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Q: Can a data retention policy be applied to the all subscribers list? Was asked this question recently and suspect the answer is no because the data retention policy can only be applied to data extensions and not lists.
Would be helpful to confirm this.
Thanks

A: As per the sfmc documentation there is no option to set a retention policy on the All Subscribers list.
However, there are ways to purge the subscribers within the account.
Manual option: Write a sql query to create a target list that needs to be purged. Then export the DE to FTP as a txt, csv file where the file will be re-imported into a new list. Then manually delete the list which has the target subscribers.

Note: A support ticket needs to be raised to enable the tick option where it enables to delete the subscribers from All Subscribers when a list is deleted.

Within Automation: As the SQL gets the desired subscribers in a DE, write a script activity within the automation to invoke the ampscript which can delete the subscribers from All Subscribers list.
Step 1: Script sample:
<script runat="server">
Platform.Load("core","1");
var dataRows = Platform.Function.LookupRows('All_Subscribers_Purged','Deleted','True');
   if(dataRows && dataRows.length > 0)
{ var deleteSubscribers = HTTP.Get('http://{{miscrosite page}}'); }
</script>

Step 2: Microsite containing the API Ampscript
%%[
    SET @Data = LookUpOrderedRows("All_Subscribers_Purged",DataExtensionRowCount('All_Subscribers_Purged'),'SubscriberKey ASC',"Deleted","True")
        IF RowCount(@Data) > 0 Then
            For @i = 1 To RowCount(@Data) Do
                SET @SubscriberKey = Field(Row(@Data,@i),'SubscriberKey')
                SET @EmailAddress  = Field(Row(@Data,@i),'EmailAddress')

                    IF Not Empty(@SubscriberKey) And Not Empty(@EmailAddress) Then
                        SET @Subscriber = CreateObject("Subscriber")
                            SetObjectProperty( @Subscriber, "SubscriberKey",@SubscriberKey)
                            SetObjectProperty( @Subscriber, "EmailAddress", @EmailAddress)
                        SET @Status = InvokeDelete( @Subscriber, @createErrDesc, @createErrNo, @createOpts)
                    EndIF

            Next @i
        EndIF
    ]%%

Note: Automation Flow - SQL > Script Activity

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By Mary - 11/07/2018
We booked a rental car in Cancun with Orbitz and tried to change the pick up date and was informed by the Orbitz representative that the company they booked with did not have a reservation number for us. Orbitz had a reservation confirmation number but the car rental agency did not. The representative stated he could cancel our reservation and rebook but could not guarantee the price! What a scam!!!
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By Elizabeth - 04/19/2017
BROOKHAVEN, NEW YORK -- I reserved a vehicle through Orbitz to be picked up at San Jose airport in Costa Rica. The website said the car pick-up and drop-off location was at the airport, it wasn't. The price I was quoted was $433 and by the time I walked out of the budget rental office the price climbed to over $870. FALSE ADVERTISING is illegal, these guys are crooks!
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By kimkent00 - 08/08/2013
I rented a car for my recent trip to New York. The company I rented from overcharged me, and Orbitz doesn't care. The car was filthy, and I didn't notice all of the garbage in the back until after I took it. I showed Orbitz all of the proof of the overcharging and the mess and they still didn't care. Don't use them. They told me that the price is just an estimate and the car company can charge anything they want. Use somebody else, I have never had this kind of trouble before.
Rental car robbery via Orbitz and partner
By bullit - 08/04/2010
Wednesday, 8/4/2010 - Orbitz, Economy Rental Car: We recently booked a rental car via Orbitz for a vacation to Manual Antonio Costa Rica. We chose Economy Rental Car based on their discounted rate. What a mistake!!! Our reservation was made via Orbitz on July 21, 2010. Our pick-up date was Monday, July 26/2010, and the car (a Hyundai Tucson 4X4 SUV), was to be returned on July 31st. Orbitz quoted $299. According to the written contract when we left the office in Manual Antonio on the 26th, it specifically stated the rental was for $385 for the entire week (A rate of $49 per day/$385 for the week), as liability insurance is mandatory @ $20 per day).
Hello Orbitz! During the course of the week, we discovered via our credit card company that our MasterCard had been pinged for $466, $266, $385, and also a hold via Economy Car Rental was placed on our account for $1,253!! All of which we consider to be fraudulent, and deceptive business practice. My wife is an attorney, has been for over 25 years, and fully understands service contracts in general, as do I, and to say the least... she wasn't happy at all about the absolutely ridiculous discussion that took place at the local office when we confronted the representative.
It was an absolute insult to our intelligence. We immediately returned the car, and paid cash for what we had used... then took a cab everywhere for the last few days. Orbitz has been contacted and refuses to make any comment whatsoever. It was the first time we had used the travel site, and will obviously be the last time. I cannot even find who owns/operates Economy Car Rental in Costa Rica. Orbitz really needs to pull their heads out and take a good look at who they are doing business with.
Phantom Charges Ruined My Bank Account
By Doc Brody - 04/07/2009
OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA -- Last night I was on the ORBITZ website, and after finding the flight I needed, I selected a flight, provided all the passenger, address, and credit card information, and clicked the button to confirm and to pay the final amount. I then got an error message that the ticket couldn't be issued, and that I should try again with a different flight. I selected another similar flight, and after confirming the credit information again, I got another message indicating the ticket could not be issued, and to try it again, which I did, and that was also declined.
So after three attempts, I was not able to purchase a ticket. However, the following morning I got a notice on my bank that I was overdrawn by more than $1800.00, because ORBITZ actually charged me for the flight that they said could not be authorized - THREE TIMES!
So far, because of this mistake by ORBITZ, I cannot access my account, I cannot pay for groceries, I have so far bounced several checks and incurred at least one fine, all because ORBITZ charged me for these tickets that they said could not be issued. I spent about 45 minutes with one of the 'customer service' people from another continent, who had no idea what to do, nor did they understand how the ORBITZ website worked, or how American banks operate. They were of absolutely NO help. Not surprisingly, I also got no response from their 'customer service' website.
My bank said they could not reverse the charges, because ORBITZ is using my credit card number to generate 'valid' purchases, for which I have nothing. So, I've been charged three times for three tickets I do not have, I've been locked out of my own account because of the overdraft they caused, and am now paying fees and ruining my credit through checks and payments that are being bounced because of ORBITZ.
After checking the Consumer Affairs website, this is definitely not an isolated incidence as several other people have reported similar problems. I make about five flights a year, most of them overseas and usually with a group, and I will not be using ORBITZ ever again.
By jendrocontracting74 - 04/21/2012
MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA -- I had booked a trip all in one to Key West, and as soon as I landed in Miami to get my car from Dollar rental, they said, "Sorry cannot do it cause of my credit." I spent 3 hours dealing with them. Finally had enough so I went next door to family rental and got a car in 3 minutes. I would never do any of this again. In my opinion Orbitz deserves to give me some money back as I lost so much time on my trip and had to pay 500 dollars more to get a different car. The lady at Orbitz thought it was funny which pissed me off even more. Lesson learned.
Made good on car rental price
By LeeRobbins - 02/15/2012
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA -- Orbitz, which I have used for many years, shows the price of renting a car listed as Total Cost once you complete the booking process. As car rental prices change, I booked a Full size car for 4-4-12 to 4-16-12 for $416 on 2-8-12 and then a few days later on 4-13-12 for $358. Being a helpful person, I promptly canceled the first. Then I decided to switch to a Premium as it was only $10 more and booked this right after on 4-13-12 for $368.63; again I helpfully canceled the prior $358 - Full booking. Today I checked again to see if prices had dropped further but discovered they were much higher, almost twice as much.
Deciding to check my reservation just to be sure, I found it still said Total Cost as $368. But Orbitz has a + for more information on cost and billing; here there was an additional line I discovered showing Total as $745.70. I thought perhaps all of them had this BUT checking, this switch did NOT appear in either of the two prior rentals. In other words, Orbitz seems to have changed their price presentation. Further before you click the + it shows Total as $368.63. Total means TOTAL, and I should not be charged more than that PARTICULARLY as I canceled the prior reservations based on the inaccurate/incomplete information provided.
I have also taken Screenshots of all these items and have them available. It took a long time (1 hour plus) and two calls, but the very professional customer service agent, **, contacted the car company, Thrifty, and they and Orbitz made good on the $368 Premium car price for 12 days from Philadelphia International airport. I've now confirmed it on the Thrifty website.
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By keysorchids24 - 11/06/2011
CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA -- Having prepaid a round trip airport to hotel car service transfer, we arrived into the Charlotte airport on schedule. The driver was nowhere to be found. We paged the driver and waited 20 minutes; no one showed up. We placed 3 separate calls to both Orbitz Customer Service and to Carmel Car Service's main office in New York. We were either put on hold or subsequently disconnected.
Upon reaching the hotel we called Orbitz again. After being rerouted and put on hold several times, the Orbitz representative informed us that the driver said he was there, but we were not. They lied to my credit card company as well and I now have no recourse but to pay for services not received. Obviously, I will NEVER use Orbitz again.
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By Scott Mayer - 02/22/2009
I reserved a car with Budget Rental through Orbitz. I was told when I checked in that there were no cars available, with no idea as to when they would be available. I called Orbitz to get their help, and their response was ludicrous! I called three times, and each time they said they had to call Budget.
They put me on hold each time for over 20 minutes, only to come back on the line and tell me that no one picked up at Budget. Even though I told them that this was the case, they would not check with other rental agencies, or come up with any other solution. In a nutshell, they were absolutely NO HELP!
Never trust Orbitz... multiple charges to your account
By m4tesh - 08/08/2012
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA -- I reserved a car with Orbitz a week ago. I went to the rental car, make the necessary payment and pick up the car. After a week, when I check my account I found out that Orbitz charged me for separate insurance which I already paid at the rental car. When I called to request a reason, the only justification they gave me was that they emailed me the next day that I would be charged for it and gave me a fax number and email to make a complaint. It is only $36, but never trust these people...
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DeMario Jackson claims Elan Gale encouraged him to leave prior to sex-capade leak
June 30, 2017 June 29, 2017 by Christine Lo
DeMario Jackson has been chatting up the media about the now infamous sex-capade that got season 4 of Bachelor in Paradise shut down recently. In the first part of a long interview with E News he hinted that he was at the center of some sort of conspiracy, and in the full interview he extrapolates on what he meant by that.
Jackson claims that after the Corinne situation on Sunday June 4th he hooked up with Alexis Waters on Monday and on Tuesday after at the rose ceremony he sensed that something was wrong.
"I'm getting ready to like, you know, put on my clothes for like the rose ceremony and all that kind of stuff and I do my ITM … and [the producer is] like, 'D, it's happening again. You know, you had Corinne the first night, now you've got Alexis. How's it going?' I'm like, 'You know what? I'm super secure, I'm super confident, but I feel like ABC is going to fuck me again.' My exact words: 'I feel like ABC is gonna fuck me again,' and he goes, 'What do you mean?' I go, 'I don't know, dude.' I said, 'I feel like something crazy is gonna happen.'"
Of course they are DeMario! They f#ck everyone!
Jackson goes on to say that executive producer Elan Gale quietly encouraged him to bail after word about he and Corinne broke around the set. Gale asked to speak with him and told him to remove his mic. Jackson claimed he and Gale had a good rapport, and at the rose ceremony Gale told him he should tell Harrison and the cast he's leaving because he's "not here for the right reasons." Jackson thought Gale was joking. "I'm like… 'Elan, why? Why?' He goes, 'I can't tell you. … Let's just say I know things, and it would just be best.'"
Gale then said he would check back with him in 30 minutes. "I go up to my producer and I'm like, 'Bro, what's going on?" ….."And I go up to Alexis. I told her, I was like, 'Yo, I don't know what's going on.' … So she's asking around, I'm asking around." Finally just before the Tuesday night rose ceremony, Jackson said another producer came up to him and said, "Hey, can we speak offline?" "I'm like, 'Yeah, what's up?' And then, all of a sudden, I walk up the hill and you've got an executive producer standing right there… he's like, 'Well, we need you to just go back to the hotel room to breathe.'"
DeMario claims in the interview that the stress of all the media attention regarding his hookup with Corinne caused him to lose 11 pounds. As a result of this epic situation producers have radically changed procedures—a move that could well mean the end of the show. Now contestants will have to sign a consent form prior to having sex and will be given a 2 drink maximum. But luckily season 4 will still air and Corinne has dropped her threats of legal action.
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How to Avoid Ruining Your Press Connections
Posted by Jhoni Jackson on Oct 11, 2017 06:00 AM
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Building a solid press list is a huge effort: from sourcing publications that cover emerging acts, to researching writers to ensure you're reaching out to the right folks, and so on. Curating an effective roster of contacts takes time — and all that work is basically rendered pointless if you ruin those relationships with inappropriate or unprofessional behavior.
Honestly, most of the points below feel like common sense — to the writers on the receiving end, at least. Unfortunately, though, the eager ambition of up-and-coming bands and artists can sometimes fog judgment so thoroughly that they fall into faux-pas territory (or worse).
When certain transgressions occur, writers may not respond well to requests for press; in some cases, they'll resort to mentally or literally blocking all contact. Don't be that person. Here are five ways to avoid getting ignored or blacklisted by the press.
1. Don't share contact information without asking
Some writers make their email addresses readily available; others don't. It's their choice whether or not they want bands and artists cold contacting — not yours. Do not give that information to your press-seeking pals without asking the writer first, and be very discerning about the bands you do ask to connect them with. In most cases, it's probably best to either point whoever's inquiring to the writer's social media channels. If that's not going to be helpful, just explain that you can't share that information, and give them tips for reaching out based on your own example.
(Note: While this should go without saying, we'll clarify, just in case. If by chance you've got the writer's number — maybe from a past interview — please know that you should never, ever disclose it to anyone. Ever.)
2. Don't bombard writers on social media
The email-only standard for contacting press is by no means obsolete, but these days, there actually are some writers who are okay with working with bands through social media. Don't attempt to make that choice for them, though. You'll know if a writer is open to messages on Facebook (or any other social media messaging) because he or she will contact you through those channels themselves. If he or she doesn't, then assume email is preferred.
If you do find yourself working with a writer through social media, please understand that it's not an open invite to message anytime or too frequently. Keep your communication concise, work related, and during regular business hours. (Seriously, an onslaught of sleep-interrupting dings at 3:00 a.m., even if pertinent to the story-writing process, is the absolute worst.)
Discussing a story through messages is also not a green light to message (or tag writers in posts, for that matter) whenever you want in the future. If the story's completed, don't randomly message the writer unsolicited weeks or months later, even if it's press related. Send an email first — unless you know for sure he or she is totally okay with social-media messaging.
Feel out the situation, use your best judgment — that's common sense, right? And if you're really not sure how a writer prefers to be contacted, ask!
3. Let writers do their job
You've spoken with a writer, whether via email or social media, and there's a story in the pipeline — great! Now you need to give them space to work — please.
Seriously, following up repeatedly will only slow down the process. Asking how the story's coming or when it will go live is an interruption for the writer; it's not a helpful ushering-along like you might think. To avoid the need for this kind of contact, ask the writer from the get-go if he or she can send you the story once it's live. More than likely, he or she willl be happy to send it so you can share (and help drive traffic) via your own channels.
Occasionally, after an interview, a band will send a writer all kinds of information that's totally superfluous and not relevant to the story. While writers appreciate a band's recording tidbits, tour anecdotes, and whatever else they want to tell us, it can feel a little condescending when we're presented with a bunch of information we didn't ask for. (At best, it definitely another interruption in the writer's very busy day.)
We know what we're doing; we're writing the story, not you. If you really feel the need to add details that you forgot to mention before, let the writer know you need a moment of their time, rather than sending a barrage of emails or messages. They'll likely accommodate you for the benefit of the story.
4. Don't get too friendly
Technically, it's unethical for writers to be pals with the folks they write about. A friendship between interviewer and subject can be problematic for true and accurate reporting or storytelling; it can lead to bias. In music journalism, however, that code of ethics is often blurred.
We're not opening that particular can of worms here, but we will point out that you're not automatically buds with the writer who's covering your band. Especially in person, keep things professonal from the start; follow cues and trust your judgment from there.
5. Never assume coverage is guaranteed
Just because a writer has covered your band in the past does not mean he or she is obligated to do it again — ever. Do not assume that you'll get coverage; it's ultimately up to the writer (and their editor, probably) whether or not a story will happen.
If the writer isn't able to report on whatever it is you're currently pushing, please respect that decision. Don't try to explain why he or she is wrong to skip coverage, and don't get testy or rude. Your treatment of the writer in this situation could affect your chances of getting press down the road. (And trust us, they'll cover you again — if and when the time is right.)
Ask a Music Journalist: How to Get Maximum Press for Your Band Using Lead Time
10 Ways to Get Your Music in the Press (Besides the Usual Album Release and Tour PR)
4 Reasons You're Not Hearing Back From the Press (And What to Do About It)
5 Effective Ways to Maintain Press Relationships After Your First Review
8 Dos and Don'ts for Engaging the Press on Social Media
Jhoni Jackson is an Atlanta-bred music journalist currently based in San Juan, Puerto Rico, where she juggles owning a venue called Club 77, freelance writing and, of course, going to the beach as often as possible.
Topics: ask a music journalist, Music Business 101, Marketing & Promotion


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The iPhone 7 may have survived a scratch and bend torture test it was subjected to by a YouTuber. The Apple flagship also proved it was a tough cookie and more than merely water resistant as it survived submersions in hot coffee, tea and soda.
Now the iPhone 7 has been put to the test again by YouTuber TechRax who attempts to find out if the smartphone can survive one of its biggest trials ever — an acid bath!
TechRax is not new to conducting torture tests on Apple devices be it crushing an Apple Watch with magnets or drilling an iPhone. The tech enthusiast's latest YouTube video puts the matte black variant of the iPhone 7 through the rigors to see if it can survive a "superacid" — Fluoroantimonic acid.
"How does Fluoroantimonic Acid react to an iPhone 7? I decided to find the answer!" shares TechRax.
Fluoroantimonic acid is one of the most powerful and strongest acids in the world, and it is extremely corrosive. The acid has a pH level -31, making it several times stronger than sulfuric acid.
TechRax is skeptical about using the acid which is in crystalline form. He takes 100 gms of Fluoroantimonic acid and pours it on the rear of the matte black iPhone 7, which is resting in a glass dish. The iPhone 7 is in the switched on mode.
After emptying some of the acid on the device's back, he leaves it and came back next morning. Nearly 12 hours later, when TechRax checks on the iPhone 7, the phone still looks recognizable but one can see the effects of the superacid.
The YouTuber adds some more crystals of Fluoroantimonic acid to the iPhone 7's back. He follows it up by adding some drops of hydrogen peroxide. Doing this makes the device turn whiter.
This is followed by sulfuric acid and the iPhone 7 becoming completely submerged in an acid bath!
So What Happens To The iPhone 7?
Surprisingly, the lithium ion battery of the iPhone 7 seems intact and does not react to the tortures it was subjected to.
Did The iPhone 7 Work?
TechRax cleaned the iPhone 7 and was careful not to touch it with his bare hands. He tried to recharge the iPhone 7 and was shocked when he spotted the battery indicator. The phone begins charging and the Apple Logo came on once the handset booted up. The sound also seems to be working fine when tested it!
The video has over 6 million views since it was posted on Nov. 25. Check out the iPhone 7 survive and acid bath in the video below. Remember not to try this at home!
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Today in the EU between 7 and 8 million tonnes of end of life vehicles is generated annually which must be reused, recycled or recovered to a certain target in accordance with Directive 2000/53/EC. The ELV directive aims at making dismantling and recycling of ELVs more economically friendly. Article 7 of the directive requires operators to attain a reuse and recovery target of 95% and a reuse and recycling target of 85% by 2015.
Manufacturers have increasing producer responsibility for their products once they become waste and to ensure that recycling is considered at the design stage, however the ELVs will always require separation technology to achieve the targets in the Directive. Investment in specialised metal recovery equipment, the HogMag Eddy Current Separator will enable Automated Treatment Facilities (ATF) to meet the ever increasing demand for greater sustainability in the booming vehicle manufacturing industry.
The HogMag Eddy Current Separator has the capability for separating ELVs through the separation of ferrous and non-ferrous metals accounting for roughly 75% of the car from the plastics, fibre, internal carpets, rubber etc which can then be processed further.
There is a thriving scrap metal market within the EU were the steel and fatigued metal are re-used or recycled through an arc furnace to create new pure steel. Recycled steel is a lot cheaper than new steel making it more economically and environmentally friendly to opt for recycled steel in the manufacturing process. Other ferrous and non-ferrous metals in particular aluminium is becoming popular for international export with countries such as China.
Tyres have many alternative uses including carpet underlay and rethreaded or remould tyres within the car manufacturing industry. Diversifying into other industries such as the cement industries were old tyres are used as fuel in cement kilns.
Overall the need for recycling and the benefits of recycling are becoming more and more desirable in ELVs and scrap metal industries as recycled materials are a cheaper option than new components thus reducing costs and improving profit margins but still achieving quality outputs. Over 2.47 million new vehicles were registered in the UK alone in 2014 which further shows how massive the car manufacturing industry really is and ultimately the need for recycling of components within the industry.


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The episode where Geummi and Soyul appeared in a Dream Girls Competition has finally been subbed by KBS World.
Crayon Pop appeared at Seoulland today to perform and play games with the audience for their endorsement of Orion's almond and hazelnut products in a Tong & Tong event.
6/18 will be our Invisible Leader Geummi's birthday! We at "Crayon Pop Us Facebook" and "Crayon Pop Reddit" have joined together to create this Birthday Project for her.


Second thing why will Ola drivers quit because they have no jobs . You only said that ola made their drivers an entrepreneur .
Noww the driver doesn't have anything to do if he quits driving for Ola That's the reason he is not quitting . And not because ola is keeping them happy .
Muje ola me cab chalani hai to Kiya me ola se hi emi par caar lu ya fir khud khareed k tab ola cab join kru .
Or ola cab me muje apni caar chalane se fayda hoga ?????
Make a story about ola drivers situations and problems.......!!


You probably know Hank Green of The Vlog Brothers and a ton of other cool nerdy sites (NerdFighteria being one). We spoke last week about what parents need to know about STEM, STEM careers, and fostering a love of inquiry.
Green is currently partnering with Emerson whose whole goal is to try to figure out how to create the next generation of who they can hire. They're looking for engineers and scientists and computer scientists because there's a shortage of hirable people. Emerson wants more people in the industry looking for jobs. (Maybe our kids one day?) Their mission is to help create effective people who understand the world and solve problems.
Content Knowledge or Problem Solving Skills?
I only had a few minutes to chat with Green but I particularly wanted Green's perspective on content vs. thinking. My big question was this: Do kids need to know the content of science, technology, engineering, and math? OR do they simply need to know how to learn content and be good thinkers? In other words, which is more important?
"There's a certain amount of expertise that's needed. What I'm seeing a lot of need for right now and the people who are snatched up the fastest are people who have a specific deep knowledge in something . . . and that could be mechanical engineering, and chemistry, and they also have something else. An additive. It could be communications, business, it could be two different science things.
Having that diversity suddenly makes you have a specific set of knowledge. . . that there's only like 30 of you in the country. That's what I'm seeing a lot of interest in.
Clearly, this does not mean that you can't be a darn good thinker and problem solver. But, I'll be honest. It took me by surprise because where in the K – 12 educational system are kids getting computer science or engineering classes? Sure, some places are on the cutting edge and teaching it.
However, I think a lot of the onus is on us as parents to 1) work with this stuff at home and 2) advocate in our schools for more STEM content classes.
That's engineering and science — asking and asking until you get there.
"It depends on how much tie you have to invest – and not every parent has the same amount of time which is a shame," replied Green.
What do you think? How are you fostering this love of "figuring stuff out"?
Check out the STEM resources on Emerson's site.
Find more ways to follow Hank Green on his Hank and John site.


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Colonialism applied to Europe: review of Mazower's "Hitler's Empire"
Mark Mazower's "Hitler's Empire: How the Nazis ruled Europe" is a magisterial book.
I read it on vacation, and it is not a book I would suggest you take with you to the beach. Unless you want to spoil your vacation. But once you have made such a choice, you cannot stop reading it and the book will stay with you throughout your stay (and I believe much longer).
This Summer I read, almost back-to-back Adam Tooze's "The deluge" and Mazower's book. The first covers the period 1916-31, the second, the Nazi rule of Europe 1936-45. They can be practically read as a continuum, but they are two very different books. Tooze's is, despite all the carnage of World War I and Russian Civil War, an optimistic book in which sincere or feigned idealism is battling conservatism and militarism. As I wrote in my review of Tooze's book, the emphasis on the failed promise of liberal democracy (but a promise still it was) is a thread that runs through most of the book. Mazower's book, on the other hand, is unfailingly grim and this is not only because the topic he writes about is much more sinister. The tone is bleaker. It is a book about the unremitting evil. It is the steady accumulation of murders, betrayals, massacres, retaliations, burned villages, conquests, and annihilation that makes for a despairing and yet compelling read. Europe was indeed, as another of Mazower's book is titled, the dark continent.
Here I would like to discuss another aspect of Mazower's book that is implicit throughout but is mentioned rather discreetly only in the concluding chapter. It concerns the place of the Second World War in global history. The conventional opinion is that the Second War should be regarded as a continuation of the First. While the First was produced by competing imperialisms, the Second was the outcome of the very imperfect settlement imposed at the end of the War, and the difference in interpretations as to how the War really ended (was it an armistice, or was it an unconditional surrender).
But that interpretation is (perhaps) faulty because it cannot account for the most distinctive character of the World War II, namely that it was the war of extermination in the East (including the Shoah). That is where Mazower's placing of the War in a much longer European imperial context makes sense.
The key features of Nazi policies of "racial" superiority, colonization of land and conscious destruction of ethnic groups cannot be understood but as an extreme, or even extravagant, form of European colonialism, as it existed from the 15th century onward. If one thinks of the Soviet Russia as of Africa or indigenous American continent (as it seemed to the Nazis), then Nazi policy of mass extermination and (more liberally) enslavement of the Slavic population that would provide forced labor for the German aristocracy living in agro-towns dotted across the plains of Russia does not look much different from what happened for several centuries in the mines of Potasi, in the Congo, in the ante-bellum South of the United States, in the Dutch Java or indeed in German-ruled Namibia.
The creation of two ethically and racially distinct social classes, with no interaction and with one openly exploiting another is exactly how European colonialism presented itself to the rest of the world. As Aimė Cėsaire, quoted at the end of the book, wrote (I paraphrase) "Nazism was the application of colonialism to Europe".
There were, however, some differences that made the realization of this dream of conquest and domination unrealizable for the Nazis.
The technological and military gap between the "master" class and the Untermenschen was much smaller, and at the end it got even overturned in the military sphere. By 1942, the Soviet Union was producing more airplanes and tanks than Germany with all her factories in conquered Europe. The technological gap was indeed much smaller than it seemed to the Germans, and than it objectively was between the European conquerors and the peoples of Africa or the Americas. Tiny forces of Spaniards or English could conquer huge spaces and rule many people because of enormous superiority of their military power. But this was not the case in Europe. In other words, when the technological (military) gap between two groups is small, a complete annihilation of one by another is impossible.
The Nazis were blinded to this, not only by their misjudgment about the technological development of Russia, but also by their belief in rigid racial hierarchy where the very fact that such hierarchy existed (as they believed) made it impossible to entertain the possibility that the lower classes might rise sufficiently to challenge the "masters". The rigidity of self-created racial hierarchy blinded them to reality.
The second difference between the Nazis and classical European imperialism was that racial hierarchy, pushed to its extreme, and leading to the attempted annihilation of the entire ethnic groups (Holocaust) was not motivated by economic interests of the elite but took place, as it were, outside it. Mazower makes very clear the tension that existed throughout the Nazi rule between economic needs for more forced labor, both in European factories and in the fields in the conquered territories in Poland, the Ukraine and Belorussia, and the ideologically-motivated drive to exterminate the "inferior races". The military and civilian administrations tended to prefer the former approach (exploitation to death through labor), the SS the latter (pure destruction). This single-minded pursuit of annihilation, regardless of, or even against, economic benefits, was not something that existed in European colonialism.
The rigidity of racial hierarchy was such that the same Nazi leaders were arguing for forced labor vs. annihilation for one group, and for the opposite for another group. This was the case of Hans Frank, the head of the General Government of rump Poland, who tried to protect Poles from some random killings because he needed them to deliver grain but was eager to kill as many Jews as possible. (Although even he balked at thousands of "new" Jews being pushed to his territories as the "death camps" were already working at capacity.)
It is this macabre and economically and politically irrational drive toward extermination that might have differentiated colonialism as applied to Europe from colonialism applied elsewhere. But establishing racial hierarchy, believing in eugenics, being indifferent to the death of the "lower races", creating a system of forced labor, shooting or maiming people who do not deliver their quotas of produce was not exactly new. Aimė Cėsaire might have been right.
Multi-party kleptocracies rather than illiberal democracies
The term "illiberal democracy" was, I think, introduced by Fareed Zakaria. It was used as a badge of honor by Viktor Orban, the Hungarian Prime Minister, the erstwhile poster-child of youthful East European reformers and liberals of the 1990s who then decided to turn over the new leaf. More recently, the term has gained further popularity as a way of naming and explaining the regimes such as Erdoğan's in Turkey or Putin's in Russia. Perhaps Venezuela can be placed in the same category too.
The implication of "illiberal democracy" is that the system is democratic in the sense that there are free elections, more or less free, or at least diverse, media, freedom of assembly etc., but that the "values" espoused by the regime are illiberal. Erdoğan believes in primacy of Islam over the Enlightenment-defined human rights, Orban believes in "Christian civilization", Putin in "Russian spirituality", Maduro in "Bolivarian revolution". "Illiberal" also implies that the system is majoritarian in the sense that certain "inalienable" rights can be taken away through simple vote. At the extreme, a majority can decide to deny certain rights (say, to free speech) to a minority.
This definition, in my opinion, overstates the value component of these regimes. The core, or the desired objective, of this new breed of quasi democratic regimes is multi-partyism in which, however, only one party can win. Russia has gone the furthest on the road of "electoral engineering" where there is seemingly a democracy, multiple parties etc., but the rule of the game is that only one party can win, and that the others, in function of their "pliability" and closeness to the "party of power", are allowed to participate in the division of the spoils.
For it is precisely the "division of the spoils" which is a crucial feature of the regimes. They do not share, as some commentators believe, "values" antithetical to Western liberal values. Rather, I believe, these different values are simply invented to provide voters with a feeling that they are indeed voting for some distinct "national", "homey", "non-cosmopolitan" program while the real objective of the party of power is to control the state in order to steal, either directly (from overcharged public works or state-owned enterprises) or indirectly (through private sector corruption and laws and regulations that are for sale).
Thus, the party of power is simply an organized thievery that, in order to survive and prosper, needs to pretend to defend certain "values" and, most importantly, to keep on providing financial benefits to its supporters. The system is thus fully clientelistic. It functions very similarly to Mobutu's Zaire (as beautifully described in Michala's Wrong's "In the footsteps of Mr. Kurtz"). The top guys (Erdogan and his son, Putin, Rothenberg and other oligarchs etc.) do, like Mobutu, take the largest slice of the pie, but they are more than anything else, arbiters in the process of the division of money between various factions. When you read Wrong's book on Zaire, you realize that Mobutu was at the apex of the pyramid, but that he was not an unchecked dictator. To remain in power, he had to maintain support from various groups that were vying for money. This is precisely how Putin maintains his power: not as a Stalinesque dictator, but as an indispensable umpire whose sudden departure would throw the system totally off-balance until, possibly after a civil war, a new, generally accepted arbiter emerges.
I realized that it is this particular nature of the rule combined with clientelism, which is crucial and not some opposition to "liberal" values, when I spent this Summer in Serbia and Montenegro. Montenegro had been ruled by one man, Djukanoviċ, for thirty years. He has in the meantime changed, like Putin, various positions from which he ruled: president of his party, prime minister, president of the country. Moreover, Djukanoviċ's rule is broadly consonant with Western liberal "values" in the areas of gay rights, environment, lack of regulation and the like. He has brought Montenegro to the threshold of the European Union and included it into NATO. But the structure of his rule is equivalent to that of Putin: control of the government in order to steal, and distribution of these gains to his supporters (and of course to himself and his clique).
In order for such a system to survive it needs to continue winning elections, ideally forever. Ben Ali and Mubarak who headed similar systems in Tunisia and Egypt eventually failed. But Djukanoviċ, Lukashenko, Erdoğan, Putin and Orban have not failed so far. Again Russia is at the forefront here. To win elections, all means are used: state sector employees are strongly "recommended" to vote for the "right" candidate or the "right" party, people are given cell phones with which they record their vote and, if they vote "right" are allowed to keep them (Montenegro used this technique for more than a decade), votes are directly bought, or false ballots are added to sow confusion. The outright stealing of the votes, by falsifying the totals, remains as the ultima ratio. In Russia, such falsification is difficult or impossible in big cities but quite feasible in small towns or faraway areas where the percentage of the vote for the "right" candidate reaches 90 percent or more.
I think that it would be wrong, though, to regard such regimes as a different species from the Western liberal regimes. They simply exaggerate some features that exist in "advanced" democracies: sale of regulations and laws is done in both but it is done more openly and blatantly in the "new" regimes; creation of a real second party in Russia is as difficult as the creation of a third party in the United States; voter suppression is just taken one step further. They amplify, sometimes in a grotesque way, the negative sides of democracies and suppress, almost fully, their positive sides.
But the new regimes' key characteristic is that they are multi-party electoral kleptocracies where only one party can win.
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Klaus Waldeck and his label Dope Noir Records recently celebrated the 10th anniversary of "Ballroom Stories" (2007), Waldeck´s most successful album to date: The perfect moment for his label Dope Noir Records to celebrate with the release of a worthy successor under the promising name "Atlantic Ballroom". So far so good.
For Waldeck, however, the jubilee has also been a moment of reflection and gave occasion to contemplate his efforts beyond traditional press release prose.
It is indeed a pleasant experience for both label and artist when the commercial success of an album exceeds expectations, as was the case with "Ballroom Stories", which slowly grew from a connoisseur's pick to a long term bestseller. While providing a comfortable reference for Waldeck and others, it also became an artistic and commercial benchmark for any subsequent work to be released by the artist. Fans were naturally hoping for a follow-up "in the style of".
Those glizzy "Electro-Swing foot cuffs" were hanging heavily from the walls of Dope Noir's studio in Vienna. Even Wikipedia has digitally immortalized Waldeck's Ballroom Stories as a foundational work for the style, providing little comfort for what successive releases would be measured against. No wonder Waldeck had little inclination to ride the wave he has helped to create. It is well-established knowledge that you should not jump on a band wagon, not even if you set it rolling yourself.
Meanwhile, new presentation formats have fundamentally changed the musical landscape. Algorithms have attached themselves to the artist's foot for some time now, and it is difficult to get rid of them. The "algo anklet's" grip is adamantine: If your song intro is longer than thirty seconds, chances are that people's attention will have wandered off to somewhere else; that traditional album format for musical releases: No longer valid. So why bother at all?
Rather than trying to meet his brand expectations, Waldeck decided to side-track the public with something light and easy. In 2016, Dope Noir released his Spaghetti & Western album "Gran Paradiso",reveling in Italian song traditions and genre antics.
Needless to say, the desired liberation failed to materialize. While met with some critical acclaim, the electro swing crowd wasn't having any of it: Even while sweating with fellow Viennese in a Finnish sauna, a fan recognized the artist and let him know that he liked "Ballroom Stories" better. Cue to Waldeck's German publisher: "Wat willste mit 'nem italienischen Album?" (Roughly: "what the hell are you trying to achieve with an Italian album").
The short excursion into the realm of Spaghetti Western and the Italian Canzone elicited a key element "Atlantic Ballroom" though: Waldeck met his current main singer Patrizia Ferrara. Half Sicilian and half Austrian, she spent the last years of her musical career in Brooklyn before moving back to her homeland.
So what to do? Warm up old recipes? Italian...? Not so much.
A new ballroom without Electro and Swing? A pinch of James Bond...? Or even high-speed bossa nova, electro rumba? Sounds promising, but at least a bit of swing?
The birth of "Atlantic Ballroom" or: remembrance of things past.
Waldeck refuses to warm up old recipes and creates a new - amazingly refreshing ballroom. As a listener, you feel nothing of the laborious creation and are immediately drawn under the spell of the "Atlantic Ballroom". There is a sense of optimism. As with previous releases, Waldeck underlines his ability to create a new sound universe. The music makes you feel like you remember something you haven't actually experienced.
Waldeck plays with smoky jazz riffs & bluesy piano phrases. You can feel a pinch of Viennese electronics, but the reference is discreet. As a listener you rightly ask yourself how it is possible to deliver such a dignified and relaxed album, when the circumstances seem anything but easy. Waldeck puts it succinctly: "It is usually not easy to create lightness among the listener".
Waldeck points the way with the opening track "Rough Landing". The song would be perfect as a title song for a Bond movie still to be shot - maybe "James Bond in Paris" (2024)? This fits the album title, because somehow the 12 tracks seem very "transatlantic" and refer to an era when many American jazz musicians cavorted in Paris in the early 1960s. The catchy tune "Never let you go" - a lightly presented concession to the friends of swing - also seems francophile and pensive.
Featured singers are led by Ferrara, but also include longtime soul mate and legend Joy Malcolm with the Northern Soul Smash hit "Keep my Fire Burning" and Vienna-based Big John Whitfield on "Bring my Baby Back Home".
Waldeck's musical influences for this album range from Henry Mancini, John Barry, Wes Montgomery, Fats Waller, Lalo Schiffrin to Dave Brubeck. While the clarinet still played the leading role in "Ballroom Stories", the brass, especially the trumpet, now dominates in "Atlantic Ballroom".
Irony of fate or simply intuition: Just as "Ballroom Stories" was referring to an influential era for the time of its release, namely the 1920s and 1930s, "Atlantic Ballroom" musically captures - this time almost in real time - the end of an era: the post-war order of the transatlantic alliance, which many of us consider irrefutable, seems to have irretrievably been shaken.


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Allview P6 Quad (Romania) is a dual SIM phone based on MTK6589 chipset running Android 4.1.2. It is actually a clone of Gionee Dream D1 / GN878 (China) also know as Fly IQ444 Quattro / Diamond 2 (Russia) or Walton Primo X1 (India).
It is highly advised to create an initial ROM backup by MTK Droid Tools before doing any phone modifications.
Make sure Gionee MTK USB driver has been installed and the phone is powered up with USB debugging enabled and connected to the PC.
In case the phone has not been rooted yet then press ROOT button and after an access to the phone is successfully obtained the application automatically offers initial backup option. Otherwise press Backup button in root, backup and recovery tab to start the backup manually.
After couple of minutes backup files are placed into backup directory.
Download: A little bit misleading name as it actually does ROM upload. For partial or complete ROM flashing of the same Android version. Useful for restoring the base system, user settings, boot logos or installing an alternative recovery (CWM or TWRP) image.
Firmware Upgrade: For complete ROM flashing when fixing a completely bricked device or doing Android upgrading or downgrading using stock ROM or one of cloned phone ROMs.
A ROM consists of the following files. Only some of them should be selected for download mode flashing.
RELOADER, UBOOT, SECRO: Device and Android version dependent files. Should NOT be selected for download mode flashing as it may brick the device.
MBR, EBR1, EBR2: Disk layout information.
LOGO: Startup logo and battery charging animation.
BOOT: Linux kernel and initial RAM disk partition.
RECOVERY: Recovery kernel and initial RAM disk partition.
SYSTEM: System files and factory applications.
CACHE: Cache of mostly used applications.
USERDATA: User settings and non-factory applications, usually downloaded from Google Play Store.
Stock ROM contains only empty CACHE and USERDATA partitions, selecting them will actually clean the cache and user data.
Make sure Gionee MTK USB driver has been installed and the phone is powered DOWN and NOT connected to the PC.
Enable Options -> USB Mode.
Open File -> Open Scatter-loading File and select MT6589_Android_scatter_emmc_PMT.txt.
Select only the necessary ROM files that should be restored.
Then connect the powered down phone to the PC.
The tool should automatically detect the phone presence and start firmware flashing.
After couple of seconds a green circle is displayed after the process successfully ends.
Open File -> Open Scatter-loading File and select MT6589_Android_scatter_emmc.txt.
Then press and hold VOLUME UP phone button and connect the powered down phone to the PC.
The tool should automatically detect the phone presence and start firmware flashing. VOLUME UP button can be released.
After couple of minutes a green circle is displayed after the process successfully ends.
Android 4.2.x ready bootloader and partition layout taken from hardware compatible Walton Primo X1 ROM (http://www.waltonforum.com/index.php/topic,3590.0.html).
Helpful deepak2111's TWRP recovery image.
Excellent RickyGoldsmith's MIUI port for hardware compatible Gionee Dream D1 / GN878 phone.
Valuable stas2z's OTA patches up to MIUI v3.12.15. The latest v3.12.21 patch was not integrated deliberatively as it causes screen locks during the initial setup wizard screen when the phone is firstly started from factory mode. The patch can be applied separately without any issues after the initial setup wizard is completed.
Small modifications of /system/build.prop to enable software keys (qemu.hw.mainkeys=0), preselect English language mutation (instead of Russian), preselect Central European Time zone (instead of Moscow) and change phone model name to Allview P6 Quad (instead of GiONEE Dream D1).
ROM should be flashed using SP Flash Tool running in Firmware Upgrade mode following the steps described in previous section.
Rooting a phone is enabling root (administrator, superuser) access to the device useful in cases where modifying of protected system files and applications is required. For example this allows Mobile Uncle application to tweak various settings of MTK based devices or allows AdAway application to block advertisement sites.
Android by default does not expose root access so a special exploit for particular Android version needs to be used which achieves user privilege escalation and places su binary and one of superuser management applications such as Superuser (open source) or SuperSU on the device. One of popular exploits which can be used for Android 4.1 is Motochopper, see Software section.
Make sure Gionee MTK USB driver has been installed and the phone is power up with USB debugging enabled and connected to the PC.
Run run.bat (Windows) or run.sh (Linux) to start the rooting.
The phone reboots automatically after the process successfully ends.
Normal: Simply by pressing POWER button the device boots into Android.
Recovery: Pressing and holding POWER and VOLUME UP buttons for a while enters recovery boot mode enabling backing up and restoring of user settings and cache wiping.
Factory: Pressing and holding POWER and VOLUME DOWN buttons for a while enters factory boot mode used mainly for running various hardware tests but can be used to recover from "touchscreen not responding" issue.
Long pressing of POWER button acts as a reset and powers down the device gracefully.
The phone comes with several theme skins which change the look of vendor applications such as Phone, Contacts, Messaging, Clock, Calendar, Calculator and others. Theme skins are are ZIP archives with *.gnz suffix located directly in /system/app or in SD card's Theme directory.
There are two custom theme skins linked in Software section: Minimal and Black. Both of them set dark applications skin, do not use any custom application launcher icons or icon backgrounds effectively restoring native applications look. The first skin restores the default phone background, the second one sets a plain black wallpaper.
Make sure the phone has been rooted and is connected to the Internet.
Install and launch Mobile Uncle application.
Enable EPO via Engineer Mode -> Engineer Mode ( MTK ) -> Location -> Location Based Service -> EPO -> Enable EPO.
Then press EPO button or optionally enable Auto Download option to initiate download of the latest EPO file.
Navigate back to YGPS section as this will initiate AGP cache refreshment.
At this point connection to Internet can be disabled as all AGPS and EPO caches have been warmed up and GPS can function on its own.
Great work here, thank you..
Please tell me.., did you test any of the clone phone roms?
Place MIUI42-D1.zip and miui_ota_iq446_stas2z_3.10.4_3.10.12_e3209310ae_4. 2 on SD card upfront.
Download Android 4.2.x based Walton Primo X1 ROM (http://www.waltonforum.com/index.php/topic,3590.0.html).
Replace Primo recovery.bin file with GIONEE_TWRP_2500_42 recovery image (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=43039979).
Optionally replace Primo logo.bin (white background) with Allview logo.bin (black background).
Upgrade the phone with Walton Primo X1 ROM, GIONEE_TWRP_2500_42 recovery image and Allview logo.bin.
After successful flashing boot the phone into recovery mode by pressing POWER+VOLUME UP.
In TWRP install MIUI ZIP archives stored on SD card.
Still in TWRP press Mount and make sure Data and System partitions are checked.
Enable software keys by editing /system/build.prop and setting qemu.hw.mainkeys=0. For example download the file locally (adb pull /system/build.prop), change it and upload it back (adb push build.prop /system).
It may take it couple of minutes to finish the initial boot so don't be surprised. The next ones will be faster.
That said still couple of trial and errors might follow to boot into MIUI successfully so a good thing is to have the phone connected to the PC with log running (adb logcat *:W) to see what is failing. Usually wiping Dalvik cache via TWRP and doing couple of more reboots sort things out.
What scatter file should i load? primo's or allview's ?
Should i hit Download or Firmare upgrade?
Also. What doesthis error mean?
Recently I run into a similar issue as seen on your screenshot but not sure it it was really BROM ERROR : S_BROM_DOWNLOAD_DA_FAIL (2004). In my case SP Flash Tool detected the phone but was not doing any data transfers. Seems like resetting the phone by long pressing POWER button resolved it.
Restoring your 4.1.2 backup works fine though.
EDIT: strike that - i was using a virtual machine - not ok it seems. Using a PC it worked fine.
- can't get both rds internet and orange to work. Well i can't unlock orange 50% of the time without restart (edit: this issue happens only if updating to latest miui, on fresh install it is fine).
- google play store keeps crashing, and when it works its chinese and requires some chinese account. Did i say chinese enough times? lol Edit: this i believe is caused because the phone id in build.prop is messed up.
- apps inside not very friendly (CH) - i have no idea how to remove them..
edit: - interface is much slower than stock - needs tweaks...viliam?
- love the idea of OTA updates and miui site backup.
Once again... big THANK YOU viliam.pucik, and Merry Christmas !
- can't get both rds internet and orange to work. Well i can't unlock orange 50% of the time without restart.
Regarding camera I suppose HDR mode or some filters are disabled by default in MIUI ROM and enabled in stock, maybe that causes darker images in MIUI ROM.
My assumption was that MTK chipset supports 3G service (aka mobile Internet) fully only for SIM in the first slot which could explain why it works only for one mobile provider.
Do you by any chance use Market app (an orange icon with MI letters on it) instead of real Google Play Store? That could explain seeing Chinese apps.
BTW, you were right... 3g card works fine only on first slot; on stock rom it worked fine on second slot. Plus i had to set the access point APN for RDS as pointed in this post (for some reason there was no profile by default).
Camera - lots of options, pictures are great. Full HD recording works.
Gestures dont work - did not need them anyway.
Occasional lag when returning to home screen - not very bothering edit: fixed -freed up some space on system partition.
Wireless input devices work - I tested a bluetooth mouse and a BT keyboard.
Did not have a smart 2 view to test it (should work as it is a miracast copy and android 4.2.2 specifications say it should pe supported).
All other apps included work beautifully. Very clean and well done rom.
There is a color rom but it requires a 800 mb partition. My current system partition is listed as 660,3 mb and it is 99% full. How can i modify the size?
More important question - is there any way to enable OTG cable functionality ? That is all that is missing now. I know the usb connection is not power enabled, tried with a hub powered externally but still no go. USB host mode is enabled in the kernel it seems (?).
edit2: i finally found the problem with igo: it only works if not rooted. gps accuracy is awfull!
can you use this kernel for a kitkat rom?
I have this phone and i always had problems with gps.
Finnaly i found the gps fix.Pretty easy though.
And thats all. You should be able to use your gps propely after rebooting your phone.
First of all, thanks for this awesome guide. I've finally got bored of my Allview P6 Quad's stock rom (JB 4.1.2) and decided to give the MIUI one a try (wanted to do this from last year but was afraid of bricking it).
So I've did a full "Firmware>Upgrade" as described in this guide with the MIUI 3.12.15 rom. It did not boot up properly the first times, but after 2 "hard" restarts (holding down the lock button) , it worked.
As mentioned above, it has some bugs like the Googla Play Store crashing, this being the most important thing for me as I did not wanted to use the chinese market. I tried several ways to fix it, like installing GApps , but it was useless.
The only thing which made it work was to upgrade with a patch from MIUI's website, which brings the rom to version 4.9.12.
To do this, I have folowed this guide (first method) and grabbed the patch from here.
I also had to set my IMEI using this guide and repair the APN for Vodafone RO with these settings.
I also tried enlarging the Apps partition using these instructions, but it bricks my phone as soon as I open and apply the 2.5GB/4GB patch (I cannot wipe or restore rom from TWRP, it fails on mounting the "emmc" partition) and I have to start all over and reflash the phone. Also noticed that after reflashing again with MIUI rom, it boots up properly from first try .... strange.
I have quit trying this mod and will use link2sd as this is too risky.
P.S: I've almost bricked my phone in this journey, follow my steps at your own risk.


Excuse me,VoltDB Community Edition can deploy a cluster?
When I put the 192.168.0.143 into the 192.168.0.141 ,the following error occurred.
WARN: Cannot load org.voltdb.join.ElasticJoinCoordinator in VoltDB community edition. Elastic will be disabled.
VoltDB has encountered an unrecoverable error and is exiting.
The log may contain additional information.
I'd be happy to help you. I think the first thing to do is upgrade to the latest version of Voltdb via github. Yes, you can deploy a cluster with VoltDB community version. Can you provide the command line syntax used?
Last edited by pzhao; 04-17-2015, 11:05 AM.
Can you tell me how to deploy a cluster with VoltDB community version?I can deploy a cluster with VoltDB-ent-5.1.1,"voltdb add --host 192.168.0.141",but the VoltDB community version I don't know how to deploy a cluster,the latest version of Voltdb via github ,I can't find the voltdb5.1.1.jar and the voltdbclient5.1.1.jar,and some other files in /voltdb/voltdb.
When I set up the deployment file hostcount is greater than 1, VoltDB can not start.
You know the problem is?
elastic is an enterprise only feature. Try setting the elastic property to false. In V3.6 is not even a recognized option. You may want to omit it completely.
Can you tell me what is there such a problem?
WARN: Clock skew is 12 which is high. Ideally it should be sub-millisecond. Make sure NTP is running.
FATAL: Expected to find 1 hosts in cluster at startup but found 2. Terminating this host.
Last edited by vtkstef; 04-19-2015, 11:47 PM.
I downloaded the latest VoltDB Community Edition on Github , VoltDB can't start, no jar file in "/voltdb5.2.1/voltdb" folder.Why?
If you want to run with community, you need to build it first. Directions are in the github wiki: https://github.com/VoltDB/voltdb/wiki. Alternately, you are welcome to use the V3.6 prebuilt community kit - just know that it is nearly 2 years old and doesn't have a lot of new features, including a lot of SQL support.
Regardless of whether you use V3.6 or build from github, you should start your cluster with matching deployment.xml files on all the servers and all servers should be started with 'create' and specify the same Host. In newer VoltDB it is possible to elastically add more servers, but this feature is not present in the community version.
you should compile the volt-version.jar first.


Why Do People Usually Say, "Thank God it is Friday"?
Why Do People Usually Say, "Thank God it is Friday"?
Today is Friday, let's relax a little and learn something.
Why do people love Fridays?
Why are more people happy on Friday than on Monday?
Why do people say, "thank God it's Friday"?
Someone will tell me it's because Friday marks the beginning of weekend.
The reason why most people love Fridays is because it marks the end of hustling and struggling of the work place.
Have I told you before?
A survey outcome has it that over 92% of people HATE their jobs.
You now see why they love Friday!
In the real sense of it, life becomes horror if you hate your job.
You've got to spend most part of your life on the work place.
If you see anyone who (truly) loves his work, he's not happier on Friday than he is on Monday.
That should be your goal, and my goal.
Yes. I've not attain it all. I have not arrived. I'm not swimming in money, but I'm moving fast ahead, trying to have a better financial life.
I just must love every day of my life.
Yea, life is hectic and tough, yet, we can strive to choose a business or profession we love.
No one-sided answer, but maybe starting your own business or choosing a new profession will give you a better life.
If you think being a business owner will make you happier, then FIGHT to be an entrepreneur.
I used the word FIGHT above because that's what it takes.
I know you trust me. I wouldn't want to tell you, "hey, it's easy to make a lot of money!" That's a white lie.
One great problem with our culture is that we love freedom but we don`t know how free men got their freedom. Freedom is not free. Freedom comes after fight. If we cannot fight, we cannot be freed.
Now it`s your duty to think. Are you happy with your job or it`s like a prison to you?
If you`re happy with your job and it`s paying your bills, you may not really need to be a business owner. Yes, you may not become a millionaire, but do you actually have to become a millionaire before you will be successful?
Success is more of who you are than what you have. A man/woman who enjoys his/her job is a king because his/her job has become his/her hobby. Spending 8-10 hours daily on a "hobby" is a life indeed. That`s a success… for me.
However, if the reverse is the case, if you hate going to work, if your job makes you sad, if you love Fridays more than Monday, life could actually be like a prison. Just as spending 8 hours daily on your hobby makes you feel great, spending 8 hours in prison makes you feel like a slave.
I have tasted both sides and I can tell you that success is doing what you love doing, even if you don`t have millions in your bank account.
I will rather do what I love doing daily and eat two times a day (because I'm poor), than to do what I hate and have extra one million naira in my account.
You have got to think hard on how you can hate Fridays instead.
What profession do you think will make you happy every of working hours?
This question is not usually the hardest to answer.
The hardest question to answer is, are you willing to do whatever you have to do (fight) to pursue that dream profession or business that will make you happy?
Fight to make Friday your worst day.
Must You Become a Millionaire Before You Will Be Called a Success?