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Trends in the Apparel Sector in Asia
Manufacturing in the apparel sector continues to diversify across Asia as companies look for alternative sourcing markets and balance the variables of cost, quality, capacity, speed, and risk, while achieving responsible sourcing objectives.
This webinar explores ELEVATE's unique in country expertise in key Asian markets for the apparel sector, specifically China, India, Bangladesh, Vietnam and Pakistan. We will evaluate insights gained from ELEVATE's audit and survey data, and trend analysis as the basis for more effective program design. Join us to:
- Gain insight into apparel factory demographics including sourcing countries, sizes by sector, brand leverage and correlations with transparency and ethics
- Understand wage and working hour trends by country over the last 3-5 years, as well as legal requirements vs. industry averages for minimum, overtime and peak hours
- Learn social compliance trends including the top 10 non-compliance types by country, sector, closure rates and root-cause analysis
ELEVATE conducts over 12,000 audits a year, primarily in Asia in the apparel, textiles, retail, consumer goods and electronics sectors. In our webinar, Trends in the Apparel Sector in Asia, we draw on the findings from these audits and related analysis from ELEVATE's worker surveys, eLearning and other sources to formulate a rich picture of business risk, opportunity and impact.
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Vice President, Customer, ELEVATE
Dr. Kevin Franklin
Chief Operating Officer, Advisory | Chief Product Officer, ELEVATE
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The Next Track By Starcom at ArabNet Dubai
Following last year's debut, which saw more than 500 delegates, Starcom again this year partnered with ArabNet Dubai to host The Next Track. The half-day conference, – under the theme of "Business Transformation" – brought together industry leaders from brands, publishers, agencies and technology platforms to discuss the latest challenges and opportunities transforming our business. Speakers included Steve Parker, CEO, Publicis Media Middle East; Ramanathan Hariharan, Landmark group director; Vikram Krishna, head of group marketing & customer experience, Emirates NBD; Thomas Cilius, CEO & co-founder, Snaplytics; Philip Macartney, vice-president and head of EMEA, Affinio, amongst others.

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Monday, July 5, 2010
My first tomato!!Tweet
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- CassandraKK said...
I am also growing tomatoes in my garden this year! Its so exciting! I've had three tomatoes so far and can't wait for more. . . they are soooo delicious!!!
Glad to know someone else is waiting on red tomatoes just like me :)
- July 5, 2010 at 8:36 PM
- NicolaCosmeticsmile-x said...
Aww yay! I looove tomatoes too much haha :) x
- July 5, 2010 at 8:43 PM
- Megan Harmeyer said...
I LOVE home-grown tomatoes! Looks like you have quite a green thumb.
- July 5, 2010 at 8:51 PM
- Taki J said...
I have three little tomatoes on my plant. This is my first year trying to plant them so we will see what happens. Crossing my fingers.
- July 5, 2010 at 8:51 PM
- Joe Golden said...
Are you planning on striped nails for the striped tomato?
- July 5, 2010 at 9:17 PM
- Unknown said...
that's great! I wanted to plant a garden this summer, but the idea came to me a bit too late =( oh well, next year =)
- July 5, 2010 at 9:43 PM
- Unknown said...
hehe congrats for ur frist tomato :)
- July 5, 2010 at 10:48 PM
- cupcakequeen22 said...
We grew tomatoes last year but this year I'm using the pots to feed the squirrels. LOL.
That tomato does look yummy!
- July 6, 2010 at 12:36 AM
- Enamel Girl said...
i want to start a garden but i live in the city.
one day, one day.........
- July 6, 2010 at 12:44 AM
- Unknown said...
Yummy! :)
- July 6, 2010 at 4:03 AM
- Tuli said...
This is awesome ! It is such a wonderful thing to pick up fruits and vegies from your garden :-)
I have a cherry tomatoes bush but they are still all green :-)))
- July 6, 2010 at 7:30 AM
I grew up in NJ, of course we spent our summers at the SHore -- i remember driving home from a long day at the beach & my step mom would always stop at a road-side vendor & buy a bucket of fresh juicy right-off-the-vine jersey tomatoes...nothing quite like them! congrats on your baby tomato!
- July 6, 2010 at 8:57 AM
- From Me With Love said...
how neat. I love my garden especially the tomatoes and peppers!
- July 6, 2010 at 11:04 PM
- Unknown said...
Thanks so much for all of your kind comments, guys!!! I realized that the yellow one is called Lemon Boy (don't have any of those yet), but I've gotten a few more off of my Juliet plant. It is so exciting!!
- July 7, 2010 at 5:40 PM
- Deanna said...
Congrats on your first tomato :) You're lucky you can grow stuff. Any plant I touch dies lol
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The problems we have so far experienced with the current version are as follows:
ok - I'm going to take this as a) ensuring reports & forms handling of dates is consistent and b) allow start to be greater than end until the refresh is done, THEN validate. does that sound right? If so - please vote - great to see what's important to you.
Re "The date entry has changed and puts up an error message over the dates that make it hard to fix this occurs when you haven't finished typing the end date so the program is anticipating an error that you haven't made yet"
How did you get to this problem? Is that through selecting Reports | Index To Reports and then after you select a report you put in the from date as later than the to date?
The problem occurs at the page after the one you have shown. For example I want to print my employees activity report for each month for a year. I print the first report fine and I may have to adjust employees included etc depending on why I am printing it. So I print 1st July to 31st July, then when I go to change the dates to do the next one I type in 1st Aug and it says in a big red box "the selected date range is Invalid" because the end date is still the 31st of July, but I have not finished typing the end date and the red error message is over where I need to type.
Prior versions would tend to adjust the To date to the end of the month of the (new) From date, which is a much better option.
The underlying problem is that MYOB AR2011/2012 consists of two user interfaces where there are glaring date validation inconsistencies between the forms and reports user interfaces.
I suspect that the design & development of each interface was carried out in isolation of one another. Much like Forms and Reports interfaces developed by Oracle nearly 22 years ago; one was in the USA and the other in Ireland.
That has an obvious truthfulness when you consider the Reports error message says "The selected date range is invalid" whilst the Forms error message says "The starting date is greater than ending date." which is friendlier and does not attempt to restrict the user. The Forms error message, for me, covers all bases whilst the Reports error message is frustrating to the user.
Unlike Reports, the Forms user interface is a lot friendlier particularly when it comes to dates. In Forms the user simply does a 'back tab' to the 'start date' to change the starting date or remaIns in the 'end date' field but changes it so that it is greater than the 'start date'.
Reports on the other hand don't allow the user that flexibility; the user has no choice but to make the end date greater than the start date or make the start date earlier than the end date if they are already in the start date field. This severe lack of options is extremely frustrating and an outright time waster; it reflects either poor design or poor programmatic implementation of a good design.
Attached is an illustration of how the date in Forms work in a similar situation where there is both a start and end date; it is by no means an exhaustive demonstration.
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The Reports Interface for date entry should be identical to that presently in Forms Interface.
The feedback I have from clients is that the entire color scheme is too pale - pale grey, pale blue, pale, pale pale.....This is awful for older eyes or smaller screens...can we please have some color!!!!
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has been closed following news he committed suicide last week. This Is FYF blog in a post headlined, "Rush to the store because your bottle of poppers just became a collector's item," reported on hearing from a video store owner that Miller's business had shuttered its doors. The blog checked several websites at which brands of Miller's poppers were sold, including its most popular brand, RUSH, and found all of them shuttered, including Pac West Distributing, which distributes the amyl nitrate inhalants manufactured by Miller's Great Lakes Products based in Indianapolis. Was the business recently raided by federal investigators? We can only guess.
As usual, the Indianapolis news media remains mum on the death of one of the City's wealthiest businessmen and perhaps the largest single contributor to Democratic candidates in the state of Indiana behind the billionaire Simon family. Although it is illegal to market amyl nitrates for human consumption without a prescription, Miller's company for decades cleverly marketed its products as video head cleaner and room deodorizers with a wink and a nod. Combining poppers with erectile dysfunction drugs like Viagra, Cialis and Levitra can have deadly consequences. The recreational drug inhalant also weakens the body's immune system, increases the likelihood of contracting HIV/AIDS and is a likely cause of Kaposi's sarcoma, a disease often associated with gay men suffering from HIV/AIDS.
The more I ponder this story the more I can't stop thinking about the complete double standard in the local news media's coverage of Miller versus their coverage of alleged Ponzi scheme operator Tim Durham. In reality, from a purely business-motivated end of the equation, there is far more intrigue and titillating details to the Miller story to draw viewers and readers than there ever was to the Durham story. Durham must be sitting out in his L.A. mansion wondering if he would have been better off to take the lower public profile path Miller chose than the much higher public profile he chose to take.
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Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Miller's Popper Business Closed
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- Marycatherine Barton said...
For sure, I would never have heard of Joe Miller if it was not for you, Gary, but I have doubts that your last sentence about Durham's pondering is accurate.
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Sequoia Capital China, and Perfect World co-led a new round of financing in Zongheng, a Chinese literature site that provides vertical and horizontal literature contents.
The site is owned by Beijing-based Network Technology Co Ltd. Sheng King Fund, Guonong brothers, Shegjing360, Share Capital, and several institutions also participated in the strategic investment. The size of the deal was undisclosed.
Founded in 2008, Zongheng is a domestic Chinese original literary professional website. It serves as a cultural platform meant to guide the master writers and epic works.
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LAS VEGAS — (BUSINESS WIRE) — January 8, 2012 — Lenovo (HKSE: 0992) (Pink Sheets: LNVGY) today announced an exciting lineup of new consumer laptops and desktops at the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show, providing a variety of PCs to suit every computing need, style desire and palette preference, with the debut of new colors including Peony Pink, Electric Blue and Ruby Red.
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New laptops in the IdeaPad U Series, Y Series, S Series and Z Series provide a full spectrum of styles, colors and performance for every consumer – from mobile professionals to students and everyone in between. New models of IdeaCentre desktops range from the performance K Series to the space-saving multi-touch IdeaCentre B Series All-In-One (AIOs).
"Our new lineup of consumer laptops and desktops for 2012 reflects our commitment to deliver bold products that set the standard for innovation and style in consumer technology," said Peter Hortensius, president, Product Group, Lenovo. "But as technically innovative as these products are, we are more than ever focused on fun. With improved sound and entertainment capabilities on the inside and unexpected candy-colors on the outside, we believe that these new consumer devices will help deliver the complete computing experience that individual customers are seeking."
IdeaPad U310 and U410 — Ultra Laptops for Style and Performance
Lenovo is expanding its Ultrabook™ portfolio following the recently announced IdeaPad U300s, with the IdeaPad U310 and U410, two "ultra" laptops with attractive price points. Powered by the Intel® Core™ Processor family, these thin and light performance laptops include Ultrabook versions with 64GB SSD drives for caching data, and versions with up to 500GB Hard Disc Drive (HDD) storage. Both versions feature ultra-responsive performance with fast boot times and quick resume from sleep thanks to Lenovo's Windows 7 Enhanced Experience tuning. The PCs also features other smart elements including Lenovo Smart Update which automatically updates mailbox, instant messaging and social media messages even in sleep mode, with up to eight of hours of battery life.
The ultra slim and light U310 and U410 are ideal for any and all mobile needs, weighing 3.74lbs (1.7kg) and 4.18lbs (1.9kg) and measuring only 0.7" (18mm) and 0.83" (21mm) thick respectively. For optimal visuals when consuming or creating content, the U310 has a 13.3" HD 16:9 display featuring Intel® GMA 3000 HD graphics, while the U410 features NVIDIA® GeForce® 610M 1GB graphics. Weaving fun into a stellar computing experience, the U310 and U410 come with Intel® Wireless Display (WiDi) Technology1 for wireless use on any big screen. Created with today's fashion savvy consumer in mind, the U310 and U410 are available in an array of fun colors including Aqua Blue, Cherry Blossom, Graphite Gray, Ruby Red, Sapphire Blue and Spearmint.
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Lenovo introduced two mini laptops to fill the computing needs between the netbook and the notebook. The IdeaPad S200 and S206 are lightweight and super thin, without sacrificing computing excellence. Making mobile computing even more convenient, the S200 and S206 comes with a large 11.6 inch HD widescreen and are just 0.81 inches (20.7mm) thick2 and weigh 2.8 pounds (1.3kg). These slimmer-than-ever mini laptops also showcase design details beyond the standard netbook including, a high-quality tactile finish and Accutype keyboard with individual rounded keys.
The S200 comes with an Intel® Atom dual core processor and up to 32GB SSD3 storage, while the S206 features an AMD dual core processor. Created to be an ideal travel companion with up to 4 hours of battery life, these mini laptops allow users to get online in seconds and run basic apps without starting Windows thanks to the Lenovo Quick Start 'instant on' function. Additional features include an integrated 0.3M HD Webcam for seamless video chatting and Web calling, and 802.11b/g/n Wi-F. Select models also have integrated Bluetooth®3 capability. As a lightweight solution for Web browsing, both mini laptops are available in the following bold hues – Cotton-candy Pink, Crimson Red, Electric Blue, Graphite Grey and Pearl White.
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For a high-performance laptop capable of handling intensive multimedia applications, look no further than the new IdeaPad Y480 and Y580. Powered by the Intel Core Processor family, these new Y Series 14" and 15" full HD display laptops satisfy the highest level of graphics and processing performance when working on intensive multimedia and gaming, featuring up to NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX660M 2GB GDDR5 graphics.
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more politics
Gaga looked only slightly less trashy than usual, and Hilaria Baldwin takes the best dressed slot by a country mile.
Patricia Clarkson takes a solid second, and Megan Mullally ekes out third place.
Honorable Mention goes to Patricia Arquette for getting fat and old gracefully.
Whoever's judging these women for the SAG Awards is a sartorial-jackass with no taste.
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's StoneAbout once every year or two, I tend to get the urge re-read the Harry Potter Series; and not just because Harry Potter is my all time favorite protagonist, but because J.K. Rowling creates a universe that is so rich, so inviting that I find myself missing everything about the magical world she built. The characters are so rich and layered, that you just can't help but being swept away into the world with them as if the entire magic surrounding the series was actually a part of you. And truly, it is.
by J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter #1)
Published July 1st, 2018 by Bloomsbury
Harry Potter has never played a sport while flying on a broomstick. He's never worn a Cloak of Invisibility, befriended a giant, or helped hatch a dragon. All Harry knows is a miserable life with the Dursleys, his horrible aunt and uncle, and their abominable son, Dudley. Harry's room is a tiny cupboard under the stairs, and he hasn't had a birthday party in ten years.
But all that is about to change when a mysterious letter arrives by owl messenger: a letter with an invitation to a wonderful place he never dreamed existed. There he finds not only friends, aerial sports, and magic around every corner, but a great destiny that's been waiting for him... if Harry can survive the encounter.
Harry Potter & the Philosopher's Stone (I refuse to refer to it as the Sorcerer's Stone) is the first book in the series and it is like no other book I have ever read. Rowling has the gift of 'painting glorious, sweeping 'word pictures' for her readers so you can virtually feel as though you've stepped into this new magical world right alongside with Harry; the ordinary, plain old Harry Potter, who didn't think there was anything special or different about him but that lightning shaped scar on his forehead, until the giant Hagrid comes barging in talking about wizards, and Hogwarts, and revelations about how Harry's parents really died. Harry Potter is a wizard, and he has been accepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry. In the blink of an eye his whole world has been turned upside down; and for the better at that! The reader gets to follow Harry on a magical journey filled with trolls and unicorns and centaurs...not to mention secrets, and danger...especially where Harry is concerned. This book really makes you feel like you're at Hogwarts, tagging along with Harry on all of his adventures. And I love knowing how Harry thinks, how he figures things out, what makes him tick. You can't not have faith in Harry because his heart, mostly always leads him in the right path.
The best part about re-reading the Harry Potter Series is catching all the little hints and clues that J.K. Rowling had already started setting up, laying the groundwork of so many pivotal plot twists in small bits and pieces here and there. The long discussion at the end of the book between Harry & Dumbledore is so telling;
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By Kathleen Bartholomew
After every school shooting, this fearful question echoes in the hearts of Americans. Yet seldom do we discuss publicly what we fear privately. How can we intervene on our islands to prevent such a nightmare from ever occurring here?
Protecting our children with stronger gun laws and outlawing assault weapons are pivotal moves, and clearly, this new momentum will not be stopped. The 17 murders in Florida may finally be enough in a society where a classroom of slaughtered first-graders could not mobilize us to action.
Yet this collective resolve will not end the shootings.
School shootings are a multifaceted problem that require a multifaceted solution. There is no such thing as a single cause for events such as these. If we are to succeed in making this the last school shooting in America's history, it is imperative that we acknowledge where we could have intervened, individually as well as collectively and understand the big picture.
In every school shooting, there was a common denominator that directs us where to look for the next would-be mass murderer: The shooter was suffering; their aching loneliness and/or mental illness perceived only in retrospect. When Norway experienced its last horrific slaughter, they realized a profound and disturbing truth: the victims and the perpetrator belonged to the same culture. In fact, the first book published about their massacre was called, "One of Us".
Yet in America, the reigning paradigm is still "Us versus Them."
If there is unaddressed bullying (as there is here); if you have parents who think that children who do not conform must have bad parents; if you are complacent about the numerous students lulled into the world of drugs at 14 but at least it's not your kid, and unaware of our cocaine epidemic, if you have over-worked, under-paid social workers who struggle to find resources for teens; if you have inadequate counseling and mental health resources; divisive civic leadership, and/or a community that takes better care of its animals than its children, then yes. Our school could very well be "next."
In light of the massive changes needed in society, it is easy to feel overwhelmed and helpless, and only human nature to narrow our attention to our own worlds. What is required is a shift in our perceptions. Perhaps envisioning an inclusive community where all of our children feel supported and safe is the place where we can all come together.
Join the PTA today, advocate strongly for more resources for mental health as well as school nurses; ensure "Drug Free Zone" is more than a sign in our schools, don't judge, ask what resources your social workers need, create healthy places for teens; and then fight until all these social determinants of a healthy community have become reality.
When we become a community that recognizes our individual as well as a collective responsibility to be inclusive and refuse to let any student be marginalized, when we come together and act as if every single person matters – only then will the shootings stop.
Bartholomew is a registered nurse and has a master's in nursing. She is an author, speaker and educator. Read more about her at kathleenbartholomew.com.


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The days now are volatile and uncertain. Assange-incident now seemingly has gone to backyard. Same is the Occupy Movement anniversary. Flaring incidents in regions around the world are engulfing days and attention. Implications of the incidents are long-term. And, exposed are the perpetrators.
Iran front is tense since long. A shadow war is going on there. As goes the cyber war. That's part of a great game. With expanding hands Iran is still holding its position.
Interventionists are flaring up Syria. That's also part of a grand strategy. Stakes are higher in the area.
The war, virtually, is being waged from Pakistan to Syria, a large theater that touches fringe of Europe. Lebanon, Jordan, Kurdistan, Turkey, all have been made active party to the conflagration. Turkey has started taking hits. Lebanon is charged. The moment of formal burst out is unknown there.
Iraq and Afghanistan are regular headlines with deadly strikes and deaths.
Neither central Asia nor the Caspian region is cool. The Pacific, the South China Sea, the Far East are turning tense with each passing day and with each move by the jealous actors. Military moves are there in Australia and Indonesia. There is renewed military engagement between New Zealand and the US. Competition is beating war drum. But, war is not an easy strike.
Near to China, the island-trade by Japan isn't a stray one. The customer, Japan, was well aware of the follow up tension. China's reaction is fitting to the innocent appearing business deal. Not only China, any one will find provocation in the trade. The business has provided pretext to mobilize weapons and for conducting test of hybrid aircraft, defensive in appearance, in Japan.
Japan's China invasion anniversary is an annual event. The Chinese people reiterate their independence and denounce the aggressor. But the assault on the US ambassador's car in the Chinese capital is unprecedented. It's a strong and loud message.
Neither the island- nor the car-incident happened without much exercise. None of these were thoughtless act.
From Moscow, news is dispatched: office of the USAID, the US official aid agency, in the Russian capital has been asked to close down. Moscow's tone is strong. After the 90s, it's unprecedented incident in Moscow. It's also a significant message from the Kremlin bosses. The Kremlin has gone through much change. Change is also in Russian money-power. The change in attitude follows.
In Africa, maneuvers and incidents are many. Very significant initiatives are being taken by the world players there. Tough, almost cut throat competition is going on in the continent.
Europe is occupied with pains and problems of one of its biggest projects – the Union. Bankers' interest is playing the biggest role in the present day Europe. Competitions are powerful. There are budget constraints, unemployment, sufferings. The electorates in Europe are frustrated, and turning restless. A section of the Europeans are migrating to Africa in search of employment. An astonishing shift!
Gloomy economy is charging political battle in the US. Its citizens are turning tired with wars. Painful news from Afghanistan is reaching the land. Expressions are not happy. Teachers' strike, historic, emerged there.
Royal photo episode is trying to keep citizens busy. But, ultimately it attracts only the saucy news seekers, not the job seekers. There is legal action to secure royal dignity. The legal initiative shows there is limit to expression.
Suddenly, portions of a film mysteriously emerged. Its path of publicity is equally mysterious. Situation, from Indonesia to Tunisia, suddenly flared up. An analyst expressed doubt about the existence of the entire film. But, there is no doubt that portions of the film exist. Some aspects of the following events were unprecedented.
Impact of following events – in countries, in areas of election, military mobilization, geopolitics, alliance, political career and political equation – don't miss any onlooker's eyes. Along with loss of valuable lives burning questions of life in societies turned blurred and volatility emerged starkly.
Societies, in the North and in the South, reeling under crises – from financial, food and energy to climate and environment – are passing uncertain days overwhelmed with fundamental questions of survival. Hospitals and educational institutions are feeling burnt of the crises. So, the patients, physicians, students, teachers and guardians are. Profit seekers are taking hold of health care and education. Strikes are regular feature of citizens' struggle in Europe. At times, the strikes with economic demands are turning political.
Food crisis is looming over the lives of millions. There is water crisis. Vanishing polar ice and rapidly retreating glaciers are sending alert messages. Extreme weather is declaring uncertain yield and time. The situation carries elements of volatility.
Arms traders need profit, the unquenched thirst. Strife and war are their requirement as they always require. State of some economies is hastening the requirement.
Is it that elements of volatility are rushing together? Or, are factors trying to create pretext for widening area of operation? Or, are efforts being made to influence election or geopolitical move? Or, is peoples' attention being diverted? Answers to the questions are essential.
Answers to the questions are indefinite to many. Hatred charged situation harms peoples' democratic struggle. Common problems of bread, peace and democracy are missed with spread of hatred and divisive force among people. Democracy faces new challenge as peoples' solidarity and fraternity are breached, an act that capitals perform efficiently in societies during fickle time.
Powers initiate desperate projects as they realize self-limitations. It's a desperado-game. They need diversionary tact. But, should people step in into the trap?


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Windows, iPad and Android - Managing and Using Your Office Assets in a Tablet World (Part 3) – Accessing Office from the Browser
Welcome to part three in the series about managing your Office assets in a world of tablet computing. In part one I mainly introduced the primary ways to consume Office with rich clients, remote rich clients, Office for Mac, Web Apps and Office on the phone. In part two I talked about consuming email on tablets using Exchange ActiveSync, compared the controls you get with other platforms to Group Policy and described options for configuring Office. In this blog, I'll discuss the Office Web Applications as part of the SharePoint 2010 or Office 365 service.
Accessing Office from Multiple Devices Using Office Web Apps
A lot of people think Office 365 is just another name for Office Web Apps. Actually, the Office Web Apps are probably more frequently accessed via Windows Live or managed environments with SharePoint 2010 infrastructure. Office 365 really refers to the entire offering of email (via Exchange Online), collaboration (via SharePoint Online), instant messaging/meeting services/voice (via Lync Online) and Office client applications (via Office Professional Plus full clients with subscription- and user-pivoted activation or the Office Web Apps). Now that we know how to access Office Web Apps, let's talk about them for a minute and for that I will reuse what my colleagues in the Office team wrote for TechNet documentation:
"Microsoft Office Web Apps is the online companion to Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote applications that enables users regardless of their location to access documents and edit documents. Users can view, share, and work on documents with others online across personal computers, mobile phones, and the Web. Office Web Apps is available to users through Windows Live and to business customers with Microsoft Office 2010 volume licensing and document management solutions based on Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Products."
The interesting things I notice there are A. Office 365 is not even mentioned (to my previous point) and B. we call them "companions" to full Office applications. The main rationale for calling them companions is found on the same site:
"There are some differences between the features of Office Web Apps, Office Mobile 2010 and the Office 2010 applications."
The key word above is "some. " When you compare Office Web Apps feature set to Office Mobile 2010, I would say "some" is about right and suggests similar functionality. However, when you compare Office Web Apps to a full copy of Office Professional Plus 2010 or even equivalent apps in 2007 or 2003 versions, "some" makes it sound like the two are comparable – I like to think of the Office Web Apps as providing high fidelity viewing and a few core functions of the full clients, but I would never recommend anyone replacing full Office apps on a PC or Mac (including any currently supported Office version) with Office Web Apps. Hence, the rationale for calling them companions.
Since we are basically talking about companion devices in this blog, it is kind of a fitting analogy to draw. In the same way you probably do not generally want to replace a PC completely with touch-only slate device if you want to be able to perform any complex tasks (writing documents, statistical analysis in a spreadsheet, authoring a presentation, etc.) that same rule applies for not replacing Office full client applications with their Office Web Apps equivalents. That being said, there are some user roles where people do not perform complex authoring or editing tasks and may be able to get by with a touch-only device or the Office Web Apps. I would think this is more the exception than the norm, but I still remember the days in the late 1990s when former bosses of mine (before I joined Microsoft) would verbally dictate all emails to their secretaries, too.
Office Web Apps generally comprise of a viewer component (such as WordViewer.aspx), where the document is rendered on the server and an image file (PNG or XAML) is pushed to the browser to ensure full viewing fidelity.
Since the document is actually rendered on the server remotely and that server is running Windows, it can render the document as if it were opened on a Windows machine with Office locally installed. As long as the device can view the image file and process the information on the header, it can view the document as written on the Windows computer. Things start to diverge a bit when it comes to the "Edit in Browser" button you see in the above image. Once I click that, I get something like this:
Notice that in the edit mode, the SmartArt is not rendered and I lose some of the formatting, but I can edit the text with some limited controls. I'll zoom in a little on the controls for a second to show the differences compared to a full Office client app:
And the full client Microsoft Word ribbon:
While the "Home" tab of Word looks pretty close, you'll notice that a number of the other tabs are missing. You will also see a custom tab called "Touch" and we will cover that one in the next blog and how the client tabs can be customized for better touch use. The moral of the story is that if you value things like setting up your page and print layouts, inserting footnotes or tables of contents, mail merge track changes, comments and scores of other features, the Office Web Apps version of Word will not replace the full client and is thus relegated and positioned as a companion.
Because I am writing about how to deliver an Office experience to iPad and Android slates as well as Windows, here are a few screenshots of the Office Web Apps on those devices:
Edit Mode Excel Office Web App on an iPad in Safari
Viewer Mode Word Office Web App in an Android browser
While the Office Web Apps then do not replace the need for full Office applications for most users, they still enable multiple devices, form factors and browsers to view and edit documents. Office Web Apps are supported on multiple PC, Mac, Linux and mobile OS browsers like recent versions of Internet Explorer, Chrome, Firefox, Safari and Opera.
The biggest question for some is then how you let users access the Office Web Apps, because it usually means a connection is required to your internal SharePoint sites, which in turn means some form of authentication on premise or connectivity inside the network's DMZ. If you are a security guy, this may sound scary and while I can't replicate the security controls in Windows, I can do a little to help make malicious activity more difficult. In the next blog I will discuss the concept of differentiation of access based on device or browser trust and how that can be instrumented in a Windows environment. Be sure to read parts one and two of the series if you haven't already – part three is coming soon.
Thanks for reading,
Jeremy Chapman
Senior Product Manager
Office IT Pro Team
UPDATE: Now that all of the blogs are complete in the series, here are links to all six completed blogs:
- Windows, iPad and Android - Managing and Using Your Office Assets in a Tablet World (Part 1) – Introduction and Methods to Deliver and Consume Office
- Windows, iPad and Android - Managing and Using Your Office Assets in a Tablet World (Part 2) – Exchange ActiveSync Considerations and Customizing Office Client Installations
- Windows, iPad and Android - Managing and Using Your Office Assets in a Tablet World (Part 3) – Office Web Apps on Non-Windows Devices
- Windows, iPad and Android - Managing and Using Your Office Assets in a Tablet World (Part 4) – Device-Based Access Management
- Windows, iPad and Android - Managing and Using Your Office Assets in a Tablet World (Part 5) – User Interface Configurations to Prepare for Remote Desktop Environments
- Windows, iPad and Android - Managing and Using Your Office Assets in a Tablet World (Part 6) – Building Solutions for Remote Access to Windows Environments


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So I have always suspected this: far from being the addle-pated old fool that people like to portray him as, Biden is a shrewd, savvy politician who knows how to play the "gaffe-prone" guy in order to advance a bigger objective.
It is with modified glee, that I point to tonight's debate performances as evidence. It was a fine filleting of Rep. Paul Ryan, and sent a sigh of relief rolling through the ranks of Demos riled by Romney's lies and Obama's apparent indifference to them in the last week's debate.
But even before tonight, I had my suspicions about Joe. Take his so-called gaffe on gay marriage. Supposedly he just blurted out his support for gay marriage and irritated the president, putting the Obama administration in an awkward position. Know what? I think you don't get to be a veteran politician with 40 years experience by shooting off your mouth unless it's calculated. I see Joe in a meeting with the president saying, "Hey, let me just go out there and take the temperature of the water. If it's a horrible idea, it'll just be crazy old Joe shooting off his mouth, but if it's the right time, then you'll find out."
And when Obama's gay marriage support speech rolled out, I knew for sure that Joe is one helluva smart political strategist whose greatest advantage is that he doesn't care what people think about him personally.
But back to the debate at hand. First off, props to Martha Raddatz. She's feisty right from the start, "I would like to begin with Libya." Whoa, Nellie! No softball question? No inane "what is the difference" queries? Just, "Good evening, gentlemen, let me set a breakneck pace here by asking you about libyan terrorists assassinating a US Ambassador." Yeah. I love it. In a tweetshell, as Vanity Fair put it: "Yo, Jim Lehrer, This Is What Killing It Looks Like."
The NY Times' Alessandra Stanley observes:
For Mr. Biden especially, the night was his chance to relive past debates and unleash his inner barroom brawler. He had to be contained and courteous when he debated Sarah Palin four years ago, lest he look like a bully. This time he let loose. And unlike the courtly Mr. Bentsen in 1988, Mr. Biden turned his temperature up, singeing the young man across the table with patronizing grins, but mostly withering retorts. His interruptive barrage was as relentless as his silent mugging for the camera.
Mr. Ryan held his own, but did look abashed when Mr. Biden mocked him for opposing the Obama stimulus, yet asking for government funds for his own district. "On two occasions, we — we — we advocated for constituents who were applying for grants," Mr. Ryan said stiffly.
"I love that. I love that," Mr. Biden said. "This was such a bad program, and he writes me a letter saying — writes the Department of Energy a letter saying, the reason we need this stimulus — it will create growth and jobs."
And if Biden looked authoritative and no-nonsense, Ryan often seemed rattled, like a punky, arrogant little kid who's just been called out on blatant lies and is desperately trying to keep his cool and bluster his way through. His little "heh-heh" chuckle creepily reminds me of GWShrub's grating little trademark snigger.
Oh, and by the way, these are real photos of Paul Ryan– he posed for Time Magazine, when he was the 2011 runner up for Person of the Year (???). Don't ask.
But before I leave the topic of Ryan's appearance, I'm going to say again… Hannover Fiste. Remarkable. (Thanks, Todd, now I can't see anything else…)
Anyway, pundits on the right will claim that Biden was unhinged because they can't refute what he said, and those on the left will rejoice that FINALLY someone is starting to call out the Romney-Ryan lie machine.
They get to Medicare entitlements and Ryan tries to drag his mom into the discussion. In his response, Biden offhandedly reminds us that he filleted Sarah Palin on the death panel debate and can fillet Ryan just as neatly.
- "That is a bunch of malarkey!"
- "Go on our Web site. He sent me two letters saying by the way, 'Can you send me stimulus money? It will create growth and jobs. Those are his words. And now, he's sitting here looking at me?"
- "By the way, any letter you send me, I'll entertain it."
- "Oh so now you're Jack Kennedy…"
And one of my favorite Biden responses managed to wrap the 47% remark, the GM bailout, and Romney's veteran policies neatly into a response on unemployment figures:
Let's look at the — let's take a look at the facts. Let's look at where we were when we came to office. The economy was in free fall. We had — the Great Recession hit. Nine million people lost their job, 1.7 — $1.6 trillion in wealth lost in equity in your homes, in retirement accounts from the middle class.
We knew we had to act for the middle class. We immediately went out and rescued General Motors. We went ahead and made sure that we cut taxes for the middle class. And in addition to that, when that — and when that occurred, what did Romney do? Romney said, no, let Detroit go bankrupt. We moved in and helped people refinance their homes. Governor Romney said, no, let foreclosures hit the bottom.
But it shouldn't be surprising for a guy who says 47 percent of the American people are unwilling to take responsibility for their own lives. My friend recently, in a speech in Washington, said 30% of the American people are takers. These people are my mom and dad, the people I grew up with, my neighbors. They pay more effective tax than Governor Romney pays in his federal income tax. They are elderly people who in fact are living off of Social Security. They are veterans and people fighting in Afghanistan right now who are, quote, not paying any taxes.
I've had it up to here with this notion that 47 percent — it's about time they take some responsibility here. And instead of signing pledges to Grover Norquist not to ask the wealthiest among us to contribute to bring back the middle class, they should be signing a pledge saying to the middle class, we're going to level the playing field. We're going to give you a fair shot again.
Says Andrew Sullivan at the Daily Beast: "Biden's affect is the most important thing tonight. He seems like the elder statesman but also a pitbull."
And at the Economist, reaction was: "Joe Biden was easily the more memorable debater in every way; he was louder, more emotional, lucid, detailed, garrulous, grinning, teary-eyed and just Joe Biden. He sank some real barbs into Romney-Ryan. The Biden that Mr Obama hired in 2008 to excite lower-middle-class types from Scranton showed up and did his job. Ryan was cool, impressively calm given his unpredictable opponent, and detailed, but seemed reactive much of the night. He could have put Obama-Biden on the spot for their deficit failures more effectively; as it was, more time was spent on how Mr Romney's numbers don't add up (a potential future deficit) than the actual deficit itself."
Sam Youngman of Reuters on PBS: Joe's message was "Hey, welcome to my turf, rookie."
And I won't deny that Andy Borowitz of the New Yorker pretty much gets it right: "In a poll of Democratic voters taken immediately following Thursday night's Vice-Presidential debate, a wide majority said they wanted Vice-President Joe Biden to appear in all remaining 2012 debates," adding, "Obama should crush a little bit of Joe Biden into a joint and smoke it."
So, how did Joe do? If you must know my opinion, he cleanly filleted Ryan before the guy even knew what was going on, and then he packaged him up with a wine sauce to cover that off-flavor of hypocrisy and put a few nice clean chives on the top.
In-person early voting has commenced in South Dakota, Idaho, Vermont, Wyoming, Iowa, Nebraska, Ohio, Indiana, California, and beginning today, Arizona.
You can vote by absentee ballot already in Indiana, Wisconsin, Minnesota, West Virginia, Oklahoma, Georgia, Arkansas,Maryland, South Carolina, New Jersey, Maine, Michigan, Mississipi, New Hampshire, Tennessee, Texas,Delaware, Virginia, Louisiana, Missouri, Alabama, North Dakota, Illinois, Washington DC, New York and Florida.


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Marvin & Valentino are the devastating double team behind Munich's pivotal record store, label and general musical hub Public Possession. From analogue electro wonk to sugarcoated Far East pop, salsa influenced italo to lo-fi Arabian synth, the quirky cross-pollination of sounds on their label provides a compelling and unpredictable counterpoint to the rule of pigeonholing, offering a catalogue that's insatiably catchy, authentic and original; this same attitude runs through the curation of their shop, in-store sessions, DJ sets and production work as Tambien (alongside Bartellow). They're a duo we have a huge amount of respect for and can't wait to welcome them to Corsica Studios for our next Infusions party in a couple week. Before that though, we've got a double dosage of mixes as Marvin & Valentino each offer individual hour long sessions – a Stamp Mix double header first – that showcases the nuances of what's making them tick right now. We also asked them a few questions about Munich, Public Possession and some musical highlights this year.
Catch Marvin & Valentino playing an Italo special for our next Infusions party with Dance Tunnel (16th Sept)
Part One: Marvin
Part Two: Valentino
First, our usual ice-breaker. What's your first musical memory?
Marvin: Listening to my fathers records. (jazz, Bob Marley, Jimmy Cliff, Queen, Bruce Springsteen etc…)
Valentino: Hearing my parents play Piano.
For those who might (mistakenly!) think Berlin is the only city in Germany worth looking at for music, what is exciting you about Munich underground music right now?
There really is no way you can compare the two cities, as they are completely different. Munich is more like a big village. That said, it still has a very lively scene with labels like Permanent Vacation and Gomma holding it down for years and Ilian Tape and others reaching out and doing their thing. There is great graphic/design happening and with Charlie we have one of our favorite clubs in the world right on our doorstep.
We won't go into how you guys met and started the store, as it's available in a few other interviews. Instead, let's get straight into the store…you opened in 2012 right? What has been your proudest achievement during that time, and what's the biggest challenge you've had to overcome?
It's been a learning by doing process since day one, we've had ups and downs with the store, but right now it's working out better then ever. The idea of what we want to present and what to do with the store is quite clear, nevertheless it seems to be in constant change and none of us really knows what will happen next. Our new homepage/online shop just launched, we are pretty happy about that.
The Public Possession in-store sessions regularly see some stellar names visit the shop. How important is building a community of like-minded individuals to what you do?
We did those in-store sessions from day one, it was part of the concept/idea behind opening the store. We've met great people through this, local and international. It became a PP essential.
Outside of the in-stores, you also run the Hotel parties at Bar Charlie. Could you tell us a bit about those, and how important Charlie is, in creating this similar community feel in Munich?
Charlie is our home and the no.1 club in Munich right now. We started our residence five years ago – PP wasn't even existing back then. At that time we were sort of floating around, playing here and there, a bit burnt out from our residency before, where we played every Friday for over two years. So we gotta thank Benjamin Röder and the whole Charlie crew for trusting us with taking care of one of their four nights a month (Charlie is only open Saturdays).
Would you agree that both the store and the label are defined by a personality or mood, rather than being bound by genre? If so, what would you say this personality/mood is?
Yes definitely. Both are very personal matters. The store has become more of a showroom lately, we really select carefully what we offer, partly because we have a clearer vision of what we want to present and partly out of necessity – it simply is impossible to compete with the big online shops around.
In terms of the label's personality, it really lives of the bond we have with the artists, we can not give them enough credit. Bell Towers, Obalski or Samo DJ who've been aboard almost since day one have really helped to form the labels sound. Together we have created a taste fusion we are very happy about.
With all the other guys joining in along the way, it has become a great crew over the years. It is no secret that we like to keep on working with artists as long as both sides are happy with the relationship. So maybe that's the PP trademark: continuity and exchange.
From the music to design, there's an undeniable playfulness coursing the label's curation. Who has the better sense of humour, and what was the last joke you each told that made the other laugh out loud.
True yes – we believe in humour. But we also know it's about timing, so we won't go into detail now, let's just wait till we hang out in September!
You've previously spoken of a fondness for Munich's Best Records store, but what about on your travels? Any other digging spots you would recommend?
Too many! Audio In (Berlin) – Betino's Record Shop (Paris) – Red Light (Amsterdam) – Second Hand Records (Stuttgart) – Blue Bag (LA) – Licorice Pie (Melbourne). Anyways with great certainty it is to say, that a local will know best.
What's been your favourite party you've played this year?
Again too many! Bristol (Dirty Talk) – London (Reviveher) – 10 hours mash up w/ Bell Towers & Samo DJ at Cocktail D'Amore Berlin and few recent nights at Charlie, crowned by a very rare rooftop party in Munich organized by the HY-TOP guys.
Your selections are eclectic, both regularly reaching for some pretty obscure stuff. Are there any eclectic or risk-taking DJs who have had a notable impact on either of you?
Hunee, Bell Towers, Kenji Takimi, Ron Morelli, Tiago, Jan Schulte, Samo DJ, Obalski, Mr. Tophat, Charlie Residents and many more.
With such broad tastes, how do you ensure a level of cohesion when you play b2b?
There is no insurance haha, but we've been doing this for over ten years, so we kind of know what to expect of each other – good and bad. In the end it usually works out, if one fucks up the other saves it with a solo.
Speaking of DJing together, you're joining us at Corsica Studios in a few weeks for our Infusions party with Dance Tunnel. What made you choose Italo as your theme and what do you love about the sound so much?
Marvin: To be honest our tastes are really broad and all over the place. When we play out we are not very specified at all, given the fact that it was expected of us in this case, I took the lead and went for italo as this is definitely a genre I feel very comfortable in. It transports a feeling that gives me great comfort. (Mood UP)
Any young or emerging talent from Munich or further afield who are exciting you at the moment?
Many! Of course all the PP artists from Munich. Beni Brachtel who we do Tambien with. He plays in lots of bands and composes operas (multitalent). Obalski who not only makes incredible music, but is also part of a theatre group called Rohtheater, doing really interesting stuff. Henry Gilles – Henry if you read this let's finish pt.II !
Who have been some of your favourite labels this year?
Studio Barnhus, L.I.E.S., Ilian Tape, Regelbau and all the stuff out of Arhus, Permanent Vacation, the stuff Marco Cusack (NIMH) is involved in, Tryck & Ton, FettDistro, Whities, Junk Yard Connections, Love on the Rocks, Tiago's Interzona 13.
Focusing on the mixes you recorded for us…where did you record them and would you say there's a specific idea behind it? As you both recorded them separately, it'd be great to hear how you made each your own.
M: I recorded it at Charlie, since there is a few unreleased tracks on it and we don't have a proper CDJ at the store. It's pretty loose dance Music – stuff I would also play at a club.
V: I recorded my mix here at the PP shop. There is not an idea or concept behind it, it's more of a glimpse into the current Valentino mood.
What's next on the agenda for Marvin & Valentino, Tambien, the label and record store?
We are working on improving the PP products segment. Right now on offer is DJ Towel and prints and posters. By autumn we'll be introducing Public Possession Selección (Distro Moda Mondo) tbc. We just released a new Obalski EP including remixes by Mascaras and Nick Höppner with at least two more records still to come in 2016. Tambien is on hold right now due to the members' lack of time, but who knows. And we'll play for you guys and at Robert Johnson the night after – definitely a weekend to look forward to.


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Original bright red cloth with soldier and lettering in black on boards. No DJ. Princeton undergrads calling themselves Veterans of Future Wars created this begrudging acceptance of the likelihood of what would become World War II. Thought-provoking and historically informative. 107 pp with index. "Humourus" line drawings.
Title: Patriotism Prepaid
Illustrator: Albert M. Barbieri
Categories: Military,
Publisher: Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott: 1936
Binding: Original Cloth
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Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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The Most Important Piece of Advice I Could Ever Give You
I've been busy creating and tweaking this site, and today I wanted to present my first content filled post, one of a series I had been preparing to kick off the blog. Because of the events of this week, however, I want to take a moment to talk about something else. Something vastly more important … [Read more…]


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St. Thomas
The Virgin Islands, an organized, unincorporated territory of the United States were originally settled by the Ciboney, Carib, and Arawaks peoples.
First named by Christopher Columbus in 1493 for Saint Ursula and her virgin followers, these islands are renown for white sand beaches, crystal-blue waters and idyllic sailing venues.
Steeped in maritime history and remnants of the many European cultures, the U.S. Virgin Islands remain one of the busiest cruise ship ports and family vacations destinations in all of the Caribbean.
Covered with red-roofed buildings and houses, the capital city of Charlotte Amalie sits amidst lush green hills, and is widely considered the most beautiful port in the Caribbean. The duty-free shopping, hotels and restaurants on St. Thomas and St. Croix are second to none.
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Track Mountain Gorillas in Rwanda in 2 days
In the space of just two days there is a great tour option available to you if you are interested in African wildlife. A great way to end a longer tour of Africa, or a great way to extend you trip, this two day visit will undoubtedly leave you wanting more!
Tracking gorillas in their natural habitat requires a permit and this is included in the price of this two day tour. The price is also inclusive of the driver, tour guide, and transport for your car whilst on safari. In addition to this, the price also covers your accommodation for the night at a quaint hotel or guest house.
Upon arrival at the airport, you will be met by your guide who will take you to the Volcanoes National Park aka 'Parc National Des Volcans' which is located in the north-western region of Rwanda and known for its volcanic terrain and its famous mountain gorillas.
Highlights of the second day will include a morning dedicated to the region's legendary primates. After breakfast, you will trek through the forests towards the border of the Virunga mountain range in the Volcanoes National Park to seek out one of the only remaining mountain gorilla families in the world (mountain gorillas are the most endangered species of all gorillas). The park was the first of its kind in Africa and was created to protect the gorillas back in the 1920s.
In the afternoon you will travel to Kigali to visit the Kigali Genocide memorial centre for an educational yet poignant experience.
The rest of the afternoon can be spent at your leisure – shopping and relaxing before your transfer back to the airport ready for your departure. A short and sweet trip, you'll be surprised at how much you can fit into just two action packed days!
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IrishNinja wrote:Paprium is never gonna come out. i've accepted this, but man, that's $60 down the drain.
IrishNinja wrote:Paprium is never gonna come out. i've accepted this, but man, that's $60 down the drain.
Gunstar Green wrote:I'm on a strange kick with the Genesis F1 racing games. I've mainly been playing the Super Monaco GP games which are fantastic. The championship modes are so fun. Save states replacing the giant passwords of the first game also do a lot to make the game more accessible. I'm not really a big racing game fan and I suck at them but there's so many cool arcade-style racers on the Genesis that I really enjoy.
It lead me to toying around with Domark's "Formula One" which I had never played before and while I don't like it as much as the previously mentioned duology it's pretty cool. It's got some simple polygon graphics for stuff along the track and it moves at a pretty blazing fast speed for a game from that time that utilizes polygons (it even has a "turbo mode" that shrinks down the sprites to the two-player version of the game to increase frame rate though I find the normal mode plenty satisfactory). Pretty neat stuff. The physics are a little loony but it's a racing game from 1993, what do you want?
Xeogred wrote:I beat Revenge of Shinobi and Shadow Dancer both for the first time recently, great stuff.
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Rene Rivera hit the first of San Diego's three homers, and Tyson Ross allowed three hits in seven innings Thursday night, leading the Padres to a 6-1 victory and a split of their doubleheader with the Cincinnati Reds.
Johnny Cueto pitched a three-hitter for his second shutout in the opener of the day-night doubleheader, a 5-0 victory.
The Padres won their first series on the road this season, taking two of three. They have won five of their last six games, their best stretch of the season.
Ross (5-3) walked five batters - including three in the first inning - and struck out eight including Joey Votto three times.
Rivera hit a two-run homer off left-hander Jeff Francis (0-1), who was called up to make his Reds debut. Francis gave up three runs in five innings.
Everth Cabrera and Yonder Alonso hit solo shots off the bullpen, their first homers of the season. The three homers were San Diego's season high.
In the opener, Cueto extended his season-opening streak of domination against a team that has been shut out more than any other in the majors - seven times.
San Diego came into the doubleheader last in the NL in batting average (.222) and runs (118). Cueto struck out eight, walked two and threw 116 pitches.
Cueto is the first Red to go at least seven innings in each of his first nine starts since Bucky Walters in 1944.
Brandon Phillips homered off Ian Kennedy (2-5) and Zack Cozart singled home two runs, part of a three-hit game for the shortstop.
The Reds got runners on first and third with two outs in the fifth, and Phillips connected for his third homer. In his last 11 games, Phillips is 14 for 39 with seven doubles, two homers and five multihit games.
Cozart snapped an 0-for-15 streak with runners in scoring position when he singled home two runs in the sixth. Kennedy gave up a season-high five runs and 11 hits in six innings.
San Diego's Seth Smith singled in the opener, extending his hitting streak to a career-high 10 games. He sat out the second game. Cincinnati's Todd Frazier singled in both games, extending his career-best streak to 14 games.


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The Corkscrew, the iconic eighth turn at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, is a monster. In just 450 feet, the quick left-right combo drops you the equivalent of 5 1/2 stories, a drop so steep you can't see the second apex from the first. It is as close to driving off a cliff as you can get without actually driving off a cliff.
I am about to do this for the first time, in a McLaren 650S with 641 horsepower, vision-warping acceleration and a quarter-million dollar price tag. I am more than a little intimidated by this. I've driven a few exotics, I own one of the best sports cars ever made, and I've been riding sportbikes for years. But I'm a back-road specialist. My track time is limited to a single day bombing around a ribbon of asphalt in rural Ohio. Laguna Seca is big time, the Corkscrew is daunting, and the McLaren is, well, a McLaren.
No one at McLaren seems at all worried by any of this. They simply hand me the key to an orange 650S not quite as bright as the sun and say, "Off you go, then."
I pray I don't hit the tree...And so I find myself gripping the Alcantara-wrapped wheel of a car that reaches 60 mph in 2.9 seconds, watching for the braking point and trying to remember everything I'd been told about the Corkscrew. I pray I don't hit the tree that rookies aim for to nail the second apex.
I don't hit the tree, but I get everything else fantastically wrong. I brake early, turn late and miss both apexes. This is not insignificant. The apex, for those of you who consider driving merely a means of getting somewhere, is the geometric center of a turn. Missing it costs you time. A lot of time. If I dared take my eyes off the road, I'm pretty sure I'd have seen my instructor rolling his eyes.
Not that it matters. The 650S is packed with tech, lifted from Formula 1 and the overachieving McLaren P1 hypercar, that minimizes weaknesses and maximizes confidence. It helps me around the track with greater speed and aplomb than I expected—or deserved. It makes me feel like a pro.
Which is the point. Cars like the 650S are so far beyond the skillset of anyone who doesn't wear Nomex and a helmet while driving that the visceral experience is more important than absolute performance. Such cars should make you better than you are. McLaren gets this. The goal with the 650S, says chief test driver Chris Goodwin, was to build a car that is worthy of a world champion yet makes the rest of us feel like one.
Marketing hyperbole, yes, but not without truth. McLaren is, above all, a racing outfit. It's won 182 Formula 1 races and 20 championships—at the hands of legends like Niki Lauda, Alain Prost, and Ayrton Senna—since 1966. Only its arch-rival Ferrari tops that record. McLaren dominated the anything-goes era of Can-Am racing, and its first road car, the incomparable F1, ruled Le Mans in 1995.
As quick as that car was, the 650s is quicker still.
Few cars at any price reach 125 mph faster; streaking down one of Laguna Seca's straights as quickly as you dare brings exhilaration bordering on awe. F1-derived tech helps here; in track mode, a KERS-like system called inertia push uses pent-up kinetic energy to deliver added torque during upshifts, eliminating the momentary dip in acceleration typically experienced during gear changes.
Upshifts are accompanied by a great thunderclap—an aural treat accomplished by cutting spark to two cylinders, then "popping" the fuel—and the sonorous rush of air through twin turbochargers. Thrust from the 3.8-liter V8 just. Keeps. Coming. Floor it for a breath or two longer than 25 seconds and you'll see the speedo sweep past 188 mph. That's 275 feet per second.
I lack the space (and courage) to achieve such speed, let alone confirm a terminal velocity of 207, so I let up for a Turn 1, then stab the brakes as I approach Turn 2. In the mirror, I see the rear wing rise like a sail. This is more tech cribbed from F1. Under hard acceleration, the wing flattens to reduce drag; while cresting a hill at speed, it adjusts to optimize downforce; when braking, it acts as an air brake. It works with the efficiency of a tail hook—the 650S comes to a standstill from 62 mph in 101 feet—and pitches me forward in my seat.
I turn hard for the 190-degree left-hander, hoping to make at least passing acquaintance with its double apexes. Brake steer—a trick McLaren developed for F1 in 1997, only to see it banned—nudges the nose closer to them by applying the inside rear brake. A bit of tech from the days when F1 allowed active suspension helps me hustle through corners with surprising grace and pace: Dampers on opposite corners are hydraulically linked—as one compresses and the other rebounds, they work together to keep the car flatter than last night's beer. The car all but pirouettes, aided by bespoke Pirellis stickier than a taxicab floor.
Streaking down one of Laguna Seca's straights as quickly as you dare brings exhilaration bordering on awe.It's like this, turn after turn, for half a dozen laps. With the car's help, I begin to find a groove. Turn 6, with its blind entry and high speed, continues to intimidate. I never quite get the hang of The Corkscrew, or the long turn that follows it. And I consistently make a mess of the final corner. But the 650S, like all the best cars, inspires confidence and encourages me to push my limits. "The goal is to deliver a thrill just short of a scare," Goodwin says. The 650S does exactly that.
Still, Laguna Seca is overwhelming and the 650S beyond my skills. I want to experience what it can truly do. I ask Goodwin, who's lapped the Nurburgring and raced at Le Mans, for a ride.
Moments later we're approaching Turn 2 at something north of 100 mph. Goodwin stands on the brake and throws the car into the hairpin. The cabin fills with sound of rubber scrubbing pavement and the smell of brake pads scrubbing carbon. The rear end breaks loose; Goodwin effortlessly catches it and gets on the gas. The engine sounds like a firing squad.
He repeats this, over and over, one turn after another, all the while telling me about the car, about its technology, about his love of Laguna Seca. His calm, conversational demeanor contrasts with the violence being done to the tires, the brakes, the clutch. A moment later we're roaring down the Rahal Straight at triple-digit speed. I glance at Goodwin, who is suddenly quiet. He is right there, yet somewhere far away.
And then we're there. The Corkscrew. I laugh maniacally and Goodwin smiles as he kisses the first apex, then the second, not perfectly but far better than I ever did. Or ever will. But that's the beauty of the 650S. I will never drive like Chris Goodwin. But for one glorious afternoon on one of the world's great tracks, it made me feel like I do.


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In Bernalillo County, officials plan to use money collected from a behavioral health care tax approved by voters in 2014 to fund services, classes and resources for young migrants and their parents. The county brings in about $21 million a year from the tax, which is meant to pay for a host of programs for residents dealing with mental illness.
Under the plan, local nonprofit PB&J Family Services will work with the migrants under an expanded contract funded by the $100,000 allocation.
Earlier this week, the Albuquerque City Council approved $250,000 to help migrants passing through the city. That funding will go toward grants and contracts with the groups that are providing temporary housing and food.


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