Isaac : Disaster declarations issued for Louisiana and Mississippi after Isaac
Source: www.wjla.com - Thursday, August 30, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama has declared federal emergencies in areas of Louisiana and Mississippi hit hard by Isaac, moving to speed federal aid and recovery efforts to the hurricane-battered Gulf Coast. Obama signed the orders late Wednesday covering 35 parishes in Louisiana and 34 counties in Mississippi. The White House said in a statement that the disaster declarations ordered authorities to expedite federal aid in areas affected by Isaac. The move makes the federal funding available to state and eligible local governments and certain nonprofit organizations for emergency work in the stricken areas. Isaac is drenching Louisiana and Mississippi but is weakening as it trudges roughly north over land and should lose its tropical storm status by Thursday night. The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Isaac's wind strength should drop below 39 mph to become a tropical depression as the storm's center heads for Arkansas and Missouri on Friday. Isaac's center bypassed New Orleans and its newly fortified levees as a hurricane Wednesday but flooded areas to the city's north and south, where people had to be evacuated or rescued. Isaac had top sustained winds of 45 mph early Thursday as its center moved over southern Louisiana. It was still packing heavy rains that threatened lowland flooding through Friday in Louisiana, Mississippi, southwest Alabama and Arkansas.
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Video demo of the new Asus tablet shows off Windows RT and some damn sexy hardware
Source: thenextweb.com - Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Earlier today, TNW brought you a short roundup of the most recent Windows 8 and Windows Phone devices that are freshly announced. One of those devices, the Asus Vivo Tab RT, a Windows RT tablet, has a video up now showing off its every angle. Now, we’re not going to bring you more than a very occasional video of this sort, but since Windows RT and the next generation of tablets running the new Microsoft code are still relative unknowns, some content of this variety is worthwhile. Things to look out for: Office 2013′s icons along the bottom of the screen when in ‘Desktop mode,’ and the lack of lag in the operating systems response. The Office icons matter as they are the only apps, along with Internet Explorer if I recall properly, that will run in desktop mode in Windows RT. The lack of lag is important as the Vivo Tab RT has the power of modern smartphone, essentially. Check the clip, and try to ignore the fact that it’s filled with PR drivel: Here’s the real kicker: if the Surface didn’t exist, I suspect that the above tablet, along with the coming Samsung Series 5 device would be big, big stories. However, standing in the shadow of Microsoft’s own tablet project, the Vivo RT simply looks like a strong contender. As pricing for Windows RT-based tablets remains a guessing game, which device will be the runaway hit – of the Windows 8 hardware ecosystem – is unclear. However, the Surface retains its mindlead, I would say. Still, i
