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U.S. President Donald Trump has denied that the trade talks with China have collapsed and characterized the trade tension between the worlds two largest economies as a little squabble.
We have a dialogue going it will always continue, Trump said in response to a question from VOA on the White House south lawn on Tuesday morning before boarding the Marine One helicopter. We had a deal that was very close and they broke it.
Earlier, Trump said an agreement could be reached 'when the time is right' but not unless Washington can narrow last year's $419 billion trade deficit with Beijing.
'China buys MUCH less from us than we buy from them,' Trump said in one of a string of Twitter comments on the economic turmoil spawned by the tit-for-tat tariffs the world's two biggest economies have imposed on each other's exports.
Trump tweeted, 'My respect and friendship with President Xi (Jinping) is unlimited but, as I have told him many times before, this must be a great deal for the United States or it just doesnt make any sense. We have to be allowed to make up some of the tremendous ground we have lost to China on Trade....'
Beijing and Washington have negotiated for months on a trade deal but ended talks in the U.S. capital Friday without reaching a deal.
He portrayed the United States as being 'in a much better position now than any deal we could have made,' and restated his frequent refrain that under his administration other countries will not 'take advantage' of the United States when it comes to trade.
Trump defended the tariffs he imposed last week on $200 billion worth of Chinese imports. But he said nothing about Monday's 2.4% stock market plunge after China countered Trump's levies by announcing June 1 tariff increases on $60 billion worth of U.S. exports.
As markets opened for trading Tuesday, U.S. stocks recovered some of their losses, with the key Dow Jones Industrial Average up by a half percentage point.
The U.S. leader claimed that tariffs on steel imports into the United States had 'rebuilt our steel industry.'
He urged U.S. companies to 'make your product at home in the USA and there is no Tariff. You can also buy from a non-Tariffed country instead of China.'
China hits back
The Chinese finance ministry said Monday its new 5% to 25% tax would be imposed June 1 and affect 5,140 U.S. products exported to China. Beijing said its response was targeting 'U.S. unilateralism and trade protectionism.'
'China will never succumb to foreign pressure,' the foreign ministry said. 'We are determined and capable of safeguarding our legitimate rights and interests. We still hope that the U.S. will meet us half way.'
The escalation of the tit-for-tat tariff increases had an immediate effect on the U.S. stock market, with the key Dow Jones Industrial Average plunging nearly 2.4% by the close of trading Monday in New York.
Trump has threatened to extend tariffs to an additional $300 billion in Chinese exports that have not been targeted yet, but told reporters Monday: 'I have not made that decision yet.''
The U.S. Trade Representatives Office said Monday that a public hearing would be held on July 17 about the possibility of further tariffs on China, which it said could affect 3,805 product categories. It said the new measures could impose an additional duty of up to 25%.
How we got here
Two U.S. lawmakers voiced support for Trump's trade fight with China, but with reservations.
Republican Sen. Roy Blunt told VOA, 'If there's a trade fight worth having, it's a trade fight with China. They have not been fair traders.' But he said 'there is no doubt' that diminished sales of farm products to China have hurt his home state of Missouri and other parts of the agrarian U.S. Midwest.
Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland said, 'There's no doubt that we need to challenge China to change a lot of its trade practices and its domestic business practices. For example, they've been stealing U.S. secrets for a long time. They have these rules that force U.S. companies to transfer technology. So we've got to confront China on that.'
'The question is what's the smartest, most effective way to do it,' Van Hollen said. 'And while I support some of the president's strategy, I think some of it's misguided. Obviously, Americans and American consumers are paying more and more by the day. So, it's important that we address the fundamental issues in China's economy.... It's not clear to me that the president's policies are addressing that, but we'll see. I see a tariff-only strategy; I don't see a more comprehensive strategy towards China. I'm not saying that tariffs can't be part of something, but they cannot be the only tool in your tool box.'
Analyst David Lampton, a fellow at the Stanford Asia Pacific Research Center in Palo Alto, California, said he sees the United States and China as competing to be more than just a dominant economic force.
'It includes a mounting arms race and includes diplomatic competition around the world, with China operating in Latin America and Venezuela and so forth, Middle East, in places where we've traditionally seen ourselves as dominant,' Lampton said. 'And of course we're operating on China's periphery and we're in Vietnam, trying to keep the Philippines in the U.S. column so to speak.'


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Reference Card Video Card Review (Page 1)
Today NVIDIA launched a new mid-range $150 video card. Let's check out the new GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB and see how it performs under our gaming tests.
It has been a bit of a quiet start to the year when it comes to video cards. Both AMD and NVIDIA have chosen not to do much with new models. Today, though, we see NVIDIA expand the GTX 700 series with the release of a new mid-range model: the GTX 750 Ti 2GB.
While AMD chose to launch the whole R series of cards in a short period of time, NVIDIA has taken a different approach. To be completely honest, I'm not sure what's better. In the end, though, if NVIDIA was happy with what the previous generation model was doing at the particular price segment, then there's probably no need to add more models into the mix.
Set to launch with a starting price of $149, the new GTX 750 Ti 2GB is designed to go squarely against the R7 270X 2GB from AMD, which hits at a similar price point. With NVIDIA being quiet in this price bracket for months now, we're really looking forward to see what they bring to the table, especially since we feel that AMD has done such a great job when it comes to pricing the new R series of video cards.
Due to the fact the card is a reference one, we'll simply be moving on from here to the card itself. Once we've done that, it's on to the specifications before we get into the fun stuff: the performance.
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LETTER- Smart living matters too
Ronald Bailey's June 25 essay, "Big risk: You can't handle the truth?" raises some interesting questions. However, we must look at the effect of genes with other factors, and not believe all the hype regarding the predominance of genes.
Even if the results of genetic tests are accurate, as suggested in the article, having a specific gene for a disease or condition probably has less to do with whether one will acquire these than the effects of environmental conditions.
The nature- nurture controversy has now tilted in favor of heredity. But if we take a closer look we find that more interaction exists in reality. Cell biologist Bruce Lipton states in his enlightening book, The Biology of Belief, that "the control of our lives is not in the genetic roll of the dice at conception, but in our own hands" and "we are the drivers of our own biology."
Joseph Le Doux, eminent neuroscientist and author of Synaptic Self, explains that genes account for "at most 50 percent of a given trait, and in many instances far less," and "gene expression is an epigenetic phenomenon– it involves the interaction of the gene with environmental factors."
Therefore, we may want to know what is in our genetic code, but also understand that we possess the ability to change this for better or worse.
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Jan. 25, 2014) – Senior forward Kinard Gadsden-Gilliard scored with nine seconds left and a critical defensive stop as time expired gave the ETSU men's basketball team a dramatic 76-75 win over Atlantic Sun Conference foe Jacksonville Saturday afternoon inside the ETSU/MSHA Athletic Center.
The game featured three ties and five lead changes over the last six minutes, but the Bucs managed to make the crucial plays at the end to move to 11-10 overall, 4-4 in A-Sun play. Meanwhile, Jacksonville dropped to 8-12, 4-5. In addition, ETSU head coach Murry Bartow picked up his 200th career win on the Buccaneers' bench.
The game-winning shot came after the Bucs had grabbed the lead at 74-73 when junior guard Jalen Riley (Racine, Wis.) inbounded the ball off the back of JU's Marcel White, picked it back up and scored the ball. The Dolphins' then responded and regained the lead on a pair of free throws from guard Jarvis Haywood with 25 seconds left, setting up Gadsden-Gilliard's heroics.
Following the score, Jacksonville got the ball to Haywood, but the Bucs surrounded him and blocked his progress to the basket. Haywood dished the ball to guard Vince Martin, whose desperation 3-pointer missed the mark.
"The play was designed to get me the ball with a chance to get to the rim," said Gadsden-Gilliard, who finished with a team-high 17 points on the night. "Rashawn (Rembert) made a great pass and I guess he saw that they weren't helping out on the backside, because he led me to the baseline to get me in a good position. I was just glad we kept fighting, especially because we didn't play very well in the second half."
The first half was a different story, as the Bucs led by as many as 14 points and held a 43-36 edge at the halftime break. However, Jacksonville responded quickly by outscoring the Bucs 23-9 over the first 10 minutes of the second half to take the lead at 59-55 with 10:25 left in the game.
From there, the neither team led by more than three points the rest of the way.
Along with Gadsden-Gilliard's 17 points, the Bucs got 13 points each from senior forward Hunter Harris (Nashville) and sophomore forward Lester Wilson (Knoxville), and 10 points from junior guard Rashawn Rembert (Tampa, Fla.).
Jacksonville was led by Haywood's 23 points, while White finished with 14 points and forward Javon Dawson netted 12.
The game opened in good form for the Bucs, who used a 15-3 run midway through the first half to take a 22-11 lead with 9:30 left before the intermission. ETSU's advantage ballooned to 14 points at 39-25, but JU responded by closing out the half on an 11-4 run to make it 43-36 at the break.
Both teams finished with strong offensive numbers, with ETSU shooting 46 percent from the floor and JU hitting on 48 percent of its shots. The Bucs only turned the ball over 10 times, while picking up 10 steals.
The Bucs will be back in action again Thursday for the third game of their current five-game home stretch when they take on Mercer inside the ETSU/MSHA Athletic Center at 7 p.m. For more on ETSU men's hoops throughout the year, visit ETSUBucs.com and click on the men's hoops link.


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Property descriptions and contextual essays were written by Ginny Finch of the U.S. Department of Transportation (Federal Highway Administration). National Council of Preservation Education intern Frederick MacVaugh, and George Mason University Masters Intern Robert Sandoval provided research assistance and editorial support. Additional property information was provided by the State Historic Preservation Offices of Alabama, Arkansas, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Missouri, Mississippi, New York, Nevada, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Texas. Sara Dillard Pope (NCSHPO) provided design and editorial support. The travel itinerary was designed by Nathan Poe (NCSHPO).
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Finally, our appreciation to Professor Robert R. Weyeneth of the University of South Carolina's Department of History for reviewing the itinerary and providing insightful suggestions.
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If you've researched anything about Android on the internet, you've probably seen and read about "rooting" one. There was a time when many of the Android phones available didn't live up to their potential, and root was the answer. Horrible software was the norm, applications that you would never use ran amok and wasted data and battery life, and the experience was bad all around.
Because every Android phone is running the Linux kernel and middleware very similar to a Linux distribution you would install on a computer under the hood, rooting them was the way to allow us to try and fix them our own way. Rooting is how you get complete access to everything in the operating system, and those permissions allow you to change it all. Modern Androids are quite a bit better than they used to be. Even the most inexpensive phone or tablet you can buy in 2017 will do more and perform better than the best Android phone available just a few years ago. But many of us still want to root our phones and are looking for more information.
When you root your Android, you're simply adding a standard Linux function that was removed.
Root, at least the way we're talking about it here, is the superuser. Your Android phone uses Linux permissions and file-system ownership. You are a user when you sign in, and you are allowed to do certain things based on your user permissions. Apps you install are also given a type of user ID, and they all have permissions to do certain things — you see those when you install them on older versions of Android, or you are prompted to allow them on Marshmallow or higher — in certain folders with certain files. Root is also a user. The difference is the root user (superuser) has permissions to do anything to any file any place in the system. This includes things we want to do, like uninstall application forced on us by the people who built them or the people who sells them to us as well as things we don't want to do that can put your Android in an unusable state. When you're doing things with superuser permissions, you have the power to do anything.
When you root your Android, you're simply adding a standard Linux function that was removed. A small file called su is placed in the system and given permissions so that another user can run it. It stands for Switch User, and if you run the file without any other parameters it switches your credentials and permissions from a normal user to that of the superuser. You are then in complete control, and can add anything, remove anything and access functions on your phone or tablet that you couldn't reach before. This is pretty important, and something you should think about before you begin.
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Should I root my Android?
Yes. No. Maybe. All three answers are perfectly valid. People have different reasons to want to root their devices. Some do it just because they can — they paid for the hardware and think they should be able to do anything they like. Others want to be able to add things that aren't there, like internet servers or be able to "fix" services that are there but don't work the way they would like them to work. People might buy a phone because they like the hardware, but hate the software and want to change it. Mostly, people root their phones because they simply want to get rid of the extra things on it that they don't want. Every one of these reasons — as well as any reason you might have that aren't mentioned here — are the right reasons.
Most people want root to get rid of the bloat.
Before you do any preparation to root your phone, you need to remember that it changes everything about the inherent security from Google and the people who built it. Plenty of us don't like it, but being able to access an account with admin permissions was not included in release versions of Android on purpose. As soon as you add this capability, you are responsible for the security and integrity of the operating system and every application on it. For some, this is more responsibility than they want or need. Rooting isn't the answer for everyone. If you're not sure about the ways you can break things by doing them as root, you should learn more about it before you start. It's OK to not know things and to try and learn, but not knowing and doing them anyway can turn a very expensive Android into a paperweight. You also need to know that for many Android models, rooting means your warranty is null and void. Services (including apps as well as network access from your carrier) can be denied to you because of the security risk when you're rooted. The risk is real, because so many users go into it all blind and let security lapse. Not doing that is your responsibility — take it seriously!
Finally, there are plenty of users who simply don't care about this stuff. Any Android phone, no matter how restricted root access is, can do just about everything we want or need from a pocket computer. You can change the appearance, choose from over a million apps in Google Play and have complete access to the internet and most any services that live there. You can even make phone calls. It's great if you're happy with what you have and what it can do, and aren't worried about trying to fix what isn't (in your eyes) broken.
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Getting ready to root
You'll need to do a few things to prepare your phone for rooting, depending on which method you use. Many of the ways require you install the Android SDK or unlock your bootloader. This sounds like a lot of scary work, but it's not difficult and knowing how to use these tools will help if things go wrong. The Android SDK is huge, and if you're just rooting your phone, you don't to waste bandwidth or file space on it. XDA user shimp208 built Minimal ADB and Fastboot, a Windows tool that only contains the ADB and Fastboot components needed for rooting.
Here is our comprehensive walkthrough of how to set up and install the Android SDK
Depending on which phone you have, unlocking the bootloader is slightly different. The "standard" way is by using the OEM unlock command, which is outlined here. If you're using a Motorola, HTC or LG phone (as well as other brands like Huawei or Sony) you'll likely need to get a token you enter during the process. You'll find how to do that and who to get it from at each vendors developer pages. Remember that unlocking the bootloader on your Android may affect the warranty status.
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Using commercial root apps
Using commercial rooting apps like Kingo Root or One Click Root is straightforward, and can be done with or without a computer. While these apps can't root every phone, the people who make them are doing as best they can to keep the applications current.
While we can't validate the theories that these applications could potentially contain malware or send your data off to a server in some unfriendly nation, plenty of folks around the web have expressed concerns and doubts. You shouldn't ignore them. We recommend that you factory reset your Android before you download, install or run these applications to be safe. Your phone will remain rooted afterwards, and you can factory reset once again then sign in normally. Better safe than sorry.
Using Kingo Root
You can use Kingo Root with or without a computer. You'll find the download for both methods at the Kingo Root page — just select the one you want to use.
If you're using a windows computer with Kingo Root, you'll need to have the correct USB drivers installed on the computer you're using. If you don't have these, the Kingo Root program will try to locate and install the correct ones during the process. Simply plug your phone into the computer and start the application. It's as simple as letting the software set things up, then you click the button labeled "root" in the software. As long as your phone is supported, the rest is automatic. You'll see a list of recommended root application to install after the procedure is finished, but if the program says it was successful your phone should have the superuser unlocked.
It's easier to try and use the Kingo Root app on your phone to root. After you've downloaded it (and allowed sideloading of apps) you charge your phone to at least 50% and run the app. There's only one button to press, and after you tap it the rest is automatic. If the stand-alone version isn't successful, the computer version might be.
Full instructions and tutorials for supported phones can be found at the Kingo Root support page.
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How to root my phone?
How you root your Android is going to depend on which one you have. There are over 12,000 different Android models (and that's only counting ones that can access Google Play) from hundreds of different manufacturers. Some of those are easy to root, while some of them aren't. There are even models that will probably never be able to be rooted because the people who make or sell them just don't want you to be able to do it. And that's OK! Android means choice, and every person who wants a security-focused device that won't likely ever be rooted like the BlackBerry KEYOne should be able to buy one. And people who want a device that's easy to root (with all the tools and files needed to unlock it provided by the manufacturer) can buy one. This is something to keep in mind when you're buying your next phone and you should support the manufacturer who shares your thoughts about rooting.
With over 12,000 different models, we can't cover every single method to root every single device. We can point you in the right direction and help you get there, though.
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Rooting your Samsung phone
Samsung used to offer "developer editions" of their popular models, but weak sales (they usually needed to be paid for in full with no type of subsidy or financing) they seem to have stopped production. We have only ourselves to blame — it's just not worth making something that nobody is buying.
Samsung also makes very lucrative deals with carriers, and most of the time those carriers want to prevent you from rooting your phone. Recent models from AT&T or Verizon are notoriously difficult to exploit, and all the U.S. versions of the Galaxy S7 are locked up and encrypted. There might not ever be a way to root them. This isn't true for unlocked models sold outside of North America though.
Knox can pose special problems when trying to root.
To root most Samsung phones you'll need to use a program called Odin. It's a low-level firmware flashing tool that can push image files to the storage and overwrite existing images. You'll also need the correct USB drivers for Windows computers. If you're using a Mac computer or running Linux, the software that flashes images is called Heimdall. They both work essentially the same, and carry the same risks — if you try and flash the wrong image or a bad image, your phone isn't going to be able to start. While this is often recoverable, know that there is always a chance you can ruin your phone or tablet, and your warranty is voided as soon as you begin.
Also, many Samsung phones ship with Knox security enabled. Knox is part of Samsung's special "Samsung Approved For Enterprise" feature where personal and work environments can be separated in a way that allows both to coexist on the same device. Knox can pose special problems when trying to root a phone that uses it, and it has a software counter that can show when device firmware has been tampered with. This means it's very easy for Samsung to void your warranty if you start fiddling with things.
For more information about rooting Samsung phones, check the forums for your specific model
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Rooting your LG phone
LG phones have several different methods to install the files needed for rooting. Some are completely bootloader unlockable and it's trivial to push the files through a custom recovery, while some are locked up tighter and require some special tricks. As we see with Samsung phones, carriers have a lot of influence here, so many AT&T and LG models take longer to find a method to root.
The LG G6 is simple to root, and you can do it without a computer with both commercially available rooting apps as well as apps from Android enthusiasts like yourself. There are security questions anytime you use software built by someone else that could potentially have full access to all the data on your phone or your computer, and you'll need to read everything you can and decide if you want to go this route. Apps like OneClickRoot or AndroidRootPro are a few examples. There are plenty of satisfied users as well as users who question the methods. Listen to both sides and decide what you think here. An alternative is unlocking your bootloader and installing an open-source custom recovery that you can use to flash the needed files or even pre-rooted firmware. This requires a little bit of computer knowledge, but it's not that difficult.
For more information about rooting LG phones, check the forums for your specific model
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Rooting your HTC phone
Much like LG phones, many HTC models can be bootloader unlocked through the HTC Developer program. You'll find complete instructions for doing it here, as well as warranty information you need to know if you give it a try.
The HTC U11 is easy to root, and using the HTC Developer tools to unlock the bootloader allow for sending images to the phone to enable rooting and even more. There are also commercial services like Sunshine that can root your phone through an app or provide mail-in services where they do it for you. Again, it's up to you to decide if you feel comfortable with these services or if you would rather use the Android SDK and do things the manual way. Both methods are known to get you rooted and ready to do the things you wanted root to do.
For more information about rooting HTC phones, check the forums for your specific model
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Rooting your Lenovo (Motorola) phone
Motorola also offers a pretty liberal bootloader unlocking policy, which you'll find at their developer site. Using the standard Android SDK tools, you can unlock your bootloader so that a custom recovery image can be flash. This allows you to flash any other system image to your phone.
If your Motorola phone isn't covered under their bootloader unlocking policy (see the list here) — this means Verizon, of course — you might have to resort to exploits or commercial software like MOFOROOT or OneClickRoot. Once again, we have to remind you about using tools created by someone else that may have admin access on your phone or your computer, but the option is available.
We're waiting to see if the coming generation from Motorola is as developer friendly as they have been in the past, and we'll update accordingly.
For more information about rooting Lenovo (Motorola) phones, check the forums for your specific model
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Rooting your Pixel or Nexus phone
To root your Pixel or Nexus phone, you should start with learning how to install and configure the Android SDK. There are plenty of one-click scripts or toolboxes that will unlock your bootloader and get you ready to flash (or even flash it for you) a custom recovery, but there's a great reason to learn how to do it yourself — you are able to fix most anything if it goes wrong by using the Pixel and Nexus Factory Images.
Google not only supports unlocking your bootloader, they also give you full and complete instructions on how to do it, how to flash third-party images and how to go back. Unlocking the bootloader doesn't break any warranties as Google realizes that there are many valid reasons to flash experimental on the developer/reference device for Android. Take advantage of this, and use the tools Google provides!
Once a third-party recovery image is flashed, you're easily able to push anything you need for root or any other image to your Pixel or Nexus. Because it's the reference phone and easy to alter, you'll find plenty of tools and resources for things you can do after you've rooted. We highly recommend a Pixel phone to anyone who wants to tinker with the Android software platform.
For more information about rooting Pixel and Nexus phones, check the forums for your specific model
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Other phones
As mentioned previously, there are over 12,000 current Android models from hundreds of manufacturers. There's no way to include each and every one on a single page.
Some of these phones come with a method (either approved by the manufacturer or found by a third-party) to unlock the bootloader and use the custom recovery method to root them. Many of these other phones can be rooted with applications like Kingo Root, with or without access to a computer. Phones from names you know, like Sony or Huawei, are supported as well as phones from companies you might not have heard of like Vivo or Phicomm. You'll find a partial list of supported phones here.
Commercial root apps work, but check out the pros and cons before you use them.
Apps like Kingo Root and One Click Root work because they take advantage of an exploit (a bug or glitch) in the software. This means that many security applications will identify them as a virus, and that software updates can (and do) break compatibility with them. Not every phone can be rooted through an app that leverages an exploit, but many can. It's certainly worth a look to see if your particular phone is supported. These services are profitable, and profitability means time and money is spent to keep them current and working on as many models as possible.
Here's where we will discuss the ethics of companies like Kingo Root. It's good to question the methods and motives behind any company that wants access to potentially sensitive information, and a healthy dose of skepticism is a good thing. A lot of folks feel that these kinds of apps are unsafe or follow unsafe practices, and they may be correct. On the other hand, plenty of people have used the apps and services and are completely happy with the results. We can't speak on it either way, as we're not involved in the creation or testing of any of these apps. Our job is to inform you that they exist, and let you know that there is always a bit of inevitable controversy surrounding them.
For more information about rooting other phones, check the forums for your specific model
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Where to go from here?
Now that you're armed with a bit of information about what root is, why you might want to do it and where to go to find the methods, you're able to do some legwork.
The most important part of the entire process is to read. Find every bit of information about rooting your particular phone or tablet, read up on the intricacies of the Android SDK and flashing a custom recovery for your phone, and find out how to go back before you connect any cables or install any software. Even the easiest phones to root require some general computer knowledge — your Android is a computer — so you should make sure you're able to understand things like working with zip files or using a file manager. Remember — it's always OK to have questions and ask for help.
A good place to start is in forums. Our forums are filled with people who hack and crack at Androids for fun, and other resources like XDA Developers forums can be a goldmine of information. Never overlook information that's readily available when it comes to hacking at your expensive phone. Rooting offers a long list of possibilities for responsible and safe users, so make sure you're informed and careful and have fun!


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"Occupy" protesters wear their movement's leaderless decentralization on their collective sleeve. The attitude fits with a group that claims "democracy" as its chief political end. But it also makes ascertaining their conctete political objectives far more difficult, since, in theory, there can be no established political platform.
Polling conducted at some of the Occupy tent cities offers a glimpse into the views of the protesters. But market research firm Frontier Lab decided to look a bit deeper into what drives the protesters.
Scribe sat down for an interview with Frontier Lab's Anne Sorock to discuss the group's findings, detailed in its report, "Short-Selling America." The Frontier Lab report presents the most in-depth study of protesters' motivations conducted to date.
Listen to the interview with Anne Sorock on this week's Scribecast
Protesters generally fit into two groups, Sorock explained: communitarians and professionals. The former are driven by a sense of community. "While 'social justice' is the attribute of their presence at Occupy," the report claims, "it was not the ends, but rather a means to an inflated sense of self and purpose in their own lives." Most described feeling out of place in their daily lives, and finally finding a sense of community and purpose at the Occupy protests.
Professionals seek different outcomes — prestige and attention, according to the report — but with similarly self-centered motivations. "They feel validated by the fame and attention that comes with the large numbers of sustained attendees at the protests," the report explains.
For both groups, then, protesting is an end in itself. Political change has not driven them to Zucotti Park or McPherson Square, according to Frontier, but rather more self-serving ends (whether or not they recognize it).
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Best campaigns
1. Ted Cruz, Republican, U.S. Senate, Texas
The former Texas solicitor general came out of nowhere to defeat a wealthy, well-known Republican rival, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, in the GOP Senate runoff. Among the factors behind Cruz's win: effective use of social media, an ability to build a grassroots organization, a clear message of liberty and fiscal responsibility, and some help from Tea Party loyalists. All in all, Cruz received more bang for his political bucks than any other candidate in the nation this year.
2. Mazie Hirono, Democrat, U.S. Senate, Hawaii
Ten years ago, Republican Linda Lingle narrowly defeated Hawaii Lt. Gov. Mazie Hirono in a battle to become the first female governor in Hawaii's history. Their rematch took a decade, but this time Hirono is leading Lingle by double digits. Hirono, now a congresswoman, raised a lot of money all over the country (she was the top out-of-state recipient of Texas Democratic contributions) and spent it wisely. It doesn't hurt that native son Barack Obama is leading Mitt Romney by more than 30 percentage points here.
3. Sen. Orrin Hatch, Republican, U.S. Senate, Utah
Utah's senior senator watched in horror two years ago when his conservative partner in Washington, Utah Sen. Bob Bennett, was beaten by two Tea Party challengers in his bid for renomination. Hatch made sure it didn't happen again. He underscored his conservative positions, worked tirelessly to communicate with conservative Republicans, and spent a boatload of money. The result: a landslide renomination victory and a general election landslide.
4. Denny Rehberg, Republican, U.S. Senate, Montana
Republicans figured that they could reclaim the Montana Senate seat they lost six years ago if they just didn't make any mistakes. Rep. Denny Rehberg, the GOP nominee, hasn't. His disciplined campaign, aided by conservative Super PAC spending, has made an effective argument for change.
5. Sen. Jon Tester, Democrat, U.S. Senate, Montana
The incumbent Democrat would be running well behind if he weren't running such a good campaign. Montana is a solid Romney state, but freshman Tester remains well-liked. And nobody will outwork him.
6. Linda McMahon, Republican, U.S. Senate, Connecticut
McMahon's 2010 Senate candidacy fell far short against a well-known Connecticut political veteran, Attorney General Richard Blumenthal. This year, McMahon's millions made her the better-known nominee against Democratic congressman Patrick Murphy. McMahon's message is clearer and her campaign has been sharp and disciplined. But Connecticut is a Democratic state, so she's still the underdog.
7. Mia Love, Republican, U.S. House, Utah
Mia Love is poised to make history. If she maintains her lead over incumbent Democrat Jim Matheson, she would become the first Utah woman and the first African American Mormon elected to Congress. Charismatic and consistently conservative, the small-town mayor emerged as a national star during the Republican National Convention, where she delivered a powerful speech to cheering delegates. It doesn't hurt that Romney could carry Utah by more than 40 percentage points.
8. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, Democrat, U.S. Senate, New York
Hillary Clinton's replacement in the Senate never stopped running after her 2010 special election win. She had money and organization — and now name-recognition and a record. She ran such a good campaign that she's been able to spend time working for other Democratic women seeking Senate seats.
9. Sen. Sherrod Brown, Democrat, U.S. Senate, Ohio
Outside groups have spent more money to defeat Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown than any other congressional incumbent. For good reason: The populist lawmaker has been an articulate critic of Big Business, Wall Street and corporate outlaws. But Brown has effectively turned the tables on his expensive enemies, portraying himself as the fighter for average Ohioans against entrenched interests.
10. Heidi Heitkamp, Democrat, U.S. Senate, North Dakota
This race wasn't supposed to be close. Republicans were expected to easily win the seat being surrendered by retiring Democratic Sen. Byron Dorgan. But North Dakota's former attorney general — who is as comfortable as a cowgirl as a courtroom lawyer — has stressed her independence from Obama, who is very unpopular in this Republican-leaning state. Republican Rick Berg has opened up a lead in recent weeks, but it's taken an exceptional campaign to make it this competitive.
Worst campaigns
1. Rick Perry, Republican, President
The Texas governor entered the race atop the presidential polls. He was a well-funded, hard-charging conservative who — it was thought — could unite the GOP's social conservative and establishment wings. Three months later, his campaign had collapsed amid bad debate performances and staff in-fighting. Some longtime pundits declared it was the worst major presidential campaign they'd ever seen.
2. Michele Bachmann, Republican, President
The Minnesota congresswoman was a presidential frontrunner … for about a week. But her campaign went downhill quickly after she claimed that a woman told her that an anti-cancer vaccine had caused brain damage. She soon became the butt of late-night comics' jokes following a string of factual errors including the time she confused movie he-man John Wayne with mass murderer John Wayne Gacy. By the time Herman Cain got his 15 minutes of fame, Bachmann was toast.
3. Mark Clayton, Democrat, U.S. Senate, Tennessee
The Washington Post said of the conspiracy theorist who ended up the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Tennessee, "This may be America's worst candidate." He proudly is running as a loner — "Jesus did not have a campaign staff," Mark Clayton has said — and he's even been disavowed by his own party. It's good that he has flooring installation skills. He sure won't end up in the Senate.
4. Richard Mourdock, Republican, U.S. Senate, Indiana
A few months ago, this perennial candidate was the toast of the Tea Party, having knocked off veteran Indiana Sen. Richard Lugar in the Republican primary. But a funny thing happened on the way to the Senate. The more Mourdock talked, the closer his race against Democrat Joe Donnelly became. After he said in a debate that pregnancies resulting from rape are "something God intended to happen," he cratered in the polls. A likely victory has become an unmitigated disaster.
5. Todd Akin, Republican, U.S. Senate, Missouri
At the beginning of the year, Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill was billed as the most endangered Democratic incumbent in the nation. That was before far-right congressman Todd Akin won the Republican nomination over two mainstream conservatives and uttered his now-infamous "legitimate rape" comment. Mitt Romney asked him to withdraw from the race, and top congressional Republicans distanced themselves from their Missouri nominee. But polls show Akin still has a fighting chance to topple McCaskill.
6. Rep. Joe Walsh, Republican, U.S. House, Illinois
This Tea Party freshman from suburban Chicago is a human gaffe machine, some with racial overtones. He said Democrats "want Hispanics to be dependent upon government, just like they got African-Americans dependent upon government." He says his opponent, Tammy Duckworth, an Iraq war veteran and double amputee, uses her military service as "a political ploy." He suggested that pregnancies caused by rape could not jeopardize the life of the woman. And that's just the beginning. Only a massive cash infusion by conservative Super PACs might be able to rescue the miscue-prone incumbent.
7. Sen. Bob Casey, Democrat, U.S. Senate, Pennsylvania
After Republicans nominated a political unknown named Smith, the Pundit Elite declared the Pennsylvania Senate election over. But Mr. Smith might end up coming to Washington. Tom Smith, a rich Republican businessman from coal country, has spent millions of his personal fortune on TV ads. Caught by surprise, freshman Sen. Bob Casey had to scramble. Even if he manages to rebound, it won't be anything like his 20-point trouncing of Republican incumbent Rick Santorum six years ago.
8. Wendy Long, Republican, U.S. Senate, New York
Can you name the Republican Party's nominee for the U.S. Senate in New York? If you can't, you're in the majority. The election is upon us and Wendy Long, the conservative activist who is challenging Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, remains largely unknown, severely underfunded and completely out of the news. Where have you gone Al D'Amato?
9. Rep. Pete Stark, Democrat, U.S. House, California
California congressman Pete Stark seems to be doing everything humanly possible to lose the seat he has held for 39 years. The 81-year-old ultraliberal represents a solidly Democratic district, but his opponent in California's new multiparty primary system is a fellow Democrat, Eric Swalwell, a local city council member who has been alive for fewer years (31) than Stark has served in Washington. Stark had not responded well to the pressure. As our San Francisco Chronicle colleague Carla Marinucci wrote recently:
In the latest episode raising questions about the erratic behavior of California's longest standing Congressman, a former California State Assembly Majority leader said Tuesday that East Bay Democratic Rep. Pete Stark erupted in an angry tirade — questioning his sanity, threatening his livelihood and even vowing to call social workers to check on his kids — after he informed Stark he would endorse his opponent in the November general election.
Voters in the district have a stark choice on Tuesday.
10. Pete Hoekstra, Republican, U.S. Senate, Michigan
Former congressman Pete Hoekstra, who lost the 2010 Republican primary for governor, got off to a bad start in his 2012 Senate race when he purchased a TV ad on Super Bowl Sunday that was roundly condemned for its racist content. In the commercial, an Asian-American actress biked alongside rice paddies and then, in broken English, thanked Michigan's Democratic senator, Debbie Stabenow, whom she called "Debbie Spend It Now," for borrowing money from "us" (China) to finance the U.S. national debt. After a national backlash, actress Lisa Chan apologized. Hoekstra did not. He dropped in the polls and, despite a late-in-the-race tightening, fell out of contention.
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The Tigers advanced to the Div. 2 South final with Wednesday night's walk-fueled 11-7 victory.
ROCKLAND -- The Oliver Ames baseball team has earned a spot in the all-Hockomock League Division 2 South championship game.
The sixth-seeded Tigers punched their ticket with an 11-7 victory over seventh-seeded Duxbury High on Wednesday night at Veterans Memorial Stadium in a not-so-pretty semifinal-round game that included 18 walks.
No. 6 Oliver Ames (16-7) will face top-seeded North Attleboro (20-2) likely on Saturday at a time and site to be determined as the Tigers seek their first South title since winning the state championship in 2007.
A four-run first inning when Oliver Ames had only two hits but four walks set the tone, and the Tigers never trailed the seventh-seeded Green Dragons (14-9). Every time Duxbury tried to make a move on Oliver Ames, the Tigers answered with more runs.
"That's something we said at the beginning of the year,'' said coach Joe Abarr. "When we're scored on, our goal is to answer back immediately. If you're the team playing catch-up and every time you get on the board they're right back at you, that's a very, very uphill battle for you to play. I think that was something that was very positive about our hitters.''
The Tigers sent 10 batters to the plate in the first inning and 10 more in the third when they scored four runs each.
Matt Muir (three hits) opened the bottom of the first inning with a single to right, and Michael Friel and Chris Pearons drew walks before Mitchell Goulet was hit by a pitch to open the scoring. Jake Erlich delivered a two-run single and C.J. Deveau walked with the bases loaded for the quick 4-0 lead.
"That was huge,'' said Abarr of the start.
Duxbury got within 4-2 in the third with Sam Reagan scoring on a balk and Luke Eggers coming home on a Charlie Coon single, but Oliver Ames answered in the third to open an 8-2 edge, using eight walks and just four hits through three innings.
Nick Zwerle brought the first run in with a single to left, and a grounder scored Erlich before Muir delivered a two-out, two-run triple to right center.
The Green Dragons got within 8-4 in the fifth on an RBI single by Pat Melampy and a sacrifice fly by Frank Tower, but again, Oliver Ames came right back with three more runs in the bottom of the inning.
Jacob Levine got things started with a triple to left-center field and scored on a single by Pearsons, who in turn scored when Deveau beat out an infield hit. A wild pitch brought in Goulet for an 11-4 bulge.
But Duxbury scored three times with two outs in the sixth inning, with Tower getting an RBI single and a wild pitch and hit batsmen scoring the other two. However, the Green Dragons left two runners in scoring position.
Michael Mulrean was the winning pitcher, allowing six hits in 5 2/3 innings with seven walks. Each team walked nine batters as pitchers struggled with the mound.
"I've got to hand it to him,'' said Abarr of Mulrean. "He did a good job hanging in there and he gave us a chance to win. That's all we could ask for. I think both sides really had to deal with that adversity. You could see their guy slipping and sliding.''
Oliver Ames opened its season on April 9 with a 5-2 loss to North Attleboro, which advanced to the South final Wednesday afternoon with a 20-2 rout of Dartmouth.
"We haven't seen them in two-and-a-half months,'' said Abarr. "We weren't on time with our hitters (in the first meeting). I'm hoping with two-and-a-half months under our belt we'll give them a better run. They were just a step ahead that day.''
Oliver Ames lost in the semifinal round a year ago, falling 10-6 to Westwood as the No. 10 seed. One year later, the Tigers are a win away from a South title.
"I try not to set logistical goals about where we want to end up,'' said Abarr. "I try to work on specific things throughout the season. These guys from top to bottom have done a tremendous job working on those things and we just let everything else happen.''


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heart transplant is a procedure in which a surgeon removes a diseased heart and
replaces it with a donor heart. During a heart transplant, a mechanical pump
circulates blood through the body while the surgeon removes the diseased heart
and replaces it with a healthy heart from a recently deceased donor.
The surgeon connects the donor heart to the major blood vessels and hooks
the heart up to wires that temporarily control the heartbeat. The procedure
takes several hours.
To prevent the body from rejecting the donor
heart, your surgeon will give you powerful drugs (immunosuppressants)
immediately after surgery, and you must continue to take them.
After a heart transplant, the recovery
process is similar to the process after other heart surgeries.
You will spend about 1
to 2 weeks in the hospital after surgery. You may have to stay longer depending
on your health and if you have complications from surgery. While in the
hospital, you will start a cardiac rehabilitation program. And your doctors will check on your
heart to make sure your body isn't rejecting it.
A cardiac rehab program can help you recover from your surgery and be active again.
Your transplanted heart will respond to activity a little differently. Your heart rate will not increase like it used to. And you will have a higher resting heart rate. This is because some of the nerves that control your heart were cut during your surgery.
A heart transplant is an option when
the heart no longer works well enough and a person is at risk of dying. A heart
transplant may be considered when a person has severe heart disease and is
likely to benefit most from a donor heart. A person might be a candidate for a
transplant when any of these conditions are true:
At some centers, transplant candidates must demonstrate
that they have quit smoking and/or overusing alcohol for a period of time (such
as 4 to 6 months) before they are considered for placement on a transplant
waiting list.
In carefully selected people, a
heart transplant can be very successful. About 87 out of 100 people who have a heart transplant survive for at least one year. About 50 out of 100 survive 10 years.1
Most people can have a good quality of life after their transplant. They can be active, have a social life, and return to work.2
Risks from heart transplant include:
After a heart transplant, you must
follow a strict lifestyle involving daily medicines and regular medical care,
which includes regular sampling (biopsies) of the transplanted heart tissue to
check for rejection.
receive a donor heart according to the:
There are limited donor hearts available.
Complete the surgery information form (PDF)(What is a PDF document?) to help you prepare for this surgery.
CitationsAcker MA, Jessup M (2012). Surgical management of heart failure. In RO Bonow et al., eds., Braunwald's Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine, 9th ed., vol. 1, pp. 601–616. Philadelphia: Saunders.Patel JK, Kobashigawa JA (2011). Heart transplantation. Circulation, 124(4): e132–e134.
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The solas aftermarket prop was much better priced than original equipment props.A standard 12 pitch was installed on my new motor purchase,but the rpm wasn't high enough on my pontoon,so I purchased the solas 9 pitch prop. The thickness is a little less than my oem prop,but it performs just fine both rpm and speed was gained.
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I purchased this prop in order to reduce "WOT" rpm w/o loosing power on the holeshot and maintaining proper rpm at crusing speed. It fit the bill perfectly, thx for the WIDE selection of props to choose from.
Propeller reviewed on Jun 25th, 2020
I needed a prop emailed customer service told them year and make of my boat and asked which ones would fit I chose one they said would fit when I received it it didnât I emailed them over 10 times finally they started refund process but told me I had to send it back and they refused to reimburse the cost which was almost half the cost of prop very disappointed and will never use I boats again because of this!!
Propeller reviewed on Jun 24th, 2020
Works great. I didn't realize how bad my old prop was. Gets up on plane almost immediately.
Propeller reviewed on Jun 24th, 2020
Fix perfectly. Description needs to show it comes with locking washer.
Propeller reviewed on Jun 22nd, 2020
After going back an forth with the guy he finally says I think this will work for you...I gave all the boat info that was needed an still wrong item..
Propeller reviewed on Jun 21st, 2020
Looks great. Slid in and bolted up just like it should. Didn't slip like the original! I'm extremely happy with it AND the price.
Propeller reviewed on Jun 21st, 2020
Constructed well, ease of intallation wrked without incident. Great for the horse
Propeller reviewed on Jun 20th, 2020
I ordered this prop for my 25 hp Johnson it didnât fit
Propeller reviewed on Jun 17th, 2020
Perfect fit, The boats not in the water yet, but I'm sure it will be fine. Great service from iboats.
Propeller reviewed on Jun 16th, 2020
I received my prop for the old boat and I caint explain the difference in performance it came on plane faster ran at a higher top speed. The 4 blade prop upgrade is the best money ever spent. anyone would be happy with this upgrade. Just do it. you will be happy
Propeller reviewed on Jun 11th, 2020
I have not tried the prop on my boat yet but I do like Solas props


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As the 1-year anniversary of the signing of the Tobacco Control Act approaches, new rules that let the Government regulate tobacco products are going into effect.
Starting on June 22, cigarette packs may no longer use labels that say "light," "low" and "mild." This is because research shows that "light" cigarettes are no safer than regular ones.
Also, tobacco companies will no longer be allowed to sponsor cultural and sporting events, distribute logo clothing, give away free samples or sell cigarettes in packages of less than 20—what's known as "kiddy packs."
Another new law will prohibit the sale of tobacco products to anyone under 18, and vending machine sales of tobacco products will be banned except in adults-only places. We did an earlier blog about the ban on candy and fruit-flavored tobacco products, but these new laws will go even further.
This is great news for the public health and for teens, since tobacco products still account for 20 percent of all deaths in the United States each year, and tobacco companies keep trying to recruit new smokers. Every day 1,000 children become addicted to tobacco, and almost 4,000 try their first cigarette, according to John R. Seffrin, CEO of the American Cancer Society, who says the tobacco industry spends $34 million every day to try and hook new young smokers.
So, show the tobacco companies you can think for yourself. Smoking is very addictive, so the best advice is (yeah, you've heard it before): Don't start!
so finally the Government has decided to act big against the tobacco companies. The usage of the term "light" has long been a controversial one. Now that it is scientifically proved that light cigarette are also equally harmful. let up hope and pray that this move reduces the number of smokers in the country.
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I hope to see a ban in my lifetime. I am tired of watching good people die of lung cancer.
smoking is very dangerous. government only say it it bad for our health. i think they sould say "it will kill you soon or later" [commercial link removed, per guidelines]
The government can't afford to ban cigarettes and forfeit billions in tax revenue. In a glaring conflict of interest, the more we smoke, the more money the government makes.
Besides, what happened to personal responsibility for our decisions? By now, everyone knows the health risks of tobacco, just like everyone knows the risks of sun exposure but makes their own choice. Will the government then be expected to inspect beaches and mandate sunscreen?
I don't know how much the government should spend (or forfeit) trying to save me from myself. Then again, it worked so well during Prohibition....
This country has to decide whether we want the tax money, or whether we want to protect the public's health and curtail smoking, because we can't have it both ways.
I think tobacco education is where our answer can be found. We are free to make choices both good or bad, so lets inform each other about the tobacco facts. The more people know about how harmful smoking is the better decisions they will make concerning nicotine. I am not sure if new government rules will help but it cant hurt. I hope my health class will look at all the facts before making a decision. Kudos to self respect and independence not to mention positive peer pressure!


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One of the criteria for a successful halloween costume is being a thing that people LOVE here. If you are on stage, showing off to a crowd, the audience is applauding as much for what you represent as they are cheering for your rendering of the costume.
Previous costumes have included a box of See's Candy, a Dwight Shrute Bobblehead, the Money you Could be Saving with Geico and a Fandango Paper Bag Hand Puppet.
This year I couldn't resist creating a wearable version of something that almost everybody loves: Disneyland.
My plan was to wear a map on my shoulders, not parallel to the ground, and not perpendicular to the ground either. I'd wear it at a steep angle, so that kids would have a better view of everything.
The first questions were 1) How big should it be, and 2) where will my head go?
The default size for my halloween costume is "as big as possible", which is determined by two factors: the size of the SUV I use for transport and 2) the size of the doors I have to get through to get on stage. Any venue with doorways narrower than 31" are out of the question, owing to the size of my ego.
I settled on 6'5" as the maximum depth of the main platform. That would allow me to manouver it through regular doorways with relative ease.
After considering using the Matterhorn as the central focus of the costume (where my head would go), I accepted that Sleeping Beauty's castle would have to be the center of the costume, and that it would make the most sense as the place where my face and head would occupy the map.
Actual satellite maps of Disneyland are somewhat disappointing. There are wide avenues and trees, and plenty of regular buildings and warehouses. I wanted an augmented reality, highlighting the good stuff.
But I started with that satellite map, just to get my bearings on the lay of the Disneyland.
The map above was sectioned off into a grid.
I used Adobe Fireworks to print out a giant version of the map across 70 sheets of paper. I glued these down in place on a large (6½' x 4') sheet of styrofoam. The sheet wasn't wide enough, so I added two wings to the side to make it about seven and a half feet wide.
Next I had to figure out which attractions I would actually create, and how large they could be.
What I wanted was a three dimensional map with the important attractions and landmarks built scaled up and almost bumping into one another. I started experimenting with construction paper shapes, almost all of them were oversized.
With everything jammed in together, It looked awesome! I couldn't wait to start building tiny versions of Thunder Mountain Railroad or the Jungle Cruise.
With the construction paper plan in place, I popped a hole into the styrofoam, just in front of where Sleeping Beauty's castle should be. I would wear her castle as a hat.Now all I needed were some Jungle Cruise trees and a waterway, an entryway for the Pirates of the Carribean, a Haunted Mansion, a Splash Mountain rollercoaster, Rivers of America, Thunder Mountain railroad rollercoaster, some main street buildings, the Walt Disney statue, Sleeping Beauty's castle and moat, the Toon Town sign, Gadget's Go Coaster, some railroad tracks, the pavillion tent, a submarine lake, the Autopia roadways, the Matterhorn rollercoaster, a Star Tours sign, Space Mountain, the tea cups, King Arthur's Carousel, the Dumbo ride, the Small World facade and the Indiana Jones Temple.


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Ad to Pay Trustee Candidates to Unseat Current Trustees Runs Afoul of Montana Campaign Laws
An ad placed by Realtor John Suprock offering money to anyone who could replace school trustees Toni Rehbein, Scott Bixler, Joe Toth or Drake Lemm may have run foul of Montana State law.
"Mr. Suprock had put an ad in the Missoulian, and had basically said that he would give a $10,000 contribution to any school trustee candidate that would unseat one of three trustees currently on the school board," said Office of Political Practices spokeswoman Mary Baker. "We asked Mr. Bixler to send us a copy of the ad so we could see it. Then we called Mr. Suprock and let him know that a $10,000 contribution exceeded the allowed limits of $300."
Baker says she received an official complaint on March 27. The complaint paper work appeared to be in proper order.
The Political Practices Office has five days to determine weather the complaint has merit and, if so, then a notice will be sent to Mr. Suprock. Once notified, Suprock will have 20 to 30 days to respond to the complaint.


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Holiday travel is unpredictable. Even if you give yourself plenty of time to make it to Grandma's house by turkey time, there's not much you can do if your flight is delayed or if traffic is majorly gummed up. Not only will delays make you late, but they could also deplete precious resources—the battery life of your phone and tablet. Luckily, there are a few things you can do to extend battery life and save power.
Invest in a battery case
A battery case for your phone adds extra battery life while also keeping it safe from the occasional drop and bump. Most of these cases sport connector plugs that pair up with the phone's charge port, which is how they deliver the juice. The only downside is that you can't use any dock-cradle accessories without removing your phone from the case.
One of our favorite battery charging cases is the Mophie Juice Pack Plus for the iPhone 4/4S ($100) and the Samsung Galaxy S III ($100). It almost doubles your phone's battery life, doesn't add too much extra weight, and you can still sync your phone using the included USB-to-Micro-USB cable. Plus, it has an on/off switch, which lets you control when the case sends juice to your phone. A solid choice for the iPhone 5 is Unu's Ecopack ($80), which comes in multiple colors.
There are also external battery cases for the iPad and other tablets. You'll particularly appreciate the power boost if you plan on watching videos while on an airplane or sitting shotgun in the car. The Padacs Enduro ($60) is a folio-style polyurethane case with a built in lithium-ion battery pack. This slim battery provides 8000mAh to boost the iPad's battery life when it gets low—just plug the included adaptor cable into your iPad's dock-connector port and hit the On button when you need more juice. The Enduro is available in different models for the iPad mini ($60), fourth-generation iPad ($60), and for the third-generation iPad and iPad 2 ($60).
Opt for emergency backup
If you can't find a battery case that's made for your phone, try an external battery pack. Incipio's OffGrid Universal Backup Battery ($70) is compatible with any micro-USB powered device and also has a connector cable for Apple 30-pin dock connector devices. This small battery fits in the palm of your hand; just charge it up at home with a standard wall charger and carry it with you for emergency backup.
For off-road options, check out the Joos Orange battery pack ($159), which is solar powered, or the Tekkeon TekCharge ($25) which charges your device with regular AA batteries. Both of these battery packs include multiple adapters and can charge a wide variety of mobile devices.
A car charger is also a must for road trips. The Scosche Revolt C2 Dual USB car charger ($30) is super powerful and has two USB ports to charge two devices at once. Each port supplies 10 watts of power, which is enough to charge two tablets at their normal charging rate.
Tweak your gadgets' settings
Saving your battery's charge can be as simple as tweaking some settings on your phone or tablet. While the step-by-step process for these will vary by device, there should be workarounds for every model starting with the general settings section.
Dim the screen: Most phones include an auto-brightness feature that automatically adjusts the screen's brightness to suit ambient lighting levels and system activity. This mode uses less power than constantly running your screen at full brightness would, but you'll get even better results by turning your screen's brightness down to the lowest setting that you can tolerate and leaving it there.
Adjust your screen timeout: When your device has been idle for a certain amount of time, the screen shuts off and goes back to black, thus reserving precious battery life for when you actually need to use it. Some devices have buttons that will turn off the screen; others have settings that let you adjust when the screen will lock or time out. Set your screen to timeout quickly, at about one minute if possible.
Turn off Wi-Fi: If you're not using Wi-Fi, turn it off. Same goes for Bluetooth.
Turn off, or limit, notifications: If you're an iOS user, you'll have to do this manually for each app. Go to Settings > Notifications, then tap each app that you'd like to adjust and toggle Notification Center switch to Off. If you're an Android user, disable syncing on services you don't use. Go into Settings, head down into the Accountssection and turn off syncing for the services you don't use.
Minimize unneeded apps and options: Speaking of apps, kill extraneous apps that aren't in use. Because our smartphones are excellent multitaskers, they tend to keep apps running in the background until they are forced closed. Apps are heavy energy consumers. In iOS, double-tap the Home button until the multitasking tray appears, hold an icon until an X appears, and tap the X to close the app. Windows Phone 8 users have a nifty feature called Battery Saver, which limits the apps in use. You'll still receive texts and calls, but apps run only when you open them and email must be synced manually.
Turn on Airplane Mode: This disables all of the wireless features of your device, including cellular data, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, and other location services.
Turn off location services: This will save a lot of power, not to mention some money if you're traveling internationally.
Turn off vibrate: Vibrating uses much more power than playing a ringtone does. If you're in a place where you don't want to disturb others with loud noises (like an airplane), consider turning off all notification indicators and leaving your device where you can see it.
One more thing: Don't let your device get too hot or too cold. Apple recommends keeping your device between 32 and 95 degrees Fahrenheit, which is the general safe-zone for other devices as well. So if you're traveling anywhere with extreme temperature conditions, consider leaving your phone somewhere that's insulated from the ambient temperature.
This story, "Maximize gadget battery life when you travel" was originally published by TechHive.


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Mass Notification Systems (MNS) in Disaster PlanningMonday, April 2nd, 2012
Emergency managers are experiencing a "sense of urgency" about the importance of including mass notification systems in professional disaster plans.
A mass notification system is a means of delivering a message to a large set of recipients. The complexity of the system is often dependent on the type of message that must be sent. For example, a mass email might be sufficient to alert employees about a drill, whereas notifying individuals when a building is on fire would require real-time interaction, escalation, scheduling, rosters and fail-over scenarios. One such mass notification system is the Emergency Alert System (EAS).
Homeland Security describes the system like this: "The EAS is a national public warning system that requires broadcasters, cable television systems, wireless cable systems, satellite digital audio radio service (SDARS) providers, and direct broadcast satellite (DBS) providers to provide the communications capability to the President to address the American public during a national emergency. The system also may be used by state and local authorities to deliver important emergency information, such as AMBER alerts and weather information targeted to specific areas."
At a recent international security system conference, emergency manager, Mike Madden, explained the sense of urgency about creating mass notification systems of all kinds: "I think we are beginning to see a trend towards MNS spreading to larger corporate campuses and large manufacturing facilities because of the very nature of these large complexes and violence in the workplace. People are looking at more options to protect their employees."
Incidents like the bombing of the Khobar Towers in 1996 and the shootings at Virginia Tech in 2007 moved the concept and importance of mass notification to the forefront for government as well as secondary education. As a result, the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs are adopting mass notification systems for hospitals and clinics around the country. What's more, large defense contractors like Boeing are starting to explore the need for bring mass notification for military bases.
Part of the reason for interest in the systems is a basic cost benefit analysis for business owners who realize that, in an emergency, a mass notification system can get everyone to rapidly assemble at the onset of a disaster and quickly return to work stations following emergencies. And time is money.
Peter Ebersold, director of marketing for Notifier/Honeywell Fire Group said that, post September 11, most people expect mass notification to be employed. And at airports, that's probably true. However, such is not always the case. In fact, a host of public transportation stations and large commercial buildings have no such system in place.
Fortunately, the Allied Universal Training System features a fully-integrated messaging system, which allows all users to instantly communicate with tenant managers or occupants in any property, without the necessity of leaving the Allied Universal Training System. While logged in, users can easily send mass messages which are delivered to everyone located in one or multiple properties, simply by clicking "all," or targeting particular groups. So subscribers of the Allied Universal Training System don't have to invest in cost-prohibitive free-standing notification systems for their commercial properties.
When a disaster of any kind strikes, prior planning and clear decisive action can help save lives. For the latest emergency management training for facility/building managers, contact Allied Universal, Inc. Our new Version 2.5 e-based training system offers the best emergency training system with automated and integrated features. What's more, the NEW Allied Universal Property Messaging System is included FREE for all Allied Universal Online Training System users. Visit www.rjwestmore.com for more information.


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Asset Protection
Protecting assets today requires you to know about the laws that most attorneys don't think much about. Most attorneys really don't worry about protecting assets for you. They are just as happy as a clam to have you "fall into a trap," because they make the big bucks digging you out of the trap rather than protecting assets for you. It is always more expensive to get out of the mess than it is to avoid the mess. Remember the saying "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure"? It's true!
Asset protection wasn't something that Mom and Dad had to worry about 50 years ago… but protecting assets you have is critical today.
Before you get in trouble, there are tons of things you can do to prevent financial disaster when you do get in trouble. Corporations, LLCs, trusts, equity stripping, and other ownership techniques can be used to beef up your asset protection. Protecting assets after you are in trouble is another story. You can get a free DVD, which is a presentation I give that people pay literally thousands of dollars to attend, that walks you through the tools an attorney can use for protecting assets. The DVD has sold for as much as $149, but it's yours free now if you simply ask. You can protect your assets, save taxes, avoid probate, literally make more money, and live a lot better life if you learn to use the tools the DVD goes through.
Estate Planning
Lawyers make estate planning seem hard. They go to school for an extra three years to learn how to speak and write so you can't understand them. Once you know the language, estate planning isn't a mystery. In fact…
Estate planning is easy, if you know what to do.
Most people think that preparing an estate plan involves making a will and setting it in the file cabinet and forgetting about it. Some people get the idea that they are supposed to have a living trust, so they spend the big bucks at the attorney's office and get a big stack of papers, which they file and forget about. Often these trusts don't do what is intended. Estate planning is much more than that. While a will and trust enable you to pass your property at your death, a good estate plan will help you make your life more comfortable. You will protect your assets and it will give you more money to spend.
The opening lines in my book, Protecting Your Financial Future, make you the guarantee that doing your estate planning is worth every effort you make and every dime you spend – just in the peace of mind it will give you. The shift in thinking you have to make will open up a new world to you – a world the rich live in.
After you finish your estate planning, you'll live just like you always have, but something should be different. Your circle of friends may change, or at least the conversations in the circle will change. You will have become a member of an exclusive group of successful people. It doesn't matter whether you get your trust from the expensive high-rise lawyer's office or you do it yourself, if you use your estate plan correctly, you will have more success and make more money.
Business Structures
To experience success, you have to form a good estate plan and then start using your estate plan correctly.
The asset protection value of a C and an S corporation is identical, because the corporate documents are identical. The requirements for maintenance of the corporations are basically identical. The only difference in the corporations is the election filed with the IRS to have the corporation taxed under Chapter 1, subchapter S or subchapter C, of the IRS Code.
The asset protections of both corporate structures should be identical. There is a perception that C corporations give better asset protection. That is because they are the big boys, and they pay the big bucks to have the attorneys do all of the maintenance to keep the corporate formalities up to snuff. The corporate veil holds when it is challenged. The little guys ignore the corporate formalities, and they lose the corporate shield 95% of the time when it is challenged in court. In the Business Planning portion of the Accumulation and Preservation of Wealth, I hit the corporate formalities hard and teach you how to do them yourself, because unless you're one of the big boys, you can't afford to have the attorneys do it for you. You have to do it yourself.