removing the calls to the deprecated method
updated canDelete() to be consistent across the board and eliminate the E_Strict warning
removing the raw sysval lookup as it method is pass by reference for some reason..
updated the methods to return queries instead of just count on pass by reference
updated all the setAllowed calls to return the query object itself instead of just counting on the pass by reference
updated the date formatting to stop using the additional class in favor of core date formatting
updated the method signatures to match the root, it eliminates another set of E_Strict errors
killing off some stray odd comments
eliminated another set of E_Strict issues
eliminated another set of E_Strict issues related to store()