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News:Newsletter, Volume 1
Newsletter, Volume 1
Discussed: ati-drivers, GitHub integration, Funtoo on ARM, GNOME updates, Organizations, and two new devs.By Drobbins / January 27, 2015
Hello, everyone -- hope your 2015 is off to a good start. Welcome to our first official full newsletter. Funtoo Linux development is ramping up, and with that we have more to discuss. So let's dive in.
Ati-drivers updates
For those who use AMD Catalyst video drivers under Funtoo Linux, you likely know that older versions of ati-drivers have not been compatible with the most recent version of xorg-server. Ati-drivers 14.9 required masking xorg-server-1.16, as it would only work with 1.15 or earlier. About a month ago, we received a tip that Arch and Ubuntu had a version that worked with xorg-server-1.16, and upon investigation, found that AMD rolled out an Ubuntu-specific version of their video drivers for the sole purpose of working with xorg-server-1.16. I looked into these drivers and bundled them up at ati-drivers-14.9-r1 in Funtoo Linux.
However, while they worked with xorg-server-1.16, it turns out that these new drivers were quite flaky, and a number of people had problems with them, including myself. I ended up switching to the free Radeon drivers, which allowed me to avoid the whole ati-drivers mess.
The good news is that things have gotten better on the AMD Catalyst front. AMD has released a new version of their drivers which is now bundled up in Funtoo Linux as ati-drivers-14.12-r3, and this ebuild does seem quite reliable and supports xorg-server-1.16. In addition, I have added AMD's GLESv2 and EGL libraries to this ebuild -- up until now, these libraries (distributed separately) have been missing, meaning that many ebuilds including GNOME would use Mesa's GLESv2 implementation, even with ati-drivers enabled. This could potentially lead to issues, so ati-drivers should now be more reliable. In addition, this fixes a bug related to media-libs/cogl and its dynamic loading of GL-related libraries.
Funtoo Linux for ARM
Next up: a quick update on Funtoo Linux for ARM. I've recently moved our ARM builds in-house. Here you can see my passively-cooled NVIDIA Jetson TK1 ARM development board. I had a left-over PC Thermaltake heatsink lying around and decided to put it to use to cool the board, which you can see in the image above.
While we are now building ARM in-house, I do need to acquire more ARM hardware so that I can actively test ARM builds. That is something that I'd like to resolve soon.
Subarches Update
Our new Subarches page has a well-received improvement for finding the best version of Funtoo Linux for your system, providing a mini-encyclopedia of the different types of hardware that Funtoo Linux supports. I'm always open to adding new stage3 upon request, and Blackadder720 on #funtoo IRC requested an Intel Ivy Bridge build, and this was easy enough to add to our build rotation: Intel64-ivybridge. So, there you go. You ask for it, and you get it :) Also added -- our subarches page now provides links to our OSUOSL mirror, and I updated the mirroring code so that the OSUOSL links are always fresh.
GitHub Integration (beta)
Thanks to some initiative by {{ #show: User:cyball | ?Full name }}, we now have some functioning Python code to implement GitHub integration! Here's how it works. If you open an issue or pull request against one of Funtoo Linux's GitHub repositories, our script will import it into our JIRA bug tracker. A friendly note will be posted to your pull request or issue indicating that it has been imported, and a link to the JIRA issue will be provided. When we close an imported issue in JIRA, the script will automatically close the associated JIRA bug.
This is actually a big deal -- how to properly integrate with GitHub has been a long-standing problem. I didn't want to turn Funtoo Linux into a pure GitHub project -- we needed our own advanced bug tracker and independent git repositories. However, many people would like to interact with our development efforts via GitHub directly, and the fact that we mirror our repositories to GitHub tends to invite that.
In the past, pull requests and issues would inevitably be created on GitHub, and these issues would tend to get ignored or forgotten about. Well, thanks to this new script, this is no longer the case. Thanks very much to {{ #show: User:cyball | ?Full name }} for getting this going and I will continue to be working on our GitHub integration and making it more of an integral part of the development process.
GNOME Version Bumps
Over the last week, we are starting to slightly bump versions of GNOME packages. These are minor updates, but you should have been noticing them if you are running GNOME and regularly updating your system. If you notice anything unpleasant from these updates, please be sure to report a bug.
Media Mix-Ins Update
I hope you have had a chance to explore the new functionality in of our new media mix-ins. In general, feedback has been positive. Digifuzzy and {{ #show: User:nrc | ?Full name }} on the forums were concerned that in rolling out the new media mix-ins, we did enable some new USE file-format-related USE variables in the desktop profile, which on their systems resulted in a significant increase in the number of packages installed after an
emerge -auDN @world.
There was a suggestion made that we do a better job of informing users of potentially highly-impacting changes prior to them hitting the tree, and this is something that I will attempt to do a better job of moving forward. What we did not realize is the relatively large impact that a small number of USE variables additions could have for already-installed systems.
Funtoo-Friendly Organizations
You may have noticed the Brownrice Internet logo on the bottom of our main page. Brownrice Internet is the first organization to take advantage of our Funtoo-Friendly Organizations feature on the wiki. This allows any organization, whether for-profit or community-based, to register themselves on the wiki with their own organizational profile page. If your organization uses Funtoo Linux, offers Funtoo Linux as an option for hosting, or builds something based on Funtoo Linux, then we want you to let our user community know about what you do! To do this, head over to the Organizations category on the wiki and enter your organization's name, and fill out the form. Get the recognition you deserve! :)
Translations Updates
Many thanks to {{ #show: User:Aramisqc | ?Full name }} for completing the French translation of our install Instructions. Tocadotux is currently working on a Brazilian Portuguese translation, and {{ #show: User:Oleg | ?Full name }} is working on a Russian translation. I would be interested in getting a German and Italian translation going -- find me on IRC if you are interested in helping. As the translation effort gets under way, I hope to get the translation team more organized, get translation instructions online and also look into developing some tools to assist in keeping translations in sync.
Funtoo Linux Containers
Our Funtoo Linux Containers continue to be in demand. I will be limiting the number of new containers on our existing hardware to maximize performance for our existing users, and we currently have 23 spots left. If you are interested in supporting Funtoo Linux and having your own highly-capable SSD-based Funtoo Linux container with up to 24 cores, then see our Funtoo Hosting page and grab one. You can get an extremely capable container for only $15/mo of support, and our higher-end containers are even more impressive.
New Developers
I'd like to personally welcome two developers. {{ #show: User:Anak1n | ?Full name }} has returned to us, and is helping us keep various packages up-to-date and squash bugs. He recently added the Ghost blogging platform ebuild.
In addition, {{ #show: User:Mgorny | ?Full name }} has joined our team. He also serves as a Gentoo developer, and for us, he is working on various complex technical issues, in addition to helping me and Oleg manage the day-to-day work of keeping on top of bug reports.
Welcome to the team! And if you see these guys online, be sure to welcome them and thank them for their assistance.
And if there is anyone out there would would like to assist us by doing some serious bug squashing, I am currently looking to grow our team and accelerate our development efforts. Ask me (
drobbins) or Oleg (
angry_vincent) on IRC about how you can help.
Well, that's it for our first newsletter. I hope you liked it!


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A Man Is a Man The Who
[G]You talk about c[Fadd9]razy affairs
Dm C G D C | G D C |
You talk about your life as though it mattered
[G]You get attention 'cos you [Fadd9]block the stairs
[Dm]Bragging about some [C]bottles you have [Fadd9]shattered
Well, [C]I met a man who rea[G/B]lly lives
[C]He really does it [Em]all
[C]But what really matters is the [G/B]heart he gives
[C]He makes your talk seem [D]small[Dsus4] [D]
When a [C]man is a [G]man[D]
He doesn't [C]act to a [Em]plan[D] [C]
He don't h[G]ave to perform like John [D/F#]Wayne in some B-feature [Fadd9]flick
[C] [G] [D] [A] [man] [is] [a] [man] When he can [C]offer his [Em]hand[D] [C]
Not af[G]raid of appearing in[D/F#]sane if he can't break a [Fadd9]brick
G D C | G D C (intro pattern)
I know a man who's a man
Can't you sometimes crack a smile
Do you think if you did, we would run and tell
I know one day your big villian style
Will collapse as they turn the key in the door of your cell
I know a man who was once like you
But he opened his heart
No one is really bad right through
He's just another part
When a man is a man
And he drinks 'til he's canned
He can drop to the floor, he can weep, we won't ask the price
[A]He[man] can[is] fa[a]ll[man], he can stand
We won't love him more if he keeps his soul on the ice
I know a man who's a man
[E] Every one of us is [D]looking for fame
He's a [A]looker
He's a dresser
He's a genius under pressure
[E] I know a man who could [D]tighten your rein
He's a [A]father
He's a brother
He's a [D]rocker
He's a lover
He's a man, he's a man
He doesn't act to a plan
He don't have to get hitched to a train in some muscle beach trick
[A]Wh[man]en h[is]e c[a]an[man] offer his hand
Not afraid of apprearing insane if he can't break a brick
Be a [C]man who's a [G]man
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One of the most frustrating aspects of running Windows in a corporate environment--at least for end users--is the often disruptive Windows Update patching process. We all know that keeping your Windows client and server OSes constantly patched and updated is vital from a security standpoint, but like a trip to the dentist, performing Windows updates has never been a particularly enjoyable task. Staying after work an extra 10 or 15 minutes to wait for a series of Windows patches and updates to install on your laptop isn't an uncommon occurrence for many of us. As we all know, any task that we don't enjoy that also interrupts our schedules or inconveniences us is often the first thing to get bumped to the end of our list of priorities. That inconvenience can then quickly turn into a security vulnerability.
Microsoft is hoping to address issues with Windows Update with Windows 8, and released some new details of how Windows 8 will offer improvements in this area in their Building Windows 8 blog. Farzana Rahman, Microsoft's group program manager for the Windows Update group, authored the blog post about the new update philosophy being introduced in Windows 8.
Two of the biggest improvements are restart consolidation and improved update restart notifications. Here's more from Rahman on restart consolidation:
"[Windows Update] WU will consolidate all the restarts in a month, synchronizing with the monthly security release. This means that your PC will only restart when security updates are installed and require a restart. With this improvement, it does not matter when updates that require restarts are released in a month, since these restarts will wait till the security release. Since security updates are released in a single batch on the second Tuesday of every month, you are then getting essentially one restart a month. This simplification helps in three ways: it keeps the system secure in a timely manner, reduces restarts, and makes restarts more predictable."
And some additional details on improved restart notifications:
"Let's assume that WU has already detected, downloaded, and installed security updates, and now requires a restart. Windows Update will notify you of an upcoming automatic restart through a message on the login screen that will persist for 3 days. Because the majority of update activity occurs in the first three days of the release of each update [see Figure1], we wanted to give you 3 days to allow you to restart at your own convenience. You would restart by selecting "Update and shutdown" or "Update and restart" on the login screen, or by going to Windows Update in the Control Panel. You will no longer see any pop-up notifications or dialogs about pending restarts. Instead, the message appears in a more visible and appropriate place (the log-in screen)."
Rahman also indicated that Windows 8 will provide more intelligent restarts if there's a potential for data loss, minimize interruptions to a user's use of their PC, and improved controls and options for business users. Read Rahman's Windows 8 update post for more details.
What are your thoughts on the new and improved Windows 8 patching process? Let me know what you think by adding a comment to this blog post or starting up a conversation on Twitter.
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Pneumonia can be caused by bacteria or a virus. Antibiotics are used to treat pneumonia caused by bacteria.
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18.104.22.168 Droughts and wet spells
In the SAR, an intensification of the hydrological cycle was projected to occur as the globe warms. One measure of such intensification is to examine whether the frequency of droughts and wet spells are increasing. Karl et al. (1995c) examined the proportion of land areas having a severe drought and a severe moisture surplus over the United States. Dai et al. (1998) extended this analysis to global land areas using the water balance approach of the Palmer Drought Severity Index. Long-term global trends for 1900 to 1995 are relatively small for both severe drought and wet area statistics. However, during the last two to three decades, there have been some increases in the globally combined severe dry and wet areas, resulting from increases in either the dry area, e.g., over the Sahel, eastern Asia and southern Africa or the wet areas, e.g., over the United States and Europe. Most of the increases occurred after 1970. Except for the Sahel, however, the magnitude of dry and wet areas of the recent decades is not unprecedented during this century, but it should be noted that rainfall in the Sahel since the height of the drought has substantially increased. In related work, Frich et al. (2001) found that in much of the mid- and high latitudes, there has been a statistically significant increase in both the number of days with precipitation exceeding 10 mm per day and in the number of consecutive days with precipitation during the second half of the 20th century.
Recent changes in the areas experiencing severe drought or wet spells are closely related to the shift in ENSO towards more warm events since the late 1970s, and coincide with record high global mean temperatures. Dai et al. (1998) found that for a given value of ENSO intensity, the response in areas affected by drought or excessive wetness since the 1970s is more extreme than prior to the 1970s, also suggesting an intensification of the hydrological cycle.
126.96.36.199 Tornadoes, hail and other severe local weather
Small-scale severe weather phenomena (SCSWP) are primarily characterised by quasi-random temporal and spatial events. These events, in turn, have local and regional impacts, often with significant damage and sometimes loss of life. Tornadoes and thunderstorms and related phenomena such as lightning, hail, wind, dust, water spouts, downpours and cloudbursts belong to this group. In the light of the very strong spatial variability of SCSWP, the density of surface meteorological observing stations is too coarse to measure all such events. Moreover, areally consistent values of SCSWP are inherently elusive. Statistics of relatively rare events are not stable at single stations, observational practices can be subjective and change over time, and the metadata outlining these practices are often not readily available to researchers. For these reasons, monitoring the occurrence of local maxima and minima in smoothed SCSWP series, as well as checking for trends of the same sign for different but related SCSWP (e.g., thunderstorms, hail, cloud bursts), are important for checking inconsistencies. Because of the inherent difficulty in working with these data, there have been relatively few large-scale analyses of changes and variations in these events. Nonetheless, a few new regional analyses have been completed since the SAR.
A regional analysis by Dessens (1995) and more recent global analysis by Reeve and Toumi (1999) show that there is a significant interannual correlation between hail and lightning and mean minimum temperature and wet bulb temperatures. Using a three-year data set, Reeve and Toumi (1999) found a statistically significant relationship between lightning frequency and wet bulb temperature. They show that with a 1°C increase in global wet-bulb temperature there is a 40% increase in lightning activity, with larger increases over the Northern Hemisphere land areas (56%). Unfortunately, there are few long-term data sets that have been analysed for lightning and related phenomena such as hail or thunderstorms, to calculate multi-decadal hemispheric or global trends.
A regional analysis assessed the temporal fluctuations and trends in hail-day
and thunder-day occurrences during a 100-year period, from 1896 to 1995, derived
from carefully screened records of 67 stations distributed across the United
States. Upward hail day trends were found in the High Plains-Rockies and the
south-east, contrasting with areas with no trend in the northern Midwest and
along the East Coast, and with downward trends elsewhere (Changnon and Changnon,
2000). The major regions of decrease and increase in hail activity match regions
of increased and decreased thunder activity for 1901 to 1980 well (Changnon,
1985; Gabriel and Changnon, 1990) and also crop-hail insurance losses (Changnon
et al., 1996; Changnon and Changnon, 1997). In general, hail frequency shows
a general decrease for most of the United States over the last century, with
increases over the High Plains, the region where most of the crop-hail damage
occurs in the United States. So, despite an increase in minimum temperature
of more than 1°C since 1900 and an increase in tropospheric water vapour
over the United States since 1973 (when records are deemed reliable), no systematic
increase in hail or thunder days was found.
Since 1920, the number of tornadoes reported annually in the United States has increased by an order of magnitude, but this increase reflects greater effectiveness in collecting tornado reports (Doswell and Burgess, 1988; Grazulis, 1993; Grazulis et al., 1998). On the other hand, severe tornadoes are not easily overlooked. Restricting the analysis to very strong and violent tornadoes results in a much different assessment (Figure 2.38) showing little long-term change, though some years like 1974 show a very large number of tornadoes. Furthermore, consideration of the number of days with tornadoes, rather than number of tornadoes, reduces the artificial changes that result from modern, more detailed damage surveys (e.g., Doswell and Burgess, 1988). The data set of "significant" tornado days developed by Grazulis (1993) shows a slow increase in number of days with significant tornadoes from the early 1920s through the 1960s, followed by a decrease since that time.2.7.4 Summary
Based on new analyses since the SAR, it is likely that there has been a widespread increase in heavy and extreme precipitation events in regions where total precipitation has increased, e.g., the mid- and high latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere. Increases in the mean have often been found to be amplified in the highest precipitation rates total. In some regions, increases in heavy rainfall have been identified where the total precipitation has decreased or remained constant, such as eastern Asia. This is attributed to a decrease in the frequency of precipitation. Fewer areas have been identified where decreases in total annual precipitation have been associated with decreases in the highest precipitation rates, but some have been found. Temperature variability has decreased on intra-seasonal and daily time-scales in limited regional studies. New record high night-time minimum temperatures are lengthening the freeze and frost season in many mid- and high latitude regions. The increase in global temperatures has resulted mainly from a significant reduction in the frequency of much below normal seasonal mean temperatures across much of the globe, with a corresponding smaller increase in the frequency of much above normal temperatures. There is little sign of long-term changes in tropical storm intensity and frequency, but inter-decadal variations are pronounced. Owing to incomplete data and relatively few analyses, we are uncertain as to whether there has been any large-scale, long-term increase in the Northern Hemisphere extra-tropical cyclone intensity and frequency though some, sometimes strong, multi-decadal variations and recent increases were identified in several regions. Limited evidence exists for a decrease in cyclone frequency in the Southern Hemisphere since the early 1970s, but there has been a paucity of analyses and data. Recent analyses of changes in severe local weather (tornadoes, thunder days, lightning and hail) in a few selected regions provide no compelling evidence for widespread systematic long-term changes.
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a Month for Loki: say His name
Fun fact about me: I have a degree in speech-language pathology, and my concentration was in clinical phonology with a heavy emphasis on linguistics. I love studying the sound systems of a language and how sounds are tied to meaning. Today I happened across Forvo, a linguistic site that specializes in using native speakers to demonstrate how to pronounce words. It is single words and not sentences, but it's still helpful in developing an ear for nonnative speakers.
Of course, Forvo has a list of Norse mythology terms and many other languages as well. I hope that resources such as this will help preserve and protect against linguistic extinction. Every language has its own way of expressing a view of the world, and the language we speak undoubtedly shapes the way we think about everything in the inner and outer world. As Pagans we are explorers of other worlds, and so preservation of language is as precious as any other resource.
Visit Forvo and find speakers of various languages. :D And say Loki's name. It is His month, after all. Download "Loki Laufeyjarson" MP3
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As I make my way to the exit, let me recommend a brand new culture blog that many of you might enjoy.
It's called Shadow and Act (an Ellison reference there). It's a collaborative effort led by the battle-tested blogger Tambay Obenson.
Team members include the inimitable Invisible Woman; KJ (known in the UBM comments section as "must love movies"); and Sergio Mims of EbonyJet.com.
Shadow and Act is updated all day with cool-as-shit information.
This morning, Tambay shined a light on a 2006 Brazilian film, "Antonia," from the producers of "City of God." It's available on DVD from Amazon.com. Here's the trailer (in Portuguese):
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
A new black cinema blog!
Posted by Undercover Black Man at 9:09 AM
6 comments:
- The Obenson Report said...
Thanks for the plug UBM!
Didn't expect to find my grille plastered on your front page like that, but, thankfully you chose a good pic.
- April 28, 2009 at 10:39 AM
- Invisible Woman said...
Thanks for the shout, and it is timely as my first post is today...tho you beat me to the punch about announcing it on my blog :-)
- April 28, 2009 at 12:20 PM
- Undercover Black Man said...
Cheers to you both. I'll be reading Shadow and Act with regularity.
- April 28, 2009 at 12:46 PM
- Sergio said...
Thank you! Much appreciated!
- April 28, 2009 at 2:14 PM
- *Tanyetta* said...
Must you twist the dagger with this part?
**As I make my way to the exit, ***
I'm not over it, give me time. Thanks.
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haven't been by in a while, thanks for the info :)
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Bilbao's "Aste Nagusia" (Great Week) Celebrations
Practical information
- When?: To be confirmed
- Where: Bilbao
- More information : http://www.bilbaoturismo.net/BilbaoTurismo/es/folclore-y-fiestas-populares/aste-nagusia_2
- Autonomous region: Basque Country
- Province/Island: Bizkaia
- Category: Festivity of Tourist Interest
During the Semana Grande de Bilbao, there are fiestas in honour of the Virgen de Begoña.
Bilbao is the setting for concerts, shows, theatre, fireworks and children's activities at different points in the city, such as Plaza Nueva square, Bizkaia, Unamuno and Encarnación squares, and the Urbitarte and Arenal wharves. The speeches and "chupinazo" (fireworks) to open the celebrations will take place from the Arriaga theatre.
There will also be a programme of bullfights at the Vista Alegre bullring, including a horseback bullfight and eight normal bullfights.
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Directions: This document-based question consists of two parts: Part A and Part B. In Part A, you are to read each document and answer the question or questions that follow the document. In Part B, you are to write an essay based on the information in the documents and your knowledge of United States history.


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The Florida lifeguard who was fired after leaving his post to help rescue a swimmer outside his zone will be offered his job back.
Jeff Ellis, head of a company that provides lifeguards at Hallandale Beach, tells the South Florida Sun-Sentinel Tomas Lopez was fired too quickly.
Ellis says no area of the beach his company patrols was left unattended while Lopez went to assist a swimmer in distress.
Lopez was fired shortly after on grounds he'd broken a company rule by leaving his section of the beach.
Ellis said Thursday Lopez should never have been fired. But Lopez says he's not interested in taking the job back.
Information from: South Florida Sun Sentinel, http://www.sun sentinel.com
A South Florida lifeguard who rushed to save a drowning man has been fired for leaving the section of the beach his company is paid to patrol.
The Orlando-based company, Jeff Ellis and Associates, says Tomas Lopez broke a company rule and could have put beachgoers in his section of Hallandale Beach in jeopardy.
"We have liability issues and can't go out of the protected area," supervisor Susan Ellis told the Sun Sentinel. "What he did was his own decision. He knew the company rules and did what he thought he needed to do."
A beachgoer rushed to Lopez's stand Monday afternoon asking for help. Lopez said he saw a man struggling in the water south of his post and ran to his aid.
The man had been swimming along an unprotected stretch of beach, Hallandale Beach officials said Tuesday.
"It was a long run, but someone needed my help. I wasn't going to say no," said Lopez, 21, of Davie.
By the time Lopez arrived, several witnesses had pulled the drowning man out of the water. Lopez said the man appeared to be semi-conscious and had water in his lungs.
Lopez and an off-duty nurse helped the man until the city's paramedics arrived.
After the rescue, Lopez said his boss asked him to fill out an incident report and then fired him for leaving his assigned area.
"They didn't tell me in a bad way. It was more like they were sorry, but rules are rules," Lopez said. "I couldn't believe what was happening."
The rescue was performed about 1,500 feet south of the protective boundaries set by Lopez's employer. The unprotected area has signs alerting beachgoers to swim at their own risk.
Other lifeguards watched Lopez's area during the rescue and were on the phone with 911 operators, the company said.
"The beach remained protected at all times," Ellis said.
Lopez became a lifeguard four months ago after passing the company's requirements, which include swimming and physical exams. The job pays $8.25 an hour, the lifeguards said.
Hallandale Beach began outsourcing its lifeguards in 2003 to save money. The city pays Jeff Ellis and Associates about $334,000 a year to provide four lifeguards and one supervisor at the beach year-round, said city spokesman Peter Dobens.
The company also provides lifeguard services at the city's pools as part of the contract. Its contract expires this year.
The man Lopez rushed to save, whose name was not released due to privacy laws, remained hospitalized Tuesday in intensive care, Dobens said.
Two other lifeguards have quit in protest of Lopez's firing. One of them, Szilard Janko, told the newspaper, "What was he supposed to do? Watch a man drown?"


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Help me please with this question:
The following system of equations is given:
$\left\{\begin{matrix} x+2y+3z=5\\ 2x-y+2z=1\\ 3x+y-2z=-1 \end{matrix}\right.$
Check if the Jacoby method or Gauss-Seidel method converges? If the methods or one of the methods converges how many iterations we need to apply in order to get solution with accuracy of 0.001
Thanks a lot for you help!
Update: I tried to find spectral radius $\rho $ of iterative matrix in both methods, and get that $\rho $ >1.
Does it mean that both methods diverges?


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Tea tree oil can kill
bacteria and fungi. It comes from the evergreen leaves of the Australian
Melaleuca alternifolia tree. Tea tree oil has been used
as complementary therapy in surgery, burn care, and dental care.
Numerous tea tree oil body care products are available, including soap,
shampoo, toothpaste, lip balm, topical (used on the skin) cream, and essential
People usually use
tea tree oil to treat minor cuts, burns,
athlete's foot, mild fungal nail infections,
vaginal yeast infections, and lung problems (when they
add the oil to a bath or vaporizer). Although there is little research on tea
tree oil, some studies suggest that it is safe and often effective for the
prevention and treatment of infections.1
Experts consider tea tree
oil to be safe as a topical treatment, and you can apply it directly to the
skin on a daily basis. When applied to the skin in its pure (100% oil) form,
tea tree oil seldom causes irritation. But some people develop an allergic rash
(contact dermatitis). If you are concerned that you
might develop a rash, try the oil first on a small area of skin. You can also
dilute tea tree oil with vegetable, olive, or almond oil.
tree oil is not safe to take by mouth. It is not recommended for use in the
ears, because it may cause damage to the inner ear. One study has found regular
use of products containing tea tree oil may cause gynecomastia, or breast
swelling in boys.2
The U.S. Food and
Drug Administration (FDA) does not regulate tea tree oil in the same way it
regulates medicines. It can be sold with limited or no research on how well it
Always tell your doctor if you are using an alternative
product or if you are thinking about combining one with your conventional
medical treatment. It may not be safe to forgo your conventional medical
treatment and rely only on an alternative product.
CitationsMurray MT, Pizzorno JE (2006). Melaleuca alternifolia (tea tree). In JE Pizzorno Jr, MT
Murray, eds., Textbook of Natural Medicine, 3rd ed.,
vol.1, pp. 1053–1056. St. Louis: Churchill Livingstone
Elsevier.Henley DV, et al. (2007). Prepubertal gynecomastia
linked to lavender and tea tree oils. New England Journal of Medicine, 356(5): 479–485.Other Works ConsultedTea tree oil (2010). In A DerMarderosian et al., eds., Review of Natural Products. St. Louis: Wolters Kluwer Health.
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A virus targeting Android phones that allows hackers to take over your handheld has been found attached to gaming applications, a mobile security firm reported today.
San Francisco-based Lookout Mobile Security reported on its blog that the virus was found on third-party gaming apps in China, not in Google's official Android Market. All Android users are still allowed to download any kind of app, official or unofficial, by enabling apps from "unknown sources," something often called sideloading. But because we live in a global economy, these infected games from China are only a few taps away from any Android user.
"These are repackaged versions of legitimate games injected with a virus and put back out on the pirated market," Kevin Mahaffey, chief technology officer for the Lookout, told NBCBayArea.com "U.S. users may encounter these if they are looking for pirated content."
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(Not surprisingly, Lookout also offers a free mobile security app to help users identify potential threats.)
The virus, a Trojan known as "Geimini," allows the mobile device to be controlled remotely, can generate and send information on the user and install more viruses.
Mahaffey said that Android users should avoid any pirated content, including using sites or vendors they don't know or trust. "People should look at their smartphones as a mini-PC, and use all the same security measures on your phone," he said. "Remember, caveat emptor -- buyer beware."


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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – After a successful first season at the helm, coach Larry Joe Inman is excited to continue the Lady Tigers' rise in the OVC.
This year's roster will include eight fresh faces, including seven true freshmen. The group will look to fill the void left by last season's team. Inman and the Lady Tigers will be looking replace 48.8 ppg which amounts to 79 percent of the scoring from a year ago.
The team will also have to replace the Lady Tigers only member of either of the All-OVC teams, in All-OVC second teamer Kesi Hess. A season ago Hess led the team in points (12.6), steals (51), and free-throw percentage (85.5%).
TSU has been practicing for a little over three weeks and Inman is already seeing progression in this year's unit.
"I'm very satisfied by the progress that we're making. It's a lot faster than I thought it was going to be, but it's still not where it should be, but we have great young ladies and that's why we're making progress," Inman said about his Lady Tigers. "They're doing a good job making that progress themselves and trying to execute what we're trying to do."
Tennessee State will feature three returners, including starting point guard junior Rachel Allen, who averaged 3.8 points per contests while dishing out 3.4 assists per game. Allen will be joined by senior guard Alana Morris and junior forward Chelsea Hudson.
"They're kind of like the glue that holds everything together," said Inman about his returning core. "It's great to have somebody you can lean on that knows a little bit of what we expect and they're able to bring the young kids along."
Tennessee State's returners will help to bring along Inman's first recruiting class, featuring seven freshmen and junior transfer LaTeasha Hill.
"The progress they've made as fast as they've made it with us so far has been amazing," Inman said of his incoming freshman.
The freshman class includes: three gaurds (Diamond Beatty, Alexis Haddock, Jemilah Leonard), two forwards (I'mani Davis, Shekinah Gibson and Jayda Johnson) and one center (Julie McCarthy).
Fans will get their first look at the 2013-14 Lady Tigers when they host Tennessee Temple on Friday Nov. 1 for an exhibition game, tip-off is slated for 6 p.m.


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Engineering calculations and theories by students from 17 universities were put to the test this week during an annual event sponsored by the Air Force Research Laboratory.
SHALIMAR � Engineering calculations and theories by students from 17 universities were put to the test this week during an annual event sponsored by the Air Force Research Laboratory.
Since Monday, students from across the United States have assembled, used and disassembled portable �bridges� designed to try to solve a real-world problem for Special Operations personnel at Hurlburt Field.
�We want to build something that the men can carry with them,� said Mickey Wright, whose company, Rally Point Management, consulted with the schools as they created their designs for the annual competition. �(The students) have to do a lot of engineering.�
Students first tackled the challenge about nine months ago after each school was awarded $20,000 to create a product that could be used to quickly cross open distances of 2 to 20 feet by a four-member Special Operations team.
Ideally, the final product should weigh no more than 20 pounds, but be able to hold 350 pounds, which is typically what Special Ops members weigh with all their gear, Wright said.
Students also were encouraged to come up with something that had additional uses, such as a ladder or a litter for injured troops.
Meeting the parameters of the challenge was no easy feat, students said.
�The first semester was basically concepts,� said Avian Hughes from Tennessee State University.
The practical applications were another matter. Students quickly discovered that calculations on a computer program don�t always work in the real world.
The first product that Prairie View A&M students in Texas designed weighed 80 pounds. The telescopic product they brought to Florida weighed 50 pounds.
�That was a big challenge, but we got it down as much as we could,� senior Jordan Fuchs said.
After the last universities complete their tests today at the Air Force Enlisted Village, a panel of judges made up of local engineers, Special Operations personnel and retired military will select a winner based on points, according to Jerry Provenza, who oversaw the competition.
In addition to objective measurements such as total weight and the length it can span, each product is judged on subjective criteria such as ease of assembly and multi-purpose use, he said.
The school with the top prototype will be given additional funding to improve its model, which eventually could be used by military personnel in the field, Wright said.
Contact Daily News Staff Writer Katie Tammen at 850-315-4440 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow her on Twitter @KatieTnwfdn.


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the history of Danish takeovers abroad 1888 to 1993Gammelgård, Jens (København, 2001)[More information][Less information]
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Kairos, and the spatio-temporal "quality" of Strategic LeadershipAndersen, Torben; Gatti, Luca; Tompson, Tim (Frederiksberg, 2015)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This paper explores the qualitative, subjective and contingent values of the Ancient Greek concept of Kairos, and argues its utility in developing an adaptive, pragmatic, persuasive and creative model of Strategic Leadership. A kairotic model of Leadership, we argue, is more coherent with current and future approaches to Strategy and to its spatiotemporal qualities. In the following we first present the concept of Kairos and discuss its relevance to Strategic Leadership and its challenges, we then introduce current conceptualizations of Strategy and their implications for Strategic Leadership, and finally synthesize these insights and the literature to gauge implications. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9203
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An application to ChinaLi, Xin (Frederiksberg, 2011)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The starting point of this PhD research is two observations. The first is that people often tend to discuss a country's national competitiveness in a general tone, i.e., judging a country to be either competitive or uncompetitive, rather than making more balanced assessment, and therefore their opinions often contradict each other. The second observation is that there are many competing international reports that rank a large number of countries in terms of their national competitiveness. These reports often provide different rankings for a given country (e.g., China), and therefore the readers of these reports are often left with a confusing picture. The first observation reflects the reality that there has been a lack of commonly accepted definition of national competitiveness. The second reflects the methodological problems of the indexing-and-ranking methods commonly used by international competitiveness reports... URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8357
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Abstract: This paper argues that the existing four major theories of the firm, i.e., the transaction cost theory, resource-based view, the entrepreneurial theory, and the stakeholder theory, are all insightful yet partial because each of them has a particular focus on the phenomenon of the firm. To better understand the nature and behaviors of the firm, we need a comprehensive yet integrative theory. Toward this end, this paper proposes a relationship-based theory of the firm (R'BT) which claims that it is the relationships between the entrepreneur and other individuals or firms that determine the existence, boundary, internal organization and competitive advantage of the firm. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8361
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Entrepreneurship-Enabled Dynamic Capability of Medium-Sized Multinational EnterprisesCao, Yangfeng (Frederiksberg, 2015)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This PhD dissertation focuses on business model innovation (BMI), which plays a central role in explaining firm performance and is viewed as a source of competitive advantage. A recent global survey of more than 4,000 senior executives by the Economist Intelligence Unit found that the majority (54%) favoured BMI over product or service innovation as a source of future competitive advantage. Hence, the research on BMI is a salient topic for strategic management and entrepreneurship studies because it is central to a firm's dynamic capability for novel value creation and novel value capture on a sustainable basis. Prior studies have argued that a business model can be only effective if it is designed properly for a specific context. In this sense, the business models of multinational enterprises (MNEs) should differ from those of domestic firms. Specifically, owing to the large gaps or distances in the economic and institutional contexts between advanced and emerging economies, as two sides of the global divide, cross-divide entry by MNEs, either from an advanced economy into an emerging economy as a top-down venture or from an emerging economy to an advanced economy as a bottom-up venture, will depend heavily on the novel business model designed to match the host context on the other side of the global divide. This is particularly true in the case of entering the mid-end market as the mainstream in the host economy. In addition, owing to the internal contextual dimensions of corporate size and age, the key challenge to a top-down venture seems more acute for medium-sized MNEs (MMNEs) than both large and small MNEs (the latter is often referred to as ‗born-global' firms). This is because MMNEs tend to have more limited resources than large MNEs, but less flexibility than small MNEs. Given the salience of the cross-divide context to MNEs as well as the paucity of research on MMNEs, this PhD dissertation focuses on how BMI occurs in the special context of cross-divide entry with a top-down venture for a mid-end market by MMNEs. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9241
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The Role of Sources of Subsidiary Knowledge and Organizational ContextFoss, Nicolai Juul; Pedersen, Torben (København, 2000)[More information][Less information]
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Abstract: This paper gives an overview over how far transition has proceeded and what is still lacking in the process. The analytical framework – the PIE model for Politics, Institutions, Economy – is introduced. The model is first used to point to the main reasons for the fall of the command economy. Then it is used to identify the barriers for transition of the institutional system and the restructuring of the economy. This includes an analysis of the different factors behind the steep fall in production in the first years of transition. It is shown that countries implementing a tough stabilization and a comprehensive and consequent liberalization have been most successful in the process. A fast and comprehensive privatization, on the other hand, has not been sufficient for the necessary restructuring of enterprises. Decisive for success in transition has been transformation of the state as a crucial part of the development of new political and economic institutions implementing well functioning, clear and stable rules of the game for private enterprises. The institutional development has been important for the attractiveness of foreign investments - important for restructuring enterprises as part of a positive circle for the transition process. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8486
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a PIE analysisMygind, Niels (Frederiksberg, 2009)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This paper gives an overview over how far transition has proceeded and what is still lacking in the process. First the analytical framework – the PIE model for Politics, Institutions, Economy – is introduces. The model is first used to point to the main reasons for the fall of the command economy. Then it is used to identify the barriers for transition of the institutional system and the restructuring of the economy. This includes an analysis of the different factors behind the steep fall in production in the first years of transition. It is shown that countries implementing a tough stabilization and a comprehensive and consequent liberalization have been most successful in the process. A fast and comprehensive privatization, on the other hand, has not been sufficient for the necessary restructuring of enterprises. Decisive for success in transition has been transformation of the state as a crucial part of the development of new political and economic institutions implementing well functioning, clear and stable rules of the game for private enterprises. The institutional development has been important for the attractiveness of foreign investments - important for restructuring enterprises as part of a positive circle for the transition process. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7983
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A Controversy StudyHansen, Louise Lyngfeldt Gorm (Frederiksberg, 2017)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This thesis conducts a controversy study focusing on the intermingling of political considerations and emerging science in a controversy over whether or not the Zipingpu dam in China's Sichuan Province caused the magnitude 7.9 Wenchuan earthquake on May 12th 2008. The 2008 Wenchuan earthquake was one of the deadliest, costliest and biggest earthquakes in China in three decades. Over 90,000 people died, went missing or were presumed dead, and economic damage was estimated at over 100 billion US dollars in 2013. For scientists to suggest that such an unfathomable disaster could have been man-made was controversial to say the least. Not only because the root cause of the earthquake pointed to was a dam, and dam projects are inherently rife with conflict, but also because the Zipingpu dam was itself a high priority project for the Chinese central government and the Sichuan Province. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9562
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Bernhard Nielsen, Bo (København, 2001)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Although trust has been given much attention in alliance literature as an explanatory factor, little research has been devoted to defining and operationalizing trust. Trust is more or less seen as a magic ingredient, poorly understood much like the concept of luck, and usually attributed ex post; successful alliances seem to involve trust; unsuccessful alliances do not. The extant literature has treated trust as a residual term for the complex social-psychological processes necessary for social action to occur. Since trust is a social phenomenon, both national culture and institutional arrangements have an impact on trust and the perception of trust. Hence, this paper develops a conceptual model, based on a structural equation approach, for empirically exploring the role played by trust in the process of learning in international strategic alliances. The model distinguishes between pre-alliance formation factors and post-alliance formation factors in an attempt to respond to calls for research examining the evolution of trust and its impact on international collaborative relationships. The determinants of trust in international strategic alliances are examined and a series of testable propositions are derived to guide future empirical investigation. Keywords: Trust, Strategic Alliances, Learning URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6571
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Consequences for Economic and Employment GrowthNarula, Rajneesh (København, 2004)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This paper seeks to broaden our understanding of the concept underlying absorptive capacity at the macro –level, paying particular attention to the growth and development perspectives. We provide definitions of absorptive and technological capacity, external technology flows, productivity growth, employment creation and their interrelations. We then analyse the elements of absorptive capability, focusing on the nature of the relationship within a systems view of an economy, focusing primarily on the role of firm and non-firm actors and the institutions that connect them, both within and across borders. We also undertake to explain how the nature of absorptive capacity changes with stages of economic development, and the importance of the different aspects of absorptive capability at different stages. The relationship is not a linear one: the benefits that accrue from marginal increases in absorptive capability change over time. Finally, we provide a tentative and preliminary conceptual argument of how the different stages of absorptive capacity are related to productivity growth, economic growth and employment creation. Key words: New economy, absorptive capacity, knowledge URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6559
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The ABCD FrameworkLi, Xin (Frederiksberg, 2016)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: In this paper, I critique the convergence thesis proposed by S. Pope and J. W. Meyer who envisage the rise of a universalistic corporate organization that tends to supersede national business contexts or at least renders the national institutional environment as less consequential. My counterargument is that while there are forces for convergence of management practices worldwide, there are simultaneous other forces for divergence, and therefore, management practices of businesses across the world will go through a crossvergence rather than a pure convergence process. To explicate this counterargument, I use management practices in China as an illustrative case. Instead of one 'Chinese model of management', there are actually varieties of Chinese management. To understand these diversities, I propose an analytical framework that is based on four traditional Chinese philosophies, i.e., Confucianism, Legalism, Daoism, and Mohism. I posit, the actually management practices in China can be understood as diverse configurations of the four basic mode of management, i.e., autocracy, bureaucracy, chrismacracy, and democracy (ABCD for short). URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9322
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1950-2008Risager, Ole (Frederiksberg, 2010)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: A number of influential studies have documented a considerable value premium for US stocks over long periods of time. Value stocks, defined as companies that trade at low price-earnings or price-book values, are reported to have given a higher mean return than growth stocks trading at high multiples. Outside the US, there is also robust evidence of a value premium for the UK, but otherwise the evidence is more uncertain due to data shortages. Studies of continental European and Asian markets are, for example, based on data that typically only covers 20 years of market history. The purpose of this paper is to report evidence for the Danish market using a consistent data set that extends over the period 1950-2008. On the basis of these data the paper investigates whether the value premium is a stylized fact or just a phenomenon that pops up every few decades only to disappear again. The results show that the Danish value premium exists and is significant over the long run. However, this paper also shows that the premium is not a simple constant but is volatile even across decades. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8241
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Risager, Ole (København, 2008)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: A number of influential studies have documented a considerable value premium for US stocks over long time periods (Fama and French (1992, 2008), Lakonishok et al. (1994)). Stocks with low price-earnings multiples, price-book values and other measures of value are reported to have given a higher mean return than stocks with high multiples and high asset growth (Cooper et al. (2008)). Outside the US, the evidence is more uncertain due to data shortages. On the basis of a unique data set that extends over more than half a century, this paper not only shows that there is a value premium in the Danish market but also that growth stocks only produce high earnings growth in the run-up to portfolio formation. Growth stocks are therefore likely to have disappointed investors. We therefore also estimate the proportion of the premium that can be explained by growth stocks' earnings disappointment. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6560
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The 23rd Nordic Symposium on Tourism and Hospitality Research. 2-4 october 2014Budeanu, Adriana; Möckel, Marie; Gyimóthy, Szilvia (Frederiksberg, 2014)[More information][Less information]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9079
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Inter-firm Agreements in Eastern Europe's Car Component IndustryLorentzen, Jochen; Møllgård, Peter (København, 2000)[More information][Less information]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6574
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Munar, Ana María (Frederiksberg, 2012)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Tourists have happily embraced the possibilities of interactivity and publication provided by social media and Web 2.0. The last decade has seen a massive increase of digital content generated by tourists online. This paper examines the digitalization of tourists' heritage experience, analyses the impact of social media and user generated content in the consumption of heritage sites, and discusses new forms of technologically mediated authenticity in tourism. Netnography and a constructive approach have been adopted for the examination of online communities and social networks. There are different types of tourist generated content online. This study focuses on the review genre and examines a purposive sample of data collected from Tripadvisor which, with over 30 million contributions, is the largest online community focusing on tourism and travel. Through a systematic analysis of tourists' narratives and socio-technical structures, this study assesses how technologies influence tourists' heritage experience. The research findings provide insights into the role that tourists' online reviews play as mediators of the tourism experience and illustrate the features of an emerging virtual tourism culture. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8439
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Ooi, Can-Seng (Frederiksberg, 2013)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Cities are becoming alike. As a result, there is a rise of "copy-cat" cities. There are many reasons for this, and this paper looks from the perspective of city branding: how does place branding lead to the homogenization of cities? Using the case of Singapore, and with references to Chinese cities, this paper highlights a number of accreditation tactics in place branding campaigns. Accreditation is necessary because the brand needs to seek credibility for the messages it sends. The types of accreditation used must also be globally understood, so as to reach out to diverse world audiences. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8677
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a strategic mismatch explanationNielsen, Bo B. (, 2002)[More information][Less information]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6600
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Voyager Home Screen(vHome) is a FREE ware helps you customize your S60's home screen with big clock, start menu, weather, news ticker,Google,fav contact,smart dialing ,etc.
This is what looks like after you install.
This is what looks like after you select city and news channel, enable 2 rows shortcuts.
Features like Google, weather, news , Operator logo, big clock are pretty straight forward, if you do not like a certain feature, just press C to disable it.press left/right on to-do bar and news bar could switch item.
Quick task switch: we use the red end key to switch between running tasks,it's lot easier than pressing home key and then select, also you will never quit java apps like Opera Mini/Gmail by accidentally pressing red key.
Smart dialing: just type one number for one letter , to find any contact fast.Like 2455 for Bill. You can use this for apps,too. Like 46245 for Gmail. You might find phone's menu a bit useless when you can get to anything from home screen with smart dialing.
Start menu : another way to organize your apps, you can locate an app using smart dialing, and place the app in start menu or home screen shortcut easily. And we support sub-folder in start menu.
MyFav: we scan your call logs automatically. and place the people you call/text most frequently in MyFav feature, on the home screen's right selection key.(of course you can change this with any app you want).press left/right key in this, you can see your most used apps,too.
vApps: yeah, we include a mini app store , the seventh shortcut. not too many apps for now(tell us what you want to see here), we want to gather the best free apps here, all fit your phone model(we test and organize them by screen resolution, mr/fp1/fp2 etc, so you don't have to).just one click to download, auto install to E: , dead simple.(the list is updated automatically , so check in once in a while).
New app popup: after a new app is installed, you would see a popup asking if you would like to run it now. save you time digging in to menu to find it.
Web directory: Click web browser, you'll see our directory page. all most popular mobile sites(hopefully). If you don't like it, just turn it off in Start-Settings-More
Keypad Lock: sorry the system's settings would not work, please setup again in vHome.Lock is easy: Start-Lock, much better than old way. Press end key twice to unlock.
Connection: by default,vHome update weather/news each hour, 9:00-23:00 (no update if you disable news and weather), change this in Start-Settings-Connection to suit your needs.
vHome works with most S60 (including 320*240 models like E71, but not 3250,N91,5500)
For E series,you may find holding home button would not work, install a task manager soft like Jbak will solve this.
vHome does not replace original home screen, we just place another layer on top of it, so when you quit Menu, you would see the screen splash to 'old' home screen first, also when calling. We'll work on this in the future.
About power consumption , we did many tests using Nokia Energy Profiler, vHome does not consume more power, except when downloading weather/news data.
With big clock turned on, you may find wall paper do not display properly with some themes, we're working on this.