Nvidia demos upcoming Hawken mech game using cloud graphics (video)

Source: VentureBeat

Jen-Hsun Huang (pictured below), chief executive of Nvidia, and Gaikai (cloud gaming platform) chief executive David Perry showed how someone playing the game on a high-end PC could square off against someone with a relatively weak machine. ...
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The Hands on the Tiller

Source: Wall Street Journal

By Andrew Roberts In 1987, the late Eric Larrabee published "Commander-in-Chief: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, His Lieutenants and Their War," and in the past quarter-century several attempts have been made to overtake that masterly, seminal work, tho ...
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Editorial: Roses and Raspberries (May 25)

Source: Corvallis Gazette-Times

ROSE (roz) n. One of the most beautiful of all flowers, a symbol of fragrance and loveliness. Often given as a sign of appreciation. RASPBERRY (raz’ber’e) n. A sharp, scornful comment, criticism or rebuke; a derisi ...
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Bottom of order lifts Central past Delta

Source: The Star-Press | Muncie, IN

YORKTOWN A pitcher is supposed to be able to catch his breath and get some easy outs when facing the bottom of the batting order. The Delta pitching staff caught no such breaks Thursday night against Central i ...
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Retirements, resignations have East Haven Police Department ready to hire

Source: New Haven Register

EAST HAVEN — As the Police Department says goodbye to five veterans who are leaving, the chief is hoping to use the opportunity to diversify the force, which was rocked this year by the arrest of four ...
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Florida Morning: 'Pass through' program not news to Senate's top 2; dueling Senate polls

Source: Jacksonville.com

DO THEY MATTER THIS TIME OF YEAR? Well, now we have a real political tussle -- not so much in the presidential and Senate races in FL, but among dueling polls. Miami Herald: http://tinyurl.com/7h2u3xr $1.1 BILLION CUSHION: During this year's legislativ ...
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Florida Morning: LeMieux's sharp-elbows; foreclosure money being used for budget

Source: Jacksonville.com

‘He was playing politics, and the rest of us weren't" George LeMieux is an old hand running political campaigns, but he wound up in the U.S. Senate by ferociously campaigning for just one vote: Gov. Charlie Crist's. Miami Herald http:// ...
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Flying Monkey Sculptures

Source: Atlas Obscura

Burlington, VT, on the shores of Lake Champlain, has six large flying monkeys adorning the roofs of two of the signature buildings of its harbor. The first two of these steel sculptures was created in the 1970s by a man named Steve Larrabee to expand ...
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CalTrans Memorial Honors 178 Fallen Highway Workers

Source: Claycord

At its 22nd Annual Workers Memorial at the State Capitol, Caltrans honored its 178 employees who lost their lives on the job. Three Caltrans employees were killed within a 48-day period in 2011. On May 4, Stephen Palmer Sr. was s ...
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