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Recently I did a video broadcast for a company called 4Linux in Sao Paulo, Brazil. We took some live questions and I answered as many as I could, but a few were unanswered because of time constraints. After the conference, however, the President of 4Linux, Marcelo Marques, sent me a question from a young student – Lucas Schenkel Schieferdecker – and asked me to comment on it. The question was, "If Windows was Software Livre (Free Software) too, would you use it?"
First of all, I think we have to define what I think of when I say Software Livre. In this case, it is not what has become defined as open source. I used open source code for many years in non-free forms of BSD Unix and other operating systems in which the distributor of the software is not required to make the sources available. A lot of the software was very good, but eventually I needed the sources of the software to fix a problem or change it slightly, and those sources were not available to me.
In order for me to consider using Windows software, my first requirement would be that the software is truly "Free Software" (Free as in Freedom), with the source code available and under a license that does not limit the way I use the software. I believe that this freedom is embodied in the GPL. Some people will argue that the GPL is more restrictive than the BSD, but Lucas asked what would be required for me to use Windows, and my first criteria is that Windows must be "Free Software" under the GPL, and not just open source.
I do not mind paying for software. I have bought a lot of software over my lifetime – some expensive, and some inexpensive. As a result of my training (and my nature), I have bought few software services because I can usually write or modify the software I need to do my job, and operating systems such as Unix and GNU/Linux gave me the tools I needed to do so. I think that the writers of software have the right to determine what they do with it, and if they want to sell their software as a product, and assuming that the software meets my needs and I feel it is of value, then I will pay for it. However, often their restrictive licenses reduce the value of their software to less than zero, and because I believe in following licenses, I can not use their product.
The second consideration for whether I would use Microsoft Windows has to do with its value. Unfortunately, Windows has very little value because it is, for the most part, just an operating system; it comes with no compilers and no really useful programs. Many of the programs that come bundled with new computers are just a way for proprietary software developers to get you to buy extensions to their "gratis" software. By the time you buy the rest of the software to make the system really useful (for example, Microsoft Office, Adobe Photoshop, and multi-media programs), you probably have spent several hundreds or thousands of dollars per computer. Assuming that these programs too were Software Livre, I would not mind buying a copy of them, but I would like the ability to maintain or extend them myself, or even make a copy to use temporarily on another computer without triggering lots of piracy-prevention software.
GNU/Linux, on the other hand, gives me all of the programs I need to do my job, with more software appearing daily. Thus, my second requirement would be that most – if not all – software that runs on Windows (particularly the software I need) would also be Software Livre.
The third consideration is more of a personal issue: I enjoy a multitude of interfaces for end users. I don't mind learning a new interface or looking up a command-line program if it will help me do my work. Many people shun the command line, preferring the "click and point" interface of operating systems like Microsoft Windows. In order for me to use Microsoft products, I would require a rich, fully featured command-line interface that was integral to the system.
A final factor for me is related to quality. I used to work for a company that produced software, and I know the difficulty inherent in creating a quality product that meets the needs of hundreds of millions of customers. I also understand the issues around analyzing, testing, and distributing security patches, and I prefer to make the decision about what patches to apply and when to apply them by myself. This, for the most part, also requires the source code.
Would I use Microsoft Windows if it was Software Livre? Perhaps in the past, but that time is now over. I have everything I need in current Software Livre products, and Microsoft would have to do something truly spectacular to get me to switch back.
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Like the semi-mystical Saola, the Critically Endangered Javan Rhino (Rhinoceros sondaicus) is rarely seen. That does not dishearten the 16 members of Java's 4-man Rhino Protection Units (RPUs), however. Trekking hundreds of kilometers through the dense jungle of Ujung Kulon National Park (UKNP) each year, these teams are successfully protecting this unique creature from poachers – not one has been killed this century. SOS grantee, the International Rhino Foundation's (IRF) Bill Konstant details just how elusive these creatures are. …
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She has something she has never had, a President who will go along with all of their stupid ideas...... banning, stopping, confiscating, eliminating, stopping, prohibiting, etc.
IT DOESNT MATTER IF IT PASSES IT IS NOT CONSTITUTIONAL AND THEREFORE HAS NO LEGAL AUTHORITY. STOP STOP STOP STOP SAYING I HOPE WE DONT LOSE OUR RIGHTS. WE ARE NEVER GOING TO UNLESS THEY ARE STOLEN. WE HAVE A 2ND AMENDMENT FOR A REASON. Thanks I am done emphasizing this point.
WE THE PEOPLE were born with these rights. They were not given and therefore can't be taken away with legislation or executive anything
I am not advocating violence of any kind. They the government are. And they are treading on water with this. Chances are we will not have the sack to fight for our rights and organize as a country. But chances are we might and will and we will overcome. I will stand strongly in my belief that anyone on this forum that will sit here and say "I hope we dont lose our rights" are clueless about our founders and legally binding Bill of Rights and will therefore commit to giving in and becoming a subject to tyranny. I will not change my stance. Period.
Let me clear this up once and for all....
The bill of rights can be stolen, not legislated legitimately, but stolen from us. Just as you have a right to life, a murderer can steal that life from you, unless you defend it ferociously if called upon to do so, but none the less defend it. Hence the 2nd amendments true meaning to defend our liberties from the armed thieves of government thuggery.
You can believe you were born with whatever you'd like, but unfortunately it just ain't that way. Governments do take away these things; they have taken them from others, and thinking that it can't happen because you were "born with those rights" is naive. You have those rights because you were born in this country (presumably) and it would not be wise to assume that because you've enjoyed these freedoms so far, that they cannot be taken away from you. They can and they are currently making a play for them right now.
Let me clear this up once and for all....
The bill of rights can be stolen, not legislated legitimately, but stolen from us. Just as you have a right to life, a murderer can steal that life from you illegitimately, unless you defend it ferociously if called upon to do so, but none the less defend it. Hence the 2nd amendments true meaning to defend our liberties from the armed thieves of government thuggery.
Are we going to lose our right to keep and bear arms through the congress, probably yes, but that doesnt mean we have to let them keep them. Once again I emphasize the true meaning of the second amendment and if you (the general public) want to argue against me on this one then you have no place nor can hold any weight in a discussion of this nature.
2) The supreme court is pro 2A by a 5 to 4 margin. The last two appointments are very anti 2A. There will likely be 2-3 open seats in the next 4 years. This is the group that will rule on the constitutionality of any legislation.
3) Did they have legal authority to 'violate' 2A in 1934, 1968, 1984, or 1994? They don't think so, they are simply 'regulating' the sale, transfer, and ownership of 'some types' of guns, then they will continue passing legislation that narrows what is allowed.
I agree that the billl of rights is supposed to protect us, but those in power are constantly making statements that reveal they do not share that belief. I hope the coming legislation goes nowhere, that our elected officials remember what happened in 1994, and that freedom and our American way of life prevails - but I'm not going to stand by and just watch.
I'm going to continue to write my representatives, donate to the NRA-ILA, and educate those around me. If legislation does make it through I'll be able to look my kids in the eye and know that I at least tried to do my part. If it doesn't go through I will have helped to send a message that gun owners are a serious political force.
I do understand what you are saying, but I also realize that if it were to pass and be made into law, it will have legal value unless/until it gets overturned by SCOTUS. Those "sovereign citizens" try to deny "legal" authority regularly and every one of them ends up taking the ride because that just isn't how it works.
I'm in 100% agreement with you that the Second Amendment should prevent this sort of legislation. Our rights should be pretty darn clear, IMO. But my opinion isn't going to amount to much if they can get enough votes to pass these draconian measures.
Look at my sig... "I believe that the right of the citizen to keep and bear arms must not be infringed if liberty in America is to survive." - Ronald Reagan
So do we roll over and let our liberty die because they pass a law that regulates our arms to the point of flint locks and slingshots? Liberty cant be defended with a single shot blunderbuss now can it? So do we let them take our weapons and our freedoms and then our lives? Or do we let them take our lives but NEVER our freedom and we leave them with our corpse in a pile of brass? Again I am not calling for this action as the right person at the right time will I am sure, however I am simply asking people to remember what the real reason for our 2nd A was and still is intended for.


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Edinburgh has got its undies into a terrible bunch this week, thanks to a new tourism campaign promoting the ancient Scottish city as "Incredinburgh".
City officials cannot believe they actually paid the parties responsible – promotional body Marketing Edinburgh and advertising firm The Leith Agency – to come up with the slogan, whose grisly variants include "Wellfedinburgh" and "Paintthetownredinburgh".
One assumes that historical options ("Black Death! Halfthepopulationdeadinburgh") or references to Edinburgh's more contemporary reputation for seediness ("Smackheadinburgh") were discarded on grounds of good taste, but the upshot is the same – a population in uproar about the absurdity of its city's chosen slogan.
Within days of the term's unveiling, the Edinburgh City Council intervened to kill it, amid claims the entire venture was a waste of the £300,000 ($465,000) the campaign was scheduled to drain from civic coffers.
Nonsense, of course. That figure is an absolute steal for the kind of lasting civic unity that is forged by a genuinely rubbish local tourism slogan. Short of invasion, bodgy grand final umpiring or a protracted power outage, nothing brings a community together more.
I still recall the mood in Adelaide, late in the last century, when the marketing geniuses in that postcode proudly popped the cork on the new slogan for South Australia: "SA! Going All the Way!" The phrase was stamped on thousands of licence plates, further adorned with a colourful "SA" emblem, in which the tail of the "S" was drawn out into an arrow that thrustingly penetrated the aperture of the "A".
To a populace still whey-faced from the sudden collapse of its state bank, the slogan brought humour pulsing back into the streets. The state's then premier, a lovely chap called Dean Brown who was not celebrated for his comic sensibilities, resolutely refused to acknowledge the slogan's rather barn-door-sized double entendre. The rest of the state was in stitches.
Somehow, the knowledge that we could waste money on this kind of bollocks made us feel human again, and for a time you couldn't stand at a bus stop without swapping gags with strangers. "Going all the way"? "Nope. Just to Prospect", and other, bluer variations.
"Going All the Way" joined a special sub-group of tourism slogans – the ones that on reflection turn out to sound a bit more risque than originally intended.
Suffolk, in Britain, is right now enjoying just such a row over its rebranding as the "Curious County". Residents are being encouraged to tweet about their home – otherwise known comfortably for its sheep and the fact that Lovejoy was filmed there – using the hashtag #proudtobecurious. Potential visitors, having never thought very much at all about Suffolk and its people before, now wonder what they're doing with the sheep.
New Zealand's Hutt Valley, which in the mid-1990s rejoiced under the promotional banner: "Right Up My Hutt Valley", also has some tales to tell in this respect.
Then there are the slogans that are just . . . wrong. Wrong because they make the place sound like a disease, like New Jersey's short-lived "It Will Grow on You" (like athlete's foot?) or the slightly more sinister "Panama: It Will Never Leave You".
Wrong because they accidentally, in the attempt to defuse a central rationale for why people don't visit (fear of car bombs etc), end up hanging a big fat lantern on the problem, like Colombia's rather desperate "The Only Danger Is Wanting to Stay!" or the plaintive "Visit Bangladesh, Before the Tourists Come".
But the very best tourism slogans of all, and the ones that always make me want to move there, or at least go and hug all the locals, are the modest ones. The ones where you can tell that while they love their home, the residents are far too nice and polite to over-egg the pudding, promotions-wise. These are the lovely people who come up with slogans like SA's "Waikerie: Well Worth a Look." Or outback Queensland's "Augathella: Home of the Meat Ant".
(Augathella, a charming town I had the privilege of visiting briefly 10 years ago, has long played second fiddle to neighbouring Blackall, well known for its colossal Wool Scour. But Augathella recently crystallised its dream of a Big Meat Ant; go Augathella and your outsize myrmecological landmark!)
And they are the same modest hearts that beat in Story County, Nevada – "The 26th Best Small Town in America!" or Three Rivers, Texas: "If You Lived in Three Rivers, You'd Be Home!"
If only the vaulting boastfulness of major tourist destinations would more regularly give way to the charm of the undersell. If only Edinburgh, having joyously punted "Incredinburgh", would replace it with "We Have a Nice Castle", and be done with it. I'd go there.
Annabel Crabb is the host of ABC2's Kitchen Cabinet, which airs on Wednesdays at 9.30pm. She tweets as @annabelcrabb.


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One of the most difficult aspects of any customer service jobs is managing customers who are angry or frustrated with your business. It doesn't matter what the reason for the irritation might be; right or wrong, difficult customers are a challenge that must be handled adeptly if you want to keep a solid client base. There are many tricks to diffusing a tense situation, but the bottom line is to see the problem from the customer's perspective so you can offer a solution or alternative that is acceptable. We have six tips to help you deal with the difficult customers you encounter.
Listen to Them
Customers who feel they have been treated wrongly want to be heard, first and foremost. They want someone to know – and care – that they have been inconvenienced and disappointed in some way. To begin, listen to what your customer is saying so you can identify the underlying problem and find an effective solution as quickly and accurately as possible.
See their Side
Sure, that customer may not be exhibiting the most courteous or respectful behavior when he is busy blowing off steam, but those emotions are coming stemming from somewhere. Look at the situation from the customer's perspective – did he have to take valuable time to come in and fix a problem that shouldn't have happened in the first place? Is he frustrated with a defective product or lackadaisical service that he has received in the past?
Agree with Them
Once you understand the problem from the customer's point of view, find a way to agree with her complaint or feelings. Don't just offer a generic, "I understand how you feel," however. Be specific in your empathy, by telling the customer, "I don't like to wait either," or "I hate to return products also." By relating to the situation, you let the customer know you understand the frustration and you are ready to make it right.
Apologize to Them
If the customer's anger is due to a mistake by your business, don't be afraid to apologize. Again, replace the standard "Sorry," with "I apologize for the way this defective product has inconvenienced you and I will do everything in my power to make the situation right for you." When you work in specifics, your customer is much more likely to buy into what you are saying and trust you to make him happy once again.
Get Assistance
If a customer does not calm down after these four steps are employed, let your CSRs know it is fine to move up the corporate ladder for assistance. Some customers may not be satisfied until they know they have spoken to someone in an authority position about a matter. Managers should be well trained at handling difficult situations so they can give their CSRs the necessary support to handle situations that are over an employee's head.
Difficult customers are an unfortunate part of any customer service job, but the good news is there are effective ways to transform these angry customers into satisfied clients once again.
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Throwing helped our primate ancestors to defend themselves against dangerous predators and boost brain power, scientists have said.
It enabled humans to survive by hunting big game, expanding their diet and colonising almost every corner of the globe,
US researchers say baseball pitchers, who can throw at speeds of up to 100mph, can do so because of key evolutionary adaptations to the torso, shoulders and arms which began nearly two million years ago.
Neil Roach of George Washington University in Washington DC told The Independent: "We think that throwing was probably most important early on in terms of hunting behaviour, enabling our ancestors to kill big game.
"Eating more calorie-rich meat and fat would have allowed our ancestors to grow larger brains and bodies and expand into new regions of the world - all of which helped make us who we are today."
The researchers, who publish their findings in the journal Nature, studied the upper-body movements of baseball pitchers at American colleges using 3-D cameras and computer animations.
It showed the human shoulder acts like a slingshot during a throw by storing and then releasing large amounts of energy.
The human anatomy has adapted to be able to throw unlike the chimpanzee, which can only throw objects at less than a third of the speed of an average 12-year-old child.
Humans have adapted to have a wide waist, a lower position of the shoulders on the torso and the ability to twist the upper arm bone, all of which occurred during the time of Homo erectus.
Dr Roach told the newspaper: "When humans throw, we first rotate our arms backwards away from the target. It is during this 'armcocking' phase that humans stretch the tendons and ligaments crossing their shoulder and store elastic energy.
"When this energy is released, it accelerates the arm forward, generating the fastest motion the human body produces, resulting in a very fast throw."
He believes these evolutionary changes were crucial in humans developing into large-brained creatures with language and advanced tool-making skills.
Hunting allowed humans to improve their diet quality and increase their brain size, as well as dividing male and female roles.
Dr Roach added that professional athletes such as javelin throwers throw far more frequently than our ancestors would have done, leading to strains the human body cannot cope with.


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Indy 500 is on Danica Patrick's mind
NEWTON, Iowa -- Danica Patrick finished Nationwide Series practice at Iowa Speedway on Saturday morning, then punched up Indianapolis 500 Pole Day in her motor coach and started remembering how much she misses open-wheel racing's greatest event. And how much she thinks she has to accomplish there.
Watching James Hinchcliffe, who replaced her at Andretti Autosport, claim the provisional pole elicited sponsor pride aplenty but also a renewed hope to eventually attempt the race again.
"I know I want to," Patrick told espnW.com "It didn't work out this year, but it doesn't mean I'm going to give up. I'd like to do it. It's very early in the game, given the fact this one hasn't even run yet. But I'd like to for sure."
If Patrick and her business team were able to formulate a deal to put her in the Indianapolis 500 for an eighth time, it would require much logistical wrangling to accommodate the schedules of that race and the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C. She is expected to compete full time in the Sprint Cup Series next season with Stewart-Haas Racing. And if she did race the Indianapolis 500 again, it probably would not be with Andretti, she said, despite her past relationship with the team and the natural connection of using Chevrolet engines, as do her NASCAR teams.
"I don't know. I don't think the likelihood is very high with them, but you never say never," she said. "I know better than that in this world.
"We both moved on, you know? I think you always, you leave for a reason."
The Indianapolis 500 was the epicenter of a Patrick phenomenon that began with a gender-best fourth-place start and finish as a rookie in 2005. After a momentum-building May with fast lap times and a high grid position, she became the first woman to lead laps (19) in the Memorial Day classic. In 2009, Patrick reset her gender record for best finish (third).
Technical inspection problems and rains that greatly impacted the length of qualifying sessions last May created a Bump Day spectacle in which Patrick qualified into the race on her last try. She finished 10th after starting 25th and led 10 laps. Patrick, who is 10th in Nationwide points and qualified ninth for Sunday's race, said she watched Pole Day on Saturday as both a fan and as a former competitor who has unfinished business.
"It's the first day that things counted, obviously, so I'm curious," she said. "Of course, I am. I spent my whole childhood watching open-wheel racing. I spent years going to England and racing open wheel, coming back and racing open wheel. It's been my world for 20 years and beyond that. For almost my whole life, I've been watching it. I watch it and I think I know how to do it, I feel like I know Indy. I know what it takes to be fast and I feel like every year I learn valuable lessons about how to be better the next time. I felt like I learned a really big one last year, so hopefully that means sometime in the future I'll get to use that."
For now, Patrick will attempt to use what she learned last week during a rigorous weekend at Darlington Raceway in which she finished 12th in Nationwide and 31st in Sprint Cup at one of the sport's most demanding tracks. That includes being able to switch between the distinctly different Sprint Cup and Nationwide cars during a weekend without hurting performance. She has eight more combination weekends remaining this season.
"Last week, that was probably the toughest weekend you'll ever have," Nationwide points leader Ricky Stenhouse Jr. told Patrick during a Saturday news conference.
Crew chief Tony Eury Jr. agreed, saying the next-toughest remaining test likely will be New Hampshire Motor Speedway or Dover International Speedway.
"She's never been to Road America, so that will be kind of a challenge," he said of the Wisconsin road course. "There will be a lot of hot shoes that step up and run there, but the way she ran in Montreal (24th last year), I'm not really worried about that. I think she will be very good there."
Darlington also was a checkpoint for Patrick in terms of confidence and momentum, and in perception of her fledgling stock car career.
"I think Darlington was one of those weekends that could have confirmed opinions or served to develop new ones for people who didn't think I was doing a good job," she said.
Patrick said she appreciated the general outpouring of congratulations from the garage and media over her performance but seemed reticent to accept much praise for her results.
"I came into it just basically knowing it was going to be difficult and don't worry; I was plenty disappointed and concerned after the first practice in Cup, because I was last," she said. "My hope for the race was not to be the slowest, so, I don't know. I had pretty realistic expectations, I hope, but it kind of even was better than that at times. I think there was a lot of people that said, 'Good job,' and I really appreciate that because, let's face it, I had a 12th and a 31st or something like that. That means a lot, but it also means that people with experience are watching, and it was good it did go well for the circumstances."


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U.S. Army Capt. Kyle Borne, the Combined Joint Task Force-1 (forward) current operations chief at Forward Operating Base Lightning, serves turkey during a Thanksgiving lunch at Forward Operating Base Lightning, Nov. 22, 2012. Borne, along with other officers and senior non-commissioned officers, served food to soldiers during the Thanksgiving holiday. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Alex Kirk Amen, 115th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)
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I like Super Mario All-Stars. Exactly the same as the original NES versions (except for a barely noticeable physics glitch in Super Mario Bros. and Lost Levels), but with 16bit audio and visuals. I had absolutely no issues there. Felt more like just a rerelease. Or as if they were late-gen NES games that also had a SNES release at the same time.
A little bit further... would be Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen Versions. Very true to the originals, with improved audio and visuals. Also a couple of new features and updated game mechanics. Basically "Do you like Pokémon Red and Blue? Well, here it is as if it were made today". Does not offend fans of the originals. And it is still dripping in nostalgia.
HeartGold and SoulSilver, on the other hand, I did not like. They killed the music. And the semi-3D perspective made it feel just one step too different. I did not get any nostalgia from it, which is very important with a remake I think.
Then there are things like HD and 3D remastering. That works too, I guess. If the original look and feel is maintained. I enjoyed OoT 3D, but the new textures were more cartoony than I would have liked. So, those can be good depending on how they're treated.
True remakes or reimagining is different. And... I haven't really played any except for the Wii version of GoldenEye - but that was more an adaptation of the movie, not a remake of the N64 game. So, that doesn't really count. I am looking forward to Tomb Raider though, but I haven't played any of the old games. So, I have nothing to compare that to when I do play it.
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Why STEM's Future Rests In The Hands Of 12-Year-Old Girls
A recent report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) took a comprehensive look at gender differences in student performance based on an exam taken by 15-year-olds. The report found that, although girls often perform better than their male peers — staying in school longer and out-performing them in reading — the top-performing girls continue to lag… Read More
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Women in games, the continuing rise of microconsoles and the normalizing of real money gaming. These were the three themes that I noticed most at this year's Game Developers Conference. Read More
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After conquering a fortress in a legion, it can then be defended. Shortly before the next battle however, the fortress then goes automatically over to the Balaur, so that it can be reconquered. This change now affects all fortresses – with the exception of those in Pangaea and Tiamaranta.
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The new mechanics helps to make the fortress battles more varied and exciting. Now there is a better chance of conquering a fortress and in doing so, earning the associated rewards. In the past, it was difficult to take a heavily defended fortress – in some cases the fortresses had been occupied by a legion for more than a year.
The new mechanic should help to mix up the maps a bit more and all factions as well as legions have the same chance of a successful conquest.
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OK, people, I am not a tech wiz. I have a HTC Thunderbolt and I know that Ice Cream Sandwich will not be coming to my phone. I have been doing some reading on the way to find that out and the opinion is out there that I should root my phone for better performance. First, can someone tell me what this does and how it affects my phone and second, tell me how to do it or point me to somewhere that tells me how. Like I said, I'm not up on this stuff but in my free time I like to mess with things.
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Thunderbolt Android Development - xda-developers
What it will do - gives you super user permissions to pretty much do whatever you want to the phone. Mostly, users do it to customize, and improve the phones capabilities.
Take off all that software that isn't needed but takes up space.
Flash a custom ROM to make it look like something else (ICS for instance)
Overclock and speed up the phones abilities so you get better performance
Simply Rooting your phone doesn't do any of this, just gives you access to do so.
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I havent used it yet (my htc was already rooted before this came out) but htc now offers a way to unlock the bootloader of a lot of their phones.
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The latest estimate of turnout in the 2008 General Election says that turnout was at the highest level it's been since Richard Nixon beat Hubert Humphrey:
Ahead of today's vote of the electoral college to certify Barack Obama as the president-elect, a George Mason University professor announced yesterday that voter turnout in last month's presidential election reached the highest level in 40 years, with a record number of Americans casting ballots.
Final figures from nearly every state and the District of Columbia showed that more than 131 million people voted. A little more than 122 million voted in the 2004 presidential election.
This year's total amounts to 61.6 percent of eligible voters, the highest turnout rate since 1968, when Republican Richard M. Nixon defeated Democrat Hubert H. Humphrey, said Michael P. McDonald, a political science professor at GMU.
It was the third straight increase in presidential election turnout, encouraging news for those who have warned about voter apathy. Four years ago, 60.1 percent of eligible voters cast ballots.
"We seem to have restored the levels of civic engagement that we had in the 1950s and 1960s," McDonald said. "But we didn't break those levels."
McDonald's U.S. Elections Project calculated turnout rates based on the number of eligible voters among adult U.S. citizens. States finished certifying their election results this weekend, including California on Saturday.
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The current population of Elko Metro is 54,994 with the median age of 41. Elko Metro's median household income is $58,553, and the average household net worth is $407,305.
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Age distribution represents the distribution of the population in Elko Metro by age group. In Elko Metro, the male-to-female ratio is 28,648:26,346, which is 7% higher than the ratio of Nevada, which is 1,432,433:1,414,477. Age demographic data is sourced from census, 2015.
Crime rate index represents the average crime rate for a local area in comparison to nearby areas and the national average. A crime index of 100 represents the national average. Elko Metro, has 13% more property crime than Nevada, and is 9% above the nation's average. Elko Metro, has 30% more personal crime than Nevada and when compared to that of United States, Elko Metro is 102% above the national average.
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Household income distribution represents the distribution of Elko Metro income brackets at the household level. Overall, the median household income for Elko Metro is $58,553, which is 13% higher than that of Nevada ($51,870). Income data for Elko Metro is sourced from census, 2015.
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Born on the 9th of August 1963, Whitney Houston is a well known '80s artist. She is renowned for her powerful coloratura soprano singing voice, as well as the range, power, and melismatic skill of her vocals. She first rose to prominence in the year 1985 with the release of her eponymous debut album, which was successful around the world. She scored numerous hit singles on the charts in the United States. Houston was one of the premiere African American artists to receive heavy rotation on the early days of MTV.
In the following decade, Houston continued to score successes with the release of each album, many of which were soundtrack albums to films Houston had appeared in. The most popular of these was undoubtedly The Bodyguard, which featured the Number One hit "I Will Always Love You."
In recent years, Houston's albums have been less successful. This coincides with much controversy in Houston's personal life, which has included allegations of drug addiction, public displays of bizarre behavior, numerous cancellations of public appearances, and more. Houston recently entered rehab, and is allegedly recording a new album. She is one of the best selling artists in the world of popular music. Over 170 million albums have been sold all over the world.
The albums of Whitney Houston include Whitney Houston, Whitney, I'm Your Baby Tonight, My Love Is Your Love, Just Whitney, One Wish: The Holiday Album, The Bodyguard Soundtrack, Waiting to Exhale Soundtrack, The Preacher's Wife Soundtrack, Whitney: The Greatest Hits, and Love, Whitney.
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Clarisa is married and has seven children. Clarisa sells meat at different markets and also makes home deliveries on order. She is requesting a loan of 500 soles, which she will use to buy more animals for her meat selling business and stud bulls to breed with her cows.
Anny is married and has three children. She sells basic grocery items, like fruits and vegetables. Thanks to her loan, she has expanded her business, and each day she has more products to offer her clients and earns a bit more. She is requesting a loan of 1,000 soles to buy groceries to stock her small store with.
Iris is single and doesn't have any children. Iris sells clothing, a business she launched after her mother's death that has allowed her to care for and educate her younger siblings. She is requesting a loan of 1,000 soles to buy more clothing in the capital city of Lima.
Clarisa, es casada y tiene 07 hijos. Clarisa se dedica a L. venta D. carne D. animales, lo cual lo hace en las ferias o las reparte a domicilio bajo pedido. Clarisa, solicita un préstamo D. S/500 soles, con los cuales comprará mas animales para continuar su venta D. carnes y sementales para L. reproducción D. su ganado.
Anny, es Casada y tiene 03 hijos. ElL., se dedica a L. venta D. abarrotes, entre ellas verdura y frutas. Gracias a sus préstamo, su negocio a podido crecer, cada día tiene mas productos que ofrecer, lo cual le genera mas ganancias. ElL. solicita un préstamo D. S/1,000 para L. compra D. víveres, con los cuales abastecería su pequeña bodega.
Iris, es soltera y no tiene hijos. Iris se dedica a L. venta D. prendas D. vestir, negocio que inicio tras L. muerte D. su madre y con el cual pudo mantener y educar a sus hermanos menores. Iris, solicita un préstamo D. S/1,000 con los cual comprara prendas D. vestir en L. capital.
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About FINCA PeruThis loan is administered by FINCA Peru, one of Kiva's Field Partners in Peru. FINCA Peru is dedicated to empowering socially and economically disadvantaged women in Peru, contributing to the development of their families, and building sustainable communities.
In 1990, FINCA Peru began by lending to a small group of women widowed by the Shining Path terrorist movement in Ayacucho. Beyond loans and financial services, FINCA offers business development training, personal and family development training, gender empowerment sessions, life insurance products, and financial and social literacy sessions for the children of borrowers. Visit FINCA Peru's Kiva Field Partner page to learn more.
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If you want to dodge in "God of War: Ascension," you'll have to flick the right analog stick as in previous entries in the series. I'm not sure why I thought that would change with the latest–although chronologically first–in Kratos' saga of revenge and making a graveyard of Olympus. "God of War" and its sequels have been so influential and vital to the character action game, it's hard to imagine the way the series handles making any kind of leaps and bounds in a new direction.
And yet, here we are, three years after "God of War III," and Kratos still has that ungainly, rolling dodge (even as Sony Santa Monica promises that they've worked in new animations to reflect a younger, more limber version of the character). My hands-on time with "God of War: Ascension" was disappointing because it felt like I was playing a bad game, it just felt like the roll-light-heavy attack combo was the same as it ever was in a series that really needs to start coming up with new ideas (and not just new set pieces).
"God of War: Ascension" director Todd Papy came up to talk to us about the most recent demo–the first since Sony's open house which was focused on the game's multiplayer. "That ends today," Papy said, explaining that the demo we'd be playing today represented the first 20-30 minutes of the March release.
Papy said the story takes place six months to a year after Kratos kills his family, with the warrior attempting to break free of the influence of Ares. The game's director added that this offered Sony Santa Monica an opportunity to tell the story of a "softer" Kratos (footage from the behind-the-scenes video shows him kissing his daughter). Based on the opening cinematic for the demo, this time around Kratos has inspired the wrath of the Furies; the three vengeful sisters of ancient myth of punish oath breakers. And they don't take too kindly to Kratos' particular take backsies in his deal with Ares. Sony Santa Monica has visualized at least the first of these three as a spider-legged Amazon atop a grotesque monster's body.
To what extent the Furies will provide the main point of antagonism for Kratos remains to be seen, although this particular beef lacks some of the juicier, up close and personal hate that Kratos shared with Ares, and later the entire pantheon of Greek gods. Of course, the Furies have been, up to the point the game starts, his captors and torturers, so maybe there's room to build a solid rivalry within the fiction. During the 20 minutes or so of the demo, one particularly nasty sister seemed to hold a real grudge towards Kratos for some reason. The first level sees Kratos escaping his bonds and pursuing one of his primordial captors, as she plagues him with skittering, exploding bugs which later, grasp onto other inmates in this abyssal prison, turning them into spear-wielding fighters.
According to a making-of doc Sony previewed for us during the event, the design team has made an effort to make young Kratos play differently than the veteran god slayer of the previous games. The newest addition is the World Weapons system, which allows Kratos to pick up enemy weapons; the Ghost of Sparta can snatch up clubs to bash in enemies' heads while spears offer him a projectile weapon. Plus, the Rage meter has gotten some tweaks, offering more than the usual one trigger during the course of a fight (meaning Kratos can now go sick house on groups of enemies for longer than in previous "GoW" games).
How deeply the World Weapon system will impact the game is a question best answered in more time with the game. I was only able to pick up, if I recall (sorry, it's been a long couple of days), a sword on the battlefield. Are these disposable weapons replacing the arsenal of upgradeable weapons in previous "God of War" games (the upgrade menu for the Blades of Chaos is still there, but nothing else was upgradeable at that point in the game)? The sword served as a smash and bash weapon for the enemies that surrounded me in the level, creating some distance in what was a close-range attack that was somewhere between the heavy and light attacks of Kratos' signature Blades.
Hacking my way through a number of these grunts, I came to my first mid-boss, a Cyclops, in an encounter that's as old as the series. Roll away and dodge his attacks, land a couple of hits, repeat until you can trigger the grab QTE (UI for the button inputs has gotten a more world-appropriate overhaul, it seems). More grunts swarm into the level, and Kratos rides the Cyclops, bashing them back to hell, finally killing them all and executing the mid-boss.
The major set piece involves a section of the prison containing the escaping Kratos being ripped from the main structure by one of the Furies' minions which has sprouted from a section of masonry. It tilts and shakes the cell block, sending more grunts into where Kratos is standing. Curiously, I never felt like I was any particular trouble during this encounter, the tilting and flipping of the section of the prison was almost beside the point and I was quickly able to play clean-up with the multiple waves of enemies coming at me.
It was at this point I noticed something that I don't recall seeing in previous entries, a minor tweak that's nonetheless an interested addition: when I grabbed an enemy with one of Kratos' Blades, I continued to attack with the other until I decided to throw my captive. Traversal has also undergone some changes; now Kratos' climbing and lunging up and over ledges feels more fluid than in previous entries. The Santa Monica studio also boasted about sliding segments where Kratos would come barreling down 45-degree chutes in tilted level geometry, and yup, Kratos was able to take a slide ride, joking left and right to avoid obstacles in this opening chapter.
This is leaving out the mantis-like bosses which attempted to saw Kratos in half which their pincers. Again, dodge, attack, trigger QTE (miss, do it again).
What did I expect from a new "God of War?" I'm not going to pretend that hacking into enemies wasn't suitably visceral, but it's by this point overly familiar. I've spent the back half of the PS2 era and the entirety of the PS3 area getting familiar with Kratos' animation and the Santa Monica studios' bag of tricks. I find myself in the regrettable position of saying that it's right at (or beyond) the point of being stale. The opening actually feels like a step back from the expansive grandeur of the massive battle which opens "God of War III," a sign of the limited ambition on display here. We've written in the past about series that need to be put on the shelf for a while–Sony Santa Monica's designers and artists are old hands at the series at this point. Something tells me it's time for a "DmC"-style handoff to reinvigorate the series (also, I'd love to see what else Santa Monica can do), because as it stands, "Ascension" doesn't feel like it's ascending anywhere for the series.
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A beautiful newly built luxury villa at the island of Kos
The villa is located at the beautiful island of Kos in a village six miles away of the port of Kos, called Tigaki.
The property stretches over five sq.m. and is fenced in all around.
The villa and its main terraces, face East, West and South, offering a wonderful view of a sunrise as well as a panoramic view of the sea and great rural landscape views.
The sandy beach of Tigaki is a ten minute walk away and the town of Kos is easily accessed by car. This is an ideal location for those who want a peaceful holiday within easy reach of shops and life of town.
The luxurious villa was built in 2009 on two levels with five bedrooms.
On the first floor you can find the master bedroom with a king size bed, with two bedside tables, a big chest of drawers, three wardrobes, TV and its own luxurious bathroom. The bedroom faces east and has access to a spacious terrace with view of the mountains.
The second and the third bedroom next to the master bedroom has two beds, two big wardrobes and access to each own terrace with a beautiful sea view. The fourth bedroom on the upper floor has a baby bed and a wardrobe.
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- The coordinating pillow shams feature the same elegant gold floral pattern as the comforter
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