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From Openmoko
Getting wi-fi working
I had some issues here.
1) My ethernet driver was eth1 (not wlan0 or eth0).
2) wifi-radar requires manually setting up wpa_supplicant at /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
--Dfsmith 11:53, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
No fix in GPS
I am not able to get any GPS fix on either Zhone or Tango GPS though the GPS indicator on the top panel is on. At the same place i am getting fix on 2008.12. Do i need to manually switch something on? --Rakshat 13:02, 19 March 2009 (UTC)
Do you use fyp 3.18 and the recommended kernel? Which bootloader? It should really work, it's confirmed by quite a lot of people. But please explain your problem. neovento
I have fyp 3.01 and recommended kernel. QI bootloader. Should i be using the latest U-Boot (I think I read that somewhere)? I did not make a swap file. I will try again with 3.18 tomorrow and report.--Rakshat 14:39, 19 March 2009 (UTC)
Just flash 3.18 (and new kernel), GPS will work then. It also works really good with Qi.neovento
GPS works in 3.18 --Rakshat 12:34, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
I am not able to get a fix on either Zhone or Tango. I am using Neovento5 with recommended kernel, Qi, No swap. blen2r
Please help in contributing Neovento changes back to Debian. It does not help the big picture to do just concentrate on images and scripts if the base work in Debian does not improve - the development in the long run suffers.
- Contribute packaging to pkg-fso team for any packages not yet in the repositories (already in Debian or Debian's PKG-FSO: Pidgin, mokomaze, tangogps, epdfview)
- Fennec
- Wifi-radar
- Mokomaze
- Contribute changes to Debian or upstream repositories
- Zhone
- LXDE (eg. lxde-fso package with settings)
- Matchbox
- Create for example "fso-neoventa" meta package for PKG-FSO repositories, installation of which equals to installing Neovento image
Note that especially contributing to Debian-FSO team's work is not that hard, and not all requirements of official Debian apply there. unknown author
>>>> I thought about that some time ago, but recently had not the time to do things like that. I will think about it again after the next release. neovento
Users' thoughts and concerns
These are some thoughts about neovento 5:
-the right-click mouse button should be simulated by pressing the screen at one spot for about 1sec. This should include the web browser's links.
-the on-off button on the freerunner should be used as the cold-boot (I am tired of having to take the battery in/out to reboot once it freezes). I do not know if this is the freerunner's hardware issue.
-windows should always resize to fit the screen and be less messy (?)
-user should be able to move the screen to be allowed to work with apps that are greater than the screen-size itself
-user should be allowed to rotate the screen.(xrandr -o <magic number> does this Atilla)
-the upper menu (with wifi, gprs, etc) should be disabled (or scrolled up) when not needed, and enabled again (scrolled-down) when needed.
-keyboard should be allowed to be custom-made and arranged by the user.
-a simpler program for WiFi should be developed, and WiFi should not disconnect while working after some time. There are many good ones with the free source code on www.opkg.org .
-distro should not point to .DE servers but usual debian.org ones (because they are too slow for other continents).
-user should be allowed to install additional programs and packages to SD card and not on space reserved for the distribution. Of course, when SD card is out, the distribution should work without the installed programs and packages (although it may appear to be a bit messy with menu shortcuts pointing to nowhere).
-a web-browser like dillo should be included with the distro.
-apt-get install http://www.something.com/something.deb should not display the error that http: was not found as a package but install the software instead.
-dosbox should work on neovento, to suffice the needs for the wine emulator.
-Atilla: Isn't it a good idea to include bluetooth utilities like hcitool by default?
-blen2r: A tool to create new Zhemes would be nice. I succeeded in changing the wallpaper by "scping" a new wallpaper.jpg in /root/.fyp and in the /root/.fyp/zhemes/"MyCurrentZheme" directory. Unfortunately, it only changes the background on the "applications" desktop and not on the zhone desktop.
-blen2r: (Not related to the phone directly) An english forum would be nice because I can't understand Deutsch.
>>> thanks for feedback, some points are really inspiring. neovento
- --Rakshat 08:42, 30 July 2009 (UTC) Any update being planned for the near future?
Reznor Fri Aug 7 22:07:01 CEST 2009 : There will be an update in about 2,3 weeks.
Tested programs
These are some of the tested programs using "apt-get install", please contribute:
apt-utils -needed package, before installing anything
gpe-taskmanager -task manager, fast, light-weght and simple
audacious -mp3 player, works, however the mp3 does not play due to lags. A simpler player that uses less CPU is needed.
midori -web browser, EXCELLENT except for the annoying "root user" message.
xfce4-taskmanager -works but useless due to a lack of right-click
bochs -pc emulator, installs and seems to work, had no time to mess with
gpe-filemanager -file manager, simple, fast, light-weight, better than pcmanfm in my opinion.
galculator - calculator, very good although the scientific mode needs a bigger screen.
wireshark - works but slow load.
mumpot - mapping application for mobile devices
DosBox - installs but freezes when run
Links2 - a light web browser, loads fast and does the job


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Publisher Spotlight: The Secret Mountain
My kids like a very wide array of music, but not your typical nursery rhymes. In an effort to cultivate this musical curiosity I searched for different types of children's music. I found a book one day, called "Un dimanche à Kyoto" ("Sunday in Kyoto", the English version, which has Patrick Watson interpreting a few songs, hello!). It was accompanied by a CD on which very prominent local artists were featured interpreting Gilles Vigneault's music (Gilles Vigneault being one of the biggest icon, and most amazing songwriter and poet from Québec).
The Secret Mountain ("La Montagne Secrète") company was created in Québec about 12 years ago, when the founder, Roland Stringer, then a young father, spotted an old forgotten vinyl in a garage sale that was essentially nursery rhymes and stories by above-mentioned prominent Master, Gilles Vigneault. Stringer went on to produce a rendition of this vinyl with big names interpreting the titles. The success was instant and it triggered the need for the team at Secret Mountain to provide quality books-CDs, DVDs, as well as a few really nice iPad apps.
They offer a view of different cultures through amazing illustrations and story telling, world lullabies sung in their original languages, amazing artists, and great collections of instruments. If I could buy all their products, I actually would!
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Pennsylvania Vital Records
United States Pennsylvania Vital Records
Introduction to Vital Records
Vital Records consist of births, adoptions, marriages, divorces, and deaths recorded on registers, certificates, and documents. United States Vital Records has additional research guidance on researching and using vital records. A copy or an extract of most original records can be purchased from the Pennsylvania Vital Records State Department of Health or the County Clerk's office of the county where the event occurred. The Department of Health has birth and death certificates registered in Pennsylvania from 1906 to the present. For records prior to that date, contact the appropriate county. Marriage and divirce records are usually obtained from the courthouse in the county where the marriage license was issued or divorce decree was granted.
Vital Records Reference Dates
Pennsylvania's civil records start the following years:
For Philadelphia City and County Records click here
Pennsylvania Birth, Marriage and Death Records Online
The following is a list of online resources useful for locating Pennsylvania Vital Records which consist of births, adoptions, marriages, divorces, and deaths. Most online resources for Pennsylvania Vital Records are indexes. After locating a person in an index always consult the original record to confirm the information in the index.
- Search the Pennsylvania Birth, Marriage & Death Records at Ancestry.com - $
- Order Pennsylvania Certificates for birth and death online - $
If you are aware of other online databases, please feel free to add them.
Birth And Death Records
Statewide Records of Births and Deaths
Statewide registration of births and deaths began in January, 1906, and was generally complied with by 1915. You can obtain copies by writing to:
Division of Vital Statistics
State Department of Health
Health and Welfare Building
8th Floor West
625 Forster Street
Harrisburg, PA 17120
Telephone (877) 724-3258 (1-877-PA-HEALTH)
Internet: Division of Vital Statistics
State your relationship to the individual you want information about and your reason. The current fees for obtaining copies of the state's records are available at the website for the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) or at Vitalrec.com. You can also write to the Division of Vital Statistics for current information.
Local Records of Births and Deaths
The Register of Wills in most counties kept records of births and deaths for the years 1852-1854.
Counties began registering births and deaths by 1893. Some counties (Chester, Cumberland, Fulton) and the City of Philadelphia began about 1873 or before. Birth and death registration continued until the state took over the responsibility in 1906.
Vital records were also kept by some of the larger cities. The Family History Library has birth and death records on microfilm for the cities of Altoona, Harrisburg, Johnstown, McKeesport, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Reading, Scranton, Wilkinsburg, Williamsport, and York.
Other records include:
- Old German Midwife's Records, 1791-1815. [1]The originals are at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
The Family History Library has Pennsylvania, Secretary of the Commonwealth, Births, Marriages, and Deaths on File at the State Archives, 1852-1854. [2]The Family History Library does not have 1852-1854 records for the counties of Blair, Clarion, Erie, Forest, Lehigh, Monroe, Montour, Philadelphia, Pike, Potter, and Union. Cameron, Lackawanna, and Snyder counties were formed after 1854.
- Pennsylvania. Governor. Death Warrants, 1794-1873. [3]These records are warrants for the executions of convicted criminals.
- Funeral records issued by a funeral home include financial records (cost of casket, dressings, etc.), funeral cards given out at the time of the funeral, etc. These records usually give the name of the deceased, when and where buried, if shipped out to another funeral home, purchaser of cemetery plot, etc. The Family History Library has many records of funeral homes.
- Complete Name Index to Early Pennsylvania Births, 1675-1875. [4]
Delayed Registration of Birth Records
Births before 1906 that were not registered at the time of the birth may have been registered beginning in 1941. To prove a birth, several witnesses were required to sign affidavits before the orphans' court which would then issue a birth certificate. Delayed registration of births began in various counties in different years, usually in 1941, and continued until about 1976.
The Registrar of Vital Statistics at the county seat. Write for information.
An example of delayed registration of births is Pennsylvania, Orphans' Court (Bucks County), Delayed Special Registration of Births and Index, 1941-1972. [5]
The Family History Library. Microfilm records are available for all counties EXCEPT Carbon, Chester, Lehigh, Monroe, Pike, and Union.
Marriage Records
Pennsylvania counties recorded few civil marriage records before 1885. As a general rule to obtain records, make applications to the Marriage License Clerk, County Courthouse, in the county where licenses were issued. However, many marriages before then will be found in church records.
- Marriage Register of Pennsylvania, 1684 to 1689. [6]This contains mainly Quaker records in Philadelphia.
- Pennsylvania. Supreme Executive Council. Marriage Bonds, 1784-1786. [7]These records are alphabetically arranged by male applicant and are all at Philadelphia. They are probably the same records as those abstracted in Pennsylvania Archives, series 6, volume 6, pp. 285- 310.
- Pennsylvania. Bureau of Vital Statistics. Marriage Records, 1885-1889. [8]The males are listed on the first film and the females on the second.
Individual counties or cities such as Philadelphia have recorded marriages. Some cities began keeping records in the early 1800s. Counties which kept birth and death records for the years 1852-1854 usually kept marriage records for the same time period. Most counties began keeping marriage records in October 1885. You can obtain copies from the clerk of the orphans' court in the appropriate county.
The Family History Library has copies of many marriage records, usually from 1885 to 1920, Justice of the Peace records may contain marriages before 1885. The library has these records from the counties of Beaver, Centre, Chester, Columbia, Dauphin, Greene, Lancaster, Lebanon, Montgomery, Potter, and Somerset. For example see:
- Potter County (Pennsylvania). Justice of the Peace. Records, 1865-1927. [9]This source contains summons, warrants, and marriages. It also includes typewritten indexes to the records and a separate typewritten index to marriages (1865-1896).
- Bucks County (Pennsylvania). Justice of the Peace. Register of Marriages Performed by Lewis Swift, a Justice of the Peace of Bensalem Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 1835-1839. [10]
Published records include the following:
Marriage licenses for 1742 to 1790 (mostly for 1744 to 1776) are in:
- Pennsylvania Marriages Prior to 1790 [11]
Additional marriage records are in:
- List of Marriage Licenses Issued in the Secretary's Office From August 1755 through April 1759. [12]See the "Periodicals" page.
- Record of Pennsylvania Marriages, Prior to 1810. [13]This was reprinted from Pennsylvania Archives, series 2, volumes 8 and 9, and is mostly from church records.
Divorce Records
In Pennsylvania, divorce proceedings were usually kept by the court of common pleas. For example, see:
- Pennsylvania. Court of Common Pleas (Philadelphia County). Divorce Docket, 1851-1874. [14]
- Divorces Granted by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania from December 1785 until 1801, Publications of the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania. [15]
Adoption Records
In Pennsylvania adoption information may be accessed by the adoptee who is 18 years or older. For persons under 18 years, information may be accessed by adoptive parents or legal guardian. However, not all the records relating to the adoption may be released.
For more information on Pennsylvania adoption records contact:
- Department of Public Welfare
Office of Children Youth & Families
P.O. Box 8018
Harrisburg, PA 17105
Phone: (717) 787-3672
Pennsylvania Department of Health [16]
To review laws lelating to Pennsylvania adoption research, see: Access Sumary and scroll to Pennsylvania [17]
Additional Helps
- Information listed on vital records is given by an informant. Learn the relationship of the informant to the subject(s) of the record. The closer the relationship of the informant to the subject(s) and whether or not the informant was present at the time of the event can help determine the accuracy of the information found on the record.
- If you are unable to locate vital records recorded by governments, search for church records of christening, marriages, death or burial. A family Bible may have been used to record births, marriages and deaths.
- Privacy laws may restrict your access to some vital records. Copies of some vital records recorded in the las 100 years may be unavailable to anyone except a direct relative.
- Search for Vital Records in the Family Hisoty Library Catalog by using a Place Search and then choosing Vital Records. Search for Pennsylvania to locate records filed by the State and then search the name of the county to locate records kept by the county.
Substitute Records
These links will take you to wiki pages describing alternate sources for birth, marriage and death records.
Pennsylvania Church Records Depending on the denomination, church records may contain information about birth, marriage and death.
Pennsylvania Cemetery Records Cemetery records are a rich source of birth and death information. These records may also reveal family relationships.
Pennsylvania Census Besides obituaries, local newspapers may contain birth and marriage announcements and death notices. Also check newspaper social columns for additional information.
Pennsylvania Newspapers Besides obituaries, local newspapers may contain birth and marriage announcements and death notices. Also check newspaper social columns for additional information.
Pennsylvania Military Records Military pension records can give birth, marriage and death information, In addition, soldiers' homes records can included this same information.
Pennsylvania Periodicals If no death record exists, probate records may be helpful in estimating when an individual has died. Probate records in the 20th Century often contain the exact death date.
Pennsylvania Probate Records If no death record exists, probate records may be helpful in estimating when an individual has died. Probate records in the 20th Century often contain the exact death date.
Pennsylvania History Local histories, family histories and biographies can all be sources of birth, marriage and death information. Often this information is found in county-level records or in surname searches of the Family History Library catalog.
More Online Links
- FamilySearch Record Search under Canada, USA, and Mexico - Free
- Wee Monster Links for Pennsylvania Birth & Marriage and Death Records - Free/$
- USGenWeb.org Pennsylvania Site - Free
- The Vital Records Search and Information Directory for Pennsylvania - Free/$
- Linkpendium Links for Pennsylvania Genealogy and History, including individual Counties - Free/$
- Progenealogists Links for the United States. Press Ctrl + F on the keyboard to search for Pennsylvania or PA - Free/$
Family History Library Pennsylvania Vital Records Collections
Published records include:
- Early Pennsylvania Births, 1675-1875. [18]This book contains church and cemetery records as well as birth dates, many from sources never before published, in the counties of Berks, Juniata, Lebanon, Northumberland, Snyder, and Union. An index to this is:
- Pennsylvania Vital Records From the Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine and the Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography. [19]This contains most records of births, baptisms, marriages, and deaths published in those magazines.
Newspaper accounts of deaths are valuable sources for further research. The library has numerous newspaper accounts of vital records. Many obituary records have been abstracted in published books such as:
- Abstracts (Mainly Deaths) From the Pennsylvania Gazette, 1775-1783 [20]See the Pennsylvania Newspapers page for more information.
Inventory of Vital Records
You can learn more about the history and availability of vital records in Inventory of Vital Statistics within Each County. [21]This inventory also describes many available church records.
- ↑ Old German Midwife's Records, 1791-1815. (FHL Collection film 383294)
- ↑ Pennsylvania, Secretary of the Commonwealth, Births, Marriages, and Deaths. (FHL Collectionfilms 1016403-408).
- ↑ Death Warrants, 1794-1873. (FHL Collection films 1016409-412)
- ↑ Santos, Carile. Complete Name Index to Early Pennsylvania Births, 1675-1875. (Family History Library (FHL Collection film 1597740 item 6.)
- ↑ Pennsylvania, Orphans' Court (Bucks County), Delayed Special Registration of Births and Index, 1941-1972 FHL Collection
- ↑ Marriage Register of Pennsylvania, 1684 to 1689. (FHL Collection film 20438 item 4)
- ↑ Marriage Bonds, 1784-1786(FHL Collection films 1759094 item 1.)
- ↑ Marriage Records, 1885-1889 (FHL Collection film 1027957-958.)
- ↑ (FHL Collection film 1421828 items 1-2.)
- ↑ (FHL Collection film 20447 item 3.)
- ↑ Pennsylvania Marriages Prior to 1790. 1968. Reprint, Baltimore, Maryland.: Genealogical Publishing, 1968. (FHL Collection Book 974.8 V2n; film 823832 item 2.) This was reprinted from Pennsylvania Archives, series 2, volume 2.
- ↑ Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine 21 (1960): 312-27.
- ↑ 2 vols. 1880. Reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1968. (FHL Collection Book 974.8 V2r; fiche 6049248-9.)
- ↑ Divorce Docket, 1851-1874. (FHL Collection film 963387-393.)
- ↑ Divorces Granted by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania from December 1785 until 1801, Publications of the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania. Vol. 1, pp. 185-92. (FHL Collection Book 974.8 B2p v. 1; film 1698098 item 2.)
- ↑ Public Records Information. Pennsylvania Adoption Records. http://www.publicrecordsinfo.com/adoption_records/Pennsylvania_adoption_records.htm, 23 September 2010.
- ↑ U.S. Department of Human Services. Child Welfare Information Gateway: Access to Adoption Record: Summary of State Laws. http://www.childwelfare.gov/systemwide/laws_policies/statutes/infoaccessapall.pdf, 3 September 2010. Information current through June 2009
- ↑ Charles Adam Fisher. Early Pennsylvania Births, 1675-1875. Reprint of 1947 edition; Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1979 (FHL Collection Book 974.8 V2fi; film 1597740 item 6.)
- ↑ Pennsylvania Vital Records From the Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine and the Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography.3 vols. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1983. (FHL Collection Book 974.8 V2p.)
- ↑ Scott, Kenneth. Abstracts (Mainly Deaths) From the Pennsylvania Gazette, 1775-1783. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1976. (FHL Collection Book 974.811 V4s.)
- ↑ Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Historical Records Survey, N.d. (FHL|283700|item}} Film 1016402.)


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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 8th Aug 2012 22:29 UTC
The future of GNOME - an interesting subject. GNOME 3 has been out and about for a while, and it hasn't exactly been a smashing success. One of the efforts to take GNOME to the next level is what the team refers to as GNOME OS - but in reality, it's a set of improvements to GNOME that are just as interesting to GNOME-the-desktop-environment.
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RE[3]: They certain are ambitious...
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Firstly, Debian has an Install CD1 (with optional 73 extra ones)" or install DVD1 (with 11) or Blu-ray.
But I don't know anyone who installs it that way. Most people use the Netinst. In which case, I don't know if they changed that or not. It looks like the particular patch for changing 'tasksel' package to install XFCE by default has not been integrated into either the Wheezy or Sid package.
So (at least for now) the default for the Net install is still Gnome-shell. This doesn't even matter anyhow, since you can install whichever you wish by simply doing 'desktop=xxx' when you launch the installer from the netinst.
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Teens and STD's Common Myths
The realities of teens and STDs
There is a certain air of ignorance about STDs among teens. There are very few who know and understand the politics of STDs i.e. whether they are likely to contract it or how it is that one contracts it, etc. Awareness is important to avoid being infected with an STD.Loading...
Oral Sex isn't Risky
Oral sex can put you at the risk of acquiring STDs such as genital herpes, gonorrhoea, syphilis and the human papilloma virus (HPV).
You cannot contract Herpes unless it is Active
It is widely believed that one cannot contract herpes from somebody who does not have any symptoms, but only from those whose herpes is "active". People who show no visible signs of herpes, but who have the virus can still transmit it to another individual.
A General Health Check-up can Diagnose STD
Most STD symptoms are unrecognizable, so it is difficult for a doctor to tell if you have an STD or not during a simple health check-up. You would need to go through special screening to check for certain STDs.
The risk of Herpes and Gonorrhoea is higher in Adults
According to Centers for Disease Control, a teenage woman has 30 percent risk of contracting genital herpes and 50 percent chance of contracting gonorrhoea in a single act of unprotected sex with an infected partner. The risk of contracting STDs in teens is therefore, more than it is in mature women.
HPV affects Adults ONLY
According to Centers for Disease Control, human papilloma virus (HPV) is among the most common STDs that affect young, sexually-active populations. One in six sexually active teens contracts HPV.
You can just Look and Tell if a Person has an STD
Many believe that they can just look at their partner and tell if he/she is infected by an STD or not. This, however, is untrue and unreasonable. Most STDs are asymptomatic; the only way you can figure out an STD is through medical screening.
Using Condom keeps STDs Away
Using a condom reduces the possibility of pregnancy and of catching an STD, but it is not a foolproof solution to keeping STDs at bay. Condoms do not eliminate the risk entirely that is to say, not 100 percent.
All STDs are Life-threatening
Not all sexually transmitted diseases are life-threatening. With the right treatment, most STDs can be cured. Even if you do not recover completely from an STD, you can still live with it for the rest of your life with appropriate treatment.
Chlamydia and Gonorrhoea will go away with Time
Both Chlamydia and gonorrhoea are treatable infections. If left untreated, these STDs can lead to infertility and other conditions such as Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID). In women, the conditions can harm the fallopian tubes. In men, they may lead to an inflamed prostate, urethral scarring or epididymitis.


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ASUS ROG Maximus III Formula Review
A motherboard is a motherboard. Right or wrong? What sets one apart from the other? Feature set, potential, reputation, build quality? All of these things play a part in helping us determine which motherboard we use on our high performance systems. ASUS' Republic of Gamers series motherboards have been the pinnacle of each series and offered that extra something that was not found with regularity on the non ROG models. The knock on X58 based systems was the cost of entry into the club of ownership. Intel has realized it left a significant portion of the public to its competitor so the company has now rectified this mistake with the introduction of the P55 Express chipset and socket 1156 i5 and i7 processors to bring the cost of an Intel high performance system down to a comfortable purchase point. Along with this introduction ASUS has released a large number of P55 based motherboards to fit every price point from mild to extreme. The Maximus III Formula is ASUS' latest ROG motherboard that is built upon the P55 chipset. The Maximus III Formula is built using the latest design philosophy from ASUS called Extreme design. This concept is meant to provide all the benefits that you may or may not see such as diodes used to prevent static discharges when plugging in an external device from killing your hardware. Solid capacitors for long life, Stack Cool 3+ technology to reduce the operating temperature of critical components, dual 2oz copper layers to help with efficiency and board cooling. All things that fall within the three design goals of Safety, Reliability and Performance. As if that's enough, ASUS has included a large suite of software tools that bring added functionality. Let's see if the Maximus III Formula is worthy of earning its ROG status.
Closer Look:
The packaging of the Maximus III Formula is quite different from the last ROG series motherboard I looked at. The color scheme has moved from an industrial gray and black to an eye catching red. The ROG logo is featured on the top left corner and the Windows 7 ready logo is right under the motherboard's name. Along the bottom of this panel socket 1156 Core i5 and Core i7 compatibility is noted as well as the fact that the Maximus III Formula supports both ATI and nVidia multi GPU technologies. The rear panel lists some of the Republic of Gamers (ROG) specific features including ROG Connect, the Go button, Speeding HDD that uses double the bandwidth for faster HDD performance and the Supreme FX X-Fi discrete audio card. Next to the ROG specific features are the specifications. The box has a flip up panel that contains much more information on the technologies and feature set while giving the first glimpse of the Maximus III.
The Maximus III and accessory bundle are in separate boxes and slide out the top of the outer enclosure. The box that contains the bundle looks pretty well jam packed full of parts to get you started. Much more than just the manual and driver disc. You can get a glimpse of the Supreme FX X-Fi audio card and ROG Connect cable.
Just the packaging alone does not make a successful implementation of all the technologies and features. Let's see if the good looking packaging is all hype or if there is some substance behind all of the features listed.


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Seven Deaths Confirmed in Arkansas
Authorities have now confirmed seven deaths in Arkansas after a severe storm
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RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) — Washington's new attorney general Bob Ferguson toured the Hanford nuclear reservation yesterday for a first-hand look at clean-up operations. Ferguson told KNDO the federal government is obligated to clean up the site in a timely manner, despite budget pressures. He says he'll enforce the cleanup schedule in the Tri-Party Agreement between the state and federal agencies.


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Waiters helps Irving-less Cavs edge Raptors
Cleveland, OH – Though Kyrie Irving has played a major role in the Cleveland Cavaliers' improvement over the second half of this season, the team is proving it can also win without him.
With their All-Star point guard sidelined for a second straight night by a knee injury, the Cavaliers posted their second consecutive triumph by earning a 103-92 decision over the Toronto Raptors at Quicken Loans Arena.
Six Cleveland players scored in double figures to help offset Irving's absence, with Dion Waiters leading the charge with a 23-point, six-assist effort.
"He understands what he has to do when Kyrie is not there, because we asked him to do a little bit more with the ball," Cavaliers head coach Byron Scott said of Waiters. "Over the last few games, he's done a good job."
Shaun Livingston added 15 points and six helpers for the Cavs, while Tristan Thompson contributed 14 points and eight rebounds to Cleveland's fourth victory in its last five games.
The Raptors dropped their second in a row despite a 34-point performance from DeMar DeRozan and Rudy Gay's 24 points and eight rebounds.
Cleveland overcame a horrendous start, during which Toronto opened up a 23-9 lead late in the first quarter. The Cavs closed out the period on an 11-2 run before getting red-hot in the second to build a double-digit cushion of their own.
Down by seven early in the session, Cleveland outscored the Raptors by a 20-7 count over the next 4 1/2 minutes to claim a 42-36 advantage. The Cavs hit on 9-of-10 field goal attempts during the tear, with three of the makes coming from 3-point range.
"We did a real good job of getting ourselves back into the game," said Scott.
Cleveland kept on knocking down shots, and its lead grew to 11 on Thompson's dunk off a Toronto turnover with 45.9 seconds left in the half. The Cavaliers would go into the break up 57-48 after Gay put back a Kyle Lowry miss on the ensuing possession.
The Cavs shot a blistering 71.4 percent (15-of-21) from the field in the second quarter, with Waiters dropping in 11 points to spark the surge.
"The second quarter killed us," said Raptors head coach Dwane Casey. "We decided to play defensive in the second half and it's too late. You give up a 37-point quarter and with what we are playing for, it's just too many points."
Toronto would chip away at its deficit via a 9-2 third-quarter run keyed by DeRozan, whose two free throws following Gay's layup closed the gap to 65-63 nearing the midway mark of the frame. However, the Cavaliers recorded the next 13 points spanning the end of the third period and the initial stages of the fourth to begin to pull away.
Thompson accounted for the first six points of the burst and Livingston had the final four, the last a reverse dunk that staked Cleveland to an 86-71 lead with just under nine minutes left.
Toronto answered with a 9-0 flurry, then later pulled within 93-90 on Gay's second-chance slam with 1:55 to go. Waiters connected on the other end, though, to ignite a 10-2 sequence that put the game away.
Game Notes
Livingston, who started in place of Irving, matched season bests in both points and assists ... Toronto had won in each of its last four visits to Quicken Loans Arena and lost for the first time in four road outings since acquiring Gay from Memphis in late January ... The Cavaliers improved to 4-14 in the second of back-to-back games this season ... Guard Sebastian Telfair, acquired by Toronto from Phoenix at last week's trade deadline, made his Raptors' debut and went scoreless in just seven minutes.


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It's been a long time:FROM EW.COM:http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/05/10/24-return-episodes/'24' return scoop: 13 episodes plannedby James HibberdMay 10 2013 01:49 PM ET'24' return scoop: 13 episodes plannedby James HibberdWith Kiefer Sutherland and Fox plotting the return of Jack Bauer, were hearing some additional details about the plan.You already figured this out, but now we can say with certainty: Touch isnt coming back for a third season. The mystical drama was shifted to Friday nights this season where it struggled in the ratings. Even without a 24 revival, it was considered pretty much dead in the water.For 24 miniseries/limited series, were hearing Fox is actually currently looking at a 13-episode order for the show. For a cable series, thats actually a full season (heck, for HBOs Game of Thrones, its more than a full season). So that would be a pretty significant potential order to bring back Bauer.Fox had no comment. Hopefully there will be clarity at the networks upfront presentation Monday.Of course, a 13-episode order does raise the question: Will 24 continue in its real-time format, but just follow Bauer over the course of 13 hours? That would sort of botch the title, though, right? Or will Bauer face another 24-hour adventure, but the narrative will skip time? It would be great to see Bauer get on L.A.s 405 freeway at the end of one episode and arrive at his destination two hours later at the start of the next episode now that would be realistic action!
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Saxby Chambliss says farmers should get a "deficit reduction" credit for the $13 billion the government was expected to spend on farm programs in the first three years of the 2002 farm bill but didn't.
Chambliss, the Senate Agriculture Committee chairman, said farmers are willing to share in the Bush administration's budget-cutting efforts, but he believes they made a big down payment to that end in 2002-04.
That was then and this is now, says Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns. He says that, even with the farm program reductions the president proposed on Feb. 6, the administration expects to spend $7 billion more in FY 2007 than projected in the 2002 farm bill.
This classic case of glass half full or glass half empty may be just the first in a series of dust-ups over the 2007 farm bill, which promises to strain the already tenuous relationship between farm-state congressmen and USDA.
In outlining the details of the president's proposal, Johanns acknowledged that expenditures were lower than originally projected during the first three years after President Bush signed the 2002 farm bill. That began to change in 2006, however.
"Expenditures increased to historically high levels, well above the 2002 farm bill estimates. Actual CCC expenditures were over $20 billion in 2005. They are projected to exceed $21 billion in 2006," he told reporters. "Last year there was an expectation that the farm bill expenditures would end up below the 2002 projections. But that's not the case."
Well, duh. Most farmers who followed the deliberations would say this is how the 2002 law was intended to work. Farm prices were higher in 2002-04 for a variety of reasons, and farm program payments were lower. Farm prices dropped for almost every major program crop in 2005, and payments were higher.
In his comments to reporters, Johanns conceded that Commodity Credit Corp. expenditures are highly variable, reflecting the impact of weather and growing conditions on crop production and the resulting changes in commodity prices.
But the only number that matters is the deficit, which farmers must share in reducing even though agriculture would take the third highest cut – behind Justice and Transportation – of any department in the president's budget.
Johanns said the president's proposal, which includes a 5 percent across-the-board reduction in commodity payments and a cap of $250,000 on payments to individuals, will save the government $1 billion in 2007 and $7.7 billion over the next 10 years.
He said some may have been surprised at a vote on a payment limit amendment in the Senate last fall. "It was defeated, but a substantial number of senators were very, very convinced this was the appropriate direction." (The vote, 53-46, also shows more senators were opposed to it.)
Johanns says the administration is months away from weighing in on the new farm bill. But it's becoming increasingly clear farmers will get their share – and then some – of the administration's new farm policy.
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Today, the Supreme Court of the United States started hearing arguments on the California same-sex marriage ban.
Been there, done that. I'm up in Canada. Years ago, our own supreme court struck down a legal provision defining marriage as "the union of one man and one woman." That was never replaced with anything, so any human being is now free to marry any other human being. It might even be possible to marry multiple people and commit bigamy, but nobody has really tested that yet.
If the US court strikes down California's law, it could open the door for a nationwide legalization of same-sex marriage.
So what's that got to do with asexuality? Well, as an asexual, I'm not gonna screw my spouse in bed, so I don't care what sex my spouse is. I'd be equally comfortable marrying a man as a woman, provided that s/he accepted there would never be sex between us. There are a million reasons to marry other than sex, including security, trust, financial comfort, companionship, and so on and so on and so on. You can even marry someone out of deep platonic love, as exists among some very close friends. My primary motivation for marriage would be so that, when I get old and infirm, there is someone to help take care of me and prevent me from being totally isolated the way so many old people are. I'd pick someone who is at least 15 years younger than me. Now, I only need to win the lottery first. But seriously, it could be either a man or a woman. What do I care about their genitals?
If there are other asexuals with my mindset, then things could get wide open in the US very soon, the same way they are here. I wish you guys the best of luck.
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In my mind, I've always felt if you need a piece of paper to make your relationship valid then it might as well be a piece of toilet roll. As to the equality issue..there are plenty of ways to ensure this within your own world. As long as religious people such as vicars,priests etc are not forced to carry out these ceremonies against their wills then I can't see a problem with gay marriage...but again I feel, if your only marrying for the "perks" then is it a marriage or a union of legal benefits?
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Middleweight Matthew Macklin (28-4, 19 KOs) will fight Joachim Alcine (33-2-1, 19KOs) at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas this Saturday night in a contest scheduled for 10 rounds. The 30-year-old's fight will on the undercard of the Sergio Martinez/Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. showdown and will be televised on HBO pay per view.
Alcine is a former light middleweight world champion from Canada by way of Haiti. The 36-year-old has only been beaten twice in a 13-year professional career, with both losses coming to high caliber opponents (a 2008 loss to then WBA champion Daniel Santos and a 2010 loss to Alfredo Angulo). Macklin is taking nothing for granted against the skillful veteran.
"He might not be the easiest guy to hit. He's got a shoulder roll defense, and he has a decent jab. It will be important in the first few rounds not to get frustrated and overeager and not to load up, just box my way into the fight. It will flow naturally after that," Macklin told the Irish Voice from Las Vegas last week.
"I think I am the stronger fighter. I hit harder and I am more intense. I am expecting a good performance and a good win."
Macklin arrived in Las Vegas on September 1 and finished his camp with trainer Buddy McGirt and his brother Seamus at the HIT Factory Boxing Gym. Before that, he spent 10 weeks preparing for the challenge of Alcine at his own gym, Macklin's Gym Marbella, in Marbella, Spain.
While there he sparred with Ruben Varon and Joe Selkirk to ready himself for the right, which will be Macklin's first in Las Vegas and which will be fought at a maximum weight of 161 pounds.
Macklin was last in action when he lost to Sergio Martinez by TKO in the 11th round on St. Patrick's Day at the Theater in Madison Square Garden. However, he performed extremely well in that fight and pushed Martinez all the way before the Argentinean found another level late in the fight to end it.
Macklin feels that he is the one of the top contenders in the division without a belt, and that a good win this weekend could open the door to another shot at a world title.
"I know I have a world title in me. It is up to me to win next week and then leave it to Brian Peters (Macklin's manager) and Lou (DiBella, Macklin's promoter) to make the arrangements after that."
McGirt spent eight weeks in the Costa del Sol getting Macklin ready for this assignment. The former two-weight division world champion knows a thing or two about Alcine as the pair worked together for two fights, which Alcine won, in 2009.
"Training went great. If Matthew listens he will earn victory in an easy way. If he does not listen he will earn victory the hard way," said McGirt last week.
"These fights are the horrible fights because there is more risk than reward in them," said Macklin.
"Having said that, it is on HBO PPV, and it is the chief support fight to Chavez/Martinez. It is on the big stage. If I do win and win impressively, I put myself right back in the mix.
I would certainly be very hopeful that the next fight after this would be for a world title."
Macklin admits that one champion he would like to challenge is WBA Super Champion Daniel Geale, who went to Germany and defeated Felix Sturm in on September 1 to add the IBF belt to his collection.
"Stylistically Geale would suit me. Daniel Geale on St. Patrick's Day in Madison Square Garden would be perfect," Macklin said.
Before he can dream of another big fight at the Garden, Macklin will have to make sure that he wins this weekend in Vegas.


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Volume 78 / Number 7 - July 16 - 22, 2008
West and East Village, Chelsea, Soho, Noho, Little Italy, Chinatown and Lower East Side, Since 1933
Streets are on track for safer bike lanes
By Gabriel Zucker
Kojo Gamor, who was cycling along Grand St.'s narrow bike lane on a recent Monday, had only five words to offer on the city's bike lanes.
"They all suck, suck, suck," he said, motioning to a group of cones blocking off the lane before him.
But for bikers like Gamor, good times may be ahead. The Department of Transportation is expanding use of the "cycle track" design — which uses parked cars to separate bikes from traffic — on wide streets, and is considering a modified version for narrow streets, as well. The wide-street design, which has a successful pilot section on Ninth Ave. in Chelsea, is to be extended up to 31st St. on Ninth Ave. and implemented on Eighth Ave. from Bank to 23rd Sts. by the fall. In addition, pending Community Board 2's approval at its July 24 full board meeting, a pilot cycle track design for narrow streets is to be implemented on the one-way portion of Grand St. — between Varick and Chrystie Sts. — by the fall; the board's Traffic and Transportation Committee already approved the Grand St. plan last week.
Traditional, unprotected bike lanes were also recently installed on Greenwich, Washington, Prince and Bleecker Sts., and a two-lane bicycle-pedestrian space is being installed on Broadway, between Herald Square and Times Square.
The cycle track design features a bike lane between the curb and a row of parked cars, separating the bikers from traffic. On wider streets — such as Eighth and Ninth aves. — a "turn phase" traffic light ensures safety at points where bicycles and left-turning cars cross paths. The narrow-street pilot on Grand St. lacks these special lights; instead, a 90-foot "mixing zone" where the bike lane merges with a right-turn bay will allow cyclists and motorists to negotiate the intersection themselves. The mixing zone, like the entire cycle track design, was copied from Copenhagen, Denmark. According to Josh Benson, New York City D.O.T. bicycle program coordinator, the zones have led to a steep decrease in intersection crashes in Copenhagen.
Backed by the data
The cycle track design, which is common in European cities, prevents cars from double-parking in or driving through the bike lane, and was very successful in the Ninth Ave. pilot installed late last year: Data that D.O.T. supplied to the cycling advocacy group Transportation Alternatives showed a 41 percent decline in collisions between cars and bicycles on the nine-block stretch after the protected lane's installation; moreover, D.O.T. data showed a 57 percent increase in the number of cyclists using the Ninth Ave. bike lane.
"Hopefully, we're getting out of the pilot phase," said Wiley Norvell, Transportation Alternatives communications director. "This is a design that works in New York City."
Pedestrians will also benefit from the protected bike lane's installation on Eighth Ave., which is as wide as 90 feet at intersections. The cycle track design creates a "pedestrian refuge" between bike and car traffic, effectively lowering the crossing distance by about 20 feet.
Because a bike lane separated from traffic by a white-painted, striped "buffer zone" already exists on Eighth Ave., the new, protected lane will not involve removing any lanes of moving traffic. The same would be true of cycle track installations on Lafayette St. and Second Ave., the addition of which Norvell called "no-brainers," but which are not immediately in the works. The Ninth Ave. extension will cause the loss of one out of four traffic lanes on a lightly used area of the avenue.
Because of a painted bike lane currently on Grand St., the installation of a cycle track would not technically affect the number of traffic lanes, but it would prevent motorists from using bike space to "make two lanes out of one," as Benson put it. Ultimately, however, Benson expected that the cycle track could improve traffic flow on Grand St. by getting right-turning cars out of the traffic lane and decreasing the pressure to "make aggressive turns."
Cyclists have embraced the Ninth Ave. pilot project, saying it offers much better protection than current painted lanes such as those on Eighth Ave.
"I love it," said Rick Siegel, a neighborhood resident who was doing errands on his bicycle on Ninth Ave. last week. "They do have their lane on Eighth Ave., but it's not as protected."
The cycle track is such an improvement that many bikers, like neighborhood resident Robert Aberdeen, were biking uptown along it last week.
"I wish it was officially two ways," he said. "They have one on Eighth Ave. that I like, too, but even cop cars are parking in it, which frequently pushes you out into traffic."
The New York City cycle tracks are the first in the country, noted Ian Dutton, vice chairperson of C.B. 2's Traffic and Transportation Committee.
Grand St. 'roadblocks'
But while the approval process for the Eighth Ave. lane was very easy — "I was taken aback at the level of support and the lack of any concerns," said Dutton — slightly more opposition greeted the Grand St. plan.
"Grand St. is a very crowded street to begin with, and they're shrinking it down to one lane," said Lillian Tozzi, a car owner and longtime Little Italy resident.
"It's going to cause a lot of congestion," she said of the cycle track.
Ernest Lepore, owner of Ferrara Cafe on Grand St. near Mulberry St., expressed his worries about the congestion at the C.B. 2 committee hearing. He said Grand St. has been suffering since the bike lane was added a few years ago, decreasing the room for auto traffic.
"The reason Grand St. is failing is because it's not a one-lane street," he said.
He also complained about parking regulations that would go along with the bike lane, which would make the north side of Grand St. a commercial loading zone from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., and put trucks in front of his sidewalk cafe.
Still, a majority of the speakers at the Traffic and Transportation Committee hearing favored the Grand St. cycle track plan, although they worried that pedestrians would use the bike lane as an extended sidewalk and that too much parking would be lost.
To show that the lane is not pedestrian space, D.O.T. plans to paint the bike lane a distinctive green, something it has done on all bike lanes that are adjacent to sidewalks. As for parking, Benson pointed out that it would only be lost in the right-turn mixing zones, which amounted to four parking spaces every two blocks.
"I personally believe that this is going to be a huge benefit for the feeling of Grand St.," said Tobi Bergman, a Hudson Square resident, cyclist and C.B. 2 member.
The committee unanimously agreed to back the Grand St. cycle track, though Dutton said that, in their resolution, they would "underscore that it's a pilot program." C.B. 3's Traffic and Transportation Committee decided not to adopt any resolution on the Grand St. cycle track lane, given that only one block of it is located within C.B. 3.
Stronger opposition has emerged from businesses and organizations that feel that they have not been included in D.O.T.'s plans.
"I want to know why this proposal was not on my desk," demanded Ferrara Cafe's Lepore.
The Little Italy Merchants Association also said it was not informed about the plan.
Soho feels slighted
"We would support the lane, but why didn't they come to us four months ago?" asked Sean Sweeney, director of the Soho Alliance. "They don't have the slightest idea of how to handle the community."
Sweeney also felt D.O.T. previously bypassed the community in creating a bike lane on Prince St. instead of on Houston St., as C.B. 2 and the Soho Alliance had requested. He said he "constantly" receives complaints about the new Prince St. lane, which, he angrily noted, displaced 126 parking spaces, is often clogged with pedestrians, and, given its paint job, comprises a "big, stupid, green scar in the middle of a landmarked district."
Sweeney added that the Alliance had also lobbied to put the westbound lane on Broome St., given that it connects to Delancey St. and the Williamsburg Bridge, "but that makes sense, and D.O.T. doesn't really make sense."
D.O.T. explained that avoiding Houston St. would improve the biking experience by avoiding dangerous intersections, difficult left turns and buses, but Sweeney was unconvinced.
"Since the days of Robert Moses, D.O.T. has been autocratic," he said, noting that he found other city agencies much more manageable. "I'm not against bike lanes per se — just the way D.O.T. handles them."
Time for a change
C.B. 2 members, however, disagreed with Sweeney's characterization of D.O.T.
"The new commissioner has hit a new direction, and it includes the community significantly more," said Dutton, who called the department's outreach for the Eighth Ave. cycle track plan "incredibly good." "D.O.T. is trying some new and different things, and they seem to be willing to change," he said.
Florent Morellet, the longtime Meat Market restaurateur and a public member of C.B. 2's Traffic and Transportation Committee, agreed with Dutton.
"The last [D.O.T.] commissioner had no vision, and was obsessed by having traffic flow as smoothly and as fast as possible," said Morellet, an avid cyclist. "Now, we have a new commissioner."
The new bike lanes are part of D.O.T.'s Bicycle Network Extension plan, which will ultimately create 200 miles of new lanes. Dutton stressed that this initiative far surpasses previous efforts.
"D.O.T. used to throw in a little bit here and a little bit there," he said. "Now they're thinking about how we get bikers from where they want to start to where they want to finish."
T.A.'s Norvell said the improvements were clear.
"Cycling on Manhattan's West Side is getting much, much safer," he said, still noting that "the rest of New York City is crying out."
D.O.T.'s efforts have included the installation of some imperfect, but still welcome lanes, such as the one on Prince St. Because that lane is at curbside and painted green, bikers found it superior to typical lanes, although inferior to the cycle track.
"Cars aren't really a problem" on Prince St., said Caroline Golum, an employee of Bicycle Habitat bike shop in Soho. "It's painted green, so they get the idea. The big problem going down Prince St. is pedestrians. They see the bike lane as an extension of the sidewalk."
However drivers, like Tozzi, feel it's the cyclists who are the problem.
"I don't understand why bicyclists are having so much power in Lower Manhattan," she said, adding that cyclists should be regulated. "If the mayor really wants some additional revenue, then they should be licensed, inspected, insured, and they should obey the traffic laws, which they don't."
Other neighborhood residents, like Joan Kadushin of Washington St., also oppose the new lanes. Kadushin accused the Washington St. lane of increasing traffic congestion, although D.O.T.'s studies contradict her argument.
"Everybody got on the green bandwagon," Kadushin said. "It's a politicians' giveback to the neighborhood that isn't a giveback."
Fighting the car culture
To Morellet, this kind of attitude represents precisely what he feels needs to be fought in New York, a city that trails not just Europe but even cities like Bógota in terms of its pedestrian- and bike-friendliness. He was shocked to "see the West Village and Soho supposedly liberals fighting tooth and nail to keep their free parking" on Prince St. at bike lane hearings last year.
"We need to organize young people who do not have a feeling of entitlement about their cars," he said, "and young people don't come to community board meetings."
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A new working hypothesis on how bacterial blight develops in carrot-seed fields may help in finding improved management methods, say plant pathologists at Oregon State University.
Rhonda Simmons, Central Oregon Agricultural Research Station at Madras, described the findings during the annual meeting at Bakersfield of the California Fresh Carrot Research Advisory Board, which funds the studies.
The blight, caused by the several strains of Xanthomonas campestris, varies in intensity from one season to the next and can be controlled by hot water treatment of seed.
Although the treatment (soaking in water at 126 degrees F. for 25 minutes) neutralizes the bacteria, it also claims about 2 percent of the germination potential of the finished seed sold to carrot growers in California and across the U.S.
Research by OSU Plant Pathologists Fred Crowe and Simmons in recent years has led to some carrot-seed growers in the Pacific Northwest converting from sprinklers or furrows to drip irrigation to reduce losses from the blight, which is transmitted by splashing water.
However, their continuing studies focus on use of bactericides to protect fields, especially in seasons when rainfall is plentiful.
After trials during 2005-06, Crowe and Simmons reported that while antibacterial materials did not eradicate the disease, they did delay outbreaks until late in the season.
That, Simmons said, brought them to "a revised working hypothesis of how Xanthomonas develops in carrot seed fields."
The new hypothesis begins with disease distributed in limited amounts in the fall by either wind, equipment, animals, seed, or other means. The pathogen develops on surfaces of some leaves and may spread during the fall.
Then during late fall or winter, a small amount, perhaps 5 percent, of the plants develop internal infections. Most of the surface infections die off during the winter, and fall antibacterial sprays may help prevent further internal infections.
"By the time carrot plants resume re-growth in the spring, all or nearly all Xanthomonas bacteria in the field are harbored in a small proportion of internally-infested plants," Simmons says.
These bacteria cannot immediately move from plant to plant unless they are exposed by "undetermined events," such as wounding or insect feeding.
"As the spring and summer develop," Simmons says, "these undetermined events occur and some internally-located Xanthomonas does begin to spread among plants by typical means such as rain, sprinkler irrigation, plant to plant contact, or animals."
Eventually, in unsprayed fields, very high populations develop.
A difficulty in dealing with the disease is that the crop can tolerate a significant amount of the bacteria without showing symptoms, only to flare up to very high levels when conditions are optimum.
Few of the various species and strains of the bacterial group are tolerant to extreme cold, which usually also kills exposed carrot foliage.
"In Central Oregon," Simmons says, "we associate the worst Xanthomonas with earlier spring events such as hail and sudden, late-season frosts. Perhaps these are opening wounds that allow early and rapid epidemic spread."
Their treatments with a combination of Mankocide with Tanos showed promise for reducing overwintering infections that might have otherwise expanded with high rainfall or humidity later.
Becky Westerdahl, Extension nematologist at the University of California, Davis, brought the board up to date on her recent studies in management of root-knot nematodes, which with stubby root and needle species, are an important group of pests of carrot.
In her search during for alternatives in the wake of the loss of standard chemical nematicides, Westerdahl listed materials that showed promise in 2006 and are in further studies this year. They were evaluated with Telone II because it has historically demonstrated the most consistent nematode control.
Two trials were at the UC Shafter Research and Extension Center at Shafter and three were at the UC South Coast Research and Extension Center at Irvine.
The Valent microbial product, DiTera, is thought to work against nematodes by stopping feeding and egg production. Westerdahl said she has been working with the material for several years, with "variable but generally positive results."
Abamectin seed treatments are being developed by Syngenta for several crops, including carrots. The compound, currently marketed as a cotton seed treatment under the name Avicta, is produced from the soil micro-organism Streptomyces avermitils. It also has application in combating nematodes in veterinary medicine.
A contact nematicide, it interferes with nerve cells of the nematode and prevents feeding and reproduction. Westerdahl said it has been tested as a soil treatment, but as a seed coating it can move through the soil profile more readily.
The material is thought to be most effective in the first few weeks after planting before it degrades in the soil.
The product Quillaja 35% is an extract of the soap bark tree and is a widely used food additive to produce foam in soft drinks and also in shampoos.
As one of the emulsifying saponins, it is thought to move through the cuticle of the nematode, making for easier penetration by toxins. It may also prevent production of compounds required by nematodes for growth and development.
"In this year's trial at Shafter," Westerdahl says, "the DiTera + Quillaja treatment has a greater number of marketable carrots than the untreated."
Stoller USA has embarked on an approach of manipulating plant hormones to suppress nematode feeding on roots. Root Feed is intended to make roots more vigorous, increase disease resistance, enhance flowering, and promote even crop development.
Sugar Mover Plus, Westerdahl says, is designed to redirect the flow of sugars from the leaves to the fruiting parts of the plant and to promote more efficient conversion of nitrate nitrogen for possible reduction of excessive vegetative growth.
The plots at Shafter showed a treatment with a combination of Root Feed and Sugar Mover to have a weight of marketable carrots comparable to Telone II.
According to Westerdahl, even when nematode-resistant carrots are achieved, other control methods will still be needed. Continuous planting of resistant varieties has historically led to resistance-breaking races, so rotations with susceptible varieties will be advisable.
Furthermore, she noted, resistant varieties are likely to be developed only for root-knot nematode, whereas current chemical methods control all three major nematode pests of carrots.


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!!!! device memory allocation error (magma_dsyevd_gpu).
I've fixed it re-ordering the allocation statements but I am also getting an annoying :
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MKL ERROR: Parameter 12 was incorrect on entry to magma_dstedx
which I cannot identify the reason so far.
My questions are, have you ever come accross a similar situation? In which situations should I get those MKL erros on magma_dstedx? how much device memory should I allowed if I have a matrix A of size NxN?


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Trend Micro is one of those companies which sells those awful anti-virus tools you were almost forced to use back in dark and cold days of Windows XP, that dreadful operating system Microsoft used to sell before they finally released a decent operating system with Windows 7 (yes, I always disliked Windows XP with a passion - what gave it away?)
In recent times, however, Microsoft released the wonderfully lightweight and remarkably unobtrusive Microsoft Security Essentials, an anti-malware and anti-virus tool which runs on Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7. MSE always gets out of your way, has a small footprint, and you simply won't notice its there. It's so good, it has rendered those old, parasitic dinosaur programs from companies like Trend Micro obsolete.
And now, Microsoft has started offering MSE as an optional download via its optional Microsoft Update service. Note how Microsoft Update is a voluntary opt-in service whose sole function is to provide updates to more than just Windows (Office, for instance). In addition, MSE is not offered at all if another anti-virus tool (one of the crap ones) is already installed.
Trend Micro still went all boo-hoo to CNet, though. "Commercializing Windows Update to distribute other software applications raises significant questions about unfair competition," Carol Carpenter, general manager of the consumer and small business group at Trend Micro, told CNet, "Windows Update is a de facto extension of Windows, so to begin delivering software tied to updates has us concerned. Windows Update is not a choice for users, and we believe it should not be used this way."
This Trend Micro person doesn't have a clue what she's talking about, obviously. First, she fails to understand the difference between Microsoft Update (opt-in) and Windows Update (default). Second, she fails to mention the optional nature of MSE through Microsoft Update. Third, she fails to mention that if another security tool is already present, MSE will not be offered at all. Fourth, she works for a security vendor.
Of particular note here is that Trend Micro is currently in a software patent lawsuit with Barracuda Networks for its use of ClamAV; Trend Micro claims ClamAV violates one of its patents. In other words, not only is Trend Micro wrong, they're also a patent troll.


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Sunday, November 09, 2008
Kennedy's Debt
I don't want to sound too preachy here, but now would be a very good time to make a donation to help retire Kennedy's past debt. I did exactly that this morning.
Go here, if you're so inclined, with the full knowledge that 3/4 of any donation is a tax credit.
19 comments:
- tedhsu said...
Careful, that's 3/4 of a donation as a tax credit up to $400 per year in total donations to the party. If you donate over $400 (and please do if you can afford it!) to leadership candidates, the party, or local riding associations, the tax credit is a smaller fraction. See www.liberal.ca for full details.
- 8:48 AM, November 09, 2008
- Steve V said...
You can do the math on the calculator for the link, but yes you're right ted.
- 8:51 AM, November 09, 2008
- Jerry Prager said...
If I had any money I might do that.
It's funny though, after Kennedy's call for people to contact him, (and I did, twice) I still haven't even received an electronic thanks for responding to his request.
The local Libs had the same problem when I contacted them during the election, they took so long to get back to me that I found it disconcerting. (That may be because I was trying to reach Frank V directly, and not just the campaign.) One of the things I was amazed about in dealing with the local Greens was how quickly they got back to me about my emails: they wanted my vote. Obviously Obama's win was built using an extremely astute online communications strategy. The Libs would do well to emulate it, and if Kennedy wants our support, then someone in his camp should be saying thanks when anyone contacts them.
- 9:06 AM, November 09, 2008
- liberazzi said...
I am still undecided, but I might donate regardless, because we need GK's voice in this race.
- 10:03 AM, November 09, 2008
- Steve V said...
That's the thing, supporter or not, his presence is the race will be a positive. I hope you do :)
- 10:05 AM, November 09, 2008
- Antonio said...
I'm just happy some people see that paying down debt is important if you want to have a new competitive race.
- 10:52 AM, November 09, 2008
- Anonymous said...
We maxed out on campaign donations but will offer to volunteer and help that email backlog. Volunteering is hugely helpful so anyone that doesn't have money can offer time, skills, resources, expertise, whatever you've got!
- 12:01 PM, November 09, 2008
- burlivespipe said...
Done and done; the donation, i meant.
- 1:13 PM, November 09, 2008
- Anonymous said...
Strange thing about Kinsella. He keeps saying that the candidate he's going to support "knows how to balance the books".
If BCL is correct in his Iggy-speculation, when exactly did Iggy learn how to balance the books?
No, I think Kinsella is going with somebody else. Cauchon, would be my guess.
- 6:20 PM, November 09, 2008
- Steve V said...
""knows how to balance the books"."
Maybe Iggy can walk around a room, with all his novels on his head?
- 7:27 PM, November 09, 2008
- knb said...
Anon, Cauchon is a pretty good guess based on Kinsella's criteria, except for the 'bringing people together' requirement.
He was a fierce Chretien loyalist and made no bones about his position on Martin.
Heck, Gerard would fit his criteria except I wouldn't see Kinsella believing that he'd bring the party to the centre.
I think he'd be wrong in that assumption because Kennedy doesn't tend to fall for the old 'right vs left' argument.
To be honest, I don't care who WK supports, at this point I think Steve has the right idea and that is to retire Gerard's debt.
- 7:31 PM, November 09, 2008
- 900 ft Jesus said...
Kennedy looks best, someone I can actually gets excited about and want to support. Thanks for all the info steve v.
I like the way he stood with his party and leader while others were already making moves. Integrity matters. You've helped convince me.
- 8:20 PM, November 09, 2008
- liberazzi said...
Ok, I made a donation. I am leaning GK, but I think I will reserve judgement for awhile.
- 8:35 PM, November 09, 2008
- liberazzi said...
WK is an interesting character/read, but I do not think we should be ga ga over who he is picking.
- 8:41 PM, November 09, 2008
- Anonymous said...
"Maybe Iggy can walk around a room, with all his novels on his head?"
"WK is an interesting character/read, but I do not think we should be ga ga over who he is picking."
Correct. He is a legend, mostly in his own mind.
- 9:45 PM, November 09, 2008
- MississaugaPeter said...
jerry prager,
I will in advance apologize for Gerard for the failure of a response to your emails. I have been waiting for a response to one of my emails for over a week. THE TRUTH IS, GERARD RESPONDS TO HIS OWN EMAILS. Also, he is getting bombarded with phone calls while assessing his ability to mount a successful, grassroots campaign. Please be patient.
Re: 2006 leadership campaign response failures - there were some problems. If Gerard decides to run in the next 10 days, there will not be the same problems this time. I have been informed of some of the great, people-orientated, volunteers that have offered to work on Gerard's campaign. They are not slouches to listening and responding to every concern or question by any Liberal or potential Liberal in Canada. Others will have more money, and spend more money, but Gerard will have the best volunteer base of all the candidates.
And those donating, I am sure that you will be personally thanked for your generosity. But, please be patient.
- 9:50 PM, November 09, 2008
- Jerry Prager said...
For me Kennedy appears to be at the core of that part of me that I regard as the liberal solution to the three hundred and sixty year old problem of how to include the underclasses - the Diggers of Cromwell's day - in the Commonwealth.
The social gospel liberal theo-politicians of the old CCF almost got there first, but Mackenzie King through his grandfather Lyon Mackenzie channeled Scots common sense liberalism into Labour progressivism, and then Trudeau and Queen Elizabeth revolutionized the Dominion with the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Kennedy knows how to include the underclasses: cooperative commonwealth is the third way between state socialism and corporate socialism.
One thing Kinsella said is that he believes the election will be won because Libs will convince Canadians that Liberals will defend individual rights and conservatives will not.
My hope is that the Libs will make access to water a charter right here and around the world, my hope is that that issue will be used to distinguish Libs from Cons because the cons will side with corporate commodification a la Tom d'Aquino.
Kennedy has the character to win that battle.
- 9:59 PM, November 09, 2008
- Jerry Prager said...
It dawned on me that he must be answering them himself, which is when it also dawned on me that he really did dismantle his leadership team, to the point that he didn't even get a computer savvy friend/volunteer involved before he sent out his invitation.
He appears to speak truth as a first language.
- 10:06 PM, November 09, 2008
- Steve V said...
Good stuff :)
- 12:03 AM, November 10, 2008


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Brunswick Sheriff's Office has charged Richard Hugh Grissett
The God-loving image Richard Hugh Grissett puts forth on his Facebook page is in stark contrast to the one painted by law enforcement Tuesday of a violent convicted felon now charged in the beating death of an elderly woman.
Grissett, 51, on probation for a 2010 Brunswick County burglary, is charged with murder in the Nov. 12 killing of Linnie Mae Ward, 86.
The nine-time felon was arrested one-week to the day that police say he entered Ward's remote Gwynn Road home in Longwood with thievery on his mind, and instead came face to face with a woman who didn't go quietly.
Ward, mother of two and grandmother of 17, was a strong, independent woman, said Brunswick County Sheriff John Ingram.
When Grissett, whose criminal record shows a penchant for burglary and assaulting women, confronted Ward, an acquaintance, she put up a fight, the sheriff said.
"Evidence supports that Mr. Grissett entered the home and that robbery was possibly a motive. Once inside the home, a struggle ensued," Ingram said. "It was apparent that Mrs. Ward fought off Mr. Grissett, which ultimately resulted in her death."
The preliminary autopsy report indicates Ward died of strangulation and blunt force trauma to her face, he said.
"It's a tragic loss. Think of Mrs. Ward living for 86 years, and then to die as a result of something such as this, is just senseless," Ingram said.
Her son discovered her body the following day.
Ingram said evidence at the home, as well as tips from the community, led investigators to Grissett. He was arrested Monday after being questioned by detectives.
On Tuesday, investigators searched the home where he lives with family on Farm Loop Path in Shallotte. Among items recovered, said Ingram, was a .22 caliber rifle stolen from Ward's home.
Grissett's criminal record dates back to 1992 when he was first charged with larceny and breaking and entering, according to N.C. Department of Correction records. Other convictions include passing bad checks, receiving stolen goods, larceny of a motor vehicle, possession of drug paraphernalia, driving while intoxicated and a number of violations of restraining orders.
His last conviction was in July 2010, when he received three years probation in Brunswick County on charges of felony attempted larceny after breaking and entering and attempted breaking and entering.
Grissett's past must have occasionally been an issue among his friends. In a May Facebook posting he tried to set the record straight.
"No one knows me anymore," he wrote. "I am not the old drug head I used to be or drunk. Please preach what you know and not what you think."
Grissett is being held without bail.
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Saturday, April 14, 2012
Maybe Lightening don't strike in the same place
twice...But large gross painful BOILS do!!!
I can't sit down, I'm on powerful antibiotics.
I hope it explodes soon, I already missed 2 days of work.
I'm feverish, shaky, and miserable.
Hopefully I'll be back by Friday
This is NOT what I meant by a kick ass week-end
24 comments:
- Teresa said...
That sounds miserable. Hope you're over it soon.
- April 14, 2012 at 7:32:00 PM EDT
- lime said...
i'm so sorry you're suffering with this again. please take good care of yourself. get well soon.
- April 14, 2012 at 7:51:00 PM EDT
- Cloudia said...
just lay on your stomach and dream of someplace nice. Feel better soon!
Warm Aloha from Waikiki
Comfort Spiral
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- April 14, 2012 at 8:02:00 PM EDT
- Brian Miller said...
oh man....so sorry...i hope you are feeling better soon pops...
- April 14, 2012 at 8:03:00 PM EDT
- Christine said...
oh dear, that does sound like a pain in the ass, get better soon G!
- April 14, 2012 at 8:28:00 PM EDT
- PattiKen said...
Aw, feel better, G. You're supposed to be a pain in the ass, not have one.
- April 14, 2012 at 9:52:00 PM EDT
- A Daft Scots Lass said...
I watched a show called "that's impossible" last night about the use of weather warefare. Very interesting...
- April 15, 2012 at 2:42:00 AM EDT
- the walking man said...
OH MY GOD!!! I am sorry you're suffering brother but please NEVER put that imagery in my head.
I have a 24 inch masonry drill bit if you need that thing lanced, I'll lend it to your son.
- April 15, 2012 at 4:53:00 AM EDT
- Akelamalu said...
I remember suffering the same thing when I was about 15 - OUCH! Hope you're feeling better soon G. x
- April 15, 2012 at 6:48:00 AM EDT
- MorningAJ said...
Sounds to me like you're a little run down and need to give yourself a break. I know that won't be easy if you can't sit - but maybe some vacation time is called for? (And that doesn't mean travelling all over and getting stressed. It means pottering around in your garden/whatever.)
Take care of yourself. You're the only one you've got!
- April 15, 2012 at 7:35:00 AM EDT
- hope said...
Yikes! Feel better fast.
- April 15, 2012 at 9:36:00 AM EDT
- Jannie Funster said...
big hugs!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- April 15, 2012 at 11:32:00 AM EDT
- Craig said...
Ewwwww. . .
Hope yer bubble, uh, boil bursts soon. Major PITA, eh?
- April 15, 2012 at 12:55:00 PM EDT
- Myrna R. said...
I had to check on you after I learned you were sick. Soooo sorry you're still not feeling well.
If there is such a thing as a wish remedy, I'm sending it.
- April 15, 2012 at 4:00:00 PM EDT
- gab said...
That sucks hope it all comes out ok in the end! (sorry just had to...did it make you smile at least?)
- April 15, 2012 at 9:45:00 PM EDT
- Cindy said...
As a child, I had a boil on my knee. There was no pain like that...
- April 15, 2012 at 10:32:00 PM EDT
- izzy said...
Sorry to hear of your misery- be well soon!
- April 16, 2012 at 8:26:00 AM EDT
- moondustwriter said...
came by to see how you were fairing
obviously not that great as you are "postless"
Plz take care Mr G
- April 17, 2012 at 9:03:00 AM EDT
- Margaret said...
This can not be! WE NEED YOU :) Take care of yourself ... boils?! (we don't need photos :)
- April 17, 2012 at 7:05:00 PM EDT
- Jannie Funster said...
Just checking in again. Dropping off flowers and chicken soup to your sick room, as it were.
- April 17, 2012 at 7:47:00 PM EDT
- Secret Agent Woman said...
Yikes. Hope you're better soon.
- April 18, 2012 at 6:35:00 AM EDT
- Other Mary said...
Sorry :o(
- April 20, 2012 at 8:57:00 AM EDT
- Alice Audrey said...
Still not feeling well?! ((((((hugs)))))) Kick this cold's ass, G-man. We miss you.
- April 20, 2012 at 10:07:00 AM EDT
- Nimue said...
Please take care ! and Get well bloody sooon ! :D
*you are missed*
- April 20, 2012 at 11:29:00 AM EDT


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While the political winds seem to be propelling the first comprehensive immigration reform in more than a quarter-century, every day our broken immigration system takes a cruel and little-noticed toll on countless hardworking, law-abiding individuals and their families. On any given day, approximately 34,000 immigrants are behind bars and more than 1,000 are deported — often for minor, technical violations of laws that are too byzantine for all but the most seasoned immigration lawyers to understand.
A case in point is Bing Li, a 52-year-old Chinese journalist and photographer for Asian American Broadcasting who had been living and working in Maryland since 2000 until he was suddenly and unexpectedly arrested in his Gaithersburg home two months ago in front of his wife and teenage daughter.
Mr. Li, who had a valid work permit, was handcuffed and taken to a Virginia detention facility because he left the United States on Dec. 19 to visit his mother, who was dying of lung cancer in Nanjing, China. Mr. Li went through all the proper channels before his trip, obtaining the parole travel document from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) that he was told was necessary to temporarily leave the country. Unbeknownst to him, his petition for legal residency was officially denied the very day he departed, thus invalidating his travel document. The denial also exposes him to the possibility of removal proceedings. (When Mr. Li returned to the United States from China on New Year's Day, he was admitted by ICE — which was perhaps unaware of the denial of his residency petition — and issued an entry card that permitted one year of legal status.)
Over the nearly 13 years he has been in Maryland, Mr. Li has covered events ranging from the 2004 presidential election to choral concerts at the high school where his daughter is in a highly competitive international baccalaureate program. He was originally admitted on a B-1 tourist visa, had applied for a green card in 2007, and has paid federal and state taxes throughout his time in America. He had worked in the country for five years before he was able to send for his wife and daughter to join him, in 2005.
Since being incarcerated, Mr. Li has been allowed only 45 minutes a week to visit with his family by videoconference. His daughter, Jessica, said that he is a "strong man who doesn't like to complain, but my mom and I could see a lot of sadness and pain in his eyes." Last month, Mr. Li's mother died; he had not been allowed to call her from jail during the last weeks of her life.
The prosecution in Mr. Li's case contends that he is "a newly arrived alien," making him ineligible even for release on bond. At this point, the only options are to pursue a long, drawn-out legal challenge during which time Mr. Li will remain detained, or for Mr. Li to "self-deport," returning to a life of probable poverty in China because jobs would likely be hard to come by for a former advocate for greater political rights who is less than eight years shy of the country's mandatory retirement age. If Mr. Li leaves the country, his wife would have to accompany him, leaving his daughter an "orphan" — legally able to stay in the United States but forced to either live alone in their Maryland house or with friends.
Although there are certainly reasons to control the flow of immigrants to the United States and to punish those who commit crimes, much "immigration enforcement" creates unnecessary family tragedies and costs the nation dearly. In addition to lost productivity, wages and taxes from legal immigrant workers, it costs nearly $2 billion a year to put nearly 430,000 immigrants like Mr. Li behind bars, according to the Detention Watch Network. And this is just a fraction of the $18 billion a year spent on all immigration enforcement — a total that is greater than what is spent on the FBI, the Drug Enforcement Administration and all other federal law-enforcement agencies combined.
At a time when some nations, like Canada and Australia, are more welcoming to immigrants, particularly skilled workers like Mr. Li, the principal effects of America's current immigration policies are to hurt families and hurt the nation's economy. Recently, a conservative think tank, the American Action Forum, estimated that immigration reform that would enable more people like Mr. Li to contribute to the U.S. economy could boost gross domestic product by 1 percentage point a year, producing tax revenue that could reduce federal deficits by $2.5 trillion over a decade.
President Barack Obama has made immigration reform a signature issue, and a growing number of Republicans, buffeted by last year's election defeat, support reform — as do the business community, human-rights advocates and most Americans. A recent NBC/Wall Street Journal poll found that 54 percent of Americans back reforms that would offer undocumented immigrants a pathway to citizenship, a number that rises to 76 percent if the "pathway" included paying a fine and back taxes and submitting to a background check.
A bipartisan group of eight senators is seeking a super-majority in the Senate for an immigration reform bill, but hope for passage of such legislation is dimmed by those who are adamantly opposed to such a pathway to citizenship, denouncing it as "amnesty."
As Congress considers more humane and economically sound immigration policies, we need to call a halt to the criminalization of immigrants like Mr. Li. Imprisoning and possibly deporting such people destroys families and clouds America's historic claim to be a beacon of liberty and opportunity.
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It seems that Notice Software has gotten into some trouble with Google for publishing apps using copyrighted or trademarked logo's. Obviously SA is not one of those but nonetheless our app and every app created by Notice Software is gone; yanked off the market by Google. If you already have the SA app it will still function and update, however just make sure you don't uninstall it or you won't be able to get it back.
Ive found a new company that I'm working with now and hope to have a new app up by the end of the week (knock on wood). I'll keep everyone posted as to the progress. If it works like I hope, it will blow our current app out the water.As long as everything goes well you'll be able to:
Read all the latest Steelers news & forum topics
Listen to the latest podcasts from Blitzburgh Radio
Contact us right from the phone
View SA Downloads
View Steelers Bars
Post from the app right onto SA if you like!
and more!
I've begun creating it and so far so good. As soon as it's ready to go I'll be sure and let everyone know and we'll promote it.


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Powerball mania
Co-workers Martin Ho and Whitney McKedys buy their Powerball tickets at a Chicago 7-11 in hopes to win the $500 million. (José M. Osorio/Chicago Tribune)
Powerball lottery player kisses ticket for good luck
Tammy Stoll of Woodridge, and Robyn Teegerstrom of Bolingbrook, joke and say what they would do with the money while they each buy one Powerball ticket at the Convenient Food Mart, 8290 S. Janes Av., Woodridge, Weds., Nov. 28, 2012. (Chuck Berman, Chicago Tribune)
Powerball jackpot soaring along with ticket sales
The Powerball jackpot is soaring and tickets are selling at a record pace.
Record Powerball sales as jackpot skyrockets
The Powerball jackpot is soaring leading to record sales.
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