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Q&A: Aquiline's Vincenzo La Ruffa, 'Pressure' on Costs Will Intensify Focus on Financial Technology
When people think of a "tech" bubble, they typically think about mobile apps and social media. But the technology side of banking and finance is evolving just as rapidly.
Between big fund managers trying to sidestep high-frequency stock trading, banks trying to cut costs through streamlining their systems, and small day traders who want access to big professional tools, some private equity and venture capital investors see a similar scale of opportunity.
One firm trying to step up in the space is Aquiline Capital Partners, the New York-based private equity firm founded by Jeffrey Greenberg, former chief executive of insurance and risk-management giant Marsh & McLennan (and son of former AIG chief Hank Greenberg).
The firm—whose current fund, raised in 2012, is roughly $750 million–at present focuses on investments in insurers, banks and investment-management companies (and recently disclosed its full portfolio on the web). In June, it hired Vincenzo La Ruffa from Susquehanna Growth Equity, a "fin tech" specialist, to focus on investments in that sub-sector for the firm.
We spoke to Mr. La Ruffa about what he and Aquiline see as the future for private equity in "fin tech." Here is an edited transcript of the conversation.
How do you define financial technology?
It's the enabling technology around the financial services universe: asset management, banking, trading, and insurance. It gets bigger every day, because we're more of a paymentized society every year.
What's a "paymentized society?"
From the commercial level down to a retail individual user, we can make more and more choices of how to buy things, like in smaller increments or with much more control. Whether it's how we pay for a taxi, buy food, or what we want from our banking services, the payment of those items is more discrete, and there are more unique ways to pay.
Where will you be aiming for investments?
Our strategy will be more in the classic private equity, but squarely in the mid-market. There are assets that are off the beaten track, but are increasingly extremely important: compliance, the back office, processing.
We've seen a lot of attention around "high-frequency trading" again, especially after the publication of "Flash Boys." Is market structure a hot investment right now?
Up until about six months ago, we'd been in a lull in market structure opportunities. There were a series of successful businesses that developed in the mid-1990s through the mid-2000s, and public companies that grew as well and created a lot of value. Since then, it hasn't been an area where you saw a lot of dollars going. But I think recently some of the news in the market, some new entrants, and a few new regulatory announcements have been making a lot of noise. So I think that's back in play.
With all the attention on the space, how are prices of fin-tech assets?
Financial technology provides incredibly high return on investments for customers – very small improvements can create dramatic economic outcomes for the end user. So [private equity firms] continue to acquire businesses because they are able to keep turning around and selling them. When that keeps happening again and again, the secret gets out, and you're going to have a high-valued sector.
So is the hope of a private equity firm to flip these technologies to big banks?
There was a time when you saw the big banks as acquirers. That happened with some real frequency. But I think that time has passed.
Yet you don't see a ton of IPOs. The problem is that the market opportunity for them very often is only $100 million to $200 million. Public markets need massive growth and massive markets. With the notable example being Markit, the strategic option is typically going to be the exit.
On the payments and transaction processing side, many of those would make terrific public companies: they're growing fast, with recurring revenue and large margins. But we're in an environment when the existing public companies are serial acquirers.
I do think you're going to have more [M&A] activity in insurance and core retail banking systems. The underlying profitability of those businesses are under enough pressure that for the first time in a while, they want to focus more on how outside technology can help them.
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The Patriots tight end is listed as questionable on the weekly injury report after returning to practice Thursday, a little more than two weeks removed from suffering a sprained ankle in a Week 2 loss to the Arizona Cardinals.
His running mate, Rob Gronkowski, is listed as questionable with a hip injury for the second consecutive week. Quarterback Tom Brady (right shoulder) has been removed from the report.
Julian Edelman (hand) and Steve Gregory (hip) have been ruled out.
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Global investment in clean energy rose nearly 10% in the first quarter of 2014, to $47.7 billion, due mainly to strong investments in small-scale solar in countries like Japan and the U.S., Bloomberg New Energy Finance said April 16.
The White House announced new initiatives to support more solar development this week. But the Department of Energy's inspector general cast a cloud, with a report slamming a $68 million loan guarantee gone wrong—shades of the Solyndra failure.
However, solar has actually been growing by leaps and bounds. It provides a little less than 1 percent of U.S. electricity— enough to light more than two million households. Other numbers sound even more impressive.
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Georgia's 225-percent increase in jobs related to the solar-energy industry is the highest in the nation as it plays catch-up to other states.
The jump comes largely from a combination of prices and Georgia Power's program to add solar-generating capacity, according to Rhone Resch, president of the Solar Energy Industries Association.
In celebration of Earth Day – and as a way to encourage the widespread use of non-polluting energy sources – The Climate Group and the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) have teamed up to create a Facebook campaign designed to accelerate the adoption of solar energy in the United States.
Applauding their efforts to "expand energy choices for Americans," the Obama Administration today presented its Champions of Change Award to 10 solar organizations. Following the announcement, Rhone Resch, president and CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), released the following statement.
A study released today by the Vote Solar Initiative finds that net-metered rooftop solar will provide more than $92 million in annual benefits to ratepayers of California's three investor-owned utilities.
Solar zones built on public land have the potential to supply carbon-free energy to millions.
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The podium won't remain vacant for long.
Within weeks, the Amarillo Symphony is expected to name its next music director and conductor.
After spending its 88th season auditioning three candidates for the position, the organization plans to announce the sole finalist for the job in "early summer," said Susan White, executive director of the Amarillo Symphony.
The three candidates for the job are:
■ Jacomo Rafael Bairos, a Portugal native, former associate conductor of Charlotte Symphony Orchestra;
■ Stilian Kirov, a Bulgaria native, assistant conductor of Seattle Symphony; and
■ Markand Thakar, a New York native, music director of Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra and music director of Baltimore Chamber Orchestra.
Each candidate was asked to program and lead two performances during the 2012-13 season.
Their visits to Amarillo also allowed the candidates to provide in-depth interviews and to familiarize themselves with the community.
"Overall, the search process has been absolutely incredible," White said. "We have been able to get the best impression of how these candidates would really fit with the orchestra and Amarillo."
The Amarillo Symphony's previous music director and conductor, Kimbo Ishii-Eto, spent five seasons with the organization before announcing his departure in May 2011. The Symphony's search for Ishii-Eto's successor began at that time.
A 12-member search committee, led by chairwoman Laura Street, began with 213 applications for the position, which were first narrowed to 10 before three candidates were selected for auditions.
"Each of these men are accomplished in their music career and have conducting and leadership skills that would greatly benefit our orchestra and the community," Street said.
The search committee's conclusive decision will come after much deliberation, the chairwoman said. "Whomever we choose should be the best fit for us at this time," she said.
The Amarillo Symphony will host a special event, likely "in four to five weeks," to unveil the new music director and conductor, White said.
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SAN ANTONIO – For Providence undrafted guard Bryce Cotton, not hearing his name called in both the first and second rounds of the 2014 NBA Draft was what he described as a "hurtful" experience. However, he never lost faith that he would find an opportunity to play in the NBA.
"I believed something would pan through, because I prayed so much and worked so much," said Cotton of being signed by the San Antonio Spurs. "My agent had told me a little bit after the draft that they still had some interest, and I've always been a fan of this organization, so that was definitely a thrill to hear that, so we definitely pursued it."
Asked what he's looking to show in Las Vegas at the 2014 NBA Summer League, Cotton said he just wanted to play whatever role the Spurs will need him to play.
"I just want to show them that I'm a quick learner, and I can adapt to any environment," said Cotton. "Whatever role they give me and expect me to do, that's what I intend to carry out."
"I think I can use my speed and quickness to get into the paint and create for others," said Cotton of one of his strengths he'll try to use in the NBA.
For Spurs Summer League head coach Ime Udoka, he can see some of the qualities Cotton described as well.
"Ultra-quick point guard who can score the basketball," said Udoka of Cotton. "He averaged a ton of points in college. He gets after it, and he shoots the ball well. He's someone we really like."
When asked if Cotton has a resemblance to Spurs point guard Patty Mills, Udoka agreed in some ways. "Patty's more of a natural scorer, Bryce distributes it well in the cracks and finds guys. We're happy with him, he's quick and he can pick up full court like Patty."
With Mills expected to miss six to seven months after having surgery on his right shoulder, Cotton isn't focused on trying to earn the Spurs' backup point guard spot, instead he's hoping Mills recovers as quickly as possible.
"I'm just trying to stay in the moment right now," said Cotton. "He's a tough player, and he's somebody that I admire, and so I wish him a speedy recovery."
Cotton's familiarity with the Spurs is something that's been around in his family, as he said his uncles and cousins have always been Spurs fans. When asked who one of his favorite Spurs players is, Cotton said former Spur Sean Elliot.
As Cotton prepares to play in Las Vegas and then tries to earn a roster spot in training camp in October, he's thankful for the opportunity he's been given in San Antonio.
"I'm grateful for the opportunity that I've been blessed to have," finished Cotton. "This is definitely a blessing and I'm happy to be here."


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Micoshaft fraudster Ezekiel wrote on behalf of Half Wits from Micoshaft
> Yahoo investors will be very distraught to see YHOO stock price to plummet
> tomorrow morning. Most are expecting a drop of somewhere in the 25-35%
> range. As a stock, YHOO was trading in the "teens" before Microsoft
> offered $31/share. Now that Microsoft is walking away, expect the price to
> plummet from the $30 range back down into the teens.
I doubt any of this.
Yahoo$ would piss on micoshaft if they decide to release
a version of !Yahoo Linux and 100Mb ISP with video download shop.
!Yahoo !announces !Yahoo !Linux
!Yahoo !announced !today that it is moving into the Linux
distro market following the footsteps of Ubuntu, Micoshaft Corporation,
Appil, Mandriva and Red Hat.
!Yahoo claimed this is in direct response to the Micoshaft takeover bid. Its
a bad idea for any business to get into bed with Micoshaft - history has
shown it doesn't provide any shareholder value.
!Yahoo claims moving into the Linux distro business is THE ONE THING
that will hurt Micoshaft Corporation and that is why Micoshaft
Corporation was keen to buy out Yahoo.
!Chairman of !Yahoo announced that after a strategic
review of the market, it was logical that !Yahoo should move
into the Linux distro business. It has one of the largest software
developer resource outside of the main distro makers that it wasn't going
anywhere fast of the dot com bust and because of the shrinking market
opportunities in the on-line internet business.
!Chairman !Yahoo said "Our long term plan is to move into the Linux distro
market and leverage that to buy up and concentrate on high speed
cable and internet operations and engage in very high speed bandwidth
delivery to the home." High bandwidth high definition high frame rate
video is where all the action will be in 2012 and we want to be
right there with our own !Yahoo Linux distro and Linux applications
experiences delivered through the Internet. Its a highly cost effective
and efficient operation as Linux has reached the tipping point with
all the applications and infrastructure project. Our contributions
will become minimal - just bare necessary expenditure and guidance
to steer existing projects to deliver a unified !Yahoo Linux experience.
Customers will be able to buy a PC, install !Yahoo Linux and be empowered
with everything from high definition high speed TV to e-mail, chat, video
chat, free phone internet VoIP calls, buy movies and music on-line at
very high speed. It also allows expansion of the on-line ad business into
TV-ads and interactive feedback with customers. Since the software
can be downloaded and upgraded, interactive TV will be a next generation
experience allowing real time feed back of what customers thought about
the ads and well as purchase requests generated by customers.
The TV will be repackaged into a youtube like experience with users
being able to download and watch a fixed collection of programmes
as often as they like for $30 per month. You don't have to buy !Yahoo Linux.
We will package everything up for other distro makers to incorporate
or for users to download and use in the open source tradition. Users
just pay a fixed fee for services just like all other customers and the full
!Yahoo and TV experience will be delivered to their home. Of course other
internet service providers will have to provide the massive unconteded
100mbit services or we will step in and offer the same services. Some of
our services depend on customer PCs being turned into servers in
the bittorrent tradition and giving up half their
their substantial upload bandwidth to deliver services to our other
customers dotted around the network so that we don't have centralized
servers and the huge expenses that go with it. All our services
will be distributed and key to that is equal download and upload
speeds which is a service we intend to offer to develop our business.
Never will TV and internet experience will have such an upheaval.
Our share holders will get far more dividends and shareholder
value with our business models than by selling out.
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INCHON, South Korea - Fire swept through a three-story building crowded with weekend diners and drinkers in a South Korean port city on Saturday, killing at least 54 people, many of them teen-agers.
About 70 people were injured in the blaze, which broke out in the early evening in Inchon, South Korea's second largest city, 30 miles west of Seoul, authorities said.
"I heard a blast and then saw smoke filling up the building and people scrambling out," Park Hyun-sok, a witness, said on the cable network YTN.
Most of the victims were trapped inside the second-floor beer bar and a billiard parlor on the third floor, police said. The victims were mostly high school students who were out enjoying themselves after school festivals.
"All windows facing the street in the beer bar were blocked, forcing those inside to try to flee through the only door leading to the narrow corridor," said witness Kim Jun-kyu, 58.
The building, located in an entertainment district in the city center, was about 20 years old and lacked basic fire prevention facilities such as sprinklers, state-run KBS-TV reported. Many disasters in South Korea have been blamed on lax safety regulations.
Police tentatively put the casualty figure at 54 killed and 71 injured. The death toll could rise, because some of the injured were in critical condition, they said.
The fire started in a karaoke salon in the basement and spread rapidly upward, police said, quoting witnesses. Everyone in a ground-floor restaurant managed to escape, but more than 120 people in upper floors were trapped, they said.
TV footage showed firefighters carrying injured people on the back and racing to nearby hospitals.
"The fire spread so quickly that by the time we got into the beer bar, we found many people already dead. They appeared to have suffocated from the smoke," local police chief Park Myong-hwan said.
The cause of the fire was unknown.
YTN reported that workers had been renovating the basement karaoke salon, where the fire started, and were using paint thinners.
The flames raced quickly upward through a narrow corridor, burning plastic furniture and floor carpets. Toxic gas quickly filled the building, and most of the windows were blocked, police said.
Fire engines rushed to the scene and extinguished the fire in 40 minutes, police said.
"There were so many people carried out of the building, but there were not enough ambulances and so firefighters left them on the pavement and rushed back inside to get more people out," witness Woo Sung-hwan, 43, was quoted as saying by the national news agency Yonhap.
Dozens of family members were wailing and praying outside the intensive care unit of the city's Inha University Hospital, where many victims were hospitalized, according to TV footage.
Running short of beds, doctors and nurses laid some of the bodies on the floor covered with white sheets.
Saturday's fire is the worst since a hotel fire killed 88 people in Seoul in 1974. Three years before that, another hotel fired killed 165 people in Seoul in 1971.
Just four months ago this year, 19 kindergarten children and four adults were killed in a fire that gutted a dormitory at a seaside summer camp in western South Korea.
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I know this sounds kind of silly, but I'm going to make a pretty bold statement here: most people choose a CMS without ever really assessing their needs. Here is what typically happens. Within a larger organization, a push might come along to update the web site and related processes, or to reduce the costs associated with the site. Nine times out of ten, a CMS is the recommended solution. By contrast, designers and design firms often need to build sites faster and with more advanced features than they can code manually. Again, a CMS is usually the arrived-upon solution.
At this point, instead of taking a moment to stop and properly assess their needs, both parties usually rush off and pick the CMS that seems to offer the most power, or that the majority of their peers recommended them. Now as you can imagine, this approach leads to a lot of problems and a lot of dissatisfied clients. In my opinion, the most important thing you can do to help you choose the CMS that's right for you is to properly understand what you need it to do. Now that usually involves stopping the process for a moment and being honest about what your needs are now and what they're likely to be in the future.
The first thing to do is take time to assess what isn't working now. Now obviously if you're considering a CMS, there is a reason for it. Identify these problems by writing them out, talking about them as a team, and then prioritizing them by the severity of the problem. Now usually, this is going to help identify issues in your workflow or processes that can be corrected before a CMS is brought into the mix. Adding a CMS rarely solve broken workflows. These systems all have their own inherent processes, and some of those are pretty complex.
Introducing an added layer of complexity before you've worked out your internal processes is a recipe for disaster. Next, take some time to make a list of all the things that you need a CMS to do for you. Now prioritize this list, and avoid making what I call the kitchen-sink list. Notice, for example, that I said, 'need' instead of 'want', and it's easy to get a need and a want confused once you start looking at all the CMS features. For example, you might need to have sites that you build be editable by your clients once you're finished with development.
Now you might also want to occasionally tie in other services, like Google Maps. Now when comparing systems, you might come across a CMS that has a Google Map plug-in but not quite a strong an editor as maybe some of the other systems that you've looked at. It's easy to rationalize choosing this CMS by saying that it makes you stronger overall. However, in this case, you would have ignored your primary need in favor of a feature that really won't be used by all clients. That is not a wise move. Now by having a list of carefully considered priorities, you can eliminate the distractions and stay focused on what really matters.
You also want to consider what your needs are likely to be in the future, and will the needs of your clients change over time? How will is your organization going to grow, and how will this affect the needs of your web sites and the capabilities that you need from your CMS? Now while you want to avoid picking the CMS that has too many features that you're never going to use, you do want to try and predict how your needs are going to scale up in the future. And it's impossible to predict everything, but having a CMS has room to grow in the areas that you think you'll need is just as important to your overall success as picking a CMS that fits you right now.
You're going to want a CMS that scales with you and not one that forces you to go through another search in two to three years time. Finally, be brutally honest in your abilities and the abilities of your team. Content management systems come in many different flavors and many different degrees of complexity. Don't bite off more than you chew by choosing a system that's outside of your technical comfort zone. Unless you have the time and focus required to expand your skill set, a CMS that requires more technical knowledge than you or your team possesses can often actually do more harm than good, and end up costing you a lot of money in consultants or lost work.
Be honest about how much time you'll need to put into learning a new system and whether you're really going to need to hire new team members to manage that CMS. By doing an honest skill assessment, you are more likely to pick a CMS that you can be productive in right away rather than one that you're constantly struggling with. Occasionally, this might mean bringing in outside help or finding a hosted solution to do a lot of the technical work for you. Now, that's a larger discussion. In our next movie, we're going to talk about how to assess when to consider outside development help versus handling a CMS on your own.
- Defining and understanding a CMS
- Understanding taxonomy
- Assessing an organization or company's needs
- Comparing content management systems
- Planning a content strategy
- Controlling content lifecycle
- Migrating between CMSs
- Understanding users, groups, and permissions
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Bacon brings home the flavor
As food trends go, bacon is hot -- sizzlin' hot.
What's unusual about this culinary phenomenon is the flavor shift from savory to sweet.
Not just for breakfast anymore, this not-so-secret ingredient has surfaced in many a winning recipe lately, from coffee creations to sundae sensations.
Seattle's Best Coffee recently awarded a $10,000 jackpot to an Iowa resident for her pumpkin pie-spiced, bacon-flavored coffee. And when Burger King decided to launch a Bacon Sundae made with ice cream, caramel sauce and smoked bacon it made headline news in the restaurant world.
But creative, innovative cooks have long recognized the flavor-enhancing powers of a single strip of bacon. They just never thought it was particularly noteworthy, until recently.
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"Gino Coomans (cello, music box), Erik Heestermans (drums, percussion) and Gerard Herman (sax, vocals, tapes) got together in the suburbs of Antwerp. With a shared love for free jazz and an aversion for taboos the trio explores the possibilities of combined action. They avoid the easy trap of maximum instrument volumes, and instead they reticently seek for a universe in which each musician can take their part at any point, or leave it to another. It is because of that particular attitude that Sheldon Siegel comes to amazingly honest instant compositions. Probably one of the most adventurous Belgian improv groups of the new decennium. For a couple of years now Brecht Ameel (santoor, bouzouki, keys) and Bart Reekmans (percussion, brass) have been working on a repertoire in which etnic music and improvisation are the central concepts. In a deserted basement Razen make unusual instruments confront until they derail and make for a filmic sound trip in which Bohren & Der Club of Gore and Moondog meet. For this debut the duo asked Kim Delcour (bagpipe, chalumeau, sopranino, bass recorder) and Wouter Haest (duduk, shenai) to join in. The result is a Lynchian ecstasy in four episodes in which the spiritual sixties tradition, contemporary psychedelic fusion and historical 'source music' are the different approaches that subsequently merge into a ritualistic dream story." (label info)
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Irvin Tellez Allegedly Shot Nancy Hammour Twice in Face in Car, But Driver Jaime Prieto Rocha is Also Charged with Her Murder
A prosecution statement on an arraignment hearing scheduled today indicates Irvin Tellez was in a car driven by Jaime Prieto Rocha and carrying Nancy Hammour in the backseat when Tellez allegedly shot a woman waiting at a Santa Ana curb in the face before turning his 9mm firearm on Hammour, who was shot twice in the face, died and had her body dumped under a Newport Beach bridge.
Tellez and Rocha are charged with 28-year-old Hammour's murder, but the possible prison time for the alleged shooter is much longer.
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Rocha is charged with one felony count of murder that, with a conviction, sets that Santa Ana 40-year-old up for a possible sentence of 25 years to life in state prison.
Tellez, 25, is also charged with felony murder but also attempted murder with sentencing enhancements for the personal discharge of a firearm causing death, personal discharge of a firearm causing great bodily injury, and great bodily injury. He faces up to 75 years to life in prison if found guilty.
Originally identified as an Anaheim resident, the statement from the Orange County District Attorney's office (OCDA) says Tellez lives in Garden Grove. He and Rocha were in custody on $1 million bail pending today's scheduled arraignment hearing in Santa Ana.
According to the OCDA: Rocha, a friend of Tellez and Hammour, drove them into a Santa Ana neighborhood after midnight on Sept. 2, when they pulled up to a curb where a 31-year-old woman identified only as Elizabeth G. was waiting for a friend to pick her up. Tellez had a conversation with the woman and then pulled his weapon out and shot her once in the face, according to prosecutors, who say Rocha then drove them away. Elizabeth G. survived her gunshot wound.
Tellez later shot Hammour in the face, causing her to slump onto the back floorboards, according to the OCDA, which reports she was still alive at that point. Tellez is accused of shooting her in the face a second time, killing her. Hammour's body was found dumped near the Newport Bay Bridge off Pacific Coast Highway in Newport Beach on Labor Day.
Still early on Sept. 2, Rocha was picked up by police in Oceanside after he requested a tow from a company there, according to the OCDA.
The arrest of Tellez was announced in late September, at which time authorities claimed he and Rocha are members of a Santa Ana street gang. Tellez goes by "Lil Speedy" and "Speedy" and has convictions dating back to 2006 for such crimes as car theft and drug possession, according to investigators, who added Rocha's nickname is "Slimmer." Orange County Jail records have Rocha's occupation listed as forklift operator.
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Nokia Lumia 1520 ReviewNokia Lumia 1520 9
Well, that's all about to change! Generally speaking, Windows Phones have been regarded as being underpowered in comparison to those noise makers in the Android space. This past fall, the Nokia Lumia 1020 became the loudest Windows Phone to arrive on the scene – much in part to its favorable high-end specs and impressive PureView camera. Even though it continues to claim the top spot when it comes to camera quality, the phone as a whole, still didn't have the impressive hardware that would make it a modernized offering to compete with the elites.
Enter the Nokia Lumia 1520, the biggest and most specs heavy Windows Phone to arrive ever! This one isn't messing around at all, since it's sporting the latest hardware gear, and Windows Phone 8 experience, to give the competition something to worry about. Interestingly, we haven't necessarily seen a phablet type Windows Phone, so it's refreshing to see that we finally have one here. With everything in tow, it's looking like the Lumia 1520 has all the ingredients to be a mighty force in the industry – especially when it's attached with an aggressive price point of $99.99 on-contract.
The package contains:
- Wall charger
- microUSB cable
- Getting started guide
- Warranty information
- SIM removal tool
Essentially, the smartphone resembles the Lumia 1020 before it – a stretched out version of that. Distinctively a Lumia smartphone, seeing that it boasts most of the typical design characteristics that have been attached to the popular smartphone line, we can't say that the design of the Lumia 1520 is particularly original. Nevertheless, it continues to be an appealing one, since its rounded edges and tapered design both lend to mask its rather boxy look.
Obviously, this is a big phone! And by big, we mean ridiculously big, mainly because it dwarves most other phablets. Therefore, it's something that proves to be unwieldy for those with smaller hands, as its wide figure is undoubtedly a handful – thus, requiring two-handed operation. In addition, the corners of the phone are rather pointy, to the point that it jabs our palm when holding it. At the very least, we're comforted to find that it sports a pretty thin 0.34-inch profile, and for the most part, it's pretty uniform looking throughout its body.
Being a high-end Lumia smartphone, the 1520 benefits by having a solid unibody polycarbonate plastic casing – giving it a sense of sturdiness with its construction. With our specific unit, it's a black matte finish that does a good job of masking debris. Well, the white and yellow versions of the phone also sport the matte finish, but the red color is actually coated with a glossy finish – making it more prone to smudges and fingerprints. In the phablet space, the Nokia Lumia 1520 is unique looking and definitely comes across as more interesting in design than most others.
Beneath that massive display sits the usual trio of capacitive Windows buttons, but for something so large, they appear somewhat disproportionate in size. Well, at least the spacing between them is enough to eliminate accidental presses. Meanwhile, above the display, we find its narrow earpiece, light & proximity sensors, and its wide-angle front-facing 1.2-megapixel camera.
As the standard formula goes, the right edge of the phone packs in all of the handset's physical buttons, which consist of its power, volume, and shutter keys. Unfortunately, they're all rather flat, making them difficult to feel out with our fingers, but at least the response is solid with all of them.
On the left edge, the engineers over at Nokia manage to discretely hide away the handset's nano SIM and microSD card slots, as it blends into the phone. However, we're required to use the included SIM removal tool to access both of them. Now, it makes perfect sense with the nano SIM slot, but we would've preferred having some kind of spring activated system for the microSD card slot. Rounding things out, the Lumia 1520 features a 3.5mm headset jack, microUSB port, and FOUR Stereo High Amplitude Audio Capture (HAAC) micrphones.
Unlike the Lumia 1020, there isn't a huge ugly looking hump in the rear where the camera normally sits. Although there's still a hump, it's more subdued, which allows the handset to sport a uniform profile for the most part. At the center of it all sits a 20-megapixel PureView camera that features 6-element Zeiss lens, f/2.4 aperture, lossless zoom, optical image stabilization, and a dual-LED flash.
162.8 x 85.4 x 8.7 mm
7.37 oz (209 g)
Nokia Lumia 1520
151.2 x 79.2 x 8.3 mm
5.93 oz (168 g)
Samsung Galaxy Note 3
164.5 x 82.5 x 10.29 mm
7.65 oz (217 g)
HTC One max
179.4 x 92.2 x 6.5 mm
7.48 oz (212 g)
Sony Xperia Z Ultra
It's a first of a kind, in the Windows Phone camp, that is. The handset gets the prestigious recognition of being the first Windows Phone smartphone to feature a 1080x1920 display. And boy is it gigantic, the largest sized display to grace a Nokia smartphone ever! To be exact, it's flaunting a gorgeous looking 6-inch 1080 x 1920 IPS LCD panel – giving it a sharp pixel density count of 368 ppi. Honestly, this has been a long time coming, as Windows Phone has been constantly downplayed for the lack of devices with 1080p resolution screens. Needless to say, 1080p screens are nothing new in the smartphone space, but we're just ecstatic to find it here on a Windows Phone. Naturally, it produces a ton of sharp details, to make even the most miniscule of text easily visible to the eyes.
And seeing that it employs IPS LCD technology, it boasts natural looking colors, wide viewing angles, strong contrast, and a potent brightness output. All of those qualities enable it to offer superior outdoor visibility, so there's no need to be constantly shielding it away from the sun. Interestingly, there's an option to manually adjust screen color temperature and saturation on the Lumia 1520. You can pick overblown colors that look unreal yet impressive, or you can go for a more realistic, natural tones (that we would recommend). All told, it's without question the best display to ever grace a Windows Phone!
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1. DaHarder (Posts: 177; Member since: 10 Oct 2009)
Very Nice... though I do wish that it offered something outside of merely being a bigger version of a Windows Phone.
Samsung's efforts to differentiate the Galaxy Note with the addition of the S-PEN functions do this better than any manufacturer at this point... All while keeping the overall size to a minimum.
Really looking forward to Verizon's Lumia 929 as it places all of the really good things about this phone in a more manageable package.
10. PapaSmurf (Posts: 10456; Member since: 14 May 2012)
I'd take a Lumia 929 over the 1520 any day. The 1520 doesn't utilize the 6" screen. It's just WP8 blown up.
16. ihavenoname (Posts: 1693; Member since: 18 Aug 2013)
If I had to choose a Windows Phone, definitely 929.But it's not coming to Finland, if I'm right.
18. papss (unregistered)
No but at less cost you can get more screen so I would chose this beast.
23. cezarepc (Posts: 714; Member since: 23 Nov 2012)
I have the 925 and I'll only replace it with a 1020 :)
31. pookiewood (Posts: 631; Member since: 05 Mar 2012)
Holding onto my 920 until (if) the 929 comes to AT&T un-neutered.
41. Dastrix (unregistered)
What kind of abysmally retarded comment is that? To blow things up... Isn't that why you buy a 60" TV?
59. elitewolverine (Posts: 5183; Member since: 28 Oct 2013)
uhhh yea because it doesn't offer UI enhancements that no other windows phone has like more tiles across....
The same could be said about the note 3...imo that is
77. oldhamletman (Posts: 72; Member since: 03 Sep 2011)
this article is full of errors as usual about windows phone... centralized messaging doesn't only happen on live tiles, you get numerous other browsers besides IE if you want them, you can choose default camera apps, and various other errors that always seem to be biased against windows phone because the reviewer doesn't know the OS... phone arena strikes again
79. oldhamletman (Posts: 72; Member since: 03 Sep 2011)
i got a 1520 and the additional size gets internet, mail, office document display up to sufficient size that I don't need a tablet or laptop on multi day business travel anymore.... it's a huge plus... and the phone still easily slips into the front pocket of any sort of pants or jeans... also the huge battery life is fantastic.
disappointed to see that reviewers still aren't aware of basic Windows phone features... for example there are alternative browsers, you don't have to use IE, although I still use IE because it's speed has gotten so high.
great product, wish the reviewers would show some basic knowledge about it by actually appearing to have used the OS, I had both Iphone and Android over the years and am really glad I switched to WP
2. ArtSim98 (Posts: 3535; Member since: 21 Dec 2012)
In daylight the camera is a bit disappointing in my opinion. Great phone though!
28. _Bone_ (Posts: 2154; Member since: 29 Oct 2012)
Bad weather conditions (late Fall). The sunny shots at the end still produce excellent quality, nothing overblown and stuff. Low light is stunning for a phone. Really nice amount of details and color reproduction. Very very impressive camera.
3. fouadqr (Posts: 326; Member since: 21 Nov 2012)
9/10 ..Good BUT ..it deserve 9.5 :D
7. PapaSmurf (Posts: 10456; Member since: 14 May 2012)
Because it has Nokia on it?
11. ihavenoname (Posts: 1693; Member since: 18 Aug 2013)
9.5 hardware, software 7. Winboys, please don't attack me. I love Nokia but I'm disapointed very badly by WP and M$.
17. taikucing (unregistered)
Same here. I only love Nokia, not M$.
Ok, M$, you should stay with your desktop OS with its 1 million viruses & trojans. You're not good at mobile, server, embedded & supercomputer OS.
20. ihavenoname (Posts: 1693; Member since: 18 Aug 2013)
Nokia FTW, Microsoft not.
26. papss (unregistered)
So no viruses on android? That's what happens with an open platform.
33. Dastrix (unregistered)
Ok Google, you should stay with your open source OS with its 1 million viruses & trojans. You're not good at desktop, server, embedded & supercomputer OS.
74. PolishHitta (Posts: 11; Member since: 25 Nov 2012)
haha okay.. So you're telling me that Android OS has no viruses? I see people downloading antivirus apps onto their GS4 because they would get caught with a potential threat by downloading an app from "secure" Google Play. It's more of Android you should be worried about with viruses than WP8
60. elitewolverine (Posts: 5183; Member since: 28 Oct 2013)
I would take M$ over Scroogle any day of the week.
You know how many Win8 devices I have to reset each week? Next to none and exchanging devices for defects same ratio.
I however, daily reset Droid devices, and from multiple makers.
Sure they sell more so there will be more problems, but the % should be in their favor because of saturation, this is not the case.
32. pookiewood (Posts: 631; Member since: 05 Mar 2012)
4. Lucas_kim (Posts: 13; Member since: 17 Nov 2013)
the best phablet ever!!
8. Reality_Check (Posts: 277; Member since: 15 Aug 2013)
In the WP8 world ;) Kidding aside, this is a great device.
13. Lucas_kim (Posts: 13; Member since: 17 Nov 2013)
if it runs android.. it will also beats note 3.. i guarantee .. it will smoother than note 3 that with 3gb of ram
24. rd_nest (Posts: 1593; Member since: 06 Jun 2010)
Smoothness is not measured by RAM. Just think for a while what exactly is smoothness and why do you want to relate it with RAM.
More RAM helps you to keep more amount of background processes in memory. Multitasking is more related to RAM.
Smoothness is more like a measure of standard deviation of screen refresh rate and animation fps.
Just saying...
29. _Bone_ (Posts: 2154; Member since: 29 Oct 2012)
The Note 3 is smooth and it offers something no other large phone maker figured out: the phablet experience. It's not too large or heavy, just pocketable and onehandable, and it's packed with useful large-screen features and goodies. The One Max, the 1520, the Ultra, the Mate or Sammy's own Mega, these are all oversized less comfortable phones that do nothing special with the size.
Don't get me wrong, the 1520 is a special device on it's own right, gorgeous screen, impressive camera, promising battery life and great price point on contract, so good I might even try it out, but it's not special as a phablet, at least not to the point of dethroning the Note 3.
53. snowgator (Posts: 3583; Member since: 19 Jan 2011)
That is fair. The Note series is still a tad more comfy to use, and the "S" pen gives it something no other phablet offers.
This, however, might be able to make a run for the #2 position of Phablets. I do wish they had aimed a hair smaller, maybe a 5.3"-5.7" which would have made this devices a tad less wide. But overall, Nokia has made a great device here.
61. elitewolverine (Posts: 5183; Member since: 28 Oct 2013)
Many reviewers would count the idea of note 3's one handedness not very high. There are a few reviews that specifically mention how much easier the 1520 is to use with one hand vs a note 3 or sony.
75. PolishHitta (Posts: 11; Member since: 25 Nov 2012)
You're right. I'm not an Android fan by any means but Nokia did sacrifice the size purely for its 920 style. I love the look but bezel could have been a bit smaller. This is exactly why I'm buying the 929 when it comes out for Verizon. 5" screen is plenty enough when you consider Nokia's bulky yet extremely durable styling. Samsung Note is a beautiful device in design but I have to admit, it's getting really boring. The style has been kept since gs3 and it moves from their Note devices to their Tab lineup. And the lightness is pretty neat but comes at a cost. From the flimsy back cover to the thin screen, its very fragile. Samsung should invest their huge profits into aluminum devices. Make them feel high quality for Gods sake.
5. papss (unregistered)
I want this phone in red..great review John. As a wp8 fan I'm glad you did the review. Seemed fair with little to no jabs
6. livyatan (Posts: 867; Member since: 19 Jun 2013)
This has to have thinner profit margin than the nexus 5.
Incredible price for those specs.. but I guess Microsoft can afford to go on dump the price like that in order to earn some spotlights for their products.
37. Dastrix (unregistered)
That's what dumping is for, right? Unfortunately, some OEMs can't afford to do that; they're too focused on making crappy, plastic, laggy devices just because people don't realize the OEMs are sh*tting on them.
9. ihavenoname (Posts: 1693; Member since: 18 Aug 2013)
Very nice but what kills this device to me is WP. Such a shame it's not Android. Because of operating system and easier handling, I prefer Note 3. But no phone is the best.
14. papss (unregistered)
To each his own.. i prefer wp8 to android.
38. Dastrix (unregistered)
+1 Well said papss. Me too, I prefer WP8 to Android!
12. Tuxedo (Posts: 346; Member since: 19 Mar 2013)
Wow... HW wise this is a great deal. My only concern is WP8.
34. pookiewood (Posts: 631; Member since: 05 Mar 2012)
What's the concern? It's a great OS.
39. Dastrix (unregistered)
Is it because you never tried it?
21. emadshiny (Posts: 1144; Member since: 05 Dec 2012)
Gorgeous phone and maybe my first WP device.
22. Kishin (Posts: 704; Member since: 30 May 2013)
Nice will retrieve one soon
25. poping (unregistered)
the design is awesome... i like thin bezels and big screens...the side bezels still need trimming though...overall very good design... i may get this side by side with note 3 or sgs5...
27. jellmoo (Posts: 1583; Member since: 31 Oct 2011)
I like Windows Phone, I really do, and I like the fact that they are now hitting high end specs in their devices. But this device baffles me. It's large for the sake of being large. It doesn't add any additional functionality, and doesn't provide any new options for the user other than a big screen.
This is one thing that Samsung got right with the Note line. The devices are big, but that size has a purpose. The added functionality of the S-Pen gives it great productivity power. Devices like the 1520 and One Max simply don't offer that.
Take this handset and shrink it down an inch, and you have a great Windows Phone handset that is both pocketable and possible to use with one hand. I just can't see the point of a device this big without some extras to justify the size.
36. pookiewood (Posts: 631; Member since: 05 Mar 2012)
I suspect WinPhone8.1 will optimize the need for 1080. I think they should've aimed for that now but it's still a nice device.
30. sjoshi251 (Posts: 7; Member since: 06 Nov 2013)
does it support all videos like .mkv or .avi videos....
35. sjoshi251 (Posts: 7; Member since: 06 Nov 2013)
does it support all videos like .mkv, ac3 , .avi videos....
40. Dastrix (unregistered)
Yes! :)
49. sjoshi251 (Posts: 7; Member since: 06 Nov 2013)
Thanks Dastrix
68. Popop971 (Posts: 9; Member since: 24 Nov 2013)
Sorry, but it's false. I have a Samsung ATIV S, and it doesnt support all videos. Maybe there is some changes in WP 8.1 that i'm not aware of. If i am wrong, feel free to provide some youtube videos or links.
Before buying the device, i think you should make some tests if a friend has a windows phone.
42. mobi_user (Posts: 151; Member since: 18 Jun 2013)
John v. not sure what is the criteria of reviewing phone. A phone through which one cannot hear properly, his voice cannot be heard nicely on the other side. which is not so comfortable to hold. And you are giving it a 9 rating.
pixels, processors these can be reviewed by anyone. Ever tried to notice how fast MS Word or IE opens on you laptop.
43. Azman (Posts: 6; Member since: 30 Oct 2013)
Finally!! a "big Lumia" from Nokia.
44. GrapeEyes (Posts: 248; Member since: 01 Sep 2013)
Best Phablet in the World!!!
9.6 rating
51. emadshiny (Posts: 1144; Member since: 05 Dec 2012)
I would accept it if Note3 didn't exist...
45. yasir-921 (Posts: 81; Member since: 02 Oct 2012)
PhoneArena, what do you mean by better-than-average photos of the 1520?
Another thing, considering that among the Androids, the LG G2 is among the best shooter, how can both be compared in camera department only?
46. GeekMovement (Posts: 2156; Member since: 09 Sep 2011)
Aw a bit disappointing with the call quality. I expected better from Nokia.
47. orielwindow (Posts: 107; Member since: 23 Sep 2010)
I know the scaled down version for Verizon may be good but I'm really disappointed this size isn't coming to Verizon :(
48. momonm1 (Posts: 23; Member since: 30 May 2011)
Definitely my next OS after being with Nokia from 1999 - 2009 and iOS from 2010 - Present!
50. DONUT (Posts: 424; Member since: 27 Jun 2013)
great device but e only thing holding it back is the OS. it needs more apps, apps that many people are using, like Insta (which is coming), Tumblr, BBM, WeChat, Line and etc. imo tts e only thing holding this beast back
62. elitewolverine (Posts: 5183; Member since: 28 Oct 2013)
like this?http://news.softpedia.com/news
Instagram has been available as a full app for a long time, called 6tag vine? 6sec...
tumblr? http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/tumblr/ffa2fb4f-61b2-4075-ac7b-488846998b72
64. DONUT (Posts: 424; Member since: 27 Jun 2013)
wow i didnt know WP8 had all that! i asked my friend who has a WP8 device and she told me it didnt have these apps. thanks for telling!
Nokia Lumia 1520OS: Windows Phone 8.1 8
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|6.0 inches, 1080 x 1920 pixels (368 ppi) IPS LCD
|20 megapixels
Qualcomm Snapdragon 800, Quad-core, 2200 MHz, Krait 400 processor
|6.41 x 3.36 x 0.34 inches
(162.8 x 85.4 x 8.7 mm)
7.37 oz (209 g)
|3400 mAh, 27.4 hours talk time


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For weeks, they've preached about becoming more offensive-minded -- push the pace, share the ball, and all that rot -- but none of that really seemed plausible until Vince Carter turned into Vince Carter again.
Turns out, their wait may be over, because this was vintage VC.
The Nets' scoring star rolled out every weapon in his arsenal last night, torturing the Atlanta Hawks in every conceivable way, and with Devin Harris and Richard Jefferson alongside for the ride, the result was compelling.
After playing one half that resembled the Rookie-Sophomore Challenge, the Nets overcame a 13-point deficit in the third period to smash Atlanta at Izod Center, 125-117, tying the Hawks for eighth place in the Eastern Conference standings, and clinching the tie-breaker by winning three out of four in the season seat.
Carter had his best game of the year, scoring a season high 39 points on 17-for-26 shooting, along with 10 rebounds and eight assists. Harris, who played despite a tender right ankle, had 26 points and nine assists. And Jefferson had 33 points.


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At least 50 museum-quality dinosaur replicas will roar their way into Blair County Convention Center this weekend for a first-time, three-day show.
Discover the Dinosaurs, a display mixing sound, motion, lights, activities and information, is expected to take over both floors of the convention center from Friday through Sunday.
"We like to bring the show to places that don't normally have access to something like this," said Dan Carl, media director for Blue Star Productions of St. Paul, Minn., a trade show company that initiated its mobile dinosaur display in November 2011.
The group is expected to move into the convention center today and start setting up for the show, convention and meeting planner Danea Koss said Monday. The event opens at noon Friday and continues Saturday and Sunday, with age-based admission fees.
The exhibit is divided into areas and scenes, some available for observation and others available for touching.
"We've found that kids want to be able to touch the dinosaurs, no matter what," Carl said.
Fact Box
A closer look
Discover the Dinosaurs will be at the Blair County Convention Center this weekend.
Hours: Noon to 9 p.m. Friday, noon to 8 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday
Admission: Under 2 years old, free; ages 2 to 11, $11; ages 12 to 64, $16; ages 65-plus, $11. Some activities require an additional charge.
Some dinosaurs, he added, will be capable of moving, depending on the button pushed.
"They breathe, too," he said. "Their stomachs go in and out."
Show manager Stacy Mills estimated the dinosaur replicas at 8 or 9 feet tall. But some of them are long - as much as 30 feet, Mills said.
Each scene of dinosaurs will represent a specific time period reflecting when that group of dinosaurs would have roamed the Earth. Additional information, such as what they ate, where they lived and their size in comparison to a human, will be displayed on plaques.
Some activities, including a play area, coloring area, scavenger hunt and theater presentations are included in the admission price. Other attractions, including rides, bouncing areas, mini-golf, gem and fossil panning and face painting, will be available at an extra cost.
Carl said his organization booked the dinosaur show at the convention center because of its size and the available dates. He said he was familiar with the facility, having set up another trade show there.
"We need a venue that has enough square footage to fit us in," he said.
Mirror Staff Writer Kay Stephens is at 946-7456.


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AUSTINTOWN - There aren't too many 145-pound football players who start at linebacker for a school the size of Boardman.
The situation becomes even more rare when that person is a 5-foot-8 sophomore who is in his third year playing the sport.
Mario Graziani of Boardman has found a way, and he's not just a starter - he was named the Spartans' MVP this past year after finishing with 75 tackles and leading the team in tackles for loss.
And believe it or not, it's probably his second-best sport.
"He can tackle - that's the bottom line," said Boardman wrestling coach Dom Mancini, an avid football fan who attends all the Spartans' games. "He's fast, he's quick and he's strong. He's fun to watch on a football field."
He's pretty exciting on a wrestling mat, too.
Graziani is one of the more dominant wrestlers in the Eastern Ohio Wrestling League and has been on a tear for Boardman, which is competing at this weekend's Joshua Hephner Memorial Tournament at Austintown Fitch High School. He's currently 21-4, with a first-place finish at the Kenston Invitational, a tournament he didn't even place at one year ago, and a fifth-place finish at the Top Gun Tournament, widely recognized as the toughest tournament in Ohio.
The success has changed the aspirations of Graziani.
"My first goal was just to make it to state," he said, "but I can really see now that I'm at the right level and I'm trying to place at state now."
Graziani nearly reached the state tournament last year. He was a sectional champion as a freshman and was two matches away from advancing to the Jerome Schottenstein Center in Columbus, the site of the state tournament, but he lost by a point during the consolation rounds of the district tournament in Mentor.
Mancini said such success is extremely rare for an underclassman, especially for a middleweight wrestler competing in Division I. But Graziani's athleticism, combined with his experience (he's been wrestling since kindergarten) allows him to compete with - and usually beat - juniors and seniors. And that's only part of the reason.
"First of all, he's real competitive," Mancini said. "He doesn't like to lose. And secondly, he's just a great athlete. He's got a lot of things he can pull from when he's in a tough match.
"And he's really good all three positions (top, bottom and neutral). That's the hardest thing to do in this sport. When you can turn people on top, you can get out from the bottom and you can take people down, you can beat just about anybody."
Graziani also comes from a long lineage of wrestling stardom. His father was a state champion at Columbus DeSales, and his brother, Nico, placed fifth at the state tournament as a senior for the Spartans in 2012. Mario said both have played a huge role in his success.
"My dad has been working with me and coaching me since kindergarten," he said. "My brother comes and work with me, too, and they've helped me throughout my whole life.
"My dad still rolls around on the mat a little bit," Graziani added with a laugh. "He'll last about a match, then he's done for the day."
The youngest of the bunch hopes to last quite a few more matches this year. With the postseason only three weeks away and Graziani wrestling as well as he has at any point in his career, Mancini believes anything is possible for the sophomore sensation.
"He'll peak at the right time, that's one thing he knows how to do," Mancini said. "His potential is really unlimited in the sport. It's up to him. He really has the ability to win it all."


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A contract approved by the City Council last week also says Pete Rose, who begins work January 4, will be paid just over $80,000 per year, and will be entitled to reimbursement for moving and relocation expenses. Rose is coming to Woodinville from Medical Lake near Spokane.
"Let's face it, it's expensive to live in the City of Woodinville. Housing prices are high," said Mayor Don Brocha. But he said that Rose told him that he'd like to live in the city. Under the Revised Codes of Washington, a city manager must live in the city they are administering, though a city council can waive the requirement.
Among other job requirements, Rose is expected to attend all council meetings, participate in local and regional groups whose actions may affect Woodinville, direct city staff, and develop and oversee implementation of city policies.
Residents and business owners will begin receiving information about the new regulations through the Chamber of Commerce or via direct mail, according to a city press release.
"We are not seeking to fine violators, but to educate them on the new regulations and be available for assistance so that the number of false alarms can be reduced," said Marie Stake, community services coordinator.
According to Police Chief Ken Wardstrom, there are about 82 false alarms a month, which take police away from other duties. He said that false alarms can be reduced by proper instruction and maintenance of the alarm system.
Businesses with more than two false alarms and homeowners with more than three over a rolling six-month period will be subject to fines.
Orendorff, an 18-year police veteran and resident of the area, will be available five days a week at the center, either in person or reachable through voice mail.
"He's out there to bring the police department closer to the community, to identify their needs and concerns, and act as a liaison," said Major Robin Fenton. It's part of an effort to bring county services closer to the population.
Besides a chance to chat with police, citizens can also apply for wedding licenses, find METRO bus schedules, business and pet license forms, register to vote, pick up brochures on county services, and pay their property taxes there.
The service center, open since July 1997, is located on the southwest corner of Woodinville-Duvall Road and Avondale Road across from the Cottage Lake Safeway. Orendorff can be reached at (206) 296-5020, or by voice mail at (206) 205-1865.
The change mainly applies to the Green River Agricultural Production District that was to be divided up between the cities of Kent and Auburn, according to county officials, but also applies to the upper Sammamish Valley APD just south of the Woodinville city limits.
APDs can be annexed via interlocal agreements, but Sims' proposal would eliminate that as an option.
Woodinville's Planning Director Ray Sturtz said the city isn't anxious to nor does it have plans to annex into the Sammamish Valley APD. For the city to do so, the county would have to loop the urban growth line around it.
Sims will send his proposed policy to the County Council for consideration during the Comprehensive Plan amendment process early next year.
Schmidt, now entering his third term in the Legislature, will serve as vice-chair of the House Appropriations Committee. His other assignments are the Education Committee and the State Government Committee.


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Freescale's hardly the first chipmaker to step into the Internet of Things arena. A number of chips are already working in a number of devices, from wearable fitness trackers to the upcoming Google Project Glass, making the Internet feel more like a part of your body. Texas Instruments (NASDAQ: TXN ) has gotten small and simple with bare-bones Wi-Fi chips that could pair with Freescale's microcontroller to transmit information -- if only they were a little bit smaller. No one has come up with something this small yet, and there's a reason Freescale believes that the tiny new Kinetis micro-controllers could be used to track users' health from inside their own bodies:
The drawback to this chip, which Freescale claims is 25% smaller than any other ARM-based microcontroller, is that it might actually be too small to pair with existing Wi-Fi chips -- Freescale doesn't include wireless connectivity on the Kinetis, for obvious reasons. For comparison (although there's no real sense of scale, unfortunately), this is TI's flagship Internet of Things Wi-Fi chip:
It may be a little tough to compare the size between pictures (just how small is that washing machine?), but TI's product description places the size of this chip at 16.3 millimeters by 13.5 millimeters. That's almost 60 times the surface area of Freescale's mini-microcontroller. Intel (NASDAQ: INTC ) has also been working on tiny Wi-Fi chips for years, but the greatest obstacle to scaling down in a manner approaching other chips is the continued use of analog components, which aren't subject to the same Moore's Law miniaturization processes governing transistors. Intel unveiled what it called "the first complete Wi-Fi digital radio" last year at its developer forum, and the commercialization of such a product would easily make tiny communicable computers-on-a-pill real and effective.
There are bound to be plenty of uses for this tiny microcontroller, even if Freescale has to make do without a paired Wi-Fi chip for the time being. General Electric (NYSE: GE ) has been developing its own version of the Internet of Things, called the "industrial Internet," and dozens (or hundreds) of tiny Freescale chips might serve as a distributed sensor network in jet engines, wind turbines, or MRI machines, each connected to a central transmitter. Or the devices might be used to monitor manufacturing lines, with a chip attached to each component and scanned as it moves through the process. Even so, these chip-without-a-connection ideas are only going to be stopgaps on the road to the ultimate goal: man and machine, two great things that go better together.
How long will it take from the first implanted microcontroller to the first Star-Trek-like cyborg? Maybe we'll find out soon enough.
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Skip to comments.The Inside Story On What's Happening With The Senate Immigration Bill(NOT GOOD)
Posted on 06/14/2007 6:16:04 AM PDT by radar101
Yesterday, a GOP aide, who is one of my sources in the Senate, gave me the rundown on what's happening with the Senate immigration bill (this is the same person who I talked to last week about the bill).
First off, it does look like the Senate immigration bill is coming back. The conventional wisdom seems to be that it's going to be brought up right before the July 4th break, so that the Senate Republican leadership can try to use that as leverage to get votes (in other words, "vote for the bill or we'll have to waste your vacation time until you do").
This is despite the fact that the conservative leaders of the anti-amnesty movement are refusing to cooperate, and won't give Mitch McConnell a list of amendments that they want considered. My source tells me that the reason for this is that the game has now been rigged. McConnell is essentially promising to bring the amendments up in exchange for cloture votes, but he's publicly saying that they will strip any problematic amendments out in committee.
In other words, if the bill gets through the Senate and the House, the Democrats and the open borders Republicans will work together when the bills have to be reconciled in committee to strip out any amendments that the "grand bargainers" don't like. Therefore, at this point, it doesn't matter what amendments pass, because any tough enforcement provisions that slip through will be rendered toothless when the bills are reconciled.
My source also noted that the cloture vote to end debate will be the "real" vote on the bill because if debate is closed off, the bill is sure to pass. Then, what will happen is that the votes for the bill will be counted, and a few Senators who are afraid that their election prospects will be jeopardized by a "yes" vote, will be allowed to vote against the bill. This enables those Senators to tell their constituents that they voted against the bill, but it will still allow them to collect campaign contributions from lobbyists who have a better understanding of how things work, and know that the bill couldn't have been passed without their support. Put another way, they get to reap the rewards of supporting amnesty while telling the voters in their home states that they opposed the bill.
My source also let me know that the White House and the Senate leadership, and Trent Lott in particular, are pushing very hard for this bill.
I asked my source to speculate on why Lott was pushing so hard, and he said that Lott may be naive enough to think that this bill might help John McCain's presidential campaign. He told me that despite McCain's dip in the polls since the bill hit the news, it was hard to miss the fact that the biggest supporters of this bill in the Senate, Jon Kyl, Trent Lott, and Lindsey Graham, are all solidly behind McCain in '08.
Before we finished up, I asked my source what he thought the prospects of passage were. He stated that it was a toss up, but that the pro-amnesty side had the momentum. I asked how that could possibly be given the outpouring of anger against this bill, and he told me that a lot of moderates were afraid of being called racists by people like Michael Chertoff, Luis Gutierrez, and Fred Barnes. He also noted that the Senate has a very insulated, clubhouse like atmosphere, and that a lot of these pro-amnesty Senators seem to be more worried about getting the President or Trent Lott mad at them than enraging the voters in their states. In addition, he told me that he thinks a lot of these Senators have "drunk the DC Kool-Aid", and believe that they're better off passing a bad bill, even one that won't ultimately become law if, as expected, the House kills it, so that they can at least tell the voters in 2008 that they did something about immigration.
PS #1: I asked my source what his boss thought the fallout from this bill would be. He advised me that his boss, and some of his boss's conservative colleagues in the Senate, believe that this bill could gin up so much outrage on the right that it could lead to the GOP having an even worse year in 2008 than they did in 2006. As is, conservatives are disillusioned and unmotivated, and he thinks this bill will make things much worse if it passes the Senate.
PS #2: Another question I had for my source was whether he thought Harry Reid wanted this bill to pass. He replied that he thought Rush Limbaugh was right, and that Harry Reid would prefer to see this bill go away. As evidence for that, he pointed to Reid bringing Byron Dorgan's killer Amendment back three times. He also said that if Reid had really wanted the bill to pass, he would have kept it on the floor for another 2-3 days. At this point though, he said that Reid is probably content to let it come back because after the President's high profile lobbying, he can pin the blame for the bill on Republicans.
Time for Lott to go.
We cannot rest on this one! But, we still need to remember that our prayers are heard by a God who understands, so let's also not forget to pray.
OMG, just what I thought. What a bunch of traitorous criminals.
They have no sense of decency and they have destroyed America's sovereignty.
'I asked my source to speculate on why Lott was pushing so hard, and he said that Lott may be naive enough to think that this bill might help John McCain's presidential campaign. He told me that despite McCain's dip in the polls since the bill hit the news, it was hard to miss the fact that the biggest supporters of this bill in the Senate, Jon Kyl, Trent Lott, and Lindsey Graham, are all solidly behind McCain in '08. '
Trent Lott is simply a moron. This is the guy that spent decades trying to reinstate Jefferson Davis's citizenship, against the expressed wishes of Jefferson Davis himself.
Think about that for a moment.....
Arrogant bastards!
Always extremely important to pray, but now it is even more so, if that is possible. When the stuff hits the fan, as it now has, sometimes we get distracted and forget. Thanks for the reminder.
Your report jibes with what I have been hearing.
Republican Senators who vote for this may lose their seat in the primaries, which is good, or in the general, which may balance out in the end. In other word we could pick up seats in borderline states like Washington and Oregon but lose seats in SC or Arizona. Either way the amnesty ideas will be one the new Senate will shun.
Throw the bums out!
Mississippi has a fine Governor who could replace this pile. I would rather not see Brbour in the Senate but in the White House but maybe his role is Senator.
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the North American Union, and to the Corporate Monarchy for which it stands. One union, under Royals, with liberty and justice for your station in life.
As another poster alluded, perhaps these nobels have been promised titles in their states and Mexico in exchange for crushing the rebellion.
If the bill passes, it is game, set and match. It matters not what future Senates do. We will have legalized the status of 12 to 20 million people, which will effectively sow the seeds of our own destruction. You can't unring a bell.
-— I asked how that could possibly be given the outpouring of anger against this bill, and he told me that a lot of moderates were afraid of being called racists by people like Michael Chertoff, Luis Gutierrez, and Fred Barnes.-—
Fred Barnes? :^)
Why is McConnell supporting this?...Ah..his wife..Elaine Chao..nuff said..
Aren't they clever? No end to how low they will go to try to fool us.
I am furious, I can't state that enough.
Hopefully, we will lose the Sr. Senator from Texas. She is voting in line with the McPain bunch, and telling us it is against the bill - that we just don't understand.
I keep telling the talking heads on her phones that if she were above board and honest, it would be refreshing, and we would understand.
Indeed... this treason has to be stopped here and now.
How can we stop this nonsense? Already, Lott's comments have leaked out and I would think could poison all this. We need to hit the phones of those who think they can vote an amendment they already know will be stripped out in conference.
Time for the WHOLE LOT(t) to go!
In other words, if the bill gets through the Senate and the House, the Democrats and the open borders Republicans will work together when the bills have to be reconciled in committee to strip out any amendments that the "grand bargainers" don't like.
Why are you all ignoring Mitch McConnell's role in all this? I've been saying it for days. He's (surprisingly) one of the BAD guys. If Lott needs to go, so does McConnell.
If they've decided to include the funding in the Bill as an amendment instead of as emergency funding in a separate Bill, then they already have the votes to pass the thing and we are wasting our time. It's a done deal.
I agree with your assessment. If this bill passes, voting, from that point, is almost a moot point, something merely to amuse us, but will mean very little.
Only the ones with blinders on.
The Founding Fathers must be crying at what these mediocre clowns have done to that beautifully-designed democracy.
My God he is a moron if he doesn't see that McCain's campaign is already over. Add this abortion of an amnesty bill to CFR and it's DEAD!
Check out Lott's address in the Senate last week and his shameless sucking up to Kennedy and your blood will really boil. Here:Vacant Lott
Fred Barnes, give me a break, who cares what that idiot thinks? We're going to destroy the country because Fred Barnes with an IQ of 80 might not say nice things about us. That is so naive that none of these clowns have any business being in government if that's how they operate.
...but I am.
I'm with you...we don't have a party anymore.
Would 250,000 people on the Mall with "Security First" signs make a difference? It might get their attention since it couldn't be ignored. Could we do it? We haven't been able to in the past but this time seems different. I'd go (although I am in Maryland so that's easy for me to say).
Thanks, I'll try that
I was on a conference call yesterday and found out this bill will lessen border security not stregthen it and I find that reprehensible. There is no building a real fence first with the reality fence to accompany so every last inch of the fence can be monitored and the INS can send people immediately to where there is a problem. There is also no check on who leaves the Country even though that was to be put in place in 1996. With this bill law enforcement cannot be notified.
It is a travesty and needs stopped. For those of you on here that got mad when a lot of us thought it was time for Lott to go in total, hope you are happy. We got Frist instead of Lott thanks to a backroom deal orchestrated by Frist fellow Senator from TN at the time who undermined Senator Nickles from OK who should have replaced Lott as the #2 man in the Senate. Don Nickles was someone who had a backbone. Instead we got Frist who was also spineless just like Lott and managed to get him as #2 before leaving the Senate. If Frist told me 2+2 = 4, I would have to use my calculator to verify.
I would bet we would not have lost the Senate with Don Nickles in charge because he was like Jim Inhofe and not afraid to say what was on his mind. Nothing timid about Nickles and he would have taken it to the DemocRATs. We are in this mess because we have had too many Senators try to make nice with the DemocRATs to get something past and in the meantime we lost the Majority because Frist wouldn't stand up. It started with Clinton, Impeachment, Chinagate, etc. They caved to Clinton every time. Now the spineless Senators are at it again.
This Immigration Bill isn't just hated by Republicans but by Independents and a lot of Dems so what is the stupid Senate doing even bringing the bill back?
When Clinton was President, Lott went to budget negotiations at the WH without Don Nickles so he could sell out knowing full well Nickles would have come out of a meeting and told the truth. Now Lott is back in power and running this bill for the President — disgusting!
I am with a campaign and one good reason I went there is that there are no Trent Lotts, Bill Frists, Karl Roves, etc. anywhere near the campaign. I learned recently from my sources in the Senate and House that Rove, et al are pushing this bill in the Senate and I want him gone from the political scene and his cronies — he did enough damage in 2006. The way he is going you would think he wants to see Hillary in the WH along with some others. Why? So Jeb can run in 2012? Any major players from any Bush campaign, I want their candidate defeated even if that person was my favorite I would jump ship rather than help put this bunch get near the WH again.
My more than two cents!
The entire state of Mississippi should feel the shame caused by Lott....Why is he still there?
I live the shame of the Perry / Dewhurst team here in Texas.... Why is Perry and Dewhurst still running Texas?
Some issues defy logic........
all: feel free to cut & paste any elements of my recent email to the White House:
Although I have little hope that anyone in the administration seems to be taking note, I will continue to vote my displeasure (a mild word indeed) regarding how the administration is choosing to push an intellectually and politically bankrupt approach to immigration reform.
The approach is also morally bankrupt in that it lies about the realities of the illegal immigration situation, lies about the abject failures of the administration and Congress to address it since 9/11, and lies about the true nature of the objections being raised by millions of Americans. We are not nativist yahoos or racist rednecks, nor are we ignorant sheep who would support the bill if we simply knew the details (cf. Mr. Snow).
No, we are people who are opposed PRECISELY because we know the details, and we are deeply offended at the mischaracterizations of the bills opponents made by the administration.
The administration is still whistling in the dark, seemingly willfully ignorant of the lasting, indeed catastrophic, damage being done to its credibility among the American people.
Once John Kerry, Hanoi Jane and bill clinton were allowed to aid the enemy during the Vietnam years, treason became politically fashionable and very profitable. Forty years of fashionable treason has allowed most of the politicians to be bought. In turn, these politicians have appointed the judiciary, who ignore the constitution and rule in favor of the Corporate Royals who have bought the country. They own the Congress, they own the courts, they own law enforcement and they own the military. How are we supposed to stop them?
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