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Starmobile Engage 7 TV Review–Analog & Digital TV Capable Tablet For PHP 5,290

Starmobile Engage 7 TV Review–Analog & Digital TV Capable Tablet For PHP 5,290
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Back in June local brand Starmobile held an event in SM North EDSA to launch most of their lineup of phones and tablets for this year 2013. Some of the products include of course the Starmobile Knight – a quad-core phone with premium build and specs. At the same time, they’ve also introduced a few new affordable devices – which include this tablet we’re unboxing and reviewing right now: the Starmobile Engage 7 TV. It’s a 7” tablet with entry-level specs for PHP 5,290, but its main feature definitely has to be the All TV functionality. (Basically has Analog TV, Digital TV, and Streaming Internet TV.) While not everybody might be looking for those features per se, the tablet with its loud dual-front speakers might just be the right device to pickup for commuters, dormers, drivers, and even just as a nice TV set with tablet capabilities while on the go. So without further ado, check out our video unboxing, specs, and a guest-written review after the break!

Starmobile Engage 7 TV – PHP 5,290

  • 1.2Ghz Single-Core Processor
  • 7.0" 800×480 Screen
  • Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich
  • 1GB RAM, 4GB ROM, MicroSD
  • 3MP Camera, VGA Front
  • 4,000mAh Battery
  • Analog, Digital, & Streaming TV

Hi Everyone! This is leche1982, a viewer, commentor, and occasional punchline-dropper of the Big Time Show, and I’d like to thank Alex from The Technoclast for giving me the chance to tinker with and review one of Starmobile’s latest tablet releases this year – the Starmobile Engage 7 TV.

So let’s get to it then!

Physical Design and Ergonomics

The Starmobile Engage 7 TV is clearly designed to be used mainly in landscape mode. The placement of the logo, speakers, TV antenna, ports, and hardware buttons all point towards the tablet being meant to be positioned horizontally in its primary use – TV viewing and channel surfing.

As can be seen from the view of the tablet’s front and screen below, the speakers are positioned on the left and right of the screen in landscape mode, which is a departure from common design. Most tablets have a single speaker positioned at the rear, and the Engage 7 TV’s dual speakers positioned in the front of the device drive home the point that this is a gadget meant for media consumption.

In addition to the speakers, the front of the tablet also contains the Starmobile logo centered underneath the screen, with the front camera and LED indicator in the lower right-hand corner.

The back of the Engage 7 TV is pretty plain and straightforward – the camera is positioned in the upper right-hand corner, while the device name is at the top and another Starmobile logo can be found in the center. Another interesting design quirk of the tablet is that the Starmobile logo in the rear lights up whenever the device is in use, which is a feature shared among the company’s other tablets. Perhaps this could have been designed to serve as another LED-type indicator should the tablet receive any notifications.

The top of the Engage 7 TV contains only the extendable TV antenna, which can be found in the right side of the tablet when viewing it from the top, and on the upper left order of the tablet when viewing it from the front. The sides of the device are completely unadorned.

The bottom of the Engage 7 TV is where its design gets really interesting. From left to right, the buttons and ports at the bottom of the tablet are as follows:

  1. Home button
  2. Hard Reset button (a pin will be needed to press this button)
  3. Microphone
  4. Headphone port
  5. Charger port
  6. Micro-USB port
  7. USB port
  8. HDMI port
  9. Micro-SD port
  10. Power button

The two things that stand out here are the inclusion of an actual USB port and the complete lack of any hardware volume buttons. This may be the first branded tablet to have either design choice in the Philippines.

The Home and Power buttons are somewhat recessed against the bottom of the device, and pressing either button can get annoying really quick.

The Engage 7 TV’s housing is made of gunmetal gray plastic, which is smooth on the front and sides and has a rougher, brushed metal feel at the back, which does help in gripping the device. As is common in nearly all tablets, the back cover cannot be removed. The housing itself looks relatively premium and feels solid, although I did notice a (barely there) creak or two when lightly flexing the housing.

In yet another interesting design choice that reverses common tablet design, the front and sides of the Engage 7 TV curve back towards the flat back. Most devices would have a curved rear and flat front/screen.

While the tablet is designed to be used in landscape mode, one issue I noticed is that when the device is held horizontally from the sides, the positioning of the speaker grilles makes it very easy for these to be muffled. Holding the Engage 7 TV vertically avoids covering the speaker grilles, but also make watching TV on the tablet much more awkward since the TV apps only work in landscape mode.

Without a doubt, this is the most uniquely-designed tablet I’ve ever handled to date.

Screen and Display

The Starmobile Engage 7 TV, as indicated in the name, is a tablet with a 7” screen, and according to the specs, has a screen resolution of 800×480 (133ppi) with 262K colors. While this type of resolution is quite acceptable on a smartphone with a 4”-4.3” screen, it falls far below expectations on a 7” screen. As seen below, the lines in the background wallpaper are noticeably jagged, and pixels are easily visible on the app icons.

800×480 screens on 7” Android tablets date back to 2009(!), with the Camangi Webstation, and seeing a 2013 device with 2009-level screen resolution makes for a jarring first impression upon turning the device on for the first time. I believe the minimum screen resolution on a 7” tablet should be 1024×600, and anything lower than this can make for a frustrating viewing experience. Since the vast majority of a user’s interaction with a smartphone or tablet is in viewing the screen, having a subpar screen can have a drastic negative impact on the user’s impression of the device overall.

To the Engage 7 TV’s credit, its screen does display good brightness, and the screen colors do not feel washed out. Viewing angles are also pretty good despite the screen specs not including IPS. I did notice while doing a battery rundown comparison with the Nexus 7 (at 50% brightness for both devices) that the Engage 7 TV’s screen brightness configuration seemed to be set comparatively lower than that of its Google counterpart.

Brightness Comparison - Nexus 7 on the right

The tablet’s screen is a capacitive touchscreen, and 5-point multitouch is supported.

OS, Internals, and Performance

The Starmobile Engage 7 TV runs a mostly vanilla version of Android 4.0.4, Ice Cream Sandwich, with some tweaks specific to the tablet. As seen in the homescreen screenshot above, in the system bar at the bottom of the device, aside from the usual Back, Home, and Recent Apps softkeys, there are additional softkeys that (from left to right) allow the user to take screenshots, increase volume, decrease volume, and access the Menu. The lack of a physical volume rocker is addressed in the volume softkeys.

While ICS runs fine on the device (I noticed no obvious lags while navigating around or when opening apps), I would have wanted to see this running Jelly Bean, for the Project Butter improvements and updated tablet UI. ICS on a device released in mid-2013 feels somewhat outdated and gives the impression this device really should have been made available to Filipinos sometime in mid-late 2012.

The Engage 7 TV’s specs bear out this feeling – a 1.2GHz single-core Allwinner A10 processor, ARM Mali-400 GPU and 1 GB RAM. While the amount of RAM is quite satisfactory, the first tablets released using this processor came out in November 2011, while the GPU itself was first released in 2008, so don’t expect anywhere near top-of-the-line performance here. This is borne out by the tablet’s benchmark scores, which place its performance among other single-core smartphones released in 2010. This contributes to the impression that this device really should have been released last year.

While benchmarks can give tech enthusiasts and power users a lot of information on a gadget’s capabilities, ultimately, they mean little to the majority of consumers without some actual hands-on experience. To this end, I installed and tried some games that hopefully give a better indication of what this device can and can’t do.

In fairness, Temple Run 2 works without a hitch on the Engage 7 TV, as well as Fast Racing 3D. Riptide GP, the game I normally use to test an Android device’s 3D capability, also ran without graphic lags, although the game itself crashed once in the 30 minutes I was messing around with it. It appears that the low screen resolution did not have much of a negative impact on the tablet’s ability to render 3D (the relatively generous RAM provided for this device probably helped as well).

While the device purports to have 4 GB internal storage, only 1 GB is available for apps and 1.5 GB is partitioned for other files. I wanted to try installing some other graphics-intensive games to determine the tablet’s limitations, but with only 1GB of internal memory for apps (which is only partially addressed by the ability to move some apps to internal storage), it simply isn’t possible to download the higher-res games that would be able to stretch the device’s capabilities. Hardcore gamers will be disappointed by the paltry internal memory. Thankfully though, the tablet’s file storage capacity is expandable via microSD.

Internal Storage 1Internal Storage 2

I performed a simple battery test on the Engage 7 TV using the Nexus 7 as a point of comparison. At 50% brightness and full battery charge for both devices, I set a 720P video to loop continuously via MX Player using software decoding with muted volume. After 3 hours, the Nexus 7’s battery level had fallen to 49%, while the Engage 7 TV’s had gone down to 51%. Given that I normally get between 6-8 hours of screen on time doing various tasks on the Nexus 7 before needing a recharge, this should indicate that the Engage 7 TV is capable of similar battery performance.

One last performance-related item of note on the tablet: the back of the device warms up significantly after sustained use, so users may wish to monitor the device’s temperature to prevent long-term impact to its internals and/or battery life.

The Engage 7 TV sports a 3-megapixel rear camera without flash and a VGA front camera. For a budget tablet, these camera specs are to be expected, and high-quality cameras belong more on smartphones than on tablets because of the former’s greater portability.

In general, the rear camera generates stills and videos good enough for social media in bright daylight and performs poorly with indoor lighting or at night. The front VGA camera works for video calls, but is not recommended for use outside of that.

Sample Camera Shot

Media and Connectivity

While performing the battery test on the Engage 7 TV, I discovered that the .m4v video used for the test could not be played by the device using MX Player’s hardware decoder. This indicates that the tablet’s hardware is unable to handle the .m4v codec and raises the question whether there are other codecs the device’s chipset cannot handle as well. Software decoding worked just fine, however, and the 720p video could be played with a quite satisfactory level of visual detail. I did notice that after about an hour of playing the same video side-by-side, the video playback on the Engage 7 TV was a full two seconds behind that of the Nexus 7, which indicates a small lag in software rendering. Without an explicit comparison test like this, however, this lag would have been very difficult to notice.

As I discovered to my embarrassment when I inadvertently uncovered this feature on the Engage 7 TV in public – this thing is damn loud. Its volume settings even at the lowest level (without muting the tablet) produce a rather high level of sound on notifications and alerts, and this extends to playing music, as well as watching videos and TV. This is at least partially due to the device’s speakers being positioned on the front, but I also suspect that the tablet’s volume configuration is naturally just that high. This also means that at higher volume levels, the speakers do get overwhelmed and noticeable crackling can be heard.

The Engage 7 TV comes with WiFi access capability, although there is no Bluetooth, nor dedicated GPS on the device, which is disappointing. Users may want to install a different browser on the tablet as I found the default browser to be rather slow in rendering websites. A-GPS is possible via either a 3G or WiFi data connection, and I was able to get a reasonably pinpointed location on Google Maps using WiFi access.

The full USB port allows for USB keyboards, mice, and flash drives to be connected to the tablet, and I was able to successfully test all three. While the tablet is stated to be able to support 3G USB dongles (albeit through the OTG cable and not the full USB port), I have sadly been unable to test this feature, as well as the HDMI capability. All the other ports listed above have been tested and are working as expected.

We’ve gotten this far in the review without talking about the Starmobile Engage 7 TV’s main feature and selling point, because I wanted to spend a whole section focusing on this feature.

As can be seen from the tablet’s homescreen screenshot above, it has 3 dedicated TV apps: Analog TV, Digital TV, and Streaming TV. Analog TV works the same way as any TV phone or tablet does here in the Philippines: You extend the TV antenna, open the app and watch channels whose broadcasted analog signals are captured by the antenna. Tapping on the screen while the Analog TV app is running brings up the options to increase/decrease channels and volume on the left and right of the screen, respectively, while options made available via the Menu softkey allow for performing channel scanning.

Analog TV

As it is for any and all devices with analog TV capability, the viewing experience on the Engage 7 TV is wholly dependent on the quality of the channels’ analog signal. As it stands, only a few channels have consistently strong analog signals regardless of location in Metro Manila, so good analog TV viewing experiences are mostly limited to these channels.

The Digital TV app is unique to the Engage 7 TV, and I believe this tablet is the first branded device to have this feature in the Philippines (outside of the usual unknown-brand Chinese imports). The app itself operates similarly to the Analog TV app – extend the antenna, open the app, and start viewing. Menu options are uncovered by tapping the screen, as the Menu softkey is disabled while using this app.

Digital TV

One difference between the Digital TV and Analog TV apps is that unlike the Analog TV app, after opening the Digital TV app or switching between channels, the screen is blank for a short period of time (between 10-15 seconds) before the digital TV channel is displayed. Another difference is that picture quality on the channels is much better compared to analog TV channels because, unlike with an analog signal, digital TV signals can deliver clear pictures without having a strong signal. Digital channels with really weak signals simply do not get picked up by the app, so users are faced with either good picture quality for a channel or no channel at all. A third difference is that there are a lot fewer digital TV channels available to people in Metro Manila; as of right now, only two channels can be picked up by the app. Hopefully, the mandate to switch all local TV channels to digital by 2015 addresses this issue.

Opening the Streaming TV app brings you to a list of ‘channels’ that, when selected, simply bring up the browser accessing the URL of the streaming website link. The app is basically a glorified list of streaming video bookmarks, which is a bit of a disappointment.

Streaming TV 1Streaming TV 2

I‘ll confess – I had some trouble forming an overall opinion on the Starmobile Engage 7 TV at first, as its characteristics gave me two widely different impressions of the device.

If you look at the Engage 7 TV strictly as a tablet and take its TV capabilities out of consideration for now, for P5,290, you get a 7” tablet running only ICS, a screen resolution better suited to screens 3 inches smaller, and with internals that seem suited more to 2-3 year old devices, it doesn’t seem worth the purchase when there are quad-core tablets out there that run Jelly Bean, have better screen resolution and cost almost P1,300 less.

However, take its TV capabilities into consideration, and the Engage 7 TV suddenly seems like a big fish in a very, very small pond. The only other widely-available tablet that has TV capability is the Cherry Mobile Titan TV, and it has a smaller screen, smaller battery, has no digital TV capability, and costs P1700 more (albeit with a better processor and phone capability).

If you really need TV access and a decently-working tablet to go along with it, the Starmobile Engage 7 TV is pretty much the best value-for-money option available to you. Students in dorms who may want TV access and could use the tablet for light gaming, school research, and for e-textbooks would be the perfect market for this device. But that’s a pretty niche market for a device that’s priced aggressively enough to target most budget tablet customers. Is this tablet something that will appeal to a wider range of consumers, or will it be perceived (and sell) as strictly a niche device? I have a sneaking suspicion the latter will be the one to hold true.

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Bushel and Berry® Snowy Belle Strawberry

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The Snowy Belle™ Strawberry is part of the Bushel & Berry® range, fruit varieties created especially for home gardeners to enjoy. It combines beautiful sprays of big white flowers with cascades of red strawberries, and it’s perfect for pots and especially for hanging baskets. The fruit is deliciously sweet and packed with extra Vitamin C – good for you as well as tasting good. This variety is everbearing, and it carries fruit from June to September, so you can enjoy fresh berries all summer long.

  • Cascading plant with dark green leaves
  • Extra-large pure white flowers are charming
  • Sweet strawberries grow continuously from June to September
  • Extra sweet and full of Vitamin C
  • Perfect in hanging baskets

Hang your baskets of Snowy Belle™ Strawberry plants in full sun, in planters with drainage holes, filled with potting soil for houseplants or outdoor pots. Feed regularly with liquid tomato food for a bumper crop, and use our Neem Oil Spray for safe control of pests, which usually don’t bother this vigorous plant. After three seasons replace the original plant with a new one from the small plants that cascade down in summer.

Plant Hardiness Zones 6-9
Mature Width 1-2.5
Mature Height .75-1
Soil Conditions Moist, Well-Drained Soil
Sunlight Full Sun
Drought Tolerance Poor Drought Tolerance
Zones 6-9

With so many people looking for safe, fresh food, and discovering the wonderful flavors of home-grown berries, everyone is wanting to grow their own. Strawberries are definitely the easiest of fresh fruits to grow, and give a full crop in their first summer – so much easier and faster than planting peaches and apples. Maybe you don’t even have a garden, or your existing one is full? Why not try growing strawberries in hanging baskets around your balcony or porch? The Snowy Belle™ Strawberry, a new introduction in the Bushel & Berry® range of fruits for home gardens, is an outstanding variety for this. It’s everbearing, so it blooms and fruits from June to September, and this vigorous plant sends out lots of hanging stems that soon turn into smaller plants also carrying berries. It makes a beautiful sight, as decorative as flowers, but also productive, and of course it can be grown out in the garden too. Not only does this variety have a delicious flavor, thanks to its high levels of natural sugars, it has up to 50% more Vitamin C than other everbearing strawberry varieties. Sweeter – healthier – tastier – more vigorous and productive – we’re running out of superlatives!

Growing the Bushel & Berry® Snowy Belle™ Strawberry

Size and Appearance

The Snowy Belle™ Strawberry is a perennial plant that forms a mound of leaves growing 8 to 10 inches tall. This vigorous plant soon sends out long hanging stems that transform into many smaller plants, spreading across the ground or cascading from boxes and hanging baskets. The dense clump of leaves rises from the ground, each leaf on a stem 6 to 8 inches long. This divides at the end into three leaflets, which are oval, with a serrated edge and up to 3 inches long. They are an especially rich dark green, making this plant very attractive.

By June long stems will have grown up and cascaded over as they divide and divide again to make a big spray of flower buds. These open into pretty white flowers, with 5 petals making a bowl containing a bright yellow center of bushy stamens. The flowers quickly turn into tiny green berries that grow so quickly you can almost watch them do it. Before long they are large oval berries, bright red, tender, sweet and delicious. New flower clusters develop more or less continuously, added to by clusters that develop on the hanging plants too, and you will be picking berries almost every day from June right through September.

Using the Bushel & Berry® Snowy Belle™ Strawberry in Your Garden

You can certainly grow the Snowy Belle Strawberry in garden beds, where it looks charming, and you might consider the Pink Belle or Red Belle Strawberry for that too, as they have more colorful flowers. We highly recommend the Snowy Belle Strawberry for pots, planter boxes, window boxes, tubs, and best of all, hanging baskets. With its long trailing plants it makes a beautiful cascading plant, carrying strawberries all over its branches. You can even grow it on a window sill, if you have no other outdoor space.

The Snowy Belle Strawberry is hardy from zone 5 to zone 8, growing best in zones with moderate temperatures.

Sun Exposure and Soil Conditions

Full sun will give you the best growth and fruit development from the Snowy Belle Strawberry. It could take an hour or two of shade each day, but no more. In the garden the soil should be rich and well-drained. For planters and baskets, use regular houseplant potting soil, or if available, potting soils for outdoor planters and baskets. Make sure your container has drainage holes, and you can use wire baskets lines with fiber mats, or plastic hanging baskets. Feed your container plants every two weeks with a liquid fertilizer high in potassium, such as tomato food, or special strawberry food if available.

Maintenance and Pruning

This vigorous plant is going to be normally free of pests or diseases if watered correctly and growing in good conditions. Minor insect problems can be dealt with using our safe, non-toxic and all-natural Neem Oil Spray. In late fall cut back all the foliage and excess trailing plants close to the ground, and store baskets on the ground if possible, covered with a burlap sheet if you live in colder zones. Plants will fruit well for up to three seasons. After that, take some of the small hanging plants and replace the old plants with those – you can even increase the number of plants you have.

History and Origin of the Bushel & Berry® Snowy Belle™ Strawberry

The first garden strawberry was created in France in the 1750s. Before that only wild strawberries were grown. It is a hybrid plant, called Fragaria × ananassa, from a cross between the beach strawberry, Fragaria chiloensis, first found in Chile, and the American wild strawberry, Fragaria virginiana. Since those times many varieties have been developed, including a group of strawberries called ‘everbearing’, that fruit continuously, not just in June. ABZ Strawberries is a Dutch breeder of seed-grown F1 hybrid varieties, and in 2001 they were given European Plant Breeder Rights on a variety they called ‘Elan’. This variety has been released in America, where it is waiting for patent approval, with the trademarked name of Snowy Belle™, a new release by Star® Roses and Plants in their Bushel & Berry® fruit bush range, created for home growers.

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Our growers raise every plant of the Snowy Belle Strawberry from ABZ’s special seed, so it conforms exactly to the characteristics of the variety. Branch out this summer, and lift your fruit growing to a hanging garden, with this great plant. But order right away, because everyone is growing their own berries, so don’t miss out on the fun.

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Mark Maida, the CEO of AutoBuy, has said his Florida-based company was on the receiving end of the scam in 2016 and wants to warn other prospective buyers before the same thing happens to them. He doesn’t believe it was an isolated incident and claims there have been other dealers and lenders across the state that have been affected by the swindle.  (Read More…)

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Melvin Cumpton, 89, died Nov. 17, 2020, at his residence in Kokomo. He was born July 18, 1931, in Dimmitt, TX, and was a longtime resident of Kokomo. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and served during the Korean Conflict. He farmed with his family in New Mexico and Colorado and was a commercial truck driver from which he retired after 30 years. He was a member of Hurricane Creek Baptist Church and enjoyed his favorite pastime of watching westerns.
Cumpton was preceded in death by his wife, Dimple Cumpton; daughters, Kimberly Mateo, and Kitza Parker; parents William Earl Cumpton, and Eva Ada Baker Cumpton; and a grandson, Lathon Peak. He is survived by two daughters, Belinda Moore and Mona Gail Cox; two sons, Rodney Cumpton, and Randall Cumpton; a sister-in-law, Carrie Taylor; 18 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.
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‘Earthquake fish’, the species that predicts catastrophes in the world

The Bible warns about ‘the signs of the last days’, but in this case, the signal is given by a fish and, apparently, this is a messenger of bad news.

But, where does this belief come from? In Japan they have the figure of ‘Namazu‘, a sea serpent that lives under the island and appears everytime an earthquake is about to happen. For that reason in that nation sighting of these animals generate feart among the population.

It was the year 2011 in Japan when this fish appeared on the coast just before the earthquake and tsunami of Fukushima, which claimed the lives of 20 thousand people. This fact confirmed the legend of the ‘Earthquake fish’ (Namazu for the Japanese).

Japanese folklore has it that they move to shallower seas before underwater earthquakes, possibly due to electromagnetic changes that occur with tectonic activity. (Photo: ndtv.com)

In the coastal city of Mancora, Peru; the residents are on alert, from the moment a fisherman captured one of these oarfish, which according to the legend, warns of a natural disaster.

Why be alert for the appearance of an oarfish?

The oarfish or earthquake fish as they are also known, measure approximately five meters while their ‘giant’ version comes to measure more than eleven meters, which makes it the longest vertebrate fish in the world.

The reason of the panic for its appearance is that this species rarely goes over the surface, since they live in the depths of the ocean and it is believed that they may be susceptible to the movements of seismic faults, which could be why they surface just before an earthquake is about to happen.

That is why geologists and other experts take the appearance of this fish seriously, as it may indicate a possible change or alteration of tectonic plates. An in fact, this could actually help to foresee natural disasters and prevent material and human losses.

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Surveys show that most Indians want a paternalistic state and distrust the private sector. Whatever may be the causes for this, this perception is worrying.

What should a government provide to its citizens? Less government or more? What should it prioritise? What should the role of the private sector be? These have been matters of much controversy in policy circles for decades.

The Indian people, however, seem to have much clearer-cut views on the subject. Data from two Lok Surveys – conducted by the Centre for Monitoring the Indian Economy on over 160,000 households – provide fascinating and sometimes shocking insights into India’s attitudes. Rather than focus on governments in power in particular states, this study aims to understand attitudes towards governments in general across the country.

Fears and Performance

In order to determine what they think the priorities of the government should be, respondents to a 2016 survey were asked “What are you most worried about?” Around 45% highlighted economic issues, with 27% saying that they were most worried about employment. Roughly a quarter of respondents said that corruption worried them most. Wealthier respondents were more likely to highlight corruption as their major concern, while middle-income and poor respondents pointed to employment and inflation as well.

Despite the gloomy statistics on employment growth, it seems that citizens in general are somewhat ambiguous on how successful the government has been on that front. Almost an equal numbers of respondents – 46% and 44% – thought that the government had succeeded or failed respectively. A similar ambiguity appears in responses to the question “Right now, how successful has the government been at reducing corruption?” 43% thought the government was successful, whereas 47% thought it was not. To both these questions, poorer respondents were more likely to give neutral or negative responses.

Indeed, attitudes towards employment are worth taking note of. Respondents were asked to rank their preferred mode of employment – government, private sector, or self-employment. Overall, a whopping 72% ranked a government job first! This might be due to prevalent notions of government jobs being “stable” and coming with better perks. Paradoxically, richer and higher-middle-income respondents were more likely to prefer a “sarkari naukri”. In terms of job creation, a majority – 57% – said that creating more government jobs was a better way of increasing employment, compared to 32.1% who pointed to the private sector for job creation.

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Further light on people’s expectations from the government is shed through questions related to the provision of goods and services. Nearly 65% of respondents, across income and education groups, preferred that the government provide both electricity and piped water, as opposed to the private sector. Only a minority – 21% and 17% respectively – were willing to pay to get a connection, though urban residents were slightly more likely to agree.

Responses point to other issues in terms of availability and pricing. When asked if they would be willing to pay 25% more to get a guaranteed 24-hour supply of electricity, nearly half disagreed. That said, urban residents were 10 percentage points more likely to agree than rural residents. For a piped water supply, the difference in response was trivial.

The tendency to look to the government for affordable goods and services also applies to education, healthcare, and the PDS. 52% of respondents preferred government schools. 55% preferred government hospitals for minor ailments, and 58% for major ailments. The primary reason for these preferences, according to respondents, was affordability. It should be noted that 55% of respondents claimed that a significant share of their food budget came from the PDS.

The difference in responses between income groups is also striking. When asked “If you had a choice would you send all your children to a government or private school?”, a mere 18% of rich respondents preferred to send their children to a government school, compared to a whopping 64% of poor respondents.

Notes for Policymakers

In summary, the Indian people look to their government to provide employment, water, electricity, healthcare, education, and rations (and possibly a great deal more, which was beyond the scope of the surveys). The private sector is either considered unaffordable or, perhaps, not trusted to provide these goods and services. It may be argued that this view of government as a “provider” points to a rather paternalistic or “entitled” conception of what governments should do for their citizens. However, the truth may not be so simple.

The emphasis on affordability, the not insignificant urban/rural and rich/poor divides, and the surprising tendency of even wealthy Indians to prefer a government job, might point to the  limited success of Indian governments in providing basic public goods to the poorest Indians even 70 years after Independence – despite tremendous GDP growth. This catch-all conception of the public sector as providing everything to its citizens also highlights just how limited the private sector is today in terms of its accessibility, availability, and perceived reliability.

Preferences for such an expansive state, alongside an ambiguous understanding of its successes and a mistrust of the private sector, could potentially be disastrous. For example, it is simply not realistic to expect the government to employ the millions of young Indians entering the workforce every year – among many other limitations. This gap between expectations and reality might make it difficult for political leaders to commit to a platform of change. At a time when many economists point to the need for deep structural reforms, policymakers must urgently take heed.

The data is drawn from Lok Foundation large-scale, all-India surveys.


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MaxAir Expands Operation to Port Harcourt, Yola

MaxAir Limited, the latest airline to join Nigeria’s domestic air market, has announced its decision to expand operations to Port Harcourt and Yola routes as part of its expansion drive.

Its Executive Director, Mr Harish Manwani, told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)

that the airline had shown resilience in four months of operations by adding more routes. Manwani said the airline would commence Abuja-Port Harcourt and Abuja-Yola flights on November 5 in addition to the existing routes. He said the airline added Maiduguri route to its operations in September, adding that Lagos-Port Harcourt route would soon be added when the arrangements were perfected.

He explained that the expansion drive would also involve acquiring more and efficient aircraft, saying that MaxAir currently operate three B737 for domestic operations and three B747 for Hajj and Umrah.

He stressed that “we are starting Yola and Port Harcourt routes on Monday, Nov. 5, to be followed by
Abuja-Yola, Yola-Abuja, Abuja-Port Harcourt and Port Harcourt-Abuja but we have not finalised Lagos-Port Harcourt and Lagos-Yola routes.
“Like Lagos-Kano, it is one flight everyday but Abuja-Kano is two flights daily in the morning and evening, while Abuja- Lagos is three flights every day.

“We currently operate with three B737 aircraft and three B747 in our fleet of which the 737 are deployed to domestic routes, while the 747 are used for Umrah and Hajj operations.

“We are planning to add more but since we are just starting the expansion programme, we will do that in phases.
“So far, business has been going on well because we started with three destinations, namely: Kano, Lagos and Abuja, and we added Maiduguri in September and on Nov. 5: we are adding two more routes: we plan to expand to more routes early next years.”

Manwani said that MaxAir airline was committed to changing the flight experience of air travellers in Nigeria by offering on-time departures and quality in-flight services.

He said the airline had ensured that it controlled the situations that were within its control, saying that passengers flying through MaxAir could attest to its level of on-time performance on all routes.
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Adewara, Mobihealth CEO, Wins World Bank SME Award

The Chief Executive Officer of Mobihealth International, Funmi Adewara, has been named the winner of the 2020 edition of the global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and her competition for women small and micro enterprises at the 75th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) held in New York City, United States on September 30, 2020.

The recognition, according to Mobihealth International, is an acknowledgment of her outstanding work at the firm, a telemedicine start-up.

The competition, endowed by the World Bank Group and its partners, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), UN Women and the Wharton School Zicklin Centre, showcases women entrepreneurs who support the global SDGs through their business operations, according to the Director, Partnerships and Practice Groups (External and Corporate Relations) of the World Bank, Jill Wilkins.

Wilkins said: “The competition provides an opportunity to showcase women-led businesses that are not only supporting goals in health, food security, education, climate change, gender equality and industry, but also demonstrating resilience as they respond to the challenges of COVID-19.”

Receiving the award, Adewara expressed her joy at the recognition and thanked the organisers of the competition for finding her worthy of the coveted prize.

Adewara said: “I am immensely excited and thankful to the World Bank Group and its partners, who endowed the global SDGs and Her Competition for women small and micro entrepreneurs, and found me worthy of the honour of winning this year’s competition.

“Ordinarily, making it to the finals of this prestigious award alone was a great honour, particularly given the extraordinary strength of the entries this year. So, going further to win against such a strong competition is simply amazing.”

Adewara told the audience how her childhood experiences and her desire to address some of those issues that placed the odds against her charted her course into medicine, and to establish the telemedicine company, Mobihealth International.

“The memory of those midnight cries from the bereaved mothers and families who lost their children prematurely to preventable illnesses; pregnant women who died before, during and after childbirth; lives, too numerous to count, that were lost as a result of poor access to basic healthcare and my own personal close encounter with death as a result of the failings of our healthcare systems challenged and fuelled my passion to find an innovative and scalable solution that could change the poor narrative of healthcare across Africa,” the Mobihealth boss said.

She averred that technology presented her with a unique opportunity to mitigate the impact of brain drain by leveraging the Mobihealth’s integrated tele-health platform to reduce the negative impact of the short supply of doctors across Africa, reduce barriers that result from long distances and address the lack of health insurance for 95 per cent of Africa’s population.

Adewara dedicated the award both to many other amazing women who are doing great things globally to support the SDGs despite the odds that are stacked up against female entrepreneurs, and to the girl-child everywhere in Africa, who she urged to dare to dream as it was her big dreams that fired her zeal for success.

The 2020 World Bank’s Global SDGs and Her Competition saw seven women entrepreneurs wining the various categories of the award. These inspirational women were selected from a pool of 2,400 applicants from around the world who competed in the 2020 SDGs and Her Competition.


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How to Build a Ricochet Game Table

TOH's Team Saturday shows you how to transform a door and some sewing elastic to create a tabletop twist on classic shuffleboard

Maybe you've never visited the Shuffleboard Hall of Fame. And perhaps you didn't know that the sport's rankings once occupied as much space in New York's morning papers as prize fighting and baseball. But surely you've enjoyed a match somewhere along the line and experienced the joy of knocking your opponent's puck into oblivion.

Now you can take that competitive spirit to tabletop heights with the TOH version, Ricochet, which employs an elastic band and a hollow-core door to transform the traditional playing surface into a challenging U shape. TOH's game experts, aka Team Saturday, walk you through the steps in a video tutorial. Once the surface has been buffed and the bets are placed, you'll wonder why this surprisingly rowdy game ever lost its luster.

Step 1

Overview to Build a Ricochet Game Board

Illustration by Douglas Adams

Take a hollow-core door and some foldable banquet legs, and you've got the basics for Ricochet, our portable version of shuffleboard. Instead of aiming pucks down one long surface, you have to bounce them off an elastic band at one end of the door to land in the scoring zone. Installing preprimed 1x4s around the sides of the door creates a lip to keep the pucks from flying off the table, and an elastic band (found at any sewing store) inserted into two slits near the end of the table makes a nice, taut band that'll bounce the pucks back toward the scoring lines.

Cut List

1x4 long sides: 2 at 73 ½ inches

1x4 short sides: 2 at 30 inches

1x1 center rail: 1 at 24 inches

1x4 strapping: 4 at 30 inches

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Step 2

Apply the Finish to the Door

Photo by Wendell Weber

Using a paintbrush, apply a clear coat of polyurethane to one side of the door. Once the coat has dried (about 4 hours), give the surface some teeth to hold the next layer with 220-grit sandpaper, rubbing until the surface is smooth and cloudy white. Wipe the surface with a damp rag until the finish is clear.

Step 3

Tape Off and Paint the Lines

Photo by Wendell Weber

Mark a 24-inch line lengthwise down the middle of the door at one end to indicate where to install the center rail. To the left of the line, mark ¼-inch-thick perpendicular lines at 7, 11, 17, and 24 inches from the end of the door. Mark another ¼-inch-thick line 18 inches from the end on the right side of the centerline. Apply painter's tape on either side of each line, and mask the surrounding areas with newspaper. Use a plastic putty knife to seal the edges and prevent paint from bleeding underneath. Then, with a can of black satin spray paint, coat the lines with light, even strokes.

Step 4

Remove the Tape

Photo by Wendell Weber

While the paint is still tacky, peel off the newspaper and, starting at one end of each line, pull away the tape at a sharp angle from the painted lines.

Step 5

Apply the Points Graphics

Photo by Wendell Weber

Cut rub-on numerals from their sheet, remove the protective backing, and place the numbers on the board, as shown. Rub each number with the applicator provided until its facing paper releases.

Step 6

Apply and Buff the Finish Coats

Photo by Wendell Weber

Coat the door with a second application of polyurethane to seal in the numbers and lines. Once the protective coat has dried (about 4 hours), lightly rub it with 220-grit sandpaper and wipe it clean, as in Step 1. Finish with a final coat of polyurethane, but let this one dry for a full day. Then buff it with 0000 steel wool. Once you wipe it clean, it will provide a slick surface for the pucks.

Step 7

Cut the Sides, Ends, and Center Rail

Photo by Wendell Weber

Using a jigsaw, cut the 1x4 sides to length according to the Cut List. Rip the 1x1 center rail from a 1x4, and cut the 1x1 to length.

Step 8

Cut the Slit for the 1-inch Elastic

Photo by Wendell Weber

Lay the long 1x4 side rails flat and parallel to each other on the work surface. Measure and make a mark 6 inches from one end of each board. From there, draw a 2-inch line starting from the top edge with a combination square. Using a jigsaw, cut the line to create a slit in each side.

Step 9

Cut the Slit for the 1-inch Elastic

Photo by Wendell Weber

On one of the short 1x4 end rails, mark off a notch where players will stand to slide their pucks. Make marks 3 and 11 inches from the right end of the board. Then, measuring from the bottom edge of the 1x4, draw a line between the vertical marks at the thickness of the door—typically 1⅜ inches—so that the bottom of the notch will install flush with the door's surface. Using a jigsaw, cut out the notch and round off the protruding corners. Apply a coat of white paint to the sides and center rail.

Step 10

Drill Holes in the Sides

Photo by Wendell Weber

Using a countersink bit, drill holes every 6 inches along each rail, ½ inch up from the bottom edge.

Step 11

Attach the Sides

Photo by Wendell Weber

Using 1 5/8-inch screws, attach the end rails to the door so that the bottom edges are flush with the bottom edge of the door and the ends are flush with the sides of the door. The notch goes on the right-hand side (foul line) at the end of the door with the graphics. Attach the long sides so that they overlap the installed short sides and the slits for the elastic band are opposite the end with the graphics.

Step 12

Attach the Center Rail

Photo by Wendell Weber

Drill four evenly spaced countersink holes through the top edge, set it in place abutting the end raid, and screw it to the door with 1 5/8-inch screws.

Step 13

Attach the Leg Supports

Photo by Wendell Weber

Flip the door over and position the legs for mounting according to the manufacturer's instructions. Lay four strapping boards across the underside of the door, lining them up beneath the legs' mounting plates. Attach the strapping to the door with two evenly spaced 1 5/8-inch screws driven in ½ inch from each end. This provides a solid layer on which to install the legs.

Step 14

Install the Legs

Photo by Wendell Weber

Fasten the legs to the support boards according to the manufacturer's instructions using the screws provided.

Step 15

Insert the Elastic

Photo by Wendell Weber

Insert the elastic band through the ladder-lock buckles to create an adjustable loop with a buckle on each end. Insert the doubled-up elastic band into the slits in the long sides so that its buckles are on the outside of the sides. Adjust the buckles until the band is taut.


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A nut graph is a paragraph in which the main points of a story are summarized. Nut graphs are often used in conjunction with delayed ledes on feature stories. A feature story may begin with a delayed lede, often featuring description or an anecdote, that can last several paragraphs. That is then followed by a nut graph that outlines the main points of the story.

Alternate Spellings: nutgraph, nutgraf, nut graf

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Active Covid-19 cases in India now below 50,000, half its peak figure two months ago

Active Covid-19 cases in India now below 50,000. (Photo courtesy: India Today)

(TibetanReview.net, Nov17’20) – There are now in India less than half the number of active Covid-19 cases than at its peak two months ago. Besides, the number of active cases fell below the five-lakh mark on Nov 17 morning, to a level last seen towards the end of July, reported the indianexpress.com Nov 17.

India also reported a sharp drop in the number of fresh 24-hourly cases on Nov 17 morning, to below 30,000. However, this figure, which is the lowest in the last four months, followed a pattern of low detections on Mondays due to lesser testing over the weekend. In fact, tests had remained below 10 lakh for the last four days now, said another indianexpress.com report Nov 17.

Also, in the last two days, Delhi reported about half the number of new cases of coronavirus infections than it had for the past two weeks. But that is most likely a result of low testing than any rapid significant decline in the spread of the disease, said yet another indianexpress.com report Nov 17. For the last two days Delhi has carried out less than half the tests it was doing earlier, it noted.

Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia has said the third wave of infections in the capital had peaked. However, the report felt that it might be a little premature to say so. In fact, Chief Minister was widely reported to be seeking to shut markets that were emerging as hotspots.

An “unprecedented situation” has emerged in Delhi, which could worsen in coming weeks with Covid-19 cases rising to 500 cases per million population from around 361 currently, the timesofindia.com Nov 17 cited a Niti Aayog assessment as saying, highlighting violations of Covid norms during the festive season.

The latest data from India’s Ministry of Health and Family Welfare show that there were 29,163 new cases and 449 new deaths in the country in the past 24 hours as of Nov 17 at 8AM, taking their cumulative totals to 8,874,290 cases and 130,519 deaths.

A total of 8,290,370, or 93.42%, had recovered while the number of active cases was 453,401, or 5.11% of the total. The case fatality rate was 1.47%. These continued to be improvements over the previous day’s figures.

The latest daily number of new cases, at 29,163, was less than the daily number of those who had recovered, at 40,791, leading to a decrease in the number of active cases by 12,077.

The number of active cases fell below five lakh for the seventh successive day after remaining below six lakh for 12 consecutive days.

India is currently the country with the world’s second highest number of Covid-19 cases and the third highest number of deaths.

Eight states, namely Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, and West Bengal had each accumulated more than 434,000 cases each in that order.

They were followed by seven other states with more than 202,000 cases each and which included, Odisha, Telangana, Rajasthan, Bihar, Chattisgarh, Assam, and Haryana in that order.

Five more states/ Union Territories, namely Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Jharkhand, and Jammu & Kashmir had reported more than 103,000 cases each so far in that order.

Ten more states/Union Territories, namely Uttarakhand, Goa, Puducherry, Tripura, Himachal Pradesh, Manipur, Chandigarh, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, and Nagaland reported more than 10,000 cases each in that order.

Besides, there were six other states/Union Territories with a total of more than 3,000 cases each, namely, Ladakh, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Sikkim, Mizoram, and Dadra and Nagar Haveli and in that order.

Maharashtra also had the most number of deaths at 46,034 (↑60); followed by Karnataka and Tamil Nadu with more than 11,400 deaths each; West Bengal, Delhi, and Uttar Pradesh with over 7,300 deaths each; Andhra Pradesh with over 6,800 deaths; Punjab with more than 4,400 death; Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh with more than 3,000 deaths each; Chattisgarh, Rajasthan, and Haryana with more than 2,000 deaths each; Kerala, Jammu & Kashmir, Odisha, Telangana, Bihar, and Uttarakhand with more than 1100 deaths each; Assam, Jharkhand, Goa, Puducherry, Himachal Pradesh, Tripura, Chandigarh and Manipur with between 964 and 224 deaths each, and so on in that order.

The total number of Covid-19 cases among Tibetans in India, Nepal and Bhutan had remained unchanged for the fourth day at 1,165 (↑0), of whom 367 were active, 772 had recovered and 26 (↑0) had died, according to the latest tally of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) as of Nov 17.

Across the world the number of Covid-19 cases has totaled 55,074,994 and the deaths 1,328,068, according to the tally of Johns Hopkins University as of 1:55 PM on Nov 17, 2020.

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Ask Dr Nerdlove: SheвЂ™s Poly, And IвЂ™m Confused

Welcome to Ask Dr NerdLove, the just dating column that will help you discover the most useful Ending into the dating sim this is certainly your daily life. This week, we untangle the web that is snarled of problems. How will you navigate dating someone whoвЂ™s polyamorous? At just what point does it get from threeвЂ™s business to fourвЂ™s a audience? Another audience desires to learn how to stop dropping in love therefore easily, while a third simply isnвЂ™t yes whether he is able to simply just take вЂњyesвЂќ for a response.

ItвЂ™s time for you to quit save-scumming and work out our option to the endgame. LetвЂ™s do that thing.

IвЂ™m 30 and hoping to get back to the relationship game after my divorce or separation. Therefore I jumped straight back onto OkCupid because when you look at the previous IвЂ™ve had pretty best of luck finding like minded individuals on the website. While going right through some messages that are old discovered a woman we talked to a great deal that has deactivated her account. After a fast review we recalled we continued a coffee date once a bit straight straight straight back. Things went well. A touch too well. We had been both connected during the time and I also ended up being scared to do one thing i would be sorry for I started talking less and less and after a while we both stopped talking to each other all together if I kept spending time with her so.

We see her telephone number during my old communications and think, well why don’t you? And so I deliver her a text and following a fast improvement on whom I became she remembered me personally. Interestingly well. She asked if I happened to be nevertheless with that woman, no, long story. If she was with the same guy she told me she wasnвЂ™t before I could even ask. Good sign. She asks about my old work, we speak about things we talked about final time we chatted. We kept speaking all up until she had to get to bed for work in the morning night. The overnight we text even more and she mentions her boyfriend. okay, it is cool she ended up being referring to being in a poly relationship prior to and I also have always been likewise inclined myself. And so I ask her if he could be upset that some guy that is random delivering her texts. вЂњOh no, I told him all about you.вЂќ Promising. We ask her about him, she offers a brief description and mentions that heвЂ™s a lot less depressed than her woman boyfriend. okay most likely still poly. She asks if IвЂ™m solitary. Another sign that is good. We explain that IвЂ™m not anyone that is dating but i’ve two lovers We donвЂ™t see so frequently.

This next component confuses me personally. Everything until now appears, at the very least for me, like sheвЂ™s enthusiastic about me. She then informs me exactly just how she decided poly wasnвЂ™t on her, and therefore it simply takes an excessive amount of power. okay she’s two lovers but is not polyamorous any more? Possibly it is simply available, IвЂ™m perhaps perhaps perhaps not sure. She then says she understands why IвЂ™m looking for lots more and keeps speaking with me personally through the night.

We canвЂ™t actually inform just just what she wishes. The items IвЂ™m kind of bouncing between are:

1. She likes me personally it isnвЂ™t enthusiastic about a relationship.

2. Things along with her and her boyfriend arenвЂ™t too serious or arenвЂ™t going well so sheвЂ™s considering possibly ship that is jumping.

3. Her relationship is poly that is nвЂ™t however it is available. Therefore no dating that is real but perhaps we could have a blast or something like that.

4. . another thing we have actuallynвЂ™t idea of.

Contemporary relationship dynamics are difficult adequate to navigate, but this will be making my head spin. very First rule of poly club isn’t donвЂ™t discuss poly club, it is quite contrary: talk. Talk early, talk frequently. IвЂ™m going to help keep conversing with her and attempt to guide the discussion from what she will be enthusiastic about, but until then i would like another viewpoint.

Thank you for the perspective,

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Polyamory is regarded as those places where it truly really helps to have every person define their terms. Polyamory is a broad, wide descriptor for several various relationship designs. You can find poly triads and quads where everyone is involved in everyone, hierarchical poly relationships by having a primary partner whom comes before other people, poly relationships where one individual has two split lovers (whom arenвЂ™t a part of one another). You’ll have a available poly relationship where each individual might have fans outside the team. You could have closed poly relationships where there are not any partners that are outside. The gamut can be run by it.

The solitary commonality that is biggest of poly relationships may be the type of relationship вЂ“ the generally speaking accepted presumption is that itвЂ™s primarily intimate, or at the least emotionally committed. So when you add more folks into a relationship, the connection upkeep involved (as well as the possibility for drama) scales up exponentially. You may be now wanting to balance peopleвЂ™s that are many and physical requirements with your own personal. As soon as you aspect in problems of envy and jealousy (and trust me, being in a poly relationship does not mean you arenвЂ™t at risk of those), not forgetting simply simple olвЂ™ scheduling and time management, which has the prospective to be a logistical goddamn nightmare.

Maybe perhaps Not astonishing then that your particular friend declared that polyamory ended up being exhausting.

Now with all of that in your mind, letвЂ™s choose things apart only a little right right here. At this time, youвЂ™ve got an amount of signs and symptoms of psychological interest, or even interest that is physical. YouвЂ™ve been talking a complete great deal, as well as on a wide range of individual subjects. YouвЂ™ve been sharing a good amount regarding the social everyday lives therefore the standard of interest sheвЂ™s shown you вЂ” asking whether youвЂ™re single, etc. вЂ” is really a sign that is good.

Nonetheless itвЂ™s additionally a sign that is potentially mixed. You’d that intense attraction when you initially came across, but time has passed away and circumstances have actually changed. It can be that sheвЂ™s fond of you and thinks youвЂ™re a cool man but isnвЂ™t fundamentally enthusiastic about a relationship to you outside of relationship. Mentioning you off that sheвЂ™s not poly any more could be a way of waving.

HereвЂ™s the point that we noticed you didnвЂ™t say: you allow her understand youвЂ™re enthusiastic about seeing her once again. She might not realise that youвЂ™re looking at perhaps rekindling things with her. She may believe you could nвЂ™t be but is certain and doesnвЂ™t like to push things. Or she could well be mindful and it is intentionally maybe perhaps not broaching the niche in hopes that youвЂ™ll just take the hint without her needing to directly say it.

YouвЂ™re understandably confused. At this time, youвЂ™re wanting to interpret exactly just what sheвЂ™s saying through a bunch of вЂњwhat-ifsвЂќ. Fortunately, thereвЂ™s an answer that is simple this: use your words.

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David A. McMillen, devoted husband, father, and grandfather passed away September 12, 2021 at Akron City Hospital. He was born to the late Lowell and Lucille (Van Fossen) McMillen January 6, 1945 in Wheeling, West Virginia. Also preceding David in death were his brothers, Stewart, Lowell, Jr., and Gary.

A logger by trade, he enjoyed fishing, hunting, and the outdoors. He enjoyed time spent with his family and especially treasured time with his grandchildren and great- grandchildren and the special bond they shared.

David leaves behind his wife, Mary Ann McMillen; daughter, Christie Jones (Allen); sons, David (Missy) McMillen, Brad (Bobbi) McMillen, James (Paula) Blon all of Barnesville; grandchildren, Eric, Sarah, Ashley (Hunter), Abbigail, Brady, Ella, Coy, Brittany, James, Jr., Bret; great-grand- children, Harper, Amielia, Easton, Isaac, Isabelle James, Kaison, Oliver, Willow, and Elijah.

Guests will be welcome for visitation, Thursday, September 16, 2021 from 1:00 PM until the time of service beginning at 3:00 PM, Patron Funeral Homes & Crematory, 702 E. Main Street, Barnesville. Dennis Arnold will officiate. Interment will take place privately.

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T-Mobile pushing Galaxy S10 and S9 software updates

T-Mobile is updating Samsung’s recent Galaxy S flagships this week.

First up, the Galaxy S10, S10e, and S10+ are all receiving updates. The Galaxy S10 is getting bumped up to version G973USQS2BSIX while the Galaxy S10e is moving to version G970USQS2BSIX and the Galaxy S10+ is being updated to version G975USQS2BSIX.

The update changelogs for all three S10 series phones say that “The security of your device has been improved” and include the November 2019 security patch level. T-Mo says that an SSU network lock fix is included, too.

TmoNews readers Daryl and Kevin received their Galaxy S10 updates over the air, so if you’ve got an S10 series phone, you should see an update on your device soon. If you’d like to check for your update manually, just launch the Settings app and tap on “Software update” followed by “Download updates manually”.

Also being updated are the Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+. Both phones are receiving the November 2019 Android security patches, less than two weeks after they last got a security update.

If you’ve got a Galaxy S9, be on the lookout for an update to version G960USQS7CSJ6. Galaxy S9+ owners should watch for an update to version G965USQS7CSJ6. You also have the option of checking for your update manually using the same method as on the Galaxy S10.

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  • Reagan1

    Just did this update on my S9 and it enabled the chat feature for Google Messages. That option was grayed out in settings prior to this update.

  • Francisco Peña

    just installed. Nov 1, 2019 security patch

  • Phil7474

    Just updated my S9+

  • Philly Jim

    10 plus updated yesterday

  • ferruccio83

    Like usual my g965u1 S9+ isn’t receiving the update. Im getting tired of having to swap in my Fi sim just to update

  • DronePro

    I am on the Samsung Beta which ironically also got an update this morning to v4 and am wondering if this SSU fix has been baked in. Waiting on a reply on the Beta forum.

  • Mike Smith

    I wonder if these are already in the Android 10 Beta?


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CHARSADDA: Charsadda Police has arrested another accused nominated in the murder case of three brothers.

The accused, Nasir Jamal, was arrested by police during a successful action on the directions of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Inspector General Police (IGP) Muhammad Naeem.

District Police Officer (DPO) Charsadda Irfanullah Khan said at a press conference at district police headquarters on Wednesday that Jamal Nasir, the second nominated accused in the murder case of three brothers in Umarzai area of Charsadda, has been arrested by a team of Umarzai Police. Jamal Nasir is a cousin of the prime accused, Nadir Khan.

The DPO said the main facilitator of the prime accused, who helped him get a ticket of Malaysia and arranged residence for him there, was earlier arrested from the airport upon his return from Malaysia. He said five alleged fascinators and 30 other suspects have been interrogated by the police in the case. He said another accused in the case, Pir Muhammad, has also been arrested.

Irfanullah said a joint investigation team has been formed on the directions of the KP police chief to probe the incident. He said personnel from sensitive agencies have also been included in the tam. He said the victim family will be provided full security and justice will be done in the case. He said the probe team is investigating the case from various angles and the prime accused, Nadir Khan, will also be arrested soon. He said police are getting closer to Nadir Khan and he will not escape punishment.

The victim family has expressed full confidence in the investigation of Charsadda Police. The family expressed hope that all the culprits involved in the murder of three brothers will be arrested and punished soon.

On May 26, three brothers were shot dead over a land dispute in Ali Jankale area in Umarzai, Charsadda. Armed men opened fire on three brothers when they were sitting at their hujra (male guest house). The suspects fled after killing the brothers. The deceased included a Frontier Corps Superintendent Shabbir, police official Sajjad and Kashif. The reason behind the incident was stated to be a land dispute.

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Investigators inspecting the scene of the murder of PPP leader Hamid Turi in Kurram Agency. – Photo by Ali Afzal

PARACHINAR, 13 July: Six Levies officials have been arrested after the murder of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Hamid Turi in Kurram Agency.

Assistant Political Agent Shahid Ali Khan said these six Levies personnel were deputed on security duty at a check post near the place were Hamid Turi was murdered. He said these Levies officials did not notice any movement on the night of the murder and they were even unaware of any firing near their place of duty. He said the negligent Levies men have been dismissed and arrested.

The assistant political agent said investigation of the murder is underway. He said an investigation team from Kohat also visited Parachinar and conducted detailed inspection of the murder spot.


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Chris Cornell dies at 52, death ruled a suicide

US musician Chris Cornell who gained fame as the lead singer of rock band Soundgarden and later Audioslave, died on Wednesday in Detroit. He was 52.

The Wayne County medical examiner's officer said in a statement on Thursday (May 18) that the cause of death was a suicide by hanging.

Cornell was found dead at the MGM Grand Detroit hotel after his family contacted first responders.

Earlier that night, he had performed with Soundgarden at downtown Detroit's Fox Theatre. He closed the show with Slaves and Bulldozers, but according to fan footage, had inserted lyrics from Led Zeppelin's In My Time Of Dying.

He had previously sung the medley and did not show obvious signs of being suicidal. Soundgarden was scheduled to perform in Columbus, Ohio tonight (May 19) at the Rock on the Range festival.

In the hours leading up to his death, Cornell had been active on social media, including a tweet that indicated Soundgarden had arrived in Detroit.

Cornell famously struggled with drug abuse and alcoholism throughout his career. He went to rehab in 2003 and has reportedly been sober since.

A statement from the singer’s publicist said his widow, Vicky Karayiannis Cornell, and the rest of the family “were shocked to learn of his sudden and unexpected passing” and thanked fans for “their continuous love and loyalty.”

Tributes also poured in from celebrities including Elton John, Audioslave bandmate Tom Morello and Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page. - AFP


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Algeria 2004

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Algeria. Abdelaziz Bouteflika was re-elected on April 8 for another five-year term in the presidential post. Bouteflika received almost 85% of the vote, while its closest competitor, former Prime Minister Ali Benflis, received only 7%. The support for Bouteflika was deemed to be based on, among other things, that the militant Islamists have significantly reduced their attacks following the peace agreement that Bouteflika initiated in 1999.

According to CountryAAH, the total population in Algeria is 43,851,055 people in 2020. The country’s largest party FLN (Front de Libération Nationale) had during the election movement split into a Bouteflika and a Benflistrogen faction. European election observers largely approved the election.

The only active guerrilla group of importance, the GSPC (Groupe Salafiste pour la Prédication et le Combat), weakened during the year. In June, the group’s top leader, Nabil Sahrawi, was killed in fighting with government troops east of Algiers. The new 33-year-old former academic Abu Mussab Abd al-Wadud was appointed as new leader. Another of the group’s leadership figures, Amari Sayf, had been captured in May by a guerrilla group in neighboring Chad for first handing over to Libya and then on to Algerian police.

The human rights organization The Norwegian Refugee Council reported in March that the unrest had caused at least 1 million Algerians to flee in their own country. Most of the refugees lived in the slums of big cities where, according to the organization, the government did very little to help them.

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Algiers, fr. Algiers, arab. al-Jazair ‘Islands’, the capital of Algeria; 3.4 million residents (2011). The town is in the middle of the Algerian Mediterranean coast on the slopes of Mount Sahel; the location gives it the character of a huge white amphitheater. Around the old Muslim district with narrow, crooked streets, the modern city has emerged with wide boulevards in the north-south direction; these are lined with modern residential and office buildings in southern European style. The most beautiful view of the city is available from the city’s bazaar district, the Kashba of 1590. It is listed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List.

By the independence of Algeria in 1962, a large part of the city’s Europeans (Frenchmen) left the capital; they made up about half the population. However, the large immigration from rural areas meant equalization of the population in a few years. Algiers is the country’s main port city as well as the economic, political and cultural center.

The Arabic name of the city is due to some small islands that were originally a little off the coast, but are now either connected to it or disappeared by the construction of the city’s modern port.

Algiers was founded by the Phoenicians and then expanded by the Romans under the name of Icosium. After the Arab conquest, the city remained an important commercial and port city. In the 1500-h. it was for a short time on Spanish hands, but became subject to the Turks from the middle of the century. When Algiers was conquered by France in 1830, the city became the seat of parts of the French administration that, until Algeria’s independence in 1962, ruled the country.

During World War II, the headquarters of the Allied forces were located in Algiers. In the 1950’s, the city was the center of the Algerian War of Independence against France and, after independence, became the seat of the country’s government and national assembly. The city houses a number of universities and colleges and has experienced a strong growth since 1962.


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One of the best ways to learn about the business side of online casinos and sports betting – and to stay up to date with the latest industry trends – is to attend iGaming industry conferences, exhibitions, and events, such as those that we cover in our iGaming Events Calendar.

Whether they are held in person, in an entirely virtual capacity online, or as a hybrid of the two, these events offer you plenty of value, no matter if you are fresh to the scene or are an industry veteran.

Why should you attend?

Here are 5 reasons why taking part in these conferences and events can be highly beneficial and important to your brand’s success, especially if you are fresh to the iGaming scene or are thinking about starting an online casino or betting business.

1 – Networking

The more people you know in the industry, the better. Without question, networking is one of the primary advantages of taking part. iGaming conferences and events offer the perfect environment for meeting professionals (potential partners who can help your business thrive) and fellow peers.

There are often parties and social gathering held after the opening hours of the exhibition, allowing all participants, from exhibitors and special guests to attendees, to mingle in a friendly and relaxed environment. This creates the perfect opportunity to talk with anyone and exchange contact information.

2 – Advertise & Get Brand Exposure

Recently launched your brand or looking to improve an existing one? These events can be ideal for exposing your business to the right audience, potential partners, affiliates and sponsors, especially if you are participating in the event as an exhibitor or a speaker.

Conferences give you the chance to make the right impression with the professionals who attend these events, opening up the door for you to make a name for yourself. Bring your top sales pro to showcase the best of your brand.

3 – Expand Your Industry Knowledge

Expand Your Industry Knowledge

These events often have special seminars and panels that feature talks and discussions led by renowned professionals who have years of experience in the industry. Speakers at these conferences can cover a variety of topics, helping you to stay on top of the latest and most significant information, such as:

  • Industry news, trends, and insights
  • Gambling legislation
  • Responsible gambling
  • Anti-fraud technology
  • Affiliates
  • Acquisition and retention marketing ideas and strategies

While this information is invaluable to existing brands who seek long-term success, it is equally as important to newcomers to the industry. Improving your knowledge with the most up-to-date news, trends, regulations, technologies, etc. can help you make informed and forward-thinking decisions.

4 – Meet Software Companies and Other Providers

iGaming exhibitions are attended by a variety of local and global companies that often showcase their software platforms, products, services and technologies. As such, these events provide you with an excellent opportunity to not only talk with representatives of these companies, but also the opportunity to see their software, games, payment processing, etc. in action, firsthand.

This can be a great way to form partnerships or gain insight into how you can improve your business and make it more efficient.

5 – Meet Affiliates

Affiliates are an important part of acquisition marketing and can play an important role in your business success. These conferences are one of the best ways to meet and connect with quality affiliates. In fact, there are certain events designed specifically for affiliates of the industry!

Keep Up with the Competition

Keep Up with the Competition

There are many events that take place throughout the year across the globe. It’s important to consider attending one or more (especially those that apply to your local targeted market), because you can bet your competition certainly will. In this highly completive industry, the last thing you want if you seek long, lucrative success, is for your top competitors to have an advantage over you.

TCS makes it easy for you to know what key conferences, summits, exhibitions, and events are taking place around the world with our iGaming Events Calendar. We give you the scoop on upcoming iGaming and casino events, tradeshows, as well as social and gambling conferences, conveniently providing you with the details you need.


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The Best Way to Lift a Car at Home

Whether you are a semi-DIYer or a regular home mechanic, at one time or another, you may find that you need to lift your car off the ground.

Let’s face it, a few jobs are just easier when you aren’t lying on your back for a few hours or hunched over the front grille trying to find enough space to do the job.

Then there are jobs like rotating tires, changing from summer to winter tires, or bleeding the brakes.

There are several options when it comes to lifting your car at home, and it all depends on what works best for you.

The Best and Easiest Ways to Lift Your Car at Home

1. Ramps

If you don’t need to remove the wheels, a set of car ramps is the most obvious choice. These often cost less than $50 and will hold the typical car, SUV, or ½ ton truck.

While storing them can sometimes be a pain if you are tight on space, they are easy to move and easy to use. Simply put the ramps under the front wheels and drive forward slightly until you reach the top.

It helps to have someone tell you when to stop so you don’t drive off the ramps, but even a beginner should have truly little trouble using these.

These work whether you need to lift the front or rear wheels, so you only need one set.

If you need to remove the tires, however, this option won’t work for you.

2. Car Jack and Stands

This is perhaps the easiest and the most common way you can lift all 4 wheels off the ground securely and for very little cash.

Important Note: Not all jack stands are created equal! Some are only designed to hold the weight of a small car. This means that using a very lightweight jack stand on your 1-ton truck could cause the jack stand to collapse and if you are underneath the truck, it could injury or even kill you.

ALWAYS check the weight capacity of the car jack and the jack stands before using.

It’s a good idea to check the wheels that are still touching the ground to ensure that they don’t roll forward or backward and roll your car right off those jack stands.

How to Get your Car Lifted Using Jacks

  1. Put the car in park (or in gear) and place one jack stand next to each wheel. If you are going to start by lifting the front wheels, put chocks under the back wheels. Reverse this if you plan on lifting the rear wheels first.
  2. Using a floor jack, put it underneath the frame. Most cars have specific places to put a floor jack but if you don’t see them, check your owner’s manual.
  3. Slowly raise the jack to meet the jack stand height. Take it slow and check that the head on the floor jack hasn’t shifted to slid off the frame.
  4. Never work under a vehicle that is supported only by a floor jack!
  5. If the floor jack seems steady and is holding the car in place, move the jack stand to the frame or subframe. The frame is the most secure point so use that if you can.
  6. Release the floor jack and give the car a bit of a push to be sure that the jack stand is firmly in place.
  7. Repeat with the other 3 wheels.

If you don’t have a floor jack, a scissor jack will work but it isn’t as secure as a floor jack. If that’s what you have, be extra careful when placing the jack stand under the vehicle to ensure that the scissor jack doesn’t suddenly release pressure.

Bottle jacks can also work but these often won’t give you the clearance you need to place a jack stand underneath the vehicle.

Once all four wheels are off the ground and supported by jack stands, give the car another couple of pushes both side to side and up and down. This will ensure that the car is securely sitting on the stands and if something is out of place or not secure, it’s better that you know now, not after you are underneath.

If the car should wobble or tilt up or down, put the floor jack back underneath the vehicle and pick up the problem side again. Reposition the jack stand and then try again.

If you are going to remove the wheels, loosen the lug nuts a bit while the wheels are still touching the ground. This prevents the wheels from turning while you try to remove the lug nuts.

If you have any doubts about where to place the floor jack or jack stands, consult your owner’s manual. Many owner’s manuals are also online or there are instructions for your model about where to safely place the floor jack and jack stands.

With a small investment in the proper tools, you can lift your car easily at home just as safe as any garage can.