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Control impedance line has been more and more popular over the past few years,changing from expert applications to more common applications.The following are some control impedance line common questions and answers.
1.Why more and more manufacturers custom control impedance?
The running speed and exchange velocity of telecommunication and computer are on the increase.We don't have to consider some physical rules in low frequency environment,but now we must take it seriously.When high speed PCB trace is used as transmission line,its electric energy is inter-reflection just like ripples in the lake meet obstacles.Control impedance trace design can reduce electrical energy reflection and ensure that transformation between PCB trace and internal connection is right.
2.I have some pcb boards,which differential impedance measurement results are 8-10 ohm higher than predicted.
There is a zone of resin on the differential traces closely arranged on the laminated glass reinforced fiber laminate such as FR4. In areas with more resins, the value of Er is lower than the value of the buck material Er.When using glass reinforced fiber laminate ,you should reduce the ER by 0.4 to 0.8 depending on the trace distribution and lamination to compensate for the lower Er.
FR4 glass Er value is about 6,while the resin is 3.
Non-plaited and aramid reinforced fiber laminate can reduce or eliminate the difference.Please see AP139 for more information.
3.Si6000b has a program error in strip line structural modeling--when I inverted structure,the impedance have been changed.
Maybe you forget to calculate the trace thickness.For example,if H is 15,H1 is 10 and T is 1,when you invert,the correct answer is that 15 minus 10 minus 1 equal 4.But the common mistake is that H1 means 15 minus 10 equals 5.When calculating,please take the trace thickness into consideration.In this way,no matter what kind of structural modeling you using,Si6000b also can calculates the right value.
4.How to calculate the size of control impedance trace ?
There are some fundamental equations and calculator provided on the Internet by IPC D 317.Polar Si6000b control impedance design system has considered to expand size usable range,adapting to design concept of modern precision circuit.Si6000b adopts advanced field solver to achieve this target.
5.When customer said that we need to test pcb board under 900MHz,may we can use TDR test system or not?
Of course,frequency testing range of TDR impedance test system is very wide.Determine impedance parameter(laminated board Er value)don't have obviously change from 3 to 5GHz.Thus,there is no need to spend so much money and time to test frequency by using network analyzer.You can draw a Er and Zo picture to make out impedance change by using
Er and Frequency comparison table of laminated board manufacturer
6.Should I need more probe to match each impedance which is to be tested,because some impedance test system use different impedance probe.
You need to test in the most flat part of test trace,when using TDR.You can use 50ohm probe,and the trace maybe has enough flat length,if not,you will come across test limits.If you don't use shorter test sample,which means that trace have not enough flat length,you can try to use probe that is close to test trace impedance value.
7.What is the importance of testing sample?Is it better to test in actual PCB trace?
Testing sample is very ideal for production test.The sample ground point is located near test trace,which is convenient for testing.What's more, for strip line structure,the inner layers of the sample are interconnected(The layers on the actual PCB board are isolated,which will influence on TDR numerical reading).After the power decoupling capacitors on the PCB board are fully assembled,you can get the real numerical reading.
8.Why is it important to test test the connection between the probe and the specimen ?Is it easier to test lead grounding ?
Only when the test system and the control impedance system become one, that is, the probe is completely connected to the control impedance system,control impedance measurement is accurate.A longer earth lamp or coil will cause poor interconnection and reflection , leading to a decrease or incorrect reading of the test trace .The probe point has lots of , if it is used occasionally, it is better to use adjustable pitch IP 50-v probe.
9.Although the number of PCB boards with differential structures is not very large, there is a growing trend .What are the differences between a differential structure and a microwave band ?
A differential structure is sometimes used for telecommunications cable interfaces, such as twisted-pair.By using differential cables and structures, excellent signal quality can be obtained in a high electronic noise environment without the need for excessive amplification.In short, the start signal of the cable is transmitted to one side of the cable while it is turned upside down and transmitted to the other side.The electrical noise on both sides of the cable is the same (i.e., not inverted) as the signal is transmitted over the wire (or traces).The receiver simply subtracts the PCB or the incoming signal of the cable ,and noise can be eliminated.The remaining signal is a good copy of the original signal
10.The customer requests the PCB board produce 100 ohm traces, and the tolerance ± 0.5 ohms. is this tolerance realistic?
No,it is not realistic.High frequency measurement is difficult to realize,comparing to DMM measurements in CD environment. RF engineers are quite satisfied if they can get several ohm tolerances.Usually, the tolerance of the 50 ohm traces is about 5%, 75 ohms, about 15%, and 100 ohms will be as high as 20%
11.How do you track impedance test system ?
The reference impedance standard is higher.Polar uses Maury high precision microwave air line,to obtain high precision, stable mechanical performance of coaxial "pipe" .The high precision air line standard is regularly proofread by NIST or NPL.The laboratory uses gas measuring technique to measure inner size,and calculate the true impedance.
12.What is the pulse frequency on the CITS?
CITS500S adopts time-domain reflectometer(TDR)technique to measure electronic reflection of high speed step pulse.Actually,a series of high speed pulses and sampling pulses are used to construct wave-forms.
Fourier Analysis can show the high-speed stepped pulse with a variety of frequency components.Thus,when you do TDR measurement,CITS500s or other TDR instruments do not use a particular frequency, but rather a variety of frequencies.The main frequency that affects the ZO on the PCB board is the Er of the laminates.Zo equals extract a root of 1/Er.You can use Si6000b to draw a picture of Zo and Er to see the change of frequency.
13.Why sometimes there are a lot of ripples on the test traces of CITS, and again, the ripples will disappear again?
Check if there is a cell phone or other wireless device near CITS or RITS.
Microwave transmission with proof test and mobile phone antenna have a similar dimension, which will receive the mobile phone signal.Even if you don't make a phone call, your phone regularly sends signals to the nearest base station,which leads to erroneous readings of the CITS (or other RF measurement system)
14.I want to learn more about RAMBUS®,and customer has the production requirements of the PCB board with an impedance of 28 ohms .
RAMBUS is a new high-speed memory architecture for PC at a speed of 800MHz.Therefore, PC boards and memory bank (RIMM) are required to have matching impedances.The impedance of the RAMBUS system is 28 ohms required by the customer, and the tolerance is 10%, which is a very strict tolerance requirement in practical applications .Only when main board meets the requirements,can RAMBUS run.Maybe you can visit the site www.rambus.com to get more details about RAMBUS.28 ohm IP probe produced by Polar can be used to CITS500S control impedance test system,and can test RAMBUS PCB board.
Please contact Richard Chen of Polar to get detailed information about control impedance test using Polar CITS or RITS.
15.Why the strip line traces on the sample are always higher ?
Check whether your manufacturer make short circuit of Vcc and Gnd on the sample boards(not the PCB board).If it is differential traces,please see the FAQ2.The board on the sample is short circuited which can imitate actual RF condition of the assembled PCB board.


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Nature abhors a vacuum.
The physics around filling an atmospheric void gives us thunder, wind, keeps dentists and surgeons tidy, and has gratefully displaced brooms in favor of Dirt Devils and Dysons.
Vacuum can work for you.
Including at your next management team meeting.
In human psychology, we have an arousal quotient or requirement, which fuels an appetite for stimulus — intellectual, emotional, physical or spiritual. The fury and ferocity of our jacked-up, stimulus saturated world has doomed silence to be seen as evidence of indecision or incompetence.
When a question is asked or an issue posed in a meeting, how instinctive is it for the leader of the team to quickly address it? That may slake a bias toward efficiency, but it brings the concomitant result of filling the void, filling the space, relieving the "vacuum."
In purely physical terms, when we overfill that space, it takes more pressure, more energy, for others to speak up or weigh in on the matter. In meteorological parlance, it is the dome of high pressure that pushes out everything else.
Instead, when we create and tolerate a "vacuum" at such times, we give space for others to fill — with their ideas, their questions, their more honest sentiments, their own energy. Creating space demands a savvy to ask good questions and the patience to embrace what first might be silence. It's worth the wait.
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This has been a difficult time for every one of us. Through it all, many children have been the hidden victims – suffering abuse and neglect at home, increased risk online, and pressures on their mental health.
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Research suggests that Single Double British Summertime (SDST)/CET would:
- Save 80 lives each year and 212 serious injuries by making the roads safer;
- Bring an average increase of 28% more accessible daylight during waking hours, giving people more opportunity to exercise;
- Cut at least 447,000 tonnes of CO2 pollution;
- Extend the tourist season that depends on daylight hours by two months; boost overall tourism earnings by c£3bn; and create 60,000–80,000 jobs in the sector.
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- Cycling UK supports the idea of researching the effect of shifting time zones to align with many of our European neighbours. Such changes may bring considerable economic and environmental benefits and contribute to improved road safety.
- In addition to the possible disadvantages of the shift for certain areas of the country and certain professions, there may be specific road safety effects on cyclists, such as the potential for greater exposure to icy conditions on winter mornings. These must be taken into account in the research.
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IT has a proud industrial and shipbuilding heritage, but today Wallsend is a town that's embracing change, with regeneration projects and new housing developments attracting people to the area – often from places seen as no longer affordable.
The very name Wallsend highlights its beginnings – the eastern end of Hadrian's Wall.
The presence of this historic site brings tourists flocking to the area every year to see the Roman fort Segedunum.
Today the fort, baths, museum and viewing tower are the gateway to this famous World Heritage site.
The town was once a symbol of the Tyne's shipbuilding prowess, creating some of the most famous vessels in history.
Modern Wallsend dates from the late 18th century and was a coal mining centre with seven pits operating between 1778 and 1935.
While both industries are now gone, the area is beginning to benefit from major regeneration packages – and plans are being announced constantly.
The former Swan Hunter shipyard was bought by North Tyneside Council and regional development agency One North East.
It could be turned into a learning village as part of a wider strategy for the 600-acre swathe of land, stretching from Walker, Newcastle, to the Bull Ring Dock, in North Shields. The area
will also receive a boost from the new 43,000sq ft wind turbine blade manufacturing plant at the Neptune Yard, next to Swans.
Clipper Windpower Marine and Shepherd Offshore are already working together on the scheme that will employ 500 people and could create a further 2,500 jobs in the supply chain. The building is due to become operational next month.
The regeneration of Wallsend town centre is also a priority in council plans for the next four years. This includes clearing disused and derelict buildings to make way for a mix of commercial and residential development.
Keepmoat Homes, for instance, is building apartments at its
Henley Grange development in Wallsend. The developer has released six Sunbury apartments with prices starting from £89,995, plus there's a shared equity deal available. For information call 0191 2636165 or visit www.keepmoathomes.co.uk .
Morrisons has already been granted planning permission for a new supermarket in The Forum and the council has been contacted by other potential investors in the town centre and continues to explore their needs with them.
Wallsend traders are also working with the council to deliver improvements for Wallsend.
The area also has a brand new sports and leisure centre just off St Peter's Road.
Hadrian Leisure Centre, run by North Tyneside Council, features a 25m swimming pool, state-of-the-art fitness suite, learner pool, sports halls, dance studios and a full-size third generation football pitch approved by FIFA.
Membership starts from just £18 a month and North Tyneside residents can apply for an "Ease" card for discounted use.
For more information visit www.northtyneside.gov.uk
The council is also about to start work on a £7m facelift for Wallsend's parks, including Richardson Dees Park, The Civic Hall grounds and The Arboretum, which will create more community facilities and restore and replace lost historic features.
Improvements to transport and infrastructure are also expected. Nexus has secured £350m for its "Metro: All Change", which will see the 30-year-old system modernised over the next 11 years.
The first major piece of modernisation will take place on the coast line between North Shields and Chillingham Road early next year. All stations along that route – including Wallsend – will see upgrades.
One long-standing resident is Newcastle Falcons rugby player Micky Ward. He believes that the town offers the ideal place for families looking to relocate due to a strong sense of community.
"I'm 31 now and I've lived here all my life," he says. "Even with my career, the thought of moving closer to the city hasn't really crossed my mind.
"All my family and old school friends live here, so I've never had any reason to want to.
"I can get to Kingston Park for training within quarter of an hour, and it's only 10 minutes or so on the Metro into the city centre – it's a really accessible place."
Micky believes the future of Wallsend is also looking promising. "There's a few less kids hanging around on the streets now so the age balance is pretty even," he says.
"I think the council is spending a bit of money on us again.
"There's a load of different types of houses, too. There's the bigger semi-detached places with big gardens a bit further out from the town centre but there's apartments further down as well."
Townspeople in Wallsend are very proud of their roots. Sting, one of the most successful British artists of all time, was born Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner in 1951, in Wallsend. The young
Gordon would often help his
father with the early morning milk delivery rounds in the town.
And then there's Wallsend Boys' Club – one of the most successful production lines of footballing talent in the world.
It set the likes of Alan Shearer, Peter Beardsley, Lee Clark and Michael Carrick on the road to successful professional careers.
The housing stock in Wallsend is among the most varied in the region, with traditional Tyneside houses and flats mixing with old terraces, semis and new-builds.
Average prices start from around £50,000 for an investment flat in need of renovation, according to David James, area sales director for Your Move estate agents.
He said: "The proximity to Newcastle is a major draw and prices are much more reasonable. There are plenty of shops and supermarkets within striking distance and it's handy for the industrial estates on the coast road, as well as links to the Tyne Tunnel and A19."
Typically, two and three-bedroom flats range from £50,000 to £85,000, while modern detached four-bedroom homes can be bought for around £240,000, depending on the location and size.
More modern developments include Green Park, Holland Park and Hadrian Village.
Wallsend has a full range of schools, covering all ages, and various denominations of churches.
Wallsend Golf Club, a respected championship course, is on Rheydt Avenue, Bigges Main, beside Wallsend Sports Centre.
The town centre is separated from the eastern areas of the town by Wallsend Burn.
To the east of the burn is the old area of Holy Cross that contains the ruins of a medieval church, the pre-war estate of Rosehill and the mainly post-war estate of Howdon.
To the south of Howdon lies Willington Quay which, as its name suggests, once served shipping, but is now dominated by industry and housing.
East Howdon forms a small enclave between Willington Quay and North Shields while, to the north, is historic Wallsend Green – the town's most picturesque area, consisting of large houses surrounding a green square. The most expensive homes in Wallsend can be found in this area, with large period properties dating from the late-1800s where shipyard owners and wealthy industrialists used to live. Your Move currently has a large family home there at £595,000.
Behind the green, the burn runs through the parkland of the Hall Grounds, to Wallsend Park, for which many improvements are planned, such as a skate/BMX park, better pathways, and a rebuilding of the Duffy Memorial Fountain.
Wallsend also has its own community festival each July with crafts, entertainment, music, fairground rides and stalls.


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Wars never actually culminate, because even though they may finish on the battleground, many veterans return the struggle back home and are forced to live with them for the rest of their lives.
This sad and sobering reality is highlighted by Photographers like David Jay and James Nachtwey, who have been documenting young and mischievously wounded American soldiers following their return home from struggles in Iraq and Afghanistan.
"I have been a witness, and these pictures are my testimony. The happens I have recorded should not be forgotten and must not be repeated, " writes Nachtwey, while Jay's project, compiled into a series called Unknown Soldier, was a finalist in the Portrait category for the Magnum Photography Awards 2016.
Talking about his draws, Jay wrote that they present "an opportunity to open a dialogue about issues we are not necessarily cozy with…and also issues that we are responsible for. The images can be awkward for the viewer. It forces us to confront our frights and inhibitions about life, demise, sexuality, sickness, relationships, etc. Reality is not always jolly. This is reality. Let's address it."
Bobby Henline was trapped inside a freight when he was hit by a roadside missile in Iraq. He was the only survivor.
On November 12, 2011, horde first lieutenant Nicholas was severely injured by an IED while on a foot-patrol in Panjwaii, Afghanistan. After expecting Nicholas for his granted permission to pole these personas, this was his response: The only concept that I want to pass on is this: Losing limbs is like losing a good friend. We wish we could still be with them, but it wasn't 'in the cards'. Then we …
On November 12, 2011, legion first lieutenant Nicholas was severely injured by an IED while on a foot-patrol in Panjwaii, Afghanistan. After asking Nicholas for his permission to pole these portraits, this was his response: The only stuff that I want to pass on is this: Losing limbs is like losing a good friend. We bid we could still be with them, but it wasn't 'in the cards'. Then we get up, remember the good times, and thank God for whatever we have left.
Tomas Young enlisted in the army 2 day after the 2001 September 11 th attempts. Five epoches after being sent to Iraq, he was shot in the prickle while razzing in an unarmored vehicle in Sadr City, leaving him paralyzed. He died in 2014( about one and a half years after this photo was taken) due to complications from his injuries.
Jerral Hancock was driving a container in Iraq. A roadside missile impaled the armor, transgressing the interior. Jarral was living in Lancaster with his two, beautiful children.
First Lieutenant Jason Pak On Dec. 13, 2012 was on a foot patrol in Zangabad, Afghanistan when an IED explosion. The blare took Jason's legs( and part of his hand) but it could not take his flavor.
Cedric King lost both of his legs to an IED in Afghanistan. His daughters talked him into trying dive, and from there he finished the 2014 Boston Marathon in merely over six hours; ended a Half Ironman race, and the New York City marathon. He is also a motivational speaker.
Bobby was hit by incoming cannon, preserving incenses over 60% of his organization. He is drawn here with his daughter Layla
Marissa Strock was injured when her vehicle was struck by an IED buried in the road. She was 20 years old.
On June 8, 2013, in Paktika Province, Afghanistan, Major Matt was shot along with five others by a member of the Afghan National Army. The missile severed his femoral artery ensuing in the amputation of his leg.
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Marine CPL Christian Brown at the Walter Reed Medical Center. On Dec. 13, 2011, Christian was preceding his squad on foot patrol in Helmand Province, Afghanistan when he stepped on an improvised explosive device. Both of his legs were blown off- one above the knee, the other below the hip. Merely four dates prior, under heavy foe fervour, Christian had carried a mortally wounded Marine almost 1,000 hoofs to a poising helicopter.
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The British press went gaga about England's upset tri-series win over Australia, hailing them as a genuine contender for the World Cup.india Updated: Feb 12, 2007, 14:47 IST
The British press on Monday went gaga about England's upset tri-series win over Australia, hailing them as a genuine contender for the World Cup while its counterpart Down Under cast doubts over three-time World Champions' smooth run at cricket's quadrennial event.
The English dailies were awash with stories of their national team's remarkable and unexpected turn around to their Australian tour which began with a 5-0 Ashes drubbing and ended with three back to back wins over the world's number one team in the CB Series.
"From the horrors ... Less than three weeks ago, when they made 120 against New Zealand and 110 against Australia, an England team with little one-day pedigree have cobbled together purpose and spirit," 'The Guardian' wrote.
"They will go into the World Cup believing themselves dark horses and deserve their optimism," the paper said.
'The Daily Mail' was equally delighted, asking "Who could possibly say now that they have no chance in the World Cup" while flashing a headline: "Risen from the Ashes".
"No, this does not make up for the Ashes, but it is a damned good consolation prize ... It will be England, rather than the defending champions and favourites, who go to the West Indies for the World Cup in the better frame of mind."
'The Daily Telegraph' was more philosophical in its approach: "The beauty -- and the cruelty -- of cricket is that whole matches, series and even careers can change direction in the blink of the eye. Teams' fortunes can go up as well as down, as England have just discovered."
Britain's best-read daily newspaper 'The Sun' said England's winter in Australia was "the story of how a cricket team went from an embarrassing rabble into beating the world champions three times in a row."
"And England managed the transformation with a brilliant mixture of determination, skill, and a refusal to be humiliated any more."
The Australian media, obviously, was sombre in describing the sagging fortunes of the national side.
"The team that appeared impregnable a fortnight ago is now a side under siege, plummeting to its third consecutive defeat to England and its first limited-overs finals defeat on home soil in 14 years," 'The Sydney Morning Herald' said.
It said Symonds injury was a key factor in Australia's defeat: "Australia's losses to England have coincided with the long-term biceps injury to Andrew Symonds. Without his power and versatility, the Australian line-up suddenly appears unbalanced, unsettled and unsure of itself."
Australia, who won seven of their eight preliminary games in the triangular series, lost their last three matches against England to start World Cup campaign with dented confidence.
"Australia's World Cup campaign is unravelling in embarrassing fashion after England romped to victory in the tri-series finals," 'The Australian' said.
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I'm working on a monthly project that requires 30 individual promos to be exported out of FCP and recompressed to MPEG-2 to air off of our broadcast server. At my previous job we would cut all the weeks promos into one timeline on an Avid and export it to DBeta for airing at our uplink. However, that workflow is not possible here.
We need to post individual mpg files for each promo that airs, so we need to have 30 separate files for each week. The issue we're running into is that these promos have their text animated in a motion, which is subsequently cut into an FCP sequence. Is there any straightforward way to create a batch render of each of these clips out of FCP?
The method I've come up with for now is a straight render of the entire timeline followed by exporting each individual promo out as an uncompressed quicktime, but I'm wondering if there's a better way. I've tried sending to Compressor for export but that hangs, it also doesn't seem possible to export the promos as references either, since the sequence itself is a reference to a motion project. What I'm looking for is a process akin to After Effects render queue, where I'd be able to batch each clip and select the proper mpeg settings for our server in one fell swoop.
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Compressor should work
Compressor could hang if you're using the motion project file in the Final Cut sequence. I've rendered out LiveType and Motion projects to find things run smoother back in Final Cut when I have a lot going on like layers, keying and filters and transitions.
You can use the same timeline in FCP, set in/out points and Export using Compressor to create different segments in one fell swoop. It takes manually changing the in and out points, sending each to Compressor and then moving the jobs all onto one tab which then gets sent to Batch Monitor.
It took me just a few minutes to cut one sequence into four different parts, combine them in Compressor and batch render them. (Worked fine, never knew I could do that so easily.) And if you set your default settings to the flavor of Mpeg that you like and the destination, each one sent to compressor will already have that set when you open it. The file names even progressed sequentially (1, 2, 3) each time I added them.
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Tyler Perry, who has two shows on Turner Broadcasting's TBS cable channel ("House of Payne" and "Meet the Browns") was furious about a recent episode of the animated series "The Boondocks" that ran on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming block. Cartoon Network also is owned by Turner Broadcasting.
The episode in question — "Pause" — which first ran June 20, lampooned Perry, the creator of several hit movies, some of whom star him as Madea, an eccentric grandmother whose antics often land her in hot water. The show, which is executive produced by Aaron McGruder, who also created the now-defunct comic strip of the same name, featured a thinly veiled version of Perry named Winston Jerome. In the episode, Jerome is shown to be a closeted cross-dresser who uses religion to hide his lifestyle.
Soon after the episode aired, Perry got in touch with executives at Turner including entertainment chief Steve Koonin and Phil Kent, the chief executive of Turner Broadcasting. Perry complained loudly about the episode and even threatened to rethink his relationship with the company, people familiar with the situation said. A spokesman for Perry declined to comment.
Kent, who is a low-key executive but also a former talent agent, put his skills to work and acknowledged to Perry that the actor-producer should have been given a warning about the episode. The show, which has aired twice, is not scheduled to air again on Cartoon Network, although the company would not say if it has been banned from the channel.
Senior executives at Turner knew the episode had the potential to cause headaches when the script for it first came in more than a year ago, people close to the show said. McGruder had wanted the show to be the season premiere, but instead "Pause" was moved (some say buried) further into the season.
In the original script, McGruder did not make much of an effort to alter the identity of the subject of his scorn; he had to be told to change the name of the character so it wouldn't so closely resemble Perry's. He came back with a name that was a play on Perry's legal name, but that didn't fly either. And, hence, Winston Jerome was born.


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Hinchey Statement on Failure of Financial Bailout Bill
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Congressman Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) today released the following statement after the House defeated a $700 billion financial bailout bill. The congressman voted against the measure.
"While I recognize the need for some kind of a financial rescue package to free up the credit markets and restore stability to the entire financial system, I could not in good conscience vote for a bill that gives away $700 billion to the presidential administration that got us in this mess in the first place and doesn't make any sound economic investments in working and middle class Americans who are the ones in need of real financial assistance. Even Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke and others have acknowledged that only $150 billion or so will be needed over the next five or six months. There is no legitimate argument for putting a $700 billion bailout on the shoulders of the American people when we can pass a rescue package with a much smaller dollar figure and reassess the situation next year under a new administration that is not the same administration as the one that got us in this mess. As we now have to go back to the drawing board, I expect that we'll see a much smaller package come forward that will effectively address the situation without placing an enormous new financial burden on American taxpayers.
"I appreciate the urgency with which this bill was dealt. However, I wish my colleagues in Congress would have worked around the clock and through the weekend to reach an agreement on an economic stimulus bill that builds up the working and middle class and creates jobs. In fact, had they done so, I think a better bill would have passed today. We desperately need dramatic investments in our infrastructure -- with a particular focus on renewable energy projects, our education system, and our health care system. We also must provide real tax relief for working and middle class Americans who are the ones who could use some extra cash in their pockets as they face rising food, gas, and housing prices amidst uncertain employment circumstances. Last week, the House passed an economic stimulus bill that focuses on the right priorities that benefit the working and middle class, but President Bush threatened to veto the bill and his allies in the Senate blocked passage of the bill. I think it is critical that an economic stimulus bill be added as a component of any financial rescue measure because that's what will really stimulate growth in our economy.
"The American economy is going through a very difficult time with many great challenges. It is imperative that our focus be on building up our economy with investments in the working and middle class. This bill ignores that component and instead focuses entirely on the Wall Street powerbrokers who were greedy and took advantage of the system. America was built on the shoulders of the working and middle class and our focus must be on rebuilding our economy through them as well."


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My initial response to posing pregnant and nude was no, never, you've got the wrong person. I was always self-conscious about my body --- especially with the extra weight -- and yet I didn't think I'd pose nude even I looked like a super-model. It just wasn't my thing.
After talking to my husband, though, I decided it was time to get over the self-consciousness. And now, when I look at this photo, I smile because I'm not looking at a body, I'm looking at my child, the most precious thing in my life. I am so glad that I posed for this photo, not because I conquered a fear, but because it chronicles the most important time in my life. I didn't understand then the depth of love I would feel for my child or how special the picture would be because of what it represents -- the beginning of my life as a mom.


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Celebrity Endorsements: An analysis of the impact and role social media had on Celebrity endorsements during the UK's 2015 General Election Campaign.
If this man is Prime Minister I will leave the UK. This man is not Great Britain. This is Russell Brand in a chuffing suit #Battle4Number10 — Katie Hopkins (@KTHopkins) March 26, 2015
Everyone wants to have what the celebrities have, we want the pair of trainers they tweeted, or a Vossi Glass water bottle stuffed with fresh fruit featured on a celebrity's Instagram. It's easy to say that Celebrity endorsements are everywhere; perhaps to the point, where we don't realise the amount of endorsements around and how much of an impact they have on our everyday lives. Nonetheless, where do we draw the line when they start telling us who to vote for?
This essay will explore the subject of Celebrity Endorsements, particularly their endorsements of politics. It will investigate the role that Celebrity Endorsements on Social Media and digital journalism had on political campaigning and outcome of the 2015 British General Election. The essay will look into how the story of celebrity endorsements on social media has become a current issue in journalism studies. It will identify when the issue of political Celebrity endorsements first came to light, but it will be focused on the aforementioned issue within the strict timeline from January 2015 to May 2015. The essay will give insight into the amount of coverage the issue got in mainstream media in comparison to other relevant emerging or developing stories and the relative space the story occupied on the news agenda. Next, the essay will examine the language used in articles pertaining to the essay's focus. Finally, the essay will explore the way in which the story of endorsements connects with the current issue of social media and political reporting, ending with conclusion on the triviality of the issue and suggest why investigating it was of such importance.
Social media has allowed endorsements to bypass the complications and costs of televised adverts and print poses. While such types of advertisements still exist, it is now much simpler to endorse something. All a celebrity would need to do is tweet about it and instantaneously thousands, if not millions of people see it worldwide. Twitter endorsements come with added benefits like the Retweet options allowing that endorsement to be shared further on. There is also the favourite feature whereby you can show that you like what has been tweeted by the person; this alone can give the celebrity or their sponsors an idea of the amount of reception and response to that particular tweet.
The celebrity endorser is defined as any individual who enjoys public recognition and who uses this recognition on behalf of a consumer good by appearing with it. (McCracken, 1989: 310) Political endorsements by celebrities are that the celebrity associates himself or herself with a political party or candidate. By doing so, they have the intention of encouraging people to vote, or give their support to that endorsed political party. They appear to support the cause or agenda of the party they are endorsing, despite criticism. (Veer, Becirovic and Martin, 2010: 437) While it has been argued that endorsements lead to higher voting turnouts, there is little evidence over the years to prove that this is true. With many newspapers reporting on the fact that often the political endorsements during the 2015 UK general election campaign did more to disrepute the endorsee than it did to add to their credibility. (Bennett, 2015)
While this essay is focusing on political celebrity endorsements in the UK during the 2015 general election, it is crucial that we acknowledge the fact that the ever rising political endorsements is inspired by the obvious success of political endorsements in the United States of America. That being said, we can see that celebrity endorsements go back further than the 1980's with Labour's Red Wedge campaign or during the Thatcherism days when British girl band 'Spice Girls' hailed Margret Thatcher "The original Spice Girl" (Boggan, 1996) a criticism from most UK newspapers stated that adopting celebrity endorsements during the political campaigns had led to Britain becoming 'presidential' making the politics seem like its all about one person (the party leaders) rather than on the individual parties as a whole. "New Labour" drew on the role that celebrities play in modern culture in the UK 1997 elections in an attempt to encourage so-called attractive sources (Smith, 2005 cited in Veer, Becirovic and Martin, 2010: 438) Blair had a pre-election party with celebrities called 'Cool Britannia'.
Political endorsements may be just one in many American things that Britain has adopted. Yet, this essay recognises that one of the most outstanding milestone in Political endorsements in the UK comes from the unique 'Better Together' campaign endorsed and funded completely by celebrities in support of the 'NO' vote for Scotland's monumental Independence Referendum in 2014 which saw celebrities fund a campaign to keep Scotland a part of Britain, including famed Author JK Rowling. Some may argue that it is the success of the 'Better together' campaign that encouraged the amount of celebrity endorsements we saw in the UK general elections in the following months.
Moreover, this essay found that most of the coverage on the story of celebrity endorsements in the run up to the UK elections 2015 will be coming from UK national newspapers, and any mention of other countries in the reporting was only to mention previous successful examples of celebrity endorsements coming out of the USA. The coverage of the issue of political endorsements first broke on social media. Even though it was predicted before the vast scope of the campaigning stage began that social media would have a very large impact on the campaigning process and possibly the turn out and results of the general elections (Daisley, 2015)
Social Media is the term used for services that allow their users to create content and share it with others, worldwide. Albeit having many various forms of social media platforms, for the purpose of this subject, the essay will be focusing on the roles that social media platform 'Twitter' and video sharing platform 'YouTube', had on the topic of political endorsements in the UK General Election campaign 2015. Where most of the events this essay is exploring, took place.
For the purpose of this essay, I participated as a viewer, reader and social networker. I engaged with the story of celebrity endorsements by also endorsing on; what I picked and chose from what was posted on Twitter then and further adding my input and opinions, as social media allows us to do. I was not alone in my initial thoughts and understanding that this would be an election dominated and perhaps even swayed by the effects of powerful viral campaigning but especially by a surge of activity on social media (Daisley, 2015). With the daily mail reporting of the Labour Party offering £33,000 for an aide to secure him with celebrity endorsements and make him appear like he's 'In touch with real people'. (Baker, 2014)
Over time, my understanding of the story developed, as I came to realise that even though social media had introduced a seemingly revolutionary stage in the use of celebrity endorsements, political or otherwise. Yet, there were doubts as to whether the presence of political endorsements would encourage people to vote, especially young voters. As this 'social media' General election was something new, something that was never experienced before, no one could accurately tell what would be the outcome of this shift to the online community and how its move to social media platforms would affect the election and its outcome.
This paper must also acknowledge that it was not only an issue of celebrity endorsements alone that filled social media during the campaign for the general elections or played the full part of supposedly encouraging voters. It was also the first time that voters, especially young voters; could hear from, and communicate with each individual party and participate in the debates via the use of 'Hashtags' the method to see what someone else has written using a shared code that can be accessed by everybody around the world. The official hashtag for the general elections "#GE2015' had over 5.5 posts (Pottinger, 2015) during the period of the electoral campaign that led to the general elections voting day.
What that means for the essay is that while there was heavy manifestation and talk of the elections on Twitter, we may find is that actually, the celebrity endorsements or the political social media presence may not have actually affected the outcome or results of the elections, (Monkey, 2015) but like almost everything else on the Internet was but a lengthy yet fleeting moment of mostly ridicule of the British political system.
In order to apprehend the relative space the story of celebrity endorsements on social media during the 2015 general elections occupied on the news agenda, a content analysis of all the online news articles in relation to endorsements and the effects of social media on the political election were analysed to give us an idea of when the story started. It could also give us an indication of the high points in the story and the releases that were popular and spoken off compared to lesser stories.
Primarily, before the six weeks of official campaigning had begun, most newspapers were focusing on predicting what the most important contributors to the outcome of the elections would be. With many calling for added attention to be on what social media would be bringing to the election, especially from celebrities in the form of endorsements. "Whilst the world around us changes at speed and the internet disrupts so many familiar institutions… Maybe 2015 is the year that the Internet – and social media in particular – finally hacks the British democratic process" (Daisley, 2015) Here The Huffington Post starts to tell us the predictions they have and automatically from the title of the article it could show how they were bringing so attention to social media and the impact they were certain would bring a election that we have never seen the kind of before.
This essay recognizes that it could have been news articles like the aforementioned from The Huffington Post that might have possibly been the start to what followed in terms of expert pieces on how social media and celebrity endorsements worked. These pieces did not necessarily appear in the mainstream and national newspapers, online or otherwise. It was found, however, in business blogs and websites (Hayes, 2015). Acting more as an explanative manual on how to notice and what to expect from celebrity endorsements.
The essay found that reports of events as they happened proved to be more common and compared to opinion pieces and reports of social media activity. For example, when President Obama announced that he was supporting Prime Minister Cameron because he believed that Cameron had done a good job for Britain in the last year (Holehouse, 2015). Three online newspapers (The Telegraph, The Daily Mail, The Huffington Post) reported this, even though what they reported would be different in language. Especially in how they would report their story and what political affiliation that newspaper would have. The essay compares that with the coverage of endorsements given by actress White Dee in support of the Labour party (Bennett, 2015), which was only covered by The Huffington Post.
The content analysis conducted also discovered that because all newspapers have political affiliations, that in it self creates endorsements for the party they are affiliated with. This would mean that even though they are reporting something that other newspapers would also report as a majority, they would report it in a way, which incorporates and promotes the propaganda or idea that they want to promote. The problem this causes is that these stories are then shared on social media or otherwise read directly from the website, regular readers of any newspaper would usually continue to read a newspaper if they are in agreement with the ideas being incorporated into what is being read. This in turn encourages that reader to play into the endorsement or opinion being shared by the news outlet.
The biggest example of this that we found was the coverage of comedian Russell Brand's decision to end his well known stance to promote the 'Don't vote' very close to the election day, where he suddenly changed to endorse Labour after hosting an interview with Labour's party leader, Ed Miliband. This caused an outrage on social media because Russell Brand was considered a spokesman of those of the opinion that voting was not helpful to the progression of the country. Many who saw his interview were in an uproar over the 'betrayal' over newspapers covered the breaking news that Brand had changed his stance on the vote. (Mason, 2015) Yet the most astounding thing was the reception of the news of Brand's decision to support labour came from people online who had followed his advice on the choice to not vote. Took to the Internet to voice their anger. From the 4th of May to the 7th of May 2015 Russell Brand had accumulated 3962 mentions on twitter talking about his decision to endorse Labour. (Pottinger, 2015) Using social media networks like Twitter and YouTube (the output source for Russell's own personal agenda) people took to leaving comments on his YouTube video (Brand, 2015) announcing his support for the labour party. Whereas there has also been 21,000 videos uploaded about Russell Brand alone, in the month of May 2015.
YouTube itself has become a platform of digital journalism, the source whereby individuals can film and upload anything they like, and also where Party made videos of endorsements were uploaded. For example, the endorsement video made by the Labour Party featuring actor Martin Freeman received 311 thousand views compared to the average video they uploaded, which would receive anything between 1-10 thousand views. (Freeman, 2015)
The essay must bring to attention the importance of language in the coverage of Political endorsements at the hand of social media and digital journalism. During the content analysis conducted on this issue, we found that the language used in written pieces reportage of the issue were explanative, explorative but mostly mocking of course this does go back to the idea that each paper or news source has a political affiliation and a set of ideals that they promote. With The Sun, Daily Mail, The Evening Standard and The Telegraph endorsing Conservatives, The Economist, Independent and Financial Times favouring a Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition. (Croucher, 2015) Only The Guardian, The Observer and Huffington Post (news outlet not originating from Print newspaper) chose to endorse Labour. (Croucher, 2015) This could be the biggest reason, other than tabloid/broadsheet why there is such a different use of language between all the major UK newspapers. An opinion piece by The Guardian about the Conservative party's use of Celebrity Gary Barlow as an endorsement once again. (Parkinson, 2015)
Quite simply this article is very ridiculing, it jests and mocks the conservative party choice of Gary Barlow and attacks Gary by mocking his clothing and hair. However, like any creditable newspaper would do, it goes on to explaining how Barlow is could be problem for Labour "Given that most of Barlow's fans are now in their 30s and 40s, they are cash-rich, politically engaged and actually able to vote" but then goes back to calling him the "Queens hypeman" who will "Deprive us of millions via tax avoidance" (Parkinson, 2015) this is in comparison to how The Telegraph reported the story, (Swinford, 2015) which was less of an opinion piece like The Guardian piece was; but it reported it by giving a break though explorative look into what had happened, and who had said what. More like what any breaking news story would sound like. However you still do hear the political affiliation of the conservative party being endorsed.
Finally, this essay seeks to explore and analyse current issue of the impacts of social media on the story of political celebrity endorsements. 'Now everybody out there is a creator of content' having to manage through an 'overabundance of content' (Dredge, 2014). Furthermore, it matters less what mainstream media chooses to do. Everyone online now has the capacity to 'view footage selectively, by his or her own accord' (Little, 2015). This makes it easier for people to find the kind of news that they want to listen to, rather than what a TV station has said they should watch. Sudcliffe argues, that the '24 hour news cycle has become slightly worn out'. So social media is granting people the freedom of choice.
However, this essay has also witnessed the 'Celebritisation of politics'… politicians appear keen to associate themselves with celebrities. This is because there 'Isn't an interest from this age group (young readers) for news, current affairs and the world' (Dredge, 2014) but the Internet is acting as a 'Virtual coffeehouse' where the audience can participate in the 'conversational culture of the coffeehouse' (Newman, 2011: 55). Furthermore, Hammond suggests that the use of celebrity endorsement in politics is due to 'Leaders seeking a connection with a citizenry that is largely uninterested in or cynical about politics' (Hammond, 2009: 2). While Hammond glorifies the idea of celebritisation, others are of the opinion that 'Celebrity power depends on audiences and the media's investment in the status and exceptional nature of celebrity' (Drake, 2007: 219).
In conclusion, this essay explored the idea that social media would impact political celebrity endorsements during the UK's 2015 General Election, we found that while this was a unique election and the first of its kind seen by the UK as it was heavily dominated by campaigning on social media platforms like Twitter and YouTube. However, what we found with reports after results of the elections is that social media campaigning and celebrity endorsements did not influence or sway the vote as much as we thought it would have. (Willis, 2015)
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The Swiss investment bank UBS has just relased a "Prices and Earnings" study and Oslo came out on top as the most expensive city in the world…hurrah, we finally won something Well, it is not really news that Oslo and Norway are voted to be expensive – I think all foreigners knows this to be a fact. At least I do get comments and questions regarding this topic all the time. A couple of years back I had visitors from Malaysia and they were quite shocked to see the prices (especially on food) compared to their home in KL. But this means that it is great being a Norwegian when traveling as most places in this world are cheaper….well, getting a drink in Dubai is actually more expensive than in Norway actually. Here is an article about the study.
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Fashion can be inspired by many things. Even, fantasy can be inspiration. In this case, it will be interesting to discuss the 7 fantasy fashion label inspired by paper.
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Hermione's Gown
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The gown has combination of sweet colors. There are pink and purples as the main colors. The designs are quite simple, but it totally makes Hermione the center of the party.
Danielle's Gown
The second fantasy-based inspiration is from the movie Ever After. In the movie, Danielle appeared with the winged gown and she was totally like a fairy princess.
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UCL Urban Laboratory News
For archived news, please click on 'Archive' to the right.
Stadtkolloquium - Interdisciplinary Urban PhD Research Seminar
Annual Workshop 2012
Call for papers
The UCL Urban Laboratory is organizing its annual2-day workshop for PhD
research students in urban-related disciplines.The workshop will provide
an open, informal and intimate space tocollaborate and discuss progress
amongst peers with regard to topical,theoretical, practical or
methodological concerns. We therefore welcomecontributions from students
at all stages of the dissertation process.
*Stadtkolloquium* aims to create a supportiveenvironment for urban
researchers who to develop their work and meetPhD students from other
departments and universities. The workshop isunique in that all
participants agree to both present their work andsupport others in doing
so in small group sessions. Organizers hope togenerate lively round-table
discussions on diverse urban questions acrossvarious academic disciplines
including Geography, Architecture, History,Anthropology, Literature,
Cultural Studies, Development Studies, Fine Arts,Environmental Studies,
Gender Studies, Health Sciences, Planning,Engineering and beyond.
The four thematic tracks for the 2012 workshopare:
A. Experiencing the urban
This workshop track will attend to theexperiential dimension of the
urban: the subjective, immaterial, in some casesfleeting and emotive
multi-sensuous engagements with urban space, pastand present. It
encourages papers that adopt broadly humanist,phenomenological and
'more-than-representational' (Lorimer 2005)perspectives; which emphasise
practice, movement, perception, performance andaffect. This track
welcomes but is not limited to contributionswhich emphasise the auditory,
somatic, visual, olfactory and gustatory natureof urban contexts and
apply notions of rhythm (Lefebvre 1992), dwelling(Ingold 1993), and
memory (Tilley 1997).
Key Words: experience, subjectivity, emotion,senses, perception, practice
B. Urban Interventions
Drawing upon the theme of 'urban interventionsthis track will explore
various forms of acting into cities in ways thatreconfigure, or seek to
alter, existing social arrangements. Such urbaninterventions might take
the shape of political mobilizations orcontestations, technological
innovations, emerging social practices or thearticulation of alternative
visions for urban life. We welcome contributionsfrom a range of
urban-related disciplines dealing with matters ofurban policy and
planning, technology and engineering, politicalor social theory, or that
are broadly connected with the challenges orpossibilities of urban life.
Keywords: social movements, urban politics,emerging trends, experiments,
changing practices, urban policy and planning
C. Society, Nature & Cities
This track will focus on the interrelatedness andinterdependencies of the
systems of society, nature and cities. Itwelcomes contributions that
shape and advance an understanding of sustainableand resilient pathways
of development and particularly encourages papersthat consider the
networks that mediate the flows within andbetween these systems.
Interpretations of these systemic flows caninclude environmental,
financial, social and political exchanges,incorporating approaches from a
wide range of disciplines; from concepts of urbanmetabolism to
institutional theory, and political analysis tosystems thinking and
development studies.
Key words: urban metabolisms, socio-natures,infrastructure, networks of
mediation, sustainability, resilience
D. Transnational Urbanism
This track will explore the implications forurban areas of the mobility
of people, goods, capital and information acrossborders, in particular
the transnational networks and ties that bothshape and evolve from these
flows. As cities increasingly find themselvescompeting on a global stage
(Sassen 1998), the traffic of ideas, people andmodels between cities has
similarly increased (Roy and Ong 2011). Thistrack welcomes papers that
discuss the relationships between urban spacesand these transnational
flows. In particular we welcome contributionsthat consider the broad
range of actors involved in transnational urbannetworks, from city
leaders and international consultants tograssroots movements and
Keywords: transnational, mobility, networks,migration, citizenship
* Workshop Dates - The workshop will take placeon 26 & 27 March 2012 at
University College London. On the first day, eachparticipant will be
given 20 minutes to present their work in smallgroups of 8 people,
followed by 25 minutes of feedback anddiscussion. The second day will be
dedicated to a plenary discussion, two keynotelectures and small group
workshops based on accepted participant'ssuggestions.
Call for papers - If you are interested indiscussing your work, please
send us an abstract (no more than 250 words) ofthe project you would like
to present. Past participants have presented workranging from upgrade
documents, PhD outlines, sample dissertationschapters and journal papers
in progress. Please note that while the intimatenature of the workshop
provides a uniquely engaging experience, it alsosignificantly limits the
number of proposals we are able to accept.Competition for spaces in years
past has been very tight.
In submitting an abstract, please include thefollowing:
-A title and 250 word abstract
-Your name, university, department, and year ofstudy.
-In the subject line of your email, pleaseindicate which workshop group
(A, B, C, D) you are applying for.
-Abstracts should be emailed to email@example.com
* Deadline for proposals: 15th of January 2012.
* A small conference fee may apply (approx. 20GBP).
* For more information on *Stadtkolloquium*activities, previous workshops
and feedback comments, please visit ourwebsite: www.stadtkolloquium.co.uk
and find us on Facebook.
*Contact - email@example.com
UCL Urban Laboratory, www.ucl.ac.uk/urbanlab
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I've just checked in at my hotel called Hostal Tarifa after spending the whole day traveling with the rest of my class. Such a long, but great, day. I thought i would show you my traveling day through my many many instagram pics. Seriously – it's like +10 insta pics in one day… and a pile of snaps on snapchat… It could be illegal, haha!
Tomorrow it's time for me to experience Tarifa on my own! We had an pizza for dinner, so I'm really looking forward to more food! And OH! I have to remember to buy water! I'm SO thirsty right now, but since I don't have any water, and I can't drink the water from the zink – i sill have too survive another night.
Okay, lets get to it!
If you wanna follow my trip you can do it on both Snapchat (@stinusit) and Instagram (@stinusit)


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The "Race the Sun" art awarded to the top 100 finishers that complete the Dirty Kanza 200 before sunset has become a milestone and goal for many DK racers. Since the inception of the award in 2013, it's been translated into jerseys and tattoos. Partnering with Emporia State University professor and artist James Ehlers has indeed made this piece so special, and the time and effort that go in to creating these coveted prints pairs with the work and sacrifice the lucky racers that earn one have trained so hard for. Hours are truly represented in a single piece of art – hours on the bike and in the engraving studio.
Learn more about this process from this video showing the process. If you are looking for extra help working towards this goal, consider our 2020 Dirty Kanza Spring Camp. Our team can help you find the focus you need to Race the Sun.


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Multiple Features Not Available At Launch On PS4
That isn't to say that they won't be coming; they will be implemented via updates in the future. However, in a massive FAQ posted on the PlayStation Blog, one of the questions asked pertains to what features have been announced but aren't available at launch. One of the features was already discussed as not being available at launch (suspend/resume mode) but the others are somewhat disappointing.
- Share controller via the internet to assist a friend
- Suspend/Resume mode
- Wireless Stereo Headsets support
- Wireless Stereo Headset
- Pulse Wired Stereo Headset
- Pulse Wireless Stereo Headset Elite Edition
For those of you with the Pulse headsets, you won't be able to use it at launch. For those who were considering buying a Pulse or Pulse Elite headset for the launch of PS4 (much like myself), you might want to hold on to your money until the feature is implemented. However, I think it pertains to any form of wireless headsets and doesn't solely apply to the Sony brand headsets.
It's also slightly disappointing that you won't be able to ask your friend for help in a game at launch. Granted, none of the games at launch seem like they would be difficult enough to require assistance from a friend but that's one feature that I was hoping to try out sooner rather than later. Hopefully these features are implemented very soon post-launch and we won't have to wait too long to test these features for ourselves.


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