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Career Journeys: A career full of ups, downs and more
Editor's note: This is the latest in a series written as a joint project between The Sheboygan Press and INSPIRE Sheboygan County, where local professionals share how they navigated their educational and career choices.
My formative years were in Pittsburgh. All the hills, creeks and rivers meant very few flat roads and even fewer straight roads.
While learning to drive, I thought nothing of those challenges. The real challenge was the three-speed stick shift with the roll-back I wanted to avoid at the top of a hill when someone was close to my rear bumper. After a while, I thought nothing of it because that was home.
My last four years in Pittsburgh were more intermittent as I attended The College of Wooster, in Ohio, where I majored in biology. I really wanted to become a marine biologist. That goal was reinforced during the summer of 1970 at the University of Miami's marine lab, which was adjacent to the Miami Seaquarium where TV star and playful dolphin Flipper lived. Field trips to the ocean every Saturday convinced me that my career goal, at the time, was the right one for me.
I joined the U.S. Navy and was commissioned as an ensign after completing Officer Candidate School. Based on conversations with recruiters, I hoped for the Navy's marine research programs. No such luck there, but I was fortunate to be stationed on an amphibious ship and, during the summer of 1973, we spent one glorious week anchored near Cocos Island, Costa Rica, where 30 to 40 scientists from the Smithsonian Institute could conduct research.
Our Commanding Officer knew I was keenly interested in their work, so I was permitted to help the marine biologists! What a thrill, until I learned that all but one were unemployed. Uh oh. It was time to reconsider what to do after my time in active duty.
Fortunately, my wife got me a subscription to a magazine focused on environmental engineering. My next career step was at Purdue University, where I earned a master's degree in environmental engineering. In fact, that program — with all the microbiology, chemistry and biochemistry classes — was an excellent use of my biology degree.
My first environmental engineering job was at the firm then known as Donohue & Associates Inc., where I began as a project engineer. I was at D&A for 13 years and in my last assignment I served as manager in the industrial services department. Along the way, I helped form a joint venture firm in Hong Kong.
During my years at D&A I learned some valuable lessons: my undergraduate biology degree did not cover the topics essential to becoming a professional engineer, and that hampered my ability to become a partner or associate; I loved the variety of projects I engineered or managed at numerous industrial manufacturing facilities, from sauerkraut plants to pulp and paper mills; and I was really good at connecting people to other people.
My numerous pulp and paper projects led me to my next 10 career years in the paper industry. While I learned quite a bit about how to make paper, one key lesson was reinforced: I was really good at connecting people to others they should know. I learned that the paper industry was struggling. And I was also introduced to a whole new aspect of our economy — economic development.
With considerable independent study and the support of professionals I got to know through the Wisconsin Economic Development Association, I was chosen to be the first executive director for the Kewaunee County Economic Development Corporation. My time there formed a critical foundation for my next role as business development director for the Sheboygan County Chamber of Commerce.
My time with the Chamber was tremendous, as I helped launch many new entrepreneurial businesses and Chamber programs that still exist, such as Deep Dive and Focal Point.
In fact, one of the ventures I helped create with Mike Trimberger, Peter Geise and the Business Education Partners committee was INSPIRE Sheboygan County. We recognized the importance of education for youth and helping them connect to mentors to learn about their career options. The ongoing successes of INSPIRE and the numerous mentors helping students define and redefine their career goals continues today with all school districts based in Sheboygan County. Hundreds of mentors are working with numerous students.
Just like those twisty, hilly streets of long ago, a career can be challenging. Fortunately for me, my education and experiences along the way always led me to new adventures, new opportunities to learn and numerous new people to work with and connect to.
Even though I retired from the Chamber a few years ago, I continue to serve as a business roundtable facilitator for seven different roundtable groups. Each is an opportunity to learn through adventurous discussions with wonderful people. And I get great pleasure in helping them make the right connections!
I marveled at those who knew early on what their career choices would be: doctors, lawyers, teachers, et cetera. For me, the variety of environmental engineering, paper industry, economic development and Chamber positions has added a spice to life, but some challenges, too. What were my key lessons? Learn how to learn, because that's a lifelong process; learn what you are really good at; and try really hard to learn names and what makes those people "tick," because if you can connect them, it will lead to good things for you.


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You Failed! Now What?
Last week, I had three conversations with three different companies. And each had a complaint about the same group of people: lawyers.
If you think about it, innovators and lawyers have completely opposite objectives.
Innovators want to grow the business. They believe that risk and failure are a natural part of the innovation process. Their mantra is "expansion."
Lawyers, on the other hand, want to guard the business. Their objective is to minimize risk and avoid failure. Their mantra is "protection."
But the issue isn't really lawyers versus innovators. The issue is how to balance an organization's need to protect the business while enabling it to expand at the same time.
In my previous blog entry, I discussed how to redefine failure. The model proposed was to treat everything like an experiment. While using this mindset, failure only occurs when the experiment does not give you the feedback you require.
However, sometimes even experiences can give you false positives. That is, the experiment tells you a new product, service or market is a good idea, yet in the end it proves to be a total flop.
In those situations, you have a good old fashioned failure on your hand. What do you do then? Beat up the people involved?
I was having a conversation with the former head of innovation for a giant retailer. In their quest for big successes, they had some colossal failures. Instead of chastising the people involved with the failed venture, they celebrated. They held a massive funeral. There was even a coffin in which the project (not the project team) was buried. In my mind I can imagine a New Orleans style funeral with music.
Several years back, Intuit, decided to target a younger population by linking tax filing with hip-hop. They made large marketing investments and created partnerships with companies like Expedia and Best Buy. But in the end, their marketing effort proved unsuccessful. They attracted very few new customers and killed the program.
How did they handle the failure? According to BusinessWeek:
"The team that developed the campaign documented its insights, such as the fact that Gen Y-ers don't visit destination Web sites that feel too much like advertising. Then, on a stage… in front of some 200 Intuit marketers, the team received an award from Intuit Chairman Scott Cook. 'It's only a failure if we fail to get the learning,' says Cook."
Successful companies don't punish failure. They don't necessarily celebrate them either. But there should be serious consequences if:
- You try to sweep your failure under the rug
- You try to blame someone else for your failure
- You don't learn from your failure and as a result make the same mistakes again
- You create a colossal failure without first doing enough due diligence, often in the form of experiments
The point is not to glorify failure. Although failures can give you useful input, success can do the same, at a much lower price. But if you do fail, be sure to deal it head on. Learn from the experience.
Or as Reverend Lawrence G. Lovasik once said:
"Any fool can try to defend his mistakes – and most fools do – but it gives one a feeling of nobility to admit one's mistakes. By fighting, you never get enough, but by yielding, you get more than you expected."
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Speaking as a lawyer (well, "recovering lawyer"), I DO think lawyers are a lot of the problem. As long as lawyers are incentivized to control risk and cost, they will be the "traffic cops" for innovators. Your experiment paradigm is intriguing, but in order for organizations to be successful in adopting this viewpoint, lawyers have to be part of the process from its inception. Unfortunately, lawyers aren't programmed to innovate. Just the opposite, we are trained and rewarded for following established precedent. It is the rare lawyer who can play with innovators on their terms.
Of course, it is probably not totally the fault of the lawyers that your clients were referring too–they were also to blame for not picking the right lawyers and/or giving them proper instructions. In short, lawyers are from Mars and innovators are from Venus. The sooner that business leaders realize this, the fewer problems they will have.
Hi Jackie!
I was thinking of you while writing this entry. The article I started to write showed how innovators and lawyers could (and do) work together nicely. But I decided to save that topic for another day.
What's interesting is that as innovators we like to think of the lawyers as the bad guys. Of course this is not the case. We each have a job to do. And both are equally valuable.
Saying "lawyers are from Mars and innovators are from Venus", Jackie have pretty well illustrated and summarized the education and culture gaps between these two, yet earthling, species.
I once met an IP lawyer who actually challenged me so much that I had to admit the novelty of my idea was not what I was thinking about. Therefore, this lawyer helped me reformulate my project, by redefining the related invention and better understanding its transformative value.
It took us about one hour to understand each other and positive collaboration took place because we were two listeners serving the same interest and objectively discussing about how to evaluate it.
This upstream collaboration was crucial to avoid blindly engaging the project on a 'very likely to fail' path.
Failure, as the the natural shadow of success, deserves the same attention. Both are built and consequences of our actions, decisions and understanding. Actually, I have seen very few organizations capable of analyzing their success, while they take time to consider their failure.
Great post!
But I have to tell you that I reject the premise. There is no law of nature that says lawyers and innovators must be at odds. The reality is that most business people are not particularly innovative and neither are most lawyers. If a company chooses to focus on innovation then there are moves it can make to increase the level of innovation it gets from its people be they commercial or legal employees.
One of those moves is to reject your distinction between expanding and protecting the business. In most (if not all) markets, expansion is necessary for survival. You cannot possibly protect a business by stymieing its efforts to expand. A business that is serious about innovation (and most just like the buzzword) will hire and develop lawyers with a keen feeling for the business imperatives and the legal acumen to manage through (yes, through) the most severe legal risks. Similarly, they will hire commercial folks with the maturity to respect the expertise of their lawyers and the ability to sit at the table with them as partners in crafting a strategy that optimizes the approach to satisfying business imperatives and adhering to legal and regulatory requirements.


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Do Hadoop and the Cloud Mean the End of the Closed Data Warehouse?
August 13, 2013 | Updated: May 22, 2015
The data warehouse business has been great for at least a decade as almost every sizable company has been finding itself awash in data that it could not bring itself to part with, and was willing to pay a lot to have it stored, organized, and analyzed. But in an era of open tools – such as Hadoop - plus a push to lower costs by using commodity hardware, has the clock started to tick down on closed data warehouses?
Data warehouses are fairly simple. They are built to accommodate a business's data, often its structured data, although with a little tweaking unstructured data can be stored in them too.
Everything is usually kept inside a relational database and - as always with relational databases - the upside is speed of processing and the downsides are some inflexibility about kinds of data that can be handled along with heavy demands for costly hardware to run the SQL databases.
But as businesses look to cut costs, particularly with open source, and as commodity servers in the cloud become a new standard for running IT operations, this basic structure is beginning to be questioned.
Over the long term, private warehouses will continue to thrive, but they likely will make themselves open to manipulation by open tools such as Hadoop and NoSQL databases. It's increasingly said that enterprise needs a new data fabric that accommodates the growing diversity of data types. Hybrid kinds of arrangements - where relational databases blend in with NoSQL databases - will likely emerge as solutions, at least in the short term.
But the other reality is that ours is an era of humongous data - really, really big data - and inevitably that will break many, perhaps not all, data warehouses as presently conceived. What's keenly needed is big and fast data and the latter of course is not always easy to achieve with Hadoop, but there's a stampede of plug-ins and tweaks designed to coax Hadoop into realtime, fast processing.
MongoDB of course already has announced integration with Hadoop that allows MongoDB data sets also to be manipulated by Hadoop and a plus is that data set size - for all practical purpose - ceases to be much of an issue. However big the data, bring it on.
The key of course is that - in their essences - Hadoop and MongoDB are fundamentally very different. MongoDB was written for data storage, not processing, and also data retrieval, while Hadoop was written to process data, particularly massive data sets. But those differences are why they can work together.
Processing can be done in Hadoop, then sent for storage in MongoDB, building on the strengths of each. And that is exactly the kind of strengths needed in a world where the new normal is really big data.
Ask yourself this, do you envision data warehousing needs diminishing, holding the same, or growing?
If the last, get to know Hadoop because it will become a part of your life. At least you will hope it does.


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First-Year Presentations 2016 /// DAS Theatre / 17 and 18 June 2016
Doors open at 18:30 and the programme starts at 19:00. Want to know more about the evening? Go to: bit.ly/DAS_FY18June. Or just by your ticket nowhttp://bit.ly/DASticket18June! — at DAS Theatre.
Performance: REVERSE ENGINEERING
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The mayor of Italian town Candela has come up with a practical solution to its dwindling population number — paying people to become residents.
Nicola Gatta wants the small medieval town in Puglia to shine like it did in the 1990s, when more than 8,000 people lived here. Today, there are just 2,700 residents.
So, to recover the town's lost grandeur, mayor Nicola Gatta is offering up to 2,000 euros ($2,350) to encourage people to relocate.
The churches that stand at each street corner fill up only to celebrate the very few births that occur here, or the many funerals for elderly residents.
There are dozens of dazzling white houses with panoramic terraces and ornate balconies standing empty, waiting to welcome new residents.
To lure newcomers — including foreigners — Gatta's council has opened up its coffers in hope of boosting the town's appeal.
"This is how it works: 800 euros for singles, 1,200 euros for couples, 1,500 to 1,800 euros for three-member families, and over 2,000 euros for families of four to five people", explains Stefano Bascianelli, the mayor's right-hand man.
Tax credits on city waste disposal, bills and nurseries could also be offered.
There are three main requirements to receiving the cash: New residents must take up residency in Candela, rent a house and have a job with a salary of at least 7,500 euros per year.
"We don't want people flocking here thinking they get to live off the town hall's revenues, all new residents must work and have an income", says Bascianelli.
Six families from northern Italy have already settled in and another five have applied to move.
"Life quality rocks here. We haven't had one crime in 20 years", boasts Bascianelli.
The town has been given an expensive makeover, and is looking shiny and new. Restyled old palazzos, streets and piazzas are now open for guided tours.
Public money is used to fund folkloric costume parties, spectacular bonfires and festivals in order to reclaim ancient traditions and myths.
Question: Do you think is a good idea to save the city? Why or why not?


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Employers should review the fast-approaching 2013 and 2014 health care reform requirements. State Exchanges will be opening enrollment as soon as October 1, 2013 with benefits effective January 1, 2014. Along with many questions from employees, employers face a multitude of reform provisions. For answers and guidance, they will look to attorneys, brokers, consultants and third party administrators to help sort out the rules and reporting requirements. Below is a recap of the issues that employers face for 2013 and 2014 and what action they should take in response. In the following table, "PPACA" is an abbreviation for Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, better known as the health care reform law. Please note that the following information may change due to future published guidance.
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Today, is Epiphany and I am happy to welcome back Robin Rivera for this second Discovering Traditions guest post, as well as her second guest appearance on my blog. You can find her advent calendar contribution here, and read the previous Discovering Traditions post by Dr Gulara Vincent about New Year's here. Epiphany Robin Rivera When I was young, the … Continue reading Discovering Traditions: Epiphany by Robin Rivera
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Advent Calendar Day 6: Nikolaus I Still Believe!
Nikolaus I Still Believe! Saint Nicolaus Day has always been one of my favourite, favourite holidays! This means that I have books worth of memories that come with it, maybe not books, but I could do a several posts on the subject... Wow! What happened here? Outside of our apartment my tiny boots were overflowing … Continue reading Advent Calendar Day 6: Nikolaus I Still Believe!
If we were having coffee – 27 June 2015
How are you doing? Are you celebrating? If we were having coffee, well then I guess you would be joining me for my morning tea. Little one is still asleep, S. is about to start work, my neighbours are moving out, so it is not as quiet as it could be. If you are stopping … Continue reading If we were having coffee – 27 June 2015
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How Do I Apply For An Fha Home Loan
but the process of buying a home can be an information overload. A good place to start is to know what type of mortgage you're going to apply for. One of the most common mortgage types is an FHA loan..
+See More Home Loan Providers for Bad Credit. Before you find a lender, you'll need to determine which type of refinance loan you should obtain. There are four types of FHA-insured refinance loans, each with its own requirements. For those who already have an FHA loan, options include an FHA Streamline Refinance loan and an FHA Simple Refinance.
Fha Application Requirements What Is An FHA Loan? | 2019 Complete Guide | Bankrate.com – Popular with first-time homebuyers, FHA home loans require lower.. However, not all properties qualify and applying for the loan can be more.
Note: This is a short list of the most commonly requested items. Your lender might ask for additional documents to complete the FHA pre-approval process. After the lender reviews all of this information, they will tell you two things. First, you'll find out if you qualify for a mortgage loan based on your current financial situation.
FHA loans after bankruptcy. This guarantee means lenders are willing to provide mortgages to borrowers who might not otherwise be able to qualify for a home loan. While you can get an FHA loan after bankruptcy, the timeline depends on the kind of bankruptcy you declared. There are two types of bankruptcy available to individuals,
Home Loan Credit Requirements · These options include both home equity loans and credit lines, as well as cash-out refinance loans. A traditional home equity loan is a one-time loan that uses your home's equity as collateral. A home equity line of credit (HELOC) also uses your equity as collateral, but credit lines can be used over and over again.
You can apply for an FHA loan with any FHA approved lender. With low. fha loans are one of the most common types of homes loans used today. They are.
How To Apply For An FHA Home Loan. The first step in applying for an FHA home loan is to contact an approved FHA lender. FedHome Loan Centers is an approved broker for all types of government loan products including fha insured loans. One of our Government Loan Specialists can assist you every step of the way.
For most mortgage borrowers, there are three major loan types: conventional, FHA and. chunk of take-home pay. Borrowers with low credit scores. Homebuyers with small down payments and refinancers.
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To combat the occurrence of such issues, Instagram is introducing an "AI-powered" feature that will notify the users when a comment can be considered as offensive – even before it is posted. The intervention will give the user time to analyze their comment and even undo it, in order to avoid the recipient's sentiments.
The other feature, which is not yet rolled out will give the users a chance to stand up for inappropriate behavior.
Instagram says that young people of the community are the most vulnerable to cyberbullying. However, they are also more hesitant to report or block the person from their accounts. This is because they fear that doing so may escalate the situation or the bully may interfere in their real life as well.
To ease their apprehension, the new feature called the 'Restrict' will soon be made available where the comments will only be visible to the commenter. The restricted person will not be able to see when you are online or whether you have read the messages as well.
"It's our responsibility to create a safe environment on Instagram. This has been an important priority for us for some time, and we are continuing to invest in better understanding and tackling this problem.", explained Adam Mosseri, Head of Instagram in a blog post.Cyber-bullying is a common issue – especially amongst teenagers who are often cruel to one another. Instagram serves as one of the ideal places for the bullies to target innocent victims due to its high-usage by the teens or the Gen Z. Luckily, Instagram is proactive and taking several different initiatives to tackle the issue. Let's keep our fingers crossed and hope they are able to minimize the prevailing issue.
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In my work as a Program Officer, I have written about philanthropy, arts education & racism, among other things. Here they are:
- Transforming Arts Education:Center Staging Blackness, Teaching Artists and Philanthropy. Written with Sister IAsia Thomas
- Grantee Inclusion: A Step Towards Mutual Accountability?
- Opportunities Abound: Anti-racism & arts philanthropy
- I Hate Classical Music: A Conversation On Race, Identity & Transformative Arts Practice
- What Does Culture Look Like When #BlackLivesMatter?
As a brother of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc., I coordinate a project called the Omega Dr. Carter G. Woodson Academy. This has it's own blog and Facebook page and the Brothers are doing some amazing work, please check it out.


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Now listen, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business, and make money." Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. Instead, you ought to say, "If it is the Lord's will, we will live and do this or that." James 4: 13-15
"Man plans, God laughs." – Yiddish proverb
"Anything that can go wrong, will." – "Murphy's Law."
So, this Sunday our worship leader will be camping. The drummer will be gone as well. The piano player is unavailable, as is the teacher who sang with me a year ago in a pinch. ( https://seekingdivineperspective.com/2019/11/01/when-i-am-weak/ ) The bass player will be there, but he's needed in the sound booth to fill in for the drummer's kids.
So, three guesses who's left to lead worship this Sunday.
This must be "That Week," because we have been in similar situations on more than one mid-August Sunday. The reason I know is because Facebook sent me a reminder of what I posted a few years back:


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10-minute Flat ABS Workout
Hello, it's Agata here. How is your summer so far? Hope you all had chance to relax a little bit. I am taking advantage of last few days of warm August days by spending as much time as possible outdoor. I even do most of my workouts in the parks or football fields.
There is no limit and I am exercising pretty much anywhere I go. This abs workout I preformed in Local Park on picnic table (it was raining day before so grass was wet). Get creative and have fun.
Play day or a working out day? What about both at the same time. Viva free time, gorgeous summer weather and high motivation. Don't waist your time inside the gym. I say ditch it and go outside. Take advantage of brilliant weather and do your workout outdoor.
Spend your time in the sun, with your friends and family in the local park or at sea side and do this express abs workout. No equipment necessary, just you.
Working out in higher temperatures (for example outside during warm, sunny day) can boost your metabolism. Exercises on the sand or grass are proven to be more effective than in the gym. Magic of the sun, nature and fresh air. So say bon voyage to fat around your belly and do this four amazing abs shredding exercises.
Your 10-minute Abs Workout;
1. Low legs V-sit up
Look after your back by kipping your core strong. Relax shoulders. Keep this position for as long as you can. Go back to sitting up position and the repeat 2 more times.
If you would like to make it harder, lean back a little more.
2. High Legs V-sit up.
A little harder now. your start position will be the same like for exercise one. This time lift your legs of the ground, so your feet are at knee level. Try not to grab your legs.
Hold this position for as long as you can. Drop, have a moment of rest and repeat two more times.
3. Knee touch
You can get lower now. bend your knees, place hands on the top of legs and slide them towards your knees. Lift your head, upper back and shoulders of the ground. Crunch belly and go high.
this time touch your knees 15 times. few seconds rest and two more sets.
4. Toe touch
Lift your legs up, keep them straight. lift upper back, head and shoulder of the ground. try to touch your toes with your fingers. 15 lifts in 3 rounds.
Keep drinking while exercising, especially during hot days. My favourite right now is water with a touch of fresh lemon and lavender. So good.
So, so good.
Simple right? Get your fitness gear on and run to near by park for your fun day. Take it further and ask your family to take some pictures. Share with us; show us how you are having fun. Looking forward hearing from you.


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After a long two-week break, we're finally back! The big battle against Kaido begins and you know what that means: breaking down a lot of different attack names!
Only 7 chapters to go!!!
After a long two-week break, we're finally back! The big battle against Kaido begins and you know what that means: breaking down a lot of different attack names!
Only 7 chapters to go!!!
This chapter was breathtaking! Art, action, atmosphere – everything was awesome!
I didn't know the meaning behind the colour cover… It's nice to know.
You gave an interesting explanation about Black Maria's song – seems legit. I was wondering about other possible interpretations of her song.
One of them assumed that it has something to do with connection between Zunisha and Wano (or some people from a void century who wanted to meet with each other but their plans fell through).
In the second one I considered a song as a story about future meeting of Momo and Hiyori.
Ah Kaido… He'll beat the scabbards. But I'm pretty sure he will actually die at the end of this arc!
The scabbards injure him, but they will fall. However the next round (Which'll probably at least include Luffy, Zoro, Kidd, Killer and Law (and I hope myself all the SH's) (Also probably X.Drake and maybe others) will see Kaido going down hard. Luffy does tend to have some epic finishers. And Zoro'll slash Kaido with Oden's old blade.
That and Big Mom'll backstab him of course, she at this point pretty much stated it indirectly to Perospero.
After which I think BB, who smelled an opportunity earlier in the arc, and who DOES belief Luffy is blessed by fate, will come to Onigashima and kill a heavily injured Kaido (And destroy Onigashima in the process.) In fact, I suspect Kaido will try to escape when he's badly wounded and Moriah's shadows will suddenly ensnare him. After all BB seems to have a hitlist of everyone who might stop him in the future. So Kaido'd naturally be on it.
I think the Kaido deathclock is ticking! He's not going to go to Impel Down or something. In universe, this is Kaido's final day on… whatever the OP planet is called.
Im thinking about that zorro eat a abowl with a drawing blue dragon.there a few cover story related to zorro in this arc
I just assume that zoro will deal with kaido and luffy with bigmom
Question: who is Yamato's mother? Black Maria? Hahahaha.


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flex is a tool for generating scanners: programs which recognized lexical patterns in text. flex reads the given input files for a description of a scanner to generate. The description is in the form of pairs of regular expressions and C code, called rules. flex generates as output a C source file, lex.yy.c, which defines a routine yylex(). This file is compiled and linked with the -lfl library to produce an executable. When the executable is run, it analyzes its input for occurrences of the regular expressions. Whenever it finds one, it executes the corresponding C code. The behaviour of Flex has undergone a major change since version 2.5.4a. Flex scanners are now reentrant, you may have multiple scanners in the same program with differing sets of defaults, and they play nicer with modern C and C++ compilers. The Flip side is that Flex no longer conforms to the POSIX lex behaviour, and the scanners require conforming implementations when flex is used in ANSI C mode. The package flex-old provides the older behaviour.
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Their findings showed that heart failure patients who will given doses of vitamin D3 on a daily basis displayed improved heart function. The VINDICATE study involved 163 subjects, and showed that those who received vitamin supplements saw their heart action improved by as much as 34%. Patients in the placebo group saw no changes.
Around the world many people have a problem with vitamin D deficiency. The nutrient is vital for the maintenance of healthy teeth and bones, but many people just do not get enough. Those who have ever been to the rainy city of Leeds may realize why the researchers undertook the study there.
Participants were aged 70 on average and displayed low levels of vitamin D even in the summer, when sun exposure should boost levels of the nutrient.
Researchers observe significant improvements
"They do spend less time outside, but the skin's ability to manufacture vitamin D also gets less effective [with age] and we don't really understand why that is," says lead author Dr. Klaus K. Witte in a BBC report.
In cases of heart failure, where the heart is too weak to pump blood, the scientists focused on ejection fraction. The term refers to the amount of blood pumped by the heart with every beat.
This action should be around 60-70% in healthy adults, but those who suffer heart failure only have 25% of the blood in their heart pumped out with every beat. However the introduction of vitamin D supplements boosted ejection fraction from 26% to 34%.
Researchers called the results "stunning" and pointed out the potential benefits of vitamin D pills.
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Witte also explained that vitamin D3 is more effective than vitamin D2. The former is created naturally in the skin and is "more reliable and potent," whereas the latter is made synthetically and doesn't have as great an effect on patients.
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India is well on its way to become a knowledge society. There is all round growth in all sectors of the economy namely agriculture, manufacturing and services. Today we have an opportunity to take the leadership in the knowledge revolution. Knowledge Revolution is indeed the foundation for leading India into a Developed Nation. For this, the time is ripe because of the ascending trajectory of the economy, availability of great institutions for capacity building of the human resource, abundant bio-diversity, and other natural resources and above all, our 540 million youth who are determined to make the nation prosperous, happy and a safe place to live well before 2020. With this background India is taking the lead in mobilizing and integrating national and international knowledge resources. Keeping this in mind, I would like to discuss with you on the topic, ?Convergence of Technologies.?
Convergence of Technologies
Information technology and communication technology have already converged leading to Information and Communication Technology (ICT). Information Technology combined with bio-technology has led to bio-informatics. Now, Nano-technology is knocking at our doors. It is the field of the future that will replace microelectronics and many fields with tremendous application potential in the areas of medicine, electronics and material science. When Nano technology and ICT meet, integrated silicon electronics, photonics are born and it can be said that material convergence will happen. With material convergence and biotechnology linked, a new science called Intelligent Bioscience will be born which would lead to a disease free, happy and more intelligent human habitat with longevity and high human capabilities. Convergence of bio-nano-info technologies can lead to the development of nano robots. Nano robots when they are injected into a patient, my expert friends say, will diagnose and deliver the treatment exclusively in the affected area and then the nano-robot gets digested as it is a DNA based product.
Convergence of ICT, aerospace and Nano technologies will emerge and revolutionize the aerospace industry and electronics leading to nano computing systems. This technological convergence will enable building of cost effective low weight, high payload, and highly reliable aerospace systems, which can be used for inter-planetary transportation.
Till recently, silicon and its siblings were considered to be inefficient as sensors, actuators and for photosynthesis. Things are changing. The convergence of computers, communication and sensing into a single smart device and the ability to have mobile and communicate between them is leading the research and development in an important area of Sensor networks. This research is revolutionizing our monitoring systems be it in the area of environment and pollution control, be it in the area of agriculture for crop health monitoring or be it in the area of surveillance. The sensor networks are finding newer applications. This is another convergence of functions that will be very important in our future systems.
With this background of convergence of technologies, I would like to discuss some of the nanoscience and technology products in which India has made certain progress.
Products progress in Nano Science & Technology in India ? some examples
a. Water: Nano tube filter ? water purification
The scientists from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi have devised a simple method to produce carbon nanotube filters that efficiently remove micro-to nano-scale contaminants from water and heavy hydrocarbons from petroleum. Made entirely of carbon nanotubes, the filters are easily manufactured using a novel method for controlling the cylindrical geometry of the structure. The filters are hollow carbon cylinders several centimeters long and one or two centimeters wide with walls just one-third to one-half a millimeter thick. They are produced by spraying benzene into a tube-shaped quartz mould and heating the mould to 900�C. The nanotube composition makes the filters strong, reusable, and heat resistant, and they can be cleaned easily for reuse.
The carbon nanotube filters offer a level of precision suitable for different applications. They can remove 25-nanometer-sized polio viruses from water, as well as larger pathogens, such as E. coli and Staphylococcus aureus bacteria. The researchers believe this could make the filters adaptable to micro fluidics applications that separate chemicals in drug discovery.
b. Power: Gas flow induced generation of voltage from solids
Prof AK Sood, Professor of Physics at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and his student have studied, experimented and found that the liquid flow in carbon nano tubes can generate electric current. One of the most exciting applications to emerge from the discovery is the possibility of a heart pacemaker ? like device with nanotubes, which will sit in the human body and generate power from blood. Instead of batteries, the device will generate power by itself to regulate defective heart rhythm. The Indian Institute of Science has transferred the exclusive rights of the technology to an American start-up Trident Metrologies. They will develop the prototypes and commercialize the gas flow sensors.
c. Drug delivery system
A research group headed by Professor A. N. Maitra of the University of Delhi?s Chemistry Department has developed 11 patentable technologies for improved drug delivery systems using nanoparticles. Four of these processes have been granted U.S. patents. One of the important achievements at the initial stage of drug delivery research was development of a reverse micelles based process for the synthesis of hydrogel and ?smart? hydrogel nanoparticles for encapsulating water-soluble drugs. This method enabled one to synthesize hydrogel nanoparticles of size less than 100nm diameter. This technology has been commercialized.
Another technology has been transferred to industry deals with nanoparticle drug delivery for eye diseases. Traditionally, steroids have been used extensively in the treatment of ocular inflammatory disease and allergies. However, prolonged use of steroids has many side effects. The Delhi University group?s process uses nanoparticles to encapsulate non-steroidal drugs. This process aims to improve the bioavailability of the drug on the surface of the cornea. The technology has been transferred to Chandigarh-based Panacea Biotech Ltd.
d. Microwave CNTs Production unit
Defence Materials and Stores, Research and Development Establishment (DMSRDE), Kanpur is synthesizing non-aligned, quasi-aligned and aligned CNT with a batch size of 50 grams using a fast synthesis process. It has a maximum operating temperature 12000 C. The CNTs will have applications in EM absorbers, composites, gas sensors, flow monitors, field emission devices.
e. Healthcare: Typhoid Detection Kit
Typhoid Detection Kit has been developed by Defence Research and Development Establishment, Gwalior using the nano sensor developed by Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. Typhoid fever caused by Salmonella typhi is a major health problem and an important challenge to health authorities of third world countries due to unsatisfactory water supply, poor sanitary conditions, malnutrition, emergence of antibiotic resistant strains etc. According to an estimate the worldwide incidence to typhoid fever is 16 million cases annually and mortality rate is 600,000 individuals per year worldwide. In India, the morbidity due to typhoid varies from 102 to 2219/100,000 population in different parts of the country. In some areas typhoid fever is responsible for 2-5% of all deaths.
In India for routine diagnosis for typhoid disease Widal test is performed with single serum sample which does not provide the correct diagnosis of infection. Therefore a Latex agglutination based test has been developed at DRDE, Gwalior using recombinant DNA technology and immunological technique for rapid diagnosis of typhoid infection. The test detects ?S? typhi antigen directly in patient?s serum within 1-3 minutes which is very important for initiating early treatment and saving human life. The collaborative work between DRDO and Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore has resulted in increasing the sensitivity of the test by 30 times by applying a small electric charge (1.5 V).
Nano technology product survey: There may be many more achievements in our scientific laboratories; I suggest DST and CII to jointly conduct a survey to prepare the technological breakthroughs accomplished in nano technology products in India. Now let me discuss, what I have witnessed on the convergence of technologies in Bio-Nano and Info in Singapore and Republic of Korea.
Nano cluster: Nanyang Technological University has created a Nano science and Nano Technology cluster, which is a NTU wide network of research center with shared facilities for Nano fabrication, Nano characterization and exploitation of Nano technology applications. Focused areas of research, development and commercialization include Nano devices, Energy & Catalysis, Nano Magnetics & Photonics, Organic Molecular Electronics, Nano ? Biotech and Nano Materials: Synthesis. I visited the Nano Cluster labs and witnessed the developed products such as:
a. Electronic Biochips: Microfluidic protein biochip for electrochemical immunoassays with dual ring electrode.
b. Development of PLZT (Lanthanum-substituted lead zirconate titanate) electro-optical ceramics for eye-protection devices: It can rotate the plane of incident light polarization from 00 to 900 by electric-induced birefringence. So, PLZT ceramics can be applied in eye protection devices, protecting eyes or optical sensors from suddenly incident intense light. It provides low driving voltage and fast response time.
c. Field emission x-ray source: Development of compact x-ray source based on CNTs (Carbon Nano Tubes) and carbon nano fibers as an electron emitter for 3-D inspection and biomedical applications.
Nano Fab: I had visited the Samsung Electronics, Giheung Plant in Korea during my recent visit to Republic of Korea. They are the leaders in semiconductor, tele-communication, digital media and digital convergence technologies. Out of the eight new fabrication lines, Samsung is designing four with capacities higher than conventional lines with the possibility of a 300 mm or lager wafer-unit, it includes one R&D line. This has resulted in a steep growth in global memory semiconductor market share for Samsung on a year to year basis. Also, I had a glimpse of the nano technology research in Samsung. Using this technology and the bioinformatics the researchers in Samsung are developing a chip that can be used to diagnose common diseases even at home. Once the patient knows reasonably well the problem, will use the information to chose the doctor, the treatment options, and possible outcome.
This visit has given me an insight, about how they plan and execute right from science, research, technology development, product development and commercialization aiming at positioning the products in the world market within a specified time frame. I have witnessed that the integrated planning includes capacity building, establishment of centers of excellence, creation of world class infrastructure, transfer of technologies to industrial partners and marketing.
A way ahead
I have studied India?s scientific and technological work after independence. There have been some excellent areas of basic research in very advanced topic right from late 1950s and 60s. For example we had excellent work on aero science, material science and also excellent work on semi-conductor research. Some world class scientists published papers also. Later even in the Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) area some original work was done by Raman Research Institute. We should now work to realize world class materials.
However, when one studies the technological and commercial aspects of these areas, the results have not been commensurate. We never produced an indigenous aircraft until very recently. Also we missed micro electronic revolution in the 70s. Similarly, in Liquid Crystal Display, we never even started a good commercial production whereas countries like Taiwan and South Korea have become world leaders in commercial production of these products. If we study, many areas, such trend seems to be the pattern.
We should not repeat this again in areas like Nano-Technology and Convergence of nano-technology with ICT and BT. Therefore, even while we are concentrating on basic research with eminent scientists working in it, simultaneously Indian industrial group small, big and medium should concurrently work on commercialization of nano-technologies. It may well be that the technologies are developed in India or in USA or in other countries. The main focus should be speedy commercialization to fit into the global market. The time is now ripe since our economy is in the ascent phase and the manufacturing sector has established adequate capacity to promote rapid commercialization of products. Towards this, I suggest that separate funds which can be used primarily for commercialization by Indian industry either for in-house or partnership mode for specific product should be encouraged at the earliest. And innovative managerial mechanism has to be there to utilize these funds with utmost speed and with commercial success in mind. The project should be market driven. I would suggest to the government to set apart sufficient funds on non-lapsable basis for nano-technology commercialization, and I would like industries to take a lead in this matter. Simultaneously, there is a need to take action to build the human resource required for undertaking the challenging tasks in this new sector. I would recommend the nano-technology community, particularly, the industrialists to read the book titled ?Nano-Technology Market and Company Report? ? finding hidden pearls prepared by Deutsche Bank and other experts, with details of over 350 nanocompanies and interviews with over 100 entrepreneurs.
We should mount a mission mode operation to deliver tangible products to meet our national demand as well as to be beneficial to the other countries. Let me discuss some of the national missions and the possible areas of research, design, development and production of products with reference to the areas of importance for development using nano science and technologies.
Possible areas of Cooperative Missions
Agriculture and food processing: We are in the mission of generating 400 million tones of food grains with reduced land, with reduced water and with reduced workforce. It is essential to take up agro food processing in a big way which will bring employment potential in rural areas.
Some of the possible areas of research in agriculture and food processing are: Nano-porous zeo-lites for slow-release and efficient doses of water and fertilizers for plants, and of nutrients and drugs for livestock, nano-capsules for herbicide delivery, nano sensors for soil quality and for plant health monitoring. Nano-composites for plastic film coatings used in food packaging, antimicrobial nano-emulsions for applications in decontamination of food equipment, packaging or food processing are other important areas of research.
Infrastructure: India is aspiring to build hundred million houses within next ten years. The infrastructure development in metropolitan and tier-2 cities needs to be enhanced in the form of new bridges, airports, marketing complexes and industrial units. 40% of the rural areas need to be covered with all weather roads; we need to double the present national highways ratio per 100 square kilometer area.
Nano-science material and technology research can definitely provide a solution. Our research focus in the nano-material should be towards cheaper rural housing, surfaces, coatings, use of concrete with heat and light exclusion. Can we develop heat resistance nano-material to block ultraviolet and infra red radiation? We should also develop a nano-molecular structure to make concrete more robust to water seepage, with self cleaning surfaces and bio active coating.
Energy: Energy Independence is India?s first and highest priority. We are determined to achieve this by the year 2030 through three different sources namely renewable energy (solar, wind and hydro power), electrical power from nuclear energy and bio-fuel for the transportation sector. Energy independence throws very important technological challenges to the world: The solar cell efficiency has to increase from the present 15% to 20% to 45 to 50% through intensified research on CNT based solar cells. For thorium reactors, as it is known, thorium is a non-fissile material. It has to be converted into a fissile material using Fast Breeder Technology. In the Bio-fuel area, the challenge is bio-fuel plantation for higher yield, esterification technologies for the higher output and the modification to automobile power plants. These three research areas definitely need intensive cooperation between Greece and India.
Safe Drinking Water: We have embarked on a mission for water purification, water de-toxification, water desalination through nano membranes and nano sensor for detecting contaminants and pathogens? How the nano-porous zeo-lites, nano-porous polymers can be used to design and develop products for water purification.
Healthcare: India has already patented the development of drug delivery system using nano-technology. Stem cell research in India is advancing in the field of cardiology, ophthalmology, diabetic research, endocrinology, oncology and immunology. It is essential to develop drug delivery system for stem cell implantation into the specific organs of the body related to the ailment using nano technology.
Aerospace: Emerging technologies such as MEMS, Nano, Information technology, biotechnology, space research, Hypersonic, High power lasers and microwave will be dominating the future in every field and applications. The advancements in material science and technology will give a major thrust to the realization of advanced aerospace systems. We are today at the convergence of Nano, Bio and Information technologies, that will lead to new generation aerospace devices and products.
Molecular nano technology has enormous potential for future aerospace systems. Research has shown that newly discovered class of molecules, particularly carbon nano tubes built from graphite sheets curved into a wide variety of close shapes, may lead to tougher, high temperature materials that can survive in vacuum and other harsh environments. Carbon nano tubes are normal form of carbon with remarkable electrical and mechanical properties. It is hoped that such materials could revolutionize electronic design and open the space frontier by radically lowering the cost of launch to orbit.
Carbon Nano Tubes reinforced with polymer matrix will result in composites which are super strong, light weight, small and intelligent structures in the field of material science. This has tremendous aerospace applications.
ICT: Molecular switches and circuits along with nano cell will pave the way for the next generation computers. Ultra dense computer memory coupled with excellent electrical performance will result in low power, low cost, nano size and yet faster assemblies. This will result in the small scale assembly of computers, tablet PCs, display systems etc.
Collaborative Programme in Nano Science and Technology
Next ten years will see nano technology playing the most dominant role in the global business environment and is expected to reach $ one trillion. In this scenario, with the core competence of IITs and Indian R&D institutions in collaboration with international institutions and industries, we can create vertical missions under a joint venture organisation for at least 10 nano technology products in Water, Energy, Agriculture, Healthcare, Space and Defence and ICT sectors. In these identified vertical missions, R&D institutions, Universities, private and public Industries from India and other partnering countries should work together for faster design, development and production of products for world market.
In order to achieve this mission, we need to connect all the relevant institutions participating in this mission using the high bandwidth fiber optics network into a Knowledge Grid specially established for the nano technology mission.
Since, I am in the midst of students and scientists of IIT, Karagpur, I would like to share some of the research areas where we can focus on.
1. In the energy sector, increasing the solar photovoltaic cell efficiency from the existing 15% to 45% using silicon as a base with Carbon Nano Tube is an important research challenge. Scientists in reputed laboratories in the world have established the fact that the alignment of the CNT with the polymer composites substrate is the key issue and this aligned CNT based PV cells would give very high efficiency in photovoltaic conversion. The polymer composites increase contact area for better charge transfer and energy conversion. In this process, the researchers could achieve the efficiency of about 50% at the laboratory scale. The intensity of research in Indian research institutions has to be enhanced to realize commercial production of CNT based Photovoltaic cells.
2. India has to go for nuclear power generation in big way using thorium based reactors. Thorium, a non fissile material, is available in abundance in our country. Intensive research is essential for converting thorium for maximizing its utilization and generating electric power through thorium based reactors.
3. Proteomics is the study of all the proteins expressed by the genome of a cell. It is the logical extension of genomics. Proteomics helps to understand the basic biological processes critical to normal cellular functions as well as the development of diseases. It identifies the essential components of these processes and exploits these components as targets in the development of new methods to prevent or treat diseases. The type of work involved is huge and challenging, and much bigger than the Human genome programme. There is a national programme in proteomics. This has to be given thrust with cooperation of International Scientific community.
4. There is much research and development and progress in testing of vaccine in the country for prevention of HIV/AIDS disease. It is indeed a big challenge for life science scientists to have an integrated vaccine development leading to production in three years time.
5. Stem cell research through three areas such as Adult stem cells, umbilical cord stem cells, and embryonic stem cells has to be pursued on a mission mode for finding cure for many diseases.
6. In many places in our planet, we experience severe earthquakes resulting in loss of life, loss of wealth and in some cases it destroys the decades of progress made by the country and its valuable civilizational heritage. India has earthquake problems periodically in certain regions. It is essential for us to work on mission mode research for forecasting the earthquake using multiple parameters using precursors such as pre-shock conditions, electromagnetic phenomena prior to final rupture and atmospheric and ionospheric anomalies.
7. The quantum of rainfall in a particular area for a particular cloud condition within a specified duration is not being determined by the present monsoon prediction system. Heavy rains in Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad in our nation during the last few years and Katrina hurricane in US has created enormous loss of life and property. This brings out the necessity for global monsoon research for determining intensity and quantum of rain in a particular cloud condition through a validated prediction system with detailed research. With this system scientists should be able to provide the information for the particular cloud condition, how much rain will come in what period through the use of Polorimetric radar.
Solutions to these seven research areas: first two relating to solar power and nuclear power area, third relating to healthcare, fourth relating to HIV/AIDS, fifth relating to stem cell research, sixth relating to forecasting of earthquake and seventh relating to precision forecasting of rain content for particular cloud condition are challenging areas for the young researchers in India.
My greetings to all the students and faculty of IIT, Karagpur. My best wishes to all of you in your mission of promoting scientific discoveries, technological inventions and innovations for societal transformation.
May God bless you.


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What we know about Mark Dantonio retiring as Michigan State football coach
Mark Dantonio announced his retirement as the Michigan State football head coach on Tuesday, Feb. 4.
He served as the Michigan State football coach for 13 seasons. He guided the Spartans to a 114-57 record in that stretch.
Eleven times in his 13 years, Dantonio guided MSU to a bowl game. Most notably, MSU went to the Rose Bowl as part of a 13-1 season in 2013-14.
What ended up being Dantonio's final season, MSU went 7-6 overall and won the Pinstripe Bowl.
When did Mark Dantonio announce his retirement?
He announced the retirement on Twitter at 2:43 p.m. ET on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020.
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Will there be a press conference?
A press conference has been scheduled for 6:30 p.m. ET.
What will Mark Dantonio do next?
In his statement, Mark Dantonio said, "My plan is to stay on within the university and athletic department in a role involving special projects, especially transitioning our players, both current and incoming, to the next challenges."
Who will be the next MSU football coach?
Michigan State announced, "Mike Tressel will serve as acting head coach while a search is conducted to find Dantonio's replacement."
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What did MSU athletics director Bill Beekman say about Dantonio retiring?
Here is what Michigan State athletics director Bill Beekman said in a statement about MSU football coach Mark Dantonio deciding to retire, "Mark Dantonio has provided outstanding leadership for the Spartan football program for the last 13 years. As the all-time winningest coach in school history, he's raised the bar for Michigan State football. He's mentored young men and led them to success on the field, in the classroom and in life, while serving as a great ambassador for Michigan State University. As we begin the search for Mark's successor, we will look for the right fit who will continue the success at both the conference and national level."
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Erik Hall is the lead digital producer for sports with the USA Today Network. You can find him on Twitter @HallErik.


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Chuwi HiBook Pro Review – 2560 x 1600, Dual OS 2-in-1 Tablet PC
So what has changed in the model? We now have this new screen on there. That is fully laminated. It has a 2560 by 1600 resolution and it is very nice it's very bright. It gets up to '6 nits of brightness and it dulls down to about 26 and it's got an atom. X50 thousand three hundred four gigabytes of RAM 64 gigabyte to eat MMC drive as Windows and Android, so spec wise hasn't changed too much, but the battery has also increased from six thousand eight hundred million hours now to eight thousand milliamp hours. So this review is going to be broken down into sections. You'Ll see right now. Some time codes so feel free to skip ahead to parts that interest you the most, for example. If you want to only see the Android portion then feel free to skip ahead to that so on the bottom of the Vice you'll find a five Pogo pin and there to support slots there for the keyboard, which I'll show you in a second. I have a Windows Home key and right at the top there a front to make a pixel camera on the right side, a speaker and along the top, the volume up and down and power on button, and on the left side we have a micro SD card Slot now this can take 128 gigabyte, SSDs microSD. Sorry without any problems. We have a type C port, USB 2 port microphone, HDMI out and 3.
5 min ahead phone jack. Now that headphone jack does support microphones, but they only seem to work in Windows for some reason. It no Android, I could get not get my headset microphone to work at all and along the back as made out of an alloy that has finished with a matte paint job, and it is very nice to the touch it feels good. Is that little tiny bit of flex in there, but the build quality overall is quite good and you will find a top rear facing to make a pixel camera it's well put together, there's, no flicks or creeks in the design, and I find for the price range Here it looks really good and because it has their fully laminated display, it has a more premium, look and feel to it now the keyboard, which is an optional accessory, you can buy for it as a transformer, and it just clips in, like so with the magnets And allows you to close it right down and use it like a small little notebook, a 10.1 inch notebook. You can see left and right. It does have USB 2 ports rubber feet here on the top to stop the keyboard from scratching the screen protector and for a smaller 10.1 inch keyboard. I find the typing experience is good there's, a good amount of travel on the keys. They are smaller because of the size constraints here, as well as the touch pad. Now, the touch pad does support gestures.
Unfortunately, they cannot be disabled, so I do find them to be quite annoying at times, and I often find myself just hitting function and f11 to completely disable that trackpad. Now it is small I will say it is usable at best because of its size. It does have hardware left and right mouse buttons, but it is tiny, see, there's only limited use key, you can use with it, but if I didn't have a mouse, I can still get away with using it at least, and overall, the build quality is quite good. The top, as a middle finish, the rear of it. I will show you: we have a rubberized paint job and four rubber feet to hold it firmly on tables, and this is the maximum angle. The screen will recline, which isn't the best isn't the greatest, but it is a design, choice or limitation. I should say: they've had to go with otherwise, they'd have to make the keyboard a lot heavier and pushing back on they're using it as a touchscreen there's. A little bit of wobble there when touching it, but it's, not too bad, and just to warn you that the high book, the first models keyboard, is not compatible because these stays these supports are actually longer on the high book and shorter on the high book Pro. This is the high book keyboard and what I had to do was actually get a hacksaw and cut the tops off in order to make it fit now.
The 2560 by 1600 screen has a very nice look about it, because it's fully laminated it's, extremely sharp, with 299 PPI, very good, blacks, nice and bright gets up to almost 400 nits of brightness it dims down to around about 20, which is quite dim, but it Still like to sit a little bit dimmer, but it's a very premium screen – and I would go this far – is to say the best screen. I have seen in a Chinese tablet to date, mainly because it's fully laminates, you don't, get those reflections. Even when the tablet is powered off. It still looks nicer because it doesn't show the grayness of the screen below it. It looks very dark and black and and gives the tablet premium, feel when you're holding it as well. The only real side effect I have noticed from the screen is like all fully laminated display. Is that certain points of it? If you do apply pressure, you will see ripple effects. This even happened with my surface pro for viewing angles are also excellent. One of the downsides to this tablet about the only real major thing that I have discovered is while first off the design does not include any full USB ports unless you use the keyboard dock here that I have in the background that's the only time you're going To get a USB to full sized port, so will these ports power an external hard drive? Well, yes, they will but there's a slight issue.
Now a white light means USB to a blue light means USB 3. Unfortunately, the type C port is only USB type. 2. I mean sorry USB to speak so when you first power on the tablet, you'll be greeted with the dual boot menu. Here you can select either Android or Windows straightaway. So now the section of the review will cover the Android ROM and gaming performance as well as benchmarks, so the ROM, true you have used is very stock, is in fact, as a stock, as you can get, it has no bloatware on it. It just comes with the essential kind of applications like voice recorder search. A few little Google things on there, but Play Store is on there that's the most important and it is running android 5.1. Now the performance of the rom is actually surprisingly good. Now i thought that that huge resolution would have a very determined to effect on the performance, but it doesn't is actually quite snappy. Quite quick – and i did take a few benchmarks here and i'll – show you the results and just quickly cover those so here's a battery life I'll start out with. So this is the work performance score that it got using PC mark now, that's, not a bad score. At all five hours, almost 40 minutes considering the screen resolution, I think now that was configured to 200 nits of brightness, so you can actually lower the brightness and probably get a lot longer than that and it's a screen on details.
So 5 hours 15, 16 minutes – and here is the kick bench three score and two to score. Anything over around 60000 is the norm for this chipset slingshot ice storm. I stomach stream score, and that was all I ran, ran there with benchmarks and the browser performance is good. I'Ll, just quickly load up to Telekom and show you I found has been fine getting normal kind of speeds that I went out of these tablets. The range seems: okay, it seems a little bit less than other designs. Like the cube. I work ultimate, which has plastic around where the antennas are. This has the all alloy body on it, so it does feel I like range could be slightly affected by that, but I haven't had any problems downstairs in that it just I do feel that it probably won't be as good as some other models and the performance Of that, that seems, good I'll just go to there's a little bit choppy there, but this is quite an image heavy website, so just load in a clip but YouTube see how that performs as a clip of some gaming on this model, so that's working fine. Now just add that, because of the screen resolution that the tick's looks very sharp, very nice. So if you're looking at pdfs and ebooks and things like that, that will also make this screen really shine. And the text very readable due to the sharpness of the screen.
Now revenues you normally have around 3.2 gigabytes of RAM free, so there's plenty there for multitasking. Now what about gaming? You can see. I have a few games here installed. I did actually put up a gaming video that when I just showed you that clip off in a YouTube – and it depends on the game, so certain games will actually run in the native screen resolution, so it's a very high resolution, very demanding for the Intel graphics That it has so games like Mortal Kombat X. I will just quickly show you that it runs quite slow due to the high resolution, but other games like real racing, which upscale will be quite fast and quick, just like any other Android device. You can see what I mean Mortal Kombat X is running very slow here. It'S like a slideshow, basically isolate around 10 or 15 frames per second. Only and gains like real racing here, you'll see are very playable because they just upscale very good frame rates. Nice and smooth there's a few little tiny little stutters there, but we've definitely got us on playable and other titles here that you can see there in my other video that I did of gaming model. Sorry, modern combat 5 and Dungeon Hunter 5, they're very playable as well, so it's all going to be dependent on what kind of game it is so super demanding games will be. Stuttery will lag because of that high resolution screen.
So that completes the Android portion of the review. I will now switch over to windows and cover the windows part. Now here it went as I've found that the performance seems to be just like any other atom. Z8 thousand three hundred it doesn't seem to run any slower. The touch, accuracy and responsiveness of the screen I'm finding to be very good, it's, fine, the typical windows. Sometimes you have a little bit more trouble minimizing, say: Windows, for example: it's, not so touch optimized like Android as I've found so first boot. When you do get it, you have 30 gigabytes free on Windows and sorry in Android. I think you get around. I think it's around 9 gigabytes could actually be a little bit more than that, but enough space at least to install some large games on Android there and I'll just quickly show so Wireless is real tick and a disk drive it has on. There is a Toshiba, so that is good and we can see here that it's got the full 4 gigabytes Windows activation, no problems whatsoever with any of that. That days have gone when we had problems with licensing on most devices literally 95. You never have any problems with that. So you see along here at the realtek and then the disk drive is a Toshiba see this, for example, touching on this is a little bit harder there, but it goes. I have a camera behind me and the angle I'm, looking at it to isn't, exactly helping me so there we go seem real tick.
Those information there from the device mentor by the only stuff there that's really interesting. So I will get straight to the point here with some of the benchmarks that I ran so here's a look at the internal storage. So internal storage speeds. The reads are good, but the writes are disappointing. 35 right that's, not really that great for a Toshiba eat where and see it's a little slow there but I'm, not really noticing it. The read speeds good, so everything seems to be fine. The performance it seems just like any other tablet, seems just like the chewy high book. I had even like the hie hol v' that I also have so temperatures as well. I haven't quite most monitoring those quite closely and this is as high as it gets so 73. It does get quite warm around this upper area here, but it's not getting any thermal throttling and overall they're really good. Now that was forty three minutes of non stop benchmarks. As you'll see there from the average temperatures, they are quite warm there, but it normally hovers around when you're, not benchmarking doing things sits around the lower 50s and gets up to around 60 70 73. Here, when gaming now to quickly run through the benchmarks I have tested so Cloud, Gate 1.1 actually got surprisingly higher than it did an Android about 200 points more there and the ice storm extreme score got a little less. Now, most other devices get around.
This go around about 10000, 9000, so it's a little on the low side, and so as the ice storm unlimited score again, a little on the lower side. They'Re, not too sure. Why betters and my speed test here that I just ran before so it's. Getting a very similar speed to my desktop, the upload speed is very good. The download speed my desktop got 35 megabits per second it's got 28 I'm, not too sure why it's a little bit slower there. So I will just quickly load up tick, tablets, calm and use the keyboard just to show you what the typing is like on, that it says, respond as any other atom tablet. Haven'T had any problems, each performance is good, and that is a lot more fluid than the browser was an Android. Then things tend to load up really quick. I haven't actually visited the website before so that wasn't too bad at all and a test. Another YouTube clip now 4k and YouTube will work, but in chrome it is extremely slow and choppy. You get a missed frame, so I'm gon na put this right up now to 4k and that shouldn't be a problem, because this is a 4k clip. They record it and it's just gon na take a little while there there we go that's now running in 4k and just fullscreen. It see if you can get the old stats, okay, so to drop frames. So let's working find 4k streaming from YouTube and before I get onto some gaming tests with Windows Store game and a few other titles just wanted to cover quickly battery life.
Okay, so better life isn't too bad. It seems to be better than Android. For some reason. Android seems to be a little bit more heavier on the CPU or something or maybe to do with drivers and windows. But I found that you can get around 6 to 6 and a half hours with the brightness set to 25, now 25 isn't as dull as it would be on some tablets, it's, not a bad kind of brightness there, and if you increase that brightness, then you're Going to get a lower times, of course it depends what you're doing and what it was doing here was. I was using edge. I was watching some YouTube, also watching a couple of clips or watched a clip of mr. robot, for example, and that was about 50 minutes and used up about 13 percent battery life. If I remember correctly so, the very knife doesn't seem that bad for what it is considering the screen size the battery capacity. Now, of course, you could also go and put flight mode on. You could turn the brightness to 0. You could try and squeeze every single last bit out of that battery and you could maybe just watching videos get even over seven hours. I think, oh and for those wanting to know the RAM usage you see at the moment, nothing's really running. I have about 41 they're used with the memory and overall, the performance of Windows is reasonably quick and snappy.
Opening things up works quite fine, going to the menus, no real differences to other atoms. It 8300 tablets full volume. So it sounds coming out of the both left and right speakers. It sounds quite tiny, but it's a little bit louder. Their loudness, I think, is okay. Now Android does output slightly more loudness and the 3.5 millimeter headphone jack sounds really really good it's. Actually, one of the best I've heard on an atom tablet: very clean audio, no static, no has nice and loud and very clear, sound, so I'm, just gon na have a quick look now at a Windows Store game because Windows Store games run in this native screen Resolution so I'm interesting to see if they're going to be playable or not. This one is sniper fury. Alright, I don't expect this to be very playable. We'Ll see what happens: okay, that's reasonably choppy there so like what the zooms, like so it's, quite slow window games. There you definitely want to lower your desktop resolution first before launching any of the Windows Store games. Next up is League of Legends popular online games, so myself and three other BOTS and summoners rift alright. So these are the settings I'm going to use its 1024 by 768 and three low settings at the moment. 46 frames per second they've, probably thinking why those settings were just to try and keep that frame rate as high as possible that's what we want, ideally don't.
We so it's the golden rule with Adams. You just got to lower the resolution lower the settings. Okay decided to go to 1280 by 800 resolution, at least that scales to the screen correctly at the moment, it's around 46 frames per second moving around the map. That is fast and fluid. This title is going to be playable, I can safely say so. A Counter Strike global Offensive. Now this is the dust 2 map and I have the settings set to 1024 by 768. I do believe that 1280 by 800 will just be too demanding for this atom chipset and I have all the settings on the lowest at the moment. It'S hovering around 20 frames per second I'm horrible at this game. Now you could lower the resolution down to 800 x 600, which will give a boost in frames per second I'll just check that out now. So these are the settings I just test now. So 800 x 600 is just floating around 30 frames per second. Just about that seems a bit better but smoother. So to recap the screen looks very nice. I mean it's premium. It is what makes this tablet it's just so nice having a fully laminated panel in this price range at the time of the review, this 199 US and the build of it, is good nice metal, build. Ok, the downsides are that yes, there's no full USB ports on this, which is really unfortunate to see and that type support is only working at USB 2 speeds.
I would really have liked to have USB 3 speeds on that keyboard, as well as good to type on and the trackpad the touchpad. There is just too small and a little bit awkward to use just just make it awful and window windows there and Android. The Android ROM is very light it's quite fast, but gaming depends on the game. You'Re gon na have to be a little bit careful there.