Īnd so the Sierra Madre faded from memory, only occasionally being seen in posters across the wastes, until it took on mythic ghost story status, a supposed "City of Gold" in the wasteland where all the treasures of the Old World were rumored to be held. The Sierra Madre attempted to send out a distress signal on the day of the War, but the system did not broadcast an alert signal, having been hooked up to the gala event to broadcast adverts for the casino, so help never came. Only a mysterious group called the ghost people survived to call the city home, trapped inside what appears to be hazmat suits, they wander the streets never speaking to their victims, only capturing them alive and dragging them away to the depths of the city deep within the Cloud. After many years, the climate control and air conditioning systems within the facility began to spit strange toxins into the surrounding city, causing a red cloud to form over the area - which proved lethal to anyone who tried to explore the city. The security holograms then activated and the once glorious event turned into a slaughter. Nothing could get in, and none of the guests could escape. The bombs fell before the grand opening gala event, and the Sierra Madre froze in time, its state of the art security system locking the place up tight. ” - Father Elijah, Dead Money intro Synopsisĭead Money is set in the Sierra Madre, an opulent and extravagant resort that would have been the greatest casino in the west, had it ever been opened. It's still out there, in the Wastes, preserved, just waiting for someone to crack it open. The Grand Opening - one big ending of humanity. The war froze it in time, like a big flashbulb going off. The opening was supposed to symbolize a road to a brighter future, not just for the world. The world's most famous stars and entertainers were invited to its Grand Opening. A bright, shining monument luring treasure hunters to their doom. Foolishness about it lying in the middle of the City of the Dead, buried beneath a blood-red cloud. Same functionality and look as columns, you just may need to create a new table for each page depending on your formatting preferences.“ You've heard of the Sierra Madre Casino. Just create a 2 or 3 column table with 1 row and then choose white as the color for the lines. Now we wait for columns….although my workaround will be good for most people. While Word may have the upper hand when it comes to formatting, Google Docs has it when it comes to ease of use and collaboration. You can quickly share out what you created with the world with a couple clicks. You can easily have a group all work on the same file at the same time and even include the teacher during the entire process, instead of just at the end. Google Apps are so much easier when it comes to collaboration and communication. I know Mircrosoft has opened up Office 365 to many in education for free, this might be too late for many who were tired of having to pay for it or to hear from their students that they had a different version at home than what we had at school. I like being able to easily share out and collaborate on a document without having to pay for it. While Word may have more editing features, I still like Google Docs as my document tool. I think Google did miss the fact that so many people wanted this, as was evident by how many times my tweet got retweeted and by how many people I follow on Twitter were tweeting the same thing. The thing is, even though I am a big fan of Google Apps due to what we can do with them with students (for free), this was a feature that was not necessary but is nice to have. I can hear those people who use Word yelling at all of those who are happy with this update that they could always do this in Word. This is a big thing for people who really want to format their tables in a certain way but were not able to do so before without a workaround using spreadsheets or another document type. You can also do this by highlighting those cells and then right-clicking to get the same options. You can merge cells by simply highlighting those cells, click on “Table” and then “Merge Cells”. You can find out more about the updates today at There are also some other updates but this seems to be the one that people wanted the most. This is a new update and is rolling out to all accounts as I type. Now I know many people would have assumed you could have done this before, they would be wrong. You can now finally merge table cells in a Google Doc. Google has come out with another update to Google Apps, which it does with regularity, and this one appears to be one that could seem small to many but according to my Twitter stream, it was a big one.
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