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"Moore's Law is going through an interesting phase," said McGregor. "We use to have improvement in cost per transistor at every node, and at 28 nm it's coming down, but in 20 or 14 nm it may even come up and that may be a shock for everyone."
Wont matter for a while with the obscene amounts of profit the semiconductor industry makes per chip.
Wont matter for a while with the obscene amounts of profit the semiconductor industry makes per chip.
Margins won't matter - the new ARM spin? LOL
it's about huge block of fix cost = fix cost absorption = large volume
"We have been a generation or two behind others in the node we use, but we believe it makes sense to move closer to the leading edge," McGregor said. "We won't be the first in a process tech but we will get more competitive."
"When we went to 65 nm, we moved the whole product portfolio, but that won't happen going forward," said McGregor. "We will be judicious, 28 nm will have long life and some products won't make sense to move maybe ever and that is very different from the past."


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What If DLC: Exploring Alternate Realities
Developing a different storyline from the normal one puts full creative power into the developers' hands while allowing the gamer's thoughts to run wild. It's is a powerful tool, and can have different effects from game to game. Sniper Elite V2, for instance, has a DLC scenario in which you are to assassinate Hitler himself. That's not something that happened, neither in the real world nor in the fictional one of Sniper Elite, but why not have it?
Just as speculative fiction novels often provide the reader with multiple perspectives of singular events, so too can game developers, by offering alternate "readings" of a game through its DLC. While many of the events that unfold in a game are variables, the few constants that exist within the narrative are enough for developers to make use of.
This could be seen as a return to form — this trend of alternate story DLC reminds me of the ancillary worlds and levels in older shareware games, like the new worlds in Jazz Jackrabbit or the expansion packs to Duke Nukem and Doom. On the other hand, it can be seen as the natural evolution: a game with a tight story that would not allow for any real detours during gameplay could benefit from a non-sequitur DLC much more than a game in which there's a huge amount to explore, whether that be real estate, questing or gameplay.
Alternate reality DLCs allow developers to deliver new, story-driven content to gamers without putting players who don't buy the DLC at a disadvantage for sequels. If you don't know what went on in the King Washington DLC, it doesn't matter in the context of how AC3 and AC4 are tied together. Likewise, there's little reason to think that Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon's story is going to matter all that much in any sequel to Far Cry 3 that Ubisoft may have planned.
Marketing also plays a part – a piece of standalone DLC can actually be powerful enough to increase interest in the main game so much to sell another copy. A very popular example of this is the Last Stand DLC in Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War 2, or even Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon, which is being marketed as a 1980s action movie spoof as it has absolutely nothing to do with Far Cry 3, apart from sharing the same name and game mechanics.
Whether done well or badly, this trend of exploring alternate stories and fiction from large publishers and developers is here to stay. It's an extremely useful tool that can allow the developers to do different things creatively, let the players experience the wonders of mods while actually playing official content (perhaps opening them to modding as well?), and sell more copies of popular games and make an extra buck from the DLC sales themselves. And most importantly, more developers should consider this approach to DLC, because it expands the games in question without leaving players behind. What's not to like?
Read more of Ian Miles Cheong's work here, and follow him and Game Front on Twitter: @stillgray and @gamefrontcom.

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I have several hardy Fushias in borders, normally at this time of year they are just sticks here in the NE. However they are still flowering well, the problem is they are under planted with crocus which are now poking their noses out,about inch and a half high. I'm not sure what to do for the best, if I prune the Fushias now might that spur them into re growing too soon ie soft new buds/shoots not sure if they would get frost damaged if temperatures drop over the next few weeks. Any thoughts appreciated. Just out of interest it's not too bad here today 6C dull and overcast but OK for working outdoors.
I prune my hardy fuschias in autumn. It's a difficult one because I would prefer in a colder area to prune back in a month's time rather than right now.
Fuschias are tough plants though ....maybe prune back half way or so for,??ou to see your crocus better but then prune again later?
Thanks for the prompt reply Verdun, I just realised the problem as I was coming back indoors this afternoon and didn't have a really good look...back had given up! I'll have a closer look next time I'm out and do some part cutting back for now. So strange to see summer flowering plants and snowdrops together. Oh I nearly forgot the cowslips too. Mind you I'd still settle for a mild winter any day I lost too many plants last year.
It's difficult isnt it? Plants comtinue to grow and expand before you know it. Last week a group,of snowdrops that were visible last year are now obscured by an orange geum so I had to move my snowdrop clump to a more prominent spot. Plants don't understand that they need to,share the spotlight sometimes.
I have several, i prune at the end of Feb, if they are in the way you could trim them back a bit, you wont trigger them into growing before their season is due. If the weather follows last few years pattern, they will slow down and drop the leaves anyway. They are tough old things, i dont think you can hurt them either way.
I mulch mine with used potting compost. Its easily moved if you have bulbs coming up in the meantime, and the bulbs can poke through it easily. I don't cut them back till the spring.


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DEERFIELD, Ill., Dec. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Never before has OREO delivered the world's favorite chocolate sandwich cookie to all seven continents. Until now. As a final hoorah to end its 100th birthday celebration, today OREO surprised scientists living at Palmer Station in the Antarctic Peninsula with a first-of-its-kind delivery -- 5,000 OREO cookies, enough for everyone there to enjoy a twist, lick and dunk. The timing couldn't be more perfect. This special cookie delivery comes on the heels of the 100th anniversary of the first time people set foot on the South Pole. Both OREO and Antarctica can celebrate through the playful and imaginative eyes of OREO as they cap off their centennial celebrations.And it gets sweeter – the brand also made a donation that will give the world a chance to experience the wonders of the seventh continent for years to come. OREO donated Antarctica's first solar-powered Penguin Cam to the scientists and researchers at Palmer Station with the help of Abercrombie & Kent Philanthropy. Like the magic that's unlocked when you twist open an OREO, scientists hope the camera will unlock the Antarctic for kids of all ages who will soon be able to watch penguins live in their natural habitat. "This is the exclamation point that ends what's been an exciting year of celebration," said Cindy Chen, marketing director, OREO. "In March we set out to help everyone, everywhere celebrate the kid inside and with this special delivery we can say we've achieved that! Now people on every continent can experience the delight of an OREO twist, lick and dunk." Setting sail from South America, the cookies traveled on the expedition ship, 'Le Boreal' under the careful watch of luxury adventure travel leaders, Abercrombie & Kent. Dr. James McClintock, endowed professor of polar and marine biology at the University of Alabama-Birmingham has conducted research in Antarctica for 30 years and was on-hand to serve as an honorary Antarctic OREO explorer, taking the delivery from OREO Man on behalf of the "residents" of the continent. "Having the chance to enjoy an OREO cookie and glass of milk is like having a little piece of home here in the station," said McClintock. "We can't thank OREO enough for being able to join the rest of the world in such a special celebration." The Cookie with a Passport OREO is no stranger to groundbreaking world travel. Prior to its voyage to Antarctica, OREO has earned a place in the hearts of fans in six other continents. OREO remains the top-selling biscuit to this day and has expanded to include culturally relevant products including: TRIPLE DOUBLE OREO (U.S.) adapted from OREO x3 in Argentina, Green Tea Ice Cream OREO in China, OREO Orange Ice Cream from Indonesia and OREO Dulce de Leche flavor in Colombia. "The OREO cookie has been pivotal in giving kids of all ages moments of delight in the United States for 100 years," said Chen . "But nothing brings us more joy than being able to create new, unexpected moments across the world in fresh and exciting ways." Celebrating With a Mission in Mind In keeping with the OREO birthday mission, fans can visit Facebook ( Facebook.com/OREO) to share a photo, story or video in OREO Moments Gallery showing how they've celebrated their inner kid. So far, OREO fans from around the world have shared more than one million moments this year. To learn more about OREO and for additional ways to bring out the kid inside of you, including online games and OREO recipes for the upcoming holidays, visit OREO.com or Facebook.com/ OREO. ABOUT MONDELEZ INTERNATIONAL Mondelez International, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDLZ) is a world leader in chocolate, biscuits, gum, candy, coffee and powdered beverages. The company comprises the global snacking and food brands of the former Kraft Foods Inc. following the spin-off of its North American grocery operations in Oct. 2012. Mondelez International's portfolio includes several billion-dollar brands such as Cadbury and Milka chocolate, Jacobs coffee, LU, Nabisco and Oreo biscuits, Tang powdered beverages and Trident gums. Mondelez International has annual revenue of approximately $36 billion and operations in more than 80 countries. Visit www.mondelezinternational.com and www.facebook.com/mondelezinternational. 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Young Australian surfer Tyler Wright insists the world title is not on her mind after her victory in Brazil on Saturday clinched the No.1 ranking with just two events on the women's tour remaining.
The 19-year-old from the NSW South Coast jumped a narrow 1800 points clear of Hawaiian Carissa Moore with an impressive win over compatriot Sally Fitzgibbons in punchy one-metre waves in the final of the Rio Pro at Barra da Tijuca.
"It's awesome to move to the top of the rankings, but I'm honestly not thinking about the world title," said Wright, whose older brother is world-ranked ASP surfer Owen Wright.
"I'm just having fun surfing and enjoying each event and we'll see what happens at the end of the year."
Wright, who is on the tour for the third year, won the final with a two-wave score of 17.80 points out of 20 to Fitzgibbon's 15.67.
"This whole event has been stepping stones for me," said Wright, who also won the season-opening event in Queensland.
"I started off a bit shaky and this is my first event where my family is not here with me.
"After I lost that round three heat I just wanted to catch waves and I stayed busy from then on."
Fitzgibbons, also from the NSW South Coast, climbed from fourth to third in the standings, having accounted for Moore, the 2011 world champion, in the semi-finals.
"I'm happy to progress though to the final," Fitzgibbons said.
"It's always exciting to come in to a final against Tyler and I knew she'd be tough to beat out there."
Defending world champion Stephanie Gilmore missed the competition due to a foot injury suffered in the Australian event at Bells Beach at Easter and won't be able to make up ground in a shortened season.
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Am I Dating a Swinger?
Dear Prudence advises a woman who craves a monogamous relationship but can't seem to find one—during a live chat at Washingtonpost.com.
Emily Yoffe, aka Dear Prudence, is on Washingtonpost.com weekly to chat live with readers. An edited transcript of this week's chat is below. ( Sign up here to get Dear Prudence delivered to your inbox each week. Read Prudie's Slate columns here. Send questions to Prudence at email@example.com.)
Emily Yoffe: Good afternoon, everyone. Let's get to it.
Q. Swinger Boyfriend: My boyfriend of six months is an ex-swinger. He is not currently participating in the lifestyle, and I have no desire to enter into it. I don't have any reason to believe that he is cheating, but I do notice occasionally that he gets wall posts on Facebook from women who I am fairly certain are actively swinging, suggesting they hang out soon. He also maintains his accounts on some swinger online forums and checks local personal ads daily. His explanation of why he does this is he finds it humorous. Should I let this go as something he still likes to see, if not do, or should I be concerned that he has no intention of truly becoming a one-woman man? I've already been married to a closeted swinger once, and I really would rather not go down that road again!
A: I can't get the image out of my head of your boyfriend looking like Frank Sinatra, drink in hand, fedora cocked, as he peruses the swinger websites saying, "Ringa Ding Ding." Where did you meet this guy, at a support group for exes of swingers, or of ex swingers? I think the definition of someone who's still a swinger is a person who remains signed up on swinger websites because they're "humorous." If you'd been married to an alcoholic and found yourself dating someone whose couch cushions were stuffed with empty bottles, you might conclude you're part of the problem and are attracted to men who are going to keep making you miserable in the same oh-so-familiar way. I think you should look to date someone for whom the idea of a swinger website makes him want to slather himself in sanitizing gel.
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Q. Husband Doesn't Feel Sad About 9/11: I have been married for 2-plus years to a man who is wonderful in many ways. However, with all the 9/11 hoopla lately, it's been on my mind a lot and I asked him yesterday if he was thinking about it. He told me that he doesn't allow himself to feel bad about what happened because that doesn't help anything and it would be disrespectful to those who lost their lives that day and in the war since. I don't get his logic and am left wondering if this is normal, or should I be concerned? It bothers me that he doesn't feel what most everyone else feels when they think/talk about 9/11.
A: It sounds as if your husband does feel profound sadness about all the lives lost. But his decision to push the thoughts out of his mind—a luxury that family members don't have, of course—is a perfectly normal one that I'm sure many people made. You asked your husband a question about his emotional life, and he answered you honestly and openly. His answer is reasonable and he's entitled to his own reaction and is not required to feel what you think "everyone else" does.
Q. A Demise of a Friendship: I have a group of friends I've known since childhood. One in particular ("Sara") was my best friend for almost 20 years. Two years ago she tried to initiate an affair with my husband. I spent the next 18 months wanting to forgive her, in denial about the seriousness of her breach of trust, and trying to make up with her. She has repeatedly lied to me and has zero understanding of the wrong she's done—in fact, she thinks she is the victim here somehow. Although it was hard to accept that Sara is not the person I once thought she was, I've decided to break off the friendship. I still see her in social functions but I deliberately have minimal contact with her. Our mutual friends have no idea what happened, and this isn't something I want to share. They know Sara and I are not friends anymore and have been trying hard to help us be friends again. A couple of them are even angry at me for cold shouldering Sara "for no apparent reason." I know they are well-meaning but it is driving me crazy. What can I say to them?
A: Are you sure you're not the crazy one here? I wish you had enumerated how she tried to start the affair. Did she say to your husband, "I know it's wrong, but I can't get you out of my mind and I want to have sex with you!" Or were you just overinterpreting some harmless flirtation? It is rather odd to find out your closest friend of 20 years is a cheat, liar, and pseudo-victim, and that no one else in your circle has realized that Sara is rather disturbed. Also odd is your spending so much time trying to forgive a friend for making a serious attempt to bust up your marriage. However, if what you describe really is the case, then you should tell the rest of your circle that sadly your friendship with Sara has come undone because of an unforgivable breach of trust on her part, one that's painful and the details of which you don't want to discuss.
Q. Gay Ex-BF Getting Married to Religious Girl Who Doesn't Know!: Yesterday I found out through a mutual friend that my (gay) ex-boyfriend is engaged. Eighteen months into our heterosexual relationship, I caught him red-handed, browsing gay classifieds when I came home early one day. He confessed everything, telling me how he'd been confused since adolescence, felt religious/family/social pressures to be straight, that he had strategically thrown himself into athletics for the "macho" mask it would provide him, etc. His fiancee knows absolutely none of this. She's a nice girl, works for a charity, writes a blog about her religious faith, etc., but it's precisely because of her religiousness (shared with his parents) that he would never tell her. He continues to have promiscuous gay sex, unbeknownst to her. Is it right to let this girl marry someone just because he can't bring himself to tell her the truth? Just to be clear about me, I am not the bitter/jealous/angry/stalker ex-girlfriend. Do I write to him and encourage him to tell her, or to re-think what he's doing? Is there any option that does not automatically paint me as a psycho ex-girlfriend trying to ruin their happiness?
A: Let's say you were the happy young woman engaged to the man of your dreams. Would you want his ex to come along and ruin everything by telling you that he is a closeted gay man who is secretly having promiscuous sex? I sure would! It's always easier in cases like this to just let adults make their own decisions and find out (or not) what's really going on. But your ex has the potential to endanger this young woman's life if he's having unprotected sex. And someone who is so conflicted about his sexuality and sneaking around on the side is the kind of person who tends to engage in the riskiest behaviors. I'm wondering, however, since you don't know this woman, whether the best course might be to have your mutual friend make an approach. She could tell the woman that she knows important information about her fiance, and perhaps she could suggest the three of you get together. Sure, the fiancee will likely tell your ex that something is up. But if he then blurts out that she shouldn't believe anyone who tells her he's gay, that's going to be awfully suspicious.
Last week, in my column I counseled a 75-year-old married, bi-sexual man who was having a gay affair and was not having sex with his wife to continue his secret life because that seemed like the kindest thing to do. But a young woman embarking on married life, hoping to start a family with her husband, needs to at least know he's already living a double life.
Q. Swinger Boyfriend: Thank you for the laugh! I needed it! I actually met this guy online, and I was upfront about my ex-husband's past. He waited a few months before telling me about his own swinger history, due to fear I would run screaming from the similarities. Now I'm wondering if I should have!
A: It's not too late to run, so do it. Screaming is optional.
Q. Husband Eavesdropping: My husband came home last night and heard me gabbing on the phone to one of my girlfriends. Frankly, I was bitching about our division of labor—namely the garbage that was piling up, waiting for him to take it out. My husband sneakily stood and listened at the door and when he finally came in, he acted all angry and sullen. He says I've backstabbed him and he can't trust me. I think he's a) a jerk for eavesdropping and b) way overreacting. Am I way out of line here? I was just blowing off some steam ... isn't that what best friends are for?
A: Yes, that is part of what best friends are for, and let this be a warning to husbands that you listen in on these conversations at your own peril. But of course it's never pleasant to hear yourself being disparaged, even if you earned it. Instead of the two of retreating into your corners, see this as an opportunity to bring the subject into the open. Apologize to your husband for having to overhear your rather hyperbolic complaints. But say you're actually glad he did, because this topic is a recurring source of conflict between the two of you and you'd like you both to handle it better. Say you feel burdened by being responsible for the bulk of the household chores, and you need a better system for dividing them up. Maybe a check list on the refrigerator would work. Ask him for his suggestions for how to make this more fair. Then when he eavesdrops he will just have to listen to you going on about Ryan Gosling.


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Reptiles Smuggled In Suitcases at Bangkok Airport
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The animals were discovered Wednesday when an Indian traveler arriving from Bangladesh didn't pick up his bags.
Among the animals inside were endangered species: Gharials, a type of Indian crocodile, and Indian star and roofed tortoises.
Many of the reptiles found are banned from international trade, Customs Department Director-General Prasong Poontaneat told the Associated Press. He added they would be held for evidence and cared for by wildlife officials.
Thailand is a major center for illegal international wildlife trade. Just last month a smuggler was busted in Bangkok with baby leopards, panthers, monkeys and a bear. Other incidents there have included a man found with a veritable zoo in his bags in February, plus a baby tiger cub disguised with stuffed animals.
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wow i cant believe the comments about actually physically hurting another person over putting some f**ing turtles in a suitcase. i def agree he should be heavily fined and maybe some other ****. but to ""sell humans to aliens'''??? or ""sodomize them with the animal"" F***** UUUU i wish u would try some crazy sht like that to the next man over a turtle.. thats a sad thingJune 02 2011 at 5:52 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
These poor animals...how would THEY like to be shoved into suitcases and shipped off to some other country? This is SO wrong!!June 02 2011 at 5:51 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
hEY i AGREE WITH YOU FOLKS A HUNDRED PERCENT>>>>>> SO WHY DO WE FEEL WE NEED MEXICANS IN THIS COUNTRY.June 02 2011 at 5:38 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
We need to make this in to a law.
If you kill any wild animal, the same dead animal should be shoved in to the killers asshol as punishment. Especially if its an endanger species. WHO'S WITH ME ON THIS??? O wait, they will like that.... because they are all .............. (fill in the blank)
Why do people feel th e need to have these animals in their possession when they will only succumb to death. Leave the animals where they belong in the country they belong in. We have made a mess of the southern part of the USA with imports let loose . Stick to your dog , cat or canary please!!!June 02 2011 at 4:03 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
People who smuggle AND buy these exotic animals should also be stuffed into a suitcase and shipped off to a far far destination. If they make it ok, if not thats also ok.June 02 2011 at 3:59 PM Report abuse Permalink +2 rate up rate down Reply
Its the enchantment of owning the last one that fuels this insane exotic market. All transport of animals to foreign countries should be stopped.June 02 2011 at 2:23 PM Report abuse Permalink +1 rate up rate down Reply
Asians are the worst at killing wild life in the world, all because they think some Rhino horn or other part of a animal will make their wittle pee,pees work better........SICK !June 02 2011 at 1:22 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
The world needs stronger international laws against animal cruelty, with stiff fines and long jail times. All animals deserve respect. I agree with scottburbey's comment.June 02 2011 at 12:44 PM Report abuse Permalink +2 rate up rate down Reply
Perhaps the endangered tag needs to go away in order to save what animals are left. Let's make rats an endangered species instead or how about mosquitos or those snakes that are all over Guam?June 02 2011 at 12:41 PM Report abuse Permalink -3 rate up rate down Reply
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Can Rock Band 3's new, more realistic controller make me a real-life guitar god?
As rock-and-roll guitar fantasies go, mine are relatively modest. I would just like to be able to play Joni Mitchell's "A Case of You" someday, perhaps around a campfire. So last year, I went to my local Guitar Center, bought myself a Yamaha Junior —my elf-like hands being too tiny for a grownup guitar—and settled in with a few teach-yourself-guitar books.
I lasted all of two weeks. Sitting alone in my apartment, plonking away in a vacuum—it just felt too much like a chore. Junior has spent the last 12 months on top of a pile of CDs behind the couch.
If books couldn't help me, then how about a video game? Rock Band 3, which came out this week, features an optional, $149 axe that's more akin to a real-life guitar than the game's classic, guitar-shaped controller. While I'm no gaming master, I was willing to give the Xbox method a shot. At the very least, I could pretend to be a champion shredder without aurally assaulting my friends and neighbors.
While the Rock Band franchise has been a big hit since its debut in 2007, it has also faced criticism for failing to capture what it's really like to play an instrument. After all, you played the original guitar controller by pressing five buttons on the neck and strumming a bar that looked like a big light switch. (You use the same controller to play the bass line.) As real-life rock star Carrie Brownstein put it in her Slate review, Rock Band bears about as much resemblance to guitar-playing as Operation does to performing surgery.
Rock Band 3 aims to change that by adding a "pro mode," which vowsto take players "into the realm of real musicianship." The key to pro mode is the schmancy "Fender™ Mustang™ PRO-Guitar™ Controller," which has a mind-boggling 102 buttons on the neck—one for each fingering position on a 17-fret, six-string instrument. The light-switch-esque strum bar has been replaced with a set of strings. While this new-fangled faux guitar is still plastic and feather-light, it makes the old controller look like a Tinkertoy. (Rock Band's drum expansion kit, meanwhile, has three improved cymbals, and the brand-new keyboard covers two full octaves.)
I was first introduced to the new guitar at the offices of MTV Games, the publisher of Rock Band. (The game was developed by Harmonix, the controllers by Mad Catz.) Even there, surrounded by several friendly PR folks, the device seemed infernally complicated and the onscreen notation abstruse. In classic Rock Band mode, the screen shows a five-lane highway; as little gemlike bars come speeding down their respective lanes, you press the corresponding colored button and then "strum" at the precise moment the bar reaches the bottom of the screen. In pro mode, the five lanes become six strings and the bars become little colored squares bearing a number from 0 to 17, indicating which strings to press and pluck. Though I tried playing along with the seasoned MTV folks, I couldn't help feeling like I was in the middle of a cocktail party being conducted in Cantonese. (I had a little more success on keys, largely because what you see onscreen is a straightforward representation of the actual keyboard—there's less translation involved between your eyes and your fingers.)
Once I got the game and the guitar home for a little private time, things got better. Rock Band 3 has an extensive set of lessons in its training mode—I started with note basics, which taught me how to play open strings before adding in frets. I'm currently stuck on basic power chords—thankfully, you can slow the lessons down while you practice—but I could eventually work my way upto major and minor seventh chords and arpeggiation.
While this is all pretty standard guitar-lesson material, Rock Band 3 has some advantages over those teach-yourself programs I'd been using. For one thing, I like that it encourages my plodding attempts. When you make it through a round without making a mistake, a big "100%" bursts on the screen; when you master the whole exercise, you are cheered and applauded. Those little carrots keep things fun, but the interactivity also makes for a better teaching tool. The six-string map shows you where your fingers are at all times, which helps you self-correct, and the game can also be set to pause a lesson whenever it senses you're screwing up too much. Text instructions show up on the right-hand side of the screen, and an image of the fretboard pops up on top. You can see where your fingers are and where they're supposed to be; when you connect with the right position, you hear a satisfying little plink!


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Chicago's Opera House is a huge opera house where the Talent Star been set.
Early history
In the 1970s it was turned into a disco hall, but Steve Trilby hated it and dressed as the Phantom to "haunt" the place and scare everybody away. The people thought he was part of the show until he destroyed the disco ball. The owner had to close, but it was one day reopened for the Talent Star program.
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Four more phantoms haunted the opera house, but Mystery Inc. captured them all.
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Azari & III's Cédric Gasaida & Fritz Helder Featured In The Advocate
Established in 1967, The Advocate is a monthly LGBT magazine available in print and digital that publishes editorial features on news, politics, opinions, arts, and entertainment. In their latest issue they've released the annual "40 Under 40" list that features 40 young leaders in the LGBT community in politics, sports, science, religion, and the arts.
Among the list, Azari & III's members, Cédric Gasaida (a.k.a. Starving Yet Full) and Fritz Helder have been recognized as two of the "architects" of the next decade. Take a look at the article to get a taste of what 1/2 of Azari & III is about as well as a 39 inspiring leaders.
Also don't forget to check out their latest EP, "Lost In Time" featuring remixes from VCO and Jori Hulkkonen.
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Following the release of their REMIX ALBUM and razor-sharp performances at this year's Ultra Music Fest and SXSW, AZARI & III is unleashing their final 'Remix EP' off their stellar "Azari & III" full length. The LOST IN TIME EP is out today, featuring the…
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Deepak Chopra, Michael Zapolin with Alys Yablon share the Kabala is a way of life.
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Osaka Station, the largest terminal of the western Japan, has been reopen after renovation on May 4th, adding a new and cool landmark to Osaka.
The renovation improved the accessibility and barrier-free equipments in this mega station, where 800,000 people come and go everyday. The concourse is covered with 590 ft by 328 ft dome-like roof, whose height is 217 ft at the highest. And you can see amazing number of trains leave and arrive at the station from the aisle running from the north to the south under the dome.
In the North Gate Building, literally located in the north of the station, are a new department store "Isetan Mitsukoshi," one of the most prestigious department stores in Japan, a shopping mall of 198 boutique shops as well as a cinema complex. The renovated South Gate Building furnishes everything travelers need : another long-established department store "Daimaru," Hotel Granvia Osaka and a food court.
Osaka station area has been one of the busiest and most fun places in Osaka, with a bunch of fashion buildings, department stores, restaurants, bars and entertainment facilities. As this is the terminal from where you can travel almost all major sites in Kansai region, you can just stop by and enjoy the cool feature of Japan!
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6 hours, 6 credits. Exploration of the diverse ways in which children develop an understanding of mathematical concepts and the appreciation of art in family, neighborhood, and school settings. Study of approaches to mathematics assessment and documentation of children's development in mathematics and art to insure the continuous development of problem-solving processes and expression of ideas in both mathematics and art. Construction of meaning through instructional opportunities that support the intellectual and social development of diverse learners, using appropriate tools from media and technology, concrete materials, drawings, and diagrams, analogy, and modeling. Course requires fieldwork with children in childhood settings with diverse populations, action research, and the development of an academic portfolio. PREREQ: Competency Area I and Step 2. No student can receive credit for both EDE 753 and EDC 732.
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The City and the Sea
Creating resilient new waterfronts in the wake of Sandy.
This essay originally appeared in the March/April 2014 issue of Orion, America's finest environmental magazine. Request a free trial issue of Orion here.
Twenty years before Hurricane Sandy slammed into the slim spit of land that is New York City's Rockaways, local artist Richard George was out planting trees. He was in his 40s then, and had shifted his home a few years earlier from Corona, Queens, to a 1920s bungalow colony in the Far Rockaways, abutting the Atlantic Ocean. He didn't know anything about trees, had never given a thought to dune ecology or sea surges, but he'd joined the board of the local Beachside Bungalow Preservation Association, and a friend gave them $15,000. The directive was to plant trees, so that's what he did.
"He planted the money in my hand," George recalls when I meet him at his cottage, a bright white bungalow with turquoise trim that matches his T-shirt. "I said, 'Where am I gonna plant trees?' " Then the artist saw the wide expanse of beach down the street, like a blank canvas in waiting.
George is convivial, a man who enjoys talking, which he's doing at a rapid pace in a heavy New York accent as we head from the cottage toward the beach. It's a clear spring day, making it hard to imagine the devastation that Sandy wrought when she landed on the shores of New York City, generating a 14-foot storm surge that dumped the Atlantic Ocean into thousands of homes, decommissioned trains, caused a Con Edison power station to explode, plummeted tracts of the city into darkness and others into fire, and took 43 lives. The storm cost an estimated $19 billion in damage and an unquantifiable amount of grief.
The street ends in a ramp that leads to an elevated boardwalk, rising a dozen feet above street level. In 1992, George tells me, you could walk right under the boardwalk with room to spare. Now, as we walk up the ramp to get to the length of the boardwalk, which was untouched by Sandy, we are surrounded on both sides by a dune so high that it's packed against the bottom of the boards. It's thick with plants, a seaside forest filled with bayberry, beach plum, autumn olive, wild rose, and Japanese black pine 15 feet tall. The first fiery hints of poison ivy inch out of the sand at toe level. This beach forest is what is considered a secondary dune; on the other side of the boardwalk, waves of beach grass cover the primary dune before sand takes over. The water appears so innocent, softly lapping onto the beach, sparkling in the sun.
"At first, we just planted tiny little beach grass," George tells me. He gathered up 35 volunteers, and they spent a couple of weekends planting the starts. "One blade, one blade, one blade," he explains, his fingers poking into the air. Later, they planted trees.
In 1994, they got another $15,000 and planted more. This time they rented a machine to dig the holes, and a neighbor cooked the volunteers lunch. Once the plants became established—NYC Parks GreenThumb, which supports the city's network of community gardens, helped keep them watered through that first vulnerable summer—residents and beach bums could sit back and watch the sand grow. And grow.
"The beach grass grew by itself," he says, as he bends to show me the thick, matted root system, exposed at the edge where Sandy's storm surge gnawed away half of the primary dune. He'd been standing in this very spot just five hours before the surge hit. The double-dune system that stretches for a few blocks on either side of George's street seemed to help fend off Sandy's deluge: The water breached on Beach 27th Street, where the dunes stop.
"The dunes were twice as high before the storm," he says, looking at the remains of the sacrificial sands. "It saved us."
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Once upon a time, about 2 million years ago, the Pleistocene era locked up the world's water in glaciers miles thick. Then, it warmed. It was about 10,000 years ago when the water of the melting glaciers was released to reshape the world into the coastlines we now associate with modern-day maps.
By all indications, though, the shape of those coastlines is about to change.
The archipelago of New York City's five boroughs has almost 600 miles of littoral zone between solid ground and watery sea, a place of straits and river mouths, bays and beachy backshores. It's also a place whose contours have been radically transformed by its citizens. A large percentage of the city's edges were created artificially, filled in and built upon with the false confidence that land taken from the sea is permanently allocated for terrestrial use. But on Oct. 29, 2012, the record-breaking storm surge that swept over New York City flooded 51 square miles of that falsely allocated land—and like a finger from a watery grave, the high-water mark traced the coastline that once was and may soon be again. The mayor's office says that, by the 2050s, 800,000 New Yorkers will live in hundred-year flood plains, double the current number.
In 2008, Mayor Michael Bloomberg convened the New York City Panel on Climate Change (NPCC), a multidisciplinary group comprised of academic and private-sector experts on everything from climatology to oceanography to law and insurance risk. Their task was to assess how climate change might affect the city and make suggestions about how to mitigate those effects. Sea levels vary around the globe, and models still vary wildly, but the NPCC settled on 48 inches—the average height of a 7-year-old child—as the informal figure for estimated sea level rise in the New York City area by the 2080s. They readily admit that this number is subject to change, especially if the polar ice sheets get caught in a feedback loop that speeds up the process.
Given the huge number of people who live on the world's coasts, how will human populations—whether in Brooklyn or Bangladesh, Miami or Mumbai—adapt to an increasingly aquatic world? Do we stand strong and demonstrate our clever technical ingenuity with multibillion-dollar floodgates and waterproof buildings? Or do we humbly bid a hasty retreat, scrambling for higher ground while there's still time, waving a white flag to Mother Nature?
It seems increasingly clear that there may be a third way: an approach that blends a trace of conciliation with an abundance of creativity, using hints from the ecological past to design the coastlines of the future—and it could be the key to surviving in coastal communities in an age of rising seas. The way forward will require an unlikely collaboration, not just between public institutions and citizens, but also between humans and the one player too often left outside, literally and figuratively: nature herself.
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When it comes to prospects for human life within the increasing reach of the ocean, design answers fall into two categories, the soft and the hard, the yin and the yang. Dunes, wetlands, and oyster reefs fall on the soft side; hard is the stuff I know from my childhood on the Jersey Shore: tar-smeared bulkheads and jetties jutting out at perpendicular angles in an effort to staunch the natural movement of sand. A floodgate is as hard as it gets.
Speculation about the construction of a great surge barrier surfaced soon after Sandy. The largest proposed gate would run parallel to the expansive Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, nearly a mile long. Outright critics spoke of engineering cockiness, ethical and legal conundrums, disrupted harbor ecosystems, and a false sense of security. More cautious skeptics noted that comparisons with countries that do employ floodgates, like the Netherlands, fall short when one considers that the eastern United States routinely weathers storms the Dutch can't imagine in their mild climate.


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Clark doesn't know what he'll do if tour follows anchor ban
Thursday, May 23, 2013
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Tim Clark considers his future in golf uncertain now the game's two governing bodies have outlawed the anchored putting stroke.
"Man, this is getting really serious now," Clark said Wednesday from the Colonial. "You kind of deal with it and suddenly it's made, and you're like 'Wow.' It's tough."
The next step is whether the PGA Tour will accept the decision made this week by the U.S. Golf Association and the Royal & Ancient Golf Club. The anchored ban, which had been expected, begins in 2016.
"Obviously, now I guess, our tactics have to change," Clark, the 2010 Players Championship winner, said. "We had that 90-day so-called comment period, which really at the end of the day we figured was kind of bogus any way. ... We obviously during that period tried to reason with the USGA and the R&A and come to some sort of a favorable decision for ourselves. We're just trying to come to a fair and just decision that obviously has a great affect a lot on our careers and futures in the game."
The PGA Tour and PGA of America contended before the decision the stroke commonly used for long putters wasn't hurting the game and there was no statistical proof it was an advantage. The ban would apply only to the anchored stroke, not the use of long putters.
Four of the last six major champions used the anchored putting stroke.
The PGA Tour acknowledged in a statement the USGA's adoption of the ban and said the tour would now begin the process of determining whether "various provisions" of the rule would be implemented in competition and, if so, how. The tour said it would have discussions with the player advisory council and policy board members during the next month.
"I would want them to go against it, not necessarily because I use the belly putter," 2012 U.S. Open champion Webb Simpson said on SiriusXM radio. "I thought this whole time, if I didn't use the belly putter, how unfair I feel like it is. Because they've had a chance in the last 40 years to ban it, and all of a sudden a few guys — myself included — win a major. And I feel like it's a panic reaction."
Simpson made it clear he was "not in favor of going against the USGA and the R&A and what they represent. I'm in favor of them going against their opinion on banning the putter."
PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem said in February the USGA and R&A would be "making a mistake" to adopt the rule, though he also has stressed in just about every interview it was critical for golf to play under one set of rules like it has for 600 years.
Four-time major champion Ernie Els, who won last year's British Open with a belly putter, said from the BMW PGA Championship in England, the PGA Tour should accept the decision by golf's ruling bodies.
"They are looking out for the best interests of the game in the long run," Els said. "The argument forever will be they could have done it 25 or 30 years ago, so why now? But it is what it is and we are where we are, and they have made a decision so I think we are going to have to play ball."
Clark, the 37-year-old South African who has five wins worldwide, changed from a conventional putter halfway through college because of a congenital problem with his arms that caused discomfort holding the short putter close to his body.
"There's been a lot of sleepless nights," Clark said. "A year ago, my future in the game, I could see it. I planned to play until I physically no longer could play. Now it's a case of I've been told no, hang on, that might change. You're going to change the way you putt here in a few years' time and now my future is uncertain."
Clark contends his method of putting has been an option since the game was invented and changing the rule now makes no sense.
For people who talk about anchored putting going against golf tradition, Clark counters, "Well, why aren't we playing hickory shafts and a feathery golf ball and having a goat carry our golf bag. I mean, the game has evolved, every generation of players has involved."
Matt Kuchar, No. 13 in the world ranking and the highest-ranked player at the Colonial, said he will play by whatever rules are in place but agrees with the USGA decision.
"I think you should have to control both ends of the club," Kuchar said. "I know the rule has existed and guys have anchored a club for years and years now. But just because it's been around for a while doesn't mean it's right."
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A group of materials designers at MIT is working on soft smart composite materials that have all kinds of potentially cool applications. One of my favorites is a device that goes from a bracelet to a smartphone and then when a call comes in it automatically bends into a slightly curved shape.
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The composite materials technology has been dubbed PneUI, and was developed by MIT's Tangible Media Group, led by media arts and sciences professor Hiroshi Ishii and PhD candidate Lining Yao. Together with colleagues Ryuma Niiyama, Jifei Ou, Sean Follmer and Clark Della Silva, they constructed soft, multi-layer materials that are pneumatically-actuated, meaning they contain tiny air channels that cause the material to change shape when air is pumped in or sucked out.
Air was ideal for this because it's a lightweight, compressible and environmentally benign energy source, the group explained in their paper (PDF) for the ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST) in Scotland this week. Their model for a soft composite interface includes an elastomer layer usually made from rubber to house the air bubbles, a sensing layer and a second structural layer in various patterns that could be made from silicone, fabric, wood and even coated paper folded like origami.
In addition to shape-shifting lights that curl up like a pig's tail and buildings that could change height, the designers also envision PneUI being used for a wearable wristband. Need to look something up on the Internet? Pull off the band and it flattens into a tablet-like shape with a touch-screen interface. Then, when a call comes in, the surface changes again to a slightly curved state, the designers reported in their paper.
Another practical application I liked from their video showing PneUI's potential was a soft transformable case for a tablet computer that contains air pockets. The material is programmed to work with games so you could be playing one involving racing cars and the case would expand under your fingertips to indicate which direction you should steer.
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Although the slick-looking flexible wristband made using PneUI is still in development, I could see consumer products companies picking up some of the other ideas. Compressed air is less risky to try with small electronics and accessories such as the transformative tablet case and the swirly light. That light already looks like it belongs at Ikea. When smart tech goes soft, it somehow becomes more accessible — and fun.
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I wonder if Brumbull has gone to his other home in Spain? Hope he's OK, miss his cheerful comments!
Welcome, forgetmenot3!
Morning all and welcome Forgetmenot.
Glorious day, clear blue sky and warm here in the SE - Verdun. I am doing nothing except sit or may get my chairs from the loft and lie, or lay, whatever is correct.
Fairygirl, my son left the frozen chips out last night! They were rather soggy this morning but, as I don't eat them, I popped the back in the freezer.
Don't eat fried food because I don't like it. Thanks for the offer of the Weetabix FG.
Son reckons he's going to transfer tree from big pot to ground today. Told him he needs a big hole and he will be lucky if he can get a fork more than a couple of inches into the ground. Think it will need soaking for a while. But then, we all know about son's promises don't we.
Have a good day everyone.
Tina- I never have fry ups either- don't like 'em! I hereby quash the assumption that all Scots eat them every morning!
Chips-hee hee! The 5 second rule ...just slightly lengthened. I'm sure he'll survive!
Cloudy here now so going to get a bit done before the rain sets in for the next 2 days.
Hi forgetmenot! As you can see we don't always talk about gardening
hi thanks for the lovely welcome it is quite dull here in Ireland but manged to get some digging done before the rain tomorrow might need a fry after that
I'm having to lay down, partly because I am absolutely kn...ered as I didn't do as I said I would but, also, tree out of pot and in ground, all the border edges are being recut and the pond has been looked at. Son is still out there. I must mark this day on the calendar. Has just suggested we turf the large bit of garden under and behind the Magnolia tree and I asked 'which year were you thinking of doing it'.
Didn't go to GC as I heard on the radio that there was big hold ups on the road we would have to use and I didn't fancy sitting in traffic for half the day. My Tesco man, who was supposed to be here between 2 and 3, turned up at 3.15. I asked him if I was his last drop and he said I was his first. It had taken him all that time just to get down the road we would have been on. Another day. Am happy with what has been done today.
Did I hear someone say that makes a change? Cheeky lot.
Having a little rest, then going back out to finish off.
This is new to me,have been out cutting the lawn in preparation for my tortoise who has just woken up after hibernation,must be lovely to sleep through the cold wet winter and wake up just in time for sunshine
Welcome Forgetmenot and GillyL. It has been slightly more cloudy here today but still pleasant.I'm having to water both back and front every day at the moment- still shouldn't complain.
For those who watch Beechgrove on BBCScotland it is on at 7pm today.
Been absolutely glorious today. Hot.
Havent heard from Brumbull either....usually get pms from hiM but not for a while now. Yes, he's probably winding up a spanish garden forum....ha ha
Thanks Bev, I'd forgotten about Beechgrove.
This seems a very friendly group,glad to have joined you all.Lovely evening here,apart from the midges!/
Hi Gilly L - and welcome. You'll find it a bit quiet on here now, as everyone moves over to the Evening-Forkers thread at 6 pm ...... which is where I am going now !!
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Who said they wanted cake? Will this do? It's my favourite - gooey chocolate. It's a bit late now, but I had a slice instead of a mug of hot chocolatebefore bed. Oooh, looks wonderful Lizzie, RECIPE PLEEEEAAASE!
Who said they wanted cake? Will this do? It's my favourite
- gooey chocolate. It's a bit late now, but I had a slice instead of a mug of hot chocolatebefore bed.
Oooh, looks wonderful Lizzie, RECIPE PLEEEEAAASE!
Morning all SwissSue the cake looks great but i don't like chocolate cakes of any kind.Raining here just now and forecast not good for today but it's off to work i go hi ho hi ho then off till Tuesday and weather's to be good over the weekend for gardening time have a good day all.
Morning everyone Gorgeous morning here in Norfolk (sorry Andy - not meaning to gloat) blue skies and golden sunshine - I've been out in the garden in my jimjams this morning, just checking everything and opening up the mini greenhouse - things are growing apace and my Clematis alpina Pamela Jackman is bursting into flower, and C. alpina Willy isn't far behind her (oo-er Missus )
I'm at work today, but tomorrow I'm here all day until about 5pm when we set off to S. Lincs for the weekend so I should get some gardening done first - some potting up and on to be done and I plan to start my runner beans off in the mini greenhouse this weekend too.
Morning everyone. Weather not great here either so might get some tidying done in shed- trying to avoid housework..
Could go to nursery...
Left my plants out under cover last night...frightened to look! My rescued clematis is growing like mad too Dove, will need to get it put in somewhere- looks like it's a montana so will get it on long fence at back
Morning all - have a good weekend away Dove, and hope the weather picks up soon for Andy and F.
Like Dove, we have another beautiful morning. Just been out and checked that the drooping plants that II had to rescue with a watering can last night look revived (they do). Everything else is rareing to go - seems to be putting on inches every day.
Got visitors this weekend, and some village open gardens to visit Sat and Sun, but hopefully will still find time for some gardening. Looking forward to a long weekend of sunshine
Morning all. Welcome Gilly and Forget Me Not, from now on FGM for short.
Still aching from exertionis yesterday, but must do more today. Weather much more overcast than yesterday but the forecast is for dry weather. Tubs and pots need watering, anyway.
FG, I also put my seedlings out under cover yesterday. They look OK from here in the sitting room!! Will pluck up the courage to look more closely in a minute.
Chicky, I lurve village open gardens! Having a nose into other people's gardens, chatting to the owners, buying a couple of plants andgetting tea and cakes - what could be better? Wherever we wander in our other life as caravan gypsies (off again next week) we find open gardens to visit.
Right, off to work - have a good day everyone.
Morning everyone.
Looking good out there....sunny and very warm
Not much chance of gardening today but veg patch is pretty full now and growing apace.
Have good day all
You too, Dove!


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2 CD / Hyperion / 2005-06-14Works: George Frederick Handel: Organ Concerto in G minor, Op.4/1, HWV 289; Organ Concerto in B flat major, Op.4/2, HWV 290; Organ Concerto in G minor, Op.4/3, HWV 291; Concertos (6) for Organ, Op. 4; Organ...
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I actually saw 2001: a Space Odyssey for the first time at my public library when I was a young kid. My older brother said it was a classic and that we should go see it. I don't even know what format it was in, because I think this was pre-video, but I remember sitting on folding chairs with about five other people to watch it projected on a portable screen. I fell asleep during the beginning ape part, but managed to stay awake for the rest, once there started to be some dialogue. I can't remember many details about the movie, but you can't forget that soothing, but creepy HAL computer voice.
I was taken back to that day as I watched Duncan Jones' relatively new sci-fi movie Moon this past weekend. In Moon, astronaut Sam Bell is at the end of his three year contract with a company that harvests energy for the earth from the moon. All alone, except for a HAL like computer named GERTY, he monitors the harvesters and sends the energy to earth. On a routine trip to check on the harvester machines, he crashes and then things start to get interesting. Jones one ups HALs creepiness by having GERTY display a simple smiley face like image that changes to reflect the computer's "emotions" while it talks.
I'm not a huge sci-fi movie fan, but I loved the mood this movie created and the plot twist that got you thinking a little. Another movie I thought captured that great eerie space atmosphere was Solaris.
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Is Katie Yeager's Dating Life Ruined By Being on Teen Mom 3?
If there's one thing that we love about Teen Mom 3's Katie Yeager, it's that she's one incredible woman. The 20-year-old single-handedly packed up her 1-year-old daughter Molli and moved from Wyoming to Salt Lake City, Utah. Now the single mama is ready to mingle, but doesn't quite seem to be finding the man of her dreams.
Katie can be often found on Twitter, whiling her time away wishing for a guy to date her (even though her pal, Sam Boyd, is definitely crushing on her). Could it be that being on Teen Mom 3 is ruining Katie's dating life?
"That awkward moment when your flirting with a guy and you friend kills your game by saying 'She's on Teen Mom'," Katie tweeted on July 2. Sigh.
While we definitely don't think that the idea of being on a nationally broadcasted docu-series could really hurt anyone's "game," per say, the idea of being a single mom is a bit of big pill to swallow. But no worries. We have faith that the right guy for Katie is out there somewhere. Maybe he's already in her life and she doesn't even know it...
Cough, Sam, cough. Just sayin'.
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Havas PR North America Campaign Named By Global Sabres Among 50 Best Campaigns In The World
NEW YORK, Oct. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Havas PR North America (@havaspr) has been awarded a Global SABRE, which recognizes the 50 best campaigns in the world. Well known for its CSR marketing initiatives, Havas PR showcases its creative thinking through its alignment of cause, social and celebrity considerations with the Sears Holdings campaign "Heroes at Home: A Hero's Song." Serving as an exemplary illustration of Havas PR's dedication and success within CSR, "Heroes at Home: A Hero's Song" continues to be among the agency's most winning campaigns. Additional notable distinctions and awards the campaign has received this year include a Gold SABRE and a Silver Clio, as well as a PRWeek finalist spot for Cause-Related Campaign of the Year and one for the PR News CSR Awards, in its Video Initiative category.Havas PR utilized the power of storytelling to develop a breakthrough initiative for Sears Holdings' Heroes at Home program, which helps rebuild veteran's homes and provides holiday gift cards to active servicemen and -women. Through creation of the "Portrait of Heroes" song contest, the agency solicited stories that humanized real service members and introduced consumers to the people Sears' Heroes at Home program serves daily. These stories resulted in the creation of the hit song "Can't Say Goodbye" by former Marine and country music star Josh Gracin. "The 'Portrait of Heroes' campaign is such a wonderful example of the way in which we marry CSR and social—for all of the brands we shepherd," said Marian Salzman, Havas PR North America. "We all take great pride, rightfully, in the emphasis we place on helping our brands do well by doing good, and we're also quite proud of our innovations in the social space. 'Portrait of Heroes' is being honored at the highest level of the industry—it's a recognition that validates our innovative approach on a campaign that was pitch-perfect from conception to execution." Throughout the campaign, the agency helped people remember veterans when donating their money by publicizing the contest and a newly created music video featuring Gracin via traditional and social media, along with events and concerts year-round. As a result, the campaign successfully increased consumer awareness surrounding Sears' veteran-support and Heroes at Home initiative, while also helping raise more than $4 million for heroes. To view Josh Gracin's "Can't Say Goodbye" music video, visit http://havaspr.com/us/?page_id=9931. The Global SABRE winners were selected from among the winners of the SABRE Awards competitions in the Americas, EMEA and the Asia-Pacific region. A truly global selection includes campaigns from North America, Latin America, the U.K., Western Europe, Eastern Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia. For more information about @havaspr's winning "A Hero's Song" entry, go to http://www.holmesreport.com/news-info/12442/Global-SABREs-Recognize-50-Best-Campaigns-In-The-World.aspx. Havas PR North America will be recognized, along with the other distinguished Global SABRE award recipients, at the Global Public Relations Summit hosted by the Holmes Group, Oct. 29-31, 2012, in Miami. Already one of the most awarded agencies for its size in the country, @havaspr was also recently named to PR News' CSR A-List and continues to build on momentum, setting the awards standard on several fronts, from client work to agency innovations to staff recognition. Its social media– and cause-related campaigns are especially prevalent on its list of awards (go to the agency's website at havaspr.com to view the list). About Havas PR North America We're the North American earned-media and buzz boutique within French holding company Havas and are part of the Havas PR global collective. Headquartered in New York City (also our center for health and wellness and cause) with offices in Pittsburgh (center of excellence for B2B) and Chicago (center of excellence for retail), we've seen rapid growth in the last two years and have stacked up a huge trophy chest. Among our most recent award winners: Ford's Warriors in Pink and The French Will Never Forget (#welovecause), Urban Zen (#celebritiesmakenews), Transitions Optical (#multiculticonnects), and our thought leadership (#socialmktgtheory) and CSR strategy (#prnewsa-list). Havas PR North America (formerly known as Euro RSCG Worldwide PR, or @erwwpr) is grounded in media and newscrafting, strategy, client service, trendspotting and community to ensure we message in straight talk and real time. For more information, go to us.havaspr.com. Contact: Dalton Dorne 347.323.1143 email@example.com SOURCE Havas PR North America
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