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Samsung marketing exec: Americans "obsessed with Apple, it's time to change people's attention"
0. phoneArena 30 Jan 2012, 09:43 posted on
If you look at the smartphone market in the US, especially in this last quarter it becomes clear - people love the iPhone and it just continues growing at astounding rates. Samsung is the big challenger and its latest ad campaign…
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2. BioTek (Posts: 53; Member since: 23 Jan 2012)
And he's absolutely right.
3. MorePhonesThanNeeded (Posts: 645; Member since: 23 Oct 2011)
"...many people have the "what I have in my hands is me" approach." This describes the vast majority of iPhone adopters, sure there are those who genuinely got the phone because they were impressed with what it can do but those people are definitely in the minority. Samsung is doing what they will with all the publicity and targeting ads at the drone mentality of apple customers in a lighthearted way is useful. Brand awareness and of course it will cause people to start to stigmatize the Apple faithful as mindless drones who just take whatever Cupertino gives them and settles with it until their next "big" thing.
I wonder what that Super Bowl commercial is going to be about, I hope it's hilarious.
87. E.N. (Posts: 2610; Member since: 25 Jan 2009)
I really don't see how you can feel special owning an iPhone when it seems like everyone every other person owns one. I just don't see the logic in arguments like that.
But anyways, Samsung is really pushing the status symbol in their recent advertisements.
"Oh what is that? Is that a Samsung? It's a Samsung! Samsung? It's the Galaxy SII! Hey, you should just get a Samsung..I think I've just been Samsunged"
- they're really trying to make Samsung a buzz word. I don't see how you can complain about Apple when Samsung is pushing status in all their commercials. They're showing very little phone and features.
98. GorpBlumpkin (Posts: 1; Member since: 29 May 2012)
thats like saying the other people have the "its not apple so it must be good' approach. please.
people pick the phone they like for thier own reasons, why does it matter so much? you point out that the apple users are drones because they listen to what apple gives them.. How is that any different than falling for this or any marketing scheme by samsung? you're just mindlessly following them now instead of just going out and picking up a phone you like.
Maybe its just as simple as some americans like to buy a phone from an american company instead of a korean one.
maybe if samsung stopped making buckets of phones and focused only on one, they'd be a lot better. but they dont and its a crapshoot for which one will be supported with updates and which one will flat out suck.
The Samsung drones fall for exactly what Samsung is hopping for when they market against the iphone. i've owned a samsung with android, and i've owned a iphone... sure you can do more with the samsung, (altho the amount of absolute crap found in its unregulated app store is the reverse side effect of that), however with iphone actually works like i'd want a phone to. so i sacrifice some options and i pick the one that works. you should make up your own mind too instead of listening to marketing by any company that tells you something.
4. meetmadzky (Posts: 12; Member since: 24 Jan 2012)
I third the motion.
5. protozeloz (Posts: 5396; Member since: 16 Sep 2010)
I think we need more people saying what Android can do. Its a much better campaign, show them we have cool apps show them we have some games show them Android can be useful and they will buy.
Calling all possibilities is the best campaign for now
17. bucky (Posts: 2582; Member since: 30 Sep 2009)
those nexus commercials are absolutely terrible. The samsung commercials seem to be a much more effective marketing scheme
24. protozeloz (Posts: 5396; Member since: 16 Sep 2010)
I don't know. "Calling all possibilities" seemed good to me they don't go all out on specs but shoe usefulness of the gnex
37. max9777 (Posts: 78; Member since: 11 Dec 2011)
They don't go out all on specs because they don't need too. People in the cellphone market know that Samsung phones are good and spec wise powerful..
56. wakingup (Posts: 51; Member since: 13 Aug 2011)
I also dont think they want to. Some not as fanatical consumers dont know about all that jargon. They can ask what and AMOLED is, what a NFC is and such. No doubt, Apple is a monster when it comes to advertising and marketing, thats why its so big. Products on the other hand is over-rated- with the help of their insane marketing department.
Samsung and Google needs to do the same. Only that they have a better product(s).
22. MorePhonesThanNeeded (Posts: 645; Member since: 23 Oct 2011)
That would be nice, but the Samsung creative director of the ads is correct, as it's attacking the mentality of the customer. Remember iPhone is seen as a status symbol and when you start pointing out the nerdyness of waiting in line for a phone, I assure you that the superficial people will start to feel a bit uneasy. No one wants to be associated with something like that. Just like years back people wouldn't openly admit to being a gamer, because it was thought to be nerdy and back room. Now it's a cool thing to do. Samsung is just doing the reverse with their commercials, nice idea and it will definitely get a lot of attention. Samsung can do it because the GS phones are very impressive and are on par with Apple's iPhone in tech, but we will see if these guys capitalize on battery consumption.
25. protozeloz (Posts: 5396; Member since: 16 Sep 2010)
Good point. I personally though they where a bit harsh and more like some "hate" at the apple fanboys. Never saw it in that way. Adds going after your pride as a "non geek" or "cool dude" will have a certain effect on the average consumer
34. Jodabro (Posts: 35; Member since: 01 Dec 2011)
Problem with that theory is that just like being a "gamer" use to have bad connotation. Geek used to have a bad connotation as well, but because of the advancement of tech in our society has turned geek into cool/knowledged. Look at the success of tv shows Big Bang Theory and IT Crowd. Also the fact that Best Buy actually calls their tech group the Geek Squad says its marketable as cool. People have come to like geeks, it still is not cool to be a nerd.
36. Jodabro (Posts: 35; Member since: 01 Dec 2011)
When I was in sales the most effective way to get some to buy, was to find two features that they would actually use in their everyday life. Then they didn't just like it, they felt they needed it. This is what apple is doing in their marketing campain for years now. Sell the features of the phones. I am a Android user and prefer it over apple for many reasons. As a marketer they should find thoses features and sell that.
They could have sold voice actions before apple sold everyone on Siri. Problem is their are too many android companies working against eachother instead of against apple.
45. protozeloz (Posts: 5396; Member since: 16 Sep 2010)
Ive being saying it's what Android lacks. When siri was brought people believed it was something overly ground breaking. But voice actions existed. And speech recognition as a way of input was normal on Android. People need to know what Android can do before they use Android. It's what makes Android popular.
7. ryq24 (Posts: 725; Member since: 17 Oct 2011)
owning iphone is a status symbol. samsung phone is for those that cant afford an iphone.
10. GALAXY-S (Posts: 701; Member since: 07 Jun 2011)
any hill billy has an iphone now.. and sir its more expensive to own a nice samsung than an iphone even on contract... your just an is33p like the rest
12. jamrockjones (Posts: 345; Member since: 26 Oct 2011)
Psh, it's not about the price! People who bought the Razr when it first released paid $100 more for their phone than those who bought a 16GB iPhone. I'd pay what I would have to for the latest and greatest...... which does not include the iPhone.
30. tedkord (Posts: 11712; Member since: 17 Jun 2009)
I paid more for my Thunderbolt than I would have for an iPhone. How do you explain that? (Or, do the words get scrambled inside the RDF?)
8. GALAXY-S (Posts: 701; Member since: 07 Jun 2011)
Samsung should release there phones in the U.S alot sooner instead of making us wait longer than everybody else
13. tech-head (Posts: 133; Member since: 02 Sep 2011)
They need to release their phones simultaneously worldwide. If they could release the GS3 worldwide, that would be awesome.
14. GALAXY-S (Posts: 701; Member since: 07 Jun 2011)
yea that would also be a great idea.. i think the phone would have sold more here in the US if it would have sold sooner
.. what ever is "cool" in america tends to be cool in most other places in the world
31. tedkord (Posts: 11712; Member since: 17 Jun 2009)
Blame the carriers more than Samsung. They all want to cram the phones with bloat, and tie them down to ensure you can't get any functionality for free that they could potentially charge you for.
9. bucky (Posts: 2582; Member since: 30 Sep 2009)
i think samsung is doing a great job with advertising.
For the first time, i have people asking me questions about android and my sgs2 because they are seriously considering buying it over their iphone. Android's biggest problem is having soo many manufacturers releasing laggy android phones...
26. protozeloz (Posts: 5396; Member since: 16 Sep 2010)
The bad Android phones steal reputation from the good phones. Its adroids weakness
16. darac (Posts: 2156; Member since: 17 Oct 2011)
oh, the revelation.. after years it dawned on Samsung.
that apple is absolutely superior and still untouchable in one thing, which happens to be the most important one - selling the products.
let's hope the rest finally start learning something
23. taz89 (Posts: 2014; Member since: 03 May 2011)
Samsung have not had a bad quarter themselves and apple maginally sold more but also had 1 week more of sales..Samsung still sold more smart phones overall in 2011 so I think they know what they are doing and seem to be selling fine don't you think?
18. squeeb (Posts: 99; Member since: 02 Dec 2011)
Meh, I don't have a single iProduct in my house.
28. vishu9 (Posts: 252; Member since: 03 Mar 2011)
Me neither!! I'm on the path to getting everybody "samsung-ed"!! :D
33. tedkord (Posts: 11712; Member since: 17 Jun 2009)
I've got one iPod, my daughters. She's not very tech savvy, so it's perfect for her. I made her put iTunes on her laptop, though - stinking program gummed my PC all up, tried to tie into everything.
19. itiswhatitis (Posts: 423; Member since: 23 Jan 2012)
I think she should have said some americans rather than just "americans are obsessed with apple" because there are millions of americans who love android much much more than iCrap!!!
21. Slammer (Posts: 1515; Member since: 03 Jun 2010)
What Google needs to do(or should I say not do), is rely solely on the manufacturers for advertising Android. Google should create an all out assault on advertising their product as an entity. HTC, Samsung, Motorola etc, are more into pushing their products rather than highlight the operating system itself. This percieves the view that Android is a phone; not the base operation of the phone.
I feel that is where Google is weak. People are viewing Apple as Apple and Samsung, Motorola etc as each separate systems.
So, Google needs to advertise Android as a collective or consortium to show the popularity is more than percieved. That is how society judges popularity. Everyone uses the words "Sheeple Marketing" but often fail to see that this is how Apple dominates notoriety. It is heard so often, that people feel this is the product that needs to be bought. Android needs to implement the same strategy instead of relying on the manufacturers.
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88. E.N. (Posts: 2610; Member since: 25 Jan 2009)
That's because they are separate systems. I think many are missing the point that all the manufactures are competing against each other. Samsung announcing record sales was probably just as bad of news to HTC and Motorola as Apple announcing their record sales. Samsung, Motorola, HTC, and LG aren't a family,they're competitors in Android and Windows.
The fact that many people think that Android is a phone and not an OS was no accident. It all started with the "Droid" marketing campaign that had people saying "I want a Droid phone". It was purposely done to sell more devices
27. hfielding (Posts: 3; Member since: 24 Dec 2011)
Samsung should really get the battery situation resolved. I have an Iphone and a Galaxy S2. The GS2 is my main phone, but can not last a full day, I have push email as the only background item running, anything else and my battery drains to the point I just want to smash this beautiful on the ground, my Iphone on teh other hand has 4 email accounts, skype, Voxer, Facebook, and Google+ all running in the background, after 14 hours, I still have 67% battery. I only wish my GS2 would allow me to have apps that I would like to use running in the background. COME ON SAMSUNG , help us out with this battery issue. I do have one question if anyone can answer, The T-Mobile Galaxy S2 is rated as having 7 days (167 Hours) of standby, under what conditions is that possible??
44. taz89 (Posts: 2014; Member since: 03 May 2011)
I think you may have a dodgy battery or buy the extended 2000mah battery...with the standard battery I get through a day very easy with couple of hours of podcast,couple of hours of music,few hours of web browsing,general texting and also have Gmail,hotmail,Facebook,twitter and a weather widget on auto sync...don't make much call but I have never had a day when the battery run out on me. I really would suggest the extended official battery and see that if it helps you.
32. KickRocks (Posts: 166; Member since: 22 Mar 2011)
The iphone is a popular device for whatever the reasons. Period. I have owned the first two generations before switching to android and it just fits me better. I have the
SE4GT and love it. Samsung has their work cut out for them if they plan to do a hostile takover here in the states. People here stick the brands they are most familiar with and here in the US of A its Apple
40. theBankRobber (Posts: 681; Member since: 22 Sep 2011)
Give it another 2 hours and this article will be blown up with arguments lol. Alot of die hard fan boys are still in school or at work, so they won't flame it up until about another few hours. Haha keeping my eye out on this listing.
42. 530gemini (Posts: 2198; Member since: 09 Sep 2010)
Samsung owners switched to the iphone. Iphone owners stick to the iphone. That sends a clear message that consumers have tried both platforms and they prefer the iphone. And no amount of attacks to consumers via ads can change that. Just makes Samsung look desperate. What Samsung needs to do is to stop copying Apple products, lol.
50. snowgator (Posts: 3586; Member since: 19 Jan 2011)
I have no idea if your "Samsung owners switched to the iPhone." statement is right, as I have seen nothing to back it up. But I do know one thing: iPhone users stay with Apple. Up to this point, they have like a near 90% or greater retention rate depending on what research results you look at. That is phenomenal.
81. thinking (Posts: 130; Member since: 19 Jan 2012)
Copying what from Apple?
43. 530gemini (Posts: 2198; Member since: 09 Sep 2010)
What samsung also needs to do, is to make sure those phones they release can be upgraded when newer os versions are released, and not to leave their users in the dark scrambling for ways to get an os update, hahahahaha.
46. itzmando (Posts: 115; Member since: 17 Oct 2011)
But Apple iphone users switch to Samsung phones as well, its not just one way. Everyday I am sure plenty of consumers exchange phones for a different one. Samsung's ads are very funny to me, and will expose how iphone users are just like android users except we don't wait outside for the newest iteration of the iphone model that gets picked up in the news.
I am not going to lie, I am an android user, but I had an iphone 3G for AT&T until android came to Verizon. I bought the first Moto Droid and loved how it was very customizable compared to the app only layout home screen. To me I thought the droid was more durable, since I tend to drop my phones, my iphone was great and smooth but after reading high reviews for the moto droid, I had to have it. Also my iphone sucked with calling and I live in a very at&t saturated area.
Also had a basic Samsung flipphone non-camera for 2 yrs. in '05. Over my 2 contract before I got my GN, I upgraded to Droid1, Droid2, and Droid2 Global. All of my phones have been great so Motorola and Samung are really great OEMs.
So please don't hate on customer's choice in switching to an Android phone when they came from a iOS device. You are just trollin NOT contributing to the community.
47. taz89 (Posts: 2014; Member since: 03 May 2011)
What are you saying that iPhone owners don't change for the galaxy s2 cause that's exactly what I did and have seen on other forums etc of people doing the same...they are making a joke of the serious apple fans who will buy apple only regardless of whether there are better products made by others and will stick with apple no matter what...personally think this ad is just there to make fun and.not convert the hardcore fans but the people who have yet to make a jump to smartphones and the people who are deciding between the two.
48. ghost__uwi (Posts: 175; Member since: 28 Nov 2011)
When I see android getting more hate comments than apple then I know android is the most popular brand.
89. E.N. (Posts: 2610; Member since: 25 Jan 2009)
Android getting more hate comments? Dude where have you been?
49. snowgator (Posts: 3586; Member since: 19 Jan 2011)
It is a good, amusing ad. I am not sure it appeals to the everyday, basic mobile buyers, but makes a great point of "talking down" to Apples "if it's not an iPhone, it's not an iPhone" commercials.
It will be real interesting to see if Apple acts like a front runner and just ignores them, or responds with their own campaign. That may show how effective this is.
53. Windsponge (Posts: 92; Member since: 01 Nov 2009)
It is not a very good ideal to dog people you want to buy your phone. My last two Samsung phones were junk. My IPhone is a much better phone. They will never beat Apple by saying people are sheep. The only way to beat Apple is to build a better phone. Samsung has failed to do so as of yet.
55. Evil_SaNz (Posts: 259; Member since: 20 Oct 2011)
Also the iphone 3G is junk compared to a white galaxy s2 with metallic-style rim. Don't see your point.
57. solidsnakeduds013 (Posts: 218; Member since: 20 Oct 2010)
Awww I just got samsunged!!!
58. Jeradiah3 (Posts: 1032; Member since: 11 Feb 2010)
Every company has its flaws. i had the iPhone 3G and i didnt like the small screen and syncing everything thru iTunes. Theres not much improvement with the iPhone 4 or 4S and that gets old and boring. Synching everything thru iTunes makes me feel restricted and i dont like that
59. thephoneguy92 (Posts: 191; Member since: 29 Dec 2011)
Keep in mind while reading this comment, that I am not biased towards either OS, I have owned both, and I know a good deal about each one. That being said, I will never understand why people call people with iPhone's sheeps, or say they suck because they own an iPhone etc. Sure, Android lets you do so much more in terms of flashing custom ROM's, customization, and really getting the most out of your device. For this reason, I do like Android better. With that being said, not everybody is looking for that in a phone. Many people are looking for a beautiful phone that works extremely well. And guess what, an iPhone does just that. It doesn't offer the capability to root your phone etc, but there is only a small percentange of people who want to do that, and in that case, they would be stupid to buy an iPhone. An iPhone offers the smoothest OS out there (excluding WP, since I have yet to get my hands on one) and it's extremely easy. While Apple it's a fact that Apple isn't very innovative, it's also a fact that the things they do have work very well, and they spend quite a bit of time making sure of that. Now I know people will jump up and site Apple's problems like short battery life and Siri malfuctioning etc, but that would just be silly to act like Apple doesn't make good products. They also add support to their products and make sure all their products are up to date. This has never been a discussion about which OS is better, it's always been about what you are looking to do with it. It seems that every person in these threads has began to take an insult directed towards their phone as a personal insult. It's getting out of hand.
60. Remlxfa (banned) (Posts: 3; Member since: 29 Jan 2012)
I rather an iPhone of sammy any day
61. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
wow.. I have a parody. dude.. at least use proper English if your going to parody me.
67. quakan (Posts: 1373; Member since: 02 Mar 2011)
That has to suck to have someone be a douche and try to be you lol.
93. snowgator (Posts: 3586; Member since: 19 Jan 2011)
Your Kermit is wayyyy cooler than his Kermit. Not even close.
63. iDroidx650 (Posts: 78; Member since: 26 May 2010)
Yea sadly its true. There are some like me that tried Android but the iPhone works better with my lifestyle. This does not make me a sheep. I have two lines one for my 4S and the other for my Nexus. I primarily use my iPhone to call, text, games, social networking but use my Nexus for Netflix, Youtube, web browsing, and navigation.
65. davidvvassallo (Posts: 39; Member since: 02 Jul 2011)
I think Samsung are exaggerating with these ads, in fact they don't really make me want to buy the sii it just makes me hate Samsung. And I own 2 Samsung smart phones, I don't think my next phone will be a Samsung
68. Johnny_Mnemonic (Posts: 240; Member since: 05 Oct 2011)
Davidvvassallo Your next phone will. Be a icrap
82. davidvvassallo (Posts: 39; Member since: 02 Jul 2011)
No cause i prefair android than ios. And when you are saying icrap you are lying because altough they have kept the design and ram, there cpu and gpu are the best and eveyone knows. And yes i know they didn't make the cpu Samsung did
66. quakan (Posts: 1373; Member since: 02 Mar 2011)
You have to admit, Apple has a damn good marketing team which probably includes some of the best psychologists. Everywhere I go, people still seem impressed when someone pulls out an iPhone. They've made it to where people associate the iPhone as almost luxury-like as if it's the Ferrari or Bugatti of phones. There are people who own the top of the line android phones, you know, the ones with better specs and more features, and you still see them look at iPhones with some sort of envy which is surprising. Apple has been able to put it in people's minds that no matter how much better your phone might actually be, the iPhone is still king. I would love to see the research that has been gathered by Apple psychologists and how they have applied that to create such a powerful marketing campaign.


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The 2013 Miss and Master Relay For Life of Randolph County pageant was Sunday at the Elkins High School auditorium. Pageantry Magazine helped sponsor the event.
Winners in each category include:
Boys division - Prettiest smile, Auston Hart; prettiest hair, Logan Burnside; prettiest eyes, Auston Hart; personality, Zade Gibson; Baby Master 1st runner up, Logan Burnside; Baby Master King, Zade Gibson; Toddler Master King, Axel Stevens; Little Master King, Auston Hart.
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Smiling faces fill the Elkins High School auditorium Sunday as prizes are awarded for the 10th Annual Miss and Master Relay for Life of Randolph County Pageant. Winners include Baby Master King Zade Gibson, Toddler Master King Axel Stevens, Little Master King Auston Hart, Baby Miss Queen Abigail White, Toddler Miss Queen Devonna White, Mini Miss Queen Kelsey Tincher, Little Miss Queen Leonna Hartley, Junior Miss Queen Rebecca Smith, Teen Miss Queen Kiana Hartman and Miss Queen Jessica Scott. Also helping for the pageant are Emma McDougal, Miss Randolph County's Outstanding Teen and Beth Zirkle, Elkins' Outstanding Teen.
Girls division, age zero to three - Prettiest smile, Devonna White; prettiest hair, Jaden Burnside; prettiest eyes, Devonna White; personality, Bailee Gassnola; photogenic, Devonna White; Princesses Camille Markings, Madalyn Chenoweth, KayAleaH Long, Bailee Gassnola, Isabella Drain-White and Kynlee Young; 2nd runner up, Sadie Wright; 1st runner up Aubree Stevens; Baby Miss Queen, Abigail White; 2nd runner up, Veronica Miller; 1st runner up, Jaden Burnside; and Toddler Miss Queen, Devonna White.
Girls division, age 4 to 9 - prettiest smile, Kaylee Gum; prettiest hair, Kelsey Tincher; prettiest eyes, Cailey Lott; personality, Kaylee Gumm; photogenic, Kaylee Gumm; princesses Madison Burnside, Kendall Corley, Karah Bennett, Hanna Smith and Amayah Young, 2nd runner up, Rachel Felton; 1st runner up Kaylee Gumm; Mini Miss Queen, Kelsee Tincher; Princesses Lydia Blackburn, Summer Elder, Gabriel Drain-Ramsey, Kashmira White and Lindsay Maxwell; 2nd runner up, Kiley Hebb; 1st runner up Cailey Lott; and Little Miss Queen Leonna Hartley.
Girls division, age 10 to 19 - prettiest smile, Bethany Fortney; prettiest hair, Brooke Hart; prettiest eyes, Brooke Hart; personality, Bethany Fortney; photogenic, Bethany Fortney; princess, Brooke Hart; 2nd runner up, Bailey Tracy; 1st runner up, Bethany Fortney; Junior Miss Queen, Rebecca Smith; Teen Miss Queen, Kiana Hartman; and Miss Queen, Jessica Scott.


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AMED workers rescue the injured and ill for a living.
In the last few days, AMED management has mobilized to rescue the organization itself from a potentially fatal proposal in the city's Act 47 distress recovery plan.
At a regular board meeting Monday for the joint Altoona-Logan Township ambulance authority, Deputy Director Gary Watters spoke of presenting written evidence to plan consultant Stevens & Lee why AMED believes it makes no sense to give all the city's ambulance business to the city fire department.
The plan calls for the city to investigate the feasibility of establishing a full-fledged emergency medical service within the department to replace AMED, in the city at least.
The plan cites potential savings of $480,000 a year over four years to the city.
But the plan cites no real evidence, Watters said.
He hopes to supply evidence that the proposed change would not create savings for the city, but just the opposite.
Not only is the authority not about to earn this year as much as the $120,000 surplus it made in 2011 - an audit figure Watters suspects is the basis of the plan's projection - but it's likely to run a deficit, due to declining reimbursements and lots of unpaid bills, he said.
The fire department could hardly do better financially than AMED, given that it would presumably be limited to service in the city, firefighters earn higher wages and better benefits and the city would need to make a startup capital investment, Watters said.
Moreover, taking away AMED's core territory would put its service to the rest of its territory at risk, creating problems for the other municipalities that rely on AMED, authority officials said.
AMED officials don't necessarily think that city officials support the EMS proposal. But the plan is the consultant's to amend, and City Council will need to approve it as a whole or reject it as a whole Dec. 19, they pointed out.
They don't want to risk the provision, even if it's just a recommendation to explore the possibility of the change, remaining in the plan.
"I don't trust anything where politics are involved," Watters said.
AMED representatives will also present evidence at a mandatory public hearing on the plan Nov. 28, officials said.
AMED also plans to work with its solicitor, who works for a firm that has dealt with other EMS providers besieged in similar fashion, Watters said.
A local representative from the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees is working with AMED to oppose the takeover proposal on behalf of the AMED workers he represents, Watters said.
Most galling to Watters is the alleged inconsistency of the proposal with a major overall thrust of the plan - intermunicipal cooperation.
The plan touts such cooperation as the ultimate solution for the city's systemic money problems.
Created in 1981, AMED now serves all or part of 23 municipalities in four counties.
The authority is the epitome of intermunicipal cooperation, Watters said.
AMED workers have been worried, and management has been working to reassure them, according to Watters.
Likewise, city workers have been "very concerned" about the plan's implications for job security and benefits, said Councilman Bill Neugebauer, who sat in for a time Monday for Mayor Bill Schirf, who has been answering questions from workers and residents about the plan.
Those city employees have "been encouraged" to write down those concerns and present them to City Manager Joe Weakland for delivery to the consultant, Neugebauer said.
The consultant can present a revised plan Dec. 7, based on oral and written comments from the public, employees and other stakeholders.
The proposed EMS change would be an extension of the fire department's existing quick response service, by which the 911 center dispatches city firefighters to emergencies in which a patient is unconscious or in cardiac arrest or if the only ambulance is coming from Duncansville or Bellwood, which means a longer-than-ideal response time, Watters said.
The firefighters are limited to "basic life support" services: mainly automated external defibrillation and oxygen.
The department doesn't get reimbursed for the work.
The current policy is fine with Watters.
For a while, around 2005, at the request of the fire chief at that time, the 911 center was dispatching city firefighters to more kinds of calls, including those for chest pain, shortness of breath and falls with simple fractures, Watters said.
That led to situations where five emergency workers would stand around patients in living rooms, he said.
"We had several meetings over it," he said.
Ultimately, the city backed off, because of the extra costs, he said.
Speaking generally, Ken Brody, a lawyer for Page Wolfberg and Wirth of Mechanicsburg, which represents EMS clients, said fire departments that take on responsibility for ambulance work get ambulance reimbursements and may achieve economies through operational consolidation.
"In some circumstances, it makes sense, and in others, not particularly," he said, emphasizing that he isn't familiar with the Altoona case.


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A dorky or nerdy person.
That dude with the pocket protector is such a dweeb.
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An awkward, ineffectual person; specifically connotes physical inadequacy
Hey gang, let's go beat on the dweeb
por Brock Landers 22 de Agosto de 2003
This is actually an acronym for the phrase "dick with eyebrows," you dummmies. You are calling someone a walking penis.
You are all dweebs because you did not know the origins of the word you thought you were defining.
See urbtards.
See urbtards.
por John Heinz Kerry 10 de Novembro de 2004
By looking between all of these definitions, we realise that the word 'dweeb' translates more or less to 'loser'
'You are such a dweeb'
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Different then nerd, geek, or dork. A dweeb is someone who is intellectual and socially-inept, but also ineffectual and devoid of passion.
Max, fitting the role of the dweeb, spent all Friday night reading Hartshorne's "Algebraic Geometry" while the others in the dorm wing went downtown for an evening of fun.
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An intellectual non-conformist.
That kid solving that Rubik's Cube is such a dweeb!
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A person regarded as physically and socially awkward and has little confidence, sometimes they're just plain foolish, often on account of being overly studious.
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Men's Golfers Tee It Up in State Amateur
The Ball State men's golf team is well represented at the 2014 Indiana Amateur Championship this week.
The event, which began Tuesday and runs through Friday at Purgatory Golf Club in Noblesville, features a total of 11 current Cardinals or Ball State alumni. Scores will be updated each day at the Indiana Golf Office website.
Seven members of the 2014-15 roster are teeing it up: returning players Quentyn Carpenter, McCormick Clouser, Albert Jennings, Keegan McKinney, Tyler Ostrom and Zach Yinger, along with incoming freshman Johnny Watts.
Four Ball State men's golf alumni are also in the field: Ross Cosat (Class of 2009), Kyle Cox (2007), Skip Runnels (1975) and Brodie Williams (2013).
The Indiana Amateur is the longest running and most prestigious amateur golf event in the state of Indiana. First held in 1900, the event has crowned the top amateur player in the state for more than 100 years.
Ball State has had two of the past four champions with Tyler Merkel winning at Prairie View Golf Club in Carmel in 2012 and Eric Steger winning at the Country Club of Indianapolis in 2010.
Runnels, Watts and Clouser each finished among the top 15 in last year's event at South Bend Country Club.


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The former Grey's Anatomy star, who's heading up her own new show State of Affairs on NBC this fall, talked about motherhood at an afterparty for the Television Critics Association press day at the Beverly Hilton on Sunday.
"With two children and a husband of almost seven years," the actress tells PEOPLE, "I feel like I'm finally a legitimate grown-up."
Heigl, 35, who left Grey's amid controversy in 2010, recently denied longstanding rumors that she was difficult to work with. But she admits her family – adopted daughters Naleigh, 5½, and Adalaide, 2, with husband Josh Kelley – have changed her for the better.
"I have a deeper understanding about what really matters and whose opinion really matters," says Heigl. "I'm not going to lie, I'm absolutely a neurotic actor," she adds. "But I'm less atwitter, and I'm less defensive, and I'm less afraid of what everybody thinks about me."
Family MattersHer relationship has helped, too. "I'll look at my husband and sometimes go, 'You know what? I'm doing all right.' Because if I was that big of an a------, he would not still be here," she says with a laugh. "He's way too cool to put up with that."
Now that she's returning to work after spending so much time at home, "I feel this horrible being-torn situation that I know all mothers feel." But Heigl says that won't stop her.
"I have a passion for my career, and I know that that is something that I sort of want to inspire my own daughters with in some weird way. I keep joking, it's either that, or this job will simply help pay for their therapy. I'm not sure which will happen."
Already, her work is inspiring someone special – her niece Madison.
"I just watched My Father the Hero with my 13-year-old niece," says Heigl of the film she starred in at age 14. "It was kind of awesome because she got to see her Auntie Katie at 14. [But] it was kind of a tragedy for me," jokes Heigl, "I like, peaked at 14."


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Like the players are going to say otherwise? Who's going to say we don't want him back if asked, especially in front of the media.
Exactly, furthermore, we don't know what's motivating them. For all we know, they could just really want their buddy on the team. Everyone involved within the organization that has spoken in favor of cleary is pretty secure in his job and has a cup(s). I know, people are going to come at me saying "these guys are professional competitors, blah blah blah". I know this, but they're also human. It may not be a conscious decision, I'm not saying they don't care about winning. I'm just saying they may be a bit complacent. Such complacency, coupled with friendship and loyalty, can severely cloud someone's judgment and cause them to overvalue someone like cleary. Of course, this is all speculation on my part, but it's no different than others insisting that the players are correct to want cleary on the team.


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quote: But to be monitoring on this level is inexcusable , even if it did help, and it doesnt.
quote: That goes against the very foundation of this country.
quote: It's complete and total BS. Our govt is getting out of control.
quote: First, there are very, very few terrorists in the world, simply put, if there were more terrorists there would be more attacks.
quote: Then lets say there are 1000 terrorists in the world that want to attack American civilians (personally I suspect that is grossly overstating their numbers).
quote: 2. Whatever we're doing is mostly working.
quote: I am very surprised to see you attempting to attribute it to how good our government is at protecting us.
quote: Even the government hasn't been able to produce numbers saying how effective their measures have been.
quote: I agree with lagomorpha. It's far easier to go bomb something in your backyard than to try to fly around the world to bomb something


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Handmade Holidays: Free Printables
Printables are awesome because you get gorgeous designs that you can print right from home and you can choose what kind of paper to print on. Go eco and print on paper and card stock made from post consumer recycled paper content, or even use the blank side of scrap paper and junk mail to print gift tags and crafty projects on.
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Hot Chick: Want some Christmas Eggnog?
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DUSHORE - The state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources went ahead with a closed-door meeting with invited "stakeholders" Thursday at its district offices here about proposed natural gas drilling on thousands of acres of land in the Loyalsock State Forest situated in Lycoming County.
About 50 people attended the meeting, including all three Lycoming County commissioners, state Reps. Rick Mirabito, D-Williamsport and Garth Everett, R-Muncy, and state Sen. E. Eugene Yaw, R-Loyalsock Township. Also in attendance were two supervisors from McIntyre Township - where proposed natural gas drilling could take place by Anadarko Petroleum Corp. - and one from McNett Township.
State Reps. Ron Miller, R-Jacobus and Greg Vitali, D-Havertown, chairmen of the House Environmental Services and Energy Committee, also attended the meeting.
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Asked if the public or news media could attend the meeting, DCNR officials said only those invited by the agency could be included.
Several environmental groups were included, however, including the Responsible Drilling Alliance, Lycoming County Audubon Society, Susquehanna Chapter of Trout Unlimited, Muncy Creek Watershed Association, Alpine
Club of Williamsport, Highland Lake Snowmobile and Outdoor Recreation Club and a regional chapter of the state's Sierra Club.
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State Rep. Rick Mirabito, D-Williamsport, center, speaks to members of the public who were not invited to a Thursday meeting held to discuss proposed natural gas drilling in Loyalsock State Forest.
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Environmental advocacy groups lined the site of a close-door meeting site with posters stating their beliefs about gas drilling.
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People mingle after the conclusion of a closed-door meeting Thursday at a Bureau of Forestry Office in Dushore. Members of the public were able to talk with some of the attendees after the meeting finished.
Discussions reportedly centered around what DCNR is doing related to development of possible gas drilling sites in the so-called Clarence Moore Lands, which includes 25,000 acres of forest lands - some of which contain highly sensitive environmental areas.
"This obviously isn't going to be the first exchange of information or interaction with anyone," explained Christine Novak, DCNR press secretary before the meeting. "We understand that there is a lot of interest on what's going on here on the Clarence Moore Lands, but the meeting today was really meant to put together a group that can have an exchange of information, so it needed to be a smaller group so conversations could occur and update folks on where we're at."
The Sun-Gazette reported Tuesday that the Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association's media law counsel, Melissa Melewsky, believed there could be a Sunshine Law violation if a quorum of elected officials appeared at the meeting convened by DCNR.
Melewsky said the closed-door meeting circumvents the public's right to know what their elected officials are doing.
"It was basically a Q-and-A," said Lycoming County Commissioner Jeff C. Wheeland. "I don't think there were any surprises to anyone."
He did say, however, that he felt DCNR should make an attempt at opening up future meetings on the subject.
"It should have been something that was open," said Mirabito. "I did bring that up. I thought it would clarify any misinformation that people may have."
Before the meeting took place, DCNR Secretary Richard J. Allan and State Forester Daniel A. Devlin said they chose to keep the group closed to control the conversation.
"The world wants to know this kind of stuff, but from our perspective, we want to have a conversation," said Devlin.
Allan said DCNR has no policy - and no intention - of holding public meetings on natural gas drilling on state forest lands.
"It's not something that we've ever done. It's not something that we do," he said. "We have been criticized by one or two organizations that portray themselves as representing everybody that has an interest in this. They're not local. That's why we're here today to meet with the people who do have a local, direct interest into this tract of land."
Allen said that DCNR finds itself in an uncommon situation with the Clarence Moore Lands because the state owns surface rights, while subsurface rights are owned and equally divided between Anadarko and Southwestern Energy Corp.
"This is a very, very unique tract we have not dealt with before as far as the question of ownership rights. What's unique about this is the question of surface access and rights to the surface access," he said.
Novak said that DCNR continues to be in discussions with Anadarko to develop its mineral rights within the Loyalsock State Forest, but the agency's main role is to protect the state's assets, not to collect money from gas drillers.
According to DCNR, "there is no law or regulation that outlines or requires any process or time frame for these talks or contracts. DCNR has and continues to be guided by its primary responsibility to protect the Loyalsock State Forest, while recognizing the unique and complex legal issues surrounding this situation."
Dan Alters, president of the Lycoming County Audubon Society, said that environmental groups like his didn't have much of a chance to make an impact at the meeting.
"We learned a little bit, but did not have an opportunity for input. It wasn't set up for input," he said.
Kevin Heatley, an ecologist and scientific advisor to the Responsible Drilling Alliance, said that discussions should have included a broader segment of the community.
"This just isn't owned by Lycoming County, it's owned by the state," he said.
PennFuture, a statewide environmental advocacy group that sought to attend the meeting but was denied, issued a news release Thursday evening that said DCNR's closed-door conversation denied the public's voice to be heard.
"The commonwealth may not grant Anadarko surface rights unless the DCNR determines that doing so is in the public interest. And the DCNR cannot determine what the public interest is without seeking input from the public at large through public hearings and a public comment period," said Mark Szybist, PennFuture attorney. "The DCNR may not pick and choose its public."


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Celebrity Central / Top 25 Celebs
Drew Barrymore
- 1976
Just a Pup
An 11-month-old Barrymore makes her acting debut in a Puppy Chow commercial. She comes from a long line of famous Barrymore stage and screen actors, including her grandfather John, great-aunt Ethel and great-uncle Lionel, although her relationship with father John Drew Barrymore – whom her mother left while pregnant with Drew – will be a cold one for most of her life. Her first memory of him, she tells PEOPLE, is when he threw her, then three, against a wall during a drunken fit. "I couldn't figure out how to deal with him," she says.
- 1982
Out of this World
Called a "natural ham" by director Steven Spielberg, Barrymore is cast as Gertie in E.T., which becomes the fourth-most successful film in history. "One day I was a little girl, and the next day I was being mobbed by people who wanted me to sign my autograph or pose for pictures or who just wanted to touch me," she tells PEOPLE in 1989. "I was this 7-year-old who was expected to be going on a mature 29."
- 1985
Grownup Celebration
Barrymore dances until 2 a.m. at New York City nightclub Limelight for her 10th birthday. "I was a club-hopper at 10, as much as a 10-year-old can be," she tells PEOPLE in 1989. "I would sleep over at a friend's house, and we would sneak out."
- 1988
Get Help, ASAP
Barrymore has her first drink at 9, begins smoking pot at 10, and takes cocaine at 12. Her mom checks her into ASAP Family Treatment Center, a private drug and alcohol rehab hospital. She stays 12 days before leaving to film Far from Home. After 85 sober days, she does cocaine in a New York nightclub bathroom. She steals her mom's credit card and flies to L.A. Her mom hires private agents that force her back into ASAP.
- 1989
Teach Your Children Well
Barrymore slashes her wrist with a kitchen knife in July and is sent to rebab for a three-month stint. Afterwards, she spends three months with musician David Crosby and his wife, Jan Dance, both survivors of alcohol and drug abuse. "I didn't want to see her go down the tubes," Crosby tells PEOPLE. "She needed to be around some people that were committed to sobriety." Barrymore never relapses again and chronicles her struggles in the 1990 autobiography Little Girl Lost.
- 1991
Emancipation Proclamation
Fifteen-year-old Barrymore successfully petitions juvenile court for an emancipation decree, which makes her a legal adult with the same rights and privileges as an 18-year-old. Barrymore also moves into her own apartment in L.A.. "That's been a huge big deal," she tells PEOPLE. "But I think my mom and I have worked out the move. It's not like I don't see her or talk to her every day."
- 1994
The Surreal Life
L.A. bar-owner Jeremy Thomas, 31, and Barrymore, 19, get hitched after dating for six weeks. A minister-psychic-private detective – found via a 24-hour wedding hotline – presides over the ceremony inside Thomas' bar The Room. "We're trying to figure out (living arrangements) now," she tells PEOPLE. "Usually people live together first and then get married. I guess we're doing it the old-fashioned way. Kind of." She files for divorce less than two months later.
- 1995
Northern Exposure
During an appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman, Barrymore talks about her striptease experience at a Manhattan bar and coyly asks Letterman if he'd like so see her dance. With her back to the camera, she jumps on his desk and flashes her breasts to the surprised host, who is celebrating his 48th birthday. "I can't thank you enough for that," he replies.
- 1997
Best Man
After being named one of PEOPLE's 50 Most Beautiful, Barrymore stars as Luke Wilson's wife in the wedding/bank robbery comedy Best Men; they appear together in 1998's Home Fries. "From the moment I saw him, I realized he was the most incredible person I'd ever been so fortunate to meet," Barrymore tells PEOPLE in 1998. The costars start an offscreen romance, but calls it quits in 1999.
- 1998
Funny Girl
In a romantic comedy boom, Barrymore stars in The Wedding Singer as the object of Adam Sandler's affection and 1999's Never Been Kissed, where she goes undercover to high school. The film is also the first title her production company, Flower Films, releases.
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- Name
- Drew Barrymore
- Date of Birth
- February 22, 1975
- Birth Place
- Los Angeles, Calif.
- Relationships
Will Kopelman, husband (2011 to present)
Justin Long, ex-boyfriend (2007 to 2010; on and off)
Spike Jonze, ex-boyfriend (2007)
Fabrizio Moretti, ex-boyfriend (2002 to 2007)
Tom Green, ex-husband (1999 to 2001)
Luke Wilson, ex-boyfriend (1996 to 1999)
Jeremy Thomas, ex-husband (Feb. 1994 to May 1994)
- Children
Olive Barrymore Kopelman, daughter (9/26/2012)
Frankie Barrymore Kopelman, daughter (4/22/2014)