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The gilded age lives in Newport, R.I.
The gilded age lives in Newport, R.I.
Newport, R.I. remains a throwback to the gilded age, and a perfect escape for any Great Gatsby-type enthusiasts. Pictured: The Lawn at Castle Hill Inn sits on a peninsula overlooking Narragansett Bay.
Sip cocktails and listen to a live band play Jazz Age classics at an al fresco brunch at the Lawn at Castle Hill Inn.
The waterfront Lawn at the Castle Hill Inn is ideal for al fresco dining.
Clambakes are one of the luxury events held at the Castle Hill Inn.
The Lawn at Castle Hill Inn has been expanded to include a new open-air dining room, a newly-expanded terrace bar, and three tiered terraces that cascade down the hill..
Party scenes from the 1975 film, "The Great Gatsby" were filmed on the expansive landscaped lawn at Rosecliff mansion.
Rosecliff served as Jay Gatsby's mansion during the 1975 film, starring Robert Redford and Mia Farrow.
Polo matches are held at Glen Farm.
Tony Bellevue Avenue is home to several high-end boutiques and shops.
Muse, by Jonathon Cartwright, at the Vanderbilt Grace Hotel, is known for its elegant setting and fine cuisine.


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great service from start to finish. 2 seats purchased inc base plates and runners. Thanks guys.
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Greaat friendly customer service brilliant pricing always love a family run business over big businesses. Cheers
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Very helpful online help and fast delivery Thanks again ?
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Very friendly and helpful from the initial enquiries right through to final ordering.
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Very helpful and willing to help with enquires/orders
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Been today for seat fitting. Extremely helpful and very welcoming. Finally Found a seat I'm happy with
First class Service, excellent advice on product selection, prompt responses to my many email questions. I'd thoroughly recommend them for service, variety of products, knowledge and reliability.
Polite, knowledgeable and extremely helpful. Placed my order and it arrived 5 days later (including a weekend). 100% going to place a second order in the coming days
Big thanks once again. This time was seats and frames last time was rollcage and harnesses.Each time superb customer service and excellent items.Will be back again soon!
Excellent in store service. No pressure, I was allowed to take my time and try all the seats and once I'd narrowed it down help was given as to the fitment. Will use GSM for all future purchases.
Reccently purchased a corbeau clubsport bucket seat for my r56 cooper, gsm had em over £30 cheaper than everyone else, awesome company!
Absolute pleasure to do business with, fast replies, friendly service and helpful answers to all my questions. Thank you!
Great service. 2 seat frames in less than 10 days. Jus my cage to arrive
A fantastic company quality parts at affordable rates! highly recomended
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Ordered harnesses from these guys and after there being a mix up with them all was sorted. Can't recommend them highly enough. Will definitely use them again. Fantastic. Thanks again
Was in an hour and the team couldn't do enough answering all my questions and leaving me to get on with it without overcrowding me! Genuine customer service and excellent service. Well recommended.
Great customer service over the phone and updates on order through text. Really pleased overall with my order! Will be using GSM again.
Fantastic service from GSM , love my Recaro Pole Positions in my Audi S3 complete with Recaro subframes , supplied in good time .
Really excellent service, for a family run business they are organised and incredibly informative during the order process! Great help and advice too!
Superb service! The staff were really helpful from start to finish, and my seats turned up early! Will definitely recommend and use again
If it's racing seats, harnesses, helmets or racewear, then the team at GSM will get you sorted. Brilliant!
Great business, that personal touch is so important these days and these guys do it brilliantly. I have bought a number of seats from them. Efficient and friendly, keep up the great work.
Such a good team and a really good well put together website. Made ordering my new seats for my car such an ease. Glad I got recommended by a mate. Will be telling anyone else who wants seats to check out these guys �
Quick delivery and great customer service. Will be shopping here again�
Orders sets through gsm very happy with there communication and looking forward to my seats arriving :)
Amazing was extremely helpful gave me great advice and sorted everything out for me I would recommend this place to everyone
Absolutely superb company and i would recommend GSM for all your motorsport needs. Ben was great from the beginning and they made what turned out to be a difficult process (due to Bell) into one that was very simple. Great price, customer service and status/tracking.
Transaction so far has been smooth and problem free, delivery will be next week which is fine with me as it was free of charge, showroom when visited was clean easily shopped and the colleague on hand where very helpful
Fantastic service from Garreth! Responded to my emails very quickly and friendly and helped me to sort out just what I needed for my car. Would definitely recommend these guys and I'll be using them again for definite in the near future!
Fantastic service from the guys at GSM. I bought a sabelt gt2 seat then changed my mind and had a Micro RS2 and they couldn't of been more accommodating. I will definetly be back for more bits for my clio 200. Thanks again fellas
Seats were supplied and delivered with no hassle at all ! I sent them the measurements I needed and they replied with a combination of different , suitable seats to choose from ! cheers
Second Purchase of seats from GSM & can't recommend them enough Top Quality Service also Best Company for seats in the UK! Be back soon enough for More seats for Other cars
Recently purchased a new Recaro Pole Position seat from GSM. And I must admit. It was - by far. My most pleasant online shopping experience!
Very good service :)
Staff are excellent and very knowledgeable able to help me with my selection and answered all my questions. Very Happy
Could not ask for better ordred the limited edition micro rs2 seats. No problems what so ever in ordering my own colour scheme and even arrived earlier than expected. bolted into my 106 rallye sprint car tight fit but perfect for me nice and tight hug me really well
I need an additional harness to match my other Luke item. GSM were by far the best value, brilliant stuff.
Felix was a good help with what I needed
Were very helpful when I phoned about some luke harnesses and offered the best prices around
These guys realy know what there doing, helpful and very well priced, threw in the more expensive harness for the same price aswel and a better price on the seats! Will use them again
Good service, would recommend highly, good products
Ordered my seat was sent from Poland in 3 days can't wait to order one for the other side
I rang them with two seats in mind, he talked me through the sizes and what the differences were. Very helpful.Bought the seat, very pleased with it and two others have liked mine and bought one since then �
Awesome service and support all around thanks to Garreth. When Parcelforce misplaced my seat rail, Gareth went out of his way to resolve the problem as soon as possible. Big thanks again...Im loving the Sparco Evo!
Excellent company would highly recommend friendly and always on hand to help out :-)
Excelent showroom,good to try before you buy.Really good customer service & pricing.Highly recommended.
Amazing service on my custom Corbeau order. Cannot recommend enough. Will be recommending to everyone�
A great bunch seats were sent out super fast and are really great quality at a great price. AAA+++
Purchased some side mount seat rails for my car. Best looking quality and price I could find anywhere.Although they haven't arrived yet I don't doubt they'll be perfect. I got a brill email too, great customer service!
Excellent customer service. Friendly staff. Good range of products and large knowledge. Can't thank them enough.
Absolutely incredible service highly recommended can't wait to go back to see my seats ���
Friendly staff with excellent customer focus, very nice showroom, couldn't be more pleased with the service I received when testing and buying my new seats.
Great company, both seats were very well packed and arrive next day. Highly recommended :)
Used GSM for a new harness and the service, up dates on delivery and general helpfulness was excellent. Highly recommended :-)
Good prices and efficient service, cant ask for more!
Love this company worth every penny big thumbs up
Prompt response to any changes In delivery Always very transparent over everything just wish they sold more stuff to be able to purchase more things from them as it looks like a 5 year reorder from them once they have run out of date Amazing company to buy from
Now my second order! Would defiantly recomend! Super fast delivery and shipping ,5stars!
Ordered 2 items from here so far! Both been exactly what ive needed and speedy delivery! Will definitely order again
I ordered a new Seat for my Peugeot 106 Rallye, but just one to preplace the driver's seat which was very badly worn. I'm delighted with the new one, fitted perfectly on the existing custom mountings, and feels very comfortable. Matched the existing navigator seat and looks great.
Purchased as the Toyota Aygo original seat is notoriously un-supportive exacerbating my sciatica. Great advice over the phone. Great price. Fitted first time (on my own floor plate)
Prompt and friendly service on the phone. Got what I need in stock. Happy days.
Ordered seat mounts via the online store for my MX5 Championship Car after paying a quick visit to the showroom. Excellent service and will be my first port of call when I look to upgrade my race seat over the winter.
Great staff. I was searching for more known brands and fortunely found their website. Products are Great material at even better prices. I've recommended to friends and fellow pilots. Excelent communication.
very fast and very well organised, great service
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Fantastic products, great service & good pricing. Would happily recommend to others :)
one of the best companies ive dealt with. very professional.many thanks.
Great prices, order placed online with ease and great communication so far from GSM.
Top quality products. Good prices. And very good customer service.
Wow bought parts yesterday and they are already at my house great service from Felix and Garreth for sorting me out so fast top job would highly recommend them!
Very good...top service and quick delivery...looking for seats and rails speak to gsm A**
Excellent customer service, kept fully up to date with the progress of my order. I was able to track it online once it was dispatched. Would definitely buy from them again.
Top people great help and fast at sending
Great service when buying my Corbeau bucket seats. Every person I spoke to from the customer was extremely friendly and dealt with all of my queries in a very timely manner.
Seats, belts and subframes purchased previously, a great showroom to test everything, helpful staff and a decent price
Great company. Great people. Ordered my seats harnesses and runners yesterday gave great advice on what would be best and ended up with exactly what I wanted :) recommended to friends already and hope to be buying another set soon!
Very professional team and very helpful. showroom layout is slick with various racing essentials on show and plenty of choice on seats
So far exellent communication and service let's hope stays that way �
Received my order yesterday and I'm over the moon, fantastic customer service and kept me in contact with every step of my order and delivery time was spot on would highly recommend these to anyone.Thanks for everything..
Great family run company! Their range of products from quality brands displays knowledge and experience.
Would highly recommended GSM proformance for any motorsport equipment, great customer service, go out there way to double check my order was correct befor sending out to avoid any problems with getting my seats fitted, I will definitely be going back for everything else I need, great company, no issues
Excellent communication regarding order status, quick delivery and good quality items. Would definitely recommend.
Ordered. Pair of corbeau rrs for my mk6 golf and their perfect drove from North Yorkshire just to the store to get the right seats for me and the staff were so helpful. So thanks guys at GSM
Great company and very well run. The customer service is excellent. The postage was early. Free stickers are always a bonus. Overall I will definitely be using GSM again.
Purchased a set up a while back great guys have recommended to everyone who's asked about my seats
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top service! ordered a harness to match one iv had for years and was spot on even replying well out of work hours to make sure I got it in time! will be using again for sure!
A pleasure to deal with Garreth at GSM. I ordered a Cobra Monaco with custom artwork on behalf of the Online Race Driving League. Fantastic service and kept me up to date throughout the process. GSM are so good we recommend them and advertise them on our website!
Great service and delivery. Thanks again very well recommended
Used this company before and have used again recently � always on point with service and delivery ��
Excellent service & competitive prices, Cobra seats arrived in ultra fast time. thank you.
I run a motorsports charity called Baronmotorsports and with the help of gsm I've managed to get seats harnesses and towing eyes all under the price of one quality seat thanks so much for your great help in store Regards Steve
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Great advice and service, a few hiccups with delivery (from supplier) but seats and harnesses are fitted and couldn't be happier,
Great place to get your racing seats and harnesses from. Good friendly staff in the show room with plenty of choices to try out to.find what's best for you would highly recommend �
The best place for all your racing equipment needs. Top place!!
Great service, ordered 2 x Bucket seats on the Thursday afternoon and were at my door first thing Monday morning.
Been in today great customer service very friendly great to try the seats as well before buying alot of seats to choose from just got to wait for delivery now
Quick service. Items dispatched quickly.
Found GSM on web first but it helps that they are 20 mins from my work, so being able to try out loads of seats was invaluable. Got good knowledgeable advice and they quickly understood the way my Motorsport discipline needs something different to a road or track car. Will recommend.
Very friendly on the phone and very helpful for the special request I made will use again no doubt,Thanks

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EVANSTON, Ill., Jan. 30, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Washington Post will be the first news industry partner in a scholarship program enabling computer programmers to earn a master's degree in journalism at the Medill School at Northwestern University, followed by a paid internship at The Post.
The Post joins the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation in supporting the scholarship program, which has allowed nine people with computer programming backgrounds to earn a master of science in journalism degree since 2008. All nine are now working in jobs that allow them to apply their understanding of both journalism and computer science.
"Programmers who understand journalism offer a unique skillset that is an essential part of building new tools and features that can benefit both readers and reporters. Two examples of this innovative work include The Post's I Voted news app and The Grid, which enhanced our coverage of the presidential election last year." said Emilio Garcia-Ruiz, Editor for Strategic Projects at The Washington Post.
"As a journalist who works with developers on a regular basis, I know how incredibly valuable this dual understanding can be in the newsroom," said Mitch Rubin, Sports Production Editor at The Post, who will assist in administering the program.
With the combined support of the Knight Foundation and The Post, computer programmers will receive financial aid covering the full cost of tuition in Medill's 12-month MSJ program. In addition, after graduation, scholarship winners will be guaranteed a paid internship at The Post.
"I am very pleased that The Post is our first partner in this innovative program with Medill and Knight Foundation," said Brad Hamm, dean of Medill. "We appreciate their entrepreneurial spirit, and we look forward to working with additional news organizations to join us in making this investment in the future of journalism."
Northwestern and The Post are announcing the new partnership on the eve of the Computation + Journalism Symposium (http://computation-and-journalism.com/symposium2013/) at Georgia Tech, which brings together journalists and computer scientists to explore interdisciplinary projects.
The initial Knight Foundation grant of $639,000 in 2007 provided tuition assistance for developers studying journalism at Medill but did not include the participation of industry partners. The industry partnership program added this year is intended to further increase interest in journalism among computer programmers.
Among previous scholarship winners are Brian Boyer, who directs the news applications team at National Public Radio; Ryan Mark, director of digital product strategy and development at Chicago Tribune Media Group; Manya Gupta, Web technical editor for theworld.org; Steven Melendez of the data news team at WNYC, public radio station in New York; and Shane Shifflett, data engineer at the Center for Investigative Reporting.
More information about the scholarship program is available at http://www.medill.northwestern.edu/knight/.
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The Washington Post provides award-winning news and understanding about the politics, policies, personalities and institutions that make Washington, D.C. the world's seat of power, and is a critical tool and information source for those who call Washington, D.C. home. In digital form, The Washington Post combines its world-class journalism with the latest technology and tools, and encourages participation and customization across all platforms so readers can engage with The Washington Post anytime, anywhere. The Washington Post is owned by The Washington Post Company (NYSE: WPO), a diversified education and media company.
About Medill
Medill was founded in 1921 and offers programs in journalism and integrated marketing communications. It teaches new techniques essential in today's digital world. Medill is leading the way in training a new generation of multimedia journalists and integrated marketing communications professionals. The Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications at Northwestern University is named after Joseph Medill, a newspaper man and former Mayor of Chicago.
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1. AIDS is caused by HIV.
AIDS is caused by HIV, the human immunodeficiency virus, which damages the body's defense system. People who have AIDS become weaker because their bodies lose the ability to fight all illnesses. They will eventually die if untreated. There is no cure for HIV, but treatment is available to reduce the symptoms so that even people with the virus can have healthy, productive lives.
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When I tell people I am an atheist it is extremly hard to bring the words out of my mouth because it comes with so much criticism. In most responses I get "Oh, no" or "thats not right", something along those lines. I feel like I have to have a long drawn out discuss with people when faced with the question of religion because there are so many believers out there. So I'm wondering how does everyone also handle situations like this? Do you have to always defend yourself, your nonbelief? How should I handle, or what should I say the next time someone questions me about this and tries to belittle me for not believing in God? I'm sick of explaining myself to people who are religious!
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It's always hard for me to explain. Lets try this... I'm thinking something bad about you right now...
Now I'm thinking something good about you... Can you tell the difference... You are letting people put the question in your court so to speak, you let them make you make you hurt yourself. Only YOU can let people make you feel uncomfortable. Just smile and ignor them. It's not them... You are hurting yourself
I love it when people ask, "Aren't you worried about going to hell?"
I say, "Not at all, but I'm a little worried that the zombie jesus is going to eat my brain." That usually ends the conversation.
What I have learned over the years about religion is that people who believe in GOD are...absolutely gone! There is no helping them they are god monsters lol. But seriously the only reason why criticism bothers atheists is because most times in day to day life we are outnumbered by the religious and they attack you and tell you numerous reasons why you are wrong, evil and going to burn in hell for all eternity. Its ridiculous that they get to feel so rightous like their above you when they arent-if anything they need to start sizing up straight jackets:) So I try not to let it get to me. Im a drak person and I get pleasure out of other peoples discomfort especially the stupid people so when someone asks my religion I just say "Im A Satanist" The reaction is priceless and so worth it. HAIL SATAN!! JK
Well, there are different types of theists. You're right that some can't be helped. They lack the education and basic critical-thinking skills that would enable you to reach them through any sort of discussion or argumentation. They would need several years of education to teach them how to think, before you could even have a chance.
Others are perfectly intelligent and educated, but they don't apply their critical thinking skills to their religion. They compartmentalize. Many things keep them from looking at their religion critically, such as the fear of hell. Organized religion has been developing tools for emotional manipulation of the masses for millennia.
You can reach people like that, but it can take years. That's one of the things that 'The Atheist Experience' is good for. They hear in from lots of people who talk about how 3 or 4 years ago, they were one of the mindless theist callers who would call in and make absolutely silly arguments. Several years of watching and exposure to rational argumentation eventually made them really examine their beliefs and come out an atheist. It just takes a lot of argumentation to break down the emotional blocks that some people have built up over their lifetime. That's not the specific goal of 'The Atheist Experience', but they don't seem to be disappointed that they're having that effect.
Now, you certainly don't want to have any emotional investment in someone specific making that sort of de-conversion, which is why you're better off not dating a theist. The best you can do is try to have a small influence on everyone you meet and hope to make a difference in the population at large.
There's a third group that seems to be actively deceptive, both to themselves and others. Ray Comfort is one of my favorite examples. His arguments are so batshit insane, based completely upon lies about what Evolution says. He may honestly not understand the truth about what evolution says, because every time he comes up against someone who knows their stuff, he turns off his ears while they're talking and waits for his turn to rebut with his made-up bullshit. You can go a long time like that, by making use of willful ignorance of anything that contradicts your dogma.
That's why he and Kirk Cameron got their asses handed to them so horribly, in their debate with the Rational Response Squad. Their sort of emotional manipulation and spreading of pure bullshit works well on uneducated people, but anyone who actually knows much about biology and Evolution can see right through all of their lies.
Fortunately, you're just about never going to encounter someone like this in person. They're rare. Most of the believers you'll run into are either those in the second category, who are still suffering under the emotional indoctrination of their youth, or you'll run into the uneducated dogmatic types, not Ray Comfort's sort.
I disagree that it isn't our job to "convert" other people. Irrationality, belief without good reason, and the poor evaluation of evidence--and the view that it's perfectly OK to believe something exists without good reason--is a societal bane we can ill afford to perpetuate. And people teach their children similarly poor epistemic processes. We should be trying to build a society of rational human beings. *Not* trying to "convert" believers just delays us from achieving such a society.
It's not as though we were trying to get them to *believe* something; rather, we are trying to get them *not to believe* when nonbelief is appropriate. We are trying to get them to understand the burden of proof and the proper evaluation of evidence. These are issues the citizens--and lawmakers!--of a technological, scientific society need to understand, and who will teach them if not we?
Of course, I am assuming that we are nontheists because we (a) require good reason--evidentiary or inferential--for belief that God exists and (b) understand that the various arguments adduced for God's existence fail--and that there are arguments against the most traditional sort of God's existence. If one is a nontheist just because he doesn't care to be a theist, that's different.
Amen. I want to have a positive impact on our society, and helping decrease the effect of religion on the human race is one of the most beneficial effects I think I can have.
That said, working on a 1 to 1 basis is a pretty inefficient way to go about it. Certainly, Diane, when you're dealing with a client, you want to avoid mentioning anything that could jeopardize that relationship. If your atheism could have any serious repercussions on your professional life, you should stay the hell in the closet. There are plenty of others who can carry the torch, and there are plenty of silent ways to support them.
Damn shame is it not? Here's a comeback to any Hitler sympathizers:
"I respect your decision(s) in life, (awkward silence usually)
so respect my authori'tigh!!" ...
but seriously your looking at one way of coping, this network.
I usually take this route. It's funny when they are really dedicated to the subject matter and then you just brush it off. It gets them incredibly flustered.
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No. 6: There were plenty of conventional unrestricted free agents set to become available last July 1, but the Boston Bruins' first order of business was to ink one that hit the open market through a different route.
Forward Blake Wheeler, a three-year standout at the University of Minnesota, had made it clear that he was going to use a clause in the collective bargaining agreement to become a UFA July 1. From the time the spring semester ended until the week leading up to the 2008 NHL Entry Draft, numerous NHL general managers attempted to woo the 6-foot-5, 208-pound former first-round pick (fifth overall in 2004) of the Phoenix Coyotes. Wheeler's picking of the Bruins made a big enough impact to earn a place among the top 10 Bruins stories of the calendar year 2008.
A former collegiate teammate for one season with Bruins winger Phil Kessel, Wheeler gave a number of reasons for choosing Boston.
"One of the big things it was about the Boston Bruins organization was having someone like Mr. Cam Neely in the front office, just because the way he played the game is something I would like to model the way I need to play my game after to be successful at the next level. …
"And also, with the organization, the way they've developed some of the young players, they've developed guys like (Milan) Lucic and (Mark) Stuart and (David) Krejci last year. Just being part of an organization that's up-and-coming, making it to the playoffs last year and having an exciting playoff run as well. That coupled with the unbelievable city of Boston just made it really a no-brainer for me."
General manager Peter Chiarelli, who secured Wheeler's signature on a basic entry-level contract, was excited to get an early jump on his summer of signings.
"He's a big guy who played center last year, but I think he's a natural winger. He's strong on the puck, protects the puck very well, a character kid," said the GM. "He's close to playing. You have to make sure they get their feet wet properly, so we'll see how it goes in camp. But he's a big, strong kid who's very enthusiastic and we're excited to have."
An informal poll when the Bruins arrived for training camp would've revealed a majority of opinions that Wheeler would need some seasoning in the AHL. But the 22-year-old sooned proved those projections wrong and earned a spot among the Bruins' top nine forwards. Through his first 34 NHL games, Wheeler had put up 9-11-20 totals — near the lead among rookies in most major offensive characters. Plus he'd proven to be a solid defensive player with a plus-19 rating and occassional shifts on the Bruins' penalty kill.
From youthful free agent to key cog on a team that emerged as one of the elite in the NHL, Wheeler had one heck of a year.


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I was thrilled to read in the June/July issue of the Bulletin of the appointment of Irene Travis as editor. Knowing of her expertise in the organization of information (a special interest of mine), I expected to see an emphasis on this aspect of information science in the Bulletin under Dr. Travis' editorship, and I have not been disappointed.
The October/November issue, devoted to metadata, was fabulous; the clearly written articles are suitable for both practitioners and students of library and information science. It struck me that one could learn more about the state of the art of organizing Internet resources by devoting a few hours to systematic reading of this issue than by spending hundreds of hours on listservs devoted to the topic.
This issue of the Bulletin reached me within a few days of my copies of the latest LITA Newsletter (vol. 18 no. 4, Fall 1997) and the ALCTS Newsletter (vol. 8 no. 5, 1997). Both serials are organs of divisions of the American Library Association: the Library and Information Technology Association and the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (the latter is primarily concerned with cataloging). The LITA Newsletter announced (on the cover) "This is the last paper issue . . .," and the ALCTS Newsletter announced a Board decision to develop a plan for its discontinuance in print form. Neither of these newsletters is as extensive as the Bulletin, but they include useful conference summaries and occasional full-length articles on timely topics, which would not be convenient to read on a screen.
Two prominent members of LITA, Walt Crawford and Michael Gorman, have written a book entitled Future Libraries: Dreams, Madness, & Reality, whose major thesis is that print will not disappear because it is the most suitable medium for sustained reading. Although the American Library Association published this book (in 1995), the divisions of ALA most concerned with information technology and the organization of information do not seem to have absorbed its message.
There have in the past been proposals to replace ASIS' printed serials by electronic publications, but I hope that this error will not be made. In reading the October/November Bulletin (complete with color graphics), my thought was: "Print is the perfect medium for this twenty-five page overview of metadata; the ASIS Web site, in contrast, is the place to provide the latest information on the Society's conferences."
A week before the 1997 Annual Meeting, I needed to know the scheduled times of the conference's social events, in order to firm up some evening appointments. I accessed the ASIS Web site and was surprised not to find this information, although the final program had surely been printed at that point. I was further surprised to find obsolete information on the Web page devoted to the Annual Meeting, notably Instructions for Authors of Contributed Papers, which were due on June 1, 1997.
In the Aug./Sept. 1997 issue of the Bulletin (p. 4), I noted the ad for a volunteer ASIS Web editor. I hope that the person who assumes this position will have a clear understanding of the categories of information that are best suited to the electronic medium, as well as good organizing, presentation and editorial skills.
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Another streak ends in Chicago as Bulls beat Knicks in OT
Chicago, IL – Nate Robinson scored a season-high 35 points and nailed five 3-pointers to lead six Chicago players in double figures as the Bulls ended the New York Knicks' 13-game winning streak with a 118-111 overtime victory on Thursday.
Jimmy Butler and Carlos Boozer each recorded double-doubles with 22 points and 14 rebounds and 13 points and 15 boards, respectively, for the Bulls, who became the second team to snap two 13-plus game winning streaks in the same season (Suns in 1990-91). Chicago also ended the Miami Heat's impressive 27- game win streak on March 27.
"The switch went on and he took the game over," Boozer said of Robinson's play.
Luol Deng, who had missed the previous two games due to injury, supplied 16 points and eight rebounds, while Richard Hamilton and Kirk Hinrich had 14 and 11 points, respectively, in the victory.
Carmelo Anthony scored 36 points and has a six-game streak of netting at least that many points. Kobe Bryant is the last player to accomplish such a feat, doing so in nine straight games in 2003.
J.R. Smith added 28 points and grabbed 14 rebounds, while Anthony pulled down a season-high 19 boards for the Knicks, who defeated Washington on Tuesday to clinch the Atlantic Division title for the first time since 1994.
New York was searching for its longest winning streak since a 15-game run from March 1 to April 2, 1994.
"There is no shame in losing a streak like that," added New York coach Mike Woodson.
Robinson, who supplied eight of his team's 13 points in extra time, opened up the period with a three-point play. Deng then followed with a triple -- in between Anthony's put-back -- and the lead soon swelled to seven following Smith's technical foul with just over two minutes to play.
Robinson's running layup with just 1:36 remaining made it 114-107, all but allowing Chicago to hold on for the win, which also gave the team its first four-game sweep of the Knicks since the 2003-04 campaign.
Trailing by nine with 5:42 to play in regulation, the Knicks chipped away to get within 103-101 as Smith and Jerome Felton capped a quick 5-0 spurt with 1:47 remaining.
Robinson then made two free throws to increase the home team's edge to five, though Smith answered with a floater over Robinson on the other end to make it 105-103 with 1:16 to play. New York forced a tough missed layup and got the ball back with 18 seconds left.
Anthony created some contact and got to the line and calmly nailed both shots from the charity stripe knotting the contest at 105-105 before Deng's potential game-winner missed poorly off the back board. Anthony got a clean look as the game clock expired, but his shot hit the back rim to force overtime.
The visitors led by five at halftime and created some space with a strong start to the second half as their lead quickly grew to 15 just over the midway point of the third. Pablo Prigioni capped a 18-8 spurt with a driving layup to make it 77-62.
Just as New York looked to take control of the contest, still leading by 15 one minute later, Butler kick started a 16-3 flurry with back-to-back fast break slams. Robinson capped the run with a corner 3-pointer with 2.8 seconds remaining to help the Bulls close the third down just 82-80.
New York led by 12 early in the second. Chicago, though, cut the margin to three with 4:11 remaining in the stanza. The Knicks held a 59-54 lead at the break.
New York opened up the contest on a 23-6 run before the home team chipped its way back by closing the first quarter on a 17-7 swing to cut the deficit to 30-23.
Game Notes
New York has lost four straight as the visitor in the series, including 20 of the last 23 games overall versus the Bulls ... Anthony was the first Knicks player to score 35 in five consecutive games since Bernard King, who won the Knicks' last scoring title by averaging during the 1984-85 season ... New York shot 10-of-30 from behind the arc, compared to Chicago's 10-of-27 effort from 3-point range ... Anthony, who leads the NBA in scoring, made just 13-of-34 attempts from the floor.


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Nov 7, 2012 2:44 PM PT
Microsoft next year will release Office Mobile for devices running iOS and Android, The Verge reported, citing anonymous sources.
The software will released in the form of free apps, for iOS first, in early February or late March. The Android version is scheduled for May.
Office Mobile was first released to users of Windows Mobile 6.5 in 2010, and is available on Windows Phone 8.
The company has previously confirmed that Office Mobile will be released for iOS and Android by 2013. However, Microsoft declined to comment for this story.
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Office Mobile will let iOS and Android device users view and edit Office documents on the move, TheVerge reported. However, they'll have to sign up for a Microsoft Office 365 account first in order to use the apps.
The apps will support Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel documents.
iOS users will be able to purchase an Office 365 subscription from within the app, and organizations will be able to distribute codes to let users perform basic editing of documents in Office Mobile. However, its capabilities will be minimal, not comparable with what's offered by a desktop version of Office.
Why iOS First?
Android devices constituted 75 percent of all smartphones shipped worldwide in Q3 2012, totaling 136 million devices, IDC reports. Meanwhile, iOS smartphones had only 14.9 percent of the market, with 26.9 million units shipped.
However, Microsoft knows that developers "tend to favor iOS because that's where the money is," Julien Blin, directing analyst at Infonetics Research, told the E-Commerce Times. "Whenever a new iPhone or iPad comes out, developers tend to drop Android and go back to iOS."
Android's fragmentation, and "how much [Microsoft] hates that platform" could have factored into Redmond's decision, said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. Further, Microsoft has an Apple-focused Office group and a well-defined relationship with Apple regarding Office.
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Office 365 is already available for iOS and Android, but it's Web-based, and requires a local client to work offline, Enderle told the E-Commerce Times. "This new offering would be that off-line instance." Further, integrating Office Mobile for iOS and Android with Office 365 "will likely force a higher level of commonality between these new offerings and the Windows Phone implementation."
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Yasmeen Godder was born in Jerusalem in 1973 and moved with her family to New York City in 1984. Growing up in NY, Godder studied dance at the LaGuardia High School. for Performing Arts and the Martha Graham school, and was deeply connected to the punk scene in downtown Manhattan. Godder received her BFA from the Tisch School of the Arts at NYU while attending a variety of workshops and classes at Movement Research which have impacted her approach to dance making until today. While still in school she began presenting her choreographic work at Downtown Arts Festival and Gowanus Arts Exchange. After completing her BFA she continued to work as an independent choreographer in NY, and was commissioned by Dance Theater Workshop's Freshtracks and Splitstream Series, Dancing in the Streets, and the Kitchen. During this period she was a 1999-2000 Movement Research Artist in Residence.
In 1999 Godder was invited to present her solo, Aleena's Wall, at the Gvanim (Shades in Dance) Festival at the Suzanne Dellal Center for Dance in Tel-Aviv. The solo was well received and she was immediately commissioned to make a work for the HaRamat Masach (Curtain Up Festival), Israel's leading festival for independent dance makers. Since 1999, Godder has been commissioned eight times by the Curtain Up Festival, supporting her to continuing research and developing artistry. This continuous platform allowed Godder to establish her company which over the years has received local and international acclaim for the works' depth, impact, and complexity.
To date Godder has created thirteen evening-length works: Hall (2001), Sudden Birds (2002), Two Playful Pink (2003), Strawberry Cream and Gunpowder (2004), I'm Mean, I Am (2006), Singular Sensation(2008), Love Fire (2009), Storm End Come (2011) and See Her Change (2013). In 2014 she created two new works which deal with her own choreographic archive: Climax, commissioned by the Petach Tikva Museum of Art, a three-hour performance piece and Lie Like A Lion- a solo work exploring the archive in her own body. In May 2016 Godder premiered in Theatre Freiburg the work - Common Emotions, an artistic outcome of a year-long project involving dancers, scientists and people living with Parkinson's disease, researching together movement disorders. Another outcome of this project was the creation Simple Action- a participatory choreographic action inspired by Stabat Mater.
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Ex-banker sentenced in NY insider trading case
NEW YORK (AP) — A former investment banker who admitted making trades based on inside information to cover child support was sentenced on Friday on securities fraud charges to 2 1/2 years in prison.
Frank Perkins Hixon Jr., 55, was sentenced in federal court in Manhattan by Judge Ronnie Abrams. In April, he pleaded guilty to insider-trading and false-statement charges.
Hixon was a senior executive at the Evercore Group investment banking firm between April 2010 and January, when authorities say he used the brokerage accounts of an ex-girlfriend to make illegal profits in lieu of formal child support payments. The ex-girlfriend lived in Austin, Texas, and is the mother of his youngest child.
The government said Hixon generated a $260,000 profit by trading on information he knew because he headed an Evercore team advising on a deal by a liquid storage company to sell off some assets.
Authorities say Hixon also used his father's brokerage account to generate $710,000 in profits. The father lived in Johns Creek, Georgia.
Evercore fired Hixon in January after investigating his trades.
Hixon, before being sentenced, told the judge that the fear of losing his relationship with his youngest daughter as his ex-girlfriend went through difficult times and frequently threatened to move elsewhere in the country was "all-consuming to me at the time" and led him to his crimes.
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His wife, Marguerite Lee, told the judge that she got over her shock, anger and grief when she learned that her husband had had a child with another woman to repair their relationship.
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Coca-Cola Co. gained Tuesday in the wake of its quarterly earnings while Wynn Resorts Ltd. was the biggest loser on the S&P 500.
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Amy F. Ryan pulled a postcard from the bottom of her briefcase. She turned it over in her hand. Virginia Writers Association, postmarked 2007.
"Here's the little thing that changed my life," she remembers saying to her husband.
The only class offered on that card that fit her crowded schedule was the Gathering Threads, Weaving Memoir writing workshop, where she was given prompts to write about the challenges in her life, hurdles that were nearly too high, times she had to grow.
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Ryan wrote the book she wishes someone had placed in her hand when she received her diagnosis, instead of a flurry of rote, bullet-pointed pamphlets. Something human, something as messy and complicated as the disease the American Diabetes Association estimates nearly 25.8 million Americans are living with.
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One of the most gratifying outcomes of the process has been getting to share stories with others who have diabetes or are friends or family of someone who has diabetes. She recalls one event with the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation where she had a book table and talked for nearly seven hours with "a constant stream" of people who wanted to thank her and relate to her.
Ryan also hopes talking about her experience will help demystify the disease to help people who do not have diabetes better understand the lives, struggles and needs of people who do.
"What I would like the result of this book to be is that I hope that the people who read it, whether they do or don't have diabetes, would recommend it to their friends just as a memoir, as a story of one woman's challenges, so that more people will know what it's really like."
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GR: Three Asian journalists and one white journalist walk up to a table and sit down. This is not the beginning of a joke.
No, this was the situation when I played the Vita version of Phantasy Star Online 2 at the Tokyo Game Show. The booth worker pointed to me and said "And the player in THIS chair is the team leader!"
Been playing since the Japanese closed beta. It is very fun and runs very well on low end PCs despite it's slick graphics. Only thing is that it lacks content, but it is a full action MMO. And I still play it alongside GW2.
Looking forward to this. Played PSO 1st on the Dreamcast and then again on the XBox.
Like the others, I hope it's not subscription based or f2p.
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John Carroll Houston III was an Indian scout during the Third Seminole War. It was in the late 1850's when this pioneer arrived in a wooded area he named Arlington, later changed Eau Gallie, Florida with a company of soldiers on an Indian hunt when the territory was just a wilderness. He fell in love the the area and decided this was where he wanted to build his home and live.
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When the Second Seminole War ended in 1842, Congress passed the Arms Occupation Act. It gave settlers the opportunity to earn title to 160 acres by building a house, living on the land for five years and cultivating five acres. Further, that they would have to take up arms to protect themselves from the Indians that remained in Florida.
Houston returned to Enterprise, Florida and obtained a soldier's land grant for 160 acres. He returned to Eau Gallie, built his home with the aid of the 10 slaves his father had given him, and with his oldest sons, it took nearly a year to build the first hickory log cabin for his family and quarters for his slaves. Finally, on October 5, 1860, this pioneer returned to Enterprise for his family. It took three weeks to drive the covered wagons hauled by oxen and the herd of cattle and horses. Houston, after homesteading for two years, was deeded an additional 80 acres of land by Abraham Lincoln for his services as an Indian Scout. This 80 acres of land he would divide among his daughters for their dowry.
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The relatively low profile of immune-based therapies (IBTs) at this year's Retrovirus Conference reflects the current state of the field. While we have nearly 20 antiretroviral drugs that attack HIV replication, we have no approved therapies directed at the immune system. In theory, IBTs could offset the damage to the immune system done by HIV, improve the quality and strength of the immune response, or help the immune system control HIV without antiretrovirals. The field of IBTs offers hope that researchers can develop strategies allowing people with HIV to delay or interrupt antiretroviral therapy, ideally reducing drug resistance problems and side effects due to HAART (highly active antiretroviral therapy).
Despite the potential for changing HIV treatment, only one IBT -- interleukin-2 (IL-2) -- is currently in phase III trials; the results from the IL-2 trials, SILCAAT and ESPRIT, won't be available for years. Therapeutic vaccines, designed to improve the immune system's ability to control HIV in people who are chronically infected, are still in the early stages of development. The therapeutic vaccines furthest along are being researched in small studies designed to determine safety and measure changes in the immune response to HIV.
An oral abstract session dedicated to IBTs focused primarily on two therapeutic vaccine candidates -- MVA-BN-Nef and ALVAC. MVA-BN-Nef is the Bavarian Nordic version of modified Vaccinia Virus Ankara that expresses HIV's nef gene; MVA-BN (without the nef gene) will soon enter trials as a stand-alone smallpox vaccine for people with HIV. Dr. Harrer from the University of Erlangen, Germany, presented safety and immunogenicity data from a Phase I study of MVA-BN-Nef vaccine. The vaccine was safe in a group of 14 people on HAART with CD4 counts over 400. Subjects received three immunizations, and then interrupted HAART. While measurements of immune response to nef improved after vaccination, all 14 subjects experienced viral rebound within weeks of interrupting treatment. Vaccination did not lead to immune control of HIV in the absence of antiretroviral therapy, although five subjects appeared to maintain viral loads at lower levels than their original viral setpoint -- the viral load at the time when HAART was first initiated.
Results from two ALVAC studies -- VACCITER (ANRS 094) and VACCIL-2 (ANRS 093) -- conducted in France similarly failed to generate much enthusiasm. ALVAC is a recombinant form of the canarypox virus that contains several HIV genes; ALVAC vCP1433, the version of ALVAC used in these studies, expresses genes for HIV's env, gag, and sections of pol and nef. Dr. Tubiana reported on ANRS 094, in which a group of 48 people (on stable HAART, with CD4 counts above 400) received a series of four vaccinations. In order to assess whether ALVAC could help the immune system control HIV without medication, all participants discontinued HAART four weeks after their last ALVAC immunization. After 44 weeks of follow-up, only four subjects (8%) maintained a viral load below 10,000 copies and CD4 counts above 250 without restarting HAART -- results no better than in other treatment interruption studies that do not use vaccines. Dr. Tubiana suggested that the series of four ALVAC immunizations may have been too many, exhausting the HIV-specific immune response, but results from other ALVAC trials have generally been underwhelming.
Another French study, ANRS 093, also used a treatment interruption to explore the effects of vaccination on HIV-specific immune control, this time in a controlled trial of ALVAC vCP1433 in combination with Lipo-6T, followed by 3 cycles of IL-2. Lipo-6T is another vaccine construct made up of a set of HIV lipopeptides (sections of HIV proteins attached to a fat molecule, or lipid tail), while IL-2 is an immune modulator that raises CD4 counts. Dr. Levy reported that subjects who received the vaccines and IL-2 had better HIV-specific immune responses and somewhat better viral control off treatment than a control group. Overall, only 10 subjects showed immune control of HIV during the treatment interruption -- 29% of the vaccine/IL-2 group vs. 5% of the control group -- and results were only reported through the 12th week off treatment.
Therapeutic vaccines against HIV face a number of obstacles discussed during the immunology and pathogenesis sessions at the conference. Dr. Bruce Walker from Harvard University and others described the dynamics of immune escape, the development of viral mutations that allow HIV to evade the immune system -- a process similar to the emergence of drug resistance through the accumulation of viral mutants. Walker described a group of patients treated with HAART during acute infection who then interrupted therapy, in the hope that early HAART treatment might preserve an HIV-specific immune response strong enough to control HIV without medication. Despite lengthy periods where subjects maintained low viral loads off treatment, over the first few years a progressively increasing number of subjects experienced viral breakthrough (detectable viral load). In many cases, loss of viral control was associated with the development of escape mutations.
While immune escape may contribute to loss of viral control in early HIV infection, mounting evidence indicates that people with chronic infection have a flawed HIV-specific immune response -- their HIV-specific T cells have functional defects. Dr. Rika Draenert reported that a cohort of untreated people with chronic HIV infection had CD8 responses to HIV that were fairly broad and strong in magnitude, not significantly different than the CD8 responses of long-term non-progressors. These CD8 T cells were ultimately ineffective at controlling viral load, despite little evidence of viral escape mutations in preliminary analyses. However, many of the HIV-specific CD8 cells had not fully matured, and would be ineffective at viral control. Chronic HIV infection is commonly thought of in terms of a quantitative deficiency -- progressively fewer T cells available to fight infections. New research suggests that the qualitative defects in immune response are receiving more attention, and appear to play a key role in determining the failure of immune control of HIV.
The implications of immune escape and qualitative defects for the development of therapeutic vaccines are unclear, and the current pessimism in some quarters about the prospects of therapeutic vaccines may be premature. Unfortunately, few other approaches to immune-based therapies are in active development at this time. A pilot study of Peg-Intron (pegylated interferon alfa-2b, approved for the treatment of hepatitis C) saw benefits in CD4 gains and viral load decreases in early infection, though the number of subjects was small (five persons were treated). Audience members noted that these findings contrasted with the clinical experience of people co-infected with HIV and hepatitis C, who generally experience a temporary decline in CD4 counts during Peg-Intron treatment.
Several posters from European researchers looked at mycophenolate mofetil in combination with HAART. Mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) is an immunosuppressant used to prevent organ rejection in kidney, liver, and heart transplants. Preliminary studies had suggested that MMF might indirectly prevent HIV replication, and act synergistically with abacavir (Ziagen). MMF could also potentially reduce the viral reservoir of HIV-infected cells by inhibiting the proliferation of CD4 cells, the cells most susceptible to HIV infection. The results from these studies were mixed and inconclusive; the AIDS Clinical Trials Group is currently studying MMF in combination with DAPD (amdoxovir), an experimental nucleoside analog, in treatment-experienced patients.
Immune-based therapy research was largely eclipsed at this year's conference by new antiretroviral compounds (see "A Different Class: New HIV Therapies on the Horizon") and new insights into immunology and virology. Immunologists have identified compounds which can modulate aspects of the immune system, and vaccines which can show increases in various measures of HIV-specific immune response, but to date we have little information about whether these agents will actually help people with HIV stay healthier and live longer. Ironically, the success of HAART may have slowed down IBT research -- SILCAAT and ESPRIT, the large IL-2 studies, will continue for years because the endpoints are incidence of disease and death, relatively rare occurrences in the HAART era. Many IBTs may not directly increase CD4 counts or lower HIV viral loads, making it difficult to assess their impact. Nor is there consensus on which measures of HIV-specific immune response are the best ones to guide further research.
These factors have led to a reluctance among pharmaceutical companies to invest in IBT research for HIV. Similarly, advances in immunology have largely failed as yet to produce effective therapies for autoimmune diseases, cancers, allergies and asthma. However, the promise of IBTs should not be discarded -- early attempts at IBTs suffered from being too crude, too toxic, or too risky before the availability of HAART, while the therapeutic vaccine candidates that have been most thoroughly studied to date may not be the most immunogenic. As scientists expand and refine our knowledge of the course of HIV disease, newer methods and approaches to research may begin to bear fruit. This will require a concerted effort among industry, academia and government, and the HIV community can play a vital role in urging the research process forward.
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Suspects arrested in murder of Vermont teacher
Suspects arrested in murder of Vermont teacher
Allen and Patricia Prue appeared in court Wednesday in St. Johnsbury, Vt., where they pleaded not guilty to the murder of Melissa Jenkins.
Police searched the home of Allen and Patricia Prue Wednesday in Waterford, Vt.
Victim Melissa Jenkins, 33, was the mother of a two-year-old boy and a teacher at a Vermont prep school.
State Police Major Edward Ledo held a press conference announcing the arrests.
Allen Prue's sister, Sharon Tinder (left), and mother, Donna Prue, insisted at the arraignment that the couple was being wrongly accused.
Vermont State Police searched for clues Monday near the scene where Melissa Jenkins's car was found Sunday night.
Students attended a candleight vigil for Jenkins at the St. Johnsbury Academy on Tuesday.
Tributes to Melissa Jenkins were placed outside the St. Johnsbury Academy.
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As most of you are probably already aware, Disney made the decision to shut down a large portion of LucasArts, firing roughly 150 employees and disarming their development capabilities. There is an astonishing quantity of non-factual information and emotional rhetoric washing over the web right now about this, so it's time to take a breath, sit back, and look at things objectively.
Actually, this was a pretty good read. Makes perfect sense. I mean, it sucks that a lot of people lost their jobs, but to be fair, there hasn't been a good internally developed Star Wars (or Indiana Jones) game for quite a while.
Why should I be happy when games that I'm interested get canned. Its hard being a fan of Star Wars videogames when it seems like they all get canceled.
one of the original lucas employees was quoted to say that the star wars franchise had killed creative output at the company. Maybe they should have moved on and done new stuff?
so since they closed can other companies use digital molecular matter and euphoria from force unleashed games now? or could they already?