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After Will gave his big speech at Northwestern and Mac brought her wealth of battle-tested journalistic experience to News Night, The Newsroom was off and running on the premise that Will, a once-great anchor reduced to bland ratings-whoring, was going to do a broadcast worthy of the ancients—Cronkite, Morrow, etc. He would hold leaders accountable. Speak truth to stupid. Beat back the inanities of gossip reporting and the Internet. Ignore "fair and balanced" and report the facts, regardless of where they land on the ideological spectrum. And, of course, give Aaron Sorkin the opportunity to sound off on both the inadequacies of the news media and the issues of the day.
This being a drama, there has to be obstacles to Will's idealistic venture, but until now, those obstacles have mostly served to burnish his integrity in the face of them. Sure, he slipped very slightly by apologizing for Sarah Palin in a second-episode insert, and perhaps he acts like a boor at times, but things like doing a sugar-free broadcast in face of declining ratings or enraging the ACN suits into sabotaging him are not real obstacles. They may threaten the show, but they don't damage Will's integrity or suggest any fault in the way he and his staff go about reporting the news. Missions like putting on the best possible broadcast, regardless of all other considerations and pressures, are only made nobler for being quixotic.
So credit Sorkin for finally hitting on some real obstacles in "Bullies," the best episode of The Newsroom to date. In Will's interrogation of a Rick Santorum surrogate and in Sloan's overzealous questioning of a Fukushima plant spokesman, we see anchors crossing the line from tough examination into free-swinging demagoguery, and a genuine admission that being an effective anchor and getting at the truth isn't so easy, even for those who have committed to doing things "the right way." This may sound self-evident, but when you consider that The Newsroom's first episode was called "We Just Decided To," it's a big step forward to admit that journalists can't "just decide to" report the news adequately. Even in Sorkin's idealized universe, there's the possibility for failures of arrogance and ethical lapses and straight-up zealotry, and the show desperately needed an episode like this to poke some holes in its self-righteousness.
Fiddling with time a little, "Bullies" opens on April 12th with Will fumbling over the text in his broadcast and admitting to Mac that he's dealing with a bout of insomnia. (When asked if he's taking Ambien, Will delivers a nice Sorkin-y retort: "I don't want to wake up in the middle of the Triborough Bridge, eating scrambled eggs in my pajamas.") Turns out he has a good reason for feeling stressed out: An Internet commenter has issued a death threat on the message boards, even after Will ordered to have a new verification system to weed out anonymous trolls. And he hasn't seen his therapist in four years.
(Sidenote: Sorkin's war on the Internet is perhaps the most "kids get off my lawn" element of this "kids get off my lawn" show, and another opportunity for us to argue with Will, his on-screen surrogate. From his infamous 'Internet girl' interview to having Will treat the very notion of comment boards and blogs as the lowest form of human discourse, Sorkin has a contempt for the modern that's reductive and irksome. To have Will's life threatened by the Internet in this episode is an obnoxious manifestation of that contempt.)
Meanwhile, back one day to April 11th, Sloan, our five-minutes-a-night economics wonk with legs, seriously botches a golden opportunity to fill in for Elliot on the 10 p.m. broadcast. Earlier, in the pre-interview, Sloan got the publicity flack for the Fukushima nuclear plant to admit that the INES(International Nuclear Event Scale) rating for the reactor was not a 5 ("Accident with wider consequences") but a 7 ("Major accident"). She realizes that he will never say that on the record and asks Will for advice on how to get the truth out of a reluctant subject. Will being Will, he browbeats her into browbeating her subject and sets her up for disaster.
The disaster, when it happens, is one of the most compelling sequences the show has produced so far, a trainwreck of startling and hilarious proportions. Having Sloan actually interrogate the Fukushima PR man directly, in Japanese, was a wonderful touch, mostly for Don's exasperated reaction in the control room. ("Go back to Japanese!," he says, as Sloan recounts their off-the-record conversation.) While Sloan's screw-up is a bit outrageous—and exacerbates the show's problem with women acting like tempestuous dingleberries—at least it arises from an overweening desire to inform the public of a vital truth instead of, say, blowback from a relationship she had with some dude back in college. It helps that Olivia Munn and Thomas Sadoski, as Don, play the scene with crackling energy and a belligerent Charlie comes by to do clean-up.
It also helps that Will has his own nothing-but-the-truth integrity dinged by his encouraging Sloan to lie about misunderstanding the words for "four" and "seven" in order to clean up the mess on both ACN's end and Fukushima's. This comes on top of his over-the-top interrogation of a black, gay Santorum spokesman who won't reject the candidate based on his virulently anti-gay rhetoric. Will lets fly with rhetorical questions about how his guest can reconcile Santorum's statements with his own lifestyle choices, and the guest's angry rebuttal exposes the narrowness of Will's assumptions—to say nothing of his questionable tactics. Our Sorkin surrogate speaks truth to stupid and looks bad doing it for once, and that's progress.
Still, The Newsroom doesn't have it all sorted out yet, because the behind-the-scenes romantic shenanigans keep getting in the way. The Sloan/Don storyline is very nearly sabotaged by Sorkin's annoying habit of undercutting serious business with frilly nonsense. In the middle of Don lambasting Sloan for betraying her source, he asks, "Is Maggie into Jim?", and suddenly all serious ethical and professional matters are off the table. This happens to a less damaging degree in Will's continued drama with Mac over their failed relationship a few years earlier, though at least his gambit to buy an engagement ring in anticipation of a conflict with her ties into his advice to Sloan to lie in an effort to protect her job.
He looks bad for a while. Then he rips that Tiffany's receipt up and he's noble, good-hearted Will again. Alas, Sorkin can only tear down his hero so much before he starts to rebuild again.
Stray observations:
- The culture jammer in me wants to insert a shot of Fox And Friends into the old-timey newscaster montage in the opening credits. Cronkite, Murrow, Doocy.
- Emily Mortimer hasn't done much to redeem the Mac character, but her Groucho impression is a start.
- Nice to see Terry Crews and David Krumholtz in meaty performances as Will's bodyguard and junior therapist, respectively. Crews, in particular, fires off some solid one-liners.
- "I need something to help me sleep." "Why?" "Can't sleep."
- "I'm going to single-handedly fix the Internet." Have you tried Disqus, Will? It's really helped out signal-to-noise ratio while limiting death threats to fake, ironic ones.
- Having Jim, Maggie, and Neal do "opposition research" on Will to anticipate future tabloid stories was an awfully laborious way to dig deeper into Will and Mac's romantic past; it's the hour's weakest subplot.
- Maggie mixing up Georgia the state and Georgia the country is just so irritatingly Maggie, isn't it? Though the botched condolence note ("I'm sorry about your loss. LOL.") made me laugh.
- When considering Don's offer to fill in for Elliot, Sloan melts at the prospect of a Gucci wardrobe. Because women.
- "I love you, but a Japanese man's honor is at stake." This is how I will sign off on this and all future Newsroom reviews.

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New 2009 Nissan 350Z Enthusiast 6MT
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What's New for 2008
The 2008 Nissan 350Z is unchanged. This year, there's been a considerable amount of attention focused on Nissan's new GT-R sports car; 473 horsepower has a habit of doing that. However, unless you've got $70,000 (assuming — ahem — no dealer markup) and have your name on a waiting list, this Skyline successor will likely remain out of reach. Thankfully, Nissan has another legendary sports car for the rest of us: the Z. Available as a coupe or convertible, the 2008 Nissan 350Z is a proper sports car priced for the everyman. Its fairly compact dimensions, sharp handling, potent V6 and rear-wheel drive make it fun to drive in almost any situation. Plus, the car's styling still looks fresh, even though the current-generation Z debuted for 2003. For 2008 the 350Z stands pat, though it does mark the first full year of availability for the limited-production Nismo 350Z. The Nismo has effectively taken the place of the now-discontinued Track trim. This racetrack-oriented model comes with a specially tuned suspension, additional body reinforcements, a full aerodynamic package, Brembo brakes, and unique wheels and exhaust. In testing, we've found the Nismo to be the best-handling 350Z to date, though this enhanced performance does come at the expense of fairly punishing ride comfort and noise. The remaining trim levels are more suited for everyday use, although the clutch can be too stiff in traffic. No matter which trim you choose, you'll still get one of the best values out there for a rear-drive performance car. Of course, the Z isn't perfect. Compared to models like the BMW Z4 and Mazda RX-8, the Z lacks handling finesse and cockpit refinement, and against the various permutations of the Ford Mustang GT, it lacks personality. But for an affordable sports car that delivers all-around performance and style, the 2008 Nissan 350Z is an ideal choice.
Body Styles, Trim Levels, and Options
The 2008 Nissan 350Z sports car is available as a coupe or roadster. Trim levels include base, Enthusiast, Touring, Grand Touring and Nismo. Note that the base and Nismo trims are exclusive to the coupe. Base coupes come with 18-inch wheels, bi-xenon headlights, automatic climate control, full power accessories and a CD/MP3 player with steering-wheel controls. Going with an Enthusiast model adds cruise control, an auto-dimming rearview mirror and a limited-slip rear differential. The roadster version includes a power-operated soft top and power seats. The Touring model adds an upgraded Bose audio system with satellite radio, Bluetooth, power seats for the coupe, seat heaters for the roadster and leather upholstery. The Nissan 350Z Grand Touring has front and rear spoilers and more powerful Brembo brakes. Grand Touring coupes also have special lightweight wheels. The limited-edition Nismo 350Z forgoes many of the Grand Touring's luxuries in favor of performance-enhancing upgrades, such as a stiffened, seam-welded chassis, firmer springs and shock absorbers, and various aerodynamic upgrades. Brake and wheel specs are identical to the Grand Touring, though the Nismo's wheels have a darker finish. Inside, each Nismo has red/black cloth seats, a gray-faced tachometer and a number plaque indicating its build order in the production run. A navigation system is optional on Touring and Grand Touring models.
Powertrains and Performance
The rear-drive Nissan 350Z is armed with a 3.5-liter V6 that makes 306 hp and 268 pound-feet of torque. Putting the power to the ground is either a six-speed manual transmission or a five-speed automatic. Base and Nismo models take only the manual gearbox. This is among the quickest sub-$50,000 cars you can buy, as we timed a Nismo 350Z at 5.1 seconds for the 0-60-mph sprint.
Antilock disc brakes are standard on all models, while all but the base car have traction control. Stability control comes on the Grand Touring trim, and on Touring models equipped with the manual transmission. GT and Nismo models have upgraded Brembo calipers and rotors. Side and head-protecting side curtain airbags are optional on all coupes except the Nismo, on which they're standard. Regular side airbags are standard on roadsters. In government crash tests, the 2008 Nissan 350Z coupe received a top five-star side-impact rating. In frontal-impact testing, it received four stars.
Interior Design and Special Features
The Z's instrument panel features three gauge pods that move with the tilt steering wheel. Unfortunately, the wheel doesn't have a telescoping adjustment. All of the controls a driver might need are close at hand, but some of the materials used in the cockpit seem low-grade for this price range. In the coupe's cargo area, there's a distinctive rear suspension brace that certainly improves body rigidity, but it also compromises valuable luggage space. The roadster's trunk is even more diminutive (just 4.1 cubic feet), but the top is easy to operate and can be dropped in about 20 seconds.
Driving Impressions
The 2008 Nissan 350Z offers performance equal to some of the best sports cars available. The V6 is quite docile, though, and opening it up a bit produces an enjoyable and throaty growl. Power delivery is linear and athletic and particularly entertaining at higher revs. Although the automatic transmission matches revs on downshifts, a manual transmission brings out the most in the car. The six-speed's shifter feels heavy through the gates, but it's fairly precise and clutch take-up is smooth (if not stiff). Around town, rearward visibility is poor. On a curvy road, however, the 350Z rewards its driver with a high level of outright grip and balance. The steering is a bit coarse in feel, but otherwise it's quick and well weighted. The track-tuned 2008 Nismo 350Z has the sharpest reflexes of the Z-car family, though its excessive road noise and predisposition toward freeway hop make it unsuitable as a daily driver. The 2008 Nissan 350Z is still one of the best performance buys on the market.
Strong and sweet-sounding V6 engine is happy at any rpm, capable handling and braking, excellent value, still looks great after several years.


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Remember Me
This has been a busy year for the Curriculum Development Committee. With all the demands for Windows 8 courses, Facebook, Cloud computing, iPad, plus shorter courses, we have been very, very busy.
This year, Learning Center Leaders have had access to a number of new SeniorNet courses on LEX (Leadership Exchange) plus courses and workshops submitted by learning centers from around the country.
In January of this year, we announced the introduction of the popular new series of Skill Courses, workshops and specialized hands-on short courses including Disk Management, SkyDrive, Home Networking, Facebook and Managing Windows 8.
We plan on developing additional 'skill courses' for the coming year and on LEX several learning centers have submitted courses and workshops on iPad, iPhone, Android Smart Phone, and Skype.
Earlier this year, we added the third and final MS Word 2010 course, Advanced Word, to round out the Word 2010 series that includes Word Basics and Intermediate Word.
New this fall is the 'Beginners Guide to MS Publisher 2010'. An excellent, highly illustrated step-by -step manual by our newest committee member, Carol Bruce.
Carol is currently writing an MS Excel 2010 manual. "Excel, the Basics' will be the first of a series of three, four lesson Excel courses, similar in structure to our Word 2010 series. We hope to have 'Excel, The Basics', available on LEX in January.
This past September we posted the new 'Windows 8, Introduction to Computers' manual on LEX and will have both the 'Windows 8, Computer Fundamentals' and 'Windows 8.1, Computer Fundamentals' manuals available late November. Currently I am writing 'Getting Around Windows 8.1' skill course (similar to Managing Windows 8 only with a new title) for release in late December and will follow that up with 'Windows 8.1, Introduction to Computers' by mid February.
Folks ...Your curriculum committees of volunteers have given much of their personal time in preparing manuals for your learning center. For the hundreds of hours that go in to preparing each manual we ask nothing in return except that you respect our work and the SeniorNet copyright. Respect them, as our manuals are not to be shared with those who are not part of the SeniorNet family of Learning Centers.
That is all we ask in return....
Hank Clemente
SeniorNet Director of Curriculum Development


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Romantic Gadgets for Valentine's Day
From an elegant audio system to a smart flower pot, Launchsquad digital lifestyle expert Andrew Felix joins digits with a look at Valentine's Day tech gifts. Photo: Geneva Lab.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
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|When adding a TTS provider, its status shows the last Status. This happens even before creating any servers for it.
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(BPT) – A breast cancer diagnosis at any stage can be devastating. However, women with advanced breast cancer are also faced with the overwhelming reality that they must begin additional therapy, or that they will receive treatment for the remainder of their lives. There are an estimated 150,000 women in the United States living with stage IV metastatic breast cancer. Stage III locally advanced breast cancer and stage IV metastatic breast cancer – collectively referred to as advanced breast cancer – are the most progressed forms of the illness.
In a society that has built a culture of breast cancer support around pink and "survivors," this view is not always embraced by women with advanced breast cancer. Similarly, patients whose breast cancer has metastasized often struggle with feelings of guilt and confusion over why their cancer has progressed, even when they tried to do everything right. This, unfortunately, has caused many with the disease to feel isolated and alone.
Ginny Knackmuhs, 61, of Wyckoff, N.J. was diagnosed with stage IV metastatic breast cancer in 2009. She remembers well the frustrating experience of searching for information and trying to identify with resources based on others' recommendations. Ginny is now a board member of Metastatic Breast Cancer Network, one of 13 advocacy organizations that worked with Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation to create Count Us, Know Us, Join Us, a campaign that was created to amplify the voice of people living with advanced breast cancer. The campaign aims to educate others about the unique challenges and needs of advanced breast cancer patients in part through the revitalization of www.advancedbreastcancercommunity.org, a website that serves as a strong support system for those impacted by the disease.
"It's wonderful to have a central site that incorporates so much information for a patient diagnosed with advanced breast cancer," says Knackmuhs. "The beauty of this site is that it has great information with links to a wealth of resources, all in one place, for caregivers and patients."
According to Knackmuhs, many people whose breast cancer has recurred, or whose initial diagnosis is advanced breast cancer, often do not feel understood by early breast cancer support groups. Due to the aggressive nature of the disease, these people must make permanent, life-altering changes in order to stay alive. Yet vital information and guidance about living with advanced breast cancer – crucial for the person and their family following this diagnosis – has typically not been as prevalent as resources offered to those with early breast cancer. This lack of information confronts people living with advanced breast cancer at a time when self-education is extremely important for making decisions that ultimately impact quality of life, she says.
Count Us, Know Us, Join Us also aims to help bring more recognition to advanced breast cancer by encouraging others to learn more about the disease and how to support those faced with it. Patients, supporters, caregivers, friends and family members are encouraged to visit the website and "be counted" as part of the advanced breast cancer community digital mosaic.
"The Count Us mosaic is a visual representation of supporters and those living with advanced breast cancer, as well as a symbol of unity for community," Knackmuhs says.
Adjusting to an advanced breast cancer diagnosis can be overwhelming, and those impacted can feel that there is nowhere to turn for information tailored to their needs. The website offers the advanced breast cancer community a central location for people to address the many obstacles that come with this diagnosis.


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9 July 2012, New York, USA— About 50 delegates gathered at UN Headquarters for a UNITAR workshop on "Select findings of the Secretary General Reports for the 2012 Quadrennial Comprehensive Policy Review (QCPR)", organized in cooperation with the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) and sponsored by the Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the United Nations. In light of the ECOSOC Operational Activities Segment dealing with the QCPR in July 2012, and the General Assembly review in October 2012 of its resolution 62/208 of 2007, UNITAR addressed these timely and complex questions in a briefing on the UN operational activities for development. The workshop was the fifth installment of a six-part series designed to inform delegates about the QCPR process and its implications for UN operational activities.
In the present module, Mr. Navid Hanif, Director of the Office for ECOSOC Support and Coordination brought in sharp focus the key findings of the QCPR reports. The development landscape has changed since 2007 with the emergence of new economic centers, the growth of new institutional actors and a changing relationship between states, markets and individuals. The demands made of the UN system have also changed with the UN moving away from addressing countries' basic needs to a policy advice and resource management role. The current UN Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) and the UN Resident Coordinator System will thus have to adapt. Member States support a strengthened role for the Resident Coordinator and have called for greater national ownership of UN development activities as this is a key element to ensure effectiveness. Along the same line, Member States have expressed the wish to see the United Nations increase its use of States' procurement, monitoring and evaluation systems. Beyond national ownership, the QCPR is also an opportunity to recognize cooperation and partnerships between the UN, bilateral and multilateral donors and States.
Funding is also at the very heart of the review process, as highlighted by Mr. Kristinn Helgason of the Development Coordination Policy Branch of UN DESA. Operational activities account for nearly two thirds of UN system funding. But the funding landscape is also changing. Funding still comes from governments but is rarely disbursed directly and transit through secondary organizations. Non-core funding, understood as resources that are generally restricted with regard to their use and application as determined by the contributor, is on the rise, at the expense of core funding. In 2011, contributions in real terms have declined, but the UN development system has been gaining some "market-share" with a rise of over 120% in funding, with a general growth of 50 to 60% during this period. This can be interpreted as a "vote of confidence" for the UN development system in a time of worldwide budget scarcities.
After the presentations, participants engaged in a lively debate. Delegates seized the opportunity for directly asking questions to the representatives of UN DESA and expressed their satisfaction that UNITAR was providing a forum for such an exchange. Mr. Pio Wennubst of the Permanent Mission of Switzerland concluded the session by stressing that the QCPR negotiations are an important opportunity to make the UN more efficient and effective in its development efforts.


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Academy Award and Grammy-winning composer Justin Hurwitz, sound supervisor and re-recording mixer Ai-Ling Lee, sound supervisor Mildred Iatrou, re-recording mixer Frank Montaño, re-recording mixer Jon Taylor, and Academy Award-winning picture editor Tom Cross discuss how the film's documentary look (it was filmed in Super-16mm) affected the approach to sound and music, how the sound elements contributed to the understanding of how dangerous the early space flights were, and why it was important to focus on the sound of an errant fly in the space capsule.
November 20, 2018, 5:47 am
Composer Ludwig Göransson and supervising sound editor Steve Boeddeker talk about the collaboration of sound design and score in BLACK PANTHER, the integration of African music into a traditional symphonic score, and how the sound design of futuristic Wakanda technology and weaponry is influenced by West African sounds (like a bird becoming the sound of a passing spaceship).
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The Australian microphone manufacturer RØDE has just announced its new RØDECaster Pro audio integrated console for live or live-to-drive production, be it for radio or television, online or conventional. The device has several microphone inputs, virtual carts to play pre-recorded our opening, bridges, bumpers, jingles and spots, as well as mix-minus, a built-in audio recorder, APHEX aural exciter/compressor/limiter/gate and much more. While I await a review unit, I'll cover everything I know about it so far.
November 17, 2018, 7:26 am
This round-up presents three of the best YouTube templates for Rush, the new easy-to-use video editing app from Adobe. Rush supports some templates previously only available for use in Premiere; great news for video makers in a hurry.
November 17, 2018, 7:26 am
Illumination Entertainment's The Grinch is everywhere: it's been the highest-grossing film in the United States for the past week and it has dozens of corporate promotional partners spreading it to every corner of the consumer marketplace. Considering its visibility, it's a little surprising then that there's such a lack of behind-the-scenes content about the making of the film or exposure for the artists who created it.
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The Versatile Companion Dog titles are titles that are designed to acknowledge and reward owners of all breeds that compete in Obedience, Agility, and Tracking events. The VCD titles are a way to showcase their tremendous talent in so many areas. The links below contain a list of dogs that have attained Versatile Companion Dog titles. Additionally, you may also access title information for any dog using our online store, by getting a subscription to the AKC Official Awards Book, or by accessing the year end title statistics released every April. If you have any questions, please direct them to firstname.lastname@example.com.
These dog/handler teams are truly versatile in competition. Developed in 2001 hundreds of dogs of all different breeds have been awarded VCD titles, yet it has taken eight years for a team to achieve the impressive Versatile Companion Champion (VCCH) title.
The AKC is proud to announce that the first VCCH was awarded on February 15th, 2009 to VCCH Jakki UDX a Golden Retriever from Hermitage, TN. Jakki is owned and handled by Andrea Kyllarova. The AKC congratulates you both! This achievement proves tremendous versatility on the dog's part and true dedication on the owner's part. This team is a testament to the canine/human bond and a credit to the sport of purebred dogs. Read Jakki's story and see photos of Jakki in action!
The VCCH title is awarded to any dog that becomes an Obedience Trial Champion (OTCH), a Master Agility Champion (MACH), and is awarded a Champion Tracker (CT) title.


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Minter: Fans Used To Flock To See The Flocks
By Rick Minter | Senior Writer
With NASCAR's return to Road America this weekend for the first time since 1956, maybe there will be some media attention focused on the winner of that long-ago race.
This year's event is for the second-tier Nationwide Series. The only other NASCAR race at Road America was for the division now known as Sprint Cup, and Tim Flock was the runaway winner on a rain-soaked track. His win showed just how versatile a driver the youngest member of the Fabulous Flocks really was.
The Flocks, who grew up first in Ft. Payne, Ala., but moved to Atlanta to join their kinfolks in the illegal liquor business, were some of the best drivers ever in the formative years of NASCAR.
Like Dale Earnhardt in his era, the Flocks were down-home, colorful and talented and responsible for much of the growth of NASCAR during their time in the sport. They even had a sister, Ethel, named for high-test gasoline, who joined her brothers in a race on the old beach-road course in 1949, the only time four members of the same family have run in a race in the division now known as Cup. She finished 11th, ahead of two of her brothers.
Bob, the oldest of the three racing brothers, was by most accounts of the old-timers around Atlanta, the most talented of the lot even though he didn't run as many NASCAR-sanctioned races as his brothers.
Fonty, the middle brother, was the most colorful, often wearing Bermuda shorts when he was racing. In just 153 starts in the division now known as Cup, he won 19 times, including the 1952 Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway.
It was also at Darlington where he drove his last race, in 1957. He received serious injuries in a multi-car crash that claimed the life of Bobby Myers of Winston-Salem, N.C., the father of Danny "Chocolate" Myers, the long-time gas man for Dale Earnhardt.
The most successful of the three brothers was Tim, the youngest. He won two Cup championships and 39 races in just 189 career starts, a winning percentage of .208, second all-time to Herb Thomas, who finished his career at .210. By comparison, Jimmie Johnson is at .163.
In 1955, Tim Flock won 18 races, a single-season record that stood until Richard Petty's 27-win season in 1967.
But even in a time like today, when NASCAR is celebrating its heritage as it opens a new Hall of Fame in Charlotte, it's not likely people will hear much about the Flocks.
For starters, the Flocks were from Atlanta, and although Atlanta for years was considered the birthplace of stock car racing, many modern-day historians have begun to overlook Atlanta's role in favor of Charlotte's. I guess it's more convenient, considering how the sport has migrated to the northern suburbs of Charlotte.
And then there's Tim's role in a failed effort to start a NASCAR driver's union. It was part of a deal to help get union funding to complete Charlotte Motor Speedway when it was in dire financial straits prior to its opening in 1960,
Flock wound up being banned from NASCAR for his role in the union effort. He was finally reinstated just before he died in 1998.
From the looks of the initial class of the new NASCAR Hall of Fame, a person's contributions to the sport, not just their accomplishments in it, weigh mighty heavily.
Still, Tim Flock ought to be in it at some point, His accomplishments at places like a rainy Road America are too great to overlook.
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Wrong-way driver killed in head-on crash on Gold Star Bridge
A driver traveling in the wrong direction on Interstate 95 North on the Gold Star Bridge was killed Saturday when he struck a car traveling in the left center lane north of Exit 84.
The head-on collision was reported at 4:17 a.m.
Twenty-six-year-old Francisco Lobos, of Norwich, was ejected from his vehicle and died from his injuries, according to an accident report from state police in the Montville barracks. The driver of the vehicle Lobos hit, Derrick Brawn, 25, of Howland, Maine, refused medical treatment at the scene.
Both Brawn's 2011 GMC Sierra and Lobos' 2002 Saturn SL sustained heavy damage, according to the report.
Saturday's accident was the latest in a series of fatal collisions in recent years caused by wrong-way drivers. In December, three women were killed by a drunken wrong-way driver on I-95 near Exit 70. In November, a man driving north on I-95 South near Exit 81 who police said was having a diabetic emergency died after crashing into the guardrails.
In June, a woman was killed after driving the wrong way on I-95 near Exit 75 and crashing into a tractor-trailer.
In 2010, a man drove the wrong way for 3 miles on I-95 before crashing into another car near Exit 90, killing both himself and the other driver.
A year before that, a Connecticut College student was killed in a collision caused by an intoxicated man headed in the wrong direction on Interstate 395 near Exit 79A.
State police ask that anyone who may have witnessed Saturday's accident or can provide further information contact Trooper Daniel Hoffner at (860) 848-6500.
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Scores of Troops Clamp Down On Chinese Protesters
Thousands of police and troops flooded a south Beijing neighborhood a day after a surprise protest over the mysterious death of a young woman. Although they calmed the scene on the streets, police couldn't stop the anger online. The WSJ's Laurie Burkitt has the story.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
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There are a number of general tools for measuring CPU and elapsed time either from within the code itself or via the UNIX environment.
UNIX Tools
time and timex
These return the elapsed, user and system time used by a given command (executable). Note that under the C shell and Korn shell, time is a shell built-in function. Full details on its usage may be found in the appropriate shell man page. For details on timex, see man timex.
OSCA$ time a.out seconds clocks elapsed 0.27913 125606662 user 0.00135 608352 sys 0.03821 17196053
The user CPU time is time spent executing the instructions that make up the user code, including e.g. calls to subroutine libraries linked to the code.
The system time is time spent in "kernel" mode, processing I/O requests, for example, or other situations which require the intervention of the operating system.
Together these comprise the total CPU time. Note that the user time is usually significantly greater than the system time. Indeed, a high ratio of system to user CPU time may indicate a problem. Exceptions such as page faults, misaligned memory references, and floating-point exceptions consume a large amount of system time. Note that time spent doing things like waiting for input from the terminal, seeking on a disk, or rewinding a tape does not appear in the CPU time; these situations do not require the CPU and thus it can (and generally does) work on something else while waiting.
The elapsed (or "wallclock") time is simply the total real time that passed during the execution of the program. This will typically be greater than the total CPU time due primarily to sharing the CPU with other programs. In addition, programs that perform a large number of I/O operations, require more memory bandwidth than is available on the machine (i.e., the CPU spends significant time waiting for data to arrive from memory), or is paged or swapped will show a relatively lower ratio of CPU time used to elapsed time.
ja - "Job Accounting" (Cray SV1 system only)
This utility reports job- or session-related accounting information with very low system overhead. It can be used to measure
- Elapsed time
- User CPU time used
- System CPU time
- I/O wait tine
- I/O requests
- Maximum memory size (the memory "high water mark")
as well as many other quantities.
To enable job accounting, type:
Accounting information is then collected for all processes that are subsequently run. Additional ja commands generate accounting reports, the content of which are controlled by options to ja. The type of report you receive is determined by supplying one of the following options
- -c - Produces command report
- -f - Produces command flow report (provides information on the parent/child relationships of processes)
- -s - Produces summary report
In addition, there are various modifying options which allow finer control over the displayed information. These include
- -l - When used with -c or -f, generate a "long" listing (132 columns)
- -h - Replaces the physics I/O data with the largest amount of memory used by the process at any time.
The accounting report is written to the standard output unless redirected. Further ja commands generate additional (updated) reports, until the -t option is supplied or the shell is terminated. This option disables job accounting.
OSCA$ ja OSCA$ a.out OSCA$ ja -chl > ja.out OSCA$ cut -c1-72 ja.out Job Accounting - Command Report =============================== Command Started Elapsed User CPU Sys CPU I/O Wait I/O Wait Name At Seconds Seconds Seconds Sec Lck Sec Unlck ======== ======== =========== ========== ========== ======== ========== ja 17:17:19 0.1119 0.0014 0.0084 0.00 0.0907 a.out 17:17:21 0.9822 0.5277 0.0448 0.00 0.1838 OSCA$ cut -c1-9,73-132 ja.out Job Accou ========= Command CPU MEM I/O WMem Kwords Log I/O Memory Ex Name Avg Mwds Avg Mwds Xferred Request HiWater St Ni Fl SBU' ======== ========= ========= ======== ======= ======= === == == ===== ja 0.2002 0.0000 0.00 0 512 0 20 0. a.out 1.1975 0.0000 0.03 20 2496 0 20 0. OSCA$
Memory HiWater is the maximum amount of memory used by the process, in units of 512 words (note that one word is 8 bytes on the SV1). This data is very useful when determining resource requirements for batch processing.
Profiling is a general technique for obtaining timing information on a program at the level of subroutines and below. It is very useful for identifying in which subroutines or loops the code spends the majority of its time, as an aid to focusing optimization efforts. An advantage of profiling is that it incurs only a relatively modest overhead
Profiling works via a statistical sampling process. The program counter is periodically sampled to determine which piece of code is being executed, and statistics are collected over the course of the run. The resulting data may be statistically reliable even if the code runs for as little as a few CPU seconds.
Note, however, that the profiling "resolution" (i.e., whether one obtains information at the level of subroutines or code blocks) and the optimization level are usually inversely related. General statistics, such as total number of calls to a subroutine, or the total CPU time, synchronization time, or I/O time spent within a routine, are easily and reliably collected. Obtaining timing data at a finer resolution allows one to see more clearly what is happening within subroutines, which may be necessary to determine exactly where a problem or performance bottleneck lies. But in general this can be achieved only by reducing the optimization level, so that the sampled code is different from the optimized "production" code. In addition, the instrumentation added to the code (the calls to profiling subroutines) themselves affect the timing characteristics of the code. Ultimately, as the instrumentation exposes finer and finer detail, the data collected become less accurate.
The general procedure for profiling is:
- Compile and/or link the code to enable profiling (not necessary on all systems). Generally the resolution of the profiling as well as the sampling frequency are under the control of the user.
- Run the instrumented code to generate the data.
- Collate and view the data.
For details on how to profile programs on the various OSC systems, see the relevant performance analysis summaries.
Fortran 90 Intrinsics, etc.
STOP statement
When a code terminates at a STOP statement, the system returns the total CPU and elapsed times, and the memory and stack high-water marks.
OSCA$ a.out STOP executed at line 31 in Fortran routine 'VECTOR' CPU: 0.528s, Wallclock: 0.539s, 24.5% of 4-CPU Machine Memory HWM: 1236446, Stack HWM: 20620, Stack segment expansions: 0 OSCA$
These intrinsic functions give various types of access to the system clock, and may be used to provide detailed timing of individual code sections. A basic technique is to sample the clock before and after a critical section of code, and then compute the difference to obtain the time spent in that section.
See the man pages for detailed information on the above.
C/C++ Functions
- time
- rtclock (Cray Research Inc. extension to ANSI C)
- rtc/irtc
(Remember to #include <time.h> where necessary!)
These functions give various types of access to the system clock, and may be used to provide detailed timing of individual code sections. A basic technique is to sample the clock before and after a critical section of code, and then compute the difference to obtain the time spent in that section.
See the man pages for detailed information on the above.


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WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) -- On August 21st, all eyes -- and probably cell phones -- will point to the sky trying to capture the solar eclipse. But before you try to capture a picture with your camera, you may want to take some precautions.
Bob Moler, of Moler's Cameras, has been in the camera business since 1946. He recommends using a solar filter for your camera just as you would with your eyes.
"If you point a camera right at the sun and take a picture, you can do some damage to your sensor," Moler said.
Solar filters are available for cameras, but if you're taking photos with your smartphone, you can use the lens from a pair of solar glasses.
"You can scotch tape it over your camera lens on your cell phone and take pictures," Moler said.
With more complicated cameras, Moler recommends you practice before the big day.
And if you think you're safe to look through the camera's eye piece when photographing the sun, Moler says think again.
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WASHINGTON — Republican lawmakers failed to open new lines of inquiry on the deadly Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. mission in Libya despite back-to-back grillings Wednesday of Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton for a fuller explanation of the administration's response to the much-debated terrorist assault.
Testifying weeks before she is expected to leave office, Clinton emphasized in consecutive sessions before the House and Senate foreign policy committees that there was a "rapidly changing threat environment" in North Africa, citing the recent terrorist attack in Algeria and growing instability in Mali, Nigeria and elsewhere.
"We now face a spreading jihadist threat," she told the Senate panel. She said the flow of weapons and fighters from Libya since the overthrow of Moammar Kadafi "is the source of one of our biggest threats."
"We have to recognize this is a global movement," she said of groups aligned with Al Qaeda. "We can kill leaders, but until we help establish strong democratic institutions ... we're going to be faced with this level of instability."


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Mel Gibson and his ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva are already in the middle of a custody battle surrounding their eight-month-old daughter, Lucia.
And now police have stepped in after Oksana made allegations of an aggression on the part of her former lover.
A statement released on Thursday read: "An investigation of domestic violence was launched by Malibu/Lost Hills station detectives involving actor Mel Gibson and his former girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva.
"The detective in charge of the investigation is currently gathering information regarding the allegations. Due to the investigation being preliminary in nature, no other information is available at this time."
A spokesman for the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department says it could take up to a month to complete the case, at which time it will be handed over to the district attorney's office.


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Bulldogs take on high-scoring Chiefs in Week 2.
You've got to play 'em all.
But the Rolla High School football team has been thrown into the thick of the Ozark Conference race from the get-go this year.
The Bulldogs play their second straight OC heavyweight tonight, hosting Springfield Kickapoo in their home opener. Kickoff on Lions Memorial Field's new synthetic turf is set for 7 p.m.
Last week RHS opened on the road and fell to defending conference co-champion Lebanon 27-7. Lebanon is ranked No. 10 in this week's Missouri Class 5 state poll.
Now the Bulldogs get a Kickapoo Chiefs squad which outscored Springfield Parkview 39-25 in their opener. Kickapoo is not ranked in the Class 5 top-10, but did get votes this week.
"Kickapoo is probably the pick to win the city (Springfield) part of the conference," said RHS head coach Willie Howard. "But that's just part of it; you've got to play everybody to win...we just happen to start off with two of the top contenders."
"That's the way our conference is going to be this year," said Kickapoo head coach Joel Wells. "You've got a chance to have a competitive game every Friday night."
In years past Kickapoo was an option offense, similar to what Rolla runs. However, under Wells the Chiefs have transformed into a spread attack this fall.
"They are completely spread now," Howard said of Kickapoo. "They run a lot of the same spread option type offense – with short passing routes and hit you when they can."
Leading the charge for Kickapoo's offense is senior two-way threat quarterback Anthony Cooper, who rushed for 168 yards on 13 carries and threw for 228 yards against Parkview last week. In all Kickapoo had 498 yards of total offense.
Actually Parkview took a 10-0 first-quarter lead over the Chiefs. However, Kickapoo erupted for 19 points in the second period and 14 more in the third to take a 33-10 lead into the fourth quarter.
Five different players scored Kickapoo's first five TDs.
Cooper had a 68-yard scoring run and a 73-yard scoring pass while senior running back Kelton Reeves broke off a 57-yard punt return and senior running back John Fuchs added a 30-yard scoring run.
"They are very explosive," Howard said of Kickapoo. "They are very athletic at receiver and their quarterback is a very good player – probably one of the best quarterbacks in the conference this year. He's a kid they used in the option last year; now they're spreading him out."
Wells said the Chiefs have much to improve on.
"We turned the ball over four times, and that was not very positive," Wells said. "Offensively we have some weapons; we have some good backs. Defensively we're pleased with our run defense. We only gave up 40 yards rushing (last week)."
The Bulldogs certainly hope they can have more success on the ground this week.
"They are an above-average defense again," Howard said of Kickapoo. "They're not overly big but do move around a lot and make plays."
RHS hopes for more balance. Against Lebanon all 141 RHS offensive yards came on the ground, as the Bulldogs completed just one pass for minus-2 yards. Junior running back Andy Satulla accounted for 120 of those rushing yards and the team's lone TD, on a three-yard run.
"On film they look to be improved," Wells said of Rolla. "They have a couple of threats at running back. Quite honestly if (Satulla) doesn't get hurt in our game last year it could have been a different outcome."
In a driving rain at Springfield last year Kickapoo defeated Rolla 14-7. In that game Satulla suffered an ankle injury that cost him most of the season.
Howard said the lone injury from last week was a foot injury to senior defensive lineman/tight end Jacob Banholzer. Banholzer is expected to play tonight.


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Finance News Update, what you need to know
The Australian dollar is lower, as expectations of an interest rate cut from the European Central Bank grow.
At 0630 AEST on Thursday, the local unit was trading at 93.79 US cents, down from 93.98 cents on Wednesday.
And the Australian share market looks set to open lower following falls on Wall Street after a surprise lift in producer prices.
At 0645 AEST on Thursday, the March share price index futures contract was down 21 points at 5,490.
PARIS - The unemployment rate in advanced countries remained stuck at 7.5 per cent in March, the OECD says, leaving the number of jobless still one-third higher than at the start of the global economic crisis.
WASHINGTON - US producer prices jumped for the second month in a row in April, as the measure of inflation appeared to shake off months of sluggishness.
DUBLIN - Ireland's trade surplus shrank by nearly a quarter in March to the lowest level since 2008, in a sign the eurozone nation's economy remains fragile.
BRUSSELS - The European Union (EU) says it wants a complete ban by 2015 on drift-net fishing, dubbed by environmentalists as "walls of death" for killing other marine animals, especially dolphins.
POLSON, Montana - A US jury has ordered Hyundai to pay $US240 million ($A259.67 million) in punitive damages after finding that a manufacturing defect in a Hyundai vehicle caused a crash that killed two cousins in July 2011.
NEW YORK - US banking giant Citigroup says it has fired 11 more employees over accounting fraud involving its Mexican subsidiary.
SEOUL, - South Korean technology giant Samsung has apologised to employees who say they suffered cancer as a result of chemical exposure in its chip factories.
MOLINE, Illinois - Deere's second quarter net income is down 9.5 per cent on lower demand for farming equipment, prompting the company to cut its sales forecast for the year.
SAN FRANCISCO - Self-destructing message application Blink is vanishing into Yahoo's growing mountain of mobile technology company take-overs.
DOHA - Qatar, which will host the 2022 football World Cup, says it will abolish its controversial sponsorship system for foreign workers as international criticism mounts over their treatment.
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S.P. Dinsmoor, retired Civil War Veteran, started building the Cabin Home and Garden of Eden in 1904, at the age of 64.
His sculptures are as interesting as his biography, with each and every element having a story to tell.
Dinsmoor's concrete sculptures soar over visitors' heads, silhouetted against the Kansas sky. From grieving widows to a conquering Goddess of Liberty, scoundrels and grafters of society to sweetly sentimental portraits, explore some of the images captured at the Garden of Eden...
The Garden of Eden is best experienced in person. Guided tours tell the stories behind the sculptures and tales from the colorful life of Garden of Eden creator, S. P. Dinsmoor.
Located in Lucas, the Grassroots Art Capital of Kansas.


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Montoya's glove sharp in shootout for Islanders in 2-1 win over WildNHL.com @NHLdotcom
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Despite a depleted lineup and a lethargic first 40 minutes, the Minnesota Wild managed to forge a tie and take the New York Islanders to overtime.
In the end, though, there was agreement from both sides ? each team got just what it deserved.
Frans Nielsen scored the only goal in the shootout and Al Montoya's glove was in good form, giving the Islanders their first extra-time victory of the season, 2-1 over the Wild on Saturday night.
"You did have that feeling when they tied it, that here-we-go-again type thing," Islanders coach Jack Capuano said. "We battled. I give our guys a lot of credit. They stuck to the game plan."
The Wild didn't. Coach Mike Yeo expressed disappointment in several "fancy" and "soft" plays his team uncharacteristically tried to make, with four top-six forwards missing including captain Mikko Koivu, who sustained a lower-body injury in the previous game.
"There should be more urgency and desperation in our game," Yeo said. "I'm understanding of the fact that we have guys out ... but right now I'm a little edgy just because I expected something different."
Andy McDonald scored in the second period in his first game back from injury for the Islanders before Cal Clutterbuck tied it with 11:38 remaining in regulation. Niklas Backstrom made 35 saves for the Wild, the only reason they were able to steal a point and stay alone in the NHL lead with 45 points.
Backstrom kicked aside a shot by John Tavares in the first round of the shootout but let Nielsen's sail over his head into the top of the net. Backstrom has given up 10 shootout goals on 20 shots this season. The Wild lost their second straight decision by shootout and are 0-1-2 since a seven-game winning streak.
"We're just concerned about the way we played the game. We definitely weren't good enough tonight," centre Kyle Brodziak said.
Montoya stopped Matt Cullen's backhander, then got his glove on shots by Marek Zidlicky and Dany Heatley to seal the victory, the first by the Islanders in their last five games. They had lost all six previous games that were tied at the end of regulation, two by shootout and four in overtime.
The Islanders, in last place in the Eastern Conference, have beaten the Wild twice and held them to 21 shots on goal each time ??? New York's two lowest totals this season. They were 0-3-1 in their last four games, allowing an average of 29-plus shots on goal. Montoya started the first three of those, giving up 13 goals.
New York gave up eight goals after the second period in those previous four games.
"It would have been a tough loss because I like the way we played," Nielsen said.
The Islanders were strong in each zone, from angles to positioning to communication.
"It's definitely been a big hurdle. We would have liked to have won the game 1-0. We've had a bit of trouble doing that this year," McDonald said.
Right wing Jarod Palmer, recalled from the AHL affiliate Houston Aeros the day before, was the latest fill-in weaved into the lineup by Yeo, and the coach called him the team's best forward of the night. Palmer became the 10th rookie and 33rd player to play for the Wild this season, and the 25-year-old native of Fridley, Minn., was all over the ice, getting six shots on goal.
He came up to replace left wing Guillaume Latendresse, whose concussion recurrence landed him back on injured reserve. Devin Setoguchi (lower body) and Pierre-Marc Bouchard (facial injuries) were still out. Right wing Casey Wellman was missing again, too, because of an upper-body injury. And Koivu was a big loss.
The altered first line came through. Heatley's shot from the top of the circle was tipped toward the net by Cullen, and Clutterbuck got a big enough piece of the rebound to control it before tapping in the puck as his stick scraped the goal post next to Montoya midway through the third period.
The Islanders outshot the Wild 24-9 through the first two periods, though, including 15-4 in the second, and their lead would've been much bigger if it weren't for Backstrom, who made tough save after tough save with the puck in his zone the majority of the night.
"Particularly with the depleted lineup, you have to have a little more tenacity in your game and we didn't have that," Cullen said.
NOTES: The Islanders have been outscored 36-16 in the third period this season. ... Tavares has seven assists in his last eight games. ... The 33 players used by the Wild are tied for the most in the NHL with the Winnipeg Jets. The team record is 40, set two years ago. ... For the Islanders, former Wild RW Brian Rolston and D Steve Staios were each scratched because of a concussion. ... The Wild fell to 2-4-1 against Eastern Conference teams. ... Yeo said Bouchard was "very close" to returning. "But we're not going to put him in until he's real comfortable," he said.


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Ewing-based Antares Pharma Inc. announced today its exclusive promotion and marketing agreement with Denmark-based LEO Pharma regarding the latter company's Otrexup psoriasis treatment.
According to the announcement, Antares will receive a $5 million initial payment and up to $15 million in additional milestone payments. Antares Pharma will record all product revenue associated with future dermatology prescriptions and pay LEO Pharma a percentage of Otrexup net sales generated in dermatology. LEO Pharma will be responsible for promotion and marketing activities in dermatology.
Antares appointed a new senior vice president for medical earlier this month.


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About the UTHSC Center for Cancer Research
The goal of the Center for Cancer Research at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center is to determine how cancer cells differ from normal cells at the molecular level, and to use this information to develop effective therapies to fight cancer.
Cancer arises from the interruption of normal signal transduction pathways and genetic programs within a cell. Our center investigators are defining the molecular events that control these fundamental cellular processes, with a special emphasis on cell proliferation, differentiation, apoptosis (normal cell death) and angiogenesis (growth of new blood vessels from pre-existing vessels). By understanding the events that transform a normal cell into a cancer cell, we identify and validate new molecular targets for cancer drug discovery.
Glioma cancer stem cells (labeled with two fluorescent dyes)
UTHSC Center for Cancer Research
Director of the Center for Cancer Research:
D. Neil Hayes, M.D., M.P.H., M.S.
Please contact:
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Cancer Research Building
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The controller is wired to what appears to be a development kit. Destructoid cites multiple sources in confirming that it is indeed an early prototype of a PS4 controller.
Sony is set to hold a PlayStation event in New York next Wednesday, February 20, where it is expected to unveul the next PlayStation console.


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Sandorsi needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 120 designs submitted by 32 freelance designers.
ByMe is a European startup that will launch its consumer website in the Netherlands (byme.nl) in July offering a range of high quality products online, that can be customized by creating your own personal design with text, color and images through an easy to use online application. The personal design can be ordered but also offered to others of the website community. This makes it a market place for customized products offering unique designs. The products will be produced and shipped to the customer within one week after ordering. Products that will be offered on the website are: business cards, brochures, letterhead, greeting cards, t-shirts, other clothing and sporting bags. We need a cool and friendly logo that will be remembered by the public. People should go to the website for an easy creation of a product with a personal touch. Everyone can be a designer with a little help and make a nice product!! Customers should be proud of their own creations (yes I did it myself), that's what ByMe stands for.
The logo will be used on the website and in all other sorts of communnication, online, in magazines and on tv
The logo should represent the ByMe brand values, being: friendly, accessible, personal/human, innovative, dynamic, high quality.
I like round capitals, taglines are optional, color scheme is up to the designer. The Brandname, ByMe should be included in the logo.
The logo should by no means reflect a financial service image nor an old fashioned printing brand.
Not too many different colors in the logo please. I am not a big fan of capital letters in the logo, although the capital B and M in the name are functional. So....designers choice!
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Russ Harding
Senior Fellow in Environmental and Regulatory Policy
Russ Harding is the senior fellow in environmental and regulatory policy at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy. He previously served as senior environmental analyst and was director of the Center's Property Rights Network.
From 1995 through 2002, Harding served as director of the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, having previously held senior management posts in environmental and natural resources departments in Arizona, Alaska and Missouri. Before joining the Center, Harding was senior director for environment and energy affairs with Scofes, Kindsvatter & Associates, a consulting firm.
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On the morning of Wednesday, December 5 the flight screens at Vancouver International Airport flashed a very unusual destination - the North Pole.
Equally as conspicuous was a line up of over 100 excited children and their families, carollers, and a giant walking teddy bear getting ready to check in. After further inspection, travellers would learn that this group was lined up for the Children's Wish Foundation Flight in Search of Santa. Headed to the North Pole, Vancouver Whitecaps FC club ambassador Carl Valentine joined these children in the search to find jolly old Saint Nick.
After checking-in, passengers were entertained with Christmas crafts, face painting, and treats! Bubbling with anticipation, children around the room could be heard eagerly rehearsing their Christmas wish lists.
Once the plane was boarded and sailing smoothly through the skies, it didn't take long to get Santa on the radar . About a half hour in to the two hour flight, the pilots located Santa out for a spin in his new sleigh and invited him aboard.
Santa, accompanied by Mrs. Claus and some elves docked on top of the plane. Once they came aboard they began to hand out stockings to every girl and boy. Smiling ear to ear the children could barely contain their excitement for the special guest.
After a smooth landing the children walked away with the experience and memories of a lifetime.