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Natural Resources Department biologist James Evans was promoted to acting director this week by Sanibel City Manager Judith Zimomra after director Dr. Robert Loflin submitted a retirement notice after more than 20 years of service.
"Dr. Loflin has been a stellar employee," said Zimomra. "As director he leaves a unique stamp on the island environment due to his personal effort in securing grants. He leaves a legacy of environmental conservation and protection as a rare and rich gift to future generations."
Loflin's retirement is effective June 29.
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Incoming Natural Resources director James Evans stands with retiring director Dr. Robert Loflin in their natural habitat.
"I plan to stay in the area and teach college part time and do more fishing and kayaking," said Loflin.
Evans has been employed by the city since 2000, starting out as conservation officer. A promotion to environmental planner followed in 2003 and to his current position as environmental biologist on health and water quality in 2006.
"Evans has extensive knowledge of biology," said Zimomra. "He has worked his way up through the ranks and I believe he is prepared to serve the residents of Sanibel equally well."
Evans earned a bachelor's degree in environmental studies in 1999 and a master's degree in environmental science in 2011, both from Florida Gulf Coast University.
He serves on Southwest Florida Regional Planning Council's water qualify functional assessment method interagency "A Team" and is a board member on the Southwest Florida Watershed Council, where he was a past chairman of the board.
"I'm looking forward to the challenges of working with the city and focusing on water quality in the estuary," said Evans. "We have a lot of projects moving along with the Sanibel bayous and improving habitats."
Evans was active duty U.S. Army from 1992-1995, followed by several years in the Ohio and Florida National Guard. His military career ended with the rank of Sergeant.
"With the help of the city's partners at the USFWC, Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation, Lee County and city staff, we have changed the course of mighty rivers, breached long clogged tidal passes, planted tens of thousands of native trees, removed thousands of acres of exotic plants and reestablished the endemic habitat for numerous species of Sanibel birds, fish and wildlife during my 20-plus years of service," Loflin said.
Loflin's list of achievements include revegetation of the Periwinkle Way corridor and city beach parks after Hurricane Charley. Clam Bayou and Dinkins Bayou connection and support for opening Blind Pass.
Loflin also guided the Brazilian pepper and other exotic plant eradication to its 99 percent completion.
"I wish the best of luck and success to all of Sanibel's residents and its exceptional city employees," says Loflin. "May they continue to make the best decisions to preserve, protect, enjoy and cherish one of the truly special places in the world."


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Blue Devils hold off late surge by Bears
After going up 2-0 in its conference opener Monday, the Maiden soccer team held off a late charge by Bunker Hill to win on the road, 3-2.
"When we can come on the road and get a win, it is always good for us," said Maiden coach Dennis Ly. "I told my team if we scored early, we'd put them on their heels. We hung on. We played tough in the second half."
Following a shot by Maiden's Kevin Aragon that came off of the hands of Bears goalkeeper Eduardo Flores, Christian Medina knocked in the rebound shot with just over 10 minutes remaining to pull the Blue Devils (2-3-1) ahead by one, as they went on to win the game.
"We are still going through a learning process," said Bears coach Bob Meuser. "The biggest barrier for us is losing so many games in the past. We are learning how to win."
Maiden went up 2-0 behind goals from Medina and Jacob Powell, but Jesus Rodriguez put the Bears (0-6-0) on the board just before halftime to cut the lead to 2-1.
Attempting to rally his team, Rodriguez outpaced two Maiden defenders to score on an assist from Erland Floriano and tie the game at 2-2.
Moments later, Maiden's Medina pocketed the rebound from Aragon's shot to pull ahead for good.
Both teams return to conference action on Wednesday. The Bears travel to Bandys, while Maiden hits the road for a match against Draughn.

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Hit a real wall here.. I'm developing an App to drop into PhoneGap to put on iOS. Which only allows JS/HTML5/CSS3 to run native inside the app. So I've been using AJAX to get DB entries from my PHP. Problem is I wanted to have a dynamic canvas that displays a visual of my database info. My PHP can build javascript but I couldn't get it to run when it pop'd it into a Div tag. So I gave up an decided to just put the function in my HTML doc that build the AJAX request to the PHP for DB querries. Problem was I needed to get back a variable from PHP that contained the string that my Canvas function would parse to build an image. I tried hiding the data in a hidden field in the AJAX return the make the script in the header grab it and build the canvas but that never seemed to work. I'm guessing because the script had completed by the time the AJAX got back the data. (not sure though). Anywho so I decided to go with cookies. When my AJAX Querries the PHP the PHP built a cookie wit the data my Canvas Function needs. But the HTML page creating the AJAX request can't see the Cookie til I do a page refresh. This led me to creating a If/Else statement that on refresh of the page looks for the cookie if it sees it it goes to a branch that runs the DB AJAX call and runs the Canvas function if not it runs the AJAX DB Call and reloads the page. This is to avoid looping. Problem is it all works fine when my Alerts are in place. I put them there to make sure everything was working properly step-by-step. But when I take them out especially the ones related to the Reload/refresh of the page it throughs the page into an infinite loop. Its as if the script is runing so fast it does even catch that theres a new cookie present. Please see my code below.. Never mind my reload added an append to the URL I was thinking of using something like that to fork the refresh instead of the cookie since it wasn't working. What you think any suggestions.
PS- I can put in all the functions if that would help. But my testing seems to show that with the alert under ReloadPage() commented out the whole page goes into an infinte loop with it in it works fine.
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Why you should be concerned (but not distraught) over the latest net neutrality debate
At the end of April, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) seemingly changed its stance on net neutrality.
If you're not acquainted with the concept, here's what you need to know. The FCC created the principle that Internet service providers (ISPs) should treat all data equally — not charge different rates based on user, content, site, platform or application. ( I wrote about this last month).
- January 14 – The U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington struck down the FCC's net neutrality rules in response to a suit filed by Verizon.
- February 19 – The FCC said it would not appeal the decision, but would craft new rules to prevent disparate pricing. This was seen as a benefit to heavy content providers — companies like Netflix — who were paying a premium to reach their customers at the highest speeds.
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- April 23 – The FCC, in a seeming total stance shift, signaled it would propose new rules that would allow big companies (like Netflix or Amazon) to pay ISPs for special, faster lanes to deliver content more speedily to consumers. The Internet exploded with negative commentary from a variety of sources.
- May 15 – To mitigate backlash, the FCC launched a "Notice of Proposed Rule Making" seeking public comment on how best to protect and promote an open Internet.
- June 3 – Comedian John Oliver did a 13-minute net neutrality segment on his HBO show Last Week Tonight. He urged viewers to comment, and the resulting activity crashed the FCC's website. More than 45,000 comments were posted and more than 300,000 emails were sent to a special FCC inbox. (The highest number of formal comments received by the FCC had been 2000.)
What's at stake
At the heart of the outrage over "pay-to-play" are two implications:
- The way in which Internet content is delivered would be radically reshaped.
- Free-market competition would be erased.
The concern over competition centers on the higher costs for start-ups and smaller businesses. Because they wouldn't be able to afford access to these faster lanes, consumers would get frustrated. The slower delivery could be perceived as a reflection on the product or service itself. The fallout could include investors and customers abandoning support of these companies.
If the FCC moves forward with its current plan, innovation will likely be stifled because start-ups and small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) will be disadvantaged. Consumers will suffer because this means less access to new services. It introduces an economic content filter, of sorts, breaking the essential premise of the Internet (level access for everyone).
FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler has repeatedly said behavior that harms consumers or competition will not be permitted. I would argue the payment requirement to access these fast lanes would harm both.
You should be concerned, but not distraught. According to the FCC, they are committed to rewriting rules that support an open Internet by the end of 2014 that are based on the original 2010 basic tenets:
- All ISPs must transparently disclose to their subscribers and users all relevant information as to the policies that govern their network.
- No legal content may be blocked.
- ISPs may not act in a commercially unreasonable manner to harm the Internet, including favoring the traffic from an affiliated entity.
Join me in commenting at www.fcc.gov/comments. Your opinion may impact how the FCC defines "commercially unreasonable" and our Internet experience in the near future.
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A National Taiwan University Hospital obstetrician jokingly announced on Thursday that he will stop offering his services to mothers expecting boys, after he was recently called in for questioning by the Bureau of Health Promotion for delivering more boys than girls.
Shih Jin-chung (施景中) made the comment in a post on his Facebook page titled "Hail to the Bureau of Health Promotion (偉哉國健局)," in which he said that "to avoid causing the government more trouble" he will no longer deliver boys and will halt all services to pregnant women carrying boys.
Shih delivered 63 newborn boys and 40 girls from January to March. When asked to comment on the statistically unbalanced figures, Shih said he was an obstetrician who delivers babies, not a physician who specializes in selective reproduction.
"Women come to me when they are already pregnant. There is absolutely no way that I could change the gender of their fetuses. Today, increasingly fewer doctors are choosing to go into gynecology, and the bureau is exacerbating this with its gender balance policy," he said.
Shih said that, from an evolutionary perspective, men are meant to outnumber women because they are more susceptible to more causes of death.
Shih added that the drop in the nation's ratio of newborn boys to girls last year was a natural fluctuation, not the result of the bureau's efforts to create gender balance.
"The bureau has called in obstetricians who deliver more boys than girls for questioning under the pretext of showing its 'concern' for them," Shih said. "However, one of these obstetricians was asked to write a report on how to improve the disproportionate sex ratio among the newborns he delivered. Is this what the bureau calls 'concern?'"
Obstetrician Lee Maw-sheng (李茂盛) said the bureau seemed to be wasting government resources by pursuing the policy, citing as an example an obstetrician who was questioned by a local health department for delivering only one boy within a month — which put his boy-girl ratio at 1:0.
"The sex ratio varies from doctor to doctor and from month to month, there really is no explanation for it," Lee said, adding that the bureau's handling of the matter was an insult to obstetricians and could make it an international laughingstock.
Taiwan Association of Obstetrics and Gynecology secretary-general Huang Ming-chao (黃閔照) said the association had received complaints from several obstetricians over the matter and that the bureau's manner of handling the issue like police clamping down on drunk driving was unacceptable.
In response, Bureau of Health Promotion deputy director Kung Hsien-lan (孔憲蘭) said the bureau was not interrogating obstetricians whose boy-girl ratios were higher than the average ratio of 1.06 to 1, just showing its concern.
"The bureau is only trying to facilitate communication with doctors so concerted efforts can be made to balance the sex ratio among newborns," Kung said.
The bureau said that the unbalance seen in Taiwan is also present in many other Asian countries and has become a subject of domestic and international concern.
According to the bureau, the Department of Health set up a team in 2010 to study the newborn sex ratio. The team established a system to receive reports from medical facilities and obstetricians on new births. It then analyzes the data and initiates investigations of the facility if the ratio it reports is "clearly abnormal."


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So consider my ears pricked when, a day after Gary Patterson withdraws for reasons that don't make a whole lot of sense, Jimbo Fisher finally says the words he tap-danced around like the late Gregory freaking Hines at that Quarterback Club Meeting: "I'm staying at Florida St." Could it be that having gotten word that Auburn's settled on someone else, Fisher's finally free to drop the mask of interest?
It's doubtful. I think there's still a few more miles to go before we Auburn fans can sleep again, but it's something to think about. And of course, no point in not thinking about who that "someone else" could be. Auburntron, take it away:
Auburntron's also, sadly, linking up this surprisingly free column in which Marshall essentially claims the choice is made, and that the choice is Gene Chizik. Marshall's site was also reporting just a few days ago that Auburn was all over Steve Spurrier, so sorry, I'm not buying this at all. Again: not even Fail Jacobs could get behind the selection of a head coach who's one season away from being fired at Iowa State. It's not happening. I'm not even going to let myself think about it for very long, because I'll break things.
It's Gill, or it's another few days of searching. And while the Tech beat writer can claim that no news is good news for them and that coaches rarely come right out and say "I'm staying," you know, sometimes they do ...
UPDATE: Now Derek Dooley has withdrawn his name from consideration. Scratch the "don't read too much into it" sentiment; something is happening.
UPDATE the second: Goldberg talks up the seriousness of the Chizik threat but, perhaps more importantly, says he was on the phone with Gill's lawyer and said lawyer says Gill hasn't been told anything one way or the other.


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Webb finished eighth and Thomas 10th in the point standings, which give points for finishes in regular-season invitationals as well as the region and state tournaments, compiled by the Kentucky Junior Golf Foundation.
Webb and Thomas each earned medalist honors in a pair of invitationals during the regular season. Webb was the low scorer in the Notre Dame and Bluegrass invites, and Thomas took home top honors in the Henry County and SCHS invitationals.
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A monument to Russia's first tsar of the House of Romanov, Mikhail Feodorovich (1596-1645) has been unveiled at Kostroma.
The bronze bust is three times smaller than the original created by Demut-Malinovsky. The unveiling of the new monument comes on the eve of the 400th anniversary of the Romanov dynasty.
Kostroma is home to the Ipatievsky Monastery where Mikhail Feodorovich lived before being offered the crown in 1612.
The Romanovs regarded Kostroma as their special protectorate. The Ipatievsky Monastery was visited by many of them, including Nicholas II. A wooden house of Mikhail Romanov is still preserved in the monastery.
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Joseph Archie Grover, 63
Joseph Archie Grover, 63, of Moreland, passed away Wednesday, May 1, 2013 from injuries sustained in an accident.
Joe was born Sept. 12, 1949 in Blackfoot to Samuel B. Grover and Gwendolyn Cheney. He graduated from Aberdeen High School in 1968 and attended Idaho State University in Pocatello.
On April 11, 1969 Joe married Lena K. Michelson in Springfield. She preceded him in death in March 26, 1995. On Jan. 8, 1999 Joe married Rebecca Otteson in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
Joe worked as a maintenance mechanic at FMC until they closed and he decided to go back to school. He studied as an aircraft mechanic and became certified. He worked for Deseret Air in Terreton. In his free time, he enjoyed fishing, hunting, collecting guns, chariot racing and spending time with his family. He loved to watch his children and grandchildren in anything they participated in. Joe was a wonderful man and will be greatly missed by all who knew him.
Joe is survived by his wife, Rebecca Grover of Moreland; sons, J.R. Joseph Sam (Susan) of Pocatello, Justin Lee (Camille) of Kimberly, Bart Leon (Kimberly) of Blackfoot and Cameron (Jenie) Dick of Vernal , Utah; daughter, Krisi Dick of Blackfoot; brothers, Bill, Dean, Danny, Kim and John; sisters, JoAnn Stosich, Carol Cortazar, Kay (Ramon) Calzada and Kathleen Grover; 11 grandchildren; and his dog, Ringo.
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Submission + - Apple doubles down on fuel cell data center (newsobserver.com)
dstates writes: Apple plans to double the fuel cell generating capacity at its North Carolina data center. Ebay also has a fuel cell powered data center. Fuel cell powered data centers could ultimately become buffers for the power grid relying on the grid mainly for backup power and even selling excess power back to the utilities. Fuel cells offer high efficiency and avoid the ~7% transmission losses for long distance electrical transmission lines, and importantly for data centers, local generation is not susceptible to all the disruptions of the power grid.


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Several days ago, I went looking on the Internet to find out what I could about the so-called gay agenda, and what I found is located below. The following is from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
It is an agenda that they basically set in the late 1980s, in a book called After the Ball, where they laid out a six-point plan for how they could transform the beliefs of ordinary Americans with regard to homosexual behavior—in a decade-long time frame.... They admit it privately, but they will not say that publicly. In their private publications, homosexual activists make it very clear that there is an agenda. The six-point agenda that they laid out in 1989 was explicit:
- Talk about gays and gayness as loudly and as often as possible(...)
- Portray gays as victims, not as aggressive challengers(...)
- Give homosexual protectors a just cause(...)
- Make gays look good(...)
- Make the victimizers look bad(...)
- Get funds from corporate America(...)
Information is power. Since we're supposed to have a gay agenda, don't you think, as gay and lesbian people, we should know what that agenda is?
(For the full article on Wikipedia, please click here.)


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Tutoring is an effective means for student-athletes to improve overall understanding of course material, develop strong study skills/habits, and ultimately reach their academic goals. Tutors are not intended to teach course material, but are there to clarify and elaborate on material covered in course readings and lectures. If utilized properly, tutoring can be an extremely valuable learning tool for both the tutor and tutee. Student-athletes may request a tutor for a variety of reasons; therefore, tutors may work with students who are having trouble passing a course or students who simply wish to raise their course average (e.g., from a B to an A). Student-athletes should come prepared to tutorial sessions and have all necessary course materials, such as books, notes, and course packets. They are expected to be active participants in tutorial sessions.
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- Currently, our tutorial program fills approximately 500 tutor requests each semester and employs over 100 tutors.
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How to stop your shower screen exploding
You may not know that if you have a glass shower screen that it's at risk of exploding at any time. This article explores why shower screens explode and how you can prevent it from happening to you.Read more
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Glass shower screens add style and beauty to any bathroom; but if you don't maintain and clean them regularly, eventually they can build up a film of unsightly soap scum. This article explores the maintenance of your glass shower screen doors.Read more
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Upholstering furniture can involve much more than simply changing the fabric on your furniture.Read more
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Bathrooms are an integral part of any new home build or renovation and an important aspect of any bathroom design is the type of shower screen to be installed. The amount of space and size of your budget will be things most likely to influence your choice.Read more
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The school year is coming to an end, which means it's time for parents to start thinking about what to do about childcare this summer. Central Washington University's Camp C-Woo is an activity-based day camp, hosted by University Recreation, and is a great way for parents to make sure their child will be safe while still making the most out of their summer.
The camp runs Monday through Friday, June 17 to August 23, from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Registration is open on a first come, first serve basis for kids grade 1 through 6. Parents can register their children for one week at a time, or commit to the entire summer. Forms, payment arrangement options, and other useful information can be found here.
At Camp C-Woo, children will be able to improve social skills, develop character education, and learn about nutrition and preparing snacks—all in a fun way. Physical activities include games, arts and crafts, wall climbing, and much more. There will also be field trips throughout the summer, with kids getting the chance to bike on the John Wayne Trail at Lake Easton and receive swimming lessons.
"We want them [kids] to have fun and introduce them to a variety of activities," said Corey Sinclair, CWU University Recreation Summer Camp coordinator. "Because we operate as a CWU program, there are a lot of resources that we are able to make available."
With trained counselors on hand, Camp C-Woo is the perfect place for children to make new friends, stay active, and keep their minds engaged during the summer.
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Posted by bhouska on 9/12/2013 8:05:00 PM (view original):Are you using another username?
Posted by bjohara1 on 9/13/2013 8:24:00 AM (view original):Yes I am referring to my Beta team but posted in this forum b/c I'm guessing it is checked more often... Didn't get Penn State oh well. But am I right to think that you take an elite if possible over all others?
Posted by bjohara1 on 9/13/2013 11:43:00 AM (view original):Yes I said I didn't get the job. Season 6 they didn't have a coach.... Anyway...Anybody care to answer my question? Elite>>>anything else for winning recruiting battles?
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Topeka, Kan. (WIBW) - Three new Champions of Character were crowned at the Great Overland Station for the month of November.
When Clint Mentzer and his 6-year-old son arrived home in early October, they found a man carrying items out of their house. Mentzer questioned the intruder and then called police. The man took off running down the street while Mentzer was on the phone. He chased him a block and a half. With the help of neighbors John Jackson and Justin Banks, they stopped the man and held him down while they waited for police.
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Restaurant held up with iPhone, not gun
Daylight robbery - there's an app for that (tm)
New London, Connecticut ne'er-do-well Jerome Taylor thought his iPhone to be a suitable facsimile for a handgun in his failed attempt to hold up a local restaurant.
Not that the restaurant staff weren't fooled, but they make cooks tough in Connecticut, and rather than meekly handing over the cash, they grabbed knives and stood off, causing Mr Taylor to rethink his strategy, apologise, and run off - only to be picked up a couple of hours later as local rag theday.com reports.
When police caught up with him, they discovered the supposed handgun was actually an iPhone, and that Jerome Taylor wasn't a very good thief - in fact he was such a poor thief that the restaurant staff didn't want to press charges given the time of year. But it turns out that trying to rob someone at gunpoint is still a crime, even if you don't have a gun and are in America.
The iPhone has been credited with being able to do just about anything - from healing warts to forging bus tickets, but it seems that daylight robbery is beyond even Apple's ability, despite the prices they're able to charge for their kit. ®
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Dear friends,
How to execute a script in the remote server (SOLARIS) from SCO 5.0.5. I am having a script in SOLARIS which has only one line
Sqlplus s
The sql file contains the required select statement. The output file is on.lst.
I tried rcmd from SCO. It works fine for executing UNIX commands like ls, lc, cat, etc in the remote server from SCO. But the above script which contains sqlplus doesnt work.
I want the user to run the script from SCO 5.0.5 which connects to the remote server (SOLARIS) and run the script in SOLARIS which contains
Sqlplus s
and the output file should be put in SCO. The user need not be insisted upon username and passwd. The scripts which the user executes contains the following:
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An acrobatic overhead kick is quite possibly the best sort of goal in the world.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic proved this against England, as if it needed confirmation. This strike from the Finnish third division is no patch on that wonder-goal, but it's a beauty nonetheless.
The scoring team is GBK, the opponents YPA, but the goalscorers name is MIA. The location is Finland, the day Wednesday. That's all we know, and that's information gleaned from 101greatgoals.com - the pioneers of obscure golazos from countries we've never heard of.
OK, that's a exaggeration. Of course we've heard of Finland - fantastic Eurovision act from there a couple years back, if I'm not mistaken.
Anyway, you've come here to watch an acrobatic overhead kick, and that is exactly what you will get.
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pixiealice wrote:I love Angela, and even more so after reading Midnight Sun. I honestly thought that Jacob would imprint on her in BD, I couldn't remember him seeing her prior to that. I was a little bummed that he imprinted on Nessie because of my hopes. True friends to the end, I wish more teenage girls could be like her.
nightrunner wrote:angela must be the only real friend bella ever has in the book apart from the cullens... it would of been even better is bella could of related to her more about the whole vampire, werewolf (witch?) thing
edit: i also like what edward did for her in MS because he liked how she thought...
mlola619 wrote: Agreed! i love angela...she's so sweet! I mean i have to admit i wasn't sure what to expect after the jaw-dropping shock of Jessica being a total douche-bag!! *sorry....i had to say that*
holdingoutforjacob wrote:i love angela. she is one of the best characters. i wish SM had done more with her.
but seriously guys, can't just being human be cool too??
When did Jacob see Angela in BD?
pixiealice wrote:When did Jacob see Angela in BD?
I don't think he did. What I meant was prior to BD I didn't think he had seen Angela so I HOPED they would meet in BD and he would imprint on her.
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After voters back home, Barack Obama's now lost his lustre abroad, failing to woo his counterparts at the G-20 summit in Seoul. Also, a folksy George W. Bush times his return to coincide with the Democrats' thumping in the midterm elections, Ireland's troubles and why Iraq's violent, fractious, and drawn-out manner of choosing a new government may have a bright side. Joining François Picard in The World This Week are Eric Pfanner, Christopher Dickey, Judah Grunstein and Dave Clarke.
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Most EA82 body cars, turbo or non, came with a one-row radiator that worked okay when the car was new. If you need a new radiator, or want to improve your cooling capacity, you can get a two-row radiator that will do a much better job. If your parts supplier doesn't list one for your car, ask for a two-row radiator for a 1989 4wd turbo wagon with automatic transmission. That's what I do every time, and I haven't had trouble getting one yet. And yes, ANY EA82 radiator will fit in ANY other EA82 car with no modifications.
The one-row replacement radiator costs around $100 from most suppliers I've dealt with, and the two-row cost around $125. Definitely money well spent, as it may prevent costly cylinder head damage or other big problems down the road.
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text: Wild Card: News News Posted 02-05-2014 Working For The DNR Adams gets in some 'Bottom Feeder' action netting fish for state Tim Adams of Outdoor Channel's "Bottom Feeders" takes on some sidework for the Minnesota Dept. of Natural Resources. (Mike Suchan photo) By: Mike Suchan, OutdoorChannel.com PRESCOTT, Wis. – Tim Adams said "you can't miss it. If you do, I'm going to wonder about you." I was wondering about seeing his side job for the Minnesota Dept. of Natural Resources. Adams, the middle man from Outdoor Channel reality show "Bottom Feeders," was commissioned to net fish for a study. I saw much more. While he was driving more than an hour from Wabasha, Minn., I was coming from LaCrosse, Wis., two hours down the Mississippi River. There were gorgeous vistas almost everywhere in river country. Passing through Lake City, the myriad of sailboats on Lake Pepin was stunning. Saw the huge Red Wing signs, from the famed shoe company and the town of the same name, as I passed and headed over the river to the Great River Road on the Wisconsin side. The views from the bluffs were spectacular approaching Prescott. (I later stopped at the National Eagle Center in Wabasha; look for that story soon). Adams said just go over the Prescott Bridge and it's right there. There was Point Douglas Park, a finger of land between the St. Croix and Mississippi rivers. Easy 'nuff. But not seeing his 30-foot jon boat on the other end of the bay and only one other car in the huge parking lot, a call was warranteed. "I see ya," Adams said from the middle of the bay. "I'll come get you when we're done setting net." Adams and fishing partner George Richtman put out 2,500 feet of net for the fish survey being conducted by Matt Mork, a Minnesota DNR fishery specialist out of St. Paul. The team included an electric shock boat and several interns recording results. Mork said Adams would help determine if Asian carp had invaded the area yet, and he also would tag any paddlefish or sturgeon. He could keep any of the regular carp and other bottom feeders he netted. After retrieving an escaped beach ball for some kids swimming at the park's beach, Adams drove his boat parallel to the net. While Richtman banged a stick on the hull, Adams moved closer and closer to the net. Dragging it up was the real chore. Richtman pulled up the buoy and anchor and began what Adams called "yanking net." For more than a half hour, he and Adams trading off their hand-over-hand work of tugging the huge net out of the 20-feet of water. On one of his rests, I asked Adams how doing Bottom Feeders has affected him. He manages a fish plant in Pepin, Wis., where fellow show subject Mike Johnson brings his catches. Adams, showing some "Minnesota nice," was polite and understated. He said being a subject of the show brought a few phone calls from old friends and acquaintances, but it hasn't changed his life that much. "I still got my day job." Asking others in the region about him garnered more information. Stopping for gas in Lake City, a man noticed my out-of-state plates and kindly started a conversation. Learning of my mission, he said, "Oh, gosh, you're probably the most interesting guy in town." Wow, that doesn't say a lot for Lake City. Maybe he just meant of the visitors. OK. He continued that he liked the show and that Adams seems like a good guy, a real outdoorsman. Other Minnesotans said they like that the area is featured on a show, and most want to talk about the other great outdoors opportunities there. Back to the net pulling; Richtman hauled in the only fish from that bay, a 10-pound carp, but they had about six more places to go on the day. After the fish catch, Adams asks, "You wanna try?" Not particularly. But I did and didn't last 10 seconds, but of course I was there to take photos. Yeah. That's it. There to take photos. Speaking of photos, click on the image to see what I came up with. "Bottom Feeders presented by RAM" Show Page Share This Story Next From News Hooked: Cold Weather Casting on The Revolution with Jim & Trav Related Fishing : Posted 01-22-2014 'I Yam Who I Yam' View Fishing : Posted 01-10-2014 One Man's Trash … View Fishing : Posted 01-31-2013 Carp, It's What's For Dinner View Comments Categories News Stories Recipes Tips Gear Videos Photo Galleries Viewer Photo Galleries Features Deer Season Outdoors 365 with Lynn Burkhead Everything Deer with Jeremy Flinn Short Stories by Larry Potterfield Opening Days Live Hunts Hunting Check Out All The Photos Explore the United States. Find information about and activities within your state. Get Started


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"Mike Bacsik is excited to help the Nationals contend in the new stadium in 2008."
(Jonathan Maurer, Mike Bacsik's agent, via Nationals dot com, 10/30/2007)
Season ticket sales go through the roof as NAAAts announce signing of Mr. 756* himself -- Hey, it beats card shows!
$420,000 if he makes the big league club: that's a lot of autographs!
- Speaking of steroids: Seilg isn't worried about a backlash, but when will the Mitchell report see the light of day? Any current or former Nats on that list (*cough* *cough* Jamey Carroll *cough*)?
- If you can stomach all the Red Sox/Yankee talk, there were a few Nationals bits in Boz's Washington Post online chat yesterday afternoon. Boz hit the nail on the head regarding offseason acquisitions (he must not have heard the news about Bacsik):
"The Nats know that they absolutely cannot go into next season without adding a credible starting pitcher to the staff. Simply getting out of RFK will improve the hitting more than most fans will believe. But the Nats can't run the risk of having the rotation in '08 turn out to be the rotation they dreaded, but avoided, in '07."
- Don't forget to check out the photo tour of the New Nationals park over at Nats320. I think I see some parking spaces!
- Payroll's going up in '08: "But just $70 million? Seriously?"
- Free agent filing shocker: Batista, Jimenez, file for free agency!
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It's a hectic time of the year, with Town Meeting Day coinciding with many winter athletic teams in playoffs, and then our Spring Sports Report blending with 20-degree nights, 80-degree days and heated debates on religious expression up in my news beat.
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Junior guards Weaver, Triponey lead Chucks' All-Stars
PUNXSUTAWNEY — For the first time in more than a half-decade, two Punxsy underclassmen were named to the District IX Boys' Basketball League All-Star team.
Junior guards Logan Weaver and Daniel Triponey received the honor Monday, becoming the first non-senior tandem at PAHS to accomplish the feat since the 2004-2005 season. Along with senior Adam Vassallo, junior Dennis Manges and sophomore Devin Mesoraco were recognized as All-Stars six years ago.
"It's exciting to get two players on the All-Star team," Punxsy head coach Dirk Neal said. "When they're both juniors and coming back, that's something we haven't experienced in a long time."
Weaver and Triponey formed one of the best scoring guard tandems in the district, combining for 30 points per game and leading Punxsy to a district playoff berth. Both players also led the Chucks in nearly every category this season.
Weaver finished with a team-best 16.4 points per game in his second season as a starter. With the graduation of leading scorer Dane Kopas, Weaver stepped up as one of the team leaders on both sides of the ball.
"He saw that there was more responsibility on his shoulders," Neal said. "Dane took the most shots (last year), and Logan seized his opportunities. He and Daniel both took advantage of it."
Weaver made 44 percent of his shots and nailed a team-best 39 three-pointers. He also led the squad with 170 rebounds, pulling down 7.4 boards per game.
In addition, the junior was second in assists with 46 and tied for second with Alex Fedigan in steals with 25.
Both Weaver (79-for-105) and Triponey (52-for-69) also shot better than 75 percent from the free-throw line.
"Logan's definitely the package player," Neal said. "He's just a relentless player. He gives you 100 percent on both ends of the floor."
Triponey scored 13.6 points per game, good enough for second-best on the team. The point guard led the Chucks with 65 assists and 38 steals and was third to Weaver and senior Jordan Mesoraco in rebounds.
He made 41 percent of his shots on the season and made 31 three-pointers on the year.
The junior constantly works on his shot, saying that he makes at least 250 baskets a day. He also played on an AAU team compromised of players around the DuBois area during the offseason, and that helped him advance from the bench as a Punxsy sophomore to a starter this season.
"He's a gym rat," Neal said. "I think that (AAU) really, really helped is confidence, too. Handling the ball just carried over for us. His confidence rolled right through the summer season into the regular basketball season."
Also recognized on the All-Star list are Brookville junior center Zane Hackett; Brookville senior forward Kyle Baughman; Brookville senior forward Jared Heschke; DuBois senior forward Garret Peterson; Elk County Catholic senior guard Tyler Herzing; Elk County Catholic senior forward Ricky Pearsall; Elk County Catholic senior forward Darren Simons; and St. Marys junior guard Justin Quiggle. Hackett was named the Most Valuable Player, and St. Marys senior guard Dylan Reigel was named honorable mention.


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In a pre-Christmas offensive to lower prices, the Venezuelan government has taken over a nationwide chain of electronics and appliance stores that it accuses of price gouging. That's led to huge lines outside the stores as shoppers snap up cut-rate refrigerators and computers. As Venezuela's socialist government combats surging inflation, it's warning that more takeovers are ahead.


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Contributed by Megan Saynisch, from the Real Food Right Now series.
I love the combination of peppery arugula, floral marjoram and meaty, nutty cranberry beans. That being said, this recipe has an almost infinite amount of variations. Substitute parsley or another herb for the marjoram. Substitute spinach for the arugula. Add a squashed anchovy to the lemony dressing. Top with shaved Parmesan cheese. Stir in some drained, olive oil packed tuna or chopped tomatoes. (And if you've only ever had arugula raw, try it like this, wilted in warm beans or in pasta. Its peppery kick remains, but it becomes meltingly soft and delicious.)
1 cup freshly shelled cranberry beans
1 clove garlic
1 bay leaf
1 small clove garlic, finely chopped
1-2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
The juice of 1⁄2 a lemon
1 tsp chopped fresh marjoram
1⁄2 cup baby arugula leaves
Red chile flakes (optional)
Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper
Put the beans, garlic clove and bay leaf in a medium, heavy pot and cover with water by about 2 inches. Bring to a boil over high heat, then cover and simmer gently for 45 minutes, or until the beans are tender. (Note: do not salt the water.)
Meanwhile, in a small bowl, whisk together the garlic, olive oil, lemon juice and a pinch of salt. Set aside.
Drain the beans. Add the still-hot beans to the olive oil mixture. Gently toss the beans in the dressing.
Taste and correct for salt — you will probably need to add a bit more salt at this point. Add the fresh marjoram, the baby arugula leaves, the optional chile flakes and a few grindings of black pepper. Stir very gently to combine. Serve warm.
Serves 3-4 as an appetizer or side dish.
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New Delhi: The government is considering the option of selling its residual stake in Hindustan Zinc and Balco-- two erstwhile PSUs that were sold to mining giant Vedanta Resources during 2001-2003.
The move is aimed at meeting the Rs 30,000-crore disinvestment target for the current fiscal, though a final call will be taken by the Cabinet, official sources said.
They added that the Mines Ministry, which had moved a note last month for sale of remaining government stakes (residual stake) in the Hindustan Zinc Ltd (HZL) and Bharat Aluminium Company (Balco), has suggested two-three options for conducting a proper valuation of the two erstwhile PSUs.
After receiving comments from the Finance Ministry, the Mines Ministry may take the proposal to the Cabinet for its consideration, they further said.
At present, the government holds 29.5 percent stake in HZL and 49 percent stake in Balco.
In January, Anil Agarwal-led Vedanta Resources had offered Rs 17,275 crore for government's remaining stakes in HZL and Balco. This amounts to over 57 percent of disinvestment target of Rs 30,000 crore.
Finance Minister P Chidambaram had said last week that selling residual stakes in the two erstwhile PSUs are one of the options before the government and will be used only when existing options -- divesting equity in public sectors firms -- are exhausted.
"Apart from the seven-eight companies we have lined up, there is also residual stake in couple of companies, which were strategically sold earlier, actually privatised. Government is no longer the majority owner. So, that's there... But we will resort to those options only when we exhaust the companies that have been lined up for disinvestment," Chidambaram had said.
Vedanta Resources, whose Board has the power to sweeten the offers by up to 25 percent in the two firms in rupee terms (up to Rs 21,635 crore), had said last month that it is still waiting to get a response from the government on its January offer.
At present, Hindustan Zinc is the richest profit-making subsidiary of Vedanta with a cash and cash equivalent of Rs 19,136 crore as on September, 2012. The company had reported a net profit of Rs 5,526 crore and net revenues of 11,405 crore in 2011-12.
On the other hand, Balco is an unlisted subsidiary of Vedanta and its valuation has been a bone contention between the mining firm and the government.
Last week, the government raised Rs 808 crore by selling 5.58 percent stake in Hindustan Copper, which was the first stake sale in a PSU in the current financial year. The government may pare some of its stakes in few more companies like NMDC before 2012-end.


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Huddersfield Giants 2010 Players Player of the Year David Faiumu has put pen to paper on a contract extension until the end of 2013 Super League Season. The 27 year old Kiwi international utility forward had no hesitation in accepting the clubs offer:
"I am very happy that I've extended my stay with the Giants," he told www.giantsrl.com, "we are very settled here and like living in Huddersfield and I think that we have genuine chances of winning silverware now and in the future. The team is strong and we now have lots of really good young kids pushing through which gives us good depth to the squad. I think that Nathan and the coaches have brought some good footy out of me and I can still get better working here and bring some experience to the younger lads."
Giants Head Coach Nathan Brown said: "Fuey is very well respected amongst everyone at the club and is a very important part of our team on and off the field. For the Giants to keep improving it was important that Fuey was retained by the Club going forward. He has played a big part on the way this Club has developed in the past two years."
Giants Managing Director Richard Thewlis believes that this news will be greeted well by the supporters: "Fuey is a real fans favourite" he said, "there is a genuine buzz around the crowd when he has the ball as I guess no one really knows which way he will go and where he will offload to and that excites people. Fuey told me he wanted to stay longer and am sure could have had his pick of many clubs but it's the Giants where his heart is and the deal was relatively simple to conclude and gives us further stability with a proven international performer in the claret and gold for the foreseeable future."
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This little Kang table is made of elm in Shandong Province in the first quarter of the 20th century. I like the two drawers and the scalloped apron. A kang is a raised heated platform in Chinese houses that is the warmest place in the house, and is used for family eating and sleeping during cold weather. It has original paint, but the paint has also been touched up and the whole table has been over-coated
Wood: Elm
Province: Shanxi
Dimensions: 12" x 24" x 12"
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when you have a slew of devices, carriers, api versions, applications etcetc and considering android has become a really complicated deal
frankly, i think updates are *not* talking that long.
(16GB to compile ICS? jesus fuck why?)
16GB recommended, not required, and it's because they're using memory-intensive optimization flags set.
And this is like a windows 8 developer preview going out, sure all the basic stuff is there, but to get it to actually work properly with anything with all the parts requires a fair bit of effort. No support for micro sd cards? (or the wrong type of support or whatever) need to fix that. Uses 35 more MB of ram than the previous version? that might break something important.
And whatever is wrong you have to figure out how to fix, which can take a lot of time, especially if the upgrade process breaks som
You actually aren't giving a good comparison. XDA takes a long time because of the all the PURPOSEFUL breakages and blocks that are put in by the manufacturers and the carriers.
The manufacturers and carriers take a long time because they have some many artificial limiters and blocks and DRM that they all have to work together.
Google and XDA timeframes are understandable. Google is doing the REAL development work to make an Operating System. XDA is doing the best they can with what they have to work with with DRM and spyware riddled garbage.
The carriers and manufacturers spend their time screwing everything up on purpose.
Yes but XDA should then be the maximum time it should take to release, and they aren't anywhere close yet. Given that everything they have thus far is basically garbage, well that's sort of my point. Getting all of this stuff working is hard.
It's not like google has done all the work. That's, to use my actual comparison of Window 8, like saying that MS does all the driver development. They do a driver, which hopefully won't cause it to explode, but that's about as far as it goes. Getting all the driver
It actually ISN'T that complicated on the carrier side where the real delays come from, they just make it that way. When all the DRM and bloatware and crapware and bandwidth throttlers and tethering blockers and Carrier IQ loggers that are all designed to BREAK your phone or compromise its security go in, its damn difficult to make it run at all.
Look at cyanogenmod and how little time it takes them to get new versions out once they have all the roadblocks in the device figured out.
It compiles. What more do you want?
And the fact that it takes people on XDA a matter of days to find and fix many of the issues in manufacturer releases.
Two words that the mobile industry doesn't seem to understand:
Beta Test
Users would not be so angry about delayed upgrades if we were allowed to test betas. Also, if carriers ran beta tests properly, users would be less unhappy with carrier firmwares. (For example, the data-eating AP Mobile widget on AT&T-originated Samsung devices would either be fixed or gone.)
I can understand carrier certification delays for network interfaces to a small degree - but the truth is that nowadays on any properly designed phone, the radio baseband firmware and the applications processor firmware are well isolated from each other. You don't HAVE to go fucking around in the radio baseband every time you touch the applications processor - the usual end result of this is lots of regressions.
Wi-Fi - utter bullshit. The PC industry has no problem deploying driver updates without recertification of all devices targeted by the driver.
Bluetooth - utter bullshit, same deal as with WiFi - the PC industry has no problem with this.
OEMS: I takes time to integrate our own buggy, irremovable software into the kernel.
Exactly. If the manufacturers/carriers just gave us plain-old-Android, all they would have to do is get their drivers installed.
Samsung is the worst. Their software sucks so bad, it makes their phones unusable. And of course, Verizon loads their crap, too.
Google needs to drop the hammer on that bullshit. They should say "Look, quit loading up our OS with your crap, or we'll delist you from our search engine and block your networks from accessing our sites".
Exactly. If the manufacturers/carriers just gave us plain-old-Android, all they would have to do is get their drivers installed.
Samsung is the worst. Their software sucks so bad, it makes their phones unusable. And of course, Verizon loads their crap, too.
Google needs to drop the hammer on that bullshit. They should say "Look, quit loading up our OS with your crap, or we'll delist you from our search engine and block your networks from accessing our sites".
In one of the interviews(with TheVerge.com) Matias Duarte, the chief designer of Android said that he encourages OEMs to come up with a modified OS of their own. He believes this fosters creativity and helps tackle the issues of every phone looking like the same thing..
> He believes this fosters creativity
So far my experience is that the more a manufacturer meddles with Android, the worse it gets. And this is not because Android is perfect, but (my conclusion) because manufacturer are mostly incompetent when it comes to software.
this is so close to the truth it hurts - i wish i had mod points today
I might disagree, but in a slight way. Some OEMs add onto Android in nonstandard, but positive ways.
Take Motorola's Atrix. It has security enhancements that really should be in AOSP. The first of which is encrypting everything on the internal drive as a complete image. The second is encrypting files on a memory card on a file by file basis. This way, if the device is lost or stolen, even if the MicroSD card is pulled, it is protected. This is crucial for getting Android into the enterprise.
Then, there is the Webtop feature. It may be limited, but it is interesting nonetheless, and appears to be a decent environment for doing remote work with. With the reports of searches and seizures of phones and laptops without any warrants, having the ability to leave your data at the remote site and work with it via a glorified dumb terminal will become more useful as time progresses.
The ideal would be to let phone makers and cell carriers have their default ROM load, but keep bootloaders open so one can just grab the latest CyanogenMod revision or a custom ROM and use that.
Android 3 supports full disk encryption so all phones and tablets that get 3 or above will too. Apparently some phones running 2.3 support it too, such as the Droid.
Android 3 supports full disk encryption so all phones and tablets that get 3 or above will too. Apparently some phones running 2.3 support it too, such as the Droid.
Note that this requires locking your phone with a password, though, not a pattern. This is because the decryption key is derived from your password. This is good security design, but the unlock pattern can't really provide enough entropy so you have to use a password.
It also means that if you forget your password, you're screwed. That's because it's good security.
I just got a Samsung Focus S Windows Phone 7.5. It came installed with both AT&T and Samsung bloatware.
15 minutes after I had the phone powered on, all of it was gone. I just deleted it.
I came off iPhone because I hated how controlling they were of the OS. I WANT to like Android, but the level of shit I have to deal with to get a bare OS without all of the bloat is more than I want to hobby with on a phone I need to depend on.
Windows Phone, while it has some pretty huge downsides (anemic app selection,
I'm sure the DoJ would have a field day with that one- Extorting the cell phone companies by leveraging their monopoly in search.
Samsung's software is quite good - Touchwiz is the least intrusive of the vendor skins.
Now the carrier bloat they don't have the balls to keep off of their devices, THAT is a different story. The AT&T Galaxy S II (SGH-I777) is the least mangled of the Samsungs, and even it has some major problems not present in its nearly-identical international older brother (GT-I9100).
Google needs to drop the hammer on that bullshit.
A senior OSS licensor using its market position and services to retaliate against junior redistributors, essentially in order to protect the integrity of the brand, would be an interesting precedent. Particularly if the senior licensor owned a company that directly competed with its junior licensees. Which in this case, it does.
Google needs to drop the hammer on that bullshit. They should say "Look, quit loading up our OS with your crap, or we'll delist you from our search engine and block your networks from accessing our sites".
You obviously don't understand why Android is out there. Android is out there simply to drive traffic to Google Services. Google was scared that iOS could/would cut them out of picture. As long as people are still using Google Services via the phone and getting all Ad revenue that represents then Google is happy. They would be more likely to drop the hammer on Verizon doing Bing thing more then anything else.
Google was scared that iOS could/would cut them out of picture.
Maps is using Google. Safari's search is using Google.. Google can/does ship apps.
Google needs to take the first step and have their subsidary, Motorola Mobility, lead by example. Even if it is something as simple as going onto a website, typing in your phone's IMEI, getting a response code, and then using that during the fastboot oem unlock procedure, it would show that Google/Motorola was open.
Locked bootloaders do have a place -- they are good at keeping Joe Sixpack out of things he shouldn't be mucking with, so the tech support department can tell him to hard reset and go about his life. However, if someone is willing to go to a website, acknowledge that they are doing stuff that only they will be taking responsibility for, and has the tech ability to get adb working with a device, it is only fair for the phone maker to hand over the keys.
There's a very open philosophy.
If Android is going to be open source, you have to take the good with the bad. Also there's the little matter of an antitrust investigation if Google starts leveraging their dominance in one area to control another.
OEMS: I takes time to integrate our own buggy, irremovable software into the kernel.
Dude, this isn't like upgrading hardware on a computer; There is no no plug and pray. Every device is a blob of different hardware, along with dozens of assorted interfaces baked into the silicon. Motion sensors, GPS, transmitter/receiver pairs, the call stack, etc. It's less like a computer and more like a minature network inside your smartphone, and your phone might look the exact same as the next one on the shelf when you buy it, but the hardware inside might be very different.
It's not just about integrating their "buggy, irremovable software" into the kernel... it's also about integrating a dozen different peripherals together, and then holding it together with bailing wire and duct tape and praying for a miracle.
y'all really need to stop looking at this from your comfortable Everything Is A Computer(tm) mindset. It's not. There might be a microprocessor embedded in there, but that's about where the similarities end.
And yet, custom ROM makers already have (mostly) working Android 4.0 firmware for several devices. What you say is true, to some extent, but in reality it shouldn't take nearly as long for them to get the upgrade working as it does. Also, many devices use the same hardware (partially), so it's not like common drivers don't exist in the majority of cases.
Custom ROMs often contain bugs that would be unacceptable for OEMs to release. Power users can go to a forum to get support if they are having problems, but the average user will just blame the problems on the carriers and OEMs.
This is true. OEM's also have considerably more and (presumably) more knowledgeable people working on the problem. My point was, if hackers on the Internet can get it working, paid software engineers should be able to get it working well. Maybe my expectations are just too high though.
Oh, and OEM ROMs often contain bugs that it should be unacceptable for an OEM to release... but still, fair point.
Custom ROMs may have bugs but the 'stock' carrier supplied ROMs appear to be far, far worse in every case.
I had to laugh reading the article, "Furthermore, by putting all this efforts into testing and certification, we ensure that quality and conformance is at a top level, in benefit for all consumers worldwide" - yeah right. If they actually did that I would expect to see some results. In fact uncertified ROMs from amateurs working in their spare time seem to miraculously beat the carriers on quality and c
(mostly) working
I applaud you for being willing to buy off the shelf "(mostly) working" software, and not being POed about it. You expect that of the rest of us?
"Dude" I don't think that's what he's talking about. I think he's talking about the bullshit bloatware apps that every vendor and/or carrier sticks on their phone: For example my Droid 3 has shit that I never use like the Blockbuster app, City ID app, GoToMeeting, Citrix client app, etc... all shit that I would love to get completely of my phone and off my Apps screen but I can't. Fuck you, Motorola and fuck you Verizon for not letting me do this.
That's why!
"Operators then may want to customize the software, and the OS must be localized for the market and language."
I think that is where the bulk of the time is spent.
That explains why manufacturers stop supporting older models, but it doesn't explain the delays in the phones that it currently supports.
It would advantageous for phone manufacturers to have timely updates to the phones. Delaying the process just pisses of the consumer who will want to go to another brand with faster and more reliable upgrades.
Not necessarily so.
The average consumer, who knows nothing about Android other than the fact that it runs on his phone, couldn't care less. They just know some new version came out and it will be rolled out on the phone soon.
People like you and me (e.g. the power users), who want the latest and greatest, will either attempt to compile the kernel ourselves or buy a new phone.
My guess is that phone companies -- or carriers -- have little incentive to actually push the update. Most people will want a newer m
You missed the point, this is not about getting a new update nor not, which is another matter entirely (although not any less important).
This is about why it takes so long for updates that *are* happening to reach users. Keep in mind that even though ICS was just released, there are phones that are only now getting Gingerbread, the last major Android version. It is sad and it is a rather difficult problem to solve.
I know I am going to get flamed for being an apologist, but you know that until about a year ago Dell was selling computers preloaded with Windows XP, right? Windows XP, which made its debut in 2001? They were selling (and people were glad to get) a computer with 9 year old software on it. Now we have Android OS from Google and the turnaround can be anywhere from 4 months to a year before it is running on a good portion of the install base, and we complain about it? Why? If the phone doesn't do what you want it to, don't buy it thinking that some software release will come along next week and make it all better (even if the retailers want to insist that)...
Learn from history: buy the phone that does today what you want your phone to do today. For a crowd of computer dorks who know all too well the ups and downs of the software development lifecycle, we here on
I wish I had mod points right now to mod you up.
People were asking for Windows XP in large quantities still, which is why Dell continued to sell it with their computers. You don't see people bemoaning the fact that the carriers and manufacturers are making plans to start rolling out upgrades and phones that lack Android 2.x on them, whereas you did see that in the PC market when Vista came out. Android 4 is seen as a legitimate upgrade to the Android line. Vista was seen as a downgrade by many, so they preferred to do without it.
Comparing the two makes little sense.
I wish I had mod points right now to mod you up.
People were asking for Windows XP in large quantities still, which is why Dell continued to sell it with their computers. You don't see people bemoaning the fact that the carriers and manufacturers are making plans to start rolling out upgrades and phones that lack Android 2.x on them, whereas you did see that in the PC market when Vista came out. Android 4 is seen as a legitimate upgrade to the Android line. Vista was seen as a downgrade by many, so they preferred to do without it.
Comparing the two makes little sense.
Whenever I talk to an Android user who hasn't been exposed to internet forums, there is probably a 95% chance they don't even know what version of the OS they are currently using, much less what version is somewhere in the ether waiting to get released for their phone. Articles are constantly appearing that bemoan the Android upgrade cycle, and while there are a lot of things about it that seem impractical (such as giving carriers, who know little about hardware OR software, so much say over what changes will be made) it always has the stink of a pissing match because a little version number buried somewhere deep in some settings menu has so little to do with what the phone actually does.
If these articles were all about how Android 2.3 had glaring bug [X] or glaring missing feature [Y], and Android 3 or 4 or 9.8 was supposed to fix all that, then I would say "game on" and be right there lighting the fire under whoever is holding up the process. As it is, all we are doing is complaining about the weather because honestly if version numbering and release state were kept under wraps (like they are on monolithic platforms) then none of this would ever be discussed at all.
If I were to (warning, a line is about to be crossed) write an article that said Apple's iOS 6 was "finished" and I had evidence to back it up, and I went on to complain that the release wouldn't happen until December 2012 because of some group's lengthy test process, or bureaucracy, or AT&T's insistence, or whatever, should that depress all the Apple users thinking that they were holding a phone in their hands that was running an "outdated" operating system?
That being said, it would be a completely different story if your new PC came with the promise that newer versions of windows would be made available at no charge over your existing internet connection. Why shouldn't you be upset when a new version is released and months go by without your upgrade coming through?
Expectation management is definitely not handled well by the people selling the phone, you have a definite point. At the same time, Google has a real branding problem because no one can really be bothered to tell the difference between what the Android OS itself is, and what runs on their phone (a piece of software often bearing very little resemblance to the original version)...
> Windows XP, which made its debut in 2001?
And guess what makes the difference. Right, Windows XP *is still supported*. Support runs until 2014!
Google on the other hand has the explicit policy of not supplying any previous version of Android with security updates. Whether they timely patch the latest version also remains debatable, because they keep the list of security issues confidential. Google has a long way to go in this matter to even reach the standard of Microsoft.
I learned this lesson the hard way with the Motorola Cliq XT. I bought it a while back (2 yrs?) despite it only having 1.6 on it because I was told they were already working on a 2.0 upgrade that would be coming. I waited, and waited, and waited. Eventually they canceled the upgrade and sent an email out recommending a new phone (quite the slap in the face).
Once I saw that no upgrade was coming, I rooted my phone and installed cyanogen mod. I have 2.1 on my phone and it works great (only minor bugs). Plus m
Now we have Android OS from Google and the turnaround can be anywhere from 4 months to a year before it is running on a good portion of the install base, and we complain about it? Why? If the phone doesn't do what you want it to, don't buy it thinking that some software release will come along next week and make it all better (even if the retailers want to insist that)...
The day the iPhone 4S with iOS 5.0 was released I was able to upgrade my iPhone 4, iPod Touch, and iPad to iOS 5.
The day that Apple releas
The day the iPhone 4S with iOS 5.0 was released I was able to upgrade my iPhone 4, iPod Touch, and iPad to iOS 5.
You get the update the day that Apple decides they want to start pushing the update, it has nothing to do with when the code was "finished" because Apple keeps all of that under wraps. Whether this is good/bad/indifferent is up to the user, but comparing that process to the Android one is awkward at best. Oh yeah, and how is Siri working on that iPhone 4 of yours?
You get the update the day that Apple decides they want to start pushing the update, it has nothing to do with when the code was "finished" because Apple keeps all of that under wraps. Whether this is good/bad/indifferent is up to the user, but comparing that process to the Android one is awkward at best. Oh yeah, and how is Siri working on that iPhone 4 of yours?
Google patches a security flaw in Android and releases it. How long does it take the patch to be available for every Android phone worldwide?
You get the update the day that Apple decides they want to start pushing the update, it has nothing to do with when the code was "finished" because Apple keeps all of that under wraps. Whether this is good/bad/indifferent is up to the user, but comparing that process to the Android one is awkward at best. Oh yeah, and how is Siri working on that iPhone 4 of yours?
Google patches a security flaw in Android and releases it. How long does it take the patch to be available for every Android phone worldwide?
When Apple released iOS 5.0.1. Every iOS user worldwide got a notification that a new OS was available and all they had to do was press 'Update' from their phone/tablet.
The last (and only, from my memory) time a security issue surfaced, Google plugged the hole via a silent update to it's application suite and it did not require any user intervention at all. There was also no documented cases of the exploit being used "in the wild" so the action taken by Google was sufficient to mitigate any risk. Whether or not this is the best way to handle things is again, up to the user. However, I would be interested to see an "in the wild" exploit that gained traction due to the la
http://techcrunch.com/2011/01/05/google-android-sms-bug/ [techcrunch.com]
This is just one bug where Google patched it for the Nexus but had to wait on the various manufacturers/carriers to send out a patch? How long do you think it took carriers to send out an update? How many manufacturers didn't bother about updating their phones?
The 3GS was introduced in June 2009 and is still getting updates. How many Android phones from even last year are still being kept up to date by the manufacturer?
The problem with Android are three fold. One is that Android and the hardware is
The community will port 4.0 to existing phones and newer ones, just like gingerbread. This is because google releases the code to everybody, rather than OEMs. On the atrix, it was due to go up to gingerbread by Motorola, but long long before that gingerblur came out bringing with it most of the features. The official update was of course slightly better, but then again the atrix is locked, what can we expect?
P.S. unlocked phones get much much better support from the community, such as the g2, so it may be worth staying tuned to XDA for your phone and see if 4.0 is ported to it yet.
whereas Sony focused on explaining the time-consuming certification process."
What certification process is SONY talking about if in the end, (as evidenced by apps that will not correctly run on their devices), apps deemed compatible with Android still will not install/run on all their product portfolio? Who is SONY trying to fool?
In the first Ice Cream Sandwich source code that was released, the Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) – the software layer giving applications direct access to the hardware components – was to some extent adapted for a Texas Instruments hardware platform. However, for all 2011 Xperia phones, we used a Qualcomm hardware platform. This means we have to replace the default HAL coming with first source code released for Ice Cream Sandwich, with our own HAL.
The HAL changes have impact on several features on a phone, including the camera, different sensors (such as proximity, light, accelerometer and compass), audio, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, GPS, as well as multimedia and graphics components. Thus, we do not only have to modify and configure the HAL according to the Qualcomm hardware platform, but also all the other hardware components used in a phone.
Wow, I sure hope they're just mixing up terminology here. The entire point of a HAL is that you just plug in your drivers. If you have to modify the HAL because you're using different hardware than the reference device, you're doing it wrong.
Unfortunately the manufacturer is right here. Currently in the ARM world every printed circuit board (PCB) model requires its own kernel version - even if the SoC is the same. Even if the components in the board are exactly the same, a new kernel version is required if the components are just wired differently!
Why is this? Because in the ARM world there is no any universal bus like PCI is in the x86 world. Typically components are connected by using quite primitive buses like I2C or SPI, which has no bulletproof way to do a listing of connected components. Also ARM is heavily power optimized - also in the PCB-level. There are software controlled regulators powering different components ON when needed and OFF to save power. Because there is no any standard way to do this - every manufacturer is designing the powering differently. Power and the communication bus are not connected by any means - powering the component on/off might require using a totally different bus - not told to software by the communications bus. This knowledge is typically just put (hacked) into the kernel code.
In PC world most of the hardware is initialized by BIOS and all the peripherals are usually nicely listed by the PCI bus (try lspci -command in your x86 linux box). Drivers can be easily attached into peripherals by unique device IDs. The same driver works for all boards even if the PCI bus address is different.
No such luxury in the ARM world. Typically you can see multiple versions of drivers for the exacly same component in the Linux kernel source tree. Just because the ARM architecture has brought too many obstacles for developers to easily use the same driver for different boards. You can imagine - it is a total mess. Also typically those drivers do not enter into mainline kernel so there is again more work for phone makers to port drivers for the new kernel version. Also Android kernel has some differences to normal Linux kernel.
Correct me if I'am wrong, but in my understanding the Android HAL-interface is in the user space - not kernel space. The HAL-interface might change a lot between Android versions. But not only the interface has changed - also the kernel space interfaces - those on the top manufacturer have to implement the HAL-interfaces - have changed breaking the existing drivers the manufacturer has made.
But there is hope in the future. Developers of linaro.org have work in progress and already very good demonstrations of how this mess can be sorted out. But we are not there yet and the work is huge. It needs also some common standards and practices to be adopted by the ARM hardware makers.
See also: The Ugly State of ARM Support On Linux http://linux.slashdot.org/story/11/06/20/2039229/the-ugly-state-of-arm-support-on-linux [slashdot.org]
But this ARM-problem is not just related to Linux. Windows Phone 7 is currently working only on Qualcomm SoC, probably because Microsoft wants to keep things simple at this point. Apple has solved the problem by making its own hardware and SoC and probably standardized the hardware in house.
I'm in a soak test group for one of the big carriers.
A couple of times it has turned into a very large clusterfuck. Stuff breaks that seems like it should not break for any reason ever. But there you are with 50 people saying that 911 won't work. So these updates break stuff. They break important stuff and every piece of hardware (even within the same hardware line) reacts a little bit differently.
It is one of the glaring weaknesses of a diversified culture (as compared to the locked down monoculture of Apple).
I've been thinking this for some time, and the more I see articles like this (and for that matter Android phones), the more convinced I am that a rapidly evolving platform put together by a company famed for an attitude of "foist a beta onto users, we can always update it later" and the cellphone industry as it stands simply do not mix.
Why don't they mix? Well, think back to a dumb phone - more specifically back to when that was more-or-less your only option.
Every manufacturer had at least 4-6 models availa
Why do Android upgrades take so long? You're kidding, right? Probably not... about the time that Android 4.0 came out, there was an article about Android 2.3 being "long in the tooth". I bought my Android 2.1 phone in June 2010. Android 2.2 had just come out, but the only things that the 2.2 phones offered over 2.1 were built-in wifi sharing (didn't need), 4G (not available within 300 miles of my home), and a front-facing camera -- and I wasn't going to spend an extra $100 for the front-facing camera. Since then, Android 2.3 came out (December 2010), then 3.0 (February 2011), 3.1 (May), 3.2 (July), and 4.0 (October). Looking back, 2.1 came out in January 2010, and 2.0 in October 2009. Ignoring the tablet-only 3.x, that's still five versions in two years! Even the ten month wait from 2.3 to 4.0 is hardly an eon.
One of the things Apple does right is that they dont need to go through months of testing with every iPhone-selling carrier on the planet just to release a new iOS update, they can and do release on their own terms.
Other manufacturers need to follow Apple on this and take control over firmware releases.
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KIMBERLY, Idaho-The bugs are back.
Or maybe they just never went away. Psyllids, a tiny insect that contaminates potatoes, might be hardier than some people originally thought.
Two adult psyllids were found on Magic Valley potato fields in late March, said Erik Wenninger, assistant professor of entomology for the University of Idaho's Kimberly Research and Extension Center.
Wenninger said UI plans to expand its psyllids research this summer. Yellow sticky cards, something that attract the insects, will be placed on more than 100 potato fields across the state. Last year, 15 fields were monitored.
"That will allow us to get a much better idea of the distribution and abundance of psyllids," he said. "Last year we found the first psyllids in June. We want to get sampling done before then so we know when they first show up."
The program is funded, in part, by the Idaho Potato Commission, which also taps into other sources of funding for the program, Kole said.
"We have not, for this year, made the final allocation of funds," he said.
Wenninger said while the recent find of psyllids is disheartening to growers, there still are a lot of unknowns about psyllids.
"I don't think anyone should get too concerned at the moment," he said. "We still have a lot more to learn about the over-wintering of psyllids. We'll continue to keep an eye on it."
SOURCE: Andrew Weeks, Magic Valley News