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Financial Highlights
Consolidated results under International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) for the quarter ended December 31, 2012
- Revenues were $1,911 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2012; QoQ growth was 6.3% YoY growth was 5.8% - Revenues excluding Lodestone were $1,872 million; QoQ growth was 4.2% YoY growth was 3.7% - Net income after tax was $434 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2012 against $431 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2012 - Earnings per American Depositary Share (EPADS) was $0.76 for the quarter ended December 31, 2012 against $0.75 for the quarter ended September 30, 2012 - Liquid assets including cash and cash equivalents, current available-for-sale financial assets, investment in certificates of deposits and government bonds were $4.1 billion versus $4.3 billion as on September 30, 2012
Other highlights:
- The company won 8 large outsourcing deals amounting to US$ 731 million of total contract value - 14 new wins for Infosys' products and platforms - Infosys and its subsidiaries added 53 clients during the quarter - Gross addition of 7,499 employees (net addition of 977) for the quarter by Infosys and its subsidiaries. - 155,629 employees as on December 31, 2012 for Infosys and its subsidiaries - Completed the acquisition of Lodestone Holding AG, a leading management consultancy based in Switzerland - Infosys American Depositary Shares (ADS) have started trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol 'INFY'. The company is in the process of listing its ADS on the Paris and London exchanges of NYSE Euronext.
"We have done well in this quarter despite an uncertain environment," said S. D. Shibulal, CEO and Managing Director. "We continue to gain confidence from a strong pipeline of large deals. However, the broader economic environment remains difficult. Even so, we remain cautiously optimistic about the January-March quarter," he added.
"We were able to maintain our margins through efficiency improvements despite increased operating expenses. We remain focused on making the right investments for profitable and sustainable growth in the longer term," said Rajiv Bansal, Chief Financial Officer.
The company's outlook (consolidated) for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2013, under IFRS is as follows:
Revenues** are expected to be at least $7,450 million;
Earnings per American Depositary Share (EPADS) is expected to be at least $2.97;
* Exchange rates considered for major global currencies: AUD / USD - 1.04; GBP / USD - 1.62; Euro / USD - 1.32 for rest of fiscal 2013
** Includes $104 million from Lodestone
Business Highlights
- The company won 8 large outsourcing deals amounting to US$ 731 Mn of total contract value - Our offerings in the Products and Platforms space continue to see good momentum. This quarter we had 14 wins across industries and geographies. Infosys products and platforms (excluding Finacle(TM)) are now adopted by more than 70 global clients. - A Blue Cross Blue Shield Plan selected us as a strategic partner to provide enterprise-wide testing services and establish a Test CoE within its IT organization, aimed at creating testing processes and frameworks to support the company's ongoing transformation due to US healthcare reform. Another Blue Cross Blue Shield Plan is leveraging Infosys iTransform(TM) product and services to help its ICD-10 migration, mandated by the U.S. federal government. - Our focus on Cloud as a new growth area continues to yield results and the Cloud business currently has more than 190 engagements and 3,500 experts. Over the last quarter, we won more than 15 engagements across Cloud services, Big Data and Security. Our vision of being a Cloud Ecosystem Integrator has gained increasing acceptance with clients and we are working with more than 30 partners to help clients create and manage their unified hybrid cloud environments. - During the third quarter, Infosys applied for seven patent applications in India and the U.S. With this, it has 525 patent applications in India, the U.S. and other jurisdictions, and has been granted 71 patents by the United States Patent and Trademark Office and two patents by the Luxembourg patent office.
Awards and Recognition
Infosys has been consistently honored by influencers
- We were declared the winners of 2012 Asia's Most Admired Knowledge Enterprises (MAKE) study by Teleos, in association with The KNOW Network for the 10th time, for developing knowledge based products and services. - Infosys BPO Ltd. has been awarded the prestigious 2012 Optimas Award for 'Managing Change', recognizing exemplary achievements in workforce management and for successfully integrating new employees from around the globe into the organization. - Infosys BPO Ltd. won the Gold Award for Marketing Excellence in the category of 'Marketing with Social and Interactive Media' at the Information Technology Services Marketing Association (ITSMA) Awards 2012. - We have received the Microsoft Platform Modernization Award for sales achievement for our Legacy Modernization solution, which helps customers migrate to Microsoft platforms. - We were awarded the National Energy Conservation Award 2012 for our energy conservation efforts at our campuses in Jaipur and Pune. - We have been awarded the global No. 1 position for our corporate governance practices by IR Global Rankings (IRGR). - Finacle(TM) from Infosys has been ranked as a long-term leader in The Forrester Wave(TM): Global Banking Platforms, Q4 2012
About Infosys Ltd
Infosys partners with global enterprises to drive their innovation-led growth. That's why Forbes ranked Infosys 19th among the top 100 most innovative companies. As a leading provider of next-generation consulting, technology and outsourcing solutions, Infosys helps clients in more than 30 countries realize their goals.
Visit http://www.infosys.com and see how Infosys , with its 150,000+ people, is Building Tomorrow's Enterprise(R) today.
Safe Harbor
Certain statements in this release concerning our future growth prospects are forward-looking statements, which involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in such forward-looking statements. The risks and uncertainties relating to these statements include, but are not limited to, risks and uncertainties regarding fluctuations in earnings, fluctuations in foreign exchange rates, our ability to manage growth, intense competition in IT services including those factors which may affect our cost advantage, wage increases in India, our ability to attract and retain highly skilled professionals, time and cost overruns on fixed-price, fixed-time frame contracts, client concentration, restrictions on immigration, industry segment concentration, our ability to manage our international operations, reduced demand for technology in our key focus areas, disruptions in telecommunication networks or system failures, our ability to successfully complete and integrate potential acquisitions, liability for damages on our service contracts, the success of the companies in which Infosys has made strategic investments, withdrawal or expiration of governmental fiscal incentives, political instability and regional conflicts, legal restrictions on raising capital or acquiring companies outside India, and unauthorized use of our intellectual property and general economic conditions affecting our industry. Additional risks that could affect our future operating results are more fully described in our United States Securities and Exchange Commission filings including our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012 and on Form 6-K for the quarter ended December 31, 2011, June 30, 2012 and September 30, 2012. These filings are available at http://www.sec.gov. Infosys may, from time to time, make additional written and oral forward-looking statements, including statements contained in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and our reports to shareholders. The company does not undertake to update any forward-looking statements that may be made from time to time by or on behalf of the company.
INR Press Release: http://www.multivu.prnewswire.com/mnr/prne/operations/INR-press-release-Version-4.pdf
Fact Sheet: http://www.multivu.prnewswire.com/mnr/prne/operations/Factsheet-Q3-2013.pdf
Infosys Limited and subsidiaries
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of
(Dollars in millions except share data)
December 31, March 31, 2012 2012 ASSETS Current assets Cash and cash equivalents $2,740 $4,047 Available-for-sale financial assets 1,339 6 Investment in certificates of deposit - 68 Trade receivables 1,266 1,156 Unbilled revenue 405 368 Prepayments and other current assets 335 300 Total current assets 6,085 5,945 Non-current assets Property, plant and equipment 1,115 1,063 Goodwill 368 195 Intangible assets 72 34 Available-for-sale financial assets 2 2 Investment in government bonds 12 - Deferred income tax assets 77 62 Income tax assets 191 204 Other non-current assets 33 32 Total non-current assets 1,870 1,592 Total assets $7955 $7,537 LIABILITIES AND EQUITY Current liabilities Derivative financial instruments - $9 Trade payables 13 5 Current income tax liabilities 227 207 Client deposits 12 3 Unearned revenue 146 107 Employee benefit obligations 109 98 Provisions 39 26 Other current liabilities 562 482 Total current liabilities 1,108 937 Non-current liabilities Deferred income tax liabilities 16 2 Other non-current liabilities 18 22 Total liabilities 1,142 961 Equity Share capital- `5 ($0.16) par value 600,000,000 equity shares authorized, issued and outstanding 571,402,566 and 571,396,410, net of 2,833,600 treasury shares each as of December 31, 2012 and March 31, 2012, respectively 64 64 Share premium 704 703 Retained earnings 7,223 6,509 Other components of equity (1,178) (700) Total equity attributable to equity holders of the company 6,813 6,576 Non-controlling interests - - Total equity 6,813 6,576 Total liabilities and equity $7,955 $7,537
Infosys Limited and subsidiaries
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income
(Dollars in millions except share and per equity share data)
Three Three Nine Nine months months months months ended ended ended ended December December December December 31, 2012 31, 2011 31, 2012 31, 2011 Revenues $1,911 $1,806 $5,460 $5,233 Cost of sales 1,203 1030 3,376 3,077 Gross profit 708 776 2,084 2,146 Operating expenses: Selling and marketing expenses 99 88 277 275 Administrative expenses 118 128 355 386 Total operating expenses 217 216 632 661 Operating profit 491 560 1,452 1,485 Other income, net 92 82 308 266 Profit before income taxes 583 642 1,760 1,751 Income tax expense 149 184 479 498 Net profit $434 $458 $1,281 $1,253 Other comprehensive income Fair value changes on available - for-sale financial asset, net of tax effect - - - $(2) Exchange differences on translating foreign operations (250) (442) (478) (1,004) Total other comprehensive income $(250) $(442) $(478) $(1,006) Total comprehensive income $184 $16 $803 $247 Profit attributable to: Owners of the company $434 $458 $1,281 $1,253 Non-controlling interests - - - - $434 $458 $1,281 $1,253 Total comprehensive income attributable to: Owners of the company $184 $16 $803 $247 Non-controlling interests - - - - $184 $16 $803 $247 Earnings per equity share Basic ($) 0.76 0.80 2.24 2.19 Diluted ($) 0.76 0.80 2.24 2.19 Weighted average equity shares used in computing earnings per equity share Basic 571,400,086 571,377,084 571,398,129 571,356,602 Diluted 571,400,417 571,396,560 571,399,018 571,394,949
1. The unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance sheets and Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the three months and nine months ended December 31, 2012 has been taken on record at the Board meeting held on January 11, 2013
2. A Fact Sheet providing the operating metrics of the company can be downloaded from http://www.infosys.com
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My Adonis Headlines Saturday's Canonero II Stakes
My Adonis Headlines Saturday's Canonero II Stakes
BALTIMORE, 05-03-12---My Adonis remains an also-eligible for Saturday's $2 million Kentucky Derby (G1) at Churchill Downs. Should he fail to draw into the race, trainer Kelly Breen will ship his star to Pimlico Race Course for the $75,000 Canonero II Stakes.
The 1-1/16 mile race for 3-year-olds was previously known as the Federico Tesio Stakes. Canonero II was a Venezuelan-based colt who won the 1971 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes. Trainer Juan Arias and jockey Gustavo Avila will be on hand to present the trophy to the winning connections.
Breen told Pimlico stakes coordinator Coley Blind My Adonis will van from Louisville to Baltimore Friday if he doesn't get to start into the Run for the Roses and would use the Canonero as a prep for the $1 million Preakness Stakes (G1) here on May 19.
The Pleasantly Perfect colt, who is the even money choice on Frank Carulli's morning line, has started in five stakes since leaving the maiden ranks at Monmouth Park last fall. He won the Jean Lafitte at Delta Downs, finished third in the Holy Bull (G3) at Gulfstream and second in the Gotham (G3) at Aqueduct. His most recent start was a well beaten seventh in the Wood Memorial (G1). Elvis Trujillo is his regular rider.
Chris Grove is pointing New York-bred Pretension (7-2) to Saturday's feature. His resume includes a win and a second in two restricted stakes in at Aqueduct, a fifth place finish in the Gotham and a troubled ninth in the Illinois Derby (G3). Javier Santiago has first call on the son of Bluegrass Cat.
"I am not looking at the Preakness unless he wins this race," Grove said. "He could have been third in the Gotham but Edgar Prado was riding to win and got passed by Finnegans Wake and Tiger Walk for third at the wire. He just didn't like Hawthorne. But I don't want to make too many excuses. At some point, you have to say he isn't that good to run in races like the Derby and Preakness. I do know we are going back to what got us to the Gotham and that is sitting off the pace in a stalking position. I don't know what the others are doing but we have to go back to what was working when he finished first or second in his first five starts."
Brimstone Island (9-2) has started in three stakes since being claimed by Billy Campbell for $16,000 on February 1. He's finished second in the Miracle Wood, third in the Private Terms, both at Laurel, and fifth in the Hilton Memorial at Charles Town. Xavier Perez, who was aboard in his two tries in Maryland, regains the mount.
Trainer Steve DeMauro gave Midnight Serenade (6-1) his first start of 2012 in Tampa's Sophomore Stakes and watched him rally into second in the race restricted to Florida-breds. A winner of the Seacliff Stakes at Calder last year, the Bandini offspring will carry Abel Castellano for the first time.
Maiden winner Respectful Ed (10-1) will try stakes company for the first time for trainer Linda Albert. He finished second in an optional claiming race here on April 1. Joshua Navarro will ride.
Leadhills (15-1), a Rodney Jenkins trainee, led to the top of the stretch but finished fourth in the same test. Richard Monterrey has the call.
The 11-race card will also include a Jockey Challenge featuring four riders visiting from Venezuela competing against four from the Maryland colony. The jockey with the most points at the end of a four-race competition will be crowned champion. Races 1, 3, 5 and 7 have been designated as Jockey Challenge races.
The Venezuelan riders will be Francisco Arrieta, Santiago Gonzalez, Edgar Perez and Jean Carlo Rodriguez.
The 23-year-old Arrieta, with more than 200 wins on his resume, will be aboard Caroline Baron (30-1, race 1), Maryland Mystique (2-1, race 3), Shanghai Knight (15-1, race 5) and My Lil Virginia (30-1, race 7).
Gonzalez , who is poised to become his country's fourth rider to reach the 2,000 win plateau, will team up with Blading Silver (7-2, race 1), Sweet Valor (20-1, race 3), Ovechkin (8-1, race 5) and Kind Hearted Woman (10-1, race 7).
Perez, who rode in the United States in 2010 and 2011 at Tampa Bay Downs, has riding assignments with Glenn's Hope (6-1, race 1), Dance With Sandy (10-1, race 3), Unbridled Music (15-1, race 5) and Lion Down By Me (8-1, race 7).
Rodriguez, who has more than 1,050 career winners, will ride Hideaway Moon (9-2, race 1), Fashion Princess (12-1, race 3), Singin The Blues (12-1, race 5) and Girl Wonder (20-1, race 7).
Representing the Pimlico colony will be Abel Castellano, Malcolm Franklin, Horacio Karamanos and Julian Pimentel.
Castellano, who currently tops the Pimlico rider standings, will ride Drop It Now (5-2, race 1), Andros (6-1, race 3), Sir Rabbit (2-1, race 5) and Isra (3-1, race 7).
"It looks like on paper I have some good mounts," said Castellano, a native of Maracaibo, Venezuela. "I am proud to represent Pimlico and the USA. I have been in the States since I was 16 years old (Castellano is 28) and I am very excited to represent the USA. This is where I grew up and learned how to ride. I have been back home just two times since leaving and both for just a couple days."
The 22-year-old Franklin, who finished second in the 2012 Laurel winter standings, has the call on Jazzking (3-1, race 1), Swing Even (8-5, race 3), Ham and Ernie (4-1, race 5) and Dream Doer (15-1, race 7).
Karamanos, who rodea record seven winners at Laurel Park on October 26, 2002, will guide April's Fool (15-1, race 1), Girlsruletheworld (5-1, race 3), Wild and Wiley (9-5, race 5) and Charged Cotton (5-2, race 7).
Pimentel, the second leading jockey in Maryland a year ago, drew the riding duties on Sky Wars (10-1, race 1), Old Lady Cowles (30-1, race 3), One Sunday (20-1, race 5) and Ella Marie (5-1, race 7).
The jockeys receive points for finishing first (12 points), second (6), third (4) and fourth (3) in each race.The champion jockey will earn $10,000. Other prize money: $7,000 (second), $6,000 (third), $4,000 (fourth), $2,000 (fifth) and $1,000 (sixth through eighth).


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Vanessa Hudgens: Sweet Home Alabama!
Vanessa Hudgens drives the crowd wild as she performs live on the second date of her solo tour at the Alabama Adventure Theme Park in Bessemer, Alabama on Friday.
The 19-year-old High School Musical starlet wowed the crowd with songs from her new album, Identified (in stores now). And of course she performed her lead single, "Sneakernight"!
Tonight, Vanessa will be in Louisiana rocking out and performing more songs from her sophomore effort.
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When you come to ScanDesigns furniture you still get great service which makes the shopping experience unique and that you only receive from a family owned and operated business.
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I have tested the design thus far with IE6 and Mozilla Firefox, I want feedback from:
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Ideally, the Comic should *not* interfere with the bitey/sun thingie or clouds at all, and on 1024x768 minimum view the robot in the lower right should always be present. The ad should begin above the upper cloud and to the right of the sun, not obscuring it.
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January 26, 20128:00 pm
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Quatuor Molinari performs works by Boudreau, Gilbert, Palmieri, Sokolović.
The painter Molinari's colours will ring out on the strings of the Quatuor Molinari in a not-to-be-missed event featuring a work thew commissioned in 1998, Blanc dominant by Sokolović — a tribute to Molinari's pictorial universe, and the "story of a fascination." Sokolović will be accompanied by three other Québécois composers who are regulars of the quartet: Palmieri, Gilbert, and Boudreau.
Since 1997, the Quatuor Molinari has carried out its mission to disseminate contemporary and Canadian music both in Montreal and on the international scene, and has devoted its energies to renewing dialogue between composers, musicians and the general public.


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The main feature list is really all about the enterprise: IT-initiated remote wipe, required PIN with complexity, device wipe after a certain number of failed PIN attempts, auto-lock, and improved digital certificates. While fun for boring people in suits, there's a whole lot more in this webOS update that's a lot more interesting.
First of all, the iTunes media sync feature has been re-enabled. Apple specifically blocked the Palm Pre from syncing with iTunes a little over a week ago, but Palm is not impressed. "Oh, and one more thing: Palm webOS 1.1 re-enables Palm media sync," the Palm blog reads, "That's right -- you once again can have seamless access to your music, photos and videos from the current version of iTunes (8.2.1)." Oh, it's on. It's on!
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The Russian government is installing web cameras at more than 90,000 polling sites in an effort to undermine expected accusations of widespread fraud in the upcoming presidential election.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin announced the initiative after evidence of fraud in last December's parliamentary elections sparked Russia's first mass protests since the fall of the Soviet Union. Amateur video footage depicting the alleged fraud at polling sites was widely circulated after those elections.
Mr. Putin, who is seeking a third presidential term in the March 4 poll, has accused the protest movement of working to delegitimize the electoral process. Broadcasting the elections on the Internet will "completely remove all falsifications," he said when he announced the project on Dec. 15.
"I want to rely on the popular will of the people, on their trust," Putin later said.
Members of the Russian opposition and independent election observers have reacted to the plan with skepticism, citing its cost and uncertain benefit. Many say that the webcams are a technological fix to an issue that warrants true dialogue and reform.
No room for error
The ambitious project has an official price tag of $430 million, although the total cost to the government is estimated at $840 million (26 billion rubles) when factoring in services provided at a loss by the state telecommunications entity Rostelecom. It calls for two cameras to be installed at every polling site, with the exception of certain state-run institutions, said Ilya Massukh, deputy minister of communications and mass media, at a press conference on Jan. 13.
The footage from the cameras will be livestreamed, and on election day, visitors to the special online platform hosting the video will be able to switch between precincts to observe citizens casting their votes. After voting ends in the last district, the cameras will switch to broadcasting the tallying of votes, complete with sound.
The government has purchased more than 350,000 computers and web cameras from foreign suppliers after determining that Russian companies lacked the capacity to complete the rush order. The last of the equipment reached Moscow last week, Russian news agency RIA Novosti reported.
Thousands of technicians have been mobilized to install the necessary software in two factories near Moscow and distribute the equipment to the individual polling sites across Russia, all by the first week of March.
What would be a challenging proposition in any country is complicated in Russia by poor Internet infrastructure. Many of the schools that serve as polling sites in the country's far-flung regions were only recently connected to the Internet at speeds too low to support the video transmission. The state telecommunications provider Rostelecom intends to lay thousands of miles of broadband cable – and it must do so within the next five weeks in the dead of winter.
"We don't have any room for error" in constructing the system, said Mr. Massukh. "And that also creates a certain degree of pressure." If the plan succeeds, the total amount of footage generated on March 4 will equal almost 250 years of video, exceeding the amount YouTube averages every two months, Massukh said. The system is designed to support an expected 25 million viewers on election day. Editor's note: This sentence has been edited to correctly reflect the number of viewers on election day.
Skepticism about impact
Mikhail Prokhorov, the billionaire owner of the New Jersey Nets who announced his presidential run after December's protests, dismissed the project as a wasteful "profanity" on air with radio station Echo Moscow.
"The project has an important symbolic meaning as a gesture but it is unlikely that it will have a real effect on the election results," says Ilya Ponomarev, a deputy in the State Duma from the party Just Russia.
The work of human election monitors is more important because of their ability to obtain copies of the election protocols where the results are recorded, he says. Manipulation of the protocols after the votes have been tallied is the most common type of election fraud in Russia, he explains.
Election monitors reported in the past that the most egregious fraud often happens in those state-run institutions that will not have cameras – hospitals, prisons, and military facilities.
Whether the videos can be used as evidence in possible investigations into electoral fraud is unclear. There has been no change to Russian election law to specifically provide for the use of web cameras, says Aleksandr Ignatov, acting director of the Russian Public Institute of Election Law.
Amateur videos taken during the recent Duma (parliament) elections were widely rejected as inadmissible evidence in court. While the fact that this initiative was led by the government should give it some weight, it remains the prerogative of each judge to decide whether to admit the videos as evidence should there be an investigation, Mr. Ignatov says.
Cameras can't fix systemic issues
Systemic issues affecting the fairness of Russia's electoral system will be not be captured by the cameras. Putin faces no serious competitor in the vote, despite his sagging poll numbers. Procedural election rules are often used to prevent opposition candidates from appearing on the ballot.
One such rule is the requirement that candidates from parties not represented in the State Duma gather 2 million signatures in support of their candidacy. On Jan. 27, the Russian Central Election Commission disqualified presidential candidate Grigory Yavlinsky of the liberal opposition party Yabloko, citing too many invalid signatures.
Mr. Yavlinsky labeled the decision "purely political" and said it was aimed at preventing his supporters from acting as election monitors. Without Yavlinksy on the ballot, his party is barred under Russian law from dispatching monitors to polling sites. Yabloko's exclusion reduces the possibilities for independent election monitoring, says Lilia Shibanova, director of the election monitoring organization Golos.
Many observers say that a Putin victory is likely. Even if he does win, the opposition hopes to hold him to less than 50 percent of the vote, something that would force the first presidential runoff in Russia since 1996. Current polling shows Putin's support hovering near this mark.
The prospect for a narrow election outcome raises the stakes for the public's perceptions of the election's integrity. With the cameras rolling, evidence of fraud could again lead protesters unto the streets.


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|2012-06-03, 08:21
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Well as extravagant as the Titanic there will be a time for it to crash into an iceberg...
A literal ship sinker for the shippers...
To be frank we're still conflicted if we are to go in favour of the pairing with them or with Akame... due to her (Esdes) being our favorite female character of the series... for the time being...
|2012-06-03, 11:32
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Pretty depressing chapter.
Braht at least went out best way he could for a warrior, manly and on the battlefield.
Before being spoiled on it, I never thought that Tatsumi's Teigu would be Incursio nor that his power would be so high with it. The the armor having a core and it's neat backstory also seems suggests that the Dragon may be still be alive. It's basically like a fusion of a bio-type Teigu like Kuro and powerful armor.
Another note, nice to see Kurome make a proper appearance for the first time.
|2012-06-03, 11:46
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NeutralZero@ Maybe I 'am the only one then.
Spoiler for spoiler:
Iron Maw@ The Dragon is still alive. I think is pretty clear in this ch if you look carefully the key when Tatsumi active Incursio you can see the Eye like thing open more like a beast that awake. No to mention what Incursio do. Also if you look carefull Tatsumi eye become the same at the one on the key. The cross like shape + more animale like.Wonder if this mean that one day there is the chance that Tatsumi go in a berseker like state.
|2012-06-03, 11:52
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Took me a while to try and find the chapter 14, where do you guys read it? Anyway, Incursio man what is there to say. An Animal King really, the ability to respond to the environment and the enemy. The Apex creature in the manga, wonder if there anymore left? Akame's sister jesus a little girl doing that is a lot worse than a busty beauty like Esdes. Braht died honorably unlike another member, yet I say he is at peace.
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I am still wondering about Esdes changing sides. I think there is a chance, Akame used to be the Capital top assassin until the Boss of Nightraid persuade her to joined. Akame sister is the opposite of her, Akame is usually quiet even in battle and after it. Her sister she is somewhat social to her allies, but she sings after killing people and pretty sure she sings while killing people. Wonder how Tatsumi will tell the rest of Nightraid what happened?
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Reaper@ No matter how the girls are how they act both of them are the worse in that. No matter how you look at it. And both of them will get what they deserve .
Iron Maw @ That's true. I suppose this is another thing that will be interesting to see how will play out.
I don't deny this about Esdes still don't change how many innocent she kill and torture in that way. She will die one day and I get more and more the feeling that will be Tatsumi to do so. Like I say,because her sadistic side and how fight again the enemy I still get the feeling she will do something that will make Tatsumi hate her more than ever. Also if you guys see the ch traslate you see that Tatsumi it's like set up to take her down one day. Even is teigu that continue to evolve to defeat his enemy seem set up for this.
Reaper if Esdes change side then there is no one strong enough in the empire to fight again Night Raider. So it's pretty clear that .....
1 she die sacrificing herself(thing that i find pretty hard to happen,but still can happen).
2 Tatsumi (probaly) or some one kill her.
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|2012-06-03, 12:34
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Soji There is a lot of things in this Manga that hasn't been uncovered. I wonder how the Prime Minister came into power, I say it is a Teigu or something. There may be stronger beings later on than Esdes, but for now I see your predictions high probably.
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They've made it a big deal about how Esdeses is not the same as the Prime Minister. Somehow, I don't think she'll share the same fate as him. She may not have a happy ending still, but I don't think her character is made out to be a mustache-twirlingly evil villain.
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You forgot fat and having bad blood pressure Shadow. Tatsumi is growing up very good, all the battles and experience he has have in the past chapters are actually preparing him for the future. Can't wait to see how much he will progress and he possess a very good Teigu. Not so often do you hit someone and they create a giant crater on a boat.
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Reaper @ I don't deny that in the future may appear a being stronger than Esdes. But the way the manga play out this seem the most possible to happen(like you had agree).Also there is always another route that the author can play out.And that route use both the point I wrote in my other post. That Esdes sacrifice herself(thing that i still find hard but like I say can happen) but for the other in her group and people in the capital she was killed by Night Raider. If this happen you can be sure that the other Teigu user of her group will want revenge for her. Meaning even more death set to kill Night Raider.
I really find interesting that the author make tatsumi see Esdes power and understand her power the best. For this I can see only 2 route .
Route 1 to fight her he need to know how strong she trully is. Her skill and knowing her true streght Tatsumi will train himself even more.
Route 2 ...even if really strange he need to know what her teigu does because he end to have her teigu like Incursio (If this happen i wonder if he will use them one at time or what).
Shadow5YA@ I think Reaper mean for the future battle. He need to be strong for that.
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There are many herbs with reputations as being effective sleep remedies, but there are no legal plants that will put a person out! The key to successful treatment of insomnia is to find the cause and deal with it. This may be anything in the realm of human life, from deep grief to constipation. Psychological issues often need attention, but then so health problems causing pain or discomfort. Dietary indiscretions must be identified, as must environmental factors (e.g. freeway noise or a snoring spouse). Insomnia can push the practitioners diagnostic skills to the limit, making the allopaths free and easy prescribing of benzodiazepine sleeping medications at least understandable!
Actions indicated for the processes behind this disease:
Hypnotics are herbs with a reputation as easing the person into sleep. They are usually strong nervine relaxants rather than plant `knockout drops'!
Nervine Relaxants ease the tensions that often produce sleeplessness.
Anti-spasmodics address any somatic muscular tightness that might be involved.
Nervine Tonics are indicated if there is any suspicion that the insomnia is associated with nervous exhaustion (as it often is).
Adaptogens will help in a similar way to the nervine tonics, but should only be used in the morning to help deal with stress as they might be too energizing at night.
System Support
Often the key to successful treatments lies in focusing upon some part or function of the body that is experiencing problems. This must be identified and the appropriate system tonic, action or specific be used. Hypnotics and nervines can be used within the context of such treatments. These can be selected by the role they play upon the system in question and not simply their strength as hypnotics. Thus:
Circulatory system: Here we can mention Motherwort, Lime Blossom, Balm.
Respiratory system: All of the hypnotics can help as anti-spasmodics in conditions such as asthma, if used at the right dose. Wild Lettuce eases irritable coughs.
Digestive system: The relaxing nervines and carminatives are important, of which we can mention Chamomile, Vervain, Balm, Hops and Valerian. The anti-spasmodic herbs will help with intestinal colic, for example Hops, Jamaican Dogwood, Passion Flower and Valerian.
Urinary system: Hypnotics are important here when used as muscle relaxants.
Reproductive system: The same remarks hold good. Of especial relevance would be Pasque Flower and Black Cohosh.
Muscles and skeleton: All hypnotics will aid in reducing muscle tension and even the pain associated with problems in this system. They may be used internally or as lotions. Especially important are Jamaican Dogwood, Valerian and Black Cohosh.
Nervous system: All these remedies work on the nervous system.
Skin: Chamomile and Cowslip are healing, but otherwise the value of hypnotics here is to ensure that the body has a good recuperative rest each night.
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The many sleeping remedies known can be selected on the basis of their secondary actions or system affinity. This is explored in the section on hypnotics and nervines. They can also be selected on the basis of their strength, bearing in mind the very subjective nature and individual variability of human response to these herbs. We can very roughly identify three groupings:
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Investcorp Acquires Hydrasun, A Leading Oil Field Services Provider
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NEW YORK, Feb. 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Investcorp Gulf Opportunity Fund – along with other affiliates of Investcorp, a leading provider and manager of alternative investment products, announced today that they have agreed to acquire a controlling stake in Hydrasun, an international provider of fluid control equipment and solutions for the global offshore oil and gas sector, from Equistone Partners Europe Limited. The value of the transaction was not disclosed.
Founded in 1976 in Aberdeen, Scotland, Hydrasun has international operational bases in the United Kingdom, Middle East, the Netherlands, Caspian Sea, Brazil, West Africa and the Gulf Coast of the United States. Hydrasun is specifically engaged in the integration, manufacture and testing of hydraulic equipment and fluid connectors for the offshore oil and gas sector. Its products and services are mainly used across the offshore oil and gas sector with further application in the petrochemical sector. The company employs approximately 600 personnel and has state-of-the-art engineering, production, manufacturing, training and warehousing facilities.
Hazem Ben-Gacem, Head of Investcorp's European corporate investments activities, commented: "Hydrasun offers a unique and fully integrated range of products and services to the oil and gas sector. Given the continuing rapid demand in the sector, we look forward to working with Hydrasun's experienced management team as it continues to diversify the range of products and services it offers and expand into new geographies."
Bob Drummond, Chief Executive of Hydrasun, said: "We are delighted to partner with Investcorp given their previous success in investing in the international oil and gas sector coupled with their global network and deep rooted heritage in the Gulf. We believe this transaction will enable us to continue to grow organically and pursue strategic acquisitions to further accelerate our international footprint."
Hydrasun's key competitive advantage is its ability to manufacture in-house and customise product solutions for its clients, supply a broad and differentiated product portfolio and deliver a flexible, timely and high quality service. It has a significant number of blue chip customers and has worked for leading regional and global oil and gas operators, drilling contractors and service companies including British Petroleum, General Electric, Petrobras and Transocean.
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Investcorp is a leading provider and manager of alternative investment products. Investcorp has offices in New York, London and Bahrain and is publicly traded on the Bahrain Bourse (INVCORP). Investcorp has three business areas: corporate investment in the US, Europe and the Gulf, real estate investment in the US and global hedge funds. As at December 31, 2012, Investcorp had $11.5 billion in assets under management. Further information is available at www.investcorp.com.
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Though perhaps not as immediately gut-churning as crotchless thongs for children, sexist lines of onesies and tee shirts have been popping up in retailers nationwide over the past few months. Actually, we'd venture to say that they've been there for years—but they've been attracting plenty of notice as of late, from frustrated and angry parents who wonder why gender stereotypes of girls as pretty and/or ditzy and boys as smart and/or tough continue to appear on store shelves in 2011. Salon's Mary Elizabeth Williams smartly tackles the issue in her recent article, "The War Over Sexist Onesies."
Williams notes that not all parents are up in arms over shirt slogans about girls' perceived weakness in math or the championing of their beauty over their brains, and that some feel these angry parents are making a stink over nothing when there are much bigger problems in the world. But why shouldn't parents demand better for their daughters—and their sons—even at the local mall?
It is possible, Williams says, "to be pissed at sartorial sexism and still have umbrage left to take aim at sex abuse, how Congress is nutritionally short-changing our children or any number of compelling issues. To care about one thing doesn't mean you have to relinquish your stake in everything else, or that you live in a world in which all issues merit the exact amount of care and attention. And calling BS on a crappy marketing plan doesn't mean you're 'hysterical' over a 'perceived slight.'"
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After 'fessing up to rocking ruffled skirts and mascara herself (or, as she puts it, being "far from anti-girly-girl"), she concludes:
"I want my daughters—and yours—to grow up in a world in which they can brag of their math prowess or their rascally natures on their own shirts. Not shirts pinched from the boy's collection, but their own. They can rock them with their tutus and their glitter headbands if they so desire; they can still be pretty. But they need to know that just because you're a girl, you're not limited to being anybody's fairy, princess or fluffy little cupcake."
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its all are very useful and interesting. I would like to add two more things..... the cmnd#3 the same o/p can be produced by
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Who didn't have a favorite plaything as a child? In fact, many investors carry their love of certain toys well into adulthood, continuing to collect examples for personal pleasure and, sometimes, profit. Rare, antique toys in mint condition are the best investment bet, but realizing returns from what's essentially a hobby takes patience, expertise and money to burn, say experts.
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Sat Siri Kaur, also known as Jeanette Acosta, is the beautiful soul who does the Native American blessing at the Summer Solstice Sacred Healing Walk. On Monday she developed a perforated appendix and is in the ICU at St. Joseph's Hospital in Bellingham, Washington. The doctors have to wait for secondary infection to clear before they can operate. Your healing prayers are needed.
Sat Siri is without health insurance and your contributions will go far. You can send checks to:
Jeanett Acosta
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Or, you can help raise money for her by purchasing her CD, Standing Brave, which is Native American music with Kundalini mantras. To purchase this CD, please email [email protected]. She has also written a book, The Cosmology of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali available for purchase.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Some of the top athletes in New England were out on the sun-soaked Steinbrenner Track on Friday afternoon, attempting to secure spots in next weekend's NCAA Division III Championship, as MIT hosted a Last Chance Qualifier meet. Six MIT athletes were able to set new or improved NCAA qualifying marks while two Institute records also fell.
The highlight of the meet for the Cardinal and Gray came in the women's 1500, as Jacqui Wentz ran a blistering time of 4:25.43, the fastest in the country on the year and shattering her own MIT record by nearly eight seconds. Wentz, who already owns the nation's second-best time in the Steeplechase, will look add to her already impressive career resume at Nationals.
Portia Jones also set an Institute record in the 400m, as the sophomore finished one lap of the track in 55.83 seconds. That time moves Jones up to third in all of Division III. Including her spot on Tech's 4x400 relay, Jones now ranks in the top 10 in the country in five different events headed into the NCAA Championship. Jones stands seventh in the 200m, sixth in the 100 HH and second in the 400 hurdles, in addition to the 4x400, which is sixth.
Karin Fisher had a strong performance in the pole vault, clearing a personal best 12-2.50 feet, a four-inch improvement to move up from 26th to the 14th best mark in the country.
On the men's side, three Engineers were able to move up the NCAA performance lists, led by Mitchell Kelly's personal best in the discus. Kelly had a toss of 163-04 feet, better than five feet farther than his previous best. Kelly's mark is good for the second best in program history and moves him up to No. 22 in the country.
Greg Tao was able to clear 16 feet for the first time in his career with a height of 16-1.25 feet in the pole vault. Tao's vault moved the three-time All-America performer up to 12th in Division III.
Stephen Morton was also able to improve upon his mark in the triple jump, with a 48-00.75 foot effort.
The NCAA Division III Championship will be hosted by Baldwin-Wallace College in Barea, Ohio. The meet begins next Thursday, May 27 and runs through Saturday. Both teams will look to improve upon their 2009 showings where the women had their first-ever top 10 performance and the men placed 29th overall.


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QBKiller94 wrote:We're going to see eBay flooded with Generations/Classics Prowl, Bluestreak and Smokescreen listings between now and the summer!
Glad I sold mine last fall!
The big question is how will Hasbro release these and Sideswipe? TRU? HasbroToyShop?
I would prefer a subscription service like MattyCollector has for the MOTU and Voltron lines, that way I am guaranteed.
That said, I have to gues that MP Ratchet and Ironhide are in the works.


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In tough economic times, packing a lunch can save a few dollars each week. To keep lunch interesting, here are some deviations from the standard white bread.
The Daily Top Ten team warns that this list is not Atkins-friendly.
1. Potato: Has Irish roots as a way to use mashed potato leftovers. Potato bread is heavier and more dense than most breads, with a substantial taste. It also makes for great hamburger and hot dog buns.
2. Sourdough: Has variations in taste depending on where it is made, due to wild, airborne yeasts. The best sourdough comes from Boudin Bakery in San Francisco.
3. Cornbread: Corn bread goes well with Southern-style meals and comes in sweetened varieties for dessert. A favorite is the loveable, bite-sized hushpuppy.
4. Challah: A traditional Jewish bread, challah has made its way into many artisan bakeries. A sesame seed challah has a sharp taste and a pleasant texture.
5. Rye: Rye bread has a sharp taste that is much different from other breads. Like no other bread, rye makes the best reuben sandwiches.
6. Honey oat: A slightly sweet and very filling bread, Honey Oat works best for toasted and cold-cut sandwiches.
7. Pumpernickel: A variation on rye bread made from similar yeasts, pumpernickel is best served toasted with ham and melted cheese.
8. French: We found that some people like crusty bread. The long, stick shape of the French "baguette" allows maximum crust.
9. Whole wheat: The best whole wheat bread does not come from the local grocery store. Local bakers make the healthiest varieties.
10. Italian: Italian breads make the best white breads. A favorite is Focaccia, made with herbs and olive oil, and it becomes savory when stuffed with meats and cheeses.
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~A middle aged man sits at a desk perusing papers. His brow furrows a bit as he gets to a specific parchment,
he reads it over and over again. He already has the document memorized but can't help but go over the specifics
again and again. He knows where he went wrong but he wants to be sure the mistake is never made again. Well maybe not a third time. Some things could be prevented but that would take some of the fun out of it. Pen in hand he began to reply when the door to his room busted open.~
My Lord, or should I refer to you as Carlos Danger now? Perhaps if you concentrated more on what you were sent to do here in Seaguard instead of what ever it is you have been doing I wouldn't be here now.
~He had to stop a smile from crossing his lips. His exploits had moved even quicker then he expected. Unfortunately as
much fun as it had been, this moment he did not relish.~
Ah Renner, what a pleasantly unexpected surprise. Please close the door, this inn has quite the ears.
~The door slammed, a look of disdain crossing Renner's face. He stomped to the chair across from the desk~
You failed miserably here, if it were up to me
Its not up to you and if Lord Barnabas wanted me dead I would be dead. No matter what happened here we both know I am the only person for this job. Even now we are positioning ourselves to recruit more of the city to our side and this city will return its fealty to our Lord. My dalliance's if anything have only delayed the inevitable, not stopped the eventual turn of the tide. I must ask for your leave, I have much to do and once I have succeeded we can discuss this at further length.
~Renner began to speak but seemed to think better of it. He tipped his hat and headed to the door, opening it gently but pausing before walking out~
We will discuss it when you fail, and I will be here watching when you do. Your wit and charm may work on some but it will not help when I return for you. There will be no more chances.
~Renner slammed the door, causing the nearby oil lamp to fall over. He collected it from the floor and brought it to his desk. Darkness was falling over Seaguard and he had a long night ahead of him. Orders needed to be sent, information collected and maybe if time allowed a few minor exploits.~


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This could be the tipping point...
...that means I have the argument for investing in a keyboard for my tablet.
Android developers can now hack code on the move with the beta release of AIDE, the Android developer kit which runs on an Android device to create Android applications. AIDE is at beta version 7, but already allows the editing and compiling of apps, as well as automatic error checking (and fixing) and LogCat visibility. The …
...that means I have the argument for investing in a keyboard for my tablet.
So what you want is a netbook?
I still fail to understand why anyone would choose a fondleslab over a netbook.
Get your netbook out and surf/read/email/play stanging up on a train...
Battery life for one, touch screen, less complicated maintenance, faster to boot/shutdown and the list goes on. They're gadgets that you can either use every day or not at all; very little middle ground, if any.
And I struggle to understand why anybody would choose a netbook over a fondleslab now that they're equipped with relatively meaty processors and grown-up applications/OSs.
It's almost as if people have different tastes and needs.
For most on-the-go applications, screen stroking is a better user experience than key poking. Particularly on the hobbit-size keyboards of a typical netbook.
A lot of those points are due to MS effectively killing the netbook market.
Aside from the touchscreen aspect most of those things apply to a macbook pro which has an excellent boot time, awesome battery life, solid build quality and minimal maintenance.
I'd say most of those things also apply to my asus eee (with SSD) with xubuntu on it.
If you have room to stand up and flop your fondleslab about, you have room to sit down on the floor and use a netbook.
Whipping out your tokens of conspicuous consumption on mass transit is asking to be mugged. Not that standing with a tablet is much better than standing with a netbook anyways. Then there's the whole issue of SPACE during rush hour. Anything you have room to use will likely be an inferior experience.
You don't get out much do you? I cant speak for any other transits but the tube at or near rush hour is probably one of the safest places to whip out your slab - if only because you have the safety of the herd. On my usual train the split is 15% iPads, 20% kindles
, 10% lairy Bose headphones and 55% metro readers.
It for Android not iPad, so no reason to get a keyboard as no one will use your app
Or get an ASUS Transformer?
Small experiment: 1) Rip keyboard off of your netbook. 2) Attempt to use netbook.
Damn. And my tablet does it so well!
Having made exactly that choice I agree with you. I spent 4x the cost of a netbook buying a shiny slab that is a complete pain in the arse to do anything practical on.
It came with the keyboard, I still hate it.
I really want a decent IDE on Android, something like Netbeans (albeit cut down and not such a memory rapist).
That would make a Transformer Infinity a serious consideration as a laptop replacement...
You tried "terminal IDE"?
There's the people that do the planning, then there's the people that do the doing.
If you fail to plan you plan to fail.
...or something
I don't think the OP was slagging off the planners. I think he was saying they are different roles, with difference skillsets.
If that's what he is saying, then I agree.
There are a lot of roles, many I'm not good at. Phone support, sales... there are reasons I don't do these things, but I don't badmouth those who do. If not for them, I wouldn't get a paycheck either!
Why don't they say something like:
"We plan to experiment with different models as we grow and learn what special value we can provide to the community to make their collective experience more engaging, exciting and useful."
Seems to work for gimmicky photo-manipulation apps so it ought to work for this.
This development only seems to conflate form factors that serve to completely different markets, an approach MS seems to have wholeheartedly embraced with Windows 8. I'm not convinced a hybrid is a sensible or practical idea, but time will tell.
Wearing my developer's hat, I want all the bells and whistles on a computer. I don't use tablets much (just for watching the occasional movie) because I'm rarely separated from my laptop. The different forms all have an appeal that applies in a specific context, and I want them to be optimised for that experience, e.g. I want my phone to be small, lightweight, and no hassle, i.e. optimised for being mobile and communicating. I want my development environment to be powerful, fast, maxed out with ports, RAM, and hard drive space, big screen, and optimised for keyboard. It uses ruinous amounts of power (compared to the phone), but I need it. And I want to be able to simultaneously use multiple operating systems and development tools and be able to control every detail of the installation. And I don't want 'cute' graphics to get in the way or slow anything down.
These requirements directly conflict in almost every way. An improvement for one is a drawback for the other. If you want Android as a development platform, just treat it as any other flavour of Linux and install it on a (full-blown) laptop. Hybridising forms just seems like a wasted effort.
I definitely would not want to program an entire app on my phone but maybe on a tablet with a keyboard it would be useful for some hacking while travelling. Where this IDE could really shine though is debugging. Sometimes you just can't beat stepping thruouh the code on the device that's giving you problems.
I think this IDE is a great development for Android precisely because it means you *don't* need a second device (like a high-powered laptop) to be able to develop Android apps. I don't know much Java, but I'll be dipping a toe in if it means I can develop apps for my tablet.
I'm a developer... and a pacer. If I sit or stand in one place for any length of time the brain fog starts rolling in. A laptop doesn't fit my use case. No, a standing or treadmill desk doesn't help (much). I need the stops, turns and speed variability to really get my creative juices flowing.
A good IDE on my tablet would (will!) be perfect!
I'm sorry it won't work for you. I guess you could... umm... lets see... not use it?
Bring over the Native Development Kit so we can write programs in a nicer language like C, and you've got me sold. Especially if it ties in well with the Eclipse C IDE too.
Given that they've already got AAPT and the Dalvik toolchain working, hopefully it's only a matter of time! I imagine that there's a lot more dependencies with the NDK though; sh, gcc, make, etc.
My Psion 3 not only has an IDE, it shipped with all the programming manuals. Cool stuff it was.
As did the amazing Psion MC 400 that was mentioned in the article. The only known screen-shots from one of these devices can be found here http://justwebware.com/mc400/mc400.html
I've just had a go, and it's really cool! I've wanted something like this for ages.
(And also annoying; I've been working on something similar but mine's in the really early stages.)
I'm all for this, but yet 1 more thing that inexperienced android users should never have, for pain of bricking! But yeah, i always hoped i could do something like this with a jail broken IPod touch, but after needing to wipe it 3 times i gave up.
You cannot brick your phone using this app unless you use it to write an application to brick your phone. Note, you'll be wanting to use this permission:
This is fantastic news and makes me very happy.
A killer app for Android that will show why it exists. Android owners are always banging on about why it's better because it's open and now they can fix all of its shortcomings while on the move instead of waiting for other developers to fix it for them. Perhaps now the quality will rise to something close to IOS!
I guess we'll see a further upsurge in virus production on the Android now that you don't need a desktop to code for them!
In these trying economic times, the anti-virus industry needs all the help it can get.
That's taken away one of my "I shouldn't buy a tablet yet as it can't do ..." items. *shakes fist*
This'll be perfect for those moments when I want to go for a smoke but also have an idea on the go.
Loads of bug ridden crap written by amateurs.
Oh well - it will all look right at home in the android app store.
El Reg really should have a "NO INNOVATION ALLOWED!" picture tag.
If you think anyone will "innovate" writing android apps you definitely havn't see the app store.
Why would they be any more amateurish and buggy simply because they're developed on the target itself? If anything, on-target development is generally more stable as it is more likely to be test-driven rather than hacked.
Don't take this the wrong way or owt ... but did you mean to log in to Crochet Weekly rather than the Register? You seem terribly grumpy about technology.
Hypothesis: Android apps are bad. iPad apps are not. There is a massive overlap between apps available on Android and iPad. Therefore, iPad apps are...
Oh sod it, I can't even be bothered with you..
Oh I don't know, myself and a number of other hobby robotics developers are using Android to build some interesting stuff using things like IOIO and the Nao robot. May not have made it into the App Store but Android provides a really good platofrm for this type of stuff............
Now I can tweak my robotics apps on the go - that is just really really useful.
I think android is amateur crap therfore I must be an iTard.
I suppose I should stop being surprised at the complete inability of some commentards to avoid false logic.
Maybe on a Transformer, but on most tabs? No thanks. I'll keep Eclipse for that, thanks.
Come on now, I can't be the only one who shudders at the thought of writing code on a virtual keyboard.
Shudder at a virtual keyboard? Oh, I dunno... I bashed away (fnaar) on a Speccy for two years. *that* was pretty virtual. Not a keyboard at all, really... Seriously though, I find I am faster on capacitive screens than I would ever have believed possible. Used to sneer at the whole idea, a few years back. Then I tried it. And find it pretty usable, even when needing to capture lengthy text and numeric sequences accurately in the field, with all the shifting into and out of numbers, symbols and so forth.
The reason why people (who like Unix) like Unix is that your normal interface is just as powerful as a programming language, but quite easy to learn and you can easily access virtually any program already written for Unix by using pipes.
The next logical step would be a "graphical shell" which has things as powerful as pipes and loops. How would that look like? I have no idea. Maybe it would be something like "GRAIL" a pen based programming environment from the 1970s. This might then be the "tipping point".
Having a compiler for your platform on your platform is just sensible. That way you can install software from source.
"The next logical step would be a "graphical shell" which has things as powerful as pipes and loops."
Actually, I think there's more than one, but this is the one I have on my phone and tablet. Not that I ever use it. If I need something like that it's easier to plug into a PC and use adb shell so that I have a regular keyboard.
If you are just doing something because you want to do it and enjoy doing it, then you don't need a business plan.
Haven't been able to run a compiler on a handheld since I stopped using my Palm m500 with OnBoard C. This might just convince me to ditch my netbook.
"your correspondent developed commercial software on a ... Psion MC400"
You have my sympathies. The OPL on the MC400 was a cut down version that didn't do justive to its former glory.


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Robert Rauschenberg, Port of Entry [Anagram (A Pun)], 1998
Part of the Rauschenberg Research Project
As its title suggests, Robert Rauschenberg's Port of Entry (1998) explores ideas of home, travel, and arrival. Part of the series Anagrams (A Pun), it also demonstrates the artist's interest in structures of communication. In an anagram, the letters of a word are rearranged to make a new word. Here Rauschenberg achieved a similar feat with transfer images. Working with photographs printed on transparent sheets enabled him to experiment with multiple arrangements on the work's three large adjoining panels, overlapping and repeating imagery as needed to create a layered yet unified composition.
In a narrative interpretation, Port of Entry could be viewed as a brief chronicle of the artist's life. The two framed prints of boats anchoring the central panel reference the work's title and might also be a nod to Rauschenberg's birthplace: Port Arthur, Texas. Slightly higher, we find the grill of a New York Engine Company 33 fire truck resting above a pedestrian crossing sign. Rauschenberg gathered much of the material he used in his Combines (1953–64) and other early works on walks around his neighborhood, and many of these images also were drawn from the artist's local streetscape. The fire engine, for instance, belonged to the firehouse around the corner from his Lafayette Street studio.
Rauschenberg also drew subject matter from his travels. A parade of elephants, a Belgian statue, and street signs and construction materials he photographed abroad overflow from the two outer panels into the center panel of Port of Entry, reflecting the artist's long-standing interest in foreign cultures. As an artist, Rauschenberg gained access to areas that were difficult or impossible for the average American to visit. He exhibited in Moscow during the Cold War and met Fidel Castro while showing his work in Havana. The photograph of the Tibetan woman in braids on the left panel of Port of Entry, for example, was taken during the Rauschenberg Overseas Culture Interchange (ROCI), which he founded in late 1984. This largely self-financed exhibition project took Rauschenberg and his assistants around the world between 1985 and 1991 and allowed them to meet and collaborate with local artists at each venue. By 1998, when Port of Entry was completed, Rauschenberg had traveled to more than twenty countries.
Ownership History
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, purchase through a gift of Phyllis Wattis, 1999
Exhibition History
Robert Rauschenberg: Anagrams (A Pun), PaceWildenstein, New York, March 19–April 17, 1999.
Robert Rauschenberg, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, May 7–September 7, 1999.
Robert Rauschenberg at SFMOMA, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, July 27–September 8, 2002.
Treasures of Modern Art: The Legacy of Phyllis Wattis at SFMOMA, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, January 30–June 24, 2003.
In addition to appearing in the special exhibitions listed above, Port of Entry was shown in SFMOMA's galleries in 1999, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2009, and 2010 as part of a series of rotating presentations of the permanent collection.
This listing has been reviewed and is complete as of August 31, 2016.
Publication History
Robert Rauschenberg: Anagrams (A Pun) (New York: PaceWildenstein, 1999), n.p. (ill.), cover image.
Kenneth Baker, "Rauschenberg Coup at SFMOMA: 'Port of Entry' a Major New Work," San Francisco Chronicle, May 8, 1999.
David Bonetti, "Rauschenberg Coup Cements SFMOMA's Ascendance," San Francisco Examiner, May 21, 1999, (ill.).
Charlie Finch, "Rauschenberg's Long Goodbye," Artnet, December 8, 2000 (ill.). Accessed June 23, 2013. http://www.artnet.com/Magazine/reviews/finch/finch12-8-00.asp#6.
Jack Fischer, "SFMOMA's Best Friend," San Jose Mercury News, February 9, 2003.
Kenneth Baker, "SFMOMA Approaches Art with Fresh Eye," San Francisco Chronicle, July 7, 2004, (ill.).
Jack Fischer, "Escaping the Blockbuster Mentality," San Jose Mercury News, September 26, 2004, (ill.).
Jess Hemerly, "A Sneak Peak at SFMOMA's New Rooftop Garden," 7x7, May 6, 2009. Accessed June 23, 2013. http://www.7x7.com/arts/sneak–peak–sfmomas–new–rooftop–garden.
"SFMOMA 75th Anniversary: David White," interview conducted by Richard Cándida Smith, Sarah Roberts, Peter Samis, and Jill Sterrett, 2009, Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 2010, 44, 59, 69. Accessed June 23, 2013. http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/ROHO/projects/sfmoma/interviews.html.
Mark Getlein and Annabel Howard, eds., Art Visionaries (London: Laurence King Publishing, 2015), 166 (ill.).
This listing has been updated since the launch of the Rauschenberg Research Project and is complete as of August 31, 2016.
Recto: Lower right edge, signed by the artist in black: "RAUSCHENBERG 98"
Verso: Not available for inspection
Artwork Info
- Artwork title
- Port of Entry [Anagram (A Pun)]
- Artist name
- Robert Rauschenberg
- Date created
- 1998
- Classification
- Medium
- pigmented ink transfer on paper on aluminum panels
- Dimensions
- 123 3/4 in. x 180 in. (314.33 cm x 457.2 cm)
- Date acquired
- 1999
- Credit
- Collection SFMOMA
Purchase through a gift of Phyllis C. Wattis
- Copyright
- © Robert Rauschenberg Foundation
- Permanent URL
- https://www.sfmoma.org/artwork/99.360.A-C
- Artwork status
- Not on view at this time.
Port of Entry [Anagram (A Pun)]
By Roni Feinstein, July 2013
Part of the Rauschenberg Research Project
In 1991 Robert Rauschenberg began to exploit a new method of incorporating photographic images into his paintings, abandoning both the silkscreen printing process he had been using for three decades and the transfer drawing technique involving chemical solvents that he had employed for almost four. The new process made use of state-of-the-art technologies and was in line with his interest in merging art and technology as well as his environmental concerns.


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TUCSON -- The numbers in Chicago Fire training camp were boosted by one upon the team's arrival in Tucson Saturday as forward Orr Barouch re-joined the team in Arizona after a year-and-a-half loan stint with Israeli Premier League side Bnei Yehuda.
"It feels too long," Barouch told Chicago-Fire.com. "I love the Fire, I love the club, everyone that works upstairs, the fans, the city, I love living in Chicago. I'm super excited to come back, it's been too long."
Barouch joined the Fire on loan from Mexican side Tigres in 2011 with the then 19-year-old forward serving as a bright spot for the club through the first half of a dismal season.
Playing almost exclusively as a substitute, Barouch tallied five goals and two assists across all competitions and was the team's leading scorer in U.S. Open Cup play that year.
His performance saw the Fire purchase his contract from Tigres that offseason but despite what seemed to be a more secure future, the Israeli youth international saw his playing time dip, making just 10 competitive appearances the following year.
In contention for a place on the Israeli team that was hosting last summer's UEFA U-21 Championships, Barouch was sent on loan to Bnei Yehuda in August 2012. He ended up scoring three goals in 30 appearances for Yehuda and also played in all three of Israel's matches at the Euros but admits he still kept close tabs on the Fire.
"I got a lot of out it. I was also with the Israel U21s all the time. It was a lot easier, we were in camp once a week leading up to the U21 Euros. I learned a lot experience from the [U-21] coach Guy Lozen who's at Standard Liege now. I had a couple of injuries there that dragged me down a bit but I learned a lot and grew a lot as a player."
The most recent injury is a broken foot that he spent the first two weeks of Fire preseason rehabbing at his home in Los Angeles.
"Once I got the cast off, I flew back to LA a couple days after and started physical therapy. I should be good to go by the beginning of the season. It'll take some time but I'll be ready for it."
As he walks back into the Fire fold, he'll once again face competition for time up top. This time it'll come in the form of 2013 MLS MVP Mike Magee, Designated Player Juan Luis Anangono, club veteran Chris Rolfe and upstart substitute Quincy Amarikwa.
"It's always great to have competition. I think stepping into the team right now, there's a lot to learn from these older guys. I've been there before -- there was a lot of competition in Israel. I think it's healthy. I'm ready to work and hopefully I can get into that lineup too."