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Submitted by Brian Baker on
Has your Android smartphone been powering off for no particular reason? Do you go to use your phone and find that it is off? When using the phone will it just turn itself off randomly? This issue can be pretty frustrating. Sometimes when this happens the device won't even power on again unless the battery is pulled out and put back in or a simulated battery pull is performed. This article will go over some things that can be done to get this issue resolved and hopefully allow for a more permanent solution and prevent your android phone from powering itself off.
Check your applications
When did you first notice this issue happening on your phone? Was it around the same time that you downloaded an application?
Applications can cause weird issues on Android phones sometimes. Try and think back to when you first started noticing your phone powering off and uninstall any applications that you might have downloaded, or updated, around that time. Try your phone without the application(s) and see if it fixes it. If it does then I would keep it off the phone and enjoy.
Battery check
Most Android phones have an option available that will allow you to test the battery.
Check your Android version. If your Android OS (Operating System) is below the 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, for example it says 2.3.x (Gingerbread) 2.2.x (Froyo) or worse yet 2.1.x. Then try testing the battery with a special STAR CODE.
If the Android OS is below 4.0 then here is what you do.
Open up your Dialer, as though you were going to type in a telephone number, and instead of a phone number type in *#*#4636#*#* or *#*#INFO#*#*. A screen should pop up all by its self with a bunch of options. Tap on Battery Information, then check on the batteries health and make sure it says good. If it says poor or unknown error then power off the phone count to ten and then power the phone back on, open your dialer and type in the code again, tap battery information and if it still doesn't say good then your battery is going out and needs to be replaced.
You can get a pretty affordable battery on Amazon but if your phone is less than a year old then your battery should be covered under your manufactures warranty and you might be able to get a new replacement battery for FREE. Check out How to file a warranty claim for more information about warranty options that might be available.
If your battery health is showing good and the battery scale says 100 then that is what it should be showing and I suggest you keep reading.
Android version
Did this happen after upgrading your Android phone to a more up to date Android Operating System? If so then chances are it wasn't a bad upgrade but still an application issue. An app on the phone might not be getting along with the new Operating System and that might be what's causing the problem. Go through and remove some apps, try the phone, remove some apps, try it, until there are no more apps that you personally downloaded on the device.
If you remove all the applications that you can from the phone and it's still powering off then its most likely a software issue, maybe not caused by an application, but possibly a software glitch, bug, virus, etc. Don't worry though there is still hope, you just got to clean the phone up a bit by performing a reset.
Battery pull
Before looking into performing a reset on the phone pull the battery out and make sure that it's still in good shape. It most likely will be in good shape if the battery test that you ran said the battery health was good but you never know.
If you remove the battery and it looks warped or bloated, or doesn't fit snug in the phone, or rocks back and forth on a flat surface meaning the battery isn't flat, then the battery might indeed be bad. If your phone is powering off and you cannot get it to power back on again without pulling the battery then you most likely got a software issue and a reset should help.
Backup and reset
Kind of a last resort BUT a fix all solution in most phone related issues, especially software related issues, is to perform a full backup saving all the information that's saved on your phone to another medium and then erasing everything on the phone. It sounds a little extreme but DON'T PANIC it's really not as bad as it sounds and it really does fix most phone issues.
Besides, you should get into the good habit of backing up your phone on a regular basis anyways just in case your phone ever does have a serious malfunction, gets broken, or even lost or stolen. It's always a god idea to have at least one other copy of your important information just in case.
Before going into your settings and factory data resetting your device I recommend you read How to backup and reset an Android phone for a guide on how to backup your important information first. Because a reset sets the phone back to how it was when it came off the shelf. Your phone is going to think it's brand new again.
And that should do it. If for some mysterious reason the Factory Data Reset doesn't fix the phone, you've tried using the phone after the reset with no third party applications and as a clean install, your phones software is up to date, you tried a different battery, and your phone is still powering off for no apparent reason what so ever then your phone is defective and I recommend you read I can't fix my phone now what should I do for some suggestions.
Otherwise enjoy your working phone, thank you for reading and don't hesitate to leave a comment below.
54 Comments
Phone automatically switch off
Submitted by lijuraju (not verified) on
My mobile some times automatically switched off. I have updated software two times but problem has repeated. What should I do?
My samsung galaxy went off...
Submitted by Deus (not verified) on
My samsung galaxy went off as soon as i started downloading Whatsapp messenger and has since then failed to start up. What could be the plight?
Hum… Hard to say…
Submitted by Brian Baker on
Hi Deus,
Hard to say for sure, sometimes apps may not play well with each other but usually phones don't just crash as soon as you start to download them…
Sometimes phones malfunction too though; they work perfectly and all of a sudden DEAD. Hopefully this isn't the case here because when that happens it can be hard to fix.
- What model of Samsung Galaxy are you having this problem with?
- Did you have any issues before it powered off on you?
- Can you get ANY response from it whatsoever?
- Does it respond if you plug it into a charger?
- Have you tried holding the power button for over 30 seconds?
- Have you tried removing the battery for a few minutes, reinserting it, and then trying to power it on?
- Have you tried charging it all night?
- Do you have access to a different battery? If so have you tried a different battery?
- Have you tried multiple chargers?
If you cannot get a response at all and the phone is completely dead and a different battery and different charger doesn't seem to help then you're probably going to need to look into your replacement or repair options.
Phone will not turn back on
Submitted by obama (not verified) on
Ok so, a few weeks ago, my android galaxy s3 phone abruptly turned off while I was using it. I don't exactly remember what I was doing, but I know I wasn't downloading anything, it just turned off. I tried turning it back on many times but it would just appear with "Samsung galaxy s3" in white letters, and then it would go black and stay like that. Eventually however, on the same afternoon it did turn back on (a few hours later).
The same problem is happening today, starting from yesterday. Yesterday it would turn off randomly, but I could turn it back on without any faults. Until one certain point it wouldn't turn back on. If I press down the power button, nothing will happen, unless before I do that I take off the battery and put it back in. When I do this, the thing with the "Samsung Galaxy s3" coming up in white letters, as I mentioned before, happens but not always. What can I do??? It's not turning back on. Please help.
Trying to turn on your Samsung Galaxy S3
Submitted by Brian Baker on
Try charging it for a few hours, if you have not already done so, and if the phone still refuses to power on properly then there may be an issue with the software. If you cannot get it to power on correctly then you may need to try a hard reset. If there was something on the phone causing it not to boot up like it should then a hard reset would clear or erase whatever that "something" was. Unfortunately a hard reset also removes everything else too so it's kind of a last resort. If you can't power on your phone though then your options are going to be very limited.
If you can get your phone to power on like it's supposed to then I would do a full backup and perform a hard reset through the settings for good measure to try and keep it from happening again.
This issue can be hard to fix sometimes so if it keeps happening you may need to look into replacing the unit.
From your description it doesn't sound like a battery issue but if you can get it to power on properly try to run a battery check as well to make sure the battery is still healthy. To run a battery check on the Samsung Galaxy S3 open the dialer and type in *#*#4636#*#* or *#*#INFO#*#*, click on the Battery Information option and it should tell you a lot of info about your battery, including its health. If the Battery Health is anything but "Good" then reboot, check again, and if it's still doesn't say "Good" then the battery is likely going out and you might want to consider replacing it.
My Samsung Galaxy Grand turns off
Submitted by Abu (not verified) on
I have a Samsung Galaxy Grand and it gets turned off automatically and restarts only when i remove the battery and insert the battery again. Can anybody help me out with this??
I also faced the same problem
Submitted by Ahmed (not verified) on
I also faced the same problem. I read many comments on the net and found two reasons for that - software/apps, and or hardware problems. For me the McAfee Antivirus was creating the problem. The phone is working as usual after uninstall of McAfee.
I know its too late to reply, but might be helpful for others...
Sony xperia T
Submitted by John (not verified) on
This phone does not have a removable battery, what can I do to fix it?
Trying to fix a Sony Xperia that will not power on
Submitted by Brian Baker on
Hi John,
Most Sony Xperia smartphones don't have removable batteries. Make sure that you try a Simulated Battery pull on your Sony Xperia T for sure, chances are it's exactly what you are looking for and can often get a Sony Xperia back up and running properly again.
Good luck john. If you have any more questions then don't hesitate to ask.
I have a Samsung galaxy mega
Submitted by Rachel (not verified) on
I have a Samsung galaxy mega and I just replaced the screen and digitizer. My phone was working great until it updated. Once it was done updating it said I needed to restart my phone. Now it restarts and shuts offf repeatedly. I never get past the Samsung galaxy mega logo. I've had it on the charger... I've taken the battery out for a while and replaced it... Took out my SIM card and the battery now it's turned on but it's stuck on the Samsung galaxy mega logo and doesn't go any further. Please help!
HTC Phone
Submitted by D.Uday Bhanu (not verified) on
I am using an HTC Desire V phone. I am facing a lot of problems with my phone turning itself off and on. I read and implemented all of the methods mentioned above to resolve the problems but the problem which I mentioned before still occurs. What should I do without going to repair shop? Please help me to get out from this problem.
I suppose that you could try this…
Submitted by Brian Baker on
Sorry to hear that your HTC Desire V is having power issues. Make sure to review this other guide about trying to fix an Android smartphone that powers itself off and on for some additional tips that might be relevant in trying to resolve your current problem.
This specific power issue can be really hard to solve yourself and I tried to include all of the standard troubleshooting that you yourself can do to try and fix it in the article above and the article I linked to in this post.
If you have already tried EVERY one of those suggestions and your HTC cell phone is still having issues and you are looking for any other suggestions that may help before having to look into your repair or replacement options then I suppose that there is one other thing that you can try just for good measure.
A hard reset should have resolved any software issues resulting from a bad application or anything that might have been added to the phone through standard use. If however, there is a software bug or something wrong with the software installation itself a hard reset might not correct it. This is REALLY rare but since you asked… I thought I would mention it.
If you are looking for any other advice or options that you could try then you could use a program like Odin to flash a custom or stock version of Android to your HTC Desire V which would give you a nice and clean installation and pretty much rule out possible software concerns.
If that doesn't help solve your problem and your HTC still turns itself off and on then it's likely a hardware problem in which case you can choose to put up with the issue or you will have to look into your repair and or replacement options.
My mom has a MyTouch phone.
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
My mom has a MyTouch phone. At Grandma's House, the problem is Mom's phone will shutdown in 30 seconds. The reason why it shut itself down, I failed to plug in. And mom said 30 seconds ran out. And when I started Mom's phone up, it was around 40-50%. And I tried Farm Heroes. But I exited out of the game, the phone said it is 15% or less. The battery was 0%. And Mom's phone shuts down. But first, the phone will shutdown in 30 seconds. And then shut itself down again. When I started it up again, the battery was around 20-25%. At home, the battery was 15% or less and I had to power off before 30 seconds runs out and the phone shut down by itself.
Phone turning off by itself
Submitted by Salvatre Iannazzo (not verified) on
My comment does not concern the solution to the unexpected turn-off of an Android smartphone, but rather one of your suggestions to solve this problem. Within the main article you indicate, as a "last resort" fix, to Backup and reset. But, as far as I know, if after resetting you use the previous backup to restore operation, you are reinstating exactly the situation you had at the moment you backed up. Just as any backup is supposed to behave. So, at the end of the story, you would find yourself exactly with the same problem you had initially.
Where am I wrong?
That's a good question, Yes and No
Submitted by Brian Baker on
Hi Salvatre,
You ask a very good question and you make a very good point. You would not want to restore whatever was actually causing the problem back to the phone or, as you said, you would likely find yourself in the exact same situation.
Since a hard reset removes all of the information (user data) from a cell phone though there are many things that a person would really not want to part with if they didn't have to. This includes photos, pictures, images, music, text messages, videos, etc some of which could be very important or be of great value to the individual in many circumstances.
These types of files typically will not be the direct cause of a problem on an Android smartphone. What does often cause problems is a program or piece of software that was downloaded onto the phone from a third part source. This includes Apps from the Play Store and especially Apps or programs or custom software acquired through none official sites off of the internet. While these programs might not have been intended to cause problems they might need further testing, developing or updating to work properly on your specific cell phone or its version of Android or in order to play nice with other apps and software already installed on your smartphone.
After you have performed a hard reset you could try your cell phone as a clean slate to see if the problem still exists. If it does, and your phone continues to have issues even after having everything wiped clean then the issue lies on the phone itself and you can rule out something that was put onto the phone as being the culprit.
If however the phone works properly after the hard reset you could slowly start to add your backed up information to the device slowly. Adding something then trying the device, adding something else and using the device, etc. Then if you add something to your phone and the device starts to experience issues you can narrow it down to that data which was most recently added to the phone as being the cause and could act accordingly.
So you are not wrong, and I hope that this explanation helps to answer your question. If you have any more questions then don't hesitate to ask.
Hello James, and thank you
Submitted by Salvatre Iannazzo (not verified) on
Hello James, and thank you for the detailed answer. Which however implies that the problem requires a much longer effort than a simple backup and restore operation.
It depends…
Submitted by Brian Baker on
Your welcome Salvatre,
The time it takes will depend on how much information you want or need to restore back to your cell phone. Just like a Computer you need to keep an eye on what you choose to put onto your cell phone and if you have chosen to install a lot of applications and programs you might have to weed out any that might be causing problems. It really depends on the situation.
If you don't have a lot of important data on your mobile and don't really need to restore anything then you could just reset it and use it as a clean slate. The reset part is the important step as it can help remove any problematic software (bad apps, viruses, bugs, corrupted or malfunctioning programs or other data, etc).
Mobile automatic shut down & still not start
Submitted by Ashwani kumar Singh (not verified) on
Mobile automatic shut down & still not start
Trying to fix your malfunctioning cell phone
Submitted by Brian Baker on
Hi Ashwani,
Sometimes cell phones malfunction and power themselves off and never turn back on again. Hopefully this isn't what happened with your cell phone.
Some cell phones like Sony Xperia phones, some Motorola phones, and other smartphones that do not have removable batteries may allow you to do a simulated battery pull, which could help, and if your phone is one of these phones than you might want to do little bit of research to see if you can perform a simulated battery pull on your cell phone. What have you done so far to try to resolve the issue yourself and what cell phone are you having problems with?
My phone switch off automatically
Submitted by Peipei Leisan (not verified) on
My smathphone Panasonic P-81 switch off automatically and its 2 months old phone. I need to remove the battery and put it to turn it on again. When it is idle automatically switch off and without removing the battery i cannot turn it on.... plz help....
My Galazy SII wont start up
Submitted by Patrick (not verified) on
I have a Samsung Galaxy SII and I've had this problem before. My phone will shut off at random times. It doesn't happen often, only one or two days every once in a while. When it does happen, it doesn't come back on for a while. It will shut off and vibrate every 2-3 seconds and wont turn back on. When I "fixed" it in the past, I just hit the back of the phone and then tried to turn it on. It seemed to work then, but I want a permanent solution to this problem. Its definitely a problem with taking in power. I had it plugged in with the battery out and it still had the issues like when it was unplugged and had a battery. The phone isn't close to dead either. It charged all night. Please help
Samsung Galaxy SII powering off randomly
Submitted by Brian Baker on
Hi Patrick,
A strange issue you have there. I have seen that issue before but it's been a while and if I remember correctly it was pretty difficult to try and fix. If "hitting the back of the phone" seems to help then it sounds like a hardware problem. Something within the phone might be loose or may be malfunctioning. Hard to tell for sure but if I had to guess I would lean towards a hardware issue.
Have you attempted to backup and reset your Samsung Galaxy SII just to try and rule out a problem with a bad app or a software issue? What have you done so far in order to try and resolve this annoying issue, apart from tapping the phone and apart from leaving it on the charger without the battery (which was very cleaver by the way as this may have helped to rule out the battery as being the culprit).
Like I said it's probably going to be difficult to pinpoint the exact cause in order to resolve the problem especially if the problem is hardware specific, and if you do find a likely reason then it will be hard to verify if the problem is truly resolved or not as I am sure that this specific issue is pretty sporadic.
Thanks for the help
Submitted by Patrick (not verified) on
Thanks for the help. Any ideas on how to back it up when it won't turn on? Thanks again.
Trying to backup data from a phone that won't power on
Submitted by Brian Baker on
Your welcome Patrick,
If you cannot power the phone on at this point then backing up the data on your cell phone is unfortunately not going to be an option. Some of your cell phones information may be already backed up or may be salvageable though. Your contacts for example may have been automatically backed up to your Google Account in which case all you would need to do is visit google.com/contacts to view your phones address book or simply log into your primary Gmail account again on an another Android and your Android should re-sync all of this information for you. Your cell phones Calendar is another thing that might have been saved to your Google account.
I am not sure if your Samsung Galaxy SII has a memory card but some information might also be saved to that card as well, depending on if you setup your phone to store pictures or save information directly to the memory card.
All in all if the information isn't already backed up somewhere other than your cell phone and your mobile phone won't turn on then recovering data from your cell phone is not likely going to be possible. Make sure to try to get into a good habit of backing up your cell phones information every once in a while just as a precaution. You never know when it may malfunction or heaven forbid it gets damaged or something else happens that's totally outside of your control.
Phone shut down by itself
Submitted by Zach Tomanan (not verified) on
As you can see I also have this stupid frustrating problem. But after reading your article I found out my problem is serious. The battery of my phone is bad and when I put it on a flat service it keeps rocking back and forth. What should I do? Should I replace the battery or back up and reset?
Submitted by Brian Baker on
Hi Zach,
You might want to create a backup, as it's a good habit to get into, and then get a replacement battery. I am not sure what cell phone you have but replacement batteries are often surprisingly affordable, especially online at sites like Amazon, and if your current battery is misshapen or warped and as a result is malfunctioning then you should replace it.
If a replacement battery doesn't seem to work (and from your brief description it sounds like it will) then you could try a hard reset. Or you could even try a hard reset for good measure before getting a replacement battery.
So to answer your question - Yes, you might want to try all of those things but the order in which you try them will be entirely up to you.
Samsung Phone Turns Itself Off
Submitted by Andy (not verified) on
I have had this problem for the last few days with my Samsung Neo Pocket ST5310. It kept shutting down in my pocket but never when I left it laying on the table.I tried a battery pull, uninstalled unnecessary apps etc to no avail. Then this morning I chucked it down on the table from a height of a couple of inches and it went off. I remembered this used to be an issue with some early Nokias; due to battery contacts getting a bit weaker, which allowed the battery to move a bit. The solution then (and now) was to gently bend the phone's battery contact pins very slightly with a small screwdriver. With my old Nokia I also used to insert a thin piece of cardboard at the opposite end of the battery to prevent any movement and keep it pressed firmly against the contact pins.
Thanks for Contributing Andy
Submitted by Brian Baker on
Thank you Andy for taking the time to leave such a good post on how you were able to solve this problem on your Samsung. I am sure that other people can greatly benefit from it.
Keep up the fantastic work and thanks again.
Phone is not turning on.
Submitted by Nisharg (not verified) on
My micromax canvas ego A113 switched off on its own.
I am sure that I wasn't downloading anything. I was just reading something over Google chrome when it automatically switched off and now it's not turning on.
I took the battery out several times and tried to switch it on but it didn't.
Please help me, what should I do to try and fix this problem?
It might have malfunctioned…
Submitted by Brian Baker on
Hi Nisharg,
Sorry to hear about your cell phone. From your description it sounds like you might have just experienced the really bad luck of having a cell phone crash for no particular reason. Sometimes a phone will, without warning, turn off and refuse to ever power on again. I suppose this is true for just about any electronic but this is extremely unfortunate when it happens to a cell phone that's just over a year old as the phones manufacture is usually no longer responsible for it as the phones warranty has expired at that point. This holds true for the battery as well; but I digress.
If you have followed the advice listed above and your cell phone has become completely lifeless and doesn't even respond to a charger or another battery then you will likely need to look into your replacement options.
Phone shutting off by itself
Submitted by Adesha (not verified) on
Hi, I hope that this forum is still open and that I get a response. My Samsung Galaxy S 4 Active shuts down by itself despite having like over 50% charge and when I try to turn it back on, it refuses to. I never tried removing the battery to see if it will restart, however, what I do is plug it in to charge and the battery symbol that comes up when the phone is off but charging, shows either that it has like 50% charge and is now continuing to charge, or, that it is completely dead and it's now getting recharged. Please keep in mind that the battery did in fact already have like 50% charge on it. It started one afternoon while on a call and now it happens almost daily. Please help.
Hum… hard to say what the exact cause is…
Submitted by Brian Baker on
Hi Adesha,
Sorry to hear that your Samsung is having problems and has for some reason started powering itself off. This issue can be a hard one to solve and narrowing down the exact cause can sometimes be a bit of a challenge.
Make sure to try ALL of the suggestions in the article above including a review of all your applications (especially any apps that you might have downloaded around the same time the problem started). If you can't seem to find any app(s) that might be the cause then you should backup your phone and then try a Hard Reset. After the reset you can use the phone for a while in its clean, bare, and like new condition and on its default settings. Not downloading any apps (or anything else) for a few days (if possible).
Since you mentioned this is nearly a daily occurrence you could use the phone for a couple of days and if it still powers off then you can look into your replacement options.
If it works properly and doesn't power itself off then you can start re-downloading your apps one or two at a time and then try the phone for a couple of days with those apps, download a few more, try those apps, and if you download an app and you're your phone starts to power off again then you can narrow the cause to the app(s) most recently installed and you can choose whether or not it's worth having on the phone or not.
You can also look into trying a new/replacement battery but since you mentioned this happens even when the battery has a charge it's kind of sounding like more of an issue with the phone as opposed to the battery.
I Have A Samsung Galaxy S4
Submitted by Jermaria (not verified) on
My phone started cutting on and off yesterday. But it cut right back on, now it barley comes on at all. It seems like when I'm actually on the phone talking to someone is when it stays on, but soon as I hang up the phone cuts right back off.
My samsung galaxy trend restarts while installing an app
Submitted by linguz (not verified) on
My samsung galaxy trend restarts while installing an applications.
Thus it doesn't finish installing. Please help on that.
Android restarts when trying to install an Application
Submitted by Brian Baker on
Hi Linguz,
You have a very uncommon and difficult problem to try to solve on your Android smartphone my friend. Let me ask you some questions that might help to narrow down and hopefully help to eliminate the cause of this problem.
- Does this happen when you try to download and install a specific app or certain apps or does your phone reboot when trying to download and install any app from the Android Play Store? The App(s) that you are trying to download are from Androids official app market and not some third party site I am assuming?
- How many third party apps that didn't originally come with the phone would you say are installed on your smartphone already? Are their quite a few? If so does removing a few seem to help or not really?
- I assume that restarting the phone (a soft reset) doesn't seem to help? What about a hard reset? Have you attempted to perform a factory data reset on your phone yet?
- Does your phone utilize an external memory card? If so and you remove the card from the phone are you able to install applications properly? What speed class is your memory card (if you do have one)?
- Is your phone rooted or is it the original stock software? If your Samsung is rooted have you tried installing and using a different ROM?
- Is your phone running on up to date software? This includes your Apps and the phones Operating System…
- Does the app completely download and then fail to install or does the phone fail to download the app as well?
- What troubleshooting have you already attempted in order to try to resolve this problem?
If you are still having problems with your phone rebooting when downloading or installing an application then let me know about all of these things and I will do what I can to try and help you resolve this rare, stubborn, and extremely annoying problem.
Galaxy S III turns off by itself
Submitted by Andrew (not verified) on
I had a question about other possible causes for a phone shutting down.
I have a Galaxy S III. Over the past few months, the camera app frequently crashes with the message, "camera app has failed." Then I started using a removable SD card.
I read on another site that sometimes low quality SD cards can cause a problem, so I removed it, but when I start an app that has permission to access the camera and SD card, my phone will turn off.
I have removed the SD card, the camera app still crashes, and I will soon be reinstalling the possible problem causing app because the phone continues to turn off.
Have you experienced situations where an SD card or the camera app may be the cause of a phone turning off?
If after I reinstall the potential problem-causing app the phone continues to turn off, I may do a factory reset. Also the phone worked fine for a year with this app on my phone. Thanks.
SD card and App problems…
Submitted by Brian Baker on
Hi Andrew,
It's rare but yes I have seen where a malfunctioning or defective SD card can cause such problems. Apps are typically the more likely culprit as they can crash and fail, as you pointed out, and can cause phones to crash too depending on the situation.
Out of curiosity have you had the opportunity to try a different SD card? Possibly even a different battery?
I suggest that the first thing that you try is to make sure that all of your apps are up to date and see if that helps at all. How often does your phone power off like that? Would it be possible to active Safe Mode and use the phone in Safe Mode for a while to see if the phone still powers off on you?
If you perform a factory reset and it doesn't seem to help and your S3 even powers off when booted into Safe Mode then its less likely going to be a bad app, and is more likely going to be a hardware problem of some type.
Galaxy s2
Submitted by Albert (not verified) on
There were 2 instances where my s2, well, died. It turned off all of a sudden and didn't take any charge. I tried pulling out the battery while charging, still nothing. I tried a battery pull and nothing. And I tried taking off the battery, putting it back on and pressing power button but still nothing. I had it looked at twice at a service center and both times they just issued me a replacement battery. They said it was the only issue, nothing on the button or the port. Twice the same problem and twice the phone died within a month and stopped charging all over again. Any thoughts?
Samsung Galaxy Powering Off
Submitted by Brian Baker on
Hi Albert,
That's not a very common problem to have on a Galaxy smartphone. Yes, it is true that batteries don't last forever but having multiple batteries just suddenly stop working for no particular reason is pretty odd.
I'm not sure if this applies to your situation but make sure to charge your phones battery when it gets low and requires charging. Try not to let a battery drain completely or it can have issues charging and working again.
If replacing the battery seems to help solve your problem then this will typically indicate an issue with the battery as opposed to the phone. If this seems to become a pattern though, given its already happened twice, then perhaps your phone is eating batteries for some reason.
When the phone was working did you notice any power related problems like a quickly draining battery or has your cell phone shown any error messages, or done anything else odd lately?
I recommend that you plug your phone into a charger for a couple of days to see if you can get it to charge again. If charging through a wall charger doesn't seem to help then try charging it through a USB connection using a computer instead. With any luck this will get the battery to start charging and you won't have to get a replacement battery again. If not then you might have to look into getting another battery.
Samsung Galaxy Trend S7580
Submitted by Nehemiah (not verified) on
Hi, my phone shuts down as soon as I am done downloading an app just when it is about to install it. What could be the problem?
That sounds like it might be a memory or storage issue
Submitted by Brian Baker on
Hello Nehemiah,
Hard to say for certain but from the information that you have provided in your comment… if I was to make a guess, I would say that your cell phone has most likely run out of available storage space on its internal memory (the Samsung Galaxy Trend Plus only comes with 4GB of internal memory and only about 2.2GB of that storage space is available to the user). It sounds like your phone is trying to install the app but since there is no more space left to save it to the phone gets confused and powers off.
Try cleaning out some of the data from your internal storage as best you can and try moving as much information to an external SD card as well. Otherwise your phone may have reached its limit and you may not be able to save any more applications to it.
Phone won't turn on
Submitted by Christina (not verified) on
So, I have a Galaxy S3. For the past couple months it would have periods where it would randomly turn off a couple times and then be fine. But now it hasn't turned back on for the past couple weeks. If I try to turn it on it will vibrate and show the start up screen and then turn back off. I've tried leaving it on the charger, replacing the battery, and leaving it alone for a couple of days. I can't do a factory restart if it won't turn on, right? Help!
Samsung Galaxy S3
Submitted by Brian Baker on
Hello Christina,
You might be able to perform a reboot or hard reset through the Android system recovery tool.
If a hard reset is ineffective and your phone still refuses to power on then check out THIS GUIDE too. Your Samsung Galaxy S3 might be experiencing a more serious software issue and if that's the case your phone will require some more advanced troubleshooting in order to try and resolve it.
Tecno h6
Submitted by Peter Isaac (not verified) on
Every night I charge my phone to full then I wake up in the middle of the night to unplug it. When I wake up the next morning, I usually find out that the phone has switched off and it doesn't switch on again unless I remove the battery, please how can I stop this?
Phone suddenly switches off and the battery level goes crazy
Submitted by Junaid Ahmed (not verified) on
Hello, I am using a Xiaomi Redmi 2S prime. After a good use of 1 week it suddenly switched off. I can switch it on if I take out the battery 3 or 4 times and put it back in again. Also when the phone is on the battery level goes to 0% from 100% charge. This problem is arising continuously, I am unable to find any solution. Please help me.
Trying to resolve power related problems on your Android
Submitted by Brian Baker on
Hello Junaid Ahmed,
To be perfectly honest I am not too familiar with that phone so the following advice will be drawn from the experience of working with Android smartphones as a whole as opposed to being device specific.
That being said your cell phone is certainly experiencing an odd and unpleasant issue. It's difficult to determine from your description if your problem is software or hardware related… Other than pulling the battery out (good job by the way) have you done any other troubleshooting?
When your battery goes from 100% to 0% do you have to charge your phone all over again or if you can get your phone to power on does it have the same charge as it had when it powered off?
Have you been experiencing any other issues that you can think of? Have you received any error messages or anything of that nature? Did your phone allow you to perform a battery check as mentioned in the article above? If so what where the results? Have you had the chance to perform a hard reset and then use the phone as a clean slate to help try and eliminate a bad app or possible software problems?
You may need to try all of these things in order to pinpoint the cause of the problem and with any luck resolve it.
Cellphone shut down by itself
Submitted by May (not verified) on
My cellphone keeps shutting down even though its fully charged and I cant turn it on. It only turns on when plugged into a charger. When I remove the charger it shuts down again. What do you think is the problem? Is it my phone or the battery?
Battery vs. Cell Phone
Submitted by Brian Baker on
Hi May,
From your description it sounds like the battery is the most likely culprit. It sounds like the phone can pull power from the charger but as soon as the charger is removed and the phone is forced to try to pull power from the battery it cant and powers off. Luckily a replacement battery is going to be a lot more affordable then a replacement cell phone too.
So give a new battery a try. There is a really good chance that a functional battery will be able to resolve your problem.
Mobile suddenly got switched off
Submitted by Pragyan Bhardwaj (not verified) on
My ASUS ZenFone suddenly switched off and it is not going on... what should I do? Please help...
Turns off by itself
Submitted by Mackenzie (not verified) on
My phone keeps turning off if I don't touch it for even 3 seconds! We've tried everything on this website and it still won't budge. Please what's wrong?


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This event provides All-State music audition preparation for middle school and high school students taught by Berry College music faculty. We will cover the All-State Band etudes, scales, sight reading, and general audition protocol. Student will also receive a pizza
lunch, and an
All-State Workshop t-shirt. Extra director and parent lunches are available for
$5 and should be specified on the registration form.
High School - 10 am - 12 pm (registration begins 9:30)
Lunch - 12 - 12:45 pm
Middle School - 1:00 - 3:00 pm (registration begins at 11:30 am)
Parking will be in the Ford Auditorium lot. There will be signs on the day of the event that will help direct you to the correct location. You can also access a map of campus that has parking information.
Dr. Lauren Denney Wright, Director of Bands
(706)-238 -5830
Date: November 17th, 2018
Cost: $13 (includes the clinic, lunch, and t-shirt)
Registration Deadline: October 19th
Middle School Registration
High School Registration
Campus Map

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Men's Running Shoe
Nike Air Zoom Terra Kiger 5
Conquer wet, rocky trails in the Nike Air Zoom Terra Kiger 5. Ultra-lightweight Flymesh joins Nike React foam for a smooth ride. A perforated upper helps keep moisture out, while a sticky rubber outsole gives multi-directional traction on a variety of surfaces.
- Colour Shown: Black/Gunsmoke/Wolf Grey/Barely Grey
- Style: AQ2219-001
Conquer wet, rocky trails in the Nike Air Zoom Terra Kiger 5. Ultra-lightweight Flymesh joins Nike React foam for a smooth ride. A perforated upper helps keep moisture out, while a sticky rubber outsole gives multi-directional traction on a variety of surfaces.
- Zoom Air unit in the heel gives responsive cushioning.
- Nike React technology is a lightweight, durable foam that delivers a smooth, responsive ride.
- Perforated mesh and synthetic upper drains water and optimises breathability.
- Sticky rubber pods on outsole delivers wet-surface traction.
- Overlays surround the forefoot for enhanced durability.
- Padded tongue helps relieve pressure from the lacing system.
- Segmented rock plate in the forefoot helps shield your foot on rough terrain.
- Multi-directional lugs have a sharp, crisp shape to enhance your grip in all conditions.
- High-abrasion rubber heel in a rugged Waffle pattern provides multi-surface traction and durability.
- Colour Shown: Black/Gunsmoke/Wolf Grey/Barely Grey
- Style: AQ2219-001
- Country/Region of Origin: China
Free standard delivery on orders over R 4,000.
- Standard deliveries arrive in 4-13 days; we deliver 5 days a week.
- You can return your order for any reason, free of charge, within 30 days.
Some Exclusions Apply. Learn more about Nike.com delivery options and returns policy.
4.3 Stars
An improvement, but needs more refinement in heel
NeedofEndurance - May 01, 2019
I really like the updates to the midsole and outsole. I haven't run in the Kiger since v3 (just wasn't in love with the previous midsole construction, which carried over to v4), but v5 feels much more cushioned underfoot and with better grip. I also like the rockplate addition up front, which still allows for plenty of forefoot flexibility on the uphills. The main issue I have with these is with the heel collar/counter - which is extremely stiff, inflexible, and rides higher around the ankle than v3 (and even other current Nike shoes like the Pegasus 35). The heel collar digs into the lateral/outside "ball" of my ankles consistently - especially on more technical trail sections. I also experienced some rubbing irritation on my achilles. Sometimes I don't have any issues with some contact around the ankles if the material is relatively pliable or flexible enough, but unfortunately that's not the case with these. I love the updates in general (the rest of the upper is great), but hope the ankle/heel area gets another look in the next iteration.
Happy so far
drrrla - Apr 23, 2019
Tested the Kiger 5's for the first time on a hilly course that consisted of fire roads, pebbly dirt trials, and uneven terrain and they held up nicely. Solid grip on the varied surfaces. The tongue seems thin, the toe box a bit wide, and the overall feel of the shoes was a little loose initially, but if you tie them on tight enough and just right, the fit is snug and they felt fine during the run. I'm transitioning from the Wildhorse to the Kiger and am very pleased so far.
Comfortable and stylish
15897561322 - Apr 13, 2019
Pretty great shoes. Been for about 5 runs so far on rocks, mud and on grass and been pleased with results. The shoes although bright are really easy to clean and dry quickly. I also like the differing foams for the heel midsole and forefoot which makes the shoe super comfortable. You need to make you tighten the laces tightly or the centre of your foot will hurt. I cannot speak on durability yet but only small signs of wear so far


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Here continues the speech given by Dallin Oaks:
Some moral absolutes or convictions must be at the foundation of any system of law. This does not mean that all laws are so based. Many laws and administrative actions are simply a matter of wisdom or expediency. But many laws and administrative actions are based upon the moral standards of our society. If most of us believe that it is wrong to kill or steal or lie, our laws will include punishment for those acts. If most of us believe that it is right to care for the poor and needy, our laws will accomplish or facilitate those activities. Society continually legislates morality. The only question is whose morality and what legislation.
In the United States, the moral absolutes are the ones derived from what we refer to as the Judeo-Christian tradition, as set forth in the Bible—Old Testament and New Testament.
Despite ample evidence of majority adherence to moral absolutes, some still question the legitimacy of a moral foundation for our laws and public policy. To avoid any suggestion of adopting or contradicting any particular religious absolute, some secularists argue that our laws must be entirely neutral, with no discernable relation to any particular religious tradition. Such proposed neutrality is unrealistic, unless we are willing to cut away the entire idea that there are moral absolutes.
Of course, not all moral absolutes are based on traditional religion. A substantial segment of society has subscribed to the environmental movement, which Robert Nisbet, a distinguished American sociologist, has characterized as a "national religion," with a "universalized social, economic, and political agenda." 3 So far as I am aware, there has been no responsible public challenge to the legitimacy of laws based on the environmentalists' set of values. I don't think there should be. My point is that religious values are just as legitimate as those based on any other comprehensive set of beliefs.
Let us apply these thoughts to the role of religions, churches, and church leaders in the public sector.
Some reject the infusion of religious-based values in public policy by urging that much of the violence and social divisiveness of the modern world is attributable to religious controversies. But all should remember that the most horrible moral atrocities of the twentieth century in terms of death and human misery have been committed by regimes that are unambiguously secular, not religious.
Even though we cannot reject religious values in law-making on the basis of their bad record by comparison with other values, there are examples of hostility to religious values in the public sector. For example, less than a decade ago, the United States Department of Justice challenged a federal judge's right to sit on a case involving the Equal Rights Amendment on the ground that his religious views would prejudice him. The judge was Marion Callister. The religious views were LDS. In that same decade, the American Civil Liberties Union took the position that any pro-life abortion law was illegitimate because it must necessarily be founded on religious belief. 4
A few years ago some Protestant and Jewish clergymen challenged a federally financed program to promote abstinence from sexual activity among teenage youngsters. The grant recipients included BYU and some Catholic charities in Virginia and Michigan. The ACLU attorney who filed this challenge declared that "the 'chastity law' is unconstitutional because it violates the requirement for separation of church and state" because taxpayer dollars "are going to religious institutions, which use the funds to teach religious doctrines opposing teen-age sex and abortion." 5 In the meantime, the "value" judgments that permit public schools to distribute birth control devices to teenagers supposedly violate no constitutional prohibition because the doctrine that opposes chastity is secular. (Source)
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Marlins' Chris Coghlan 'out a while' with lower back injury
The Marlins on Tuesday found out the severity of hot hitting Chris Coghlan's injury, and it doesn't look good.
The Marlins on Tuesday found out the severity of hot hitting Chris Coghlan's injury, and it doesn't look good.
A few hours after recording Sunday's win in relief, lefty Wade LeBlanc was designated for assignment.
This post was updated at 6 p.m. Sunday
Casey Kotchman can't remember the last time he had a muscle injury.
"First time in a decade, probably," the veteran first baseman said.
The last time Marlins fans saw Kotchman, he was hustling down the first-base line trying to beat out a double play on April 3. He strained his hamstring and hasn't set foot on the Marlins Park field — or any other …
Marlins slugger Giancarlo Stanton took another step toward a rehab assignment with a positive batting practice on Saturday afternoon.
Stanton, who strained his hamstring in late April, has had a tumultuous recovery over the past month. The hulking right fielder told Marlins manager Mike Redmond he had sore knees this week, and the Marlins decided to slow Stanton's rehab regimen.
A day later, the 23-year-old Stanton took batting practice and shagged fly …
The Marlins haven't scored a run in 18 innings, and they've lost four of five, scoring a disheartening 10 runs in that stretch.
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This watercolor hung in her bedroom.
The birds hung in the diningroom. I glued them in another frame to make them a little larger.
I love plates on the wall. This niche was supposed to be a closet, but Sherry suggested this to add a little more character to the house. Remember..... we built this house off a model home so there are many more people in the area with the same floorplan. We tried to add some things to make our house a little different. The oil painting is similar to the one on the mantle. I just love colorful landscapes!
This picture is one of my favorites! I was intantly drawn to it (at Kirkland's) because of all the color. Mom got it for me for my bithday when we moved into the house. It's a little contemporary..... honestly, I like contemporary, I tend to like lots of different styles!
I'll have to show you more on a different post. My house isn't big, I need something to show you next time! lol, Great idea Barb!
Now for more frames...... This is what I came up with for the initials. Of course there are many different colors this one could be done in. I did this one to match my house. I can do any initial you would like! This one has 3 different ribbons and a B on snake skin paper. I painted the edge of the frame gold.
When Sherry and I went to market we saw some frames with rhinestones in the middle of the bow. They were so pretty (and pricy). You guys suggested dog frames. I found the rhinestone paws at market and came up with this. You can put your own picture in this one, it can be for a dog or cat! I can also put your pet's name in rhinestones like I did for Sassy. I will also be making some in different colors. I also have rhinestone Fleur de lis, butterflies, hearts, crosses and adorable baby carriages I will be making soon. This isn't the best pic of Sassy.....everything is still on my camera!
And easter.....what a wonderful time of the year!
I will be listing these on my Etsy store if you are interested. My store is listed under "My Links" right under "My Followers" on the left hand side. If you have a special request just let me know! Thanks again to Barb for hosting "What's on your wall Wednesday!" I hope I can blog tomorrow, we are in the middle of an ice storm and I'm just hoping the temps stay up so the ice will melt. Hopefully our power won't go out! Have a great week!


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Top security for Noriega jail journey
Dec. 12 - Panama's former dictator Manuel Noriega is taken to a jail in Panama City amid tight security to start a 20-year sentence for murder. Paul Chapman reports.
PLEASE NOTE: EDIT CONTAINS CONVERTED 4:3 MATERIAL Panama's ex-dictator Manuel Noriega arrived at La Renacer jail amid tight security to begin a 20-year sentence for murder. His appearance was a far cry from the man once known for waving a machete while delivering fiery speeches. Noriega turned up in a police convoy. He arrived about half an hour after an earlier convoy carrying another wheelchair-bound passenger in what appeared to be a decoy manoeuvre. Noriega was convicted in his absence of murdering his political opponents. He's also facing charges over another killing in 1970. The 77-year-old ex-dictator has been extradited back to his homeland from France. He's been in jail there and in the United States for drug trafficking and money laundering during his rule in the 1980s. Noriega will stay in a unit specially prepared for him at the prison near the Panama Canal, surrounded by tropical rainforest. But he's old enough to qualify instead for house arrest. That decision rests with the government. Paul Chapman, Reuters


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[saying no]
Wrote this a couple of nights ago, but since I already posted something that day, this had to wait… Thankfully, I am feeling better now than I was feeling back then, but I still wanted to share this… I feel like David sometimes he was writing his psalms. I am not claiming to be him, but I can certainly relate to his feelings when he thought everything was against him yet God always was there to support him and be the wind beneath the wings.
Everyone tells me "Learn to say 'no'"
But how can I?
"The need does not equal to a call"
Good quote… But who will do the job?
Or maybe I am just so proud of my abilities
That I cannot refuse do "that one more thing"?
I think I am going to crash,
Crash badly.
Engines are whining and striving,
Yet the air cannot carry the weight.
Like an airplane, I am due for a Tarmac.
Will I crash or will I land?
Only God knows because He is the wind that carries me.


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Below is a selection of studies from a variety of economists, analysts and tax experts that explain why tax reform would encourage economic growth, spur economic growth and level the playing field for American businesses to compete in the global economy.
Tax Reform Overview
International Comparison of Effective Corporate Tax Rates
September 2016
The Business Roundtable's Corporate Tax Reform – The Time is Now
The Business Roundtable
April 2013
Evolution of Territorial Tax Systems in the OECD
Prepared for the Technology CEO Council
April 2013
International Scorecard: Multinationals in the U.S. Economy
International Tax Policy Forum
A Global Perspective on Territorial Taxation
Philip S. Dittmer
August 2012
U.S. Corporate Tax Reform Backgrounder
Council on Foreign Relations
April 2012
The Moment of Truth
President Obama's National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform
December 2010
Competitive Tax Rates for U.S. Companies: How Low to Go?
Peter Merrill
February 2009
Growing the U.S. Economy
American Companies and Global Supply Networks
Matthew J. Slaughter
January 2013
How Reform of the U.S. Corporate Tax Code Can Create Short- and Long-Term Economic Growth
Ike Brannon, Doug Holtz-Eakin, and Elizabeth Lowell
July 2011
Tax Policy Reform and Economic Growth
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Competing in the Global Economy
Corporate Taxation and US MNCs: Ensuring a Competitive Economy
Gary Clyde Hufbauer, Peterson Institute for International Economics
April 2013
Macroeconomic Effects of Lower Corporate Income Tax Rates Recently Enacted Abroad
Drs. John Diamond and George Zodrow, Tax Policy Advisers LLC and Dr. Robert Carroll
Ernst & Young LLP
March 2013
Winning the $30 trillion decathlon: Going for gold in emerging markets
Yuval Atsmon, Peter Child, Richard Dobbs, and Laxman Narasimhan, McKinsey & Company
August 2012
Report to the President, Capturing Domestic Competitive Advantage in Advanced Manufacturing
Executive Office of the President, President Obama's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
July 2012
Prosperity at Risk, Harvard Business School's Survey on U.S. Competitiveness
Michael E. Porter. Jan W. Rivkin
January 2012
Capturing the world's emerging middle class
From McKinsey Quarterly
July 2010
Business Roundtable, Key Comparisons of International Tax Systems
The Business Roundtable
May 2010
The United States Economy Depends on Worldwide American Companies
The Business Roundtable
July 2009
Reform the Outdated Tax System to Enhance American Competitiveness
President Obama's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness
Tax Reform in Other Countries
Center for Business Taxation Corporate Tax Ranking 2012
Katarzyna Bilicka and Michael Devereux, Oxford University
June 2012
2012 Annual Global Tax Competitiveness Ranking – A Canadian Good News Story
Duanjie Chen and Jack Mintz, The School of Public Policy, University of Calgary
September 2012


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MILAN (Reuters) - Italy's biggest retail bank has turned its historic headquarters in Milan's central La Scala square into a majestic modern art museum displaying Italian post-war works from the likes of Lucio Fontana and Renato Guttuso.
Palazzo Beltrami, a superb Milanese building which blends Neoclassical style with eclectic features, was built in 1911 as a prestigious new head office for Banca Commerciale Italiana, now part of domestic bank giant IntesaSanpaolo.
Nearly 200 works of art, all from IntesaSanpaolo's huge art collection, are on display as of this week in the same early 20th century halls where clerk desks and cash counters stood for 100 years.
Even the bank's restored vaults will be turned into exhibit halls, hosting a rotating selection of paintings and sculptures.
"The main bank hall is now the key museum hall," said architect Michele De Lucchi, who directed the project.
"We have left portions of the original cash counters, that are now an integral part of the exhibition space."
The newly inaugurated Cantiere del '900 exhibition is part of a broader museum complex called Gallerie d'Italia that belongs to IntesaSanpaolo and is set across from famed opera theatre La Scala and by the elegant shopping street Via Manzoni.
From Informalism to Pop Art, the collection aims to represent all the leading artistic movements from the 1950s to the 1990s. It is entirely made up of Italian works, many from the Lombardy region where Milan is based.
A whole section is dedicated to the emblematic Fontana, known for his Spatial Concept series, monochromatic paintings and other works with deliberate holes or slashes in them.
Other masterpieces include abstract paintings from Emilio Vedova, one of the most important Italian painters of the post-War era, collages from Alberto Burri or works by MAC (concrete art) movement founder Bruno Munari.
"For Italian banks, even the smaller ones, it has been a tradition to collect art and documents from their local area," said Giovanni Bazoli, Supervisory Board Chairman of IntesaSanpaolo.
"These masterpieces were however enjoyed by just a few people. I had two works of Umberto Boccioni in my office, that are now on public display."
The modern art collection complements a selection of works from the 19th century also from the bank that opened to the public last year and is hosted in the adjacent Palazzo Anguissola and Palazzo Brentani.
Reporting By Lisa Jucca, editing by Paul Casciato


text: A long-standing tenet of investing is that a diversified portfolio should include a meaningful foreign stock component. During the awesome bull market in U.S. stocks in the late 1990's, however, many investors and advisers began to challenge this premise. After all, the returns were inferior overseas and the risks seemed to be greater. Japan's economy and stock market were in a painful, decade-long decline. European stocks repeatedly under performed U.S. stocks. Less developed economies in Asia and Latin America subjected the average individual investor to too much risk. The United States, as the center of the technology revolution, was the place to be, and investors could participate in the growth of foreign economies by investing in the stocks of multi-national U.S. companies. How times have changed. U.S. stocks are threatening to post a third consecutive year of declines, which hasn't happened since the Great Depression. Meanwhile, foreign stocks are outperforming U.S. stocks and, in some cases, are posting very attractive returns. It is time for many investors to get reacquainted with foreign stocks, and Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) provide an excellent vehicle. Foreign stocks deserve a place in an investment portfolio for two primary reasons. The first is diversification. The more an investor can diversify across non-correlated asset classes that historically have produced high rates of return the better. The second reason has to do with some basic economic realities: In 1970, U.S. stocks represented two-thirds of the world's equity market capitalization, but today they account for about one-half. Companies based outside of the United States dominate several of the world's major industries, including electronics and automobiles. For example, 7 of the 10 largest automobile companies and 7 of the 10 largest electronics companies are located outside the U.S. There are numerous Exchange Traded Funds available to investors seeking exposure to foreign stocks. Not surprisingly, most foreign equity ETFs are sponsored by Barclays, which is based in London and is the largest manager of indexed investments in the world. Barclays offers over 30 international ETFs, most of which are designed to track indices developed by Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI). Most of these funds target specific countries. While some of these country funds can provide terrific returns (e.g. the South Korea fund is up 31% year to date), my view is that investors should focus on just two international ETFs: the MSCI EAFE Index Fund (symbol: EFA) and the MSCI Japan Index Fund (symbol: EWJ). Detailed information on both funds can be found at Barclays' ETF web site - www.ishares.com. The MSCI EAFE Index is a widely recognized international benchmark based on 21 developed market country indices in Europe, Australasia, and the Far East. In addition to 16 European countries, the EAFE index includes Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand and Singapore. Barclays' EAFE Index Fund has almost $4 billion in assets and invests in 790 companies. While the EAFE Index provides broad exposure to the largest foreign companies in virtually all of the developed economies other than the U.S. and Canada, investors should consider combining it with Barclays' Japan Index Fund, which has approximately $750 million in assets and invests in approximately 300 of Japan's largest companies. The Japan Index Fund is a good complement to the EAFE Index Fund because: Japan has the second largest economy in the world, after the U.S. Japan has a relatively modest weighting in the EAFE index (approximately 10%) because of the large number of countries, particularly European countries, included in the index. Japanese stocks have historically had a lower correlation with U.S. stocks than European stocks, so by definition an investor achieves greater diversification benefits by investing in Japan. Japan has suffered a protracted bear market for more than a decade and their market may finally have bottomed. The Japan Index Fund (symbol: EWJ) is up over 15% year-to- date. How much should investors commit to these international equity funds? I think as much as 1/3 of the equity portion of a portfolio makes sense. ETFs provide a low-cost, effective means to achieve this important diversification. Step 10InternationalEtfMsci Previous Article Next Article All Articles About Index Fund Advisors Index Fund Advisors, Inc. (IFA) is a fee-only advisory and wealth management firm that provides risk-appropriate, returns-optimized, globally-diversified and tax-managed investment strategies with a fiduciary standard of care. Founded in 1999, IFA is a Registered Investment Adviser with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that provides investment advice to individuals, trusts, corporations, non-profits, and public and private institutions. Based in Irvine, California, IFA manages individual and institutional accounts, including IRA, 401(k), 403(b), profit sharing, pensions, endowments and all other investment accounts. IFA also facilitates IRA rollovers from 401(k)s and 403(b)s. To find out more about the value of IFA click here. To determine your risk capacity, take the Risk Capacity Survey.


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ADI provided stadium LED screen and broadcast solutions for two stadia at the FIFA 2010 World Cup South Africa.
The installations were at two of the tournaments official stadia: Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria and The Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane and were awarded to and fulfilled by ADI's dedicated South African Office, ADI SA. ADI were able to provide the pedigree and experience of the renowned ADI brand – one of the world leaders in stadium LED screens – but with a service provided and supported locally throughout the lifetime of the technology
One of five newly built stadiums for the World Cup, Peter Mokaba is located in Polokwane in the north of South Afrcia. A brand new stadium necessitated an extensive LED solution, and ADI supplied not only two huge 60m² Virtuality screens, but also a brace of accompanying 25m² digiSCORE LED scoreboards as well as a fully-featured broadcast suite.
As with all installations for the 2010 World Cup, the intention was to leave a legacy facility that would be useful in years to come, and the production suite was built around high-end broadcast-standard technologies that allows for creation and broadcast of extensive content for matchdays.
ADI provided a complete specification and installation solution, including everything from advising on correct steelwork to running fibre optic cabling and then full and ongoing training and support.
In addition to Polokwane, ADI also provided a World Cup installation at the famous Loftus Versfeld Stadium.
Loftus Versfeld Stadium is one of South Africa's most famous stadia and home to The Mamelodi Sundowns Football Club and The Vodacom Blue Bulls, one of the country's leading rugby clubs. It was one of the existing stadiums chosen for extensive upgrading for the 2010 FIFA World Cup; upgrades that included the installation of a brand new 60m² Virtuality LED screen.
Like Peter Mokaba, the Loftus installation was managed and fulfilled by ADI South Africa, who will continue to manage, maintain and operate the screen. With the stadium used for a number of different sports, the contract also included a full screen broadcast package including vision mixing capabilities and flexible bespoke scoreboard software.


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What Is Universally Terrifying?
You want to invoke a sense of terror in your games, but because each person has different fear prompts it's difficult to pinpoint specific triggers for everyone. Some people may be afraid of heights, others afraid of spiders. You can't guarantee that someone walking into the room will be afraid of what you've got in your bag of tricks. You could include navigating heights or unreasonably large spiders in your game but that won't scare everyone. You will likely elicit a terrified stupor from those who are afraid, but what about the rest who don't mind heights or spiders?
Mental Conditioning and Fear
The trick isn't to make something a man will fear, but to make that man fear something. Through mental conditioning any man can be made to fear any object. Think of a common innocuous object, something you use every day, perhaps something in your pockets or on your desk right now. That object in hand shouldn't inspire any sense of fear and is a wonderful candidate for our explanation. If the task is to make someone fear that object a strong association needs to be formed with another stimulus that will create an aversion to the item.
Pain is a powerful motivator, but that would be hard to pull off through a medium like video games. We have been told it may also be considered unethical to inflict pain on unsuspecting victims users. Oh well, what we do have available to us as developers is failure and loss.
Now to make that innocuous object frightening we need to create an association between it and the stimuli of failure and/or loss. We create this association by turning the object into a trigger and the stimulus into a consequence.
Hypothetical Mental Conditioning
Let's assume that item I asked you to consider earlier was a cell phone. Something you deeply love and cannot live without. How could we ever make you learn to fear it? Allow me to insert a hypothetical situation to dramatically demonstrate a point.
You find yourself in a dire situation. You are confined within a very large and meagerly illuminated warehouse. Around you is amassed a large variety of crates. At the fringe of the vast room the shadows are stirring, pressing against the dim halogen lights with malicious intents.
You have been tasked with finding and recovering an object from these crates that is paramount to your survival. Informed that you may request a text message via your cell phone that will indicate your proximity to the object in question you have only one hour to complete your task before the lights go out indefinitely; allowing the shadow to consume you. However, this enlightening text message will come at a murky cost. With each hint received one of the few lights of the warehouse will flicker and go out, allowing the pressing shadow to elatedly leap a pronounced distance closer to you.
You do not have time to search each and every crate so using the cell phone is imperative to your survival.
As the wall of shadow closes in each and every text message you begrudgingly invite will become more and more terrifying to use. Anxiety will compound as the luxuries of light and time runs out. Within a few texts what you have lost will quickly condition you to loathe and fear using your phone for it may dwindle away what little time and resources you have. The phone is now an enemy, indistinguishable from the foreboding shadow slipping impishly closer to you with each passing moment.
Congratulations we've just created a phobia of phones by using operant conditioning to associate phones with negative consequences. The duration of the phobia will likely be short lived after the event because the reinforcement was continuous. When the consequences stop the subject will quickly acclimate and the connection between the object and the stimuli will cease. The duration could be extended using more advanced methods of operant conditioning but that is a topic for another day.
Fear of loss is a powerful motivator and it can very easily be used to make someone forsake something they love. It is even more effective on something that doesn't boast the claim of your affection. If we could convince you to fear something you love, how easily could we convince you fear something you already have an aversion to?
Smart Decisions
Yes, you could condition anyone to fear anything but should you? Some objects take less coercion than others. A ragged doll is easier to use than a boiled egg because we have already been partially indoctrinated in the fear of said object. The boiled egg would take far more effort to establish as a phobia and might not be unattainable within the confines of your game. We have a very limited window in which to engage our intended audience and we need be wise about how we spend that time.
In your quest to create fear in your project you have the option to create fear or expand on it. In many cases expanding will be more than sufficient. Instead of investing a gratuitous amount of time and energy trying to make someone fear something new, it may be time better spent to relapse an old phobia or expand on those that already have foundations laid by our cultural indoctrinations. Using childhood fears like horrid monsters, the darkness of night and shocking events can keep your audience around and interested long enough for you to put together the pieces to establish new innovative fears for them to experience.
Tempore Consummare
As a sadistic advocate of fear in games, I would implore you to use a combination of resurfacing mainstream phobias as well as work quietly in the background to create an enduring aversion to something pertinent to your games theme. Nothing makes me congratulate a horror game developer quite like the dawning realization that something in their game has changed my typical behavior. Now go forth and make the world regret paying $19.99 for your psychologically degenerative experience.


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- One Minute Quinoa Instant PotServings: 2Ingredients
- measuring cup used 1 cup = 180ml
- 1 cup rinsed and drained Quinoa
- 1 1/4 cup water
- salt optional
Recipe Notes
Rinse the Quinoa to remove the natural coating, called saponin, which can make it taste bitter or soapy.
Drain excess water.
In the Instant Pot, add water ,quinoa and salt.
Close the lid on the pot, and turn valve to SEALING position.
Set the pot to MANUAL/PRESSURE COOK (High Pressure) for 1 minute. Once the pot beeps, let it release the pressure naturally(NPR) for 10 minutes (Wait until silver button on lid drops).
Remove lid away from you and fluff quinoa with a fork or serving spoon.
Perfect Quinoa is ready to serve immediately or place into freezer bags for long-term freezer storage.
1. Rinse Quinoa in a fine-mesh sieve, if desired (most brands come pre-rinsed to remove bitter coating called saponin).
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domingo, 4 de octubre de 2009
Gloria Scott: What Am I Going to Do? (1974) ... plus
2009 is the 35th anniversary of this classic soul album, which was the first and only full-length studio release by Gloria Scott. Produced by Barry White with the best of his '70s approach, and featuring songs written by lesser-known White protege, Tom Brock, nearly every single cut here is a classic, a mixture of deep and mellow soul, plus slight traces of funk. The San Francisco-based singer imbued the songs White selected for the album with a convincing blend of heart, soul and hope. '(A Case of) Too Much Love Makin'' is emblematic of Scott's predicament across the album's eight original tracks: She is in love, giving every bit of herself, but it's unrequited. White dresses Scott's love jones in his classic Love Unlimited style with help from Tom Brock and Gene Page. Sadness never sounded this good! It is a small mystery why the album had limited commercial appeal upon its release in 1974 by Casablanca Records. With White's stone cold production and Gloria's instantly captivating vocals, the quality was on par with any album in the marketplace at the time. A combination of factors, including the growing pains of a new record company and White's focus on his own burgeoning career, ultimately limited the reach of What Am I Gonna Do. Though a follow-up single, 'Just As Long as We're Together', hit the R&B Top 20 and held the top spot on the Disco Singles chart in early-1975, the second album she recorded with arranger H. B. Barnum was not released. For all his solo success, Barry White was not delivering on his contract with Gloria Scott. He became one of the most seminal figures of the '70s while Scott faded into obscurity. Titles include 'Love Me, Love Me, Love Me, or Leave Me, Leave Me, Leave Me', 'I Think of You', 'I Just Couldn't Take a Goodbye' and 'That's What You Say'. I also included one bonus track: her 1974 single 'Just As Long As We're Together'. Don't pass on this one: the whole thing is a masterpiece! http://www.popmatters.com/, http://www.dustygroove.com/, http://www.amazon.com/
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I have the beautiful Japanese pressing of the CD, but I will grab this for the bonus cut. Fabulous LP with my fave being 'Help me get off this merry-go-round'. Haunting stuff, Nosi.
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I talk to a brick wall all day
Made out of fiber optic cable
Trying to earn good pay
From doing freelance work
At which
I am very able.
I go up to that wall
And talk to it as loud
As my voice can carry
While amplified by
Message boards and e-mails
As I give that job search my all…
But I might as well be
Trying to catch a cloud.
And so an empty inbox
Stares me in the face
That is what you get
When talking to this wall
Made of fiber optic cable
A freelancer's career that
Crawls along
At a snail's pace
No matter how hard I
Try to enable
An epic jump start
And pick myself
Up off the mat…
But wait
What is this?
There is a job query in my e-mail!
At last I am done
With all those epic fails
Because the brick wall
Made of fiber optic cable
Has spoken to me at last!
I have moved mountains to write it
Pushed myself late into the night
Time and again
Tired mind and body.
Now at last
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Of this book born of many sessions
At my keyboard…
Or so I thought
As suddenly my all my exertions
Come to naught
As I feel like I am caught
In a thicket of brambles
Confronted by a maze of towering hedges
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On over me
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Jim Herman, winless in 105 previous starts on the PGA TOUR, chipped in for birdie on the par-3 16th and finished with two solid pars for a 4-under 68 and a one-shot victory that sends him to the Masters for the first time in his career.
Herman tapped in for par and thrust both fists in the air after his one-shot victory over Henrik Stenson.
The Shell Houston Open was the final opportunity for players to get into the Masters, and Herman seemed like a long shot at No. 191 in the Official World Golf Ranking, whose only professional victory was six years ago at the Moonah Classic in Australia.
Stenson missed an 18-foot birdie putt on the last hole for a 68 to finish one shot behind. It was the Swede's eighth runner-up finish since his last victory in Dubai at the end of 2014.
Jordan Spieth made four straight birdies early in his round, but two shots into the water led to double bogeys and a 70. He was seven back in a tie for 13th.
It was the third time since 2008 that a player won the Shell Houston Open to get into the Masters.
This is his fifth full season on TOUR and he was artful in closing the deal at the Golf Club of Houston.
Herman and Jamie Lovemark were tied for the lead going into the final round. Lovemark was 4 over through six holes and was never a factor. Herman hung around during Spieth's early charge, and even after Stenson took the lead.
Stenson fell back with a bogey from the bunker on the 14th hole, only to get that stroke back on the par-5 15th.
Herman, however, never flinched. Tied for the lead, he missed the green to the left on the 16th and was in thick grass near the bunker. His chip came out perfectly and dropped for a surprising birdie and a one-shot lead, and he held it.
He faced a long wait at the 18th to hit his tee shot, with a bunker to the right and water all the way down the left. Herman drilled it 316 yards down the middle, hit a safe shot to the middle of the green, and two putts later he was on his way to Augusta National.
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1. Social awkwardness - constantly meeting people and having the same mundane conversations is not only tiring, it is downright depressing. With time comes familiarity and the awkwardness noticeably dissipates.
2. Posturing - it is very hard to get to know anyone and very hard to let your own guard down when you are worried about preserving your personal "brand" as the aloof heir or the high-fashion financier or the plugged-in media guy. Again, time seems to break down personas into real people.
3. Support - there isn't any official support and it can be very isolating and lonely. By second quarter, genuine friends are there for you; plus, Stanford offers stellar back-up in the form of WIM groups, 2nd year coaches, and student activities.
4. Bubbly - first quarter at the GSB covers you in a hard plastic bubble that doesn't let in news from the outside world (say good-bye to all your favorite blogs), friends from the past (even ones who live in the Bay Area), or connections to long-term goals (the one downside of the exclusive academic period).
5. Misaligned expectations - classes and schoolwork are both valuable and time consuming. Don't expect anything else.
6. Herding - MBA1s are pack animals. There is tremendous tension for independent-minded adults to constantly follow the flock or risk feeling left out.
7. Email overload - it's truly overwhelming. It doesn't let up, but you get a bit better at managing it.
8. Weather - Kidding.
I'm sorry for the heaps of negativity in this post. I really am much happier this quarter. In recent news, I applied to a couple summer jobs through on-campus recruiting and have signed up to help manage two activities I think are interesting. I still struggle with the Sunday night blues, but it's not so bad.


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Alyssa, author of the Whovian Feminism blog (whovianfeminism.tumblr.com), wrote an essay called "A Love Letter to My Problematic Favs." In it, she said:
I try to let myself love my favorite characters as much as I can, even when they can sometimes make me so uncomfortable I can't bear to watch them onscreen. I try to defend them against criticism I think is unfair (after all, female characters come in for a disproportionate amount of sexist criticism), while at the same time trying to keep my mind open to new critical perspectives.
Maintaining a healthy perspective is tough, and we don't always strike the right balance. But ultimately, that challenge can be a rewarding experience. In struggling to come to terms with all the ways I love and have been let down by my problematic favs, I think I've become a better feminist and fangirl.
Chip invited Alyssa to reflect a month later on what she wrote. As fate would have it, that turned out to be the same time that representation and fan entitlement became a hot topic.
Is it "entitlement" to advocate for change in the media you consume? Are you a bad fan, or even a bully, if you want to see something different in Doctor Who? Maybe there's a difference between having an opinion on the internet and being a threat. Maybe we can do something about the latter without trying to shame the former.
Peoples of the Universe, please attend carefully.
Let's get this right out of the way: Big Finish's "Technophobia" is a triumphant return for the Tenth Doctor and Donna Noble, almost as though Tennant and Tate never left.
And that weirded me the heck out.
The news last week wasn't so much "news" as "tantalizing or terrifying hints of what might be in Doctor Who's future," including a possible writers room experiment and yet more machinations against the BBC itself.
Pearl Mackie is the new companion, Bill, introduced during a really big football game. I like what I see–both in the companion, and in the way the BBC brought her to us.
2MTL 409: Noel Clarke from Long Island Who (Time Dilation)
At long last, 2MTL's interview from the Long Island Who stage with Noel Clarke in November 2015. Noel talks about his career outside Doctor Who, including his comic The Troop from Titan Comics and his upcoming film Brotherhood, as well as his evolution from "buffoon" to "badass" as Mickey Smith.
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Recorded at Long Island Who in November 2015, here's Strax himself: Dan Starkey! Dan talks about his journey from murderous soldier in "The Sontaran Stratagem" to the medical hero we have come to know and love and fear.
2MTL 407: Ace and Aro in Doctor Who
Mikayla, one of the hosts of The Web of Queer (Twitter), provides a great guest commentary (clocking in at an increasingly rare ACTUAL TWO MINUTES) about what you may be inadvertently communicating when you discuss whether the Doctor is, or should be, asexual or aromantic.
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Come Join us! The Rep relies on hundreds of volunteers to produce the plays that allow us to lighten hearts, strengthen spirits, challenge intellect and transform lives with new vision – and we need your help!
The Rep is unique among community theaters in Minnesota that stage regular multi-play seasons because everyone involved – actors, board members, directors, production crew, marketing staff, technicians, house managers and many more – are volunteers.
You can join this outstanding team by volunteering even just a few hours a year as an usher for an evening performance.
If you're handy with any of a variety of tools – a paintbrush, a hammer, a computer keyboard, a graphics program, a sewing machine (the list goes on!)… we would like to add your skills to ours.
Perhaps you've wanted to try your hand at – or return to – performing on stage or managing backstage operations. Our directors welcome all who are interested to attend our open cast auditions or to explore openings on each show's production crew.
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See the show for free and help others enjoy their show experience! Ushers assist our patrons in finding their assigned seats and provide playbills to patrons. The ushers then take a seat in the theatre during the show in order to address any needs that audience members may have, or to assist in an emergency evacuation should one become necessary. The ushers also assist the House Manager with light food and beverage sales during intermission. Before each show, the House Manager will ensure that the ushers have all required information for a successful show experience.
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The House Manager coordinates with the show's Stage Manager, Box Office staff and ushers to ensure that all patrons have been seated, that the show begins on time and that any late arriving patrons are accommodated. The House Manager briefs the ushers on the anticipated flow for the evening and also prepares for concession sales during intermission. The House Manager is responsible for the overall security of the theatre once each performance begins. Because the House Manager is not able to see the performance that she/he is assigned to, our House Managers receive a complimentary pair of tickets for a later show performance.
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