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The Milestone has been hyped up as the best Android phone since the HTC Hero. Seeing as the Hero has been around since July last year - a lifetime for a smartphone - it's about time that someone came up with a serious challenger. The good news is that despite some drawbacks, the Milestone really does live up to the hype and betters the Hero in a number of areas.
Let's get the bad news out of the way first. When it comes to design, Motorola recently seems to have wandered off in the wrong direction. This was very much evident in the bulky and ugly Dext, and unfortunately with the Milestone its design team still seems to be lost in the wilderness. To put it mildly this is a strange looking phone. Like the Dext the handset has a slide out QWERTY keyboard, but unlike that model the screen here doesn't fully cover the bottom half of the phone when it's closed. Instead it leaves a lip jutting out at the bottom. This lip feels quite odd when you're using the keyboard, is a magnet for dust and, well, just looks plain wrong. Even without this odd lip, the phone wouldn't exactly be a looker as the overall design has a very boxy and industrial feel to it. However, at least the sturdy build quality and smooth sliding mechanism for the keyboard do give you the impression that the phone will stand up to a fair number of knocks and scrapes over its lifetime.
The keyboard is also far from the best we've seen on a phone. There's no space between individual keys and, as they are also completely flat and have very little travel, it's quite difficult to get up a decent typing speed. To the right of the keyboard there's a rather large four way D-pad controller. Presumably this has been added to make text editing that bit easier, but we found we didn't use it all that much and couldn't help feeling it would have been better if Motorola had dropped it completely and just increased the size and space between the keys.
Thankfully, things improve dramatically when you get to the screen, as it's one of the best displays we've ever used on any mobile. It really is that good. At 3.7inches it's very large, but unlike the display on HTC HD2 it doesn't make for an overly chunky phone. It's bright too and colours look beautifully vivid, with the result that pictures and videos practically leap off the screen. And the pin sharp 854 x 480 resolution means that even when you're zoomed out on a webpage, the tiny text is still crisp enough to read in landscape mode.
Furthermore, because the screen uses capacitance technology Motorola has been able to support the multi-touch pinch to zoom gesture. When the handset first arrived pinch to zoom only worked in the web browser, but during our review period Google released a new version of Google Maps which added pinch to zoom support too and the Media Gallery was also updated to support it. The zooming isn't quite as smooth as on the iPhone, but it still works well and is especially useful in the browser where it makes it easier to navigate pages and position columns of texts on the screen for better readability.
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Bit of a late review no? Wouldn't you have been better off doing one for the Nexus?
That is the weirdest 9/10 ever....if you look at the tone in the review and the individual scores it hints at maybe at a 7 - 8.
Other then that, a very good review, like always:D
Having tried out a motorola droid and my current phone is the htc hero, I don't think if I were offered the milestone, I would trade in. I prefer trackballs than D-pads and I don't even use the trackball that much. Aesthetically I would agree with Niall that it could be a factor which can seriously put off potential buyers. Going to wait for the HTC desire to come out before putting down my hero.
The Hero is getting updated to Android 2.1 very soon. What does that do to the comparison with the Milestone?
I agree the reviews a bit late but better late than ever. I ordered one of these just before christmas then panicked and cancelled haha. Got a Nexus one instead and its so damn good, bit buggy though
I'd be interested in a comparison with the iphone, the nexus and the n900.....
Good review! @ Kaurisol i think its about time the I phone comparison debate is over. Its not hard to see that this phone is better in quite a few areas....
I disagree - I only included the iphone for the sake of completeness. I have an N900 and am interested to see a comparison between Maemo/Meego and Android. I quite agree that the Milestone is better than the iphone in some areas - as is the N900.
All I know is that the market is getting hotting, Apple and Google have shaken things up, smart phones are more ubiquitous than they ever were and competition is improving the various OS's in leaps and bounds. It's good to be a consumer!
To me the milestone still suffers from the probmlem that affects all modern touchscreen smartphones, physically (especially as the screen size increases) the phones are too big to put in your pocket IMO, something that i dont think can be fixed until the foldable LCD screens come onto the market, where have they all gone?
Just think, a standard candybar phone with a keypad for easy and fast texting, that you could open out to show a touchscreen for web browsing, thats what id like please!
I think Motorola will need to come up with something new and fresh, especially considering HTC's newest offerings (Desire & Legend) Which may also give Apple a run for it's money.
I don't know how big your pockets are, but my Motorola Milestone fits in mine, in a case too. :) I am really happy with it as it does everything I want. The screen is big enough to read, the slide out keyboard is easy to type on (once you get used to it) and the way it coordinates with Google has made my workload a lot easier to manage.
I think the look of the Milestone is a bit Marmite. I like it, though I'm not a fan of the gold accents. I definitely think it looks better than the stuff HTC has been designing lately.
I didn't buy one though. As said in the review the keyboard isn't great and since launch I've heard mixed reports about the battery too. Add in the images of the Motorola Shadow (possibly the Google Nexus 2) and I'm hanging on in the hope Motorola perfect the handset the second time round.
The Droid has long since looked like the first true iPhone killer. So the phone's great. It's not the product I have a problem with. It's the 'organisations' Motorola decides to do business with that concerns me.
I have a Milestone for sometime and it is a very good phone. The two main issues are looks and battery life.
Is it me or have most people here lost the point of the Milestone completely? You can't compare a QWERTY keyboard based phone with that of a touchscreen only version. The point of the Milestone is that is provides the customer with choice and more importantly the ability to type on a physical keyboard than use a touchscreen of that of iPhone, HERO to name just two.
I have used a number of touchscreen phones and it does need a lot to get used to the phone each time. At first it causes frustration due to the number of mistakes you make. This phone gives the customer choice but still provide a full QWERTY keyboard should they so choose and lets face it, they will buy this phone for that very reason.
@Stelph: A candy bar smartphone with a touchscreen? Have you tried the Palm Pre?
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Stepping out for a bite to eat, Rosario Dawson enjoyed lunch in Washington D.C. on Sunday (January 20).
Flawless in a lacy blue patterned dress under a white trench coat, the "Hotel Noir" beauty had smiles for onlookers as she made her way out of Café Milano.
In town for President Obama's swearing-in, the 33-year-old actress is slated to attend tonight's Latino Inaugural 2013 at the Kennedy Center.
Hosted by Eva Longoria, the event will celebrate Latin culture in Washington. Also expected to attend are Antonio Banderas and Mark Anthony.
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Kendra, Holly & Bridget: 'Leather and Laces' Ladies
Reuniting to host the second night of the 9th Annual Leather and Laces Super Bowl soiree, Kendra Wilkinson, Holly Madison and Bridget Marquardt held court at the Regions Bank Tower venue in Indianapolis, Indiana on Saturday (February 4).
The former "Girls Next Door" co-stars welcomed a full house of guests who noshed on hand rolled Sushi and sipped on premium liquor while enjoying entertainment from a trio of DJs as well as Cirque USA performers and mentalist Jim Karol.
Kendra, who was joined by her NFL player husband Hank Baskett, tweeted prior to the party's onset, "Got my hot wings n fried asparagus on to coat my stomach for the night. Bout to go HAM lol"
Eight hours and many drinks later, Miss Wilkinson posted another message reading, "I'm faded n I'm laughing so hard I'm crying."
Miss Madison also was busy shooting out tweets to her many followers, as she closed out the night by writing, "I had so much fun at the Leather and Laces Party #SuperBowl2012 !!!!! #LastDrunkTweetOfTheNight"
The Leather and Laces bash was held as part of the pre-Super Bowl festivities, as the New England Patriots are set to take on the New York Giants at Lucas Oil Stadium on Sunday (February 5) beginning at 6 PM ET on NBC.
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It is not an easy thing to become a member of this Church. In most cases it involves setting aside old habits, leaving old friends and associations, and stepping into a new society which is different and somewhat demanding.
"With the ever-increasing number of converts, we must make an increasingly substantial effort to assist them as they find their way. Every one of them needs three things: a friend, a responsibility, and nurturing with 'the good word of God' (Moro. 6:4). It is our duty and opportunity to provide these things." 1
"I am hopeful that a great effort will go forward throughout the Church, throughout the world, to retain every convert who comes into the Church." 2
"The challenge now is greater than it has ever been because the number of converts is greater than we have ever before known." 3
A Friend
"I plead with you … ; I ask of you, each of you, to become a part of this great effort. Every convert is precious. Every convert is a son or daughter of God. Every convert is a great and serious responsibility." 4
"[Converts] come into the Church with enthusiasm for what they have found. We must immediately build on that enthusiasm. You have people in your wards who can be friends to every convert. They can listen to them, guide them, answer their questions, and be there to help in all circumstances and in all conditions. … I invite every member to reach out in friendship and love for those who come into the Church as converts." 5
A Responsibility
"Every convert who comes into this Church should have an immediate responsibility. It may be ever so small, but it will spell the difference in his life. … I cannot understand why converts aren't given more responsibility immediately when they come into the Church. The tendency is to say, 'They don't know enough.' Well, take a chance on them. Think of what a chance the Lord has taken on you. Give them something to do, be it ever so small, something that's specific and by which they will grow. … You will not develop people in this Church unless you give them responsibility." 6
Nurturing with "the Good Word of God"
"Moroni [writes] concerning [new members]: 'And after they had been received unto baptism, and were wrought upon and cleansed by the power of the Holy Ghost, they were numbered among the people of the church of Christ; and their names were taken, that they might be remembered and nourished by the good word of God, to keep them in the right way, to keep them continually watchful unto prayer, relying alone upon the merits of Christ, who was the author and the finisher of their faith' (Moro. 6:4).
"In these days as in those days, converts are 'numbered among the people of the church … [to] be remembered and nourished by the good word of God, to keep them in the right way, to keep them continually watchful unto prayer.' … Let us help them as they take their first steps as members.
"This is a work for everyone. It is a work for home teachers and visiting teachers. It is a work for the bishopric, for the priesthood quorums, for the Relief Society, the young men and young women, even the Primary.
"I was in a fast and testimony meeting only last Sunday. A 15- or 16-year-old boy stood before the congregation and said that he had decided to be baptized.
"Then one by one boys of the teachers quorum stepped to the microphone to express their love for him, to tell him that he was doing the right thing, and to assure him that they would stand with him and help him. It was a wonderful experience to hear those young men speak words of appreciation and encouragement to their friend. I am satisfied that all of those boys, including the one who was baptized last week, will go on missions." 7
Finding the One Lost
"In a recent press interview I was asked, 'What brings you the greatest satisfaction as you see the work of the Church today?'
"My response: 'The most satisfying experience I have is to see what this gospel does for people. It gives them a new outlook on life. It gives them a perspective that they have never felt before. It raises their sights to things noble and divine. Something happens to them that is miraculous to behold. They look to Christ and come alive.'
"Now, … I ask each of you to please help in this undertaking. Your friendly ways are needed. Your sense of responsibility is needed. The Savior of all mankind left the ninety and nine to find the one lost. That one who was lost need not have become lost. But if he is out there somewhere in the shadows, and if it means leaving the ninety and nine, we must do so to find him. (See Luke 15:3–7.)" 8
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"Converts and Young Men," Ensign, May 1997, 47.
"Some Thoughts on Temples, Retention of Converts, and Missionary Service," Ensign, November 1997, 50.
Ensign, May 1997, 48.
Ensign, May 1997, 48.
Ensign, November 1997, 51.
BYU married students' regional conference, priesthood leadership meeting, Provo, Utah, 10 February 1996.
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At the core of the Cancer Center is a dedicated team of clinicians comprised of nurses, pharmacists, nutritionists, social workers, and case managers who provide essential inpatient and outpatient care. Additional support services are provided as needed by physical, occupational, speech, and hearing specialists, as well as enterostomal therapists.
This complex support care is orchestrated by the oncology nurse acting as the primary nurse in either the outpatient or inpatient setting. All of these highly trained nursing professionals have expertise in oncology and are chemotherapy certified. Most are certified oncology nurses, which permits them to add the title of OCN after their names. Each patient has a primary nurse, who will follow the patient and be the continuous link to the Cancer Center, the physicians, and the services of the institution.
The outpatient nursing team is headed by the Cancer Center nurse manager, who supervises the nurses and nursing assistants who provide cancer care in the ambulatory setting.
Inpatient nurses under the direction of the inpatient nurse manager are directly responsible for the acute care of patients on the 8-1 Inpatient Oncology Unit. The inpatient nursing team consists of nurses, nursing assistants, and unit secretaries, with educational and clinical support from the clinical nurse specialist (CNS).
The nurse in Radiation Oncology works in close collaboration with the entire team to provide care management for patients receiving radiation therapy.
Several weekly conferences are held to transfer the care of patients seamlessly between the inpatient and outpatient departments. Care paths and treatment guidelines have been established that provide consistency in care planning, and assure adherence to the same treatment philosophy for in- and outpatients.
The team of pharmacists assigned to the Cancer Center has specialized training in cancer drugs, which is crucial for the safe and proper administration of chemotherapeutic agents. The specialized drugs are either prepared in the Cancer Center, which has its own dedicated pharmacy, or in a special oncology subsection of the main hospital pharmacy where the inpatient drugs are prepared.
The Cancer Center social workers are important members of the holistic support team, guiding patients through complex therapy and helping them cope with the numerous non-medical problems that are commonly associated with cancer. Each cancer patient has a social worker who provides an initial assessment, identifies present and potential problems, and provides referrals to other support services such as psychiatric liaison, patient advocacy, mental health counseling, and spiritual guidance through the pastoral care team or patient support groups. This comprehensive emotional support is essential to our cancer care efforts, because the successful outcome of our treatment requires a positive attitude from the patients and their active participation in care.
Most patients with cancer are nutritionally deficient as a result of their disease, the side effects of therapy, or because of lack of appetite. Thus, nutritional support of the patient is essential. A full-time nutritionist is assigned to the cancer program. Her role is to assess the patient's nutritional status and assist the patient and the team to meet nutritional goals and to correct nutritional deficiencies.


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The Twin Cities boasts three Protestant seminaries (forgive me if I don't consider John Piper's unaccredited school a seminary in full standing). They are Luther Seminary, United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities, and Bethel Seminary. And I think that the rising and falling fortunes of these three can tell us something interesting about the landscape of the church in America today. [Disclosure: I teach at United, I am part of a Templeton grant at Luther, and I once made out with a girl in the trees behind Bethel. I have friends who teach at all three.]
Luther Seminary was initially founded in 1917 as the merger of three Norwegian Lutheran seminaries. Another merger with Augsburg Seminary (also Norwegian) happened in 1963, and yet another merger in 1976 with Northwestern Lutheran Theological Seminary (English) led to Luther Northwestern Seminary. In 1994, they simplified the name to Luther Seminary. Luther is the largest of the eight seminaries of the ELCA denomination — with incoming classes of well over 100 — but it has recently fallen on hard times. Due to falling enrollment and financial mismanagement, the president and CFO were let go and many faculty and staff were laid off.
United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities was also formed by a merger. In 1957, the United Church of Christ denomination was formed out of the merger of a couple denoms, and in 1962, UTS was founded as the merger of Yankton School of Theology (German Congregational) and Mission House (German Reformed). In the 1970s and 80s, UTS was at the forefront of liberalism, particularly feminist theology, and was among the first seminaries to enroll openly gay students. But their star faded, and in the last few years, incoming classes were in the low 30s. Today it serves primarily UCC, UMC, and UUA students.
Bethel Seminary was initially founded in Chicago in 1871. In 1914, it was acquired by the Baptist General Conference denomination and moved to Minnesota. Always evangelical in its outlook, Bethel made news in the 1990s when professors John Piper and Greg Boyd squared off, resulting in Boyd's resignation and Piper's withdrawal from Bethel and the BGC. In its heyday, Bethel was welcoming over 200 new students every year, but recently they've laid off all of their church historians as well as several other faculty members.
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FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – The Northern Arizona University Athletics department is proud to announce its NAU Coaches Caravan stops for June and July. The caravan will take place this summer throughout the great state of Arizona. The first stop for the next leg of the tour will be Monday, June 11 from 5-7 p.m. at the Javelina Cantina in Sedona, Ariz.
The NAU Coaches Caravan this summer will give fans an opportunity to meet new Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics Dr. Lisa Campos and "The Voice of the NAU Lumberjacks" Mitch Strohman, as well as a variety of head coaches for Northern Arizona University.
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By Chris Harris
Cesc Fabregas has come of age this season. The 19-year-old has shouldered an immense midfield burden since Patrick Vieira departed last summer and was deservedly in the frame for the PFA Young Player of the Year award.
To the casual observer, Fabregas rose to prominence with stellar performances in the Champions League. He mastered Madrid at the Bernabeu and then won a symbolic personal battle with Vieira when Juventus visited Highbury.
Since the teenager scored one goal and set up another in a 2-0 win, no one has questioned Arsène Wenger's decision to sell his fellow Frenchman. But Fabregas is reluctant to pinpoint that famous night as the 'defining moment' of his fledgling career.
"Some people say it was against Real Madrid, some people say Juventus, I don't know," he says.
"To be honest I think I've been trying to do all I could in all of the season but sometimes people don't realise if you are playing well or not if [the team] is not going through good moments.
"I have talked to people in the Club and they say I have played well for all of the season, not just when we won at the Bernabeu. Of course, winning there gives you a good night, but maybe I played the same way against Everton and because I was sent off and we lost 1-0 people say I'm not at the right level."
Fabregas has emerged as the hub of Wenger's exciting young team, roaming midfield with a calm authority which belies his tender years. Fabregas dictates the tempo of Arsenal's play with his vision, passing range and comfort on the ball, but he has added another useful attribute to his game since arriving in England.
"I have developed a lot physically," he says. "I think if you want to be the most complete player in world you have to play in the English league.
"If you have the technique you have to work hard, be patient and wait for your chance on the ball during a game. That is not the same in other leagues and that's why the English league is the most complete.
"I knew it would take time to get the physical strength, even now it happens like the other day when [Wigan striker] Jason Roberts pushed me, he is massive and I am not the kind of player who can match that, it takes time. But Arsène Wenger believed in me and I have showed him I could be in the team.
"Now all I think about is Arsenal. All I want to do is to win the Champions League for this Club and all the people here, and of course for the fans and Arsène Wenger because I think they deserve it."


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Are sports cars the preserve of footballers and middle-aged men who have been dreaming of the things since they were little boys? Probably, but that doesn't stop us from wanting to experience getting behind the wheel of a Ferrari. To keep us happy until that day, Ferrari has teamed-up with Logic3 to produce the Ferrari Scuderia P200. Plus a load more headphones besides. But £200 should buy you a whole lot of headphone. Does Logic3 provide the goods here?
A straw poll of the TrustedReviews mob has concluded that the Scuderia P200 headphones are as ugly as sin. They're loud, gaudy and in no way tasteful in their design, but if you're reading this there's a good chance you're up for a bit of over-the-top branding. Logic3 says they're based on the headphones used by the F1 team - hence the chunky look.
And we can't blame Logic3 entirely either, as it also offers a companion range of headphones called Cavallino. These trade in the red for muted browns and silvers and try for a more stylish look. For now, we're going to forget our new anti-Ferrari red leanings, and just ask you to ask yourself whether your Ferrari passion wouldn't be better served by one of those classier models.
The rear of each exuberant-looking earcup is made of plastic. Although there are silver parts and carbon fibre texture bits, they appear to be simply treated plastic. It's There's also an inlaid Ferrari logo on the back of the cups. So far, so Ferrari.
The Ferrari Scuderia P200 aren't all-plastic, however. Thick rods of metal attach the earpieces to the plastic headband. Heavy-duty swivelling plastic hinges up top make the join, designed to help the headphones fit to your head shape easily. And they do, once you've sufficiently altered the headband, which is particularly stiff and requires a firm yank to get moving.
Several elements work together to get us thinking that these aren't much cop as out-and-about headphones, for the average person at least. Most obviously, their design is extremely attention-grabbing. A bad thing? It depends on your perspective. They're also very bulky, out to impose with their size as much as their over-the-top design.
Most importantly, though, they're actually semi-open headphones. A 2mm slit runs around the rear edge of each earcup, opening up the driver enclosure to the outside world. As a result, the Scuderia P200 leak sound a little at medium-to-high volumes and don't offer particularly good isolation from external noise. We will say that they don't leak anywhere near as much as fully-open 'phones, though.
Are these headphones for people who want the brands they're wearing to scream out like an air raid siren? Do they not care that everyone on the train can hear Europe's The Final Countdown leaking into the carriage? We're starting to paint an unfortunate picture of the average Scuderia P200 owner.
A key part of making a perfectly comfortable headphone is to marry the right earcup padding to the right headband padding. The Ferrari Scuderia P200 ear cup padding is good, comprised of soft foam topped with high-grade synthetic leather. Padding up top is less impressive, however. It's not quite as soft, either in its leather-effect finish or the foam underneath.
Logic3's excuse would probably be that the not-insubstantial 380g weight of these headphones needs robust padding. But it ensures that you need to have these cans on your head for some time before the headband stops constantly reminding you of its presence, pushing into your crown - the band seems to use a form of memory foam, causing this pressure to ebb away in longer listening sessions. Unusually, they're more comfortable for longer sessions than quickies.
The cups will heat your ears up a treat on a warm day, though. Yep, it's another reason why the Scuderia P200 probably won't ever become our workhorse commute headphones.
Design and comfort earn mixed reports, but the accessory package gets a refreshing thumbs-up. The Ferrari Scuderia P200 headphones are delivered in a zipped funky carbon fibre-effect semi-hard case with a neat carry handle. It bears the Ferrari crest too, and is more demure than the headphones themselves.
In the case you'll find a 3.5mm-to-6.3mm jack adapter and an airplane adapter. The most unusual part of the package, though, is that three cables are supplied with the headphones.
The cable here is completely removable, plugging into a 2.5mm jack socket in bottom of the left earcup. Why three? We're not entirely sure, but they're all different. One is a basic cable, one has a handsfree kit, and the third a handsfree kit plus a iOS remote to let you change volume easily.
All three are finished with braided fabric, which in tandem with the heavy-duty thickness helps to reduce tangling. However, over the past year we've started to become suspicious of braided cables as they tend to work their way apart in normal use. These seem to be high-quality examples, but we did note some minor fraying at the end of one.
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Mumbai, Nov 12 (UNI) Private telecom major Reliance Communications chairman Anil Ambani today welcomed the move of the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) to introduce mobile portability in four metros.
In a statment here, RComm chairman said ''This is a forward looking initiative. It is pro-competition, pro-consumer and above all pro-choice''.
The government today introduced the much-awaited number portability in four metros that will enable users to switch operators while retaining their mobile numbers.
The DoT had earlier shelved the regulator's proposal for the implementation of portability.
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DNR stocks 2.5 million striped bass into Lakes Marion and Moultrie
The S.C. Department of Natural Resources recently completed the stocking of 2,582,000 hatchery raised striped bass fingerlings into Lake Marion and Lake Moultrie.
Striped bass fry for these stockings were produced at the S.C. Department of Natural Resources' (DNR) Jack Bayless Fish Hatchery in St. Stephens. The fry were grown out to 1- to 2-inch fingerlings at the following state fish hatcheries: Dennis Wildlife Center in Bonneau, Cohen Campbell Fish Hatchery in West Columbia, and Cheraw Fish Hatchery in Cheraw. Two U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service fish hatcheries, Orangeburg National Fish Hatchery in Orangeburg, and Welaka National Fish Hatchery in Welaka, Fla., also produced striped bass fingerlings for these stockings.
For information on DNR's freshwater fish stocking program, call (803) 734-3933 in Columbia. Check the DNR Web site for South Carolina freshwater fish regulations at http://www.dnr.sc.gov/regs/pdf/freshfishing.pdf.
Hatchery produced striped bass fingerlings help to supplement the natural reproduction of striped bass in the Santee Cooper system.
The DNR Freshwater Fisheries Section annually stocks from seven to 10 million fish in state waters, including striped and hybrid bass, largemouth and smallmouth bass, channel and blue catfish, bluegill, redbreast, red ear sunfish (shellcracker), and rainbow, brook, and brown trout. Anglers in South Carolina spend almost $742 million to fish each year, making the sport, with economic multipliers factored in, a billion dollar business in the Palmetto State.
Stripers are fast growing and long-lived and have reached weights of more than 40 pounds. Maturity occurs at about 2 years of age for male stripers and at 4 years of age for females. They can reach a size of 10 to 12 inches the first year. There is no disputing the striper is a superstar among freshwater fishes. Live shad and eels are excellent baits for catching big stripers. Other popular baits include white or yellow bucktail jigs, spoons, deep running crankbaits and a spinner with plastic worm rig. Popping plugs are best when stripers are schooling at the surface.


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"The Humane Society of Ocean City is a private, non-profit (501c) organization located in Ocean City, New Jersey. HSOC operates a truly "No-Kill" Animal Shelter; a low-cost spay/neuter clinic; and a humane educational center. Since 1964, HSOC has proudly served Ocean City and surrounding communities in Atlantic and Cape May counties. Our Shelter has rescued and cared for many stray or abandoned pets. HSOC strives to place its homeless residents into good, loving homes. For unwanted pets, HSOC provides them a safe, clean, and happy home in the Shelter for the rest of their precious lives. In September 2002, HSOC opened a new building for spay/neutering and humane educational services. The local public is welcome to bring their pets and apply for spay or neuter appointments for affordable fees. The clinic has state-of-the-art medical equipment , staffed by a licensed veterinarian and professional assistants. The educational center holds classes and shelter tours for children and young adults on the proper treatment and dignified respect for all animals. The center is staffed by dedicated volunteer teachers who effectively convey to young minds an understanding and appreciation of pet guardianship. There are other ways we help pets, as you will learn by reviewing the many areas of our website. And with your financial support and volunteer efforts, we can transform our hopes into realities. We stand by our motto: "You've Gotta Have Heart!" "
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The HSOC is possibly the best example of a small, non-profit, locally-run animal shelter I have ever seen. The staff is kind and caring and they really believe in what they are doing. The facility itself is immaculately clean, open & airy and full of sunshine for the pups and kittys to enjoy! The HSOC is a no-kill shelter and that is what I admire most about the organization. The HSOC holds many public outreach events all year round to benefit their wonderful shelter and help educate the public. The event that Jay-Jay and I participate in is called "Barks on the Boards" (held Memorial Day weekend.) Hundreds of dog and their people show up on this ONLY day that dog are allowed to strut on the board walk. The canine strutters raise loads of $$$ for the shelter through a small registration fee and their sponsors donations. It is a wuffderful day filled with fun, contests, prizes and puppers! For the last two years (2006 & 2007) thanks to all of his generous Dogster pals, Jay-Jay has been the top pledge raiser for the event. We hope to be able to support the shelter for as along as we can!!!!posted: February 27th, 2007


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Some call it a witch hunt; other's say it's a matter of accountability. Either way, it appears sooner rather than later, White House CTO Todd Park will find himself testifying before the U.S. House of Representatives for his efforts in fixing Healthcare.gov.
After two previous requests were declined by the White House, Rep. Darrell Issa, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, has subpoenaed Park to testify on Wednesday for his leadership role in attempting to fix Healthcare.gov.
Park follows Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, who was subpoenaed by Issa on Oct. 31 for documentation on the site, which has failed to enroll applicants in health-care insurance plans linked to the Affordable Care Act, legislation that will require most Americans to have health insurance by 2014.
According to a Reuters article, Donna Pignatelli, assistant director for legislative affairs in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, said Park has been willing to meet with Issa's staff informally in late November, after the site's deadline for functionality on Nov. 30, and is also willing to testify within the first two weeks of December.
"Because Mr. Park is currently occupied full time on the critically important work of improving the website for the millions of Americans seeking affordable health insurance options, his testimony needs to be scheduled at a time that is less disruptive to that work," Pignatelli said in a letter responding to Issa.
Despite the White House's call for Park's continued work on the site, Issa is unlikely to overturn his subpoena, seeing the delay as a lack of transparency and accountability. In his letter to Park, Reuters recorded Issa rebuffing Park for his willingness to speak with The New York Times and not government officials.
"You are the only invited witness who remains unwilling to appear voluntarily. … I am left with no choice but to compel your appearance," Issa wrote in his letter to Park. Two Sides The conflict has been gaining momentum as advocates on both sides of the issue have become more vocal -- most notably, Democratic Reps. Elijah Cummings, ranking member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Gerald Connolly, ranking member of the Subcommittee on Government Operations.
In a letter to Issa, the two denounced Issa's subpoena as "unnecessary and misguided" while at the same time underlining Park's need to remain focused on the "lion's share" of the site fixes.
"The evidence before our committee demonstrates that Mr. Park is an honest and exemplary public servant, and your unsubstantiated public attacks against his integrity are a deficient basis on which to justify a subpoena against him," the representatives wrote.
The letter also criticized Issa for commentary made on Fox News where he labeled Park's work on the site as "a pattern of interference and false statements."
In the Fox interview, Issa alleged Park knew beforehand that the site could not handle the amount of visitors that would potentially use it.
"This was a still-born site, which means this was a failure to launch that they knew about on Sept. 30 and went ahead anyway," Issa said, referring to an early capacity test that identified the total number of visitors that could access the site at a given time as 1,100.
Cummings and Connolly wrote in their statement that Issa had misunderstood previous user capacity reports for the site, and that according to Henry Chao, deputy CIO of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, final pre-launch visitor estimates were much higher at around 58,000 users. Social Media Help As further support for Park, a new social media campaign site, titled Let Todd Work, has been created to advocate Park's continued focus on Healthcare.gov. The site, as of Tuesday afternoon, has gained the support of more than 1,200 people via Facebook and Twitter.
According to The Atlantic, the site was launched by two White House innovation fellows, Clay Johnson and Adam Becker, and former White House art director Michael Aleo. On its home page is a statement crediting Park for his past IT initiatives such as the Health Data Initiative, a program designed to use health information for potential IT applications, and Park's Blue Button initiative that provided a way for companies and organizations to offer patient's access to their health records.
"Now, instead of continuing to fix Healthcare.gov (a mess he did not make)," the statement reads, "Mr. Park has to spend his hours preparing for his testimony."
Prior to his post as the White House deputy CTO, Park co-founded Athenahealth, a health IT company, and also co-founded Castlight, a Web-based health-care shopping service for consumers. In health policy issues, Park was a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, where he focused on health IT and health reform policy.


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VA audit: New patients wait 56 days in Los Angeles
Patients seeking care through the VA's Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System waited an average of 56 days for their first appointment with a primary care doctor — four times longer than the department's goal.
A report released Monday by theDepartment of Veterans Affairs said the average wait time for new patients at other VA hospitals in California ranged from about 25 days in Fresno to about 44 days in Loma Linda.
VA guidelines say veterans should be seen within 14 days of their desired date for a primary care appointment. The department now says that meeting that target was unattainable given existing resources and the growing demand for services.
The findings are part of a national audit ordered after a whistleblower said veterans were dying while waiting for care in Phoenix. In all, more than 700 VA hospitals and large outpatient clinics were reviewed. The review also found that 7,086 veterans in California had requested an appointment during the enrollment process during the past 10 years but an appointment was not scheduled.
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This week's column sees two Merck & Co. VPs move to Neostem and Covance, plus changes at Harlan and Aesica.
Merck VP of clinical research Barry J. Goldstein has moved to contract research organisation Covance, where he will become VP and global therapeutic area head of the expanded cardiovascular, metabolic, endocrine and renal unit. He will also join Covance's medical and scientific affairs leadership team.
Ken Somberg, Covance's chief medical officer, told Outsourcing-Pharma.com Goldstein had been chosen for his significant experience.
"Dr Goldstein brings significant endocrinology, metabolism, and broad drug development experience and knowledge to Covance," said Somberg.
"With an extensive academic, medical and research background, he is a leader in the field of diabetes mellitus and endocrinology. He will build on our vision and work these key areas, and provide important scientific insight to our colleagues and our sponsors."
Covance has expanded its cardiovascular and metabolic research in recent years, including through lipid trials and large cardiovascular outcomes studies. It is currently executing diabetes mellitus-related clinical trials. However yesterday it announced the sale of an "underperforming" genomics lab in Washington State to LapCorp.
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It is always advisable to have an attorney when you turn yourself in - this is so they can help negoiate a bail. However, in this matter it is a bench warrant issued due to his failure to follow a direct court order where a bail is not established - the issuing judge will determine whether to impose the original sentence which was suspended when he was given the community service option.
It would be advisable to have an attorney available at that hearing so that he can help articulate why your son did not complete the service that the judge so generously allowed in lieu of a jail sentence. Perhaps, based on the reasoning and the nature of the crime the judge will allow him one more opportunity. One never knows. But certainly an attorney would be most beneficial at that point.
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Posted by Mark Mulligan on December 10, 2010
Last week I posted this question on Twitter:
"Need some help: if 'Buy & Listen' was 20th cent. music consumption, 'Rip & Burn' the 1st digital generation, what's it for Digital Natives?"
I got a lot of good suggestions and though there was great diversity in the responses sharing featured heavily. What's interesting is that though Digital Natives do share music a lot, it is more in a social context than the peer-to-peer kind of file sharing more common among Millennials.
We are working on a new report to try to help our clients understand what the next generation of music products should look like. I of course advocate music product innovation to such an extent that I sometimes sound like a stuck record (spot the oh-so-analogue metaphor). But the early results of the consumer data we're mining for this report are building a case for a music product strategy reset so extensive in reach that it makes my previous protestations look too modest by far.
Researching the report (which we're provisionally calling 'Digital Natives, The Generation Music Product Strategy Forgot') has been eye-opening. Whilst record labels have been focusing energies on winning over CD buyers and converting Millennial file sharers, the Digital Natives have been left without music products that meet their needs. The Millennials used digital to reinvent analaogue behaviors (such as replacing the CD with the paid or free download) but Digital Natives are creating their own rules of social context, experience and visuals.
The result is that YouTube emerges as digital music's killer app.
Which is why I've opted for 'Share and Watch' as the tag line for the Digital Native's (see below). What do you think? Does this slogan sufficiently capture the essence?
Posted by Doug Williams on December 7, 2010
While co-creation is certainly a hot topic these days, the fact is that for most companies, social co-creation is relatively immature. Based on a panel survey of consumer product strategy professionals conducted in Q2 2010, just 38% of companies use social media to to involve consumers directly in the product creation or innovation process (that is, 46% of the 83% of companies who engage with consumers using social media). Consumer product strategy professionals who are using social media assets to enable co-creation are doing one or more of the following:
Posted by Mark Mulligan on December 7, 2010
Sky's much vaunted music service Sky Songs in the UK has announced that it is closing its virtual doors a little over one year after launch. As I've been saying for some time, digital music is at an impasse and the end of Sky Songs illustrates the point. There was nothing fundamentally wrong with Sky Songs, but there was nothing spectacularly right about it either. It was a cookie-cutter premium subscription service with a few nice twists but one that fundamentally played by the record label licenses' standard rule book and consequently lacked differentiation in the marketplace.
However good Sky might be at marketing premium subscriptions to mass-market customers, if the product is a dud, it's just not going to fly. At launch, I stated that to succeed Sky needed to leverage its differentiated assets (i.e., integrate into TV hardware and bundle with TV packages). It didn't. Instead it left Sky Songs tied with chains to the PC as a premium rental service whilst Spotify pushed on to 10 million users.
I have to admit I thought Sky was playing a smart long game where it would leverage those assets and make serious inroads into the mainstream. I wonder how much of its failure to do so is down to its business objectives and how much is down to what it could secure licenses for at what it deemed financially viable rates.


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I am a 27 year old wife and mother of two children, a daughter age 8 and a son age 2. I breastfed both children for the first year. After breastfeeding my daughter I noticed my breasts were smaller but they still had fullness to them and were perky. It wasn't until I was finished breastfeeding my son that I noticed they just were not the same, the had a deflated look to them. I also did a lot of pumping with my son so I'm not sure if that had anything to do with it, either way I'm not happy with the appearance of them anymore. I don't have an issue with my breasts when in clothes, but when in the nude I'm a little self conscious. I feel a breast augmentation will make me feel better about myself when I'm naked and in a bathing suit, bra, etc. :) I have been contemplating breast implants for the past year and I have decided to go with it. My husband has been surprisingly very supportive and accompanied me to my consultation in early June. He's more worried about the health risks and healing though. :)
My consultation was with Dr. Robert H Gilman in Wellesley MA, Board Certified of course, he's been practicing plastic surgery in Boston for 30 years. We were very impressed with him, he seemed to know everything there was to know and had all of the answers to our questions. He was with us for about 2 hours talking and showing us before and afters. In the end he decided I should go with either saline or silcone implants moderate profile under the musle. He also said he wouldn't use anything less than 375 cc to make sure there was enough skin to surround the implant and make it look right. I would also have the incision site in the natural crease of my breast. I have thought about it and have decided to go with the silicone, but I'm still not sure if I should get the 375cc or something like the 400cc. Right now I am currently a 34 B so I will have to factor that in to my decision as well. I plan on having the procedure sometime in January after the holidays.


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New grants available for Civil War sites in Tennessee
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) _ Grants for protecting Civil War and Underground Railroad sites in Tennessee will be made available starting Sunday.
The $483,000 program created under a state law enacted this year will help pay for acquiring or preserving land associated with 38 Civil War sites determined to be the most historically significant in Tennessee.
The matching grants will also help fund Underground Railroad sites eligible for the National Register of Historic Places or for being designated a National Historic Landmark.
Wars Commission program director Fred Prouty said in a release that the program will be a ``significant boost'' for protecting areas where soldiers fought and died and to preserve places associated with escaped slaves' road to freedom.
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The district attorney's office in San Mateo County, Calif., warns Transportation Security Administration workers at San Francisco International Airport that anyone who inappropriately touches a passenger during a security pat-down will be prosecuted, KGO-TV out of San Francisco reports.
This comes on the heels of word - as shared in Alan Levin's story in USA TODAY - that TSA Administrator John Pistole has told a Senate committee in Washington that more invasive pat-downs are necessary. The developments come in the wake of public outcry over the search techniques.
In California, San Mateo District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe says complaints of inappropriate touching will be addressed by his office, KGO-TV reports.
"The case would be reviewed, and if we could prove the elements of it, that it was inappropriately done with a sexual or lewd intent, that person would be prosecuted," Wagstaffe says. "If someone were to take their hand and put it underneath somebody's blouse and touch someone inappropriately and go skin to skin, that's a felony, and if it's done simply over the clothing, according to California law, that's a misdemeanor."
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Adam & Fudman -
Thanks for the posts. I was to have a mechanic look at the 02' 525i Sport today but its been bumped till tomorrow.
Adam - the 530i at $10,995 - was super clean. Took to mechanic - recommended a few items: - Oxygen sensor replacement, fuel filter, also mentioned it would be due for a 100K maintenance of plugs and a few items. What killed it for mw was the dealer dais it had all new blames. What they did was put new pads on the old rotors w/o turning them not a good thing. Mechanic said the front rotors likely needed to be replaced & the rear just needed to be turned.
Dealer thru a fit and tried to deny this and said the mechanic was just trying to drum up business. He said he's change the fuel filter & power steering line which was leaking a bit. It was clear however the rotors needed to be turned - I could see and feel the lip.
I walked - my sense was at that price & his attitude i was better off. He lied couldn't trust him after that.
The good news I found the private sale 525i a few days later and will, as mentioned, have it looked at tomorrow.
Adam - FYI STELLAR Automotive in Studio city has a Manual: 02' 525i Sport - listed at $9,900. Can find it on their website.
Fudman - we are in day two of rain here in LA - this is about as bad as it gets - LOL its such easy living out here.
Tomorrow I may be driving back w/ my first BMW - kinda exciting....
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Chael Sonnen declares himself to be the UFC light heavyweight champion by forfeit
When I decided to go after the light heavyweight championship, I knew that Id win it like I always do. I just didnt know it would be by forfeit. But I do stand before you today the light heavyweight champion. Im in the same position today as I was yesterday. The fights going to happen sooner or later. Its not like Im not going to beat this guy up. Its just a matter of when. My biggest concern isnt with the fight or myself at all. My biggest concern is with Dan Henderson and his health. I have a personal relationship with him. I know his kids and how much he loves playing with them, so I just hate to see the guys health in any kind of jeopardy.
I dont know the mindset or whos around (Jones). I only know whos around me. Dan Henderson, Matt Lindland, Randy Couture. These are the guys who molded me not just physically, but mentally. They would fight anybody, any time, anywhere. Some people mean it when they say that. Im from that same mold. Id never disrespect those guys that gave so much to me by being the first one from our group to back down. And I never say that to sound like a tough guy. I say that because I think its really important that youre never a bully in this sport. I hate them so much.
They are all a bunch of punks and bullies and I will never be one. The only litmus test I have for myselfam I willing to fight anybody? When the day comes that I wont fight somebody, I wont fight anybody. If there is someone out there that makes me go Im not fighting him, then Im not going to fight anyone anymore. Thats what bullies do. Bullies pick and choose who they get in fights with based on who they think they can beat. I will never, ever do that. When the day comes that I back down, I will quit this sport.
This was his biggest opportunity. Theres no question I could beat Jon Jones. Jon Jones can beat me too. But I can beat him. If you ever wanted to stack the deck in his favor, youd have done it on September 1. Youd have called me out of the blue, switched weight classes on me, put me on a plane to do a press tour, put me everywhere in the world except in the practice room. That was the opportunity he had. I could have beaten him, but he could have beaten me too. The next time we meet up, when Ive had a camp and my coaches around me, thats not going to be the case. Its really important to win these fights, and the world saw me lose a fight. I fell down. Im not going to fall down again.
Jon Jones is a delusional brat. He talks of being a businessman?! What?! What risks did he take? What capital did he raise? Where exactly is his office located? How many people does me employ? Hey JJ, put me on the phone with your secretary Oh wait, what?
LOL awsome I was wondering what he would come out with for this.
I absolutely love this guy. lol
Hahahah...man this guy. Lolz...jkfdl;sajlf;djkslajfdlsa
Undefeated and undisputed!!!
Crazy year for Sonnen he should be front runner for fighter of the year, lost the MW title and less than two months later wins the LHW title. P4p one of the best fighters today.
Oh god. Not again. :(
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Rotterdam Review
Named for the Dutch city and the standard bearer of the Holland America Line fleet, Rotterdam was launched in 1997 and received the line's latest Signature of Excellence enhancements in December 2009. Onboard, the art collection includes exact replicas of the huge
clay army discovered buried in Xian, China, as well as a collection of clocks and timepieces, contemporary art by recognized artists, and antiques that represent Holland America Line's seafaring heritage.
The most traditional ships in the fleet, the interiors of sister ships Amsterdam and Rotterdam display abundant wood appointments in the public areas on promenade and lower promenade decks and priceless works of art throughout.
The Ocean Bar, Explorer's Lounge, Wajang Theater, and Crow's Nest are familiar lounges to longtime Holland American passengers. Newer additions include the spa's thermal suite, a culinary-arts demonstration center in the theater, Explorations Café, and expansive areas for children and teens. Multimillion-dollar collections of art and artifacts are showcased throughout both vessels. In addition to works commissioned specifically for each ship, Holland America Line celebrates its heritage by featuring antiques and artworks that reflect the theme of worldwide Dutch seafaring history.
Holland America Line has enjoyed a distinguished record of traditional cruises, world exploration, and transatlantic crossings since 1873—all facets of its history that are reflected in the fleet's multimillion-dollar shipboard art and antiques collections. Even the ships' names follow a pattern set long ago: all end in the suffix dam and are either derived from the names of various dams that cross Holland's rivers, important Dutch landmarks, or points of the compass. The names are even recycled when vessels are retired, and some are in their fifth and sixth generation of use.
Noted for focusing on passenger comfort, Holland America Line cruises are classic in design and style, and with an infusion of younger adults and families on board, they remain refined without being stuffy or stodgy. Following a basic design theme, returning passengers feel as at home on the newest Holland America vessels as they do on older ones.
What You Should Know
- Rotterdamhas the Retreat, a resort-style pool on the aft Lido deck
- As the line's flagships,RotterdamandAmsterdamhave the fleet's most elegant interior decor
- Realistic landscapes with surreal touches accent walls inAmsterdam's Pinnacle Grill
- One-way window glass in outside cabins on lower promenade deck does not offer occupants complete privacy
- There is little shipboard nightlife more than an hour after dinner
- Despite excellent facilities designed for kids and teens, family cabins are limited
Ship Stats
- Crew Members 600
- Entered Service 1997
- Gross Tons 61,859/62,735
- Length 780 feet
- Number of Cabins 702
- Passenger Capacity 1,404
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/// People Don't Use TV Apps, and Mobile Gaming Is Set to Implode
If you spent any time walking around the various small cities that the major electronics companies erected last week at CES , you probably noticed how confident their executives were that the average consumer is set to have a much different, more intimate relationship with their TV manufacturer. Instead of exclusively interacting with their cable company's electronic programming guide, or through a secondary device like an Xbox, the Samsungs , Sonys and LGs of the world seem pretty certain that everybody's going to start using their user interface, their movie service, their navigation mechanisms and their app stores as the primary way they use TV. (How many people currently even use the remote controls that come with the TVs they've purchased?) But a handful of panelists at a CES event on Thursday threw some cold water on that dream. To here them tell it, if anybody's got a shot at hijacking the TV experience, it's tablet and smartphone makers. "TV is all about content," said Henry Derovanessian, vp of engineering, DirecTV. "We've launched quite a few apps, particularly social apps. The take rate on these apps is pretty minimal. TVs are there to provide entertainment." And while Kurt Hoppe, director of Smart TV innovation and new business at LG Electronics did note that the company has seen "an amazing usage of casual games on smart TV," he acknowleged that social TV apps and personalized interfaces aren't exactly taking off, at least on the TV itself. "Your smart TV is not your computer," Hoppe said. "Yes, there's a younger demo that loves to tell the world what they're doing at all times of day and night
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There was coffee but no biscuits (blame the age of austerity) when the heads of mobile operators Vodafone, O2, EE and Three and regulator Ofcom met for peace talks at the Trafalgar Square offices of Culture Secretary Maria Miller late yesterday afternoon.
With barely a dozen people in Miller's office, they agreed a deal which means, belatedly, that the next generation of super-fast mobile, known as 4G, can finally go ahead.
The first 4G service will be running within weeks as EE, parent company of T-Mobile and Orange, has permission to launch on some of its existing spectrum — without the threat of a legal challenge from its rivals.
Vodafone, O2 and Three, which don't own any airwaves that are suitable for 4G at present, have relented because Ofcom has agreed to bring forward its much-delayed auction of new spectrum to January.
Importantly, the existing spectrum, which has been used for analogue TV ahead of digital switchover, will be freed up for 4G services by May 2013, rather than autumn next year.
It is good news for consumers because it means that they can make full use of the latest smartphones, such as Apple's iPhone 5, which work on 4G.
But it says a lot about the bad-tempered state of the British mobile market that it needed the Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) to knock heads together. "No-one comes out of this smelling roses," says one source, referring not only to the mobile operators but also Ofcom.
In theory, the 4G auction ought to have happened many months, if not years, ago. Ofcom first drew up plans in 2008 but a culture of litigation within the telecoms industry has led to endless delays as rival firms challenged virtually every decision. That has meant that Britain, one of the most advanced Western markets for mobile, has ended up lagging behind countries such as Italy and Germany in introducing the next generation of super-fast phone networks — a serious issue when the digital economy is important for growth.
The mobile operators always squabble but arguably, Ofcom did not help the cause. Some complain the regulator's auction plans were too complex — Ofcom wanted to ensure that there is room for a fourth player, Three — and then there was the regulator's decision earlier this year to let EE steal a march on its rivals by launching 4G first on its existing airwaves, even before a date for the auction of new spectrum had been agreed.
Things reached such a dire state that by this summer there was a threat of legal action on multiple fronts that could have delayed 4G in Britain for several more years. O2 and Vodafone were talking about suing while EE was threatening to counter-sue if it was blocked.
So Miller's predecessor, Jeremy Hunt, deserves credit for corralling all the mobile operators and getting them to agree a "standstill" cooling-off period during September. This allowed Ofcom to raise its game and come up with a better solution to the 4G impasse.
Those close to the regulator insist that they were not "leant on" by DCMS, but it is notable that Ofcom has suddenly moved with more urgency. As recently as a month or so ago, it was going to take until October next year for the airwaves to be cleared of the old analogue TV signal and for other issues such as potential interference between 4G and aeronautical radar to be fixed.
The view from Ofcom, whose chief executive Ed Richards spent May and June applying unsuccessfully to be BBC director-general, is that it acted sensibly. Even its controversial decision to let EE go first with 4G — the regulator said it was in the interests of consumers to get super-fast mobile as soon as possible — has been vindicated now that 02 and Vodafone have backed down.
The real problem, say those close to the media watchdog, is that it is too easy for companies to oppose its decisions at every turn — whether it is in telecoms or pay-TV. That's because threshold for a legal challenge against Ofcom is lower than that facing other regulators.
Ultimately, however, self-interest on the part of mobile operators has prevailed. They can see traditional revenues from voice and text are falling and they urgently need new income from data and mobile commerce, which is why they dare not delay 4G further.
The cash-strapped Government could also do with the £4 billion that the auction is likely to raise, even if that is a far cry from the £20 billion that the 3G sell-off raised in 2000.
There is an irony about all this fuss. While the delays have dragged on, most smartphone and tablet users have become adept at logging onto wi-fi, which is free, reliable and increasingly plentiful in public spaces.
4G will undoubtedly improve the user experience, especially in rural areas, but it still might prove an anti-climax when we finally get it.
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ST. PETERSBURG — Through the first quarter of the Northeast Holiday Invitational girls basketball tournament final between Bloomingdale and Northeast, the Vikings didn't score a field goal and trailed by 10 points. Northeast coach Will White calmly instructed his team to up the pressure on defense in hopes of creating offense.
The strategy worked.
Northeast (15-5) scored 25 second-quarter points and never looked back in a 54-33 win over Bloomingdale (8-8) for the tournament championship Saturday.
"It's such a cliché, but our defense is our offense," White said. "We create our opportunities with defense. We made some defensive adjustments, and that's when we started making our run."
Trailing 12-2 after the first quarter, Madison Schmidt scored the Vikings' first field goal, a layup, just seconds into the second quarter. She added another layup, two 3-pointers that were her first two of the season, and three free throws in the quarter. She finished with a team-high 17 points.
"We weren't used to seeing man-to-man defense," Schmidt said. "We adjusted to that in the second quarter and it helped us a lot. We did well from there."
Northeast led 27-20 at halftime and continued to frustrate the Bulls with its full-court press defense in the second half. The Vikings ended the third quarter on a 6-2 run and carried that into the fourth.
By the time Laura Fizell hit a layup midway through the fourth, it completed a 12-0 run that made the score 50-29. After that, Northeast unloaded its bench.
"I think maybe in the past when we would have a quarter like (the first) we were done," White said. "A less cohesive team might have fallen apart. They didn't. That's a good sign of what we're trying to do."
Bloomingdale didn't have any players reach double figures in scoring. The Bulls made only one of seven free throws.
"We turned the ball over way too much," Bloomingdale coach Joel Bower said. "We got off to a great start and then gave up 25 points in the second quarter. We gave up too many second-chance shots. It's frustrating, but it was also a good weekend overall."
Northeast's Madison Winningham, who scored seven against Bloomingdale, was named the tournament's most valuable player.


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Kristin is 54 years old! Wow, she looks fantastic!
I also didn't know that she was married to Vincent Van Patten!
I'm growing weary of Chloe and her shenanigans.
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My friends Edward Feser and Jay Wesley Richards, both fellow Catholics, are engaged in an online dispute about whether contemporary Intelligent Design theory (ID) runs counter to classical Thomistic understandings of nature and final causality. On this matter, I am with Ed. For I believe that ID, as defended by Michael Behe and William A. Dembski, is a view that in the long run serves to undermine rather than advance the cause of Christian theism. Of course, I see why some of my fellow … [Read more...]
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