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We've all seen an overwatered lawn in Fresno and other cities with water flowing into the gutter. We shake our heads and ask: Don't they know we're in a severe drought?
Some cities have strict rules for people who waste water. Others have imposed mandatory cutbacks. But violators don't face serious consequences. Now, state water officials are proposing to change that laissez-faire mind-set. It's about time.
Gov. Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency in January and asked Californians to curb their water use by 20%. Statewide, residential users responded by cutting only 5%. In some parts of the state, water consumption increased. In which water-world are they living?
On Tuesday, the State Water Resources Control Board will consider emergency regulations that could lead to fines up to $500 a day for people who obviously waste water.
Because many Californians haven't cut consumption, fines are a next logical step to impress upon people how serious this drought is and that the state's water shortage could get worse.
To ratchet up the pressure to conserve, the proposal seeks to authorize local water agencies to levy fines for: 1) watering outdoor landscapes so heavily that it causes runoff; 2) washing vehicles with a hose not fitted with a shut-off nozzle; 3) washing sidewalks and driveways; and 4) using potable water in a fountain that does not have a re-circulation system.
"We're trying to deal with the fact that California is in this incredibly historic and severe drought and trying to figure out ways to increase our resilience and security," said Felicia Marcus, chair of the water board.
Many Californians are limiting their use. But not enough; more of us should be thinking about ways to arduously conserve by, for example, replacing lawns with drought-resistant plants.
This is the second time in two weeks that the State Water Resources Control Board has acted forcefully to deal with the drought. Last week the board streamlined a process to force some rural water users to stop drawing water from streams, or face $500-per-day fines.
If the board approves the rules aimed at urban and suburban water users, authorities would instruct local water agencies to monitor water consumption and submit monthly reports. If anticipated levels of conservation are not met, more mandatory measures could be imposed.
Good. Some Californians evidently don't fully understand the severity of the drought. Perhaps fines of $500 a day would help make it clear.


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PORT ST. LUCIE — Danny Ninestine said he has always admired John Messina's coaching ability.
That was one reason, after watching Messina coach at Miami-Monsignor Pace High School, Ninestine — the long-time former Port St. Lucie High School athletic director — recruited Messina to be his baseball coach in 1993.
And it's why nearly a decade later Ninestine decided to nominate Messina, now the athletic director at St. Lucie West Centennial, for the Florida High School Athletic Association Hall of Fame.
Messina, who finished his coaching career in 2006 with a 465-160 record, will be inducted into the Hall of Fame during a ceremony Sunday in Gainesville.
"The way he coaches, it's very methodical, and his knowledge of baseball and his contacts, it's impressive," Ninestine said. "He could call any coach in the state, and they would give him information on the teams we were playing. He was that respected.
"He knew what pitch he was going to throw in the fourth inning before the game started. He was that methodical. It was amazing to watch him, his practices how organized they were and how insightful he was. He had great success. Obviously, he had a lot of great players, but that's not just coincidence. There is something John had to do to make them that great."
Messina said he would not be inducted had it not been for his former players and assistant coaches.
"It was always about my players," Messina said. "As a coach you are only as good as your assistants, and I had the best. And you're only as good as your players. It's never about you. It's about everyone else. I owe thanks to everyone I worked with because they are the ones joining in my success."
Messina said the best thing about his induction is that 30 of his family members, friends, colleagues and former players are planning to be in Gainesville for the ceremony.
"It's starting to hit me," Messina said. "It's really wonderful. I've heard from hundreds of my former players, and I was surprised to hear from a lot of the coaches we hosted during state baseball (when Centennial hosted the past four years). It's an exciting and humble experience. When you see the names in the Hall of Fame, it's really something to join that group, and it's even more exciting to have so many people to share it with."
Ninestine said he is disappointed he won't be able to attend the ceremony for his long-time friend and colleague.
He said he first met Messina while Messina was coaching at Pace, where he served as an assistant from 1978-80 and head coach 1981-93. Ninestine was studying at Biscayne College and helping out with the basketball team at Pace, and the two became friends.
When Ninestine first arrived on the Treasure Coast and was umpiring games, he enjoyed officiating Messina's games when the team was in the area. One Fourth of July at a wedding the two attended, Ninestine told Messina he should move to the Treasure Coast because his wife had family in the area. A year or two later, Messina became his baseball coach.
"To get a coach with that kind of caliber was great for Port St. Lucie," Ninestine said.
Messina was a part of two state titles as an assistant at Pace and won championships as a head coach in 1981, '85 and '88.
He spent six years at Port St. Lucie, during the 1994-99 seasons, and guided the Jaguars to at least 18 wins each year, including a school-record 29 in 1996. Messina was 126-51 in all, including district championships in 1995, '96 and '97 with the latter two teams reaching the Class 5A regional finals.
Messina left Port St. Lucie to take over as Centennial's athletic director but left for two years to coach at Jensen Beach, before returning to his administrative job in 2006.
"He is one of the most deserving people of a Hall of Fame induction," Ninestine said. "Those numbers are Hall of Fame numbers. You don't get those kinds of numbers unless you are a great coach.
"Even Tommy John once told me, 'John Messina is the best high school baseball coach I've ever met.' He had coached down in Fort Lauderdale and had gotten to know John there, and he said, 'I learned from John Messina.' That puts the exclamation point on what I always thought about him."
1978-80: Assistant coach at Pace High School, (part of state titles in '78 and '80)
1981-93: Pace head coach (won state titles in '81, '85, '88)
1994-99: Port St. Lucie head coach
1999-2004: St. Lucie West Centennial athletic director
2005-06: Jensen Beach head coach
2006-present: Centennial athletic director
Overall record as head coach: 465-160
Florida State Coach of the Year four times
FIAAA Meritorious Service Award
Three FHSAA Fred E. Rozelle Sportsmanship Awards
Serves on FHSAA Academic All-State Committee and Representative Assembly
"He is very methodic and very diligent in everything he does," St. Lucie County athletic director Jay Stewart said. "That is a trait of a very successful coach and athletic director. His body of work in education, while it's primarily recognized for accomplishmens in athletics, it's really a teaching skill he has been able to take and move over into his role as a coach and athletic director. It's a well-deserved honor."
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The life of hottest girl in school is not easy. Sure, all the boys in school are in love with you, but it also means that every girl in school is trying to destroy your life! Vicious rumors and gossip follow everywhere you go. But Hye-Min Hwang is not a delicate damsel in distress. She knows that there is nothing more satisfying than sweet revenge. That is, if it were not for her secret crush, Jung-Yun. He makes her want to hide her cynical dark side, put on an innocent, pretty face, and endure all the backstabbing lies. But when she finds out that he's the only guy in school who hasn't fallen for her, it's time for Hye-min's sweet revenge. Her first victim is Ma-Ha, a playboy who's been begging for her attention for as long as she's known him...
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My fellow healthcare workers give me hell about riding motorcycles. I will relate to you what I say to them.
We generally see three different groups that come in from bike crashes. People that are drunk. 0.43 blood alcohol one time.
40-50 year olds with some disposable income that think bikes are cool so they buy a harley and crash it.
18-25 year olds that purchase an R1 as their first bike and crash it.
I then ask them when they last saw a pt that did not fit into one of the groups I just listed. That ends the conversation and the ridicule.
Yeah it seems to go that way,riders with many,many years of riding under their belt and have made it to their 30's/40's/50's and still ride all the time are WAY under represented in crash statistics.
No way to buy experience,but keeping an open mind and trying to learn can help. Some just buy a bike and figure it will work out,there's more to it then that.
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The purpose of this Meetup is to foster new relationships among doubters of religion and non-believers. We welcome diversity, especially the participation of women, whose full worth and rights have been denied by religions throughout history.
Hi, I am Ron Herman, the current organizer of this Meetup. However, I am looking for someone who will set up events for us. You may arrange whatever meeting sites and types of events that interest you. But, since we have a large and diverse group of members, you should be willing to allow others to set up a variety of meetings, too, like discussions of the Free Inquiry or Humanist magazines or Humanist books, dinners at local restaurants, guest speakers, hiking, games, dancing, bowling - whatever people want to do to get together. Some will attend one type of event, but not others
Any member can go to "Ideas for Meetups" and make suggestions, if you are willing to be the leader for the event. The event will be approved, if there are a couple of others willing to attend. So far, Jerry has volunteered to arrange a social event in January, probably at a restaurant, so watch for that. Trina will set up a poll to find out what our members would like to do for Meetups.
If you want access to "Group Tools" to arrange Meetups, just find me at the top of the Members list and click on my name to send me an e-mail, and I will add you to the list of organizers.
It is worth a few words to explain who we are. Actually, I haven't figured out how to describe us in only a few words, although we might say that we are "humane skeptics." Please consider the following diverse sample member profiles and views and ask yourself where you "fit in."
• You have doubts about the claims of religions, New Age spiritualism, and the paranormal, including astrology, ESP, and space alien abductions. There is no verifiable evidence for these and/or they violate the natural laws of science. You are a "non-believer" in general; you are skeptical of such claims.
• You are looking for like-minded friends for sharing common interests, or romance, or employment, or sales opportunities, or a chance to join community outreach as a political activist. Make this group what you want it to be for you.
• You may consider yourself an atheist, because you know there is no god.
• You might call yourself an agnostic, because you think no one can possibly ever know whether there is a god or not, or you haven't decided for sure.
• You might have been raised without religion, or you might have left the religion you grew up in, or you might attend services for the sake of family or social contacts.
• You may believe in some "spiritual" force or presence in the universe, but you don't accept the gods of religious scriptures and their confusing dictates.
• You might think that we need to do a better job of getting our messages about non-belief into our community as a civil right or for the sake of its mental health and safety. Recently, some applauded the billboards placed around Albuquerque by the Freedom From Religion Foundation and are also members of that organization. You may want to help expose the fallacies of religions from a logical and philosophical point of view. Or, you may wish to be more like a consumer advocate who wants to protect society, especially youth, from the hazards of religious teachings and the beliefs in the paranormal.
• You might hesitate to identify yourself as non-believers for fear of reprisals from family, friends, or employers. That is a serious concern, and we must respect those feelings.
Many choose Secular Humanism as a "softer" image in the community that offers more than just atheism. Secular Humanism is a way of life based on the positive application of scientific skepticism and free inquiry - rather than religion or the paranormal - to the resolution of human problems. It is inspired by natural beauty and human artistic expression. It is guided by the ethical principles of personal integrity, responsibility, and compassion, and the social principles of liberty, equality, minority rights, justice under law, and environmental responsibility. Humanism recognizes that our values come from our human nature, our various cultures, and our personal experiences, rather than divine revelation. Secular Humanists may be quiet humanitarians or vocal activists.
If you've rejected traditional religion (or were never religious), you may be asking, "Is that all there is?" or "What next?" For many, mere atheism or agnosticism aren't enough. Atheists and agnostics are generally silent on larger questions of values and meaning. If our purpose in life is not dictated by religious leaders, what do we have for guidance? If eternal life is a deception, how can we make the most of this life? As social beings sharing a godless world, how can we best enjoy life - and contribute to human progress? For the questions that remain unanswered after we've cleared our minds of gods, souls, and spirits, many atheists, agnostics, skeptics, and freethinkers turn to Secular Humanism. You might want to also join a national organization like the Council for Secular Humanism or the American Humanist Association.
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Disconnecting Completely For the First Time In Years
August 26, 2013 | 3:33 pm
By Juli Monroe
Everyone loves to write about disconnecting while on vacation, and about whether it's a good idea or a bad one. (Uh, yes, I do put myself in the category of loving to write about it.)
Anyway, my husband and I just got back from a week-long camping trip where we disconnected completely. I'd like to say it was for some profound moral or spiritual reason, but it was actually because we were camping in a park that had no cell signal and no Wi-Fi. Can you believe it? In 2013? And we didn't leave the country. Heck, we didn't even leave the state!
Disconnecting did not include leaving behind electronic devices. I had my Kindle and iPad. My husband had his iPad. We both had our phones, but turned them off as soon as we arrived and didn't turn them back on until we left to drive back home.
I was surprised at how little I missed being connected. I did wish for Wikipedia a few times (doesn't everyone wonder about angelic hierarchy while vacationing?) But other than that, I didn't miss the Internet. I certainly didn't miss email.
I did miss texting a couple of times. My husband had to make a Walmart run, and usually we text back and forth on those to make sure he doesn't miss anything. And there were a few other times we were briefly separated when a quick text would have come in handy. We survived, obviously.
So was it a better, more relaxing vacation? Actually, I'm not sure it made much of a difference. Even when I have access to phone, email and the Internet, I do little to no work while on vacation. So it's not like disconnecting made a difference there.
Email was the biggest impact. When I have signal, I process email a couple of times a day. I don't read or answer; I just delete junk and schedule important emails to return to when I get back home. Turning on Wi-Fi on my iPad and seeing a three-digit badge on my email app wasn't a happyifying event, but I managed.
So, I'm left with the same opinion as before: We choose how much technology rules our life. Not missing it while I was gone, I think, says more about choices I've made than the inherent "goodness" or "evilness" of technology. It's a tool. Tech, including the Internet, makes my life easier and often more pleasant, but I don't let it rule or take over my life.
I doubt I'm alone in that. What about you? Does losing your access make you twitchy … or is it relaxing?
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Juli, great post and as someone who has never owned a computer in his life, and currently has no land line or cellphone (for the past two years and I love it), I enjoyed your piece. You might want to see Matt Haber's recent commentary at the NYT website titled "A trip to digital detox" in which he spent time at a summer camp called Camp Grounded. Google for link.
Juli, i thought you'd never ask. Smile. Long story short: i have never owned a computer in my life and never will. It is not a protest, just my style. So how do i do all this writing and reading and posting and commenting online if i do not own a computer? Good question, and there is a good "how to disconnect story" here for someone to write. Since computers were invented, and while I was living in Alaska, and then Tokyo and now Taiwan, i have always "used" either for free or for rent (at internet cafes in Tokyo or Taiwan, which is how i am writing to you now at a local internet cafe in south Taiwan, 30 cents US money per hour to use the machine). I have enough money to buy a computer if i wanted, but i hate machines, in genereal, they tend to break down and crash, and then i might lose all my info and data and files, so i have always used hotmail at first and now gmail as my de facto home computer. I blog via blogspot, i cooment via facebook and twitter, and i write my articles at the email cafe. ONE REASON I DO THIS: since i love computers so much as a writing and reading tool, yes, i am afraid i would stay home all the time and never leave my house, addiction yes, if i owned a computer. SO at home no computer no phone, land or cellphone. just a TV for CNN news in English and local news in Chinese. WHen i "need" to read emails, i must go out and ride my bicycle about ten minutes to the local internet cafe, also do not own a car or a motorcyle, and this "distance" from the Net, keeps me sane. and happy. it has been my way of disconnecting on a daily basis, so i never feel a need to disconnect, it's built into my lifestyle. More people should try this. Stress goes down. really. and i am online 24/7, about 3-4 hours a day, a bit in the morning, a bit at noon and final emails at evening time. In between i am 100 percent disconnected out of reach adn i love it. I can think.
And you know that book by William Powers titled "Hamlet's Blackberry" — if you read the acknowledgments, you will see Bill mentioned me by name as one of his "technology thinkers" and an early booster of his book!
TWITCH IS NOT GOOD! lol.
PS – Julie did you find the NYT piece yet on CAMP GROUNDED. worth finding
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I ran into a very weird problem:
I am formatting a string representing time from 00-23 (as returned by a Google service) in the following manner:
(passing in a string of lets say 14, should output either 14:00 or 2:00 PM, depends on user local)
+(NSString *) formatTime: (NSString *)timeToBeFormatted {
NSDateFormatter *dateFormat = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[dateFormat setDateFormat:@"HH"];
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date = [dateFormat dateFromString:timeToBeFormatted];
// Convert date object to desired output format
[dateFormat setTimeStyle:NSDateFormatterShortStyle];
timeToBeFormatted = [dateFormat stringFromDate:date];
return timeToBeFormatted;
Everything works fine in all locals worldwide.
However, ONLY if a user has his TIME format set on 12h in a local where the default is 24h the formatter will return NULL ONLY for vales between 12-23.. Pretty weird i would say!
Example: before formatter 12 after 12:00 AM before formatter 13 after (null)
Any ideas why this could happen?


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Set Reminder for Destination Zone.
*Update 1.2.0*
Move to SDCARD supported for android 2.2 and above
Following Time Zones added
*Update 1.3.0*
Now application maintain the destination time zone that user have selected and not reset after user leave application.
Following Time Zones added
*Update 1.3.2*
Added Options Menu from where UTC/GMT Time can be Switched on/off in the result.
*Update 1.3.3*
Input Time Format is now configurable with this update.
Following Time Zones added
*Update 1.3.6*
Add/Remove timezone functionality Time Zone is now available in this release
*Update 1.4.0*
Fixed Bug:Rotate clears time.
Added India(IST) Utc +5:30 Timezone.
*Update 1.4.4*
Added fast search feature.Just press search key and start searching timezones.
Updates with Latest timezones data.
What's New
Clocks around the world
Android 5.x: If after pressing (+), to search for a city, the 'Search'-command button is not shown in the dialog, please hold your phone vertically. The search option button will appear in this case. I'll try to find a workaround for that layout problem of this standard dialog.
This app is one of the few in its field, which require no permissions at all. Thus it does not need any download or internet-lockup to perform its function, to show the time from different places around the world. This app does not and will also not in the future contain tracking, banners or other advertisement.
If you travel, don't change the hour or minute time setting of your phone, select the correct local time zone setting instead! Contains list of time zones and city names, no states or countries. I have been notified, that with old Android versions time in Russia may be one hour off. Accuracy depends operating system time zone information, handling of special incorrect cases may be added in the future. Still, don't forget to check your phone time zone and time settings in case of error.
World Clock & Weather Widget
IMPORTANT: If you are using a task manager, which automatically kills background tasks, add the app to its white list. Otherwise the widget might stop updating.
* Show local time and weather conditions in more than 4000 places.
* Add your own places: Add a place in the same time zone and change its name and coordinates to your desired location to show the actual weather condition there!
* A compact clock widget, displaying the local time in your favorite locations.
* A widget showing the time and weather, which is re-sizable to show more locations on the home screen.
* Simple and clean UI
* Customizable widget colors (including transparent background)
The Internet connectivity permission is *only* used to retrieve current weather conditions.
Please help to improve this application. I appreciate your feedback by email or in the comments below.
Like the app, but miss a feature? Fork it on GitHub: https://github.com/arminha/worldclockwidget
ChronoZone Time Zone Reckoner
Time zones can be added/removed from a searchable list of standard zone names.
Ideal for:
Keeping in touch with friends.
Planning Meetings.
Currency traders
World Clock Widget
- Displays time and date in multiple cities and time zones
- Digital & Analog Clock
- A lot of color and appearance settings
- 3D look
- supports GMT and ZULU timezones too
Best World Clock & Time Zones
Now you can do it all with this amazing world clock and time zones calculator. Specially designed to access really quickly and in a simple way to time and date information for 4000 cities. And the best of all it does not need an internet connection, so it's the perfect app if you are visiting different countries and can not get an internet connection every moment.
Ideal for travellers and tourists, or if you have friends and family, or have meetings anywhere in the world.
Main Features:
1. Updated information for almost 4000 cities worldwide
2. Local time for cities, time zones, and daylight saving times periods.
3. Save favourites cities to quickly view their local time and compare with others.
4. Interactive Map to quickly view current time on any point of the world.
5. Time Zones Calcultor to convert between time zones. You can select any time and date for a city and view what time would it be on another city.
6. Beautiful, simple and intuitive User Interface.
7. No internet connection required.
Get your FREE copy of the app Today and Enjoy it!
Digital World Clock Widget
*Four different sized widgets (1x1, 2x1, 4x1 and 4x2).
*Transparent widgets to feel the home screen background.
*Shows current time in multiple cities around the world.
* Multiple clocks support.
*Add any number of clocks and the time of these clocks will roll, showing all the clocks one after the other.
*Supports various timezones.
*Quick search for locations.
*Day & night display.
*Lots of customizations. A lot of color and appearance settings.
*Select millions of colors for the time and date with a RGB color picker.
*Changes take effect in real-time.
*Show/Hide AM-PM.
* No Battery Drain - Energy efficient.
*Ad free and does not use any permissions.
*Tap on add icon at the top-right corner in app's home page to add a clock.
*Edit a clock name by tapping edit option which appears on long press in clock's list.
*Similarly, option to delete a clock will appear on long press.
*Also tap on menu for an option to delete all the existing clocks on single shot.
*Tap on menu to go to settings page.
*Edit the phone clock name in settings page.
*Tap on widget to load up app page.
*Pin a clock(stopping roll) if needed with a simple tap on sun/moon image at the top of widget in 1x1 and 2x1 widgets.
How to add the widget on Android 4.0+:
- Open the app drawer.
- Tap the "Widgets" tab.
- Find our Digital World Clock Widget and drag it to the home screen.
How to add the widget on older versions of android:
- Long press an empty spot on the home screen.
- Select "Widgets".
- Tap on Digital World Clock Widget to add it to the home screen.
- Please exclude the widget from any task killers, this will resolve the time freezing issue(When the app is killed, the time will stop updating).
-When phone starts, clock starts in less than a min too.
- Please relaunch the widget after app update if widget not updating.
-ROM users-> Widgets are not supposed to be on SD card. Beacuse, Android does not support widgets on external storage. So, move to SD card option is not enabled.Sorry for the inconvenience.
-If your city is missing, find a city in the same time zone & change the clock name(for immediate remedy).
-Email us about your missing city along with country, timezone details and we will be happy to add it in our next update(for permanent remedy).
-Email problems/suggestions.
Contact (Email): email@example.com
Time Zones
It is very simple and you don't need to input any address or coordinates.
Time Mapper
You can simply search for a specific location, or just tap and pan the map to any place in the world.
This app also provides the name of the time zone with the date and time data.
So give this app a try and your feedback is always welcome.
Time Mapper requires that you have Google Play Services and Google Maps installed on your device. Most devices already have both installed, however if you are missing any then Time Mapper will prompt you to install them.
Time Mapper also requires an active internet connection to work properly.
World Time Map
You can check the time of the place just to touch the location you want to know the time in the world map .
Search of place are possible as country and region names , even from the time zone , where you want to frequently check the time can be registered as a ( local favorite ) .
I can be checked with the position on the world map time zone country in the world , city name , national flag , time, and GMT.
★ display method of the time in the world are two types .
(1) Touching the map of the world .
When you touch a world map , where you want to know the time, the time of the location is displayed as a digital clock .
Time will be displayed along with the national flag , and the like region name .
(2) To choose from Name of country or region name list .
Register as a ( local favorite ) Select the area you want to display the clock from the region name list of the world .
Areas that have been registered will be added already listed , the time is displayed as the digital clock from the world map by touching it .
Region name list is sorted Sort possible English alphabetical order , in the GMT time zone order.
My favorite area can not add more than three places .
※ The number of regional World Clock World Time Map can display time is 90 places .
※ For convenience of display , world map displayed has been expanded about 1.3 times in the machine .
World Traveler's Clock
World Traveler Clock means travel and business!It allows you to observe global time zones with ease.When you use the World Traveler Clock at the first time,you should choose the city and add it.Then every city you choose will be displayed on your phone as a widget.However,you can change different cities by clicking the widget.
Ever wondered what time is it in your destination city or back home when travelling or on business.Whatever place on the earth can be searched and added through the clock.The world traveler clock don't need phone's network environment, so you can use it on any airplanes.It shows current time for places all over the world!
Essential,easy to use,and fully functional.Classic World Clock!
And it's free!
Application Feature:
-- One widget for everything
-- No ads
-- Contracted and elegant
-- Precisely accurate
-- Exactly convenient
PolyClock™ World Clock
"Try it and see why this is considered one of the best world clock apps out there." - Lets Talk Tablets, 11 Must Have Business Apps for your Android Tablet
"Ideal for business users, the app allows you to schedule meetings and set alarms for any time zone so you can avoid confusion when travelling for work." - Techrepublic, 20 top Android apps for business users
"It looks superb and enables you to break down all aspects of the clock" - The 2011 Android App Guide (magazine)
"BEST world clock app I've used by far. Widgets are creative & informative." - gbrown321
"Ability to scroll forward or back to calculate timezone differences is a huge benefit." - Patrick
"UI friendly, great graphics, use it everyday." - Phillip
More than just a multi-timezone clock:
▶ Exclusive daylight clock technology illustrates time differences by comparing day & night between cities
▶ Day, night, & extent of time zone displayed on map & globe
▶ Supports all current time zone changes
▶ Set alarms for any time zone on your list
▶ Plan meetings with just a swipe of the finger, or jump directly to any date/time
▶ Double-tap any clock for even more details: sunrise, sunset, DST…
▶ Can automatically correct your phone's time zone setting
▶ Easily add any city on Earth, as many clocks as you like
▶ Lots of appearance options
▶ Will work without Internet connection - great for travel
▶ Uses its own internal timezone database, insulated from obsolete time zones on your device
▶ 3 styles of widget; all are resizable on Android 3.1+, and available in multiple sizes on earlier OS versions
Ideal for:
· Business people dealing with multiple time zones
· People with friends and family in other time zones
· Travelers
· Time geeks
Supports installation to SD card. However: doing so will disable the widgets. This is a "feature" of Android, and isn't something I can fix. See http://bit.ly/icwTHi.
Requires the following permissions:
YOUR LOCATION: COARSE (NETWORK-BASED) and FINE (GPS)
Required to display the Local city and zone.
Required to search for time zones and download satellite imagery.
MODIFY/DELETE USB STORAGE or SD CARD CONTENTS
Used to store various images for faster operation.
Required to apply time zones from PolyClock to the device.
Required to re-establish alarms after device reboot.
Used to vibrate the device when an alarm sounds.
World Time
One screen application. Add and delete from the same screen.
* Search for a city or country
* Long Press on a row to Delete
* Ad support
Ad-Free version (with home widget)
Perfect World Clock
Ever wondered what time it is in your destination city or back home when travelling? Need to keep track of different time zones? Ever accidentally called your mum in the middle of the night when you've been abroad? Perfect World Clock has the answer: Show current date & time for places all over the world! And it's free.
* Show time at current location and any location world-wide
* Knows more than 20,000 cities in all time zones of the world!
* Unlimited number of widgets showing different time zones
* Day & night display
* Both digital and analog clock styles
* 3 different widget formats (4x1, 2x2, 2x1)
* Greatly configurable
* Easy and intuitive user interface
* VERY energy efficient
* Simply perfect ;-)
This software is currently ad-supported. A donation key which removes ads from the app will be released soon.
Both Internet connectivity and GPS/network location details are required for retrieving the current timezone you are in. Additional data costs may apply.
After installation you will be required to download additional 1 MByte of data to your external storage. This needs to be done only once though.
Please help to improve this application by either commenting or sending an email to the provided contact address below.
Time Map
There is a great map on Wikipedia by TimeZonesBoy with time zone boundaries. I have taken that map and put it in my application and then displayed the correct time on every zone. Some countries use Daylight saving time so I displayed the time on boundaries of DST. The problem was that Android uses an old time zone database. I used Joda-time to correct that problem. It uses the "Olson database" that is frequently updated. Startup is a little slower, but the displayed time is correct now.
You cannot zoom in or out of the map. It's supposed to work with minimum scrolling. The times are calculated on the start or return to the application and are not automatically refreshed. Just get the desired time and close or switch to another application.
There could be some errors for countries that have Daylight Saving Time because the start and end of DST is not the same for all countries.
If you have any complaints about border representation on the map or some errors, it is not my fault. I didn't make the map. I just use it.
ADVERTISEMENTS: This application doesn't have any ads.
This application doesn't use any application permission. It just displays a map and puts the correct time on it. Nothing else. It doesn't go to the Internet to retrieve new time zone information. Every major change of time zone database will be a new version of this application. If TimeZonesBoy puts an updated map on Wikipedia, I will also update this application with it.
This application uses a map from Wikipedia by TimeZonesBoy (2015-01-29):
"World Time Zones Map" by TimeZonesBoy - Own work. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:World_Time_Zones_Map.png#mediaviewer/File:World_Time_Zones_Map.png
Time zone database is from:
tz database 2015d
Code for using the time zone database is from:
Joda-time 2.7
Licensed under Apache License Version 2.0
World Clock Widget (Trial)
★ Innovative time bar layout.
★ Flags for 245 countries! Email me to add more!
★ Resizeable Widget (For Android 3.1+).
★ Lockscreen Widget (For Android 4.2+).
★ HiRes HD Resolution option for high end tablets.
★ Colours completely customisable.
★ Customisable working hours.
★ No extra CPU usage.
★ 4x1 widget shows four time zones at once.
★ Multiple widget support. Add 4 widgets, see 12 time zones at once!
★ Tablet Support. 2x1 and 4x2 widgets for landscape tablets.
**NEW** Support and feedback forum here: http://sonicpenguins.com/forums
If you have any problems, please either email me, or post a message on the forum.
Full version here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sonicPenguins.worldClockWidget
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* Run FTP Server on you android phone access Files/folders on PC, Browser and FTP Clients
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* Search Files and Folders.
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* List Installed Applications
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* Cloud Storage Support - Google Drive and Dropbox
* Explore and manage system files and folders. Full root access for copy, delete, move and rename.
* Root Explorer requires Rooted Phone. This feature will not root your phone/tablet. If you do not have root access, then this feature is useless.
Enable/Disable this feature from Settings. Its Completely Free Feature.
Language Support:
Goal is to make easy, light weight and free tool which easily manage files SD Card.Simple File manager for all types of users(Root and Normal).
Comments and suggestions for this application are welcome.
Fan Page: https://www.facebook.com/SdCardManager
Google Plus Community: https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/105521765486959658078
✓ If you're having trouble with the app, PLEASE contact the developer via email or fan page. NEGATIVE COMMENTS can't help the developer solve the problems!
*Update 1.4.6*
FTPS Support(Explicit over TLS/SSL).
*Update 1.4.0*
users can now compress multiple files and folders together in one zip/tar from options menu
*Update 1.2.7*
Send File using FTP.User can now upload files to FTP Server
*Update 1.2.0*
Search Files and Folders.
*Update 1.1.9*
Browse system folders and files.
*Update 1.1.8*
Fixed minor bug.
Bluetooth File Share
Share Files and folders stored on Clouds Storage via Bluetooth.
1) High Performance
2) Switch On Bluetooth from application
3) Admin Bluetooth Connections
4) Filters Photos, Videos, Music, Documents, Zip Files and Apps.
5) Share via Bluetooth
6) Share via Social Media Applications e.g Gmail, Facebook etc
7) Back up Application and Share Apk via Bluetooth
8) Support Google Drive, Dropbox.
9) Share Contacts
10) In Built Image Browser
KitKat SDCard Fix
Android 4.4, "KitKat", Google has modified the default permissions for the external SD Card.
this application requires root access to modify /system/etc/permissions/platform.xml.This Application restore back the Ability to write on your SD Card. Now You can continue using your favorite Third party applications after this application fixes the writing ability on External SD Card.
This application is useful only on Device which has External SD Card. No need to install on devices which not support external SD Card example Google Nexus 4 etc.
-This Application requires Root Access and Modifies the System file.No Warranty.
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SD Card Manager is a free tool which helps you to manage files and folders in SD Card. Please have a try.
Check following links to know about the background Information.
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Delete, rename, copy, zip or unzip files remotly using Web Interface.
No Limitations - Upload/Download any size files.There is no restrictions
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3) Supports FTP, FTPS(Explicit FTP over TLS/SSL and Implicit FTP Over TLs/SSL)
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5) Delete Files
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read all your RSS feeds at one place.
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* Super Fast and Easy Application of Managing Multiple Cloud Storage Services
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Jenson Button has revealed his frustration over McLaren's lack of pace at the Canadian Grand Prix after finishing a lowly 12th in the race on Sunday.
With Sergio Perez crossing the line in 11th, the team's failure to score any points ended McLaren's record run of scoring in 64 consecutive grands prix. Although Button felt that traffic made his job more difficult, he does not believe that the team could have fared any better.
"This wasn't the best race for us as a team. It's particularly tough because this circuit is usually very good to us," Button said in a team statement.
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And everyone thought Lewis was fool for switching teams… I remember it because I'm not a Mclaren fan and knew it would trigger the silly season and mad scramble for seats. Soooo many people thought it was plain stupid. Ol' Lewis is laughing now. How the Mighty Mclaren have fallen. I really like JB but the rumour that Lewis carried the brunt of the developement seems to be proving true.
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I would be super pissed off at myself if I was Jenson Button. He finished behind his teammate/ adversary ("chenco" lol) Sergio. Thats unexcusable that he couldn't get around his inferior teammate at Canada.
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Table of Contents
- 1.0 Summary
- 2.0 Audit Report
1.0 Summary
1.1 Audit Objective
The audit objective was to determine whether a management framework is in place to enable the organization to carry out effective succession planning.
1.2 Audit Opinion
In our opinion, the organization has an appropriate and well-monitored management framework in place for succession planning.
1.3 Statement of Assurance
As Chief Audit Executive, it is my opinion that the audit procedures applied and the evidence gathered are sufficient and appropriate to support the opinion formulated in this report. This opinion is based on a comparison of existing conditions and audit criteria established before the audit and accepted by management. The opinion applies only to the entity examined.
1.4 Summary of Recommendations
The audit showed that the CSA identifies and assesses succession planning risks at regular intervals. The planning is done in a progressive, integrated manner, particularly since two new committees were set up (Human Resources / Finance Committee and Integrated Management Co-ordinating Committee [IMCC]), while the effectiveness of planning and management procedures is assessed in various ways (e.g., Management Accountability Framework [MAF], Staffing Management Accountability Framework [SMAF] and Public Service Employee Surveys [PSES]).
In addition, recruiting, training, learning, professional development and corporate knowledge transfer strategies have been developed and implemented. Performance appraisals are designed to be constructive and remedial and include commitments for the next year, individual learning plans and professional development plans. The CSA also verifies staff turnover at regular intervals and in order to promote employee retention, studies the reasons why employees leave.
Before this audit was carried out, management had already identified a weakness in the identification of key positions within the organization and had already made plans to identify these positions during the 2012-2013 fiscal year in accordance with the specific schedule on page 8 of this report. Consequently, although we know that this essential identification exercise has not yet been carried out, we did not include any recommendation in that regard in this report. Based on the information gathered during the audit, we are confident that management will identify these positions as provided for in the established schedule.
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Karine Roy, Chief, Audit Operations and Professional Practice
2.0 Audit Report
2.1 Background
The organization is active in a specialized field where there are relatively few people with required expertise. In addition to having to recruit and retain employees who are competent in their specific fields, the organization must be able to train employees who are interested in key management positions so that it can develop in both a scientific and technical context and a federal government context.
2.2 Audit Objective, Scope and Approach
The audit objective was to determine whether a management framework is in place to enable the organization to carry out effective succession planning.
The audit was conducted from July to December 2011. We used the audit evidence available during this period to formulate our opinion.
The audit included various audit procedures, including interviews, a review of documents and observations. The audit criteria were based on various Treasury Board Secretariat (TBS) succession planning management guides and on best succession planning practices.
2.3 Findings, Recommendations and Management Response
2.3.1 Organization's succession planning management framework
To ensure that the organization has implemented appropriate and effective succession planning measures, we expected to find the following:
- Risks identified and assessed by management;
- Planning procedures;
- Recruiting, learning, training and professional development procedures; and
- Management procedures (performance appraisals, employee retention, staff turnover, effectiveness of the succession planning process).
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We found that succession planning risks were identified and assessed at regular intervals and as part of two different activities:
For the purposes of identifying and assessing the CSA's risks, the following documents are consulted:
We also found that key positions had not yet been identified. We believe it is essential to identify them in order to be able to assess risks appropriately and carry out and manage succession planning effectively.
The Human Resources Directorate had planned to identify key positions during the 2012-2013 fiscal year according to the following steps:
For the time being, the positions that have a critical influence on the operational activities or the strategic objectives of the organization are identified in the staffing activities prioritization exercise. This exercise allows the Executive Committee to decide on the prioritization of staffing activities, taking into account available financial resources and the organization's ability to meet all of the demand.
Given that even before this audit was conducted, management had already planned to identify key positions, we did not include a recommendation in that regard in this report. Based on the gathered information, we are confident that management will identify these positions as planned in the above-mentioned schedule.
|Responsibility Identified
|Management Response
|Management Action Plan
|Action plan details
|Criterion 2
|Planning procedures are in place.
We found that the CSA develops and implements various plans and strategies for succession planning, learning, training, professional development and knowledge transfers.
These plans and strategies have been developed for senior management (EX), scientific (ENG, RES), technical (EG, EL) and corporate (PE, CS) positions. The plans cover all CSA reporting levels (senior management, managers, supervisors and employees). In addition, a strategy for using student programs has been developed.
The human resource planning tools used by the CSA take succession planning risks into account. These tools are used to determine the CSA's current and future requirements, identify existing employees, compare them with the CSA's current and future requirements and thus identify positions that must be staffed.
Subsequently, the manager responsible for the staffing process uses updated SMCs and work descriptions to determine the essential qualifications for the positions to be staffed. There are also generic SMCs for some job groups, which help to speed up the staffing of positions belonging to those groups.
The CSA also uses a self-assessment tool developed jointly by various departments that CSA staff (supervisors, managers, senior managers and employees) can use to define key skills for the purposes of discussions about performance, learning needs and career planning.
The CSA also had plans to gradually implement competency-based management (CBM) for learning, performance appraisal and human resource planning and staffing activities. CBM can be used to identify, define, measure, develop and implement individual and/or organizational skills.
Integration of planning
Some weaknesses in the integration of human resource planning with the CSA's planning of operations had been reported in recent years. In that regard, the 2011–2012 HR Priorities document prepared by Human Resources mentions the need of improvement in this area. In addition, the CSA Corporate Risk Profile mentions the need to incorporate human resource planning into the CSA's strategic planning and financial cycle. We found that several improvements had been implemented to facilitate this integration, including the setting up of two committees, ie, the Human Resources / Finance Committee and the IMCC. The Year One Report of the 2010–2013 IHRP exercise recommends that these two committees continue their efforts to integrate management planning procedures, that the participation of managers and their administrative staff be simplified, that relevant information be provided for departmental decision making and that the Agency be provided with assistance in order to meet the expectations of the central agencies.
In addition, the IHRP exercise now makes reference to the Program Activity Architecture (PAA) and clearly establishes a relationship between the human resource strategies and the organization's operational objectives. A list of staffing activities based on the Annual Reference Level Update (ARLU) and the CSA's Report on Plans and Priorities (RPP) has been included in the HRAP. The CSA's integrated management cycle schedule now includes human resource planning and follow-up activities.
|Responsibility Identified
|Management Response
|Management Action Plan
|Action plan details
|Criterion 3
|The CSA has recruiting, learning, training and professional development procedures in place.
In order to recruit and provide training and professional development for the next generation of employees, the CSA refers to policies, guidelines and guides developed in house and externally (by the Treasury Board [TB], the TBS and the Public Service Commission [PSC]). These documents provide a framework for the strategies developed and implemented by the CSA.
The CSA uses a variety of recruiting strategies, such as recruitment programs for the scientific and technical sectors, group staffing processes for the purposes of creating pools of qualified candidates, generic staffing processes, internal promotions, the Finance Officer Recruitment and Development / Internal Auditor Recruitment and Development (FORD/IARD) program and the student program. These strategies give the CSA timely access to various sources of potential applicants.
The CSA has developed and implemented learning, training and professional development strategies, such as required learning, a continuous learning program (CLP), Professional Development And Apprenticeship Program (PDAP), departmental learning priorities, annual individual learning plans, career management services, coaching services, mentoring programs, a management succession planning initiative and professional development programs for employees at EX, ENG, EG, EL, PE and CS levels. These strategies help employees acquire the skills they need to develop their potential and advance in the organization.
|Responsibility Identified
|Management Response
|Management Action Plan
|Action plan details
|Criterion 4
|Management procedures are in place.
In terms of management procedures, the CSA uses various policies, guidelines and guides as references, including the following:
Performance management
The CSA has posted on its intranet site a toolkit consisting of a set of documents and references to help managers effectively manage the employee performance management process.
The narrative portion of performance appraisals is designed in a constructive, remedial way and indicates to employees current behaviour to be improved upon and desired changes in behaviour. The appraisals also contain commitments for the coming year, an individual learning plan and a professional development plan.
Employee retention
To retain employees, the CSA uses methods such as in-house assignments, the Interchange Canada Program and secondments to help develop employee loyalty and help employees further their professional development. Various incentives exist, such as an employee assistance program, bonuses paid to engineers and continuous learning programs.
Furthermore, the CSA invests in an organizational development function which issues regular information capsules on subjects such as the well being at work, and organizes workshops and workplace wellness forums.
The CSA also has an employee recognition program that includes the presentation of excellence and long service awards.
Surveys and analysis of organizational data
The PSES is the main tool used by the Agency to ascertain the satisfaction of its employees. The responses to the survey are analysed and used to develop an action plan to implement identified opportunities for improvement.
Staff turnover is analysed every year mainly from information taken from the Demographic Profile and Organizational Review prepared by the CSA.
The CSA has also set up a program to collect feedback from departing employees. The three main objectives of this program are the following:
Effectiveness of succession planning management
To assess the effectiveness of succession planning and of succession planning management, the CSA uses the following tools that we considered appropriate:
We also found that an exercise to determine succession planning effectiveness is conducted regularly. During this exercise, the average length of time (in calendar days) that certain positions remain vacant is determined. This exercise is carried out solely for EX positions because key positions other than EX positions have not yet been identified.
Furthermore, several documents that we examined revealed that the CSA has made it clear to employees that succession planning and succession planning management are organizational priorities.
|Responsibility Identified
|Management Response
|Management Action Plan
|Action plan details
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The Baltimore Orioles have again dipped into the Independent League talent pool and signed a solid player to a minor league deal. El Paso Diablos catcher Zane Chavez will report to Spring Training in March according to Our Sports Central. Chavez has spent a significant amount of time in Indy Ball, playing over 200 games since 2009, yet 2012 was the first time since his rookie year that he got an extended amount of at-bats. He spent time between the Grand Prairie AirHogs and El Paso Diablos playing in 70 games. He legged out 23 doubles, and drove in 51 runs. In 263 at-bats Chavez batted .339 with a .373 OBP and .498 SLG. What really stands out is the Chavez has thrown out 56 of a potential 106 base stealers (34%) in his career. For those following the Indy signings, the Orioles have been very active this off-season. The American Association said the upstart Orioles have signed a total of six players from their league this off-season including, RHP Kyle Mertins who was rated by Baseball America as the 19th rated Independent Prospect in their year end review. Shortly thereafter, they signed LHP David Quinowski. "Chavez is the sixth American Association player purchased by the Orioles organization this off-season; Baltimore also signed Lincoln LHP David Quinowski, Sioux Falls RHP Kyle Mertins, Fargo-Moorhead OF Buddy Sosnoskie, El Paso RHP Martin Prado, and Amarillo RHP Chase Johnson." You just never know when you will meet expectations of those around or when you'll be at the right place at the right time. Regardless, Chavez has put in his time, and all that hard work has finally paid off. Devon is the Founder and Executive Director of The GM's Perspective. He is a former professional baseball player with the River City Rascals & Gateway Grizzlies. Currently, Devon is a Manager at a financial institution in Northern Ontario Canada, and can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com. You can follow The GM's Perspective on Twitter and Facebook. His full bio can be seen here.
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