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Hey, remember the Cold War? Remember doing nuclear drills in elementary school where we all got under our desks with our hands over the backs of our necks and tucked our heads between our legs in case a bomb dropped? Did it occur to anyone else that if a nuclear bomb did drop, we wouldn't have had time to even kiss our own asses goodbye, despite being in the perfect position for it? Yeah, me too. One of my biggest anxieties as an adolescent was that someone would "push the button;" searing everyone I knew into a blinding ash stain like that scene from Terminator 2. I was terrified that people in charge, whom I would never meet, could "mutually ensure each other's destruction" and obliterate the rest of the world with a knee-jerk decision. That fear was bad enough. Then in the spring of 1986, the reality of nuclear disaster became clear to the world with the explosion and subsequent fallout of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. With that disaster came the invisible specter of radiation poisoning, and of cancer from radiation. People didn't really seem to know how radiation worked, but everyone knew you don't win cancer. The only scientific information about radiation we had ready access to, was what the media doled out to us in fear-laden images and sound bites, or in books. Remember printed encyclopedias? I was 11. What did I know of medicine? I only knew that I had lost my dear friend and grandmother to a slow wasting end from cancer. Hers wasn't from radiation, but cancer is never a good way to go. Folks were quietly terrified of the thought of a prolonged death due to invisible waves of, what? …of beams? …of pollution? …of radioactive something or other? It was a lot to handle. People were just plain scared.
So, here we are today with another nuclear disaster at our backs. The meltdown of the Fukushima Daiichi power plant in March 2011, following the earthquake-driven tsunami that mauled the coast of Japan, has brought those memories around again. We, the public today, don't know much more about the science of radiation than we did in the 1980's. Cancer is on the rise in our world. Most folks know someone who has struggled with that illness. People are scared again.
Things are different this time though. This is a very different world from the one where huge secretive governments were a moment away from wiping all of humanity from the planet, and where invisible fallout from Chernobyl might creep in and take one of us, or someone we care about. The meltdowns at Chernobyl and Fukushima were very different accidents, with very different severity. The Internet showed up between then and now, forever changing the way that we communicate, and with whom. The number of opinions and voices connecting each other via social media, and the web give resounding chorus and self-confirming power to today's fears over nuclear radiation. And that's part of the problem. We have instant access to any of the science that we could ever need to educate ourselves, and more. There's so much information available today, that it's hard to weed out what sources are valid, and what sources are just distraction. How do we know who to listen to over a chorus so loud? Which voices in the din do we trust? Scientists today are front and center in both our pubic and social media; willing, and frankly eager, to help. We trust them to tell us about medicine, predict terrible weather, provide food, and develop the technologies that connect everyone else's opinions on all of those things. Still, how do we know we can trust them about the real threats from radiation as a result of the Fukushima disaster? How do we know they're not just part of the same massive behind-closed-doors governments that threatened us decades ago, or who lied about the severity of the Fukushima meltdown? How do we trust our food from the oceans? How do we go back in the water?
Peeling Hot Dogs
When I was roughly 7 years old, I learned about the concept of poison from a TV program. I learned that poison was in lots of things. It was different from venom, which came from obvious threats like spiders, or the rattlesnakes we had to worry about when we wandered off the beaten path in my native desert town of San Diego. Poison on the other hand, was less overt. It was in some plants. It was in some foods. It could be in the air, or the water. I learned that poison could kill me, or take away someone I loved. Poison was invisible, and it could get me. With the small amount of information that I owned, I was terrified of poison. I knew enough to be scared, but not enough to understand that I could just find out what to avoid. I didn't know enough to be empowered to do anything about it. I was left with a frustrating combination of trying to protect myself, and needing to trust the only source I had available; but how much did mom really know? So, I began asking her about every single meal as if it might be my last, "Mom, is it poison?" …every meal.
"No, it's not poison. Why would you think that?"
"But, how do you know? Are you sure it's not poison?"
"Yes I'm sure. You eat it all the time. It just isn't poison."
Clearly, she couldn't be trusted. I took control of the situation by refusing to eat until I couldn't function without food. In a stroke of irony, the one thing I deemed healthy to eat was hot dogs, but only on one condition. Mom had to peel them. If hot dogs were poisonous, then surely the deadly toxin must be contained in the skin. So, for a week or two of my childhood, Mom diligently peeled my hotdogs until one day, I suspected she had overlooked the possibility that hot dog peels weren't the only invisible threat to my 7 year-old existence. I looked at her sidelong from my tiny throne at the dinner table, disgracefully peeling 3 Ball-Park Franks with a look of worried servitude. I crooked my finger toward the now shriveled and unpeeled hot dogs, pointed, and like a mini Howard Hughes asked, "Are thooose poison?"
She plopped my plate of lewdly exposed meat product (hot dogs are pretty much the particle-board of meat) in front of me with an exasperated sigh and said, "Yeah, they're poison. I'm trying to kill you."
I ate. I never asked again.
Nuh Uh!
The public conversation about radiation from Fukushima has followed a similar vein. For two years the idea of radiation in the ocean simmered in the background of our collective consciousness, largely ignored. Then, suddenly, a handful of inflammatory articles on social media sparked a rash of fearful conversation that has yet to subside. Old fears of secretive governments, of cancer, and of invisible threats have been rekindled. Today's Internet effectively allows the cacophony of opinions on the matter to be raised to a confusing white noise. Anyone who bothers to take a few minutes to write can create their own blog or official looking website to announce to the world that they are the new authority on any matter because, y'know, they said so, and it's in typed letters on a screen. The emotionally reactive nature of social media buoys up the most extreme ideas and arguments to the top of the news feed, and voilà! …cheap thrills and confusion abound. But, where do regular everyday folks who are legitimately concerned go for good information?
Usually, we turn to science for clear understanding. Scientists are increasingly trying to engage people themselves through educational websites, their own blogs, and a mainstream media that sometimes gets it right. It may not seem like it, but scientists are people too; people with the same needs, the same cares, and the same fears. Science is the discipline that tells people how we know stuff about our world. It's how we know how to take care of our children's medical needs, stay connected to one another through technology, and provide innovations that let us solve problems in the world together. Science gives us the information we need to make informed decisions about what we should and shouldn't be concerned about in the world. Scientists are generally a helpful lot, but because each branch of science is so incredibly complicated, they don't always say things in a sensitive way that is easy to understand for everyday folks.
When a handful of scientists tried to engage in the raging, reactive public conversation about radiation from Fukushima reaching the west coast of North America, the conversation was confusing and more than a little muddied by fear. To put it in 7-year old playground conversation terms, it went something like this…
"Ahhh, radiation is coming to get us! The government can't be trusted! We can't eat any more fish from the Pacific or we'll get cancer and die! Stay out of the water!"
"What!? Holy crap, are you guys serious? Wait here, we'll go find out what's going on. Hey, everybody calm down. We looked at some research and data, and it turns out that we're all going to be safe. Nobody worry."
Sometimes, when people are afraid but don't have enough information to make their own informed decision, it simply isn't enough to hand over a bunch of data and tell us not to worry. Unfortunately, modern communication has made it safe for people to rage in a comment section with relative anonymity while scouring emotionally driven social media networks for opinion-based and unscientific articles that support their feelings instead of actually learning the fundamentals of the subject they are arguing. Upon hearing that there is no threat from radiation to worry about, folks once again turned to the confusing news on the Internet for answers, adding mistrusting sentiment to the din. Turning to social media for information instead of verified scientific sources is like providing the argument that scientists are wrong because you heard it from little 7 year old Susie on the playground, and she heard it from Johnny who is a big kid in Mrs. Baumgartner's sixth grade class. Johnny is at least 11 years old, so you know it's true.
Instead of everybody learning more about how radiation works, and the relative health risks, the conversation turned to anger over scientists saying there's nothing wrong. Some of the most engaged (and entertaining) scientists responses have been typically scientific. Present data, and point out where people are wrong. People get angry. Present more data, and point out where people are wrong. People get more angry. Present clinical diagnosis of angry people…
Where is this conversation going?
Can't We All Just Get Along?
OK, now who to trust?
There is a common misconception that scientists all work for the government and are just trying to line their pockets with research money. Scientists aren't exactly rolling in the kind of cash that lets them lounge upon their throne of platinum test tubes while throwing unsuspecting peasants into a pool of sharks with laser beams attached, (though I'm happy to take donations because, well, laser-sharks).
No, you're thinking of politicians.
The general (and hugely oversimplified) idea about radiation goes something like this. We live in a world with a surprising amount of background radiation. It comes from minerals in the soil, it comes from the sun and stars, and it even comes from plants and animals, including us. We are exposed to natural background radiation all the time. But wait; if we are exposed to radiation all the time, why doesn't it affect everyone? When we are exposed to very high levels of radiation, it can damage our DNA, causing cancers. If there is always some level of radiation in the world, wouldn't it make sense that we would have some natural way to deal with it? It turns out that most organisms are pretty resilient. We have mechanisms in our cells that find damaged bits of DNA and repair them. Radiation from specific sources like a nuclear bomb test, or a nuclear power plant carries a specific signature, like a fingerprint. Just because radiation from a source that we know of shows up in a scientific test, doesn't mean that it is in high enough levels to be any more harmful than the natural radiation you would get from trees, some rocks, or your little brother.
What about that radiation from Fukushima? We will probably see radiation with the fingerprint from Fukushima on the west coast of North America. After being diluted by the entire Pacific Ocean, it won't be any more harmful to you or I than getting zapped by your home television, or the computer you are using right now. But why take my word for it?
Peel Your Own Hot Dog
When people try to figure things out for themselves without the help of scientists, we sometimes come up with funny ideas. Cool words like "sublimation" made it into the common conversation a few weeks ago when folks in the south tried to melt snowballs with cigarette lighters. What's the harm in learning? So what if people try a few things, tinker, and make hilarious YouTube videos about it? Eventually, folks will turn to the tried and trusted framework of science to really dig in and figure it out on their own.
But, what about all those government-funded evil scientists with giant death-rays in their secret volcano lairs? Don't trust em' I say! Let's go find out for ourselves. What if there was a way for us all to study the radiation in Pacific Ocean water? If we all got together and paid for it, then we could probably trust the scientists we fund together, right? What if scientists also tested the organisms most likely to take up the highest amounts of ocean radiation? Surely, if we don't find it there, then it must be safe to go back in the water.
Again, scientists are a generally helpful lot of people with the same concerns as you and I. Two separate projects have been started to help us monitor our water, and to test the kelp and other algae in the Pacific. The Center for Marine and Environmental Radiation at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute is a crowd-funded citizen-science (you do the work) program to test the water itself for radiation from Fukushima. Another project called Kelp Watch 2014 is a collaboration between Cal State Long Beach and UC Berkeley who are testing radiation levels in kelp and other marine algae in the Pacific, which absorb more radiation than other organisms. Kelp Watch is largely donation funded as well, and supplemented by grant sources, which they transparently tell you on their own site. For a great general explanation of how radiation really works, what your relative risks from ocean radiation might be, or to see the results from testing that has already been accomplished by people like you, visit these organization's websites. Collaborative public science projects like these can help you learn a lot about our world, and may just give you a better understanding of how the whole process of science works. Knowing how science works in general my just help you in your quest for other types of information on the Internet when new problems arise. Be critical of what you find. Ask questions. It won't hurt to learn about how we know stuff. It may not be as fun as the drama on the high seas of social media, but you may just discover that our world is a much more incredible place offline, than on.
Do you want to be worried? Does the terror of radiation give you the same feeling as riding the Zipper ride at a run-down traveling carnival? No problem. Using the ocean less isn't going to hurt it.
So, are the fish we eat radioactive? Let's ask mom.
"Yeah, they're poison. Science is trying to kill you."
I'm no cognitive animal scientist, but I'm pretty sure that the fishes of the Pacific won't mind one bit if you don't eat them. If we're not going to eat the fish, let's at least avoid asking anyone to peel our fish sticks.


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Traditions, both new and old, can provide some of the best family memories. I thought about some of my favourite food traditions that our family has shared, not specifically on Family Day, but throughout the year:
- burgers at Webers. We've driven one or both girls home from camp every summer since 2002, and every year we stop at Webers Hamburgers on the way. We always move one of the picnic tables into the shade, and share cheeseburgers and fries while the girls tell us about another great camp experience.
- barbecuing in the back yard. Living in Canada, we take advantage of the short summer season by eating outside whenever we can. It's even more special when we share it with our friends. Whether we're serving chicken or steak, salmon or veggie burgers, we make the most of our long days by eating, laughing and talking in the back yard.
- dinner out on New Year's Eve. This is a newer tradition, but for the past few years the four of us have had dinner out in a restaurant on New Year's Eve. We go around the table and talk about some of our favourite memories over the past twelve months. I can't think of anyone else I'd rather close the year with.
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While most of the nation is currently looking to place tighter restrictions on gun ownership, gun advocates among the Montana Legislature are attempting to do the opposite. The Montana House Judiciary Committee is now considering a package of measures to expand the rights of gun owners in Montana.
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- Concealed carry of weapons would be allowed for anyone who would qualify for a permit.
- Concealed carry would be permitted in places like bars and public buildings, where open carry is already allowed.
- The use of silencers would be permitted for hunting big game.
- Montana public college students would be allowed to bring guns to campus.
- State law enforcement agencies would be barred from enforcing any future federal bans on semi-automatic weapons or high-capacity magazines.
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NetApp today announced an addition to its Fabric-Attached Storage (FAS) 2000 family of arrays, an entry-level model with up to 432TB of capacity with a starting retail price of $7,500 for 6TBs.
Previously, NetApp's mid-entry level product, the FAS2040, came with up to 136TB of capacity a starting price of around $8,000.
The new FAS2240 comes in two rack-mountable versions, a 2U (3.5-in high, FAS2240-2) or a 4U (7-in high, FAS2240-4) model. NetApp added 50% more memory in this array compared to its predecessor for a total of 12GB of NVRAM. The array can now also use 2.5-in solid-state drives (SSDs), along with traditional SAS, SATA and Fibre Channel drives.
"SSDs are not as big a market driver as many people would like to believe, but it is an option people have been asking for," said Chris Cummings, NetApp's vice president of product and solutions marketing. "We've taken functions that used to be at the upper end of our family and repackaged and re-priced them for our entry-level category."
The FAS2240 array now also includes 10Gbit Ethernet connectivity. Previous versions of the FAS2000 series arrays required an expansion card to host the higher-bandwidth port.
Cummings said the FAS2240 array line is targeted at the small- to medium-sized business market, with workforces of 100 to 200 people.
The FAS2000 series runs the latest version of NetApp's Data ONTAP operating system to provide customers with a unified, scalable platform that supports multiple workloads at the same time. Data ONTAP v8.1 is the same OS now used for all of NetApp's FAS/V-Series storage arrays, giving users the same view for file or block data.
The FAS2000 lineup uses Web-based tools that work with either Windows or Linux servers, and the arrays can manage storage for VMware.
NetApp's SMB offerings now include the FAS3210, FAS2240 and the FAS2040, serving companies with between 100 and 10,000 employees.
Along that same SMB theme, the FAS2040 also uses the most recent version of OnCommand System Manager 2.0. It offers a redesigned browser-based GUI with easy-to-use Wizards for common tasks such as volume configuration and management.
The array is mainly aimed at serving Microsoft Exchange and SQL Server environments.
"SharePoint is part of the equation for this product, but that's not in every business we target," Commings said.
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A Bothell police officer was given a one-day suspension for his involvement in a high-speed pursuit that ended in an Everett death last year.
Officer Mark Atterbury, 28, should have called off the pursuit earlier, Police Chief Carol Cummings wrote in a letter released recently under public records laws.
The officer misjudged the situation, but that was not a willful or deliberate act of wrongdoing, the chief wrote.
"I want to clearly state that the cause of this tragedy rests squarely on the shoulders of the suspect," she wrote to the officer. "His actions that night showed repeated disregard for the life and safety of his fellow citizens."
In court Thursday an October murder trial was scheduled for Joseph Strange, a felon with a lengthy criminal history.
Since the crash, the Bothell Police Department has adopted stricter policies regarding when officers can engage in car chases, records show.
The policy changes already were in the works before the May 12, 2013, collision. The new policies had been approved, but they didn't go into effect until Bothell's officers could be retrained.
Atterbury and a Bothell police sergeant both were involved in the pursuit that stretched from Bothell to downtown Everett.
Atterbury was on patrol about 11:20 p.m. when he spotted a stolen truck in a Bothell motel parking lot.
He attempted to pull the truck over, and Strange allegedly took off. A chase wound onto northbound I-405 and then I-5.
Atterbury's sergeant called off the pursuit, after 2 minutes and 36 seconds.
Atterbury stopped actively chasing the truck and turned off his emergency lights.
He slowed down but continued to follow Strange, keeping him in sight.
The department's internal investigation later determined that spotting the truck's stolen license plate was not sufficient grounds for the first part of the chase.
Atterbury eventually caught up with Strange in a gas station parking lot along 164th Street SW, near Lynnwood. There, Strange allegedly hit another vehicle and then rammed Atterbury's squad car. A second chase began.
The second part of the chase was permitted under the department's policies at the time, because of Strange's actions, the chief ruled.
For most of the pursuit, Atterbury was following the rules and "acted professionally and carefully," the chief wrote. She noted that Atterbury has had no other discipline in his five years on the force.
However, the officer again should have called the chase off about two miles before the crash, because they were headed into an Everett neighborhood, the chief found.
At the intersection of Rucker and Pacific avenues, Strange is accused of slamming into a Honda CRV, killing the driver, Rachael Kamin, a nurse and mother.
Strange was charged with first-degree murder and potentially faces decades in prison, because prosecutors believe his actions showed "extreme indifference" to human life. Fatal car crashes involving criminal conduct typically result in a vehicular homicide charge.
Since then, Cummings has ordered additional pursuit training for Bothell's 60 police officers. They now are allowed less discretion when to follow suspects during the early stages of incidents, before a pursuit.
Bothell police released the records in late March in response to a public records request from The Herald two months earlier.
The Bothell Police Department annually reviews the rules for high-risk operations, such as the use of force and pursuits, Sgt. Ken Seuberlich said.
The pursuit policies were updated again in February, documents show.
In recent years, the Everett Police Department and other agencies in the region have adopted similar restrictions in car chases. The potential danger associated with letting an offender escape must outweigh the possibility of someone getting hurt or killed during a pursuit, according to the new policies in Bothell.
Under the new rules, there are fewer circumstances under which pursuits are allowed, such as when an officer has reason to believe the suspect has committed or is about to commit a dangerous felony. Police in Bothell are not allowed to engage in pursuits for property crimes, misdemeanors or traffic infractions.
Officers must consider the time of day, the traffic volume and the neighborhood. They and their supervisors must constantly re-evaluate conditions as the chase unfolds, the rules say.
Under most circumstances, police are discouraged from shooting at a fleeing car.
The pursuit from Bothell to Everett was one of at least four police chases in Snohomish County that ended in a death in 2013.
Bothell's internal investigation wrapped up in October, records show. The sergeant who was involved also was investigated and was cleared of wrongdoing. He has been on the force 25 years.
Internal investigations aim to examine officers' conduct and whether they followed department policies. Of the four fatal pursuit cases in the county last year, only the Bothell and Lake Stevens police departments have completed internal reviews.
In April 2013, a Lake Stevens officer was pursuing a suspect in a stolen car when the car missed a curve and crashed into a house. The man's passenger, Nicholas Peterson, 26, was killed. The driver, Rodrique Johnston, 42, was high on methamphetamine, prosecutors allege.
Johnston is awaiting trial for vehicular homicide.
Lake Stevens police Cmdr. Dennis Taylor found no policy violations by the officer, records show.
Two weeks after the fatal Bothell pursuit, Lynnwood police chased a woman with a misdemeanor warrant into Mountlake Terrace. There, Shelly "Shellshock" Rose Collins crashed the car into a van driven by Jerry Bennett, 72, killing him. She was sentenced to 22 years in prison.
Weeks after the May 24, 2013, crash, lawyers representing Bennett's estate filed a $1 million claim against the city of Lynnwood. The claim is pending.
In October, two Snohomish County sheriff's deputies chased a suspect with a history of DUIs who took off eastbound on U.S. 2.
Eric Breum, 55, crossed the center line, struck another vehicle and was killed.
That case remains under investigation by the Snohomish County Multiple Agency Response Team, which handles incidents where officers use potentially fatal force.
An internal review will follow.
Rikki King is a reporter with the Everett Herald, a sister paper of the Bothell Reporter newspaper.
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You can now root Galaxy S4 I9505 – the Qualcomm Snapdragon quad-core processor variant of the phone on Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean. Chainfire, the root king on Android for most of the Samsung devices have made it possible to root Galaxy S4 with his CF-Auto-Root tool. We have used this tool in order to root many of the Android devices on Team Android, mainly because it is one of the most risk-free and easiest way to root your Samsung Android phones. You landing on this page means you want to root Galaxy S4 I9505 on Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean and get the most out of the amazing hardware Galaxy S4 comes with. Why should you root? Read: Benefits of rooting an Android device. You can root Galaxy S4 I9505 on Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean official firmware using the tutorial below. Please note, this tutorial is NOT firmware dependent, so it will work with future Android updates as well.
As you continue reading further, we will guide you through the entire process of how to root Android 4.2.2 on Samsung Galaxy S4 I9505 using ODIN. Make sure you backup all your data before trying out the root method tutorial below because we don't want you to lose anything. Rooting will allow you to install root apps on your phone, i.e Titanium Backup. Read our list of the essential root apps you should install! The following tips are important as they will help the installation procedure to go smooth without any issues. Let's continue with the tutorial now.
Disclaimer: All the custom ROMs and firmwares, official software updates, tools, mods or anything mentioned in the tutorial belong to their respective owners/developers. We (TeamAndroid.com) or the developers are not to be held responsible if you damage or brick your device. We don't have you on gun point to try out this tutorial 😉
Root Galaxy S4 GT-I9505 LTE – CF-Root Method Details:
A few important things to note here. CF-Auto-Root method has been only tested on XXUAMD2 Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean firmware, which is a test firmware — not a final production software update. And this root method tutorial is only for the Galaxy S4 GT-I9505 (Qualcomm Snapdragon Quad-Core CPU with LTE) and will NOT work with GT-I9500 (Exynos 5).
For those who are not sure about CF-Root, please read the following two paragraphs for a quick intro to the root package:
CF-Root is the root for "rooting beginners" and those who want to keep as close to stock as possible. CF-Root is meant to be used in combination with stock Samsung firmwares, and be the quickest and easiest way for your first root. A modified recovery and cache partition will be flashed, which will install (only) SuperSU, then clean-up the cache partition and re-flash the stock recovery.
NOTE: Using this root increases your flash counter. You should run Triangle Away after rooting to reset the counter. Note that if you want to run custom kernels or custom recoveries, your flash counter will be set to 1 at every boot. Either configure Triangle Away to reset the counter at every boot (Play version only) or only reset the counter when you need to go into warranty.
Samsung Galaxy S4 USB Drivers
You will need to connect your Android phone with the computer. For that, please make sure you have installed the USB drivers for Samsung Galaxy S4 properly. If not, you can download the latest official drivers from our Android USB Drivers section here:
Download Samsung Galaxy S4 USB drivers!
Backup and Other Important Tips
Done with the USB drivers? Perfect. The tutorial is on the next page, but first, please take a look at the following tips and important points you need to take care of. These are important, as we don't want anyone losing their personal data or apps:
Always backup your important data that you might need after you install a new custom ROM, an official software update or anything else. Make a backup for just in case, you never know when anything might go wrong. See below for some tips on how to backup data:
- Backup your Apps. How? –> How to Backup Android Apps.
- Backup your SMS messages. How? –> How to Backup/Restore SMS Messages.
- Backup Contacts, Gmail and Google Data. How? –> Sync with Google Sync.
- Backup Call History. How? –> How to Backup Call History.
- Backup WhatsApp Messages. How? –> How to Backup/Restore WhatsApp Messages.
- Backup APN Settings: GPRS, 3G, MMS Settings. How? Note down everything from: Settings > Wireless & Networks (More…) > Mobile networks > Access Point Names.
Samsung users can also back up data using Samsung KIES. If you backup data manually, you get more options what to choose from and it is very easy to move data across Android devices from different manufacturers, i.e moving Samsung Galaxy Note backup data to HTC One X.
If you already have a custom recovery (ClockworkMod, TWRP etc.) installed on your phone, we strongly recommend a backup using that as it creates a complete image of your existing phone set up.
A few more optional tips that you should remember:
1. Having problems connecting your Android phone to the computer? You need to enable USB debugging mode. See here: How to Enable USB Debugging — for Gingerbread, Ice Cream Sandwich and Jelly Bean.
2. Make sure your Android device is charged up to 80-85% battery level. This might help you: How to Check Battery Percentage. Why? Because, if your phone goes off suddenly while installing a custom ROM, flashing an official firmware update or installing mods etc. — your phone might get bricked or go dead permanently. No one wants that, right?
4. Most of the tutorials and how-to guides on Team Android are for factory unlocked Android phones and tablets. We recommend NOT to try our guides if your phone is locked to a carrier, unless we have specified the carrier name or device model.
If you find the above tips useful and they were helpful to you, please consider giving us a +1 or LIKE to thank us!
All set and ready? Good. Now, let's proceed with the tutorial below and root Samsung Galaxy S4 I9505 on Android 4.2.2 official firmware.
HOW TO: Root Samsung Galaxy S4 I9505 with Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean Firmware
We have put together a detailed step-by-step instructions guide for how to root Android 4.2.2 on Galaxy S4 I9505. If you are used to installing official updates through ODIN on Samsung Galaxy devices, then this should not be any different for you.
Please read every line carefully and make sure you read the tutorial once before actually performing it on your Android device.
To Remember:
- This root method tutorial is only for Galaxy S4 I9505 (LTE, Qualcomm Snapdragon Quad-Core CPU). Please do not try on any other Galaxy S4 variants.
- Make sure you backup all your data in your phone before proceeding as a precaution.
- This root method works with Android 4.2.2 firmwares and all future Android updates as well.
- Your Galaxy S4 should be on an official firmware by Samsung, not a custom ROM.
Complete Step-By-Step Instructions:
Step 1 – Download CF-Auto-Root Android 4.2.2 Package for Samsung Galaxy S4 to your computer and extract the zip file.
Step 2 – Download ODIN v1.85 which will help you to root Android 4.2.2 on Samsung Samsung Galaxy S4 I9505.
Step 3 – Switch OFF your phone. Now go to Download Mode. How? Press and hold the Volume Down + Home buttons together, and then press the Power button till you see the construction Android robot and a triangle. Press Power again to confirm to enter into Download Mode.
Step 4 – Make sure you have your Samsung Galaxy S4 USB drivers installed on your computer.
Step 5 – Open ODIN on your computer. Connect your phone to your computer while your phone is in the Download Mode.
Step 6 – If your phone is connected successfully, one of the ID:COM boxes will turn yellow with the COM port number. This step might take some time.
Step 7 – Now select the file that you have to flash/install on your phone. This file will be found from the extracted file in Step 1.
- Click on 'PDA' and select the file 'CF-Auto-Root-jflte-jfltexx-gti9505.zip'.
Step 8 – In ODIN, check the Auto Reboot and F. Reset Time options, if not already.
Step 9 – Now click on the Start button in ODIN. Installation process will start and would take a few minutes to complete.
Step 10 – After the installation is completed, your phone will reboot into Recovery Mode automatically and install the root package / files. Your ID:COM box will also turn green.
Step 11 – After you see the home screen, unplug your phone from the computer.
NOTE: Sometimes the device does NOT boot into Recovery Mode automatically (as given in Step 10) and root your device. If that happens, do the entire procedure again.
OPTIONAL: Still not rooted? Once again perform the entire tutorial, but make sure in ODIN, the "Auto Reboot" option is NOT checked. Then after installation (Step 10), do the following:
Step 11 – Pull out the battery to turn OFF the phone forcefully.
Step 12 – Now boot (turn ON your phone) with Volume Up + Home + Power buttons to go directly into Recovery Mode manually. This will start the install process of rooting your phone.
That's it! Your Samsung Galaxy S III has now been rooted on Android 4.2.2 official software update. Check for the SuperSU app in your apps list to verify.
To make sure you have correctly installed the above root method and it's working, verify with Root Checker as given in the link.
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The passage of the First Confiscation Act by Congress in August 1861 created a problem. While the law was popular in the North, as it deprived rebels of their slaves if they could reach Union lines, it also created a problem. The law left the exact status of confiscated slaves uncertain. While effectively they were no longer slaves, neither were they free.
For the next year, the fate of the "contraband of war" was a matter of considerable debate. While there was widespread support for the idea of confiscating the slaves of disloyal owners, especially since they were a militarily valuable resource that could be put to use for the Union, much disagreement existed in the North about what would become of these slaves.
Abolitionists, of course, demanded that confiscated slaves be freed. This argument had appeal outside of abolitionist ranks because slaves that made it to Union lines generally were treated as free once they arrived. They received wages for their work for federal forces, even if it was sometimes slow in coming. Although the slaves generally stuck close to Union-controlled areas for fear of being recaptured by the Confederates and returned to their owners, usually their movement was restricted no more than other civilians.
Still, opposition existed in the North to the idea of simply freeing confiscated slaves. For one thing, it was not clear whether Congress, especially in light of the Dred Scott decision, had the constitutional authority to confiscate rebel property, let alone to free the slaves of disloyal masters. It also was arguable that confiscation represented a bill of attainder (legislatively dictated punishment), which was explicitly prohibited under the Constitution. There was also a hope in the North among many people that the war might be ended by a negotiated settlement that brought the seceded states back into the Union. If such a settlement occurred the slaves became bargaining chips, with their return to the owners a likely condition of reunion.
But as 1861 turned into 1862, and the cost and casualties of the war mounted opposition to the idea of freeing the slaves waned. A negotiated settlement became increasingly unlikely, and the idea grew that without an end of slavery, even if peace were some how restored with slavery intact, there could be no lasting peace between North and South.
Senator Lyman Trumbull introduced what would become the Second Confiscation Act at the start of the congressional session in December 1861. Trumbull saw it through the Judiciary Committee, which he chaired. The bill was helped along on the floor of Congress by the disastrous Peninsula Campaign in the late spring/early summer of 1862, where George McClellan failed to take Richmond. Besides stoking the anger in Congress for the rebels, it led to the realization that there would be no quick end to the Civil War and radical measures, like freeing the slaves, would be required. President Lincoln, who although not publicly embracing such sentiments, privately was already circulating a draft the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation among his closest advisers, signed the bill into law on June 17, 1862, 150 years ago today.
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Winter didn't want to depart on schedule last Wednesday, but the weather was at least tolerable for a girls lacrosse scrimmage at Penn Charter, where the sun made an appearance just as the affair ended.
The visiting opponent was Ridley High School from the Central League, always a strong lacrosse conference. A member of the Pa. Interscholastic Athletic Association, Ridley was not allowed to start practice as soon as Inter-Ac League schools, and could not play an official game until March 23. Still, the host Quakers were encouraged to be able to outscore the Green Raiders 16-8 in this game-situation scrimmage, especially with some of the team's most experienced athletes on the injured list.
Those temporarily out of action included seniors Emma Ebert (team co-captain), Allison Rogers (goalie), and Anna Wills (who has signed up to play field hockey at Bucknell University), along with junior Lauren Matt.
"It's been a lot to deal with right at the start of the season," said second-year head coach Channing Weymouth, "but on the positive side, we've been able to get the new girls some more playing time and have been able to teach them in game conditions. That will add to our depth during the season."
With half of the senior class sidelined for Wednesday's scrimmage, leadership on the field fell to the other three 12th-graders. Taking the center draws was Katherine O'Donnell, who will head south to Elon University next year. Ebert's fellow co-captain, Kelly Kubach, signed with the University of Michigan back in November, and classmate Molly Pighini has narrowed her choices down to two schools in the Big East Conference.
Pighini and Kubach cranked out three and two goals, respectively, against Ridley.
Four goals came from Lauren Matt's fellow junior, Julia Fleming, and one was provided by a non-related classmate, Lauren Flemming. Julia does have a sister on the team, though – freshman Sarah Fleming. Junior Leigh Steinberg also netted a goal for the Quakers last Thursday, and the fifth member of the team's 11th-grade contingent is Danielle Thompson.
The Quakers' leading scorer against Ridley was Avery Shoemaker, a prolific sophomore who soon may simply be known as Avery Goalmaker. It was not surprising for PC fans to see five goals stem from the stick of Shoemaker, who was already a varsity starter last year. Another 10th grader, Grace Harbison, also saw varsity action in 2012. Their peers on the team this year are Abigail Evans, Kaitlyn Kahuila, and Madeline Mahoney. With senior Rogers out of action, Mahoney played the whole way in goal for the Quakers in last week's scrimmage.
In addition to Sarah Fleming there are three other freshmen; McKenzie Case, Hannah Fox (already a two-year basketball starter at the school), and Meredith Chernak (whose older sister, Winter, is a junior on the lax squad at Springside Chestnut Hill Academy).
In Wednesday's scrimmage Ridley opened the scoring just 28 seconds in, but PC took the lead for good with a 3-0 spurt, as Shoemaker sandwiched her first two goals around one by Lauren Fleming. The count was 8-5 at the half, and Pighini led the Quakers on a 4-1 run to start the second period.
"We wanted to run through some plays that we had put in, and we were just looking to get into a flow," Weymouth said afterwards. "It's always good to get experience trying to execute against another team the things you've been working on in practice."


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2012: Injury limited her to four appearances... Season's lone hit came against Mississippi State (Feb. 10).
2011: Bounced back from injury to earn the first base job, Medina gave the Lady Bisons good production from that spot... Hit .220 with six home runs and 16 RBI in 41 starts... Home run total tied her for fourth on the team... In more than 230 chances, made only one error in the field... Had seven multi-hit games, including back-to-back games against Indiana State (Feb. 26) and St. Louis (Feb. 27)... Homered twice against Samford (Feb. 25)... Tied career high with four runs batted in, against Providence College (Mar. 19)... Upped her average to .244 with a .439 slugging percentage against in conference play... Atlantic Sun All-Academic Team.
2010: Played in 10 games, started eight ... Hit .364 with 2 home runs and 7 RBI … Posted a .727 slugging percentage and .375 on-base percentage in 22 at-bats before getting injured … Registered two, three-hit games … Went 3-for-4 with a home run, two doubles and four runs batted in vs. Oakland in season-opener (Feb. 20) … Hit second home run of the season in second game of the year with two-run bomb against Georgia Southern (Feb. 21) … Reached base all three times against Kansas, going 3-for-3 while scoring a run … Atlantic Sun All-Academic Team.
2009: Played in 36 games, starting 31. …Recorded three multi-hit games, all with two hits. …One multi-RBI game (two vs. Providence, 2/15 in Lafayette, La.). …Two-game hitting streak was longest of the season. …In her 10 games played at first base the Lady Bisons were 10-0. …In her 19 games as designated hitter the Lady Bisons were 16-3. …Also played two games catcher. …Three doubles and six RBI.
High School: Four-year starter at Centennial High School for coach Jayna Chapman. …Led her team to a Division I Section Title in 2008. …Named to the SWYL First Team in 2005 and 2007. …Named SWYL Second Team in 2006 and 2008. …Named All-Area First Team catcher in 2008. …Most Outstanding Defensive Player award in 2007 and 2008. … As a senior, hit .303 with three home runs with 21 RBI. … Threw out two runners and hit the game-winning two-RBI single in the DI Section Title game. …Captain of her high school team. …Also lettered two years in basketball.
Personal: Played for Firecrackers 18 Gold coached by Dan Ristow. …Finished ninth out of 126 teams in 2008 Colorado Fireworks Tournament. …Parents are Norma and Ernie Medina. …Has one brother, Timmy (16), and one sister, Valerie (14). …Major is Public Relations..


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A soft-spoken boy with a big voice isn't about to let obnoxious online remarks bring him down — especially when he has so many positive ones in his virtual corner.
Fans of Sebastien De La Cruz have rallied on social media to support the young mariachi, whose rendition of the national anthem Tuesday at the Spurs game against the Miami Heat set off a flurry of racist tweets criticizing the 11-year-old.
"On the positive remarks, I just want to thank everybody for their support," Sebastien said at a hastily organized news conference Wednesday. "With the racism remarks, to be honest, it's just the people how they were raised. My father and my mother told me that you should never judge people by how they look. You should judge them on the inside. And the saying that I go by is never judge a book by its cover."
On his Twitter account @selcharrodeoro, he said, "Please do not pay attention to the negative people. I am an American living the American dream. This is part of the American life."
Mayor Julián Castro offered his own words of support on his Facebook page, telling Sebastien "don't let a few negative voices get you down. You are a true talent and you represent the best of our nation's future!"
A barrage of tweets Tuesday night included insults and disparaging language aimed at Mexican American immigrants.
The websites Public Shaming and With Leather collected many of the negative remarks, which included: "You really had a Mexican sing the national anthem? Go to hell San Antonio" and "Is this the American National Anthem or the Mexican Hat Dance? Get this lil kid out of here."
Andrew Festa, director of media relations and social media at St. Mary's University, said pregame excitement and trash talk can devolve into all kinds of ignorant things.
"Sadly," he noted, "this innocent, talented little kid got thrown into that mix just for doing what he loves."
Fans quickly took to Sebastien's defense. Ray Gonzales (@KensandMadsDad) posted a YouTube clip of Sebastien's performance with a retweet request "to show support and love to Sebastien," while Alexandra Castro (@AlexxxCastro) posted: "Sebastian de la cruz (sic), you are perfect and have already gone further in life than the people that are saying ugly things about you!"
Sebastien, who has appeared on NBC's "America's Got Talent," was a last minute replacement at Tuesday's game, subbing for former Hootie & the Blowfish front man Darius Rucker.
Sebastien's mom, Stacy De La Cruz, said her son knew of the harsh remarks and told her not to cry about them, but instead to save her tears for joy when he sings.
"I'd rather shed more happy tears than sad tears," she said. "But I will say this: As a mom, a parent, I'm going to be overprotective. I'm going to look over my shoulder, over their shoulder. We have four children. I'm going to be looking over all of them. (But as for those negative) words, it's always that saying, 'Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt.'"
Several San Antonio civil rights activists and academics had their own take on the racist online comments spurred by Sebastien's emotional delivery of the national anthem.
While proud of Sebastien, they said crude reactions to his appearance on national television Tuesday night — clad in a mariachi traje — reflected a wider anger aimed at Latinos and immigrants, and over immigration reform legislation in Congress."I was very proud of him," said Jaime Martinez, founder and chairman of the César E. Chávez Foundation. "But it shows we still have a long way to go. There's still a lot of bigotry in this country."
"The Star-Spangled Banner doesn't just belong to white people," he said. "It belongs to all of us."
Irma Mireles, a civil rights activist since the 1960s Chicano Movement, said she was horrified by the tweets.
"At first, I got angry," she said. "Then I realized these are ignorant people, and they're afraid of the future, and the future is brown."
Texas Sen. Leticia Van de Putte, D-San Antonio, didn't mince words with her reaction.
"I would dare any of these low-lifes to stand in front of the San Antonio Spurs with a microphone in hand in our arena and say what they're feeling," she said.
Just the same, social media has a way of policing itself.
Mukul Krishna, senior director for digital media at Frost & Sullivan consulting, found the reaction to the initial criticism of Sebastien especially heartwarming.
"Overzealous fans or bigoted individuals ... did get quick attention," Krishna said, "and then that attention galvanized other people to drown out that other Internet noise."
Staff Writer Elaine Ayala contributed to this report.
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There were a lot of exchanges happened between the Indians and the Aussies during that semifinal match .Especially between Symonds and the fielders . So the coming series will be interesting.
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I DO NOT WANT TO HEAR ANYTHING ABOUT AFFECTANCE. I'm not saying affectance is wrong, right or wrong, I heard about it 1000 times and I just want to hear something new and listen to new and interesting ideas.
first of all, here is quantum goop: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1 ... 055013.htm
the more you observe something, the more the interference changes. but why?
because there is a mystical, invisible substance.
mystical goop, the energy of observation.
in order to observe there must be an imprint. in order to imprint you must leave some matter, or energy behind.
further more we must examine the surface normals of the walls.
what if without a camera or human observer, the energy (goop) simply bounces back at the perfect angle to return to the source.
But with the odd shapes of the observer, the energy never bounces back in the right direction.
Firstly I take full credit for this idea and await my Nobel prize.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A senior Democratic lawmaker says he supports referring North Korea to the International Criminal Court after a U.N. commission of inquiry found evidence of crimes against humanity.
The comments by Rep. Eliot Engel of New York, the senior Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, come after a U.N. panel published results of a one-year investigation and warned North Korean leader Kim Jong Un that he may be held accountable for orchestrating widespread crimes against civilians.
The Obama administration has voiced support for the commission's report, which will be reviewed by the U.N. Human Rights Council in March. But it has yet to say whether the U.S. backs a referral to the court — a step that China is very likely to oppose and has the ability to block because of its veto power in the U.N. Security Council.
China is a longtime ally of North Korea, and was also criticized by the commission for its repatriation of North Koreans who flee the country.
"I commend the U.N. panel for its extensive work investigating human rights abuses in North Korea, and I agree with the commission's decision to refer its findings to the International Criminal Court for possible prosecution," Engel said in a statement. The House foreign affairs panel on which he sits oversees, but does not set, U.S. policy.
The U.N. commission of inquiry's report adds another irritant to relations between the West and North Korea, which has faced international sanctions for its nuclear and missile programs.
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This time in history marks the decline of the Ottoman empire. Syria was part of the Ottoman Empire, but largely ignored by world affairs. The map notes the administrative divisions of the Ottoman Empire which include the Pachalic of Gaza, Pachalic of Acre, Pachalic of Tripoli and the Pachalic of Damascus.
Cruchley's General Atlas was unique for its period, employing a vivid color scheme extending even to the oceans, distinctive typography, and various uncommon decorative elements including a peacock feather crown and an imprint medallion, both of which break the printed border. Though many of the maps in this atlas are copyrighted in 1841, the atlas was first published in 1843 from the Cruchley office at 81 Fleet Street, London, and proving popular went through numerous reissues well into the 1850s.
George Frederick Cruchley (April 23, 1797 - June 16, 1880) was a London based book and map seller active in the middle part of the 19th century. Cruchley began his cartographic career as an apprentice at the venerable Aaroon Arrowsmith firm. Many of Cruchley's earliest maps bear the words "From Arrowsmith's" on the imprint. In 1844 Cruchley acquired the massive stock of the important early 19th century firm of John Cary. Cruchley published his own maps as well as reissues of Cary's stock well into the 1870s. Cruchely is best known for his detailed plans of London, which in recent years have become increasingly scarce and desirable. Cruchley was based in London on 38 Ludgate Street until 1834 when he moved his offices to 81 Fleet Street. Shortly before his death in 1880 Cruchely auctioned (Hodgson's Auctions, Jan 16, 1877) his entire stock. Many of his map plates were thusly acquired by Gall and Inglis who continued the Cruchley tradition well into the early 20th century. Cruchley's son, also George Frederick (1837 - 1882), also continued to work as a book and map seller until his death.