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Different people have their different understanding on corporate entrepreneurship and the most popularly accepted definition of corporate entrepreneurship is concluded by Guth and Ginsberg (1990, pp5-15). They defined corporate entrepreneurship contains the birth of new businesses in the existing businesses and rebirth (or transformational) of organizations by a renewal of the entrepreneurs' key ideas. Not only is corporate venturing encompassed in this definition, but also it introduces the interplay of new ideas about organizations and their characteristics (Guth & Ginsberg 1990, pp5-15).
On the other hand, strategic leadership is defined as the imperatives of entrepreneurship. Hitt et al. (2001d) and Ireland & Hitt (2000) posed the definition of strategic leadership as the ability of entrepreneurs to foresee, convince, to be flexible and empower others to create and implement strategic changes when necessary.
It can be viewed from these two definitions that corporate entrepreneurship refers to the creation and development of new business ideas and opportunities in corporations. It is the whole process whereby enterprises act in innovative, risk-taking and pro-active ways (Zahra, 1993; Dess, Lumpkin & Mcgee, 1999; Bouchard, 2001). Therefore, corporate entrepreneurship always leads to many outcomes, such as new products and services by adding functions or changing packaging, business development by market development or market diversification. Thus, it is always chosen as a strategy to increase financial performance of corporations. On the contrary, strategic leadership is considered as one of the factors that affects the accuracy and feasibility of corporate entrepreneurship as a strategy to create and develop new ideas and opportunities for corporations. It can be seen from the definition above that strategic leadership is about the ability to foresee, convince and empower others to make strategic changes happen (Ireland & Hitt 2000).
However, many entrepreneurship and strategy experts agree that corporate entrepreneurship and strategic leadership are the driven factors to add value to corporations and to utilize corporations' capabilities to differentiate themselves from their competitors (Hough & Scheepers 2008, p18). In another word, corporate entrepreneurship and strategic leadership are the core competences of corporations which themselves are valuable and inimitable. They are the fundaments for the growth and development of corporations, and the core competitiveness of corporations to their competitors in a long-term view.
Evaluate Continental's Agenda for Strategic Changes
It is stated in the case that because of the recession of world tire industry. The earnings of Continental plummeted from a profit of €116.6 million in 1989 to a loss of €65.5 million in 1991. However, after making strategic changes, Continental reversed the earning to a profit €68 million in 1992 and kept growing since 1993 (Bruch 2001). And it is also known from the case that the major internal reasons for the crisis in 1991 were: lack of awareness about the loss units; internal competition from different brands; suppression of decentral innovative potential; absence of entrepreneurial initiative (Bruch 2001).
However, Continental was able to make strategic changes which helped the corporation survive in the crisis and even become better. By going through the case, the strategic changes can be stated as follows:
On July 20, 1991, Dr. Hubertus von Grünberg took over the position of Executive Board chairman of Continental (Bruch 2001).
Dr. von Grünberg shifted the focus of Continental to stable profitability on August 30, 1991.
10-point program was carried out on December 2, 1991 to reinforce the focus on profit and innovation
Fundamental restructuration was taken since February 1, 1992 to find out which units weren't earning anything (Bruch 2001).
Market orientation rather than brand orientation was adopted at end of 1993.
Some operations are outsourced such as IT and long-term contracts were drawn up to reduce cost.
It is clear from the major internal reasons for the crisis that lack of entrepreneurial initiative is the foremost reason which should be firstly improved. Therefore, the first strategic change of appointing Dr. Hubertus von Grünberg to be the chairman of Continental Executive Board was a proper change for the corporation (Bruch 2001). From the case, Dr. Hubertus von Grünberg had entrepreneurship because of his experience of CEO in ITT, besides, Dr. von Grünberg had the ability to foresee, envision, and empower others to make strategic changes happen (Bruch 2001). By clearly setting the long-term direction of stable profitability for Continental, the corporation enabled the corporation's capabilities focus on a reasonable mission. The implementation of 10-point program empowered other managers and employees to make sure that the corporation was towards the mission (Bruch 2001). Obviously, Continental perfectly made the first move work. Meanwhile, the problem of suppression of decentral innovative potential was solved involuntarily by the implementation of 10-point program and the appointment of Dr. Hubertus von Grünberg (Bruch 2001).
By setting the long-term direction to stable profitability, it became important to Continental to understand which units didn't earn anything rather than made a loss. Hence, the next strategic change for Continental was to restructure the corporation (Bruch 2001). Based on the findings about which business units didn't earn anything to the corporation, Continental was restructured to clearly identify the above units in order to pinpoint these units and cut loss. For example, Tire Production was replaced by two separated business units, "Passenger Tires" and "Commercial Vehicle Tires/Environment/Research" (Bruch 2001). By this strategic change, Continental was able to take actions on those business units which made loss and improve the performance to get positive financial outcome.
At the end of 1993, Market orientation rather than brand orientation was adopted by Continental that helped corporation avoided the internal competition (Bruch 2001). By restructuring business units according to different market target and position, the corporate avoided internal competition and re-strength the core competences to compete external competitors.
By taking the above strategic changes, Continental announced a positive profit in 1992 of €68 million. In conclusion, the strategic changes were suitable and reasonable to Continental in the midst of a serious recession of world tire industry. Besides, the way of implementing the strategic changes was proper to the corporate and results of the positive profit in the next year, which indicated the effectiveness of the changes.
Question 2
Porter's Value Chain Analysis
Porter's value chain model is a typical value chain model, which state nine kinds of business activities (Wang 2007, p81). And these business activities are classified into assistant and basic activities, which can stated as below:
Wang Weijun (2007). Integration and innovation orient to e-society. New York: Springer Science+ Business Media, LLC. p81.
It can be seen from the above value chain that basic business activities are the action on purchase logistics, production, consignment logistic and market distribution, service, while assistant activities involve actions on infrastructure of enterprise, manpower resource management, technology development and purchase (Wang 2007, p81; Wickramasinghe et al 2007, p170). Therefore, the strategic innovative activities that helped Continental achieve growth in productivity from 1991 to 1999 will be discussed based on the two classified activities.
Assistant activities.
By going through the case, it is not difficult to find that the main assistant activities related to Porter's Value Chain are mainly infrastructure of enterprises, Manpower resource management and technology development. A fund of at least of approximately 4% of the sale revenue since 1991 was invested in R & D, which helped the corporation to gain sustainable competitive advantage through the creation and innovation from R & D (Bruch 2001). For instance, a new tire line was added to the production and one-stage tire machine was invented to help the corporation achieve the growth in productivity.
Research and innovative forces were relocated and a technology centre was established in Hanover though combination of two R & D resources into one (Bruch 2001). Through this, the ability to innovate new technology for tire production was strengthened and the research resources were centralized. Besides this, RDE (research-development-engineering) meetings are designed to help R & D focus on the technologies oriented to market and customers (Bruch 2001).
Basic Activities.
The main basic activity that help Continental achieve the growth in productivity was the innovation of complete systems (Bruch 2001). By adding technical chassis components such as TPMS (Tire Pressure Monitoring System), SWT (Sidewall Torsion Sensor), more value was added into tire production, which in turn increased productivity. Besides, Dr. Hubertus von Grünberg introduced MMP (Modular Manufacturing Process) which improved the consignment logistic and market distribution process of Continental (Bruch 2001).
Though Continental adopted many innovative activities that helped achieve the growth in productivity, the corporation might implement other activities related to the rest business activities in the Value Chain to achieve much better productivity. For example, like what Dell's direct-to customer strategy, Continental may be able to ask its suppliers to move to the area of its production factories to reduce the time on waiting materials ready for production, especially those essential materials as rubber (Leeman 2010, p184).
Corporate Governance and Corporate Social Responsibility
Before comparing and contrasting the "corporate governance" and "corporate social responsibility" practices of Continental AG with those of Goodyear Tyre & Rubber Company, it is necessary to understand the definition of both concepts. Plessis et al (2005, p10)defined corporate governance as the system that corporate uses to regulate and oversee the corporate activities and to balance the interests of all internal stakeholders (employees, shareholders, etc.) and external stakeholders (governments, local communities, other parties, etc.) as long as whoever can be affected by the corporations activities, with the view to make sure responsible behavior by corporation and as well as to reach the maximum level of profitability and efficiency for the corporation (Plessis et al 2005, p10). While corporate social responsibility is defined as a commitment which agree to improve community welfare through discretionary business practices and contributions of corporate resources (Kotler & Lee 2005, p3).
It is not difficult to find out that corporate social responsibility concerns the well-being of external stakeholders, especially community; however, corporate government pays close attentions to well-beings of internal and external stakeholders (Bruch 2001). Relating to Continental AG and those of Goodyear Tyre & Rubber Company, the corporate governance and social responsibility can be presented as follows:
Corporate Governance
Corporate governance of Continental is guided by the Corporate Governance Principles of Continental AG while the corporate governance of Goodyear Tyre & Rubber Company can be viewed from Goodyear corporate responsibility report (Continental AG 2010 & Goodyear 2007). Compare to that Continental focus more on the internal stakeholders such as shareholders, executive board, supervisory board and financial results, Goodyear Tyre & Rubber Company balance the attention on customers and employees. The reason is that Continental AG may think that internal stakeholders are the source of competences and competitiveness (Continental AG 2010); and Goodyear Tyre & Rubber Company views that only can the corporation be developed and competitive unless customers and employees feel satisfied with the quality of products and compensation of the corporation (Goodyear 2007). The Corporate Governance Principles of Continental AG is very specific which describes the rights and obligations of each internal party. This indicates that Continental is conservative. However, the corporate governance of Goodyear Tyre & Rubber Company is blur which shows its innovative perspective in managing the corporation. Goodyear Tyre & Rubber Company pays more attention on employees than that of Continental AG.
Although the corporate governance of Continental AG differ from that of Goodyear Tyre & Rubber Company, there is not such an universal principle that is suitable to every company, therefore, as long as the corporate governance is proper to the corporation and its development, then it can be considered as good (Millstein 1998, p49).
Corporate Social Responsibility
Social responsibility of Continental is stated in its website while the social responsibility is presented in Goodyear corporate responsibility report (Continental AG website 2010 & Goodyear 2007)). Continental views the world changing all the time, so social responsibility and the obligations could become a competitive advantage to the corporation (Continental AG website 2010). The main areas that Continental concentrates on are education, science, traffic safety, social improvement and sports. On the other hand, Goodyear Tyre & Rubber Company pays more attention to the macro and micro environment and to improve the quality for the associates, family and society, by applying Zero Waste To Landfill strategy and Goodyear Environmental, Health and Safety Policy (Goodyear 2007). Obviously, social responsibility of Continental tends to be social-development-oriented, and that of Goodyear Tyre & Rubber Company tends to be environment-oriented.
To sum up, profitability and growth are not the only purposes for corporations, other purposes such as social development, environment protection, children care are always taken into considerations by corporations. Despite different concentrations on society, the importance of corporations can't be neglected.
Question 3
Effectiveness of Functional, Organizational & Corporate Structures
Functional Structure.
Functional structure refers to the structure that is organized around the processes and activities that required to produce the corporation's products and services, for example, operation, R&D, marketing, etc (Kates & Galbraith 2007, p10). The effective functional structure that help corporation unleash its entrepreneurial energy is always centralized, highly specialized, and offer to a particular market. The following chart shows the functional structure of Continental in 1991.
Chart 1: Functional structure of Continental AG in 1991
Source: Bruch Heike (2001). Continental 2001: Liberating Entrepreneurial Energy. p21. http://www.ifpm.unisg.ch/org/ifpm/web.nsf/SysWebRessources/Liberating+Entreprenuerial+Energy/$FILE/Conti+case.pdf [Last Accessed: 20th Dec, 2010]
Since then, Continental reorganized the functional structure that unleashed the entrepreneurial energy (Bruch 2001). More capital was invested in R&D department to discover new technology for tire production, and RDE (research-development-engineering) meetings were hold to make managers involved in R&D, which in turn unleashed their entrepreneurial energy. Besides, production departments were also reorganized in accordance with oriented market rather than products (Bruch 2001). This activity avoided negative competition in the corporation and concentrated managers' entrepreneurial energy on market development. By implementing these activities, the functional structure of Continental became more effective to unleash manager's entrepreneurial energy (Bruch 2001).
Organizational Structure
The number and different types of departments or groups in a corporation and the official reporting relationship and lines of communications among the department, groups and other internal stakeholders represent the organizational structure of the corporation (Daft 2010, p90). It should be designed to support the strategy of the corporation. The following relationship gives an understanding about Continental's organizational structure.
Chart 2: Organizational structure of tire operations in 1992
Source: Bruch Heike (2001). Continental 2001: Liberating Entrepreneurial Energy. p21. http://www.ifpm.unisg.ch/org/ifpm/web.nsf/SysWebRessources/Liberating+Entreprenuerial+Energy/$FILE/Conti+case.pdf [Last Accessed: 20th Dec, 2010]
Improvements were made by Continental during 1992 to 2001 in organizational structure. Changes in reporting relationship such as Delegation of Authority and Responsibility" (DAR) were introduced to the management which made the hierarchy of Continental not so complicated, which unleashed entrepreneurial energy directly and indirectly (Bruch 2001).
Corporate Structure
Corporate structure refers to a grouping of different positions and departments within a company, which all have separate tasks but work together to operate as a company (Business Dictionary). During the years from 1992 to 2001, Productivity comparisons, great authority and enhanced career opportunities were taken in Continental which enhanced entrepreneurial energy. The below chart indicates the corporate structure of Continental.
Chart 3: Corporate structure of Continental AG in 2001
Source: Bruch Heike (2001). Continental 2001: Liberating Entrepreneurial Energy. p22. http://www.ifpm.unisg.ch/org/ifpm/web.nsf/SysWebRessources/Liberating+Entreprenuerial+Energy/$FILE/Conti+case.pdf [Last Accessed: 20th Dec, 2010]
It could be seen clearly from above that the effectiveness of functional, organizational and corporate structure had been enhanced. By implementing the above mentioned activities, the structures became flatter which accelerated the speed of information transformation in Continental (Bruch 2001). With clearly classification of different functions, especially the production function, managers enabled to focus their entrepreneurial energy on a specific area. The simplification of reporting system and new innovative report structure gave managers more authority in their area, which motivated them to unleash more entrepreneurial energy (Bruch 2001). Nevertheless, positive internal competition such as productivity comparison, enhanced career opportunity and entrepreneurship concept in the corporation culture enhanced the performance of managers.
Obviously, the functional, organizational and corporate structure became simple and more effective for the unleashing of managers' entrepreneurial energy.
Effectiveness of Leadership Skills
By effective and innovate management of Dr. Hubertus von Grünberg, Entrepreneurially driven managers were appointed in key position to manage the corporation, capabilities became more innovative and productive. All theses helped Continental increase profit in the following years (Bruch 2001). However, after Dr Stephan Kessel's taking over Board chairmanship from Dr. Hubertus von Grünberg, Continental faced many strategic challenges. According to the case, the main strategic challenge was to maintain and keep the uncompleted change of liberated entrepreneurial energy on going, which in other word, the basic new cultural maxim (Bruch 2001). It involved that managers constantly question the status quo in an entrepreneurial manner and accept the change process as an ongoing personal task, another strategic challenge was to stretch in the core area of competence---chassis systems.
Many leadership skills can be applied to dealing with this strategic challenge, including power management, motivation, and communication, providing direction, strategic thinking, planning, change management, conflict resolution and negotiation, team-building, etc (Pratt 2010, p382). It is evident in the case that the main leadership skills applied by Dr Stephan Kessel were strategic thinking, communication, power management and providing direction.
The leadership skills such as strategic thinking and power management are very effective in dealing with strategic challenges in 2001. Strategic thinking about the challenges gave Dr Stephan Kessel a better understanding of the challenges and their impacts on corporation and the factors that affected the challenges (Bruch 2001). By understanding, Dr Stephan Kessel was able to make strategic plan and provide direction to guide the corporation deal with the challenges. Besides, good communication such as workshops, BASICS, etc., helped employees and managers in Continental understand the strategic challenges and how to deal with them (Bruch 2001).
However, other leadership skills should be applied by Dr Stephan Kessel to make sure the success of dealing with strategic challenges. For instance, motivation, better compensation and empowerment would enhance the performance of both managers and employees to handle the challenges (Pratt 2010, p384). Specific plans should be released to even to bottom lines to guide staff. Besides, more communication techniques should be applied to help staff understand the impact of challenges to them and also to get feedback from them in order to have better understandings about the implementation of the plans (Pratt 2010, p384).
In conclusion, although Continental encountered big suffering in the crisis of world tire industry in 1991 and the profit became negative, the corporation remained the competitiveness and was still one of the leaders in the tire industry (Bruch 2001). By the appointment of Dr. Hubertus von Grünberg and Dr. Stephan Kessel, and their intellectual management and accurate envision about the future of tire industry, Continental successfully managed many strategic changes and reached to higher position. Therefore, the case of Continental is one proof that entrepreneurship and strategic leadership have significant influence on the success of business.


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There is no way around it; I am a recluse. I love this world; I love people; I care deeply, but there is a deeper feeling that has always been inside of me, that keeps me inside of me. I can't call it fear; it is deeper than that. It possesses the whole of me, but to call it phobia sounds foolish. Reaching out is the most difficult movement to make; my arms, my voice, they fail me. I reach out through my art, through my written word, to tell you how I feel, to show how much I love you.
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Hey fans, fellas, folks, followers, friends, fratres (and sorores) and fiends.
Lately more and more people commissioned Art by me (Book Illustrations, CD-Cover, Bandlogo, Tattoo-Design, Portraits), which is not only another step towards an artistic career but also a huge honour and a lot of fun to do because the right people ordered the right art, challenging and interesting.
But it means pressure on my schedule too, therefore this journal entry:
As you can read above I do different artistic stuff for you, if you ask me for it, if it sounds interesting and doable for me and if you are willing to pay the appropriate price (if an artist has to justify his prices again and again something is wrong with this society - art is a craft, this means a lot of work and time, time is money).
If so, you can write me (here or on facebook or via mail).
I have time to do new commissions again in spring 2017, so if you would like to order something please ask me NOW (sadly I am no full time artist so my schedule is limited and besides I need time for my own drawings too).
Love is the Law!
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Six years ago, on the 12th November 2010, Stephanos MamoruK1N founded this group.
Last October Stephanos gave me the points to upgrade us to Super Group, so we have much to celebrate!
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DK Eyewitness Books: Witches & Magic-makers
Here is an up close and detailed new guide to the mysterious world of witches and wizards who they are and what they do. Stunning full-color photographs of magical tools, costumes, and magic-makers in action provide an unparalleled look into the rich legacy of complex practices that have existedin the world, and which, in some regions, are still very much alive today. Seea catalog of magical amulets and talismans, magic dolls from different cultures, and tools for divining and predicting the future. Learn some simple spells, how magic was practiced in ancient civilizations, and what cruel methods were used to punish witches in medieval times. Discover witches and wizards in mythology and the movies, magic-makers from other cultures around the world, the "craft"of present-day witches, and much, much more.
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The Essence of Martial Arts: Special Edition is a new, unabridged version of The Essence of Martial Arts (2011). Featuring insights and methodologies from an experienced martial arts instructor, tips on competition, self defence for women, morals and ethics of martial arts, plus much more, the book intends to be a companion guide for all who purchased the original, or new readers who want the more up to date version. Author notes:- In 2011 my first book was released. I have learned a lot about the publishing process in that time, and share such insights on my blog. However, I do believe martial arts of all levels will find this new version of note, and is one that I believe will enhance their skill level. The original publisher and editorial team, though helpful in the creation of that first book, placed certain caveats on that, which do not appear in this book. So this version is the truest version of my martial arts theories to date, in full, without extensive editing out of certain sections. I hope you will enjoy the instructions and anecdotes contained therein.
Über den Autor:John Hennessy is a martial artist and has been an instructor for over twenty years. He teaches private students in the arts of Kung Fu, Karate, Tai Chi and Jeet Kune Do. In 2011, his first non-fiction book, The Essence of Martial Arts, was published. This updated edition, The Essence of Martial Arts: Special Edition builds on the original with new philosophies and methodologies. It is intended for beginners and experts alike.
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I saw the cafe while my friends and I took a lunch break from our school's play pratice. I saw people in butler suit and one of my friends told me that there was a maid and butler cafe here. It sucks that I cant go cause we still have to practice.But I think the cafe is awesome. So are the butlers!
Haha thanks. My friends who set-up the event would be so happy to hear that kind of comment. Too bad you couldn't go. Maybe next time. 🙂


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Wednesday, June 24, 2009
experience as encrypted message
This quotation by Ralph Waldo Emerson (superimposed on a portion of one of my paintings) always provokes some personal inquiry for me. What message is my current life experience sending me? What ungrasped truth is encoded in what I am living? What lesson am I missing? What solution do my own actions hold, that I am not yet understanding? I always assumed that a skillful life would mean that awareness and understanding would precede action. (And, of course, sometimes they do.) But Emerson is suggesting that our actions and experiences may be an encrypted map to meaning and truth, and precede understanding. I think this is the hidden attraction of therapy. As we examine our life in concert with someone else, we sometimes break the code and finally get what our unique experience of life is trying to tell us. In fact, beyond understanding, Emerson says our "condition is a solution in heiroglyphic". The answer/solution, according to Emerson, is in the very life we are leading. We just have to slow down and examine it. Our life is our unique solution - what empowerment! Each of us is a mystery, and encoded in our present life experience, is the solution to our existential inquiries. Perhaps it is mindfulness that helps unravel the mystery . . .
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" Uco Egmond was born in Eindhoven in 1948. His father had his own music shop and was later co-owner of the famous Egmond Guitar factory. After his studies in industrial design at the T.H. Delft, Egmond began his artistic career with some advertising assignments. He started..." [ Read more ]


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... did not during the whole flight. I noticed also not one of the family members actually spoke to this child, to try to distract it or pacify it thru the whole journey. The mother just sat on her ipad ignoring the child. The screams got worse at take off and descent, which was probably due to ear popping, but sssshhh & bum patting was all this kid got. I could see the woman in front was getting really irritated & the smell probably was ...
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... weather worked out, it was 100 F with high humidity. However, we were undeterred. There was a Big Boy to see. (That is train talk for a really powerful large engine that Newt has fond memories of)... We were able to see 15 trains (Newt had replicas of all but a couple). The added Easter Egg was a show room filled with Classic Cars; Model A's, T's, Mustang's, Bobby Darrin's Car, etc. The fifties seem to be the best era for car design. Talk about a ...
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From Chicago we headed down to St Louis. A fair few people seemed pretty surprised that St Louis was on the agenda, but we couldn't come to America without trying to catch up with my Uni housemate Laura and finally meet up with her fiance Nick.
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We are backtracking to St. Louis today (about 1/2 hour) in order to visit the Budweiser Brewery and see the Clydesdale horses...... The brewery is HUGE.....finally got up close and personal with a Clydesdale....they are a magnificent specimen of the equine family. The stables they are housed in had stained glass windows and a ...


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So I'm curious if you will be keeping your iPhones after having the iPad? This spooked and ruined the iPhone for me. I now instinctively reach for my iPad it does everything so much better? Thoughts?
I think I will be upgrading to an iPhone when I can. I mainly use my iPad around the house on wireless. It will be easier for me to connect both, and take the iPhone out with me should I need it. I think of it as a more compact iPad lol. Plus with imessage coming out, I can message my partner on the iPad when I'm out.
Definitely! I do still use my iPhone as - well, a phone! Plus I've ordered the wi-fi only iPad, so my phone will be used for Internet if I'm out and about Sent from my iPhone
But only as much as we use it now with our iPads, right? I can't tell you the last time I took my iPad to play with Cheater Tunes. Hardly ever ~
I kept mine they compliment each other nicely, I wouldnt want to use any other phone I really like iOS!
I got an iPhone 4 overseas in a pinch because I needed a GSM phone and wanted something easy to use. I could've easily sold it for more than retail price when my work assignment was over, but I found it indispensable because I love the camera. I also really like being able to easily synch my content across my phone, iPads and touch. YMMV
While I don't have an iPhone there are plenty of times, such as now, having my phone to do more than calls is much more convenient. I have an app for forwarding texts to my Ipad Text Now app but find I'd rather have the reverse. Support Our Troops!! This post was Tapatalk approved. Sent from an Incredible phone


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When the Apple Watch initially launched a few months ago, some video bloggers performed stress tests to see just how much damage the watch can handle. This included trying to scratch the watch's screen with various materials such as sandpaper and dropping the watch on the ground.
But now, one YouTuber has posted what may be the most bizarre durability test yet. YouTube channel TechRax's latest Apple Watch video involves placing a $10,000 18-karat yellow gold Apple Watch Edition between two powerful magnets. When the magnets collide, it equals 650 pounds of pressure.
Spoiler alert: the watch got completely crushed.
Here's what the collision looked like from above:
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This is what the watch looked like after the test. The screen shattered and became separated from the watch's body.
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Lot 48: Mandylion
East European and Russian Icons
by Czerny's International Auction House
22 October 2016
Sarzana (SP), Italy
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dating: mid-19th Century
provenance: Russia
Two connected axis and two crosspieces. Egg tempera and lacquers on mecca-varnished, partially gilt ground. Etched heightening.
dimensions: dimensions 44,4 x 38,4 x 2,9 cm.


text: LoudnessPage navigationLoudness Audio for Mobile, iPad and iPod By Thomas Lund For five years, the author has systematically studied audio capabilities of Pod and Mobile TV devices from Apple, Nokia, Samsung and Sony Ericsson. This paper is the first public report from parts of the test investigating what a Mobile user is able to hear, and what she can't. Published at NAB 2013, Las Vegas. Señales de audio para TV móvil, iPad e iPod By Thomas Lund Durante cinco años, el autor de este artículo ha estudiado de forma sistemática las capacidades audio de los dispositivos para TV móvil y Pods de Apple, Nokia, Samsung y Sony Ericsson. Este artículo es la primera presentación ante del público de una parte de las pruebas e investigaciones acerca de lo que un usuario de dispositivos móviles es capaz de oír, y lo que no. Publicado en NAB 2013, Las Vegas The CALM Act and Cross-platform Broadcast By Thomas Lund This paper details the loop spanning from production to multi-platform delivery that paves the way for high-quality audio across genres and platforms. Optimized normalization for iPod and iPhone devices is reported, and the ongoing NoTube project is described. Published at NAB 2012, Las Vegas. Loudness Range Design and Evaluation By Esben Skovenborg In 2009 we published the algorithm for computing LRA that was included in the EBU R-128 recommendation for loudness normalisation. This paper describes the design choices underlying of the LRA algorithm. Published at AES 2012, Budapest. Momentary Loudness: RMS Filter Options by Esben Skovenborg & Thomas Lund Employing loudness meters provides an efficient way of balancing the levels of broadcast programs and channels in order to prevent the viewer/listener from experiencing annoying level jumps. Published March 2012. The BS.1770 Broadcast Standard Revisited by Thomas Lund The ITU standard has been updated to BS.1770-2. It now work across genres, for instance between commercials and regular programming. Transparency is a must for the broadcaster, for the producer, and wrt legislation such as the CALM Act. Coherent new EBU R128 tools are also described. Published at NAB 2011, Las Vegas. Gated Loudness Measuring By Grimm, Skovenborg & Spikofski Loudness normalization as specified by ITU-R BS.1770-1 works fairly well for most broadcast programs. However, wide loudness-range programs may not be well-aligned with other programs. Adding a measurement gate provides a simple yet effective solution. Published at AES 2010, London. Program Loudness and Loudness Range by Esben Skovenborg & Thomas Lund EBU P/LOUD devoted much time to finding a transparent cross-genre measure for program normalization. This paper was part of that process. It also describes Loudness Range, examines the listener's loudness jump tolerance, and presents the Zap test. Published at AES 2009, New York. Universal Loudness Descriptors by Esben Skovenborg & Thomas Lund The paper presents two descriptors, "Center of Gravity" and "Consistency", to summarize the loudness properties of film, music and broadcast programs and tracks. Applications include delivery specifications, diagnostics, logging and metadata delivery, for instance for use with MPEG and AC3 codecs. Published at AES 2008, San Francisco. Inter-program Level Jumps in Broadcast by Thomas Lund DTV experiences a growing problem with level jumps between programs; especially when wide dynamic range programming is followed by commercials, promos or sports. Important contributors to such inter-program level jumps have been investigated and are reported. Published at Broadcast Asia 2008, Singapore. Real-Time Visualisation of Loudness by Esben Skovenborg & Søren H. Nielsen A novel real-time loudness meter is presented, which simultaneously shows short-term loudness, long-term loudness and peak level. Published at DAFx 2007, Bordeaux. Stop Counting the Samples by Thomas Lund Report from the frontline of the CD Loudness war, 2006: It's not over yet. Read about distortion developing in CD players, data reduction systems etc. The Appendix suggests improved procedures to follow in production and mastering. Published at AES 2006, San Francisco. Control of Loudness in Digital TV by Thomas Lund Paper describing various loudness measurement models and their limitations. Consumer Dynamic Range Tolerance (DRT) is quantified, and station infrastructure taking DRT into account is presented. Published at NAB 2006, Las Vegas. Evaluation of Different Loudness Models by Esben Skovenborg & Søren H. Nielsen The ability of twelve loudness models to measure speech and music segments is evaluated. Leq(A) and Leq(M) are among the worst performers, while Leq(RLB) from an ITU experiment, and new advanced models, correlate better with extensive listening tests. Published at AES 2004, San Francisco. Designs for Loudness-Matching Experiments by Esben Skovenborg & Søren H. Nielsen Different loudness experimental designs are compared, and the effect of using a fixed-reference is evaluated against a balanced pair-matching design. Published at SOAS 2004, Poznan. Loudness Assessment of Music and Speech by Esben Skovenborg, Rene Qesnel & Søren H. Nielsen An experiment was performed to investigate the assessment of loudness of music and speech using a General Linear Model. Published at AES 2004, Berlin. Level Control in Digital Mastering by Søren H. Nielsen & Thomas Lund Music mastering is becoming a battle for maximum level rather than a quest for audio quality, because counting consecutive samples at OdBFS is not an adequate restriction of level. Published at AES 1999, New York. The Secret of the Mastering Engineer by Bob Katz Mastering is an art and a science. In this acclaimed booklet, Bob Katz shares good advice about monitoring, metering and processing. About listening to the music and supporting it as the road to Nirvana - from one of the true yogis of our industry. 10 Things You Need to Know About Loudness EBU provides a brief overview of 10 basic topics you need to know about loudness. Not in detail, but you will get a good starting point to build on. 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University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna Department of Applied Plant Sciences and Plant Biotechnology Universität für Bodenkultur Wien Department für Angewandte Pflanzen- wissenschaften und Pflanzenbiotechnologie Short rotation coppice – state of the art in Austria P. LIEBHARD, Th. LEWIS, Chr. KNUST and F. DEIM 1. Introcuction and Challenges: In Austria, the natural preconditions for agriculture and forestry are relatively favourable (Tab. 1), also regarding Austria's 8,1 million inhabitants. Nevertheless, the constantly increasing demand for wood can hardly be satisfied with conventional forestry in the future (Fig. 2). The wood demand increases because of the high share of lumber exports, the requirements of the pulp & paper and chipboard industry and the growing bioenergy sector. Thus, additional quantities of wood need to be produced. Short rotation coppice (SRC) plantations on agricultural land are a promising option to contribute to an increased wood supply. Because of competition for agricultural land and the priority of food and feed production, SRC are likely to be established on marginal land. Despite favourable market options for SRC wood, landowners hesitate to start growing SRC because of high initial investments, irregular cash flows and the long-term commitment. 2. Current energy production and consumption: Renewables currently have a share of 27.6 % in total energy consumption in Austria. The share of bioenergy is constantly increasing. In contrast, other renewables, especially hydropower, are already fully exploited and cannot be expanded on a large scale (Fig. 1). Firewood and wood chips account for 57 % of overall biomass. Currently, 50 % of the domestic heating demand in Austria is satisfied with renewables. Most of it comes from wood. The implementation of Biomass-Heating-Systems and district heating systems is well sread in Austria (Fig. 3). 5. Conclusion: SRC is gaining importance in Austria as an alternative land use option, which may contribute to satisfy the constantly increasing wood demand industrial and energy purposes. SRC is a low input production system suitable for marginal land. Some major agronomical aspects, such as SRC establishment, management, harvesting, logistics and yield improvement still need to be optimized. These improvements would make SRC more attractive to land owners. SRC has many positive environmental effects and may even substitute certain forest functions. 4. Current research topics: - Planting material: quality; sprouting capacity - Tree varieties and site specific optimization of the planting system - Weed regulation: mechanically and chemically - Erosion protection: especially on slopes - SRC and wind protection - SRC and agroforestry - SRC and carbon sequestration - SRC and bird protection - legal framework conditions of SRC 3. Defining short rotation coppice: SRC is mainly planted on arable land on altitudes between 110 and 1130 meters a.s.l.. Soil types include vertisols, fluvisols, gleysols, podzols and chernozems. Preferred tree species are poplar, willow, false acacia, alder and birch. Field sizes planted with short rotation coppice in Austria vary between 0.1 and 30 ha. Both, the single and the double row system are used (Fig. 5). Plantation design varies according to the required stand density and the harvesting technology. Planting densities of 3000 to 12000 trees per hectare and rotation lengths of 2 to 5 years are commonly used. The yield ranges between 7 and 13 tons absolutely dry biomass per ha and year. SRC harvesting techniques range from manual harvest to fully mechanized systems. Fig. 1: Renewable energy sources in Austria (2007) Fig. 2: Bioenergy production in Austria (2007) Fig. 3: Spread of the "Biomass heating and District heating systems" in Austria Tab. 1: Land use in Austria Tab. 2: Wood growth (annually) in Austria LIEBHARD_BENWOOD_Peking 2010
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Hi I am new to this forum and also new to iPad development. I have a web page that works fine on my machine. Now when I access the same site using iPad Safari, my background image color is messed up. for instance, my background image color is always white when it is tan/grey with all my links white. So I cannot see my links either. All the other assets display fine except for the background image. I cannot view the page source on ipad either. So I need someone help me figure this out. Any idea or suggestion will be highly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
This is an internal site for a company that I contract for. We use CSS with JQuery, JSP and Servlets. I have not played with other sites much on iPad as this is my first iPad assignment. Thanks.
When you say trapping, we are tracking to see if it is a iPad or not. Based on that we have javascripts to handle touch events. How do you do this for style/design? Every other things seem to be fine except this one background image. When the page is loading it sometime I see that background image for a flick second and then it disappears. BTW, this is the code that has already been there and I am trying to resolve some of the issue they are having on the ipad. Thanks.
No, they need to track that the BROWSER is Safari Mobile for iPad, not a normal browser. The code has to be changed to cover the new browser. Has nothing to do with "touch" or anything else, it is all in the code.
Thanks for all the response. Looks like I need to debug this on ipad. But is there any debugging tool for Safari or a iPad simulator for windows that you guys know of? That may be of some help to debug this. Thanks.