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Doel, 20, based in Reybridge, near Lacock, ended last year as a European Young Rider (ages 19-21) team silver medallist and was knocking on the door of senior international recognition – a status he aims to enhance further during the next 12 months.
Already a part of the British Equestrian Federation's World Class programme, Doel now hopes to guide his strong of horses towards success at the higher-profile three and four-star events.
"Last year, I would say was a pretty good year, not quite the results we would have liked in terms of top results, but still very decent results,'' he said.
"Obviously we had the team silver medal at the Europeans, but I didn't do quite as well individually as I would liked to have done.
"But we had some very good other results, including a good second place at the CIC*** event at Tattersalls (in Ireland, on Koyuna Sun Magic), which is the highest level of competition that I've competed at so far.''
Other 2013 successes included an early-season CIC* victory and podium finish in Portugal on Ricoshea and Koyuna Sun Magic respectively, the former being the mount on which he helped Britain secure that European team silver later in the year.
A handful of class victories also peppered the record of the youngsters, who won team gold and individual bronze for Great Britain in the Junior Europeans in 2011.
He said: "Nearly all of the horses were very consistent and we had some very good results.
"The string of horses has changed completely in the last couple of years. It's just our progression really.
"As a young rider you need horses that are specific for the level you are competing at but we're now looking at pushing on to seniors.
"All our horses are now looking at events like Badminton or Burghley or being senior team horses.
"Whereas before the horses were aimed at one or two-star level, they'll now be aimed at three and four star events.''
"Last year, we only did two three-day events, mainly because I did a lot of one-days, just so I could get to know them.
"This year, hopefully, I'll be here there and everywhere. We've got eight or nine horses that we'll have doing three-day competitions. There will be a lot more travelling around and bigger competitions.''
Top 30 finishes in three-star events such as the Barbury International Horse Trials and Le Pin Au Haras, to follow his Tattersalls performance, further underlined his progress – something he hopes to maintain along with his status on the World Class programme.
"It's a huge help to us,'' said Doel, a former British U18 and U21 national champion.
"For the horses, it provides a lot more training and more money for me to go training and extra lessons and help from very good trainers that normally I couldn't afford.
"We have World Class training days and it just means I can afford to go to people like Adam Kemp (Gloucestershire-based dressage coach maybe twice a month.
"My dressage and my cross country are usually pretty decent and my showjumping is definitely my weakest, but we have worked on it a lot. I have fairly regular lessons with a lady called Gill Watson (British development showjumping coach), one of the World Class trainers.
"The programme enables me to go to these higher-end people.''
Another sign that Doel is on the radar of British eventing chiefs was his consideration for teams to contest the 2013 FEI Nations Cup – a competition that Britain, featuring the likes of Wiltshire's Kitty King and Laura Collett, won at the final event in Boekelo, the Netherlands, in October.
Doel was selected for earlier rounds in Strzegom, Poland, and Montelibretti, Italy, and while the former was cancelled and a horse injury prevented him from featuring in the latter, he said: "It's my aim to make the Nations Cup teams again.
"I was selected for it twice but still haven't quite made the team yet. It's a tier down from the top senior teams, not quite your Olympics or European Championships, but it's for up and coming riders like myself to become more part of the senior set-up.
"They've made it seem more accessible. Seeing guys like Tom McEwen, based at Badgerstown near Marlborough, and Izzy Taylor making the senior team makes everything seem a little closer for us.''
Doel heads to Portugal next month with a handful of horses to hone his preparations for the next year.
He said: "I'm on the World Class programme and that will be my aim for the next year. I've got to be producing the results at three-star level and above to prove I'm worth keeping.
"Our other main aim this year will be to go to the Young Rider Europeans, which are out in Portugal.''
- For information on riding, schooling and horse enquiries, see reybridgeeventing.com
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Bruno Lopez Jr. passed to our Heavenly Father at his home on February 8, 2007, surrounded by his loving wife, children and grandchildren.
Bruno Lopez Jr. was the first born to Bruno Lopez Sr. and Salome Higuera Lopez, a Yuma pioneer family, on April 16, 1921 in Yuma. Bruno attended Yuma elementary schools and was a 1939 graduate of Yuma Union High School. Bruno excelled in the classroom and on the track field. He was a Luke Greenway State Champion for the 50 and 100-yard dash, and was the anchor of the 4 x 100. Bruno's fast tracks wound up catching the love of his life and future wife, Socorro Marquez. Bruno and Socorro just celebrated their sixty-seventh wedding anniversary on January 7, 2007.
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Bruno was working at the Emporium and the Railroad when he was called to serve his country in World War II in 1945. He served as a Technical Sergeant in Japan. When he returned from the war, he returned to work at the Railroad. He later retired from Sears after twenty-two years in sales.
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Bruno is survived by his loving wife, Socorro, nine children, sixteen grandchildren, nineteen great-grandchildren and three great-great grandchildren. Sisters; Mary Palacios, Sally Lopez and Lorraine Yanes (Richard) all of Imperial Beach California and brother, Andy Lopez of Yuma.
He is preceded in death by his parents, Bruno and Salome Lopez, brothers, James, Robert, Charles, Octavio and Ernie and grandson, Michael Lopez.
In honor of celebrating Bruno's happy life, a Memorial Service will be held on Sunday, February 18, 2007 at the American Legion Hall, 2575 Virginia Drive from 10:30 am to 2:00 pm. In honor of Bruno Lopez, donations may be made to Hospice of Yuma.
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On the traditional corporate organizational chart, chief marketing officers' and chief financial officers' paths seldom cross. But given today's market environment, companies can no longer afford to have these executives ensconced in their silos.
Globalization and technological innovations are rapidly increasing the speed at which change occurs. Competitive advantages that companies may have built up previously don't last as long as they once did. Strategies for building growth need to be continually refreshed on a more dynamic basis than previously.
One way to bring CFOs and CMOs together is through an enterprise performance management approach that is customer-centric and balances short-term financial goals with long-term strategic objectives.
Enterprise performance management consists of four key elements:
• Strategic planning and an understanding of the key value drivers for the organization;
• Portfolio value analysis: determining which markets, products, and customers to target to achieve that value;
• Resource planning and allocation of marketing dollars, people, and capital to execute the plan; and
• Performance monitoring and analytics: determining the drivers of performance changes and using that insight to reallocate resources to achieve strategic goals.
Differing Priorities
While CFOs and CMOs are both interested in the health of the company, their different perspectives can contribute to a natural tension. CFOs are under increasing pressure to deliver quarterly earnings targets. CMOs focus primarily on building brand equity of the company, which typically impacts long-term growth.
But some companies make trade-offs that jeopardize the long-term objective of maintaining the company's brand -- an essential ingredient in sustaining customer loyalty and profitability. For example, under strain to meet short-term financial goals, companies may short-change investments in advertising, employee training, and other efforts to provide a more rewarding customer experience. Such cuts can endanger long-term growth prospects.
The pressure on CFOs and CMOs to produce tangible results is magnified by the fact that their tenures are growing increasingly shorter. CFOs and CMOs have the shortest tenures among all C-level positions. The average CFO lasts about three years, while CMOs typically survive less than two years. Indeed, more than half of CMOs hold their jobs for less than one year.
Measuring Intangibles
Measures such as short-term sales goals may not reflect the totality of the CMO's efforts. Additionally, it is difficult for CMOs to demonstrate return on investment because few firms have the robust capabilities to measure how effectively marketing campaigns designed to attract and retain customers actually impact brand equity.
Indeed, our experience and research show that many organizations have put in place the wrong incentives to drive performance. The incentives tend to be near term--focused instead of striking the right balance between short- and long-term performance. For example, some companies measure performance using financial metrics that have no clear linkage to the creation of long-term shareholder value.
Additionally, investment analysts are becoming increasingly interested in nonfinancial information -- especially intangible measures such as brand equity, customer loyalty, employee innovation, and intellectual property that can provide insight into an organization's future value-creation potential. Business executives are also becoming more aware that their companies are highly dependent on intangible assets to generate value. According to a global survey by Accenture of 120 senior executives in 30 industries, 94 percent said that managing intangible assets was important to their companies' future success in creating long-term shareholder value.
But, as critical as most executives claimed it was for future success, most also admitted that the measurement of intangibles was a weak link in their companies' current management systems. A mere 5 percent reported that they had a robust system in place to measure the performance of their intangibles. The majority, 62 percent, said that they had applied some measures but that these were either disorganized or informal. A full one-third confessed that they did not measure performance of intangibles at all.
Customer-Centric Focus
Despite the seemingly daunting challenges facing CFOs and CMOs, high-performing companies are succeeding at bringing the two positions into greater harmony by integrating a customer-centric approach into performance management.
Leading companies are becoming increasingly aware of the importance of providing a differentiated customer experience to gain competitive advantage in the market. Savvy marketers understand that one of the best ways to drive loyalty of products and services is to focus on the total experience that consumers have with their companies and brands.
To effectively deliver this experience, they must develop a unique value proposition for their brand across all of the different touch points they may have with customers. Further, this consumer experience must be consistent across all channels. This includes customers' perceptions of advertising, interactions with customer service centers, and interactions with the brand at the retail level and online.
For CMOs, customer centricity gives them multiple ways to interface with customers that go well beyond traditional tactics such as advertising. As a result, CMOs are beginning to understand what levers they need to pull to drive this customer experience. This, in turn, elevates their influence within the company as they interact more directly with multiple channels and educate other organizations within the company as to their role.
Look at the example of a large retail organization, an Accenture client, which implemented a customer-centric approach to a performance management initiative by tying the CMO and CFO together as key sponsors. Analyzing the customer experience, we discovered that the retailer had a significant problem with lapsed customers.
Customers were parting for four reasons:
Products they wanted weren't on the shelf when they were in the store;
Employees were not available in the store to answer customer questions;
Products weren't bundled logically or attractively; and
Overall in-store experience was focused more on driving product sales than on meeting customer needs.
Armed with this insight, measurement capabilities were implemented around customer satisfaction and retention; employee engagement was instilled with the customers; and linkages were demonstrated between the causal drivers and actual financial results. The CMO, a key stakeholder in this initiative, became actively engaged in developing analytics about the customer experience. The CFO, in turn, better understood how customer experience drivers were directly tied to financial results. As a result, both executives were better positioned to make more informed decisions regarding where to target future investments that would drive both near-term financial results and longer-term growth and profitability.
Prior to this initiative, the CMO was disconnected from decisions being made at the store level. But now, the CMO is included in ensuring that these interactions are consistent with the experience that the company wants customers to have with its brand. From a performance management perspective, the CMO and CFO interacted more closely and became more valuable to each other. From a strategic viewpoint, the CFO greatly expanded his role as business advisor to the CEO regarding growth strategy. Similarly, the CMO is now able to better develop strategies that will grow the customer base, loyalty, and brand over the coming years.
Rebranding for Customer Experience
Another national retailer undertook a performance management program by setting a strategic goal to double its value in five years. It then determined what metrics were needed, what drivers had to be moved, and what investments to make regarding its brand and capabilities to meet its objective.
The company discovered that its brand was a key driver of value, so it decided to rebrand itself from a traditional consumer products store to a pleasant and efficient shopping experience. Rather than trying to sell customers individual point solutions, the retailer added much sought-after services to a more attractive product mix in strategic store locations. It used brand repositioning to increase store traffic to drive more revenue per square foot and to make its capital investment more productive.
The goal was to improve the customer experience from a strategic and capability planning perspective with a longer time horizon. To actually achieve that goal, the retailer changed its advertising and store layouts, as well as the look and feel of its Web site; it also customized the shopping experience for certain specific customer segments it was targeting. The project involved marshalling a significant number of resources, together with performance management capabilities, so that the retailer could measure expected revenue uplifts and make course corrections as needed on a quarterly basis.
From the beginning, the CMO was involved in thinking through the execution of the campaign by studying both the articulated and unarticulated needs of the company's shoppers. The CMO and CFO were part of the strategic planning discussions about whether the investment could bring a significant uplift in traffic and margin.
Lessons Learned
A balanced approach to enterprise performance management can enable a company to more fully benefit from the respective strengths, experience, and perspectives of the CFO and CMO. While there is no blueprint for success, the experience of several major companies showcases critical steps toward achieving a balanced performance management initiative:
The overarching goal is to create value through improved profitability. While keeping a finger on the pulse of a company's target customer base, there is a bias toward external benchmarking and competitive intelligence to inform strategic direction and tactical course changes that factor into performance evaluation.
Focus on developing a deep understanding of the organization's critical value drivers (current and future) upon which competitive advantage will be built, bearing in mind that how a company differentiates itself through marketing and services will contribute mightily to its ability to outsell the competition on higher margin products and services.
Create a marketing dashboard from which the CMO can monitor programs globally across channels to see how they track against the company's core strategic direction, and whether targets are being met; this gives CMOs the ability to more readily make any necessary course corrections and access needed information as they work with the CFO.
Instill a capital markets discipline into internal planning processes, by utilizing a market-based approach to establish minimum performance thresholds/targets and dynamic evaluation of the allocation of capital and resources to the best value-creating opportunities.
Team to conduct performance monitoring and metrics analysis that can help the marketing organization and the company overall so that the decision makers closest to the customer have the information and tools to make decisions and take actions on a faster cycle than competitors.
Sustain high performance over time by embedding a performance and value management mind-set deep within the organization in terms of the skills, capabilities, and incentives for the people and the integrated nature of the processes that utilize information to drive decision-making and action.
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As for our second boat, we wanted to stay with the play on words so we named our second boat Just Plane Fun Too.
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Drake surprises Rihanna with professions of love and to honor her with this year's Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award.
Kanye premieres his new video for "Fade" while establishing his place in history with some of its biggest players.
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Tiffany Kaiser
March 20, 2013 12:38 PM
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Russia's meteor
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NASA needs funding for small meteor defense
NASA told Congress to "pray" if a meteor similar to
the one that hit Russia last month
is ever three weeks away from the U.S.
NASA administrator Charles Bolden Jr. told Congress that the U.S. doesn't have the proper equipment to identify a small meteor (the size of Russia's meteor) in a House Committee hearing on Tuesday.
"If it's coming in three weeks ... pray," Bolden said. "The reason I can't do anything in the next three weeks is because for decades we have put it off. We are where we are today because, you know, you all told us to do something and between the administration and the Congress, the funding to do that did not - the bottom line is always
the funding did not come
The U.S. is able to detect larger meteors (and offset them a bit by crashing a spacecraft into them, thus slowing them down and changing their course) with plenty of in advance, but smaller objects are more difficult because the sun blinds satellites. That's precisely why Russia didn't see the meteor coming -- and neither did the U.S.
Had the meteor not stayed intact for only seconds longer, it would have had the impact of 20 Hiroshima bombs once hitting Russia, according to a
CBS News report
Donald Yeomans, manager of NASA's Near-Earth Object Program Office, said that the U.S. needs a space-based infrared telescope to see smaller objects coming. This particular telescope would work because the sun wouldn't be an issue in blocking sight of the objects.
Yeomans also suggested ground-based wide field optical telescopes that could keep an eye on large parts of the sky at night.
The space-based infrared telescope would cost "a few hundred million dollars."
However, government funding remains an issue. Bolden said NASA was budgeted only $20.5 million for its near-Earth object observation program for fiscal 2012.
While NASA doesn't see any large meteors coming toward Earth in the foreseeable future (and current large meteor detection equipment would know decades in advance), small meteors need to be taken seriously as well to prevent destruction.
The Chelyabinsk meteor exploded over Russia on February 15, 2013. It was estimated to be traveling at 40,000 MPH and was about 11,000 tonnes.
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Everyone adores monkey bread. Who doesn't love the gooey mess of making it, almost as much as the caramel goodness of eating it? Truth told, when I leave the house for any amount of time, my husband makes monkey bread with my sons. He waits until I leave, because he knows the ovens won't be in use and he can sneak the tube of biscuits into the house. As a result, I never get to eat them, which may be part of his master plan.
So I came up with my twist on the classic, with chocolate tucked into homemade biscuits. I've baked them as individual monkey bread muffins to make them even more festive for a party or Sunday brunch.
Chocolate Caramel Monkey Bread Muffins
Makes: 1 dozen muffins
Prep time: 30 minutes
Bake time: 25 minutes
Skill: Easy
2 1/2 cups self rising flour (if you don't have self rising flour you can use 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour + 1 tablespoon baking powder + 3/4 teaspoon salt)
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, cold, cut into small pieces
1 cup buttermilk
1 cup chocolate chips, may need more for top
Cinnamon sugar topping:
1/4 cup sugar
1 tablespoon cinnamon
Caramel topping:
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 tablespoon corn syrup
2 tablespoons heavy cream
To make the biscuits:
Preheat oven to 400°F. Line 12 muffin cups with papers or grease generously.
In a large bowl blend the flour and butter together until it resembles coarse meal, but there are a few pea-sized pieces of butter left in tact.
Add the buttermilk and combine until it is evenly wet.
Put the biscuit dough on a floured surface and press it together into a rectangle.
Sprinkle with more flour and roll into a 1/2 thick rectangle. Cut the dough into 48 even pieces. Place two chocolate chips on each and gently pinch the dough around the chips.
In a small bowl mix together the sugar and cinnamon. Roll the chocolate filled dough in the cinnamon sugar.
Place 4 of the small biscuits in each muffin cup.
Over low heat, melt the butter, brown sugar and corn syrup together in a small saucepan. Cook until the sugar seems to be dissolved, you will need to whisk to keep the butter from separating. Spoon half the mixture evenly over the biscuits.
Bake for about 25 minutes or until golden brown and set in the middle.
Remove the biscuits and top with more chocolate chips. Reheat the remaining caramel, and add the heavy cream.
When the caramel is warm and smooth, spoon it evenly over the hot biscuits.
Let them cool slightly before serving, but they should be eaten slightly warm.
Zoë François, author of Artisan Bread in 5 Minutes a Day, Healthy Bread in 5 Minutes a Day and Artisan Pizza and Flatbreads in 5 Minutes a Day, studied at the Culinary Institute of America in New York. She now calls Minneapolis her home, where she has worked with some of the top talent in the culinary world — Steven Brown, Andrew Zimmern and many chefs at the D'Amico company. In addition to writing, Zoë teaches baking classes and consults at restaurants. You can find her writing and recipe creations on Devour, on her baking blog, zoebakes.com and on the site, www.breadin5.com.


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Riverside Springs rolls on
Bylaw paves way for new Cardiff-sized community by Gibbons
Wednesday, Jul 09, 2014 06:00 am
Up to a thousand people could soon move into homes east of Gibbons now that county council has rezoned land for a long-stalled subdivision � a move that could cost the county some $3.1 million.
Council voted 4-1 in favour of rezoning some 176 hectares of agricultural land east of Gibbons and south of Casa Vista to country residential estate as part of the Riverside Springs project. Coun. Susan Evans was opposed, while councillors Jerry Kaup and Patrick Tighe were absent.
Developer Inca Ventures Inc. proposed to build about 340 homes on these lands back in 2010 as part of the Riverside Springs subdivision. It was approved under the county�s old municipal development plan but has been on hold ever since due to financial issues.
The company also proposed a second 65-hectare, 175-lot project called Sierra Ridge just north of Riverside Springs.
Concerned that these two projects could add about a thousand people (roughly the size of Cardiff) to this region, council asked the developer last April to provide a study proving that this project was sustainable.
Inca Ventures director Gordon Letcher told council that the project should turn a profit even if just two of its seven phases go ahead.
He also proposed to set up a condominium board to manage the region�s infrastructure. This board would protect the county from having to pay for the region�s roads and pipes should the project fail.
�The risk to the county is almost non-existent.�
Letcher said that this project would bring in millions in tax revenues to the county and tap into rising demand triggered by growth in the industrial heartland.
�If we wait any longer, we may miss this economic cycle. It is imperative this project not be delayed any further.�
Administration opposed Inca�s proposal on several grounds.
First, the county had no experience with condo boards and condo-style developments, said county development officer Colin Krywiak. The board might cut corners on infrastructure or become insolvent, leaving the county with the bill to fix everything.
This development would also account for about 60 per cent of the growth planned in this region under the county�s new municipal development plan, he continued � a plan that did not envision this kind of housing development in this spot. It would also make this region the second most populous place in the county after the Sturgeon Valley.
And the developer wanted the county to pay for about $3.12 million in road and sewer upgrades to the region � upgrades that the developer was originally supposed to pay for itself under the county�s offsite levy bylaw.
That�s $3 million the county won�t have to spend on other projects, Evans argued.
�It�s going to be an immediate impact to our capital plan,� she said.
�If we�re going to build another community the size of Cardiff or bigger, what are we going to put on hold?�
Coun. Karen Shaw argued in favour of the proposal. This project was within cycling distance of the Sturgeon Industrial Park (in which the county had invested a pile of money), was adjacent to an existing neighbourhood and had already been approved by the Capital Region Board. Council could also resolve many of its concerns at the development agreement stage.
�This has been four years in the making. This is not new. This is not ad-hoc development.�
Mayor Tom Flynn said he wasn�t sold on the idea of a condo board, but was okay with this rezoning provided the county reviewed its offsite levy bylaw.
Council moved unanimously to have administration work with Inca to address council�s infrastructure and capital concerns.


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Place the soymilk, vinegar and oil in a measuring cup and allow it to set for about 10 minutes until it thickens.
Use as you would dairy buttermilk in baking.
Per serving - 132 calories, 5 gram fat (33% calories from fat), 10 gram protein, 13 gram carbohydrate, 0 gram fiber, 0 milligram cholesterol, 105 milligram sodium


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Cup Cake Cookie Jar
There's nothing like the sound of a cookie jar opening and closing to remind me of my sugar-laden childhood. My mom used to make a fresh batch of chocolate chip cookies weekly and fill the jar up with Nestle Tollhouse love. Since then, a kitchen just isn't complete without a cookie jar to me. This one is so cute, too!


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Heat oil in a large saucepan and sauté the garlic and onions for 2 to 3 minutes. Add the remaining ingredients for the sauce, cover and bring to a boil. Reduce the flame and simmer for 20 minutes.
While the sauce is cooking, cook the lasagna until half done, about 7 minutes, rinse and drain.
To prepare the tofu ricotta, blend all ingredients in a blender until creamy.
Preheat the oven to 400°. To assemble the lasagna, place a thin layer of sauce on the bottom of a large, deep baking dish (13 x 9 x 2 1/2 inches deep). Place a layer of lasagna on top. Place a layer of tofu ricotta, sauce, and another layer of lasagna. Continue layering until all ingredients are used. The bottom and top layer should always be sauce. Cover the baking dish and bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until the lasagna is tender. Remove cover and bake another 10 minutes to brown, if desired. Remove, allow to cool slightly and slice.
Per serving - 232 calories, 10 gram fat (35% calories from fat), 14 gram protein, 26 gram carbohydrate, 6 gram fiber, 0 milligram cholesterol, 383 milligram sodium


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Can the Nexus 7 take down the Kindle Fire?
0. phoneArena posted on 29 Jun 2012, 08:09
Amazon achieved what other Android tablet manufacturers couldn't – to sell its devices. And it didn't take a big screen or a quad-core processor to do it. The company simply took a basic Android build, integrated it with its media store...
This is a discussion for a news. To read the whole news, click here
1. mercorp (Posts: 1043; Member since: 28 Jan 2012)
But Google,YU NO PUT MICRO-SD CARD IN NEXUS 7?
4. sorcio46 (Posts: 435; Member since: 27 Jul 2011)
By the way, USB host is available on the Nexus :-)
5. Santi_Santi (unregistered)
Remember, cloud storage. we have discussed this issue all the week!
10. Jay_F (Posts: 236; Member since: 29 Nov 2011)
Remember, WiFi only.
18. shimmyx20 (Posts: 280; Member since: 03 Mar 2009)
Just make sure to have a phone with mobile hotspot capability
6. andro. (Posts: 1999; Member since: 16 Sep 2011)
a USB/micro SD card adapter will definitely be made available. The one for the galaxy tab 10.1 is quite small and handy,and cheap also
2. bohdan4ik13 (Posts: 111; Member since: 10 Feb 2012)
Google Play closed in many regions and people cannot buy Google's tablet (even if they want Nexus 7). Amazon works worldwide. And new 7 inch Kindle is coming. So... Nexus 7 is better than Kindle, but this tablet will never be Kindle Fire killer
20. Mario1017 (Posts: 336; Member since: 04 Sep 2011)
you know....the play store isnt the only place to nuy the nexus 7...
21. dmckay12 (Posts: 243; Member since: 25 Feb 2012)
And the play store isn't the only place to get apps, music, movies, and books.
22. -box- (Posts: 3991; Member since: 04 Jan 2012)
Though it's the only place to get Google-approved apps. I had a ViewSonic gTablet for a few months, and while it was a great tablet, it didn't have access to the (then) Android Marketplace (now Play Store), which was so frustrating I reluctantly got rid if it. Granted, it was also stuck on FroYo, but not having access to the official Google experience, even though I live in the U.S., was the killer.
Will I get the Nexus7? Maybe, but it would be the 16GB model to have sufficient storage as a media player and app launcher, though I'd rather have a 5" Android media player like the Galaxy Player or Walkman, so that it would be pocketable. I found that having anything that wasn't pocketable made it less appealing to bring with me outside the house because I'd have to either carry it or put it in a laptop bag, which was ridiculous for such a relatively small object. Any appropriately sized bag would have looked like a purse, and if I'm going to put the effort in carrying a device around with me, it may as well be a full-fledged laptop, which has multiple times more storage, full apps with no ads, a physical keyboard, and plenty of ports to hook up peripherals as needed. If computer OEMs started making touchscreen netbooks (or, essentially, the Surface Pro) and priced them the same as current netbooks ($150-500) tablets would lose almost all appeal, especially if the purchaser used the ability of Windows to launch an instance of Android (though only reason to do that is if a particular Android app was so needed that wasn't as accessible or whatever reason it wasn't attainable via Windows, though with the relative scarcity of tablet -specific Android apps, I can't imagine that being necessary. I installed about portion on my desktop for Android and I used it twice, months ago, and never since). I won't even dignify the iPad with an inclusion as it's just a giant iPod touch with an unnecessary camera on the back. Only reason to use a tablet for camera work is if the photographer has vision problems so a small screen isn't worthwhile (even people with not-great vision want to take photos and should have the ability to) and even then they have a tripod to keep the silly thing stable.
23. dmckay12 (Posts: 243; Member since: 25 Feb 2012)
Google doesn't approve the apps. As long as the seller pays $25 and violates no terms (found out after problem reported which comes after it is already in the store), the app is allowed and Google doesn't really care.
24. -box- (Posts: 3991; Member since: 04 Jan 2012)
Not quite. Google also proactively checks for malware, which not all app stores do. When I had the gTablet I used GetJar, Amazon, and a few other app stores for what I wanted, or I'd download the API and manually install it, if I could, but even those apps weren't consistently updated, and every download I performed I felt nervous that I could be downloading something possibly malicious, so I had to make sure none of my personal info was ever saved to the tablet, making daily activities like email or Facebook time consuming and frustrating. Just my personal experience, YMMV.
26. dmckay12 (Posts: 243; Member since: 25 Feb 2012)
They do check for malware, but Google does not approve them. Apple approves IOS apps, Google does not approve Android apps.
You will have better luck from the play store but it is not the only place to get good apps.
3. Santi_Santi (unregistered)
I think Nexus 7, by hardware specs, will take the lead in no time. also the closed fire ecosystem (android, but only with amazon apps) will be a disadvantage considering that the Nexus 7 will be pure-free android experience. Even with a larger screen there is a possibility that the Fire 10" will be the same ol' fire with lower hardware specs and, to keep price, even without a rear camera, or quad core like the Nexus.
7. Muhannad (Posts: 455; Member since: 20 Sep 2011)
It's kinda unfair comparing a 2011 tablet with the new Nexus tablet with all it's awesome hardware, we should wait to see Amazon's response to Google's offering.
8. Jay_F (Posts: 236; Member since: 29 Nov 2011)
I think it has absolutely no chance. You keep forgetting, in this crowd, I fully agree that the Nexus would and should outsell the Kindle Fire. In reality, people go for what they know. The Amazon Kindle Fire will own the budget tablet market for a while, solely due to how well it has been recognized. And if Apple makes their budget tablet, that one will soar to the top. It may not be what you want to hear, but in all likelihood know you know it's the terrible truth.
9. OptimusOne (Posts: 694; Member since: 22 May 2012)
duhhh.... yes
more apps in app store!
quadcore v dual core
higher res screen
stock jb(no amazon crap)
almost imediate updates
able to sideload
able to hack and mod(best part)
25. -box- (Posts: 3991; Member since: 04 Jan 2012)
In fairness, you can hack and mod any Android-based tablets. Heck, my brother and I rooted the kids tablet I got my nephews for Christmas and got it to run Honeycomb. It's not a smooth setup because of hardware limitations, but it runs more than it was sold as.
11. Xquisite (Posts: 87; Member since: 23 Apr 2012)
To me, this is like asking if the Galaxy S3 can take down the iPhone.
12. threed61 (Posts: 246; Member since: 27 May 2011)
The Nexus looks to be very nice! Google isn't yet close when it comes to offering media, but they do tend to catch up quickly. Amazon has done one thing with apps that I wish would catch on with other appstores, they've weeded out the garbage. I'll take their 'limited' selection over having to wade through tons of crap produced by competing for raw number bragging rights anytime.
13. RaKithAPeiRiZ (Posts: 1488; Member since: 29 Dec 2011)
The kindle is garbage now ...these kai tablets will give every other tablet a run for its cash ( y u no get my indie magazine- i put up a comparisson tablehttp://www.mediafire.com/?bi4a
14. angelxdope (Posts: 1; Member since: 29 Jun 2012)
Guys keep in mind that the Kindle fire came out in the holiday season and boy did it sell it was one of the most popular so for Google to take over that market it will take a while. But in my personal opinion i like the Nexus 7 a lot more because it pure android. What i mean by that is that the Kindle just didn't have that customization or freedom that we all love about Android. But seeing devices this cheap brings joy to all of us. :-)
15. Jeradiah3 (Posts: 1121; Member since: 11 Feb 2010)
The kindle Fire is for mainstream America, the nexus 7 are for geeks like me lol. Most people look at the Kindle Fire and want a simple tablet that they use to read books, play games, etc. We tech guys use the Nexus7 for almost everything but drive a car themselves lol
This can one of the first Android tablets that can beat the iPad............eventually!
16. Jay_F (Posts: 236; Member since: 29 Nov 2011)
This tablet wasn't made to go up against the iPad.
17. jvrsavage (Posts: 5; Member since: 29 Jun 2012)
Amazon will just sell the fire for $179.99 to stay on top or in this case at the bottom of the price range. This will keep them competitive and keep the sales coming until the succesor comes out.
Thats what I would do if I was amazon
19. LiudvikasLTU (Posts: 15; Member since: 26 Jun 2012)
I didn't read the article. I've already knew the answer.
27. stevenshearing (Posts: 1; Member since: 01 Jul 2012)
Oh yes just look u the benchmarks and you see that googles new tablet comes near top next to the prime which is great value for money.
This will be my first tablet, finally one which comes with a fair price tag, now other companys will stuggle to sell at high prices. This is what we needed a company to drop the prices and beat the bunch.
Sure the ipad still comes out head and tails but do you really need that extra speed at the cost of such a item.
28. andyboi_ph (Posts: 101; Member since: 26 Mar 2012)
im sure amazon knows that if they don't make an awesome hardware/software specs on the next iteration of kindle fire, google's nexus 7 tablet will take the lead (in terms of sales). Lets see what's instore for the new kindle fire soon.


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KODAK PROFESSIONAL DCS 400 Series Digital Cameras
PROFESSIONAL EOS-DCS Series Digital Cameras
Updated 21 November 2006
The above digital camera models contain an internal KODAK Rechargeable
Battery Pack. The battery pack contains eight batteries and thermal
protection components. In this document, the term 'battery' refers
to the eight batteries.
Verify that you have a battery problem
Locate the DCS AC Battery Charger/Adapter
and the power cord originally supplied with the camera. Do not use
other chargers or adapters with the camera.
DCS AC Battery Charger/Adapter
Power Cord
Connect the DCS AC Battery Charger/Adapter and
the power cord to your camera. Is the battery icon illuminated?
The battery icon is located on the LCD display at the top left of
the camera back.
Yes: Go to Step #3.
No: Verify the following:
The DCS AC Battery Charger/Adapter
and the power cord are properly connected.
Plug the appropriate end of the power
cord into the DCS AC Battery Charger/Adapter, then plug
the other end into a wall outlet.
Note: The DCS AC Battery Charger/Adapter
is for indoor use only. Use the type of power source indicated on the
name plate of the DCS AC Battery Charger/Adapter. A line
voltage outside the range of this adapter can destroy the DCS AC
Battery Charger/Adapter and/or the camera.
Carefully plug the DCS AC Battery Charger/Adapter
into the round connector located at the lower left of the camera
back. Do not bend or break the connector pins. Do not excessively
flex or bend the cable.
The wall outlet has power. If necessary, use a different
wall outlet.
If this does not resolve the problem, you must replace the DCS
AC Battery Charger/Adapter. This part is available from
Disconnect the DCS AC Battery Charger/Adapter.
Is the battery icon illuminated?
Yes: Go to Step #4.
No: Condition the battery. See
to Charge and Condition the Battery
for instructions.
If this does not resolve the problem, you must replace the internal
Rechargeable Battery Pack. This part is available from Kodak.
Can you capture images using battery power only?
Yes: Go to Step #5.
No: You must replace the internal Rechargeable
Battery Pack.
How many images can you capture before your camera stops
Less than 100 images: You must replace
the battery pack.
More than 100 images: Your
camera needs repair. Contact our authorized service and repair center,
Midwest Camera Repair, Inc.
Remove the battery pack
Verify the following:
You have the following tools:
A 3/16-inch slotted screwdriver.
A #1 Phillips head screwdriver.
A small pair of needle-nose pliers.
A plastic or a wooden screwdriver.
The memory card drive is empty.
The DCS AC Battery Charger/Adapter is unplugged
from the camera.
The SCSI connector is unplugged from the camera.
Remove the camera base (base cover).
Place the camera on a flat work surface.
Position the camera so the lens mount faces upward and the camera back
faces you.
Remove the tripod screw from the base cover. The tripod
screw is a large, straight blade silver screw.
Remove the four Phillips head screws from the base cover.
Remove the hand strap screw from the left side of the camera
(not available on all camera models).
Remove the camera front (front cover). The front cover
becomes loose when the base cover is removed.
Look at the camera base. Does the metal mechanism plate
extend under the battery? If yes, continue with Step 5. If no, go
to Step 7.
Remove the PCMCIA card ejector.
Remove the two PCMCIA ejector screws.
Carefully lift the PCMCIA card ejector from the mechanism
Remove the mechanism plate.
Remove the 3 screws that secure the
door frame, then remove the door frame.
Remove the 4 mechanism plate screws, then lift the mechanism
plate from the camera frame.
Remove the battery pack.
Note how the battery cable and the
PCB board cable are placed inside the camera. You must replace these cables
in the same position when you connect the new battery pack.
Use the needle-nose pliers to disconnect the battery connector
from the main circuit board.
Note the position of the rubber tubing (not available on
all camera models). You must replace the rubber tubing in the same
position when you connect the new battery pack.
Carefully remove the battery pack and the rubber tubing.
Connect the new battery pack
Carefully insert the new battery pack
into the camera.
Carefully place the battery cable and the PCB board cable
in their original location.
Note that the battery connector is keyed. Use the plastic
or wooden screwdriver to correctly connect the battery connector
to the main circuit board.
Do not use a metal screwdriver or metal
Do not connect the battery backwards.
Replace the rubber tubing. If your camera does not have
rubber tubing and if the new battery is smaller than the old battery,
insert a folded piece of paper or a thin piece of rubber tubing
to prevent battery noise or movement.
Attach the mechanism plate.
Replace the PCMCIA card ejector.
Replace the camera front.
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The Legislature wrapped up the formal portion of its session
late Tuesday night. The last days and hours of the session were
filled with issues of importance to MBA members.
These past few weeks the Massachusetts Bar Association worked to
obtain a legislative override to a gubernatorial veto of the
Court's FY 2013 budget. The override passed in the waning hours of
the session and will add $10 million back into the Court's budget
and avoid up to 300 layoffs of court probation employees.
The MBA-supported Workers Right to Know bill was passed by the
House and Senate and is now pending on Gov. Deval L. Patrick's
desk. The legislation, of particular importance to the Workplace
Safety Task Force, requires employers to provide temporary workers
with written notice of key details of their work assignments and
the legal protections available to them. The MBA is urging Patrick
to sign the legislation. Click here to see the
MBA's letter. Click
here to see the bill.
The MBA was instrumental in the historical and successful work
with the Massachusetts Medical Society and Massachusetts Academy of
Trial Attorneys in developing an administrative process that
protects patients and allows medical professionals to express
remorse for their errors. The culmination of two years of advocacy
by the MBA resulted in the inclusion of an administrative procedure
that protects patients in the omnibus health care bill enacted on
Monday and now pending on the Patrick's desk. The MBA successfully
lobbied the Legislature to reject a number of medical malpractice
reform measures that were part of the larger health care reform
debate. Click
here to see the bill.
Patrick signed the so-called Habitual Offender bill this morning
in a private bill signing at the State House. He signed the measure
despite the Legislature's rejection of amendments proposed by him
that would have granted judicial discretion in sentencing repeat
offenders. The final bill included changes long-sought by the MBA
in the area of reducing school-zone criminal penalties in drug
related offenses and increased parole opportunities for non-violent
mandatory drug offenders; it is estimated that over 500 individuals
will now be eligible.
Click here to see the bill.


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Kritzerland at Sterling's Upstairs at The Federal Presents MOSTLY RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN, 11/4
Kritzerland at Sterling's Upstairs at The Federal presents Mostly Rodgers & Hammerstein (with a little Hart and a little Sondheim) The Songs of Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II, Lorenz Hart & Stephen Sondheim. Hosted by Bruce Kimmel, the concert is set for Sunday, November 4, 2012 at 7:00 pm.
Starring (in alphabetical order):
Stuart Ambrose (Camelot, U. S. Tour; 110 in the Shade, Pasadena Playhouse; A New Brain, Musical Theatre Guild)
Dennis Kyle (Reprise's They're Playing Our Song; Rooster in Annie, Theater Aspen, Colorado)
Lisa Livesay (Nat'l Tour, Wicked, Glinda; Monteen, Parade, Center Theatre Group; Tribute to Alan Menken, NY)
Jane Noseworthy (Reprise: Carrie, Carousel; Rosanna,Serrano; Hope, Urinetown; Disney,The Princess & The Frog)
Shannon Warne (Maria, Sound of Music; Nat'l Tour, Camelot; NoHo Arts, Having It All; 3rd St.,The Full Monty)
Music Director: Lloyd Cooper
Special Guest: Alvin Ing
Alvin Ing (Broadway & U.S. Tour: Chin, Flower Drum Song; original Broadway production, Pacific Overtures)
The 27th Kritzerland show is a tribute to the music of the great Richard Rodgers, mostly with lyrics by Hammerstein, but a few by Hart and by Sondheim. Back in 2001, Bruce Kimmel began working on The Richard Rodgers Album, a long-planned CD. But, for various reasons, the album didn't happen, so it's pleasing to be able to present what- was-to-be live at The Federal.
Richard Rodgers is, simply put, one of the greatest musical theatre composers who ever lived, and his music has thrilled and touched millions of people, first with the scintillating collaboration with Lorenz Hart, and then his amazing collaboration with Oscar Hammerstein, which resulted in some of the most beloved musicals ever written – Oklahoma!, South Pacific, Carousel, The King and I, Flower Drum Song, The Sound of Music as well as the less successful but equally as tuneful Allegro and Pipe Dream, along with their original musical for TV, Cinderella. One could fill a book with the Rodgers songs that have become standards - our show will be our usual mix of the well-known and the less well-known. In the case of Richard Rodgers the unknown isn't really the unknown, but Kritzerland has a few surprises.
It's truly a treat to have Alvin Ing with us, who appeared in the recent Broadway revival of Flower Drum Song.
The last few shows have been jam-packed, so early reservations are recommended. Call 818 754-8700. Your phone reservation will be confirmed. Dinner reservations: From 5:30 pm – 6:00 pm. Reservations have already started coming in, and are highly recommended. Cover charge $15 + $10 food minimum + $3 facility charge.
Sterling's at The Federal 5303 Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywood, Calif. The Federal Bar is adjacent to the El Portal Theatre. The North Hollywood Stations for the Metrolink Red Line and Orange Line are directly across the street, north of Chandler on Lankershim. Parking is available – entrance for Federal lot is on Weddington Street (directly behind the building) at $3.50. There is also available street parking.
For more information about Sterling's Upstairs at The Federal, click HERE.