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Hey Billie Joe im not sure if you read these comments but i'll ask my question anyway. ;)
What does the song Drama Queen mean? It would make sense if Tre or Mike wrote it since they both have teenage daughters but, I dont think you do. So what's the point of it?
It's a cute song though :)
Ohh, you're middle European!!! I love Europe, that includes Italy ! <3 <3
I love you <3 Come to Argentina, please!!
you're middle Italian!!! Now I'm happy to be Italian for the first time!!! <3
You are middle european!! So you have to go to Europe more times... jajajajaja :)
Sooo you're european ! :D Good good :D
Woooowww so you're some italian? Wonderful Billie!!! I'm italian from north italy *-* Just can't believe it you're italian in some way!!! *-* *-* *-* Can't wait to see you guys here in italy for your concerts *-*
Cool! I was just wondering "what" you are :P
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haha, it would be wierd to hear sage come on the radio right after an eminem song.
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Sooooo cool.
I know im a bit late but, yeah, this is awesome.
Congrats Sage.
Gyeah, and on my birthday as well.
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i'd love to see a sage video get premiered on trl and proceed to knock all those 12-15 year old blonde girls from suburban ohio directly on their collective ass
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hey congrats sage and dont people of other genres of music sign with punk labels alot
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Ok, I just gotta throw my two cents out here.
Motherfuckers cannot know what this means right now, really. I mean honestly...who in thier right mind can say anything remotly negative here? top to bottom, from making records to marketing them, Epitaph has been one of the models for propper buisness ethics in music, and has the history and roster to prove it.
I'm so psyched to know that Sage might actually see some of the residuals he deserves for years of being in the van.
Epitaph just signed one of the best MCs on the planet (and my homeboy!) and I must say that this is the best move that they have made since they signed Tom Waits. I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say that Sage will probably make his best material ever in the hands of this family.
Congrats to Sage....and to Epitaph as well.
Ps: Sage, i need the following back cataglogs on wax please....
Bad Religion
Dag Nasty
Dillinger Escape Plan.
Thu May 15, 2003 8:00 pm
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Does this make Sage the token rapper on the label then? Sort of a weird reversal of the token black guy.... Weird! My head is about to explode
Thu May 15, 2003 8:10 pm
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thanks Rob. a lot.
by the way...the Cup of Tea Reprise knocked me and Joe Beats out of our socks. very cool.
we gotta talk.
Thu May 15, 2003 11:37 pm
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sage on dischord or sage on epitaph... hmmm.
best of luck!
Fri May 16, 2003 12:10 am
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I just read a grip of those comments on the epitaph board.
Is it me or do those kids sit around all day picking shit out of their toenails and then putting it back in?
I'm not very knowledgeable in the field of "punk" and I'm not sure that I ever care to be.
-looks like ughh on aerosol fumes
I hope I'm seeing all this in the right light.
Eating pizza and drinking cheap beer has even become "a way of life".
congrats Sage
Fri May 16, 2003 9:44 pm
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just ponder this:
Sage, Buck and Tom Waits on a track.
Sixtoo produces?
Sat May 17, 2003 10:48 am
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Imagine this:
Sage, and MF Doom
w/ JOE BEATS on production
good times
p.s. who is Tom Waits?
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No bad can come of this.
Not a jot.
Sun May 18, 2003 9:47 am
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Congrats, Sage.
And don't listen to the ignorant punk fans.
I was at the Vans Warped Tour of 1999 and it disgusted me at some of the snide racist comments that I heard when Ice-T took the stage. The whole essence of punk is rebelling against any fucking thing you want, and if "Cop Killer" isn't a punk song, then I don't know what is.
Random fan 1: "I can't believe we've got to wait and listen to this n***** shit."
Random fan 2: "Yeah, this sucks. I can't wait for the Dropkick Murphys to show this n***** what real music is like."
Huh? WHAT?! Do you kids realize that DH Peligro was black? Do you realize that 99% of the drummers in today's punk bands were probably influenced by him? Do you realize that without Fishbone, there probably wouldn't be bands like Less Than Jake or Mustard Plug or bands of that sort? There's a huge intellectual difference between being "punk" and being hateful, and some of those fans just make me sick.
So, keep on keepin' on. It's great you signed with a major label with minor influences on the people that they sign. Can't wait for HOPE.
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word sage, do this ...
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sage does this mean you get first class plane tickets to all your shows now?
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In his Jan. 10 letter, "Contact U.S. Rep. Dennis Ross," Ross said, "Serving the constituents of Florida is one of my highest honors in life. I take my oath of office very seriously, and forever strive to … serve as a voice for Floridians." But Ross has taken his Grover Norquist pledge more seriously.
Ross' real oath of office apparently is to his signed Norquist pledge, which is to serve the wealthiest 2 percent. On Jan. 1, he had the opportunity to serve the other 98 percent of us and he voted nay, which would have meant raising our taxes the next day.
There is something Ross can do for the 98 percent portion of his constituents: tear up that Norquist pledge, and stop being only concerned about the 2 percent. They weren't job makers while their George W. Bush tax cut was in effect.
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Google doesn't have much of a presence at this year's Consumer Electronics Show. But the company is beginning to be a bit more upbeat about its momentum with the product known as Google TV.
In a blog post Friday, the company disclosed progress in getting more hardware partners to offer TVs or set-top boxes using its software and services, which ran into a tepid response when they hit the market in 2011.
In 2012, Google TV had 5 partners selling five products. This year, the company says, there will be 9 companies selling 15 products.
Some existing partners, like LG Electronics, have discussed their latest Google TV offerings ahead of the show. Others, like Sony and Vizio, are expected to make their own announcements. The new customers for Google TV include Asustek, Hisense, TCL and a partner not yet identified, Google says.
Google differs from other living-room combatants in at least one key respect: where their Internet-connected TVs and other devices most often provide a handful of walled-garden content services–like movies on demand from Netflix–Google makes it possible to visit any site on the Web, exploiting its search and browser expertise.
Partly for that reason, remote controls offered with Google TV tend to offer some version of a QWERTY keyboard, which makes searching and typing in URLs and other information easier.
The third iteration of Google TV, unveiled in November, offers a beefed-up capability to search by voice commands picked up by a microphone on the remote. Users may speak the names of specific channels or apps–Google says there are now hundreds for Google TV–or search by attributes such as the names of shows.
That can work even users don't have much information; a Google demonstration video shows a user saying simply "a TV show about fantasy football" and getting the correct programs.
Besides the company and makers of living-room devices, Google TV is presenting opportunities for component makers. While Intel decided to stop making chips for such products, others making chips based on ARM Holdings designs have stepped in.
One is Marvell Technology Group. Weili Dai, co-founder of the Silicon Valley company, says it will use CES to discuss its latest success in getting its chips into Google TV devices. Another is MediaTek, a Taiwan-based company that is also shipping ARM-based chips for Google TV devices.


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And if these numbers do not make sense, should we trust their other assumptions, which by everyone's account except for those six trustees who approved it, are wildly optimistic?
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To the editor: Congratulations to the N.C. Senate for passing HB695, which protects womens health. What I dont understand is why U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan is so rabidly opposed to the bills provisions designed to prevent a Kermit Gosnell-like house of horrors in N.C.
She says the Senate pulled a fast one on womens health. Maybe she was just too busy to read the bill, or maybe she is sold out to ideology over public interest. Maybe her love of this great country and its people has taken a back seat to her love of politics and her party loyalty.
A lot of surgery goes on in abortion clinics. Why shouldnt the state expect them to meet similar licensing standards as ambulatory surgical centers?
Why would she be opposed to requiring physicians to be present during the entire abortion? How does prohibiting sex-selective abortions rate as a fast one?
I know folks will say she was just protesting the process, but right or wrong, its the same process her party uses quite regularly. Does that mean you think shes a hypocrite? Well, you may have a point there.
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Its a disgrace
To the editor: A primary responsibility of this government is defense. Currently we are busy in nation-building in countries whose people hate us.
Our young people who volunteer for military service in the Reserve or National Guard are sent multiple times to war zones, where their lives can be ruined.
Our so-called government intends to honor them by cutting their pay 20 percent. This is a disgrace, any you way you cut it.
Some major changes are needed now.
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The following is submitted by Guest-Blogger, Burkely Hermann, from Baltimore. He is an online blogger, in his own right, and a student who writes about National, State and International issues, in order to educate the public and motivate us to act.
I just realized something horrifying. Remember the campaign I was trying to start against the bill to raise the corporate tax rate? Guess what? ALEC is involved. First I wrote about how Senator Brinkley and Delegate Schultz were funded by big business, telling people to email their state representatives in response. Then, I launched the #STOPBS campaign, creating a new petition. Finally, I wrote an article in the DelMarva Progressive about this topic, detailing specifics, including the hearing in the Ways and Means Committee, scheduled for February 26th.
Then, today, I was trying to do some research for a Twitter battle, and I stumbled across ALEC again. ALEC, or the American Legislative Exchange Council, according the Center of Media & Democracy: is not a lobby; it is not a front group. In reality, it is much more powerful than that. Through ALEC, behind closed doors, corporations hand state legislators changes to laws they desire, that directly benefit their bottom line or cause. Along with legislators (State and Federal), corporations have membership in ALEC. Corporations sit on all nine ALEC task forces, and vote with legislators, to approve "model" bills. They have their own corporate Governing Board, which meets jointly with the legislative board. (ALEC says that corporations do not vote on their Board.)
Corporations fund almost all of ALEC's operations. Participating legislators, overwhelmingly, Conservative Republicans, then bring those proposals home and introduce them in Statehouses, across the land, as their own "brilliant" public policy innovations—without disclosing that corporations crafted and voted on the bills. ALEC boasts that it has over 1,000 of these bills introduced by legislative members every year, with one in every five enacted into law. ALEC describes itself as a "unique," "unparalleled" and "unmatched" organization. We agree. It is as if a State legislature had been reconstituted, yet corporations had pushed the people out the door.
How does such an organization factor into this bill, you might ask? Consider that, of the 28 Republican sponsors in the Maryland Senate and House of Delegates (27 in the House and one in the Senate) 10 are ALEC members. That's more than 35.7% of all sponsors!
- – Kelly Schultz, sponsor of the bill in the House, is a member of the Commerce, Insurance, and Economic Development Task Force
- – Kathy Afzali, a co-sponsor of the House bill, is on the Education Task Force
- – Susan Aumann, another co-sponsor, is on the Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force
- – Susan Krebs, another co-sponsor, who signed onto an ALEC letter against Single-Payer healthcare and another letter rallying against the Clean Air Act, along with relaxing EPA regulations on greenhouse gases
- – Adelaide Eckhardt, another co-sponsor, member of the Health and Human Services Task Force.
- – William Frank, another member of the Health and Human Services Task Force.
- – Nancy Stocksdale, another co-sponsor, was the former State Chairman for the Maryland branch of ALEC!
- – Mark Fisher, another co-sponsor, is a member of the Communications and Technology Task Force
- – Ron A. George, another co-sponsor, is a member if the Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force
- – Michael Hough, another co-sponsor, is the current State Chairman of the Maryland Chapter of ALEC!
This is a good chunk of all the ALEC legislators in the State. I have an article on the way about the other co-sponsors. As for this bill, in particular, it is in line with other ALEC "model" bills, as the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities notes:
"The specific policies include deep cuts in income taxes, particularly for affluent households and corporations…While pushing policies that would weaken or dismantle state revenue systems that finance key public investments, ALEC promotes [things like]…Mechanisms that would reduce funds for services."
While this bill, its current form, does not conform to any of the "models" described directly, the bill, itself, still benefits corporate power and financial goals. So, lets come together and #StopAlec from giving these corporations a tax break they don't deserve! As a start, sign my petition. Then, contact your State Senator and Delegate, stating your position against this legislation. Afterwards, stay tuned for further information, updates and suggestions for other actions to take.


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Published: Wednesday, February 20, 2013 at 2:15 p.m.
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The Louisiana Budget Project recently joined more than 100 organizations and individuals urging Gov. Bobby Jindal to accept billions in federal health care dollars to provide coverage to as many as 400,000 low-income adults. Medicaid expansion will create a healthier, more-productive workforce, ensure that health care providers get paid and help create steady, well-paid jobs.
Unfortunately, the administration remains opposed. Jindal calls Medicaid "outdated" and Health and Hospitals Secretary Bruce Greenstein claims that federal law does not provide enough "flexibility" or opportunity for "a reform situation."
What Greenstein is too modest to mention is that Louisiana already is in the midst of a "reform situation." The Jindal administration last year launched the Bayou Health initiative, which transitioned Medicaid from a fee-for-service model to one where most enrollees have their health care overseen by private plans. Thanks to Bayou Health, most Medicaid recipients now sign up with one of five insurance plans that receive a set payment from the state in exchange for coordinating and improving patient care while controlling costs.
Bayou Health is just getting started, but it has great potential to improve outcomes while allowing the state to better manage the cost. This transition to managed care took place under current rules, which offer states ample flexibility and opportunities for reform — hardly the "outdated" program Gov. Jindal describes.
Should Louisiana accept Medicaid expansion — and the $15.8 billion over 10 years that comes with it — the state would essentially be expanding its own initiative.
This expansion would give uninsured Louisianans greater access to primary care services and would result in savings to the state due to better coordination, a focus on prevention and improved management of chronic diseases. Failure to take advantage of this opportunity would mean leaving this population in the fragmented, inefficient safety net.
Greenstein claims that states need more "flexibility" to redesign their Medicaid programs. But current law already gives states the flexibility to design new Medicaid benefits packages that more closely mirror a typical commercial health plan, and to impose cost-sharing requirements on enrollees based on their income. These are some of the same policies that Gov. Jindal recently advocated for in the Washington Post.
No system is perfect, and there will always be room for further reforms. But now is the time to take the first, critical step by taking advantage of a historic opportunity to improve the health of our citizens and lift Louisiana's economy.
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Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Steel Cut Oatmeal and POM Wonderful Muffins
You can visit POM Wonderful's website to learn more about the nutritional value of pomegranate juice, but I feel its biggest nutritional claim to fame is its high level of antioxidants that help protect the body from free-radical damage, a major factor in aging and chronic diseases such as heart disease and cancer.
I decided to try to find a way to incorporate POM Wonderful in a muffin recipe. We haven't had steel cut oatmeal muffins for quite awhile, so I thought it might be interesting to actually cook the oats in POM Wonderful and then add them to my muffin batter. I used 12 ounces of POM and 12 ounces of water, a pinch of salt, and 1/2 cup of steel cut oats, cooked them for 30 minutes, then cooled them overnight in the fridge. There was probably about a half cup leftover after adding the required amount to the recipe. You could sweeten the leftovers with whatever type sweetener you like and have them reheated for breakfast.
Steel Cut Oatmeal and POM Wonderful Muffins
1 1/2 cups cooked, cooled steel cut oatmeal (see above)
1 large egg
1/3 cup canola oil
1/2 cup plain yogurt
1 tsp vanilla
2/3 cup brown sugar Splenda (or 1 1/3 cup regular brown sugar)
1 1/2 cup whole wheat pastry flour
2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray 12-cup muffin tin with cooking spray.
Whisk together the egg, oil, yogurt, brown sugar and vanilla. Stir in the oatmeal. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and stir thoroughly to combine.
Divide the batter evenly between the muffin wells. Bake for 24-26 minutes. Cool muffin tin on cooling rack for 5 minutes before removing muffins to rack to cool completely.
These muffins are deliciously moist and filled with hunger-sating fiber. You can expect one of these and a glass of milk (or juice!) to get you from breakfast to lunch with no problem.
13 comments:
- Karine said...
That is a great idea to use steel cut oatmeal in your muffins instead of the regular oats. :)
- November 3, 2009 at 8:49 PM
- Barbara Bakes said...
I love the cute little bottles the POM comes in! Great idea to use steel cut oatmeal and POM in the muffins!
- November 3, 2009 at 10:19 PM
- Lady P said...
what a lovely way to spruce up some already highly respectable muffins
of course, if you were Moogie dear, she would have just let you borrow some of her blackberry liquor instead to spike the whole thing
missed you Mags
i will come on the morrow to peruse all that i have missed
and thanks
for the kind words
i have been in a bit of a blogger muddle these days
- November 4, 2009 at 1:31 AM
- stephchows said...
mags these are brilliant!!! Did you know there is a contest going on for POM recipes?? I hope you win! You TOTALLY have to enter these!
- November 4, 2009 at 8:26 AM
- June said...
These look delicious Mags and it appears you've mastered your new camera. Good for you!
- November 4, 2009 at 9:38 AM
- Federica said...
ciao! questi muffin devono essere deliziosi! complimenti!
- November 4, 2009 at 1:46 PM
- Moogie said...
I was just going to tell you to enter these in the Pom contest. But someone beat me to it. I entered last year and will be creating something in the next day or two.
- November 4, 2009 at 5:30 PM
- Mags said...
Karine: Thanks! I've been trying to incorporate less processed gains into my baking and love working with steel cut oats.
Barbara: I know... aren't those bottles cute! (Expensive though!)
Lady P:Moogie's blackberry liquor would have been wonderful in these, you're right! I've missed you too.... hope everything's OK?
Steph: Thanks for the link. I think I will enter this recipe. Wish me luck!
June: Thanks! The new camera is similar to my old one so it's just a matter of getting used to the newer features. I'm liking it so far!
Federica: Thanks for commenting (and I'm going to assume you said something nice...lol!)
Moogie: Do you know what you're going to enter?
- November 4, 2009 at 6:46 PM
- Alyssa said...
Mags, this is great! We like Pom here; my daughter especially does, so this recipe —with oatmeal!— sounds great. Thanks for sharing it.
- November 5, 2009 at 9:13 AM
- Coach's Oats said...
Those sound very good. I am interested in possibly trying the recipe. Do you always need to cook the oats beforehand? I was going to try it with our oats and they have the steel cut texture, but cook in 3 to 5 minutes and can be used for baking. So I was just wondering if the oats needed to be cooked ahead of time. Thank you
- November 6, 2009 at 2:30 PM
- Mags said...
Alyssa: Please try this recipe. The muffins are very moist and the oats give them just a tiny little chew factor.
Coach's Oats: Gosh, I'm not sure. I think the reason for some of the moistness of the muffin comes from the fact that the oats are pre-cooked. Plus I wanted to incorporate the POM juice in this particular recipe. You could try it... and let me know if it works, OK? (Or you could send me some of your oats and I could experiment for you...hint, hint...LOL)
- November 6, 2009 at 2:46 PM
- Coach's Oats said...
Mags you can send me an email at email@example.com and I can let you know how things go and follw up on your hint ;)
- November 6, 2009 at 2:52 PM
- Rachel Page said...
I made these muffins tonight. Super easy and they were so delicious!
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Before the start of the US Open, an unprecedented gathering of No. 1s took place at the ATP Heritage programme's No. 1 Celebration in New York. The event marked the 40th anniversary of the establishment of the Emirates ATP Rankings. Ilie Nastase, who became the first ATP World No. 1 on 23 August 1973, was present to be honoured on the night, along with successors John Newcombe, Jimmy Connors, Bjorn Borg, John McEnroe, Ivan Lendl, Mats Wilander, Stefan Edberg, Jim Courier, Marcelo Rios, Carlos Moya, Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Gustavo Kuerten, Lleyton Hewitt, Juan Carlos Ferrero, Andy Roddick, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and of course Roger.
Roger thanked those that came before him, like childhood idol Stefan Edberg. "It was important for me to have someone to look up to. I know there's been a huge sacrifice at the players' level, just this generation and the players sitting here tonight, and even before that. We've put such huge effort in the game, and that's a platform we can enjoy today."


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Apple, Android Will See if New Mobile Ecosystem Emerges in 2013
The smartphone industry may learn if three's a crowd in 2013, a year that will provide insight on whether consumers want an option beyond Apple iOS and Google Android operating systems.
The operating system is the interface of any smartphone, allowing the owner to run different applications and giving the software makers direct access to the device's users. Apple's iOS is featured exclusively on the company's products, while Android is open source and runs on an array of phones. Together, they captured about 85% of world-wide smartphone sales last year, according to Gartner, and the research firm expects that share to be the same in 2016.
"It is not clear that the market desperately needs a third or fourth ecosystem," said Avi Greengart, analyst at Current Analysis. "2013 is when we find out if there is going to be a mainstream alternative."
Microsoft and Research In Motion –among others–seek to be that viable option. In October, Microsoft launched Windows Phone 8, marking the company's biggest foray into the smartphone space. Later this month, RIM will unveil BB10, which it hopes will turn around its once dominant handset business.
Wireless carriers and handset makers generally want at least one additional so-called ecosystem to survive. Having another option spreads the risk of overdependence on Android as an alternative to Apple; carriers hope that having extra options will lower prices and subsidies that they pay for consumers to buy smartphones.
Fared Adib, senior vice president of product development at Sprint Nextel, said having more options is good for consumers, but he doesn't think success would change the relationships carriers have the Google and handset makers.
"I think we have the leverage we need because we are the closest to the customer relationship and they want to participate in that," he said.
Pierre Ferragu, an analyst with Sanford C. Bernstein, is doubtful that the challengers can move beyond a niche position.
"Alternative ecosystems are unlikely to expand," he said. "Not only do ecosystem dynamics play against them, but also ecosystem leaders, iOS and Android, are supported by powerful industry clusters."
But Microsoft is unlikely to back down, Mr. Greengart noted, because much of the future growth of consumer technology is going to be focused on the wireless space and the software giant will need to have a presence.
If the current lineup of Windows Phones doesn't catch on, he believes that Microsoft will produce its own phone, just as it has done with the Surface tablet.
More may be at stake for Research In Motion, which has lost significant market share for its BlackBerry brand. The future of the Canadian company is seen as hinging on the success of the BB10 devices launching later this month.
Other operating systems also are likely to emerge. Samsung has been working with Intel and others on a mobile platform called Tizen. Samsung expects to produce phones that use the software this year, but it has declined to say whether they will be sold in the U.S.
Mozilla, a nonprofit organization, is developing its own open-source smartphone operating system called Firefox OS. London-based Canonical Ltd. is making a smartphone version of its Linux-based computer operating system called Ubuntu, which is also open source.
There also have been hints that Samsung may build its own new operating system separate from Tizen Verizon Communications Chief Executive Lowell McAdam raised the possibility at a J.P Morgan conference in September, but he declined to comment on any knowledge of such an effort during a recent interview.
Kevin Packingham, Samsung's chief product officer at Samsung Telecommunications America, wouldn't comment on the speculation. He acknowledged that "there is an opportunity to satisfy unmet needs in the market by having other alternatives available besides iOS and Android."
He said the company, which also makes phones using Windows Phone 8, regularly collaborates with wireless carriers to "make sure that we are continuing to meet the needs that they have with the products in our portfolio, and that could potentially include other Tizen-like operating systems in the future."
Samsung's prominence in smartphones and other electronics makes it an obvious choice to create its own ecosystem, said analyst Danielle Levitas from IDC.
The company has operations in processors and many other parts of hardware production–even supplying rival Apple–and likely wants to increase their strategic position as mobile growth continues.
"They want to create and control more of the value that layers on top of the screen," Levitas said. "If they aren't the ones to step up as the leader than I don't know who is."
Ralph de la Vega, head of AT&T wireless business, wants more options but warned that a new ecosystem wouldn't be easy to establish because consumers expect a large amount of applications to be readily available.
"If you wanted to start an entire ecosystem, it's not impossible but it's hard," he said.


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Home and Garden briefs for April 2
Exotic plant sale: Palm and Cycad Exchange hosts an Exotic Plant Invitational Sale from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at 3562 Olive Hill Road, Fallbrook. Palms, succulents, cycads, cactuses, orchids and more for sale, with free drawings and food and drink vendors onsite. Go to palmandcycadexchange.com or call 760-451-9499.
Cutting sale: The Southern California Plumeria Society will host its annual cutting sale from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at Casa del Prado, Room 101, in Balboa Park. Plumeria cuttings will be for purchase at the free event, and members will demonstrate how to plant them; sale also includes culture books and other plumeria items. Go to www.socalplumeriasociety.com or call 619-461-5942.
Home design consultations: The San Diego Chapter of the American Society of Interior Designers is offering "Spruce Up" appointments through the end of April for $85. The fundraiser appointments allows participating designers to come to the residence and give design consultations up to two hours. Go to asidsandiego.org or call 858-274-3345.
Easter lily display: The Botanical Building in San Diego's Balboa Park hosts its 51st annual display of Easter lilies through April 21. More than 300 fragrant lilies will be installed inside the wood-lattice nursery building, which is from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Fridays through Wednesdays (closed Thursdays and holidays). Free; go to balboapark.org.
"Blooming Art in Bonita": The Bonita Valley Garden Club hosts its 39th annual free flower show from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 9 and 10, where local floral designers will create artworks inspired by art at the Bonita Museum & Cultural Center at 4355 Bonita Road in Bonita. Call 619-267-5141.
Landscape designer to speak: Landscape designer Doug Kalal will present "30 Great Drought Tolerant Plants for Your Garden," featuring photos, flowers, foliage and fun tales, at 1 p.m. April 10 at the Vista Library, 700 Eucalyptus Ave. Go to sdgreatgardens.com or call 619-200-7066.
Work day at Magee Park: The California Coastal Rose Society will present a Magee Garden Work Day from 9 to 11 a.m. April 10 at the Magee Rose Garden, at Beech and Cyprus avenues in Carlsbad. Rose society members will thumb prune and fertilize the garden. Bring gloves and a pruner. Go to californiacoastalrose.com.
Poway Standard Flower Show: Poway Valley Garden Club hosts this annual exhibit from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 17 in Old Poway Park, 14134 Midland Road, Poway. Show will feature floral arrangements, horticultural displays, gardening demonstrations, a plant sale, arts and crafts market and more. Call 858-668-4576.
E-waste recycling in Carlsbad: The city of Carlsbad will host the fifth annual household hazardous waste collection event for residents from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 17 at the city's fleet yard, at Impala Drive and Orion Way. One carload of waste per scheduled appointment; up to 15 gallons or 125 pounds. Hazardous items should be transported with caution by placing items in sealable and/or sturdy containers to ensure that they do not spill. Make appointments beginning Monday at 760-602-7559 or visit carlsbadca.gov.
Earth Week giveaway: In recognition of Earth Week from April 19 to 23, groOrganic will be giving away 10 raised organic vegetable planter gardens to 10 winners, who will be chosen from entry letters and e-mails that nominate a deserving individual, family, church, hospital, school, senior health care center or organization; entry should explain why the nominee deserves the garden. Deadline is April 30; e-mail email@example.com or write to P.O. Box 8113, Anaheim, CA 92812. Winners will be announced May 3.
Earth Day program at Alta Vista Gardens: The 13-acre hilltop garden will host an Earth Day program from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 24, featuring vendor booths, guest speakers, children's activities and tours. The gardens are in Brengle Terrace Park, 1200 Vale Terrace Drive, Vista. Admission is free. Visit altavistagardens.org or call 760-945-3954.
Arbor Day celebration: The city of Carlsbad Parks & Recreation will host an Arbor Day Celebration from 9 to 11 a.m. April 24 at Aviara Community Park, 6435 Ambrosia Lane. The celebration will include tree planting, litter cleanup and restoration of irrigation basins, as well as information booths and displays. Bring work gloves, hats and shovels. Go to carlsbadca.gov to print out a volunteer form before the event.
Earth Fest: Cabot's Pueblo Museum Foundation and the City of Desert Hot Springs will host Earth Fest at the museum from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. April 24 at 67-616 E. Desert View Ave. in Desert Hot Springs. The event, called "A Celebration of Sustainability," will feature music, an interactive family area, organic and ethnic cuisine, showcases of environmentally friendly products, an art show and more. The festival aims to celebrate Earth and educate residents about sustainability. Go to www.cabotsearthday.org or call 760-315-7416.
Botanic garden hosts Ladybug Day: Author Irene T. Hunt will read and sign copies of her new book during Ladybug Day from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 24 at the San Diego Botanic Garden, 230 Quail Gardens Drive, Encinitas. Scientists from Cornell University need children's help to track the ladybugs' whereabouts, as they are an important natural defense against harmful bugs. Kids can help search for ladybugs and do ladybug-related crafts. Nominal fee for some crafts. Call 760-436-3036, ext. 206, or visit sdbgarden.org.
Amphitheater reopens: The Water Conservation Garden will host the grand reopening of its garden amphitheater at 10:30 a.m. April 24. The new shade structure over the amphitheater will allow the garden to offer more programming by keeping guests out of the hot El Cajon sun. The Water Conservation Garden is at 12122 Cuyamaca College Dr. West; go to thegarden.org.
Earth Day festival in Poway: The city of Poway Earth Day Festival and the Chamber of Commerce Spring Street Fair are combined this year and are from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 25. Applications are being accepted for the festival and are available at poway.com. Call 858-748-0016.
Del Mar Spring Home Decorating & Remodeling Show: Hundreds of home improvement products and service vendors will exhibit at this free show running April 23-25 at the Del Mar Fairgrounds. This year's fair has a green theme to highlight businesses that offer environmental products and services. Show hours are 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. April 23 and 24, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 25 at O'Brien Hall, Del Mar Fairgrounds, 2260 Jimmy Durante Blvd., Del Mar. Parking is $9. Visit www.showsusa.net or 800-999-5450.
Mission hosts Earth Day Festival: Mission San Luis Rey in Oceanside will host its annual Earth Day Festival and will honor the oldest pepper tree in California on mission grounds from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 25 at 4050 Mission Ave. The day will feature interactive and educational activities, music, food, lectures and displays for children and adults. Parking is $2. Visit earthdaynorth.com.
Fallbrook Garden Club 79th annual flower show: The club's free "Fallbrook in Bloom" show runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 25 at the Elder House, 127 W. Elder St., Fallbrook. The show will also include plant sales, crafts, garden art, an opportunity drawing and more. The public can submit entries for judging from 9 a.m. to noon April 24 (no fruits or vegetables). Visit fallbrookgardenclub.org or call 760-451-0320.
California Coastal Rose Society show: The California Coastal Rose Society will host the 23rd annual "Beautiful Village by the Sea ---- Carlsbad" Rose Show from 1 to 4 p.m. May 1 at The Flower Fields, 5704 Paseo del Norte, Carlsbad. Rose entries will be accepted from 6 to 9:30 a.m. the day of the show. Members of the group will be available to help prepare entries for less experienced exhibitors. Judging will be held from 10 a.m. to noon. Prizes will be awarded at 2 p.m. General admission to The Flower Fields is $10 for adults; $9 for seniors ages 60 and older; $5 for children ages 3-10; and free for children two and under. Call 760-967-3856 or visit californiacoastalrose.com.
Farmers Market spring cleaning: The Vista Farmers Market will hold a Spring Cleaning event from 8 a.m. to noon May 1 at the Vista Courthouse, 325 S. Melrose Drive. Artisans and farmers will sell farm equipment, art work, damaged items, overgrown plants, leftover goods, tools, baskets, containers and more. Call 760-945-7425 or visit vistafarmersmarket.com.
"Broadway Melody Flower Show & Plant Sale": The Vista Garden Club will host the free "Broadway Melody Flower Show & Plant Sale" from 2 to 5 p.m. May 1 and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 2 at Brengle Terrace Park in Vista. The event will feature workshops ("Composting Made Easy" at 1 p.m. May 1 and "Growing Tomatoes" at 10 a.m. May 2), plant sales, judging and more. Call 760-724-1127.
Got antiques?: The long-running PBS series "Antiques Roadshow" will be visiting San Diego in June as part of its six-city 2010 tour. Although the location has not been announced, the tour will stop in San Diego on June 12. Local residents can bring in their curios and collectibles for free appraisals that may be televised during the television series' 2011 season. Because demand always outstrips supply for tickets, PBS hosts a lottery system for tickets. The public can apply for tickets at any time until April 19 on the Roadshow Web site (www.pbs.org/wgbh/roadshow/tickets.html) or by phone at 888-762-3749. After the drawing, the winning names will be posted online in mid-May.
Palm and cycad sale: San Diego Botanic Garden and the Palm Society of Southern California co-host their annual sale of rare palm and cycad species from Southern California nurseries from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 22 at the garden, 230 Quail Gardens Drive in Encinitas. Garden admission is $6-$12. Call 760-436-3036.
Julian Women's Club Wildflower Show: Club members gather wildflowers around the region for horticultural displays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 6-9 at Julian Town Hall, Main and Washington streets, in Julian. The flowers reflect the native flora from the high mountain desert, oak and pine forest, chaparral and high desert regions. There is also a display of how local American Indian tribes use wildflowers and crafts sale. Admission is free. Call 760-765-1857.
Stylish spaces expo: The inaugural Stylish Spaces Interior Design & Outdoor Living Expo will take place from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. May 22 and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 23 at the San Diego Convention Center, Hall A. Browse indoor and outdoor exhibits, including edible landscapes, an "Urban Plantation," a Tahitian/Asian fusion garden, design vignettes and more. Tickets are $7; go to www.seascapeproductions.com or call 888-970-3976.
Hemerocallis Show and Sale: San Diego Botanic Garden and the Southwest Hemerocallis Society co-host their annual show and sale of top daylilies from 1 to 4 p.m. June 12 at the garden, 230 Quail Gardens Drive in Encinitas. Show is free with paid garden admission ($6-$12). Call 760-436-3036.
American Begonia Society: The Mabel Corwin branch meets at 1:30 p.m. April 11 at the Olivenhain Meeting Hall, 423 Rancho Santa Fe Road, Encinitas. Michael Kartuz of Vista's Kartuz Greenhouse will give a PowerPoint presentation of begonias and will share secrets to growing begonias. Call 760-942-1919.
California Coastal Rose Society: Meets at 7 p.m. April 20 at Heritage Hall, Magee Park, 2650 Garfield St., Carlsbad. Diana Kilmer will discuss her experience at the New Zealand Rose Show last November, and Joel Ross will continue his rose-aholics lecture series preceding the meeting from 6:15 to 6:45 p.m. Go to californiacoastalrose.com.
Fallbrook Garden Club: Meets at 1 p.m. April 27 at the Fallbrook Community Center, 341 Heald Lane. A social precedes the meeting at 12:30 p.m.; call 760-728-5597.
Ramona Garden Club: Meets at noon April 14 at the Ramona Woman's Club, 524 Main St. Kevin Hauser will discuss how to grow apples in warm climates. Go to www.ramonagardenclub.com or call 760-787-0087.
San Diego County Cymbidium Society: Meets at 7 p.m. April 21 at the Carlsbad Woman's Club, 3320 Monroe St., Carlsbad. Tony Velardi of Mariposa Gardens Nursery in Lakewood will discuss "What's New in My Backyard"; society members will discuss orchid fertilizing at a culture class at 6:30 p.m. E-mail email@example.com or call 760-732-0055.
San Diego Horticultural Society: Meets at 6:30 p.m. April 12 at the Del Mar Fairgrounds, 2260 Jimmy Durante Blvd., Del Mar, at the Surfside Race Place. Joe Walker of Obra Verde Growers in Valley Center will discuss "Australian Perennials: Water-Wise Beauties for Landscape and Cut Arrangements." Cost to attend is $10 for non-members. Go to www.sdhortsoc.org or call 760-295-7089.
Vista Garden Club: Meets at noon Friday at the Gloria McClellan Senior Center, 1400 Vale View in Vista. After a luncheon and business meeting, the club will have a program on its May flower show, which is presented by members of the club. Call 760-726-8737.
Anza-Borrego Foundation: The Anza-Borrego Foundation's Institute holds classes, educational hikes, driving tours and more; memberships in the foundation start at $25. Go to www.theabf.org/events or go to 760-767-4063.
Composting workshop: The Escondido Community Garden is holding a composting workshop from 8:30 to 10 a.m. April 17 North of Highway 78 on Centre City Parkway. Parking is behind the garden in the cul-de-sac at Morning Drive and Lincoln Ave (access from Rock Springs Road). The workshop will be staffed by master composters and include instruction and demonstration in the building and maintenance of a backyard compost pile and worm bin. Workshop will be canceled in the event of rain. Call 760-839-4342.
Gardening classes in Poway: The city of Poway will present a series of California-friendly, low-water landscaping classes during May. The classes will be from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturdays at the Poway Council chambers, 13325 Civic Center Drive. Classes are free for Poway residents, $10 for non-residents. Online registration costs $1.50. To register, call 858-668-1215 or visit www.poway.org/waterconservation. Schedule:
-- May 1: Landscape design
-- May 8: California friendly plants
-- May 15: Efficient irrigation systems
-- May 22: Soils, fertilizers and watering
Grangetto's: Grangetto's Farm & Garden Supply will host free workshops on "Irrigation for Your Edible Landscape & Spring Veggies" at some of its locations. Richard Wright, who has more than 30 years' experience in the landscape industry, will give the basics of irrigation for edible landscaping; go to grangettos.com or call 760-745-4671, ext. 215.
-- 10 a.m. Saturday: Encinitas, 189 S. Rancho Santa Fe Road
-- 10 a.m. April 10: Escondido, 1105 W. Mission Ave.
Plumbing basics workshop: The city of Carlsbad will offer a free hour of plumbing awareness and advice with Nick Kimball of Integrity Plus Plumbing at 10:30 a.m. April 27 at the Carlsbad Senior Center, 799 Pine Ave. Kimball will discuss what makes a plumbing emergency, tips for an emergency and more.
San Diego Botanic Garden: These classes are upcoming at the gardens, 230 Quail Gardens Drive in Encinitas. The gardens also have docent-led tours, 10 a.m. Saturdays (free with admission); botanical originals, 9:30 a.m. first Sunday of the month ($20); and bird watching, 8 a.m. first Monday of the month (free with admission). Children's activities are free with membership or admission and include Toddler Tales and Tunes (10 a.m. second, third, fourth and fifth Tuesdays); Garden Arts and Crafts (10 a.m. Wednesdays); Plants, Wings and Crawly Things (10 a.m. Thursdays); and Friday Fun (9 a.m. Fridays). Go to sdbgarden.org or call 760-436-3036, ext. 206.
San Diego Natural History Museum: The museum will hold a series of lectures on sustainable food (lectures are $5), as well as food and gardening programs. Go to www.sdnhm.org/sustainableplanet:
-- 6:30 p.m. April 15: Gardening to Save, Conserve and Harvest Rain Water; $25 members, $33 nonmembers
-- 6:30 p.m. May 4: Developing Sustainable Foodsheds: The Next Steps in Eating Local; $5
-- 6:30 p.m. May 20: Growing Food Not Grass ---- Workshop and Lunch (field trip 11 a.m. May 22); $35 members, $43 nonmembers
-- 8 a.m. May 22: Flavors of Guadalupe Valley (field trip); $85 members, $95 nonmembers
Surfrider Foundation: The San Diego Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation will host an ocean-friendly gardens course at 6 p.m. Wednesday in the Santa Fe room at Balboa Park. The course will teach the public how to avoid harmful runoff that can pollute oceans, how to create cleaner surf and begin to restore urban watershed. The course will be followed by a hands-on workshop in May and a garden assistance program in June; the three-part series is $25. Go to www.surfridersd.org/ofg.php or call 858-792-9940.
The Water Conservation Garden: Free classes are offered at the Water Conservation Garden, 12122 Cuyamaca College Drive West, El Cajon, to help residents save water (and money) with landscaping. Registration required; call 619-660-0614, ext. 10, or visit www.thegarden.org. Ask about stimulus pricing when making multiple reservations (same-household 2-for-1 pricing). The garden also offers Spanish-language tours by reservation at 619-985-8837; "Little Sprouts" play group meets at 10 a.m. the first Tuesday of the month, by reservation only ($5 per adult/child couple).
-- 10 a.m. Saturday: Toss the Turf ---- Less Water, Less Grass, More Fun; $20 members, $30 nonmembers
-- 1:30 p.m. Sunday: Ask the Horticulturalist tour; free
-- 5:30 p.m. Thursday and April 22: Professional Landscape Design Consultations; $60 members, $75 nonmembers, call 619-660-0614 to reserve a spot
-- 10 a.m. April 10: Water Smart Landscape ---- Beautiful Landscape on a Low-Water Budget; $20 members, $30 nonmembers
-- 10 a.m. April 10: Home Compost Workshop; $10 members, $15 nonmembers
-- 10:30 a.m. April 17: Trees in the Water-Conserving Landscape; $20 members, $30 nonmembers
-- 9:30 a.m. April 18: Special Access Tour; reserve to 619-660-6841
-- 9 a.m. April 24: 17th annual Spring Garden Festival
Luxury home furnishings: Find luxury home furnishings with new member-only Web site luxfinds.com. Membership is free, and discounts up to 85 percent are offered daily. Go to luxfinds.com (from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays, a super sale discounts items further).
Helpline available: The Water Conservation Garden's Water Smart Pipeline answers questions on how to garden in the water shortage. Gardening expert Nan Sterman will answer phone calls and return messages from 8:30 a.m. to noon Tuesdays and 1 to 4:30 p.m. Thursdays. E-mail email@example.com or call 866-962-7021.
Less guesswork: The Water Conservation Garden in San Diego is offering a full-color plant list with photos called "Nifty 50: Plants for Water Smart Landscapes," that shows gardeners an easy way to select drought-tolerant plants. Each listed plant is noninvasive, easy to maintain and drought-tolerant. Free copies available at the garden, or visit www.thegarden.org.
Water-efficient garden open: Oasis Water Efficient Garden is now open at 10816 Reidy Canyon Trail in Escondido, next to Fentiman Farms. The garden specializes in cactuses and succulents, as well as other drought-tolerant materials. Oasis is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesdays-Saturdays and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sundays; e-mail email@example.com or call 760-744-8191, ext. 3550.
Free workbook: The National Kitchen & Bath Association has created a free NKBA Kitchen & Bath Workbook for those interested in remodels or new construction. Order at nkba.org.
Water-smart topiary debuts: The San Diego Botanic Garden in Encinitas and succulent artist Margaret Jones have replanted the Dorothea into a water-smart topiary, using plant cuttings to mimic a lifesize woman. The topiary, formerly constructed of ivy, is now made of water-saving plants such as echeverias, graptopetalums, crassulas and sedums; go to sdbgarden.org.
Send Home & Garden items to email@example.com or mail to Home & Garden editor Pam Kragen, North County Times, 207 E. Pennsylvania Ave., Escondido, fax to 760-745-3769.


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I have searched but have not found a functionality description of the PS3 Media Server, therefore I have some questions. Sorry if I have overlooked the description.
I am wondering about buying a PS3 and one reason for this is to show my own pictures and movies from pc on TV.
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Declaring that he intends to turn Cisco Systems (CSCO) into the world's top technology company, CEO John Chambers expressed optimism Friday that the San Jose company can boost its annual revenue by 5 to 7 percent -- and double its software sales -- over the next few years.
Chambers -- who first forecast that rate of growth a few months ago -- repeated it during a conference with Wall Street analysts, adding that the expansion will mostly be generated from within the San Jose corporation, but also by buying other businesses.
Although Cisco primarily is known for its routers, switches and other hardware that move data across computer networks, it's already pushing hard into software. Nine of its last 10 acquisitions have been software companies and most of its 26,000 engineers are software specialists, said company spokesman John Earnhardt.
"Our secret sauce, if you will, is the software that runs the hardware that we also design," Earnhardt said. He noted that software accounts for about $6 billion of the company's annual revenue, which totaled $46 billion in its most recent fiscal year.
Chambers said Cisco also hopes to make more money by providing consulting and other services to its customers. In addition, it is expected Monday to announce plans to profit from the growing numbers of household, industrial, medical and other gadgets that are being connected to the Internet.
In a note to his clients following the conference, International Strategy & Investment Group analyst Brian Marshall said Cisco's goal to increase its annual revenue by up to 7 percent is reasonable. But he said it depends on how quickly the global economy snaps out of its slumber. Moreover, he cautioned that Cisco currently gets about half its revenue from routers and switches, so refocusing on such things as software and services "will take many years."
After Chamber's comments, Cisco's shares fell 14 cents -- less than 1 percent -- to $19.33 at the market's official close of trading.
Contact Steve Johnson at 408-920-5043. Follow him at Twitter.com/steveatmercnews.


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- Thursday (January 24) 7-9 pm Field 2
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One of two men charged in an Easter Sunday armed robbery of a Devils Lake bowling alley has been sentenced to serve four years in prison after pleading guilty to felony robbery.
KZZY radio reports that 19-year-old John Greywind Jr., of Fort Totten, had another six years of prison time suspended.
Ramsey County State's Attorney Lonnie Olson says Greywind admitted holding a knife to an employee at the Royal Lanes and demanding the employee open the safe.
Olson says about $1,800 was taken in the robbery. The employee wasn't hurt.
The second suspect, 18-year-old Johnson Tollefson, of St. Michael, has pleaded not guilty to robbery.
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Is there any way to control the amount of output that gets written to debug.log? The file size grows incredibly fast (mine is like 300MB with PMS being up for like a week or so), and the large size makes it harder to search through for errors.
Are there some java directives that I could pass to PMS to limit debug output?


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Tallest Minnesota Wind Project Now Operational
March 1, 2013
A 30-megawatt wind project in Minnesota that has the state's tallest turbines is now operational. The Community Wind South Project in Nobles County, Minnesota, has 15 wind turbines which stand 480 feet from the tower bases to the blade tips, developer juwi Wind said in a February 26 press release. The developer also partnered with the community which has local ownership and will profit from the project.
The project, which has been in development since 2003, will generate enough electricity to serve about 10,000 homes. The energy is being sold to Xcel Energy Inc. under a 20-year power purchase agreement. See the juwi Wind press release.


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UPDATE: "The Flash" Hasn't Cast Savitar, Says Berlanti
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Start Time: 10:00AM End Time: 04:00PM
The Digital Bookmobile is a high-tech tractor-trailer that tours the continent spreading awareness for digital libraries and eBooks; events in the Los Angeles area will provide an engaging experience for readers of all ages.
Learn how to access library eBooks, audiobooks and more on all major eReading devices—including Windows® and Mac® computers, iPhone®, iPad®, Android™, BlackBerry®, Windows Phone 7, Kindle®, Sony® Reader and NOOK™.
Use interactive PCs and Macs® to experience eBooks and audiobooks from Ventura County Library, Anaheim Public Library, Huntington Beach Public Library, and other libraries around the country.
Library card holders can check out digital titles anytime, anywhere by visiting search.overdrive.com.
Housed inside an 74-foot-long, 18-wheel tractor-trailer, the Digital Bookmobile is a modern take on the traditional bookmobile that has served communities for decades.
Both the events and the service are free to patrons.
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4101 East Las Posas Rd.
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Dividend Payout of S&P 500 on Pace for Record Year
Aggregate dividend payouts are on pace to hit a record among Standard & Poor's 500 index members this year, and there are more dividend payers in the index than there have been since the beginning of 2000. But dividend taxes may soar next year, which could shift companies into share-repurchase mode, according to data distributed by S&P Thursday.
Following 22 dividend initiations last year and eight so far this year, 401 of the S&P 500 now pay dividends, according to Howard Silverblatt, senior index analyst at S&P Indices. In 1977, the earliest year for which Silverblatt provided data, 473 of the 500 paid dividends, a number that fell to as low as 351 in 2001 and 2002.
Silverblatt projects companies in the index will spend at least $279 billion this year on dividend payments, up nearly 16% from $241 billion in 2011 and 12.5% above the previous record of $248 billion set in 2008. He said this year's estimate is "under review," and suggested it will be revised higher.
"At this point, taxes are my main concern for dividends," Silverblatt wrote on Thursday, noting that current legislation may increase the dividend taxes paid by individuals to 43.4% next year, nearly triple the 15% rate today. "From a planning perspective, this will force corporations to reexamine their return-to-shareholders policy, potentially pulling back on dividend increases and increasing share buybacks."
Silverblatt also recently said he expects some companies that historically pay their dividends in January to consider shifting that payment to December because of the tax consequences for shareholders.
Exxon Mobil announced a 21.3% dividend boost on Wednesday, making it the top dividend payer in the index with a $10.75 billion annual payout, ahead of the $10.44 billion paid by AT&T. Apple is in third place, and will pay out $9.9 billion in dividends as part of its recently announced, first-ever dividend and share-repurchase program. With Apple's dividend, information technology vaults into second place among top sector dividends, and Silverblatt said if Google were to initiate a dividend that pays a similar, sub-2% yield to Apple's, IT would take over the top spot from consumer staples.
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Outsourcing and Technological Change
If you owned a print shop 60 years ago, you might have hired an in-house repairperson to maintain your machines. Today, you'd probably rely on an outside repair service. The main reason for this shift is not that you now have fancier machines but that you replace them at much more frequent intervals. "If every two years you have to retrain the worker to fix your machines," says Professor Nahum Sicherman, "maybe you'd better outsource the repair to some outside agency, because they do it on a larger scale."
The dramatic growth of outsourcing — including the use of temp agencies and consultants — in the past 30 years has redefined the scope of firms in many industries. As outsourcing has moved up the value chain from cleaning and secretarial services to higher-skilled services, especially those related to information technology, firms are increasingly weighing the tradeoffs between hiring and outsourcing for a wide range of jobs.
To what extent is technology driving the outsourcing boom? Sicherman and Professors Ann Bartel of Columbia and Saul Lach of Hebrew University set out to answer this question by studying U.S. Census Bureau data from manufacturing firms. More specifically, they wanted to find out whether high rates of technological change tilt the balance toward outsourcing in particular sectors.
"We tried to examine the different channels by which technological change could increase the incentive of firms to outsource," says Sicherman. "Some of it is tautological: if the nature of the technology is such that it makes it easier to outsource, then you see more outsourcing. But theoretically, just because you use more-sophisticated technologies, there is nothing that says why it should be easier to outsource. If instead of using a regular broom to clean the floor you are using an electric broom that allows you to do it faster, it's not clear that you should now outsource it rather than doing it in-house."
The study showed that technology reduces the relative cost of outsourcing and that firms with a more advanced technology infrastructure tend to outsource more. Such firms are more likely to outsource not just computer-related services but also other services — such as legal and accounting services — that rely on technology.
The researchers hoped to prove that firms in sectors with higher rates of technological change rely more heavily on outsourcing, but the survey data were not detailed enough to show the effect of technological change. "We were not able to distinguish between sectors that are more high-tech and sectors that just have more frequent changes," Sicherman says. The researchers recently gained access to a Spanish data set with more detailed survey questions, which they hope will provide more conclusive evidence.
Through interviews, however, the researchers have found anecdotal support for the hypothesis that technological change — rather than technology per se — induces companies to outsource. One software company, for example, used consultants for database programming and employees for other types of computer programming. The company switched database programs frequently, and it was cheaper to swap out the consultants on a regular basis than to retrain employees on a new program.
Sicherman emphasizes that the impact of technological change on outsourcing is not limited to the information technology sector. "If you look at technological changes in the last 20 or 30 years, most of them have been in information technology and computers," he says. "But my father is a carpenter and my brother is a carpenter. My father changed the machines every 20 years. My brother is changing them every five years. So I don't think it's mainly a story about computers. I think it's mainly about the fact that you change the technology with which you do your product."
Nachum Sicherman is professor finance and economics and Ann Bartel is the A. Barton Hepburn Professor of Economics at Columbia Business School.
Nachum Sicherman
Professor Sicherman analyzes the roles of education, job training, occupational and job mobility, moonlighting and retirement in the formation of careers. He currently studies the various effects of technological change on the U.S. labor market. In addition, Sicherman works with different medical groups on using cost-benefit analysis in medical decision making. A faculty research fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research, he...
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Professor Bartel is the Merrill Lynch Professor of Workforce Transformation at Columbia Business School and the Director of Columbia Business School's Workforce Transformation Initiative. She is an expert in the fields of labor economics and human resource management and has published numerous articles on employee training, human capital investments, job mobility, and the impact of technological change on productivity, worker skills, and outsourcing decisions. Bartel...
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"Memphis Soul" Cultural Exchange Program: Wow! What a line-up of great performers – all in one place; the White House! It looks as though everyone in attendance really enjoyed the music of some great entertainers. Were you invited? I wasn't either.
What does a "musical bash" like this cost, over one million dollars? How much of your tax dollars were used to fund this White House event - $433,000. However, PBS did film this event and will be airing it later on this spring, so you will be able to see all of the musical greats that performed and the VIP crowd that was in attendance.
Then I wondered how much of our tax dollars are given to PBS every year – about 40% to as much as 50% of their annual budget is our tax dollars given to them by our government. Then what about all the folks who make a donation of their after-tax dollars? So I looked it up on their website. It is estimated that private donations would equal about $1 per person in the United States each year. That's over $300 million dollars. That's wonderful that so many are inclined to contribute to the fine programming that PBS offers.
I don't begrudge the Washington DC elites their "cultural" events, but it seems to me that while the "sequestration" has caused so much harm to the various agencies of the government in budget cuts, furloughs of employees, military cuts in training and benefits, with more threats of more harm from the sequester, this event could have been postponed until times are better for all, not just a few. I just wish that the President and Jack Lew would have had a better idea than sequester to rein in some of the wasteful government spending. And yes – we do know that it was their idea.
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I can not install the ps3 server from the ubuntu software center after adding the ppa:happy-neko/ps3mediaserver. I can install it it from the terminal, but it doesn't seem to install the renderers or the taskbar thing.
I installed it on my friends computer running the 32bit version of ubuntu 11.10, i am running the 64 bit version. Any ideas? I'm having the same issue on my mac and the mac version with no renderers installing but that's for another thread.


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Using Dónde and Estar to Ask for Directions in Spanish
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The Spanish verb estar (ehs-tahr), which means to be (in a temporary state), has a special relationship with the question ¿dónde? (dohn-deh), which asks where. This relationship exists because looking for directions is a sign of movement — something that's considered by most as a nonpermanent state of being. So you use a form of the verb estar instead of ser (sehr) (to be [in a permanent state]).
So how exactly can the two words be used together to help you find where you need to go or express where you're going? Take a look at these examples:
¿Dónde está el Museo de Larco? (donh-deh ehs-tah ehl moo-seh-oh deh lahr-koh) (Where is the Larco Museum?)
¿Dónde estamos ahora? (dohn-deh ehs-tah-mohs ah-oh-rah) (Where are we now?)
¿Dónde está el Hotel del Camino? (dohn-deh ehs-tah ehl oh-tehl dehl kah-mee-noh) (Where is the Hotel del Camino?)
¿Dónde estuviste anoche? (dohn-deh ehs-too-bvees-teh ah-noh-cheh) (Where were you last night?)


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Health & Balance
Are Those Who Multitask Most the Worst at It?
Jan. 24, 2013 -- Next time you see a driver talking on the cell phone and looking confident, you might want to change lanes.
People who often talk on cell phones while driving may think they are experts at such multitasking, but they are typically not, says researcher David Strayer, PhD, professor of psychology at the University of Utah.
In this case, Strayer and his colleagues found practice does not make perfect, or even close to it.
"The people who multitask the most seem to be the worst at it," he says, citing his study results. The study is published in PLOS ONE.
However, another expert who has studied the effects of distraction takes issue with the finding. It may only suggest that people who are more intelligent don't talk and drive, as they are aware of the risks, says Erik Altmann, PhD. He is an associate professor of psychology at Michigan State University.
Multitasking: Who's Good?
Strayer measured the multitasking ability of 277 college students.
He used a test that involves two tasks. The students had to remember a series of two to five letters. Each of the letters was separated by a simple math equation ("Does 2+4=6?") that they had to decide was true or false.
The students also ranked themselves on multitasking ability. They gave themselves a score, from zero to 100, with 50 termed average.
"Eighty percent said they were at or above average at multitasking," Strayer says. That's statistically impossible.
He jokes that it's akin to thinking they live in Lake Wobegon. That is the fictitious town of humorist Garrison Keillor, where the kids are ''all above average."
Students self-reported their multitasking, including cell phone use while driving. They also reported multitasking with media such as word processing and Web surfing.
They completed questionnaires that measured their impulsivity and sensation-seeking behaviors.
Multitasking: Study Results
Students who reported most often talking on the cell phone while driving actually scored 20% lower on the multitasking test than did those drivers who talked on the cell phone the least, Strayer says.


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- Oct 3:
- Jahi McMath: Family breaks silence on brain-dead girl's condition
- Oct 2:
- Jahi McMath: Attorney shows video he says proves Oakland girl moves feet, hands at mother's commands
- Oct 1:
- Jahi McMath: Family seeks to have brain-death ruling overturned, girl declared alive
- Aug 17:
- Reports that Jahi McMath is coming home are false
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- Jahi McMath: Experts say New Jersey 'best destination' for brain-dead patients
- Jun 18:
- Jahi McMath being kept at New Jersey hospital
- Jun 13:
- Jahi McMath: Brain-dead Oakland girl receives certificate from school
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- Jahi McMath getting diploma for eighth grade, family says
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- Jahi McMath: Family pushing school to grant brain-dead teen's diploma
- Mar 13:
- Jahi McMath: Family calls state report 'B.S.'; new medical record details emerge
- Jahi McMath: State releases report on Children's Hospital Oakland's handling of patients
- Feb 27:
- Jahi McMath's family to get award from Terri Schiavo foundation
- Feb 19:
- Jahi McMath: Complete text of letter from brain-dead girl's mother
- Jahi McMath 'much better,' her mother says
- Feb 1:
- Jahi McMath: Is it safe to have tonsil surgery at Children's Hospital Oakland?
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- Jahi McMath video claims to show her feet and toes move
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- Jahi McMath: five similar brain death legal cases
- Jahi McMath: Could her case change how California determines death?
- Jan 17:
- John Horgan: Don't be too quick to judge Jahi McMath's family
- John Horgan: Readers react to Jahi McMath commentary
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- Jahi McMath: Medical experts say organ failure inevitable
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- Jahi McMath: Girl given breathing, feeding tubes, attorney says
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- Jahi McMath: Streetfighting lawyer takes heat, death threats for brain-dead Oakland girl's family
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- Jahi McMath: Family says brain-dead teen's body may be too deteriorated to save
- Document: Medical analysis of Jahi McMath's deteriorating condition
- Jahi McMath: Brain-dead girl moved to undisclosed care facility
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- Jahi McMath: Brain-dead teen's family moves her from Children's Hospital Oakland
- Jahi McMath: Timeline of events in case of brain-dead Oakland teen
- Jahi McMath: 13-year-old brain-dead Oakland girl moved by family from hospital
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- Daniel Borenstein: Mischaracterizations of Jahi's condition ignites insane legal fight
- Jahi McMath: Mom can remove brain-dead daughter from hospital, judge rules
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- Jahi McMath family spends first day of 2014 searching for doctor to help get teen to New York facility
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- Document: Hospital decries Jahi McMath family's wishes to keep her on ventilator
- Jahi McMath may be transferred to treatment center in New York
- Jahi McMath: Terri Schiavo group secretly leading transfer efforts
- Jahi McMath: Hospital fights in court to remove brain-dead girl from ventilator
- Dec 30:
- Jahi McMath: Judge's order keeping girl on ventilator reinvigorates family
- Jahi McMath: Judge extends order keeping girl on ventilator
- Dec 29:
- Jahi McMath: Statement of Children's Hospital Oakland
- Jahi McMath: Mom and lawyer say only remaining option for brain-dead girl is a New York care facility
- Dec 28:
- Jahi McMath: Family, attorney release letter addressing critics
- Jahi McMath: Family trying to raise money to get 13-year-old airlifted out of state
- Dec 27:
- Jahi McMath: Hospital open to transferring brain-dead teen but won't perform surgery required by admitting facilities
- Jahi McMath: Children's Hospital Oakland agrees to release brain-dead girl to long-term care
- Contra Costa Times editorial: No one recovers from being brain dead
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- Jahi McMath: Family ready to move brain-dead girl to new facility; hospital may refuse surgery request
- Jahi McMath: 2 years ago, a girl wound up severely brain damaged following similar surgery
- Jahi McMath: Family says they'll move brain-dead girl to another Bay Area facility
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- Jahi McMath: Family tries to have normal holiday celebration in hospital waiting room
- Dec 24:
- Lost in the divisive battle over Jahi McMath is a mother's undeniable love
- Jahi McMath: Judge denies petition to keep girl on ventilator past Dec. 30
- Dec 23:
- Jahi McMath: Judge extends order to keep brain-dead girl on ventilator
- Dec 22:
- Faith leaders call on prosecutors to investigate Jahi McMath case
- Oakland: Need for tonsillectomies in question
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- Jahi, her mom and 13 days at Children's Hospital Oakland
- Jahi McMath: Medicine's ability to keep a heart beating complicates how death is perceived
- Oakland: Emotional letter from Jahi McMath's mom to keep daughter 'warm'
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- Oakland: Judge grants restraining order keeping Jahi McMath on ventilator through Monday
- Family of Oakland girl on ventilator furious after meeting with hospital officials
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- Family of girl left brain dead at Children's Hospital Oakland demands medical records
- Dec 18:
- Jahi McMath prayer vigil: "God knows we want a miracle"
- Family of Oakland girl on life support after tonsil surgery calls for international prayer vigil
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- Family furious, hospital investigating after tonsil surgery leaves girl brain-dead
- Oakland: Girl declared brain dead after tonsil surgery may be taken off life support Tuesday
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- Oakland girl, 13, declared brain-dead after tonsil surgery
OAKLAND -- The family of Jahi McMath and the hospital seeking to have the brain-dead 13-year-old taken off a ventilator will meet in federal court for the first time Friday, possibly working toward an end to the ongoing battle over the girl's fate.
A federal magistrate ordered the settlement conference between the family and Children's Hospital Oakland for 11 a.m. Friday. The order comes as Jahi's family continues to search for a doctor that will perform medical procedures required to move her to another facility for long-term care.
The family says it has located a facility that will be take her, and has consent from the Alameda County Coroner's Office to move Jahi, but they are missing a key component: finding a doctor to perform a tracheotomy for breathing and to insert a gastric tube for feeding.
A doctor and lawyer on Thursday described the standoff as a "Catch-22." Because Jahi is brain dead -- the equivalent of the end of life in the medical field -- no doctors at Children's Hospital nor most around the country will perform the procedures. Outside doctors cannot operate inside the Oakland hospital, leaving the family with the option of moving her to a nearby facility for an emergency operation before she can be flown to New Beginnings Community Center on Long Island in New York, the facility that has agreed to accept Jahi.
But as it stood Thursday afternoon, no doctor has agreed to perform a tracheotomy for breathing and insert a gastric tube for feeding. Three separate courts have denied requests by the family attorney, Christopher Dolan, to order the hospital to perform the operations on Jahi. Another request was filed by Dolan in Alameda County Superior Court on Thursday.
Meanwhile, a temporary restraining order keeping Jahi on a ventilator is set to expire on Tuesday.
"They have until Tuesday for someone to blink, and it doesn't look like anyone is blinking," said Bruce Fagel, a licensed physician from Southern California who now works as a medical malpractice lawyer.
A Dec. 9 surgery to remove her tonsils and tissue from her nose and throat to treat sleep apnea was completed without incident, but she began bleeding profusely after the surgery. She went into cardiac arrest the same night and was pronounced brain dead on Dec. 12, with multiple doctors saying there is no blood flowing to her brain and no chance of recovery.
Jahi's family, however, does not accept that diagnosis. A doctor the family brought in to observe Jahi has testified under oath that he believes she is alive, according to court documents.
Doctors and ethicists have said it is unheard of for a patient declared brain dead to be moved to a long-term facility. The same experts have said the hospital is following state law and that the hospital's position is what would be expected from other facilities.
"It's a pretty rare situation," Ryan Holmes, a bioethicist with the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University, told the Bay Area News Group last week. "In most cases, while it's a devastating diagnosis, people understand there's not anything that can be done when they determine the patient's brain is not functioning. But I understand why this family is hesitant to do that; they certainly have been put through a lot."
Lawyers for Children's Hospital have said the facility will allow a transfer of Jahi's body to another location if the family meets three requirements: naming the facility Jahi would be moved to, and providing the facility's terms and conditions; naming who will physically transfer Jahi and identifying the travel plans; and obtaining consent from the county coroner's office.
Hospital spokesman Sam Singer said Thursday the hospital has not heard from any facility.
"We have not received one single phone call," Singer said. "It's unfair and unethical to hold out hope in this case. It's perpetuating a tragic hope on the public that anything could be done. It's never happened before and it's not going to happen here."
Dolan did not respond to a message seeking comment.
Staff writer Matthias Gafni contributed to this report.


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N.C. raised Ruger jobs offer as gun maker held out
RALEIGH — Gun manufacturer Sturm, Ruger & Co. made clear early and publically that North Carolina was its preferred location for a new factory and the hundreds of jobs it would bring. But the company kept alive enough doubt that state officials raised their offer of tax breaks and other sweeteners three times.
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Poorly maintained roadsides present a plethora of potential liabilities. Out-of-control vegetation creates safety hazards, erodes roadsides, spreads invasive plants, and degrades water quality. When flair mowers and other equipment can't do the job in hard-to-reach areas, many departments turn to herbicides.
"Many of our primary roadways include steep hills and sudden curves," explains Mike Maurer, roadside district manager II with Pennsylvania DOT's (PennDOT) Pennsylvania Engineering District 12. Maurer, a 33-year industry veteran, oversees vegetation management along 3,800 miles of roads. "If grass or brush along these corridors grew to unruly heights, drivers wouldn't be able to see around corners. However, these areas are also impossible to mow. To keep the grass from growing too tall, we spray it once every spring."
With hundreds of herbicide products on the market and up to a dozen more introduced each year, selecting a chemical concoction that balances the fine line between annihilating all vegetation versus just the unwanted weeds is a science.
This is why PennDOT, a leader in vegetation management programs for nearly 20 years, works closely with researchers at Pennsylvania State University (Penn State), who test new technologies every day.
Rand Swanigan, roadside management specialist with Missouri DOT (MoDOT) and board member of the National Roadside Vegetation Management Association, agrees that working with academia is a good way to test new herbicides. But in addition to partnering with the University of Missouri, he also works with herbicide manufacturers that have dedicated research and development programs: "We have a great working relationship with Dow, DuPont, Monsanto, BASF, and others," he says, adding that these companies also work with universities to test products, often while the formulations are still numbered compounds and haven't been named. Still, after all that effort, MoDOT spot-tests new formulations before adding them to its list of approved herbicides.
In fact, MoDOT's process for selecting new products involves several steps.
First, departmental policy statements are taken into consideration. For example, the department doesn't use re restricted-use products, so it eliminates herbicides that fall under that category.
Then it conducts industry research, by attending trade shows and contacting herbicide manufacturers and other DOTs, to determine if there's a product already on the market that targets a particular species or challenge.
And finally, before placing an herbicide on its bid list, the department performs large-plot field testing in real roadside conditions, which Swanigan says takes at least one year.