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Alicia Keys To Mentor Team Pharrell On Upcoming Season Of NBC's 'The Voice'
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Alicia Keys will don her teaching hat for the upcoming season of NBC's "The Voice." TheWrap.com reports that the singer has signed on to mentor the contestants on Pharrell Williams' team.
The singer is the latest big name to grab a mentoring role on the next installation of the hit competition series. Coach Blake Shelton has enlisted country act Little Big Town, while Stevie Nicks will team up with Adam Levine's squad. New coach Gwen Stefani didn't have to look far for her team's mentor because she enlisted her own husband, Gavin Rossdale.
Season seven of "The Voice" will kick off on Tuesday, September 22nd at 8:00 p.m. Eastern on NBC.
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INTERVIEW: Martina McBride
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Martina McBride's new album, Everlasting, debuted at the top of the Country Albums Chart -- MAKING IT HER FIFTH COUNTRY #1 -- but it's not just a country record. It's actually a collection of covers handpicked from some of Martina's favorite pop and r&b standards.
Martina sat down with iHeartRadio when she was in New York recently to talk about the new album, her upcoming tour and more. Check out the interview below!
Congratulations on your new album, Everlasting! Tell us about your decision to make an album of pop and R&B standards.
It was really a simple decision. It was a record that I had wanted to make for a long time, just songs that I love. I made a record a few years ago called Timeless, which was a collection of country standards, and I had so much fun making that record. It was such a joyful thing to do, to really just go in and record songs for the love of making records, of those songs, and trying to pay tribute to those artists and those records. This felt like an answer to that, in a way. It just felt like the right time... I just followed my heart, really.
Was it intimidating to tackle songs by such icons as Aretha Franklin, The Supremes, Etta James, Elvis Presley, etc.?
I just tried to make them my own as much as I could, still paying respect to the original versions. Anytime you sing a song by an icon like Aretha Franklin or Elvis Presley, there's a little bit of pressure because they have so many fans who are so used to those versions of those songs, so you want to do the song justice, and try to do the best job that you can... But you still have to make it your own at the same time.
It's your first release on your own label – talk about what that feels like.
I had two record company experiences in Nashville. I was with RCA Records for 18 years, and then I was with Republic Nashville for a couple of years. They were both amazing experiences; I really don't have anything negative to say about that, so they were great models for what I'm doing, really. This doesn't feel all that much different, because there's a business side to it which I've always been really involved in anyway. The biggest difference is that you can hand pick your team, and you're responsible for every decision. I guess the biggest difference is that if it doesn't work or something goes wrong, you don't have anybody else to blame.
What do you think your fans are going to love about this album?
I think my fans are going to love this album because it's still me. When you listen to it, it still sounds like me. It's not that big of a stretch from songs that I've had in the past, songs like, "A Broken Wing." We've always covered songs like this in our shows live, we've covered Aretha's "Natural Woman" and Etta James "At Last." I've just always loved to sing this music, so I think my fans that have been with me for a long time know that already. It's not that different from country music in a way, because it's really about the emotion in the song and about the lyric, and about a beautiful melody. A lot of these songs were actually country hits, so it throws back to a time when there really were no genres so to speak...
The album includes collaborations with Gavin DeGraw and Kelly Clarkson. Talk about the songs you recorded with them and what each of them brought to the table.
Working with Gavin and Kelly on this record was really great, because they're both such great singers.
Gavin has a lot of ideas, so "Bring It On Home To me" was a little tricky to do as a duet. We spent a lot of time trying to figure out how to split it up and make it a true duet and not just someone singing harmony... I really wanted him to have lines where he stepped out and sang. We spent a lot of time trying to figure that out and he had a lot of great ideas about that and he's just very creative in the studio, so that was wonderful, and I think his voice fits it perfectly.
Kelly is a killer singer, and she has a ton of energy.She came in and sang her part and was done in about twenty minutes, and it was amazing.
While recording this album, were you thinking about how these songs would translate to a live audience? What can you tell us about the tour?
The whole time I was making this record, I was thinking about how these songs would translate live, and that's another reason, really, why I made the record. I just kept seeing a horn section, and background singers, and the energy. I wanted to make a record that when people listened to it, they'd say, 'I have to go see that live, it's so exciting.'
We've put together a show that's gonna go out starting in May -- May 8th is our first date -- and I think it's gonna be a blast. We are taking a horn section, and background singers, and really creating a show that is as much a visual as a musical experience. We're doing a lot of the new record and then bringing in come of our hits reworked in a different way, so that it all is a seamless evening of music.
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A rider's quest for snowboarding's Holy Grail—Everest's Hornbein Couloir.
By Trey Cook
If you're going to make a name for yourself as a big-mountain rider, there could be few better places to begin your journey than Chamonix, France. Nestled in a valley 3,810 meters below the highest summit in Western Europe, Mont Blanc, Chamonix is known as the birthplace of Alpinism. It also developed a name for itself as one of the early cradles of skiing when it hosted the first Winter Olympics in 1924. Combine these two pursuits and you're sure to find a crew of nutcases who insist on skiing faster and steeper than whatever mentalists came before them. And it's also not too hard to imagine that wherever world-class Alpinists and world-class skiers congregate, over the course of a cold, dark winter, the two are inevitably bound to congregate and procreate. And every so often the gentle people of the valley are blessed with a child who just happens to be dialed straight into Gnarl Factor 11.
Philippe and Michelle Siffredi celebrated the birth of their fourth child, Marco, on the 22nd of May 1979. And it was during Marco's early childhood that the mountains in his backyard developed their reputation as a hotbed of extreme skiing-not the X Games type of extreme, but O.G. extreme skiing: if you fall, you die.
As a kid in Chamonix, Marco didn't need to look to comic books or movies for heroes when local skiers like the emblematic Jean-Marc Boivin were already larger than life with their outrageous first descents of impossibly steep lines. One of the first to make the same kind of impact on a snowboard was the legendary Bruno Gouvy who became famous in 1986 for parachuting from a helicopter onto the fin-like summit of a 1,000-meter, near-vertical tower called the Petit Dru. He then rappelled approximately two-thirds of the way down the face, where he strapped in and made turns down a 250-meter, 50-degree, hanging glacier, below which was nothing but 500 meters of crisp Alpine air. He finished the day's activities by parapenting from the bottom of the snowpatch back to Chamonix.
When Gouvy died on the Aiguille Verte in 1990, two young Chamonix mountain guides soon became the heirs apparent to the extreme snowboarding crown. Jerome Ruby and Dede Rhem scored first descents of some of the sickest lines in the valley, including the coveted first descent, ski or snowboard, of the North Face of the Aiguille du Triolet.
Marco, inspired by these feats, soon began ticking some of the valley's steeper routes. In May of 1996, only a year after learning to ride, Marco knocked off one of the valley's test pieces: the Mallory on the North Face of the Aiguille du Midi, a 1,000-meter, wildly exposed rock garden with passages close to 55 degrees. To end the season, he stuck the first snowboard descent of the Chardonnet (sustained 55 degrees) with his friend Philippe Forte, who would later die in an avalanche on Chamonix's Grands Montets ski area.
Big Peaks, Massive Cojones
Marco went from strength to strength, racking up more first descents in the valley before extending his horizons to bigger peaks. Before he left for Peru's Tocllaraju (6,032 m) during Fall 1998 with Philippe Forte and photographer Rene Robert, a friend's mother gave him a cross pendant. The team successfully summited and descended the peak, and from that point on, the cross became a good-luck charm that accompanied Marco on all his future attempts.
Back in Chamonix in June of 1999, he snaked the first snowboard descent and second-ever descent of the highly coveted Nant Blanc on the Aiguille Verte. The Nant Blanc is a 1,000-meter line averaging 55 degrees with sections of 60 degrees. It had never been repeated following Jean-Marc Boivin's epic ski descent in 1989. Good conditions on lines like that are rare, and it was certainly one of the cherries that many of the hard guys in the valley talked about picking, but very few of them were actually capable of doing so. Rene Robert's photos of the descent are awe-inspiring, and for those few who still thought of Marco as just another snowboard punk, the descent solidified his place among the world's best extreme skiers/snowboarders.
Marco followed the Nant Blanc performance by going higher. In the fall of that same year, he added the first descent of Dorje Lhakpa (6,988 meters) in Nepal to his resume. From the summit, he had a clear view of two of the world's highest peaks-Shishapangma and Mount Everest. The seed was planted, and on his return to Chamonix, Marco contacted the best in the business, Russell Brice of Himalayan Expeditions, a commercial guiding operation specializing in fully equipped expeditions to 8,000-meter peaks. Brice wisely advised the young rider to try his hand at other 8,000-meter peaks (eight of the world's fourteen are in Nepal) before attempting Everest to see if his body could even adapt to the extreme altitude, and the two began making plans for another Himalayan giant, Cho Oyu. But first, Marco returned to South America in June 2000 to summit Huayna Potosi, a 6,088-meter summit in Bolivia. During that fall, Marco summited and rode the sixth-highest peak on Earth, 8,201-meter Cho Oyu. High on these successes, Marco was ready for Everest.
Mt Everest – Part 1
In spring of 2001, Marco left with Himalayan Expeditions for Everest. A few days ahead of him was Dr. Stefan Gatt from Austria, an experienced rider/Alpinist with his own successful snowboard descent of Cho Oyu. Although Gatt chose to climb without the assistance of Sherpas or supplemental oxygen (making the outrageous attempt infinitely more difficult), the two riders shared the same goal, and it would be a race to see who would become the first person to score a snowboard descent of Everest.
Marco's hope was to summit and descend by the Hornbein Couloir, but when he got to the mountain, there was hardly any snow on the windswept summit. By leaving in spring, he had a better chance of summiting due to the lighter snow conditions, but those same conditions made it impossible for him to realize his original plan. As the climbers moved up the mountain, enough snow accumulated to enable the descent via plan B, the Norton Couloir.
Marco summited on May 23, the day after his 22nd birthday. He dropped in and started making turns past the long line of exhausted climbers. Not far from the summit his binding broke in the extreme high-altitude cold. Luckily, one of the Sherpas was able to fix it with bailing wire, and Marco entered the couloir, shredding 1,800 meters on slopes of 40 to 45 degrees. He stopped at the North Col to rest for an hour before finishing off the last 1,000 meters and arrived at Advanced Base Camp less than four hours after leaving the summit.
Back at Base Camp, the team was already on the satellite phone, and it was only a matter of minutes before the amazing news spread to every corner of the snowboarding universe. Although Gatt had summited less than 24 hours ahead of Marco, he had taken his board off and down-climbed past 100 meters of the steepest terrain. Because he rode all the way from the summit back to Advanced Base Camp, Marco's historic descent was recorded as the first continuous snowboard descent of the world's highest mountain.
Never Say "Last Run"
Shishpangma, another giant of the Himalayas, was the next stop along Marco's road to the Hornbein Couloir—the true North Face of Everest and his ultimate goal. He summited Shishpangma—the 14th highest peak in the world—during the fall of 2001 without his snowbaord (because of high winds).
Marco and his Sherpa friend Phurba, along with Russell Brice and Loppasang Temba Sherpa spent the following summer in Chamonix. It was during this time that the plan for a second Everest attemp was drawn up. The dangers, the logistics, and the funding could have delayed and deterred any team, but Marco would not be held back.


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Dolly Parton says she's "all good" following a traffic accident.
Nashville's WSMV says the country superstar suffered minor injuries in the incident, which occurred in Nashville Monday morning.
Dolly's tweeting about the incident, explaining that she was "in a fender bender" She adds that she's "just a little tired and sore," and is "resting at home."
I was in a fender bender this morning here in Nashville, but I am all good... Just a little tired and sore. Resting at home now!— Dolly Parton (@DollyParton) October 21, 2013
Parton was a passenger in an SUV that was struck by another car. Parton and her driver were sent to Vanderbilt University Medical Center for treatment, while the driver of the other vehicle was taken to Centennial Medical Center.
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Baja By Boat
A rag tag band of hired guns ventures into Baja in search of waves, fish, and fun.
Like a lot of great adventures, this one began on a barstool. I'd gotten word that an old friend, Cary Dodson of Success Sportfishing, was taking his 58-foot boat, the Success, from its mooring in San Diego to their winter fishing grounds near Magdalena Bay—a 600 mile journey south. Instantly I thought of the amazing surf and spearfishing you could discover along the way. I brought the idea of surf/dive trip up to Cary and he was pumped. "I've always wanted to do something like that," he said over a happy hour beer. "The potential is limitless." Over the course of a the next few months we'd meet at the same bar and check out nautical charts and plot a course that would, in theory, put us into some decent surf and really good spearfishing.
After months of planning, we were on our way, motoring out of San Diego on a glorious and sun-bathed fall day. On board was big-wave hellman and North Shore lifeguard Dave Wassel; Hank Gaskell from Hana, Maui; my dive partner in SoCal Cheyne Magnusson; TWS photographer Brian Bielmann; and surfer/skydiver/hellman Brandon Lillard. Our first stop was to be famed big wave spot Isla Todos Santos.
Baja in October is finicky. You can either have an early northwest swell, a late season New Zealander, or a chubasco (hurricane) to provide swell. Over the course of one week, we had all three. Chalk it up to dumb luck.
"Is Wassel gonna make me paddle out at 25-foot Todos?" asked Hank on our way out. I told him not to worry, and despite the fact that Mavericks was showing signs of life up north, we'd be lucky if Killers was overhead. I was pretty pickled and the sun was getting low by the time we got there, but nevertheless barked at Cheyne and Hank to suit up and "get to work." To their credit, they were ready to go, but the waves looked all over the place and it was getting dark. Then the questions began, "Where we going next Justin?" "When are we gonna dive?" "Are you as clueless as you are drunk?" This reluctant co-captain had no idea what to do except head south to warmer water and bigger fish. "South we go you scalawags!"
With beers popping open at an alarming rate, we motored south. Hank was the exception—dude was all business, "I'm not drinking 'til I get a fish," he claimed. Hank was also the guy who sat in silence making paper roses as we told jokes that would make George Carlin blush. The term, "nicest guy ever" is used loosely nowadays but applies to Gaskell perfectly.
We motored all night and woke up just offshore of San Martin Island. Thick fog and dozens of knotheads (fisherman slang for seals) made for ominous diving conditions but we swam out anyway for a quick look. Diving in a kelp forest for his first time, Hank shot the biggest sheepshead I'd ever seen and lugged it back to the boat with an even bigger grin. "Nice shithead," was Captain Cary's way of patting him on the back. The crew filleted the "shithead" and by lunch we were motoring to a nearby surf spot and grinding as-fresh-as-you-can-get ceviche.
Before you get all PETA on us, listen up; spearfishing is the most sustainable form of fishing there is—there's no by catch. As well, under the power of your own breath and body, it's a fantastic way to stay in shape for surfing. How do you think guys like Wassel and Mark Healey handle two-wave hold-downs and 20-foot plus outer reef bombs? Give it a shot—you'll be more confident in big surf and have a chance to feed your family something healthy.
Our first surf was at a spot that's compared to the Superbank on a good day. Unfortunately, there wasn't enough swell to be making any kind of comparisons to the Gold Coast legend. That didn't deter Hank and Cheyne though. The two spotted a section on the wave that they thought looked surfable and lo and behold, ripped it up. "Big deal," you say. "They're supposed to rip." True. But, "supposed to" and actually doing so are completely different and only through the wizardry of Brian Bielmann and Cheyne Mags did we get a useable surf shot. Like any decent guest on a boat, those not surfing hammered away at the beer supply.
The next morning we awoke on the east side of Cedros Island, eager to shoot some yellowtail and praying for a surf on nearby Isla Natividad later in the day. Despite a boiling ball of bait, the dive was uneventful and nobody got a fish. As organizer of the trip, I could feel the pressure mounting. We had one surf shot and a shithead to show for all the money and time spent.
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PHOTO: Amanda Bynes returns to court wearing blue wig and sweats
(Yahoo!) - Amanda Bynes likes to keep it casual … and colorful.
The eccentric former actress showed up in court Tuesday morning wearing an Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater black tank top, black sweatpants, black tennis shoes … and a bright blue wig.
Bynes, 27, was required to appear in court to face three misdemeanor charges of reckless endangerment and attempted tampering with physical evidence, following her May arrest for allegedly throwing a bong out her window when police came by her apartment to investigate allegations that she had been smoking pot in the lobby of her building.
Bynes claims an officer assaulted her by slapping her vagina and then entered her apartment illegally.
However, not much happened in court this time around. According to the Associated Press, Bynes hardly said anything, the hearing lasted just a few minutes, and the case was continued until September 26.
The only significant development was that Manhattan prosecutors filed an affidavit from Bynes's former building manager, Rudy Toro, which corroborated the police and prosecutors' versions of the incident.
Bynes still faces several driving-related cases in California, although it's unclear how the New York case could affect the California cases.
Bynes was busy on Twitter Monday and early Tuesday morning, although she made no mention of her pending court appearance. Instead, she talked about being embarrassed to be photographed with a broken nose (part of her ongoing facial surgeries) and selected the Obamas as the latest names on her ever-growing "ugly" list.
At least the POTUS and FLOTUS are in good company — the long list includes Lance Bass, Jenny McCarthy, Chrissy Tiegen, Miley Cyrus, Zac Efron, Jay-Z, Rihanna, Courtney Love, and even her beloved Drake.
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Taylor Swift says she has no idea how she ended up listed as the next of kin of the Canadian pilot who crashed his plane at Nashville International Airport.
"The Tennessean" says the country-pop superstar learned about it when her management was contacted by authorities looking into the matter.
Swift's rep Paula Erickson explains that the singer has never heard of Michael Callan, and "does not know this person."
The National Transportation Safety Board is also trying to figure out how Callan flew undectected over an international border, why he turned his transponder off and what caused him to circle the Nashville airport for several hours before attempting to land.
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Randy Travis is making progress in his recovery from a stroke.
A rep for the country star tells "Entertainment Tonight" that Randy has been "in Texas in physical therapy and doing great."
The spokesperson adds that the singer is expected to leave the rehab facility and return to his Texas ranch on Friday.
Travis suffered his stroke back in July, a few days after he was hospitalized with cardiomyopathy and congestive heart failure. He was transferred to a physical therapy center a few weeks later to continue his recovery.
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A message from Dr. David Duffy, Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit (PCSU), University of Hawaii (posted 05 November 2012):
Because of a lack of funds, HEAR (www.hear.org) may close as soon as December 15, although there may be enough funds to extend it until February 15. This will mean several things. The web site will be placed on a new server although it is not clear who will pay for the server or for transitioning the site. HEAR data will not be updated. The Pacific Ecosystems at Risk (PIER) (http://www.hear.org/pier/abtproj.htm) site will also become frozen, as will numerous books, reports and papers (http://www.hear.org/). As software evolves we will likely lose the ability to access the data. The various list servers will need new owners, otherwise moderated lists will cease to function altogether, while other lists will not be able to add or delete members. The photo collection (http://www.hear.org/starr/images/?o=plants) will remain accessible, but only through a third party site that will charge for access.
I should point out that we have already lost the original homes of both the Pacific Basin Information Node (PBIN) and Pacific Ecosystems at Risk (PIER) although they have found temporary refuges. Together with HEAR, they represent the corporate memory both here in Hawaii and across the Pacific of efforts to sustain our natural ecosystems and agriculture against problems caused by species alien to the islands. HEAR also serves as the glue that holds the community together, providing information and facilitating communication. I just hope hindsight is kind to this decision.
Rhodobryum giganteum information from ITIS
The Integrated Taxonomic Information System ITIS provides authoritative taxonomic information on Rhodobryum giganteum, as well as other plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of North America and the world.
IPNI nomenclature info for Rhodobryum giganteum
Nomenclatural information about Rhodobryum giganteum is provided by The International Plant Names Index (IPNI).
A revised checklist of Hawaiian mosses
Staples, G.W., C.T. Imada, W.J. Hoe, and C.W. Smith. 2004. A revised checklist of Hawaiian mosses. Tropical Bryology. v. 65. pp. 35-69.
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The Large Hadron Collider is entering the final stages of being lowered to a temperature of 1.9 Kelvin (-271C; -456F) - colder than deep space.
The LHC has thousands of magnets which will be maintained in this frigid condition using liquid helium.
The magnets are arranged in a ring that runs for 27km through the giant tunnel.
Once the LHC is operational, two particle beams - usually consisting of protons accelerated to high energies - will be fired down pipes running through the magnets.
These beams will then travel in opposite directions around the main ring at close to the speed of light.
At allotted points along the tunnel, the beams will cross paths, smashing into one another with cataclysmic force. Scientists hope to see new particles in the debris of these collisions, revealing fundamental new insights into the nature of the cosmos and how it came into being.
The most powerful physics experiment ever built, the LHC will re-create the conditions just after the Big Bang.
Currently, six out of the LHC's eight sectors are between 4.5 and 1.9 Kelvin, though all sectors of the machine have been down to 1.9 Kelvin at some stage over the last few months.
By comparison, the temperature in remote regions of outer space is about 2.7 Kelvin (-270C; -454F).
Roberto Saban, the LHC's head of hardware commissioning, said that in order to obtain high magnetic fields without consuming too much power, the magnets were required to be "superconducting".
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Helium exhibits spectacular properties at 2.2 Kelvin - becoming "superfluid". This allows it to conduct heat very rapidly, making it an extremely efficient refrigerant.
No particle physics facility on this scale has ever operated at such low temperatures. But, so far, the hardware was performing as predicted, Roberto Saban explained.
"We have a very systematic process for the commissioning of this machine, based on very carefully designed procedures prepared with experience we have gathered on prototypes."
He added: "Our motto is: no short cuts? exchanging a single component which today is cold, is like bringing it back from the Moon. It takes about three to four weeks to warm it up. Then it takes one or two weeks to exchange. Then it needs three to six weeks to cool down again.
"So, you see, it is three months if we make a mistake."
Two sectors of the LHC are currently not cold enough for testing to proceed. Electronics that control the cryogenic systems in these sectors are being moved to an area where they will be better shielded against particles that shoot out of the machine during collisions.
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One sector of the ring is being run as if the LHC was operational and carrying a beam. This is so that crews can de-bug software and hardware and gain experience of running operating cycles.
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This is the cordless Bluetooth speakerphone that attaches to a steering wheel, placing the speaker and microphone closer for better, hands-free iPhone conversations. The device connects wirelessly to an iPhone via Bluetooth and incoming calls appear on the digital display for easy viewing. The touch of a button accepts or rejects incoming calls and drivers can place calls via voice commands (requires a voice-dialing capable iPhone). Its dual 1-watt speakers coupled with noise reduction and echo suppression provide clear conversation with minimal background noise. The speakerphone stores the 10 most recent incoming calls and it can download contacts from an iPhone (up to 300 numbers). Rechargeable battery provides up to six hours of talk time and five days of standby via a 1 1/2-hour charge from USB (cord included). Clamps anywhere on a steering wheel and removes easily. 3 1/2" L x 2 1/4" W x 3/4" D. (2 3/4 oz.)
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By MfsScatman
from Memphis, tennessee
The USB cord was too short to attach to the steerimg wheel. It was difficult to set up. I am going to have to return mine.
Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend
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Great idea but lacked volume and clear
By Mary
from Maryland
Sound quality and volume to weak, my speaker phone was better.
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(7 of 7 customers found this review helpful)
Handy Gadget!
By JR
from Friendship, MD
Speakerphone arrived promptly within 2 days of order. A recent experience prompted me to order this product as I usually placed my phone in my purse and cannot hear it ringing while driving. In a recent emergency situation I realized I needed to be able to receive calls from my husband if an emergency situation occurred. Directions were a little hard to follow, but if you are a little "tech savey" you can figure them out. Didn't take long to sync up to my iphone and download my phonebook. Tried it out and it worked very well as least from my end. I could hear the other party very well although the other party complained of a little "breaking up". Installs easily on steering wheel but it does block my view of my speedometer. When turning the steering wheel the rubber band "catches" a little, but you sort of get used to it. Display is hard to see, but since I have different rings assigned, this is not too much of a problem. I wanted to be able to hear my phone ringing while I'm driving so I could be reached in an emergency. I'm not going to be chatting while I'm driving, so for the purpose that I purchased this item for it works well for me.
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
(5 of 5 customers found this review helpful)
good car phone / some issues
By allthatjazz
from Calgary, AB
I've used this product for years with no issues. It's great that it can be placed on the steering wheel allowing for better voice pickup.I recently received a replacement (at no cost) as the battery failed to recharge This is a newer version and definitely has issues:- I have an iPhone 5 - the car phone occasionally connects even when the car phone is off- car phone connects to my music even when it's not running on my phone- voice dial doesn't work- functions more finicky than previous versionI don't use my phone much in the car so this works well for receiving calls - but if you plan to use it a lot for outgoing calls I would wait until they fix the obvious issues
its wonderful.voice sounds natural/clear
By Nanie
from Bloomingdale, IL.
i just love everything about it. i use it daily. voice is as clear as if your speaking in front of the person. plan on buying one for moms car.
(4 of 4 customers found this review helpful)
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By glassjava1
from Pequea, PA
I installed it in five minutes right out of the box! Works great! Any other Blue Tooth Speaker I ever had people couldn't hear me and vice versa but this one is crisp, clear and no one even knows I'm speaking on a blue tooth device! Best steering wheel blue tooth speakerphone ever made! I'm a believer!
(4 of 5 customers found this review helpful)
By canter5418
from Treynor, IA
There is nothing good about this product. Instructions are incomplete, maximum volume is too low, does not download contacts in order. The thought process that was used to manufacture this was lacking. I've returned my order.
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(3 of 3 customers found this review helpful)
I am happy with product
By Sally
from Dwight, Illinois
I am not a hi-tech person, once my son showed me how to use this , it was very easy to use, the volume could be higher. But durable. I have a large SUV worked good . I also have a small pt cruiser I have not yet used my steering wheel hand free in yet as that is my summer car, my small car is a convertible I doubt I could hear with the top down, that is ok though. For what I need I am sure I will be very happy with it, It just needs the volume to be louder.
Great bluetooth unit
By Julie
from Greenport, NY
This unit replaced a lesser quality unit and provides excellent sound quality, both for me in the car and those I'm calling at the other end.The readout, visible from the front of the unit is too small for me to see without my glasses that I don't use when driving, but that's my only criticism. This was worth the price.
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Very disappointed with product;returned
By jaybib
from Ivoryton, CT
I was excited about this product but could notget it to setup.Got language, and paired to phone, but then could not get to downloading phone numbers.Instructions did not say how to start over or how to manually add numbers.Ability to use the voice calling program was main reason for purchasing. Therefore I returned product.
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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was in Cincinnati Tuesday helping with John Kasich's campaign for governor.To read more or comment...
CNN, Talking Points Memo and Huffington Post are all reporting that James O'Keefe, the independent videographer who exposed problems in ACORN, attempted to seduce a CNN reporter on video tape in an effort to embarrass the cable news network and reporter.To read more or comment...
The Cleveland City Club sent out a revision to its debate schedule indicating which candidates have not agreed to a debate with the opponent.
Declining to participate are:
Jon Husted, Republican candidate for Secretary of State.
Mike DeWine, Republican candidate for U.S. Senate.
Josh Mandel, Republican candidate for Ohio Treasurer.
By Stephanie Warsmith
Beacon Journal staff writer
Cheryl Powell and Stephanie Warsmith
Beacon Journal staff writers
Two unions representing employees of the Akron Health Department are warning that a merger with the Summit County Health District will cause financial headaches for some workers.To read more or comment...
SEPT. 29 UPDATE: Four Republican candidates have either declined to appear or have not been confirmed. The complete list is here.
The Cleveland City Club has announced the following debate schedule:To read more or comment...
President Obama sat down with Rolling Stone magazine reporter Jann S. Wenner and discussed many issues, among them the Tea Party, Fox News, Wall Street, Afghanistan, global warming and much more.
On the war, he said that he is living up to a campaign promise to end the conflict in Iraq. The U.S. should have focused from the beginning on Afghanistan, where the attacks originated, and that is where he has focused the military. However, he said he was unhappy with American efforts up to 2009 to prepare Afghanistan for self rule.To read more or comment...
Akron school board vice president Jason Haas, speaking for himself only, told the board Monday night in public session that he will vote against Issue 17.
That's the charter amendment that would divert about $13 million in income tax revenue currently devoted to the school construction project to safety forces over the next three years.
The city now wants voters to approve the diversion of a third of the income from that tax increase for safety forces for three years, adding five years at the end of the collection period.
Superintendent David James said when the proposal was announced that he didn't foresee the diversion affecting the building schedule.
However, Haas said that no one he's talked to sees it that way.
''In the days following the announcement of this ballot issue, several dozen people reached out to me by email, by phone calls, by stalking me wherever they could find me in town,'' Haas said. ''Not one, not a single person, was in favor of the proposal. The most common complaint was simple: 'I voted for new schools, not this.' I echo that sentiment. I too voted for new schools.''
Haas said the proposal puts the district in a difficult position.
''While it's true that voters have a chance to vote up or down on this issue, it's bothering those that I've talked to that it's even being put to a vote,'' Haas said. ''They believe a trust has been broken because in the 2003 campaign, we said this money would never be used for anything but school construction. And yet here we are, seven years later, discussing that very thing.''
He said he understands that local governments are in a bind because of decreased tax revenues.
''But I wish this ballot issue wasn't being held up as a temporary or permanent solution to an economic problem,'' He said. ''This proposal puts APS in a bad spot by having to explain a baffling financial system and looking like we support breaking a campaign promise. It's for those reasons, when I vote, I will not be supporting Issue 17.''
This was also posted at the Akron Beacon Journal education blog, First Bell.To read more or comment...
A New York Times TimesCast video team talked to Ohioans about mid-term elections and released new poll results on the mood here.
The Times' reporting suggests that voters are more critical of Congress than President Obama, and also shows that Ohio's economic condition is worse than the rest of the nation.To read more or comment...
Meghan Barr
Associated Press
The Cincinnati Enquirer wrote last week about a Michigan-based group's billboard campaign aimed at criticizing teacher sick leave benefits and step increases in pay schedules with provocative slogans such as 'Did you get a raise for not dying this summer?' (a reference to step increases for years of service). Fordham Institute's Flypaper blog also takes note of the campaign.
Here's the description of the Education Action Group Foundation founder and vice-president from its Web page.
Stephanie Warsmith
Beacon Journal staff writer
Early voting began this morning and was running smoothly at the Job Center, Summit County's much-debated, in-person early voting site.To read more or comment...
Laurie Kellman
Associated Press
WASHINGTON: There are congressional hearings and there are comedy shows, and the twain rarely meet.To read more or comment...
An Associated Press report says that relaxed rules on campaign contributions -- the U.S. Supreme Court's decision opening the door to corporate giving and the ability to conceal contributions through non-profit advocacy groups -- have fueled a huge difference between Republican and Democratic campaign expenditures.
According to the report:To read more or comment...
Ohio Attorney General candidate Mike DeWine, a former U.S. Senator, will speak at the Akron Press Club luncheon Tuesday Sept. 28. The buffet lunch will begin at 11:45 a.m., with the program following, at the Martin Center, 105 Fir Hill, on the University of Akron campus. Tickets are $15 for press club members and $20 for nonmembers. For reservations, e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com or call 330-564-4211 His opponent, incumbent Richard Cordray will speak Oct. 7.
At 2 p.m., Governor Ted Strickland, Lt. Gov. Candidate Yvette McGee Brown, Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray and Obama for America Campaign Manager David Plouffe will make a "Fight for Ohio" stop at the university. A rally for supporters and volunteers will be held at the Student Union, 3rd Floor, Ballroom B.To read more or comment...
A Politico-George Washington University poll shows that Sarah Palin and Mike Huckabee poll highest as potential presidential candidates among Republicans.
The poll also asked people where they get their information for the purposes of voting, and the top sources were cable news, newspapers and family. Among the cable news sources, Fox ranked first, as did Fox personalities, Bill O'Reilly, Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity. Coincidently, Huckabee and Palin are Fox commentators.To read more or comment...
Results of a collaborative poll by the Ohio Newspaper Organization are avaliable here.
Ohio Newspaper Poll Sept. 2010
The poll shows the race between Gov. Ted Strickland and John Kasich to be close, while Rob Portman is leading Lee Fisher for U.S. Senate. The results also show Tea Party advocates to be far more excited about the election than most others -- particularly Democrats -- and sharp divisions in the population regarding who is to blame for the deep economic recession.To read more or comment...
Several national organizations are calling for a rally in Washington Saturday Oct. 2 in hopes of countering some of the Tea Party momentum, according to a New York Times report. The story quotes organizers as saying the Tea Party has been divisive, and they want to show agreement among many organizations on behalf of the American middle class.To read more or comment...
THIS POLL IS PART of a continuing collaboration between Ohio's eight largest newspapers: the Akron Beacon Journal, Dayton Daily News, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Cincinnati Enquirer, Columbus Dispatch, Toledo Blade, Canton Repository and Youngstown Vindicator.To read more or comment...
Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert spent a day on a New York corn and vegetable farm, then was invited to testify before a House Judiciary subcommittee today on the experience.
He was not sworn in, but instead said he would provide "truthiness" regarding undocumented workers.To read more or comment...
Two recent fact checks on political statements by Betty Sutton and opponent Tom Ganley in the 13th Congressional district race show that neither was totally truthful.
In an analysis by PolitiFact and the Plain Dealer, Sutton's recent advertisement was given the "Pants on fire" label for suggesting that Ganley wants to "cut the dickens" out of Social Security, Medicare and Veterans' benefits. The analysis showed that Sutton's claim is a distortion of a Ganley interview with Human Events, a conservative news site.To read more or comment...
Mark S. Smith
Associated Press
On her Sarah Palin Notes Facebook site, the former Alaska governor solicits contributions to her SarahPAC to defeat 20 Congressional Democrats who voted for health care reform and whose districts voted for McCain-Palin in 2008.
Among them are two from Ohio: John Boccieri in the Canton-Wooster-Medina 16th District and Charlie Wilson, whose 6th Congressional district stretches from Marietta along the Ohio River to south of Youngstown. Palin's Facebook page doesn't name their competitors -- just that these incumbents need to be defeated.To read more or comment...
The Cleveland Plain Dealer is reporting that gubernatorial candidates Ted Strickland and John Kasich are "getting under each other's skin."
In a joint interview, the two candidates became testy with each other and body language showed it.To read more or comment...
The Columbus Dispatch reported this week that following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in January that opened the door to corporate campaign contributions, Cincinnati billionaire Carl Lindner was able to help Ohio U.S. Senate candidate Rob Portman with a great deal more money. Prior to the ruling, Lindner personally was limited to $4,800. However, after the ruling, Lindner's American Financial Group was able to give 83 times that amount, or $400,000, to a group backing the Republican's campaign - although the group says Lindner's cash wasn't specifically earmarked for pro-Portman efforts.
From the Portage County Tea Party Web site:
On Saturday, September 25, 2010, our organization will launch the most important event in our organization's history - the 2010 Patriot Walk.To read more or comment...
From the Twinsburg Bulletin:
Twinsburg Township -- Citing rising costs and declining revenue for police service, members of the Safety Committee have endorsed a 3-mill replacement police protection levy that will appear on the Nov. 2 ballot.To read more or comment...
By Stephanie Warsmith
Beacon Journal staff writer
The Hudson Economic Development Corp. will host a candidates forum from 8 to 10 a.m., Oct. 1 at the Country Club of Hudson, 2155 Middleton Road.
City of Akron communications director Mark Williamson will moderate.
Candidates for Summit County Council At Large and a pair of state legislative seats will explain their positions on important current and policy issues.To read more or comment...
Martin Crutsinger
Associated Press
Gubernatorial candidate John Kasich said in an interview with the Cincinnati Enquirer that he would eliminate an evidenced-based model for school funding that was a key element in recent school funding reform, devised by State Rep. Stephen Dyer, D-Green, and Gov. Ted Strickland.
Dyer responded Tuesday with a telephonne conference with reporters, and both Dyer and Strickland plan a joint briefing today to respond.To read more or comment...
By Rick Armon
Beacon Journal staff writer
Stephanie Warsmith
Beacon Journal staff writer
A new Zogby International poll says President Barack Obama's approval rating has risen to its highest level since February and, in a generic Congressional ballot, voters are now nearly even on who they would more likely favor, Democrats or Republicans. A similar poll several days earlier gave Republicans the lead.To read more or comment...
Businessman Jim Renacci accuses U.S. Rep. John Boccieri of running ``the dirtiest campaign in Ohio'' in his second television ad.
The ad can be seen at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSEkwDjN6do.To read more or comment...
By Stephanie Warsmith
Beacon Journal staff writer
Carol Biliczky
Beacon Journal staff writer
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Gov. Ted Strickland, once a popular Democrat who led his party's near-sweep of state power four years ago on the coattails of GOP scandal, is at risk of losing his seat to Republican John Kasich, a folksy ex-congressman and former Fox News commentator who touts Tea Party values.
Read the story at kypost.com at
The 10Questions program, which allows citizens to pose questions to candidates then select the questions they like best, experienced a surge in participation in recent days. As a result, the deadline for participation has been extended from midnight tonight (Monday Sept. 20), to 11:59 p.m. Thursday (Sept. 23).
10Questions is a collaboration of Personal Democracy Forum, newspapers across the country, including the Akron Beacon Journal, and substantially funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.To read more or comment...
By Rick Armon
Beacon Journal staff writer
The location of the first debate between U.S. Rep. John Boccieri and Jim Renacci, his GOP challenger, on Monday night has been changed because of a tornado in Wooster last night.
The debate will now be at the Wooster High School Performing Arts Center, 515 Oldman Road in Wooster.To read more or comment...
Brett Zongker
Associated Press
By Kathy Antoniotti
Beacon Journal staff writer
Voters have an opportunity to pose questions to candidates for governor, U.S. Senate and key Congressional races in Ohio, then vote on all the citizen questions to help select the ones that should be answered by the candidates.
The 10Questions program is being used in 11 states, where participants have posed more than 700 questions to candidates in 46 races. Newspapers, among them the Akron Beacon Journal, Miami Herald and Phildelphia Inquirer, are helping with the effort by providing links and encouraging participation.To read more or comment...
U.S. Rep. John Boccieri attacks Jim Renacci, his GOP opponent, on his trade record in a new television ad.
The ad can be seen on Boccieri's campaign Web site: www.johnforcongress.com.To read more or comment...
Frank LaRose, a Republican candidate for the 27th Ohio Senate District, is airing a new television ad.
The ad is positive, outlining why he thinks he'd make a good senator.To read more or comment...
Desmond Butler
Associated Press
WOOSTER: U.S. Rep. John Boccieri and businessman Jim Renacci, his GOP challenger, will face off for the first time in a debate in Wooster Monday.
The debate, sponsored by the Wooster Area Chamber of Commerce, will focus on economic and business-related issues.To read more or comment...
Ann Sanner
Associated Press
Quinnipiac University released a new poll showing Republican John Kasich with a large lead a little more than two weeks before voting begins.To read more or comment...
Ann Sanner
Associated Press
Amendment that would divert tax revenue to safety forces to be on ballot. For vote to count, concessions must be made
By Stephanie Warsmith
Beacon Journal staff writer
Rich Heldenfels
Beacon Journal staff writer
Registration deadline to vote in the Nov. 2 election is Oct. 3 -- a Sunday. To register, you can download a form at the Ohio Secretary of State's voter help site or the local board of elections.
Summit County
Stark County
Portage County
Medina County
Wayne County
Two organizations that advocate for citizen involvement, open government and voter rights, Common Cause and Demos, released a study today identifying states where there have been recurring problems at election time.
Ohio was singled out as vulnerable to election disputes this fall, particularly in light of a number of close and important races.To read more or comment...
Thomas J. Sheeran and Meghan Barr
Associated Press
With seven weeks until Ohio's Election Day, Governor Strickland continues to trail Republican opponent John Kasich in most polls. Those projections have Democrats calling on help from outside the state, and as ideastream®'s Rick Jackson reports, the support for Ted Strickland came from a much-loved, and highly visible, former President.
Story from WPCN at http://www.wcpn.org/WCPN/news/32043
LAKE TWP. Republicans call it garbage and a personal attack on state Rep. Todd A. Snitchler, R-Lake Township.
Democrats counter they are giving voters the facts.
Read the story in the Canton Repository at http://www.cantonrep.com/news/x827973444/Snitchler-blasts-Dem-fliers-calling-him-a-rat
Thomas J. Sheeran
Associated Press
Tonight's gubernatorial debate between Republican John Kasich and Democrat Ted Strickland will be aired on WKSU, 89.7 FM, and on the Ohio News Network on cable television. The debate, to be held in Columbus and sponsored by the Ohio News Organization, begins at 8 p.m.
KENT: The Portage County Tea Party will hold the seventh of its nine planned Township Outreach meetings at 7 tonight at Maplewood Career Center, 7075 State Route 88 in Ravenna.
The meeting is geared toward residents of Ravenna and Ravenna Township but is open to anyone, regardless of political party affiliation.To read more or comment...
Martin Crutsinger
Associated Press
WASHINGTON: Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Monday the administration is encouraged to hear Republicans say they would support President Barack Obama's plan to extend tax cuts to the middle class.To read more or comment...
Ohio Republican John Boehner's leadership role and hopes of becoming House Speaker is putting him in the news.
Sunday Word: All about Boehner, from the New York TimesTo read more or comment...
MEDINA: American Majority Action and a coalition of grassroots groups will open the Northern Ohio Liberty Headquarters, 4986 Gateway Drive, Suite 206, at 7 p.m. Sept. 14. The site ''will serve as a hub of grassroots activity in Northern Ohio'' for the election season, the groups said. ''Our goal is to partner with grassroots conservatives and restore the principles of limited, responsible government both in Washington and at state capitols across the country,'' Drew Ryun, president of American Majority Action, said in a prepared statement. For more details, go online to: http://americanmajorityaction.org.
To read more or comment...
Tallmadge voters will not have to bring a pen into the polling booth after all.
Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner ruled Friday that interim Mayor Dave Kline (a Democrat) and councilman Jack Sarver (a Republican) can both be on the November ballot.To read more or comment...
The gubernatorial campaign for re-election of Gov. Ted Strickland released this afternoon that former President Bill Clinton will appear at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Tri-C Metro Campus Gymnasium, 2900 Community College Avenue, Cleveland. Information on public access was not immediately available.
Clinton has been making appearances in a number of hotly contested races in recent days.
Clinton appears at a rally in support of first-term Democratic Rep. Mike McMahon, Friday, Sept. 3, 2010, on Staten Island in New York.
Source: Associated Press
Want to pose a question to a political candidate?
You can write or tape your own question directed at candidates for Ohio governor, U.S. Senate or Congressional seats in the Buckeye State by going to 10Questions. Ohioans can also vote on the questions they like best. Questions with the most votes will be posed to the candidates.To read more or comment...
To say that Phil Davison is passionate about change in the Stark County Treasurer's office might be the understatement of the year. Davison says he won't apologize for his emotion. These are drastic times, he says. "If nominated, I'm comin', both barrels, guns loaded."To read more or comment...
TwinsburgBulletin.com outlines the issues facing voters in Twinsburg, Twinsburg Township and Reminderville in November.To read more or comment...
Still no word on whether interim Tallmadge Mayor Dave Kline (D) and councilman/opponent Jack Sarver (R) will be on the ballot in November. Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner has yet to settle a dispute that the Summit County Board of Elections sent her way last month.
BOE director Marijean Donofrio clarified that there is no specific deadline looming. Brunner knows BOEs around the state need time to get ballots printed and proofed and will no doubt issue a ruling "in the next few days" so Summit County can proceed, she said.To read more or comment...
Rob Portman, Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, is scheduled to visit Wrayco Industries in Stow at 1 p.m. today (Thursday.) Wrayco specializes in the manufacture of leakproof vessels, such as fuel and hydraulic tanks, for heavy construction equipment.
Rep. John Boccieri, an Iraq War vet, won a Congressional seat representing the 16th District in 2008. Jim Renacci, his GOP challenger, is trying to tie him to liberal Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi. Read the CNN story.To read more or comment...
Vincent J. Frustaci, the county's former chief deputy treasurer, is scheduled to be sentenced Thursday by U.S. District Court Judge John R. Adams in Akron. He faces up to 10 years in prison for stealing almost $3 million from Stark County voters.To read more or comment...
Kenneth N. Koher was picked to be on the ballot as Stark County Treasurer by the Stark County Democrats and named the interim treasurer. Read the Canton Repository story.To read more or comment...
Julie Pace
Associated Press
WASHINGTON: Seeking to give anxious Democrats a boost ahead of the November elections, President Barack Obama is pitching a trio of economic initiatives Wednesday and voicing unwavering opposition to Bush-era tax breaks for the wealthy.To read more or comment...
Former congressman/prison inmate Jim Traficant got a standing ovation during a Tea Party event Wednesday at the Maplewood Career Center in Ravenna, the Ravenna Record-Courier reports. He's running for Congress again this year and said he'll push to replace the income tax with a 25 percent sales tax. Read the full story.To read more or comment...
Julie Pace
Associated Press
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama will call on Congress to pass new tax breaks that would allow businesses to write off 100 percent of their new capital investments through 2011, the latest in a series of proposals the White House is rolling out in hopes of showing action on the economy ahead of the November elections.To read more or comment...
Beacon Journal staff report
HEMPSTEAD, N.Y.: Democratic state Senate candidate David Mejias was charged Thursday with three counts of stalking a former girlfriend.
Mejias, 39, appeared in Nassau County Arraignment Court after spending the night in jail. He was arrested Wednesday in the Suffolk County town of Matinicock after police said he followed the woman in her car. After forcing her to pull over, he yelled and screamed at her, police said. The woman was driving with a new boyfriend at the time, prosecutors said.To read more or comment...
Ohio's two major-party candidates for the U.S. Senate have agreed to three, one-hour televised debates that will be hosted by the state's eight largest newspapers, including the Akron Beacon Journal.
Republican Rob Portman and Democrat Lee Fisher will debate in Cleveland, Columbus and Toledo, the campaigns announced Wednesday morning. The Cleveland debate will be held Oct. 8 at the City Club of Cleveland.To read more or comment...


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Drone falls dangerously out of sky; Local news station reveals what it had been filming
(Liz Klimas) A small drone obtained by a local Florida news station is revealing just why some have privacy — and safety — concerns regarding the ever expanding use of such surveillance technology by both the government and hobbyists.
WKMG-TV, covering the Orlando area, reported one if its reporter finding a RC aerial vehicle that fell out of the sky after losing control and crashing into a tree. The news station was able to obtain more than two hours of footage that was taken by the attached GoPro camera, revealing what the drone had been observing before its fall.
Here's what WKMG wrote of the footage:
[...] you can see each flight starts innocently enough. But you can see the potential for bad behavior.
In one shot, the drone races toward an apartment window, getting within feet of the glass.
In another shot, the drone hovers over a female sunbather at a pool. She's completely unaware that it's there, and she never looks up.
But the scariest shot of all shows the drone wobbling high over I-4 as cars zoom by down below. The drivers have no idea that the drone was out of control at that point, and only seconds away from crashing.
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Using the footage, WKMG was also able to track down the pilot of the drone, finding where he lives. Speaking with the drone's operator, Guimy Alexis, the station learned he didn't intend any harm.
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Tim McGraw sheds a little light on upcoming Vegas shows
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Tim McGraw and Faith Hill will launch the "encore run" of their "Soul2Soul" show in Las Vegas this weekend. Tim says they've altered the performance a bit, but he won't disclose what's new.
McGraw and Hill will resume their "Soul2Soul" run at The Venetian with four performances, giving two shows each this Friday and Saturday night.
They're the first of the country couple's ten-weekend commitment, which extends over the next six months. Additional details are available at Venetian.com.
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(NEWSER) – After six days with no fresh pings detected, the chief of the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 says it's time to go underwater. The Bluefin-21 underwater autonomous vehicle will now be deployed to search for wreckage in an area defined by signals picked up last week that are believed to have been from the missing jet's data recorders, reports the BBC. Search chief Angus Houston says the robotic sub will be in a "reduced and manageable search area on the ocean floor" and, with the data recorders' batteries now almost certainly dead, efforts to detect pings will cease.
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Blake Shelton has a reputation for causing a stir on Twitter. But he didn't start his battle with the Westboro Baptist Church. The two began exchanging barbs Wednesday, when Westboro announced plans to picket the country star's October 3rd concert in Kansas City, Missouri.
Westboro revealed their intentions with a tweet claiming they "know BS" when they "see it." The message included an attached graphic explaining that Shelton's divorce from his first wife and subsequent marriage to current wife Miranda Lambert has led gay people to "think it's OK to marry."
Shelton retaliated with a less than wholesome response, leading to a string of more colorful exchanges. And the war doesn't appear to be over just yet. Westboro is promising to post a "parody" of Shelton's hit "God Gave Me You."


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Banks Really Are Different Five Years After the Financial Crisis
Five years ago Monday, I sprinted through Midtown to Bank of America's headquarters adjacent to Bryant Park to watch Bank of America CEO Kenneth Lewis and Merrill Lynch CEO John Thain announce their hastily arranged merger. Lewis was enormously pleased with himself, basking in the attention from the New York media. I chased a tight-lipped Thain as he scurried through the lobby to get back to his headquarters. I then spent the remainder of the week working on the slightly infamous King Henry cover story on Treasury Secretary Paulson forNewsweek.
Sixty months after the failure of Lehman Brothers, many of the characters have changed. Henry Paulson is a wistful memoirist, and Tim Geithner, then the New York Fed president at the heart of the Lehman non-rescue, is working on his own book. Lewis is retired, and Thain has reinvented himself as CEO of the reinvented lender CIT Group. A lot of people have moved on. And so, too, has the U.S. economy—to a surprising degree.
The conventional wisdom holds that nothing—or at the very least, not nearly enough—has changed in the dysfunctional financial system or in the credit-addled U.S. economy. But many of the people making that argument either weren't paying much attention to what was going on in the economy at the time or haven't been paying much attention since. I'll grant that the banks remain arrogant, highly leveraged, largely unrepentant, and prone to violating regulations with the same frequency and ease with which you and I have a glass of wine. But by and large, the financiers, the financial system, and American consumers all think differently about debt now.
To wit: debt in the financial sector has come down significantly. Five years ago, Lehman Brothers, an unregulated financial institution that didn't have a base of deposits and funded itself with overnight borrowings, had about $30 of debt for every dollar of cash it had on hand. So did Bear Stearns. Giant banks like Citigroup had balance sheets that weren't much more solid. Such species don't exist anymore. They all got taken out in 2008. Lehman failed. Bear got eaten by JPMorgan Chase. Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs morphed into commercial banks and swiftly dialed down their debt levels. Merrill Lynch merged with Bank of America. And Citigroup, after taking a huge bailout, raised cash and shed assets in one of the great garage sales in Wall Street's history. According to the Federal Reserve (see chart D. 1), financial sector debt has shrunk for each of the last four years. In the fourth quarter of 2008, the financial sector had $17.1 trillion in debt. In the first quarter of 2013, that figure stood at $13.9 trillion, off 19 percent. We may still hate the banking system. But the reality is that it is much better capitalized than it has been in years. Fewer banks are failing each year, and fewer banks are in danger of failing each quarter.
Of course, one of the undesired outcomes of the last several years has been consolidation. A few large banks now control a disproportionate share of deposits. It's hardly surprising. We had an epic lending bubble. And consolidation is what happens in the aftermath of bubbles. The banking system pre-2008 was more diffuse and more competitive than it is today, in part because there were many more banks running around making insane loans. Check out the data (PDF) from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. At the end of 2007, there were 8,534 banks in the U.S. That figure has fallen for six straight years, thanks to hundreds of failures and hundreds of mergers, as weak and struggling banks died off or fell into the arms of saviors. Today there are 6,940, down about 20 percent from the peak. Banking has a smaller cultural, retail, and employment footprint than it did several years ago. That's different.
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