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Supanova Sydney 2006
October 28, 2006 | Author: Adun | In: Anime Blogs, Conventions & Events, Miscellaneous, Photography
The third convention that I have attended in Sydney for 2006 and it is Supanova Sydney. After 4 years of being held at The Wharfs in the Sydney CBD, it has returned to it's roots of Homebush Bay where it was last held in 2002. But will this move back to it's birthplace live up to the excellence it has seen at The Wharfs? Well read on to see pictures and my thoughts on Supanova Sydney 2006. WARNING: Picture intensive posts.
The day started off simple. Waking up at an early time of 6:30 a.m for some unknown reason I headed down to Homebush Bay, which is roughly a 40 minute drive from where I live. Upon arriving, at around 9:40 a.m I see a long line for the people who pay on the day. And for me, I joined that queue. Though what surprised me was that they were letting people inside already, even though the convention itself did not start until 10 a.m. Well not that it matters as it means getting inside faster. I think at most I waited was about 10 minutes.
Acquiring a showbag filled with random stuff that I have yet to look at, and probably won't, I wondered around searching for my fellow JAUWS members table, and I also happen to have found my favourite vendor, Tamarket. After meeting up and helping out for a few minites, I wondered around the Hall taking various photos, checking out the available merchadise that I could buy with my measly $200 AU, and bumping into various friends I found that the hall wasn't all that big. I managed to walk around the entire area within 10 minutes and return to the JAUWS table.
Thus looking at the Event Guide soon did I realise that the Anime Arena for where the cosplay was to be was held outside the Main Hall roughly 3 minutes walking distance. Thus with fellow JAUWS member Shiori, she lead me to this section as she wanted to walk around a bit as well. Rather annoying that the staging area is not even close to the Main Hall, but once I saw the amphitheatre I can see why they chose to hold it outside the Main Hall. It was the perfect place to hold the cosplay competition.
Heading back to the Main Hall I found that there really wasn't much to do. So I went around buying stuff for myself, buying stuff for other people and feeling rather exhausted, I met up with more friends and ended up speaking to them for nearly 40 minutes. As time drew closer to 2 p.m, it was time to head back to the Anime Arena for the cosplay competition. Finding a good spot at the back, I set up the tripod, and changed over to the telephoto lens and was ready to roll. But the contest seemed to have started about 20 minutes late. Now onwards to pictures!
I found the cosplay disappointing overall. None were really good at except, except Cosplay Picture 33, which was rather original. Also you can't count Storm Trooper outfits good cosplay since they are made to look like that, the same with Jedi Knights. Like I thought some of the Star Wars cosplays were excellent, but in terms of competition and creativeness, they are indeed lacking.
But the worst part about standing taking photos was that it was windy and cold, despite warm sunlight only 3 metres away. But one good thing I found about this cosplay competition was that they abolished the whole interview process. So what cosplay contestants do is go up on stage, strut their stuff or do a skit if they want, and walk off. Something that Animania should consider seeing the massive amount of cosplay contestants they have for each day. But like Animania, majority of cosplayers didn't stand still long enough for people to take good photos. God damn it stand still for at least 12 seconds! But also on the stage, there was a microphone stand in the middle which ruins the photos that I took. But that's not all. The amount of uneven lighting around the stage caused most of my photos to have different white balances. The right side of the stage had sunlight shiny on the stage floor, the back of the stage was dark, and the left side had mainly the stage lighting.
After cosplay finished, I headed back to the Main Hall, bought more stuff again but since I brought along a figure with me, I thought I'd do some figure photography. Unfortunately alot of them haven't turned out as well as I thought, so I'll have to retake them. Such a shame since Olympic Park was such a nice location. So for the rest of the day, I did not much except chat to friends and the owners of Tamarket, and just took random photos. But since my Shiori bought a Meer Campbell figure, I took the opportunity to do some figure photography for her. Some didn't turn out well but some turned out well. I may post pictures in a separate post. Time for random pictures!
A Fate/Stay Night silk business necktie that Tamarket staff tried to get me to buy.
Some awesome looking paper characters that the SUAnime Club made for display.
A store holder by the name of Tokyo Night Train were giving away posters of Starship Operators, Daphne in the Brilliant Blue, Shakugan no Shana, and Black Lagoon had these massive posters on their walls. I asked the person at the store if they are selling them Unfortunately not since the three (I didn't include a picture of the Starship Operators one) massive posters cost them $300 to make and its more of a promo item for them. Damn because I would love that Shana poster as much as my friend Tsutako would like the Black Lagoon one.
An English HSC exam in progress I assume…..oh dear (taken with my camera phone)
Overall Impressions
As a convention I didn't find it all that enjoyable. But this is probably more to the fact that Supanova is a pop culture convention rather than anime focused. The way that the Main Hall was divided was one side anime related, other side sci-fi related, and right in the middle artists and various clubs. A good layout so you can keep to one side if you like. I did walk around the sci-fi sections but nothing interested me at all. Also I didn't attend most of the events as like the sci-fi, most did not spark my interests.
Though another annoyance was the uneven lighting not only in the cosplay stage, but also in the Main Hall. With it being a hall, the lighting is fairly high up but also there was sunlight coming from one direction, making one part of the hall well lit, whilst the other side was rather dark. Thus making photography a bit more tricky in terms of white balacing and not having camera shake whilst taking photos in the darker areas. But that was nothing compared to the fire alarm that went off around midday. Of course hearing this beeping sound for over an hour would be enough to make anyone go crazy. Thus as an apology, the convention organisers gave away free bottles of drinks to attendees. Hooray for free stuff!
So has returning to it's birthplace done Supanova justice? No. I can see that the large amount of space was what they were aiming for but the layout in general was what really annoyed me the most. But another thing is that with the convention being located out in Homebush means that you stay for a few hours and leave, or stay the entire time. You can't just enter, walk around, exit and come back later. Where back in the city at least you have the option to walk around the city during the convention and come back at a later time. This is probably why I got bored easily as I couldn't do anything outside the convention let alone inside. But now that Supanova is back in Homebush Bay, I think it will be staying there for quite some time. Also this is only the Saturday. I don't plan to attend the Sunday as I will be attending the Sydney International Motor Show instead.
On another note, this year MAY be the last year for Supanova for me, and possibly Animania. Why? Simple. I will be in full time work by the time the next convention runs happen. And seeing from my friends situations with work they don't seem to have much free time these days and I probably expect the same for me.
Wow. After a few hours of writing this, my legs still hurt, as much as my wallet


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Don't Turn Out The Lights
Showing recordings 1-3 that were created in 2011 for the song "Don't Turn Out The Lights" by NKOTBSB. The recordings are sorted by date. Click the year links to view recordings for a different year.
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Here is a favorite of mine from the summer of 2011....its The New Kids On The Block & The Backstreet Boys together with "Don't turn out the lights"....love this song.......please enjoy i am amazed that i can still sing,u have no clue as to how sick i am...lol hugs from tim...
Don't Turn Out The Lights
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This is what happens when the two all-time greatest boybands collide!!! KTBSPA!!! Blockheads forever!!!
Don't Turn Out The Lights
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Wow you have no clue,it took me 3 minutes to sing this song at 11:43am...and 40 minutes to see the preview & save it....Here it is i hope New music NKOTBSB.....better know as New Kids On The Block/Backstreet Boys...."Don't turn out the lights"....been loving this song for the pass 4 months,Top 10 song this summer in Quebec....please enjoy hugs from tim Your Dancing Machine...


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'McCain-Romney' Sounds Good to Romney
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In his first interview since dropping out of the race more than a month ago, former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said he would be "honored" to serve as John McCain's vice president.
McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee, and Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts who spent millions of his own money on his campaign, attacked one another ruthlessly on the trail. Romney, who dropped out on Feb. 7 after a dismal Super Tuesday performance, fashioned his post-Iowa campaign around bashing veterans of Washington like McCain. McCain turned on Romney in Florida, suggesting he would seek a date for troop withdrawal, and the Arizona senator emerged victorious—seen many as the beginning of Romney's demise.
"Politics is a rough and tumble sport, and you do what you need to do to win," Romney said on the Fox News program Hannity and Colmes. "There really are no hard feelings." Later, Romney added, "There are things I wish he would not have said, but he was successful, and I have to recognize that now is the time for us to come together and support his candidacy." Romney said his fund-raising team — a group of successful business associates who out-raised many of the other Republican contenders — have been put to work on McCain's behalf.
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On this day 150 years ago, President Abraham Lincoln asked his cabinet members to sign a sealed memorandum without reading it. They complied. The text of the "Blind Memorandum" was later revealed to be the following:
MEMORANDUM.The election of 1864 was rapidly approaching, and Lincoln feared he would be defeated. This was not an unreasonable belief. No American president had been re-elected to a second term since Andrew Jackson won his second term in 1832. And then there was the war news: despite months of bloody fighting, neither Richmond nor Atlanta had fallen.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, August 23, 1864.
This morning, as for some days past, it seems exceedingly probable that this administration will not be re-elected. Then it will be my duty to so co-operate with the President-elect as to save the Union between the election and the inauguration; as he will have secured his election on such ground that he cannot possibly save it afterward.


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Taipei, February , 2015—Square Enix ("SQEX") today announced its global development partnership with Taiwanese developers XPEC Entertainment ("XPEC") and XPEC Art Center Inc. ("XAC") to deliver its latest title, Final Fantasy XV, in its Final Fantasy Type-0 event at the PlayStation booth at Taipei Game Show 2015."With such huge amount of content production involved, Square Enix has many strategic development partners worldwide for this title. XPEC Entertainment is our partner in Taiwan." said Hajame Tabata, Senior Director of Final Fantasy XV.
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Some Seoul Embassies Respond to Rising Tensions
Though life in Seoul is proceeding as usual—normal and calm, to the degree "calm" ever applies—at least two embassies in the capital are making tentative preparations for the possibility that the exchange of hostile words and gestures between the two Koreas turns into something more.
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Almost a whole decade ago, a local entrepreneur conceived of an idea for a housing development off Fassler Avenue.
Tait Cowan, who is also a partner in the Surf Spot Restaurant, worked with other partners to develop project plans for Harmony @ 1, a custom home development. The project was approved by the Pacifica Planning Commission, but construction did not follow.
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Luminaries by Timothy M. Brenner is an "an alternate history mystery-thriller set in the early 1930's" that finds Sir Arthur Conan Doyle hired by the British Government to track down a serial killer who murdered a member of the Royal Family.
Conan Doyle, "who has the ability to touch objects and ascertain their history", travels to the United States to enlist the aid of Houdini, "a master of telekinesis," and Orson Welles, "who is gifted with the power of mental telepathy." Conan Doyle and Houdini "put aside their differences and work together for the greater good, but not without friction."
It looks like Luminaries is currently only available as a Kindle eBook from Amazon.com.
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Houdini among the Luminaries
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The early 1930's ?ReplyDelete
At least he's not a vampire.ReplyDelete
..yeah, really..the 30's???ReplyDelete
I did 'fudge' the timeline to be able to use the main characters I wanted. I knew going into it that Houdini had died in 1926, and Conan Doyle in 1930. Since it's an alternate history (fiction), I decided to extend their lives a little. Hopefully the story is still enjoyable to readers despite the obvious changes in the timeline.ReplyDelete
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Thank you for the comment, Timothy. I'm thrilled you found my blog and honored that you'd post here. :)ReplyDelete
Hey, I have no problem with a fudged timeline. It's fiction. And I like the idea of Houdini in the '30s.
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More than a dusting in New York
Slick roads caused by unexpected snowfall
UPDATED 11:06 PM EST Nov 26, 2012
In New York, the amount snowfall didn't just take drivers by surprise, it gave Plattsburgh city and town plow workers a bit of a late start Monday morning.
The city began plowing at 6 a.m., the town shortly after. But with over 500 main and side roads to get to, which takes hours, it resulted in a hairy commute.
State police said they had well over 30 reports of slide-offs between 7 and 9 Monday morning all over the area.
There were no major injuries or damage reported.
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Well, here's how I see it now.
Alabama / Georgia is a defacto national semifinal game. My money is Alabama going away decisively (say by 10 or so) but maybe Georgia can do it? I suspect a boatload of errors from Aaron Murray next Saturday, but IF Aaron Murray can play well then Georgia can definitely hang with Alabama.
Notre Dame wins tonight: book the ticket, easy, no controversy.
if Notre Dame loses tonight: Stanford looks like they're going to beat UCLA, but if UCLA does manage to mount a comeback and then Oregon beats UCLA in the Pac 12 title game, I can definitely see Oregon jumping Florida. Oregon is already ahead in the human polls that matter (so there would be no real reason to drop Oregon behind Florida especially given 2 more ranked wins on Oregon's resume) and the computers are the only reason why Florida has the slight edge in the BCS at the moment.
Of course, if Stanford wins, nuke everything and Florida would be in the title game IMO with a Notre Dame loss, but it would be interesting to see if the humans would conspire to keep Florida out of the title game. The computers love Florida so there's no worry there. I think Kansas State is just going to be on the outside looking in after TCU's upset loss. That win over Texas would've looked a lot sexier with a #11-#12 Texas rather than most likely a low 20 Texas.


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moving average how much do you think is good for scalping?
moving average how much do you think is good for scalping?
I use periode 20 and 12 what do you think.
I can not I set this to you .. but you can try it yourself until you see the interaction with the average price
i use cross Smoothed MA with period 5 & 17 price close.
but the weakness of cross MA is if the market sideway.so i put bollinger bands period 17 price close to help and detect if sideway.if trending market i use cross MA.
I never like scalping ,because it is very risky for our trading career and our capital.some time we can earn money by
scalping ,but finally must be faced lose and we never recover our lose ,so We need like long trading for our good trading career.
Scalping is good for some trader if the execution is good and trader is very alert and smart get in and out .
I've bad experience scalping with moving average, so I'm using Stochastic, RSI and ZigZag for scalping...
I would like to say, only moving average is not suitable for scalping, if you are serious scalper and you like technical, then You should also add other indicators.


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As you may recall, Peggy Tingle's favorite car, her 1992 Ford Mustang, was stolen from her garage Sunday morning. After a nationwide APB was put out on the car, Meridian Police were able to successfully locate the stolen vehicle at an abandoned house near the Taco Bell on 8th Street.
"We found the car, or the police found the car, Meridian Police Department, found the car yesterday morning approximately between 9 and 11 AM in the morning.
The car was found mostly intact, but the back windshield was busted out. Bell says nothing was taken from the car and that it is fixable, and they are following a few leads to try to find a suspect.
"At this time I just know that a few people ran away from the scene of the crime when they drove up upon the car when the detective discovered it, so that's all we know at this point as far as leads are concerned."
"The Meridian Police Department have a few steps you can take to keep something like this from happening to you."
"Well it doesn't have to happen to you. Basically there are two things you do, you make the house look occupied and you buy the best security that you can get, that you can afford."
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BERKELEY -- Police department mutual aid agreements with other agencies that were reviewed Oct. 15 by the City Council drew fire from residents and several council members who said the city's participation in Homeland Security initiatives jeopardizes first amendment rights.
Nonetheless, the council approved the more-than-50 agreements that allow police to borrow Oakland police dogs, use the Alameda County Sheriff's Office laboratory to analyze seized drugs, help nearby departments in riot situations and more.
Concerns raised by the public and council members Jesse Arreguin, Max Anderson and Kriss Worthington targeted agreements with the Northern California Regional Intelligence Center and the Urban Area Security Initiative, both programs of the Department of Homeland Security.
NCRIC, one of more than 70 "fusion" centers across the country, receives, analyzes, gathers and shares "threat-related information between the federal government and state, local ... and private sector partners," according to the Department of Homeland Security website.
UASI -- overseen by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and housed within DHS -- funds first-responders' planning, organization, equipment and training in "high-threat, high-density urban areas," and assists in preventing and recovering from acts of terrorism, according to the FEMA website.
Last year, the watchdog group Coalition for a Safe Berkeley asked the City Council to sever ties with UASI and NCRIC. The council rejected that request, but imposed restrictions on police interactions with UASI and NCRIC.
One restriction was limiting Suspicious Activity Reports that police send to NCRIC, to criminal rather than First Amendment activity arrests.
Addressing the council, George Lippman, of the Coalition for a Safe Berkeley, said police ignored the restrictions.
Summaries of the Suspicious Activity Reports "reveal violations of constitutional rights and the constraints laid down by council," he said, citing one report on a traffic stop that stated a person "used language consistent with a group known to confront law enforcement."
Public speakers cited another report that summarized an arrest for petty theft by stating "The detainee used terminology consistent with a group that does not 'believe in the United States government.,'"
"We don't want the crime to be a pretense to be reporting on something that somebody's saying," Councilman Jesse Arreguin said, addressing Police Chief Michael Meehan.
Meehan responded that in each report, "there is a criminal predicate," and that in the future, report summaries -- full reports are not public documents -- would more clearly explain the criminal activity.
The council also discussed the UASI agreements.
Last year, Berkeley, UC Berkeley and Albany police jointly applied for a UASI grant to purchase an armored personnel vehicle. The application was dropped after the public protested, and the City Council subsequently directed police to inform it when seeking UASI grants.
Meehan told the council that over the year in review, the department hadn't applied for UASI funds.
Councilman Anderson expressed concern with Berkeley police participation in UASI-sponsored Urban Shield exercises. A public speaker had shown council members a photograph from the 2012 Urban Shield training that showed heavily armed police confronting protesters holding anti-war and Occupy banners.
"I'm worried about the creeping militarization (of police)," Anderson said. "To see that picture that the 99 percenters are the prototype terrorists that you would organize your efforts against tells me that this has very little to do with protecting us from real threats."
Meehan explained, however, that Urban Shield training is "a very advanced, very involved public safety program," not just for police. "It's police, it's fire, it's haz mat, it's bomb squads, it's emergency response teams, it's public works, it's water rescue," he said.
Police Sgt. Chris Stines, who said he participated in Urban Shield, added, "The focus is around terrorism issues -- the first response to those kinds of issues -- not (response) to protest issues."


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This is a discussion on Solaris USB FAQ - Solaris Rss ; As content from sun.com transfers over to oracle.com, I decided to temporarily repost the USB FAQ on this blog as we migrate over. This document is managed by myself and others across Oracle to help assist users in managing USB ...
As content from sun.com transfers over to oracle.com, I decided to temporarily repost the USB FAQ on this blog as we migrate over. This document is managed by myself and others across Oracle to help assist users in managing USB in Solaris 8, 9, and 10.Information about the USB specifications and products can befound at the USB Implementers Forumwebsite.
USB FAQs Rev 112009
The FAQs below are intended to provide some answers to issues faced byusers when trying to use USB devices under Solaris. Most of the FAQslisted here are focussed on Solaris 10 Update and OpenSolaris releases.Some questions concerning Solaris 8 and Solaris 9 are also included. Forthe most accurate information, users are advised to check out thedocumentation accompanying their particular release.USB FAQ Index
- General Questions
- Driver Development Kit
- USB Host Controllers
- USB Keyboard, Mouse, Hubs
- USB Audio
- USB Video
- USB Storage
- USB Printers
- USB Digital Cameras
- USB Scanner
- USB Floppy
- USB to Serial
- USB Security
- Ugen / Libusb
- Sun Ray USB
- Reporting Problems
General questions:
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- What types of USB devices are supported in Solaris?
Refer to usb(7D) man page which lists all bundled USBdrivers
- Which USB devices can I use with Solaris?
Please check http://www.sun.com/io_technologies/usb/USB0.html for list of verified devices.
This list is by no meansexhaustive but attempts to cover as many USB devices as possible thatare known to work under Solaris. Also, in addition to many new devicesbeing introduced into the market each day, many may have undergonerevisions or updates to their firmware or hardware even though they maybe listed with the same model number or are no longer available.
- What are the recommended USB patches for Solaris versions8 and 9 ? Is it necessary to upgrade?
It is highly recommended that users upgrade their OS withthe latest USB patches for optimal results. Note: Patches listed heremay get superceded by later patches which are generally inclusive ofthe fix in the obsoleted patch
All Solaris USB patches are available at http://sunsolve.sun.com.
For Solaris 8: Patch # 109896-36 or later for Solaris on SPARC
For Solaris 8: Patch # 109897-20 or later for Solaris on x86
For Solaris 9: Patch # 115553-28 or later for Solaris on SPARC
For Solaris 9: Patch # 115554-24 or later for Solaris on x86
We strongly recommend users to upgrade to Solaris 10 oruse the latest OpenSolaris Release.
- What are Solaris 10, OpenSolaris and Solaris Express?
Solaris 10 is the latest release of Solaris. http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/10/
The OpenSolaris project is an open source project sponsoredby Sun Microsystems, Inc, that is initially based on a subset of thesource code for the Solaris Operating System. It is a nexus for acommunity development effort where developers from Sun and elsewhere cancollaborate on developing and improving operating system technology.OpenSolaris is a single CD combined live/install image: a core operatingsystem, kernel, system libraries, a desktop environment and a packagemanagement system. Support is available through paid subscription servicesand developer assistance.
Solaris Express Community Edition is Sun's binary release forOpenSolaris developers (code named "Nevada"). It is built from the latestOpenSolaris source and additional technology that has not been publishedin the OpenSolaris source base. This release is unsupported. Developerscan build the OpenSolaris source by using this release as the base system.It is usually updated every other Friday and its release is announced onthe OpenSolaris announce forum.
Solaris Express Developer Edition is Sun's tested releasebuilt from the OpenSolaris bits and additional technology that has notbeen published in the OpenSolaris source base. For additional details,including support options, see the Developer Edition site. There is nocharge for this release. The Developer Edition is released every three tofour months and replaces the Solaris Express monthly release.
More information about the OpenSolaris and Solaris Express releases can befound at: http://opensolaris.org/os/downloads/
- Are there any Solaris 10 patches for USB devices?
If you install the latest OpenSolaris release, you get thelatest USB fixes for Solaris 10. If you do not wish to install OpenSolarisbut want to install patches over your Solaris 10 installation, thefollowing patches are available:
Kernel patch: 120012-14(x86), 120011-14(sparc) and above. (This kernel patch includes latest usb fixes such as power budgeting, 'libusb should just work', ehci fix to enable ZFS on USB etc.)
latest usb fixes such as power budgeting, 'libusb should just work', ehci fix to enable ZFS on USB etc.
Virtual keyboard and mouse (multiple keyboard and mouse) support: 118822-18 (sparc), 118844-19 (x86)
Vold hotplug awareness: 119374-05 (sparc), 119375-05(x86).
Rmformat for >1TB hard disks: 120009-01 (sparc),120010-01 (x86).
Libusb: 120732-01 (sparc), 120733-01 (x86)
We strongly recommend that users install or upgrade to a Solaris 10 update release rather than selectively apply patches. (Note: Patches listed here may get superceded by later patches which are generally inclusive of the fix in the obsoleted patch).
- What is the USBA Framework?
USBA is the Solaris USB Architecture framework for USB client drivers. The first version (0.0) was designed primarily for keyboards and mice support. USBA1.0 Framework, first available as a patch in Solaris 8, is the USB software framework that allows users to connect USB 2.0 devices at their highest speeds. Some new devices will work with this framework only. Solaris 10 adds the latest USBA 2.0 framework where all USB driver interfaces were promoted to public. Refer to usb(7d) man pages for details or this blog: http://blogs.sun.com/frits/date/200506.
- What is the USB dual framework?
The Dual Framework which is supported in Solaris 8 and 9 releases consists of two USB frameworks: the USBA 1.0 framework which supports USB 2.0 devices, and the original framework USBA 0.0 of the OS release (which was mainly designed for keyboard and mouse only). USB drivers written under this framework are prefixed by usba10_. There is no dual framework in Solaris 10 or later. USB drivers do not have prefix usba10_ in Solaris 10.
Details regarding this framework are found in the DualFramework whitepaper at : www.sun.com/desktop/whitepapers.html.
- How do I use USB devices, where is this documented ?
Refer to System Administration Guide: Basic Administration (for Solaris 9), Devices and File Systems (for Solaris 10 and OpenSolarisrelease)
Solaris 9 System Administrator Collection http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/coll/47.13
System Administration Guide: Basic Administration http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/806-4073
Solaris 10 System Administrator Collection http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/coll/47.16
System Administration Guide: Devices and File Systems http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/817-5093
Solaris Express (OpenSolaris) System Administrator Collection http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/coll/47.23
System Administration Guide: Devices and File Systems http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/819-2723
- Why are some of my USB 2.0 devices not recognised or notfully functional on Solaris 8 or Solaris 9, even after installingall the latest USB patches?
For the Solaris 8 and Solaris 9 OS releases, the latest updates will install the USBA1.0 kernel interfaces as part of a Dual Framework. The Dual Framework consists of two USB frameworks: the newer USBA 1.0 framework which supports USB 2.0 devices, and the original framework of the OS release. The original framework is included for compatibility purposes only and was mainly designed to be used for keyboards and mice. In the Dual Framework configuration, by default, the original framework supports devices connected to USB 1.x ports and the newer USBA 1.0 framework supports devices connected to USB 2.0 ports.
To change the USB Dual Framework configuration, forexample to run all USB ports with the newer USBA 1.0 framework, youwill need to run the usbconfig script from: http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/scripts/.../usbconfig.txt
If you are using a USB 2.0 device, please run usbconfigscript and select the option '1' that sets all USB ports to USBA1.0Framework and then connect the device.
- My device does not enumerate and I get the message "connecting device on port failed". What is the cause?
Often the root cause is that the device is not USB speccompliant but there are a few things to check :
Also, refer to question "Why are some my USB 2.0 devicesnot recognized" above.
- if connected to usb1.x port then connect to usb2.0 orvice versa
- insert a usb1.x or usb2.0 hub
- if a usb2.0 device is on a usb2.0 port you can force itto usb1.x speed by inserting a usb1.x hub
- if a 1.x device is on a usb1.x port you can force it towork usb2.0 ehci driver by inserting a usb2.0 hub
- use better cables
- use shorter cables
- How do I diagnose USB problems ? (See the ReportingProblems section below)
mdb(1)has a dcmd ::usba_debug_buf for dumping the USB log buffer which maygive some hints on what went wrong. You should also check/var/adm/messages
- How do I know that I am really running USB 2.0 drivers inSolaris 8 and Solaris 9?
Check with prtconf -D that all usb drivers have prefix ofusba10_
- How do I determine whether my device runs at USB 2.0speed?
On Solaris 8 and Solaris 9, check with prtconf -D whetherthe host controller is usba10_ehci, for example on Solaris 9:
usb, instance #0 (driver name: usba10_ehci)
storage, instance #0 (driver name: usba10_scsa2usb)
disk, instance #0 (driver name: sd) On Solaris 10 and later, check /var/adm/messages formessages similar to:
Dec 13 17:05:57 mysystem usba: [ID 912658 kern.info] USB 2.0 device
(usb50d,249) operating at hi speed (USB 2.x) on USB 2.0 external hub:
storage@4, scsa2usb0 at bus address 4
- My device is not responding. How do I check if my USBdevice was recognized by the OS? What command can I use?
You can use 'cfgadm' to find the port that your device isconnected to. See the man page cfgadm_usb(1M) for details.
# cfgadm -vl (Solaris 9 and later)
# cfgadm -c disconnect usbx/y
# cfgadm -c configure usbx/y
# prtconf -D
- Can I do soft hotplugging (without physicallydisconnecting the device)?
# cfgadm -vl (Solaris 9 and later)
# cfgadm -c disconnect usbx/y
# prtconf -D The device node should no longer be listed. Refer tocfgadm_usb(1M).
- On my SPARC platform, when I don't use my device for anhour or so, and try to use it, it is not working.
On SPARC platforms power management may have powered it down. Edit the file /etc/power.conf, disable autopm, and run pmconfig or reboot.
- I get "Connection failure" warnings when I connect mydevice and it does not work.
Run prtconf -D on the command prompt and check if thedevice enumerated.
Possible workarounds are connecting the device to a USB 1.x port (system ports on most SPARC machines) or connect a USB 1.x hub and then the device to this hub. This forces the device to be managed by ohci or uhci. If users do not need USB 2.0 support, another workaround is to run the below command which disables the ehci(7D) driver:
# rem_drv ehci
- My Belkin Omniview KVM switch works fine on Solaris x86but not on SPARC.
We've seen that it worked fine on SPARC on Solaris 9 but not on Solaris 10. The device presents two mice to the system. On SPARC, the first one gets plumbed and needs to be disconnected before the real one can get plumbed. On x86 the first one does not have to be disconnected before the 2nd one gets plumbed. The behavior is somewhat different in each OS release. For Solaris 10, install the Virtual keyboard and mouse patch (see above).
- I need a USB to PS2 converter. Any suggestions which oneswork well ?
We have seen the brand 'Cables Unlimited' and SIIG USB to PS2 converters work well. We found that Belkin converter did not work on Solaris 8, Solaris 9. On Solaris 10, the latest version of the Belkin USB to PS2 converter was reported to work.
- I have a 5m cable. Should it work?
It may with most devices but may be flaky with bus-powereddevices such as the Sun mouse.
- I need to extend to 100m or more. how do I use this?
You can use active cable extenders.
- How do I disable all USB ports?
To enforce security, refer to usbsecure.pl scriptavailable at: http://developers.sun.com/prodtech/s...ity/index.html
To completely disable USB, you can remove the USB packageSUNWusb with the command:
pkgrm SUNWusb
- How do I configure my USB printer?
Use print manager, /usr/sbin/printmgr
Or use JDS Java Launch -> Preferences -> PrinterPreferences
- On Solaris 10, this message confuses me. "USB 2.0 device(usbd49,7010) operating at full speed (USB 1.x) on USB 1.10 root hub:storage@2, scsa2usb1 at bus address 2".Please clarify.
Thismeans that a USB 2.0 device is connected to a USB1.x hub which isoperating at full speed (and not at high speed), because the USB1.xport only support full speed and low speed.
- Can I boot from a USB disk or USB CD/DVD drive?
Generally speaking, booting from USB disk, CD/DVD drive issupported on x86 platforms with S10 update 1 and later if the BIOS has USB2.0 support. Sparc systems with USB 2.0 support can boot from USB disks ifthe OBP(Open Boot Prom) is upgraded to version 4.27 or later. Before youcan boot Solaris from USB disk, you have to install Solaris on the diskfirst. Installing on USB memory sticks is not recommended as the number ofwrites to these sticks is limited.
Problems observed on some hardware platforms:
-Installation from USB CD/DVD drive starts, but then fails with "not finding media" error. This is because the CD/DVD drive is not mounted under the /cdrom directory as the installation process expects. Possible workaround is to re-plug in the CD/DVD drive, and make sure the device is in the device tree and the /dev/dsk/ link is correctly created, and mount it under /cdrom manually, then continue installation by /sbin/install-solaris.
- Installation to USB hard disk seems slow and then hangs somewhere. Check dmesg output if there are repeatedly "timeout" and "tran_err". Such error messages would mean you don't have enough physical memory. The workaround is to install more than 512M physical RAMs or to use S10U2 or later. These releases contain the ehci fix for USB 2.0 disk support. There is also patch available, refer to the General section. Furthermore, latest OpenSolaris releases contain similar fixes for USB 1.x disk.
- Booting from USB hard disk panics on "cannot mount root path". Check if the disk is connected behind a USB hub. Don't use a hub between when booting from USB disk. And check if the bootpath in /boot/solaris/bootenv.rc matches the USB disk drive path. If not, modify bootenv.rc, boot into failsafe and make sure boot_archive on the USB disk drive is updated.
- How do I boot off a USB disk for an x86/x64-based server?
Assuming you are using a Sun X-line server utilizing an AmericanMegatrends, Inc. (AMI) BIOS, press F2 at server bootup to enter the BIOS.Navigate to the Boot menu option using the arrow keys [1]. Hit return on Boot Device Priority [2]and hit return again with the 1st Boot Device selected [3]. You should see your USB device listed. Highlight it and press enter,then F10 to Save and Exit [4]. This will reboot your server using your USB disk as the primary boot device. If your USB device is not showing up in the Boot Device Priority menu, try seeing if it is listed in the Hard Disk Drives sectionunder Boot. You should be able to hit return on 1st Drive and see it listed [5]. If it still is not visible, you may want to check if your USB disk is USB 2.0 compatible, or alternatively, tryupgrading the BIOS to a newer version.
This method is not exclusive to Sun servers. Any BIOS thatsupports booting from a USB 2.0 device should theoretically work with thismethod, although the exact menu layout may differ. Additionally, it's good tocheck if your USB device is verified to work with Solaris by visiting theSolaris Ready USB section.
It is also worth noting that USB boot works equally well withboth external and internal USB ports [6]. On many 1U-based Sun servers with internal slots, the bottom port is inactive. Use thetop port for your USB device.
- How do I boot off a USB disk for a SPARC-based server?
1) Ensure the OBP version is at least 4.27.ok .versionRelease 4.30.4 created 2009/08/19 07:18OBP 4.30.4 2009/08/19 07:18 Sun Ultra 45POST 4.30.4 2009/08/19 07:35OBDIAG 4.30.4 2009/08/19 07:292) Find the USB disk and copy its device pathok show-disksa) /pci@1e,600000/pci@0/pci@a/pci@0/pci@8/scsi@1/diskb) /pci@1e,600000/pci@0/pci@1/pci@0/ide@1f/cdromc) /pci@1e,600000/pci@0/pci@1/pci@0/ide@1f/diskq) NO SELECTION Enter Selection, q to quit: q3) Create a USB alias using the device pathok nvalias usb /pci@1e,600000/pci@0/pci@1/pci@0/ide@1f/disk4) Boot the USB disk ok boot usb
- How can I get the product id and vendor id of a USBdevice?
Connect the device to the host and check the file/var/adm/messages for messages like:
Aug 12 17:18:19 mysystem usba: [ID 912658 kern.info] USB 2.0 device
(usb781,5151) operating at hi speed (USB 2.x) on USB 2.0 root hub: storage@6,
scsa2usb0 bus address 2 usb781,5151 gives you the vendor id (0x781) and product id (0x5151).
Or check prtconf -v output for something like: name='usb-product-id' type=int items=1 value=00005151
name='usb-vendor-id' type=int items=1 value=00000781
name='compatible' type=string items=9 value='usb781,5151.20' + 'usb781,5151' + 'usbif781,class8.6.50' +
'usbif781,class8.6' + 'usbif781,class8' + 'usbif,class8.6.50' + 'usbif,class8.6' + 'usbif,class8' + 'usb,device'
- When I connect my device to the USB ports on the front panel of my SPARC machine sometimes, it does not work. But the same device works when connected to the USB ports on the back panel.
This is most likely caused by some hardware incompatibility issue. To work around the problem, either connect the device to the front port via a USB hub or connect the device to the back port of the SPARC machine.
- Is PDA syncing over USB supported in Solaris?
This is supported in OpenSolaris (pilot-link) and will be in Solaris 10 update 2 and later. Pilot-link (pilot-xfer(1)) uses libusb(3LIB) and is an open source application.
- Is there USB Smart Card support in Solaris?
This is supported in Solaris 10 Update 1 and OpenSolarisreleases. See the usb_ccid_ifd(S3SMARTCARD) man page. This ifd handleruses libusb(3LIB). Most USB CCID compliant devices should work.
- Where do I find some freeware NIC USB drivers?
There are some freeware NIC USB drivers on Masa Murayama's site and sourceforge.net.
- What is usb_mid?
Refer to usb_mid(7d) man page. usb_mid is the default driver and is a multi interface driver. It checks if each of the "interfaces" on the device can be bound to a driver. It also exports a ugen(7D) interface (Solaris 10 Update 2 and later) so the device can work with libusb(3LIB).
- Can I use a USB modem?
Support for USB modems and ISDN terminal adapters thatconform to the Universal Serial Bus Communication Device Class AbstractControl Model (USB CDC ACM) specification was introduced in OpenSolaris.It is also available in Solaris 10 Update 4. See the usbsacm(7D) man page.
- Is there java support for USB?
There is a community project in progress which will implementJSR80 API. For details contact
email@example.com or go to http://opensolaris.org/os/community/...s/usb/javausb/.
Pressing the eject button on my CD/DVD drive does not eject the media.
The Solaris HAL implementation does not currently have support for EjectPressed. This issue is fixed in OSOL build 124 and available to developers via opensolaris.org and genunix.org. For some devices, GNOME may display a popup message stating "Unable to unmount volume." A workaround for this is:
svccfg -s rmvolmgr setprop rmvolmgr/eject_button=boolean: false svcadm restart rmvolmgr This does, however, limit you to pressing eject while a GNOME session is running.
Driver Development Kit:
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- Is there a DDK for writing USB device drivers?
The current DDK is DDK 2.0. This DDK contains sample code andsample applications that run on Solaris 10 only. To get the latest USBdevelopment in Solaris, please install OpenSolaris or Solaris Expressbuilds. (Refer to question 4 under General section above). The WritingDevice Drivers guide for developers is available at:
http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/816...=USB+driverand contains detailed information on how to write a USB device driver forthe USBA 2.0 framework. A USB skeleton driver for the Solaris 10 OS isavailable at: http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/software/usbskel/. Also check out the OpenSolaris Project: http://www.opensolaris.org.
- Is usbskel really a driver?
Yes, it is a driver and it binds to nearly any USB device.Use add_drv -i option to specify the alias.
- I need more general documentation on writing drivers.
The Device Driver Tutorial http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/817-5789
This tutorial provides hands-on information about how todevelop device drivers for the Solaris Operating System. This bookincludes step-by-step descriptions of writing, building, installing,loading, and testing real device drivers. These instructions help youunderstand how drivers control devices. This book also gives anoverview of the driver development environment, tools available to youto develop drivers, and techniques for avoiding some driver developmentproblems.
Writing Device Drivers http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/816-4854 This book provides information on developing drivers forcharacter-oriented devices, block-oriented devices, USB devices, andSCSI target and HBA devices for the Solaris Operating System (SolarisOS). This book discusses how to develop multithreaded reentrant devicedrivers for all architectures that conform to the Solaris DDI/DKI. Acommon driver programming approach is described that allows drivers tobe written without concern for platform-specific issues such asendianness and data ordering.
Additional topics include porting Solaris drivers to a 64-bitenvironment, cluster-aware drivers, driver autoconfiguration,programmed I/O, Direct Memory Access (DMA), power management, devicecontext management, compilation, installation, and testing of drivers,and debugging drivers.
There are also resources on the Sun Developer Networkwebsite: http://developers.sun.com/solaris/le...iver/index.jsp
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- Is any third party USB 2.0 PCI card needed for USB 2.0support on older SUN SPARC / x86 machines?
Yes, PCI Host Controller USB 2.0 cards from third partyvendors such as Addonics, D-Link or Belkin can be used before connectingUSB 2.0 devices for older SPARC/x64 machines. Please check the list ofverified USB devices at
http://www.sun.com/io_technologies/s...TDPCI3.htmlfor other vendor details. On the latest Ultra 20 and other x64/x86-basedSUN platforms, USB 2.0 is natively supported.
- My companion controller is uhci and I don't see a uhcidriver for uhci on Solaris 8 or Solaris 9 for SPARC.
Please use the latest Solaris 10 or OpenSolaris for uhcisupport.
- I see a warning that the ehci driver is incompatible withmy USB 2.0 controller but it worked in Solaris 9 ? What do I do?
SomeVIA controller revisions were found not to work reliably with the ehcidriver.The ehci(7D) man page describes a method to enable ehci (you maydo so at your ownrisk.)
- When I do a prtconf -D on my system, why do I see 3controllers (ehci, 2 x ohci) associated with my USB 2.0 PCI card?
pci, instance #0 (driver name: pci_pci)
pci, instance #1 (driver name: pci_pci)
usb, instance #1 (driver name: ohci)
usb, instance #2 (driver name: ohci)
usb, instance #0 (driver name: ehci) That means there is an ehci host controller on the cardand it has two companion ohci controllers.The ehci is the usb2.0 controller; ohci is the usb1.x controller.If a USB 1.x device is found, it will be rerouted to a companion ohcicontroller.
- I see multiple USB controllers in prtconf output for myUSB2.0 PCI card. How does this really work?
A USB 2.0 controller in fact has 3 (or more) controllers.An ehci controller for USB 2.0 support and 2 ohci or uhci controllers for usb1.x support. If ehci is enabled, it first enumerates the device and if it finds a usb1.x device, it will cause a disconnect and reconnect for one of its companion controllers (ohci or uhci). This is all done in hardware.
- My USB host controller continuously reports over currentconditions even if no device is connected.
The fix for this condition is available with the introductionof USB power budgeting, which is available in OpenSolaris or Solaris 10Update 2 and later releases.
This feature is also available in Solaris 9 with the following patches:
Patch # 115553-22 or later for Solaris on SPARC
Patch # 115554-21 or later for Solaris on x86
USB Keyboard, Mouse, Hubs:
Can I use multiple mice on Solaris?
Multiple keyboards and mice are supported in Solaris 10Update 1 and later. See patches listed in USB General section of this FAQ.
Can I use multiple keyboards or a bar code scanner onSolaris?
A bar code scanner looks to the system just like anotherkeyboard. This is supported in Solaris 10 Update 1 and later. Seepatches in USB General section of this FAQ.
Can I build an extender by cascading hubs?
You can but it is not recommended cascading beyond3. Also, self powered hubs are recommended.
On a SPARC workstation, my non-SUN keyboard or mousebecomes unusable about 30 mins of idleness. How to overcome this?
This is due to power management. Disable powermanagement in /etc/power.conf to overcome this.
Can I use non SUN keyboards/mice?
Yes, many (such as Logitech etc.) are known to work but someothers have issues. Check
http://www.sun.com/io for list of knownworking third party keyboards/mice. Some of the latest Logitech keyboardand mice have been tested under the latest release of Solaris. Werecommend you use latest OpenSolaris releases if you want to use theseLogitech devices.
I am using a third party mouse with scroll wheel and 7 buttons. Also my keyboard has advanced features like smart card support. Why doesn't Solaris recognize it as console device?
The current Solaris HID driver only supports simple keyboard and mice (with the vertical wheel and up to 3 buttons---left button, middle button and right button). The HID driver does not fully implement the HID 1.1 spec but only a subset. There is work in progress on this. Please email firstname.lastname@example.com for the latest status. Check latest Solaris Express release notes for announcements regarding this feature.
The prtconf output shows my device is connected to the ehci controller and I am using a hub. But the device is still slow and getting speeds of 800KB/sec. I am using a hub.
Check the hub details and ensure that the hub is not a USB1.x hub.
What is the difference between the old SUN Type 6keyboard/mouse and the new Type 7 keyboard and mouse?
The Type 7 keyboard is the new USB 2.0 keyboard from SUNthat is ROHS compliant. It has a USB 2.0 hub also integrated. The layout of the keyboard is very similar to the Type 6 keyboard except for the placement of a couple of keys such as Alt and Compose. The mouse is now a 3 button Optical mouse with scroll wheel.
I am using Solaris 8 on a SPARC system with a Type 6keyboard. Recently, I plugged in a SUN Type 7 keyboard and I see errormessages during bootup and my keyboard does not work. Is there aworkaround?
If you are using a SPARC machine and Type 7 keyboard, pleaseupdate the OBP(Open Boot Prom) to the latest version for your system bydownloading the same from the SUN website. For most SPARC hardwareplatforms, the OBP version 4.16 or higher would work well. However, theOBP version for newer T2000 platform would be the l4.16 or latestrecommended version for your platform.
We strongly recommend upgrading to Solaris 10 from Solaris 8. If, for some reason, an upgrade to Solaris 10 is not possible for you, in the interim, please update your Solaris 8 OS installation with the latest required patches and then try connecting the Type 7 keyboard. Refer to question on patches under General Section above for details.
My device is not recognized when it is connected to the USBport of the SUN Type 7 keyboard? And, I see "Connectingdevice failure" being reported. Why? The internal hub of the Type 7 keyboard is a bus-poweredhub. It cannot support high-power USB devices like USB hard disks and floppy drives. Please connect only low-power USB devices to it or you may get unexpected results. If you install the latest OpenSolaris build or patches for Solaris 10, high-power devices connected to the Type 7 keyboard will be denied connection due to a new power budget control feature. Refer to the Patch question under General Section above for patch details.
The Type 7 mouse will not function when connected to the USB ports on the Type 7 keyboard with systems that run Solaris 8. Connect the mice directly to the system's USB port or Upgrade the OS to Solaris 10.
What is power budget control?
Power budget control is specified in USB spec to limitdevice connections to a hub to avoid overcurrent condition. A self-powered hubcan supply a maximum of 500mA to each port, while a bus-powered hubshould only supply a maximum of 100mA to each port. With power budgetcontrol, devices consuming power more than 100mA will be deniedconnection to a bus-powered hub. And two bus-powered hubs are notallowed to be concatenated.
This support is available in Solaris 10 Update 2 andOpenSolaris. It is also available in Solaris 9 with patch 115553-22 forSparc systems or patch 115554-21 for x86 systems.
Why doesn't my keyboard function after system halt on mySPARC machine?
Check if your keyboard is connected to a USB 2.0 hub. If it is, then directly connect your keyboard to the USB 1.0 port on the host machine instead of the USB 2.0 port on the hub and check the keyboard functionality.
How to set keyboard layouts explicitly on OpenSolaris?
Generally, Solaris and Xorg automatically detect your keyboard layout andload the right keytable automatically. But in some cases, the keyboardlayout detected by Solaris is not what user desires and this may requiresome manual settings. For example, when a keyboard is connected to a systemvia a KVM, it probably reports the keyboard layout different from the layoutof the actual keyboard.
To configure the keyboard layout manually, please follow the belowinstructions to workaround this problem. Thefollowing instructions take US layout as an example. For other layout types,please see /usr/X11/share/X11/xkb/xkbtable.map.
For Xorg (v1.5 or later) users, create a fdi file as below:
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When Will Nugent came to work at Bethel Farms in Arcadia in 1982, it was a cattle ranch and poultry farm that was just starting into the sod business.
His father-in-law, company founder Walter H. Bethel, hired him to start learning the business from the ground up, but when Bethel and his wife died suddenly in 1990 and 1992, respectively, Nugent and his wife Kim eventually found themselves in charge of the family business.
"They both died at a young age, 48 and 50," Nugent remarked. He and his wife were "thrown into it" early, at about 30 years of age.
It was a decent-sized company then, according to Nugent, but looking at it today, "the company has grown probably 10 times," he said.
At first, Kim's three siblings were involved with Bethel Farms, but eventually the business came totally under the Nugents' control. Now, the poultry and cattle business that was dabbling in sod owns over 2,000 acres of turf farm in Florida, employs 150 workers, and is the only sod supplier in Home Depot and Lowes across the entire nation. They also sell about a million grass plugs a year.
Bethel Farms has its own transportation company, has branded the name Harmony Sod, and contracts with turf growers across the U.S. to supply the big box behemoths. They even have their own sawmill onsite for making pallets.
What's the secret?
"I just love working," Nugent said. He said early on the business was willing to do things that others weren't - such as making smaller deliveries and taking on the challenges of large clients like Home Depot and Lowes.
It didn't happen all at once. Nugent said when the big stores wanted them to expand into different areas or do more, the company took it one step at a time. "We didn't have a plan to sell sod in 48 states," he explained. They just didn't back down from the challenge.
He also credits a company culture of integrity. "The biggest thing is we do what we say we are going to do," Nugent said. "We like to try to do what's hard, what nobody wants to do."
Bethel Farms has incorporated many technological innovations to keep it competitive, including a drain tile system for irrigation. Plastic pipes placed underground replace the need for ditches. It keeps water from evaporating, frees up more land for growing sod and doesn't encourage weed growth the way ditches can. "You use a lot less water," Nugent added, making it an eco-friendly move as well.
The farms in Florida also have a telemetry system that alerts farmers via mobile device whether humidity readings, rainfall and/or temperature might put the crop at risk of a freeze or fungus. The technology allows the growers to "stay ahead of the game," as Nugent put it.
They are also using a piece of technology that is popular up north, but not so much in Florida - a machine that cuts sod in a big roll instead of the typical rectangles Floridians are used to seeing. The appeal for the businessman is that one man can run the machine instead of several. The appeal to the installer is fewer seams in the lawn for a better aesthetic and easier install.
After 30 years on the job, this Arcadia native who studied business for three and a half years, then worked with Florida Power & Light in Bradenton before joining the Bethel clan is still loving growing grass - "the legal kind," he joked.
Besides the Harmony line of turfgrasses being sold in Lowes and Home Depot, this year Bethel Farms is also expanding a lawn maintenance pilot project it has been running out of Palmetto for the past three years.
"We're the sod farmer, so we believe we can do it better than other," said Nugent about the lawn care company, Harmony Care, which will be franchising this year.
In addition to Nugent and Kim, who is mostly retired now, the couple's three children also work in the family business. Jason Nugent works in sales. His twin sister Ashley Utter is manager of the transportation leg of the business. Tyler Nugent, the youngest, is the Arcadia production manager at the age of 23.
The Nugents also enjoy being grandparents to Balin Utter, 6, and Jocelyn Utter, 4.
Plans for 2014? They have a few. But most of all it's to keep on being a company who does what they say they are going to do.
"I think that's why we've succeeded," explained Nugent, "You don't need to tell people you have integrity - it's just shown."


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One, by chance, falls just to the south of the very top of the ridge. The other falls just across the ridgetop, to the north.
They will not meet again for many days and then after a journey of over a thousand miles. Though they began their journey only inches apart, they have not only fallen into different watersheds; they have fallen into different river basins.
One has fallen into the White River Basin, and will travel south, down the Bryant into the North Fork of the White River, then into the White River. The White River empties into the Mississippi River in Arkansas.
The Missouri River Basin
The other raindrop, which fell on the north side of the ridge, has landed within the Missouri River Basin. It will travel north through the Gasconade River watershed, some 300 miles to the Missouri River. The Missouri River empties into the Mississippi near St. Louis, Missouri.
The two raindrops may meet again only when the Mississippi River finally empties all the watersheds in its range into the Gulf of Mexico southeast of New Orleans, LA. There, the silt and sand from our local watersheds mixes with the snowmelt of Wyoming and North Dakota, the melted hailstones of Kansas and Nebraska, and the runoff from farms in Ohio, Tennessee, Mississippi, Iowa, Wisconsin and many other states.


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It's not often that we see full-fledged under-$500 notebooks, and, when we do, they're usually cheaply constructed and don't perform well, making them difficult to take seriously. Hence, our pleasant surprise after spending a few days with Acer's recently released Aspire V5-471-6569, a $498 Walmart model that passed through our labs. While this budget laptop won't win any beauty contests—and it's certainly no powerhouse—it's more than sufficient for running standard productivity applications such as Quicken and Word, as well as for Web browsing, social-media surfing, and e-mail.
Often, when writing about low-priced machines like this one, we find ourselves discussing them from a get-you-what-pay-for perspective—in other words, as machines fraught with sometimes unacceptable compromises. In this case, though, the Aspire V5-471-6569 provides exceptional value for the money. Here, "entry-level" doesn't mean intolerable sacrifices—that is, unless you crave a notebook for playing the latest resource-intensive games. No model at or near this price can do that.
High-end gaming, professional-grade media editing, and intensive 3D-graphics rendering may be out, but the V5-471-6569 is equipped to pull off everyday computing tasks, including moderate multimedia consumption. Its screen, while not dazzling, displays text, images, and video acceptably. It has an optical drive, a decent set of ports for connecting to peripherals, and a memory-card reader, making it a well-rounded entry-level laptop.
Still, when you spend under five C-notes for a notebook, you have to expect some corner-cutting. Here, rather than sacrificing useful features, Acer made trade-offs mostly in the internal components—its use, for example, of Intel's relatively slow and dated second-generation (a.k.a. "Sandy Bridge") Core i3-2367M processor, paired with a modest 4GB of system memory and a tepid 5,400rpm, 500GB hard drive.
While this combination of components may not add up to fiery computing power, it allowed Acer to offer a fairly capable laptop at a very affordable price. This configuration is, in terms of overall computing muscle, a bare minimum by today's standards, but we still got passable performance from this model on most of our benchmark tests.
If you're looking for fast and snazzy, this isn't it, but then, you won't land an exceptional laptop for $500. You'll have to dig deeper for that—perhaps much deeper. But the Aspire V5-471-6569 is a good all-around light-duty machine at a fair price, making it a good buy for first-time buyers, families seeking a third or fourth PC, certain students, and, yes, even some business users.
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Jim and Elizabeth Carroll, a husband-and-wife marriage counselor team from Dallas, had no desire to become reality TV personalities.
"This is something that fell into our laps," Elizabeth says of working with couples in rocky relationships on WE TV's Marriage Boot Camp: Bridezillas. "A door just opened, and we felt we were being called into this."
The Carrolls, who have helped thousands of marriages with their monthly boot camp seminars, gained a national spotlight in October 2011 when they helped smooth over relationship snags plaguing reality TV lovers Gene Simmons and Shannon Tweed.
The producer of A&E's Gene Simmons Family Jewels liked the Carrolls so much, he developed a show for them.
So now Jim and Elizabeth use various drills, games and exercises in an effort to save five spectacularly troubled unions. The spoiled-to-the-max wives are fan favorites from past seasons of WE TV's Bridezillas, so the Carrolls will have their work cut out for them.
Marriage Boot Camp premieres at 8 p.m. Friday, after the return of Bridezillas at 7.
Jim and Elizabeth talked last week about bringing their work to television.
If I were the counselor, this show would last one episode, because I would tell them they're not worth saving. How are you able to be so patient with these out-of-control couples?
Jim: Because I've seen the outcomes when the program works. Everybody has baggage and damage. But if you can get underneath the problem and fix what often is just one major issue, most of the time it has a gigantic impact on the marriage.
Elizabeth: Frankly, these couples are not that different from the ones who come in for traditional marriage counseling. The Bridezillas are just a little bolder and more honest about who they really are. They like the drama and they love the attention, even if it's negative attention.
How similar is your process on TV to everyday boot camp sessions?
Jim: The boot camp that we did for the Bridezillas is 100 percent real. All of the games and drills are real. Only, for the Bridezillas, we made it more visual for the TV audience. We went in with the intent to save their marriages and change them as people. I'm not going to say what our success rate was, because we want people to watch the show. But we enjoyed what we were able to do for them.
Which came first: working together or being involved as a couple?
Elizabeth: We have been married for four years. We are both divorced and remarried. I did not intend to be married again, but some girls in my office urged me to go onto a dating website. … Much of what was out there was frightening, but then I saw Jim's profile. We set up a blind date and within 10 minutes we were like, "Oh, my gosh, I've been looking for you my whole life."
Jim: We had a mutual interest in helping couples. I was already doing the boot camp. And when Elizabeth was introduced to the program, she fell in love with it and we took off running.
Are you prepared to become reality TV stars?
Jim: We kind of get a taste of that already. There are thousands of people who go through the program, and we can't remember who they all are. One time we were eating out and a couple came up and held their baby up and said, "This is our boot camp baby." What they were saying is that boot camp saved their marriage and this child was the product of it.
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To cornerback Eric Green, the phrase "meaningless exhibition game" does not apply.
The 49ers' final exhibition game against the San Diego Chargers tonight is his own personal Super Bowl. Same goes for players such as running back Kory Sheets, receiver Dominique Zeigler, receiver Micheal Spurlock, defensive lineman Ricky Jean-Francois and tackle Jacob Bender.
It's one last chance to show they deserve employment. The 49ers must boot 20 players from their locker room by 1 p.m. Saturday to get to the 53-man limit.
Some players head for San Diego feeling like turkeys on the night before Thanksgiving.
Others are so secure that they won't have to break a sweat.
Coach Mike Singletary said Thursday that running back Frank Gore and receiver Isaac Bruce would have the night off, though both are healthy. The rest of the starters, including quarterback Shaun Hill, will play "maybe a couple of series, 10 plays or 12 plays," Singletary said.
Singletary added that his mind is pretty much made up about his final 53 players. Only a handful of roster spots are up for grabs against the Chargers.
This takes things back to Green.
"Eric definitely will be playing a decent amount this game because we need to take a better look at him," defensive coordinator Greg Manusky said. "He got a decent amount of reps against Dallas, but we want to see him a little bit more."
Less than a month ago, Green was with the Miami Dolphins and miserable. His mom watched him play one night and called him, alarmed. "What's wrong with you?" she asked her son. "It's like you don't even love football anymore."
Green, 27, told her that the love was still there, it was just that his fit with the Dolphins was all wrong.
As Green recalled, he was in the Dolphins' parking lot the next day "at about 7:04 in the morning" when his phone buzzed with a text from mom.
It's a new day, a new beginning.
Mom knew best: Within hours, the Dolphins told Green to turn in his playbook — he was being cut. More relieved than upset, Green went home to relax on his couch.
He had barely dented the cushions when his agent called with offers from the 49ers, Chargers, Seahawks and a few other teams.
The agent wanted to discuss things, but Green saw no need.
"Tell San Francisco we're coming," he said.
Having spent the previous four seasons with the Arizona Cardinals, Green was eager to return to the NFC West. Now, he feels like he's in the comfort zone again. Against the Cowboys last week, in his preseason debut, he popped the ball out of the hands of Isaiah Stanback. Safety Reggie Smith recovered the fumble and the 49ers scored six plays later to tie the score 13-13.
That's partly why the 5-foot-11, 196-pound Green feels good about his place on the final 53. Moreover, he said, "I've treated every practice like a game."
Now, the question is whether the 49ers have room for him. If they kept nine defensive backs, they could go with: Dre' Bly, Nate Clements, Tarell Brown, Dashon Goldson, Michael Lewis, Mark Roman, Shawntae Spencer, Reggie Smith and Marcus Hudson.
That would mean no Green. Unless he can make another good impression in his own personal Super Bowl.
"He is explosive. He is smooth out of his moves and he can cover," Manusky said. "That is what we are looking for."


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[From an Occupy Des Moines newsrelease 12/15/11] - Occupy Des Moines will stage the first-in-the-nation "Occupy Iowa Caucus" - otherwise known as the "People's Caucus" - on Tuesday, December 27th from 7:00-10:30 pm, pre-empting the political parties January 3 Iowa Caucus....
"We're holding the first in the nation caucus now, not the political parties," said Olivia Sandbothe, a Des Moines Area Community College student and Occupy Des Moines organizer.
As is the case at Republican and Democratic Party precinct caucuses, Occupy Des Moines' "Peoples Caucus'" attendees first will introduce and discuss resolutions representing the grievances raised by the movement and the 99 percent. They then will break into candidate "preference" groups, but with a twist. Instead of indicating preference for the presidential candidate they support, participants will state their preference for the candidate whose headquarters they intend to occupy over the next three days of non-violent action.
"People are sick and tired of being ignored by the political establishment in both parties, tired of having the common good placed last when it comes to government's priorities," said Ed Fallon, one of the organizers. "Holding the Peoples Caucus before the two major parties' January 3rd precinct caucuses is our way of telling America's corporate and political elite that we demand that our voices be heard, that the public good must come first."
Organizers reiterated their commitment not to disrupt the official January 3rd precinct caucuses, and stated that they are expecting hundreds of people from Occupy movements across Iowa, the Midwest, and the country to participate in the week's actions and events.
"We'll occupy the jails too, if that's what it takes to make our voices heard," Sandbothe said. "Enough is enough. It's time to put communities before corporations and people before profits."
Occupy Des Moines is part of the grassroots Occupy Wall Street movement working to make fundamental and systemic changes to our economy and our political system, and end the climate of corruption and corporate greed that has put our democracy in a chokehold.
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