwide are gearing up for what they believe could be the last day of their lives.
Locally, a church that believes the Earth will continue to spin on its axis as it has done for thousands of years will hold an observance to counter the gloom and doom.
On the darkest day of the year, the Not the End of the World Service will be held at 7 p.m. Dec. 21 at Newry Lutheran Church, 1040 Shamrock Lane, Newry.
Pastor Mike Rhyne said the church decided to hold the service as a way of proclaiming that "our faith is in Jesus, not in a Mayan calendar."
He said he and a friend from seminary discussed the predictions in 2009 after the movie "2012" showed up at the box office and programs about the end of the world began appearing on television.
He said they tossed around the idea of getting together on Dec. 21, 2012, to celebrate their faith.
Although his friend cannot come to the area that day, about five local Lutheran pastors will contribute to the service, including the Rev. Timothy Knauss, assistant to the bishop of the Allegheny Synod of the Evangelical Churches in America.
A Baptist and a Church of the Brethren pastor also may participate.
The celebration of faith will include Communion and it is open to anyone who has been baptized into the Christian faith, Rhyne said. It is a liturgical service with hymns such as "The Solid Rock" (My Hope is Built on Nothing Less) and "Holy, Holy, Holy" planned in opposition to the negative pronouncements.
After the service, a social time will be held.
Men have predicted the demise of the Earth before, he said, and the Internet provides history on end of the world predictions that missed their mark, including preachers trying to pinpoint the return of Jesus Christ.
"Time and time again, it's been predicted," he said.
A preacher named William Miller expected the return of Christ between 1844 and 1845, Rhyne said. When it did not happen, the followers of Miller, known as Millerites, experienced taunting, vandalism and a church burning among other instances of violence.
As recently as last year, Harold Camping, founder of Family Radio International, Oakland, Calif., warned of an apocalypse and the return of Christ on May 21, 2011.
Family Radio International spent millions of dollars to warn others about the impending changes by erecting billboards throughout the United States and encouraged Camping's followers to take the message to other nations. Camping said millions would be spared but others would experience earthquakes and plagues and demise of the Earth.
Camping followers believed so strongly in the prediction that they quit their jobs and spent their life savings to get the word out.
When May 21, 2011, came and went without a major catastrophe, Camping originally said he got the date wrong. Later, he said he was no longer going to make such predictions.
Rhyne said when Jesus talks about his second coming in Mark, he tells people that neither the angels in heaven nor the Son of God know the day or the hour of his coming.
He said when Jesus comes, he will be Lord of all and will reign with justice.
"Things will be a lot better than they are," Rhyne said.
Rhyne said the biblical book of Revelation does talk about the beast and destruction, but the ultimate message is that God calls people to himself.
He said, "God is cosmic and powerful. He will restore creation to what it was originally intended to be," he said.
Rhyne said, "the message of the evening will be that our hope is not in human predictions but in God and that whether the world ends today or in 10,000 years, God is in control."


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Details of her death were not immediately available.
In addition to playing a mousey spouse in both the Hitchcock films, first alongside Laurence Olivier and then to Cary Grant, Fontaine's other well-known movies included 1943's The Constant Nymph, which got her a third Oscar nomination, 1944's Jane Eyre with Orson Welles, 1952's Ivanhoe with Robert Taylor, and 1957's controversial Island in the Sun with Harry Belafonte.
Her final role was in a 1994 TV movie.
Born Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland in Tokyo to British parents, Fontaine recalled for PEOPLE in 1978: "My mother, Lilian de Havilland ... was beautiful, gracious and a talented actress. My father was an English professor at Waseda and Imperial universities in Tokyo who left Mother for our Japanese maid when I was 2. My mother later married a department store manager, George Milan Fontaine, but she remained the dominant figure in our lives."
While her older (by one year) sister, Olivia de Havilland, best known for playing Melanie in Gone with the Wind, sought an acting career, Joan studied at the American School in Tokyo before joining de Havilland in Los Angeles, where she too got a screen test.
Among Fontaine's earliest roles were in 1939's all-star The Women at MGM, and with Cary Grant that same year, in RKO's Gunga Din.
Hollywood's Most Famous FeudAt some point, however, her relationship with her sister shattered, and the two remained archenemies until Fontaine's dying day.
De Havilland, at 97, continues to live in Paris. One theory about their rift is that it was caused by Fontaine's winning the Oscar over De Havilland's nomination for the tearjerker Hold Back the Dawn.
Neither sibling would ever provide a reason for their feud.
"I regret that I remember not one act of kindness from Olivia all through my childhood," Fonataine told PEOPLE. "One of my earliest memories is when she was 6 and I was 5. She had learned to read and, one night when we were alone, she read aloud the Crucifixion from the Bible with mounting gusto until finally I screamed. Olivia loved it. One July day in 1933 when I was 16, Olivia threw me down in a rage, jumped on top of me and fractured my collarbone."
Pressed to explain the rivalry, Fontaine could only say, "One person called our relationship paranoid – but he didn't say on whose part. Not mine, though I may have a persecution complex. There must be some explanation. Olivia so hated the idea of having a sibling that she wouldn't go near my crib."
Fontaine lived out her days in Carmel, Calif. She had two children from her four marriages. Her husbands were actor Brian Aherne, TV producer William Dozier, producer Collier Young and journalist Alfred Wright Jr.
All her marriages ended in divorce.
In her PEOPLE interview, Fontaine, who now leaves her sister as one of the last survivors of Hollywood's Golden Age, spoke of how she wanted to die.
"At age 108," she said, "flying around the stage in Peter Pan, as a result of my sister cutting the wires. Olivia has always said I was first at everything – I got married first, got an Academy Award first, had a child first. If I die, she'll be furious, because again I'll have got there first!"


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MOUNT PLEASANT - A 20-year-old James Island High School graduate hoping to get into military special forces and his flight instructor were killed during a training flight Thursday.
The two-seat Cessna 150M crashed around 11:30 a.m. during takeoff from Mount Pleasant Regional Airport, according to a statement from the Charleston County Aviation Authority.
The student was Matt Gaither of Johns Island, according to Charleston County Deputy Coroner Kelly Kraus. The instructor was Graham Borland, 33, of North Charleston. Both men died at the scene from their injuries, she said.
Gaither graduated from James Island Charter High School in 2012. He was a linebacker on the football team and also was on the wrestling team. He was taking flight lessons to improve his chances of getting into special forces, his father, Cole Gaither, said by telephone from New York.
The plane, with a tail number N66241, was registered to Hanger Aviation Inc. of Johns Island.
Clark Hanger, who is a partner of Cole Gaither's at the company, said the Cessna had been on loan for two weeks to Matt Gaither and a flight instructor in Mount Pleasant. Hanger said he did not know of their specific plans Thursday other than they were taking a training flight.
Hanger said the ordeal was "tragic" for him and his coworkers.
"The plane had no history of issues," Hanger said. "It was licensed, and there was nothing out of the ordinary with the plane."
Before Thursday, five plane crashes had been reported at the airport since 2000. Four of them were fatal.
Officials with the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board were summoned to investigate Thursday's crash.
FAA spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen said the single-engine Cessna crashed while taking off from the airport on Faison Road. The aircraft went down 300 yards from the airport's only runway, Mount Pleasant police said.
Joe Bustos, a pilot in Mount Pleasant, told the Moultrie News that he watched the airplane struggling to get into the air. It turned around to return to the airport, then nosedived into the ground, Bustos told the newspaper.
The NTSB will determine what caused the plane to crash, Bergen said.
Al Britnell, deputy director of the Charleston County Aviation Authority, said the plane went down near the north end of the runway and that access to the area had been an issue for firefighters.
"It's out in the middle of the swamp," Britnell said. "It's difficult to get everything out there."
Town firefighters and police officers would control the scene, Britnell said, until officials from the NTSB and FAA can reach the site.
Dave Munday, Prentiss Findlay, Andy Paras and Warren Wise contributed to this report. Reach Andrew Knapp at 937-5414 or twitter.com/offlede. Reach Christina Elmore at 937-5908 or at Twitter.com/celmorePC.
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OASIS Training Resources
OASIS Guidance Manual
- All Chapters of the manual are important; however, Chapter 3 is a must.
- The Guidance Manual is updated yearly in December. An Errata Sheet outlining the changes is also available.
- Can be found at http://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Quality-Initiatives-Patient-Assessment-Instruments/HomeHealthQualityInits/HHQIOASISUserManual.html
OASIS Q&As
- Can be found at www.qtso.com, Click on OASIS
- On this website, you will find the master copy of the CMS OASIS Q&As as well as the CMS Quarterly Q&As
- The Q&As are updated yearly. The Quarterly Q&As will either be incorporated in to the master copy of the CMS OASIS Q&As or will be added to Chapter 3 of the OASIS C Guidance Manual.
- On this website, you will also find the CMS Quarterly Q&As as they are published. The Q&As are published each January, April, July and October.
On-line Trainings
- CMS also has on-line web-based trainings related to OASIS-C. They are:
- Overview and Conventions
- Patient Tracking Domain
- Clinical Record Items
- Living Arrangements & Sensory Status
- Elimination Status
- Integumentary Status Domain Pressure Ulcers (Part 1)
- Integumentary Status Domain Pressure Ulcers (Part 2)
- Integumentary Status: Stasis Ulcers, Surgical Wounds, and Skin Lesions
- Respiratory & Cardiac Status
- Neuro/Emotional/Behavioral Domain
- ADL/IADLs Part 1
- ADL/IADLs Part 2
- Medications
- Care Management Therapy Need and Emergent Care
- Care Planning & Intervention
- These on line web-based trainings are available at http://surveyortraining.cms.hhs.gov/pubs/CourseMenu.aspx?cid=0CMSOASISCWBT
You-Tube Trainings
- CMS also has 4 You Tube videos that address OASIS-C that can be used for training in your agencies. Those are:
Please keep in mind that as new guidance is published, these web-based trainings and You Tube videos may contain outdated information. After viewing the information, always review the latest Q&As to determine if all the information continues to be accurate.


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Coralie Clement, the tri-lingual french pop singer (she records in French, English, and Italian), took a playful approach on her third album, Toystore. Backed by a montage of toy ins...more
Coralie Clément was born into a family of musicians. Her father is a clarinet player and he brother Benjamin Biolay, also a singer, has written for Henri Salvador and wrote and produced her own debut, as well as its follow-up. Among her claimed inspirations are Françoise Hardy, Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg. She recorded her first album while studying history at university. Clément sang the song "Dorénavant," used as the theme of the film L'Idole by Samantha Lang, starring Leelee Sobieski as well as the song "Samba de mon cœur qui bat" used in the soundtrack of the movie Something's Gotta Give starring Diane Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Amanda Peet, Keanu Reeves and Frances McDormand. She released her first album in 2001, Salle des Pas Perdus which was a collaborative effort between her and her brother. Her second album, Bye bye Beauté, was released in 2005 and took more of a pop spin.


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COLUMBIANA - The construction of an auto parts store next to McDonald's doesn't make sense and will only add to the "nightmare" of heavy traffic at the state Route 14 intersection, City Council members and residents said this week.
A public hearing was held during council for the requested zone change necessary for the planned store on North Main Street.
PASI Inc. of Dayton selected the residential property at 630 N. Main St. on the basis that it was the best site for traffic, company employee Barry Weaver said.
The property is currently zoned high density residential and owned by Don Snyder, who intends to sell it for the new Advance Auto Parts store.
The requested change would put the property in C-3, central business zoning.
"These kinds of tenants want to be where the action is," Weaver said of Advance Auto Parts. "It's always a double-edged sword. In exchange for getting where the action is, the people are, where the commerce is, you've already got traffic, activity and shoppers Nobody wants to go out on the edge of town. Wal-Mart will go out anyplace they want and people will come to them; they are a destination. An auto parts store is not a destination. The intersection of Main Street and state Route 14 is the best place in town."
But some on council disagreed, including Council President Lowell Schloneger, who has a home on Firestone Avenue not far from Snyder's.
He said traffic there is already "horrendous" and asked Weaver if the company considered the property near the Chrysler Jeep Dodge dealership farther out on state Route 14.
"The land is available. Sewer, water, everything is in next to the Chrysler dealership," he said.
Weaver said he heard that property was available but maintained the one near McDonald's is the prime spot for attracting customers.
"Rite Aid went on that corner for a reason they went to a spot where the road system is delivering people and customers to their front door," he said.
He added when the company originally looked at the city's zoning map, the North Main Street property was marked as commercially zoned.
When the company learned of the error it also learned the property, while residential, is surrounded on three sides by commercial zoning. The only side not zoned commercial is to the south, he said.
"That area has not been a quiet, tree-lined street for a very long time. It's a commercial artery. We are not asking to do something heinous and ugly and mean and dangerous. We are asking to put a new business in town that seeks to take advantage of the traffic and that is where the traffic is," he said.
Police Chief Tim Gladis confirmed the intersection has the most traffic in the downtown area.
"I don't think there is any question there. I can tell you that is the most congested area," he said, adding the no right turn in the northbound lane only makes matters worse.
"It seems to me you went to the worst place you could have picked," Schloneger said to Weaver.
Councilwoman Mary Harold Calinger agreed.
At least two nearby residents, and Councilman James King were concerned a zone change would open the door for more residential properties in that area to be targeted for businesses in the future.
The change would only apply to Snyder's property, but King is worried it won't stop there.
"What's going to be happening two years from now? Are they going to be moving a Wendy's next to Advance Auto?" he said.
The councilman lives at the corner of Seventh and North Main streets.
Joyce Stewart, who lives on North Main Street, told council they "better be prepared" for more zoning change requests in the future should this one be allowed to go through.
"You're going to end up, like he said, clear to the corner people coming in and asking for it rezoned," she said.
She and Seventh Street resident Mary Burkey don't want to see a business on that property.
"You would almost be in my backyard," Burkey said. "That's very intrusive in my living area and I'm the third house down. The traffic coming in and out of there is unbelievable. On a Friday you can't get down Main Street."
She then asked Weaver if PASI considered the property on the other side of McDonald's along state Route 14.
"All those homes are for sale," she said, to which Stewart said she knew those property owners refused to sell to the company.
Councilman Bryan Blakeman and South Main Street resident Don Oberholtzer said the city has a responsibility to its residents that their properties won't be negatively affected by neighboring ones.
Blakeman said when he purchased his home near the Links at Firestone he wasn't aware a banquet center was planned for that area.
He said he approached the zoning board when he learned of the plans, requesting they reconsider, but they didn't and the center was constructed.
Councilman Tom Ferguson said the banquet center was always a part of the original plans and Blakeman should have known that, but Blakeman insisted he was unaware.
"We need to let everyone in this city know that if you make an investment in a home in a certain zoned area you have some semblance that zoning isn't going to change next to your home," Blakeman said.
Oberholtzer agreed.
"If this is a situation beside me I would be furious too," he said.
Residents and King also wondered what would happen should the store not maintain adequate business and close its doors.
Weaver said, and Planning Commission member Ron LaLonded confirmed, C-3 and not C-4 zoning was agreed to specifically so the property wouldn't be used for "less desirable" things in the event the store could not maintain business.
Weaver said the likelihood of the store closing is "pretty slim," however.
Council then voted down a first reading of the zoning change legislation, with King casting a vote despite Municipal Attorney Dan Blasdell's advice to abstain due to living in that area.
"I don't think anybody, whether they are sitting up on council, would want that building right in their back yard," he said.
Schloneger abstained from the vote.
Those who favored the change were Richard McBane and Ferguson.
The legislation will still be presented for a second reading and could go through if enough votes are cast in favor.


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Celebrating Wagner's Nordic Tales Chatham's Sunday Vocal series presents a concert in honor of the Chatham University Global Focus Program's "Year of Europe: Scandinavia." Featured singers: Anna Singer, Robert Frankenberry, Mary Beth Sederburg, Demareus Cooper, Kelly Lynch, Desiree Soteres, and Jolanta Doherty, with pianist Walter Morales.03/10/2013
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The Music of The Beatles Duquesne's Jazz Ensemble (Mike Tomaro, director) presents The Music of The Beatles.03/14/2013
The Wizard of Oz Experience the classic film The Wizard of Oz as never before – accompanied by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. The beloved film received Academy Awards for Best Original Music Score and Best Song with "Over the Rainbow." See the film and hear the music that has captured the hearts and imaginations of generations with your PSO at Heinz Hall. Lawrence Loh conducts.03/14/2013
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In Memoriam I Christine Jordanoff, director.03/15/2013
Storybook Heroes Beethoven: Egmont ovt.; Humperdinck: selections from Hansel and Gretel; Tchaikovsky: selections from Cinderella; Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man; selections from the Narnia films. Friday, Mar 15, 8pm, Butler County Community College & Saturday, Mar 23, 7pm, North Hills Junior High 03/15/2013
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Springtime Serenades This free concert features PYPO's string, woodwind, and brass ensembles.03/16/2013
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Pomerium: Mary Tudor: Glorious Music for England's Catholic Queen Countering the view of Mary Tudor as a blood-thirsty tyrant with no love of the arts, a newer picture paints her five-year reign as one of extraordinary musical flowering, when England's greatest composers (White, Parsons, Tye, Tallis) were encouraged to compose the most elaborate and sophisticated music they could. Co-presented with Calvary Episcopal Church.03/16/2013
Puccini's Madama Butterfly Cio-Cio San's (Maria Luigia Borsi) open heart and trusting nature are the reasons that Pinkerton (Bryan Hymel) should love her, and the reasons that you'll weep at the end of the opera. The young Japanese woman, nicknamed Butterfly, gives up her family and her religion to be with Pinkerton. Pinkerton gives up nothing, and promptly leaves - returning three years later with his American wife, leaving the young Butterfly mortally devastated. Jean-Luc Tingaud conducts.03/16/2013
John Williams' music & Dan Kamin's Comedy in Motion Featuring the music of John Williams and Dan Kamin's Comedy in Motion.03/16/2013
Amadeus! A Mozart Celebration An all-Mozart concert with the Overture to Abduction from the Seraglio, Symphony #25 in g minor, Symphony #38 "Prague", and opera highlights from The Marriage of Figaro and Don Giovanni with soprano Jeanine De Bique.03/16/2013
Linda Kernohan, piano Pianist, composer, and official Grammy Awards blogger (a.k.a. Miss Music Nerd) will perform her composition "A Book of Hours" inspired by the writings of theologian, writer, and pacifist Thomas Merton. Four readers will speak the writings of Merton between musical interpretations. Free admission.03/17/2013
Young Winners Recital Performances by pianists Zhaoliang Albert Du, Rishi Mirchandani, Hannah Breslau, Ariana Chiu, and harpist Rebecca Pfingstl.03/17/2013
Revisiting the Classics Jason Worzbyt conducts gems of the wind band repertoire, including such standards as Gustav Holst's "First Suite for Band," Percy Grainger's "Colonial Song", and "Introit" by Fisher Tull.03/17/2013
Wind Symphony & Symphony Band Robert Cameron, conductor.03/17/2013
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You just have to listen to their best album "Darkness Descends" to believe me. It absolutely owns the shit out of Slayer's "Reign in Blood."
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Everest Climbing Gear: Hillary to Hilaree
Last spring en route to Mount Everest, Hilaree O'Neill, a ski-mountaineer from Colorado who was part of our 2012 Everest expedition, trekked the same valleys and worked up to Base Camp just as Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay did 60 years ago when the duo claimed the first ascent. But on the mountain, fortunately, O'Neill did not use the antiquated gear—think woolen suits and wood-handled ice axes—that Hillary hauled. In this gallery, we take a look at the equipment Hillary and Norgay used in 1953 and the high-tech gear O'Neill will use to climb the world's tallest peak in 2012. —Stephen Regenold
Gear for the Climb
Photograph by Alfred Gregory, Royal Geographic Society
In this photo, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, the first people to reach Everest's summit, are seen near 27,300 feet. The 1953 expedition had climbers carrying loads approaching 44 pounds apiece. Today, ultralight gear cuts significant weight from a climber's load—often half the weight, or less, of Hillary's pack load.
Photograph courtesy The North Face
1953: External frame packs were de rigueur in Hillary's time. But the military-issue aluminum frames were surprisingly light, weighing just a couple of pounds.
2012: Made with a high-tech fabric used in automobile airbags, the light and tough Prophet 52 pack from The North Face (above) will hold O'Neill's gear. Ice axe attachment loops, an external crampon pocket, and a generally streamlined alpine design make the Prophet good for the trek.
Photograph courtesy Black Diamond Equipment
1953: None
2012: The Black Diamond Half Dome Helmet (above) weighs just 345 grams (less than a pound), but it provides full protection with an ABS shell and polystyrene foam inside.
Ice Axe
Photograph courtesy Black Diamond Equipment
1953: Made by Claudius Simond in Chamonix, France, Hillary's ice axe was constructed of forged steel with a European ash wood handle.
2012: Weighing just 12 ounces, the Black Diamond Raven Ultra Ice Axe (above) has a hollow aluminum shaft and a stainless steel head. It measures 20 inches in hand—about a foot shorter than Hillary's.
Photograph courtesy Smith Optics
1953: Aviator-style goggles with darkened glass lenses protected Hillary and Tenzing from UV rays and snow blindness. A head strap and lens gaskets kept the goggles tight on the face.
2012: Made for the bright, white environment of high peaks, Smith Optics' I/O Interchangeable Polarized Goggles (above) will shield O'Neill from the unforgiving sun. A quick-release system will let her swap out lenses as light conditions change. A "rim-less" design increases field of vision, while anti-fog coatings and vents will help keep her vision clear.
Photograph courtesy SCARPA
1953: Hillary's expedition used at least two types of boots, including a custom high-altitude model made by The British Boot, Shoe & Allied Trade Research Association of Kettering, England. They were lightweight for their day and had insulating material sandwiched inside a waterproof "envelope" to preserve insulation loft.
2012: Tough, breathable Cordura outers, heat-reflective aluminum, closed-cell foam insulation, and a waterproof zipper make Scarpa's Phantom 8000 boots (above) popular on high peaks. They are light, totally weatherproof, and have a custom fit. The double-boot system will allow O'Neill to remove the bulky outers after each day's ascent to chill out in camp wearing just the lightweight inner booties.
Photograph courtesy Black Diamond Equipment
1953: Hefty steel crampons allowed Hillary and team to grip solidly on ice and snow.
2012: Made of stainless steel and weighing about a pound each, Black Diamond's Sabretooth crampons (above) provide solid footing with minimal weight. Horizontal front points will allow O'Neill to kick in and ascend vertical ice.
Tech on the Mountain
Photograph by Alfred Gregory, Royal Geographic Society
In Hillary's day, radio communication technology was widely available though heavy and not easy to use in the high alpine. In this photo, Hillary (at right) listens as teammate George Lowe sends a communiqué via the bulky wireless. Modern expeditions use tiny handheld radios and cell phones—and even make phone calls and send text messages from the summit.
Trip Journal
Photograph courtesy Apple
1953: Lined paper notebooks and a pencil or pen were Hillary's data recording tools.
2012: Ensconced in a protective case, an Apple iPad (above) will give O'Neill a journaling device that also stores music, movies, and e-books. The iPad's solid-state data storage drive makes it usable at altitudes where spinning hard disk drives (common in laptops) have been known to fail.
Photograph courtesy Canon
1953: The famous shot of Norgay on the summit? That was taken with Hillary's Kodak Retina, a camera that used 35mm film and had a rangefinder body type.
2012: Pixels, not film, will record the action on O'Neill's climb. She will keep a Canon PowerShot S95 camera (which is an older model, the current S100 is shown above) on her body, pulling out the 10-megapixel point-and-shoot (with HD video, too) to capture scenes and, hopefully, a summit shot on top of the world.
Two-Way Communication
Photograph courtesy Apple
1953: "Wireless" walkie-talkies let the British expedition stay in contact camp-to-camp on the mountain. The downside: They weighed five pounds apiece and used dry-cell batteries that had to be kept warm under a vest.
2012: Cell service, for better or worse, is now available throughout the Khumbu region and on Everest's summit. O'Neill will bring an Apple iPhone 4S (above) to stay in touch.
Climbing Apparel
Photograph by Alfred Gregory, Royal Geographic Society
Hillary's team members return to Camp IV after the ascent. Hillary and Norgay are still roped together. The baggy, cotton-blend clothing of the era has been replaced today by high-tech material and streamlined down climbing suits.
Mountaineering Suit
Photograph courtesy The North Face
1953: A thin, windproof, military-derivative "cotton wrap, nylon weft" suit was Hillary's defense against Everest's fierce gales.
2012: Gore Windstopper shell fabric, airy 800-fill goose down, an internal down collar, an articulating "snorkel hood," and a dozen other features make The North Face's Himalayan Suit (above) a common outfit on the world's tallest peaks. The suit provides warmth and protection, though it's designed for active climbing with cuts that do not inhibit movement going up past the clouds.
Photograph courtesy 2XU
1953: A woolen "jumper suit" provided an insulating layer. It was made of Shetland wool by T.M. Adie and Sons of Voe, Scotland. The firm provided custom-made clothing for the expedition.
2012: Compression tights from 2XU (above) will provide more support than warmth. But with elastic muscle-wrapping straps embedded on the tights, O'Neill is counting on a performance boost via support and better circulation.
Photograph courtesy The North Face
1953: For parts of the climb, Hillary wore a hand-knit "sun helmet" sewn by his sister.
2012: The wide brim of The North Face's Solar Armor Hat (above) will shade O'Neill in Everest's high-altitude sunlight. Mesh vents and a light nylon fabric promote breathability.
Base Layers
Photograph courtesy The North Face
1953: Hillary wore "long underwear" made by Duofold. The synthetic top and bottom, which wicked sweat better than natural fibers, were a revolution at a time when cotton or coarse wool were the order of the day.
2012: O'Neill is wearing base layers of a new fabric called FlashDry (above), introduced this year by The North Face. FlashDry is a technology that embeds microporous particles touted to dissipate moisture (that is, sweat) better than wool or traditional polypro. The FlashDry particles increase the surface area that moisture sits on to allow it to spread out and evaporate quicker.
Face/Neck Gaiter
Photograph courtesy Buff Canada
1953: Expedition members wore wool scarves and other pieces made for them by a Scottish company, T.M. Adie and Sons of Voe, which used a fine Shetland wool blend. Gear was custom-made for the climbers because it was not available on the shelf.
2012: O'Neill will sport the Original Buff, a tube-hat piece made of synthetic fabric (above). Thin and seamless, a buff can fit under a hat, helmet, and hood as a part of a system to keep out the cold.
Everest Campsite
Photograph by George Band, Royal Geographic Society
Tenzing Norgay, left, and Edmund Hillary drink a celebratory cup of tea at Camp IV, surrounded by the relative comforts of a high-altitude campsite after their successful ascent. A tent, likely a cotton-nylon weave, is seen in the background. Today, climbers might down a recovery drink to replenish electrolytes or protein stores, though hot tea is still popular with climbers and Sherpas alike. They rest in their ultralight tents and sleeping bags, munching on high calorie snacks.
Photograph courtesy The North Face
1953: Hillary and crew had high-mountain tents with piano-wire stiffeners on the doors and detachable "nylon inners" for extra warmth. At the time, many tents were made of a canvas-like material with a nylon inner tent.
2012: The North Face calls its VE 25 tent (above) a "three-person yurt for lodging in severe conditions." A stout rip-stop canopy, Kevlar guylines, and a polyurethane port window cold-crack tested to minus 60°F are among the features that help it stand up to Himalayan winds.
Sleeping Bag
Photograph courtesy The North Face
1953: It may have weighed a hefty nine pounds, but a nylon-shell sleeping bag with down insulation helped keep Hillary and his team alive on Everest's long, cold nights.
2012: It weighs about a third of Hillary's bag, but The North Face Inferno (above) provides a warmth rating to minus 20°F. Superlight 850-fill goose down and a waterproof Pertex shell make it suitable for Everest's unforgiving flank.
Photograph courtesy Clif Bar
1953: Hillary and Norgay fueled up on tinned fish, lemonade, chicken noodle soup, apricots, and tea.
2012: O'Neill will carry Clif Shots (above), parmesan cheese, hard salami, and York Peppermint Patties in her pack.
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HOLLIDAYSBURG - The soccer fields on county-owned grounds next to Valley View Home may be excluded from the potential sale of the nursing facility, commissioners said Tuesday.
With best offers due Monday, commissioners agreed during their weekly meeting to redefine the property boundaries as a way to keep the potential sale moving forward and because of information gathered Thursday when meeting independently with the bidding finalists.
Given the option of not including the soccer fields, bidders indicated that was "not a significant issue," Commissioners Chairman Terry Tomassetti said.
Commissioner Diane Meling said in her meetings with the bidders, only one was unhappy with the idea of excluding the soccer grounds.
Commissioners said they would reserve the right to include the soccer grounds if they're not satisfied with the forthcoming offers.
"I'm not looking for a lower price," Tomassetti said.
Of the nine parties that offered negotiable bids for the home, commissioners named five finalists: TL Management LLC, Brooklyn, N.Y., $16.1 million; Reliant Senior Care Management Inc., Philadelphia, $14.2 million; Altitude Health Services Inc., Evanston, Ill., $14.2 million; Nationwide HC Services LLC, Brick, N.J., $13.5 million; and Complete HC Resources, Dresher, Pa., $12.55 million.
Commissioner Ted Beam Jr., who opposes the sale and did not meet last week with the bidders, said he welcomed the decision, calling it good news for the Altoona division of the American Youth Soccer Organization and the youth who play there.
AYSO Regional Commissioner Faber Moyer said he was happy with the reprieve.
"We look upon this with guarded optimism," Moyer said.
An AYSO representative contacted the state Attorney General's Office about the proposed sale and the inclusion of the soccer grounds. While the soccer grounds were not part of the court-ordered development of Valley View County Park, they were developed during the same time frame, about 20 years ago, and were part of a zoning controversy that led to a Blair County court ruling in favor of the county.
The potential for state intervention prompted the question of excluding the soccer grounds, commissioners said. After the meetings with bidders, Tomassetti said he learned that the Attorney General's office decided against intervention.
Former AYSO leader Judy Roberts said she was happy to hear of the commissioners' change of mind.
"There was absolutely no valid reason to sacrifice that public park," Roberts said.
Meling and Tomassetti have been visiting facilities within Pennsylvania that are owned by the bidders.
"The two I visited were clean, open, airy," Meling said. "And when I'm there, I'm comparing them to what I've seen at Valley View."
In the request for information, commissioners asked the bidders to provide potential plans for the home's future. Meling said all seem focused on increasing revenue by keeping the beds filled as opposed to cutting expenses. They're also pledging to be a good partner in the community, she said.
Beam said he has no plans to visit any of the bidders' properties.
"I think the home operates well now, and I'm satisfied with Affinity's management," he said.
Affinity Healthcare Services Inc. of Indiana has been managing the home since January 2008.


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It's obvious that the music teachers who play in the Allegro String Quartet and sing in the Allegheny Chorale are in it for their love of music, but they also get some extra rewards at times, too, said one of the members.
"It's a neat thing when a lot of our students graduate and they come back and see us,'' said Amy Perchey, who plays cello for the Allegro String Quartet.
Perchey of Altoona is a retired music teacher, and at least three other women in the quartet and the chorale are either active or retired music teachers. That comes in handy for two groups that are so much involved with the local music scene.
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Cellist Amy Perchey, Maureen Verzilla (center, on violin) and Jennifer Wright (on viola), all members of the Allegro String?Quartet, practice in front of the Allegheny Chorale at the First Prebyterian Church in?Tyrone.
For the first time, the quartet is joining the chorale in two concerts this holiday season, "Christmas: A Celebration with Strings and Song," one in Altoona and a second in Tyrone. Both musical groups have a history of entertaining locally, with the 75-member Allegheny Chorale currently under the direction of Deborah Estright of Tipton. Estright is a music teacher in the Tyrone Area School District.
The chorale will be accompanied by Anna Myers and Susan Daly on piano and percussionist Paul Turner. Song selections include such classics as "Angels We Have Heard on High'' and "O Come, All Ye Faithful,'' combined with more modern pieces such as "Baby, It's Cold Outside.''
"The first half is sacred music, and then we move into more contemporary music in the second half,'' said chorale member and publicity spokeswoman Maureen Drain of Tyrone.
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What: "Christmas: A Celebration of Strings and Song" by the Allegheny Chorale
When: 3 p.m. Dec. 2 at St. James Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1407 Eighth Ave., Altoona; and 7 p.m. Dec. 4 at First Presbyterian Church, 102 W. 13th St., Tyrone
Admission: Free, though a free-will offering will be accepted during intermission
Details: Refreshments will be served following both concerts. For more information, call 684-1894 or visit facebook.com/AlleghenyChorale
Drain, who's been with the chorale for about 12 years, said the Tyrone-based group has grown recently in membership.
"We've seen a steady increase in the past few years,'' she said. "New members have come in, and they've been bringing in other new people.''
They've also branched out to try new things, like incorporating the Allegro group into their concert.
Other members of the Allegro String Quartet include Karen Sackandy and Maureen Verzella, both on violin, and Jennifer Wright on viola.
The professional quartet, formed a little more than a decade ago, came together when the women - all either active or retired members of the Altoona Symphony Orchestra - saw a niche in the area for a string quartet to play at weddings, corporate functions and other events, Perchey said.
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The St. Patrick's Dance scheduled to take place today at the South Lake Tahoe Senior Center has been moved to March 29.
The 17- piece Tahoe Dance Band plays great music for listening and dancing. It is not necessary to come with a partner. Wearing green clothing is optional. A raffle will also be held.
Admission costs $10 for adults and includes appetizers, dessert, wine and other beverages; or $5 for participants 20 and younger, who will not receive wine.
The dance will take place from 7:30-10 p.m. at the senior center, 3050 Lake Tahoe Blvd.
For more information, call Francine at 530-541-8380 or Arline at 530-545-1277.