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Police announced this afternoon that their investigation into what was initially believed to be a fatal fire on Rugby Avenue is now a homicide investigation. #
The Virginia Supreme Court has denied George Huguely’s appeal. His second-degree murder conviction will stand, WRIC reports. #
In a carefully worded story, and not citing specific sources, WTVR reports that forensic evidence belonging to Jesse Matthew Jr., the main suspect in the disappearance of Hannah Graham, matches forensic evidence collected during the investigation of Morgan Harrington’s 2009 murder. #
In the wake of Hannah Graham’s disappearance, and the evidence that came from private security footage, city officials are revisiting the question of installing security cameras on the downtown mall. #
Both Charlottesville Registrar Sheri Iachetta and former Electoral Board member Stephanie Commander have turned themselves in to the police on
foursix and four felony counts of embezzlement, respectively. #Ten years ago, the National Institutes of Health budget doubled and schools like the University of Virginia built massive new research facilities. A decade later, those buildings remain largely underutilized. NPR visits UVA in this story on the effect of federal binge and spurge spending in the sciences. #
In 2012, Council approved a new student housing complex on West Main—now some council members are questioning whether what they were shown matches what was built. #
The Architectural Review Board has approved a bike-themed mural on West Market, below the McGuffey Art Center, although at least one member expressed concerns that it might look like the bicyclists were riding away from Charlottesville’s downtown. #
City Police Chief Tim Longo is meeting with city leaders to work on protocols regarding the use of military surplus police weapons in Charlottesville. #
A 100-year-old Colonnades resident received military honors for her service in the WWII Women’s Army Corps #
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I would love to know how loud the iPhone ring tones are – with my lousy hearing, that is always a consideration for me. I wish some genius would engineer a flashing light, to signal a ring, into some model. A simple LED would do it.
I just fired up the settings and set the ring to its loudest setting. I lack the words to describe it, so let’s just say it’s moderately loud. We have a phone here that’s an old one, with a bell in it, and that’s wake-the-dead loud. It’s not that loud. :) I can easily hear this ringing from anywhere in my one story, 920 square foot house. (While I have hearing loss, it doesn’t particular affect these frequencies, so we should probably think of my hearing as normal in this regard.) It is as loud as the ringer is on any mobile phone that I’ve ever had, and I’ve had a half dozen, which is to say that it’s normal, apparently.
If you’re willing to simply keep it in your pocket, vibrate mode is always a great option. I very rarely have my ringer turned on, since vibrate is less annoying to others and impossible to miss.
The idea of a flashing LED is a good one. That would be a really cheap add-on to phones that, to a generation of baby boomers, would probably be a pretty popular feature.
Thanks Waldo – I lived in Texas for a time during a part of my misspent youth – “colleging” around, and part of my education was an unwanted familiarity with rattlesnakes.
If I put my fone in my pocket, set on “vibrate”, and it went off, I`d go thru the roof in fear of the rattlesnake in my pocket. I`ll wait on the light I guess.
I’m curious how an led will do you much good when the phone is in your pocket or some sort of case? Are you going to carry it around looking at it? Vibrate is the answer.
I guess I couldn`t explain it to you. Put it down (in your book) as a dumb idea.
to any who may know, does it have the vibrate AND ring feature?
It does. That’s one of the basic settings available in the Sounds Settings. Vibrate and ringtone are options that can be toggled independent of each other.
That’s perfect! I usually only hear the ring or only feel the vibe. Can’t wait to get it!