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World's Oldest Lightbulb Has Been Burning For 112 YEARSSubmitted by Chris Uski on Mon, 08/26/2013 - 22:58
Look at that - it's not a CFL - it's an incandescent!
Apparently it's outlasted 3 cameras that have been filming it for posterity.
Makes you wonder: if incandescent bulbs last so long, why are we being forced to use Compact Fluorescents that are fragile, don't really last that long, and oh yeah, they have mercury in them?
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Some basic physics if you will
Basic physics will dictate the life of this bulb. Heating and cooling a bulb (turning it on and off) causes the metal to expand and contract. Much like bending a paper clip side to side repeatedly the metal eventually fatigues and breaks. And, since the bulbs are usually coiled, the spring coupled with the heated expansion causes the violent separation. This bulb has lasted so long because it is always on. Had they been turning it on and off all these years it would already be dead.
Mind you I don't give one rats ass what type of bulb you choose to use I'm just stating elementary physics.
As someone pointed out below,
As someone pointed out below, the reason it has lasted so long is because the filament is thick. This is indeed correct. The reason is that the filament is thick. All this hysteria about "well if it lasts so long...!" The lightbulb also isnt very bright either as can be seen.
To climb the mountain, you must believe you can.
how thick is it?
how thick is it?
Chris Indeedski!
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long life = low efficiency
incandescent bulbs are more efficient the hotter they burn.
the hotter they burn, the shorter the life.
Edisons first bulbs produced 1.4 lumens per watt.
modern common bulbs produce 12+- lumens per watt.
compact fluorescents produce 50+- lumens per watt.
newer 4' fluorscent lamps produce 100 lumens per watt.
Planned obsolescence
"Makes you wonder: if incandescent bulbs last so long, why are we being forced to use Compact Fluorescents that are fragile".
That's not the question. The question is, why don't the light bulbs of today last for years too? And the answer is 'planned obsolescence'. It's a widespread industry policy, and another simptom of the putrid economic system.
By the way, it's not a conspiracy theory, it's openly accepted by the industry. This documentary proves it 100%. The famous bulb is featured in it:
Make sure to enable the subtitles for when they don't speak English.
Exactly right
Think about the early Ford pickup trucks. Those things were indestructible, but later on Ford came to stand for Fix Or Repair Daily.
We put a man on the moon but couldn't figure out how to make a car last more than 5 years? Yeah right.
The problem was vehicles tore up too well and Toyota came and ate our lunch. Only recently have American car companies tried to embrace quality again.
That's the documentary I saw where I first heard about
this lightbulb. Thanks for reminding me of it!
Like plastic, knowledge comes full-circle. Thanks.
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Have you people been drinking the kool-aid? Did you get your science education from Saturday matinee "B" grade sci-fi movies? (oops - that one's for the NIMBYs. But you get my point.) If the filament is running at a low enough temperature that the vapor pressure of the tungsten is lower than the pressure of the inert fill gas, any bulb can last indefinitely. Of course, they're making such a big deal out of it because they're so used to bulbs that operate right on the hairy edge of the voltage/liftime/brightness curve to get a compromise between brightness and lifetime. "A 60-watt bulb that's running at about four watts..." Well, duh! Of course it will last forever! But you probably couldn't read line two of an eye chart by the light from it. You could run an ordinary 60-watt bulb so bright that you could use it for a stage spot, for about a millisecond.
And the green weenies/ecofreaks are pushing the crappy bulbs because they've been told to; they're one of the factions of the Useful Idiots™. Of course, nobody mentions the fact that the mercury in the crappy bulbs goes into the ground water unless you pay more for "proper disposal of hazardous waste" than the bulb is worth. And the phosphor is toxic - if you break one, you have to call a Hazmat team to clean that up. (or at least not breathe the dust until you get it all mopped - yes, mopped, so that you don't raise more dust - up.)
Back when I was in school and we had to walk five miles uphill both ways through ten feet of snow with nothing but tree bark for our feet, they actually taught us stuff. But they've had about two generations to turn the schools into nothing but propaganda mills, which is why the Freedom movement is such a Godsend.
Freedom is my Worship Word!
Well sure - all that good stuff.
But when the bulb was first installed it was operated at full power. Also note that it went out for a few hours in April but it came back. Not to mention that being in California it has likely survived some earthquake turbulence.
In other words - is miracle!
Chris Indeedski!
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LED Bulbs
LED light bulbs are the way to go for sure. It took me a few tries to find a type of them I like, as the first couple I bought were weaker than I liked. Then I found some that were brighter than the relative crappy ones, and I'll be taking them with me when I move out of my current apartment because I like them so much. I think cheaper electricity, brighter light and less likely to break is a great combo.
I use LED rope lighting to light my apartment and patio.
I use it for accent lighting and, most of the time, it is the only lighting we use. It is really cheap (about a dollar a foot). I use cheap LED lamp assemblies, either AC current or battery, for lighting my computer armoire, my bedstead, entertainment center and bookcases.
I figure I have about $225 invested, save at least $25/month on my electric bill and I still about 75 feet of rope lighting left over.
All lightbulbs can last so long; the 1,000 hr bulb is deliberate
All light bulbs could last so long. The 1,000 hour bulb is deliberate, planned obsolescence: It would be VERY bad for GE's business if everyone only had to buy a lightbulb once, and even pass them down from generation to generation. Most likely, the filament in this bulb is very thick, and therefore doesn't disinterate. It also needs a lot of electricity to shine. But a least, it lasts forever.
"Cowards & idiots can come along for the ride but they gotta sit in the back seat!"
"planned obsolescence"
I don't know, I find that particular conspiracy theory a little iffy. Like I said in my other post, you could run a bulb indefinitely, if you run it so dim that you couldn't read by it. The 1000 hours (or whatever) is an acceptable compromise, because if you run a tungsten filament bulb bright enough to be useful, it's doomed from the start, and the bulb engineers know that, and they tell you about the expected lifetime up front so that you don't get too P.O'd when it does finally die of old age.
A 100-watt "long-life" bulb is a 110 or 120-watt bulb that's run at a slightly lower voltage than its design target. (IOW, a bulb that gives you 120 watts at 135 volts gives you 100 watts at 120.)
I'm keeping an open mind on the LED's - we'll see if they can come up with one with a color temperature similar to incandescents or even daylight at a competitive price. They have no hazmat, and they don't use much power, and the engineers and researchers are improving them apace.
(FWIW, I've been an electronics nerd since before TVs were affordable for the average household. People would walk downtown (which wasn't really 5 miles uphill through 10 feet of snow, and we had shoes ;-) ) to watch the TV in the store window. ($600.00 was a LOT of money when a house cost $7,000.))
Freedom is my Worship Word!
Planned Obsolescence is not a theory
It's a Consumerism standard for any industry providing consumer goods. I learned about it when I was in school for marketing and have created many ads for products in my decade-long career in advertising that are meant to break eventually.
"We are not human beings having a spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings having a human experience"—Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
That's exactly right. GM cars were designed to last 5 years
That's exactly right. GM cars were designed to last 5 years in the 70s and 80s, based on marketing predictions of consumer behavior of the late 60s. GM and Ford and others built like crap to guarantee a constant turnover of automobiles. But this ran up against the rotten economy of the late 70s, and people needed more than 5 years out of their vehicles. In came the Japanese, whose automobiles didn't fall apart after 60 months.
When I bought my wife her first car, the seller was a Chinese engineering student. He worked for an automobile firm in China, and told me "all auto parts are designed so the maximum life a car can possibly achieve is 300,000 miles." Much better than GM's planned obsolesence of the 70s, but still, failure is still built into products.
"Cowards & idiots can come along for the ride but they gotta sit in the back seat!"
Lol I have a Thorens TD-124
Lol I have a Thorens TD-124 record player I inherited from my Grandfather that was manufactured in 1958 and it still works like new.
I have had my cell phone for a few months and it already is having problems...
The tragic aftermath of 'planned obsolence' is the massive piles of electronic waste we ship to 3rd world countried that desperate people have to dig through to find toxic and valuable materials.
We all share this eternally evolving present moment- The past and future only exist as inconsequential mental fabrications.
I sold my first iPhone to a friend who still has it
and it works just fine. But slow.
My last iPhone had burned out pixels on the screen, crappy speaker in the earpiece, apps kept crashing, and finally it just wouldn't boot up anymore.
The parts and materials to make long-lasting products are there but they don't result in as big of a profit. Unfortunately this is the current mindset of this crumbling Industrial Age. Not for long though.
"We are not human beings having a spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings having a human experience"—Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Can you come up with an example of a product that could be made to last a lot longer without adding to the cost? Obviously for many products you can buy the cheaper stuff that wears out, or buy things that cost more but last a lot longer. That's not what people mean by planned obsolescence.
Suppose company X has a product that they could make at the same cost with higher quality, but they don't because with planned obsolescence they can sell more product at the same profit per unit. But now there's a potential market just waiting for company Y to come along and sell a higher-quality product at that same price. Which are consumers going to buy? Company X is now making less money than they could have, not more.
So I'd be curious to see some examples, and how they avoid that kind of competition taking their market share away.
An automobile made out of HEMP materials
everything from the body to the tires to the fuel and whatever else, can be made from a plant that doesn't require any mining in 3rd World countries. Hemp is the most resilient natural fiber known to man.
Company X puts a bullet in Company Y. Problem Solved. Business as Usual.
"We are not human beings having a spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings having a human experience"—Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Not sure if serious
But if you could make a car out of hemp, and make it as cheap or cheaper than existing cars, then what stops companies all over the world from doing it? If there's money to be made then why isn't someone out there making it?
Not just in the USA, where there would be lots of regulatory hurdles, but consider foreign countries where regulations about safety and whatever wouldn't be an obstacle, and importing autos is expensive ... what's stopping some wealthy person in such a country from becoming even more wealthy by producing hemp cars that are cheaper and more durable than the metal and plastic stuff coming out of the US and Japan?
Now, are YOU serious?
What do you mean what's stopping it? Uhhh the WHOLE automotive industry, Steel Industry, the OIL industry, Traditional Rubber Industry, The mining industry, the chemical industry...
Should I continue?
The World is owned and controlled by Corporate Power. You think these HUGE companies that have been around for hundreds of years will just sit quietly while some "Hippie" builds his cheaper, soil-grown-material car that runs on hemp fuel rather than petrol?
GREED is the problem. As long as these OLD methods and industries all make BIllions in profits from a co-dependant system, why in the world would they let ONE company destroy generations of corporate growth? They WON'T and they HAVEN'T. They call in legal favours from their political puppets to make it impossible for such manufacturing to get any kind of grant or funding, they'll keep dishing out millions to the anti-hemp/marijuana lobbyists, they'll even have their pals in the patent office bury REAL advances in technology for reasons of "National Security".
The CAR made of HEMP WAS made, so the question is WHY did it "Go Away" and WHO made it so?
"We are not human beings having a spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings having a human experience"—Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
That doesn't even begin to answer the question
The question is why *nobody in the world* is making cars that way if it's both cheaper and better than the current metal/plastic materials.
Set aside this country for a moment. What about China, a country where industrial hemp is legal, and a country that has the engineering and manufacturing infrastructure to pull it off, with a huge domestic market for a cheaper and better car, and plenty of wealthy people who would love to find a way to become even wealthier. What's stopping them from doing it? The same goes for lots of other countries in the world that are not under the thumb of the US Auto Oligopoly.
But now what about the US? It's not a question about whether those huge companies would allow *one* to do it, it's a question about why they don't *all* do it collectively. They could use those favors from their political puppets that you mentioned to make it possible for them to all simultaneously roll out these new hemp cars that are cheaper and better than anything Japan has to offer, revitalizing the US auto industry. Why wouldn't they?
But even if there's an obstacle to that, a car is made up of many components and the hemp car claim is that those components could be made from hemp. If they could ALL be made from hemp, then any ONE could be made from hemp. What's stopping any of the countries that produce hemp products now from becoming a source for any of the components that go into making a car? Tesla Motors could use hemp body panels, if it would be a cheaper and stronger product than the carbon fiber composite they currently use. But they don't.
Because they have too much invested in THIS system
Why would they start at the bottom and build up a completely new industry? What about the costs of shutting down the old plants? What about all the steel workers, the oil rig workers, the miners, etc.? Will they all be given Hemp Farming land?
It's not just about the GAIN they COULD all receive, be it financial or even moral—No, it's mostly about the COST of the LOSS of the infrastructure they have set up all over the globe that would cut into their profits.
This is why you CANNOT look to the OLD WAYS for NEW ones. You have to create the NEW ones independently of the OLD. Except that the OLD Guards will not let that happen. They are happy making Billions every year even if it means polluting and getting your materials from conflict zones.
Of course not ALL components could be made from hemp alone. You still need computers and circuits and light bulbs and all that but the BULK of the product including its fuel could come from Hemp.
"We are not human beings having a spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings having a human experience"—Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Still ignoring the argument
China already has industrial hemp. They have domestic auto manufacturers competing for the domestic market, which is needless to say a *huge* market. People start up new factories in China all the time. None of your arguments explain why some wealthy group of guys in China wouldn't want to take this marvelous hemp idea and start making cars that would be cheaper and of higher quality than any of the local competitors.
You also ignore the point about being able to make individual components from hemp. Look at a market like China, where dozens of small auto manufacturers are looking for any edge that would make them more competitive. *If* it were possible to use the hemp that's already available in China to make, say, body panels or a unibody shell or whatever, that would be cheaper and lighter and stronger than the alternatives, why wouldn't some smart wealthy guy be out there taking that business away from the poor saps who are still trying to make those parts with metal?
It might be harder to make that kind of change in the USA, but if there's money to be made by doing it then do you think that "what about the steel workers?" is really the question that's going to come up in the board room? They've had to change the way they built cars before. They've started up new production lines to build cars in more modern ways without shutting down the old ones. Old production lines can be retooled, and if they can put more money in their pockets by doing so, what's stopping them? And if they really had the politician puppets in their pocket and getting hemp was the only obstacle to making more money, why wouldn't they just get those puppets to let them have hemp?
One explanation is that the free market in hemp-based automobile manufacture has been completely stymied in *every* country of the world, including countries where industrial hemp is available, by an automotive oligopoly that somehow extends its power into countries where it really has no significant control. And not just partially stymied, but completely stymied so that parts manufacturers around the globe don't even dare make components out of hemp in order to reduce costs, sell a better product at a lower price, get a larger share of the local market, and put more cash in their pockets.
An alternate explanation is that you can't make a body panel out of hemp that is stronger and cheaper than the alternatives in other materials, and ditto for any other parts that would be made out of hemp *somewhere in the world* if there were an economic advantage to doing so.
The soybean car (1941)
What is it?
The "Soybean Car" was actually a plastic-bodied car unveiled by Henry Ford on August 13, 1941 at Dearborn Days, an annual community festival.
What was it made of?
The frame, made of tubular steel, had 14 plastic panels attached to it. The car weighed 2000 lbs., 1000 lbs. lighter than a steel car. The exact ingredients of the plastic panels are unknown because no record of the formula exists today. One article claims that they were made from a chemical formula that, among many other ingredients, included soybeans, wheat, hemp, flax and ramie; while the man who was instrumental in creating the car, Lowell E. Overly, claims it was "…soybean fiber in a phenolic resin with formaldehyde used in the impregnation" (Davis, 51).
Chris Indeedski!
Daily Paul cured my abibliophobia.
This is the sort of conversation I enjoy starting...
lightbulbs lead to planned obsolescence leads to hemp leads to...
Well, it all leads to greater knowledge for all participants and an increased ability to be conversant in a wide range of topics which then leads to an ability to see different topics from different angles. And a dose of humbling. All of this is necessary for we the future leaders who will one day soon rebuild a greater nation from the ashes of the one burning now.
What does an old lightbulb in California have to do with the liberty movement? EVERYTHING.
Chris Indeedski!
Daily Paul cured my abibliophobia.
"Henry Ford's first Model-T was built to run on hemp gasoline...
and the CAR ITSELF WAS CONSTRUCTED FROM HEMP! On his large estate, Ford was photographed among his hemp fields. The car, 'grown from the soil,' had hemp plastic panels whose impact strength was 10 times stronger than steel..."
Chris Indeedski!
Daily Paul cured my abibliophobia.
That is a good point to bring
That is a good point to bring up but the answer lies in 'innovation' of new features. Apple knows when it roles out its new version every lets say 6 months that people will flock to buy it even though there may be only a few new features. They have no incentive to make products that last longer than that if enough people line up for the new product every time around.
Most cell phones that are thrown away are completely functional, people just toss them to get the latest 'gadget'.
A good example for you is light bulbs, LED's are far more efficient and last for years but people would rather buy standard ones for cheap even if they last a couple of months.
We all share this eternally evolving present moment- The past and future only exist as inconsequential mental fabrications.
I see that as a different issue
You could build computers that would last longer than Apple products, but in that case the problem is that technology advances make old computers worth very little. I have an old low-end Apple computer, more than 10 years old, that the kids use to play DVDs but even though it hasn't broken down it's not useful for anything else. We have another high-end Apple computer that's more like 12 years old that gets used for email and word processing, and I almost wish it *would* break so I'd have an excuse to go buy a new one, but for now it serves a very limited purpose.
Actually other than a couple of disk drives that failed after 10+ years of heavy use, I don't think I've ever had an apple computer die on me, and I've owned a lot of Apple computers over the decades, tend to use them very, very heavily for school and/or work and personal use, and keep finding uses for the old ones so that the shortest time I've used any one of them is at least six years. Hardware quality isn't generally one of the complaints I'd have about Apple.
good example for you is light bulbs, LED's are far more efficient and last for years but people would rather buy standard ones for cheap even if they last a couple of months.
That's a case of a better product at a much higher price, although arguably (if they last as long as they're supposed to) a lower cost over the long run. I've already had a couple of them fail out of a dozen or so in the house, so I don't know if they're really going to pay off over the long run. Anyway, not really a straight-up comparison with incandescent even if they turn out to be the best new technology.
When you get it right, you get it right...
We always assume that technology will just progress and progress. So we always assume that new products will improve upon old products. But who knows? Sometimes you nail it on the first try!


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Electronic drum kit folds up for under arm portability
Roland has unveiled a highly portable electronic drum set that can fold up small enough to be carried under the arm
The TD-4KP V-Drums Portable set includes a percussion sound module, a kick pad, four pads for snare/toms, three cymbal pads for hi-hat, crash and ride and a hi-hat control pedal
The included TD-4 percussion sound module delivers a wide range of expressive drum and percussion sounds that can be easily edited, allowing players to quickly customize their kits
A folded TD-4KP V-Drums Portable drumkit
The TD-4KP V-Drums Portable folded away for ease of storage
Unfolding and setup can be undertaken by one person
Unpacked and ready to rock 'n' roll
The folded kit can fit in the trunk
There's an optional CB-TDP Carrying Case, which includes detachable pouches for hi-hat and kick pedals and pockets for sticks and beaters
At home, at rehearsals, in the studio or at a gig
Folding away the V-Drums Portable kit at the end of a gig can be undertaken by one person, but help is always welcome
The Drum Throne and kick pedal shown here are not included as part of the basic kit and will need to be purchased separately
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Surely no working drummer would seriously entertain the use of drum pants or t-shirts to make the burden of transporting and setting up a kit a little easier, but even conventional acoustic skin bashers might give electronic drums a whirl. The e-drumkit takes up much less room in the back of the band's van, is always in tune and can sound just like the real thing, or just about anything else you might want the various pads to sound like. In the case of Roland's new TD-4KP V-Drums Portable, the whole setup can be collapsed down and carried under the arm.
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Rio Tinto Doing Fine on Its Own
Mining giant Rio Tinto (RTP) must wonder what it has to do to impress shareholders. On Aug. 26, the Anglo-Australian company announced a 55% annual jump in first-half underlying earnings, to $5.47 billion, on revenues of $27.1 billion, more than double the level a year earlier. With numbers like that, you would expect investors to rejoice. But that's not what happened: Rio's shares dropped slightly by the close of London trading and are now down 2.6% since the start of the year.
Why are Rio shareholders so anxious when growth is sizzling? They're worried that the record runup in global commodity prices may finally have peaked. They also fret that the booming Chinese economy — the major driver of soaring costs for resources like iron ore and copper — could slow or even slump now that the 2008 Beijing Olympics are over [BusinessWeek, 8/14/08].
On both counts, Rio Tinto Chief Executive Tom Albanese went out of his way to calm fears. At a press conference on Aug. 26, he said China's domestic growth will continue to underpin strong commodity prices in the short- to mid-term. "We don't see any countrywide drivers [in China] indicating a slowdown," Albanese added.
Commodities Still Hot Indeed, Rio's first-half results show there's still plenty of demand for commodities from developing economies. Pretax profit from the company's iron ore division rose 150%, to $4.86 billion, while earnings from the aluminum unit jumped 241%, to $2.52 billion. Some of that jump can be attributed to Rio's $38.1 billion acquisition [BusinessWeek.com, 7/12/07] of Canadian aluminum outfit Alcan last year. But the company also negotiated a new deal [BusinessWeek.com, 6/23/08] with Chinese industrial giant Baosteel, which will pay up to 96.5% more for iron ore.
"China is set to continue growing," says Simon Toyne, an analyst at stock brokerage Numis Securities in London. "I don't see there being a post-Olympic slump."
Iron ore and aluminum weren't the only big gainers, as Rio also posted record half-year production for other commodities such as thermal coal and bauxite. That reflects a shift by mining companies away from sluggish markets, particularly the U.S. and Western Europe, toward fast-growing emerging economies. While Albanese said countries like China and India hadn't completely decoupled from the Western economies, he stressed that internal growth — not exports to slumping Western countries — would be key to their future prospects.
Beating BHP Billiton To illustrate his point, Albanese highlighted the 18% annual increase in Chinese aluminum demand and 16% yearly jump in the country's steel consumption, despite the current global financial tightness. Rio Tinto is the world's second-largest producer of aluminum and iron ore [the main component of steel]. "The [economic] drivers remain intact both in Asia and across other developing markets," says the company's chief economist, Vivek Tulpule.
Rio's outsize performance also helped answer strong results reported Aug. 18 [BusinessWeek.com, 8/18/08] by rival miner BHP Billiton (BHP), which launched an unsolicited $150 billion takeover for the company last year. BHP Chief Executive Marius Kloppers revealed a 30% jump in second-half profit, compared with Rio's 55% gain over the same period. The difference reflects BHP's weak performance in commodities such as nickel and coking coal and Rio's strong iron ore and aluminum divisions.
Numis Securities' Toyne says shareholders shouldn't read too much into the disparity. "Both are performing well, with Rio possibly looking a little better for this half," he says. According to analysts, the real test for the proposed acquisition will come when European Union and Australian regulators rule later this year whether the merged company would have to divest assets. If, as expected, that were to include lucrative iron mines in Australia, it could undermine the cost savings BHP has cited as the main reason for the deal. That could lead investors to reject the merger.
Rio Chairman Paul Skinner once again reiterated his opposition to the deal, saying the offer was "short on what we consider is fair value for Rio and its prospects." On the back of the Aug. 26 results, he could have a point. With demand for emerging economies expected to remain strong in the mid-term, Rio just might have the financial muscle to see off its unwelcome suitor.


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We recently reported the existence of the Arnova 9 G2i, which is basically an Arnova 9 G2 sold with Android 4.0 ICS. By chance, the great guys from androidiani.com Italian forum have published a firmware dump of their device that is confirmed to work on the regular Arnova 9 G2. We have modified that firmware dump to add Google Play/Android Market, Face Unlock, full root and write access to /system partition.
Arnova 9 G2 custom firmware features
Face unlock works reasonnably well considering the relatively low camera resolution (0.3 Mpix)
Quick demo of the Face Unlock feature on an Arnova 9 G2 running a custom ICS firmware.
Install procedureBefore starting, please make sure you backup all your existing apps, data and files that are on your tablet as they will be erased during the flash process. Also make sure your device is connected to the power.
Step 1. Download
Kasty custom firmware download (version 0.4)
This firmware is specific to the Arnova 9 G2 and Arnova 9 G2i and should not be installed on other devices.
Download the file above and extract the custom firmware image (update.img) on your computer hard drive.
Step 2. Install and run Rockchip Flashing toolPlease follow the Rockchip Flashing tool procedure: that will explain how to download Rockchip flashing tool, unpack the archive, put your device into flashing mode and flash the custom firmware file that you have unpacked in Step 1.
Step 3. Arnova 9 G2 flashing and restartAfter Rockchip flasher has transferred the custom firmware to the tablet, the device will restart and install the firmware. Finally you will be back to Arnova default startup wizard.
You will find the 3 easy steps of the installation procedure in the following video, see how to get Google Play and root to your Arnova 9 G2 in less than 10 minutes.
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Firmware release history
Version 0.4 (2012-06-06) :
Updated Google Play, no more missing apps (Twitter, Facebook…)
Updated SuperUser.apk to SuperSU.apk v0.89 (free version) to control root access
Updated writable /system partition
Updated firmware package, the firmware is now flashed using Rockchip Batch Tool.
Added Google Face Unlock feature from XDA dev
Version 0.3 : Unreleased
Version 0.2 (2012-05-21) : Fixed internal storage not formatted issue
(included misc.img from Arnova 9G2 Gingerbread with recovery.img from androidiani.com dump)
Version 0.1 (2012-05-16) :
– Arnova Android 4.0.3 firmware (2012-04-19) with all stock apps from the Arnova 9 G2i model and Google Play Store 3.5.15
– partial root support, the system partition (/system) is still read only
– Google Play is missing some apps (ex. Youtube)
– with the limited memory on the Arnova 9 G2 (512 Mb) the tablet can get a little unresponsive when many applications are running
Let us know how this firmware works for you in our Arnova 9 G2 forum.
Thanks to androidiani.com Italian forum for the Arnova 9 G2 firmware dump.
Can't get my Vista tablet to open your zip file. It says the zip file is empty upon trying to open but if you hover over the file it says it has 64MB in the folder. What am I doing wrong? I've tried downloading it with 2 different browsers. I have a 32 bit Windows Vista OS. I bought a new 9 G2i online but it didn't come with the full ICS or Google Play. I'm missing many ICS features. I've never had an Android before I don't really know what I'm doing and I really need this to work! Please help!
this is an excellent rom. The only problem I am having is trying to usesky go tablet. It wont run on rooted devices. Any of the hide root aps I have tried do not work with this rom, is there anything else I can try to get sky go to work.
Thank you
With my Arnova 9 G2, the correct procedure to enter flashing mode was:
1.Press and hold menu+pwr
2.Press the reset button with the clip
Then, with Win7-64, I had to search the "new device" through Control Panel->System->Device Manager and force the installation of a new driver.
It only worked with the "Restore" function of the Rockchip Batch Tool (not the "Update" function).
Now, with Android 4, Google apps, etc, it is a brand new tablet, incredibly faster and improved than the older Android 2.3 version. Thank You
Worked perfectly on windows 7×86 even If I had a blue question mark on driver – using Restore function I was able to bring back to life a long time dead Arnova 9 G2
Thank you all !
here it is 2013 i have been given an arnova 9 G2, and i have used the instructions above to successfully flash my tablet to this ics firmware. i experienced an issue after following the video instructions to install youtbe as well as root & superuser. it all worked fine until i tried to install a new keyboard? or perhaps it was the installation of a usb host app from the playstore. nonetheless i was stuck on the logo screen and was not able to shut down the tablet however i was able to press the pwr and home key at same time then press reset and the pc and rockchip install tool finally recognized the tablet in the correct mode, i then used restore button on the tool and the 9 G2 is running fine.
Recently purchased an Arnova 9G2 that already has 4.0 ICS installed but still require Google Play/ market. Do I still have to use the custom firmware ICS/GOOGLE PLAY/FACE LOCK upgrade to get Google Play or is it possible to just add Google Play?
the play store is already included in the install- go to your apps and you should see it there. click it and sign into your google account. the video above has the entire walkthru of this to show u how to get running.
[…] Этот планшет товарищ принес с проблемой, не работают игры и вообще глючит. Не знаю что с ним делали но главная цель была не разобраться а прошить 4й android. […]
Works 100% thank you again. This is the second time I've managed to successfully update my daughters tablet.
Pleace help!!!
Problem with Arnova 9 G2!android 2.3.1 karnel 184.108.40.206
I try to flush a several custom roms, but the only way to put the device in recovery is by holding reset,power and menu,not like is shown on the top for this divise!And its recovery,not flash mode!
In the recovery I cant move the line up or down and there is a massage:
Recovery system v1.3.37
E:Cant open /cache/recovery/command
If I connect the device in this condition to Rockchip_Batch_Tool. The program recognize devise bud the color is pink,not green!After hitting the upgrade button I get massage:This operation didn't do because of not supporting!
Install Prozedur im Vidio ist überflüssig. Zip Datei entpacken und auf eine mini SD Karte kopieren. Karte in das Gerät stecken und anschalten. Installierbare Datei wird gefunden – Frage: Installieren? – Ja. – fertig.
same problem…..
pluged in ,power and usb,turned it off,
then holded menu+power
just when i was about to reset it,
my pc found device but didnt install driver…than in device manager clicked other devices /unknown device and update from rockchip folder.
(note: tablet screen did not turn on till the update was done)
when i installed the driver on pc,in rockchip tool pink device turned to green and clicked update, 5 min later all done waited for screen to turn on…hope it helps
After I did this on my 9 G2 it worked for about 3 minutes then it went off automatically and then its stuck now on the Arnova screen. I did reset but it comes back to the arnova screen and stays that way. I cant even turn it off. What to do now? My notebook cant recognize it either.
I just did a an update by copying the update.img to the device root – device picks it up and asks you if you want to install.
I had previously tried to get Arctools to work (this was easy on a g3 tab), and screwed the google services install so the rom didn't work but a reset to remove all the apps installed was all it took.
Thanks to the rom modders nice work
thank you! works cool.
mine is stuck on the arnova screen .it wont even turn off ?
tnx guys worked 100%
Cheers for this works,but i did have to go back and do it restore because the first time i did it it just froze on the main screen but now its working 100%.
Worked perfectly evenI managed it. Thankyou
I followed the instructions, the rockchip tool failed and now the bloody thing wont even turn on, just has the ARNOVA screen, it wont reset again like it did before and the rockchip tool no longer recognises it, what the hell have you guys done to my tablet???
I eventually get it to recognise in the rockchip tool but it wont bloody restore or upgrade, my tablet is useless thanks to this nonsense
There is a warning about flashing your device and it was you who flashed the device so only you are to blame. Stop complaining and do some online research to gain an understanding of what went wrong.
i have an arnova 9 g2 , i follow the steps but my tablet do't turn in in recovery mode , why ? i shut down the tablet open the Rockchip Flasher tool , the new version of it then hold reset button then menu button release and my tablet just turn on ? any soloutions ? plz !!
ps sorry for my bad eng
is it possible to put or make an image update.img that start without rockshiptool, because it's impossible for me to put my arnova 9 g2 in recovery mode, no combination keys works. like kasty in arctools to put market and root for example…thanks in advance
I cannot get this to work. I don't seem to be able to get the tablet into recovery mode. I have tried menu button then reset, reset then menu button, I have tried with it switched off, switched on, USB storage on, usb storage off…
When I try to get it into recovery mode Windows 7 just says "USB device is not recognized", and no connected device shows in Rockchip.
Could exact step by step idiot proof instructions be given please!? What state should the tablet be in before we start? Which button is pressed first – do you hold it/them down or just press it/them? What should you expect to see on the tablet screen, if anything, when it is is recovery mode?
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I have Arnova 9G2. I did what it said but i only got Google Play but not the full updated softwear.
No face unlocking.
Always freezes.
Loads long.
The rock ship tool dosnt link up with my tablet it dosnt show green
Does Rockship Tool work on windows 7?
i did mine on windows 7 you have to plug the tablet into the computer while turned on, then turn it off, while its off hold menu and press the reset button. if you have the problems i had which are in my comment below do the same again but click restore instead of upgrade! hope that helps!
my tablet wont move from the boot screen after this process, what can i do
Flash again using Rockchip Flasher http://www.arctablet.com/blog/featured/flashing-arnova-g2-rockchip-2918-rockchip-flashing-tool/
and use Restore button rather than Upgrade.
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Police Commissioner Bill Bratton said marching in the annual St Patrick's Day parade next month doesn't mean he's ambivalent about gay rights.
After a police promotions ceremony on Friday, he said he's been a supporter of gay rights for decides.
"In my own family, my sister is gay — married in Boston, so I am very comfortable with where I am on gay issues," declared Bratton. "The St. Patrick's Parade for me is a celebration of heritage; it's that simple."
Bratton won't be marching with the Mayor, the City Council Speaker or the Public Advocate along Fifth Avenue, however. Some city officials are boycotting the annual Irish-themed event; they say they're doing so because it unfairly discriminates against gay groups. Parade rules prohibit groups from carrying signs that identify them as gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender.
Mayor Bill de Blasio said he has no problem with Bratton marching, since it's "his right as an American citizen." De Blasio is scheduled to speak and march in the "St Pat's for All Parade" in Queens on Sunday.
Bratton's gay sister is not NYPD policy. NYPD policy is what he does with the police force -- like march them in uniform in their thousands in a huge bigoted event, over the protests of the LGBTQ community.
Likewise, Mayor de Blasio is wrong when he says there's some "American right" for cops to join anti-gay events. There is not. Instead, there is a NYC human rights law that says the police may not act in biased ways that make communities view them as "more oppressor than protector." (That language is from Pappas v. Giuliani - where the City fought to fire a cop for exactly such biased behavior.)
It's also important to note that the right to carry "gay pride signs" is not what's at issue -- it's the right for Irish LGBTQ groups to march with a banner, like all other marchers. The organizers also ban any indication at all that a marcher is other-than-straight. This is not about the right to turn St. Patrick's parade into a gay pride march, but to turn it back into an *Irish* march that does not exclude Irish LGBTQ people.
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I have just purchased an HP TouchSmart tm2-2050ea Touchscreen computer with Windows 7 Home Premium. Unfortunately, it appears that it is a returned item because it already has a login name and password and I cannot gain access. Whilst I have arranged to have the computer returned, it was the last one as this model is now obsolete. I would like to keep it and wonder if there is any way gain access. The computer is due to be picked up on Thursday 8 Sep so I do not have much time.
Can anyone tell me why this model is obsolete and if there is an alternative laptop with the swivel screen (not Dell though as the processer is not fast enough and the screen is too small).
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because it already has a login name and password and I cannot gain access.
I suggest you do a factory reset and put it back to the day it came as you do not need any data off the drive. HP Recovery Manager can either be accessed by the recovery partition or the recovery CD.To launch it from recovery partition, press 'F11' key on the keyboard when the system boots. The system will come up with the HP Recovery Manager.
this model is now obsolete A bad design from HP, essentially the computer gets so hot that the graphics chip slowly pulls it's self away from the motherboard. Will be OK if its had a refurbished motherboard fitted
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Hundreds of thousands of young Americans are serving our military to preserve our way of life, and yet fewer and fewer of our citizens are participating in our democracy. May 19 is primary election day, when Kentuckians will be selecting candidates for governor, commissioner of agriculture and other constitutional officers.
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Ten years after they were opened, Padi and Anna Nagar railway stations are crying for attention. Trains taking this stretch were put off track in 2007 due to low patronage, and today the stations are in a state of neglect. The tracks at Padi station are covered with thorny bushes and have rusted too. The Anna Nagar station is no better. Of late, it is used by residents for their morning walk.
Both Padi and Anna Nagar railway stations were opened in 2003 as the extended southern arm of the Chennai Central–Arakkonam section of the Chennai Suburban Railway network. While the Padi station is on the arterial Chennai Tiruvallur High Road-Jawaharlal Nehru Salai intersection, Anna Nagar station is on Thirumangalam Road, which connects Anna Nagar West and Villivakkam.
Tracing the story of these two stations, a 3.09 km-long railway line, initially used by the Integral Coach Factory (ICF) at Perambur for moving newly built coaches from shell to furnishing division of the factory, was strengthened at a cost of Rs. 7.29 crore for operating passenger services. Two new stations, namely, Padi and Anna Nagar, were built and 13 existing bridges were renovated and the work was completed in five months. The railway station and the EMU services were inaugurated by the then Union Minister of State for Railways, A. K. Moorthy. Between 2003 and 2007, five suburban trains were run from Anna Nagar to Chennai Beach/ Central via Villivakkam.
The service, however, had a low patronage. The average daily collection at the station was Rs. 450, with about 50 passengers. In 2007, the service was discontinued due to the construction of a rotary at the Padi junction to replace the level-crossing. The rotary was completed in 2009 but services were not resumed.
"Poor revenue as one of the main reasons behind not opening train services is not a reason to stop services on this stretch," says S. Vedhavalli, a retired teacher. She suggests that if more services were run during peak hours, it would have earned better revenue. Many passengers like her are disappointed.
"Diversion of trains to Chennai Central Railway Station would bring in more commuters from Anna Nagar and its neighborhoods," says R. Mushfiqur, a resident of Thirumangalam Road. The work on metro rail and flyover near Thirumangalam has added to the traffic snarls on this section reason why people who commute on this stretch want the train service to be restored.


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Donald R. Plane died Sunday at the DeLand home he shared with his wife and best friend, Rosemary. Don was 76. Don was born to the late Margaret and Edward Plane on July 17, 1938, in Evansville, IN. He married Rosemary in 1961. After receiving his doctorate of business administration from
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Shameful the rich get richer while our food banks grow; views.
The plot line was well done. It brought home the reality of millions struggling to get by on a daily basis, getting themselves into debt and ever more problems.
The plot reached its climax as the Trussell Trust announced that it now has over 200 food banks across the country. There has been a huge increase in food banks over the past 18 months. The proliferation shows just how desperate things are getting for the mass of people. Against a cacophony of misinformation fed to the media about benefit scroungers, the Government has set about effectively dismantling the welfare state.
The right to support is being removed and replaced by charity. Under the guise of the so-called Big Society, philanthropists can choose to fill the growing need gap or not. In true 19th-century style the state is effectively withdrawing from the field.
People pay their taxes and national insurance in the expectation that if they fall into tough circumstances, society will support them.
The fact that these funds are no longer being used for that purpose is an unacceptable situation. It is daylight robbery as the funds are redirected to the rich who have more than they require anyway.
At the same time as news of the growth of food banks was coming out, the Sunday Times rich list was published showing a 4.7 per cent increase in the wealth of the 1,000 richest people in the UK.
This situation cannot continue - the super-rich continuing to accumulate ever more wealth while the mass of people have their basic rights and services cut in order to pay off the deficit.
The time has come when the rich must be made to pay more in taxes. They have in the main made their money from exploiting the mass of people yet will not shoulder the burden in difficult times.
It should be seen as a matter of shame that the fifth-biggest economy in the world is so unjustly run that it manages not to feed increasing numbers of its own people.
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How much more do Canadians need to know about the death of Ashley Smith, who choked the life out of herself as prison guards in Kitchener watched but did nothing?
For interim Liberal Leader Bob Rae, the answer is a great deal more. In fact, he feels so strongly about the issue he's demanding that the federal government hold a wide-ranging, national public inquiry to get to the bottom of her tragedy.
Anyone familiar with the details of Smith's death at the Grand Valley Institution for Women and how she suffered for years in provincial and federal correctional systems will share Rae's thirst for justice and positive change.
But anyone who knows how much time and energy have already been committed to uncovering the wrongs done to this unfortunate teenager will conclude Rae's call for a public inquiry is premature — and quite possibly unnecessary.
Ever since Smith died on Oct. 19, 2007, various governments and public agencies have been in reaction mode. Waterloo regional police quickly investigated to determine whether laws had been broken. While they charged four former Grand Valley prison guards with criminal negligence, those charges were eventually dropped. Yet the quest for truth continued.
Within days of Smith's death, Bernard Richard, the Ombudsman and Child Youth Advocate for New Brunswick, launched an investigation that focused on her incarceration in two of the province's correctional facilities over three years. Eight experts joined him on the investigative team which in 2008 published The Ashley Smith Report. That document concluded with 25 recommendations for changing how New Brunswick handles young people who become involved in the youth justice system.
One of Richard's starting points was his understanding that Smith had been haunted by mental illness and severe behavioural disorders. It's no wonder, then, that he pleaded for improving how the correctional system handles people with mental health problems.
Similar work at the same time was being done by Howard Sapers, Canada's Correctional Investigator. In June, 2008, he published his report on Smith, entitled A Preventable Death. It exposed the inadequate mental health resources that existed in federal prisons and strongly advocated drastic change.
Sapers followed this up just last month with an annual report that renewed his call for the prison system to do a better job of helping inmates with mental health problems. He said an alarming increase in the incidence of self-injury among female and male prisoners should be treated through mental health services — not as an issue of security. Furthermore, he again urged a ban on the placement of mentally ill inmates and those at risk of self-harm or suicide in segregation. That echoed one of Richard's main recommendations from four years ago.
And there's even more to come. Early next year, an Ontario coroner's inquest will begin hearings into Smith's death. Already, the scope of this inquest has been expanded beyond what such a probe would normally consider.
It will take many months and millions of dollars for this coroner's inquest to complete its task. When it is through, its findings, conclusions and recommendations should be reviewed along with the findings, conclusions and recommendations of all these other reports. If there are still gaps in the public's understanding of Smith's death and the conditions in Canadian prisons, it will be time for the kind of public inquiry Rae wants.
In all probability, we won't need another government inquiry to tell us what to do. We will simply need to act as the coroner — and all the other investigators to date — have advised.
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DUNEDIN, Fla. - For Reds manager Jerry Narron's plan to split the left-handers in his lineup to work, the right-handers splitting them are going to have to hit.
That would be Brandon Phillips and Edwin Encarnacion.
Phillips is likely to hit third in Narron's plan, Encarnacion fifth. Those are two very key spots in the lineup.
"I have confidence in them," Narron said, "and they have confidence in themselves. I think they'll both benefit from having left-handers hitting around them."
Phillips, 25, and Encarnacion, 24, are about the same age and they put up about the same numbers last year.
Encarnacion hit .276 with 15 home runs and 72 RBI. He hit .303 with runners in scoring position.
Phillips hit .276 with 17 home runs and 75 RBI. He hit .297 with runners in scoring position.
Both also were on their way to much better years until they hit the wall in the September. Encarnacion hit .214 with one homer and five RBI in September after hitting .317 with seven homers and 24 RBI in August. Phillips hit .149 with two homers and nine RBI after hitting .330 with seven homers and 17 RBI in August.
If they can build on last year, the Reds have a chance to have a good offense. If they don't, the Reds could struggle offensively as they did last September.
"It's simple: They have to get it done," Narron said.
The third-fifth arrangement works well because it allows Phillips to use his speed - he stole 25 bases in 27 attempts last year - and it will give Encarnacion chances with runners in scoring position, something he has a knack for.
"I don't really care where I hit," Encarnacion said. "I can hit anywhere. (But) I like batting with runners on base."
Neither Phillips nor Encarnacion got much time last year in the spot they're going to be in this year.
Phillips hit all over the lineup. He led off nine times, hit second 16 times, third once, fifth once, sixth 28 times, seventh 66 times, eighth 15 times and ninth twice.
Encarnacion hit second three times, third nine times, fourth 39 times, fifth 19 times, sixth 25 times, seventh 13 times and eighth twice.
Narron points out that while Phillips and Encarnacion are in important spots in the lineup and thus key to the club's success, the whole lineup has to work for the Reds to be good offensively.
"For us to be successful, we're going to need 25 guys," Narron said. "We don't have one guy to carry us. We don't have the great Albert Pujols."
Narron has the stat to back up that assertion.
"Last year, we didn't have a single position player get a vote - not even a 10th-place vote - for Most Valuable Player," he said. "We've got to have 25 guys do well."


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"So I opted for the awesomeness of this Japanese steel you were talking about. I mean that Tojiro DP gyuto is cheap! ... What? I can't just sharpen it with a pull through sharpener? I can damage the blade with the steel that came with my Henckels set? I need "special" sharpening stones? How much are we talking here? MORE THAN THE KNIFE COSTS? WHY DID I LISTEN TO YOU?!?!?!?!"
When Jen and I first got married, I registered for Wusthof knives because, of course, they were so much superior to Henckels. I knew there were better knives in the world, especially from Japan, but they seemed to cost my firstborn, and I didn't really know how to buy them in the first place, so I was happy with my selection. Soon after (but not soon enough to return the Wusthofs) the Japanese invaded a Bed Bath and Beyond near you with a little help from Alton Brown. I had a strong case of Shun-lust, but being the practical, thrifty person that I am, I made do.
Fast forward *cough* years, and Jen says something to the effect of, "maybe we should get another chef's knife so that when we're both needing it, we don't have to keep waiting." Naturally I knew that this was my chance to acquire a Japanese knife. So a week of underslept nights later, I purchased my first Japanese knife. (Review to come.)
I will be documenting what I found in a series of posts, so that I don't have to do it again, and perhaps it will help you, dear reader, acquire a Japanese instrument of cutting joy more quickly than I did.
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In this hilly constituency of Uttarakhand where British defeated the marauding Gurkhas in the 19th century to establish their supremacy, it's a battle between two candidates who have a military touch to them, one an academic and the other an ailing 80 year old soldier.
Congress candidate Harak Singh Rawat, who once taught military science in Garhwal University and is a cabinet minister in Uttarakhand government is facing a very stiff challenge from BJP's former chief minister Maj General(retd) Bhuvan Chandra Khanduri.
Rawat is on a sticky wicket because of anti-incumbency against the Congress which replaced the forme chief minister Vijay Bahuguna rather late. Harish Rawat, who replaced him has managed to get the fight back into the cadre. But the task is still very tough.
Political observers like Prof MM Semwal concede that from an absolutely hopeless position the Congress has recaptured a lot of lost ground because of the quick work done by new chief minister Harish Rawat. But it is probably too little too late.
Congress's political fortunes which look resurgent in Haridwar takes a sharp dip beyond Rishikesh. A journey along a raging Ganga - from Rishikesh to Devprayag to Pauri and beyond- bears a testimony to this. BJP flags fly flutter everywhere. It could as well be flags of anger.
In Shivpuri, which was a fast growing rafting destination before the calamity, no one is ready to stand up for the Congress.
"You can see the condition of business. The Congress has failed to bring back the tourists after the calamity. Very few are ready to come here for rafting, " says Govind Singh Rana, an ex-serviceman who ferries people from Rishikesh to Shivpuri in his jeep.
The story is the same in other villages also. In Sabdhaar Khal – a block of 32 villages dominated by Thakurs or Rajputs to which Harak Singh Rawat belongs, voters reflect similar feelings. Despite being a Brahmin, Khanduri enjoys sympathy here. "Khanduriji was ditched by Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' in last elections. An honest army person like him deserves better," says Dhanveer Singh Chauhan, a village headman and Congress supporter.
In Rudraprayag that bore the brunt of flash-floods, Harak Singh Rawat is fighting against anemotional tsunami of people's anger. A few young men are wearing the Aam Aadmi Party's signature white cap but don't know their candidate's name.
"They gave us this cap, why should we disrespect their feeling," says Mohan Singh Negi, playing cards with his friends.
Thakur dominated Bauvi, the biggest village of Uttarakhand that still bears the impact of devastation caused by flash floods, has few takers for Harak Singh Rawat.
Modi's role is very limited here. Many people know his name but there is no emotional or political connect. A sizeable number wants give Pauri seat as a parting gift to the ailing Khanduri.
"We did not do justice to General Saab last time. This time my vote is only for him," says Vishal Singh Kapsuri, a dhaba owner. A group of youth playing cards, half of them drunk, cry in unison – "We owe him this." Pauri has 1.69 lakh voters.


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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said in early January that it issued its final decision to not renew Honolulu's variances exempting two wastewater treatment plants at Sand Island and Honouliuli from full secondary treatment requirements, according to Pacific Business News. The city and county of Honolulu will now be required to upgrade the plants.
The potential costs of upgrading the Sand Island plant, located in Honolulu, and the Honouliuli plant, in Ewa, could be greater than $1.2 billion, city officials have said.
Mayor Mufi Hannemann is disappointed, but not surprised, at the EPA's decision, he said in a prepared statement.
"Every indication was that the EPA would decline to renew the waivers these plants have operated under for so long, so today's decision was not unexpected," Hannemann said in the statement. "However, we had hoped that the EPA would reconsider its tentative decision, in light of the overwhelming evidence presented by our local scientists and engineers that secondary treatment at these plants is not necessary or beneficial. We will review the final decision, and in all likelihood seek a review, as provided for by the EPA regulations."
Installing secondary treatment facilities would require significant increases in residential sewer fees, Hannemann said.
The discharges from the Sand Island and Honouliuli plants did not meet the Clean Water Act's conditions for renewed variances because neither of the plants' discharges protect recreational use or marine life in the vicinity of the ocean outfalls, the EPA said.
"This action will ensure that residents and visitors using Hawaii's ocean waters are protected from inadequately treated sewage," Wayne Nastri, the EPA's administrator for the Pacific Southwest region, said in a statement. "We will work with the city on a realistic schedule to upgrade its two largest wastewater plants, taking into account the other priorities for improvements to Honolulu's wastewater system."
Hannemann has said he would rather focus on repairing and upgrading the extensive network of sewer pipes that feed into the treatment plants, Pacific Business News reported.
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The FDA and Peanut Butter Death
By Jeanine Kendle
Beef used in elementary cafeterias, slaughtered incorrectly — recalled, February 2008. Bags of spinach laced with E. coli — recalled, September 2006. Cans of Purina pet food infected with tainted vegetable proteins — recalled, March 2007. A jar of reduced sugar Peter Pan Peanut Butter that was in my parents' cupboard and wreaked havoc on my lower intestine — recalled with salmonella, February 2007 (better late than never).
And now 600 people across the country sick from salmonella linked to tomatoes grown outside the United States, like all those used as decoration on Big Macs, (you guessed it) — recalled, June 2008.
Forget worries about increasing food prices. It's time we became concerned with decreasing food safety.
After two years of "tainted this" and "recalled that," what has changed for the Food and Drug Administration? If it were a private business wouldn't someone be fired? Wouldn't investors demand an internal audit?
In 2007, ConAgra Foods, the company that produced the 2007 salmonella-tainted peanut butter, brushed aside the FDA like beer cans underneath a frat house futon.
FDA documents show inspectors were told by the plant manager for ConAgra that with the 2004 bacteria problems, "they could not provide information … until checking with corporate officials."
When inspectors returned they were assured the company dealt with any problems internally and the products not meeting the company's specifications were destroyed. Case closed Columbo. That is, until people started getting more than their usual share of personal peanut problems.
After the 2006 E. coli outbreak in California's spinach, FDA Director Robert E. Brackett admitted before the Committee on Health Education that maybe the FDA needed to make improvements on its oversight of ready-to-eat fresh fruits and vegetables. Oops.
Since then, The Associated Press reported only 29 West Coast vegetable farms were inspected from September 2006 to September 2007. So cross your fingers and hope your bag of lettuce doesn't let you down.
As for 2008, just 1.3 percent of imported fish, vegetables and fruit are inspected by the FDA. Of course, it's OK, though, because of the 1.3 percent that is inspected, rarely does anything prove unfit for human constipation … I mean consumption.
Even scarier than unchecked imported fish is how the FDA reacts when outbreaks occur. The first victim of the recent salmonella tainted tomato was discovered April 16. It was June 3 when the FDA finally announced maybe Americans should watch what "tomaters" they ate.
I'll admit, there's more to it than just the FDA. We wield the sledge hammer of consumer buying power. That is, when gas prices don't turn our sledge hammers into a ball-peen. We are the deciders. We decide what to eat and where to buy it. We also are at fault.
I joke around with friends that after my run-in with the deadly jar of Peter Pan Peanut Butter I should make a T-shirt that proudly states, "I survived salmonella."
Perhaps a better T-shirt would say, "Know the hand that feeds you."
We, as a culture ,have come so far from knowing where our spinach is bagged or how our tomatoes are grown, that when an outbreak occurs it takes months to detect the source.
It isn't just the price of fuel that should drive us to shop at local farmers' markets. There's a safety in knowing where your food comes from.
Today, I stop at places that display signs advertising "local produce." I buy corn from a couple that grows it on a farm in Hartville. I buy snap peas from a man in Massillon and strawberries from a place in Navarre.
I still cringe, though, when I'm at the grocery store and I catch sight of that happy smiling boy-fairy, Peter Pan on the side of a jar of peanut laced death. I take a deep sigh, cross my fingers and pray that whatever happens chocolate isn't next.
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