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Developer: LARK Technologies
Requirements: The LARK Up app and a place to rest your weary head
Price: $99.00 ($159.00 for LARK Pro)
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LARK Technologies brings a silent alarm and sleep coach to market. The inventor, Julia Hu, decided it would be a good idea to be able to get some sleep instead of being awakened by someone else's alarm…especially when "someone else" might like the snooze button just a little too much (like two or three or ten times).
The LARK system uses a buzzer like the one used in cell phones for the "vibrate only" setting to wake you up without the sound of large vehicles in reverse scaring you awake. The philosophy is that waking up without the jarring noise is actually better for you by not inducing a large dose of adrenaline first thing. However, that isn't all the device offers (yikes, did I just say "but wait, there's more…"?). Anyway, the system does provide more than just a quiet way to wake up. Combined with the LARK Up app, the system provides you with sleep data such as how long it took to fall asleep and how many times you wake up in the night.
Not many people realize sleep is one of the four essentials for human survival. Most people know how long you can go without food (about 30 days) and how long you can go without water (about 5 days) and if you give up oxygen for about 7 minutes you will die (not very cheerful, but those are the facts). So, what's the big deal over sleep? The people at LARK Technologies are here to help us understand and make better use of the very necessary activity that occupies almost 1/3 of our time on Earth. To find out just how serious sleep deprivation can be, I did a bit of research and found there is actually a disease called Fatal Familial Insomnia. I won't go into details, suffice it to say that without the ability to sleep, humans suffer increasing debilitation and even death (with FFI, death is between 6 and 30 months). So sleep is really important.
Most of us can relate to pulling an all-nighter or staying up late then feeling sluggish and grumpy the next day. Some of us know what it's like to have chronic pain or a noisy neighbor dog that wakes you up several times in the night, leaving you drained in the morning. LARK seeks to help improve your sleep situation.
The LARK system has two parts: the wristband and the LARK Up app. When you're ready to go to bed, set the alarm in the LARK app on your iDevice, demount the LARK wristband from the charging base and put it on. The wristband contains an accelerometer that registers when you are "awake" based on movement. Your brain and body are in a much shallower sleep state (almost conscious) when you shift position. This is normal and necessary for healthy sleeping. Not convinced? Have you ever fallen asleep in a strange place and awakened in the same position you fell asleep in? Do you remember how sore and stiff you were? That's because your body couldn't shift and ease the pressure points or let different muscle groups relax completely.
"That's all well and good, but how does Lark help me?" Good question. The LARK system keeps track of your sleep habits:. When you go to bed, how long does it take to get to sleep, how often do you wake up, how long do you sleep, etc. It takes this information and, after the first seven days, gives you helpful advice to get better, more restful sleep. For example, if you go to bed at 10:00 and get 8 hours of sleep, but you don't sleep well, it may recommend going to bed a bit earlier, or changing what activity you engage in just before going to bed. Small changes in what we eat, drink or do can make for significant improvements in sleep quality. My seven day evaluation recommended moving my bed time back by 30 minutes and to try to get to bed as close to the same time as possible. The program has noted a reduction in the number of times I wake up during the night, so I guess it is working.
Since there are two versions of the LARK program lets lay out the costs and benefits. LARK standard is the wrist band and app with the ability to set alarms and track sleep data. This version is $99.00. LARK Pro gives you everything LARK standard has plus an on-line "sleep coach" for one year: this version is $159.00. If you have started with the basic version and want more, the Lark Sleep Coach Upgrade costs $60.00. As for the hardware, the LARK unit (purchased online at www.lark.com) includes the wristband, charging base and power cord, and a USB to iDevice connector. While you wear the wristband you can plug in your iPhone or iPod touch and charge all night while it functions as the clock for the alarm system. Even if you don't plug in your iDevice, keep it close because the wrist unit and iDevice communicate via Bluetooth and, as Sheldon said, "Everything's better with Bluetooth."
The LARK Up app is available on the iTunes store for free. You will need to provide an e-mail address for the system. This will get you registered and provide log-in verification/access to your sleep evaluation data and sleep coach advice.
Now for the hard part: recommendations. If you are having sleep issues LARK may be able to help you. The silent alarm concept is great for those who would rather not disturb their spouse and let him/her get some extra sleep while you get up and start your day. The wrist unit is comfortably effective at rousing you gently from sleep. For the dubious, there is a backup beep if the vibrations don't rouse you in either two or five minutes.
For those motivated to do a little research, there is plenty of advice readily available on the web or at your local library regarding sleep, so I'm not sure $159.00 is quite justified. The unit will keep track of information that would be difficult or impossible to record (to wit, how many times you are "awake" during the night).
I can therefore only give this one a 4 out of 5 rating, but if you have the budget and want some of the conveniences of having the app keep track of the data for you, it can actually help improve your quality of life by helping you get better sleep. The hardware is of descent quality and the program provides some very useful information. If you think $159.00 is a bit too much, be ready to do a little reading and experiment a bit and you may be able to get about the same benefit for free (minus your research time).
Either way, go to bed and get some sleep…you really do need it.
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LONDON, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- The man who takes the helm of BP Friday says the company will set up a powerful new global safety division and make other changes in the way it operates.
Robert Dudley, incoming chief executive, said Wednesday BP's new division is designed to improve risk management and safety and also manage agreements with contractors, The New York Times reported.
The changes come in the wake of April's explosion and oil spill that killed 11 people and leaked millions of barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico.
Dudley, who was in charge of the Gulf cleanup effort, succeeds outgoing BP chief Tony Hayward who defended the company's safety record at a hearing in London this month.
Dudley said the changes he plans are intended to rebuild trust in BP.
"That trust is vital to the restoration of shareholder value which has been so adversely affected by recent events," he said.
BP shares rose 2.7 percent in early trading in London Wednesday after dropping some 35 percent since the oil rig explosion.

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This paper explores the link between the measurement of intergenerational mobility and the notion of equality of opportunity. We show how recently proposed theories of equality of opportunity can be meaningfully adapted to the intergenerational context. This throws a new light on the interpretation of existing mobility measures: these may be interesting to measure mobility as movement, but they are inadequate to capture the notion of equality of opportunity. We propose some new mobility measures, which start from the idea that the intergenerational transition matrix gives useful information about the opportunity sets of the children of different social classes. These measures are used in an empirical illustration to evaluate the degree of inequality of opportunity in the US, Great Britain and Italy.
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Dr. Manuel Cebrian is Research Scientist with Scalable Cooperation, an MIT Media Lab research group. He is best known for designing the recursive incentive structure that mobilized participants to solve the DARPA Network Challenge, the Department of State Tag Challenge, and the DARPA Shredder Challenge.
Cebrian came to MIT from CSIRO, where he developed tools for nowcasting disaster damage using crowdsourced data. Before CSIRO, Cebrian was based at the University of California San Diego, where he was immersed in large-scale crowdsourcing competitions. His first hands-on work with mass-scale social networks came through his postdoctoral work with Telefonica Research and Brown University.
Cebrian earned a Ph.D. in computer science from Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, where his thesis received the dissertation of the year award for his work on plagiarism networks, as well as a test-of-time Alumni-UAM award ten years after its defense. A summary of Cebrian's body of work can be found in Nautilus, Medium, and Madri+d. Recent articles by Nature, The Economist, and New Scientist highlight Cebrian's contributions to crowdsourcing, put in perspective by his brief history of social search.
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Beyond Viral, M. Cebrian, I. Rahwan, and A. Pentland, Communications of the ACM, 59:4, 2016. MIT Sloan Management Review; accompanying film and art book.
The Nightmare Machine, P. Yanardag, M. Cebrian, N. Obradovich, I. Rahwan. Instagram, Washington Post, The Atlantic, Forbes, BBC, NPR, CNET, NBC News, Vice, Boston Globe, FiveThirtyEight.
Expecting to be HIP: Hawkes Intensity Processes for Social Media Popularity, A. Rizoiu, L. Xie, S. Sanner, M. Cebrian, H. Yu, and P. Van Hentenryck. Proceedings of the International World Wide Web Conference (WWW'2017), Perth, Australia, 2017. Interactive Visualization System, ACTIVE Twitter Videos Dataset, and code.
For a comprehensive list of publications, check Cebrian's Google Scholar profile, his Semantic Scholar profile, his Research Gate profile, or his DBLP bibliography.
Time-critical social mobilization, G. Pickard, W. Pan, I. Rahwan, M. Cebrian, R. Crane, A. Madan, and A. Pentland, Science 334(6055):509-512 (2011). New York Times, Rachel Madow, MSNBC, Popular Mechanics, MIT News, IEEE Multimedia, Science News.
Urban characteristics attributable to density-driven tie formation, W. Pan, G. Ghoshal, C. Krumme, M. Cebrian, and A. Pentland, Nature Communications 4, 1961 (2013). Featured in PNAS Core Concepts in Computational Social Science, New York Times, The Atlantic Cities, The Economist, Smithsonian, MIT News. See related work on Urban Crime, covered by CIO, and our analysis the capacity of cities to Organize Social Events.
Limits of social mobilization, A. Rutherford, M. Cebrian, S. Dsouza, E. Moro, A. Pentland, and I. Rahwan, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 110(16):6281-6286 (2013). NBC, Yahoo! News, Arabian Gazette, La Repubblica.
Error and attack tolerance of collective problem solving: The DARPA Shredder Challenge, N. Stefanovitch, A. Alshamsi, M. Cebrian, I. Rahwan, EPJ Data Science 3:13 (2014). Medium, Nautilus, CNET, San Diego Union-Tribune, UC San Diego News I, UC San Diego News II, KPBS, Phys.org, El Pais, RTVE.
Rapid assessment of disaster damage using social media activity, Y. Kryvasheyeu, H. Chen, N. Obradovich, E. Moro, P. Van Hentenryck, J. Fowler, and M. Cebrian, Science Advances 2, e1500779 (2016). Science Magazine, Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Smithsonian, Michigan Daily, Die Welt, Deutschlandfunk, Dagens Nyheter, Science News, El Pais, La Vanguardia, Altmetric. Dataset available at Dryad Digital Repository.
Using friends as sensors to detect global-scale contagious outbreaks, M. Garcia-Herranz, E. Moro, M. Cebrian, N. Christakis, J. Fowler, PLoS ONE 9(4):e92413 (2014). MIT Technology Review, Yale University News, Chronicle, Business Week, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Huffington Post.
Social sensing for epidemiological behavior change, A. Madan, M. Cebrian, D. Lazer, A. Pentland, Proceedings of the ACM International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing (Ubicomp) pp. 291-300, Copenhagen, Denmark (2010). Ginger.io, Nature News.
Reflecting on the DARPA Red Balloon Challenge, J. Tang, M. Cebrian, N. Giacobe, H-W. Kim, T. Kim, D. Wickert, Communications of the ACM 54(4):78-85 (2011).
Finding red balloons with split contracts: robustness to individuals' selfishness, M. Cebrian, L. Coviello, A. Vattani, P. Voulgaris, Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing (STOC) pp. 775-788, New York, USA (2012). Talk video, Yaron Singer's Lecture Notes.
Crowdsourcing contest dilemma, V. Naroditskiy, N. Jennings, P. Van Hentenryck, M. Cebrian, Journal of The Royal Society Interface 11:20140532 (2014). Social Physics Blog, The Australian, ABC Radio, Quartz, LifeHacker, The Conversation, University of Southampton.
Global manhunt pushes the limits of social mobilization, I. Rahwan, S. Dsouza, A. Rutherford, V. Naroditskiy, J. McInerney, M. Venanzi, N. Jennings, M. Cebrian, Computer 46(4):68-75 (2013). Scientific American, MIT Technology Review, New Scientist, Wired.
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Mangaluru: The Manipal College of Dental Sciences (MCODS), Mangaluru, a constituent college of Manipal University, will be organizing a 6 day hands-on international workshop in association with The Korean Orthodontic Research Institute, said the Dean of MCODS Dr Dilip G Naik at a press meet held at the Press Club here, on June 13.
The program, organised by the Department of Orthodontics, MCODS Mangaluru, is a first of its kind in India conducted under the guidance of Dr Jae Hyung Sung, Professor at the Kyungpook National University, Korea with 8 Korean specialists in Tweed-Edgewise orthodontics.
"It will be a six day intense workshop which will enable participants to deliver world-class treatment results to their patients. The international event marks another achievement for the college and I am looking forward to facilitate more international programs. The training for this technique is given only at two institutes in the world, Arizona US and South Korea, and will be beneficial to the attending orthodontists in India. The Korean specialists are coming purely to share knowledge. They are not charging any courses fees or even expenses for their travel," said Dr Dilip.
The Tweed-Merrifield Edgewise technique is one of the techniques used by orthodontists to align and straighten teeth and help to position them with regard to a person's bite, while also working to improve dental health. While this technique also uses wires, it produces outstanding results in terms of occlusion and facial profile and the stability of the treatment is better, i.e. there are no chances of relapse.
The Head of Department, Dr Siddarth Shetty said that the course will be extremely intensive and participation is restricted to a select batch of 32 orthodontists. The participants will be from all over India. The program will be held from June 15th to June 20th, 2015 at the MCODS, Attavar in the city after the inaugural ceremony.
The inaugural ceremony will be held at 9.30 am at Lecture Hall 1, MCODS, Attavar on 15th June, 2015. Vice Chancellor of Mangalore University (MU), Dr Vinod Bhat will be the chief guest and the Pro Vice Chancellor of MU, Dr V Surendra Shetty will be the guest of honour.


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While Mark Johnston's Jukebox Jury is currently one of the best backed runners in the 2011 Melbourne Cup field, it is stable mate Fox Hunt that appears to have the upper hand going into Tuesday's race.
#8 Fox Hunt – Horse Facts
- Jockey: Silvestre De Sousa
- Trainer: Mark Johnston
- Owners: Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Al Maktoum
- Age: 5YO
- Gender: Gelding
- Breeding: by Dubawi (IRE) out of Kiltubber (IRE)
- Career: 15 5-4-0
- Prize Money: $172,779
- Last Ten Starts: 2164112461
- Current Melbourne Cup Odds: $31 at Luxbet
Fox Hunt has only had 15 race starts, however, all but one of them has been over 2,000 metres in distance.
The gelding won his last start in the Deutsches St Leger on September 18, 2011, over 2,800 metres.
Johnston feels Fox Hunt's running style will give him every chance in the $6 million Melbourne Cup.
"He'll be well suited to the Melbourne Cup," Johnston said.
"He tends to have a flat spot in the middle of the race and a great burst of speed (at the end).
"I think Fox Hunt is the perfect type horse for the Melbourne Cup."
Fox Hunt's 2011 Melbourne Cup Positives
- He won his last start in a Group 3 race in Europe
- He has experience over the 3,200 metre distance
- Fox Hunt is said to be the "perfect type horse" for the race by his trainer
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- He has drawn wide in barrier 19
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- He has never races in Australia before
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All season, New Jersey high school wrestlers have been ending their Twitter messages with the hashtag #RoadtoAC.
They have gone months without french fries, practiced until they were drenched in sweat and competed in more than 30 matches in the hope of earning a trip to Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, the site of the annual state individual championships.
Today, more than 300 have attained that goal. Twenty-four wrestlers in each of the 14 weight classes will take to the mats for the start of a three-day tournament that is the biggest and arguably the state's most exciting high school sports event.
"There's nothing like it," said Absegami coach Shawn Scannell, who won a state championship while wrestling for the Braves in 1996. "You're in a great venue, wrestling in front of thousands of enthusiastic, passionate fans. It's a special feeling and something I'll never forget."
While more people may show up to major concerts at Boardwalk Hall, the three-day, four-session wrestling tournament is easily the most popular event on the hall's schedule.
The tournament, which has been held in Atlantic City for 22 of the past 24 years - it was held in East Rutherford for two years while Boardwalk Hall was undergoing a $90 million renovation in the late 1990s - draws more than 40,000 fans each year.
"We've been over 40,000 for at least the last eight, nine years," said Steve Timko, executive director of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, the organization that oversees high school sports in the state. "From an attendance standpoint, it's easily the most popular high school sports event in the state, and a lot of that is due to the fans.
The tournament is also great for the city.
Wrestlers, coaches and fans fill area hotels and restaurants during the weekend, providing a welcome boost during what is usually a down time in Atlantic City. That's been even more true the past two years, since the Atlantic 10 men's college basketball tournament left Boardwalk Hall after 2012 in favor of the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y.
"Events like the wrestling tournament do a great job of helping the city at a time (of year) when we really need it," said Jeff Guaracino, spokesman for the Atlantic City Alliance, the casino-marketing cooperative behind the "DO AC" campaign. "Boardwalk Hall has been rocking and rolling lately. They seem to have an event there almost every weekend now."
Staging the tournament at Boardwalk Hall adds to the excitement.
The atmosphere inside the arena is electric; usually eight bouts are going on at the same time on mats that fill the arena's floor. At any moment, screams and cheers erupt from the stands, especially when a particularly exciting match unfolds.
Wrestlers, coaches, fans and even referees can't help but get caught up in the excitement and tension.
"The atmosphere in Boardwalk Hall is just phenomenal," said referee Tom Reynolds, a 64-year-old retired police officer from Marlton who has participated in two state championship tournaments. "I was a little bit nervous the first time I was there, but if you don't feel that way, there's something wrong with you. It's just you, the coaches and wrestlers in the middle of Boardwalk Hall with 14,000 screaming fans. It's quite a thrill."
It can also be very intimidating for wrestlers, especially for those who are making their tournament debuts.
Local attorney Patrick D'Arcy, father of Holy Spirit wrestler Pat D'Arcy, did his best to prepare his son for the tension, pressure and distractions inside Boardwalk Hall. He started taking his son to the tournament while Pat was still in elementary school so he wouldn't be intimidated if he ever got the opportunity to compete.
"It's just a great atmosphere. There's nothing else like it," the elder D'Arcy said. "Once you're out on that mat, there's nowhere to hide. It's just you and the other guy. It provides a life lesson for those kids."
The same also holds true for the parents.
The elder D'Arcy saw his strategy pay off a year ago, when Pat earned third place at 106 pounds in the state championships. This year, he'll be rooting for his son again. Pat D'Arcy, now a junior, is seeded first in the bottom half of the bracket at 113 pounds with a 37-2 record after winning District 32 and Region 8 titles.
"When your son is out there, it's a lot different than when you're just going to watch as a fan," Patrick D'Arcy said. "You can't relax before his matches, and you can't come down afterward because he has to go back out there and do it again. It's been a great experience, but it's taken years off my life."
Absegami wrestler Chris Henchy (30-5) will be experiencing the state championships for the first time, having qualified with a third-place finish at 220 pounds in last week's Region 8 tournament.
Few wrestlers have come farther faster than Henchy. Prior to this season, the senior had never wrestled at any level and had never even gone to a match as a spectator. Tonight will mark only the second time he has been to Boardwalk Hall. His first visit was to watch the Atlantic City Boardwalk Rodeo two years ago.
"Someone showed me a picture of the (state wrestling championships)," Henchy said. "I can't wait to be a part of it."
He will have Scannell in his corner. Eighteen years ago, Scannell earned his state championship in the most exciting manner possible. He won the 171-pound title with a 2-1 decision over heralded freshman Damion Hahn of Lakewood, who went on to win three state titles.
This weekend, Scannell will try to help three Absegami wrestlers - Chris D'Alfonzo (120 pounds), William Sanz (195) and Henchy - experience the same thrills.
"Even now, every time I go back as a coach, I still get the shakes and start breathing heavy," Scannell said. "Sometimes I get so excited, I feel like I'm going out there on the mat with them. It's just an amazing event."
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Maybe it's the recession; maybe it's the realization that not every gamer has an unlimited amount of money to spend on gear. Whatever the case, preeminent gaming peripheral company Razer has introduced the Abyssus mouse, a simplified version of its high-end products with a more reachable price tag.
The Abyssus was designed to give gamers the tools they need, but not the extras. It offers a 3500-dpi infrared sensor, on-the-fly sensitivity adjustments, and three programmable buttons. This mouse can be used by either left- or right-handed users and glides on Ultraslick Teflon feet. A seven-foot cord lets you sit as far from your PC as you'd like. All this will cost you $49.99, which isn't bad for a premium gaming mouse.
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As an iPhone 4 owner myself, I was curious how the Verizon marriage to the iPhone hardware would turn out. You've probably seen the T-Mobile commercials slamming AT&T for their FaceTime issues and the high cost of their data plans. What about Verizon? Is it more of the same?
I recently procured an article from one of my authors, Jason R. Rich, on the topic of AT&T vs. Verizon on the iPhone 4. From what he states in the article (which will be posted on this site very soon) there may not be any advantage to switching to Verizon for current iPhone 4 owners with an AT&T service plan. For one, there is a $350 early termination fee (less $10 per month fulfilled of the contract) if you cancel your AT&T contract prior to fulfilling the two-year agreement you would have been contracted to the minute you activated your phone (provided you didn't choose to activate a month-to-month contract, which is available but not widely used).
The next thing I've learned is that the phones are not interchangeable between service providers. Therefore, even if you own an iPhone 4 that you purchased through AT&T, you cannot switch that phone to Verizon. You would have to purchase a new iPhone through Verizon. Where you might be at an advantage is if you have an iPhone 3G, and your contract with AT&T is fulfilled. Then you would just terminate your AT&T account, move your phone number to Verizon, and purchase an iPhone 4 through them. But is it really worth it?
Before I go any further, I just want to stress that there is conflicting information out there currently between AT&T's site and sales reps, Verizon's announcements and the Apple website that lists the available plans/rates. I'm going to mention those that I believe to be accurate, but these may change further after the Verizon iPhone becomes available as they and AT&T scramble to compete for iPhone users. Be sure to check with your desired provider before making a decision.
According to Jason's article,
"The biggest difference is that Verizon still offers an unlimited data service plan for a flat fee of $29.99 per month [AT&T's 2G plan is $25.00 per month, with a $10 fee for each additional 1G of data usage] (at least for a limited time), or a 15MB plan for $15.00 per month. If you want your iPhone to be able to serve as a Wi-Fi Hotspot for other devices, you'll need to upgrade to a plan that includes unlimited data usage on the iPhone and 2GB per month as a 3G Mobile Hotspot for $49.99 per month.
As for the available voice plans from Verizon, what's offered is comparable with AT&T Wireless, starting with a 450 minute plan for $39.99 per month (additional minutes cost $.45), followed by a 900 minute plan for $59.99 (additional minutes cost $.40), and an unlimited voice plan for $69.99. For text messaging, Verizon has announced a $5.00 plan which includes 250 messages (additional messages cost $.10 each), a $10.00 per month plan which includes 500 messages (additional messages cost $.10 each), and a $20.00 per month plan which includes unlimited text messages.
Both AT&T Wireless and Verizon also offer Family Plans, which allow family members to share minutes and a data plan."
***disclaimer: these plans/rates may change at any time based on the whims of the providers***
So, what's the big deal? For some, AT&T's coverage or call stability may be enough of an issue to switch to Verizon. However, if you travel internationally you should bear in mind that the AT&T network is accessible in about 220 different countries, where Verizon only shows up in about 40.
Another difference that may or may not bother current AT&T iPhone users, is that it has been reported that you are not able to surf the web while on a call, unless you are connected to a wi-fi network. This is not an issue with the AT&T service.
One thing that really bugs me is getting dumped into the Edge network. When we travel, particularly in the south, I find that I often end up losing my 3G connection. Trying to surf the web or check email on the Edge is like swimming in molasses and I generally don't even bother anymore. Some might think it's worth the switch to use Verizon's 4G network, but in that case you'd better hold off until iPhone 5 comes along because the current generation of iPhone can only operate on a 3G network. Currently, only Android phones can take advantage of the 4G network.
I also found out (directly from an AT&T sales agent) that AT&T has recently changed their text messaging plans. I read this on a couple of blogs and tech sites, so I'm going to assume it's accurate even though the official Apple site that lists the plans from both carriers still shows the old structure. The AT&T text plans have changed from $5 for 200 messages and $15 for 1,500 messages, to $10 for 1,000 messages. They still offer unlimited for $20 for an individual phone. I assume this was in response to Verizon's offering of $10 for 500 messages. Of course, I'm not sure there are very many people anymore who can keep their text messaging at that limit. My kids send and receive thousands of texts per month. Can't imagine what the overage costs would be for that!
So, bottom line, do you plan to switch to Verizon for iPhone, or would you only make the jump to switch to an Android phone? What would AT&T have to do to keep you if you are an iPhone user looking to switch? Would a reduction in plan rates be enough? AT&T has announced a 4G network coming soon, but unless Apple enables the next gen iPhone to run on it, that will be a moot point on either carrier.
Love to hear your thoughts!
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On Sat, 2004-09-18 at 20:47, Andree Zeulner wrote: > could someone give me an explanation about how to install the newest > nvidia-drivers? The problem here is, that /usr/lib64 is a symlink to /usr/lib in debian pure64 (though I don't know why that is). The nvidia installer tries to install all its 64bit libs in /usr/lib64 (so they are effectively written to /usr/lib) and then writes the 32bit libs in /usr/lib. That's where you get the error - because the 64bit libs are already there. It's obviously a Bad Thing and I'd like to see this fixed... Whatever, if you don't need the 32bit libraries, then you might just remove the /usr/lib64 symlink and create a real directory instead. Run the installer, then copy the contents of /usr/lib64 over to /usr/lib and make it a symlink again. If you want to use the 32bit libraries as well, you have to manually copy them to /emul/ia32-linux/usr/lib - it's probably easiest to tell the nvidia installer to just extract all the files in a directory and then copy them over by hand. > install log from installer: > > Installing 'NVIDIA Accelerated Graphics Driver for Linux-x86_64' > (1.0-6111): > ERROR: Unable to determine properties for file > '/usr/X11R6/lib64/modules/extensions/libglx.a' (No such file or > directory). > -> The installer has encountered the following error during installation: > 'Cann > ot backup /usr/X11R6/lib64/modules/extensions/libglx.a'. Continue anyway? > ( > "no" will abort)? (Answer: Yes)
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So You Think You Can Dance Recap-"Auditions"
Summer Reality TV season is officially underway, now that the bloated American Idol has signed off for the season (which, short sidebar, seriously America? Â Scotty?) and it's ginger step-child So You Think You Can Dance has taken the airwaves. Â I don't watch American Idol (even though I clearly still have opinions about it…see above), but I've been a SYTYCD follower for years; it's certainly not without it's frustrations, but at least these contestants have trained for their whole lives for the chance to do this. Â And this year, having learned that a) this show sucks in the fall and b) having only ten people start the show as competitors kind of blows, we return to a Top Twenty (the All-Stars appear after the field has been narrowed to ten which, I think I'm okay with), and we have that screeching howler monkey Mary Murphy back at the as a regular judge. Â I know Mary is a divisive topic among fans, but give me a dose of her shrieking-banshee-crazy at the judge's table over Mia Michaels' earth-mother-birthing-art routine any day. I like Mia, but more as a choreographer/guest judge than a weekly presence. Â Enough introduction! Â How long before Nigel pulls his creepy uncle act on one of the dancers? Will he make a face at the volume of Mary's voice before the first commercial break? Â Will Shankers cry (yes)? Â Will Tyce D'Orio appear (I hope not)?And most importantly, how charming will Cat Deeley be, with a 1 being Camilla Parker-Bowles and a 10 being Hugh Grant, pre-hooker?
Due to circumstances beyond my control, I missed the first five minutes of tonight's episode, which means I came in right as a ballroom couple was being praised. Â Apparently the man wasn't auditioning, and is told to come back next year, but the woman is sent through to choreography…I use the term "woman" loosely, because girl looks like she's 13. I find out after this that we're in Atlanta.
Okay, what is Mary wearing? Â Is that a bra strap holding her…polygamist compound halter top in place? Â Further, they're OPENING with Lil C's ramblings on the judging table? Â And where's Shankers? Â Is he not permanent anymore? Â Maybe he's too busy assembling an alternately awesome and terrible cast for his movie adaptation of Rock of Ages. In good news, Nigel's haircut is fresh, which means we won't be looking at his male Farrah Fawcett locks. Â In bad news, my five minute late start means I haven't yet caught a glimpse of my beloved Cat Deeley.
Melanie Moore looks like Ginnifer Goodwin and her dad dad died when she was young. Â She does that thing that actors always try to do and has tears in their eyes for the full interview but never lets the drops fall. Â Can't mess up the make-up! Â Seriously, though , she seems genuine, and manages to be Southern without being annoying. Â She dances beautifully and her mother upstages her tears in the interview package by crying like a baby. Â In a cute, non-screaming way. Melanie gets a straight shot to Vegas.
Deon Lewsa and Damon Bellmon have an extended package inwhich they are some of the worst ladies men ever.  It's like they watched Tim Meadows on Saturday Night Live and took his advice seriously.  They do a fun hip hop routine that looks kind of like it was choreographed by Dave Scott; they're both infinitely more charming onstage than they were off, which is a good thing in this competition.  Not so much in a bar.  They're also the recipients of the first fake-out-that-doesn't-actually-fake-anybody-out of the season, as Deon is sent through to Vegas immediately and Damon is made to sweat before receiving his nod.  We're then told that an unprecedented 10 dancers in a row are sent straight through to Vegas, a SYTYCD record, but the impact of this is lessened as we don't see anything but them all turning pirouettes and then freaking out with their pass.  I'm surprised the producers didn't score this section with "I've Got a Golden Ticket" from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.
Dammit, my DVR decided 30 Rock was new and interrupted the recording. Â Luckily I'm doing this basically live, so I only missed about 2 minutes…apparently Marco was good enough to go through to choreography. Â And we're at the choreography round already! Â I find out that the first auditioner I missed is named Bianca and that Katee and Jacob from seasons past are teaching the hopefuls. Â I love that this show actually employs it's past contestants…they don't exactly win the prestige and fame of an American Idol winner. Â Or runner-up. Â Or tenth runner-up. Â In any case, both Bianca and Marco are sent through which seems anti-climactic. Â The judges are storing up the smack-down…it's gonna get ugly up in here at some point.
Kimalee Piedad has one of those annoying names that this show loves. Â She has a non-competing partner who is not named, but I assume is called Spartacus, or Samson, or perhaps Poseidon. Â Where would these male dancers be without man-scaping? Kimalee gets no introduction package, so I have nothing snarky to say about her. Â Mary, on the other hand, has traded in her bra strap polygamist compound outfit for a rhinestone studded version. How can one outfit base yield so many horrific results?
John, aka "White Chocolate" is up next. Â He's 30, and not only wants people to call him "White Chocolate," but possibly might not know what the word "surname" means. Â I can't tell if he's kidding or not in his confusion. Â The less said about his routine the better, which means he's the recipient of the first pity party of the evening. Â Afterwards he asks for a hug. Â I wonder if the old college frat brothers that dared him into auditioning paid up after he made it onto TV.
We're told via voice-over by Cat that apparently everything has been a complete fiasco up until the final audition of the day. Â I love how they act as if the first day had nothing but amazing dancers and the second day has been a straight dive down the garbage chute; ah, editing. Â In any case, Kyre Batiste (there's an accent over the "e" but I don't know how to put it there. Â Tell you what, he makes the show and I'll figure it out.) is up, and he brought his secret weapon. Â Sassy grandma alert! Â Kyre tells us that his grandma is the original dancing machine, and Nigel invites her up to the table. Â Estelle Getty would be proud. Â Kyre dances to "Sweet Dreams" and makes the questionable choice of lip synching along. Â He's definitely going for comedy, and it's…okay. Â I'm guessing choreography. Â Grandma Kyre tells him that he did okay, but he forgot about the audience and needed to work on his connection. Â Lil C then disagrees with Grandma, Grandma starts spanking him with her belt and I find out that there is a situation that makes me wish Tyce was the guest judge. Â Despite negative votes from Mary and Nigel, Kyre gets through to choreography on the strength of Lil C and Grandma's positive opinions. Â I don't think he was really strong enough, but hey, his Grandma is definitely fun. Â I'm immediately proven right (my, that's a fun sentence to write) and Kyre is sent packing after choreography.
The show then heads off from Atlanta and goes to the Bay Area. Â I'm always disappointed in how little Cat there is in these audition episodes; at least when she introduces San Francisco she's wearing a silver, leopard-print jumper. Â Hey Mary, what's the opposite of polygamist compound wear? Â See Cat for the answer! Â Mary, unfortunately is not there to learn the answer, as Toni Redpath and (ugh) Tyce D'Orio join Nigel for the judging in San Fran.
Amber Williams is one of those people who immediately says "I don't care what you think of me" which apparently translates to "I'm going to be annoying as hell, and if you don't find me quirky you just don't get me." Â Seriously, Amber, Red Bull is not your friend. Â Her audition is pretty good though; it's almost good enough to make her constant velociraptor impersonations less irritating. Â I say almost because if she makes it through to the live shows, America is going to have to clean house. Â Immediately. Â I can't take a weekly dose of that kind of hyper-activity; hit that girl with a Xanax.
Timothy Joseph is a b-boy who seems like a good candidate for this season's amazing journey-of-the-b-boy-who-learns-to-point-his-toes story arc. Â He does a bunch of tricks, and gets through to choreography despite Toni's reservations. Â She says she'd love to see him do a Viennese waltz…depending on how mean I'm feeling at the moment I may or may not agree.
Ieshia Moss is the first truly, fantastically, over-the-top ridiculous story of the year. Â She's an ex-stripper. Â She's missing a tooth. Â She's wearing rainbow eye-shadow. I'm fairly certain she's high. Â The judges are oddly toothless in their criticisms. Â See what I did there?
Marcos Prieto is wearing a sequined top and makes Ieshia look trained. Â I can't get into it, it's too painful. Â Toni says the whole day is a freak show. Â Looking back over this recap she's right…even the dancer who made it through to Vegas was a circus act.
Danielle Ihle has a bad dye job, and a dead-beat dad who left his family homeless after losing his job. Â Her routine starts out slow, but she starts to loosen up a little bit towards the end. Â The judges comment that they found the routine lacked emotional connection. Â Nigel wonders why it was so angst ridden. Â To her credit, Danielle doesn't take this opportunity to scream "MY DAD LEFT US HOMELESS, YOU LIMEY BASTARD" and instead takes the high road and doesn't trade on her personal tragedy for a ticket to Vegas. Â Toni and Nigel get her through to choreography against Tyce's wishes.
Ashley Rich wants you to remember that her last name is spelled "R-I-C-H." Â That should be pretty easy since…that's how you spell "rich." Â Everything she does is dance, so she doesn't know what to call her style. Â Don't these people tape themselves before going on TV and try out a few sentences to see how they sound? Â Her solo is very good, however. Â I'll take her quirky over Amber's shrieking insanity any day, as she actually seems gracious and genuine while talking to the judges. Vegas, baby! In a side note, does Ashley remind anyone else of an African-American Olsen twin?
Oh, Sisqo is auditioning!  It's been a long time since "The Thong Song," and residuals from Snow Dogs ain't paying the bills.  I'm just kidding, it's not Sisqo…it's some idiot who keeps crying and can barely form a sentence.  D'on-que Addison (didn't make that up) goes up onstage and has what I think may have been an out of body experience.  Or maybe I had an out of body experience as my soul tried to flee this plane to avoid wasting any more time watching his tomfoolery.  He then sobs in some of the most weird, melodramatic fake crying I've ever seen.  And don't tell me he was really crying, people; if you scream loud enough and long enough, you'll make yourself cry.  I know, I went to theatre school.  Nigel, for some reason, tries to offer constructive criticism, but D'on-que informs him that his performance was exactly what he wanted to do.  I'm glad you saw what you wanted D'on-que…can you please help me un-see it now?
Timothy and Danielle are in choreography. Â Timothy tweaks his knee…it took everything in me to not put "tweaks his knee" in quotes to express to you my skepticism. Â Danielle, on the other hand, smiles so wide that it looks like she's trying to banish the word "angst" from the dictionary and gets a ticket.
Jeffrey "Machine" McCann is a b-boy who was on his own when he was 15 years old, and found strength through dance. Â The SYTYCD producers all just pulled Docker tents. Â His routine is excellent, in fact I'd say better than Timothy's. Â I speak, of course, from a place of great knowledge. Â Seriously, I thought it had more lyricism than Timothy's, and moved much more smoothly. Â I hope Jeffrey doesn't flame out in Vegas as so many b-boys do. Â I also hope that he goes by Jeffrey and not "Machine." Â "The Machine" will always be Brian Wilson's neighbor as far as I'm concerned (go to 0:45 to get that).
Ah, Ryan Ramirez, aka the girl who finished one place out of the live shows last season, is back! Â She says she's nervous about being back, and I can't help but notice that she looks like Toni Redpath's daughter. Â And Ryan's really good again! Â Hooray…I think I like Ryan a lot. Â She's another victim of a terrible fake-out, as Nigel pretends to be sending her to choreography for an uncomfortably long time before giving her a ticket. Â Can we please get a moratorium on these?
"Turfing" is a dance style that was created in San Francisco and stands for Taking Up Room on the Floor. Â I must say, that's clever. Â Levi "I Dummy" Allen is here to show the judge's some turfing. Â He's wearing what appear to be zebra skinny jeans…I wonder if he and Cat arranged jungle print day amongst themselves. Â His routine is definitely of the "how the hell did he make his body do that?" variety. Â Tyce calls it "kinda filthy and spectacular, for sure." Â I can't explain why he's so annoying when he says this…I think it's because he says "for sure" like "fer sha" and never closes his mouth.
Choreography round comes around and I Dummy (I swear they called him that, and he accepts that nickname) um…makes a dummy of himself. Â So that's all for the premiere episode. Â Next week they hit Salt Lake City and New York…two cities that have so much in common.
Stray observations:
-There was a whole segment devoted to how completely obtuse everything that comes out of Lil C's mouth is. Â I can't transcribe it all, but the man speaks in complete oxymorons. Â Which he probably would say are "oxymoronical."
– Your "That's way harsh, Tai" quote of the night goes to Toni for this gem: "Physically there's a lot going for you, but this <gestures emphatically at her face> needs to fixed."
-Judges…it's a dance show. Â We're all done with singing shows…unless we're watching The Voice…or Platinum Hit…okay, we're done with singing shows on Fox. Â Please do not sing again. Â And if you do, please don't sing "You Light Up My Life."
-Best moment of the D'on-que waste of time: the vicious editor who tacked on that "Where am I going?" moment at the end of his package.
-Contestant I Wish I'd Seen More Of: Lilly Nguyen. Â She looked awesome.
-Favorite Contestant of the Night: a tie between Ryan and Jeffrey.
-This recap is epic…that's what happens when you do a two hour show!


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Been upgrading to a new Sabertooth every 2nd year. Love them so much, will continue the trend this year! Will look fantastic in my Corsair C70 Green case.
z87 black and gold is very nice. I like ASUS boards generally so if they bring out a MATX version would definitely consider it
I'm considering selling my current i7-3770K with a P8Z77-V board to upgrade to Haskell. I know the difference isn't huge but the additional SATA6 support, Wireless 802.11ac, and what looks like Thunderbolt to me, this new line up from Asus may be reason enough.
I could be wrong, but I don't think there is a Maximus VI Formula. I think the Hero replaces that board. I don't see a picture of that board on any site.
"Their ROG line will include the Maximus VI Extreme, the Maximus VI Formula, the Maximus VI Gene, and the Maximus VI Hero."
There is a Maximus VI Formula as part of the line-up, ASUS did not provide pre-release photos of the board at this time though. The Hero board is not meant to replace any of the existing ROG products (SKUs) but is an additional entry to better compete with the MSI MPOWER line of boards...
Oh ok! Damn you, Asus!
I am currently using a 3770K on a Z77 Sabertooth which I have been very happy with. If I were going to upgrade to Haswell (which I haven't decided on yet) I would likely continue with the Sabertooth line.
Anyone know if there are any rumors or speculation about an ROG Mini-ITX board?
I can neither confirm nor deny that rumor. You will have to wait and see...
ASUS said that there would be more than four ROG-series motherboards, so a mini-ITX board is likely to come.
Some of these Asus Z87 motherboards have what look like Thunderbolt "TB_Header".
Since Asus never released support via their ThunderboltEX add-in card to their supported Z77 motherboards with Thunderbolt "TB_Header" why are they bothering with it on Z87 boards now,...?
I heard that Asus couldn't get Intel certification for their ThunderboltEX card / "TB_Header" implementation which is why the add-in cards never went up for sale.
What on earth would be different now?
The Asus ThunderboltEX add-in card was supposed to be available at or near the release date of Ivy Bridge desktop processors. We are now on the cusp of Haswell release,....
On the Asus ROG site they have pictures of a black and gold Z87 mini itx motherboard that still has the VRM riser card. It's coming and I can't wait, guess my next build is going to be Haswell. :)
I like all your reviews
my question is
can I purchase a ASUS Z87-A Z87 and still use a 3770
thk you
Only Haswell processor on z87. Its a different socket.
unfortunately when something else is doin the work for the player,
its like cheat.
Manufacturers invent and build what looks cools and sells.
Asus sure sense this has risk to get ban -but before such happens it has sold a lot.
Luckily they didnt (yet) make external version out of this -which is plugged in between your headphone wire and computer. -because those cant be detected by punkbuster,
like many such recoil-removing mouses where scripts are uploaded onto mouse, and dont use/ need any software/process inside the operating system.
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In between songs at a concert in Sacramento, some music lover in the audience did what all of us were thinking and threw a water bottle at Justin Biebers face. Is there some kind of brick shortage I don't about?
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Ann Lethbridge
The Gamekeeper's Lady
Harlequin Historical, April 19, 2011, $5.99
Frederica Bracewell grew up under a cloud of shame. As an illegitimate child, she was treated by her uncle like a servant. It isn't until she encounters the new gamekeeper that shy, innocent Frederica starts to feel like a true lady...
Lord Robert Mountford has been banished by his family. After a debauched existence, he revels in the simplicity of a gamekeeper's lifestyle. Until temptation strikes! Frederica's plain appearance and stuttering speech are a far cry from the ladies of the ton, but she may just be his undoing...and unmasking!
The Gamekeeper's Lady is a traditional Regency Romance with a black sheep, and virgin heroine, but with a lovely touch of historical feminism. Much of the heroine's journey is working to overcome social barriers to become a respected artist.
Ms. Lethbridge has created two wonderfully flawed characters, and whilst they are among the crème de le crème of ton society, each stand out, not for their fair appearance, but rather their honesty, honor, and individuality.
Frederica, our heroine/black sheep is an artist, who has an endearing stutter, and draws with her left hand—a mark of the devil, she is told her entire life. In a world where women are viewed as money-hungry husband-hunters with only one goal in life: to wed, Frederica desires only the freedom to be treated with dignity, and draw to her heart's content.
Robert, the second son, and twin, of a duke, lives a careless life of debauchery, driven to the underside of society by his father's scorn. Yet even at play, he has honor, especially with his paramours. But when the people he embraces abandon him, he makes for the country with only his wit, charm, and love of the land, taking on the disguise as a gamekeeper.
As assistant gamekeeper, Robert's job is to track foxes for his lord's sport. Yet when he discovers Frederica's love of drawing, he cannot resist the joy it will bring her to capture the fox's image.
He is taken aback, however, when Frederica asks him to pose for a portrait; naked.
'Will you sit for me?'
'What?' His voice was deep … very dark and laced with danger.
She started to turn. She heard him move across the room. Away from her.
She huffed out a breath. 'I've always wanted to draw a person. In the flesh. I came to ask you if you would sit as a model.'
It wasn't just about drawing. It was him.
'Do you have any idea what people would say if they found you drawing me naked?' he asked.
Well, that wasn't a no, was it? 'I-I don't care what they say. I want to be an artist … go to Italy. Take lessons from a master.'
This is what makes Frederica so different from the rest of the flock: her need to be who she is, and not what she's told to be. To overcome the barrier of her sex and become a respected and successful artist.
What an easy life she would have if she simply did as her family wanted, acted the lady and found a good husband. But she couldn't. She stayed true to herself, to her dream of being an artist, even at the risk of ostracizing herself from the rest of society, and the man she comes to love.
He raised a quizzical brow and sat down on the bed.
Was he laughing at her? His face was perfectly serious, but there was that slight curl to his mouth. If she could see his eyes, she would know, but they were in shadow. She moved closer, clasping her hands. 'I know it sounds strange. I know women artists aren't thought well on here, but on the Continent there are several who are famous. I just want to know if I have that talent. Drawing the human body from life is the greatest test. You have a perfect male body. You make a perfect make subject.'
His expression … was unfathomable. 'Does it mean so much to you that you'd risk your reputation?'
She wanted to capture him as she saw him, glorious, beautiful, dangerous. A brooding Greek god.
Stretching to his full height, the curves of his biceps carved deeper by shadow … the lantern (hung) from a nail on the beam above his head.
'Now take the qu-quilt off and stretch out.'
'Your wish is my command.' It was a bit like watching the unveiling of a masterpiece.
On its face, The Gamekeeper's Lady is a traditional Harlequin Regency Romance, yet with a woman who is unwilling to let her dreams go, unwilling to wed where she is told, Frederica is the quintessential feminist in a society that balks at the very notion.
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Planting By The Signs July 2013
July 03, 2013
We're mostly through planting around the Blind Pig house, but I'm always looking for an extra spot to set out some late cucumbers and squash.
Even though our big garden is basically a mud pit-the smaller beds around our house aren't doing too bad. It looks like we'll have a bumper crop of cucumbers-they're just starting to come in as are the zucchini and squash. I'm planning on making a few runs of 14 Day Pickles-anyone want to have a pickle along here on the Blind Pig where we can make them together?
Our watermelon patch is the prettiest we've ever had-I don't know that it'll produce watermelons-but it sure is lush and vibrant this year. I moved my watermelons to a different part of the garden-I'm not sure if they look so good because of the new location or all the rain we've had. Chitter helped me plant them-and she says she's going to talk to them every day like she did last year so we'll grow lots of watermelons. Hmmm I wonder if she's been keeping up with her watermelon conversations.
We've had such good luck with our tomatoes the last few years, and it looks like we're going to have a bumper crop this year as well. I swear some of them are as tall as I am. The ones above are the Mountain Princess variety from Sow True Seed-and have proved to be unbelievable producers.
So even though I'm worried about the corn and beans drowning in the flood zone of the big garden-there is still much to be thankful for!
How does your garden grow?
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I don't have any cucumber, or at least not to my knowledge...is that what the first flower is in your blog today? We have some of those, but they are little surprises from our compost, so I'm not sure what they are!
The bean seeds you gave me are doing beautifully, they are a bit small still, but almost every seed has sprouted! I will be blogging about them soon, I was hoping for at least some flowers before posting though.
Alas, for the second year in a row, tomatoes for us are not doing well...but our watermelon look good (not as lush as yours yet) and our squash is awesome!
I love having a garden, it's a wonder to watch.
RB-I have never heard that before about picking vegetables! Seems like it makes sense-but what would we do this year when it rains everyday LOL : )
Blind Pig The Acorn
Celebrating and Preserving the
Culture of Appalachia
Theresa-my experience with lettuce is-after it bolts it does become bitter. But you could give it a taste and see : ) We tried the topsy turvy tomato planters one time and they didn't work for us either!
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Culture of Appalachia
My brother lives in a small town in Easter West Virginia and has had trouble with tomatoes not ripening before frost. I ordered the catalog from Sow True Seeds and will send him the seeds from your tomatoes. Hope they do better next year. Thanks
Our garden is hanging in there so far. The squash are getting their third sets of leaves...yeah, and it's July....it was so cold and raining up until the last couple of weeks and now it's in the 90s every day and they are in shock. I've never not had them taking over by now. The corn is about 14-16 inches tall. The green beans are about the same and are finally starting to put on some blooms, so we may actually get some beans too. I picke my first Hungarian wax pepper last night. Lovely yellow and there are 4-5 more on the plant at this point and still has a few blooms. The other pepper plant is just starting blooms this past week. With the heat my lettuces and endives all bolted. Does anyone know if I pick out the flower heads will the rest of them be edible? or will they be too bitter? The tomatoes are starting to put on little baby tomatoes...like I would have expected in June, but hey, this is this year and it's different. If the season holds out long enough, we should have lots of tomatoes. I'm thankful that they are surviving the heat. I watered heaveily last night as everything was a bit droopy and the hydrangea bushes were scorched and the blossoms turning brown. I have to deadhead the roses as they are starting to bud again and the heat finished off all the blooms that were on them. Oh, I tried 4 tomatoes in those topsy turvy pots for the fun of it. Like my ohters, they are heritage tomatoes and they do no like growing upside down...they are all trying to crawl back upwards and not growing as much as the others, so I'm thinking they may need repoted into regular pots.. Any thoughts there? It's fun learning how each person's garden is doing! I bet your watermelons do great being talked to.
Though the corn, tobacco and soy beans are jumping like weeds with all the rain, we've heard worries from others about their berries, melons and 'maters cause of the lack of sun. Maybe they'll jump later when the rain stops, or should I say IF it stops. LOL
Our sis said the strawberries she picked were fine, but those primarily ripened before all this rain came.
Have you ever heard that you shouldn't pick watery fruits and vegetables for at least 3 days after a rain? Chef Mario Batali was saying it on The Chew a few weeks back. He said in Italy and other places in Europe, the people never pick fruit or vegetables, especially juice/water-filled ones like melons and tomatoes, for 3 days after a rain because the plants soak up all the rain and sends it to their fruit/vegetable, and it makes them more watery and less flavorful. Bro Tom and I found that interesting! We'd never heard that before and wondered if anyone out there had ever heard that.
God bless.
I'm down here in the foothills so my garden is earlier than yours. I've been collecting 2-3 gallons of cukes per day. I've been getting 1-3 tomatoes each day for about 8-10 days. Yesterday was too rainy to get into the garden and I picked 1 & 1/2 gallons of them today. I should have corn within the next two weeks and I can't give away all the squash but I keep gathering them. For several years I have grown Kholrabi. Its a huge raddish. people around here had never heard of it but everyone says they like it.
Down here in Dover, Fla. our garden is almost completely over mostly because it's just to hot for anything to grow. We have cut everything in and put in the cover crop where the strawberries grow. All we have left are 10 rows of blackeyed peas that are almost ready to pick. We have had a lot of rain also and it's been in the 90's most days. Marylou
You must be a month ahead of me.
Boy, I hope my tomatoes will look
that good, just now getting blooms.
Out of about 70 watermelons, the
rabbits left me 4, gonna replant
more if the rains ever stop. I
think you're more of a Master
Gardener than lucky and besides,
you've got those Angelic voices to
sing over your garden...Ken
I also love Ed's story about the wild turkeys. When I worked I drove over 4-5 counties, and I would come across the most interesting wildlife. It had its pitfalls, but wonderful memories, and I am thankful for that opportunity.
Great those watermelons coming along well. I have found a few things in the garden always exceed my expectations, and then others not so much.
Tell Chitter to throw them a kiss when she walks by. I tried this on a plant once. Think it helped. Guess my neighbors thought I was nuts.ha,ha
You heard about my garden yesterday. Today I would like to share a unique experience (at least to me) that happened night before last. I sometimes come home using different routes just to keep up with what's going on in the neighborhood. That evening I chose to drive around Tomlinson Loop which had been recently paved with tar and chat and had a lot of loose chat in places. I was doing a pretty good clip but I was aware of the road conditions. Just past the old Tomlinson place there is a sharp right hand curve then a very steep hill down to the creek. As I rounded the curve and looked down the hill I saw something that made me lock 'er down right there in the middle of the road. Luckily there wasn't any loose chat right there, right then and I managed to stop in a straight line.
Luckily I stopped because right ahead in the middle of the road were three wild hen turkeys and a whole flock of their offspring (poults I think they are called.) The hens ran off into the weeds but the babies didn't know what to do and were running around all over the road. They must have heard their mothers calling because soon they got themselves oriented and started off into the weeds toward the hens. But not before I could count at least some of them.
I see lots of wild turkeys around here but I don't think I have ever seen a baby one. That day I got to see Thirteen. At least Thirteen, some of them may have gotten into the brush while I was counting.
How many poults have you seen at one time?
Tipper, those tomatoes are looking beautiful. I've got my mind on trying to dry some tomatoes this year. I've never done it before so I guess it's time.
Did you plant any of the loofah seeds? I sure have used last year's loofahs a lot.
Do you ever make a cucumber sandwich? They are great. You make them just like a tomato sandwich. That would be bread, mayo, cucumber, salt, and pepper. If course if you want to be fancy and have a good crop you can put both cucumber and tomato on together....as my second husband used to say "so good it'll make you smack your grannie."
Raining here today, again. LOL! Monsoon season.
We sure have had our share of the rain this spring. Some of the corn fields in the area are water logged and sparse of growth. Maybe the seeds have floated away or rotted in the ground. I am only growing peppers this year and the plants are huge. I look forward to the watermelon story - maybe she is singing to them. Sounds like a 'Frog and Toad' story.
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FAT CAT bosses in Britain received £37billion in bonuses last year – one per cent up on the previous 12 months, despite vows to cut payouts.
Once the figure includes bonuses deferred to catch this year's top-rate tax cut, it balloons to £38.6billion – a year-on-year rise of four per cent.
TUC boss Frances O'Grady said Chancellor George Osborne had handed the rich a "gift worth tens of millions" by giving notice of April's rate cut from 50 to 45 per cent. The average bonus was £1,400, but £14,900 in the financial sector, said the Office for National Statistics.
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Types of Discounts. Southern Trails may agree, in writing, to allow a
variety of discounts between its maximum and minimum rates under any rate
schedule in its tariff without undue discrimination. Such discounts may be
in addition to a base discount and will not be considered a material
deviation from Southern Trails' forms of service agreements when Southern
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What are the main drivers?
National surveys show the priority given by the Austrian population to environmental problems; see Figure 4 (STATISTIK AUSTRIA 2007).
The close match between the importance of environmental problems in terms of physical/technical assessment parameters and how they are evaluated by the public is striking. Only the importance attributed to the consumption of energy/natural resources, a main driver, is underrated. (BMLFUW [Austrian Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management] 2009B)
During the 1990s, Domestic Material Consumption (DMC) rose by an average of 0.5% per year, and between 2000 and 2006 by 0.9% per year (Figure 5).
Since 1990, primary energy consumption in Austria has increased by 36%, amounting to 1.429 PJ in 2008. The share of fossil fuels, to meet this consumption, is as high as 72%.
In 2008, the transport sector was the largest end-consumer of energy with 34%, of which almost 95% was from fossil fuels. Industry accounted for 29% of final energy consumption, private households for 25% and the services sector for 10%. Agriculture accounted for 2%. Final consumption of electricity rose between 1990 and 2008 by 39%, with the highest rise in manufacturing (STATISTIK AUSTRIA 2009A).
Related to this the development of GHG emissions are shown in Figure 7.
(The data are based on figures for sold fuels and therefore include fuel exports. Emissions produced by fuel export (passenger cars and heavy duty vehicles) are displayed separately. The difference in fuel prices between Austria and other countries has affected the data, particularly since 2001.)
A total of 31,373 km2 (37.4%) of the country's territory is currently available as permanent settlement area, i.e. as space available for agriculture, settlement and transport infrastructure. The associated areas used for building and transport purposes have increased by more than 6% since 2004 (BEV 2010). In contrast, the population has risen by 2.6% over a comparable period (STATISTIK AUSTRIA 2009B). Around 5 hectares per day are being sealed (BEV 2010).
The main reasons for making demands on the land are the increased standard of living and changes in the structure of society and the economy. The average living area per person rose from 22 m2 in 1971 to 36 m2 in 2001 (STATISTIK AUSTRIA 2004). Land designated for transport infrastructure purposes is increasingly being used for roads, with approximately 40% of the areas for building and transport purposes (BEV 2010).
The measures necessitated by dense settlement to protect against natural hazards and the intensive use of hydroelectric energy with the associated interference in aquatic ecology have resulted in some 63% of the waters failing to achieve the 'good status' required under the EU Water Framework Directive (BMLFUW 2010B).
The main Alpine crest acts as a natural barrier in Austria and, as such, is particularly exposed to long-haul air freight. Unlike other EU countries, this affects the sensitive high-Alpine regions (Source: Austria and global environmental protection). Air currents from the north-east and south-east are frequently associated with above-average SO2 and fine particulate air pollution in Austria.
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Q:I heard that Brothers Osborne is going on a tour. Can you please give me some details regarding their touring schedule?
A:Sure. John and T.J of Brothers Osborne have embarked on a tour to support their debut studio album titled, 'Pawn Shop.' The duo started their trek on May 18th by performing their first show at the Mattress Firm Amphitheatre. They will then go on to play music in major cities like, Los Angeles, Mountain View, Milwaukee and Minot before they conclude their road trip by performing their final gig at the Bridgestone Arena on October 13th. Our certified brokers currently have the Brothers Osborne Tickets so, get them at your earliest as they are selling fast.
Q:Where can I find Brothers Osborne Tour Schedule? Are they performing in Milwaukee?
A:You have come to the right place. Our site has the complete information on Brothers Osborne Tickets as well as their performing dates. The band will rock the stage at the American Family Insurance Amphitheater in Milwaukee on June 29 in which they will also be joined by Luke Bryan.