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Among reports recently taken by the Russellville Police Department (RPD):
April 29 - Battery at North El Paso Avenue. An officer was patrolling downtown when he observed an SUV with its hazard lights on stopped at the intersection of West Main Street and El Paso Avenue. Upon making contact with the driver, who was a white female, she advised her boyfriend had just pulled a gun on her. The woman appeared to be shaking and crying heavily. She was advised to stay with a family member for the evening to avoid an additional altercation with her boyfriend.
April 30 - Battery at South Mobile Avenue. The complainant said her ex-boyfriend stayed the night at her apartment while she was at work. During work, she noticed some items were missing from her vehicle. Upon returning home, she woke up her ex-boyfriend and asked him about the items. At that time, the man became violent and allegedly grabbed her by the wrist and got rough with her. Then he threw her against the wall of the living room, causing her to black out for approximately 30 seconds.
May 2 - Battery at 1503 University Drive. The complainant said she became involved in a verbal altercation with her boyfriend when he wanted to leave the residence and she wanted to stay. She said he shoved her son to the ground and later fled the scene when she called police. She said he had been drinking. She was advised to contact police if the suspect returned to the residence.
May 3 - Disturbance at West K Street. The complainant said there were several subjects yelling and fighting in the back yard. Upon entering the back yard, an officer discovered a female and male fighting. When the female spotted the officer, she entered the residence and attempted to barricade herself in the bathroom. She was eventually arrested and transported to the county jail.
May 5 - Battery at South El Mira Avenue. The complainant advised her roommate attacked her. She said they were engaged in an argument about underage drinking and drug use occurring in their apartment, when the suspect jumped on her and began hitting her. An officer observed a cut on the bottom lip of the complainant and noticed her face was red. Several witness statements were taken.
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No felony charges were filed in Pope County Circuit Court May 3-7.
The following civil suits were filed in Pope County Circuit Court April 26-May 7:
Cases assigned to First Division:
Shellie R. Reddell v. James G. Barton et al.
Bayview Loan Servicing LLC v. Clifford and Sherry Roberson
Lewallen Dozer and Hauling Inc. v. Kevin Crafton
Capital One Bank v. Sean D. Ingram
Citibank South Dakota v. Alesia E. Freeman
Cases assigned to Third Division:
State Farm Insurance Co. v. Dustin M. Ivy
LVNV Funding LLC v. Jacob Gentry
Cases assigned to Fourth Division:
LVNV Funding LLC v. Amber L. Freeman
Applied Bank v. John W. Lewallen
Pope County clerk Laura McGuire issued marriage licenses to the following couples May 3-7:
David W. Alexander, 34, of Shirley and Jennifer L. Pierce, 27, of Atkins.
Ian F. Bauman, 35, of Knoxville and Hannah C. Darter, 19, of Russellville.
Daniel L. Dunlap, 32, and Alisha F. Hubbard, 29, both of Russellville.
Diyan M. Dyakov, 30, and Radmila P. Pavlova, 27, both of Russellville.
Adrian J. Hall, 29, and Nina R. Page, 23, both of Russellville.
Damon P. Hassell, 34, of Claremore, Okla., and Lora L. Smith, 35, of Chelsea, Okla.
Kevin P. Jones, 32, of Atkins and Laura L. Hodges, 37, of Dover.
Michael R. Kitchens, 19, and Larissa M. Gipson, 18, both of Russellville.
Bryan D. Martray, 24, of Muskogee and Shanna L. Collins, 22, of Russellville.
Richard A. New, 25, and Tanya L. Baker, 27, both of Russellville.
Benjamin L. Perkins Sr., 42, of Perryville and Laura L. Love, 34, of Russellville.
Darren L. Petite, 39, and Natasha N. Newell, 22, both of Hector.
Jessie D. Price, 31, of Dardanelle and Lisa R. Young, 19, of Russellville.
Roger E. Seltzer Jr., 45, and Katrina L. Pate, 44, both of Plummerville.
Christopher D. Titsworth, 25, of Russellville and Sara B. Jones, 25, of Beebe.
Stephen D. Wilson, 23, and Holly M. Barker, 20, both of Russellville.
The following divorces were filed in Pope County Circuit Court April 27-May 5:
Daniel R. Scherff v. Ashley D. Scherff
Kelly L. Garcia v. Marin Garcia
Tina L. Crump v. Emanuel Crump III
Ashley R. Kelly v. Otis C. Kelly Jr.
Alyssa B. Thacker v. Gary L. Thacker
Leslie Dulton v. Preston Dulton
Crystal D. Jones v. Kevin P. Jones
Latasha M. Caldwell v. Ronald C. Caldwell


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Obama, Biden, Clinton eulogize Inouye
President Barack Obama eulogized Hawaii Sen. Daniel Inouye as "perhaps my earliest political inspiration," at a memorial service Friday at Washington National Cathedral.
Obama recalled growing up in Hawaii but not tuning in to politics until he saw Inouye on television during the Watergate hearings. He said Inouye captured his attention more than anyone else on the screen because he didn't look like a senator "from central casting" and because he showed what democracy should be.
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"I was beginning to sense how fitting into the world might not be as simple as it might seem," Obama said. But Inouye's presence at such an important national moment, showing how democracy is supposed to work "hinted to me what might be possible in my own life," he said.
"Were it not for those two insights planted in my head … at the age of 11," he said, "I might never have considered a career in public service. I might not be standing here today."
Vice President Joe Biden and former President Bill Clinton also joined hundreds of mourners saluting the former president pro tempore of the Senate, who died Monday, praising his service in the Senate and in World War II and painting a picture of a politician who cared little about personal recognition but a lot about the nation he served and those he served it with.
The president said it was an honor to later come to Washington and serve with him, and learn from him. Inouye gave him advice and told him stories. And he treated him as part of the family, or "ohana,' as they say in Hawaii.
"He believed … we're a single ohana, that we're one family. And he devoted his life to making that family strong," Obama said.
Biden said Inouye was a friend throughout his career. "Every high point and low point since I announced for the Senate as a 29-year-old kid," he was there.
"Danny's departure marks the end of an era, a generation of men and women referred to as the 'Greatest Generation,' who literally transformed America and helped reshape the world," he said. Biden added that Inouye, for him, was one of the most extraordinary members of that generation.
"I'm here to tell you that I think his physical courage was matched by his moral courage," Biden said. "I don't know anybody else that I can say that of in my acquaintance."

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Before he appeared on Britain's X-Factor in 2009 and way before he snagged the coveted opening slot for One Direction's tour, Olly Murs was just like everyone else working 9 to 5 jobs. Recently, he spoke with firstname.lastname@example.com/San Francisco about his humble beginnings.
The 28-year-old Essex, England, native admitted that prior to the X-Factorhe really hadn't thought much about getting into the music business.
"I never sung in front of many people. I did a few pub gigs with my mates — joking around. A bit of karaoke here and there. I just thought the X-Factorwas a chance. Give me a chance to change my life."
And change his life it did. Prior to the X-Factor,Murs held a series of less than glamorous jobs.
"Basically I was getting people jobs. People would ring me up and say 'Look Olly I need some help finding a job.' I'd look around and try to find them a job."
Murs continued, "Then I worked in a call center giving people advice on saving money on their energy bills."
Even if music wasn't on his mind he had realized that his "life wasn't really going anywhere." So he took a shot at reality TV as he didn't have much to lose.
Since that auspicious audition Murs has had both critical and financial success in his native England and is now poised for success in the US.
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Article Index
- 4 Stocks to Buy in the Exploding Cybersecurity Market
- The Cybersecurity Investment Opportunity Everyone Is Missing
- China's Cyber Attacks on the United States Will Only Get Worse
- How the Pentagon Aims to Stop China's Cyber-Hacking of America
- Cybersecurity Companies Gear Up for Huge Role in 2013
- Cybersecurity Act Could Survive with Executive Order
The Cybersecurity Investment Opportunity Everyone Is Missing
China's Cyber Attacks on the United States Will Only Get Worse
Sometimes the truth is scarier than fiction, like in the case of China's cyber attacks on the United States.
In what reads more like a crime novel than a true story, a report released today (Tuesday) from Virginia-based cybersecurity firm Mandiant, a specific Chinese military unit is likely behind one of the largest cyber attacks aimed at American corporations and infrastructure.
China's Unit 61398, housed in a 12-story building in Shanghai with a headcount in the hundreds, is being accused of stealing "hundreds of terabytes of data from at least 141 organizations" since 2006. Some 115 targets in 20 different industrial sectors from energy and aerospace to transportation to financial institutions are said to have been violated.
The investigation tracked, for the first time, individual members of the savviest Chinese hacking group, dubbed "Comment Crew" and "Shanghai Group," directly to the military unit's headquarters. While Mandiant couldn't pinpoint the hackers' exact whereabouts inside the high-rise, the firm very convincingly makes the case that the building is where the attacks originated.
"Once [Unit 61398] has established access [to a target network], they periodically revisit the victim's network over several months or years and steal broad categories of intellectual property, including technology blueprints, proprietary manufacturing processes, test results, business plans, pricing documents, partnership agreements, and emails and contacts lists from victim organizations' leadership," the detailed 74-page report reads.
American officials also confirmed that digital forensic evidence presented by Mandiant leads to the Shanghai building as the prime source of the attacks, according to The New York Times, which first reported on Mandiant's findings Monday. Mandiant is the same firm The Times secured to investigate the cyber attacks that infiltrated their own systems in China last month.
The Chinese government adamantly denies the allegations. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hong Lei said at a press conference the claims in the Mandiant report were unsupported.
"To make groundless accusations based on some rough material is neither responsible nor professional. Cyberattacks are anonymous and transnational, and it is hard to trace the origin of attacks, so I don't know how the findings of the report are credible," The Wall Street Journal reported.
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How the Pentagon Aims to Stop China's Cyber-Hacking of America
Between deficit fears and budget skirmishes, it's tough to get excited about defense-related investments right now. Defense outlays are destined to shrink.
But there's one area where spending is slated to go up...
And I mean go way up.
Here at Money Morning, we've talked a lot about the massive surge in cybersecurity and cyber-terrorism spending that's destined to unfold in the years to come. Much of our focus has been on private-sector spending - although we also said the Pentagon and the rest of the federal government would also be factors.
Well, over the weekend, the Pentagon gave us a hefty reminder of why we're watching this sector so closely...
Cybersecurity Companies Gear Up for Huge Role in 2013
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This has led the Obama administration to continually warn about cyber threats that are capable of causing widespread damage.
In a recent speech, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said computer assaults from rogue countries or terrorists could be as destructive as the Sept. 11 attacks. At the Pentagon, plans have been in place since 2010 to combat this threat.
But it's not just the nation's security that is at risk. Most global corporations are also vulnerable to cyberattacks.
An August cyberattack on Saudi Arabia's state oil company, Saudi Aramco, incapacitated about 30,000 computers. It was probably the most destructive attack ever launched against a non-government entity.
The risk of an attack is particularly high in the corporate sector because of the complacency of its executives. According to a recent study by the consultancy firm PwC, entitled PwC's 2013 Global State of Information Security Survey, most executives are too optimistic about their companies' ability to handle cyberattacks.
The study warned that the rise in the number and sophistication of security incidents globally, along with scrimped corporate budgets, are leaving many firms open to attack. The survey found that, in reality, only 8% of companies truly qualify as information security leaders, with many faults detected.
For example, one of the most common faults found was the lack of a security strategy (protection against malware, etc.) to address personal devices used for work purposes in the workplace.
Mark Lobel, a principal in PwC's Advisory practice, told the Financial Times, "Security models of the past decade are no longer effective. Companies...should prepare to play a new game - one that requires advanced skills and strategy to win against emerging threats."
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Cybersecurity Act Could Survive with Executive Order
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The Obama administration, however, is not quite ready to completely write off the act and looks ready to use whatever muscle it has to get the measure passed without full support. That's why the White House is likely to deliver an executive order to keep the act from disappearing.
"As tonight's vote in the Senate illustrates, the current prospects for a cybersecurity bill are limited. Congressional inaction in light of the risks to our nation may require the administration to issue an executive order as a precursor to the updated laws we need. We think the risk is too great for the Administration not to act," White House Cybersecurity Coordinator Michael Daniel said in a statement.
Daniel continued to state that the administration still believes "comprehensive legislation is needed to fully address the threat we face in cyberspace."
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta in a speech in New York last month said cyberattacks by extremist groups could deliver as much destruction as Sept. 11. He has called the resulting damage from cyberattacks comparable to a "digital Pearl Harbor."
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Beck to Quit His Fox News Show
Emotionally unstable television host Glenn Beck is pulling a Palin and quitting his Fox News Channel show later this year, according to a cryptic and confusing press release published on his web site, The Blaze. (The site is down right now, apparently from all the "Beck is quitting" traffic, but the Google cache is still there.)
Because Beck's mind is a vibrating knowledge-missile launched by Christ, the release makes no sense to mortals:
Fox News and Mercury Radio Arts, Glenn Beck's production company, are proud to announce that they will work together to develop and produce a variety of television projects for air on the Fox News Channel as well as content for other platforms including Fox News' digital properties. Glenn intends to transition off of his daily program, the third highest rated in all of cable news, later this year.
Huh? Someone needs to print it out, take a rubbing against the base of the Washington Monument, hold it up to the sun at 2:46 p.m., and divide all the numbers by 3 so we can figure out what it really means. But taking it at face value: Beck is committing to produce shows and digital projects for Fox News, and hiring away Fox executive Joel Cheatwood to help him do it and serve as his "liaison" to Fox, and these shows and digital projects are so important that Beck won't have time to do the apocalyptic television show that Fox hired him to do in the first place.
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Congratulations on the kitten! I introduced all the bunnies by keeping them cages and letting the cats get used to the bunny scent. For Jessica, the more skittish of all the buns I've had, I kept a covered box in her cage so she could hide from the cats as needed. Eventually, I opened Jess's cage door and allowed her to come out when she was ready. My husband and I supervised the visit.
At times my youngest, Wolfy (7 yrs old) gets excited when Jess starts hopping around like a goof ball. He has been known to chase her, but he often tires b/f she does! Sometimes Jess gets a butt thumping if she intrudes on any of the cat's personal space, but I haven't had much of a problem.
B/c your kitten is so young, and possibly smaller than your bun, kitten will likely let the bunny rule and be head mammal. Just make sure to give equal love and pets to both beasts. Kitten should be ok w/ the bunny and will learn quickly that the bun won't tolerate alot of kitten crap! My husband and I sometimes lay on the floor to facilitate the love b/t bunny and cats.
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McCann cleared to play
Recovering from concussion, catcher can pinch-hit
By Mark Bowman / MLB.com
While catching multiple bullpen sessions and taking batting practice at Turner Field on Friday, McCann provided the Braves medical staff enough comfort to provide this clearance. The 24-year-old catcher hasn't played since suffering a mild concussion during a collision on Sunday with Phillies outfielder Shane Victorino.
"I feel good," McCann said. "I feel ready."
Once McCann passed his final tests and proved that he could pinch hit and serve as a backup catcher this weekend, the Braves opted to designated backup catcher Corky Miller for assignment. They had to make this roster move to make room for Chuck James, who was promoted from Triple-A Richmond to make Friday's start.
Clint Sammons, who hit his first career homer during a career-best three-hit performance on Thursday, will serve as the starting catcher this weekend and then likely serve as McCann's backup for the rest of this season and beyond.
Before Friday, McCann hadn't even attempted to do any baseball-related exercises outdoors. Medical staffs for all professional sports teams are showing more concern for any head-related injuries.
After suffering a concussion courtesy of Yunel Escobar's knee at Turner Field on May 22, Mets outfielder Ryan Church pinch-hit during four of the next six days and then still wasn't fully healthy when he attempted to return to the lineup on June 1. An additional three weeks of rest also didn't prove to be enough and Church is just now seemingly overcome his post-concussion symptoms.
"The way these things are right now, it wouldn't have been smart for me to come back too early and be out for a month or longer," McCann said.
While Church continued to complain of headaches and dizziness for more than a week after his collision with Escobar, McCann hasn't experienced either of these post-concussion symptoms since Tuesday.
Given that he's batted .093 (5-for-54) this year, it's highly unlikely that Miller will be claimed off waivers by another team. The 32-year-old catcher will likely be assigned to Richmond to finish this season.
One of the primary reasons the Braves continued to carry Miller was the fact they wanted to provide some more seasoning for Sammons, who hit .237 with a .295 on-base percentage with Richmond this year.
Now it appears that Sammons will be given his chance to serve as McCann's backup for an extended period. The two catchers have known each other since they were high school rivals in suburban Atlanta.
Sammons was the Parkview High School quarterback who made a habit of throwing touchdown passes to Jeff Francoeur on the way the to a state championship in 2000.
"From 25-30 yards, he could put [his passes] wherever he wanted," Francoeur said. "We had to work on the deep ball a little bit."
Mark Bowman is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Melo why you gettin off the bench starin people down
The defense is looking good right now- oh wait, Stat and Melo are on the bench- maybe that's why. Dantoni should just keep this unit in
the second unit with Chandler is playing with that intensity and energy we've been missing!!!
I was never crazy about 3 point shooters, hot-damn! Novak made me change my mind.
Shump & Jorts being the 6th & 7th man off the bench....they are rookies without much playingtime together
Dear Baron, please stop chucking shots
EDIT: Waiting for FireCoach to comment on Davis the same way he comments on Lin
Lovely pass to no one BULLS!
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Hulu Plus gets a brand new style on more Android tablets
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White Sands closed for 5th day as drone crash debris cleanup continues
By LINDSEY ANDERSON | Las Cruces (N.M.) Sun-News | Published: February 11, 2014
LAS CRUCES, N.M. -- White Sands National Monument is losing thousands of dollars each day while cleanup of drone wreckage continues into its fifth day at one of the nation's most popular monuments.
More than 900 would-be visitors have been turned away each day since a QF-4 drone from Holloman Air Force Base crashed at the monument Friday morning.
Adults visitors typically pay $3 per person to enter the monument, meaning the wreck costs the site as much as $2,000 per day. The loss from film permits, sold to photographers and videographers who arrive early or stay after hours, raises that cost even further.
Holloman's Public Affairs Office had no update Tuesday afternoon on when the monument will reopen. The cause of the crash remains unknown, officials said.
Visitors who stopped by White Sands, about 50 miles northeast of Las Cruces on U.S. 70, were visibly disappointed Tuesday after pulling into the parking lot and seeing "CLOSED" signs.
Peter and Patt Wilson traveled from Vancouver, Canada, to stop at the monument while on a Southwest road trip.
"It's not like we can come back in a couple of days," Peter Wilson said.
"Or a couple of years," Patt Wilson added.
The two scanned the guidebooks in the monuments's store, asking about another outdoor alternatives in the region.
Crash cleanup
The drone crashed around 9 a.m. Friday in the Dunes Drive area, the part of White Sands open to the public.
The monument was closed in advance of a test mission, so there were no injuries, officials have said.
The drone was scheduled to be shot down during the test mission but the "test didn't go according to plan," Holloman spokesman Arlan Ponder said.
The QF-4 is a Vietnam-era aircraft modified to fly remotely. Its orange tail signifies that it is a drone.
Much of the large debris has been removed from the wreck site, but other concerns remain, such as jet fuel emitted from the drone, monument Superintendent Marie Sauter said.
Environmental experts from the National Park Service have been brought in to aid Holloman in the cleanup, Sauter said.
The monument is home to hundreds of animals, including five species found only on the New Mexico dunes.
"It's in an area that we really want to make sure is protected," Sauter said.
Chance of a crash
The likelihood of aircraft crashing on Dunes Drive is small, monument spokeswoman Becky Burghart said. The public area is only 10 percent of the total monument, which spans military and National Park Service land.
Missiles from White Sands Missile Range and aircraft from Holloman do occasionally crash in the area, but they tend to fall on military land, officials said.
Parks employees could not recall a time in the past 10 years when aircraft crashed on Dunes Drive, Burghart said.
"Things do go down in the monument, but it's pretty rare they affect visitors," she said.
Holloman's last QF-4 crash was near Hope in eastern New Mexico in July 2011, though there was a pilot guiding the aircraft, Ponder said. The pilot was unharmed.
Unmanned QF-4s crashed on the Air Force base in 2006 and 2004, Ponder said.
"One chance"
Jamie Castro and her family stopped at White Sands on their drive from Virginia to California, hoping to let 2-year-old Junior Pule stretch his legs.
It was the family's "one chance" to see the largest gypsum dune field in the world, Castro said.
"It sucks," she said. "It's really disappointing, especially for him. We wanted to let him run around and burn energy."
Peter Wilson visited White Sands in 1990 with his son but his wife, Patt, wasn't able to join them. He hoped to show her the dunes this year on their road trip.
"I was looking forward to showing her the place because it's such a special landscape," he said.
The Canadian couple said they may never have the chance to return to the monument.
"When you miss out on it —," Peter Wilson began.
"— It's kind of done," Patt Wilson finished.
In this undated photo provided by the U.S. Air Force, a QF-4 Drone is in flight as it is tracked by a missile at Tyndall AFB, Fla.


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Welcome to the Xmas Return Line
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The last two consumer electronics products I bought failed miserably. Is it just my bad luck or has quality gone to hell?
This post-holiday season I am among the hordes standing in the return lines, wondering whatever happened to the idea of quality.
It's funny really. I unexpectedly saw my son on Christmas Eve. We both like to talk tech, and I told him I finally gave to Goodwill my old CRT TV. We decided to walk over to a nearby Best Buy.
Yes, it's true. I am probably the last man in America not to have a flat-screen TV. I decided it was time to join the living. So after looking around at the 4K eye candy, I picked out a 40-inch, 1080p, 120 Hz, 3-D-capable smart TV for only $549.
With my son as my personal Geek Squad we went home to set it up and buy my first high def movie online. After some fiddling with screws and cables we hit the on button on the remote. Nothing. We hit the on button on the TV. Zip. We checked the power cord, the batteries in the remote, our astrological signs and the weather and tried again. Nada.
I don't write about quality control. It's not a mainstream part of our EE Times coverage. So I claim no special knowledge. But I would have thought Samsung might have at the end of its assembly line someone who switches the $549 smart TV set on to make sure it actually works before putting it in the box. Apparently the experts in this field take a different approach.
Of course Samsung's 24-hour support hotline was already closed for the holiday. I called them Dec. 26, and a very nice young man was able to secure me an appointment with a specialist who would come by sometime on January 1 between 1 and 5 pm.
I was more bemused then angry. However, I have to admit I got a little peeved at myself when the Samsung support person asked if I called Best Buy. No, I told him, I did not because I declined to buy their extra $70-a-year support package so I figured I was at the mercy of the South Korean electronics giant, rather than the neighborhood outlet of the U.S. retail behemoth.
But he got me thinking, so I called Best Buy. Indeed, they agreed to give me another if I would box up and bring in the original. Sorry, no courtesy pick up service for TVs that were dead on arrival.
I guess this is the quality-control approach of choice these days. Rather than hire someone to switch the TV on before it ships, just make a few extra and write off the ones that get returned. If someone has a bad experience, too bad.
Mechanical klutz that I am, I was not able to get all six screws out of the plastic base of the TV. So returning the it had to wait until I could get someone to shepherd the un-boxed display in the back seat so I did not crack the glass while driving it to the return heap. Now I was ready to put my foot through it!
Then I remembered, just a week earlier I was in Best Buy and thought I would pick up a little CD player for the kitchen so I could listen to the radio or music while cooking. Cheapskate that I am, I bought the $29 Insignia house brand unit.
It lasted two days before it would not shut off. I thought maybe I could limp along somehow using the aux mode as a virtual off switch, but then the display went blank, making it ridiculously hard to tune in a radio station.
OK, I probably asked for a shoddy product when I did not shell out $49 for the Sony model. But a $29 Insignia boom box that will not shut off and a $549 Samsung TV that will not turn on is either an indication of a severe unlucky streak on my part or a deterioration of an ethic of quality in manufacturing.
I'm guessing it's the latter. What do you think? Hey, is that you ahead of me in the return line? What happened to you?
— Rick Merritt, Silicon Valley Bureau Chief, EE Times
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It was an incredible experience. I did not get to physically see the working model but I did get to be a part of a group of 50 people who were priveleged to listen to him talk about it. We did get to see movies and photos. One of the memorable movies was of the android "Repliee Q2" in a restaurant conversing with other people at a table. It was not obvious which one was the android. The conversation was realistic. The facial expressions and response was very human. Really very incredible. When you click on the hyperlink to go to my site it will ask you to login. easy. If you don't have an account just Click on the button "Create New account". Give yourself a username and passowrd. The site will then send you an email where you will need to confirm your email address by clicking on the link. Click here to go to look at articles and movies about the android. (Repliee Q2).
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Discussion in 'Fan Productions' started by TK421, Dec 13, 2008.
Thanks for the update on Exeter Maurice... one frame at a time,24 frames a second, but I like it.
[Bailey]He's started a countdown ... ! [/Bailey]
Mr. Middy, you're relieved!
Looking good!
I don't even remember where the last part ended.
So re-watch the parts that have been released.
I think the crew was in some kind of trouble.
Oh, that Garrovick...always getting himself into something.
Things were starting to look really grim.
So go watch it again.
My computer has crashed two times in the past year, so I'll have to download them all over again anyway...
And we're thinking about going to Mars. I'm convinced electronic equipment is alive somehow or as in white noise, controlled by the other side. Of what, I don't I don't know, my neighbor who hates me maybe. Like Darth Vader, he can come through my computer and throttle me.
IMHO, that's not maddening...that's progress.
And thanks to both of you for your efforts.
Also, add one more 'awesome' vote for that Polaris holo-display shot.
There's one particular set of VFX at the climax that've been a problem. Some things are easy to write (a made-up example: "a cloud, streaked, like neon become fog") but hard to turn into actual visuals. Just laying out the composition of these shots has been a challenge, let alone implementing them. This is further complicated (in a good way) by Jimm's desire that everything look like something you could have done in 1970 with the technology of the time.
I'll bet they get out of it!
Oopss...should I have put that in a spoiler field?
Whaddya know about cloud tank effects shots?
Plenty. And that they weren't very common in 1970.
Maurice, something tells me you'll figure this out and then make it look like it was oh-so-easy so that we might not realize this is what you were referring to here. In that case, please point this out when you put up the finished product.
I don't know about anybody else, but the tech postings here fascinate the hell out of me. I don't understand a lot of it, but it's an interesting read nonetheless.
Hoo boy. If I showed you some of the trickery that goes on you'd probably be amazed...or at least appalled. Maybe it's a bit like seeing how sausage is made.
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London Calling: What is ST's plan B?
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Why is STMicroelectronics segregating and exposing the finances of its better performing 'More-than-Moore" and challenged 'Moore's Law" product groups?
"There is no business reason you would want to do it," said Malcolm Penn, CEO and principal analyst with Future Horizons Ltd. "Transparency for what purpose?" he asked rhetorically. "It doesn't really make the company more transparent. It all depends on how you account for things." Penn added: "Why would you open yourself up beyond what is necessary to the brickbats and arrows of the analyst community unless, you are doing it to prove why you should dump part of the business."
ST is a public company but with about one quarter of its ownership split 50:50 between bodies controlled by the French and Italian governments. This means that any plans for a major change at ST would definitely be subject to governmental scrutiny and be judged by other criteria than the purely financial, such as the strategic nature of semiconductors and job creation and preservation within France and Italy. Those interests might need a lot of persuading to make the radical move of splitting ST in two.
Penalver is a new boy at ST having been a member of the executive board at France Telecom/Orange Group in charge of the group's strategic initiatives and partnerships. Prior to his time at France Telecom was managing director of the communication business group of Sagem.
Carlo Bozotti's employment contract expires some time in 2014. He probably has until then to make real his dream of recovery for both halves of ST. It's not long and if he cannot then probably Georges Penalver will be allowed to execute the strategic plan B, whatever it is.
Related links and articles:
ST's strategy is a tale of two segments
ST's conundrum: Break up or tweak?
London Calling: ST's Bozotti seeks another term
ST's priorities: Sustain analog, expand into digital
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Watch the Presidential Debates Live
How to Watch and Follow the Presidential Debates Online
Tonight vice-presidential candidates Joe Biden and Paul Ryan will face off in Kentucky for a live debate on hot-button national topics leading up to the November election. As the online world gets more ingrained with politics, it's never been easier to watch and follow along with the debates from your computer, mobile device, or even video game console. Below, find the must-watch streaming options, plus the Twitter accounts and hashtags to bookmark for extra perspective and facts on the topics the candidates will cover.
The debate kicks off at 9 p.m. EDT/6 p.m. PDT, but many of these resources will have early coverage leading up to the big event.
- YouTube — Preshow streaming coverage starts at 4 p.m. EDT/1 p.m. PDT on YouTube's election channel from its news partners Wall Street Journal, ABC News, and The New York Times, among others. The debate will broadcast live worldwide.
- Xbox Live — Sign into Xbox Live for streams of all four presidential debates. Look for real-time polling and submit questions to fellow Xbox viewers on Twitter with #XboxPoll.
- Tumblr Live GIFs — GIFs rule the Internet, and what better way to follow the political game than with three-second repeating animations? Tumblr staff will be making real-time GIFs of the candidates while their news partner The Guardian provides the stories behind the GIFs.
Keep reading for the Twitter users and hashtags to follow.
On Twitter
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What Do We Mean by FPGA Reliability?
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Reliability is a multi-dimensional problem that can have some very unfortunate (possibly career-limiting) consequences when things go wrong.
My previous two columns have focused on Microsemi's SmartFusion2 and Igloo2 FPGA families. Today I ask the question: What do we mean by FPGA reliability?
Recently, I was listening to a Microsemi webinar, and I was struck by a remark that its FPGAs were "more reliable" than others. That started me wondering if there were reasons the FPGA reliability might be different from that of other semiconductor devices.
Before we proceed, let me clarify that, even though I have an appreciation of semiconductor reliability issues, I am no expert in the topic. Therefore, the following discussion reflects my perspective as a marketing person.
The first step is to decide what we mean by semiconductor reliability. Wikipedia says, "The finished product quality depends upon the many layered relationship of each interacting substance in the semiconductor." Most hardware engineers would probably expect the FPGA not to fail in their system. Even this simple definition is not obvious, as I will explain by an analogy. If I get into my car and it will not start, I call that a failure. However, that I were driving and ran out of fuel because the fuel gauge was wrong, would that be a failure or a calibration problem?
Many semiconductor companies periodically issue a reliability report that details their work in this area. I decided to compare the reliability of Microsemi FPGAs with those of its major competitors, Altera and Xilinx. Microsemi already lists its SmartFusion2 family in its reliability report under 65nm Flash technology. (The Igloo2 family is not included because it had not been released when the report was compiled.)
The report shows the outcome of a wide range of tests to measure parameters such as the probability of device failures, nonvolatile data retention, ESD testing, and other mechanical tests of packaging. These tests apply to most semiconductor devices. FPGA vendors typically take a sample batch from production and subject the devices to many hours of being powered up and clocking data while in an oven at the maximum junction temperature. Periodically, the devices are tested and then returned to the oven to provide cumulative data points. This procedure, called accelerated life testing, aims to confirm that the devices will operate satisfactorily and stay within specification over a number of years when operated in a more typical environment -- say, at 55°C.
Obviously, customers cannot wait 10 years for confirmation that the devices are good for that period of time, so the elevated temperature is designed to highlight weaknesses quickly. Vendors accumulate device hours to calculate the probability. Returning to my analogy, if my car started with the first turn of the key every day this week, would this guarantee that it will start tomorrow? Of course not, but it would give me more confidence than if it laboriously spluttered to a start each time. Reliability engineers calculate a mean time to failure (MTTF) at a certain (statistical) confidence level. The parameter is expressed as a failure in time (FIT) rate and gives the number of failures that can be expected in a billion (109) device hours of operation. From a mathematical perspective, more device hours give more credibility to the assumptions behind the FIT calculations.
The SmartFusion2 test results showed no failures over a (relatively) small number of device hours. This is not surprising, but it does not mean that the product will never fail, of course. The initial FIT rate in the report is calculated as 24.51. In contrast, FPGA products that Xilinx released several years ago using a 65nm SRAM process have stacked up considerably more device hours. Xilinx shows a headline FIT rate of 10, which is broadly comparable to the Altera results.


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Skip to comments.VANITY KFI640AM Lots of Bodies still floating Staten, Election Year thwarts coverage - Lisa Walter
Posted on 11/03/2012 4:21:41 PM PDT by NoLibZone
LIsten to KFI AM 640 The Lisa Ann Walker Show.
She has family on Staten Island.
KFI will offer the pdcast after the show airs.
She reports lots of bodeis still being found.
The news is not being reported becuase of the election and the possibiklty of another storm.
News Blackout on what really happened on Staten Island.
Because 0 is running for re-election to be specific.
The media has already feted Obama and Chris Christie, with Obama in command of the situation. Now the media has moved on. They do not want to subject Obama to the same standards to which they held Bush during Katrina. That much is obvious.
If true, get Blaze, Breitbart and Dailey Caller reporters there, STAT! Send pics to Drudge.
The news is not being reported because of
the election and the possibiklty of another storm Obama.
There corrected.
Unless the msm can concoct a way to blame the mess on Romney, the residents of SI will have to suffer in obscurity.
Thanks NoLibZone.
Agree with you Tomkat.
It would be more to the point to say:
democrat party
The media is so used to their over-hyped pre-news being wrong that they think nothing really happened.
It's not news because NYC and NYState are fullycapable of handling the situation.
Bodies of the deceased have been found every few hours, and have been reported by local NYC media almost instantly, they are tagged and bagged and brought to properly functioning morgues for proper post mortems.
So unlike prior similar mass casualty events elsewhere,
there has been no delay long enough to get the media howling in getting search and rescue teams from outside jurisdictions into the area,
NYC already has more media people on the ground than any other location in N. America and possibly the world.
Names of the deceased are not mentioned in the media until next of kin are notified in NYC,
Street beat reporters do not usually put out more than a blurb until the next of kin are notified or police/coroner office ask for publicity to find known relations for identification.
Plenty of people die in NYC without making the news, from all types of reasons, every hour of every day.
I'll give my opinion as to why there is not the type of coverage there was during Katrina.
Have you compared the racial demographics between New Orleans prior to Katrina versus Staten Islands demographics? I'll give you a hint....they are polar opposite of each other.
Probably wrong....just a hunch.
It's worse. Most of the dead are middle class whites in the only two Republican congressional districts in the city. You do the math.
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Is Fat Bad for You?
- Eating a high-fat, low-carb diet doesn't increase heart disease risk, according to a new study of more than 83,000 women in the New England Journal of Medicine. In fact, women who got their fat mostly from vegetable sources like olive oil cut their heart disease risk by 30 percent.
- The takeaway message: The quality of fats in your diet is more important than the quantity. "Don't try to rid your diet of fat," says Rita Mitchell, RD, a nutrition research associate at the University of California at Davis. "Your goal should be to limit saturated and trans fats and replace them with monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats."
- Can't tell a trans from a poly? No worries. Our guide shows you which fats to avoid and which to eat more of.
The Label Says... Trans Fat
- What it does: Research shows that trans fat is worse for you than other fats because it raises LDL (bad cholesterol) levels while lowering HDL (good cholesterol) levels and increasing inflammation, which is linked to heart disease and diabetes.
- Where it comes from: Trans fat occurs naturally in red meat in small amounts, and it's made artificially for use in processed and bakery foods. Both types are equally bad for you, but people typically eat more of the artificial kind. A store-bought cookie can have between one and two grams of trans fat.
- How much you need: The USDA recommends eating as little trans fat as possible; the American Heart Association suggests limiting intake to less than 1 percent of total daily calories. For a woman on a 2,000-calorie diet, that means consuming less than two grams per day.
The Label Says... Saturated
- What it does: Increases your risk for heart disease by raising LDL levels. It also increases HDL levels, but the net effect is still negative.
- Where it comes from: The main source in the American diet is cheese, followed by beef, whole milk, tropical oils such as coconut and palm, and ice cream.
- How much you need: Limit it to 10 percent of your daily calories. (For someone eating 2,000 calories, that would be 20 grams.) One half-cup serving of premium vanilla ice cream has 11 grams.
The Label Says... Monounsaturated
- What it does: Protects your heart by lowering LDL levels.
- Where it comes from: Mainly plant oils, such as canola, olive, or peanut.
- How much you need: Your total fat intake should be 20 to 35 percent of your total daily calories. Most of the fat you eat, says Mitchell, should come from monounsaturated or polyunsaturated sources. Have a salad with sliced avocado and oil-and-vinegar dressing for lunch and salmon for dinner and you're set for the day.
The Label Says... Polyunsaturated (Including Omega-3s and Omega-6s)
- What it does: Reduces your risk for heart disease by decreasing LDL levels.
- Where it comes from: Sunflower, corn, soybean, and walnut oils, as well as sesame seeds. Omega-3s are found in fatty fish (like salmon) and walnuts; omega-6s are in seeds, nuts, and vegetable oil.
- How much you need: Again, 20 to 35 percent of your daily calories should come from fat, mainly from polyunsaturated and monounsaturated sources.
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Remaining calm a key for Kendrick
After some rough outings, righty shines in Thursday's game
By Ken Mandel / MLB.com
CLEARWATER, Fla. -- Within a few days of his second straight Grapefruit League drubbing, Kyle Kendrick trudged to the video room at Bright House Field. There he was told to "shut the door" by pitching coach Rich Dubee, who jokingly described the ensuing discussion as "a knock down, drag out," then offered more seriously, "It was more of a monologue than a dialogue." Regardless of tone, Dubee wanted to remind the 23-year-old -- who, despite a 10-4 record and a 3.78 ERA in 20 starts as a rookie last season, is in his first big league Spring Training -- to relax. Sweating a few poor outings in March wasn't going to help matters, especially when those games are designed to refine pitches and mechanics. "He's going to have a long future and needs to understand not to panic," Dubee said. "We had to watch on the Skyway Bridge there for a while; he was totally flustered. We had to keep telling him, 'Don't worry about a thing. You won 10 games.' I asked him to look around the clubhouse -- how many guys won 10 games last year?" Whatever the wisdom imparted, Kendrick looked sharp on Thursday against the Pirates, turning in his best outing of the spring. He cruised through five innings and allowed two hits and two walks, with one strikeout. Want evidence that he hasn't forgotten how to use his sinker? He recorded 11 of 15 outs via the ground ball. Though he's already been named the team's No. 4 starter based on last season's performance, Kendrick needed something positive. Though he said he was never close to leaping off the Sunshine Skyway Bridge -- the 5 1/2-mile expanse which spans Tampa Bay -- he was glad for the largely one-sided conversation. "We had a good long talk," Kendrick said. "He said it's early and will come around. It's not that I was panicking, but I didn't want to have bad outings. I have never doubted myself, but I hadn't been hit like this in two years." How much the chat helped is tough to quantify, but Kendrick has returned to pitching in his previous two outings. He spent the early part of camp refining his fastball location and developing a changeup. In a Minor League start last week and Thursday against the Pirates, Kendrick concentrated more on setting up hitters and finishing them off.
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Originally scheduled to start in a Minor League game that was canceled Thursday, the Phillies decided to start Kendrick in the Grapefruit League game because they wanted to keep him on schedule to pitch April 4 against Cincinnati. Adam Eaton was shifted to Friday and is in line to start April 5 or 6. Brett Myers will throw in a Minor League game at the Carpenter Complex on Friday.Kendrick gets two more outings -- Tuesday and March 30 -- to continue ramping up for the regular season. "I'm getting closer," Kendrick said. "I'm not there. I walked a couple of guys and I didn't like that. I hit a guy 0-2 and I didn't like that. Overall, it was a quality outing, we won and I can build off that." Kendrick and Dubee revealed another factor for his struggles when they offered that Kendrick experienced right shoulder fatigue after his outing against Atlanta at Disney World, though it didn't cost him a turn in the rotation. Kendrick believes it may have been in his head. "It was something that I never felt before," Kendrick said. "It was just a little fatigue in my shoulder. You can play mind games when you're in a slump. You start wondering what's going on. But, like Brett said when we were talking today, 'Don't think about anything.' Last year, I wasn't thinking about anything when I was out there. I just pitched my game. Brett's a good guy, and I think we have the same mind-set for baseball." That said, Kendrick's friendship with the excitable Myers may be the scariest revelation.
Ken Mandel is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Since Microsoft shared the first obscure hints of expanding the architecture horizon to include running Windows 8 on ARM processors, there has been rampant speculation and anticipation of what that will really mean when the OS finally launches. Microsoft's Steven Sinofsky is providing some more clarity about Windows 8 on ARM (WOA), including the fact that it will have Metro-styled "Office 15" apps.
Since Microsoft shared the first obscure hints of expanding the architecture horizon to include running Windows 8 on ARM processors, there has been rampant speculation and anticipation of what that will really mean when the OS finally launches. Microsoft's Steven Sinofsky is providing some more clarity about Windows 8 on ARM (WOA), including the fact that it will have Metro-styled "Office 15" apps.
The Sinofsky post details extensively the techniques and technologies that WOA is built on, and how it will work. There are two points stressed by Sinofsky that I found particularly interesting, though -- WOA will have the Windows 8 desktop and not just the Metro UI, and WOA will have "Office 15" apps built in.
There seem to be surprisingly high expectations for Windows 8 tablets built on ARM architecture, but there has also been some serious anxiety over the past few months regarding the capabilities and limitations of WOA. One of the reasons there is so much apparent demand for a Windows 8 tablet is that there is a customer base out there that wants the power and functionality of Windows, with the features and capabilities of an iPad -- and Android tablets thus far have failed to meet this demand.
It makes sense, then, that those same users are worried about how the tablet will integrate or work with the more familiar desktop version of Windows 8. While the traditional x86 and x64 versions of Windows that run on Intel and AMD processors are distinct from the WOA versions (I'm assuming multiple flavors, but Microsoft hasn't yet revealed details of the actual Windows 8 lineup), Sinofsky spells out in the blog post that Microsoft has gone to great lengths to ensure a consistent user experience across the entire Windows 8 ecosystem.
That said, I am still left feeling like I am not 100 percent sure whether software written for Windows 8 will run on both Intel / AMD and ARM platforms, or if developers will have to create two separate versions -- one for the desktop OS, and one for the tablet. Unless I am missing something, or misinterpreting it, it seems that Sinofsky says that it is possible for an application to be cross-platform, but that it is also possible that an application that taps into native features unique to a given platform will require separate versions as a result.
The most exciting news in the blog post, though, is the revelation that WOA will include "Office 15". When Microsoft revealed plans for a summer beta of "Office 15", there was concern that Microsoft seemed evasive about whether or not it would be available for WOA. A lack of Microsoft Office would severely handicap the potential of Windows 8 tablets.
Thankfully, Sinofsky states unequivocally that WOA will include "Office 15" version of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote. He explains, "The new Office applications for WOA have been significantly architected for both touch and minimized power/resource consumption."
He then goes on to say, "This engineering work is an important part of being able to provide Office software with WOA, as these are not simply recompilations or ports, but significant reworking of the products with a complete and consistent user experience and fidelity with their new x86/64 counterparts," which implies that they are separate distinct, separate versions from the x86/64 versions.
With the Windows 8 Consumer Preview expected to be available by the end of this month, there is an expectation that Microsoft will officially launch Windows 8 before the end of 2012, and we may see Windows 8 tablets in time for the holidays.
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