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PANAMA CITY — Bay County has released its annual progress report detailing flood threats to the area and what it's doing about them.
The 13-page report is part of the yearly requirements to stay in the National Flood Insurance Program's (NFIP) Community Rating System (CRS). The CRS incentivizes local governments to establish "floodplain management activities" beyond NFIP's minimum standards and thus prevent catastrophic flood damage, according the program's website. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) oversees the program.
Cities and counties accrue points and are ranked on a 1-10 scale — the lowest scores being the best. The better the score, the bigger the federal flood insurance discount.
"The flood insurance premiums across the United States are all controlled by the federal government through the National Flood Insurance Program," said Wayne Porter, the county's CRS coordinator.
Right now the county carries a class 5 rating, which means residents receive a 25 percent discount on their flood insurance premiums, Porter said. The reduced rate applies only to flood zones in the unincorporated parts of the county where it's a requirement to have flood insurance, he said.
Porter said little has changed in the county's progress report from last year.
"All our standard practices we've maintained. We haven't had any major flooding events in the last year, so that information hasn't changed either," he said.
The most notable event was 2012's Hurricane Isaac, which blew through in September 2012. But the report says storm surge caused only "minor flooding," with no reported damage to buildings.
Hurricanes, however, are a constant threat. The report says the county sees a tropical hurricane, on average, every 3.5 years.
But the county's flood zone standards are strong, Porter said. He sees no need for additional precautions beyond what's already in place, though he noted there's always room for improvement.
"For a community our size, a class 5 rating is pretty good. At this point I can't think of anything we should do differently," Porter said.
June evaluation
As part of the county's annual recertification process, it submits the report to the federal CRS program and puts it online for the public, Porter said.
But the report is minor compared with a forthcoming June evaluation. Every three years the county gets a visit from a FEMA contractor, which reviews its entire program, Porter said. And its rating is on the line.
"That's a more involved evaluation," he said. "They come and look at all of our documentation and all our floodplain management techniques."
The large-scale audit is intense, but Porter said he's "confident" the county will maintain its current rating. It's unlikely, however, that the rating will improve, he said.
"The rating manual has changed since the last evaluation, and it is going to make it difficult to score points in some of the areas where we were getting them before," he said.
Porter said the rating is maintained in several ways — including mapping information on the county's flood zones, construction and development standards, emergency service warning system, stormwater drainage maintenance and available information on the flood insurance program.
Porter said the county's strengths are: its coastal construction guidelines, which have incorporated "more stringent requirements" in response to state-level erosions studies; its "open space" flood zone areas, which are undeveloped or have low-density development standards; its using the Florida Building Code's construction standards; and its elevations requirements for buildings in flood zones.
"(We) have a little bit higher regulatory standard than normal," Porter said of the elevation requirements.
Compared to municipalities
Porter said the county has the top CRS rating when compared to the largest municipalities in the county.
Panama City's rating moved to a class 6 in May after being at a class 7. A class 6 rating means a 20 percent discount on flood insurance. (A class 7 rating is only a 15 percent discount.)
"Everyone's flood insurance should have changed, as far as their discounts," said Jennifer Aldridge, who oversees the city's CRS program.
Callaway's CRS rating also improved to a class 7. It was previously a class 8, which offers only a 10 percent discount. Lynn Haven, meanwhile, carries a class 8 rating, and Panama City Beach doesn't participate in the program. Ratings of Springfield and Mexico Beach could not be determined Wednesday.
Aldridge said the city and county building codes are different and likely the counties' standards are better for the CRS ratings.
Aldridge said the class 5 rating is difficult to maintain.
"It's a lot more work as a class 5, let's just put it that way, but I am working … for the city to get into a class 5 as well," she said.


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LITTLE ROCK, AR (News release) - Representative Justin Harris will not seek re-election for another term in the Arkansas Legislature.
LITTLE ROCK, AR - The group Arkansas Term Limits has announced a new campaign for the 2016 ballot.
LITTLE ROCK, AR -- Democratic presidential candidate and Arkansas native Hillary Clinton will be in Little Rock for the Jefferson-Jackson Dinner at Verizon Arena.
NEW YORK, NY (NBC News) - Republican presidential contender and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee says that he will not participate in the August Iowa Straw Poll, an early test of 2016 support in the first caucus state.
LITTLE ROCK (News Release) – Governor Asa Hutchinson has made the official call to legislators for a special session of the 90th General Assembly that will convene Tuesday, May 26, 2015.
AROUND ARKANSAS --- Eureka Springs passed anti-discrimination Ordinance 2223 on Tuesday night. With SB202, the anti-anti-discrimination bill that seeks to prevent cities and counties from protecting the civil rights of gay people, going into effect in July, many wonder where anti-discrimination ordinances stand now.
LITTLE ROCK, AR -- U.S. Senator Tom Cotton talks about the latest political news with KARK 4 Today anchors. He shared his opinion on National Security, DHS Funding, the National budget and his recent comment on prisoners at Guantanamo Bay.
LITTLE ROCK, AR - The senate health committee advanced both versions of a bill to ban abortion via telemedicine.
LITTLE ROCK -- A republican representative says the state should not include hair braiding under its cosmetology laws and introduced a bill to defend that. He says it's hurting small businesses. It's being called the Natural Hair Braiding Protection Act, but some cosmetologists say it's not protecting anyone.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- All three lawmakers had strong criticism for the proposal.
Arkansas' newest Senator speaks about his first vote, the Keystone XL pipeline, imposing new sanctions on Iran, and the threat posed by the terror group ISIS.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Senator Tom Cotton joining the debate over the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline.
LITTLE ROCK -- Two weeks into his administration, Gov. Asa Hutchinson has laid out how he plans to pay for middle-class tax cuts and not cut key areas including education and prisons.
ARKANSAS --- The 90th assembly starts back this week with a busy schedule. We check in with Speaker of the House, Jeremy Gillam, for a look at the week ahead.
LITTLE ROCK -- He talked about the future of health care and the state's private option plan.
LITTLE ROCK -- On Thursday, Governor Asa Hutchinson addressed a packed house at the University of Arkansas for Medical Science. He talked about the future of health care and - more specifically - the state's private option plan.
KNWA/FOX 24 -- The #SOTU hashtag was trending before and during President Obama's address to the country. Take a look at what folks are saying:
ARKANSAS -- An Arkansas House bill would allow staff members of colleges and universities to carry concealed weapons on campus without allowing schools to choose to "opt out" of the law.
LITTLE ROCK -- On Tuesday, Asa Hutchinson was sworn in as the Governor of Arkansas.
LITTLE ROCK, AR -- House members of the 90th General Assembly are sworn into office Monday.
KNWA Today via CNN -- Former Arkansas governor, Mike Huckabee has announced that he is ending his program on Fox News and leaving the network.
Update (12/17/14) -- The jail will still close December 31st as scheduled, but it will still be able to hold detainees for up to 24 hours before being transported to other facilities.
NATIONAL NEWS-- Tom Cotton defends interrogation tactics on Capitol View.
City Councilman Matthew Petty, who proposed original ordinance, referring 119 to Ordinance Review Committee for amendments, possible public vote. City Attorney offers plan of his own.
"A New Day Arkansas," two day celebration to take place in early January.
LITTLE ROCK, AR - It's a little more than a month before lawmakers start the next legislative session.
FAYETTEVILLE, AR--The fight to uphold civil rights Ordinance 119 came to an end Tuesday night after a majority of Fayetteville residents voted to repeal the ordinance.
FAYETTEVILLE -- With the repeal of Ordinance 119 passing in the Dec. 9 special election, University of Arkansas law professor Danielle Weatherby discusses what this means and what's next as far as civil rights protection in Fayetteville.
FAYETTEVILLE -- In September, petitioners turned in more than 5,000 signatures, pushing the controversial ordinance to a public vote after it was passed by city council vote.
WASHINGTON -- Senate republican leader Mitch McConnell welcomed the new GOP senators-elect to the capitol.
LITTLE ROCK, AR - Nearly half of Arkansas's registered voters made their voices heard in Tuesday's election.
LITTLE ROCK, AR - Governor-elect Asa Hutchinson said Thursday to not expect any announcement regarding his position on the private option going forward until at least early next year.
LITTLE ROCK, AR -- Voters Tuesday approved a new law to increase the minimum wage.
BENTONVILLE, AR (Benton County)--The future of funding for Emergency Management Services to rural areas of Benton County has been unknown for several years. But after Tuesday, voters in the county made it clear, that they're willing to help with the funding battle.
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS -- The campaigns will continue until November 25 for a handful of candidates in Washington and Benton Counties.
MADISON COUNTY -- Voters in Madison County, rejected a 1-cent sales tax to pay for jail improvements Tuesday.
KNWA/NBC -- Why do Democratic candidates seem to have such a hard time in midterm elections? Simply put, their voters are more likely to stay home when the presidency isn't on the line.
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS -- After a huge night for the Republican party, a chairman of Arkansas Young Republicans stopped by our KNWA/FOX 24 studios Wednesday morning.
LITTLE ROCK - Arkansas voters have approved four of the five issues on Tuesday's ballot.
FAYETTEVILLE, AR -- Early results show Tim Griffin will fill the Lieutenant Governor seat come January.
If you went to bed early, or missed any of last night's election excitement, we've got a round up of 5 of the most memorable moments.
LITTLE ROCK -- Cotton gives victory speech following a short concession speech by Sen. Mark Pryor.
LITTLE ROCK, AR - Leslie Rutledge (R) is projected to defeat State Rep. Nate Steel (D) in the race for Arkansas Attorney General.
LITTLE ROCK -- According to the ballot initiative, counties would not have been allowed to go dry if passed, but counties would have been allowed to regulate sales.
LITTLE ROCK -- Griffin, of Little Rock, is currently serving his second term as representative of Arkansas's Second Congressional District.
LITTLE ROCK -- The group "Give Arkansas A Raise Now" was behind the initiative that will raise the minimum wage in Arkansas by $2.25 over the next three years.
LITTLE ROCK, AR - KNWA and FOX 24 is projecting U.S. Rep. Steve Womack has won re-election to a second term in the race for 3rd District Congress.
LITTLE ROCK -- Multiple national news outlets including NBC, FOX and CNN are projecting Asa Hutchinson as Governor and Tom Cotton for US Senate.
LITTLE ROCK -- The U.S. Senate seat race between Tom Cotton and Mark Pryor has been closely watched across Arkansas and the country.


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Happy Halloween guys! We just found out about the artwork of Jannis Markopoulos and really enjoyed his oil on canvas "Cartoon Skull Mask" series. "The mask is an object worn over or in front of the face of a skull to hide the identity of it and by its own features to establish a part of a cartoon being. This essential characteristic of hiding and revealing personalities or moods is common to all masks. As cultural objects they have been used […]
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For the tenth time in 11 years, Intermountain Healthcare has been named one of the nation's most technologically savvy hospital systems. Intermountain is the only Utah healthcare provider to be named to this year's 100 Most Wired hospital list by Hospitals & Health Networks, the journal of the American Hospital Association.
The study of more than 1,300 hospitals found that the nation's 100 Most Wired hospitals show better outcomes in several key areas, including lower mortality rates and in adopting patient safety measures that lead to higher quality care. A complete listing of the rankings is at hhnmag.com.
Intermountain has been developing and using computerized medical systems since the 1970s. Four years ago, Intermountain launched a new venture with GE Healthcare to jointly create the next generation of medical information systems for hospitals.
Intermountain Healthcare is a Utah-based system of nonprofit hospitals, clinics, and health services. With a commitment to provide excellent medical care to patients from the region regardless of their ability to pay, Intermountain's physicians, nurses, and other caregivers treat patients in Utah and southeastern Idaho. Primary Children's Medical Center, Intermountain Medical Center, McKay-Dee Hospital Center, LDS Hospital, Utah Valley Regional Medical Center and Dixie Regional Medical Center are part of Intermountain's family of hospitals.


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The mission of the New Hampshire Geographic Alliance (NHGA) is to engender an awareness, appreciation, and understanding of the fundamental importance of Geography, its spatial perspectives, and its vital relationship to our lives. NHGA promotes an increase of and diffusion of geographic literacy in New Hampshire by communicating with, building relationships to, and providing opportunities for educators, educational decision makers, and institutions of education.
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EVERY Summer as the temperatures (hopefully) soar, Portlanders turn their minds to water: where can we sink our toes, legs, or entire body into it? And—as yards turn a crispy brown and river levels fall—do we have enough?
Look to the pages ahead for some answers to both questions. We visit the region's best swimming and wading spots, and show you why the closest choice, the Willamette River, may become the next great place to take a dip. And to ease your worries that the kitchen tap might go dry, we plunge into the past, present, and future of one of Portland's greatest assets, the Bull Run water system.
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Back in the heyday of company picnics (circa 1986), when three-legged racing was practically an Olympic event, Battle Ground's Lewisville Park could have been considered today's London. The 154-acre park sprawled along the shores of the Lewis River holds acres of grassy expanse ripe for finish lines, plus picnic tables, barbecue shelters, playgrounds, a baseball field, and, of course, a swimming hole. Several, to be precise. But families—or family reunions—seeking a mellow day on the water best head for the Larch area of the park, where a smallish sand-and-pebble beach affords easy wading and swimming for those still sporting water wings. Mom and Dad can watch from the grass clearing directly behind the beach … or return alone another day for more secluded lounging in the Ponderosa part of the park, where the current is stronger and the beaches are smaller, but curtained by rows of swaying trees.
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The utility player of swimming holes, 387-acre Moulton Falls Regional Park has something for everyone: Instagram-worthy falls surrounded by plentiful flat rocks for playing lizard in the sun, inviting flat water upstream, two miles of trails tracing the Lewis River's banks, and a three-story arch bridge daredevils (illegally) leap off. Even better, it's free, which means it can get crowded, so arrive early to stake out your bit of beach or stone and savor this MVP.
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It can be real tricky to put a real-world valuation on your prized Corvette. It's one thing to know how much you paid for it, or how much you've invested (whether in blood, sweat, and hours or through checks you've written) in building the car of your dreams. But how much is it really worth? Pricing can be very subjective. After all, in a free-market economy, the price of anything is whatever a potential buyer is willing to pay and a particular seller is willing to accept-especially in the world of modified cars where no two are exactly alike. It can be a very worthwhile investment to hire a professional auto appraiser to establish an objective value for you.
To help take the mystery out of the whole appraisal process, we called on an expert, Jeff Hyman of Classic Auto Appraiser in Orange County, California, who has been in the appraisal business for 15 years. "Early in my appraisal career," Jeff tells us, "I realized that one of the most popular types of vehicles that I was being asked to inspect was Corvettes. So, in order to learn more about the only true American sports car, I took a part-time job at Corvette Mike's." For over a year, Jeff spent every weekend and some occasional weekdays selling Corvettes both at their current Anaheim showroom and the previous one in Orange. "It was like a crash course in Corvette knowledge! It would have taken me 10 years to gain the experience that a year on the showroom floor taught me."
We also talked Jerry Bentley into volunteering his highly modified '62 roadster to be appraised, so that we could watch Jeff in action. Jerry's '62 has graced the pages-and the cover-of VETTE before ("Radical Revisionist," Aug. '01), and was appraised by Jeff several years ago, but Jerry has done more modifications to his Vette since then. Thus it was time to update its established value.
When and why should you get your corvette appraised?
There are many reasons why someone may need to have their Vette professionally appraised. As Jeff explains, "By far, the most common reason that vehicles get appraised is for insurance purposes. However, there are also a multitude of financial and legal reasons, including bank loans, tax donations, divorce, diminished value, estate sales, or simply because an out-of-touch owner wants to know how much to sell his or her car for." An appraiser provides an independent, unemotional evaluation of your car's worth.
The owner of a restored, matching-numbers '67 big-block 427/435hp car has little need for a professional appraiser to tell them what that car is worth because there are numerous published price guides (including the one published annually in the May issue of VETTE) that, as long as the condition is established honestly, will give you an accurate actual cash value of that vehicle. Even a rookie adjuster can look up the value for a C5 coupe automatic, but it takes an expert in specialty cars to comprehend what the real worth of a modified mid-year with electronic fuel injection is.
If your Corvette looks anything like Jerry's radical '62, it's vital to get it professionally appraised. Should the unthinkable happen and your Vette is either wrecked or stolen, you need to have proof of what it was worth. "As an appraiser, I get a couple calls every week from owners whose custom automobiles were wrecked or stolen," Jeff tells us. "They are beside themselves because the insurance company wants to settle with them for a fraction of what they have invested in the car. Or worse still, after a small accident, the insurance company wants to total their pride and joy because the adjuster feels that the car is worthless. Owners often feel like they are being ripped off twice-once by the car thief and again by the insurance company!" It's best to have a professional appraisal done and present the report to your insurance company so your policy can be based on the agreed value.
If your Corvette has been modified or customized; is unique, very rare, or just plain special; and is now worth significantly more than a stock or restored version of the same car, you should really think about getting it professionally appraised. The same goes for a completely stock car with matching numbers, a rare factory-equipment package, one that's an unrestored virgin, or one that has some unique history behind it. Anything that might make a car be worth significantly more than an "ordinary" counterpart had better be confirmed by a professional appraisal-whether the Vette is a classic or a late-model.


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Jet Airways launches the first airline mobile application (App) for Windows Phone in association with Nokia
May 8, 2013
Jet Airways, India's premier international airline, today announced the launch of its first mobile application for Windows Phone in association with Nokia. This makes it India's first native airline mobile application across any platform, which allows customers to effortlessly book tickets, check flight status, manage their JetPrivilege account, and also avail of special offers among other features.
In view of the growing popularity of smart phone usage, the app has been designed in a highly innovative and interactive manner to enhance guests travel experience. The Jet Airways mobile application includes display of flight updates, notifications and allows the user to 'pin' the booked ticket onto the home screen for easy access. The safe and secure travel tool would help guests to plan their travel and stay connected at any place, any time.
Mr. Sudheer Raghavan, Chief Commercial Officer, Jet Airways, said, "Continual innovation has been Jet Airways' operating philosophy since it commenced operations in 1993 and this new mobile app is further testimony of the same. The Jet Airways app has been created with a clear focus on enhancing overall guest travel experience through the use of evolving technology, by empowering them with tools to interface with the airline , right from the palm of their hand. The recent years have witnessed a noteworthy increase in the acceptance and usage of smart which has led to a significant surge in the use of mobile devices to access the internet. The rapid adoption of app utilisation by travelers using smart is accelerating the growth of travel bookings among mobile devices."
The Jet Airways mobile app is compatible with Windows Phone 7.5, Windows Phone 7.8 and Windows Phone 8. It leverages the Windows Phone UI, which gives it a smart and elegant look. The application is available for free download from the Windows Phone App Store. Alternately, consumers may SMS JetApp to 56388 to download the app. For further information guests may log on to jetairways.com or m.jetairways.com
"This will be India's first native app for an airline on any mobile
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the airline industry", said Gerard Rego, Director Developer
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About Jet Airways
Jet Airways currently operates a fleet of 115 aircraft, which include 10 Boeing 777-300 ER aircraft, 10 Airbus A330-200 aircraft, 4 Airbus A330-300 aircraft, 73 next generation Boeing 737-700/800/900 aircraft, 17 ATR 72-500 and 1 ATR 72-600 turboprop aircraft. With an average fleet age of 5.45 years, the airline has one of the youngest fleet of aircraft in the world. Flights to 72 destinations span the length and breadth of India and beyond, including Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Bangkok, Brussels, Colombo, Dammam, Dhaka, Doha, Dubai, Hong Kong, Jeddah, Kathmandu, Kuwait, London (Heathrow), Muscat, New York (Newark), Riyadh, Sharjah, Singapore and Toronto.
About JetKonnect
JetKonnect is a dedicated product designed to meet the needs of the low fare segment. JetKonnect will also offer guests a Premiere service on nearly all domestic routes. With its mixed fleet of Boeings and ATR aircraft with over 500 daily flights connecting 52 destinations across India, JetKonnect provides more flexibility and choice to its guests. JetKonnect's convenient schedules, reliable service and low fares, promise to bring greater value and a seamless flying experience to our customers.
About Nokia
Nokia is a global leader in mobile communications whose products
have become an integral part of the lives of people around the
world. Every day, more than 1.3 billion people use their Nokia to
capture and share experiences, access information, find their way or
simply to speak to one another. Nokia's technological and design
innovations have made its brand one of the most recognized in the
world. For more information, visit http://www.nokia.com/about-nokia
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Software-defined datacenters (SDDC) and software-defined storage (SDS) are big movements in the industry right now. Just read the trade press or attend any conference and you'll see that – it's a big deal. We're seeing for-pay vendors providing solutions, as well as strong ecosystems evolving around open source solutions. It's not surprising why – there is a need for enterprises to deploy large scale compute clusters, and that takes either deep expertise that's very rare, or orchestration tools that have not existed in the past. It's the "necessity being the mother of invention" thing…
So datacenters are being forced to deploy large-scale clusters to handle the scale of compute needed, and the amount of data that is being captured, analyzed and stored. As an industry then, we're being forced to simplify applications as well as the management and deployment of these large scale clusters. That's great for datacenters. It's even better that we're figuring out how to provide those expanded resources and manage them for less money, and with fewer people to manage them. (well, it's probably good for everyone but the sys admins…)
These new technologies are the key enabler. This blog, the second in my three-part series (based on interesting questions I was asked by CEO & CIO, a Chinese business magazine) examines how SDDC and SDS are helping enterprises get more out of their datacenter gear. You can read part 1 here.
CEO & CIO: What are your views on software-defined storage? What's the development roadmap of LSI in achieving software-defined storage?
We see SDS as one of a number of vital changes underway in the datacenter. SDS promises to span some or all of file, object, key-value and block in order to pool resources and to simplify the infrastructure required in a datacenter, as well as to smooth the migration to object or key-value storage over time. Great examples of these SDS solutions are: Ceph, Swift, Cinder, Gluster, VSAN / VVOLs …. The model brings great benefits in datacenter management, resource pooling and allocation and usability. The main problem is performance – and by that I do not mean extreme performance. I mean poor performance that damages TCO, reduces efficiency of infrastructure and increases costs. Much worse than you would get otherwise. These solutions work, but compromise resource efficiency. Many require flash integrated in the system to simply maintain existing performance. However, this is a permanent change in how storage is used and deployed, and it's a good change.
While block is what underlies most storage and will continue to for some time, the system and application level view is changing. We view SDS as having great synergy with LSI's architectural direction – shared DAS infrastructure and ability to add "above the block" capability like quality of service (QoS), direct key/value hardware, etc, and bring improved performance and resource efficiency. Together, SDS + LSI innovation = resource pooling and allocation, including flash and cool/cold storage, management and virtual machine (VM) agility, performance and resource efficiency.
As a result, there has been tremendous interest from SDS vendors to work with us, to demonstrate prototype systems, and to make solutions better. We are working with many SDS partners to provide complete solutions. This is not a one-size-fits-all world, so there will be several solutions. Those solutions are not ready yet, but they're coming, and will probably displace the older file and block storage systems we know and love.
CEO & CIO: Industry giants such as Intel have outlined their visions for software-defined datacenters. Chinese Internet giants have also put forward similar plans. What views does LSI have on software-defined datacenter?
If you view the AIS keynote, you'll see we believe this is a critical part of the future datacenter. But just one critical part. Interestingly, we had Intel present as well during AIS.
SDDC creates a critical control plane for the datacenter. It is the software abstraction model that enables resource pooling. Resource pooling of compute, storage and network, with memory in the near future. It enables the automation and allocation of tasks and resources in the datacenter. The leading models are VMware® SDDC and OpenStack® software, but there are others that are important too. They're just a little less public right now. Anyway – it's way too early to predict which will be dominant. Just like SDS, SDDC exchanges simplified control and abstraction for performance and efficiency. As a result, it's not a very useful concept, at least not at hyperscale levels, without hardware that really, truly supports and enables it. As the datacenter has changed from a compute-centric model to a dataflow model, the storage and network and, soon, memory become very important. They dictate the useful work that can be gotten from the datacenter.
I believe we are, as an industry, at the start of the hardware transition to support these. We are building hardware solutions for storage and network that are being designed into products today. We are working very closely with three of the largest datacenters in the US, and two in China to build not just the SDDC, but the pooled hardware infrastructure that is needed to make it work.
It's critical to understand that SDDC solutions really work, but often the performance and efficiency is – well – terrible. That's been the evolution in computer science and computer architecture since the beginning. You raise the abstraction level, which simplifies development and support, but either causes poor performance or requires more hardware capability that is architected to support those abstractions.
As a result, it's really difficult to talk about SDDCs without a rack-scale architecture to support them. So we are working closely with the key SDDC software solutions/vendors, even the ones I didn't list, to integrate and optimize the solutions to make the SDDC actually work. We have been working very closely with VMware and the OpenStack community, and we are changing the way the software plane interacts with the pooled resources. Again, there has been so much interest in our shared DAS, incorporating flash in the same architecture and management, and our Axxia® SDN control plane processor for networks.
I talk about rack-scale architectures to support SDS in the second half of this keynote and in my blog "China: A lot of talk about resource pooling, a better name for disaggregation."
Summary: So I believe SDS is a big movement, it's a good thing, and it's here to stay. But… the performance is poor today. Very poor. That's where we come in, with hardware that enables SDS and not only makes performance acceptable, but helps make it excellent, and improves efficiency and cost too. And SDDC is also a massive movement that will define the future datacenter. But it is intertwined with the rack-level concepts of pooling or disaggregation to make it really compelling. Again – that's where we come in.
These were good questions that were interesting to answer. I hope it's interesting to you too. I'll post some more soon about how the Chinese Internet giants differ from other customers, and about forward-looking technologies.
Restructuring the datacenter ecosystem (Part 1)
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Recently, word came to our Greenpeace office in Indonesia that a Sumatran tiger was stuck in an animal trap in an area being logged by Asia Pulp and Paper (APP). It was trapped for six days in total without food or water. After a week of suffering, forest officers arrived to evacuate the tiger – but it was too late. The tiger died during the rescue attempt.
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Zamzami, a Greenpeace media campaigner, traveled to the area with the rescue team as an observer and was present for the tiger's last few hours. He describes the scene that met him: despite its ordea, the "tiger still emitted a strong wild aura" and "greeted me with an angry roar." Everyone present stood stunned and silent to see the "King of the jungle lying low, trapped and suffering in his own home."
The spot where the tiger became trapped was on the border of PT Arara Abadi, an APP acacia plantation in the province of Riau. Video footage reveals that nearby the spot where the tiger wandered into the trap, and later died, there was a large area of recently destroyed forest where active clearing was ongoing. That means a lot of disruptive activity was happening: trees were being felled and heavy machinery, like excavators, were busy clearing the rainforest. Only 13 kilometres away from where the excavators were at work is the spot where this animal spent its last days trapped, injured and starving.
Unfortunately, more tragic moments like this are the future that is in store for this majestic animal. The Sumatran tiger is already endangered, there are only around 400 remaining in the wild and - now we know – even one less than that.Yet APP operations in Indonesia continue to clear rainforest that includes tiger habitat, destroying the home and hunting grounds of the Sumatran tiger in order to feed APP's pulp and paper operations. From there, what was once rainforest ends up in all sorts of things - like throw-away toy packaging. Some of this packaging has been used by toy companies such as Hasbro, Disney and Mattel. And the future doesn't look any better. APP has ambitious expansion plans and the areas of rainforest it plans to expand into includes more tiger habitat.Someone once told me that roads in a forest are like veins – once opened, they can end up draining the forest of life. When APP builds a concession in tiger habitat, it not only destroys the forest the tiger would normally roam, sleep and hunt in – the roads it builds to carry away the timber also let in all kinds of other disruptions. People come and lay traps to hunt other animals, and even if they don't mean to interfere with the tiger, they do. When their traditional habitat is destroyed, tigers must roam even further for food and shelter, which often brings them closer to forest communities and causes more conflict.
APP must stop relying on further clearance of rainforest for its business. Destruction of rainforests in Indonesia must stop to protect animals like the Sumatran tiger, minimize the negative consequences for forest communities, and for Indonesia to be able to cut its carbon emissions contributing to climate change, most of which come from deforestation.This pulp and paper company adds insult to injury by portraying itself as a sustainable, responsible business – which acts to protect biodiversity and animals like the Sumatran tiger. It runs ads on television and in print all over the world presenting itself almost as if it is an NGO, rather than a pulp and paper business. These ads often use the tagline 'APP Cares' next to an image like the imprint of a tiger paw, giving the impression that APP cares about tigers. In reality, its operations destroy tiger habitat for profit - pushing these animals to the brink of extinction.The image that APP projects of being a caring company, committed to sustainability and conservation efforts, is revealed as a lie as soon as it is compared with images of the reality of APP operations on the ground. In addition to removing APP products from their supply chain, toy companies like Mattel, Hasbro and Disney must put in place new policies to cover all their purchases of pulp and paper products. This is the only way to ensure they will not be complicit in forest destruction in the future. The last moments of this one Sumatran tiger are just the latest example of the terrible costs of the ongoing destruction of Indonesia's rainforests – if APP continues to operate this way, there will be more.
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The King of the jungle- brought to bow down on his knees before foreign invaders, enslaved while suffering death in his own home- shows you the fate ...
The King of the jungle- brought to bow down on his knees before foreign invaders, enslaved while suffering death in his own home- shows you the fate of all Indonesians.
July 25, 2011 at 16:25
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Great news about Mattel. Just in time to buy my nephew a Mattel product for his birthday. Now I'd like to know what other companies use their material...
Great news about Mattel. Just in time to buy my nephew a Mattel product for his birthday. Now I'd like to know what other companies use their materials. Then I could let those companies know why I'm not buying their products.
July 25, 2011 at 18:55
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What can I say,people can be such a**holes.Such beautiful animals,and yet no one took the time to see to give him help,I coud not beleive my eyes..My...
What can I say,people can be such a**holes.Such beautiful animals,and yet no one took the time to see to give him help,I coud not beleive my eyes..My heart goes out to the poor animals that are only trying to survive,and yet poeple are the one thing they dont need to hurt them,they are only trying to servive the best way they can,,Yes someting needs to be dun,A.S.A.P. I am all for wild life,and everything it stands for,after all if we dont speak out for them ,,who will???? Yes,just tell me where to sign,and I would be more then glad to,,,if it means saving wild life.Thank You.
July 25, 2011 at 20:03
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I live in Indonesia. The horrible dilemma of Indonesia is not "their" problem. It is our problem, all of us. Our demand for cheap consumer g...
I live in Indonesia. The horrible dilemma of Indonesia is not "their" problem. It is our problem, all of us. Our demand for cheap consumer goods like paper and palm oil, in huge quantities, and our investment in the companies that profit by filling this demand . . . these are the reasons this tiger died. Indonesia is a tricky, fragile, complex country where corruption is rife. Large corporations, small businesses, and individuals take advantage of that vulnerability to rake in profits. Shame on us all. Your retirement fund, your government, your choices at the supermarket . . . they all contribute to horrors like the one we see in this video. Please distribute it far and wide through your social networks and beyond. Especially to the people who "don't care," because if they knew what was actually happening as a result of their choices . . . they would care . . . and they will. Every member of the population at large (shall we say), who downloads kitten pictures and videos (billions of people), will actually care that their choices kill some of the most beautiful cats ever to walk the earth.
July 26, 2011 at 19:24
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This is horrible and real. Greenpeace is doing much about this. These toy companies must stop using packaging that promotes destruction of these fores...
This is horrible and real. Greenpeace is doing much about this. These toy companies must stop using packaging that promotes destruction of these forests which are the habitat of the tigers. there are so few left in the world. Please, please, please stop poaching of the tigers and stop destruction of these foreasts!
July 26, 2011 at 22:53
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that is not right to make tigers suffer
July 26, 2011 at 23:01
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This video is so awful and is too hard to watch all of it. It is probably the saddest thing I will see in my lifetime. I can't imagine how a human ca...
This video is so awful and is too hard to watch all of it. It is probably the saddest thing I will see in my lifetime. I can't imagine how a human can set a trap for any animal. Especially one of the most beautiful animals in the world. It is a crying shame that humans kill these tigers so they can sell the skin and other body parts. These poachers were not born with the same kind of heart and mind as myself. I don't know why we are so different. I pray that children of today grow up with a different mindset. I pray that they stop all the deforestation in all rainforests and stop usage of products which promote so much global damage.
July 26, 2011 at 23:02
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This is terrible, no living soul should go through this human or otherwise. Breaks my heart and wish I can jump on a plane to smack these people upside down for what they are doing.
July 27, 2011 at 16:32
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In addition to removing APP products from their supply chain, toy companies like Mattel, Hasbro and Disney must put in place new policies to cover al...
In addition to removing APP products from their supply chain, toy companies like Mattel, Hasbro and Disney must put in place new policies to cover all their purchases of pulp and paper products
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APP is committed to protecting biological diversity, particularly with regards to native plant species, Sumatran tigers, elephants, orangutans, birds ...
APP is committed to protecting biological diversity, particularly with regards to native plant species, Sumatran tigers, elephants, orangutans, birds and other animals.
According to the GoI's spatial planning process, the total land base allocated for pulpwood plantation development totals only 3.5 million hectares out of some 110 million hectares of total forestland in Indonesia. This figure includes over 50 million total hectares of conservation and protected forests and 60 million total hectares of production forests, with 56.5 million of this area under concession to producers of solid wood and wood-composite products, not pulp and paper.
The 3.5 million hectares of land selected for pulpwood plantation development was identified by the GoI as being the lowest-value forested areas in the country, comprised largely of what it categorizes as wasteland. Nonetheless, the Indonesian government requires pulpwood plantation developers to conduct extensive, multiple, independent environmental assessments (these include Environmental Impact, Macro and Micro Delineation assessments) to ensure that any areas of high conservation value forest that may exist within this lowest-value forest are identified and protected. APP's fiber suppliers adhere rigorously to the letter and spirit of this requirement, setting-aside from production around 40% of their concessions.
APP and its fiber suppliers have implemented several Conservation Flagship Programs to protect and manage areas of significant and representative biological diversity and/or cultural significance for the benefit of the people of Indonesia.
No other players in the pulp & paper industry worldwide have ever implemented similar initiatives on such a scale. They are:
APP has funded and initiated a partnership with the Indonesian Institute of Sciences and the Indonesian Ministry of Forestry to create the 172,000 hectare Biosphere Reserve in the Giam Siak Kecil region of Riau, Sumatra.
A Biosphere Reserve is a UNESCO concept for a landscape-level approach to conservation that combines conservation forests, buffer zones and transition zones of sustainable use. APP and its fiber suppliers contributed more than 70,000 hectares from licensed production forest area in Riau to this collaboration, which is believed to be one of Indonesia's first public/private partnerships for the protection of such a unique and vital natural resource. In 2008 this concept was accepted and approved by the National Committee on Man & Biosphere Program for Indonesia. In February 2009, the International Advisory Committee of Man and The Biosphere Program, UNESCO Paris has recommended this site to be approved as a biosphere reserve by International Coordinating Council of the Man and Biosphere Program (MB ICC) which will meet for its 21st session in Korea in May 2009. The Giam Siak Kecil Reserve is also planned to be proposed as one of carbon and the Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) pilot projects in Indonesia.
The 10,000 hectare Taman Raja Nature Preserve:
Taman Raja is a forest concession consisting of more than 16,400 hectares in Jambi province, Sumatra. On evaluation, the concession was seen to have 6,800 hectares inhabited by several local communities and 6,000 hectares of natural forest rich in vital biodiversity and social value. APP's fiber suppliers in conjunction with local NGOs and community leaders established the Reserve in 2007 in order to preserve this valuable land.
The 106,000 hectare Senepis Sumatran Tiger Sanctuary;
The Sumatran tiger is one of 5 remaining tiger species, and, with an estimated population of 500, is listed on the IUCN critically endangered list. By setting aside 106,000 hectares of production forest as a Tiger sanctuary APP's fiber suppliers and other concession holders are making a vital contribution to the survival of the species. The sanctuary will prevent further encroachment on the tiger's natural habitat, which will allow for growth and development of the area, thus attracting the prey species upon which the tigers feed. The establishment of a tiger sanctuary within production forests is a pioneer initiative.
The Kutai Orangutan Program:
The Kutai National Park in East Kalimantan is one of the last remaining strong holds of the Bornean Orangutan. The park suffered extensive damage during the 1997 El Nino fires that swept through Kalimantan. In 2007, APP and its fiber supplier Surya Hutani Jaya initiated an investigation into options that would ensure the survival of the orangutan, but also provide for the economic viability of the plantation. APP's fiber suppliers, Kutai National Park officials, civil society groups and relevant government and NGOs formed a working group to discuss problems and solutions on how the park and its surrounding areas could be managed and improved to support a viable orangutan population
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Bringing together the best and brightest in the business, the 2014 White House Correspondents' Dinner kicked off in Washington, D.C. earlier this evening (May 3).
It's been a long time coming, and the cast of "Modern Family" showed up to shoot the wedding of Mitchell and Cam on Wednesday (March 19).
While shooting scenes Down Under, the cast of "Modern Family" stepped out to promote their super successful ABC series in Sydney, Australia on Wednesday (February 19).
The stunning Sofia Vergara on the red carpet, showing off her assets in a little black dress.
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They have one of the hottest shows on television, and the cast of "Modern Family" showed their gratitude to their viewers with a Fan Appreciation Day on Monday (October 28).
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- The syllabus is your key as to when tests happen, deadlines for assignments and projects, and contact information.
Studying From Notes
- Take your notes for a course and do the following:
- Keep all the notes for one course in the same notebook and number the pages.
- Highlight terms and definitions in yellow.
- Highlight questions and answers in yellow.
- If you see something you do not understand, highlight it in pink--that means you will ask a question about it on the next day of class.
- When you do get that answer, rewrite the question with the answer and highlight in yellow.
- Return to the page where that question was highlighted in pink, checkmark it, and put the page number of the answer.
- Draw a yellow box around case studies and examples of problems.
- Every time you take notes from a class, try to spend at least 30 minutes reviewing it.
Studying from the reading
- Keep up with the reading
- Be sure to insert these notes with the appropriate section of study in your notebook so you have consistency.
- Take notes and write down questions on anything confusing from class
- Highlight those notes same as above
- Pre-read the next reading assignment to prepare for class
- Write up questions on anything confusing
- Make charts, tables, and diagrams of information to study
- Take notes in margins of the book
Writing assignments and projects
- Read carefully and write them out as if they are a test
- Do as soon as they are assigned. This gives you extra time if you need to ask the professor additional questions.
Be sure to get enough sleep and eat healthy to optimize your study time. Need help? Visit the Academic Services Center at http://www.easternct.edu/asc/ It's located in the lower level of the J.E. Smith Library.
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It makes all Firefox' frame glass, and looks really neat in Vista! It is getting close to completion, with a lot of help from g4rb4g3 who fixed all the status and search bar issues!
The Modified glasser JS and the original idea both come from Jordoex. Click here to see his original post.
You only need to update your Stylish theme. The glasser JS remains the same!
Fixes ugly inactive tabs in maximized mode.
g4rb4g3 gave a fix for the disappearing status bar text. I added it! Thanks g4rb4g3!
Search bar text is back, status bar dividers are gone, one bugfix (credits to g4rb4g3)
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Discussion today about if 2009 raise was unauthorized
Broad declined to say how he feels the situation should be addressed ahead of today's meeting.
Board member George McNeil, who had just joined the board when Rodriguez was hired, said it was a difficult time for the district, which had gone through two interim presidents and was dealing with several lawsuits. He said the board did not know Rodriguez would receive the raise.
"We didn't know the 1 percent was coming to him. It was simply that he was a part of the (faculty) group, and it didn't amount to a lot of money anyway," McNeil said.
Ruud said that state law requires any raises for high-ranking public officials be placed on a public agenda for a public vote. He said that didn't happen for Rodriguez and that the president should not have received a raise before June 30, 2010, as stated in the contract.
Ruud said he and former board President Gloria Carranza became aware of the raise last year. Carranza, who is no longer on the board, declined to comment.
At the time, the board was deciding whether to increase Rodriguez's monthly travel and entertainment allowance from $1,300 to $1,500 and extend his contract to 2014. When Ruud and Carranza were presented with the amendment to Rodriguez's contract before it was to be approved, Ruud said it contained a "recommended salary" of $258,771 even though the board made no such recommendation.
"When the board president and I brought this to the superintendent/president's attention, the salary recommendation was deleted and the board took action to approve the two items recommended by the board," Ruud said, adding that this is how he and Carranza discovered the raise.


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A lot has changed since Cadillac introduced the first practical electric starting system almost 100 years ago. That system employed a starter, generator, lights, and a lead-acid battery. Today, lead-acid chemistry is still at the heart of the automotive battery. That doesn't mean all automotive batteries are the same; there are important options to consider when it's time for replacement. First however, we'll look at how to preserve and test your batteries.
Maintenance and Storage
All types of batteries self-discharge. Over time, batteries will lose their charge even if nothing is connected to them. Rechargeable AA nickel-metal hydride (NiMH) batteries loose it quickly, while others, like disposable lithium batteries, can hold most of a charge for years. The self-discharge rate of lead-acid car batteries falls in between, but it has one crucial difference. Lead-acid batteries left at a diminished state of charge will suffer irreparable harm and will be significantly reduced in their capacity and useful life. When a car battery is even partially discharged, a hard crystalline insulating compound begins to form on the internal working surfaces in a process called sulfation. Sulfation is degenerative and largely irreversible. One modern type of lead-acid battery, the absorbed glass mat or AGM, is much less susceptible to self-discharge and is therefore worth considering for any application that sits for extended periods of time.
The number-one maintenance task, therefore, is to keep the battery fully charged. This has become more important today because modern cars are loaded with electronics that slowly drain the battery even when the car is not in use. As a rule of thumb, driving the car at least once a week prevents battery drainage from being a problem.
For cars that sit weeks or more at a time, battery life can be significantly extended if a special type of battery charger, a maintenance or float charger, is connected. This alone can make a seldom-used battery last seven to eight years instead dying in two years or less. A microprocessor-controlled smart charger will automatically decrease the current and voltage as the battery nears full charge. At full charge, it will either shut off or reduce voltage so as not to overcharge the battery, which is a real danger if a regular charger or trickle charger is left connected for too long. If the car will sit for several months, remove the battery and place it in a cool, dry location, but still place it on a maintenance charge.
Self-discharging is not the only way a battery runs down. Battery life is shortened if lights or accessories are used for long periods while the engine is not running. Automotive batteries are designed to produce a lot of power for the few seconds it takes to start an engine. That only drains the battery of about two percent of its capacity. The rest of the capacity is there to offer enough reserve power if the radio or lights drain the battery when the engine is off. Every time an automotive battery is drained significantly (like when interior lights are left on overnight), the battery's life is decreased. If this happens, place the battery on a charger as soon as possible.
The number two maintenance task only applies to batteries that have removable caps. Check the water (electrolyte) level every few months during cooler weather, but check more often when it is very hot. Only add water when the battery is fully charged, and then add only distilled water. The exception to this is if the water level drops below the plates, then add water just to the top of the plates and charge the battery. The water level rises as a battery charges.
The number three maintenance task is checking the battery terminals and battery cable ends for corrosion, and making sure they are snug.
Batteries last about four years on average in North America. However, in the hot southern states, automotive batteries often fail in three years or less, even sooner in the hottest climates like Phoenix or Las Vegas. So how can batteries have seven-year warranties? Read the small print. All but the first year is usually prorated, and this amounts to little more than an inducement to buy the same brand when it fails. My advice: Look at the free-replacement warranty time. For example, Optima's automotive batteries have a three-year free-replacement warranty.
Battery Choices
Batteries differ by application, chemistry, and capacity. The application is a fairly easy choice. Automotive batteries (often labeled SLI for Starting, Lights, Ignition) are designed to deliver a lot of power for starting but get little use when the motor is not running. Optima goes a step further in identifying applications by color-coding its batteries. Automotive starting batteries are red topped. However, if your car has a 1,000-watt aftermarket stereo and you play it for hours at the beach every weekend, a dual-purpose battery, like Optima's yellow top, is a better choice. This second application type is designed to handle a deeper amount of discharge but still provide enough amps for starting. The third application type, the deep-cycle battery, is designed to last longer when drained repeatedly. Deep-cycle batteries, such Optima's Blue top series, are best suited for boat trolling motors, golf carts, and RV power.


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For anyone who has ever heard the term "Washington insider" and felt outside — we are with you. So this week, we go inside the rooms where the deals get made, to the actual moment that the checks change hands — and we ask the people writing and receiving the checks what, exactly, is the money buying? Full Story »Posted by Fabrice Florin - via Dave Winer, Ellen Miller, Arianna Huffington


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Steve Ballmer joined Microsoft on June 11, 1980, and became Microsoft's 30th employee, the first business manager hired by Gates.
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I like windows and Microsoft but I truly believe Linux like Ubuntu will be the future not now but in time. Look how far Linux has come over the last 10 years. And Microsoft has really done nothing at all same outdated kernel and registry lol registry . Times are changing fast. My Linux pc looks and performs 900000 times better then windiws 8 could ever dream of.
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3/10 troll effort.
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So your not trolling and claim Linux has moved forward while Windows hasnt?
In not trolling in anyway I am serious you may not see it but Linux is all over the place . iPads iPod iPhone every android phone & tablet , kindle fire in dash touch screens in cars and soon ubuntus own phone also Mac osx . All running Linux / unix kernel. The FACTS don't lie. Microsoft has never been in the spot they are in now with so much to lose and if they do not step it up you will see like it or not.
I'm also pretty sure calling people trolls are not in the fourm rules please be nice.
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Balmer is indeed ruining microsoft, windows RT is a disaster, it is missing so much functionality over win8. Win8 is a disaster, it forces you to use metro which is very unproductive compared to win7 for me due to the need for so many mouse clicks for simple tasks. Surface has sold around 400,000 units i read which is a flop. office 2013 has a default solid white colour everywhere which is a nightmare and most users don't know that they can change the colour to shades of black.
Office 2013 should have never shipped as white, office rt and windows rt should have been delayed until they had the full functionality of win8. Win8 should never have made metro mandatory and should have been delayed as it is very buggy and many of the applications on the start screen don't work as people want, you can't change the default photo viewer on the metro app for example, there's tons of other similar problems too.


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