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AAA Campaign Aims to Pass Texting While Driving Bans in All 50 States by 2013; Together with Foundation Launches 'Heads Up Driving Week'
New AAA Research Shows Reduced Texting by Drivers After California Law Takes Effect
WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — AAA and the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety are launching new legislative and communications campaigns to reduce distracted driving and improve safety on our roadways. AAA today announced that the motor club will work to pass laws banning text messaging by drivers in all 50 states by 2013, citing strong public support for the laws, the danger of distracted driving, and new research by the Automobile Club of Southern California showing the impact of California's texting ban. AAA will join the Foundation to call on motorists to drive distraction-free for the week of October 5 – 11 as part of its inaugural Heads Up Driving Week: Try it for a week, do it for life.
"The new technologies that help us multitask in our everyday lives and increasingly popular social media sites present a hard-to-resist challenge to the typically safe driver," said AAA President and CEO Robert L. Darbelnet. "Enacting texting bans for drivers in all 50 states can halt the spread of this dangerous practice among motorists nationwide, and is a key legislative priority for AAA in state capitols."
Currently, 18 states and the District of Columbia have laws that address text messaging by all drivers. Two more states have laws that prohibit teens or other new drivers from texting while driving. Laws differ across the states and some have significant shortcomings, according to AAA.
"AAA will lobby nationwide to pass laws in states that lack them and improve existing laws against texting while driving," said Darbelnet. "We'll also continue our work through public education, driver training, and other safety programs to discourage motorists from engaging in the broad range of other distractions that tempt them while behind the wheel."
Recent high-profile texting crashes and a provocative PSA from the United Kingdom have brought the dangers of distracted driving, and texting while driving in particular, into the public spotlight. However, AAA Foundation research shows that approximately 1 in 5 U.S. drivers admit to texting while driving at least once in the last 30 days. Multiple surveys of the general public and AAA's membership show that 80 to 90 percent of Americans support texting bans. AAA is advocating for laws that make it illegal for drivers of all ages to send, write, or read a text message or e-mail while their vehicle is in motion.
AAA study shows in-vehicle texting by drivers drops following ban
The AAA legislative push to enact texting while driving bans is supported by new research released today by the Auto Club of Southern California showing that the texting while driving ban implemented in California in January 2009 appears to be reducing texting by drivers.
Prior to the California texting while driving ban, researchers observed 1.4 percent of drivers at any point in time in Orange County, Calif. were texting while driving. Following the law taking effect, just 0.4 percent of drivers were observed texting — a decline of about 70 percent overall. This indicates that banning texting while driving can potentially change driving behavior of motorists, reduce dangerous distracted driving, and improve safety.
"We are pleased to see that the frequency of texting while driving dropped after the texting ban went into effect in California," said Darbelnet. "We hope that this new data will help influence lawmakers in other states to take action and pass similar legislation banning texting while driving."
The popularity of texting has grown quickly over the past four years. According to the wireless industry trade association, CTIA, the number of monthly texting messages reached 110 billion at the end of 2008, a more than 11-fold increase in three years. Studies have shown texting while driving to be an extremely dangerous distraction for drivers due to the extended time drivers spend not looking at the road.
AAA Foundation encourages drivers to participate in Heads-Up Driving Week
The AAA Foundation and AAA call on all drivers to pledge their participation in Heads Up Driving Week spanning Monday, Oct. 5 through Sunday, Oct. 11. "We are asking everyone to rethink their driving behavior and take the first step toward becoming distraction-free by trying it for a week and then doing it for life," said AAA Foundation President and CEO Peter Kissinger. By participating, drivers vow to eliminate distractions behind the wheel and sign a pledge committing to distraction-free driving for Heads Up Driving Week and beyond. To sign the pledge, view 10 tips on how to eliminate distractions and learn the facts about distracted driving, visit AAAFoundation.org.
As North America's largest motoring and leisure travel organization, AAA provides more than 51 million members with travel, insurance, financial and automotive-related services. Since its founding in 1902, the not-for-profit, fully tax-paying AAA has been a leader and advocate for the safety and security of all travelers. AAA clubs can be visited on the Internet at AAA.com.
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Anna Watson, the state MP for the seat of Shellharbour in the Illawarra region, has apologised for incorrectly claiming $2,500 in payments.
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A major restructure of aero-medical services in New South Wales will see the Wollongong base included in a new super-region that also includes Sydney and Canberra.
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Gilles Simon capitalised on 52 unforced errors from David Ferrer on Sunday to upset the fourth seed 6-3, 3-6, 6-1, 6-3 in the US Open third round.
Simon is through to the round of 16 for the second time at Flushing Meadows (also 2011 – l. to Isner), while Ferrer suffered his earliest US Open exit since 2009 (l. to Acasuso 2nd Rd). It was just Simon's second win in seven meetings with Ferrer, who was a finalist at the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 in Cincinnati two weeks ago (l. to Federer).
"I feel it was one of the hardest days for me on the court because it was hot and it was so humid," said Simon. "I never sweated like this in the past ten years! To play David in these conditions is really demanding physically. At one point I was really tired. I felt it would be difficult. But then I had more energy and I felt he was in trouble. It's not very often that he and I are tired like this after just two hours."
The 29-year-old Simon will look to reach his first Grand Slam quarter-final since the 2009 Australian Open (l. to Nadal) when he takes on Marin Cilic. Coming into the US Open, the Frenchman had not won back-to-back matches since Wimbledon, where he reached the third round (l. to Djokovic).
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Cilic earned his spot in the fourth round with a 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 victory over Kevin Anderson, halting the South African's run of reaching the round of 16 at every major championship this year. Coached by Goran Ivanisevic, Cilic clinched his 298th tour-level victory as he converted six of his 20 break points and took advantage of 53 unforced errors from Anderson.
However, if he is to reach his third US Open quarter-final, Cilic will need to overturn a 0-4 FedEx ATP Head2Head record against Simon, which includes a five-set defeat at the Australian Open in January. The Croatian reached the last eight at Flushing Meadows in 2009 (I. to del Potro) and 2012 (l. to Murray).
The 25-year-old Cilic is looking to reach his second Grand Slam quarter-final in a row after reaching the last eight at Wimbledon (l. to Djokovic). His best major showing was reaching the semi-finals at the 2010 Australian Open (l. to Murray).
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I'm a seventeen-year-old girl and ten months ago, I was diagnosed with a light form of pseudologica fantasia, usually known as mythomania. The basis of this illness is an addiction to telling lies. I'm seeing a therapist for this and she's a very kind and competent woman, but she has warned me that this illness is usually hard to cure and there are few known cases where the therapy was actually able to get rid of the problem. I'm doing a better job at keeping it under control than I used to but the urge is still there. I just keep it under wraps and tackle the illness on my own, with the support of my nuclear family. The thing is, one of my friends has recently expressed a romantic interest in me, and I would very much like to get involved in a relationship with him, but this would mean disclosing my problem to him, because of course I'm not going to enter a relationship without telling the other person involved about this first.
I am almost 18. My long distance boyfriend is 22. I have decided he is the man I want to lose my virginity to. Seeing as he is 1500 miles away means that he is not going to be doing it anytime soon. However, I am going to where he lives for Thanksgiving and we are planning on doing it then. He is a very spiritual guy and has a strong feeling that I might get pregnant on the first time that we have sex. He thinks this due to the fact that I really want a baby and I always have. But I want one when I am married and able to support it and a family. I told him that the best that we can do is be safe and smart about sex and protection and if it happens it happens but I need some advice on what else to tell him. Could you help me? I also was wondering if you have any suggestions about what would be the best plan of action if I were to get pregnant? In my mind abortion is not an option for me. I asked him what we would do and he said that he would obviously support me with multiple jobs. we would get our own place. But we all know that things never go exactly how you plan them. What do I do to ease his worries and my own?
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On a cold wet and foggy day I visited the Red Fort in Delhi. A wasn't expecting much but the fog certainly provided great mystery to this wonderful fort.
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Graal (99132) 2011-11-24 0:01
Hello Pranil,
an interesting architecture of the fort. Amazing red colours. Nice view with the misty background. Pity that theme is a bit cuted in down.
Have a nice day.
dale54 (6683) 2011-11-24 3:05
pranil hi.very nice work,like the color of that brick.very nice light too! have a great day! dr
jhm (141973) 2011-11-25 4:52
Hello Pranil,
Red Fort in Delhi in the fog, nice atmosphere a little skooky between castle and sky.
This gives absolutely a nice image.
Wonderful panoramic image with a wonderful area.
Composition and presentation are very well. TFS.
Have a nice weekend,
bennyfunky (795) 2011-11-25 12:37
Very nice pictures, wonderful colors for this castle and I like the atmosphere with the fog.
Waylim (25368) 2011-11-27 11:16
Hi Chandra,
Excellent shot consider the haze and fog in the air, you manage a very nice clarity and deep tone, especially the foreground. Love the rich deep red and the green grass. I like the fog that slowly fading out the landscape. I like the simple frame style, very elegant and classy. Perhaps you can consider a lighter shade of gray frame around the photo, the top seem to disappear into the white. Just a matter of taste I guess.
speedymanu (3587) 2012-04-16 14:16
Hello Pranil,
indeed the fog adds a mysterious touch to this fort. Your framing also accentuates the majesty, the menacing feeling of this building. Thanks for sharing,
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...Brisbane athletes have long sought the return of the epic Southbank criterium and Surfers Paradise criterium and the Brisbane Blast is a sustainable longer term strategy to bring the focus of racing into the heart of this very fine city.
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To any TW testers who have played with both...what are the pros and cons of the Radical IG MP vs. the Radical IG Pro. I know the only real difference in spec is string pattern, but are there any other differences in feel? Which do you prefer and why? Thanks!
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I've used both as my main racquet (just switched to the Pro about 2 months ago after using the MP for almost a year), and they feel very similar. Besides the difference in string pattern, which you already know about, the Pro is heavier to swing and will therefore also get you more power. It also generates a nice amount of spin due to the open pattern, which I am enjoying. I noticed that it was much harder to hit it deep with the MP, and that I can get better depth more easily with the Pro. However, if you have the power, the MP will give you a tad more control, even though I am not finding a problem with the Pro either since I am more of a control oriented player (hence my switch).
The additional weight for the Pro also helps on the serve if you can come through just as quickly, as the Pro is a nice serving racquet. I've heard others compare it to the PDR on the serve.
As far as comfort goes, both are very comfortable racquets with pretty much identical feel as far as I'm concerned (accounting for string pattern differences). If you really wanted the MP but at the weight of the Pro, you could easily modify it with lead and get it to play very similarly at a similar weight with the denser string pattern that you want.
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|Key Info
Mbali is a uniquely designed African thatched house with a sophisticated game lodge feel having extremely spacious indoor and outdoor living areas of 860 sq.m / 9,250 sq ft. previously featured in both "Top Billing's " South African TV show and magazine.
The house sleeps 10 and is luxuriously appointed with 5 large en-suite bedrooms, with balconies and satellite TV 4 of the bedrooms are situated in two wings of the main house the 5th bedroom is in the separate annexe which also has an indoor cinema lounge. The property with 14 metre horizon swimming pool and terraced ponds offers uninterrupted views over the indigenous forest and the Indian Ocean and is situated in the private nature reserve of Pezula Private Estate (previous winner of the world's Best Luxury Development award).
Pezula Estate offers peace, quiet and total unobtrusive security within a gated, fenced and patrolled estate.
The luxurious Conrad Hilton Pezula Hotel and Spa, The Pezula Championship Golf course, Noetzie Beach and Knysna town with lagoon, marina, numerous restaurants, shopping and activities are a few minutes drive away. George airport is reached in 45 minutes by car.
|Sleeps up to 10, 5 bedrooms
|Check in time:
|Check out time:
|Nearest beach
|Noeztie 2 km
|Will consider
|Corporate bookings, House swap, Long term lets (over 1 month)
|Car essential
|Nearest Amenities
|3 km
|Nearest travel links
|Nearest airport: George Airport 50 km
|Family friendly
|Great for children of all ages
|No pets allowed, No smoking at this property
|Log fire, Internet access, DVD player, Sea view
|Private outdoor pool (unheated)
|Central heating, TV, Video player, CD player, Safe, Satellite TV, Wi-Fi available
|Kettle, Toaster, Iron, Hair dryer
|Clothes dryer, Dishwasher, Cooker, Microwave, Fridge, Freezer, Washing machine
|5 bedrooms, 7 bathrooms of which 2 Family bathrooms and 5 En suites
|Double beds (3), Single beds (4), Cots (1), Dining seats for 14, Lounge seats for 12
|Linen provided, Towels provided
|Private outdoor pool (unheated), Balcony or terrace, Private garden, BBQ
|Secure parking
|Further details indoors
The bedrooms have king size beds or twins which can be made up as king size if needed. Cots can be provided. Own cellular phones should be relied upon. Smoking is not allowed in the property. The house is managed by an excellent concierge service. Rates include an opening and closing clean , laundry costs and maid one day a week, for tenancies of 7 days or longer maid service is included except on Sundays and Bank Holidays. A list of catering services can be provided on request.
|Further details
Tennis courts , a golf driving range , canoeing on Noetzie river and horse riding are available on the estate and can be booked through the hotel.Children are welcome but the pool is not covered or fenced.
A very picturesque area situated along the Garden Route with a beautiful lagoon which opens onto the Indian Ocean. Distinctive areas such as the famous Heads with restaurants alongside the lagoon and Leisure Isle and Thesen Islands providing a wide choice of shops, restaurants and leisure facilities.
The house is situated on the award winning Pezula Private Estate with breath taking scenery, spectacular views of the Indian Ocean and the indigenous forest and where you watch a wonderful variety of buck and birdlife from the balconies and verandhas. The estate offers residents every aspect of luxury living with outstanding amenities and total security within a gated community. The stunning Noetzie beach is a 5 minute drive away and the Conrad Pezula Hotel offering spa and restaurant facilities is located immediately next to The Pezula Golf Course next door to the Private Estate.
Famous for its temperate climate and wide range of activities and amenities and the well known Oyster festival in July.
Activities include Championship golf course and range, road and mountain biking, watersports sailing, diving in the lagoon,whale watching, deep sea fishing hiking, riding, tennis. Numerous places of interest within a half hour drive such as Storms River,Natures Valley, Knysna Elephant Park, Plettenburg Game Park, Monkey Land, Bird Land. Further afield is Shamwari game reserve and Addo Elephant Park, Cango Caves and The Ostrich Farms at Oudtshoorn.


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LOS ANGELES -- Michael Roll never seemed like the kind of player who'd rally his UCLA teammates in the locker room and tell them to hop on his back and shoulders.
For the past three seasons, he had been role player, a quiet, workmanlike guard who clocked in at the scorer's table and jogged on the floor to hit a few threes and give the Bruin starters a water break.
But that's what is remarkable about Roll. This season he has appeared to be much more than he seemed. Oddly enough, he has been even more than he dreamed.
"I definitely didn't see myself carrying a team," said Roll, a fifth-year senior out of Aliso Niguel High. "I knew my role was going to be to step up this year with all the young players coming in, but I didn't expect this."
So, Roll, who for so long had measured his playing time in single digits, has had to become the Bruin logging the longest and most laboring shifts.
"He has been the most consistent guy on the team ..." said Bruin coach Ben Howland. "I've had to play him too many minutes."
In nine starts this season, he has averaged the most minutes (34.8), most points (14.0) and most assists (4.0). That's double the minutes, double the points and more than double the assists from last season.
In preparation for his final college season, the 6-foot-5, 200-pound wing guard conditioned himself in the offseason to handle the heavier work load: two-a-day basketball workouts, ball-handling drills, 500 shots a day and daily weight-room sessions devoted to strengthening his legs and back.
"I knew I was going to be taking more shots," he said. "I wanted to be ready."
It's the part outside of the shooting and defending that has had to come on the fly. He had to become a leader, which is something he watched others do on past Bruin teams that were stacked with veterans and returning starters.
But with this season's Bruin roster of six freshmen and six sophomores and an unsettling 3-6 start, the once-reserved reserve can't hide.
It takes steeled courage to jump to front and center and become the blond, broad-shoulder and sometimes brooding figure of the UCLA basketball team. Roll has done that.
He has praised his teammates' improvements after victories and taken the hot seat behind the post-game news conference microphone after several sobering defeats.
This hasn't been easy in a season in which the Bruins have opened with the worst mark since 1945-1946. The frustration – you could see the tension in his forehead – hits him hard.
In this past Saturday's 72-54 loss to Mississippi State at the Wooden Classic at the Honda Center, Roll yelled after striking back-iron on a three-point attempt. It wasn't a oh-no-I-missed shout but a primal exclamation of dissatisfaction and annoyance.


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Model T Ford Operation
Operating a Model-T is pretty unconventional compared to both modern cars, and even cars of the same era. I have heard that certain municipalities even went so far as to issue two separate drivers licenses: one for Model-T's and another for everything else.
This car is basically stock, but it does have a Ruckstell rear axle. The Ruckstell was a popular accessory way back then that added a two-speed gearset to the rear end. Basically, by pushing the Ruckstell shifter forwards, you could select a straight-through gear. By pulling the Ruckstell shifter backwards, you could select a reduction gear. See here for a complete description of how to use a Ruckstell.
The throttle on a Model-T is a small lever on the right behind the steering wheel. The left-hand lever behind the steering wheel lever controls the spark advance. Modern cars have been taking care of their own spark advance since the 1930's, but by the end of its manufacturing run, the Model-T was ancient technology even in its own time.
A Model-T is a pretty simple beast. There is no speedometer, no odometer, no gas gauge, no engine temp, and definitely no 'check engine' light. The lone gauge is an ammeter to tell you if the battery is being charged or discharged. In the picture below, you can see the bottom of the gas tank as it sits behind the dash, on top of your legs, and just in front of the [aptly-named] firewall. There were no lawyers involved in the design of this car, to be sure.
The small rotary control on the left side of the dash adjusts the carb mixture when rotated, and activates the choke when pulled. The Ruckstell shifter is on the right with the knob on it. The high-gear/parking brake lever is on the left.
Starting Drill
Although Model-T's got electric starters at some point in their manufacturing history, everyone knows that electric starters are for sissies. They have a crank on the front for a reason, and that reason is to be able to start it in style. The process for starting a 1927 model in style would be:
- Make sure the parking brake is set.
- Make sure the fuel petcock valve is turned 'ON' under the hood.
- Make sure the Ignition switch is set to 'OFF'.
- Set the spark retard lever to full retard (all the way up).
- Set the throttle lever to give the engine a bit of throttle.
- Adjust the mixture control on the dash. For the Holley Hot-Plate Vaporizer carb on our '27 model, that would be about 3/4 of a turn from fully closed. Maybe a touch less than that.
- Go around to the front of the car.
- With your left hand, pull the choke wire.
- Grab the crank with your right hand, then shove the crank handle in towards the engine at about the 3 o'clock position. Make sure that the handle catches on the pin in the crankshaft.
- Spin the engine a couple of rotations. This gets the intake manifold primed and reminds the engine which way it is supposed to be turning.
- Turn the ignition switch to 'Bat'. This means that the coils will be driven by the battery. Your other choice would be 'Mag' or magneto. The fact of the matter is that most of the old magnets used by the magneto circuit are demagnetized to the point that it is pretty darn hard to spin the engine fast enough in the next step to generate enough magneto power to get sparks out of the coils.
- Grab the crank with your right hand, making sure to wrap your thumb on the same side of the handle as all the rest of your fingers. That way, if the engine kicks back while cranking, it will tend to throw your hand off the crank handle instead of breaking your thumb as it throws your hand off the crank handle.
- This time engage the crank into the crankshaft at the 9 o'clock position.
- Give a nice smooth pull on the crank handle, lifting it up to the 12 o'clock position.
- In a perfect world, the engine will start right up.
- If not, try a couple more times.
- For stubborn engines, you can engage the crank at 3 o'clock, and crank it down through 6 o'clock and back up to 12 o'clock in one smooth motion.
- For extremely stubborn engines, turn the ignition 'OFF', start cranking at the 3 o'clock position, but keep going at the 12 o'clock position and start the engine spinning. Once you have the engine spinning, get your accomplice to switch on the ignition to 'BAT'. That should do it.
- Once the engine catches, it will start racing. Run back to the driver's side, reach in and advance the spark, and then move the throttle back to idle.
Done! Wait for the engine to warm up a bit and get ready to face the true test: operating a Model-T transmission.
The transmission on a Model-T is a strange and peculiar beast. It is a two-speed affair where the two speeds correspond to really-really low, and really-really high. In fact, it is pretty much like a 4-speed transmission that is missing 2nd and 3rd gear. Basically, you rev the heck out of the engine in 1st gear, and then lug the heck out of it as you shift it into 2nd gear. It was a lame enough situation that plenty of aftermarket manufacturers built entire accessory transmissions for the car.
In a Model-T equipped with a Ruckstell 2-speed rear end, things are even more complex. A Ruckstell driver is faced with three floor-mounted pedals, two floor-mounted hand levers (left and right), and two levers behind the steering wheel (left and right). There is no gas pedal.
As for the pedals, the pedal on the left is for low gear. The pedal in the middle is reverse, and the pedal on the right is the brake. The pedals are clutches, but they operate backwards to a modern car clutch. What that means is that to engage low gear, you push the low gear pedal forward and hold it there. Same for reverse: push and keep pushing for as long as you need to reverse. The brake operates like a standard brake which means that at least one thing will be familiar to a modern car driver.
To select high gear requires using the low gear pedal and the hand lever on the left. Basically, it goes like this:
- When the left floor lever is pulled all the way back, the parking brake is applied. To get moving, you move the left floor lever to its straight up-and-down position. This is neutral, with the handbrake released.
- Using the throttle lever on the steering wheel, give the engine some gas.
- Push down on the low gear pedal, and the car will take off in first gear.
- While holding the engine in first gear, move the left floor lever all the way forward.
- Carefully release your foot pressure on the low-gear pedal. As your foot comes up, the engine goes into neutral.
- Keep lifting your foot. Now you will find that the low-gear pedal acts like a modern clutch: as you continue to release pressure on the pedal, the high-gear clutched is engaged.
The low gear pedal is more like a two-way clutch: in the middle is neutral, forward engages low-gear, and backwards engages high-gear. When pulled back half-way or more, the left hand parking brake lever keeps the high-gear clutch from engaging by not letting the pedal move backwards.
With a Ruckstell, you can effectively get 4 gears out of the drive train: really-really low, really low, medium high, and really high. The process is a bit involved though:
- With parking brake applied, pull the Ruckstell shifter (right hand floor lever) back to engage low gear in the rear end
- Step on Low gear pedal. This gives you low-low gear (1st)
- Release the low-gear pedal back to neutral
- Push the Ruckstell shifter forward to engage high gear in the rear end
- Push the low gear pedal forward again to engage low-high gear (2nd)
- Still holding the log gear pedal down, move left hand lever all the way forward
- Release low gear pedal to its neutral position
- Holding the low gear pedal in neutral, pull the Ruckstell shifter back into low range again
- Let the low gear pedal out to engage high-low gear (3rd)
- Push the low-gear pedal to its neutral (middle) position
- Push the Ruckstell shifter forward to its high gear position
- Release the low gear pedal to engage high-high gear (4th)
It involves a lot of hand and footwork (especially going from 2nd to 3rd), but the results are worth the effort. The new 'medium high' 3rd gear is the important one, especially when you consider that the engine only develops about 8 horsepower. The new gear lets you get up lots of hills that would otherwise have a non-Ruckstell car down in 1st gear.
It will be worth it in the end.


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OUTER BANKS, NC -- Some business owners in the Outer Banks of North Carolina are hopeful for an influx of visitors this holiday weekend despite an impending tropical storm.
Forecasters say Tropical Storm Arthur will pass by Cape Hatteras sometime Friday morning, with the possibility of becoming a category 1 hurricane.
Meghan Sawyer of Logan's Ice Cream in Kill Devil Hills said she doesn't expect Arthur to deter people from visiting the Outer Banks, but worries her customers may stay indoors.
'We get a lot of money this week and then weeks after this it'll stay pretty busy,' said Sawyer. 'We'll prepare for that fact that it's not going to be busy, because if it rains people are just going to stay in their cottages and not come out.'
Like many businesses in the area, Sawyer is still hoping for a huge boost in the local economy during the holiday weekend.
Amory Jones of Kitty Hawk Kites said they depend on the 4th of July sales to keep their business afloat.
'A lot of businesses close down here during the winter. So, we do depend on a huge influx of people coming down here for the 4th of July,' said Jones.
Both businesses are monitoring the weather conditions closely.
'Storm systems move really quickly throughout the Outer Banks. It could be stormy one hour and nice one hour. But we just make people aware of safety and possible evacuations plans,' said Jones.
One event in the Outer Banks has already been rescheduled ahead of Tropical Storm Arthur. Cape Hatteras: July 4th Celebration in Avon is rescheduled for Monday, July 7.
'Due to the weekend turnovers with visitors coming to the island, a decision was made to postpone the fireworks show to Monday, July 7th to ensure that all residents and guests have ample time to prepare a proper celebration of Independence Day, complete with fireworks display, as planned,' organizers wrote on their facebook page Tuesday.


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Question: What do geeks and Girl Scouts have in common?
Hint: It ain't just cookies anymore!
Folks in techtopia may not be racing to walk an old lady across the street, but they are getting a little "badge crazy" in an http way.
The badge-mania that afflicted Laura Lippay (of Yahoo!'s Search Engine Optimization group) led her to organize an internal Yahoo! Badge & Web Widget Summit this week. Eighteen presenters and nearly 120 Yahoos (not counting those who opted for the webcast) showed up for an all-day badge bonanza. A "web widget" or "badge" goes by plenty of other names, but despite jargon overload, Yahoos are excited about the opportunities badging presents to increase traffic to Yahoo! sites, as well as get great content to sites off-network.
Here's a list of projects discussed at the Summit that caught my low-tech fancy. Some are Yahoo! services, some are not.
- Trick out with Yahoo!. Yahoo! Finance already got into the badge biz a year ago, with charts, tickers, and headlines direct from Yahoo! Finance for publishers to put in blogs or websites. Others joined the fray, including Yahoo! Answers and Yahoo! News.
- Blogs + Widgets = Blidgets. Why not make my entire blog a web widget for others to post on their blogs? Widgetbox lets me do just that for free – and throws in a metrics dashboard to boot.
- Facebook. They've been making fierce headlines for the past two weeks after introducing the new Facebook platform, which lets developers create fun applications for users. Now I can add a Flickr stream to my profile!
- Badges for Widgets? There are already thousands of Yahoo! Widgets to choose from in the gallery, and now the team behind those desktop widgets lets us create badges directly from favorites to post on web sites.
- Can't roll your own? Pay Clearspring to make 'em for you. Check out what they did for the NBA: web widgets that are easy to grab and share. Here's Kobe!
Feel free to leave a comment with your own top picks … after all, it's the "Year of the Widget."


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The government surveillance efforts unveiled by Edward Snowden have made Americans less trustful, which is beginning to hinder unrelated data collection efforts.
Revelations about data breaches and security gaps have made the public more hesitant about providing sensitive data to federal agencies, and demands for greater security could result in needlessly higher costs, according to attendees at a public/private association forum on Jan. 28.
Federal attendees in group discussions at the ACT-IAC's 2014 Cybersecurity Forum in Washington said former NSA contractor Edward Snowden's leaks have made their jobs collecting and protecting data from the public even more challenging. ACT-IAC is a public/private association that works to improve federal IT.
One attendee said that in light of the Snowden affair that exposed the government's wide surveillance reach, the public may be reluctant to hand over personal information to the government for legitimate uses.
To reassure the public, some attendees said federal agencies collecting and using data to provide public services might put in place excessive security measures, such as encrypting communications links that don't actually transmit private data, resulting in higher costs.
Forum keynote speaker Peter Miller, chief privacy officer at the Federal Trade Commission, recommended that federal agencies charged with collecting and sharing data gathered from the public give some thought to security details long before IT projects begin. Privacy protection, he said, is not a single item on an agency's punch list -- it requires a holistic approach that must be started at the project's planning stages and continued even after the project ends.
Privacy protection by the government has the potential to become a business value for federal agencies, just like it is for innovative private companies that tout their ability to more securely gather and store consumer data. "Building privacy protections can seem clunky, but done right it can be a feature," Miller said.
On that score, federal agencies might be a bit ahead of the game. Projects such as FedRAMP, the White House's Digital Government Strategy and other federal cybersecurity efforts provide common ground for agencies in an increasingly confusing data security environment. Private industry, he said, does not really have a uniform approach and protections can vary widely.
"FedRAMP could make it easier [for federal agencies] because they don't have to do everything" when it comes to implementing privacy and security measures, Miller said.
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I sell my jewelry designs at our local Farmer's and Artisan's market and consign at a local shop. Here are some pictures of past and present designs:
They're beautiful! The first and second are my absolute favorites.
I like all of them but the bottom one is my favorite.
Thank you for your kind words. Here are a few more recent designs:
I'm seeing some of your prices, and I think you are undervaluing yourself! Your creations are lovely, and I know you put a lot of thought and labor into them. You might want to revise some of them upward.
That being said, I want the rose one! I want the rose one!
And some more....
Can I have the one that looks like faceted sapphires? Pleeeeeeeeeeease?(lol)
I like the brown one, too, that has the Tribbles on it. I like Tribbles!
They are gorgeous!! :)
Val, which one do you mean...faceted sapphires? Oh, and the "tribbles" , funny. I always wanted a tribble, that was my favorite episode.
The tribble beads are needle felted beads that I made last winter during my winter hibernation (me and the bears, except the bears don't come out of hibernation to go to the store like me). :)
Every winter, I do a craft that is not jewelry making, it can be bead related, like the needle felted ones, or once it was rolled paper beads, or fused glass pendants, but it usually is quite different. A few years back I crocheted over a hundred market bags, and last winter it was crocheted catnip mice. This year it will be patchwork pocket scarves, silk scarves, some up cycled plant pockets and other sewing projects. I bought a large lot (5lbs) of kimono silk, and some sari silk, so I need to get the creative juices flowing. What fun!
doing other crafts keeps me from getting burnt out on the jewelry making during the long cold winter with too much snow ( I'm not a big snow fan since I don't ski, snowshoe, snow machine or other outdoor stuff). If I didn't have to go to the store, the post office (no mail delivery in our town), or the bus stop, then I wouldn't leave the house. :)
Thank you Gopika, I would like to see more of your jewelry, you do a great job!
Well, one of your pictures had a part of a necklace in it with graduated faceted rounds(or rondelles?) separated by gold spacer beads, and they looked like sapphires to me. I'm nutsola about blue sapphires because they are my birthstone.
I always wanted a Tribble, too! That's also one of my favorite eppys, my absolute favorite being "Shore Leave."
I'm learning how to do soap making, too, which is qiute practical. At last! Someone else who hates winter as much as I do! If I didn't have to do any of that stuff(except the bus part(fortunately, I have a car), I wouldn't go out either! I get sick and tired of subzero weather, and snow up to my eyeballs. We got off easy last year, which is why I'm scared to death we're really gonna get wailed on this year. I need to go find myself a nice little tropical island.
Ugh! I too fear what snow amounts we will get this year....I hope it's not like a few years back when we had walls of snow on the sides of our drive.
I had to chuckle when I saw that you thought I took public transportation, where we live its not possible, what I meant was the school bus stop to drop off (in the dark I might add) and pick up my two teens.
Oooops! Sorry!
Yeah, that looks like my back yard a couple of winters ago. My Westies like it, though. Zoe likes to dig tunnels through the snow. So does Mac. I see you're rural, like I am. Hopefully, if my brother doesn't go to FL for Christmas with his in-laws, we'll go to Virginia for Christmas and get away from all this nonsense.
Ha ha, rural is an understatement, it's 20 minutes to the grocery store and Walmart, which by the way is the only large retailer around.
By the way, the necklace you like is made of blue goldstone and copper.
Fortunately, we have a small grocery store just down the road apiece. Wally World is about a 12-15 minute drive, depending on traffic. Most of our shopping centers are. Fortunately, Schwan's delivers out here, so I get a lot of my food from them. It might cost a bit more, but it more than makes up for the gas I have to use to go to town, and the less I drive, the better. They don't just deliver ice cream, y'know. Their frozen foods are excellent!
Did I mention there's an observatory about 3 mi. from where I live? Their telescope is AWESOME!!!!! I love astronomy.
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Fortune Pandiyan Hotel - Madurai
Race Course - Madurai
Welcome to Fortune Pandiyan Hotel!
Enjoy a spot of lunch or an evening meal at this 3 star Madurai hotel's restaurant where you're sure to find something to suit your taste. You can find a fitness center on site so you will be able to take some time out to de-stress. Don't forget your swimming goggles and swimsuit as this hotel features an outdoor pool. Guests wishing to relax with a drink will surely want to visit the bar/lounge.
Guests can make use of the free Wi-Fi. Planning a meeting? This hotel has a conference center, as well as a business center. The reception also has a safe deposit box should you need to lock away any valuables during your stay. Other amenities include a garden and concierge services.
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A free buffet breakfast is served each morning.
Facilities at Fortune Pandiyan Hotel
- Business Center
- Conference room
- Bar
- Restaurant/Dining
- Gym
- Outdoor swimming pool
- Internet/Email services
- Front desk - safety deposit box
- Front desk - 24 hour
- Concierge
- Garden
- Free parking
- Shuttle service from and/or to the airport
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Check-in: after noon.
Check-out: before noon.
To register at this property, guests who are Indian citizens must provide a valid photo identity card issued by the Government of India; guests who are foreign nationals must present a valid passport and visa.
PolicyExtra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
City tax and/or any other fees charged by the hotel
The following fees and deposits are charged by the property at time of service, check-in, or check-out.
- Airport shuttle fee: INR 800 per vehicle (one way)
- Rollaway bed fee: INR 500 per night
The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.
You'll be asked to pay the following charges at the hotel:
- Christmas Eve (24 December) Gala Dinner per adult: INR 1000
- Christmas Day (25 December) Gala Dinner per adult: INR 1000
- New Year's Eve (31 December) Gala Dinner per adult: INR 2750
- New Year's Day (1 January) Gala Dinner per adult: INR 1000
We have included all charges provided to us by the property. However, charges can vary, for example, based on length of stay or the room you book.
Room Details
Fortune Pandiyan Hotel has 57 guest rooms. Cable TV channels offer entertainment at the end of a busy day. Corporate travelers visiting the Madurai area will benefit from free wireless high-speed Internet access as well as safes.
Every room comes with an ensuite bathroom. Minibars and coffee/tea makers are supplied in each room to facilitate basic travel needs.
Accommodation Services
- Mini bar
- Coffee and tea maker
- Cable TV
- Safe
- Wireless Internet access
Distances from Fortune Pandiyan HotelMeenakshi Amman Temple - 3 km / 1.9 mi
Thirumalai Nayak Palace - 3.1 km / 1.9 mi
Vandiyur Mariamman Teppakulam - 3.3 km / 2.1 mi
The preferred airport for Fortune Pandiyan Hotel is Madurai (IXM) - 12.5 km / 7.8 mi.
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Distances are displayed to the nearest 0.1 km and mile.
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- Free parking
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Breckenridge's Tubbs among OU's all-time greats
Sports smorgasbord, while wondering whatever happened to former Rotan High and University of Texas football player Fred Acorn:
Do you know just how good a football player Jerry Tubbs, the Buckaroo from Breckenridge, was at the University of Oklahoma? A good idea comes from the all-time Sooner football team as voted by readers in the Dallas newspaper.
He was picked as a first team offensive lineman (center) and also at linebacker. No other player was picked both ways. He played three years on undefeated teams, was all-America and went on to play outstanding for the Dallas Cowboys.
The only other area player on the mythical team was quarterback Jack Mildren of Cooper, who was outstanding in one of the Sooners' most exciting games, a late loss to Nebraska for the Big 8 Conference championship.
Jack not only was a good passer, but he ran for many a yard during his career. He later became Lt. Governor of Oklahoma after a short pro career.
Both are deceased, and are in the Big Country Sports Hall of Fame ….
Ring thing at Texas Tech
When Texas Tech opens its football season on Sept. 1 against Northwestern State, three legends will be added to the Red Raiders' Ring of Honor.
They are running back Donny Anderson, linebacker E.J. Holub and receiver David Parks, the former Abilene High standout.
All three are in the College Football Hall of Fame and they are the only Red Raiders to have their jerseys retired.
Parks was the No. 1 selection in the 1964 pro football draft, Anderson went on to play on one of Green Bay's Super Bowl championship teams, while Holub was a standout for the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl champs and the Dallas Texans. He probably holds the record for the most knee surgeries (more than 15) and has Big Country ties as he is married to Sandy Parmer Ireland, who is the mother of former Cooper kicker Jeff Ireland, now the general manager of the Miami Dolphins.
All three are on the all-time Texas Tech football team as voted by Dallas readers and Parks also is in the Big Country Sports Hall of Fame ….
Pachall preseason pick
Texas Football magazine has picked TCU's Casey Pachall, the junior from Brownwood, as their preseason All-Texas College team offensive player of the year and also the best quarterback in the state.
No surprise because he took over as Andy Dalton's replacement and directed the Horned Frogs to the Mountain West Conference championship and an 11-2 record which includes a win over Louisiana Tech in the Poinsetta Bowl.
Kenny Vacarro, an Early High graduate and Brownwood now at the University of Texas, was voted defensive player of the year and the best defensive back.
Named to the second team were wide receiver Jaxon Shipley of Brownwood and UT and defensive back Cody Davis of Stephenville and Texas Tech ….
Class act
Congratulations to Coleman hurdler Mary Ethridge,Kaitlyn Levit of Early, weight person Zoie Walker of Cross Plains and Eula pole vaulter Brandon Gill for making the State Farm Texas Scholar Award list for 2012. They were the only area athletes honored ….
MSU No. 1 in LSC
Midwestern State got the nod over ACU to win the Lone Star Conference title this year, while Texas A&M linebacker Jeremy Aguilar nosed out ACU quarterback Mitchell Gale for the league's top player.
McMurry makes its return to NCAA Division II this fall after winning nine games last year and a playoff win over Trinity University, but since the school fields only three Division II teams, the War Hawks are not eligible for the playoffs, according to the magazine.
Hardin-Simmons is ranked third in the American Southwest Conference behind Mary Hardin-Baylor and Louisiana College. MHB linebacker Javicz Jones is rated the best player in the league ….
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Chinese driver on trial over toddler left to die
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BEIJING—State media in China say a trial has begun for a man accused of driving a minivan that ran over a toddler on a busy street. The case sparked outrage after the little girl was ignored as she lay dying on the road.
The official Xinhua News Agency reported Friday that Hu Jun was charged with the wrongful death of two-year-old Wang Yue in the southern city of Foshan
Video footage shows the van striking the toddler and then resuming driving, rolling its back right wheel over her.
Over the next seven minutes, 18 people walked or cycled by the child. Another van struck her before a scrap picker scooped her up as the girl's mother came looking for her.
The child died a week later, but the incident caused soul searching among Chinese over declining morality.
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In the 1920's four wealthy families joined to buy the lakeside resort where they had been summering for years. "All the best people" were welcome at the luxury inn, where they were served by capable blacks, Jews and Italians. It was profitable until the Depression hit. The varied effects of the downturn illumine a brilliant cast of characters that would rival the best of Steinbeck. None of the families had ever been required to earn a living. Their skills were in reading fine literature in foreign languages, theology, riding horseback and sailing on the lake. They cope with the new economic reality in their own ways, continuing to exploit the less fortunate while trying to marry the more wealthy. One dowager comes through the Depression well because she had entrusted her fortune to her chauffeur. The protagonist graduates from Harvard, marries his childhood sweetheart, becomes a War hero and then a wealthy television producer. The elitism and the sexual repression all these people inherited eventually wreck his marriage and their lives. The disabilities of these people who consider themselves "the best," are the theme of the novel. It credibly describes the lives of the wealthy in ways I could never have imagined. Theodore Dreiser could not have improved on this novel.Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.


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I've read that highly intelligent children often have odd spleeping patterns/sleep disturbances. I really am not making fun of your previous post - I've actually read this.
My aunt told me my cousin refused to nap when he was about 15 months and she resorted to putting him in the car and driving in order to give him at least an hour nap. Of course she used a lot of gas but that was the only thing that worked. Good luck I hope your LO starts sleeping better!
Yeah...your LO is in DESPERATE need of more sleep. He's actually eating a second dinner because he's so tired. Not kidding. Lack of sleep actually increases cortisone levels which actually mimic the feeling of hunger...he's not even actually hugnry, he's having a chemical reaction in his body due to the lack of sleep which tricks him into thinking he is hungry. You really need (for your own sake too!) to find a sleep training method you are comfortable with and do it now. Children the age of ours need at minimum 10 hours of sleep AT NIGHT and an additional 2-4 hours of nap during the day. I know most are against any tears, but please keep the bigger picture in mind; a few tears now (even the "kindest" of sleep training will result in a few tears shed) will mean a lifetime of good and healthy sleep habits. Those sleep habits mean better performance in school, better emotional health and better physical health too.
...is this thing on?
reductio ad absurdum ruby
How about just letting him sleep in your bed all night. We co-sleep, but I don't think one night will hurt. He's so tired, he might not even notice he's not in his own bed.
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Redback One sights
Does anyone have Redback One sights on a G26? Do they shoot POA/POI? Saw Jason Falla's blog with them on a G19 but haven't seen anything on the G26. Thanks.
I can't answer your question for certain, but the factory glock sights for the 19 and the 26 are the same.
I like the idea of them, i've used 10-8's and Warrens, but just not as fast with the u-notch.
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Conductor Helen Quach, dragon lady of the podium; 73
Helen Quach, the Australian Symphony Orchestra conductor who had graced the Philippine stage and performed with Philippine orchestras, passed away on July 31 in her home country. She was 73.
Quach began conducting in the Philippines in the late 1960s when she performed at the then newly built Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) upon the invitation of First Lady Imelda Marcos. Her last performance before her comeback was in 1991 (while Mount Pinatubo was erupting).
After a long absence of more than two decades, Quach came back in 2007 to conduct the Manila Symphony Orchestra (MSO) with noted concert pianist Cristine Coyiuto playing Grieg's Piano Concerto. Also in the repertoire was Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5 and Beethoven's Leonor Overture. They performed at the St. Cecilia's Hall of St. Scholastica's College and at the CCP. They also performed at the La Salle Auditorium in Bacolod City and Silliman University in Dumaguete City.
Her Filipino fans in the early days attended her concerts. She had always been at home on the Philippine stage.
The last time Quach performed in Manila was in 2008. She conducted the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra (PPO) for the opera "La Boheme" by Puccini for the Philippine Opera Company at the CCP. Later that year, she again conducted the PPO at the Meralco Theater for the Robert Coyiuto 85th Birth Year Celebration Concert that featured Cristine (piano) and Caitlin Coyiuto (flute).
Born of Chinese parents in Saigon, Vietnam, on July 4, 1940, under the Chinese Sign of the Dragon, Quach spent her early childhood in the French Quarters in Saigon. After graduating from a Catholic boarding school in Sydney, Quach studied music at the Sydney Conservatory of Music.
Quach's road to world fame began with her winning first prize at the Mitropoulos Conducting Competition in New York, after which she became the assistant to the famous Leonard Bernstein. She was only in her 20s then, fresh out of the conservatory. She further honed her skills in Europe and traveled extensively. The world was her stage.
One of her feats was conducting in 1983 the "Sing-it-Yourself Messiah" by Handel with a crowd of 4,000 people in Canberra joining in the chorus.
Yet, at some point in Quach's career's dizzying peak, events conspired to send her spiraling into a gloomy depth. Suddenly she had to face, not an adoring audience, but only herself.
In a 2007 interview for the Sunday Inquirer Magazine, she confided: "This auditing was a desperate attempt to find answers to heal myself of terminal cancer and to mend my shattered ego and a broken heart. The philharmonic orchestra that I had successfully organized in Taipei was suddenly dissolved because of political strife, and a friendship became a soul-searing affair."
Said the dragon lady of the podium: "I was brought down to my knees. There was only one way: to follow the mysterious ways and guidance of the Spirit." Though raised as a Catholic, Quach explored other faiths.
After living in Taipei for several years, Quach went back to Sydney and lived in her home by the bay. She went through a healing process the natural way and refused surgery, chemotherapy and radiation, and survived cancer for many years. The sea was a source of healing for her. Swimming and snorkeling were her favorite pastime.
After her 2007 and 2008 concerts in the Philippines, Quach often came back, stayed on with her friend and music patron, Regina Dee. She did some farming in Cavite and even lived in Palawan for many months.
With the help of a friend, Quach's CCP concerts have been digitized and burned into two dozen CDs. These will be donated to St. Scholastica's College of Music. Among the concerts in CD are with famous Filipino violinist Gilopez Kabayao (Beethoven's "Violin Concerto in D Major"). She performed with both Filipino and visiting foreign artists. Orff's "Carmina Burana" for 220 voices is among the digitized concerts.
Quach is survived by her two younger brothers, Robert and Peter, both doctors of medicine. To her friends and fans, they sent news of Quach's passing via e-mail, saying: "Helen passed away peacefully on Wednesday, 31st July 2013, after her long and brave battle with cancer.
James Coyiuto has announced that there will be an ecumenical Mass for Buenconsejo on Aug. 13, 6 p.m., at the lobby of the Coyiuto House at 119 Palanca St., Legaspi Village, Makati City.
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Says Devgan, "I love both the songs in the film. Rahat Fateh Ali Khan and the late Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan are my favorite Sufi singers. I've become a fan since discovering it during Kachche Dhaage. I find Sufi music very soothing. Milan made me hear the songs after Pritam had composed them and I loved them! I couldn't stop hearing them after that..."
Milan says, "The first time I made Ajay hear the two Sufi tracks at his Karjat farmhouse was when we just got the music. He was among the first to hear it and went on playing it over and over. We feel Sufi music halts the noise of the music of today, permeates our consciousness and titillates our senses. It commands good words and no one can fool around with it. It was a risk we took but now the music is a hit."


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Active Apps Ads / Task Manager
100,000 - 500,000 downloadsAdd this app to your lists
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Important Notice:
There is a built-in mechanism to prevent updating widget when you are not on your home screen to save battery. This in turn also cause no of active apps not showing up correctly. e.q. There is active apps shown on widget but when you open up it's not there. To prevent this from happening you can turn the update to 10 seconds or lower( Lower might consume a bit more battery ). 15 / 10 would be the most appropriate. Please email me instead if you have this kind of issue, i won't be able to reply from the comments.
As the concept is different from other Task Manager/Task Killer, Please read the Get Starting Guide and About Active Apps to get a better understanding on how it works.
Here is the description:
Active Apps is an application which monitor an unusual activity that consumes battery or tracking the application that has been put on standby mode. This is important because some application might not be coded properly. Therefore, even though it has been put on standby mode (Pressing Home) they are still running, eating CPU and hence your device's battery. E.q. browser and gallery apps in the Early Galaxy Tab rom even though it's closed or stand by, it's still consuming battery. However, the scenario is not limited to only Samsung Galaxy tab. Generally, it applies to all android phone.
How does it differ from other task manager?
Unlike other task managers, which shows irrelevant applications, Active apps is simple. It only shows programs that have tasks running and possibly consuming CPU. Therefore at one glance you can decide what to do.
- Tracking application that has been put on standby and running (I called them Active Apps).
- Easy Switch tasks for Active Application from Main Application or Widget
- Widget to show Number of Active Applications running which may consume CPUs/Battery
- Provide package manager to manage your installed application(Faster than stock Application Manager).
- Provide views of Ram, Apps that using RAM and free ram function.
- Provide view of Storage both internal SD and external SD, data and database.
- Provide theme capability - More theme coming soon -
- Provide UI Customization. You can mix and match color to find your desire look.
- Provide 1x1, 1x2 Active Application widget and 1x1, 1x2 Active Ram widget with stylish and beautiful pop up style.
- Provide a flexible customization on many areas of the application and widgets.
Featured on Xda-Developers: http://www.xda-developers.com/android/samsung-active-apps-widget-for-android/
If you have any issues pertaining to the application, kindly send me an email at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Changes in v1.3.5
- Switching pages is now much more smoother.
- Adding help files on changing widget theme.
- Fix default Active Apps Widget color not matching.
- Change the default widget size from 14dip to 13dip as it's too small.
Changes v1.3.1.
- Auto load Packages on Package Manager. The load button is now replaced to perform sort.
- Active Apps Page can now be sorted based on App name or CPU Usage, you can set it under setting.
- Correct some typo errors.
- Under Storage Page, Auto Hide information for phones that don't have personal data and external storage.
Hope you guys like this release. :)
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Changes in v1.3.5
- Switching pages is now much more smoother
- Adding help files on changing widget theme.
- Fix default Active Apps Widget color not matching.
- Change the default widget size from 14dip to 13dip as it's too small.
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The app is good - I have noticed it seems to be taking longer to pull up active apps on both my tablet and phone longer than it used to. But it is great at also being able to go back to an app in the background quicker than the built in task list. I would have given this 5 stars but the icon is just to freakin' ugly. Silly, but it just needs to be upgraded a bit.
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It was working fine but then the next day, it wouldnt let me open it and it would just go blank.
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Does what I want, which is show me if I have apps still open, but I'd appreciate being able to disable the warning that pops up every time I close them!
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I like it when it works but it is constantly freezing up!!!!
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Seemed to work fine on my Galaxy Tab 3 8.0 but lacks what is for me a critical feature - an "Ignore" tab. There are some apps I simply do not want killed, for instance my alarm app, which I never want killed. Without this feature this app is worthless to me.
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Why is the text on the widget so small? And also I would just prefer a square box without the bits sticking out the side.