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Google and Motorola rumored to be working on X Phone to once again take on the iPhone
Google buys Motorola. Denies any plans to do anything with it. No one believes them. Flash forward. Rumors spread Google is doing something with them. Deep breath. It's rumored to be an "X Phone" designed, once again, to take on the iPhone.
That might sound silly until you realize it's been Samsung, not Google, who's had all the success in the market against Apple. Now that Google owns Motorola, it only makes sense they'd want that division to be profitable as well, and to be an insurance policy against the power of manufacturers like Samsung, the same way Android was an insurance policy against the power of BlackBerry and Microsoft at first, and then very quickly Apple.
Not much is know about the code-named X Phone yet (which really should have been a name used by Microsoft for a gaming phone, but I digress), though Android Central scored some details in their forums:
Apparently this phone is called the "X Phone" or something along those lines and has buttons on the back of the phone. He said that a camera button is in the middle of the phone with volume up and down buttons on both sides of it all on the back face of the phone. He said it is supposed to be more ergonomic while holding the phone.
Best of luck to Google and Moto on this. Sincerely. The faster they push the pace of innovation, the faster Apple and everyone else has to work to stay ahead or keep up.
For the full story on the X Phone, at least as much as we know right now, hit the link below, and then jump back here and tell me what you think. Are Google and Motorola capable of fielding a device that can take significant market share away from Samsung, and profit share away from Apple?
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Google and Motorola rumored to be working on X Phone to once again take on the iPhone
Catch up to who?
I'm just saying, the advancements in technology are definitely on Android's side right now. And the options are there, too. Plus with Jelly Bean, it's right up there on fluidity. I like both platforms, but I'm of the opinion that Apple needs to give us something new and different. As another poster stated, the lack of forward thinking isn't what got us here. Forward thinking got us the iPhone. Stagnant thinking does no one any good. It's technology, it's there because of advancements, and as Blackberry showed us, will die without it. I don't think Apple is going the way of RIM, but I do believe they need something different and innovative to offer.
Here a couple things that come to mind( and a couple reasons why every time I ditch my iphone to go to the latest and greatest Android device I always come back)
1. Video messaging. Why for the lovee of god does Android not get video messaging. For Instance if I record a 40 second clip in 1080p on my iphone I can send it via text and the iphone will auto convert it so that it can be sent over MMS. Try and do this on Android and it willsimply tell you the file is to large and will not let you send it. Yes I know there is Dropbox and other ways I could do this but this needs to be baked into the system so mom and grandmas can do it.
2. Group Messaging. Android always screws this up. I have used Handcent/GO SMS and all the others but none can do group texting as well as iOS.
3. For me the keyboard on my iphone is still the best at autocorrect. I literally have tried a dozen different keyboards on Android and I have huge sausage fingers but I can still bang out emails better on ios then any android keyboard.
4. Little things like the Apple TV make my iphone better. I can buy a 99$ Apple TV and have all my photostreams, music and send stuff over air play to my tv. Yes Google tried Something similar with a couple vendors but it failed miserably(I tried it with Dish)
I love the power and customization with Android but until they address some of the things I mentioned I will stick with my tiny iphone.
buttons on the back of the phone
button is in the middle of the phone
if they are trying to reinvent the camera then the phone is going to fail horribly. users now a days only care about:
screen size
phone size
battery life
personally i only use my camera once a day if necessary, most of the time im using the apps
It's that thinking that keeps tech stale. If everyone thought like that the iphone wouldn't exist.
I don't recall Google (or anybody) ever saying they'd do nothing with Motorola. I do recall them saying they would not give preferential treatment to Motorola in terms of Andoid code.
And that is what matters. Google is going to have a tightrope to walk - at what point does taking Android in new, interesting directions become favoring Motorola over Samsung, HTC, or other Android partners? If they can maintain their balance, this would be a welcome kick in the pants for Android and Apple both.
^ This.
Google only took measuremnets to ensure fair treatment among its OEMs.
I don't remember them saying that either. Care to clarify Rene?
One of the problems with Android at the high end is that you face a choice between great hardware with questionable software upgrade schedules (GS3) or great software support with not-so-great hardware (Nexus 4). An "X Phone" that hits both sides would be fantastic, both for Android and for spurring Apple further.
It's not *bad* (though the LTE support is a deal-breaker for some), but the point is there is no single SKU that has the best hardware and software/upgrade path on that side of the fence.
Google / Motorola will launch X phone. And it will be another Nexus. Negligible sales, also-ran market share. It'll fall into the "other" slice of the Android pie.
Why? Because Samsung can and will fork Android. To optimize it for their own hardware. To fork their own app store and content store. To leverage their market share and continue to crush all other Android hardware makers.
But the main reason why Samsung will fork Android is so they can control their own destiny. They can't trust Google, now that Google will be competing against them. And they could, in theory, provide a better user experience with their Android fork by cutting back on the ads. And improve users' privacy while they're at it.
So yes, Google needs to release a Motorola X phone. To help the non-Samsung Android fork survive.
I sold my ipad 1 and got Samsung tab 2. It got some good stuff but still doesn't fell smooth and apps fail. Sold it in a week and bought and iPad 4, soo happy now. I learn my lesson :)
I got a Samsung tab as a gift and I honestly tried to like it. Hell, it was free. My main problem with the thing isn't the hardware, it's the software. The workflow in Android OS is nowhere nearly as smooth as iOS. The responsiveness of the touch interface lags. I even had to download 2 additional browsers just to visit all the sites I normally go to. That just BS. I want a product that just works. Can't wait to replace this thing with an iPad.
I've been using a Nexus 4 for the last few days. I posted this on the Android Central forum, but I'll copy it here. Apple is still ahead on certain crucial areas (user experience) but far behind in others (Google Now, inter-app communications).
- Google Now crushes Siri
- I miss not having my non-Gmail accounts in a unified inbox with my Gmail accounts (I have 2 of each)
- Intents are fantastic. The flexibility of apps in general is fantastic.
- Google Play is much better than the Android Market I remember (and the App Store sucks worse than it used to in terms of search and curation -- too many scam and junk apps)
- Android scroll views are still terrible. Worse than iOS 1. Keyboard lags like iOS 4. I think Butter was a failure and Google needs to re-write UI prioritization from the ground up. (Like Apple needs to re-write multitasking and inter-app communication -- both were bolt-on solutions)
- Animation is way better and the overall look is way, way better than pre 4.x versions
- Icons are still inconsistent and poorly designed. Hire the Iconfactory already.
- I have no use of widgets. Data should come to me no matter where I am. I shouldn't have to go look for it. Actionable notifications are the near-future of UI.
- Settings in notification center are awesome, but the two-finger swipe is awkward.
- Call quality is fantastic.
You can read the rest of the thread here:
Interesting read (and refreshing lack of snark on that forum thread).
I think apple will do a massive redesign UI next year as we all know johny ive is the new head both external anf internal design of apple products. Im guessing widgets within homescreen and icons which for it does make sense.
I seriously doubt there will be any sort of UI redesign in iOS next year. Next year will be an iPhone 5S that will look basically the same as the current iPhone 5. There will be incremental upgrades. The UI will look exactly the same and behave exactly the same as every other version of iOS, and it will be hailed as the second coming, as fanboys wait in long lines outside stores, to purchase it in massive numbers. Perhaps Siri will finally have a "woman's voice" or better yet, perhaps there will be various voice and accent choices for Siri, but probably not. There will be no revolutionary changes. That's just not how Apple works.
It has nothing to do with emotion. Just stating the obvious. Why would Apple revamp the OS or the iPhone when incremental upgrades sells the iPhone every single year? You're off base dude. Pay attention to the details and you'll see that I'm right. So far, Apple's annual iPhone approach has not resulted in a reduction of iPhones sold in the USA, where they sell wildly. The rest of the world is another matter entirely, and that is more likely to be based on price rather than Android fanboy perspectives.
I'm not questioning your analysis, just the way it's presented. You are coming off as a jilted fanboi yourself.
As for whether the UI should change, I don't think it does. At least, not the major portions of it. Not when the biggest rival and many launcher skins for Android are aping the iPhone look. The only real change that I would like to see, based on what I see in other devices, are home screen widget functionality. I would like to, without needing to jailbreak, have a one-tap ability to toggle things on/off, like BlueTooth, WiFi, GPS and "airplane mode". My old Crapberry had this, my current Droid has this, but my iPad I have to jailbreak first, and then it's only via the pull-down notification panel.
Oh, and maybe some alternative keyboard layouts. Most alternative keyboards for Android have tap-and-hold functionality on the keys to access numbers and punctuation that in iOS requires opening another "page" of keys first and then switching back if there is no space before the next letter, such as email addresses (in plain text fields) or passwords.
I simply stated facts as they stand and never implied anything having to do with your "jilted fanboy" notion. I currently own and use an iPhone 4S and have never had any problem with it. There are however people out there who hoped for more than incremental upgrades from Apple and didn't get them. Perhaps they are "jilted fan boys". So, your "questioning of my analysis" is actually attempting to question facts. Only a complete idiot questions facts. The fact is that Apple has used and re-used the same approach with only two real differences, adding LTE and a 4" screen (which everyone else had last year). And while some may not agree with the incremental upgrade approach that Apple uses, it works every time, they make a ton of cash, and even you can't question those facts.
I currently own an Android phone (Galaxy Nexus) and I also have the Nexus 7. The issue with Android lies with the variety of devices made every month. Other than the Nexus devices, what device out, even the flagship devices, has the latest version of Android (4.2/4.2.1)? I'm sick and tired of seeing Google announce new features with Android version X and never seeing them on other devices until that version is either now not the current version or just before the next version is announced. In February I'm coming back to iPhone simply to not have to root and flash ROMs/Kernels to get better performance out of my phone. I'm also sick of garbage battery life and useless features like Miracast which I will probably never have a device to use with that. I own an Apple TV and miss Air Play a lot.
tl;dr Androids problem is Android IMO.
Just remember, that your "useless" feature is someone else's "must have" item. I have no use for AirPlay and I don't even like the concept of Siri. My iPad is jailbroke in order to gain some functionality that is native in Android: Power toggles for WiFi/BlueTooth/etc without having to go into the device settings, and the ability to set a default web browser. Conversely, I had to (try to) root my Droid X in order to get it to actually sync music with my desktop so I could have proper iPod functionality. Which nearly killed the phone.
iOS has AirPlay, which works only with other Apple products, Android has a DLNA server which works with a wide variety of other branded products.
Each platform has its good and bad points. It's easier to customize Android, iOS is more stable. They both have "useless features" and "must-have items", and those could be the very same function, depending on who you ask.
It will be interesting to see what Motorola comes up with for next year. It's time for Google to jump into the fray and be a bit more "hands on" with Motorola. Motorola finally produced a phone on Sprint with a side slider, but the drawbacks outweigh the benefits. Sealed in battery that should've been the RAZR Maxx battery instead of the small, weak battery they included. I've heard on the Sprint forums that the battery life is terrible and that's pretty unforgivable on a Motorola Phone that doesn't even approach the functionality and battery life of the RAZR M. If Google gets more involved with Moto, they can address issues and turn things around there.
I love the talk of "bendable" screen tech bc it's a wonderful thought. BUT....people need to realize that OTHER PARTS WON'T BEND!!!! It'll be pretty cool to have a bendable/flex screen, except the chips & radios on the inside break when trying to "flex" said screen. Just not happening in the next 3 years at the very least. Lets work on battery-tech & not just tossing bigger batteries in devices, I'm talking about actual advancement in the tech.
I agree that battery tech needs to catch up. And honestly, the only reason any Android vendor is doing sealed battery phones is because the iPhone has a sealed battery. I've never had my iPhone 4S crash or lockup, but I understand that on the Photon Q, if it freezes, you're in a world of hurt trying to reboot the thing.
its not about having 100 phones its options ...i worked for vzw and att 70% ppl use there smartphones only is the web and emails still the smart ppl like us i have the samsung nexus and my wife has the sam s3 ...its simple its good and bad that ios is the sam across the platforms ....with low end andriod phone and high end ...when you get great sw and like the samsung nexus and s3


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Senior wide receiver T.J. Smith has been named the 2012 MVP of the Patriot football program.
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[This is yet another paper resurrected from the archives (see the original, from Internet Archive); originally posted on 4 July 2000. "skyman" = Pastor David T. King: a vocal anti-Catholic Presbyterian pastor and associate of active online anti-Catholic Protestants James White, John Bugay, and Eric Svendsen. Notes added later will be in blue]
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[mostly original introduction] This pathetic exchange took place in the public chat room of the website (Alpha and Omega Ministries) of the prominent anti-Catholic polemicist James White, on 29 June 2000. I think it splendidly illustrates the sad, deluded, bigoted tendencies of many anti-Catholics. When I simply asked for references for the ridiculous historical numerical claims, I was promptly kicked out of the forum (as you will see at the end). Skyman's words will be in purple. Statements of various other Protestant commenters will be in red. One chatter appears to have been a Catholic. His words will be in brown. He, too, was kicked out for ostensibly exceedingly minor "transgressions." My own words (I went by "Bo") will be in plain black. Some extraneous material has been deleted; whenever a comment appears it is unedited. I pick up the discussion after some 20 minutes or so of innocuous, light, non-theological banter.
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[a prominent Catholic apologist and author of two books and good friend of mine, who had recently been slandered and accused of deliberate deceit by the chat room manager James White]
[I did, in a personal letter later that night, but James White refused to answer the question, stating that we should keep our interaction at a minimum]
[Dollinger was excommunicated after refusing to accept the dogma of papal infallibility, defined at the First Vatican Council in 1870].
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Boy, what a show of confidence! I ask for references for such an extraordinary claim, and I get kicked off by the very person I was asking to back up his ridiculous historical assertions.
[Respected non-Catholic historian Edward Peters, in his work, Inquisition (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1989, p. 87), states:
- The Spanish Inquisition, in spite of wildly inflated estimates of the numbers of its victims, acted with considerable restraint in inflicting the death penalty, far more restraint than was demonstrated in secular tribunals elsewhere in Europe that dealt with the same kinds of offenses. The best estimate is that around 3000 death sentences were carried out in Spain by Inquisitorial verdict between 1550 and 1800, a far smaller number than that in comparable secular courts.
Utilizing these ballpark figures, the claims above are exaggerated by a ratio of either 11,667 to 1 or 33,333 to 1, depending on which grotesque, ludicrous numerical figure is believed. See the link from Van Hove below, and the Catholic Encyclopedia link: section: The Number of Victims. Edward O'Brien ("A New Look at the Spanish Inquisition") writes:
- Fray Tomas de Torquemada, the Grand Inquisitor whose very name is now a symbol of ruthless cruelty, actually checked the excessive zeal of the earlier inquisitors in many ways, including the limiting and mitigating of torture. Walsh thinks that torture under Torquemada was no worse than that used by American police in the 1930s. Also, under Torquemada's entire tenure as Grand Inquisitor (1483-1498), 100,000 prisoners passed before his various tribunals throughout Spain. Of this number, less than 2% were executed. In Barcelona, from 1488 to 1498, "one prisoner out of 20 was put to death" (23 executions). Torquemada is not the monster of the Black Legend; still, he was responsible for, as an estimation, between 1,000 and 1,500 deaths. And by burning, the common method for those times.
True, we may not be dealing with Boy Scout leaders here, but these men were far closer to that than they were to Hitler, Mao, and Stalin!
Likewise, Ellen Rice ("The Myth of the Spanish Inquisition") comments:
The Myth of the Spanish Inquisition, a 1994 BBC/A and E production . . . is a definite must-see for anyone who wishes to know how historians now evaluate the Spanish Inquisition since the opening of an investigation into the Inquisition's archives. The special includes commentary from historians whose studies verify that the tale of the darkest hour of the Church was greatly fabricated.
In its brief sixty-minute presentation, The Myth of the Spanish Inquisition provides only an overview of the origins and debunking of the myths of torture and genocide. The documentary definitely succeeds in leaving the viewer hungry to know more. The long-held beliefs of the audience are sufficiently weakened by the testimony of experts and the expose of the making of the myth.
. . . In 1567 a fierce propaganda campaign began with the publication of a Protestant leaflet penned by a supposed Inquisition victim named Montanus. This character (Protestant of course) painted Spaniards as barbarians who ravished women and sodomized young boys. The propagandists soon created "hooded fiends" who tortured their victims in horrible devices like the knife-filled Iron Maiden (which never was used in Spain). The BBC/A and E special plainly states a reason for the war of words: the Protestants fought with words because they could not win on the battlefield.
The Inquisition had a secular character, although the crime was heresy. Inquisitors did not have to be clerics, but they did have to be lawyers. The investigation was rule-based and carefully kept in check. And most significantly, historians have declared fraudulent a supposed Inquisition document claiming the genocide of millions of heretics.
What is documented is that 3000 to 5000 people died during the Inquisition's 350 year history . . . As the program documents, the 3,000 to 5,000 documented executions of the Inquisition pale in comparison to the 150,000 documented witch burnings elsewhere in Europe over the same centuries.
. . . Discrediting the Black Legend brings up the sticky subject of revisionism. Re-investigating history is only invalid if it puts an agenda ahead of reality. The experts - once true believers in the Inquisition myth - were not out to do a feminist canonization of Isabella or claim that Tomas de Torquemada was a Marxist. Henry Kamen of the Higher Council for Scientific Research in Barcelona said on camera that researching the Inquisition's archives "demolished the previous image all of us (historians) had."
Even Henry Charles Lea, the first major American Inquisition historian and no fan of the Catholic Church, says of the calculations of victims:
- There is no question that the number of these has been greatly exaggerated in popular belief, an exaggeration to which Llorente has largely contributed by his absurd method of computation....
(A History of the Inquisition of Spain, volume 4, p. 517)
Lea calls Llorente's guess-work "reckless" and "entirely fallacious." ]
- For further related related reading, see my web page, Inquisition, Crusades, and "Catholic Scandals".


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Death Penalty
Every day, people are executed by the state as punishment for a variety of crimes – sometimes for acts that should not be criminalized. In some countries it can be for who you sleep with, in others it is reserved for acts of terror and murder.
Some countries execute people who were under 18 years old when the crime was committed, others use the death penalty against people who suffer mental problems. Before people die they are often imprisoned for years on "death row". Not knowing when their time is up, or whether they will see their families one last time.
The death penalty is cruel, inhuman and degrading. Amnesty opposes the death penalty at all times - regardless of who is accused, the crime, guilt or innocence or method of execution.
We have been working to end executions since 1977, when only 16 countries had abolished the death penalty in law or practice. Today, the number has risen to 140 - nearly two-thirds of countries around the world.
We know that, together, we can end the death penalty everywhere. Hafez Ibrahim was about to be executed in Yemen in 2007 when he sent a mobile text message to Amnesty. It was a message that saved his life. "I owe my life to Amnesty. Now I dedicate that life to campaigning against the death penalty."
The problem
Why the Death Penalty is wrong
Denial of human rights. Sentencing someone to death denies them the right to life – enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Irreversible and mistakes happen. Execution is the ultimate, irrevocable punishment: the risk of executing an innocent person can never be eliminated. Since 1973, for example, 150 US prisoners sent to death row have later been exonerated. Others have been executed despite serious doubts about their guilt.
Does not deter crime. Countries who execute commonly cite the death penalty as a way to deter people from committing crime. This claim has been repeatedly discredited, and there is no evidence that the death penalty is any more effective in reducing crime than imprisonment.
The death penalty is a symptom of a culture of violence, not a solution to it.
Often used within skewed justice systems. Some of the countries executing the most people have deeply unfair legal systems. The 'top' three executing countries – China, Iran and Iraq – have issued death sentences after unfair trials. Many death sentences are issued after 'confessions' that have been obtained through torture.
Discriminatory. You are more likely to be sentenced to death if you are poor or belong to a racial, ethnic or religious minority because of discrimination in the justice system. Also, poor and marginalised groups have less access to the legal resources needed to defend themselves.
Used as a political tool. The authorities in some countries, for example Iran and Sudan, use the death penalty to punish political opponents.
Amnesty is calling for
- Countries who still use the death penalty must immediately halt all executions.
- Countries who have already stopped executing people, need to take this punishment off their legal books for all crimes, permanently.
- All death sentences should be commuted to prison sentences.
The issue in detail
Execution methods
There are many and varied types of execution used around the world today, including:
• Beheading
• Electrocution
• Hanging
• Lethal injection
• Shooting in the back of the head and by firing squad
Death sentences and executions 2014
In 2014, governments increasingly resorted to the death penalty to combat crime and terrorism.
Read Amnesty's latest annual review of the death penalty worldwide.
Death sentences and executions 2007-2014
Key facts
As of July 2015, 101 countries have abolished the death penalty for all crimes.
In 2014, at least 22 countries around the world carried out executions.
In 2014, at least 2,466 people were sentenced to death worldwide - up 28% on 2013.


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The Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013 received Royal Assent on 28th February 2013, and will replace the previous registration requirements for scrap metal dealers and motor salvage operators from 1st October 2013. After that date, applications may be made for site licences and mobile collector's licences under the new legislation. Those registered under the previous legislation before 1st October 2013 will have until 15th October 2013 to submit an application for a licence under the new legislation, in order to remain licensed pending the determination of that application.
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Our campus has several interconnected buildings. Each building has been assigned a letter. For more assistance, view our campus maps or look for printed campus maps in your orientation guide or at the Student Arrairs office.
- A - Great Hall
- M - located to the right of the information desk when you enter the building
- C - located at the end of the Great Hall, off to the right.
- L - Library/Random House Learning Resources Center
- T - Theater building, the first building on right from the parking lot
- P - Physical Fitness building that extends from C-building.
- N - Nursing and Allied Health building, the first building on your left from the parking lot
- K - Child Development Center, Canteen Cafe, classrooms and conference rooms, the farthest building on the right near the Amphitheater
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Academic Services Center
Academic Services Center offers individualized support and assistance to improve your study habits, communication skills, and computer and math proficiency. The center uses a variety of activities that can be tailored to your academic needs including peer and professional tutoring, computer access and workshops on specific academic subjects. The Academic Services Center is located in room L288 above the library.
Canteen Café
The Canteen Café serves sandwiches, salads, pizza, beverages, desserts and more. You can find the café on the lower level of K building. Vending machines are also located on the lower level of the Great Hall and K building.
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The Child Development Center offers a unique program for the young children of students, faculty, staff and Carroll County residents. The center promotes the value of education at an early age for our littlest learners. It is located in K building on the lower level.
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Whether you are looking for new or updated occupational and technical skills, professional and career development, or personal and cultural enrichment, Continuing Education and Training programs provide the training you seek. These non-credit courses are offered in convenient flexible formats. The Continuing Education and Training office is located in the Great Hall in room A115.
Fitness Center
The Fitness Center is located in room P505 of the Physical Fitness building. It includes the latest exercise equipment including treadmills, cross trainers, stair masters, air dyne, upright and recumbent bikes, Concept II Rowers, a Life Rower, Hammer Strength and other resistance exercise machines for weight training. Currently enrolled students and staff may use the Fitness Center equipment and gym once they receive equipment training either by enrolling in a fitness course or by scheduling an orientation session with Brendon Michaels. Users must present a current Carroll ID card and must have a medical release form on file.
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The Information Desk is located inside the front door of the Great Hall. The staff can provide you with directions, your misplaced items from the lost and found, and information on what is happening on campus.
Carroll's library holds a collection of 50,000 items, which include books, CD-ROMs and audio and videocassettes. Individual study carrels and tables make for an ideal place to study.
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Services for Students with Disabilities
These services include academic advising; counseling for personal, career and academic concerns; reasonable academic accommodations; and advocacy for the needs of students with disabilities. The Office of Student Support Services is located in room L289F of the library.
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Pure DWTS 2011 – Carrie Ann Inaba's "Grace" Doesn't make The Final Cut
Carrie Ann posted some disappointing news at her twitter last night. Her new TV project (that she's been working on for months) "Grace" didn't get picked up by ABC for the Fall 2011 Season. Eric Roberts (one of my favorite actors) was to lead the cast in this new drama about a dysfunctional family in the world of professional dance. Roberts is to have said he thought Grace could become a "gigantic hit". He had this to say on the project as well…
"All I can do is say it's probably the best thing, as a whole unit of production, that I've been involved in since 1983″
Like Eric, I thought "Grace" was a brilliant idea and I was so looking forward it. What are ABC execs thinking? I guess they'd rather have crime shows instead.
Anyway, when you get a chance and if you have a twitter account, be sure to send Carrie Ann some love. I'm sure she is really disappointed.


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Behavioral Interventions: Mass Media and HIV Prevention
I. Definition of the Prevention Area
Mass media interventions aim to prevent HIV by increasing knowledge, improving risk perception, changing sexual behaviors, and questioning potentially harmful social norms. Campaigns may utilize radio, television, and other outlets and ideally operate as part of multi-level efforts, in which mutually reinforcing messages are offered through interpersonal, community, and national channels. Mass media interventions are a critical part of an effective prevention approach.
II. Epidemiological Justification for the Prevention Area
Mass media interventions offer a cost-efficient way to reach large numbers of people, including people who may be difficult to reach through interpersonal approaches, such as migrants and people living in remote areas. These interventions have the potential to influence social norms, engendering productive dialogue at the population level.
III. Core Programmatic Components
Mass media programs should be implemented through multiple channels with mutually reinforcing messages. Radio and television, the most commonly used mass media, have been used creatively to target various populations through formats such as dramas, serials, and diaries. "Edutainment," a combination of education and entertainment, can be used to model and demonstrate behavioral patterns that affect people's risk of HIV, such as partner communication.
Studies also show that promoting branded products and programs as well as specific service delivery points are more likely to achieve the intended outcome as opposed to generic messages. Small media (posters, pamphlets, and flyers) that are typically distributed locally may enjoy a long shelf life. However, mass media is most effective when it is reinforced with community interventions.
The development of a communications campaign must be strategic and aligned to the achievement of specific and measurable outcomes. Critical elements to a campaign's success include understanding the target audience, including the most efficacious media to reach them; pre-testing messages; modifying the campaign, if needed, based on post-test results; and measuring the cost-effectiveness of the media used. Principles for HIV and AIDS communication campaigns include realistic goals; behavior substitution rather than elimination; environmental support for behavioral change; cost-effectiveness; program accessibility to the target audience; and attention to legal and socio-cultural obstacles to change.
IV. Current Status of Implementation Experience
Although a growing body of evidence supports the effectiveness of mass media interventions on many of these outcomes, systematic reviews suggest that the size of the effect can be small to moderate. The effects of mass media may be short term, and reinforcement of messages is needed to sustain behavior change. A dose-response effect to mass media messages has been demonstrated: higher exposure to mass media resulted in increased positive behavioral change. Moreover, individuals need to be exposed to a variety of prevention messages, because risk factors for HIV change over an individual's lifetime.
Updated: March 2011
The Effectiveness of Mass Communication to Change Public Behavior
Abroms, L. C., & Maibach, E. W. Annual Review of Public Health (2008), Vol. 29, pp. 219–234.
Mass media campaigns have traditionally targeted individual behaviors and evaluated campaign effectiveness by assessing whether people changed their behavior. Data suggest that while mass media can indeed influence behavior change, changes are usually modest. As evidence accumulates about the need for using structural approaches to modify risk behaviors, communication campaigns too must target more than just individual behaviors. The authors discuss the need for adopting an ecological approach to public health communication campaigns—that is, one that considers not only the individual, but the context within which the individual lives. Between this new approach and rapid changes in technology that have redefined what mass media is and how it reaches people, public health communication efforts must adjust accordingly. The authors recommend that in addition to targeting individuals, behavior change messages must target social networks and communities that influence the individuals whose behavior the campaigns want to change.
Using Mass Media Campaigns to Promote Voluntary Counseling and HIV-Testing Services in Kenya
Marum, E., Morgan, G., Hightower, A., et al. AIDS (2008), Vol. 22 No. 15, pp. 2019–2024.
Mass media campaigns can increase the use of HIV testing and counseling (HTC) services, and mass media messages explicitly addressing HIV have greater impact. In Kenya, a professionally designed mass media campaign was developed to increase public demand for HTC. The campaign included radio, television, posters, flyers, outdoor advertising, and a recognizable logo that was used on all materials and on signboards at registered HTC sites. Campaign implementation was divided into four phases: phases one and four more overtly mentioned the possibility of testing HIV-positive, whereas phases two and three used a more understated "lifestyle'' approach (for example, the phase two message was to "get in control of your life" by knowing your HIV status). Phase one increased attendance by 28.5 percent and phase four by 42.5 percent. There was also a significant increase in HTC uptake among young people under age 25, particularly in urban areas. Phases two and three did not have a significant effect on HTC uptake. The authors note that the timing of phases one and two overlapped, making it difficult to differentiate a negative effect of phase two from a lack of sustained response to phase one.
Radio Role Models for the PMTCT of HIV and HIV Testing among Pregnant Women in Botswana
Sebert-Kuhlmann, A.K., Kraft, J.M., et al. Health Promotion International (2008), Vol. 23 No. 3, pp. 260–268.
Role models—both fictional and real-life—can facilitate behavior change. The Makgabaneng radio drama in Botswana was developed to help listeners protect themselves from HIV and support people with HIV through modeling and reinforcement. It included two major storylines about HIV during pregnancy which informed listeners about preventing mother to child transmission (PMTCT). About 250 episodes of Makgabaneng had been broadcast prior to surveying 500 pregnant and postpartum women. Exposure to this drama was high among these women, with 79% of respondents reporting ever listening to the program, and 53% reporting listening at least once a week. Although many women could recall a character in a PMTCT storyline, this recollection was not significantly associated with seeking HIV testing during pregnancy. Women who identified with characters in the drama, however, were more likely to be tested for HIV while pregnant. The authors conclude that such serial dramas can contribute to HIV prevention, treatment, and care when concurrent with widespread access to such services.
One Day I Might Find Myself HIV-Positive Like Her: Audience Involvement and Identification with Role Models in an Entertainment-Education Radio Drama in Botswana
Lovell, C.C., Pappas-Deluca, K.A., Sebert Kuhlmann, A.K., et al. International Quarterly Community Health Educators (2007–2008), Vol. 28 No. 3, pp. 181–200.
Researchers used 31 in-depth interviews with regular listeners of the Makgabaneng radio drama in Botswana (see Radio Role Models for the Prevention of Mother-To-Child Transmission of HIV and HIV Testing among Pregnant Women in Botswana) to understand why people identified with the positive, negative, and transitional role models in the series. This radio drama included characters dealing with pregnancy and HIV testing. Many listeners aspired to be like the positive role model, who was uniformly admired. The negative role model was not looked upon favorably, and no one aspired to act as she did. Most respondents wanted to discuss the transitional character, with some seeing her in a negative light and others aspiring to be like her. The audience showed evidence of differential modeling: that is, being able to compare and contrast the behaviors among the three characters and seeing the consequences of each characters' actions. The authors conclude that including more than one transitional character in a series can be beneficial, particularly one who is portrayed as adopting positive behavior behaviors at a later time, after discarding previous risky behaviors.
The Reach and Impact of Social Marketing and Reproductive Health Communication Campaigns in Zambia
Van Rossem, R., & Meekers, D. BMC Public Health (2007), Vol. 7, p. 352.
This study used the nationally representative 2001–2002 Zambia Demographic and Health Survey to assess the effect of mass media campaigns on condom use. Statistical methods were used to ensure against the possibility that the same factors that influence media exposure also influence condom use, or that condom users may seek out the health communication programs in question. Men were more likely to recall media messages than women, with fully 75% of men reporting exposure to condom messages. Although there was no correlation between exposure to these campaigns and other sexual risk behaviors, men and women with such exposure were more likely to have ever used condoms. For women, the difference was small but statistically significant; however, men exposed to messages were 50% more likely to have ever used condoms. Generally, the more exposure to the campaign, the greater the likelihood of these positive health behaviors—for example, men with the most exposure to messages were twice as likely to have ever used condoms than those with the least exposure. While the study cannot identify what specific content or messages affect condom use or the pathways of exposure, it nevertheless shows an overall positive effect of media exposure to condom use.
The Effectiveness of Mass Media in Changing HIV/AIDS-Related Behaviour among Young People in Developing Countries
Bertrand, J. T., & Anhang, R. In Preventing HIV/AIDS in Young People: A Systematic Review of the Evidence from Developing Countries, Ross, D., Dick, B., & Ferguson, J., eds. UNAIDS Interagency Task Team on HIV and Young People, World Health Organization Technical Report Series (2006), No. 938. pp. 205–242.
This systematic review evaluated mass media interventions addressing HIV-related behaviors among young people from 1990 to 2004 to analyze whether evidence exists for their effectiveness. Fifteen studies from Africa, Latin America, Asia, and one multi-country study met the authors' inclusion criteria. Study quality varied, and different definitions of variables made it impossible to pool and analyze the data. When radio was combined with other media, or when radio was combined with both television and other media, youth showed improvements in knowledge, skills, awareness, use of health services, use of condoms, and interpersonal communication. These media also had a positive impact on changing social norms. However, not every campaign was successful in influencing every variable. The authors provide recommendations for policy makers, program managers, and researchers about funding, developing, and evaluating mass media programs.
Systematic Review of the Effectiveness of Mass Communication Programs to Change HIV/AIDS-Related Behaviors in Developing Countries
Bertrand, J. T., O'Reilly, K., Denison, J., et al. Health Education Research (2006), Vol. 21 No. 4, pp. 567–597.
This review examines the effectiveness of 24 mass media interventions on changing HIV-related knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors in developing countries from 1990 through 2004. Media interventions included radio, television, small media, and interpersonal communication, sometimes alone, sometimes mixed. Because the outcome indicators of these studies were so diverse, the researchers evaluated seven key variables, including self-efficacy for condom use, abstinence, perceived risk of HIV, condom use, and discussing HIV or condom use with others. Half of the studies demonstrated a positive impact on knowledge of HIV transmission and reduction in high-risk sexual behavior. For the other five variables, however, the studies showed mixed results or no effect. The authors discuss the difficulties inherent in evaluating mass media campaigns. Their efforts were limited by studies that did not represent the state of the art in mass media communication and were not well designed and evaluated. The authors conclude that "communication campaigns are at the heart of the HIV/AIDS response, yet much work remains…in building the evidence base for their effectiveness."
Assessing Effects of a Media Campaign on HIV/AIDS Awareness and Prevention in Nigeria: Results from the VISION Project
Keating, J., Meekers, D., & Adewuyi, A. BMC Public Health (2006), Vol. 3 No. 6, p. 123.
Using data from household surveys conducted in 2002 and 2004, the authors assessed the impact of the program VISION media campaign on the: 1) discussion of HIV and AIDS with a partner; 2) awareness that consistent condom use reduces HIV risk; and 3) condom use at last intercourse. Although exposure to the campaign was high, its impact on outcome variables was small. Yet, respondents with high program exposure were almost one and a half times more likely than those with no exposure to have discussed HIV and AIDS with a partner, and more than twice as likely as those with low exposure to know condom use could reduce the risk of HIV infection. Program exposure had no significant impact on condom use. While overall differences in the outcome variables were small, effects for some subgroups suggest the potential of media activities.
Comparative Cost-Effectiveness of the Components of a Behavior Change Communication Campaign on HIV/AIDS in North India
Sood, S., & Nambiar, D. Journal of Health Communications (2006), Suppl. 2 No. 11, pp. 143–162.
This article used data from nearly 1,700 surveyed sexually active adults in North India to understand the effect of mediating factors on behavior changes and changes in condom use, extrapolating the findings to estimate costs of increasing condom use. The researchers evaluated the television components of a comprehensive HIV prevention communication campaign, including a TV drama, a youth-focused reality show, and TV spots. Mediating variables included gender attitudes, HIV/AIDS knowledge, perceived risk of HIV, and interpersonal communication skills. Better recall of the TV components was positively associated with positive mediating variables and higher levels of any condom use (though levels were low overall, at 10% among those with good recall and 4% among those with poorer recall). Furthermore, significant associations were found between the mediating variables and frequency and level of condom use. The TV program with the greatest increases in condom use cost $2.49 per additional person using condoms. Costs of mediating factors ranged from $1.23 per person for increases in HIV knowledge to $4.54 per person for reduced perceived risk of HIV.
The Impact of a Mass Media Campaign on Personal Risk Perception, Perceived Self-Efficacy and on Other Behavioural Predictors
Agha, S. AIDS Care (2003), Vol. 15 No. 6, pp. 749–762.
This study of over 2,000 sexually experienced men and women ages 15-39 throughout Kenya assessed the impact of mass media exposure on predictors of behavior change. Branded messages about Trust condoms were compared to generic messages about HIV and condoms as a means of preventing HIV transmission. Trust messages were developed to destigmatize condoms by presenting condom use as a positive lifestyle choice. Respondents exposed to the branded messages were significantly more likely to report positive health behavior beliefs and behavior change predictors than those exposed to generic messages. Predictors included the belief that one could convince their spouse to use condoms; that condoms are effective for HIV prevention; and that HIV prevention is the reason for one's condom use. Furthermore, there was a positive correlation between exposure and predictors of behavior change. The author concludes that "constructing the image of healthy lifestyle choices can exert a significant influence on risk awareness, self-efficacy and other behavioural predictors" through mass media. While the author used statistical techniques to control bias and confounding, the potential for reverse causality exists in this study.
Behavior Change Communication Strategies
Aggleton, P. AIDS Education and Prevention (1997), Vol. 9 No. 2, pp. 111–123.
This paper broadly reviews behavior change communication strategies implemented over the first 15 years of the HIV epidemic, showing the changes in sophistication and understanding of health communication needs over time. Key principles behind successful communication efforts are taken from health communication, social marketing, and structural intervention theories. The author then provides lessons learned from vulnerable populations, including women, youth, men who have sex with men, and injecting drug users. He closes the paper with a discussion of research and intervention priorities for the future, including communicating with disenfranchised populations and policymakers, addressing stigma and discrimination, and linking HIV prevention activities within existing health programs.
Using Culture-Centered Qualitative Formative Research to Design Broadcast Messages for HIV Prevention for African American Adolescents
Horner, J.R., Romer, D., Vanable, P. A., et al. Journal of Health Communications (2008), Vol. 13 No. 4, pp. 309–325.
Formative research is key to the development of campaign messages. This article describes a culture-centered approach for developing eight radio and two television advertisements to promote sexual risk reduction in urban African-American adolescents. Two key barriers to sexual risk reduction emerged from the research: 1) social pressure for early initiation of sexual intercourse; and 2) perceptions that condoms reduce sexual pleasure. By focusing on how teens resolve conflicts around sexual risk reduction, the researchers provided the creative team with ideas for modeling realistic arguments for sexual risk reduction in HIV prevention messages. Campaign messages focused on counter arguments that teens can use to overcome these barriers. Pressure to initiate intercourse was addressed by emphasis on respect, and the perception that condoms reduce sexual pleasure was addressed by the counter argument that condoms reduce feelings of stress and worry.
Soul City Institute Regional Programme 2002–2007 Impact Evaluation
Soul City Institute , 2008
The Soul City Regional Programme is a regional HIV/AIDS communication project in Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. This document evaluates the impact of 20 media campaigns taking place in these countries between 2002 and 2007. The project achieved and often surpassed regional objectives such as reaching 40% of the population with their campaigns and 15% of those exposed to project materials adopting positive behavior changes. In addition to providing regional data, this evaluation provides succinct summaries of the individual country findings. Among those exposed to the media interventions throughout the region, compelling increases were found in obtaining HIV testing and asking a partner to get tested. Positive effects of the communication campaigns were found on condom use, stigma reduction, and partner reduction, with varying degrees of success taking place in the different countries.
MTV's "Staying Alive" Global Campaign Promoted Interpersonal Communication about HIV and Positive Beliefs about HIV Prevention
Geary, C.W., Burke, H.M., Castelnauet, L. et al. AIDS Education Prevention (2007). Vol. 19 No. 1, pp. 51–67.
Airing worldwide on MTV, the Staying Alive campaign consisted primarily of 30-second public service announcements about HIV. Researchers used cross-sectional, population-based surveys among 6,000 youth in Kathmandu, Nepal , São Paolo, Brazil, and Dakar, Senegal to assess the campaign's effect on interpersonal communication about HIV/AIDS and beliefs about HIV prevention behavior. Exposure to Staying Alive was associated with youths talking to someone about HIV: with a sex partner in Brazil and Senegal, parents in Brazil, siblings in Senegal, and a teacher or counselor in Nepal. Exposure to the campaign was significantly associated with positive beliefs about HIV prevention behaviors in all three sites. Furthermore, interpersonal communication about HIV was also positively associated with HIV prevention beliefs, regardless of who the discussion was with. Given similar positive findings from three very different settings, the authors conclude that their findings provide evidence that a global mass media campaign can indeed change social norms.
Monograph: Getting the Message Across: The Mass Media and the Response to AIDS
UNAIDS Best Practice Collection. Armstrong, S. UNAIDS–Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, (2005).
This publication examines the importance of media in the discourse and response to HIV in South Africa, assessing its role as a conduit to air public concerns as well as providing accurate information to challenge stigma and discrimination. It profiles "Soul City," a television and radio soap opera that addresses a range of health issues, the Community Health Media Trust, which uses the media to give a voice to people with HIV through its program, "Beat It," and Talalani Sesame, programming for children. Among many others, key lessons drawn from media implementation include: a mix of media enables projects to maximize impact; mass media projects require a team with many different skills and viewpoints; involving creative people in the development of messages is crucial; enabling the general public to interact with a mass media project or campaign can promote awareness, debate, and personal issue identification; and ensuring involvement of researchers and rigorous research enhances credibility and contributes to developing a quality product.
The Communication Initiative (CI) Network
This website is an online resource where people developing and using communication for social change can come together to share information and experiences. Sections of the site include program experiences, monitoring and evaluation and data, change theories, and many articles, reports, and summaries of programs and program findings. There are also discussion fora, surveys, and classified ads. Readers can narrow their searches to different topics, including HIV/AIDS, Media Development, and Information and Communication Technology for Development. In addition to a global English-language website, readers can find links to a Spanish-language site focusing on Latin America and an English-language site devoted to the African experience and context.
Communication for Change (C-Change)
This website provides an overview of the C-Change project, a communication project that aims to influence change in social norms to improve health behaviors. In addition to providing information about their approach, readers can find program information for 15 countries worldwide. The project's focus areas include strengthening local capacity for communication for social change, family planning, HIV prevention, malaria, and gender equity.
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C-Picks is an online magazine that includes resources on social and behavior change communication, including HIV prevention efforts. These selected resources include evaluations, implementation experiences, strategic guidance, and other tools and resources. Readers can browse the archives by date, technical area, country, or region. HIV-related topics include male circumcision, multiple and concurrent partnerships, and integration with family planning/reproductive health services.
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Tuesday, April 30, 2013
So, a man walks into a courthouse with a duck… no, really.
A couple of weeks ago, Honolulu resident Michael Hubbard went to court on two charges of felony assault. Most folks want some support when they appear before a judge, and apparently Hubbard's pet duck was the closest friend he could find in a hurry.
Since no news source mentioned the duck's name, let's call him Daffy. Daffy was discovered by courthouse security when Hubbard's bag passed through the X-ray machine. Sharp-eyed screeners noticed the bag was moving. (I'd have either fainted or fled out the front door, which is why I'm not working courthouse security.)
Hubbard initially refused to let the duck out of the bag, so to speak, but then he 'fessed up. Nestled alongside the duck were two 40-ounce beers, but whether they were for drinking or keeping Daffy cool remains a mystery.
Daffy, alas, did not get his day in court. Hubbard had to leave him outside, which is understandable. For all we know Daffy is a trained attack duck, but happily no feathers flew. (Well, no more than usual in a courtroom, anyway.)
Officials said that while the duck was a first, people often bring their dogs to court. Note: Even man's best friend can't post your bail, so that's also a big waste of time.
Now, I've seen my share of animals in odd places. Back when ferrets were a big fad, a man walked into a bar at Wrightsville Beach, N.C. one Saturday night cradling a ferret in his flannel shirt.
When it slithered up around his neck like some furry, clawed alien, pandemonium ensued. Management strongly urged him to leave. I may or may not have been among those screaming, "Make him leave! Make him leave!"
I also once saw a dog trot calmly through a pizza restaurant in Colorado. He entered through one door as a customer exited, and left through the opposite door as a customer entered. He did not look to the left or right, and never broke stride. He knew exactly where he was going, and I hope he got there.
Perhaps my best anecdote about uninvited animals is this one: My ex-husband and I were driving from North Carolina to Virginia. With us was our magnificently ugly, giant white bulldog named Elvis. He was loyal, loving and hideous to behold. With his crooked, protruding fangs and mottled pink and black head, babies used to cry when he waddled into a room.
Shortly after sunrise, with the shadows of night still lingering, we stopped at a Hardee's in Currituck County for some breakfast. The ex ordered four biscuits, two for us and two for Elvis, who was dozing in the back seat.
A few minutes later a very polite woman leaned out the drive-up window to hand us our food. That's when Elvis woke with a start. He thrust his giant misshapen head out of the shadows into her face, his jagged teeth gaping and pink eyes glowing.
I've never seen such an expression of sheer terror on a human. "Dat dog look like SATAN!" she screamed, and reflexively threw the bag in the air. It turned a lazy arc, landed on the driver's side mirror and split open. She continued to scream.
I, responding to some primal Bonnie and Clyde instinct, shouted, "Go, go, GO!!!!" Mr. Smith gunned the motor and we peeled out in a cloud of biscuit crumbs.
I regret to report that Elvis never did get his breakfast, but we laughed all the way to Norfolk.
Julie R. Smith, who still misses that ugly dog, can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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What to Eat in Napa Valley: Solbar's Lucky Pig
I'm a big fan of dinners that require some assembly at the table: give me some lettuce and pancakes for wrapping, sauces to smear, and free rein to create my own masterpiece, and I'm happy to roll up my sleeves. The classy patio at Solbar in Calistoga may not seem the most obvious place for freeform finger food, but their Lucky Pig is as delicious as it is fun. One order ($36) is big enough for two (or three) diners, making it the best value on the menu by far.
The duroc pork shoulder arrives in a casserole looking somewhat unassuming, but it's bigger than it may at first appear, and moist enough to be picked apart with chopsticks (or fingers). Sauce up each decadent morsel with peanut sauce, then wrap it in one of the delicate black sesame-studded pancakes or a leaf of lettuce, tucking in your choice of Vermicelli-and-carrot salad, roasted peanuts, lightly pickled pineapple slices, jalapenos, basil, cilantro, and mint. Each little roll is sweet and savory, with the fresh herbs balancing out the richness. Mix and match to your heart's desire—or throw it all in together in every bite—it's hard to go wrong with pork this good.
Though the Lucky Pig is all you really need, it would be a shame to skip appetizers. The Lily's Egg ($14) features a perfectly soft-boiled egg encased in a shatteringly crisp potato rosti shell. Though it's not for those who hate a runny yolk, breakfast-for-dinner fans could hardly do better than this.
There aren't any donuts on the dessert menu at Solbar anymore, but with a little pleading we scored an order of them anyway ($8). Served mouth-burningly hot with a dish of coffee crème anglaise for dipping, they were light as a puff of air, with a luscious, near-creamy center. I wish I'd snagged another basketful to save for the next morning's breakfast.
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Darn it, I hate these E-book exclusives. Hopefully it's available in another format in the somewhat near future.
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But they're not even selling it in 'pages' they're only selling it as a download, which is essentially pageless.
As I said, I think the 'page' as a unit of measurement is in danger of going the same wad asd the Em or En, two units of measurement that have already disappeared in my lifetime.
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Just sayin' , hut thankee Ms Mod
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I'm an old dog, and not only do I have to turn around in circles three times before I lay me down to sleep at night-but I'm paper trained, I'll do whatever is needed to keep turnin' pages-till they pry them out of my arthritic little sausages...
Indeed, it would be unbearable IMO
'Tis the story, and ONLY the story, that counts.
I wonder if, when as species we moved on to papyrus and away from clay tablets that there were a lot of people complaining?
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Pee Ess - In one of my first jobs, I was paid by the thousand Ens, mind you, newspapers were organised in Chapels in these days LOL